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TRESTER CEMETERY The Trester cemetery in Section 25 of . Madison township was named after James and Anna.j i 'Trester who had seven children, and located in that part of Madison township in the, 1850’s. Two of .the early burials were an infant daughter Who died in 1858 and a William Trester, a son of W. P. and F, A, Trester wasA . .burie'd there; in 1855/ Ruth, a daughter of Thomas Nicholson was buried there in 1869, at the age of 65 years. She was an• “ b * ' aunt of Mrs. Ada Bunker of Winterset.The cemetery is not used at this time, and some of the tomb-• vstone dates are difficult to read,; but inscriptions that could beidentified were as follows: James■ ‘ ** ■ ' . '% . . - *Trester, a great grandfather of Mrs. Lucille Wright, died in 1867at the age of 45 years; his wife1 , • s •died in 1882 at the age of Nora a two year old of M. and N. Gabbert, died inI '1874, at the age of two years; Mary Gabbert died in 1884; Nancy Jane White died in 1867, andJessie Skates died in 1890. One• a 'stone with the name, of George Gafner, son of J. F. and 'Mary Gafner, was lost for five days,and was found dead in October,;• ' ' - . * . # , '1878.. ' ' • .- 4
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa, US
Mon, Jun 18, 1956
Page 32
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