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Muskegon County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Muskegon County


Index to Locations

  • Muskegon Unknown location
  • Muskegon Evergreen Cemetery
  • Muskegon Evergreen-Lakeside Cemetery
  • Muskegon Oakwood Cemetery
  • Norton Shores Norton Shores Cemetery
  • Whitehall Oakhurst Cemetery


    Unknown Location
    Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
    Politicians buried here:
      Oramel B. Fuller (1858-1935) — of Ford River, Delta County, Mich. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 22, 1858. Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Delta District, 1893-98; member of Michigan state senate 30th District, 1901-04, 1907-08; injured in a fall at the entrance to his home, about 1905, and paralyzed; used a wheelchair for the rest of his life; Michigan state auditor general, 1909-32; defeated, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., November 4, 1935 (age 77 years, 286 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Married 1887 to Jennie L. Van Zalingen (died 1922).
      Image source: Michigan Manual, 1911


    Evergreen Cemetery
    Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
    Politicians buried here:
      James Campbell McLaughlin (1858-1932) — also known as James C. McLaughlin — of Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich. Born in Beardstown, Cass County, Ill., January 26, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; Muskegon County Prosecuting Attorney, 1887-91; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1907-32; defeated, 1932; died in office 1932. Died in Marion, Smyth County, Va., November 29, 1932 (age 74 years, 308 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      John Wesley Moon (1836-1898) — also known as John W. Moon — of Michigan. Born near Ypsilanti, Wayne County, Mich., January 18, 1836. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate, 1885, 1887 (23rd District 1885, 21st District 1887); U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1893-95. Died in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich., April 5, 1898 (age 62 years, 77 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: John Wesley
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Chauncey Davis (1812-1888) — of Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wis. Born in Jefferson County, N.Y., March 15, 1812. Republican. Lumberman; mayor of Muskegon, Mich., 1860, 1871; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Muskegon County, 1861-64. Died February 9, 1888 (age 75 years, 331 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Evergreen-Lakeside Cemetery
    Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
    Politicians buried here:
      Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) — also known as Frank E. McKee — of North Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 22, 1877. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary, 1944; died in office 1951. Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish, Swiss, German, and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Frank E. McKee School in North Muskegon is named for him. Died, of a heart attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel, Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., February 13, 1951 (age 73 years, 175 days). Interment at Evergreen-Lakeside Cemetery.


    Oakwood Cemetery
    Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
    Politicians buried here:
      Phillip P. Schnorbach (d. 1945) — of Manistee, Manistee County, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1934. Died July 3, 1945. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.


    Norton Shores Cemetery
    Norton Shores, Muskegon County, Michigan
    Politicians buried here:
      Joseph D. Chartrand (1906-1952) — of Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich. Born January 11, 1906. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Muskegon County 2nd District, 1945-46. Died, of lung cancer, in 1952 (age about 46 years). Interment at Norton Shores Cemetery.


    Oakhurst Cemetery
    Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan
    Politicians buried here:
      Ruth Thompson (1887-1970) — of Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich.; Whitehall, Muskegon County, Mich. Born in Whitehall, Muskegon County, Mich., September 15, 1887. Daughter of Tom Thompson and Brita (Nelson) Thompson. Republican. Muskegon County Register of Probate, 1905-25; probate judge in Michigan, 1925-36; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Muskegon County 1st District, 1939-40; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1951-57; defeated in primary, 1956. Female. Congregationalist or Methodist. First woman to represent Michigan in Congress; first woman to serve in the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Died in Plainwell Sanatorium, Plainwell, Allegan County, Mich., April 5, 1970 (age 82 years, 202 days). Interment at Oakhurst Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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