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Otsego
Area Historical Society
218 N. Farmer St.,
Otsego, Michigan 49078 ~ Phone: 269.692.3775
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oahs@otsegohistory.org
Otsego is located in SW lower MI
Museum Location / Map
Several Notable Persons Buried In Otsego's Mountain
Home Cemetery |
Otsego
had it's share of notable people that lived and served here over the 175
year history of the town. Several of them were the first to serve
in the capacity for which they are noted. Walk around the cemetery to
see how many of these graves you can find. Learn more about these notable people from
clippings in Dorothy
Dalrymple's Scrapbooks which are in the Otsego
District Library. Download a cemetery
map. |
Last
Name |
First
Name |
Died |
Section |
Plot |
Grave |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Details |
Ballou |
James M. |
1892 |
C |
307 |
6 |
42-28.090 |
85-41.659 |
1862 school Principal, school and village
boards, long time businessman. |
Brown |
Albert E. |
1991 |
H |
21 |
3 |
42-28.051 |
85-41.522 |
Author, Verse-Land Press. |
Clapp |
Charles I. |
1943 |
D |
1 |
3 |
42-28.067 |
85-41.622 |
Mayor 1928, the Telephone exchange
was in his bakery
in 1882. |
Coates
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Dr. L.B.
|
1879
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B
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61
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5
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42-28.066
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85-41.690
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First Allegan
County school teacher, and first Otsego doctor. |
Daniels
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Hattie
|
1941
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F
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170
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2
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42-28.026 |
85-41.598 |
Long time small
store owner; catered to children.
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Eady |
Ernest
W. |
1943 |
H |
19 |
1 |
42-28.048 |
85-41.636 |
President of the
Eady Shoe Manufacturing Co.
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Foster |
Dr.
Albert |
1899 |
B |
55 |
1 |
42-28.070 |
85-41.687 |
First white child
born in Otsego Township.
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Foster |
Dr.
Samuel D. |
1893 |
B |
60 |
4 |
42-28.063 |
85-41.688 |
First settler in
Otsego. |
Higgins |
Willard |
1916 |
A |
223 |
6 |
42-28.022 |
85-41.646 |
First Otsego
Village President in 1865. |
Mansfield |
William
A. |
1936 |
G |
97 |
2 |
42-28.098 |
85-41.578 |
First Mayor of
the City of Otsego in 1918. |
Rowe |
Martin |
1852 |
A |
160 |
3 |
42-28.038 |
85-41.678 |
First Constable
& Collector in Allegan County. |
Simpson |
Samuel |
1940 |
D |
154 |
6 |
42-28.042 |
85-41.588 |
The
"Sim" in the Mac Sim Bar Paper Co. |
Smith |
Joshua |
1912 |
H |
463 |
1 |
42-28.059 |
85-41.516 |
Served in the
Mexican War. |
Town |
Oka |
1895 |
A |
198 |
6 |
42-28.025 |
85-41.675 |
First Probate
Judge of Allegan County.
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Travis |
Norman |
1903 |
A |
137 |
1 |
42-28.039 |
85-41.681 |
Versatile Otsego
businessman. Arrived in 1855.
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Van
Wyck |
A.J. |
1886 |
E |
6 |
6 |
42-28.105 |
84-41.616 |
1880 Otsego
Village President. |
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