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Edwin Green Babcock (1863-1951) —
also known as Edwin G. Babcock —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Bethel, Branch
County, Mich., January
3, 1863.
Son of Christopher
G. Babcock.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1933-34;
defeated, 1928, 1934, 1936, 1940.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., February
12, 1951 (age 88 years, 40
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Henry T. Backus (1809-1877) —
also known as Harry T. Backus —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., April 4,
1809.
Son-in-law of William
Woodbridge.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1840; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1861-62; justice of
Arizona territorial supreme court, 1865-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Greenwood, Mohave
County, Ariz., July 13,
1877 (age 68 years, 100
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Greenwood, Ariz.; reinterment in 1885 at Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Alexander Samuel Bacon (1853-1920) —
also known as Alexander S. Bacon —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., November
20, 1853.
Son of John Arthur Bacon and Harriet (Smith) Bacon; married, September
1, 1886, to Harriet Whittlesey Schroter.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1887; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906 (Independence League),
1915 (American).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Attorney for New York Gov. William
Sulzer at his impeachment trial in 1913.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 29,
1920 (age 66 years, 191
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Bacon (1802-1869) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 14,
1802.
Married to Caroline S. Lord (1815-1887).
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1855-57; circuit
judge in Michigan 2nd Circuit, 1858-63, 1867-69; died in office
1869.
Presbyterian.
Died in Niles Township, Berrien
County, Mich., September
9, 1869 (age 67 years, 57
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Maxwell F. Badgley (1898-1969) —
also known as Max Badgley —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., December
9, 1898.
Son of Forrest C. Badgley and Anne V. (Beers) Badgley; married, February
4, 1924, to Irene Reed (divorced 1932); married, September
25, 1947, to Helen Robson Haynes.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1944.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1969
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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William A. Bahlke (b. 1861) —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born near Pewamo, Ionia
County, Mich., July 4,
1861.
Son of Anton Bahlke and Mary (Hund) Bahlke; married, October
7, 1891, to Mary
Eleanor Carpenter.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
banker;
village
president of Alma, Michigan, 1901-02; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1904; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1906; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1920.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Bahorski (b. 1882) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., March 10,
1882.
Republican. Bakery
business; lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1923-28 (2nd District 1923-26, 3rd District
1927-28); defeated in primary, 1928, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Civitan;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married
1907 to Emma
Earle.
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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Henry Robert Baird (1876-1936) —
also known as Henry R. Baird —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in East China, St. Clair
County, Mich., January
20, 1876.
Son of William Baird (1840-1914) and Catherine (Frank) Baird
(1848-1922); married, March 5,
1915, to Adele L. Blinn.
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932.
German
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 7,
1936 (age 60 years, 108
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.
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Henry Samuel Baird (1800-1875) —
also known as Henry S. Baird —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
May
16, 1800.
Son of Henry Samuel Baird (1763-1847) and Ann (Burnside) Baird
(1766-1852); married, August
12, 1824, to Elizabeth Therese Fisher.
Whig. Lawyer; Wisconsin
territory attorney general, 1836-39; delegate to
Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1853; mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1861-62.
Died in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., April 30,
1875 (age 74 years, 349
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Green Bay, Wis.
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John F. Baker (1874-1941) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario,
March
5, 1874.
Son of Thomas Baker and Jemima (Kelley) Baker; married, June 30,
1909, to Nettie Edna Stewart (1887-1949).
Lawyer; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1929; probate judge in Michigan,
1936.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in 1941
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Bristol
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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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; married, July 13,
1918, to Irene McCall.
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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William J. Balgooyen (1894-1958) —
of Muskegon Heights, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born May 14,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 14th Circuit, 1935.
Died February
16, 1958 (age 63 years, 278
days).
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; married, February
16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek.
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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John Walford Bannasch (1906-1984) —
also known as John W. Bannasch —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Clarklake, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., November
28, 1906.
Married 1931
to Dorothy H. Miller.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1943-50; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1950.
Methodist;
later Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Columbia Township, Jackson
County, Mich., June 12,
1984 (age 77 years, 197
days).
Cremated.
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Stanley C. Barker (1907-1972) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born November
17, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
18, 1972 (age 64 years, 93
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas E. Barkworth (1851-1923) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Lincolnshire, England,
July
21, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1891-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1894, 1896; candidate
for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1899; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1903-05; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Died February
17, 1923 (age 71 years, 211
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Horace Thomas Barnaby, Jr. (1870-1952) —
also known as Horace T. Barnaby —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in North Star Township, Gratiot
County, Mich., October
24, 1870.
Son of Horace
Thomas Barnaby and Sophia Jane (Abbey) Barnaby; married, April 5,
1893, to Mary E. Ryno (died 1921); married, March 27,
1927, to Maude C. Jones.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 2nd District,
1901-04; candidate for probate judge in Michigan, 1904; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 17th District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1909-12; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1938, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Optimist
Club.
Died May 20,
1952 (age 81 years, 209
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Edward N. Barnard —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Lawyer; political boss and ally of Frank
D. McKay; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1932,
1940;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940,
1956.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry E. Barnard (1892-1973) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Denver,
Colo., July 11,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1929-32; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1932.
Died in St. Clair Shores, Macomb
County, Mich., August
20, 1973 (age 81 years, 40
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William S. Barnett —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Lawyer; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 2008-.
Still living as of 2008.
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Francis Edward Barron (1911-1975) —
also known as Francis E. Barron —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., July 28,
1911.
Son of Richard E. Barron and Mary (Robb) Barron; married, October
9, 1942, to Abbie Esther Morley.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee District, 1948;
municipal judge in Michigan, 1952.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion.
Died in 1975
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married
to Mary C. Carpenter.
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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George N. Bashara, Jr. (1934-2002) —
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Shores, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 7,
1934.
Son of George
N. Bashara, Sr..
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Michigan, 1969-72; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1973-82; appointed 1973;
member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1985-92; defeated, 1992.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
NAACP;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Grosse Pointe Shores, Wayne
County, Mich., April 8,
2002 (age 67 years, 275
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilfred George Bassett (1911-1986) —
also known as Wilfred G. Bassett —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 26,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1951-64; defeated, 1964; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., February
5, 1986 (age 74 years, 255
days).
Interment at East
Liberty Cemetery, East Liberty, Mich.
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Marianne O. Battani (b. 1944) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 18,
1944.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Michigan, 1981; district
judge in Michigan, 1981-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1982-2000; defeated, 1980; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2000-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Homer L. Bauer (1902-1973) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Chester Township, Eaton
County, Mich., November
28, 1902.
Married 1943
to Marjorie M. Field.
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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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; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (1831-1872; granddaughter of Myron Holly (prominent
abolitionist)).
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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Emmet Lewis Beach (b. 1857) —
also known as Emmet L. Beach —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Bridgeport, Saginaw
County, Mich., March 31,
1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1900-05; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1914; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) —
also known as William H. H. Beadle —
of Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born, in a log
cabin at Howard, Parke
County, Ind., January
1, 1838.
Son of James Ward Beadle and Elizabeth (Bright) Beadle; married, May 18,
1863, to Ellen S. (Rich) Chapman.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Republican National Committee from Dakota
Territory, 1872-; member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1877-79; Dakota
Territory superintendent of public instruction, 1879-86; president,
Madison State Normal School (now Dakota State University), 1889-1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
15, 1915 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Hiram J. Beakes (1827-1882) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., September
6, 1827.
Married to Sarah C. Swathel (died 1904); father of Annie S. Beakes
(who married Samuel
Willard Beakes).
Democrat. Lawyer; Washtenaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1854; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1863-64; Washtenaw
County Probate Judge, 1864-72; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1873-75; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1880.
Died May 18,
1882 (age 54 years, 254
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) —
also known as Samuel W. Beakes —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Burlingham, Sullivan
County, N.Y., January
11, 1861.
Son of George
M. Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes; married, July 6,
1886, to Annie S. Beakes (daughter of Hiram
J. Beakes).
Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Judge Thomas
M. Cooley; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19;
defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1927 (age 66 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Townsend F. Beaman (1906-1983) —
also known as Towny Beaman —
of Summit Township, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Vandercook Lake, Jackson
County, Mich., May 12,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1974.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack while golfing at
the Country Club of Jackson, and died soon after, at Foote Hospital
West, Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., June 12,
1983 (age 77 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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William Robert Beasley (1919-1999) —
also known as William R. Beasley —
of Ferndale, Oakland
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., January
7, 1919.
Son of Robert M. Beasley and Elizabeth J. (Edwards) Beasley; married,
February
7, 1942, to Helen J. Beattie.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1967-76; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1976-; appointed 1976.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion.
Died June 1,
1999 (age 80 years, 145
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Beaumont (1858-1941) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., July 20,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1912-15.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1941
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Theodore Gilbert Beaver (b. 1834) —
also known as T. G. Beaver —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Union
County, Pa., 1834.
Son of Mary Ann (Swartz) Beaver (died 1903) and Jesse Beaver
(1811-1892); married 1863 to Frances
Mary Twombly (1843-1876).
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1884, 1889.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arcanum; Maccabees.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary V. Beck (1908-2005) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ford City, Armstrong
County, Pa., February
29, 1908.
Daughter of Michael Beck and Anna (Woytowych) Beck.
Democrat. Social
worker; lawyer; member, Detroit City Council, 1950-70 (first
woman to be elected); candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1950; candidate in
primary for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1969.
Female.
Eastern
Orthodox. Ukrainian
ancestry.
Died, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Clinton Township, Macomb
County, Mich., January
30, 2005 (age 97 years, 0
days).
Interment at St.
Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, South Bound Brook, N.J.
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Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) —
also known as Frederick C. Belen —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
25, 1913.
Son of Christopher Frederick Belen and Elizabeth
Lehman Belen; brother of Lucile
Elizabeth Belen; married, February
7, 1943, to Opal Marie Sheets (1917-2007).
Lawyer; aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew
J. Transue and George
D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association.
U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created
the ZIP code.
Died, of complications from Parkinson's
disease, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
13, 1999 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Frank A. Bell (b. 1868) —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Calhoun
County, Mich., November
28, 1868.
Son of Orville J. Bell and Sarah (Porter) Bell; married, October
14, 1914, to Frances Staley.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1916;
circuit
judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1927-47.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Holmes Bell (b. 1944) —
also known as Robert H. Bell —
of Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 19,
1944.
Lawyer; district judge in Michigan, 1973-79; circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1979-87; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, 1987-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Frank Tripp Bennett (1882-1964) —
also known as Frank T. Bennett —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 8,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1907-08; mayor of
Jackson, Mich., 1920-21.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1964
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Bonifas Bennett (1904-1964) —
also known as John B. Bennett —
of Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born in Garden, Delta
County, Mich., January
10, 1904.
Son of James G. Bennett and Mary (Bonifas) Bennett; married, May 4,
1929, to Corinne Waldhuetter.
Republican. Lawyer; Ontonagon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-30, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1943-45, 1947-64;
defeated, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1944; died in office 1964.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., August 9,
1964 (age 60 years, 212
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Jocelyn Michelle Benson —
also known as Jocelyn Benson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 2010.
Female.
Still living as of 2010.
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Arlington A. Bergman (1870-1952) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1910, 1911; mayor of Mason,
Mich., 1912.
Died in 1952
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Julius L. Berns —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; supervisor
of Grosse Pointe Township, Michigan, 1942; appointed 1942.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis E. Berry, Jr. (1914-2005) —
of Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich.; Lady Lake, Lake
County, Fla.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., September
5, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; Cheboygan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1941-42, 1946-47; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1948;
chair
of Cheboygan County Republican Party, 1950.
Died January
31, 2005 (age 90 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Anthony F. Bielawski (1913-1988) —
also known as Tony Bielawski —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Linwood, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., September
6, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Bay County Democratic Party, 1954-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1984;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960;
defeated, 1956,
1976.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., January
10, 1988 (age 74 years, 126
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861) —
also known as Kinsley S. Bingham —
of Green Oak, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Camillus, Onondaga
County, N.Y., December
16, 1808.
Married 1833
to Margaret Warden (died 1834; sister of Robert
Warden, Jr. (1815?-?)); married, June 10,
1839, to Mary Warden (sister of Robert
Warden, Jr. (1815?-?)); brother of Ira
P. Bingham.
Lawyer; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1837-39, 1841-42 (Livingston
District 1837-39, 1841, Livingston County 1842); Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1847-51; Governor of
Michigan, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1859-61; died in office 1861.
Died in Green Oak, Livingston
County, Mich., October
5, 1861 (age 52 years, 293
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Livingston County, Mich.;
reinterment at Old
Village Cemetery, Brighton, Mich.
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Don Binkowski (b. 1929) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Warren, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
26, 1929.
Son of Alex Binkowski and Helen (Wojtowicz) Binkowski; married to
Sharon J. Hromek.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 2nd Senatorial
District, 1961-62; district judge in Michigan 37th District, 1969-86.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Polish
Legion of American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Judicature Society; Knights
of Columbus; Polish
National Alliance.
Still living as of 1999.
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John E. Bird (1862-1928) —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Clayton, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
19, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; Lenawee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-99; Michigan
state attorney general, 1905-10; resigned 1910; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1910-28; appointed 1910; died in
office 1928; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1910, 1919, 1926.
Died February
9, 1928 (age 65 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Birdsall (1783-1856) —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1783.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chenango
County Surrogate, 1811; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1815-17; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1827.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 20,
1856 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney; married, February
16, 1816, to Agatha McDowell; married 1840 to
Elizabeth Potts Fitzhugh (sister of Henry
Fitzhugh); uncle of Humphrey
Marshall; father of James
M. Birney; grandfather of Arthur
Alexis Birney.
Lawyer; studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1828;
mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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Clifford A. Bishop (1877-1952) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Genesee
County, Mich., 1877.
Lawyer; Genesee
County Prosecuting Attorney; circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1939-52; appointed 1939; died in
office 1952.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died May 23,
1952 (age about 74
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald E. Bishop (b. 1933) —
of Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Almont, Lapeer
County, Mich., February
27, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 63rd District, 1967-70; member of
Michigan
state senate, 1971-82 (16th District 1971-74, 8th District
1975-82); defeated, 1982; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1972.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 1982.
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Roswell Peter Bishop (1843-1920) —
also known as Roswell P. Bishop —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney, Delaware
County, N.Y., January
6, 1843.
Son of Edward Bishop and Anna (Andrews) Bishop.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded
during the war at Lees Mills, Va., and lost his
right arm; lawyer; Mason
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877-80, 1885-86; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1883-84,
1893-94; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1895-1907; defeated,
1906; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 26th District, 1907.
Died in Pacific Grove, Monterey
County, Calif., March 4,
1920 (age 77 years, 58
days).
Interment at El
Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Calif.
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Allan R. Black —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1935.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bruce D. Black (b. 1947) —
of New Mexico.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 27,
1947.
Lawyer; Judge, New
Mexico Court of Appeals, 1991-95; U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1995-.
Still living as of 2001.
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Edward D. Black (1853-1939) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Genesee
County, Mich., September
22, 1853.
Son of Henry A. Black and Caroline (Center) Black; married, December
31, 1889, to Bertha B. Billings.
Republican. Lawyer; Genesee
County School Commissioner, 1878-85; circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1918-39; died in office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died May 3,
1939 (age 85 years, 223
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene F. Black (1903-1990) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Marine City, St. Clair
County, Mich., January
27, 1903.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Michigan
state attorney general, 1947-48; circuit
judge in Michigan 31st Circuit, 1954-55; appointed 1954;
resigned 1955; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1956-72.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Delta
Theta Phi; Optimist
Club.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., August 4,
1990 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Wallace Blackney (1876-1963) —
also known as William W. Blackney —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Clio, Genesee
County, Mich., August
28, 1876.
Son of William Wallace Blackney and Frances M. (Bell) Blackney;
married, December
28, 1904, to Cassie F. Miller.
Republican. School
teacher; Genesee
County Clerk, 1905-12; lawyer; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1925-30; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1935-37, 1939-53;
defeated, 1922, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., March 14,
1963 (age 86 years, 198
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Clio, Mich.
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Austin Blair (1818-1894) —
also known as "The War Governor" —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Caroline, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
8, 1818.
Son of Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair (1796-1869);
third cousin of Bernard
Blair; married, February
18, 1841, to Persis Lyman (c.1820-1844); married, May 25,
1846, to Elizabeth Pratt (c.1823-1847); married, February
16, 1849, to Sarah Louesa (Horton) Ford (1824-1897); father of Charles
Austin Blair.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1846;
instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan,
the first
English-speaking jurisdiction to do so; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54, 1885-86; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1855-56; Governor of
Michigan, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1867-73; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-89; appointed 1881.
Unitarian.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August 6,
1894 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Lansing, Mich.
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Charles Austin Blair (1854-1912) —
also known as Charles A. Blair —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., April 10,
1854.
Third cousin once removed of Bernard
Blair; son of Austin
Blair; married, October
8, 1879, to Effie C. North (1861-1944).
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1899; Michigan
state attorney general, 1903-04; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1905-12; died in office 1912; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1909.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died August
30, 1912 (age 58 years, 142
days).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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James Johnston Blanchard (b. 1942) —
also known as James J. Blanchard; Jim
Blanchard —
of Pleasant Ridge, Oakland
County, Mich.; Beverly Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 8,
1942.
Son of James Robert Blanchard and Rosalie Johnston Blanchard; married
1966 to
Paula Parker (divorced); married, September
2, 1989, to Janet
Eifert Fox.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1975-83; Governor of
Michigan, 1983-90; defeated, 1990, 2002; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1984;
chair, Platform Committee, chair, 1988;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1988;
member, Platform Committee, 2008;
U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1993-96.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Delta
Tau Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harold E. Bledsoe (1896-1974) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., August
29, 1896.
Son of William Bledsoe and Mattie (Smith) Bledsoe; married to Mamie
Geraldine Neal.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1948;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
11th District, 1961-62.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 26,
1974 (age 77 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry D. Boardman (1891-1959) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., December
22, 1891.
Son of John W. Boardman, Sr. and Ida M. (Mathews) Boardman; married,
December
1, 1917, to Marguerite Van Schoick.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; municipal judge in Michigan, 1922-26; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927; circuit
judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1945-59; appointed 1945;
defeated, 1959; died in office 1959.
Member, Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died April 14,
1959 (age 67 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Roscoe Osmond Bonisteel (1888-1972) —
also known as Roscoe O. Bonisteel —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Crossing, Ontario,
December
23, 1888.
Son of Milton F. Bonisteel and Frances Anna (Whyte) Bonisteel;
married, September
12, 1914, to Lillian Coleman Rudolph.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; City Attorney, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1921-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1928,
1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1932;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1946-59; appointed 1946; member of
Wayne
State University board of governors, 1956-59; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Rotary; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
25, 1972 (age 83 years, 64
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Xenophon A. Boomhower —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio.
Son of Addison Boomhower and Almy (Stuart) Boomhower; married to
Catherine Gillies.
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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William A. Boos, Jr. (1922-2002) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Suttons Bay, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
27, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1961-66 (Saginaw County 1st
District 1961-64, 85th District 1965-66); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1964;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Optimist
Club.
Died August
22, 2002 (age 79 years, 329
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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O. Lee Boothby (b. 1933) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., March 17,
1933.
Son of Robert Boothby and Naomi (Gillett) Boothby; married to Carole
Maxine Larson.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 20th District,
1956; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate, 1958 (7th District), 1964 (22nd District); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 7th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1962, 1976.
Seventh-Day
Adventist. Member, Lions; American Bar
Association; Toastmasters.
Still living as of 1976.
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Paul D. Borman (b. 1939) —
of Michigan.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1939.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1994-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Stephen Borrello —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1996;
Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 4th District, 2003-.
Still living as of 2003.
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Willard I. Bowerman, Jr. (1917-1987) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., May 3,
1917.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1953-60; mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1961-65; defeated, 1965.
Baptist.
Member, Lions.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
22, 1987 (age 70 years, 142
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Charles E. Bowles (1884-1957) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Yale, St. Clair
County, Mich., March 24,
1884.
Son of Alfred Bowles and Mary (Lutz) Bowles; married, June 1,
1915, to Ruth Davis.
Republican. Lawyer; recorder's court judge in Michigan,
1926-29; resigned 1929; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1930; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932, 1934;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1950, 1952.
Member, Optimist
Club.
Recalled
from office as Mayor in 1930 over charges that he had sold out to
gangsters
and the Ku Klux
Klan.
Died July 30,
1957 (age 73 years, 128
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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George E. Bowles (1915-1993) —
of Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Shores, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1950; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956-69; appointed 1956.
Died September
20, 1993 (age about 78
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Augustus Boyle (1907-1959) —
also known as Charles A. Boyle —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich., August
13, 1907.
Son of Michael Melvin Boyle and Rose (Marsh) Boyle; married, August
14, 1940, to Helen Shaughnessy.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1955-59; died in
office 1959.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Elks.
Killed in an automobile
accident in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
4, 1959 (age 52 years, 83
days).
Interment at All
Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle (b. 1937) —
also known as Patricia J. Boyle —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. District Judge Thaddeus
Machrowicz, 1964-65; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1976-78;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1978-83;
resigned 1983; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1983-98; appointed 1983.
Female.
Still living as of 2002.
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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; married, June 14,
1905, to Mabel Casler (1884-1953).
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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John A. Boyne (b. 1878) —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich., December
22, 1878.
Son of George Boyne and Ida A. (Jones) Boyne; married, September
25, 1901, to Juel Nesbitt.
Republican. Lawyer; attorney for Michigan Central Railroad;
recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1925-28, 1930-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincent L. Bradford —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1838, 1839 (3rd District 1838, 7th District 1839).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rolland Bradley (born c.1897) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Michigan, about 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 19th District, 1929; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944.
Burial
location unknown.
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Russell Wallen Bradley (b. 1921) —
also known as Russell W. Bradley —
of Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Hermansville, Menominee
County, Mich., August
12, 1921.
Son of Martin Bradley and Jennie (Wallen) Bradley; married to Alice
Marian Knapp.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
Menominee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1959-64; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 30th Senatorial
District, 1962; appointed 1962; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Amvets.
Still living as of 1967.
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D. Hale Brake (1891-1979) —
of Stanton, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Caledonia, Kent
County, Mich., March 5,
1891.
Son of David
H. Brake and Bertha (Hale) Brake; married, January
1, 1917, to Marjorie Valentine.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; farmer;
lawyer; Montcalm
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1935-42; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1942; Michigan
state treasurer, 1943-54; defeated, 1954; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1954; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1955; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 25th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Gleaners;
Grange;
Delta
Tau Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of the
Coif; Lions; Rotary.
Died in Sheridan, Montcalm
County, Mich., April 24,
1979 (age 88 years, 50
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen C. Bransdorfer (b. 1929) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1929.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
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Edward L. Branson (1870-1935) —
of Franklin
County, Kan.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan., October
4, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Franklin
County Attorney; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1929-32; defeated, 1932.
Died in 1935
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Virgil O. Braun (1896-1980) —
also known as V. O. Braun —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.; Perry, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Rising Sun, Wood
County, Ohio, June 7,
1896.
Son of C. H. Braun and Emma (Roush) Braun; married, September
7, 1935, to Grace Downing.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Shiawassee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-38; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1939-44;
defeated in primary, 1944.
Member, Alpha
Gamma Rho; Phi
Kappa Delta.
Died in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., December
3, 1980 (age 84 years, 179
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James R. Breakey, Jr. (1900-1969) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in 1900.
Son of James R. Breakey (1864-1943; physician).
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1945-67; appointed 1945;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1960.
Died in 1969
(age about
69 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leo Joseph Brennan (1891-1968) —
also known as Leo J. Brennan —
of L'Anse, Baraga
County, Mich.
Born in L'Anse, Baraga
County, Mich., July 24,
1891.
Son of Patrick Brennan and Anna (Brady) Brennan; married, November
24, 1923, to Jane Larmour.
Lawyer; Baraga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927; circuit
judge in Michigan 12th Circuit, 1947-65; appointed 1947.
Died in January, 1968
(age 76
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincent Morrison Brennan (1890-1959) —
also known as Vincent M. Brennan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., April 22,
1890.
Son of Charles Thomas Brennan and Mary Agnes (Morrison) Brennan;
married, July 17,
1915, to Ruth Hurley.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1919-20; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1921-23; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1924-54.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; National
Lawyers Guild; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Maccabees.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
4, 1959 (age 68 years, 288
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
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Theodore Brentano (1854-1940) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., March 29,
1854.
Son of Lorenzo
Brentano and Caroline Brentano; married, May 17,
1887, to Minnie Claussenius.
Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in Illinois,
1890-1921; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1922-27; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Died July 2,
1940 (age 86 years, 95
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark Spencer Brewer (1837-1901) —
also known as Mark S. Brewer —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Addison Township, Oakland
County, Mich., October
22, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1877-81, 1887-91; U.S.
Consul General in Berlin, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1896;
U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, 1898-1901.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 18,
1901 (age 63 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Mich.
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James H. Brickley (1928-2001) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., November
15, 1928.
Son of J. Harry Brickley and Marie E. (Fischer) Brickley; married, June 16,
1950, to Marianne E. Doyle.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1966; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1969-70; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1971-74, 1979-82; resigned 1982; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1982; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1982-99; appointed 1982; resigned
1999; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1995-96.
Catholic.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died, of multiple
myeloma and Alzheimer's
disease, on September
28, 2001 (age 72 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William McNulty Brodhead (b. 1941) —
also known as William M. Brodhead —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
12, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1971-74 (17th District 1971-72,
2nd District 1973-74); U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1975-83; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1994.
Still living as of 1998.
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Samuel Jerome Bronson (1930-1986) —
also known as S. Jerome Bronson —
of Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 21,
1930.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1960; Oakland
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1969-86; died in office
1986.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Arrested
and charged
with soliciting
and accepting a
bribe of $20,000 for his vote on a pending case; committed
suicide the same day, in Franklin, Oakland
County, Mich., November
14, 1986 (age 56 years, 238
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Flavius Lionel Brooke (1858-1921) —
also known as Flavius L. Brooke —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Simcoe, Ontario,
October
17, 1858.
Son of John Brooke and Sarah (Mann) Brooke; married, November
27, 1884, to Miss B. Reidy.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of William
L. Carpenter, John
Atkinson, and Henry
A. Haigh, starting in 1889; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1900-08; resigned 1908; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1908-21; appointed 1908; died in
office 1921; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1915.
Died January
21, 1921 (age 62 years, 96
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James D. Brooker (1863-1930) —
of Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Mallorytown, Ontario,
March
18, 1863.
Son of James Brooker (1831-1918) and Lois (Thompson) Brooker
(1842-1916); married, November
12, 1889, to Mary E. Bader.
Republican. Lawyer; one of the organizers of the Cass City Telephone
Company, later president and manager; Tuscola
County Prosecuting Attorney; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke,
and died four days later, in Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich., February
15, 1930 (age 66 years, 334
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Robert S. Brooks (b. 1917) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in 1917.
Lawyer; candidate in primary for mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1961.
Still living as of 1961.
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Robert Cameron Broomfield (b. 1933) —
also known as Robert C. Broomfield —
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 18,
1933.
Son of David Campbell Broomfield and Mabel (Van Deventer) Broomfield;
married, August 3,
1958, to Cuma Cecil.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Arizona, 1971-85; U.S.
District Judge for Arizona, 1985-99; took senior status 1999.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Burney Eslie Brower (1880-1956) —
also known as Burney E. Brower —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Ingham
County, Mich., June 18,
1880.
Married 1905
to Esther Gaylord Miller.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1917-20; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1921-26.
Dutch
and Irish
ancestry.
Died July 3,
1956 (age 76 years, 15
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Arthur Brown (1843-1906) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born near Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., March 8,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker).
Shot
and killed by
Anna Bradley, who claimed to be the mother of his children, in Washington,
D.C., December
12, 1906 (age 63 years, 279
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Arthur Brown —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Washtenaw Abstract
Co.; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1903-05; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur Ellison Brown (b. 1892) —
also known as Arthur E. Brown —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tuscola
County, Mich., October
23, 1892.
Son of Robert Brown and Ida May (Moshier) Brown; married, July 18,
1918, to Elfrieda A. Juengel.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
executive; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-36.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu
Phi; American
Legion; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Basil W. Brown (1927-1997) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Vandalia, Cass
County, Mich., March 20,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1957-88 (3rd District 1957-64, 6th District
1965-74, 3rd District 1975-82, 2nd District 1983-88); resigned 1988.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; NAACP.
Died October
28, 1997 (age 70 years, 222
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald A. Brown (1924-1999) —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, November
2, 1924.
Married, December
20, 1947, to Lynette Ralya.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 5th District;
defeated, 1952; elected 1956; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Died June 30,
1999 (age 74 years, 240
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Garry Eldridge Brown (1923-1998) —
also known as Garry Brown —
of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., August
12, 1923.
Great-grandson of Ebenezer
Lakin Brown; grandson of Addison
Makepeace Brown; son of E. Lakin Brown and Blanche (Jackson)
Brown; married, September
10, 1955, to Frances Esther Wilkins.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 6th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate, 1963-66 (6th District 1963-64, 21st District
1965-66); U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1967-79; defeated,
1978.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Elks; Jaycees.
Died August
27, 1998 (age 75 years, 15
days).
Interment at Schoolcraft
Cemetery, Schoolcraft, Mich.
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Henry Billings Brown (1836-1913) —
also known as Henry B. Brown —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in South Lee, Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 2,
1836.
Son of Billings Brown and Mary (Tyler) Brown; married, July 13,
1864, to Caroline Pitts (died 1901); married, June 25,
1904, to Josephine E. Tyler.
Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1868; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1875-90; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1890-1906; resigned 1906.
Congregationalist.
Died in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
4, 1913 (age 77 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Joseph A. Brown (1903-1963) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
10, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1947-48; defeated in primary, 1948;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1963
(age about
60 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lee N. Brown (1869-1948) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1914-16; Washtenaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner.
Died in 1948
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Union-Udell
Cemetery, Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Prentiss Marsh Brown (1889-1973) —
also known as Prentiss M. Brown —
of St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich., June 18,
1889.
Son of James J. Brown and Millie (Gagnon) Brown; married, June 16,
1916, to Marion E. Walker; father of Prentiss
M. Brown, Jr. and Paul
W. Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mackinac
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-26; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1924,
1940,
1948,
1952;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1928; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1933-36; defeated,
1924; resigned 1936; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936-43; defeated, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich., December
19, 1973 (age 84 years, 184
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, St. Ignace, Mich.
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Theodore S. Brown (b. 1930) —
of Garden City, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born April 23,
1930.
Son of Stanley Brown and Rose (Mehalowska) Brown; married to
Catherine Morgan.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
20th District, 1961-62.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 1962.
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Thomas Leo Brown (b. 1931) —
also known as Thomas L. Brown —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich., November
10, 1931.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 57th District, 1967-70; circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1975-90; defeated, 1970.
Catholic.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; Knights
of Columbus; Catholic
War Veterans; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 1990.
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William C. Brown (b. 1877) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in 1877.
Lawyer; Ingham
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-19.
Burial
location unknown.
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William E. Brown (b. 1863) —
of Imlay City, Lapeer
County, Mich.; Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich.
Born in Hadley Township, Lapeer
County, Mich., December
25, 1863.
Married 1890
to Grace E. Palmer.
Republican. Lawyer; Lapeer
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-96; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1903-06; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 21st District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915.
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married 1923 to Clara
Hantel; father of Wilber
Marion Brucker, Jr..
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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William Robert Bryant, Jr. (b. 1938) —
also known as William R. Bryant, Jr. —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 4,
1938.
Son of William Robert Bryant and Mary Frances (Fisk) Bryant.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1971-96 (1st District 1971-72,
13th District 1973-92, 1st District 1993-96).
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; Jaycees;
American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1996.
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Victor Earle Bucknell (1904-1969) —
also known as Victor E. Bucknell —
of Vicksburg, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Burr Oak, St. Joseph
County, Mich., August
23, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1944-49; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1946; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1948.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1969
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Schoolcraft
Township Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mich.
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Archibald F. Bunting (b. 1871) —
of Empire, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Albion, Edwards
County, Ill., May 17,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1900;
Leelanau
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-02; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Leelanau District, 1905-08.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin D. Burdick (1903-1987) —
also known as Ben Burdick —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., July 2,
1903.
Brother of Irwin
H. Burdick.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1948,
1956,
1960
(alternate); member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1963-77; appointed 1963.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
5, 1987 (age 84 years, 156
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edmund Burfoot (b. 1858) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in England,
1858.
Wood
carver; lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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David E. Burgess (1914-1970) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born June 1,
1914.
Married to Louise Marie Hawley.
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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Earl L. Burhans (b. 1884) —
of Paw Paw, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in New Buffalo, Berrien
County, Mich., April 12,
1884.
Son of Isaac Burhans and Elizabeth Burhans; married 1917 to Harriet
E. Breed.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; farmer; banker; Van
Buren County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-16; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Van Buren County, 1931-34;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1934; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1937-42; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1942; resigned 1942.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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George James Burke, Sr. (1885-1950) —
also known as George J. Burke —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Northfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
5, 1885.
Son of Anthony Burke and Ellen (Dealy) Burke; married, December
29, 1910, to Edna J. Fritts; father of George
James Burke, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-14; law partner of Martin
J. Cavanaugh; president, Citizens Mutual Auto Insurance
Co.; counsel and director, International Radio Co.;
director, Ann Arbor Trust
Company, Farmers and Mechanics Bank,
Michigan Life
Insurance Co.; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1920;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1926; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
served as a judge in the Nuremburg war crimes trials.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Rotary.
Died October
3, 1950 (age 64 years, 302
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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George James Burke, Jr. (1914-1971) —
also known as George J. Burke, Jr. —
of Michigan.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
12, 1914.
Son of George
James Burke, Sr..
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1950.
Catholic.
Died in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
3, 1971 (age 56 years, 356
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Edward G. Burleson —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1931-34.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas M. Burns (b. 1914) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Parisville Township, Huron
County, Mich., May 1,
1914.
Married, June 16,
1954, to Alice Jane Carter.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1946; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1953-56; defeated in primary, 1956; Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1969-86.
Catholic.
Still living as of 1986.
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Julius Caesar Burrows (1837-1915) —
also known as Julius C. Burrows; "The Columbian
Orator" —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in North East, Erie
County, Pa., January
9, 1837.
Uncle of Alfred
Barnes Connable, Jr..
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Kalamazoo
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1873-75, 1879-83, 1885-95 (4th
District 1873-75, 1879-83, 1885-93, 3rd District 1893-95); defeated,
1874, 1882; resigned 1895; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1895-1911; defeated in primary, 1910.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., November
16, 1915 (age 78 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Clarence Monroe Burton (1853-1932) —
also known as Clarence M. Burton —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in California, November
18, 1853.
Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1907-08.
Founder of the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public
Library.
Died October
23, 1932 (age 78 years, 340
days).
Interment at Grand
Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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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; married, November
5, 1923, to Ida Mary Bland; brother of Miller
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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Robert Paul Butler (b. 1883) —
also known as Robert P. Butler —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Prairieville, Barry
County, Mich., December
25, 1883.
Son of Robert W. Butler and Bertha E. (Watson) Butler; married, June 4,
1910, to Emily Joslyn.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1934-45.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Magnus Butzel (1871-1963) —
also known as Henry M. Butzel —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 24,
1871.
Son of Magnus Butzel and Henrietta Butzel; married 1907 to Mae
Schlesinger (1886-1954).
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1929-55; appointed 1929; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1931, 1939, 1946, 1954.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 7,
1963 (age 92 years, 14
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Frederick E. Byrd (1918-1997) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born March 6,
1918.
Republican. Lawyer; Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1950, 1951.
Died July 8,
1997 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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