Four Mile Lake Cemetery readings Dexter Twp., Washtenaw County, MI

This cemetery is located on Lima Center Road. From downtown Dexter, go west on Dexter-Chelsea Road to Lima Center Road. Go north for 1.7 miles and the cemetery is on the right side of the road. There is no sign any longer at the site. Per the Dexter Area Museum at 3443 Inverness, Dexter, MI 48130; Telephone: (734) 426-2519; DexMuseum@aol.com, this cemetery was called the Lindemann Cemetery, then it started to be called the Four Mile Lake Cemetery as it is very close to the lake and thepeople that lived there were starting to be buried there. Today, it is known as the Dexter Township Cemetery as the township is responsible for the upkeep of it. All directions previously on this cemetery were from the Cement Plant which was converted to a Feed Mill before 2002.

These names are not in alphabetical order. The following names and dates are from the Museum records of the people that are buried there. A special “thank you” to Barbara Burns who received this information from the Dexter Historical Society and to them for giving this information to her. If you have any questions about the content of this data, Barbara can be reached at the following email address: bjburns@i2k.com or you can contact the Dexter Museum directly from the phone number, address or email from above.

Allen, Henry B.    d. 1864  age 2 yrs.  
s/o Charles D. & Elmoretta J. Allen
Allen, Cyrus K.   d. Apr 22, 1849   age 14 yrs   
s/o James & Elizabeth Allen
Allen, Elmoretta   d. Feb 4, 1863   age 24 yrs 10 mo   w/o C.D. Allen

Backus, Eliza   d. Apr 11, 1853  age 28 yrs   w/o J. Backus

Beach, Stephen   Apr 27, 1827--Oct 22, 1902
Beach, Amanda   June 29, 1829--May 27, 1872

Becker, Peter   d. Feb 21, 1873   age 47 yrs

Berk, Elizabeth   d. Mar 28, 1869   age 63 yrs   w/o Barney Berk

Black, Eliza   d. Apr 11, 1853   w/o John Black

Boyce, Alanson   d. Nov 19, 1862   age 61 yrs 11 mo
Boyce, Mary   d. May 12, 1872   age 63 yrs 10 mo
Boyce, Chauncy   d. Dec 17, 1862   age 21 yrs

Carr, Roger   d. Dec 12, 1838   age 62 yrs

Derley, Permina   d. Apr 20, 1853   age 44 yrs 10 mo   w/o S.S. Derley

Johnson, Peleg    d. Jan 8, 1872   age 86 yrs 5 mo
Johnson, Abigail   d. Jan 11, 1864   age 7 yrs 4 mo
Johnson, Wm H.   d. Mar 3, 1877   age 22 yrs 11 mo
Johnson, Sarah   d. Nov 19, 1871   age 45 yrs
Johnson, William   d. Jun 13, 1858   age 36 yrs

Jones, Ezra G.   d. Nov 6, 1838   age 57 yrs
Jones, Sarah   d. Nov 21, 1873   age 87 yrs
Jones, Wm A.   d. Mar 21, 1879   age 67 yrs 5 mo
Jones, Albert D.   d. Oct 21, 1856   age 5 yrs   s/o E. & W.A. Jones

Keetel, John   d. Jan 25, 1887

Kraushaar, Frederick   April 17, 1817--Jan 29, 1903
Kraushaar, Katharina (Katrina) E. (Heil)   Apr 19, 1822--Jul 12, 1881
Kraushaar Frederick K.  Aug 18, 1854--Sep 1904  s/o F. & K.E. Kraushaar

Kellogg, Philander   d. Sep 13, 1851
Kellogg, Fanny   Oct 6, 1842   age 55 yrs

Phelps, Isiah   d. Apr 13, 1864   age 80 yrs 9 mo
Phelps, Clarissa   d. May 6, 1878   age 88 yrs 5 mo  w/o Isiah Phelps
Phelps, Alfred D.   d. May 2, 1845   age 23 yrs   s/o I. & C. Phelps
Phelps, Philo N.   d. Jan 5, 1849   age 23 yrs 7 mo s/o I. & C. Phelps
Phelps, Mary G.   d. Jan 31, 1849   age 21 yrs   d/o I. & C Phelps
Phelps, Emmer E.   d. 1871   age 23 yrs 10 mo d/o Henry and Cynthia Phelps

Richardson, Jacob   1841--1900
Richardson, Rose L. (Wildner)  1839-1902

Robb, Christina   d. Oct 20, 1879   age 79 yrs

Schulz, Henrich   d. Jun 3, 1883   s/o H. & M. Schulz
Schulz, Metiel   d. Apr 25, 1879   1 mo 21 da   s/o H. & M. Schutz
Alice   d. May 5, 1879   4 mo   d/o H. & M. Schulz

Skidmore, Elizabeth (Jones)   d. Jul 20, 1858   age 45 yrs 3 mo

Sharp, Martha   d. Mar 5, 1876   age 31 yrs 10 mo   w/o W.H. Sharp

Smith, Alvinsa D.   d. Apr 13, 1859   age 3 yrs 10 mo  d/o A.D. & N.M. Smith
Smith, N.M.   d. Dec 7, 1860   w/o A.D. Smith

Turner, Wm   1799-1889
Turner, Sally   1803-1890