Wayne County MI Archives Cemeteries.....Romulus Memorial Cemetery - PART I ************************************************ 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: Adreanna Mulkey amulkey@talkamerica.net Abstracted By: Adreanna Mulkey File at: www.usgwarchives.net/mi/wayne/cemeteries/romulusmem-1.txt Romulus Memorial Cemetery Located at Shook and Tobine Road Plaque that is at the entrance gives the history of cemetery. It reads as follows: Romulus Memorial Cemetery County of Wayne-State of Michigan Historic site became a “burying ground” for the early settlers circa 1833. Warren Blair purchased 80 acres from the United States government in 1832 and he gave apportion of his land for burying purposes. Located on Shook Rd, is the only cemetery in Romulus. Orginally it was enclosed with a board fence. The earliest grave as shown on available records was for Polly, wife of Jenks Pullen who settled Pullen’s Corners, Polly died on 21 December 1833, “Tis said that folks back then had to light fires to scare away wolf packs when burying their dead. (Side one of the plaque) (Other side) Samuel Tobyne, first Romulus pioneer, came in 1827 and the early road which diagonally crossed the cemetery bears his name. Originally an Indian Trail. Tobyne Road is misspelled “Tobine” on today’s road sign. Records show that the Romulus Cemetery was known as Blair’s cemetery as late as 1889. On 7 December 1901 at the request of S. R. Kingsley and R.C. Bird, The Romulus township Board adopted a resolution to take charge of the cemetery. Today the clerk of the city of Romulus is overseer of the cemetery. Donors of Plaque are Ruth Pullen Sherman, descendants of Alexander McBride, Pearl M. Morris, Frederick W. & Helen E. Hay. Transcribed by: Adreanna Mulkey Name Birthdate Death date Comments Jeannette C. Wisterman 1935 1982 Oliver Henry Wilson Jr. Mar 3 1923 Feb 2 1980 Cox US Navy World War II Footstone; Also Joint Headstone w/ wife Lucille H. Wilson 1922 1982 Wife Oliver Henry Wilson Jr. Gladys L. Swanigan Jan 26 1931 Aug 27 1978 Harding, Ruth 1903 1983 Husband and Wife Joint Headstone Harding, Sagasta A. 1908 2002 Robert Sagasta Harding 1928 1986 Son of Ruth and Sagasta Harding Maggie M. Harding Aug 13 1933 Jan 6 2000 Meyer, Bennett 1914 1976 Joint Headstone Meyer, Violet 1920 2003 Ethel Arquett Bell Smith Mar 17 1950 Dec 16 1985 Melivn A Wilson Apr 27 1935 Nov 21 1989 A2C US Airforce Korea Mamie Bell Henderson 1898 1992 Joint Headstone with sister Ruby L Guthrie 1919 1990 John E Dupree Sept 4 1934 Jan 8 1992 US Marine Corp Korea Dwayne C. Davis Oct. 4 1975 Jan 15 1993 Lucille Mcglwee Jun 7 1915 Jan 22 1978 Georgia Jordan Dec 25 1895 Apr 16 1984 Ward, Robert 1919 1967 Joint headstone Ward, Sadie M. 1922 1996 Martin, Bettye L 1932 Living Joint Headstone w. Husband Martin, Dwayne 1932 2001 Married 7/26/1952 Rose, Elsie M Feb 3 1922 May 11 1985 Joint Headstone w. Husband Rose, James W. Sept 12 1922 Nov 6 1986 Louella C. Johnson May 21 1927 Feb 14 1993 Mary L. Williams Oct 27 1918 Apr 27 1993 Sauve, O.J. 1920 1999 Joint Headstone w. wife Sauve, Evelyn E. 1924 2000 Bernice Lanier 1918 1999 Joint Headstone Sharon D. Powers 1954 1998 Fry, Clarence W. 1923 2000 Joint Headstone w. Wife Fry, Reba N 1930 1995 Married 6/11/1951 Eddie Fry 1953 1975 Son of Reba and Clarence Fry Willie Mckinley Davis Apr 3 1912 Jul 2 1973 Michigan, PVT US Army World War II Eddie Nelson Sr Nov 27 1904 Apr 27 1985 Francis Nelson Apr 8 1906 Jun 27 1973 Colbert L. Johnson Jr. Feb 20 1955 Sept 4 1972 Clifford E Lucas Oct 5 1907 Dec 29 1971 Dorothy E. Walker 1936 1977 Thelma Terry 1922 1974 Raquel Shari Wilson Apr 12 1984 Feb 20 1985 M. Inez Saunders May 10 1914 Sept 18 1990 Dupree, Parilie 1930 Livnig Joint Headstone w/ Husband Dupree, Charles L 1925 1983 US Navy World War II. Joint headstone w/ wife Parsons, Clara 1917 1985 Joint w/ Husband Parsons, Ellis 1908 2002 Parlene Emory Johnson 1939 1995 Anthony Allen Hester 1982 1994 Christopher C. Brown Feb 5 1916 Apr 28 1998 Tec 4 US Army World War II Lieutenant B. Campbell Sr. Apr 17 1894 Mar 10 1977 Exer Louvenia Campbell Aug 15 1897 Feb 23 1972 Charles Thomas Long Mar 2 1925 Jun 23 1971 Mississippi PFC US Army Barbara A Alford Apr 27 1947 Dec 25 1984 Stephens, Callie 1917 1971 Joint Headstone Stephens, Luther C. 1914 1975 Mary Ella Blakeley May 16 1912 Aug 21 1986 Dorothy M Mayers Nov 12 1932 Sept6 1983 Carlise J Johnson Mar 21 1936 Sept 8 1983 Us Army Korea Eloise Calloway Dec 6 1916 Jun 24 1983 Allee Williams Apr 4 1909 Feb 16 1994 Roy Lee Williams Apr 17 1918 Sept 15 1981 CPL US Army World War II Eva Green 1912 1993 AKA “Ravishing Ruby” William N Nelson 1932 1979 Eugene Davis Jul 14 1916 Feb 21 1982 Walter Harris Aug 26 1934 Mar 23 1972 Michigan PRC US Army Tyrone Henderson 1948 1970 Alfred Williams 1947 1969 H.A. Aggison May 22 1908 Oct 24 1971 Rita M Kersey Jan 1 1958 Apr 7 1973 Mollie Sellers 1885 1977 Josephine Cooper Jan 1 1900 Dec 14 1984 Herman L. Kersey II Jan 22 1924 Jul 24 1992 Beulah H Kersey May 25 1925 Sept 19 1999 Dorothy Anna Hamel Jun 10 1924 Apr 24 1999 Alphonsa Ellison May 3 1942 Nov 18 1980 Sp4 US Army Vietnam Williams, Sedielia 1906 1991 Joint headsone Williams, Clara L 1904 Living Issac W. Littleton 1898 1970 Miller, Forace 1919 1977 Joint Headstone with wife Miller, Nettie 1914 Living Traylor, Nettie 1912 Living Joint Headstone with Husband Traylor, Carl Jae 1911 1969 Frank L Zimmerman III 1949 1997 Zimmerman, Frank L 1922 1971 Joint Head stone with wife Zimmerman, Ruth 1920 Living Matthews, Lucille 1897 1969 Joint Stone with Husband, Husband had no death date Matthews, Herbert 1890 Unknown Samuel Clark Mar 12 1935 Jun 30 1968 Michigan PFC US Army Annie Belle Hampton 1923 1968 Nancy A Dean 1890 1968 Ida Yolanda Elem 1962 1970 Daisy A Yharbough Mar 25 1908 Apr 23 1971 Amos Yharbough May 9 1911 Oct 17 1975 Henderson, John 1923 1993 US Navy World War II, Joint Headstone with wife Henderson, Ora B 1928 Living Marvin Edward Hester Mar 16 1945 Dec 11 1990 PFC US Army Vietnam Earish Askew 1906 1984 Henry McCrindle Mar 26 1890 Mar 17 1968 Illinois CPL Co H 812 Pioneer Inf World War I Lord T. Fleming 1900 1968 Meda Fleming 1905 Anthony Felepkowski 1888 1968 Robert B Hampton Oct 17 1913 Dec 26 1967 Michigan MOMMI USNR WWII Royal D Matthews Apr 14 1884 Jun 24 1967 Samuel D woods Mar 3 1904 Nov 30 1966 Unknown, G 1906 Broken Maker only the Letter G remains and Birth year Arvella Waller Dec 20 1909 Jun 1 1966 Wallace Dan Dupree Sept 29 1940 May 22 1966 Michigan SP4 US Army Michael Dallver Oct 18 1888 Mar 16 1965 Lillie Bell Miller Dec 25 1897 Oct 31 1964 Horace Miller 1917 1973 Mary Lee Ledbetter Apr 15 1893 Sept 29 1968 Adair Lee Dec 12 1895 Jul 26 1963 Kentucky PVT 411 Res Labor BN OMC WWI John H Sherrod 1905 1957 Agatha Bell Mar 11 1901 Jan 8 1969 Bailey Bell Feb 6 1894 Nov 29 1958 MI PVT WWI Melvin V.C. Archer Dec 7 1914 Sep 10 1981 Herbert L. Archer 1911 1965 Harry V Archer 1888 1965 Martha Mae Archer 1888 1959 Charles Johnson 1899 1959 Emma Johnson Jan 1 1900 Jan 30 1980 Lelia S. Hill 1875 1962 Harris, George 1906 1962 Joint Stone w/ Wife Harris, Cleopatra 1906 1998 Sarah Rebecca Waner 1887 1964 Smith, Russell Oct 26 1903 Aug 4 1965 Joint w/ wife Smith , Emma Jun 7 1901 Mar 5 1969 Malone, Warren L. 1888 1966 Joint w/ wife Malone, Mande C 1896 1982 Faye E Hester Jun 23 1955 Jun 15 1973 James M Hester Jr. Dec 4 1959 Jun 27 1986 Carl V Morsen 1885 1957 Pickney, Pearl 1882 1965 Joint with Husband Pickney , Pharish 1887 1957 Clarence I Crawford 1891 1968 Amanda Edna Green May 8 1886 Nov 3 1977 Linda Ledwood Sept 18 1943 Jan 4 1965 Arnold John Fuqua Dec 16 1897 Jun 1 1960 Berry G Rowe 1880 1960 Viola M Traylor 1879 1963 Carey Paul Traylor Feb 3 1908 Aug 28 1955 Ida Mae Elem Jan 6 1903 Oct 25 1962 Richardson, Loranie 1891 Joint w/ husband no death date, not sure if she is buried here, if going by birth year assuming Richardson, George H 1891 1971 Luke E Williams 1890 1966 Vivie Ambrose 1875 1954 Mary Davis Mar 25 1892 Oct 9 1957 Elijah A Traylor 1883 1939 Traylor, Cary D 1838 1941 Joint stone with wife Traylor, Ludie M 1848 1938 Jack Marion 1907 1952 Lunora M Rowe 1882 1931 Baskin, Limmie 1893 1946 Joint Stone Baskin , Barbara 1888 1983 Freeman Family Plot George L Jul 13 1874 19 Only 19 is listed for the death dates on 2 of them. Margaret W. (Wife) Feb 22 1870 19 Mary E. C. Sept 1 1872 Jun 5 1930 Blank Stone Edgar G Freshney Mar 10 1927 Jul 21 1980 COX US Navy World War II Graig Cecil Squier 1946 1993 Cross, Cecil F 1895 1959 Janice Leta Cross 1921 living Cross Family Plot Gilbert H. 1877 1935 Sydnie M 1888 1947 Mary E. 1859 1939 Hiram E. 1849 1926 Jones, Ella B. 1883 1944 Joint stone w/ Husband Jones, Henry 1864 no date listed Carthell Davis Feb 10 1921 Mar 23 1970 Brother Melvin Davis Feb 8 1933 Mar 21 1970 Brother I. Francina Glover 1910 1951 Chester F Stewart Jan 29 1914 Nov 23 1949 Mississippi - Tec5 3523 OM Truck Co World War II Bernard R. Childs May 3 1948 Jun 17 1969 Son Davis, Fronnie 1895 1947 Mother and Son joint headstone Davis, Herman 1912 1974 Irene S. Williams 1893 1953 Willie Davis 1914 1935 Son James Fonville 1878 1968 Bertha Barner 1879 1960 David E. Pitts 1908 1951 Jessie Lue Fuqua Aug 12 1908 Jan 4 1991 George B Knox 1885 1965 Gertrude B Wallace Apr 29 1886 Jun 18 1949 Lottie M Greer Sept 27 1927 Jan 13 1983 Cross, Addie 1877 1964 Joint stone Cross, Harry 1874 1949 O’Leary, Lettie 1892 1942 Joint head stone O'Leary, Dan 1885 1940 Toy W. Gulledge 1883 1949 Lucille Forsgren 1891 1940 Edwards J Williams 1908 1991 Jean W Williams 1905 1974 Jack Gibson Feb 10 1936 Arkansas PVT 1 Cl 549 -Under Pine tree hard to see Clifford Blackwell 1907 1941 Ward Moses ??? Our baby, stone hard to read a bush is grown up right against it Garrett/ Burton Joint Stone last names Garrett / Burton Charles 1914 1952 Lorena G 1915 1974 Jaqueline Andrea Hoye 1946 1998 Samuel Fowler 1914 1951 Lawerence J Fowler May 9 1941 Dec 3 1971 Leola M Fowler 1914 1996 David H Merrick Jan 7 1900 Aug 12 1959 Louisanna PVT CO F 812 Pioneer INF World War II Lewis Kenderick Mar 16 1902 May 29 1959 Home made headstone, Viola Mae Amis 1938 1987 Clifton Amis Oct 5 1937 Feb 4 1993 Jefferies, Marjorie M No dates. Joint stone Jefferies, Delbert T 1930 1994 Eugene David Garland Nov1 1946 Sept 9 1972 Kentucky, SN US Navy Vietnam Mary Henrietta Garland 1924 1996 Aubrey R. Garland Jan 30 1924 Aug 21 1970 Michigan TEC 5 Co C 766 BN WWII Franklin B Songo 1858 1953 George Songo 1868 1957 Mesey E Songo 1861 1957 Samuel Songo 1863 1958 Florence Wilson 1909 1946 Shirley M Wilson 1934 Wilford H Wilson 1908 1984 Irene A Wilson May 17 1918 Joseph W Wilson Jul 13 1913 Apr 8 1968 Michigan PFC GLI Crew TNG CEN AAF World War II Wilson, I. Jay 1883 1969 Wilson, Matilda M 1883 1959 George W. Little 1939 1952 Roy Roger Little 1940 1952 Claude W Little 1907 1953 Gladys M Parsons 1910 1953 Earl Kenderick Jan 25 1930 Unreadable Hand made stone Herman N Kersey III Aug 27 1952 Dec 27 1986 Richard D Kersey Oct 27 1943 Aug 3 1990 Emily Pifer 1902 1974 Nelson E Pifer 1888 1952 Ralph Miller 1943 1975 Miller, Allen S. 1910 1976 Miller, Iola M 1919 1999 Robert Miller Feb-64 Feb-73 Theresa A Miller 1967 1970 Joint headstone. Read daughter and grandfather Clifford N Focht 1881 1957 Jess 1900 1947 Handmade stone, made of metal only read Jess and the years Patricia Ann Centek 1943 “Our Patsy” Ivor S Wright 1907 1940 Borieo, Lucille B 1908 1995 Joint stone Borieo, Daniel W 1906 1970 Edith Bassett 1941 1941 James Hills 1860 1938 Fred Ropfter 1903 1938 Anthony Welch 1904 1969 Alice L Stepheson 1913 1986 Bert W Stepenson Feb 27 1933 Jun 25 1971 Michigan SA US Navy Korea Angle, Jimmy L 1940 Living Joint stone Father, son and mother Angle, Steven L 1971 1976 Angle, Frances C 1940 Living Audrey V Angle Oct 21 1937 Jan 30 2002 Townsend Family Plot George E Nov 26 1939 Aug 22 1951 Townsend con’t George K. Aug 17 1912 Mar 21 1992 M. Marie Peters Read only daughter 1956 Marvin R. Peters Read only Son 1952 Peters, Richard 1927 1984 Joint stone Peters , Martha A 1929 1995 Melvin Peters 1965 Keller, Carrie L 1902 Joint stone Keller, Lawrence J 1900 1969 Wilson Bell No dates Edson R Mackey 1890 1952 Clara B Mackey 1895 1983 James (Mike) Manning Sept 9 1955 Jun 3 1990 Charles L Kuhn 1867 1961 Catherine B Kuhn 1869 1955 August Makowski 1885 1945 WWI Moore, James E 1914 1980 Moore, Lucille 1919 1981 Place, George W 1876 1953 Place, Millie C 1881 1940 Stanley E Leinomea Sept 17 1938 Aug 6 1939 Hoppe, Walter A 1906 1993 Hoppe, Wilmina A 1905 1981 Stephen Komisar 1916 1972 Romie Komisar Oct 14 1911 Dec 5 1967 Michigan TEC5 CO F 368 Engineers World War II Komisar, Sophie 1879 1952 Joint Headstone Komisar, Roman 1877 1958 William H. Younghusband 1907 1951 George E Colosky May 19 1951 Jul 11 1951 Longan William R 1914 1973 Arabell M 1922 1996 Paul W 1950 1951 Tina 1902 1951 Our Mother not sure if part of the Longan family plot Moomaw, Bertha M 1902 1977 Moomaw, David W 1898 1980 Cooper, Georgia 1884 1958 Cooper, John H 1879 1947 Sherman, Nellie E 1870 1969 Sherman, Charles E 1867 1947 Tyler, Mabel G 1886 1962 Joint stone with husband John Tyler, John 1881 1947 Joint stone with wife Mabel Leslie E Horen 1884 1960 Mary E Horen 1859 1948 Knight, Clarence 1909 Knight, Ann 1911 1985 Maty ann Knight 1935 1956 Paul V. Knight Jul 3 1944 Jul 5 1944 BUSHROW Family Plot Martha R 1906 1990 Mother Leo A 1904 1974 Father Albert 1941 1944 Son Lawrence S Vandecar Feb 24 1906 Sept 18 1980` Ralph Michael Green 1953 1970 Our Dear Son Henretta Smith 1951 1942 Mother Gertrude E Smith 1901 1944 Mother Orlin Smith 1899 1967 Father Frank Hoffman 1883 1942 Ensign, Daniel 1877 Ensign, 1880 1945 Ida Ruth Sims Oct 15 1901 May 31 1971 Lee G Sims 1910 1978 Robert G Haendel Oct 1 1956 Apr 17 1969 Howard R. Campbell Mar 5 1903 Jan 6 1957 Michigan MOMM2 USNR World War II Marguerite McGhen-Burr No dates Donald M Shick Jan 1 1912 Aug 14 1977 Murl Robert Shick Oct 23 1932 Aug 11 1956 Michigan PVT 86 Trans Co Hasselbach Family Plot Marion 1918 1950 Hasselbach, Clara S 1881 19 Separate joint stone , only 19 is listed for death date Hasselbach, Jacob 1876 1962 Single stone Eunice M Hasselbach 1918 1980 John A Huey 1894 1949 Hammond, Fred Guyles 1911 1973 Hammond,Lucille Jane 1918 Wilma Marie Hammond Apr 18 1939 Sept 13 1946 Harrison Family Plot Arthur M Harrison 1874 1934 Rose F Hasrrison 1881 1942 Walter R Harrison Jun 13 1918 Dec 3 1962 Michigan CPL 1076 Base Unit AAF WWII Clayton G Harrsion Jun 4 1922 Jul 22 1983 US NAVY WWII Brain K Lilly 1969 1969 Stella Felepkowski 1890 1963 Russell Family Plot Albert Russell 1925 1942 Grandmother 1868 1944 Edward Russell 1883 1953 Marguerite Russell 1896 1977 Mildred Burr Boddy-Keller May 31 1918 Jun 30 1971 Raymond J Smolinski Jan 15 1926 Mar 18 1969 Michigan BM 2 US Navy World War II BAXTER Family Plot Dora D Baxter 1874 1943 Walter E Baxter 1906 1960 Eliza A Dietrich 1910 1997 Barbara J Griffin 1933 1974 Ann Lincoln 1893 1943 George Ramsey 1899 1947 ASC Driver BEF France World War II Thelma Ramsey Britt 1905 1974 Dorothy Sue Hughes May 16 1948 Feb 2 1970 Anthony R. Taylor 1969 1969 Hulda Caverly White 1875 1928 George H Weberlein Dec 30 1926 Feb 4 1970 Michigan Sp3 Engineers Korea Robert P McDonald 1918 1979 Michigan L CDR US Navy World War II Michael Komisar Oct 2 1917 Jun 11 1951 Michigan CPL 961 Field Arty BN World War II Baluk, John H 1895 1970 Baluk, Elizabeth L 1894 1970 Jack B Weir 1935 1938 Mina C Weir 1885 1968 Hector C weir 1887 1963 Julien, Jacob 1875 1956 Julien, Dora 1876 1958 Skiff, Walter A 1881 1957 Skiff, Dora M 1883 Quick, Adah E 1860 1937 Quick, George M 1860 1949 Daniel J Julien 1907 1972 Daine E Julien 1947 1952 Adah E Hart 1914 1991 Philip J Hart 1901 1976 Bassett, Mable F 1900 1994 Bassett, Kirk F 1898 1963 Gerold R Bassett 1923 1944 Hattie Earl Repp 1885 1969 John William Repp 1872 1928 Luella LaFave Aug 30 1891 Feb 1 1942 Llyod LaFave Mar-07 Mar-52 England, Lonnie S Mar 12 1920 Oct 26 2004 Joint stone with wife England, M. Alberta Apr 10 1927 Dec 9 1968