Southfield Cemetery
Also known as Southfield Center Cemetery, Southfield Township Cemetery
Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
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Get directions North side of Civic Center Drive between Berg Road and Lahser Road
Southfield, Michigan 48075 United StatesCoordinates: 42.47950, -83.27462 - Cemetery ID:
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According to tradition, the first interment here was as early as 1828. In May 1968 the cemetery was designated a historical site by the Southfield Historical Society. The marker describes how a group of early settlers known as ‘the proprietors of the burying grounds' purchased the original one acre of land from Thaddeus Griswold on April 18, 1833 at the cost of $8.00.
The proprietors continued to operate the burying grounds until 1847 when it was deeded to the Township of Southfield. At the same time the Township purchased 2 1/2 acres of land costing $37.50. Additions since 1847 make a total of 5.6 acres. The cemetery has continued to operate into the 21st century.
The most famous person memorialized in the Southfield Cemetery is Harry J. Brooks, a test pilot for the Ford Motor Company. In 1928 Brooks set a world distance record flying the "Ford Flivver". Brooks crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on his return flight and his remains were never recovered. A headstone memorial in his honor has been placed in the Brooks family plot.
According to tradition, the first interment here was as early as 1828. In May 1968 the cemetery was designated a historical site by the Southfield Historical Society. The marker describes how a group of early settlers known as ‘the proprietors of the burying grounds' purchased the original one acre of land from Thaddeus Griswold on April 18, 1833 at the cost of $8.00.
The proprietors continued to operate the burying grounds until 1847 when it was deeded to the Township of Southfield. At the same time the Township purchased 2 1/2 acres of land costing $37.50. Additions since 1847 make a total of 5.6 acres. The cemetery has continued to operate into the 21st century.
The most famous person memorialized in the Southfield Cemetery is Harry J. Brooks, a test pilot for the Ford Motor Company. In 1928 Brooks set a world distance record flying the "Ford Flivver". Brooks crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on his return flight and his remains were never recovered. A headstone memorial in his honor has been placed in the Brooks family plot.
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