First Swedish Baptist Cemetery - Houston, MN

La Crosse Area Genealogical Society

First Swedish Baptist Cemetery
Houston County, Minnesota

Copied from the La Crosse Area Genealogical Society's Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, May 1979.

This small cemetery is located in the center of the NW1/4 of the SE1/4, Sec. 3, Houston Township, approximately 3 miles southest of Houston, MN. The burial ground, just west of the farm house on the slope of the hill, is fenced and access may be had by permission of the farm operator. This was the first burial site for the Swedish Baptist immigrants to Houston. Copied 3 June 1975 by Mrs. Kay Anderson, Mrs. Ivy McCune and Mason A. W. H.


Surname Given Name Deathdate Comments
Anderson Aaron 15 July 1854 Age 8 y., Son of A. & B.
Anderson Beata 11 July 1854 No stone, Wife of Johannes
Anderson Britta 9 July 1854 Age 32 y, Wife of Abraham
Benson Christine 8 July 1854 Age 36 y., Wife of Ole
Benson Ole 8 February 1860 Age 48 y.
Johnson Augusta 1854 No stone, Age 20 y., sister to David Johnson - accidentally shot
Johnson Brita 13 July 1854 No stone, Age 39 y., Wife of Lars
Nilsson Anders August 1853 No stone, Age 73 y.
Redding Lars 26 March 1860 Age 62 y. 10 m. 9 d.

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