Nye Cemetery is a one-acre pioneer cemetery near Wildcat Den State Park. It is the final resting place for Benjamin Nye, the first settler in Muscatine County.

Location
Located at 1915 Wildcat Den Road.

Surname Name Birth Date / Age Death Date Comments / Inscription
DAVIS Cornelia C. age 29 yrs 4 mos 28 days 18 Feb 1862 wife of Jenkien Davis
KIDD Adeline age 7 yrs 5mo 26 days 16 Jun 1851 dau of J&J
NYE Azubah age 80 4 Mar 1879
NYE Benjamin age 36 3 Mar 1852
NYE Benjamin E. age 9 mos 20 Dec 1840 twins of Benjamin & Azubah Nye)
PAGE John age 22 yr 8 mo 18 days 12 Dec 1862 son of John and C.C. Page; Civil War Vet Co. B. 8th Reg. IA
SHELLEY Mary age 22 15 Oct 1838 wife of Wm
SHELLEY Nance M. 1 yr 5mo 4 days 1 Oct 1838 dau of J.M. & E.
WEBSTER A. age 38 10 Sep 1840
WHITTIER George age 1 mo 15 days 31-Oct 1840
WHITTIER William Raymond 4 yr 2 mos 19 Sep 1840 son of Wm. C. Whittier and wife Sally
WHITTIER Wm. C. 40 yrs 15 days 31 Oct 1840
WRIGHT Edward age 69 5-May 1858
WRIGHT Haveyriah age 64 28-Nov 1854 wife of E. Wright
WRIGHT Lucinda age 37 1851
WRIGHT Mary E. age 19 8 Apr 1847
WRIGHT Rachel age 12 18-Nov 1838 dau of E.& H.Wright (Edward & Haveriah Yates Wright)