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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Bay 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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Born in County Armagh, Ireland (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/01-03.html">January 3, 1839</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Bay County, 1872; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1874; appointed 1874; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1875-83; appointed 1875; resigned 1883; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1880-81. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/10-31.html">October 31, 1891</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 301 days</a>). Interment somewhere. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/834/90.39.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="James E. Davidson"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Edward Davidson (1865-1947) — also known as James E. Davidson — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-born.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/12-07.html">December 7, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Shipbuilder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">financier</a>; director, Pere Marquette <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; director, Cleveland Indians <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">pro baseball</a> team; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1915-19, 1927, 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MI.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MI.html">1944</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Republican National Committee from Michigan</a>, 1923-40. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Lake Placid, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/07-25.html">July 25, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 230 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 James Davidson and Ellen M. (Rogers) Davidson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to June Lolette Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/07-28.html">July 28, 1919</a>, to Helen Forrest Knox.</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: Detroit Free Press, July 26, 1947</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00085">Elm Lawn Cemetery</a> Bay City, Bay 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> Roy Orchard Woodruff (1876-1953) — also known as Roy O. Woodruff — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Eaton Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-born.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-14.html">March 14, 1876</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html">mayor of Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1911-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1913-15, 1921-53; defeated, 1914; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MI.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-dental-assoc.html">American Dental Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-delta.html">Delta Sigma Delta</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/02-12.html">February 12, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 335 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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 Charles Woodruff and Electa A. (Wallace) Woodruff; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/">1906</a> to Vera May Hall (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall2.html#122.26.30">De Vere Hall</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-11.html">June 11, 1921</a>, to Daisy E. Fish.</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=W000718">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411870">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/076/03.94.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Elford A. Cederberg"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elford Albin Cederberg (1918-2006) — also known as Elford A. Cederberg — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich.; Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich. Born in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-born.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/03-06.html">March 6, 1918</a>. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html">mayor of Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1949-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1953-78; defeated, 1950, 1978; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MI.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1976/MI.html">1976</a> (alternate). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <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/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in The Villages, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LA-died.html">Lake County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/04-17.html">April 17, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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 Alvin Cederberg and Helen (Olson) Cederberg.</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=C000263">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402407">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/14337516">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: 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> Rousseau Owen Crump (1843-1901) — also known as Rousseau O. Crump — of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Pittsford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/05-20.html">May 20, 1843</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html#4">mayor of West Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1892-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1895-1901; died in office 1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in West Bay City (now part of Bay City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/05-01.html">May 1, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000957">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403069">Govtrack.us page</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> Spencer Oliver Fisher (1843-1919) — also known as Spencer O. Fisher — of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/HI-born.html">Hillsdale County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/02-03.html">February 3, 1843</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html#4">mayor of West Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1883-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1885-89; defeated, 1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/MI.html">1892</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1894; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1896-election.html">1896</a>. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/06-01.html">June 1, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 118 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000153">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404108">Govtrack.us page</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> Henry Harrison Aplin (1841-1910) — also known as Henry H. Aplin — of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Thetford Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-born.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/04-15.html">April 15, 1841</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html#5">West Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1881, 1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/MI.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/audgen.html">Michigan state auditor general</a>, 1887-90; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Bay County 2nd District, 1895-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1901-03. Died in West Bay City (now part of Bay City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/07-23.html">July 23, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000265">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400903">Govtrack.us page</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> Nathan Ball Bradley (1831-1906) — also known as Nathan B. Bradley — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Lee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BE-born.html">Berkshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/05-28.html">May 28, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">salt industry</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html">mayor of Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1865; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 27th District, 1867-68; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/MI.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 8th District, 1873-77. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-08.html">November 8, 1906</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000744">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401703">Govtrack.us page</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> Herschel Harrison Hatch (1837-1920) — also known as Herschel H. Hatch — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich.; Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Morrisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/02-17.html">February 17, 1837</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-officials.html">Bay County Probate Judge</a>, 1868-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncm.html">Michigan state constitutional commission</a> 8th District, 1873; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1883-85. Died in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-30.html">November 30, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 287 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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 Julian Wells Hatch and Harriet (Bicknell) Hatch; married to Eliza Electa Haughton; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#475.20.85">Bennet Bicknell</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#444.86.31">Jethro Ayers Hatch</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#190.29.17">Lorin Andrews Lathrop</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#493.29.27">Simeon W. Spafard</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#154.07.62">John Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#732.81.53">Elijah Hunt Mills</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#462.94.05">Daniel Garrison</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#046.50.39">Lorenzo Hill Hatch</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#922.81.54">Julius Levi Strong</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#504.34.51">Edward Wingate Hatch</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#353.85.15">Samuel Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#394.41.71">Joseph Churchill Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#981.03.48">Ebenezer Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fenton.html#940.15.49">Reuben Eaton Fenton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#782.67.12">Ira Sherwin Hazeltine</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culver.html#948.68.07">Henry Stark Culver</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#403.72.42">Edwin Dilworth Hatch</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-3224.html">Hatch #1 family</a> of Utah (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000335">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405205">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel H. Hatch">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7423733">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 Willis Wheeler (1853-1921) — also known as Frank W. Wheeler — of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-lived.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich.; West Bay City (now part of Bay City), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich.; Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Chaumont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/03-02.html">March 2, 1853</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Shipbuilder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1889-91. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-died.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/08-09.html">August 9, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 160 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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 Chesley Wheeler and Eliza Mathilda (Hoselton) Wheeler; married to Eva L. Armstrong.</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=W000333">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411495">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank W. Wheeler">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7423730">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7CwXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA254"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/974/49.25.jpg" width=70 height=105 border=0 alt="George H. Shearer"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George H. Shearer (1825-1894) — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/07-09.html">July 9, 1825</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Builder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">brick and clay tile manufacturer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">flour mill business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html">mayor of Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1885-87. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/10-20.html">October 20, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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 George Shearer and Agnes (Buchanan) Shearer; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shawcroft-sheean.html#479.05.63">James Buchanan Shearer</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/">1850</a> to Maria E. Herbut; married to Laura A. Herbut.</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/91876377">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: Portrait & Biographical Album of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892)</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> Benjamin Franklin Partridge (1822-1892) — also known as Benjamin F. Partridge — of Portsmouth Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Shelby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-born.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/04-19.html">April 19, 1822</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">historian</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-officials.html">Bay County Sheriff</a>; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/laco.html">Michigan land commissioner</a>, 1877-78; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Bay County 2nd District, 1881-82. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in Portsmouth Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/10-19.html">October 19, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 183 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</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 Asa Partridge and Sarah C. Partridge; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/09-13.html">September 13, 1845</a>, to Olive Miranda Wright.</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> George Lord (1815-1893) — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Hamilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/03-17.html">March 17, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Sawmill business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">druggist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroad ticket agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/MI.html">1872</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html">mayor of Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1878. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/04-30.html">April 30, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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/211694120">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7CwXAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA210"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/479/05.63.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="James Shearer"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Buchanan Shearer (1823-1896) — also known as James Shearer — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/07-12.html">July 12, 1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Builder</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber mill owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/uofm.html">University of Michigan board of regents</a>, 1880-87. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/10-14.html">October 14, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 94 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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/buchanan.html#094.14.57">James Buchanan</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 Shearer and Agnes (Buchanan) Shearer; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shawcroft-sheean.html#974.49.25">George H. Shearer</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/">1850</a> to Margaret J. Hutchison.</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/91526807">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: Portrait & Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892)</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> Arthur Custer MacKinnon (1870-1957) — also known as Arthur C. MacKinnon — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-03.html">August 3, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">Machinist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1923-32, 1941-42, 1945-48, 1951-52 (Bay County 1st District 1923-32, 1941-42, Bay County 1945-48, 1951-52); defeated, 1932 (Bay County 1st District), 1934 (Bay County 1st District), 1936 (Bay County 1st District), 1942 (Bay County 1st District), 1948 (Bay County), 1952 (Bay County). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/10-15.html">October 15, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 73 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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 John Donald McKinnon and Agnes (Kirk) McKinnon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/10-19.html">October 19, 1899</a>, to Charlotte Hodgkins.</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/157414548">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> Webster Homer Gansser (1900-1963) — also known as Webster H. Gansser — of Michigan. Born in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-born.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/04-27.html">April 27, 1900</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 24th District, 1948. Died in Michigan, August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/index.html">1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gambrell-garcelon.html#289.94.25">Augustus Herbert Gansser</a> and Elizabeth Elmira Henrietta (Richardson) Gansser; married to Nina Traxler.</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/211435618">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> Adolph J. Rehmus (1887-1965) — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/10-03.html">October 3, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cr21.html">Delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Bay County 1st District, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MI.html">1936</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/02-02.html">February 2, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Richard Harold Fletcher Jr. (d. 1984) — also known as Richard H. Fletcher, Jr. — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MI.html">1944</a>; member, Michigan Conservation Commission, 1947-52. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/12-23.html">December 23, 1984</a>. Interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms11000">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a> Bay City, Bay 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> Augustus Herbert Gansser (1872-1951) — also known as Augustus H. Gansser — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Wurttemberg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/07-05.html">July 5, 1872</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Bay County 1st District, 1911-12; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 24th District, 1915-18, 1923-32; defeated, 1912, 1932; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/04-25.html">April 25, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 294 days</a>). Interment at Oak Ridge 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 Augustus Herbert Gansser (1840-1884) and Johanna (Bauer) Gansser; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/03-17.html">March 17, 1898</a>, to Elizabeth Elmira Henrietta Richardson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gambrell-garcelon.html#037.17.91">Webster Homer Gansser</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/122680187">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05187">Pine Ridge Cemetery</a> Bay City, Bay 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> James M. Birney (1817-1888) — also known as James Birney — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Danville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BY-born.html">Boyle County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/06-17.html">June 17, 1817</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">Circuit judge in Michigan</a> 10th Circuit, 1860-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1861; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/MI.html">1872</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-diplomats.html ">Netherlands</a>, 1876-82. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/05-08.html">May 8, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 326 days</a>). Interment at Pine Ridge 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 Agatha (McDowell) Birney and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#844.17.85">James Gillespie Birney</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#374.00.10">Arthur Alexis Birney</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/birney-james-m ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7423749">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> James Van Kleeck (1846-1923) — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Exeter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/09-26.html">September 26, 1846</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Midland District, 1883-84; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> 24th District, 1907-08. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-07.html">February 7, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 134 days</a>). Interment at Pine Ridge 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 Robert Vankleeck and Cathrine (McManus) Vankleeck.</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/52238021">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00821">St. Patrick's Cemetery</a> Bay City, Bay 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> Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock (1850-1938) — also known as Thomas A. E. Weadock — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich.; Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Ballygarret, County Wexford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/01-01.html">January 1, 1850</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-officials.html">Bay County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1877-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/baycity.html">mayor of Bay City, Mich.</a>, 1883-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1891-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/MI.html">1896</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1930; Democratic Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1932-meeting.html">1933</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1933; defeated, 1904, 1928. <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/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>. Died in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/11-18.html">November 18, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 321 days</a>). Interment at St. Patrick's 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 Lewis Weadock and Mary (Cullen) Weadock; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#306.08.84">George William Weadock</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#019.08.83">Grace Mary Weadock</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/">1874</a> to Mary E. Tarsney (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#510.14.80">John Charles Tarsney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#588.28.02">Timothy Edward Tarsney</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/">1893</a> to Nannie E. Curtiss; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#058.36.34">George Leo Weadock</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wattson-weatherwax.html#943.90.67">George William Weadock II</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11768.html">Weadock-Tarsney family</a> of Saginaw, Michigan.</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=W000219">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411387">Govtrack.us page</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> Lewis Phillip Coumans (1859-1918) — also known as Lewis P. Coumans — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Bruce County, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-born.html">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/01-14.html">January 14, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 10th District, 1908; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 18th Circuit, 1916; appointed 1916; defeated, 1916. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/04-20.html">April 20, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at St. Patrick's 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 Simon Coumans and Mary (O'Farrell) Coumans; married to Elizabeth Ready; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coulomb-courtlandt.html#020.14.27">Lewis Phillip Coumans Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coulomb-courtlandt.html#988.08.66">Joseph Vincent Coumans</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14779.html">Coumans family</a> of Bay City, Michigan.</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/101528122">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> Lewis Phillip Coumans Jr. (1891-1923) — also known as Lewis P. Coumans, Jr. — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/12-04.html">December 4, 1891</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Bay County 1st District, 1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-12.html">February 12, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/31.html">31 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at St. Patrick's 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coulomb-courtlandt.html#321.44.21">Lewis Phillip Coumans</a> and Elizabeth (Ready) Coumans.</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 family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14779.html">Coumans family</a> of Bay City, Michigan.</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/191969840">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> Dudley J. Kavanagh (1879-1950) — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Stony Creek (now part of Rochester Hills), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-born.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/08-30.html">August 30, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/MI.html">1932</a>; probate judge in Michigan, 1933-36. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">about 70 years</a>). Interment at St. Patrick's 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 John Kavanagh and Catherine (Dunn) Kavanagh; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-10.html">September 10, 1913</a>, to Jett Agnes Carroll.</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/84261964">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07869">St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery</a> Bay City, Bay 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> Adolph H. Begick (1898-1988) — of Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich.; Frankenlust Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-lived.html">Bay County</a>, Mich. Born in Bay City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-born.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/02-24.html">February 24, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; secretary, Monitor <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">Coal</a> Company; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Bay County 2nd District, 1943-44; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 24th District, 1944, 1946. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Died in Bangor Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BA-died.html">Bay County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/12-09.html">December 9, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul Lutheran 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: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#330.92.25">Paul Begick</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/27896034">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." Henry L. 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