Spooner’s First Cemetery, information from an interview by Sharon Tarr, written in 2008, and revised in 2020.
Quintin Thompson had the paperwork about Spooner’s first cemetery, showing it was established by the Scribner family, Quintin’s ancestors, in 1889. It was located in the area of what is now the 600 block of College Street. When the present cemetery was opened west of Spooner on Highway 70, the bodies buried in the old cemetery were presumably all moved out there. Quintin’s papers showed the layout of the first cemetery and told who owned each of the plots. Among those names were several Scribners, Henry Hoeppner, Tony Donatell, James and Joseph Reddy, David Vaux, Henry Premo, G.W. Brooks, Alexander D. Mears, Frank Marotta, James King, Frank Krauss, Charles Cedarberg, Magnus Landgreen, Peter Landgreen, John Brisbin, Louis Isabella, John Johnson, L.A. Smith, and John W. Johnson.
Spooner was officially settled in 1883, the year Washburn County was formed. The county had been part of Burnett County prior to that. The Township Spooner gained village status in 1902 and became a city in 1910, the year after Quintin’s birth.
Spooner’s first postmaster was Quintin’s maternal great-grandfather, George W. Scribner. G.W. and Betsey Fellowes Scribner were the parents of Mattie Scribner. She married George Tozer, and they were the parents of Edina Tozer. Edina married Louis J. Thompson, and Quintin was their son.
A lengthy story about the Thompsons, the Scribners and many allied families is included in Volume V of the Historical Collections of Washburn County and the Surrounding Indianhead County, compiled by local historian Sharon Tarr and published by Washburn County Historical Society in 2012.
Spooner was officially settled in 1883, the year Washburn County was formed. The county had been part of Burnett County prior to that. The Township Spooner gained village status in 1902 and became a city in 1910, the year after Quintin’s birth.
Spooner’s first postmaster was Quintin’s maternal great-grandfather, George W. Scribner. G.W. and Betsey Fellowes Scribner were the parents of Mattie Scribner. She married George Tozer, and they were the parents of Edina Tozer. Edina married Louis J. Thompson, and Quintin was their son.
A lengthy story about the Thompsons, the Scribners and many allied families is included in Volume V of the Historical Collections of Washburn County and the Surrounding Indianhead County, compiled by local historian Sharon Tarr and published by Washburn County Historical Society in 2012.