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Lapeer County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lapeer County

Index to Locations Burlington Township West Burlington Cemetery Lapeer Mt. Hope Cemetery North Branch Greenwood Cemetery Rich Township Rich Township Cemetery West Burlington Cemetery Burlington Township, Lapeer County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Arthur E. Wood (1870-1966) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., August 12, 1870. Republican. Milliner; banker; business executive; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1917-18; member of Michigan state senate, 1919-32, 1935-36, 1943-44, 1947-48 (3rd District 1919-26, 4th District 1927-32, 1935-36, 1943-44, 1947-48); defeated, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952; candidate in primary for mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1940; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in 1966 (age about 95 years). Interment at West Burlington Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, December 22, 1903, to Grace Grover.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mt. Hope Cemetery Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan Politicians buried here: John Tyler Rich (1841-1926) — also known as John T. Rich — of Elba, Lapeer County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Conneautville, Crawford County, Pa., April 23, 1841. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1873-80 (Lapeer County 2nd District 1873-76, Lapeer County 1st District 1877-80); Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1877-80; member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1881; resigned 1881; U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1881-83; defeated, 1882; Governor of Michigan, 1893-96; U.S. Collector of Customs at Detroit, Mich., Michigan, 1898-1906; Michigan state treasurer, 1908; appointed 1908; U.S. Collector of Customs at Port Huron, Mich., Michigan, 1908-13. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., March 28, 1926 (age 84 years, 339 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Presumably named for: John Tyler   Relatives: Son of John W. Rich and Jerusha Wright (Treadway) Rich; married, March 12, 1863, to Lucretia M. Winship; married 1915 to Georgia Melissa 'Georgie' Winship; nephew of Charles Rich Jr.; grandson of Charles Rich.   Political family: Rich family of Lapeer, Michigan.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Detroit Free Press, February 11, 1906   Louis Convers Cramton (1875-1966) — also known as Louis C. Cramton — of Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Hadley Township, Lapeer County, Mich., December 2, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Lapeer County, 1909-10, 1949-60; U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1913-31; defeated in primary, 1910, 1930, 1932; circuit judge in Michigan 40th Circuit, 1934-41; defeated, 1941; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940. Member, Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., June 23, 1966 (age 90 years, 203 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1903 to Fame Kay; married 1951 to Alice (Cary) White; father of Louis K. Cramton.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Jay B. White (1869-1918) — also known as Jay White — of Michigan. Born in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich., January 1, 1869. Lumber business; banker; U.S. Consular Agent in Lucerne, 1899; U.S. Consul in Hanover, 1899-1906; Santos, 1909-11; Naples, 1914-18, died in office 1918; U.S. Consul General in Bogotá, 1906-09. Died in Naples, Italy, May 23, 1918 (age 49 years, 142 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Anne Gale (daughter of Thomas B. Gale).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Wallace Smith (b. 1864) — also known as Charles W. Smith — of Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Lapeer County, Mich., April 22, 1864. Republican. Building contractor; treasurer-secretary of the Lapeer Gas-Electric Co.; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Lapeer County, 1911-16; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1915-16; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912, 1920; candidate for Michigan state senate 24th District, 1924. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Hiram Smith and Ann (Rook) Smith.   Wellington E. Rowden (1899-1972) — also known as Bill Rowden — of Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich. Born in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich., August 28, 1899. Candidate for mayor of Lapeer, Mich.. Died in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich., November 18, 1972 (age 73 years, 82 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Rowden and Mary (Jamieson) Rowden; married 1925 to Marguerite Williams.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Greenwood Cemetery North Branch, Lapeer County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Jacob Bedtelyon (1836-1904) — of Goodrich, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Clarence, Erie County, N.Y., July 11, 1836. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District, 1879-80. Died in Hadley, Lapeer County, Mich., July 26, 1904 (age 68 years, 15 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Bedtelyon, Sr. and Lydia (Kroll) Bedtelyon; married, February 20, 1867, to Mary J. Brigham.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Rich Township Cemetery Rich Township, Lapeer County, Michigan See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Oren Guy Johnson (1872-1948) — also known as O. G. Johnson — of Fostoria, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Rich Township, Lapeer County, Mich., July 30, 1872. Republican. Physician; member of Michigan state senate 21st District, 1921-24. English and Danish ancestry. Died in Mayville, Tuscola County, Mich., May 19, 1948 (age 75 years, 294 days). Interment at Rich Township Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Henry Johnson and Harriet Emma (Darling) Johnson; married 1909 to Florence C. Morse.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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