Wayne County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Pingree, Hazen Stuart  (24th Governor 1897-1900) 
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Cemetery:           Woodlawn Cemetery
Name:               Hazen Stuart  (24th Governor 1897-1900) Pingree

Date Of Photograph: September 7, 2012
Photo can be seen at:
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     Mausoleum reads:

        HAZEN S. PINGREE
             MILLS

        SHERMAN L. DEPEW

Additional Comments:
Hazen Stuart Pingree, "Ol' Ping"(b. 30 Aug 1840 in Denmark to Jasper Pingree 
and Adeline(Bryant)Pingree) (d. 18 Jun 1901 of peritonitis, in England while 
returning from an African safari with his son.

He married Francis A. Gilbert in 1872. They had three children, Hazen Stuart 
Pingree Jr., Hazel H. and Gertrude. He was Republican. He served in the Union 
Army in the Civil War; boot and shoe manufaturer, a cobbler by trade; Mayor of 
Detroit MI,(Potato Patch Pingree) 1897-1900; Governor of Michigan, 1897-1900.  
Noted for many achievements in Michigan, a statue of Pingree standing was 
erected in Grand Circus Park in Detroit commemorating him as "The Idol of the 
People".

His body laid in state for two days at Old City Hall and was decked with 
mourning bunting and banners 
reading, "Ambitious", "Brave", "Energetic", "Fearless", "Staunch", "True" 
and "Untiring".  The line to pay respects stretched for 6 blocks.  He was 
first interred at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit and re-interred in Woodlawn 
Cemetery, Detroit Michigan in Section 14.    

 



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