Berrien County, Michigan, Military

Berrien County
Military

Berrien County salutes our past and present Military Personnel. Without them protecting us through the years we truly could not be One Nation Under God, and a Nation of free citizens.
We respectfully bow to your courage.

Please keep in mind that we are currently building this site and we will honor the fallen veterans we know of within our community as information becomes available or is donated to us.
Contact - Deanna West your Berrien County GenWeb Coordinator

Revolutionary War See Below	War of 1812 *See Below*	Civil War	Mexican American War	World War I
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Department of Veteran Affairs	Military Headstones and Markers

Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Berrien County

William Ferguson – buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery (Bertrand Twp) b. VA 1760 and d. 7/1/1844 – stone states he served under Washington.

Levi Brown: - Rose Hill Cemetery, Berrien Springs. - Pvt in Col Jonathans Moalton's Reg. b. 6/11/1763 and d. 10/20/1836

Ezra Chilson – Silver Brook Cemetery, Niles,Pvt. In Lt. Ingalls Co. under Col. Sprout of Mass. Served from June 1778 to January 1779
and another two months in Hopkins Privateer in a Rhode Island Unit. b. 11/ 20/1762 and d. 9/18/1838

Edward Otis, Oakridge Cemetery – Buchanan Pvt. In Conn. Troups b. 4/6/1766 and d. 6/6/1852 other date shows 1851

War of 1812 Veterans buried in Berrien County Michigan

General Calvin Britain – buried in St. Joseph City Cemetery. 1770 to 8 Dec 1840
St. Joseph was first known as Saranac and then Newburyport before ending up with the Name of St. Joseph in 1833.
His son, Calvin Britain, 1800 to 1862 - is credited for the founding of St. Joseph

Stephen Searls 1792 to 1887 - fought on Canadian Soil in the War of 1812 He is buried in St. Joseph “City” Cemetery.

Nathan Knapp – 19 July, 1792 to 12 September 1877 died in Watervliet, and is buried in Coloma Cemetery. (son of Thomas and Martha Knapp)
His wife Phebe was born 27 June 1797 in New York and died 12 April 1874 in Watervliet, Michigan. They had 10 children.

Saturday May 30, 1885 – Local Newspaper
Veterans in Berrien County St. Joseph and Royalton Cemeteries
Please note - some of the dates below were very difficult to read from old print.

St. Joseph Cemetery
Name	Service Record	Died
Capt. C. H Calmer	Co. I 19^th MI Inf.	May 15, 1864
Richrad Lysaght	Co. I 19^th MI Inf	Aug 7, 1872
L. J. Brown	Co. I, 19^th Mich Inf	May 29, 1863
W. W. Brown	Co B, 7^th MI Cav	Nov 16, 1884
Newman Abbott	Co I, 7^th Missouri Inf	Jan 2, 1862
Sam'l J. Stephens	Co A 88^th Ill Inf	Dec 21, 1883
Robt B. King	Co B, 12^th MI Inf	Jun 16, 1870
Lyman Condon	Co. C, 7^th Mich Cav	Jun 15, 1865
Abram F. Hummel	Co. A, 52d Wis Inf	July 5, 1880
Florence Ketchum	Co. I, 12 Mich Inf	May 31, 1872
Nelson Upson	Co. I, 7^th Mo. Inf	Apr 21, 1878
Aaron Brewer	Co. I, 19^th MI Inf	May 29, 1874
Capt. W. B. Barnes	Co. C 4^th BNY Heavy Art	Nov 9, 1872
Capt. R. M Gordon	Co. K, 25^th Wis. Inf	Oct 21, 1872
Otis Shaw	Co A, 4^th Mich. Cav	Jan 18, 1875 (He was one that captured Jeff Davis)
Jack Boughton	Co. B, 7^th Mich Cav.	Nov 24, 1879
Fitz H. Stevens	QM. 12 Mich Inf	Sep 7, 1870
Capt W. W. Edmonds	Co I, 7^th Missouri Inf	May 22, 1861
John H Cassiday	Co. C, 7^th Mich. Cav	Apr 1, 1878
Wm Freund	Co. L 3d Mich Cab	Jan 18, 1884
Calvin Aiken	Co. B, 24^th Mich Inf	Mar 20, 1885
Robert Miller	Co. I, 19^th Mich Inf	Oct 6, 1875
Charles Schoenbeck	Co. I, 19^th Mich Inf	Jan 8, 1866
Jeremiah Van Riper	Co A, 156 Ill Inf	Apr 2, 1865
Alfred Lawrence	Co. G, 102 US Inf	1872
Oliver Twist	Co. G, 102 US Inf.	1870
Gates Upson	Co. B, 9^th Mich Inf	Jul 4, 1862
John Brant	Co. I, 28^th Mich Inf	Sep 21, 1870
David A. Stevenson	Co. I, 12^th Mich Inf	Oct 5, 1863
Charles W. Reynolds	Missouri Squadron Gun Boat Louisville	Jan 10, 1874
Hewey M. Sweet	Bo. B, 12^th Mich Inf	Aug 7., 1871
Fred. Johnson	Navy	May 1872
John D. Clark	Co. H, 22d Ind Inf	June 15, 1882
Gen. Calvin Britain	War of 1812	Dec 8, 1840
___ Williams	War of 1812
Stillman Wood	Capt of Riflemen - 3d NY Inf War 1812	Jan 19, 1881

Royalton Cemetery
Abram S. Evans	Co. L, 6^th Mich Cav	Jan 30, 1885
Michael Kantner	Co. I,2d Wis.Inf	Feb 7, 1884
John Hager	Co. L 7^th Mich Cav	Mar 1, 1863
Wm. M. Curtis	Co. B, 12^th Mich Inf	Feb 28. 1882
Hanie Haskins	Co. D, 15^th Mich Inf	Sep 4, 1877
Asher Lane	Co. I 19^th Mich Inf	18?? - stone sent for 9/28/188?
Robert Brander	Co. H 53d Ind Inf	May 3, 1881
Alanson Risley	Co. B, 6^th Mich Inf	Apr 10,. 1863
Phillip Riley	War of 1812	Nov 14, 1884
Riley A. Gregg	Co. B, 7^th Mich Cav	Apr 16, 1877
John Sherer	Co., 19^th Mich Inf
Adam Sinn	Co.__ 7^th Mich Cav	Jan 6, 1883
Nelson Wilber	Co. G, 12^th Mich Inf	Mar 18, 1862
Lewis Wilber	Co G, 12^th Mich	Mar 8, 1867

American War Casualty Totals

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