Graves of Erastus Stevens and his wife, Johanna van Rheeden.
Lake View Cemetery, South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan
Memorial Day 2007.

Erastus is the son of Justus and Lydia (Brailey) Stevens (see Coopersville Cemetery).


The stone, below, is incorrect: Erastus was 72 years old when he died; he was born in New York on 2 October 1835.


Johanna was born in the village of Herveld, municipality of Valburg, Gelderland, Netherlands, on 2 April 1842. Her parents were Hermanus H. van Rheeden and Evadena van den Wiltenburg. She emigrated to America and to Michigan with her family in 1847 at the age of 5 years.


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