Find A Grave - Wayne County

Bryan, Ford Richardson b. May 13, 1912 d. May 14, 2004
Author/Historian. As a 4th cousin of Henry Ford I, he authored many articles on the Ford Family and Henry Ford, in the Dearborn Historian, and the Ford Legend. He worked 33 years as a Spectrochemical Analyst for Ford Motor Company. When he became a volunteer at The Henry Ford in 1981, he found a lot of material to write on Henry Ford and the Ford legacy. His first book was "The Fords of Dearborn, Illustrated History." His other books are "Henry's Lieutenants," "Clara, Mrs. Henry Ford," "Friends...[Read More] (Bio by: Joel Hurley)
Glen Eden Memorial Park, Livonia, 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
Buick, David Dunbar b. September 17, 1854 d. March 5, 1929
Scottish-American inventor and automotive pioneer, best known for starting the car company that became the Buick Motor Division of General Motors Corporation (GM). He was born David Dunbar Buick on September 17, 1854 at 26 Green Street, Arbroath, Scotland. His father, Alexander Buick, a joiner, emigrated to America with his wife and son when David was two years old. As a young man, David settled in Detroit, where he started manufacturing plumbing materials. Buick and his partner William...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons)
Cause of death: Colon cancer
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Allendale section
Calleja, Joseph 'Joe C' b. November 4, 1974 d. November 16, 2000
Rock Musician. Known as "Joe C," he was the sidekick and friend of rock/rap musician Kid Rock. He lived with Celiac Disease, which caused him to need to take 65 pills a day and to be hooked up to an IV machine at night. Despite these handicaps, he was able to appear with Kid Rock in concerts, on his records and in Music videos up until the disease claimed his life. (Bio by: Erica Green)
Michigan Memorial Park, Flat Rock, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Cantlon, William Andrew 'Shorty' b. 1904 d. May 30, 1947
Auto Race Car Driver. Killed during the running of the 1947 Indianapolis 500. After funeral services in Indianapolis, he was taken to Detroit, Michigan, where a second funeral service was held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Casey, Bernard 'Solanus' b. November 25, 1870 d. July 31, 1957
Religious Leader. Born in Wisconsin to Irish immigrant parents, he left the family farm and worked throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota as a logger, a hospital orderly, a street car operator and a prison guard. At age twenty-one he entered Seminary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to study for the Catholic priesthood. Five years later he decided to enter a religious order, and was invested in the Capuchin Order at Detroit, Michigan in 1897, where received his religious name of Solanus. After his...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Helminski)
Saint Bonaventure Monastery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Vault in North Transept of Church
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
Castiglione, Carmello b. January, 1897 d. September 19, 1930
Gangster. Castiglione was born in Monte San Giuliano, Sicily and immigrated to Detroit in September 1912. He bacame drawn into the Mafia after the murder of his older brother Francesco in December 1915. During the Giannola-Vitale gang war, he avenged his brother's murder and took his place in the East Side mob under Sam Catalanotte and Gaspare Milazzo. Castiglione functioned as a "brewery opener," forcing warehouse owners to harbor breweries under the penalty of death. However, upon the death...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Rice)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 42
Catalanotte, Salvatore 'Sam' b. February 15, 1894 d. February 14, 1930
Organized Crime Figure. The first unified boss of the Detroit underworld, he was born in Seleni, Trapani, Sicily on February 15, 1894. He arrived in Detroit in 1905, and was a popular figure who held tremendous influence in the Italian community due largely in part to charitable donations and his standing as the head of Detroit's Unione Sicilione. He operated as a gunman for Sam and Tony Gianolla during the Gianolla / Vitale conflict. By the conflict's end, the lives of more than 100 men had...[Read More] (Bio by: Jason Vietri)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Cawetzka, Charles b. March 1, 1877 d. October 23, 1951
Spanish American War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Awarded August 23, 1900, F Company 30th Infantry, US Volunteers. Official Citation: Single-handed, he defended a disabled comrade against a greatly superior force of the enemy.
Romulus Memorial Cemetery, Romulus, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
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
Chapin Sr., Roy Dikeman b. February 23, 1880 d. February 16, 1936
Businessman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Automotive engineer, manufacturer, and designer. As an employee of R. E. Olds, he set a speed driving record by piloting a little Curved Dash Olds automobile from Detroit, Michigan to the 1901 New York Auto Show, in New York City, covering the distance of mud roads in just eight days, a remarkable motoring feat for the times He was one of the founders, along with Howard E. Coffin, Roscoe B. Jackson, F.O. Bezner, J.J. Brady, and Hugh Chalmers, of The...[Read More] (Bio by: W. R. L.)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Please inquire at the cemetery office.
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
Cicotte, Eddie (Edward Victor) b. June 19, 1884 d. May 5, 1969
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Springwells, Michigan, he was best known as one of the eight Chicago White Sox players permanently ineligible for professional baseball for his alleged participation in the Black Sox scandal in the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Nicknamed "Knuckles", he was a right handed pitcher making his debut with the Detroit Tigers on September 3, 1905. For fourteen seasons, he played with the Detroit Tigers in 1905, Boston Red Sox (1906-12) and Chicago...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Section 79, Grave 2
Clancy, Robert Henry b. March 14, 1882 d. April 23, 1962
US Congressman. Elected to represent Michigan's 1st and 14th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1923 to 1925, and 1927 to 1933. He was defeated in 1924 and 1932. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Michigan in 1924.
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Clarke, Jay Justin 'Nig' b. December 15, 1882 d. June 15, 1949
Major League Baseball Player. He was a catcher for five teams in nine years in the majors. He played for the Detroit Tigers (1905), Cleveland Naps (1905 to 1910), St. Louis Browns (1911), Philadelphia Phillies (1919), and finished with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1920). In 1,536 plate appearances he batted a modest .254 with 127 runs batted in. Although he only hit 6 home runs in the majors, on June 15, 1902, he reportedly hit 8 home runs in 8 at bats playing for the Corsicana Oil Citys in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Clarke, Tony b. April 13, 1940 d. August 28, 1971
Singer, Songwriter, Producer. Born Ralph Williams, he wrote for many legendary artists, including Etta James' "Two Sides to Every Story" and "Pushover" and David Ruffin's early hit song "Mr. Bus Driver Hurry." He also was an in-house songwriter/producer for Chess Records, helping in the development of the Chicago Soul sound. As a recording artist, Tony had a hit record with "The Entertainer." In 1970 he had a minor role in the film "They Call Me Mister Tibbs." Cause of death: homicide. (Bio by: Love_To_Help)
United Memorial Gardens, Superior (Washtenaw County), Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA

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