DEWEY CEMETERY
Pokagon Township
Cass County Michigan

cemetery
Photo taken by: Teresa O'Riley

Dewey Cemetery is located on Dillman Street, Pokagon township.

Updated on February 12, 2010. Please keep in mind that the sites on Cass County were constructed by volunteers and are being maintained by volunteers. If you have additional information or photos of the stones in any of the Cass County Cemeteries, please contact me at   cassmichigangen@yahoo.com
Deanna West - your new Cass County Michigan Coordinator. Many photos for this cemetery were contributed John C. Monk. Scroll down and note underlined names in bold, which photos are connected to.

Any time you view an older cemetery, in no matter what county through out the USA, the listing should be considered as a partial listing as many times records are either destroyed through mishap or not all burials were recorded.

Following is a reading by John C. Monk of Dewey Cemetery burials.

Dewey Plat Map - contributed by: Dorothy Gwilt who also gave us some updates on the Gwilt, McCoy and Reynolds families.

Last Name First Name Middle Name Maiden Name Birth Month Birth Day Birth Year Death Month Death Day Death Year Plot Marker Transcription & Notes
Bailey William L.   7 23 1915 3 24 1952   ILL Pvt US Arny WW II
Bachman Frederick C.       1870     1952    
Bachman Mary L.       1869     1927    
Bailey George J.       1920     1920    
Bailey Wilda M.       1925     1926    
Bailey William L                    
Ball Jacob D.       1910     1969    
Ball Susan D.       1949     2003    
Bates Monument                      
Bates Clarissa E.       1861     1919    
Bates William N.       1855     1909    
Bauers Hazel L.         1897     1941    
Benson Mary     8 12 1809 3 5 1892    
Britton Lester R.       1921     1997    
Britton Muriel A.       1920     2001    
Byers Alma L.   12 25 1860 7 6 1913   Monument
Byers infant           4 5 1895   Infant son of L. & A.L. Byers
Byers Leslie     3 1 1857 3 31 1931    
Carson Leah B. Tomlinson     1884     1938    
Caryl Nelson O.       1839     1916   Monument
Caryl Sarah M. Stretch     1847     1934    
Clifton Elizabeth     11 13 1804 9 18 1846   wife of John Clifton
Clifton John     5 7 1800 12 18 1836    
Dewey Aaron     10 16 1815 9 10 1895    
Dewey Catherine   Sifford     1849     1924    
Dewey David         1823 11 22 1871    
Dewey Eliza         1814 5 30 1887    
Dewey Elizabeth   12 7 1820 7 13 1909   wife of Aaron
Dewey Elizabeth   Griffin     1813     1846    
Dewey Enoch         1825     1897    
Dewey Gertrude     1 4 1878 10 16 1920    
Dewey Henry         1773 1 18 1851    
Dewey Infant           6 18 1818   son of David and Anna
Dewey Ira D.       1862     1945    
Dewey Johnathan         1802 5 13 1878    
Dewey Julia A.   6 7 1857          
Dewey Levi, Rev     7 4 1846 7 30 1894   born in Pokagon, July 4, 1844
died at Dowagiac, July 30, 1893
correction submitted by: John C. Monk
Dewey Lucinda         1830 7 27 1854    
Dewey Mary         1856     1900   wo H C
Dewey Mary   Griffin     1817 5 19 1887   wo Jonathan
Dewey Nancy   Hunt     1776 5 13 1845    
Dewey Solomon         1811     1868    
Dewey Thomas L.   12 11 1853 12 3 1910    
Dickinson Dorothy                   wife of Robert E. Barton
Dickinson Fannie                    
Dickinson John Phipps   12 25 1830 1 25 1910   Monument
Dickinson Mary Elizabeth Dewey 7 15 1835 4 1 1910   wife of John Phipps Dickinson
Dickinson Nancy Mima   9 3 1866 7 30 1950    
Dillman Addie   McCoy     1872     1942   wife of Albert
Dillman Albert F.       1867     1945    
Dillman baby               1920   Baby of Helen C.
Dillman Etta L.       1880     1940   wife of Wilbur
Dillman Harold                    
Dillman Helen C.       1901     1991    
Dillman Hiram         1846     1925    
Dillman Lucina         1842     1917    
Dillman Nina   Cooper     1897     1994   wife of William
Dillman Wilbur O.       1871     1928    
Dillman William         1902     1977    
Engle Frank         1856     1947    
Engle Lou M.       1854     1934    
Engle Walter J.   1 21 1889 6 13 1904    
Foltz Elizabeth         1837     1876    
Foltz Jeremiah         1830     1899    
Frank Herold                    
Freeland C. Eugene       1878     1962    
Freeland Catherine R.       1897     1953    
Freeland Florence E.       1880     1930    
Gebhard Johann Michael       1812     1892   date corrections submitted by: Kent A.Gebhard
Gebhard Margaret         1820     1857   date corrections submitted by: Kent A.Gebhard
Gould Effie   Dewey     1868     1928    
Gould George I.       1898     1951    
Gould Rena A.       1904     1952    
Guse Edward A.   1 13 1922 1 16 2002   married June 30, 1951
husband of Ruth Guse
Guse Ruth H.   10 5 1917 3 15 1987   married June 30, 1951
wife of Edward Guse
Gwilt Clifford V.       1882     1936   Born- 3 Feb.. 1882-- Syracuse, New York.
Married- 6 August 1908- Cass Co.
Died- 27 March 1936- Cass Co Dowagiac, Mi.
Gwilt Edna Gertrude McCoy 7 5 1892 11 12 1957   Wife of Clifford Gwilt- married- August 6, 1908
Edna G,"" McCoy"" Gwilt - d/o William H, and Mary Jane ""Wilson" McCoy
Born - July 5. 1892- Cass. Co. Mi.
Died- Dec.11, 1957- Three River Hospital
burial in lot #94
Gwilt Elizabeth Louise Lemke               First wife of Gorden J. "Gus " Gwilt-
Married- June 2,1958. Dowagiac. Mi.
d/o John F. and Clara."" Symanski" Lemke
Born. Nov. 8, 1939 Detroit, Mi.
Died- Feb.11,1991-at home in Dowagiac of complications from M.S. Mother of 3 daughters . -Jeri , Cathy and Sherrie
Lot # 102
Gwilt Fay Burdette   2 3 1924 1 7 1946   killed in train accident
buried lot #94.
Haley Carol Elaine Gordon 7 10 1939 12 12 1992    
Haley Donald Eugene   2 17 1936 11 10 1972   Michigan P.V.T. U.S. Army Korea
Haley Edison Vance   2 4 1957 7 4 1999   SP4 US Army; Vietnam
Haley Mary E.   9 2 1913 5 5 1962   Mother
Hamilton Lawrence     8 31 1862 1 13 1865    
Hamilton Luella E.   12 7 1870 11 6 1872    
Hamilton Susan R.                  
Hartsell Agnes     10 22 1870 11 15 1870   age: 24 days
Hartsell McCarthy         1867     1930   Father
Hartsell Milinda         1844     1930    
Hartsell Nillie         1877     1914   Mother
Hartsell Sylvester         1842 4 2 1922    
Hippensteel Hettie M.       1880     1941    
Hippensteel L. Earl       1892     1972    
Hutson Dickie         1938     1939    
Hutson Mary Alice       1908     1988    
Hutson Raymond C.       1907     1985    
Jackson Henry                   Co. A. 6th Mich. Inf.
Jackson Jasper N.         12 1 1818   Son of Wm &
Jackson William F.   5 10 1831 4 10 1832    
Jarvis Alexander           1 22 1857   Son of B & F Jarvis
aged 4 mos 12 days
Jarvis Benjamin     5 4 1824 12 29 1879    
Jarvis Bertie         1870     1872    
Jarvis Charles               1870    
Jarvis Frances A.   3 3 1834 3 13 1915    
Jarvis Lucy     2 4 1792 5 4 1983   wife of Zaddock
Jarvis Zadock     12 15 1827 11 27 1909   Married to Lucy
Jarvis Norman                   Son of B & F
Jarvis Rebecca                   wf of Zadock
Keen Penny M.     3 16 1946 7 22 2001    
Loehr Aaron B.       1856     1933   family monument
Loehr infant children                 INFANT CHILDREN OF MR. & MRS. A. B. LOEHR
Loehr Jennie M.       1874     1958    
Loehr Leon         1886     1909    
Loehr Malvina         1858     1907    
Long Vivian M.       1881     1917    
Mater Albina     4 21 1839 9 18 1917   Family monument
Mater Cleo D.       1889     1979    
Mater Grace     1 2 1870 10 25 1921    
Mater John     6 7 1838 6 17 1913   Co. B 9th Mich. Inf.
McCoy Charles D.       1832     1934   Family monument
McCoy Jr. Charles D                  
McCoy Clyde         1887     1900    
McCoy Erie     12 17 1871 2 11 1897   son of Samuel & Susan McCoy
McCoy George A         1832     aft 1862   s/o Of Richard and Maria(Sifford ) McCoy- Died- ???? Buried- Dewey Cemetery
Married- March 2, 1862
McCoy Grace     10 3 1867 10 20 1876   daughter of GA and Maria
age 9yrs 7mos 10days
McCoy Harry               1816   son of GA & Maria
McCoy Helen         1905     1983   wife of Richard B.
McCoy John N.   1 20 1834          
McCoy John W.       1877     1967    
McCoy Lucy Jarvis       1864     1948    
McCoy Maria     8 8 1836 12 22 1871   wife of George
d/o John and Frances Smith-Both Buried at Dewey Cemetery
McCoy Maria     10 15 1804 10 3 1889   wife of Richard
daughter of Haunah and Mary (Shoyer) Sifford
age: 84 yr 11 mo 19 days
born --12 Nov,1805 Virginia
Died- Oct 30, 1889- Pokagon Twp, Cass co Mich.
McCoy Mary Ann       1854     1931    
McCoy Mary E.       1859     1934   wife of Charles D.
McCoy, infants                   Alice, Elizabeth & Robert
infants of J & M E McCoy
McCoy Mary J.       1852     1914   Mother: Mary J. His Wife
wife of W. H. McCoy - Married - 1873
Mary Jane Wilson-- Daughter of Andrew and Mary (Hogue) Wilson Born- 25 August 1852- Ohio Died- 14, May 1914- Pokagon Twp. Cass Co Mi.
McCoy May E.       1880     1947   wife of John W.
McCoy Moses                    
McCoy Nina         1877     1878    
McCoy Richard         1849     1908    
McCoy Richard B.       1904     1987   husband of Helen
McCoy Richard D       1931     1988    
McCoy Samuel                    
McCoy Sarah               1881    
McCoy Susan     6 6 1838 1 14 1899   wife of Samuel
McCoy W. H.       1830     1923   William Harmon McCoy- son of Richard and Maria
( Sifford ) McCoy Born- 22 April 1930- Virginia
Died- 24 Nov. 1923- Pokagon Twp Cass Co Mi.
husband of Mary J.
Miller Jacob Henry   2 3 1865 7 18 1926    
Miller Lottie H.   4 14 1865 10 4 1914   wife of Jacob H.
Miller Milo N.   11 30 1893 2 18 1963    
Miller Webb     2 10 1891 5 8 1940    
Miranda Teresa "Tee"   6 24 1956 8 25 1994    
Moore Bridget     6 16 1895 1 4 1896   Bridget Moore -d/o Ellaura and Orrin born- June 16 1895- Died- Jan 4, 1896-age 7 mos.
Moore Ellura R.       1875     1971   d/o Wm. Harman and Maria(Sifford)McCoy-
Died- April 14, 1971-
wife of Orin
Married- Dec.16 1892 Hartford Mi.
Moore Flora T.   3 31 1841 7 24 1911   wife of Joel S
Moore Herbert L.   10 17 1878 3 4 1944    
Moore Hiram                   son of James & Sarah
Moore Jacob     9 22 1812 1 28 1892    
Moore Jeannette         1915     1992   wife of Joel H.
Moore Joel H.       1902     1978   Joel Harmon Moore- s/o Ellura and Orrin Born- Dec.12, 1902- Pokagon Twp Died- Oct 7 1978-
husband of Jeannette
Married- Oct.31, 1931
Moore Joel S.   3 5 1845 7 15 1925   husband of Flora
Moore Orin S.       1869     1945   Son of Joel S. Moore and Flora T (Snyder) Moore
Born- Oct 15, 1969- Died- Dec.20.1945
husband of Ellura
Moore Sarah               1889    
Muchmore Ida   Jarvis       8 2 1956    
Overton Henry H.   3 20 1834 4 14 1868   age: 34 yrs 25 days
Pearce C Blanche       1886     1976    
Pearce Jesse C       1875   1959    
Pears Albert Edward   2 2 1877 7 4 1943    
Pears Lillian May   11 25 1885 11 30 1926    
Pears Margurite     12 6 1905 4 26 1906    
Phelps Jessie Irene       1909         wife of Louis
Phelps Louis N.        1899     1978    
Phillips Bernard E.   8 24 1878 5 17 1950   husband of M. Alice
Phillips M. Alice   1 8 1872 12 7 1949   wife of Bernard
Reynolds Susanna           9 21 1877   wife of Wm. F. Reynolds
Reynolds Kathryn M Corbin 7 24 1924 3 21 2008   d/o Robert E. and Dora M.""Potts"" Corbin
Born -July 24, 1924- Tussy , Oklahoma
Died- March 21.2008- Berrien Center, Mi.
Mother of 5 -- Kenneth .Buddy. Dorothy. Gloria and Rita
Lot # 102
Sepulveda Cleo         1893     1956    
Sammons Elizabeth         1857     1930    
Sammons Gamaliel                    
Sibson Dean         1910     1929    
Sibson Elizabeth         1915     1915    
Sibson Ilah F.       1899     1916    
Sibson John E.       1906     1929    
Sibson Metta F.       1878     1921    
Sibson Mildred M.       1916     1916    
Sibson William L.       1871     1953    
Sifford Beulah         1876     1929    
Sifford Elisabeth         1852     1933    
Sifford Estella         1864     1915    
Sifford Fred G.       1887     1968    
Sifford George         1849     1932    
Sifford Haman           4 10 1862   son of M & L Sifford
Sifford Lydia     8 1 1829 9 22 1893   64 yr, 1 mo, 21 days
wife of Matthew
Sifford Mathew     4 10 1824 1 25 1888   aged 63 yr, 9 mo, 15 days
Sifford Nathan         1855     1930    
Silver Lena         1876     1949   dau - Charles Delevan and Mary Estelle(Hartsell) McCoy - lot #99
Simpson James     1 15 1821 5 6 1882    
Simpson Malinda     9 29 1795 10 29 1810   age 15 yr 1 mo
Simpson Nancy     11 20 1824 1 18 1902   wife of James
Simpson Sarah Jane         3 3 1858   daughter of J & N
Sly James Edward   8 13 1935 4 3 1991   US Air Force Korea
Sly Margaret E.   6 9 1941 12 18 2002   Wife, Mother, Grandmother
Smith Anna J.   6 28 1861 6 3 1954   Family Monument
Smith Cora A.   5 22 1868 9 8 1868   dau of D. & S.A. Smith
Smith Daniel         1840     1913    
Smith Elias         1853     1914   husband of Rose
Smith Frances           4   1879   age 64 yrs.
Smith Herbert E.   5 26 1884 3 19 1899    
Smith John           10 6 1869   age 69 yrs.
Smith Maude     6 5 1882 1 7 1903    
Smith S. Rose       1859     1942   wife of Elias
Smith Sarah         1848     1919   wf of Daniel
Smith unknown                    
Snider Amaltheau     2 10 1814 11 13 1893   wife of John Snider age 79 yrs, 9 mos, 3 days.
Snider John     7 20 1811 4 22 1885   aged 73 ys, 9 mo. 2 ds
Springsteen Charlie                   son of J and M
Squier Auddie F.       1892     1965    
Squier Charles H.       1858     1922    
Squier Dorothy E.       1910     1989    
Straub Eunice   Stretch     1889     1923    
Straub Harry L.       1882     1952    
Straub Leo H.       1888     1968    
Straub Mabel   Dewey     1883     1936    
Stretch Catherine     10 3 1833 6 29 1910   wife of William
Stretch Charles W.       1864     1921    
Stretch Edward         1880     1902    
Stretch Emily V.       1826     1909   Emily Virginia McCoy- daughter of Richard and Maria Sifford McCoy\ Born- 16 Nov, 1826 - Virginia Died -22 Dec.1909- Pokagon Twp Cass Co Mi.
buried in lot #2   Married- 26 Dec. 1844   at the home of Richard McCoy
Wife of John
Stretch Hazel M.       1911     2005   married Feb 8, 1930
wife of Paul A.
Stretch Henry     1 31 1825 7 31 1871   son of Joseph and Sarah (Dewey ) Stretch Born- 31. Jan 1825- Indiana - Died- 31 July 1871- Pokagon twp Cass Co Mi.
husband of Mary E.
Stretch John     12 28 1829 4 30 1892   John Stretch- son of Joseph and Sarah (Dewey ) Stretch Born- 25 Dec.1822 Died- 30 April 1892- Pokagon Twp
husband of Emily V.
Stretch Joseph R.       1849     1914    
Stretch Kenneth D.       1933          
Stretch Mary E.   5 28 1828 1 26 1909   daughter of Richard and Maria (Sifford ) McCoy Born- 28, May 1828 - Virginia Died- 26. Jan 1909- Pokagon Twp.Cass Co. Mi.
wife of Henry Stretch
Married- 23 August 1846- at the home of Richard McCoy
Stretch Mitsuko          1933     1996   married Feb 19, 1952 Kobe, Japan
wife of Kenneth D.
Stretch Nellie Emily       1878     1966   Aunt Nellie
Stretch Paul A.       1909     1980    
Stretch Rosetta         1858     1947   WIFE of Joseph R.
Stretch William     9 8 1827 2 6 1903   husband of Catherine
Stutsman Fay D.       1907     1950    
Stutsman George F.       1884     1941    
Stutsman Jesse R.   3 22 1916 9 13 1973    
Stutsman Lena E.       1879     1959   wife of George E.
Swett Nita Pauline       1906     1990    
Swett William E.       1905     1992    
Taylor Harriet A.         3 2 1858   dau of W & R Taylor
Taylor infant           5 18 1836   son of W & R aged 2 ??
Taylor infant           12 31 1839   son of W & R Taylor aged ?? 6 days
Taylor Thomas           10 29 1841   son of W & R aged 2 mo,s 2 days
Tomlinson Salina         1854     1926    
Tomlinson William D.       1848     1928    
Townsend Jesse W       1884     1936    
Townsend Maud M         1885     1962    
Van Vlear Catherine               1866   wife of Geo. Van Vlear
Van Vlear George                   husband of Catherine
Van Vlear John     10 8 1828 4 17 1902    
Van Vlear Nancy D.   4 11 1834 10 1 1920   wife of John
Voorhees Cornelius         1837     1900    
Voorhees Elenor     9 30 1800 11 10 1877   wife of Abram Voorhees aged 77 yrs 1 mo 10 ds
Voorhies Fanny         1838     1914   wife of Cornelius
Wallrath Hattie         1885     1952   family monument
wife of Henry -dau -Charles Delevan and Mary Estelle(Hartsell) McCoy - lot #99
Wallrath Henry         1876     1936   CO. M 160 IND. INF. SP. AM. WAR - lot #99
Watson Alta         1897     1906    
Watson Elizabeth M.       1874     1903    
Watson Stephen H.       1864     1942    
Womack William B       1851     1937    
Womack Frances L       1847   - 1932    
Young Alice Squier       1868     1940    

Additonal Burials contributed by: Dorothy L. Gwilt and Gorden Jerry Gwilt

Robert Gwilt -Infant son of Clifford and Edna- Born -1909- Died- 1909.--NO STONE - Lot #94

Adrian Patrick Gwilt--son of Clifford and Edna -Born -Nov.15,1910---Died-May 22,.1972- Age 61 --NO STONE-

Betty Jane Gwilt- Infant Dau.of Clifford and Edna -Born-1920-Died-1920- NO STONE Lot #94

Antoinette(Nettie)Gwilt- Infant Dau. of Clifford and Edna - Born-Jan 6, 1923-Died-April 10,1023- No Stone ,,, Lot #94
The Cass co, court house have her death record as Millie B. Gwilt ???died age 6 days ,,

Fay Burdette Gwilt - son of Clifford and Edna -Born Feb 3,1924-Died- Jan 7,194- Age 22- Car struck by train-- No Stone Lot #94

Franklin Eugene Gwilt -- Infant son of Basil and Inez Gwilt -- Grandson of Clifford and Edna- Born- March 2,1957--Died-June 14,1957-NO STONE -Lot #94
Buried at the foot of Fay Gwilt,s grave Dewey Cemetery

Lemuel Hartsell -son of Isabelle (McCoy) and Sylvester (Wesley) Hartsell Born- March 30, 1863- Died- Nov.14, 1941- Buried- Dewey Cemetery - Lot # 29

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