Cemetery

The first permanent cemetery in White Pigeon was established around 1831 and is still located in the northwest part of the village. Around the same time, J.W. Coffinberry created another burial ground on land he called “Carlton”—a village that existed only in his imagination. In 1831, a carpenter named Chidester and a man named Day were buried there, along with several others who died around that time, including Colonel Selden Martin’s son-in-law.