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Gogebic County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Gogebic County

Index to Locations Bessemer Hillcrest Cemetery Ironwood Unknown location Ironwood Riverside Cemetery Wakefield Lakeside Cemetery Hillcrest Cemetery Bessemer, Gogebic County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Levi Sampson Rice (1855-1934) — also known as Levi S. Rice — of Bessemer, Gogebic County, Mich. Born in Lapeer County, Mich., November 5, 1855. Democrat. Hotelier; lawyer; postmaster at Bessemer, Mich., 1894-97, 1915-18; candidate for Michigan state senate 32nd District, 1906; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1932. Member, Odd Fellows; Eagles. Died, from stomach cancer and prostate cancer, in Bessemer, Gogebic County, Mich., March 5, 1934 (age 78 years, 120 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Micajah Rice and Maria Olive (Lilley) Rice; married, September 5, 1875, to Lillie Jane Hull.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Unknown Location Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan Riverside Cemetery Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Solomon S. Curry (d. 1929) — of Ironwood, Gogebic County, Mich. Democrat. Fusion candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1886; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1898; member of Michigan Gold Democratic State Central Committee, 1899. Died July 29, 1929. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. Lakeside Cemetery Wakefield, Gogebic County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Joseph P. Cloon (1896-1974) — of Wakefield, Gogebic County, Mich. Born in Aldridge, Park County, Mont., March 12, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; garage business; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Gogebic County, 1936; member of Michigan state senate 31st District, 1943-44, 1947-48, 1951-54; defeated, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1960; candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Gogebic District, 1961. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Elks; Eagles; Rotary. Died in Novi, Oakland County, Mich., May 14, 1974 (age 78 years, 63 days). Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lucas Cloon; married, January 12, 1921, to Margaret Ockstedt.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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