Find A Grave - North Dakota

Aandahl, Fred George b. April 9, 1897 d. April 7, 1966
23rd North Dakota Governor, US Congressman. He served as Governor of North Dakota from 1945 to 1950. He was later elected to represent North Dakota as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1951 to 1953. After his term in Congress he served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior in both Administrations of President Dwight D. Eisenhower Administrations, serving from 1953 to 1961. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Hillside Cemetery, Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota, USA
Allin, Roger b. December 18, 1848 d. January 1, 1936
North Dakota Governor. Born in Devonshire, England in 1848, he served as Governor of North Dakota from 1895 to 1897. He also served in the North Dakota Senate in 1889 and as Lieutenant Governor in 1891. (Bio by: Lisa S)
Park River Memorial Park, Park River, Walsh County, North Dakota, USA
Brunsdale, Clarence Norman b. July 9, 1891 d. January 27, 1978
North Dakota Governor, US Senator. Served as Governor of North Dakota from 1951 to 1957. Elected as a Senator from North Dakota to the United States Senate, serving from 1959 to 1960.
Mayville Cemetery, Mayville, Traill County, North Dakota, USA
Burdick, Usher Lloyd b. February 21, 1879 d. August 19, 1960
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1904, commenced the practice of law in Munich, North Dakota and was a member of the State House of Representatives, 1907 to 1911. From 1911 to 1913, he was Lieutenant Governor, State Attorney of Williams County, 1913 to 1915 and Assistant US District Attorney for North Dakota, 1929 to 1932. In 1935, he was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving until 1945. He was again elected in 1949...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Burdick Farm Cemetery, Williston, Williams County, North Dakota, USA
Plot: Private family cemetery
Burke, John b. February 25, 1859 d. May 14, 1937
Governor of North Dakota and Treasurer of the United States. Born to Irish immigrant parents, he graduated from Iowa State University with a law degree in 1886. He practiced law in Devils Lake, North Dakota, and was elected to both the North Dakota House of Representatives and State Senate. Nominated for Governor in 1906, his highly energetic campaigning and stirring oratory brought about his election as a Democrat. Reelected twice, he enacted a full gamut of Progressive legislation, including...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
Burtness, Olger Burton b. March 14, 1884 d. January 20, 1960
US Congressman. Elected to represent North Dakota's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1921 to 1933. He was elected unopposed in 1922. He also served as a Member of the North Dakota State House of Representatives from 1919 to 1920, Delegate to the Republican National Convention from North Dakota in 1916, 1936, and 1948, City Attorney of Grand Forks, North Dakota from 1936 to 1937, and as a State Court Judge in North Dakota from 1950 until his death in...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
Buttz, Charles Wilson b. November 16, 1837 d. July 23, 1913
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1876 to 1877. Also served as a Member of the South Carolina State Legislature. bio by 46537737

The son of John R. & Rebecca Buttz, in 1860, he was a law student living in Oxford Township, Warren County, New Jersey. He stood 5' 7" tall and had black hair and black eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in New Jersey April 26, 1861, mustered into federal service May...[Read More]
Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon, Ransom County, North Dakota, USA
Charboneau, Toussaint b. 1758 d. 1843
Folk Figure. He was born somewhere around Montreal Canada in about 1758. He worked for a British fur trading company before becoming an independent trader with the Hidatsa Indians on the upper Missouri River. When he joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition he was probably 47 years old. It was reported that while he was with the fur trading company he was stabbed by the mother of a girl he was trying to rape. Escaping this incident, he settled with the Hidatsa tribe and remained with them for the...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Mandan Indian Reservation, McIntosh County, North Dakota, USA
Davies, Judge. Ronald Norwood b. December 11, 1904 d. April 18, 1996
He was the judge who ordered the integration of Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. Davies served in the United States Armed Forces. He was a First Lieutenant, serving as commander of the Reception Station and Induction Center at Fort Snelling in Minnesota. He was discharged as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Holy Cross Cemetery, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, USA
Davis, Charles P. b. June 5, 1872 d. May 28, 1943
Philippines Insurrection Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Entered the service at Valley City, North Dakota and served as a Private in Company G, 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry. Near San Isidro, Philippine Islands, May 16, 1899, he with 21 other scouts charged across a burning bridge, under heavy fire, and completely routed 600 of the enemy who were entrenched in a strongly fortified position. His Medal was awarded on April 28, 1906. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
Plot: Sec C, Site 437
Davis, John Edward b. April 18, 1913 d. May 12, 1990
North Dakota Governor. Served as Governor of North Dakota from 1957 to 1961. (Bio by: Lisa S)
Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
Devine, Joseph McMurray b. March 15, 1861 d. August 31, 1938
North Dakota Governor. He served as Governor of North Dakota for less then a year after the death of Governor Frank Briggs in August 1898. After leaving office in 1899 he would go on to become Lieutenant Governor under Frederick Fancher. He was also very active in the North Dakota Education Association, and in 1900 became Superintendent of Schools for the state. In 1922 he was also appointed state immigration commissioner. (Bio by: Lisa S)
Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
Downs, Willis H. b. 1866 d. 1929
Philippine Insurrection Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as Private in Company H, 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry, at San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on May 13, 1899. Citation: With 11 other scouts, without waiting for the supporting battalion to aid them or to get into a position to do so, charged over a distance of about 150 yards and completely routed about 300 of the enemy who were in line and in a position that could only be carried by a frontal attack...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA
Plot: GAR Section
Eielson, Carl Benjamin b. July 20, 1897 d. November 9, 1929
Carl Benjamin Eielson was born in Hatton, North Dakota. He was educated in the public schools of Hatton and at the University of North Dakota. He also studied at the University of Wisconsin and Georgetown University, and later taught school for a time. On January 17, 1917, Carl enlisted in the Air Service of the United States Army. In 1923 he piloted the first airplane in Alaska, and in 1924 he flew the first government mail plane in that territory. He was made chief pilot of Sir Hubert Wilkins'...[Read More]
Saint Johns Cemetery, Hatton, Traill County, North Dakota, USA
Frazier, Lynn Joseph b. December 21, 1874 d. January 11, 1947
US Senator/Governor. Elected governor of North Dakota. served from 1917 to 1921. He was removed from office by a recall vote in 1921. In 1922 he was elected to represent North Dakota in the United States Senate and served from 1923 to 1941. He was defeated in the Republican Primary in 1940. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Hoople Cemetery, Hoople, Walsh County, North Dakota, USA
Grass, John 'Charging Bear' b. 1837 d. May 10, 1918
Lakota Chief. Born to the Blackfeet Teton band of the Lakota Sioux, son of Pezi, a hereditary Lokota chief. Grass would inherit his position from his father. His warrior name was Ma-tow-a-tak-pe or Charging Bear and he fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Grass and Gall served as rivals to Sitting Bull after the latter surrendered in 1881. In 1888 President Grover Cleveland met with Sitting Bull, Gall, and Grass to establish the Standing Rock Agency which was confirmed in 1889 despite...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Catholic Cemetery - Standing Rock Reservation, Sioux County, North Dakota, USA
Gronna, Asle Jorgenson b. December 10, 1858 d. May 4, 1922
US Congressman. Elected to represent North Dakota in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1905 to 1911. Also served as a Member of the Dakota Territorial Legislature in 1889, and United States Senator from North Dakota from 1911 to 1921. (Bio by: K)
Lakota Cemetery, Lakota, Nelson County, North Dakota, USA
Gurke, Henry b. November 6, 1922 d. November 9, 1943
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as Private First Class in Company M, 3rd Raider Battalion, 2nd Raider Regiment of the I Marine Amphibious Corps. On November 9, 1943 he was in a shallow two-man foxhole with a fellow Marine, delivering a fierce stream of fire against the advancing Japanese in defense of a road block in the area near Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville Island. Concluding from the grenade barrages that the enemy was determined to annihilate their...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Neche Union Cemetery, Neche, Pembina County, North Dakota, USA
Hall, Thomas b. June 6, 1869 d. December 4, 1958
United States Congressman from North Dakota. Born in Cliff Mine, Michigan, his family moved to North Dakota when he was a teenager. After college he labored as a construction worker and clerk for several railroad companies. He later became a reporter for a Fargo newspaper and in 1910 he was appointed to the board of railroad commissioners. He served as North Dakota's Secretary of State from 1912 to 1924 and from 1942 to 1954. He was elected to Congress four times serving from 1924 to 1933. (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
Hanna, Louis Benjamin b. August 9, 1861 d. April 23, 1948
US Congressman, North Dakota Governor. Elected to represent North Dakota in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1909 to 1913. Also served as a Member of the North Dakota State House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897, Member of the North Dakota State Senate from 1897 to 1901, and 1905 to 1909, Governor of North Dakota from 1913 to 1917, and Candidate for United States Senator from North Dakota in 1916 and 1926. (Bio by: K)
Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, USA

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