Cemeteries and Burial Plots
| Cemetery Description
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Burials
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| Appomattox Cemetery or German Burial
Grounds
On the SE corner of the NE 1/4 of #11/119/77, was organized in 1886, according to S.D. Hist. Resource Center records. It was registered at the Potter County Court House, June 21, 1890, with Ferdinand Renner, Grantor; C.F. Ditmar and J.B. Mann, trustees; and signed by Justice of the Peace, W.W. Provine. |
Bartels, Adolph F., Anna, 2 Infants, Marie, John Henry, Johann Ludwig, Katherine Dorothy, Kathryn Elizabeth, Louis Henry, William A. |
| Copp Cemetery | English, Walter, Welch |
| Elfsborg Cemetery | Almos, Falk, Haydenburk, Johnson, Nordstrom, Peterson, Sagerstrom, Westburg, 2 unknown settlers. |
| Forest City Cemetery | This cemetery was abandoned in 1896, there were 8 burials, only one is known - Mary A. Brehl |
| Gettysburg Cemetery | Organized in 1888, by 1942 there were over 800 burials at ths cemetery, 101 of which are unknown. Full records are kept by Luce Funeral Home (502 East Commercial, Gettysburg, SD) |
| Hanson Family or Fayette Cemetery | Anderson, Hanson, Halverson, Johnson, Koepp, Rud |
| Lebanon Protestant Cemetery | Brokaw, 352 burials, must check the Potter County Historical Assn records. |
| Pembroke Cemetery | Black, Blakeley, Cook, Diers, Flad, Graf, Harer, Hembd, Herron, Jost, Kunstle, Lea, Maas, Manfull, Nagel, Schwartz, Stevins, Taleff, Wilkinson, Williams, Zuber, 30 unknowns |
| Petro Family Plot | Petro |
| Prarie Grove Cemetery | Anderson, Aldrich, Austin, Brooks, Cook, DeWitt, Erickson, Flyte, Hinckley, Hull, Johnson, Ludowisy, Miller, Parker, Porter, Ring, Sloat, Tanner, Thelin, Thompson, Udahl, 18 unknowns |
| Sacret Heart Cemetery | O'Brian. this is a Catholic cemetery with 122 graves. Luce Funeral Home has records |
| Springs Cemetery | Ada, Beach, Berge, Christenson, Carlson, Dahlhoff, Dale, George, Griese, Hawkins, Hawkinson, Hixson, Holbert, Inks, Johnson, Keller, Kreeb, Kruen, Lemon, Merkle, Miller, Munyon, Murdy, Myrann, Nafus, Nelson, Nicholson, Nold, Nylander, Penrod, Peterson, Ragatz, Raphael, Vail, Wertman, Westman, Wick, Yost, 13 unknowns. |
| St. Anthony's Cemetery | 302 burials by 1941. Records kept by St. Anthony's Parish in Hoven, SD |
| St. Mary's Cemetery, Lebanon | Breen, Collins, Cooper, Dahlquist, Dienslake, Duffy, Ellenbecker, Grubbe, Keltgen, Mattz, Meskel, Morgan, Wahle, Wickert, Wiederholt, Wolforth, 1 unknown. |
| Tolstoy Community Cemetery | Trefz, 170 burials. Records on file with the Potter County Hist. Assn. |
| Tolstoy Lutheran or St. James Cemetery | Blumhardt, Cramer, Erlenbusch, Gehring, Goehring, Gross, Grosz, Hettich, Jacobs, Johannsen, Kunkie, Opp, Rieger, Scheelhaase, Trefz, 1 unknown. |
| Tolstoy Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery | Bieber, Blumenschien, Bollinger, Dufloth, Huber, Lout, Meier, Stotz, Trefz, Wolf, one unknown |
| Isolated Burials | The following burials were not in any known cemetery. Dreblow, Dufloth, Hatch, Holy, McNeil. |
(From: Potter County People, Pictures and Progress 1883 - 1983, page 337- 341, with permission)