Gratiot County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....West, Effie May ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Moore http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007687 March 8, 2011, 3:58 pm Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery Name: Effie May West Date Of Photograph: October 12, 2010 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/gratiot/photos/tombstones/oakgrove/west162509nph.jpg Image file size: 159.9 Kb Headstones located on Hofstetter Hill LEMUEL SAVIERS 1940 - 1912 CAROLINE M. SAVIERS 1845 - 1916 ALICE S. WEST 1870 - 1920 EFFIE MAY WEST JULY 26, 1868 APRIL 22, 1909 Note: Lemuel Saviers was the son of Cyrus B. & Matilda (Latta) Saviers born December 12, 1840 in Ohio and died on August 12, 1912 St. Louis, Gratiot Co., Michigan at the age of 71 years 8 months and 7 days Occupation: War Vet, Real Estate & Banking Civil War: Lemuel Saviers 1861-1864. Enlisted in company C First U.S. Sharpshooters as First Sergeant Aug. 21 1861 at Detroit for 3 years age 21 ... Discharged for disability on account of wounds received in action at Spottsylvania Va. May 12 1864. For further description see (Descriptive Roll Twenty-sixth Michigan Volunteers) Death certificate shows Caroline M. Saviers was the daughter of Perley Bill (VT) and Caroline Brown (Mass), female, white, widowed, born September 8, 1845 Michigan and died on May 3, 1916 St. Louis, Gratiot Co., Michigan at the age of 70 years 7 months and 25 days, cause of death cerebral Hemorrhage. Informant W. G. West of St. Louis, Mich. Burial was on May 5, 1916 Oak Grove, St. Louis, Michigan. Death certificate Alice S. (Saviers) West she was the daughter of Lemuel Saviers (MI) and ? M. Bills (MI), white, female, married, husband Willis G. West, housewife, born August 28, 1870 MI and passed away July 29, 1920 St. Louis, Gratiot Co., MI at the age of 49 years 11 months and 1 day, cause of death chronic endocarditis. Informant W. G. West of St. Louis, MI. Burial was on July 31, 1920 St. Louis, MI. William G. "Will" West was the husband of Alice S. (Saviers) West born December 26, 1856 and died on March 11, 1941 (cemetery records - No Headstone) Death certificate shows Effie May West was the daughter of Orange C. West and Harriet Stehrow? both of New York), white, female, single, seamstress, born July 26, 1868 Whitmore Lake, MI and died on April 22, 1909 St. Louis, Gratiot Co., MI at the age of 40 years 8 months and 26 days cause of death fatty cardio-neuratis ?. Informant Willis West St. Louis, MI. Burial was on April 24, 1909 St. Louis, MI. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/gratiot/photos/tombstones/oakgrove/west162509nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb