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Charles McBride Armstrong (1891-1964) —
also known as Charles M. Armstrong —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 27,
1891.
Republican. Ranch
operator; secretary of
state of Colorado, 1927-35; Colorado
state treasurer, 1935-36, 1939-40; Colorado
state auditor, 1941-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Exchange
Club.
Died in December, 1964
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lyle B. Austin (1893-1981) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., July 6,
1893.
Son of Fred G. Austin (born 1863) and Flora (Bartlett) Austin.
Republican. Purchasing agent, Olds Motor
Works; real estate
broker; Lansing city assessor; chair of
Ingham County Republican Party, 1934-37, 1947-50; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-39; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1948;
Ingham
County Treasurer, 1939.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1981
(age about
87 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred G. Austin (born 1863) and Flora (Bartlett) Austin; married,
June
7, 1916, to Eva Marie Duncan; married to Ivy
Wentz. |
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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.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1905-06; defeated, 1906.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in April, 1969
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1907
to Emma Earle. |
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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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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).
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1884, 1889.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Royal
Arcanum; Maccabees.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1863
to Frances Mary Twombly (1843-1876). |
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Eugene Clifford Betz (b. 1877) —
also known as Eugene C. Betz —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Ash Township, Monroe
County, Mich., January
15, 1877.
Son of Philip D. Betz and Eliza Betz.
Republican. School
teacher; Monroe
County Clerk, 1903-06; paper
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1945-54;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Near Monroe, Monroe County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip D. Betz and Eliza Betz; married to Matilda J. Knapp and
Margaret Hunter. |
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Gordon Elwood Bonine (1896-1976) —
also known as G. Elwood Bonine —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.; Vandalia, Cass
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., December
21, 1896.
Son of James
Gordon Bonine.
Republican. Farmer; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1936
(alternate), 1952;
member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1943-52; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1952.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Rotary; Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
6, 1976 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Fred W. Burritt (1875-1948) —
of Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in South Riley, Clinton
County, Mich., June 18,
1875.
Republican. Houghton
County Clerk, 1929-38; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1943-48; died in office 1948.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died April 5,
1948 (age 72 years, 292
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900
to Grace B. Chedister. |
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John Daprato (b. 1852) —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Barga, Italy,
1852.
Republican. Hatter;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Dickinson County, 1913-20,
1931-34.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish Rite Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John M. Dunham (1888-1973) —
of East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., July 16,
1888.
Son of Harrison M. Dunham and Kittie (Parks) Dunham.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Kent County 2nd
District, 1933; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1941.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Kent Community Hospital,
Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
23, 1973 (age 84 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Major
L. Dunham; son of Harrison M. Dunham and Kittie (Parks) Dunham;
married 1917
to Frances Adeline Rogers. |
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Len W. Feighner (1862-1948) —
of Nashville, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, June 5,
1862.
Son of William Feighner and Henrietta (Stauffer) Feighner.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1929-32;
defeated, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Nashville, Mich.
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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (1913-2006) —
also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie
Lynch King, Jr.; "Passkey" —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., July 14,
1913.
Son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. (1884-1941) and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner)
King Ford (1892-1967).
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned
1973; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64; Vice
President of the United States, 1973-74; President
of the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Sons of
the American Revolution; Forty and
Eight; Jaycees;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Humane
Society; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Shot
at in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975.
On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult
leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded
pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired.
On September 22, Sara Jane Moore fired a
shot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., December
26, 2006 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Gerald
R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Leslie Lynch King, Sr. (1884-1941) and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King
Ford (1892-1967); step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr. (1890-1962);
married, October
15, 1948, to Elizabeth Ann 'Betty' (Bloomer) Warren (1918-2011);
half-brother of Thomas
G. Ford, Sr.. |
| | | Cross-reference: Richard
M. Nixon — L.
William Seidman |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Gerald R. Ford: A
Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(1983) |
| | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert
Greene, The
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,
Gerald
R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —
James Cannon, Time
and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —
Douglas Brinkley, Gerald
R. Ford |
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Henry Ford (1863-1947) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863.
Son of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford
(c.1839-1876).
Engineer;
inventor;
founder, Ford Motor
Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Belgian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper,
which promoted anti-Semitic
ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's
Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a libel
lawsuit against Ford over these writings led him to shut down
the paper and publicly recant
its contents.
Died, from a stroke, in
Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Ford
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary (Litogot) Ford (c.1839-1876);
married, April 11,
1888, to Clara Jane Bryant (1866-1950); uncle of Clarence
M. Ford. |
| | | Cross-reference: James
Couzens — Herman
Bernstein — Alfred
J. Murphy — Martin
C. Ansorge |
| | | Personal motto:
"Efficiency." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003 — William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young
readers) — David Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Henry Ford: Max
Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich — Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
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Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, July 23,
1894.
Chemist;
executive vice-president, Parke Davis pharmaceutical
company; village
president of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton Hotel,
Montreal, Quebec,
April
8, 1957 (age 62 years, 259
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Carl Gottfred Lindquist (1896-1993) —
also known as Carl G. Lindquist; "Iron
Man" —
of Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Norway, Dickinson
County, Mich., December
9, 1896.
Son of Aldo Lindquist (1857-1922) and Hannah Lindquist (1869-1952).
Republican. Dairy farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1941-54 (Iron County 1941-44,
Iron District 1945-54); defeated, 1954, 1962; candidate for Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1956; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Iron District,
1961.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Association of Retired Persons.
Died, in Crystal Manor nursing
home, Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich., March 9,
1993 (age 96 years, 90
days).
Interment at Bates
Township Cemetery, Mapleton, Mich.
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Duncan McRae (b. 1869) —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich., February
16, 1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
merchant;
lumber
business; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1917-22.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange; Gleaners.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Millen (b. 1863) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
17, 1863.
Republican. Insurance
business; vice-president, Farmers and Merchants Bank of Ann
Arbor; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1919-20.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius Charles Pliskow (1907-1971) —
also known as Julius C. Pliskow —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
10, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1947-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1952.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
12, 1971 (age 63 years, 337
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Audley Rawson (1893-1981) —
also known as William Audley Rawson —
of Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born near Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich., April 5,
1893.
Son of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson.
Republican. Farmer;
Elkland Township Supervisor, 1931-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1935-42;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1943-46; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Tuscola County Republican Party, 1950; lobbyist
for the Michigan Association of Insurance
Companies.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Pinellas Park, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
27, 1981 (age 88 years, 175
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rawson and Euphemia 'Effie' (Ronald) Rawson; married, December
22, 1914, to Mary Lena Day (died 1969); married 1971 to Mildred
Hutchinson. |
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Thomas Read (1881-1962) —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 28,
1881.
Son of Thomas Read and Jane (Davidson) Read.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1915-20; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1919-20; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1921-24, 1935-36; defeated in primary,
1930, 1936, 1938, 1942; candidate in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1924, 1940; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928;
defeated, 1932;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928;
Michigan
state attorney general, 1939-40; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.
Congregationalist.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1962
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, March 20,
1915, to Ethel K. White. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual,
1939 |
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John M. C. Smith (1853-1923) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
6, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-88; president, First National
Bank of
Charlotte, 1889-1923; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District,
1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1911-21, 1921-23; died
in office 1923.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights of
the Maccabees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., March 30,
1923 (age 70 years, 52
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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