Emmanuel Cemetery Emmanuel German Evangelical Cemetery, Castle Rock 
Township, Dakota Co., MN  (Information on Cemetery only)

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Emmanuel Cemetery Emmanuel German Evangelical Cemetery Information  

A transcription of this cemetery may be found at:
http://www.pressenter.com/~gregboe/castle_rock_township2.htm
This transcription has been done by Debbie Boe.

This cemetery is located in Castle Rock Township, Dakota County.  
It is about 5 miles east of Farmington, MN.

The land where the cemetery is was donated by Emmanuel Stapf for the 
site of a church, and the cemetery by the church.  The church was 
torn down in the early 1960's.  The church was called Emmanuel Church, 
and was part of the Evangelical United Brethren organization.  
When the EUB's merged with the Methodists to form the United Methodist 
Church, The congregation of Emmanuel Church merged with the Methodist 
Church in Farmington, MN, and built the Faith United Methodist Church 
there in town.  I attended Sunday School and Bible School there as a 
child before it was torn down.  My Grandfather, Seybert Stapf, was 
Sunday School Superintendent there for many years.  

When the Church was first built in 1867, it was one of four served 
by the same Pastor.  The Pastor was able to make it three of the 
churches each Sunday.  The church he didn't get to changed every week.  
When it was Emmanuel Church's turn to be without the Pastor, my great 
grandfather, Jacob Stapf (1850-1929, and Seybert's father) would 
preach the sermon.  I am told his sermons were full of fire and
brimstone.  A large number of the charter members of then 
congregation were Stapf's.

Note from Submitter: 
I was reviewing this cemetery on-line, and was wondering why some of the 
names have question marks in parentheses following the name.  Two of the 
names so noted are those of my grandparents, Seybert and Vera Stapf.  My 
father, Lester Stapf, served as cemetery caretaker there for many years until 
he suffered a heart attack in 1999.  He still has numerous records regarding 
this cemetery, and is involved with the Cemetery Board.  Many of the people 
buried there are relatives of ours.  When I was a young man, I helped dig a 
few graves there, as well.