De Smet Cemetery is a cemetery located southwest of the town of De Smet in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. Numerous family members from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House books are buried there.
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People buried in De Smet Cemetery edit
- Robert Boast, appeared in a number of the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Reverend Edward Brown, appeared in two of the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Florence Garland Dawley, teacher in De Smet during the Hard Winter of 1880–81
- Caroline Ingalls, "Ma" from the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Charles Ingalls, "Pa" from the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Carrie Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Grace Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Genevieve Masters, "Nellie Oleson"
- Baby Son Wilder, son of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder
Ingalls family plot image gallery edit
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Ingalls family gravesite, De Smet Cemetery, South Dakota -
Charles Ingalls gravesite, De Smet Cemetery, South Dakota -
Caroline Ingalls gravesite, De Smet Cemetery, South Dakota -
Mary Ingalls gravesite, De Smet Cemetery, South Dakota -
Carrie Ingalls Swanzey gravesite, De Smet Cemetery, South Dakota -
Grace Ingalls Dow and Nathan Dow gravesite, De Smet Cemetery, South Dakota -
Baby Boy Wilder gravesite, De Smet Cemetery, South Dakota
See also edit
External links edit
- De Smet, SD Cemetery: Frontier Girl Trail
- "The De Smet Cemetery". Pioneer Girl, fact and fiction of Laura Ingalls Wilder, A to Z. Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Includes links to obituaries of Little House characters
- De Smet Cemetery at Find a Grave
- Early 1940s WPA burial listings for De Smet Cemetery at South Dakota GenWeb
- GNIS: De Smet Cemetery – 44°22′04″N 97°34′14″W / 44.36778°N 97.57056°W