Arenac County Burials - Clayton Township Cemetery

Clayton Township Cemetery - Clayton Township - Overview

Aerial photo courtesy USGS and terraserver.microsoft.com

     From "Arenac County Michigan Cemetery Inscriptions", compiled in 1992 by Betty Brokoff Barringer, Carlie Welker Klumpp, Barbara Briggs Foster and JoEllyn Lawson Pedota.   Used with permission.   This copy contributed 2005 for use on this MIGenWeb site.

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 Directions:

Clayton Cemetery is a township owned and operated cemetery which is located in Section 24 of Clayton Township.  To visit Clayton Township Cemetery from the Village of Sterling : Travel north on M-76 out of Sterling a short distance until you reach Melita Road.  Turn north (right) onto Melita Road.  Travel Melita Road approximately 5 miles to Main Street.  As you travel Melita Road enjoy the sights of the Rifle River and farmland.  Turn east (right) onto Main Street for 3 miles until you reach Reid Road.  Turn north (left) onto Reid Road.  Travel Reid Road approximately 1/4 mile.  The cemetery is located on the east (right) side of Reid Road and is surrounded by farmland.

 

Oldest Birth Date	1810
Oldest Death Date	1874
Civil War Veterans	8
Veterans	28

 

Cemetery Inscriptions Read by:

Betty Brokoff Barringer
Carlie Welker Klumpp
JoEllyn Lawson Pedota

 

Abbreviations:

ae	age
Dau	Daughter
DOD	Date of Death
Ds	Days
es	Eastern Star
m	Mason
mos/mo	Month
o	Oddfellows
r	Rebecak
ss	Same stone
yr	year
????	unsure of information

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