Greenwood Cemetery

Greenwood Cemetery
~ Petoskey MI ~
MEMORIALS and MARKERS

As of 14 January 2014 Greenwood Cemetery had 1379 veterans buried there; both men and women.
These veterans served from as early as the Mexican War which began in 1846
to the Iraq War which began in 2003.

As of 22 December 2014 Greenwood Cemetery site stated 1414 veterans are buried there.

4 June 2013

20 December 2014

TOLL PARK

Toll Park is designated for veterans of WWII who were killed overseas, and their bodies were not returned to the United States... and to veterans buried in Greenwod Cemetery whose graves are not marked.

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Isaac DeGraff Toll

IN HONOR OF GENERAL
ISAAC DeGRAFF TOLL

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THOSE VETERANS BURIED IN
GREENWOOD CEMETERY
WHOSE GRAVES ARE NOT MARKED

WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY VETERAN
SHOULD HAVE A MEMORIAL TO
THEIR LIFE AND TO THEIR
SERVICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY

4 June 2013

10 June 1903 ~ The Petoskey Record

30 July 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News

4 June 2013

Col. I.D. Toll purchased the FIRST ticket sold in Petoksey for the C.&W.M. railroad.
The railroad station was just being constructed in 1892.
In 2017 the same building is used as the Petoskey Historical Museum.

29 June 1892 ~ The Petoskey Record

1 June 1892 ~ The Petoskey Record

29 June 1892 ~ The Petoskey Record

The 1893 article below recalled when the National Rifles of 1861
were called to protect the capitol, including Colonel Isaac D. Toll of Petoskey, MIchigan.

10 May 1893 ~ The Petoskey Record

11 August 1897 ~ The Petoskey Record

5 June 1885 (Decoration Day) ~ The County Democrat newspaper

This Soldier's Monument,
the subject of the 25 December 1889 The Petoskey Record article below,
was never constructed, but sounded as if it would have been an impressive structure.

25 December 1889 ~ The Petoskey Record

5 July 1899 ~ The Petoskey Record

Cannon Park

29 May 1889 ~ The Petoskey Record

16 March 1898 ~ The Petoskey Record

Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey Newspaper (The Graphic ~ 27 August 1992)

Cannon Park honors the veterans of the Civil War. The Greenwood Cemetery site tells: "The United States Government gave the cannon to the Lombard Post #170 of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) on November 10, 1897 and the Lombard Post in turn donated it to the Cemetery. The cannon is a 30-pounder Parrott Rifle. These cannons were donated across the country to serve as 'silent sentinals' in tribute to the memory of all who served and sacrificed during the American Civil War."

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20 December 2014

4 June 2013

     In a 27 August 1992 The Graphic news publication... Nancy Hall, a Petoskey teacher and author wrote:

     If someone were to design a tour of Petoskey's Civil War cannons, after seeing the Dahlgren in Pennsylvania Park and the Napoleon in the county building, an ideal place to complete the tour would be in hilly Greenwood Cemetery above Petoskey.
     In the center of a beautifully landscaped garden is another Civil War cannon - the 30 pound Parrott Rifle cast in 1862 and weighing 4,200 pounds.
     These large Parrotts were cast of iron and were not always strong enough to withstand the pressures of firing. The Parrott was fired with some risk of the gun exploding or 'letting go.'
     Now it is surrounded by abundant flowers on a raised garden. Nearby is a tall, graceful marble cenotaph which is engraved 'Sacred to the memory of our fallen heroes 1861-1865.'
     In the surrounding cemetery are many graves of men who served in the Civil War, some marked with metal stars bearing the letters 'GAR' for Grand Army of the Republic and dated 1861-1865. One small marble stone nearby reads '4th Mich. Cav.'

Scanned postcard in personal collection... notice PARROT is misspelled, leaving off the last "t".

Back of scanned postcard in personal collection above...

The memorial in the photo below, dedicated in 1889, sitting to the left of the above cannon, is engraved:
SACRED
TO THE
MEMORY OF
OUR FALLEN
HEROES
1861 - 1865.

8 June 2013

The memorial in the photo above was erected by the W.R.C. (Women's Relief Corps) No. 152.
The W.R.C. is an auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, Inc.

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8 June 2013

The Petoskey Record's 5 June 1889 article below stated: "First in order came the unveiling of a handsome monument dedicated to 'The Unknown Dead,' by the Women's Relief Corps. Capt Bradley Lawton and Lieut. Amos Henika of the Sons of Veterans removed the veil, and Mrs. L.M. Rowan made a most appropriate and feeling dedicatory address, Chaplain Litchfield responding for the Post. The oration by a comrade of the Post: the impressive service for the dead according to the ritual of the Grand Army, Commander Gilman Whitten, Officer of the day J.B. Gage and Chaplain A.C. Litchfield participating; the firing of a soldier's salute by a squad of eight men from Litchfield Camp S. of V. and the decorating of graves with flowers followed in due order, after which the procession re-formed and the great crowds melted away."

5 June 1889 ~ The Petoskey Record #1

5 June 1889 ~ The Petoskey Record #2

5 June 1889 ~ The Petoskey Record

Told of the impressive orations which were delivered
the day of the dedication of the memorial
To the Memory of Our Fallen Heroes.

18 December 1901 ~ The Petoskey Record

Article Below: The recently organized DAR was immediately active in discussing the preservation of antiquities, and erecting of monuments like the forgotten grave of Ignatius Petoskey, a monument to the memory of General Isaac DeGraff Toll, the Mission School house (Porter School) and the old Indian Church.

21 May 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News

Article Below: Two larger medals are owned by Enos Petoskey, and by the two sons of his brother Frank, William and and Thomas Petoksey. It is doubted if there is enough money in America to purchase the two family heirlooms from these men. One has to wonder where those precious medals are in 2014? A medal of Chief Petoskey!