Smith Zimmermann Heritage Museum

Franklin Cemetery

Franklin Cemetery, in Franklin township, is located 10 miles south and three miles east of Madison. It was plotted in 1889. Wenzel Vetter, who owned the land, gave the site for a cemetery. Several years ago a half acre, purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Acheson, enlarged the cemetery. In 1937 the Franklin Cemetery Association was organized and assumed care and maintenance of the site. The cemetery was first known as Vetter's Cemetery, the name being changed later.

Mr. Vetter himself was one of the first to be buried there. Several graves were moved from adjacent farmsteads to the cemetery. 0ne-half mile west of the Franklin Cemetery along the north side of the highway is the grave of a baby, child of Loren M. and Elizabeth Coon, buried there in 1885. The place is marked with a small white wooden cross and a picket fence.

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

OTHER INFORMATION

Acheson, Dian Lyn

29 Dec. 1962

23 May 1983

Dau. of Earl and Mildred

Alguire, Earl

26 Aug. 1902

4 Oct. 1983

 

Alguire, Jennie (May)

6 Oct. 1906

15 Feb. 1990

Wife of Earl E.

Alvine, Emma M.

1906

1963

m. 1925

Alvine, Gerda L.

1877

1937

Wife of Samuel

Alvine, Gertrude H. (Feldman)

1915

24 Sept. 1980

Wife of Paul

Alvine, Harold

27 Sept. 1899

6 Dec. 1983

 

Alvine, Samuel F.

1869

1962

 

Anderson, A.

7 Apr. 1810

2 Sept. 1887

 

Anderson, Anna

14 Apr. 1814

7 Mar. 1894

 

Anderson, Axel W.

1887

26 Oct. 1968

Veteran

Anderson, Carl A.

1888

21 Jan. 1947

 

Anderson, Emma C. (Nordstrom)

1855

21 Mar. 1944

Wife of John S.

Anderson, Harold K.

17 Dec. 1898

8 Mar. 1900

 

Anderson, John S.

1847

1939

 

Anderson, Rosanna H.

1899

13 June 1972

Wife of Axel

Arnold, Agnes

 

30 Nov. 1947

 

Augustad, Harry

28 Apr. 1921

22 Nov. 1956

Veteran

Augustad, Herman

5 July 1895

8 Dec. 1967

Veteran m. Izetta (Bagley) 10 Feb. 1920

Augustad, Izetta 'Lizzie' (Bagley)

3 Oct. 1893

24 Sept. 1961

m. Herman 10 Feb. 1920

Augustad, Othelia (Kirstein)

 

6 Feb. 1957

m. Fred 25 Oct. 1892?

Bagley, Bessie K.

 

 

 

Bagley, Charles

 

1928  

Bagley, Charles Driscoll

28 Aug. 1890

12 Sept. 1951

Veteran, m. Margaret Ischen 1914

Bagley, Harold

11 June 1917

14 May 1979

 

Bagley, Henry

1895

17 Sept. 1980

 

Bagley, Ida C. (Augustad)

1894

3 Jan. 1981

Wife of James T.

Bagley, James H.

18 Nov. 1855

31 July 1933

 

Bagley, James T.

1888

10 Mar. 1972

m. 11 Mar. 1914

Bagley, Joe Henry

 

1933

Infant

Bagley, Mary Ann

5 Aug. 1960

11 June 1935

Wife of James H.

Bagley, Ray

18 Jan. 1915

28 May 1990

 

Beesley, Earl

14 May 1899

16 May 1899

Son of A. L.

Beesley, Edgar

16 May 1900

16 May 1900

Son of A. L.

Beil, Julius

14 May 1882

29 July 1955

Hus. of Ida L. (Hammer) Hartman 17 Sept. 1917

Bell, Ida Louise (Hammer)Hartman

2 Jan. 1871

28 June 1948

Wife of Julius m. 1917, 1st m. John Hartman 1904

Bell, Jacob

1837

1924

 

Boyington, Amaza Porter

31 July 1860

12 Jan. 1942

Hus. of Mary E. Boyd 

Boyington, Ebenezer

28 June 1817

21 Feb. 1899

 

Boyington, Levi Bradford

1858

6 Mar. 1947

 

Boyington, Mary E.

1870

1917

Wife of A. Porter

Boyington, Mary F.

1866

3 Aug. 1941

Wife of Levi

Boyington, Nancy A

l0 Sept. 1820

2 May 1908

 

Braun, Caroline S.

1866

20 Nov. 1944

Wife of Jacob

Braun, Fred

 

 

 

Braun, Jacob

1865

20 Apr. 1945

 

Braun, Marie

1890

1958

Wife of Fred

Buckholtz, Infant

 

 

 

Buntrock, Delia (Hammer)

10 March 1868

15 June 1961

Wife of William m. 1910

Buntrock, William H.

1873

23 Nov. 1941

m. Delia (Hammer) 1910

Busch, Hilda (Rose)

18 Aug. 1893

25 Aug. 1948

Wife of Ernest

Carlson, Andrew

 

1927

 

Carlson, Andrew Mrs.

 

1934

 

Carlson, Stena

1829

1918

 

Collins, Ed Mrs.

 

 

 

Costlow, Alice (Hyzer)

9 Feb. 1888

5 Sept. 1984

 

Costlow, Eugene B.

22 Dec. 1928

27 Oct. 1951

Veteran

Degen, Wilbur

1 Apr. 1922

5 Sept. 1990

Hus. of Olene Langley

Deremo, Charles

1 June 1948

20 July 1974

 

Deremo, Margie Lorraine (Bagley)

15 Jan. 1928

30 Mar. 1954

m. James 8/3/1947 

Doolittle, Esther M.

1896

11 Mar. 1977

 

Erickson, Christian

1873

1963

m. Emma E. (Moe) 10 Oct. 1900 

Erickson, Emma Emilia (Moe)

 14 April 1879

4 Nov. 1955

Wife of Christian m. 10 Oct. 1900

Feldman, Gilbert (Gip)

4 Jan. 1924

27 Sept. 1985

Hus. of Grace Sorensen

Feldmann, Elizabeth

1891

15 July 1977

Wife of Frank

Feldmann, Frank L.

7 July 1888

31 Mar. 1964

 

Feldmann, Ione

1929

1929

Dau. of Frank

Flatt, Aminter

5 Nov. 1875

19 Dec. 1883

Son of Henry

Foster, Charles

7 Sept. 1923

8 Sept. 1923

Son of Ivan. Interment Lakewood, Minneapolis, MN

Foster, Elizabeth K."Elsie" (McAllister) 

23 June 1895

13 Nov. 1960

Wife of Ivan K.

Foster, Ivan K.

29 Sept. 1890

15 Sept. 1944

Veteran m. Elizabeth K. (McAllister)

Frank, Nina

1885

1914

 

Gale, Caroline J.

27 Feb. 1948

31 July 1982

Dau. of Earl Acheson

Hamilton, Helen (Laun)

1913

1937

 

Hammer, Albert C.

1866

15 Dec. 1947

 

Hammer, Esther

17 Nov. 1838

14 Jan. 1912

 

Hammer, Frank George

 1 Oct. 1892

23 Feb. 1956

Veteran WWI. m. Olive (Sterling) 25 April 1931

Hammer, Frank Sr.

7 Jan. 1840

9 Mar. 1923

 

Hammer, Minnie C.

1865

1937

 

Hammer, Nettie L.

5 Nov. 1894

28 Mar. 1895

Dau. of A.C. & M.C.

Harms, Marlene J.

1934

17 Dec. 1979

 

Harrison, Ferdinand A.

 13 July 1887

6 Mar. 1960

Son of Hiriam & Viola 

Harrison, Hiriam

10 Sept. 1855

22 June 1898

 

Harrison, Viola (Sager)

1856

1939

Wife of Hiriam

Hass, Anna Pauline (Brown)

24 Jan. 1893

7 Dec. 1985

Wife of Carl J. m. 1916

Hass, Carl J.

1887

22 June 1981

m. Pauline (Brown)29 Oct. 1916

Hass, Carmen H.

11 Dec. 1925

16 Dec. 1925

Dau. of Julius & Helen

Hass, Charles

1857 ? 1856

1937

m. Hattie Guth  m. Marie Busch

Hass, Curtis William

 7 Jan. 1897

23 July 1961

m. Mary (Moeller) 7 Feb. 1919

Hass, Erna P. (Tesch)

1908

 

Wife of Herman E. m. 1942

Hass, Hattie (Guth)

1960 ? 1861

6 Jan. 1890

Wife of Charles (1st wife)

Hass, Helen H. (Mayer)

1894