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Thomas White Ferry (1827-1896) —
also known as Thomas W. Ferry —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Mackinac Island, Mackinac
County, Mich., June 10,
1827.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent District, 1851-52;
member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1857-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1865-71; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1871-83.
Died in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., October
13, 1896 (age 69 years, 125
days).
Interment at Lake Forest Cemetery.
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Peter J. Danhof (1864-1944) —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., January
1, 1864.
Son of John Danhof and Rensina Danhof.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; law partner of Allen
C. Adsit, 1901-12; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 20th Circuit, 1911; superior court judge in
Michigan of Grand Rapids, 1915; appointed 1915; Democratic candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1916, 1918, 1934
(primary).
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1944 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Interment at Lake Forest Cemetery.
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William M. Ferry (1824-1905) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1824.
Member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1858-63; member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 5th District, 1873.
Died in 1905
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lake Forest Cemetery.
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Alvin Enoch Ewing (d. 1945) —
also known as Alvin E. Ewing —
of Michigan.
Progressive. Candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1915.
Died in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., January
18, 1945.
Interment at Lake Forest Cemetery.
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Charles E. Misner —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1918; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1952.
Interment at Lake Forest Cemetery.
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Gerrit John Diekema (1859-1930) —
also known as Gerrit J. Diekema —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., March 27,
1859.
Son of W. Diekema and H. (Stegeman) Diekema.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 1st District,
1885-92; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1889-90; candidate
for Michigan
state attorney general, 1892; mayor of
Holland, Mich., 1895; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1896,
1924;
Michigan
Republican state chair, 1900-11, 1927-29; bank
president; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1908-11; defeated,
1910; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1916; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1929-30, died in office 1930.
Died in Netherlands,
December
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 268
days).
Interment at Pilgrim Home Cemetery.
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Harold James Volkema (1930-1967) —
also known as Harold J. Volkema; Hal
Volkema —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., May 29,
1930.
Republican. Sports
announcer, WHTC radio; bookstore
owner; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1965-67; died in office 1967.
Christian
Reformed.
Died, of a heart
attack, December
17, 1967 (age 37 years, 202
days).
Interment at Pilgrim Home Cemetery.
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Louis J. Vanderburg (c.1875-1942) —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., about 1875.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1924.
Died in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., 1942
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Pilgrim Home Cemetery.
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