She arrived in in American in 1848 with her husband, Anders. They settled and worked on the S.M. Swenson plantation in Richmond, Fort Bend County, near Houston. Anders was his uncle and had died due to unwholesome climate the year they arrived. Anna was left alone with six sons--Johannes, Carl, Andrew, August, William and Henning--to whom to provide. Anna and five of her sons moved in 1853 to what is now Palm Valley, north Brushy Creek. Upon arriving, the family lived in tents as it was impossible to rent or buy a house. After the first winter the family bought 400 acres of land north of Round Rock and built themselves a blockhouse. Anna Palm was a resolute and enterprising women who was like a mother to the young Swedish newcomer who soon followed the first group of Swedes to Texas. All of her sons were sent to join the Confederate Army except the youngest, Henning, who died in 1863. When asked where her son should be buried, Anna responded, "Under the tallest oak tree there." Thus began the Palm Valley Luthern Cemetery. After the war, Anna wrote S.M. Swenson and requested that the land where Henning was buried be designated as a cemetery. She asked that he donate enough for a church and school also. In June, 1871, just over 21 acres were donated by S.M. Swenson to the Swedish Luthern Church Association.
She arrived in in American in 1848 with her husband, Anders. They settled and worked on the S.M. Swenson plantation in Richmond, Fort Bend County, near Houston. Anders was his uncle and had died due to unwholesome climate the year they arrived. Anna was left alone with six sons--Johannes, Carl, Andrew, August, William and Henning--to whom to provide. Anna and five of her sons moved in 1853 to what is now Palm Valley, north Brushy Creek. Upon arriving, the family lived in tents as it was impossible to rent or buy a house. After the first winter the family bought 400 acres of land north of Round Rock and built themselves a blockhouse. Anna Palm was a resolute and enterprising women who was like a mother to the young Swedish newcomer who soon followed the first group of Swedes to Texas. All of her sons were sent to join the Confederate Army except the youngest, Henning, who died in 1863. When asked where her son should be buried, Anna responded, "Under the tallest oak tree there." Thus began the Palm Valley Luthern Cemetery. After the war, Anna wrote S.M. Swenson and requested that the land where Henning was buried be designated as a cemetery. She asked that he donate enough for a church and school also. In June, 1871, just over 21 acres were donated by S.M. Swenson to the Swedish Luthern Church Association.
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