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Alger, Russell Alexander b. February 27, 1836 d. January 24, 1907
Civil War Union Brevet Major General, Michigan Governor, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Senator. He was a lawyer in practice and ran a lumber business, when he enlisted as a Private in the Union Army at the start of the Civil War. Rising through the ranks, he was commissioned a Major in the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry and at the Battle of Boonsville on July 11, 1862, he defeated a Confederate force, was wounded, taken prisoner and escaped the same day. Promoted Colonel of the 5th...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section M, Alger Mausoleum
Baldwin, Henry Porter b. February 22, 1814 d. December 31, 1892
15th Michigan Governor, US Senator. He was elected as a Republican as Governor of Michigan, serving from 1869 to 1873. He was later appointed as a Republican Senator from Michigan to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Zachariah Chandler, serving from 1879 to 1881.
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section B, Lot 9
Barker, Kirkland C. b. September 8, 1819 d. May 20, 1875
Detroit Mayor. He served as the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1864 to 1865. He drowned in the Detroit River when his sailboat sank near Bois Blanc Island on May 20, 1875, while transporting ballast-lead to his yacht 'Cora.'
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Biddle, John b. March 2, 1792 d. August 25, 1859
Detroit Mayor, US Congressman. He served as an officer in the United States Army during the War of 1812, serving much of his enlistment on the staff of Major General Winfield Scott, and rising to the rank of Major. Elected Mayor of Detroit, Michigan, he served in that office from 1827 to 1828. The next year he was elected to represent the Michigan Territory as a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to 1831.
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section F, Lot 47
Brady, Hugh b. July 20, 1768 d. April 15, 1851
United States Army Brevet General. He entered the United States Army on March 7, 1792 as Ensign. He was commissioned a Lieutenant on February 10, 1794 and Captain on January 8, 1799. During the War of 1812 he was made Colonel and commander of the 22nd United States Infantry on June 6,1812 and commanded his troops at the July 5, 1814 Battle of Chippewa. After 1835 he was assigned to command of the Northwest Department, of which Detroit, Michigan was the headquarters. He received two brevets -...[Read More] (Bio by: Graveaddiction)
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Brodhead, Thorton Fleming b. December 5, 1820 d. September 2, 1862
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A veteran of the Mexican War, he was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 1st Michigan Volunteer Cavalry on August 21, 1861. He was mortally wounded leading his men to the charge during the 2nd Battle of Bull Run in August 1862, dying a few days after the battle. He was posthumously brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers, for "gallant and meritorious services", which was back dated to August 30, 1862.
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section N, Lot 107
Brown, Henry Billings b. March 2, 1836 d. September 4, 1913
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. Born in South Lee, Massachusetts, he studied law, and was admitted to the Michigan Bar Association in Detroit in 1860. Three years later became assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, serving from 1863 to 1868. In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison appointed him to the United States Supreme Court. He was a hardworking justice, he worked during his tenure to reduce the court's backlog of cases. In 1894 he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Buel, Alexander Woodruff b. December 13, 1813 d. April 19, 1868
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Michigan's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1849 to 1851.
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Buhl, Christian H. b. May 9, 1812 d. January 23, 1894
Detroit Mayor. He served as Mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1860 to 1861. He owned a controlling interest in the Detroit Locomotive Works, which later became known as the Buhl Iron Works. In 1881 he organized the Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mill Company and served as it's President. He was also involved in the local banks and real estate. His older brother, Frederick Buhl, also served as Mayor of Detroit.
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 110-A
Buhl, Frederick b. November 27, 1806 d. May 12, 1890
Detroit Mayor. He served as Mayor of Detroit, Michigan, in 1848. He was the brother of another Mayor of Detroit, Christian H. Buhl.
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Cass, Lewis b. October 9, 1782 d. June 17, 1866
War of 1812 Brigadier General, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Diplomat, Michigan Territorial Governor, US Senator. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he moved to Ohio at age 18, where he read law and eventually entered the Ohio Bar Association. During the War of 1812 he was commissioned as Brigadier General, and led his men at the October 5, 1813 Battle of the Thames. On October 29, 1813 he was appointed by President James Madison as Governor of the Michigan Territory, a post he would serve in...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 25
Chandler, Zachariah b. December 10, 1813 d. November 1, 1879
US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, Detroit Mayor. Born in Bedford, New Hampshire, he was descended from English immigrants who settled in Massachusetts early in the 17th Century. He was educated in his native village and neighboring academies, then moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1833. Successful in the dry goods business, he purchased real estate and in time amassed great wealth. By 1848 he had become active in politics, speaking locally on behalf of presidential candidate Zachary...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section B, Lot 49
Chapin, Marshall b. February 27, 1798 d. December 26, 1838
Detroit Mayor. He served as Mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from in 1831 and 1833. He also served as Detroit City Physician and owned and operated the first drug store in the area.
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section B, Lot 101
Chipman, John Logan b. June 5, 1830 d. August 17, 1893
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Michigan's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1893. He was the grandson of Nathaniel Chipman, who served as a Senator from Vermont from 1707 to 1803.
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Codd, George Pierre b. December 7, 1869 d. February 16, 1927
US Congressman, Detroit Mayor. He served as Mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1905 to 1906. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he was admitted to the Michigan Bar Association in 1892. He served during his time as the Detroit City Attorney 1894 to 1897, regent for the University of Michigan 1910 to 1911, and as a Wayne County Circuit Judge from 1911 to 1921, and from 1924 to 1927. In between his terms of Judge he was elected as a Republican to represent Michigan's 1st Congressional District...[Read More]
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 136-A
Cook, Levi b. December 16, 1792 d. December 2, 1866
Detroit Mayor. He served as Mayor of Detroit, Michigan in 1832, and from 1835 to 1836.
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 113-A
Cooke, Philip St. George b. June 13, 1809 d. March 20, 1895
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Leesburg, Virginia, he began his Army career graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York as a infantry 2nd Lieutenant in 1827. He served at a variety of installations in the West, fought in the 1832 Black Hawk War and became a Captain in command of 200 Dragoons. He fought in the Mexican-American War, In 1857, received a promotion to Colonel in command of the 2nd United States Dragoon regiment, served as an observer for...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 94
Davis, George S. b. May 8, 1845 d. January 8, 1931
Businessman. He was a co-founder of Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Company in 1868 in Detroit, Michigan. The company started standardizing medications and built the first modern pharmaceutical laboratory. They also developed a method of clinical tests for new drugs. They were the first to produce a bacterial vaccine, and phenytoin, which is used to treat seizures and epilepsy. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Denby, Edwin b. February 18, 1870 d. February 8, 1929
US Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He served in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War as a Gunner's Mate, 3rd Class on board the "USS Yosemite". He elected as a Republican to represent Michigan's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1905 to 1911. He was defeated in 1910. In 1921 he was appointed by President Warren G. Harding as United States Secretary of the Navy, a post he served in until he resigned in 1924 in...[Read More]
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Lakeview Section, Lot 20
DeRussy, Gustavus Adolphus b. November 3, 1818 d. May 29, 1891
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, but resigned before graduation. He later served during the Mexican War. At the start of the Civil War, he was a full-rank Captain in the 4th United States Artillery. He was later Colonel of the 4th New York Artillery, and was commissioned Brigadier General to rank from May 23, 1863. At the end of the war, he was brevetted Major General of Volunteers and Brigadier General, US Regular Army...[Read More] (Bio by: Joe Ferrell)
Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot A

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