"A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF BEADLE COUNTY, SD", Printed by Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, Jack Kilgore Publishing Consultant, Copyright 1986, Page 201 includes the following biographical sketch of Mathias Scofield:
"***MATHIAS SCOFIELD arrived in Burr Oak Twp in 1883 and lived on the SW1/4 Sec 2. His sister FRANCES was the mother of GEORGE B. CURTIS an 1886 Kellogg Twp settler.
Perry, youngest son of Mathias, was a dentist in DeSmet for over 30 years. The oldest son JOSHUA BERNETT died at age 18 in the blizzard of '88. He had gone to Wolsey for coal. When the blizzard struck, he unhitched the horses, turned the wagon box over and put his puppy under it. He tried to follow the horses home, but the next morning the horses were found dead and his frozen body lay at a distance. The puppy was unharmed.
The Scofields moved to Idaho in 1902 and to Huron in 1909. The first school in Burr Oak was Scofield School in Sec. 10."
Wisconsin marriage record, July 3, 1869, Mathias B Scofield married Mary E. Rhodes. Father of groom, Sands R. Scofield, Mother of groom Mahala Scofield; Father of bride Joshua A. W. Rhodes, Mother of bride Lucinda Rhodes
"***MATHIAS SCOFIELD arrived in Burr Oak Twp in 1883 and lived on the SW1/4 Sec 2. His sister FRANCES was the mother of GEORGE B. CURTIS an 1886 Kellogg Twp settler.
Perry, youngest son of Mathias, was a dentist in DeSmet for over 30 years. The oldest son JOSHUA BERNETT died at age 18 in the blizzard of '88. He had gone to Wolsey for coal. When the blizzard struck, he unhitched the horses, turned the wagon box over and put his puppy under it. He tried to follow the horses home, but the next morning the horses were found dead and his frozen body lay at a distance. The puppy was unharmed.
The Scofields moved to Idaho in 1902 and to Huron in 1909. The first school in Burr Oak was Scofield School in Sec. 10."
Wisconsin marriage record, July 3, 1869, Mathias B Scofield married Mary E. Rhodes. Father of groom, Sands R. Scofield, Mother of groom Mahala Scofield; Father of bride Joshua A. W. Rhodes, Mother of bride Lucinda Rhodes
"A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF BEADLE COUNTY, SD", Printed by Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, Jack Kilgore Publishing Consultant, Copyright 1986, Page 201 includes the following biographical sketch of Mathias Scofield:
"***MATHIAS SCOFIELD arrived in Burr Oak Twp in 1883 and lived on the SW1/4 Sec 2. His sister FRANCES was the mother of GEORGE B. CURTIS an 1886 Kellogg Twp settler.
Perry, youngest son of Mathias, was a dentist in DeSmet for over 30 years. The oldest son JOSHUA BERNETT died at age 18 in the blizzard of '88. He had gone to Wolsey for coal. When the blizzard struck, he unhitched the horses, turned the wagon box over and put his puppy under it. He tried to follow the horses home, but the next morning the horses were found dead and his frozen body lay at a distance. The puppy was unharmed.
The Scofields moved to Idaho in 1902 and to Huron in 1909. The first school in Burr Oak was Scofield School in Sec. 10."
Wisconsin marriage record, July 3, 1869, Mathias B Scofield married Mary E. Rhodes. Father of groom, Sands R. Scofield, Mother of groom Mahala Scofield; Father of bride Joshua A. W. Rhodes, Mother of bride Lucinda Rhodes
"***MATHIAS SCOFIELD arrived in Burr Oak Twp in 1883 and lived on the SW1/4 Sec 2. His sister FRANCES was the mother of GEORGE B. CURTIS an 1886 Kellogg Twp settler.
Perry, youngest son of Mathias, was a dentist in DeSmet for over 30 years. The oldest son JOSHUA BERNETT died at age 18 in the blizzard of '88. He had gone to Wolsey for coal. When the blizzard struck, he unhitched the horses, turned the wagon box over and put his puppy under it. He tried to follow the horses home, but the next morning the horses were found dead and his frozen body lay at a distance. The puppy was unharmed.
The Scofields moved to Idaho in 1902 and to Huron in 1909. The first school in Burr Oak was Scofield School in Sec. 10."
Wisconsin marriage record, July 3, 1869, Mathias B Scofield married Mary E. Rhodes. Father of groom, Sands R. Scofield, Mother of groom Mahala Scofield; Father of bride Joshua A. W. Rhodes, Mother of bride Lucinda Rhodes
Inscription
Large Stone in the Section says
SCOFIELD on top
Small individual stone reads:
Mathias B
July 21, 1847
Sept. 9, 1931
Family Members
Siblings
