Find A Grave - South Dakota

Christopherson, Charles Andrew b. 1871 d. 1951
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Dakota's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1919 to 1933. Member of South Dakota State Legislature.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Dawson, Andrew Rea Zina b. May 10, 1835 d. July 19, 1896
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Born near Hayesville, Ohio, he attended Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War he served first as the Major of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then as Chief of Outposts and Pickets on the staff of Brig. General Thimas J. Wood, then finally as Colonel and commander of the 187th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on November 21, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious service". Moving to...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 86
Dillon, Charles Hall b. December 18, 1853 d. September 15, 1929
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Dakota's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 to 1919. Also served as a Judge of the South Dakota State Supreme Court for the 4th District from 1923 to 1926, and as a member of the South Dakota State Senate. (Bio by: K)
Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Dow, Grace Pearl b. May 23, 1877 d. November 10, 1941
Folk and literary figure. Born in Burr Oak, Iowa, the fifth and youngest child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls. After graduating Redfield College, she worked as a schoolteacher in Manchester, South Dakota. In 1901, she married Nathan William Dow. The couple had no children. After the death of their parents, her sister Mary briefly made a home with Grace before settling in with their sister Carrie. Although her family was immortalized in her sister Laura's ‘Little House' series of books, Grace...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
De Smet Cemetery, De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA
Eastman, Dr. Charles Alexander b. February, 1858 d. January 8, 1939
Native American Medical Doctor and Writer.
Born Hakadah as Part of the Spirit Lake and Leaf-dweller Sioux, Which are part of the Santee Sioux also called Dakota.
At a young age he helped to win a tribal Lacrosse match and earned the name Ohiyesa (the Winner).
His grandmother was the daughter (Wahkantankanwin (Goddess) or Mary Nancy Eastman) of Seth Eastman , an artist, and an Army Capt., whose paintings still grace the Whitehouse. His father,Ite Wakandiota (Many Lightnings), fled to...[Read More] (Bio by: K M)
Sioux Falls Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Ellsworth, Gen. Richard Elmer b. 1911 d. March 18, 1953
United States Army Brigadier General. His military career began in 1929 when he joined the Pennsylvania National Guard. Two years later he was accepted to the U.S. Military Academy and then went on to pilot training in Texas. He received a master's degree in meteorology from the California Institute of Technology. In 1943 he participated in the Pacific war offensives flying more than 400 combat missions in the China-Burma-India Theater. He logged more than 780 hours of flying. He received...[Read More] (Bio by: Number1)
Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Section D, Grave 10
Elrod, Samuel Harrison b. May 1, 1856 d. July 13, 1935
South Dakota Governor. He graduated from DePauw University in 1882, studied law, moved to the town of Clark in the Dakota Territory, and became an attorney, real estate broker and farmer. In 1883 he was a Delegate to the territory's constitutional convention, and he served as Clark County Attorney in 1884. From 1885 to 1887 Elrod served as Clark's Postmaster, and he was Clark County State's Attorney from 1887 to 1897. From 1892 to 1900 Elrod was Disbursing Agent in South Dakota for the US...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Clark, Clark County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Block A, Section VIII, Lot 9, Grave 5
Fighting Stallions Memorial
Memorial to the eight South Dakotans who died in a plane crash on April 19, 1993 while on state business. Killed in the crash were five state employees including the Governor, George S. Mickelson and three corporate business leaders from Sioux Falls.
South Dakota State Capitol Grounds, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA
Fry, Isaac N. b. February, 1839 d. 1900
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Orderly Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps on board the Union warship "USS Ticonderoga". He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in the assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, from January 13 to 15, 1865, His citiation reads in part "he performed his duties with skill as a Marine Guard, and ship gun captain. He maintained well placed fire upon the batteries to the left of the palisades during the initial phases of the 3-...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Summit Hill Cemetery, Garretson, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
Gall, Chief b. 1840 d. December 5, 1895
Native Lakota Hunkpapa Sioux War Chief. Known as Matohinsda, “Bear Shedding His Hair” in his youth, he acquired the name Pizi “Gall” when he attempted to eat the gall bladder of an animal. He distinguished himself early as a warrior and hunter, fought at the Battle of Big Mound with Inkapudta and was with Crazy Horse at the Battle of the Rosebud against General George Crook. He eventually became Sitting Bull's military chief, and led attacks on army troops along the Yellowstone River in 1872...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Saint Elizabeth Cemetery, Wakpala, Corson County, South Dakota, USA
Gamble, John Rankin b. January 15, 1848 d. September 14, 1891
US Congressman from South Dakota. A New York native, he moved with his parents to Wisconsin at age 14, graduating from Lawrence University in Appleton in 1873. The following year he was admitted to the bar and headed for the Dakota Territory, where he set up a law practice in Yankton (now in South Dakota). He was District Attorney for Yankton County (1876 to 1878), US Attorney for the Dakota Territory (1878), and a member of the Territorial House of Representatives (1877 to 1879) and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: Block 266, Lot 3, Grave 3
Gamble, Robert Jackson b. February 7, 1851 d. September 22, 1924
US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to represent South Dakota as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1897. Elected as a Senator from South Dakota to the United States Senate, serving from 1901 to 1913. (Bio by: K)
Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Gandy, Harry Luther b. August 13, 1881 d. August 15, 1957
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Dakota's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1915 to 1921. Member of South Dakota State Legislature.
Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Garland, Oscar Edmund b. December 27, 1864 d. November 3, 1891
Literary Figure. He was known as Laura's friend and hero, Cap Garland in Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books. In her book "The Long Winter", he saved the town of De Smet from starvation by going 15 miles to find wheat in a blizzard, along with Almanzo James Wilder. In real life, he really did save the town from starving and was known for his flashing grin, white/blonde hair and pale blue eyes.
Collins Cemetery, Willow Lake, Clark County, South Dakota, USA
Gifford, Oscar Sherman b. October 20, 1842 d. January 16, 1913
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Dakota at-large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1889 to 1891. Also served as a Delegate to the South Dakota State Constitutional Convention in 1883 and Delegate to the United States Congress from Dakota Territory in 1885.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
Girvin ., . John ' ' d. January 12, 1922

Hot Springs National Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota, USA
Plot: 6, 10 R9
Green, Warren Everett b. March 10, 1869 d. April 27, 1945
Governor of South Dakota. His family settled in Hamlin County, Dakota Territory in 1881, where Green completed his education. He became a farmer in the town of Hazel and also served in local offices, including 12 years as President of the district school board. A Republican, in 1906 he was elected to the State Senate and served one term, 1907 to 1909. In 1913 he was appointed to the state Board of Charities and Corrections, serving until 1920. In 1922 he was again elected to the State Senate...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, USA
Greene, Israel b. June 17, 1824 d. May 24, 1909
United States Marine Corps Officer. As a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, he led the storming party that captured abolitionist John Brown in the enginehouse at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
Graceland Cemetery, Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, USA
Gubbrud, Archie M. b. December 31, 1910 d. April 26, 1987
South Dakota Governor. He graduated from Canton's Augustana Academy in 1929 and became a farmer. From 1934 to 1950 he was Norway's Town Clerk, and he was a member of the Alcester School Board from 1946 until 1951. From 1949 to 1969 he was a Director of the State Bank of Alcester. Gubbrud was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1951 to 1961, serving as Speaker in 1957. From 1955 until 1957 he was a member of the state Legislative Research Council, serving as Secretary in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Lands Lutheran Cemetery (Hudson), Hudson, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
Gunderson, Carl b. June 6, 1864 d. February 26, 1933
South Dakota Governor. He served as the 11th Governor of South Dakota from 1925 to 1927. He was an engineer, surveyor, farmer, and politician. After serving as Lieutenant Governor of the state of South Dakota for two terms in the early 1920's, he was elected Governor as a Republican in 1924. He ran for reelection in 1926, but was defeated. He returned to his farming interests in Mitchell, South Dakota where he died in 1933. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, USA

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