Brookside Cemetary, Tecumseh, Michigan
Written and compiled by Margaret nee Knight-Sypniewska
Brookside Cemetery
309 E. Chicago Blvd.
Tecumseh, Michigan, 49286 |
Brookside Cemetery is located north of Chicago Boulevard near a brook, thus its name.
Tombstone and Cemetery records state:
- Lot H 14
- Frances Knight [2nd wife of Frederick Knight]... [my great-great grandfather]
- Born: New York 1846/8
- Died: February 22, 1890 at age 44 in Tecumseh, Michigan.
- Lot H 14
- Frederick Knight[first Knecht/Knight in the U.S.A.]
- Born Prussia (1827)
- Died: December 18, 1902, at age 75 years.
- Lot Q
- Frederick G. Knight [son of Frederick Knight]
- Born: New York (1857)
- Died: Raisin, Michigan, on March 8, 1926 at age 69.
- Frederick's tombstone has 1857-1926.
- Lot Q
- Frederick's wife Harriet Assenia (nee Bartholomew) Knight
- Born: 1862
- Died: 1957 in Tecumseh, MI is buried next to him.
- Lot Q
- Phoebe M. (nee Knight) Bryan (UPDATED)
- Born: 1887
- Died: 1978
- Lot Q
- Floyd H. Bryan [husband of Phoebe Knight](UPDATED)
- Born: 1885
- Died: 1969.
- Lot Q
- Frederick M. Bryan [only child of Phoebe and Floyd Bryan]
- Born: 1916
- Died: in Florida
- Lot Q
- Helen R. Bryan [wife of Frederick Bryan](UPDATED)
- Born: 1920
- DIED: 2001.
- Near Q marker:
- Bernard Fay Bartholomew PFC in US Army - Born July 27, 1936, and died September 26, 1996. (UPDATED)
- Lot X:
- Frederick J. Packard (UPDATED)
- Born: 1910
- Died: 1910
- Lot X:
- Seaman D. Packard (UPDATED)
- Born: 1890
- 1919 - US Veteran
- Lot X:
- Jared Packard (UPDATED)
- Born: 1834
- Died: 1913
- Lot X:
- Unice Ann [wife of Jared](UPDATED)
- Born: 1843
- Died: 1922
- Lot X:
- Stanley Packard (UPDATED)
- Born: 1897
- Died: 1973
- Lot X:
- Pauline L.[Stanley's wife](UPDATED)
- Born: 1894
- Died: 1981
- Lot X:
- Mrs. Mary Packard (UPDATED)
- Born: 1810(?)
- Died: August 8, 1831 (AGE 21)
- Lot C 14
- Frank Knight [son of Frederick Knight, Sr.]
- Born: Michigan
- Died: Tecumseh, Michigan, December 10, 1887 at age 22
- Lot G 74
- Mary Ann Knight [daughter of Frederick Knight Sr.]
- Born: 1861
- Died: April 15, 1881, at age 20.
- Near Lot H sign:
- Henry H. Packard (UPDATED)
- Born: June 19, 1835
- Died: June 14, 1869
- Near Lot H sign:
- Henry's wife, Mahala Packard (UPDATED)
- Born: November 20, 1837
- Died: January 7, 1912
- Lot H 8
- Mrs. Phoebe Ann Knight [nee Peterson, 1st wife of Frederick]
- Born: New York 1865
- Died: Tecumseh. November 10, 1868 at age 30.
- Lot D 31
- Ann Marie Bartholomew [nee Packard, mother of Harriet -nee Bartholomew- Knight]
- Born: August 27, 1839 in Ohio
- Died: July 23, 1909, at age 69.
- Lot D 31
- Charles Bartholomew [father of Harriet -nee Bartholomew- Knight- see Lot Q]
- Born: 1842[tombstone says 1841]
- Died: August 4, 1924, at age 82.
- Lot D 31
- George F. Bartholomew [brother of Harriet-nee Bartholomew-Knight
- Born: 1864
- Died: September 17, 1921, at age 57
- Lot D 31
- Lillian M. (sister of Harriet-nee Bartholomew- Knight) Packard (UPDATED)
- Born: 1868
- Died: 1957
- Lot D 31
- Fred S. Packard [Lillian's husband](UPDATED)
- Born: 1865
- Died: 1946
- Lot D 31
- Burton E. Packard (brother of Harriet-nee Bartholomew-Knight}(UPDATED)
- Born: 1867
- Died: 1941
- Lot D 31
- Ada Packard [Burton's wife] 1869-1943 (UPDATED)
- Lot D 29
- Obijah Packard [cousin to Harriet -nee Bartholomew- Knight]
- Born: 1838 in Ohio (Huron County)
- Died: June 2, 1892, at age 54, in Tecumseh.
- Lot D 29
- Harvey/Henry Packard [son of Obijah Packard]
- Born: Raisin Township, in 1867
- Died: Tecumseh on April 23, 1882, at age 15
- Lot D 29
- Almira Packard [daughter of Obijah Packard]
- Born: 1871
- Died: June 6, 1892, at age 21, in Tecumseh.
- Lot D
- Melissa Packard [wife of Obijah Packard]
- Born: 1839
- Died December 27, 1922 in Tecumseh, at age 83.
- Lot K 21
- Mrs. Elizabeth Jimerson
- Born: 1837
- Died: October 28, 1865, at age 28
- Lot K 21
- Sarah G. Jimerson [daughter of Elizabeth]
- Born: 1855
- Died: May 25, 1865, at age 10
Those marked "UPDATED" were not included in the Cemetary Records that I originally found at Monroe County Library, on M50.
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