hochreidercemetery
Hochreiter or Kepper Cemetery
© Copyright 2004 by Jean Leeper
All Rights Reserved
Pictures taken June 6, 2004 by Richard
Leeper
Located in Section 9 in Scott County. Take Oasis Avenue
north of Winfield. There are two houses across the road from each
other. The sign is on the west side of the road by the first drive
into that home.
Bartholomew Hochreiter was the first settler in Scott
Township. He was raised and educated in Bavaria, Germany. It is said
he spoke seven languages and had a title. After finishing his
education he came to America to visit and upon missing the last ship
to Germany in time for his military service and knowing he would be
in serious trouble were he late, he remained in America. He married
in Philadelphia and lived in PA. and Lancaster, Ohio for about ten
years and then in Monmouth, IL. From there he and his wife and four
children, came to Scott county Iowa, arriving in 1836. He homesteaded
320 acres along Crooked Creek.
Contact Bill
Klopfenstein, he can get permission for you to see the
cemetery.
This sign is just south of the house. Another house is
across the road.
Looking north from the farm, the red X marks the spot of
the cemetery.
A closer view of the area as you walked in. Can drive in
after corn out.
Pioneer Cemetery, Hochreiter, Established
1847.
Another view of cemetery there are ten
stones.