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Index to Locations
Ishpeming Unknown location
Ishpeming City Cemetery
Ishpeming Ishpeming Cemetery
Marquette Park Cemetery
Marquette Presque Isle Park
Negaunee Negaunee Cemetery
Negaunee Northland Chapel Gardens
Trowbridge Park Holy Cross Cemetery
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Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan
City
Cemetery
Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan
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Horace Olin Young (1850-1917) —
also known as H. Olin Young —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in New Albion, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., August
4, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 2nd
District, 1879-80; Marquette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-96; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1903-13; resigned
1913.
Died in Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., August
5, 1917 (age 67 years, 1
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Ishpeming
Cemetery
Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan
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John Donaldson Voelker (1903-1991) —
also known as John D. Voelker; Robert
Traver —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., June 29,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marquette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1934-52; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1937-39; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1954; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1956-60; appointed 1956; resigned
1960.
Author
of the best-selling novel Anatomy of a Murder (later a movie
starring Jimmy Stewart), and other books.
Died of a heart
attack, in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., March
18, 1991 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Ishpeming Cemetery.
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John Hosking (1869-1934) —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Camborne, Cornwall, England,
April
9, 1869.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cigar
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 2nd
District, 1923-26.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1934
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Ishpeming Cemetery.
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Park
Cemetery
Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan
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John Wesley Stone (1838-1922) —
also known as John W. Stone —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio, July 18,
1838.
Republican. Lawyer; Allegan
County Clerk, 1860-64; Allegan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1864-70; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
village
president of Allegan, Michigan, 1872-73; circuit
judge in Michigan, 1873-74, 1890-1909 (20th Circuit 1873-74, 25th
Circuit 1890-1909); resigned 1874; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1877-81; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1882-86; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1910-22; died in office 1922; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March
24, 1922 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Edward Breitung (1831-1887) —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Germany,
November
10, 1831.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1873-74;
resigned 1874; member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1877; mayor
of Negaunee, Mich., 1879-80, 1882; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1883-85.
German
ancestry.
Died in Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich., March 3,
1887 (age 55 years, 113
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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George Shiras III (1859-1942) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., January
1, 1859.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 29th District, 1903-05;
defeated, 1890.
Died in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., March
24, 1942 (age 83 years, 82
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery.
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Alfred Peter Swineford (1836-1909) —
also known as Alfred P. Swineford —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.; Sitka,
Alaska; Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, September
14, 1836.
Democrat. Postmaster at Albert
Lea, Minn., 1857-58; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette District, 1871-72;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
mayor
of Marquette, Mich., 1874-75; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1878; Governor
of Alaska District, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President); candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1906.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, October
26, 1909 (age 73 years, 42
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska; cenotaph at Park Cemetery.
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Presque Isle
Park
Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan
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Peter White (1820-1908) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1820.
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer;
banker;
founder of Cleveland Cliffs mining
company; postmaster at Carp
River, Mich., 1851-56; Marquette,
Mich., 1856; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1857-58;
member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1875-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1876,
1888,
1896;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1882; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1904-08; died in office 1908.
Died in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., 1908
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Presque Isle Park.
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Negaunee
Cemetery
Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan
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Alexander Maitland (1844-1925) —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
June
20, 1844.
Republican. Mining
executive; mayor
of Negaunee, Mich., 1889; member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1897-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1903-06.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died June 12,
1925 (age 80 years, 357
days).
Interment at Negaunee Cemetery.
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John Quincy Adams (1837-1913) —
also known as John Q. Adams —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
2, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; Marquette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1883-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar.
Died February
25, 1913 (age 75 years, 115
days).
Interment at Negaunee Cemetery.
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Northland Chapel
Gardens
Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan
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Dominic J. Jacobetti (1920-1994) —
also known as D. J. Jacobetti; "Pooga";
"King Jake" —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich., July 20,
1920.
Democrat. Representative,
United Steelworkers of America; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-94 (Marquette County
1955-64, 108th District 1965-92, 109th District 1993-94); died in
office 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1960,
1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, United
Steelworkers of America; Moose; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions.
Died November
28, 1994 (age 74 years, 131
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Northland Chapel Gardens.
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Holy Cross
Cemetery
Trowbridge Park, Marquette County, Michigan
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Richard Charles Flannigan (1857-1928) —
also known as Richard C. Flannigan —
of Norway, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich., December
12, 1857.
Lawyer;
Marquette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82, 1885-86; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1888;
mayor of Norway, Mich., 1891; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 31st District,
1907-08; circuit
judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1910-27; appointed 1910;
resigned 1927; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1927-28; appointed 1927; died in
office 1928; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928; died in office
1928.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of cancer,
in a hospital
at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
17, 1928 (age 70 years, 67
days).
Entombed at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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