The Anderson Grove Cemetery Project

To contribute to the Preservation and Perpetual Care Fund of Anderson Grove Cemetery, please make checks payable to "Anderson Grove Cemetery" and mail them to 12005 S. 36th St., Bellevue, NE 68123. You can also donate directly online at https://square.link/u/0jl4OceQ

Anderson Grove Cemetery is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, and all donations are tax-deductible.

For information regarding burials or management of Anderson Grove Cemetery, please contact the Anderson Grove Cemetery Board at Anderson Grove Presbyterian Church at (402) 292-5522 or [email protected].

📸: Anderson Grove Church, ca. 1920, courtesy of Anderson Grove Presbyterian Church

Samantha G. (Arnett) Gates – 24 Dec 1833 – 28 Nov 1916

Samantha was born in West Jefferson, Ohio to Ezekial and Eliza (Acton) Arnett, the eldest of their seven children. At the age of 18, she married Amos Gates, a local farmer.

The couple soon moved west, first settling in Muscatine County, IA before making their way to Sarpy County, NE. Together they settled into a log cabin near the banks of Papillion Creek amid the Omaha Indian Village. The family soon expanded to include eight children and a large homestead.

Grandma Gates, as she came to be known, was not only a wife, mother, and matriarch, but also a teacher for most of her life. She continued to teach Sunday School at the old stone school near Gilmore as the family became honored pioneers of the area.

Her passing warranted a lengthy front-page obituary in the local “Papillion Times”, as well as three additional notices in “The Omaha Daily News” and “The Omaha Evening Bee”.

📸 :FindAGrave contributor – Patrick Wyman
📰 : “Papillion Times” Papillion, NE, 30 Nov 1916, pg 1
📰: “The Omaha Daily News” Omaha, NE, 29 Nov 1916, pg 3