Sgt. John Henry Shoemaker

1843 - 1917  (73 years)

• Name	John Henry Shoemaker
  Prefix	Sgt.
  Born	28 Jul 1843	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Cival War
  	Enlisted in Company C, Michigan 4th Cavalry Regiment on 28 Aug 1862.Promoted to Full Corporal.Mustered out on 01 Jul 1865 at Nashville, TN.Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant on 09 Feb 1865.
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Free Church
  Eby ID Number	00112-7027
  Died	17 Apr 1917	Lawrence, Van Buren, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Buried	Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Van Buren, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I4795	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	David Shantz Shoemaker,   b. 7 Jan 1820, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Jan 1892, Three Rivers, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Margaret Wykoff Knickerbocker,   b. 9 Oct 1819, , USA ,   d. 18 Mar 1860, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)
  Married	1 Aug 1841	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F1506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Van Nordstrand,   b. CA 1843, Of, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan ,   d. 13 May 1863  (Age ~ 20 years)
  Married	12 Aug 1862  [1]
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F1496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Wilhelmine Anna "Willie" Land,   b. CA 1858,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	15 May 1878	Dalton, Georgia, U. S.   [1, 6]
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F1511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John H. Shoemaker, "was born July 28th, 1843. In the beginning of the American war he went to Detroit where he enlisted in the Union army and went through the dreadful civil war of the United States from 1861 to 1865. He was first married to Mary Van Nordstrand, August 12th, 1862. She died May 13th, 1863. He was again married to Wilhelmine Anna Land, May 15th, 1877, at Dalton, Georgia, U.S. He now resides at Niles, Michigan and has a small family." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 453. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 6 Page 29. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, H., America, N., County, V., & Cemetery, H. (2018). Sgt John H. Shoemaker (1843-1917) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16568724. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 452. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Marriages By Rev'd F. W. Bindemann, Minister Of The German Evangelical Protestant Church Daniel L. Shoemaker, Storekeeper, To Margareth Knikerbocker, Both Of Waterloo. Wit. John U. Tyson, Storekeeper, And Levy Clemens, Yeom. , Both Of Waterloo [S2638] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978. Willie A Land Marriage Date:15 May 1878 Marriage Place:Whitfield, Georgia, USA Spouse:John H Shoemaker

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Jul 1843 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Church - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 15 May 1878 - Dalton, Georgia, U. S. Died - 17 Apr 1917 - Lawrence, Van Buren, Michigan, United States Buried - - Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Van Buren, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth