Taylor Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Eureka Road
Taylor, MI
Wayne County
Michigan Historic Marker The Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery congregation built the first church in Taylor Township in 1882, on land donated by Marlin H.H. & Rachel Coan for a church and cemetery. Platted in 1884 this cemetery originated as the churches burial ground. At that time, remains dating from as early as the 1840's were relocated here from private family cemeteries. In 1923, the burial ground became West Mound Cemetery, renamed for the large sand hill on which it stood. The remains of Peter Coan, Taylor's first landowner are among the 3,200 graves of which 114 date from early in the nineteenth century.
Asmus, Paulena C. "mother" 1849 - 1932
Asmus, August "father" 1837 - 1929
Asmus, Edward 1908 - 1940
Bahlhorn, Mary 1852 - 1928 "rest in peace"
Bahlhorn, John J. 1848 - 1933 "rest in peace"
Bahlhorn, Herbert C. *stone is buried beneath ground level*
Bahlhorn, Lois L. 1897 - 1986
Balk, James Frederick "darling son of Martin & Clara Balk" born March 25, 1927 died May 20, 1928 "gone but not forgotten"
Barton, Martha "wife of George Barton" died ? 25, 186? "aged 61 yrs 7mths ?dys" *Stone broken*
Barton, Bryan 1843 - 1910
Barton, Hulda born May 14, 1826 died November 4, 1905
Barton, George died February 13, 1899 "aged 81 yrs"
Bauer, Walter F. 1887 - 1924
Bauer, Erna (nee Paczewitz) born November 8, 1896 died September 25, 1963
Baumdraher, Charles born February 15, 1829 died June 19, 1902 "aged 73 yrs 4 mths 4 dys"
Baumdraher, Christina born August 11, 1829 died June 28, 1908 "aged 73 yrs 10mths 17dys"
Baumdraher, Lena "mother" 1862 - 1933
Baumdraher John "father" 1858 - 1924
Baumdraher, Fred "son" 1881 - 1903
Beach, Esther "mother" 1858 - 1917
Beach, John "father" 1853 - 1931
Becker, Charles L. 1878 - 1957
Becker, Traice M. 1877 - 1944
Behnke, Paul D. "CPL US Army World War II" born January 22, 1924 died October 19, 1986 "P.O.W."
Bessey, Nancy 1868 - 1928
Bessey, Edward H. 1865 - 1956
Bessey, Truman E. 1900 - 1905
Bessey, June M. 1905 - 1929
Boltz, Wilbur "Mich S1 USNR World War II" born July 2, 1918 died November 18, 1961
Brighton, Bessie V. 1899 - 1997
Brighton, Loren L. 1898 - 1987
Brighton, Elizabeth L. 1875 - 1932
Brighton, Robert L. 1874 - 1965
Coan, Edith S. "dear wife" born November 22, 1914 - *blank*
Coan, George M. "dear husband" born July 24, 1911 died November 6, 1987
Coan, Mina 1874 - 1958
Coan, Milton H. 1873 - 1958
Colver, Edward H. 1895 - 1975
Colver, Clara C. 1898 - 1969
Frank, Lillie M. "mother" 1866 - 1922
Frank, Nicholas "father" 1856 - 1927
markers only in the Frank Plot marked: "Mother" 1863 - 1935 and "Father" 1850 - 1907
Frank, Harry 1901 - 1921
Fredericks, Bertha "daughter" 1906 - 1998
Fredericks, Anna "mother" 1864 - 1928
Fredericks, Edward "father" 1864 - 1944
Glinke, Catherine M. 1884 - 1965
Glinke, William F. 1845 - 1925
Glinke, Edward P. 1887 - 1956
Gray, Lessel G. 1925 - 1968
Gray, Glendora 1923 - 1991
Gray, Charles G. "beloved father" 1922 - 1994
Gray, Keith C. "son" 1956 - 1966
Heft, Edward 1869 - 1931
Heft, Augusta 1869 - 1959
Helms, Louis F. 1861 - 1941
Helms, Fredericka 1873 - 1945
Helms, Charles F. died September 12, 1892 "aged 74 yrs 11mths 9 dys"
Helms, Dorothea "wife of Charles Helms died June 11, 1893 "aged 75 yrs 2mths 24 dys"
Hildebrandt, Jordan died March 17, 1895 "aged 84 yrs 1 mth ?6dys" *stone tipped over*
Hoffer, Norman Ray "son" born June 30, 1926 died June 11, 1947
Hoffer, Elsie 1898 - 1930
Hoffer, Mathilda 1896 - 1923
Hollister, Doris M. died 1987
Hollister, George R. 1917 - 199
Hopka, Reynold H. 1880 - 1925
Hopka, Fredericka 1887 - 1980
Hopka, Reynold H. "husband" 1905 - 1973
Hopka, Frances M. "wife" 1905 - 1998
Huntley, Joseph D. "husband-father" 1867 - 1959
Huntley, Matilda 1874 - 1967
Huntley, Edward A. "son" 1904 - 1926 "asleep in Jesus, till He comes"
Janneck, Amelia "mother" 1872 - 1933
Knope, John "husband" 1879 - 1973
Knope, Minne "wife" 1884 - 1969
Knope, Edwin Harold "Mich PFC 179 INF Korea PH 45 Inf Div"
Second stone for:Knope, Edwin born February 13, 1930 died March 1, 1952
Knope, John 1867 - 1935
Knope, 1862 - 1938
Knope, Olive "his wife" 1864 - 1948
Liddle, Joseph E. "Mich CPL 160 Depot Brigade World War I" born April 11, 1899 died June 5, 1956
Liddle, John G. Jr. 1866 - 1923
Litogot, Charles C. 1853 - 1940
Litogot, Esther A. "his wife" 1858 - 1923
Madsen, Leona M. (nee VanCleff) born September 12, 1918 died June 6, 1972 "at rest"
Marcum, James D. "dear son" born March 2, 1970 died May 1, 1970
Marcum, Raymond "in memory of our son" born April 23, 1934 died July 19, 1968
Marcum, John A. "husband & father" born February 17, 1912 died June 21, 1973
Marcum, Glenn D. Jr "God Bless our baby boy" born May 26, 1977 died August 12, 1977
Mauritho-Pahl, Bette "daughter" 1922 - 1948
Mauritho, Orson Lee "husband" 1892 - 1944
Mauritho, Clara Grant "wife" 1894 - 1929
Mehling, Helen L. born December 7, 1928 died January 21, 1989
Mehlino, Ray J. "Michigan Sgt Co C 3 Inf Regt World War II BSM" born June 14, 1923 died June 9, 1954
Miller, Clarence "son" 1901 - 1988
Miller, William "son" 1900 - 1919
Miller, Emma H. "mother" 1879 - 1938
Miller, Rudolph H. "father" 1868 - 1941
Miller, Edward T. "son" 1901 - 1981
Miller, Kirby "grandfather" 1872 - 1948
Moyer, Ione "wife - mother" 1901 - 1990
Murphy, Arthur "dear brother and uncle" born January 8, 1907 died November 13, 1993 "In God's care"
Paczewitz, Max born February 27, 1904 died April 1, 1985
Paczewitz, Henriette "dear mother" nee Schotter 1867 - 1954
Proctor, Florence C. 1907 - 1985
Proctor, Harvey R. 1898 - 1956
Reichenbach, Henry E. born February 24, 1898 died February 20, 1984
Reichenbach "father" 1869 - 1957
Reichenbach, Florence born December 12, 1905 died May 23, 1991
Reichenbach "mother" 1872 - 1948
Riedel, Ella M. "mother" born September 18, 1868 died March 1, 1953
Riedel, Fred W. "father" born June 2, 1868 died December 17, 1941
Rudkoska *Large monument, however no writting upon it*
Sanborn, Frank F. 1925 - 1928
Sandefur, Richard W. "dearest son" born September 24, 1959 died July 12, 1975 "asleep in Jesus" *has photo on stone*
Sawitskas, Ida R. 1910 - 1999
Sawitskas, Victor 1900 - 1970
Sawitskas, Victor Jr 1923 - 1926
Sawitskas, Lulu B. 1901 - 1926
Schafer, Sebastian 1852 - 1913
Schafer, Mary M. 1855 - 1948
Schafer, Reinhart born July 25, 1828 died February 17, 1907 "aged 79 yrs"
Schafer, Christina "his wife" born July 12, 1831 died August 23, 1909 "aged 69 yrs 1mth 11 dys"
Schonscheck, William born March 31, 1845 died July 13, 1939
Schonscheck, Sophia born April 6, 1854 died December 4, 1919
Schonscheck, Walter A. "beloved father" born August 16, 1898 died January 27, 1978
Sell, George W. "husband - father" 1873 - 1964
Sell, Anna E. "wife - mother" 1878 - 1952
Sell, Edward O. "our son" 1911 - 1929
Sell, Georgie M. "our son" 1915 - 1929
Sell, Wilmer H. "husband" 1921 - 1946
Sell, Harvey J. 1923 - 1924
Sherman, Worthy D. 1868 - 1924
Sherman, Almira A. 1868 - 1948
Spoon, Goldie born April 26, 1889 died October 25, 1980
Spoon, Willis born August 10, 1885 died June 13, 1968
Steward, Willard born March 19, 1829 died October 26, 1881
Steward, Abigail A. born January 20, 1833 died September 14, 1836
Steward, Mary T. "wife of W.N. Steward" died April 5, 1885 "aged 81 yrs"
Steward, Willard N. died December 25, 1891 "aged 91 yrs 2mths 2 dys"
Strother, Woodrow L. 1914 - 1999
married July 6, 1946 Strother, Barbara M. 1922 - 1998
Sutliff, Harriette "wife of A. Sutliff" born June 24, 1866 died December 7, 1903
Sutliff, Vreeland "son of A. & H.E. Sutliff" born January 4, 1891 died December 7, 1903
Thompson, Roy A. 1909 - 1988
Thompson, Irma 1912 - 1997
Townsend, Chas. B. "son" 1917 - 1926
Trites, Ebenezer H. "father" 1842 - 1928
Trites, Sarah C. "mother" 1857 - 1936
Trosin, Fred K. "husband - father" 1894 - 1965
Trosin, Cora C. "mother" 1898 - 1980
Trosin, Willis Kenneth 1922 - 1924
Unger, Hugo "father" 1893 - 1987
Unger, Hugh "son" 1923
VanCleef, Clarence 1897 - 1925 "at rest"
VanCleef, Ellen "mother" 1856 - 1938 "at rest"
VanCleef, Frank R. "father" 1853 - 1929 "at rest"
Vick, Marian L. born August 6, 1916 died September 20, 1977
Vick, Arthur L. "father" 1884 - 1943
Vick, Bertha "mother" 1892 - 1975
Vreeland, Sophia "wife of Michael Vreeland" born May 10, 1833 died January 27, 1894
Vreeland, Ellen Pink "daughter of E & N Vreeland" died January 28, 1869 "aged 2yrs 3mths 21dys"
There are 2 broken stones in the Vreeland PlotWells, Blanche Fowler 1891 - 1949
Wells, Alice 1849 - 1932
Wells, Vincent 1846 - 1929
Wells, Evelyn 1881 - 1966
Wells, Clyde V. 1878 - 1964
White, Arthur J. "father" born June 19, 1889 died February 3, 1933
Yack, George "husband" 1898 - 1955
Yancy, David Bryon 1947 - 1975
Yancy, Earl R. 1906 - 1970
Yancy, Grace T. August 1915 to July 1990 "stone is tipped over*
Ziegler, Violet E. (nee Trosin) 1924 - 1958
Unknown Surnames Stella Mae "mother" died January 7, 1929
Ira John "father" 1892 - 1966
Alma Josephine "mother" 1899 - 1984
***** there monument is tipped over, so you can't see the surname *****
