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Putnam Cemetery:

This cemetery is located in Sciota Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan. It is on Putnam road between Bennington road and Hibbard road. It is on the west side of the road about 3/4th of a mile from Bennington road. The drive is hard to see but once you find the drive you can view a couple of the stones. It set back about 300 feet, quite large in area, quite pretty as it is surrounded by trees and well kept.

We started reading this cemetery at the south west corner. The rows were read south to north .

ROW #1

1. Ophelia B.
wife of H.J. MOORE
died: Jan 22, 1883
aged: 39 yrs 3 mo 20 d

2. Elisher HENRY
aged: 53 yrs

Sally S
his wife
aged: 77 years
same stone top to bottom

3. Anna B
1864-1914
see #5

4. James R
1862-1935
see #5

5. SANDERSON
big family stone

6. Clara A
1858-1937
see #5

7. Allen B
1857-19--(no year inscribed)
see #5

ROW #2

8. Russell HENRY
Co E 1st Wisconsin H.A.

9. large stone
Grandmother
Mary BRENDAHL
1803-1877
west side

Father
August OTTO
1833-1892
west side

Son
William OTTO
1874-1876
east side

Mother
Mary OTTO
1840-1924

10. Base with no writing
footstone with P.A.

11. Phebie A
dau of J & P AUSTIN
died: Aug 22, 1860
aged: 1 d

ROW #3

12.triple stone
BRENDAHL
Ferdinand
1890-1945
Elizabeth
1892-1980
Christina
1926-1927

13. Minervie C
wife of H.A. WARDEN
died: Mar 14, 1876
aged: (broken off)
actual location unknown, broken off and flat on ground

footstone with M.C.W.

14. Winefred F Marquette
aged: 3 mo
1913

15. Jonas LeLAND
died: Dec 7, 1862
aged: 71 yrs 11 mo 23 d

foostone with J.L.

16. Electa
wife of Jonas LeLAND
died: Jul 19, 1858
sunk in ground

foostone with E.L.

17. Electa M
dau of Jonas & Electa LeLAND
died: May 5, 1855
aged: 26 yrs 9 mo 12 d

foostone with E.M.L.

18. Father
Thomas B SOLES
born: Mar 6, 1836
died: no inscription

19. Mother
Jerusha T SOLES
born: Sep 27, 1838
died: Apr 24, 1886

20. Eliza Ann
wife of Cornelius PUTNAM
died: Nov 29, 1863
aged: 62 yrs 1 mo 28 d

footstone with E.A.P.

21. Cornelius PUTNAM
died: Aug 21, 1861
aged: 61 yrs 10 mo 12 d

footstone with C.P.

22. Mother
Malinda M PUTNAM
1831-1920
see #24

23. Father
Barnet J PUTNAM
1826-1904
see #24

24. PUTNAM

family stone

25. Mary E
wife of John C PUTNAM
died: Mar 10, 1864
aged: 31 yrs 11 mo 20 d

foostone with M.E.P.

26. Johnny PUTNAM
1867-1878

ROW #4

27. Mattie V
dau of H & L.A. BOLTON
died: Mar 4, 1879
aged: 3 yrs 1 mo 4 d

28. James C. ROOD
died: Oct 5, 1876
aged: 30 yrs 8 d
sunk in ground

footstone
J.C.R.

29. Our Mother
Nancy A ROOD
died: Sep 10, 1880
aged: (stone broken at this point)

footstone
N.A.R.

30. Margarett
wife of Levi BRAGG
died: Oct 17, 1879
aged: 86 yrs 7 d

footstone
_______

31. R. C. LeLAND
Sep 13, 1838 - July 30, 1907

32. At Rest
LeLAND written on bottom

33. Mary A LeLAND
Mar 1, 1842 - Aug 24, 1901

34. Large stone

Henry
son of R. C. & M. A. LeLAND
died: Apr 14, 1862
aged: 1 mo 5 d
west side of stone

Claudia
son of R.C. & M.A. LeLAND
died: May 19, 1875
aged: 6 d
south side of stone

Ruby May
dau of R.C. & M.A. LeLAND
died: Mar 31, 1881
aged: 7 yrs 5 mo 1 d

5 small white stones with the following:
Henry
Claudia
R.M.L.
C.L.
H.L.

35
Daniel
1789-1862

see #39

36. George D
son of Judson L & Mary L ESTES
died: Oct 16, 1861
aged: 2 yrs 26 d

footstone
G. D. E.

37. John DENNISTON
1838-1913
see #39

38. Margaret P
wife of John DENNISTON
1827-1906
see #39

39. DENNISTON
large family stone

small white stone, might be a footstone
H.D.

ROW #5

40. triple stone
SHERMAN
son

Almeron
1848-1868
Almeron
1808-1866
Jane Ann
1807-1867

footstones with following: A.S., A.R.S. and J.A.S.
see #41

41. SHERMAN
large family stone

42. Henry Donnelly
1785-1859

ROW #6

43. double stone
PIERCE
Dorothy G
1904-no inscription
Silas J
1914-1976

44. double stone
GRAHAM
Raymond
July 17, 1919 - no inscription
Bernice A
Dec 25, 1919 - Jan 4, 1991
married: Apr 16, 1949

45. Small stone
Giles
see #48

footstone
G.J.N.

46. small stone
James
see #48

footstone
J.W.N.

47. small stone
Rosa
see #48

48. NIXON

Anna E
wife of John NIXON
born: Sep 1, 1828
died: Apr 15, 1899
west side

Rosa A
dau of John & Ann E NIXON
died: Jan 29, 1889
aged: 32 yrs 3 mo 21 d
west side

James W
son of John & Ann E NIXON
died: Mar 31, 1863
aged: 8 yrs 28 d

east side

Giles J
son of John & Ann E NIXON
died: Jan 27, 1862
aged 3 yrs 5 mo 4 d
east side

49. Mother
Anna E NIXON
see #48

50. small stone
Louie
see #52

51. small stone
Edith
see #52

52. SHERMAN

Edith Belle
died: Mar 28, 1890
aged: 12 yrs 10 mo 3 d
children of J.D. & S.J. SHERMAN
west side

Louie
died: May 12, 1873
aged: 4 yr 6 mo
children of J.D. and S.J. SHERMAN
west side

Sarah J
wife of J.D. SHERMAN
1848-1909

53. double stone
SHERMAN
John
1844-1918
Sarah
1848-1909

54
Baby
John SHERMAN
1915

55
SHERMAN
large family stone

56
Father
Andrew D SHERMAN
1836-1918
see #55

57
Mother
Harriet M
wife of A.D. SHERMAN
May 15, 1839 - Mar 4, 1902
see #55

58. double stone
KEMP family plot
Ann Eliza
1840-1923
Lewis J
1836-1899

59. Anna S
dau of L.J. & A.E. KEMP
died: Mar 20, 1887
aged: 11 yrs 6 mo
see #58

60. George S
born: 1872
aged: 52 yrs
see #58

61. Rose M
born: 1880
aged: 44 yrs
see #58

62. little grey stone
no writing
see #58

63. little grey stone
no writing
see #58

64. Ann Eliza KEMP
1840-1923
see #58

65. Louis S KEMP
1870 - 1871
see #58

66. Anna S KEMP
1875-1887
see #58

67. Lewis J Kemp
1836-1899
see #58

ROW #8

68. Howard W WING
1959-1983

69. double stone
WING
Constance M
1932-no inscription
Jacob B, Jr.
1928-1986

70. Grandma
Mar 6, 1801 - Feb 8, 1878
see #73

71. Father
John WILLET
Jan 27, 1832 - Apr 3, 1901
see #73

72. Mother
Agnes WILLET
Feb 6, 1835 - Oct 1, 1908
see #73

73. WILLET
large family stone

74. Our little Roy
son of L.R. & R.E. DeFOREST
died: Mar 31, 1891
aged: 6 yrs 5 d

75. Elizabeth
wife of Emery L DeFOREST
and dau of J & C STARKS
died: May 28, 1896
aged: 25 yrs

ROW #9

76. Ann ALBERTSON
1838-1917

77. John Albertson
1827-1905

ROW #10

78. double stone
PUTNAM
John E
1903-1956
Navy 1922-1945
Erma G
1912-1970
Licensced practical nurse 1960-1970
American Legion Marker

79
Donald G PUTNAM
1916-1937

80. double stone
PUTNAM
Paul W
1894-1972
Maude E
1894-1941

81. double stone
PUTNAM
George B 1869-1944 Cora B
1871-1905

82. Ruth Hazel PUTNAM
1893

83. Muriel
small stone
see #88

84. Anna
small stone
see #88

85. Mother
small stone
see #88

86. Father
small stone
see #88

87. Cora M
small stone
see #88

88. BROWN
big family stone

Cora M
wife of W.B. BROWN
July 6, 1870 - Aug 29, 1897
north side

Henry BROWN
died: Apr 25, 1892
aged: 61 yrs 4 mo 10 d
west side

Electa J
wife of H BROWN
died: Mar 10, 1891
aged: 59 years 6 mo 13 d
west side below Henry

Anna E
dau of W.B. & M.C. Brown
died: Mar 18, 1891
aged: 3 mo 28 d
south side

Muriel D
died: Sep 21, 1894
aged: 2mo 24 d
south side below Anna E

ROW #11

89. Mother
Betty E PUTNAM
1922-1967

ROW #12

90. Our Baby
Lindsay Ann KOERNER
Jun 27, 1989

ROW #13

91.double stone
KOERNER
Wilma A
1912 - no inscription
Floyd H
1911-1986
married: Feb 25, 1933

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