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FIRST CEMETERY IN BATTLE CREEK

Section 1, Champion and Washington Streets, Battle Creek. Moved to Oak Hill in 1844.

Lists of names with burial dates before March. 25, 1844 in Oak Hill Cemetery

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THE NAMES BELOW MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED IN THE FIRST CEMETERY THERE ARE NO RECORDS FOR THIS CEMETERY.

 

 

The First Burial Ground    The information below is from the History Of Oak Hill

In 1836 Sands McCamly, Jonathan Hart and members of the Merritt family surveyed, platted and drew the first map of what was to become Battle Creek. At this time a small plot of land was set apart to be used as a burial ground. This first cemetery was located near the intersection of N. Washington and W. Van Buren streets, close to the location of the Towers Addition to the Battle Creek Sanitarium (Federal Center).

Over the years the village grew to such an extent that this original cemetery was being crowded out by the development of factories, businesses and homes. In 1843 Moses Hall, Almon Whitcomb, T. W. Hall, Edward Packer and others consulted and decided to purchase ten acres of land south of the city, paying $12 an acre.

According to State records the cemetery was located in Section 1, Champion and Washington Streets, Battle Creek. Moved to Oak Hill in 1844.

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NAME BURIAL DATE OAK HILL LOCATION
ANDRUS, BETSY Jan. 14, 1842 Lot 19, Rt. 13
ANDRUS, GILES Aug. 02, 1838 Lot 19, Rt. 14
ANDRUS, MARY Feb. 06, 1843 Lot 19, Rt. 12
BAILEY, JESSE Sep. 16, 1842 Lot 136, Rt. 12 1/2
BARBER, LOUISA CRANSON Mar. 07, 1843 Lot 114, Rt. 4
BEARDSLEE, HARRIETT MARIA Aug. 09, 1843 Lot 205, Rt. 13
BROWN, EDWARD LYNN Dec. 3, 1833 Lot 330, Rt 7 1/2
BROWN, HELEN Sep. 22, 1838 Lot 330, Rt 6
BUCKLEY, JAMES Mar. 10, 1842 Lot 133, Rt. 12
BUDLONG, DON Nov. 1839 Lot 687, Rt. 12
CALDWELL, CORDELIA Aug. 22, 1843 Lot 94, Rt. 10
CRANSON, CLARASA (BANNISTER) Sep. 06, 1839 Lot 114, Rt. 3
CROSS, MARY Jul. 22, 1838 Lot 100, Rt. 8
DIRIMPEL, JOHN Feb. 22, 1841 Lot 98, Rt. 5
FARGO, JOHN May 13, 1840 Lot 128, Rt. 4
GILBERT, JOSIAH Apr. 01, 1843 Lot 173, Rt. 4
GILL, JAMES FISK May 27, 1843 Lot 65, Rt. 10
HALL, ARUNAH (HYDE) Nov. 3, 1840 Lot 165, Rt. 6
HALL, MARY (WESTOVER) Aug. 11, 1838 Lot 165, Rt. 2
HALL, MOSES SR Dec. 17, 1842 Lot 165, Rt. 14
HICKMAN, ALFRED D Dec. 16, 1836 Lot 188, Rt. 3
HICKMAN, MARIA G Aug. 17, 1840 Lot 188, Rt. 2
HOWELL, DELIA ELMER Dec. 20, 1842 Lot 142, Rt. 11
JACOBS, WILBUR N Mar. 05, 1843 Lot 66, Rt. 13
KEWNEY, JOHN Nov. 12, 1842 Lot 115, Rt. 2
MANCHESTER, FRANKLIN Dec. 24, 1837 Lot 687, Rt 12
MANCHESTER, STEPHEN Nov. 22, 1839 Lot 687, Rt 12
MAPES, M. V. B. Nov. 12, 1842 Lot 62, Rt. 11
MARVIN, CHARLES T Jul. 29, 1840 Lot 124, Rt. 7
MC CAMLY, DAVID Jan. 30, 1843 Lot 156, Rt. 11
MC CAMLY, JOSEPHINE Jun. 05, 1841 Lot 156, Rt. 4
PACKER, MARYANN E. Sep. 27, 1838 Lot 109, Rt. 11
PACKER, RACHEL Mar. 26, 1843 Lot 109, Rt. 9
ROLFE, RUHAMA Nov. 10, 1842 Lot 62, Rt. 5
ROWLEY, AMY Mar. 30, 1842 Lot 10, Rt. 9
SMITH, BETSEY Sep. 23, 1842 Lot 155, Rt. 14
SMITH, ELLA Jul. 04, 1841 Lot 166, Rt. 1
STARKWEATHER, ESTHER BREWSTER Sep. 17, 1838 Lot 78, Rt. 13
STARKWEATHER, JAMES Nov. 12, 1842 Lot 78, Rt. 8
STARKWEATHER, JOHN Sep. 06, 1840 Lot 78, Rt. 8
STRINGHAM, ELIZA R Jul. 04, 1840 Lot 885, Rt 10
STUART, CYNTHIA EMERSON Jun. 11, 1832 Lot 256, Rt. 11
STUART, JOHN Sep. 21, 1839 Lot 256, Rt. 14
THAYER, JOSIE 1843 Lot 101, Rt. 8
WHITCOMB, ALMON A Sep. 15, 1838 Lot 140, Rt. 11
WHITMORE, DAVID A 1838 Lot 242
YOUNG, JULIET STARKWEATHER Mar. 04, 1839 Lot 78, Rt. 2
YOUNG, SAMUEL Feb. 28, 1837 Lot 78, Rt. 3

 

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