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Earlham Cemetery, Earlham, IA

Earlham, Iowa is located in Madison County which was named for President James Madison. It is located approximately 20 minutes west of West Des Moines on Interstate 80, exit 104. Earlham was named after the Earlham Hall of England and a Quaker college in Richmond, Indiana. It is the home of the famous covered bridges, Hogback Bridge, Roseman Bridge, Holliwell Covered Bridge, Cedar Covered Bridge, Cutler-Donahoe Bridge, and Imes Covered Bridge.

Quaker families migrated from Indiana in 1853 to settle the area. The only settlers before then were trappers and traders. The town dates it existence to the 1868 construction of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad through Iowa. Earlham was incorporated in 1870 and was a key depot between Des Moines and Omaha, NE. It did not become the rail hub envisioned by its founders but thrived as a limestone quarrying area and retail center for the farming community. The father of famous actor John Wayne ran a drug and jewelry store in Earlham and this store and Wayne's boyhood home still stand today. The estimated population in 2003 was 1,317.

Cemetery Entrance

John & Rebecca C. (Rowe) Morgan

John b. 1 Jan 1820 d. 31 Mar 1902

Rebecca b. 18 Oct 1823 d. 10 Jan 1911

Parents of William, Euphemia (Morgan) Taylor, Elizabeth (Morgan) Thompson & Benjamin Franklin

Nathan Dixon & Elizabeth Ann (Morgan) Thompson

Nathan b. 7 Aug 1842 d. 23 Feb 1937

Elizabeth b. 12 Aug 1846 d. 18 Oct 1903

Elizabeth is the daughter of John & Rebecca Morgan

They are the parents of Silas

Silas Edwin & Verdie Blanceh (Weaver) Thompson

Silas b. 22 Aug 1888 d. 25 Mar 1968

Verdie b. 28 Jan 1896 d. 22 Aug 1972

Silas is the son of Nathan & Elizabeth Thompson

William R. & Euphemia (Morgan) Taylor

William b. 24 Sep 1841 d. 1 Aug 1936

Euphemia b. 6 Nov 1844 d. 23 Apr 1909

Euphemia is the daughter of John & Rebecca Morgan

They are the parents of Jay Taylor

Jay H. Taylor

b. June 1877 d. 1930

He is the son of William & Euphemia Taylor

William Morgan

b. 2 May 1852

d. 12 Dec 1925

Husband of Emma & father of Myrtle (Morgan) Hooton Hiatt

Emma (Jones) Morgan

b. 8 June 1865

d. 18 Oct 1959

Wife of William Morgan and the mother of Myrtle (Morgan) Hooton Hiatt

Myrtle (Morgan) Hooton Hiatt

b. April 1885 d. 1979

She is the daughter of William & Emma Morgan

Richard Hooton was her first husband

Richard B. Hooton

b. 1872 d. 1931

First husband of Myrtle (Morgan) Hooton Hiatt

Kephart P. Morgan

b. 8 Nov 1882 d. 16 Nov 1976

Husband of Editha Dalton (Bash) Morgan

Father of Gladys Eileen (Morgan) Capehart, Paul Morgan & twin daughters Editha May & Maude Amy

Editha Dalton (Bash) Morgan

b. 27 Aug 1881 d. 19 May 1918

First wife of Kephart Morgan

The mother of Gladys Eileen (Morgan) Capehart, Paul M. Morgan and twin daughters, Maude Amy & Editha May. Maude is buried is same grave with her and Editha May is buried between her parents.

Buried between her parents Kephart & Editha Morgan

Eugene Taylor

b. 5 Nov 1878 d. 10 May 1959

Husband of Alta (Hemstreet) Taylor

Son of William R. & Euphemia (Morgan) Taylor

Brother of Jay Taylor

Alta E. (Hemstreet) Taylor

b. 17 Dec 1877 d. 5 Feb 1938

Wife of Eugene Taylor

Earlham Cemetery is located in Madison County, Madison Twp., Iowa, about a mile southeast of the City of Earlham, Iowa. Take Main Street about 1 mile East and then right. The cemetery is just before you get to the railroad tracks. The original cemetery was the northeast section of the cemetery (Section A) and was a gift to the town by Mark D. Hill. He plotted it and sold about 21 lots before deeding it to the municipal corporation on May 5,1893. As Section A filled up the town of Earlham acquired additional land to the east and south.

The information on this website has been compiled from many sources. We have tried to document and verify all information as much as possible and will continue to do so. If you find an error or have additional information please contact us.

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MORGAN

Maude Amy

b. 18 May 1918

d. 18 May 1918

MORGAN

Editha May

b. 18 May 1918

d. 1 Jul 1918

Unmarked graves

NOTE: We have visited Earlham Cemetery the past 4 years (2003-2006) and took the photos shown here. During our first visit to the cemetery Zelda remarked "this is like walking through a Quaker history book." We knew Martin's grandpa & grandma (Kephart & Editha (Bash) Morgan) were buried here. It wasn't until later we learned that his great, great, grandparents (John & Rebeccah (Rowe) Morgan) were buried here, as well as 3 of their 4 children (William, Elizabeth Ann & Euphemia) and their spouses and some of their descendants. Also buried here are:

Amos & Mary (Mendenhall) Barnett, parents of Ellis Amos Barnett who married Leva Ann Stanley
William Barnett (brother of Amos) & William's wife Eliza
John & Diana Jane (Stanley) Bechtel
John & Diana Jane's Bechtel's son John N. and his wives June & Daisy and June and John's infant son
John & Diana Jane's son Bert
John & Diana Jane's Bechtel's son Elmer & his wife Ann
Elmer & Ann Bechtel's son & his wife, Oliver O. & Virginia C.
John Thompson, son of Nathan & Elizabeth (Morgan) Thompson
Lulu Bell (Bechtel) Thompson, wife of John and daughter of John & Diana Jane Bechtel
Bernice Thompson, daughter of John & Lulu Bell (Bechtel) Thompson
Lyle son of John & Lulu Bell (Bechtel) Thompson

Leva Ann Stanley, Diana Jane Stanley and Perlina Stanley (wife of John Morgan's son Benjamin Franklin) were sisters. John & Diana Jane (Stanley) Bechtel's daughter, Lulu Bell married John Thompson, son of Nathan & Elizabeth (Morgan) Thompson. Elizabeth was John Morgan's daughter.

Buried in same grave with her mother, Editha

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