The Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has recently featured a couple of interesting stories on local tombstone mysteries:
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Baby Nelson
My husband often teases me when we drive by a cemetery, pointing out "It's a cemetery! Should I stop? Do you want to take a picture?" I assure him that I do not, in fact, routinely tour random cemeteries.
But on this afternoon in August, he wasn't along, so shhhhh... My mom and I were on our way to northwest Iowa when we passed this little cemetery, two miles south of Fairview, South Dakota. We didn't have any relatives there, but something about it was pretty in a long-forgotten, wistful sort of way.
I would love to know who Baby Nelson was and who mourned his or her death in 1889. Someone couldn't afford to buy a gravestone but also couldn't bear to leave the grave unmarked. I love that little sign of devotion.
But on this afternoon in August, he wasn't along, so shhhhh... My mom and I were on our way to northwest Iowa when we passed this little cemetery, two miles south of Fairview, South Dakota. We didn't have any relatives there, but something about it was pretty in a long-forgotten, wistful sort of way.
I would love to know who Baby Nelson was and who mourned his or her death in 1889. Someone couldn't afford to buy a gravestone but also couldn't bear to leave the grave unmarked. I love that little sign of devotion.
Baby Nelson, d. 1889
Fairview Cemetery - Lincoln County, South Dakota
Fairview Cemetery - Lincoln County, South Dakota
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