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The Cemetery isn't as bad as the picture depicts, this is in a corner the cemetery has been mowed.
Copyrighted 2004 for Clark county South Dakota and Gordon Meyer
Eight miles west of Clark, two miles south and one half mile west on the south side of road is a forgotten Cemetery. The Logan Pioneer Cemetery originated back in 1885. The graves were marked with white wooden markers. All of them have since rotted away and have been lost. We know that there are many people buried here but there, aren’t any records or documentation that we can find to verify the names or locations of these burials. Hopefully there is someone who will read this, and have something in a drawer or trunk, that is stored away that can help us in this endeavor. We have the names of around twenty-three burials, and going through the history of Logan Township, I have found the names of several more, but of course we don’t have a location for any of these either. We can assume where some of them are, such as the barber baby, and Mary Baker baby, “Frieda” they are relatives of Lieutenant R. F. Barber, and his wife Charlotte, (or Elizabeth) and logically they would be buried near them, actually there is a lot between Charlotte, and Richards’s gravesites, where someone is probably buried. Yes I found this out also, Lieutenant Barber homesteaded the SE ¼ of Section 29 in Logan Township, and his name is Richard F. Barber. Richard was born in Ireland in the year 1824 when he came to the United States He settled in the town of Monee, Will county Illinois. He enlisted in the army January 28 1862. Richard enlisted as a private. He served in the Union army with Distinguished Service, and when he retired his rank was Full Lieutenant. Richard probably traveled to The Dakota’s around 1880. I am assuming some of this because in the 1870 census he was in Will county Illinois and was the county treasurer for Will County, and on October 13, 1886 he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Cantieri, from Chicago, in The Dakota Territory at Clark, and then of course He filed a Homestead Claim in 1888. Richard Died around 1905.
Armstrong,
William
- An early pioneer settler. Born
1857 Died 11/19/1892,Died at the age 35 years Buried In lot 86
died from Appendicitis.
William
Armstrong was an early Settler, and the first husband of Elizabeth (Eliza)
McMaster, John Wesley Shelton was Eliza’s second husband. and father of Alpha
Shelton. Elizabeth (Eliza) McMaster who was born in Bothwell, Canada in 1865. At
age 17 she married “Billy” William Armstrong who after a year of marriage
came to Dakota territory to Homestead. While threshing in the year 1892, Billy
became sick with Appendicitis and died, leaving his wife with two daughters and
a son, Roy who was just 6 months old. Two years later Eliza married John Wesley
Shelton, who had been a teacher in Kansas but at the time was on a threshing
crew in the Dakota’s. The Sheltons had three sons George, Wyatt, and Alpha.
Alpha was born August 9 1900, and this is how Alpha Shelton is related to
William Armstrong. John Wesley Shelton
didn’t like farming so he took two of the boys with him to Kansas.
Alpha Stayed with Eliza. Eliza remarried again to James young, in 1905. Eliza
and James young are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Clark SD.
Briggs,
Sally -
A pioneer wife. Died 1/22/1890. Age 71 years. Buried in Lot 104. - Sally came to South Dakota
with Mr. and Mrs. Addison Warner. Sally was the mother of Mrs. Warner. They were
from New York. They traveled to South Dakota by Horse and Wagon in the late
1800’s. In 1905 The Warmers lived in a house 40 rods north of the Hoblit
School. The Warners had three children two Daughters Rose and Leona and a son
Allie.
The
Warner’s later moved to Clark, There son Allie Warner was in Charge of the
Abstract Office. Both died in the early 20’s and were buried in the Logan
Cemetery.
Barber,
Richard F. (Lieut.) - Step-father of Mrs. Baker of Raymond. Buried in Lot 85 Civil War
Veteran. Served in Co. G, 12 USCI;
Date of enlistment 1862; discharged Circa 1964 with
“Distinguished Service”. Richard F. Barber Enlisted in Company
D, 51st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 27 February 1862. Promoted to
Full Sergeant Major on 08 December 1863 effective February 12 1864. Reenlisted
in Company D, 51st Infantry Regiment on 08 February 1864. He retired
as a Full Lieutenant 2nd Class. According to the 1870 census, Lieutenant Barber
lived in Will County Illinois with relatives, and was the Will County Treasurer.
some time in the next few years He left for the Dakota’s. R.F. Barber
Homesteaded In Section 29, SE ¼ 1888, Lieutenant Barber was Born in
Ireland, circa 1824, died Clark SD circa 1905.
I
found a Census of R.F. Barber from Joliet Illinois
Barber
Richard F. age 46 Occupation County
Treasurer – Born in Ireland - 1824
“
Sarah F. age 56 Occupation House keeper – Born in Vermont
“
Susan A. age 18 Occupation House
Work – Born in Canada
“
Merril W. age 14 School
Born in New York
Until I find anything different, I am assuming these are
all relatives.
Sometime between 1870 and 1885 Richard traveled to the
Dakotas. In the year 1886 Richard married Mrs Elizabeth Cantieri of Chicago,
Ill. This was on the 13th day of October of 1886. They were Married
in the Dakota Territory, at Clark South Dakota. In 1888 Richard homesteaded on
the South East ¼ of Sec. 29 of Logan Township Some time in this period between
1888 and 1905, a baby was born to the Barbers and died, and is buried in Logan
Cemetery.
This is another assumption, that Richard died in about
1905, His Wife filed for Pension Benefits on Dec. 2 1905, and she had there
Marriage license recorded on March 5 –1906, at Clark South Dakota.
Barber,
Charlotte -
1849/1921 - Wife, of Lt. Barber,
Mother of Mrs. Latimer Baker of Raymond Buried in Lot 84. Lieut. Barber died
about 1905, and Mrs. Barber signed up for a veterans pension Dec. 2 1905
(Ancestry. Com) She always used Charlotte for her First name –“Charlotte E.
Barber” But Her married name (on Marriage License is Mrs Elizabeth Cantieri,
and when she signed up for her pension she used the name “Elizabeth Barber”.
Cox, Annie Wife of Captain William Cox.
Born at Hatfield, Sussex England. Buried in Lot 113. Born 4/17/1833-Died
2/24/1902. With the information that I have now, Captain Cox was probably killed
at Chancellorsville in about 1863. Annie was a relative of the Hudson’s.
Hudson, Edmund Pioneer
who lived in a house across the road west from the Hugh Thompson place.
Edmund
homesteaded Section 6 NE 1/4
Driver, Harry & Willie - Brothers who were doing the evening chores when the
blizzard of 1888 came up. They went to round up cattle and were lost in the
blizzard, on the hill one mile west of Logan School.
There is nothing left there now except a shed. They were just young boys. There father was William Driver
Schlagel, John
-Father of Fred Schlagel -Homesteaded in Sec. 32- Lot 177
In
March of 1897, John and his four boys, Fred, Oscar, Frank and John Jr., came to
Clark from Knox County Ill. In 1901 he established a Homestead Claim on the
NW1/4 of Section 32. A claim shanty was moved on the homestead while a permanent
residence was being built. Oscar Schlagel continued to farm this land when his
father passed away in 1915, until his death in 1942. In 1947 Wilbur Schlagel a
nephew moved onto the homestead and still lives there.
Schmidt, Irene
-Born 3/14/1897 Died 3/13/1911. Sister
of Mrs. Anna Schlagel & Mrs. Harold Cook. Lot 153
Stenning, Joseph Born 2/11/1896. Died 8/18/1896
The
tombstone for Joseph is still at the cemetery, but the body has been moved to
Rose Hill cemetery, with His parents John and Amanda. This was done in 1946
Joseph Arthur Stenning died after 6 months, His father was John A. stenning, and his mother was Amanda Swanson she was a native of Sweden. Joseph’s life was very short, his family leaves a heritage to be proud of.
These are People known to be buried in Logan Cemetery
but we don’t have markers or locations for them. There are known to be several
more buried in the cemetery, but the records were lost or there never were any
.
Doane, May
(no information)
Baby Girl
–Barber-This was a young baby of R.F. and Barbara (Elizabeth) Barber.
Boyd, Lester-A
boy 16 or 18 years old who worked for Charlie Cole who lived on Art Payne’s
place. One August morning while putting the horses in the barn one kicked him
and killed him instantly. His mother and sister lived in Illinois. His father
was dead, but his mother had remarried. His sister came, but Lester had been
buried by the time she arrived.
Frieda Baker Tiny baby
of Mrs Mary Baker
Mrs.
Baker was the Daughter of Charlotte Barber,it is said she came with the Barbers when they came to the Dakota’a.
Frieda’s
Mother Mrs Mary Baker was married to Latimer Baker she was born in Illinois in
1874, and was buried in Prairie Valley Cemetery at Raymond South Dakota. She
died in 1967. Mary’s Husband Latimer. is buried there also.
They had two living sons Francis and Fredrich.
G. R. Bertan
- A pioneer who built a home near the Cagley place. Married and had a
family (two children)
Babcock Betty
–Lived on the on the Franzen place. (about 1898)
Hudson, Susan Died 7-2-1881. Age 70
years.(related to Annie Cox.)
Holten, Hazel A.
- An early settler.(no Information)
Schrader, L.A.
- Old Settler.(no information)
Smith, Baby Tilford
- Son of Mr. & Mrs. Geno Smith. Lived
just a few days. Later moved to
Rose Hill cemetery at Clark. Geno was a veteran of the 1st world war.
Stone, Mrs. William
- Mother of Billy Stone. Ill for a
long time before she died.
Lived where George Bethke farm is now.
Sutton, F.R.
- The Sutton boys went to school with Mrs.
Baker,
(a former Raymond Resident)(daughter of Mrs. Barber.
.
Strong
- An old Settler who farmed here. Father
of Charles Charles Strong homesteaded SW ¼ of Section 6 Fordham Township
Charles
Strong NE ¼ Sec. 8 Tree claim
Logan Town Ship..
Schmidt, Baby Girl - Kathryn Sasse’s sister.
The
parents of this little baby were
John W. Schmidt and Nellie Helkin Schmidt. John was born in the village of Hof
in Bavaria Germany, on October 23 1865. He came to the United States in March
1885, and became a citizen in 1886. Nellie Helkin was born March 7 1875 in
Sterling Illinois. She later moved to Davenport Iowa, then to Holstein
Iowa. John and Nellie were
married May 30 1896, and they came to Clark County, Dakota in 1902. He bought
the NE1/4 Section 21 in Fordham Township. John and Nellie moved on this farm in
1904.
Five
Daughters were born to this union one of the daughters died in infancy, and this
is the baby.
Warner, Allie
–The Parents of Allie are Mr. And Mrs Addison Warner. Allie was in charge of
the Clark Abstract Office, at the turn of the century
Mr and Mrs Allison Warner are also Buried in Logan Cemetery. The Warner’s had
an adopted daughter Gen. And two daughters of there own Rose and Leone who
married . Gene Bishop this was the first husband
of Leona Warner. Gene died early, and his wife remarried to Henry Peters. Rose
married Roy McCoy
Zenus, Bishop
Homesteaded SE ¼ of Section 19.
Looking out the window during the noted blizzard of 1888. 1 could get an
occasional glimpse of a little tree growing near the house. During
this
blizzard my father nearly missed the house-stumbling against the rain barrel
at the corner of the house-as he came in from the barn.
I started to school when about 7 years old, and my first course was to learn
to speak English. My parents used the Swedish language. When I was
about
11, my mother was stricken with paralysis which left her an invalid for 25
years ' As I became older I helped with the home work in addition to my
school work.
One day as I was going to school at noon, having helped with the family
wash, I noticed a heavy smoke from the southeast which seemed to be rising
rapidly. This proved to be a prairie fire which had started near
Willow
Lake. The teacher (Miss Alta Mathews, if I remember right) took us all
out
to a plowed field. Some of the older boys guarded the school house and
barn.
All buildings on Mrs. Twaddle's place burned except the house. This is
the
place where Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Graves now own. All buildings across
the
road and south of the school house burned. The barn on the Eric
Nelson
place burned also-the place known now as the George Franzen place. The
fire
was stopped A,hen it reached the railroad between Clark and Raymond. Two
of
the older boys who guarded the school were Vivian Morser and Hugh Twaddle.
Among early neighbors were Phil Henry, Jud Edwards, the Morser family and
the Twaddles. I well remember seeing Mrs. Twaddle taking her family
to
Raymond to church in a wagon drawn by oxen.
During the 1890's there was quite a Jewish settlement here. They lived
in
several places, that earlier settlers had abandoned. After living on
a
homestead 5 years one could claim a dee&, and they secured a loan,
which
many did, and considered their land "sold" so deserted it.
One family one mile south of us had a large family and six or seven came
to
our school, and 1 remember the good times we had.
They observed Saturday as Sunday and I remember seeing them walk by on the
Sabbath they would fall prostrate on the ground after going a certain
distance, then do it again, until arriving at their destination.
They had a resident priest or rabbi, who also butchered the animals needed
for meat, which was considered unclean if butchered by anyone else.
The rabbi also settled their troubles or disagreements when they arose.
In 1908 1 was married to Oscar Foiles and we settled on our present farm
where we lived until December, 1957 when we moved to this farm.
Notes from Byron Wolverton
Mr. Byron Wolverton worked for the Tomlins when a small boy. He also
herded
cattle in this area. Farmers would put their cattle together and hire
a
boy to herd them, taking them out over a two or three mile area during the
day and bringing them home to the corral at night, the employer furnished
a
horse and the wages were $10.00 a month.
Mr. Wolverton remembers that when he first learned to write, his address was
Doland, Dakota Territory.
A Logan Methodist Church was built in 1910 by the people of the Community
and served this area for many years.
Excerpt from Huronite Paper
Clark County had a most meager and inauspicious beginning. Created in
1873,
the county was not,formally organized until May, 1981, when several residents
gathered at the Clark House, a small roadside hotel, and selected
officers.
First seat of government was the dining room of the hotel. One desk
served
all county officials.
Two Englishman were the County's first settlers in 1878. They were
John
Bailey and Joseph Woodland. They built sod huts and filed claims near
a
body of water since known as Bailey's Lake. Next to arrive was
Michael
Kelly of New York who opened a hostelry called the Halfway House, so named
because of its location between Watertown and Redfield.
History reports that the town of Clark, first known as Clark Centre, came
into being in 1882, with arrival of the railroad, a newspaper, the Clark
Pilot; two bands; three hotels and four attorneys gave the town a busy and
prosperous atmosphere during its founding days. One of the lawyers, S.H.
Elrod, became governor from 1905 to 1907 and, Carl G. Sherwood served as
chief justice of the State Supreme Court
A young man named Alex Johnson, who as youth was a telegrapher in the boxcar
depot at Raymond, founded that town. He later became vice president of the
Chicago and North Western Railway. The Alex Johnson Hotel in Rapid City
was
named after him.
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