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Tombstone Inscriptions 
from Cemeteries of
Barry County, Michigan

Copied and typed by (Mrs. C. A.) Ruth Robbins Monteith,
a member of
Hannah McIntosh Chapter, N.S.D.A.R., Allegan, Mich.
Pub. 1949


         CATHOLIC CEMETERY, YANKEE SPRINGS TWP., BARRY CO., MICH.
         
         This old burying ground in on the town line road between
       Yankee Springs and Orangeville Townships, a few rods west of
       the county road C-611. A fence, now almost gone, at one time
       enclosed this little plot. Bushes, etc., show where graves are
       or were but the only tombstones are within the wire fence
       which encloses the Duffy family lot. For many years the only
       stone was that of Bridget Duffy but in the summer of 1940
       the other three were set up. The following excerpt from a
       letter written Nov. 21, 1940 by Mr. J. C. Raymond of Middle-
       ville, Mich., to me (Ruth Robbins Monteith) is all that I
       have been able to learn of the history of this old cemetery.
       
       "Prehaps that is one of the oldest Cemeterys in the Co. and
       it was a Catholic Cemetery. There use to be a log church
       right East of the Cemetery. I have seen it and been in it
       when I was a boy. I attended one funeral there and that was
       the old lady Duffy over 50 years ago. And there is probably
       15 or 20 Bodies there but I do not know the names of all of
       them there is 5 of the Duffy family there 3 girls and Mr. &
       Mrs. Duffy and there is one Oconnor girl and maybe two. And
       there is a man buried there by the name of Beard. I think and
       there is 2 or 3 Babys burried there but I do not know their
       names.
       
         Yes I think there were Bodies burried there before Bridget
       Duffy in 1851. The Priest use to come Frome Kalamazoo and
       hold meetings there in an early day.
       
         There is 4 of the Duffy Family Burried in the Protistant
       Cemetery at Yankee Springs.
       
         The youngest Duffy boy is living and is a man 80 yrs old
       but hes not at home and if he lives to get home he can give
       me more information. --- Some of the bodys have been taken
       up from this Cemetery and taken to Kalamazoo."
       
       DUFFY, Bridget dau of John and Jane Duffy d. Feb. 13, 1851
                                                    ae 5 y 10m
              Eliza                                 1862-1875
              Jane                                  1858-1875
              John                                  1807-1872 }one
              Jean his wife                         1810-1886 }stone
              
       Inscriptions copied June 1936 and Sept. 1940 Typed March 1941.
       by Ruth Robbins Monteith.
       
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