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Donald G. Batchelor (1895-1971) —
also known as Don G. Batchelor —
of Grand Blanc, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Hicksville, Defiance
County, Ohio, June 15,
1895.
Son of George Batchelor and Cora (Babb) Batchelor.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Genesee County
2nd District, 1961-62.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
National
Education Association.
Died in Grand Blanc, Genesee
County, Mich., September
25, 1971 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace F. Dibble. |
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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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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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