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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Ingham County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

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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. Republican. 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; 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; 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. 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; Kiwanis; Alpha Zeta; Phi Kappa Phi. 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, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Elks; Optimist Club. 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 Alpha Epsilon; Sigma Xi. 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.
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.
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; 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

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