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Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Isaac Marston (1839-1891) — ofBayCounty, Mich.Born in County Armagh, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),January3, 1839.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Bay County, 1872;Michiganstate attorney general, 1874; appointed 1874;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1875-83; appointed 1875; resigned1883;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1880-81.DiedOctober31, 1891 (age52 years, 301days).Interment somewhere.  | James Edward Davidson (1865-1947) — also known asJames E. Davidson — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1865.Republican.Shipbuilder;financier;director, Pere MarquetteRailroad;director, Cleveland Indiansprobaseball team; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1915-19, 1927, 1939; delegateto Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920,1944(alternate); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1923-40.Member,Freemasons.Died in Lake Placid,EssexCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1947 (age81 years, 230days).Interment somewhere.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Davidson and Ellen M. (Rogers) Davidson; married1890 to JuneLolette Cobb; married,July 28,1919, to Helen Forrest Knox. | | | | Image source: Detroit Free Press, July26, 1947 |
Elm LawnCemetery
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Roy Orchard Woodruff (1876-1953) — also known asRoy O. Woodruff — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Eaton Rapids,EatonCounty, Mich.,March14, 1876.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;dentist;mayorof Bay City, Mich., 1911-13;U.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1913-15, 1921-53;defeated, 1914; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1940.Baptist;laterPresbyterian.ScottishandEnglishancestry. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;AmericanLegion;Elks;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;AmericanDental Association;DeltaSigma Delta.Died inWashington,D.C.,February12, 1953 (age76 years, 335days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery.  | Elford Albin Cederberg (1918-2006) — also known asElford A. Cederberg — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.; Midland,MidlandCounty, Mich.Born in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,March 6,1918.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;mayorof Bay City, Mich., 1949-52;U.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1953-78; defeated,1950, 1978; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1968,1976(alternate).Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Lions;Elks;Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in The Villages,LakeCounty, Fla.,April17, 2006 (age88 years, 42days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | Rousseau Owen Crump (1843-1901) — also known asRousseau O. Crump — of West Bay City (now part of Bay City),BayCounty, Mich.Born in Pittsford,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,May 20,1843.Republican.Manufacturer;mayorof West Bay City, Mich., 1892-95;U.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1895-1901; died inoffice 1901.Englishancestry.Died in West Bay City (now part of Bay City),BayCounty, Mich.,May 1,1901 (age57 years, 346days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | Spencer Oliver Fisher (1843-1919) — also known asSpencer O. Fisher — of West Bay City (now part of Bay City),BayCounty, Mich.Born in Camden,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.,February3, 1843.Democrat.Lumberbusiness;mayorof West Bay City, Mich., 1883-85;U.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1885-89; defeated,1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1892;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1894; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forMichigan,1896.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,June 1,1919 (age76 years, 118days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | Henry Harrison Aplin (1841-1910) — also known asHenry H. Aplin — of West Bay City (now part of Bay City),BayCounty, Mich.Born in Thetford Township,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,April15, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmasteratWestBay City, Mich., 1881, 1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1884;Michiganstate auditor general, 1887-90; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Bay County 2nd District,1895-96;U.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1901-03.Died in West Bay City (now part of Bay City),BayCounty, Mich.,July 23,1910 (age69 years, 99days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | Nathan Ball Bradley (1831-1906) — also known asNathan B. Bradley — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Lee,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,May 28,1831.Republican.Lumberbusiness;saltindustry;mayorof Bay City, Mich., 1865; member ofMichiganstate senate 27th District, 1867-68; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1872;U.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1873-77.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,November8, 1906 (age75 years, 164days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | Herschel Harrison Hatch (1837-1920) — also known asHerschel H. Hatch — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Morrisville,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,February17, 1837.Republican.Lawyer;BayCounty Probate Judge, 1868-72; member ofMichiganstate constitutional commission 8th District, 1873;U.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1883-85.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November30, 1920 (age83 years, 287days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | Frank Willis Wheeler (1853-1921) — also known asFrank W. Wheeler — of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw),SaginawCounty, Mich.; West Bay City (now part of Bay City),BayCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Chaumont,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1853.Republican.Shipbuilder;U.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1889-91.Died, fromheartdisease, in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,August9, 1921 (age68 years, 160days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery.  | George H. Shearer (1825-1894) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 9,1825.Builder;lumbermanufacturer;brick and claytile manufacturer;flour millbusiness;mayorof Bay City, Mich., 1885-87.Member,OddFellows;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,October20, 1894 (age69 years, 103days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George Shearer and Agnes (Buchanan) Shearer; brother ofJamesBuchanan Shearer; married1850 to MariaE. Herbut; married to Laura A. Herbut. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
| | Benjamin Franklin Partridge (1822-1892) — also known asBenjamin F. Partridge — of Portsmouth Township,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Shelby,MacombCounty, Mich.,April19, 1822.Republican.Lumberbusiness;real estatebusiness;farmer;historian;BayCounty Sheriff; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;Michiganland commissioner, 1877-78; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Bay County 2nd District,1881-82.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;GrandArmy of the Republic;Grange.Died in Portsmouth Township,BayCounty, Mich.,October19, 1892 (age70 years, 183days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | George Lord (1815-1893) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Hamilton,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1815.Democrat.Sawmillbusiness;druggist;railroadticket agent;insurancebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1872;mayorof Bay City, Mich., 1878.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,April30, 1893 (age78 years, 44days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery.  | James Buchanan Shearer (1823-1896) — also known asJames Shearer — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1823.Builder;lumber millowner;banker;member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1880-87.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,OddFellows.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,October14, 1896 (age73 years, 94days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery.| | Presumably namedfor:JamesBuchanan | | | | Relatives: Son of George Shearer andAgnes (Buchanan) Shearer; brother ofGeorgeH. Shearer; married1850 toMargaret J. Hutchison. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalRecord of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
| | Arthur Custer MacKinnon (1870-1957) — also known asArthur C. MacKinnon — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,August3, 1870.Republican.Machinist;manufacturer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1923-32, 1941-42, 1945-48,1951-52 (Bay County 1st District 1923-32, 1941-42, Bay County1945-48, 1951-52); defeated, 1932 (Bay County 1st District), 1934(Bay County 1st District), 1936 (Bay County 1st District), 1942 (BayCounty 1st District), 1948 (Bay County), 1952 (Bay County).Congregationalist.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Elks.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,October15, 1957 (age87 years, 73days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | Webster Homer Gansser (1900-1963) — also known asWebster H. Gansser — of Michigan. Born in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,April27, 1900.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 24th District, 1948.Died in Michigan, August,1963(age63years, 0 days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | Adolph J. Rehmus (1887-1965) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.BornOctober3, 1887.Democrat.Delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Bay County1st District, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1936.DiedFebruary2, 1965 (age77 years, 122days).Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. | | Richard Harold Fletcher Jr. (d. 1984) — also known asRichard H. Fletcher, Jr. — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1944;member, Michigan Conservation Commission, 1947-52.DiedDecember23, 1984.Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery.
Oak RidgeCemetery
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Augustus Herbert Gansser (1872-1951) — also known asAugustus H. Gansser — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Wurttemberg,Germany,July5, 1872.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;insurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Bay County 1st District,1911-12; member ofMichiganstate senate 24th District, 1915-18, 1923-32; defeated, 1912,1932; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.Congregationalist.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,April25, 1951 (age78 years, 294days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Pine RidgeCemetery
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James M. Birney (1817-1888) — also known asJames Birney — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,June 17,1817.Republican.Circuitjudge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1860-63;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1861; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1872;U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1876-82.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,May 8,1888 (age70 years, 326days).Interment at Pine Ridge Cemetery. | | James Van Kleeck (1846-1923) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Exeter,MonroeCounty, Mich.,September26, 1846.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Midland District, 1883-84;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1892;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 24th District,1907-08.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,February7, 1923 (age76 years, 134days).Interment at Pine Ridge Cemetery.
St. Patrick'sCemetery
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock (1850-1938) — also known asThomas A. E. Weadock — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ballygarret, County Wexford,Ireland,January1, 1850.Democrat.Lawyer;BayCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-78;mayorof Bay City, Mich., 1883-84;U.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1891-95; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1896;candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1930; Democratic Presidential Elector forMichigan,1933;justiceof Michigan state supreme court, 1933; defeated, 1904, 1928.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;AncientOrder of Hibernians.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November18, 1938 (age88 years, 321days).Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery. | | Lewis Phillip Coumans (1859-1918) — also known asLewis P. Coumans — ofBayCounty, Mich.Born in Bruce County,Ontario,January14, 1859.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1908;circuitjudge in Michigan 18th Circuit, 1916; appointed 1916; defeated,1916.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,April20, 1918 (age59 years, 96days).Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery. | | Lewis Phillip Coumans Jr. (1891-1923) — also known asLewis P. Coumans, Jr. — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,December4, 1891.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Bay County 1st District, 1914.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,February12, 1923 (age31 years, 70days).Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery. | | Dudley J. Kavanagh (1879-1950) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Stony Creek (now part of Rochester Hills),OaklandCounty, Mich.,August30, 1879.Democrat.Lawyer;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1932;probate judge in Michigan, 1933-36.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in1950(ageabout70 years).Interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
St. Paul LutheranCemetery
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Adolph H. Begick (1898-1988) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.; Frankenlust Township,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,February24, 1898.Republican.Farmer;secretary, MonitorCoalCompany; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Bay County 2nd District,1943-44; candidate forMichiganstate senate 24th District, 1944, 1946.Lutheran.Died in Bangor Township,BayCounty, Mich.,December9, 1988 (age90 years, 289days).Interment at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery.
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