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Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan
AlpenaCemetery
Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  James L. Sanborn (1856-1938) — of Ossineke,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Sanborn,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1856.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena County, 1907-10;defeated (Independent Republican), 1910.Died in Ossineke,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,November29, 1938 (age82 years, 257days).Entombed in mausoleum at Alpena Cemetery.
EvergreenCemetery
Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) — also known asWilliam A. Comstock;BillComstock —of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,July 2,1877.Democrat. Builder and operator ofelectricrailways, 1899-1922; president, State SavingsBank(Alpena), 1906-09;real estatebusiness;mayor ofAlpena, Mich., 1914; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1914-16; defeated, 1913, 1925;member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1915;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1924,1928,1932;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1924-30;Governor ofMichigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934.Episcopalian.Member,ZetaPsi;Freemasons;Elks;Eagles.DiedJune 16,1949 (age71 years, 349days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Frank Douglass Scott (1878-1951) — also known asFrank D. Scott — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,August25, 1878.Republican.Lawyer;AlpenaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1911-14;U.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1915-27; defeated inprimary, 1926.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks.Died in Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,February12, 1951 (age72 years, 171days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Henry William Harrington (1825-1882) — also known asHenry W. Harrington — of Madison,JeffersonCounty, Ind.Born near Cooperstown,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,September12, 1825.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1860,1868;U.S.Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1863-65; defeated,1864; candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1876.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,March20, 1882 (age56 years, 189days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Carl R. Henry (1887-1966) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Au Sable,IoscoCounty, Mich.,November17, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;AlpenaCounty Prosecuting Attorney; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena County, 1916;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1928; candidate forjusticeof Michigan state supreme court, 1930.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;Freemasons;Elks.Died, from angastrointestinalhemorrhage, followingduodenalulcer surgery, in University of MichiganHospital,Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,December13, 1966 (age79 years, 26days).Cremated;ashes interred at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Robert Henry Rayburn (1866-1944) — also known asRobert H. Rayburn — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born inSt. ClairCounty, Mich.,October31, 1866.Democrat.Lumberdealer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena County, 1913-14;defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1920,1924(alternate),1928,1932(alternate); candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1922; candidate forMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1940.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in1944(ageabout77 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Robert Rayburn and Elizabeth (Steele) Rayburn; married1902 toElizabeth Mason Wilkinson. |
| | Frank Emerick (1847-1932) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,1847.Republican.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 26th Circuit, 1882-87, 1900-29; resigned 1929.Died in1932(ageabout85 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Otto William Bishop (1875-1966) — also known asOtto W. Bishop — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,December17, 1875.Republican. President and manager, AlpenaFisheriesCo.;coaldealer;insurancebusiness;banker; candidate formayor ofAlpena, Mich., 1916; member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1935-48; defeated in primary, 1932,1948; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947;chair ofAlpena County Republican Party, 1950.Protestant.Member,ExchangeClub;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;OddFellows;Grange;Elks;Eagles.DiedNovember22, 1966 (age90 years, 340days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof August F. Bishop and Bertha (Wischow) Bishop; married,September18, 1902, to Viola Dunlop. |
| | John David Bingham (1884-1942) — also known asJohn D. Bingham — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,May 16,1884.Republican. Superintendent, MichiganAlkaliCompany; manager, Huron PortCement;director, Peoples StateBank;mayor ofAlpena, Mich., 1930-40.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Eagles.Died, fromkidneyfailure,June 14,1942 (age58 years, 29days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.  | Lemuel Grant Dafoe (1857-1946) — also known asLemuel G. Dafoe — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.BornOctober2, 1857.Republican. Postmaster atAlpena,Mich., 1898-1906; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1904;mayorof Alpena, Mich., 1910-14; defeated, 1914, 1916; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena County, 1922.DiedSeptember27, 1946 (age88 years, 360days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Image source:Alpena Argus, July 15, 1908 |
| | | Harlo E. Herron (1898-1965) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.BornNovember10, 1898.Mayorof Alpena, Mich., 1954-60.DiedNovember10, 1965 (age67 years, 0days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Richard W. Piepkorn (1877-1959) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Berlin,Germany,August9, 1877.President, PeoplesBank ofAlpena; half-owner of Great Lakesfreighter;mayorof Alpena, Mich., 1940-44.Protestant.Germanancestry. Member,Rotary;Freemasons;Elks;OddFellows.DiedOctober16, 1959 (age82 years, 68days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederick Piepkorn and Ernestina (Musner) Piepkorn; married1922 to RubyJ. Chapel. |
| | Charles Roswell Henry (1856-1926) — also known asCharles R. Henry — of Au Sable,IoscoCounty, Mich.; Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Lake Ridge, Macon Township,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,December29, 1856.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1885.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons.Died of apoplexy (cerebralhemorrhage), after a period ofhearttrouble, in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,February26, 1926 (age69 years, 59days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Alonzo B. Green (1860-1945) — of Green Township,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft),PiscataquisCounty, Maine,June 6,1860.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1915-18, 1923-30 (Alpena County1915-18, 1923-26, Alpena District 1927-30); defeated in primary,1930; Republican candidate forMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1918, 1934 (primary).Died in Green Township,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,May 21,1945 (age84 years, 349days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George M. Green and Nancy A. (Royal) Green; married1885 to RosieE. Nichols; married1891 to DoraB. Eaton. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Herbert A. Kurrasch (1897-1955) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in1897.Mayorof Alpena, Mich., 1950-51.Died in1955(ageabout58 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Richard Hector Deadman (1872-1962) — also known asRichard H. Deadman — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Clandeboye,Ontario,September20, 1872.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;realestate business;AlpenaCounty Clerk, 1909-12;AlpenaCounty Treasurer, 1917-21; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena District, 1939-50;defeated in primary, 1936, 1950, 1954.Episcopalian.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,OddFellows;Grange;Elks.Died in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,January13, 1962 (age89 years, 115days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Henry Deadman and Christina (McKay) Deadman; brother ofJohnFlanigan Deadman; married1901 to LillieM. Rea. |
| | Abram Randolph Blakley (1841-1898) — also known asAbram R. Blakley — of Meridian Township,InghamCounty, Mich.; Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in New York,October19, 1841.Supervisorof Meridian Township, Michigan, 1874-75, 1878-79; defeated(Greenback), 1879;real estatebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena District, 1893-94;resigned 1894.Died, from agunshotwound, in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,November14, 1898 (age57 years, 26days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Blakeley and Matilda (Randolph) Blakeley; married to Lydia P.Ballard. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Walter W. Weinkauf (1894-1971) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.BornSeptember16, 1894.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena District, 1960;mayor ofAlpena, Mich., 1967.DiedSeptember29, 1971 (age77 years, 13days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Donald M. Habermehl (1919-1971) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Herron,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,January20, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;AlpenaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1949-54;chair ofAlpena County Republican Party, 1952-58; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1952; candidate forMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1954;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 29th SenatorialDistrict, 1961-62.Protestant.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars.DiedJune 17,1971 (age52 years, 148days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Lawrence A. Habermehl and Vernie E. (Smith) Habermehl; married toJean May. |
| | John Flanigan Deadman (1868-1932) — also known asJohn F. Deadman — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.Born in London,Ontario,November26, 1868.Democrat.Veterinarian;lost aleg in a hunting accident;lost aneye in another accident; candidate formayorof Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1915; in 1928, he famously savedseveral lives when he brought needed serum and medical supplies bydogsled, through a heavy winter storm, to snowbound Detour, Mich.Scottishancestry. Member,Knightsof Pythias;Elks;OddFellows;Maccabees;ModernWoodmen of America.Died in ahospitalat Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,April27, 1932 (age63 years, 153days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | James D. Turnbull (d. 1900) — of Michigan. Candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 26th Circuit, 1899.Died in1900.Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Duncan Alex Cameron (1863-1936) — also known asDuncan A. Cameron — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born inOntario,May7, 1863.Democrat.Physician;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena District, 1933-34;defeated, 1930, 1934.Scottishancestry. Member,American MedicalAssociation;Freemasons;Eagles.DiedAugust4, 1936 (age73 years, 89days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Marie B. Comstock (1879-1961) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.BornApril12, 1879.Democrat. Member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1919.Female.DiedMay 24,1961 (age82 years, 42days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Hebrew BenevolentCemetery
Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan
Holy CrossCemetery
Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Henry Douville (1884-1959) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.,June 19,1884.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Alpena District, 1931-32,1935-38; defeated, 1932, 1938, 1954.DiedMay 10,1959 (age74 years, 325days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Francis J. O'Donnell (1896-1961) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.BornDecember25, 1896.Democrat.Physician;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1940.DiedNovember2, 1961 (age64 years, 312days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Whispering PinesCemetery
Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Harry Fletcher (1884-1956) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.Born in1884.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1948.Died in1956(ageabout72 years).Interment at Whispering Pines Cemetery.
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