James Stewart - Woodmere Cemetery - Dearborn, MI
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N 42° 17.950 W 083° 08.227
17T E 323836 N 4685204
The sixth "zinc" stop on your tour of historic Woodsmere Cemetery is home to the largest and also one of the smallest zinc markers in the cemetery. The larger monument remembers members of the Stewart family - the small one remembers "Father".
Waymark Code: WMCXDK
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2011
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Woodmere Cemetery is a 220+ acre cemetery in Dearborn, Michigan. It is the largest and oldest in the southeastern Michigan. It's no surprise that this gem of Detroit's golden era is home to 12 unique zinc memorials. Touring these 12 very distinct monuments is a beautiful and exhausting tour of this large campus.
On the front of the larger marker:
JAMES STEWART
BORN FEBRUARY 14, 1832,
DIED APRIL 6, 1883,
AGED 51 YEARS
STEWART
On the side of the larger marker:
JAMES STEWART
SON OF JAS. AND JOANNA STEWART
BORN JAN 23, 1864,
DIED JUNE 6, 1892,
AGED 28 YEARS
JAMES NORMAN STEWART
DIED MAY 24, 1892, AGED 1 Y'R 1 MO.
BESSIE STEWART,
DIED AUG. 25, 1889, AGED 7 WEEKS.
On the back of the larger marker:
LAUGHLIN MC G.
SON OF JAS. & JOANNA
STEWART
DIED IN SALEM, ORE.
AUG. 25, 1887
AGED 21 YEARS.
Johanna Stewart does not appear on this marker.
Next to the large marker is a small marker simply labelled "FATHER"
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