Coopersville Observer, September 30, 1932

Last week we mentioned the visit here of Wm. O. Van Eyck, from Holland, and the work he is doing in getting complete records of all who entered the service from Ottawa County. At that time we mentioned that there were thirty-seven from Polkton Township who died in service, but a re-check makes it only thirty-two. Mr. Van Ecyk has furnished the Observer the record of each one as given below:

Hezekiah Ackley—Co. B, 5^th MI Cavalry, 1864. (enlisted from Kent County) Died at Stevensburg, Virginia, April 12, 1864.

Samuel Andrews—Unassigned, 10^th MI Cavalry, 1865. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, March 10, 1865.

Larimy C. Brigham—Co. B, 3^rd MI Infantry, 1861-5. Died August 5, 1865, of wounds, near Burkeville, Virginia.

Henry O. Britton—Co. G, 21^st MI Infantry, 1862. Killed at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Abijah Brott—Co. E, 21^st MI Infantry, 1862. Died of disease at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, July 15, 1863.

Anthony Brott—Co. K, Lincoln Cavaly (New York regiment), 1861. Died in Andersonville Prison, May 19, 1864.

William D. Brott—Co. G, 21^st MI Infantry, 1862. Sick and despondent, shot himself at Edgefield, Tennessee, November 19, 1862.

James Burns—Co. D, 6^th MI Cavalry, 1864. Killed at Trevillian Station, Virginia, June 12, 1864.

Joseph B. Cady— Co. G, 21^st MI Infantry, 1862, Died of disease at New York Harbor, June 28, 1865.

Silas A. Carr—Co. C, 21^st MI Infantry, 1864. Died of disease at Indianapolis, Indiana, September 3, 1864.

Hiram G. Castle— Co. G, 21^st MI Infantry, 1862. Discharged for disability April 15, 1863. Died at home October 3, 1864. Buried at Eastmanville, Eastmanville Cemetery.

Clifton E. Fisk—Co. I, 10^th MI Cavalry, 1865. Died at Knoxville, Tennessee, April 18, 1865.

Franklin H. Garrison—Co. G, 21^st MI Infantry, 1862. Died at Newbern, North Carolina, May 1, 1865.

James Giddes—Co. L, 10^th MI Cavalry. Died at Louisville, Kentucky, August 26, 1865.

Frederick Griswold—Co. F, 14^th MI Infantry, 1861. Died of wounds received at Franklin, Tennessee, February 11, 1863.

Perry D. Griswold—Co. E, Michigan Sharpshooters, 1863. Died of wounds received at Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864.

William H. Himmelburger—Co. I, 1^st MI Cavalry, 1861. Died at Knoxville, Maryland, September 20, 1862.

John S. Hopkins—1^st Co. Sharpshooters, 16^th MI Infantry, 1861. Died December 14, 1862.

Albert H. Lawton—Co. G, 21^st MI Infantry, 1862. Died of disease at Nashville, Tennessee, December 9, 1862.

James Lyons—Co. F, 6^th MI Cavalry, 1864. Killed in action July 30, 1864.

George W. Neal—Co. G, 6^th MI Cavalry, 1864. Died of disease at Washington, D. C., April 23, 1864.

George Platt—Co. A, 10^th MI Cavalry, 1863. Died at Knoxville, Tennessee, September 1, 1864.

Charles Randall—Co. B, 3^rd MI Infantry, 1861. Died at Harrison’s Landing, Virginia, August 3, 1862.

Frederick Rankans—Co. B, 3^rd MI Infantry, 1862. Killed at Stmr Sultana, near Memphis, Tennessee, April 27, 1865.

Lewis Sharrotts—Co. K, MI Engineers and Mechanics, 1864. Died of disease at Ringgold, Georgia, July 16, 1864.

Alonzo D. Smith—Co. A, 7^th MI Cavalry, 1865. Died of disease at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, June 2, 1865.

William Stevenson—Co. G, 6^th MI Cavalry, 1864. Died at Washington, D. C. April 23, 1864.

Zenas Sweet—Co. G, 21^st MI Infantry. Died of disease at Nashville, Tennessee, January 30, 1863.

Reuben Toogood—Co. G, 21^st Infantry, 1862. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, January 15, 1863.

Benjamin Van Halteren—Co. D, 2^nd MI Cavalry, 1861. Wounded at Perryville, Kentucky. Died of wounds November 17, 1862. Buried at Eastmanville, Eastmanville Cemetery.

Gerrit Van Halteren—Co. D, 2^nd MI Cavalry, 1862. Prisoner 1864. Died at Andersonville Prison.

Robert Watson—Co. I, 10^th MI Cavalry, 1865. Killed by bushwhackers near Salem, Virginia, April 14, 1865.