The following excerpt is from an article about several Michigan cemeteries, written by Jennifer Sakey, and published at candgnews.com.
Birmingham [Michigan] is home to two cemeteries — the Jewish cemetery Clover Hill Park, on 14 Mile Road, west of Crooks, and the city-
managed Greenwood Cemetery, on Oak Street, west of Old Woodward Avenue.
According to McElhone, Greenwood Cemetery is the final resting place of many notable personalities and has its share of interesting stories.
“The cemetery was founded in 1825 after the double homicide of a mother and daughter,” he said, adding that John Daniel, born in 1751, is the oldest person by birth date — and the only Revolutionary War veteran — buried there.
In addition, Greenwood is home to the burial sites of “Spirit of Detroit” sculptor Marshal Fredericks, Pewabic Pottery founder Mary Chase, and the founders of Cranbrook, who are buried in the Booth family plots.
In Warren, some of the city’s oldest graves can be found at the Warren Union Cemetery, on Chicago Road, between Ryan and Mound. According to Warren Historical and Genealogical Society member Dorothy Peck Cummings, the site is small, but it’s packed with history, and includes more than 300 gravestones, with some dating back to the 1800s.
