Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kent County, Michigan. Official Website The county was set off in 1831, and organized in 1836. It was named for New York jurist and legal scholar James Kent, who represented the Michigan Territory in its dispute with Ohio over the Toledo Strip. Adjacent Counties Ionia County Montcalm County Allegan County Ottawa County B...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kent County, Texas. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1892. It was named for Andrew Kent, who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Adjacent Counties Fisher County Scurry County Stonewall County Crosby County Dickens County King County Garza County Cities & Communities
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. Official Website A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies, and is nicknamed "Furniture City". Other nicknames include "River City" and more recently, "Beer City" (the latter given by USA Today and adopted by the city...
3300 Walker Avenue NW, Walker, Kent County, Michigan. Find a Grave USGW Archives
The cemetery is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Walker Avenue NW and Richmond Street NW, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 628469 (Holy Cross Cemetery / Polish Catholic Cemetery ). Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 7101 Clyde Park Avenue SW, Byron Center, Kent County, Michigan. Judging from online reviews, this is a poorly-maintained cemetery. Find a Grave Billion Graves
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Kent County, Delaware. In about 1670 the English began to settle in the valley of the St. Jones River, earlier known as Wolf Creek. On June 21, 1680, the Duke of York chartered St. Jones County, which was carved out of New Amstel/New Castle and Hoarkill/Sussex counties. St. Jones County was transferred to William Penn on August 24, 1682...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kent County, Maryland. Official Website History In 1642, the governor and council appointed commissioners for the Isle and County of Kent. This act appears to have led to the establishment of Kent County. The county was named for the county of Kent in England. Washingto...
Greenwood Cemetery was established between Leonard Street and Walker Avenue in 1859 when farmers Daniel and Sophronia Bush sold 20 acres to the city. This cemetery kept steady growth in size with an additional 20 acres added in 1883, and a 40-acre plot added in 1889. The 80-acre burial ground displays three types of landscape designs. In its early years, it was established as a park cemetery, w...
This cemetery, still being used today, was founded in 1858, but there are many stones with dates well before that date. It is located on Fairview Avenue, Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island. It's also known as Greenwood Cemetery . Find a Grave Billion Graves
Grand Rapids Veterans Home Cemetery is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Find a Grave
The following cemetery description is taken from Thomas R. Dilley’s 2014 book, The Art of Memory: Historic Cemeteries of Grand Rapids, Michigan. For much more about the later development of sections of the cemetery, please refer to his book. In 1902, a group of men prominent in the Dutch community opened Garfield Park Cemetery. [It was] designed and platted in the park cemetery style, though w...
This cemetery is located on 2056 Diamond Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. Find a Grave USGW Archives
Wesley College was an American private, co-educational, liberal arts college, located in Dover, the capital of Delaware. The institution was founded in 1873 as Wilmington Conference Academy , a prep school. It became a two-year college in 1918 and renamed the Wesley Collegiate Institute . It was renamed again in 1941 as Wesley Junior College , and again in 1958 as Wesley College. The instit...
Calvin College is a liberal arts college located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin College is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed tradition of Protestantism. Calvin College is named after John Calvin, the 16th-century Protestant Reformer. Notable Alumni
Dover was founded as the court town for newly established Kent County in 1683 by William Penn, the proprietor of the territory generally known as the "Lower Counties on the Delaware." Later, in 1717, the city was officially laid out by a special commission of the Delaware General Assembly. The capital of the state of Delaware was moved here from New Castle in 1777 because of its central locatio...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kent County, Rhode Island.The county was formed in 1750 and was named after the county of Kent, England. Cities, Towns & Communities Anthony | Arkwright | Blackrock | Coventry | Coventry Centre | Crompton | East Greenwich (County Seat) | Fairbanks | Harris | Hillsgrove | Hopkins Hollow | Lippitt | Nooseneck | Quidnick | Spring Lake | ...
This cemetery office has stated that they would like written permission from relatives requesting photos. Please call and obtain plot information before you send out a photo request, so that it can be included in the email to the photo requester. The cemetery is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Patterson Avenue SE and 28th Street SE (Michigan 11) in Cascade Township, Gran...
The Bostwick Lake (Bostwick Lake Township/Cannon Township) Cemetery is located on Old Belding Road off Belding Road (M-44), on the south side of the highway, on a separate dirt road, just east of Ramsdell Drive in Rockford, Cannon Township, in Kent County, Michigan. It is also known as Bostwick Lake Cemetery New , Cannon Township Cemetery and New Bostwick Lake Cemetery . Find a Grave USGW ...
Woodlawn Cemetery located at 2530 Kalamazoo Ave SE, in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan is divided into two sections by Kalamazoo Ave. The section east of Kalamazoo Ave. is considered the Protestant side and the section west of Kalamazoo Ave. is considered the Catholic side. This religious divide is unusual in a public cemetery. Find a Grave
The cemetery is located on 1100 Eastern Avenue SE, in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. It is also known as Oak Hill Cemetery and Valley City Cemetery and is one of the oldest cemeteries in Grand Rapids. Find a Grave
Glenwood Cemetery : The cemetery is located on 316 Cedar Avenue, East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. Find a Grave
Gorton-Arnold Lot . Located between 144 and 158 Douglas Road in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island. Roadside lot that is walled. Sign is nailed to a tree in front and is in good order. Lot is in good shape. The stones however, are either broken or propped against the side and front wall. There are a few stones in good order. This lot adjoins WK#22 and is seperated only by a stone wall. Visited ...
The Thomas Waterman Burial Ground is located on Maple Valley Road, Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island. Find a Grave
Arnold Lot : The cemetery is located on Flat River Road, Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island. Find a Grave