Find A Grave - South Dakota

Aames (Haugland), Angela b. February 27, 1956 d. November 27, 1988
Actress. She appeared in motion pictures such as "Bachleor Party," "Basic Training," "Scarface" and "The Lost Empire", and on television in situation comedies like "Night Court," "Cheers" and "BJ and the Bear." She died of a heart failure, which, according to the coroner, was likely caused by a virus. (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA
Abdnor, James b. February 13, 1923 d. May 16, 2012
US Senator, US Congressman, US Presidential Official. A member of the Republican Party, he served South Dakota's 2nd District in the US House of Representatives from 1973 until 1981, and served as South Dakota's US Senator (1981 to 1987). The son of Lebanese immigrants, his father was the proprietor of a general store in the ranching community of Kennebec. He attended the University of Nebraska where he distinguished himself playing football and later served with the US Army during World War II...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Kennebec Cemetery, Kennebec, Lyman County, South Dakota, USA
Anderson, Sigurd b. January 22, 1904 d. December 21, 1990
South Dakota Governor. He served as Governor of the state from 1951 to 1955. During his term Anderson eliminated the three cent sales tax and the Rural Credits debt. He provided additional aid to the public schools and to the Yankton and Redfield State Hospitals. He worked for better highways and the development of the Missouri River. He also suggested the creation of the Legislative Research Council. Anderson was appointed to the Federal Trade Commission in 1955 where he served until 1964...[Read More] (Bio by: Linda Ames)
Webster Cemetery, Webster, Day County, South Dakota, USA
Bennett, Granville Gaylord b. October 9, 1833 d. June 28, 1910
US Congressman. Served in many posts including, Member of the Iowa State House of Representatives (1865-1867), Member of the Iowa State Senate (1867-1871), Justice of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court (1875-1878) and Delegate to the United States Congress from Dakota Territory (1879-1881). Also served in the Union Army during the Civil War (1861-1865).
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Bennett, John b. March 18, 1833 d. December 31, 1893
Civil War Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 75th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on April 6, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services". he entered the Regular Army at the conclusion of the war, but resigned at the rank of 1st Lieutenant in 1868. He served as a Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1871 to 1874, then as a Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court from 1889 to 1893. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Clark, Clark County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Block A, Sec. 5, Lot 8
Berry, Ellis Yarnall b. October 6, 1902 d. April 1, 1999
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Dakota's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1951 to 1971. Member of South Dakota State Senate from 1939 to 1943.
Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Big Foot, Chief b. 1823 d. December 29, 1890
Native American Chief. Big Foot and his people lived on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota and were among the strongest belivers in the Ghost Dance ceremony when it arrived among the Lakota in the spring of 1890. The hunger and misery that had followed the final break-up of the reservation in 1889 made the Lakota keenly receptive to the Ghost Dance message of messianic renewal, and the movement swept rapidly through their encampments, causing local Indian Agents to react with alarm...[Read More] (Bio by: Mongoose)
Wounded Knee Monument, Pine Ridge, Shannon County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Mass Grave
Bonham, Edward b. October 13, 1840 d. December 31, 1928
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "maritorious services". When he died in 1928 he was one of the few remaining Union Brevet Generals from the Civil War. (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Hartford Cemetery, Hartford, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Block 4, Lot 8
Bottum, Joseph Henry b. August 7, 1903 d. July 4, 1984
US Senator. United States Senator from South Dakota, serving 1962 to 1963. Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota from 1960 to 1962.
Pine Lawn Memorial Park, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Brant, Abram [cenotaph] b. 1849 d. October 4, 1878
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served as a Private in the United States Army, Company D, 7th United States Cavalry. He was awarded his medal for service at Little Bighorn, Montana, on June 25, 1876. His citation reads, 'Brought water for the wounded under a most galling fire.' (Bio by: K)
Fort Meade National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Section 2, Row 4, Site 187
Bullock, Seth b. July 23, 1847 d. September, 1919
Western Folk Figure. He arrived in Helena, Montana in 1867 and was later elected as a Republican member of the Territorial Senate of Montana in 1871 to 1872. He also introduced a resolution that prompted Congress to establish Yellowstone National Park. In 1873, he was elected Sheriff of Montana territory in Lewis and Clark County. In 1876, he followed the gold rush to Deadwood, South Dakota, opened a hardware store and a horse ranch. Befriending Wild Bill Hickok and after Hickok’s death in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Bulow, William J. b. January 13, 1869 d. February 26, 1960
South Dakota Governor. Served as South Dakota's first Democratic Governor. He grew up and was educated in Clermont County, Ohio, and graduated with a degree of law from the University of Michigan in 1893. During that same year, he came to South Dakota when the state was only four years old. He first lived in Sioux Falls and worked for the Joe Kirby office. He then came to Beresford via horse and carriage to set up his own law office. He helped to develop the town of Beresford, where he served...[Read More]
Saint Johns Cemetery, Beresford, Union County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Block 1, lot 62, grave S of 1
Buntrock, Bobby b. August 4, 1952 d. April 7, 1974
Television Actor. Former child star of the 1960s. He played the role of 'Harold "Sport" Baxter' on the popular sitcom "Hazel." He died in an automobile accident, ironically upon the same bridge that had claimed his mother's life in an accident a year earlier.
Cause of death: Auto accident
Keystone Cemetery, Keystone, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Burke, Charles Henry b. April 1, 1861 d. 1944
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Dakota's 2nd District and as at-large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1899-1907 and 1909-1915. Member of South Dakota State Legislature in 1894.
Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA
Burleigh, Walter Atwood b. October 25, 1820 d. March 7, 1896
US Congressman. Elected as a Delegate from the Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1865. Served as a member of the Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory from 1870 to 1872, as a member of the Dakota Territorial Council from 1877 to 1878, as President of the Dakota Territorial Council in 1877, as a member of the Montana State House of Representatives in 1890, and as a member of the South Dakota State Senate in 1893. (Bio by: K)
Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Bushfield, Harlan John b. August 6, 1882 d. September 27, 1948
US Senator, South Dakota Governor.
G A R Cemetery, Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
Bushfield, Vera Cahalan b. August 9, 1889 d. April 16, 1976
US Senator. United States Senator from South Dakota, serving in 1948.
G A R Cemetery, Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
Campbell, Charles Thomas b. August 10, 1823 d. April 15, 1895
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, he was a politician and served in the Army during the Mexican War. In May 1861, he joined the Union Army, and was appointed Captain in the Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Artillery, later becoming a Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery. In September 1861, he was made Colonel of the 57th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and fought at Seven Pines and Fredericksburg, where he was wounded. In November...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Block 229, Lot 4, Grave 1
Cannary, Martha Jane 'Calamity Jane' b. May 1, 1852 d. August 1, 1903
American Folk Figure, Frontierswoman. She is best remembered for her association with famous Western lawman, scout, and gunfighter, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok. Her early life that she documented in an autobiographical pamphlet later in her life is subject to inaccuracies and exaggeration. She was born the oldest of six children to parents who were farmers and received little to no formal education and was illiterate. In 1865 the family moved to Virginia City, Montana, and her mother died...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Case, Francis Higbee b. December 9, 1896 d. June 22, 1962
US Congressman, US Senator. Served in the United Marine Corps during World War I. Elected to represent South Dakota's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1937 to 1951. United States Senator from South Dakota, serving 1951 to his death in 1962.
Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA

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