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Pioneer Life in 19th Century America
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Cemetery stones can tell a story of pioneer life:

Pioneer Life: Berta Josephine Larson Anderson
16 Sep 1864-28 Dec 1882
wife of Oscar Anderson, daughter of Sven Larson.
She died about three months after leaving home to marry.

Picture taken at Old Our Savior's Cemetery in
Martell Township, Pierce County, Wisconsin, July 2002.

Berta Josephine was a half-sister of my grandmother, Josie or Josephine, who was born in 1892. - Jone

Berta Josephine Larson Anderson

Image © 2002 Jone Johnson Lewis. Licensed to About.com.

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