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Oceana County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Oceana County

Index to Locations Claybanks TownshipClaybanksCemetery HartHart Cemetery PentwaterUnknown location ShelbyMt. Hope Cemetery ClaybanksCemetery Claybanks Township, Oceana County, Michigan Alexander S. Anderson (1811-1879) — of Claybanks Township,OceanaCounty, Mich.Born in Maine,March23, 1811.Lumberbusiness;farmer;OceanaCounty Clerk and Register of Deeds, 1859-60;OceanaCounty Treasurer, 1861-62.Died in Claybanks Township,OceanaCounty, Mich.,December29, 1879 (age68 years, 281days).Interment at Claybanks Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:   HartCemetery Hart, Oceana County, Michigan Charles F. Lewis (1856-1942) — of Pentwater,OceanaCounty, Mich.Born in Lyons,IoniaCounty, Mich.,November11, 1856.Republican.Hardwarestore owner;postmaster;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1923-26, 1929-30 (Oceana County1923-26, Newaygo District 1929-30); defeated in primary, 1930.Died in Pentwater,OceanaCounty, Mich.,January8, 1942 (age85 years, 58days).Interment at Hart Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Charles Emerson Lewis and Ann Ely (Tufts) Lewis; married to LizzieLoretta Webb.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Frank A. Jensen (d. 1948) — of Illinois. Democrat. Candidate forIllinoissuperintendent of public instruction, 1938;Universityof Illinois trustee; elected 1938.Died in1948.Interment somewhere.

Walter Henry Churchill (1838-1900) — also known asWalter H. Churchill — of Shelby,OceanaCounty, Mich.Born in Batavia,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,April27, 1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;postmaster;supervisor, Shelby Township, 1866, 1885;hardwarebusiness;boot and shoemerchant;banker;OceanaCounty Probate Judge, 1889-92.Died, fromintestinaladhesions, in Shelby Township,OceanaCounty, Mich.,June 23,1900 (age62 years, 57days).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:
	Thomas Read (1881-1962) — of Shelby,OceanaCounty, Mich.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1881.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Oceana County, 1915-20;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1919-20;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary,1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1924, 1940; member ofMichiganstate senate 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1929;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1932;Michiganstate attorney general, 1939-40; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1940;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.Congregationalist.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Rotary.Died in1962(ageabout81 years).Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Sonof Thomas Read (1841-1911) and Jane (Davidson) Read; married,March20, 1915, to Ethel Katherine White.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial   Image source: Michigan Manual1939

	Relatives: Sonof Samuel Churchill and Eliza Churchill; married1859 to JaneP. Green; married1869 to LucadaA. Carter; married1874 to SarahA. Hamlin.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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