A Dozen Daffodils for the Dearly Departed

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D4-2011-2-cr.jpg 559KB: DDDD 2010 For a second year, a hardy crew braved windy weather to plant 36 dozen daffodils at graves in Riverside, Douglas and Taylor cemeteries. Plots were selected, in the most part, to address folks with no descendants or no local ones remaining. Thanks to HUNTREE for providing a 12 dozen of the bulbs used. Volunteers included Joy Muhlenbeck, Doreen and Nathan Tubergen, Charlie Hancock and Chris Yoder. A brief sketch of those recognized appears below: Riverside 1. Rev Ezra Scovel (1794-1874) -Graduate of Middlebury College, VT. Pastored in Mexico, NY and elsewhere. "Mr. S. was not a man of the most exact habits. His penmanship was a scrawl ; his horse was seldom harnessed aright; his fences tumbled down; and his garden grew over with weeds ; he was always forgetting something; when "father Robinson," a paragon of precision, his successor, went into the barn, he looked around and inquired where brother Scovel hung his harness, and was told that he never hung it anywhere ; he kept it on the floor." It is also written that "He was a kind pastor, and a clear, concise, sententious preacher. In the communion service, it was conceded that his equal was seldom found." Survived by a daughter in New York. 2. Mary (1826-1892) and Anna (1861-1881) Dana- Mary came to Michigan in 1865 with her husband David Dana, a brother of Charles A. Dana, then acting Secretary of War in Washington. She was widowed. In the death notice for daughter Anna who died at 20 of consumption (TB), the Commercial Record writes of Charles Dana, then of the New York Sun newspaper " Upon application at her death, he sent her the magnificent sum of $10. You may expect to hear at any time now that the subscription price of the Sun has been advanced". Both rest in Potters field in unmarked graves. 3. Pierce (1810-1886) and Abbigail (1817-1890) Abbey- both born in Ireland. Family left for America in 1849 and soon came to Saugatuck, where they remained. Members of All Saints Church. 4. Robert Abbey (1843-1877)- Only son of Pierce and Abbigail. Fell from the scow Sea Bird about 7:35 am on Oct 16th a mile off McVea's Point and two and one half miles from the Saugatuck piers. 5. Jennie Abbey (1852-1892)- unmarried daughter of Pierce and Abbigail. Had been in an asylum in Kalamazoo at time of death. 6. James (1828-1888) and Martha (1831-1901) and Sue Hibberdine (1869-1897) - James was born in England, served as a corporal in the American Civil War, after which he and family moved to Saugatuck, where they owned a small plot of land on the northwest corner of Maple and Allegan streets. Daughter Susie, care giver for her widowed mother, was a popular young lady who died unexpectedly following surgery on a tumor. 7. Marjorie Breckenridge (1895-1976) Longtime Saugatuck librarian, died at her home in the Maplewood Apartments of an aneurysm. Member of the Saugatuck Woman's Club, OES, and All Saints' Episcopal Church. 8. Florence M. Snyder Brittain (1854-1884) Wife of Capt. R. C. Brittain. Died following birth of a daughter, who also died. 9. George (1835-1917) and Martha (1836-24) Hames - Accomplished carpenter, came to Saugatuck to build the Saugatuck House in about 1856. Built many of the houses in Saugatuck, Douglas and Singapore. He died following a fall from a ladder. Martha was a charter member of the Congregational Church. 10. Mattie Hirner (1884-1975) - Worked as a bookkeeper for the Post Office and later for the Saugatuck Lumber and Coal Company. Active member of the Congregational Church. 11. -Rev. Alexander (1844-1914) and Jeanette (1862-1956) Thomson - Alexander was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Served in the Civil War. A pastor and poet (see: http://sdhistoricalsociety.org/SDHSWeb/Stories/RevThomson-Pt1.htm ). After his death, Jeanette operated the "Oak Openings" summer camp (now "Pine Trails") Douglas 1. William (1836-1914) and Mary Stowe (1824-1903) Oliver- Early resident of Saugatuck and Manlius Twps, who in 1862 enlisted Co. L 4th Mich Cav. He was one of the captors of Jefferson Davis. He and Mary had no children. 2. Martin Crowner (1923-1999) Long-time Douglas Department of Public Works employee. (His widow is still living in Fennville..perhaps we should drop him…the bulbs are there however) 3. Reuben Smith (1807-1873) b. NY Farmer, husband of Susan Felton. Came to Allegan County in 1863. Father of Delos and Fernando Smith and Chloe Lakie. 4. Martha (1836-1893) and Clark Gillespie (1825-1916) - Devout wife and atheist husband, rest side by side. Martha's inscription reads: ""I die a Christian. I leave this earth, for the glory of heaven to draw nigh to God until we meet again at heaven's gate." Clark had the following placed on his marker: And the atheist above named at the end of life will sleep beneath here Beside his wife. 5. James Leroy "Dude" Hayes - Died at a lumber camp in Homer, Michigan, supposedly of intestinal trouble. His body was shipped off to a medical school in Ann Arbor. His sister learned of it and went to identify the remains, and found the head had been crushed. She suspected the company shipped off the body quickly to avoid paying damages to the family. 6. Shirley Cook- beloved mother of Danny (at "Ida Red's") 7. Frank W. and Nettie Hutchinson Wade- "First white child born in Douglas" in 1853. A faithful public servant, filling township and village offices, as Supervisor, and President of the village several years, and many other offices, and was always interested in the home town's civic needs and improvement. He learned the printer's trade when a young man and printed the "Commercial" at Saugatuck for twenty years. 8. Fabian Snay & wife - French Canadian who came to Michigan in the 1830s as a fur trader. I helped Louis Campau with the settlement at Grand Rapids and served in the Blak Hawk War. Moved to Pigeon Creek, Ottawa County, where he made his living by fishing. Finally, before 1870, the whole family, his Native American wife and eight children moved to Saugatuck, where two of his girls married Shashaguay men. The Saugatuck Snays were known as Great Lakes sailors, and later ship's engineers. Taylor (8 dozen) 1. Orren Bankson (1848-1880)- GAR, son of Levi an Lois Bankson of Van Buren Co, MI. Enlisted as a Private on 26 February 1864 at the age of 18. Enlisted in Company D, 12th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 26 Feb 1864. Dishonorably discharged Company D, 12th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 28 Feb 1865 at DeVall's Bluff, AR. 2. Samuel (1840-1903) and Mary Jane Hamilton (1839-1930) Wanner- Born in Berne Switzerland. Came to Ganges in 1865 and married Miss Hamilton in 1873. A fruit grower. He died in Roseland, La. 3. George Lohmann (1796-1861)- Father of Mrs. A. W. Dressel. Born in Germany. 4. Gypsy Garton Knox (1881-1904) and Infant (1904) - Wife of Russell Knox, daughter of William Garton and Anna Foster. She and her baby both died in childbirth. 5. Ezra Heath (1841-1871) - First Township Clerk for Lee Twp. Treasurer, Town Clerk and J.P. of Clyde. Member Company B, 15th Michigan Infantry. 6. Infant Rockwell (not legible) and Howard Rockwell (1851-1884) Nearly 30 year resident, member of the Methodist Church, leaves a wife (daughter of J S Eddy), children, parents and brother to morn. 7. Frank (1874-1967) and Euretha Miller Mosier (1875-1969)- State Representative and State Senator, Ganges Twp Supervisor for 25 years. Member Douglas Community Church. ###
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DDDD 2010 For a second year, a hardy crew braved windy weather to plant 36 dozen daffodils at graves in Riverside, Douglas and Taylor cemeteries. Plots were selected, in the most part, to address folks with no descendants or no local ones remaining. Thanks to HUNTREE for providing a 12 dozen of the bulbs used. Volunteers included Joy Muhlenbeck, Doreen and Nathan Tubergen, Charlie Hancock and Chris Yoder. A brief sketch of those recognized appears below: Riverside 1. Rev Ezra Scovel (1794-1874) -Graduate of Middlebury College, VT. Pastored in Mexico, NY and elsewhere. "Mr. S. was not a man of the most exact habits. His penmanship was a scrawl ; his horse was seldom harnessed aright; his fences tumbled down; and his garden grew over with weeds ; he was always forgetting something; when "father Robinson," a paragon of precision, his successor, went into the barn, he looked around and inquired where brother Scovel hung his harness, and was told that he never hung it anywhere ; he kept it on the floor." It is also written that "He was a kind pastor, and a clear, concise, sententious preacher. In the communion service, it was conceded that his equal was seldom found." Survived by a daughter in New York. 2. Mary (1826-1892) and Anna (1861-1881) Dana- Mary came to Michigan in 1865 with her husband David Dana, a brother of Charles A. Dana, then acting Secretary of War in Washington. She was widowed. In the death notice for daughter Anna who died at 20 of consumption (TB), the Commercial Record writes of Charles Dana, then of the New York Sun newspaper " Upon application at her death, he sent her the magnificent sum of $10. You may expect to hear at any time now that the subscription price of the Sun has been advanced". Both rest in Potters field in unmarked graves. 3. Pierce (1810-1886) and Abbigail (1817-1890) Abbey- both born in Ireland. Family left for America in 1849 and soon came to Saugatuck, where they remained. Members of All Saints Church. 4. Robert Abbey (1843-1877)- Only son of Pierce and Abbigail. Fell from the scow Sea Bird about 7:35 am on Oct 16th a mile off McVea's Point and two and one half miles from the Saugatuck piers. 5. Jennie Abbey (1852-1892)- unmarried daughter of Pierce and Abbigail. Had been in an asylum in Kalamazoo at time of death. 6. James (1828-1888) and Martha (1831-1901) and Sue Hibberdine (1869-1897) - James was born in England, served as a corporal in the American Civil War, after which he and family moved to Saugatuck, where they owned a small plot of land on the northwest corner of Maple and Allegan streets. Daughter Susie, care giver for her widowed mother, was a popular young lady who died unexpectedly following surgery on a tumor. 7. Marjorie Breckenridge (1895-1976) Longtime Saugatuck librarian, died at her home in the Maplewood Apartments of an aneurysm. Member of the Saugatuck Woman's Club, OES, and All Saints' Episcopal Church. 8. Florence M. Snyder Brittain (1854-1884) Wife of Capt. R. C. Brittain. Died following birth of a daughter, who also died. 9. George (1835-1917) and Martha (1836-24) Hames - Accomplished carpenter, came to Saugatuck to build the Saugatuck House in about 1856. Built many of the houses in Saugatuck, Douglas and Singapore. He died following a fall from a ladder. Martha was a charter member of the Congregational Church. 10. Mattie Hirner (1884-1975) - Worked as a bookkeeper for the Post Office and later for the Saugatuck Lumber and Coal Company. Active member of the Congregational Church. 11. -Rev. Alexander (1844-1914) and Jeanette (1862-1956) Thomson - Alexander was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Served in the Civil War. A pastor and poet (see: http://sdhistoricalsociety.org/SDHSWeb/Stories/RevThomson-Pt1.htm ). After his death, Jeanette operated the "Oak Openings" summer camp (now "Pine Trails") Douglas 1. William (1836-1914) and Mary Stowe (1824-1903) Oliver- Early resident of Saugatuck and Manlius Twps, who in 1862 enlisted Co. L 4th Mich Cav. He was one of the captors of Jefferson Davis. He and Mary had no children. 2. Martin Crowner (1923-1999) Long-time Douglas Department of Public Works employee. (His widow is still living in Fennville..perhaps we should drop him…the bulbs are there however) 3. Reuben Smith (1807-1873) b. NY Farmer, husband of Susan Felton. Came to Allegan County in 1863. Father of Delos and Fernando Smith and Chloe Lakie. 4. Martha (1836-1893) and Clark Gillespie (1825-1916) - Devout wife and atheist husband, rest side by side. Martha's inscription reads: ""I die a Christian. I leave this earth, for the glory of heaven to draw nigh to God until we meet again at heaven's gate." Clark had the following placed on his marker: And the atheist above named at the end of life will sleep beneath here Beside his wife. 5. James Leroy "Dude" Hayes - Died at a lumber camp in Homer, Michigan, supposedly of intestinal trouble. His body was shipped off to a medical school in Ann Arbor. His sister learned of it and went to identify the remains, and found the head had been crushed. She suspected the company shipped off the body quickly to avoid paying damages to the family. 6. Shirley Cook- beloved mother of Danny (at "Ida Red's") 7. Frank W. and Nettie Hutchinson Wade- "First white child born in Douglas" in 1853. A faithful public servant, filling township and village offices, as Supervisor, and President of the village several years, and many other offices, and was always interested in the home town's civic needs and improvement. He learned the printer's trade when a young man and printed the "Commercial" at Saugatuck for twenty years. 8. Fabian Snay & wife - French Canadian who came to Michigan in the 1830s as a fur trader. I helped Louis Campau with the settlement at Grand Rapids and served in the Blak Hawk War. Moved to Pigeon Creek, Ottawa County, where he made his living by fishing. Finally, before 1870, the whole family, his Native American wife and eight children moved to Saugatuck, where two of his girls married Shashaguay men. The Saugatuck Snays were known as Great Lakes sailors, and later ship's engineers. Taylor (8 dozen) 1. Orren Bankson (1848-1880)- GAR, son of Levi an Lois Bankson of Van Buren Co, MI. Enlisted as a Private on 26 February 1864 at the age of 18. Enlisted in Company D, 12th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 26 Feb 1864. Dishonorably discharged Company D, 12th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 28 Feb 1865 at DeVall's Bluff, AR. 2. Samuel (1840-1903) and Mary Jane Hamilton (1839-1930) Wanner- Born in Berne Switzerland. Came to Ganges in 1865 and married Miss Hamilton in 1873. A fruit grower. He died in Roseland, La. 3. George Lohmann (1796-1861)- Father of Mrs. A. W. Dressel. Born in Germany. 4. Gypsy Garton Knox (1881-1904) and Infant (1904) - Wife of Russell Knox, daughter of William Garton and Anna Foster. She and her baby both died in childbirth. 5. Ezra Heath (1841-1871) - First Township Clerk for Lee Twp. Treasurer, Town Clerk and J.P. of Clyde. Member Company B, 15th Michigan Infantry. 6. Infant Rockwell (not legible) and Howard Rockwell (1851-1884) Nearly 30 year resident, member of the Methodist Church, leaves a wife (daughter of J S Eddy), children, parents and brother to morn. 7. Frank (1874-1967) and Euretha Miller Mosier (1875-1969)- State Representative and State Senator, Ganges Twp Supervisor for 25 years. Member Douglas Community Church. ###

Name/Title

A Dozen Daffodils for the Dearly Departed

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.428

Scope and Content

Press stories about volunteers planting daffodil flowers on the graves at Riverside, Douglas and Taylor cemeteries. Chris Yoder spearheaded this "DDDD" project to bring color and remembrance to the community and researched/wrote the biographical blurbs.

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Cemeteries and graves

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Winthers, Sally

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2023.10

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Wade, Frank W. 1853-1947, Hibberdine, James 1828-1888, Breckenridge, Marjorie "Marge" 1896-1976, Brittain, Florence M. (Snyder) 1854-1884, Hames, George W. 1834-1917, Hames, Martha A. (Barnes) 1836-1925, Thomson, Alexander 1844-1914, Yoder, Chris, Waugon, Benjamin John 1881-1916, Haselgren, Elmer "Whistling Bill" 1869-1932, Hull, Isabella "Belle" G. 1829-1902, Springer, William J. 1883-1941, Springer, Alys 1904-1941, Arnold, George Thomas 1846-1921, Breuckman, Minnie 1869-1934, Brittain, Ralph Case 1842-1905, Huntinghouse, Rudolph G. 1861-1954, Veits, Jessie Della 1885-1978, Snay, Joseph Febian 1893-1937, Butler, William Gay 1799-1857, Welch, Horace G. 1856-1932, Kirby, John 1829-1882, Gerber, Minnie Belle (Spencer) 1852-1942, Lawrence, Orrin A. 1845-1890, Tuttle, Levi 1829-1921

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Dozen Daffodils for the Dearly Departed 2010 Riverside: 1. Elmer Haselgren (Whistling Bill) (1869-1939)- The porter at the hotel (now Coral Gables), a friendly musical character nick-named "Whistling Bill". After his death, friends took up a collection to pay for his stone. Never married. 2. Isabella Hull (1829-1902)- A first cousin of Vice President Adlai Stevenson. As a young waitress at the hotel in Bloomington, IL she often saw Lincoln and Douglas when they came to town. After the death of her husband William, she became indigent and had to go to the poor farm. 3. William (1883-1941) and Alys Springer (1904-1941)- ( owners of the Kemah in the 1930s. He was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade. His young widow died a few months after him in 1941, leaving two children. The son died in WWII. 4. George T. Arnold (1846 -1921) and 5. Susan Breuckman Arnold (1854-1932)- Prominent businessman in both Saugatuck and Mackinac Island. He formed the Arnold Ferry Company which is still in operation today serving Mackinac Island. No children. 6. Minnie Breuckman (1869-1934)- Sister of Mrs. Arnold. Never married. Helped form the SHS Alumni Association, and left the family home to the Woman's Club, with a bequest to help build the meeting hall behind it. 7. R. C. Brittain (1842-1905)- Prominent Saugatuck shipping magnate and boat builder. 8. R G Huntinghouse (1861-1954) - Chicago Dance master extraordinaire. First President of the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, 1913-1914, an organization which is still in existence. Taught dance at the pavilion in the summers for many years. 9. Everett Banks (1874-1900) - A young Chicago man who came to work here and drowned in the Kalamazoo River near the ferry. He left a wife and two children in Chicago. Twenty-one years after his death, his mother was laid to rest beside him. 10. Thomas Benton (1860-1929) and Marie (1861-1949) Dates - One time principal of the Douglas School and later operator of Bird Center resort. Their daughter Ruth died in childhood. 11. James Avery (1832-1911)- Civil War veteran and blacksmith. Worked as a wagon maker with S. C. Reed. Never married. 12. Jessie Viets (1885-1978)- Sea Captain's daughter. "Sweet maiden lady" who "didn't have much, but what she did she gave to others". 13. Benjamin John Waugon (? - 1933) - Unmarked grave. Reputed "grandson of Chief Pokagon… whose father Leopold deeded to the US Government over 1 million acres of land on which Chicago now stands." He attended Saugatuck Schools and the Haskell Indian School in Kansas. Never married. 14. Joe Snay (1893-1937)- Veteran of WWI. Son of Capt Joseph Snay. He taught May Francis Heath to drive a car. Single. 15. William Gay Butler (1799-1857)- Founder of Saugatuck. Died in an accident while rolling logs. No living descendants. Douglas 1. Jacob Fox (1807-1871)- Born in Pa. After his death the family moved to Parker, Florida. 2. Horace G. Welch (1856-1932)- Prominent Fruit grower. Drain commissioner and as school inspector. Never married. 3. John Kirby (1829-1882)- A harness maker, born in NY. Father-in-law of Sarah Gill Kirby, who built the Kirby House. 4. William Hill ( -1868)- Civil War veteran. Buried in Potters Field. 5. Katherine Elizabeth Upton - No stone. ( -1952) - maiden lady. 6. Isabell Murt ( -1873)- Infant daughter of Patrick Murt, Civil War veteran. 7. Minnie Belle Spencer Gerber (1862-1942) - Wife of Daniel Gerber. Daughter of the Douglas pioneer M. B. Spencer, whose home was on the site of Tara. 8. Theresa Putnam Manvel (1848-1870)- Daughter of Dyer Putnam and Elizabeth Conger. Taylor 1. Orrin (1845-1890) and Susan (1851-1894) Lawrence- Civil War veteran and ships mate, mysteriously vanished from the steam barge H. A. Root about 12 miles from Michigan City. Some speculate a member of the crew threw him over. 2. Leonidas H. Dunn (1847-1864)- Civil war casualty whose body is reportedly at the Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville, KY. 3. Rev. John M. (1792-1872) and Eliza (1795-1869) Wever, early Methodist minister. Parents of NY Congressman John Madison Wever. 4. Stella Toby- age 25, first wife of Rev S.D. Tobey who is buried in Oakland, Iowa. 5. Levi Tuttle (1829-1921) and wives Mary ( - 1882) and Amanda Tidd (1846-1919). Civil War veteran, he was part of the detachment which captured Jefferson Davis. "Levi Tuttle died in Saugatuck but was not buried here. He has a tombstone in the Taylor Cemetery, Ganges, where his wife is buried, but his part of the stone does not have a date. Still there was none of the family left to see to the engraving..." -- Kit Lane, April 2008 6. Dorcas Ballard Storms (1783-1871)- wife of Peter Storms. 7. Hannah Fritts (1823-1892) - who was she? 8. Dr. Frank Chenoweth (1837-1877)- Ganges area doctor, is buried in Seneca Kansas "gave his life for others". Was in poor heath when he sold his practice in 1875 to Dr. Eugene Brunson and moved to Kansas where he worked with the Indians. His widow returned to Ganges. -In addition, at Taylor, 30 tulips (aka "mole food") were planted around the Civil War Memorial, and another 30 around three Hyet infants and Tula Lawrence, 2 yr old daughter of #1 above).

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2016 Cemetery Daffodils- Part Two Continuing the article about the annual daffodil bulb at the graves of local “orphans” (people without descendants or whose family has moved away) at Riverside Cemetery this year. Others whose graves were selected for bulbs this year include: Just to the left of the Brueckman stones mentioned last month lies Addie Cook , wife of Jay W. Cook. Adelaide (nee Hutchinson) married Jay on Apr 21, 1867. Jay’s parents, Dr. James B. Cook and Catherine Beadle were divorced in 1868. “Addie” apparently died in childbirth March 15, 1868. In the 1870 census, Jay and 2 year old son Eugene are shown living in the household of his uncle Warren Cook with the occupation of “warehouse keeper”. Warren was a Justice of the Peace at that time and also is known to have been one of the original trustees of the village of Saugatuck when the first election was held in 1868. Jay remarried, had more children, and moved to Lansing and eventually died there in 1924. We don’t know what happened to their son Eugene. George Jr Hall- (1926-1947) veteran of the US Navy, WWII. Died of a skull fracture at age 21. Application for a military marker was signed by H. S. Hall of Kendallville, IN. Edward Arends (born at 1862 Singapore- died 1898 Saugatuck). He was the son of Arend S Arends and Atta Huringa/Heeringa both born in Europe. He served as a “wheelsman” on the steamer Bon Ami. He was taken sick of congestion of the bowels and taken to the home of his brother Seaton Arends, where he died the following day. He never married and had no descendants Ed Bedford (1851-1890) & his wife Alice Alvord (1857-1882). Alice died in 1882, two months after having given birth to a daughter also named Alice. The following day their 3 year old son Claude died of Scarlet fever. Daughter Alice married and died in Tucson, Arizona in 1932. Charles Dickinson age 80, (1795 Mass-1876 Saugatuck) occupation -farmer. He was the son of Elisha Dickinson who served in the Revolutionary War and Hannah Billings of Hampshire County, Mass. Although there is a marker by his stone saying he was a Civil War veteran, it seems unlikely due to his age at the time. Hames Infants - d 1880 1881- hard to read details. George Hames was born in Rochester, NY, in 1834, He was orphaned in Battle Creek at age 11 and learned the carpenter trade. He first came to Saugatuck to help build the Saugatuck House. In 1859 he married Miss Martha Barnes and they resided in the village sixty years as man and wife, living in the home which still stands, directly beside the Congregational church. Seven children were born, two sons dying in infancy, and these are the ones getting bulbs.. Enoch Simpson (born 1812 in England and died at Saugatuck Mar. 2, 1872) married Mary Jane Riheldaffar and they she came to Michigan in 1858. In 1870 census he is shown as a farmer with 1 horse, 1 milk cow, 2 working oxen, 90 bushels of Rye. Their son Enoch T Simpson died in the prison camp at Andersonville, GA on 18 Jul 1864 and is buried in the National Cemetery there. Mary Jane m2. William Dornan of Plummerville. Daughter Annie Marie married and moved to Marshalltown, IA. Frank Snay died on Aug. 13, 1889 age 11 months of cholera. He was the son of Great Lakes Capt. Joseph Snay and his wife Mary Spoors. Joseph was a son of of the French Indian guide Fabien Snay who rests in an unmarked grave in the Douglas cemetery. Joseph St. Clair (Sinclair). Died as a result of being crushed by an elevator in Chicago on Aug. 13, 1889, leaving a wife and three children. He was brought home to Saugatuck by steamer for burial. GAR- Sept 26 1884, Co B 13th Regt Mic Inf. He enlisted Sep. 3, 1864 and was discharged Jun 8, 1865. He was a member and flag holder of GAR post 460.

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May 26, 2026

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May 26, 2026