1886 Silas Farmer Map of Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

This is an 1886 Silas Farmer map of Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan. With west and Baby Creek at the top of the sheet, individual lots in every active or full section are numerically identified. Blank sections are unoccupied. An inset in the lower left illustrates the entire cemetery.

Woodmere Cemetery

A group of prominent Detroit businessmen came together and founded the Woodmere Cemetery Association on July 8, 1867. They purchased approximately 250 acres outside Detroit to establish a rural cemetery. Designed by Adolph Strauch, construction began in 1868 and the cemetery was dedicated on July 14, 1869. The first burial occurred before the official dedication in March 1868. David D. Buick (the founder of Buick Motor Company), Hamilton Carhartt (the founder of Carhartt Inc. Clothing), Henry M. Leland (founder of Cadillac and Lincoln), and James E. Scripps (founder of The Detroit News) are among the cemetery's notable inhabitants. It is also the final resting place for four victims of the Ford Hunger March on March 7, 1932. The cemetery includes a U.S. Army section, the final resting place of many American Civil War and World War II veterans.

Publication History and Census

This map was drawn by Albert Mangelsdorf and published by Silas Farmer in 1886. We note two examples cataloged in OCLC, part of the collections at Columbia University in the City of New York and the University of Michigan.