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Boone County, Nebraska

Enfield Cemetery

Edsel Wibbels heard in 1990 that his great-grandparents and their two daughters (Kasselder/Kesselder) were buried in a cemetery near Cedar Rapids. After seeing the "jungle" and poison ivy all through it, he decided to restore it. The tombstones are not in any formation - little groups all over a space about the size of a football field. They face all directions. Some tombstones were knocked over by cattle; others were damaged or buried during a tornado. He found some by poking a potato fork in the ground and then dug them up. He purchased metal pieces and had them engraved with the name etc. of each person, as many of the tombstones were so worn and glued them on. He puts Thompson sealer on each of the tombstones each summer to try to preserve them. He and his wife, Catherine worked very hard to make out many of the names and numbers on quite a few.
This listing appears courtesy of the Wibbels. If you find your ancestors in this list, they invite you to drop them a note.

Edsel and Catherine Wibbels
wibbels@megavision.com

Enfield Cemetery (from Hwy 52 looking west)

Photographs of a family memorial erected above Hannah Holenback's gravestone.

NAME	INSCRIPTION
Allen, Nathan	Died June 14, l901 78 yrs.
Baker, Frank	Died Nov. 3, 1887 Aged 28 yrs. 8 mo. 27 da
Baker, Nellie	Died September 15, 1885 Aged 4 mo. 21 da.
Baker, Nelson	son of Frank & Etta Baker Died February 9, 1885 ___yrs 13 da
Barnhard, Guy	son of M. Z. and M. A. Barnhard Born Sept. 3, 1890 Died February 6, 1891 Age 5 mo. 3 da.
E Dewitt Barrows	Died April 22, 1885 Aged 25 yrs 8 mo 6 d's
Barrows, Willie E.	Died August 6, 1882 Age 21 yrs. 25 da.
Blodgett, Iva	Dau of G. W. & S. Blodgett Died Febr. 2, 1897 Age 3 days
Blodgett, George T.	Born July 23, 1835 Died July 23, 1897 Age 62 yrs.
Buck, Mary F.	Daug. of Rueben & Hattie Buck Died Apr. 27, 1885 Age 6 yrs. 9 da.
Collins, Martha	Dau. of T. & R. Collins Died Apr. 11, 1885 Age 1 yr. 5 mo.
Gibb, John W.	Died Oct. 8, 1899 58 yr. 8 mo. 27 da.
Hawks, Lyman A.	Born May 3, 1828 Died Dec. 12, 1888 Age 60 yr. 5 mo. 9 da.
Hogg, Edward Youell	died Aug. 27, 1883 16 yr.
Hogg, Levi B.	Son of J. H. & E. P. Hogg Died May 18, 1885 Aged 4 yr. 1 mo. 9 da
Holembach, Hannah J.	Born November 26, 1832 Died February 11, 1897
Kern, Mary G	Wife of J. D. Kern Died April 19, 1892 Aged 43 ys.
Kasselder, Wilhelmena	Born Febr. 14, 1836 Died July 23, 1905 Note: only the first is Kasselder; she changed the name
Kesselder, Garret	Born July 15, 1838 Died December 23, 1892
Kesselder, Gusta	Daughter of Garret and Wilhelmena Kasselder Born August 18, 1879 Died March 23, 1894
Kesselder, Fransina W.	Daughter of Garret and Wilhelmena Kasselder Born Febr. 9, 1870 Died Apr. 22, 1886
Kinney, Sarah E.	Wife of A. D. Kinney Born January 22, 1858 Died June 19, 1903
Ogden, Carrie	Wife of I. M. Ogden May 7th, 1861 October 7th, 1906
Ogden, Irvin M.	Died June 25, 1901 Age 41 yr. 10 mo. 25 da.
Rowe, Harriet M.	Wife of Abram Rowe Died June 22, 1885 Age 52 yrs. 9 mo.
Rowe, Maggie	Dau. of A. & H Rowe Died Sept. 9, 1881 Age 5 yr. 8 mo. 2 da
Seaton, James W.	Born Nov. 1, 1861 Died June 22, 1890
Seymour, Levi G.	Born May 2, 1831 Died July 24, 1898
Tate, John	(Father) (tombstone not found)
Tate, E. D.	(Mother)(tombstone not found)
Tate, Leona M.	Dau of J. W. & E. D. Tate Died Jan. 19, 1885 Age 2 yr. 2 mo. 10 da
Thayer, Iva E.	Dau. of F. A. & R. M. Thayer Died Sept. 18,1891 Age 5 yr. 16 da
Thompson, Bessie	Dau. of J. B. & E. J. d. May 21, 1888 1 day old
Thompson, Ethel	Dau. of J. B. & E. J. d. Jan. 26, 1895 4 da. old
Van Dusen, Charlotte	Died May 21, 1881 Age 83 yr. 4 mo. 18 da
Van Trump, Isaiah	Co. G (has Civil War Marker) 45th Iowa Infantry Born 1846 Died Aug. 8, 1893 Age 47
Warfield, Samuel Henry	Jan. 12, 1833 March 3, 1891
Watts, Estis	Son of B.F. & S Watts Died July 11, 1894 13 yr. 1 mo. 15 da
Watts, Laura Bell	Wife of John H. Watts Died Aug. 25, 1884

Photo (2004) by Ted & Carole Miller

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