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James Atterberry, Sr. —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Minister; candidate for mayor
of Benton Harbor, Mich., 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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Horace Thomas Barnaby (1823-1917) —
also known as Horace T. Barnaby —
of Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., April 26,
1823.
Republican. Gratiot
County Clerk, 1861-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1869-72;
bishop.
Methodist.
Died in Gaines Township, Kent
County, Mich., February
27, 1917 (age 93 years, 307
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gaines, Mich.
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Henry Beets (b. 1869) —
of Sioux Center, Sioux
County, Iowa; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Koedyk, Netherlands,
January
5, 1869.
Son of Jasper Beets and Margaret (Smit) Beets.
Republican. Pastor; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Kent County 1st
District, 1933.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Rufus Budd Bement —
also known as Rufus B. Bement —
of Michigan; Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.; Clyde, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Civil
engineer; minister; Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843.
Interment at Clyde
Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio.
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Vahan Kewin Beshgetoor (1866-1951) —
also known as Vahan K. Beshgetoor —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born February
10, 1866.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1900,
1940,
1944;
Commonwealth candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1938.
Died August
17, 1951 (age 85 years, 188
days).
Interment at Grant
Memorial Park, Marion, Ind.
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E. E. Branch —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Republican. Minister; candidate for mayor of
Ionia, Mich., 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Charles Bubolz (1902-1996) —
also known as George C. Bubolz —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cicero town, Outagamie
County, Wis., February
22, 1902.
Son of Julius C. Bubolz (1862-1956) and Emelie (Jeske) Bubolz
(1864-1942).
Democrat. Pastor; insurance
and real
estate business; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 59th District, 1964.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
12, 1996 (age 94 years, 203
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius C. Bubolz (1862-1956) and Emelie (Jeske) Bubolz
(1864-1942); married, June 12,
1928, to Stella Mangold (1902-1968); married, August
28, 1971, to Margaret Jacobson; brother of Gordon
August Bubolz. |
| | | Epitaph: "But the fruit of the spirit
is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness." |
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memorial |
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Edmund B. Chaffee (c.1887-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rose Center, Oakland
County, Mich., about 1887.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Dropped dead, while making a
speech, at a social work conference in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
15, 1936 (age about 49
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert John Cornell (b. 1919) —
also known as Robert J. Cornell —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich., December
16, 1919.
Democrat. Catholic priest; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1975-79; defeated,
1970, 1972, 1978.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1998.
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Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) —
also known as Malcolm G. Dade —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
27, 1903.
Son of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade.
Democrat. Ordained minister; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1991 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie Jean
Denham; father of Malcolm
G. Dade, Jr.. |
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Seth A. Davey (1903-1976) —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.; Belding, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in 1903.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1944; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1946 (15th District), 1948 (25th District), 1958
(25th District); Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1948,
1952;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.
Died in 1976
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Ludington, Mich.
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Charles M. Diggs (1899-1959) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., September
13, 1899.
Democrat. Minister; grocer;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1948, 1950; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 9th District,
1955-58; defeated in primary, 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1958
(Wayne County 9th District).
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1959
(age about
59 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Hawkins. |
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James Denver Driskill (1888-1959) —
of Waldron, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, March 11,
1888.
Son of Joseph Driskill and Arabella (Shepard) Driskill.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hillsdale
County, 1933.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Thorn Memorial Hospital,
Hudson, Lenawee
County, Mich., June 25,
1959 (age 71 years, 106
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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Albert M. Ewert —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton County,
1933; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry F. R. Frincke —
of Monroe
County, Mich.
Lutheran minister; delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Monroe County,
1933.
Lutheran.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Glenn M. Frye —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham County
1st District, 1933.
Methodist.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Son of John L. Gardner and Sarah (Goodin) Gardner.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
minister; college
professor; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 31,
1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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John Milton Gregory (b. 1822) —
also known as John M. Gregory —
of Michigan.
Born in Sand Lake, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 6,
1822.
Son of Joseph Gregory.
Republican. Baptist minister; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1859-64; president,
Kalamazoo College; president,
Illinois Industrial University.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Gregory; married 1846 to Julia
Gregory; married 1881 to Louisa
Allen. |
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Andrew Hoerner Harnly (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew H. Harnly —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Manheim, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
13, 1864.
Son of Henry H. Harnly and Elizabeth (Hoerner) Harnly.
Republican. Pastor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1927-32; defeated, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Harnly and Elizabeth (Hoerner) Harnly; married, December
26, 1889, to Hattie I. Henry; married, May 7,
1910, to Lulu Lorena Torrence. |
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George K. Heartwell —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Minister; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 2004-.
United
Church of Christ.
Still living as of 2007.
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Charles A. Hill —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Minister; Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1948;
candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1956.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1956.
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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, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Nicholas Hood III (b. 1951) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1951.
Minister; candidate in primary for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 2001, 2009.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Russell Hughes (1907-1992) —
also known as J. Russell Hughes;
"Rip" —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
22, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Alcona County Republican Party, 1950; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1956;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1959; probate judge in Michigan;
Episcopal priest.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from a closed-head injury resulting from a fall on a
hard surface, November
8, 1992 (age 85 years, 47
days).
Interment at Springport
Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
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James W. Humphrey (1846-1905) —
of Wayland, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Powell, Delaware
County, Ohio, August
19, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; ordained minister; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1899-1902.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died May 11,
1905 (age 58 years, 265
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hamilton King (1852-1912) —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland,
June
4, 1852.
Son of William King and Maria (Squires) King.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; author;
preacher; lecturer;
U.S. Minister to Siam, 1898-1912, died in office 1912; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1898-1912, died in office 1912.
Died in Bangkok, Thailand,
September
2, 1912 (age 60 years, 90
days).
Interment at Bangkok
Protestant Cemetery, Bangkok, Thailand.
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John Howland Lathrop (1880-1967) —
also known as John H. Lathrop —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., 1880.
Son of John D. Lathrop and Alice McDora (Osborne) Lathrop.
Unitarian minister; vice-chair of New York American Labor
Party, 1945.
Unitarian.
Member, Urban
League.
Died August
20, 1967 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907
to Lita Schlesinger. |
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William Lovejoy —
of Menominee
County, Mich.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Menominee
County, 1933.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Newberry —
of Michigan.
Minister; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1849-50.
Burial
location unknown.
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Son of Gustave Niebuhr and Lydia (Hosto) Niebuhr.
Pastor; professor,
Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; vice-chair of New York Liberal
Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Stanley Barnum Niles (1896-1978) —
also known as Stanley B. Niles —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Nashville, Barry
County, Mich., January
22, 1896.
Son of Fred Lewis Niles and Carrie A. (Barnum) Niles.
Methodist minister; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton County,
1933; Commonwealth candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1935; Commonwealth candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1936; president,
Iowa Wesleyan College, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, in Methodist Manor retirement
home, Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., December
30, 1978 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tulsa, Okla.
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Gabriel Richard (1767-1832) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in La Ville de Saintes, France,
October
15, 1767.
Catholic priest; founder
in 1817 of a school which later became the University of Michigan.;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1823-25.
Catholic.
Died, of cholera,
in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
13, 1832 (age 64 years, 334
days).
Entombed at St.
Anne's Church, Detroit, Mich.
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John Russell —
of Milton, Macomb
County, Mich.
Methodist minister; Chairman of Prohibition National
Committee, 1869; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1872; member of Michigan
Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1890; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1892; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1896;
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1912.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Jane Herriman. |
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W. S. Sly —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1902; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1910; Prohibition
candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976) —
also known as Gerald L. K. Smith —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Pardeeville, Columbia
County, Wis., February
27, 1898.
Son of Lyman Z. Smith and Sarah Smith.
Pastor; orator;
political administrator and organizer for Huey P.
Long, 1934-35; as a white
supremacist, he joined and organized for William
Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts of America, an organization modeled
directly on Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1942 (Republican primary), 1942; founder
of the America First party; charged
with sedition
in 1944, as part of an alleged Nazi
conspiracy; tried
along with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial was
declared; America First candidate for President
of the United States, 1944; founder of the Christian Nationalist
Crusade; advocated deportation from the U.S. of Jews and
African-Americans.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 15,
1976 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at Christ
of the Ozarks Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Calvin Jay Town (1875-1942) —
also known as C. Jay Town —
of North Adams, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson
County, Mich., June 29,
1875.
Son of James D. Town (1852-1933) and Esther (Houghtaling) Town
(1853-1933).
Republican. Methodist minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1919-24, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928; member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1933-42; defeated in primary, 1924,
1930; died in office 1942.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Gleaners.
Died January
7, 1942 (age 66 years, 192
days).
Interment at Pope
Cemetery, Springport, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James D. Town (1852-1933) and Esther (Houghtaling) Town
(1853-1933); married, October
19, 1898, to Rena C. Perrine (1876-1910); married to Nina
Ives. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Claude A. Watson (b. 1885) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Wexford
County, Mich., June 26,
1885.
Son of Joseph A. Watson and Emma Jane (Dove) Watson.
Ordained minister; lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; Prohibition candidate for
California
state attorney general, 1938, 1942, 1946; Prohibition candidate
for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948.
Free
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Willard (1824-1901) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Bolton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 20,
1824.
Son of Allen Willard and Eliza (Barron) Willard.
Republican. Episcopal priest; college
professor; newspaper
editor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-62; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1864-73; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District,
1867-68; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1873-77.
Episcopalian.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 26,
1901 (age 77 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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