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Daniel B. Brown (b. 1805) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Plymouth, Windsor
County, Vt., June 12,
1805.
Son of Daniel Brown and Polly (Jennison) Brown.
Canal boat operator; supervisor
of Ann Arbor Township, Michigan, 1835-36; Washtenaw
County Sheriff.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Brown and Polly (Jennison) Brown; married, October
22, 1827, to Anna Vickery; father of Anson Brown (Lieutenant in
Union Army during the Civil War; wounded in Chantilly, Va., and died
eight days later). |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Chandler (b. 1846) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Raisin Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., April 27,
1846.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1876; superintendent of the
ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie, 1881-85; involved in electric
power development; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1899-1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hans Ole Clines (1883-1968) —
also known as H. O. Clines —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Ludington, Mason
County, Mich., March 7,
1883.
Democrat. Sailor; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1933-38;
defeated, 1938, 1940.
Died in 1968
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew W. Comstock (b. 1838) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., October
5, 1838.
Son of Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock.
Democrat. Lumber
manufacturer; banker;
shipowner; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892;
president of railroads.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock; married, July 14,
1869, to Lillie J. Little; father of Caroline Comstock (who
married Henry
Allyn Haigh). |
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Bayard G. Davis (1864-1963) —
of Lawton, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Aurelius Township, Ingham
County, Mich., 1864.
Republican. School
teacher; general superintendent, Anchor Line steamship
company, Chicago; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1919-22; defeated in primary, 1926.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1963
(age about
99 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Elgin Dodge, Jr. (1900-1963) —
also known as Horace E. Dodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August 2,
1900.
Son of Horace Elgin Dodge (1868-1920; auto manufacturer) and Anna
(Thomson) Dodge (1871-1970).
Republican. Founder, Dodge Boat Works, 1923; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Died, from liver
cirrhosis, at Jennings Memorial Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
22, 1963 (age 63 years, 142
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives:
Nephew of John
Francis Dodge (who married Matilda
Rausch); son of Horace Elgin Dodge (1868-1920; auto manufacturer)
and Anna (Thomson) Dodge (1871-1970); brother of Delphine Ione Dodge
(1899-1943; who married James
Henry Roberts Cromwell); married, June 21,
1921, to Lois Virginia Knowlson (1899-1973; divorced 1927);
married, May 17,
1928, to Muriel Sisman (born 1903; divorced 1938); married, May 16,
1940, to Martha 'Mickey' Devine (1912-1984; divorced 1944; murder
victim); married, May 26,
1945, to Clara Mae Tinsley (born c.1918; divorced 1953); married,
February
14, 1953, to Gregg Sherwood (born 1923; model and actress).
See Biddle-Read-Shippen-MacArthur
family of Pennsylvania. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Frederick Joy (1810-1896) —
also known as James F. Joy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., December
2, 1810.
Son of James Joy (1778-1857) and Sarah (Pickering) Joy (1781-1858).
Republican. Lawyer; led,
built, reorganized, or merged many railroad
companies, including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the
Michigan Central; an incorporator of the St. Mary's Falls Ship
Canal Company, which built the first canal at Sault Ste. Marie in
1853-55; president of the Detroit Post-Tribune newspaper;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-85.
English
ancestry.
Died September
24, 1896 (age 85 years, 297
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Joy (1778-1857) and Sarah (Pickering) Joy (1781-1858);
married 1841
to Martha Alger Reed (daughter of John
Reed); married 1860 to Mary
Bourne. See Reed
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Frank Lovell (1913-1998) —
also known as Frederick J. Lang —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ipava, Fulton
County, Ill., July 24,
1913.
Seaman; automobile
worker; candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Socialist Workers candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1998 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Son of Thomas Henry Merry and Candida (Xavier) Merry.
Steamship captain; wholesale
grocer; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Richard W. Piepkorn (1877-1959) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Berlin, Germany,
August
9, 1877.
Son of Frederick Piepkorn and Ernestina (Musner) Piepkorn.
President, Peoples Bank of
Alpena; half-owner of Great Lakes freighter; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1940-44.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
16, 1959 (age 82 years, 68
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1922
to Ruby J. Chapel. |
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Carlos Douglas Shelden (1840-1904) —
also known as Carlos D. Shelden —
of Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Walworth, Walworth
County, Wis., June 10,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; machinist;
real
estate business; steamboat business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,
1893-94; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1895-96; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1897-1903.
Died in Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich., June 24,
1904 (age 64 years, 14
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Houghton, Mich.
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John Stevenson (1854-1937) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
April
22, 1854.
Republican. Steamboat owner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-12, 1915-18, 1921-24.
Died January
9, 1937 (age 82 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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