Find A Grave - Hennepin County

Adams, Robert Newton b. September 15, 1835 d. March 25, 1914
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He entered his Civil War service only days after the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, enlisting in the 20th Ohio (Three-Month) Volunteer Infantry on April 18, 1961. Mustered in as a Private in Company B on April 27, 1861, he served with the unit as it performed guarding duty in Virginia during it's brief tenure, and was honorably mustered out on August 18, 1861 when his enlistment expired. Shortly after that he received a...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 3, Lot 101
Aldrich, Cyrus b. June 18, 1808 d. October 5, 1871
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Minnesota as an At-Large Congressman in the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1863.
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Alexander, John Grant b. July 16, 1893 d. December 8, 1971
US Congressman. He served in the United States Army during World War I as a Private in the 386th Ambulance Company. He was elected to represent Minnesota's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1939 to 1941. He unsuccessfully ran as an Independent candidate for United States Senator from Minnesota in 1936, and as a candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1942.
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Andersen, Elmer Lee b. June 17, 1909 d. November 15, 2004
Minnesota Governor. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Andersen served as the Governor of Minnesota from 1961 to 1963. He was elected in 160 and defeated in 1962. Andersen also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Minnesota in 1948, and Member of the Minnesota State Senate from 1949 to 1959. (Bio by: K)
Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Anderson, Sydney b. September 18, 1881 d. October 8, 1948
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Elected to represent Minnesota's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1911 to 1925.
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Arlett, Russell 'Buzz' b. January 3, 1899 d. May 16, 1964
Major League Baseball Player. Long-time Minor League power-hitting star who played in only one Major League season (1931 with the Philadelphia Phillies). He hit four home runs in a game twice in one season (1932). (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 41, Lot 562, Grave 7
Armstrong, Moses Kimball b. September 19, 1832 d. January 11, 1906
US Congressman. In 1858, he was assigned to survey the Minnesota and Dakota Territories. When the Minnesota Territory was admitted as a State, he was elected a member of the first Territorial House of Representatives, serving 1861 to 1863. He was elected President of the Territorial Council in 1866, acted as secretary of the Indian Peace Commission in 1867 and established the meridian standard lines for US land surveys in the Dakotas. In 1871, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Barron, Bebe b. June 16, 1925 d. April 20, 2008
Electronic Music Pioneer, Composer. Her husband Louis Barron designed and built the equipment they used to manipulate sound wave frequencies and record them on loop tape reels. She then used those recordings to piece together compositions for the groundbreaking music in the 1956 motion picture Forbidden Planet, as well as other films. The music recording techniques they used in that film, with the eerie and other-worldy sounds they were able to create, set the standard for all science fiction...[Read More] (Bio by: Michael)
Adath Yeshurun Cemetery, Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Bartholomew, Orion Alexander b. September 4, 1837 d. September 17, 1919
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served in four different Union Army units during his Civil War career. Entered the Union Army as a Sergeant in the 7th Indian Volunteer Infantry before receiving a commission as 1st Lieutenant of the 70th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. When the Union Army was authorized to recruit and equip African-Americans for service, he offered to become an officer in that branch. He then served first as the Lieutenant Colonel of the 15th United States Colored...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 24, Lot 167, Grave 1
Baston, Bert b. December 3, 1894 d. November 16, 1979
College Football Hall of Fame Member. Born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, he was a two-time All-American football wide-end receiver for the University of Minnesota in 1915 and 1916. During World War I, he served as a First Lieutenant in Company 17, 5th Regiment, US Marines Corps. On June 6, 1918, he suffered a critical leg wound in actions at the Battle of Belleau Woods, France, while leading his platoon. He refused treatment until he had personally assured himself that every man in his platoon...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 8, Lot 386, Grave 6
Bierman, Bernie b. March 11, 1894 d. March 7, 1977
College Football Coach. Served as the Universit of Minnesota "Gophers" football coach, winning five national championships in the 1930s and 1940s. Member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 7D, Lot 102, Space 1
Bigelow, John b. February 4, 1841 d. 1917
Civil War Union Army Officer. Born in Massachusetts. Served in the Civil War as Captain and commander of the 9th Massachusetts Volunteer Battery. Had promoinent role on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg holding off the Confederate assault near the Trostle House and was terrible wounded. He was rescued from the field by Bugler Charles Reed (who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for this action). At his funeral the surviving members of the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry...[Read More] (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 23, Lot 29, Grave 19
Blanchard, Johnny b. February 26, 1933 d. March 25, 2009
Major League Baseball Player. Born John Edwin Blanchard, he played at the outfield and catcher positions for eight seasons (1955, 1959 to 1965) with the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Milwaukee Braves. He was a member of five American League Pennant-winning teams (1960 to 1964 Yankees), including two World Champion squads (1961 and 1962 Yankees). He appeared in 15 career total World Series games with 10 hits, 2 home runs, 5 RBIs and a .345 batting average. Blanchard made his big...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 30, Site 32
Bluege, Ossie b. October 24, 1900 d. October 14, 1985
Major League Baseball Player. Born Oswald Louis Bluege in Chicago, Illinois, he was a versatile infielder making his debut with the Washington Senators on April 24, 1922. For eighteen seasons, he played his entire career with the Washington Senators (1922-39), to include an All-Star game appearance in 1935 and played in all three Senators World Series appearances (1924-25 and 1933). He concluded his playing career with a record of 1751 hits, 883 runs scored, 43 homeruns, 848 runs batted in, a...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 412, Grave 31
Blumenfield, Isadore 'Kid Cann' b. September 8, 1900 d. June 21, 1981
Crime Figure. The most notorious criminal in Minnesota history. Born in the shtetl of Rumnesk, Romania, he was brought to America at the age of two. He drifted into gang fights on the streets of Minneapolis's "Newspaper Row" around 4th Street on the North Side. By the mid 1920s he was, with his brothers Harry and "Yiddy," the boss of one of the most powerful factions of North Minneapolis's Jewish Mafia. Involved in bootlegging, pimping, and labor raqueteering. Suspected of involvement in at...[Read More] (Bio by: Brendan King)
Adath Yeshurun Cemetery, Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Brown, Jimmy Earle b. August 8, 1926 d. December 18, 2006
Jazz Musician. He was known as "Jumpin' Jimmy" because he would jump from balconies into audiences, with trumpet in hand, as a member of the orchestra at the Apollo Theater in New York. On the national music scene during the 1940s and 1950s, he was actress and singer Debbie Reynolds' music director, the lead trumpeter for musician Count Basie's band, and recorded for Atlantic Records. Through his career, he performed with jazz legends as Etta James, Nat King Cole, Big Joe Turner, Dinah...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 25 Site 537
Burnett Jr., Thomas Edward b. May 29, 1963 d. September 11, 2001
United Flight 93 Passenger, Hero. A former high school quarterback, he was an alumnus of the University of Minnesota. He was the senior vice president and chief operating officer of Thoratec Corporation, a medical research company. He and his wife Deena, married in April, 1992, were the parents of three girls. On September 11, 2001, he was flying home from a business meeting when terrorists took control of the plane, presumably with the intent of crashing it into a target in Washington, D.C...[Read More] (Bio by: Melanie)
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Right of the exit sign on the corner of Pruden Dr. and Josiah Ave.
Burnquist, Joseph A. A. b. June 21, 1879 d. January 12, 1961
Governor of Minnesota from December 1915 (following the death of Governor Winfield Scott Hammond) until 1921. He returned to his law practice in Minneapolis and St. Paul and got back into politics in 1938 when he was elected attorney general of Minnesota, a position he held until 1955. (Bio by: Stew Thornley)
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 27, Lot 717, Grave 3
Carlson, Curt b. July 9, 1914 d. February 19, 1999
Businessman. Founder of the Carlson Companies and Gold Bond Stamps.
Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section 23, Lot 125, Grave 30
Casey, Bob (Robert) b. April 11, 1925 d. March 27, 2005
Baseball Announcer. He was the only public-address announcer the Minnesota Twins have ever had, working 44 seasons and more than 3,000 games. He was inducted into the Twins' Hall of Fame in 2003. He had planned on retiring following the 2005 season. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Plot: Section B-1, Plot 531-6

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