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Revolutionary Soldier's Grave

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
December
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Revolutionary Soldier's Grave Has Been Found in Forest Hill Cemetery

 

Benjamin Woodruff, Who Died Over Sixty-Five Years Ago - The Grave Will be Marked

 

The Daughters of the Revolution have discovered that there is a Revolutionary soldier buried in Forest Hill cemetery, this being so far as is known the only one in Ann Arbor. This grave is that of Benjamin Woodruff, who served through the revolution as drummer and sergeant. He was born in 1744 and died in 1837. He was a member of the old Woodruff family who settled in Ann Arbor during her infancy.

 

The facts pertaining to the death and burial of this old soldier will be forwarded at once to Washington and the grave will be marked with a brass tablet. This makes the seventh grave of Revolutionary soldiers which have been discovered in this county.