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THE RECORDING OF A CEMETERY

By Thelma Greene Reagan

 

Today we walked where others walked

On a lonely, windswept hill.

Today we talked where others cried

For loved ones whose lives are stilled.

 

Today our hearts were touched

By graves of tiny babies.

Snatched from the arms of loving kin,

In the heartbreak of the ages.

 

Today we saw where

the grandparents lay

In the last sleep of their time.

Lying under the trees and clouds -

Their beds kissed by the sun and wind.

 

Today we wondered

About an unmarked spot.

Who lies beneath this hallowed ground?

Was it a babe, child, young or old?

No indication could be found.

 

Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay.

We had been here once before

On a day we'd all like to forget,

But will remember forever more.

 

Today we recorded for kith and kin

The graves of ancestors past.

To be preserved for generations hence,

A record we hope will last.

 

Cherish it, my friend.

Preserve it, my friend,

For stones sometimes crumble to dust

And generations of folks yet to come

Will be grateful for your trust.

 

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Mower County Cemetery Information

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Sever Temanson Cemetery – Frankford Township

Mower County, Minnesota

 Photo by Kathy Pike

 

Submitted to MnGenWeb by Cassandra Hanson - April 2002
Information obtained from Raymond O. Skaran, Grand Meadow, Minnesota as recorded from tombstones. Published by Mower County Genealogical Society

 

Reproduced by Cassandra Hanson for Tombstone Transcription project with permission by MCGS. Recordings completed 23 July 1977.

 

It appears that this is a very old cemetery (ended in 1870). It is located on private property, with a driveway to it for access. Presently it is a fenced-off area with a memorial marker or monument. The marker lists all the people that were buried there, but all original headstones are gone.

 

The following are the names of the Norwegian settlers buried in the Sever Temanson Cemetery -- interred during the period 1856-1870.

 

41 Interments:

Last

First Middle Maiden

Birth

Death

Braaten 

Anders

 unknown

 unknown

Branson 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Brufalt 

Erland

 unknown

 unknown

Dalen 

Ellen

 unknown

 unknown

Espenchied 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Espenchied 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Florand 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Grondalen 

Engebret

 unknown

 unknown

Haraldsbake 

Marta

 unknown

 unknown

Haugen 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Haugen 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Haugen 

Erick

 4 Apr 1866

 Jun 1867

Haugestuen 

Nils

 unknown

 unknown

Hovda 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Hovda 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Jobraaten 

Ole S.

 unknown

 unknown

Johnson 

Engebret

 unknown

 unknown

Lindelien 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Lindelien 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Lindelien 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Lindelien 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Lindelien 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Moen 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Moen 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Nilson 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Rustebake 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Simonson 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Simonson 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Simonson 

Ole

 20 Feb 1816

1864

Skaran 

Oline Sivertsen “Lena”

 25 Nov 1866

 22 Nov 1877

Skarlshaugen 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Soromseia 

Marit

 unknown

 unknown

Stenseth 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Stenseth 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Syverud 

Mikal Olsen

 25 Jan 1867

1869

Temanson 

Ingre Omsrud 

 28 Jun 1826

1867

Tuff 

Anne

 unknown

 unknown

Turhaug 

Anders

 unknown

1856

Ubrekhent 

En

 unknown

 unknown

Week 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

Week 

Child

 unknown

 unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

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