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Safford, Joseph A.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Photo courtesy of Roger Joslyn, CG
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No Pension
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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 |
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24th Michigan Infantry Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Photo courtesy of Joyce Strong
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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
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Photo courtesy of Bob Zaetta
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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Taylor, DeWitt C.
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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 |
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Photo courtesy of Bruce Mathews
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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
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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
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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 |
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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
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Velie, Jacob Abraham
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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 |
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Photo courtesy of Susan Wheeler
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Weed, Minot S.
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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 |
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Welsh, George Reynolds
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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
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Photo courtesy of Kristin Lancor
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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No Pension
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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 |
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All photos taken by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL, unless otherwise noted.
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