2100 Block of Golden Avenue

CEDARVALE CEMETERY

  THE CEDARVALE CEMETERY TRACES
ITS  HISTORY  TO  1896,   WHEN   RUFUS
A.  MATHIS  WAS  KILLED  IN  A HUNTING
ACCIDENT    AND    BURIED    ON    LAND
OWNED  BY  D. P. MOORE.  AT THE TIME
OF  HIS  DEATH,   MATHIS  AND  OTHER
COMMUNITY  LEADERS  WERE  IN  THE
PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A CEME-
TERY  FOR  THE  COMMUNITY.   MOORE
OFFICIALLY DEEDED FOUR ACRES OF
LAND  FOR  A   CEMETERY  ON  MARCH
14,  1896.    BY  1906  THE  CEDARVALE
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION WAS ESTAB-
LISHED TO CARE FOR THE CEMETERY
AND SUBSEQUENT PURCHASES WERE
MADE   TO   ENLARGE   THE   BURIAL
GROUNDS. MANY OF BAY CITY’S EARLY
SETTLERS ARE BURIED HERE.
(1992)

Marker wording typed by Faye Cunningham.