Recently discovered documents, however, provide fresh information and help unravel some of the mysteries of the post cemetery. Early 20th-century caretakers make mistakes on replacement headstones and published incorrect information. The bedrock strata that underlie the island are much older, dating to Late Silurian and Early Devonian time, about 400 to 420 million years ago. Much of the cemetery’s early history is lost because neglectful post commanders kept poor records and did little to maintain the site. Mackinac Island was formed as the glaciers of the last ice age began to melt around 13,000 BC. …ĭespite the post cemetery’s long-standing popularity as an island landmark, there are many mysteries surrounding this picturesque burial ground. Together they played the “Dead March” as they led the long funeral column … In the middle of the procession, between the infantry escort in their dress blue uniforms and the trailing family and friends, was the casket of Hospital Steward Judson Rogers. One of the oldest headstones in the cemetery is for Mary Biddle, She was eight years old when she fell through the ice and died in 1833. His muffled drum draped in black contrasted sharply with the trumpeter’s bright, brass bugle. The drummer beat a slow, solemn cadence as he marched through the Mackinac forest towards the Post Cemetery. The house was purchased by Edward Biddle from Robert Dickson 1831. It is of French Canadian pice sur pice construction (grooved upright posts with horizontal board infill).
MACKINAC ISLAND CEMETERY MARY BIDDLE SERIES
Mackinac History: A Continuing Series of Illustrated Vignettes, Volume III, Leaflet #3 A one and a half story, gable-roofed structure, it originally consisted of the current west portion (central hall with flanking rooms and a rear kitchen addition). History of Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse.
0 kommentar(er)
