aka Haroff Cemetery
Seventy Six Twp Sec 4
near Cranston IA
Our initial listing of this cemetery was compiled from 1930's WPA records (noted in red) and a brief listing compiled in the 1980's by the staff of the Musser Library in Muscatine, Iowa. The WPA list did note that Peter and Elizabeth Haroff were the first burials at this location. Thanks to Bill Dickerson, great-grandson of David Haroff, for supplying additional information on the Haroff family, which was then added to the listing.
An interesting
note from the WPA records is that it shows David Haroff buried at "St John's"
cemetery in Lake Twp
noting
that St John's may be High Prairie Cemetery. It also provided two
burials, Eliza and John Riggs, which were not on the Musser Library listing.
On 10 Jul
2002, the cemetery was rewalked by Susie Martin-Rott, Mary Hamilton Singleton
and Toni Hesseltine.
The stone
of David Haroff, with a death date matching the listing on the WPA records
was located at Jesse cemetery at this time, so clearly he is not at High
Prairie. No stones were located for the Riggs listings. Additionally,
some stones previously recorded are no longer there, or are sunk below
ground.
| Deceased | Birth/Age | Death | NOTES |
| HAROFF, Peter | 19 Apr 1809
Skuylkill Co PA |
08 Jan 1901
Muscatine IA |
age
on WPA list 91y 8m 20d
married 09 Sep 1834 PA s/o John Haroff of Wirtenburg, Germany stone located 10 Jul 2002 rewalk-info matched WPA Bill Dickerson |
| HAROFF, Elizabeth | 27 Jul 1811 | 21 Apr 1892
IA |
noted
on WPA list
stone located 10 July 2002 rewalk indicates d. age 80y 8m 25d w/o Peter m. 09 Sep 1834 in Montgomery Co., OH; nee SNYDER d/o Henrich Schneider and Anna Ebert Jonathan D. Snyder Bill Dickerson |
| HAROFF, David | 24 Mar 1842
PA |
16 Sep 1897
Muscatine IA |
WPA
records show burial at St John's Cemetery,
Lake Twp, and indicate that may be the same as High Prairie. The WPA listing has same death date and lists children as James, Ella, Ida and Sue and that David Haroff was possibly a veteran. Family information shows David buried at Jesse (Haroff) cemetery in Seventy Six Twp. Family record is confirmed. Stone located 10 Jul 2002 rewalk in front of the Peter Haroff stone; marker is broken. m. Christina Foster
in Muscatine Co 09 Mar 1865;
|
| INFANT | . | . | stone
located 10 Jul 2002 rewalk
no name or dates, with Bessie & Freddie Jesse |
| JESSE, August | 29 Jul 1851 | 29 Sep 1903 | dates
from WPA listing
stone located 10 Jul 2002 rewalk-is down but and badly worn-looks like it says 28 Jul and 23 Sep |
| JESSIE, Bessie | . | . | infant; 10 Jul 2002 rewalk |
| JESSE, Matilda | 06 May 1853 | aft 1910
see note below |
unable
to locate 10 Jul 2002
WPA lists birth date only |
| JESSE, Albert O. | 31 Jan 1885 | 26 Mar 1911 | unable
to locate 10 Jul 2002
WPA |
| JESSE, Freddie | 31 Aug 1893 | 12
Jul 1908
1909 |
stone
located 10 Jul 2002 rewalk-sunk into ground too far to read death date
MPL list says d. 1909, WPA says 1908 |
| RIGGS, Eliza | . | 05 Nov 1891 | unable
to locate 10 Jul 2002
aged 76y 10m 10d nee Longstreth WPA list only |
| RIGGS, John S. | . | 15 Oct 1897 | unable
to locate 10 Jul 2002
aged 85y 7m 7d WPA list only-Possible vet Newspaper: News Tribune, 10-17-1897, pg 1, col 4 h/o Eliza Longstreth; f/o Maria, then the item had wife of Rev. Jacob Casebeer, wife of John Wilson wife of William Millerwif of Dayton M. it was not clear if these were the names of the husbands of his daughters or how this group was related. Recommend looking up the original newspaper article for clarification if these names are in your family |
| ROWLAND, Otto | 22 Feb 1872 | 26 Apr 1896 | stone
located 10 Jul 2002 rewalk
see note 2 below* WPA |
| WILCOX, Martha E | 12 Jan 1856 | 25 May 1880 | stone
located 10 Jul 2002 rewalk, stone down
and almost totally illegible. WPA |
Note 1: From the 1910 Census it was learned that Matilda Jesse was still living at that time in Lake Township. She was listed as the head of household , age 58 born in Germany, as were her parents. Also in the household were daughter Emma B, age 27 b. Germany, son Albert age 26 (may be the Albert listed above who died in 1911) b. Germany, son Leonard W., age 23 b. Germany, and son Edward, age 20 also born in Germany. The complete census listing for this family in 1910 can be found on p.245 of the census films, household #52.
Note 2: Muscatine Co IA marriage records indicate an Arthur Robert ROWLAND married Sarah Haroff on 27 Jul 1884. While this does not provide any additional information on Otto Rowland, it does show a tie between the Rowland and Haroff families. There is no listing on the 1910 Muscatine Co IA Census for Arthur ROWLAND.
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Last updated 10 Oct 2002