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..]
NOTE: Cummeny, Capt. Horrace was originally buried in Ives Cemetery, he was later moved to Silverbrook as I found a note in the sexton book at Silverbrook Cemetery which reads: Capt. Horrace Cummeny, Age at death 45 years." moved from Ives Cemetery."
