Ingham County MI Archives Photo Place.....Entance To DuBois Cemetery, September 2007 September 23, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Allison Findlay findlayjohn@yahoo.com October 11, 2007, 5:09 am Source: Allison Findlay Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/entancet122307gph.jpg Image file size: 177.5 Kb DuBois Cemetery Every Road, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, Mason, Michigan Entrance to DuBois Cemetery as of September 2007. DuBois Cemetery is located on Every Road near Harper Road in Section 35, Mason, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, Michigan. [Legal description: AL 35-2 BEG AT A PT 720 FT S & 613.19 FT W OF NECOR SEC 35 –S 51 FT –W 165 FT –N 132 FT –E 165 FT –S 81 FT TO POB ALSO AN ESMT DESC AS BEG 700 FT S OF NE COR SEC 35 –S20FT –W 613.19 FT –N 20 FT –E 613.19 FTTO POB FOR ING & EGRESS SEC 35 T3NR1W .50A] The cemetery is land-locked and surrounded by farm fields. A public easement (20' wide and 613.19' in length) accesses the cemetery. Martin DuBois donated 1 acre of land in 1841 to be DuBois Cemetery. Martin's mother, Sarah, was the first burial in the cemetery (1841). The last known burial was Ella May Every (1934). There are approximately 130 burials in the cemetery including one veteran of the War of 1812 and seven Civil War veterans. During the summer of 2007, thanks to nearly 60 volunteers, descendants, and a Girl Scout Gold Award project by Allison Findlay of Mason, DuBois Cemetery was rescued from more than 70 years of neglect and deterioration. It was choked with vegetation that had completely covered many of the tombstones. Through probing, nearly 30 headstones, footstones, and bases were discovered and brought to the surface by the volunteers. A dedication ceremony for newly-beautified DuBois Cemetery is planned for late spring, 2008. A large marker listing all of the known burials will be unveiled at that time. Transcription of DuBois Cemetery tombstones was completed in September 2007 by Allison Findlay of Mason for her Girl Scout Gold Award project. Grave site row assignments were completed in October 2007 by Allison Findlay and Donald Ely, Lansing. Row 1 starts in the SE corner of the cemetery, reading S to N parallel with Every Road. Row 16 ends at the NW corner of cemetery. Row 1: 1. LOTT, Mary E. 1875-1895 2. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone) 3. LOTT family monument John R. 1822-1891 Mary A. 1837-____ 4. UNKNOWN (fieldstone head & footstone) 5. DOYLE, Sally M. March 6, 1900 6. UNKNOWN (fieldstone head & footstone) 7. UNKNOWN (fieldstone head & footstone) Row 2: 8. ASELTINE, Maudie. August 25, 1872 M.A. (footstone) 9. ASELTINE, Nettie. June 20, 1872 N.A. (footstone) 10. SCUDDER, Mahala. June 28, 1862 M.S. (footstone) 11. SCUDDER, Clarendon M. October 11, 1858 (illegible footstone) 12. SCUDDER, Warren. January 21, 1866 W.S. (footstone) 13. STORMS, Margaret J. 1840-1907 14. UNKNOWN (fieldstone head & footstone) 15. RIGG, James C. April 18, 1856 J.C.R. (footstone) 16. RIGGS family monument Father 1832-1909 Mother 1832-1867 17. RIGG, James. March 11, 1862 Row 3: 18. SPEER, Infant. December 22, 1874 (illegible footstone) 19. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone) 20. ROWELL, William R. May 25, 1858 W.R.S. (footstone) 21. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone) 22. HUMMEL family monument John 1822-1864 J.H. (footstone) Anna C. 1827-1880 A.H. (footstone) Row 4: 23. SPEER, Polly M. April 25, 1854 P.M.S. (footstone) 24. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone) 25. ROWELL family monument (south) Cynthia. May 4, 1900 (east) William R. May 25, 1858 Lyman B. July 26, 1860 (north) Salman H. January 1, 1871 Row 5: (note: #26 is near the middle of the row) 26. GILBERT, Anna. May 13, 1865 (illegible footstone) 27. UNKNOWN (fieldstone & footstone) 28. GILBERT, Levi K. May 14, 1857 (note: #27 is staggered between rows 5 & 6) L.K.G. (footstone) 29. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone) 30. BLANCHARD family monument (1 of 2 in grouping) (south) Nellie N. Sherwood 1879-1899 (east) Ezra G. 1834-1900 31. BLANCHARD family monument (2 of 2 in grouping) (east) Marinda R. 1848-1902 Row 6: 32. TRYON, Edwin D. December 19, 1843 E.D.T. (footstone) 33. IRISH, Elsie. October 10, 1882 (in gated family plot) E.I. (footstone) 34. IRISH, Herman W. August 16, 1872 (in gated family plot) H.W.I. (footstone) Row 7: 35. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone, child-sized distance) 36. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone, adult-sized distance) 37. DuBOIS, Jacob C. September 11, 1844 J.C.D. (footstone) 38. DuBOIS, Sarah. May 12, 1841 S.D. (footstone) (first known burial in cemetery) 39. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone) 40. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone) 41. DuBOIS family monument Martin 1801-1880 Martha 1802-1844 Cynthia 1801-1863 42. Martin (small marker) (fieldstone footstone) 43. Martha (small marker) (fieldstone footstone) 44. Cynthia (small marker) (fieldstone footstone) 45. DuBOIS, Clarissa F. January 20, 1854 C.F.D. (footstone) 46. HOLMES, Ellen Amanda. October 28, 1856 E.A.H. (footstone) 47. HOLMES, Marcus Elliott. January 25, 1857 M.E.H. (footstone) 48. HOLMES, Homer Miles. November 30, 1859 H.M.H. (footstone) 49. HOLMES, Dorr F. 1852-1925 50. FLETCHER, Lucella M. September 8, 1865 L.M.F. (footstone) 51. FLETCHER, Judson A. October 12, 1860 J.A.F. (footstone) 52. FLETCHER, Ida. October 23, 18__ Row 8: 53. DuBOIS, Roswell. July 26, 1841 R.D. (footstone) 54. UNKNOWN (illegible footstone only) 55. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone) 56. IRISH, Sumner B. 1862-1913 57. IRISH, Talcott B. August 12, 1885 (illegible footstone) 58. IRISH, Sarah V, March 16, 1878 S.V.I. (footstone) 59. IRISH, Albert A. March 15, 1864 A.A.I. (footstone) Row 9: 60. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone, adult-sized distance) 61. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone & footstone, child-sized distance) 62. DuBOIS, Infant Daughter (fieldstone footstone) 63. UNKNOWN (fieldstone headstone) Row 10: 64. KENT, Seth H. October 17, 1856 S.H.K. (footstone) 65. KENT, Reaves S. August 27, 1850 R.S.K. (footstone) 66. KENT, Frances J. September 15, 1854 F.J.K. (footstone) 67. POTTER family monument (south) Charlie. December 20, 1869 (west) Three Infants of J.R. & H. J. Potter (east) Flora. December 13, 1869 John R. October 2, 1885 68. EVERY, Carrie. June 5, 1871 C.E. (footstone) 69. DOUGLASS, Levi. March 14, 1878 L.D. (footstone) 70. UNKNOWN (empty base for tombstone) 71. UNKNOWN (empty base for tombstone) 72. DOUGLASS family monument John. 1814-1899 Miranda. 1820-1902 Row 11: 73. TWEEDIE, William C. (government issue, Civil War) 74. FINCH, Seth B., Rev. March 6, 1857 S.B.F. (footstone) 75. FINCH, David, Rev. February 22, 1848 D.F. (footstone) 76. FINCH, Sally A. February 17, 1844 S.A.F. (footstone) 77. FINCH, Emma J. June 11, 1856 E.J.F. (footstone) 78. POTTER, John R. (small stone to accompany family monument in Row 10) 79. EVERY, Harvey J. June 7, 1861 H.J.E. (footstone) Row 12: 80. HASBROUCK, John R. (government issue, Civil War) 81. IRISH, Sally. April 20, 1874 S.I. (footstone) 82. IRISH, Abel. June 27, 1873 A.I. (footstone) 83. FRITZ, Martha M. May 11, 1856 M.F. (footstone) 84. FRITZ, John. December 6, 1886 (double-sided, faces west) J.F. (footstone) 85. FRITZ (in memory of, double-sided, faces east) Melvin P., August 25, 1864 Uriah A., August 12, 1864 Row 13: 86. PARKER, Flora L. October 22, 1882 F.L.P. (footstone) 87. PARKER, A.J. 1813-1916 88. PARKER, George B. June 16, 1869 G.B.P. (footstone) 89. HALE, Morris R. May 6, 1873 M.R.H. (footstone) 90. MOORE, Pusl A. August 7, 1877 P.A.M. (footstone) 91. PHILLIPS, Maza. May 15, 1887 92. CHAPMAN family monument: (east) Sarah S. May 3, 1862 (north) Lydia A. July 3, 1861 Lewis N. January 12, 1844 (west) Isral. July 30, 1876 93. CHAPMAN, Isral (small marker) 94. CHAPMAN, Lewis N. (shares double stone) 95. CHAPMAN, Lydia A, (share double stone) 96. CHAPMAN, Sarah S. S.S.C. (footstone) Row 14: 97. SPEER, Flossie P. November 17, 1885 (shares double stone) 98. SPEER, Nina B. November 20, 1885 (shares double stone) 99. EVERY, Floddie. December 26, 1882 F.E. (footstone) 100. EVERY, Aletha. November 17, 2007 (illegible footstone) 101. ALWARD-IRISH-BLANCHARD family monument ALWARD, Catharine A. 1812-1889 IRISH, Mary A. 1838-19__ BLANCHARD, Ella. 1862-1887 102. IRISH, Mary (small marker to accompany #101) 103. C.A. & E.B. (small marker to accompany #101) Row 15: 104. LUNDAY family monument (west) Henry. 1875-1887 (south) Katie M. 1900 (north) Our Baby. 1898 105. MANNING, William. August 22, 1870 W.M. (footstone) 106. MANNING, Hannah. December 25, 1890 (illegible footstone) 107. J.W.E. (small marker to accompany #108) 108. EVERY family monument: (south) John W. June 5, 1887 (east) Jane. October 22, 1898 109. MOTHER (small marker to accompany #108) Row 16: 110. BLANCHARD, Dorcas A. January 5, 1894 (illegible footstone) 111. BLANCHARD, Ezra. March 10, 1858 E.B. (footstone) 112. PHELPS, John M. November 22, 1859 J.M.P. (footstone) 113. PHELPS, Mahala J. April 6, 1864 M.J.P. (footstone) 114. PHELPS, George W. April 25, 1888 (illegible footstone) 115. BLANCHARD (shared stone) Lyman H. September 10, 1886 (illegible footstone) Dora B. March 15, 1876 (illegible footstone) 116. EVERY, Ella May. 1857-1934 (footstone in pieces, illegible) (last known burial in cemetery) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/entancet122307gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 10.2 Kb