The Clinton Grove Cemetery is a burial ground located at 21189 Cass Avenue near Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1996.

History

The Clinton Grove Cemetery Association was established on March 30, 1855 as a non-sectarian, non-profit association. The cemetery started on a five-acre parcel, which has been increased to 50 acres through a series of purchases. In 1885, a caretaker's house was constructed on the property, and in 1914 a Tudor office and chapel building were added, both designed by Mount Clemens architect

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Description

The Clinton Grove Cemetery is located on 50 acres west of Mt. Clemens. Over 19,000 graves are located on the property, as well as an office, chapel, mausoleum, and caretaker's house. Both the office and chapel were designed by architect Theopolis Van Damme. Family mausoleums and crypts are scattered among the in-ground burials, as well as a wide variety of 19th and early 20th century monuments. Over 570 trees grow in the cemetery, many over 100 years old. The cemetery is an outstanding example of an urban, park-like memorial burial ground, retaining the feel of a Victorian-era rural cemetery through both landscaping and the variety and quality of its gravemarkers.

Notable interments

Henry Dwight Terry Henry Dwight Terry (March 16, 1812 – June 22, 1869) was a United States Army Brigadier general who fought in the American Civil War. Early life and career Terry was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Despite his roots in New England, he moved to t ...

(1812–1869), Union Army Brigadier General during the American Civil War *

Edgar Weeks Edgar Weeks (August 3, 1839 – December 17, 1904) was a military officer, judge and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Weeks was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, where he attended the public schools and learned the printi ...

(1839–1904), U.S. Congressman (1899–1903)

References

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Official site
* {{National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Macomb County, Michigan Gothic Revival architecture in Michigan 1855 establishments in Michigan Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Michigan State Historic Sites