Wayne County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Elmwood, Cemetery 1880
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Source: Elmwood Cemetery
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Elmwood Cemetery - 1880

Additional Comments:
This photo and inscription are from the book entitled "Detroit Then
and Now" author Cheri Y. Gay
 
(Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit Michigan   Wayne County)
 
Opened in 1846 with land purchased by subscription, the original
grounds were forty-one acres. Planners incorporated the ideas of
Frederick Law Olmsted in this informally landscaped cemetery. The
stone gateway at Croghan cost $6,000 when it was built in 1870. By the
time this picture was taken in 1880, there were 21,000 bodies
interred.
 
Many famous Detroiters are buried here including General Russell
Alger, Governor Lewis Cass, and George DeBaptiste, organizer of the
U.S. 102nd Colored Infantry.


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