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Bert Andrew Bandstra (1922-1995) —
also known as Bert Bandstra —
of Marion
County, Iowa.
Born in Monroe
County, Iowa, January
25, 1922.
Son of Andrew Bandstra and Adriana 'Jennie' (De Jong) Bandstra.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Marion
County Attorney, 1955-59; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966,
1968.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, October
23, 1995 (age 73 years, 271
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Pella, Iowa.
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Herbert Almon Bartholomew (1871-1958) —
also known as Herbert A. Bartholomew —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., November
3, 1871.
Son of Heman Almon Bartholomew (1834-1922) and Alice Lanta (Douglass)
Bartholomew (1841-1921); married 1896 to Harriet
Gibson Douglass (1874-1962).
Republican. Farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1921-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944,
1952;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1939-42.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Died October
26, 1958 (age 86 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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Leslie Vermilyea Bateman (1871-1946) —
also known as Leslie V. Bateman —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Son of Stephen Bateman (born 1844) and Margaret Jane (Ganun) Bateman
(born 1844); married, November
17, 1897, to Mary Templeton Tamblyn (born 1873).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; fuel oil
business; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1932-35; defeated, 1935; Westchester County
rationing administrator during World War II.
English
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Rotary; Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Mt. Vernon Hospital,
Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
13, 1946 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Loomis Becker (1829-1904) —
also known as George L. Becker —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
4, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1856-57; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1859, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1860;
member of Minnesota
state senate 1st District, 1868-71; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
6, 1904 (age 74 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Katherine Thompson Becker (1916-1996) —
also known as Katherine Thompson Brown —
of Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., October
10, 1916.
Daughter of Charles Henry Brown (1865-1935) and Annette (Thompson)
Brown (1885-1959); married to Howard E. Becker (1913-1975).
Republican. Member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-50; vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1948-50.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Danish,
Dutch, and English
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., February
25, 1996 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Casa
Bonita Mausoleum, Stockton, Calif.
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Henry Rutgers Beekman (1845-1900) —
also known as Henry R. Beekman —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1845.
Son of William F. Beekman and Catharine A. Beekman; married 1870 to
Isabella Lawrence.
Lawyer;
New York City Park Commissioner, 1885-87; president, New York City
Board of Aldermen, 1887-88; New York City Corporation Counsel,
1888-89; superior court judge in New York, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1900 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry Beets (b. 1869) —
of Sioux Center, Sioux
County, Iowa; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Koedyk, Netherlands,
January
5, 1869.
Son of Jasper Beets and Margaret (Smit) Beets; married, September
11, 1895, to Clara Poel.
Republican. Pastor; Dry
candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Kent County 1st
District, 1933.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary Bellamy (1861-1955) —
also known as Marie Godat; Mrs. Charles
Bellamy —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Richwoods, Washington
County, Mo., December
13, 1861.
Daughter of Charles Augustus Godat (1808-1860) and Catherine (Horine)
Godat (1822-1908); married 1886 to Charles
Bellamy (1851-1934).
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1911; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1916.
Female.
Swiss,
Dutch, and English
ancestry.
First
woman legislator in Wyoming.
Died in Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., January
28, 1955 (age 93 years, 46
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Bogart (c.1836-1920) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1836.
Son of John Henry Bogart; married 1870 to Emma
Cherrington Jefferis.
Civil
engineer; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1888-91.
Dutch ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 25,
1920 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Bolt (1906-1971) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
8, 1906.
Son of Ralph D. Bolt and Anna (Klunder) Bolt.
Republican. Real estate
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1939-64; defeated in primary, 1964, 1966.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Member, Optimist
Club; Jaycees.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., January
26, 1971 (age 64 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert H. Bosch (b. 1869) —
of Hudsonville, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., April 5,
1869.
Married 1891
to Anna Van Koevering.
School
teacher; farmer; auctioneer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1915-18; defeated (Democratic), 1902.
Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Brinkerhoff —
of Hudson
County, N.J.
Brother-in-law of George
Bragg Fielder; uncle of James
Fairman Fielder.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1870; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1884-86.
Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles A. Brott (b. 1858) —
of Mooreland, Muskegon
County, Mich.; South Boardman, Kalkaska
County, Mich.
Born in Casnovia Township, Muskegon
County, Mich., October
24, 1858.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Missaukee District, 1907-08.
Dutch and English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Martin Brunges (1827-1903) —
of Northmoreland Township, Wyoming
County, Pa.
Born in Northmoreland Township, Luzerne County (now Wyoming
County), Pa., May 11,
1827.
Son of John Brunges and Rachel (Silva) Brunges; relative of Stanley
Robert Brunges.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1872-73.
German
and Dutch ancestry.
Died in Northmoreland Township, Wyoming
County, Pa., April 28,
1903 (age 75 years, 352
days).
Interment at Marsh
Cemetery, Centermoreland, Pa.
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Ellwood Blake Chappell (b. 1889) —
also known as E. B. Chappell —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Osmond, Pierce
County, Neb., May 4,
1889.
Son of William Henry Chappell and Pleasant May (Turner) Chappell;
married, April 10,
1918, to Myra May Stenner.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 3rd District, 1929-43; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1943-.
Presbyterian.
English
and Dutch ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Lions;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi; Delta
Chi; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Henry Cobb —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Son of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, April 19,
1893, to Louisa Wenzel.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cyrenus Cole (1863-1939) —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born near Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, January
13, 1863.
Son of Aart Cole and Henrica (deBooy) Cole.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1921-33.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1939 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at First
Dutch Reform Church Cemetery, Pella, Iowa.
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Sylvester Jones Conklin (b. 1829) —
also known as S. J. Conklin —
of Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Watertown, Codington
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., May 5,
1829.
Married 1848
to Maria Wait; married 1884 to Mattie
Greenslate; married 1895 to Anna
Duff.
Republican. Shoemaker;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859, 1869; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1868;
newspaper
publisher; Adjutant
General of South Dakota, 1901-03.
Dutch, Welsh, and
French
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Taylor Corson (1857-1928) —
also known as Oscar T. Corson —
of Ohio.
Born near Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, May 3,
1857.
Son of William Corson (1823-1893) and Elizabeth (McBurney) Corson
(died 1901); married, August 2,
1881, to Ella M. Jacoby.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Ohio
commissioner of common schools, 1892-98.
Presbyterian.
Dutch and Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died suddenly while addressing a
conference at Ohio State University, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 14,
1928 (age 70 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jon Stevens Corzine (b. 1947) —
also known as Jon Corzine —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill., January
1, 1947.
Son of Roy Allen Corzine and Nancy June (Hedrick) Corzine; married to
Joanne Dougherty (divorced 2003).
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
New Jersey, 2006-.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) —
also known as A. S. Coutant —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Greenwich, Huron
County, Ohio, December
11, 1854.
Son of Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant; married, December
29, 1881, to Anna M. Saterlee.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster.
French,
Dutch, Scotch-Irish,
and German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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James C. Cropsey (1873-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., 1873.
Son of William Cropsey and Mary Voorhies (Church) Cropsey; married 1898 to
Florence Graecen.
Republican. New York City Police
Commissioner, 1910-11; Kings
County District Attorney, 1912-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1917-37; died in office
1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937.
Dutch ancestry.
Died, from a glandular
ailment, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1937 (age about 63
years).
Cremated.
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Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) —
also known as Charles M. Croswell —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
31, 1825.
Son of John Croswell and Sally (Hicks) Croswell; married 1852 to Lucy M.
Eddy (died 1868); married to Elizabeth Musgrove.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor;
lawyer;
Lenawee
County Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner of Thomas
M. Cooley, 1855; mayor of
Adrian, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8th
District 1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1868;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,
1873-74; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74; Governor of
Michigan, 1877-80.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch ancestry.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
13, 1886 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1661.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1725-26.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry.
Died in 1740
(age about
79 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Peter J. Danhof (1864-1944) —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., January
1, 1864.
Son of John Danhof and Rensina Danhof; married, September
4, 1888, to Emile Walkley (c.1867-1951).
Democrat. Lawyer; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1891-92; law partner of Allen
C. Adsit, 1901-12; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 20th Circuit, 1911; superior court judge in
Michigan of Grand Rapids, 1915; appointed 1915; Democratic candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1916, 1918, 1934
(primary).
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1944 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Mich.
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William Davis (b. 1847) —
of near Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.
Born in Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, October
4, 1847.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo County, 1907-10.
Dutch and Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) —
also known as Chauncey M. Depew —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 23,
1834.
Second great-grandnephew of Roger
Sherman; son of Isaac Depew (1800-1869) and Martha Minot
(Mitchell) Depew (1810-1885); cousin of Charles
H. Delavan; married, November
9, 1871, to Elise Hegeman (1848-1893); married, December
28, 1901, to May Palmer; fourth cousin of John
Frederick Addis; fourth cousin once removed of John
Stanley Addis.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63; secretary of
state of New York, 1864-65; Westchester
County Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Liberal Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New York
Central Railroad;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1899-1911.
French
Huguenot, Dutch, and English
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1928 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Ernest Derulle (b. 1851) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Luxembourg,
March
21, 1851.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; steamship
agent; U.S. Consular Agent in Luxembourg, 1904-11.
Luxemburgian ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Ellsworth Doremus (1865-1947) —
also known as Frank E. Doremus —
of Portland, Ionia
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Venango
County, Pa., August
31, 1865.
Son of Sylvester Doremus and Sarah (Peake) Doremus; married, June 26,
1890, to Elizabeth Hatley.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia County 1st District,
1891-92; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1911-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1923-24; resigned 1924.
Dutch and English
ancestry.
Died in Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., September
4, 1947 (age 82 years, 4
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park, Detroit, Mich.
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Dow Henry Drukker (1872-1963) —
also known as Dow H. Drukker —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Sneek, Netherlands,
February
7, 1872.
Married, August
31, 1893, to Helena M. Denhower.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1914-19.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1963 (age 90 years, 338
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Ate Dykstra (1865-1953) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Netherlands,
December
1, 1865.
Married to Anna Feenstra (died 1938).
Republican. Grocer; dry goods
merchant; political editor of a weekly newspaper;
candidate for mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1910; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1923-34, 1939-42, 1945-46; defeated, 1934, 1936.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., September
18, 1953 (age 87 years, 291
days).
Interment at Washington
Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Clinton Eastwood, Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Clint Eastwood —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.; Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., May 31,
1930.
Son of Clinton Eastwood, Sr. and Margaret Ruth (Runner) Eastwood;
married, December
19, 1953, to Maggie Johnson (divorced 1978); married, March 31,
1996, to Dinia Ruiz.
Republican. Movie
actor, producer,
director;
restaurant
and hotel
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1986-88.
Scottish,
Irish,
Dutch, and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Cornelius Van Hemert Engert (1887-1985) —
Born in Vienna, Austria
of Dutch parents, December
31, 1887.
U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1936; Afghanistan, 1942-45.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in 1985
(age about
97 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jacob Evertson (1734-1807) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
3, 1734.
Father of Margaret Evertson (1764-1837; who married John
Cotton Smith).
Member of New York
provincial congress, 1774-75; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War.
Presbyterian.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 1,
1807 (age 73 years, 118
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Valley Presbyterian Churchyard, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
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Dirk P. Fabrick (1887-1988) —
of Choteau, Teton
County, Mont.
Born in Wolvega, Netherlands,
October
23, 1887.
Son of Pier A. Fabrick and Greta (DeRuyter) Fabrick; married 1912 to Marion
V. Hoyt.
Democrat. Farmer; rancher;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1952.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died May 8,
1988 (age 100 years,
198 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles R. Feenstra (1894-1981) —
of Paris Township (now Kentwood), Kent
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Kent
County, Mich., February
11, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; farmer; supervisor
of Paris Township, Michigan, 1928-36; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 2nd District,
1935-48; defeated in primary, 1948; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1951-62; defeated in primary, 1962.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1981
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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James Fairman Fielder (1867-1954) —
also known as James F. Fielder —
of Hudson
County, N.J.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., February
26, 1867.
Grandson of James
F. Fielder; nephew of William
Brinkerhoff; son of Eleanor A. (Brinkerhoff) Fielder and George
Bragg Fielder; married, June 5,
1895, to Mabel Crowell Miller (1874-1953).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1903-04;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1908-13; Governor of
New Jersey, 1913, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1919-46.
Episcopalian
or Congregationalist.
Dutch and English
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
condition, in Mountainside Hospital,
Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., December
2, 1954 (age 87 years, 279
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Charles Flowers (b. 1845) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
14, 1845.
Republican. Stenographer;
lawyer;
Wayne
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881-84; Detroit corporation
counsel, 1896-1900; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-18.
English
and Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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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); married, April 11,
1888, to Clara Jane Bryant (1866-1950); uncle of Clarence
M. Ford.
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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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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Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) —
also known as S. W. Fordyce —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, February
7, 1840.
Son of John Fordyce and Mary (Houseman) Fordyce; married, May 1,
1866, to Susan E. Chadick; brother of Ruth Fordyce (who married
Lewis
Baker).
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder,
builder, president, receiver, and director of many railroads;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884,
1892;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888.
Scottish
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August 3,
1919 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869-1948) —
also known as Joseph S. Frelinghuysen —
of Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J.; Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J., March 12,
1869.
Great-grandson of Frederick
Frelinghuysen; grandnephew of Theodore
Frelinghuysen; nephew of Frederick
Theodore Frelinghuysen; third cousin of Peter
Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr..
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
fire
insurance business; member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1906-11; defeated, 1902; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924,
1944.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Grange; Union
League; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died February
9, 1948 (age 78 years, 334
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Alexander Joseph Groesbeck (1873-1953) —
also known as Alex J. Groesbeck —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Warren Township (now Warren), Macomb
County, Mich., November
7, 1873.
Nephew of Charles
G. Groesbeck; son of Louis
Groesbeck and Julia (Coquillard) Groesbeck.
Republican. Lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1917-20; Governor of
Michigan, 1921-26; defeated in primary, 1914, 1926, 1930, 1934;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924,
1944.
Dutch and French
ancestry.
Died March 10,
1953 (age 79 years, 123
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles G. Groesbeck —
of Macomb
County, Mich.
Brother of Louis
Groesbeck; uncle of Alexander
Joseph Groesbeck.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Macomb County 2nd District,
1863-64.
Dutch and French
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Slocum Groesbeck (1815-1897) —
also known as William S. Groesbeck —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, July 24,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1857-59; member of Ohio state
senate 1st District, 1862-63; received one electoral vote for
Vice-President, 1872.
Dutch ancestry.
Died July 7,
1897 (age 81 years, 348
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Bret Harte (1836-1902) —
also known as Francis Brett Hart —
of London, England.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
25, 1836.
Step-son of Andrew
Williams; son of Henry Hart and Elizabeth (Ostrander) Hart.
Writer;
editor;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1878-80; Glasgow, 1880-85.
English
and Dutch ancestry.
Died in Camberley, England,
May 2,
1902 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.
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Edward Hofma (b. 1859) —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Vriesland, Ottawa
County, Mich., April 12,
1859.
Married 1886
to Elizabeth Pruim.
Republican. Physician;
member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1915-16; defeated, 1912.
Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Son of Jesse Clark Hoover (1847-1880) and Hulda Randall (Minthorn)
Hoover (1848-1883); distant cousin of Charles
Lewis Hoover; married, February
10, 1899, to Lou Henry (1874-1944); father of Herbert
Clark Hoover, Jr..
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel, New
York, New
York County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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John Hospers (b. 1918) —
Born in Pella, Marion
County, Iowa, June 9,
1918.
Libertarian. University
professor; candidate for President
of the United States, 1972.
Dutch ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Gerrit W. Kooyers (b. 1876) —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Fillmore Township, Allegan
County, Mich., April 17,
1876.
Married, August
20, 1903, to Lena De Haan.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 1st District,
1915-26.
Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Leonard (1880-1969) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Belgium,
April
22, 1880.
Son of Julius Leonard (1841-1918) and Catherine (Legot) Leonard;
married to Margaret B. McClellan.
Democrat. Steelworker;
International
Secretary-Treasurer, Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers of North America, 1919-42; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 10th
District, 1941-46, 1949-60.
Belgian ancestry. Member, Moose; Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1969
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucas Lugers (1853-1927) —
also known as Luke Lugers —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house, Laketown Township, Allegan
County, Mich., February
2, 1853.
Son of Benjamin Lugers and Henrietta (Brinkman) Lugers; married to
Lucretia A. Ellenbaas.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 1st District,
1899-1902; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1907-08.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., December
25, 1927 (age 74 years, 326
days).
Interment at Graafschap
Cemetery, Holland, Mich.
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Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1925) —
also known as Medill McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 16,
1877.
Grandnephew of Cyrus
Hall McCormick; grandson of Joseph
Medill; son of Robert
Sanderson McCormick; married, June 10,
1903, to Ruth
Hanna (daughter of Marcus
Alonzo Hanna); first cousin of Joseph
Medill Patterson; brother of Robert
Rutherford McCormick; first cousin once removed of William
McCormick Blair, Jr..
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916,
1920;
member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1917-19; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1919-25; died in office 1925.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch ancestry.
Committed
suicide, in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1925 (age 47 years, 285
days).
Interment at Middlecreek
Cemetery, Byron, Ill.
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Robert Rutherford McCormick (1880-1955) —
also known as Robert R. McCormick; Bertie McCormick;
Robert Sanderson McCormick, Jr.; "Colonel
McCormick"; "Colonel McCosmic" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 30,
1880.
Grandnephew of Cyrus
Hall McCormick; grandson of Joseph
Medill; son of Robert
Sanderson McCormick; brother of Joseph
Medill McCormick (who married Ruth
Hanna); first cousin of Joseph
Medill Patterson; married, March 10,
1915, to Amie deHoule (Irwin) Adams (1872-1939); married, December
22, 1944, to Maryland Mathison Hooper; first cousin once removed
of William
McCormick Blair, Jr..
Republican. Longtime publisher, Chicago Tribune newspaper;
creator of the Tribune's paper
manufacturing and aluminum
mining operations in Canada; president, Chicago Sanitary
Commission (which built the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
connecting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system); delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1940,
1948,
1952.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch ancestry.
Died April 1,
1955 (age 74 years, 245
days).
Interment at Cantigny
Estate, Wheaton, Ill.
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Ner Middleswarth (1783-1865) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in New Jersey, December
12, 1783.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1815-41; member of Pennsylvania
state senate; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1853-55; county
judge in Pennsylvania, 1858.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Beavertown, Snyder
County, Pa., June 2,
1865 (age 81 years, 172
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Beavertown, Pa.
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Oscar L. Pulse (b. 1851) —
of Decatur
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
14, 1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; lumber
business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883.
Methodist.
Dutch and German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence J. Reed (b. 1867) —
of Spring Arbor, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Fairfield, Lenawee
County, Mich., May 8,
1867.
Married 1885
to Frankie M. Crouch.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1915-18.
Scottish
and Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John J. Robison (b. 1824) —
of Sharon Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
23, 1824.
Son of Gertrude (Hoag) Robison (1797-1878) and Andrew
Robison; married, May 2,
1847, to Altha E. Gillett.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1863-64; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1869-72, 1883-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1872;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1874, 1876; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 3rd
District, 1879-80; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1886-87.
Scotch-Irish,
English,
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) —
also known as "T.R."; "Teddy";
"The Colonel"; "The Hero of San Juan
Hill"; "The Rough Rider";
"Trust-Buster"; "The Happy
Warrior"; "The Bull Moose" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1858.
Second great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Martin
Van Buren; grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; nephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; son of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1878)
and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt (1835-1884); brother of Anna L.
Roosevelt (1855-1931; who married William
Sheffield Cowles (1847-1923)); married, October
27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884); married, December
2, 1886, to Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948); fourth cousin once
removed of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945); uncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962; who married
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)), Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); father of Alice
Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas
Longworth) and Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.; granduncle of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; great-grandfather-in-law of William
Floyd Weld.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884,
1900;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
New York, 1899-1901; Vice
President of the United States, 1901; President
of the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Received the Medal
of Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battle
there, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,
Wis., on October 14, 1912, was shot
in the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his
speech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.
Awarded Nobel
Peace Prize in 1906; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
6, 1919 (age 60 years, 71
days).
Interment at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
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Roosevelt counties in
Mont. and
N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Theodore
Bassett
— Theodore
R. McKeldin
— Theodore
R. Kupferman
— Theodore
Roosevelt Britton, Jr.
|
| | | Cross-reference: Gifford
Pinchot — David
J. Leahy — William
Barnes, Jr. — Oliver
D. Burden — William
J. Youngs — George
B. Cortelyou — Mason
Mitchell — Frederic
MacMaster — John
Goodnow — William
Loeb, Jr. |
| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carry
a big stick." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: James
MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — H. W. Brands, T.R
: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris, Theodore
Rex — Edmund Morris, The
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum, The
Republican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr., Roosevelt
the Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,
1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III, Velvet
on Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — James
Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Patricia O'Toole, When
Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White
House — Candice Millard, The
River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest
Journey — Lewis Einstein, Roosevelt
: His Mind in Action (out of print) |
| | | Image source: American Monthly
Review of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Michael Schaap —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Progressive. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1913.
Jewish.
Dutch ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August 1,
1812.
Brother of Richard
Schell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 27,
1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Richard Schell (1810-1879) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 15,
1810.
Son of Christian Schell; brother of Augustus
Schell.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1874-75.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch and German
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1879 (age 69 years, 179
days).
Interment at Old
Dutch Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Founder, city of Galena; organizer, Citizens Bank of
Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Schermerhorn Park (land he donated) is named for
him.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Joplin, Mo.
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Henry P. Scholte (1805-1868) —
of Pella, Marion
County, Iowa.
Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands,
September
25, 1805.
Republican. Preacher;
joined the dissenters from the national church of the Netherlands; tried in
1834 for teaching
heresey, expelled
from the church, fined,
and imprisoned;
helped organize a group which emigrated to Iowa in 1847; lawyer; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860.
Dutch ancestry.
Died August
25, 1868 (age 62 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Pella, Iowa.
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Henry Simerink (1877-1962) —
of Paris Township (now Kentwood), Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Netherlands,
December, 1877.
Son of John R. Simerink (1840-1918) and Johanna Simerink (1845-1924);
married to Nellie Heys (1877-1979).
Farmer;
banker;
supervisor
of Paris Township, Michigan, 1914-27.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., 1962
(age about
84 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Drake Sloat (1781-1867) —
Born in Sloatsburg, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 6,
1781.
Commodore in U.S. Navy; claimed California for the United States on
July 7, 1846; Military
Governor of California, 1846.
Dutch ancestry.
Two U.S. warships, and elementary schools in Sacramento and in San
Francisco, were named for
him.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
28, 1867 (age 86 years, 145
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Presidio
of Monterey, Monterey, Calif.
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Franklin Swart (b. 1876) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Redwood City, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Indiana, June 25,
1876.
Married to Adele Beckman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1916;
San
Mateo County District Attorney.
Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Seneca Chamberlain Traver (b. 1867) —
also known as Seneca C. Traver —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Newton, Jasper
County, Iowa, May 17,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1905-08.
English
and Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Pieter Van Brugh (1666-1740) —
also known as Pieter Verbrugge —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1666.
Son of Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh and Trijntje (Roeloffs) Van Brugh;
married 1688 to
Sara Cuyler; grandfather of Philip
Livingston.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1699-1700, 1721-23.
Dutch and Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in 1740
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.
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Barent Van Buren (1776-1849) —
of Ghent, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born June 8,
1776.
Son of Peter Van Buren and Mother Van Buren; married, September
7, 1797, to Catherine Vosburgh (1776-1840); second cousin of Martin
Van Buren; grandfather of Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; great-grandfather of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren.
Postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1818-19.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry.
Died January
22, 1849 (age 72 years, 228
days).
Interment somewhere
in Ghent, N.Y.
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John Van Buren (1799-1855) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., May 13,
1799.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1831; county judge in New
York, 1836-41; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1841-43.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., January
16, 1855 (age 55 years, 248
days).
Interment at First
Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) —
also known as "The Little Magician"; "Old
Kinderhook"; "Red Fox of Kinderhook";
"Matty Van"; "American Talleyrand";
"Blue Whiskey Van" —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
5, 1782.
Son of Abraham Van Buren (1737-1817) and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van
Buren (1747-1817); married to the sister-in-law of Moses
I. Cantine; second cousin of Barent
Van Buren; half-brother of James
Isaac Van Alen; married, February
21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes (1783-1819); father of John
Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Roosevelt.
Lawyer;
Columbia
County Surrogate, 1808-13; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1812-20; New York
state attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1821-28; Governor of
New York, 1829; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1831-32; Vice
President of the United States, 1833-37; President
of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848
(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry.
Died, reportedly due to asthma,
but more likely some kind of heart
failure, in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 24,
1862 (age 79 years, 231
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Van Buren County,
Ark., Van
Buren County, Iowa, Van Buren County,
Mich. and Van Buren County,
Tenn. are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: M.
V. B. Edgerly
— Martin
V. B. Ives
— Martin
V. B. Clark
— Martin
V. Godbey
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| | | Cross-reference: Sanford
W. Smith |
| | | See also Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Clay
family of New York |
| | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, is
a used-up man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.
Wilson, The
Presidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey, Martin
Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular
Politics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback, Martin
Van Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican
Ideology — John Niven, Martin
Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —
Ted Widmer, Martin
Van Buren |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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L. Van Den Bergh —
of Minnesota.
Born in Netherlands.
Socialist. Painter;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from Minnesota, 1920.
Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank H. Vandenboom (b. 1873) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Marquette Township, Marquette
County, Mich., February
22, 1873.
Republican. Dairy
business; member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1919-22; defeated in primary, 1922.
Dutch and English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Adrian Vander Jagt (1931-2007) —
also known as Guy Vander Jagt —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.; Luther, Lake
County, Mich.
Born in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., August
26, 1931.
Married to Carol
VanderJagt.
Republican. Journalist;
news
director, WWTV, Cadillac, Mich.; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 36th District, 1965-66; resigned 1966; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1966-93; defeated in
primary, 1992.
Presbyterian.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Washington,
D.C., June 22,
2007 (age 75 years, 300
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Washington Irving Vanderpoel (born c.1880) —
also known as W. Irving Vanderpoel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Freeport, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1880.
Son of Edwin Colburn Vanderpoel (1851-1932).
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; insurance
broker; village
president of Freeport, New York, 1925-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1926.
Dutch ancestry.
Indicted
in December 1936, along with his brother Edwin and others, by a
federal grand jury, over his involvement in a stock
swindle; found not guilty, but his brother was convicted.
Burial
location unknown.
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Don VanderWerp (1885-1971) —
of Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., September
14, 1885.
Nephew of John
Vanderwerp; married 1930 to Mildred
Hekhuis.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo District, 1933-34,
1961-64; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1935-56; defeated in primary, 1956,
1958.
Methodist.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Died June 24,
1971 (age 85 years, 283
days).
Interment at Maplegrove
Cemetery, Fremont, Mich.
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John Vanderwerp (1866-1939) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Fillmore Township, Allegan
County, Mich., May 25,
1866.
Married 1889
to Agnes Vogel; uncle of Don
VanderWerp.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Clarence
W. Sessions, 1901-05, and of John Q.
Ross, 1910; probate judge in Michigan, 1897-1901; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1911-12, 1939; died in office 1939;
circuit
judge in Michigan 14th Circuit, 1918-35.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died August
11, 1939 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilson C. Van Duzer (b. 1894) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Warwick, Orange
County, N.Y., 1894.
Married to Gladys Wisner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; merchant;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1943-64.
Presbyterian.
Dutch ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Rotary; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank E. Van Lare (b. 1900) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Gates town (part now in Rochester), Monroe
County, N.Y., February
22, 1900.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate, 1951-66 (51st District 1951-65, 58th District 1966).
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) —
also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
26, 1782.
Brother of John
Peter Van Ness and William
Peter Van Ness; father of James
Peter Van Ness.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1813; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of
Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1844-45.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Peter Van Ness (1808-1872) —
also known as James P. Van Ness —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1808.
Son of Cornelius
Peter Van Ness; father-in-law of Frank
McCoppin.
Lawyer;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1855-56; member of California
state senate, 1871.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., December
28, 1872 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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John Peter Van Ness (1770-1846) —
also known as John P. Van Ness —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Claverly (now Ghent), Columbia
County, N.Y., 1770.
Brother of William
Peter Van Ness and Cornelius
Peter Van Ness.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1801-03; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1830-34.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 7,
1846 (age about 75
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Peter Van Ness (1778-1826) —
also known as William P. Van Ness —
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
13, 1778.
Brother of John
Peter Van Ness and Cornelius
Peter Van Ness.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for New York, 1812-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1814-26;
died in office 1826.
Dutch ancestry.
Served as second to Aaron
Burr, during his duel
with Alexander
Hamilton, 1804.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
6, 1826 (age 48 years, 205
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Garret D. Van Reipen (1826-1899) —
of Hudson City (now part of Jersey City), Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), Hudson
County, N.J., January
26, 1826.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hudson City, N.J., 1856, 1863-70; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1863-64.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., August 1,
1899 (age 73 years, 187
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
1, 1764.
Grandson of Philip
Livingston; son of Catharina (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and
Stephen Van Rensselaer (1742-1769); married 1783 to
Margarita Schuyler (died 1801; daughter of Philip
John Schuyler); married 1802 to
Cornelia Paterson (daughter of William
Paterson); brother of Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; half-brother of Rensselaer
Westerlo and Catherine Westerlo (1778-1846; who married John
Woodworth); father of Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18;
member of New York
state senate Western District, 1790-95; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1813; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10th
District 1823-29).
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took the first
train ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Died January
26, 1839 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Gysbert Van Stoenwyk (c.1814-1902) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Utrecht, Netherlands,
about 1814.
Banker;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859; mayor
of La Crosse, Wis., 1873-74; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1879.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., April 13,
1902 (age about 88
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Burtis Van Woert, Jr. (1870-1934) —
also known as James B. Van Woert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greig, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Greig, Lewis
County, N.Y., November
8, 1870.
Son of Jacob Van Woert (born 1845) and Theresa (Palen) Van Woert;
married, April 11,
1898, to Jessie Georgiana Varker (1864-1936).
Democrat. Leather
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1913.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
14, 1934 (age 64 years, 6
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard D. Verdier (b. 1877) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
19, 1877.
Father of Virginia Verdier (who married Glenn
S. Allen, Jr.).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Kent
County Clerk; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1909-12; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1913-16; superior court judge in
Michigan of Grand Rapids, 1922-32; appointed 1922; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1932-59; appointed 1932.
Dutch ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Garrett Dorset Wall Vroom (b. 1843) —
also known as Garrett D. W. Vroom —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
17, 1843.
Grandson of Garret
Dorset Wall; son of Peter
Dumont Vroom.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1881-84.
Dutch and French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Van Buren Wicoff (1878-1952) —
also known as John V. B. Wicoff —
of Cranbury, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J., June 9,
1878.
Son of John Wicoff (1829-1892) and Catherine Lucretia (Britton)
Wicoff (1844-1928); married, June 8,
1904, to Lavinia Ely Applegate; first cousin of C.
Raymond Wicoff.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Broad Street National Bank of
Trenton; president, Trenton Bone Fertilizer
Company; candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Dutch ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died February
25, 1952 (age 73 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ari Harrison Woodruff (b. 1888) —
also known as Ari H. Woodruff —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich., November
1, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,
1915-24; member of Michigan
state senate, 1925-32 (5th District 1925-26, 21st District
1927-32); defeated, 1932.
Irish
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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