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William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) —
also known as William A. Comstock; Bill
Comstock —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., July 2,
1877.
Son of William B. Comstock (1842-1905) and Myra (Rapelji) Comstock
(1844-1921).
Democrat. Builder and operator of electric
railways, 1899-1922; president, State Savings Bank
(Alpena), 1906-09; real estate
business; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1913-14; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1914-16; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1920-24; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1924-30; Governor of
Michigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 16,
1949 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Frank Douglass Scott (1878-1951) —
also known as Frank D. Scott —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., August
25, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Alpena
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1915-27; defeated in
primary, 1926.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
12, 1951 (age 72 years, 171
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Henry William Harrington (1825-1882) —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born near Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., September
12, 1825.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1863-65; defeated, 1864.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 20,
1882 (age 56 years, 189
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Carl R. Henry (1887-1966) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich., November
17, 1887.
Son of Charles
Roswell Henry.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alpena
County Prosecuting Attorney; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena County, 1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1928; candidate for
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
13, 1966 (age 79 years, 26
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Frank Emerick (1847-1932) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1847.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 26th Circuit, 1882-87, 1900-29; resigned 1929.
Died in 1932
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Robert Henry Rayburn (1866-1944) —
also known as Robert H. Rayburn —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in St. Clair
County, Mich., October
31, 1866.
Son of Robert Rayburn and Elizabeth (Steele) Rayburn.
Democrat. Lumber
dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena County, 1913-14;
defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1922; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1944
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Elizabeth Mason Wilkinson. |
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Otto William Bishop (1875-1966) —
also known as Otto W. Bishop —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., December
17, 1875.
Son of August F. Bishop and Bertha (Wischow) Bishop.
Republican. President and manager, Alpena Fisheries Co.;
coal
dealer; insurance
business; banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1935-48; defeated in primary, 1932,
1948; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947; chair of
Alpena County Republican Party, 1950.
Protestant.
Member, Exchange
Club; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange; Elks; Eagles.
Died November
22, 1966 (age 90 years, 340
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Charles Roswell Henry (1856-1926) —
also known as Charles R. Henry —
of Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich.; Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Lake Ridge, Macon Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
29, 1856.
Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1885.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of apoplexy (cerebral
hemorrhage), after a period of heart
trouble, in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., February
26, 1926 (age 69 years, 59
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Richard Hector Deadman (1872-1962) —
also known as Richard H. Deadman —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Clandeboye, Ontario,
September
20, 1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate business; Alpena
County Clerk, 1909-12; Alpena
County Treasurer, 1917-21; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena District, 1939-50;
defeated in primary, 1936, 1950, 1954.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Grange; Elks.
Died January
16, 1962 (age 89 years, 118
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1901
to Lillie M. Rea. |
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Alonzo B. Green (1860-1945) —
of Green Township, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis
County, Maine, June 6,
1860.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1915-18, 1923-30 (Alpena County
1915-18, 1923-26, Alpena District 1927-30); defeated in primary,
1930; Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1918, 1934 (primary).
Died in 1945
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Donald M. Habermehl (1919-1971) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Herron, Alpena
County, Mich., January
25, 1919.
Son of Lawrence Habermehl and Vernie (Smith) Habermehl.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Alpena
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1949-54; chair of
Alpena County Republican Party, 1952-58; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1952; candidate in
primary for Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1954; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 29th Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Protestant.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died June 17,
1971 (age 52 years, 143
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Jean May. |
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John David Bingham (1884-1942) —
also known as John D. Bingham —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., May 16,
1884.
Son of John Bingham and Elizabeth Mulvena Bingham.
Republican. Superintendent, Michigan Alkali
Company; manager, Huron Port Cement;
director, Peoples State Bank; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1930-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died, from kidney
failure, June 14,
1942 (age 58 years, 29
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Lemuel G. Dafoe (1857-1946) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born October
2, 1857.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1904;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1910-12.
Died September
27, 1946 (age 88 years, 360
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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James D. Turnbull (d. 1900) —
of Michigan.
Candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 26th Circuit, 1899.
Died in 1900.
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Duncan Alex Cameron (1863-1936) —
also known as Duncan A. Cameron —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario,
May 7,
1863.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena District, 1933-34;
defeated, 1930, 1934.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died August 4,
1936 (age 73 years, 89
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Herbert A. Kurrasch (1897-1955) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in 1897.
Mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1950-51.
Died in 1955
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Richard W. Piepkorn (1877-1959) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Berlin, Germany,
August
9, 1877.
Son of Frederick Piepkorn and Ernestina (Musner) Piepkorn.
President, Peoples Bank of
Alpena; half-owner of Great Lakes freighter;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1940-44.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
16, 1959 (age 82 years, 68
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1922
to Ruby J. Chapel. |
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Marie B. Comstock (1879-1961) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born April 12,
1879.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1919.
Female.
Died May 24,
1961 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Harlo E. Herron (1898-1965) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born November
10, 1898.
Mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1954-60.
Died November
10, 1965 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Walter W. Weinkauf (1894-1971) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born September
16, 1894.
Republican. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena District, 1960; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1967.
Died September
29, 1971 (age 77 years, 13
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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