Portage Cemetery

Portage Cemetery

The Portage Cemetery is the burial place of a large portion of the John Family. It is located less than a mile west of Portage. There are approximately 998 memorials here. Individual images and additional information can be found on Find a Grave and their interactive Map


The lots are organized in numerical order, starting at the South-East corner and running north until section 12A when a new sequence is started at 13 running north to 24A. Each even numbered section is followed directly by a smaller "A" section. For example, the first sequence is 1, 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A etc. These "A" Sections were once "lanes."


If you are at the Portage Cemetery, the sign by the entrance to the gate is in Lot 49.

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Plot Map Donation

As part of the 140th John Family Reunion held in June of 2023, a donation of a plot map was made to the Portage Cemetery. This was a gift from the organization to assist in finding relatives buried in this historic location.

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