Selected officials of St. Joseph County

(not intended to be complete)

Hugh P. Stewart (Prosecuting Attorney) J. Mark Harvey (County Clerk) Frank S. Cummings (Register of Deeds, 1915-16) Dwight M. Britton (Prosecuting Attorney, 1935) John W. Fletcher (County Treasurer, 1935-42)

Politicians who were born in St. Joseph County

• No city given: Frank S. Cummings 1860
• Burr Oak: Victor E. Bucknell 1904
• Near Burr Oak: Edward J. Buys 1864
• Constantine: Edgar S. Wagar 1850 Frank A. Hassenger 1853
• Constantine Township: Bert A. Dickerson 1878
• Leonidas: George L. Yaple 1851
• Nottawa Township: John W. Fletcher 1888
• Near Nottawa: Albert M. Todd 1850
• Sturgis: Frank W. Parker 1860 Homer L. Allard 1867 Theo T. Jacobs 1874 Perle Mesta 1889
• Three Rivers: Clark L. Brody 1879 Edward C. Pierce 1930
• Near Three Rivers: Charles M. Black 1874
• See also Mich. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in St. Joseph County

• No city given: William Allman - Edmund S. Amidon - Robert E. A. Boyle - Dwight M. Britton - Howard C. Bucknell - William Connor - Claude D. Curtis - William Harrison - Charles Josef - William L. McManus - Victor E. McMillen - George W. Osborn - William F. Pack - Franklin S. Packard - Levi Patchen - Gardner Powell - Eugene Rider - Chauncey L. Stickler - J. Paul Waite
• Burr Oak: Edw. Hackman
• Centreville: Beverly Burnham - John S. Chipman - Frank S. Cummings - Ernest C. Engle - John W. Fletcher - Helen Gibbons - Frederick W. Knowlen - John W. Marvin - J. C. Mosher - Marden Sabin - Hugh P. Stewart - Charles Upson
• Constantine: John S. Barry - Gregory Carson - Susan R. Carson - Bert A. Dickerson - J. Mark Harvey - Frank A. Hassenger - Edwin W. Keightley - Frederick W. Knowlen - Charlotte Ann Persinger - Henry H. Riley
• Leonidas: John W. Bentley
• Mendon: Albert E. Beebe - John W. Bentley - Orlando J. Fast - Guy Hamilton - Johanna N. March - Ralph C. March - Margaret Travis - Benjamin V. Unwin - George L. Yaple
• Sturgis:
  • Lived in Sturgis, 1800-1899: William L. Stoughton - Frank W. Wait
  • Lived in Sturgis, 1900-1999: Bob Addison - Homer L. Allard - Martin E. Aulsbrook - Jeffrey Bean - Cameron Brown - W. A. Cavin - Ron Clarren - Raymond H. Dresser - Merton S. Elliott - George Freeman - Dan J. Gerow - James W. Henry - Carl Holsinger - Theo T. Jacobs - Ray Kimball - Louis Louetz - Aloisia McLaughlin - Raymond Parker - DeForrest Strang - Ross H. Van Buren - Herald E. Walters
  • Lived in Sturgis, 2000-2009: James Bupp - Carl Holsinger - Rob Sisson - Cindy Sunday-Horstman
• Three Rivers: Ida Atkinson - Charles Boeschenstein - Russell P. Breyfogle - Edward J. Buys - Dorothy Cross - Louis S. Danley - Miller Dunckel - Charles Forshey - Joseph W. French - Victoria Imgrund - Arthur J. Kaiser - Charles W. Kirsch - Edward B. Linsley - Carolyn McNary - Marguerite R. Moore - Russell R. Pealer - Robert Sills
• See also Mich. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in St. Joseph County

• Constantine: John S. Barry 1870 Edwin W. Keightley 1926
• Sturgis: Jonathan G. Wait 1873 William L. Stoughton 1888 Dan J. Gerow 1950 Laurence S. McBride 1987 DeForrest Strang 1987 John M. Kelly ?
• Three Rivers: Edwin H. Lothrop 1874
• See also Mich. deathplaces not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in St. Joseph County

• Constantine Unknown location
• Constantine Constantine Cemetery
• Mendon Mendon Cemetery
• Sturgis Oak Lawn Cemetery
• Sturgis Oaklawn Terrace Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• John Steward Barry (1802-1870) — also known as John S. Barry — of Constantine, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in Amherst, Hillsborough County, N.H., January 29, 1802. Son of John Barry and Ellen (Stewart) Barry; married to Mary Kidder. Democrat. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 13th District, 1835; member of Michigan state senate, 1835-38, 1841 (3rd District 1835-38, 7th District 1841); Governor of Michigan, 1842-46, 1850; defeated, 1854, 1860; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1848, 1852; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1856; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1856, 1864. Died in Constantine, St. Joseph County, Mich., January 14, 1870. Interment at Constantine Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Edwin William Keightley (1843-1926) — also known as Edwin W. Keightley — of Constantine, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born near Scott, LaGrange County, Ind., August 7, 1843. Republican. Circuit judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1874-77; appointed 1874; U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1877-79. Died in Constantine, St. Joseph County, Mich., May 4, 1926. Interment at Constantine Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• George Lewis Yaple (1851-1939) — also known as George L. Yaple — of Mendon, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in Leonidas, St. Joseph County, Mich., February 20, 1851. U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1883-85; defeated, 1880 (Fusion), 1884 (Fusion), 1890 (Democratic), 1892 (Democratic); Fusion candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1886; circuit judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1894-1911; defeated, 1911; Democratic candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1897, 1912. Died December 16, 1939. Interment at Mendon Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  

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• William Lewis Stoughton (1827-1888) — also known as William L. Stoughton — of Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in Bangor, Franklin County, N.Y., March 20, 1827. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1860, 1884 (alternate); U.S. Attorney for Michigan, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; Michigan state attorney general, 1867-68; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1869-73. Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich., June 6, 1888. Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Jonathan G. Wait (1811-1873) — of Michigan. Born in York, Livingston County, N.Y., November 22, 1811. Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1851-52; member of Michigan state senate, 1863-68 (16th District 1863-66, 14th District 1867-68). Founder, editor, and publisher of the Sturgis Journal. Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich., October 24, 1873. Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
  
  
• Daniel Joseph Gerow (1864-1950) — also known as Dan J. Gerow — of Shiawassee County, Mich.; Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich. Born in Prince Edward County, Ontario, March 24, 1864. Democrat. Shiawassee County Sheriff, 1900-04; hotel proprietor; mayor of Sturgis, Mich., 1930-31; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1932-39, 1947-49; delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from St. Joseph County, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948. Quaker. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Eagles; Rotary; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich., August 26, 1950. Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Laurence S. McBride (c.1930-1987) — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives 42nd District, 1974. Died, of congestive heart failure, in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Mich., 1987. Interment at Oaklawn Terrace Cemetery.
  
  

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