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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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Charles Edward Bartlett (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles E. Bartlett —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 16,
1887.
Republican. Electrician;
worked for the Chicago Telephone
Company, the Michigan State Telephone
Company, and Detroit Edison (electric utility); member, legislative
committee, Detroit Federation of Labor and Michigan State
Federation of Labor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-32; defeated, 1932, 1934; elected (Wet) delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District 1933, but did not serve; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1936.
Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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
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Robert Peter Briggs (1903-1998) —
also known as Robert P. Briggs —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.
Born in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich., April 3,
1903.
Son of Robert Douglas Briggs and Rose (Pierce) Briggs.
Republican. Accountant;
university
professor; vice-president, Consumers Power Company; member
of Michigan
state board of education, 1964-68; defeated, 1964; appointed 1964.
Presbyterian.
Died September
2, 1998 (age 95 years, 152
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Henry W. Douglas (b. 1867) —
also known as Harry Douglas —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
7, 1867.
Son of Silas
Hamilton Douglas and Helen (Welles) Douglas (1821-1880).
Democrat. Superintendent, Ann Arbor Gas Company; candidate for
mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1905.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Carroll Fitch (1842-1899) —
also known as Charles C. Fitch —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cuylerville, Livingston
County, N.Y., July 19,
1842.
Son of Ferris
S. Fitch.
Democrat. Abstractor;
hardware
business; president, Mason Water and Electric Light
Company; Ingham
County Register of Deeds, 1885-88; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1889-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, June 28,
1899 (age 56 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Dan E. Karn (1890-1969) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Miami
County, Ind., April 29,
1890.
Son of Jacob Karn and Mary (Zimmerman) Karn.
Republican. President, Consumers Power Company, 1950-60; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Jackson County
1st District, 1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Exchange
Club.
Died in 1969
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Vivian Vardell Vanderlyn. |
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Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921) —
also known as Edward D. Kinne —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in DeWitt Center, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1842.
Son of Julius
C. Kinne and Rachel (Wetherby) Kinne.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1875-77; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1888-1917; president, First
National Bank, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; president, Washtenaw Gas Co.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 25,
1921 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George E. Lewis —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Engineer;
division superintendent, Detroit Edison electric utility; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1921-25.
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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Charles Wallace Smith (b. 1864) —
also known as Charles W. Smith —
of Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer
County, Mich., April 22,
1864.
Son of Hiram Smith and Ann (Rook) Smith.
Republican. Building
contractor; treasurer-secretary of the Lapeer Gas-Electric
Co.; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lapeer County, 1911-16; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1915-16; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912,
1920;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1924.
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lapeer, Mich.
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Justin Rice Whiting (1886-1965) —
also known as Justin R. Whiting —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., March 29,
1886.
Son of Justin
Rice Whiting (1847-1903) and Emily (Owen) Whiting.
Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1932;
president and chairman, Consumers Power Company, 1949-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Istanbul, Turkey,
March
1, 1965 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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