Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Sodus
Township
Located on Pipestone Road .
Photos by Teresa O'Riley
This Cemetery is located in Section 24 of the Sodus Township, Sodus was located in Sodus twp in about 1859 and previously was a part of Pipestone Township (Ref: History of Berrien County). Some of the ancestors buried within this cemetery were responsible for the settling and creation of this township. The first election for the township, 1860, was held in the Rector School House. Mount Pleasant Cemetery was located near what was named School House No. 4. See the 1887 atlas map for Sodus township and section 24 for location of same. Note on this same map the vicinity of the cemetery being very close to the school house.
The partial burial listing below does not include most of the children or vets buried here. Please contact us if you have more information.
Some info updated on October 4, 2011
Small Partial Listing
dc
= death certificate / ol = old archaic listing
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Notes/Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott, Hulda | 1815 | 1900 | do Samuel
and Margaret COLYAR M. 1st First Joseph "Joses" REAMS M 2nd William ABBOTT contributor, David Grinnell |
| Allen, Emily S | 1849 | Mar 29, 1915 | dc |
| Allen, Israel M | 1836 | Mar 10, 1915 | dc |
| Babcock, Charles | May 10, 1915 | May 26, 1915 | dc so Erastus Babcock |
| Babcock, Emily J | Jan 24, 1954 | Dec 2, 1907 | dc - nee Stuart |
| Ball, Clara J | 23 yrs | Mar 29, 1899 | dc |
| Bennett, Allan | age 3 yrs | July 18, 1948 | ran out from
behind parents car and was struck at Jean Klock Park so Mr & Mrs Calvin Bennett = per obit on July 19 |
| Bentley, Elizabeth F | 1854 | 1894 | do Joseph and
Hulda (COLYAR) REAMS M. Byron H. Bentley |
| Brant, Betsey | 1845 | 1921 | ol - wo Phineas |
| Brant, Phineas | 1829 | 1906 | ol |
| Brehant, Henry | 1832 | Feb 11, 1920 | dc - shown as Brehaut |
| Brame, Sara Catherine (Lasher) | April 9, 1905 Litchfield, MN | Mar 11, 1962 | wed Richard
Dalton Blame in Montana - Apr 29, 1927 obit Mar 13, 1962 News Paladium, Benton Harbor |
| Buckman, Abner A | Feb 1, 1857 | July 31, 1933 obit date | husband to Elizabeth |
| Burnett, Robert | 1836 | 1887 | ol |
| Calvin, Hannah W | 1839 | 1926 | ol |
| Calvin, Ida B | 1862 | 1888 | ol |
| Calvin, John K | 1833 | Mar 11, 1910 | dc |
| Carpenter, Harriet | 1822 | 1875 | ol |
| Correll, Florence Evelyn | 73 yrs | Oct 12, 1954 obit date | obit |
| Correll, Loren A | 1850 | 1890 | ol - husband to Polly |
| Correll, Roy | Mar 1880 | Aug 23, 1920 | dc - accident - kicked by horse |
| Crowel, Gilbert Lee | Feb 28, 1907 | Sep 16, 1917 | dc - so Chas. Crowel |
| Curry, Marian E | Aug 23, 1930 | Aug 23, 1930 | obit date Aug 25, 1930 |
| Dana, Eurania | 1858 | Sep 3, 1915 | do Jos. & Phoebe Fisher |
| Dunbar, Charles G "Charley" | Sep 1865 | Jan 25, 1904 | dc - so Lyman Dunbar |
| Dunbar, Lyman | 1830 | 1896 | ol |
| Dunbar, Sarah (Johnson) | Mar 4, 1831 | Spr 4, 1918 | dc - widow of Lyman |
| Edinger, Edna Irene (Dohm) | Feb 5, 1897 | May 26, 1948 obit date | wo Lorenzo Dale "Pete" Edinger |
| Ertman, August | 1860 | 1923 | ol |
| Fidler, Luella | 1863 | 1885 | ol - other
recs show-do Abraham Likes + wed John H Fidler 17 Aug 1884 |
| Fisher, Alice | 1861 | 1893 | ol - census shows do Josephus & Phebe Fisher |
| Fisher, Frank | Oct 15, 1882 | Sep 5, 1946 | obits on Sep 6 & Sep 10, 1946 |
| Fisher, Glenn J | Dec 1, 1883 | Mar 6, 1909 | dc |
| Fisher, John G | May 6, 1852 | May 3, 1910 | dc - so Josephus & Phoebe Fisher |
| Fisher, Josephus | 1829 | Apr 10, 1898 | dc - so George Fisher |
| Fisher, Madeline | 1903 | Oct 24, 1903 | dc-stillborn - do Abrahm Fisher |
| Fisher, Phebe A (Gano per dc) | 1829 | Aug 22, 1904 | dc - widow of Josephus |
| Flener, Henry C | 14 yrs | May 22, 1945 obit date | drowned after
having swimming cramp so Otis Flener |
| Gano, Elizabeth | 1843 | 1861 | ol |
| Gano, Fred S | 1861 | 1922 | ol |
| Gano, Hiram T | 1850 | Apr 25, 1920 | dc - so John Gano |
| Gano, Hulda - nee Price | 64 yrs | Aug 11, 1933 obit date | wo Ancil -
Hulda Jane Price, b: 20 May 1869 in Sodus and died 11 Aug 1933 in Sodus. She
married Ancil H Gano on 21 Nov 1891 in Eau Claire. Officiated by Joseph Tenaut,
Justice of the Peace, and witnessed by Mollie and Rose Tenaut of Eau Claire.
Correction submitted by: Gregory L. McGowan |
| Gano, Jane | 1807 | 1889 | ol |
| Gano, John | 1800 | 1889 | ol |
| Gano, Josiah E | 1828 | 1875 | ol |
| Gano, M L | 1844 | 1926 | ol |
| Gano, Wm | 1833 | 1890 | ol |
| Garrett, Emma Adelaid | 1855 | Jan 1, 1919 | dc - do Geo Gano |
| Garrett, John W | 1848 | 1923 | ol |
| Garrison, Albert S | Feb 14, 1847 | Mar 31, 1914 | - |
| Garrison, Alvin S | Feb 14, 1847 | Mar 31, 1914 | dc - so Wm Garrison |
| Garrison, Anna | 1816 | 1883 | ol |
| Garrison, Harriett or Hariett | 1841 | Mar 8, 1903 | dc - do Jacob McCrary |
| Garrison, Horatio N | 1845 | 1867 | ol |
| Garrison, James Musser | 1837 | May 8, 1919 | dc - so Wm Garrison |
| Garrison, Minnie M | 1866 | 1924 | ol |
| Garrison, Wallace | 1865 | Sep 28, 1905 | dc - so James M Garrison |
| Garrison, M | 1882 | 1886 | ol |
| Garrison, William H | Jan 31, 1869 | Sep 8, 1913 | dc - so James M Garrison |
| Gilbert, Ellen E | 1844 | 1925 | ol |
| Gilbert, Nathan | 1833 | 1884 | ol |
| Gilson, Jermain | 1823 | 1889 | ol |
| Gilson, Mary | 1866 | 1882 | ol |
| Gleason, Charles T | 1836 | Oct 13, 1912 | dc - so Patrick Gleason |
| Gleason, Chilli Bell | 80 yrs | June 15, 1948 | obit on June 21, 1948 - Mrs. Fred Gleason |
| Gleason, Mary Ella | Jan 28, 1906 | Nov 1912 | dc - do Geo Gleason |
| Gleason, Sarrah Harriet | Sep 14, 1834 | May 19, 1911 | dc - nee Hemingway? copy smudged |
| Goins, John H | 1862 | Nov 23, 1912 | dc - do John Goins - ol shows Goines <sp> |
| Hadley, Clara L | 1858 | 1925 | ol |
| Hadley, Samuel O | Oct 4, 1851 | Dec 3, 1902 | dc - wo Seth Hadley |
| Hadley, Eva | 1 day | Jan 27, 1912 | dc - do Warren C Hadley |
| Handy, John W | 1845 | 1925 | ol |
| Hanson, Rachael | 1841 | 1924 | ol |
| Harlow, Caroline | 1805 | 1888 | ol |
| Harlow, Erastus | 1819 | 1891 | ol |
| Hart, C J | 1853 | 1894 | ol |
| Hart, Elizabeth | 1827 | Oct 14, 1900 | dc - nee Rush |
| Hart, Orlando | 83 ages | Feb 29, 1904 | dc - so Erastus Hart |
| Hart, William | Jan 1, 1872 Russia | Mar 15, 1950 obit date | husband of Augustina Sempert Hart |
| Hartman, Farmer S | 1865 | Sep 21, 1903 | dc - so Geo Hartman |
| Hartman, George C | 1822 | 1893 | ol |
| Hartman, Kate F | 1812 | 1886 | ol |
| Hartman, Willie S | 1860 | 1881 | ol |
| Haskins, Emily Jane (Olney) | July 15, 1880 | Dec 30, 1954 obit date | obit |
| Hitchings, Marion | 1850 | 1914 | ol |
| Hitchings, William | 1847 | Apr 2, 1900 | dc |
| Hogue, Charles | 1834 | 1882 | ol |
| Hogue, Courtland | 1864 | 1881 | ol |
| Hogue, Hannah | Aug 17, 1839 | Oct 8, 1914 | dc -widow |
| Holiday,Cora (Lett) | 1870 | Feb 2, 1916 | dc George Lett |
| Iliff, Elizabeth H | 1845 | Dec 4, 1911 | dc |
| Illiff, Joshua Calvin | 1840 | May 4, 1916 | dc - also CW
Vet =Co F 171st Ohio Inf (National Guard) |
| Ingalsbe<sp> Annie | 1823 | 1903 | ol |
| Ingalsbe, Joseph W | 1880 | Aug 9, 1898 | dc - drowned |
| Ingalsbe, Olive | 1796 | 1863 | ol |
| Ingalsbe, Orson | 1822 | 1883 | ol |
| Jenkins, Mary Ann | May 23, 1885 | Jun 26, 1914 | wo Roy do Henry Tidy |
| Keigley, George | 78 yrs | Mar 6, 1898 | dc - died Van Burien County, MI |
| Keigley, Mary J | 1841 | 1883 | ol |
| Kelsey, Mary | 1820 | 1879 | ol |
| King, Letha | 1867 | 1889 | ol |
| Landon, Eunice J | 1836 | 1879 | ol |
| Lawrence, Thomas A | 1848 | 1903 | ol |
| Lee, Helen D | Feb 14, 1833 | Oct 6, 1914 | widow do Thomas Martin |
| Lett, George | 1838 | 1894 | ol |
| Lett, James W | 1865 | 1895 | ol |
| Letz, Lewis | Nov 26, 1913 | June 18, 1914 | infant child of Wm & Vena Letz both born Russia |
| Likes, Abigail or Abigal | 1813 | 1811 | ol |
| Likes, Abraham | 1829 | 1890 | ol |
| Likes, Alva Norman | Dec 29, 1869 | Feb 9, 1946 obit date | wed Sep 24,
1894 Maranda Luella Reames so Jacob |
| Likes, Arthur James | 30 yrs | Nov 6, 1901 | dc - so Jacob Likes |
| Likes, Eva | 65 yrs | Jan 28, 1899 | dc - widow of Abraham - per census |
| Likes, Jacob C | Dec 22, 1841 Ohio | Feb 23, 1913 ? | dc - widowed - Civil War Vet |
| Likes, Nancy Ann (Acton) | Oct 10, 1845-Ohio | Mar 23, 1910 | dc - wo Jacob |
| Little, Charles H | 1855 | 1921 | ol |
| Little, Nancy | 1866 | need date | ol |
| Little, Sherman G | 14 yrs | Sep 1, 1902? | dc |
| McKean, Leander | 1850 | 1894 | ol |
| Merrill, James William | Sep 8, 1914 | stillborn | dc so Charles Merrill |
| Myers, Harriet Carpenter | Mar 3, 1853 | Feb 20. 1931 obit date | wo James Myers - wed July 4, 1879 |
| Myers, James W | Aug 4, 1857 | Nov 8, 1905 | dc |
| Newman, Caledonia D | 1856 | 1879 | ol |
| Newman, James T | 1807 | 1882 | ol |
| Newman, Robert L | 1845 | July 9, 1915 | ol shows 1845 & dc shows 1852 for dob |
| Norris, Ceba B | 1854 | 1919 | ol |
| Norris, Ida F | 1858 | 1920 | ol |
| Olney, "Father" | 1815 | 1893 | ol - census shows given name as Nathan |
| Olney, "Mother" | 1822 | 1897 | ol - census shows given name as Roby |
| Peters, Angelina | Feb 8, 1854 | Oct 16, 1916 | dc - nee Hadley |
| Phillips, Erving | 1855 | 1922 | ol |
| Phillips, Lucy A | 1858 | need date | ol |
| Price, Ellen A | 1857 | Apr 1, 1915 | dc - nee Acton |
| Price, Esther C | 1850 | 1867 | ol |
| Price, Henry W | 1816 | Feb 6, 1899 | dc |
| Price, Rachael | 1823 | before 1899 | ol |
| Price, William | 1842 | 1922 | ol |
| Rector, Hiram | 1819 | 1893 | ol - so David |
| Rector, Nancy | Nov 25, 1830 | Mar 14, 1913 | dc widowed |
| Rush, John B | 1826 | 1888 | so Henry RUSH
husband of Mahala REAMS |
| Rush, Martha Ann or Mahala | 1835 | 1873 | (Martha is
not correct it should be Mahala) do Joseph and Hulda (COLYAR) REAMS wo John B. RUSH contributed by: David Grinnell |
| Schell, Minnie L | Dec 3, 1886 - PA | Oct 29, 1943 | Wed - Vaugh Schell Nov 15, 1916 |
| Schroeder, Norman E | Apr 13, 1936 | Feb 2, 1953 obit date | so Erwin Schroeder |
| Sherwood, Amelia M | 1835 | 1882 | ol |
| Sherwood, Asa W | 1834 | Sep 25, 1897 | ol |
| Spaulding, Roxanna L | 1869 | 1922 | ol |
| Stevens, Lucy | 1852 | 1921 | ol |
| Stuart, Milton W | 1859 | 1925 | ol |
| Thornton, infant | Mar 22, 1902 | same as dob | dc - so Henry Thornton |
| Thornton, Ida J | 1869 | 1921 | ol |
| Thornton, Henry | 1857 | need date | ol |
| Winters, Allie | 1865 | 1885 | ol |
| Winters, Charles | 1826 | 1881 | ol |
| Winters, John | Feb 11. 1859 | Apr 6, 1917 | ol * dc - so Charles Winters |
| Winters, Maryett | 1833 | 1894 | ol - wo Charles |
| Worick, William William | May 30, 1857 | Sep 12, 1917 | 33rd Mich Vol
Inf. Co I Source: http://www.spanamwar.com/michigangraves.htm |
| Wycoff, Caroline | Mar 28, 1835 | Sep 12, 1914 | widowed |
| Wycoff, William E | May 19, 1866 | Dec 20, 1914 | born Noble Co., IN |
| Wycoff, William | 1833 | 1889 | ol |
| Wyrick, Joseph | 1830 | Mar 13, 1904 | dc |
| Wyrick, Lydia | 68 yrs | Apr 28, 1899 | dc - nee Ingelsbe? |
