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Bigler Cemetery
Oakland County, Michigan

Kern Rd. and Gunn Rd
Orion, MI
248-608-6807

Lat: 42° 44' 19"N, 83° 12' 54"W
Oakland Twp, Sec 30

Contributed by Sherry Wilson, Oct 02, 2004 [swilson@ees.eesc.com].  Total records = 193.

Go east on East Silverbell Rd, just off M24, Lapeer Rd., which runs north and south through Orion MI. Go north on Kern approx a mile. The cemetery is on the south east corner of Kern Rd. and Gunn Rd. You can also get to it by taking Adams Rd and going west on Gunn Rd, also approx a mile. It is close to Orion, Michigan

Oakland Twp. Historic District Commission lists and protects Bigler Cemetery in Twp. preservation ordinance. The Oakland Twp, cares for the cemetery.

One can find the victorian symbol for grief, the weeping willow, on many of the gravestones, as well as footstones, many in their original positions, which bear only the initials of the deceased.

Novi-Histocial Commission takes care of this cemetery. Any graves/markers missing were noted, if needed. This cemetery is no longer being used, but is well kept.

I read the stones during the month of September 2004. Then I went to the Orion Twp. library and got a copy of the reading the General Richardson Chapter of the DAR did approx 1930, then contributed by Hazel Hilton Dunlap and May Rockwell Howlott.

I compared what I recorded and photographed and corrected a few records listed by the DAR I have photos for nearly all the stones listed.

- Georgina M. Gaddis

Baird, Maria, b. 10/11/1815, d. 5/18/1857
Bigler, Ann B (Tower), b. 9/5/1821, d. 3/12/1852, 30yr 6mo 7da, wife of Jesse
Bigler, B J, b. 1865, d. 1919
Bigler, Catharine M, b. 1843, d. 2/4/1848, 4yr 8mo 29da, daug of J M & D
Bigler, Charles S, b. 1817, d. 3/9/1880, 63yr 3mo 1 da
Bigler, Charlie, b. 1846, d. 1871
Bigler, Charlie, no dates, sm stone
Bigler, Clarissa, b. 6/6/1825, d. 10/17/1828, 3yr 4mo 9da, daug of P & P Bigler
Bigler, Elisha, b. 12/8/1828, d. 2/6/1832, 3yr 2mo, son of P & P Bigler
Bigler, Frankie, b. 12/19/1859, d. 3/6/1860, son of M J & H
Bigler, Fred B, b. 1865, d. 10/1923
Bigler, Hannah (Chapman), b. 4/13/1818, d. 4/24/1899
Bigler, Hiram, b. 1/1/1830, d. 1/24/1905, on stone with Margery J
Bigler, Jesse, b. 10/17/1818, d. 4/19/1854, 35yr 6mo 2da
Bigler, John Miller, b. 1803, d. 6/21/1861, 57yr 8mo 10da
Bigler, John S, b. 1772, d. 11/24/1846, 74yr 2mo 2da
Bigler, Joseph, b. 6/26/1836, d. 3/14/1872, 36yr 8mo 19 da
Bigler, Lafayette, b. 1845, d. 3/27/1846, 3mo 11da, son of BG & S
Bigler, Margery J, b. 11/27/1833, d. , wife of Hiram
Bigler, Mary A, b. 10/6/1814, d. 10/17/1831, 17yr 11da, daug of P & P Bigler
Bigler, Miles R, b. 1838, d. 1930
Bigler, Mother, no dates, sm stone
Bigler, Philip, b. 1844, d. 12/10/1844, 2 weeks, son of BG & S
Bigler, Phillip, b. 10/6/1814, d. 10/1/1831, 17yr 11da, son of P & P Bigler
Bigler, Phillip, b. 9/4/1793, d. 5/12/1839, 47yr 8mo 8da
Bigler, Polly (Decker), b. 1794, d. 5/26/1873, 79yr, wife of Phillip
Bigler, Polly (Halsted), b. 1832, d. 3/4/1891, 59yr 4mo 10da
Bigler, R B, no dates, sm footstone
Bigler, R J, b. 1885, d. 1919
Bigler, Rocksina, b. 3/18/1824, d. 7/29/1825, 1yr 4mo 11da, daug of Phillip & Polly
Bigler, Roxana, no dates, sm stone
Bowlby, Anna, b. 1859, d. 1884, 24yr
Bowlby, Anna, d. 3/13/1856, 63yr, wife of George
Bowlby, George, d. 1/29/1862, 83yr, stone next to Anna - broken off - no doubt George's
Bowlby, Martha M, b. 1855, d. 3/17/1857, 2yr, daug of Thomas & Mary J Bowlby
Bowlby, Mary Jane, b. 1826, d. 1896, wife of Thomas
Bowlby, Thomas, b. 1812, d. 1894
Brewster, Allen, b. 1824, d. 1908
Brewster, Austin A, d. 9/7/1854, son of A & C A
Brewster, Caroline A (Butler), b. 1824, d. 5/5/1854, 29yr 9mo 9da, wife of Allen
Brewster, Ezra, b. 1781, d. 3/21/1857, 76 yr
Brewster, Hannah (Shetler), b. 1787, d. 1/28/1867, 79yr 8mo 12da
Brewster, Lucretia A (Farrand), b. 1826, d. 1922, 2nd wife of Allen Brewster
Brewster, S Guy (Stephen Guy), b. 1819, d. 1908
Burdick, Doidamia, d. 12/31/1844, 9da, daug of Egbert & Eliza Burdick
Burdick, Sarah, d. 9/20/1842, 26da, daug of Egbert & Eliza Burdick
Coleman, James, d. 10/6/1851, 73yr 1mo 16da, Orion Lodge # 46 F & A M
Coon, Avilla May, b. 1872, d. 1884, 11yr 4mo 29da, daug of G F & H Coon
Coon, Elizabeth, b. 1/14/1760, d. 6/10/1843
Coon, Elizabeth, b. 6/4/1817, d. 2/8/1846, 2nd wife of Isaac D
Coon, George F, b. 1848, d. 1912
Coon, Hattie A, b. 1851, d. 1931, wife of George F
Coon, Isaac D, b. 9/11/1807, d. 2/20/1881
Coon, Joseph P, b. 11/14/1832, d. 7/5/1902
Coon, Susan A, b. 6/30/1853, d. 9/2/1854, daug of I D & R
Coon, Susan E Roe, b. 8/24/1836, d. 2/2/1917, wife of Joseph P Coon
Coon, Susan, b. 10/3/1841, d. 6/10/1843, daug of I D & S
Coon, Susan, b. 7/25/1810, d. 10/19/1841, wife of Isaac D
Cranson, Mary Ann, b. 1822, d. 1903
Crawford, Frank, b. 4/11/1859, d. 5/16/1859
Crawford, Mary, d. 10/1/1854, 63yr7mo, wife of William
Crawford, Polly, b. 11/23/1825, d. 12/6/1897, wife of Robert
Crawford, RobertE, b. 10/11/1815, d. 8/18/1897
Crawford, William, d. 9/12/1849, 59yr 10mo 20da
Curtis, Ann Juliana, d. 8/26/1854, 47yr, wife of Simeon Curtis
Curtis, Lorenzo H, d. 1/11/1856, 19yr, son of S & A Curtis
Dalgleish, George, b. 1799, d. 1887
Dalgleish, Sarah A, b. 1825, d. 1899
Dickman, Michael, d. 6/22/1875, 55yr 1mo
Dutton, Addie, b. 1866, d. 1922
Dutton, Charles Benjamin, b. 2/9/1862, d. 1919
Farrand, Sarah Wallace, b. 10/4/1793, d. 8/16/1887, wife of Ira Farrand
Gates, A Judson, b. 1852, d. 1859
Gates, Drusella A, d. 9/18/1869, 1yr 30mo 26da, daug of Bradford & E & Esther
Gates, Francis H, b. 1800, d. 1874, 74yr 8mo
Gates, Francis H, b. 1842, d. 1861
Gates, Mary Ann Cranson, b. 1822, d. 1903
Gates, Mary E, b. 1858, d. 1859
Giddings, Almon, d. 3/31/1848, 62yr, husb of Lola
Giddings, George M, d. 10/23/1841, 28yr, son of A & L
Giddings, Lola, d. 9/11/1869, 78yr, wife of Almon
Hallstead, Hiram, d. 2/29/1856, 6wks, son of J D & M
Hallstead, Hiram, d. 9/6/1857, 61yr 5mo 12da
Hallstead, Jesse D, d. 11/18/1861, 37 yr
Hallstead, Sally Ann, d. 4/13/1867, 54yr 6mo, wife of H Hallstead
Hauxwell, Isaac, b. 12/1826, d. 2/2/1901
Hauxwell, Libbie, b. 10/1866, d. 3/1867
Hauxwell, Little Lotty, d. 9/2/1867, 5mo 11da, son of W Hauxwell
Hauxwell, Maria, b. 9/1838, d. 1/1871
Hauxwell, Mary A, d. 12/21/1855, 3yr 3mo 19da
Hauxwell, Sarah R, d. 1865, illegible
Hauxwell, Susannah, d. 1/1/1865, 71yr, wife of William
Hauxwell, William, b. 1797, d. 9/8/1849, 52yr 2mo 26da
Hauxwell, William, b. 1824, d. 1915
Hauxwell, Willie, b. 7/1863, d. 1/1865
Hughes, Susannah Davis, d. 4/16/1848, 81yr 6mo, wife of Robert Hughes
Hummer, Edith E, d. 2/12/1866, 7yr 4mo 26da, daug of J M & V Hummer
Hummer, Henry M, b. 11/16/1803, d. 1/13/1846, on stone with Rebecca
Hummer, John M, b. 6/25/1845, d. 6/10/1909
Hummer, Rebecca Rodinbough, b. 7/31/1810, d. 2/18/1892, wife of Henry M
Hummer, Vernelia G, b. 9/16/1844, d. 9/3/1909, wife of John
Huntington, John, d. 11/15/1866, 69yr
Huntington, Margaret, d. 12/22/1887, 77yr, wife of John - half of stone is there
Jenks, Jonathan, d. 7/27/1851, 64yr 3mo 1da
Jenks, Lucy, d. 9/15/1870, 71yr 19da, on lot of Joseph & Susan Lane
Johnson, Edward, d. 9/20/1864, 53yr 10mo
Johnson, Platt W, b. 8/10/1841, d.
Johnson, Sarah, b. 7/26/1845, d. 1/1/1898, wife of Platt W
Jones, A C, no dates, no date
Lane, Joseph W, d. 3/28/1851, 59yr 1mo 3da
Lane, Susan, b. 6/15/1802, d. 6/9/1852, 50 yr, wife of J W
McCarl, George, b. 1901, d. 1969, "Dad"
McCarl, Marie, b. 1908, d. 1987, "Mom"
McCarl, Sarah, b. 1878 ?, d. 1928
Perry, Adam, b. 6/2/1804, d. 3/20/1889, 84yr 10mo 16da
Perry, Isabella G (Giddings), d. 3/10/1881, 71yr 6mo 11da, wife of Adam
Perry, Lester M, d. 9/21/1862, 26yr 5mo
Phelps, Frank E, b. 1847, d. 1907
Phillips, Drusilla E, no dates, wife of Frank E
Phillips, Jane Westoby, d. 1/7/1894, 83 yr
Porritt, Alice, d. 8/1842, 5yr, children of J & E
Porritt, Annie, b. 11/28/1879, d. 2/22/1901, wife of Isaac C
Porritt, Charles I, d. 2/15/1890, 26yr 7mo 20da
Porritt, Easter, b. 1808, d. 1/2/1868, 59 yr 8mo 14 da, wife of James
Porritt, George W, d. 2/1/1860, 21yr 10mo 7da, son of I & M Porritt
Porritt, George, d. 8/1842, 3yr, children of J & E
Porritt, Hannah A, b. 11/17/1851, d. 3/5/1898, wife of Robert
Porritt, Isaac C, b. 5/4/1869, d. 5/11/1902
Porritt, Isaac, b. 1795, d. 1859, 64yr
Porritt, James, d. 5/19/1844, 44yr 7mo
Porritt, Jane, d. 5/29/1864, 84 yr
Porritt, John, b. 11/29/1870, d. 9/2/1906
Porritt, Joseph, b. 1829, d. 1881
Porritt, Laura (Kniffen), b. 1837, d. 1922, wife of Joseph
Porritt, Leigh D, b. 1888, d. 1923
Porritt, Lucy (Kniffen), b. 8/23/1834, d. 5/4/1886, wife of Robert
Porritt, Lulu, b. 1877, d. 1883
Porritt, Lydia M Kinney, b. 10/17/1863, d. 11/4/1892, wife of R E Porritt
Porritt, Maggie, b. 1856, d. 1932
Porritt, Margaret (Pallister), b. 1804, d. 1/10/1881, 77yr 6mo 17da, wife of Isaac
Porritt, Our Babies, no dates, sm stone beside Lydia M Kinney Porritt
Porritt, our Baby, b. 2/22/1901, d. 5/4/1901
Porritt, Robert F, b. 1858, d.
Porritt, Robert, b. 2/12/1834, d. 2/19/1902
Potter, Clarry, d. 4/27/1859, 2yr 25da, daug of A J & R Potter
Riley, Edith N, b. 9/2/1882, d. 5/27/1957
Riley, John W, b. 2/2/1878, d. 5/5/1933
Roswell, Ray, d.
Shannon, Arthur, no dates, on back of stone says "Roswell 1894"
Shannon, Roswell, d.
Sherman, Mary, b. 3/2/1847, d. 3/12/1871, wife of J H Sherman
Stowell, Alvira J, b. 10/16/1840, d.
Stowell, Andrew J, b. 11/13/1829, d. 11/21/1910
Stowell, Isaac, d. 9/14/1856, 67yr 1mo 24da
Stowell, Jennie, b. 6/26/1879, d. 8/20/1881, 2yr 1mo 18da
Stowell, Melvin, b. 8/7/1876, d. 8/28/1876, 10 days
Streeter, R J, d. 9/27/1854, "63yr, erected by son, A J Streeter"
Thurstin, Elizabeth (Coon), b. 2/16/1837, d. 4/1/1909, wife of Martin
Thurstin, Martin R, b. 1836, d. 6/21/1874, Martin & Elizabeth on same stone
Thurstin, Orpha (Decker), b. 6/2/1808, d. 8/2/1854, 46yr 3mo, wife of RM Thurstin
Thurstin, Orpha A, d. 4/26/1857, 2yr 1mo ?, daug of E S & M M
Thurstin, Russell M, b. 1805, d. 7/12/1859, 54yr 26da
Thurstin, Truman, d. 10/14/1836, 4yr 1mo, son of R M & O
Thurston, Erastus S, d. 9/27/1858, 28yr 6mo
Thurston, George E, d. 7/29/1854, 2 yr 4mo, son of E S & M M
Thurston, James R, d. 4/24/1867, 1yr 8mo 15da, son of J & S (on same stone as Sarah E)
Thurston, Jesse R, b. 1840, d. 1901 ?, stone next to Sarah E
Thurston, Sarah E, b. 1844, d. 8/10/1874, 30yr 4mo 10da, wife of J R
Tilghman, Ada Ellen, b. 1865, d. 1877, daug of W H & M
Tilghman, James Henry, b. 1873, d. 1877, son of W H & M
Tilghman, Martha Elizabeth, b. 1849, d. 1928, wife of W H
Tilghman, William H, b. 1842, d. 1915, 3 Mich inf Co F
VanRiper, George, d. 12/22/1903, 70yr
Vanriper, Harmon, d. 10/30/1871, 67yr 7mo 15da
VanRiper, Havill, d. 9/30/1904, 59yr
Vanriper, Julia A, b. 1846, d. 1926
Vanriper, Minerva Jane, d. 5/8/1894, 52yr, daug of H & P
Vanriper, Peter, b. 1835, d. 1925, had GAR marker at one time
Vanriper, Phebe, d. 4/12/1885, 75yr, wife of Harmon
Vanriper, Richard, d. 4/15/1863, 26yr, son of H & P Vanriper
Vanriper, William, b. 1829, d. 1906
Walton, Barbara, b. 1793, d. 5/28/1839, 45yr 8mo, wife of Simon
Walton, Jenette, d. 2/27/1847, 2yr 4mo, daug of Hiram & Deborah
Walton, Simon, b. 4/30/1787, d. 4/3/1855, 68yr
Webb, Diademia, d. 4/12/1865, 37yr 1 mo, wife of Washington W
Webb, Washington W, d. 11/20/1865, 41yr 9mo 7da
Weston, Alton, d. 9/16/1872, 8mo 12da, son of M & C Weston
Weston, Cornellia A, d. 11/28/1875, 32yr 6 mo 27da, wife of Mason Weston
Weston, Dayton, d. 9/14/1872, 8mo 10da, son of M & C Weston
Young, David, b. 1843, d. 1914
Young, Ella May, b. 12/12/1855, d. 6/16/1856, on stone with John & Francis
Young, Francis S, b. 2/13/1825, d. 6/6/1897, wife of John
Young, John, b. 7/23/1820, d. 1/17/1859, husb of Francis S