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HOARD CEMETERY: Located in section 33, Shiawassee Township, at State and Tyrell Roads.
This cemetery was read starting at the north east corner with the rows going from north to south.
ROW #1
1. Ada B.
1864-1898
dau of P. and M.A. HATMAKER
west side of stone
WEBBAR
Martha A
wife of A. WEBBAR
1840-1901
east side of stone
2. Melissa
wife fo A. R. MERRILL
born: 1860
died: 1914
veteran marker
ROW #2
3. Walter R.
son of C.B. & E.L. HOARD
May 12, 1877 - Jan 9, 1890
small unmarked foot stone
4. Eva L.
wife of C.B. HOARD
died: Dec. 6 1886
aged: 30 yrs 11 mo
small unmarked foot stone
5. Chauncey B. HOARD
1848-1913
6. unmarked grave with a flower arrangement
7. Our mother and granny
Edna HOARD
1886-1980
8. double stone-it does show an L.
SWIHART
Leo L.
1892-1972
Eileen A.
1903-
Leo S. SWIHART
Ohio
PVT US Army
World War I
April 1, 1892-May 11, 1972
foot stone - it does show an S on this stone
ROW #3
9. flat on ground white stone no markings showing
10. Lusina
dau of William and L. HOARD
flat on ground and broken
ROW #4
11. C. P. SEAL
Co. H 23rd Michigan Inf
G.A.R. marker
12. Mary Ann
adopted dau of S.H. & A.E. HOARD
died: Jan 2, 1873
aged: 19 yrs
13. base with no stone
14. Cynthia AYERS
1844-
no death date inscribed
15. Large marker
AYERS on east side of stone
no other writing can be seen
US veteran marker
ROW #5
16. Ellis S. TILLISON
died: Aug 1, 1863
aged: 58 yrs
ROW #6
17. Ella M.
dau of W.W. & L.J. HUNT
died: Sept. 9, 1877
aged: ____ 9 d
18. Emeline
dau of Wm. S. & Polly HOARD
died: Jul 8, 1862
aged: 23 yrs
west side of stone
Syvilla
wife of John _ILLSON
died: May 28, 1867
aged: 23 yrs
east side of stone
ROW #7
19.double stone
Myron G
died: Jan or June 8, 1889
aged: 10mo 26 d
Ezra
died: Dec 27, 1888
aged: 3 days
no surname
20. Ida
wife of C.H. WHEELER
died: Jun 3, 1883
aged: 19 yrs 9 mo 6 d
21. Charles H. WHEELER
died: Jul 29, 1886
aged: 29 yrs 6 mo 22 d
22. Nora
dau of C.H. & I. WHEELER
died: Jan 5, 1889
aged: 7 yrs; 8 mo; 12 da;
stone is flat on ground
23. Jeremiah COSELMAN
died: Sep 16, 1886
aged: 55 yrs 6 mo 28 d
stone matches WHEELER stone in style and type
24. Almira D. WHITE
died: Apr 14, 1893
aged: 82 yrs 11 mo 21 d
stone matches WHEELER stone in style and type
25. double stone
Wm. HOARD
died: Dec 10, 1848
aged: 66 years
Lucretia his wife
died: Sep. 1, 1851
aged: 66 years
26. Claudius C. HOARD
died: June 6, 1857
aged: 32 years
this stone leans against stone number 25
row 8
27. Infant of P. & M.S. MOODY
died: Nov. 12, 1877
aged: 23 days
28. Rachel M.
dau of J.C. & R. J. BARKER
the rest is below ground level-GAR marker and flag
29. Joshua MOODY
died: Dec 19, 18__
aged: 87 yrs 8 mo
G.A.R. marker and flag
30. Frankie
son of J & ______________
died: Apr 27, 1882
aged: 3 yrs 4 mo 7 d
read by Karen, Shirley, and Daniel Gorman June 1998. Copyright © 1998 - 2003.