Allen J. Geer was born February 10, 1882 in Howell Township and came with his parents to Plymouth about 1905. He married Hattie Bassett on September 7, 1905 and they had two sons, Stanley and Irving. The Geer family lived in the Bungalow next . . . — — Map (db m151542) HM
Alexander Blue was born in New York on February 25, 1817 to Daniel and Mary Blue. Alexander bought 80 acres in Livonia Township in 1835. He married Catharine Blue and they had three children, Malcolm (1844), Daniel A. (1846), and Mary C. (1851). . . . — — Map (db m151479) HM
According to city records, this bungalow was built in 1913. The Geer family lived in this house for a short time while operating the store next door. The first floor has two rooms, a living room and kitchen. The stairway in the kitchen will take . . . — — Map (db m151547) HM
Clarenceville School District
The Clarenceville School District originated as Fractional School District No. 5 in 1837 and served the children of present-day Livonia, Farmington Hills and Redford. The village of Clarenceville was the last . . . — — Map (db m170855) HM
Samuel and Persis Cranson, along with their three children, came to Livonia/Redford Township in 1832 from Monroe County, New York. Land was purchased in the names of children Marquis LaFayette, Samuel Jr., and Asa on June 8, 1833 in Township One . . . — — Map (db m151531) HM
In 1897, the construction of an interurban line was proposed between Wayne, Plymouth, and Northville. The interurban began serving the Newburg area in 1909. The line ran between Wayne and Northville, making stops at Newburg and Plymouth. Several . . . — — Map (db m151535) HM
David and Daniel Lapham purchased land in Bucklin Township in 1827. In 1846, this Meeting House was built and the Livonia Meeting used the building until disbanding in 1853. The building was sold and lived in by the Roberts Family (1860-1895), . . . — — Map (db m151533) HM
Dedicated in memory of
Major General George A. Custer
1839-1876
Distinguished soldier from the State of Michigan was graduated from U.S. Military Academy 1861
He, with 264 officers and men of the Seventh U.S. Calvary, was killed in action . . . — — Map (db m26787) HM
U.S. Army ★ U.S. Navy ★ U.S. Marines
In Memory Of The
Men And Women
Who Have Served
Honorably In Out
Armed Forces
U.S. Air Force ★ U.S. Coast Guard — — Map (db m174945) WM
began farming this property in 1826. The farm lane started at the barns and ran south down the middle of the farm to this location and the surrounding farm fields. The fence on the east side of the lane and one gate still remain. Part of the farm . . . — — Map (db m109986) HM
In 1824 Joshua Simmons of Bristol, New York, obtained a patent from the federal government for 160 acres of land in Livonia Township. Simmons and his wife, Hannah, were among the township's earliest white settlers. Their first home was a log shanty, . . . — — Map (db m215374) HM
Nathan Kingsley built this Greek Revival style house in 1843 in Section 16 of Livonia Township. The house was built from trees on the property. He married Mary Lambert that same year; they had four children. Their daughter Emma and her husband . . . — — Map (db m151529) HM
This marker commemorates three American Revolutionary War soldiers who lived and died in Livonia. David Dean was born in 1763 and enlisted in the New York militia in 1778. Dean settled in Livonia around 1836 where he died in 1838. A native of . . . — — Map (db m170554) HM
In 1848, on land leased from Joseph Kingsley across from the Newburg Cemetery, this church was built as a Presbyterian Meeting House. After construction, the Presbyterians and Congregationalists shared usage, alternating services weekly. In the . . . — — Map (db m151524) HM
By 1834 there were two religious societies in Newburg, one Methodist and one Congregational. The Methodist society was part of the Plymouth Circuit and served by itinerant ministers. The Reverend Marcus Swift was the first pastor. A strident . . . — — Map (db m99140) HM
The first Newburg school was a small log structure built in 1831. In 1861, it was replaced with this frame building at the cost of $400. Students ranging in ages from 4 to 20 would be taught by one teacher in one large room, with older students . . . — — Map (db m151526) HM
An organization, later known as the Newburgh Union Cemetery Society, was formed on Nov. 23, 1832, to establish and maintain this cemetery, the first in the present city of Livonia. One grave, that of Salmon Kingsley, a veteran of the American . . . — — Map (db m99141) HM
The Newburgh Mill factory was built on the site of an earlier mill,
like other Ford "Village Industries." Bovee Cider Mill used to operate here along the Middle Rouge River, within the thriving village of Newburgh. In 1934, Newburgh Lake . . . — — Map (db m137131) HM
This eight room Greek Revival house was built in 1843 for Thomas Shaw, his wife Hannah, and their three children. The Shaw family was from the village of Wysall, Nottinghamshire*, England and made the decision to move to America to own their own . . . — — Map (db m151527) HM
This barn was constructed in 1919 on the burnt-out foundation of an earlier structure built about 1888. It is a fine example of an increasingly rare bank barn style. Here, on the farm owned and operated by his family since 1847, Ira Wilson built a . . . — — Map (db m78987) HM
