Location approximate.

The following from an unknown source:

"According to a 1906 news article, picnickers discovered a tombstone lying flat near the edge of Walnut creek,bearing the name "Baby Shaw" who was buried there about 1847(actually in 1868). There seemed to have been burials there as late as 1876 (or 1880?), but by 1906 the cemetery had been forgotten, and the stones were overgrown or scattered. Several graves are supposed to be there, and there's no evidence that they were removed. A search has been made through old Polk County land deeds, and the cemetery itself was founded by Benjamin F. Jesse. The earliest mention of its existence (1854) mentions that it was located somewhere in the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 12, Township 78, Range 25. It is. Benjamin F. Jesse is the first traceable owner of that land - and the
apparent founder - because he bought the land in 1850 from the U.S. Government, and when he sells that parcel of land in 1854 to Benjamin Bennett it is mentioned in the legal description. There is also a creek that runs north and south through the center of the land, and this could be the creek mentioned in the newspaper account, instead of Walnut Creek. It is not mentioned in legal transactions of the land after the 1860's. I conducted a door to door search in the area where this cemetery was most likely located in July of 2003 and amazingly enough the first door I knocked on knew of the location of the
'Baby Shaw' tombstone. After a phone call, I was introduced to the person who currently owns the land that the tombstone is on, and they led me to it's location. It is in remarkable condition for a stone that was neglected for over 97 years, but there are no signs of any
surrounding burials or stones. In fact, the owner was not aware that a small private cemetery had existed on his land in addition to the single known grave."

Mentioned source: The Des Moines Daily News - July 28, 1906, Pages 1 and 5