The Political Graveyard: Sanilac County, Mich.

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Sanilac County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Sanilac County

Index to Locations

Carsonville Washington Cemetery

Lexington Lexington Municipal Cemetery

Marlette Marlette City Cemetery

Worth Township Worth Township Cemetery

Washington Cemetery
Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan

Lexington Municipal Cemetery
Lexington, Sanilac County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Albert Edson Sleeper (1862-1934) — also known as Albert E. Sleeper — of Lexington, Sanilac County, Mich. Born in Bradford, Orange County, Vt., December 31, 1862. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1901-04; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1907; Michigan state treasurer, 1909-12; Governor of Michigan, 1917-20; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928. Died May 13, 1934 (age 71 years, 133 days). Interment at Lexington Municipal Cemetery.

		See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Michigan Manual, 1911

Watson Beach (d. 1927) — of Lexington, Sanilac County, Mich. Republican. Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1880; circuit judge in Michigan 24th Circuit, 1886-1923; appointed 1886; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900. Died May 21, 1927. Interment at Lexington Municipal Cemetery.

Marlette City Cemetery
Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:
	Weldon A. Gift (1895-1977) — of Marlette, Sanilac County, Mich. Born in 1895. Republican. Physician; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1939; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940. Died in 1977 (age about 82 years). Interment at Marlette City Cemetery.

Worth Township Cemetery
Worth Township, Sanilac County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Peter H. Benedict (1811-1894) — of Lexington, Sanilac County, Mich. Born in Scotland, November 25, 1811. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Sanilac District, 1853. Scottish ancestry. Died in 1894 (age about 82 years). Interment at Worth Township Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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