Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Demorest, Samuel L. 1908
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Belding Banner, 16 Apr 1908

The following obituary of a former old resident of Otisco is handed us by Major
Frank R. Chase who were comrades together in the same company and went into the
service from Otisco.

Captain Major Samuel L. Demorest died at Clinton, Iowa, April 2, 1908.  Captain
Demorest came to Otisco with his parents among the first settlers, growing up as
a boy in the old log house near the old red house on the Upson farm, was married
and became the owner of the next farm east.

He was enrolled in Co. B. 25 Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, in August,
1862, and was chosen their captain.  Being the ranking captain in the regiment
in the absence of the field officers, he commanded the regiment from August 1863
to April 1864, when he was promoted to the rank of major of his regiment and was
mustered out at the close of the war in June 1865.

Major Demorest was wounded in the battle of Rasacaland at Kenesaw Mountain. 
Soon after his return from the service Major Demorest sold his farm and went
west to Missouri, and later to Clinton, Iowa, where he has made his home for the
past 25 years.

He leaves surviving, three sisters, Mrs. Henry Green, Mrs. Adelaide and Mrs.
Satterlee, and one brother, Lyman Demorest.  Major Demorest was a strong able
and fearless commander, beloved by men, and trusted by his superior officers.


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