Smith Hill Cemetery
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N 43° 09.285 W 083° 31.302
17T E 294972 N 4781086
Located off the east side of State Road (M-15), north of Dodge Road. Parking is abundent, and there are many places to rest for a long time.
Waymark Code: WM10R1
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2006
Views: 16
When Nathaniel and Sarah Smith came to the Forest area from Vermont in 1837, members of the Henry Hiester family were the only Euro-American settlers in the area. Sarah Smith died in 1848 and was the first person interred in the cemetery that bears the family name. Nathaniel, the township's first supervisor, and his son William, the first teacher, were also buried in the cemetery. Six hundred nineteenth-century graves are marked by rustic tree trunk monuments, obelisks, tablets and pedestaled urns.
Historical Name: Nathaniel and Sarah Smith
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: Local Site #1753
Historical Date: Not listed
Description: Not listed
website: Not listed
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