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(not intended to be complete)
Alexander
W. Buel (Prosecuting Attorney, 1843-46)
Charles
Flowers (Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881-84)
Joseph
M. Weiss (Circuit Court Commissioner)
John
S. Haggerty (Road Commissioner)
Philip
T. Van Zile (Prosecuting Attorney, 1911)
Paul
W. Voorhies (Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24)
Harry
S. Toy (Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34)
Leo
J. Nowicki (Drain Commissioner, 1933-36)
Elmer
B. O'Hara (County Clerk, 1933-36)
Thomas
C. Wilcox (Sheriff, 1933-40)
Harold
E. Stoll (Register of Deeds, 1933-42)
Fred
C. Fischer (Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54)
Andrew
C. Baird (Sheriff, 1940-46)
Edward
Behrendt (Sheriff, 1947-48)
Harold
E. Stoll (County Clerk, 1947-63)
Andrew
C. Baird (Sheriff, 1949-63)
Peter
L. Buback (Sheriff, 1963-68)
William
L. Cahalan (Prosecuting Attorney, 1967-83)
Roman
S. Gribbs (Sheriff, 1968-69)
Joseph
B. Sullivan (County Clerk, 1970)
Charmie
Currie (County Commissioner)
William
Lucas (Sheriff, 1970-82)
Charles
N. Youngblood (Drain Commissioner, 1973-88)
Robert
A. Ficano (Sheriff, 1983-2002)
William
Lucas (County Executive, 1983-86)
Edward
H. McNamara (County Executive, 1987-2002)
Teola
Hunter (County Clerk, 1993-96)
Robert
A. Ficano (County Executive, 2003-)
Warren
C. Evans (Sheriff, 2003-)
Hillside Cemetery
Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
- Fred Christian Fischer (1879-1963) — also known as
Fred C. Fischer — of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Flat Rock, Wayne
County, Mich., 1879.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1920;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934; Wayne County
Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54. Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
A library in Belleville, Michigan, and an elementary school in
Taylor, Michigan, are named for
him. Died, from a stroke, in
St. Joseph's Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1963.
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
St. Hedwig Cemetery
Dearborn Heights, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
- Jack E. Legel (1936-2001) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in 1936.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1975-80; defeated,
1966 (17th District), 1968 (17th District), 1970 (17th District),
1980 (2nd District), 1982 (3rd District), 1982 (1st District), 1984
(2nd District), 1986 (2nd District), 1992 (14th District); alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1980;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1994. Died, of liver
cancer, in the Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospice,
Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich., November
14, 2001. Interment at St. Hedwig Cemetery.
Unknown Locations
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
- Stanley W. Turner (1843-1905) — of Michigan. Born in
1843.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1877, 1889-90 (Ingham County 2nd
District 1877, Ogemaw District 1889-90); Michigan
state auditor general, 1893-96. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 26,
1905. Interment somewhere.
- Charles H. Mahoney — of Wayne
County, Mich. Republican. Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1932, 1934 (primary),
1936 (primary). Interment somewhere.
- Sheridan J. Colby (1864-1909) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Woodhull Township, Shiawassee
County, Mich., December
2, 1864. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1904, 1907-09; died in office 1909. Died May 19,
1909. Interment somewhere.
Politicians formerly buried here:
- Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known as
Hazen S. Pingree — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Denmark, Oxford
County, Maine, August
30, 1840. Son of Jasper Pingree and Adeline (Bryant) Pingree;
relative of Samuel
Everett Pingree; married 1872 to Frances
A. Gilbert. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; boot
and shoe manufacturer; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of
Michigan, 1897-1900. English
ancestry. Died June 18,
1901. Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery; statue at Grand Circus Park.
Belle Isle Park
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians who have monuments here:
- Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) — also known as
Alpheus S. Williams — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810. Son-in-law of Charles
Larned. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge
in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
postmaster; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878. Suffered a stroke and
died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery;
statue at Belle Isle Park.
Capitol Park
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
- Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) — also known as
Stevens T. Mason; Tom Mason; "The Boy
Governor"; "Young Hotspur"; "The
Stripling" — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born near Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., October
27, 1811. Great-grandnephew of George
Mason; great-grandson of Thomson
Mason; grandson of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1760-1803); grandnephew of John
Thomson Mason (1765-1824); second cousin once removed of Thomson
Francis Mason and James
Murray Mason; nephew of Armistead
Thomson Mason; son of John
Thomson Mason (1787-1850) and Elizabeth Baker (Moir) Mason
(1789-1839); married, November
1, 1838, to Julia Elizabeth Phelps (1818-1870); first cousin once
removed of John
Thomson Mason, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Charles
O'Conor Goolrick. Secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1831; Governor of
Michigan Territory, 1834-35; Governor of
Michigan, 1835-40. Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1843. Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 at
Capitol Park. Mason County,
Mich. is named for him.
Elmwood Cemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1982
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Lewis Cass (1782-1866) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
9, 1782. Great-great-grandfather of Thomas
Cass Ballenger. Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; Governor of
Michigan Territory, 1813-31; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister to France, 1836-42; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1844,
1852;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; candidate for President
of the United States, 1848; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1857-60. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 17,
1866. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. Cass counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Mich., Minn., Mo., Neb. and Tex. are
named for him.
- Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) — also known as
Russell A. Alger — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836. Son of Russell Alger and Caroline (Moulton) Alger;
married, April 2,
1861, to Annette H. Henry; father of Frederick
Moulton Alger (who married Mary
Eldridge Swift); grandfather of Frederick
Moulton Alger, Jr.. Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884;
Governor
of Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907. Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery. Alger County,
Mich. is named for him.
- Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
10, 1813. Nephew of John
Chandler and Thomas
Chandler; son of Samuel Chandler and Margaret (Orr) Chandler;
married, December
10, 1844, to Letitia Douglass; father of Mary Douglas Chandler
(who married Eugene
Hale); grandfather of Frederick
Hale; great-great-granduncle of Rodney
Dennis Chandler. Republican. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1851-52; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1856;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1856-60, 1870-72; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1876-79; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1857-75, 1879; died in office 1879; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1875-77; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1878-79. Died in his room at the Grand
Pacific Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
1, 1879. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Robert McClelland (1807-1880) — of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich. Born in Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., August 1,
1807. Democrat. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1835;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1835-37, 1850-51; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1838, 1840,
1843; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1843; mayor of
Monroe, Mich., 1841; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1843-49; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; Governor of
Michigan, 1851-53; resigned 1853; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1853-57; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867. Died in
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
30, 1880. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Edwin Denby (1870-1929) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
18, 1870. Grandson of Graham
Newell Fitch; son of Charles
Harvey Denby and Martha (Fitch) Denby; brother of Charles
Denby; married, March 18,
1911, to Marion Bartlett Thurber. Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24. Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1929. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Charles Beecher Warren (1870-1936) — also known as
Charles B. Warren — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., April 10,
1870. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1908
(alternate), 1912
(alternate), 1916
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1912; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1921-22; Mexico, 1924. Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., February
3, 1936. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917) — also known
as Donald M. Dickinson; Don M. Dickinson — of
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Port Ontario, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
17, 1846. Son of Col. Asa C. Dickinson and Minerva H. Dickinson;
married, June 15,
1869, to Frances L. Platt. Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1876; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1880-85; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association. Died October
15, 1917. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery. Dickinson County,
Mich. is named for him.
- Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) — also known as
Truman H. Newberry — of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
5, 1864. Son of John
Stoughton Newberry and Helen Parmelee (Handy) Newberry; married,
February
7, 1888, to Harriet Josephine Barnes; father of Carol
Newberry Brooks. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1919-22. Presbyterian.
Tried
and convicted
in 1921 of overspending
on his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealistically
low limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; following
an investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat but expressed
disapproval of the sum spent
on his election; resigned
under pressure. Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., October
3, 1945. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) — also known as
Henry P. Baldwin — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., February
22, 1814. Son of John Baldwin and Margaret (Williams) Baldwin;
married 1835
to Harriet M. Day; married, November
21, 1866, to Sibyle Lambard. Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1861-62; Governor of
Michigan, 1869-72; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1879-81; appointed 1879; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1880-81. Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
31, 1892. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- John R. Williams (1782-1854) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 4,
1782. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1824-25, 1829-30, 1844-46; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
20, 1854. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- William Woodbridge (1780-1861) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., August
20, 1780. Father-in-law of Henry
T. Backus. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1807; member of Ohio state
senate, 1813-15; secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1815-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820;
justice
of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1838-40; Governor of
Michigan, 1840-41; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1841-47. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
20, 1861. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- James McMillan (1838-1902) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Hamilton, Ontario,
May
12, 1838. Republican. Member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1876-79; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1879-80, 1886-87, 1890-96; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1889-1902; died in office 1902. Died in
Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
10, 1902. Entombed in mausoleum at Elmwood Cemetery.
- George Bryan Porter (1791-1834) — Born in
Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
9, 1791. Brother of David
Rittenhouse Porter and James
Madison Porter; uncle of Horace
Porter. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1827; Governor of
Michigan Territory, 1831-34; died in office 1834. Presbyterian.
Died in a cholera
epidemic in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 6,
1834. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Jacob Merritt Howard (1805-1871) — also known as
Jacob M. Howard — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt., July 10,
1805. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1841-43; defeated (Whig),
1843; Michigan
state attorney general, 1855-60; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1862-71. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 2,
1871. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- James Valentine Campbell (1823-1890) — also known as
James V. Campbell — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
25, 1823. Father of Henry
Munroe Campbell. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1858-90; died in office 1890; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1870-71, 1878-79,
1886-87. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 26,
1890. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- William Alanson Howard (1813-1880) — also known as
William A. Howard — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden
County, Vt., April 8,
1813. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1855-59, 1860-61;
defeated, 1852 (Whig), 1858 (Republican); Michigan
Republican state chair, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1868,
1872;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1871; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1872-76; Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1872,
1876;
Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1878-80; died in office 1880. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1880. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Charles W. Whipple (d. 1855) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Ohio. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-37; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1837; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1838-55; died in office 1855; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1848-51. Died in
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
29, 1855. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Thomas Witherell Palmer (1830-1913) — also known as
Thomas W. Palmer — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
25, 1830. Son of Thomas Palmer and Mary A. (Witherell) Palmer;
nephew of Benjamin
F. H. Witherell; married, October
16, 1855, to Lizzie Pitts Merrill. Republican. Merchant;
real
estate business; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1879-80; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1883-89; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1889-90. Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 1,
1913. Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery.
- John Norvell (1789-1850) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., December
21, 1789. Father-in-law of Henry
N. Walker. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1837-41; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1837-39; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1842; U.S.
Attorney for Michigan, 1845-50. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 24,
1850. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) — also known as
Alpheus S. Williams — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810. Son-in-law of Charles
Larned. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge
in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
postmaster; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878. Suffered a stroke and
died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue at Belle Isle Park.
- William Cotter Maybury (1848-1909) — also known as
William C. Maybury — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
20, 1848. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1883-87; defeated,
1880; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1897-1904; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1900. Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1909.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue at Grand
Circus Park.
- John Christian Lodge (1862-1950) — also known as
John C. Lodge — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
12, 1862. Son of Dr. Edwin Albert Lodge and Christiana Hanson
Lodge; uncle by marriage of Charles
Augustus Lindbergh. Newspaper
reporter; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-10; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1922-23, 1924, 1927-29. Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Detroit's John C. Lodge Expressway is named for
him. Died February
6, 1950. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Coleman Alexander Young (1918-1997) — also known as
Coleman A. Young — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., May 24,
1918. Son of Coleman Young and Ida (Jones) Young. Served in the
U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; national
representative, UAW-CIO, 1946-47; director of
organization, Wayne County CIO Council, 1947-48; executive
secretary, National Negro Labor Council, 1951-55; candidate for
Michigan
state house of representatives, 1959, 1962 (Democratic primary);
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9th
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1965-73; defeated (Progressive), 1948;
resigned 1973; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1969-81; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1972,
1980,
1984,
1996;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1974-93; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1992;
defeated (Democratic), 1988.
Black.
Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1981. Died, of emphysema,
while hospitalized for heart
problems, at Sinai Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
29, 1997. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Lucius Lyon (1800-1851) — of Bronson, Branch
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich. Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
26, 1800. Uncle of George
W. Thayer. Democrat. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1833-35; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1837-39; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843-45. Died in
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
24, 1851. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- George Van Ness Lothrop (1817-1897) — also known as
George V. N. Lothrop — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Easton, Fairfield
County, Conn., August 8,
1817. Son of Howard Lothrop and Sally (Williams) Lothrop; brother
of Edwin
H. Lothrop; married 1847 to Almira
Strong. Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1848-51; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1856, 1860; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1860;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S. Minister
to Russia, 1885-88. English
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa. Died in 1897.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Solomon Sibley (1769-1846) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Sutton, Worcester
County, Mass., October
7, 1769. Father-in-law of Charles
Christopher Trowbridge; father of Henry
Hastings Sibley. Member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1806; U.S.
Attorney for Michigan, 1815-24; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1820-23; justice of
Michigan territorial supreme court, 1824-27. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 4,
1846. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) — also known as
George E. Bushnell — of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887. Brother of Miller
Bushnell. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928;
resigned 1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948. Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Delta
Theta Phi. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- George Morrell (1786-1845) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 22,
1786. Justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1836-43; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1842-43. Died in
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 9,
1845. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- John Biddle (1792-1859) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 2,
1792. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1827-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1835; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841. Died in White
Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
25, 1859. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- John Ladue (1804-1854) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in New York, November
18, 1804. Tanner; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1850-51. Died December
1, 1854. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Kirkland C. Barker (1819-1875) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in East Schuyler, Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
8, 1819. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1864-65. Drowned,
when the sailboat in which he was transporting ballast-lead to his
yacht Cora suddenly sank, in the
Detroit River near Amherstberg, Ontario,
May
20, 1875. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Charles Christopher Trowbridge (1800-1883) — of
Michigan. Born December
29, 1800. Son-in-law of Solomon
Sibley. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1834; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1837. Died April 6,
1883. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- George Pierre Codd (1869-1927) — also known as
George P. Codd — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
7, 1869. Republican. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1905-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1908;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents; elected 1909; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1911-21, 1924-27; appointed 1911;
resigned 1921; died in office 1927; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1921-23. Died in
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1927. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Frederick Buhl (1806-1890) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in 1806.
Brother of Christian
Henry Buhl; uncle by marriage of John
Strong, Jr.. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1848. Died in 1890.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Christian Henry Buhl (1810-1894) — also known as
Christian H. Buhl — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in 1810.
Brother of Frederick
Buhl; uncle by marriage of John
Strong, Jr.. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1860-61. Died in 1894.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Jonathan Kearsley — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1826, 1829. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Marshall Chapin — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1831, 1833. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Levi Cook — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1832, 1835-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838. Interment
at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Zina Pitcher — of Michigan. Whig. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1840-41, 1843; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Oliver M. Hyde — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1854-55, 1856-57. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- William W. Wheaton — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1868-71. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Hugh Moffat — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1872-75. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) — also known as
Henry B. Brown — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C. Born in South Lee, Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1836. Son of Billings Brown and Mary (Tyler) Brown; married, July 13,
1864, to Caroline Pitts (died 1901); married, June 25,
1904, to Josephine E. Tyler. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1868; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1875-90; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1890-1906; resigned 1906. Congregationalist.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
4, 1913. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- John H. Harmon — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1852-54. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- John Logan Chipman (1830-1893) — also known as J.
Logan Chipman — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 5,
1830. Grandson of Nathaniel
Chipman. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1865-66; superior court judge in Michigan of Detroit, 1879-87; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1887-93; defeated,
1866; died in office 1893; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1891. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
17, 1893. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- De Garmo Jones — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1839-40. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Douglas Houghton — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1842. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Charles D. Howard — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1849-50. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- William C. Duncan — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1863-64. Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery.
- Alexander Lewis — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1876-77. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Stephen B. Grummond — of Michigan. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1884-85. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Alexander Woodruff Buel (1813-1868) — also known as
Alexander W. Buel — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Castleton, Rutland
County, Vt., December
13, 1813. Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838, 1848,
1859-60; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1848; Wayne County
Prosecuting Attorney, 1843-46; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1849-51; defeated,
1850; postmaster. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 19,
1868. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- David Stuart (1816-1868) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 12,
1816. Son of Robert
Stuart. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1853-55; defeated,
1854; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
12, 1868. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- James Witherell (1759-1838) — of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt. Born in Massachusetts, 1759.
Democrat. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808.
Died in 1838.
Original interment at Russell Street
Cemetery; reinterment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Daniel Goodwin — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. U.S.
Attorney for Michigan, 1834-41; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1843-46; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; circuit
judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1864-81. Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery.
- Henry William Lord (1821-1891) — also known as
Henry W. Lord — of Michigan. Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1821. Republican. U.S. Consul in Manchester, 1861-68; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1881-83; defeated,
1882. Killed in a railroad
accident near Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., January
25, 1891. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Henry N. Walker (1811-1886) — of Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., November
30, 1811. Son-in-law of John
Norvell. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1844; Michigan
state attorney general, 1845-47. Episcopalian.
Died February
24, 1886. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- John Stoughton Newberry (1826-1887) — also known as
John S. Newberry — of Michigan. Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
18, 1826. Father of Truman
Handy Newberry; grandfather of Carol
Newberry Brooks. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1879-81. Died in
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
2, 1887. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Samuel T. Douglass — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; resigned 1857. Interment
at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Elon Farnsworth — of Michigan. Member
Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; candidate for
Governor
of Michigan, 1839; Michigan
state attorney general, 1843-45; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1846-57. An organizer of the
Michigan Central Railroad.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Benjamin F. H. Witherell — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Uncle of Thomas
Witherell Palmer. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1857; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1858-66. Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery.
- Charles Larned — of Michigan. Father-in-law of Alpheus
Starkey Williams. Michigan
territory attorney general, 1814. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- John Owen (d. 1892) — of Michigan. Member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1841-48; appointed 1841; Michigan
state treasurer, 1861-66. Died in 1892.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Henry Martyn Duffield (1842-1912) — also known as
Henry M. Duffield — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 15,
1842. Son of Rev. George Duffield and Isabella Graham (Bethune)
Duffield; married 1863 to Frances
Pitt. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1876; general in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1904.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic. Died July 13,
1912. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Cora M. Brown (1914-1972) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 19,
1914. Democrat. Social
worker; police
officer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1953-56 (2nd District 1953-54, 3rd District
1955-56); defeated in primary, 1950, 1951; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1956. Female. Black. Baptist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; Alpha
Kappa Alpha. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
17, 1972. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Porter Kibbee — of Macomb
County, Mich. Michigan
land commissioner, 1850-54; Macomb
County Probate Judge, 1853-61. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- George W. Thayer (1827-1916) — of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich. Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., September
27, 1827. Nephew of Lucius
Lyon. Democrat. Mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1877-78. Died September
2, 1916. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Bert R. Shurly — of Wayne
County, Mich. Republican. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1932. Interment at
Elmwood Cemetery.
- Robert Stuart — of Michigan. Father of David
Stuart. Michigan
state treasurer, 1840-41. Explorer, fur trader, business partner
of John Jacob Astor. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Ross Wilkins — of Lenawee
County, Mich. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1835;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1837-42. Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery.
- Henry Jones Alvord — also known as Henry J.
Alvord — of Wayne
County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich. Born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass. Son of Elijah Alvord and Lucretia (Clarke) Alvord;
brother-in-law of Graham
Newell Fitch. Physician;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1855-56. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Theodore H. Hinchman — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1877. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- John Strong, Sr. (1798-1881) — of Greenfield
Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Wroxton, Oxfordshire, England,
November
26, 1798. Father of John
Strong, Jr.; grandfather of John
Strong Haggerty. Democrat. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-36. Episcopalian.
Attacked
by a burglar, wounded, and died as a result, in Greenfield Township
(now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., February
23, 1881. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Henry Munroe Campbell (1854-1926) — of Michigan.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 18,
1854. Son of James
Valentine Campbell. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District,
1907-08. Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association. Died in 1926.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- William W. Ferguson (b. 1857) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1857.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1893-96. Black.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Edward Kanter — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Germany.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1876.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Miller Bushnell — of Michigan. Brother of George
Edward Bushnell. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1928. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
- Francis F. Palms — of Michigan. Democrat. Delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
Evergreen Cemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
- Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Yale, St. Clair
County, Mich., March 24,
1884. Son of Alfred Bowles and Mary (Lutz) Bowles; married, June 1,
1915, to Ruth Davis. Republican. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1926-29; resigned 1929; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1930; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932, 1934;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1950, 1952. Member, Optimist
Club. Recalled from
office as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out to gangsters
and the Ku Klux
Klan. Died July 30,
1957. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- Ralph William Liddy (1886-1962) — also known as
Ralph W. Liddy — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 8,
1886. Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935 (Democratic), 1941
(primary); candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936, 1940; common pleas court judge in
Michigan. Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
15, 1962. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- E. N. Karay (1905-1992) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Samos, Greece,
November
2, 1905. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-46; common pleas court
judge in Michigan, 1946; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Order of
Ahepa. Died in 1992.
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Ford Cemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
- Henry Ford (1863-1947) — of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Dearborn Township (part now in Dearborn),
Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863. Son of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford
(c.1839-1876); married, April 11,
1888, to Clara Jane Bryant (1866-1950); uncle of Clarence
M. Ford. Founded Ford Motor
Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918. Member, Scottish
Rite Masons; Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon. Died, from a stroke, in
Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947. Interment at Ford Cemetery.
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- Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003; William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision; Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young readers); David
Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young readers)
- Critical books about Henry Ford: Max Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich; Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
Grand Circus Park
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians who have monuments here:
- Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known as
Hazen S. Pingree — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Denmark, Oxford
County, Maine, August
30, 1840. Son of Jasper Pingree and Adeline (Bryant) Pingree;
relative of Samuel
Everett Pingree; married 1872 to Frances
A. Gilbert. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; boot
and shoe manufacturer; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of
Michigan, 1897-1900. English
ancestry. Died June 18,
1901. Original interment somewhere in ;
reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery; statue at
Grand Circus Park.
- William Cotter Maybury (1848-1909) — also known as
William C. Maybury — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
20, 1848. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1883-87; defeated,
1880; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1897-1904; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1900. Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1909.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue at
Grand Circus Park.
Grand Lawn Cemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Charles Archibald Nichols (1876-1920) — also known
as Charles A. Nichols — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Boyne City, Charlevoix
County, Mich., August
25, 1876. Son of Thomas Whitney Nichols. Republican. Newspaper
reporter; city clerk of Detroit, Mich., 1908-12; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1915-20; died in
office 1920. Died in Washington,
D.C., April 25,
1920. Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
- John Strong Haggerty (1866-1950) — also known as
John S. Haggerty — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Springwells (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., August
22, 1866. Grandson of John
Strong, Sr.; nephew of John
Strong, Jr.; son of Lorenzo D. Haggerty and Elizabeth (Strong)
Haggerty. Republican. President, Haggerty Brick
Co. and Campbell Land
Co.; Wayne County
Road Commissioner; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1912,
1916,
1924
(alternate), 1928;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915-19, 1927; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1927-30; treasurer of
Michigan Republican Party, 1927-29. Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows. Died in 1950.
Entombed in mausoleum at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
- George Hasseler (1856-1934) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Germany,
January
25, 1856. Half-brother of Meiko
Meyer. Naturalized U.S. citizen; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1898; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1899, 1909; Socialist Labor
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1924.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 10,
1934. Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
- Clarence Monroe Burton (1853-1932) — also known as
Clarence M. Burton — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in California, November
18, 1853. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1907-08. Founder of the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit
Public Library. Died October
23, 1932. Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
- D. Neil Reid (1900-1981) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Redford Township (part now in Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., March 30,
1900. Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1950; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1947. Died in 1981.
Interment at Grand Lawn Cemetery.
Holy Cross Cemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
- John Nichczynski (1889-1934) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born near Poznan, Poland,
April
20, 1889. Candidate in Republican primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1926, 1930; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1933-34; died in office 1934. Polish
ancestry. Died September
12, 1934. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
- Henry Dattner (1892-1942) — of Michigan. Born in 1892.
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936.
Died, in an auto
accident at Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., August 6,
1942. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Marygrove College Memorial Garden
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
Mt. Elliott Cemetery
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Politicians buried here:
- Jerome Patrick Cavanagh (1928-1979) — also known as
Jerome P. Cavanagh; Jerry Cavanagh — of Detroit,
Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 16,
1928. Son of Sylvester J. Cavanagh and Irene (Timmons) Cavanagh;
married, November
22, 1952, to Mary Helen Martin. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1962-70; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1966; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1974. Catholic.
Died in 1979.
Interment at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.
- Daniel J. Campeau (1813-1883) — of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
18, 1813. Presidential Elector for Michigan,