
Johnson
Cemetery
aka
"Old Niles Cemetery"
Niles
Township
Located on Old US-31 - 1/4 North of M 140
Source: Small old archaic listing below was a reading done . Note at bottom of page for other sources that have a more complete listing. Also noted are a few of the donated family burial sites.
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Partial Old Burial Listing
|
Name |
Date of
Birth |
Date of
Death |
Notes/Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Emily | 1862 | 1916 | Death Cert. |
| Adams, George | 1836 | 1915 | Death
Cert. OL = Old Archaic Listing |
| Adams, Helen | 1846 | 1888 | OL |
| Beattie, Ann | 1796 | 1873 | OL |
| Beattie, Margaret | 1810 | 1881 | OL |
| Beattie, Robert | 1797 | 1883 | OL |
| Berkey, Stewart | 11 yrs 1 d | Nov 26, 1863 | - |
| Birdsell, Estella | |||
| Birdsell, Laurel | 1839 | 1876 | OL |
| Broadhurst, Nancy | 1827 | 1854 | OL |
| Brown, May | 1y 2m 17d | Dec 6, 1862 | do D & S J Brown |
| Cain, George | 1806 | 1862 | family trees |
| Cain, John | 1842 | 1864 | " |
| Cain, Noah | 16y 4m 15d | Aug 17, 1864 | CW Vet Co G
1st Mich Sharp Shooters d. Petersburg, VA |
| Cain, Robert | age 40 yrs | May 15, 1913 | Death
Cert. died at county infirmary |
| Cain, Youthy | 1817 | 1862 | wo George Cain |
| Church, Seymour | 1830 | 1861 | family tree |
| Church, William H | 19y 6m 18d | Sep 10, 1855 | so S & A Church |
| Church, Willie | 1816 | 1835 | OL |
| Claypool, Emilea | 1834 | 1876 | OL |
| Claypool, Fanny (Johnson) |
6 Oct 1804 Franklin County, VA |
19 Nov 1864 Niles, Berrien County, MI |
|
| Claypool, George | 1804 | 1873 | OL |
| Claypool, Morris B | 10y 2d | Sep 12, 1873 | so G H & Fanny Claypool |
| Comer, John | 1821 | 1852 | OL |
| Cotten, Fannie L | 9y 3m 7d | Dec 7, 1873 | do J M & Art R Cotten |
| Cox, Jane M | 1829 | 1857 | OL |
| Cox, Eugene | 1852 | 1852 | - |
| Cox, William H | 32 y's 6m 8d | Oct 23, 1842 | - |
| Dalrynple, Jackson | 1848 | 1880 | OL |
| Davis, Wm B | 1826 | 1886 | OL |
| Duncan, John | abt 1832 Virginia - per census | Dec 3, 1859 | - |
| Edcarth, Chas. F | 1804 | 1851 | OL |
| Foster, Chas. B | 1826 | 1860 | OL |
| Foster, Cordelia | 1817 | 1877 | OL |
| Foster, Fanny | 1795 | 1870 | OL |
| Foster, Jane | 1823 | 1850 | OL |
| Foster, John | 1800 | 1862 | OL |
| Foster, John | 1819 | 1854 | OL |
| Foster, Pamelia | 1853 | 1855 | OL |
| Foster, Robert | 1797 | 1858 | OL |
| Foster, Robert | 1828 | 1839 | OL |
| Galley, William T | 1847 | 1851 | so William & Cynthia Galley |
| Green, Catherine | 1806 | 1852 | OL |
| Green, Martha | 1802 | 1862 | OL |
| Grossbeck, Susanna | 1846 | 1911 | OL |
| Hadlock, Hannah | 1806 | 1857 | OL |
| Hall, Ama | 1780 | 1843 | OL |
| Hall, Rebecca | 1794 | 1841 | OL |
| Hamilton, Levi | 1812 | 1839 | OL |
| Hawkins, Susannah (Reynolds) | 86 y's 5'ds | Nob 11, 1858 | wo Noah Hawkins do Joseph & Rachel Reynolds |
| Johnson, Amelia | 1783 | 1864 | OL |
| Johnson, Ann | 1803 | 1875 | OL |
|
Johnson, Daniel C. |
6 Aug 1806 Franklin County, VA |
18 Oct 1877 Niles, Berrien County, MI |
|
| Johnson, Elizabeth | 1780 | 1874 | OL |
|
Johnson, Ezekiel C. |
23 Feb 1810 Franklin County, VA |
19 July 1874 Niles, Berrien County, MI |
|
| Johnson, Guley | 1826 | 1905 | wo Isaac - Appears as Julia on the 1850 census. |
| Johnson, Henry | 1836 | 1852 | OL |
|
Johnson, Isaac R. |
22 Jan 1820 Franklin County, VA |
20 Dec 1891 Niles, Berrien County, MI |
|
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Johnson, John II |
16 Feb 1782 Franklin County?, VA |
23 July 1844 Niles, Berrien County, MI |
|
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Johnson, John III |
3 March 1803 Franklin County, VA |
7 Dec 1884 Niles, Berrien County, MI |
|
| Johnson, John Samuel | 5y's | July 30, 1858 | so Isaac Johnson |
|
Johnson, Joseph |
12 Nov 1814 Franklin County?, VA |
29 June 1862 Niles, Berrien County, MI |
|
| Johnson, Noah | 10y's 6 m's 26 d's | Aug 19, 1858 | so Isaac Johnson |
| Johnson, Rebecca | 1834 | 1855 | OL |
| Johnson, Samuel | 1808 per family history | 1835 | so John Johnson 1st known burial in this cem. |
| Johnson, Susan or Susannah | 1772 | 1858 | OL |
| Jones, Eliza | 1815 | 1891 | OL |
| Jones, James | 1812 | 1864 | OL |
| Jones, Mary J | 1840 | 1880 | OL |
| Kirkham, John Van | 1863 | 1923 | - |
| Lane, Catherine | 1824 | 1849 | OL |
| Lane, Charity | 1809 | 1843 | OL |
| Lane, Orville D | 1845 | 1853 | - |
| Lauman, James A | 1849 | 1850 | so P D & M A Lauman |
| Lauman, Mary A | 1828 | 1896 | OL |
| Lawman, Phillip D | 1828 | 1892 | OL |
| Martin, Ballard B | 1830 | 1850 | OL |
| Martin, Charlotte A | 1838 | 1894 | OL |
| Martin, Emma | 1839 | 1907 | OL |
| Martin, Jasper | 1843 | 1902 | - |
| Martin John W | 1819 | 1855 | OL |
| Martin, Joseph | 1843 | 1902 | OL |
| Martin, Noah | 1838 | 1907 | OL |
| Martin, Thomas R | 1804 | 1882 | OL |
| Martin, T R | 1803 | 1879 | OL |
| Morgan, Elizabeth | 1824 | 1844 | OL |
| Morgan, John | 1844 | 1845 | |
| Price, Alexander | 1797 | 1872 | OL |
| Price, Emma | 1858 | 1880 | OL |
| Price, Ivan B | abt 1870 | 1973 | child of Mark & Minerva Price |
| Price, Iven | 1 yr 3 m | Aug 31, 1841 | so A P & M Price |
| Price, Mary | 1798 | 1871 | OL |
| Price, Nellie | abt 1867 | 1873 | child of Mark & Minerva Price |
| Price, Tobiatha | 1763 | 1843 | OL |
| Salter, Stephen | 1791 | 1875 | OL |
| Shafer, Henry | 1808 | 1856 | OL |
| Shafer, Julia Ann | 1807 | 1870 | OL |
| Shafer, Sarah | 1845 | 1866 | OL |
| Sharp, Julius | 1823 | 1877 | OL |
| Sharp, Mary | 1843 | 1862 | OL |
| Sharp, Sandel | 1807 | 1880 | OL |
| Sim, Mary Ann | 1830 | 1862 | OL |
| Simmons, Lucy M | 1858 | 1858 | |
| Simmons, M E (Malinda E) | 1834 | 1911 | OL |
| Simmons, Sarah | 1827 | 1858 | OL |
| Smith, Ira | 1782 | 1844 | OL |
| Sparks, David | 1817 | 1861 | - |
| Sparks, Harriet B | 1825 | 1897 | OL |
| Sparks, Tilman | 1852 | 1854 | so D & H Sparks |
| Sparks, Viola | 1859 | 1865 | do David Sparks |
| Stephens, Elizabeth | 1825 | 1863 | OL |
| Stubbs, Nannie J | 1844 | 1910 | his wife |
| Stubbs, Perry W | 1844 | 1924 | from on line photo |
| Van Vlear, Phoebe | 1767 | 1841 | OL |
| Wallis, Robert | 1790 | 1852 | OL |
| Wallis, Caroline | 1790 | 1876 | OL |
| Wallis, Chester | 1803 | 1870 | OL |
| Weaver, Elizabeth | 1813 | 1894 | OL |
| Webster, Ezekiel | 1836 | 1893 | OL |
| Webster, Luke | 1794 | 1841 (family tree) | - |
| Webster, Malinda | 1830 | 1856 | OL |
| Webster, William L | abt 1851 | 1853 | so Walter C Webster |
| Wynn, Elizabeth | 1812 | 1908 | OL |
| Young, Hannah | 1799 | 1844 | OL |
| Young, Hellen A | 1 yr 10 m's | May 5, 1845 | do P & Y Young |
| Young, Lumina | 3y's 5m's 19d's | Mar 18, 1855 | do P & M A Young |
| Young, Martha | 1815 | 1852 | OL- wo Peter |
| Young, Peter | 1795 | 1869 | OL |
| Young, Uriah | 1837 | 1857 | OL |