Jonathan Barron - Hillside Cemetery - St. Clair, MI - American Revolutionary War Veteran Graves on Waymarking.com

Jonathan Barron was born in Reading, Massachusetts June 30, 1760. He was the son of Captain Timothy Barron. He married Thankful Minor, and was the father of William, George, and Liela Barron. He first enlisted under his father, a captain of the New Hampshire militia. He was present at the battle of Bennington, Vt., Aug. 16, 1777. After the war, in 1813, he moved to Michigan and farmed. His grave was located and marked May 30, 1904, by the Ot-Si-Ke-Ta chapter of the DAR in St. Clair, Michigan.

Revolutionary War soldier honored St. Clair-Jonathan Barron was honored Tuesday, although he died Dec. 2, 1834. His grave in Hillside Cemetery, St. Clair, was dedicated in a ceremony by the Louisa St. Clair Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as the only located grave in St. Clair County of a Revolutionary War veteran. St. Clair Mayor Raymond L. Gellein declared Tuesday Jonathan Barron Day. Tuesday was the 200th anniversary (Aug. 16, 1777) of the Battle of Bennington, Vt., in which Barron fought at the age of 17 years. Descendants of Barron attending the ceremony were William B. Ewart, St. Clair; Stephen McCracken, art's grandson who is home from Brazil where his parents are missionaries; Dr. H. Granger Ewart's, U.S. Nary retired; Mrs. Laurel Lydy, Dr. Ewart's daughter; Mrs. Ellen Meno's daughter, Mrs. Stephanie Meno Minor and Mrs. Ellen Meno's grandson, Matthew Teeple. Mrs. Robert W. Sawyer Jr., regent of Louisa St. Clair Chapter, introduced the speakers and the DAR chapters participating in the ceremony. They were Boy Scout Troop 294 of St. Clair; Mrs. James Eastern, vice president general, National Society, DAR; Mrs. Maxwell E. Hunt, Michigan first vice regent, DAR; Miss Marion E. Morse, state chaplain, DAR; Mrs. George F. Ryckman, state senior president; Mrs. William c. Sued, Louisa St. Clair Chapter historian; Mrs. John E. DeWald, Louisa St. Clair Chapter member who researched the graves location. Mrs. Hunt explained that the locating and marking of a Revolutionary War soldier's grave was started by the National Society of the DAR between 1897-98. Data on graves either located or marked are reported to the Recorder General each year and a report of these activities are submitted to the Smithsonian Institution, which includes the information with its report to the U. S. Congress. Locating and marking of graves was started in Michigan by the DAR in 1900. to date, 257 graves have been located in Michigan and 195 have been marked. Most graves have been marked before 1930 (the Barron grave was marked in 1904 by the St. Clair Ot-Si_Ke-Ta Chapter, although not dedicated), but occasionally unmarked graves are found, Mrs. Hunt said. Jonathan Barron and his wife, Thankful Minor, came to St. Clair in 1813 to farm land. He was born in Reading, Mass.., June 30, 1760, and enlisted in the Revolutionary War under his father, a captain in the New Hampshire militia. Barron was put on the military pension rolls at the age of 74 in 1833. His yearly pension was $57.22. He collected $171.66 before he died at the age of 77 in 1834. -From Find a Grave

Location type: Single Grave Date of Birth: 6/30/1760 Date of Death: 12/2/1834 Cause of death: Died Later Grave Marker Text: Jonathan Barron Revolutionary War Soldier 1777 - 1779 Born June 30, 1760 Died Dec. 2, 1834 Ranks: Private

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