Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to
counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places
according to current county names and boundaries. If you don't find
what you're looking for, check other nearby counties, the unassigned
page, or the Gazetteer.
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(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)
- No city given:
- Bunker Hill:
Ferris
S. Fitch
- Frank
M. Fogg
- Bunker Hill Township:
Dorman
Felt
- Dansville:
Marcus
M. Atwood
- Charles
W. Clark
- Charles
S. Woods
- Delhi Township:
Steve
Anderson
- Roy
Bull
- John
B. Fay
- Stuart
D. Goodrich
- H.
E. Gunn
- Don
Long
- Rina
A. Lott
- Roy
Miller
- Silas
H. Phillips
- E.
J. Robinson
- East Lansing:
- Lived in East Lansing, year not specified:
Ernest
H. Gorton
- Julius
A. Hanslovsky
- Gumecindo
Salas
- Lived in East Lansing, 1900-1909:
Warren
Babcock
- Charles
B. Collingwood
- Thomas
Gunson
- Clinton
DeWitt Smith
- Lived in East Lansing, 1910-1919:
Ely
F. Allen
- Charles
B. Collingwood
- Thomas
Gunson
- William
W. Potter
- Edward
Hildreth Ryder
- Jacob
Schepers
- Lived in East Lansing, 1920-1929:
Luther
H. Baker
- Henry
B. Dirks
- Benjamin
A. Faunce
- Grant
M. Hudson
- Clayton
F. Jennings
- Edward
Hildreth Ryder
- Jacob
Schepers
- Dora
H. Stockman
- Lived in East Lansing, 1930-1939:
Luther
H. Baker
- Carl
G. Card
- Grover
C. Dillman
- Benjamin
A. Faunce
- Bert J.
Ford
- Joe C.
Foster
- Lyman
L. Frimodig
- John
A. Hannah
- Harry
F. Hittle
- Jacob
Schepers
- Dora
H. Stockman
- Lived in East Lansing, 1940-1949:
Lyle
B. Austin
- Wilbur
B. Brookover
- Carl
G. Card
- C.
R. Crozier
- Benjamin
A. Faunce
- John
A. Hannah
- Clifford
M. Hardin
- Harry
F. Hittle
- Richard
P. Lyman, Jr.
- Erban
Paxton
- Charles
S. Porritt
- Jacob
Schepers
- Dora
H. Stockman
- Burr
O. Twichell
- Lived in East Lansing, 1950-1959:
Paul
D. Bagwell
- Wilbur
B. Brookover
- Charles
E. Chamberlain
- Mary
Gilmore
- John
A. Hannah
- Clifford
M. Hardin
- Charles
Hayes
- Donald
Hayworth
- Harry
F. Hittle
- John
J. McCune
- Kathryn
Nye
- Fran
Pletz
- Harold
F. Pletz
- Thomas
H. E. Quimby
- Max
R. Strother
- Burr
O. Twichell
- Cornelius
Wagenvoord
- Ralph
H. Young
- Lived in East Lansing, 1960-1969:
Paul
L. Adams
- Lynn
M. Bartlett
- Wilbur
B. Brookover
- George
C. Bubolz
- Thomas
J. Cleary
- Richard
M. Cook
- Robert
J. Danhof
- James
P. Dunnigan
- Zolton
A. Ferency
- Barbara
Fiebig
- Arthur
Halbisen
- John
A. Hannah
- Ellen
Louhi
- Blanche
Martin
- Kathryn
Nye
- Harold
F. Pletz
- Thomas
H. E. Quimby
- Beth
Shapiro
- Harold
J. Spaeth
- Irene
Spencer
- Max
R. Strother
- Gordon
L. Thomas
- James
Thomas
- Kenneth
W. Thompson
- Esther
B. Waite
- Ralph
H. Young
- Lived in East Lansing, 1970-1979:
Julie
Abraham
- Thomas
E. Brennan
- Wilbur
B. Brookover
- George
C. Bubolz
- Kathy
Burgis
- Bob
Carr
- John
Czarnecki
- Robert
J. Danhof
- John
R. Dethmers
- Zolton
A. Ferency
- Sherry
L. Finkbeiner
- George
L. Griffiths
- James
A. Grossfeld
- Naomi
Guillory
- Claude
Hersh
- James
W. Heyser
- H.
Lynn Jondahl
- Costas
Kouklis
- Charles
P. Larrowe
- Bert D.
Lee
- Jonathan
J. Neal
- Larry
Owen
- John
W. Porter
- Timothy
C. Quinn
- Aubrey
Radcliffe
- Bruce I.
Roth
- William
A. Sederberg
- Mary P.
Sharp
- Mary
E. Somers
- Michael
P. Stein
- Max
R. Strother
- Clifford
W. Taylor
- Gordon
L. Thomas
- Michael
C. Tuomey
- Richard
Whitney
- Lived in East Lansing, 1980-1989:
Spencer
Abraham
- Julie
Abraham
- Candice
A. Black
- George
C. Bubolz
- Bob
Carr
- John
Czarnecki
- Tom
Downs
- Jim
Dunn
- Colleen
Engler
- Zolton
A. Ferency
- Alan
Fox
- Ellen
K. Globokar
- Dorothy
Gonzales
- Denise
Haugen
- Joan
B. Hunault
- Lawrence
Kestenbaum
- Richard
W. Kinkade
- Charles
P. Larrowe
- Mark
S. Meadows
- Michael
H. Miller
- James
Muffet
- Larry
Owen
- Liz
Schweitzer
- Jess
Sobel
- C.
Duane Stillwell
- Gwendoline
Stillwell
- Clifford
W. Taylor
- Edwin
John Turanchik
- Lived in East Lansing, 1990-1999:
Michael
F. Brinkman
- Michael
F. Cavanagh
- John
Czarnecki
- Zolton
A. Ferency
- Dorothy
Gonzales
- Doug
Jester
- Charles
P. Larrowe
- Mark
S. Meadows
- Michael
H. Miller
- Faylene
Owen
- Larry
Owen
- Mark
Owen
- Robert
Phipps
- John
C. Schlinker
- Liz
Schweitzer
- Sam
Singh
- Clifford
W. Taylor
- Lived in East Lansing, 2000-2008:
Madhu
Anderson
- Lu
Battaglieri
- John
Czarnecki
- Eileen
Marz
- Mark
S. Meadows
- Heather
Ricketts
- Sam
Singh
- Clifford
W. Taylor
- Haslett:
Edward
W. Aho
- James
A. Green
- William
R. Keith
- Winifred
Motherwell
- Elizabeth
H. Nall
- Robert
R. Robinson
- Holt:
Leroy
G. Augenstein
- Lingg
Brewer
- Frank
Corser
- Thomas
M. Holcomb
- Joseph
Kiersey
- John
Mackie
- Linda
Myers
- Gary
Smith
- Lansing:
- Lived in Lansing, year not specified:
Leonard
Milton Stuttman
- Neila
M. Tillman
- Lived in Lansing, 1850-1859:
Whitney
Jones
- De
Witt C. Leach
- George
W. Peck
- Hulburt
B. Shank
- Hiram
H. Smith
- Lived in Lansing, 1860-1869:
Ira
H. Bartholomew
- William
H. Chapman
- William
H. Haze
- Cyrus
Hewitt
- Lauren
K. Hewitt
- John A.
Kerr
- John
W. Longyear
- George
W. Peck
- George
P. Sanford
- James
Turner
- Lived in Lansing, 1870-1879:
Orlando
M. Barnes
- Daniel
W. Buck
- Edward
Cahill
- Isaac
P. Christiancy
- Isaac
M. Cravath
- Martin
V. Montgomery
- John
Robson
- George
P. Sanford
- John
S. Tooker
- William
Van Buren
- Joseph
E. Warner
- Solomon
W. Wright
- Lived in Lansing, 1880-1889:
Orlando
F. Barnes
- Daniel
W. Buck
- John
Crotty
- William
Donovan
- John
Holbrook
- John
Robson
- Frank
F. Rogers
- Jacob
F. Schultz
- Quincy
A. Smith
- James
M. Turner
- William
Van Buren
- Lived in Lansing, 1890-1899:
Arthur
O. Bement
- Schuyler
Champion
- Charles
B. Collingwood
- Charles
J. Davis
- James
F. Hammell
- John
Holbrook
- M.
B. Hungerford
- Frank
B. Johnson
- W.
A. Johnson
- S.
L. Kilbourne
- Charles
Dean Long
- Rollin
H. Person
- Frank
F. Rogers
- James
M. Turner
- Alroy
A. Wilbur
- Lived in Lansing, 1900-1909:
John
S. Bennett
- Alva
M. Cummins
- James
F. Hammell
- Patrick
H. Kelley
- Horatio
H. Larned
- Hugh
Lyons
- Aaron
V. McAlvay
- Stanley
D. Montgomery
- Ransom
E. Olds
- Russell
C. Ostrander
- Frank
F. Rogers
- W.
S. Sly
- Dora
H. Stockman
- Howard
Wiest
- Otto
Ziegler
- Lived in Lansing, 1910-1919:
Daniel
B. Ainger
- Elizabeth
L. Belen
- John
S. Bennett
- Claude
E. Cady
- Alva
M. Cummins
- Jacob
W. Ferle
- Charles
W. Foster
- William
J. Goodspeed
- Patrick
H. Kelley
- Benjamin
A. Kyes
- Aaron
V. McAlvay
- Stanley
D. Montgomery
- Russell
C. Ostrander
- Ida
M. Person
- Seymour
H. Person
- William
H. Porter
- Lawrence
Price
- J.
Gottlieb Reutter
- Hiram
W. Rikerd
- Frank
F. Rogers
- Edmund
C. Shields
- Dora
H. Stockman
- Harris
E. Thomas
- John
A. Weston
- Howard
Wiest
- Otto
Ziegler
- Lived in Lansing, 1920-1929:
Ely
F. Allen
- Dennis
E. Alward
- Martha
S. Barber
- Elizabeth
L. Belen
- Claude
E. Cady
- Leland
W. Carr
- Alva
M. Cummins
- Frank
L. Dodge
- Alfred
H. Doughty
- Jacob
W. Ferle
- Charles
W. Foster
- Harold
W. Hungerford
- Otto
C. Kirchen
- Benjamin
A. Kyes
- Silas
S. Main
- Stanley
D. Montgomery
- Ida
M. Person
- Seymour
H. Person
- J.
Gottlieb Reutter
- Ard
E. Richardson
- Samuel
S. Riley
- Edmund
C. Shields
- Dora
H. Stockman
- Laird
J. Troyer
- William
C. Walters
- Howard
Wiest
- Lived in Lansing, 1930-1939:
Orville
E. Atwood
- Lyle
B. Austin
- Byron
L. Ballard
- Martha
S. Barber
- Don
E. Bate
- Elizabeth
L. Belen
- Allan
R. Black
- Judson
Black
- Richard
F. Boyce
- Clark
L. Brody
- J.
Earle Brown
- Herman
T. Busch
- Leland
W. Carr
- Herbert
E. Chamberlain
- Robert
J. Christie
- Alva
M. Cummins
- Genevieve
Davey
- Alfred
H. Doughty
- Edward J.
Fry
- Glenn
M. Frye
- J.
W. Gleason
- Spurgeon
D. Gostelow
- Peter
F. Gray
- Charles
F. Haight
- D. D.
Harris
- Charles
H. Hayden
- Charles
F. Hemans
- Harold
W. Hungerford
- William
S. Kellogg
- Fred
L. Kircher
- Edward
McAfee
- Stanley
D. Montgomery
- James
F. Murphy
- Thomas
T. O'Brien
- Homer
D. Parker
- Seymour
H. Person
- Van
W. Pilmore
- J.
Gottlieb Reutter
- John
G. Rulison
- Hazen
C. Rutter
- Edmund
C. Shields
- Clyde
B. Smith
- Mrs.
R. C. Spencer
- Arthur
E. Stoppel
- Max
A. Templeton
- Laird
J. Troyer
- Howard
Wiest
- Charles
M. Ziegler
- Lived in Lansing, 1940-1949:
Mrs.
Orville E. Atwood
- Lyle
B. Austin
- Martha
S. Barber
- Elizabeth
L. Belen
- J.
B. Bisel
- Clark
L. Brody
- Henry
F. Brown
- Leland
W. Carr
- Louis
E. Coash
- Ralph
W. Crego
- Alfred
H. Doughty
- Otto
E. Eckert
- Paul
G. Eger
- Edrie
L. Findsen
- Richard
B. Foster
- Richard
Fox
- Catherine
R. Freeland
- Marshall
S. Graham
- Charles
H. Hayden
- Sam
Street Hughes
- Harold
W. Hungerford
- Fred
L. Kircher
- Paul
H. Kyburz
- Bernard
J. Lavey
- Mary
McNamara
- Stanley
D. Montgomery
- Olive
Nichols
- Edward
Nickels
- Thomas
T. O'Brien
- Archie
A. Perry
- Florence
Cowley Petty
- Bert A.
Reed
- John
Reid
- J.
Gottlieb Reutter
- Mildred
Richardson
- John
H. Russell
- Marvin
J. Salmon
- Edmund
C. Shields
- Kim
Sigler
- Clyde
B. Smith
- Arthur
E. Stoppel
- Francis
H. Taft
- Max
A. Templeton
- Benjamin
F. Underhill
- Seth
Whitmore
- Charles
M. Ziegler
- Lived in Lansing, 1950-1959:
John
T. Anas
- Lyle
B. Austin
- Elizabeth
L. Belen
- Lucile
E. Belen
- Willard
I. Bowerman, Jr.
- Clark
L. Brody
- LeRoy
A. Brown
- Sanford
A. Brown
- Leland
W. Carr
- Louis
E. Coash
- Earl
W. Coller
- Ralph
W. Crego
- Robert
E. Dingwell
- Lee
C. Dramis
- Stuart
J. Dunnings, Jr.
- Otto
E. Eckert
- Floyd
Estes
- Edrie
L. Findsen
- Goldie
Gregurek
- Charles
G. Hayden
- Charles
H. Hayden
- Forrest
W. Helms
- Sam
Street Hughes
- Harold
W. Hungerford
- Paul
H. Kyburz
- George
Loomis
- Charles
R. MacLean
- Edith
McLain
- Stanley
D. Montgomery
- Charles
N. Murphy
- Ray
Rapaport
- Theodore
P. Ryan
- Marvin
J. Salmon
- Clair
L. Taylor
- Frederick
E. Tripp
- Mrs.
S. S. VanWagenen
- Kenneth
D. Winter
- Charles
M. Ziegler
- Lived in Lansing, 1960-1969:
Elizabeth
Abernethy
- John
T. Anas
- Maurice
E. Baldwin
- Elizabeth
L. Belen
- Lucile
E. Belen
- Willard
I. Bowerman, Jr.
- Horace
J. Bradshaw
- Robert
S. Brooks
- Sanford
A. Brown
- Thomas
L. Brown
- Roger
Busfield
- Leland
W. Carr
- Louis
E. Coash
- Ralph
W. Crego
- Glen E.
Dean
- Robert
E. Dingwell
- Claud
R. Erickson
- Leo
A. Farhat
- Gerald
W. Graves
- Goldie
Gregurek
- James
M. Hare
- Harry
W. Hill
- David
C. Hollister
- Sam
Street Hughes
- Bernard
Klein
- Lloyd
LaChapelle
- Charles
R. MacLean
- Max
E. Murninghan
- Philip
O. Pittenger
- S. Don
Potter
- James
H. Ramey
- Theodore
P. Ryan
- Marvin
J. Salmon
- H.
James Starr
- Lois
Tomlinson
- Eugene
G. Wanger
- Paul
C. Younger
- Lived in Lansing, 1970-1979:
John
T. Anas
- Gladys
Beckwith
- Elizabeth
L. Belen
- Lucile
E. Belen
- Peggy
Bokovoy
- Willard
I. Bowerman, Jr.
- Michael
F. Cavanagh
- Judith
L. Chapman
- Albert
L. Dutzy
- Leo
A. Farhat
- Joel
I. Ferguson
- Gerald
W. Graves
- Goldie
Gregurek
- David
C. Hollister
- Howard
L. Jones
- Eva
A. Kipper
- Cyril
A. McGuire
- Terry
John McKane
- Jack
W. Merrill
- F.
Joseph Mills, Jr.
- Alvin
Pickett
- Philip
O. Pittenger
- Vivian
Preston
- James
H. Ramey
- Theodore
P. Ryan
- Debbie
Stabenow
- Dorothy
Treska
- Paul
Treska
- Beryl
Woodman
- Thomas
E. Woods
- Paul
C. Younger
- Lived in Lansing, 1980-1989:
Louis
F. Adado
- Jon
W. Addiss
- John
Assiff
- Donna
M. Audette
- Lucile
E. Belen
- Tony
Benavides
- Willard
I. Bowerman, Jr.
- Doc
C. Dart
- D.
Michael Dudley
- Joel
I. Ferguson
- James
Grams
- Richard
Hegmon
- David
C. Hollister
- Mary
Holmes
- Howard
L. Jones
- Nancy
J. Maciag
- Lynne
Martinez
- Barbara
Roberts Mason
- Cyril
A. McGuire
- Terry
John McKane
- Michael
J. Moore
- Alex
Ott
- William
H. Petry
- Philip
O. Pittenger
- Michael
Pyne
- Helen R.
Root
- Rondy
Scheidt
- Orrin
E. Sharp
- Dorothy
Sheap
- Charles
Smith
- Debbie
Stabenow
- Julianne
Stark
- Alan
E. Tubbs
- Maria
R. Velasquez
- Roger
D. Winthrop
- Howard
E. Wolpe
- Lived in Lansing, 1990-1999:
Jon
W. Addiss
- Ellen
Beal
- Tony
Benavides
- Denise
A. Cook
- Jim
Crawford
- Joel
I. Ferguson
- Charles
Ford
- Phil
Frisk
- Pat
Gallagher
- Frank
Garrison
- David
C. Hollister
- Mary
Holmes
- Gerald
A. Huckaba
- Robert
Johnson
- Howard
L. Jones
- Lynne
Martinez
- Terry
John McKane
- Kris
Nicholoff
- Michael
Jon Panetta
- Philip
O. Pittenger
- Mary
Ann Prince
- Tom
Rasmusson
- Edward
J. Sanger
- Doris M.
Sims
- Linda A.
Sims
- Peter
Spagnuolo
- Debbie
Stabenow
- Pierrette
M. Talley
- Russell
Terry
- Ken
Vaughn
- Flora
Walker
- Laura
Wilcox
- Lived in Lansing, 2000-2008:
Arthenia
Abbott
- Dale
M. Abronowitz
- Tony
Benavides
- Virg
Bernero
- Robert
F. Broda, Jr.
- Michael
Bryanton
- Denise
Cadreau
- Joel
I. Ferguson
- Kenneth
Fletcher
- David
C. Hollister
- Kelly
Keenan
- Lynne
Martinez
- Daniel
Mulhern
- Michael
Murphy
- Erin
Parsons-Wright
- Paul
Pratt
- Jerry
Roe
- Lynda
Rossi
- Iris
K. Salters
- Debbie
Stabenow
- Stefani
Zimmerman
- Lansing Township:
Claude
Aldrich
- C.
A. Clement
- Ernest
J. Collins
- Malcolm
H. Cooper
- John
Daher
- Frank
Fitzgerald
- Walter
Graham
- O.
L. Hart
- Robert
M. Montgomery
- Donald
R. Moore
- Roy B.
Moore
- Griffin
Rivers
- Leslie:
Peg
Rapson
- Arthur
J. Tuttle
- Donald
Vickers
- Mason:
William
J. Barber
- Arlington
A. Bergman
- Jim N.
Brown
- Vernon
J. Brown
- Bonnie
Bucqueroux
- M.
D. Chatterton
- Ephraim
B. Danforth
- Lawton
T. Hemans
- C.
Ross Hilliard
- Arthur
W. Jewett
- George
W. Robie
- Garry
E. Sanders
- Diane
Welmers
- Beverly
Wolkow
- Meridian Township:
John
T. Anderson
- George
Bearup
- John B.
Beck
- William
A. Brehm, Jr.
- James
L. Dorrance
- Albert
W. Dunn
- George
E. Fritz
- John
S. Green
- Alvin
E. House
- John
G. Kaiser
- Bruce
A. Little
- Bill
McCullough
- Susan
McGillicuddy
- J.
B. Parks
- John
Roetman
- Steven
L. Thomas
- Carlene
L. Webster
- H.
F. Wellman
- Charles
Winters
- Alan
Wolfe
- Okemos:
- Onondaga:
Dianne
Byrum
- Charles
J. Davis
- Stockbridge:
John
Farmer
- Frank B.
Ives
- Lawrence
B. Lindemer
- Wirt
McClain
- Fred
Perrine
- Frost
Updike
- Webberville:
Howard
L. Jones
- Thomas
Ruppert
- Williamston:
Paul
Baur
- N.
Norton Clark
- D.
L. Crossman
- Paul
N. DeWeese
- Gerald
R. Dunn
- Timothy
L. Nichols
- Elva
Revilla
- Norman
D. Shinkle
- Herbert
A. Thompson
- O.
C. Trask
- Richard
N. Wiener
- Howard
Wiest
- See also Mich. areas
not assigned to counties.
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:
Maple Ridge Cemetery
Holt, Ingham County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
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:
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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