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Menominee County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Menominee County

Index to Locations Menominee Riverside Cemetery Stephenson Township Stephenson Township Cemetery Riverside Cemetery Menominee, Menominee County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Samuel Merritt Stephenson (1831-1907) — also known as Samuel M. Stephenson — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in Hartland, New Brunswick, December 23, 1831. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Delta District, 1877-78; member of Michigan state senate 31st District, 1879-80, 1885-86; Republican Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1880; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1880 (alternate), 1884, 1888; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1889-97 (11th District 1889-93, 12th District 1893-97). Died in Menominee, Menominee County, Mich., July 31, 1907 (age 75 years, 220 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Isaac Stephenson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Michael J. Doyle (1854-1928) — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich.; Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1891-92; resigned 1892; defeated, 1916 (Menominee County); mayor of Menominee, Mich.; elected 1918; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1918; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1920, 1924, 1928; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1922; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1924. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Menominee, Menominee County, Mich., 1928 (age about 74 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Thurman B. Doyle and W. F. Doyle.   Political family: Doyle family of Menominee, Michigan.   Thurman B. Doyle (1896-1974) — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in 1896. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944, 1948; candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1944, 1946; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1947; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 41st Circuit, 1954. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Menominee, Menominee County, Mich., 1974 (age about 78 years). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Michael J. Doyle; brother of W. F. Doyle.   Political family: Doyle family of Menominee, Michigan.   Joseph Flesheim (1848-1900) — of South Haven, Van Buren County, Mich.; Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 8, 1848. Republican. Insurance business; president, Menominee Electric Company, manufacturer of telephone switchboards and equipment; mayor of Menominee, Mich., 1888; member of Michigan state senate, 1891-94 (31st District 1891-92, 30th District 1893-94). German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Facing the failure of his business enterprises, he died by self-inflicted gunshot, in Menominee, Menominee County, Mich., February 26, 1900 (age 51 years, 324 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Flesheim and Babette (Straus) Flesheim; married, February 25, 1875, to Delia Isabella 'Belle' Stephenson.   Frank Erdlitz — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Democrat. Mayor of Menominee, Mich.; elected 1900; candidate for Michigan state senate 30th District, 1902. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Carl McDonald — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1940. Interment at Riverside Cemetery. Stephenson Township Cemetery Stephenson Township, Menominee County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   William J. Oberdorffer Jr. (1855-1957) — of Stephenson Township, Menominee County, Mich. Born in Germany, March 18, 1855. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Menominee County, 1897-1900, 1925-26; defeated in primary, 1926; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1905-11; appointed 1905; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 30th District, 1907-08. Died in 1957 (age about 102 years). Interment at Stephenson Township Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William J. Oberdorffer, Sr.

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