LaPorte County, Indiana
Wills Baptist Cemetery - Wills Twp - Updated April 29, 2015
Surname | Given Name | Home address | Next of Kin | Next of Kin Address | DOB | Place Born | DOD | Burial | Grave | Lot | Row | Branch of Service | Action or Unit | War Served In | Rank | Enlisted | Discharged | Type of Stone | Flagholder | Additional Information |
Brayton | Russell | 115 Patton St.,LaPorte,IN | wife-Edna | same | 9/28/1894 | Rolling Prairie, IN | 08/14/1936 | 17-Aug-36 | 5 | 173 | 4 | US Army | 5th Engineers, 7th Div. | WW I | Cpl | 05/12/17 | 04/03/1919 | upright govt.& Pvt | Amer. Leg. | |
Bloker | John H | na | na | na | year 1827 | Germany | 7/28/1892 | 7/31/1892 | 1 | 119 | 6 | US Army | 87th Regt.&42 Regt.Ind.Inf | Civil War | Pvt | 9/19/1863 | 7/21/1865 | Pvt | Civil War | |
Brown | Christopher | na | wife-Mary B. | na | na | unknown | unknown | na | 2 | 60 | 3 | US Army | 73rd Regt., Ind. Inf | Civil War | Pvt | 8/16/1862 | 7/1/1865 | upright govt. | Civil War | |
Geis | Leon | Rolling Prairie, IN | son | Chicago,IL | 3/29/1881 | Suffolk Co., Eng. | 03/14/1940 | 17-Mar-40 | 3 | 88 | US Army | 4th Battery, Lgt Artl'y | Spanish Amer. | Pvt | 7/22/1898 | 10/21/1898 | Flat Block | Span. Amer | Govt stone rec'vd & set 11/15/1974 | |
Harris | William O | RR #1 Rolling Prairie,IN | bro- | same | 12-Sep-17 | Rolling Prairie, IN | 11/18/1968 | 21-Nov-68 | - | 135 | 25 | US Army | - | WW II | Tech./4th | 01/31/42 | 05/31/1945 | Pvt | WW II | na |
Hunt | George | na | na | na | 8/17/1775 | North Carolina | 10/12/1842 | 10/15/1842 | 5 | 13 | 14 | Army | Govt stone requeest returned-no proof | War 1812 | Pvt | na | na | Pvt | War of 1812 | na |
Hunt | Orval A | 401 Rockwood St.,LaPorte | wife | same | 21-Dec-26 | Rolling Prairie, IN | 11/02/1968 | 05-Nov-68 | 3 | 43 | 14 | US Army | Hdqtr Detachment 189th S.C.U. | WW II | Cpl | 05/30/45 | 10/15/1946 | Pvt | WW II | Sand-pit bulldozer accident |
Jones | John M | na | na | na | yr 1827 | na | 25-Jan-1903 | 28-Jan-03 | 3 | 37 | 22 | US Army | Co. H 87th Regt Ind Inf | Civil War | Pvt | 8/31/1862 | 6/13/1865 | Gov recv'd 11/29/1974 | Civil War | na |
Mechiling | George R | Nov 26, 1907 | 1 May 1999 | US Navy | WW II | |||||||||||||||
Monroe | Howard W | Mar 8, 1921 | 29 Oct 1999 | US Army | WW II | Pfc | ||||||||||||||
Rhodes | David | na | na | na | yr 1832 | Erie Co., NY | 5/11/1874 | 5/14/1874 | 5 | 53 | 3 | US Army | Co. G 29th Regt Ind Inf | Civil War | Sgt | 8/12/1861 | 12/2/1865 | Gov recv'd 11/29/1974 | Civil War | na |
Salisbury | Alfred B | na | na | na | na | na | 03/09/1908 | 12-Mar-08 | 1 | 153 | 18 | US Army | Co. K 87th Regt., Ind Inf | Civil War | Musician | 9/19/1863 | na | upright Govt | Civil War | na |
Schoff | Walter Earl | na | na | na | 13-Jun-01 | na | 10/12/1921 | 14-Oct-21 | 3 | 38 | 21 | Navy | US Navy Aviation Corp | WW I | Seaman/2nd cl | Nov, 1917 | 04/01/1920 | upright Govt | WW II | na |
Whitehead | John | na | wife-Anna | na | Jan 5, 1837 | Kankakee twp,LaPorte | 01/05/1902 | 08-Jan-02 | 4 | 104 | 9 | Army | Co. G 15th Regt Ind Inf | Civil War | Chaplain | 7/15/1862 | 6/29/1864 | pvt & monument | Civil War | b.Kankakee twp, LaPorte Co.IN |
Whitehead | Samuel F | na | na | na | na | na | 3/13/1879 | 3/16/1879 | 1 | 161 | na | Army | Go. H 109th Regt. Ind Inf | Civil War | Pvt | 7/10/1862 | 7/17/1863 | pvt | Civil War | stone is broken |
Whitehead | William H | na | na | na | Apr 12, 1813 | na | Nov 8, 1877 | 11/12/1877 | 4 | 43 | 15 | Army | Co. H 109th Regt. Ind Inf | Civil War | Pvt | 7/10/1862 | 7/17/1863 | pvt | Civil War | na |
Worthey | Ralph Lee | 1083 E.State Rd. LaPorte | son-Ralph J | Kingsford Hts,IN | 16-Dec-20 | LaPorte, IN | 11/19/1980 | 22-Nov-80 | 8 | 17 | na | Marines | - | Viet Nam | Corp | 12/31/74 | 12/13/1976 | Govt Bronze | Viet Nam | na |