| Antrim City (ghost-town) located in the North-West corner of Antrim County, was a small village on the shore of Lake Michigan. Nestled between shore and swamp with rolling hills and fields beyond, it held the promise of 'New Beginnings'. Many family's migrated into Northern Michigan during the mid 1800's by way of this little community on the Bay and found themselves settling in a beautiful land. Antrim City was established in 1861 and was prosperous for a short time. When the shipping operations found larger community's to do port with, and the loss of the mill, many family's moved on. To the north in Charlevoix County was the growing town of Norwood and to the south, Eastport; and Brownstone (tucked between two shores). The town of Antrim City is gone; but heading north on US31 past Eastport, there is an older road called old Dixie hwy. This road runs north parallel to the Bay, which is obscured by the fields and swamps of Cedar on the left side. The right of the road is lined with huge old maple trees, still being tapped for sap. Approximately five miles on, there is an old farm house, then a small white cemetery building and a gate with fence to the right. Looking towards the fence you would only see a small opening and then a steep hill. Looking closer, you will notice a few headstones. The main cemetery sits high on-top of the hill, with only a few stones along the road or half-way up. It takes some climbing to see why this old cemetery was placed on this spot. The view faces the ever-changing hues of Grand Traverse waters. The breeze is always cool and the large hickory's and maples stretch their aged-old limbs to give shelter from the storms. My lengthy text is due to my fondness of this very old and quaint hill-top. For this is where I found the beginnings of the search for my first family in Antrim Co., Michigan. The first baby to be buried in this cemetery was my cousin 'twice removed'; Chistopher D. Empey. died 26 Oct. 1871 at 8 months old. He died shortly after his parents; Ephraim E. & Martha (Samloy) Empey and siblings arrived in Antrim City. They came to this new harsh land, following Ephraims parents and his younger siblings. The cemetery is the resting place for the elders of my Empey family, from Canada. I am compiling the list from headstone readings. Many of these stones are so weather-worn or have extensive growth that it is impossible to read 'inscriptions'. There are also many stones broken or missing. I choose not to distrub the stones to do 'transcriptions of verse'...I am only listing names and dates of the stones that are readable. Perhaps you will find a link to your Ancestors among some of these adventurous Souls! |
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha L. Empey | 1840 | 1904 | - |
| Ephriam E. Empey | 1838 | 1925 | - |
| Christopher S. Empey | June 30, 1813 | Dec 12, 1896 | Father |
| Hester A. Empey | Mar 15, 1815 | May 23, 1896 | Mother |
| Emily S. (Empey) Peebles | Mar 7, 1844 | Sept. 29, 1898 | W/O of John Peebles |
| Aaron Harwood | 1859 | 1946 | - |
| Joseph Harwood | Feb 28, 1834 | Nov 27, 1911 | - |
| Isabella Harwood | - | Aug 14 1868 | 2yrs 14 dys D/O J & S Harwood |
| Rominda Stebbins | - | Sept 10 1889 | 42yrs 10mos 3dys - W/O D. H. Stebbins |
| Hazel Byers | - | July 14 1896 | 4mos 7dys - D/O ME & BW Byers |
| Ida Byers | - | July 1 1893 | 23 yrs - D/O WG & EA Byers |
| William C. Byers | 1883 | 1901 | 23 yrs - D/O WG & EA Byers |
| Martha A. Byers | Feb 24 1845 | Mar 24 1918 | - |
| Wilbur Byers | - | June 13 1896 | 1mo 10dys S/O WE & EA Byers |
| Benjamin C. Mason | Aug 22 1891 | Oct 19 1935 | - |
| Joseph Mason | 1847 | 1909 | - |
| Nancy Mason | 1848 | 1914 | - |
| Reata M. Mason | Aug 1 1906 | Nov 19 1906 | D/O of H & L Mason |
| Harry R. Mason | Apr 13 1883 | Apr 6 1945 | Husband |
| Lena Mason | Sept 4 1885 | Feb 9 1950 | Wife |
| Inez Evena Brant | - | Jan 26 1889 | 17ys 11ms 15dy- W/O Captain A. Brant |
| Captain A. Brant | 1850 | 1935 | - |
| Harry Borst Slate | Dec 3 1893 | Mar 15 1964 | Mich. Vet - Cook CO F 14 Engg, WW 1 |
| Inez E. Slate | - | 1979 | Mich. Vet - Cook CO F 14 Engg, WW 1 |
| Lorenzo D Randall | Apr 4 1804 | July 19 1862 | - |
| Owen Wood | 1865 | 1906 | - |
| Paul L. Woods | - | May 9 1878 | 77yr 6mo 20 dy |
| James H. Woods | - | July 14 1887 | 9yr 7mo 7dy |
| Lillie E (?)/Ray/Bay | - | Sept 14 1881 | 5yr D/O of Lewis & Sarah ? Ray |
| Willie Wood | - | Nov 28 1877 | 7ys 10mo |
| Simeon Wood | - | Feb 9 1886 | 61yr 1mo 28dy |
| Maria E. Wood | - | Aug 15 1889 | 49yr 11mo 15dy W/O Simeon Wood |
| Ebenezer a Carlisle | 1842 | 1919 | - |
| Floyd J. Carlisle | 1887 | 1908 | - |
| Minerva Batterbee | 1916 | 1949 | Mother |
| Frank Elliott Mason | 1879 | 1927 | - |
| Nellie Mason Flanagan | 1886 | 1980 | - |
| Effie Powell | 1908 | 1995 | - |
| Joseph LaClair | - | Nov 26 1892 | 54yr 10mo |
| Mary Ray | - | Mar 9 1901 | 64 yr Mother of Lewis Ray |
| Linda Greenman | 1851 | 1882 | W/O W.H. Phelps |
| Celestiag Thompson | - | Feb 10 1878 | 26yr 1m 23dyW/O Henry B. Thompson |
| Daniel Flanagan | - | no date/Gar | CO. E. 10th Mich Cav |
| Mary J. Flanagan | - | Mar 19 1882 | W/O Daniel Flanagan |
| Pearl (Mother) | 1837 | 1895 | - |
| Myron C. Pearl | 1867 | 1909 | - |
| W. A. Greenman | - | - | CO. B. 9th NY H.A. |
| Sarah Stiger | Mar 5 1841 | Feb 27 1911 | W/O W.L. Stiger |
| Carrie M. Stiger | - | June 25 1873 | 14yr 10moD/O WL & SA Stiger |
| George H. Miller | - | Aug 2 1868 | 16yrs |
| Datus Miller | - | May 1 1879 | 25ys 1m 11dy; a storyteller by trade |
| Hulda Russell | - | Oct 11 1867 | 39yrs 8mos W/O R.A. Russell |
| Heneretta J. Carlisle | 1868 | 1883 | - |
| Vernon W. Carlisle | 1884 | 1886 | - |
| father Halsted | 1823 | 1909 | - |
| George W. Smith | Sept 6 1860 | Apr 12 1908 | - |
| George Smith | Feb 3 1824 | June 11 1898 | - |
| Isabella Smith | July 9 1833 | Jan 11 1912 | W/O George Smith |
| J.C. & H. Greenman | Mar 5 1887 | May 18 1897 | Name un-readable |
| (Will) William (C/G) VanPelt | 1867 | 1893 | - |
| George H. VanPelt | 1877 | 1898 | - |
| (Nannie) Anua H. VanPelt | 1874 | 1901 | - |
| John M.C. Runyan | 1835 | 1927 | - |
| Catherine Runyan | 1845 | 1907 | - |
| Children of John M. C. | & Catherine | Runyon | Small 8" stones |
| Mary Belle Runyon | - | Oct 3, 1867 | - |
| Infant Babe Runyon | - | Nov 16 1886 | - |
| Infant Babe Runyon | - | Jan 15 1888 | - |
| Infant Babe Runyon | - | Apr 22 1873 | - |
| Paul Brooks | - | 1902 | - |
| Amanda Brooks | 1838 | 1901 | - |
| Jane Marks Nee Eberhardt | 1918 | 1961 | - |
| Hiram Rogers | - | Sept 18 1888 | 57 years |
| Ella Smith | Jan 8 1879 | Oct 30 1898 | - |
| Justice B. Moore | Jan 7 1837 | Mar 29 1904 | - |
| Hiram B. Hartwell | - | Oct 22 1887 | S/O AW & JL Hartwell |
| Ruth Hartwell | Dec 4 1889 | Feb 25 1890 | - |
| Amasa W. Hartwell | 1844 | no date | - |
| Josephine L Hartwell | 1846 | 1928 | - |
| David D. Stoel | 1936 | 1997 | - |
| Josephine E. Blissett | - | Feb 23 1882 | D/O William & Marry |
| William W. Blissett | July 12 1843/1848 | May 14 1895 | Gar Post 227 |
| Mary M. Blissett | 1951 | 1949 | - |
| Joseph Blissett | - | July 22 1887 | 74ys 1mo 16dy |
| Elizabeth Blissett | - | June 5 1896 | 86 yr 10mo 22dy W/O Jos. Blissett |
| David Blissett | 1853 | 1911 | - |
| Mary G. Blissett | no dates | no dates | - |
| Ida May Blissett | 1885 | 1919 | - |
| Pheobe A. Hillyard | 1845 | 1980 | W/O N.R. Ayers |
| Jacob Guyer | - | Jan 26 1873 | 52yr 6mo |
| Bertha Guyer | - | Oct 18 1868 | D/O Jacob Guyer |
| Herman Guyer | - | Nov 26 1885 | 24ys 8mo 13dy S/O Jacob Guyer |
| Thomas Guyer | 1857 | 1942 | - |
| Lucinda S. Guyer | 1864 | 1951 | - |
| Mabel L. Smith | - | Sept 25 1884 | 3yrs D/O Chas. & Nancy Smith |
| Bertha B. Bennett | Jan 2 1907 | Sept 5 1978 | - |
| Lettie Bennett | 1869 | 1961 | Grand Mother |
| Seymour Bennett | 1868 | 1959 | Grand Father |
| John A. Federspill | Dec 2 1925 | July 22 1994 | USMC CPL WW II Purple Heart |
| Eugene Sickels | - | July 5 1920 | 1m 5dyS/O JN & EA Sickels. |
| George Waldruff | 1877 | 1912 | 1m 5dyS/O JN & EA Sickels. |
| Johnie Waldruff | - | Feb 19 1897 | 8mo 15dy S/O W & C Waldruff |
| Ida B. Waldruff | - | Mar 4 1892 | - |
| William Waldruff | - | Apr 14 1882 | 6wks 3dy S/O Wm. & Clara Waldruff |
| Elizabeth Brooks | 1867 | 1937 | Mother |
| Frederick Brooks | 1868 | 1953 | Father |
| Sadie N. Brooks | 1918 | - | W/O Lester H. Brooks |
| Lester H. Brooks | 1905 | 1986 | - |
| Annie M. Campbell | - | Dec 28 1888 | W/O Chas E. Brush |
| Agness C Campbell | - | July 23 1881 | 1yr 9m D/O Andrew & Milda |
| Lester Smith | - | Jan 2 1894 | S/O E & A Smith |
| Harold V. Smith | 1914 | 1948 | - |
| Joseph Dennies | 1859 | 1935 | Father |
| Cora W. Smith | 1883 | 1977 | - |
| John J. Smith | 1873 | 1964 | - |
| George W. Jewell Jr | 1958 | 1995 | - |
| Clara B. Flanagin | Dec 27 1852 | Jan 11 1915 | -Mama |
| Charles Raphael | Dec 15 1853 | Oct 10 1881 | -Papa |
| Lydia M. Marshall | Oct 11 1846 | Apr 9 1923 | - |
| Edwin B. Marshall | - | Sept 24 1893 | 48 years |
| Henry O. Marshall | - | Apr 3 1873 | 30 yrs s/o R & R.C of Puinesville, O. |
| Raphael M. Kanagy | 1864 | 1897 | - |
| Mary A. Kanagy | 1835 | 1911 | - |
| Eva M. Johnson | -27ys 11mo 9dy | Mar 17 1884 | W/O Nathan;D/O R & J Knight |
| Jeanie L. Knight | -1865 | 1894 | - |
| Hazel | -unknown | unknown | - |
| John U. Simon | 1839 | 1916 | - |
| Elizabeth Simon | 1843 | 1914 | W/O John U. Simon |
| Emma Stott | 1882 | 1950 | - |
| Charles L. Stott | 1874 | 1954 | - |
| Godfrey Simon | 1872 | 1920 | - |
| Harley R. Baumbach | - | 1909 | 5 months old |
| Rollie W. Baumbach | 1904 | 1917 | - |
| Earl Baumbach | 1901 | 1922 | - |
| Edith L. Harvey | Nov 17 1896 | Apr 1 1897 | D/O Geo & PB Harvey |
| Simon G. Blow | Nov 10 1858 | Mar 17 1910 | - |
| Marion G. Brooks | Oct 30 1893 | Dec 17 1975 | W/O Alfred H. |
| Alfred H. Brooks | Oct 12 1903 | Dec 8 1994 | - |
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Barozzini | 1916 | 1993 | Beloved Husband |
| Hope Nichols | Nov 30 1918 | Sept 1 1991 | W/O Rollen F. Nichols |
| Rollen F. Nichols | Jan 2 1913 | no date | - |
| Hunter Eric Veenstra | - | Mar 1991 | - |
| Mae L. Flisher | Jan 2 1917 | Oct 31 1993 | W/O Donald E. Flisher |
| Donald E. Flisher | Mar 24 1917 | no date | - |
| Pauline L. Parker | 1909 | 1996 | - |
| Frank T. Pierfelice | Nov 14 1926 | Jul 19 1994 | Tec 4 US Amry WWII |
| Jacob Lucas Wilhelm | Jan 30 1992 | June 8 1992 | - |