FORDHAM TOWNSHIP CEMETERY
CLARK
COUNTY
SOUTH
DAKOTA
This
is on a
hill in
the
northeast'corner
of Section
12
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The
inscription
is barely
legible.
.
There
is a flat
rock
marker
which is
thought to
indicate
the grave
of Aaron
Noakson,
father-in-law
of Nell
Noakson of
Clark.
The
date 1884
is
chiseled
in and the
name which
is no
longer
distinguishable.
He
was also
the uncle
of Henry
Russell,
former
resident
of Lincoln
Township
and now of
Tacoma,
Wash.
Mr.
Russell
believes
there are
perhaps a
dozen
graves of
the
Noakson
family
here, but
they are
unmarked.
Other
pioneer
burials
were made
here,
maybe as
many
as forty,
old-timers
say, but
who they
were is no
known.
The
Noakson
farm was
across the
ravine to
the south.
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SINGLE
BURIAL-
On
what was
the Hoblet
Ranch,
west half
of Section
14, and
northwest
quarter of
section 23
in Fordham.
It
is
believed
that a
large
boulder in
the
northwest
corner of
section 23
marks the
burial
place of a
Hoblet,
little
daughter
who burned
to death,
according
to John
Heffernan.
There
are no
markings
on the
boulder.
I
checked
this area,
and the
stone is
still
there, but
some of
the
neighbors
seem to
think that
they had
her moved,
this isn’t
verified,
and when
the
Hoblits
moved they
went to
Oklahoma.
(GCM)
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