Marengo Pioneer Cemetery

Marengo Pioneer Cemetery is a Michigan historical marker in Marengo, Calhoun County, dedicated 1959.

Calhoun County · dedicated 1959 · West Michigan Ave at Twenty-One Mile Road, Marengo

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This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the township. His was the first family to locate in the settlement later named by him Marengo. He built a sawmill on the Kalamazoo River, and was a member of the commission that helped to locate and survey the Territorial Road.

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