Located in Sec 29 of Niles Township. Due to the age of the burials in this cemetery and ever increasing vandalism to headstones in these lovely old burial sites, directions are not given. I have called this Cemetery it "IVES" because of the many burials with that name. It was well maintained, now the cemetery is literally under brush and impossible to view from any vantage point. I have been unable to locate any records to date. Some foot stones I noted at the first visit (1968) were moved and some were missing in 1970. This cemetery is No. 67 in Michigan Cemetery Atlas of 1991. Locate the burial site of your ancestor by locating the Map No. here on the Map of Burial Sites below
Note: Census records of Berrien Co, Niles
Township show:
1840...Timothy H. Ives
1850...Timothy H. Ives and William Ives
1860... William Ives and Sophia Ives
[I did not research the residence to see where they all were in
respect to each other. The Berrien & Van Buren County History
of 1880, page 265 reads; Timothy H. Ives emigrated to Niles Township
in August of 1835 from Tioga Co., PA with his wife and eight children.
They settled on the bank of the Saint Joseph River in Sec. 29.
He lived there until 1878. A son, Francis, living in the city
of Niles... (1880)."] [One...Timothy H. Ives is also shown
a having pension paid to his widow, Elizabeth A. Ives who lived
in Michigan. He served in the Civil War from PA - this information
(Timothy) from Internet..]
