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Clay County
South Dakota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Clay County

Index to Locations

  • Rockfield Cemetery
  • VermillionBluff View Cemetery
  • WakondaUnion Cemetery

    RockfieldCemetery
    Clay County, South Dakota
    See alsoFindagravepage for this location.James Fedderson (1884-1959) — of Beresford,UnionCounty, S.Dak.BornMarch22, 1884.Democrat. Member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 1st District, 1927-30;member ofSouthDakota state senate 1st District, 1931-38.Died in1959(ageabout75 years).Interment at Rockfield Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

    • Bluff ViewCemetery
    Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota
    Founded 1882
    See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Andrew Ericson Lee (1847-1934) — also known asAndrew E. Lee — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Born near Bergen,Norway,March18, 1847.Governorof South Dakota, 1897-1901; defeated (Democratic), 1908;Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota,1924.Died in Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.,March19, 1934 (age87 years, 1days).Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     Relatives: Sonof Erick A. Lee and Augusta (Johnson) Lee; brother-in-law ofLymanBurgess andHansGunderson; married1872 to AnnieM. Chappell; married,June 1,1920, toMyrtleSophia Shepard; uncle ofCarlGunderson.
     Political family:Lee-Gundersonfamily of Vermillion, South Dakota.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Carl Gunderson (1864-1933) — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.; Mitchell,DavisonCounty, S.Dak.Born near Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.),June 20,1864.Republican.Engineer;surveyor;farmer;member ofSouthDakota state senate 2nd District, 1893-94, 1897-1902, 1917-18;Presidentpro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1899-1900;LieutenantGovernor of South Dakota, 1921-25;Governor ofSouth Dakota, 1925-27; defeated, 1926; candidate in inconclusiveprimary 1930.Baptist.Norwegianancestry. Member,OddFellows;Elks;Freemasons;Kiwanis.Died in Mitchell,DavisonCounty, S.Dak.,February26, 1933 (age68 years, 251days).Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
     Relatives: SonofHansGunderson and Isabel Johnson (Lee) Gunderson; married to GertrudeBertlesen; nephew by marriage ofLymanBurgess; nephew ofAndrewEricson Lee.
     Political family:Lee-Gundersonfamily of Vermillion, South Dakota.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial
     John Lawlor Jolley (1840-1926) — also known asJohn L. Jolley — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Born in Montreal,Quebec,July14, 1840.Republican. Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1867; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory,1868(alternate),1884;memberDakota territorial council, 1874-76, 1881-82;Presidentof the Dakota Territorial Council, 1874-76;mayorof Vermillion, S.Dak., 1877; member ofSouthDakota state senate 2nd District, 1889-92;U.S.Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1891-93.Died in Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.,December14, 1926 (age86 years, 153days).Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
     Relatives:Married to Harriet J. Grange.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
    M. J. ChaneyMorris J. Chaney (1858-1940) — of Newell,BuenaVista County, Iowa; Wakonda,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Born in White Rock,OgleCounty, Ill.,October1, 1858.Republican.Farmer;banker;member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 2nd District, 1903-10;Speaker ofthe South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1905-10.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Palm Springs,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,February8, 1940 (age81 years, 130days).Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Osborn Chaney and Amanda (Rice) Chaney; married1886 to HelenMcFarline.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Image source: South Dakota LegislativeManual, 1903
     Horace J. Austin (1837-1891) — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Born inWashingtonCounty, N.Y.,July 11,1837.Republican.Surveyor;served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1865-67;memberDakota territorial council, 1867-69, 1874-76;Presidentof the Dakota Territorial Council, 1867-68; member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 2nd District, 1891; died inoffice 1891.Member,Freemasons.Died in Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.,February27, 1891 (age53 years, 231days).Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
     Relatives:Married,March21, 1870, to Rachel Ross.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Aaron A. Carpenter (1826-1914) — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born in Concord,EssexCounty, Vt.,July 7,1826.MemberDakota territorial council, 1867-69.Died in Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.,February22, 1914 (age87 years, 230days).Interment at Bluff View Cemetery. A. B. Gunderson — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Republican. Member ofSouthDakota state senate 2nd District, 1927-30; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Dakota,1932.Interment at Bluff View Cemetery. Hans Gunderson (1832-1913) — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Born inNorway,1832.MemberDakota territorial council, 1877-78.Norwegianancestry.Died inClayCounty, S.Dak.,September20, 1913 (ageabout 81years).Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
     Relatives:Brother-in-law ofAndrewEricson Lee; father ofCarlGunderson.
     Political family:Lee-Gundersonfamily of Vermillion, South Dakota.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Myrtle Shepard Lee (1874-1948) — also known asMyrtle Sophia Shepard;Mrs. Andrew E.Lee —of Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.Born inFayetteCounty, Iowa,March13, 1874.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromSouth Dakota,1940.Female.Died in Vermillion,ClayCounty, S.Dak.,December31, 1948 (age74 years, 293days).Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
     Relatives:Daughter of Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane (Dykins) Shepard;married,June 1,1920, toAndrewEricson Lee.
     Political family:Lee-Gundersonfamily of Vermillion, South Dakota.
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
     Lyman Burgess — of Vermillion,ClayCounty, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).Member ofDakotaterritorial House of Representatives, 1862.Interment at Bluff View Cemetery.
     Relatives:Brother-in-law ofAndrewEricson Lee; uncle by marriage ofCarlGunderson.
     Political family:Lee-Gundersonfamily of Vermillion, South Dakota.

    UnionCemetery
    Wakonda, Clay County, South Dakota
    Donald McMurchie (1896-1981) — ofClayCounty, S.Dak.Born inClayCounty, S.Dak.,October2, 1896.Republican.Farmer;bankdirector;LieutenantGovernor of South Dakota, 1937-41.Congregationalist.Scottishancestry.Died in Sioux Falls,MinnehahaCounty, S.Dak.,November20, 1981 (age85 years, 49days).Interment at Union Cemetery.
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     Relatives:Married to Pearl E. Wallace.

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