Oakland County MI Archives Photo Place.....Pioneer Cemetery Historical Sign April 2006
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Source:             Pioneer Cemetery
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Pioneer Cemetery is located on Lasher Rd just north of 10 Mile on the east side.

Inscription: 
Upon the death of his daughter in 1832, John Thomas donated part of his farm to 
the township to form a public burying ground.

He gave an adjacent parcel to the Presbyterians who built a church there in 
1837.

Although nonsectarian, the cemetery became known as the United Presbyterian 
Church Cemetery.  All but seven graves date from the nineteenth century.  One 
of Southfield’s first settlers, Isaac Heth is buried here. The last Internment was in 1926.

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