LAKE SARAH BAPTIST CEMETERY

LAKE SARAH TOWNSHIP

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Among the influx of Swedish settlers into Murray County during the 1870’s were some who came from Scandinavian settlements in Goodhue County. From the years 1883 thru 1885, sixteen families moved to the area from Iowa and Michigan.  At this time worship service was conducted in their homes. 

The nearest Swedish Baptist Church was located in Indian Lake Township, Nobles County.  This settlement became known, because of the density of its ethnic concentration as “Sweden”.  John Ekman walked fifty miles to ask the pastor to preach to the Lake Sarah congregation. The Lake Sarah Baptist church was organized on June 2, 1889. 

The new church was somewhat despised in the community and some of the members suffered persecution. By 1890 there were eighteen members and it was felt that the time had come to build a house of worship.   

The first house of worship was erected in 1891 on land that had been donated by Gust Widboom.  In 1903, a new parsonage was built for $895.  

Today the congregation worships in its third edifice, the second having burned to the ground in 1932.

For comments, corrections, or information on Lake Sarah Baptist Cemetery, please contact Char Larson.


ANDERSON  ____(BOY)   1932/JAN/10
ANDERSON  ANNA 1885 1969
ANDERSON  AUGUST 1848/APR/13 1932/JUL/09
ANDERSON  BEDA 1888/JAN/18 1935/FEB/13
ANDERSON  BEVERLY LOUISE  1941/JUL/22 2000/SEPT/01
ANDERSON  CANDACE J.  1933/JAN/31 2003/AUG/12
ANDERSON  CHARLOTTE 1855/APR/05 1923/FEB/13
ANDERSON  DONNA   1940
ANDERSON  EDITH LORAINE 1914/JUN/19 1995/SEPT/24
ANDERSON  EDITH VIKTORIA 1908/SEPT/30 1996/NOV/20
ANDERSON  ELDER GUSTAF 1899/APR/11 1992/JUN/03
ANDERSON  ELMER H. 1897/AUG/05 1910/AUG/25
ANDERSON  ETHEL ELFRIEDA 1906/AUG/03 2003/AUG/01
ANDERSON  ETHEL F. 1896 1979
ANDERSON  GOLDIE E. 1889/JAN/19 1889/JUL/25
ANDERSON  GUSTAF ROBERT 1863/MAR/27 1944/JAN/02
ANDERSON  HANNAH MARIE 1864/APR/29 1962/FEB/08
ANDERSON  IVER ANDREW 1902 1963
ANDERSON  J. ARVID 1897 1986
ANDERSON  KENNETH DOUGLAS 1925/MAY/09 2005/JAN/23
ANDERSON  KENNETH DOUGLAS 1925/MAY09 2005/MAY/09
ANDERSON  MARVIN 1893/SEPT/20 1935/MAR/01
ANDERSON  OSCAR R. 1896 1928
ANDERSON  ROBERT   1930
ANDERSON  RUSSELL 1928/APR/23 2003/AUG/12
ANDERSON  TERA C. 1889 1989
ANDERSON   WALTER 1891 1976
BARSTAD  ___(BOY)   1938/JUN/16
BARSTAD  ERNEST C. 1904 1970
BARSTAD  IONE H. 1916 1982
BARSTAD  ROBERT 1948/DEC/13 1949/APR/16
BECKMAN  CLARA (BERLIN) 1905/AUG/19 1983/OCT/14
BERLIN  AUGUST 1869 1947
BERLIN  ELIZABETH J. 1898/JUN/10 1898/SEPT/10
BERLIN  ELLA 1876 1937
BERLIN  FLORENCE ALICE 1906/SEPT/14 1994/OCT/05
BERLIN  GEORGE 1898 1914
BERLIN  HERMAN LEANARD 1902/DEC/10 1989/NOV/24
BERLIN  WALTER E. 1897/JAN/07 1897/FEB/17
CARLSON  ____(BABY)   1940
CARLSON  A.G. 1840/DEC/02 1918/APR/03
CARLSON  A.H. 1863 1959
CARLSON  ANNA C. 1847/SEPT/27 1920/JUN/13
CARLSON  ANNIE OLIVIA 1890 1893
CARLSON  ARLENE W. 1916 ****
CARLSON  ARVID F. 1888 1957
CARLSON  AUGUST B. 1860 1936
CARLSON  CARL ARTHUR 1887/SEPT/24 1934/JAN/31
CARLSON  CLARENCE H. 1898 1983
CARLSON  ELFRIEDA WIHELMINIA 1929/JUL/16 2002/MAR/10
CARLSON  ELLEN 1888 1970
CARLSON  FERDINAND 1913/JAN/24 1989/MAY/28
CARLSON  GENA A. 1885 1950
CARLSON  HAROLD GUSTAV 1911/MAR/25 1995/OCT/29
CARLSON  HEDVIG MARIE 1891/FEB/22 1919/SEPT/07
CARLSON  HILDA L. 1889 1965
CARLSON  HILMA 1880 1971
CARLSON  HJALMAR 1879 1967
CARLSON  HUGO 1875 1946
CARLSON  JOHANNA 1856 1926
CARLSON  JOYCE L. 1916/FEB/18 2007/SEP/19
CARLSON  LESLIE THEODORE 1925/DEC/19 2007/APR/15
CARLSON  MARIE A. 1896 1985
CARLSON  RUTH E. 1896 1987
CARLSON  SELMA A. 1885 1977
CARLSON  WALTER A. 1902 1971
DAYTON  JOHN J.   1919/JUL/28
DINSMORE  CARYLL 1942/SEP/23 2006//MAR/01
EISFELD  ETHEL H. 1911 1978
EISFELD  LORNA EVANGELINE 1919/FEB/05 2002/JUL/30
EISFELD  RAYMOND EARL 1919/JAN/19 1999/JUN/03
EISFELD  WALTER W. 1911 1984
ENGBERG  ANNIE 1862/OCT/18 1916/AUG/09
ENGBERG  ARIS G. 1900 1947
ENGBERG  EDITH J. 1896 1988
ENGBERG  EDWARD 1893/AUG/27 1970/DEC/29
ENGBERG  ELLEN A. 1893 1981
ENGBERG  HARRY 1891 1971
ENGBERG  LESLIE L. 1923 1970
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