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Originally I had hoped to discover what the four oldest cemeteries in Minnesota are, but having never done historical research of this magnitude, I quickly had to narrow my topic and concentrate on only one cemetery. I chose Atkinson Cemetery in Cottage Grove because I thought it was the oldest cemetery in Washington County, and because it managed to elude being destroyed or relocated, despite encroaching urban sprawl and a sixty-year abandonment. Although Atkinson is not the oldest cemetery in Washington County, it is none-the-less significant to the history of Cottage Grove and the state of Minnesota. Every cemetery has a story to tell; please be considerate when visiting your local cemetery. If you are interested in historic preservation, state history, or even family genealogy, please visit the links section of this website. Included here are the biographies of the people known to be buried in Atkinson Cemetery next to the transription. Photographs of each gravestone accompany the appropriate biography on another page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/washington/cemeteries/atkinson.htm There are also biographies on the other page of a few of the people assumed to be buried there, or people who have an important association with the cemetery. NOTE: The stones are listed 1. - 27. with the BIOS: noted under the transcriptions. Atkinson Cemetery Transcription This is the transcription of all the stones found in Atkinson Cemetery. I attempted to transcribe the cemetery by rows, but many of the stones do not fall into a logical pattern. Dashes represent information that was not readable on the stones, and my own comments are in italics. 1. Father 2. HILL Lewis Hill 1822-1888 Abba Hill 1836- Fredie E. G. Hill 1875-1907 BIOS: LEWIS HILL Lewis Hill was born in 1822 in Hollis, Main. In 1843 Lewis Hill began his pioneering sojourn to Minnesota, contracting fever and ague on the way. First settling at St. Croix Falls, Lewis moved to Cottage Grove in 1843. Of all the pioneers buried in Atkinson Cemetery, Lewis Hill was the first person to settle in Cottage Grove, and like most pioneers he was a farmer. In 1855 he moved to Dakota County, and in 1858 he was enrolled as a member of Old Settlers Association. Sources conflict as to when Lewis married Abba, but it is most likely that they wed when Lewis returned to Cottage Grove in 1859. Lewis and Abba were members of the Universalist Church at Atkinson Corner's (founded 1867), and Lewis was on the board of managers for Atkinson Cemetery Association (1874). The Hills had several children, many of whom are buried in Atkinson. Lewis died on February 11, 1888 of general debility. ABBA HILL Abba (Abbie, Abigail) was born in 1836. She married Lewis Hill in 1859. Since she was the wife of a farmer, she most likely spent her time raising their children and tending to the house. Together Abba and Lewis had several children: John W., Maude A., Tennyson, Emma C., Jessie L. and Frederick E. G. Aside from being a member of the Universalist Church, no further information about Abba is known, including the date of her death. CHILDREN OF LEWIS and ABBA HILL While no information is available about these children of Lewis and Abba Hill, it can be assumed they were all young children when they died. The single stone, which is for all three children, contains carvings of lambs, a figure reserved for infants and young children. Tennyson died in August 1860, and both John W. and Maude A. died in November of 1861. 3. WELCH Augustus A. Welch 1828-1900 Co. I, 1st Minn Heavy Artillery Infant d.May 21,1864 son of A. A. Welch David Welch 1792-1846 Betsy D. Welch 1799-1887 wife of David William T. Welch 1831-1861 A. A. Welch BIOS: AUGUSTUS A. WELCH Augusts A. Welch was born in Maine in 1828. The date of his settlement in Cottage Grove is not known, but on February 11, 1865 Augustus enrolled in the Civil War effort. Augustus joined Minnesota's Company I of 1st Regiment of Heavy Artillery. His regiment was mustered into action on February 13th, and served only until September 27th of the same year. He was discharged from service, along with the rest of his company, and lived in Cottage Grove until his death in 1900. INFANT WELCH (son) Augustus A. Welch had an infant son, who died on May 21, 1864. DAVID WELCH David Welch was born in 1792 and died in 1846. Little information about him exists, except that he was married to Betsy D. Welch. His grave bears the earliest date in Atkinson Cemetery, but according to oral history passed on by Gladys Munger to Robert C. Vogel in the 1980s, David Welch is not buried there. Settlers would often erect tribute monuments to family members who died along the trail, or who were left behind. If Augustus and William are his sons, it is likely that they pioneered to Cottage Grove after their father passed away, and erected a tribute to him in Cottage Grove. BETSY D. WELCH Betsy D. Welch was born in 1799, presumably in the northeastern United States. She is the wife of David Welch. She died in 1887. No conclusive information about her is known, but one can speculate that she is the mother of Augustus and William, and pioneered west with them after her husband passed away. WILLIAM T. WELCH (WILLIAM WELCH) William T. Welch was born in 1831 and died in 1861. His epitaph is part of the Welch monument, and of him little else is known. The Erickson transcription in 1970 lists William T. Welch with the dates 1831-1861, and a separate marker for William Welch who was a Corporal in Company B of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry. No separate stone exists today, and the current monument lists no war record for William T. Welch. The war record of 1865 lists a William T. Welch, who enlisted when he was 26. His regiment was mustered into action on September 26, 1861; he was never mustered out. This Welch was a corporal when he died in Cottage Grove on August 18, 1863. Minnesota Pension Records list a William Welch living in Redwood County, who received four dollars a month for being wounded in the thigh. Perhaps William and William T. are actually the same man, but records are inconclusive. DAVID F. WELCH David F. Welch is the son of J. D. and A. H. Welch. He died on August 31, 1857 at the age of two months. It is possibled that he is related to David Welch [Sr.]. 4. Claudia ---- ---- d.---- Aged ---- BIO: CLAUDIA (HILL) Atkinson Cemetery contains a grave with the inscription "Claudia, daughter of ____." The remainder of the inscription is completely illegible. Both the WCVR and the CGHPO Registers of Deaths list a Claudia Hill, born in Minnesota; WCVR lists Lewis and Abigail Hill as her parents. Could the Hills have had another child, or is Claudia merely Emma C.'s middle name? Claudia died of Typhoid Pneumonia on February 10, 1876 at the age of eleven years. 5. John --, ----, ----, 1864 --y 10m (left) Maude --, ----, ----, 1864- Aged ---- (middle) Tennyson, ----, ----, 1860 Aged -- y(right) Children of Lewis & Abba Hill ---- (inscription) 6. HILL Fredie E. G. BIO: FREDIE E. G. HILL Fredie (Frederick) E. G. Hill, son of Lewis and Abbie Hill, was born in 1875. He died in his early 30s in 1907. No further information is available on Fredie. 7. MUNGER F. L. T. At Rest Joel M. Munger Mar 03,1817 Apr 03,1887 Born in Orwell, VT. BIO: JOEL MUNGER James "Joel" Malancton Munger was born on March 3, 1817 in Orwell, Vermont. His younger brother William was born exactly five years later in 1822. Their parents were William and Betsy Munger. Joel and William apparently like to do things exactly the same. In a double wedding, Joel married Lucinda Belden, and William married Julia Belden, Lucinda's sister, in Johnstown, Wisconsin on December 31, 1843. William was the first to settle in Cottage Grove, but Joel wasn't far behind. He and his young family pioneered to Cottage Grove in 1857. Joel began raising Spanish Merino sheep, but later turned to farming due to problems with wolves. In 1858 Joel served as an election judge, and was also elected justice. He joined the Universalist Church at Atkinson Corner's Schoolhouse in 1867. When Atkinson Cemetery Association was formed in 1874, Joel sat on the board and was a trustee. Joel was also elected overseer of the public highway built on the West Side of town. He and Lucinda had ten known children. Joel died on April 3, 1887 of heart disease. His gravestone bears a carving of a chain with three links, containing the letters "F.L.T." These letters stand for Friendship, Love and Truth, and are a symbol of the International Order of Oddfellows. 8. MUNGER Carlton W. d.Aug 18,1882 Son of W. R. and J. A. E. Munger AGED 16y 8m 2d "I will lay my head on my mother's -- She will watch as I -- -- -- -- -- I'll clasp -- -- -- -- -- --" BIO: CARL MUNGER Carlton W. Munger was the son of William and Julia A. E. Munger, and cousin to Julia A. Manning. Being a farmer's son, he would've spent much of his adult youth helping his father in the fields and hunting. It was doing the later activity where Carl met his untimely death at sixteen. Carl accidentally shot himself while trying to go under a fence. He passed away on August 18, 1882. 9. MUNGER d.Apr -- 18-- Hellen ---- (broken) daughter J.M. and ---- MUNGER Aged 2y ---- ---- ---- (possible inscription) BIO: HELLEN MUNGER Hellen C. Munger was born in Vermont to Joel and Lucinda Munger. In 1857 Joel Munger's family pioneered to Cottage Grove. Hellen would've been about ten years old, and most likely helped her mother care for Julia (Manning), her younger sister, and any other small children during the long trek to Minnesota. Hellen was just twenty-seven when she died of typhoid pneumonia on April 7, 1874. 10. MUNGER Baby d.Nov 01,1862 our babe son of J. M. & L. M. Munger Aged --m 13d ---- (inscription) BIO: UNNAMED MUNGER (son) Joel and Lucinda Munger had a three-month-old infant who died on November 1, 1862. 11. MUNGER Fred D. d.Aug 09,1856 Son of W. R. and J. A. Munger Aged 1y 7m 15d BIO: FRED D. MUNGER Fred Duane Munger was the son of William and Julia A. E. Munger. He was born on December 23, 1854, and died on August 9, 1856. 12. MUNGER Julia A. E. d.Aug 17,1881 Prescott Lodge No. 154 I.O. of O. F. of Wis. wife of W. R. Munger Aged 58y ---- 10d ---- (inscription) BIO: JULIA A. E. MUNGER Julia A. E. Belden, daughter of Lucas and Roxy Belden, was born in Vermont. She married William Munger in Johnstown, Wisconsin on December 31, 1843, and in 1852 they settled in Cottage Grove. Primarily Julia was a housekeeper, but like her brother-in-law, she too was a member of the I.O.O.F. Her gravestone proudly proclaims her membership in Lodge #154 in Prescott, Wisconsin. She and William had five known children. Their son A'Hyatt married Placidius Mars, and is the grandfather of Gladys Munger. Julia died of heart disease on the 17th of either July or August, 1881. She was fifty-eight years old. Her husband William is buried in Cottage Grove Cemetery. 13. ATKINSON Martin V. B. Jul 04,1854 son of J. & H. Atkinson Drown'd Aged 16y 7m 17d BIO: MARTIN V. B. ATKINSON Not much is known about young Martin Atkinson, who met the unfortunate fate of drowning on the fourth of July in 1854. Martin was about sixteen-and-a-half when he died, which means he would have been born in Pittsfield, Maine, and was a pioneer just like his parents. Martin is most likely the first person to be buried in Atkinson Cemetery. 14. ATKINSON Hannah M. Dec 19,1810 Sep 17,1873 wife of John Atkinson God Is Love "Affection warm with fond ---- To (serve) thy presence once made glad. And each kind word, still ---- seems In (garments) bright by memory clad." A. B. F. BIO: HANNAH M. ATKINSON Hannah Moore was born in Maine on December 19, 1810. She later wed John Atkinson, and together they and their young family settled in Minnesota. Hannah was a farmer's wife, and would've tended to the home and her children. Along with her husband John and other members of the early Cottage Grove community, Hannah was one of the founding members of the Universalist Church organized at the Atkinson schoolhouse. Hannah passed away in 1873 at age 64 from cancer. Sources for her exact date of passing all conflict on either the month or day, with her tombstone listing September 17th, and the two Registers of Deaths listing October 11th or 12th. Another note of interest is the inscription on her grave, which is attributed to A. B. F. These are the same initials of the woman John Atkinson married the year after Hannah's death. It is possible that Hannah was friends with Almira B. Fiske, and that in passing she brought John and her friend together in marriage. 15. KELLER Charley d.Mar 07,1880 Son of H. & A. Keller Aged 4m 2d "---- not father and mother for ---- ---- waiting in glory (cut off)" BIO: CHARLEY KELLER Charley Keller was born in Cottage Grove to Henry and Anna Keller. His gravestone lists his death as March 7, 1880, which conflicts with the WCVR and CGHPO Registers of Deaths, which list him dying in 1881. Charley was not even five months old when he died of croup. 16. DIBBLE David J. Dibble d.Oct 19,1861 Aged 10y ---- (inscription) BIO: DAVID J. DIBBLE David J. Dibble died at the age of 10 on October 19, 1861. Nothing else is known about him. 17. WELCH David F. d.Aug 31,1857 son of J. D. & A. H. Welch Aged 2m 13d "Thy grave must be they Cradle now, The wild flowers o'er thy breast Shall bloom." 18. MUNGER Elbridge G. Munger 1852-1900 BIO: ELBRIDGE G.MUNGER Elbridge G. Munger was born on December 30, 1851 (gravestone says 1852) in Johnstown, WI. He was the son of William and Julia A. E. Munger, who came to Cottage Grove in 1852. Like his brother Carl, he would've hunted and farmed in his youth. He attended the St. Paul Business College and School of Telegraphy, but returned to Cottage Grove to raise horses. His horses were considered to be the finest in Minnesota. Elbridge married Ellen ----. On July 23, 1883 they had a daughter and named her Myrta, after Elbridge's sister who had passed away earlier in the year. Elbridge died in 1900. 19. Emma H. C. 1857-1899 BIO: EMMA H. C. (WELCH?) Emma H. C. was born in 1857 and died in 1899. Her marker is a footstone that bears no surname. In 1970 when the Erickson's transcribed Atkinson Cemetery, they noted that her stone "appeared to be associated with the Welches." No information exists as to whom she is related, and today her footstone is nowhere near the Welch monument. 20. STAPLES d.Jul 02,1882 Willie W. son of F. W. and M. A. Staples Age 2y 1m 22d "Here lies Willie all alone And leaves us here to mourn." BIO: WILLIE W. STAPLES Willie W. Staples was born on May 10, 1880 to Fred and Myrta Staples. He died two years later on July 2, 1882. 21. MUNGER Myrta A. Munger Sep 01,1857 Mar 22,1883 In memory of Wife of Fred W. Staples "Myrta dear you have gone and left ---- ---Your loss we deeply feel There is a ---- that has bereft ---- ---- Left our sorrow here ----" BIO: MYRTA A. (MUNGER) STAPLES Myrta "Mertie" Ann Munger, daughter of William and Julia Munger, was born on September 1, 1857. She married Fred W. Staples, who was a farmer, and together they had one son, Willie. Myrta died on March 22, 1883, and her brother Elbridge named his daughter (b. July 23, 1883) after her. 22. MANNING Corwin K. (east face) ---- ---- ---- Son of ---- Manning Julia A. (west face) Jul 04,1862 Jun 01,1882 Wife of Corwin K. Manning and Daughter of J. M. and L. M. Munger BIOS: CORWIN K. MANNING Corwin K. Manning was born on April 21, 1856 in New York. His parents were Stephen H. and Sarah Manning. It is not known when Corwin pioneered to Cottage Grove, but like most pioneers, he was a farmer. Corwin married Julia A. Munger, and together they had a daughter, Lillie May (January 10, 1871). Corwin died on February 13, 1881. While his gravestone is nearly illegible today, the 1970 Erickson transcription states that Corwin met the unfortunate fate of being "killed on the cars." Did this mean that Corwin also worked on the railroad, or did he accidentally meet his fate while walking along the train tracks? JULIA A. (MUNGER) MANNING Julia A. Munger, daughter of Joel and Lucinda Munger, was born on April 4, 1852 in Vermont. Julia was only five years old when her family pioneered to Cottage Grove in 1857. She married Corwin Manning, and their daughter Lillie May was born on January 10, 1871. Lillie was just ten years old when Corwin died in 1881, and was orphaned when her mother passed away the following year. Julia died on June 1, 1882 of consumption. Although Lillie was left parentless, it is most likely that a member of the very extensive Munger family took her in. 23. TIBBETS Alvah Tibbets Dec 25 (broken) Oct 12,1877 BIO: ALVAH TIBBETS Alvah Tibbets was born on Christmas Day, 1804, in Wolfborough, New Hampshire (gravestone says 1803). On July 8, 1832 he married Dorothy ----. It is unclear when Alvah moved from New Hampshire to Maine, but in 1845 he, Dorothy and their eight children began pioneering west. They lived for a short time in Stephens County, Illinois, and in 1847 moved to Oconto, Wisconsin. In 1851 they moved to Waupaca Co., Wisconsin, and finally made it to Cottage Grove. Like most pioneers, Alvah was a farmer. He died on October 12, 1877 of asthma and old age. 24. MARS John Scott Mars Sep 17,1816 May 03,1908 Born in New Bedford, PA:Died in Battle Lake, MN Mary Eaton 1826-Jun 28,1858 Wife:Born and Died in PA CHILDREN: BORN: Rufus Eli Nov 14,1845 Martin Luther Sep 28,1847 Samuel Scott Sep 29,1849 Robert Winfield Apr 04,1852 William Albert Jun 17,1854 Margaret Ellen Aug 11,1856 WIFE: Catherine Nov 13,1831 Sep 18,1885 Wife:Born in PA:Died in Cottage Grove "The Widow READY" Her Sons: Lewis Y. Ready Jul 03,1849 William Henry Ready Mar 12,1852 Her sons were raised By John Scott Mars as his sons FATHER: Robert Mars 1784-Jan 16,1852 MOTHER: Mary Ewing Mars 1790-Dec 31,1852 Parents are buried in Deer Creek Cemetery in New Bedford, PA BROTHER:Hartley May 29 1829-Mar 19,1912 Buried in Cottage Grove Cemetery BIO: MARS MONUMENT Atkinson Cemetery contains a modern monument to the Mars Family, which was erected in the early 1980s. The Mars Family, like the Mungers, was a large and prominent family in Cottage Grove and the surrounding area, but there is no solid evidence that any Marses are buried in Atkinson. There are no surviving gravestones containing the name Mars, and many of the Marses listed on the monument are buried in Cottage Grove Cemetery. However, an undated Platt Map of Atkinson Cemetery in the WCHS files lists a plot as being sold to J. M. Mars. John M. Mars, born on July 29, 1865, was the son of Hartley Mars. John died on July 18th in either 1883 or 1888. After the Mars monument was erected, some Minnesota newspapers claimed that the founder of Mars Candy Corporation was buried in Atkinson Cemetery. Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candy, is believed to have been born in Newport, MN, and is interred in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. However, Atkinson Cemetery can lay claim to its association with the Mars Candy Corporation. A'Hyatt Munger, son of William Munger, married Placidius E. Mars, daughter of Hartley Mars. Their granddaughter was Gladys Munger, who was one of the biggest proponents for rescuing Atkinson Cemetery during the overpass construction in 1981. In 1979 Forrest Mars, son of Franklin C. Mars, contacted Gladys. Forrest Mars was conducting genealogical research on his family, and knew that his father had come from the Newport area, and that the Mungers were related to the Marses. It turned out that Forrest's great-grandfather was John S. Mars, brother to Hartley Mars, making he and Gladys third cousins. Forrest lent a hand in helping to rescue Atkinson Cemetery, and the monument was erected to commemorate any Marses who might be buried there. (see transcriptions for a full list of names) 25. AUSTIN Lewis Austin d.Jan 25,189- Aged 62y -- BIO: LEWIS AUSTIN Lewis Austin is the husband of Alzina Munger Austin. Lewis was the director of Langdon School Dist. #30, which was organized in 1872. He also was on the board of managers for the Atkinson Cemetery Association. Lewis passed away at the age of 62. His grave lists his date of death as January 25th in the 1890s. Unfortunately the stone is broken and no death certificate exists to verify the exact year. 26. MUNGER Alzina Munger 1824-190- Wife of Lewis Austin BIO: ALZINA (MUNGER) AUSTIN Alzina Emily Munger was born on January 11, 1825 in Orwell, Vermont. She is the sister of Joel and William Munger. Alzina married Lewis Austin, but it is unknown whether they married before or after settling in Cottage Grove. Alzina passed away on March 21, 1909 of a fractured thigh. She is the last known burial in Atkinson Cemetery. 27. CHURCHILL Willie Churchill d.Sep 05,1872 Aged 1y 2m BIO: WILLIE CHURCHILL Willie Churchill was born on July 20, 1871 to J. A. and Nellie Churchill, who were farmers. Willie died in September 1872 of dropsy on the brain. The WCVR and CGHPO Registers of Deaths both list the day as the 1st, but his gravestone says the 5th. The CGHPO Register of Deaths also mistakenly lists Willie as being married at his time of death. J. H. Churchill was a trustee and sat on the board of Atkinson Cemetery; it is possible that this is Willie's father, and that Willie's birth record has a mistake, with the initial "A" instead of "H". It is also possible that Freddie is Willie's brother. A pile of 13 gravestone bases exists on the NW side of a tree in the NW corner of Atkinson Cemetery. Presumably these were placed here after the City restored the cemetery. One of the bases has an illegible inscription. Cottage Grove's Historic Atkinson Cemetery Dedication & Thanks DEDICATION: This project is dedicated to the memories of Gladys Munger and Sarah E. Holm, my grandmother. Without the memories and memoirs of Gladys Munger, and donation of Munger family papers to the Washington County Historical Society, a majority of this project would still be speculation. I blame Sarah for my love of cemeteries. If my grandmother hadn't been such an avid cemetery and genealogy buff, this project wouldn't have happened. THANKS TO: IFP-MSP staff: Reily Tilman, Stan Oslund and Brady Kiernan-thanks for your patience. IFP Grant Recipients: Jane Kramer, Sharon Lyon & Marie Markoe-for support and critique. John Burbank, Senior Planner of Community Development, City of Cottage Grove-thank you for all your help, including all the emails and photocopies. Cemetery_Photos@Yahoogroups.com--for all your support while I was frustrated. Becca, Dad & Deb-for proof reading. Brian D. Garrity-for extra darkroom use. Jeff Krueger-for use of your wide-angle lens! Minnesota Historical Society-to all the helpful staff. Minnesota Preservation Society-to all the people who replied to my emails, even though I eventually progressed in a different direction. Brent Peterson, Executive Director, Washington County Historical Society-thank you for pointing me towards the right sources, and telling me not to print rumors. Pat Thielen-for equipment donation and photo assisting. Robert C. Vogel, former Historic Planning Officer, City of Cottage Grove-thank you for taking the time to speak to me on the phone and impart some of your knowledge on Atkinson Cemetery. Atkinson Cemetery Project Bibliography Adjuntant General's Report, MN, 1866, A127,A609, St. Paul Pioneer Printing Co., 1866 Andreas, A. T. 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