Elmwood Cemetery
1200 Elmwood
Detroit, Wayne County MI 48207


   

Photos by Earl Richard Sutton
Purchased in 1846 by subscription of 41 acres. By May 1871, Elmwood covered 78 acres of enclosed grounds and 3-1/3 acres outside of the enclosure. A chapel was built in 1855 and the stone gateway on Elmwood Street was completed in 1870. The total number of interments by late 1884 was 21,421; 55 lots were left unsold at that time.
Outside the main gate, looking to the Northeast past the grand gatehouse (at right seen behind entrance marker in foreground); photo by Earl Sutton.
(2004) Compare the gatehouse, as seen today, to the early black & white photo: The old arched driveway is now a multi-pane Gothic window and new driveways flank the building instead; the old pedestrian arches on either side are now cathedral-like windows also; note addition at right (photo by Earl Sutton).

NAME BIRTH DEATH SPOUSE PARENTS
ABBOTT, Caroline Frances
Obituary
28 Jun 1812 04 Sep 1831   Judge James and Sarah (Whistler) Abbott
ABBOTT, James A.
Biography
01 Jun 1778 12 Mar 1858 Sarah Whistler
m 01 Nov 1803 Ohio
James and Mary (Barkle) Abbott
ABBOTT, Sarah (Whistler)
Biography
26 Sep 1786 04 Oct 1874 James Abbott John Abbott
ABBOTT, Thomas F. 29 Nov 1808 29 Apr 1881 Elizabeth H. Wealthy merchant born in MA. His son Charlie ABBOT d Tues PM Jun 5, 1866; 5 yrs, The Detroit Daily Post June 7, 1866
ALGER, Annette Huldana (Henry)
Biography
29 Jul 1840 24 Aug 1919 Russell Alexander Alger William Gilmore and Huldana (Squire) Henry
ALGER, Russell Alexander
Biography
27 Feb 1836 24 Jan 1907 Annette Huldana Henry Russell and Caroline (Moulton) Alger
BARKER, Kirkland C.
Biography
08 Sep 1819 20 May 1875 Martha Janet Bedell Mason Barker
BIDDLE, John
Biography
02 Mar 1792 25 Aug 1859 Elizabeth Faulkner Bradish Charles and Hannah Shepard
Billinghurst, Allen D.
Biography
21 Jul 1871 1937 Minnie S. Williams
m 10 Oct 1904
Edwin D. and Frank C. (Bull) Billinghurst
Billinghurst, Minnie S. (Williams)   1944 Allen D. Billinghurst
m 10 Oct 1904
 
BOYER, Frances (Alger)
Obituary
23 Dec 1904 08 Mar 1988 Harold R. Boyer
m 6 Oct 1928
Frederick Moulton and Mary Eldridge (Swift) Alger
BRUSH, Elijah
Biography
  14 Sep 1813 Adelaide Askin
17 Feb 1802
 
BUHL, Christian Henry
Biography
09 May 1812 23 Jan 1894 Caroline DeLong Christian and Fredericka Dorothea (Goehring) Buhl
BUHL, Frederick
Biography
27 Nov 1806 12 May 1890 Matilda Beatty
m 12 May 1836
Christian and Fredericka Dorothea (Goehring) Buhl
CHANDLER, Zachariah
Biography
10 Dec 1813 01 Nov 1879    
CHAPIN, Marshal
Biography
27 Feb 1798 26 Dec 1838 Mary Crosby Caleb and Mary Chapin
CLIPPERT, Allie (Brevoort) 04 May 1860 02 Nov 1927 Frederick J. Clippert  
CLIPPERT, Frederick J.
Biography
20 Aug 1866 26 Mar 1944 Allie Brevoort Conrad C. and Christina (Pfeifle) Clippert
COOK, Levi
Biography
16 Dec 1792 02 Dec 1866 Eliza Sanderson  
COOK, Lomax B. 1874 1970    
COOK, Lucy R. 17 Sep 1865 02 May 1940    
COOK, Philip St. George
Biography
13 Jun 1809 20 Mar 1895   Civil War Union Brigadier General. West Point class of 1827. Father-in-law to Confederate General Jeb Stuart
DENBY, Edwin
Biography
Obituary
18 Feb 1870 08 Feb 1929   Charles and Martha (Fitch) Denby
DICKINSON, Donald M.
Biography
17 Jan 1846 15 Oct 1917 Frances L. Platt Asa C. and Minerva (Holmes) Dickinson
DICKINSON, Emily (Hills) 16 Aug 1851     d/o Moses F. and Maria (Wesson) Dickinson
DICKINSON, Julian G.
Biography
20 Nov 1843 11 Jan 1916    
DUFFIELD, Anne (Romeyn) 26 Sep 1826 21 May 1850    
DUFFIELD, Bethune
Biography
28 Nov 1861 1926 Eliza Steele Muir
m Oct. 28, 1885
Divie Bethune and Mary Strong (Buell) Duffield
DUFFIELD, Divie Bethune 29 Aug 1821 12 Mar 1891 Mary Buell  
DUFFIELD, Divie Bethune
Biography
03 Mar 1870 1936   Henry M. and Frances (Pitts) Duffield
DUFFIELD, Eliza Steele (Muir) 1862 1954 Buthene Duffield  
DUFFIELD, Frances (Pitts) 1843 1963 Henry Martyn Duffield  
DUFFIELD, Frances 23 Oct 1873 17 Jan 1927 Helen Muir Henry Martin and Francis (Pitts) Duffield
DUFFIELD, George B.
Biography
28 Apr 1859 1880   D. Bethune and Mary Strong (Buell) Duffield
DUFFIELD, George Bethune 1894 1966    
DUFFIELD, George William 1927 1966    
DUFFIELD, Harriet Hayward 02 Jul 1847 06 Nov 1906 Samuel Willoughby Duffield  
DUFFIELD, Helen Muir 12 Jul 1874 10 Dec 1954 Francis Duffield  
DUFFIELD, Henry Martyn
Biography
15 May 1842 13 Jul 1912 Francis Pitts George and Isabella Graham (Bethune) Duffield
DUFFIELD, Isabella (Bethune) 1864 1873 George Duffield  
DUFFIELD, Margaret C. 1840 1914    
DUFFIELD, Mary (Buell) 25 Jun 1827 27 Feb 1898 Divie Bethune Duffield  
DUFFIELD, Mary (Tabor) 1897 1940    
DUFFIELD, Muir B. 1887 1974    
DUFFIELD, Robert McCartee 19 Oct 1838 21 Oct 1849    
DUFFIELD, Ruth M. 1889 1947    
DUFFIELD, Samuel P. 1833 1916    
DUFFIELD, Samuel Willoughby 24 Sep 1843 22 May 1887 Hariett Hayward  
DUNCAN, Amanda E. 01 Sep 1844 13 Dec 1929 Elison Duncan  
DUNCAN, Elison 02 Nov 1849 08 Jul 1929 Amanda E.  
DUNCAN, Elison Ely 12 Nov 1817 19 Jan 1897 Mary M.  
DUNCAN, Frank Chamberlain 26 Sep 1849 28 Mar 1904    
DUNCAN, Kate 1881 08 Aug 1967    
DUNCAN, Lillian (Soule)   26 Mar 1833    
DUNCAN, Lucia F. 30 Aug 1857 01 May 1914 William S. Duncan  
DUNCAN, Mary M. 1819 03 Jan 1886 Elison Ely Duncan  
DUNCAN, William C.
Biography
18 May 1820 19 Dec 1877    
DUNCAN, William Stephenson
Biography
30 Dec 1847 09 Dec 1913 Lucia Florence Clark
m 4 Apr 1877
Elison Ely Duncan
EDWARDS, Allen Fulton
Biography
14 Jun 1876 13 Jan 1948 Christine Muir Russell James M. and Elizabeth (Scudder) Edwards
EDWARDS, Christine Muir (Russell) 14 Jun 1881 05 Oct 1950 Allen Fulton Edwards  
FORD, Alfred Brush 11 Nov 1921 22 Feb 1945   Frederick Clifford and Virginia (Brush) Ford
Killed in battle WW II
FORD, Emory Leyden
Biography
03 Jan 1876 20 Dec 1942 Valerie Moran Emory Low and Ella I. (Neat) Ford
FORD, Emory Moran 19 Apr 106 05 Jun 1971    
FORD, Emory Moran 63y 15 Apr 2007 Anne Fisher Emory Moran and Laura (Evans) Ford (Sr)
FORD, Josephine Clay 07 Jul 1923 01 Jun 2005 Walter Buhl Ford Edsor and Ethel (Lowthian) Ford
FORD, Laura Evans 18 Oct 1911 22 Jan 1969    
FORD, Laura Evans 10 Oct 1945 12 Apr 2011   Emory Moran and Laura Salisbury (Evans) Ford
FORD, Thomas Evans 11 Jul 1938 03 Jun 1868    
FORD, Valerie (Moran) 02 Sep 1881 19 Apr 1906 Emory Leyden Ford  
FORD, Walter Buhl II 05 Sep 1920 25 Oct 1991 Josephine Clay Ford  
FORD, Walter Buhl III 27 Oct 1943 16 Feb 2010 Roxanne Walter Buhl and Josephine (Ford) Ford
HARMON, John H.
Biography
21 Jun 1819 06 Aug 1888 Sarah S. Rood John Harmon
HENDRIE, Catherine Marie (Moran 25 Nov 1872 1962 Strathearn Hendrie William Benjamin and Elizabeth Emily (VanDyke) Moran
HENDRIE, Elizabeth T. 1903 1954    
HENDRIE, George
Biography
09 Feb 1934 1913 Sarah Sibley Trowbridge
m 31 Oct 1865
John and Elizabeth (Strathearn) Hendrie
Cofounder of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
HENDRIE, George Trowbridge
Biography
11 Nov 1875 1963 Kathleen Washburne McGraw George and Sarah Sibley (Trowbridge) Hendrie
HENDRIE, George Strathearn III 1952 1971   George and Mary Louise (Payette) Hendrie Jr.
HENDRIE, Jessie Strathearn 1873 1922   George and Sarah Sibley (Trowbridge) Hendrie
HENDRIE, Josephine (Irvine) 1888 1947 William Hendrie  
HENDRIE, Kathleen Washburne (McGraw) 1880 1968 George Trowbridge Hendrie  
HENDRIE, Margaret 1884 1965   George and Sarah Sibley (Trowbridge) Hendrie
HENDRIE, Sarah Sibley (Trowbridge) 1843 1914 George Hendrie Charles C. Trowbridge
HENDRIE, Sarah (Whipple) 1882 1967    
HENDRIE, Strathearn
Biography
12 Oct 1866 1916 Catherine Marie Moran George and Sarah Sibley (Trowbridge) Hendrie
HENDRIE, William 1884 1948 Josephine Irvine George and Sarah Sibley (Trowbridge) Hendrie
HENDRIE, William V.D. 1896 1956    
HODGES, Charles Henry Sr.
Biography
26 Nov 1859 1937 Eliza Wetmore Henry Clay and Julia (Bidwell) Hodges
HODGES, Charles Henry Jr. 03 Jul 1894 22 Jun 1961    
HODGES, Charles Henry III

Obituary

07 Apr 1922 25 Jun 2002 Ruth Burke  
HODGES, Clara (Delavan) 20 Nov 1857 20 Nov 1945    
HODGES, Eliza (Wetmore) 1864 1931 Charles Henry Hodges Sr.  
HODGES, Henry Clay
Biography
02 Mar 1828 31 Aug 1919 Julia Bidwell
m 10 Oct 1854
Nathaniel and Clarisa (Phelps) Hodges
HODGES, Dr. Jason

Obituary

03 Dec 1916 20 Sep 2009 Elizabeth
Rheta
Dr J. and Frances (McNeff) Hodges
HODGES, John C. 30 Mar 1912 23 May 1979    
HODGES, Julia (Bidwell) 26 Apr 1833 16 Sep 1914 Henry Clay Hodges  
HODGES, Virginia 10 Feb 1867 05 May 1960    
HOLMES, Ann Euretta 22 Nov 1902 04 Jun 1904    
HOLMES, Anna (Strong) 01 Dec 1832 26 May 1927    
HOLMES, Charles A. 1856 1861    
HOLMES, Frank Byron
Biography
13 Nov 1862 16 Feb 1929 Mabel E. Wormer Lafayette and Ann (Strong) Holmes
HOLMES, Josephine E. 03 Jan 1856 27 Mar 1936    
HOLMES, Mabel (Wormer) 01 Apr 1871 17 May 1943 Frank Byron Holmes  
HOLMES, Walter J.. 12 Sep 1853 07 Jan 1905    
HOUGHTON, Douglass
Biography
21 Sep 1809 13 Oct 1845    
HOWARD, Charles D. 1793 Jun 1865    
HOWARD, Charles D.
Biography
07 Aug 1804 06 Nov 1883 Margaret Vosburg
m 10 Dec 1834
Sebere and Rachel (Scott) Howard
Mayor of Detroit 1849-1850
HOWARD, Jacob Merritt
Biography
10 Jul 1805 02 Apr 1871    
HOWARD, Joshua
Biography
1807 12 Jul 1868    
HOWARD, Joshua Edward 30 Mar 1870 13 Oct 1926    
HOWARD, William Alanson
Biography
08 Apr 1813 10 Apr 1880    
HYDE, Oliver Moulton
Biography
10 Mar 1804 28 Jun 1870 Jula Ann Sprague Pitt William and Mary (Kilbourne) Hyde
JENKS, Charles Carleton
Biography
24 Aug 1854 23 Oct 1923 Christena Strachan B.W. and Sarah (Carleton) Jenks
JENKS, Christena (Strachan) 19 Dec 1855 17 Sep 1941 Charles Carleton Jenks
m 5 Nov 1879
 
JENKS, Irene (Strachan) 26 Feb 1881 26 Sep 1945   Charles Carleton and Christena (Strachan) Jenks
JONES, Clarence W.
Obituary
86y 17 Aug 2009   Murdered
JONES, DeGarmo
Biography
11 Nov 1787 14 Nov 1846 Catherine Hannah Annin
m 26 Mar 1818 Onanaga NY
Thomas and Rachel Jones
JONES, Finzie 26 Nov 1917 09 Aug 2008    
JONES, James F. 1908 1971    
JONES-ZIEGLER, Fayette
Obituary
27 Apr 1955 01 Jun 1998 Ron Ziegler Russell and Pauline Jones
JOY, Elizabeth (Williams)
Biography of Henry
06 Sep 1912 19 Feb 1974 Henry Bourne Joy Jr. Wood and Anne Louise Williams
JOY, Ella Hopkins 27 Apr 1874 09 Apr 1897 Richard Pickering Joy  
JOY, Ella Hopkins 08 Apr 1896 09 Mar 1949    
JOY, Emilie A. 20 Aug 1850 29 Jan 1924    
JOY, Frederic 07 Jul 1862 21 Aug 1893    
JOY, Helen Hall (Newberry) 09 Jun 1869 13 Mar 1958    
JOY, Henry Bourne 23 Nov 1864 06 Nov 1936    
JOY, Henry Bourne Jr.
Biography of Henry Sr.
08 Apr 1910 21 Mar 1976 Elizabeth Williams Henry Bourne and Helen Hall (Newberry) Joy
JOY, Henry Bourne III 20 Jul 1940 08 Feb 1977   Henry Bourne and Elizabeth (Williams) Bourne Jr.
JOY, Infant Dau. 1893 1893   Henry Bourne and Helen Hall (Newberry) Joy
JOY, James Frederic
Biography
02 Dec 1810 24 Sep 1896 Martha Alger Reed
Mary Bourne
James and Sarah (Pickering) Joy
JOY, James 14 Nov 1847 07 Mar 1910    
JOY, James Frederic 18 Mar 1903 16 Nov 1906   Henry and Helen Hall (Newberry) Joy
JOY, Marian Handy 16 Dec 1899 23 Oct 1910   Henry and Helen Hall (Newberry) Joy
JOY, Marjorie Manson 17 Jan 1913 07 Mar 1956 William Moore Joy  
JOY, Martha Alger (Reed)
Headstone/Biography
12 Oct 1819 06 Feb 1850 James Frederic Joy Hon. John Reed
JOY, Martha 30 Nov 1845 05 Sep 1846    
JOY, Mary (Bourne)
Headstone/Biography
06 Sep 1831 25 Jul 1890 James Frederic Joy  
JOY, Mary Moore 14 Jul 1887 23 Aug 1969    
JOY, Richard Pickering
Biography
25 Jan 1870 15 Dec 1930 Ella Hopkins James Frederic and Mary (Bourne) Joy
JOY, Richard Pickering 25 Jun 1909 15 Apr 1968 Mary Moore Richard Pickering and Ella (Hopkins) Joy
JOY, Thomas Bourne 18 Sep 1917 22 Feb 1938    
JOY, William Moore 31 Dec 1912 08 Jan 1981 Marjorie Manson  
KEARSLEY, Jonathan
Biography
25 Aug 1876 01 Sep 1859 Margaret Heitch Dates from headstone
Son of Capt. Samuel Kearsley
LADUE, John
Biography
18 Nov 1804 01 Dec 1854    
LANGDON, George C.
Biography
1833 1909 Fanny Valley  
LEE, Helen Bourne (Joy) 20 Mar 1896 23 Feb 1977   Henry Bourne and Helen Hall (Newberry) Joy
LEWIS, Alexander
Biography
24 Oct 1822 1900    
LYONS, Caroline Mary (Williams) 18 May 1842 04 Oct 1917 John W. Lyons Michael and Mary (Stevenson) Williams
MACAULEY, Alvan
Biography
17 Jan 1872 16 Jan 1952 Estelle Littlepage James Alexander and Rebecca Jane (Mills) Macauley
MACAULEY, Alvan (Jr) 1896 1982   Alvan and Estelle (Littlepage) Macauley
MACAULEY, Estelle (Littlepage) 1873 1976 Alvan Macauley  
MACAULEY, Edward 1902 1957 Margaret B. Alvan and Estelle (Littlepage) Macauley
MACAULEY, Margaret B. 1904 1973 Edward Macauley  
MAYBURY, William Cotter
Biography
20 Nov 1848 06 May 1909    
MOFFAT, Hugh
Biography
26 Apr 1810 06 Aug 1884 Margery McLachlan
m November 23, 1836
Isabella McLachlan
m 14 Jul 1859
Mrs. Julia E. Hubbard
m 21 Jan 1859
 
MORAN, Charles 1848 1934    
NEWBERRY, John Stoughton
Biography
18 Nov 1826 02 Jan 1887 Helen Parmalee Handy  
NEWBERRY, Truman Handy
Biography
05 Nov 1864 03 Oct 1954 Harriet Josephine Barnes John Stoughton and Helen Parmalee (Handy) Newberry
PALMER, Thomas Witherell
Biography
25 Jan 1830 01 Jun 1913 Elizabeth Merrill Thomas and Mary Ann (Witherell) Palmer
PEABODY, Elsie (Sibley) 1878 1943 Horace Baxter Peabody  
PERKINS, Lucina (Joy) 24 Nov 1824 03 Aug 1889 William Perkins Bennet and Sally (Wood) Joy
PITCHER, Zina
Biography
12 Apr 1797 05 Apr 1872    
ROEHM, Eleanor (Henchel) 22 Feb 1913 07 Jan 2007    
ROEHM, Ernest G.       1st Mi Inf. Civil war
ROEHM, Gertrude Mary (King) 26 Oct 1881 31 May 1906    
RUSSEL, Junious 04 Oct 1919 14 Apr 1993    
SIBLEY, Col. Ebenezer Sproat
Biography
  14 Aug 1884   Solomon and Sarah (Whipple) Sibley
ARTY Mexican - Civil War
SIBLEY, Solomon
Biography
07 Oct 1769 04 Apr 1846 Sarah Whipple Sproat
m 10 Oct 1802
Reuben and Ruth Sibley
ARTY Mexican - Civil War
Buried Section B, Lot 4
TAPPEY, Ernest Taylor
Biography
1853 1948 Pamela W. Waterman
Sarah H. Lightner
Leopold C. and Ann (Parrish) Tappey
TAPPEY, Pamela W. (Waterman) 1854 1888 Ernest Taylor Tappey  
TAPPEY, Sarah H. (Lightner) 1852 1937 Ernest Taylor Tappey  
THOMPSON, Daniel
Obituary
1786 31 Jan 1860 Susan Ann Bradley
m 8 Jan 1805 NY
 
THOMPSON, Susan Ann (Bradley) 11 Nov 1788 03 Jul 1871 Daniel Thompson Jesse and Lydia (Holt) Bradley
TROWBRIDGE, Charles Christopher
Biography
Obituary
29 Dec 1800 06 Apr 1883 Catherine Whipple Sibley  
TROWBRIDGE, Maj. Charles F. 1837 1878   16th Inf. Civil War
TROWBRIDGE, Edmund R. 22 Apr 1880 01 Mar 1895    
TROWBRIDGE, Julia B. 17 May 1841 02 Jan 1909    
TROWBRIDGE, Luther Stephen
Military Civil War
22 Jul 1836 02 Beb 1912    
TROWBRIDGE, Mary B. 28 Sep 1865 02 Dec 1928    
WATERMAN, Cameron Beach
Biography
20 Dec 1878 19 Apr 1955 Lois F. Miller
m 1904 Pittsburg PA
Cameeron D. and Elizabeth H. (Beach) Waterman
WATERMAN, Ellen (Howard) 23 Oct 1836 25 Jan 1892 William J. Waterman Charles D. and Margaret (Vosburg) Howard
WATERMAN, Joshua        
WATERMAN, William J. 1831 17 Jan 1885 Ellen Howard  
WHEATON, William W. 05 Apr 1833 1892   John and Grit (Johnson) Wheaton
WILLIAMS, Alpheus Starkey
Biography
20 Sep 1810 21 Dec 1878 Jane Hereford  
WILLIAMS, Sgt. Frederick H. 02 Feb 1882 14 Aug 1961   Sgt. Maj,48th US Vols.
WILLIAMS, John R.
Biography
04 May 1782 20 Oct 1954 Mary Mott Thomas Williams
WILLIAMS, John W.
Obituary
25 Jun 1920 23 Aug 1997    
WILLIAMS, Maude Beach 07 Aug 1867 06 Jul 1901   Ephraim Schuyler and Harriet (Camp) Williams
WILLIAMS, Thomas R.
Biography
10 Jan 1815 05 Aug 1862   Civil War Casualty
WYCHE, Judith (Holmes)   26 Feb 2011