Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery in

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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 (1866–1913), postmaster * L. Anna Ballard (1848–1934), physician * William James Beal (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 in ...

(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 Patrick Henry Kelley (October 7, 1867 – September 11, 1925) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as U.S. Representative from Michigan's 6th congressional district from 1915 to 1923. Biography Kelley was born in Silve ...

(1867–1925), member of the U.S. House of Representatives * John W. Longyear (1820–1875), jurist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Martin V. Montgomery (1840–1898), judge *

Jack Morrissey John Albert "Jack" Morrissey (May 2, 1876 – October 30, 1936), nicknamed "King", was an American professional baseball player from Lansing, Michigan who played parts of two season in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds from ...

(1876–1936), professional baseball player *

Ransom E. Olds Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was an American businessman and executive who was known as a pioneer of the American automotive industry, whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named after. He claimed to have built his first ...

(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, ...

(1850–1896), state politician and mayor of Lansing * Scott Turner (1880–1972), director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines * Howard Wiest (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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