Shaver Cemetery
Also known as Schaver Cemetery
Liberty Township, Warren County, Iowa, USA
SHAVER CEMETERY is in the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter o Section 6 of Liberty Township. It is three miles west and two and three-fourths miles north of Liberty Center, Iowa.
Henry Shaver was an early settler of Liberty Township, arriving in 1853. At one time, a family was passing through the area in a covered wagon on their way west. Their little girl died near the Shaver farm. The travelers begged permission to bury their daughter on a corner of the farm. Henry and Elizabeth Shaver donated tone acre of ground for a cemetery.
Henry Shaver enlisted in the service during the Civil War, and was later discharged for disability. Back at home, he helped organize a company of home guards. He was the captain.
At his death, Henry Shaver was buried at the Shaver Cemetery. His wife, Elizabeth, their son Benjamin and his wife, and their grandson Gordon and his wife Lydia, are buried in Shaver Cemetery.
Source: Cemetery and Death Records of Warren County, Iowa, by the Warren County Genealogical Society, 1980.
SHAVER CEMETERY is in the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter o Section 6 of Liberty Township. It is three miles west and two and three-fourths miles north of Liberty Center, Iowa.
Henry Shaver was an early settler of Liberty Township, arriving in 1853. At one time, a family was passing through the area in a covered wagon on their way west. Their little girl died near the Shaver farm. The travelers begged permission to bury their daughter on a corner of the farm. Henry and Elizabeth Shaver donated tone acre of ground for a cemetery.
Henry Shaver enlisted in the service during the Civil War, and was later discharged for disability. Back at home, he helped organize a company of home guards. He was the captain.
At his death, Henry Shaver was buried at the Shaver Cemetery. His wife, Elizabeth, their son Benjamin and his wife, and their grandson Gordon and his wife Lydia, are buried in Shaver Cemetery.
Source: Cemetery and Death Records of Warren County, Iowa, by the Warren County Genealogical Society, 1980.
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- Added: 8 Sep 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 196269
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