  Luv313 Member Username: Luv313 Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2006 |
Does anyone know where the founders and chief planners of Detroit are buried? Antoine de Cadillac? Dequindre? St Aubin? etc. I know that the oldest cemetary is Mt. Elliot, but the marked graves only go back to the 1830's or so. Thanks. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1580 Registered: 06-2004 |
Cadillac was buried on his estate in southern France. Locally there were at least three earlier cemeteries: St Anne's Cemetery Jefferson Ave and Griswold Founded 1701 | 1798-removed to St Anne's Larned (only marked graves were moved) St Anne's Cemetery-Larned Larned and Bates Used until 1827 removed to St Antoine's Cemetery St Antoine Street Cemetery St Antoine and Raynor Est 1827 | closed 1855-remains moved to Mt Elliott Cemetery | ||
Dan Member Username: Dan Post Number: 1333 Registered: 10-2003 |
While not a founding father, John Mason, the first governor of MI is buried in Capitol Park. I always find that pretty interesting. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3377 Registered: 08-2004 |
I've always wondered where in Capitol Park the old 1828 Territorial Courthouse (1828-37) and later (1837-47) State Capitol was located. Was it facing the triangular park from the south, or was it on that triangle of land? Anyone know? Since it was made of wood, I always thought it would be cool to reconstruct it on its original site (if it doesn't require demolition). They reconstructed many colonial buildings in Philadelphia and Williamsburg, so why not? | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1719 Registered: 04-2005 |
 Had this map hanging around for months with no where to post. Sanborn, 1884 | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1828 Registered: 10-2003 |
Love it, Hornwrecker!! Dan: That would be Stevens T. Mason, the first governor of Michigan. His father was John Mason, governor of Kentucky. And Stevens T. was originally buried in New York City, but moved to the Capitol Park site in 1905. http://www.michigan.gov/former governors/0,1607,7-212--52864- -,00.html And to follow up Lilpup's posting, the graves that were moved from Ste. Anne's to Mount Elliott are not marked, but the general area where the early French residents are buried within Mt. Elliott is known. Their descendants have marked graves throughout the cemetery so it is possible to find graves for families such as Campau, Beaubien, St. Aubin, and Chene. | ||
Dan Member Username: Dan Post Number: 1334 Registered: 10-2003 |
Oops. Thanks for the correction Kathleen, it was late ;) Anyway I think his ashes are there, not his whole body, but I have heard if anyone from Ohio ever comes up here to cause a problem his body will reform and come back to life with an army of veterans from the Toledo war to kick their ass. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3384 Registered: 08-2004 |
Thanks Hornwrecker! I was just looking at W. Hawkins Ferry's book Buildings Of Old Detroit, and it listed this house as a brick building, which burned down in 1893. What I'm not sure about is whether the footprint of the front half of the building (on the right of the map) was the entire 1828 structure, or if it was added to. In the Ferry book it shows the building as having a 2 story portico (porch) along the entire front with 6 classic columns. That is not how it appears in the map. | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1720 Registered: 04-2005 |
 wsu/vmc | ||
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000 Post Number: 157 Registered: 06-2005 |
Father Gabriel Richard is at the Ste. Anne Church. http://www.michmarkers.com/pag es/S0464.htm http://info.detnews.com/histor y/story/index.cfm?id=184&categ ory=people What a remarkable resume! |
