The Political Graveyard: Cass County, Mich.

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Cass County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cass County

Index to Locations

Calvin Township Birch Lake Cemetery

Cassopolis Prospect Hill Cemetery

Dowagiac Riverside Cemetery

Union East Union Cemetery

Birch Lake Cemetery
Calvin Township, Cass County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

James O'Dell — of Cassopolis, Cass County, Mich. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 12th District, 1835; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Cass County, 1835-36, 1838. Interment at Birch Lake Cemetery.

Relatives: Married to Emeline East.

Prospect Hill Cemetery
Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:
	Sylvador Titus Read (1822-1898) — also known as S. T. Read — of Cassopolis, Cass County, Mich. Born in Caroline, Tompkins County, N.Y., January 12, 1822. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1880 (alternate), 1884. Died in Cassopolis, Cass County, Mich., January 15, 1898 (age 76 years, 3 days). Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Riverside Cemetery
Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Fred E. Phillipson (d. 1929) — of Dowagiac, Cass County, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928. Died in 1929. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

Relatives: Uncle of Herbert E. Phillipson, Jr..

East Union Cemetery
Union, Cass County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Edgar Allan Planck (b. 1868) — also known as Edgar A. Planck — of Union, Cass County, Mich. Born in Lagrange, LaGrange County, Ind., September 27, 1868. Republican. Physician; member of Michigan state senate 7th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916. German ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Maccabees; Gleaners. Interment at East Union Cemetery.

Relatives: Married 1892 to Grace E. Hartman.

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