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Nye Cemetery
Montpelier Twp., Section 20
Montpelier, Muscatine Co., IA
This small cemetery was the final resting place for Benjamin Nye, credited as one of the founders of Muscatine.  He didn't exactly plan to be there as soon as he was either according to this little blurb...

Muscatine Enquirer, March 6, 1852

Benjamin Nye of Muscatine County Iowa was killed in that county in late February or early March by George McCoy of Cedar Co....

The Nye Cemetery is located near Wildcat Den State Park and the Mill, just off Highway 22.  Turn into the park entrance and the cemetery is located on the right side of the road.  It is marked by trees and a sign.

This listing comes from the files of the Musser Library in Muscatine.  Items in red were added to the original list
upon further research.


KIDD, Adelinde      7y 6m 26d    16 Jun 1851    d/o  J.J.
NYE,  Azurah        80y          04 Mar 1879    w/o Benjamin
NYE,  Azubah A.     9m           20 Dec 1840    twin d/o B & A
NYE,  Benjamin F    9m           20 Dec 1840    twin s/o B & A
NYE,  Benjamin      36y          03 Mar 1852    killed by George McCoy
PAGE, John I        22y 8m 18d   12 Dec 1862    s/o John & C.C.
                                                Civil War Vet
                                                Co B 8th Reg. IA
RAYMOND, William    4y 2m        19 Sep 1840
SHELLEY, Mary       22y          15 Oct 1838    w/o William
SHELLEY, Nancy M.   1y 5m 4d     01 Oct 1838    d/o J.M. & E.
WEBSTER, A.         38y          10 Sep 1840
WHITTER, George R   1m 15d       31 Oct 1840    s/o Wm G. & Sally
WHITTER, William G  40y 11m 8d   12 Apr 1846
WRIGHT, Edward      69y          05 May 1858
WRIGHT, Haveyriah   64y          28 Nov 1854     w/o Edward Wright
WRIGHT, Lucinda     37y          18 Nov 1851     d/o E & H
WRIGHT, Mary E.     19y          08 Apr 1847     w/o W.P. Wright
WRIGHT, Rachel      12y          18 Nov 1838     d/o E.& H Wright
DAVIS, Cornelia C.  29y 4m 28d   18 Feb 1862    w/o Jenkin Davis

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