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Cass County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cass County

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 Politicians buried here:   James O'Dell — of Cassopolis, Cass County, Mich. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 12th District, 1835; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Cass County, 1835-36, 1838. Interment at Birch Lake Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Emeline East. Prospect Hill Cemetery Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of Henry Kimmerle and Mary (Huehn) Kimmerle; married 1882 to Ella Minerva Dunning.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Joshua Berkey and Barbara (Mahan) Berkey; married, June 8, 1911, to Olive K. Gard.   Berkey Hall, a classroom and office building at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   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.   Relatives: Married, August 3, 1906, to Jane Elizabeth Jerome. Riverside Cemetery Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Uncle of Herbert E. Phillipson Jr.. East Union Cemetery Union, Cass County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Married 1892 to Grace E. Hartman. Plum Grove Cemetery Union, Cass County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   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.   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.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Crane Cemetery Volinia, Cass County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of James Newton and Mary Newton; married 1837 to Esther Green.   Newton Woods (original oak-hickory forest, a National Natural Landmark), in Volinia, Michigan, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Married to Mary Newton; father of George Newton.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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