The Old Belding Cemetery - also called the Free Methodist Cemetery is in Ionia County, the city of Belding. These grave stones were copied by Mrs. Ralph Dean (Hazel) and Mrs. Eston Bates (Leota) of Belding in Aug of 1963. Many of the stones are broken and many inscription are not readable. Originally, the cemetery belonged to a Mr.William Wilson, and Mr. Wilson’s first wife is buried here. When he remarried and decided to return to New York to live, the cemetery was given to the church.

This is the final resting place for approximately 400 people of whom 374 are listed here. The earlies burials were in the early 1800’s, the last in 1957.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	COMMENTS
________		11-20-1882	1 yr
________, Eugene	1926	1927
________, Eva, May,
________, Freddie	1890	1891
________, Hazel		04-15-188-	18 yrs
________, Infant
________, Phebe, L.
Alger, William		9-6-1870
Andrews, Nathan	1880	?		father
Arris, Eliger		7-9-1907		father
Arris, Elizabeth		12-29-1905		wife of Eliger
Barclay		3-8-1886		wife of W. H.
Barclay, Emma	1852	1882		wife of Wm
Barclay, Jane		9-23-1916		wife of Jos.
Barclay, Joseph		9-2-1897
Barclay, Mary, J.	1862	1946
Barclay, William, D.		4-?-1855	52 yrs
Barclay, William, E.	1851	1917
Barlow, Lucy		9-1-18?8	67 yrs	wife of George
Beardsley, Fayetie	1830	1904
Beckweth, (see, Locke, Florence)
Beebe, Christler		2-26-1889	56 yr-8 mo-4 da.
Beemer
Benton, Frank		09-02-1881	9 mo	son of G & M
Benton, George	1834	1918		father
Benton, George				Corp. Co B          25th Mi Inf.
Benton, H	1865	1946
Benton, Martha	1842	1928		Mother
Blodget, Francis, A.	1865	1920		mother
Blodget, Harrison, L.	1851	1899		father
Blystone, Anna, M.	1875	19--
Blystone, Clyde, L.	1876	1954
Blystone, Flora	1868	1947
Blystone, Fremont	1862	1932
Blystone, G., N., B.				small stone
Blystone, G., Newton		5-18-189
Blystone, Lloyd, Lila				small stone
Blystone, Melvine	1839	1892		wife of G.N.
Boardman, Mary, E.	1846	1925
Boarman
Bodine, Clara, Mae	1885	1913		wife of G.W.
Bostwick, Laura	1849	1925
Bradish		04-01-1861	39 yr-9 mo-16 da	wife of Wm. G.
Bricker, Delbert	07-03-1864	12-21-1921
Bricker, Jeremiah	07-27-1830	08-26-1897
Bricker, Lucinda	12-03-1830	08-05-1891		wife of Jerimiah
Bricker, Marks	03-18-1867	02-23-1874	6 yrs	son of J. L.
Bricker, Martha	12-02-1856	11-12-1887		wife of W.F.
Briggs		04-13-1899		dau of GR & FE      GAR Marker & Oddfellow marker
Broadhead, Charles, W.	1862	1920
Broadhead, Hazel, B.	1901	1932
Brown, Carlton	1912	1913
Brown, Clara	03-19-1864	10-18-1923		wife of Syl.
Brown, Emma, L.	11-27-1858	03-31-1889		wife of S.D.
Brown, Ida	08-13-1893	12-13-1893	4 mos	dau of SD&CH
Brown, Irpha, Amelia	1847	1931		mother
Brown, Sylvanus, D.	05-01-1856	12-12-1923
Buell
Bull, Cornelia	03-07-1885	OR	84 yr-4mo-12 da	wife of Peter
Bull, Cornelia	11-07-1885	OR	85 yr-4 mos-12 da
Bull, Peter		10-19-1861	54 yr-6 mos-17 da
Burke, (see, Frances, Horton)
Burr, George				son of J.W. & M.J. Howe
Bush, Eldorasal	1841	1945
Bush, Marilla, M., Rose	1847	1929
Calkins, Jerome		06-24-1908	57 yrs
Calkins, Smantha, W.		01-31-1887	64 yrs	wife of Jerome
Canfield, Eugene		02-01-1892	32 yrs-7 mos-25	da
Carpenter, William		07-22-1877	44 yrs-1 mo-2 da
Cartridge, Bill	10-16-1875	02-23-1905		father of J & D
Cartridge, Diana	1856	19--
Cartridge, John	1848-1932
Cathorn, Isabel	1852	1939
Cathorn, Martin, V.	1840	1904
Chaflin, BL___	07-22-1888	02-16-1908		son of Charles and Sarah
Chaflin, Charles	1850	1918
Chaflin, Dau, of, C, &, S	01-14-1880	11-27-1901
Chaflin, Sarah	1856	1936
Chase, Sarah, J.	1843	1924		mother
Choate, Hiram		04-23-1821
Choate, Margaret	03-12-1827	08-10-1890		wife of Hiram
Cobb, Carrie, May		04-22-1893	2 yr-6 mo-21 da	dau of John & Charity
Cobb, Hattie		08-11-1886	26 yr	wife of Silas
Cobb, Silas, E.	1857	1925
Collins, Moses		08-09-1872
Collins, Moses		03-12-1851	46 yr-1 mo-12 da
Cooper, Catherine, Wiggins	1815	1894
Cooper, Peter		01-21-1854	59 yr-5 mo-24 da
Cribb
Cribb, Margaret	1907	1907		dau of SF & AG
Crooks, William, K.		09-19-1886	81 yr-4 mo-12 da
Culver, Charles, H.				Co K 8th NY Cav
Curtis, Juliann, A.	07-21-1821		1 yr or mo.-5 da	Dau of Jean L.
Daken, Wilson		11-30-1882	66 yr-1 lmo-16 da
Darling, Bertha	1873	1938
Davis, Grace	1890	1901
Davis, Ruth	1853	1936
Dell, Anna		11-17-1871	- yr-9 mo-24 da	Dau of P&G Cooper
Devine, Elizabeth	06-09-1826	05-10-1900
Devine, Eva, N.		12-18-1941
Devine, George, E.	03-11-1868	07-30-1898
Devine, Westbrook	08-04-1822	09-10-1888
Dewey, Elizabeth	06-09-1826	05-10-1900
Dewey, Eva, N.		12-18-1941
Dewey, Harlow, H.	1857	1937
Dewey, Isabell, E.	1854	1908		mother
Dill, Benjamin, F.		Co.E Del.Ca	v	broken stone
Drake, Charles, E.		04-25-1899	41 y-1 mo-7 da	GAR marker-Engineers
Drake, Inez, L.		09-02-1873	4 mos	dau of G & H        stone worn
Driese, H.E.	11-12-1911	63 yrs
Driese, H.E.	11-20-1886	42 yr-5 mo.	16 da
Driese, Margaret		11-12-1911
E.Carpenter				mother and child
Earle, Charles		06-03-__		child of ___
Earle, William, D.		06-11-??		child of ?
Echert, Nettie, V.	1861	1914		stone broken
Eggleston, Robert		07-16-1881	28 yrs	son of M. & C.
Ell________	1879	19--
Ernest, Charles, E.	06-25-1878	1879
Ernest, William, Earlie	07-11-1879	07-17-1878		child of W &
Evans, Arthur, J.	1848	1916		father
Evans, Edith, H.	1852	1897
Farthing, M., E.	1856	1937
Farthing, W., M.	1849	1895
Fisher, Alton	1892	1956
Fisher, Amelia, G.	04-13-1836	01-26-1903		wife of Daniel
Fisher, Daniel	12-09-1828	03-18-1889
Fisher, Matilda	1859	1935
Fisher, William, H.	1883	1958
Francisco, Larania	1841	1931
Francisco, Warren, A.	1835	1905
Fuller, Margaret	02-20-1836	03-30-1895
Gilbert, Mary, E.	1883	1949
Gilbert, Peter, O.	1882	1932
Gildemeister, Charles, F.		06-02-1891	39 yr-5 mo-9 da
Gilmore, Henry	1854	1910
Gleason, Rodney, H.	1852	1916
Gleason, Rose	1882	1915		wife of Roy
Gleason, Roy, A.	1880	1913
Goodwin, Edwin, Guy	1885	1889
Goodwin, Philip, Louraine	1891	1892
Gravelle, Amma, L.	06-27-1822	04-12-1895		wife of A. M.
Green, Baby	1894
Green, Elizabeth	1855	1925
Green, Hiraim		11-12-1859	40 yr-11-mo-27 da
Green, Maria, D.		April 1860	16 yrs
Haney, Jessie		10-16-1861	2 wks-3 da	child of Pat and Julia Ann
Haney, John, Sr.		02-02-1882	80 yr	father
Haney, Robert		03-19-1862	5 yr	child of Pat and Julia Ann
Hanks, Robert, F.				GAR marker          stone brCo. F.1st Wis Cav
Hansen, _essie	1890	1908		wife of C.
Harlan, Frank, Jr.	1861	1923
Harlan, Pearl	1876	1900
Harlan, Vance	1900-1900
Hay, H.W.				Co.D. 10 Mich Cav
Hayward, Emily, M.	1844	1927
Hazel, Helen, Thompson	1893	1922
Hendricks, Charles, E.	1867	1885		father-"son of E & M
Hendricks, E.	1813	1893		mother
Hendricks, George, W.	02-11-1843	03-09-1888
Hendricks, Mary	1825	1892		wife of E.
Hendricks, Phebe, E.	03-14-1842	06-19-1916
Hill, Mary	1879	1926
Horton, Francis	11-17-1862	02-14-1892		beloved wife of Harry Burke
Hough, Harriet		07-12-1887		wife of Fayette
Howe, Elizabeth		04-06-1857	29 yr	wife of Robert
Howe, George, Burr				prob son of :JW & ;MJ (stone worn)
Howe, Mary, J		12-27-1891		wife of J.W.
Hoyt, Susan, E.	01-12-1847		02-09-1892 .	wife of G. A        Oddfellow marker
Huber, Nellie, M.	1879	1898		wife of F.H. Powers
Huff, Hattie, Warner	1872	1939
Hunton, S., G.				Co D. 22nd Mich Inf
Ingraham, Emma		03-15-1883	34 yr-8 mo-7 da
Jenks, Albert, D.
Jenks, Libbie, Hendricks	1856	1925
Jersey, Peter, J.	1858	1919
Jewell, Alfred	1883	1960
Johnson, David, C.	1824	1892
Johnson, Louisa, B.	1825	1915
Joles, Helen, P.	1853	1854	5 mos	dau of S. & H.
Joles, Hurum	12-08-1830	03-26-1904
Joles, Sarah, Collins	12-10-1833	01-25-1901
Just, Ann, Jane, McClure	1810	1937		wife of James
Just, James		04-02-1883
Keener, Cassie, Ben	1880	1937
Kilborn, James, T.	1846	1927
Kilborn, Jefferson		09-25-1846	3 yr-5  mo-22 da	son of J & SM
Kilborn, Rollin	1885	1937
Kilborn, Sally, M.		10-01-1881	69 yrs	wife of J.
King, Almira, E.	1855	1937
King, Eliza	1873	1947
King, Johnny	1895	1897		son of JC & JG
King, Kimble	1852	1923
King, Stephen, E.	1865	1955
Knee, Effie	1880	1953
Knee, Ione	1904	1905
Knee, James, A.				CoB 35 MI Inf-Sp.Am War - Cuba
Knee, Worth	1905	1905
Knott, Laura	1829	1906		wife of Wm
Knott, William	1821	1907
Kohn, Emma, M.	1886	1959
Kohn, Joseph, M.	1887	1954
Kurstead, Zella	1887	1915
Lett, Mary
Lett, Warner	1865	1959
Light, Celia		11-23-1898	39 yr -5 mo	wife of G.W.
Light, Mattie		06-06-1890	10 yr-10 mo-10 da	dau of G & C
Light, Robbie		02-05-1889	5 yr-4 mo-17 da	son of Geo & Celia
Lindey, Lulue		03-12-1882	5 yr-6 mo-25 da	dau of Wm. E.
Lindey, Lyman	1880	1905
Locke, Florence	1873	1910		3rd MI Inf.         step-dau of O.Beckwith
Louchs, Candace		06-01-1871	24 yr-1 mo-6 da	wife of Judson
Loundes, Fred, N.				Co B. 25th MI Inf.
Lyman, Laurinda	1820	185_
Lyman, Samuel	1822	1892
M.Brecker
Madden, Rhoda, Nichols		08-06-1896		wife of Sam
Madden, Samuel		02-20-1916		father
Manns, Elizabeth, J.	09-03-1856	03-01-1906		Mother              wife of Wm
Manns, William, J.	1849	1929
Mason, Amy	1899
Mason, Claudie	1878	1907		mother
Mason, Fred	1876	1949
Mason, William, U	1865	1943
McCormick, James		01-01-1800
McElroy, George	08-01-1816	09-03-1877	63 yr-1 mo-3 da
McNichol, Alex	1859	1918
Mehney, Clements	02-19-1880	08-08-1912
Mehney, Olga	01-31-1881	03-14-1900		wife of Ed. G.
Mills, Georgia	1913	1913
Mitchell, Alice, M.	1849	1917
Moore, Amaze	1841	1894		Corp. CoD 3rd MI Cav.
Moore, Elta, A.	1876	1954
Moore, Louise	1851	1936
Murry, Eliza, D.	1830	1900
Nichols, Elizabeth		03-01-1861	2 yr-_mo-6 da.
Nichols, Hiraim, E.		03-01-1861	1 yr-5 mo-10 da
Nichols, Julia	1852	1944		mother
Nichols, Ross	12-10-1879	03-15-1899
Nichols, Smith	1849	1939		father
Noonan, Dora	09-21-1863	05-24-1903		wife of John
Noonan, John, C.	1855	1927
North,, Jessie/Jebbra		08-31-1849	39 yrs	stone warn
Ohio
Olson, Ida, M.	1877	1916
Orser, Clark	1865	1891
Orser, Hannah	1830	1907
Orser, Steward	1824	1887
Osborne, Edward	1844	1921
Osborne, Lottie, A.	1875	1890
Osborne, Luia, A.	1853	1914		wife of Edward
Osborne, MaryE.	1853	1941
Owen, Sarah, A.	04-24-1830	08-12-1909		wife of William
Owen, William	06-02-1829	12-22-1906
Packard, Clarence	1892	19__		odfellow marker     no stone
Packard, Ethel	1889	19__		oddfellow marker    no stone
Packard, Robert	1919			infant
Parker, Clarissa, O., Gregory	09-28-1822	12-25-1911
Parker, Edward, Z.		12-18-1882	69 yr-8 mo-6 da
Patterson, Edwin, C.		03-15-1881	10 mos	son of G & R Watson
Patterson, Rhoda, A.		04-27-1938
Phillips, Carlton	1911	1928
Phillips, Carrie, D.	1890	19--
Phillips, Joey	1915	1922
Pickering, Alvina, J.		05-16-1891	47 yr-9 mo.13/18	son of
Pickering, Elza, Jane	04-21-1844	09-04-1901		wife of William
Pickering, William	10-19-1841
Price, Clyde, H.	1898	1921
Price, Marguerite	1920-1962
Price, Mary, M.	1891	1900
Race, Elizabeth, A.		06-17-1867	32 yrs	wife of A.E.Cranston
Race, Fredrick, D.	1809	1864
Race, Lucinda	1809	1864
Ranger, Cindarilla		04-25-1869	27 yr	wife of William
Ranney, George	1843	1902
Ranney, Mary		12-01-1879	32 yr
Rauch, Erwin	1911
Rauch, Frank, E.	1883	19--
Rauch, Myrtle	1891	19--
Reid, Henry, G.				CoD. 43rd NY Inf
Rhodes, Ella, A., Williams		08-16-1880	23 yrs	wife of CP
Rhodes, Little, Zoe		08-31-1876		dau of Chas and Ella
Rodgers, Frank, A.	1857	1931
Rodgers, Mary, A.	1858	1927
Roger, Carrie	1882	1940
Rosa, John, C.		08-05-1887	21 y-6 mo-11 da
Rose, Delane				wife of Sam
Rose, Jacob, L.		01-11-1892	65 yrs
Rose, Samuel, H.
Rosevelt, Charles, A.		12-25-1890	16 yrs	son of GS & D
Rosevelt, Delia, L.	1849	1916
Rosevelt, George	1844	1901
Rotherick, Sarah	1848	1881		wife of E.J.
Rowland, Elizabeth	1856	1905
Rowland, Grace, Lenore	1904
Sandy, Frank, B.				Co.H 88th Ind Inf.
Sanford, Dale, G.				Mi Staff Sgt 322 Inf WWI
Savage, Vernonm, E.	03-31-1856	05-29-1882	or 7	mother
Schouten, Charles, S.	03-17-1854	02-06-1897
Schouten, Rilla		11-30-1854		wife of Charles
Shepard, , William, A.		11-02-1950
Shepard, Clarence, Melvin	1878	1945
Shepard, Genevieve, L.	1890
Shepard, Mada		11-02-1950
Sheppard, Mother	1854	1927
Sheppard, Warren				Co B 93rd NY Inf
Shipman, John	1848	1900
Sisco, Albert				GAR Marker          CoH     102 US CO I
Sisco, Ann	1819	1901
Sisco, James, Lee	1861	1916
Sisco, Margaret, J.	1860	1925
Skinner, Francis, M.		07-11-1880	8 yrs	son of EM & C
Smith, Adelaide, A	m1870	1959
Smith, Fred, W.	1867	1951
Smith,, Hattie, Floyd	03-18-1898
Spencer, Lillian, M.	1907
Spriggs, John		11-20-1885	21 mo.-14 da
Stevens, Hester, A.		07-03-1897	72 yrs
Stevens, J., R.				Capt Co D 40th NY Inf.
Stewart, Edith, M.	1879	19--
Stewart, William, J.	1875	1958
Stocking, Wardell		04-14-18-2	19 yr-4 mos-18 da	son of RR & T
Stone, Charles	1812	1889
Stone, Jane	1810	1892
Stone, Lewis, B	08-18-1930			26th MI Eng.-Pvt.
Stone, Lewis, H.				Co E 17th NY Vet Inf.
Stower, Bertha, M.	1872	1922
Sutherland, Frank, B.	1885	1943
Sutherland, Maude, G.	1880	1953
Swinehart, Mabel	10-29-1876	09-23-1900	24 yrs
Thornton, Polly	1847	1881
Thornton, William, C.				Co C 1st MI L.A.
Thornton, William, H.	1866	1919	son of Wm C and P	olly
Tift, Katherine	1866	1938	Mother
Tift, Lewis	1850	1912	Father
Trowbridge, D.D.	1879	1995
Trowbridge, E.	1887	1896
Unknown,		03-25-1915	2 1/2 yrs
VanHorn, Donald, C.	1918	1918
VanHorn,, Francis, L.		1886
VanHorn,Ezra, A.	1881	1957
VanHorn,Fay, Burt	1905	1905
VanVickle, Alfred, B.	1845	1927
VanVickle, Lauretia	1837	1908
VanVickle, Leah		06-19-1890
VanVickle, Maggie		07-01-1889
Waldron, James	01-10-1816	08-25-1900
Waldron, John		04-03-185	stone broken
Waldron, Philena	05-26-1823	03-21-1900
Walker, Albert		07-11-1892	25 yr-4 mo-17 da
Walker, Gracie		12-28-1892	11 mo-2 wk	dau of Albert and ___
Walker, Martie, E.	1872	1890
Ward, Joseph, B.		07-06-1881	13 yrs	son of J & ME
Ward, Richard	1902	1903		son of AG & ML
Warner, Charles, W.	1868	1916		Camp 25 Belding
Warner, Clara, M.	1871	1956
Warren, Leona, Maude	1884	1894		dau of TJ & MB
Warren, Richard, Clare	1890	1891		son of TJ & MB
Wheeler, Abraham	1821	1904
Wheeler, Olive, J.	1850	1918
William
Williams, Hiram, S.				Co K 21st Mich Inf
Williams, Jennie	1844	1917
Williams, Sammaie	1892	1901
Wilson, Frank, A.	10-11-1874		5 m0 - 11 da	son of DE & G
Worchester, Hattie, E.	01-21-1883		25 yr-10 mo-8 da
Worchester, John, A.		02-09-1899
Worchester, Mary, J.		05-19-1884	40 yrs-8 mo-13 da
Wright, Austin, D.	1839	1906
Wright, Charlotte	1834	1917
Youngs, Edwin, L.	06-25-1842
Youngs, Louisa,	09-01-1850	09-09-1893		wife of Edwin