Atkinson Cemetery, Cottage Grove

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About the Atkinson Cemetery Project


This project was funded in part by an Access Grant from IFP Minneapolis/

St. Paul (http://www.ifpmsp.org/).

Cemeteries are an important documentation of the past, and have been a

passion of mine for over ten years. Not only is the architecture endlessly

fascinating, but you can learn a lot about family and community from

studying a cemetery. Originally I had hoped to discover what the four

oldest cemeteries in Minnesota are, but having never done historical

research of this magnitude, I quickly had to narrow my topic and

concentrate on only one cemetery. I chose Atkinson Cemetery in Cottage

Grove because I thought it was the oldest cemetery in Washington County,

and because it managed to elude being destroyed or relocated, despite

encroaching urban sprawl and a sixty-year abandonment.

Although Atkinson is not the oldest cemetery in Washington County, it

is none-the-less significant to the history of Cottage Grove and the state

of Minnesota. Every cemetery has a story to tell; please be considerate

when visiting your local cemetery. If you are interested in historic

preservation, state history, or even family genealogy, please visit the

links section of this website.

Included here are the biographies of the people known to be buried in

Atkinson Cemetery next to the transription.

Photographs of each gravestone accompany the appropriate biography on

another page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/washington/cemeteries/atkinson.htm


There are also biographies on the other page of a few of the people

assumed to be buried there, or people who have an important association

with the cemetery.

NOTE: The stones are listed 1. - 27. with the BIOS: noted under

the transcriptions.

Atkinson Cemetery Transcription

This is the transcription of all the stones found in Atkinson Cemetery.

I attempted to transcribe the cemetery by rows, but many of the stones do

not fall into a logical pattern. Dashes represent information that was not

readable on the stones, and my own comments are in italics.

1. Father

2. HILL

Lewis Hill 1822-1888

Abba Hill 1836-

Fredie E. G. Hill 1875-1907

BIOS:

LEWIS HILL

Lewis Hill was born in 1822 in Hollis, Main. In 1843 Lewis Hill began his

pioneering sojourn to Minnesota, contracting fever and ague on the way.

First settling at St. Croix Falls, Lewis moved to Cottage Grove in 1843.

Of all the pioneers buried in Atkinson Cemetery, Lewis Hill was the first

person to settle in Cottage Grove, and like most pioneers he was a farmer.

In 1855 he moved to Dakota County, and in 1858 he was enrolled as a member

of Old Settlers Association. Sources conflict as to when Lewis married

Abba, but it is most likely that they wed when Lewis returned to Cottage

Grove in 1859. Lewis and Abba were members of the Universalist Church at

Atkinson Corner's (founded 1867), and Lewis was on the board of managers

for Atkinson Cemetery Association (1874). The Hills had several children,

many of whom are buried in Atkinson. Lewis died on February 11, 1888 of

general debility.

ABBA HILL

Abba (Abbie, Abigail) was born in 1836. She married Lewis Hill in 1859.

Since she was the wife of a farmer, she most likely spent her time raising

their children and tending to the house. Together Abba and Lewis had

several children: John W., Maude A., Tennyson, Emma C., Jessie L. and

Frederick E. G. Aside from being a member of the Universalist Church,

no further information about Abba is known, including the date of her death.

CHILDREN OF LEWIS and ABBA HILL

While no information is available about these children of Lewis and Abba

Hill, it can be assumed they were all young children when they died.

The single stone, which is for all three children, contains carvings of

lambs, a figure reserved for infants and young children. Tennyson died

in August 1860, and both John W. and Maude A. died in November of 1861.

3. WELCH

Augustus A. Welch 1828-1900

Co. I, 1st Minn Heavy Artillery

Infant d.May 21,1864

son of A. A. Welch

David Welch 1792-1846

Betsy D. Welch 1799-1887

wife of David

William T. Welch 1831-1861

A. A. Welch

BIOS:

AUGUSTUS A. WELCH

Augusts A. Welch was born in Maine in 1828. The date of his settlement

in Cottage Grove is not known, but on February 11, 1865 Augustus enrolled

in the Civil War effort. Augustus joined Minnesota's Company I of 1st

Regiment of Heavy Artillery. His regiment was mustered into action on

February 13th, and served only until September 27th of the same year.

He was discharged from service, along with the rest of his company,

and lived in Cottage Grove until his death in 1900.

INFANT WELCH (son)

Augustus A. Welch had an infant son, who died on May 21, 1864.

DAVID WELCH

David Welch was born in 1792 and died in 1846. Little information about

him exists, except that he was married to Betsy D. Welch. His grave

bears the earliest date in Atkinson Cemetery, but according to oral

history passed on by Gladys Munger to Robert C. Vogel in the 1980s,

David Welch is not buried there. Settlers would often erect tribute

monuments to family members who died along the trail, or who were

left behind. If Augustus and William are his sons, it is likely that

they pioneered to Cottage Grove after their father passed away, and

erected a tribute to him in Cottage Grove.

BETSY D. WELCH

Betsy D. Welch was born in 1799, presumably in the northeastern United

States. She is the wife of David Welch. She died in 1887. No conclusive

information about her is known, but one can speculate that she is the

mother of Augustus and William, and pioneered west with them after her

husband passed away.

WILLIAM T. WELCH (WILLIAM WELCH)

William T. Welch was born in 1831 and died in 1861. His epitaph is part

of the Welch monument, and of him little else is known. The Erickson

transcription in 1970 lists William T. Welch with the dates 1831-1861,

and a separate marker for William Welch who was a Corporal in Company

B of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry. No separate stone exists today, and

the current monument lists no war record for William T. Welch. The war

record of 1865 lists a William T. Welch, who enlisted when he was 26.

His regiment was mustered into action on September 26, 1861; he was

never mustered out. This Welch was a corporal when he died in Cottage

Grove on August 18, 1863. Minnesota Pension Records list a William

Welch living in Redwood County, who received four dollars a month for

being wounded in the thigh. Perhaps William and William T. are

actually the same man, but records are inconclusive.

DAVID F. WELCH

David F. Welch is the son of J. D. and A. H. Welch. He died on August

31, 1857 at the age of two months. It is possibled that he is related

to David Welch [Sr.].

4.

Claudia ---- ---- d.----

Aged ----

BIO:

CLAUDIA (HILL)

Atkinson Cemetery contains a

grave with the inscription "Claudia, daughter of ____." The remainder

of the inscription is completely illegible. Both the WCVR and the CGHPO

Registers of Deaths list a Claudia Hill, born in Minnesota; WCVR lists

Lewis and Abigail Hill as her parents. Could the Hills have had another

child, or is Claudia merely Emma C.'s middle name? Claudia died of

Typhoid Pneumonia on February 10, 1876 at the age of eleven years.

5.

John --, ----, ----, 1864

--y 10m (left)

Maude --, ----, ----, 1864-

Aged ---- (middle)

Tennyson, ----, ----, 1860

Aged -- y(right)

Children of Lewis & Abba Hill

---- (inscription)

6. HILL

Fredie E. G.

BIO:

FREDIE E. G. HILL

Fredie (Frederick) E. G. Hill, son of Lewis and Abbie Hill, was born in

1875. He died in his early 30s in 1907. No further information is

available on Fredie.

7. MUNGER

F. L. T.

At Rest

Joel M. Munger Mar 03,1817 Apr 03,1887

Born in Orwell, VT.

BIO:

JOEL MUNGER

James "Joel" Malancton Munger

was born on March 3, 1817 in Orwell, Vermont. His younger brother

William was born exactly five years later in 1822. Their parents

were William and Betsy Munger. Joel and William apparently like

to do things exactly the same. In a double wedding, Joel married

Lucinda Belden, and William married Julia Belden, Lucinda's sister,

in Johnstown, Wisconsin on December 31, 1843. William was the first

to settle in Cottage Grove, but Joel wasn't far behind. He and his

young family pioneered to Cottage Grove in 1857. Joel began raising

Spanish Merino sheep, but later turned to farming due to problems

with wolves. In 1858 Joel served as an election judge, and was also

elected justice. He joined the Universalist Church at Atkinson

Corner's Schoolhouse in 1867. When Atkinson Cemetery Association

was formed in 1874, Joel sat on the board and was a trustee. Joel

was also elected overseer of the public highway built on the West

Side of town. He and Lucinda had ten known children. Joel died on

April 3, 1887 of heart disease. His gravestone bears a carving of

a chain with three links, containing the letters "F.L.T." These

letters stand for Friendship, Love and Truth, and are a symbol of

the International Order of Oddfellows.

8. MUNGER

Carlton W. d.Aug 18,1882

Son of W. R. and J. A. E. Munger

AGED 16y 8m 2d

"I will lay my head on my mother's --

She will watch as I -- -- -- --

-- I'll clasp -- -- --

-- -- --"

BIO:

CARL MUNGER

Carlton W. Munger was the son of William and Julia A. E. Munger, and

cousin to Julia A. Manning. Being a farmer's son, he would've spent

much of his adult youth helping his father in the fields and hunting.

It was doing the later activity where Carl met his untimely death at

sixteen. Carl accidentally shot himself while trying to go under a

fence. He passed away on August 18, 1882.


9. MUNGER d.Apr -- 18--

Hellen ---- (broken)

daughter J.M. and ---- MUNGER

Aged 2y ---- ----

---- (possible inscription)

BIO:

HELLEN MUNGER

Hellen C. Munger was born in Vermont to Joel and Lucinda Munger. In

1857 Joel Munger's family pioneered to Cottage Grove. Hellen would've

been about ten years old, and most likely helped her mother care for

Julia (Manning), her younger sister, and any other small children

during the long trek to Minnesota. Hellen was just twenty-seven when

she died of typhoid pneumonia on April 7, 1874.

10. MUNGER

Baby d.Nov 01,1862

our babe son of J. M. & L. M. Munger

Aged --m 13d

---- (inscription)

BIO:

UNNAMED MUNGER (son)

Joel and Lucinda Munger had a three-month-old infant who died on

November 1, 1862.

11. MUNGER

Fred D. d.Aug 09,1856

Son of W. R. and J. A. Munger

Aged 1y 7m 15d

BIO:

FRED D. MUNGER

Fred Duane Munger was the son of William and Julia A. E. Munger.

He was born on December 23, 1854, and died on August 9, 1856.

12. MUNGER

Julia A. E. d.Aug 17,1881

Prescott Lodge No. 154

I.O. of O. F. of Wis.

wife of W. R. Munger

Aged 58y ---- 10d

---- (inscription)

BIO:

JULIA A. E. MUNGER

Julia A. E. Belden, daughter of Lucas and Roxy Belden, was born in

Vermont. She married William Munger in Johnstown, Wisconsin on

December 31, 1843, and in 1852 they settled in Cottage Grove.

Primarily Julia was a housekeeper, but like her brother-in-law, she

too was a member of the I.O.O.F. Her gravestone proudly proclaims

her membership in Lodge #154 in Prescott, Wisconsin. She and William

had five known children. Their son A'Hyatt married Placidius Mars,

and is the grandfather of Gladys Munger. Julia died of heart disease

on the 17th of either July or August, 1881. She was fifty-eight years

old. Her husband William is buried in Cottage Grove Cemetery.

13. ATKINSON

Martin V. B. Jul 04,1854

son of J. & H. Atkinson Drown'd

Aged 16y 7m 17d

BIO:

MARTIN V. B. ATKINSON

Not much is known about young Martin Atkinson, who met the unfortunate

fate of drowning on the fourth of July in 1854. Martin was about

sixteen-and-a-half when he died, which means he would have been born

in Pittsfield, Maine, and was a pioneer just like his parents. Martin

is most likely the first person to be buried in Atkinson Cemetery.

14. ATKINSON

Hannah M. Dec 19,1810 Sep 17,1873

wife of John Atkinson

God Is Love

"Affection warm with fond ----

To (serve) thy presence once made glad.

And each kind word, still ---- seems

In (garments) bright by memory clad."

A. B. F.

BIO:

HANNAH M. ATKINSON

Hannah Moore was born in Maine on December 19, 1810. She later wed

John Atkinson, and together they and their young family settled in

Minnesota. Hannah was a farmer's wife, and would've tended to the

home and her children. Along with her husband John and other members

of the early Cottage Grove community, Hannah was one of the founding

members of the Universalist Church organized at the Atkinson schoolhouse.

Hannah passed away in 1873 at age 64 from cancer. Sources for her exact

date of passing all conflict on either the month or day, with her

tombstone listing September 17th, and the two Registers of Deaths

listing October 11th or 12th. Another note of interest is the

inscription on her grave, which is attributed to A. B. F. These are

the same initials of the woman John Atkinson married the year after

Hannah's death. It is possible that Hannah was friends with Almira B.

Fiske, and that in passing she brought John and her friend together

in marriage.

15. KELLER

Charley d.Mar 07,1880

Son of H. & A. Keller

Aged 4m 2d

"---- not father and mother for ----

---- waiting in glory (cut off)"

BIO:

CHARLEY KELLER

Charley Keller was born in Cottage Grove to Henry and Anna Keller.

His gravestone lists his death as March 7, 1880, which conflicts

with the WCVR and CGHPO Registers of Deaths, which list him dying

in 1881. Charley was not even five months old when he died of croup.

16. DIBBLE

David J. Dibble d.Oct 19,1861

Aged 10y

---- (inscription)

BIO:

DAVID J. DIBBLE

David J. Dibble died at the age of 10 on October 19, 1861. Nothing

else is known about him.

17. WELCH

David F. d.Aug 31,1857

son of J. D. & A. H. Welch

Aged 2m 13d

"Thy grave must be they

Cradle now, The wild

flowers o'er thy breast

Shall bloom."

18. MUNGER

Elbridge G. Munger 1852-1900

BIO:

ELBRIDGE G.MUNGER

Elbridge G. Munger was born on December 30, 1851 (gravestone says 1852)

in Johnstown, WI. He was the son of William and Julia A. E. Munger,

who came to Cottage Grove in 1852. Like his brother Carl, he would've

hunted and farmed in his youth. He attended the St. Paul Business

College and School of Telegraphy, but returned to Cottage Grove to

raise horses. His horses were considered to be the finest in Minnesota.

Elbridge married Ellen ----. On July 23, 1883 they had a daughter and

named her Myrta, after Elbridge's sister who had passed away earlier

in the year. Elbridge died in 1900.

19.

Emma H. C. 1857-1899

BIO:

EMMA H. C. (WELCH?)

Emma H. C. was born in 1857 and died in 1899. Her marker is a footstone

that bears no surname. In 1970 when the Erickson's transcribed Atkinson

Cemetery, they noted that her stone "appeared to be associated with the

Welches." No information exists as to whom she is related, and today her

footstone is nowhere near the Welch monument.

20. STAPLES d.Jul 02,1882

Willie W.

son of F. W. and M. A. Staples Age 2y 1m 22d

"Here lies Willie all alone

And leaves us here to mourn."

BIO:

WILLIE W. STAPLES

Willie W. Staples was born on May 10, 1880 to Fred and Myrta Staples.

He died two years later on July 2, 1882.

21. MUNGER

Myrta A. Munger Sep 01,1857 Mar 22,1883

In memory of

Wife of Fred W. Staples

"Myrta dear you have gone and left ----

---Your loss we deeply feel

There is a ---- that has bereft ----

---- Left our sorrow here ----"

BIO:

MYRTA A. (MUNGER) STAPLES

Myrta "Mertie" Ann Munger, daughter of William and Julia Munger, was

born on September 1, 1857. She married Fred W. Staples, who was a

farmer, and together they had one son, Willie. Myrta died on March

22, 1883, and her brother Elbridge named his daughter (b. July 23, 1883)

after her.

22. MANNING

Corwin K. (east face) ---- ---- ----

Son of ---- Manning

Julia A. (west face) Jul 04,1862 Jun 01,1882

Wife of Corwin K. Manning and Daughter of J. M. and L. M. Munger

BIOS:

CORWIN K. MANNING

Corwin K. Manning was born on April 21, 1856 in New York. His parents

were Stephen H. and Sarah Manning. It is not known when Corwin pioneered

to Cottage Grove, but like most pioneers, he was a farmer. Corwin

married Julia A. Munger, and together they had a daughter, Lillie

May (January 10, 1871). Corwin died on February 13, 1881. While his

gravestone is nearly illegible today, the 1970 Erickson transcription

states that Corwin met the unfortunate fate of being "killed on the

cars." Did this mean that Corwin also worked on the railroad, or did

he accidentally meet his fate while walking along the train tracks?

JULIA A. (MUNGER) MANNING

Julia A. Munger, daughter of Joel and Lucinda Munger, was born on April

4, 1852 in Vermont. Julia was only five years old when her family

pioneered to Cottage Grove in 1857. She married Corwin Manning, and

their daughter Lillie May was born on January 10, 1871. Lillie was

just ten years old when Corwin died in 1881, and was orphaned when

her mother passed away the following year. Julia died on June 1, 1882

of consumption. Although Lillie was left parentless, it is most likely

that a member of the very extensive Munger family took her in.

23. TIBBETS

Alvah Tibbets Dec 25 (broken) Oct 12,1877

BIO:

ALVAH TIBBETS

Alvah Tibbets was born on Christmas Day, 1804, in Wolfborough, New

Hampshire (gravestone says 1803). On July 8, 1832 he married Dorothy

----. It is unclear when Alvah moved from New Hampshire to Maine, but

in 1845 he, Dorothy and their eight children began pioneering west.

They lived for a short time in Stephens County, Illinois, and in 1847

moved to Oconto, Wisconsin. In 1851 they moved to Waupaca Co., Wisconsin,

and finally made it to Cottage Grove. Like most pioneers, Alvah was a

farmer. He died on October 12, 1877 of asthma and old age.

24. MARS

John Scott Mars Sep 17,1816 May 03,1908

Born in New Bedford, PA:Died in Battle Lake, MN

Mary Eaton 1826-Jun 28,1858

Wife:Born and Died in PA

CHILDREN: BORN:

Rufus Eli Nov 14,1845

Martin Luther Sep 28,1847

Samuel Scott Sep 29,1849

Robert Winfield Apr 04,1852

William Albert Jun 17,1854

Margaret Ellen Aug 11,1856

WIFE:

Catherine Nov 13,1831 Sep 18,1885

Wife:Born in PA:Died in Cottage Grove

"The Widow READY"

Her Sons: Lewis Y. Ready Jul 03,1849

William Henry Ready Mar 12,1852

Her sons were raised By John Scott Mars as his sons

FATHER: Robert Mars 1784-Jan 16,1852

MOTHER: Mary Ewing Mars 1790-Dec 31,1852

Parents are buried in Deer Creek Cemetery in New Bedford, PA

BROTHER:Hartley May 29 1829-Mar 19,1912

Buried in Cottage Grove Cemetery

BIO:

MARS MONUMENT

Atkinson Cemetery contains a modern monument to the Mars Family,

which was erected in the early 1980s. The Mars Family, like the

Mungers, was a large and prominent family in Cottage Grove and

the surrounding area, but there is no solid evidence that any

Marses are buried in Atkinson. There are no surviving gravestones

containing the name Mars, and many of the Marses listed on the

monument are buried in Cottage Grove Cemetery. However, an

undated Platt Map of Atkinson Cemetery in the WCHS files lists a

plot as being sold to J. M. Mars. John M. Mars, born on July 29,

1865, was the son of Hartley Mars. John died on July 18th in

either 1883 or 1888.

After the Mars monument was erected, some Minnesota newspapers

claimed that the founder of Mars Candy Corporation was buried in

Atkinson Cemetery. Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candy, is

believed to have been born in Newport, MN, and is interred in Lakewood

Cemetery in Minneapolis. However, Atkinson Cemetery can lay claim

to its association with the Mars Candy Corporation. A'Hyatt Munger,

son of William Munger, married Placidius E. Mars, daughter of

Hartley Mars. Their granddaughter was Gladys Munger, who was one of

the biggest proponents for rescuing Atkinson Cemetery during the

overpass construction in 1981. In 1979 Forrest Mars, son of Franklin

C. Mars, contacted Gladys. Forrest Mars was conducting genealogical

research on his family, and knew that his father had come from the

Newport area, and that the Mungers were related to the Marses.

It turned out that Forrest's great-grandfather was John S. Mars,

brother to Hartley Mars, making he and Gladys third cousins. Forrest

lent a hand in helping to rescue Atkinson Cemetery, and the monument

was erected to commemorate any Marses who might be buried there.

(see transcriptions for a full list of names)

25. AUSTIN

Lewis Austin d.Jan 25,189-

Aged 62y --

BIO:

LEWIS AUSTIN

Lewis Austin is the husband of Alzina Munger Austin. Lewis was the

director of Langdon School Dist. #30, which was organized in 1872.

He also was on the board of managers for the Atkinson Cemetery

Association. Lewis passed away at the age of 62. His grave lists

his date of death as January 25th in the 1890s. Unfortunately the

stone is broken and no death certificate exists to verify the exact

year.

26. MUNGER

Alzina Munger 1824-190-

Wife of Lewis Austin

BIO:

ALZINA (MUNGER) AUSTIN

Alzina Emily Munger was born on January 11, 1825 in Orwell, Vermont.

She is the sister of Joel and William Munger. Alzina married Lewis

Austin, but it is unknown whether they married before or after

settling in Cottage Grove. Alzina passed away on March 21, 1909 of

a fractured thigh. She is the last known burial in Atkinson Cemetery.

27. CHURCHILL

Willie Churchill d.Sep 05,1872

Aged 1y 2m

BIO:

WILLIE CHURCHILL

Willie Churchill was born on July 20, 1871 to J. A. and Nellie

Churchill, who were farmers. Willie died in September 1872 of

dropsy on the brain. The WCVR and CGHPO Registers of Deaths both

list the day as the 1st, but his gravestone says the 5th. The

CGHPO Register of Deaths also mistakenly lists Willie as being

married at his time of death. J. H. Churchill was a trustee and

sat on the board of Atkinson Cemetery; it is possible that this

is Willie's father, and that Willie's birth record has a mistake,

with the initial "A" instead of "H". It is also possible that

Freddie is Willie's brother.

A pile of 13 gravestone bases exists on the NW side of a tree in the

NW corner of Atkinson Cemetery. Presumably these were placed here

after the City restored the cemetery. One of the bases has an illegible

inscription.


Cottage Grove's Historic Atkinson Cemetery

Dedication & Thanks

DEDICATION:

This project is dedicated to the memories of Gladys Munger and Sarah E.

Holm, my grandmother.

Without the memories and memoirs of Gladys Munger, and donation of

Munger family papers to the Washington County Historical

Society, a majority of this project would still be speculation.

I blame Sarah for my love of cemeteries. If my grandmother hadn't been

such an avid cemetery and genealogy buff, this project wouldn't have

happened.

THANKS TO:

IFP-MSP staff: Reily Tilman, Stan Oslund and Brady Kiernan-thanks

for your patience.

IFP Grant Recipients: Jane Kramer, Sharon Lyon & Marie Markoe-for

support and critique.

John Burbank, Senior Planner of Community Development, City of

Cottage Grove-thank you for all your help, including all the emails

and photocopies.

Cemetery_Photos@Yahoogroups.com--for all your support while I was

frustrated.

Becca, Dad & Deb-for proof reading.

Brian D. Garrity-for extra darkroom use.

Jeff Krueger-for use of your wide-angle lens!

Minnesota Historical Society-to all the helpful staff.

Minnesota Preservation Society-to all the people who replied to

my emails, even though I eventually progressed in a different direction.

Brent Peterson, Executive Director, Washington County Historical

Society-thank you for pointing me towards the right sources, and

telling me not to print rumors.

Pat Thielen-for equipment donation and photo assisting.

Robert C. Vogel, former Historic Planning Officer, City of Cottage

Grove-thank you for taking the time to speak to me on the phone and

impart some of your knowledge on Atkinson Cemetery.

Atkinson Cemetery Project

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