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Charles Elroy Townsend (1856-1924) —
also known as Charles E. Townsend —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Concord, Jackson
County, Mich., August
15, 1856.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1888;
Jackson
County Register of Deeds; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1903-11; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1911-23; defeated, 1922.
English
ancestry.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August 3,
1924 (age 67 years, 354
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Frank Nathan Aldrich (1890-1939) —
also known as Frank N. Aldrich —
of Concord, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Capac, St. Clair
County, Mich., August 8,
1890.
Son of Albert Aldrich and Lena (Kempf) Aldrich.
Republican. Village president of Concord, Mich., 1917-36; president,
Farmers State Bank of
Concord, 1920-39; chair of
Jackson County Republican Party, 1932.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died May 21,
1939 (age 48 years, 286
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Eugene H. Belden (1840-1898) —
of Horton, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Spring Arbor Township, Jackson
County, Mich., December
14, 1840.
Farmer;
real
estate business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 3rd District,
1881-82; Industrial candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1890.
Died in 1898
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Horton Cemetery.
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James N. Folks (1897-2001) —
of Horton, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Hanover, Jackson
County, Mich., October
19, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
Spring Arbor Township Supervisor, 1930-58; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-72 (Jackson County 2nd
District 1955-64, 49th District 1965-72); defeated in primary, 1940.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions; Farm
Bureau; Kiwanis.
Died at Tender Care nursing
home, Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
20, 2001 (age 103 years, 93
days).
Interment at Horton Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1919
to Jennie Strait. |
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Austin Blair (1818-1894) —
also known as "The War Governor" —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Caroline, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
8, 1818.
Son of Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair (1796-1869).
Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1846;
instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan,
the first
English-speaking jurisdiction to do so; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54, 1885-86; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1855-56; Governor of
Michigan, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1867-73; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-89; appointed 1881.
Unitarian.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August 6,
1894 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Lansing, Mich.
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Charles Austin Blair (1854-1912) —
also known as Charles A. Blair —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., April 10,
1854.
Son of Austin
Blair.
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1899; Michigan
state attorney general, 1903-04; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1905-12; died in office 1912; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1909.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died August
30, 1912 (age 58 years, 142
days).
Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
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William H. Withington (1835-1903) —
of Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
1, 1835.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; recipient, Medal
of Honor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1873-74;
member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1891-92.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., June 27,
1903 (age 68 years, 146
days).
Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
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James O'Donnell (1840-1915) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 25,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1872;
mayor
of Jackson, Mich., 1876-78; defeated, 1873, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1885-93; defeated,
1892.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., March 17,
1915 (age 74 years, 357
days).
Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
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Jay S. Binning (1878-1940) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
17, 1878.
Republican. Accountant;
banker;
Jackson
County Clerk, 1915-20; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1925-26; member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1927-32.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1940
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
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Norris H. Branch (1871-1910) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in 1871.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1901-02; defeated, 1904; candidate for Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1908.
Died in 1910
(age about
39 years).
Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
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John C. Sharp —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884.
Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
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Thomas E. Barkworth (1851-1923) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Lincolnshire, England,
July
21, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1891-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1894, 1896; candidate
for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1899; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1903-05; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Died February
17, 1923 (age 71 years, 211
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Haskell Linton Nichols (1896-1991) —
also known as Haskell L. Nichols —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Homer, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 28,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Jackson
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1928-30; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1933-36, 1939-42; defeated, 1936; chair of
Jackson County Republican Party, 1937-38; member of Michigan
state senate, 1943-66 (10th District 1943-64, 19th District
1965-66); defeated in primary, 1966.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died in 1991
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Harry D. Boardman (1891-1959) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., December
22, 1891.
Son of John W. Boardman, Sr. and Ida M. (Mathews) Boardman.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; municipal judge in
Michigan, 1922-26; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927; circuit
judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1945-59; appointed 1945;
defeated, 1959; died in office 1959.
Member, Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died April 14,
1959 (age 67 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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William James McKone (1866-1928) —
also known as William J. McKone —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Montezuma, Cayuga
County, N.Y., August
23, 1866.
Son of Franklin McKone (c.1836-1870) and Mary C. (Bell) McKone
(1842-1907).
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1906-15.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
28, 1928 (age 62 years, 5
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Grandnephew of Samuel
Bell; son of Franklin McKone (c.1836-1870) and Mary C. (Bell)
McKone (1842-1907); married 1892 to Minnie
Townsend (1869-1937). |
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1911 |
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Burney Eslie Brower (1880-1956) —
also known as Burney E. Brower —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Ingham
County, Mich., June 18,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1917-20; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1921-26.
Dutch
and Irish
ancestry.
Died July 3,
1956 (age 76 years, 15
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Maxwell F. Badgley (1898-1969) —
also known as Max Badgley —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., December
9, 1898.
Son of Forrest C. Badgley and Anne V. (Beers) Badgley.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1969
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Forrest C. Badgley and Anne V. (Beers) Badgley; married, February
4, 1924, to Irene Reed (divorced 1932); married, September
25, 1947, to Helen Robson Haynes. |
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Calvin Jay Town (1875-1942) —
also known as C. Jay Town —
of North Adams, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson
County, Mich., June 29,
1875.
Son of James D. Town (1852-1933) and Esther (Houghtaling) Town
(1853-1933).
Republican. Methodist
minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1919-24, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928; member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1933-42; defeated in primary, 1924,
1930; died in office 1942.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Gleaners.
Died January
7, 1942 (age 66 years, 192
days).
Interment at Pope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James D. Town (1852-1933) and Esther (Houghtaling) Town
(1853-1933); married, October
19, 1898, to Rena C. Perrine (1876-1910); married to Nina
Ives. |
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John R. Clement (1868-1944) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1868.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1925-30; defeated in primary, 1930.
Died in 1944
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Pope Cemetery.
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