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Colgrove-Woodruff Camp No. 22
Battle Creek, Michigan

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Counterman, John, Marshall. Enlisted in company A, Thirteenth Infantry, Feb. 17, 1864, at Jackson, for 3 years, age 36. Mustered Feb. 29, 1864. Discharged at Detroit, Mich., Aug 4, 1865. Present residence, Battle Creek, Mich. [Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865. 1903]

Counterman, John Oak Hill Cemetery
Battle Creek		 MI 13 INF Co. A
[History of the G.A.R. Memorial Hall, Marshall, MI by Chris Czopek]

Death of John Counterman
Funeral services for John Counterman, conducted by Rev. Wm. S. Potter, will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from his late home, 67 West Hall street. Interment in Oak Hill cemetery. [The Morning Enquirer, Battle Creek, Monday, March 27, 1905, p.5, c.4]

Death of John Counterman
Funeral services for the late John Counterman were conducted by Rev. Wm. S. Potter at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the family home, 67 West Hall street. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery.

Besides a host of friends he leaves to mourn his sad demise his wife and seven children, three daughters and four sons, namely; Mesdames Thos. Hewitt, Detroit; John Babcock, Jackson; Wm. Barden, Parma; the sons being Alva, William, Lorenzo and John, of Albion. The services were held under the auspices of Lincoln Circle, of which the deceased was an honored member. [The Morning Enquirer, Battle Creek, Tuesday, March 28, 1905, p.5, c.2]


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