Jonathan Barron was born in Reading, Massachusetts June 30, 1760. He was the son of Captain Timothy and Olive Moore Barron, he married Thankful Minor, in Haverhill NH. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War 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 territorial 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. (Michigan became 26th state in the Union 1837)
Revolutionary War Soldier Honored (1977)
St. Clair-Jonathan Barron was honored Tuesday, although he died December 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 Patriot.
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, descendants of Jonathan Barron attended the ceremony.
Regent of DAR Louisa St. Clair Chapter, introduced speakers and the DAR chapters participating in the ceremony. Mrs. John E. DeWald, Louisa St. Clair Chapter member researched the grave location. Marking a Revolutionary War soldier's grave was started by the National Society of the DAR between 1897-98. Data is reported to the Recorder General each year and submitted to the Smithsonian Institution and 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.
Michigan was still a territory in 1813 when Jonathan Barron and his wife, Thankful Minor, came to St. Clair to farm land. He was born in Reading, Massachusetts , 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.
Jonathan Barron was born in Reading, Massachusetts June 30, 1760. He was the son of Captain Timothy and Olive Moore Barron, he married Thankful Minor, in Haverhill NH. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War 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 territorial 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. (Michigan became 26th state in the Union 1837)
Revolutionary War Soldier Honored (1977)
St. Clair-Jonathan Barron was honored Tuesday, although he died December 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 Patriot.
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, descendants of Jonathan Barron attended the ceremony.
Regent of DAR Louisa St. Clair Chapter, introduced speakers and the DAR chapters participating in the ceremony. Mrs. John E. DeWald, Louisa St. Clair Chapter member researched the grave location. Marking a Revolutionary War soldier's grave was started by the National Society of the DAR between 1897-98. Data is reported to the Recorder General each year and submitted to the Smithsonian Institution and 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.
Michigan was still a territory in 1813 when Jonathan Barron and his wife, Thankful Minor, came to St. Clair to farm land. He was born in Reading, Massachusetts , 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.
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