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Old Prospect Hill Cemetery

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Old Prospect Hill Cemetery, established in 1834, is the burial place of many of Fenton’s early developers, politicians, businessmen, and veterans. Those interred here include Clark Dibble, who made the first land purchase in present-day Fenton in 1834, and Dustin Cheney, who accompanied him to Fenton, along with their families. Also buried here are Phillip McOmber Sr., the first Genesee County prosecutor, and Daniel LeRoy, Michigan’s first attorney general.
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