The Political Graveyard: Osceola County, Mich.

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Osceola County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Osceola County

Index to Locations

Evart Forest Hill Cemetery

Hersey Hersey Cemetery

LeRoy Maple Hill Cemetery

Reed City Woodland Cemetery

Forest Hill Cemetery
Evart, Osceola County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Vernal Rosecranz Davy (1862-1959) — also known as V. R. Davy — of Evart, Osceola County, Mich. Born in Warren, Macomb County, Mich., August 17, 1862. Son of Isaiah Josiah Davy (1822-1891) and Sophronia (Denison) Davy (1827-1920). Republican. Merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912. Died, of a cerebral embolism, April 19, 1959 (age 96 years, 245 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.

Hersey Cemetery
Hersey, Osceola County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:
	Paul F. Voelker (b. 1875) — of Michigan. Born in Evart, Osceola County, Mich., September 20, 1875. Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; college professor; president of Olivet College, 1920-24; Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1933-35; defeated, 1935. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Delta. Interment at Hersey Cemetery.

Maple Hill Cemetery
LeRoy, Osceola County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Harry B. Werner (1889-1964) — of Rose Lake Township, Osceola County, Mich. Born in Rose Lake Township, Osceola County, Mich., January 30, 1889. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Osceola District, 1949-54; defeated in primary, 1956; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 28th District, 1954. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Farm Bureau. Died in 1964 (age about 75 years). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.

Woodland Cemetery
Reed City, Osceola County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Lorenzo Abel Barker (1839-1915) — also known as Lorenzo A. Barker; Ren Barker — of Reed City, Osceola County, Mich. Born in Naples, Ontario County, N.Y., August 16, 1839. Republican. Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1884; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1896; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900. Died in Reed City, Osceola County, Mich., November 29, 1915 (age 76 years, 105 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

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