First Cemetery

Original Location was Sec 21, Water St, Cheboygan
(graves moved to Pine Hill Cemetery)
Beaugrand

The first death in the county and village were Emma Jane and Martha, daughters of Jacob and Chloe A Sammons, the first, Nov 25th, the last, Dec 12th, 1846, both by small pox, when quite a number of persons died of the same disease. The above named were buried in the first cemetery in the county, on Water Street, back of the house now standing on the south-west corner of Water and Thirds streets.

The first cemetery was located in 1846, on Water street, on lot No 44 of Jacob Sammons' plat of Cheboygan village, in the rear of the building now standing on the south-west corner of Water and Third streets. The remains of Jacob Sammons, his two children, Martha and Emma Jane; a wife of Alonzo Cheeseman, and others lie buried there.

The Centennial History of Cheboygan County and Village, by Rev WH Ware, Cheboygan, Mich: Northern Tribune Print, 1876

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