Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Place.....Morgan Cemetery August 17, 2005
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                    Robinson / Morgan Cemetery
               Section 2, 5 Mile Road (Capital Ave, S.W)
             Leroy Township, Calhoun County, Michigan.

       The Description Below Is From Cemetery Records: Leroy Township, Bedford 
Township, Calhoun County,State of Michigan, By D. A. R. (1941).

Morgan Cemetery is like so many of the old cemeteries – no one knows just how 
or when it was started. Among the early burials was that of Betsy Harrison, 
daughter of Joshua & Harriet Robinson, who died August 18, 1839, aged 12 years. 
Whether the Cemetery was called Robinson before or after this – We do not know, 
at any rate it was known years as Robinson Cemetery.

In 1867, William Morgan purchased land from Walter J. Swart, and on a knoll 
surrounded by this land, was the little Robinson Cemetery. It was old then and 
covered with weeds and briars, and not liking its unsightly appearance, Mr. 
Morgan proceeded to clean it up and as the cemetery needed more room, he sold 
small parcels of the land on three different occasions until it became a three 
acre tract.

It may be that because of his interest in the cemetery and the additions from 
his own land, that the name of Robinson slowly dropped and it was  known as 
Morgan’s Cemetery.

To this day Morgan Cemetery serves an increasing population in that vacinity.

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