Unnamed Burlington Township Cemetery

Location: SE ¼ S18 T155N 84W

Directions: 2 ½ miles east of Des Lacs, on County Rd 10, and ½ mile south. The road going south to the cemetery is a trail that is passable in dry weather. The cemetery is a few hundred feet south of the Burlington Northern Railroad Tracks. There are some large clumps of lilac bushes and the grass is high. A number of graves have been removed and open holes left; also animals have dug holes, so extreme care must be taken while walking in this cemetery.

It is reported that the area of this cemetery is the original site of the town of Des Lacs. After a fire destroyed the town, a new site was platted were the present city of Des Lacs is now located (in Des Lacs Township).

ALLEN, Edith L. ~ 17 Oct 1900 – 27 Mar 1901
ALLEN, George H. ~ 10 Jun 1904 – 11 Aug 1904
FLOM, Gertrude ~ 18 May 1907 - 09 Jan 1908; daughter of Iver L.
HERMAN, Father ~ 31 Aug 1831 – 10 Jun 1907
HERMAN, Mother ~ 27 Sep 1833 - 14 Dec 1908
JOHNSON, August Elmer ~ 21 Nov 1907 – 23 Sep 1908
JOHNSON, Richard Melvin ~ 02 Jun 1897 – 26 Apr 1913
LARSON, L. A. ~ Sgt. Co K 15 Wis Inf
McKIBBEN, Byron L. ~ 21 Sep 1892 – 10 Dec 1901
PETERSON, Hannah ~ d. 14 Nov 1894
STRALEY, Harry R. ~ 15 Aug 1902 – 02 Feb 1903; son of H. L. & Stella
SVEEN, Borgil ~ 25 Sep 1892- 05 May 1893
WELD, Clarence ~ 05 Jun 1892 – 11 Oct 1892
WELD, Ida Sophie ~ 01 Jul 1891 – 25 Sep 1891
WELD, Johan J. ~ 02 Nov 1828- 26 Dec 1909; Father
WELD, Lorence ~ 05 Jun 1892 – 19 Jun 1892
WELD, Louis Hortvig ~ 07 Aug 1894 – 06 Jan 1895
WELD, Marthe ~ 13 Jan 1826 – 14 Jun 1901
1 white wooden cross ~ no name or dates
1 funeral home marker ~ no names or dates

Contributed 2006 by Cindy Duhamel; compiled from stone readings 26 July 1979 by Pat Siebert, Mabel Sletting and Esther L. Whitcomb, and newspaper article in Minot Daily News, Sat., April 9, 1977, page 13

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