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Chippewa County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Chippewa County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Sault Ste. Marie Oaklawn Chapel Gardens Sault Ste. Marie Pine Grove Cemetery Sault Ste. Marie Riverside Cemetery Sugar Island Sugar Island Cemetery Private or family graveyard Chippewa County, Michigan Politicians buried here: Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) — also known as Chase S. Osborn — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in a log house in Huntington County, Ind., January 22, 1860. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; Governor of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1928; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936. Presbyterian. English, French, and Irish ancestry. Member, Kiwanis; Lions; Knights of Pythias; Audubon Society; National Rifle Association; Sigma Chi; Sigma Delta Chi; Pi Gamma Mu; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Grange. Died April 11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Presumably named for: Salmon P. Chase   Relatives: Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn; married, May 7, 1881, to Lillian G. Jones.   See also National Governors Association biography   Image source: Michigan Manual 1911 Oaklawn Chapel Gardens Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan Politicians buried here: Victor Alfred Knox (1899-1976) — also known as Victor A. Knox — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born near Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich., January 13, 1899. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1937-52; defeated in primary, 1934; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1947-52; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1953-65; defeated, 1947, 1964. Episcopalian or Presbyterian. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons; Lions; Grange; Farm Bureau. Died in Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich., December 31, 1976 (age 77 years, 353 days). Interment at Oaklawn Chapel Gardens.   Relatives: Married, November 11, 1919, to Bertha Byers.   Cross-reference: Clarence B. Dell   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58 Pine Grove Cemetery Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Henry Alfred Osborn (1858-1949) — also known as Henry A. Osborn — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Simcoe County, Ontario, February 6, 1858. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1921-36; defeated in primary, 1936. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Grange. Died in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich., February 14, 1949 (age 91 years, 8 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Riverside Cemetery Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Merlin Wiley (1875-1963) — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Shepherd, Isabella County, Mich., May 7, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; Chippewa County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-10; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1915-20; Michigan state attorney general, 1921-23; resigned 1923. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died April 24, 1963 (age 87 years, 352 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edgar James Wiley and Leona (Cummins) Wiley; married 1910 to Helen Seymour.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Horace Mann Oren (1859-1912) — also known as Horace M. Oren — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Oakland, Clinton County, Ohio, February 3, 1859. Newspaper editor; lawyer; Michigan state attorney general, 1899-1902; circuit judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1911-12; appointed 1911; died in office 1912. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., 1912 (age about 53 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Walter Hastings McKinney (1889-1952) — also known as Walter H. McKinney — of Michigan. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich., September 6, 1889. Wholesale grocery manager; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1923-25; Vigo, as of 1927-29; Yarmouth, as of 1932; Barcelona, as of 1943; U.S. Vice Consul in Vigo, 1925-26; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, as of 1945-49. Died in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., April 13, 1952 (age 62 years, 220 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Peter T. McKinney and Jessie Lavinia (Bellows) McKinney; married to Julia Walker.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George J. Laundy (1864-1953) — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, January 17, 1864. Democrat. Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1934-38; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Woodmen. Died September 15, 1953 (age 89 years, 241 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Laundy and Catherine Laundy; married 1889 to Estelle Haynes.   Jay Hursley (1842-1920) — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born May 9, 1842. Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1895-97. Died January 6, 1920 (age 77 years, 242 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Albert Edward Sharpe (1860-1932) — also known as Albert E. Sharpe — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Trenton, Ontario, 1860. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Iosco District, 1901-02; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 30th District, 1907-08. Died in 1932 (age about 72 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Nelson Sharpe.   Robert Gardner Ferguson (1858-1949) — also known as Robert G. Ferguson — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in Brampton, Ontario, October 22, 1858. Republican. Hardware dealer; president, First National Bank of Sault Ste. Marie; director, Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Rotary; Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich., March 5, 1949 (age 90 years, 134 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Adam Ferguson and Catherine (Golden) Ferguson; married 1885 to Christenna Helen Bain.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Sugar Island Cemetery Sugar Island, Chippewa County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Gene A. Saari (1909-1990) — of Houghton, Houghton County, Mich. Born in Chisholm, St. Louis County, Minn., June 21, 1909. Democrat. Labor leader; candidate for Michigan state senate 32nd District, 1944, 1946; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1948; Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1968 (voted for Hubert H. Humphrey and Edmund S. Muskie). Lutheran. Finnish ancestry. Died in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., April 7, 1990 (age 80 years, 290 days). Interment at Sugar Island Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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