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Maple HillCemetery
1201 South Mitchell Street
Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (1931-2007) — also known asGuy Vander Jagt — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.; Luther,LakeCounty, Mich.Born in Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.,August26, 1931.Republican.Journalist;newsdirector, WWTV, Cadillac, Mich.;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 36th District, 1965-66; resigned 1966;U.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1966-93; defeated inprimary, 1992.Presbyterian.Dutchancestry. Member,Rotary;Freemasons.Died, ofpancreaticcancer, inWashington,D.C.,June 22,2007 (age75 years, 300days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Fred C. Wetmore (1867-1953) — ofWexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Rock Island,Rock IslandCounty, Ill.,November23, 1867.Republican.Lawyer;WexfordCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-06; member ofMichiganstate senate 27th District, 1907-10;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1910-14, 1930-33,1937.Member,Knightsof Pythias;AncientOrder of United Workmen.Died in1953(ageabout85 years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Perry F. Powers (1858-1945) — of Cambridge,HenryCounty, Ill.; Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Ohio,September5, 1858.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1899-1900;Michiganstate auditor general, 1901-04;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1920-21; postmaster atCadillac,Mich., 1922-34; vice-president, Peoples SavingsBank.Died in1945(ageabout86 years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Felix H. H. Flynn (1881-1953) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Ionia,IoniaCounty, Mich.,May 4,1881.Republican.WexfordCounty Clerk, 1909-24;automobiledealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1924(member,CredentialsCommittee); member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1927;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1928-33; appointed 1928; member ofMichiganstate senate 27th District, 1933-40, 1951-53; defeated inprimary, 1948; died in office 1953; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1940; candidate forMichiganstate treasurer, 1940.Catholic.GermanandIrishancestry. Member,Elks;Maccabees.Died in1953(ageabout72 years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Eldon L. Metheany (1850-1917) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio,December5, 1850.Railwaystation agent;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1883-84, 1890-92, 1906-07, 1908-10; defeated,1907.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Redmen.Died inWexfordCounty, Mich.,September3, 1917 (age66 years, 272days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Richard R. Metheany and Esther (Levering) Metheany; married,June 20,1878, to Louisa Welker. |
| | James Johnston (d. 1944) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Republican.Grocer;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1904-06, 1913-15, 1918-19, 1922-23; defeated,1906, 1909, 1915.Died in1944.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Fred S. Lamb (b. 1863) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in St. Johns,ClintonCounty, Mich.,September28, 1863.Republican.Lawyer;president, Cadillac StateBank;WexfordCounty Prosecuting Attorney; candidate formayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1908;circuitjudge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1909-47; appointed 1909.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel H. Lamb and Emma J. (Cantwell) Lamb; married,October20, 1896, to Delia J. Cook. |
| | Fred A. Diggins (c.1862-1914) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born near Harvard,McHenryCounty, Ill., about 1862.Republican.Lumberbusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1892,1912;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1892-94, 1896-1900.Died inWexfordCounty, Mich.,July 7,1914 (ageabout 52years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Franklin Diggins and Ellen (Blodgett) Diggins. |
| | Charles C. Dunham (1845-1917) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Ohio,1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;liverybusiness;furnitureandundertakingbusiness;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1902-04, 1911-12; defeated, 1910.Died in1917(ageabout72 years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Howard L. Campbell (d. 1968) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1948-59; appointed 1948.Died in1968.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Bartlett H. McMullen (1856-1918) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Stratford,Ontario,September15, 1856.Physician;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1907-08, 1916-17.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.Died in1918(ageabout61 years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John S. McMullen and Margaret (Holland) McMullen; married,September7, 1883, to Alice M. Oams. |
| | Walter E. Curry (d. 1954) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.General manager, Cobbs & Mitchell,lumbermanufacturers;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1934-39; defeated, 1939.Died in1954.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | George G. Brown (d. 1958) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1942-45; appointed 1942.Died in1958.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Ivar T. Wedin (d. 1983) — also known asI. T. Wedin — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1962-67; defeated, 1967.Died in1983.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Samuel J. Wall (1851-1905) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Courtland Township,KentCounty, Mich.,July 10,1851.Republican.Lawyer;WexfordCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82;WexfordCounty Clerk, 1889-96;chair ofWexford County Republican Party, 1892-1900;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1894-96; postmaster atCadillac,Mich., 1898-1905.Died in Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.,September24, 1905 (age54 years, 76days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Wall and Mary (Morris) Wall. |
| | John F. Toepp (1920-1979) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Mansfield,RichlandCounty, Ohio,September25, 1920.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wexford District; elected1962; member ofMichiganstate senate 36th District; elected 1966, 1970, 1974; defeated,1978; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1972.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,April24, 1979 (age58 years, 211days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Levi J. Law (1854-1909) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Salem,EssexCounty, Mass.,December1, 1854.Democrat.Clothingmerchant;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1889-90; defeated, 1895; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1892;postmaster atCadillac,Mich., 1894-98; member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1899.Presbyterian.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;RoyalArcanum;Woodmen;AncientOrder of United Workmen;Maccabees.Died in Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.,1909(ageabout54 years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George D. Law. |
| | Ronald Garry Wilson (1918-1974) — also known asRonald G. Wilson — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.BornMarch 7,1918.Mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1970-71.Killed, along with his wife and two grandchildren, while flying in aheavyfog, when his single-engineplanecrashed, near Coral,MontcalmCounty, Mich.,March 3,1974 (age55 years, 361days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Ray C. Wilson and Agnes Caroline (Root) Wilson; married to JoyceElaine Baker. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles H. Nixon (1876-1958) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born inSt. JosephCounty, Ind.,January15, 1876.Republican.Farmer;WexfordCounty Sheriff, 1921-24, 1929-36; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wexford District, 1937-42.Died in1958(ageabout82 years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Clara L. Stewart. |
| | Axel G. Burnam (1851-1905) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in1851.Realestate business; candidate formayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1903.Died in Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.,February10, 1905 (ageabout 53years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Ansel P. Wilcox (c.1833-1917) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in New York, about 1833.Painterand paperhanger; candidate formayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1913.DiedMay 13,1917 (ageabout 84years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Ansel Wilcox and Phoebe (Risley) Wilcox. |
| | William H. Hardick (d. 1941) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Candidate formayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1899.DiedApril 8,1941.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Glen Erdly (d. 1950) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Republican.Chair ofWexford County Republican Party, 1950.Died in1950.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Douglas Stanley Fairbanks (1910-1981) — also known asDouglas S. Fairbanks — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.BornNovember21, 1910.Democrat.Tavernproprietor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Michigan,1960;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wexford District, 1960; candidate formayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1961, 1971.DiedMarch27, 1981 (age70 years, 126days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Constance B. Deming (1919-1993) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.BornJuly 26,1919.Republican. Member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1959.Female.Died in Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.,February8, 1993 (age73 years, 197days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Eugene W. Deming. |
| | Ephraim Henry Kidder (1907-1996) — also known asHenry E. Kidder — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.,December21, 1907.Automobilemechanic; candidate formayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1959.Died in Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.,July 23,1996 (age88 years, 215days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Lundy J. Deming — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Republican.Delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from WexfordDistrict, 1933; Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1948(voted forThomasE. Dewey andEarlWarren); delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1952.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | William Kaiser — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Candidate formayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1897.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
Mt. CarmelCemetery
Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Francis O. Gaffney (1858-1922) — also known asFrank O. Gaffney — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,1858.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1904,1916(alternate),1920;candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1904;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1910-11; defeated, 1911, 1912; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1911; postmaster atCadillac,Mich., 1914-22.Irishancestry.DiedJanuary18, 1922 (ageabout 63years).Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
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