The Political Graveyard: Mecosta County, Mich.

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Mecosta County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Mecosta County

Index to Locations

Highland View Cemetery
Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (1853-1928) — also known as Woodbridge N. Ferris; "The Big Rapids Schoolmaster"; "The Good Grey Governor" — of Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich. Born in a log cabin near Spencer, Tioga County, N.Y., January 6, 1853. Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; founder and president, Ferris Institute, later Ferris State University; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1892; candidate for Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1902; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1907; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912 (Honorary Vice-President), 1916, 1924; Governor of Michigan, 1913-16; defeated, 1904, 1920; president, Big Rapids Savings Bank; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1923-28; died in office 1928; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1924. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in Washington, D.C., March 23, 1928 (age 75 years, 77 days). Interment at Highland View Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of John Ferris, Jr. and Estella (Reed) Ferris; married 1874 to Helen Frances Gillespie; married 1921 to Mary Ethel McCloud.
		Ferris State University, in Big Rapids, Michigan, is named for him.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography

Gerrit Masselink (d. 1929) — of Michigan. Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1910 (Prohibition), 1926 (Democratic); Progressive candidate for Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1913, 1915; Democratic candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1918. Died in 1929. Interment at Highland View Cemetery.

Relatives: Married to Lavina M. Masselink.

Lavina M. Masselink — of Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich. Democrat. Member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1937; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1938-43. Female. Interment at Highland View Cemetery.

Relatives: Married to Gerrit Masselink.

Aaron Wetzell Miles (1875-1965) — also known as Aaron W. Miles; Paddy Miles — of Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich. Born in Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pa., December 6, 1875. Cigar manufacturer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Mecosta County, 1919-24; defeated (Progressive), 1914; postmaster at Big Rapids, Mich., 1924-36; Mecosta County Probate Judge, 1937-56. German and Irish ancestry. Member, Elks. Died, in Mecosta Memorial Hospital, Stanwood, Mecosta County, Mich., March 1, 1965 (age 89 years, 85 days). Interment at Highland View Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of George Davis Miles and Caroline (Wetzell) Miles; married to Emma Knopf; father of Robert L. Miles.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Charles M. Darrah (1831-1903) — of Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich. Born in 1831. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Mecosta County, 1876. Died in 1903 (age about 72 years). Interment at Highland View Cemetery.

Robert L. Miles (1911-1982) — of Michigan. Born September 8, 1911. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for Michigan state senate 25th District, 1946, 1954; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 27th Circuit, 1959. Died in Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Mich., May 11, 1982 (age 70 years, 245 days). Interment at Highland View Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Emma (Knopf) Miles and Aaron Wetzell Miles.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Wambold Cemetery
Remus, Mecosta County, Michigan

Politicians buried here:

Aaron Amon (1859-1933) — of Remus, Mecosta County, Mich. Born in Waterloo County, Ontario, November 5, 1859. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Mecosta County, 1915-18; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1919-22. German ancestry. Died in 1933 (age about 73 years). Interment at Wambold Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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