Historical Markers and War Memorials in Constantine, Michigan
Centreville is the county seat for St. Joseph County
Constantine is in St. Joseph County
St. Joseph County(55) ► ADJACENT TO ST. JOSEPH COUNTY Branch County(79) ► Calhoun County(138) ► Cass County(44) ► Kalamazoo County(100) ► Van Buren County(76) ► Elkhart County, Indiana(82) ► LaGrange County, Indiana(15) ►
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A Tribute to Veterans of All Wars
World War I
Arthur Stears • Welch Hull • Elmer Boyer • George E. Milner Jr.
World War II
Richard Bickel • Jerold Bonebright • Max Beesley • Ralph Greager • Pauline Guffey • James . . . — — Map (db m74954) WM
Methodism began in Meek's Mill (Constantine) in 1829 when the Reverend Erastus Felton came from the Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference as a circuit rider to the St. Joseph Mission. This congregation, the earliest in Constantine, was organized in . . . — — Map (db m64543) HM
Memorial
to
Gov. John S. Barry
Born – 1802
Died – 1870
Governor of Michigan
1842 — 1844 — 1850
Statesman - Lawyer - Merchant
This tablet marks site of
his store and ware house
where steam . . . — — Map (db m75112) HM
Here resided from 1835 to 1849
John Stewart Barry
Governor of Michigan, 1843-46; 1850-52
He was born January 29, 1802, in Amherst, New Hampshire; came to White Pigeon in 1831; to Constantine in 1834; kept a general store and . . . — — Map (db m73001) HM
William Meek came to the area in 1828 from Ohio. In 1829, he purchased 121 acres where the Fawn River joins the St. Joseph River. His family came in 1829, as did four others. In 1831 the Village was platted. Meek built a grist mill and a saw mill. . . . — — Map (db m75254) HM