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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Sault Ste. Marie Oaklawn Chapel
Gardens
Sault Ste. Marie Pine Grove
Cemetery
Sault Ste. Marie Riverside Cemetery
Sugar Island Sugar Island Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Chippewa County, Michigan
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April
11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Oaklawn Chapel
Gardens
Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan
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Victor Alfred Knox (1899-1976) —
also known as Victor A. Knox —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born near Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., January
13, 1899.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1937-52;
defeated in primary, 1934; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1947-52; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1953-65; defeated,
1947, 1964.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Lions;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich., December
31, 1976 (age 77 years, 353
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Chapel Gardens.
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Pine Grove
Cemetery
Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Henry Alfred Osborn (1858-1949) —
also known as Henry A. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Simcoe County, Ontario,
February
6, 1858.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1921-36;
defeated in primary, 1936.
Congregationalist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange.
Died in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., February
14, 1949 (age 91 years, 8
days).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Riverside
Cemetery
Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan
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Merlin Wiley (1875-1963) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Shepherd, Isabella
County, Mich., May 7,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Chippewa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-10; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1915-20; Michigan
state attorney general, 1921-23; resigned 1923.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died April
24, 1963 (age 87 years, 352
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Horace Mann Oren (1859-1912) —
also known as Horace M. Oren —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Oakland, Clinton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1859.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1899-1902; circuit
judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1911-12; appointed 1911; died in
office 1912.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., 1912
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Walter Hastings McKinney (1889-1952) —
also known as Walter H. McKinney —
of Michigan.
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., September
6, 1889.
Wholesale
grocery manager; U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1923-25; Vigo, as of 1927-29; Yarmouth, as of 1932; Barcelona, as of 1943; U.S. Vice Consul in Vigo, 1925-26; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, as of 1945-49.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., April
13, 1952 (age 62 years, 220
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter T. McKinney and Jessie Lavinia (Bellows) McKinney; married
to Julia Walker. |
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memorial |
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George J. Laundy (1864-1953) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Sarnia, Ontario,
January
17, 1864.
Democrat. Mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1934-38; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Woodmen.
Died September
15, 1953 (age 89 years, 241
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Laundy and Catherine Laundy; married 1889 to
Estelle Haynes. |
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Jay Hursley (1842-1920) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born May 9,
1842.
Mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1895-97.
Died January
6, 1920 (age 77 years, 242
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Albert Edward Sharpe (1860-1932) —
also known as Albert E. Sharpe —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Trenton, Ontario,
1860.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iosco District, 1901-02; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 30th District,
1907-08.
Died in 1932
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Robert Gardner Ferguson (1858-1949) —
also known as Robert G. Ferguson —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brampton, Ontario,
October
22, 1858.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; president, First National Bank of
Sault Ste. Marie; director, Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railway
Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., March 5,
1949 (age 90 years, 134
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Ferguson and Catherine (Golden) Ferguson; married 1885 to
Christenna Helen Bain. |
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memorial |
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Sugar Island
Cemetery
Sugar Island, Chippewa County, Michigan
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Gene A. Saari (1909-1990) —
of Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 21,
1909.
Democrat. Labor
leader; candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1944, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1948; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Lutheran.
Finnish
ancestry.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., April 7,
1990 (age 80 years, 290
days).
Interment at Sugar Island Cemetery.
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