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Comment by Donlyn Arbuthnot on October 11, 2009 at 7:13pm

Photo of Carson and Frannie Arbuthnot

Comment by Donlyn Arbuthnot on October 11, 2009 at 6:40pm

Paul, thanks so much! It is the actual cemetery that I would like to find. I'm sure it is not very big. I know there were three possibly four brothers who moved from Pennsylvania in the early 1850's to this area of Iowa. Carson Arbuthnot was one of them, but he left (along with four of his sons) in 1859 for the Colorado Gold Country. He sent his son back in 1864 to fetch the rest of the family. Carson's wife, Francis (or Frannie, or Fannie) Jones Arbuthnot was my great-great-grandmother. She hated it here, and returned to Tama County in 1870. She died there in November of 1870 - so I believe she would be buried in the Arbuthnot Family Cemetery.
Now, I dress up as Frannie and I/she tells the story of the Arbuthnot family - from the time of Robin Hood when the acquired the family name to 1869 when my grandfather was the first child to be born here at Haystack Mountain.
Sorry, that's more info than you have asked for I'm sure. I am very fascinated about their life in Iowa as it is a time period that I know the least about. I can't thank you enough for helping me find this burying ground and connecting me with the current owners. -- Donlyn

Comment by Paul Wm Metzger on October 11, 2009 at 5:27pm

The location given by Google Earth is just across the border from Benton County, in Tama County. I am assuming that Belle Plaine is the closest town with a post office, which is why they list that as the address. Route 21 (not sure if that is a state route or a county route) is the border between Benton and Tama Counties. But the location appears to be a farm field, so I have not located the actual cemetery.

Comment by louise duncalf on October 11, 2009 at 5:08pm

belle plaine is in benton county. my husband was born there and his relatives are buried there.

Comment by Paul Wm Metzger on October 11, 2009 at 5:03pm

I looked up Arbuthnot in Google Earth, and it automatically found a location for Arbuthnot Family Cemetery, with an address of Belle Plaine, IA 52208. It's showing a location south of US 30, and just west of SR 21, but from the satellite image, it appears to be farm land. It shows on the eastern border of Tama County. The coordinates are: 41° 56' 30.75"N and 92° 18' 0.26"W (though like I said, this is a wooded area). I'll try to look around that location for a cemetery. Do you know how big it is?

Paul

Comment by Donlyn Arbuthnot on October 11, 2009 at 2:40pm

I would like to locate the Arbuthnot Family Cemetery in Tama County Iowa. But I live in Colorado, so this is difficult for me to do. Anybody live in Iowa who could help me identify those buried there?

Comment by Louise Bernero on October 10, 2009 at 6:54pm

I am trying to find a grave for an ancestor that was left in a New Orleans, LA orphanage shortly after the Civil War started. They were living in Clarke County, AL and her father went off to war. Her mother took the children and went to New Orleans. The story goes that the mother died of yellow fever and the children were placed in an orphanage. One of the children was Mary Jane Dove, b: 13 May 1852. Our family story is that she later became a nun. I have found her in the 1880 census in Dist 68, New Orleans, Laurel St. St. Joseph's German Orphanage Asylum was located at 2044 Laurel St. I am trying to find out when she died and where she is buried. In my research I have discovered that the Sister's of Mercy ran the St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum. Whould they have a special cemetery where the nun's are buried?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.......Louise

Comment by CRISTY SHEEHAN on October 10, 2009 at 6:35pm

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Comment by Darlene Ford on October 7, 2009 at 5:07am

No problem David. At least it is a start. Who knows, there may be a decendant of his that answers.

Comment by David L Plaskett on October 6, 2009 at 11:20am

Thanks Darlene
I tried it and they list a Moravian cemetry in Happy Valley (Goose Bay) Labrador. But they are looking for information and someone to provide details on the site. I will keep pursuing it
Dave

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