Wessington Cemetery

My visits to Wessington Cemetery have given me an immense understanding of our families buried there. I have been there entirely by myself and with loved ones full of stories.

Although the village of Wessington is in Beadle County, the cemetery is located to the west of town, across the NS county-line road into Hand County. The cemetery is in two sections divided by an E/W township road...putting the south half of the cemetery in Hulbert township and the north half in Grand township, both in Hand County. The cemetery is in use and well maintained.

Some memories of my visits to the Cemetery: visiting Hattie Place's stone and finding pheasant eggs comfortably nestled against it, having Uncle David Daugherty with me, telling stories about the family members (and there are many) resting there, feeling the winds blowing across the prairie, and observing the buriel of Grandma Irene Carrington Daugherty. I have enjoyed the ceremony and gun sulutes on Memorial Day, seeing where Jean DeHaven was laid since my last trip, helping Joan Daugherty water the flowers on the graves of her family members, enjoying the "landscaping" on Lillian Fischer's site (placed there by her son Flynn), finding the interesting stone of Martha Pepper Daugherty (buried alone), and also the marker of Robbie Daugherty, reflecting his blacksmith background.

It's amazing that so many relations can be found in one place outside a small community. It's a peaceful place...truly reflecting our Prairie Roots.

Pictured is Robert Daugherty's Memorial.