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Iron County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Iron County

Index to Locations Crystal Falls Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Iron River Unknown location Iron River Iron River Cemetery Iron River Stambaugh Cemetery Mapleton Bates Township Cemetery Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Crystal Falls, Iron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Charles Henry Watson (1870-1938) — of Michigan. Born in Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y., October 28, 1870. Iron County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 31st District, 1907-08. Died in 1938 (age about 67 years). Interment at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. Unknown Location Iron River, Iron County, Michigan Iron River Cemetery Iron River, Iron County, Michigan See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Patrick O'Brien (1858-1933) — of Iron River, Iron County, Mich. Born in Pennsylvania, March 9, 1858. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Iron District, 1915-24; chair of Iron County Republican Party, 1923. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died, from nephritis and myocarditis, in Iron River, Iron County, Mich., January 10, 1933 (age 74 years, 307 days). Interment at Iron River Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1885 to Georgie E. Elliott.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Stambaugh Cemetery Iron River, Iron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Harold A. Lindahl (1896-1965) — of Iron River, Iron County, Mich. Born November 12, 1896. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Prohibition candidate for Michigan state senate 31st District, 1942; Prohibition candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1944, 1946, 1952, 1954, 1956; member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1947; Prohibition candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1947; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Prohibition candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1950; vice-chair of Michigan Prohibition Party, 1953; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1958. Member, American Legion. Died February 25, 1965 (age 68 years, 105 days). Interment at Stambaugh Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Bates Township Cemetery Mapleton, Iron County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Carl Gottfred Lindquist (1896-1993) — also known as Carl G. Lindquist; "Iron Man" — of Iron River, Iron County, Mich. Born in Norway, Dickinson County, Mich., December 9, 1896. Republican. Dairy farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1941-54 (Iron County 1941-44, Iron District 1945-54); defeated, 1954, 1962; candidate for Michigan state senate 31st District, 1956; candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Iron District, 1961. Lutheran. Swedish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; American Association of Retired Persons. Died, in Crystal Manor nursing home, Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich., March 9, 1993 (age 96 years, 90 days). Interment at Bates Township Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Aldo Lindquist and Hannah Lindquist; married, August 21, 1929, to Sylvia Peterson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Victor Gustave Benson (1873-1939) — also known as Victor Benson — of Iron River, Iron County, Mich. Born in Sweden, December 22, 1873. Republican. Farmer; miller; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Iron County, 1939; defeated, 1936; died in office 1939. Swedish ancestry. Died, from a bladder ailment, in Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., April 26, 1939 (age 65 years, 125 days). Interment at Bates Township Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1901 to Hilda Catherine Anderson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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