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Pioneer Cemetery Trust Funds Preserve Tiny Iowa Plot
An obscure small burial ground near Wheatland, Iowa, the Pioneer Cemetery, is kept by a local trust fund. The site, former Parker Cemetery, is noted for meticulous maintenance despite its age, with two granite stones honoring Murray and his wife. A Cedar Rapids Gazette feature from 1894 sparked local lore about a runaway wedding connecting the plot to regional history.
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Iowa
Pioneer
Parker Cemetery
Wheatland
Liberty Township
Murray
Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Burlington
Orchard City
Squire Edmunds
Bessie M. Dutton
Jerome Dutton
Clinton County