Old Settlers Cemetery, Richland twp, Rice Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Ron Houghtelin Submitted: May 2003 ========================================================================= Old Settlers Cemetery, Richland twp, Rice Co., MN Located in section 27 on the corner. I recorded all that I could find and read. This cemetery is not maintained and the cemetery appears destined for OBLIVIAN and could be lost unless effort is made to protect and restore what is left. BEARD Johnny W Nov 16 1871-Aug 08 1883:s/o W & B Beard Loara Jan 08 1811-Aug 06 1884:age 56y 2m 6d "Blessed are the dead that died of the Lord" BOWMAN (all oss) ch/o JS and BR Lydia A age 18m 15d Harriet J age 3 wks Charles age 3 wks:Clark:(FS) W S C --- Wm C Willie S d Aug 02 1864 age 11m 12d:s/o JS and LA:Colburn Jos Co F 41 Wis Inf (veteran) GILBERT Harriet d Sep 21 1872:age 24y 3m 15d:wife of JM Gilbert Walter E d Sep 27 1872:age 9m 15d:son of JM and H Gilbert EASTMAN Abbie J Oct 05 1861-Feb 11 1872:age 12y 4m 3d:infant child of Eastman * illegible marker (Unknown Grave) vhtrGower Franses S Jan 20 1805-Jan 31 1872:age 67y 11m 10d:w/o John Hollis C d Oct 22 1863:age 4m 15d:Mather:s/o GH and PJ J A * broken marker *age52y 25d was vhtr:Peasley Grace d Dec 19 1879:age 11y:d/o MC and MC Moses C Peasley d Feb 18 1879:age 48:(Veteran 1861-1865) Very possibly other grave sites in this cemetery but is very difficult to determine because the condition of the cemetery. Nomenclature used in this report is as follows: ch/o = children of age (y-m-d)= Year-Month-Day (FS)= foot stone oss = on same stone vhtr= very hard to read w/o = wife of d/o = daughter of s/o = son of *Recorded June 1985 - Ron Houghtelin - Owatonna, Minnesota