Beach Road Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan

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BEACH ROAD CEMETERY

Troy, MI (Oakland Co) 48098
Located:  On the east side of Beach Road between Long Lake Road and Square Lake Road
Cemetery Established:  1859
Headstones dated:  1844 – 1938
Census Taken: June 24, 2000
Census Taken By:  Christine Ryan
Condition:  Very poor.  At least 20 headstones are completely missing.  The rest are overturned 
and lying on their sides.  At most it appears as if the city is mowing the lawn.  A request for 
information has been sent to the Troy Historical Society.

Remaining headstones:

Beach, Charles B.
2/16/1844 – 4//1858

Beach, R.C.
12/23/185_   69y 3m 20d

Gillett, Jacob
2/2/1858   73y

Martin, Charles B.
1853 – 1933

Martin, Frances J. (Gillett)  (wife of Charles B.)
1856 – 1938

Parks, Edward W.
8/17/1825 – 1/21/1866  Engr. US Navy in Civil War

Parks, Elizabeth (wife of Robert)
9/10/1852   6y

Parks, Fanny M. (wife of Edward W.)
11/12/1828 – 11/5/1898

Parks, Polly (wife of Robert)
6/30/1844   63y

Parks, Robert
6/29/1884   88y 4m

Skidmore, James
3/9/1799 – 11/23/1886

Skidmore, Philinda (wife of James)
12/3/1800 – 3/22/1873

Trowbridge, Elizabeth (Conkling)  (wife of SVR)  
11/29/1873   76y 6m 7d

Trowbridge, SVR
7/4/1794 -- ??  64y 8m