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Lewis Cass (1782-1866) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Exeter, Rockingham
County, N.H., October
9, 1782.
Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1806; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; Governor of
Michigan Territory, 1813-31; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1831-36; U.S. Minister to France, 1836-42; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1843-44; appointed 1843; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1844,
1852;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1845-48, 1849-57; resigned 1848; candidate
for President
of the United States, 1848; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1857-60.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 17,
1866 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Son of Russell Alger (died 1848) and Caroline (Moulton) Alger (died
1848).
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884;
Governor
of Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
10, 1813.
Son of Samuel Chandler and Margaret (Orr) Chandler.
Republican. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1851-52; Whig candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1856;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1856-60, 1870-72; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1876-79; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1857-75, 1879; died in office 1879; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1875-77; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1878-79.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in his room at the Grand Pacific Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
1, 1879 (age 65 years, 326
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Robert McClelland (1807-1880) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., August 1,
1807.
Democrat. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1835;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1835-37, 1850-51; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1838, 1840,
1843; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1843; mayor of
Monroe, Mich., 1841; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1843-49; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; Governor of
Michigan, 1851-53; resigned 1853; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1853-57; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
30, 1880 (age 73 years, 29
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Edwin Denby (1870-1929) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
18, 1870.
Son of Charles
Harvey Denby and Martha (Fitch) Denby.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1929 (age 58 years, 356
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Charles Beecher Warren (1870-1936) —
also known as Charles B. Warren —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., April 10,
1870.
Son of Robert L. Warren.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908
(alternate), 1912
(alternate), 1916
(alternate; member, Rules
Committee; speaker),
1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1912-20; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1921-22; Mexico, 1924.
Died, of heart
disease, in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., February
3, 1936 (age 65 years, 299
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Donald McDonald Dickinson (1846-1917) —
also known as Donald M. Dickinson; Don M.
Dickinson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Ontario, Oswego
County, N.Y., January
17, 1846.
Son of Col. Asa C. Dickinson and Minerva H. Dickinson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1876; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1880-85; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association.
Died October
15, 1917 (age 71 years, 271
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) —
also known as Truman H. Newberry —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
5, 1864.
Son of John
Stoughton Newberry and Helen Parmelee (Handy) Newberry.
Republican. Paymaster and agent, Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railway,
1885-87; president and treasurer, Detroit Steel and
Spring Co., 1887-1901; director, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.;
director, Grace Hospital;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Tried
and convicted
in 1921 of overspending
on his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealistically
low limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; following
an investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat but expressed
disapproval of the sum spent
on his election; resigned
under pressure.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., October
3, 1945 (age 80 years, 332
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) —
also known as Henry P. Baldwin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., February
22, 1814.
Son of John Baldwin and Margaret (Williams) Baldwin.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1861-62; Governor of
Michigan, 1869-72; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1879-81; appointed 1879; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1880-81.
Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
31, 1892 (age 78 years, 313
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John R. Williams (1782-1854) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 4,
1782.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1824-25, 1829-30, 1844-46; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
20, 1854 (age 72 years, 169
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Woodbridge (1780-1861) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., August
20, 1780.
Son of Dudley Woodbridge (1747-1823) and Lucy (Backus) Woodbridge
(1757-1817).
Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1807; member of Ohio state
senate, 1813-15; secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1815-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820;
justice
of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1838-40; Governor of
Michigan, 1840-41; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1841-47.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
20, 1861 (age 81 years, 61
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James McMillan (1838-1902) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario,
May
12, 1838.
Republican. Member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1876-79; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1879-80, 1886-87, 1890-96; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1889-1902; died in office 1902.
Died in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
10, 1902 (age 64 years, 90
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Bryan Porter (1791-1834) —
also known as George B. Porter —
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
9, 1791.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania, 1824-29; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1827; Governor of
Michigan Territory, 1831-34; died in office 1834.
Presbyterian.
Died in a cholera
epidemic in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 6,
1834 (age 43 years, 147
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Jacob Merritt Howard (1805-1871) —
also known as Jacob M. Howard —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Shaftsbury, Bennington
County, Vt., July 10,
1805.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838; U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1841-43; defeated (Whig),
1843; Michigan
state attorney general, 1855-60; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1862-71.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 2,
1871 (age 65 years, 266
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Valentine Campbell (1823-1890) —
also known as James V. Campbell —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
25, 1823.
Lawyer;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1858-90; died in office 1890; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1870-71, 1878-79,
1886-87.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 26,
1890 (age 67 years, 29
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Alanson Howard (1813-1880) —
also known as William A. Howard —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden
County, Vt., April 8,
1813.
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1855-59, 1860-61;
defeated, 1852 (Whig), 1858 (Republican); Michigan
Republican state chair, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1868,
1872;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1871; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1872-76; Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1872,
1876;
Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1878-80; died in office 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 10,
1880 (age 67 years, 2
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Charles W. Whipple (d. 1855) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-37; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1837; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1838-55; died in office 1855; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1848-51.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
29, 1855.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Witherell Palmer (1830-1913) —
also known as Thomas W. Palmer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
25, 1830.
Son of Thomas Palmer and Mary A. (Witherell) Palmer.
Republican. Merchant;
real
estate business; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1879-80; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1883-89; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1889-90.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 1,
1913 (age 83 years, 127
days).
Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Marshall Chapin (1798-1838) —
of Michigan.
Born in Bernardston, Franklin
County, Mass., February
27, 1798.
Son of Caleb Chapin (1759-1838) and Mary (Wright) Chapin (1765-1827).
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1831, 1833.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
26, 1838 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Norvell (1789-1850) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., December
21, 1789.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1837-41; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1837-39; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1842; U.S.
Attorney for Michigan, 1845-50.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 24,
1850 (age 60 years, 124
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Alpheus Starkey Williams (1810-1878) —
also known as Alpheus S. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
20, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Michigan, 1839; recorder's court judge
in Michigan, 1842; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
postmaster;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1866; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1866-69; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1875-78; died in
office 1878.
Suffered a stroke and
died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1878 (age 68 years, 92
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue erected 1921 at Belle Isle Park.
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William Cotter Maybury (1848-1909) —
also known as William C. Maybury —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
20, 1848.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1883-87; defeated,
1880; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1897-1904; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1909
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery; statue at Grand
Circus Park.
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John Christian Lodge (1862-1950) —
also known as John C. Lodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
12, 1862.
Son of Dr. Edwin Albert Lodge and Christiana Hanson Lodge.
Newspaper
reporter; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-10; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1922-23, 1924, 1927-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Detroit's John C. Lodge Expressway is named for
him.
Died February
6, 1950 (age 87 years, 178
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Coleman Alexander Young (1918-1997) —
also known as Coleman A. Young —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., May 24,
1918.
Son of Coleman Young and Ida (Jones) Young.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; national
representative, UAW-CIO, 1946-47; director of
organization, Wayne County CIO Council, 1947-48; executive
secretary, National Negro Labor Council, 1951-55; candidate for
Michigan
state house of representatives, 1959, 1962 (Democratic primary);
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9th
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1965-73; defeated (Progressive), 1948;
resigned 1973; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1969-81; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1972,
1980,
1984,
1996;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1974-93; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1992;
defeated (Democratic), 1988.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1981.
Died, of emphysema,
while hospitalized for heart
problems, at Sinai Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
29, 1997 (age 79 years, 189
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Levi Cook (1792-1866) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bellingham, Norfolk
County, Mass., December
16, 1792.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1832, 1835-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1866 (age 73 years, 351
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Lucius Lyon (1800-1851) —
of Bronson, Branch
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Shelburne, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
26, 1800.
Democrat. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1833-35; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1837-39; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843-45.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
24, 1851 (age 51 years, 210
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Van Ness Lothrop (1817-1897) —
also known as George V. N. Lothrop —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Easton, Bristol
County, Mass., August 8,
1817.
Son of Howard Lothrop and Sally (Williams) Lothrop.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1848-51; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1856, 1860; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1860;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S. Minister
to Russia, 1885-88.
English
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died in 1897
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Solomon Sibley (1769-1846) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Sutton, Worcester
County, Mass., October
7, 1769.
Member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1806; U.S.
Attorney for Michigan, 1815-24; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1820-23; justice of
Michigan territorial supreme court, 1824-27.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 4,
1846 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Son of Rev. John Eichelberger Bushnell and Annie Carter (Terrill)
Bushnell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned
1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Eichelberger Bushnell and Annie Carter (Terrill)
Bushnell; married, November
5, 1923, to Ida Mary Bland; brother of Miller
Bushnell. |
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1939 |
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George Morrell (1786-1845) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 22,
1786.
Justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1836-43; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1842-43.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 9,
1845 (age 58 years, 352
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John H. Harmon (1819-1888) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Portage
County, Ohio, June 21,
1819.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1852-54; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1854.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 6,
1888 (age 69 years, 46
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Biddle (1792-1859) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 2,
1792.
Son of Charles
Biddle and Hannah (Shepard) Biddle.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1827-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1835; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), August
25, 1859 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Douglass Houghton (1809-1845) —
of Michigan.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., September
21, 1809.
Geologist;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1842.
Drowned
with four others, when a sudden
storm overturned their
boat, at Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw
County, Mich., October
13, 1845 (age 36 years, 22
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Ladue (1804-1854) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, November
18, 1804.
Tanner;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1850-51.
Died December
1, 1854 (age 50 years, 13
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Kirkland C. Barker (1819-1875) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in East Schuyler, Herkimer
County, N.Y., September
8, 1819.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1864-65.
Drowned,
when the sailboat in which he was transporting ballast-lead to his
yacht Cora suddenly sank, in the
Detroit River near Amherstberg, Ontario,
May
20, 1875 (age 55 years, 254
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Chamberlain Duncan (1819-1877) —
also known as William C. Duncan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y., May 18,
1819.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1863-64.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
19, 1877 (age 58 years, 215
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Charles Christopher Trowbridge (1800-1883) —
of Michigan.
Born December
29, 1800.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1834; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1837.
Died April 6,
1883 (age 82 years, 98
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Charles D. Howard (1804-1883) —
of Michigan.
Born in Chenango
County, N.Y., August 7,
1804.
Son of Sebere Howard (1775-1861) and Rachel (Scott) Howard
(1775-1848).
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1849-50.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
6, 1883 (age 79 years, 91
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Pierre Codd (1869-1927) —
also known as George P. Codd —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
7, 1869.
Republican. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1905-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1908;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents; elected 1909; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1911-21, 1924-27; appointed 1911;
resigned 1921; died in office 1927; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1921-23.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1927 (age 57 years, 71
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Frederick Buhl (1806-1890) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Butler
County, Pa., November
27, 1806.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1848.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 12,
1890 (age 83 years, 166
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Christian Henry Buhl (1812-1894) —
also known as Christian H. Buhl —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Butler
County, Pa., May 9,
1812.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1860-61.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
23, 1894 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Entombed at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Stephen B. Grummond (1834-1894) —
of Michigan.
Born in Marine City, St. Clair
County, Mich., September
18, 1834.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1884-85.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
2, 1894 (age 59 years, 106
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Jonathan Kearsley —
of Michigan.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1826, 1829.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Zina Pitcher —
of Michigan.
Whig. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1840-41, 1843; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Oliver M. Hyde —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1854-55, 1856-57.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William W. Wheaton —
of Michigan.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1868-71.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Hugh Moffat —
of Michigan.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1872-75.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) —
also known as Henry B. Brown —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in South Lee, Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1836.
Son of Billings Brown and Mary (Tyler) Brown.
Lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1868; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1875-90; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1890-1906; resigned 1906.
Congregationalist.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
4, 1913 (age 77 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Logan Chipman (1830-1893) —
also known as J. Logan Chipman —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 5,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1865-66; superior court judge in Michigan of Detroit, 1879-87; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1887-93; defeated,
1866; died in office 1893; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1891.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
17, 1893 (age 63 years, 73
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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De Garmo Jones —
of Michigan.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1839-40.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Alexander Lewis (born c.1825) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Canada,
about 1825.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1876-77.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Alexander Woodruff Buel (1813-1868) —
also known as Alexander W. Buel —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Castleton, Rutland
County, Vt., December
13, 1813.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1838, 1848,
1859-60; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1848; Wayne
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1843-46; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1849-51; defeated,
1850; postmaster.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 19,
1868 (age 54 years, 128
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Elon Farnsworth (1799-1877) —
of Michigan.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., February
2, 1799.
Son of Stephen Farnsworth (1764-1829) and Deborah (Bennett)
Farnsworth (1765-1845).
Democrat. Member
Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; Chancellor of
Michigan, 1835-43, 1846-47; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1839; Michigan
state attorney general, 1843-45; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1846-57.
An organizer of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 24,
1877 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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David Stuart (1816-1868) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 12,
1816.
Son of Robert
Stuart.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1853-55; defeated,
1854; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
12, 1868 (age 52 years, 184
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Witherell (1759-1838) —
of Fair Haven, Rutland
County, Vt.
Born in Massachusetts, 1759.
Democrat. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808.
Died in 1838
(age about
79 years).
Original interment at Russell Street
Cemetery; reinterment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Daniel Goodwin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
U.S.
Attorney for Michigan, 1834-41; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1843-46; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; circuit
judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1864-81.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry William Lord (1821-1891) —
also known as Henry W. Lord —
of Michigan.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1821.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Manchester, 1861-68; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1881-83; defeated,
1882.
Killed in a railroad
accident near Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., January
25, 1891 (age 69 years, 323
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry N. Walker (1811-1886) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., November
30, 1811.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1844; Michigan
state attorney general, 1845-47.
Episcopalian.
Died February
24, 1886 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Stoughton Newberry (1826-1887) —
also known as John S. Newberry —
of Michigan.
Born in Waterville, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
18, 1826.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1879-81.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
2, 1887 (age 60 years, 45
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Samuel T. Douglass —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; resigned 1857.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Benjamin F. H. Witherell —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1857; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1858-66.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Charles Larned —
of Michigan.
Michigan
territory attorney general, 1814.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Owen (d. 1892) —
of Michigan.
Member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1841-48; appointed 1841; Michigan
state treasurer, 1861-66.
Died in 1892.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry Martyn Duffield (1842-1912) —
also known as Henry M. Duffield —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 15,
1842.
Son of Rev. George Duffield and Isabella Graham (Bethune) Duffield.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1876; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1888;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1904.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died July 13,
1912 (age 70 years, 59
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1863
to Frances Pitt. |
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Cora M. Brown (1914-1972) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 19,
1914.
Democrat. Social
worker; police
officer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1953-56 (2nd District 1953-54, 3rd District
1955-56); defeated in primary, 1950, 1951; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1956.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
17, 1972 (age 58 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Porter Kibbee —
of Macomb
County, Mich.
Michigan
land commissioner, 1850-54; Macomb
County Probate Judge, 1853-61.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George W. Thayer (1827-1916) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., September
27, 1827.
Democrat. Mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1877-78.
Died September
2, 1916 (age 88 years, 341
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Bert R. Shurly —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1932.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Robert Stuart —
of Michigan.
Michigan
state treasurer, 1840-41.
Explorer, fur trader, business partner of John Jacob Astor.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John W. Beaumont (1858-1941) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., July 20,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1912-15.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1941
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Frederick Joy (1810-1896) —
also known as James F. Joy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., December
2, 1810.
Son of James Joy (1778-1857) and Sarah (Pickering) Joy (1781-1858).
Republican. Lawyer; led,
built, reorganized, or merged many railroad
companies, including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the
Michigan Central; an incorporator of the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal
Company, which built the first canal at Sault Ste. Marie in 1853-55;
president of the Detroit Post-Tribune newspaper;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-85.
English
ancestry.
Died September
24, 1896 (age 85 years, 297
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Joy (1778-1857) and Sarah (Pickering) Joy (1781-1858);
married 1841
to Martha Alger Reed (daughter of John
Reed); married 1860 to Mary
Bourne. See Reed
family of Massachusetts. |
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Theodore Henry Hinchman (1818-1895) —
also known as Theodore H. Hinchman —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Denville, Morris
County, N.J., March 6,
1818.
Son of John Redding Hinchman (1782-1859) and Mary Morris (DeCamp)
Hinchman (1789-1860).
Grocer; banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1877.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 12,
1895 (age 77 years, 67
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Ross Wilkins —
of Lenawee
County, Mich.
Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1835;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1837-42.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry Jones Alvord —
also known as Henry J. Alvord —
of Wayne
County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield, Franklin
County, Mass.
Son of Elijah Alvord and Lucretia (Clarke) Alvord.
Physician;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1855-56.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Strong, Sr. (1798-1881) —
of Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wroxton, Oxfordshire, England,
November
26, 1798.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1835-36.
Episcopalian.
Attacked
by a burglar, wounded, and died as a result, in Greenfield Township
(now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., February
23, 1881 (age 82 years, 89
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry Munroe Campbell (1854-1926) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 18,
1854.
Son of James
Valentine Campbell.
Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1907-08.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 16,
1926 (age 71 years, 332
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Theodore Henry Hinchman (1869-1936) —
also known as Theodore H. Hinchman —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 24,
1869.
Son of John Marshall Hinchman (1845-1905) and Ella Kate (Cropsey)
Hinchman (1846-1876).
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; engineer;
village
president of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Phi; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich., July 16,
1936 (age 67 years, 22
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James W. Ames (1864-1944) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
12, 1864.
Republican. Physician;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1908;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1924;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1924.
African
ancestry.
One of the founders of Dunbar Hospital
(1918).
Died in 1944
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Mason P. Rumney (1883-1944) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born December
4, 1883.
Son of John G. Rumney.
Steel
executive; mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1939-44; died in office 1944.
Died, following surgery for a stomach
ailment, in the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., January
20, 1944 (age 60 years, 47
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Miriam Hull. |
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William W. Ferguson (b. 1857) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1857.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1893-96.
African
ancestry.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Edward Kanter —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Germany.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1876.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Miller Bushnell —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1928.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Francis F. Palms —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1904.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Patrick Vincent McNamara (1894-1966) —
also known as Patrick V. McNamara —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in North Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
4, 1894.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1955-66; died in office 1966; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 30,
1966 (age 71 years, 208
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John William Smith (1883-1942) —
also known as John Smith —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1883.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1924-27, 1933.
Died June 18,
1942 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Louis Charles Rabaut (1886-1961) —
also known as Louis C. Rabaut —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
5, 1886.
Son of Louis Aloysius Rabaut and Clara Lenau (Reid) Rabaut.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1935-47, 1949-61;
defeated, 1932, 1946; died in office 1961; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1952,
1956;
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 1st Senatorial
District, 1961.
Catholic.
Author of the amendment which inserted the words "under God" into the
Pledge of Allegiance.
Died in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., November
12, 1961 (age 74 years, 342
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Clarence John McLeod (1895-1959) —
also known as Clarence J. McLeod —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 3,
1895.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1920-21, 1923-37,
1939-41; defeated, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952;
candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1937.
Catholic.
Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 15,
1959 (age 63 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Lesinski (1885-1950) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., January
3, 1885.
Democrat. Real estate
business; lumber
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1933-50; died in
office 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., May 27,
1950 (age 65 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George Donoghue O'Brien (1900-1957) —
also known as George D. O'Brien —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
1, 1900.
Son of John Patrick O'Brien and Ellen (O'Donoghue) O'Brien.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935 (Democratic primary), 1947;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1937-39, 1941-47,
1949-55; defeated, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1946, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944.
Catholic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1957 (age 57 years, 297
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George Gregory Sadowski (1903-1961) —
also known as George G. Sadowski —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 12,
1903.
Son of Charles Sadowski and Ludwika (Jurkiewitz) Sadowski.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1931-32; defeated, 1928; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1929; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1933-39, 1943-51;
defeated in primary, 1938, 1940, 1950, 1952.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance.
Died in Utica, Macomb
County, Mich., October
9, 1961 (age 58 years, 211
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz (1899-1970) —
also known as Thaddeus Machrowicz —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Gostyn, Poland,
August
21, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1940; municipal judge in Michigan,
1942-50; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1951-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-70;
died in office 1970.
Died in Bloomfield Township, Oakland
County, Mich., February
17, 1970 (age 70 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Robert Henry Clancy (1882-1962) —
also known as Robert H. Clancy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 14,
1882.
Son of Owen Clancy and Helen (Reardon) Clancy.
Newspaper
reporter; private secretary to U.S. Rep. Frank
E. Doremus 1911-13, and to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Edwin
F. Sweet, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1923-25, 1927-33;
defeated, 1924 (Democratic, 1st District), 1932 (Republican, 14th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1924;
delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District, 1933.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 23,
1962 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Leo Joseph Wilkowski (1902-1955) —
also known as Leo J. Wilkowski —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 5,
1902.
Democrat. Hardware
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1939-44; nominated, but withdrew 1944;
Charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried, convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
on December 16, 1944 (along with other legislators) with accepting
bribes from naturopathic physicians; tried and
convicted;
charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the last set of
charges were dismissed when he agreed to testify.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance.
Died of heart
trouble, March 23,
1955 (age 52 years, 352
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Albert J. Zak (1909-1975) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 21,
1909.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,
1945-46, 1951-52; defeated in primary, 1936 (Wayne County 3rd
District), 1965 (2nd District), 1966 (2nd District); candidate in
primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1946; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952;
mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1952-63, 1974-75; died in office 1975.
Catholic.
Member, Polish
National Alliance.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
25, 1975 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Henry Raymond Kozak (1917-2001) —
also known as Henry R. Kozak —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
1, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1945-50; defeated in primary, 1955;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 14th District,
1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Eagles; Polish
National Alliance.
Died, of cancer, at
Bon Secours Hospital,
Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., August
23, 2001 (age 84 years, 234
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Genieve Traczuk. |
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George Kolowich (1897-1955) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1897.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1929-30; defeated in primary, 1930.
Died December
8, 1955 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William V. Kozerski (1921-2003) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; traffic rate
analyst for Chrysler
Corporation; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1975-79.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from respiratory
and heart
disease, in Sinai-Grace Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
24, 2003 (age 82 years, 16
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Samuel Bastien (1867-1935) —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Amherstberg, Ontario,
August
25, 1867.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1928; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1932.
Died in Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich., May 24,
1935 (age 67 years, 272
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Thomas J. Dowling (1916-1971) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1916.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1944 (Republican, Wayne County 1st District), 1950
(Republican primary, Wayne County 1st District), 1952 (Republican,
Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Democratic primary, Wayne County
5th District).
Died in 1971
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Iwan Tryhook (1896-1978) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Austria,
May
12, 1896.
Republican. Republican candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,
1946, 1948 (primary).
Died in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., August 3,
1978 (age 82 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George A. O'Kon (1901-1984) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb
County, Mich.
Born August 5,
1901.
Farmer-Labor candidate for Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1936.
Died, of a heart
attack, on March 3,
1984 (age 82 years, 211
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Edward J. Bonior (1922-2001) —
of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb
County, Mich.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born February
21, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of East Detroit, Mich., 1963-67; defeated, 1967; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., January
5, 2001 (age 78 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Katherine Czarnecki (1911-2001) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Serbia,
May
28, 1911.
Republican. Candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 7th
District, 1961.
Female.
Catholic
or Eastern
Orthodox.
Died, from complications of a stroke, at
Woodward Hills Convalescent
Home, Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., July 18,
2001 (age 90 years, 51
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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James Couzens (1872-1936) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chatham, Ontario,
August
26, 1872.
Son of James J. Couzens and Emma (Clift) Couzens.
Republican. In 1903, along with Henry
Ford and others, organized the Ford Motor
Company; Detroit police commissioner, 1916; Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1916;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1916;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1919-22; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1922-36; defeated in primary, 1936; died
in office 1936.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1936 (age 64 years, 57
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Roy Dikeman Chapin (1880-1936) —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
23, 1880.
Son of Edwin C. Chapin and Ella (King) Chapin.
President, Hudson Motor Car
Company; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1936 (age 55 years, 358
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) —
also known as Hazen S. Pingree; "The Potato
Mayor" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Denmark, Oxford
County, Maine, August
30, 1840.
Son of Jasper Pingree and Adeline (Bryant) Pingree.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot and shoe
manufacturer; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of
Michigan, 1897-1900.
English
ancestry.
Died June 18,
1901 (age 60 years, 292
days).
Original interment somewhere in ; reinterment
at Woodlawn Cemetery; statue at Grand Circus
Park.
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Homer Ferguson (1889-1982) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Harrison City, Westmoreland
County, Pa., February
25, 1889.
Son of Samuel Ferguson and Margaret (Bush) Ferguson.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1928; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1929-42; appointed 1929; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1943-55; defeated, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1955-56; federal
judge, 1956-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died December
17, 1982 (age 93 years, 295
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Albert Eugene Cobo (1893-1957) —
also known as Albert E. Cobo —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
2, 1893.
Son of August Cobo and Elizabeth (Byrn) Cobo.
Republican. Mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died September
12, 1957 (age 63 years, 345
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1914
to Ethel Ruby Christie. |
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Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. (1920-1987) —
also known as Wade H. McCree, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, July 30,
1920.
Son of Wade Hampton McCree and Lulu (Harper) McCree.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-61; appointed 1954; resigned
1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-66; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1966-77; U.S. Solicitor General,
1977-81; law
professor.
Unitarian.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
attack and bone
cancer in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
30, 1987 (age 67 years, 31
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Alexander Joseph Groesbeck (1873-1953) —
also known as Alex J. Groesbeck —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Warren Township (now Warren), Macomb
County, Mich., November
7, 1873.
Son of Louis
Groesbeck and Julia (Coquillard) Groesbeck.
Republican. Lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1917-20; Governor of
Michigan, 1921-26; defeated in primary, 1914, 1926, 1930, 1934;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924,
1944.
Dutch
and French
ancestry.
Died March 10,
1953 (age 79 years, 123
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Frank Couzens (b. 1902) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
28, 1902.
Son of James
Couzens.
Mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1933-38; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Merrill I. Mills (1819-1882) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1819.
Democrat. Stove
manufacturer; founder of Banner Tobacco
Company; director of First National Bank of
Detroit; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1866-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1876.
Died in 1882
(age about
63 years).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Arthur Edson Blair Moody (1902-1954) —
also known as Blair Moody —
of Michigan.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
13, 1902.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1951-52; defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, during his campaign
for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, of a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 20,
1954 (age 52 years, 157
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Blaisdell Corliss (1851-1929) —
also known as John B. Corliss —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Richford, Franklin
County, Vt., June 7,
1851.
Son of Hezekiah Corliss (1815-1907) and Lydia (Rounds) Corliss
(1822-1904).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1895-1903; defeated,
1902.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
24, 1929 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Francis Dodge (1864-1920) —
also known as John F. Dodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., October
25, 1864.
Son of Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval (Casto) Dodge.
Republican. Early automobile
manufacturer; made parts for Oldsmobile and Ford in the early
20th century; co-founder of Dodge Brothers Motor Car
Company in 1914, manufacturer of Dodge cars and trucks; the Dodge
operation became part of Chrysler Corporation in 1928; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1920 (age 55 years, 81
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval (Casto) Dodge; married, September
22, 1892, to Ivy Hawkins (died 1901); married, December
9, 1903, to Isabelle Smith (divorced 1907); married, December
10, 1907, to Matilda
Rausch; uncle of Horace
Elgin Dodge, Jr.. See Biddle-Read-Shippen-MacArthur
family of Pennsylvania. |
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Alfred Lucking (1856-1929) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ingersoll, Ontario,
December
18, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1903-05; defeated,
1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
1, 1929 (age 72 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Son of George Henry Coffin and Jane Clifford (Guild) Coffin.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car
Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed Steel
Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car
Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil Refining
Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company,
1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Carl May Weideman (1898-1972) —
also known as Carl M. Weideman —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 5,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1933-35; defeated in
primary, 1934; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1950-67; defeated, 1935;
appointed 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich., March 5,
1972 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Freedom, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1846.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1892; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900;
member, Panama Canal Commission.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 27,
1927 (age about 80
years).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Arthurus Webster (1871-1966) —
also known as Arthur Webster —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Montrose, Lee
County, Iowa, 1871.
Republican. Circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1919-56; resigned 1956.
Died in 1966
(age about
95 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Matilda Rausch Dodge Wilson (1883-1967) —
also known as Matilda R. Wilson; Matilda Rausch;
Matilda Rausch Dodge; Mrs. Alfred Wilson —
of Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Walkerton, Ontario,
October
19, 1883.
Daughter of George Rausch and Margaret (Glinz) Rausch.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1928;
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940.
Female.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Left her estate, Meadow Brook Hall, to Oakland University.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
September
18, 1967 (age 83 years, 334
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Jackson Vaughn III (1917-2006) —
also known as Jackie Vaughn III —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
17, 1917.
Son of William Vaughn and Myrtle Vaughn.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 4th Senatorial
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1967-78 (23rd District 1967-72,
18th District 1973-78); resigned 1978; member of Michigan
state senate, 1978-2002 (5th District 1978-82, 3rd District
1983-94, 4th District 1995-2002).
Baptist
or Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Botsford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
12, 2006 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Levi Lewis Barbour (1840-1925) —
also known as Levi L. Barbour —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich., August
14, 1840.
Member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1892-98, 1902-08; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1907-08.
Died in 1925
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Frank Cody (1870-1946) —
of Michigan.
Born in Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich., December
31, 1870.
Superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1915; resigned 1943.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1946
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Dracos A. Dimitry, Jr. (1922-1973) —
also known as Drake Dimitry —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born November
24, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1956.
Owner of Heights Mfg. Co., which built antenna towers.
Injured in an automobile
collision on icy roads
near Almont, Mich., and died soon after in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., March 23,
1973 (age 50 years, 119
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Homer Warren (1855-1928) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Shelby Township, Macomb
County, Mich., December
1, 1855.
Republican. Real estate
broker; treasurer of
Michigan Republican Party, 1903.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit Diagnostic Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
17, 1928 (age 72 years, 260
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Joseph M. Fee (1888-1938) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 15,
1888.
Son of Thomas M. Fee (judge).
Lawyer;
mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1938; died in office 1938.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 15,
1938 (age 49 years, 335
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Married to Mary Hopwood. |
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Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, July 23,
1894.
Chemist;
executive vice-president, Parke Davis pharmaceutical
company; village
president of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton Hotel,
Montreal, Quebec,
April
8, 1957 (age 62 years, 259
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Horace Elgin Dodge, Jr. (1900-1963) —
also known as Horace E. Dodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 2,
1900.
Son of Horace Elgin Dodge (1868-1920; auto manufacturer) and Anna
(Thomson) Dodge (1871-1970).
Republican. Founder, Dodge Boat
Works, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Died, from liver
cirrhosis, at Jennings Memorial Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
22, 1963 (age 63 years, 142
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Nephew of John
Francis Dodge (who married Matilda
Rausch); son of Horace Elgin Dodge (1868-1920; auto manufacturer)
and Anna (Thomson) Dodge (1871-1970); brother of Delphine Ione Dodge
(1899-1943; who married James
Henry Roberts Cromwell); married, June 21,
1921, to Lois Virginia Knowlson (1899-1973; divorced 1927);
married, May 17,
1928, to Muriel Sisman (born 1903; divorced 1938); married, May 16,
1940, to Martha 'Mickey' Devine (1912-1984; divorced 1944; murder
victim); married, May 26,
1945, to Clara Mae Tinsley (born c.1918; divorced 1953); married,
February
14, 1953, to Gregg Sherwood (born 1923; model and actress).
See Biddle-Read-Shippen-MacArthur
family of Pennsylvania. |
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memorial |
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Percy W. Grose —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1916.
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Henry Magnus Butzel (1871-1963) —
also known as Henry M. Butzel —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 24,
1871.
Son of Magnus Butzel and Henrietta (Hess) Butzel.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1929-55; appointed 1929; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1931, 1939, 1946, 1954.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 7,
1963 (age 92 years, 14
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Levi Thomas Griffin (1837-1906) —
also known as Levi T. Griffin —
of Michigan.
Born in Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 23,
1837.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1893-95; defeated,
1894.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 17,
1906 (age 68 years, 298
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Moses Whelock Field (1828-1889) —
also known as Moses W. Field —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
10, 1828.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1886-89; died in office 1889.
Died in Wayne
County, Mich., March 14,
1889 (age 61 years, 32
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Frank Peter Darin (1899-1958) —
also known as Frank P. Darin —
of River Rouge, Wayne
County, Mich.; Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born, of American parents, in Laggio, Italy,
September
21, 1899.
Son of Victor Darin and Rose Marie Pagnetto.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
municipal judge in Michigan, 1921-23; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,
1925-32; defeated in primary, 1948; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1932; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1934; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died January
28, 1958 (age 58 years, 129
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Peter Bienvenu DeLisle (1846-1908) —
also known as Peter B. DeLisle —
of Michigan.
Born in Wayne
County, Mich., January
21, 1846.
Son of Peter Bienvenu 'Welcome' DeLisle (1817-1903) and Zoe
(Riopelle) DeLisle (1823-1891).
Democrat. Builder;
grocer; real
estate and insurance
business; supervisor
of Springwells Township, Michigan; elected 1901; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,
1903-04; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1906.
Died January
8, 1908 (age 61 years, 352
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Jerome Holland Bishop (1846-1928) —
also known as Jerome H. Bishop —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Oxbow, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
3, 1846.
Son of William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; founder, J.H. Bishop fur company
of Wyandotte, Mich.; rug and
coat
manufacturer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1898; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1908;
mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich..
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died May 22,
1928 (age 81 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop; married 1867 to Jennie
Gray (died 1873); married 1876 to Ella M.
Clark (1856-1926). |
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memorial |
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Joseph M. Weiss (1856-1937) —
of Chippewa
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 25,
1856.
Lawyer;
Chippewa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-78; one of the founders of
professional baseball
in Detroit; helped organize the Cass Baseball Club in 1881; Wayne
County Circuit Court Commissioner; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1907-08.
Jewish.
Died, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
11, 1937 (age 80 years, 231
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Rufus Fleming (1852-1920) —
of Avondale, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Indiana, 1852.
Son of Dr. Jackson F. Fleming.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Edinburgh, 1897-1920.
Died April 3,
1920 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Dexter Mason Ferry, Jr. (1873-1959) —
also known as Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
22, 1873.
Son of Addie E. (Miller) Ferry and Dexter
Mason Ferry.
Republican. President, Ferry-Morse Seed
Co.; president, Standard Accident Insurance
Co.; director, Michigan Fire & Marine Insurance
Co.; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1901-04; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1906-13; appointed 1906; mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1938-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in 1959
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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John Greusel (d. 1886) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Blieskastle, Rheinpfalz, Germany.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1872,
1884
(alternate); member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1875, 1881-83.
German
ancestry.
Died in Springwells Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., October
31, 1886.
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Frederick Carl Matthaei (1892-1973) —
also known as Frederick C. Matthaei —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
17, 1892.
Son of Konrad Matthaei.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1960-67; resigned 1967.
Founder, president, and board chairman of American Metal Products
Co., Detroit.
Died March 26,
1973 (age 80 years, 190
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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John Stevenson (1854-1937) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
April
22, 1854.
Republican. Steamboat
owner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-12, 1915-18, 1921-24.
Died January
9, 1937 (age 82 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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William Alfred Debo (c.1878-1951) —
also known as W. Alfred Debo —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1878.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1926, 1928; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1931-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1932;
Michigan Parole Commissioner.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1951
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Newell Avery (1817-1877) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine, October
12, 1817.
Son of Enoch Avery (1781-1828) and Margaret (Shepard) Avery
(1784-1842).
Republican. Lumber
merchant; village
president of Port Huron, Michigan, 1855; mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1859; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1872.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 13,
1877 (age 59 years, 152
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Lyman A. Brant (1848-1895) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born January
20, 1848.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1883-86; Clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1891-92.
Died October
11, 1895 (age 47 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Joseph Greusel (1837-1913) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Glasco, Ulster
County, N.Y., August 5,
1837.
Son of John
Greusel.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1912.
German
ancestry.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
13, 1913 (age 75 years, 192
days).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Adam E. Bloom (c.1850-1915) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1850.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1881-82.
Died September
1, 1915 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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Judson B. Robb (d. 1996) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 18th District,
1962.
Died in 1996.
Interment at Woodmere Cemetery.
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