Find A Grave - Washtenaw County

Allen, Edward Payson b. October 28, 1839 d. November 25, 1909
US Congressman. He enlisted in the Union Army after helping to raise the 29th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in as a 1st Lieutenant in Company A on July 29, 1864. Promoted first to Regimental Adjutant on March 7, 1865, and to Captain of Company H on July 7, 1865, he saw the war through to it's conclusion, and was honorably mustered out on September 6, 1865. He became a lawyer after the war, and served in the Michigan State Legislature before being elected as a Republican to...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Highland Park Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Beakes, Samuel Willard b. January 11, 1861 d. February 9, 1927
US Congressman. Elected to represent Michigan's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 to 1917, and 1917 to 1919. He was defeated in 1918. Also served as Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1888 to 1890, and Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Michigan in 1916. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Chebatoris, Anthony b. 1900 d. July 8, 1938
First person executed (by hanging) in the USA under the National Bank Robbery Act of 1934. Only person executed in Michigan since its statehood in 1837. On September 29, 1937, Chebatoris and Jack Gracey attempted to hold up the Chemical State Savings Bank in Midland, Michigan. Chebatoris shot and killed an innocent bystander, truck driver Henry Porter. During the botched robbery, Gracey was shot and killed by Dr. Frank Hardy, a dentist who worked in an office above the bank. Chebatoris was...[Read More]
Marble Park Cemetery, Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Copeland, Royal Samuel [cenotaph] b. November 7, 1868 d. June 17, 1938
US Senator. After serving as Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1901 to 1903, he was elected as a Senator from New York to the United States Senate, serving from 1923 until his death in office in 1938. Unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of New York City in 1937. He was the nephew of Civil War Union General Joseph T. Copeland. (Bio by: Richard H.)
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Crane, Dr. Verner Winslow b. August 28, 1889 d. December 11, 1974
Author, Historian. His writings include "Benjamin Franklin And A Rising People", "The Southern Frontier, 1670-1732", and "Franklin's Letters To The Press, 1758-1775". Crane was also a noted professor of History at the University of Michigan, and an outstanding authority on the Southeastern Indian frontier. (Bio by: K)
Botsford Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Cutcheon, Byron Mac b. May 11, 1836 d. April 12, 1908
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, US Congressman. Elected to represent Michigan's 9th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1891. He was defeated in 1890. Also served as Presidential Elector from Michigan in 1868. During the Civil War he served as a Colonel in the Union Army and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1891 for action at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Kentucky, on May 10, 1863. (Bio by: K)
Highland Park Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 100, Lot 42
Elliott, Pete b. September 29, 1926 d. January 4, 2013
College Football Coach. The younger brother of College Hall of Fame player and coach Chalmers "Bump" Elliott, Pete attended Bloomington High School in Illinois and later enrolled at the University of Michigan. While with the Wolverines, he distinguished himself on the gridiron as well as on the hardwood, in addition to golf and totaled twelve letters. In basketball, he earned All-Big Ten honors in 1948 and while with Michigan's football squad, he played at the quarterback and defensive halfback...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Felch, Alpheus b. September 28, 1804 d. June 13, 1896
5th Governor of Michigan 1846-1847 (Bio by: Mark Pawelczak)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Fisher, Ray Lyle b. October 4, 1887 d. November 3, 1982
Professional Baseball Player, Collegiate Baseball Coach. Born in Vermont, he played Major League baseball for ten seasons as a right handed starting pitcher for the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds. Nicknamed "Pick" and the "Vermont Schoolteacher" by his teammates, he was versatile as an athlete in several sports including being a member of Vermont's state championship football team in 1904 before deciding to play baseball exclusively. Fisher began his professional baseball career in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
Washtenong Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Francis, Thomas b. July 15, 1900 d. October 1, 1969
Medical Pioneer. An epidemiologist, he isolated the viruses that caused Influenza A in 1934 and Influenza B in 1940. He also directed the trials of the Salk vaccine, the first that was successful against polio. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Gorman, James Sedgwick b. December 28, 1850 d. May 27, 1923
US Congressman. Elected to represent Michigan's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 to 1895. Also served as a Member of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1880, and Member of the Michigan State Senate for the 4th District from 1887 to 1890. (Bio by: K)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Granger, Bradley Francis b. March 12, 1825 d. November 4, 1882
US Congressman. Elected to represent Michigan's 1st District from 1861 to 1863. He was defeated as a Democrat in 1862, and 1866.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Hayden, Robert b. August 4, 1913 d. February 25, 1980
Poet. In 1976 he served as as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position that later became known as Poet Laureate of the United States. One of the most well known and venerated of the Bah�'� poets, he rceived the Academy of American Poets Fellowship. On April 21, 2012, a United States Postage Stamp, within a pane of 10 Twentieth Century Poets, was issued featuring Robert Hayden. (Bio by: Trent Olsen)
Fairview Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Jeffords, Harrison H. b. August 21, 1834 d. July 3, 1863
Civil War Union Army Officer. Served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. During the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863) he was mortally wounded in brutal fighing in the Wheatfield by a Confederate bayonet while attempting to rescue the 4th Michigan's national colors. He lingered until the next day before dying. Today the 4th Michigan Infantry's monument in the Gettysburg National Military Park stand on the spot in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Jessye, Dr. Eva b. January 20, 1895 d. February 21, 1992
Composer, Choir Director. The first black woman to gain note as a conductor, she was a key participant in several significant musical projects. Raised in Kansas, she was educated at her native state's Western University and at Oklahoma's Langston University, earning her degree in 1919. In the early 1920s she taught at Morgan State College in Baltimore, then in Oklahoma, before returning to Baltimore where in 1926 she organized the Original Dixie Jubilee Singers, a group that was to sing...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Kellogg, Charles b. October 3, 1773 d. May 11, 1842
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 24th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1825 to 1827. Also served as a Member of the New York State Legislature in 1808. (Bio by: K)
Fairview Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Kemp, Joseph Bell b. July 1, 1844 d. July 13, 1917
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a First Sergeant in Company D, 5th Michigan Infantry for action on May 6, 1864 at Wilderness Campaign, Virginia. His citation reads "Capture of flag of 31st North Carolina (C.S.A.) in a personal encounter." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 69, Lot 32
Leith, Emmett Norman b. March 12, 1927 d. December 23, 2005
Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and the Co-inventor of three-dimensional holography. Professor Leith and his coworker Juris Upatnieks at the University of Michigan displayed the world's first three-dimensional hologram at a conference of the Optical Society of America in 1964. (Bio by: J Witkowski)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
McKinstry, Justus b. July 6, 1814 d. December 11, 1897
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in New York, he graduated from West Point in 1838 and was commissioned an officer in the 2nd Infantry. With the start of the Civil War, he became quartermaster with the rank of Major and was stationed at St. Louis, attached to the staff of General John C. Fremont. In September 1861, he was appointed Brigadier General with the combined duties of provost-marshal and quartermaster of the Department of the West. Accused of being dishonest as quartermaster, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Highland Park Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Block 84, Lot 1, Grave 4
Noll, Conrad b. February 20, 1836 d. May 26, 1925
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in the Union Army in Company D, 20th Michigan Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania, Virginia. His citation reads "Seized the colors, the color bearer having been shot down, and gallantly fought his way out with them, though the enemy were on the left flank and rear." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 100, Lot 42

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