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St. Joseph County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in St. Joseph County

Marden Sabin (1840-1917) — of Centreville,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Orland,SteubenCounty, Ind.,January2, 1840.Republican.Physician;surgeon;member ofMichiganstate senate, 1891-94 (8th District 1891-92, 6th District1893-94).Died, fromchronicinterstitial nephritis, in Battle Creek,CalhounCounty, Mich.,April10, 1917 (age77 years, 98days).Interment at Prairie River Cemetery.

Index to Locations CentrevilleUnknown location CentrevillePrairie River Cemetery ColonLakeside Cemetery ConstantineUnknown location ConstantineConstantine Cemetery MendonMendon Cemetery NottawaNottawa Cemetery SturgisOak Lawn Cemetery SturgisOaklawn Terrace Cemetery Three RiversRiverside Cemetery UnknownLocation Centreville, St. Joseph County, Michigan Prairie RiverCemetery Centreville, St. Joseph County, Michigan John W. Fletcher (1888-1982) — of Centreville,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Nottawa Township,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,July 28,1888.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;farmer;St.Joseph County Treasurer, 1935-42; member ofMichiganstate senate 6th District, 1945-48; defeated in primary, 1948;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from St. Joseph District, 1952-58;defeated in primary, 1958.Died in1982(ageabout93 years).Interment at Prairie River Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

	Relatives: Sonof Stephen Choate Sabin and Martha M. (Stocker) Sabin; married,May 23,1867, to Mary Monroe Smith; second cousin ofAugustusSabin Chase (1828-1896) andJosephSpalding; second cousin once removed ofIrvingHall Chase; second cousin twice removed ofAlvahSabin andAugustusSabin Chase (1897-1970); second cousin thrice removed ofSethChase Taft; third cousin once removed ofNelsonAppleton Miles; third cousin twice removed ofElijahAbel andChaunceyFitch Cleveland; third cousin thrice removed ofJedediahSabin; fourth cousin ofChaunceyBrewer Sabin; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamDean Kellogg.
		Political family:Sabinfamily of Pomfret, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
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Charles O. Boussum (1870-1918) — of Colon,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Leonidas,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,April26, 1870.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1909-10.Member,Freemasons.Died in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,March30, 1918 (age47 years, 338days).Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof William Boussum; married to Maude Hester Kent.
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Edwin William Keightley (1843-1926) — also known asEdwin W. Keightley — of Constantine,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born near Scott,LaGrangeCounty, Ind.,August7, 1843.Republican.Circuitjudge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1874-77; appointed 1874;U.S.Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1877-79.Died in Constantine,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,May 4,1926 (age82 years, 270days).Interment at Constantine Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:
	John Steward Barry (1802-1870) — also known asJohn S. Barry — of Constantine,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Amherst,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,January29, 1802.Democrat.Delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 13th District, 1835;member ofMichiganstate senate, 1835-38, 1841 (3rd District 1835-38, 7th District1841);Governor ofMichigan, 1842-46, 1850; defeated, 1854, 1860; PresidentialElector for Michigan,1848;Presidential Elector for Michigan,1852;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1856; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1856,1864.Died in Constantine,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,January14, 1870 (age67 years, 350days).Interment at Constantine Cemetery.   Relatives: Sonof John Barry and Ellen (Stewart) Barry; married to MaryKidder.   See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial   Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891)

George Lewis Yaple (1851-1939) — also known asGeorge L. Yaple — of Mendon,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Leonidas,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,February20, 1851.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1883-85; defeated,1880 (Fusion), 1884 (Fusion), 1890, 1892; Fusion candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1886; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee);circuitjudge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1894-1911; defeated, 1911;candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1897, 1912.DiedDecember16, 1939 (age88 years, 299days).Interment at Mendon Cemetery.

Albert Eli Beebe (1855-1934) — also known asAlbert E. Beebe — of Mendon,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Mendon,St. JosephCounty, Mich., January,1855.Member of Michigan People's Party State Central Committee, 1899;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1912, 1914; Democraticcandidate forMichiganstate senate 6th District, 1922; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1924.Died in Three Rivers,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,February23, 1934 (age79 years, 0days).Interment at Mendon Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Eli Beebe and Paulina (Osgood) Beebe; married,April 5,1877, to Esther Ellen Fenstermacher.
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NottawaCemetery
Nottawa, St. Joseph County, Michigan
William A. Cutler (1913-1971) — of Three Rivers,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Nottawa,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,March29, 1913.Schoolteacher;mayorof Three Rivers, Mich., 1963-65.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,August2, 1971 (age58 years, 126days).Interment at Nottawa Cemetery.

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	Relatives: Sonof William Lloyd Cutler and Mary Louise (Beerstecher) Cutler;married,July 23,1949, to Jane Shea Norrell.
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Oak LawnCemetery
Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan
William Lewis Stoughton (1827-1888) — also known asWilliam L. Stoughton — of Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Bangor,FranklinCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1827.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1860,1884(alternate);U.S.Attorney for Michigan, 1861; general in the Union Army during theCivil War;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867;Michiganstate attorney general, 1867-68;U.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1869-73.Died in Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,June 6,1888 (age61 years, 78days).Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.

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 Jonathan G. Wait (1811-1873) — of Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in York,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1811.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1851-52;member ofMichiganstate senate, 1863-68 (16th District 1863-66, 14th District1867-68); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1872.Founder, editor, and publisher of the Sturgis Journal. Died in Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,October24, 1873 (age61 years, 336days).Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Edmund S. Amidon (1840-1911) — of Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1895-96;mayorof Sturgis, Mich.; elected 1899.Died in1911(ageabout71 years).Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.

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 Daniel Joseph Gerow (1864-1950) — also known asDan J. Gerow — ofShiawasseeCounty, Mich.; Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Prince Edward County,Ontario,March24, 1864.Democrat.ShiawasseeCounty Sheriff, 1900-04;hotelproprietor;mayorof Sturgis, Mich., 1930-31; member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1932-39, 1947-49;delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from St. JosephCounty, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1948.Quaker. Member,Freemasons;Elks;Eagles;Rotary;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,August26, 1950 (age86 years, 155days).Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Erastus T. Parker (1843-1902) — of Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,August13, 1843.Postmaster atSturgis,Mich., 1901.Died in Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,August13, 1902 (age59 years, 0days).Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Erastus Parker and Isabel (McKerlie) Parker; married to AdelineGardner.
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 Martin Edmund Aulsbrook (1853-1931) — also known asMartin E. Aulsbrook — of Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Plainfield,WillCounty, Ill.,February28, 1853.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1900.Died in Albion,CalhounCounty, Mich.,December10, 1931 (age78 years, 285days).Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married to Julia Charlotte Bronson.
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Oaklawn TerraceCemetery
Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan
Laurence S. McBride (c.1930-1987) — of Michigan. Born about 1930. Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 42nd District, 1974.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Sturgis,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,1987(ageabout57 years).Interment at Oaklawn Terrace Cemetery.

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RiversideCemetery
Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Michigan
Samuel Martin Smith (1903-1963) — also known asSamuel M. Smith — of Three Rivers,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Savanna,CarrollCounty, Ill.,February2, 1903.Republican.Mayorof Three Rivers, Mich., 1955-63.Lutheran.Member,Civitan;Rotary;Lions.Died, from aheartattack, at Three RiversHospital,Three Rivers,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,September19, 1963 (age60 years, 229days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof John Smith and Anna Smith; married1935 toGertrude Minnie Schoenbeck.
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 Russel Pealer Breyfogle (1898-1971) — also known asRussel P. Breyfogle — of Three Rivers,St. JosephCounty, Mich.Born in Three Rivers,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,December11, 1898.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1952,1964;member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1959.Died in ahospitalat Three Rivers,St. JosephCounty, Mich.,August23, 1971 (age72 years, 255days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Jacob William Breyfogle and Mary Ann (Pealer) Breyfogle; marriedto Bertha Elizabeth DeBoer; first cousin four times removed ofGeorgeBreyfogle; third cousin twice removed ofLewisW. Breyfogle; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Breyfogle.
		Political family:Breyfoglefamily of Olathe, Kansas.
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