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Charles P. Adams (1876-1956) —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Conway, Livingston
County, Mich., 1876.
Republican. Clothing
merchant; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1935-44.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in 1956
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Howell, Mich.
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John Quincy Adams (1837-1913) —
also known as John Q. Adams —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
2, 1837.
Son of Samuel Adams and Lorilla (Hurlburt) Adams.
Lawyer;
insurance
business; Marquette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1883-84.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar.
Died February
25, 1913 (age 75 years, 115
days).
Interment at Negaunee
Cemetery, Negaunee, Mich.
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Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) —
also known as Allen C. Adsit —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
20, 1837.
Son of Stephen Adsit (1805-1884) and Polly (Smiley) Adsit (died
1853).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1871-72; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908;
law partner of Peter
J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904.
Universalist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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David Demerest Aitken (1853-1930) —
also known as David D. Aitken —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint Township, Genesee
County, Mich., September
5, 1853.
Son of Robert
P. Aitken and Sarah J. Aitken.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1893-97; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1905-06.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 26,
1930 (age 76 years, 263
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Frank Nathan Aldrich (1890-1939) —
also known as Frank N. Aldrich —
of Concord, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Capac, St. Clair
County, Mich., August 8,
1890.
Son of Albert Aldrich and Lena (Kempf) Aldrich.
Republican. Village president of Concord, Mich., 1917-36; president,
Farmers State Bank of
Concord, 1920-39; chair of
Jackson County Republican Party, 1932.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died May 21,
1939 (age 48 years, 286
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Concord, Mich.
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Harvey Sandburg Amerson (1875-1943) —
also known as Harvey S. Amerson —
of Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Illinois, November
29, 1875.
Son of William Amerson (1841-1922) and Matilda Harriet (Schaubel)
Amerson (1846-1906).
Republican. Merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Antrim County, 1911-12.
German
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Elk Rapids, Mich.
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Harry Hurd Atwell (b. 1877) —
also known as Harry H. Atwell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1877.
Son of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell.
Democrat. Engineer;
grading
contractor; university
professor; Washtenaw
County Surveyor, 1921-30; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1933-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American
Arbitration Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell; married 1904 to Clara
K. M. Rohde; married 1919 to
Katherine Anna Schaeberle. |
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Lyle B. Austin (1893-1981) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., July 6,
1893.
Son of Fred G. Austin (born 1863) and Flora (Bartlett) Austin.
Republican. Purchasing agent, Olds Motor
Works; real estate
broker; Lansing city assessor; chair of
Ingham County Republican Party, 1934-37, 1947-50; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-39; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1948;
Ingham
County Treasurer, 1939.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1981
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred G. Austin (born 1863) and Flora (Bartlett) Austin; married,
June
7, 1916, to Eva Marie Duncan; married to Ivy
Wentz. |
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Washington Irving Babcock (1833-1908) —
also known as W. Irving Babcock —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1833.
Republican. Lumber
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1884;
mayor
of Niles, Mich., 1885-86; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1887-90.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., March 31,
1908 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Thomas Gilbert Baillie (1881-1969) —
also known as Thomas G. Baillie —
of Saginaw
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., March 8,
1881.
Son of John Gilbert Baillie and Roberta (Burrowes) Baillie.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1905-06; defeated, 1906.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in April, 1969
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907
to Emma Earle. |
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Joseph A. Baldwin (1895-1948) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Addison, Lenawee
County, Mich., August 8,
1895.
Son of Charles W. Baldwin and Mary A. (Sykes) Baldwin.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1935-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Rotary; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1948
(age about
52 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
21, 1890.
Son of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund
C. Shields, 1931; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of
Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; 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.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orlando Fleming Barnes (1856-1937) —
also known as Orlando F. Barnes —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., November
7, 1856.
Son of Orlando
Mack Barnes and Amanda F. (Fleming) Barnes.
Democrat. Mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1882-83; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1886; candidate for Michigan
land commissioner, 1910; president, Roscommon State Bank.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
While traveling south on U.S. 27 during icy
conditions, his car skidded and collided
with an oncoming truck; he was brought to a nearby Civilian
Conservation Corps camp, where he died the same evening, in Roscommon
County, Mich., January
13, 1937 (age 80 years, 67
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Charles Loughead Bartlett (b. 1871) —
also known as Charles L. Bartlett —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
18, 1871.
Son of Dr. Charles E. Bartlett and Mary (Loughead) Bartlett.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1922-29; American candidate for
Michigan
state attorney general, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; United
Spanish War Veterans; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary C. Carpenter. |
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William J. Bartow (1832-1906) —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Independence, Warren
County, N.J., October
26, 1832.
Mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1860-61; Saginaw
County Treasurer.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died November
14, 1906 (age 74 years, 19
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Homer L. Bauer (1902-1973) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Chester Township, Eaton
County, Mich., November
28, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-42; candidate in primary for
circuit
judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1941; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1943-52 (Eaton County 1943-44,
Eaton District 1945-52).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., March 17,
1973 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1943
to Marjorie M. Field. |
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Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) —
also known as Witter J. Baxter —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1816.
Son of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857;
resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1877-78.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died February
6, 1888 (age 71 years, 233
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (1831-1872; granddaughter of Myron Holly (prominent
abolitionist)). |
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Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) —
also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery
Field —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
23, 1860.
Son of James E. Field and Loretta B. Field.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
broker; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1905-06; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers
and Merchants Bank;
president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street
Railway Co.; officer of gas and
electric utilities.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 24,
1942 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Nephew and adoptive son of Rice
Aner Beal; son of James E. Field and Loretta B. Field; adoptive
son of Phoebe (Beers) Beal; married 1889 to Ella
Travis. |
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John James Bell (1864-1929) —
also known as John J. Bell —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Palmerston, Ontario,
April
6, 1864.
Son of John Bell (1829-1867) and Catherine Julia (Sides) Bell
(1832-1909).
Naturalized U.S. citizen; music
store owner; mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1907-12, 1927-28.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Modern
Maccabees; Maccabees
of the World; Foresters;
Woodmen of
the World; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., April 1,
1929 (age 64 years, 360
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Arthur Orin Bement (1847-1915) —
also known as Arthur O. Bement —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fostoria, Seneca
County, Ohio, May 22,
1847.
Republican. Mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1892-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Founder, with his father, of the E. Bement Sons implement and stove
manufacturing
firm.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., January
26, 1915 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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William M. Bennett (b. 1822) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Bethany, Genesee
County, N.Y., 1822.
Son of James Bennett and Alta M. (Rumsey) Bennett.
Democrat. Merchant;
mayor
of Jackson, Mich., 1869-71.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Bennett and Alta M. (Rumsey) Bennett; married to Laura J.
Hubbard and Mary C. Winne. |
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Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) —
also known as Alvin M. Bentley —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
30, 1918.
Son of Alvin Morell Bentley and Helen (Patterson) Bentley.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated,
1962; wounded in
an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the House
of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1964; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died in
office 1969.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Exchange
Club; Theta
Delta Chi; Optimist
Club; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., April 10,
1969 (age 50 years, 223
days).
Entombed at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich.
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Frank Joseph Berka (1889-1943) —
also known as Frank J. Berka —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Czechoslovakia,
January
20, 1889.
Son of Frank Berka and Vobovil Berka.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; commercial
artist; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1933-38; defeated, 1928, 1938; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940.
Czechoslovakian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Lions.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., February
24, 1943 (age 54 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Clifford Betz (b. 1877) —
also known as Eugene C. Betz —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Ash Township, Monroe
County, Mich., January
15, 1877.
Son of Philip D. Betz and Eliza Betz.
Republican. School
teacher; Monroe
County Clerk, 1903-06; paper
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1945-54;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Near Monroe, Monroe County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip D. Betz and Eliza Betz; married to Matilda J. Knapp and
Margaret Hunter. |
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Otto William Bishop (1875-1966) —
also known as Otto W. Bishop —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., December
17, 1875.
Son of August F. Bishop and Bertha (Wischow) Bishop.
Republican. President and manager, Alpena Fisheries Co.;
coal
dealer; insurance
business; banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1935-48; defeated in primary, 1932,
1948; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947; chair of
Alpena County Republican Party, 1950.
Protestant.
Member, Exchange
Club; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange; Elks; Eagles.
Died November
22, 1966 (age 90 years, 340
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Aaron Thomas Bliss (1837-1906) —
also known as Aaron T. Bliss —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., May 22,
1837.
Son of Lyman Bliss and Anna M. (Chaffee) Bliss.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890; Governor of
Michigan, 1901-04.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
16, 1906 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Entombed at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Francis P. Bogardus (1837-1900) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1837.
Democrat. Banker; insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1871-73, 1888-89; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 2,
1900 (age 62 years, 328
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1859
to Sarah P. Hall. |
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Xenophon A. Boomhower —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio.
Son of Addison Boomhower and Almy (Stuart) Boomhower.
Republican. Lawyer; Huron
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-21; circuit
judge in Michigan 24th Circuit, 1924-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Catherine Gillies. |
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Emerson Richard Boyles (1881-1960) —
also known as Emerson R. Boyles —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton
County, Mich., June 29,
1881.
Son of William Boyles and Emma Jane (Braybrooks) Boyles.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-16; Eaton
County Probate Judge, 1921-26; member, Michigan Public Utilities
Commission, 1935-36; legal advisor to Gov. Frank
D. Fitzgerald, 1939; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1940-56; appointed 1940; resigned
1956; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1943, 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Rotary.
Died November
30, 1960 (age 79 years, 154
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) —
also known as Wilber M. Brucker —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., June 23,
1894.
Son of Ferdinand
Brucker and Robertha H. Brucker.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; Michigan
state attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928; Governor of
Michigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1932,
1936,
1948,
1964
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered an apparent heart
attack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soon
after, in the emergency room at Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1968 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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David E. Burgess (1914-1970) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born June 1,
1914.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1963-70; died in office 1970.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, in Bon Secours Hospital,
Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., November
3, 1970 (age 56 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Louise Marie Hawley. |
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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, Detroit, Mich.
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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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Mason D. Chatterton (1835-1903) —
of Meridian Township, Ingham
County, Mich.; Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Holly, Rutland
County, Vt., August 3,
1835.
Son of Daniel Chatterton and Betsy (Jewett) Chatterton.
Republican. Lawyer; Ingham
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1864-69; Ingham
County Probate Judge, 1873-80; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1884;
president, Farmers' Bank,
1886-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
27, 1903 (age 68 years, 85
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Okemos, Mich.
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Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Chinn —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., February
15, 1866.
Son of Joseph William Chinn and Gaybriella (Brockenbrough) Chinn.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck
State Bank,
Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia 12th Circuit,
1915-31; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in
office 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, of emphysema,
in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
16, 1936 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
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Kit Francis Clardy (1892-1961) —
also known as Kit F. Clardy; "Michigan's
McCarthy" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Butler, Bates
County, Mo., June 17,
1892.
Son of Giles William Clardy and Malvry Atkins (Harris) Clardy.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Creston Transfer
Company; director, Truckaway
Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1953-55; defeated,
1950, 1954, 1956.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died in Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
5, 1961 (age 69 years, 80
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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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, Detroit, Mich.
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Andrew W. Comstock (b. 1838) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., October
5, 1838.
Son of Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock.
Democrat. Lumber
manufacturer; banker; shipowner;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892;
president of railroads.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock; married, July 14,
1869, to Lillie J. Little; father of Caroline Comstock (who
married Henry
Allyn Haigh). |
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Son of Roscoe
Pulaski Copeland and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland (born 1843).
Physician;
university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1936;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) —
also known as D. L. Crossman —
of Dansville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1836.
Republican. Postmaster;
miller; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
The village of Dansville, Michigan is named for
him.
Died in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., March 7,
1901 (age 64 years, 123
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview
Cemetery, Dansville, Mich.
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John Daprato (b. 1852) —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Barga, Italy,
1852.
Republican. Hatter;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Dickinson County, 1913-20,
1931-34.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert W. Dimmers, Jr. (b. 1904) —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich., July 25,
1904.
Son of Albert W. Dimmers and Cora (Bailey) Dimmers.
Republican. Lawyer; Hillsdale
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-40; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale District, 1945-48;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Kathleen McFarland. |
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William G. Doty (1852-1919) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
6, 1852.
Son of George Washington Doty (born 1825) and Rhoda Jane (Brown)
Doty.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in 1919
(age about
66 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Samuel
Doty; son of George Washington Doty (born 1825) and Rhoda Jane
(Brown) Doty; married, June 26,
1877, to Kate Westcott (born 1853). |
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W. Scott Ensign (1909-1983) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
28, 1909.
Democrat. President,
Battle Creek Federation of Labor, 1956-62; vice-president,
AFL-CIO Calhoun County Council, 1962-64; printing
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 48th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; International
Typographical Union.
Died in 1983
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John S. Estabrook (b. 1829) —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., January
22, 1829.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1880;
mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1884-86.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward William Fehling (1880-1957) —
also known as Edward W. Fehling —
of St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., June 27,
1880.
Son of Otto Fehling and Helen (Newman) Fehling.
Republican. Lawyer; Clinton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-20; director and attorney for
Farmers State Savings Bank, and
State Bank of St.
Johns; member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1935-38; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1938; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 29th Circuit, 1941 (primary), 1942.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died, in Clinton Memorial Hospital,
St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich., August
10, 1957 (age 77 years, 44
days).
Interment at Sowle
Cemetery, Near Maple Rapids, Clinton County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married, June 7,
1908, to Mary G. Boyle (1881-1960). |
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Robert G. Ferguson (b. 1858) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brampton, Ontario,
October
22, 1858.
Son of Adam Ferguson and Catherine (Golden) Ferguson.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; president, First National Bank of
Sault Ste. Marie; director, Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railway
Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1885
to Christenna Helen Bain. |
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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.
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Fred Christian Fischer (1879-1963) —
also known as Fred C. Fischer —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Flat Rock, Wayne
County, Mich., November
12, 1879.
Son of Fred Fischer and Eleanor (Alexander) Fischer.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934; Wayne
County Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
A library in Belleville, Michigan, and an elementary school in
Taylor, Michigan, are named for
him.
Died, from a stroke, in
St. Joseph's Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1963
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Belleville, Mich.
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Charles Carroll Fitch (1842-1899) —
also known as Charles C. Fitch —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cuylerville, Livingston
County, N.Y., July 19,
1842.
Son of Ferris
S. Fitch.
Democrat. Abstractor;
hardware
business; president, Mason Water and
Electric Light Company; Ingham
County Register of Deeds, 1885-88; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1889-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, June 28,
1899 (age 56 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur D. Gallery (1861-1943) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich., October
28, 1861.
Newspaper
publisher; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Tuscola County,
1933.
Congregationalist;
later Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Rotary.
Died, in Caro Community Hospital,
Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., October
3, 1943 (age 81 years, 340
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
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Edward Gayde (b. 1878) —
of Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., January
2, 1878.
Republican. Grocer; hardware
merchant; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,
1915-18.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Entombed in mausoleum at Riverside
Cemetery, Plymouth, Mich.
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Horace Weldon Gilmore (1918-2010) —
also known as Horace W. Gilmore —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 4,
1918.
Son of Charles Thomas Gilmore and Lucille (Weldon) Gilmore.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956-80; appointed 1956;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1972; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-91;
took senior status 1991.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP.
Died January
25, 2010 (age 91 years, 296
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Girrbach (1890-1948) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 30,
1890.
Republican. School
teacher; general manager and vice-president, Soo Creamery;
secretary, Rudyard Woodworking
Corp.; vice-president, Centralgoma Iron Mines, Ltd.;
member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1945-48; died in office 1948;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947.
Member, Grange; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died May 24,
1948 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Blaine W. Hatch (b. 1889) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 26,
1889.
Son of Jesse
M. Hatch and Ella M. (Willard) Hatch.
Republican. Probate judge in Michigan, 1920-27; circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1927-59; appointed 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons
of Union Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Hermann (1872-1964) —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 9,
1872.
Republican. Plumber;
steamfitter;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1939-44, 1947-54 (Houghton County
1st District 1939-44, Houghton District 1947-54); defeated, 1936
(Houghton County 1st District), 1944 (Houghton District), 1954
(Houghton District).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1964
(age about
92 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) —
also known as Warren G. Hooper —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 2,
1904.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1939-44; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
During a grand jury investigation,
admitted
to taking
bribes and was given immunity from
prosecution in return for his testimony against others; however,
four days before the hearing, he was shot and
killed
in his
car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson
County, Mich., January
11, 1945 (age 40 years, 254
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Harold B. Hughes (1911-1997) —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich., July 7,
1911.
Son of Ellis Hughes and Bertha (Bowen) Hughes.
Republican. Lawyer; Clare
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1947-52; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1961-64; defeated in primary, 1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died, in Tender Care Nursing
Home, Clare, Clare
County, Mich., November
11, 1997 (age 86 years, 127
days).
Interment at Cherry
Grove Cemetery, Clare, Mich.
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James Jencks Jakway (1862-1949) —
also known as James J. Jakway —
of Benton Township, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich., May 20,
1862.
Son of James H. Jakway (1820-1898) and Mary (Pearl) Jakway
(1821-1866).
Democrat. Fruit
grower; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1913-14; defeated, 1902 (Berrien County 1st District), 1914 (Berrien
County 2nd District), 1916 (Berrien County 2nd District); supervisor
of Benton Township, Michigan, 1926; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1938-43; defeated, 1917.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows; Grange; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Berrien
County, Mich., August
13, 1949 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Crystal
Springs Cemetery, Benton Township, Berrien County, Mich.
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William Kettner (1864-1930) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
20, 1864.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1913-21; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1916,
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1928
(alternate).
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., November
11, 1930 (age 65 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Paul H. King (b. 1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Arapahoe, Furnas
County, Neb., August
22, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
Michigan Republican Party, 1910-12; one of three receivers of the
Pere Marquette Railroad,
1914-17; campaign manager for U.S. Sens. Charles
E. Townsend and Truman
H. Newberry.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921) —
also known as Edward D. Kinne —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in DeWitt Center, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1842.
Son of Julius
C. Kinne and Rachel (Wetherby) Kinne.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1875-77; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1888-1917; president, First
National Bank, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; president, Washtenaw Gas Co.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died July 25,
1921 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Allan L. Lamphere (b. 1877) —
of Redford, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Vassar, Tuscola
County, Mich., May 25,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District,
1915-18.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Lewis (b. 1827) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., November
8, 1827.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County, 1873-74;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ladd J. Lewis, Jr. (b. 1871) —
of Sauquoit, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., July 5,
1871.
Republican. Manufacturer;
founder, Lewis Knitting
Co.; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Homer McGraw (1856-1915) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Baltimore, Macomb
County, Mich., January
22, 1856.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1915; died in office 1915.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
26, 1915 (age 59 years, 4
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Millen (b. 1863) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
17, 1863.
Republican. Insurance
business; vice-president, Farmers and Merchants Bank of Ann
Arbor; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1919-20.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Aaron Neithercut (b. 1889) —
also known as William A. Neithercut —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Clare, Clare
County, Mich., October
23, 1889.
Son of John M. Neithercut and Diana A. (Roloson) Neithercut.
Democrat. Principal, Michigan School for the Blind, 1909-13; lawyer;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1935; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Wirt Newkirk (b. 1854) —
also known as H. Wirt Newkirk —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Kentucky; Luther, Lake
County, Mich.; Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August 1,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Bay
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-92; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1907-10, 1917-18
(Osceola District 1893-94, Washtenaw County 1st District 1907-10,
1917-18); Washtenaw
County Probate Judge, 1897-1900; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1931-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1880
to Eleanor J. Birkett. |
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Charles Gibb Oakman (1903-1973) —
also known as Charles G. Oakman —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
4, 1903.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1953-55; defeated,
1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar.
Died in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1973 (age 70 years, 54
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) —
also known as Ransom E. Olds —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 3,
1864.
Son of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1908.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor
Vehicle Company, maker of the first
commercially successful American-made automobile.
Founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car
Company. Later the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General
Motors, and Reo became part of truck
manufacturer Diamond Reo. Also owner of several hotels.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., August
26, 1950 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Samuel H. Pangborn (1874-1960) —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born near Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich., June 29,
1874.
Son of Henry F. Pangborn (1842-1914) and Mary Ann (Noonan) Pangborn
(1848-1929).
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died April 24,
1960 (age 85 years, 300
days).
Interment at Colfax
Cemetery, Bad Axe, Mich.
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James S. Parker (1872-1937) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born near Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
15, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Genesee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-13; circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1925-37; died in office 1937.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Owosso Memorial Hospital,
Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
13, 1937 (age 64 years, 364
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Edward Wheeler Pendleton (1825-1889) —
also known as Edward W. Pendleton —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Broadalbin, Fulton
County, N.Y., December
13, 1825.
Son of Henry Pendleton (1799-1870) and Hannah (Wheeler) Pendleton
(1805-1859).
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hotel-keeper;
merchant;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1879-80.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., May 18,
1889 (age 63 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard C. Reid (b. 1887) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., May 6,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1940,
1944;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) —
also known as Friend W. Richardson; William
Richardson —
of California.
Born in Michigan, December
1, 1865.
Son of William Richardson and Rhoda (Dye) Richardson.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; California
state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of
California, 1923-27.
Quaker.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Rotary; Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
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William H. Rose (b. 1844) —
of Bath, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Bath, Clinton
County, Mich., July 25,
1844.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Clinton County 1st District,
1881-84; Michigan
land commissioner, 1905-08.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Mark Royal (1867-1945) —
also known as Harry M. Royal —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Mattawan, Van Buren
County, Mich., July 26,
1867.
Son of Albert Henry Royal and Sarah Fidelia (Woodruff) Royal.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; president, White Lake Canning Company; vice-president,
Oceana Canning Company; postmaster;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died July 15,
1945 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick J. Russell (b. 1841) —
also known as Fred J. Russell —
of Hart, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Orion (now Lake Orion), Oakland
County, Mich., October
7, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; probate
judge in Michigan; circuit
judge in Michigan 14th Circuit, 1881-87, 1894-1905; appointed
1881; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 26th District,
1907-08.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Spencer Booth Russell (1846-1913) —
also known as Spencer B. Russell —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Jerusalem, Yates
County, N.Y., November
24, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1881-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
22, 1913 (age 66 years, 363
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Israel C. Smith (1838-1899) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Denver,
Colo.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in 1838.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; hotel
proprietor; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th Michigan District,
1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in 1899
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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John M. C. Smith (1853-1923) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
6, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-88; president, First National
Bank of
Charlotte, 1889-1923; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District,
1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1911-21, 1921-23; died
in office 1923.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights of
the Maccabees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., March 30,
1923 (age 70 years, 52
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Willard B. Smith (1838-1899) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., March 7,
1838.
Son of Dr. Ransom S. Smith (died 1876) and Emily B. (Burroughs) Smith
(died c.1840).
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1878-80, 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1899
(age about
61 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Ransom S. Smith (died 1876) and Emily B. (Burroughs) Smith
(died c.1840); married, November
14, 1863, to Sarah F. North (died 1897); married, October
5, 1898, to Jennie Phillips. |
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Bert J. Storey (1880-1958) —
of Belding, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Stanton, Montcalm
County, Mich., April 13,
1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia County, 1939-50; chair of
Ionia County Republican Party, 1950; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1955-58; defeated in primary, 1952;
died in office 1958.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died January
13, 1958 (age 77 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Hugh Edward Van de Walker (1876-1943) —
also known as Hugh E. Van de Walker —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., July 15,
1876.
Son of Arthur E. Van de Walker.
Republican. Insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1924-28.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 8,
1943 (age 66 years, 267
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Frederick A. Washburn (b. 1877) —
also known as Fred A. Washburn —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
10, 1877.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1932-46.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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William L. Webber (1825-1901) —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ogden, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1825.
Democrat. Saginaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1854-56; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1873-74; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1875; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1876; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
15, 1901 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Walter Wedemeyer (1873-1913) —
also known as William W. Wedemeyer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Washtenaw
County, Mich., March 22,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Martin
J. Cavanaugh, from 1896; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1905; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1911-13; defeated,
1912; died in office 1913.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Accidentally drowned
in the harbor at Colón, Panama,
January
2, 1913 (age 39 years, 286
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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Merlin Wiley (b. 1875) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Shepherd, Isabella
County, Mich., May 7,
1875.
Son of Edgar James Wiley and Leona (Cummins) Wiley.
Republican. Lawyer; Chippewa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-10; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1915-20; Michigan
state attorney general, 1921-23; resigned 1923.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1910
to Helen Seymour. |
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C. Dodge Williams (1879-1945) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Brookfield Township, Eaton
County, Mich., October
18, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
director, Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Barry and Eaton Counties; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1935-42;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died October
2, 1945 (age 65 years, 349
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Herbert E. Winsor (1850-1920) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Sterling Hill, Sterling, Windham
County, Conn., October
22, 1850.
Son of Horace W. Winsor and Sabra (Gallup) Winsor.
Lawyer;
circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1901-02; defeated, 1902.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1920 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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