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Fillmore County Cemetery Locations by Township


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Listed below are the townships in Fillmore County and the location by section of the cemeteries and unnamed burial sites within each township. See Current Map, Towns and Townships for the layout of sections within each township. Those with transcriptions online here are linked.




AMHERST TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

2

Highland Lutheran

10

Elstad Lutheran

27

SE corner Of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4

32

Henry - west of Co. Rd. 21 at Hentrytown; on a hill

33

Henrytown Lutheran - in Henrytown, east side of Co. Rd. 21




ARENDAHL TOWNSHIHP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

4

Unnamed 2 acres set aside - 1st burial Toluf Anderson, later moved.  Abandoned

8

North Prairie Lutheran - Hwy 30 west of Arendahl

11

Arendahl Lutheran - Hwy 30 at Co. Rd. 25 east of Arendahl

31

Hogie farm along the north fenceline - 1 burial - daughter of Hans and Mette Hogie. Abandoned.




BEAVER TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

24

Bethelem Lutheran

28

Bagan - on Loren Kruger farm - 1 grave - a member of Tom Bagan family. Abandoned.




BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

1

Bateman - John Bateman farm - Ada Loomis 1st burial. Abandoned

2

Alonzo Hamlin farm. Abandoned.

3

P.O. & C.W. Davis farm. Abandoned.

16

North Bloomfield

20

Ostrander Lutheran

26

Etna - 1st burial Russell Refford

33

Bloomfield - land from G. Hanson




BRISTOL TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

5

Prairie Queen (German Baptist Lutheran)

13

Rice Corner or Stahl's Corner

15

Bristol Center (1857 - land given by John Rice - Congregational Church - Ben Will 1st burial)

19

Bristol Grove (Welsch Calvanistic 1874)

19

Greenleafton - same as Bristol Grove

34

St. Matthews (new Oak Hill)

35

Oak Hill - Frankie Adams Aug 27, 1856 1st burial -  land from Mr. St. John




CANTON TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

3

Lenora Methodist - land from Wm. Smith/O.F. Holmes, 1st burial Austin Eastman

4

Poor Farm - private - 1 stone left. Abandoned.

6

Amish - on Peter Miller or Andrew Wengerd farm

12

H.L.Tollifson/Tollefson farm - 1st burial stepchild of Nelson Darling 1853. Abandoned.

20

Calvary Catholic

25

Prosper - 1.5 acres from farm of M.C. McCall

27

Unnamed site of 9 burials. Abandoned.

29

Lawrence Hudson farm - SW corner. Abandoned.

32

Elliota - 1st burial Capt. Elliot's child




CARIMONA TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

9

Carimona Cemetery Association- 1st death John Woolsey 1855, burial west of cemetery. Abandoned.

9

Carimona - south of east end of village - Richard Marple 1st burial 1855

11

Unnamed burial site SW 1/4 of NE 1/4. Abandoned.

24

Waukokee - 1st burial infant child of M.& M.E. Zebough 1856

31

St. Liguori Catholic - 1st burial Thomas McGrath 1875




CARROLTON TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

7

Indian Burial Site - 1879-1907 - junction of north and south branches of Root River - 40 mounds. Abandoned.

7 & 8

Carrolton - 1st burial 1856 Patrick Mallany/Mollony

12

Root River Settlement Burying Ground - 1 acre from Ellen & Franklin Newell 1880 - 37 graves - last burial Clifford Hoium

12

Bell - same as Root River Settlement Burying Ground

13-24

Indian Mounds on Lanesboro bluffs. Abandoned.

24

Lanesboro Lutheran

24

St. Patrick's Catholic

31

St. Columbans Catholic (Calvary #1)

34

Union Prairie




CHATFIELD TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

5

St. Paul's Lutheran

8

Calvary Catholic

8

Chatfield Cemetery Association - Protestant - south of Chatfield on Hwy 52 by golf course

9

St. Mary's Catholic

9

St. Marys (old) - 1st burial 1857 Peter McConley - land from Mr. Hugo

33

Breese farm

?

Indian Burial Mound on farm near Chatfield - one mound. Abandoned.




FILLMORE TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

3

Washington - 1857

3

Fillmore (Methodist Episcopal)

3

Unnamed private site - town of Fillmore - block 13 - 2 graves. Abandoned.

3

Glady Mound - 1 Indian Mound on Leo Dunn farm, NW 1/4 x NW 1/4. Abandoned.

22

Immanuel Lutheran

22

St. Killian's

23

Henry Kohlmeyer farm. Abandoned.

28

St. Johns Lutheran - Free Baptist 1872 - United Bretheran 1876

33

Evergreen (Wykoff)

33

Greenlawn - same as Evergreen




FORESTVILLE TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

11

Unnamed 8 or 9 burials. Abandoned.

12

Unnamed on hill above park 17-18 burials - pioneer cemetery. Abandoned.

13

Unnamed private site west of store - 1 stone. Abandoned.

19

Duff (Oakland Cemetery  Association)

19

Lone Oak - same as Duff/Oakland

22

Forestville

33

Byers - 3 children

?

Indian Burial Site in cave - by Bacon - near Cherry Grove (Mystery cave?) with petrified female. Abandoned.




FOUNTAIN TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

5

Winslow (Methodist Episcopal)

11

Fountain Lutheran - east of Fountain on Co. Rd. 8

19

Early Cemetery

25

Gale. Abandoned.

28

Watson Creek




HARMONY TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

6

Bigalk - moved in 1980 to Big Springs. Moved.

9

Big Spring - German Lutheran - 1874

22-23

Greenfield Norwegian Lutheran - 1867

34

State Line Methodist




HOLT TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

8

Whalan Lutheran - 1874

29

Holt Catholic - land from Timothy Lynch - 1860s

36

North Highland 1867 - Henry Rose - 40 stones - some Quaker burials




JORDAN TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

7

Art Ellis farm - no further information. Abandoned.

8

Sodom - 1 acre - 1860s - some 20 burials including: Finley, Hardy, Jones, Wader, & Prouty. Alf Hardy was first Negro. Asam Prouty's monument is the only one left standing

26

Loughrey

27?

Indian Burial Mounds - 15 - Jordan Creek. Abandoned.

28

O'Dell

33

Baker (Buckingham)




NEWBURG TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

8

Newburg Methodist

17

Garness Trinity (Norwegian) Lutheran


(transcription located at Garness Church website)

27

Mabel Lutheran

27

Mabel - with Mabel Lutheran




NORWAY TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

12

Kopperud - 20+ stones

15

Highland Prairie Lutheran - south of Bratsberg on Hwy 43, then west




PILOT MOUND TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

9

Northwest Pilot Mound

10

Pilot Mound

22

Indian Burial Ground - Daniel Herman farm. Abandoned.

31

Root Prairie Lutheran




PREBLE TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

12

South Fork Evangelical Lutheran

15

Choice Cemetery (Choice Norwegian Methodist) - west side of Hwy 43 south of Choice, north of Tawney

18

Wisel - private - 10 burials

24

St. Mary's - with St. Olaf's

24

St. Olaf's - with St. Mary's

34

North Scheie (NW 1/4 of NE 1/4)

34

Scheie - 1/2 acre by Jacob Ellifson - 1st burial Inger Maria Ellifson - Oct 1856




PRESTON TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

5

Aaron Knight farm - private - 4 burials. Abandoned.

6

Crown Hill (Hill) - 1st burial Mrs. John Kaecher - 1858

6

Greenwood - was St. Paul's and St. Joseph's

6

St Joseph's (Presbyterian) now called Greenwood - 2 acres from Michael Metcalf - 1st burial 1879 - Mrs. Anton Ibach

6

St. Pauls' Lutheran (German) adjacent to St. Joseph's on the east - now called Greenwood - 2 acres - 1861 Jonas Conkey

6

Little Burial Site - 1 acre - 2 burials. Abandoned.

7

EUB, Methodist, Grace Lutheran, Christ Lutheran

17

Andrew Ruber farm - 1 child burial. Abandoned.

21

Wilson farm - private burial site NW 1/4 of NE 1/4

23

Tollefson farm - private site

26

Richland Prairie Presbyterian

26

Scotland - same as Richland Prairie

28

Hutton / Partridge - NE 1/4 x NW 1/4

32

Boice farm - private burial site

34

Bendickson farm  - private burial site




RUSHFORD TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

2

St. Joseph's Catholic - land by Martin Timberg - 1878 - Mrs. Thos. Murphy

3

Unnamed private site SW 1/4 of SW 1/4. Abandoned.

14

Johnson - 14 burials - 1/4 acre - west edge of city of Rushford

14

Magelssen's Bluff - 37 Indian Mounds

14

Unnamed at base of Magelssen's Bluff - buffalo hunter €“ 1848. Abandoned.

14

Oak Grove - land from Duncan Cameron - 1st burial Duncan Cameron

15

Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (the book 125th Anniversary Rushford Lutheran Church includes this excerpt from the History of Fillmore County - 1882: "This is located on section 15. Mr. S.T. Gjernes gave the land to the church in the early 1860's, with the understanding that the remains at the other cemetery should be removed, but few were ever changed. There must have been upwards of two hundred burials here, among them Dr. P.E. Kirkland, a young man of  great promise.  The remains of Mrs. Swan Werlein were the first to be laid here in 1860 or 1861.")

15

Rushford Lutheran - 1 mile west of Rushford on Hwy 30 (from the book 125th Anniversary Rushford Lutheran Church, published in 1981: "The cemetery of the Lutheran Church is located one mile west of Rushford on Highway 30. The land was given by Styrk Gjernes and Ole Berland, each about one acre. Though these cemeteries were separate the land adjoined. Later on, after the Trinity Church dissolved and the members joined Rushford Lutheran, the two were made into one larger cemetery. As the congregation grew, more land was given and some bought to add to the present cemetery.") (Additional land was purchased in 1968 from James Hoff)

23

Indian Burial Site - Sprague's Old Mill - 100 mounds. Abandoned.

23

Tuff - private

24

Bremseth farm - same as Oakwood, Sherwood and South Rushford. Abandoned.

24

Oakwood - Sherwood - South Rushford - 1871 - infant child of George Hayes - Sherwood plot. Abandoned.

26/27

Dyer - private

30

West Grace Lutheran - West of Peterson on County Road 25 approximately 1/2 mile

31

Hongerholt

32

East Grace Lutheran - 1 acre - 1876 Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran - 1st burials Olson's daughter, Tom Kleppe's wife and child




SPRING VALLEY TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

11

Indian Mounds on Raymond Riehl farm - NW 1/4 - 4 .5 miles NE of Spring Valley - 6 mounds

14

Indian Burial Mounds - 6 - NE 1/4 of SW 1/4

22

Unnamed private burial site - Hattie Kingsley was buried on her father's farm. Abandoned.

34

St. Ignatius

34

Spring Valley - 1860 4 acres + 2 acres - east

34

Zion, Our Saviors and Trinity Lutheran

36

Midway Lutheran




SUMNER TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

13

Stone Church - Presbyterian - 1870 3 acres - 1st burial Euphremia Ferguson 1871

25

Washington - 1857

28

Sumner - 1862 - Ernest Gove; 1863 - Mrs. W.W.Beers - 2 acres from G.A. Hayes

28

Millet - same as Sumner

31

Hamilton (Congregational) - 1871




YORK TOWNSHIP

Section

Cemetery or Burial Site

1

Dutch Reformed

1

Greenleafton

1

Holland Presbyterian - now part of Greenleafton Cemetery south of town

4

Cherry Grove - 1892 from John P. Hamlin - 1 acre

15

Love - 1856 - from Almod Betts

22

Canfield - 2 boys of J.L.Brown and 1 other boy drowned and were buried in corner of Brown's farm - now Merle Stockdale's farm. Others were also buried there - now plowed up. Brown boys were later moved to Spring Valley. Abandoned.

24

Saetersdal (Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran)