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Pioneer Cemetery
Arnolds Park, Dickinson County, Iowa

GPS: 43.365414, -95.140607

74 Monument Dr
Arnolds Park, IA 51331

Published: October 27, 2016
Total records: 37

History

Final resting place of the victims of the Spirit Lake Massacre, who were killed by men from the Wahpekute band of Indians between March 8-13, 1857. These bodies were reinterred here after the dedication of the monument in 1895.

The cemetery is located on the grounds of the Abbie Gardner Cabin, which is now a state park. The grounds are also home to the Gardner Family Cemetery, where Abbie Gardner Sharp and her family members are buried.

Cemetery Records

Records published here were acquired from the Spirit Lake Public Library on October 27, 2016. Dates of death range from 1857 to 1921.

Clark, Robert, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Granger, Carl, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Harriott, Isaac H., b. 9/24/1833, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Harshman, Joseph, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Howe, Joel, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Howe, Millie, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Howe, Alfred, b. 1843, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Howe, Levi, b. 1848, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Howe, Jacob, b. 1844, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Howe, Johnathan, b. 1834, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Howe, Philetus, b. 1846, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Howe, Sardis, b. 1839, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Luce, Harvey, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Marble, Margaret, d. 1911, SL Massacre captive
Marble, William, b. 1820, d. 3/13/1857, SL Massacre victim
Mattock, James H., b. 1828, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Mattock, Mary M., d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Mattock, Agnes, b. 1844, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Mattock, Alice, b. 1847, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Mattock, Daniel, b. 1849, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Mattock, Jacob M., b. 1851, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Mattock, Jackson A., b. 1855, d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Mathieson, Robert, b. 1834, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Noble, Alvin, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Noble, Lydia (Howe), b. 1838, d. Late May/1857, SL Massacre victim
Noble, John, b. 1855, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Ryan, Enoch, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Snyder, Bertell A., d. 3/8/1857, SL Massacre victim
Stewart, Joshua, d. 3/26/1857, (Jackson, MN) victim
Stewart, Mrs. Joshua, d. 3/26/1857, (Jackson, MN) victim
Stewart, daughter, d. 3/26/1857, (Jackson, MN) victim
Stewart, daughter, d. 3/26/1857, (Jackson, MN) victim
Thatcher, Elizabeth (Burtch), d. Early April/1857, SL Massacre victim
Thatcher, Dora, b. 1856, d. 3/9/1857, SL Massacre victim
Thomas, Willie, d. 3/26/1857, (Jackson, MN) victim
Wood, George, b. 1844, d. 3/26/1857, (Jackson, MN) victim
Wood, William, d. 3/26/1857, (Jackson, MN) victim