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Samuel J. Daugherty (1873-1926) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August
14, 1873.
Republican. Farmer; Tuscola
County Sheriff, 1903-06; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1907-08.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., November
21, 1926 (age 53 years, 99
days).
Interment at Caro Cemetery.
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Roland O. Kern (1898-1981) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Reese, Tuscola
County, Mich., August 6,
1898.
Republican. Lawyer; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932;
candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 40th Circuit, 1953.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Died August
12, 1981 (age 83 years, 6
days).
Interment at Caro Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1923
to Louise Asall. |
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Maurice C. Ransford (1903-1991) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., May 6,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-35; candidate in primary for
circuit
judge in Michigan 40th Circuit, 1941; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1956
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Rotary.
Died in Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., August 5,
1991 (age 88 years, 91
days).
Interment at Caro Cemetery.
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Theron Wilson Atwood (1854-1917) —
also known as Theron W. Atwood —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in White Oak, Ingham
County, Mich., January
3, 1854.
Son of H. P. Atwood.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-94; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1899-1902; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 21st District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912;
instrumental in building an electric
railroad connecting Jackson, Lansing, and Owosso.
Died, from pneumonia
and complications of appendicitis,
in Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., September
27, 1917 (age 63 years, 267
days).
Interment at Indianfields Township Cemetery.
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Shuford Kirk (1907-2003) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Juniata Township, Tuscola
County, Mich., May 2,
1907.
Son of James
Kirk and Jane Catherine 'Janie' (Borland) Kirk (1880-1971).
Republican. Chemist;
farmer;
chair
of Tuscola County Republican Party, 1958-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Tuscola County,
1961-62; candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives 84th District, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Exchange
Club.
Died, in McLaren Regional Medical
Center, Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., November
6, 2003 (age 96 years, 188
days).
Interment at Indianfields Township Cemetery.
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Audley Rawson (1893-1981) —
also known as William Audley Rawson —
of Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born near Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich., April 5,
1893.
Son of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson.
Republican. Farmer;
Elkland Township Supervisor, 1931-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1935-42;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1943-46; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Tuscola County Republican Party, 1950; lobbyist
for the Michigan Association of Insurance
Companies.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
27, 1981 (age 88 years, 175
days).
Interment at Elkland Township Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson; married, December
22, 1914, to Mary Lena Day (died 1969); married 1971 to Mildred
Hutchinson. |
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James D. Brooker (1863-1930) —
of Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Mallorytown, Ontario,
March
18, 1863.
Son of James Brooker (1831-1918) and Lois (Thompson) Brooker
(1842-1916).
Republican. Lawyer; one
of the organizers of the Cass City Telephone
Company, later president and manager; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke,
and died four days later, in Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich., February
15, 1930 (age 66 years, 334
days).
Interment at Elkland Township Cemetery.
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Roland N. Holsaple (1876-1940) —
also known as R. N. Holsaple —
of Litchfield, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; South Dakota; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Minnesota; Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Monroeville, Allen
County, Ind., April 11,
1876.
Republican. Minister;
candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Pleasant Home Hospital,
Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich., October
31, 1940 (age 64 years, 203
days).
Interment at Elkland Township Cemetery.
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Gordon L. Thomas (1914-1997) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Orpington, England,
December
4, 1914.
Democrat. University
professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1961-71; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
2nd District, 1961.
Congregationalist.
Died October
15, 1997 (age 82 years, 315
days).
Interment at Elkland Township Cemetery.
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