According to the 1953 100th Anniversary of Glenwood Lutheran congregation book starting on page 6. While plans were being made for the erection of a church for Glenwood, services were held in various homes in the congregation. A site for the church and cemetery was secured from Hans Sivesind. The first grave in that cemetery was that of a daughter of Hans Lovbraaten. As nearly as can be determined, the first Glenwood church was built in 1856, not on the site originally planned, but about a mile west on land donated for that purpose by Christopher Evenrud about where the present church stands. A new cemetery was established a few rods south of the church on land donated by Hans Blegen. The first burial there was that of a daughter of Johannes Sivesind.
According to the Anniversary and Centennial book of 1973 p7. More details are added. The first cemetery is identified as the triangular or three corner
cemetery west of the present church. The second cemetery is now called the west cemetery. The Pontoppidan cemetery, about 1 mile south of the church, was given to Glenwood when Pontoppidan Church closed in 1964. All three cemeteries continue to be used.