Famous Graves

Given Campbell

1835–1906 (age 71)

Bellefontaine Cemetery

Confederate officer.

James A. Garfield

1831–1881 (age 50)

Lake View Cemetery

Assassinated 20th President of the United States whose memorial was erected at Lake View Cemetery in 1890.

Jeptha Wade

1811–1890 (age 79)

Lake View Cemetery

Co-founder of Lake View Cemetery and Western Union Telegraph Company, honored by Wade Memorial Chapel completed in 1901.

Russell A. Alger

1836–1907 (age 71)

Elmwood Cemetery

Governor of Michigan and U.S. Secretary of War who served as a U.S. Senator.

William Edmond Armitage

1830–1873 (age 43)

Elmwood Cemetery

Second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin from 1870 to 1873.

John Biddle

1792–1859 (age 67)

Elmwood Cemetery

Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory and Mayor of Detroit.

Henry Billings Brown

1836–1913 (age 77)

Elmwood Cemetery

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1890 to 1906.

Lewis Cass

1782–1866 (age 84)

Elmwood Cemetery

Michigan Territorial Governor and Democratic presidential nominee in 1848 who served as U.S. Secretary of War and State.

Zachariah Chandler

1813–1879 (age 66)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Senator from Michigan and Secretary of the Interior who served as Mayor of Detroit.

Philip St. George Cooke

1809–1895 (age 86)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Civil War General.

Donald M. Dickinson

1846–1917 (age 71)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Postmaster General from 1888 to 1889.

J. P. C. Emmons

1818–1877 (age 59)

Elmwood Cemetery

Michigan State Representative and Florida Attorney General.

Elon Farnsworth

1799–1847 (age 48)

Elmwood Cemetery

Attorney General and Chancellor of Michigan from 1843 to 1845.

William Webb Ferguson

1857–1910 (age 53)

Elmwood Cemetery

First African-American man elected to the Michigan House of Representatives.

Harry P. Guy

1870–1950 (age 80)

Elmwood Cemetery

Ragtime composer.

Douglass Houghton

1809–1845 (age 36)

Elmwood Cemetery

Geologist and Mayor of Detroit in 1842.

Jacob M. Howard

1805–1871 (age 66)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Senator from Michigan who helped draft the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Bela Hubbard

1814–1896 (age 82)

Elmwood Cemetery

Geologist and surveyor.

Jonathan Kearsley

1786–1859 (age 73)

Elmwood Cemetery

Two-time Mayor of Detroit and War of 1812 veteran.

Charles Larned

1787–1834 (age 47)

Elmwood Cemetery

Attorney General of Michigan Territory and War of 1812 veteran.

Lucius Lyon

1800–1851 (age 51)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Senator and first congressman from Michigan's second district who helped found Grand Rapids.

Margaret Mather

1859–1898 (age 39)

Elmwood Cemetery

Victorian actress.

Nathaniel Mayer

1944–2008 (age 64)

Elmwood Cemetery

Rhythm and blues singer.

James McMillan

1838–1902 (age 64)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Senator from 1889 to 1902.

Robert McClelland

1807–1880 (age 73)

Elmwood Cemetery

4th United States Secretary of the Interior.

Charles Merrill

1792–1872 (age 80)

Elmwood Cemetery

American entrepreneur and lumber tycoon.

Truman H. Newberry

1864–1945 (age 81)

Elmwood Cemetery

Businessman and U.S. Senator from Michigan who served as Secretary of the Navy.

John Norvell

1789–1850 (age 61)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Senator and War of 1812 veteran who worked as a newspaper editor.

Thomas W. Palmer

1830–1913 (age 83)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Senator from 1883 to 1889.

Zina Pitcher

1797–1872 (age 75)

Elmwood Cemetery

Physician and two-time Mayor of Detroit.

Andrew Porter

1820–1872 (age 52)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Army general in the Civil War.

Jerome H. Remick

1867–1931 (age 64)

Elmwood Cemetery

Music publisher.

James Robinson

1753–1868 (age 115)

Elmwood Cemetery

African-American Revolutionary War and War of 1812 veteran.

Solomon Sibley

1769–1846 (age 77)

Elmwood Cemetery

Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory and first Mayor of Detroit under the first charter.

Fred Smith

1949–1994 (age 45)

Elmwood Cemetery

Guitarist best known for his work with the rock band MC5.

Martha Jean Steinberg

1930–2000 (age 70)

Elmwood Cemetery

Radio personality.

David Stuart

1816–1868 (age 52)

Elmwood Cemetery

U.S. Congressman from 1853 to 1855.

Sam Thompson

1860–1922 (age 62)

Elmwood Cemetery

Outfielder and Baseball Hall of Fame member.

Hiram Walker

1816–1899 (age 83)

Elmwood Cemetery

Entrepreneur and founder of Hiram Walker and Sons Distillery.

Eber Brock Ward

1811–1875 (age 64)

Elmwood Cemetery

Detroit's first millionaire.

Alpheus S. Williams

1810–1878 (age 68)

Elmwood Cemetery

American Civil War general and U.S. Representative from Michigan.

John R. Williams

1782–1854 (age 72)

Elmwood Cemetery

First and sixth Mayor of Detroit under the second charter and namesake of John R. Street.

Thomas Williams

1815–1862 (age 47)

Elmwood Cemetery

American Civil War general killed at the Battle of Baton Rouge.

Coleman Young

1918–1997 (age 79)

Elmwood Cemetery

Mayor of Detroit from 1974 to 1994.

Dorothy Abbott

1920–1968 (age 48)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American actress active in film during the mid-20th century.

Alvin Ailey

1931–1989 (age 58)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

Pioneering American modern dancer and choreographer who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Lewis Arquette

1935–2001 (age 66)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American character actor and father of actors David, Patricia, and Rosanna Arquette.

Marlin Briscoe

1945–2023 (age 78)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American football player and first African American starting quarterback in the AFL.

Dominic Brooklier

1914–1984 (age 70)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American organized crime figure and boss of the Los Angeles crime family.

Timothy Carey

1929–1994 (age 65)

Rose Hills Memorial Park

American character actor known for cult films and unconventional roles.