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Sumnerville Cemetery is located on Pokagon Highway, Pokagon Township.
Photos
compliments of Mark Brown
 Edmund Abbott |
 Nancy Abbott |
 Jacob Sammons |
contact info
Doug Shaffer - sexton
60797 Reynolds RD.
Niles,MI. 49120
269 684 2176
Older portion of Sumnerville Cemetery in Alphabetical Order. If you have additional information or photos of the stones in any of the Cass County Cemeteries, please contact me at cassmichigangen@yahoo.com - Deanna West - Cass County Michigan Coordinator.
This information was gathered by examining old records and maps and a physical inventory of the cemetery. The records, as such, of the burials in this section dating back into the 1830's were not passed on to the Pokagon Township, if indeed they ever existed. The records that exist today were collected mainly by looking at the tombstones in the cemetery and recording the information. Not all graves are marked; therefore, a number of burials in this section of the cemetery will not be recorded in this list. Every effort has been made to include all the information that is currently available into this list, but it is NOT complete nor totally accurate.
Almost as soon as the early settlers arrived in the area, there was a need for a place to bury those friends and family members who died. Many family or neighborhood cemeteries started in this way. The original beginnings of the Sumnerville Cemetery are not known. From the early burials of one person next to another by the date of interment suggests that single burial sites were sold and not cemetery lots. Later lots were sold and family members were buried together, but initially they were not.
Note: Numerical rows run North and South
Alphabetical rows run East an West to form a Grid
The following is all Section A - which is the oldest section in the cemetery.
| Location | Name | Age | Sex | Burial Date | Death Date | Other Information |
| G-12 | Abbott, Edmund A | 59 | M | 1/1/1861 | 59y 4m 17d | |
| E-12 | Abbott, Josephine | - | F | - | 1861 | - |
| E-12 | Abbott, L. Nora | 11 m | F | 4/4/1861 | 11m 7d; dau J. R. & M. J. | |
| G-12 | Abbott, Nancy | 57 | F | 6/25/1857 | 57y 6m 3d; wf Edmund A. | |
| D-19 | Allen, Rollin L | - | M | 1858 | - | |
| M-19 | Anderson, John | 24 | M | 2/18/1848 | 24y 2m 28d; son E & M | |
| C-22 | Armstrong, Eleota | 58 | F | 10/6/1862 | 58y 1m 11d; wf Homer | |
| C-22 | Armstrong, Hattie | - | F | - | old map info | |
| N-22 | Armstrong, Homer G | 11 | M | 9/15/1866 | son L. C. & M. J.; 11y 1m 18d | |
| O-22 | Armstrong, James | 66 | M | 3/16/1860 | 66y 22m | |
| A-8 | Austin, Edwin N | M | 1/11/1920 | - | ||
| A-8 | Austin, Rebecca | F | 8/1/1918 | - | ||
| Bangs, Hilda Hoover | ||||||
| H-19 | Bates, Daniel | 53 | M | 4/1/1861 | - | |
| H-19 | Bates, Ruth | 59 | F | 5/22/1864 | wf Daniel | |
| F-19 | Bates, Sarah | 63 | F | 7/7/1844 | wf William | |
| H-19 | Bates, Sarah L | - | F | - | 9/22/1852 | dau Dennis & Matilda |
| F-19 | Bates, William | 62 | M | 3/4/1839 | - | |
| A-32 | Beach, G. E. | - | - | - | 1895 | - |
| A-32 | Beach, Ida E | - | F | - | 1865 | - |
| K-10 | Beach, Martha | 64 | F | 8/25/1869 | wf William; 64y 10m 24d | |
| A-32 | Beach, Willard | - | M | - | 1865 | - |
| K-10 | Beach, William | - | M | - | 4/16/1860 | born 11/3/1782 |
| G-25 | Benton, Abner | 44 | M | 2/2/1856 | - | |
| N-25 | Benton, Jessie | - | - | - | 1844 | - |
| N-25 | Benton, Joanne | - | - | - | 1844 | - |
| G-25 | Benton, John M | 24 | M | 1/31/1844 | 24y 9m 14d | |
| G-25 | Benton, Marie M | - | F | - | 1893 | wf of Abner |
| H-25 | Benton, Mary | 22 | F | 1856 | - | |
| H-25 | Benton, Mason | - | M | - | 1844 | - |
| G-25 | Benton, William H | 29 | M | - | 9/20/1876 | 21st Ind. L A; Civil War Veteran Photo of Benton Lot |
| D-7 | Blaisdell, Dorothy | 80 | F | - | 1/27/1859 | wf of Samuel |
| E-7 | Blanchard, Royal | 10 | M | 1/7/1876 | son W & S H; 10y 5m | |
| E-7 | Blanchard, Wellman | 53 | M | - | 8/29/1885 | Muscian, 12th MI I Civil War Veteran |
| E-7 | Blanchard, William | 14 | M | - | 9/15/1871 | 14y 7m 19d |
| A-6 | Bower, Lloyd Irwin | - | M | 1880 | Born 1878; son J H & M H Bower | |
| B-30 | Bowles, Syrus or Cyrus | - | M | - | Flag and Military Stone | |
| L-12 | Boyes, Adaline | 66 | F | - | 12/29/1876 | wf Thomas |
| L-12 | Boyes, H. D. | - | - | - | - | flags |
| N-22 | Bromner, Hattie M | 3m | F | - | 9/7/1852 | dau of S M & K Bromner |
| A-5 | Brownell, Angeline S | 50 | F | - | 9/27/1865 | 50y 4m 15d; wf Franklin |
| A-1 | Brownell, Benjamin | 73 | M | - | 1/23/1865 | 73y 4m |
| A-1 | Brownell, Burns P S | 19 | M | - | 2/25/1882 | 19y 1m 2d; Benjamin & Susanna |
| A-5 | Brownell, Estella | 16 | F | 10/14/1865 | dau F & A S; 16y 7m 8d | |
| A-5 | Brownell, Franklin | 66 | M | - | 3/17/1879 | - |
| A-1 | Brownell, Susanna | 82 | F | - | 10/1/1870 | wf Benjamin |
| A-5 | Brownell, Wilbur J | 2 | M | - | 2/25/1884 | 2y 2m 10d |
| I-30 | Byrnes, daughter | - | F | - | 1880 | - |
| I-30 | Byrnes, Mary L | 7 | F | - | 11/14/1859 | dau J & U |
| D-27 | Byrnes, Rev. John | 87 | M | 3/15/1903 | 3/12/1903 | Gilbert, Dow. |
| I-30 | Byrnes, Ursula Clyborn | 62 | F | - | 8/13/1881 | wf Rev. J. Byrnes |
| F-30 | Byrnes, William | - | - | - | 1862 | - |
| F-30 | Byrnes, Jency J | 20 | F | - | 7/12/1849 | - |
| F-30 | Byrnes, Johanna | 60 | F | - | 10/1/1855 | - |
| I-30 | Byrnes, Joseph | - | M | - | 1880 | - |
| S-10 | Burk, Clyde | - | M | - | 1875 | born 1874 |
| A-15 | Burk, John | 75 | M | 9/20/1838 | 75y 6m 5d; b 3/15/1763 | |
| S-10 | Burk, Kerturah A | - | - | - | 1864 | born 1858 |
| R-10 | Burk, Mary F | - | F | 1863 | born 1860 | |
| R-10 | Burk, Mary F | - | F | - | 1899 | born 1834; wf William D |
| R-15 | Burk, William | 80 | M | - | 10/19/1869 | 80y 10m |
| R-10 | Burk, William D | - | M | 0 | 1909 | born 1830 |
| R-25 | Byers, infant son of A. J | - | M | - | 1844 | - |
| C-32 | Byers, A. J. | - | - | - | - | burial shows on old map |
| I-25 | Byers, Joanah or Joananh | - | F | - | 1854 | - |
| I-25 | Byers, Mary | - | F | - | 1859 | - |
| F-27 | Byrnes, John H | 21 | M | - | 9/2/1881 | 21y 6m |
| F-30 | Byrnes, William A | 19 | M | - | 11/13/1862 | - |
| E-30 | Caldwell, Zanetta J | 1 | F | 1/27/1860 | dau H & M J; 1y 0m 8d | |
| F-32 | Clyborn, Jincy | 61 | F | 6/28/1839 | wf Archibald, 61y 11m | |
| F-32 | Clyborn, Archibald | 67 | M | 12/30/1846 | 67y 8m | |
| V-9 | Corburn, F. J. | 42 | M | 9/17/1866 | 9/17/1866; masonic emblem | |
| V-9 | Coburn, Mary E | 9 | F | 4/10/1861 | dau F J & B H; 9y 6m | |
| A-10 | Cole, Nancy | - | F | 3/10/1862 | wf Joseph | |
| A-10 | Cole, Joseph | 71 | M | 10/24/1865 | - | |
| A-10 | Cole, Mercy | 73 | F | - | 1865 | wf Joseph |
| M-7 | Collins, Hellen E | 29 | F | - | 3/17/1866 | 29y 2m; dau J & L Collins |
| F-7 | Collins, John O | - | M | - | 1866 | - |
| F-7 | Collins, Louisa | 66 | F | - | 8/28/1871 | wf John; 68y 8m |
| N-10 | Conklin, Sobrina S | 41 | F | - | 3/10/1862 | wf George W.; 41y 10m 6d |
| N-10 | Conklin, George W | - | M | - | 1862 | - |
| C-17 | Connine, Capt. Richard | - | M | - | 1862 | - |
| I-10 | Connine, Nelson D | 10m | M | - | 1850 | son of John |
| C-17 | Connine, Rebecca | 71 | F | - | 8/12/1855 | wf Richard; 71y 9m 28d |
| I-10 | Connine, Sabrina | - | F | - | 1851 | - |
| C-23 | Cook, Charles C | 1m | M | 3/7/1853 | son J. H. & Hannah; 6w 2d | |
| B-19 | Cook, Mary | 13 | F | - | 3/13/1859 | dau or R & A; 13y 6m 24d |
| A-22 | Cook, Minnie | 5m | F | - | 6/6/1860 | b - 1/7/1860; dau J. H. & Hannah |
| A-17 | Cook, Jacob Russell | 64 | M | - | 12/5/1879 | 64y 8m 26d - additional photo |
| A-17 | Cook, Amanda M | 47 | F | 10/31/1865 | 47y 7m; wf Jacob Russell | |
| A-22 | Cook, Charles E | 3 | M | 7/22/1848 | 3y 1m; son R. & M. A. | |
| C-23 | Cook, Hannah M | 15 | F | 5/10/1859 | dau Peabody & Eliza; 15y 10m 3d | |
| D-25 | Cook, Mary | 13 | F | 3/13/1859 | - | |
| A-19 | Cook, Lady Mary (Ellicott) | 76 | F | - | 1/22/1849 | Wf Joseph; 76y 8m |
| K-32 | Cooper, Benjamin | - | M | - | 1886 | born 1793; flag - War of 1812, NY artillery |
| L-32 | Cooper, Cora A | 1 | F | 3/1/1866 | ay 8m 18d | |
| K-32 | Cooper, mother | - | F | - | 1912 | - |
| F-15 | Cooper, A.John Orien | 1 | M | - | 1846 | 1y 2m 2d; son John & Malvina |
| K-30 | Cooper, Alonzo | 18 | M | 1/4/1869 | - | |
| K-30 | Cooper, Alonzo | 21 | M | - | 7/10/1848 | 21y 8m 10d |
| I-32 | Cooper, Ann | 14 | F | - | 10/15/1854 | dau Ben & Clarinda |
| F-15 | Cooper, Anna Ma | 23 | F | - | 8/27/1851 | wf John |
| I-32 | Cooper, Ben, Jr | - | M | - | 1851 | - |
| K-32 | Cooper, Cicero | 29 | M | 8/4/1866 | F 3rd NY Lt Artillery, Civil War | |
| I-32 | Cooper, Clarinda | 52 | F | - | 12/25/1851 | wf Ben J. |
| K-30 | Cooper, George | 10m | M | - | 12/31/1831 | 10m 9d |
| J-32 | Cooper, Lucinda V | - | F | - | 1861 | - |
| F-15 | Cooper, Malvina R | 24 | F | - | 9/28/1846 | wf John; 24y 9m |
| K-30 | Cooper, Melvin | - | M | 1846 | - | |
| K-30 | Cooper, Susan | 21 | F | 4/14/1848 | 21y 2m 14d; wf Alonzo | |
| B-28 | Crawford, Isaac | - | M | - | flag; Co I, 12th Mich Inf. | |
| A-3 | Dickson, baby | - | M | 4/22/1858 | s - R. J. & H. B | |
| A-3 | Dickson, Louise | 3 | F | 9/1/1865 | 3y 7m | |
| A-3 | Dickson, Maggie E | 5 | F | - | 2/8/1859 | 5y 4m 1d; R J & H B Dickson |
| A-3 | Dickson, Ralph L | 5 | M | 3/22/1865 | - | |
| B-3 | Dickson, Hannah B | F | 1907 | born 1830; wf R. J. | ||
| B-3 | Dickson, Maud | F | 1903 | born 1867; dau R J & H B | ||
| B-3 | Dickson, R. J. | M | 1908 | born 1823 | ||
| E-4 | Edwards, Charlie | M | 1867 | son of L & E Edwards | ||
| E-4 | Edwards, James H | M | 1872 | son of L & E Edwards | ||
| C-4 | Edwards, Ellen | 41 | F | 1/22/1879 | wf Lewis | |
| E-4 | Edwards, Isaac | M | 1863 | son of L & E Edwards | ||
| C-4 | Edwards, Lewis | M | 1905 | born 1832 | ||
| D-22 | Frost, Annie R | 43 | F | 4/28/1868 | wf David; 43y 9m 1d | |
| D-22 | Frost, David | - | M | 1894 | born 1811 | |
| D-22 | Frost, David E | 8 | M | 12/15/1852 | son of D & U | |
| E-22 | Frost, Ulva | 34 | F | 3/4/1857 | wf David; 34y 5m | |
| E-22 | Frost, William G | 2m | M | - | 11/10/1856 | son D & U |
| M-25 | Garwood, Charles | 6 | M | 9/25/1852 | son J C & Mary; 6y 2d | |
| K-19 | Garwood, Jacob | 21 | M | - | 1/24/1845 | Flag; 21y 10m |
| K-19 | Garwood, Joseph | 70 | M | 6/22/1860 | 70y 9m 5d | |
| K-19 | Garwood, Marietta A | 73 | F | 10/29/1859 | wf Joseph; 73y 11m 7d | |
| K-19 | Garwood, Priscilla | F | - | - | born 1826 | |
| L-17 | Garwood, Ralph | 4m | M | 2/18/1864 | son J E & M E Garwood | |
| L-15 | Garwood, Ralph | M | - | 1846 | - | |
| M-25 | Garwood, 3 children | - | - | - | - | of J C & Mary Garwood |
| L-7 | Hall, Ira | 75 | M | 8/23/1871 | 75y 7m 3d; stone down on ground | |
| L-7 | Hall, Rebecca | 40 | F | 8/24/1865 | 40y 7m 23d; stone down on ground | |
| E-25 | Hamblin, Anna M | 30 | F | 12/15/1862 | wf Henry H.; 30y 2m 17d | |
| E-25 | Hamblin, Ellena Ida | 6m | F | 4/20/1858 | dau H H & A ; 6m 14d | |
| E-25 | Hamblin, Henry H | 38 | M | 12/27/1861 | d. Michigan City, Indiana, 38y 2m 27d | |
| Y-30 | Hand, infant son | M | no dates | s - M A & A Hand | ||
| Y-30 | Handm, Maggie L | 2 | F | 12/7/1870 | 2y 6m 7d; d of M A & A | |
| Y-30 | Hand, Mary L | 4m | F | 6/5/1871 | dau of M A & A Hand | |
| Y-30 | Hand, Amanda H | 69 | F | 8/10/1906 | born 1837, wife M A Hand; nee Price | |
| Z-30 | Hand, Maggie | F | 1870 | - | ||
| Y-30 | Hand, Michael A | M | Co D 2d Mich Cav.; Civil War | |||
| Y-30 | Hand, Roy | M | 1881 | infant | ||
| B-30 | Harris, Corpl. G or C W | M | Co B 102nd USCT; Civil War | |||
| B-30 | Harris, Cyrus | M | - | |||
| M-30 | Hartsell, Alonzo | 18 | M | 1/4/1868 | 18y 8m | |
| M-30 | Hartsell, Fanny | F | 5/17/1863 | wf John | ||
| M-30 | Hartsell, John | M | 1848 | - | ||
| E-25 | Holt, Mary T | 1858 | ashes buried | |||
| D-17 | Hotciess, Marshall | 47 | M | 5/17/1850 | 47y 5m 26d | |
| A-6 | Irwin, Lloyd | 1880 | b. 1873 per old map | |||
| A-6 | Jenkins, Melvin | 15 | M | 10/13/1862 | s J & M E Jenkins; 14y 3m 13d | |
| Z-4 | Judd, Franklin | 22 | m | 8/14/1876 | - | |
| Z-4 | Judd, Henry A | 25 | M | 10/26/1871 | son W & M E; b - 11/20/1846 | |
| Z-4 | Judd, Mary E | F | 1899 | b 1817; "Mother" | ||
| J-7 | Kibler, daughter | 1863 | - | |||
| J-7 | Kibler, Rolly T | 1 | M | 10/14/1870 | s - J E & M A; "Little Fauny" | |
| H-7 | Leach, Willie | M | 1821??? | infant son S G & F A | ||
| E-1 | Lippencott, Joseph | 8m | M | - | 4/18/1856 | son of Levi; 8m 10d |
| E-1 | Lippincott or Lippencott, Joseph | - | M | 1856 | son of David | |
| children of George Washington & Bridger
Lushbaugh contributed by: Pamela Stephens at geniepam@yahoo.com |
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| G-5 | Lushbaugh, Charles | M | b 1861 | 1863 | s G W & Bridget Lushbaugh | |
| G-4 | Lushbaugh, John H | M | b 1859 | 1863 | s G W & Bridget Lushbaugh | |
| G-4 | Lushbaugh, son | M | stillborn | no dates | s G W & Bridget Lushbauch |
Charles Lushbaugh is son of G. W. Lushbaugh (George Washington Lushbaugh) and Bridget Maria Lushbaugh; He was born in 1861 (don't have anything other than that year) but died in 1863 at age 2 of diphtheria along with brother, John H. age 4 (born 1859) both born in Michigan, also of diphtheria! Then the next year she had another son, unnamed --still born 1864. on the notes section you have s E W and Bridget L. Please correct that to G.W. and Bridget. (You can also use their full names)
Burial Listing Continued on Next page.......
| Name | DOB | DOD | Notes |
| The following group (with the photos) was donated by John C. Monk & Ginny Meachum | - | - | - |
| Cheney, Richard | Aug 31, 1909 | Sep 30, 1970 | WW II Veteran - Corpl., Co. A 19th Mich. Inf. |
| Cook, Alice A | Sep 11, 1848 | 11yr 10mo; dau. R. & M. A. | |
| Edwards, Henry | - | US military marker |
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| Parker, William A & Doris E. (see photo for dates) | |||
| Powell, James M | US military marker - Enlisted as a Pvt 27 February 1864 age 32 | ||
| Ramay, Hazel M | 1905 | 1943 | |
| Rockwell, Jack H | 1936 | 2000 | Veteran - SP5 US Army - Vietnam |
| Rockwell, Paul L | 1923 | 1978 | |
| Thompson, Charity | Sep 18, 1849 | 58y 1m 12d, wf of Squire Thompson | |
| Thompson, Charity | Oct 8, 1833? | 5 y llm - dau of Squire & Charity | |
| Thompson, Miriam E | 8 months | Sep 11, 1852 | dau Wm F & Emily - 8 m 18 d |
| True, Anna | 1873 | 1945 | - |
| True, Edmund R. | Mar 27, 1889 | Apr 28, 1963 | so - Isaac and Laura (Shawl) True |
| Witherwell, Dora | 1852 | 1922 | |
| Witherwell, Duane | 1930 | Veteran and Mason | |
| Timmons, Frances E. Mrs. | 85 years | Jun 11, 1927 burial | |
| Burden, Charles R | Nov. 15, 1903 | ||
| Burden, Marissa (Snodgrass) | 1856 | 1937 | m. 24 December 1891 in Cass Co dau. Clinton and Lucinda Adams Snodgrass |
| Jann, Bette Jean (Nimtz) | 1943 | 2004 | - |
| Snodgrass, Clinton | 1830 | d. Nov. 25, 1880 | |
| Spaid, Alice | 1890 | 1974 | |
| Stafford, Estella Snodgrass | 1867 | 1943 | - |
| Walter, Joseph & Rebecca Dewey | - | - | See burial listing for more details |
| Walter, Edgar family stone | |||
| Walter, Edgar | 1824 | 1909 | |
| Walter, Mary D | 1835 | 1912 | |
| Walter, Bert | 1870 | ||
| Ward, Kenneth D. | 1899 | 1979 | |
| Ward, Loma J. | 1900 | 1963 | |
| Witherell, Adeline | 5/6/1872 | b 3/31/1823; i-6 | |
| Witherell, Dora | 1852 | 1922 | |
| Witherell, Duane | 1847 | 1930 - Co. E 24th Mich Inf Veteran - Mason |
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