Find A Grave - Kent County

Alten, Mathias J. b. 1871 d. 1938
Artist. He was an impressionistic painter who lived most of his life in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He ground all of his own paints, which gave his paintings a rich hue that could not be duplicated. He used a palette knife to highlight his paintings. He painted portraits, still-life, landscapes, and seascapes.
Graceland Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Belknap, Charles E. b. October 17, 1846 d. January 16, 1929
Captain Belknap joined Co. H of the 21st Michigan Inf., as a private on September 12, 1862. He was 15 years old when he joined. He became a Captain two years later at the age of seventeen. He fought at the battle of Chickamauga, where today there stands a monument to him. He was wounded four times. In 1864 he was the Chief of Scouts, of the left wing of General Sherman's Army on the march to the sea. He was mustered out June 8, 1865 in Washington, D.C. He received the rank of Lt. Col. Brevet...[Read More]
Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Block E, Lot 61W, Space 7
Champlin, Stephen Gardner b. July 1, 1827 d. January 24, 1864
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He entered the service of the Third Michigan Infantry at its beginning as a major, age 34. he was commissioned on May 13, 1861 and mustered June 10, 1861. He was commissioned Colonel on October 28, 1861. He was wounded in action at the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 31, 1862. The wound was to his hip. He took a short leave for recuperation, but rejoined the war effort, as a Brigadier General of volunteers, on November 29, 1862. His hip wound later...[Read More]
Cause of death: Casualty of war
Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
DeBarge Jr., Robert Louis b. March 5, 1956 d. August 16, 1995
Robert "Bobby" DeBarge was the lead singer of the 1970s Motown R&B group Switch (which also included brother Thomas) who recorded the hits "There'll Never Be," "I Call Your Name," "I Want To Be Closer," "Love Over and Over," and "My Friend in the Sky." In the early 1980s, Bobby left Switch and later joined his other siblings who made up the popular R&B group "DeBarge." (Bio by: Soul)
Cause of death: Complications of AIDS
Garfield Park Cemetery, East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
DeVormer, Albert E. 'Al' b. August 19, 1891 d. August 29, 1966
Major League Baseball Player. He made his debut in the major leagues in 1918 as a catcher for the Chicago White Sox. He later went on to play for the New York Yankees (during the 1921 World Series), Boston Red Sox, and finally the New York Giants. His career ended in 1927. (Bio by: Chi (Rouse) Benedict)
Fairplains Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Ford (Bloomer), Betty (Elizabeth Ann) b. April 8, 1918 d. July 8, 2011
US Presidential First Lady. Wife of 38th President Gerald R. Ford, served as First Lady from Aug. 8, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977. From the age of two, Betty lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she attended grammar and high school. In addition to a traditional education, she studied tap dance, ballet and modern movement. Dance became her passion and early on in life she intended to pursue it as her profession, studying dance at the Calla Travis Dance Studio. At age 14 she began modeling clothes and...[Read More] (Bio by: Priscilla)
Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Ford (King, Jr.), Gerald (Leslie Lynch) Rudolph b. July 14, 1913 d. December 26, 2006
38th United States President. Born as Leslie Lynch King, Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska, his mother divorced his father the following year and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where she remarried to Gerald R. Ford. The young boy's name was then changed to Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Graduated from the University of Michigan and Yale Law School. Served in U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1948, Ford was elected to Congress and married divorcee Elizabeth (Betty) Bloomer. Together,they had 4 children. Became House...[Read More]
Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Ford, Melbourne Haddock b. June 30, 1849 d. April 20, 1891
US Congressman. His family moved to Lansing in 1859 and he attended local schools there before enrolling in the Michigan State College of Agriculture. He enlisted in the Navy and served during the Civil War before accepting an appointment to the US Naval Academy in 1867. He resigned from Annapolis after only a year and returned to Michigan. Ford became a resident of Grand Rapids in 1873 and became a court stenographer, working at several municipal, state and federal courts while also studying...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Foster, Wilder De Ayr b. January 8, 1819 d. September 20, 1873
US Congressman. He served in the United States House of Representatives from December 1871 until his death in 1873, as a representative from the state of Michigan. He was elected to fill the vacant House seat following the resignation of U.S. Senator-elect Thomas White Ferry. He was a member of the Michigan State Senate in 1855 and 1856 and served as Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1854. He was re-elected to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Henry, Paul b. July 9, 1942 d. July 31, 1993
Politician. Henry served in many positions including the Michigan State Board of Education (1975-1978), the Michigan State House of Representatives (1979-1982), the Michigan State Senate (1983-1985) and was a United States Representaive from Michigan from 1985 until his death in 1993.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Innes, William Power b. 1826 d. 1893
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was appointed Colonel in command of the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment. His regiment participated in the battle of Logan’s Cross Roads, Kentucky, on December 19, 1861 and in the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, in April 1862, corduroying roads and constructing bridges on Bear Creek and Lick Creek. During the summer of 1862, his regiment rebuilt the Confederate Memphis and Charleston, the Tennessee-...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Jonkman, Bartel John b. April 28, 1884 d. June 13, 1955
US Congressman. He studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was a Kent County prosecutor for over 20 years. Jonkman was elected as a Republican to the US House of Representatives in 1940, filling the vacancy left by the death of Carl E. Mapes, and went on to serve four full terms in Congress. He was defeated in the 1948 Republican primary by Gerald Ford, and returned to law practice. (Bio by: Seth Musselman)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 6, Lot 336, Grave 6
Kellogg, Francis W. b. May 30, 1810 d. January 13, 1879
US Congressman. He was a member of the Michigan State house of representatives in 1857 and 1858. In 1859, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses serving until 1865. During the Civil War, he organized the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th Michigan Regiments by authority of the War Department and was commissioned Colonel of the 3rd Regiment. In 1866, he was appointed by President Andrew Johnson collector of internal revenue for the southern district of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Ketchel (Kiecal), Stanley (Stanislaus) 'Steve' b. September 14, 1886 d. October 15, 1910
Professional Boxer. A feared puncher called the "Michigan Assassin", he had a spectacular albeit short career and is considered by many to have been the greatest middleweight of all time. Born Stanislaw Kiecal to a Polish immigrant family, he was initially raised in West Michigan but, though devoted to his parents, left home for Montana in his early teens. (Indeed, it is said that he stoked himself into a rage before each fight by imagining that his opponent of the evening had insulted his...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cause of death: Murdered by gunshot
Holy Cross Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Manardo, Robert 'Bob' b. May 11, 1936 d. March 6, 2004
Rock/R&B Musician. He was a member and founder of the 1950s and 1960s musical group, 'The Falcons.' Other members included, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Joe Stubbs, Tom Shetler, Sir Mack Rice, and others. The group who recorded three albums on the Relic Record label had a couple of hits from there joining in 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, until there breakup in 1963. The group's recordings include, 'You're So Fine', 'I Found A Love', 'Billy The Kid', 'Has It Happened To You Yet', 'Part Time Love', '...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Resurrection Cemetery, Wyoming (Kent County), Kent County, Michigan, USA
Mapes, Carl Edgar b. December 26, 1874 d. December 12, 1939
US Congressman. He was elected as a Republican to represent Michigan's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 until his death in office in 1939. (Bio by: Richard Howell)
Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
McCoy, Benny b. January 9, 1915 d. November 9, 2011
Major League Baseball Player. For four seasons (1938 to 1941), he played at the second-base position with the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics. Born Benjamin Jenison McCoy, he attended high school in Grandville (Michigan), prior to signing with the Tigers and marked his Major League debut with Detroit on September 14th, 1938. For parts of two years he played in a limited role, but contributed a .302 batting average in 55 games during 1939. In a move that was unprecedented during that...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Grandville Cemetery, Grandville, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Miller (Stahlmueller), Dean b. November 1, 1924 d. January 13, 2004
Actor. He is best-known for his role in the popular 1950s television situation comedy "December Bride", and for his role in the movie "Skirts Ahoy!" with Esther Williams. Later in his career he was the host of "Here's Hollywood," a celebrity interview show. (Bio by: Laurie)
Cause of death: Cancer
Graceland Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Morse, Benjamin b. September 20, 1844 d. November 24, 1908
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a prisoner of war. He served as a Corporal in the Union Army in Company C, 3d Michigan Infanty. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania,Virginia. His citation reads "Capture of colors of 4th Georgia Battery (C.S.A.)." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Plot: First Addition, Lot 39
Mueller, Frederick Henry b. November 22, 1893 d. August 31, 1976
Politician. Mueller served as a U.S Representative from the State Board of Agriculture for Michigan, 1945 to 1957. Mueller also served as a Delegate to the Representative National Convention from Michigan and was United States Secretary of Commerce, serving from 1959 to 1961.
Graceland Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA

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