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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Son of John L. Gardner and Sarah (Goodin) Gardner.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister; college
professor; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
in primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 31,
1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Frank John Calvert (1875-1947) —
also known as Frank J. Calvert —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., March 2,
1875.
Son of John Calvert (born 1834) and Mary (Threadgould) Calvert.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District,
1929-47; died in office 1947.
First
member of the Michigan House of Representatives to serve ten
consecutive terms.
Died in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., August
29, 1947 (age 72 years, 180
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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William Henry Harrison Beadle (1838-1915) —
also known as William H. H. Beadle —
of Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak.
Born, in a log
cabin at Howard, Parke
County, Ind., January
1, 1838.
Son of James Ward Beadle and Elizabeth (Bright) Beadle.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Republican National Committee from Dakota Territory, 1872-;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1877-79; Dakota
Territory superintendent of public instruction, 1879-86; president,
Madison State Normal School (now Dakota State University), 1889-1906.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
15, 1915 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Charles Wylie Dalrymple (1833-1907) —
also known as Charles W. Dalrymple —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Wayne
County, N.Y., May 13,
1833.
Son of David Dalrymple and Hannah (Douglas) Dalrymple (1804-1881).
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; postmaster;
mayor
of Albion, Mich., 1900.
Dalrymple Elementary School, in Albion, Mich., was named for
him.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., May 20,
1907 (age 74 years, 7
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of David Dalrymple and Hannah (Douglas) Dalrymple (1804-1881);
married, November
27, 1866, to Jane Ellen Knickerbocker (1842-1891); married 1896 to Ann
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Arthur D. Bangham (1859-1918) —
of Homer, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Marengo Township, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
8, 1859.
Son of Sandusky Bangham and Minerva (Hanchett) Bangham.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1901-04.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Odd
Fellows; Maccabees.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 24,
1918 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) —
also known as Warren G. Hooper —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 2,
1904.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1939-44; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
During a grand jury investigation,
admitted
to taking
bribes and was given immunity from
prosecution in return for his testimony against others; however,
four days before the hearing, he was shot and
killed
in his
car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson
County, Mich., January
11, 1945 (age 40 years, 254
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Robert W. Baldwin (1882-1953) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ida, Monroe
County, Mich., August
10, 1882.
Son of Charles W. Baldwin (Methodist clergyman) and Mary A. (Sykes)
Baldwin.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1945-48.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died December
9, 1953 (age 71 years, 121
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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George Clinton Hafford (1862-1941) —
also known as George C. Hafford —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Pierrepont Manor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 10,
1862.
Son of Jacob Tisdale Hafford and Lydia Ann (Matteson) Hafford.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died in Michigan, August
19, 1941 (age 79 years, 40
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Daniel Matthew McAuliffe (1875-1964) —
also known as Daniel M. McAuliffe —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., April 11,
1875.
Son of Patrick McAuliffe and Mary (Wrenne) McAuliffe.
Democrat. Farm
implement dealer; mayor of
Albion, Mich., 1906-08; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
postmaster.
Catholic.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., June 2,
1964 (age 89 years, 52
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Joseph Lawrence Hooper (1877-1934) —
also known as Joseph L. Hooper —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
22, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Calhoun
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-06; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1925-34; died in
office 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1934 (age 56 years, 62
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John W. Bailey (1859-1929) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1859.
Democrat. Mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1890, 1909-11, 1913-15, 1927-29; died in
office 1929; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1917-19; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1928.
Died, from heart
disease, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August 9,
1929 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George Willard (1824-1901) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Bolton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 20,
1824.
Son of Allen Willard and Eliza (Barron) Willard.
Republican. Episcopal
priest; college
professor; newspaper
editor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-62; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1864-73; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District,
1867-68; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1873-77.
Episcopalian.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 26,
1901 (age 77 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Verner Wright Main (1885-1965) —
also known as Verner W. Main —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ashley, Delaware
County, Ohio, December
16, 1885.
Son of Elwyn B. Main and Margaret (Lawrence) Main.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1927-28; Dry candidate for delegate to
Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Calhoun County
2nd District, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1935-37; defeated in
primary, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 6,
1965 (age 79 years, 202
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Digby Valentine Bell (1804-1871) —
also known as Digby V. Bell —
of Ada, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in St.
Christopher, November
10, 1804.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia District, 1840; member
of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1842-43; Michigan
land commissioner, 1844-46; Michigan
state auditor general, 1846-48; resigned 1848.
Died, of coronary
thrombosis, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., October
28, 1871 (age 66 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Victory P. Collier (1819-1898) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1819.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1865; Michigan
state treasurer, 1871-74; mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1875; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., June 28,
1898 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Edward L. Branson (1870-1935) —
of Franklin
County, Kan.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan., October
4, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Franklin
County Attorney; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1929-32; defeated, 1932.
Died in 1935
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Albert Charles Kingman (1850-1916) —
also known as Albert C. Kingman —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in 1850.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1909-12.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 25,
1916 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Frank W. Clapp (1844-1916) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, 1844.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1891-92; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1893-96; mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1904.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1916
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Austin (1834-1921) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in England,
1834.
Republican. Mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1876-77; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District,
1881-82; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1883-86.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1921
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Francis A. Kulp (1873-1966) —
also known as Frank A. Kulp —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
10, 1873.
Lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1902; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1906; member, Battle
Creek city council, 1908; Socialist candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1909; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1933-34; defeated (Democratic), 1934.
Died in 1966
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Edwin C. Nichols (1838-1924) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Lenawee
County, Mich., 1838.
Republican. Mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1880; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1884;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 9th District, 1907-08.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1924
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Chester Buckley (c.1811-1866) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in New York, about 1811.
Village
president of Battle Creek, Michigan, 1856-57; mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1863.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1866
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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George N. Wakefield (1806-1877) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Vermont, 1806.
Mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1872.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1877
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Alonzo Noble (1809-1884) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vt., June 13,
1809.
Mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1862.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 27,
1884 (age 74 years, 288
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Tolman W. Hall (1805-1890) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Vermont, 1805.
Mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1865.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1890
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Frank M. Rathbun (1844-1893) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1844.
Mayor
of Battle Creek, Mich., 1885.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1893
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Dennis Eldred Alward (1859-1930) —
also known as Dennis E. Alward —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., 1859.
Son of Cyrus Michael Alward (1825-1898) and Mary Sophia (Gilbert)
Alward (1830-1918).
Republican. Secretary of
Michigan Republican Party, 1903-07, 1915-19, 1927; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1916.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., 1930
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) —
also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie
Stallings —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Forney, Kaufman
County, Tex., June 24,
1914.
Daughter of Leslie C. Stallings and Agnes (Huther) Stallings.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1973-82; resigned 1982; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1979-82.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Junior
League; Altrusa;
American
Legion Auxiliary; American
Association of University Women; Beta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Died, of cancer, in
Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., November
27, 2001 (age 87 years, 156
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakridge Cemetery.
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Isaac Edwin Crary (1804-1854) —
also known as Isaac E. Crary —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Preston, New London
County, Conn., October
2, 1804.
Democrat. Delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 10th District, 1835;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1837-41; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1837-43; resigned 1843; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County, 1842, 1846;
Speaker
of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1846; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1850-54; appointed 1850; died in office
1854.
Died in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., May 8,
1854 (age 49 years, 218
days).
Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.
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Oliver Cromwell Comstock (1780-1860) —
also known as Oliver C. Comstock —
of Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., March 1,
1780.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Seneca County, 1809-10, 1811-12; common pleas
court judge in New York, 1812-15, 1817-18; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1813-19; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1843-45.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
11, 1860 (age 79 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.
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Creighton R. Coleman (1912-1995) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., February
17, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1949-56; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1956; circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1960-78.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in 1995
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.
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Charles Philo Dibble (1815-1884) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., August
28, 1815.
Village
president of Marshall, Michigan, 1836.
Died in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., April 22,
1884 (age 68 years, 238
days).
Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.
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Edward Hildreth Ryder (1871-1939) —
also known as Edward H. Ryder —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Northville, Wayne
County, Mich., August 9,
1871.
Son of Joseph Ryder (born 1824) and Sally Cyane (Thayer) Ryder (born
1834).
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; college
professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1918-25.
Congregationalist.
Died June 22,
1939 (age 67 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oakridge Cemetery.
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