Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery in

Lansing, Michigan Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, making ...

History

Mount Hope Cemetery opened as the new city cemetery for

in June 1874. It was formerly the John Miller Farm. Between 1874 and 1881, the city vacated the Lansing City Cemetery and moved about 1,000 graves to Mount Hope. Frederick W. Higgins, superintendent of Detroit's

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, planned the drives and Henry Lee Bancroft, superintendent of the Lansing City Cemetery, developed the landscape. A section was platted in 1874 for the State Reform School (later the Boys' Vocational School) for the remains of 61 boys who died between 1856 and 1933. The city's Civil War Soldier's Monument, a large obelisk, was dedicated in 1878. In 2014, a grave marker for the final victim of the 1927 Bath School bombing was dedicated. As of 2017, there were 23,820 people buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Notable burials

Warren Babcock Warren Babcock, Jr. (September 15, 1866 – June 3, 1913) was a Michigan politician and educator. He was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, son of Warren Babcock, a farmer and saloon keeper who also served as postmaster of Milan, Michigan.''Ann Arbor ...

(1866–1913), postmaster * L. Anna Ballard (1848–1934), physician *

William James Beal William James Beal (March 11, 1833 – May 12, 1924) was an American botanist. He was a pioneer in the development of hybrid corn and the founder of the W. J. Beal Botanical Garden. Biography Beal was born in Adrian, Michigan, to William and ...

(1833–1924), botanist * Willard I. Bowerman Jr. (1917–1987), state politician and mayor of Lansing * Claude E. Cady (1878–1953), member of the

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* Sherlock Houston Carmer (1842–1884), state politician *

John Herrmann John Theodore Herrmann (November 9, 1900 – April 9, 1959) was a writer in the 1920s and 1930s and is alleged to have introduced Whittaker Chambers to Alger Hiss. Biography Herrmann was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1900. He lived in Paris i ...

(1900–1959), writer * Grant M. Hudson (1868–1955), member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Irma Theoda Jones (1845–1929), philanthropist * Patrick H. Kelley (1867–1925), member of the U.S. House of Representatives *

John W. Longyear John Wesley Longyear (October 22, 1820 – March 10, 1875) was a United States representative from Michigan and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Education and career Longyea ...

(1820–1875), jurist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Martin V. Montgomery (1840–1898), judge * Jack Morrissey (1876–1936), professional baseball player *

Ransom E. Olds Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1887 and his first gasoline-power ...

(1864–1950), automotive industry leader * George E. Ranney (1839–1915), Civil War surgeon and Medal of Honor recipient *

James Munroe Turner James Munroe Turner (April 23, 1850July 6, 1896) was a Michigan politician. Early life James Munroe Turner was born in Lansing, Michigan on April 23, 1850 to parents James Madison Turner and Marian Munroe Turner. Career On November 7, 1876, T ...

(1850–1896), state politician and mayor of Lansing * Scott Turner (1880–1972), director of the

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Howard Wiest Howard Wiest (February 24, 1864 – September 16, 1945) was an American jurist. Although he neither graduated from high school nor attended law school, he read law, became Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and went on to be "the Dean" ...

(1864–1945), Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court * Edward W. Sparrow (1846–1913), Lansing Developer and founder of

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External links

Mount Hope Cemetery (official website)
Cemeteries in Michigan 1874 establishments in Michigan

History

Notable burials

See also

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