Forest Home
Soldiers as of 1914
Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan.
Mrs. Betty Spooner first copied the
cemetery in July of 1974.
Deaths after that date were copied in September of 1995 by Judy Hardy, Marnie
Riley and Jeri Witzel.
A to E F to J K to O P to T U to Z
Copied from the Wyman Bock Collection now the property of the Flat River Historical Society and placed in the Museum. (copied just as Mrs. Betty Spooner has it typed)
May 19, 1914 - List of Soldier’s Graves in Forest Home Cemetery as made by H.M. _______ and John W. Finch.
Directions for finding and location Graves of Soldiers for Memorial Work in Forest Home Cemetery.
Beginning at the Soldiers Plat – where there is now about 21 interred, working from there South and East to the limits thence South, thence westerly to West limits, thence North East to Starting point.Directions as herein given means from place last visited.
Conant, L.B., Monument, E. Soldiers Platt
Sprague, Wesley, has stone +, S.W. Cross road
Smith, T.B., has stone +, West
VanAllen, Garret, has stone +, South
Kimberly, G.P., no head stone +, South East (not on despot list)
Cole, G.W., has stone +, South
Lobdell, A.W., monument, south of road
Griffith, J. Wesley, monument, south
Fuller, H.M., monument, South east
Norton, John R., monument, cross road north
Platt, Rev. A., has stone, cross road northwest
Roell, no first name, no stone, not on list north
House, A.C., has monument, east
Shons, Braddock, has monument +, south
Gerrells, E.D., has stone +, southeast
Close, J., has monument, northeast
Kent, Henry, has monument, north east
Hubbard, Oren, has stone, east
Cory, Andrew J., has monument, east
Hadley, Gilbert A., has stone +, east
Baily, Mathew, monument, north
Pond, E.H., no stone +, north
Tower, Samuel, has stone +, cross road southeast
Howe, Lt., has stone +, east
Sigler, John (see Lu Roenich)
Fitzsimmons, Joseph, monument, east to right and south
Tyler, Charles L., headstone, cross road south
Gibson, Hiram, monument, south
Swift, Andrew, monument, southeast
Devendorf, Dwight, has monument, cross road south
Skinner, R.W., has stone, southwest
Unknown, no stone, south
Roosa, A.V., no stone, southwest
Fried, George W., monument, northwest
Jones, Thomas A., has monument, west
Herriman, C.N., has monument, west
Wilson, William, has monument, south
Herman, C.W. (not sure), no stone, southeast
Wilcox, Enock, has monument, south & west on west
Wilcox, Charles, this space blank, not sure west
Unknown, no stone +, west W
Moors, Byron, monument, west
Sanford, H.S., has monument, west
Satterly, Solon, has monument, west
Bannister, H.G., no stone +, no directions given
Skinner, F.M., no stone, not on list West
Hulse, James, has monument, northwest
Lacey, C.F., has monument, cross road west
Caulin, H.M., monument, north
Judd, Daniel, has monument, west
Coon, D.L., has monument, west
Snow, Thomas J., stone, south
Bowyer, William, has stone, northeast
Ellsworth, C.C., no stone +, west
Morgan, C.F., has stone, northwest
Shaffer, W.H., no stone +, southwest
Chamberlin, J.G., has stone, southwest
Davis, John, has monument, southwest
Corser, Benjamin, not located, west
Patton, Rev. J.L., has monument, west
Grabill, E.F., monument, west
Stevens, F.W., has monument, west
Church, E.P., has monument, south
Debree, Johannis, has monument, cross road east
Spalding, Levi, has stone, east
Landers, William, has monument, no flag, south
Coffren, Augustus, has stone + but fallen down, east
Bradley, William, has monument, east
Moore, D.C., no stone + not on list, east
Towne, William, no stone +, cross road northeast (not on list)
Fuller, Lova, has stone no holder, northeast
Blanchard, E.W., monument, north
Carlin, S.V., has stone +, cross road south
Chaffee, L.A., monument, cross road northeast
Sanderson, Edward, has stone, south
Eichelberg, Henry, no stone +, southeast
Weeks, Alva, has stone, cross road southeast
Steele, Thomas, has stone +, east
Rhodes, G.A., has monument +, east
Snow, Ed, no stone, not on list
Carpenter, has monument, cross road northeast
Dean, Royal, has monument, south
Hornig, William G., has monument +, northeast
McClutosh, Halen, has monument, cross road east
Dilley, D.D., has monument, east
Youngs, Charles, no stone +, northeast
Wade, Charles O., no stone, no direction given
Roeisigh, Fred, has monument, north
Milich, N., no stone +, cross road north
Conover, William, has stone, west
Finch, Henry, no stone, south
Norton, W.F., + on Hutchins lot, north
Starkweather, D.A.H., no stone, John Green’s lot west
Wakeman, Theadru, this space blank, north
Starr, Henry, no other information listed
Kemp, Alfred, monument, north
Myers, Andrew H., monument, cross road southwest
Fullerton, Charles, no stone +, southwest
Hamilton, James H., stone +, west
Tinkham, Reuben, no stone +, southwest
Underhill, George, monument, north
Potter, George (written in – no other information)
VanWormer, J.W., has stone +, east
Earle, Alfred, has monument, north
House, John, has monument, north
Stevens, Roy (Ray) H., monument, west
Swift, David, has monument, west
Bradley, John, has stone, northeast
Gibbs, Thomas, has stone +, northwest
Moon, Seth, has monument +, southwest
Tower, David, has stone, northeast
Hively, David J., monument, north
Groener, Merritt, no other information
Graham, no first name, this space blank, west
Newton, James, has monument, southeast
Griffith, W.R., has monument +, cross 2 roads east
Waters, Samuel, has monument, south
Gault, James, no stone +, not on list north
Griffith, Caleb, monument, southeast
Snyder, John, has stone, northeast
Loader, George, has stone, east
Myers, John D., has stone +, east
Messinger, W.A., has stone, no direction given
Wheeler, William, Eureka cemetery
Miller, John H., Eureka cemetery
Westover, Lehaman, Eureka cemetery
Peck, John, Eureka cemetery
NOT ACCOUNTED FOR:
Hively, D.J. died 1908
Gooseman, Peter died 1908
Hubbs, Charles died 1908
Brosn, George, died 1910
Gilmore, Samuel, died 1910
Green, Thomas M., died 1910
Raub, George, died 1911
Smith, George, died 1911
Tinkham, Reuben, died 1911
Grabill, E.F., died 1912
Caukin, H.M., died 1912
Underhill, George A., died 1913
Fullerton, Charles K., died 1913
Johnson, C.C., died 1913
Stevens, R.H., died 1913
Youngs, Charles, died 1914
Avery, John, died 1914
Roosa, A.V., died 1914
Cranmer in Platt (don’t know what this means)
In back of book:
Charles C. Ellsworth pay master died
James H. Hamilton, Private Co 3 MI Cav died June 1913
D.A.H. Starkweather Private Co G 14th MI Inf died 4 Sep 1884
A.V. Roosa, Private C.E. 10th MI Cav born 1832-died 1912
Edson H. Pond, Musition Co M 2nd NY Heavy Art died 17 Oct 1910
William Fries Private Co C 12th MI Inf died 15 Jun 1914
Henry Eickelburg, Private Co B 22nd NY Cav died 11 May 1908
Reuben Tinkham, Private Co E 177th OH Inf Co 3 died 14 Aug 1911
Daniel King, Co 7th NY Cav born – died 21 Mar 1913
Descriptive list for head stone government:
Charles O. Wade, Private Co L 2nd Missoura died
Henry Finch, Private Co 10th MI Cav
W.H. Shaffer, Corporal Co D 14th MI Inf died 7 Apr 1907
Charles K. Fullerton, 2nd Lieut Co F 22nd MI Inf died 23 June 1912
H.G. Bannister, Private Co E 21st MI Inf died 12 Feb 1915
Thomas Gibbs, Private Co I 11th MI Cav died 17 May 1905
S.V. Carlin, Corporal Co F 102nd OH Inf died 20 Jun 1873 (this name crossed off)
Henry Starr, Private Co I 32nd NY Inf and Private Co L 1st NY Light Art d. 26 Jan 1915
John D. Myers, Corporal Co B 3rd MI Inf died 14 Jan 1904
Daniel C. Moore, Captain Co B 9th MI Inf died
(Following is a list of names - not sure what these mean)
Gilbert L. Hadley
Pond
No stone in care of Deavendorf
Unknown on bank of Cromo Lake
F.M. Skinner
H.G. Bannister
Thomas Snow resetting
C.C. Ellsworth
W.H. Shaffer
Augustus Coffren reset
D.C. Moore
S.V. Carlin
Henry Eichelberg
Wilis Sprague
Charles K. Fullerton
James H. Hamilton
Reuben Tinkham
Thomas Gibbs
Graham unknown
I.L. Tower
MARKIS
Landers
Sigler
Grabill
Fuller
Thomas S. Steele
Ed Snower stone and holder
Charles Wade
Henry Finch
D.A.H. Starkweather
Henry Starr
W.F. Norton
James Gault
James D. Myers