Beekman Cemetery (Southfield, Michigan)

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On 13 October 1830, Samuel D. Beekman, from New York City, purchased land in Section 12 of Southfield Township. In 1835 at 40 years of age he married Sarah Blumburg, 17, in Royal Oak, Michigan. Later, he set off 100 square feet for a burying ground in which his family members, and others, were buried. Descendants cared for the cemetery through the years until the Beekman property came into the hands of a man named Stanley Fons, who refused the family access to the cemetery. Mr. Fons eventually opened Southfield Downs Trailer Park, and the gravestones gradually disappeared. In 1963, two boys found the broken tombstone of Samuel Beekman "in a thicket south of the trailer park."
(Four Corners Press/Southfield News, 14 November 1963, p. 1)


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Coordinates:   42°30'35"N   83°13'4"W

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  • On 13 October 1830, Samuel D. Beekman, from New York City, purchased land in Section 12 of Southfield Township. Later, he set off 100 square feet for a burying ground in which his family members, and others, were buried. Later, Mr. Fons bought the land, eventually opened Southfield Downs Trailer Park, and the gravestones gradually disappeared. In 1963, two boys found the broken tombstone of Samuel Beekman "in a thicket south of the trailer park." (Four Corners Press/Southfield News, 14 November 1963, p. 1)
  • Anybody else come here looking for Fonz pond?
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