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Huron County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Huron County

Index to Locations Bad Axe Colfax Cemetery Bay Port New Bay Port Cemetery Brookfield Township Grant Cemetery Caseville Caseville Cemetery Chandler Township Chandler Township Cemetery Harbor Beach Our Lady of Lake Huron Cemetery Harbor Beach Rock Falls Cemetery Harbor Beach Sand Lake Cemetery Sebewaing Memorial Cemetery Sebewaing Northlawn Cemetery White Rock White Rock Cemetery Colfax Cemetery Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Wager F. Clunis (1902-1978) — of Elkton, Huron County, Mich. Born August 27, 1902. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1962; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968. Died in Bay City, Bay County, Mich., October 18, 1978 (age 76 years, 52 days). Interment at Colfax Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Samuel H. Pangborn (1874-1960) — of Bad Axe, Huron County, Mich. Born near Bad Axe, Huron County, Mich., June 29, 1874. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1938. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died April 24, 1960 (age 85 years, 300 days). Interment at Colfax Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry F. Pangborn and Mary Ann (Noonan) Pangborn; married to Jessie A. McAllister.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Glen Kirk Haley (1910-1992) — also known as G. Kirk Haley — of Bad Axe, Huron County, Mich. Born in Bad Axe, Huron County, Mich., November 17, 1910. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1947-50. Member, Delta Tau Delta; American Legion. Died February 10, 1992 (age 81 years, 85 days). Interment at Colfax Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Haley and Nellie (Kirkpatrick) Haley; married to Bernice Cooper.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial New Bay Port Cemetery Bay Port, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here: Sanford A. Brown (1909-1986) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Bay Port, Huron County, Mich., May 18, 1909. Democrat. Michigan state treasurer, 1955-65; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956, 1964; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1964; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives 57th District, 1968. Died in Bay Port, Huron County, Mich., June 26, 1986 (age 77 years, 39 days). Interment at New Bay Port Cemetery.   Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58 Grant Cemetery Brookfield Township, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Edmund Good (1906-1986) — of Huron County, Mich. Born in 1906. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1961-64; defeated in primary, 1964; candidate for Michigan state senate 28th District, 1966. Died in 1986 (age about 80 years). Interment at Grant Cemetery. Caseville Cemetery Caseville, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Luke S. Johnson (1847-1910) — of Caseville, Huron County, Mich. Born in Avon, Lorain County, Ohio, December 30, 1847. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1891-92; defeated, 1898, 1906. Died December 17, 1910 (age 62 years, 352 days). Interment at Caseville Cemetery. Chandler Township Cemetery Chandler Township, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Gustav A. Braun (1865-1941) — also known as Gus A. Braun — of Huron County, Mich. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., March 15, 1865. Republican. Painting and decorating business; farmer; Huron County Treasurer, 1911-14; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1923-30; defeated in primary, 1930, 1932. German ancestry. Died in 1941 (age about 76 years). Interment at Chandler Township Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Our Lady of Lake Huron Cemetery Harbor Beach, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Frank Murphy (1890-1949) — also known as William Francis Murphy; Francis William Murphy — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Sand Beach (now Harbor Beach), Huron County, Mich., April 13, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1920; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1924-30; resigned 1930; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1930-33; Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936; Governor of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1936; U.S. Attorney General, 1939-40; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1940-49; died in office 1949; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from a heart attack, at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 19, 1949 (age 59 years, 97 days). Interment at Our Lady of Lake Huron Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John F. Murphy and Mary (Brennan) Murphy; brother of Harold John Murphy (who married Irene Ellis Murphy).   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Rock Falls Cemetery Harbor Beach, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   James Helme Lincoln (1916-2011) — also known as James H. Lincoln — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich. Born in Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich., August 26, 1916. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II; candidate for mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1953; candidate for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1957, 1959; Wayne County Probate Judge, 1960-77; candidate for Michigan state board of education, 1980. Died in Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich., July 23, 2011 (age 94 years, 331 days). Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Esther Elizabeth (Hoare) Lincoln and Burr Buchanan Lincoln; married, June 21, 1941, to Mary F. Kimmerling; grandson of Lansing Edgar Lincoln; second cousin four times removed of Levi Lincoln; third cousin thrice removed of Levi Lincoln Jr. and Enoch Lincoln.   Political families: Lincoln-Lee family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The James H. Lincoln Hall of Juvenile Justice, in Detroit, Michigan, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Bela Whipple Jenks (1849-1930) — also known as Bela W. Jenks — of Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich. Born in Essex County, N.Y., July 18, 1849. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1905-08; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1911. Welsh ancestry. Died in 1930 (age about 80 years). Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Alma Stafford.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edwin William Klump (b. 1886) — also known as Edwin W. Klump — of Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich. Born in Riga, Lenawee County, Mich., January 2, 1886. Republican. Druggist; postmaster; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1947-50; defeated in primary, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1952. Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1908 to Ada Collison.   Robert John Conger (1924-2002) — also known as Robert J. Conger — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 3, 1924. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; advertising business; radio and television pioneer; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1962. Lutheran. Died, in the Bon Secour Nursing Center in Sterling Heights, Macomb County, Mich., December 21, 2002 (age 78 years, 48 days). Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alpheus George Conger and Zeralda (Stockton) Conger; married, June 1, 1945, to Dorothy Caroline Fuhrman; second cousin thrice removed of Anson Griffith Conger and Harmon Sweatland Conger; second cousin four times removed of Hugh Conger; third cousin thrice removed of Omar Dwight Conger, Moore Conger, Chauncey Stewart Conger and Frederick Ward Conger; fourth cousin once removed of Edward Augustus Conger.   Political families: Conger family of New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Jeremiah Jenks — of Huron County, Mich. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery. Sand Lake Cemetery Harbor Beach, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Gordon Gempel (d. 2006) — of Harbor Beach, Huron County, Mich. Republican. Member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1979. Died April 21, 2006. Interment at Sand Lake Cemetery. Memorial Cemetery Sebewaing, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Godfried Ernest Gettel (1871-1949) — also known as Godfried Gettel — of Sebewaing, Huron County, Mich. Born in Sebewaing, Huron County, Mich., February 26, 1871. Republican. Farmer; banker; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Huron County, 1915-18, 1921-22; member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1923-26; defeated in primary, 1926; Huron County Road Commissioner, 1930-42. Brethren. German ancestry. Suffered a stroke while driving a tractor, and died ten days later, in Sebewaing, Huron County, Mich., October 13, 1949 (age 78 years, 229 days). Interment at Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Gettel and Catherine (Ebert) Gettel; married, January 7, 1897, to Frances 'Frankie' Thompson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Northlawn Cemetery Sebewaing, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Loren Simon Armbruster (1917-1995) — also known as Loren S. Armbruster — of Caro, Tuscola County, Mich. Born in Sebewaing, Huron County, Mich., December 5, 1917. Republican. School teacher; agricultural extension agent; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; member of Michigan state house of representatives 84th District, 1973-82. Lutheran. Died in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich., August 21, 1995 (age 77 years, 259 days). Interment at Northlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, September 10, 1943, to Edna Golden. White Rock Cemetery White Rock, Huron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Lucille H. McCollough (1905-1996) — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in White Rock, Huron County, Mich., December 30, 1905. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1955-82 (Wayne County 16th District 1955-64, 31st District 1965-82); defeated, 1982. Female. Presbyterian. Member, League of Women Voters. Died March 14, 1996 (age 90 years, 75 days). Interment at White Rock Cemetery.   Relatives: Mother of Patrick H. McCollough.

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