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Hoffmeister Cemetery Preservation Plan
Lee County, Iowa
In 2000, Phase I archaeological investigations along a proposed pipeline corridor recorded a small family cemetery adjacent to the corridor. A Preservation Plan was developed to outline procedures to ensure long-term protection of the cemetery from impacts associated with the construction, operation, and maintenance of the sewer pipeline. The cemetery is considered potentially eligible for National Register under Criterion B and/or Criterion C.
The cemetery consists of ten crypts, capped at ground-surface by large limestone slabs. The Fort Madison Democrat published an article in 1973 that associates the cemetery with Augustus Hoffmeister. Hoffmeister was a German immigrant who came to America in 1848 and moved to the Fort Madison area in 1854 to practice medicine. He served as a surgeon in the Iowa Eighth Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and he was appointed surgeon at the Iowa penitentiary after the war. He and his wife, Bertha, had ten children. Augustus’ tomb was not identified in the cemetery. Legible dates on the tombstones include 1860, 1916, 1917, 1926, and 1962.
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