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Old Penn Cemetery
Earlham, Penn Township, Madison County, Iowa

Lat: 41° 27' 52"N, Lon: 94° 11' 11"W
Penn Twp, Sec 16

This listing submitted by Judy Wight Branson [jlwight@northlink.com].  Total records = 68.

Earlham, Section 16, Penn Township, Madison County, Iowa

"Also known as" Daniel Francis Cemetery

Note: * Addison was a lay pastor for the Penn Center Church in Earlham.

Note: ** John E. Darby was the local lay pastor for the Penn Center Church of Earlham, Iowa. He was at one time the circuit rider with appointments to the Adair Circuit and a member of the Des Moines Conference.

Note: *** Daniel and Emily Francis lost all of their children and the family is buried in this cemetery which was located on their land.

Credits: This cemetery was originally walked and recorded by Fred and Ethel Soar and Ruth Jobet in July of 1971.

Armstrong, Addison (Rev.), d. 5-18-1883, 79 y 1m 24 d
Armstrong. Anna, d. 5-8-1872, 84 y 5 m 1 d
Armstrong, Catherine, d. 1-29-1893, 74 y
Armstrong, Katherine, 8-17-1863, 27 y 2 m 6 d
Bellows, Adolphus G., b. 3-26- ----, d. 10-1884, s/o W. H. & S. E.
Bellows, Irene M., d. 2-28-1872, 1 y 7 m 1 d, d/o S. & S. R.
Bellows, Laurence, d. 1-11-1883, 3 y 2 m 1 d, s/o W. H. & S. E.
Bohnan, Dennis D., d. 6-5-1875, 24 y
Bohnan, Samuel J., d. 7-27-1895, 42 y 1 m 8 d
Boyd, James C., d. 10-18-1878, 23 y 1 m 12 d
Boyd, Joseph G., d. 12-19-1874, 21 y 6 m 2 d
Boyd, Thomas, d. 1-31-1871, 85 y 8 m 11 d
Carter, Rachel J., d. 3-14-1876, 11 y 11 d, d/o Ephraim M. & Abagail (Boyd)
Carter, Rufus Franklin, 5-1-1868, 3 m 10 d
Carter, William Franklin, d. 9-30-1867, 1 y 3 m 16 d, s/o Epharim & Abagail
Darby, John E. (Rev.), b. 3-3-1813, d. 10-17-1890, h/o Sarah E. **
Darby, John Elias, b. 1844, d. 7-23-1865, Civil War Vet. Co. F 4th Iowa Inf., enlisted 3-31-1864, discharged 6-18-1865, wounded, s/o John E. & Sarah E.
Darby, Sarah E., b. 3-4-1820, d. 2-1-1898, h/o John E.
Dart, Betsy D., b. 11-17-1789, d. 1863, 84 y 10 m 2 d
Dart, Elijah S., b. 1793, d. 3-1-1877, 87 y 3 m 19 d
Dart, Orville, b. 8-28-1864, d. 3-15-1868, s/o Orman & R.
Edinger, Martha J., d. 1-30-1881, 23 y 11 m, d/o William & R. W.
Ellis, Charlie W., b. 9-3-1863, d. 2-3-1883, 20 y
Ellis, Infant, d. 8-15-1870 , d/o Samuel & Mary
Ellis, James, d. 2-7-1881, 19 y
Ferkins, Arbetus, b. 4-25-1872, d. 8-25-1872, 4 m
Ferkins, Ecbert, b. 5-18-1885, d. 5-5-1916
Ferkins, Dora E., b. 5-18-1874, d. ----
Fleming, Rachel, d. 1-4-1890, 79 y 7 m 4 d, w/o Aaron
Francis, Daniel, b. 12-5-1826, Dark Co., Ohio, d. 5-29-1908, h/o Emily ***
Francis, Elizabeth, d. 2-3-1863, 6 y 2 m 23 d, d/o Daniel & Emily
Francis, Emily (Edington), b. 10-22-1829, d. 3-29-1912, w/o Daniel
Francis, George, d. 2-7-1863, 11 y 11 m 11 d, s/o Daniel & Emily
Francis, Mary Ida, d. 9-20-1863, 2 y 8 m 4 d, d/o Daniel & Emily
Francis, William Crawford, d. 2-1-1863, 9 y 5 m 7 d, s/o Daniel & Emily
Fry, Susannah, d. 12-30-1889, 55 y 9 m 5 d, w/o J. W.
Ginglesberger, Lucy E., d. 1875, 7 y 5 m 26 d, d/o J. & C.
Graham, Mary, d. 11-21-1883, 70 y 8 d, w/o G. R.
Griswold, Martin, b. 1818, d. 12-14-1880, 62 y 6 m 11 d, h/o Mary J.
Griswold, Mary J. (Withrow), no dates, w/o Martin
Hathaway, D. W., d. 1-4-1889, 66 y 5 m 16 d, h/o Mary
Hathaway, Mary, d. 6-7-1886, 63 y 8 d, w/o D. W.
Hathaway, Sarah, d. 10-29-1865, 71 y
Hodges, Alice Amelia, d. 3-21-1875, 31 y 11 m 11 d, w/o Daniel, d/o Calvin E. & Deborah (Mapes), (m) 10-2-1873 Madison Co.
Hubbel, Clarence, d. 12-12-1877, 24 d, s/o M. A. & S. A.
Hult, Carl, d. 4-4-1871, 24 y 4 m 10 d
Johnson, Emma C., d. 7-3-1876, 6 d, d/o C. F. & C. L.
Laisure, J. J., d. 12-30-1872, 10 y 21 d, s/o J. E. & L.
McCabe, Anna F., d. 6-7-1869, 1 y 3 m 20 d, d/o W. & M. J.
Mapes, Willie M., d. 4-9-1871, 7 y 11 m 8 d, s/o E. S. & S. A.
Mead, Charles, d. b. 4-5-1799, d. 7-12-1885, h/o Phebe
Mead, Phebe, b. 12-11-1805, d. 1-25-1870, w/o Charles
Murphy, Dianthus (Mead), d. 4-24-1892, 53 y 4 m 23 d, w/o Hamlin
Murphy, Franklin E., b. 7-30-1876, d. 11-28-1879, s/o Hamlin & Dianthus
Murphy, Hamlin, b. 4-11-1837, d. 5-9-1918, h/o Dianthus, f/o Charles O. & R. L.
Neff, Vernie K., d. 12-27-1878, 1 y 7 m 15 d, d/o Isaac D. & Nancy J.
Nelson, Charles, d. 6-24-1873, 28 y 6 m 18 d
Perrine, Daniel K., d. 4-5-1880, 75 y 6 m 7 d
Rankin, Ulysses E., d. 11-1-1870, 2 y 13 d, s/o J. M. & M. A.
Rhode, Emil, d. 11-9-1872, 8 y 5 m 20 d, s/o F. & H.
Sherman, Frankie, d. 1-4-1873, 21 d
Sherman, Infant, no dates, child of B. H. & Jessie
Ware, John F., d. 12-21-1874, 15 y 9 m 8 d, s/o N. D. & Sarah
White, Willie, d. 11-3-1882, 3 y 9 m 16 d, s/o W. W. & F. J.
Wilson, Mary, d. 10-15-1875, 20 y 6 m 16 d, d/o A. & M. A.
Wood, Willie, d. 3-27-1874, 6 y 11 m, s/o L. G. & M.
Zimmerman, Ed, d. 10-19-1878, 41 y 1 m 12 d, s/o P. & M. A.
Zimmerman, Mary R., d. 21 y, d/o P. & M. A.