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Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit) / 42.34722°N 83.01861°W / 42.34722; -83.01861. Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit is one of Michigan 's most important historic cemeteries. Located at 1200 Elmwood Street in Detroit's Eastside Historic Cemetery District, Elmwood is the oldest continuously operating, non-denominational cemetery in Michigan.
Battle of Bloody Run. The Battle of Bloody Run was fought during Pontiac's War on July 31, 1763, on what now is the site of Elmwood Cemetery in the Eastside Historic Cemetery District of Detroit, Michigan. In an attempt to break Pontiac 's siege of Fort Detroit, about 250 British troops attempted to make a surprise attack on Pontiac's encampment.
Buel served from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress and resumed the practice of law. He was again a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860. He was appointed postmaster of Detroit on September 28, 1860, and served until March 18, 1861.
December 2, 1982. The Eastside Historic Cemetery District is a historic district bounded by Elmwood Avenue, Mt. Elliott Avenue, Lafayette Street, and Waterloo Street in Detroit, Michigan. The district consists of three separate cemeteries: Mount Elliott Cemetery (Catholic, established 1841), Elmwood Cemetery (Protestant, established 1846), and ...
Solomon Sibley. Fred "Sonic" Smith. Joseph G. Standart. Ed Stein (baseball) Martha Jean Steinberg. David Stuart (brigadier general) Robert Stuart (explorer) Kay Sutton. Frederick W. Swift.
Alma mater. University of Michigan. Profession. Industrialist. Politician. Signature. John Stoughton Newberry (November 18, 1826 – January 2, 1887) was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the first provost marshal for the State of Michigan and as a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.
William Lambert (1817 – April 28, 1890) was a prominent African-American citizen and abolitionist in Detroit during the mid to late 19th century. With a formal education and a background in the anti-slavery movement from a young age he would become a significant figure in Detroit's local black community and the city at large for over 50 years. [1]
Cpt. Orson W. Bennett. 1st Lt. Charles L. Barrell. The 102nd United States Colored Infantry was an African American infantry regiment of United States Colored Troops in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was organized as the 1st Michigan Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment before being redesignated as the 102nd Regiment USCT.