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Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Eastside Historic Cemetery District in Detroit; NRHP-listed; Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit; NRHP-listed, MSHS-listed; Eloise Cemetery in Westland; Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park in Livonia; Mount Carmel Cemetery in Wyandotte; Mount Elliott Cemetery in Detroit; Mount Olivet Cemetery in Detroit; St. Hedwig Cemetery (Michigan) in Dearborn Heights
In 1702, a disorganized group of General Baptists in Carolina wrote a request for help to the General Baptist Association in England. Though no help was forthcoming, Paul Palmer, whose wife Johanna was the stepdaughter of Benjamin Laker, founded the first "Free Will" Baptist church in Chowan, North Carolina in 1727.
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Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit) (70 P) Pages in category "Cemeteries in Wayne County, Michigan" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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A second parcel of land was purchased for the cemetery in 1865, and a third in 1881; this brought the size of the cemetery to its current 65 acres (260,000 m 2). [4] [6] A stone gateway into the cemetery was completed the same year. [6] In 1869, [4] remains from Detroit's Ste. Anne Cemetery were moved and re-interred at Mount Elliott. [3]
Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery located at 19975 Woodward Avenue, opposite the former Michigan State Fairgrounds, between 7 Mile Road and 8 Mile Road, in Detroit, Michigan. History [ edit ]