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Mackinac County Indigent Soldier Burials 1891-1919

  • Charles D. SNOW died at 2nd ward of City of St. Ignace – left wife and 2 children
    • Private Co. K 20th Regiment of Michigan Infantry
    • Died May 15, 1891 at St. Ignace
    • Buried May 19, 1891 in Chelcia Mich. Cemetery
    • Occupation: Carpenter
  • Charles MILLER – no relatives
    • Private Co. D 141 Reg. Illiniois Vol. Infantry
    • Died March 2 1908 at Hendricks Township
    • Buried March 4th 1908 in Hendricks Township Cemetery
    • Occupation: Laborer
  • William WRIGHT no known relatives
    • Private in Co. 24 Michigan Infantry
    • Died Jan. 3 1914 in Portage Township
    • Buried January 5, 1914 in Germfast Cemetery
    • Occupation: Farm Laborer
  • James WHITE – one daughter Mrs. Ira Shultz in St. Ignace
    • Private Co. B 8th Reg. Mass. Inf.
    • Died January 2, 1915 at St. Ignace
    • Buried January 7, 1915 at Lakeside Cemetery with no headstone
    • No occupation – too feeble to work
  • John MORRISON – left a wife in St. Ignace
    • Private Co. E 26th Reg. Mass. Infantry
    • Died Dec. 23, 1915 at St. IgnaceBurial
    • Dec. 25, 1915 at Lakeside Cemetery
    • Occupation Farmer Retired
  • Melvin DILL
    • Private Co. E 14 Reg. Wisconsin Volunteers
    • Died April 22 1916 in St. Ignace
    • Buried April 23, 1916 at Lakeside Cemetery
    • Occupation: common laborer
  • Jerry PAUPARD – no one responsible for his burial and insufficient funds to cover same
    • Private Co. G 30th Infantry
    • Died March 31, 1918 in St. Ignace
    • Burial April 2, 1918 at Gros Cap Cemetery
    • Occupation Cook
  • David BINCE
    • Military Regiment of Chillicoth Volunteers – New Era N.S. S.E. Michigan
    • Died Oct. 10, 1919 in Engadine Mich.
    • Buried Oct. 1919 place not listed
    • Occupation Carpenter
Source: Mackinac County Indigent Soldier burials 1891-1919
Archives of Michigan MS 72-137 2 volumes
Title: Record of Indigent Soldiers, Sailors and Marines 1891-1919 from Office of the Clerk, Mackinac County
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