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Mason County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Mason County

Index to Locations Free Soil Maple Grove Cemetery Ludington Unknown location Ludington Lakeview Cemetery Ludington Pere Marquette Cemetery Scottville Brookside Cemetery Maple Grove Cemetery Freesoil Road Free Soil, Mason County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Rupert B. Stephens (1907-1966) — of Manistee, Manistee County, Mich. Born in 1907. Circuit judge in Michigan 19th Circuit, 1957-66; died in office 1966. Died January 22, 1966 (age about 58 years). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.   Rupert Stephens Sr. (1873-1952) — of Free Soil, Mason County, Mich.; Scottville, Mason County, Mich. Born in Chatham, Ontario, February 22, 1873. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant; postmaster; furniture and undertaking business; Mason County Coroner; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1939-48 (Mason County 1939-44, Mason District 1945-48). Died in 1952 (age about 79 years). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1896 to Edna M. Baxter. Unknown Location Ludington, Mason County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Justus Smith Stearns (1845-1933) — also known as Justus S. Stearns — of Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in Pomfret town, Chautauqua County, N.Y., April 10, 1845. Republican. Lumber business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; secretary of state of Michigan, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1928 (Convention Vice-President). Died in Ludington, Mason County, Mich., February 14, 1933 (age 87 years, 310 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of Heman S. Stearns; married 1869 to Paulina Lyon. Lakeview Cemetery Ludington, Mason County, Michigan Founded 1873 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Harrison H. Wheeler (1839-1896) — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich.; Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in Farmers Creek, Lapeer County, Mich., March 22, 1839. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded, and lost the use of his left arm; Bay County Clerk, 1866; member of Michigan state senate, 1871-72, 1873-74 (27th District 1871-72, 24th District 1873-74); circuit judge in Michigan 19th Circuit, 1874-78; resigned 1878; postmaster at Ludington, Mich., 1878-82; U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1891-93; defeated, 1892. Died in Farmers Creek, Lapeer County, Mich., July 28, 1896 (age 57 years, 128 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Jane B. Toncrey.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Seth A. Davey (1903-1976) — of Alma, Gratiot County, Mich.; Belding, Ionia County, Mich. Born in 1903. Minister; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1944; Prohibition candidate for Michigan state senate, 1946 (15th District), 1948 (25th District), 1958 (25th District); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950. Died in 1976 (age about 73 years). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Samuel D. Haight (1839-1880) — of Michigan. Born November 16, 1839. Circuit judge in Michigan 19th Circuit, 1879-80; died in office 1880. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died February 25, 1880 (age 40 years, 101 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Enoch Ernest Anderson (1891-1937) — also known as Enoch Anderson — of Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in Ludington, Mason County, Mich., August 14, 1891. Democrat. Insurance agent; mayor of Ludington, Mich., 1936; candidate for Michigan state senate 26th District, 1936. Lutheran. Member, Eagles. Died in 1937 (age about 45 years). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of August Anderson and Elizabeth Anderson; married, July 13, 1926, to Nora Haucke.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Addison A. Keiser (1871-1959) — of Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in 1871. Republican. Mayor of Ludington, Mich.; elected 1914, 1915. Died in 1959 (age about 88 years). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Ludington Daily News, April 7, 1914   Raymond A. Plank (1916-1977) — also known as Ray Plank — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich.; Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in Elsie, Clinton County, Mich., January 4, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; owner of radio stations; candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1958; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Mason District, 1961-62. Methodist. Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles. Died in Ludington, Mason County, Mich., September 17, 1977 (age 61 years, 256 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Ray K. Plank and Pearl (McCall) Plank; married, January 6, 1938, to Mildred Pauline Fink.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Martyn Livingston Agens (1855-1909) — also known as M. Livy Agens — of Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in Orange, Essex County, N.J., June 17, 1855. Republican. Fruit farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Mason County, 1905-09; died in office 1909. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grange; Odd Fellows. Died, from spinal meningitis and pneumonia, in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., March 30, 1909 (age 53 years, 286 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alexander Mason Agens and Georgia (Dean) Agens; married to Eva A. Holmes.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Pierce Dunwell (1852-1912) — also known as Frank P. Dunwell — of Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in Solon, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 8, 1852. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896, 1904; postmaster at Ludington, Mich., 1911. Died in Ludington, Mason County, Mich., June 7, 1912 (age 59 years, 365 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Franklin Pierce   Relatives: Son of George Dunwell and Electra (Tinker) Dunwell.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Pere Marquette Cemetery Ludington, Mason County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Michael Buchanan Danaher (1855-1940) — also known as Michael B. Danaher — of Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in Brighton, Racine County, Wis., September 28, 1855. Democrat. Lawyer; Mason County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for mayor of Ludington, Mich., 1910; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928 (alternate), 1932, 1936. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Columbus; Elks. Died in Ludington, Mason County, Mich., January 30, 1940 (age 84 years, 124 days). Interment at Pere Marquette Cemetery. Brookside Cemetery Scottville, Mason County, Michigan Politicians buried here: Lloyd A. Stephens (1898-1974) — of Scottville, Mason County, Mich. Born in Free Soil, Mason County, Mich., December 15, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; funeral director; member of Michigan state senate 26th District, 1957-64; defeated, 1964. Methodist. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Grange; Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died in East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., May 7, 1974 (age 75 years, 143 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery.   Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58   Virgil Adolphus Fitch (1860-1938) — also known as Virgil A. Fitch — of Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Born in Middlebury Township, Shiawassee County, Mich., May 21, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Mason County, 1919-20, 1925-28; defeated in primary, 1930, 1938; Mason County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-24; candidate for Michigan state senate 26th District, 1928; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1932. English and Irish ancestry. Died in Ludington, Mason County, Mich., January 7, 1938 (age 77 years, 231 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Ruth Antoinette (Minor) Fitch and Malcolm Fitch; married to Clara A. Fitch and Effie Boss; second cousin four times removed of Luther Waterman; third cousin thrice removed of David Waterman and Jeremiah Mason; fourth cousin once removed of Joshua Perkins.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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