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Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March 17,
1850.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; book
publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery Light and
Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general
of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented
in 1893 and patented a
railroad car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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Nathan Barlow, Jr. (1818-1899) —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
1, 1818.
Son of Nathan
Barlow.
Democrat. Hotel
owner; merchant;
Barry
County Clerk, 1843-44; Barry
County Treasurer, 1845-46; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1850;
Supervisor, Hastings Township, 1853; mayor, Hastings, Mich., 1873;
director, Grand River Valley Railroad, 1872-97.
Died January
25, 1899 (age 81 years, 24
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
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Adrian C. Barr (b. 1875) —
of Shepherd, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Howard City, Montcalm
County, Mich., June 22,
1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; mail
carrier; railway station agent; trucking
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella County; elected
1932; defeated, 1940.
Burial
location unknown.
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Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) —
also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery
Field —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
23, 1860.
Son of James E. Field and Loretta B. Field.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
broker; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1888;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1905-06; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers
and Merchants Bank;
president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway Co.; officer
of gas and
electric utilities.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 24,
1942 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives:
Nephew and adoptive son of Rice
Aner Beal; son of James E. Field and Loretta B. Field; adoptive
son of Phoebe (Beers) Beal; married 1889 to Ella
Travis. |
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Edward A. Bond (b. 1849) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 22,
1849.
Republican. Civil
engineer; chief engineer for several railroads; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1899-1904; resigned 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) —
also known as "The Lone Pine of
Michigan" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pike, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
26, 1831.
Son of Luther Burt.
Lumber and
timber business; railroad builder; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1867-68; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880;
Fusion candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1888; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1893-94; defeated (Democratic), 1904,
1908; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1900; Democratic
candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1907-08; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Burt, Michigan is named for
him.
Died March 2,
1919 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Calvin A. Campbell (1866-1933) —
of Indian River, Cheboygan
County, Mich.
Born in Brussels, Ontario,
December
16, 1866.
Republican. Railway conductor; manufacturer;
member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1927-33; died in office 1933.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died December
6, 1933 (age 66 years, 355
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sheridan J. Colby (1864-1909) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Woodhull Township, Shiawassee
County, Mich., December
2, 1864.
Son of William Colby.
Republican. Streetcar conductor; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1904, 1907-09; died in office 1909.
Died May 19,
1909 (age 44 years, 168
days).
Interment somewhere
in Detroit, Mich.
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Andrew W. Comstock (b. 1838) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., October
5, 1838.
Son of Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock.
Democrat. Lumber
manufacturer; banker; shipowner;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892;
president of railroads.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock; married, July 14,
1869, to Lillie J. Little; father of Caroline Comstock (who
married Henry
Allyn Haigh). |
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William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) —
also known as William A. Comstock; Bill
Comstock —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., July 2,
1877.
Son of William B. Comstock (1842-1905) and Myra (Rapelji) Comstock
(1844-1921).
Democrat. Builder and operator of electric railways,
1899-1922; president, State Savings Bank
(Alpena), 1906-09; real estate
business; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1913-14; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1914-16; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1920-24; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1924-30; Governor of
Michigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 16,
1949 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869) —
also known as Henry H. Crapo —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., May 24,
1804.
Son of Jesse C. Crapo and Phebe (Howland) Crapo.
Republican. Lumber
business; built the Flint and Holly Railroad, which later
became part of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1860-61; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1863-64; Governor of
Michigan, 1865-69.
Christian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 22,
1869 (age 65 years, 59
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Alfred J. Doherty (1856-1929) —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in New York, May 1,
1856.
Republican. School
teacher; hardware
business; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1901-06; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1907-19; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1908;
represented the Pullman railroad car company as a lobbyist
in Michigan and other states; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Died September
24, 1929 (age 73 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Ward Duffield (b. 1823) —
also known as William W. Duffield —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
19, 1823.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1879-80; chief engineer for
railways; superintendent, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,
1894-98.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Dykstra (1875-1959) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., January
16, 1875.
Republican. Street railway motorman; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Muskegon County 1st District,
1927-34; defeated, 1934, 1936; Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1940, 1951 (primary).
Died in 1959
(age about
84 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Isaac Alger Fancher (b. 1833) —
also known as Isaac A. Fancher —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Florida, Montgomery
County, N.Y., September
30, 1833.
Son of Jacob Schuyler Fancher and Eunice (Alger) Fancher.
Republican. Lawyer; surveyor;
postmaster;
railroad promoter; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1865-66, 1871-72; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Midland District, 1873-74;
member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1875-76; law partner of Peter
F. Dodds, 1875-82; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878-80; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1899.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elon Farnsworth (1799-1877) —
of Michigan.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., February
2, 1799.
Son of Stephen Farnsworth (1764-1829) and Deborah (Bennett)
Farnsworth (1765-1845).
Democrat. Member
Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; Chancellor of
Michigan, 1835-43, 1846-47; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1839; Michigan
state attorney general, 1843-45; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1846-57.
An organizer of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 24,
1877 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Robert G. Ferguson (b. 1858) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brampton, Ontario,
October
22, 1858.
Son of Adam Ferguson and Catherine (Golden) Ferguson.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; president, First National Bank of
Sault Ste. Marie; director, Duluth South Shore & Atlantic
Railway Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1885
to Christenna Helen Bain. |
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Henry Allyn Haigh (1854-1942) —
also known as Henry A. Haigh —
of Michigan.
Born in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., March 13,
1854.
Son of Richard Haigh, Sr. (1811-1904) and Lucy Billings (Allyn) Haigh
(1815-1903).
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of William
L. Carpenter, Flavius
L. Brooke, and John
Atkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and construction
of electric railways, and officer for several railroad
companies; director of the Alpena Power
Company; stockholder and director of the Peninsular Savings Bank;
director and counsel of Continental Casualty insurance
company; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1892;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1896.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Historical Association; Freemasons.
Died May 16,
1942 (age 88 years, 64
days).
Interment at Northview
Cemetery, Dearborn, Mich.
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John M. Harris (b. 1861) —
of Boyne City, Charlevoix
County, Mich.
Born in Uxbridge, Ontario,
September
10, 1861.
Son of Chester Harris and Mary Jane Harris.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, First National Bank of
Boyne City; director and attorney, Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena
Railroad; Charlevoix
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1901; probate judge in
Michigan, 1901-13; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1925-28 (Charlevoix County
1925-26, Charlevoix District 1927-28); defeated in primary, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Maccabees.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gus Theodore Hartman (1883-1963) —
also known as Gus T. Hartman —
of Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich., February
2, 1883.
Son of Gottlieb Hartman and Margerate (Gmahling) Hartman.
Republican. Assistant superintendent, Copper Range Railroad;
Michigan Deputy Auditor General; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1925-34 (Houghton County 3rd
District 1925-26, Houghton County 2nd District 1927-34); defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1963
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Marie Dreis. |
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Lyman A. Holmes (b. 1858) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
7, 1858.
Republican. Worked in railway construction and as
superintendent of foundries;
vice-president, Romeo Savings Bank;
member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1917-20.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick L. Homsher (1885-1950) —
of Strasburg, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Strasburg, Lancaster
County, Pa., November
19, 1885.
Son of John
G. Homsher.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; railroad business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1939-50; died in office 1950.
Died in Michigan, May 3,
1950 (age 64 years, 165
days).
Interment at Strasburg
Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg, Pa.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary E. Bryson. |
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William H. Jones (b. 1855) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 28,
1855.
Republican. Shoe
merchant; streetcar conductor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1889
to Ida L. Gray. |
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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. |
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Paul H. King (b. 1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Arapahoe, Furnas
County, Neb., August
22, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
Michigan Republican Party, 1910-12; one of three receivers of the
Pere Marquette Railroad, 1914-17; campaign manager for U.S.
Sens. Charles
E. Townsend and Truman
H. Newberry.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred L. Kircher (1891-1960) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cissna Park, Iroquois
County, Ill., November
18, 1891.
Republican. Railway yardmaster; oil
business; real estate
business; candidate for mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1932, 1933, 1934, 1941 (primary); member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1939-46; defeated in primary, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1954; candidate in
primary for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1957.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1960
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter B. Loomis (b. 1820) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., April 14,
1820.
Republican. Merchant;
miller; banker; mayor of
Jackson, Mich., 1858-59; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1859-60; treasurer, and later president, Jackson, Fort Wayne &
Saginaw Railroad.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vincent A. Martin (b. 1870) —
of Fruitport, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Dane
County, Wis., February
17, 1870.
Republican. Train master of the Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and
Muskegon electric railway; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1917-18, 1925-28; defeated in
primary, 1922, 1940; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Muskegon County
2nd District, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Martin (b. 1844) —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1844.
Democrat. Division superintendent for Michigan Central
Railroad; mayor
of West Bay City, Mich., 1888-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Edward McAllister (1888-1948) —
also known as Frank E. McAllister —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., August
30, 1888.
Son of Frederick N. McAllister and Margaret A. (Owens) McAllister
(1860-1954).
Railway supply business; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1939-41.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a
train in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
30, 1948 (age 60 years, 61
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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James H. McDonald (1832-1889) —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Inverness, Scotland,
March
15, 1832.
Republican. Railroad builder; iron mining
magnate; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1887-89; died in office 1889.
Killed in a train
derailment, near Elmwood, Iron
County, Mich., January
19, 1889 (age 56 years, 310
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Escanaba, Mich.
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John Howard McLean (1860-1933) —
also known as John H. McLean —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 6,
1860.
Republican. Mining and
railroad executive; founder
of Iron Mountain Press newspaper;
Dickinson
County Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Catholic;
later Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a stroke, in
Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1933 (age 72 years, 334
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Cemetery, Green Bay, Wis.
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Eldon L. Metheany (1850-1917) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, December
5, 1850.
Son of Richard R. Metheany and Esther (Levering) Metheany.
Railway station agent; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1883-84, 1890-92, 1906-07, 1908-10; defeated,
1907.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Died in Wexford
County, Mich., September
3, 1917 (age 66 years, 272
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) —
also known as Truman H. Newberry —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
5, 1864.
Son of John
Stoughton Newberry and Helen Parmelee (Handy) Newberry.
Republican. Paymaster and agent, Detroit, Bay City and Alpena
Railway, 1885-87; president and treasurer, Detroit Steel and
Spring Co., 1887-1901; director, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.;
director, Grace Hospital;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Tried
and convicted
in 1921 of overspending
on his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealistically
low limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; following
an investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat but expressed
disapproval of the sum spent
on his election; resigned
under pressure.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., October
3, 1945 (age 80 years, 332
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas James O'Brien (1842-1933) —
also known as Thomas J. O'Brien —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., July 30,
1842.
Son of Timothy O'Brien and Elizabeth (Lander) O'Brien.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway; candidate
for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1883; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1896,
1904;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1905-07; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1907-11; Italy, 1911-13.
Died in 1933
(age about
90 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John J. O'Neil (born c.1894) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born about 1894.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; South Shore
Railroad mechanic; mayor
of Marquette, Mich., 1949-50.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Dunkerson Orr (1917-2004) —
also known as Robert D. Orr —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
17, 1917.
Son of Samuel Lowry Orr and Louise (Dunkerson) Orr.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
chair
of Vanderburgh County Republican Party, 1965-67; member of Indiana
state senate; elected 1968; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana; elected 1972; Governor of
Indiana, 1981-89; board member, Amtrak (representing all
state governors); U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 1989-92.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Rotary; Jaycees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 10,
2004 (age 86 years, 114
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Seth Quarles Pulver (1879-1943) —
also known as Seth Q. Pulver —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Laingsburg, Shiawassee
County, Mich., July 20,
1879.
Son of Henry
Hamilton Pulver and Rosalia (Feezler) Pulver.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Theron
W. Atwood; later, attorney for the Ann Arbor Railroad and
for the Michigan Central Railroad; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1932;
Shiawassee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1927-28; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1928;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., July 3,
1943 (age 63 years, 348
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles W. Richardson (1872-1939) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Canada,
1872.
Republican. Locomotive engineer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1913-14, 1923-28 (Marquette
County 1st District 1913-14, 1923-26, Marquette County 1927-28);
member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1929-32; defeated in primary, 1932.
Died in 1939
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick C. Rowe (b. 1872) —
also known as Fred C. Rowe —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born near Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich., June 16,
1872.
Republican. Locomotive fireman; locomotive engineer; officer in
the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers; member of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1919-20.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Horatio Seymour, Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Son of John Forman Seymour (1814-1890) and Frances Antill (Tappan)
Seymour (1815-1860).
Democrat. Civil
engineer; worked on railroad construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry F. Shea (1885-1967) —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Osceola Mine, Houghton
County, Mich., April 15,
1885.
Democrat. Miner;
railroad trainman; plumber;
steamfitter;
member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting bribes;
tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
granted immunity from
prosecution in return for his testimony in another bribery case,
1945.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in 1967
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George A. Steel (b. 1862) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich., June 19,
1862.
Republican. Railroad executive; banker;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1892-93; member of Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1893-94; member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1896; Michigan
state treasurer, 1897-1900; Oregon
state treasurer, 1907-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1885
to Cora Stout. |
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David Eugene Thompson (1854-1942) —
also known as David E. Thompson —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Bethel, Branch
County, Mich., February
28, 1854.
Son of John H. Thompson and Rhoda (Bennett) Thompson.
Republican. Railway brakeman; later superintendent and
manager; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1902-05; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1905; Mexico, 1906-09; president, Pan-American Railway, 1909.
Died in 1942
(age about
88 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Thompson and Rhoda (Bennett) Thompson; married, January
18, 1892, to Jeannette Miller; married, June 9,
1921, to Gladys Dana Garber. |
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George Williams (b. 1869) —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Oswestry, Wales,
September
24, 1869.
Republican. General agent of Copper Range Railroad; member of
Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1915-16.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lysander Woodward (1817-1880) —
of Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn., November
19, 1817.
Son of Asahel Woodward and Harriet (House) Woodward.
Supervisor
of Avon Township, Michigan, 1856, 1876; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,
1861-62; Oakland
County Treasurer, 1866-70; member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 6th District, 1873; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1878; president, Detroit and Bay City
Railroad.
Died in Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich., January
14, 1880 (age 62 years, 56
days).
Interment at Mt.
Avon Cemetery, Rochester, Mich.
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