Index to Locations
Calvin Township Birch Lake Cemetery
Cassopolis Prospect Hill Cemetery
Dowagiac Riverside Cemetery
Union East Union Cemetery
Union Plum Grove Cemetery
Volinia Crane Cemetery
Birch Lake
Cemetery
Calvin Township, Cass County, Michigan
Prospect Hill
Cemetery
Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan
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Charles Henry Kimmerle (1859-1950) —
also known as Charles H. Kimmerle —
of Lagrange Township, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Cass
County, Mich., June 12,
1859.
Democrat. Farmer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1884,
1900;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1906; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1908, 1932 (primary);
candidate for Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1922; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan.
German
ancestry.
Died in Cass
County, Mich., October
27, 1950 (age 91 years, 137
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Kimmerle and Mary (Huehn) Kimmerle; married 1882 to Ella
Minerva Dunning. |
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William Howard Berkey (1874-1952) —
also known as William H. Berkey —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Cambria
County, Pa., February
24, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920
(alternate), 1940;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1930-47; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cass County,
1933.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
22, 1952 (age 78 years, 27
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Lee Burget Des Voignes (1858-1938) —
also known as L. Burget Des Voignes —
of Marcellus, Cass
County, Mich.; Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Eaton, Wayne
County, Ohio, October
14, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; Cass
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1889-90; Cass
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; Cass
County Probate Judge, 1896; circuit
judge in Michigan 36th Circuit, 1906-23; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1927.
Died in 1938
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Sylvador Titus Read (1822-1898) —
also known as S. T. Read —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Caroline, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
12, 1822.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1880
(alternate), 1884.
Died in Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich., January
15, 1898 (age 76 years, 3
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Irving Lawrence Colborn (1883-1973) —
also known as Irving L. Colborn —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Nicholsville, Cass
County, Mich., June 27,
1883.
Republican. Poultry
raiser; railroad
car inspector; candidate for Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1922; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Cass County, 1926, 1930;
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from St. Joseph
District, 1961.
Died, in the Cass County Medical
Care Facility, Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich., March
18, 1973 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Riverside
Cemetery
Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan
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Fred E. Phillipson (d. 1929) —
of Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1928.
Died in 1929.
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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East Union
Cemetery
Union, Cass County, Michigan
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Edgar Allan Planck (b. 1868) —
also known as Edgar A. Planck —
of Union, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Lagrange, LaGrange
County, Ind., September
27, 1868.
Republican. Physician;
member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Maccabees;
Gleaners.
Interment at East Union Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1892 to Grace
E. Hartman. |
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Plum Grove
Cemetery
Union, Cass County, Michigan
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Cassius M. Eby (1862-1942) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Porter Township, Cass
County, Mich., July 31,
1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1912,
1940.
Died in Wisconsin, September
16, 1942 (age 80 years, 47
days).
Interment at Plum Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Eby and Margaret (Miller) Eby; married 1883 to Eva
Lucretia Shelhamer; married to Estelle Hitchcock; first cousin twice
removed of Harry
S. Eby. |
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Crane
Cemetery
Volinia, Cass County, Michigan
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George Newton (1810-1883) —
of Volinia, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Preble
County, Ohio, August
10, 1810.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1858-59.
English
ancestry.
Died in Volinia, Cass
County, Mich., January
23, 1883 (age 72 years, 166
days).
Interment at Crane Cemetery.
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James Newton (1777-1844) —
of Cass
County, Mich.
Born in England,
December, 1777.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 12th District, 1835;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1837-39.
English
ancestry.
Died in Cass
County, Mich., September
20, 1844 (age 66 years, 0
days).
Interment at Crane Cemetery.
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