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Oceana County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Oceana County

Index to Locations Claybanks Township Claybanks Cemetery Hart Hart Cemetery Pentwater Unknown location Shelby Mt. Hope Cemetery Claybanks Cemetery Claybanks Township, Oceana County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Alexander S. Anderson (1811-1879) — of Claybanks Township, Oceana County, Mich. Born in Maine, March 23, 1811. Lumber business; farmer; Oceana County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 1859-60; Oceana County Treasurer, 1861-62. Died in Claybanks Township, Oceana County, Mich., December 29, 1879 (age 68 years, 281 days). Interment at Claybanks Cemetery. Hart Cemetery Hart, Oceana County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Charles F. Lewis (1856-1942) — of Pentwater, Oceana County, Mich. Born in Lyons, Ionia County, Mich., November 11, 1856. Republican. Hardware store owner; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1923-26, 1929-30 (Oceana County 1923-26, Newaygo District 1929-30); defeated in primary, 1930. Died in Pentwater, Oceana County, Mich., January 8, 1942 (age 85 years, 58 days). Interment at Hart Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Emerson Lewis and Ann Ely (Tufts) Lewis; married to Lizzie Loretta Webb.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Unknown Location Pentwater, Oceana County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Frank A. Jensen (d. 1948) — of Illinois. Democrat. Candidate for Illinois superintendent of public instruction, 1938; University of Illinois trustee; elected 1938. Died in 1948. Interment somewhere. Mt. Hope Cemetery Shelby, Oceana County, Michigan See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: Thomas Read (1881-1962) — of Shelby, Oceana County, Mich. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., May 28, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1915-20; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1919-20; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary, 1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1924, 1940; member of Michigan state senate 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Michigan state attorney general, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950. Congregationalist. English and Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Rotary. Died in 1962 (age about 81 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Read (1841-1911) and Jane (Davidson) Read; married, March 20, 1915, to Ethel Katherine White.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Michigan Manual 1939   Walter Henry Churchill (1838-1900) — also known as Walter H. Churchill — of Shelby, Oceana County, Mich. Born in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., April 27, 1838. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster; supervisor, Shelby Township, 1866, 1885; hardware business; boot and shoe merchant; banker; Oceana County Probate Judge, 1889-92. Died, from intestinal adhesions, in Shelby Township, Oceana County, Mich., June 23, 1900 (age 62 years, 57 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Churchill and Eliza Churchill; married 1859 to Jane P. Green; married 1869 to Lucada A. Carter; married 1874 to Sarah A. Hamlin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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