Indian Lake Cemetery is located on School Street in Dowagiac, Silver
Creek Township.
Reading and Photos taken and contributed by Alice
Srackangast and donated to the Genweb Tombstone Project where original list
resides. We are placing it on line here, so our search engines pick up the
various surnames. Original can be viewed at: See bottom of page to donate more
photos to the Genweb Tombstone Project or send them to us at
Cass County Michigan Genweb
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Following Reading done by: Ameila Castle and Nancy Corwin and typed for the Internet by: Christine Scott
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | DATE OF | DATE OF | AGE | LOT | COMMENTS |
| BIRTH | DEATH | |||||
| (roadway) | 1 | |||||
| OWEN | THOMAS K | 1914 | 04/03/1991 | 76y | 2-O | |
| OWEN | MARY ELIZABETH BOYLE | 1918 | 11/15/1979 | 2 | ||
| SCOTT | JOSEPH E | 1931 | 08/19/1975 | 44y | 3-O | |
| SHERK | KEITH E | 04/17/1937 | (blank) | 3-O | Keith & Rose married 03/30/1957 | |
| SHERK | ROSE MARIE OWEN | 12/02/1991 | 53y | 3 | Keith & Rose married 03/30/1957 | |
| EMPTY | 4 | |||||
| MEREDITH | ELSYE | 1893 | 01/17/1987 | 95y | 5-O | wf of Clem |
| MEREDITH | CLEM | 1889 | 11/02/1946 | 57y 7m 25d | 5 | |
| WALTERS | URIAH | 6-O | no stone | |||
| CLENDENEN | MARGARET A | 7-O | ||||
| CLENDENEN | T. | 3 weeks | 7 | no stone | ||
| BAIN | JAMES | 1890 | 07/18/1942 | 51y | 8-O | |
| LEFLER | BRIAN DALE | 10/26/1965 | 04/26/1987 | 9 | ashes | |
| EVANS | BRANDON R | 01/03/1989 | 01/03/1989 | 9 | infant, stillborn | |
| EVANS | KIMBERLY ANN | 01/29/1993 | 01/29/1993 | 9 | infant, stillborn | |
| SCHARF | RICHARD K | 1993 | 9 | ashes | ||
| EMPTY | 10 | |||||
| EMPTY | 15-16 | |||||
| COMSTOCK | MARY LOUISE | Mary Louise owner of lots 11-12-13-14-17-18-19-20 | ||||
| COMSTOCK | L DAVID (doctor) | 513/192 | 06/08/1971 | 20 | ||
| COMSTOCK | MARY LOUISE | 09/14/1925 | 06/07/1989 | 20 | ||
| COMSTOCK | LEON | 1900 | 1973 | 20 | father of David, ashes | |
| BEDELL | ESTHER | 1897 | 19?? | 20 | ||
| MOORE | MEREDITH | 4/1/1898 | 10/02/1947 | 21-O | ||
| MOORE | MARGARET | 21 | possibly burial here | |||
| FREELS | JOHN W Jr | 07/14/1937 | 06/16/1985 | 21 | "Jack" | |
| FREELS | JOHN W Sr | 12/27/1893 | 12/29/1984 | 21 | ||
| FREELS | CATHERINE SPRIINGER | 02/04/1907 | 05/15/1991 | 84y | 21 | |
| BIELBY | ROBERT | 22-O | ||||
| BIELBY | ESTHER EVERDEEN | 1854 | 6/16/1879 | 22 | ||
| SHAUL | LODENA | 23-O | ||||
| SHAUL | LUCETTA | 3/6/1861 | 22y 11m | 23 | dau of H & H | |
| SHAUL | HENRY H | 4/25/1862 | 46y 5m | 23 | ||
| PARKER | ELLA J | 12/3/1863 | 05/11/1909 | 24 | ||
| BURK | JOHN L | 10/29/1827 | 12/18/1890 | 24-O | ||
| BURK | REBECCA | 4/26/1836 | 9/9/1886 | 24 | wf of J L | |
| BURK | RALPHY G | 2/12/1876 | 3y 17d | 24 | son of T & C | |
| BURK | THOMAS | 11/10/1876 | 80y 4d | 24 | ||
| BURK | CATHERINE | 5/14/1863 | 62y 9m 16d | 24 | wf of Thomas | |
| WALTERS | PETER | 10/31/1872 | 82y | 25 | ||
| WALTER | LUCINA U | 1/12/1860 | 18y 4m 6d | 25 | dau of D & BA | |
| WALTER | SARAH A | 4/4/1855 | 9y 9m | 25 | ||
| WALTER | BELONA | 11/13/1846 | 5y 8m | 25 | ||
| WALTER | DAVID N | 3/15/1862 | 21 days | 25 | son of D & BA | |
| WALTER | DAVID | 1879 | 59y | 25-O | ||
| WALTER | BETSY A | 1902 | 82y | 25 | wf of David | |
| WALTER | EDWARD | 1/3/1853 | 2y 1m | 25 | no stone | |
| ROUSE | JONAS | 11/17/1837 | (blank) | 26-O | ||
| ROUSE | NANCY R | 01/07/1905 | 61y 16d | 26 | wf of Jonas | |
| CLAPP | LAVINA | 6/30/1822 | 4/27/1897 | 27-O | chi of J & A Cushing | |
| CLAPP | LAWRENCE | 2/19/1882 | 31y 11m | 27 | ||
| REASTON | THOMAS | 28-O | ||||
| ALLEN | Wm D | 1849 | 1/17/1879 | 28 | ||
| MCCOY | WILLIE | Sept of 1882 | 3m 2d | 29 | ||
| MCCOY | ROXIE | July of 1874 | 3m 25d | 29 | dau of P & C | |
| MCCOY | CAROLINE | 11/15/1925 | 82y | 29 | ||
| MCCOY | PERRY | 06/08/1938 | 87y | 29-O | ||
| MCCOY | ELIZA | 9/30/1898 | 52y 2d | 29 | wf of Willie | |
| MCCOY | CAMPBELL | 4/11/1862 | 53y | 29 | ||
| (roadway) | 30-31 | |||||
| MCCLOSKEY | ROBERT | 7/21/1873 | 62y 2m 13d | 32 | ||
| MCCLOSKEY | MARTHA M | 4/3/1886 | 81y 2d | 32-O | wf of Robert | |
| MCCLOSKEY | HANNAH J | 12/14/1891 | 44y 11m 20d | 32 | ||
| MCCLOSKEY | EMILY | 12/22/1925 | 32 | |||
| MCCLOSKEY | MARK | 01/31/1922 | 32 | |||
| CLENDENEN | HARRIET | 2/28/1839 | 01/26/1913 | 33 | ||
| CLENDENEN | OSCAR | 12/20/1829 | 3/7/1870 | 33 | ||
| CLENDENEN | AMANDA | 1809 | 1886 | 33 | wf of Robert | |
| CLENDENEN | ROBERT A | 1802 | 1851 | 49y | 33 | |
| CLENDENEN | MARY A | 1828 | 1851 | 23y | 33 | |
| CLENDENEN | MARTHA A | 1847 | 1857 | 4y | 33 | |
| CLENDENEN | SARA J | 1849 | 1851 | 2y | 33 | |
| CLENDENEN | BLANCH E | 1869 | 1871 | 33 | ||
| CLENDENEN | GRACE L | 1871 | 1872 | 1y | 33 | |
| PARKS | LOU | 34-O | ||||
| PARKS | LORETTA | 6/18/1887 | 19y 11m 2d | 34 | wf of Lou | |
| CUSHING | DAVID A | 34-O | ||||
| CUSHING | AMY | 11/3/1795 | 9/19/1884 | 34 | wf of James | |
| CUSHING | JAMES H | 2/17/1792 | 6/14/1873 | 34 | War of 1812 | |
| RIDENOUR | WILLIAM M | 5/18/1830 | 10/9/1891 | 35-O | ||
| RIDENOUR | MARY A SHAUL | 12/14/1845 | 01/24/1905 | 35 | ||
| RIDENOUR | LOUISA A | 3/25/1861 | 25y 21d | 35 | dau of Wm & Nancy | |
| RIDENOUR | ICEORA | 12/14/1860 | 6m | 35 | dau of Wm & Nancy | |
| RIDENOUR | OLIVE R | 5/24/1860 | 1y 2m | 35 | dau of Wm & Nancy | |
| HALL | MAHALAH | 36-O | ||||
| SALLEE | DANIEL | 36-O | ||||
| SALLEE | MARY SAMMONS | 4/27/1850 | 61y | 36 | wf of Daniel | |
| SAMMONS | SARAH A | 1833 | 10/10/1853 | 36 | wf of D T | |
| SAMMONS | BABY | 10/10/1853 | 36 | infant of D T & Sarah (buried with mother) | ||
| HALL | DELILAH | 1831 | 2/28/1875 | 43y 10m 26d | 36 | |
| COREY | REV. MILO | 1819 | 10/14/1858 | 39y 3m | 36 | |
| TERRY | C | 1856 | 1928 | 37 | only base of stone left | |
| TERRY | ELIZA A SHAUL | 1850 | 1917 | 37 | wf of C | |
| SHAUL | ALMIRA | 1824 | 1906 | 37 | ||
| SHAUL | ALEX | 1829 | 1902 | 37-O | ||
| SHAUL | LANA | 11/5/1895 | 90y 6m 1d | 37 | ||
| LOWERY | MRS. M | 38-O | ||||
| LOWERY | MARGARET | 04/19/1921 | 76y | 38 | ||
| LOWERY | THOMAS G | 1/2/1804 | 5/18/1869 | 38 | ||
| LOWERY | MARGARET C | 7/1/1818 | 8/24/1876 | 38 | wf of Thomas | |
| WORDON | JOHN | 1/25/1850 | 80y | 38 | father of Margaret Lowery | |
| VAN ORMAN | AARON | 02/25/1914 | 88y | 39-O | no stone | |
| TRUE | ALTA | 3/7/1874 | 10/10/1942 | 40-O | husband of Daisy | |
| TRUE | DAISY ANDREWS | 11/4/1873 | 04/06/1909 | 40 | wf of Alta | |
| ROBINSON | OLIVE SHAUL | 03/05/1948 | 40 | wf of Edward | ||
| ROBINSON | EDWARD | 04/09/1943 | 74y | 40 | Husband of Olive | |
| SMITH | PERRLE | 41-O | ||||
| CANNIFF | GARY | 42-O | ||||
| CANNIFF | INFANT | 5/23/1838 | 42 | child of Edwin & Edna, no stone | ||
| CANNIFF | GEORGE EDWIN | 10/20/1970 | 60y | 42 | no stone | |
| EDINGTON | EMMA JEAN WOODS | 04/29/1927 | 06/01/1994 | 42 | du of Wm & C Higgins | |
| EDINGTON | R J | 42 | no stone, no dates | |||
| STEIMLE | JOHN | 43-O | ||||
| BLACK | JAMES LEROY | 1907 | 1986 | 43 | "Nibs" | |
| BLACK | IDA MARGARET | 1907 | (blank) | 43 | nee Thompson | |
| GARRETT | EUGENE | 03/14/1914 | (blank) | 45-O | ||
| GARRETT | MARION | 02/11/1915 | (blank) | 45 | ||
| MCCULLEY | FRANCES | 08/08/1910 | 04/04/1990 | 45 | dau of Stan Bryant & Ella camburn | |
| MCCULLEY | PHILO WILLIAM | 10/04/1911 | 04/11/1986 | 45 | ||
| EMPTY | 46-47 | |||||
| SORENSEN | HANS | 9/6/1886 | 03/31/1976 | 48 | ||
| SATTER | ROBERT ALLEN | 48 | baby, no stone, no dates | |||
| SISSON | DAVID | 49-O | ||||
| SISSON | JOHN DAVID | 05/05/1920 | 73y 6m 16d | 49 | Co H 46th NY | |
| SISSON | ANN SMITH | 9/26/1898 | 49 | married in 1876 | ||
| CANNIFF | ADDIE | 01/07/1963 | 83y | 49 | (Edna) | |
| SISSON | MARY | 5/28/1877 | 9/26/1889 | 49 | dau of J D & A E | |
| SMITH | JESSIE | 1908 | 1908 | 49 | dau of John & Ann Sisson | |
| SMITH | JESSE L | 1884 | 1908 | 49 | dau of Wm Smith & Jesse Sisson | |
| SMITH | Wm | 1811 | 1896 | 50-O | ||
| SMITH | JOSEPH R | 06/02/1922 | 77y 1m 23d | 50 | ||
| SMITH | DANIEL | 1848 | 3/29/1865 | 15y | 50 | no stone |
| SMITH | LANY SAMMONS | 1822 | 1889 | 0 | ||
| CHATTERSON | CHARLOTTE SMITH | 3/20/1882 | 32y | 50 | ||
| FRY | GEORGE | 51-O | ||||
| FRY | LAURA W | 1824 | 3/17/1886 | 51 | ||
| RANKIN | KATE FRY | 51 | no other information | |||
| KNAPP | CHESTER | 1/10/1888 | 52-O | no stone | ||
| KNAPP | NANCY | 52 | wf of Chester, no stone, no dates | |||
| GILBERT | Wm I | 12/22/1941 | 75y | 52 | ||
| GILBERT | EUGENE | 53 | ||||
| GILBERT | ELIZABETH BISSETT | 1879 | 1933 | 54y | 53-O | |
| VAIL | IONE GILBERT | 1900-Stone | 1954 | 47y | 53 | marker wrong |
| ROBINSON | EDWARD L | 1868 | 1943 | 53 | ||
| ROBINSON | MARY OLIVE TRUE | 1865 | 1948 | 53 | wf of Ed | |
| CUSHING | OTIS | 1815 | 1892 | 77y 1m 23d | 54-O | husband of Carisa |
| CUSHING | CLARISA | 1822 | 1902 | 80y | 54 | wf of Otis |
| DERBY | RICE G | 1775 | 11/19/1858 | 83y | 54 | |
| DERBY | JANE | 8/18/1858 | 72y 9m | 54 | wf of R C | |
| SMITH | BETSEY JANE | 12/26/1849 | 31y 3m 18d | 54 | wf of Noah | |
| SMITH | NOAH | 8/12/1850 | 41y | 54 | husband of Betsey Jane | |
| SHAUL | ANDERSON | 55-O | ||||
| BIELBY | JOHN | 4/21/1876 | 40y 5m 4d | 55 | Civil War | |
| SHAUL | VICTORIA H BIELBY | 4/17/1890 | 49y 4m 7d | 55 | wf of Anderson | |
| SHAUL | DANIEL | 1810 | 1880 | 70y | 56-O | |
| SHAUL | ELIZABETH | 1815 | 1891 | 76y | 56 | wf of Daniel |
| SHAUL | SAMUEL | 11/16/1905 | 62y 5m 9d | 56 | ||
| SHAUL | DANIEL | 1/12/1848 | 1y 5m | 56 | son of D & E | |
| SHAUL | EDWARD | 02/05/1929 | 56 | no stone | ||
| SHAUL | MARTHA F | 1895 | 1971 | 56 | gr-gd | |
| SHAUL | EMMETT M | 1896 | 06/07/1905 | 56 | gr-gs, vet | |
| CUSHING | DAVID A | 9/4/1837 | 04/19/1908 | 57-O | husband of Alvina | |
| CUSHING | ALVINA | 04/06/1912 | 70y 6m 13d | 57 | wf of David A | |
| CUSHING | FRED | 09/20/1900 | 34y 10m 7d | 57 | ||
| CUSHING | CHARLES H | 9/26/1861 | 2y 13d | 57 | son of S N & A | |
| TRUE | THOMAS JR | 58 | Co B 7th Mich Cav. | |||
| TRUE | THOMAS H | 1813 | 11/11/1888 | 58-O | Co B 7th Mich Cav., born in Bourbon, Clark County, Kentucky | |
| TRUE | HARRIETT BRILEY | 4/6/1812 | 2/2/???? | 58 | wf of Thomas S, born in Washington, Montgomery County, Maryland | |
| TRUE | JANE M | 4/29/1857 | 14y 1m 19d | 58 | dau of T S & H, no stone | |
| TRUE | WILL | 58 | no stone, no dates | |||
| WESTON | SUSAN P | 1834 | 1909 | 75y | 59 | |
| HARRISON | FRANK | 1834 | 1916 | 59-O | husband of Mille | |
| HARRISON | MILLIE | 1833 | 1906 | 63y | 59 | wf of Frank |
| HARRISON | FANNIE | 1805 | 1882 | 77y 1m 23d | 59 | |
| (roadway) | 60-61 | |||||
| THOMPSON | CHARLES | 10/5/1887 | 62-O | no stone | ||
| THOMPSON | CHARLES JOHN | 10/21/1936 | 84y | 62 | no stone | |
| THOMPSON | DAVID | 09/16/1939 | 56y | 62 | no stone | |
| MOORE | JOHN | 62-O | John, Mary & Marshall remains wre removed to Riverside Cemetery Dowagiac | |||
| MOORE | MARY | 3/8/1893 | 72y 11m 22d | 62 | wf of John--John, Mary & Marshall remains wre removed to Riverside Cemetery Dowagiac | |
| MOORE | MARSHALL | 12/23/1855 | 2y 22d | 62 | John, Mary & Marshall remains wre removed to Riverside Cemetery Dowagiac | |
| CUSHING | DEXTER | 63-O | ||||
| WEIMER | PERRY C | 01/25/1905 | 08/19/1976 | 63 | WW2 | |
| CUSHING | Wm G | 1858 | 1917 | 59y | 63-O | |
| CUSHING | ELLA | 1857 |