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Salem/Walker Cemetery
Salem Village, Washtenaw County, MI

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Picture of the Salem Walker cemetery gated entrance

Salem-Walker Cemetery is located at Angle Rd. and Tower Rd., about 2 miles west of Salem Village. The land was given by Ida Ham, one of the early settlers.

A special 'thank you' to Steve Renwick who did the transcription of this cemetery in Aug 2000 and provided the picture above. If you have any questions about the content of this data, Steve can reached at the following email address: srenwick@voyager.net Source: Copied and transcribed from notebook pages titled "Salem Twp Cemeteries", Subfolder "Walker", Lyon Twp. Library. Copies in notebook were copied from a ledger style of book. This is the first of two readings.

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First reading

ALSBRO		Father		1831-1910
		Mother		1833-1901

ANGELL		Anna Doane	d. 14 July 1877	43 yrs.

ASPLIN		John		1851-
		Lydia L.		1847-1920	73 yrs.

ATCHINSON		Sylvestus		d. 15 Jan. 1852	85 yrs., 5 mo., 28ds.
		Ora		d. 21 Aug. 1864	61 yrs.
		Orson		d. 13 Feb. 1879	75 yrs
		Ellen		d. 13 Jan. 1883	63 yrs.			Wife of Orson
		Austin		d. 28 Mar. 1872	25 yrs.			Son of O. & E.
		Asa		d. 13 Apr. 1894	53 yrs., 2 mos.
		Elizabeth		1843-					Wife of Asa
		Etta		12 Nov.1861-11 Oct. 1890 			Wife of Benj.

BENNETT		Seley		1799-1874		75 yrs.
		Rachel		1805-1886		81 yrs.
		Amina		d. 15 Sept. 1834	 8 yrs			Dau of Seley & Rachel
		Rachel A.		d. 22 July 1842	 1 yr			Dau of S. & R.
		John		1832-1870		38 yrs.
		Polly		1841-1878		37 yrs.
		Nancy		1828-1902		74 yrs.
		Jos. L.		d. 22 July 1875	44 yrs., 11 mo., 15 ds.
		Mary P.		d. 25 Oct.1890	54 yrs., 7 mo., 21 ds.  	Wife of Jos. L.
		Nancy Jane	d. 8 June 1892	34 yrs., 1 mo., 17 ds.  	Dau of J. L. & Mary P.
		Frank		26 Jan 1868 - 27 Feb. 1895			Son of J. L. & Mary P.
		Carrie		d. 20 Feb 1864	 3 mos, 2 ds.		Dau of J. L. & Mary P.
		John		1859-1903		44 yrs.
		Hattie		1859- 14 May 1915
		Baby		1895-1895
		Mary E.		d. 9 Feb 1872	37 yrs, 4 mo.		On "Mott" lot
		Lewie		1889-1889	
		Jennifer		1883-1884		1 yr

BOWEN		Elizabeth		d. 14 June 1876	25 yrs			Wife of Wm. H. Bowen

BRAYTON		Arthur Roy	d. 10 Feb1879	1 yr			Son of H.W. & R.C.

BRONSON		Earl		13 Nov 1868-4 Apr 1897

BULLOCK		Jacob E.		d. 27 May 1878	86 yrs
		Hannah M.		d. 2 Feb 1883	71 yrs, 9 mo
		Mary		1859-1902		43 yrs

BURNETT		Lavena		1843-1922					Mother
		Cody		1837-1903					Father

CLARK		James		1867-____
		Edith Lewis	1869-____					His wife


COLLEN		Herman P.		11 Dec 1856-5 Nov 1895
		William P.	4 Aug 1825-1909	84 yrs
		Henrietta D.	18 Nov 1825-3 Jan 1917	92 yrs		His wife

COOK		Dr. E.W.		d. 18 May1853	65 yrs	Marker & flag indicates soldier of war 1812
		Mary Ann		1821-1892		71 yrs
		Darwin D.		1823-1893		70 yrs
		Eliza B. Murray	1835-1912		77 yrs			His wife
		Lorenzo		1826-1910		84 yrs
		Lucy A. Murray	1833-1900		67 yrs			His wife
		Scott		1835-1905		70 yrs
		Ellen		1837-1916					His wife
		Mary		d. 26 Aug 1839	1 yr, 27 ds.		Dau of Asher & Orpha D.
		Ann		infant daughter of Asher & Orpha D.
		Asher		d. 11 Apr 1870	69 yrs
		Orpha		d. 25 May 1861	47 yrs., 5 mo., 11 ds.

CRANDELL		Thomas		d. 14 Jan 1863	79 yrs
		Ann Maria		d. 22 May 1858	68 yrs, 10 mo
		Jabob		d. 13 Sept 1863	34 yrs
		Zerah E.		d. 14 Sept 1863	 1 yrs.			Son of J & E. J.
		John		1811-1891
		Eunice		1811-1868					His wife
		Geo. S.		1835-1863		30 yrs			In battle of Chickamauga
		Edward		1833-1892		59 yrs
		Catherine		1838-1916					His wife
		William H.	1844-1891		47 yrs
		Addie Crandall Sellman  1853-1877   24 yrs

DOANE		Joseph		d. 29 Mar 1847	74 yrs
		Esther		d. 18 Dec 1854				His wife
		Alex		d. 4 Jan 1887	84 yrs
		Harriet A.	d. 28 Aug 1847	36 yrs			Wife of Alex
		
ELAM		Thomas		1814-1894		80 yrs
		Ellen M.		d. 1 Sept 1867	59 yrs

FORCE		Sarah		d. 22 Aug 1871	55 yrs			Wife of Nelson
		Sarah Ann		3 Mar 1845-30 Aug 1861			Dau of Nelson & Sarah
		Wellington W.	d. 27 Aug 1868				Son of N & S

FREY		J.D.		1858-1892	34 yrs

HALSEY		Cordelia		7 June 1873	86 yrs			Wife of Sylvanus

HAM		Ida		d. 21 Dec 1862	60 yrs,9 mo, 12 ds	Father
		Mary Ann		d. 22 Dec 1881	75 yrs, 11 mo, 16 ds	Mother
		Lawrence		d. 12 Mar 1841	 5 yrs, 10 mo		Son of Ida & Mary
		Carlisle		d. 3 Nov 1865	35 yrs, 1 mo
		Mary Ann		14 Sept 1831-16 Mar 1904		
		Fred Ida		d. 16 Jan 1859	 1 yr, 7 mo, 22 ds		Son of C. & M.A.

HAMMOND		Thos. W.							Co. B. 20 Mich. Inf.

HAYWOOD		J.D.		1835-May 1917
		Emily J.		1834-1903					His wife
		Mary		1841-____					His wife

HERRICK		Julia A.		5 Dec 1839	32 yrs, 11 mo., 9 ds	Dau of E & S
		Daniel		d. 26 Sept 1855	62 yrs			Served in War of 1812
		Marrianne		d. 6 Mar 1879	78 yrs			His wife
		Stephen M.	d. 24 Jan 1840	 1 yr., 9 mos.		Son of D & M
		Cornelia		d. 13 Mar 1842	 1 yr., 8 mos
		Judith H.		d. 11 Mar 1848	24 yrs, 7 mo, 2 ds		Wife of John B. Miller
		Roswell		d. 11 Mar 1884	62 yrs, 6 mo, 12 ds
		Mary A.		7 Dec 1824-28 June 1904			His wife - Died & buried 
									at Gulfport, Miss.
		Robert D.		d. 11 July 1852	11 days			Son of R & M.A.

HIGHLAND		Thomas		d. 2 Oct 1889	81 yrs
		Elizabeth		d. 6 Jan 1885	64 yrs			Wife of Thomas

HOOPER		Lovinna A.	1868-1886
		Will D.		1874-1886

HUDSON		James		d. 17 Jan 1864	22 yrs 8 mo		Died at Knoxville, Tenn.
								         Member of 20th Mich Inf.
		John H.		d. 28 Nov 1866	22 yrs, 4 mo, 29ds		Son of Asa & C.
		Mary Ann		d. 18 June 1876	23 yrs, 10 mo		Wife of E., Dau of T. & 
									E. Highland

KINGSLEY		Jonathan		d. 17 May 1890	87 yrs
		Polly		d. 1 Sept 1882	77 yrs			His wife
		Mary		d. 6 Dec 1874	42 yrs			Dau of J. & P.
		David		21 Jan 1836-12 Sept 1915
		Sarah		20 July 1832-28 Oct 1909			His wife
		Gabrille		d. 11 June 1873	 9 mo, 11 ds		Dau of D. & S.
		Clara S.		d. 4 Mar 1875	11 yrs, 6 mo, 14 ds	Dau of D. & S.

KNAPP		Harry		d. 6 Mar 1860	54 yrs, 10 mo., 27 ds
		Lilless Simmons	d. 14 Oct 1879	71 yrs, 26 ds		Wife of H. Knapp
		Myron E.		1820-1898
		Amanda M.		1821-1875					Wife of M.E.
		Cornilia E.	1836-1915					2nd wife of M.E.
		Marietta L.	d. 2 Feb 1857	 8 mo, 12 ds		Dau of M.E. & A.M.
		
LANE		Peter C.		d, 15 Jan 1852	59 yrs			Served in war of 1812
		Malana		d. 21 July 1877	83 yrs			Wife of Peter
		Thomas	D.	20 June 1820-18 July 1890
		James S.		d. 24 May 1862	25 yrs
		Hannah L.		d. 29 Apr 1906
		Mary J.	- M.D.	d. 9 Mar 1895

LARKINS		Eliza J.		d. 11 Aug 1879	21 yrs			Wife of J.H. & Dau of 
									T & E Highland

LEWIS		Amos		1826-1869
		Margaret VanAtta  1837-1908					His wife
		George		1860-1876					Son of A & M Lewis

MANNING		William E.	30 Apr 1815-4 Apr 1906
		Eveline K.	d. 16 July 1894	83 yrs			Wife of William
MANNING		Lewis B.		7 Feb 1850-23 Sept 1896

MARTIN		John L.		7 May 1828-24 Jan 1903
		Nancy		6 Dec 1802-28 June 1894

McENEANY		Martha		d. 2 July 1885	37 yrs, 6 mo		Wife of Patrick

MORRISON		Rufus		d. 25 July1848	41 yrs, 5 mos, 16 ds
		Angeline Thomas Morrison  d. 8 Oct 1885	75 yrs, 5 mo, 4 ds

MOTT		George F.		1820-1911
		Sarah A.		1837-1905					Mother

MURRAY		Philemon C.	d. 26 Mar 1884	78 yrs
		Hannah E.		d. 6 May 1877	64 yrs			His wife
		Marshall		d. 22 Jan 1853	15 yrs			Son of P.C. & H.E.
		George		1831-1907
		Mary J.		1831-1906					His wife
		William		25 May 1828-17 Mar 1916
		Lydia Scott	21 Dec 1828-21 Aug 1912			His wife
		William P.	d. 9 Oct 1861	 2 yrs			Son of Wm. & Lydia
		Sophia H.		1852-____
		Frank J.		1875-1886

NOBLE		Lawrence		1812-1899
		Betsy Jane Walker  1821-1901				Wife of Lawrence

OVENSHIRE		Lucy		1821-1892					Wife of L. C.
		Frank		15 Mar 1845-9 Mar 1897

PERKINS		Lorenzo D.	1812-1897
		Amelia		1818-1881

RENTCHLER		Warren		d. 9 June 1917
		Thelma		d. 4 Aug 1917

RIDER		John S.		1820-1901					Father
		Ada		1829-1915					Mother
		Charles		d. 4 Oct 1878	53 yrs
		Frank W.		d. 2 Jan 1894	33 yrs
		Elizabeth N.	d. 29 June 1909	77 yrs
		Ira		1837-1908
		Julia		1836-1906					His wife
RIDER		Edd		d. 10 Oct 1892	24 yrs
		Ellsworth		17 Aug 1864 - 13 Mar 1896  
NOTE: While memory shall hold her own/ On this terrestrial sphere/ The name of
Ellsworth Rider/Will 'eer be cherished dear/ That stalwart supple manly form/ He's
buried in the clay/ But we his friends and comrads/ Will ne'er forget this day.

		Marion F.		1858-1905					Sister

ROBERTS		E. C.		14 Feb 1807-28 Jan 1888
		Mary Ann	 	5 July 1809-28 May 1879			Wife of E. C.
		John D.		1848-1900
		Elias C.		1833-1901
		Amelia		1842-1888					His wife
		Charles F.	31 Jan 1855-10 July 1888			Son of Geo. P. & Elizabeth

ROHRABACKER 	Frederick		d. 27 Jan 1869	69 yrs, 5 mo., 13 ds.  	Also a fieldstone on lot 
									with grave

SELLMAN		Mary S.  Seymore  17 Nov 1819-11 Oct 1878			Wife of Geo.

SHERMAN		Susan J.		26 Aug 1803-13 Sept 1877
		Ann		27 Apr 1835-18 Nov 1873
		George A.		22 Nov 1858-12 Feb 1879

SIMMONS		Edward A.		d. 14 Feb 1882	67 yrs, 10 m, 12 ds.
		Julia L.		d. 10 Nov 1876	60 yrs, 7 m, 19 ds.	His wife
		Hannah C.		d.  3 Oct 1845	  4 yrs, 2 m		Dau
		Sarah M.		d. 31 Oct 1849	  6 yrs, 9 m		Dau
		Chloe A.		d. 28 Oct 1849	  2 yrs, 10 m		Dau
		Eddie O.		d.   3 Aug 1861	10 yrs,   6 m,  14 ds.	Son
		John P.		d. 13 Jan 1884	63 yrs, 2 ds.
		Harriet E.	d. 18 Apr 1847	  1 yrs, 2 m,  19 ds.	Dau of J.P. & N. A.
SMITH		Laura E. Roberts Smith   	1859-19__
		Eli O.		b. 27 June 1810				(No date on stone)
		Isabella		b. 22 Feb 1814				Mother (No date on stone)
		Mary L.		d. 25 Jan 1860	20 yrs			Dau
		Helen Peer	1874-1898					Wife of P. W.
		Daniel N.		25 Sept 1814-25 Oct 1896
		Persia A. Cook	17 Aug 1818-8 July 1894			Wife of D. N.
		Delos F.		  8 Feb 1820- 14 Nov 1890
		Paulowana J. Caldwell	20 Sept 1824-5 June 1868		Wife of Delos

STAMBRO		Fidellia		d. 15 Apr 1868	23 yrs, 8 mo		Wife of Alexis

SOBER		Sylvester C.	11 Nov 1834-29 Aug 1898
		Lydia M.		5 Oct 1840-8 Feb 1898			His wife
		Baby		d. 8 Aug 1864	  8 ds
		Anna D.		d. 6 Feb 1868				Children of S.C. & Lydia

THOMAS		Emma E.		d. 18 Jan 1869	23 yrs			Wife of John D.
		Mary A.		d. 10 Feb 1887	34 yrs, 7 mo, 16 ds.	Wife of George P. Thomas
		Gracie		d. 10 Sept 1881	  3 mo

TRUESDALE		Gersham		1832-1911
		Mima		1837-1898
		Elam C.		1856-1863
		Elam C.  infant	1870

VanATTA		James B.		9 Mar 1812-5 May 1895	Son of Samuel & Margaret (Bryant) Van Atta, 
grandson of Aaron Van Atta, a soldier in the army of General Washington, in the war of the Revolution they 
were early settlers of New Jersey 1904
			
		Elizabeth Wise	20 July 1815-10 Feb ____			His wife
		John W.		24 Mar 1857-24 Jan 1892
		Hamilton		1839-1876
		Caroline		1839-1923
		George S.		1843-19__
		Ada Wells		1852-1900					His wife
		Bessie		1833-1883					Dau
		Samuel		1819-1870

WALKER		Eliakim		d.10 Oct 1839	63 yrs,
		Rhoda H.		d. 26 Mar 1857	81 yrs			Wife of Eliakim
		Rhoda Ann		11 Oct 1816-17 Sept 1863			Dau. of Rhoda H. and 
									Eliakim, wife of Almond 
									Isham. Erected by her 
									niece Mary Kellogg

		Amy H.		d. 18 Mar 1836	26 yrs, 3 mo, 3 ds.  	Wife of Osmon Smith, 
									dau of  E. & R. Walker 
		Nancy Wheeler	24 Oct 1890	88 yrs, 4 mo, 10 ds	Wife of Eliakim Walker
		Amy Ann		d. 7 Oct 1856	25 yrs			Dau of E & N., Wife of 
									James Hannan
		Mary Jane		d. 26 Feb 1862	24 yrs, 10 mo		Dau of E. & N.
		Chloe E.		d. 2 Oct 1870	44 yrs, 5 mo, 11 ds	Wife of Wm. Thurber
		Benjamin J.	d. 28 May 1847	  2 yrs, 10 ds		Son of B. & J. Hicks 
									(on Walker lot)
		Eliakim T.	13 Aug 1829-23 Feb 1911
		Isadore Ham	25 Mar 1837-19 Feb 1911			Wife of E. T.
		Dr. George W.     d. 3 Apr 1864	30 yrs, 2 mos		Similia Similebus Curantur.
									Masonic emblem on stone
		Otis H.		d. 11 Mar 1844	34 yrs, 8 mo
		Sarah		1809-1843	(Wheeler)				Wife of Otis
		Albert L.  M.D.	1839-1906
		Jane A.		1843-1911					Wife of Albert 
		Otis H.     M.D.	22 Jan 1874-29 Dec 1896
		Tisdale S. M.D.	1875-1901
		Eliakim		30 Apr 1865	64 yrs, 2 mo, 24 ds  	Husband of Nancy
		Henry T.   M.D.	d. 2 Oct 1871	63 yrs, 5 mo, 3 ds
		Lydia L.		d. 16 July 1861	25 yrs, 5 mo, 18 ds  	Wife of John E. Betts, 
									Dau of H.T. & L.D.

WATERMAN		Alfred S.		25 July 1846-5 Jan 1888

WEBSTER		Braton G.		1842-1911					Co. F. 20th Mich. Inft.
		Esther		1846-____					His wife
		Jane M.		d. 27 Nov 1864	24 yrs, 1 mo, 15 ds  	Wife of Henry P.

WELLS		Diana P.		25 June 1834-22 Jan 1891			Dau of Wm. Mead

WHELLER		Calvin		d. 17 May 1882	76 yrs, 3 mo, 19 ds
		Almira		d. 16 Mar 1872	64 yrs, 6 ds		Wife of Calvin
		Mary C.		d 1 May 1839	  1 yr, 1 mo, 6 ds		Dau of C. & A.
		Aaron C.		d. 18 July 1849	  5 yrs, 10 mo		Son of C. & A.

WILCOX		Nathan		d.23 Apr 1844	82 yrs
		Leah		d. 19 Aug 1850	74 yrs			Wife of Nathan

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Transcriber Notes:
Spellings of names need to be verified as in transcribing I noticed variations of spelling within the same family.

ATCHINSON may also be ATCHISON

VanATTA, James B., Settlement date of 1904 should be more like 1704. Date is clearly 1904 on this page

Photos of stones available:
Chloe Walker
Eliakim Walker
Eliakim & Isadora Walker
Nancy Wheeler Walker
Otis Walker, M. D.
Otis Walker
Salem Walker Cemetery Sign

This data, like each new piece of information, must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence & it is always best to consult original primary material for verification.


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