Index to Locations BurtonOak Grove CemeteryCorunnaMaple River CemeteryCorunnaPine Tree CemeteryLaingsburgLaingsburg CemeteryOwossoOak Grove CemeteryOwossoOak Hill CemeteryPerryRoselawn Cemetery
Oak GroveCemetery
Burton, Shiawassee County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  James N. McBride (1864-1933) — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.; Burton,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Mercer Center (unknowncounty), Pa.,December12, 1864.Newspapereditor;farmer;member of Michigan Union Silver Party State Central Committee, 1899;Progressive candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1914; Republican candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1932.Methodist.Member,Grange;FarmBureau.Died in Burton,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,March10, 1933 (age68 years, 88days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Maple RiverCemetery
Corunna, Shiawassee County, Michigan
Founded 1833
Pine TreeCemetery
Corunna, Shiawassee County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Andrew Parsons (1817-1855) — ofShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Hoosick,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,July 22,1817.ShiawasseeCounty Register of Deeds;ShiawasseeCounty Prosecuting Attorney; member ofMichiganstate senate 6th District, 1847-48; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1852-54;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1853;Governor ofMichigan, 1853-55; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1855; diedin office 1855.Died in Corunna,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,June 6,1855 (age37 years, 319days).Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery. | | Joseph H. Collins (1873-1948) — of Corunna,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Corunna,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,March24, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;ShiawasseeCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1897-1901;ShiawasseeCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-15; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1916;circuitjudge in Michigan 35th Circuit, 1918-48; died in office 1948.Member,American BarAssociation;Rotary;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.DiedApril 5,1948 (age75 years, 12days).Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery. | | Ray Derham (1888-1957) — of Iron Mountain,DickinsonCounty, Mich.Born in Corunna,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,September3, 1888.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 31st District, 1933-34; defeated in primary, 1934; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1947.Died in Iron Mountain,DickinsonCounty, Mich.,November27, 1957 (age69 years, 85days).Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery. | | John Nathaniel Ingersoll (1817-1881) — also known asJohn N. Ingersoll — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.; Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.; Corunna,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in North Castle town,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,May 4,1817.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1849, 1869-70 (Chippewa County1849, Shiawassee County 1st District 1869-70); member ofMichiganstate senate 28th District, 1861-62; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1868;mayor of Corunna, Mich.Member,OddFellows.Died in Corunna,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,May 13,1881 (age64 years, 9days).Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery.
LaingsburgCemetery
Laingsburg, Shiawassee County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Henry Hamilton Pulver (1843-1936) — also known asHenry H. Pulver — of Laingsburg,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born inLivingstonCounty, N.Y.,September2, 1843.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 20th District, 1885-86;postmaster.Died, frombronchialpneumonia, in Laingsburg,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,January25, 1936 (age92 years, 145days).Interment at Laingsburg Cemetery.
Oak GroveCemetery
Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Asa Torrence Wright (1872-1937) — also known asAsa T. Wright — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.BornAugust4, 1872.Mayorof Owosso, Mich., 1917-26, 1932-35; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1935.Died, frompneumonia,in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,April23, 1937 (age64 years, 262days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Wright and Rhoda (Orser) Wright; married to Mary AltaBrown. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Oak HillCemetery
Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) — also known asAlvin M. Bentley — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August30, 1918.Republican. Foreign Service officer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated,1962;woundedin an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of theHouse of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1960;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th SenatorialDistrict, 1961-62; candidate forMichiganstate board of education, 1964; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died inoffice 1969.Congregationalist.Member,Elks;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;ExchangeClub;ThetaDelta Chi;OptimistClub;Rotary;Kiwanis.Died in Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,April10, 1969 (age50 years, 223days).Entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | | Herman Henry Dignan (1890-1956) — also known asHerman H. Dignan — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,1890.Republican.Hardwaredealer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1935-38;member ofMichiganstate senate 15th District, 1939-42; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1940,1944;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1943-46.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in1956(ageabout66 years).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Nell T. 'Nelly' Haley. |
| | Wallace D. Burke (1862-1914) — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born inCanada,October6, 1862.Democrat.Saloonkeeper;mayor ofOwosso, Mich., 1908-11.Died in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,August27, 1914 (age51 years, 325days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Otto Lee Sprague (1865-1944) — also known asOtto L. Sprague — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in1865.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1896;member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1911-13;mayor ofOwosso, Mich., 1911-12, 1926-28; defeated, 1897; postmaster atOwosso,Mich., 1928.Died in1944(ageabout79 years).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Morris Osburn (1838-1918) — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in1838.Republican.Mayor ofOwosso, Mich.; elected 1900.Died in1918(ageabout80 years).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Roy Kencel Nutson (d. 1964) — of Michigan. Socialist. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1948.DiedJuly 29,1964.Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Gilbert R. Lyon (1835-1915) — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,August31, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 35th Circuit, 1905.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Eagles.Suffered afall downthe cellar stairs of his home, fractured his skull, and died fourdays later, in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,1915(ageabout79 years).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Daniel Lyon. |
| | Edmond Otis Dewey (1861-1921) — also known asEdmond O. Dewey — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Niles,BerrienCounty, Mich.,August24, 1861.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; postmaster atOwosso,Mich., 1900-11; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1908;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1917;nominated in primary formayor ofOwosso, Mich. 1917, but withdrew before election.Died in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,January22, 1921 (age59 years, 151days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
RoselawnCemetery
Perry, Shiawassee County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles Locke (1811-1881) — ofShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born inMadisonCounty, N.Y.,May 11,1811.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Shiawassee County 2ndDistrict, 1867-68.Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),in Perry,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,May 8,1881 (age69 years, 362days).Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
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