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Osceola County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Osceola County

Index to Locations Evart Forest Hill Cemetery Hersey Hersey Cemetery LeRoy Maple Hill Cemetery Reed City Woodland Cemetery Forest Hill Cemetery Evart, Osceola County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   George W. Minchin (1854-1929) — of Evart, Osceola County, Mich. Born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., August 3, 1854. Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896. Died September 21, 1929 (age 75 years, 49 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Alice M. Bennett; father of Flora Min Minchin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Flora Min Minchin (1883-1932) — also known as Flora M. Minchin — of Evart, Osceola County, Mich. Born April 1, 1883. Republican. Member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1919. Female. Died December 7, 1932 (age 49 years, 250 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of George W. Minchin and Alice (Bennett) Minchin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Vernal Rosecranz Davy (1862-1959) — also known as V. R. Davy — of Evart, Osceola County, Mich. Born in Warren, Macomb County, Mich., August 17, 1862. Republican. Merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912. Died, of a cerebral embolism, April 19, 1959 (age 96 years, 245 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Isaiah Josiah Davy and Sophronia (Denison) Davy. Hersey Cemetery Hersey, Osceola County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Paul F. Voelker (b. 1875) — of Michigan. Born in Evart, Osceola County, Mich., September 20, 1875. Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; college professor; president of Olivet College, 1920-24; Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1933-35; defeated, 1935. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Delta. Interment at Hersey Cemetery. Maple Hill Cemetery LeRoy, Osceola County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Harry B. Werner (1889-1964) — of Rose Lake Township, Osceola County, Mich. Born in Rose Lake Township, Osceola County, Mich., January 30, 1889. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Osceola District, 1949-54; defeated in primary, 1956; candidate for Michigan state senate 28th District, 1954. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Farm Bureau. Died in 1964 (age about 75 years). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. Woodland Cemetery Reed City, Osceola County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Lorenzo Abel Barker (1839-1915) — also known as Lorenzo A. Barker; Ren Barker — of Reed City, Osceola County, Mich. Born in Naples, Ontario County, N.Y., August 16, 1839. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900. Died in Reed City, Osceola County, Mich., November 29, 1915 (age 76 years, 105 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.

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