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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Stearns County, Minn.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Peter and Paul Catholic Church Cemetery</a> <li><b>St. Cloud</b> <a href="cms02671">North Star Cemetery</a> <li><b>St. Joseph</b> <a href=" ">St. Joseph Cemetery</a> <li><b>Sauk Centre</b> <a href="cms02662">Greenwood Cemetery</a> <li><b>Sauk Centre</b> <a href=" ">St. Paul's Cemetery</a> <li><b>Spring Hill</b> <a href=" ">St. Michael's Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02668">Big Grove Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Brooten, Stearns County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kittel Halvorson (1846-1936)</b> — of Minnesota. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/12-15.html">December 15, 1846</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 40, 1887-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 5th District, 1891-93. Died in Havana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/SA-died.html">Sargent County</a>, N.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/07-12.html">July 12, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at Big Grove Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000094">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404976">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13174">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms08492">Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Richmond, Stearns County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John J. Ahmann (1860-1927)</b> — also known as <b>Johann Josef Ahmann</b> — of Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn.; Munson Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn.; Belle Plaine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Minn. Born in Westphalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/01-06.html">January 6, 1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 54th District, 1907-14. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-died.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-09.html">February 9, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joseph Ahmann and Mara Magdalena (Schultenover) Ahmann; married to Catherine Ladner.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/53971517">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10857">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02671">North Star Cemetery</a></b></span><br> St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674218571/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/248/62.80.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Harold Knutson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harold Knutson (1880-1953)</b> — of St. Cloud, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn. Born in Skein, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/10-20.html">October 20, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a>, 1917-49 (6th District 1917-33, at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MN.html">1940</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> by officers of the Arlington County vice squad; he vainly offered a $100 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">bribe</a>, but was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a>, apparently with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">sodomy</a> (press reports avoided mentioning the specific crime, only that it was a "grave moral offense"), and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">jailed</a> overnight; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> before a jury, and found not guilty. Died, following a series of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attacks</a>, in Wesley Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Wadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WD-died.html">Wadena County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/08-21.html">August 21, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 305 days</a>). Interment at North Star Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000301">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406457">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold Knutson">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frederick C. Schilplin (c.1901-1974)</b> — also known as <b>Fred C. Schilplin</b> — of St. Cloud, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn. Born about 1901. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MN.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Died in St. Cloud, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-died.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/09-06.html">September 6, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at North Star Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#885.09.66">Frederick Schilplin</a> and Maude (Colgrove) Schilplin; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#912.29.83">Stillman Stephen Light</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0049.html">Washburn family</a> of Massachusetts; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0089.html">Cornell family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0560.html">Cornell-Schilplin-Washburn-Burr family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">St. Joseph Cemetery</a></b></span><br> St. Joseph, Stearns County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Casper Capser (1828-1912)</b> — of St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn. Born in Bavaria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/04-22.html">April 22, 1828</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Blacksmith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">wagon maker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">mechanic</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 40, 1883-86. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-died.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-21.html">June 21, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Casper Capser (1796-1868) and Julianna (Obermayer) Capser; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/capozzi-carew.html#974.70.37">Joseph Capser</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/05-11.html">May 11, 1858</a>, to Mary Ann Schriver.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32947590">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11566">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02662">Greenwood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Marion Eddy (1856-1929)</b> — also known as <b>Frank M. Eddy</b> — of Glenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/PP-lived.html">Pope County</a>, Minn.; Sauk Centre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn. Born in Pleasant Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-born.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/04-01.html">April 1, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/PP-officials.html">Pope County District Court Clerk</a>, 1884-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 7th District, 1895-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>. Died in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/01-13.html">January 13, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 287 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/">1886</a> to Frances Fraser.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000038">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403733">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6926259">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">St. Paul's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Capser (1832-1919)</b> — of Sauk Centre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn. Born in Bavaria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/03-05.html">March 5, 1832</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 31st District, 1875-76; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1889-92 (District 40 1889-90, District 45 1891-92). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Sauk Centre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-died.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/12-18.html">December 18, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 288 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Casper Capser (1796-1868) and Julianna (Obermayer) Capser; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/capozzi-carew.html#855.37.66">Casper Capser (1828-1912)</a>; married to Marianna Ley.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19120450">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11567">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">St. Michael's Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Spring Hill, Stearns County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Joseph Emmel (1844-1927)</b> — also known as <b>Henry J. Emmel</b> — of Spring Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn.; Melrose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ST-lived.html">Stearns County</a>, Minn. Born in Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-born.html">Allegany County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/03-17.html">March 17, 1844</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1878, 1909-10 (District 31 1878, District 54 1909-10). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/09-08.html">September 8, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 175 days</a>). 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