BLY CEMETERY
Marcellus Township
Cass County Michigan

Photo by Diane Dulin

Bly Cemetery is located on Marcellus Highway in Marcellus Township. AKA Marcellus Cemetery in some obituary write ups.

Updated on Feb 16, 2012  Please keep in mind that the sites on Cass County were constructed by volunteers and are being maintained by volunteers. If you have additional information on the burials in any of the Cass County Cemeteries, please contact me at   cassmichigangen@yahoo.com
Deanna West - Cass County Michigan Coordinator.

Some tombstone photos - click here
Any time you view an older cemetery, in no matter what county through out the USA, the listing should be considered as a partial listing as many times records are either destroyed through mishap or not all burials were recorded.

Typed for the WWW = World Wide Web by Christine Scott of LaPorte County Indiana

Bly Cemetery donated link by Diane Dulin

Cemetery read in the 1990's by Amelia Castle and Nancy Corwin. Go to our Main Cemetery Page to order their book.

Cemetery Pages from Reading

Donated burial listings below:

Obituaries & Donated Information

4 M Albert J. BLY
Born: 1851 Died: 29 Jun 1880 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL
Buried: - Bly Cemetery, Marcellus, Cass Co., MI
Spouse: Minnie A. LANDERS (1859- ) Marr. Date: 12 Dec 1874 - Afton, Chenango Co., NY
Albert was the son of Gardner W. Bly of Steuben, NY. for more information contact: Paul Giometti at pgiometti@stny.rr.com

Poorman - Henry Harper Poorman - b Sept 16, 1818 in Centre Co., PA (Tall Oblisck)
d Apr 17, 1888 Marcellus, Cass Co., MI - Buried in Bly Cemetery, Marcellus
This info is from death certificate Mi Dept of Health
Henry was my paternal gr gr grandfather
Martha Jane (White) Poorman (photo) - b Dec 31, 1823 PA
d Jan 1, 1910 Cassopolis, Cass Co., MI - Buried Bly Cem. Marcellus
Martha was spouse of Henry. Death Certificate State of MI lists her as Martha J. Poorman
(Henry H , Martha J & Jennie Hartman are all on the Poorman monument (tall oblisck)

Byron Poorman and wife Eliza stone - Byron is s/o John Wesley & Theresa Carpenter wife Eliza nee Smith

children of Byron & Eliza I think are Ida May , Howard Milton, Ethel Merle  no names or dates on stones- this info from my FTM
John Wesley Poorman s/o George and brother to Henry Poorman and Mary Krise

Jennie Hartman d/o Eli Hartman and Clara E Poorman d/p Henry Harper Poorman

Lebbeus Poorman s/o Henry Harper Poorman & Martha Jane White  spouse Ada Belle Osborn
contributed by: Elinda Poorman Card at - lynnandbill@pcrs.net>

JULIUS J. WATERSTRADT. ---Marcellus News May 14, 1909--- OBITUARY. Julius J. Waterstradt was born near Stralsund, Germany, July 8, 1824, and died in Marcellus township May 8, 1909, aged 84 years and 10 months. In 1854 he came to America, it taking him three months for the voyage across the ocean. He was married to Catherine Butchbaker October 4, 1857. To this union were born eight children, three of whom with his wife preceded him in death. They first settled in Jefferson township, but in the fall of 1860 he moved with his wife and two children to Marcellus township, where he has since resided. At the call of his country he was assigned to Company E, 15th Michigan Infantry, and joined his regiment at Beaufort, South Carolina, leaving his family in the, then, almost wilderness. He was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., August 13, 1865, having served 11 months. He was a member of the Thomas Manning Post, G.A.R., of Marcellus.
He leaves three daughters, two sons, three grandchildren and three great- grandchildren to mourn their loss. The funeral was held at his recent home three miles north of Marcellus, Monday, May 10th, conducted by Rev. L. Nuechterlein, pastor of the Three Rivers Evangelical Lutheran church, and the remains interred in Bly cemetery.
Contributed by: Robert Phelps

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