2002/03 CEMETERY and TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION PROJECT
By T. A. Godlevsky


EMERSON CEMETERY
The SE Quarter of Section 24 in Township 143 N, Range 95 W
Emerson Cemetery is easy to get to and very well marked. It is 3 miles south of Manning, ND on Hwy 22 and 5.75 miles east on 16th Street. It is fenced with a large, clearly visible sign over the gate. This cemetery had not been mowed and was not well maintained. However, there is much evidence that this cemetery is visited often by all the artificial flowers decorating the sites.

Emerson (formerly Connolly) became a town when Dunn County was organized and vied for the County seat but lost out to Manning. The town flourished until the railroad line was built from Bismarck to Killdeer. By 1917 most of the businesses had moved from Emerson to the towns along the railroad line. Today nothing remains of Emerson. (From Dauntless Dunn II - 1989 A History of Dunn County North Dakota pages 64 and 65.)

This list was created only from the tombstone transcriptions and is not complete. There is some evidence of possible missing markers on some sites. As of 12/11/2002, there are 56 visible markers.


Tombstone
Transcription
Order		 Last Name First Name Birth Death Age
12 Amos Emma 1875 1912 37
48 Bailey* Katherine 1860 1911 51
4 Baker* Erasmus O. 1851 1915 64
3 Baker* Lucy N. 1852 1924 72
15 Blaicher Angelene L. 5/6/1901 2/7/1930 29
19 Deming* Bernice 1875 1913 38
17 Deming* Edwina A. 11/19/1849 2/17/1939 90
18 Deming* Oliver F. 10/22/1845 12/19/1925 80
24 Dinehart Lewis 1885 1943 58
28 Eberhard* Ann Jane 1840 1911 71
26 Eberhard* John Adam 1838 1923 85
11 Grawford Mary B. 1/22/1881 7/28/1918 37
16 Hazeltine Herbert 1877 1951 74
38 Larson Alfred A. 1915 1915 0
37 Minahan Verna Hyla 8/18/1914 2/4/1915 1
10 Nelson Annie A. 1889 1960 71
39 Nelson Arnold T. 1/19/1917 10/24/1918 1
6 Nelson Dumane 1915 1985 70
8 Nelson Fred B. 1883 1970 87
41 Nelson Howard E. 1914 1915 1
42 Nelson Myrtle Mae 1910 1914 4
40 Nelson Norman L. 1916 1918 2
1 Ophus John 1867 1946 79
35 Robinson Ernest 8/31/1868 8/26/1919 51
31 Robinson Harold C. 12/2/1894 10/30/1918 24
36 Robinson Lee J. A. 12/29/1906 12/14/1918 12
55 Saboria Joseph   1/10/1927  
13 Unknown Baby      
14 Unknown Baby      
25 Unknown        
54 Unknown        
56 Unknown        
53 Watkins Gerald R. 7/6/1947 8/5/1994 47
52 Watkins Mary M. 1919 1998 79
52 Watkins Wayne W. 1914 1995 81
46 Watkins* Ada May 1892 1918 26
22 Watkins* Lewis A. 1848 1911 63
44 Watkins* Louise E. 1881 1955 74
21 Watkins* Myrtle M. 1867 1928 61
43 Watkins* Ray 1887 1957 70
45 Watkins* Sussie M. 1884 1912 28
33 Webster Belle R. 1863 1953 90
32 Webster Charles D. 1861 1941 80
30 Webster Clarke F. 1864 1927 63
34 Webster Donald E. 1902 1983 81
7 Willis Paulina 1856 1929 73
9 Willis Robert A. 1854 1927 73
51 Wright George W. 1876 1949 73
50 Wright Gertrude K. 6/19/1890 8/27/1925 35
2   Rosemary   1945  
2   Sylvia   1945  
*Assumed surname from family marker.
Tombstone Transcription Done December 11, 2002
Transcribed by T. A. Godlevsky

Please note:   Every care possible has been taken to obtain accuracy but mistakes do occur.   This transcription is only as accurate as the source it was transcribed from.