The Political Graveyard: Ingham County, Mich.

Ingham County
Michigan

Ingham County information:

Population: 279,320 (2000); 281,912 (1990)
Land area 559 square miles.
County seat: Mason
Ingham County official web site.
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The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Ingham County
Politicians who were born in Ingham County
Politicians who lived in Ingham County
Politicians who died in Ingham County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Ingham County

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Selected officials of Ingham County

(not intended to be complete)

Edward Cahill (Prosecuting Attorney) Russell C. Ostrander (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1877-80) Russell C. Ostrander (Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82) Alva M. Cummins (Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-98) Arthur J. Tuttle (Prosecuting Attorney) Charles W. Clark (Drain Commissioner, 1904-06) Vernon J. Brown (County Clerk, 1919-22) Myles F. Gray (Register of Deeds, 1919-24) C. Ross Hilliard (County Clerk, 1925-72) Harry F. Hittle (Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-26) Lyle B. Austin (County Treasurer, 1939) Paul C. Younger (Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-54) Donald R. Moore (County Treasurer) Zolton A. Ferency (County Commissioner, 1981-82) Lawrence Kestenbaum (Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88) Michael Bryanton (County Clerk)

Greenwood Cemetery
Aurelius Township, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Charles J. Davis (1910-1968) — of Onondaga, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Eaton County, Mich., December 29, 1910. Son of Charles A. Davis and Mable (Jennings) Davis; married to Cecil Lenore Douglas. Republican. Farmer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County 2nd District, 1961-62; resigned 1962; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1962-68 (Ingham County 2nd District 1962-64, 59th District 1965-68); died in office 1968. Baptist. Member, Farm Bureau; Knights of Pythias; Phi Kappa Phi. Died October 1, 1968. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.

Bell Oak Cemetery
Bell Oak, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Max M. Graham (1890-1962) — of Michigan. Born in 1890. Republican. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives, 1946, 1950 (Republican primary). Died in 1962. Interment at Bell Oak Cemetery.

Maple Ridge Cemetery
Holt, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Claude Menger (1890-1949) — of Michigan. Born in 1890. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives, 1942. Died in 1949. Interment at Maple Ridge Cemetery.

Unknown Location
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Nelson Sharpe (1858-1935) — of West Branch, Ogemaw County, Mich. Born in Northumberland County, Ontario, August 25, 1858. Brother of Albert Edward Sharpe. Republican. Ogemaw County Prosecuting Attorney; circuit judge in Michigan 34th Circuit, 1893-1919; resigned 1919; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1919-35; died in office 1935; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1927, 1934. Died October 20, 1935. Interment somewhere.

Delta Cemetery
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Jay W. Slaughter (d. 1949) — of Michigan. Commonwealth candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1934; Socialist Labor candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1936. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 10, 1949. Interment at Delta Cemetery.

Evergreen Cemetery
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Leland Walker Carr (1883-1969) — also known as Leland W. Carr — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Livingston County, Mich., September 29, 1883. Son of Eli French Carr and Eva (Walker) Carr; married, August 6, 1913, to Irene Lindow. Republican. School principal; superintendent of schools; lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1921-45; appointed 1921; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1945-63; appointed 1945; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1947, 1955, 1962-63. Methodist. Died May 30, 1969. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) — also known as Charles E. Chamberlain; "The Automobile Horn of Congress" — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Locke Township, Ingham County, Mich., July 22, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis; Society of the Cincinnati. Died, of renal failure and congestive heart failure, in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., November 25, 2002. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
Charles M. Ziegler (1888-1959) — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Noble County, Ind., May 23, 1888. Republican. Civil engineer; Michigan state highway commissioner, 1943-57; defeated, 1937. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., March 1, 1959. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Harry Faron Hittle (1886-1957) — also known as Harry F. Hittle — of Manistee County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in South Boardman, Kalkaska County, Mich., July 10, 1886. Republican. Lawyer; Manistee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-22; Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-26; member of Michigan state senate 14th District, 1935-57; died in office 1957. Died February 5, 1957. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Clark L. Brody (1879-1961) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Mich., February 1, 1879. Son of James P. Brody and Emma L. (Seeley) Brody; married, November 14, 1906, to Margaret E. York (died 1960). Republican. Farmer; county agricultural agent, 1915-21; executive with Farm Bureau; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1921-59; appointed 1921; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1956. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Alpha Zeta; Phi Kappa Phi; Kiwanis. Died in 1961. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Paul C. Younger (1910-1971) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Champaign, Champaign County, Ill., January 11, 1910. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-54; member of Michigan state senate 14th District, 1957-64; defeated in primary, 1964, 1970; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1968. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Optimist Club; Freemasons; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 21, 1971. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Alfred H. Doughty (1881-1943) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1881. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1923-27; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1936, 1938, 1941. Died December 9, 1943. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Otto E. Eckert (1890-1974) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., January 13, 1890. Republican. Engineer; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1946-61. Died in 1974. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Charles Woodworth Foster (1873-1947) — also known as Charles W. Foster — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., March 28, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 14th District, 1915-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1927. Died in 1947. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Leroy George Augenstein (1928-1969) — also known as Leroy G. Augenstein — of Holt, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., March 6, 1928. Republican. Biophysicist; university professor; member of Michigan state board of education, 1967-69; died in office 1969. Protestant. Member, Sigma Xi; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Killed in an airplane crash, November 8, 1969. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- Books by Leroy G. Augenstein: Come, let us play God
Thomas T. O'Brien (1871-1940) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1871. Candidate for mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1938. Died December 29, 1940. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Ralph H. Young (1889-1962) — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Crown Point, Lake County, Ind., December 17, 1889. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; athletic coach; Michigan State College athletic director; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District, 1957-62; died in office 1962. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Rotary; Phi Gamma Delta. Elected to Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. Died in East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., January 23, 1962. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Ard E. Richardson — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Mayor of Saginaw, Mich., 1914-15. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Robert Earl Dingwell (1922-1990) — also known as Robert E. Dingwell — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., January 13, 1922. Democrat. Education representative, AFL-CIO; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956; member of Michigan state house of representatives 58th District, 1965-66; defeated, 1954 (Ingham County 1st District), 1956 (Ingham County 1st District), 1958 (Ingham County 1st District), 1966 (58th District), 1968 (58th District). Methodist. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 2, 1990. Cremated; ashes interred at Evergreen Cemetery.
Luther Henry Baker (1872-1944) — also known as Luther H. Baker — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., September 8, 1872. Son of Luther Byron Baker (1830-1896) and Helen (Davis) Baker (1841-1918); married, June 28, 1899, to Una Jacobs (1874-1950). Republican. Insurance executive; director, Lansing National Bank; director, Capitol Savings & Loan Co.; mayor of East Lansing, Mich., 1925-28. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Kiwanis. Died February 3, 1944. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Bernard J. Lavey (1890-1968) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1890. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1940. Died in 1968. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.

Mt. Hope Cemetery
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Howard Wiest (1864-1945) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Washington Township, Macomb County, Mich., February 24, 1864. Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1900-21; resigned 1921; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1921-45; appointed 1921; died in office 1945; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1923, 1930, 1938. Died September 16, 1945. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Aaron Vance McAlvay (1847-1915) — also known as Aaron V. McAlvay — of Manistee, Manistee County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 19, 1847. Married 1872 to Barbara Bassler. Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 19th Circuit, 1878, 1901-04; appointed 1878, 1901; resigned 1904; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1905-15; died in office 1915; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1907, 1914. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., July 9, 1915. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Russell Cowles Ostrander (1851-1919) — also known as Russell C. Ostrander — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., September 1, 1851. Son of Simon Ostrander (1810-1881) and Ellen Gardner (Cowles) Ostrander (1826-1886); married, May 8, 1878, to Zay Dora Parker or Porter (1857-1888); married, October 12, 1892, to Lou S. Davis. Republican. Lawyer; Ingham County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1877-80; Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1885; mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1905-19; died in office 1919; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1911, 1918. Episcopalian. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., September 12, 1919. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Joseph B. Moore (b. 1845) — of Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Commerce, Oakland County, Mich., November 3, 1845. Son of Jacob J. Moore and Hapsabeth (Gillett) Moore; married, December 3, 1872, to Ella L. Bentley. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Lapeer County Prosecuting Attorney; mayor of Lapeer, Mich., 1874-75; member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1879-80; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1880, 1884; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1884; circuit judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1888-95; resigned 1895; candidate for Michigan state treasurer, 1890; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1896-1925; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1904-05, 1912, 1920. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Frank A. Hooker (1844-1911) — of Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., January 16, 1844. Married 1868 to Emma Elizabeth Carter (1844-1909). Republican. Lawyer; Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney; superintendent of schools; circuit judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1878-92; appointed 1878; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1893-1911; died in office 1911; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1902-03. Died in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., July 10, 1911. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Patrick Henry Kelley (1867-1925) — also known as Patrick H. Kelley — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born near Dowagiac, Cass County, Mich., October 7, 1867. Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of schools; lawyer; law partner of Seymour H. Person; member of Michigan state board of education, 1901-05; appointed 1901; resigned 1905; Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1905-06; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1907-10; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1910; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1913-23 (at-large 1913-15, 6th District 1915-23); candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1922. Irish ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., September 11, 1925. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
John Wesley Longyear (1820-1875) — also known as John W. Longyear — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Shandaken, Ulster County, N.Y., October 22, 1820. Son of Petrus Longyear (1784-1845) and Jerusha (Stevens) Longyear (1789-1865); first cousin of Isaiah Davis Winne; married, June 25, 1849, to Harriet Munroe (1826-1917); second cousin of Isaac W. Longyear; father of John Munro Longyear; second cousin once removed of Charles Davis; grandfather of Robert Dudley Longyear. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1863-67; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868 (member, Credentials Committee); federal judge, 1870. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 11, 1875. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also Longyear family of New York
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
Grant Martin Hudson (1868-1955) — also known as Grant M. Hudson — of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Lorain County, Ohio, July 23, 1868. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd District, 1905-08; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1923-31; defeated, 1930 (primary), 1932 (primary), 1932. Baptist. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., October 26, 1955. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) — also known as Ransom E. Olds — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio, June 3, 1864. Son of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married, June 5, 1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor Vehicle Company, maker of the first commercially successful American-made automobile. Founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car Company. Later the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General Motors, and Reo became part of truck manufacturer Diamond Reo. Also owner of several hotels. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., August 26, 1950. Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
Claude Ernest Cady (1878-1953) — also known as Claude E. Cady — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., May 28, 1878. Democrat. Owner of movie theaters; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934; postmaster. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 30, 1953. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
Cyrenius P. Black (1843-1916) — of Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1843. Democrat. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1885-90; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1899; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1909. Died in 1916. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
James M. Turner (1850-1896) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born April 23, 1850. Father of James Turner. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1877-78; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888; mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1889, 1895; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1890. Died July 6, 1896. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Orlando Mack Barnes (1824-1899) — also known as Orlando M. Barnes — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Cato, Cayuga County, N.Y., November 21, 1824. Married to Amanda Fleming (1825-1921); father of Orlando Fleming Barnes. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1863-64; mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1877; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1878. Presbyterian. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 11, 1899. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Edward Cahill (1843-1922) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., August 3, 1843. Grandnephew of Epaphroditus Ransom. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1890. Died July 27, 1922. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also Otis family of New York
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Frank L. Dodge (1853-1929) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, October 22, 1853. Son of Hervey Dodge and Angeline (Stevens) Dodge; married, November 21, 1888, to Abby Turner. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1883-86; candidate for Michigan state senate, 1890, 1900; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1908, 1914, 1920, 1926; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died December 24, 1929. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
George Washington Stone (1849-1921) — also known as George W. Stone — of Michigan. Born in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., August 27, 1849. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Michigan state auditor general, 1891-92. Died of a heart attack while playing the drum in an Armistice Day parade, in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 11, 1921. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Jacob W. Ferle (1864-1922) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1864. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1918-20, 1922; defeated, 1920; died in office 1922. Died November 6, 1922. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
John S. Tooker (1834-1915) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1834. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1872-73, 1876; member of Michigan state senate 16th District, 1879-82. Died in 1915. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
James F. Hammell (1859-1916) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born near Brighton, Livingston County, Mich., August 13, 1859. Democrat. School teacher; grocer; cigar manufacturer; mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1900-03. Died in 1916. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
J. Gottlieb Reutter (1868-1954) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1868. Democrat. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1912-18; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1940. Died in 1954. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Willard I. Bowerman, Jr. (1917-1987) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., May 3, 1917. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1953-60; mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1961-65; defeated, 1965. Baptist. Member, Lions. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., September 22, 1987. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Daniel W. Buck (1828-1908) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born April 21, 1828. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1874-75, 1886. Died March 30, 1908. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Hugh Lyons (1847-1909) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1847. Republican. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1904-07; defeated, 1902. Died in 1909. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Orlando Fleming Barnes (1856-1937) — also known as Orlando F. Barnes — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Mason, Ingham County, Mich., November 7, 1856. Son of Orlando Mack Barnes. Democrat. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1882-83; candidate for Michigan land commissioner, 1910; president, Roscommon State Bank. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. While traveling south on U.S. 27 during icy conditions, his car skidded and collided with an oncoming truck; he was brought to a nearby Civilian Conservation Corps camp, where he died the same evening, in Roscommon County, Mich., January 13, 1937. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Ira H. Bartholomew (1828-1899) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1828. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1863-65. Died in 1899. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
John A. Kerr (1825-1868) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born June 7, 1825. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1860. Died July 29, 1868. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Arthur Orin Bement (1847-1915) — also known as Arthur O. Bement — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, May 22, 1847. Republican. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1892-93. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Grand Army of the Republic. Founder, with his father, of the E. Bement Sons implement and stove manufacturing firm. Died, of heart trouble, in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., January 26, 1915. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Silas S. Main (1867-1954) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1867. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1922-23. Died in 1954. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Charles F. Haight (1865-1954) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in North Newburg (unknown county), Mich., March 21, 1865. Son of Bruce Haight and Phoebe Eliza (Deveraux) Haight; married, August 29, 1889, to Harriet B. Lightbody (1866-1963). Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Michigan, 1911-18; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1923-32, 1935-36; defeated, 1936. Baptist. Member, Odd Fellows; Elks; Eagles; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Died February 13, 1954. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Thomas Gunson (1858-1940) — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1858. Mayor of East Lansing, Mich., 1909-14. Died in 1940. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Ernest H. Gorton (1884-1960) — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1884. Prohibition candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954; Prohibition candidate for Michigan state auditor general, 1956; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1958. Died in 1960. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
David M. Nottingham (1854-1913) — of Ingham County, Mich. Born January 5, 1854. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1903-06. Died November 11, 1913. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Hulburt B. Shank (1820-1889) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1820. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856. Died in 1889. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Martin V. Montgomery (1840-1898) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1840. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1876. Died in 1898. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Warren Babcock (1866-1913) — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., September 15, 1866. Son of Warren Babcock and Cirdekua (Twist) Babcock; married, November 16, 1892, to Gertrude Hanson (1867-1944). Democrat. College professor; mayor of East Lansing, Mich., 1908-09. Died June 3, 1913. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
Horatio H. Larned (1845-1936) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1845. Republican. Candidate for mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1900. Died in 1936. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Hiram W. Rikerd (1861-1937) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1861. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916. Died in 1937. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Homer D. Parker (1872-1940) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1872. Delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham County 1st District, 1933. Died in 1940. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Hazen C. Rutter (1897-1945) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1897. Candidate in primary for mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1938. Died in 1945. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
Florence Cowley Petty (1881-1960) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1881. Republican. Member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1947. Female. Died in 1960. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.

North Cemetery
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Roswell Everett (1790-1871) — of Delhi Township, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn., April 25, 1790. Son of Isaisah Everett (1752-1834) and Elizabeth (Chaffee) Everett; married, April 29, 1814, to Rosamond Packard; father of Russell Packard Everett. Supervisor of Delhi Township, Michigan, 1843-44, 1849-50. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., August 13, 1871. Interment at North Cemetery.
- See also North-Everett family of Michigan

St. Joseph Cemetery
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

William Aloysius Ryan (1919-2001) — also known as William A. Ryan; Bill Ryan — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va., May 2, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; President and financial secretary, United Auto Workers Local 104; editor of The Wage Earner newspaper; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1958-82 (Wayne County 3rd District 1958-64, 3rd District 1965-72, 14th District 1973-82); Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1969-74. Catholic. Died following a stroke, in the Martin Luther Holt nursing home, Holt, Ingham County, Mich., October 9, 2001. Entombed in mausoleum at St. Joseph Cemetery.
John J. DesRochers (1930-1985) — of Michigan. Born in 1930. Republican. Candidate in primary for Michigan state house of representatives 58th District, 1964. Died in 1985. Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery.
John E. Cataldo (1922-2003) — of Michigan. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 30, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 24th District, 1966, 1970. Died in East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., May 21, 2003. Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery.

State Capitol Grounds
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians who have monuments here:

Austin Blair (1818-1894) — also known as "The War Governor" — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Caroline, Tompkins County, N.Y., February 8, 1818. Son of Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair (1796-1869); third cousin of Bernard Blair; married, February 18, 1841, to Persis Lyman (c.1820-1844); married, May 25, 1846, to Elizabeth Pratt (c.1823-1847); married, February 16, 1849, to Sarah Louesa (Horton) Ford (1824-1897); father of Charles Austin Blair. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1846; instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan, the first English-speaking jurisdiction to do so; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54, 1885-86; member of Michigan state senate 12th District, 1855-56; Governor of Michigan, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1860; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1867-73; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1881-89; appointed 1881. Unitarian. Died in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., August 6, 1894. Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.; statue at State Capitol Grounds.
- See also Blair family of Michigan and New York
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.

Woodlawn Cemetery
Leslie, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Daniel T. Perrine (1881-1960) — of Michigan. Born in 1881. Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1942; Prohibition candidate for Michigan state senate 10th District, 1952; Prohibition candidate for Michigan state board of agriculture, 1959. Died in 1960. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Rowley Cemetery
Locke Township, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Verdon R. Dunckel — of Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Mich. Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1944 (8th District), 1956 (2nd District), 1960 (2nd District); Prohibition candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Hillsdale District, 1948, 1950; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1956. Interment at Rowley Cemetery.

Maple Grove Cemetery
Mason, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

William J. Barber (1883-1972) — of Mason, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1883. Democrat. Delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham County 2nd District, 1933; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964. Died in 1972. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.

East Lawn Memory Gardens
Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Ellen Louhi (1931-2001) — also known as Ellen Louhi Burton — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born December 21, 1931. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964. Female. Died December 24, 2001. Interment at East Lawn Memory Gardens.

Summit Cemetery
Williamston, Ingham County, Michigan
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Zolton A. Ferency (1922-1993) — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 30, 1922. Son of John Ferency and Mary (Jankovics) Ferency; married, June 14, 1947, to Ellen Jane Dwyer. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1957-58; director, Michigan Workers Compensation Bureau, 1958-60; executive secretary to Gov. John B. Swainson, 1961-62; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1963-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1966 (Democratic), 1970 (Democratic primary), 1974 (Human Rights), 1978 (Democratic primary), 1982 (Democratic primary); Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1968; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1972 (Human Rights), 1976 (Human Rights), 1986 (Independent); Ingham County Commissioner, 1981-82; candidate in Democratic primary for Michigan state senate 24th District, 1990. Catholic. Hungarian ancestry. Member, NAACP; Catholic War Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, following a heart attack, at Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., March 23, 1993. Interment at Summit Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article.

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