Oakland Cemetery
4988 Russell Rd.
Muskegon, MI 49445
231-766-3043
Sec. 16, T11N, R16W
History
The town of Dalton was organized the 18th of April, 1859 at the house of Edwin Nichols, P. Dalton, Moderator; N. Cunningham, Inspector; C.C. Thompson, Clerk, and M. Hall, Poll Clerk. Te whole number of votes cast was 58 of which P. Dalton had 39 and C.C. Thompson, 18. G. Nichols was elected Treasurer, M. Hall, clerk. Andrew Todd, E. Collins, D.P. Sherman and Moses Hall were the first Justices of the Peace. C. Odell, Commissioner of Highways, J.P. Brown, School Inspector; O.W. Califf, A.J. Covell, W. Jones, A. Ketchum, were elected Constables.
At first the town included Fruitland, Whitehall, Dalton, Cedar Creek, Blue Lake and Holton. These became towns in their own right in 1869, 1874, 1861, 1865 and 1871 respectively.
One of the earliest farmers in the area was B.F. Dow. Others were John W. Reside and Lorenzo Pelham. B.F. Dow was probably the first real settler although Gale Nichols came before him. Mr. Nichols kept a tavern and dealt with the Indians. In the southeast part of town William Maltby was the first in 1863. Henry Lyman came in 1869.
The first school was on Section 5, known at first as the Fox Lake School and afterwards as the Knapp School, erected in 1867. Miss Etta Odion (Mrs. James Hiscutt of New York) was the first teacher.
As of the 1880’s there was no church building. The Adventists held services occasionally; the Methodist Episcopal were served by a minister from Holton. Rev. Mr. Carlstead, an Adventist minister, preached regularly as did Rev. Mr. Pearson of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Sawmills and fruit farms were the main industries. A. Clug’s sawmill was the first at Dalton Station.
For photos of headstones go to www.findagrave.com.
Updated 2002.
Surname | Given name | Epitaph/Information | Born/Age | Died/Buried |
? | ? (stone broken) | Parents: Rev. W. & D. J. | 1870 | 1879 |
ABORGAST | Delorse L. | 38 yrs | 15-Apr-1977 | |
ADKINS | Calvin Berten | 83 yrs | 22-Nov-1960 | |
ANDERSON | Fredrick | 18-Feb-1855 | 15-Jan-1897 | |
ARBOGAST | David Lee | Our Babies | 10-Feb-1953 | 10-Feb-1953 |
ARBOGAST | Glenn E. | Father | 1919 | 15-Apr-1977 |
ARBOGAST | Ralph Wm. | Our Babies | 31-Jan-1952 | 26-Jun-1952 |
ASKEWS | Elijah | 63 yrs | 31-Aug-1964 | |
BARD | Johannah | Mother | 1832 | 1902 |
BARD | Samuel W. | Father | 1833 | 1918 |
BOWLING | Tina | 7 wks | 17-Feb-1968 | |
BOYER | Eilene Fern (Clover) | 20-Dec-1923 | 28-Jun-2002 | |
BROWN | Fred | 1927 | 1911 | 1994 |
BROWN | Laura | Married | 1909 | 1993 |
BROWN | Wendell Earl | 1958 | 21-Oct-1961 | |
CANEBY | Leroy (Kennedy) | LA Pfc 92 Avn Sq AAF WW II | 16-Jul-1916 | 21-Apr-1967 |
CARLSON | Carl T. | Father | 1873 | 1943 |
CARLSON | Sena | Mother | 1884 | 1936 |
CLOVER | Artice June | 4 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 | |
CLOVER | David Lawrence | 11 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 | |
CLOVER | Harold E. | 13 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 | |
CLOVER | James Dale | 9 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 | |
CLOVER | Joan Maude | 15 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 | |
CLOVER | Maude M. | Mother | 54 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 |
CLOVER | Nancy Kay | 5 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 | |
CLOVER | Roger Lee | 10 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 | |
CLOVER | Sandra Lee | 8 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 | |
CLOVER | Ward H. | 21 yrs | 5-Mar-1949 | |
COOPER | Cooksey | 66 yrs | 19-Mar-1977 | |
CRAKER | Jasper Levi | Father | 1911 | 4-Oct-1977 |
DAILEY | Classie | 21-Jun-1980 | ||
DEAN | Alonzo Lonnie | 1911 | 1989 | |
DEAN | Freddie Lee | Pfc US Army | 1944 | 1980 |
DOBSON | Evelyn M. | 11-Feb-1920 | 19-Dec-1999 | |
DUREN | George "Caveman" | Brother | 1962 | 1994 |
ESLER | Anna E. | 73 yrs | 21-Mar-1962 | |
FENN | Walter Amos | 68 yrs | 29-Feb-1960 | |
FOX | Alice E. | 60 yrs | 21-Mar-1975 | |
FOX | Forest Milton | 66 yrs | 14-Feb-1975 | |
GASKILL | Emma M. | 18-Mar-1888 | 9-Aug-1979 | |
GASKILL | Fleming R. | 1912 | 1981 | |
GASKILL | James Harris | 1884 | 20-Dec-1949 | |
GENSON | Phyllis J. | Mother | 1938 | 1989 |
GRIFFIN | Clyde E. | 1905 | 1987 | |
GRIFFIN | Ruby V. | Shelby, Mich. | 1902 | 27-Oct-1976 |
GRIFFIN | William H. | 1-Jul-1933 | 8-Feb-1936 | |
GRUMET | Anton | Father | 1866 | 1944 |
GRUMET | Susanna | Mother | 1872 | 1936 |
HALTON | Ellen | Mother 52 yrs | 1910 | 6-May-1964 |
HALTON | Porter | Loving Father | 23-Feb-1914 | 25-Oct-1997 |
HARDY | Mary Lee (Maylee) | 40 yrs | 1935 | 31-Jul-1975 |
HECKMAN | Levi | Traverse City, Mich. | 70 yrs | 10-Oct-1963 |
HENDERSON | William Houston | 79 yrs | 22-Aug-1962 | |
HENDRICKSON | Andrew | Father | 1832 | 1914 |
HENDRICKSON | August | Son | 1884 | 1906 |
HENDRICKSON | Augusta | Mother | 1847 | 1919 |
HENDRICKSON | Frank | Son | 1882 | 1925 |
HOLY | Lavern D. | Husband-Dad-Grandpa | 1925 | 1988 |
HOLY | T. J. | Dad 20-Oct-1950 49 yrs | 1926 | 4-Jun-1976 |
HOMAN | Peggy E. | 1936 | 1998 | |
HORSE/HOISE | Lular | 62 yrs | 18-Jun-1963 | |
HULETT | Kristi | 1986 | 1992 | |
HYSELL | Shirlie E. | 1915 | 1982 | |
ISLEY | Marie V. | 1900 | 2-Jan-1967 | |
ISLEY | Willis Elsworth | 1902 | 5-Sep-1972 | |
JACKSON | Essie Johnson | Mother | 1909 | 1983 |
JOHNSON | Glenn, Jr. | Cpl US Army Korea | 25-Jan-1930 | 12-Feb-1994 |
JORDAN | Josephine | Oceana Co., Mich. | 54 yrs | 9-Oct-1967 |
JORGENSEN | Charles | 3-Jun-1924 | 13-Oct-1989 | |
JORGENSEN | Crystal D. Arbogast | 4-Mar-1922 | 22-Sep-2000 | |
KAULE | Wilhelmine | 1-May-1851 | 14-Feb-1920 | |
KECK | Audrey Mae | Daughter | 1929 | 3-Jul-1961 |
KLINTWORTH | Robert C. | Pfc US Army WW II | 21-Aug-1923 | 28-May-1984 |
KOPS | Otto | 14-Nov-1890 | 13-Dec-1913 | |
LAGER | John A. | Father | 1859 | 1936 |
LAKE | Marion W. | 59 yrs | 9-May-1972 | |
LAMOURIA | Mary | Wife | 1914 | 1990 |
LAMOURIA | W. M. L. | Husband | 1916 | 1985 |
LOUIS | Cal | 74 yrs | 27-Apr-1963 | |
LUKE | Marion | 2 yrs | 10-Jan-1949 | |
LUTJOHAIM | Augusta Wilhelmine | In Frid Med Gud | 13-Aug-1861 | 17-Apr-1915 |
MANNING | Mildred Mattie | Coldwater, Mich. | 10 yrs | 4-Jan-1957 |
MASSEY | James B. | S.B. | 24-May-1972 | |
McGAHAN | Cecelia Dee | 21-Sep-1949 | 12-May-1999 | |
MCMAHON | Genevieve | 78 yrs | 18-Nov-1953 | |
MEYER | Albert S. | 21y-5m-11d | 3-Oct-1898 | |
MEYER | Andrew | Father | 1843 | 1910 |
MEYER | Arnt | 75 yrs | 19-Feb-1955 | |
MEYER | Jennie O. | Daughter | 1882 | 1942 |
MEYER | Olia | Mother | 1840 | 1931 |
MEYERS | Alb't S. | Co. C, 34 Mich Inf Sp-Am War | ||
MILLER | Alec Hugh "Big Al" | 15-Feb-1966 | 3-Jan-2000 | |
MORRIS | Louis | 1943 | 1991 | |
NASH | John D., Sr. | 43 yrs | 6-Jul-1970 | |
NELSON | Maude L. | Mother St. Clair, Mich. 70 yrs | 1908 | 27-Oct-1978 |
NELSON | Raymond | Pfc US Army | 16-Jun-1922 | 18-Aug-1974 |
OTT | Norman Michael | 19-Jan-1954 | 12-Aug-2000 | |
PARKER | Delores L. | Mother | 1938 | 1977 |
PARSONS | Jessie M. | Mother | 1916 | 1996 |
PARSONS | Joseph L. | MI Pvt US Army WW II | 4-Jul-1905 | 30-Apr-1974 |
PETERS | M. Arlene | Sister | 1928 | 1995 |
PETERS | Robert H., Sr. | Husband-Father | 1931 | 1997 |
PITTS | Margaret L. | Mother | 1912 | 2002 |
PRICE | Earl M. | 1916 | 1993 | |
QUINN | Doris J. | Mother | 1925 | 1996 |
SCHEUNEMAN | George E. | 1916 | 1984 | |
SCOTT | Elsie B. | Beloved Wife & Mother | 21-May-1926 | 21-Jul-2002 |
SCOTT | John R. | Pvt US Army WW II | 2-Jan-1923 | 10-Oct-1986 |
SHIVELY | Clyde B. | Married | 1926 | 1999 |
SHIVELY | Pauline I. | 7-Apr-1970 | 1920 | 1996 |
SMITH | Edward | 85 yrs | 25-Aug-1970 | |
STOUT | Clarence D. | Dad 26-Feb-1944 | 1922 | 2001 |
STOUT | Stephen | Son | 1956 | 1998 |
SUMNER | James | 72 yrs | 19-May-1965 | |
TAYLOR | Wilson H. | Sgt US Army | 28-Aug-1931 | 31-Jan-2001 |
VOGELSONG | Robert W. | Korean War | 1935 | 2002 |
WEBB | Roger Lee, Jr. | 35 yrs | 8-Sep-1970 | |
WESTERLIND | Agnes C. | Daughter | 1872 | 1942 |
WESTERLIND | Axel L. | Son | 1870 | 11-Jan-1953 |
WESTERLIND | E. Paul | Son | 1884 | 27-May-1966 |
WESTERLIND | Father [John] | 1831 | 1911 | |
WESTERLIND | John A. | Son | 1868 | 1943 |
WESTERLIND | Mother [Mary C.] | 1842 | 1914 | |
WESTERLIND | Pauline E. | Daughter | 1880 | 9-Nov-1966 |
WILLIS | Angda Lee | 1 day | 17-Jul-1970 | |
WITEK | Grethel I. | Loving Wife-Mother | 10-Jan-1933 | 18-Aug-1999 |
WOODLAND | Gerald | Married | 1937 | 2002 |
YOUNG | Robert Curtis | 8-May-1969 | 16-Oct-1998 |