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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Ionia County, Mich.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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Olive Cemetery</a> <li><b>Ionia</b> <a href=" ">Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery</a> <li><b>Lake Odessa</b> <a href=" ">Lakeside Cemetery</a> <li><b>Lyons</b> <a href="cms07716">Lyons Township Cemetery</a> <li><b>North Plains</b> <a href="cms05600">North Plains Cemetery</a> <li><b>Orleans Township</b> <a href=" ">Greenop Memorial Cemetery</a> <li><b>Palo</b> <a href=" ">Palo Cemetery</a> <li><b>Portland</b> <a href="cms08290">Portland Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07639">Private or family graveyard</a></b></span><br> Ionia County, <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alonzo Sessions (b. 1810)</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/index.html">1810</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ionia County 2nd District, 1857-62; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; 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/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1877-80. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment at <a href="#cms00153">Highland Park Cemetery</a>, Ionia, Mich. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07673">Green Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Near Belding, Ionia County, Michigan <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles R. Foote (1871-1942)</b> — of Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/12-13.html">December 13, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotelier</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 2nd District, 1913-18. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died in Alto, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-01.html">June 1, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 170 days</a>). Interment at Green 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/11-23.html">November 23, 1897</a>, to Josephine M. Rounds.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">South Boston Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Clarksville, Ionia County, Michigan <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Nelson M. O'Beirne (1869-1948)</b> — of Clarksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Berlin Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-30.html">November 30, 1869</a>. Republican. <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 Ionia County, 1923-26. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/04-11.html">April 11, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 133 days</a>). Interment at South Boston 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William O'Beirne and Caroline (Merrill) O'Beirne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/02-22.html">February 22, 1911</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakman-obrian.html#007.43.80">Mamie Boyd</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34764115">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Mamie O'Beirne (1880-1964)</b> — also known as <b>Mamie Boyd</b>; <b>Mrs. Nelson M. O'Beirne</b> — of Clarksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/index.html">1880</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1939. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/03-25.html">March 25, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at South Boston 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/02-22.html">February 22, 1911</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakman-obrian.html#442.05.92">Nelson M. O'Beirne</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34764100">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00153">Highland Park Cemetery</a></b></span><br> East Main Street <br> Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=709&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Fred Warren Green (1871-1936)</b> — also known as <b>Fred W. Green</b> — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich.; Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Manistee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MT-born.html">Manistee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/10-19.html">October 19, 1871</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">furniture manufacturing executive</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/MI.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/MI.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MI.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/MI.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/MI.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ionia.html">mayor of Ionia, Mich.</a>, 1913-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">treasurer of Michigan Republican Party</a>, 1915-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1927-30. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <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>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, at Munising <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Munising, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AG-died.html">Alger County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/11-30.html">November 30, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 42 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-18.html">June 18, 1901</a>, to Helen A. Kelley.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lawrence.html#989.49.76">Howard C. Lawrence</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#902.55.91">Fred A. Chapman</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/fred-warren-green/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6862056">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Allen Benton Morse (1839-1921)</b> — also known as <b>Allen B. Morse</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Otisco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/01-07.html">January 7, 1839</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-officials.html">Ionia County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1867-71; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 27th District, 1875-76; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1878; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/MI.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ionia.html">mayor of Ionia, Mich.</a>, 1882; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1885-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1885, 1892; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 1892; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-consuls.html ">Glasgow</a>, 1893-97; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1906. Wounded during the Civil War, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost his left arm</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/07-05.html">July 5, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 179 days</a>). Interment at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morry-mortimore.html#504.06.55">John L. Morse</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/">1874</a> to Frances Marion Van Allen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/">1888</a> to Anna Babcock.</span></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> <b>George Washington Webber (1825-1900)</b> — also known as <b>George W. Webber</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Newbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/OR-born.html">Orange County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/11-25.html">November 25, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ionia.html">Mayor of Ionia, Mich.</a>, 1874-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th District, 1881-83; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/MI.html">1884</a>. Died in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-15.html">January 15, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 51 days</a>). Interment at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000234">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411402">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7449999">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Delos G. Smith</b> — of Michigan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan</a>, 1924-27. Interment at Highland Park Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alonzo Sessions (b. 1810)</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/index.html">1810</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ionia County 2nd District, 1857-62; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; 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/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1877-80. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Original interment at <a href="#cms07639">a private or family graveyard</a>, Ionia County, Mich.; reinterment at Highland Park Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Herbert Ernest Powell (1866-1954)</b> — also known as <b>Herbert E. Powell</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Ronald Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/04-27.html">April 27, 1866</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1901-04 (Ionia County 1st District 1901-02, Ionia County 1903-04); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> 18th District, 1907-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 18th District, 1913-16. Died in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/10-26.html">October 26, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 182 days</a>). Interment at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joseph Priestly Powell and Ruth Ann (Goodwin) Powell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/">1888</a> to Alice May Waterbury; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#711.33.54">Stanley Maurice Powell</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#779.42.84">Chauncey Goodrich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#850.68.26">Elizur Goodrich</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#134.46.15">Elizur Stillman Goodrich</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83263865">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Harvey Edward Kidder (1875-1946)</b> — also known as <b>Harvey E. Kidder</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Keene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-21.html">July 21, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ionia.html">mayor of Ionia, Mich.</a>, 1910-11; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ionia.html#3">Ionia, Mich.</a>, 1914-22; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MI.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MI.html">1940</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1937. Died in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/06-23.html">June 23, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 337 days</a>). Interment at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Harvey Kidder and Mary Ann (Ryan) Kidder; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/01-17.html">January 17, 1912</a>, to Annie Theibout; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#158.77.27">Ezra Kidder</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#423.50.87">Arba Kidder</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#639.15.77">Isaiah Kidder</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#399.01.14">Luther Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#508.69.75">Joseph Souther Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#227.57.84">Lyman Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#285.37.65">David Kidder</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#441.17.86">Isaiah Kidder Stetson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0042.html">Clough family</a> of New Hampshire (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83920850">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>George Francis Montgomery (1909-1981)</b> — also known as <b>George F. Montgomery</b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Pompano Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-lived.html">Broward County</a>, Fla. Born in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/01-13.html">January 13, 1909</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a>, 1945-46, 1959-80 (Wayne County 1st District 1945-46, Wayne County 6th District 1959-64, 20th District 1965-72, 5th District 1973-80); defeated, 1946 (Wayne County 1st District), 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne County 6th District), 1956 (Wayne County 6th District); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sppi.html">Michigan superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1947; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MI.html">1948</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 18th District, 1952. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-died.html">Broward County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/03-10.html">March 10, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 56 days</a>). Interment at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alexander T. Montgomery and Almerene M. (Orsborn) Montgomery; married to Jessie Wortley Brown; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#147.00.34">George F. Montgomery</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83586566">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Lemuel C. Clute (1834-1901)</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-born.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/08-07.html">August 7, 1834</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1887; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1888; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 5th District, 1892. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/low-countries.html">Dutch</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-18.html">April 18, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Richard Clute and Lucy Jane (Clements) Clute; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/">1861</a> to Ellen M. McPherson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/59993137">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>George Gundrum (1842-1916)</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Pirmasens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/01-20.html">January 20, 1842</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Pharmacist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ionia.html">mayor of Ionia, Mich.</a>, 1893. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">acute morphine poisoning</a>, probably <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">intentional</a>, in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/11-18.html">November 18, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/">1877</a> to Catherine 'Kate' MacPherson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/57030683">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Stanley Maurice Powell (1898-1988)</b> — also known as <b>Stanley M. Powell</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-07.html">July 7, 1898</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <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>, 1931-32, 1965-78 (Ionia County 1931-32, 89th District 1965-72, 88th District 1973-78); defeated, 1932; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Ionia County, 1961-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-kappa-delta.html">Pi Kappa Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-zeta.html">Alpha Zeta</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/08-25.html">August 25, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Alice (Waterbury) Powell and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#027.63.91">Herbert Ernest Powell</a>; married to Eleanor Grace Partridge.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83263622">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Thad B. Preston (d. 1938)</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Manager, Michigan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Overall</a> Company; vice-president, State Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1917-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic state chair</a>, 1919; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MI.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MI.html">1924</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/04-09.html">April 9, 1938</a>. Interment at Highland Park 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Clark A. Preston and Sarah Ann (Cunningham) Preston; married to Lida Canwell.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05476">Mt. Olive Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas A. Carten (c.1861-1927)</b> — also known as <b>Tom Carten</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born about 1861. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1907; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-01.html">June 1, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at Mt. Olive Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 300 4th Street <br> Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2302768&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/902/55.91.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Fred A. Chapman"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frederick A. Chapman (1878-1938)</b> — also known as <b>Fred A. Chapman</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Leeds, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-16.html">October 16, 1878</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/furniture.html">Furniture manufacturer</a>; business partner of Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green3.html#304.32.09">Fred W. Green</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; co-founder (1915) and manager (1915-38) of the Ionia Free Fair; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ionia.html">mayor of Ionia, Mich.</a>, 1927-31; defeated, 1931; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> from Ionia County, 1933; warden of Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, 1936-37. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>. Suffered from an incurable <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gastrointestinal.html">stomach ailment</a>; while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">in his car</a>, parked in his home garage, he <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">killed himself</a> with a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shotgun</a>, in Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/10-18.html">October 18, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 2 days</a>). Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Enoch Chapman and Annie (Ryecroft) Chapman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/07-10.html">July 10, 1900</a>, to Thecla A. 'Dollie' Denk; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/04-19.html">April 19, 1928</a>, to Aurelia T. Denk; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#971.73.47">Frederick A. Chapman Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/127429501">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Lansing State Journal, October 18, 1938</span></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> <b>Frederick A. Chapman Jr. (1930-2012)</b> — of Orleans Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/05-13.html">May 13, 1930</a>. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/advertising.html">public relations executive</a>; worked for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">Mercedes-Benz</a> of North America; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">university professor</a>; Orleans Township Supervisor; member, Ionia County Road Commission. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2012/07-25.html">July 25, 2012</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 73 days</a>). Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#902.55.91">Frederick A. Chapman</a> and Aurelia T. (Denk) Chapman; married to Helen Patricia 'Pat' Caldwell.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/94248629">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Lakeside Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Boyd Kenneth Benedict (1925-1973)</b> — also known as <b>Boyd K. Benedict</b> — of East Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/01-24.html">January 24, 1925</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 6th District, 1964. Died in Hastings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BR-died.html">Barry County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/07-14.html">July 14, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 171 days</a>). Interment at Lakeside 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Laura May (Cook) Benedict and Verne Augustus Benedict; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashley.html#844.96.95">Chester Ashley</a>; first cousin seven times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0010.html">Otis family</a> of Connecticut (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84711933">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07716">Lyons Township Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lyons, Ionia County, Michigan <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Adam L. Roof (1810-1885)</b> — of Lyons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/02-22.html">February 22, 1810</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-officials.html">Ionia County Register of Deeds</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ionia District, 1845; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 7th District, 1849-50. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/01-26.html">January 26, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at Lyons Township 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Carrisa Knox; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#298.62.06">Albert K. Roof</a>.</span></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> <b>Albert K. Roof (1841-1917)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/index.html">1841</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-officials.html">Ionia County Register of Deeds</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ionia County 1st District, 1871-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 19th District, 1887-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/MI.html">1892</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/index.html">1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Interment at Lyons Township 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#170.35.12">Adam L. Roof</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05600">North Plains Cemetery</a></b></span><br> North Plains, Ionia County, Michigan <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Foss Oscar Eldred (1884-1956)</b> — also known as <b>Foss O. Eldred</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-born.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-15.html">March 15, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 18th District, 1921-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-officials.html">Ionia County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1925-28; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 8th District, 1931; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ionia.html">mayor of Ionia, Mich.</a>; elected 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MI.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/attygn.html">Michigan state attorney general</a>, 1946; appointed 1946. Died in Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/02-17.html">February 17, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at North Plains 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Albert Napoleon Eldred and Celinda (Decker) Eldred; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Ernanie Mary Olmsted.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/71769418">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>David Guy Locke (1860-1944)</b> — also known as <b>David G. Locke</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-lived.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich. Born in North Shade Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GR-born.html">Gratiot County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/11-27.html">November 27, 1860</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Gratiot County, 1921-22; defeated in primary, 1922. Died in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-died.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/06-06.html">June 6, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at North Plains 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Mary Alma Mitchell; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/locke.html#464.82.06">John Locke</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/locke.html#660.37.18">Charles Locke</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12781.html">Locke family</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10527139">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Greenop Memorial Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Orleans Township, Ionia County, Michigan <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Luther Eugene Hall (1846-1936)</b> — also known as <b>Luther E. Hall</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-born.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/01-27.html">January 27, 1846</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ionia County, 1927-30; defeated in primary, 1930. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-died.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/05-04.html">May 4, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 98 days</a>). Interment at Greenop Memorial 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/93143270">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Palo Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Palo, Ionia County, Michigan <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Byron S. Argersinger (1874-1933)</b> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich.; Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Bloomer Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MN-born.html">Montcalm County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/08-02.html">August 2, 1874</a>. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 10th District, 1910. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/index.html">1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">about 58 years</a>). Interment at Palo 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Argersinger and Louisa (Sharrard) Argersinger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/09-10.html">September 10, 1918</a>, to Nina D. Curtis; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#705.31.04">Chauncey Elisha Argersinger</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32231667">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms08290">Portland Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Portland, Ionia County, Michigan <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Westbrook Devine (1822-1888)</b> — of Eureka Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MN-lived.html">Montcalm 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/geo/NY/UL-born.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/08-04.html">August 4, 1822</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MN-officials.html">Montcalm County Register of Deeds</a>, 1851-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MN-officials.html">Montcalm County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1855; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 28th District, 1863-66. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">Stricken with paralysis</a>, and died almost a year later, in Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/09-13.html">September 13, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Portland 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/01-27.html">January 27, 1845</a>, to Elizabeth Roosa.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35795792">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Grant M. Morse (1854-1922)</b> — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Born in Michigan, October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MI.html">1896</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1899; state fish and game warden; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/06-25.html">June 25, 1922</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 0 days</a>). 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:8pt;"> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <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. 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Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute <b>fair use</b> under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons License</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Site information:</b> The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by <b>Lawrence Kestenbaum</b>, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is <b>The Political Graveyard, P.O. 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