The Political Graveyard: Felch-Grant-Lawrence family of Michigan

Felch-Grant-Lawrence family of Michigan

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Wolcott Lawrence — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich. Father of Lucretia Lawrence (who married Alpheus Felch). Member Michigan territorial council, 1824-31. Burial location unknown.
Alpheus Felch (1804-1896) — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Limerick, York County, Maine, September 28, 1804. Married 1837 to Lucretia Lawrence (daughter of Wolcott Lawrence); father of Caroline L. Felch (who married Claudius Buchanan Grant). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1835-37; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan at-large, 1840; Michigan state auditor general, 1842; resigned 1842; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1842-45; Governor of Michigan, 1846-47; resigned 1847; defeated, 1856; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1847-53. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 13, 1896. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Claudius Buchanan Grant (1835-1921) — also known as Claudius B. Grant — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette County, Mich. Born in Lebanon, York County, Maine, October 25, 1835. Son of Joseph Grant and Mary (Merrill) Grant; married, June 13, 1863, to Caroline L. Felch (daughter of Alpheus Felch). Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1871-74 (Washtenaw County 2nd District 1871-72, Washtenaw County 1st District 1873-74); member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1872-79; Houghton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877; circuit judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1882-89; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1890-1909; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1898-99, 1908. English ancestry. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., February 28, 1921. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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