“John Otherday”
353
1962
Roberts
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
1801-1869
Born at Swan Lake, Minnesota, and converted to Christianity by Protestant Missionaries. In 1857, he led in rescue of Abbie Gardner, from Hostile Indians, on James River (near Redfield) and in 1862 rendered heroic service protecting the whites during the Minnesota uprising. Buried on Big Coulee Creek, 12 miles N of Wilmot, his body brought here in 1926.
Location
Roberts County, 3 miles west of Peever on County Road 5, 5 miles south & 2 miles west to Ascension (2003)
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