| | 
William C. Bird (1885-1976) —
of Hesperia, Newaygo
County, Mich.
Born in Denver Township, Newaygo
County, Mich., November
29, 1885.
Republican. Farmer;
automobile dealer; Newaygo
County Sheriff, 1931-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo District, 1939-46.
Died in Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich., April 22,
1976 (age 90 years, 145
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Edward A. Borgman (1894-1980) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; automobile
dealer; real estate
broker; candidate for mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1944; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1949-64.
Christian
Reformed.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 7,
1980 (age 85 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married, August
12, 1920, to Josephine Scherphorn; father of Marvin Edward
Borgman (medic in Red Arrow Division during World War II; killed on
Leyte Island in 1944). |
|
| |
William E. Brown, Jr. (1896-1970) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., May 1,
1896.
Son of William E. Brown, Sr. and Grace (Palmer) Brown.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
dealer; insurance
business; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1945-57; defeated, 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Died in 1970
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
|
| |
Luis Miller Dunckel (1899-1975) —
also known as Miller Dunckel —
of Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., February
11, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
wholesaler; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1932; Michigan
state treasurer, 1939-40; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1940.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Eagles; Moose; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died of pneumonia
in 1975
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Eternal
Hills, Oceanside, Calif.
| | |
Image source:
Michigan Manual, 1939 |
|
| |
James S. Farnsworth (1907-2003) —
of Otsego, Allegan
County, Mich.; Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Plainwell, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Paw Paw, Van Buren
County, Mich., June 29,
1907.
Son of Lewis Farnsworth and Etta (Griffith) Farnsworth.
Republican. Automobile dealer; mayor of Otsego, Mich.,
1940-41; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Allegan County,
1961-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1963-74 (Allegan County 1963-64,
55th District 1965-72, 54th District 1973-74); defeated in primary,
1974.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Florida, June 26,
2003 (age 95 years, 362
days).
Burial
location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married to Margery Meyle. |
|
| |
Orval Carl Finkbeiner (b. 1910) —
of Sandusky, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Sandusky, Sanilac
County, Mich., March 30,
1910.
Son of Charles Finkbeiner (1873-1948) and Alma (Strebe) Finkbeiner.
Republican. Automobile dealer; mayor of Sandusky.
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. German
ancestry. Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Felix H. H. Flynn (1881-1953) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich., May 4,
1881.
Republican. Wexford
County Clerk, 1909-24; automobile dealer; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1927; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1928-33; appointed 1928; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1933-40, 1951-53; defeated in
primary, 1948; died in office 1953; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1940.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Maccabees.
Died in 1953
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
|
| |
Bernie F. Hampton (1888-1975) —
of Harrison, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in Clare, Clare
County, Mich., April 6,
1888.
Republican. Farmer;
automobile dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Osceola District, 1937-40;
defeated in primary, 1940.
Died May 29,
1975 (age 87 years, 53
days).
Interment at Cherry
Grove Cemetery, Clare, Mich.
|
| |
George Neil Higgins (1900-1982) —
also known as George N. Higgins —
of Ferndale, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,
August
24, 1900.
Republican. Automobile dealer; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,
1939-44; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1945-46, 1949-54; defeated in
primary, 1936; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1956; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1964.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary.
Died in 1982
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married 1920
to Eva Isabelle Quayle. |
|
| |
T. Walter Kelly —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Republican. Service
station operator; automobile dealer; oil
distributor; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1950-53, 1960-61; appointed 1950; defeated,
1961; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1953; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1964.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| |
Maurice Obermeyer —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Contractor;
automobile dealer; real estate
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1962-63.
Still living as of 1973.
|
| |
Marion L. Pillsbury (1902-1983) —
also known as Pill Pillsbury —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Metz, Steuben
County, Ind., January
7, 1902.
Son of Zachary A. Pillsbury and Meda (Burch) Pillsbury.
Played professional basketball
for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (now the Detroit Pistons);
automobile dealer; mayor
of Coldwater, Mich., 1966-70.
Member, Freemasons;
Exchange
Club; Farm
Bureau.
Pillsbury Avenue in Coldwater was named for him in 1986.
Died in the Community Health
Center of Branch County, Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., January
2, 1983 (age 80 years, 360
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
|
| |
Samuel William Raymond (1872-1950) —
also known as Samuel W. Raymond —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Fairfield Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., March 23,
1872.
Son of Samuel Raymond and Rebecca (Burgess) Raymond.
Democrat. Farmer;
automobile dealer; banker; inventor;
member of Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Swiss
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1950
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
|
| |
Theodore E. Schaible —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Garage
owner; automobile dealer; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1921-22.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Edward William Staebler (1872-1946) —
also known as Edward W. Staebler —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born December
26, 1872.
Democrat. Coal
dealer; oil
distributor; automobile dealer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1927-31; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1932.
Died November
10, 1946 (age 73 years, 319
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
|
| |
William C. Stenson (b. 1900) —
of Greenland, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born in Wakefield, Gogebic
County, Mich., July 1,
1900.
Republican. Automobile dealer; construction
superintendent; salvage
materials dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ontonagon District; defeated,
1938; elected 1940, 1942; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield (1899-1972) —
also known as Arthur E. Summerfield —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Pinconning, Bay
County, Mich., March 17,
1899.
Republican. Automobile dealer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1944-52; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1952-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1953-61.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 26,
1972 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hills Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
|
| |
Joseph H. Thompson —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Automobile dealer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1936.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
M. Monte Wray (b. 1926) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., 1926.
Republican. Automobile dealer; mayor of
Bay City, Mich., 1963-66; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 34th District, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
|
| |
Ernest M. Wurster —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Carriage and wagon dealer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1915-21.
Burial
location unknown.
|
|
The Political Graveyard
is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries.
Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source
for American political biography, listing 234,420
politicians, living and dead. |
| |
| |
The coverage of the site includes (1) the President, Vice President,
members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in
all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and
the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying
municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for
any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges;
(4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet,
diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys,
collectors of customs and internal revenue, and members of major
federal commissions; and (5) state and national political party officials,
including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in
national party nominating conventions. |
|
| |
The listings are incomplete; development of the database
is a continually ongoing project. |
|
| |
Information on this page — and on all other pages of this
site — is believed to be accurate, but is not
guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources
before relying on any information here. |
|
| |
The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/autodealer.html. |
|
| |
Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page
are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes
change as the site develops. |
|
| |
If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the
alphabetical index of
politicians. |
|
| |
More information: FAQ;
privacy policy;
cemetery links. |
|
| |
If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard,
or if you have information to share, please see the
biographical checklist and
submission guidelines. |
|
|
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained
by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure
and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard,
P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by
HDL. —
The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996;
the last full revision was done on
May 12, 2012.
|
|
Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist
v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and
arrangement are © 1996-2011 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also
licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons
License. |
![[Amazon.com]](http://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)