The Western Michigan* Genealogical Society (www.wmgs.org) was founded in 1954 with the purpose of preserving and making available for genealogical research the records of our ancestors; encouraging and assisting members in genealogical research; promoting the exchange of knowledge and encouraging the deposit of genealogical records in established libraries and archives.
*Includes Kent County and the counties immediately surrounding; namely Ottawa, Muskegon, Newaygo, Montcalm, Ionia, Barry and Allegan Counties. There is some extension beyond these counties into other areas of the Western Lower Peninsula.
I have a list of Civil War Soldiers buried in Oakfield Township.
There are several books in the Grand Rapids Public Library: “Civil War Soldiers Buried in Kent County” M929.102M52.
“United States Civil War Soldiers Living in Michigan in 1894″ R312.09774 1894 Un3
“Faces of the Civil War: An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories” 973.7410922c648f
and others