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
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