Shelby County Historical Society
Shelby County Historical Society

Author: Shelby County Historical Society

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Published: 1966

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Shelby County was established in 1835, site of oldest settler is 1832, and oldest tombstone marker is 1838, altho there are earlier unmarked graves. The names recorded in these volumes are recorded on 3 x 5 cemetery cards, alphabetically (on a county wide basis), and are in the County Recorders Office at Shelbyville, Mo.

Shelby County, Iowa, Cemetery Records from Cemetery Readings of Shelby County Copied by Graves Registration W.P.A. Project
Shelby County, Iowa, Cemetery Records from Cemetery Readings of Shelby County Copied by Graves Registration W.P.A. Project

Author: Diana C Smith

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Published: 2021-04-17

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9780788409547

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During the 1930s, the Works Project Administration (WPA) contracted workers to complete a variety of tasks. In Iowa, projects were undertaken in most counties to record the occupants of the cemeteries in the county. These projects were then prepared and provided to local repositories for reference. In this volume, the information from the 1930s WPA project has been arranged for ease of use and clarifies inconsistencies. Entries are grouped by cemetery and arranged alphabetically by surname. Each entry includes the full-name and date of death, plus any combination of the following (as available): date of birth, son/daughter/wife/husband of, military service (name of conflict, with unit and branch listed for some veterans), age at death, and/or comments. Brief descriptive information has been provided for each cemetery. The majority of the burials are in Harlan Cemetery. 2021, 81/2x11, paper, alphabetical, 90 pp.