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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Mason County, Mich.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Stephens (1907-1966) — of Manistee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MT-lived.html">Manistee County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/index.html">1907</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 19th Circuit, 1957-66; died in office 1966. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/01-22.html">January 22, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rupert Stephens Sr. (1873-1952) — of Free Soil, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich.; Scottville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Chatham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-22.html">February 22, 1873</a>. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">furniture</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">undertaking</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-officials.html">Mason County Coroner</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1939-48 (Mason County 1939-44, Mason District 1945-48). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/index.html">1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Edna M. Baxter.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06042">Unknown Location</a> Ludington, Mason County, Michigan <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Justus Smith Stearns (1845-1933) — also known as Justus S. Stearns — of Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Pomfret town, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-born.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/04-10.html">April 10, 1845</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1892-meeting.html">1893</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MI.html">1928</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>). Died in Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-died.html">Mason County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/02-14.html">February 14, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 310 days</a>). Interment somewhere. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Heman S. Stearns; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/">1869</a> to Paulina Lyon.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00169">Lakeview Cemetery</a> Ludington, Mason County, Michigan Founded 1873 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2243984&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harrison H. Wheeler (1839-1896) — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich.; Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Farmers Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LP-born.html">Lapeer County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/03-22.html">March 22, 1839</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost the use of his left arm</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-officials.html">Bay County Clerk</a>, 1866; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1871-72, 1873-74 (27th District 1871-72, 24th District 1873-74); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 19th Circuit, 1874-78; resigned 1878; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ludington.html#2">Ludington, Mich.</a>, 1878-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 9th District, 1891-93; defeated, 1892. Died in Farmers Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LP-died.html">Lapeer County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-28.html">July 28, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Jane B. Toncrey.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000336">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411498">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23602399">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Seth A. Davey (1903-1976) — of Alma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-lived.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich.; Belding, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/index.html">1903</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1944; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a>, 1946 (15th District), 1948 (25th District), 1958 (25th District); Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1948-election.html">1948</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 9th District, 1950; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1952-election.html">1952</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/index.html">1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36896320">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel D. Haight (1839-1880) — of Michigan. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/11-16.html">November 16, 1839</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 19th Circuit, 1879-80; died in office 1880. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/02-25.html">February 25, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 101 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/54083736">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Enoch Ernest Anderson (1891-1937) — also known as Enoch Anderson — of Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-born.html">Mason County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/08-14.html">August 14, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ludington.html">mayor of Ludington, Mich.</a>, 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 26th District, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/index.html">1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">about 45 years</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of August Anderson and Elizabeth Anderson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/07-13.html">July 13, 1926</a>, to Nora Haucke.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/36824263">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/828/21.70.jpg" width=70 height=90 border=0 alt="Addison A. Keiser"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Addison A. Keiser (1871-1959) — of Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/index.html">1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ludington.html">Mayor of Ludington, Mich.</a>; elected 1914, 1915. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/index.html">1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">about 88 years</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/59213055">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Ludington Daily News, April 7, 1914</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Raymond A. Plank (1916-1977) — also known as Ray Plank — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C.; Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich.; Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Elsie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CN-born.html">Clinton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-04.html">January 4, 1916</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; owner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio stations</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1958; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Mason District, 1961-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died in Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-died.html">Mason County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/09-17.html">September 17, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ray K. Plank and Pearl (McCall) Plank; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/01-06.html">January 6, 1938</a>, to Mildred Pauline Fink.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74018377">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=252811">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Martyn Livingston Agens (1855-1909) — also known as M. Livy Agens — of Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Orange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/06-17.html">June 17, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">Fruit</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Mason County, 1905-09; died in office 1909. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">spinal meningitis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/03-30.html">March 30, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 286 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alexander Mason Agens and Georgia (Dean) Agens; married to Eva A. Holmes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/77319799">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Pierce Dunwell (1852-1912) — also known as Frank P. Dunwell — of Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Solon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/06-08.html">June 8, 1852</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MI.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/MI.html">1904</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ludington.html#2">Ludington, Mich.</a>, 1911. Died in Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-died.html">Mason County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-07.html">June 7, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 365 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#149.58.71">Franklin Pierce</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Dunwell and Electra (Tinker) Dunwell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/79484899">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06959">Pere Marquette Cemetery</a> Ludington, Mason County, Michigan <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael Buchanan Danaher (1855-1940) — also known as Michael B. Danaher — of Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Brighton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RA-born.html">Racine County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/09-28.html">September 28, 1855</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-officials.html">Mason County Prosecuting Attorney</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ludington.html">mayor of Ludington, Mich.</a>, 1910; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 9th District, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MI.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MI.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MI.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-died.html">Mason County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/01-30.html">January 30, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 124 days</a>). Interment at Pere Marquette Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07353">Brookside Cemetery</a> Scottville, Mason County, Michigan <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/348/52.70.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="Lloyd A. Stephens"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lloyd A. Stephens (1898-1974) — of Scottville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Free Soil, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-born.html">Mason County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/12-15.html">December 15, 1898</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/funeral.html">funeral director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 26th District, 1957-64; defeated, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in East Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1974/05-07.html">May 7, 1974</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Virgil Adolphus Fitch (1860-1938) — also known as Virgil A. Fitch — of Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Mich. Born in Middlebury Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-born.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/05-21.html">May 21, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Mason County, 1919-20, 1925-28; defeated in primary, 1930, 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-officials.html">Mason County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1923-24; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 26th District, 1928; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1932. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Ludington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MS-died.html">Mason County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/01-07.html">January 7, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at Brookside Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ruth Antoinette (Minor) Fitch and Malcolm Fitch; married to Clara A. Fitch and Effie Boss; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#806.18.65">Luther Waterman</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waterman.html#464.71.05">David Waterman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#998.41.69">Jeremiah Mason</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families:Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11563241">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. 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