Laura Maria Houston and Frederick E. Bement

FREDERICK E. BEMENT was born March 6, 1854 in Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts,⁴⁵⁶ and died October 15, 1933 in Lincoln County, South Dakota.³⁴³⁶ He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.^{456, 5857}

He married LAURA MARIA HOUSTON on June 13, 1888 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa,^{3434, 5856} daughter of MARIA STURGES and JOHN HOUSTON JR. She was born November 27, 1856 in Iowa,^{456, 40} and died May 22, 1916 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.^{456, 3436} She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.^{3436, 5855}

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Laura M. Houston)
  • Samuel Fields Descendant Report (Ancestor of Laura M. Houston)

Children of LAURA MARIA HOUSTON and FREDERICK E. BEMENT:

1. MARY EDITH BEMENT, b. October 24, 1889, Lincoln County, South Dakota;^{456, 6375} d. November 8, 1979, Good Samaritan Village, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.^{456, 6375}
2. EARLE DODGE BEMENT, b. November 17, 1891, Lincoln County, South Dakota;^{456, 6375} d. January 22, 1974, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.^{456, 6375}
3. HOWARD HOUSTON BEMENT, b. March 31, 1895, Lincoln County, South Dakota;^{456, 5854} m. IRMA CHARLOTTE JACOBSON on February 24, 1926 in Sioux Falls, Lincoln, South Dakota^{501, 5854}; d. May 9, 1986, Sioux Valley Hospital, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.^{456, 5854}

Personal Information

Laura M. Houston

• was baptized on June 14, 1857 at Denmark Congregational Church, Lee County, Iowa³⁴⁸⁷
• graduated from Denmark Academy, Lee County, Iowa, 1878²⁸⁹⁰

Frederick E. Bement

• was a farmer³⁴⁴⁷

Obituaries

Daily Argus-Leader, May 23, 1916⁵⁸⁵⁵

MRS. FRED BEMENT DIED LAST NIGHT

An Old Settler Passes Away After Long and Painful Illness

Mrs. Fred E. Bement, who had been suffering for a number of months with cancer, passed away at 8:30 o'clock last evening at her home four miles south of the city.

Mrs. Bement was 59 years of age, and came to South Dakota with her husband thirty-one years ago, taking up a homestead south of the city. She was always an active woman, and especially enjoyed church work. She left many friends in this city, where she has relatives and were she took part in church and social affairs. Beside her husband she is sruvived by a daughter, Edith, and two sons, Earl and Howard, and by three sisters and one brothers, Mrs. C. A. Swifth of Creswell, Ore., and Mrs. W. E. Hitchcock, Ceylon, Miss Mary Houston and Asa T. Houston of Denmark.

The funeral services will be conduc[t]ed tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home by Rev. Leslie W. Sprague of the First Congregational church, and interment will be made in Woodlawn cemetery.

Daily Argus-Leader, October 16, 1933⁵⁸⁵⁶

Angry Bull Kills Farmer Residing Near Sioux Falls

Fred E. Dement, 79, Attacked While Doing Chores at Farm Sunday Morning

Fred E. Bement, 79 years old, three miles south of town, was fatally gored by a bull in his farmyard Sunday morning. Mr. Bement was going about the usual Sunday morning farm chores when the animal attacked him. His daughter, Edith, was in the house at the time but did not hear the commotion. A son, Earl, arrived on the premises shortly after the bull attacked Mr. Bement, and found the body of his father in the farmyard.

Mr. Bement was badly bruised about the body. It was believed that he was almost instantly killed by the bull.

He was a pioneer of this state, coming to South Dakota in 1884 and first making his residence near Valley Springs. There he resided for three years and in 1887 he homesteaded just over the line from Sioux Falls in Lincoln county.

He was born in Massachusetts, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Bement, but came west with the earlier settlers.

Surviving are two sons, Earl and Howard, both of R. F. D. No. 3, and a daughter, Edith, same address; two sisters, Mrs. James Avery of Massachusetts and Miss Clara Bement, Sioux Falls, and two grandchildren, Betty and Edna. His wife, two sisters, and one brother preceded him in death. Mrs. Bement died in 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Bement were married at Denmark, Ia., June 13, 1888.

Services will probably be Wednesday at the Miller Funeral home chapel, with the Rev. Charles Gerlinger, pastor of the First Congregational church, officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 13, 18604	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	John Houston Maria Sturges Albert Sturges Houston Zerviah Jane Houston Warren Henderson Houston Laura Maria Houston Mary Emily Houston Zerviah Fields Abigail Fields
June 11, 18803408	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	John Houston Maria Sturges Harriet Abigail Houston Warren Henderson Houston Laura Maria Houston Mary Emily Houston Asa Turner Houston
June 4, 19003446	Springdale, Lincoln, South Dakota	Frederick E. Bement Laura Maria Houston Mary Edith Bement Earle Dodge Bement Howard Houston Bement
May 10, 19103447	Springdale, Lincoln, South Dakota	Frederick E. Bement Laura Maria Houston Mary Edith Bement Earle Dodge Bement Howard Houston Bement
January 19, 19203448	Springdale, Lincoln, South Dakota	Frederick E. Bement Mary Edith Bement Earle Dodge Bement Howard Houston Bement
April 2, 19303449	Springdale, Lincoln, South Dakota	Frederick E. Bement Mary Edith Bement Earle Dodge Bement