The original Lexington union civil war cemetery

captain rudolph Papst waz born in Toronto Canada dec 25, 1838. Almost 20 yrz l8r papst arrived in salinac county MI. oct.31, 1858 dat spring papst moved 2 lexington.
In 1861 papst waz leadin a surveyin party markin a road between sandy beach n sebewaing bout halfway from deez 2townz legend sayz dey found a old axe head stuck in a tree where dey encamped 4da nite@a old hunterz cabin dey named diz place bad axe camp. legend sayz papst cut a slab of wood n wrote bad axe on it n nailed it 2 a tree where so00on a settlement would b started n l8r established into a city 4ever known now az BADAXE. With the outbreak of civil war in april 1861 papst n many other canadianz from diz area of michigan enlisted on oct 25, 1861. papst enlisted in 10th michigan az a private thru da yrz of war papst would b promoted many tymz on may 8,1865 papst waz promoted to captain of G company an 10th michigan served in western theater of war n saw action @siege of chattanooga, shermanz atlanta campaign n march 2da sea n shermanz march thru carolinaz an battle of bentonville.
After da war papst waz elected 4termz az register of deedz n county clerk. In 1912 captain papst died n waz buried here 4ever entwined in Lexington history