Selected officials of Washtenaw County

(not intended to be complete)

Samuel W. Dexter (County Judge, 1826-27) Horace Carpenter (County Treasurer, 1863-64) Hiram J. Beakes (Probate Judge, 1864-72) John J. Robison (County Clerk, 1869-72) Edwin F. Uhl (Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-72) Edward P. Allen (Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74) John J. Robison (County Clerk, 1883-86) John P. Kirk (Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1900) H. Wirt Newkirk (Probate Judge, 1897-1900) Frank T. Newton (Sheriff, 1905-06) Horatio J. Abbott (Register of Deeds, 1909-12) George J. Burke (Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-14) William M. Laird (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1917-20) Harry H. Atwell (County Surveyor, 1921-30) Lee N. Brown (Circuit Court Commissioner) William M. Laird (Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26) Frank H. Ticknor (County Treasurer, 1927-34) Harry H. Atwell (County Clerk, 1933-34) George Meader (Prosecuting Attorney, 1941-42) Jack J. Garris (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1955) Frederick J. Schwall (County Commissioner) Nancy L. Davis (County Treasurer, 1993-94) Lawrence Kestenbaum (Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02) Lawrence Kestenbaum (County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Washtenaw County

• Ann Arbor Arborcrest Cemetery
• Ann Arbor Bethlehem Cemetery
• Ann Arbor Fairview Cemetery
• Ann Arbor Forest Hill Cemetery
• Ann Arbor St. Thomas Cemetery
• Ann Arbor Township Washtenong Memorial Park
• Augusta Township Childs Cemetery
• Chelsea Mt. Olivet Cemetery
• Chelsea Oak Grove Cemetery
• Manchester Oak Grove Cemetery
• Ypsilanti Highland Cemetery
• Ypsilanti St. John's Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Robert James Harris (1930-2005) — also known as Robert J. Harris; Bob Harris — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 5, 1930. Son of Louis Harris and Bertha (Herman) Harris; married to Zelma Jean 'Mimi' Porter. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; law professor; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1969-73. Jewish. Lithuanian ancestry. Died, of brain lymphoma, in Scio Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 10, 2005. Interment at Arborcrest Cemetery.
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• Dominick A. DeVarti (c.1924-2001) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in New Jersey. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; restaurant owner; candidate for mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1957 (Republican primary), 1957. Italian ancestry. Died, of heart failure, in the University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 1, 2001. Interment at Arborcrest Cemetery.
  
  

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• Charles August Sauer (1866-1915) — also known as Charles A. Sauer — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Stratford, Ontario, December 18, 1866. Republican. Mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1915; died in office 1915. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died, of typhoid fever, in St. Joseph's Sanitarium, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 6, 1915. Interment at Bethlehem Cemetery.
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• Charles Kellogg (1773-1842) — of Kelloggsville, Cayuga County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., October 3, 1773. Merchant; miller; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Cayuga County, 1808-10, 1820-22; postmaster; U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1825-27. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., May 11, 1842. Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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• James Burrill Angell (1829-1916) — also known as James B. Angell — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Scituate, Providence County, R.I., January 7, 1829. Son of Andrew Aldrich Angell and Amey (Aldrich) Angell; married, November 26, 1855, to Sarah S. Caswell (daughter of Alexis Caswell (president, Brown University)); father of Alexis Caswell Angell. Editor of Sen. Henry B. Anthony's newspaper, Providence Journal, 1860-66; president, University of Vermont, 1866-71; president, University of Michigan, 1871-1909; U.S. Minister to China, 1880-81; Turkey, 1897-98. Congregationalist. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., April 1, 1916. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  • See also Angell-Cooley family of Michigan
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• Alpheus Felch (1804-1896) — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Limerick, York County, Maine, September 28, 1804. Married 1837 to Lucretia Lawrence (daughter of Wolcott Lawrence); father of Caroline L. Felch (who married Claudius Buchanan Grant). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1835-37; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan at-large, 1840; Michigan state auditor general, 1842; resigned 1842; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1842-45; Governor of Michigan, 1846-47; resigned 1847; defeated, 1856; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1847-53. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 13, 1896. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  • See also Felch-Grant-Lawrence family of Michigan
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• Claudius Buchanan Grant (1835-1921) — also known as Claudius B. Grant — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette County, Mich. Born in Lebanon, York County, Maine, October 25, 1835. Son of Joseph Grant and Mary (Merrill) Grant; married, June 13, 1863, to Caroline L. Felch (daughter of Alpheus Felch). Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1871-74 (Washtenaw County 2nd District 1871-72, Washtenaw County 1st District 1873-74); member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1872-79; Houghton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877; circuit judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1882-89; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1890-1909; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1898-99, 1908. English ancestry. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 28, 1921. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• George Meader (1907-1994) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Mich., September 13, 1907. Son of Robert E. Meader and Jennie (Gibson) Meader. Republican. Lawyer; Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1941-42; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1951-65; defeated, 1948, 1964, 1966. English ancestry. Member, Kiwanis. Fell in his bathtub, struck his head, suffered complications, and died two weeks later, in University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., October 15, 1994. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• Henry Franklin Thomas (1843-1912) — also known as Henry F. Thomas — of Allegan, Allegan County, Mich. Born in Tompkins, Jackson County, Mich., December 17, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Allegan County 1st District, 1873-74; member of Michigan state senate 14th District, 1875-76; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884; U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1893-97. Died in Allegan, Allegan County, Mich., April 16, 1912. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) — also known as Samuel W. Beakes — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Burlingham, Sullivan County, N.Y., January 11, 1861. Son of George M. Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes; married, July 6, 1886, to Annie S. Beakes (daughter of Hiram J. Beakes). Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Judge Thomas M. Cooley; newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., February 9, 1927. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  • See also Beakes family of New York
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• Bradley Francis Granger (1825-1882) — also known as Bradley F. Granger — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., March 12, 1825. Married to Susan A. Delamater. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1861-63; defeated (Democratic), 1862, 1866. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 4, 1882. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• Edward Charles Pierce (1930-2002) — also known as Edward C. Pierce — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Mich., January 3, 1930. Father of Lynne Pierce. Democrat. Physician; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1974 (primary), 1976; member of Michigan state senate 18th District, 1979-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1982; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1985-87; defeated, 1967, 1987. Died, from complications of Legionnaire's disease, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., July 4, 2002. Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) — also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery Field — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich., February 23, 1860. Son of James E. Field and Loretta B. Field; adoptive son of Rice Amer Beal (died 1883) and Phoebe (Beers) Beal; married 1889 to Ella Travis. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; real estate broker; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1905-06; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers and Merchants Bank; president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway Co.; officer of gas and electric utilities. Methodist. English ancestry. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 24, 1942. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• George Wahr Sallade (1922-1997) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 16, 1922. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1955-60; defeated (Democratic), 1968; Democratic candidate for Michigan state senate 18th District, 1966, 1970; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1982; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Freemasons; Moose; Rotary; Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma Delta Chi; Sigma Phi. Died June 18, 1997. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Gilbert E. Bursley (1913-1998) — also known as "Mr. Education" — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 28, 1913. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1961-64; member of Michigan state senate 18th District, 1965-78; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1978; president, Cleary College, Ypsilanti, Mich., 1978-84. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Elks. Died in 1998. Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• William E. Brown, Jr. (1896-1970) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Mich., May 1, 1896. Son of William E. Brown, Sr. and Grace (Palmer) Brown; married, October 12, 1920, to Eleanor Shartel. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile dealer; insurance business; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1945-57; defeated, 1957. Presbyterian. Member, Elks. Died in 1970. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Sarah Goddard Power (1935-1987) — also known as Sarah Goddard — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 19, 1935. Daughter of Wendell Converse Goddard and Katherine Shearer Russel Goddard; married 1971 to Philip H. Power (son of Eugene Barnum Power). Democrat. Member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1975-87; died in office 1987; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1976. Female. Protestant. Committed suicide by jumping to her death from the eighth floor of Burton Tower, on the University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., March 24, 1987. Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• William Sumner Maynard (1802-1866) — also known as William S. Maynard — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Berkshire County, Mass., April 25, 1802. Uncle by marriage of Charles J. Guiteau (assassin in 1881 of President James A. Garfield). Village president of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1836-38, 1839-40; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1856-58, 1865-66. Congregationalist. Suffering from severe depression, he committed suicide by an overdose of morphine, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 18, 1866. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Edward William Staebler (1872-1946) — also known as Edward W. Staebler — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born December 26, 1872. Married to Magdalena S. Staebler; father of Neil Oliver Staebler. Democrat. Coal dealer; oil distributor; automobile dealer; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1927-31; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1932. Died November 10, 1946. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• Cecil O. Creal (1899-1986) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Kiantone, Chautauqua County, N.Y., December 19, 1899. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1959-65. Episcopalian. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons; American Legion. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 20, 1986. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Cyrenus G. Darling (1856-1933) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Bethel, Sullivan County, N.Y., 1856. Son of Walter Darling and Eliza (Starr) Darling; married 1884 to Augusta M. Payne. Republican. Physician; university professor; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1894-95; defeated, 1909, 1911. Member, American Medical Association. Died, from pernicious anemia, April 21, 1933. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Eugene Barnum Power (1905-1993) — also known as Eugene B. Power — of Barton Hills, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich., June 4, 1905. Son of Glenn Warren Power and Annette (Barnum) Power; married, June 17, 1929, to Sadye L. Harwick (died 1991); father of Philip H. Power (who married Sarah Goddard). Democrat. Member of University of Michigan board of regents; elected 1955, 1963. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary. Founder of University Microfilms in 1938; merged with Xerox Corporation 1962. Died December 6, 1993. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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• Leslie Aris Wikel (1884-1959) — also known as Leslie A. Wikel — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Union City, Randolph County, Ind., November 19, 1884. Son of Wiley Wikel and Lola Wikel; married to Lucy L. Goodlander. Democrat. Druggist; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 12th District, 1948; candidate for mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949. Died, following a stroke, in Whitehall Convalescent Home, Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 9, 1959. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Thomas Reardon Peirsol (died c.1959) — also known as T. Reardon Peirsol — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Republican. Insurance and real estate business; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Rolla Nathan Frisinger (1890-1961) — also known as Rolla N. Frisinger — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born near Rockford, Mercer County, Ohio, 1890. Democrat. General contractor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1932; candidate for mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1933. Died in 1961. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• William Frederick Dannemiller (1927-2001) — also known as William F. Dannemiller; Bill Dannemiller — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., August 9, 1927. Democrat. Lawyer; real estate developer; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd District, 1960; candidate for Michigan state senate 18th District, 1964. Presbyterian. German ancestry. Died, of heart failure, in University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 5, 2001. Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Jack J. Garris (1919-2005) — also known as Jack John Garatzgeone — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., October 16, 1919. Son of John Garatzogeone and Constance (Maniatakos) Garatzogeone; married 1948 to Helen Cazepis. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Washtenaw County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1955; candidate for mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1971. Eastern Orthodox. Greek ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Delta Theta Phi; Jaycees. Died, of a stroke, while suffering from Parkinson's disease, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 21, 2005. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
  
  

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• George James Burke, Sr. (1885-1950) — also known as George J. Burke — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Northfield Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 5, 1885. Son of Anthony Burke and Ellen (Dealy) Burke; married, December 29, 1910, to Edna J. Fritts; father of George James Burke, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-14; law partner of Martin J. Cavanaugh; president, Citizens Mutual Auto Insurance Co.; counsel and director, International Radio Co.; director, Ann Arbor Trust Company, Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Michigan Life Insurance Co.; candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1920; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944; served as a judge in the Nuremburg war crimes trials. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Rotary. Died October 3, 1950. Interment at St. Thomas Cemetery.
  
  
• George James Burke, Jr. (1914-1971) — also known as George J. Burke, Jr. — of Michigan. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., October 12, 1914. Son of George James Burke, Sr.. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1950. Catholic. Died in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., October 3, 1971. Interment at St. Thomas Cemetery.
  
  
• Ray Louis Forshee (1884-1974) — also known as Ray L. Forshee — of Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Michigan, March 19, 1884. Son of John R. Forshee and Virginia (Cowen) Forshee; married to Ida Lerg; brother of Frank J. Forshee. Democrat. Clothing salesman; candidate for supervisor of Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1941. Irish and German ancestry. His legs were amputated due to arteriosclerosis. Died, of pneumonia, in Whitehall Convalescent Center, Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., January 5, 1974. Interment at St. Thomas Cemetery.
  
  

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• Horatio J. Abbott (1876-1936) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Clayton, Lenawee County, Mich., March 26, 1876. Son of Aaron Abbott and Mabel (Johnson) Abbott; married, November 29, 1905, to Florence A. Sutton. Democrat. Builder; merchant; oil distributor; Washtenaw County Register of Deeds, 1909-12; postmaster; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1920, 1928, 1932; candidate for Michigan state senate 12th District, 1924; Michigan Democratic state chair, 1925-29; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1929; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1932; member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1933-36. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., April 24, 1936. Interment at Washtenong Memorial Park.
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• Charles Albert Sink (1879-1972) — also known as Charles A. Sink — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Westernville, Oneida County, N.Y., July 4, 1879. Son of Herman Sink and Caroline (Gleasman) Sink; married, June 18, 1923, to Alva Joanna Gordon. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1919-20, 1925-26; member of Michigan state senate 12th District, 1921-22, 1927-30; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1932; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948. Congregationalist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Acacia; Phi Mu Alpha; Phi Kappa Phi. Died, from a stroke, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 17, 1972. Entombed at Washtenong Memorial Park.
  
  
• Lewis G. Christman (1888-1979) — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Archbold, Fulton County, Ohio, March 10, 1888. Son of Philip D. Christman and Rachel (Sprow) Christman; married to Arietta O. VanNess. Republican. Lawyer; business executive; banker; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1945-54; member of Michigan state senate 33rd District, 1955-60; candidate in primary for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial District, 1961. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Exchange Club. Died, from complications of bladder cancer, in the Huron View Lodge nursing home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 29, 1979. Interment at Washtenong Memorial Park.
  
  
• Carl H. Read (1898-1980) — of East Ann Arbor (now part of Ann Arbor), Washtenaw County, Mich.; Dexter Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 27, 1898. Son of Henry Read and Carrie (Partlow) Read; married, September 27, 1923, to Linda L. Hoelzel (1901-1979). Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; merchant; mayor of East Ann Arbor, Mich., 1949-53. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis. Died, from acute congestive heart failure and diabetes, in Saline Community Hospital, Saline, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 25, 1980. Interment at Washtenong Memorial Park.
  
  

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• James Webster Childs (1826-1882) — also known as J. Webster Childs — of Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in New Hampshire, June 16, 1826. Son of Josiah Childs and Abigail Childs; married, August 30, 1848, to Lucy A. Hubbard. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 3rd District, 1859-62; member of Michigan state senate, 1865-68, 1873-74, 1879-80 (8th District 1865-66, 6th District 1867-68, 4th District 1873-74, 1879-80); member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1869-82; died in office 1882. Congregationalist. Member, Grange. Died November 8, 1882. Interment at Childs Cemetery.
  
  

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• James Sedgwick Gorman (1850-1923) — also known as James S. Gorman — of Dexter, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Lyndon Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 28, 1850. Son of Peter Gorman (1816-1886) and Katherine (Conlon) Gorman (c.1817-1903); married 1887 to Nellie E. Bingham. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 3rd District, 1881-82; member of Michigan state senate 4th District, 1887-90; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1891-95. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 27, 1923. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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• Frank Porter Glazier (1862-1922) — also known as Frank P. Glazier — of Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., March 8, 1862. Son of Emily J. (Stimson) Glazier and George Pickering Glazier (1841-1901); married, December 30, 1880, to Henrietta Geddes. Republican. Pharmacist; President of Glazier Stove Company (manufacturer of stoves for cooking and heating); president of Chelsea Savings Bank; member of Michigan state senate 10th District, 1903-04; Michigan state treasurer, 1905-08; resigned 1908. Forced to resign as state treasurer in 1908; convicted of embezzlement; served two years in prison; pardoned in 1920. Died near Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Mich., January 1, 1922. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
  
  

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• John Burley Swainson (1925-1994) — also known as John B. Swainson — of Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Manchester, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Windsor, Ontario, July 31, 1925. Son of John A. C. Swainson. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 18th District, 1955-58; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1959-60; Governor of Michigan, 1961-62; defeated, 1962; member of Democratic National Committee from Michigan, 1963; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1965-70; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1971-75; resigned 1975. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; Delta Theta Phi; Amvets; Purple Heart; Lions; Elks. Lost both legs in a land mine explosion on November 15, 1944, near Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, during World War II. Charged in 1975 with accepting a bribe; found not guilty, but convicted of perjury over his testimony to the grand jury. Died, of a heart attack, in Manchester, Washtenaw County, Mich., May 13, 1994. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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• Edwin Fuller Uhl (1841-1901) — also known as Edwin F. Uhl — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Rush, Monroe County, N.Y., August 14, 1841. Son of David M. Uhl and Catherine (De Garmo) Uhl; married, May 1, 1865, to Alice Follett (daughter of Benjamin Follett). Democrat. Lawyer; Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-72; president, Grand Rapids National Bank, 1881-93; mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1890-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1896-97. Died May 17, 1901. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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• Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Manistee, Manistee County, Mich. Born in Pembroke, Merrimack County, N.H., May 11, 1836. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1868; Manistee County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1875-81; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1883-91; defeated, 1890. Received the Medal of Honor in 1891 for action at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Ky., May 10, 1863. Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., April 12, 1908. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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• Edward Payson Allen (1839-1909) — also known as Edward P. Allen — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Sharon, Washtenaw County, Mich., October 28, 1839. Son of Louis Allen and Eliza (Merwin) Allen. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st District, 1877-80; defeated, 1902; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1880-81, 1899-1900; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1887-91; defeated, 1884, 1890; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1899-1903; appointed 1899. Died, from apoplexy (stroke), in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 25, 1909. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Owen Jenks Cleary (1900-1960) — also known as Owen J. Cleary — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., February 4, 1900. Son of Patrick Roger Cleary (1858-1948) and Helen Clarke (Jenks) Cleary; married to Marie DeWaele. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; president, Cleary College; candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1946; Michigan Republican state chair, 1949-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1952, 1956 (alternate); member of Republican National Committee from Michigan, 1952-53; secretary of state of Michigan, 1953-54; defeated, 1954; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1954. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion; Rotary; American Bar Association; Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Theta Phi; Moose. Died September 10, 1960. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Hugh E. Van de Walker (1876-1943) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., July 15, 1876. Son of Arthur E. Van de Walker; married, December 3, 1902, to Abbie Vought (died 1942). Republican. Insurance business; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1924-28. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Died April 8, 1943. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Benjamin Follett (c.1819-1864) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Father of Alice Follett (who married Edwin Fuller Uhl). Democrat. Mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1860-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1860. Died December 26, 1864. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Arden H. Ballard (d. 1867) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Village president of Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1847-50, 1856-58; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1859-60. Died in 1867. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry P. S. Glover (1837-1912) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in 1837. Mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1891-93. Died in 1912. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Emery R. Beal (1865-1939) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Plainfield, Kent County, Mich., December 5, 1865. Son of Joseph Beal and Martha Beal; married to Minnie Beal. Republican. Druggist; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1922-23; defeated, 1928. Died, from heart disease, in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., March 3, 1939. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Frank Austin Norton (1867-1947) — also known as Frank Norton — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 1, 1867. Son of Austin B. Norton and Sarah J. (Knapp) Norton; married to Lena Eisenlord. Republican. Stonemason; florist; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1912-14. Methodist. Died, from a stroke, while hospitalized for senile psychosis, at Ypsilanti State Psychiatric Hospital, York Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., October 2, 1947. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Daniel Trowbridge Quirk (1903-1969) — also known as Daniel T. Quirk; Dan T. Quirk — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 8, 1903. Son of Daniel L. Quirk, Jr. and Julia (Trowbridge) Quirk; married, February 27, 1926, to Jeanne Hastings Grover; brother of Nancy Lace Quirk (who married Gerhard Mennen Williams). President and treasurer, Peninsular Paper Company; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1947-53. Member, Alpha Delta Phi. Died October 21, 1969. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Joseph Don Lawrence, Jr. (1904-1972) — also known as J. Don Lawrence — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 23, 1904. Son of Joseph Don Lawrence, Sr. and Mabel (Oliff) Lawrence; married to Christine Marie Schultz. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County 2nd District, 1961-62. Congregationalist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Elks. Died September 15, 1972. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Tracy L. Towner — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1910-12. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Lambert A. Barnes — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1875-78, 1879-80. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Levi E. Dolsen — of Michigan. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Vincent H. Buck (c.1926-2005) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich. Married to Suzanne Oakes. Republican. Realtor; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1964-65. Presbyterian. Died, of multiple sclerosis, in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich., March 20, 2005. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Faizi Husain (1952-2006) — also known as Faz Husain — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Patna, Bihar, India, January 21, 1952. Grandson of Tajamul Husain (Member of Parliament, India); son of Safdar Husain. Pizzeria owner; Independent candidate for mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993. Muslim. Indian subcontinent ancestry. Died, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., March 9, 2006. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  
• Clyde K. King (1925-2007) — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 2, 1925. Married 1946 to Marilyn Wilks. Republican. Accountant; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1989-93; defeated, 1987. Lutheran. Member, Optimist Club; NAACP; Lions. Died, while suffering from Alzheimer's disease, in Huron Woods Residential Home in the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital complex, Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., January 4, 2007. Interment at Highland Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Beth Wharton Milford (1908-1992) — also known as Beth W. Milford; Beth Wharton — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Bradford, McKean County, Pa., August 19, 1908. Daughter of Thomas Wharton and Helen (O'Mara) Wharton; married 1941 to Albert F. Milford, Jr. (died 1977). Republican. College instructor; member, Ypsilanti board of education, 1955-67; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 33rd District, 1960; member, Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents, 1964-86. Female. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Association of University Women. Died, following a heart attack, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., August 7, 1992. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
  
  
• Marguerite Eaglin (1920-2004) — also known as Marguerite Davis — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Tex., June 8, 1920. Daughter of Orville Davis and Leona Davis; married, June 9, 1940, to Simon Eaglin; mother of Fulton B. Eaglin. Democrat. School teacher; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1973. Female. Black. Member, NAACP. Died, in Glacier Hills Nursing Center, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., December 20, 2004. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
  
  

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