CASS COUNTY, MICHIGAN ~ MORTALITY
COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCHES
MADE BY THE
MICHIGAN PIONEER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Vol. XXVI
LANSING, ROBERT SMITH & CO., STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS1896
CASS COUNTY
BY GEN. GEO. T. SHAFFER
ALBERT ACKERMAN, born in New Jersey, November 27, 1847, came to Cass county when a small boy, died in LaGrange September 11, 1894.
REBECCA ARMSTRONG, born in Indiana, in 1841, died in Adamsville, November 4, 1894.
MARTHA J. BEMENT, born in Ontwa, April 14, 1855, married to L. C. Thompson in September, 1880, died in Ontwa, August 4, 1894.
AMANDA BOGART, born in Ohio in 1825, came to Cass county more than 50 years ago, died in Mason, October 14, 1894.
MARY J. BONNEY, born in Yates county, N. Y., October 23, 1849, married to Martin V. Dunning October 18, 1869, died in Pokagon, January 20, 1895.
SAMUEL BLATCHLEY, born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1825, came to Michigan in 1842, and to Dowagiac in 1862, died January 20, 1895.
JAMES BRONNER, born in Herkimer county, N. Y., July 15, 1827, came to Cass county in 1856, died in Cassopolis, March 17, 1895.
ELVIRA E. BROWN, born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., May 16, 1826, married to Dr. Alonzo Garwood October 22, 1850 and came to Cassopolis where she died January 12, 1895.
MRS. GRANT BOWEN, for more than 50 years a resident of Michigan, died in Marcellus, September 11, 1894, aged 83 years.
HESTER BROWN, born in Pennsylvania in 1811, died in Marcellus September 11, 1894.
MAHALA BROWN, born in Virginia in 1836, came to Michigan in 1849, died in Calvin, September 5, 1894.
CORWIN D. BROWNELL, born in Onondaga county, N. Y., May 30, 1846, came to Dowagiac in 1858, and there died January 9, 1895.
MARIAN L. BUGBEE, born in Oakland county, September 8, 1840, came to this county in 1848, married to Dr. Robert Patterson October 18, 1866, died in Cassopolis May 19, 1895.
SARAH A. CAMP, born in Erie county, N. Y., October 11, 1806, married to Horace B. Dunning, October 25, 1836, came to Michigan the same year, died in Cassopolis September 30, 1894.
MARY C. CARPENTER, died in Marcellus November 21, 1894, at the age of 78.
MESSIC CARPENTER, born in Delaware in 1800, came to Cass county in 1837, died in Edwardsburg March 1, 1895.
ADONIJAH CAWHAN, born in England in 1813, died in Volinia, November 11, 1894.
MRS. JANE B. CLARKE, born in New York City, August 2, 1815, married to Joseph B. Clarke June 30, 1836, came to Dowagiac in 1859, and died April 19, 1895.
JOSEPH B. CLOUD, born in France in 1823, died in Howard January 14, 1895.
WILLIAM COOKE, born in Ireland in 1831, came to Silver Creek in 1876, and there died March 18, 1895.
JAMES COKER, a resident of Calvin for 40 years, died December 4, 1894, at the age of 73 years.
ALZINA CRANDALL, born in Chenango county, N. Y., February 5, 1825, married to Edmond G. Black August 24, 1844, came to Michigan in 1846, died in Cassopolis, May 29, 1895.
ANNA M. CROMB, born in Germany in 1849, died in Wayne, December 14, 1894.
MRS. CORNELIUS CURRAN, born in Ireland in 1829, for 40 years a resident of Silver Creek, died in Dowagiac, December 21, 1894,
SUSAN B. DAVIS, born in Onondaga county, N. Y., in 1825, came to Cass county in 1857, died in Jones, December 2, 1894.
MRS. DENNIS, for many years a resident of Silver Creek, died in Dowagiac, July 24, 1894.
AUSTIN M. DICKSON, born in LaGrange in 1832, for many years a prominent business man at Dowagiac, died at LaCross, Wis., April 29, 1895.
JOHN E. DIEFENBACHER, born in Pennsylvania in 1824, died in Ontwa, August 21, 1894.
SARAH ANN DINE, born in Butler county, Ohio, November 26, 1833, came to Michigan in 1839, married to William Squires, 1856, died in Wayne, May 20, 1895.
MRS. DODDS, died in Howard, January 2, 1895, aged 87 years.
JAMES M. EAST, born in Wayne county, Ind., April 7, 1825, came to Cass county in 1833, died in Vandalia, March 13, 1895.
GEORGE D. FLETCHER, a resident of the county some 20 years ago, died at Vicksburg, April 17, 1895, aged 59 years.
GEORGE W. FOX, born in Cass county August 1, 1845, died in LaGrange, November 10, 1894.
DAVID FROST, born in New York in 1811, died in Pokagon, November 8, 1894.
MARTHA GARRISON, born in Bergen county, N. Y., October 3, 1820, married to Edmund Thorpe and came to Cass county in 1844, died at Kensington, Ill., January 10, 1895.
JOHN GEE, born in Ohio September 25, 1812, came to LaGrange before 1840, died at the county house in Jefferson, May 30, 1895.
SAMUEL GINTHER, died in Vandalia, June 29, 1894, at an advanced age.
EDWARD GRAHAM, born in Pennsylvania in 1810, came to Cassopolis in 1842, and died October 28, 1894.
JOHN H. HAIN, born in Logan county, Ohio, January 16, 1822, came to Michigan in 1861, died in Vandalia, November 12, 1894.
MRS. JAMES HARLEY, born in England in 1821, came to America in 1850, and soon after settled in Dowagiac, where she died January 8, 1895.
JOSEPH HARPER, born in Washington county, Pa., December 19, 1805, came to Cassopolis in February, 1835, and there died, August 28, 1894.
FANNY HARTSELL, born in Stark county, Ohio, January 18, 1828, came to Michigan in 1836, married to Horace Cooper September 8, 1844, died in Jefferson, October 31, 1894.
WILLIAM HEDGES, born in England in 1812, settled in Silver Creek in 1867, and there died January 10, 1895.
GEORGE T. HOWARD, born in Kent county, Md., in 1816, came to Ontwa in 1841, and there died, October 15, 1894.
ROBERT T. HUTTON, born in Pokagon, September 15, 1855, killed by railroad engine July 19, 1894.
CHARLES B. JONES, born in Massachusetts in 1854, came to Dowagiac in 1855, and there died June 4, 1895.
ESTHER JONES, born in Preble county, Ohio, January 27, 1814, came to Penn in 1830, married to John Nixon in 1832, died in Marcellus November 10, 1894.
WILLIAM G. JONES, born in Penn, July 16, 1836, died in California, May 11, 1895.
JEREMIAH KEIFER, born in Ohio, in 1833, died in Howard, November 21, 1894.
RANDOLPH F. KELLOGG, born in Watertown, N. Y., in 1857, a former publisher of the Dowagiac Republican, died in Oshkosh, Wis., January 9, 1895.
ELIJAH KINNEY, born in Michigan in 1836, died in Marcellus November 27, 1894.
HARRIET LETT, born in North Carolina in 1823, and a resident of Calvin for 40 years, died February 2, 1895.
WILLIAM A. LUDDINGTON, born in Sumnerville, February 6, 1836, died in California, December 6, 1894.
OLIVE LYLE, born November 5, 1847, in Van Buren county, married J. R. Carr October 1, 1868, and came to Cassopolis, where she died October 28, 1894.
MRS. MABUS, died in Porter, March 11, 1895, aged 80 years.
JANE MC CLOSKY, born in Pennsylvania, in 1845, died in Silver Creek, December 7, 1894.
REV. MOSES Q. MC FARLAND, for several years pastor of the Cassopolis Presbyterian church, born in Rutland, Vt., October 3, 1811, died in Allangan county, August 27, 1894.
MARGARET MC MICHAEL, born in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1819, married to N. B. Dennis in 1842, came to Milton in 1847, and there died, April 27, 1895.
SUSANNA MECHLING, born in Westmoreland county, Pa., November 6, 1809, married to Jacob Butts, Nov. 12, 1829, died in Cassopolis, May 6, 1895.
JAMES A. MITCHELL, born in North Carolina, died in Calvin, October 22, 1894, aged 65 years.
MRS. ROBERT F. MOORE, died in Pokagon, October 27, 1894, aged 67 years.
MISS ANN MOORLAG, died in Penn, November 10, 1894, aged 60 years.
SAMUEL MORRIS, born in Ohio in 1824, came to Cass county in 1828, died at Little Prairie Ronde, April 19, 1895.
ELIZABETH NORTON, born in Jefferson, January 13, 1834, married to W. W. Peck, December 2, 1853, and after his death to Isaac Bovee, and in August, 1887, to Charles C. Sherrill, died December 5, 1894.
LEONARD R. NORTON, born in Calvin in 1842, died in Chicago, March 24, 1895.
ELIZABETH OAKES, born in Lancaster county, Pa., June 26, 1826, married to David Wade in 1849, died in Jefferson, September 29, 1894.
LAURA PARMALEE, born in Erie county, N. Y., May 28, 1811, was married to E. C. Smith, January 11, 1832, died in Howard, July 12, 1894.
EDWIN H. PEARCE, born in New York City, November 1, 1824, came to Michigan while yet a boy, died in Wayne, September 13, 1894.
NANCY JANE PECK, born in Champaign county, Ohio, December 14, 1828, came to Jefferson in July, 1836, married Horatio H. Loomis October 6, 1858, died in Jefferson, January 31, 1895.
FRANK PHILLIPS, born February 22, 1859, died in Dowagiac, March 15, 1895.
SAMUEL PLOTNER, a respected citizen, died in Adamsville, March 3, 1895, aged 78 years.
FRED POST, born in Germany, in 1825, died in Pokagon, July 20, 1894.
HANNAH POTTER, born in Batavia, N. Y., May 13, 1813, came to Michigan in 1838, died in Pokagon, January 5, 1895.
OLIVE PUFFER, born March 4, 1820, in Oswego county, N. Y., married Ralph Sloan in 1841, died in Newberg, July 27, 1894.
JOHN B. REED, born in Indiana, January 5, 1824, a resident of Calvin for 8 years, died January 18, 1895.
GERTRUDE RESHORE, born in Ohio, March 8, 1846, married to Thaddeus Hampton, October 20, 1873, died in Wayne, December 13, 1894.
HANNAH, wife of Abraham RINEHART, died at her home in Porter, August 22, 1894, in the 67th year of her age.
EMELINE L. ROBINSON, born in Logan county, Ohio, October 1, 1828, came to Michigan in 1845, married to Amos F. Northrop in 1850, and died in Calvin, December 28, 1894.
JOHN RODGERS, born in Preble county, Ohio, August 13, 1815, came to Cass county in 1828, died in Pokagon, May 8, 1895.
MARY J. ROUSE, born in Columbia county, N. Y., April 26, 1818, married to Rev. J. Kirby October 19, 1839, came to Michigan in 1847, died in Volinia, February 28, 1895.
ANDREW J. SAMMONS, born in New York, December 26, 1834, came to Pokagon in 1837, died in Kensington, Ill., August 21, 1894.
ELVIRA SANFORD, born in New York, March 25, 1819, married to Chauncey Kennedy and came to Edwardsburg in 1851, died in Benton Harbor, April 28, 1895.
MARIA SANFORD, born in New York, in 1809, died in Volinia, September 14, 1894.
CHARLES SEVERNS, born in New York in 1824, for many years a resident of Jefferson, died July 13, 1894.
MRS. CHARLES SEWARD, born in Pompey, N. Y., in 1807, married February 18, 1824, came to Michigan in 1838, died in Dowagiac, March 4, 1895.
HELEN A. SHERRILL, born in Jefferson, February 1, 1839, married to Albert L. Drew, September 27, 1857, died in Berrien county, December 28, 1894.
NAHUM E. SHEW, aged 85 years, died in Adamsville, September 7, 1894.
CLARENCE SMITH, born in Edwardsburg, died in South Bend, Ind., March 3, 1895.
EZEKIEL C. SMITH, ex-president of Cass county pioneer society, born in Erie county, N. Y., June 6, 1811, came to Howard in 1835, and there died July 30, 1894.
LOANN SLOCUM, born in Oswego county, N. Y., January 6, 1814, married to Leroy L. Curtis October 6, 1839, came to Michigan in an early day, died in Penn, March 9, 1895.
SAMUEL STEPHENSON, born in Logan county, Ohio, in 1819, came to Cass county in 1834, died in Jefferson, April 10, 1895.
ISAAC W. STEWART, born in Calvin, August 2, 1861, died January 5, 1895.
THOMAS STEWART, born at Nashville, Tenn., October 15, 1812, died in Calvin, April 1, 1895.
MILTON STORY died in Porter, October 19, 1894, aged 55 years.
WILLIAM H. STROUD, born in Ohio in 1860, and soon after came to Penn, died in Kansas, February 6, 1895.
NORA SWEENEY, born in Ireland in 1814, died in Silver Creek, September 18, 1894.
HARRIET THOMPSON, born in Vermont in 1803, married to Wilder Manuel in 1822, came to Adamsville in 1855, and there died April 11, 1895.
HENRY THOMPSON, born in Vermont in 1818, came to Cass county in 1838, died in Mason, March 26, 1895.
DR. A. L. THORPE, born in Ohio, November 9, 1826, came to Cass county when but 6 years old, moved to Mishawaka 10 years ago, and there died February 27, 1895.
CHARLES W. THORPE, for many years a resident of Volinia, died February 22, 1895, aged 62 years.
PETER TIETSORT, born in Butler county, Ohio, January 28, 1808, came to Cass county in 1830, died in Mendora, Ill., February 10, 1895.
SARAH TINNEY, born in LaGrange, February 5, 1849, married to Lewis J. Carr, July 4, 1868, died in Dowagiac, December 14, 1894.
HENRY TONER, who came from Canada about the year 1865, died in Penn, April 21, 1895.
MARY UNDERWOOD, born in Rhode Island August 31, 1816, married to G. I. Sherman, December 5, 1839, came to Michigan in 1854, died in Dowagiac, August 6, 1894.
SARAH VAN ORDSTROUD, born in Pennsylvania in 1835, died in Volinia December 12, 1894.
MARY VAN VALKENBERG, born in Michigan in 1845, died in Marcellus, October 19, 1894.
SARAH, wife of Henry VAUGHN, born in North Carolina in 1818, came to Michigan in 1855, died in South Bend, Ind., and was buried in Calvin, January 20, 1895.
ZACHARIAH WADE, born in Calvin in 1849, died in that township, April 26, 1895.
BARBARY WAGNER, born in Pennsylvania in 1816, died in Marcellus, August 18, 1894.
WILLIAM WALDEN, born in South Carolina in 1801, died in Volinia, July 2, 1894.
ADA E. WEATHERWAX, born in Newberg, January 20, 1860, married to Charles E. Rudd November 29, 1879, died in Penn, May 18, 1895.
ELECTA A. WILLARD, born August 23, 1823, married to Plary E. Hayden in 1842, and after his death to James Boyd, died in Cassopolis, April 26, 1895.
JANE WILLIAMS, born in Jefferson in 1850, married to Vincent Reames, and died October 9, 1894.
REASON WILLIAMS, who came from Stark county, Ohio, died in Newberg, June 24, 1894, aged 71 years.
JOAB WRIGHT, died in Penn, November 26, 1894, aged 80 years.