{"id":409,"date":"2022-11-08T10:38:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T16:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/?page_id=409"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:19:45","slug":"cemeteries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/cemeteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Cemetery Records"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Whiteman at Beiderbecke tombstone located in Oakdale Memorial Gardens, 2601 Eastern Avenue, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa<\/em>, 1940, photographic print.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Cemetery Records<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Davenport City Cemetery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sexton\u2019s Monthly Reports to City Council, 1857-1914<\/strong><\/a>
Call Number:<\/strong><\/em> SC 977.769 CITY SEXT, v. 1-8 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sexton\u2019s Records, 1863-1881 (Fritz Kann\u2019s Notebooks)<\/strong><\/a>
Call Number:<\/strong><\/em> SC 977.769 CEM
Source:<\/strong><\/em> G<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sexton\u2019s Records, 1881-1961<\/strong><\/a>
Call Number:<\/strong><\/em> SC 977.769 CEM; #1998-24, Box 3
Source:<\/strong><\/em> FF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lot Owners, undated<\/strong><\/a>
Includes both the old and the new sides of the cemetery.
Source:<\/strong><\/em> B<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oakdale Memorial Gardens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oakdale Memorial Gardens Burials, 1817-2021<\/a><\/strong>
Courtesy of Deborah Williams, Oakdale Memorial Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairmount Cemetery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fairmount Cemetery Death Documents, 1918-1945<\/a><\/strong>
Copies of death certificates and Fairmount Cemetery Association burial permit stubs. Gap: 1923-1937.
Call Number:<\/strong><\/em> #2012-32, R35 S06 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cemetery Records Davenport City Cemetery Sexton\u2019s Monthly Reports to City Council, 1857-1914Call Number: SC 977.769 CITY SEXT, v. 1-8 Sexton\u2019s Records, 1863-1881 (Fritz Kann\u2019s Notebooks)Call Number: SC 977.769 CEM Source: G Sexton\u2019s Records, 1881-1961Call Number: SC 977.769 CEM; #1998-24, Box 3 Source: FF Lot Owners, undatedIncludes both the old and the new sides of the cemetery.Source: B Oakdale Memorial Gardens […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-container.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-409","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1650,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409\/revisions\/1650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}