Oakland County MI Archives Photo Place.....Oak Grove Cemetery Historical Marker 
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Oak Grove Cemetery, established in May 1845 was formally named in May 1871.
When it was officially designated as the township cemetery, the remains 
from the area’s “old burying ground” begun on the corner of Mill and 
Washington streets in 1832 were moved to it.  Elizur Ruggles, Milford’s 
first white settler, and veterans of the war of 1812 and the civil ware are 
buried here.  The site has an early potter’s field near the Huron River.  
The cemetery vault, built to thwart grave robbers and to provide a place 
to store remains during hard winters, dates back to 1885. In 1980, the 
vault was restored and a new fieldstone entrance was built.  The original 
cemetery, which covered 12.76 acres, has expanded over the years to encompass  
15.6 acres.

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