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Sylvester Abel —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1857-58.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Spencer Abraham (b. 1952) —
also known as Spencer Abraham —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Auburn Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., June 12,
1952.
Son of Juliette
Elizabeth Abraham and Eddie Joseph Abraham.
Republican. Lawyer; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1983-90; deputy chief of staff to Vice
President Dan
Quayle, 1990-91; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1995-2001; defeated, 2000; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 2000;
U.S.
Secretary of Energy, 2001-.
Eastern
Orthodox. Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Federalist
Society.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles R. Adair (1868-1949) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Logan
County, Ill., March 11,
1868.
Son of James Madison Adair (1848-1934) and Sarah Jane (Barr) Adair
(1851-1937); married, August
14, 1895, to Mary Alice Town (1865-1951).
Democrat. Lawyer; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1922, 1932 (primary),
1936 (primary), 1938 (primary), 1940; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1944.
Methodist.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 18,
1949 (age 81 years, 99
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clark J. Adams (1904-1981) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; Waterford, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Silver Lake, Waterford Township, Oakland
County, Mich., June 24,
1904.
Son of Jayno W. Adams and Blanche Earl Adams; married, June 22,
1929, to Adeline Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District,
1937-44; candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1944; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1952-53; appointed 1952; defeated,
1953; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1952; circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1956-67; appointed 1955.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., September
26, 1981 (age 77 years, 94
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar J. Adams (b. 1866) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Branch
County, Mich., August 6,
1866.
Son of George O. Adams and Margaret C. (Miller) Adams; married, March 15,
1888, to Alta Roop.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1897-1900; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1899-1900; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 16th District,
1907-08.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Paul Lincoln Adams (1908-1990) —
also known as Paul L. Adams —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Bath Township, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., April 9,
1908.
Son of John Newton Adams and Angela (Moloney) Adams; married, July 28,
1934, to Ruth Karpinski.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1938-42; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1942; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1956-57; resigned 1957; Michigan
state attorney general, 1958-61; appointed 1958; resigned 1961;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1960;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1962, 1964-72; appointed 1962;
defeated, 1962.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Phi Eta
Sigma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
23, 1990 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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); married 1871 to Mary
Hubbell (died 1872); married, February
24, 1886, to Sarah Kilpatrick (1854-1920); third cousin of Ohlin
H. Adsit; fourth cousin of Bert
Wilson Adsit.
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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Fred H. Aldrich (b. 1861) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, September
11, 1861.
Son of Joseph D. Aldrich and Julie E. (Carter) Aldrich; married, August
21, 1884, to Sarah Corine Isbell.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1888-99.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Son of Russell Alger (died 1848) and Caroline (Moulton) Alger (died
1848); married, April 2,
1861, to Annette H. Henry; father of Frederick
Moulton Alger (who married Mary
Eldridge Swift); grandfather of Frederick
Moulton Alger, Jr..
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884;
Governor
of Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Edward Payson Allen (1839-1909) —
also known as Edward P. Allen —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sharon, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
28, 1839.
Son of Louis Allen and Eliza (Merwin) Allen.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1877-80; defeated, 1902; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1880-81, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1887-91; defeated,
1884, 1890; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1899-1903; appointed 1899.
Died, from apoplexy
(stroke),
in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
25, 1909 (age 70 years, 28
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Glenn S. Allen, Jr. (1914-2001) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., January
8, 1914.
Son of Glenn S. Allen, Sr. and Annette (Brenner) Allen; married to
Virginia Verdier (1917-1974; daughter of Leonard
D. Verdier).
Republican. Lawyer; law clerk to Justices William
W. Potter and Emerson
Boyles, 1939-40; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1951-59; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Kalamazoo County
1st District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1962; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1974-86; appointed 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in DeWitt, Clinton
County, Mich., November
6, 2001 (age 87 years, 302
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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Epitaph: "He
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John Allen (1796-1851) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., May 17,
1796.
Son of James Allen and Elizabeth (Tate) Allen; married, November
2, 1815, to Mary Crawford (died 1819); married to Ann J. (Barry)
McCue (c.1796-1875).
Lawyer; village
president of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1834-35; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1845-48.
Co-founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Died March 11,
1851 (age 54 years, 298
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas J. Allen (b. 1863) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Arbela Township, Tuscola
County, Mich., November
13, 1863.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Genesee
County Clerk, 1901-04; member of Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1907-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Anderson (b. 1867) —
of Paw Paw, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Columbia Township, Van Buren
County, Mich., August
12, 1867.
Son of David Anderson and Lovisa C. (Throop) Anderson; married 1896 to Harriet
Summy; father of David
Anderson, Jr..
Lawyer; Van
Buren County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1899-1900; Van
Buren County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04; Van
Buren County Probate Judge, 1905-12; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Van Buren
County, 1933.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Bennett Anderson (1879-1935) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., November
5, 1879.
Son of Seneca Benjamin Anderson and Achsah Adelaide (Bennett)
Anderson; married, October
8, 1908, to Patty Crook.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1904-10; Progressive
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1912;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926-35;
died in office 1935.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in Crook Sanitarium,
Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., April 9,
1935 (age 55 years, 155
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Robert C. Anderson (1925-1998) —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Born May 26,
1925.
Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1981-85; defeated, 1978.
Died August 6,
1998 (age 73 years, 72
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexis Caswell Angell (1857-1932) —
also known as Alexis C. Angell —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., April 26,
1857.
Son of James
Burrill Angell and Sarah Swope (Caswell) Angell (1831-1903);
married, June 6,
1880, to Fanny C. Cooley (1857-1934; daughter of Thomas
McIntyre Cooley).
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1911-12;
resigned 1912.
Died December
24, 1932 (age 75 years, 242
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Charles O. Arch (d. 1962) —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 1st Circuit, 1942-62; died in office 1962.
Died in Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich., June 2,
1962.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dennis Wayne Archer (b. 1942) —
also known as Dennis W. Archer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1986-90; appointed 1986; resigned
1990; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1994-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1996,
2000,
2008.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
National
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Homer Arnett (1903-1985) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., January
29, 1903.
Married to Florence L. York (1904-1989).
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1952; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-66 (Kalamazoo County 1st
District 1957-64, 46th District 1965-66); defeated in primary, 1966.
Methodist.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., May 9,
1985 (age 82 years, 100
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Joseph E. Arsulowicz (1909-1982) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., April 8,
1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1944,
1948;
candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1949; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1964,
1968;
defeated, 1952.
Catholic.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., July 23,
1982 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas William Ludlow Ashley (b. 1923) —
also known as Thomas L. Ashley —
of Waterville, Lucas
County, Ohio; Leland, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
11, 1923.
Great-grandson of James
Mitchell Ashley; son of William Meredith Ashley and Mary Alida
(Ludlow) Ashley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1955-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960,
1964.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2007.
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Murl K. Aten (1901-1971) —
of Sandstone Township, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Norvell, Jackson
County, Mich., August
13, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Clerk, 1939-40; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1945-46; Michigan
state auditor general, 1947-50; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Moose.
Suffered a heart
attack while walking near his home, and died, in Sandstone
Township, Jackson
County, Mich., June 15,
1971 (age 69 years, 306
days).
Interment at Roseland
Memorial Gardens, Napoleon Township, Jackson County, Mich.
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John Atkinson (1843-1898) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1843.
Father of Reilly
Atkinson, Sr..
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; law partner of William
L. Carpenter, Flavius
L. Brooke, and Henry
A. Haigh, starting in 1889; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1884; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1896;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1897-98; died in office 1898.
Died August
14, 1898 (age about 55
years).
Interment at Mt.
Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John Atkinson (b. 1875) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
30, 1875.
Son of John Atkinson and Lyda (Lyons) Atkinson; married, September
26, 1900, to Kate James.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Knights
of Equity.
Burial
location unknown.
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O'Brien J. Atkinson (1839-1901) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
May
24, 1839.
Son of James Atkinson (1800-1859) and Elizabeth (Skinners) Atkinson
(1804-1884); married, November
4, 1862, to Mary M. Jones (1838-1917).
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861-65; village
president of Fort Gratiot, Michigan, 1881-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1896; circuit
judge in Michigan 31st Circuit, 1899-1900; appointed 1899;
defeated, 1900.
Died July 7,
1901 (age 62 years, 44
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Theron Wilson Atwood (1854-1917) —
also known as Theron W. Atwood —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in White Oak, Ingham
County, Mich., January
3, 1854.
Son of H. P. Atwood; father of Theron
Wilson Atwood (1893-1980).
Republican. Lawyer; farmer; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1886-94; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1899-1902; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 21st District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912;
instrumental in building an electric
railroad connecting Jackson, Lansing, and Owosso.
Died, from pneumonia
and complications of appendicitis,
in Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., September
27, 1917 (age 63 years, 267
days).
Interment at Indianfields
Township Cemetery, Caro, Mich.
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Theron Wilson Atwood (1893-1980) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., April 6,
1893.
Son of Theron
Wilson Atwood (1854-1917) and Clara Ellen (Gibbs) Atwood
(1857-1918).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-27.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion.
Died in 1980
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Beach Axtell (1819-1891) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; Amador
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born near Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
14, 1819.
Son of Samuel Loree Axtell and Nancy (Sanders) Axtell; married, September
20, 1840, to Adaline Williams.
Democrat. Lawyer; Amador
County District Attorney, 1854; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1867-71; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1875; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1875-78; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1882-85.
Presbyterian.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., August 6,
1891 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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