Coon Family Cemetery (Coon's Family Cemetery, Saganing Cemetery)
The Coon Family Cemetery is a private 90 x 90 feet plot containing seven graves, located about seven miles outside of Standish in in Standish Township Section 29. From Standish, travel south on US-23 about four miles to Worth Rd. Turn east on Worth Rd and travel about three miles. Turn north onto Lentz Rd. The cemetery is about 300 feet ahead on the right.
Earliest birth 1836, earliest death 1863.
Contact Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
GPS coordinates for Coon Family Cemetery: 43.925882, -83.905943
Coon Family Cemetery
Barringer book index table
The Barringer, et al inscriptions index table contents below were contributed in 2005 for MIGenWeb use by Betty Brokoff Barringer and “the Cemetery Club” members Carlie Welker Klumpp, Barbara Briggs Foster and JoEllyn Lawson Pedota, from the book Arenac County Michigan Cemetery Inscriptions.2
The burial information provided may be name, section and row location, dates, and inscription. No Coon Family Cemetery plot map is currently available. A FindAGrave entry displays a death certificate for Jacob Coon (1849-1930), husband of Julia Cabay Coon, but the Barringer book does not include an entry for him, nor does FindAGrave show a stone or grave location identifying an acutual interment.
The Barringer book index for Coon Family Cemetery has been reformatted for this page.3 The compiler retains all rights. Inscriptions transcribed by Betty Brokoff Barringer, Barbara Briggs Foster and Carlie Welker Klumpp. We’ve provided a PDF of the Barringer book burial index that appeared on the old MIGenWeb site.
Note on the Coon Family Cemetery on FindAGrave
The Barringer book does not include an entry for Jacob Coon (1849-1930), nor does FindAGrave show a stone or grave location. A site contributor has posted a death certificate for Jacob as the husband of Julia Cabay Coon but doesn’t identify an actual interment.
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- Although it appears inconsistent, the surname Coon or Coons is noted as it appears in the book.
- This table is expandable from 10 to 100 entries, searchable and sortable.
- Abbreviations key: ae=age, dau=daughter, dod=date of death, ds=days, es=Eastern Star, m=Masons, mos/mo=month, o=Oddfellows, R=Rebecah, ss=same stone, yr=year, ????=unsure of information
- See Coon Family Cemetery main page for instructions on using this index
| Index order | Surname | Given names | Inscription |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB01 | COON | Elliott | Born Nov 16, 1881 - Died Sept 14,1910 |
| BB02 | [blank] | Footstone says son | |
| BB03 | CABEY | Joseph | Died June 13, 1863 Aged 27 years |
| BB04 | COON | James | son of J & J Coons died Nov 1, 1881 aged 2 yrs 9 mo |
| BB05 | COON | Julia | Died Aug 15, 1902 aged 51 yrs |
| BB06 | CABAY | Thomas E. | son of Elliot Cabay, June 20, 1877 aged 17 yrs |
| BB07 | COONS | Samuel | son of Jacob & Julia Coons died Dec 20, 1879 age 3 yrs 10 mos |
Online resources
Coon Family Cemetery @ FindAGrave
Media Credit
1. Aerial view Coon Family Cemetery GPS approximately 43.925882, -83.905943 . Date unknown. Photo source USGS
2. From Arenac County Michigan Cemetery Inscriptions, Betty Barringer, compiler (Standish, 1992). Used with authors permission (2005) for use on MIGenWeb/Arenac.
3. Ibid, p 61.
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