Inscription reads "Ed Thomas, Age 35". The rest is unreadable. This is apparently a very old grave and may date from as early as the 1840s.
Eloise "Potter's Field" Cemetery was the cemetery grounds for the varied residents of this complex of buildings, which began in 1839, as the Wayne County Poor House. Eventually, the infirmary became a tuburcular sanatorium, and finally, a facility for mentally disturbed patients. In 1979, last psychiatric patient left Eloise and the 902 acre property was closed.
By the 1890s, it became apparent that this large facility would need its own postmark to expedite mail delivery. The Postmaster of Detroit was also happened to be the head of the Board of Superintendents of the Poor. The postmark of the facility had to be something that was one word, and unlike any city in Michigan.
So Postmaster Freeman B. Dickerson named the facility after his daughter, Eloise. Members of the Board, submitted the name of Eloise to Washington, and it was approved. As the post office was established under the name Eloise, the entire complex of buildings began to be called Eloise as well. The Wayne County House Infirmary was officially renamed Eloise Hospital on August 18, 1911.
Eloise Dickerson grew up and married fellow Detroiter Harlow N. Davock. She died at age 93 in 1982.
Since the recent demolition of the landmark smokestack, built in 1924 and bearing the name "Eloise", a concerted effort has been underway by volunteer historians to uncover the lost graves and match them to asylum records.
It is believed that there are 7,145 former Eloise residents buried in the old Eloise Cemetery on Michigan Avenue. The last burial is thought to have been in January 1948.
More information about the history of Eloise can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/genealogymi/eloise.html
AND
http://polishancestry.com/eloiserecords.htm.
Eloise "Potter's Field" Cemetery was the cemetery grounds for the varied residents of this complex of buildings, which began in 1839, as the Wayne County Poor House. Eventually, the infirmary became a tuburcular sanatorium, and finally, a facility for mentally disturbed patients. In 1979, last psychiatric patient left Eloise and the 902 acre property was closed.
By the 1890s, it became apparent that this large facility would need its own postmark to expedite mail delivery. The Postmaster of Detroit was also happened to be the head of the Board of Superintendents of the Poor. The postmark of the facility had to be something that was one word, and unlike any city in Michigan.
So Postmaster Freeman B. Dickerson named the facility after his daughter, Eloise. Members of the Board, submitted the name of Eloise to Washington, and it was approved. As the post office was established under the name Eloise, the entire complex of buildings began to be called Eloise as well. The Wayne County House Infirmary was officially renamed Eloise Hospital on August 18, 1911.
Eloise Dickerson grew up and married fellow Detroiter Harlow N. Davock. She died at age 93 in 1982.
Since the recent demolition of the landmark smokestack, built in 1924 and bearing the name "Eloise", a concerted effort has been underway by volunteer historians to uncover the lost graves and match them to asylum records.
It is believed that there are 7,145 former Eloise residents buried in the old Eloise Cemetery on Michigan Avenue. The last burial is thought to have been in January 1948.
More information about the history of Eloise can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/genealogymi/eloise.html
AND
http://polishancestry.com/eloiserecords.htm.
Inscription reads "Ed Thomas, Age 35". The rest is unreadable. This is apparently a very old grave and may date from as early as the 1840s.
Eloise "Potter's Field" Cemetery was the cemetery grounds for the varied residents of this complex of buildings, which began in 1839, as the Wayne County Poor House. Eventually, the infirmary became a tuburcular sanatorium, and finally, a facility for mentally disturbed patients. In 1979, last psychiatric patient left Eloise and the 902 acre property was closed.
By the 1890s, it became apparent that this large facility would need its own postmark to expedite mail delivery. The Postmaster of Detroit was also happened to be the head of the Board of Superintendents of the Poor. The postmark of the facility had to be something that was one word, and unlike any city in Michigan.
So Postmaster Freeman B. Dickerson named the facility after his daughter, Eloise. Members of the Board, submitted the name of Eloise to Washington, and it was approved. As the post office was established under the name Eloise, the entire complex of buildings began to be called Eloise as well. The Wayne County House Infirmary was officially renamed Eloise Hospital on August 18, 1911.
Eloise Dickerson grew up and married fellow Detroiter Harlow N. Davock. She died at age 93 in 1982.
Since the recent demolition of the landmark smokestack, built in 1924 and bearing the name "Eloise", a concerted effort has been underway by volunteer historians to uncover the lost graves and match them to asylum records.
It is believed that there are 7,145 former Eloise residents buried in the old Eloise Cemetery on Michigan Avenue. The last burial is thought to have been in January 1948.
More information about the history of Eloise can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/genealogymi/eloise.html
AND
http://polishancestry.com/eloiserecords.htm.
Eloise "Potter's Field" Cemetery was the cemetery grounds for the varied residents of this complex of buildings, which began in 1839, as the Wayne County Poor House. Eventually, the infirmary became a tuburcular sanatorium, and finally, a facility for mentally disturbed patients. In 1979, last psychiatric patient left Eloise and the 902 acre property was closed.
By the 1890s, it became apparent that this large facility would need its own postmark to expedite mail delivery. The Postmaster of Detroit was also happened to be the head of the Board of Superintendents of the Poor. The postmark of the facility had to be something that was one word, and unlike any city in Michigan.
So Postmaster Freeman B. Dickerson named the facility after his daughter, Eloise. Members of the Board, submitted the name of Eloise to Washington, and it was approved. As the post office was established under the name Eloise, the entire complex of buildings began to be called Eloise as well. The Wayne County House Infirmary was officially renamed Eloise Hospital on August 18, 1911.
Eloise Dickerson grew up and married fellow Detroiter Harlow N. Davock. She died at age 93 in 1982.
Since the recent demolition of the landmark smokestack, built in 1924 and bearing the name "Eloise", a concerted effort has been underway by volunteer historians to uncover the lost graves and match them to asylum records.
It is believed that there are 7,145 former Eloise residents buried in the old Eloise Cemetery on Michigan Avenue. The last burial is thought to have been in January 1948.
More information about the history of Eloise can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/genealogymi/eloise.html
AND
http://polishancestry.com/eloiserecords.htm.
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