Index to Locations
Brooten Big Grove Church Cemetery
Richmond Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic
Church Cemetery
St. Cloud North Star Cemetery
St. Joseph St. Joseph Cemetery
Sauk Centre Greenwood Cemetery
Sauk Centre St. Paul's Cemetery
Spring Hill St. Michael's Cemetery
Big Grove Church
Cemetery
Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota
Sts. Peter and
Paul Catholic Church Cemetery
Richmond, Stearns County, Minnesota
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John J. Ahmann (1860-1927) —
also known as Johann Josef Ahmann —
of Richmond, Stearns
County, Minn.; Munson Township, Stearns
County, Minn.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Westphalia, Germany,
January
6, 1860.
Merchant;
member of Minnesota
state senate 54th District, 1907-14.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Stearns
County, Minn., February
9, 1927 (age 67 years, 34
days).
Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Cemetery.
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North Star
Cemetery
St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota
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Harold Knutson (1880-1953) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Skein, Norway,
October
20, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-49 (6th District 1917-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1940
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
On March 9, 1924, he and Leroy M. Hull, a 29-year-old clerk for the
Labor Department, sitting in his parked car alongside a rural road
near Arlington National Cemetery, were arrested
by officers of the Arlington County vice squad; he vainly offered a
$100 bribe,
but was charged,
apparently with sodomy
(press reports avoided mentioning the specific crime, only that it
was a "grave moral offense"), and jailed
overnight; tried
before a jury, and found not guilty.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Wesley Memorial Hospital,
Wadena, Wadena
County, Minn., August
21, 1953 (age 72 years, 305
days).
Interment at North Star Cemetery.
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Frederick C. Schilplin (c.1901-1974) —
also known as Fred C. Schilplin —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born about 1901.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., September
6, 1974 (age about 73
years).
Interment at North Star Cemetery.
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St. Joseph
Cemetery
St. Joseph, Stearns County, Minnesota
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Casper Capser (1828-1912) —
of St. Joseph, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
April
22, 1828.
Blacksmith;
wagon
maker; mechanic;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 40, 1883-86.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in St. Joseph, Stearns
County, Minn., June 21,
1912 (age 84 years, 60
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Cemetery
Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota
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Frank Marion Eddy (1856-1929) —
also known as Frank M. Eddy —
of Glenwood, Pope
County, Minn.; Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Pleasant Grove, Olmsted
County, Minn., April 1,
1856.
Republican. School
teacher; Pope
County District Court Clerk, 1884-93; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1895-1903; newspaper
editor and publisher.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
13, 1929 (age 72 years, 287
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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St. Paul's
Cemetery
Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota
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Joseph Capser (1832-1919) —
of Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
March
5, 1832.
Merchant;
member of Minnesota
state senate 31st District, 1875-76; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1889-92 (District 40 1889-90,
District 45 1891-92).
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., December
18, 1919 (age 87 years, 288
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery.
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St. Michael's
Cemetery
Spring Hill, Stearns County, Minnesota
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Henry Joseph Emmel (1844-1927) —
also known as Henry J. Emmel —
of Spring Hill, Stearns
County, Minn.; Melrose, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., March
17, 1844.
Democrat. Merchant;
farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1878, 1909-10 (District 31 1878,
District 54 1909-10).
German
ancestry.
Died September
8, 1927 (age 83 years, 175
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.
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