St. Matthew Cemetery, McPherson Co., SD


	This cemetery listing was prepared by Geoffrey Graham
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Location:
The cemetery is located in Cleveland Township, McPherson County, S.D.,
Northwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 125 North, Range 71 West of the
Fifth Principal Meridian. (About 4 miles east and 2 miles south of
Hillsview, S.D.) The cemetery is located on the east side of a "section
road" (an unpaved grassy lane) not more than about a quarter of a mile south
of the road. A map is included in the Rieger Family Tree (Del Paulson,
editor, DPaul60910@aol.com).

Nearby Churches:
The 1911 Hillsview Township plat map indicates there was a church directly
across the section road in the Northeast Quarter of Section 24. Another
church was also located about a half mile to the west in Section 13. Neither
church building still stands. About a mile south of Hillsview, there is a
Catholic cemetery with quite a few head stones.

Description:
The cemetery is rectangular in shape, with the long side running north and
south. If my pacing was anywhere near accurate, the cemetery is about 175
feet long and about 45 feet wide. The cemetery is fenced in, and there is a
gate on the west side about 70 feet from the north boundary. The cemetery,
situated near the top of a small hill, was unmowed, and had a bush in the
northwest corner. The fence appeared in good condition.

Grave markers:
Only 5 headstones were found, as follows.

Surname           First name    Dates        Notes
Aman              Jacob H.      1874 - 1911

Aman              Jopien        1929 - 1933  Hand carved, grave has stone border

Bacih? Barih?     M? T?         1860 - 1925  Hand carved, illegible

Goehring          Christina     1870 - 19    Mother
Goehring          Simon         1868 - 1932  Father

Reiger            Christana     1866 - 1938
Reiger            Philipp       1862 - 1937