‘Tales from Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery’ Archives
See $1,000. House on 15th Ave. – Phineas Phelps built houses after Civil War service
Beginning June 5, 1886, Phineas Phelps built a $400. wooden barn at 2800 15th Ave. So. Mpls. and this $1,000. house. The vinyl siding and windows along with the metal door and satellite dish are probably more recent changes. By Sue Hunter Weir One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant and our four-year Civil War was over. By the time that the war ended an estimated 630,000 to 750,000 men had been killed and another 1,000,000 injured. It seems like that war happened so long ago but if you know where to look there still are some small reminders in the Phillips Community of the men who fought it. Phineas Phelps was born in Canada on December 2, 1831. He enlisted as a private in Company F of the 25th Massachusetts Infantry on September 24, 1861. A little over three years later, on October 25, 1864, he was discharged for disability. He headed west and was living in Minneapolis in 1865 where he initially [...]
Cinema in the Cemetery
Returns with Buster Keaton”'s, “The Navigator”, Memorial Day Weekend to Benefit the Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery Fence Restoration Project Film score to be played live by local music group Dreamland Faces WHAT: On Saturday, May 23, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the Friends of the Cemetery in partnership with The Trylon Microcinema will show a special screening of Buster Keaton”'s film “The Navigator” accompanied with a live score by local music group Dreamland Faces at Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery located at 2925 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis. The proceeds from the Memorial Day weekend event will help support the Friends of the Cemetery”'s efforts to restore the limestone pier fence that serves as the border of the cemetery along Lake Street and Cedar Avenue. Gates will open at 7:00 p.m. on May 23; moviegoers arriving early will have the opportunity to experience the historic cemetery and participate in a smart phone [...]
Richard Herberg November 18, 1915 ”“ April 1916
Richard Herberg was the four-month-old son of Frederick Axel and Caroline Herberg and the twin of brother Russell. Their family lived at 3209 24th Avenue. Richard is buried in Lot 24, Block N. By Sue Hunter Weir Era causes of death reflect medical knowledge Richard Herberg”'s death certificate lists his cause of death as “dentition.” By the time that he died in April 1916, dentition was rarely recorded as a cause of death. It was an old-fashioned medical term and one that had been called into question as a “real” disease. That was not always the case. A baby boy, known only as C. M. Miller, was thought to have died from “teething and flow” in 1864. “Teething” as a cause of death had a long, though not, as it turns out, very accurate history. Hippocrates referred to it in his writings almost 2,500 years ago and the medical community didn”'t change its thinking on the subject until some time in the late 1870s or [...]
