Ioka was located on section 28, (
Jackson Twp.,
Keokuk County) about one mile from the
Jefferson county line. It was at one time in the center of the business of that township, and is on the surveyed route of the Muscatine &
Missouri Railroad. The Cemeteries in
Jackson Twp. are:
Altman in Sec. 36;
Ollie (DeArmand) in Sec. 22; Rock
Creek in Sec. 28; Vanorsdall in Sec. 5. Also Nancy could be buried in
Jefferson county as Ioka is within a mile of
Jefferson county.
The iowawpagraves.org site lists a Thomas
Witt Sutherland, born 1863, died June 15, 1921. Buried at
McCleary Cemetery,
Locust Grove Twp. Sec. 36,
Jefferson county,
Iowa. Shows him as the son of John W. and Amanda, husband of Mary and his children as
Eunice M. Hayden and Ralph Bruce.
