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
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NAME |
BORN |
DIED |
INSCRIPTION |
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George E. Blakely |
March 1 1861 |
July 29 1897 |
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Daniel Blakely |
Jan 1 1833 |
Nov 30 1908 |
MUSN Co C. 24th MICH. INF. |
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Joseph Martin |
Oct 10 1875 |
Aged 75 yrs 11 m's 10 d's Asleep in Jesus |
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Zenas J. Williams
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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." |
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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." |
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Jeannie E. Blakely |
July 26 1868 |
Jan 11 1896 |
" ....unreadable...(wife of F. M. Harris) |
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Sarah A. Campbell |
Dec 31 1841 |
Oct 29 1915 |
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Jerome S. Campbell |
June 29 1829 |
Mar 17 1901 |
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Walter E. Henry |
Oct 12 1869 |
Age 9 mo. |
( son of Wm. J. & M. M. Henry) |
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Joseph Deverell |
June 19 1878 |
Age 6 yrs 7 mo's 10 D's |
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Grace Deverell |
Apr 28 1866 |
(dau. of J. D. Everell) |
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Hattie B. Hamilton |
Oct 19 1872 |
Age 3 mo's 14 d's, (dau of C. L. & E. J. Hamilton) |
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Hannah M. Salisbury |
Sept 30 1831 |
Feb 20 1900 |
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Burton Salisbury |
May 2 1884 |
Age 14 yrs 1 mo. 1dy |
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Helen M. Archer |
Oct 24 1841 |
June 12 1890 |
(wife of James Archer) " Thou Art gone but we cherish sweet memories of thee" |
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Richard Gidley |
Apr 14 1847 |
July 24 1907 |
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Catherine Gidley (his wife) |
Oct 9 1850 |
Feb 11 1933 |
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Selinda Phillips |
July 16 1871 |
Age 68 yrs 1 mo., (wife of Cambysis Phillips) |
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Mary A. Larabee |
1832 |
1897 |
(wife of Norman Larabee) |
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Norman Larabee |
CO. A 4th MO. S.M. CAV |
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Nelson Todd |
CO. A. 12 N.Y. CAV. |
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L. E. See * |
CO. D. 9TH MICH. CAV. |
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Jennie A. Borst |
June 1 1870 |
Age 13 yrs 8 Mo's 8 Dys (dau of Wm. & E. F. Borst) "Meet me in Heaven" |
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Lena A Borst |
May 4 1873 |
Age 4 yrs 4 Mos 10 Dys (dau of Wm. & E. F. Borst) |
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Ebenezer Glazier |
1809 |
1877 |
"In Memory of our Father |
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Elizabeth Glazier |
1820 |
1877 |
And our Mother" |
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Grandma Eleanor I. Parsly |
1810 |
1888 |
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John B. Kirby * |
1856 |
(no date) |
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Catherine B. Kirby * |
1866 |
1929 |
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Bertha M. Harvie * |
Jan 5 1881 |
Feb 26 1902 |
(dau of J.B. Kirby & L.L. Kirby) |
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Edna L. Kirby * |
1884 |
1884 |
(dau of J.B. & L.L. Kirby) |
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Lula A. Kirby * |
1886 |
1886 |
(dau of J.B. & L.L. Kirby) |
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John Jackson |
1848 |
1904 |
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John Jackson |
Nov 5 1819 |
June 5 1900 |
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Amy Jackson |
Apr 8 1824 |
Jan 13 1903 |
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( a single headstone with these inscriptions): |
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Velma Peaslee |
Nov 10 1857 |
Mar 8 1876 |
Age 18 yrs 4 mos 28 dys |
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Lucinda D. Peaslee |
1820 |
Oct 15 1892 |
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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. |
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Adelaide Arno |
1847 |
1913 |
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James Peckham |
Mar 17 1831 |
June 10 1914 |
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Kosiah Peckham |
Jan 5 1835 |
Sept 9 1910 |
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John I Peckham |
Feb 27 1885 |
June 11 1893 |
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Grace Deforest |
1899 |
1902 |
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Emma Deforest |
1881 |
( no date) |
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Limon Deforest |
1827 |
1895 |
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Martha Deforest |
1824 |
1909 |
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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. |
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Birdie Sharp |
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Oct 24 1878 |
Age 2 mo's 18 dys (dau of J.E. & E. Sharp |
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Francis C. Hodge |
Nov 30 1882 |
Age 2 yrs 8 mo's 19 dys. |
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Manchester Plot * |
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Daisy Manchester * |
Dec 2 1877 |
Dec 22 1882 |
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Richard Manchester * |
Oct 4 1866 |
Dec 29 1882 |
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Peter C. Manchester *(1) |
Dec 24 1845 |
Mar 29 1912 |
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Mary A. (See) Manchester *(1) |
Oct 1 1850 |
Sept 2 1915 |
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Louisa Hodge |
Apr 11 1887 |
Age 21 yrs 7 mo's 19 dys |
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Harriet (Marshell) Upthegrove |
Apr 30 1860 |
Dec 3 1898 |
(wife of Peter) |
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Peter A.. Upthegrove |
(no dates listed) |
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Anna Belle Kirby * |
June 28 1935 |
May 10 1936 |
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Sarah J (Manchester) Kirby * |
1870 |
1947 |
(wife of Lewis Kirby) |
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Lewis M. Kirby * |
1863 |
1920 |
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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) |
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Johiel Burley |
1827 |
1897 |
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Nettie Burley |
1866 |
1889 |
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Sophia Madden |
1812 |
1891 |
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Lillian Ames |
1876 |
1912 |
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A. Clark |
Sept 12 1895 |
Age 44 ys 8 mo's 3 D's |
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Peter Hadcock |
Apr 11 1823 |
Aug 1 1895 |
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Rebecca Hadcock |
Jan 12 1823 |
June 23 1891 |
(wife of Peter) |
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Edward Wiltse |
Feb 17 1817 |
Sept 20 1889 |
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Phebe Wiltse |
Feb 11 1825 |
Apr 17 1895 |
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Hiram F. Blakely |
CO. C 5TH MICH. CAV. |
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Calista M. Blakely |
Feb 6 1893 |
(dau of Hiram F. & M.A. Blakely) |
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Sergt. Robt. R. Wilkinson |
June 1 1911 |
CO. G. 3RD OHIO CAV. Age 76 yrs. |
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Eliza S. Wilkinson |
Oct 13 1892 |
Age 50 y's 11 Mo. 10 Dy's (wife of Robert) |
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John O. McEwan |
CO. E. 30TH MICH. INF. |
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Mary A. McEwan |
Jan 3 1838 |
Apr 18 1888 |
Age 50 yrs 3 mo's 15 dys (wife of John O. McEwan) |
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Mudge Plot |
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Joshua Mudge |
1820 |
1914 |
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Eliza C. Mudge |
1828 |
1913 |
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Elkanah Mudge |
1846 |
1938 |
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Melissa Mudge |
1848 |
1928 |
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Adelia A. Evans |
June 25 1889 |
Age 69 yrs 3 mo's 2 dys (wife of L. G. Evans |
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Luther G. Evans |
CO. K. 7TH KAN. CAV. |
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George Cross |
( no dates.......) |
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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."" |
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Amada Olmsted |
May 24 1826 |
Dec 11 1917 |
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Wm. Gilbert Omsted |
Jan 16 1824 |
Jan 19 1898 |
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Jackson Waffle |
Oct 20 1830 |
Jan 22 1906 |
CO. G 75TH OHIO INF. |
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Ann Augusta (wife of Jackson) |
Sept 27 1836 |
Apr 22 1894 |
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Josiah F. Densmore |
1828 |
1901 |
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(three headstones nearby) |
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Mother/Theressa |
Jan 1 1860 |
Apr 23 1910 |
And 2 stones beside her: |
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Allen and Howard... |
No dates |
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Alanzo C. Titsworth |
June 14 1861 |
Nov 2 1897 |
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(can't read worn stone) |
1880 |
1882 |
(dau of J.S. & H.C. Arnold) |
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Ethel Wyn Greenman |
1905 |
1907 |
(dau of Wesley & Grace Greenman |
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Clair Nellie McEwan |
No dates |
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Mary Nichols |
Jan 30, 1886 |
Age 68 yrs 6 Mo's 30 dys. |
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Julia A. Kaiser |
Jan 10 1888 |
(wife of L.K. Kaiser) |
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Alice A. ((unlegible) may be Gorsh? |
d. Oct 5 1866 |
(dau of F.B. & J.L. ? |
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Abe L. Dean |
July 2 1887 |
Age 22 yr 10 mo's 25 dys. |
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Dan'l W. Oberholtzer |
CO. G 55TH OHIO INF. |
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William E. Bush |
1843 |
1916 |
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John Bargy |
Apr 16 1831 |
May 17 1879 |
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Mary Bargy |
Nov 7 1835 |
Oct 27 1878 |
(wife of John) |
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Mary Bargy |
1891 |
1897 |
"Dear Sister" |
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(another headstone next to Bargy) |
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John Wesley Pearl |
1838 |
1914 |
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Alice (Hadcock) Pearl |
1857 |
1907 |
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Adda Z. Pearl |
Feb 3 1883 |
Age 29 yr., (wife of J.W. Pearl & Dau of Tho's. G. & E. A. Harris) |
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Harriet Grego |
July 20 1840 |
Mar 21 1905 |
(wife of Alex Grego) |
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Asel A. Grego |
1786 |
1958 |
(son of Alex Grego) |
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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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