November 8, 2006 - Page Completed &
All pages for this cemetery completed on November 14, 2006
Adamsville Cemetery is located in Section 12 of Adamsville Road and May Street, 1 & 12/2 miles south of US 12 in Ontwa Township.The following listing and pages were stone readings and research compiled by: Amelia Castle and Nancy Corwin in 1997. The compiler's work includes the old walk records done by the DAR in the 1940's and Amelia and Nancy's walking and reading the cemetery. The sexton at that time decided not participate in aiding the information for unmarked graves. Therefore, if anyone has information on any graves not shown in our listings and want them to appear in this index, please send the information along with source to us.
Please keep in mind that the sites on Cass County were constructed by volunteers and are being maintained by volunteers. If you have additional information on the burials in any of the Cass County Cemeteries, please contact me at cassmichigangen@yahoo.com
Deanna West -Cass County Michigan Coordinator. Also remember the Cass County Michigan Tombstone ProjectIn reading this cemetery, start at the Southeast corner and going North on each row, including crossing the drive.
Contact Amelia Castle for a book on the Cemeteries of Ontwa Township
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| Rows | Name | Born/Age | Date of Death | Notes |
| 1 | ||||
| 1 | Brier, Florence | 19y7m20d | 5 Nov 1870 | - |
| 1 | Marsh, Milton H | 14y 1m 20d | 20 Aug 1870 | - |
| 1 | Marsh, Clara W | 4y ?mo | 25 Aug 1870 | - |
| 1 | Holtenhouse, William H | 11y 9m | 5 Dec 1869 | - |
| 2 | Shick, Zelda R | 1864 | 1943 | - |
| 2 | Butts, Jennnie | 1847 | 1888 | - |
| 2 | Johnson, Harriet L | 1828 | 1906 | - |
| 2 | Main, Erastus | 65y | 1870 | - |
| 2 | Main, Philomenia | 65y 11m 17d | 8 Sep 1872 | - |
| 2 | Wendover, Louvisa M | 17m 16d | 1865 | - |
| 3 | Martin, Nancy | 1855 | 1924 | - |
| 3 | Martin, William | 1852 | 1913 | - |
| 3 | Martin, John V | 12y 1m | 5 Sep 1883 | s/H |
| 4 | Martin, Jyrtie A | 3y12d | 15 Oct 1880 | - |
| 4 | Martin, Jasper | 4m 23d | 9 Aug 1876 | - |
| 4 | Martin, Ida | 18y 10m 28d | 15 Jul 1876 | w/William |
| 4 | Stillson, William S | 5 Sep 1827 | 12 May 1901 | Civil War Vet |
| 4 | Stillson, Jane E | 22 Oct 1828 | 20 Feb 1898 | w/William |
| 4 | Stillson, Margaret E | 22y | 1876 | d/W & JE |
| 4 | Stillson, Frances A | 2m | 1856 | base only stone gone |
| 4 | Stillson, H J | no dates | - | Co L 2nd Mich Cav Civil War |
| 4 | Hazen, William R | 1y 7m 10d | no dates | s/JC & HR |
| 4 | Simons, George M | 1m | 30 Sep 1861 | s/? & W |
| 5 | ||||
| 5 | Whitman, Ann Elizabeth | 67y 6m 10d | 14 Jan 1892 | - |
| 5 | Whitman, Orin M | stone broken | illegible | - |
| 5 | Chawgo, Lucinda | 28 May 1829 | blank | - |
| 5 | Chawgo, Israel | 69y | 4 Jan 1890 | - |
| 5 | Chawgo, Catharine | 75y | 11 Apr 1872 | w/George |
| 5 | Chawgo, George | 62y 6m 10d | 24 Nov 1857 | - |
| 5 | Sherwood, Seth D | 1823 | 1872 | - |
| 5 | Sherwood, Sarah A | 1825 | 1904 | - |
| 5 | Smith, Willie | 3y 16d | 7 Sep 1851 | - |
| 5 | Smith, Emma Morris | 1855 | blank | w/Charles |
| 5 | Smith, Harriet Wooden | 1823 | 1888 | w/Charles |
| 5 | Smith, Charles | 1822 | - | - |
| 5 | Smith, Helen A | 1853 | 2 Apr 1853 | d/Charles & Harriet |
| 5 | Smith, Mary Jane | infant | 1861 | no stone |
| 5 | Smith, Cinderella | 2y | 1861 | no stone |
| 5 | Smith, Emma | infant | 23 May 1861 | - |
| 5 | Smith, Ida | 13y 1m 10d | 17 Apr 1871 | - |
| 5 | Smith, Amanda | 13y 8m 17d | 26 Jan 1876 | d/Wm & Jane |
| 5 | Smith, Frankie | 5y 11m 21d | 16 May 1871 | - |
| 5 | Smith, Christena | 1826 | 1897 | - |
| 5 | Smith, Bolden | 1823 | 1907 | - |
| 5 | Bowman, Samuel R | 1858 | 1937 | - |
| 5 | Bowman, Cora B | 1864 | 1947 | - |
| 5 | Bowman, Myrtle L | 1889 | 1948 | - |
| 5 | Boyer, Dolly | 53y 3m 8d | 13 Apr 1875 | - |
| 5 | Boyer, Lewis D | 66y 11m 29d | 28 May 1871 | - |
| 5 | Boyer, Edwin L | 20y 5m 16d | 3 Oct 1861 | s/L D & D |
| 5 | Boyer, Zara | - | 1849 | - |
| 6 | Wooden, Mack | - | 1884 | - |
| 6 | Wilkinson, Mary E | 1824 | 1918 | w/Benjamin |
| 6 | Wilkinson, Bemjamin F | 1820 | 1893 | - |
| 6 | Wilkinson, Almorine | 1791 | 1864 | - |
| 6 | Alley, Eliza | 1807 | 1873 | - |
| 6 | Sanford, Cora | - | 1861 | - |
| 6 | Sanford, Oscar | - | 1870 | - |
| 6 | Wooden, Reuben T | 4 May 1813 | 13 Dec 1900 | - |
| 6 | Bigelow, Mary | no stone | d. 1862 | - |
| 6 | Bement, Harley R | 1846 | 1880 | - |
| 6 | Bement, Ernest W | 11y 20d | 21 Apr 1877 | - |
| 6 | Scutt, Christina Bruzee | 4 Sep 1799 | 22 Oct 1888 | - |
| 6 | Scutt, Benjamin | 55 y 4 m 24d | 19 May 1852 | - |
| 6 | Bement, Eliza K | 2y 4m 28d | 15 Jul 1868 | - |
| 6 | Bement, Hiram A | 15y | 29 Sep 1851 | - |
| 6 | Bement, Mary C | 2y 9m 10d | 13 May 1851 | - |
| 6 | Bement, Henry H | 10y | 22 Aug 1854 | - |
| 6 | Scutt, Benjamin | 4y 9m 20d | 8 Nov 1847 | - |
| 7th Row | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Jessup, Betsy E | 1874 | 1963 | - |
| 7 | Jessup, Owren W | 1869 | 1930 | - |
| 7 | Ashley, Polly L | 1821 | 1902 | w.James |
| 7 | Ashley, Rev James | 66y 4m 5d | 23 Mar 1882 | - |
| 7 | Ashley, Della | stone broken | can't read | - |
| 7 | Ashley, Ladba | " | " | - |
| 7 | Ashley, William H | 22y | 1863 | Co E 19th Mich Inf |
| 7 | Reed, Martha | 23y 10m | 1 Mar 1863 | - |
| 7 | Lisle, William Henry | 16y 2d | 2 Apr 1868 | w/W & E |
| 7 | ?, Carl E | 1875 | 1892 | no last name on stone |
| 7 | Str??, Jane Ann | 1876 | 1892 | - |
| 7 | Str??, Christopher G | no stone | 1881 | - |
| 7 | Manuel, Wilder | 1801 | 1869 | d. Died: 28 June 1869 |
| 7 | Manuel, Louise | 1841 | blank | Manuel family info contributted
by" John Manuel" - see below |
| 7 | Manuel, Samuel | 1838 | 1855 | - |
| 7 | Manuel, Martha | 1835 | 1846 <error> | not buried in Adamsville Cem. see below |
| 7 | Manuel, Harriet | 1803 | 1895 | w/Wilder |
| 7 | Manuel, Wilder | 1848 | 1895 <error> | s/Wilder and Harriet correction dod 4 Nov 1863 |
| 7 | Manuel, Roswell | 1848 | - | See below |
| 7 | Manuel, William | 1828 | blank | - |
| 7 | Manuel, Henry | 1832 | 1901 | Co H 4th Reg Wis. Vol |
| 7 | Manuel, Lucy | 1843 | 1924 | - |
| 7 | Sage, W | 58y 2m 23d | 27 May 1851 | w/Moses |
| 7 | Sage, ? | 44y 6m | 27 Feb 1841 | w/Moses |
| 7 | Sage, Moses | 72y 7m 5d | 12 Jun 1860 | |
| 7 | Sage, F Rodney | 9m 16d | 18 Sep 1848 | s/N & J |
| 7 | Sage, Franklin N | 2y 8m | 2 Mar 1847 | s/N & J |
| 7 | Sage, Martin S | 22y 9m | 9 Aug 1857 | s/N & J |
| 7 | Sage, Juno A | 36y 4m | 28 Apr 1867 | w/Norman |
| 7 | Sage, Norman | - | 1857 | - |
| 8th Row | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Wooden, Timothy | stone broken & | buried | s/Z & A |
| 8 | Wooden, John | 32 y | 1860 | s/Z &A |
| 8 | Wooden, Amy T | 63y | 22 Nov 1876 | w/Zacheus |
| 8 | Wooden, Zacheus | 84y 4m 6d | 4 Apr 1882 | - |
| 8 | Wood, Martha | 38y 6m 21d | 13 Oct 1872 | - |
| 8 | Wood, Charles | 2y 6m 8d | 9 Dec 1879 | - |
| 8 | Wood, Little Mary | - | 1866 | - |
| 8 | Wood, Peter D | 65y | 24 Jul 1862 | - |
| 8 | Wood, Welcome H | 21y 6m 23d | 15 Oct 1893 | - |
| 8 | Wood, Charles F | 54y 4m 11d | 20 Apr 1881 | - |
| 8 | Austin, William S | 16y 11m 18d | 1 Apr 1854 | s/Sam & Sarah stepson Rev Joseph Winch |
| 8 | Augstin, Catharine C | - | 26 Jan 1852 | d/S H & H S Lay |
| 8 | Fraser, John P | 1855 | 1880 | - |
| 8 | Fraser, Myron B | 1878 | 1925 | - |
| 8 | Fraser, Carl F | 1876 | 1892 | - |
| 8 | Fraser, John P | 25y 3m 20d | 4 Jun 1880 | - |
| 8 | Southworth, Amy Fraser | 1855 | 1932 | - |
| 8 | Wooden, Achsah M | 16y 2m 13d | 18 Jan 1880 | - |
| 8 | Wooden, martha C Dils | 70y 10m 7d | 14 Aug 1904 | - |
| 8 | Wooden, Hiram N | 74y 7m 21d | 6 Sep 1900 | - |
| 8 | Adams, Frank | no age or dates | - | - |
| 8 | Adams, Hector | " | - | - |
| 8 | Adams, Hannah | 1827 | 1855 | w/Moses |
| 8 | Adams, Moses S | 17 Aug 1812 | 4 Jun 1886 | - |
| 8 | Adams, Didama | 17 Apr 1843 | 24 Jan 1918 | - |
| 8 | Follmer, Jennie | 8m | 3 Oct 1885 | d/F & H |
| 8 | Follmer, Fred | 1857 | 1916 | - |
| 8 | Follmer, Hattie | 1862 | 1947 | - |
| 8 | Follmer, Florence | 1883 | 1919 | - |
| 8 | Follmer, Eve | 1864 | 1899 | - |
| 8 | Adams, Sterling | 65y 5m | 22 Oct 1846 | - |
| 9th Row | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Burk, Carrie R | 1875 | 1938 | - |
| 9 | Johns, Albert | 1841 | 1886 | - |
| 9 | Johns, Mary | 1846 | 1915 | - |
| 9 | Kingsley, Howard M | 1847 | 1912 | - |
| 9 | Brownell, Harriet C Fisk | 1837 | 1916 | - |
| 9 | Fisk, Charlie | 4y | 11 Jul 1862 | - |
| 9 | Fisk, Genie | 2y 9m 22d | 8 Dec 1864 | - |
| 9 | Kingsley, Roy E | 1874 | 1900 | s/Charles |
| 9 | Kingsley, Elijah | 94y 14d | 29 Oct 1890 | - |
| 9 | Kingsley, Olive M | 1831 | 1909 | w/Charles |
| 9 | Kingsley, Charles R | 1830 | 1902 | - |
| 9 | Kingsley, Harriet J | 77y 10m 16 d | 18 Oct 1882 | w/Elijah |
| 9 | Kingsley, Adelaide M | 8y | 12 Sep 1812 ? | - |
| 9 | Kingsley, Gertrude M | 1m | 6 Dec 1812? | - |
| 9 | Brown, J S | 21y | ? May 1851 | - |
| 9 | Rutledge, Elmira | 1y 10m | 25 May 1870 | - |
| 9 | Rutledge, Phylura | 1827 | 1903 | - |
| 9 | Rutledge, Michael | 55y | 1869 | - |
| Row 10 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Williams, Weltha A | 1824 | 1886 | - |
| 10 | Williams, Weltha | - | 13 Dec 1847 | - |
| 10 | Williams, Frances A | - | 16 Jul 1851 | - |
| 10 | Williams, John G | 1819 | 1899 | - |
| 10 | Williams, James L | 1848 | 1918 | -- |
| 10 | Williams, Emma A | 1854 | 1916 | - |
| 10 | Brady, Louis E | 1869 | 1900 | - |
| 10 | Brady, Fred T | 1866 | 1918 | - |
| 10 | Brady, baby | 12d | 29 Jan 1875 | - |
| 10 | Brady, Dennie | 1y 7m 25d | 22 Aug 1877 | - |
| 10 | Brady, Edith D | 5y 2m 19d | 21 Apr 1883 | d/M S & M E |
| 10 | Brady, William J | 48y | 1 Aug 1878 | d. Elko, Nevada |
| 10 | Brady, Thomas L | 40y | 23 Sep 1872 | d. California |
| 10 | Brady, Maria E | 1845 | 1908 | w/Noah |
| 10 | Brady, Mary | 4y 5m | 12 Oct 1850 | - |
| 10 | Brady, Noah S | 1839 | 1902 | - |
| 10 | Brady, Mary A | 18 Jun 1809 | 3 Jun 1895 | - |
| 10 | Brady, James | 79y | 19 Apr 1881 | - |
| 10 | Olds, Mills | 67y 26d | 9 Nov 1880 | - |
| 10 | Olds, Mary | 36y 6m 22d | 26 Jan 1859 | w/Mills |
| 10 | Olds, George W | 36y | 29 Nov 1851 | - |
| 10 | Olds, Harriet | 74y 6m 12d | 26 Dec 1877 | - |
| 10 | Smack, James H | 2y | 12 Oct 1867 | - |
| Row 11 and more | continued next page |
Manuel family researcher, John Manuel (see our Hall of Fame page for his
email address), offers the following information on the Manuel family.
The MANUEL Family Monument only recongizes all of the MANUEL's in the
Wilder & Harriet MANUEL family group, it was not intended to indicate that
they were buried in Adamsville Cemetery. Individual headstones or individual
grave markers were used for that. Unless a grave marker(s) is/are missing. And
that may be possible for one of the MANUEL's on the Monument:
Martha MANUEL 1835 - 1886: Explanation: She marries Abraham
CRAWFORD, you will find them on your 1870 census aa a famiy in Ontwa Township.
They move with their child to Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. Martha dies of
'Consumption' (see "Transient Death Index for Grand Rapids, She dies on 19
April 1886, and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids Cemetery, along
with her husband Abraham, daughter Carrie Bell and son Francis MANUEL CRAWFORD.
Francis Death Certificate states his parent's as Abraham CRAWFORD and Martha
MANUEL, His middle name is MANUEL. It took me and several other genealogists a
few years to track all of this down and get documents to confirm the research.
William MANUEL 1825 - Blank: Explanation: I don't know where he is at. I've been searching since 1997, going to Michigan, Vermont and Province of Quebec, Canada. I have not found him. I did find a William MANUEL in MO in the 1880 census, born in VT and both parents born in VT. And his age of 43, indicated that he was born in 1827 (based on the census entry). In the 1860 census he was born in KY. I am trying to find out where he died, but have not found out when or when.
Roswell MANUEL 1828 - Blank: Explanation: He is my Great Grandfather Roswell Charles MANUEL, he died in Wakefield, Clay Co., KS., and is buried in the MANUEL Family Plot in Highland Cemetery. He died 9 March 1902 in Wakefield, KS. When his parent's, Wilder & Harriet MANUEL left Potton Township, Bedford Co./ Brome Co., Province of Quebec, Canada, England in the mid 1850's, after the death of Susan CORSER MANUEL, 28 June 1853, Roswell Charles MANUEL, his family, and his brother settled in Oconto Township, Oconto Co., WI., and Wilder & Harriet and the rest of the family settled in Ontwa Township, Cass Co., You will notice that the following children are not on the 1860 census for MI, Roswell and Henry (they are on the 1860 census for WI); William, I don't know where he's at. Samuel is decease, so he may have made it to Ontwa Township before his death, and he may very well be buried in Adamsville Cemetery. Anyway, just prior to Wilder MANUEL, Sr.'s death in 1869, Roswell, sales all of his property in Oconto Co., WI., and moves his family to Adamsville, where he buys a Hotel and operates it for a few years. Finally selling it (I guess), and moves him and his family to Milforld Township, Geary Co., KS in 1870. Low and behold Louise (MANUEL) SMACK is in the next household.
Louise MANUEL 1841 - Blank: Explanation: She marries John SMACK on 15 March 1862 in Whiteside Co., IL. John SMACK is one of three children of Edgar SMACK (dies, when and where, I'm still looking), and Malinda (HALSTEAD) SMACK. Ranson N. THOMPSON, first wife dies in 1850 in Canada / Orleans Co., VT. Their child Royal is born in 1850 and dies in Cass Co., and is buried in Five Points Cemetery. By the 1860 census, Ranson, has remarried to, Malinda (HALSTEAD) SMACK, and the family is living very close to Wilder and Harriet MANUEL. John SMACK and Louise MANUEL, strike up a relationship, and shoott off to Whiteside Co., and get married in 1862. They don't appear to ever come back and live in Ontwa Townhip, but they probably visited. Anyway, Louise (MANUEL) SMACK dies in Holt's Summit, Callaway Co., MO., on 19 April 1912, and is buried in Union Hill Cemetery along with her husband, John SMACK. I solved this one, with lots of help last year. It took ten years, just like with Martha (MANUEL) CRAWFORD.