Union Cemetery, Wright Co., MN

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History of Union Cemetery



Union Cemetery is located 5 miles west of Annandale on the Northeast

corner of Highway 55 and Co Rd. 3. The land was originally purchased 

from the

St. Paul/Pacific Railroad in 1869 by James Davis. The Methodist 

Episcopal Church purchased a 99 year lease on the property from Mr. 

Davis in 1878. An existing log building doubled as both the church and 

school house for the area, and the cemetery was created in 1891. 

The church later moved to South Haven, making the cemetery part of the 

Free Methodist Church of South Haven, one of the earliest churches in the 

area. Services were held by a prairie circuit rider who covered churches 

in the region on a rotational basis. The Free Methodist Church of South 

Haven later evolved into two churches, Grace Methodist Church and the 

Zion Evangelical Church of South Haven. Neither of these exists today.  

Union Cemetery is maintained by Brian Partridge whose grandparents 

originally owned the land directly east of the cemetery.



UNION CEMETERY



NAME                         Born           Died               Notes



Dickoff, Viola               1901        1983

Dickoff, William             1890        1923

Donohue, Harriet       -           -           Wife of John

Donohue, John          12/31/1826  03/08/1896                      

Henry A. Erdman              1908        1985

Irene J. Erdman              1985        2004

Foster, Sgt. G. G.     -           -           Civil War 1861 - 1865

Garrison, Anna E.            1868        1949          

Garrison, Gordon             1920        1932

Garrison, John               1864        1948

Konkler, Clary/Clara A.   04/1881  11/15/1881  7 mos., AKA Clara Conklen     

Lawton, John L.              1908  09/01/1990  82 yrs

Monitor, Albert H.                 01/08/1890  Son of J. & M.C., 1yr. 20 mos 6 days

Newman, David                1886        1955     

Newman, Erwin                1910        1942

Newman, Louis A.       02/14/1863  04/07/1901

Wurzburger, Frank            1869        1943

Wurzburger, M. W.            1874        1944





Sgt. G.G. Foster, although not from South Haven, wandered there after the 

Civil War and died of war wounds shortly after.  Because of his military 

service in the Civil War, Union Cemetery can never be moved or destroyed.