Oakwood Cemetery
Harwood Township, Cass County, North Dakota, USA
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When you check the individual gravestones and read the date of birth and date of death, you begin to realize the heartbreak of many of the parents. There seem to be so many children that died because of inadequate shelter, nourishment, and medical facilities. An example is the Kennedy lot. There are six graves in the lot with the marker, Baby Kennedy, on five of them, so evidently they didn't live long enough to be named. And there is the Bolser lot. On a single stone are the following inscriptions: George 1888-1914, Myrtle 1889-1914, William 1909-1914, Geneva Fay 1911-1914, Leona Fern 1913-1914. They all died in a tragic fire that destroyed their parents' farm home.
Oakwood Cemetery Association was incorporated on February 24, 1890. This was filed with the North Dakota Secretary of State's office on March 7, 1890. The incorporators were F. A. Bradley, M. M. McMurchy, C. A. Briscoe, Frank Carnine, J. M. Bender, David Still, J. C. Carnine, S. V. Hoag, William McMurchy, C. H. Hancock, Z. P. DeForest, and W. H. Flynn. George M. Bender and Albert Still witnessed the signatures of the incorporators and John J. Skuse notarized their signatures.
The site for the cemetery was chosen on March 13, 1890, on land owned by Simon V. Hoag, and consisted of one acre of land. At a later date another acre was added. The cemetery is a little unusual for this section of the country since there are seven Civil War Veterans buried here. Those from the Grand Army of the Republic (Union Forces) are John M. Bender, Ezra Hoag, Simon V. Hoag, Lucius A. Lincoln, Charles H. Newton, and Thomas Spencer. In addition, there is one Confederate soldier, Frank Nixon, who was working Z. P. Job when he died in 1890.
During the 1930s, the descendants of the original settlers held a patriotic observance each Memorial Day, honoring the veterans of the Civil War, members of the Women's Relief Auxiliary, Spanish-American War, and World War I. During the years of World War II, the custom died out. The custom was revived during the later years by the Richard E. Nelson Post #297, with the assistance of the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.
When you check the individual gravestones and read the date of birth and date of death, you begin to realize the heartbreak of many of the parents. There seem to be so many children that died because of inadequate shelter, nourishment, and medical facilities. An example is the Kennedy lot. There are six graves in the lot with the marker, Baby Kennedy, on five of them, so evidently they didn't live long enough to be named. And there is the Bolser lot. On a single stone are the following inscriptions: George 1888-1914, Myrtle 1889-1914, William 1909-1914, Geneva Fay 1911-1914, Leona Fern 1913-1914. They all died in a tragic fire that destroyed their parents' farm home.
Oakwood Cemetery Association was incorporated on February 24, 1890. This was filed with the North Dakota Secretary of State's office on March 7, 1890. The incorporators were F. A. Bradley, M. M. McMurchy, C. A. Briscoe, Frank Carnine, J. M. Bender, David Still, J. C. Carnine, S. V. Hoag, William McMurchy, C. H. Hancock, Z. P. DeForest, and W. H. Flynn. George M. Bender and Albert Still witnessed the signatures of the incorporators and John J. Skuse notarized their signatures.
The site for the cemetery was chosen on March 13, 1890, on land owned by Simon V. Hoag, and consisted of one acre of land. At a later date another acre was added. The cemetery is a little unusual for this section of the country since there are seven Civil War Veterans buried here. Those from the Grand Army of the Republic (Union Forces) are John M. Bender, Ezra Hoag, Simon V. Hoag, Lucius A. Lincoln, Charles H. Newton, and Thomas Spencer. In addition, there is one Confederate soldier, Frank Nixon, who was working Z. P. Job when he died in 1890.
During the 1930s, the descendants of the original settlers held a patriotic observance each Memorial Day, honoring the veterans of the Civil War, members of the Women's Relief Auxiliary, Spanish-American War, and World War I. During the years of World War II, the custom died out. The custom was revived during the later years by the Richard E. Nelson Post #297, with the assistance of the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 102239
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