War of 1812 Veterans
Buried in Lenawee County, Michigan
Source: Soldiers of War of 1812; Roster of soldiers of the War of 1812 who are buried in Michigan, v.1 & v.2
Compiled by: Mrs. Lynn T Miller, Ithaca, MI
Honorary State President, United States Daughters of 1812 Michigan State Society; 1940
with permission from the U.S.D. 1812 Michigan State Society
- Aldrich, David
- bu. Cambridge Center
- Bartholomew, Daniel
- b. 19 Jan 1798; d. 25 Oct 1879; bu. Blissfield Cemetery
- Bennett, Moses
- son of Jeremiah Bennett, b. 18 Oct 1795 NJ; d. Oct 1883 Palmyra; bu. Crane Cemetery
- Bennett, Rev. Moses
- son of Moses Bennett; b. 1786; d. 1844; bu. Rollin Cemetery
- Blanchard, Nathaniel
- b. 09 Aug 1774 Munson, Mass; d. 06 Oct 1876, Medina Twp; bu. Perry Cemetery, Medina Twp.
- Bliven, Samuel
- son of George Bliven of Westerly, R I; b. 28 Feb 1792; d. 14 Oct 1888, ae 98y8m14d; bu. Blissfield, no stone. He is probably buried on his son's lot Section A Row 16.
- Blood, Ezra
- b. 28 Oct 1798 Deering, Hillsboro Co, NH; d. 18 Feb 1887 Tecumseh, MI; bu; Brookside Cemetery
- Boulton, Wm. J.
- b. 24 Jun 1798, London, Eng; d. 1886 Palmyra Twp; bu. Palmyra Village Cemetery
- Bowen, Geo. R.
- b. 09 Jul 1783; d. 06 Dec 1852, ae 69y; bu. Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh, MI
- Briggs, John
- b. 01 Jan 1785 Washington Co, NY; d. 06 Oct 1875; bu. Cambridge Junction Cemetery
- Brooks, Chester
- d. 21 Oct 1868, ae 66y11d; bu. North Rome Cemetery
- Bump, Bartlett
- b. 06 Sep 1793 NY; d. 23 Aug 1880, ae 81y11m17d; bu. Maple Grove Cemetery, Hudson, MI
- Burch, Levi
- d. 08 Jun 1861, ae 68y; bu. Porter (Packard) Cemetery, Seneca Twp; also served in the Mexican War
- Cady, Col. Rufus M.
- b. Dalton, Mass; d. 1867 Adrian; bu. probably Packard Cemetery, Seneca Twp on Fuller lot
- Camburn, Wm.
- Carpenter, John Hathorn
- d. 03 Jul 1874, ae 83y2m1d; bu. Hagaman Cemetery, Fairfield Twp
- Carpenter, Samuel
- son of Joshua; b. 28 Feb 1779, Orange Co, NY; d. 06 Oct 1870 Fairfield Twp; Bu. Hagaman Cemetery
- Carpenter, Wm.
- Cheever, Jacob
- b. Jefferson Co, NY; d. Aug 1859, ae 84y; probably buried in Ridgeway Twp.
- Clark, Benjamin
- d. 12 Mar 1846, ae 62y; bu. 'first cemetery Palmyra Village, back of Decker property'
- Clark, Thadeus
- b. VT; d. 15 Apr 1870 Clinton; bu. Riverside Cemetery, Clinton Twp; helped construct a ship for service in war of 1812.
- Cook, Benjamin
- s/o Johannis Cook, grandson of John Cook; b. 03 Mar 1789 Palatine, Montgomery Co, NY; d. 10 Feb 1876 Raisin Twp; bu. Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh
- Corbett, Ziba
- b. 17 Jul 1785; d. 28 Apr 1859 Palmyra Twp; bu. Blissfield Section C Row 5; promoted to Capt. at Battle of Sackett's Harbor
- Crane, Daniel C.
- d. 08 May 1872, ae 83y; bu. Crane Cemetery, Blissfield Twp.
- Decker, Jacob
- son of Wm. & Rebecca (Bent) Decker; b. 1794 Greenbush, Rennselear Co, NY; d. 26 Oct 1879; bu. Blissfield, no stone.
- Dix, Wm.
- d. 19 Mar 1876, ae 86y9m12d; bu. North Dover Cemetery
- Driggs, Joseph
- son of Elisha or Elijah Driggs; b. 28 Jul 1800; d. 1883; bu. West Rome Cemetery, no stone; enlisted in War of 1812 at age of 11; served with his father as a drummer 1813.
- Dunton, Winslow
- d. 10 Jul 1852; bu. Blissfield Cemetery Section D Row 2
- Elliott, Smith
- d. 21 Jan 1861 Rome Twp; bu. Rome Twp
- Fisk, Jabez
- son of Daniel Fisk (b. 03 Jun 1794 Wendell, Mass; d. 1867; resided Madison Twp.
- Fleming, James
- b. 28 Jan 1787 Pa; d. 11 Jul 1874, ae 87y; bu. Rome Union Cemetery, Rome Twp.; was in the Battle of Lundy's Lane.
- Gibbs, Julius
- b. 12 Aug 1792; d. 16 Jan 1880; bu. Palmyra Village Cemetery
- Gifford, Stephen
- d. 01 Mar 1866 ae 72y11m; bu. Ridgeway Cemetery
- Giles, George
- d. 22 May 1841, ae 53y3m15d; bu. Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Section D Row 3; imprisoned by the British because he refused to fight the US in 1813. At that time he lived on the River Thames in Canada.
- Gillespie, Richard B.
- b. 1790 Steuben Co, NY; d. 16 Jun 1870 Clinton Twp; bu. Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh; was a Major in the War of 1812.
- Goss, Levi
- d. 31 Mar 1872, ae 78y; bu. Perry (Goss) Cemetery, Medina Twp.
- Graves, Stephen
- d. 02 Aug 1854, ae 63y; bu. North Dover Cemetery
- Green, Dexter
- bu. Rome Center Cemetery, unmarked grave
- Griffith, Abner
- b. 09 Mar 1793 Canandaigua, NY; d. 13 May 1859 Medina twp; bu. Canandaigua Cemetery, no stone; Pvt in NY Rgt.
- Griswold, Thomas
- b. 22 Feb 1790 Southport, Chemung Co, NY; d. 15 Oct 1836, Tecumseh, MI; bu. Brookside, Tecumseh
- Hale, Roswell
- d. 15 Feb 1846, ae 53y7m14d; bu. North Dover Cemetery
- Hartley, John
- b. 1776 Buck Co, NY; d. 22 Oct 1868, ae 92y6m29d; bu. Raisin Center Friends Burying Ground
- Hicks, Ephraim
- b. Mass; d. 12 May 1879, ae 85y9m23d; bu. Underwood Cemetery, Palmyra
- Hiler, David
- bu. Palmyra Village Cemetery
- Hitchings, Timothy
- d. 21? Oct 1879, ae 82y8m1d; bu North Dover Cemetery
- Holmes, Benj.
- d. 13 Mar 1881, ae 83y6m23d; bu. Whitney Cemetery, Medina Twp
- Holmes, Isaac
- d. 15 Apr 1877, ae 91y3m0d; bu. North Dover Cemetery
- Huntoon, Willard
- d. 14 Apr 1844, ae 68y; bu. North Dover Cemetery
- Ingersoll, Isaac H.
- bu. Ridgeway Cemetery; no stone
- Johnson, John
- d. 09 Mar 1865, ae 67y1m23d; bu. North Dover Cemetery
- Jones, Abner
- d. 31 Dec 1874, ae 86y9m19d; bu. North Adrian Cemetery
- Kelley, Daniel
- Kies, Capt. Alpheus
- s/o Joseph & Mary Kies; b. 18 Apr 1788 Woodstock, Conn; d. 1864, ae 76y; bu. Riverside Cemetery, Clinton Twp
- King, David
- b. Litchfield, Conn; bu. Holloway Cemetery, Raisin Twp
- Knight, Roswell W.
- b. 11 Apr 1792, Conn; d. 12 Mar 1860, ae 65y; bu. Riga Cemetery; drummer boy in War of 1812
- Lamberson, Coonrod
- 19 Oct 1868, ae 80y; bu. Ridgeway Cemetery
- Latham, Robert
- b 1790 Chautauqua Co, NY; d. 1874; bu. Dover Center
- Losey, Joseph
- d. 14 Apr 1869, ae 72y2m25d; bu. North Dover Cemetery
- Mann, Thomas
- d. 14 Apr 1862, ae 78y1m4d; bu. Medina Cemetery
- Maxon, Jesse
- b. 12 Sep 1798 R I or NY; d. 21 Jun 1877, ae 78y9m9d; bu. Maple Grove Cemetery, Hudson, MI
- Millard, John L.
- d. 02 Aug 1858, ae 75y; bu. Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian
- Miller, Isaac
- d. 05 Jun 1859, ae 88y4m26d; bu. Ridgeway Cemetery; Lieut. Under Capt Whitney; promoted to Capt.
- Miller, John
- Miller, Peter M.
- McConnell, Amzi E.
- b. 02 Dec 1785 Elmira, NY; d. 29 Jul 1837 Adrian Twp; bu; either on his farm or in W Adrian Congregational Church Cemetery
- Niblack, Samuel
- d. 30 Jul 1853, ae 80y or 13 Jul 1853; bu. Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh
- Nichols, Alexander
- b. 1795; d. 1866; bu. Canandaigua Cemetery, Medina Twp
- Northrup, Stephen
- b. 25 Jul 1783; d. 15 May 1857, ae 73y9m20d; bu. Hagaman Cemetery, Fairfield Twp
- Older, Wm.
- Osborn, James
- Osborn, Richard
- son of Joseph & Eunice (Turner) Osborn; b. 1784; d. 1878; bu. North Rome Cemetery, Rome Twp.
- Osburne, John
- d. 28 Jan 1863, ae 72y9m14d; bu. Osborn Cemetery, Macon Twp.
- Parks, James
- b. 20 Apr 1792 Salsbury, Conn; d. 22 Jul 1864 Clinton, MI; bu. Riverside Cemetery,Clinton, MI
- Paulding, Isaac D.
- d. 20 Feb 1892, ae 81y3m20d; bu. Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian; was with Perry on Lake Erie.
- Peck, Comfort
- Peck, Jeremiah
- d. 27 Mar 1864, ae 70y; bu. Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian
- Phetteplace, Asa
- b. Warren Co, NY; d. 19 Nov 1865, ae 77y9m20d Madison Twp; bu. Hunt Cemetery, Fairfield Twp.
- Randall, Isaac
- son of John Randall; b. 18 Apr 1787 near Portland ME; d. 08 Dec 1852, ae 64y7m20m; bu. Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Section C Row 3; prisoner of Battle of Lake Erie.
- Raymond, Daniel
- b. ca. 1792 Montgomery Co, NY; d. Apr 1845 Raisin Twp; bu. probably in Raisin Presbyterian (Holloway) Cemetery
- Reasoner, Jacob
- b. prob. Dutchess Co, NY; d. 25 Nov 1855, ae 76y, 9m; bu. Old Morenci Cemetery
- Reynolds, Samuel
- d. 1850 , ae 76y; bu. Rome Twp.
- Rheubottom, John
- d. 09 Sep 1850, ae 63y; bu. Canandaigua Cemetery, Medina Twp.
- Rogers, Samuel
- d. 15 Apr 1860, ae 75y10m; bu. Old Osborn Cemetery, Macon Twp.
- Root, Simeon
- d. 28 Sep 1870, ae 84y9m24d; bu. North Dover Cemetery
- Rowley, Caleb S.
- b. 11 Jan 1794; d. 23 Apr 1861; bu. North Dover Cemetery
- Russell, Abijah
- b. 22 Dec 1791; d. 04 Aug 1870, ae 79y. bu Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh, MI
- Salsbury, Levi
- Sawdy, Joseph
- owned lot in Adrian in 1858 and probably buried there; no stone.
- Schreder, John
- b. 10 Sep 1788 PA; d. 29 Nov 1883, ae 95y; bu. Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh, MI; also a soldier in the Black Hawk War
- Seabring, Andrew
- d. 23 May 1869, ae 72y5m21d; bu. Peebles Cemetery, Ogden Twp
- Selleck, Ebenezer
- son of Peter Selleck & Mary Lockwood; b. 19 Sep 1796 Stafford, Conn; d. 30 Dec 1880, ae 84y3m11d or 31 Jan 1881 Adrian; bu. Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian.
- Shaw, Brackley
- b. 26 Apr 1790, Abington, Mass; d. 02 May 1869 Abington, Mass; resided in Dover Twp; Lt. in the War of 1812; had charge of a battery on an island near Boston in defense of that city
- Shaw, C. W.
- d. 31 Dec 1863, ae 76y; bu. Dover Center Cemetery
- Smith, Henry
- d. 1891 Cambridge; bu. probably Cambridge Junction Cemetery
- Smith, Jesse
- Smith, John C.
- d. 02 May 1878, ae 87y5m; bu. Dover Center Cemetery
- Smith, Luther
- d. 23 Feb 1848, ae 55y9m; bu. Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Section E, Row 4
- Smith, Samuel
- b, 1774; d. 1872; bu. Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Section D Row 1
- Spalding, Samuel
- b. 23 Sep 1788 Steuben Co, NY; d. 14 Feb 1879 Macon; bu. Lake Ridge Cemetery, Macon Twp.
- Stockwell, Eliathah
- b. 19 May 1791 Whitehall, NY; d. 27 Feb or 23 Feb 1867 Dover Twp; bu. Dover Center Cemetery
- Stoddard, Whitman
- d. 07 Jul 1867, ae 76y5m2d; bu. North Rome Cemetery
- Stoner, Nicholas
- (resided in Adrian)
- Tabor, Paul
- son of Stephen & Comfort (Parker) Tabor; b. 12 Aug 1788 Bedford, Mass; d. 03 Sep 1878; bu. Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian; surgeon in the War of 1812
- Teachout, John
- Terwilliger, James B.
- Thayer, Rufus
- d. 03 Dec 1865, ae 68y3m18d; bu. Lime Creek Cemetery, Medina Twp
- Van Doren, Cornelius
- b. 1785; d. 14 Aug 1857; resided Adrian Twp.
- Van Fleet, Samuel
- d. 11 Sep 1858, ae 79y; bu. Old Protestant Cemetery, Hudson, MI
- Van Wey, Henry
- bu. Palmyra Village Cemetery, no stone
- Weter, Josephus
- d. ca. 1877, ae 83y
- Wilder, Artemas
- d. 10 May 1866, ae 70y; bu. Palmyra Village Cemetery
- Willey, Heinrich
- b. 13 Feb 1788 E. Haddom, Conn; d. Aug 1859 Blissfield, MI; bu. Pleasant View Cemetery, Blissfield Section D Row 5.
- Winter, Asa
- b. ca. 1778 Conn; d. ca. Aug 1847; bu. Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian served in PA Army War of 1812
Additional 1812 Burials in Lenawee Co
- Breese, Elias
- b. 21 June 1775; d. 29 Jan 1863; bu. Canandaigua Cemetery, Canandaigua; Served with Swartwood's Regiment of the NY Militia
Info courtesy Margaret Rorick Beach, April 2015
- Clafin, Cornelius
- b.; d. 10 Aug 1855; originally in the Old Hudson Cemetery, re-interred in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Hudson Twp; served in the 13th NY Militia
Info courtesy of Betty-Jane Lee, January 2011
- Larzelere, William
- b. 10 May 1793; d. 05 Jan 1875; bu. Riverside Cemetery, Clinton Twp; Corporal in Capt Blain's Co; 1 NY Militia
- Mudgett, David, Jr.
- b. 2 August 1788; d. 12 August 1879; bu. Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh MI;
Served in 3rd Battalion (Roberts), New York Militia, on the Niagara frontier.
Info courtesy Mark C. Mudgett, January 2017.
See Find-A-Grave for photo of the grave.
- Mudgett, Truman
- b. ca. 1872; d. 11 October 1862; bu. Brookside Cemetery, Tecumseh MI; Served in Hopkins' Regiment, New York Militia, on the Niagara frontier.
Info courtesy Mark C. Mudgett, January 2017.
See Find-A-Grave for photo of the grave.
