Peek Cemetery - Survey

 

Florence Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan
Located on Constantine Rd.

Survey Done Spring & Summer, 1988
Completed May, 1989

Section 1: Northeast corner

Row 1

 

1. Unmarked grave

2. JENSEN, David Charles; 1942 - 1982; Geisler Funeral Home.

 

Row 2

 

3. JACKSON, John C.; d. Nov. 17, 1857; ae. 49 y 10 m

4. DETWILER, Stanley L.; 1913 - 1974; md. Oct. 6, 1934

5. DETWILER, Laura M.; 1917 -

*6. EVANS, Anna M.; 1908 – *7. EVANS, Lloyd W; 1906 -1984

8. EVANS, daughter, Rosemary; 1928 - 1984

 

Row 3

 

9. Unmarked grave

10. TOMPKINS, Mary E.; 1862 - 1901
(Card File TR Library - Mary E. ROBINS – b. March 17, 1862; d/o James and Amanda Robins)

11. CRAWFORD, James; d. Dec. 8, 1886; age 66y 5m 16days
(PBASJC Pp. 601/2 - James CRAWFORD b. 22 June, 1819; Parents - Robert - b. Maryland - & Mary (SHANNON) CRAWFORD; James was b. in Ashland, OH and was their 6th child. By 1830, the family was in Michigan and settled on Sec. 28, Constantine Twp., St. Joseph Co. He married Amanda (COFFIN) CHAMBERS on Apr. 6, 1858; Amanda was the widow of Theron CHAMBERS and d/o M.S. and Elizabeth (WILTSE) COFFIN of NY and later WI; M.S. COFFIN d. at ae 76 in Sherman Twp., St. Joseph Co., MI and Elizabeth d. at ae 73 in Charles City, Iowa at her son's home - J.S. Coffin. Amanda COFFIN was the 2nd of 11 children; b. 1 Dec, 1831 near Albany, NY, m. 1 Francis A. CHAMBERS, 1 daughter - Frances - md. John ROBBINS and she died at ae 37 y on 18 Jan., 1888, leaving 2 sons, Charles and Jesse ROBINS. James and Amanda CRAWFORD had son Norman, b. 25 Feb., 1870 and he and his nephew, Charles Robbins, were in Washington and in the employ of his uncle, Stephen COFFIN, as bookkeepers)

12. GRIER, Lida A.; d/o JK and SD Grier; d. June 25, 1861; a 5y 2m 5da

13. GRIOR, John K.; 1818 - 1905

14. GRIOR, Sara D.; 1821 - 1892

 

Row 4

 

15. WOODS, Floyd; May 1886 - Jan 4, 1888

16. WOODS, Bertha; April 1882 - Dec 9, 1882

-- Frankie

-- FA

17. ROBINS, Frances A. CHAMBERS; w/o John Robins; b. Feb. 14, 1850; d. Jan 28, 1888

18. ROBINS, Franklin; b. Dec 20, 1881; d Jan 1, 1882

 

Row 5

 

19. CLUTE, John W.

20. CLUTE, Dorothy A.

21. CLUTE, Private William Austin; 1911 - 1943; Medical Corps.

22. CLUTE, Mary M.; (1874) - 1960

23. CLUTE, William H.; (1868) - 1937

24. CLUTE, Loys 1900 - 1903

25. FISHER, Frank Wallace; Mar 7, 1854 - Aug 8, 1941

26. FISHER, Mary HOWARD; Oct 1, 1856 - Nov 1, 1926
(Card File TR Library - Frank W. Fisher b. Mar 7, 1853; md. Sept 30, 1875 Mary Howard; d. in Kendallville, IN)

 

Row 6

 

27. ROSS, Verne K.; 1969 - 1974; Our Darling Daughter

28. ROSS, James W.
(Three Rivers COMMERCIAL Aug 13, 1988 - b. Feb 18, 1941;  d.  August 11, 1988)

29. LAWRENCE, Earl R.; 1892 - 1982

30. HECKELMAN, Loleta E.; 1905 -

31. HECKELMAN, Roy H; 1889 - 1970

32. VAN NESS, Catherine S.; 1842 - 1926

33. VAN NESS, Joseph H.; d. August 17, 1886; ae 45y 2m 5 da
 (TRT August 20,  1886 – d. August 17, 1886; ae 50 yr.)

34. VAN NESS, Jacob C.; d. Sept. 10, 1868; ae 62y 11m 2da
HSJCM, Everts, 1877 pg. 231 - Jacob VAN NESS b. 5 Feb., 1805 in Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., NY, s/o John and Alida VAN NESS; md. 1827 Maria MORRISON of Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., NY; Children: Daniel K. - of firm Lewis VanNess & Co. of Mendon, MI; Cornelia -married a Mr. Lawrence; Anne Eliza md. George W. Osborn and they residedin Mendon; Andrew; Alida -  married a Mr. Beebe; Sarah Catherine -listed as deceased; Abram - died in the Civil War.)

 

LK

MLK

35. ARNOLD, Silance; 1885 - 1933

36. ARNOLD, Lott M.; 1857 - 1911

ARNOLD

37. HULL, Almira DIMMICK; w/o Henry HULL; 1868 - 1901

38. HULL, Polly; w/o William HULL; d. Nov. 17, 1864; ae (?64)68y

39. ROYS, Bertha; 1875 - 1948
Card File TR Library - b. Apr. 16, 1875, d/o/ George and Sophia (HULL) ROYS; d. Sept.  15,1948 in Detroit, MI

ROYS

40. ROYS, Mary Sophia; 1839 - 1930
Card File TR Library - b. Apr 28, 1839, md. 1861 George ROYS; d. June 9, 1930 in Shady Point, OK

41. ROYS, George E., 1838 - 1909
Card File TR Library - Apr. 17, 1837 - Aug. 27, 1909
PBASJC Page 595 –George E. b. 17 Apr., 1838; md. Sophia HULL; s/o Norman and Caroline (PEEK) ROYS

 

42. MOYER, Samuel, d. Nov. 9, 1876; ae 72y 4m 9da

 

Row 7

 

43. LAWRENCE, Germ H.; 1867 - 1907

44. LAWRENCE, Belle - his wife; 1869 - 1922

 

45. LAWRENCE, Mary; 1903 – 1903
Card File TR Library - TRT Oct. 24, 18??; Belle PASHBY md. Germ H. LAWRENCE on 14 Oct.

Mother

Father

*46. KETCHAM, Laura A., w/o Morgan L. KETCHAM; d. May 18, 1875; ae 62y

9m 22da

KETCHAM, Morgan L.; d. Feb. 10, 1880; ae 75y 3m 8da 

HSJCM Pg. 135 – Morgan L. KETCHAM, s/o Joseph and Alida KETCHAM, b.  Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., NY 2 Nov., 1804. Later, he was of Perrinton, Monroe Co., NY.  He and Samuel FRANCISCO put in a sawmill in Shipshewana, IN; md. 1 May, 1839 Laura JENKS of Farmington, Ontario Co., NY where she was born 26 July, 1812. 

From the research of Lyn Wilson, Harrisburg, PA, 2000 - Morgan Ketcham was the son of Joseph Ketcham (b. 12 September, 1777; married Alida VAN NESS, who was baptized 17 November, 1784 at the Schagticoke Reformed Dutch Church, Rensselaer Co., NY.)  Alida (also k/a Aeltje or Olive) was the daughter of Johannes VAN NESS and Aeltje FRANCISCO.  Aeltje Francisco was a daughter of Johannes Francisco and Aeltje DOREMUS.

BUDGET - John FRANCISCO md. 30 Apr., 1744 Alida, Aeltje/Altie/Olive DOREMUS; Joseph Ketcham was the s/o Daniel Ketcham and d. in 1853. 

HSJCM – Laura A. JENKS KETCHAM was b. July 26, 1812 in Monroe, CT, d/o George and Hannah (CHURCH) JENKS.  Hannah was b. in Granville, Massachusetts on Jan. 16, 1776 and md.  1st Josiah POWERS in 1799 and md.  2nd George JENKS on 29 Sept., 1811.  She was d/o Josiah and Mariah CHURCH. Morgan and Laura Ketcham's daughter, Mary Louise, was b. 1851 and m.  Thomas HAAS, who was b.  in 1847 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, s/o Samuel and Helen (WASHBURN) HAAS.  Their son, Edward LeRoy HAAS, was born in 1891, md.  in 1912 Minnie Pauline ?  and d. in 1968 in Three Rivers, MI)

 

KETCHAM

47. ARNOLD, Mary A.; w/o Morris Arnold; d. Oct. 21, 1870 (1873); ae 39y 1m 2da

- mother

48. ARNOLD, Morris J.; d. June 11, 1877; ae 35y 1/4m 15da -- father

49. ARNOLD, Inman; d. Dec. 24, 1877; ae 87y 2m

50. ARNOLD, Narcissa; w/o Inman ARNOLD; d. Jan 15, 1875; Father/Mother

51. ROYS, Gerald F.; 1902 - 19--

52. ROYS, Mildred M.; 1877 - 1965

53. ROYS, Raymond F; 1875 – 1944

Card File TR Library - Mildred was b, Feb. 29, 1877, the d/o Charles and Sarah (MILLER) SCHALL and md. Aug. 4, 1897 to Raymond F. ROYS. He d. 14 Nov., 19?? at the Three Rivers Hospital, she d.  Nov. 6, 1965 in Florence Twp.

ROYS

54. ROYS, Caroline; 1821 - 1897

Card File TR Library - b. May 2, 1821 Gorham, Ontario Co., NY, d/o Mr. and Mrs. John PEEK; md. Mar. 16, 1837 Norman ROYS; d. Feb. 18, 1897 in Florence Twp.

 

55. ROYS, Norman; 1807 - 1891 (TRT May 15, 1891 - d. May 11, 1891 ae 84y 2m 11 da. 

HSJCM pg. 344 - Lent ROYS d. at home of a daughter, Eliza Devine, in Dutchess Co., NY at ae 94y and his wife Mary (HOLMES), the d/o Lewis HOLMES of Plymouth and Sheffield, Massachusetts at ae 67y; they had 12 sons and 5 daughters, of whom at least Norman, William H.  and Eliza survived him.

PBASJC pg. 595 -Norman ROYS was b.  in 1807 in Schoffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts and md. Mar.  16, 1837 Caroline PEEK, d/o John PEEK, in Florence Twp.; in 1881, Norman had become paralyzed.  Norman and Caroline (PEEK) ROYS' children were Annie E., b. Nov. 17, 1839 who md. Frederick A. AUSTIN, and her brother Frank, b. Jan.  16, 1849, who md. Alice, d/o James ENNIS.)

56. BEAN, Martha P.; 1818 - 1909

57. BEAN, Nancy, w/o Lyman Bean; d. 20 Oct., 1873; ae 77y 2da

Marker is flat on the ground, but believe this is the gravesite of...

58. BEAN, Lyman; d. 24 Dec., 1855; ae 61 y 2 m

Row 8

59. TIETSORT, Ed; 1878 - 1899

60. Infant

61. LAWRENCE, Ida; w/o L.C. LAWRENCE; d. March 21, 1888; ae 26y 9m 2da

62. F.C.H.

63. VERNON, Ion De; d. Aug. 15, 1868

64. VERNON, Ion Wood; d. Aug. 27, 1864

From The Family History of Sherry Conybeare, 1229 Harriet Ave., St. Joseph, MI 49085, whose great-grandfather was Dr. Ion Vernon, father of the above children. Ion Vernon was b. in Bow, NH on July 17, 1827 and md. Dec. 10, 1859 Agnes WOOD (b.  Mar.  5, 1841).  he d.  Apr.  16, 1893 in Three Rivers.  He was in MI by 1854 after attending Harvard in 1851 -1852.  He came to Three Rivers in 1865 and received his degree at Bennett College, Chicago, IL in 1880.  Ion Wood Vernon was b. Feb. 24, 1862 and d. Aug. 27, 1864 at ae 2y.  Ion De Vernon was b. Apr. 20, 1866 and d. Aug. 15, 1868, ae 2y.  Arthur Vernon was b. Jan 5., 1875 and md. on Jan. 2, 1901.

65. GARRISON, J.L.; Co. D 19th MI infantry

66. COLE, Hazel F.; 1886 - 1960

(67.) This number inadvertantly skipped in survey.

68. LAWRENCE, Mary A.; 1831 - 1915

69. YOUNG, Jennie L.; 1867 - 1927

70. LAWRENCE, Lucy C.; d/o H. & Mary A. LAWRENCE; d. Mar. 23, 1865; ae 14y 9m 2da

71. LAWRENCE, Harrison H.; b. Sept. 1, 1825; d. Apr. 1, 1888; ae 62y

Card File TR Library - Apr. 6, 1888; d. at ae 62y 7m 1da. 

PBASJC, Page 409 - Harrison H. LAWRENCE was b.  1 Sept., 1825 in Monroe Co., MI.  His father, Jeremiah, was b.  in CT on Sept. 25, 1798 and was in Monroe Co. by 1812.  He md. Alpha CALHOUN and d. Nov., 1841.  Jeremiah's children were Lorenzo C., Charles A., Wolcott H. (he was the first white child born in Florence Twp.,) Lucy C., Horation F., Cynthia J., Jerimiah A., Althia A. (the last two being twins,) and Jennie May.  Harrison H.  md. Feb. 4, 1850 in White Pigeon, MI Mary A.  GARRISON, who was b. in Albany, NY 23 July, 1831, the d.  of Lewis and Clara (ANTHONY) GARRISON.  Lewis' grandfather d. ae 76y.  Jennie May LAWRENCE was b. Feb. 6, 1867 and md. Breese E. MOORE.)

 

Father

72. CRAWFORD, Robert S.; s/o Robert & Ganett CRAWFORD; d. Sept. 8, 1850; ae 15m 27da.

Row 9

73. WARNER, Austin; s/o Deacon Ashbel WARNER of Bolton, CT; Drowned in the St. Joseph River May 22, 1855; ae 23y.

74. HOLDERBAUM, Adam R.; d. Aug. 20, 1870; ae 63 (83) y 4m 5da.

75. DIMICK, Loren W.; 1831 – 1904

Card File TR Library - NR Apr. 28, 1904; b. 2 March, 1832 in Lyne, NY, md. 1853 Rachel HULDERBAUM; d. Apr. 20, 1904; ae 72y 1m 18 da.

76. WILLETS, Mother; ? ; 1834 - 1917

+77. WILLETS, S.B.

78. WILLETS, Maggie A.; d. Oct. 25, 1857(1867); ae 15y 8m 11da.

+77. WILLETS, S.B.; d. Dec. 29, 1867; ae 53y 9m.

79. KISSEL, Jane; w/o John KISSEL; d. Aug. 23, 1865; ae 59y 6m 15da.

80. WILLETS, Joseph B.; Nov. 3, 1868; ae 24y 3m 16da.

81. FRANCISCO, Levi; s/o Levi & Charity (CARPENTER) FRANCISCO; d. Sept. 22,  1869; ae 69y 1m 11da. 

NYGBR & NY IN REV - Levi, Jr. was the grandson of John FRANCISCO, Revolutionary War Veteran and his wife, Aeltje DOREMUS.  Levi's father, also named Levi FRANCISCO, was also a Revolutionary War Veteran.

82. FRANCISCO, Sally WEATHERWAX; w/o Levi FRANCISCO, Jr.; d/o Andrew and Olive (VAN DER COOK) WEATHERWAX; d. Apr. 28, 1873; ae 70y 5m 11da.

DAR BIBLE REC – Sally [WEATHERWAX] FRANCISCO was the d/o Andrew and Olive [VAN DER COOK] WEATHERWAX.  Andrew WEATHERWAX was the son of Revolutionary War Veteran Alexander WEATHERWAX and his wife, Jane VAN BREMEN.  Sally's mother, Olive [VAN DER COOK] WEATHERWAX was the daughter of Revolutionary War Veteran Henry VAN DER COOK and his wife, Anna [FRANCISCO] VAN DER COOK [who later married Jacob VAN NESS], who was the daughter of John and Aeltje, above.  Olive was also a granddaughter of Revolutionary War Patriot Michael VAN DER COOK and his wife, Cornelia [VAN NESS] VAN DER COOK. 

RIKERGEN - Cornelia VAN NESS was the daughter of Simon VAN NESS and his second wife, Hester DE LAMATER. 

PFANKUCHE - Also, Levi FRANCISCO Sr.'s first wife, Sarah VAN DER COOK, was a sister to Henry VAN DER COOK and daughter to Michael VAN DER COOK, both above.  Levi Sr.'s 2nd wife was Charity CARPENTER, mother of Levi FRANCISCO Jr. and Phebe FRANCISCO.  (Note: Phebe FRANCISCO married George J. RIFENBERG and is buried in Sand Hill Cemetery in Cass Co., MI.--LHW)

76SMC –Sally [WEATHERWAX] FRANCISCO's brothers Alex A., John and Henry VanDerCook WEATHERWAX lie buried in Morrison Cemetery, Harder Rd., Fabius Twp., St. Joseph Co.)

 

83. LE MUNYON, Hattie J.; w/o Paris S. LE MUNYON; d. ? 1867

LE MUNYON FAMILY RECORDS - Hattie J. (FRANCISCO) LE MUNYON was the 1st wife of Paris Sylvester LE MUNYON d. Sept. 21, 1867; ae 28y 10m 17d and was married in Ontario Co., NY.  His 2nd wife was Sarah JACKSON, d/o Joseph and Olive [WEATHERWAX] JACKSON and granddaughter of Andrew and Olive [VAN DER COOK] WEATHERWAX. NOTE: A GENDIS Michigan Death Record for one Harriet J. Lammison who died April, 1867 in Lockport, St. Joseph Co., MI does exist and it names Levi Francisco as her father.

 

84. LAWRENCE, Jeremiah A.; 1840 - 1908

+85. LAWRENCE, Cora

+86. LAWRENCE, Herbert A.

87. LAWRENCE, Wolcott H.; d. March 5, 1888; ae 57y 3m 8 da.

88. LAWRENCE, Mary A.; his wife; d. Aug. 23, 1898 ae 64 (61)y

+86. LAWRENCE, Herbert A.; d. Nov. 2, 1888; ae 19y

Card File TR Library - TRT Nov. 9, 1888; s/o W.H. LAWRENCE.

+85. LAWRENCE, Cora; d. Jan. 10, 1877

Father

Mother

89. PEEK, Jane C.; d/o James and Elizabeth PEEK; d. Apr. 1847; ae 2y.

90. ROYS, George L.; d. Jan. 6, 1852; ae 41y 10da.

91. PEEK, James; d. Jan. 3, 1845; ae 27y 5m.

Row 10

92. SECHLER, Adelaide P.; w/o Samuel SECHLER; d. March 10, 1859; ae 21y 5m 2da.

93. ELY, Gustavus A., Sr.; b. Sept. 9, 1829; d. June 14, 1899.

94. ELY, Hannah M.; b. Feb. 18, 1827; d. May 17, 1907

Card File TR Library - TRT 23 June, 1899; Hannah M. HAGERMAN md.  Gustavus Adolphus ELY at ae 18y in 1845. Her parents were Jno. and Frances (NICHOLS) HAGERMAN. Hannah was b. Feb. 18, 1827 in MI and d. May 18, 1907; ae 80y 3m  GA and HM ELY had 5 children, of which 2 were living in 1907.

 

95. ELY, Mary; b. Aug. 30, 1848; d. Jan. 8, 1863 (1853).

96. ELY, George R.; s/o GA and HM ELY; b. Oct. 13, 1850; d. Jan. 17, 1871; ae 20y 3m 4da.

APS

Father

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97. HOSKINS, Emma; 1856 - 1862

98. FREELAND, Mary Alida; 1865 - 1895

Card File TR Library – NR Nov. 17, 1883; Mary PEEK md. Clarence FREELAND on Nov. 15, 1883.

99. BRIGGS, Charles D.; d. Feb. 20, 1871; ae 28y.

100. BRIGGS, John K.; 1820 - 1891

101. BRIGGS, Cornelia DIMICK, his wife; 1823 - 1882;

 

Their Children:

102. BRIGGS, Mary C.; 1849 - 1853

103. BRIGGS, Kittie; 1858 - 1861

 

Row 11

                            

104. STAMP, Elva M.

DAR Records; d. Oct. 8, 1862; ae 1y

105. STAMP, Mary L.

DAR Records; d. Oct. 29, 1863 (Children of SM and ML STAMP)

106. LINSLY, Mary; my wife, Hiram LINSLY; d. Nov. 3, 1865; ae 57y 5m 19da.

107. ? (DIMMICK, Silence, 1798 - 1875)

NOTE: Silence came from Medina Co., OH after being divorced from her husband, Erastus, in 1847.  The 1870 Census for Florence Twp., St. Joseph CO., MI shows a Silence MAYNARD, age 73, living with J. B. Dimmick.

108. DIMMICK, Edward H.; s/o NB and Ann; d. ?1858.

109. PEEK, George F.; 1836 - 1887

110. PEEK, Almira L.; 1838 - 1916

111. GEER, Marion E.; 1846 - 1908

112. GEER, Albert; 1838 - 1926

Mother

Father

113. DIMICK, Moore W.; 1818 - 1888

Card File TR Library - TRT Nov. 23, 1888; M.W. d. Oct. 27, 1888 at ae 70 in

Florence Twp.

 

114. DIMICK, Parthenie F.; 1822 - 1914

115. DIMICK, Eugene M.; 1847 - 1852

116. DIMICK, Cordelia E.; 1852 - 1855

117. DIMICK, Marion E.;   ?

CED

EMD

 

Row 12

 

118. ?, Edith

119. ?, Ethel

Mother

120. HAGERMAN, Frank W.; 1851 - 1916; (Ida his wife)

+ 121. HAGERMAN, Mary J.; d/o W & LA HAGERMAN; d. Sept. 2, 1850; ae 1m 10da.

122. FELT, Augusta; w/o GH FELT; d. at Constantine on March 21, 1885; ae 30y 8m 16da.

123. HAGERMAN, Lucy A.; 1820 - 1906(1903)

124. HAGERMAN, William; 1815 - 1884

125. HAGERMAN, John A.; 19 Co.A  MI Inf. 

Father

126. PEEK, JJ; d. Dec. 10, 1894; ae 73y (James Judson PEEK) PEEK, Father; We miss

Thee; J.J. PEEK; Dec. 10, 1894, ae 73y.

127. PEEK, Sally A.; his wife; d. June 17, 1891; ae 66y; mother.

Mother

128. BARLOW, Nathan; d. Sept. 3, 1851; ae 35y 11m 22da.

129. PEEK, John G.; 1829 - 1900

130. PEEK, Philena; his wife; 1829 - 1906

Card File TR Library - TRT Jan 18, 1906; d. Jan. 11, 1906 in Three Rivers, ae 76y 9m 20d; her dau. was Mrs. O.M. LYNN.

131. PEEK, Mate, w/o Henry PEEK; 1863/8 - 1892

Card File TR Library - TRT Apr. 15, 1892; d. Apr. 12, 1892; ae 23y 11m 26da; w/o Henry E.; her parents were Mr. & Mrs. Lyman POWERS: TRT Nov. 1, 1889; Henry E. PEEK of Florence md.  3 Oct., 1889 Mate E. POWERS.

Father

Row 13

132. ELY, Anneltie; d/o Alex. and Eliza ELY; b. Oct. 7, 1852; d. Apr. 10, 1854.

133. ELY, Amelia; d/o Alex. and Eliza ELY; d. July 16, 1851; ae 4y 5m 17da.

134. ELY, Georgie; s/o Alex. and Eliza ELY; b. Oct. 7, ?1870; d. Apr. 10, 1890?; Our

Darling Boy.

135. DRUMM, Maria A.; Jan. 29, 1907 - July 10, 1976

136. ZERBY, Pearl; Mother; 1891 - 1939

137. HALSTEAD, Emma; 1913 - 1934

138. SWEEZY, Abigail C.M.; d/o J&C SWEEZY; d. August 13, 1839; ae 17y 2m 25da.

139. SWEEZY, Martha D.; d/o/ J. & C. SWEEZY; d. Jan. 7, 1857; ae 15 y 4 m 23 da

Father

Mother

140. SILVER, Christena; w/o George Silver; d. July 18, 1905; ae 91y 5m 12da.

(850 Federal Census HH#875/878 Christena m. 1st Joseph SWEEZY.

141. SWEEZY, Joseph; d. Aug. 10, 1858; ae 52y 8m.

142. SILVER, George; d. Apr. 26, 1894; ae 74 yr.

143. HAGERMAN, John; d. Sept. 12, 1852; ae 65y 3m 10da.

144. HAGERMAN, Fanny; w/o John; b. July 6, 1788; d. May 29, 1872. 

Card File TR Library - 3RR June 8, 1872; mother of William of Florence and G.M. of Constantine; ae 84y.

145. HAGERMAN, Mary J.; d/o W & LA HAGERMAN; d. Sept. 2, 1850; ae 1m 10da.

146. HAGERMAN, Horace; b. Oct. 1, 1850; d. Oct. 4, 1870.

147. HAGERMAN, Horace N.; d. Sept. 21, 1850; ae 28y 11m 8da.

148. HAGERMAN, Josephine; d/o J&S HAGERMAN; d. Apr. 13, 1854; ae 3m 4da.

149. HAGERMAN, Jennette; d/o John and Susan HAGERMAN; d. June 11, 1855; ae 1m

5da.

Section 2: Starting at the Northeast Corner

 

Row 1

 

150. NOE, Hazel G.; 1909 -

151. NOE, Ferdinand; 1911 – 1983

152. EASTES, Baby; 1987 - 1987; Halverson Funeral Home

Row 2

153. KEITH, mother; Mary P. CEKANDER; 1918 - ; born in Three Rivers, MI; md. June 3, 1937.

154. KEITH, father; Franklin E.; 1913 - 1979; born in Maysville, Wisconsin.

155. PARKER, Jesse G.; 1883 - 1974

156. PARKER, James H.; 1884 - 1975

157. DAWSON, MOTHER; Ella; 1886 – 1974

Row 3

 

158. RANDOLPH, Perry; d. Apr. 10, 1879; ae 61y 3m 16da.

159. RANDOLPH, Harriett E.; w/o Perry RANDOLPH; d. Feb. 20, 1892; ae 72y 3m 3d.

160. WATKINS, Mother; Margaret; 1881 - 1957

161. WATKINS, Dad; Clem; 1877 - 1942

162. WATKINS, William E.; 1884 - 1945

163. FAIRMAN, Harry; 1884 - 1909

164. HENSCHEL, Clara KLOKA; 1888 - 1981

165. HENSCHEL, August; 1882 - 1918

166. WHITE, Otis S.; 1862 - 1947

Row 3

(Continued)

167. WHITE, Clara M.; 1861 - 1957

Row 4

168. FISHER, Abraham C.; d. Mar. 12, 1881; ae 68y 7m 16da.

Card File TR Library - NR March 11, 1881; d. in Belvedere, Montcalm Co., MI

169. FISHER, James W; s/o A.C. & C. FISHER; d. Sept. 1, 1852; ae 9y 8m 12da.

170. FISHER, marker broken; Emma G.; d/o A.C. & C. Fisher; d. Aug. 1, 1847; ae 18m 5da.

171. HULL, Christiana; w/o Harrison HULL; d. Dec. 4, 1852; ae 33y 1m.

CH

172. PATTERSON, marker broken; Our Mothers Grave; Deborah; w/o James

PATTERSON; d. Sept. 26, 1870; ae 85 yr.

173. PATTERSON, George W.; 1826 - 1892 

Card File TR Library -TRT Feb. 26, 1892; of Van Buren Co., MI; d. Feb. 14, 1892

174. PATTERSON, Hannah E.; 1834 - 1911

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Row 5

 

175. HOWARD, O.F.; d. Nov. 19, 1875; ae 63y 4m 7da.

Card File TR Library - 3RR Nov. 27, 1875; O.F. HOWARD d. Nov. 26, 1875; PBASJC Pg. 349 - Orin F. HOWARD in St. Joseph CO., MI by 1833, b. 1812 in CT, d. 1875; md. 1st Cornelia PEEK, who was b. in 1818 in NY and d. Feb., 1866.  He m. 2nd Martha GRAY.  Children by 1st wife; Carlie (d. at ae 10), Mary J. (m. John YAUNEY), Charles E. (m. Mahala CLOUD), Arthur E.H., Clarence A. (m. Olie FULKERSON,) Franklin (d. at 1 yr., 5 mo.) and John M. (m. Florence STEARS.) Children by his 2nd wife; Orin F. and Elmer G.

 

176. HOWARD, Cornelia; w/o O.F. HOWARD; d. Feb. 19, 1866; ae 46y 4m 5da.

Card File TR Library - b. Oct. 14, 1819

 

177. HOWARD, marker lying on face; Carlie; d/o O.F. and Cornelia HOWARD; d. Feb. 28, 1866; ae 10y 3m 4da.

 

178. HOWARD, Franklin; s/o O.F. and Cornelia HOWARD; d. July 19, 1845; ae 1y 5m.

179. HOWARD, Frances C.; d/o F.G. HOWARD; d. Apr. 5, 1847; ae 4m.

180. DANIELS, Amasa; d. Nov. 28, 1872; ae 85y.

181. DANIELS, Sophia Ann; his wife; d. Jan. 25, 1865; ae 61y 8m 26da.

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181. DANIELS, Sophia; w/o Amasa DANIELS; d. Jan. 25, 1865; ae 61y 8m 26da--a

duplicate of the first headstone.

182. DANIELS, Charles J.; s/o A. & S.A. DANIELS; d. July 5, 1853; ae 13/18y 6m.

183. DANIELS, J.D.; d. 1882; Our father.

184. DANIELS, Priscilla, w/o J.D. DANIELS; d. Dec. 20, 1873; ae 59y 9m 24da.

185. DANIELS, Lemuel; d. Apr. 28, 1858; ae 72y.

186. DANIELS, Christiana; d/o C & R DANIELS; d. Jan. 17, 1861; ae 17y 4m 27d.

187. DANIELS, Eunice; d/o C & R DANIELS; d. July 14, 1873; ae 24y 10m.

188. mother

Christiana

189. father; DANIELS, Ira; 1845 - 1908

190. DANIELS, W.A.; Co.A 40 US VT; b. July 15, 1875; d. Nov. 18, 1908.

191. WHITE, Amanda A.; 1852 - 1910

Row 6

L.M.

M.A.M.

192. MILLER, Mary A.; w/o Lewis Miller; d. Feb. 1, 1852; ae 36y.

193. MILLER, Lewis; d. Aug. 1, 1878; d. in the 76th y. of his age. 

Card File TR Library - 3RR Aug. 3 & 10, 1878; d. July 31, 1878

*194. TENNYSON, George W. and  195. TENNYSON, Loretta; infant

children of A & M TENNYSON.

196. TENNYSON, Allen;, d. May 9, 1856; ae 34y 9m 7da.

197. TENNYSON, Victoria I.; d/o A & M TENNYSON; d. Aug. 14, 1868; ae 16yr 11m 6da.

198. TENNYSON, Maria HEWETT; w/o Allen TENNYSON; d. June 30, 1864; ae 42y

20da.

GIRTON

199. GIRTON, John Jr.; d. Aug. 22, 1851; ae 30/32y.

200. GIRTON, John; d. Apr./Aug. 27, 1855; ae 77yr.

201. MACHIN, William; d. Feb.23, 1871; ae 57y 10m 16da

202. MACHIN, Elizabeth; d. Mar. 17, 1895; ae 82y 2m 23da.

HSJCM Page 137 - William MACHIN, b. Apr. 7, 1813 in Basby, England, md. Elizabeth GIRTON on May 15, 1838 in Walcott, England: Page 154 - Lewis MILLER: b. in VT on Aug. 10, 1808 and later lived in Summit Co., OH:

Card File TR Library - TRT March 22, 1895; Elizabeth MACHIN b. in England.

 

Mother

Father

203. HULL, Leonard C.; b. Feb. 7, 1842; d. July 2, 1865; ae 23y 4m 23da.

204. HULL, Matilda; b. Jan. 7, 1839; d. Feb. 16 (6), 1841.

Children of John and Mary M. HULL

205. HULL, John; b. Feb. 6, 1816; d. Dec. 21, 1889 (1884).

206. HULL, Mary M.; b. Nov. 11, 1816; d. Jan. 1, 1903.

207. HULL, Nellie Frances; Our Nellie; adopted d/o John and Mary M. HULL; d. Feb. 24,  1868; ae 11y 4m 19da.

Father

Mother

208. TITUS, George N.; d. Aug. 12, 1886; ae 69y 9m.

209. TITUS, Polly HULL; b. May 26, 1825; d. Jan. 6, 1896.

210. DORRIS, George C.; 1811 - 1891

211. DORRIS, Cynthia; 1819- 1902

212. DORRIS, Helen; 1843 - 1899

Row 7

213. BRIGGS, Edward; d. Jan. 23, 1888; ae 51y.

214. BRIGGS, Cornelia

E.B.

215. STEARS, Walter P.; 1864 - 1924

216. STEARS, Samuel; 1814 - 1887

217. STEARS, Elizabeth, his wife; 1828 (1824) – 1909

Card File TR Library - TRT Nov. 11, 1887; Samuel STEARS d.  5 Nov., 1887; md. Elizabeth PASHBY and had 6 children.

218. STEARS, Clara I.; d/o S & E STEARS; 1871 - 1871.

219. STEARS, Cora M.; d. Apr. 19, 1860; ae 17yr 22da.

220. STEARS, George R.; s/o S. & E. STEARS; d. Apr. 16, 1860; ae 21y 10m 19da.

221. STEARS, Thomas; 1775 - 1862 (DAR Records - d. May 25, 1862; ae 87yr.)

222. STEARS, Elizabeth; 1787 - 1871 (DAR Records - w/o Thomas STEARS; d. ????,  1871; ae 84yr:

PBASJC page 346 -Thomas STEARS was born in 1775 in Yorkshire, England and m.  Elizabeth HARRISON of Waxholmshire; he d. May 25, 1862 at ae 87y and she died in White Pigeon on Sept.  5, 1871; a daughter, Betsey, md. William HULL

 

223. STEARS, Charles; 1832 - 1903

224. STEARS, William; s/o Thomas and Elizabeth STEARS; d. Nov.  21, 1847; ae 36y.

225. HULL, William; 1823 - 1904

Card File TR Library – NR March 24, 1904; b. Apr. 26, 1823, Genessee Co., NY; d. March 17, 1904 in Kalamazoo, MI.

226. HULL, Betsey; his wife; 1823 - 1900

Row 8

227. CLUTE, Jacob; d. Jan. 29, 1869

228. CLUTE, Cornelia GARRISON; w/o Jacob CLUTE; d. March 7, 1882; ae 70y 4m

17da.

229. CLUTE, Olive; d/o Cornelia CLUTE; d. Sept. 9, 1847.

230. CLUTE, Catherine; d/o Cornelia CLUTE; d. Oct. 20, 1839; ae 10m 27da.

231. CONDICK, Susan; 1824 – 1908

WETHERBEE

232. WETHERBEE, Phoebe B.; 1810 - 1851

233. WETHERBEE, Asa; 1824 - 1899 (Card File TR Library – Asa was b. 3 June, 1824 and

d. Apr. 7, 1899.)

234. WETHERBEE, Phoebe; 1841 - 1877 (PBASJC Pg. 336 -Phoebe, dau. of Marshall and

Mary Ann (SLOAN) CRAW, md. Richard WETHERBEE and d. Feb. 26, 1877.)

235. WETHERBEE, R.M.; 1829 - 1916

236. WETHERBEE, George W.; 1863 - 1889 (TRT Dec. 13, 1889; he was s/o Richard M.; d.

Dec. 6, 1889 at ae 26y 8m 3d)

237. WETHERBEE, Elizabeth; w/o Asa WETHERBEE; d. Aug. 30, 1851; ae 21y 6m 28d.

Card File TR Library - b. 2 Feb., 1830

238. WILLIAMSON, Elijah; d. Jan. 24, 1852; ae 37y 17da.

239. WILLIAMSON, Jacob; d. Mar. 1, 1856; ae 47y.  We could not locate this grave, but

others have placed it at this location.

240. STOCK, Mary C.; 1820 - 1920

Row 9

241. GARRISON, Cornelia VAN DER COOK; w/o John GARRISON; d. Sept. 4, 1856; ae 84y 7m.

BUDGET - Cornelia was the d/o Rev. War Vet Henry VAN DER COOK and granddaughter of Rev. War Vet Michael VAN DER COOK and his wife, Cornelia (VAN NESS) VAN DER COOK.

 

242. GARRISON, John; d. June 17, 1838; ae 75y.

243. GARRISON, Roxana; b. Apr. 12, 1816; d. Dec. 17, 1896.

244. LOWN, Powel C.; 1818 - 1901

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245. LOWN, Aurilla C.; 1824 - 1909

246. HARWOOD, Jennie; w/o O. HARWOOD; d. Dec. 2, 1850; ae 28y. 

PBASJC pg. 422 - Oliver HARWOOD was the s/o Heman and Rebecca (FISHER)  HARWOOD, and was b. in St. Joseph Co., MI.

 

247. REED, Maria; d. Mar. 27, 1860; ae 48y 2m 11da.

248. LOWN, Michael; d. Apr. 2, 1849; ae 71y.

249. LOWN, Mary; w/o Michael LOWN; d. Mar. 31, 1848; ae 67y.

250. LOWN, Mary A.; d/o M & M LOWN; d. July 26, 1847; ae 31y

251. NELSON, Henry; d. Aug. 6, 1836; ae 11m.

252. NELSON, Charles; d. Sept. 17, 1837; 8m 3da.

Father

Mother

(Steve and Marsha Reed read 251 & 252 as the following in 1976: WILLIAMSON, Henry; d. Aug. 6, 1836; 11m, Charles; d. Sept. 17, 1837; 8m 3da.,  Nelson; d. Sept. 17, 1846; ae 3y 3m 17da.  Children of Jack and Louisa WILLIAMSON.)

253. SLOAN, Ralph; d. Dec. 12, 1889; ae 74y 1m 15da.

254. SLOAN, Mary E.; d/o Olive SLOAN; d. Sept. 13, 1858; ae 8y.

255. SLOAN, Robert C.; 1842 -

256. SLOAN, Alice A.; w/o Robert SLOAN; b. Aug. 8, 1843; d. Oct.  13, 1865; ae 22y.

257. SLOAN, Eliza B.; w/o Robert SLOAN; 1843 - 1892

258. WOOD, Ira LeRoy; d. ae 5y.

259. WOOD, James W.; 1821 - 1910

260. WOOD, Roxanna; 1824 - 1910

PBASJC Pg. 377 - James W. WOOD was b. 22 Aug., 1821 in Wayne Co., NY, the s/o William & Hulda (MERRILL) WOOD of NY; md. 22 Oct., 1848 Roxanna PUFFER, d/o Ira & Charity (PANGBORN) PUFFER, who was b. 16 Sept., 1821.  He was in MI by 1836; their son, Ira LeRoy, d. at ae 5.

Row 10

                            

261. DIMICK, Elisha; d. Mar. 15, 1849; ae 58y 5m 5da.

262. DIMICK, Mary; w/o Elisha DIMICK; d. July 31, 1872; ae 78y 9m 11da.

263. DIMICK, Jehiel B.; d. Apr. 26, 1877; ae 61y.

264. DIMICK, Lydia L.; only d/o J.B. & Lydia DIMICK; d. Sept. 15, 1848; ae 1y.

265. THISTLER, Cordelia E. DIMICK; w/o George W. THISTLER; d. Dec.  21, 1848;

ae 28y.

266. CRAW, Marshall G.; d. Apr. 15, 1853; ae 51y 6m 28da.

267. CRAW, Mary Ann; w/o Marshall CRAW; d. Dec. 29, 1847; ae 36y.

PBASJC pg. 336 - Marshall CRAW md. in Wayne Co., NY Mary Ann SLOAN; he md. 2nd in 1849 Eunice WETHERBEE.

Row 11

 

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268. PEEK, Henry G.; d. Oct. 9, 1852; d. in Sierra Co., CA; ae 19y 13d).

269. PEEK, Our Father, John; d. Nov. 30, 1861; ae 69y

A.P. (Probably Anna Garrison Peek, wife, wife of John Peek )

270. PEEK, Elsey; d/o John and Ann PEEK; d. Sept. 6, 1840/46; ae 3y.

271. HOWARD, Father, Julian R.; 1815 - 1883

Card File TR Library - NR Jan. 20, 1883; he d. 13 Jan., 1883 in Holton, Muskegon Co., MI.

 

272. HOWARD, Mother, Eliza J.; 1827 - 1904

Card File TR Library - NR June 2, 1904; b. Mar., 1827, Goshen, NY; maiden name PEEK; buried May 22, 1904.

273. HOWARD, Anna E.; 1858 - 1884

Card File TR Library – NR Feb. 9 & 16, 1884; d. Jan. 30, 1884 in Cedar Springs,  MI; ae 25y.

274. HOWARD, Henry G.; s/o JR & E HOWARD; d. Dec. 15, 1854.

275. HOWARD, James Ellard; w/o JR & EJ HOWARD; d. Mar. 25, 1848; ae 7y.

276. ELLIOTT, Edith HOWARD; w/o Ellsworth ELLIOT; b. Mar. 19, 1866; d. Nov. 18,  1939.

277. HOWARD, John [Deacon]; b. Bolton, CT on April 8, 1782; d. Dec. 4, 1874; ae 92y.

278. HOWARD, Patty; w/o John HOWARD; d. Apr. 17, 1859; ae 75y 8m 8da.

279. GLADDING, John; d. Apr. 20, 1845; ae 1y.

PBASJC page 197 -John P. GLADDING was b. 22 July, 1815 in Providence, RI, the s/o Timothy and Elizabeth (PERRIN) GLADDING; md. Oct. 10, 1839 Martha Emily HOWARD, d/o John & Patty (LOOMIS) HOWARD of Bolton, CT.

 

280. COGSWELL, Evaline; w/o A. COGSWELL; d. Aug. 29, 1845; ae 42y 1m 24d.

281. PEEK, Olive GARRISON; w/o Jesse J. PEEK; d. May 5, 1896 (1836); ae 38yr 1m  21da.

282. BERRY, Cornelia M. GARRISON; w/o Leonard BERRY; d. Jan. 14, 1858 (1838); ae 27y ?m 1da.

283. BERRY, Leonard; 1811 - 1875

284. MASSER, Wallis W.; s/o  W. & R. MASSER; d. Apr. 19, 1865; ae 19y 4m 6da.

285. CLARK, Mary C.; w/o SM CLARK; d. Jan. 21, 1861; ae 22y 6m 17da.

286. OERNST, Archebald/A.C.; 1813 - 1860

DAR Records - d. Jan. 8, 1860; ae 47y.

287. OERNST, Jane; w/o AC; 1822 - 1860

DAR Records - d. Dec. 1, 1857.

288. OERNST, Ellene; d/o AC & E OERNST; d. Jan. 12, 1860; ae 22da.

289. OERNST, Harriette E.; d/o AC & E OERNST; d. Mar. 22, 1854; ae 1y.

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Section 3: Starting at the Northeast Corner

290. MITCHELL, Karen; 1954 - 1985

291. REAM, Wilma J.; Nov. 11, 1906 - ; md. March 15, 1924;

292. REAM, Ross L.; b. Mar. 14, 1906; d. June 25, 1985.

293. HOYT, D.D.; 1904 - 1983

294. LEPIANKA, Mitchell; 1918 - 1986; Halverson Chapel.

295. WORDELMAN, Richard N.; 1930 - 1986; md. Feb. 18, 1950.

296. WORDELMAN, Barbara J.; 1928 -

Section 4 Starting at the Northeast Corner

297. TRATTLES, Kathryn L.; Sept. 3, 1928 -

298. TRATTLES, Elmer F.; Mar. 4, 1914 - Dec. 18, 1983.

299. HAWKINS, Love is our cherished gift; Robert J.; 1954 -

300. HAWKINS, Marjorie M., 1930 -

301. HAWKINS, Junior C.; 1934

+302. HAYES, Michael A.; 1965 - 1987

+302. HAYES, Michael Allen; Sgt. US Army; Sept. 4, 1965 – May 5, 1987.

The following graves were not located during this survey, but are on the DAR record of October, 1915.                  

                                                               

303. BARTON, Mariah; w/o John BARTON; d. Mar. 27, 1851;  ae 45y.                                               

304. COGSWELL, Mary; d/o A & E COGSWELL; d. Sept. 20, 1846; ae 1y.                                         

305. DANIELS, Leonard C.; b. Feb. 7, 1842; d. July 20, 1865.                                                

306. DANIELS, Helenda V.; d/o John & Priscilla DANIELS;   d. Sept. 12, 1855; ae 22y.                           

307. DANIELS, C.; b. Dec. 27, 1828; d. Nov. 25, 1906.     

308. DANIELS, John; d. 1882                               

309. DANIELS, Matilda; b. Jan. 7, 1839; d. Feb. 16, 1841.                                                

310. DIMICK, Marion F.                                    

                                                               

311. FREISE, Sarah M.; 1845 - 1912                        

312. GARRISON, Clara A.; w/o Lewis GARRISON; d. Feb. 12,  1894; ae 89y - also w/o

Edwin GORWIN.                

 

313. GARRISON, Henry; d. Nov. 25, 1875; ae 66y.           

314. HULL, William; s/o H&B HULL; d. Mar. 27, 1859; ae 18y 3m 21da.                                          |

315. HULL, Adam; s/o William HULL; d. May 25, 1869; ae 13y 5m 20da.                                         

316. LANDIS, Adaelen; d/o J&R LANDIS; dd. Oct. 12, 1862;  ae 4y 5m 28da.                                       

                                                               

317. PEEK, Jesse - data listed for him was on his wife's tombstone.     

318. ROYS, Samuel; d. Nov. 9, 1876; ae 72y 4m 19da.       

Key to Abbreviations Used in Gravestone Survey Notes

Card File, Three Rivers Library - Information recorded on 3 x 5 cards taken from death certificates, news clippings, obituaries, cemetery records, etc.  Located in the local history room.

PBASJC - Portrait and Biographical Album of St. Joseph County

HSJCM  - Everts, L.H., THE HISTORY OF ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MICHIGAN, 1877, Philadelphia

TRT - Three Rivers TRIBUNE

TRC - Three Rivers COMMERCIAL

WC - Western CHRONICLE

NR - NEWS REPORTER

TRH - Three Rivers HERALD

3RR - Three Rivers REPORTER

BUDGET - Dixon, Ben F., VANDERCOOK, JANS, FRANCISCO: BUDGET OF FAMILY HISTORY, uncopyrighted manuscript, San Diego, California, 1968, Library of Congress CS71 V2283 1968, 96 pages plus charts.  Not eliable, especially in regards to those periods prior to and including the Revolutionary War.

76SMC - 1976 SURVEY OF MORRISON CEMETERY, FABIUS TOWNSHIP, ST. JOSEPH CO., MICHIGAN by Roeberta Shingledecker, Trudy Shingledecker and Lori Rumsey, Summer, 1976.

PFANKUCHE - VANDERCOOKS: THE EARLY GENERATIONS by Louise M. Bachman Pfankuche, 11522 Norby Rd., Kansas City, MO 64137, unpublished manuscript, 1990.

RIKERGEN - THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF SIMON VAN NESS AND HESTER DELAMATER by David M. Riker, Chairman of the Committee for Genealogy, The Holland Society, New York City, NY, 200 pp., 1981-1984, on file at the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York.

NYGBR - NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, newsletter

of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 122 E. 58th St., New York, New York 10022.

NY IN REV - NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION, James A. Roberts, Controller, J.B. Lyon, publisher, 1904, page 125-128.

 

DAR BIBLE REC - DAR FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS ON MICROFILM - WEATHERWAX.  From The Genealogical Society of Utah (now the Family History Library,) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Genealogical Library, 25 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150.  This transcription was taken by Margaret Van Epps on 19 December, 1924 from a Bible owned at that time by Mrs. Isaac Schermerhorn, 91 Bruce St., Scotia, NY.