Coopersville Observer, May 1, 1925

H. E. Plant, a pioneer resident of Crockery Township and the last surviving member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Nunica, passed away Thursday, April 16^th at the ripe old age of 84 years. Mr. Plant, always active and able to be about, has been in failing health this winter and the end has been expected for some time.

The deceased had been a resident of Crockery Township for nearly seventy years and had established a farm there in the wilderness. The homestead on the old River Road is one of the best known in Ottawa County.

Mr. Plant enlisted in Co. C., Fourteenth Michigan Infantry early in the Civil War and served throughout the Rebellion with distinction. At the Battle of Bentonville he saved the colors of the regiment from the Confederates and for this deed was presented a medal of bravery. After the war he came back to the county and continued his farm in Crockery.

Mr. Plant’s wife died about two years. The surviving children are: Miss E. Myrtle Plant of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mrs. Walter D. Rosie of Muskegon; Prof. L. C. Plant of East Lansing; Mrs. Bessie Parkhurst of Muskegon; and Ernest L. Plant at home.

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3:30 from the old family home with burial in the cemetery at Nunica.

Fraternally Mr. Plant was a G. A. R. and an Odd Fellow.