The Political Graveyard: Ingham County, Mich.

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Ingham County
Michigan

Named for Samuel D. Ingham (1779-1860)

Ingham County information:

Population: 279,320 (2000); 281,912 (1990)
Land area 559 square miles.
County seat: Mason
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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. Circuit judge in Michigan 34th Circuit, 1893-1919; elected unopposed 1899, 1905, 1917; 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:

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; Society of the Cincinnati; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis. Died, of renal failure and congestive heart failure, in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Va., November 25, 2002. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Leland Walker Carr (1883-1969) — also known as Leland W. Carr — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Livingston County, Mich., September 29, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1921-45; appointed 1921; elected unopposed 1921, 1941; 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 M. Ziegler (1888-1959) — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Noble County, Ind., May 23, 1888. Republican. 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.
Alfred H. Doughty (1881-1943) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in 1881. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1923-24; defeated, 1941. Died December 9, 1943. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Ard E. Richardson — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Mayor of Saginaw, Mich., 1914-15. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

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

Politicians buried here:

Patrick Henry Kelley (1867-1925) — also known as Patrick H. Kelley — of 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.
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.
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. 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; federal judge, 1870. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 11, 1875. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
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. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908. Member, Freemasons. 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. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., August 26, 1950. Entombed in mausoleum at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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; elected unopposed 1917; 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.
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. Republican. Lawyer; Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney; 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 11, 1919. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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. U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1933-35; defeated, 1934. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 30, 1953. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Joseph B. Moore (b. 1845) — of Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Commerce, Oakland County, Mich., November 3, 1845. Republican. Lawyer; Lapeer County Prosecuting Attorney; 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. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
James M. Turner (1850-1896) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born April 23, 1850. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1877-78; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888; 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. Father of Orlando F. Barnes. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District, 1863-64; mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1878; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1878. Presbyterian. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 11, 1899. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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. 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; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died December 24, 1929. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
George Washington Stone (c.1849-1921) — also known as George W. Stone — of Michigan. 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.
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; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1890. Died July 27, 1922. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Orlando F. Barnes (c.1857-1937) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Mason, Ingham County, Mich. Son of Orlando Mack Barnes. Democrat. Mayor of Lansing, Mich., 1882-83; candidate for Michigan land commissioner, 1910. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Fatally injured in an automobile accident, 1937. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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., 1893. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. 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.

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.

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. Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964. Died in 1972. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.

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. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1963-68; 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); candidate in Democratic primary for Michigan state senate 24th District, 1990. Catholic. 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.

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