Cemetery:
Farley Cemetery
Other: Old Mona Cemetery
Sign: No
Street: 497th St &
Ember Ave 2/10 mile S SE
City: Mona
Township: Otranto
County: Mitchell
State: Iowa
Nation: U.S.A.
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: From the
Corner of 497th St. and Ember Ave or Old Mona
School House in Mona, proceed 2/10 of a mile
south - southeast - in the middle of the field
Type: Road-private
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: Rises
approximately 2 feet. Has a clump of Chinese Elm
on the NE corner and a clump of trees on the SW
corner.
Property: Private
Access:
Permission-required
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: 1869
Gravestones: 30 to 50
Oldest: 1869
Newest: 1899
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: Unsure
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: Unsure
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: No
Availability:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Yes4
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Unsure
Granite: Unsure
Marble: Unsure
Native: Unsure
Slate: Unsure
Others: Unsure
Wood: Unsure
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Yes
Draperies: Yes
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: Yes
Vandalized: No
Report: Yes
VA1:
VA2:
VA3:
VA4:
VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2:
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4:
Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Good
Problem1:
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Smaller
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Unknown
Contacted: Property
Owners who are very helpful - Mitchell County -
Otranto Township Clerk who was less than
helpful.
Surnames:
We are in the process of
documenting this information. At this point
there is no information available.
Other_Information:
In general the arean
needs to be cleaned of the undergrowth to find
out what we have. It's been told to us that the
local farmer moved many headstones to the center
of the existing cemetery to gain more ground to
cultivate. But we need to clear the area to see
what is there.
Support:
Neal Du Shane, 1224
Canvasback Court, Fort Collins, CO 80525-8835,
1-970-223-5156, n.j.dushane@attbi.com
Submitted by / Contact for additional Information:
name: Neal Du Shane
Email: n.j.dushane@attbi.com
Date: 9/28/02
