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Oxford Township
Section 20
41°58'35"N
090°59'07"W
AKA Schnepp, it is listed by USGS as Oxford Junction Cemetery, 2k west of Oxford Junction.
McClure has been designated a Pioneer Cemetery.
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Click on the  for a photo of the tombstone. This reading was provided by Rita Balichek. McClure Cemetery is located in Section 20 of Oxford Township, close to Wapsipinicon River. The first burial in the cemetery was in 1854, the last in 1865. The burials ranged in age from 15 days to 15 years, with the one exception of a 24 year old man.
ROW 1 |
ROW 2 |
ROW 3 |
George—son of G & E Weeks
Died Sep 12 1859 Age 15 ys 4 ms |
No stones |
Some blank spots |
Helen Mar__ dau of G & E Weeks
Died Jan 14 1859 Age 2 ms 14 ds |
Elizabeth dau of J & J McClure (Jesse and Jane)
Died Mar 20, 1854 Age 2 ys 7 ms 10 ds |
| Footstone GW |
Joseph son of J & J McClure (Jesse and Jane)
Died Mar 24 1854 Age 5 ms 2 ds |
| Blank footstone |
Elias son of J & E McClure (Jesse and Elizabeth)
Died Jan 16, 1855 Age 10 ys 10ms 9ds |
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Mary Jane dau of J & E McClure (Jesse and Elizabeth)
Died Feb 22 1855 Age 8 ys 1 ms 16 ds |
ROW 4 |
ROW 5 |
ROW 6 |
ROW 7 |
| Footstone ES |
Five blocks of limestone (buried)
No stones |
Only three blocks of buried limestone |
Some blank spots
| Levi son of JM & H Kellogg
Died July 12 1856 Age 18 ys 9ms 5ds |
Margaret E dau of J & D Schnepp
Died Nov 6 1865 Age 12 ys 11ms 17ds |
Timothy Mathews
Died Apr 22 1855 Age 24yr 10ms 19ds |
Ephraim son of J & D Schnepp
Died Feb 10 1860 Age 1yr 11ms 16ds |
| Footstone TM |
Limestone block |
Orlandow Elwood son of G & J Brier
Died Aug 5 1855 Age 1yr 5ms 18ds |
Edward F son of J & D Schnepp
Died Feb 28 1861 Age 15ds |
| No Stone |
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Click on the for a photo of the tombstone. This reading, provided by the Jones County Genealogy Society, was transcribed by Jim Christianson and proofread by Joanne Wilken.
ROW |
LOT |
GIVEN NAME |
SURNAME |
DIED |
AGE |
NOTES |
| 1 | 1 | George | Weeks | 9-112-1859 | 15y4m | s/o G. & E . Weeks |
| 1 | 2 | Helen | Mar | 1-14-1859 | 2m14d | d/o G. & E. Weeks |
| 1 | 5 | G. | W. | | | |
| 3 | 3 | Elizabeth | McClure | 3-20-1854 | 2y7m10d | d/o Jesse & Jane (Patrick). McClure |
| 3 | 4 | Joseph | McClure | 3-24-1854 | 5m2d | s/o Jesse & Jane (Patrick). McClure |
| 3 | 5 | Elias | McClure | 1-16-1856 | 10y10m9d | s/o Jesse & Jane (Patrick). McClure |
| 3 | 6 | Mary Jane | McClure | 2-22-1855 | 8y1m16d | d/o Jesse & Jane (Patrick). McClure |
| 4 | 3 | Levi | Kellogg | 7-18-1856 | 18y9m5d | s/o J. M. Kellogg |
| 4 | 4 | Timothy | Matthews | 4-22-1855 | 24y10m19d | |
| 4 | 5 | Orarclow Elwood | Brier | 8-5-1855 | 1y5m18d | s/o G. & J. Brier |
| 7 | 2 | Margaret E. | Schnepp | 11-6-1865 | 12y11m17d | d/o John & Nora Delila (Weeks) Schnepp |
| 7 | 3 | Ephraim | Schnepp | 2-10-1860 | 1y11m16d | s/o John & Nora Delila (Weeks) Schnepp |
| 7 | 4 | Edward F. | Schnepp | 2-28-1861 | 15d | s/o John & Nora Delila (Weeks) Schnepp |
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