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C Company, 24th Michigan Infantry

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Safford, Joseph A.

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/13/1862
Discharged:
8/15/1865
Age at Enlistment:
21

Residence:
Canton
Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
Canton
Wife’s Name:
Phebe E. Russell
Died:
5/28/1894, Spring Lake Township, MI
Cemetery: Spring Lake,
Spring Lake Township, MI
 

Safford, Winfield S.

No Pension

Enlisted: 7/26/1862  
Age at Enlistment: 21
Residence:
Plymouth
Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
Canton
Never married
Died:
7/1/1863, Gettysburg, PA
Cemetery: Kinyon,
Canton Township, MI

Seeley, James S.

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/8/1862
Discharged:
8/7/1863
Age at Enlistment:
35
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
New York
Wife’s Name:
Catharine Elizabeth Churchill
Died:
6/8/1882, Otisville, NY
Cemetery: Laurel Grove,
Port Jervis, NY
 

Photo courtesy of Roger Joslyn, CG

Shattuck, Lucius L.

No Pension

Enlisted: 8/5/1862   
Age at Enlistment: 25
Residence:
Plymouth
Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
Plymouth
Never married
Died:
7/1/1863, Gettysburg, PA
Cemetery: Body not recovered at Gettysburg
 

24th Michigan Infantry Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park

Sherwood, John A.

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Enlisted: 8/9/1862   
Age at Enlistment: 31
Residence:
Nankin
Occupation:
Joiner
Nativity:
New York
Never married
Died:
6/10/1865, Salisbury, NC
Cemetery: Unknown
   

Sherwood, William E. 

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Enlisted: 8/12/1862
Discharged:
6/30/1865 
Age at Enlistment:
27
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Agent
Nativity:
New York
Wife’s Name:
Eliza Jane Larrabee
Died:
12/17/1918, Youngstown, OH
Cemetery: Riverside, Plymouth, MI
 

Soper, George W. 

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Enlisted: 8/9/1862
Age at Enlistment: 27
Residence:
Plymouth
Occupation:
Joiner
Nativity:
Canton
Wife’s Name:
Deborah M. Huffman
Died:
11/27/1862, York, PA
Cemetery: Prospect Hill, York, PA
 

Photo courtesy of Joyce Strong

Southworth, Otis

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/9/1862
Age at Enlistment: 28
Residence:
Plymouth
Occupation:
Engineer
Nativity:
New York
Wife’s Name:
Harriet S. Derby
Died:
7/1/1863, Gettysburg, PA
Cemetery: Gettysburg National, Gettysburg, PA

Photo courtesy of Wayne Historical Museum

Photo courtesy of Bob Zaetta

Stevens, David B.

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/5/1862   
Age at Enlistment: 19
Residence:
Canton
Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
New York
Never married
Died:
12/1/1862, Washington, DC
Cemetery: National Soldiers Home, Washington, DC

Photo property of Plymouth Historical Museum

Stewart, Frank T.

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/8/1862
Discharged:
6/30/1865 
Age at Enlistment:
18
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Shoemaker
Nativity:
New York
Wife’s Name:
Eliza Helen Payne
Died:
11/20/1918, Grand Rapids, MI
Cemetery: Soldiers Home, Grand Rapids, MI
 

Stockfleth, Christian 

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Enlisted: 8/7/1862
Discharged:
5/3/1864
Age at Enlistment:
32
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Laborer
Nativity:
Germany
Wife’s Name:
Joanna
Died:
7/13/1911, Livonia Township, MI
Cemetery: Livonia Center, Livonia, MI
 

Taylor, DeWitt C.

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/5/1862
Discharged:
11/12/1862
Age at Enlistment:
36
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Carpenter
Nativity:
New York
Wife’s Name:
Mary J.
Died:
4/20/1897, Kansas City,
MO

Cemetery: Elmwood, Kansas City, MO
 

Photo courtesy of Bruce Mathews

Terry, Ralph G. 

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/9/1862
Discharged:
6/30/1865 
Age at Enlistment:
30
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
Canada
Wife’s Name:
Elizabeth R. Seeley
Died:
8/21/1898, Plymouth, MI
Cemetery: Riverside, Plymouth, MI

Photo courtesy of Hal Young  

Thayer, William U. 

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/9/1862
Discharged:
6/30/1865 
Age at Enlistment:
21
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
Plymouth
Wife’s Name:
Fannie E. Rice, Eliza B. Bury
Died:
8/4/1919, Togus, ME
Cemetery: Arlington National, Arlington, VA
 
 

Towers, Robert

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Enlisted: 8/7/1862
Discharged:
3/2/1865
Age at Enlistment:
36
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Shoemaker
Nativity:
England
Wife’s Name:
Mary Wright
Died:
12/12/1898, Keighley, York, England
Cemetery: Utley, Keighley, York, England
 

Robert Towers does not have a tombstone. If he did, it would be in between and behind the front two tombs. The one on the right is for his daughter, Elizabeth Towers Skaife.
Photo courtesy of Sandra Hewlett, CG

Velie, Jacob Abraham

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/5/1862
Discharged:
6/30/1865 
Age at Enlistment:
20
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Laborer
Nativity:
New York
Wife’s Name:
Ella Harris
Died:
9/17/1908, Erwin, NY
Cemetery: Nandaga,
Bath, NY
 

Photo courtesy of Susan Wheeler

Weed, Minot S.

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/9/1862
Discharged:
6/30/1865 
Age at Enlistment:
18
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
Salem
Wife’s Name:
Theresa H. Herr
Died:
10/7/1930, Plymouth
Cemetery: Newburg, Livonia Township, MI
 

Welsh, George Reynolds

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/6/1862
Discharged:
6/24/1865 
Age at Enlistment:
29
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
New York
Wife’s Name:
Martha G. Hughes
Died:
5/16/1924, Rockford, IL
Cemetery: Forest Home, Chicago, IL

Photo courtesy of Dale Niesen

Photo courtesy of Kristin Lancor

Westfall, Charles

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/5/1862
Discharged:
11/2/1862
Age at Enlistment:
26
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Sawyer
Nativity:
New York
Wife’s Name:
Viola A. Niblic
Died:
6/5/1925, Plymouth
Cemetery: Riverside, Plymouth, MI
 

Westfall, Orson

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/5/1862
Discharged:
6/30/1865 
Age at Enlistment:
23
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Laborer
Nativity:
Plymouth
Wife’s Name:
Rachel Everett
Died:
6/24/1920, Plymouth
Cemetery: Riverside, Plymouth, MI
 

Whallon, William H.

Have Pension

Enlisted: 8/13/1862
Discharged:
1/22/1864 
Age at Enlistment:
27
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Farmer
Nativity:
New York
Wife’s Name:
Eliza Willmore
Died:
4/2/1901, Bunkerhill, MI
Cemetery: Woodlawn, Leslie, MI

Willis, Alfred C.

No Pension

Enlisted: 8/5/1862
Age at Enlistment: 18
Residence:
Plymouth

Occupation:
Laborer
Nativity:
Plymouth
Never married
Died:
9/1/1864, Andersonville, GA
Cemetery: National, Marietta, GA
   

All photos taken by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL, unless otherwise noted.

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