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Emmet County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Emmet County

Index to Locations Harbor Springs Lakeview Cemetery Petoskey Greenwood Cemetery Lakeview Cemetery Harbor Springs, Emmet County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Andrew L. Deuel (1850-1926) — of Harbor Springs, Emmet County, Mich. Born in Oakland County, Mich., August 23, 1850. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; real estate and insurance business; Emmet County Prosecuting Attorney; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1904; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 29th District, 1907-08; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Emmet County, 1917-20. Died in 1926 (age about 75 years). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. Greenwood Cemetery 111 Greenwood Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   William Smith Mesick (1856-1942) — also known as William S. Mesick — of Mancelona, Antrim County, Mich. Born in Newark, Wayne County, N.Y., August 26, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1897-1901; defeated, 1900. Died in Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich., December 1, 1942 (age 86 years, 97 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John J. Reycraft (1867-1931) — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in 1867. Democrat. Mayor of Petoskey, Mich., 1909-11, 1913-14; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1916. Died in 1931 (age about 64 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Benjamin Howard Halstead (1876-1943) — also known as Benjamin H. Halstead — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa, September 7, 1876. Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1921; candidate for Michigan state board of education, 1929; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1932; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1934-39; defeated, 1925, 1939, 1941; circuit judge in Michigan 33rd Circuit, 1941-43; appointed 1941; died in office 1943. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Rotary; Freemasons. Died October 19, 1943 (age 67 years, 42 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Terry Halstead and Priscilla Antoinette (Howard) Halstead; married, December 26, 1902, to Maud Warren Fuller.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Lovinus Curtis (1842-1913) — also known as William L. Curtis — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in 1842. Republican. Village president of Petoskey, Michigan, 1884-85; member of Michigan state senate 29th District, 1903-06. Died in 1913 (age about 71 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Isaac DeGraff Toll (1818-1908) — also known as Isaac D. Toll; "The General" — of Fawn River, St. Joseph County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in Glenville, Schenectady County, N.Y., December 1, 1818. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Michigan state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1846; member of Michigan state senate 4th District, 1847; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; village president of Petoskey, Michigan, 1881-83; postmaster at Petoskey, Mich., 1887. Dutch ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died, from pneumonia, in Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich., March 27, 1908 (age 89 years, 117 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Philip Ryley Toll and Nancy (DeGraff) Toll; nephew of John Isaac De Graff.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George Edwin Reycraft (1874-1925) — also known as George E. Reycraft — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in 1874. Democrat. Mayor of Petoskey, Mich., 1903-04, 1905-08. Died in 1925 (age about 51 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Yorgen Jesperson (1878-1957) — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born near Hadersleben, Denmark, April 14, 1878. Republican. Telegraph operator; restaurant owner; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Emmet District, 1939-44; defeated in primary, 1936, 1944. Died in 1957 (age about 79 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1910 to Edith Walrond.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George W. McCabe (1871-1935) — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in Antrim County, Mich., February 22, 1871. Democrat. Hardware merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1904 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate for Michigan state senate 29th District, 1922; postmaster at Petoskey, Mich., 1933-35 (acting, 1933-34). Irish ancestry. Suffered a fatal heart attack at his desk, in the Petoskey Post Office, Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich., June 7, 1935 (age 64 years, 105 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas M. McCabe and Annie (Ryan) McCabe; married, December 26, 1906, to Georgia McKinley; married, February 5, 1927, to Clara Teressa Galster.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Buckley (1840-1911) — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born December 19, 1840. Postmaster at Petoskey, Mich., 1891, 1901; mayor of Petoskey, Mich., 1895-96. Died June 15, 1911 (age 70 years, 178 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Derk DeRuiter (d. 1913) — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in Netherlands. Republican. Mayor of Petoskey, Mich., 1908-09. Died in 1913. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin Terry Halstead (1850-1917) — also known as Benjamin T. Halstead — of Michigan. Born in 1850. Democrat. Candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 33rd Circuit, 1899, 1911; candidate for Michigan state board of agriculture, 1909. Died in 1917 (age about 67 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Priscilla Antoinette Howard; father of Benjamin Howard Halstead.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John R. Davis (1841-1924) — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in 1841. Village president of Petoskey, Michigan, 1894-95. Member, Freemasons. Died February 4, 1924 (age about 82 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Marion F. Quaintance (1855-1934) — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in 1855. Mayor of Petoskey, Mich., 1897-98. Died in 1934 (age about 79 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   John L. A. Galster (1879-1960) — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in Boyne Falls, Charlevoix County, Mich., May 11, 1879. Republican. Insurance business; organinzer, treasurer, general manager, Petoskey Portland Cement Co.; mayor of Petoskey, Mich., 1921-25; Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1925; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1927, 1947-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928, 1940. Presbyterian. Died in Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich., 1960 (age about 81 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Galster and Louise (Daur) Galster; married to Lorene Buell.   Chester A. Crago (1908-1994) — of Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich. Born in Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich., June 23, 1908. Grocer; mayor of Petoskey, Mich., 1955-59. United Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Died, in Sun Grove Care Center, Peoria, Maricopa County, Ariz., May 16, 1994 (age 85 years, 327 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Archibald J. Crago and May L. (Winters) Crago; married, April 20, 1929, to Maybelle Garland.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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