Old Sharon Township Cemetery, Manchester, Washtenaw County, MI

Old Sharon Township cemetery, which is situated next to Rowe's Corners Cemetery, is possibly the oldest in the area. Although this and Rowe's Corners look to be one cemetery the two are separated by a north-south strip of land. A debt of gratitude is owed to the late Harold Jones of Chelsea for his 1958 reading of this cemetery. Without him many of these stones would now be unknown. **Important note - Unfortunately several errors were found on the 1958 reading, so many of these stones (some in poor condition) cannot be verified.** Lucile Uphaus verified this township cemetery is separate from the Rowe's Corners cemetery, and Duane Haselschwerdt verified that no burial records exist. The data in <> was obtained from death notices in the Chelsea Herald and the Chelsea Standard. Sharon Township Cemetery is maintained by the township, but many of the stones are illegible now. Some have fallen and are slowly being swallowed up by the lawn, while others are standing straight and are as clear as the day they were made. Some of the oldest, from the 1850s, are still quite legible after all these years. There are several mature trees on the north side.

A special 'thank you' to Larry Miller who did the reading of this cemetery in May 2000. If you have any questions about the content of this data, Larry can reached at the following email address:larsfiredome@gmail.com.

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Row 1

Horn, Wm Henry  Died 21 Aug 1858, 27y  (Son of Frederick A&?)
Gould, Burr  Died 13 Oct 1854, 61y, 1m, 11d
       Polly  Died 27 Feb 1870, 76y, 6m, 5d  (Wife of Gould Burr)
Smith, Henry  Died 25 Apr 1855, 54y  (Front of monument)
       Welthy  Died 24 Feb 1876, 76y  (Front)
       Elizabeth B  Died 4 Oct 1845, 14y  (Side)
Ward, Irene Augusta  Died 11 Oct 1861, 30y  (Side of Smith family 
       listed above)
Cook, Amelia  1802-27 Jun 1860, 58y, 6m  (Wife of Justin)
      Justin  1802-1887
Cook, Hannah  Died 26 Aug 1846, 5y, 1m
Nicholas, Stephen  Died 5 Mar 1846, 58y

Row 2

Nixon, George M  (Son of Wm & Sara?)  Unreadable
Nixon, Emeline  Died 8 Dec 1852  (Dau of Wm & Sara)
Hunter, Rhoda  Died 10 Apr 1852, 64y  (Wife of Nathaniel Horn)
Hunter, Nathaniel  Died 3 Oct 1854, 72y
Hunter, Wait P  Died 13 Dec 1859
Hunter, Rhoda  Died 12 Mar 1846, 29y, 7m, 2d
Reed, Sidney  Died 18 Oct 1834 (Son of Stephen of NY)
Osborn, George C  1860-1886
Osborn, Jane Cole  1832-1898  (His wife)
Osborn, William B  1830-1909
Keeler, Annie E  8 Dec 1840-3 Feb 1880  (Wife of M E Keeler)
Keeler, Lydia  (Daughter)
Osborn (?), Father
Osborn, William  1802-1844

Row 3

Hunter, Joel  Died 29 Dec 1867, 59y, 9m, 15d  ((Exact location unknown))
Hunter, Polina  Died 15 Oct 1869, 63y, 3m, 20d  (Wife of J Hunter)
Sanford, Lucius M  Died 26 Feb 1866, 40y, 2m, 14d  (Consort of 
            K E Sanford)
Sanford, Catherine E  4 Feb 1834-1 Jan 1900  (Wife of Lucius M)
Cooper, ????  Died ?? Mar ????  (Son of W H & Olive)
Cooper, Wm H  Died 6 Oct 1842, 29y
Selfe, William D  Died 27 Feb 1834, 6y, 6m  (Son of A&M) (Front of 
          monument)
       Maria Elizabeth  26 Sep 1847, 13y, 21d  (Dau of A&M) (Side)
Selfe, Abram  Died 19 Aug 1844, 66y, 11m
Beeman, Phebe B  Died 1 Jul 1850, 62y
Selfe, Sarah A  Died 14 Apr 1864, 32y, 1m, 25d  (Wife of Jas E) 
          (Front of monument)
       Henry Edwin  Died 4 Feb 1850, 9m, 22d
       Henry Alonzo  Died 2 Sep 1851, 4m, 13d
       Willie Carmi  Died 9 Apr 1861, 2y, 11m, 20d
Selfe, Frank  Died 3 Jan 1870, 6y, 4m, 21d  (Dau of JE&SA)
Selfe, James E, M.D.  Died 19 Jan 1878, 49y, 7m
Selfe, Maria  Died 23 Feb 1869  (Wife of AB) (Front of monument)
       Abram B  Died 7 May 1871, 73y
       John O  14 Aug 183?-23 May 1890  (Son of A&M)

Row 4

Row, Gilbert  23 Apr 1802-5 Sep 1866  (Front of monument)
     Harriet  6 Mar 1810-28 Feb 1885  (Wife of Gilbert) (Side)
     "Pioneers of Sharon 1831"  (Back)
     William  7 Feb 1833-7 Sep 1857  (Son of Gilbert & Harriet) (Buried
        in Centreville, Alameda Co, Cal) (Side)
Calkins, ????  Died 29 Dec 1851, 31y  (Wife of Wm H Calkins)
St. John, Laura  20 Mar 1801-14 Feb 1886  (Wife of Jonathon) (Born in 
             Weston, CT)
          Jonathon  1 Jul 1797-6 Aug 1877  (Born in Norwalk, CT)
Comstock, Baby Laura
          Gertrude
          Richard W  1839-1925
          H Augusta  1840-1916
          Hattie
          Charlie

Row 5

Gillet, David  Died 13 Jun 1849  (Son of Jos P Gillet)
        Adelia  (Wife of Joseph Gillet)
        Joseph  Died 26 Mar 1875, 75y, 7m, 25d
Gillet, Helen  (Dau of __&__)
Gillet, G  1874-1905
Armstrong, Antoinette L  (Dau of Frederick Foster) (Wife of John H)
Row, Nicholas  Died 11 Oct 1841, 52y, 11m, 3d  (Front of monument)
     Allen  1823-5 May 1839, 16y, 6m, 17d  (Son of N&L Row) (Side)
        (Also on seperate stone)
     Lydia  1800-1 Apr 1870, 70y, 11m, 13d  (Wife of Nicholas) (Side)
        (Also on seperate stone)
Reed, Horace  Died 20 Jul 1845, 48y  (Late of Sharon Ct)
Comstock, Richard S  1903-1958
Comstock, Wilbur F  1862-1948
          Mary L  1874-1958

Row 6

Morey, Hazzard L  Died 25 Mar 1857  (Son of Charles B & Elizabeth R)
       Henry H  Died 30 Sep 1858, 15y  (Sonof Hazzard & Clarissa)
       Hazzard  Died 17 May 1847, 46y
Rowe, Jennie C  1843-1924  (Wife of Marcus H)
      Marcus H  1838-1915
Hull, Lazarus  Died 16 Sep 1838, 68y, 8m
      Anna  Died 5 Nov 1854, 78y, 11m
Stringham, SG  5 Jun 1816-7 Jul 1890
           MR(ow)  27 Jan 1823-16 Apr 1904  (Dau of Henry & Priscilla
              Foster Row)

Row 7

Morey, Jesse  Died 10 Jan 1846-55y, 26d
Morey, Eugene S  Died 4 Mar 1851, 3y, 9m  (Son of RJ&AW)
Morey, Mary E  Died 25 Aug 1852  (Dau of RJ&AW)
       Bertha  Wife of Allwood (?)
Morey, Priscilla M  Died 12 Jun 1845, 17y, 11m, 27d  (Dau of Jesse & 
          Bertha) ((Unsure of exact location))
Morey, Adaline L  Died 8 Mar 1841  (Dau of Hazzard & Clarissa)
Morey (?), Stephen L
Cushman, Samuel  Died 22 Dec 1886, 64y  (Front of monument)
         Lydia  Died 13 Dec 1860, 36y  (Wife) (Side)
Row, Rebecca A  Died 17 Mar 1860, 60y, 2m  (Wife of Conrad)
Row, Conrad  Died 27 Jul 1838, 40y, 7, 17d
Row, Walter  Died 18 Apr 1838  (Son of Conrad & Rebecca)
Row, Mary  Died 10 Jul 1841, 84y  (Consort of Nicholas Row) (Late of 
        America, NY)
Row, Frances  1 Jul 1843-5 Aug 1850  (Dau of Henry & Priscilla Row)
Row, Helen  Died 15 Jul 1847, 6y, 10m  (Dau of Henry & Priscilla Row)
Row, Norman  28 Sep 1832-27 Sep 1846  (Son of Henry & Priscilla Row)
Rowe, Clarinda Kellogg  __ 1833-Dec __ 1858  (Wife of Frederic Row)
         (Only child of John & ___ Kellogg) (Front of monument)
      Alice  Died 18 ___ 1878 (?)  (Side)
Rowe, Our Little Willie
Rowe, Our Little Charlie
Rowe, Katie Lee  Died 20 Jan 1864, 22y  (WIfe of Milo A)
Row, Henry  16 Dec 1794-8 Aug 1875  (Son of Nicholas, Sr. & Mary Row)
        (Front of monument)
     Priscilla L  9 Jan 1801-5 Oct 1877   (Front)
     Polina  16 Feb 1826-14 Jan 1830  (Side)
     Norman  28 Sep 1832-27 Sep 1846  (Side) (Also on seperate stone)
     Infant son  Born & Died 14 Mar 1839  (Side)
Stringham, MR  27 Jan 1823-15 Apr 1904 (Back of Row monument) (Also on
              seperate stone)
           SG  5 Jun 1816-7 Jul 1890  (Back) (Also on seperate stone)
Rowe, Helen  14 Sep 1840-15 Jul 1847  (Side of Row monument) (Also on
         seperate stone)
      Frances  1 Jul 1843-5 Aug 1850  (Side) (Also on seperate stone)
      Emily  29 Jul 1824-5 Jun 1907  (Dau) (Side) (Also on seperate
         stone)

Row 8

Perrin, Jacob  18 Apr 1800-3 Mar 1890  (Front of monument)
        Pauline Gilbert  24 Oct 1803-22 Nov 1892  (His wife) (Front)
        Phebe Coler  6 Oct 1815-10 May 1841  (Wife of Jacob) (Side)
        Alvin  15 Jan 1835-4 May 1889  (GAR) (Side) (Also on seperate
           stone)
Vosburg, Harriet S  Died 7 Sep 1841, 22y, 5m
Vosburg, Frederick  Died 15 May 1843, 26y, 4m
Vosburg, Jacob  Died 10 May 1842, 53y, 7m
Stevenson, Edward  Died 18 Mar 1843, 64y
Rowe, Gussie  1839-1866  (Wife of MH)
      Annabelle  1861-1863  (Our dau)

Row 9

Perrin, Maud  1869-1887
Perrin, Clara M Hollister  24 Aug 1875, 33y  (Wife of Rev OJ Perrin)
Perrin, Gracie  Died 29 Jun 1866  (Dau of Rev OJ&CM)

Row 10

Newton, Malinda N  Died 3 Nov 1847, 37y, 1m, 21d  (Wife of EP)
Dewey, Cordelia F  Died 18 Mar 1877, 54y, 4m  (Wife of Dexter B)
Dewey, Dexter B  1816-1899
Dewey, Sidney W  Died 2 Jul 1841, 51y, 3m
       Polly  Died 1 Nov 1847, 46y, 4m  (Wife of Sidney W)

Row 11

Parks, Emily  Died 6 Dec 1849  (Dau of Ashley & Nancy Parks)
       Nancy M  Died 9 Apr 1847, 4y, 6m  (Dau of Ashley & Nancy)
McGee, Luther  Died 19 Oct 1846, 28y

Row 12

Becker, Nicholas  Died 14 Feb 1844, 54y, 4m, 17d
Kent, John  Died 22 Aug 1848, 49y

Row 13

Worden, Charles S  (Located next to fence in extreme SW corner)
Kent, Children of W&E  (2 children) (Unreadable)
Jones, Lucinda  (Wife of Norton Jones)

**Unknown Locations**

The following stones were found on the 1958 reading, but due to the 
condition of some of them these could not be found. 

Robinson, Howard S  (Son of GW&BA Robinson)
Selfe, Laura F  Died 6 Feb 18__, 1y