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Isabella County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Isabella County

Index to Locations Mt. Pleasant Calvary Cemetery Mt. Pleasant Chippewa Township Cemetery Mt. Pleasant Mt. Pleasant Memorial Gardens Mt. Pleasant Riverside Cemetery Shepherd Salt River Cemetery Calvary Cemetery Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Harry John Kane (1860-1925) — also known as Harry J. Kane — of Isabella County, Mich. Born in Middlesex County, Ontario, September 20, 1860. Republican. Isabella County Sheriff, 1891-94; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1905-08. Died November 17, 1925 (age 65 years, 58 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert T. Kane (1877-1973) — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in 1877. Mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1934, 1946. Died in 1973 (age about 96 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   T. Malcolm McShea (1907-1963) — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in 1907. Mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1948. Died in 1963 (age about 56 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Keenan (1871-1951) — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Canada, 1871. Democrat. Candidate for mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1915. Died in 1951 (age about 80 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Chippewa Township Cemetery Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Palmer Landon (1873-1953) — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Chippewa Township, Isabella County, Mich., February 5, 1873. Republican. Farmer; cheesemaker; Isabella County Sheriff, 1907-10, 1921-24, 1933-34; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1939-48 (Isabella County 1939-44, Isabella District 1945-48); defeated in primary, 1948. Member, Gleaners. Died in 1953 (age about 80 years). Interment at Chippewa Township Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John T. Landon and Martha (Andress) Landon; married 1891 to Mary Hall.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mt. Pleasant Memorial Gardens Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Norman X. Lyon (1907-1991) — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born April 24, 1907. Mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1950-51. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., September 29, 1991 (age 84 years, 158 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Memorial Gardens.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Riverside Cemetery Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Francis Henry Dodds (1858-1940) — also known as Francis H. Dodds — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born near Waddington, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., June 9, 1858. Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1909-13; defeated, 1912. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., December 23, 1940 (age 82 years, 197 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Dodds and Catharine (Hoy) Dodds; brother of Peter F. Dodds; married to Mollie Nugent; married 1892 to Harriet A. 'Hattie' Cole; father of Nugent Dodds.   Political family: Dodds family of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Adams Damon (1850-1926) — also known as John A. Damon — of Millington, Tuscola County, Mich.; Weidman, Isabella County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Madison, Lake County, Ohio, June 4, 1850. Republican. Druggist; merchant; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Tuscola County 1st District, 1887-90; Isabella County Treasurer, 1907-10; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1915-18; candidate for mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1920. Scottish and English ancestry. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., July 13, 1926 (age 76 years, 39 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Presumably named for: John Adams   Relatives: Son of George Damon and Mary (Tyler) Damon; married, May 10, 1873, to Ella Gertrude Jewett.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Walter White Russell (1886-1975) — also known as Walter W. Russell — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., October 9, 1886. Democrat. School teacher; mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1916-18; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936 (alternate), 1948. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., February 7, 1975 (age 88 years, 121 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles T. Russell and Nettie M. (White) Russell; married, December 15, 1913, to Louise B. Bennett.   Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) — also known as Samuel W. Hopkins — of Coventry, Tolland County, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Exeter, Washington County, R.I., April 1, 1845. School teacher; lawyer; real estate developer; Isabella County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80; candidate for village president of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877; chair of Isabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884; president, Mount Pleasant Sugar Company; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic), 1914 (Progressive). Unitarian. English ancestry. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., August 20, 1923 (age 78 years, 141 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Hopkins and Freelove Burlingame (Arnold) Hopkins; married, December 10, 1873, to Margaretta Vedder.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   George Roland Denison (1919-2003) — also known as G. R. Denison — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, June 14, 1919. Mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1956-57. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., January 13, 2003 (age 83 years, 213 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Dalton Young Denison and Marcella Winifred (Spencer) Denison.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Casimir Leaton (d. 1894) — also known as John C. Leaton — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Village president of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1879-80. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., December 30, 1894. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Evan S. Weidman (d. 1949) — of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932. Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., December 23, 1949. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. Salt River Cemetery Shepherd, Isabella County, Michigan See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Andrew Clark Bandeen (1858-1945) — also known as Andrew C. Bandeen — of Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio; Chippewa Township, Isabella County, Mich.; Isabella County, Mich. Born in Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, May 9, 1858. Candidate in Republican primary for Michigan state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1926; Prohibition candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1931. Scottish ancestry. Died in Shelby County, Ky., January 16, 1945 (age 86 years, 252 days). Interment at Salt River Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Bandeen and Jane (Clark) Bandeen; married, June 28, 1882, to Emma Ruth Loomis; married, September 21, 1902, to Anna Vesta (Burk) Seiple; married to Julia R. Allyn.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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