FREEDOM CEMETERY, LAKE CO., SD

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   An early pioneer burial ground was at the site of Freedom Congregational 
Community Church four miles north and a half mile west of  Winfred. In the 1890s 
during a diphtheria epidemic several people were buried at this site located on 
the Thomas Westall farm. The Freedom Church was organized in 1891 and was served 
by a pastor from Winfred. In 1917 the church was disbanded and the building was 
sold. Those buried in the cemetery were removed to the Winfred Cemetery.

   The few remaining members of the Freedom Church joined the Winfred 
Congregational Community of the United Church of Christ. The altar from the 
Freedom Church is now par of the Winfred Church. A small marker in the Winfred 
Cemetery pays tribute to the pioneer Freedom Church and the people who had been 
buried there.