Robinson Cemetery
(I believe it should be called Rice Cemetery. Cemetery is
located in the NW corner of Center Township in the SW corner of
Section 6)
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Pictures taken by Charles Davis 1992 and all information
provided by him.
Web page provided by Jean Leeper.
Charles' ggg-grandfather owned the land during the 1850s,
until his death, and then his wife did until 1872.
New Pictures from April
4, 2005
map scanned by Jean Leeper
Robinson Cemetery or better to call Rice Cemetery was
located on the George Rice farm until 1872; when his wife, Mary, sold
the property stating that there was a 1/4 acre cemetery on the south
edge of the property.
I marked with a red X where the farm house was and where
I believe there might be the cross for the cemetery.
It later became the Olin Robinson farm and is located
west of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, south ca 1/2 mile from old Hwy.
34.
Thus the name Robinson becoming attached to the cemetery.
The land owner now is Jim Kinney.
There are a row of houses just south of old highway 34. They
parked close to one of the houses and walked ca 1/2 mile in, crossing
the railroad on the way. There is a fence running east and west just
as you get to the first grove of trees. Then a little further south
there is another east-west fence, probably the south border of
property. His notes say the cemetery is about half way between the
two fences. The southernmost fence has metal posts on either end but
in the middle there is a wooden post and two railroad cross-ties as
posts. Also in the middle of the fence it changes from strictly
barbed wire to a combination of barbed-wire and hog-wire. The markers
of George and Sarah Rice were close to being in line with the
transition from barbed-wire to the combination, according to his
notes. He returned with his mother in the fall 1995.
This is an overview of the area, where they found the
stones, in 1992.
Here is Charles Davis standing beside his ggg-grandfather
George Rice's stone.
George and his daughter Sarah died during the Cholera
epidemic of 1851.
George Rice, died Jun. 13, 1851; In the 49th y'r of his
age
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me. Write.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
Sarah Rice, daughter of G & M Rice, died June 14,
1851, Aged 15 yrs. 8 m's 15 ds
There is rest in heaven
They found two other stones but he can not find pictures
of them, just his notes showing what they read.
Emeline Glover, wife of J. W. Glover, died Aug 11, 1857,
AE 25 yrs 9? m's 11 ds
Infant Glover, dau. of J. W. and E. Glover, died Aug 31,
1857, AE 1 Mo 1 Day
He did not find the stones for
Nathaniel Hobbs, 1791 - 1862 Aged 71 years
or
Nathaniel Welch, son of M. and R. (Hobbs) Welch, died
1860 Age 2 mos.
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