WELSH CHAPEL CEMETERY


Located approximately four miles West of Mediapolis, Iowa, you will find the WELSH CHAPEL CEMETERY in YELLOW SPRING TOWNSHIP (Section 31), Des Moines County, Iowa. This is often called the OLD WELSH CEMETERY - the JONES CEMETERY - the EVANS CEMETERY. It is situated on the Yarmouth Mediapolis blacktop. It is on a hill south of the road - you can only reach it by foot.

The Welsh Chapel was founded in the 1840's to sustain the spiritual need of the Welsh settlers from the surrounding area. It was a small framed Methodist church. Early services were conducted in Welsh - a Gaelic dialect. After the turn of the century, regular services were discontinued and the church was sold to Merret Evans of Roscoe, Iowa. He then sold the building to Joe Tonkinson of Yarmouth, Iowa - and he tore it down. The cemetery was formed around this pioneer church.

Joseph Jones was buried in 1850 - and his is the earliest date of burial found, although there may be earlier as there are many unmarked graves. There was a large number of deaths in 1855 from the cholera epidemic of that year. The last date of burial is of Maria Goudie who was buried in 1928. There is a most interesting stone - of Mr. Lloyd, which is engraved in the Welch Gaelic language.

There are many broken stones, unmarked graves and sunken stones.

EVANS, THOMAS T.
1803 South Wales - August 16, 1855 Age 52y
EVANS, MARY (MORRIS)
1807 South Wales - September 1855
EVANS, CATHERINE
DAUGHTER OF T.T. & MARY 1839-1855
EVANS, JOSEPH L.
SON OF T.T. & MARY 1844-July 3, 1867 Age 23y
EVANS, MARY A.
DAUGHTER OF T.T. & MARY 1842-1855
EVANS, MOSES
SON OF T.T. & MARY 1830 South Wales - 1854
GOUDIE, FREDERICK STANLEY
September 13, 1836 Cattaraugus County, New York --May 6, 1918 Roscoe, Iowa
GOUDIE, ANN T. (EVANS)
WIFE OF F.S. December 11, 1834 Ruscanee, New York - November 5, 1878 Roscoe, Iowa 'MOTHER OF T. GILBERT, MARY A., HENRY E. & ELIZABETH A.'
GOUDIE, MARIA (RAMSEY)
April 5, 1837 - March 22, 1928 2nd WIFE OF F.S. Married April 14, 1883
EVANS, HENRY
April 8, 1832 South Wales - 1913
EVANS, CATHARINE (WILLIAMS)
1841 North Wales - 1912
EVANS, INFANT
DAUGHTER OF H & C 1879
EVANS, BERTHA MAY
DAUGHTER OF H & C 1882-1886
EVANS, ANNA M.
DAUGHTER OF H & C 1864-1898
LLOYD, DAPYDD
BRODOR O SWYDD, Gaerfyriddin Wals Bu Farw Mai 30, 1865 Oed 63
JONES, REUBEN L.
SON OF P.P. & A. Died August 17, 1855 Age 1y 3m 22da
JONES, PETER P.
Died June 27, 1865 Age 65y
JONES, WIFE OF P.P.
Died August 15, 1855 Age 39y
THOMAS, RICHARD
October 12, 1806 - January 16, 1861
JONES, JOSEPH
SON OF W.E. & E. Died June 18, 1850 Age 1y 4da
OUIKES, ANN
Age 74y
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM
April 5 1818 North Wales - January 28, 1896
WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH
Died March 8, 1860 Age 42y Native of South Wales
JONES, ANN
WIFE OF JOHN Died August 6, 18?? Age 81y 6m 7da
JONES, EDWARD
Died July 16, 1856 Age 46y 3m 18da
JONES, DANIEL
Born Glenmorgan South Wales - Died April 11, 1855 Age 18y
ROBERTS, ROBERT
Born Denbighshire Wales - Died March 27, 1857 Age 23y 2m
THOMAS, JANES
Died May 11, 1868 Age 53y 11m 16da
THOMAS, SARAH ANN
DAUGHTER OF J & A Died June 29, 1865 Age 1y 11m
THOMAS, MARGRETA
Born October 30, 1843 - Died ???
THOMAS, ANN
DAUGHTER OF J & A Born January 5, 1841 - Died February 18, 1852
THOMAS, HARRIET S.
DAUGHTER OF J & A Died June 16, 1869 Age 21y 9m 5da
JONES, SARAH
DAUGHTER OF D & S Died January 11, 1882 Age 16y 11m
JONES, DAVID
February 22, 1807 - March 4, 1888 Age 81t 11da
JONES, JOHN
Died September 13, 1855 Age 65y 'Came to this County 1830'
JONES, MARGARET
Died September 3, 1854
JONES, SARAH J.
DAUGHTER OF J.J. & M. Died January 22, 1856 Age 1y 2m 12da
JONES, WILLIAM E.
Born Flint-Shire North Wales May 3, 1826 - Died February 5, 1912 Age 95y 9m 3da
JONES, ELIZABETH A. (MORRIS)
Born Caermarthen-Shire Wales July 10, 1827 - Died march 16, 1899 Age 71y 8m 6da
JONES, LINCOLN
April 15, 1865
JONES, STANLEY EMERSON
SON OF JOHN & SARAH October 13, 1890 - September 27, 1891
JONES, HARRY MAXWELL
SON OF JOHN & SARAH July 14, 1892 - September 14, 1895
JONES, WILLIAM B.
SON OF JOHN & GWEN Died July 31, 1880 Age 28y 7m 29da
JONES, JOHN R.
Born May 15, 1825 Anglesea North Wales Died January 1, 1901
JONES, RICHARD
Died September 7, 1872 Age 50y
JONES, ROBERT
SON OF R & A Died August 15, 1873 Age 4y
JONES, MARY M.
DAUGHTER OF R & A Died April 7, 1872 Age 6m
STROMBERG, ALICE A.
Died November 7, 1889 Age 1y 11m 15da
OWENS, ROBERT
Born Anglesey North Wales Died February 18, 1871 Age 29y
JONES, THOMAS J.
SON OF WM.W. & M. Died January 16, 1878 Age 17y 10m 17da
JONES, THOMAS
Born Anglesey North Wales Died September 25, 1855 Age 21y 3m 25da
JONES, ROBERT
Born Anglesey North Wales Died September 19, 1875 Age 73y
JONES, ELIZABETH
Born Anglesey North Wales Died February 27, 1878 Age 73y
HUGHES, EDWARD PRICE
Born Caernarvon-Shire North Wales Died April 1, 1881 Age 88y
HUGHES, HANNAH
Born Denbighshire North Wales Died December 31, 1863 Age 71y
WILLIAMS,
DAUGHTER OF W.W. & M.
WILLIAMS, W.W.
Born Anglesey North Wales Died January 11, 1892 Age 77y 7m 27da
WILLIAMS, MARGARET
March 15, 1813 - September 25, 1890 Age 77y 6m 10da
JONES, EDWARD
Born December 5, 1811 Anglesey North Wales - Died June 22, 1874
JONES, JULIA
January 2, 1851 St. Louis, MO - December 2, 1861 CHILDREN OF EDWARD & M.A. JONES
JONES, EDWARD P.
September 18, 1854 St. Louis, MO - June 4, 1866 CHILDREN OF EDWARD & M.A. JONES
JONES, ALFRED JUSTUS
March 8, 1857 Roscoe, Ia - January 10, 1866
JONES, CATHARINE
WIFE OF M Died October 6, 1869 Age 29y 1m 11da