Muskegon County
Michigan
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Muskegon County
Michigan
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Muskegon County
Index to Locations SeamanCemetery Casnovia, Muskegon County, Michigan
Egelston TownshipCemetery 5762 Evanston Avenue Egelston Township, Muskegon County, Michigan See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
HoltonCemetery Holton, Muskegon County, Michigan See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
UnknownLocation Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan EvergreenCemetery Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
|  John Wesley Moon (1836-1898) — also known asJohn W. Moon — of Michigan. Born near Ypsilanti,WayneCounty, Mich.,January18, 1836.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate, 1885, 1887 (23rd District 1885, 21st District1887);U.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1893-95.Died in Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.,April 5,1898 (age62 years, 77days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
| Chauncey Davis (1812-1888) — of Kenosha,KenoshaCounty, Wis.; Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born inJeffersonCounty, N.Y.,March15, 1812.Republican.Lumberman;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Muskegon County, 1861-64;mayorof Muskegon, Mich., 1870-71, 1872-73.DiedFebruary9, 1888 (age75 years, 331days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
| James Balbirnie (1838-1899) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born inOntario,1838.Republican.Merchant;mayorof Muskegon, Mich., 1899; died in office 1899.Scottishancestry.Shotandkilled byJohn W. Tayer, who had been ousted as city poor director, in hisstore inhis store at Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.,June 29,1899 (ageabout 60years). Tayer died by suicide at the scene; he shot himself, thenswallowed carbolic acid.Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
| Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) — also known asFrank E. McKee — of North Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August22, 1877.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,1944; died in office 1951.Episcopalian.Scotch-Irish,Swiss,German, andEnglishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Died, of aheartattack, in a room at the PorterHotel,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,February13, 1951 (age73 years, 175days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
| Joseph Ireland (1826-1913) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in1826.Mayorof Muskegon, Mich., 1871-72.Died in1913(ageabout87 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
| Benjamin L. Piper (1813-1871) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.BornJuly 29,1813.Villagepresident of Muskegon, Michigan, 1868-70.DiedAugust7, 1871 (age58 years, 9days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
| Elias W. Merrill (1812-1902) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Maine,October2, 1812.Republican. Postmaster atMuskegon,Mich., 1861-63, 1869-75;villagepresident of Muskegon, Michigan, 1867-68; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1868.Died in Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.,March26, 1902 (age89 years, 175days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
LakesideCemetery Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
OakwoodCemetery Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
| Phillip P. Schnorbach (d. 1945) — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.; Manistee,ManisteeCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan. Republican. Postmaster atMuskegon,Mich., 1907-15; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1924;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1934.DiedJuly 3,1945.Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | Harris Earp Galpin (1889-1940) — also known asHarris E. Galpin — of Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,March24, 1889.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Died in Muskegon,MuskegonCounty, Mich.,September10, 1940 (age51 years, 170days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
Norton ShoresCemetery Norton Shores, Muskegon County, Michigan
OakhurstCemetery Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan
| Clarence Grant Pitkin (1868-1957) — also known asClarence G. Pitkin — of Whitehall,MuskegonCounty, Mich.Born in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,November2, 1868.Republican.Druggist;secretary and general manager of White RiverPower andLight Company; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Muskegon County, 1921-24.ScottishandFrenchancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Whitehall,MuskegonCounty, Mich.,September18, 1957 (age88 years, 320days).Interment at Oakhurst Cemetery.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of apolitical graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872 |  |
| The Political Graveyardis a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries.Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260politicians, living and dead. | ||
| The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President,members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders inall fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; andthe chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifyingmunicipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, forany of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellatejudges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet,diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys,collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of majorfederal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmastersof qualifying communities; (5) state and national political partyofficials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and otherparticipants in national party nominating conventions;(6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nationsbefore 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify",for Political Graveyard purposes, if theyhave at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive ofpredecessor, successor, and merged entities. | ||
| The listings areincomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project. | ||
| Information on this page — and on all other pages of thissite — is believed to be accurate, but isnotguaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sourcesbefore relying on any information here. | ||
| The official URL for this page is:https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MU-buried.html. | ||
| Links to this or any other Political Graveyard pageare welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimeschange as the site develops. | ||
| If you are searching for a specific named individual, try thealphabetical index of politicians. | ||
| Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; seeFeistv. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this siteare 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe toconstitutefair use under applicable copyright law. Wherepossible, each image is linked to its online source. However,requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from thissite are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection andarrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum.(4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under aCreative CommonsLicense. | ||
| What is a "political graveyard"? SeePoliticalDictionary;UrbanDictionary. | ||
| Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained byLawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address isThe Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted byHDLmi.com. —The Political Graveyard opened onJuly 1, 1996; the last full revision was done onFebruary 17, 2025. | ||
