updated 04/30/2013
updated 04/30/2013
| Houg Cemetery (aka Mork cemetery) Marion twp. Sec. 20, SE/NE
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Sources:
~ Gravestone inscriptions from photographs taken April 2013 by 'Gemni' as they digitally recorded the existing gravestones (GPP)
~ 'Tombstone Inscriptions from Houg Cemetery' by Connie Ellis; printed in the Hawkeye Heritage, Summer 1985, pg 96 & 97. Connie walked the cemetery in 1985 and recorded the gravestones in the cemetery at that time. Used with permission of Connie Ellis, February 2012
~ 'Gunder and the Surrounding Area History and Heritage', 2001, Section 10, pg 13; burials compiled by Janaan (Mork) Seabrooke in 1995. List of names & dates were contributed by Connie Ellis
~ WPA cemetery records, transcribed by Phyllis Montour. The WPA survey was done in the 1930's.
~ Obituaries. Note: Obituaries may have been added to the Clayton county Obit Board that are not linked on this page.
~ Other records as credited, contributed by Clayton co. researchers
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| Name | Birth | Death | Row | Remarks |
| ?, Father | - | - | 1 | No surname or dates. |
| ?, Mother | - | - | 1 | No surname or dates. At one time the broken stone was leaning against the Petter E. Mork gravestone. |
| ?, Ranga / Rangnild | 09/24/1866 | 01/05/1872 | 3 | No surname, 2 names on the marker. It may be a Groth gravestone; GPP |
| ?, Sophia | 1871 | 02/05/1872 | 3 | No surname, 2 names on the marker. It may be a Groth gravestone; GPP |
| Baker, Doris Elaine nee Seabrooke | 07/16/1921 | 05/05/2008 | d/o Arthur M. & Henrietta (Simanek) Seabrooke; 1st husb. Clifton Edwards (divorced), 2nd husb. Francis E. Baker; GPP | |
| Baker, Francis E. | 08/14/1926 | 09/16/2006 | 2nd husb. Doris E.; SK Coast Guard, A3C US Air Force; GPP | |
| Gilbertson, Anne | 12/02/1839 | 04/01/1877 | 3 | inscription is eroded, has been read as surname "Oen" by WPA and others over the years; GPP |
| Gilbertson, Iver | 07/03/1835 | 05/15/1901 | 3 | Civil War (aka Ever Gilbert); GPP |
| Groth, Barbra S. | 04/30/1867 | 11/07/1889 | 3 | GPP |
| Groth, Halsten | 10/20/1867 | 11/14/1948 | Obituary; s/o Johannes & Guri Groth | |
| Groth, H.S. | 06/23/1932 | Obituary | ||
| Groth, John H. / Johannes | 12/19/1833 | 01/25/1917 | 3 | Obituary; h/o Julia; GPP |
| Groth, Julia nee Guri Tollefson | 12/16/1838 | 02/11/1936 | 3 | Obituary; w/o John H. Groth; her death date is not inscribed on the stone, has been taken from the obit; GPP |
| Groth, Kittel J. | 02/04/1873 | 01/11/1892 | 3 | GPP |
| Groth, Louie | 1882 | 1886 | 3 | GPP |
| Groth, Martin J. | 1882 | 1972 | 3 | s/o John & Julia; GPP |
| Groth, Svend H. | 03/11/1821 | 09/03/1879 | GPP | |
| Groth, Thomas J. | 11/??/1922 | Obituary; s/o John & Julia | ||
| Halstenson, Gro S. | 09/25/1827 | 09/21/1897 | 3 | Seabrooke & Ellis
recordings differ to day of birth & may have been
calculated from age at death. These dates were 10/13/1827
& 10/15/1827. From Connie Olson, 09/04/12: "She was my great-great grandmother's sister. From the parish records for Aal, Buskerud County, Norway - Gro was born 25 Sept 1827 and christened 21 October 1827; parents: Engebret Olson and Gro Nielsdatter, at Haagensgard." Image of the original record (Gro is #128); GPP |
| Halstenson, Halsten S. | 12/16/1854 | 02/12/1938 | 3 | s/o Gro & Sever; gravestone DOB is inscribed 1853, obit gives 12/16/1854; Obituary; GPP |
| Halstenson, Nellie S. | 1880 | 01/17/1946 | 3 | Obituary; d/o Gro & Sever; GPP |
| Halstenson, Nels | 08/12/1870 | 04/21/1886 | 3 | GPP |
| Halstenson, Syver | 09/22/1816 | 06/11/1885 | 3 | GPP |
| Helgeson, Ole | 1818 | 02/20/1875 | 1 | Born at Hallingdahl, Norway. Died Marion twp., Clayton co. Iowa; GPP |
| Houg, Lars S. | 03/27/1850 | 09/10/1877 | 3 | GPP |
| Houg, Margit nee Groth | 02/18/1823 | 03/06/1880 | 3 | "Mother"; w/o Svend; she has 2 stones, one may be the original, it is broken with no dates on existing portion; GPP (both stones) |
| Houg, Sigur Bertin T. | 12/25/1885 | 08/31/1886 | 3 | s/o Kivo T. Houg. Dates are 'best guess', the marker is very difficult to read; GPP |
| Houg, Svend L. | 12/04/1814 | 05/20/1916 | 3 | "Father"; h/o Margit; GPP |
| Larson, Ole | see remarks | 01/21/1871 | WPA = 1810; Seabrooke = 1840 or 1848 | |
| Lien, Bergit O. | 11/02/1842 | 11/16/1930 | 3 | w/o Ole E.; GPP; Obituary |
| Lien, Eline | 03/10/1868 | 07/26/1869 | 2 | ssa Randine & Thomas; GPP |
| Lien, Eline O. | 08/18/1875 | 01/27/1886 | 3 | GPP |
| Lien, Ole E. | 06/08/1823 | 07/12/1892 | 3 | h/o Bergit O.; he has 2 markers, a large marker with a long inscripton, probably a Norwegian Bible verse and a smaller stone; GPP; Obituary |
| Lien, Randine O. | 05/05/1872 | 01/13/1886 | 3 | GPP |
| Lien, Randine | 05/15/1866 | 06/28/1869 | 2 | ssa Eline & Thomas; GPP |
| Lien, Thomas | 07/03/1874 | 10/28/1874 | 2 | ssa Eline & Randine; GPP |
| Mork, Engebreth | 02/22/1807 | 09/12/1880 | 1 | ssa Randi; GPP |
| Mork, L. Russell | 12/27/1932 | 03/05/1935 | s/o Reuben & Agnes; GPP | |
| Mork, Ole E. | 12/14/1852 | 05/26/1916 | 1 | Obituary; GPP |
| Mork, Petter E. | 1855 | 1932 | 1 | "God is Love"; GPP |
| Mork, Randi Hans or Husstru | 11/08/1816 | 02/16/1905 | 1 | Ellis gives surname as Husstru, WPA as Hans; GPP |
| Nilson, Emil | 1884 | Nilson's are all on the same gravestone; GPP | ||
| Nilson, Henry | 1884 | Nilson's are all on the same gravestone; GPP | ||
| Nilson, Oline | 1884 | Nilson's are all on the same gravestone; GPP | ||
| Nilson, Petrine | 1884 | Nilson's are all on the same gravestone; GPP | ||
| Olsen, Kiersti nee Braaten | 1799 | 18?? | GPP | |
| Ostgaard, Berthe N. | 1815 | 1889 | 3 | "Grandmother"; w/o Niels O.; GPP |
| Ostgaard, Berthe E. | 1847 | 01/08/1929 | 3 | Obituary; "Mother"; w/o Erik N.; GPP |
| Ostgaard, Niels O. | 1802 | 1885 | 3 | "Grandfather"; h/o Berthe N.; GPP |
| Ostgaard, Niels E. | 1881 | 07/06/1941 | 3 | Obituary; s/o Eric & Berthe E.; GPP |
| Ostgaard, Erik N. | 1853 | 03/01/1923 | 3 | Obituary; "Father"; h/o Berthe E.; surname is spelled Ostegaard in obit; GPP |
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