Crook Cemetery is located in Rockford Township in the SW corner of the SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 23, and NW corner of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4, Section 26. Land owners around this area in 1885 were Folsom Heirs and McMillen Heirs. Rockford Township was listed as the owner of the cemetery on January 1, 1921.
To find this small cemetery, go north of Honey Creek on Highway 183 about a mile. There is a sign on the east side for “Spencer’s Mountain” housing development. Turn right then turn right again onto the grass near a utility box. After the utility box, turn left up into the field. The cemetery is at the top of the hill on your right. Without a four-wheel-drive vehicle, you will not be able to drive up to the cemetery. You’ll have to park at the bottom and hike up to the cemetery. It is a steep grade and not for the faint of heart. Since the paved road was put in, all other access has been cut off. The cemetery is not maintained and completely overgrown.
It was read May 19, 2002 by Joyce Hickman and Vicki King. The rows were read west to east, north to south. There are approximately 27 graves in the timber at the upper-left-hand corner of the cemetery. Those graves were read (with difficulty) west to east, south to north. There are seventy-two marked graves in this cemetery, but the majority are marked with stones only, no engraving to know who lies there.
Below is an alphabetical list of the people buried in Crook Cemetery. To see photos of the headstones, please visit Iowa Gravestone Project.
| Anderson, Joseph L. March 03, 1880 March 11, 1943 (In timber, Row 7) |
| Anderson, Maria J. 1848 – 1916 (has footstone) (In timber, Row 6) |
| Anderson, William 1846 – (no death date) (has footstone) (In timber, Row 6) |
| Bay, Frannie child of J. M. & S. Bay Died (illegible) double headstone & one footstone for Frannie & sister Katie |
| Bay, Katie child of J. M. & S. Bay Died (illegible) double headstone & one footstone for Frannie & sister Frannie |
| Bostwick, Daniel W. died 11-09-1881 aged 44 years 10 months 19 days (has footstone) (Row 8) |
| Bostwick, Hiram 1806 – 1876 (has two markers, one much newer) (has footstone) (Row 8) |
| Bostwick, Mary (no dates given) Daugher of H & R Bostwick (on south side of Ruth Bostwick stone) (Row 8) |
| Bostwick, Ruth (dates illegible) Wife of H. Bostwick (has footstone) (Row 8) |
| Boyle, Kissiah “Brother & Sister (with William)” “At Rest” (In timber, Row 2) |
| Boyle, William “Brother & Sister (with Kissiah)” “At Rest” (In timber, Row 2) |
| Gillmore, Dennis died Oct. 26, 1887 aged (illegible) Grand Army of the Republic Veteran marker 1861 – 1865 (Row 3) |
| Gillmore, John Born in Co. Antrum, Ireland 08-01-1820 12-29-1895 (Row 3) |
| Gillmore, Mary M. born 04-19-1874 died 02-04-1900 (on north side of Gilmore headstone) (name is spelled GILMORE on front of stone, but GILLMORE on side with Mary’s information.(Row 3) |
| Gilmore, Alice Born in Co. Antrim, Ireland 12-25-1829 12-08-1917 (Row 3) |
| Gilmore, Alice Infant Daughter 1876 (on south side of Gilmore headstone) (Row 3) |
| Gilmore, Sarah Infant Daughter 1879 (on south side of headstone) (Row 3) |
| Gilmore, T. S. Infant (no other information) (Row 3) |
| Hilliard, Elizabeth 1878 – 1880 (Row 9) |
| Hilliard, Eunice H. 1840 – 1911 “Mother” (Row 9) |
| Hilliard, Frances 1872 – 1872 (Row 9) |
| Hilliard, Happy 1871 – 1871 (Row 9) |
| Hilliard, Harry 1868 – 1870 (Row 9) |
| Hilliard, Nicholas 1875 – 1876 (Row 9) |
| Hilliard, Stewart 1884 – 1902 (In timber, Row 6 – lines up with Row 9 outside of timber)) |
| Hollister, John C. 10-19-1837 03-30-1917 Company ‘C’ 123rd New York Volunteers 1861 – 1864 (Row 10) |
| Lennon, Nellie 10-29-1913 12-13-1918 “At Rest” (In timber, Row 1) |
| Lennon, Ruth Daughter of John H & Edith Lennon 03-28-1906 03-19-1908 “Rest in Peace” (In timber, Row 1) |
| McKeown, Alice born 06-12-1901 died 07-24-1902 (Row 2) |
| Marbaugh, John L. 01-11-1910 06-19-1916 (has footstone) (In timber, row 6) |
| St. Claire, Anice (north edge of timber, actually in field) (In timber, Row 6) |
| Unknown, Dora 1888 – 1888 |
| Unknown, Jean 1883 – 1884 (In timber, Row 3) |
| Unknown, Patrick 02-02-1835 06-01-1930 (Row 4) |
| Unknown, William 1881 – 1882 (In timber, Row 3) |
| Unknown #1 has headstone & foostone, both without markings (Row 1) |
| Unknown #2 has headstone & foostone, both without markings (Row 1) |
| Unknown #3 headstone only, under fallen tree (Row 1) |
| Unknown #4 headstone only, near fallen tree (Row 1) |
| Unknown #5 headstone only, near fallen tree (Row 1) |
| Unknown #6 headstone only (Row 5) |
| Unknown #7 headstone sunk into ground (Row 5) |
| Unknown #8 headstone only (Row 5) |
| Unknown #9 headstone only (Row 6) |
| Unknown #10 headstone only (Row 6) |
| Unknown #11 headstone only (Row 6) |
| Unknown #12 headstone only (Row 6) |
| Unknown #13 headstone only (Row 6) |
| Unknown #14 headstone only (Row 7) |
| Unknown #15 headstone only (Row 7) |
| Unknown #16 headstone only (Row 7) |
| Unknown #17 headstone only (Row 7) |
| Unknown #18 headstone only (Row 8) |
| Unknown #19 headstone only (Row 8) |
| Unknown #20 headstone only (Row 8) |
| Unknown #21 headstone only (In timber, Row 1) |
| Unknown #22 headstone only (In timber, Row 2) |
| Unknown #23 headstone only (In timber, Row 2) |
| Unknown #24 headstone only (In timber, Row 3) |
| Unknown #25 headstone only (In timber, Row 3) |
| Unknown #26 headstone only (In timber, Row 3) |
| Unknown #27 headstone only (In timber, Row 3) |
| Unknown #28 1884 – 1885 (between Jean & Dora Unknown) (In timber, Row 3) |
| Unknown #29 headstone only (In timber, Row 4) |
| Unknown #30 headstone only (In timber, Row 4) |
| Unknown #31 headstone only (In timber, Row 4) |
| Unknown #32 stone broken (In timber, Row 5) |
| Unknown #33 stone sunken (In timber, Row 5) |
| Unknown #34 headstone only (In timber, Row 6) |
| Unknown #35 headstone only (In timber, Row 6) |