The Political Graveyard: Shiawassee County, Mich.

Shiawassee County
Michigan

Shiawassee County information:

Population: 71,687 (2000); 69,770 (1990)
Land area 539 square miles.
County seat: Corunna
Shiawassee County official web site.
Capital Impact: Shiawassee County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
USA MapStats: Shiawassee County -- census data on population, race, economics
Shiawassee County MIGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Shiawassee County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

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

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Selected officials of Shiawassee County

(not intended to be complete)

Andrew Parsons (Register of Deeds) Andrew Parsons (Prosecuting Attorney) Joseph H. Collins (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1897-1901) Dan J. Gerow (Sheriff, 1900-04) John Y. Martin (County Clerk, 1901-08) Byron P. Hicks (Prosecuting Attorney) Joseph H. Collins (Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-15) Seth Q. Pulver (Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18) V. O. Braun (Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-38) Donald E. Smith (Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-54) Jay M. Terbush, Jr. (Prosecuting Attorney)

Oak Grove Cemetery
Burton, Shiawassee County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

James N. McBride (1864-1933) — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich.; Burton, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Mercer Center (unknown county), Pa., December 12, 1864. Newspaper editor; farmer; member of Michigan Union Silver Party State Central Committee, 1899; Progressive candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1914; Republican candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1932. Methodist. Member, Grange; Farm Bureau. Died in Burton, Shiawassee County, Mich., March 10, 1933. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Pinetree Cemetery
Corunna, Shiawassee County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Andrew Parsons (1817-1855) — of Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Hoosick, Rensselaer County, N.Y., July 22, 1817. Brother of S. Titus Parsons. Shiawassee County Register of Deeds; Shiawassee County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Michigan state senate 6th District, 1847-48; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1852-54; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1853; Governor of Michigan, 1853-55; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1855; died in office 1855. Died in Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich., June 6, 1855. Interment at Pinetree Cemetery.
- See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
Ray Derham (1888-1957) — of Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Mich. Born in Corunna, Shiawassee County, Mich., September 3, 1888. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 31st District, 1933-34; defeated in primary, 1934; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1947. Died in Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Mich., November 27, 1957. Interment at Pinetree Cemetery.

Oak Hill Cemetery
Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) — also known as Alvin M. Bentley — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 30, 1918. Son of Alvin Morell Bentley and Helen (Patterson) Bentley; married to Arvella Ann Duescher; father of Alvin M. Bentley, Jr.. Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated, 1962; wounded in an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the House of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th Senatorial District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan state board of education, 1964; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died in office 1969. Congregationalist. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Exchange Club; Theta Delta Chi; Optimist Club; Rotary; Kiwanis. Died in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., April 10, 1969. Entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Cross-reference: Robert L. Richardson, Jr.
- See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
Herman Henry Dignan (1890-1956) — also known as Herman H. Dignan — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., 1890. Married to Nell T. 'Nelly' Haley. Republican. Hardware dealer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1935-38; member of Michigan state senate 15th District, 1939-42; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940, 1944; secretary of state of Michigan, 1943-46. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in 1956. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Roy Kencel Nutson (d. 1964) — of Michigan. Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1948. Died July 29, 1964. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Gilbert R. Lyon (1835-1915) — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich., August 31, 1835. Son of Daniel Lyon. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 35th Circuit, 1905. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Eagles. Suffered a fall down the cellar stairs of his home, fractured his skull, and died four days later, in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., 1915. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Roselawn Cemetery
Perry, Shiawassee County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Charles Locke (1811-1881) — of Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Madison County, N.Y., May 11, 1811. Third cousin once removed of John Locke; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez Bradley Locke, Otis Taft Locke and David Guy Locke; fourth cousin twice removed of Leon Locke. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Shiawassee County 2nd District, 1867-68. Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Perry, Shiawassee County, Mich., May 8, 1881. Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
- See also Locke family

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Selected officials of Shiawassee County

Politicians who were born in Shiawassee County

Politicians who lived in Shiawassee County

Politicians who died in Shiawassee County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Shiawassee County