FRANKLIN
MILLS - OR - BURRIS CEMETERY
Transcriber "Becke Dawson" <becke@qcom.net>
In FRANKLIN TOWSHIP, (Southeast area of Section 35) Des Moines County, Iowa, you will find the Franklin Mills -or- Burris Cemetery. The record of Franklin Mills/Burris Cemetery is complete as the caretaker and the Burlington D.A.R. have a plat of the cemetery.
These are dated from 1839 until 1939 and holds the resting place of JOHN MCDONALD, a Revolutionary War Veteran originally from Virginia. Information is included herein from the Plat Book.
Directions: From the intersection of Mt. Pleasant and Roosevelt Sts, proceed North on U.S. 61 for approximately 5 1/2 miles. The cemetery is approximately 1/2 of a mile East of U.S. 61 and is accessed through a farm gate.
NAME: INSCRIPTION:
ALLEN, ALBERT
ALLEN, CATHERINE d. 9 June 1850 Age 4y 9m 20da
ALLEN, NANCY C. d. 12 Apr 1855 Age 6y 3m 27da Dau of JAMES & MARY
ALLEN, HUGH
ALLEN, WILLIAM Son JAMES & MARY d. 9 July 1853 Age 2y 11m 22da
ARROWSMITH, MARY Wife of WILLIAM b. 21 Oct 1814 d. 20 Aug 1894
BALLARD, JAMES A. 9 Feb 1838 - 10 Nov 1910
BALLARD, ALICE A. His Wife 2 Sept 1855 - 8- 15- 1884
BALLARD, ALEXA M. 16 Aug 1879 - 6 May 1897
BALLARD, GUY B. 15 Oct 1877 - 19 Mar 1878 Son of J. A. & A. A. Age 5m 11da
BALLARD, WILEY 23 Oct 1796 - 23 Dec 1865 *He is the son of WYATT BALLARD, Revolutionary War soldier from North Carolina b. 1760
BALLARD, DRISCILLA DISON(maiden name) Wife of WILEY 11 Sept 1796 - 27 Aug 1873
BALLARD, L. (LEONARD) D. 15 Mar 1820 - 9 Sept 1896
BALLARD, SARAH J. 3 Sept 1820 - 15 Jan 1892
NICKELL, AMANDA S. 19 Mar 1849 - 13 July 1898
BURRUS, C. (COLBY) C. 17 Sept 1813 - 1 Jan 1853
BURRUS, CHARLES d. 8 Dec 1868 Age 81y 2m 11da
BURRUS, FRANCES CREDD(maiden name)
Wife of CHARLES d. 30 Oct 1852 Age 61y 4m 11da
BURRUS, T. (THORNTON) F. 26 Apr 1812 - 26 June
1882
BURRUS, ELIZABETH
22 June 1831 - 18 Mar 1907 *Post Master*
BURRUS, ENOCH S.
31 May 1840 - 11 Nov 1896 *County
Treasurer*
BURRUS, JOANNA WEIRMAN(maiden name) 3 Oct 1853 - 9 Apr 1919 Wife
BALLARD, TAYLOR
BARTON, HENRY
d. 25 Sept 1856 Age 51y 6m 22da
BARTON, HENRY
Son of H & N d 26 June 1845 Age 4m 3w 1d
*Unnamed Son of NANCY & HENRY BARTON*
BARTON, JANE
BARTON, JANIE
BARTON, LUCY A.
BARTON,
Was this JAMES???
BARTON, NELLIE V.
Dau JOSEPH & VERLIN d. 15 Mar 1878 Age 4y
4m *Plat states 1879*
BARTON, NANCY ANN
d. 4 Nov 1882 Age 78y 6m 20da *born
Cheshire, England Wife of HENRY*
BURRUS, CHARLIE H.
Son of THOS. J
& HARRIET d. 1 Feb 1881 Age
22y 11m 5da
BURRUS, ISAAC
27 Mar 1867 - 1 June 1867
BURRUS, JAMES
BURRUS, JANE MARY
1 Jan 1855 - 22 Aug 1855
BURRUS, LOVINA
BURRUS, ROLLIE E.
BURRUS, SARAH J.
COYNER, MARY
COYNER, MRS.
CRONK, ????
DISON, JENNIS
DISON, MRS.
DOWELL, ????
DUNHAM, SARAH J.
GERALD, EMILY
HAMMER, ????
HARRIS, CRAWFORD
d. 14 Sept 1894 Age 86y 6m 2da
HARRIS, HARRIET
Wife of M. C. 1 Sept 1838 - 12 Jan 1904
HARRIS, HOWELL
HARTZELL, ADAM d. 14 Sept 1890 Age 81y 5m 8da
HARTZELL, CATHARINE A.
Wife *ADAM* d. 15 Apr 1905 Age 88y 9m 28da
HARTZELL, AUSTIN L. Son *of A. & C A* 9 Mar 1857 - 19 Sept 1939
HARTZELL, ANNA M. *Mrs. AUSTIN L* Dau 24 Jan 1854 - 14 Feb 1935
HARTZELL, SOPHIA M. Dau *of A & C A* d. 22 Nov 1928 Age 81y
JOHNSON, TWINS
LAMB, BETSEY
LARKIN, ???
LIGHTFOOT, FRANK
LIGHTFOOT, N. ELIZABETH
LOMIS, ???
LUSTER, LIZZIE
LUSTER, MRS.
LUSTER, VINCENT
LUSTER, ZACH
MCALLISTER, RA *RANDEL* d. 20 Mar 1851 Age 38y 3m 25da *Plat states 30 Mar 1851*
MCALLISTER, ELIZABETH Wife of R. *RANDEL* d. 14 Aug 1851 Age 33y 7m 12da
MCDONALD, JOHN PVT COLONEL VIRGINIA MERRIWETHERS REV
WAR *REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN b. 1753 in Virginia d. sometime between
1844 to 1850*
MCDONALD, AMANDA
d. 18 June 1875 Age 42y
MCDONALD, BETSY
*Was this Hugh's sister ELIZABETH b.
1783?*
MCDONALD, CHARLES W.
d. 10 Jan 1869 Age 2y 11m 17da
MCDONALD, FANNIE
MCDONALD, HUGH
* b. 1781 Son of JOHN*
MCDONALD, JAMES
MCDONALD, JOHN
*Probably the older son of JOHN and
whose wife was POLLY *
MCDONALD'S LEE
* Child*
MCDONALD, MARGARET
*Daughter of HUGH & PRUDENCE *
MCDONALD, MARTHA
MCDONALD, POLLY
* Wife of JOHN?? *
MCDONALD, PRUDENCE DISON(maiden name) * Wife of HUGH *
MCELHINNEY, JAMES
MCELHINNEY, JOHN
MCELHINNEY, MARTHA
MCELHINNEY, MRS. ??
MCELWEE, KATE
MCELWEE, MR.
MORGAN, ???
ROBBINS, LUCY
* 1850 - 1924 *
RAIDY, ????
SCHMEISER, REV. JACOB
1827 - 1906
SCHMEISER, MARY M
His Wife 1837 - 1911
SCHMEISER, MAGDALENA
Dau 1868 - 1869
SCHMEISER, INFANT SON
1879
SMITH, ??
SMITH, ???
VAN OSDOL, WILLIAMSON
16 Mar 1816 d. 30 Oct 1868
VAN OSDOL, HANNAH
Wife b. 12 Mar 1819 - 24 July 1894
VAN OSDOL, MENITTIA
Dau of W & H 12 Oct 1859 Age 1y 10m
WALKER, CHARLES
b. 15 Dec 1833 d. 16 Aug 1896
WEIRMAN, JACOB
17 June 1914 d. 6 Aug 1876
WEIRMAN, MARIA
5 May 1829 - 27 Nov 1896
WELCH, ELIZABETH A.
16 Mar 1820 - 6 Sept 1866 * Second
Wife of HENRY *
WELCH, HENRY B.
13 Jan 1808 - 11 Nov 1889 Age 81y 9m 29da
WELCH, LUCINDA
30 Apr 1806 - 19 Mar 1850 * First Wife of HENRY *
WELCH, JOHN
Son of H B & L 18 Apr 1839 - 6 July 1839
WIEGAND, ???
WOODSIDE, ???