Asphult Lutheran Cemetery
Section 28, Hill River Township, Polk County, MN
Northeast of McIntosh, MN on County Road 35 Near Jeppson Lake
Asphult was organized on January 4, 1889 by Rev. James Moody with services held in a schoolhouse
until the church was built in 1911. Asphult Church was build on land sold to the church
by Nels Jeppson in 1890. The church closed in the 1960's and now stands in the Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls.
Thankyou to Ann for the picture taken in 2002
Thankyou to Mary Neste for providing the cemetery transcription and list of Pastors below
Last Name | First Name | Relationship | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Remarks |
Jeppson | Johanna | Mother | Feb 7, 1847 | Mar 5, 1937 | (Mrs Nels jr) |
Jeppson | Nels | Father | Jun 14, 1851 | Dec 12, 1903 | |
Jeppson | Arthur Edwin | Son | Feb. 28, 1886 | May 6, 1964 | |
Jeppson | Clarence Hjalmer | Son of Nels | Feb 15, 1891 | Aug 9, 1895 | |
Tronson | Johanna Eurine (Jeppson) |
Dtr. of Nels | Sept 2, 1888 | Apr 18, 1980 | |
Olson | Nils | May 3, 1838 | June 28, 1912 | wife Ingeborg is buried in CA | |
Hedlund | Olaf Gotfrid | husband | July 26, 1856 | Feb 6, 1918 | |
Hedlund | Sophia wife | Apr 1, 1850 | Nov 25, 1919 | (Mrs Gotfrid) | |
(Lindquist) | |||||
Swanson | Nels | Father | Oct 14, 1864 | 1936 | |
Swanson | Berget (Moi) | Mother | July 9, 1874 | Mar 20, 1976 | (Mrs Nels) |
Swanson | Carl Wilhelm | Son | Dec 16, 1895 | Nov. 27, 1949 | Minnesota IVT |
Infantry 37 Div | |||||
War I | |||||
Swanson | Newell Ordean | Son | Dec 29, 1925 | Dec 29, 1925 1 | 10 mo. 4 da. |
Swanson | Carl | Grandfather | Mar 25 1829 | 18 Dec 1896 | |
Swanson | Marean | Grandmother | 26 Apr 1832 | 21 Jan 1911 | (Mrs Carl) |
Swanson | Charley C. | Son of Carl | 1871 | Oct. 7, 1926 | |
Swanson | Clarance Melvin | Son of Carl | Mar 13, 1891 | Oct 28, 1911 | |
Swanson | Clifford Virgil | Son of Carl | 1914 | May 22, 1932 | |
Swanson | Swan | Father | June 10, 1859 | Nov. 22, 1934 | |
Swanson | Karen Elisabeth (Carrie) Mother | Feb 27, 1870 | Dec 24, 1944 | (Mrs Swan) | |
Swanson | Carl Christian Adolph | Son of Swan | May 7, 1904 | May 9, 1964 | |
Gustafson | Baby | (Father - Olaf Gustafson) | |||
Nystrom | Anders | 24 Dec 1820 | 22 Mar 1900 | ||
Pearson | Peter E. | Son of Ola | May 12, 1874 | Aug 16, 1905 | |
Pearson | Ida Olivia | Daughter of Ola | Feb. 28, 1883 | 1900 or 1910? | |
Pearson | Helga Eleanora | Daughter of Ola | Sep. 24, 1881 | July 8, 1910 | |
Pearson, | Johanna (Andersdotter) | June 25, 1842 | Apr 5, 1930 | Mrs Ola Persson | |
Peterson, | Johanna Elizabeth (Pearson) | Jan 1, 1877 | June 25, 1908 | (Mrs Charley) | |
Peterson | Nels Peter | Father | Mar 9, 1835 | Nov 8, 1907 | |
Peterson | Johanna Lovisa | Mother | Dec 24, 1842 | - Dec 11, 1917 | (Mrs Nels) |
(Pearson) | |||||
Peterson | Judith Johanna | Daughter of Nels | April 13, 1908 | Nov 24, 1908 | |
Peterson | Edith Elvira | Daughter of Nels | Dec 4, 1901 | Apr 26, 1902 | |
Peterson | Charles Emil (Charley) | Mar 17, 1872 | Nov 9, 1937 | Nov 9, 1937 | |
Stromqvist | Axel | Dec 16, 1883 | Dec 19, 1902 | ||
Enarsson | Olof | Father | Mar 25, 1850 | Aug 6, 1938 | |
Enerson | Elin (Monson) | Mother | Jul 17, 1847 | Jul 15, 1903 | (Olaf's 1st wife) |
Enerson | Tina | daughter | Oct 7, 1889 | June 7, 1926 | 36 yrs 5 mos 28 days |
Enerson | Baby Girl | (Swen & Annie) | Sept 4, 1903 | stillborn | |
Enerson | Karoline | Nov 24, 1864 | Nov 8, 1920 | (Olof's 2nd wife) | |
(Svensdotter) | |||||
Enerson | Edwin Oliver | (Swen & Annie) | Jan 8, 1904 | Oct 22, 1908 | |
Enerson | Martin | son | Dec 11, 1885 | Sept 30, 1915 | |
Boe | Minnie (Enerson) | daughter of Olaf | Apr 22, 1881 | Aug 3, 1906 | |
Munter | Carl Fredrick | Father | Nov 1842 | Apr 23, 1920 | |
Munter | Josephine Charlotta - Mother | May 30, 1857 | Jan 18, 1940 | (Mrs Carl F,) | |
Sundrud, | Ida Mathilda (Munter) | May 4, 1889 | Jan 27, 1933 | ||
Hagen | Annie Mellry (Munter) | May 11, 1899 | Sep 25, 1953 | (Mrs Melvin) | |
Wiberg | Ida Helena (Peterson) | Sept 21, 1861 | 1936 | (Mrs Charles) | |
Wiberg | Charles P. | 1849 | 1913 | ||
Peterson | Edith | 1902 - 1908 | (I had stillborn 1902) | ||
Peterson | P. Oscar | 1858 | 1890 | ||
Weberg | Hulda Christina Laurenda | daughter of
Charles |
Nov 21, 1895 | June 30, 1962 | |
Wiberg, | Otto | 1908 | stillborn | ||
Enerson | John | August Dec 31, 1873 | Nov 27, 1927 | ||
Enerson | Pauline (Berg) | Sept 11, 1885 | May 2, 1915 | (Mrs John) | |
Enerson | twins | May 2, 1915 | boy & girl buried with their mother in same coffin | ||
Enerson | Victor | Jan 1, 1888 | Oct 6, 1960 | ||
Enerson | Olga Natalia (Halvorson) | Dec 6, 1887 | July 3, 1918 | (Mrs Victor) | |
Enerson | Anna Marie | Wife | Mar 10, 1884 | Aug 12, 1970 | (Mrs Swen) |
Enerson | Swen | Husband | Oct 30, 1875 | Aug 12, 1953 | |
Lindfors | Johan Elias | Father | Jul 17, 1852 | Mar 22, 1922 | |
Lindfors | Johanna Mathilda Mother | July 20, 1854 | Apr 9, 1929 | (Mrs Johan) | |
(Kilborg) | |||||
Lindfors | Adrean Bernhard Son | Jan 23, 1895 | Mar 23, 1895 | ||
Lindfors | Hildur | daughter | Feb 13, 1888 | Feb 21, 1888 | |
Lindfors | Ernest Theadore Son of Johan | Oct 11, 1883 | Oct 27, 1960 | ||
Lindfors | Eva Mathilda (Tilda) | daughter of
Johan |
Dec 24, 1880 | Aug 13, 1972 | |
Lindfors | Gena (Landsverk) | May 16, 1895 | June 19. 1989 | (Mrs Ernest) | |
Lindfors | Teckla Frida | Aug 1, 1886 | May 15, 1993 | single | |
Allen | Ida (Nilson) | Sept 2, 1863 | 1897 or 1898 | (Mrs Oscar) | |
Munter | Carl Palmer | Husband | Apr 30, 1917 | 1997 | |
Munter | Mildred Orella (Solberg) | Apr 10, 1927 | July 1, 1987 | (Mrs Carl P.) | |
Munter | Gustaf Gerhard Emil | Father | Sept 29, 1884 | Oct 25, 1956 | |
Munter | Marie Alinda (Bjerke) | Mother | Oct 26,1887 | Sept 28, 1982 | |
Munter | Infant Son | Son of Gust | Feb 4, 1913 | ||
Peterson | Klas Alfred | Father | Apr 21, 1897 | Dec 30, 1940 | bro. to John |
Peterson | Hannah Elisa | Mother | Feb 12, 1881 | Oct 11, 1930 | (Mrs Alfred) |
(Johnson) | |||||
Peterson | John August | Aug 24, 1867 | Oct 12, 1917 | (Bertina (Bjerke)1st husband | |
Olson | Olea (Bjerke) | Jun 21, 1844 | 22 Dec 1917 | (Mrs Otto) | |
Peterson | John Bernard | July 25, 1898 | Sept 20, 1971 | Son of Alfred | |
Olson | Bertina Mathilda (Bjerke) | Dec 11, 1878 | July 8, 1971 | (Mrs Otto) | |
Olson | Otto Emmanuel | Dec 29, 1888 | Sep 19, 1955 | ||
Samson, | Josephina | mother | Sept 12, 1868 | July 12, 1902 | (Peter's 1st wife) |
Samson, | Peter | (son of Josefina) | June 6, 1867 | June 5, 1956 | |
Gustafson | Carl M. | (Son of Josefina) | Sept 1868 | Aug 26, 1901 | |
Gustafson, | Albert Fredrick (Samson) | (Son of Josefina) | Jan 14, 1901 | Mar 21, 1920 | |
Lindfors | Mathias Leonard | Father | Dec 22, 1857 | Dec 6, 1934 | |
Lindfors | Engla Marie | Mother | Apr 11, 1862 | Apr 4, 1925 | (Mrs Mathias) |
Lindfors | John Olaf | son of Ernest | Jul 19, 1934 | May 15, 1993 | |
Lindfors | Teckla F. | Daughter of Johan | Aug 1, 1886 | Apr 6, 1979 | single |
Lindfors | Carl M. | Grandfather | 1823 | 1900 | |
Lindfors | Josephine C. | Grandmother | 1825 | 1909 | (Mrs Carl M.) |
Lindfors | Axel Theodore | Son of Mathias | Sept 4, 1886 | Jul 6, 1958 | |
Lindfors | Gustav Adolf | Son of Mathias | June 19, 1890 | Jun 20, 1957 | |
Lindfors | Hildur Josefina | Daughter of Mathias |
Apr 30, 1892 | Nov 3, 1983 | |
Hogberg (Berg) Andrew | 1891 | 1910 | |||
Hogberg (Berg) |
Nora Baby | Feb 5, 1898 | ? | ||
Baby | |||||
Berg | Gustav Edwin | Father | Aug 4, 1859 | Dec 12, 1944 | |
Berg, | Annette (Ekeberg) |
Mother | 1858 | 1928 (Mrs Gustav) | |
Anderson | August | Father | Apr 17, 1859 | Jan 21, 1905 | |
Anderson | Adolf Wahlfred | son of August | Jan 4, 1898 | Dec 12, 1901 | |
Anderson | Gustaf Adolf | son of August | Mar 26, 1888 | Jan 8, 1891 | 5 yrs 9 mo 12 days |
Olson | Aaron | Father | Sept 5, 1842 | Feb 4, 1933 | |
Olson | Charlotta | Mother | Nov 7, 1854 | Feb 16, 1933 | 78 yrs 3 mos 9 days |
Olson | Gustaf Fredrick | Son | Mar 11, 1908 | May 26, 1975 | |
Enerson | Ellen Elvera | Dtr Axel & Emma Nov 8, 1911 | Feb 27, 1914 | ||
Ekeberg, | Hans Christian | Father | Jul 11, 1862 | Apr 17, 1923 | 60 yrs 7 mos 7 days |
Ekeberg | Anna (Jeppson) | Mother | July 7, 1885 | Dec 21, 1924 | (Mrs Hans) |
Midboe | Myrtle Josefina (Ekeberg) | Daughter | Aug 22, 1901 | Jun 25, 1973 | |
Ekeberg | Alton Nels Clarence | Son of Hans | Dec 24, 1911 | Mar 5, 1974 | |
Ekeberg | Rosetta Mildred (Olson) | May 25, 1915 | Feb 21, 1991 | (Mrs Alton) | |
Ekeberg, | Gerhard Margot | Son of Hans | Dec 24, 1893 | Nov 8, 1962 | |
Ekeberg | Laura (Quarness) | Mar 21, 1899 | Dec 28, 1977 | (Mrs Margot) | |
Hedlund | Carl Alfred | Father | Sept 18, 1849 | Apr 7, 1930 | |
Hedlund, | Kathrina Louise | Mother | Aug 25, 1851 | Aug 23, 1925 | (Mrs Carl) |
(Edstrom) | |||||
Hedlund | Nicholaus | Son of Carl | Feb 24, 1895 | Nov 22, 1939 | PUT 311 AM |
TN 86 DIV | |||||
Hedlund | Simon Ludvig | Son of Carl | Mar 19, 1893 | Aug 3, 1971 | single |
Hedlund | Philip Counsel | adopted son | Feb 4, 1926 | Sept 2 1992 | PFC US Army |
Hedlund | Anora Alvina (Borseth) | June 20, 1923 | Jun 21, 1993 | (Mrs Philip) | |
Martinson | Lars | Husband | Dec 5, 1855 | Sep. 25, 1929 | |
Martinson | Kathrine | Wife | Aug 11, 1860 | July 8, 1948 | 87 yrs |
(Anderson) | |||||
Olson | Anders | Apr 10, 1837 | Oct 17, 1921 | ||
Wiberg | Magnus | Father | May 2, 1846 | Jan 12, 1922 | |
Wiberg | Wilhelmina | Mother | Mar 29, 1856 | Apr 6, 1932 | 78 yrs 8 mos |
(Minnie) | |||||
Wiberg | Clara Carolina | Daughter | July 4, 1895 | Dec 6, 1898 | |
Wiberg | Hilda Christina | Daughter | Dec 12, 1884 | Dec 5, 1898 | |
Gustafson | Charley J. | Father | Oct 22, 1839 | Jun 27, 1915 | |
Gustafson | Anna Marie (Olson) Mother | Aug 7, 1847 | Apr 4, 1905 | ||
Jeppson, | Alice (Gustafson)
Thompson |
(Mrs Nels Jeppson) |
Apr 7, 1877 | Nov 18, 1930 | 53 yrs 7 mo 11 days |
Gustafson | George | Son | Mar 31, 1892 | May 28, 1973 | |
Gustafson | Carl Albert | Jan 14, 1901 | Mar 21, 1920 | ||
Enerson | Baby son | Son of Enar & Karella | Nov 25, 1935 | (His parents are buried in Tuscon, Arizona) |
Strom Nathasha Rose daughter of Joel & Connie Oct 6, 1981 stillborn Swanson Julian Arthur father Feb 19, 1907 Apr 28, 1979 Swanson, Esther Henrietta mother Dec 4, 1915 Nov 19, 2003 (Mrs Julian) Augusta (Bartz) Dahlberg, Martin Albin Nov 11, 1893 Sept 6, 1961 Dahlberg Agnes Emelia Aug 2, 1896 Jan 9, 1979 (Mrs Albin) (Halvorson Wilde Delia Marie dtr. of Milo & Ruby born/died Apr 6, 1946 - 1 hour old Wilde Milo Jan 11, 1922 Sept 7, 2003 Youngberg Jennie mother Aug 13, 1866 Dec 25, 1928 (Mrs Joseph) Youngberg William son Oct 6, 1894 May 5, 1928 Youngberg, (Jungberg) Joseph Olson father July 10, 1867 June 24, 1882 Swanson, Edith (Hanson) Nov 22, 1904 Nov 12, 1985 (Mrs Art) Swanson, Arthur Mar 4, 1910 Dec 25, 2004 Hanson, Gary Keith son of Clifford Mar 25, 1946 Apr 30 1946 60 days old Hanson, Clifford Donell father June 9, 1915 Nov 15, 1997 Hanson Mabel Sylvia (Klemmetson) Nov 22, 1916 June 16, 1967 (Mrs Clifford) Brinkman Julian John Father Jun 14, 1884 Jul 9, 1957 Brinkman, Clara Emelia (Munter) Mother Mar 17, 1893 Aug 20, 1990 Brinkman Gina Caroline (Vasend Jan 5, 1909 Feb 18, 1983 (Mrs Ervin) Brinkman, Ervin Jennings Aug 26, 1915 May 6, 1987 Munter, Oscar Adolf Father May 19, 1895 June 9, 1973 Munter, Mabel Amanda (Enerson) Mar 29, 1908 Mar 15, 1988 (Mrs Oscar) Pearson, Clarence Son of Carl Jul 21, 1913 Aug 24, 1991 Pearson Carl Zenobius Father Oct 29, 1878 Mar 3, 1946 Pearson Alma Hortensia (Kullman) Mother Aug 7, 1887 May 29, 1967 Pearson Reuben Willard Son July 5, 1912 Apr 29, 1960 Pearson, Minnie Eleanora (Enerson) Apr 5, 1913 July 26, 1893 (Mrs Clarence) Strom Alfred Cornelius May 15, 1892 Sept 9, 1956 Strom Minnie Bertina (Rose) Dec 14, 1891 May 28, 1959 (Mrs Alfred) Strom Kenneth Alfred Milton Son Dec 27, 1932 Apr 20, 1980 Strom Stanley Robert Son Sept 1928 Sept 30, 1966 Strom David Bruce Son of Robert Mar 11, 1950 Jan 13, 1968 Hedlund, Olena (Rose) Sept 1, 1889 Jan 2, 1967 (Mrs John) Hedlund, John Alfred July 7, 1887 May 8, 1977 Hedlund, Anna Alice sister of John Feb 16, 1890 - Oct 11, 1988 Swanson Oscar Goodwin father Oct 3, 1913 Aug 30, 1994 Swanson Anna (Tangen) mother May 17, 1919 May 6, 1995 (Mrs Oscar) Swanson, Jerome Neil son Oct 5, 1947 Dec 14, 2004 son of Oscar Swanson Alvin Reuben Father Nov 1, 1907 May 14, 1992 Swanson Elin Alma (Enerson) Mother Aug 16, 1907 Apr 23, 2005 Munter Melvin George Sept 5, 1910 Sept 1, 1988 Larson Per Gustaf Mar 30, 1842 Mar 30, 1919 Larson Evelyn (Anderson) Oct 20, 1904 Jan 22, 1905 Roed Lloyd Evind Oct 10, 1918 May 26, 2001 Brinkman Arne Obert Mar 9, 1917 Jan 18, 1994 Brinkman, Louise (Agnes) Jan 28, 1926 Sept 7, 1992 (Mrs. Arne) Sandeen Lowell May 13, 1927 Dec 3, 1996 Thompson Arlys, (Weiby) May 22, 1936 Aug 10, 1996 (Mrs Orlien) Quam Karen Ann (Hedlund) dtr of Alan July 26, 1970 July 2003 (Mrs David)
Asphult Lutheran Church in Hill River township now at the Pioneer Village in Thief River Falls, MN
Pastor's that have served Asphult Lutheran Church....
The Asphult congregation was organized January 4, 1889 by Dr Moody. Services were held in the Nystrom Schoolhouse in Hill River Township until 1911, when the church was built.
First resident Pastor was J. Ryding from 1892 - 1894.
Other Pastors were:
N. Lehart (during his serving Poplar Lake Church was built)
J. Alm 1905 to April 1, 1909 (pastors alary from Asphult to be $75.00 a year)
Rev Svante Anderson from 1909 to 1912 (Interim Pastor)
Victor Sternherz from 1912 to 1913
Catechist August Westlund from 1913 to 1915 - served during vacancy
Walfred E.Erickson from August 1, 1915 to 1925
Gotfried Lindau from 1925 to 1929(Swedish and English to be used!)
A. M. Swanson from 1930 to 1933
Elmer Dahlgren from 1933 to 1936
G. W. Sanstead from 1936 to December 1941 (WW II begun during this time)
Bernt G. Johnson - summer 1942 to 1946
Nels L:indau from March 1, 1947 to July 1959
Arnold R. Swanson from July 1959 to 1962
George H. Cruys - summer 1963 to 1965
Melvin W. Peterson - January 1966 to ??
Carl Anderson - ?? to close
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