Deaths of Inmates of the Soldiers' Home (Baxter 1891)
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
  • "There have been (August 1889) upward of a hundred and thirty deaths at the institution, of whom about three-fourths were buried at the [Soldiers'] Home Cemetery."
  • From Baxter, Albert, History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Munsell & Co., 1891.
Last Name, First Name, Co., Regiment, Date of Death, Year
Ackley, John, D, 8th Michigan Cavalry, February 25, 1889
Adams, Benjamin, C, 31st Ohio Infantry, Mary 25, 1889
Alderman, William, B, 16th New York Artillery, March 18, 1889
Ameron, James, I, 57th Illinois Infantry, May 25, 1889
Anderson, Alexander, C, 12th Illinois Infantry, May 3, 1886
Armstrong, Thomas, F, 2d Pennsylvania Cavalry, December 21, 1888
Baker, Eli, B, 10th Michigan Infantry, March 9, 1887
Bartell, Nicholas, E, 1st Michigan Cavalry, January 26, 1889
Bebee, Geurdon, C, 8th Vetern Reserve Corps, June 15, 1889
Bills, Albert, K, 1st U. S. Sharp Shooters, March 31, 1889
Black, John S., J, 8th Michigan Cavalry, March 10, 1887
Bolin, Cairo, B, 102d U. S. Colored Troops, May 11, 1887
Briggs, Jason, J, 29th Ohio Volunteers, August 9, 1887
Brown, George, E, 8th Michigan Infantry, May 30, 1887
Bruno, William, , 20th U. S. Colored Troops, June 19, 1888
Bunker, Mortimer, D, 8th Michigan Infantry,  April 28, 1887
Carroll, Charles, , Not an inmate, August 15, 1886
Cassidy, Barney, D, 3d Michigan Cavalry, October 13, 1886
Champagne, Pierre, K, 147th Illinois Infantry, February 24, 1888
Coleman, James L., , 77th Pennsylvania Infantry,  February 23, 1887
Coleman, John C., F, 10th Michigan Cavalry, December 29, 1885
Collins, Michael, A, 1st Michigan Sharp Shooters, December 5, 1885
Cooke, Gabriel, F, 12th Michigan Infantry, September 1, 1886
Cooper, Wesley, C, 137th New York Infantry, November 14, 1888
Corbin, Nathaniel, K, 9th New York Artillery, January 19, 1888
Craig, Vernon, G, 6th Iowa Cavalry, February 26, 1888
Crandall, Charles H., F, 11th Michigan Infantry, April 15, 1886
Crawford, Alonzo P., A,  Battalion U. S. Engineers, January 9, 1889
Cushing, Alonzo, I, 9th Michigan Infantry, September 2, 1886
Daniels, Francis, , Lieutenant 7th Michigan Infantry, December 27, 1887
Decker, John, H, 10th Michigan Infantry, August 19, 1887
Demont, Noah, L, 1st Michigan Engineers and Mech's, December  4, 1886
Densler, John L., D, 29th Michigan Infantry, May 1, 1887
Derby, Leonard, D, 30th Michigan Infantry, February 10, 1889
Drew, James, K, 19th Wisconsin Infantry, January 4, 1889
Elliott, William D., I, 29th Ohio Infantry, September 13, 1888
Emmett, Dagobert, D, 28th Michigan Infantry, January  28, 1888
Estes, Jerome, D, 61st Massachusetts Infantry, March 31, 1889
Fenton, George W., G, 6th Michigan Infantry, October 4, 1885
Fox, Daniel, A, 2d Maine Cavalry, January 22, 1888
Frost, David, F, 15th Michigan Infantry, January 25, 1886
Gaines, Oscar O., H, 1st Michigan Infantry, September 11, 1887
Gereaux, Louis, F, 11th U.S. Infantry, November 10, 1888
Gibson, Asa, E, 4th Michigan Cavalry, December 10, 1888
Gillett, William B., I, 10th Michigan Infantry, July 23, 1886
Gordonier, John W., I, 2d New York Mounted Rifles, October 28, 1887
Gregory, Tuthill R., E, 3d Michigan Cavalry, December 7, 1888
Hall, Othniel, E, 4th Michigan Cavalry, November 23, 1886
Hayes, Sanford E., I, 65th Illinois Infantry, December 25, 1888
Heptner, Paul, , 9th Michigan Cavalry, December 25, 1888
Hibbard, Charles W., K, 4th Maine Infantry,
Higgins, Peter, C, 5th  Michigan Infantry, September 29, 1886
Higgins, W. S., A, 20th Michigan Infantry, September 20, 1887
Hudson, Hezekiah, E, 46th Ohio Infantry, June 7, 1889
Hull, John, , U. S. S. Keystone State, June  13, 1888
James, Silas, D, 13th Michigan Infantry, June 29, 1887
Johnson, Bradley, F, 10th Michigan Infantry, December 22, 1888
Kieley, Michael, B, 14th Michigan Infantry, November 18, 1887
Kilmer, Nelson, C, 21st Michigan Infantry, January 3, 1886
Kimball, Lovell, I, 50th New York Engineers, November 26, 1888
Knowles, George, I, 29th Michigan Infantry, April 17, 1887
Lambert, Samuel, E, 9th Michigan Infantry, April 22, 1888
Lang, Rheinhold, A, 16th Michigan Infantry, December 13, 1886
Leavitt, Lester W., C, 29th Ohio Volunteers, March 24, 1886
Lindsley, Charles, F, 6th Michigan Inf'ry (Heavy Artillery), July 12, 1889
Long, John R., A, 16th Michigan Infantry, October 8, 1886
McDonald, Angus, K, 1st Colorado Cavalry, January 21, 1888
McDonald, Hugh, F, 1st Michigan Engineers and Mech's, October 22, 1887
McMaster, Marcus, E, 129th Indiana Infantry, July 18, 1889
McNamara, Dennis, I, 1st Michigan Engineers and Mech's, October 29, 1888
McWilliams, William G., B, 106th New York Infantry, February 20, 1887
Maule, Uriah,  C, 10th Michigan Cavalry, December 20, 1887
Mawby, William H., G, 52nd New York Infantry, May 23, 1887
Mapes, Samuel, B, 21st Michigan Infantry, July 18, 1889
Markham, Bradley, L, 1st Michigan Light Artillery, June  22, 1889
Merrick, James C., B, 23rd Michigan Infantry,  June 21, 1886
Millard, George I., K, 2d Michigan Cavalry, January 30, 1889
Monch, William, L, N.Y.S.M., February 7, 1887
Moore, John, B, 90th New York Volunteers, June 1, 1886
Morrill, Andrew J., B, U.S. Engineer Corps, April 6, 1886
Morris, Monroe, , Steamer Cairo, U.S. Navy, December 24, 1887
Newcomb, Arrian, C, 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, May 4, 1887
Nichols, William, A, 11th Veteran Reserve Corps, April 23, 1886
Nixon, Sanford B., M, 1st New York Light Artillery, February 25, 1889
Northrop, James B., F, 2d Ohio Infantry, March 13, 1889
O'Day, Andrew, A, 17th Kentucky Cavalry, April 17, 1886
Olin, Oliver B., F, 105th New York Volunteers, March 11, 1886
Osborne, George, C, 9th Michigan Cavalry, April 17, 1886
Pfifer, Antoine, G, 16th Michigan Infantry, December 31, 1887
Pine, Daniel W., E, 122d New York Infantry, April 8, 1889
Praigg, Samuel, H, 11th Michigan Infantry, September 14, 1887
Presley, Francis M., E, 10th New York Artillery, November 28, 1888
Purdy, Heman, K, 4th Michigan Cavalry, December 20
Quackenbush, Eben, B, 1st Michigan Cavalry, December 20, 1886
Reiner, Christian, B, 1st Michigan Light Artillery, March 18, 1887
Robinson, Dewitt C., A, 8th Michigan Cavalry, October 25, 1887
Rosencrans, Jay, B, 29th Michigan Infantry, June 4, 1887
Sanford, Timothy R., K, 19th Ohio Volunteers, March 16, 1886
Schun, Leonard, H, 155th Indiana Infantry, May 10, 1887
Scott, George, G, 15th Michigan Infantry, March 13, 1888
Scribner, Jacob H., I, 105th Indiana Infantry, April 15, 1889
Shadil, Charles F., D, 82d Ohio Infantry, March 24, 1887
Sharples, Joseph, K, 91st Indiana Infantry, March 24, 1887
Shed, Charles, F, 1st Michigan Engineers and Mech's, November 3, 1887
Shintler, Levi, , 14th Battery Mich., Light Artillery, October 19, 1887
Simson, Vinson, L, 3d Michigan Cavalry, June 24, 1889
Smith, Eugene A., B, 8th Michigan Cavalry, March 11, 1888
Smith, Robert K., D, 5th Michigan Infantry, August 29, 1886
Spencer, Abner J., D, 22d Michigan Infantry, January 26, 1888
Spencer, Sylvester, H, 24th New York Volunteers, February 6, 1886
Sprague, Charles, D, 28th Michigan Infantry, September 2, 1887
Stebbins, Harding, C, 9th Michigan Cavalry, August 28, 1886
Strong, Henry N., , 4th Michigan Infantry, August 6, 1886
Studelman, Franz, B, 29th Michigan Infantry, June 15, 1887
Thayer, John, A, 10th New Nork Heavy Artillery, June 27, 1889
Thompson, Morgan, H, 19th Wisconsin Infantry, March 28, 1889
Tooker, George W., J, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, April 27, 1889
Tucker, George, F, 102d U.S. Colored Troops, June 19, 1886
Underwood, John, H, 1st Michigan Engineers and Mech's, November 15, 1887
Van Kuren, Abraham, H, 11st Michigan Infantry, March 12, 1886
Wadsworth, Daniel B., C, 6th New York Cavalry, April 23, 1889
Weitz, Adam, K, 16th Michigan Infantry, May 26, 1889
Wendover, Henry, F, 2d Michigan Cavalry, June 8, 1889
Wheeler, Edwin, B, 12th Michigan Infantry, June 4, 1889
Wickham, Christopher, K, 5th Michigan Infantry, April 4, 1886
Wilson, Hiram A., F, 228th Ohio Infantry, February 26, 1889
Wilson, Mortimer, B, 1st U.S. Cavalry, April 2, 1886
Woodard, Myron C., B, 10th Michigan Infantry, April 2, 1887
Wright, Henry, G, 188th Ohio Infantry, March 11, 1887
Young, William, I, 1st Pennsylvania Volunteers, November 28, 1887
Zeass, Lewis, A, 4th Michigan Infantry, November 19, 1887
 


Document Source: Baxter, Albert, History of the City of Grand Rapids, New York and Grand Rapids: Munsell & Company, Publishers, 1891.
Location of Original: Various.
Transcriber: Jennifer Godwin
Total Names: 135

Created: 22 April 1999