Photo contributed by: Teresa O'Riley
Photo
contributed by: Teresa O'Riley
Updated on November 17, 2006 - Bethel Cemetery is located just west of Calvin Center on Mount Zion Street, Calvin Township. In the 1943 DAR readings, they state that most of the burials in this cemetery were mostly c olored residents of the township. Maurice Sanders is busy transribing this cemetery at which time we will place his additonal information on site here.
If you have additional information on the burials in any of the Cass County Cemeteries, please contact me at cassmichigangen@yahoo.com
Deanna West - your new Cass County Michigan Coordinator.Any time you view an older cemetery, in no matter what county through out the USA, the listing should be considered as a partial listing as many times records are either destroyed through mishap or not all burials were recorded.
| Name | DOB or age | DOD | Notes |
| Allen, Mary J. | 1864 | 1921 | - |
| Artis, Ellen E. | 1840 | 1912 | |
| Artis, George | 1838 | 1905 | - |
| Artis, James | 1863 | 1865 | - |
| Artis, Rachel M. | - | - | - |
| Artist, Mathew T. | - | Apr 10, 1864 | - |
| Bass, Dorothy | 1902 | 1917 | |
| Bass, Walter | - | - | - |
| Brown, George | 25y | 1872 | |
| Brown, Hammond - son of R and M | - | - | - |
| Brown, John M. - son of R and M. | - | - | - |
| Brown, Lonzo | - | 1906 | - |
| Brown, Martha A. - wife of Richard | 1829 | 1902 | - |
| Brown, Matthew | 1879 | 1909 | |
| Brown, Richard H. | 1927 | ? | |
| Brown, Robert M. | 1854 | 1929 | - |
| Brown, Sarah M. | 1871 | 1894 | - |
| Burton, Ina May | 1895 | 1918 | - |
| Byrd, Abner | 1843 | - | - |
| Byrd, Eva O. | 1866 | 1913 | - |
| Coker, Elisha | 1853 | 1925 | - |
| Cokes, Theresa | 1907 | 1908 | - |
| Clavis, Jane | - | - | - |
| Clavis, Wiley | - | - | - |
| Curtis, Elizabeth | - | - | - |
| Curtis, Chusila | 32y | 1879 | |
| Curtis, Gilbert | 6y | 1876 | |
| Curtis, George H | abt Mar 1838 | - | Vet - info Enlisted 4 Dec 1863 at age
25 wife Sarah E. filed for pension in 1911 |
| Curtis, Hazel D. | June 1897 | 1905 | |
| Curtis, John A. | 1801 | 1871 | - |
| Curtis, Lizzie | 68y | 1919 | - |
| Curtis, Louis H. | 1892 | 1909 | - |
| Curtis, Raymond B. | Mar 1884 | 1907 | some info per census |
| Curtis, Samuel | 1805 | 1884 | - |
| Curtis, Sarah E. | 1857 | 1916 | 1900 states dob Sep 1858 |
| Curtis, Tabitha | - | - | - |
| Curtis, Tabitha Mae | 1889 | 1923 | - |
| Curtis, William | 2y | 1883 | - |
| Day, Isiah N. | 1858 | 1920 | - |
| Day, Martha | 1857 | - | - |
| Dungy, Alice - wife of Oscar L | 1881 | 1909 | - |
| Dungy, Bert | 1886 | 1920 | |
| Dungey, Lafayette | 1862 | - | - |
| Dungey, Martelia | 1865 | 1929 | |
| Dungey, Sarah A. | 1869 | 1925 | |
| Freeman, Gillian | 1864 | 1896 | - |
| Freeman, Isaac | 1866 | 1908 | - |
| Gibson, Marquis | Vet -enlisted 19 Aug 1864 age 31into Co H 102 USCI | ||
| Gillam, Mary | 1849 | 1900 | - |
| Grady, Robert | 1907 | 1938 | - |
| Griffin, Oliver | Oct 1841 per census |
- | Veteran Civil War enlisted 22 Aug 1864 age 24 |
| Griffin, Solomon | 1841 | ? | ? |
| Griffin, Susan | 1846 | 1902 | - |
| Hawks, Lewis Edward | 1860 | 1887 | - |
| Hawks, Mary A. - daughter of W and E. | 2y | 1878 | - |
| Hawks, Samuel | 1828 | - | - |
| Hill, Elizabeth | 43y | 1864 | - |
| Hopkin, Georgana | 1867 | 1941 | - |
| Hughes, Amsted | 68y | 1874 | - |
| Hughes, Ethel Eliza | 76y | 1885 | - |
| Hunt, Mrs. D.C. | 1870 | 1911 | - |
| Kirk, Edna A. | 1883? | 1913 | - |
| Kirkley, Dennis | - | - | Enlisted 05 Aug1864 age 38 Co I 102nd USC Inf |
| Lawson, Charity | 1824 | 1882 | - |
| Lawson, Emanuel - infant | - | - | - |
| Lawson, William | - | 1886 | |
| Matthews, Catheriene Jane | |||
| Matthews, Georgia - wife of M.T. | - | - | wf MT? |
| Matthews, H. | - | - | Veteran Co F 102 |
| Matthews, James A. | 1847 | - | - |
| Matthews, Almira | 1862 | 1927 | - |
| Matthews, James M. | 71y | Oct 1881 | - |
| Matthews, James R. | 71y | Apr 1885 | - |
| Matthews, Nancy J. | 1855 | - | aka Mathews |
| Matthews, Otis | 1910 | 1925 | - |
| Matthews, Almira | 1847 | 1918 | - |
| Matthews, Ralph J. | 9m | 1886 | |
| Matthews, Richard R | 2y | 1885 | - |
| Matthews, Willie | 1y | 1883 | - |
| Monroe, Delilah | 1837 | - | - |
| Monroe, James | 1842 | - | - |
| Outland, Ira W. | 1871 | 1897 | - |
| Outland, Joshua | 49y | 1892 | - |
| Oxendine, Caswell | - | - | Co D 102nd USC Inf Enlisted- Pvt 22 Oct 1864 age 20 Drafted into Co D, 1st Inf Colored Reg Mich 22 October 1864.- Veteran Wife was Eliza |
| Sanders, Mary E. - wife of Solomon | 38y | 1878 | - |
| Sanders, Matilda | - | 1877 | - |
| Snelling, Aaron | 1858 | - | - |
| Snelling, Allison | 52y | Aug 10, 1861 | - |
| Snelling, Anna | 1851 | 1917 | |
| Snelling, Edna | 1900 | - | - |
| Snelling, Elmer | 1888 | - | - |
| Snelling, Isaac | 17y | 1896 | - |
| Snelling, Jeneta - wife of Joseph | 1827 | 1908 | |
| Snelling, Joseph | 1862 | - | - |
| Snelling, Laura B. | 1871 | 1905 | |
| Snelling Levi - son of Aaron | 24y | 1908 | - |
| Stewart, Elizabeth R. | 1859 | 1898 | - |
| Stewart, J.T. | 1853 | - | |
| Stewart, Muriel | 1877 | 1921 | - |
| Stuart, J.T. | Veteran co B 102nd USGT | ||
| Stuart, Thomas | Veteran Co B USGT | ||
| Taylor, Grace | 1889 | 1924 | - |
| Uptegrove, G. Rupert | 1900 | 1927 | |
| Vaughn, Amos | 1854 | - | - |
| Vaughn, Matilda | 1856 | 1920 | - |
| Watson, Verda | 1884 | 1912 | - |
| Wells, Samuel | - | - | Veteran- enlisted at age 23 in April 1863 - Co N 54th Mass Inf |
| White, Lydia Ann | 18y | 1858 | - |
| Wilson, Arlethae | 1870 | 1932 | - |
| Wilson, G.A. | - | - | Vet see below |
| Wilson, Harrison | 1853 | - | - |
| Zachlett, C.T. | Vet | ||
The Calvin Settlement had many families of mixed ancestry from North Carolina and Virginia. Some were considered to have been Indians or mixed Indian/African in Cass County.
Colored Troop Veterans Buried at Bethel Cemetery.
| NAME | UNIT | DOB | DOD | ADDED NOTES |
| GEORGE CURTIS | 102 USCT | |||
| MARQUIS GIBSON | 102 USCT - CO H | |||
| OLIVER GRIFFIN | 102 USCT - CO F | |||
| DENNIS KIRKLEY | 102 USC INF - CO D | |||
| H. MATTHEWS | 102 USCT - CO F | |||
| CASWELL OXENDINE | 102 USC INF - CO D | |||
| J. T. STUART | 102 USCT - CO B | |||
| THOMAS STUART | 102 USCT - CO B | |||
| G. A. WILSON | 102 USCT - CO K | |||
| C. T. ZACKLETT | 102 USCT - CO F |
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