Harry is the 3-day-old infant son
of Liberty U. Dragoo and his
wife Celestia Ann Hunniker, of
Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan.
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Note: PLEASE, do NOT transfer this
memorial to other web sites.
Thanks, Nancy (Letcher) Heib.
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Harry was the sixth of seven children.
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His first name is left blank on his
birth certificate (Book B, page 214).
(He is listed as "Unnamed" Dragoo
in the Berrien County "birth index").
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His death certificate states that
he died of "unknown reason", at
3 days of age (Book A, page 207).
His death certificate also states
that he was buried in the
Oak Ridge Cemetery, in Buchanan, MI.
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His father Liberty, lists his sixth
child as Harry W. Dragoo, in his
Civil War pension application records
(from the National Archives).
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The 1880 census lists Harry as
being two years of age, which
of course was a mistake, because
Harry died at three days old.
This particular 1880 census had "MANY"
mistakes for Harry's family!
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No headstone can be found for Harry.
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The lot # of his burial is unknown.
The cemetery sextons office had no
record of Harry's burial location, but
Harry's death certificate states that
he was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Note: Since Harry was the first
person in Liberty and Celestia's
immediate family to pass away (before
they had purchased any cemetery lots),
could Harry "possibly" have been buried
in the "Potters Field" area of this
cemetery, which is 64% infants,
aged 2 years old or less?
"OR"
Could Harry have been buried
with Celestia's parents?
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Harry's Grandparents, his parents,
and three of his siblings are also
buried in this cemetery.
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See the memorials for Harry's family,
who are also buried in this cemetery,
on this web site:
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Grandfather, Francis "Frank" Hunniker.
Grandmother, Julia Ann Hunniker.
Father, Liberty Dragoo, of MI.
Mother, Celestia (Hunniker) Dragoo.
Siblings:
1. William F. Dragoo.
2. Juliette (Dragoo) Rhoades.
3. Cleta "Cleo" (Dragoo) Upham.
(All of Berrien County Michigan).
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