Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Surname/tag: Eaton

Eaton Family Burial Plot, Kalamazoo, MI

Written By: Ron Reist, March 15, 2008

Provided to S X and initially published on eatonfamilyresearch.org

Location: Section #9, Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI

Mountain Home Cemetery is located on the hill on West Main Street, heading out of town, in Kalamazoo Michigan. It is an old cemetery with gravesites holding many of Kalamazoo's "Founding Families".

To reach section #9, you enter through the main entrance which is located at the caretakers stone cottage (shown in one of the photos). Follow around to the left behind the cottage and take the main road that runs next to an ornate "chapel" that was built in 1878. Follow this road up over the hill and then down toward the back of the cemetery. When you come to a cross-roads near the back, you will see a post with "9" marked on it on the right side, just across the crossing road.

The Eaton Family Plot is just a few feet beyond this post, and just off the road to the right.

Photos of headstones include:

• Charles H. Eaton (Father) b. 1861 / d. 1919
• Anna B. Eaton (Mother) b. 1864 / d. 1943
• Fred Eaton (son) b. 1890 / d. 1911
• Ruth Eaton (daughter) b. 1886 / d. 1948
• David Eaton (son) b. 1903 / d. 1990
• Ethel (Perry) Eaton b. 1905 / d. 2000 - Wife of David Eaton

I don't know if there were other children born to Charles and Anna, but I seem to remember Ethel saying that there were, but that they had moved out of the Kalamazoo area.

An interesting note about this cemetery is that it is directly across West Main Street from a local landmark, the Henderson Castle. This stately home is built at about the same level as the high point in the rolling land in the cemetery. It can be seen in the photo of the Caretaker's Cottage; on the far left side. I have also included a larger photo of the Castle from the high spot in the cemetery. The Hendersons are also buried in this cemetery, right behind the spot where this photo was taken.

Acknowledgements

X-4197 20:46, 6 July 2022 (UTC) The photos and article above are courtesy of Ron and Lois Reist. I will be uploading the photos here by August 2022.

Sources

• Reist, Ron and Lois, "Photographs of the Eaton family and description of the Eaton Family Burial Plot in Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Michigan," 15 Mar 2008, http://eatonfamilyresearch.org/MountainHomeCemetaryPictures.html [Accessed 06 Jul 2022] by S X.