DEWEY CEMETERY
Pokagon Township
Cass County Michigan

cemetery
Photo taken by: Teresa O'Riley

Dewey Cemetery is located on Dillman Street, Pokagon township.
Erastus White purchased the land that is now Dewey Lake Cemetery and donated it to the township to be used as a cemetery. He and his wife are both buried at Dewey Lake Cemetery. Erastus and Eliza are the parents of Rachel White Dewey, who is buried in the cemetery with them along with her young son. - statement contributed by: Penny Vanderbeck-Novy

Updated on July 30, 2008. Please keep in mind that the sites on Cass County were constructed by volunteers and are being maintained by volunteers. If you have additional information or photos of the stones in any of the Cass County Cemeteries, please contact me at   cassmichigangen@yahoo.com
Deanna West - your new Cass County Michigan Coordinator. Many photos for this cemetery were contributed John C. Monk. Scroll down and note underlined names in bold, which photos are connected to.

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.

Following is a reading by John C. Monk of Dewey Cemetery burials.

Last Name First Name Middle Name Maiden Name Birth Month Birth Day Birth Year Death Month Death Day Death Year Plot Marker Transcription Note  
Bailey William L.   7 23 1915 3 24 1952   ILL Pvt US Arny WW II    
Bachman Frederick C.       1870     1952        
Bachman Mary L.       1869     1927        
Bailey George J.       1920     1920        
Bailey Wilda M.       1925     1926        
Bailey William L                        
Ball Jacob D.       1910     1969        
Ball Susan D.       1949     2003        
Bates Monument                          
Bates Clarissa E.       1861     1919        
Bates William N.       1855     1909        
Bauers Hazel L.         1897     1941        
Benson Mary     8 12 1809 3 5 1892        
Britton Lester R.       1921     1997        
Britton Muriel A.       1920     2001        
Byers Alma L.   12 25 1860 7 6 1913     Monument  
Byers infant           4 5 1895   Infant son of L. & A.L. Byers    
Byers Leslie     3 1 1857 3 31 1931        
Carson Leah B. Tomlinson     1884     1938        
Caryl Nelson O.       1839     1916     Monument  
Caryl Sarah M. Stretch     1847     1934        
Clifton Elizabeth     11 13 1804 9 18 1846   wife of John Clifton    
Clifton John     5 7 1800 12 18 1836        
Dewey Aaron     10 16 1815 9 10 1895        
Dewey Catherine   Sifford     1849     1924        
Dewey David         1823 11 22 1871        
Dewey Eliza         1814 5 30 1887        
Dewey Elizabeth   12 7 1820 7 13 1909   wife of Aaron    
Dewey Elizabeth   Griffin     1813     1846        
Dewey Enoch         1825     1897        
Dewey Gertrude     1 4 1878 10 16 1920        
Dewey Henry         1773 1 18 1851        
Dewey Infant           6 18 1818   son of David and Anna    
Dewey Ira D.       1862     1945        
Dewey Johnathan         1802 5 13 1878        
Dewey Julia A.   6 7 1857              
Dewey Levi, Rev     7 4 1846 7 30 1894   born in Pokagon, July 4, 1844
died at Dowagiac, July 30, 1893
correction submitted by: John C. Monk
   
Dewey Lucinda         1830 7 27 1854        
Dewey Mary         1856     1900   wo H C    
Dewey Mary   Griffin     1817 5 19 1887   wo Jonathan    
Dewey Nancy   Hunt     1776 5 13 1845        
Dewey Solomon         1811     1868        
Dewey Thomas L.   12 11 1853 12 3 1910        
Dickinson Dorothy                   wife of Robert E. Barton    
Dickinson Fannie                        
Dickinson John Phipps   12 25 1830 1 25 1910     Monument  
Dickinson Mary Elizabeth Dewey 7 15 1835 4 1 1910     wife of John Phipps Dickinson  
Dickinson Nancy Mima   9 3 1866 7 30 1950        
Dillman Addie   McCoy     1872     1942   wife of Albert    
Dillman Albert F.       1867     1945        
Dillman baby               1920   Baby of Helen C.    
Dillman Etta L.       1880     1940   wife of Wilbur    
Dillman Harold                        
Dillman Helen C.       1901     1991        
Dillman Hiram         1846     1925        
Dillman Lucina         1842     1917        
Dillman Nina   Cooper     1897     1994     wife of William  
Dillman Wilbur O.       1871     1928        
Dillman William         1902     1977        
Engle Frank         1856     1947        
Engle Lou M.       1854     1934        
Engle Walter J.   1 21 1889 6 13 1904        
Foltz Elizabeth         1837     1876        
Foltz Jeremiah         1830     1899        
Frank Herold                        
Freeland C. Eugene       1878     1962        
Freeland Catherine R.       1897     1953        
Freeland Florence E.       1880     1930        
Gebhard J. Michael       1819     1892     dates are hard to read  
Gebhard Margaret         1820     1867     dates are hard to read  
Gould Effie   Dewey     1868     1928        
Gould George I.       1898     1951        
Gould Rena A.       1904     1952        
Guse Edward A.   1 13 1922 1 16 2002   married June 30, 1951 husband of Ruth Guse  
Guse Ruth H.   10 5 1917 3 15 1987   married June 30, 1951 wife of Edward Guse  
Gwilt Clifford V.       1882     1936        
Haley Carol Elaine Gordon 7 10 1939 12 12 1992        
Haley Donald Eugene   2 17 1936 11 10 1972   Michigan P.V.T. U.S. Army Korea    
Haley Edison Vance   2 4 1957 7 4 1999     SP4 US Army; Vietnam  
Haley Mary E.   9 2 1913 5 5 1962   Mother    
Hamilton Lawrence     8 31 1862 1 13 1865        
Hamilton Luella E.   12 7 1870 11 6 1872        
Hamilton Susan R.                      
Hartsell Agnes     10 22 1870 11 15 1870     age: 24 days  
Hartsell McCarthy         1867     1930   Father    
Hartsell Milinda         1844     1930        
Hartsell Nillie         1877     1914   Mother    
Hartsell Sylvester         1842 4 2 1922        
Hippensteel Hettie M.       1880     1941        
Hippensteel L. Earl       1892     1972        
Hutson Dickie         1938     1939        
Hutson Mary Alice       1908     1988        
Hutson Raymond C.       1907     1985        
Jackson Henry                   Co. A. 6th Mich. Inf.    
Jackson Jasper N.         12 1 1818   Son of Wm & 7 mos  
Jackson William F.   5 10 1831 4 10 1832        
Jarvis Alexander           1 22 1857   Son of B & F Jarvis aged 4 mos 12 days  
Jarvis Benjamin     5 4 1824 12 29 1879        
Jarvis Bertie         1870     1872        
Jarvis Charles               1870        
Jarvis Frances A.   3 3 1834 3 13 1915        
Jarvis Lucy     2 4 1792 5 4 1983     wife of Zaddock  
Jarvis Zadock     12 15 1827 11 27 1909     Married to Lucy  
Jarvis Norman                   Son of B & F    
Jarvis Rebecca                   wf of Zadock    
Keen Penny M.     3 16 1946 7 22 2001        
Loehr Aaron B.       1856     1933   family monument    
Loehr infant children                 INFANT CHILDREN OF MR. & MRS. A. B. LOEHR    
Loehr Jennie M.       1874     1958        
Loehr Leon         1886     1909        
Loehr Malvina         1858     1907        
Long Vivian M.       1881     1917        
Mater Albina     4 21 1839 9 18 1917   Family monument    
Mater Cleo D.       1889     1979        
Mater Grace     1 2 1870 10 25 1921        
Mater John     6 7 1838 6 17 1913   Co. B 9th Mich. Inf.    
McCoy Charles D.       1832     1934   Family monument    
McCoy Jr. Charles D                      
McCoy Clyde         1887     1900        
McCoy Erie     12 17 1871 2 11 1897     son of Samuel & Susan McCoy  
McCoy Grace     10 3 1867 10 20 1876   daughter of GA and Maria age 9yrs 7mos 10days  
McCoy Harry               1816   son of GA & Maria age:  
McCoy Helen         1905     1983     wife of Richard B.  
McCoy John N.   1 20 1834              
McCoy John W.       1877     1967        
McCoy Lucy Jarvis       1864     1948        
McCoy Maria     8 8 1836 12 22 1871   wife of George wife of George A.  
McCoy Maria     10 15 1804 10 3 1889   wife of Richard age: 84 yr 11 mo 19 days  
McCoy Mary Ann       1854     1931        
McCoy Mary E.       1859     1934     wife of Charles D.  
McCoy, infants                   Alice, Elizabeth & Robert
infants of J & M E McCoy
   
McCoy Mary J.       1852     1914   Mother: Mary J. His Wife wife of W. H. McCoy  
McCoy May E.       1880     1947     wife of John W.  
McCoy Moses                     age:  
McCoy Nina         1877     1878        
McCoy Richard         1849     1908        
McCoy Richard B.       1904     1987     husband of Helen  
McCoy Richard D       1931     1988        
McCoy Samuel                        
McCoy Sarah               1881        
McCoy Susan     6 6 1838 1 14 1899     wife of Samual  
McCoy W. H.       1830     1923     husband of Mary J.  
Miller Jacob Henry   2 3 1865 7 18 1926        
Miller Lottie H.   4 14 1865 10 4 1914     wife of Jacob H.  
Miller Milo N.   11 30 1893 2 18 1963        
Miller Webb     2 10 1891 5 8 1940        
Miranda Teresa "Tee"   6 24 1956 8 25 1994        
Moore Burget     6 16 1895 1 4 1896        
Moore Ellura R.       1875     1971     wife of Orin  
Moore Flora T.   3 31 1841 7 24 1911     wife of Joel S.  
Moore Herbert L.   10 17 1878 3 4 1944        
Moore Hiram                     son of James & Sarah  
Moore Jacob     9 22 1812 1 28 1892        
Moore Jeannette         1915     1992     wife of Joel H.  
Moore Joel H.       1902     1978     husband of Jeannette  
Moore Joel S.   3 5 1845 7 15 1925     husband of Flora  
Moore Orin S.       1869     1945     husband of Ellura  
Moore Sarah               1889        
Muchmore Ida   Jarvis       8 2 1956        
Overton Henry H.   3 20 1834 4 14 1868     age: 34 yrs 25 days  
Pearce C Blanche       1886     1976        
Pearce Jesse C       1875   1959        
Pears Albert Edward   2 2 1877 7 4 1943        
Pears Lillian May   11 25 1885 11 30 1926        
Pears Margurite     12 6 1905 4 26 1906        
Phelps Jessie Irene       1909           wife of Louis  
Phelps Louis N.        1899     1978        
Phillips Bernard E.   8 24 1878 5 17 1950     husband of M. Alice  
Phillips M. Alice   1 8 1872 12 7 1949     wife of Bernard  
Reynolds Susanna           9 21 1877   wife of Wm. F. Reynolds    
Reynolds Kathryn M   7 24 1924 3 21 2008   Kathryn M.( Corbin) Reynolds- d./o Robert and Dora (Potts) Corbin Born- Tussy Oklahoma
Died - Berrien Co.Mi.
   
Sepulveda Cleo         1893     1956        
Sammons Elizabeth         1857     1930        
Sammons Gamaliel                        
Sibson Dean         1910     1929        
Sibson Elizabeth         1915     1915        
Sibson Ilah F.       1899     1916        
Sibson John E.       1906     1929        
Sibson Metta F.       1878     1921        
Sibson Mildred M.       1916     1916        
Sibson William L.       1871     1953        
Sifford Beulah         1876     1929        
Sifford Elisabeth         1852     1933        
Sifford Estella         1864     1915        
Sifford Fred G.       1887     1968        
Sifford George         1849     1932        
Sifford Haman           4 10 1862   son of M & L Sifford    
Sifford Lydia     8 1 1829 9 22 1893   64 yr, 1 mo, 21 days wife of Matthew  
Sifford Mathew     4 10 1824 1 25 1888   aged 63 yr, 9 mo, 15 days    
Sifford Nathan         1855     1930        
Silver Lena         1876     1949     dau - Charles Delevan and Mary Estelle(Hartsell) McCoy - lot #99  
Simpson James     1 15 1821 5 6 1882        
Simpson Malinda     9 29 1795 10 29 1810   age 15 yr 1 mo    
Simpson Nancy     11 20 1824 1 18 1902     wife of James  
Simpson Sarah Jane         3 3 1858   daughter of J & N    
Sly James Edward   8 13 1935 4 3 1991   US Air Force Korea    
Sly Margaret E.   6 9 1941 12 18 2002   Wife, Mother, Grandmother    
Smith Anna J.   6 28 1861 6 3 1954   Family Monument    
Smith Cora A.   5 22 1868 9 8 1868   dau of D. & S.A. Smith    
Smith Daniel         1840     1913        
Smith Elias         1853     1914     husband of Rose  
Smith Frances           4   1879   age 64 yrs.    
Smith Herbert E.   5 26 1884 3 19 1899        
Smith John           10 6 1869   age 69 yrs.    
Smith Maude     6 5 1882 1 7 1903        
Smith S. Rose       1859     1942     wife of Elias  
Smith Sarah         1848     1919   wf of Daniel wife of Daniel  
Smith unknown                        
Snider Amaltheau     2 10 1814 11 13 1893   wife of John Snider age 79 yrs, 9 mos, 3 days.    
Snider John     7 20 1811 4 22 1885   aged 73 ys, 9 mo. 2 ds    
Springsteen Charlie                     son of J and M  
Squier Auddie F.       1892     1965        
Squier Charles H.       1858     1922        
Squier Dorothy E.       1910     1989        
Straub Eunice   Stretch     1889     1923        
Straub Harry L.       1882     1952        
Straub Leo H.       1888     1968        
Straub Mabel   Dewey     1883     1936        
Stretch Catherine     10 3 1833 6 29 1910     wife of William  
Stretch Charles W.       1864     1921        
Stretch Edward         1880     1902        
Stretch Emily V.       1826     1909     wife of John  
Stretch Hazel M.       1911     2005   married Feb 8, 1930 wife of Paul A.  
Stretch Henry     1 31 1825 7 31 1871     husband of Mary E.  
Stretch John     12 28 1829 4 30 1892     husband of Emily V.  
Stretch Joseph R.       1849     1914        
Stretch Kenneth D.       1933              
Stretch Mary E.   5 28 1828 1 26 1909     wife of Henry Stretch  
Stretch Mitsuko          1933     1996   married Feb 19, 1952 Kobe, Japan wife of Kenneth D.  
Stretch Nellie Emily       1878     1966   Aunt Nellie    
Stretch Paul A.       1909     1980        
Stretch Rosetta         1858     1947   WIFE of Joseph R.    
Stretch William     9 8 1827 2 6 1903     husband of Catherine  
Stutsman Fay D.       1907     1950     wife of  
Stutsman George F.       1884     1941        
Stutsman Jesse R.   3 22 1916 9 13 1973        
Stutsman Lena E.       1879     1959     wife of George E.  
Swett Nita Pauline       1906     1990        
Swett William E.       1905     1992        
Taylor Harriet A.         3 2 1858   dau of W & R Taylor    
Taylor infant           5 18 1836   son of W & R aged 2 ??    
Taylor infant           12 31 1839   son of W & R Taylor aged ?? 6 days    
Taylor Thomas           10 29 1841   son of W & R aged 2 mo,s 2 days    
Tomlinson Salina         1854     1926        
Tomlinson William D.       1848     1928        
Townsend Jesse W       1884     1936        
Townsend Maud M         1885     1962        
Van Vlear Catherine               1866   wife of Geo. Van Vlear    
Van Vlear George                     husband of Catherine  
Van Vlear John     10 8 1828 4 17 1902        
Van Vlear Nancy D.   4 11 1834 10 1 1920     wife of John  
Voorhees Cornelius         1837     1900        
Voorhees Elenor     9 30 1800 11 10 1877   wife of Abram Voorhees aged 77 yrs 1 mo 10 ds    
Voorhies Fanny         1838     1914     wife of Cornelius  
Wallrath Hattie         1885     1952   family monument wife of Henry -dau -Charles Delevan and Mary Estelle(Hartsell) McCoy - lot #99  
Wallrath Henry         1876     1936   CO. M 160 IND. INF. SP. AM. WAR lot #99  
Watson Alta         1897     1906        
Watson Elizabeth M.       1874     1903        
Watson Stephen H.       1864     1942        
Womack William B       1851     1937        
Womack Frances L       1847   - 1932        
Young Alice Squier       1868     1940        

Additonal Burials contributed by: Dorothy L. Gwilt and Gorden Jerry Gwilt
Edna Gertrude McCoy Gwilt Roberts -dau of Wm.Harmon and Mary Jane (Wilson) McCoy-Born- July 5.1892---Died-Dec.11.1957
She is buried at Dewey Cemetery Lot # 94-Next to Clifford Gwilt - Born- Feb 3, 1882-Died- March 27,1936

Robert Gwilt -Infant son of Clifford and Edna- Born -1909- Died- 1909.--NO STONE

Adrian Patrick Gwilt--son of Clifford and Edna -Born -Nov.15,1910---Died-May 22,.1972- Age 61 --NO STONE-

Betty Jane Gwilt- Infant Dau.of Clifford and Edna -Born-1920-Died-1920- NO STONE

Antoinette(Nettie)Gwilt- Infant Dau. of Clifford and Edna - Born-Jan 6, 1923-Died-April 10,1023- No Stone ,,,
The Cass co, court house have her death record as Millie B. Gwilt ???died age 6 days ,,

Fay Burdette Gwilt - son of Clifford and Edna -Born Feb 3,1924-Died- Jan 7,194- Age 22- Car struck by train-- No Stone

Franklin Eugene Gwilt -- Infant son of Basil and Inez Gwilt -- Grandson of Clifford and Edna- Born- March 2,1957--Died-June 14,1957-NO STONE -

Buried at the foot of Fay Gwilt,s grave Dewey Cemetery Lot #102 Elizabeth Louise (Lemke)Gwilt -Wife of Gorden J. Gwilt -daughter of John F. and Clara (Symanski)Lemke- Born -Nov 8,1939- Died -Feb 11,1991

Kathryn M.(Corbin) Reynolds- dau. of Robert and Dora (Potts) Corbin -Mother of Dorothy L Gwilt - Born -. July 24,1924 -Died- March 21, 2008 There is No Stone for Elizabeth .. monument NOW .Due to be placed July 30th ,2008... Kathryn was cremated and her ashes remain at the funeral home to be buried Aug 9,2008.Her stone will be placed at the same time as Elizabeth ..also on lot #102

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