"B" Burials, Fairplains Cemetery (GR 77)
Grand Rapids Township, Kent County, Michigan
Cemetery visited and headstones transcribed by the
Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.)
on or about Apr. 9, 1929

Baart, Martin 
(Father)
b. 
1869. D. 1908

Bachmann, Frances D.
b. 
1839
d. 1911
on lot with Jno
also James Johnson

Bachmann, Jno
n.d
Co. H, 9th Ohio Inf.

Backus (?) 
(Mother)
b. 
1850
d. 1909

Backus, Ireane
n.d.

Bacon, Betsey
b. 
1843
d. 1915

Bacon, Eliza 
(Mother)
w. 
of John
d. Mar. 29, 1873
a. 63y. 1m. 5d.
on lot with John Sumner, and Betsey

Bacon, John 
(Father)
d. 
Oct. 27, 1890
a. 86y. 2m. 16d.

Bacon, Marietta
only ch. Of Rufus and Mary A
b. May 13, 1859

a. 
Mar. 3, 1895
a. 35y. 10m. 10d.

Bacon, Mary A.
w. of Rufus
b.1838 d.1909

Bacon, Rufus S.
b.1835 d.1903

Bacon, Sumner
b.1838 d.19--

Bacon, Truman
b.July 8,1810 d.Dec.31,1873
a.-63y 5m 23d

Bacon, Truman J.
s. of John and Eliza
d.July 14,1863
a.-18y 9m 26d

killed in the battle of Falling Waters
buried where he fell
Corp'l,
Co.F., 6th Mich. Cav.

Bagge, Katherine
b.1878 d.1927

Bailey, Elizabeth
b.1856 d.--

Baird, ______
inft.
o.d. 1914

Baird, Melissa Mae
b.Oct.20,1882 d.Nov.13,1909

Bak, Henderika
 
see Goeree

Baker, Dorothy
b.1909 d.1924

Baker, Henrietta
d. of J. and M.
b.1894 d.1916

Baker, James E.
b.1861 d.1923

Baker, John
b.1874 d.1917

Baker, Nancy E.
b.1835 d.1925

Bakker, Clara
b.1860 d.1909

Bakker, Gerrit B.
b.1884 d.1909

Baldwin, Matson A.
b.1854 d.1915

Ball, Gertrude
see Sullivan

Ball, Josina (Mother)
b.1849 d.1911

Ball, Lolabell
 
see Tatroe

Ball, Sadie
b.1893 d.1912

Bamber, Thomas
b.1850 d.1921

Baragar, Gertie
 
see Thiebout

Barber, Catherine
 
see Henry

Barber, Charles H.
b.1828 d.1875

Barber, Clare V.
b.1909 d.1918

Barber, Clarence E.
b.1854 d.1917

Barkley, Byard (Father)
b.1815 d.1890

Barkley, Emily A. (Mother)
w. of Byard
b.1827 d.1893

Barlow, Mary (Mother)
b.1831 d.1910

Barlow, Ruben T. J.
b.1881 d.1907

Barlow, Rupert J.
b.1881 d.1907

Barnes, Nettie
 
see Leonard

Barr, Bertha B.
b.Dec.26,1906 d.Nov.27,1917

Barr, Colista
 
see Mutchler

Barrett, John
b.1844 d.1930

Barrett, Sally A.
b.1849 d.1917
on lot with John

Barrows, Alice, w. of B. E.
b.1877 d.1903

Barrows, Asahel
d.Feb.10,1875 in the 81st y of his ____

(handwritten note: he had 12 children
David of Detroit, John G. and
Julius
of Sturgis (p.i.) )

Barrows, John G.
b.1835 d.1887
(handwritten note: s. of Dr. A. and
Milly

h. of Sarah Diana Woodworth, who is still living at 90 y. of age.
(p.i.) )

Barrows, Mamie
d. of J.B. and S.D.
b.1864 d.1881

Barrows, Milly
w. of Dr. A.
d.Dec.23,1865
a.-70y

Bartholic, Mamie M. (Wife and Mother)
b.1889 d.1926

Bartlett, Anson B.
b.1844 d.1917
Co.D., 16th U.S. Inf.

Bartlett, D. Alfred
b.1880 d.1907

Bartlett, Emilie W.
b.1846 d.1922
on lot with Anson B. and Louise F.

Bartlett, Louis A.
d.Dec.19,1896
a.-43y

Bartlett, Louise F.
b.1880 d.1920

Bassett, Lafayette
b.1863 d.1921

Bates, Isaac J.
b.Oct.31,1864 d.Sept.25,1896

Bates, Joel M.
d.Aug.6,1881
a.-33y
Vet. '61-'65

Baugher, H.
b.1854 d.1919

Bauman, Urban
b.1853 d.1910

Baxter, Adelia
b.1842 d.19--
on stone with Benj. F.

Baxter, Benjamin F.
b.1837 d.1918

Baxter, Benjamin F.
o.d. May 3,1920
Mich. Pvt., 328th Field Art.,
85th Div.

Beadle, Sophia
w. of Archie E.
b.1893 d.1918

Beason, James M.
b.1879 d.19--

Beason, Leslie L.
b.1899 d.1922

Beason, Minnie P.
b.1878 d.19--
on lot with James M. and Leslie L.

Becker, Raymond H.
b.1900 d.1922

Beckwith, Julia A.
b.1833 d.1897
on lot with L.T.

Beckwith, Lysander T.
b.1830 d.1908

Beekman, Cornelia M.
b.Aug.24,1831 d.July 19,1893

Beekman, John W.
b.Mar.16,1823 d.Apr.18,1891

Bellaire, Josephine
b.1862 d.1905
on lot with T.E. and M.E.

Bellaire, Minnie E.
b.1882 d.1927

Bellaire, Theo. E.
b.1860 d.1928

Bement, Chas. H.
b.1871 d.1915

Bement, Jennie
w. of W.H.
b.1869 d.1904

Bender, Geo. O. (Husband)
b.1855 d.1918

Bender, Harry
inft.
o.d. 1901

Bender, Hattie H.
inft.
o.d. 1901

Bendtsen, Ethel
b.1873 d.1927

Benedict, Herman B.
b.1848 d.1913

Benedict, Ortency
b.1850 d.1925
on lot with Herman B.

Benedict, Willard A.
b.1885 d.1903

Benham, Ida (Mother)
b.1868 d.1928

Benjamin, George
d.May 20,1867
a.-15y

Benjamin, J.P.
d.May 12,1899
a.-67y

Benjamin, Lewis R.
d.Feb.4,1913
a.-88y

Bennett, Elmer T.
b.1863 d.1903

Bennett, Hanna M.
b.1845 d.1909
on lot with James H. and Elmer T.

also Gilbert M. and Sadie Steese.

Bennett, James H.
b.1831 d.1903

Bennett, Lottie
b.1844 d.1917

Bentley, Louise Smith
b.1852 d.1918
on lot with S. A. Smith

Bergsma, Joseph (Father)
b.1860 d.1926

Bergsma, Sara
b.Feb.9,1887 d.June 15,1915

Berry, Ethel
 
see Moxom

Bettinghaus, Amelia M. (Mother)
b.1823 d.1905

Bettinghaus, Wm. C. (Father)
b.1821 d.1875

Bettinghouse, Henry C.
b.1849 d.1925

Bettinghouse, Zenora
b.1849 d.1924

Beukema, Lena E. (Mother)
b.1862 d.1922

Beukema, Richard
b.1882 d.1921

Beukers, Leora
b.1883 d.1924

Beye, Cornelius
b.1882 d.1923
Spanish War Vet.

Beye, Marinus
b.1850 d.1919

Beyer, Fred C.
b.1907 d.1927

Bickel, John
b.1861 d.1927

Biggs, Maria
 
see Ackerson

Billock, Elizabeth (Mother)
b.1870 d.1926

Bircher, Cora E.
b.1871 d.1910

Bird, Daniel
b.Feb.18,1809 d.Feb.15,1892

Bird, Hannah
w. of Daniel
b.Aug.11,1805 d.Oct.2,1901

Bissell, John Duvall
b.1862 d.1909

Bittenbenden, Jean G.
b.1915 d.1920

Blakely, Johanna A.
w. of J.E.
d.1926 o.d.

Blakeslee, Geo. L.
b.1852 d.1925

Blakeslee, Susan E.
b.1848 d.1912
on lot with Geo. L.

Blickle, G. C.
b.1846 d.1923

Blivin, Eliza
w. of Hiram
d.Apr.19,1880
a.-65y 10m 12d

Blodgett, Mary J.
b.1862 d.1919

Blom, Anne (Mother)
b.Aug.12,1836 d.Jan.4,1908

Blom, Peter (Father)
b.Aug.22,1827 d.June 21,1915

Blostra, Richard
b.1877 d.1918

Bodbyl, Adriana
d. of J.
b.1891 d.1914

Boender, Wm.
b.Oct.16,1870 d.June 6,1910

Bohn, Leo C.
b.1889 d.1919

Bokma, Rosie
 
see Van der Reid

Bolhuis, Jacob
b.1842 d.1921

Bolhuis, Lucretia
b.1840 d.1923
on lot with Jacob

Bolitho, Casberne P.V.
b.1892 d.1912

Bolle, Sara
b.1886 d.1925

Bolman, Mary (Mother)
b.1853 d.1919

Bolt, Catherine
b.1852 d.1923

Bondy, Mary C.
w. of A.
b.1853 d.1916

Bondy, Shelden T.
n.d.
3rd U.S. Cav.

Bonenfant, Joseph
b.1896 d.1921

Boone, Earnest C.
b.1914 d.1919

Boorsma, Gerrit J.
b.1861 d.1924

Booth, Clinton Gale
b.1903 d.1924

Booth, Melissa E. (Mother)
w. of Josiah
b.May 27,1847 d.Aug.7,1903

Borne, Rosela A.
w. of Wm. H.
d.Apr.10,1876
a.-18y 4m 17d
also two infts.: Rosela A. and Jas. E.

Bos, Dirk
b.Sept.25,1883 d.Jan.21,1901

Bos, Feike (Father)
b.1850 d.1918

Bos, Flora
 
see Grevenstuk

Bos, Mattie (Mother)
b.1850 d.1914

Bos, Rindert
b.Feb.21,1839 at Minertsga, Friesland, Ned.
d.Jan.6,1914 at Boreulo, Mich.

Bos, Sytske Kas.
w. of Rindert
b.Oct.22,1845 at Minertsga, Friesland,
Ned.
d.Sept.22,1906 at Grand Rapids, Mich.

Boshuizen, Jennie
b.1852 d.1926

Boshuizen, John
d.Feb.6,1917
o.d.

Bosley, Rosa Fitch
w. of Wm.
d.Apr.27,1881
a.-22y 10m 15d

Boss, Jay
b.1903 d.1926

Boughner, Myrtle M.
b.1870 d.1903

Bouma, Antone
b.1863 d.1922

Bouma, Johanna F.
b.1858 d.1922
on lot with Antone.

Bousma, Mabel A.
d. of W.F. and H.M.
b.1904 d.1907

Bouwkamp, Grietje
w. of Jacob
b.1857 d.1924

Bouwkamp, Jacob
b.1849 d.1928

Bouwman, Mary (Mother)
b.1869 d.1926

Bowen, J.C.
b.1847 d.1900

Bowen, Wm. E.
b.1878 d.1928

Bowles, Evelyn
b.1882 d.1918

Bradford, Adelbert C.
b.1858 d.1919

Bradford, Arthur A.
b.1893 d.1918

Bradford, Clayton
b.1897 d.1897

Bradish, Lydia Ann
 
see Carmichael

Brainard, Augustus B.
b.1824 d.1907

Brainard, Laura
b.1832 d.1887
on lot with Augustus B.

Braman, Anna W.
b.1841 d.1916
on lot with Harvey O., Lottie A., and
Bertha

Braman, Bertha
b.Feb.25,1883 d.Sept.29,1886

Braman, Harvey O.
b.1840 d.1913

Braman, Lottie A.
b.Sept.29,1877 d.June 8,1892

Brandau, ______ (Father)
b.1847 d.1916

Brandau, A.A.
n.d.
Co.D, 30th U.S.V.I.
Spanish Am. War.

Brandau, Eliza (Mother)
b.1851 d.1916
on stone with Lenhard

Brandau, Lenhard (Father)
b.1850 d.1915

Brandi, R.J. (Lieut.)
b.1879 d.1921

Brandt, Jno.
n.d.
Co.G, 21st Mich. Inf.

Brandt, Herman
b.1890 d.1918

Bratt, Julia
b.1869 d.1915

Brazil, Mary
b.1829 d.1910

de Bres, H.
 
see V. D. Ende

Bricker, Jeremiah
b.1884 d.1923

Bridges, Jennie
b.1844 d.1922

Briggs, Adell F.
b.1861 d.1911

Briggs, Adella
n.d.

Briggs, Barber B.
b.1810 d.1887

Briggs, Cordelia F.
b.1835 d.1900
on lot with Edw. L.

Briggs, Dorr
n.d.

Briggs, Edward L.
b.1830 d.1904

Briggs, Elizabeth H. (Mother)
b.1824 d.1900
on lot with Robt., Earl,
Dorr,
Adella, Lilly and W.A.

Briggs, Lilly
n.d.

Briggs, Mary S.
b.1812 d.1898
on lot with Barber B. and Adell F.

Briggs, Robert Earl
b.Nov.16,1818 d.May 25,1907

Briggs, W.A.
b.1854 d.1907

Brigham, Levi
b.1822 d.1903

Brigham, Pamelia
b.1821 d.1891
on lot with Levi
also F.J. and
C.E.Atwood

Bright, Clara
w. of Fred
b.1881 d.1915

Bright, Eva
w. of Fred
b.1885 d.1902

Bright, June
b.1907 d.1914

Bright, Lura
w. of Fred
b.1874 d.1911

Brinnan, Hattie H.
b.1844 d.1924

Brinnan, John J.
b.1835 d.1920

Brock, Abram S. (Father)
b.May 1,1848 d.Dec.18,1901

Brookins (or Peterson), Arthur C.
b.1873 d.1926

Brookins (or Peterson), Gladice E.
b.1899 d.1924

Brooks, Estella
d. of Wm.E. and H.J.
d.Feb.18,1891
a.-16y 3m 1d

Brooks, Harry A.
b.1861 d.1908

Brooks, Margurite
b.1894 d.1916

Brothers, Hazel
 
see Prangley

Brothers, Orrin A.
b.1850 d.19--

Brouwer, Pietje
 
see Van der Wal

Brown, inft.
s. of F. and E.
b.May 11,1881
d.---

Brown, Bertha Irene
b.1878 d.1905
on stone with Stephen W.

Brown, Chas. H. (Father)
b.1851 d.1920

Brown, Ellen
w. of Francis
b.Dec.5,1841 d.July 12,1905

Brown, Francis
b.Sept.28,1828 d.Aug.7,1903

Brown(?), Jesse (Father)
b.1849 d.1924

Brown, John (Hus.)
b.1882 d.1926

Brown, Laura
b.1878 d.1915

Brown, Lovina E.
 
see Havens

Brown, Mary C. (Mother)
b.1858 d.1911
on stone with Chas. H.

Brown, Mary E.H.
b.1854 d.1927

Brown(?), Matilda (Mother)
b.1858 d.1916

Brown, Pauline
b.1903 d.1926

Brown, Stephen W.
b.1852 d.1913

Brown, Wm. H.
n.d.
Co.E, 9th Mich. Cav.

Brunett, Elizabeth E.
b.1882 d.1920

Brunett, John
b.1862 d.1927

Brunett, Willie
b.1902 d.1904

Buchanan, Alex W.
b.1857 d.1925

Buchanan, Augustus
b.Sept.26,1824 d.Aug.27,1918

Buchanan, C. Retta
b.1854 d.1909

Buchanan, Margaret
w. of Augustus
b.Apr.8,1831 d.July 27,1900

Buchanan, Maymie H.
d. of A. and M.
b.Oct.31,1870 d.Nov.10,1892

Buchanan, Salome
b.1861 d.1925

Buck, Anna T
b.1847 d.19--
on lot with Wellie W.

Buck, Rose
b.1877 d.1924

Buck, Wellie W.
b.1855 d.1922

Buckle, Alanzo (Father)
b.1877 d.1922

Buckle, Bessie (Mother)
b.1878 d.1904

Buckle, Emaline (Mother)
b.1890 d.1908

Buell, Maybell
b.1892 d.1906

Buffinga, Anna (Mother)
b.1854 d.1919

Buffinga, James
b.1851 d.---

Buitendyk, Florence I.
b.1890 d.1928

Buitendyk, Grietje
b.1853 d.1912

Buker, John
b.1889 d.1928

Bullard, Byron J.
b.Feb.24,1828 d.Feb.11,1899

Bullard, Catherine
b.June 6,1845 d.Oct.2,1902
on lot with B.J.

Burbee, Aaron (Husband)
b.1836 d.1901

Burbee, Loesa D.
b.1841 d.1911
on same side of stone with Aaron

Burdick, Fannie
w. of W.L.
b.Jan.10,1850 d.Nov.14,1892

Burdick, Wm.L.
b.1841 d.1917

Burgess(?), Edwin
b.1909 d.1916

Burgess, Lois
d. of Janet Patterson
(this biographical information
given on Janet Patterson's gravestone)
see Patterson, Janet

Burgess, Samuel' b.1879 d.1919

Burgstahler, Florence A.
b.1886 d.1923

Burnes, Rhodena A.
w. of J.L.
b.1855 d.1910

Burns, Alberta
b.1899 d.1906

Burns, James S.
b.1836 d.1908

Burrows, Isabella
b.1850 d.1903
erected by dau. and sister Sarah

on lot with Caroline Simpson
also G.J. and Sarah Lafevre

Buse, Gertrude
d. of F.W. and E.A.
b.May 26,1902 d.Sept.3,1902

Buse, Grace
d. of F.W. and E.A.
b.May 26,1902 d.Sept.3,1902

Buth, Jacob
b.1909 d.1925

Butler, Alida (Mother)
b.1868 d.1908

Byl, Elizabeth
b.1910 d.1914

Byl, Gerrit (Father)
b.1860 d.1912

 

Document Source: Gravestone Records of Kent County 1925-1932
Location of Original: Grand Rapids Public Library
Transcribers: Ronnie Aungst, Diane Teelander
Created: 6 March 1999