Maiden in Catawba County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Laid to Rest

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024

1. Laid to Rest Marker

Inscription. Researchers estimate between 180 and 300 total interments in Haas Cemetery. Of the identified individuals buried here,
45% passed away before the age of 18
21% lived to be age 70 or older
34 was the average age upon passing

Today, some markers are gone – leaving only indentations in the soil; other headstones are weathered and unreadable; still others remain as some of our nation's earliest works of rural art.

“O Let our thoughts and wishes fly
Above these gloomy shades,
To those bright worlds beyond the sky
Which sorrow ne'er invades.

There joys unseen by mortal eyes,
Or reason's feeble ray
In ever blooming prospect rise,
Exposed to no decay.”
– Headstone inscription, Martha Ann Haas (1838-1890)

[Captions]
• (Left) Headstone art, Mary Jane Mauney Turner (1850-1904)
• (Right) Headstone art, Joseph E. Smyer (1835-1863)

List of known people buried at Haas Cemetery Daniel Arndt, 1812-1889 • David F Arndt, 1875-1875 • George Pinkney Arndt, 1871-1899 • Jacob Elkannah Arndt, 1843-1892 • John William Arndt, 1876-1888 • Margaret “Peggy” Moose Arndt, 1816-1893 • Sarah Jane Arndt, 1855-1872 • Sarah

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Jane Arndt, 1879-1879 • Janice Margie Arndt • Mary Jane Arndt, 1895-1896 • Nancy Arwood • Andrew Barringer, 1803-1844 • Catherine Fry Barringer, 1795-1863 • David Barringer, 1794-1884 • Margarett Barringer, 1797-1865 • Mathias Barringer, 1767-1844 • Susannah Barringer, 1766-1839 • William Cromwell Barringer, 1834-1846 • Susannah Blankenship, 1737-1795 • Anna C Bolch, 1879-1880 • Rhoda Emmaline Bowman Bolick, 1839-1910 • Louiza Emaline Ikerd Bost, 1832-1867 • Mary E Bost, 1855-1871 • Mary E Bost, 1840-1842 • S C Bost, 1860-1863 • Christener Burns, 1803-1874 • Elizabeth M Burns, 1834-1874 • Hannah Fry Burns, 1745-1818 • Jacob Burns, 1777-1857 • Elizabeth A Shell Carpenter, 1822-1864

James A Carpenter, 1854-1855 • William L Carpenter, 1861-1862 • Bertha O Cloninger, 1878-1880 • Dezzy I Cloninger, 1877-1880 • Dorothy L Jane Cloninger, 1859-1863 • Infant Cloninger, d. 1863 • Infant Cloninger, d. 1881 • Lottia A Cloninger, 1879-1880 • Nancy Paulina Witherspoon Cloninger, 1820-1893 • Noah Cloninger, 1817-1896 • Perry Boyd Cloninger, 1855-1903 • Sidney C Cloninger, 1851-1896 • Christean Daeter, 1807-1884 • Nancy Walton Daeter, 1822-1894

Laid to Rest Marker (list of burials) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024

2. Laid to Rest Marker (list of burials)

• Jacob Dator, 1847-1862 • Loyd Pinkney Deal, 1915-1917 • Catharine Deator, 1772-1850 • Jacob Deator, 1804-1849 • John C E Detter, 1884-1885 • Frederick Dettor, 1809-1886 • Nancy L Dettor, 1816-1896 • Abigail I England, 1854-1874 • Infant England, d. 1862 • Infant England • Julian England, 1858-1859 • Julian England, 1833-1865 • Priscilla J England, 1851-1856 • V S England, 1832-1887 • Augustus Finger, 1886-1886 • Abel D Fry, 1816-1839

Andrew Fry, 1807-1885 • Anna Fry, unknown-29 Jul 1887 • Burtan C Fry, 1852-1852 • Frances Ann Fry, 1842-1843 • Gustavis Beauregard Fry, 1862-1879 • Holly B Fry, 1820-1880 • Hosea Fry • Jonas Fry, unknown-1844 • Manuel Fry, 1831-1853 • Mary Polly “Dolly” Bysinger Fry, 1794-1847 • Nealy Davidson Fry, 1824-1885 • Philip Fry, 1795-1863 • Ruanna Cline Fry, 1821-1908 • William H Fry, 1840-1856 • William Hoke Fry, 1865-1888 • Anna Burns Haas, 1817-unknown • David Haas, 1801-1890 • Eliza Mariar Haas, 1843-1923 • Harvey Franklin Haas, 1831-1865 • Jerome Bonaparte Haas, 1849-1865 • Maria Eliza Haas, 1809-1861 • Martha Ann Haas, 1838-1890 • Mary Elizabeth Haas, 1839-1923 • Simon Haas, 1809-1889 • Simon Haas,

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024

3. Laid to Rest Marker

Featured markers are the two farthest to the right.

1726-1779 • William George Haas, 1835-1864 • Daniel Hass, 1814-1886 • E Hass, 1799-1871 • Francis E Hass, 1851-1940 • J E Hass, 1858-1887

John Martin Hass, 1832-1895 • Frances A Haus, 1856-1857 • Malinda Haus, 1830-1833 • Franklin Clarence Ikerd, 1849-1901 • George Ikerd, 1779-1849 • George Abel Ikerd, 1806-1881 • Harriet Katherine Ikerd, 1836-1837 • Infant Ikerd, d. 1851 • Infant Twins Ikerd, d. 1901 • John R Ikerd, 1834-1854 • Martha F Ikerd, 1844-1854 • Polly Ikerd, 1785-1843 • Rosan A H Ikerd, 1831-1844 • Sarah Ann Ikerd, 1841-1904 • Susanna Finger Ikerd, 1809-1897 • Zeb Ransom Ikerd, 1890-1892 • Barbara Elizabeth Keener, 1841-1913 • Frances “Frannie” Ingle Keener, 1818-1911 • Frances E Keener, 1869-1872 • Garland F Keener, 1874-1887 • Infant Keener, 1881-1882 • John Keener, 1811-1906 • John Franklin Keener, 1847-1897 • Malinda Susannah Finger Keener, 1841-1898 • William Augustus Keener, 1883-1883 • Zema M Keener, 1884-1884 • Margaret Rebecca “Maggie” Arndt Kennedy, 1873-1895 • James Tate Linebarger, 1859-1862 • Laura E. Linebarger, 1863-1864

Catherine L Lynch, 1820-1881 • Clarance Bergen Mauney, 1885-1888 • John Sidney Mauney,

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1830-1870 • Lillian Etta Mauney, 1875-1878 • S Mahala Mauney, 1831-1916 • Sarah E Mauney, 1852-1874 • Thomas N McCaslin, 1862-1863 • Infant Norwood • J H Norwood, 1855-1855 • Lemuel David Parker, 1849-1904 • Infants Poovy • Bessie J Propst, 1897-1902 • Carolina Propst, 1854-1856 • Infant Dau Propst • Lorans Avery Propst, 1817-1893 • Nancy Elvira Setzer Propst, 1820-1885 • John Franklin Rabb, 1818-1865 • Rhoda Caroline Rabb, 1857-1859 • William Franklin Rabb, 1887-1887 • Elizabeth Houser Reep, 1813-1886 • Emanuel Reep, 1811-1894 • Susan K E Rinck, 1822-1846 • Harriet C Arndt Rucker, 1868-1895 • Infant Rudisill, d. 1873 • Infant Rudisill, d. 1880 • Jacob Franklin Rudisill, 1841-1894 • Malinda Caroline Ikerd Rudisill, 1846-1875 • Sarah E Rudisill, 1840-1904 • Pollie S Setzer, 1850-1863 • Barbara C Shell, 1831-1846 • David M Shell, 1820-1841

Nancy Fry Shell, 1780-1853 • Solomon Shell, 1783-1850 • Emmit T Sigman, 1860-1866 • Jethro Sigman, 1826-1864 • Margaret S Sigman, 1853-1863 • William Sigman, 1862-1862 • Alice Lou Ellen Bolick Sigmon, 1873-1946 • Frances Emeline Sigmon, 1916-1916 • Frances U Sigmon, 1861-1874 • Infant Sigmon, d. 1855 • John Wesley Sigmon, 1885-1944 • Robert Lee Sigmon, 1870-1917 • Sidney Sigmon, 1856-1856 • Catherine Frye Smyer, 1801-1860 • Daniel Edward Smyer, Sr, 1787-1875 • Ellas Smyer, 1790-1886 • Elizabeth Smith Smyer, 1796-1843 • John S Smyer, 1825-1842 • Joseph E Smyer, 1835-1863 • Marcus Newton Smyer, 1837-1864 • Perry E Smyer, 1842-1842 • Sallie Thorton Smyer, 1807-1898 • Thornton A Smyer, 1846-1847 • Eli E Smyers, 1862-1862 • Elizabeth Mahala Setzer Smyre, 1833-1867 • Hosea Smyre, 1832-1833 • Jacob F Smyre • oseph Smyre, 1832-1832 • Macdufeyr Smyre • Alice Teola Strutt, 1879-1880 • George Pinkney Strutt, 1850-1916

Infant Strutt, d. 1887 • Octavio Alamena McCaslin Strutt, 1860-1887 • Albert Thornton, 1850-1851 • George S Thornton, 1852-1853 • Dr Henry H Thornton, 1816-1863 • Lee Thornton, 1861-1862 • Malinda Finger Thornton, 1826-1867 • Mary Jane Mauney Turner, 1850-1934 • Infant Whitener, d. 1838 • Julian Whitener, 1848-1851 • Annie Wilson, 1796-1880 • C M Wilson, 1823-1857 • David V Wilson, 1862-1876 • Ephraim Wilson, 1836-1854 • Gideon Wilson, 1828-1845 • Joanna Wilson, 1791-1862 • John F Wilson, 1854-1863 • Joshua Ephraim Wilson, Jr, 1797-1862 • Julia Ann Arney Wilson, 1796-1880 • L B C Wilson, unknown-1842 • Logan N Wilson, 1825-1884 • Mary Ellen Wilson, 1860-1861 • Matthew Wilson, 1785-1874 • Nathaniel Wilson, 1801-1852 • Nathaniel Wilson, Jr, 1844-1862 • Rosanah J Wilson, 1866-1867 • Vilary J Wilson, 1862-1865 • Isaac Wise, unknown-1776 • Caroline Wycoff, 1825-1907

Erected 2018 by Andrew Wade, Boy Scout Troop 322.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1776.

Location. 35° 37.52′ N, 81° 12.376′ W. Marker is in Maiden, North Carolina, in Catawba County. It can be reached from Greenway Avenue north of Windy Holly Lane when traveling north. At the end of Greenway Avenue, follow the dirt road through the field to the Old Haas Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Newton NC 28658, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Revolution at Home (here, next to this marker); Freedom to Worship (here, next to this marker); Patriot Isaac Wise (within shouting distance of this marker); Mathias Barringer (approx. 1.8 miles away); Catawba College (approx. 1.9 miles away); Central High School (approx. 2.1 miles away); Hoke Smith (approx. 2.4 miles away); Old Court House Well (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maiden.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 211 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 9, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.