Mackinac County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Shurtleff, John S. ************************************************ 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: Betty Cogan longlakegranny@dishmail.net December 18, 2007, 6:47 am Cemetery: Gros Cap Cemetery Name: John S. Shurtleff Date Of Photograph: October 21, 2007 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mackinac/photos/tombstones/groscap/shurtlef131491gph.jpg Image file size: 182.0 Kb JOHN S. SHURTLEFF DIED FEB. 7, 1893 AGED 73Y, 11M, 4D "Farewell my wife and children/From you a father Christ doth call" Location: Block 5, Lot 3 Additional Comments: John was born 03 Mar 1819 in Vermont and died in Saint Ignace, Michigan. He married Mary Belle Blanchard 13 Oct 1843. This location is the Shurtleff plot. Also buried here is their son, Junius John. Gros Cap Records state: "a very old stone on the ground and broken in three parts; inscription illegible. Blanchard family bible records show that Junius was the son of John and Mary Blanchard Shurtliff and was born July 10, 1851; died June 2, 1879. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/mackinac/photos/tombstones/groscap/shurtlef131491gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb