Index to Locations BellevilleHillside CemeteryCantonKinyon CemeteryDearbornNorthview CemeteryDearbornOld City Hall GroundsDearborn HeightsSt. HedwigCemeteryDetroitUnknown locationDetroitBelle Isle ParkDetroitCapitol ParkDetroitElmwood CemeteryDetroitEvergreen CemeteryDetroitFord CemeteryDetroitForest Lawn CemeteryDetroitGrand Circus ParkDetroitGrand Lawn CemeteryDetroitHoly Cross CemeteryDetroitMarygrove College MemorialGardenDetroitMt. Elliott CemeteryDetroitMt. Olivet CemeteryDetroitRussell Street CemeteryDetroitSt. Anne's ChurchDetroitSweetest Heart of MaryCemeteryDetroitTrinity CemeteryDetroitWoodlawn CemeteryDetroitWoodmere CemeteryEcorseSt. Francis Xavier CemeteryHuron TownshipMichigan MemorialParkLivoniaBeth El Memorial ParkLivoniaGlen Eden CemeteryLivoniaMt. Hope Memorial GardensLivoniaParkview Memorial CemeteryNorthvilleRural Hill CemeteryPlymouthRiverside CemeteryRedford TownshipDetroit Memorial ParkWestVan Buren TownshipDenton CemeteryVan Buren TownshipSoop-PleasantviewCemeteryWayneGlenwood CemeteryWyandotteMt. Carmel Cemetery
HillsideCemetery
Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Fred Christian Fischer (1879-1963) — also known asFred C. Fischer — of Belleville,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Flat Rock,WayneCounty, Mich.,November12, 1879.Republican.School teacherand principal; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1920;villagepresident of Belleville, Michigan, 1932-36; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934;WayneCounty Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54.Methodist.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows.Died, from amyocardialinfarction, in Ridgewood OsteopathicHospital,Superior Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,April20, 1963 (age83 years, 159days).Interment at Hillside Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Fred Fischer and Eleanor (Alexander) Fischer; married,June 24,1908, to Reva Ruthruff. | | | | Fred C. FischerElementarySchool (built 1957, closed 2011), inTaylor,Michigan, wasnamed forhim. — The former Fred C. FischerLibrary,inBelleville,Michigan, wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Orlo Good Roberts (1899-1981) — also known asOrlo G. Roberts — of Belleville,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Michigan,September29, 1899.Funeraldirector;villagepresident of Belleville, Michigan, 1945-46;mayorof Belleville, Mich., 1946-50, 1954-58.Methodist.Died in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,February1, 1981 (age81 years, 125days).Interment at Hillside Cemetery. | | Howard R. Stinehour (1922-1984) — of Belleville,WayneCounty, Mich.BornFebruary25, 1922.Realestate business;mayorof Belleville, Mich., 1983-84; died in office 1984.Died, from aheartattack, during an argument in acitycouncil meeting, in the BellvilleCityHall, Belleville,WayneCounty, Mich.,October1, 1984 (age62 years, 219days).Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
KinyonCemetery
Canton, Wayne County, Michigan
Founded 1840
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Robert Crawford Safford (1838-1913) — also known asRobert C. Safford — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Canton Township,WayneCounty, Mich.,March21, 1838.Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1892; Prohibitioncandidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1896; member of Michigan Prohibition Party StateExecutive Committee, 1899; treasurer of Michigan Prohibition Party,1899.Died in Canton Township,WayneCounty, Mich.,January4, 1913 (age74 years, 289days).Interment at Kinyon Cemetery.
NorthviewCemetery
600 Kensington Street
Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Henry Allyn Haigh (1854-1942) — also known asHenry A. Haigh — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,March13, 1854.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofWilliamL. Carpenter,FlaviusL. Brooke, andJohnAtkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and constructionofelectricrailways, and officer for severalrailroadcompanies; director of the AlpenaPowerCompany; stockholder and director of the Peninsular SavingsBank;director and counsel of Continental Casualtyinsurancecompany; Presidential Elector for Michigan,1893;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1896.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanPublic Health Association;AmericanHistorical Association;Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 16,1942 (age88 years, 64days).Interment at Northview Cemetery.
Old City HallGrounds
Dearborn, Wayne County,
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Orville Liscum Hubbard (1903-1982) — also known asOrville L. Hubbard — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Union City,BranchCounty, Mich.,April 2,1903.Republican.Lawyer;Republican candidate forMichiganstate senate, 1932 (primary), 1934 (primary), 1938; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1936; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1940(alternate),1952;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1940(appointed to fill vacancy; voted forWendellL. Willkie andCharlesL. McNary);mayorof Dearborn, Mich., 1942-77; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1939; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1953, 1955, 1956 (primary).DiedDecember16, 1982 (age79 years, 258days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Union City, Mich.; statue (now gone) at Old City HallGrounds.
St. HedwigCemetery
Dearborn Heights, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Jack E. Legel (1936-2001) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in1936.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 2nd District, 1975-80; defeated,1966 (17th District), 1968 (17th District), 1970 (17th District),1980 (2nd District), 1982 (3rd District), 1982 (1st District), 1984(2nd District), 1986 (2nd District), 1992 (14th District); alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1980;candidate forMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1994.Died, oflivercancer, in the Henry Ford WyandotteHospice,Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.,November14, 2001 (ageabout 65years).Interment at St. Hedwig Cemetery.
UnknownLocations
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Stanley W. Turner (1843-1905) — ofInghamCounty, Mich.Born in1843.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1877, 1889-90 (Ingham County 2ndDistrict 1877, Ogemaw District 1889-90);Michiganstate auditor general, 1893-96.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March26, 1905 (ageabout 61years).Interment somewhere. | | Charles H. Mahoney — ofWayneCounty, Mich.Republican. Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1932, 1934 (primary),1936 (primary).Interment somewhere. | | Sheridan J. Colby (1864-1909) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Woodhull Township,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,December2, 1864.Republican.Streetcarconductor;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1899-1904, 1907-09; died in office 1909.DiedMay 19,1909 (age44 years, 168days).Interment somewhere.| | Relatives: Sonof William Colby; married,August3, 1893, to Eva Mitte. |
| Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known asHazen S. Pingree;"The PotatoMayor" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Denmark,OxfordCounty, Maine,August30, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;boot and shoemanufacturer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1890-97;Governor ofMichigan, 1897-1900.Englishancestry.DiedJune 18,1901 (age60 years, 292days).Original interment somewhere; reinterment atWoodlawn Cemetery; statue atGrand Circus Park. | | Hiram Alden (c.1792-1838) — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.Born in New York, about 1792.Physician;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Branch County, 1835-37;villagepresident of Coldwater, Michigan, 1837-38.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November28, 1838 (ageabout 46years).Original interment somewhere; reinterment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
Belle IslePark
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) — also known asAlpheus S. Williams — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Saybrook,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,September20, 1810.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judgein Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1849-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1866; U.S. Minister toSalvador, 1866-69;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died inoffice 1878.Suffered astrokeand died in the U.S.CapitolBuilding,Washington,D.C.,December21, 1878 (age68 years, 92days).Interment atElmwood Cemetery; statue erected1921 at Belle Isle Park.
CapitolPark
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) — also known asStevens T. Mason;Tom Mason;"TheBoy Governor";"Young Hotspur";"The Stripling" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,October27, 1811.Secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1831;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1834-35;Governor ofMichigan, 1835-40.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1843 (age31 years, 69days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 atCapitol Park.
ElmwoodCemetery
EHCD:Elmwood,MtElliott,Lafayette,Waterloo
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1982
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Exeter,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,October9, 1782.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1813-31;U.S.Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1836-42; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1844,1852;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1848;U.S.Secretary of State, 1857-60.Member,Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 17,1866 (age83 years, 251days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Cass and Mary 'Molly' (Gilman) Cass; brother of DeborahWebster Cass (who marriedWyllysSilliman); married to Elizabeth Selden Spencer (granddaughter ofJosephSpencer); father of Matilda Frances Cass (who marriedHenryBrockholst Ledyard); second great-grandfather ofThomasCass Ballenger. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cass counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Mich.,Minn.,Mo.,Neb. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownandvillageofCassville,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassCity, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofCassopolis,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofCassville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — CassLake,and the adjoiningcityofCassLake, Minnesota, arenamed forhim. — Cass Lake, inOaklandCounty, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The CassRiver,inTuscolaandSaginawcounties, Michigan, isnamed forhim. — The Lewis CassBuilding(opened 1921 as the State Office Building; damaged in a fire in 1951;rebuilt and named for Lewis Cass; changed to Elliott-Larsen Buildingin 2020), inLansing,Michigan, wasnamed forhim. — CassAvenue,CassPark,and Cass TechnicalHighSchool, inDetroit,Michigan, arenamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:LewisCass Wilmarth—LewisC. Carpenter—LewisC. Vandergrift—LewisC. Tidball—LewisCass Wick—LewisCass Tidball II—LewisC. Gabbert | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Lewis Cass: Willard CarlKlunder,LewisCass and the Politics of Moderation — Frank BuryWoodford,LewisCass, the Last Jeffersonian | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | Coleman Alexander Young (1918-1997) — also known asColeman A. Young — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Tuscaloosa,TuscaloosaCounty, Ala.,May 24,1918.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;nationalrepresentative, UAW-CIO, 1946-47;director oforganization, Wayne County CIO Council, 1947-48;executivesecretary, National Negro Labor Council, 1951-55; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives, 1959, 1962 (Democratic primary);delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9thDistrict, 1961-62; member ofMichiganstate senate 4th District, 1965-73; defeated (Progressive), 1948;resigned 1973; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1968,1972,1976,1980,1984(speaker),1988(speaker),1996;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1969-81;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1974-94; Democratic candidate for PresidentialElector for Michigan,1988;Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan,1992(elected on behalf ofBillClinton andAlGore; did not serve).Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP.Received theSpingarnMedal in 1981.Died, ofemphysema,while hospitalized forheartproblems, at SinaiHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November29, 1997 (age79 years, 189days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John R. Williams (1782-1854) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 4,1782.Merchant;banker;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1824-25, 1829-30, 1844-46;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October20, 1854 (age72 years, 169days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | John Christian Lodge (1862-1950) — also known asJohn C. Lodge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August12, 1862.Republican.Newspaperreporter;lumberbusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1909-10;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1922-23, 1924, 1928-30; defeated, 1929.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.DiedFebruary6, 1950 (age87 years, 178days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | | Marshall Chapin (1798-1838) — of Michigan. Born in Bernardston,FranklinCounty, Mass.,February27, 1798.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1831, 1833.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December26, 1838 (age40 years, 302days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Caleb Chapin and Mary (Wright) Chapin; father of Louisa Chapin(who marriedTheodoreHenry Hinchman (1818-1895)); great-grandfather ofTheodoreHenry Hinchman (1869-1936); first cousin twice removed ofJohnW. Chapin; second cousin twice removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821); third cousin once removed ofDanielChapin (1791-1878),GrahamHurd Chapin,EdmundGillett Chapin andZenasFerry Moody; third cousin thrice removed ofSeldenChapin; fourth cousin ofMorrisWoodruff,SilasWright Jr.,ChesterWilliam Chapin,JohnHall Brockway,JohnPutnam Chapin andWilliamDean Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer,EliElmer,ElijahBoardman,JohnAllen,WilliamBostwick,PeterB. Garnsey,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,DanielWarner Bostwick,CharlesPhelps Huntington,GeorgeCatlin Woodruff,LewisBartholomew Woodruff,CharlesEdward Phelps andAndrewBliss Chapin. | | | | Political family:Chapin-Fishfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Jonathan Kearsley (1786-1859) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Middletown,DauphinCounty, Pa.,August20, 1786.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lost aleg in the Battle of Chippawa, Canada;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1826, 1829.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1859(ageabout72 years).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | William Cotter Maybury (1848-1909) — also known asWilliam C. Maybury — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November20, 1848.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1883-87; defeated,1880;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1897-1904; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1900.Episcopalian.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1909(ageabout60 years).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue atGrandCircus Park. | | Levi Cook (1792-1866) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Bellingham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,December16, 1792.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1832, 1835-36; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December2, 1866 (age73 years, 351days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John H. Harmon (1819-1888) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inPortageCounty, Ohio,June 21,1819.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1852-54;U.S.Collector of Customs at Detroit, Mich., Michigan, 1854.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August6, 1888 (age69 years, 46days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) — also known asRussell A. Alger — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in alogcabin, Lafayette Township,MedinaCounty, Ohio,February27, 1836.Republican.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War;lumberbusiness; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1884,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee);Governor ofMichigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1888;Presidential Elector for Michigan,1889;U.S.Secretary of War, 1897-99;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office1907.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe American Revolution;LoyalLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,January24, 1907 (age70 years, 331days).Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Douglass Houghton (1809-1845) — of Michigan. Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September21, 1809.Geologist;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1842.Drownedwith four others, when asuddenstormoverturnedtheir boat, at Eagle Harbor,KeweenawCounty, Mich.,October13, 1845 (age36 years, 22days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December10, 1813.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1851-52; Whig candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1856;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1856-60, 1870-72;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1876-79;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1857-75, 1879; died in office 1879;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1875-77;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1878-79.Died, from abrainhemorrhage, in his room at the Grand PacificHotel,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November1, 1879 (age65 years, 326days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Ladue (1804-1854) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,November18, 1804.Tanner;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1850-51.DiedDecember1, 1854 (age50 years, 13days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Biddle (1792-1859) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 2,1792.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1827-28;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1835; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841;banker;president, Michigan CentralRailroad.Died in White Sulphur Springs,GreenbrierCounty, Va (now W.Va.),August25, 1859 (age67 years, 176days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Kirkland C. Barker (1819-1875) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in East Schuyler,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,September8, 1819.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1864-65.Drowned,when the sailboat in which he was transporting ballast-lead to hisyachtCora suddenlysank, inthe Detroit River near Amherstburg,Ontario,May20, 1875 (age55 years, 254days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | William Chamberlain Duncan (1819-1877) — also known asWilliam C. Duncan — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Lyons,WayneCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1819.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1862-63; member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1863-64.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December19, 1877 (age58 years, 215days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Charles Christopher Trowbridge (1800-1883) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December29, 1800.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1834; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1837.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 6,1883 (age82 years, 98days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Charles D. Howard (1804-1883) — of Michigan. Born inChenangoCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1804.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1849-50.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November6, 1883 (age79 years, 91days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Frederick Buhl (1806-1890) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inButlerCounty, Pa.,November27, 1806.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1848.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 12,1890 (age83 years, 166days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Christian Henry Buhl (1812-1894) — also known asChristian H. Buhl — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inButlerCounty, Pa.,May 9,1812.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1860-61.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January23, 1894 (age81 years, 259days).Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Stephen Benedict Grummond (1834-1894) — also known asStephen B. Grummond — of Michigan. Born in Marine City,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,September18, 1834.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1884-85.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January2, 1894 (age59 years, 106days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Zina Pitcher — of Michigan. Whig.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1840-41, 1843; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1843.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Oliver Moulton Hyde — also known asOliver M. Hyde — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Whig.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1854-55, 1856-57.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | William W. Wheaton — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1868-71.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Hugh Moffat — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1872-75.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | George Pierre Codd (1869-1927) — also known asGeorge P. Codd — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December7, 1869.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1905-06; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1908;member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1910-11;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1911-21, 1924-27; appointed 1911;resigned 1921; died in office 1927;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1921-23.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February16, 1927 (age57 years, 71days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) — also known asHenry B. Brown — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.;Washington,D.C.Born in South Lee, Lee,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,March 2,1836.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1868;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1875-90;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1890-1906; resigned 1906.Congregationalist.Died in Bronxville,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,September4, 1913 (age77 years, 186days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | De Garmo Jones — of Michigan.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1839-40.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Alexander Lewis (born c.1825) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inCanada,about 1825.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1876-77.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | Robert McClelland (1807-1880) — of Monroe,MonroeCounty, Mich.Born in Greencastle,FranklinCounty, Pa.,August1, 1807.Democrat.Delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1835;member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1835-37, 1850-51; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Monroe County, 1838, 1840,1843;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1843;mayor ofMonroe, Mich., 1841;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1843-49;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850;Governor ofMichigan, 1851-53; resigned 1853;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1853-57;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August30, 1880 (age73 years, 29days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Edwin Denby (1870-1929) — also known asNed Denby — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,February18, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1903-04;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,1910; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1917;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of StateAlbertB. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to theInterior Department; Fall then accepted largebribesto sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the TeapotDomescandal;in 1924, Denby wasforced toresign as Secretary of the Navy.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February8, 1929 (age58 years, 356days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | Charles Beecher Warren (1870-1936) — also known asCharles B. Warren — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,April10, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1908(alternate),1912(alternate),1916(alternate; member,RulesCommittee;speaker),1924,1928,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1912-20; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1921-22;Mexico, 1924.Died, ofheartdisease, in Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.,February3, 1936 (age65 years, 299days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917) — also known asDon M. Dickinson — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Trenton,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Port Ontario,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,January17, 1846.Democrat.Lawyer;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1876; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1880-85; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1880,1892(speaker);U.S.Postmaster General, 1888-89.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanHistorical Association.DiedOctober15, 1917 (age71 years, 271days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) — also known asTruman H. Newberry — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November5, 1864.Republican. Paymaster and agent, Detroit, Bay City and AlpenaRailway,1885-87; president and treasurer, DetroitSteel andSpring Co., 1887-1901; director, Cleveland-CliffsIron Co.;director, GraceHospital;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1892;served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1919-22.Presbyterian.Triedandconvictedin 1921 ofoverspendingon his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealisticallylow limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; followingan investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat butexpresseddisapproval of the sumspenton his election;resignedunder pressure.Died in Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.,October3, 1945 (age80 years, 332days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | James Abbott (1776-1858) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 1,1776.Fur trader;postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1806-31;receiverof U.S. Land Office at Detroit, Michigan, 1816.DiedMarch12, 1858 (age81 years, 284days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof James Abbott and Mary (Barker) Abbott; married to SarahWhistler. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) — also known asHenry P. Baldwin — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Coventry,KentCounty, R.I.,February22, 1814.Republican.Merchant;banker;member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1861-62;Governor ofMichigan, 1869-72; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Michigan,1876;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1879-81; appointed 1879;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1880-81.Episcopalian.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December31, 1892 (age78 years, 313days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | William Alanson Howard (1813-1880) — also known asWilliam A. Howard — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Hinesburg,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,April 8,1813.U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1855-59, 1860-61;defeated, 1852 (Whig), 1858 (Republican);MichiganRepublican state chair, 1860-61; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1861-66; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1868,1872(delegation chair),1876(speaker);member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1872-76; Presidential Electorfor Michigan,1872;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1876;Governorof Dakota Territory, 1878-80; died in office 1880.Died inWashington,D.C.,April10, 1880 (age67 years, 2days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Norvell (1789-1850) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,December21, 1789.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;newspaperpublisher; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1831-36;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1837-41; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1837-39; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1842;U.S.Attorney for Michigan, 1845-50.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April24, 1850 (age60 years, 124days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) — also known asAlpheus S. Williams — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Saybrook,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,September20, 1810.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judgein Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1849-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1866; U.S. Minister toSalvador, 1866-69;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died inoffice 1878.Suffered astrokeand died in the U.S.CapitolBuilding,Washington,D.C.,December21, 1878 (age68 years, 92days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue erected 1921 atBelle Isle Park.  | William Woodbridge (1780-1861) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August20, 1780.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1807; member ofOhiostate senate, 1813-15;secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1815-28;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820;justiceof Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member ofMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1838-40;Governor ofMichigan, 1840-41;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1841-47.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October20, 1861 (age81 years, 61days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Dudley Woodbridge (1747-1823) and Lucy (Backus) Woodbridge;married,June 29,1806, to Julianna Trumbull; father of Julianna TrumbullWoodbridge (who marriedHenryTitus Backus (1809-1877)); third great-grandson ofWilliamLeete; first cousin ofHenryTitus Backus (1809-1877); first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeDouglas Perkins; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; first cousin five times removed ofGeorgePhilip Kazen; second cousin ofIsaacBackus; second cousin once removed ofEnochWoodbridge andZinaHyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,SamuelHuntington,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; third cousin ofThomasWorcester Hyde; third cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,JosephSilliman (1756-1829),SamuelH. Huntington,TimothyPitkin,AbelHuntington,PhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,FrederickEnoch Woodbridge,MatthewGriswold,CharlesEdward Hyde,JohnSedgwick Hyde andEdwardWarden Hyde; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit andJamesDavenport; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnFoster Dulles,AllenWelsh Dulles andSeldenChapin; fourth cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge,OliverWolcott Jr.,FrederickWolcott,DudleyWoodbridge (1782-1844),HenryMeigs,JosephSilliman (c.1786-1850),BelaEdgerton,JabezWilliams Huntington,HemanTicknor,NathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington,MartinOlds,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,ElishaMills Huntington andAlonzoMark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter,SamuelLathrop,PeterBuell Porter,TheodoreDavenport,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,HenryMeigs Jr.,JohnForsyth Jr.,AlfredPeck Edgerton,JosephKetchum Edgerton,EdwardGreen Bradford,CollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington,JosephFitch Silliman,WilliamClark Huntington,HenryStark Culver,HiramBingham,JohnLeffingwell Randolph andGeorgeLeffingwell Reed. | | | | Political family:Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownshipofWoodbridge,Michigan, isnamed forhim. — WoodbridgeStreet,in downtownDetroit,Michigan, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
 | James McMillan (1838-1902) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Hamilton,Ontario,May12, 1838.Republican. Member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1876-79;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1879-80, 1886-87, 1890-96; PresidentialElector for Michigan,1884;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1889-1902; died in office 1902.Died in Manchester,EssexCounty, Mass.,August10, 1902 (age64 years, 90days).Entombed in mausoleum at Elmwood Cemetery. | | George Bryan Porter (1791-1834) — also known asGeorge B. Porter — Born in Norristown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February9, 1791.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;AdjutantGeneral of Pennsylvania, 1824-29; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1827;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1831-34; died in office 1834.Presbyterian.Died in acholeraepidemic in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 6,1834 (age43 years, 147days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Jacob Merritt Howard (1805-1871) — also known asJacob M. Howard — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Shaftsbury,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,July 10,1805.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838;U.S.Representative from Michigan at-large, 1841-43; defeated (Whig),1843;Michiganstate attorney general, 1855-60;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1862-71.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 2,1871 (age65 years, 266days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Halmor Hull Emmons (1814-1877) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Keeseville,EssexCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1814.Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 6th Circuit, 1870-77; died inoffice 1877.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 14,1877 (age62 years, 173days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | James Valentine Campbell (1823-1890) — also known asJames V. Campbell — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,February25, 1823.Lawyer;justiceof Michigan state supreme court, 1858-90; died in office 1890;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1870-71, 1878-79,1886-87.Episcopalian.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March26, 1890 (age67 years, 29days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Charles W. Whipple (d. 1855) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ohio. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-37;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1837;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1838-55; died in office 1855;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1848-51.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October29, 1855.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | Thomas Witherell Palmer (1830-1913) — also known asThomas W. Palmer — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January25, 1830.Republican.Merchant;realestate business;lumberbusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1879-80;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1883-89; U.S. Minister toSpain, 1889-90.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;Sonsof the American Revolution.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 1,1913 (age83 years, 127days).Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Frederick William Swift (1831-1916) — also known asFrederick W. Swift — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Mansfield,TollandCounty, Conn.,January30, 1831.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; receivedtheMedalof Honor for action at Lenoire Station, Tennessee, November 16,1863; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1867-75.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January30, 1916 (age85 years, 0days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Thornton Fleming Brodhead (1822-1862) — also known asThornton F. Brodhead — of Pontiac,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in South Newmarket,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September22, 1822.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Michigan,1852;postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1853-57; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.Gravely injured in theSecondBattle of Bull Run, and died soon after inAlexandria,Va.,September2, 1862 (age39 years, 345days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | George Calvin Codd (1829-1903) — also known asGeorge C. Codd — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inIreland,May24, 1829.Republican. Postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1879-85.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died, frombroncho-pneumoniaandBright'sdisease, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February28, 1903 (age73 years, 280days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Lucius Lyon (1800-1851) — of Bronson,BranchCounty, Mich.; Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Shelburne,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,February26, 1800.Democrat.Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1833-35;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1837-39;U.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843-45; U.S.Surveyor-General for Ohio-Indiana-Michigan, 1845-49.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September24, 1851 (age51 years, 210days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | George Van Ness Lothrop (1817-1897) — also known asGeorge V. N. Lothrop — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Easton,BristolCounty, Mass.,August8, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;Michiganstate attorney general, 1848-51; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1856, 1860; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1860;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S. MinistertoRussia, 1885-88.Englishancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;AlphaDelta Phi.Died in1897(ageabout79 years).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) — also known asGeorge E. Bushnell — of Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inRoanoke,Va.,November4, 1887.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned1955;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;American BarAssociation;DeltaTheta Phi.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,September30, 1965 (age77 years, 330days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | George Morrell (1786-1845) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Lenox,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,March22, 1786.Justiceof Michigan state supreme court, 1836-43;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1842-43.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March 9,1845 (age58 years, 352days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Alexander Woodruff Buel (1813-1868) — also known asAlexander W. Buel — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Castleton,RutlandCounty, Vt.,December13, 1813.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838, 1848,1859-60;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1848;WayneCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1843-46;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1849-51; defeated,1850; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1860-61.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April19, 1868 (age54 years, 128days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Frederick Moulton Alger Jr. (1907-1967) — also known asFrederick M. Alger, Jr.;Fred M.Alger —of Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August3, 1907.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1936; served in theU.S. Navy during World War II;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1947-52; Republican candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1950 (primary), 1952; U.S. Ambassador toBelgium, 1953-57.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Elks;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Veterans ofForeign Wars;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;Freemasons.Died in Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.,January5, 1967 (age59 years, 155days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Henry Nelson Walker (1811-1886) — also known asHenry N. Walker — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Fredonia,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1811.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1844;Michiganstate attorney general, 1845-47; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1859-60.Episcopalian.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February24, 1886 (age74 years, 86days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | James Witherell (1759-1838) — of Fair Haven,RutlandCounty, Vt.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Mansfield,BristolCounty, Mass.,June 16,1759.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;physician;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1798-1802; member ofVermontGovernor's Council, 1802-06;RutlandCounty Judge, 1803-06;U.S.Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808;U.S.District Judge for Michigan, 1808-28; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1828-30.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January9, 1838 (age78 years, 207days).Original interment atRussell StreetCemetery; reinterment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | George W. Thayer (1827-1916) — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,September27, 1827.Democrat.Mayorof Grand Rapids, Mich., 1877-78.DiedSeptember2, 1916 (age88 years, 341days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Solomon Sibley (1769-1846) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Sutton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October7, 1769.Member ofNorthwestTerritory legislature, 1799;U.S.Attorney for Michigan, 1815-24;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1820-23;justice ofMichigan territorial supreme court, 1824-27.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 4,1846 (age76 years, 179days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Logan Chipman (1830-1893) — also known asJ. Logan Chipman — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 5,1830.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1865-66; superior court judge in Michigan of Detroit, 1879-87;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1887-93; defeated,1866; died in office 1893; candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1891.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August17, 1893 (age63 years, 73days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | George Engel (1875-1953) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February13, 1875.Republican.Musicpublisher;furnituremerchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Michigan,1912;candidate formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1930.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January2, 1953 (age77 years, 324days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | | Elon Farnsworth (1799-1877) — of Michigan. Born in Woodstock,WindsorCounty, Vt.,February2, 1799.Democrat.MemberMichigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; Chancellor ofMichigan, 1835-43, 1846-47; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1839;Michiganstate attorney general, 1843-45; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1846-57.An organizer of the Michigan CentralRailroad.Died, fromkidneydisease, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March24, 1877 (age78 years, 50days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | David Stuart (1816-1868) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1816.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1853-55; defeated,1854; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September12, 1868 (age52 years, 184days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Samuel Townsend Douglass (1814-1898) — also known asSamuel T. Douglass — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Ile,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Wallingford,RutlandCounty, Vt.,February28, 1814.Lawyer;justiceof Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; resigned 1857.Died in Grosse Ile,WayneCounty, Mich.,March 5,1898 (age84 years, 5days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Douglass and Lucy (Townsend) Douglass; brother ofSilasHamilton Douglas; married,April 5,1856, to Elizabeth Campbell; uncle ofHenryWoolsey Douglas; second cousin once removed ofDavidHough; third cousin once removed ofJeremiahMason,DavidEdgerton andRobertCoit Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofGeorgeChamplin,WaightstillAvery,JoshuaCoit andWilliamBrainard Coit; third cousin thrice removed ofClaudiusVictor Pendleton; fourth cousin ofStephenArnold Douglas; fourth cousin once removed ofChristopherGrant Champlin,JonathanR. Herrick,AlfredAvery Burnham,AlmarF. Dickson andRobertMartin Douglas. | | | | Political families:Douglas#1 family of Greensboro, North Carolina;Douglas#2 family of Ann Arbor, Michigan (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Michigan SupremeCourt Historical Society |
| | Henry C. Chipman (1784-1867) — of Walterboro,ColletonCounty, S.C.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Tinmouth,RutlandCounty, Vt.,July 25,1784.Whig.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;newspapereditor;justice ofMichigan territorial supreme court, 1827-32;WayneCounty Criminal Court Judge, 1841-43.Episcopalian.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 31,1867 (age82 years, 310days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Daniel Goodwin — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.U.S.Attorney for Michigan, 1834-41;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1843-46;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850;circuitjudge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1864-81.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Henry William Lord (1821-1891) — also known asHenry W. Lord — of West Bloomfield,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,March 8,1821.Republican. U.S. Consul inManchester, 1861-68; Republican Presidential Elector forMichigan,1876;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1881-83; defeated,1882.Killed in arailroadaccident near Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.,January25, 1891 (age69 years, 323days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Stoughton Newberry (1826-1887) — also known asJohn S. Newberry — of Michigan. Born in Waterville,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,November18, 1826.Republican.U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1879-81.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January2, 1887 (age60 years, 45days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Benjamin Franklin Hawkins Witherell (1797-1867) — also known asBenjamin F. H. Witherell — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Fair Haven,RutlandCounty, Vt.,August4, 1797.Delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1857;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1858-66.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 26,1867 (age69 years, 326days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | William Webb Ferguson (1857-1910) — also known asWilliam W. Ferguson — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 22,1857.Republican.Printingbusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1893-96.Africanancestry.He was thefirstAfrican-American member of the Michigan legislature.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March30, 1910 (age52 years, 312days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Charles Larned — of Michigan.Michiganterritory attorney general, 1814.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Robert Stuart (1785-1848) — of Michigan. Born in Perthshire,Scotland,February19, 1785.Explorer;fur trader;business partner of John Jacob Astor;Michiganstate treasurer, 1840-41.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1848 (age63 years, 252days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Owen (d. 1892) — of Michigan. Member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1841-48; appointed 1841;Michiganstate treasurer, 1861-66.Died in1892.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Trumbull (1750-1831) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Westbury, New Haven County (now Watertown,LitchfieldCounty), Conn.,April24, 1750.Lawyer;poet;superior court judge in Connecticut, 1801-19.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 10,1831 (age81 years, 16days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Henry Martyn Duffield (1842-1912) — also known asHenry M. Duffield — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 15,1842.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1876; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1888,1892;general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Michigan,1905.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.DiedJuly 13,1912 (age70 years, 59days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. George Duffield and Isabella Graham (Bethune) Duffield;married1863 toFrances Pitt. |
| | Cora M. Brown (1914-1972) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Bessemer,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April19, 1914.Democrat.Socialworker;policeofficer; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1953-56 (2nd District 1953-54, 3rd District1955-56); defeated in primary, 1950, 1951; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1956.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,AlphaKappa Alpha;Order of theEastern Star.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December17, 1972 (age58 years, 242days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Porter Kibbee — ofMacombCounty, Mich.Michiganland commissioner, 1850-54;MacombCounty Probate Judge, 1853-61.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Bert R. Shurly — ofWayneCounty, Mich.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1932.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.  | John W. Beaumont (1858-1941) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Elizabeth,UnionCounty, N.J.,July 20,1858.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1912-21; resigned 1921.Englishancestry. Member,UnitedSpanish War Veterans.Died in1941(ageabout82 years).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | | James Frederick Joy (1810-1896) — also known asJames F. Joy — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Durham,StraffordCounty, N.H.,December2, 1810.Republican.Lawyer;led, built, reorganized, or merged manyrailroadcompanies, including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and theMichigan Central; an incorporator of the St. Mary's FallsShipCanal Company, which built the first canal at Sault Ste. Marie in1853-55; president of the DetroitPost-Tribunenewspaper;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1880;member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1881-85.Englishancestry.DiedSeptember24, 1896 (age85 years, 297days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof James Joy and Sarah (Pickering) Joy; married1841 to MarthaAlger Reed (daughter ofJohnReed); married1860 to MaryBourne. | | | | Political family:Reed #3family of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Theodore Henry Hinchman (1818-1895) — also known asTheodore H. Hinchman — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Denville,MorrisCounty, N.J.,March 6,1818.Grocer;banker;member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1877.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 12,1895 (age77 years, 67days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Ross Wilkins — ofLenaweeCounty, Mich.Delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1835;member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1837-42.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Luther Stephen Trowbridge (1836-1912) — also known asLuther S. Trowbridge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Troy,OaklandCounty, Mich.,July 28,1836.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Detroit, Michigan, 1879.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February2, 1912 (age75 years, 189days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Henry Jones Alvord — also known asHenry J. Alvord — ofWayneCounty, Mich.; Lapeer,LapeerCounty, Mich.Born in Greenfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.Physician;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1855-56.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Mason P. Rumney (1883-1944) — of Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.BornDecember4, 1883.Steelexecutive;mayorof Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1939-44; died in office 1944.Died, following surgery for astomachailment, in the MayoClinic,Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.,January20, 1944 (age60 years, 47days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John G. Rumney; married to Miriam Hull. |
| | Theodore Henry Hinchman (1869-1936) — also known asTheodore H. Hinchman — of Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 24,1869.Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;engineer;villagepresident of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 1933-36; died inoffice 1936.Presbyterian.Member,SigmaPhi;AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers;AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers.Died in Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 16,1936 (age67 years, 22days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Chauncey Griggs (1796-1866) — of Tolland,TollandCounty, Conn.Born in Tolland,TollandCounty, Conn.,April10, 1796.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Tolland, 1838.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December11, 1866 (age70 years, 245days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Strong Sr. (1798-1881) — of Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Wroxton, Oxfordshire,England,November26, 1798.Democrat.Farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-36.Episcopalian.Attackedby a burglar, wounded, and died as a result, in Greenfield Township(now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,February23, 1881 (age82 years, 89days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Dallas Norvell (1825-1888) — of Monguagon Township (part now in Grosse Ile Township),WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 28,1825.Democrat.Supervisorof Monguagon Township, Michigan, 1859, 1864-66; served in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Died in Amherstburg,Ontario,March5, 1888 (age62 years, 221days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Henry Munroe Campbell (1854-1926) — also known asHenry M. Campbell — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April18, 1854.Delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1907-08.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March16, 1926 (age71 years, 332days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Frederick Moulton Alger (1876-1933) — also known asFrederick M. Alger;Fred M.Alger —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 27,1876.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1909;treasurerof Michigan Republican Party, 1911-13; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1915, 1917; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1916;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Packard MotorCompany,automobilemanufacturer; director, People's Wayne CountyBank.Member,AmericanLegion.Accidentallyinjured his left leg while attending the American Legionconvention in Chicago; his condition worsened, presumably due toinfection,and the leg was amputated, but he died soon after, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December30, 1933 (age57 years, 186days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | James W. Ames (1864-1944) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,October12, 1864.Republican.Physician;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1908;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1925.Africanancestry.One of the founders of DunbarHospital(1918).Died in1944(ageabout79 years).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | James Turner (1878-1947) — of Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,July 18,1878.Republican.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1920.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons.DiedAugust15, 1947 (age69 years, 28days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Mary Eldridge Alger (1876-1956) — also known asMary E. Alger;Mary Eldridge Swift;Mrs. Frederick M. Alger —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Norfolk,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,May 21,1876.Republican.Delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County1st District, 1933; member, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1933,1935.Female.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion Auxiliary.Died in Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.,November9, 1956 (age80 years, 172days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Edward Kanter — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inGermany.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1876;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Michigan, 1879-80.Germanancestry.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Miller Bushnell — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1928.Scottishancestry.Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. | | Francis F. Palms — of Michigan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1904(HonoraryVice-President).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
EvergreenCemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Yale,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,March24, 1884.Republican.Lawyer;recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1926-29; resigned 1929;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1930; defeated, 1924, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1943;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932, 1934; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1950, 1952.Member,OptimistClub.Recalledfrom office as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out togangstersand theKu KluxKlan.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 30,1957 (age73 years, 128days).Entombed in mausoleum at Evergreen Cemetery. | | Ralph William Liddy (1886-1962) — also known asRalph W. Liddy — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 8,1886.Lawyer;candidate in Republican primary forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1922; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935 (Democratic), 1941(primary); candidate in Democratic primary forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1936, 1940; common pleas court judge inMichigan, 1940.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August15, 1962 (age76 years, 99days).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. | | E. N. Karay (1905-1992) — of Detroit west side,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Samos,Greece,November2, 1905.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1942-46; common pleas courtjudge in Michigan, 1946; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Michigan,1956,1960,1964,1968(alternate),1972(alternate); Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forMichigan,1964.GreekOrthodox. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;OddFellows;Eagles;Orderof Ahepa.Died in1992(ageabout86 years).Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
FordCemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Henry Ford (1863-1947) — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Springwells Township (now part of Dearborn),WayneCounty, Mich.,July 30,1863.Engineer;inventor;founder,Ford MotorCompany, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916;Democratic candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1918; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1924.Episcopalian.Scotch-IrishandBelgianancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Publisher, in 1919-27, of theDearborn Independent newspaper,which promotedanti-Semiticideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World'sProblem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, alibellawsuit against Ford over these writings led him toshutdown the paper and publiclyrecantits contents.Died, from astroke,in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 7,1947 (age83 years, 251days).Interment at Ford Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Ford and Mary (Litogot) Ford; married,April11, 1888, to Clara Jane Bryant; uncle ofClarenceWilliam Ford; second cousin once removed ofClydeMcKinlock Ford. | | | | Political family:Ford #1family of Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. | | | | Cross-reference:JamesCouzens —HermanBernstein —AlfredJ. Murphy —MartinC. Ansorge —WilliamA. Lucking | | | | Personal motto:"Efficiency." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Ford: DouglasBrinkley,Wheelsfor the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,1903-2003 — William A. Levinson,HenryFord's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy,HenryFord : Building Cars for Everyone (for youngreaders) — David Weitzman,ModelT : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for youngreaders) | | | | Critical books about Henry Ford: MaxWallace,TheAmerican Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of theThird Reich — Neil Baldwin,HenryFord and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
Forest LawnCemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Grand CircusPark
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known asHazen S. Pingree;"The PotatoMayor" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Denmark,OxfordCounty, Maine,August30, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;boot and shoemanufacturer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1890-97;Governor ofMichigan, 1897-1900.Englishancestry.DiedJune 18,1901 (age60 years, 292days).Original intermentsomewhere in ; reintermentatWoodlawn Cemetery; statue at Grand CircusPark. | | William Cotter Maybury (1848-1909) — also known asWilliam C. Maybury — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November20, 1848.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1883-87; defeated,1880;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1897-1904; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1900.Episcopalian.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1909(ageabout60 years).Interment atElmwood Cemetery; statue atGrand Circus Park.
Grand LawnCemetery
23501 Grand River
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Richard W. Reading (1882-1952) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February7, 1882.Republican.Newspaperbusiness manager;real estatebusiness; Detroit city clerk, 1926-37;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1938-40; defeated, 1939.Died, from aheartailment, in MellusHospital,Brighton,LivingstonCounty, Mich.,December9, 1952 (age70 years, 306days).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery. | | Charles Archibald Nichols (1876-1920) — also known asCharles A. Nichols — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Boyne City,CharlevoixCounty, Mich.,August25, 1876.Republican.Newspaperreporter; city clerk of Detroit, Mich., 1908-12;U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1915-20; died inoffice 1920.Died inWashington,D.C.,April25, 1920 (age43 years, 244days).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.  | Clyde McKinlock Ford (1887-1948) — also known asClyde M. Ford — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November19, 1887.Republican.Mayorof Dearborn, Mich., 1928-35; defeated, 1935; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1932;Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934, 1936, 1938(primary); Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1940(voted forWendellL. Willkie andCharlesL. McNary); Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forMichigan,1944.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November11, 1948 (age60 years, 358days).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.  | John Strong Haggerty (1866-1950) — also known asJohn S. Haggerty — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Springwells (now part of Dearborn),WayneCounty, Mich.,August22, 1866.Republican. President, HaggertyBrick Co.and CampbellLandCo.;WayneCounty Road Commissioner, 1907; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1912,1916,1924(alternate),1928;member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1915-19, 1927;secretaryof state of Michigan, 1927-30;treasurer ofMichigan Republican Party, 1927-29.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in1950(ageabout83 years).Entombed in mausoleum at Grand Lawn Cemetery. | | Richard W. Reading Jr. (1902-1951) — Born in1902.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1934, 1936.Died in1951(ageabout49 years).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery. | | Clarence William Ford (1899-1956) — also known asClarence M. Ford — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Springwells Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,September15, 1899.Candidate formayorof Dearborn, Mich., 1935.Died in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,1956(ageabout56 years).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery. | | Clyde V. Fenner (1893-1965) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Leslie,InghamCounty, Mich.,June 20,1893.Candidate in Democratic primary forU.S.Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1932; member ofMichiganstate senate 18th District, 1939-40; defeated in Republicanprimary, 1940, 1942, 1944.Member,OptimistClub.Active promoter of Michigan agricultural products, particularly beetsugar.DiedJuly 5,1965 (age72 years, 15days).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery. | | George M. Dallas Condon (1860-1933) — also known asGeorge M. Condon — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Fort Covington,FranklinCounty, N.Y.,December27, 1860.Republican.Schoolteacher;dry goodsmerchant;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate, 1917-30 (4th District 1917-26, 5th District1927-30); defeated in primary, 1930.Died in1933(ageabout72 years).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery. | | George Hasseler (1856-1934) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inGermany,January25, 1856.Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; Socialist Labor candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1898; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1899, 1909; Socialist Laborcandidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1924.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 10,1934 (age78 years, 136days).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery. | | W. Newton Hawkins (1908-1963) — of Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.BornJune 14,1908.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1938, 1950; candidateforMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1940, 1942;mayor ofEcorse, Mich., 1942-44, 1950-51; defeated, 1951; served in theU.S. Army during World War II.DiedJune 2,1963 (age54 years, 353days).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery. | | Fred R. Dingman (1889-1959) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inHillsdaleCounty, Mich.,April 1,1889.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1941-46, 1949-59 (Wayne County1st District 1941-46, 1949-54, Wayne County 10th District 1955-59);defeated, 1946; died in office 1959.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.DiedJanuary23, 1959 (age69 years, 297days).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.  | Clarence Monroe Burton (1853-1932) — also known asClarence M. Burton — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Whiskey Diggins,SierraCounty, Calif.,November18, 1853.Lawyer;member, Detroit Board of Education, 1900-11;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1907-08.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Founder of the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit PublicLibrary.DiedOctober23, 1932 (age78 years, 340days).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.| | Image source:Bench & Bar of Michigan (1918) |
| | D. Neil Reid (1900-1981) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Redford Township (part now in Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,March30, 1900.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1936;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1947-48; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1950; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1947.Died in1981(ageabout81 years).Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
Holy CrossCemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Nichczynski (1889-1934) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Poznan,Poland,April20, 1889.Candidate in Republican primary forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1926, 1930; member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1933-34; died in office 1934.Polishancestry.DiedSeptember12, 1934 (age45 years, 145days).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. | | Henry Dattner (1892-1942) — of Michigan. Born in1892.Presidential Elector for Michigan,1936.Died, in anautoaccident at Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,August6, 1942 (ageabout 50years).Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Marygrove CollegeMemorial Garden
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Mt. ElliottCemetery
1701 Mt. Elliott
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Jerome Patrick Cavanagh (1928-1979) — also known asJerome P. Cavanagh;JerryCavanagh —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 16,1928.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1962-70; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1966; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1968;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1974.Catholic.Died in1979(ageabout51 years).Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Sylvester J. Cavanagh and Irene (Timmons) Cavanagh; married,November22, 1952, to Mary Helen Martin. |
| | John Atkinson (1843-1898) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in1843.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer; lawpartner ofWilliamL. Carpenter,FlaviusL. Brooke, andHenryA. Haigh, starting in 1889; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1884; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1888;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1897-98; died in office 1898; Republican Presidential Elector forMichigan,1897.DiedAugust14, 1898 (ageabout 55years).Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery. | | Charles Moran (1797-1876) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in1797.MemberMichigan territorial council 1st District, 1832-35.DiedOctober13, 1876 (ageabout 79years).Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery. | | Francois Joseph Denis Belanger (1848-1928) — also known asJoseph Belanger — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inQuebec,October8, 1848.ConsularAgent for France inDetroit,Mich., 1889-1907.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Died, fromgastrointestinalinfection andseniledebility, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November19, 1928 (age80 years, 42days).Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.  | Alfred Niezychowski (1888-1964) — also known asCount Alfred von Niezychowski — of Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan,Poland),July28, 1888.Democrat. President,SeawayLines (Great Lakes steamers); candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1932.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,Eagles;Maccabees;Kiwanis.Died in Michigan,June 13,1964 (age75 years, 321days).Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Count Stanislaus Niezychowski and Lucia (Niezychowska)Niezychowski; married,December27, 1927, to Nanine Harisse Ulman. | | | | Epitaph: "Beloved Husband / Forever InMy Heart" | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Grosse Pointe Review,June 18, 1949 |
| | Daniel J. Campeau (1813-1883) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November18, 1813.Presidential Elector for Michigan,1852.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February14, 1883 (age69 years, 88days).Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery. | | Claude Nicholas Riopelle (c.1845-1894) — also known asClaude N. Riopelle — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born about 1845. Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1869-70.Frenchancestry.Died, frompneumonia,in GraceHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January24, 1894 (ageabout 49years).Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery. | | Frederick Aaron Lingeman (1883-1957) — also known asFred Lingeman — of Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September2, 1883.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1944, 1950, 1952.Died, in Bon SecoursHospital,Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.,September13, 1957 (age74 years, 11days).Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Frederick William Lingemann and Angeine M. (Peltier) Lingemann;married1908 to MarthaArndt. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Mt. OlivetCemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | John William Smith (1883-1942) — also known asJohn W. Smith — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1883.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;steamfitter;deputysheriff; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1917-19; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1920(member,CredentialsCommittee); member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1921-22; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1922-24;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1924-28, 1933; defeated, 1927, 1929, 1930,1937; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1934.Died, fromtuberculosisanddiabetes,in the Detroit TuberculosisSanitorium,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 17,1942 (ageabout 58years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. |  | Patrick Vincent McNamara (1894-1966) — also known asPatrick V. McNamara — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in North Weymouth, Weymouth,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,October4, 1894.Democrat.U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1955-66; died in office 1966; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1956,1960,1964.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April30, 1966 (age71 years, 208days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Clarence John McLeod (1895-1959) — also known asClarence J. McLeod — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 3,1895.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1920-21, 1923-37,1939-41; defeated, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952;candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1937.Catholic.ScottishandFrenchancestry. Member,DeltaTheta Phi.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 15,1959 (age63 years, 316days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | Louis Charles Rabaut (1886-1961) — also known asLouis C. Rabaut — of Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December5, 1886.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1935-47, 1949-61;defeated, 1932, 1946; died in office 1961; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1936,1940,1952,1956;candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 1st SenatorialDistrict, 1961.Catholic.Author of the amendment which inserted the words "under God" into thePledge of Allegiance.Died in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,November12, 1961 (age74 years, 342days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | | John Lesinski (1885-1950) — of Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Erie,ErieCounty, Pa.,January3, 1885.Democrat.Real estatebusiness;lumberbusiness;banker;U.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1933-50; died inoffice 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1936,1940,1944,1948.Catholic.Polishancestry.Died in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 27,1950 (age65 years, 144days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | George Donoghue O'Brien (1900-1957) — also known asGeorge D. O'Brien — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January1, 1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935 (Democratic primary), 1947,1955 (primary);U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1937-39, 1941-47,1949-55; defeated, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1946, 1954; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1944(speaker).Catholic.Died inWashington,D.C.,October25, 1957 (age57 years, 297days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | George Gregory Sadowski (1903-1961) — also known asGeorge G. Sadowski — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March12, 1903.Democrat.Lawyer;real estatebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1931-32; defeated, 1928; member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1929; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1932,1936,1940,1944,1948;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1933-39, 1943-51;defeated in primary, 1938, 1940, 1950, 1952.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,PolishNational Alliance.Died in Utica,MacombCounty, Mich.,October9, 1961 (age58 years, 211days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz (1899-1970) — also known asThaddeus Machrowicz — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Gostyn,Poland,August21, 1899.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1940; municipal judge in Michigan,1942-50;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1951-61; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1952,1956,1960;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-70;died in office 1970.Died in Bloomfield Township,OaklandCounty, Mich.,February17, 1970 (age70 years, 180days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Robert Henry Clancy (1882-1962) — also known asRobert H. Clancy — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March14, 1882.Newspaperreporter; private secretary to U.S. Rep.FrankE. Doremus 1911-13, and to Assistant Secretary of CommerceEdwinF. Sweet, 1913-17;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1923-25, 1927-33;defeated, 1924 (Democratic, 1st District), 1932 (Republican, 14thDistrict); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1924;delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County1st District, 1933.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Elks.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April23, 1962 (age80 years, 40days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Peter C. Jezewski (1883-1960) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,November22, 1883.Republican.Pharmacist;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1915-16; defeated,1916;mayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1922-26, 1932-34; defeated, 1926, 1934.Convictedofbootleggingand othervicecrimes about 1926, and spent a year in Leavenworth federalprison.Died in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,December1, 1960 (age77 years, 9days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Albert J. Zak (1909-1975) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March21, 1909.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1945-46, 1951-52; defeated in primary, 1936 (Wayne County 3rdDistrict), 1965 (2nd District), 1966 (2nd District); candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1946; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1952;mayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1952-63, 1974-75; died in office 1975.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,PolishNational Alliance.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February25, 1975 (age65 years, 341days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert Zak and Anna Zak. |
| | Walter L. Kanar (1901-1958) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Warsaw,Poland,1901.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1931-32; defeated, 1932;mayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1939-42.Indicted,but not convicted, onviceconspiracychargeswhile he was mayor.DiedFebruary4, 1958 (ageabout 56years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Edward J. Bonior (1922-2001) — of East Detroit (now Eastpointe),MacombCounty, Mich.; Pompano Beach,BrowardCounty, Fla.BornFebruary21, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;mayorof East Detroit, Mich., 1963-67; defeated, 1967; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1964.Died, ofcoloncancer, in Pompano Beach,BrowardCounty, Fla.,January5, 2001 (age78 years, 319days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | William V. Kozerski (1921-2003) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,February8, 1921.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; traffic rateanalyst forChryslerCorporation;mayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1975-79.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,PolishNational Alliance;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, fromrespiratoryandheartdisease, in Sinai-GraceHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February24, 2003 (age82 years, 16days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | Stanley F. Rozycki (1908-2002) — also known asStanley Rozycki — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April12, 1908.Democrat. General manager, Fireside Printing and Publishing Co.;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1952,1964(alternate); member ofMichiganstate senate, 1955-74 (2nd District 1955-64, 3rd District1965-74); defeated in primary, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951,1952, 1954, 1974, 1978, 1988.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;PolishNational Alliance.Died in Fort Myers,LeeCounty, Fla.,December3, 2002 (age94 years, 235days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Stanislaus Rozycki and Anna (Guzicki) Rozycki. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58 |
| | | Cass J. Jankowski (1889-1930) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Gnesen, Prussia (now Gniezno,Poland),December7, 1889.Republican.Lawyer;banker;member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1927-30; died in office 1930.Member,American BarAssociation.While traveling to Washington with U.S. Rep.ClarenceJ. McLeod, their car skidded on anicyroad, andcollidedwith a lumber truck; he suffered a skull fracture, and died a fewdays later in ahospitalat Warren,TrumbullCounty, Ohio,December2, 1930 (age40 years, 360days). Congressman McLeod, who was driving, sufferedcomparatively minor injuries.Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | Peter J. Boeye (1883-1951) — of Windsor,Ontario.Born inBelgium,January22, 1883.Builder;realestate business; served in the Belgian Army during World War I;HonoraryConsul for Belgium inDetroit,Mich., 1919-51.Catholic.Belgianancestry.Died, in GraceHospital,Windsor,Ontario,March13, 1951 (age68 years, 50days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| | Image source:Detroit Free Press, August 1, 1932 |
| | | Leo Joseph Wilkowski (1902-1955) — also known asLeo J. Wilkowski — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 5,1902.Democrat.Hardwarebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944;Chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;chargedon December 16, 1944 (along with other legislators) withacceptingbribes from naturopathic physicians;triedandconvicted;chargedon July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) withacceptingbribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set ofcharges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.Polishancestry. Member,PolishNational Alliance.Died ofhearttrouble,March23, 1955 (age52 years, 352days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Henry Raymond Kozak (1917-2001) — also known asHenry R. Kozak — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January1, 1917.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1945-50; defeated in primary, 1955;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 14th District,1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1964.Polishancestry. Member,Eagles;PolishNational Alliance.Died, ofcancer,at Bon SecoursHospital,Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.,August23, 2001 (age84 years, 234days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Genieve Traczuk. |
| | Leo George Karwick (1897-1958) — also known asLeo G. Karwick — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Cheboygan,CheboyganCounty, Mich.,June 26,1897.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1933-34; defeated, 1930, 1934, 1936.DiedSeptember30, 1958 (age61 years, 96days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | George Kolowich (1897-1955) — ofWayneCounty, Mich.Born in1897.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1929-30; defeated in primary, 1930.DiedDecember8, 1955 (ageabout 58years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | John T. Kelsey (1921-2002) — of Warren,MacombCounty, Mich.Born in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,December22, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;tool and diemaker;real estatesales; municipal judge in Michigan, 1958-61;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Macomb County1st District, 1961-62; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 70th District, 1965-82; defeatedin primary, 1992.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;DisabledAmerican Veterans;PolishLegion of American Veterans;Eagles;ExchangeClub;SigmaNu Phi.Died in Warren,MacombCounty, Mich.,December15, 2002 (age80 years, 358days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Joseph Lawrence Kaminski (1902-1951) — also known asJoseph L. Kaminski — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November2, 1902.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1935-40; defeated in primary, 1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) withacceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison.Died, from aheartattack, in the Cadillac Towerofficebuilding, Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich., November,1951(ageabout48 years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Alexis Moses Salliotte (1838-1905) — also known asAlexis M. Salliotte — of Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.,August1, 1838.Republican.Lumberbusiness; postmaster atEcorse,Mich., 1871;villagepresident of Ecorse, Michigan, 1902-03.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 19,1905 (age66 years, 291days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Samuel Bastien (1867-1935) — of Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Amherstburg,Ontario,August25, 1867.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1928; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1932.Died in Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 24,1935 (age67 years, 272days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.  | John Kaminski (1870-1951) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inPrussia,August14, 1870.Republican.Mailcarrier;lawyer;member, Detroit Public Lighting Commission, 1927-28;WayneCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1929-36; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Knightsof Columbus;Elks;Woodmen ofthe World;PolishNational Alliance.Died, from aheartattack, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October4, 1951 (age81 years, 51days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Constantine Kaminski and Pauline (Lewandowski) Kaminski; married,January30, 1894, to Josephine Ciganek. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Detroit News, October 6,1951 |
| | | Thomas J. Dowling (1916-1971) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1916.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1947-48; defeated, 1944 (Republican, Wayne County 1st District), 1950(Republican primary, Wayne County 1st District), 1952 (Republican,Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Democratic primary, Wayne County5th District).Died in1971(ageabout55 years).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Casimir Zabik (1913-1977) — also known asCass Zabik — of Michigan. Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,June 13,1913.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1958.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August6, 1977 (age64 years, 54days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Zabik and Josephine (Tofel) Zabik; married to EleanoreMalkowski. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Iwan Tryhook (1896-1978) — of Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inAustria,May12, 1896.Republican. Republican candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1946, 1948 (primary).Died in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,August3, 1978 (age82 years, 83days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | George A. O'Kon (1901-1984) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; East Detroit (now Eastpointe),MacombCounty, Mich.BornAugust5, 1901.Farmer-Labor candidate forMichiganstate senate 1st District, 1936.Died, of aheartattack, onMarch 3,1984 (age82 years, 211days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. | | Katherine Czarnecki (1911-2001) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inSerbia,May28, 1911.Republican. Candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 7thDistrict, 1961.Female.CatholicorEasternOrthodox.Died, from complications of astroke,at Woodward HillsConvalescentHome, Bloomfield Hills,OaklandCounty, Mich.,July 18,2001 (age90 years, 51days).Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Russell StreetCemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Founded 1834
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | James Witherell (1759-1838) — of Fair Haven,RutlandCounty, Vt.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Mansfield,BristolCounty, Mass.,June 16,1759.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;physician;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1798-1802; member ofVermontGovernor's Council, 1802-06;RutlandCounty Judge, 1803-06;U.S.Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808;U.S.District Judge for Michigan, 1808-28; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1828-30.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January9, 1838 (age78 years, 207days).Original interment at Russell Street Cemetery; reinterment atElmwood Cemetery.
St. Anne'sChurch
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Gabriel Richard (1767-1832) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in La Ville de Saintes,France,October15, 1767.Catholicpriest;founderin 1817 of a school which later became the University of Michigan.;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1823-25.Catholic.Died, ofcholera,in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September13, 1832 (age64 years, 334days).Entombed at St. Anne's Church.
Sweetest Heart ofMary Cemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Bartholomew Sosnowski (1883-1968) — also known asJohn B. Sosnowski — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December8, 1883.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1925-27; defeated,1926 (1st District), 1928 (1st District), 1930 (1st District), 1932(1st District), 1934 (1st District), 1936 (1st District), 1938 (1stDistrict), 1942 (1st District), 1944 (1st District), 1946 (1stDistrict), 1952 (16th District); candidate in primary formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1931, 1933; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1932,1936,1940(alternate),1944;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1940(voted forWendellL. Willkie andCharlesL. McNary).Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 16,1968 (age84 years, 221days).Interment at Sweetest Heart of Mary Cemetery.
TrinityCemetery
5210 Mount Elliott Street
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | David Sanford Holmes Jr. (1914-1994) — also known asDavid S. Holmes, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,August11, 1914.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1959-74 (Wayne County 11thDistrict 1959-64, 10th District 1965-72, 21st District 1973-74);defeated in primary, 1954, 1958; resigned 1974; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1968,1976(alternate),1988;member ofMichiganstate senate 4th District, 1974-94; died in office 1994;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;AlphaPhi Alpha;NAACP.DiedMay 21,1994 (age79 years, 283days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery. | | Ronald Lee Allen (1946-2004) — also known asRonald L. Allen;Ron Allen — of Ypsilanti Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 25,1946.Democrat.Supervisorof Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1979-88; defeated in primary,1992.Africanancestry.Died, from amyocardialinfaction, in St. Joseph MercyHospital,Superior Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,December16, 2004 (age58 years, 174days).Interment at Trinity Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Louise Jones. |
WoodlawnCemetery
Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Founded 1895
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward John Jeffries Jr. (1900-1950) — also known asEdward J. Jeffries, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 3,1900.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1930, 1946;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1940-48; defeated, 1947.Member,DeltaTheta Phi;Maccabees;OddFellows;Eagles;Moose.Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,April 2,1950 (age49 years, 364days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Albert Eugene Cobo (1893-1957) — also known asAlbert E. Cobo — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October2, 1893.Republican.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1956.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.Died, following aheartattack, in Henry FordHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September12, 1957 (age63 years, 345days).Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery. | Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known asHazen S. Pingree;"The PotatoMayor" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Denmark,OxfordCounty, Maine,August30, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;boot and shoemanufacturer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1890-97;Governor ofMichigan, 1897-1900.Englishancestry.DiedJune 18,1901 (age60 years, 292days).Original intermentsomewhere in ; reintermentat Woodlawn Cemetery; statue atGrand CircusPark. | | James Couzens (1872-1936) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Chatham,Ontario,August26, 1872.Republican. In 1903, along withHenryFord and others, organized theFord MotorCompany; Detroit police commissioner, 1916; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Michigan,1917;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1919-22;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1922-36; appointed 1922; defeated, 1936;died in office 1936; candidate for Republican nomination for VicePresident,1932.Englishancestry.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October22, 1936 (age64 years, 57days).Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.  | Frank Couzens (b. 1902) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February28, 1902.Mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1933, 1934-38; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | | Merrill I. Mills (1819-1882) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in1819.Democrat.Stovemanufacturer; founder of BannerTobaccoCompany; director of First NationalBank ofDetroit;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1866-67; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1876.Died in1882(ageabout63 years).Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Marvin Howard Chamberlain (1842-1923) — also known asMarvin H. Chamberlain — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inLenaweeCounty, Mich.,November5, 1842.Democrat.Schoolteacher;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1886-87; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1888.Member,Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February15, 1923 (age80 years, 102days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Cynthia (Wilson) Chamberlain and Philonzo Chamberlain; married1876 to EllenAurelia Wilson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Roy Dikeman Chapin (1880-1936) — also known asRoy D. Chapin — of Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,February23, 1880.President, HudsonMotor CarCompany;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33.Member,PhiDelta Theta.Died, frompneumonia,in Henry FordHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February16, 1936 (age55 years, 358days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Roscoe Burhans Huston (1881-1949) — also known asRoscoe B. Huston — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Michigan Center,JacksonCounty, Mich.Born in Blandinsville,McDonoughCounty, Ill.,January3, 1881.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1924(alternate),1928,1932;delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County1st District, 1933; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1933-49 (acting, 1933-34).Died, from aheartattack, in Michigan Center,JacksonCounty, Mich.,November6, 1949 (age68 years, 307days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Alexander Joseph Groesbeck (1873-1953) — also known asAlex J. Groesbeck — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Warren Township (now Warren),MacombCounty, Mich.,November7, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1913;Michiganstate attorney general, 1917-20;Governor ofMichigan, 1921-26; defeated in primary, 1914, 1926, 1930, 1934;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1924,1944.DutchandFrenchancestry.DiedMarch10, 1953 (age79 years, 123days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Homer Ferguson (1889-1982) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Harrison City,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,February25, 1889.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate senate 4th District, 1928;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1929-42; appointed 1929;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1943-55; defeated, 1954; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1952;U.S. Ambassador toPhilippines, 1955-56;federaljudge, 1956-71.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;SigmaDelta Kappa.DiedDecember17, 1982 (age93 years, 295days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Wade Hampton McCree Jr. (1920-1987) — also known asWade H. McCree, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,July 3,1920.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-61; appointed 1954; resigned1961;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-66;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1966-77; resigned1977; U.S. Solicitor General, 1977-81;lawprofessor.Unitarian.Africanancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from aheartattack andbonecancer in Henry FordHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August30, 1987 (age67 years, 58days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Homer Warren (1855-1928) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Shelby Township,MacombCounty, Mich.,December1, 1855.Republican.Real estatebroker;treasurer ofMichigan Republican Party, 1903; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1906-13.Member,Freemasons.Died in Detroit DiagnosticHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August17, 1928 (age72 years, 260days).Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) — also known asBlair Moody — of Michigan. Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February13, 1902.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1952(chair,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died, during hiscampaignfor the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of aheartailment andpneumonia,in UniversityHospital,Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,July 20,1954 (age52 years, 157days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | John Blaisdell Corliss (1851-1929) — also known asJohn B. Corliss — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Richford,FranklinCounty, Vt.,June 7,1851.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1895-1903; defeated,1902.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December24, 1929 (age78 years, 200days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | John Francis Dodge (1864-1920) — also known asJohn F. Dodge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Niles,BerrienCounty, Mich.,October25, 1864.Republican. Earlyautomobilemanufacturer; made parts for Oldsmobile and Ford in the early20th century; co-founder of Dodge BrothersMotor CarCompany in 1914, manufacturer of Dodge cars and trucks; the Dodgeoperation became part of Chrysler Corporation in 1928; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1916.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1920 (age55 years, 81days).Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval (Casto) Dodge; married,September22, 1892, to Ivy Hawkins; married,December9, 1903, to Isabelle Smith; married,December10, 1907, toMatildaRausch; uncle ofHoraceElgin Dodge Jr.. | | | | Political family:Dodge-Duke-Cromwellfamily of Detroit, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Aretha Louise Franklin (1942-2018) — also known asAretha Franklin;"Queen ofSoul" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,March25, 1942.Democrat.Singer;performed, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;inducted to the Rock and RollHall ofFame, 1987; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 2005.Female.Died, frompancreaticneuroendocrine tumor, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August16, 2018 (age76 years, 144days).Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Alfred Edward Lucking (1856-1929) — also known asAlfred Lucking — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ingersoll,Ontario,December18, 1856.Democrat.Lawyer;timberbusiness;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1903-05; defeated,1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).EnglishandScottishancestry.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December1, 1929 (age72 years, 348days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) — also known asHoward A. Coffin — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Middleboro,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,June 11,1877.Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Companybookpublishers, 1901-11; controller, WarrenMotor CarCompany, 1911-13; regional manager, FirestoneTireandRubberCompany, 1913-18; secretary, DetroitPressedSteel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, CadillacMotor CarCompany, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White StarOilRefining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-VacuumOilCompany, 1933;U.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,1944, 1948.Baptist.Member,Rotary.Died inWashington,D.C.,February28, 1956 (age78 years, 262days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Carl May Weideman (1898-1972) — also known asCarl M. Weideman — of Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March 5,1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1933-35; defeated inprimary, 1934;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1950-67; defeated, 1935;appointed 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1936.Lutheran.Germanancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.,March 5,1972 (age74 years, 0days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt (1898-1985) — also known asDorothy K. Roosevelt;Dorothy GrantKemp —of Michigan. Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October25, 1898.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1942.Female.Died in Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.,July 21,1985 (age86 years, 269days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Freedom,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,1846.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidateforU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1892; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1900;member, Panama Canal Commission.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 27,1927 (ageabout 80years).Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Arthurus Webster (1871-1966) — also known asArthur Webster — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Montrose,LeeCounty, Iowa,1871.Republican.Circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1919-56; resigned 1956.Died in1966(ageabout95 years).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Matilda Rausch Dodge Wilson (1883-1967) — also known asMatilda R. Wilson;Matilda Rausch;Matilda Rausch Dodge;Mrs. Alfred Wilson —of Rochester,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Walkerton,Ontario,October19, 1883.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1928;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture; elected 1931;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1940.Female.Presbyterian.Germanancestry.Left her estate, Meadow Brook Hall, to Oakland University. Died in Brussels,Belgium,September18, 1967 (age83 years, 334days).Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Jackson Vaughn III (1917-2006) — also known asJackie Vaughn III — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,November17, 1917.Democrat. Candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 4th SenatorialDistrict, 1961; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1967-78 (23rd District 1967-72,18th District 1973-78); resigned 1978; member ofMichiganstate senate, 1978-2002 (5th District 1978-82, 3rd District1983-94, 4th District 1995-2002).BaptistorMethodist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Americansfor Democratic Action;American CivilLiberties Union;OmicronDelta Kappa;Elks;Freemasons.Died, in BotsfordHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September12, 2006 (age88 years, 299days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.  | Frank Cody (1870-1946) — of Michigan. Born in Belleville,WayneCounty, Mich.,December31, 1870.Republican.Superintendentof schools; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1914-43; resigned 1943.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1946(ageabout75 years).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.| | Image source:Michigan Manual 1927 |
| | | Daisy L. Elliott (1917-2015) — also known asDaisy Elizabeth Lenoir — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Filbert,McDowellCounty, W.Va.,November26, 1917.Democrat.Realtor;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4thDistrict, 1961-62; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1963-78, 1981-82 (Wayne County4th District 1963-64, 22nd District 1965-72, 8th District 1973-78,1981-82); defeated in primary, 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954(Wayne County 11th District), 1956 (Wayne County 4th District), 1958(Wayne County 4th District), 1960 (Wayne County 4th District), 1982(8th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1968(alternate),1976;co-author of the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act; candidate forMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1978;arrestedin April 1982 for driving astolen1977 Cadillac deVilleautomobile;arraignedon a charge of receiving and concealingstolenproperty; she claimed she had bought the car from a dealer, butthe firm had no record of this, and the document she presented hadbeen faked;lostrenomination as State Representatve in August 1982, while underindictment;convictedin November 1982 andsentencedto 60 days in jail.Female.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;League of WomenVoters;JuniorLeague.Died, in DMC Sinai-GraceHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December22, 2015 (age98 years, 26days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) — of Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Piqua,MiamiCounty, Ohio,July 23,1894.Chemist;executive vice-president, Parke Davispharmaceuticalcompany;villagepresident of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50;mayorof Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957.Member,AmericanChemical Society;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners.Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz CarltonHotel,Montreal,Quebec,April8, 1957 (age62 years, 259days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Levi Lewis Barbour (1840-1925) — also known asLevi L. Barbour — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Monroe,MonroeCounty, Mich.,August14, 1840.Member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1892-98, 1902-08;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1907-08.Died in1925(ageabout84 years).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.  | Arthur Label Bresler (1862-1908) — also known asArthur L. Bresler — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1862.HonoraryConsul for Hawaiian Islands inDetroit,Mich., 1895-1900;Consul-Generalfor Nicaragua inDetroit,Mich., 1901-04; manager of DeForestwirelesstelegraphsystem.Germanancestry.Died, fromstomachcancer, at theHotel St.Lorenz, East 72nd Street, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1908 (age46 years, 121days). Initial reports that he had been poisoned were dispelledby an autopsy.Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | George Antheme Beauchamp (1899-1990) — also known asGeorge A. Beauchamp — of Grosse Pointe Shores,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Superior,DouglasCounty, Wis.,May 4,1899.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forsupervisorof Grosse Pointe Township, Michigan.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Died, in BeaumontHospital,Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.,March12, 1990 (age90 years, 312days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Charles Herbert Culver (1870-1949) — also known asCharles H. Culver — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February5, 1870.Republican.Policeofficer;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;newspaperpublisher; founder,Little Stick (satirical paper); memberofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1915-18, 1921-32; defeated, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1946;member, Michigan Crime Commission, 1929-34; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.Scottishancestry.Died, in the ArnoldHomefor the Aged, Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August13, 1949 (age79 years, 189days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr. (1922-1973) — also known asDrake Dimitry — of Royal Oak,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Missouri,November24, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; owner ofHeights Manufacturing Company, which built antenna towers; candidateforU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1956.Injured in anautomobilecollision onicyroads near Almont, Mich., and died soon after in Mt. Clemens,MacombCounty, Mich.,March23, 1973 (age50 years, 119days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Joseph M. Fee (1888-1938) — of Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa,May 15,1888.Lawyer;mayorof Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1938; died in office 1938.Member,PhiDelta Theta.Died, in HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April15, 1938 (age49 years, 335days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas M. Fee; married to Mary Hopwood. |
 | William Alfred Lucking (1882-1960) — also known asWilliam A. Lucking — ofWayneCounty, Mich.; Barton Hills,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 19,1882.Democrat.Lawyer; inthe 1910s and 1920s, he was legal counsel forHenryFord andFord MotorCo.; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1923; president of a Great Lakessteamshipline.Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,August22, 1960 (age78 years, 64days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. | | Horace Elgin Dodge Jr. (1900-1963) — also known asHorace E. Dodge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August2, 1900.Republican. Founder, DodgeBoatWorks, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Died, fromlivercirrhosis, at Jennings MemorialHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December22, 1963 (age63 years, 142days).Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Horace Elgin Dodge and Anna (Thomson) Dodge; brother of DelphineIone Dodge (who marriedJamesHenry Roberts Cromwell); married,June 21,1921, to Lois Virginia Knowlson; married,May 17,1928, to Muriel Sisman; married,May 16,1940, to Martha 'Mickey' Devine; married,May 26,1945, to Clara Mae Tinsley; married,February14, 1953, to Gregg Sherwood; nephew ofJohnFrancis Dodge (who marriedMatildaRausch). | | | | Political family:Dodge-Duke-Cromwellfamily of Detroit, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Percy W. Grose — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1916.Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
WoodmereCemetery
9400 West Fort Street
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Founded 1868
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) — also known asJohn J. Bagley — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Medina,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1832.Republican.Cigarmanufacturer; president, Michigan MutualLifeInsurance Company, 1867-72;bankdirector;Governor ofMichigan, 1873-76.Unitarian.Died, fromtuberculosis,inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 27,1881 (age49 years, 3days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.  | Henry Magnus Butzel (1871-1963) — also known asHenry M. Butzel — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 24,1871.Republican.Lawyer;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1929-55; appointed 1929;chiefjustice of Michigan state supreme court, 1931, 1939, 1946, 1954.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 7,1963 (age92 years, 14days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Levi Thomas Griffin (1837-1906) — also known asLevi T. Griffin — of Michigan. Born in Clinton,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,May 23,1837.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1893-95; defeated,1894.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March17, 1906 (age68 years, 298days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Moses Whelock Field (1828-1889) — also known asMoses W. Field — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1828.Republican.U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1873-75; defeated,1874; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1886-89; died in office 1889.Died inWayneCounty, Mich.,March14, 1889 (age61 years, 32days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Jerome Holland Bishop (1846-1928) — also known asJerome H. Bishop — of Decatur,Van BurenCounty, Mich.; Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Oxbow,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1846.Republican.Superintendentof schools; founder, J.H. Bishopfur company ofWyandotte, Mich.;rugandcoatmanufacturer;mayorof Wyandotte, Mich., 1885-87, 1905-08; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1898; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1900;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1909.Congregationalist.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.DiedMay 22,1928 (age81 years, 262days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop; married1867 to JennieGray; married1876 to EllaM. Clark. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Arthur W. Edwards (c.1876-1932) — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Flat Rock,WayneCounty, Mich., about 1876.Lawyer;metalproducts business;mayorof Wyandotte, Mich., 1932; died in office 1932.Died, following anattack ofapoplexy, in ahospitalat Chatham,Ontario,August12, 1932 (ageabout 56years).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Frank Peter Darin (1899-1958) — also known asFrank P. Darin — of River Rouge,WayneCounty, Mich.; Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born, of American parents, in Laggio,Italy,September21, 1899.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;newspaperreporter;lawyer;municipal judge in Michigan, 1921-23; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,1925-32; defeated in primary, 1948; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1932; candidate forMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1934; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;WhiteShrine of Jerusalem;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DeltaTheta Phi.DiedJanuary28, 1958 (age58 years, 129days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Victor Darin and Rose Marie Pagnetto; married,September21, 1925, to Marie D'Seppo. |
| | Newell Avery (1817-1877) — of Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Jefferson,LincolnCounty, Maine,October12, 1817.Republican.Lumbermerchant;villagepresident of Port Huron, Michigan, 1855;mayorof Port Huron, Mich., 1859; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1872.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March13, 1877 (age59 years, 152days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Peter Bienvenu DeLisle (1846-1908) — also known asPeter B. DeLisle — of Springwells Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.Born inWayneCounty, Mich.,January21, 1846.Democrat.Builder;grocer;realestate andinsurancebusiness;supervisorof Springwells Township, Michigan; elected 1901; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,1903-04; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1906.DiedJanuary8, 1908 (age61 years, 352days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Bienvenu 'Welcome' DeLisle and Zoe (Riopelle) DeLisle;married to Adelaide Catherine Payette. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph M. Weiss (1856-1937) — ofChippewaCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 25,1856.Lawyer;ChippewaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-78; one of the founders ofprofessionalbaseballin Detroit; helped organize the Cass Baseball Club in 1881;WayneCounty Circuit Court Commissioner; member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1891-94; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1907-08.Jewish.Died, in HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January11, 1937 (age80 years, 231days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Rufus Fleming (1852-1920) — of Avondale, Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in West Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ind.,1852.Republican.Newspaperreporter;newspapereditor; U.S. Consul inEdinburgh, 1897-1920, died in office 1920.Died in Edinburgh,Scotland,April3, 1920 (ageabout 67years).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | George G. Scott (1874-1952) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September16, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1905-08 (Wayne County 4thDistrict 1905-06, Wayne County 1st District 1907-08); member ofMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1909-18.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons;IndependentOrder of Foresters.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January26, 1952 (age77 years, 132days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.  | Dexter Mason Ferry Jr. (1873-1959) — also known asDexter M. Ferry, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November22, 1873.Republican. President, Ferry-MorseSeedCo.; president, Standard AccidentInsuranceCo.; director, Michigan Fire & MarineInsuranceCo.; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1901-04; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1906-13; appointed 1906;mayorof Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1938-39.Congregationalist.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died in1959(ageabout85 years).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | John Greusel (d. 1886) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Blieskastle, Rheinpfalz,Germany.Republican.Brickmanufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1872,1884(alternate); member ofMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 1875, 1881-83.Germanancestry.Died in Springwells Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,October31, 1886.Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Frederick Carl Matthaei (1892-1973) — also known asFrederick C. Matthaei — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September17, 1892.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1960-67; resigned 1967.Founder, president, and board chairman of American Metal ProductsCo., Detroit.DiedMarch26, 1973 (age80 years, 190days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Oscar Alexander Riopelle (1880-1959) — also known asOscar A. Riopelle — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.,August23, 1880.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1921-24; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1926; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1928;candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1930; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1932.Frenchancestry.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1959 (age79 years, 66days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Maynard Dauchy Follin (1863-1948) — also known asMaynard D. Follin — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.; Dunedin,PinellasCounty, Fla.Born in New York,March 5,1863.HonoraryConsul for Guatemala inDetroit,Mich., 1926-31;writer.Frenchancestry.Died inPinellasCounty, Fla.,August4, 1948 (age85 years, 152days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | John Stevenson (1854-1937) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ayrshire,Scotland,April22, 1854.Republican.Steamboatowner; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1909-12, 1915-18, 1921-24.Scottishancestry.DiedJanuary9, 1937 (age82 years, 262days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Milton Robert Palmer (1878-1932) — also known asMilton R. Palmer — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,January25, 1878.Republican.Newspaperreporter; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1921-32; died in office 1932.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;Royaland Select Masters.Died in ahospitalin Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August10, 1932 (age54 years, 198days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Milton Josiah Palmer and Jane (Bayne) Palmer. |
| | William Alfred Debo (c.1878-1951) — also known asW. Alfred Debo — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born about 1878. Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1922; candidate forMichiganstate senate 4th District, 1926, 1928;MichiganDemocratic state chair, 1931-35; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1932;Michigan Parole Commissioner.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1951(ageabout73 years).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Asa H. Otis (1797-1855) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Fort Ann,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,March24, 1797.Farmer;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1850.Died in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,August26, 1855 (age58 years, 155days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Matson Otis and Deborah (Wetheral) Otis; married to Mary Goodell;second cousin once removed ofAsahelOtis andNortonPrentiss Otis; second cousin twice removed ofJosephOtis andSamuelAllyne Otis; second cousin thrice removed ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; third cousin ofOranGray Otis,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,DavidPerry Otis andHarrisonGray Otis (1837-1917); third cousin once removed ofHarrisonGray Otis (1765-1848) andLaurenFord Otis; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminLincoln,JohnTaintor,RogerTaintor,SolomonTaintor,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864) andRalphChester Otis; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles andJonathanBrace; fourth cousin ofNathanielFreeman Jr.,EphraimSafford,JohnOtis,WilliamShaw Chandler Otis,HarrisF. Otis,JamesOtis (1826-1875) andAbrahamLansing; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesParker,JosephChurchill Strong,CalvinFrisbie,EbenezerStrong,DeGrasseMaltby,HenryTaintor,BenjaminFessenden,JohnAdams Taintor,EdmundHolcomb,JamesSafford,JohnArnold Rockwell,RalphSmith Taintor,HenryG. Taintor,CharlesBackus Hyde Fessenden,CharlesAugustus Otis, Sr.,JamesOtis (1836-1898),EdwinCarpenter Pinney,DanielFrederick Webster,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925) andTheronEphron Catlin. | | | | Political families:Otis#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Otis#2 family (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Josiah A. Riopelle (1820-1889) — of Delray (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.BornNovember1, 1820.Republican.Carpenter;postmaster atDelray,Mich., 1872-77.DiedOctober31, 1889 (age68 years, 364days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Lyman A. Brant (1848-1895) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.BornJanuary20, 1848.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1883-86; Clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1891-92.DiedOctober11, 1895 (age47 years, 264days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Frederick W. A. Kurth (1844-1898) — of Springwells Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Berlin,Germany,June6, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District,1879-80; candidate forsupervisorof Springwells Township, Michigan, 1891.DiedAugust16, 1898 (age54 years, 71days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Dexter Mason Ferry (1833-1907) — also known asDexter M. Ferry — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,August8, 1833.Republican. Founder and president, D. M. Ferryseedcompany; president, AmericanHarrowCompany; director, DetroitCopper andBrass Rolling Mills; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Michigan,1892,1904;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1896-99.Died, fromheartdisease, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November10, 1907 (age74 years, 94days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Joseph Greusel (1837-1913) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Glasco,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1837.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1912.Germanancestry.Died in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,February13, 1913 (age75 years, 192days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Adam E. Bloom (c.1850-1915) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born about 1850. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1881-82.DiedSeptember1, 1915 (ageabout 65years).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Earl Theodore Zink (1923-1984) — also known asEarl T. Zink — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Livonia,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October28, 1923.Democrat. Candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6thDistrict, 1961.Died in Livonia,WayneCounty, Mich.,November25, 1984 (age61 years, 28days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Judson B. Robb (d. 1996) — ofWayneCounty, Mich.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 18th District,1962.Died in1996.Interment at Woodmere Cemetery. | | Malvina Abonyi (1923-2006) — also known asMalvina Hauk — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.; Allen Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April 4,1923.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1964,1968(alternate).Female.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March29, 2006 (age82 years, 359days).Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
St. FrancisXavier Cemetery
Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles Hyacinthe Riopelle (1860-1931) — also known asCharles H. Riopelle — of Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.,October19, 1860.Democrat. President, EurekaBrewingCompany;supervisorof Ecorse Township, Michigan; elected 1900, 1901, 1924.Frenchancestry.Died, in Henry FordHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,July 14,1931 (age70 years, 268days).Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery. | | Hyacinthe F. Riopelle (1836-1898) — ofWayneCounty, Mich.Born in Springwells Township (now part of Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,August8, 1836.Democrat.Farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District,1883-84.Catholic.Frenchancestry.Died suddenly, ofheartfailure, in Ecorse Township (part now in Detroit),WayneCounty, Mich.,July 31,1898 (age61 years, 357days).Interment at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.
Michigan MemorialPark
32163 Huron River Drive
Huron Township, Wayne County, Michigan
Founded 1926
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Dorothy Haener (1917-2001) — of New Boston,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,1917.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1976,1980.Female.Member,NationalOrganization for Women;UnitedAuto Workers.Among thefoundersof the National Organization for Women in 1966.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in OakwoodHospitalSeaway Center, Trenton,WayneCounty, Mich.,January6, 2001 (ageabout 83years).Interment at Michigan Memorial Park. | | Arthur Paul Zirkaloso (1892-1958) — also known asArthur P. Zirkaloso — of Lincoln Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December30, 1892.Lawyer;mayorof Lincoln Park, Mich., 1934-35.DiedJanuary7, 1958 (age65 years, 8days).Interment at Michigan Memorial Park.| | Relatives: Sonof Ernest F. Zirkaloso and Anna Wilhelmina (Moede) Zirkaloso; married1919 toFrances N. Bayan. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William R. Copeland (1909-1992) — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Washington,DaviessCounty, Ind.,May 8,1909.Democrat.Rigger;president,United Mine Workers Local 12100; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1953-74 (Wayne County 6thDistrict 1953-54, Wayne County 18th District 1955-64, 27th District1965-74); defeated in primary, 1974, 1976.Catholic.Member,Eagles;UnitedMine Workers;Knightsof Columbus.Died in Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.,April22, 1992 (age82 years, 350days).Interment at Michigan Memorial Park. | | Bland A. Pugh (1893-1972) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in1893.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1926; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935 (Democratic primary), 1941(primary).Died in1972(ageabout79 years).Interment at Michigan Memorial Park. | | Ignatius J. Salliotte (1877-1936) — of Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ecorse,WayneCounty, Mich.,1877.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,1902;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 4th District, 1907-08.Died in1936(ageabout59 years).Interment at Michigan Memorial Park.
Beth El MemorialPark
28120 Six Mile Road
Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Samuel Jerome Bronson (1930-1986) — also known asS. Jerome Bronson — of Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March21, 1930.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate senate 12th District, 1960;OaklandCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-86; died in office1986.Jewish. Member,American BarAssociation.Arrestedandchargedwithsolicitingandacceptinga bribe of $20,000 for his vote on a pending case; hekilledhimself bygunshotthe same day, in Franklin,OaklandCounty, Mich.,November14, 1986 (age56 years, 238days).Interment at Beth El Memorial Park.
Glen EdenCemetery
Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Donald Frederick Welday, Sr. (1902-1991) — also known asDonald F. Welday;Don Welday — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Allen Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February12, 1902.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1948(alternate),1956,1964(alternate); member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1949; Republican PresidentialElector for Michigan,1952(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon).Died, in ahospitalat Southfield,OaklandCounty, Mich.,1991(ageabout89 years).Interment at Glen Eden Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Franklin Welday and Emma Welday; married to Anne Deska;grandfather ofPaulFrederick Welday. |
Mt. Hope MemorialGardens
Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan
Parkview MemorialCemetery
34205 Five Mile Road
Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan
Founded 1926
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Herman Richter (1872-1936) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inGermany,May28, 1872.Socialist.Carpenter;Socialist Labor candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1899, 1909, 1911; Socialist Laborcandidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1902; Socialist Laborcandidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1905, 1919; Socialist Laborcandidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1906, 1910, 1912, 1914; Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1916; candidate in primary formayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1926.Germanancestry.Died, fromsepticendocarditis,in DeaconnessHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December19, 1936 (age64 years, 205days).Interment at Parkview Memorial Cemetery. | | Edward Howard McNamara (1926-2006) — also known asEdward H. McNamara;"BigMac" —of Livonia,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September21, 1926.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1965;mayorof Livonia, Mich., 1970-86; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1970; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1976,1996,2000;WayneCounty Executive, 1987-2002.Died, ofheartfailure andcancer,in HarperHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February19, 2006 (age79 years, 151days).Interment at Parkview Memorial Cemetery.
Rural HillCemetery
Northville, Wayne County, Michigan
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Milo N. Johnson (1867-1943) — of Northville,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Northville Township,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 30,1867.Republican. Postmaster atNorthville,Mich., 1902-15; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1919-24.ChristianScientist.Died in Northville,WayneCounty, Mich.,August8, 1943 (age76 years, 39days).Entombed in mausoleum at Rural Hill Cemetery.
RiversideCemetery
Plymouth Road
Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan
Founded 1880
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Carl Duane Pursell (1932-2009) — also known asCarl D. Pursell — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Imlay City,LapeerCounty, Mich.,December19, 1932.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1971-77; defeated in primary, 1966;resigned 1977;U.S.Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1977-93; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1988.Protestant.Died in Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 11,2009 (age76 years, 174days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (1804-1890) — also known asEbenezer J. Penniman — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy),RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1804.U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1851-53; defeated(Democratic), 1862; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1856.Died in Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.,April12, 1890 (age86 years, 91days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Elton R. Eaton (1881-1952) — ofKalamazooCounty, Mich.; Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inMitchellCounty, Iowa,July 30,1881.Republican.Newspaperpublisher;KalamazooCounty Sheriff, 1917-20; executive secretary to Gov.AlexJ. Groesbeck, 1923-26;delegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County5th District, 1933; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1937-40, 1945-48 (Wayne County5th District 1937-40, Wayne County 7th District 1945-48); defeated,1948; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1940; candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1942.Member,Rotary.Died in1952(ageabout70 years).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Cassius R. Benton (1862-1922) — of Northville,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Plymouth Township,WayneCounty, Mich.,November12, 1862.Republican.Farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1905-08.Died in1922(ageabout59 years).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.  | Evered Vivian Jolliffe (1884-1957) — also known asEvered V. Jolliffe — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Blenheim,Ontario,May2, 1884.Salesmanager;automobiledealer; Dry candidate fordelegateto Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County5th District, 1933.Methodist.Member,Rotary.Died, fromcancer,August28, 1957 (age73 years, 118days).Entombed in mausoleum at Riverside Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Jolliffe and Theresa (Whaley) Jolliffe; married1913 to GraceEthel Wise. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Jolliffefamily |
| | Sterling Eaton (1906-1965) — ofWayneCounty, Mich.Born in1906.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 21st District,1957-58; defeated, 1958.Died in1965(ageabout59 years).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Edward Gayde (b. 1878) — of Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Plymouth,WayneCounty, Mich.,January2, 1878.Republican.Grocer;hardwaremerchant; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,1915-18.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners.Entombed in mausoleum at Riverside Cemetery.
Detroit MemorialPark West
25200 Plymouth Road
Redford Township, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Nancy Merritt Boykin (1919-2006) — also known asNancy M. Boykin;Nancy Merritt;NancySmith —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born inWashington,D.C.,March20, 1919.Republican.Socialworker; founder (1966) and head (1966-87) of Detroit PublicSchools Continuing Education for Girls; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1972(alternate),1976;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1976(voted forGeraldR. Ford andBobDole); member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1975-80, 1983-2006.Female.Africanancestry. Member,PhiDelta Kappa;AlphaKappa Alpha.DiedJanuary28, 2006 (age86 years, 314days).Interment at Detroit Memorial Park West. | | Ulysses Wilhelm Boykin (1914-1987) — also known asUlysses W. Boykin — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,October17, 1914.Republican.Journalist;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1964(alternate),1976;Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan,1980(voted forRonaldReagan andGeorgeBush).Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Elks;Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,September26, 1987 (age72 years, 344days).Interment at Detroit Memorial Park West.
DentonCemetery
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Leone Fairbanks Burrell (1900-1959) — also known asLeone Burrell — of Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,February18, 1900.Republican.Schoolteacher; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Michigan,1940.Female.Died, fromcervicalcancer, in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,June 15,1959 (age59 years, 117days).Interment at Denton Cemetery.
Soop-PleasantviewCemetery
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Fred J. Vorce (1871-1936) — of Van Buren Township,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Van Buren Township,WayneCounty, Mich.,September2, 1871.Republican.Supervisorof Van Buren Township, Michigan, 1923-36; died in office 1936.Died in1936(ageabout64 years).Interment at Soop-Pleasantview Cemetery. | | Bertha S. Vorce (1885-1962) — also known asLulu Bertha Staley — of Van Buren Township,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ohio,1885.Republican.Supervisorof Van Buren Township, Michigan, 1936-47; appointed 1936.Female.Died in1962(ageabout77 years).Interment at Soop-Pleasantview Cemetery. | | Perry Vorce (1837-1918) — of Van Buren Township,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Dewittville,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,December3, 1837.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;supervisorof Van Buren Township, Michigan, 1888-90.Died in Van Buren Township,WayneCounty, Mich.,August20, 1918 (age80 years, 260days).Interment at Soop-Pleasantview Cemetery.
GlenwoodCemetery
33501 Glenwood
Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan
Founded 1882
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | J. Jacob Stellwagen (1843-1923) — of Wayne,WayneCounty, Mich.BornApril 4,1843.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1916(alternate),1920.DiedJanuary7, 1923 (age79 years, 278days).Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. | | Elizabeth Stellwagen (1870-1958) — of Wayne,WayneCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in1870.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan,1933;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1936(alternate),1940;member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1937-39.Female.Died in1958(ageabout88 years).Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
Mt. CarmelCemetery
Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Hubert Severe Amiot (1876-1937) — also known asHubert S. Amiot — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Windsor,Ontario,February26, 1876.Naturalized U.S. citizen;clothingmerchant;dry cleaningbusiness;mayorof Wyandotte, Mich., 1922-28; defeated, 1918.FrenchCanadian ancestry.Died in Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 7,1937 (age61 years, 70days).Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. | | Victor Targonski (1914-1990) — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.,October17, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 6th District,1944, 1946; candidate forMichiganstate board of education, 1947; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1948;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1948; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1950;Michiganstate auditor general, 1955-56;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956-59; appointed 1956;defeated, 1959; candidate forMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1962; candidate in primary forJudge,Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1966, 1974.Catholic.Member,Jaycees;OptimistClub;Knightsof Columbus.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December31, 1990 (age76 years, 75days).Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. | | William L. Cahalan (1925-1990) — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.BornNovember30, 1925.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1952;WayneCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1967-83;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1983-90.Died in Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 2,1990 (age64 years, 153days).Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. | | W. Leo Cahalan (1893-1954) — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in1893.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1924;candidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1931; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1945.Died in1954(ageabout61 years).Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. | | John C. Cahalan Jr. — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1936;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1936; member ofMichiganDemocratic State Central Committee, 1937-39.Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. | | Joseph R. Zanglin (1914-1992) — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Edmonton,Alberta,July7, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 6th District,1949-50; candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 21st SenatorialDistrict, 1961.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Lions;Eagles;Jaycees.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 17,1992 (age77 years, 346days).Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. | | John C. Cahalan Sr. — of Wyandotte,WayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1928,1932.Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
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