West Verona Cemetery
Faribault County, Minnesota, USA
Neglect, weather beaten fences and roaming cattle had taken toll of the resting place. Many years ago, a tornado had wrecked the home of W.R. Benton, where the records were kept.
Approached on the matter, the Verona township board levied funds and appointed James Foss and S.D. Lane, prominent sons of Verona pioneers, to carry out the project. They worked most of the summer, searching old records, old deeds, interviewing persons who might have information.
Now on a knoll overlooking Center Creek on the Byron Larson farm, along a heavily traveled road, stands the new memorial shaft, monument to pioneer founders of the community.
Many persons had not known the cemetery was there. Some graves had been exhumed and moved to Union or other cemeteries. No doubt many are unmarked. Names on the plaque are only those of known record. (text by J. Gardner)
Neglect, weather beaten fences and roaming cattle had taken toll of the resting place. Many years ago, a tornado had wrecked the home of W.R. Benton, where the records were kept.
Approached on the matter, the Verona township board levied funds and appointed James Foss and S.D. Lane, prominent sons of Verona pioneers, to carry out the project. They worked most of the summer, searching old records, old deeds, interviewing persons who might have information.
Now on a knoll overlooking Center Creek on the Byron Larson farm, along a heavily traveled road, stands the new memorial shaft, monument to pioneer founders of the community.
Many persons had not known the cemetery was there. Some graves had been exhumed and moved to Union or other cemeteries. No doubt many are unmarked. Names on the plaque are only those of known record. (text by J. Gardner)
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 83819
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