BAYVIEW CEMETERY




BAYVIEW CEMETERY, ANTRIM CO., MI.

Bayview Cemetery is located in the township of Central Lake, which is in the northern tier of Antrim County, Michigan. The cemetery is approximately 4.5 miles north of the town of Central Lake as you drive on Hwy M-88 towards Eastport, Mi., and Grand Traverse Bay which is part of the Great Lake Michigan. Bayview sits atop of one of the series of hills which were carved by the last era of glaciers that retreated from the region. Over one hundred years ago, it was most certainly a "view of the Bay"....when the earlier settlers had cleared the land of timber. And what more of a splendid place that 'high on hill' would the beloved members of family be laid to rest.

From my own search of family's and past, I soon discovered that my own father was born on a farm one hill-top away from where he showed me the cemetery where his ggrand-mother was buried. Since that discovery last year, I have been asked by many people from different states; some new-found family and others with family ties to this area....All with the interest of whether they have family resting there in Bayview.

This is a very small cemetery and many of the graves are un-marked. One, only has a small hand-hewned piece of cedar, which may have been inscribed. Many of the headstones have been heavily worn away due to the elements of time and weather. Attempts have been made to do paper-tracing and sadly even those were unsuccessful. Where a date has been left open it is because it cannot be determined and there also are some names that are difficult to read and it will be noted as such.

Here are the Headstones and Inscriptions I have been able to compile for BAYVIEW.

Please feel free to use this data for "non-commercial" only.

compiled by Gail Kirby

 

NAME

BORN

DIED

INSCRIPTION

George E. Blakely

March 1 1861

July 29 1897

 

Daniel Blakely

Jan 1 1833

Nov 30 1908

MUSN Co C. 24th MICH. INF.

Joseph Martin

 

Oct 10 1875

Aged 75 yrs 11 m's 10 d's Asleep in Jesus

Zenas J. Williams

 

Dec 24 1868

Age 5 mo's (son of J. & M.E. Williams) "Sweet and of promise early gone. Torn from the parents stem. The casket moulders in the earth, But Heaven claims the gem."

Charles A. Blakely

 

Sept 11 1862

Age 1 yr 2mo. 21 D's ( son of D & M Blakely) " I take these little lamb, said He and lay them in my breast. Protection they shall find in Me. In Me be ever blest."

Jeannie E. Blakely

July 26 1868

Jan 11 1896

" ....unreadable...(wife of F. M. Harris)

Sarah A. Campbell

Dec 31 1841

Oct 29 1915

 

Jerome S. Campbell

June 29 1829

Mar 17 1901

 

Walter E. Henry

Oct 12 1869

Age 9 mo.

( son of Wm. J. & M. M. Henry)

Joseph Deverell

 

June 19 1878

Age 6 yrs 7 mo's 10 D's

Grace Deverell

 

Apr 28 1866

(dau. of J. D. Everell)

Hattie B. Hamilton

 

Oct 19 1872

Age 3 mo's 14 d's, (dau of C. L. & E. J. Hamilton)

Hannah M. Salisbury

Sept 30 1831

Feb 20 1900

Burton Salisbury

May 2 1884

Age 14 yrs 1 mo. 1dy

Helen M. Archer

Oct 24 1841

June 12 1890

(wife of James Archer) " Thou Art gone but we cherish sweet memories of thee"

Richard Gidley

Apr 14 1847

July 24 1907

Catherine Gidley (his wife)

Oct 9 1850

Feb 11 1933

Selinda Phillips

July 16 1871

Age 68 yrs 1 mo., (wife of Cambysis Phillips)

Mary A. Larabee

1832

1897

(wife of Norman Larabee)

Norman Larabee

CO. A 4th MO. S.M. CAV

Nelson Todd

CO. A. 12 N.Y. CAV.

L. E. See *

CO. D. 9TH MICH. CAV.

Jennie A. Borst

June 1 1870

Age 13 yrs 8 Mo's 8 Dys (dau of Wm. & E. F. Borst) "Meet me in Heaven"

Lena A Borst

May 4 1873

Age 4 yrs 4 Mos 10 Dys (dau of Wm. & E. F. Borst)

Ebenezer Glazier

1809

1877

"In Memory of our Father

Elizabeth Glazier

1820

1877

And our Mother"

Grandma Eleanor I. Parsly

1810

1888

John B. Kirby *

1856

(no date)

Catherine B. Kirby *

1866

1929

Bertha M. Harvie *

Jan 5 1881

Feb 26 1902

(dau of J.B. Kirby & L.L. Kirby)

Edna L. Kirby *

1884

1884

(dau of J.B. & L.L. Kirby)

Lula A. Kirby *

1886

1886

(dau of J.B. & L.L. Kirby)

John Jackson

1848

1904

John Jackson

Nov 5 1819

June 5 1900

Amy Jackson

Apr 8 1824

Jan 13 1903

( a single headstone with these inscriptions):

Velma Peaslee

Nov 10 1857

Mar 8 1876

Age 18 yrs 4 mos 28 dys

Lucinda D. Peaslee

1820

Oct 15 1892

Emily Russell (wife of George M. Peaslee)

Dec 18 1858

Apr 24 1891

Emily was born in Kent Co., England. Dec 18 1858 and died at Torch Lake, Mi. Apr 24 1891.

Adelaide Arno

1847

1913

James Peckham

Mar 17 1831

June 10 1914

Kosiah Peckham

Jan 5 1835

Sept 9 1910

John I Peckham

Feb 27 1885

June 11 1893

Grace Deforest

1899

1902

Emma Deforest

1881

( no date)

Limon Deforest

1827

1895

Martha Deforest

1824

1909

There is a grave with a Bible (gummed/weather

sealed)...it lays open on a home-made stand. The

weather has worn the print from the page it was

opened too.

Birdie Sharp

Oct 24 1878

Age 2 mo's 18 dys (dau of J.E. & E. Sharp

Francis C. Hodge

Nov 30 1882

Age 2 yrs 8 mo's 19 dys.

Manchester Plot *

Daisy Manchester *

Dec 2 1877

Dec 22 1882

Richard Manchester *

Oct 4 1866

Dec 29 1882

Peter C. Manchester *(1)

Dec 24 1845

Mar 29 1912

Mary A. (See) Manchester *(1)

Oct 1 1850

Sept 2 1915

Louisa Hodge

Apr 11 1887

Age 21 yrs 7 mo's 19 dys

Harriet (Marshell) Upthegrove

Apr 30 1860

Dec 3 1898

(wife of Peter)

Peter A.. Upthegrove

(no dates listed)

Anna Belle Kirby *

June 28 1935

May 10 1936

Sarah J (Manchester) Kirby *

1870

1947

(wife of Lewis Kirby)

Lewis M. Kirby *

1863

1920

Lucinda L. (Cline) Kirby *(2)

Nov 11 1822

Feb 8 1903

"That perfect rest nought can makest where golden harps are ringing" (wife of W. D. Kirby*) *(2)

Johiel Burley

1827

1897

Nettie Burley

1866

1889

Sophia Madden

1812

1891

Lillian Ames

1876

1912

A. Clark

Sept 12 1895

Age 44 ys 8 mo's 3 D's

Peter Hadcock

Apr 11 1823

Aug 1 1895

Rebecca Hadcock

Jan 12 1823

June 23 1891

(wife of Peter)

Edward Wiltse

Feb 17 1817

Sept 20 1889

Phebe Wiltse

Feb 11 1825

Apr 17 1895

Hiram F. Blakely

CO. C 5TH MICH. CAV.

Calista M. Blakely

Feb 6 1893

(dau of Hiram F. & M.A. Blakely)

Sergt. Robt. R. Wilkinson

June 1 1911

CO. G. 3RD OHIO CAV. Age 76 yrs.

Eliza S. Wilkinson

Oct 13 1892

Age 50 y's 11 Mo. 10 Dy's (wife of Robert)

John O. McEwan

CO. E. 30TH MICH. INF.

Mary A. McEwan

Jan 3 1838

Apr 18 1888

Age 50 yrs 3 mo's 15 dys (wife of John O. McEwan)

Mudge Plot

Joshua Mudge

1820

1914

Eliza C. Mudge

1828

1913

Elkanah Mudge

1846

1938

Melissa Mudge

1848

1928

Adelia A. Evans

June 25 1889

Age 69 yrs 3 mo's 2 dys (wife of L. G. Evans

Luther G. Evans

CO. K. 7TH KAN. CAV.

George Cross

( no dates.......)

Orphy M. Cross

May 16 1891

Age 50 yrs 10 mo's 23 dys; (wife of George Cross) "Asleep in Jesus peacefull rest whose waking is supreemly Blest. No fears no woe shall dim that hour, That manifests the Saviours power.""

Amada Olmsted

May 24 1826

Dec 11 1917

Wm. Gilbert Omsted

Jan 16 1824

Jan 19 1898

Jackson Waffle

Oct 20 1830

Jan 22 1906

CO. G 75TH OHIO INF.

Ann Augusta (wife of Jackson)

Sept 27 1836

Apr 22 1894

Josiah F. Densmore

1828

1901

(three headstones nearby)

Mother/Theressa

Jan 1 1860

Apr 23 1910

And 2 stones beside her:

Allen and Howard...

No dates

Alanzo C. Titsworth

June 14 1861

Nov 2 1897

(can't read worn stone)

1880

1882

(dau of J.S. & H.C. Arnold)

Ethel Wyn Greenman

1905

1907

(dau of Wesley & Grace Greenman

Clair Nellie McEwan

No dates

Mary Nichols

Jan 30, 1886

Age 68 yrs 6 Mo's 30 dys.

Julia A. Kaiser

Jan 10 1888

(wife of L.K. Kaiser)

Alice A. ((unlegible) may be Gorsh?

d. Oct 5 1866

(dau of F.B. & J.L. ?

Abe L. Dean

July 2 1887

Age 22 yr 10 mo's 25 dys.

Dan'l W. Oberholtzer

CO. G 55TH OHIO INF.

William E. Bush

1843

1916

John Bargy

Apr 16 1831

May 17 1879

Mary Bargy

Nov 7 1835

Oct 27 1878

(wife of John)

Mary Bargy

1891

1897

"Dear Sister"

(another headstone next to Bargy)

John Wesley Pearl

1838

1914

Alice (Hadcock) Pearl

1857

1907

Adda Z. Pearl

Feb 3 1883

Age 29 yr., (wife of J.W. Pearl & Dau of Tho's. G. & E. A. Harris)

Harriet Grego

July 20 1840

Mar 21 1905

(wife of Alex Grego)

Asel A. Grego

1786

1958

(son of Alex Grego)

George V. Grego

Mar 1875

1889

(son of A, & H. Grego)

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*(1).... Peter C. Manchester was born in N.Y. He is my gggrand-father on my fathers maternal side of the family

Mary Aurilla (See) Manchester was also born in NY. Her father was Levi See. Both Peter & Mary came to Antrim Co., in the 1860's.

*(2).....William D. Kirby was born in England in 1813. He is my gggrand-father on my fathers paternal side. He is buried in Ottawa co., Mi. His wife Lucinda (Cline) Kirby came to live with their son Lewis after her husbands death.



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