Find A Grave - Kent County

Patton Jr., John b. October 30, 1850 d. May 24, 1907
Republican Senator from Michigan. He was appointed to the US Senate in 1894 upon the the death of Francis B. Stockbridge and served until 1895. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Pierce, Byron Root b. September 20, 1829 d. July 10, 1924
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. At the beginning of the Civil War he was a academicals educator when he enlisted in the 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel. He commanded the 3rd Michigan in engagements at Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill and after the second battle of Bull Run was promoted Colonel. He was placed in command of a Division with the Army of the Potomac, which engaged at Chancellorsville and the Battle of Gettysburg where he was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Pierce, Francis Junior b. December 7, 1924 d. December 21, 1986
WW II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Pharmacist's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy serving with 2d Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division at the Iwo Jima campaign. On March 15, 1945, under heavy enemy fire he took charge of rendering first aid and the evacuation of wounded casualties. To save two patients, he deliberately exposed himself to Japanese attackers from a cave and with the last of his ammunition he destroyed there position Lifting the first wounded man to his back, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Holy Cross Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Pipp, Walter Clement b. February 17, 1893 d. January 11, 1965
Major league baseball player. He was a starting first baseman for the New York Yankees in the 1920's for 10 years. He's best known as the man who lost his job to a younger player brought up named Lou Gehrig because of a headache. The story is that on June 2, 1925, he had a headache and told the manager Miller Huggins he was going to sit out that game. So Huggins put in Gehrig. He never started with the Yankees again. At the end of the 1925 season, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds where he...[Read More] (Bio by: John Webb)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Sawyer, Harold Samuel b. March 20, 1920 d. April 3, 2003
US Congressman. Elected to represent the 5th District of Michigan in the US House of Representatives, he served from 1977 to 1985. He as also a US Navy veteran of World War II. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Rockford Cemetery, Rockford, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Sjogren, John Carleton b. August 19, 1916 d. August 30, 1987
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Staff Sergeant in Company I, 160th Infantry, 40th Infantry Division. Near San Jose Hacienda, Philippine Islands on May 23, 1945, he led an attack against a high ridge defended by a company of Japanese riflemen and supporting pillboxes housing automatic weapons. Deploying his men, he moved forward, hurling grenades at emplacements and assisting the wounded. Moving ever forward he continued destroying pillboxes and rifle positions...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rockford Cemetery, Rockford, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Smith, Israel C. b. 1838 d. 1899
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Colonel 10th Michigan Cavalry. Graduate of West Point. Gen Smith enlisted as a private. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant in 1860, and in July 1861 was promoted to First Lieutenant at the first Bull Run battlefield. He was wounded during a crucial maneuver during the Battle of Gettysburg, and was commended for his gallantry during this battle. He returned home due to his wounds in 1863, and in August of that year was promoted to Major of the Tenth...[Read More] (Bio by: graver)
Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Smith, William Alden b. May 5, 1859 d. October 11, 1932
Republican Congressman from Michigan. He served in the House of Representatives(1895-1907) and in the US Senate(1907-1919). (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Sweet, Edwin Forrest b. November 21, 1847 d. April 2, 1935
US Congressman. He graduated from Yale in 1871 and the University of Michigan Law School in 1874, afterwards becoming an attorney in Grand Rapids. He was a member of the Grand Rapids Board of Education from 1899 to 1906 and Mayor from 1904 to 1906. In 1910 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat and served one term, 1911 to 1913. After running unsuccessfully for reelection in 1912 Sweet was appointed US Assistant Secretary of Commerce, serving from 1913 to 1921. In 1916...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Trotter, Mel (Melvin Ernest) b. May 16, 1870 d. September 11, 1940
Famous evangelist. Contemporary of Billy Sunday; founded 64 rescue missions after conversion at Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago.
Graceland Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Van Andel, Jay b. June 3, 1924 d. December 7, 2004
Business Magnate. Billionaire who co-founded the International Amway Corp. He was one of Michigan's leading philanthropists, and a champion of conservatism and capitalism, according to Greg McNeilly, executive director of the Michigan Republican Party. Van Andel had Parkinson's disease, a disorder of the central nervous system that involves a degeneration of nerve cells in parts of the brain. The cause of his death was not immediately known. "We're deeply saddened by the loss of a man of great...[Read More] (Bio by: Always with Love)
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Vandenberg, Arthur Hendrick b. March 22, 1884 d. April 18, 1951
Republican Senator from Michigan. He was appointed to the US Senate in 1928 upon the death of Woodbridge N. Ferris and served until he died in office in 1951. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Vlug, Dirk J. b. August 20, 1916 d. June 24, 1996
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Private First Class in the 126th Infantry, 32nd Infantry Division, U.S. Army. On December 15, 1944 near Limon Leyte, Philippine Islands, his unit was attacked by a group of Japanese tanks. He left his covered position with a rocket launcher and advanced alone under intense machinegun and 37-mm. fire. He destroyed the first tank, killing its occupants with a single round. As one of the crew of the second tank started to dismount...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Plot: X-203
Wilcox, Franklin L. b. November, 1830 d. November 16, 1898
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Ordinary Seaman in the Union Navy. His citation reads "On board the USS Minnesota in action during the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, Wilcox advanced to the top of the sandhill and partly through the breach in the palisades, despite enemy fire which killed and wounded many officers and men. When more than two-thirds of the men became seized with panic and...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Grand Rapids Veterans Home Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Plot 2, Row 7, Grave 9
York, Dick (Richard Allen) b. September 4, 1928 d. February 20, 1992
Actor, most remembered for his role as Darrin Stephens, the often-frustrated husband of Elizabeth Montgomery, in the Television sitcom series, Bewitched. Born Richard Allen York in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 4 September 1928, he quickly found work in the entertainment industry.�In 1943, at age 15, he became the star of the network radio program, "That Brewster Boy."�Beginning in movies in 1947, with the role of Philip Norton in the film "Shy Guy" (1947), his roles were few and far between.�To...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Emphysema complicated by a degenerative spinal condition
Plainfield Cemetery, Rockford, Kent County, Michigan, USA

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