Wesson Cemetery in Iowa - Find a Grave Cemetery

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Get directions Muscatine County, Iowa, USA

Coordinates: 41.46060, -91.27720
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Tucked away in wooded area is a small pioneer cemetery known as the old Wesson Cemetery. While studying the 1865 map of Muscatine County, we realized that the cemetery stands close to the property line between G. Olds, of Section 23, Pike Township, and Joseph Wesson of Section 24. We learned that Gamaliel Olds was among the first early settlers who staked a claim back in 1838. A few years later Joseph Wesson and his family became his neighbors when they bought three hundred acres from Isaac Carothers. The Warranty Deed dated 18 April 1842 is on file at the Muscatine County Recorder's Office.

In later years, the land was acquired by the Hollenbeck/Rogers family. The cemetery was labeled as Rogers Cemetery by the US Geographic Names Information System, (GNIS) State of Iowa. The name still may be found on some plat maps today.