Oscar Peterson Cemetery
Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa
Cemetery: Oscar Peterson Cemetery
Other:
Sign: No
Street: Mitchell Line St and Dancer Ave.
City: From Osage, Ia approx 12 miles SW
Township: West Cedar
County: Mitchell
State: Iowa
Nation: U.S.A.
Zip: 50461
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: From Osage, IA travel West on Hwy 9, Turn left (south) on Dancer Ave. - proceed 5 miles south to Mitchell Line St - on east side of road - approximately 1/10 mile north of Mitchell Line St.
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features:
Property: Private
Access: Permission-required
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: Unknown at this time
Gravestones: 5 to 12
Oldest: Unknown at this time
Newest: 1863
Removed: Yes
Relocated: Unsure
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: Yes
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: Unsure
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Yes
Granite: No
Marble: No
Native: No
Slate: No
Others: Yes
Wood: No
Materials: No
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Unsure
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Unsure
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: Unsure
Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: Unknown
Vandalized: No
Report: Yes
VA1:
VA2:
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2:
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Problem-Seasonal
Problem1: Encroachment
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Family
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Unknown
Reason: Roads
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted:
Surnames:
Unknown at this time - it was just located in the winter of 2002 - come spring we will transcribe the remaining headstones.
Other_Information:
Has all but been lost - Last known burial was in 1863 - little is know regarding this cemetery - however the headstones are there.
Support:
Submitted by:
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Name: Neal Du Shane
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Date: 12/14/02