The Political Graveyard: Jackson County, Mich.

Jackson County
Michigan

Named for Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)

Jackson County information:

Population: 158,422 (2000); 149,756 (1990)
Land area 707 square miles.
County seat: Jackson
Jackson County official web site.
Capital Impact: Jackson County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
Fedstats/Mapstats: Jackson County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
Jackson County MIGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Jackson County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: Ingham County
Northeast: Livingston County
East: Washtenaw County
Southeast: Lenawee County
Southwest: Hillsdale County
West: Calhoun County
Northwest: Eaton County

The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Jackson County
Politicians who were born in Jackson County
Politicians who lived in Jackson County
Politicians who died in Jackson County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jackson County

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. Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated. See contact information on the Main Page.

Selected officials of Jackson County

(not intended to be complete)

Austin Blair (Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54) Austin Blair (Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-86) Archibald J. Peek (Sheriff) Charles E. Townsend (Register of Deeds) Charles A. Blair (Prosecuting Attorney) Jay Binning (County Clerk, 1915-20) Harry E. Barnard (Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28) Harry D. Boardman (Prosecuting Attorney, 1927) Haskell L. Nichols (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1928-30) Murl K. Aten (County Clerk, 1939-40) James F. Thomson (County Treasurer, 1943-62) Murl K. Aten (Prosecuting Attorney, 1945-46) James G. Fleming (Prosecuting Attorney, 1961-66)

Maple Grove Cemetery
Concord, Jackson County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Charles Elroy Townsend (1856-1924) — also known as Charles E. Townsend — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Concord, Jackson County, Mich., August 15, 1856. Republican. School principal; lawyer; Jackson County Register of Deeds; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1903-11; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1911-23; defeated, 1922. English ancestry. Died in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., August 3, 1924. Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
- Cross-reference: Paul H. King
- See also: congressional biography.

East Liberty Cemetery
East Liberty, Jackson County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Wilfred George Bassett (1911-1986) — also known as Wilfred G. Bassett — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 26, 1911. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1951-64; defeated, 1964; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1966. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., February 5, 1986. Interment at East Liberty Cemetery.

Horton Cemetery
Horton, Jackson County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

James N. Folks (1897-2001) — of Horton, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Hanover, Jackson County, Mich., October 19, 1897. Married 1919 to Jennie Strait. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; Spring Arbor Township Supervisor, 1930-58; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1955-72 (Jackson County 2nd District 1955-64, 49th District 1965-72); defeated in primary, 1940. Protestant. Member, Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Kiwanis; Lions. Died at Tender Care nursing home, Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich., January 20, 2001. Interment at Horton Cemetery.

Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Austin Blair (1818-1894) — also known as "The War Governor" — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Caroline, Tompkins County, N.Y., February 8, 1818. Son of Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair (1796-1869); third cousin of Bernard Blair; married, February 18, 1841, to Persis Lyman (died 1843); married, May 25, 1846, to Elizabeth Pratt (died 1847); married, February 16, 1849, to Sarah Louise (Horton) Ford; father of Charles Austin Blair. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1846; instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan, the first English-speaking jurisdiction to do so; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54, 1885-86; member of Michigan state senate 12th District, 1855-56; Governor of Michigan, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1860; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1867-73; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1881-89; appointed 1881. Unitarian. Died in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., August 6, 1894. Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery; statue at State Capitol Grounds, Lansing, Mich.
- See also Blair family of Michigan and New York
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
William H. Withington (1835-1903) — of Jackson County, Mich. Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 1, 1835. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; recipient, Medal of Honor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1873-74; member of Michigan state senate 6th District, 1891-92. Died in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., June 27, 1903. Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: Find-A-Grave page.
James O'Donnell (1840-1915) — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., March 25, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1872; mayor of Jackson, Mich., 1876-78; defeated, 1873, 1878; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1885-93; defeated, 1892. Died in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., March 17, 1915. Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John C. Sharp — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884. Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.

St. John's Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Charles J. Falahee, Sr. (c.1924-1986) — of Michigan Center, Jackson County, Mich. Circuit judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1959, 1967-85; appointed 1959. Catholic. Member, Rotary. Died, in Foote Hospital, Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., January 6, 1986. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.

Woodland Cemetery
Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

William James McKone (1866-1928) — also known as William J. McKone — of Albion, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Montezuma, Cayuga County, N.Y., August 23, 1866. Grandnephew of Samuel Bell; son of Franklin McKone (c.1836-1870) and Mary C. (Bell) McKone (1842-1907); married 1892 to Minnie Townsend (1869-1937). Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools; member of Michigan state board of education, 1906-15. Methodist. Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Foresters; Royal Arcanum. Died in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., August 28, 1928. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
Maxwell F. Badgley (b. 1898) — also known as Max Badgley — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., December 9, 1898. Son of Forrest C. Badgley and Anne V. (Beers) Badgley; married to Irene Reed; married, September 25, 1947, to Helen R. Haynes. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi Delta Phi. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

Roseland Memorial Gardens
Napoleon Township, Jackson County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Murl K. Aten (1901-1971) — of Sandstone Township, Jackson County, Mich. Born in Norvell, Jackson County, Mich., August 13, 1901. Republican. Lawyer; Jackson County Clerk, 1939-40; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1945-46; Michigan state auditor general, 1947-50; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1950. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis; Moose. Suffered a heart attack while walking near his home, and died, in Sandstone Township, Jackson County, Mich., June 15, 1971. Interment at Roseland Memorial Gardens.

Draper Cemetery
Rives Township, Jackson County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Beatrice L. Hooper (c.1894-1974) — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1927. Female. Church of God. Died, in Cedar Knoll Rest Home, Grass Lake, Jackson County, Mich., July 25, 1974. Interment at Draper Cemetery.

Spring Arbor Cemetery
Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Jerry G. Cornell — of Jackson County, Mich. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850. Interment at Spring Arbor Cemetery.

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Selected officials of Jackson County

Politicians who were born in Jackson County

Politicians who lived in Jackson County

Politicians who died in Jackson County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jackson County