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John Manuel Woodring

Birth	:	29 Aug 1838 Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	11 Mar 1923 Spink County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Spink County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.8784800, -98.2965200
Plot	:	Block G, Lot 4
Description	:	Biography: Doland Centenial Book John Manuel & Maria Woodring Soldier's claim on homestead land was granted to participants in the Civil War. John enlisted in Co. A, 46th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers in 1861 and was discharged at the close of the war in 1865. Maria and John Woodring, who in 1882 filed a Soldier's Claim on land 6 1/2 miles northwest of Doland, brought their family from Osage, Iowa in the Spring of 1883, to make their home on the Dakota Prairie. They brought with them 4 children, Lida,... Read More	Biography: Doland Centenial Book John Manuel & Maria Woodring Soldier's claim on homestead land was granted to participants in the Civil War. John enlisted in Co. A, 46th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers in 1861 and was discharged at the close of the war in 1865. Maria and John Woodring, who in 1882 filed a Soldier's Claim on land 6 1/2 miles northwest of Doland, brought their family from Osage, Iowa in the Spring of 1883, to make their home on the Dakota Prairie. They brought with them 4 children, Lida, Mayme, Roy and Clinton. Blanche and Edna were born on the homestead. An immigrant car was loaded with their household goods, farm equipment, and livestock, which consisted of 2 cows, 2 horses, and some chickens. They shipped the car to Redfield, in Dakota Territory. When they arrived in Redfield they unloaded their belongings into the lumber wagon they'd bought, and hitched the horses to it and headed 20 miles to their land. They stayed with a friend, Raul Mettler, who had moved earlier from Osage. After a surfae well was dug and a house was built, they left the Mettler family for a home of their own. Lida and Mayme Rosella went to school a half mile away in the home of Joe Brosseau. The next year they walked 2 miles to the Morlan school, a school which was moved in the early 1890's a quarter mile west and a mile south of the Woodring homestead and becoame known as the Burgess school. Roy Aden, Clinton Arthur, Vinnie Blanche, and Edna Anna all attended school here. The school building was moved twice and now serves as a storage shed, having been abanconed when the Doland School District was reorganized in 1957. After harvest each year John took wheat to Frankfort to be milled into flour. Maria ground corn for cornmeal in an ingenious little mill run by water power. The force of artesian wells, when they were recently drilled was tremendous. The butter churn was also run by this device. The great blizzard of 1888 was an unforgettable experience and the subject of prairie hardships for many years into the 20th Century. Roy, who was 10 at the time, spoke of it many times. He died in 1970. John and Maria are buried in the Frankfort Cemetery, as are their children, except for Lida Brown, who is buried in Howard, S.D. Many of Maria and John's grandchildren have been students in Doland. The Woodring boys, Daryl and David, now in Doland Schools are great, great grandsons, ad have reason to be proud of their heritage.

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John Manuel Woodring's memorial is located at: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Spink County, USA.
When did John Manuel Woodring death?
John Manuel Woodring death on 11 Mar 1923 in Spink County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.8784800
Longitude: -98.2965200

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Maria Runkle Woodring

(1849 - 1921)

Siblings

Children

Mayme R. Woodring Drayer

(1871 - 1950)

Roy Aden Woodring

(1876 - 1970)

Blanche Woodring Kraus

(1884 - 1963)

Edna Anna Woodring Burgess

(1891 - 1971)

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Coordinate: 44.8784800, -98.2965200

2. Saint Ann Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.8821983, -98.3028030

3. Poor Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.8836350, -98.3591071

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Coordinate: 44.8205986, -98.2972031

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Coordinate: 44.7999900, -98.2856600

6. Irving Cemetery
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7. Clifton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 45.0106010, -98.3197021

8. Spink Colony Cemetery
Spink Colony, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7440800, -98.2923800

9. Crandon Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.7825012, -98.4436035

10. Ebenezer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.7602997, -98.1797028

11. Graceland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.7481003, -98.3861008

12. Rose Hill Cemetery
Doland, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7484600, -98.1993600

13. Irving Cemetery
Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7486000, -98.1986008

14. Doland Cemetery
Doland, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8993988, -98.0828018

15. Saint Bernard Cemetery
Redfield, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8857994, -98.5139008

16. Greenlawn Cemetery
Redfield, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8857994, -98.5164032

17. South Dakota Developmental Center Cemetery
Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.8880120, -98.5234880

18. Hillestad Cemetery
Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.6944008, -98.2596970

19. Tulare Cemetery
Tulare, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7486000, -98.4922028

20. Ashton Cemetery
Ashton, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.9914017, -98.5224991

21. Emmanuel Mennonite Cemetery
Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7041300, -98.1207900

22. Hillside Colony Cemetery
Hillside Colony, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 44.7404700, -98.0486100

23. Saint Josephs Cemetery
Turton, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 45.0479660, -98.0899500

24. Sunnyside Cemetery
Turton, Spink County, USA
Coordinate: 45.0472600, -98.0849800