The grave of a man who served in the US Civil War has been formally marked in a northern Michigan cemetery.
Claude Fields made sure Ruel Boynton’s serve wasn’t forgotten.
Fields, manager of Maple Grove Cemetery in Empire Township, has conducted research on many of the dead buried there, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported.
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“We can’t have a vet here without a headstone,” Fields said. “That is not right”.
The grave of Ruel Boynton, a Civil War soldier who died in 1910, has finally been given a headstone in a Michigan cemetery.
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Working with Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home, he contacted the US Department of Veterans Affairs, which approved a headstone for Boynton, who died in 1910 after settling on a 160-acre farm in Leelanau County. after the war. His wife’s name was Martha and they had eight children.
“It was wonderful to see that Claude respected the cemetery and the veterans and wanted to see them honored, not just now but in the future,” said the funeral home’s Megan Fryer.
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Fields’ research has also led to the recognition of the graves of six men who worked for the US Life Saving Service, the predecessor of the Coast Guard.
