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Montcalm County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Montcalm County

Index to Locations Crystal Crystal Cemetery Day Township McBride Cemetery Edmore Vinewood Cemetery Greenville Forest Home Cemetery Greenville Forest Rose Cemetery Sidney South Sidney Cemetery Stanton Forest Hill Cemetery Crystal Cemetery Crystal, Montcalm County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Cornelius DeYoung (1860-1947) — of Crystal, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., January 23, 1860. Republican. Merchant; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1909-10. Died in Crystal, Montcalm County, Mich., 1947 (age about 87 years). Interment at Crystal Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial McBride Cemetery Day Township, Montcalm County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Mint Wiebe Naura Nauta (1887-1968) — also known as Mint Nauta — of Wayne County, Mich. Born in McBride, Montcalm County, Mich., February 14, 1887. Socialist. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Michigan state board of agriculture, 1929; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1932, 1940, 1944; candidate for Michigan state senate 21st District, 1934, 1936, 1938; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1948. Died in Stanton, Montcalm County, Mich., July 10, 1968 (age 81 years, 147 days). Interment at McBride Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Tressa (Dehann) Nauta and William Wiebe Nauta; married to Myrtle Nauta.   Judson Seymour (1858-1915) — of Day Township, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Kent County, Mich., November 14, 1858. Farmer; candidate for Michigan state senate 18th District, 1910, 1914. Died, from stomach cancer, in Day Township, Montcalm County, Mich., October 11, 1915 (age 56 years, 331 days). Interment at McBride Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Wilson Seymour and Mary (Konkle) Seymour.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Myrtle Nauta (1901-1987) — of Wayne County, Mich. Born February 17, 1901. Socialist. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1940, 1944. Female. Died in 1987 (age about 86 years). Interment at McBride Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Mint Wiebe Naura Nauta. Vinewood Cemetery Edmore, Montcalm County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Leslie T. Barber (1886-1951) — of Edmore, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in St. Louis, Gratiot County, Mich., March 11, 1886. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1933-34; defeated, 1934. Died in 1951 (age about 65 years). Interment at Vinewood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David Barber and Ida Barber; married 1906 to Lulu M. Newberry.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Forest Home Cemetery Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   John Avery (1824-1914) — of Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., February 29, 1824. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1869-70; U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1893-97. Died in Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich., January 21, 1914 (age 89 years, 0 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Avery and Susan Mitchel (Cooper) Avery; married, May 8, 1851, to Jane H. Ewell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Edward Jonathan Bowman (1871-1935) — also known as Edward J. Bowman — of Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Oakfield, Kent County, Mich., November 30, 1871. Republican. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1914, 1922-30. Methodist. Died September 18, 1935 (age 63 years, 292 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nelson Bowers Bowman and Nancy (Bowman) Bowman; married, October 19, 1898, to Alice Cowin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Clinton Ellsworth (1824-1899) — of Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin County, Vt., January 29, 1824. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Montcalm District, 1853-54; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1877-79. Died in Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich., June 25, 1899 (age 75 years, 147 days). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William H. Bradley (1859-1925) — of Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Spencer Township, Kent County, Mich., February 26, 1859. Republican. Wholesale grocer; mayor of Greenville, Mich., 1908-09; member of Michigan state senate 18th District, 1909-12. In 1911, he was accused of bribery by Sherman M. Townsend, a former Sergeant-at-Arms of the state senate; an investigation was conducted; a resolution to expel him from the Senate failed on a vote of 14 to 15. Died in 1925 (age about 66 years). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Claude B. Root (1880-1970) — of Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Calhoun County, Mich., March 6, 1880. Democrat. Osteopath; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1934, 1936, 1950, 1952; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives, 1942 (Montcalm County), 1946 (Montcalm County), 1948 (Montcalm County), 1956 (Montcalm District); member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1949. Died in 1970 (age about 90 years). Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Forest Rose Cemetery Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Francis Oscar Lindquist (1869-1924) — also known as Francis O. Lindquist — of Greenville, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Marinette, Marinette County, Wis., September 27, 1869. Republican. U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1913-15; defeated in primary, 1922. Died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., September 25, 1924 (age 54 years, 364 days). Interment at Forest Rose Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page South Sidney Cemetery Sidney, Montcalm County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Fred O. Olsen (1891-1975) — of Sheridan, Montcalm County, Mich. Born near Sheridan, Montcalm County, Mich., January 20, 1891. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Montcalm District, 1955-64; defeated in primary, 1950. Died in Dunedin, Pinellas County, Fla., January 19, 1975 (age 83 years, 364 days). Interment at South Sidney Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Hans Christainson Olsen and Ana Sofie (Andersen) Olsen; married to Carrie M. Mason.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Forest Hill Cemetery Stanton, Montcalm County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   David Hale Brake (1891-1979) — also known as D. Hale Brake — of Stanton, Montcalm County, Mich. Born in Caledonia, Kent County, Mich., March 5, 1891. Republican. School teacher and principal; farmer; lawyer; Montcalm County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; member of Michigan state senate 25th District, 1935-42; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1942; Michigan state treasurer, 1943-54; defeated, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1954; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1955; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 25th Senatorial District, 1961-62. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Gleaners; Grange; Delta Tau Delta; Delta Sigma Rho; Order of the Coif; Lions; Rotary. Died in Sheridan, Montcalm County, Mich., April 24, 1979 (age 88 years, 50 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David Henry Brake and Bertha Marcia (Hale) Brake; married, January 1, 1917, to Marjorie Naomi Valentine.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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