Near Frederick in Brown County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

In Memoriam

September 17, 2022

1. In Memoriam Marker

Inscription. On June 22, 1883 Mrs. Matt (Valborg) Hanhela became the first Finnish settler here to die (in childbirth). She and her infant son were the first to be buried here. Their grave is unmarked and unknown.

Ten acres of land for this cemetery and for the church, built in 1884, were given by Matt Hanhela. In exchange, forty homesteaders with oxen, horses and plows broke fifty acres of prairie sod for him.

Here also rest fifty-five souls whose wooden grave markers were destroyed in a prairie fire. Their names are recorded in the church, but their final resting places are known only to God.

Sleep you all who are here in peace and rest eternally in the garden of heaven.
"Pioneer Church Restoration Assoc."

Erected 1989 by Pioneer Church Restoration Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is June 22, 1883.

Location. 45° 55.392′ N, 98° 23.88′ W. Marker is near Frederick, South Dakota, in Brown County. It can be reached from 101st Street 0.2 miles west of

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392nd Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Located in North Savo Apostolic Lutheran Cemetery, west of Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Frederick SD 57441, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East River

and specifically in the James River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Northern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Savo Hall (approx. 3.1 miles away); In Memory of the Finnish Pioneers (approx. 3.1 miles away); Savo Monument (approx. 3.1 miles away); You Are Entering South Dakota / You Are Now Leaving South Dakota and About to Enter North Dakota (approx. 6.3 miles away); Dickey County Veterans (approx.

In Memoriam Marker, from the south image. Click for full size.

September 17, 2022

2. In Memoriam Marker, from the south

8.2 miles away in North Dakota); The First Frederick School (approx. 8.3 miles away); Frederick, South Dakota Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Frederick.

Also see . . . North Savo Apostolic Lutheran Cemetery - Find a Grave. (Submitted on September 24, 2022.)

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