Lovejoy Cemetery, Vernon Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan, United States
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- Lovejoy Cemetery
- South Vernon Cemetery)
- Cemetery
- Travel south, off Miller Road, on Durand Road 3 miles, through the village of Durand, to Prior Road. Turn right; the cemetery is located on the south side of the road, about .2 mile west of Durand Road.
- Section 33, Vernon Township
(S33 Michigan) - 1856
- Very well-maintained by the Vernon Township board
- The land was originally deeded as a cemetery in 1856. A cemetery sign states: “Donated by the Hegedus Family - June, 1989”.
This is a very well-maintained cemetery, and is under the management of the Vernon Township board.
On the west front side of the cemetery, there is a large monument which reads: “In memory of the unknown dead who lost their lives in the railroad wreck of the great Wallace Shows - August 6, 1903.” Small markers surround the monument with names of E. J., Joe, George, John, Allen, and Thomas; unclaimed bodies from the wreck buried here. - 42.881142442° 52' 52.1"N-83.991905783° 59' 30.9"W
- Durand 2.2 mi. N
- Bancroft (Shiawassee Township) 3.6 mi. W
- Union Plains (Burns Township) 3.7 mi. S
- Gaines (Gaines Township, Genesee County) 4 mi. E
- Vernon 4.4 mi. NW
- Byron (Burns Township) 4.7 mi. SE
- Pine Tree (Burns Township) 2 mi. S
- Gaylord (Burns Township) 2.1 mi. SW
- Saint Joseph (Gaines Township, Genesee County) 3.6 mi. E
- Oakwood (Gaines, Gaines Township, Genesee County) 3.8 mi. E
- Union Plains (Burns Township) 3.8 mi. S
- Chalker 4.1 mi. N
- Topping (Shiawassee Township) 4.6 mi. NW
- Byron (Byron, Burns Township) 4.8 mi. SE
- Greenwood (Vernon) 4.8 mi. NW
- Fremont (Shiawassee Township) 5 mi. W
- Yerian (Venice Township) 5.6 mi. N
- Atherton (Argentine Township, Genesee County) 5.9 mi. E
- 262 m
- 540036269
- Updated Apr 28, 2020