Blanchard Cemetery

3^rd and Cedar

Rolland Township

Blanchard, Michigan

Est. 1867

The cemetery faces west. It is situated atop a hill, across from the Pine

Chapel Church. The burials proceed down the slope and stop at the crest,

restarting at the bottom of the hill. The reading was done on June 17, 2000

by Donna Hoff-Grambau.

The gravestones all face west. The reading proceeds from directly across

from the Pine Chapel. Each row is read from north to south .

Row 1

Stone enclosure with the letter B at all four corners.

Large stone in the middle of the enclosure with the surname

BISHOP

To the left of the stone:

Amelia E.

1841-1919

To the right of the stone:

Francis A.

Bishop

Co. C 57^th PA Inf.

Francis A. Bishop’s stone is a Grand Army of the Republic Stone.

He was born 3 December 1840 and died 11 October 1937. He was

a Corporal and a Medal of Honor recipient in the Civil War.

Information provided by Wayne Barret.

FATHER (on the top of the stone)

1819-1902

MOTHER (on the top of the stone)

1817-1896

Large obelisk stone, with an open book (the Bible) on the top.

At Rest inscribed on the body of the stone.

BRENNER inscribed on the base of the stone.

GEORGE (on the top of the stone)

1855-1908

Stone enclosure with one gravestone reading:

Wife of Wm Donaldson

Died May 21, 1915

Aged 54 years

The gravestone is flat and upright at this point. There is a Dove at

the top of the face of the stone.

There is one gravestone and a Veteran flag and marker. There is a

small shrub at the back of the plot.

William

son of

C.W. & M.E.

Donaldson

Died

Dec. 5, 1880

7 yrs. 2 m. 7 dys

The next three graves are not contained within a stone enclosure.

PUMFREY

Sarah A.

Wife of E. Pumfrey

1857-1901

Chas. L. Flanders

DIED

Dec. 4 1889

AGED

35 y 10 m 12 d

FLANDERS

This gravestone appears to have part of the top broken off.

Harrison

Son of C.L. &

S.A. Flanders

DIED

Sept. 22 1889

AGED

9 ms 13 ds

Row 2

The first stone nearest the fence is unreadable due to lichen overgrowth.

The stone is oblong and flat faced.

Janell Young (on the flat top of the gravestone)

At Rest

YOUNG

The name inscribed on the top of the gravestone is illegible.

Beloved Son of

S.J. & F.C.

Spencer

DIED

July 10 1901

AGED

27 yrs 9 ms 13 dys

There is another inscription on the stone, but it is also illegible.

SPENCER

Large stone with RTR inscribed and the following lines:

Daily facing death & danger

One misstep or slip of hand

Sends the poor unlucky Brakeman

To the dreaded unknown land

When we scan our evening paper

Note what ils (?) filled columns say

One brief line attracts our notice

One more Brakeman killed today.

Top of stone may say Ruth.

Beloved Dau.

S.J. & F.C. (O.?)

Spencer

DIED

Dec. 20 1891

AGED

16 yrs 3 m & 17 ds

Top of stone is unreadable.

Beloved son

S.J. & F.C. (O.?)

Spencer

DIED

Nov. 5 1885

AGED

Sunken into the ground, unreadable.

Newman Smith

1873-1935

Margaret Smith

1880-1970

One Stone with SMITH

John L. Clara A.

1884-1947 1883-1975

Row 3

Stone enclosure, with letter T at the four corners, with two gravestones:

Large stone with surname THOMPSON at the base. The inscriptions

are largely unreadable.

Flat, upright stone:

Dau of F.A. & A.E.

BISHOP

Wife of L.W.

THOMPSON

Dec. 2 1869

Dec. 5 1909

MOTHER

Louesa B.

MILLER

Dec. 24 1849

Dec. 29 1917

At Rest

Large stone with the surname MILLER at the top.

FATHER

Anthony W.

MILLER

June 7, 1850

Dec. 23 1916

At Rest

Broken stone.

Stone enclosure with D at the four corners, and four stones.

Small flat stone with E.P.D. on it.

Large decorative stone with the surname DUFFIELD at the base.

Edwards P.

Duffield

DIED

Mar. 1 1887

32 y 8 m 15 d

inscription at the base unreadable

Maud S.

Dau of

E.P. & G.E.

Duffield

DIED

Aug 2 1884

AGED

9 m & 27 ds

Row 4

Gated and fenced stone enclosure with one gravestone. Gate has the

inscription SASS on it’s face.

Julie

Marie

Wife of

H. J.(?) Sass

186(?)9-1911

Kathryn May

Hutton Kabell

Oct. 21 1922

Sept. 19 1999

One flat, upright stone, inscription unreadable.

One stone with:

STEWARD

Jeremiah Nettie

1849-1889 Moffitt

INFANT 1859-1920

Space with no gravestones.

Grand Army of the Republic gravestone.

American Legion Marker, Flag

Sgt.

M.P. Gerred

Co. C

10^th PA Inf.

One stone with:

Wife Husband

Inez P. Leighton Ray M. Leighton

1884-1969 1971-1960

One stone with:

LEIGHTON

Charles H. Maggie

1843-1934 1843-1927

Row 5

There is only one stone enclosure in this row with two graves:

Large stone with a simulated log at the top.

Charles H.

Tupper

July 10 1852

June 10 1887

1856

Elizabeth

Tupper

1938

Row 6

Stone enclosure with three gravestones:

Silas Leroy

Leist

Oct. 13 1891

July 24 1965

Nora E. Leist

Apr. 25 1883

Oct. 15 1953

Fred G.

Hotchkiss

BORN

July 30 1882(? 7)

DIED

May 27 1909

Stone enclosure with two gravestones:

Large stone.

Jacob

Loved

Husband of

Harrieta

DeForest

DIED

Aug 19 1902

AGED

69 yrs 6 mos 14 dys

Base of stone: DeForest

Small stone.

FATHER

Space without grave markers.

Large stone with open book on the top.

Oscar

Husband of

Susan Green

Died

March 17 1889

37 years

Inscription on the stone has lichen growing over it. Unreadable.

1890 Census of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Widows lists a Susan J.

Green widow of Oscar Green, Pvt. Co. E, 97^th PA Inf. living in Rolland

Township, House number 141.

Death record: #36/ May 17, 1889 Oscar Green, M/Mulatto, Married, Age

and cause of death unknown. Born Pennsylvania. Parents, Abraham

and Eva Green of Pennsylvania.

Small flat, upright stone with OSCAR inscribed on it.

Stone enclosure with three gravestones.

MOTHER (on the top)

Inscription unreadable. Shrub in front of gravestone.

Large stone with HOTCHKISS inscribed on the base.

Eugene

Hotchkiss

Inscriptions unreadable.

FATHER (on the top)

Inscription unreadable.

Space without gravestones.

Small stone with:

FATHER inscribed diagonally across the face.

Large stone with FISHER inscribed on the base.

Henry

Jan. 16 1830

Aug. 9 1902

Inscription is unreadable.

Row 7

George B. Fisher

1886-1922

Rosa M. Fisher

1877-1937

Large stone. Inscription unreadable on face. HARDINGER on base.

MOTHER (on top of stone)

Hannah

H. Hardinger

1848-1902

Eva M. Smith

Feb 14 1888

Mar 15 1903

Grand Army of the Republic Gravestone

Corp’l

J.H. Murrey/Murray

Co. C.

119^th Ohio Inf

Susie L. Dunkel

1877-1960

Large stone with Linnell inscribed on the base.

Ladies Auxiliary marker next to stone.

Cliffie

Son of J.N. Linnel

Died

July 1(?) 1873(?)

Aged

8 yrs 7 ms 18 d

MOTHER

Jennie

1854-1922

Military flag with CUBA/PORTO RICO etc.

FATHER

John

1834-1922

1890 census for Rolland Township, Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines

and Widows shows a John Q. Linnell, house # 177. He served as a

Sgt. in Company B, 7^th Maine.

Stone enclosure with four gravestones

John A.

Stout

Died

May 26 1891

Aged

66 yrs 8 m 29 d

STOUT inscribed on the base.

MOTHER

Susan M.

Stout

1833

1923

Large stone.

DELLA

Wife of

Henry M.

Wilson

Died

June 16 1891

Aged

77 yrs 0 m 12 dys

Small stone facing Pine Chapel. Blank.

Row 8

Three logs stacked (concrete logs).

Dick L. Brown

1865-1945

Mary V.

Wife of

Rev. Geo. E. Rouse

Aug 21 1862 Sept 17 1911

God gave, he took

He will restore

He doeth all things well.

Mrs. Jennie D. Matteson

May 16 1844 May 3 1927

ROUSE

MATTESON

Stone enclosure with one small stone.

IDA

JUDSON

1862-1922

Charles

MALLERY

1841-1919

Co.D, 6^th NY

1890 Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Widows

House No. 178, Charles H. Mallory, Corporal, Company D. 6^th New York.

Large stone with the surname MALLERY at the base.

Space with no gravestones.

Rena Dau of

M. & G. Reynolds

DIED Sept 21 1881

AGED 6 ms

Elsie

DIED Apr. 11 1889

AGED 2 yrs & 10 mos

Our darlings at rest.

John L.

1849-1918

Comfort

1848-1918

REYNOLDS

Space with no gravestones.

Georgie

Son of

I & E. Milne (?)

Died ???? 188?

Aged 6 yrs

Row 9

TUCKER

Body of stone is unreadable.

Richard C. Rixom

1855-1924

Small stone.

Stone enclosure with four gravestones.

One stone with:

MILLER

Irene B. Lawrence B.

1888-1981 1879-1956

MYRTLE (on top of stone)

Face of stone unreadable.

Large stone with MILLER inscribed on the base.

Miller

A.J. Miller 1851-1910

Libbie, wife of A.J. Miller

1857-1898

Myrtle T. Their dau

1896-1896

Julia Doxsie

May 21 1815

July 23 1890

Enoch Doxsie

Jan 11 1812

Nov 13 1895

Space with no gravestones.

Elizabeth

Schulk

1887-1966

One stone with:

JONES

Joanne Alva A.

1904-19__ 1898-1970

Veteran Flag

Large stone with top setting off to the side.

Unreadable.

BROTHER (on top of stone)

Cyrenious

1850-1927

Large stone with top set off to the side of the base.

GOODWIN on base of gravestone.

BROTHER (on top of stone)

William

1857-19__

Gracie E.

Dau of

C. & L. Goodwin

Died Feb 10 1899

Aged 5 mos & 9 dys

Our darling at rest.

Small stone, inscription unreadable.

Row 10

Edith

Miller

Houghton

1890-1967

Carl A.

Miller

Born

Nov ?? 1902

Died

Aug 21 1921

Elmira

Miller

Allen

Born

May 31 18??

Died

Jan 3 1923

Geo. W.

Miller

Died

Feb 18 1896

Aged

41 yrs 16 ds

MILLER inscribed on the base.

Space without gravestones.

Ella Roberts

Beloved Wife of

Anson Doolittle

Mar 31 1858

Feb 12 189(?2)

Stone enclosure with four gravestones.

Sheldon A.

1853-1919

Large stone with Pangborn on the base

Wife of

G.A. Pangborn

Born

Jun 8 1854

Died

July 8 1912

Sons of

G.A. & H. Pangborn

July 27 1890

Mar 19 1891

Gone to be an angel.

Large stone with HICKOX inscribed on the base.

Adaline

Hickox

Died

Apr. 27 1892

Aged

69 yrs 10 m

FATHER

Alexander

Russell

Nov 3 1832

Oct 8 1904

Francis R.

Mitchell

Died

Jan 29 1899

Aged 73 yrs

In loving remembrance

of our loved one.

Lovina P wife

Died

Feb 22 1904

Aged

66 yrs

Row 11

Mary

GUDART

Mother

Very large stone.

ANNA DAVID

GILLESPIE

Space without gravestones.

Small stone with ROBBIE engraved on top.

Small stone with CORA engraved on top.

Large stone.

Cora

Wife of

R.H. Sanders

Died

Jan 27 1892

Aged

27 yrs 11 m 10 d

Only sleeping.

SANDERS at base of stone.

Small stone RAPH – unsure of this, but there were only four letters.

Grand Army of the Republic Stone

No flag.

L. Robt. Sanderss

7^th PA INF

John J.

Babcock

Died Mar 12 1899

Aged 52 yrs 7 mos & 10 ds

Large stone with BABCOCK inscribed at the base.

Inscription unreadable.

Pluma

Babcock

1862-1942

Edna

Biter

Died

July 10 1892

Aged

77 yrs 2 m 24 dys

Space without gravestones.

Emily inscribed on diamond shaped stone.

Large stone with Gerred inscribed at the base.

Space without gravestone.

Edna

Wellhalf

July 26 1896

Mar 8 1902

Daughter

Lucille

Wellhalf

1908-1918

One stone with:

Wellhalf

Florence Joseph

1877-1952 1865-1947

Row 12

Stone enclosure with three stones.

DeForest

Arthur J. Arvilla M.

1878-1951 1881-1928

Arvilla

Wife of ??? DeForest

Aug 10 1881

Jan 14 1928

Diamond shaped small stone.

Chauncey

DeForest

Nov 2 1906

6 yrs 2 mos 3 days

Large stone with DOXSIE at the base.

Daniel

Doxsie

DIED

June 7 1894

AGED

51 yrs 8 m 5 dys

At Rest.

Angeline

Doxsie

Gillespie

1850-1912

Stone enclosure with three gravestones.

Large columnar gravestone with inscription on two sides.

Front:

Ira Higby

Husband

Ella (?) Higby

June 16 1896

33 yrs ??? 13 dys The numerals on this line were hard to read.

HIGBY at base of the stone.

Right side:

Ella

Dau of Ira & Alma

Higby

Died Apr 22 1903

25 yrs.

Inscription on this side of the stone is unreadable.

HUSBAND

Gone but not forgotten.

Ella

Gone but not forgotten.

FATHER (on top of the stone)

Line unreadable.

Died

Nov 7 1891

Aged

71 yrs ?? mos & 15 dys

Large stone, inscription unreadable, SANDERS, inscribed on the base.

Small stone with Died 1907 on face. Veterans flag next to stone.

Base with a stone flower pot on top. Ester inscribed on base.

One stone with:

Hotchkiss

Cora Myron

1871-1938 1872-1935

Our Darling.

Glen N.

Son of E.P. & M.

Farrell

Died

Mar 5 1904

9 mos & 21 dys

Baby

One stone with:

Farrell

Edward Minnie

1875-1945 1883-1941

Row 13

Stone enclosure with five gravestones.

Diana

Born

July 30 1848

Died

June 26 1928

Loren A. Houghton

Michigan

Lt. US Navy

WWII

Apr 10 1917 Dec 22 1973

Large stone with HOUGHTON inscribed on the base.

Edwin M.

1880-1944

Loren A.

Born

Jan 30 1845

Died

Apr 11 1907

Stone enclosure with two stones.

One stone with:

Lynch

Mary John

1906-1990 1897-1953

Pvt US ARMY

Edward N. Lynch

Sep 16 1937 Jan 9 2000

Stone enclosure with four gravestones.

Large stone with SMITH engraved on the base and FATHER and MOTHER engraved on the front.

Sarah S. Smith

Born

1856

Died

1904

James Lynch

1868-1959

Flag.

Large stone.

LYNCH

James Daniel

1908-1908 1901-1902

Isabella M.

1877-1922

William W. Henry

1859-1924

Mary Helena

Henry

1871-1935

Space with no gravestones.

J------- Son of

B. & M Bentley

Born 19??

Died Unreadable

Son of

Bridget

Mary

Bentley

Born

Dec 2 1898

Died

Jan ?? 1912

Large stone with BENTLEY inscribed on the base.

One stone with:

Bentley

Mary Briggs

1876-1971 1871-1955

Row 14

Stone enclosure with five gravestones.

Mary M.

1855-1916

MOTHER

Carrie J.

Mallery

1876-1959

Large stone with HYDE inscribed on it.

Will W.

Mallery

1870-1935

At rest.

Franklin W.

1837-1915

Father

This stone has Co. F. on it, other information unreadable.

Frederick (on top of the stone)

Goodwin

1865-193?

At Rest

The War

Is Over

James W. Irwin

Born

Mar 3 1836

Died

Dec 22 1901

1^st Sargent Co E

Reg of Penn Vol

Lydia A.

Wife of J.W. Irwin

Born

June 26 1853

Nov 10 1925

IRWIN at the base of the stone.

Lydia (on top of stone)

No inscription or unreadable.

James (on top of stone)

No inscription or unreadable.

Stone enclosure with one gravestone.

Millie L. Dau of

E.J. + E. E. Burt

Died Aug 25 1904

Aged 2 yrs 4 mos 19 dys

Eliza

Bliss

Born

July 4 1822

Died

Nov 2 1905

Large stone with TYLER at the base.

Lola M.

Jarrard

Born

Jan 8 1898

Died

Mar 28 1919

Row 15

Stone enclosure. Front stone work is all that is apparent. R inscribed in

corners. Four gravestones.

Jay H. (on top of stone)

Russell

Died

Feb 11 1905

Aged

3 mos & 1 day

Our Darling.

Vernon F.

1870-1933

Large stone with RUSSELL inscribed on it.

Carrie B.

1879-1953

May

Wife of Jay H.

June 16 1876

June 28 1907

Large stone with ROGERS inscribed on it.

At Rest.

Jay H.

March 26 1873

July 13 1904

Space without gravestones.

One stone with:

MYERS

William H. Jennie D.

1874-1924 1877-1955

Jennie

Wife of Jacob Both

June 6 1849

July 16 1903

Large BOTH stone with Veterans Plaque.

Large space with no gravestones.

Mary Martin

1839-1910

Thomas Martin

1847-1927

Row 16

Space without gravestones.

One stone with:

SMEAD

Cecil Alden Mildred Cathryn

May 30 1963 Aged 63

For he hath said I will never leave thee,

nor forsake thee.

One stone with:

LESH

Bertha A. George S.

1875-1967 1874-1955

Joseph D. Lesh

Apr 18 1913

Apr 25 1913

Space without gravestone.

Amos J.

Dickson

1850-1917

Large stone with DICKSON inscribed on it.

Elsie C. Dickson

1853-1928

Boone

Glen Dale

Mar 15 1912

Apr 3 1912

One stone with:

BOONE

Nellie (Plass) Cornelius A.

July 30 1875 Feb 13 1876

Feb 1 1953 Apr 15 1957

Veteran Marker

Space without gravestone.

Stone enclosure with two stones.

Lucile

Dau of T & M

Robart

June 5 1901

Oct 31 1914

One stone with:

ROBART

Maude Jesse

1880-1957 1873-1959

Row 17

One stone with:

METZ

Jesse L. Mary B.

1863-1949 1865-1936

James A. Burdick

Born Sept 10 1836

Died Oct 20 1921

Space without gravestone.

Peter Shock

1852-1932

Stone. Unreadable.

WINNER (on top of stone)

Faye S.

Oct 1 1903

Mar 21 1922

Hannah Winner

Sep 5 1835

Sep 25 1912

On the slope of the hill.

Stone enclosure with three gravestones.

Robert A. Brimmer

1880-1948

Large stone with BRIMMER inscribed on it.

Etta wife of

Robt Brimmer

1884-1912

Large tree.

One stone with:

BENTLEY

Oliver G. Rebecca A.

1849-1924 1847-1922

Row 18

Mother

Lovina Derby

1855-1915

Large space without gravestones.

Stone enclosure with three gravestones.

Jacob Master

1917-1999

Bertha Frichel

1890-1961

Reuben Master

1882-1923

Stone enclosure with three gravestones.

One stone with:

BANKS

Joseph R. Mattie P.

1851-1936 1855-1940

Large stone with BANKS inscribed on.

Charles D.

1893-1923

Stone enclosure with four gravestones.

Alice

1881-1916

Robert

1880-1952

Large stone with BANKS inscribed on it.

Clara

1880-1937

Inscription on top illegible.

Died May 15 1916

Row 19

Jones

1937

Space without gravestone.

One stone with:

MILLER

Iva M. Grover

1898-1985 1892-1949

Stone enclosure with one stone.

Waldorf

Roy Mary Mary

1874 1863 1872

1942 1942 1931

Large space without gravestones.

Hugh Brown

1898-196?

One stone with:

CRAMPTON

Joseph O. Claressa M.

1843-1922 1850-1943

Hattie A. Warner

1874-1952

Addie M. Bailey

1872-1956

Base of hill. There are no burials on the slope of the hill.

Row 20

One stone with:

MURRA

Grace Juren

1881-1969 1882-1945

Hiram Wiley

Died 1925

Maude F. Robinson

1892-1981

VFW

OES

Herbert W. Robinson

1889-1947

Space without a gravestone.

Milton L. Marlette

April 28 1924

Nov 11 1947

What hopes have perished with you my son.

Mildred N. Marlette

April 9 1905

September 1 1968

We will meet again.

Milton M. Marlette

June 6 1901

May 19 1973

Another place, another time.

Quema B. Marlette

August 26 1943

February 23 1940

With Baby Doll Forever.

Row 21

Lorn J.

Spencer

1855-1923

Caroline Spencer

1869-1932

Space without gravestones

Harrietta L.

Merrell

October 4 1924

November 27 1924

One stone with:

MERRILL

Sarah L. L. Frank

1884-1970 1879-1964

Bruce L. Merrill

Pvt. US Marine Corp

May 29 1936

Sept 17 1995

Charles W. Goodwin

1863-1932

Lottie May Goodwin

1873-1940

Herbert L. Goodwin

1894-1953

Space without gravestone

Ellery C. Scott

Michigan

Sgt. Co. A 51^st Engr Combat

WWII BSM + OLC PH + OLC

Dec 24 1921 Aug 26 1954

Veteran

Janet Scott

1946

Violet L. Scott

May 6 1922 Oct 16 1956

OES Marker

Row 22

George M. Winner

1874-1946

Mary C. Winner

1877-1957

Space without a gravestone.

Margaret S. Sanders

1867-1940

Joseph M. Sanders

1859-1934

Robert E. Sanders

1898-1918

Elbert M. Gerred

Mae E. Gerred

Row 23

Margaret L. M.

Harkness

1917-1949

Gladys M.

Garrison

1898-1916

Alton H.

Garrison

1875-1944

Maude E.

Garrison

1880-1951

One stone with:

WILEY

Claude D. Dora B.

Died 1948 Died 1962

Row 24

Carrie C. Long

1879-1969

Daniel J. Long

1882-1919

Our beloved

daughter

J. Irene

Donaldson

Aug 31 1910

Feb 10 1924

Space without a gravestone.

John R.

1862-1941

One stone with:

MARSTON

Lucy A. Jennie S.

1867-1929 1892-1918

One stone with:

SCOTT

Father Mother

Martin F. Fern J.

1896-1976 1898-1961

Gaylord Scott

Nov 24 – 27

1917

Row 25

Andrew Scott

1896-1945

Lyman Scott

1865-1937

One stone with:

MUNK

Bertha B. George W.

1881-1967 1879-1972

Mason

Franklin P. Munk

1853-1938

Hamilton

Nye

1857-1940

Margaret E. Nye

1860-1945