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Dozen Daffodils for the Dearly Departed 2010 Riverside: 1. Elmer Haselgren (Whistling Bill) (1869-1939)- The porter at the hotel (now Coral Gables), a friendly musical character nick-named "Whistling Bill". After his death, friends took up a collection to pay for his stone. Never married. 2. Isabella Hull (1829-1902)- A first cousin of Vice President Adlai Stevenson. As a young waitress at the hotel in Bloomington, IL she often saw Lincoln and Douglas when they came to town. After the death of her husband William, she became indigent and had to go to the poor farm. 3. William (1883-1941) and Alys Springer (1904-1941)- ( owners of the Kemah in the 1930s. He was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade. His young widow died a few months after him in 1941, leaving two children. The son died in WWII. 4. George T. Arnold (1846 -1921) and 5. Susan Breuckman Arnold (1854-1932)- Prominent businessman in both Saugatuck and Mackinac Island. He formed the Arnold Ferry Company which is still in operation today serving Mackinac Island. No children. 6. Minnie Breuckman (1869-1934)- Sister of Mrs. Arnold. Never married. Helped form the SHS Alumni Association, and left the family home to the Woman's Club, with a bequest to help build the meeting hall behind it. 7. R. C. Brittain (1842-1905)- Prominent Saugatuck shipping magnate and boat builder. 8. R G Huntinghouse (1861-1954) - Chicago Dance master extraordinaire. First President of the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters, 1913-1914, an organization which is still in existence. Taught dance at the pavilion in the summers for many years. 9. Everett Banks (1874-1900) - A young Chicago man who came to work here and drowned in the Kalamazoo River near the ferry. He left a wife and two children in Chicago. Twenty-one years after his death, his mother was laid to rest beside him. 10. Thomas Benton (1860-1929) and Marie (1861-1949) Dates - One time principal of the Douglas School and later operator of Bird Center resort. Their daughter Ruth died in childhood. 11. James Avery (1832-1911)- Civil War veteran and blacksmith. Worked as a wagon maker with S. C. Reed. Never married. 12. Jessie Viets (1885-1978)- Sea Captain's daughter. "Sweet maiden lady" who "didn't have much, but what she did she gave to others". 13. Benjamin John Waugon (? - 1933) - Unmarked grave. Reputed "grandson of Chief Pokagon… whose father Leopold deeded to the US Government over 1 million acres of land on which Chicago now stands." He attended Saugatuck Schools and the Haskell Indian School in Kansas. Never married. 14. Joe Snay (1893-1937)- Veteran of WWI. Son of Capt Joseph Snay. He taught May Francis Heath to drive a car. Single. 15. William Gay Butler (1799-1857)- Founder of Saugatuck. Died in an accident while rolling logs. No living descendants. Douglas 1. Jacob Fox (1807-1871)- Born in Pa. After his death the family moved to Parker, Florida. 2. Horace G. Welch (1856-1932)- Prominent Fruit grower. Drain commissioner and as school inspector. Never married. 3. John Kirby (1829-1882)- A harness maker, born in NY. Father-in-law of Sarah Gill Kirby, who built the Kirby House. 4. William Hill ( -1868)- Civil War veteran. Buried in Potters Field. 5. Katherine Elizabeth Upton - No stone. ( -1952) - maiden lady. 6. Isabell Murt ( -1873)- Infant daughter of Patrick Murt, Civil War veteran. 7. Minnie Belle Spencer Gerber (1862-1942) - Wife of Daniel Gerber. Daughter of the Douglas pioneer M. B. Spencer, whose home was on the site of Tara. 8. Theresa Putnam Manvel (1848-1870)- Daughter of Dyer Putnam and Elizabeth Conger. Taylor 1. Orrin (1845-1890) and Susan (1851-1894) Lawrence- Civil War veteran and ships mate, mysteriously vanished from the steam barge H. A. Root about 12 miles from Michigan City. Some speculate a member of the crew threw him over. 2. Leonidas H. Dunn (1847-1864)- Civil war casualty whose body is reportedly at the Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville, KY. 3. Rev. John M. (1792-1872) and Eliza (1795-1869) Wever, early Methodist minister. Parents of NY Congressman John Madison Wever. 4. Stella Toby- age 25, first wife of Rev S.D. Tobey who is buried in Oakland, Iowa. 5. Levi Tuttle (1829-1921) and wives Mary ( - 1882) and Amanda Tidd (1846-1919). Civil War veteran, he was part of the detachment which captured Jefferson Davis. "Levi Tuttle died in Saugatuck but was not buried here. He has a tombstone in the Taylor Cemetery, Ganges, where his wife is buried, but his part of the stone does not have a date. Still there was none of the family left to see to the engraving..." -- Kit Lane, April 2008 6. Dorcas Ballard Storms (1783-1871)- wife of Peter Storms. 7. Hannah Fritts (1823-1892) - who was she? 8. Dr. Frank Chenoweth (1837-1877)- Ganges area doctor, is buried in Seneca Kansas "gave his life for others". Was in poor heath when he sold his practice in 1875 to Dr. Eugene Brunson and moved to Kansas where he worked with the Indians. His widow returned to Ganges. -In addition, at Taylor, 30 tulips (aka "mole food") were planted around the Civil War Memorial, and another 30 around three Hyet infants and Tula Lawrence, 2 yr old daughter of #1 above).

2016 Cemetery Daffodils- Part Two Continuing the article about the annual daffodil bulb at the graves of local “orphans” (people without descendants or whose family has moved away) at Riverside Cemetery this year. Others whose graves were selected for bulbs this year include: Just to the left of the Brueckman stones mentioned last month lies Addie Cook , wife of Jay W. Cook. Adelaide (nee Hutchinson) married Jay on Apr 21, 1867. Jay’s parents, Dr. James B. Cook and Catherine Beadle were divorced in 1868. “Addie” apparently died in childbirth March 15, 1868. In the 1870 census, Jay and 2 year old son Eugene are shown living in the household of his uncle Warren Cook with the occupation of “warehouse keeper”. Warren was a Justice of the Peace at that time and also is known to have been one of the original trustees of the village of Saugatuck when the first election was held in 1868. Jay remarried, had more children, and moved to Lansing and eventually died there in 1924. We don’t know what happened to their son Eugene. George Jr Hall- (1926-1947) veteran of the US Navy, WWII. Died of a skull fracture at age 21. Application for a military marker was signed by H. S. Hall of Kendallville, IN. Edward Arends (born at 1862 Singapore- died 1898 Saugatuck). He was the son of Arend S Arends and Atta Huringa/Heeringa both born in Europe. He served as a “wheelsman” on the steamer Bon Ami. He was taken sick of congestion of the bowels and taken to the home of his brother Seaton Arends, where he died the following day. He never married and had no descendants Ed Bedford (1851-1890) & his wife Alice Alvord (1857-1882). Alice died in 1882, two months after having given birth to a daughter also named Alice. The following day their 3 year old son Claude died of Scarlet fever. Daughter Alice married and died in Tucson, Arizona in 1932. Charles Dickinson age 80, (1795 Mass-1876 Saugatuck) occupation -farmer. He was the son of Elisha Dickinson who served in the Revolutionary War and Hannah Billings of Hampshire County, Mass. Although there is a marker by his stone saying he was a Civil War veteran, it seems unlikely due to his age at the time. Hames Infants - d 1880 1881- hard to read details. George Hames was born in Rochester, NY, in 1834, He was orphaned in Battle Creek at age 11 and learned the carpenter trade. He first came to Saugatuck to help build the Saugatuck House. In 1859 he married Miss Martha Barnes and they resided in the village sixty years as man and wife, living in the home which still stands, directly beside the Congregational church. Seven children were born, two sons dying in infancy, and these are the ones getting bulbs.. Enoch Simpson (born 1812 in England and died at Saugatuck Mar. 2, 1872) married Mary Jane Riheldaffar and they she came to Michigan in 1858. In 1870 census he is shown as a farmer with 1 horse, 1 milk cow, 2 working oxen, 90 bushels of Rye. Their son Enoch T Simpson died in the prison camp at Andersonville, GA on 18 Jul 1864 and is buried in the National Cemetery there. Mary Jane m2. William Dornan of Plummerville. Daughter Annie Marie married and moved to Marshalltown, IA. Frank Snay died on Aug. 13, 1889 age 11 months of cholera. He was the son of Great Lakes Capt. Joseph Snay and his wife Mary Spoors. Joseph was a son of of the French Indian guide Fabien Snay who rests in an unmarked grave in the Douglas cemetery. Joseph St. Clair (Sinclair). Died as a result of being crushed by an elevator in Chicago on Aug. 13, 1889, leaving a wife and three children. He was brought home to Saugatuck by steamer for burial. GAR- Sept 26 1884, Co B 13th Regt Mic Inf. He enlisted Sep. 3, 1864 and was discharged Jun 8, 1865. He was a member and flag holder of GAR post 460.