Civil War soldier’s Michigan grave finally gets headstone

EMPIRE, Mich. – The grave of a person who served within the U.S. Civil Struggle has been formally marked at a northern Michigan cemetery.

Claude Fields ensured that Ruel Boynton’s service would not be forgotten.

Fields, supervisor of the Maple Grove cemetery in Empire Township, has carried out analysis on most of the lifeless who’re buried there, the Traverse Metropolis Document-Eagle reported.

“We are able to’t have a vet in right here with no gravestone,” Fields stated. “That isn’t proper.”

Working with Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Dwelling, he contacted the U.S. Division of Veterans Affairs, which authorized a gravestone for Boynton, who died in 1910 after deciding on a 160-acre farm in Leelanau County after the struggle. His spouse’s identify was Martha and so they had eight youngsters.

“It was beautiful to see that Claude revered the cemetery and the veterans and wished to see that they have been honored, not simply now however into the longer term,” stated Megan Fryer of the funeral dwelling.

Fields’ analysis has additionally led to recognition of the graves of six males who labored for the U.S. Life-Saving Service, the predecessor of the Coast Guard.