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Emerson Richard Boyles (1881-1960) —
also known as Emerson R. Boyles —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton
County, Mich., June 29,
1881.
Son of William Boyles and Emma Jane (Braybrooks) Boyles.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-16; Eaton
County Probate Judge, 1921-26; member, Michigan Public Utilities
Commission, 1935-36; legal advisor to Gov. Frank
D. Fitzgerald, 1939; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1940-56; appointed 1940; resigned
1956; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1943, 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Rotary.
Died November
30, 1960 (age 79 years, 154
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Luren Dudley Dickinson (1859-1943) —
also known as Luren D. Dickinson —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., April 15,
1859.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1897-98, 1905-08 (Eaton County
2nd District 1897-98, Eaton County 1905-08); member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1909-10; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1915-20, 1927-32, 1939; defeated, 1924,
1932, 1936; Governor of
Michigan, 1939-40; defeated, 1920, 1940; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940.
Methodist.
English
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 22,
1943 (age 84 years, 7
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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John M. C. Smith (1853-1923) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
6, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-88; president, First National
Bank of
Charlotte, 1889-1923; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District,
1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1911-21, 1921-23; died
in office 1923.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights of
the Maccabees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., March 30,
1923 (age 70 years, 52
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Arthur Bruce Williams (1872-1925) —
of Michigan.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, January
27, 1872.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1923-25; died in
office 1925.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 1,
1925 (age 53 years, 94
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Edward Samuel Lacey (1835-1916) —
also known as Edward S. Lacey —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Chili, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
26, 1835.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1881-85; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1882-83.
Comptroller of the Currency, 1889-92.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., October
2, 1916 (age 80 years, 311
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Rosslyn L. Sowers (1864-1951) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1864.
Democrat. Candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1917, 1941 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1928;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1930, 1932 (primary),
1934 (primary), 1936.
Died January
9, 1951 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Daniel Brainard Ainger (1844-1913) —
also known as Daniel B. Ainger —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio; Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio; Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, March 9,
1844.
Son of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1868,
1876;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878, 1894; postmaster of
Washington, D.C., until 1882; Adjutant
General of Michigan, 1887-91; Michigan state banking
commissioner, 1896-97.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 2,
1913 (age 69 years, 24
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger; married, November
29, 1866, to Fannie Rhodes; married 1896 to Kittie
Rose Savage. |
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Nahum Burnett (1894-1951) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1894.
Socialist. Candidate for Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1935, 1939; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1936; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1938; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1948.
Died October
12, 1951 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Russell Roy McPeek (1876-1945) —
also known as Russell R. McPeek —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1876.
Republican. Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-12; circuit
judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1923-41.
Died in 1945
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Murl Holcomb DeFoe (1879-1964) —
also known as Murl H. DeFoe —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton
County, Mich., March 10,
1879.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1919-20, 1943-46; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936.
Died January
24, 1964 (age 84 years, 320
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Homer L. Bauer (1902-1973) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Chester Township, Eaton
County, Mich., November
28, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-42; candidate in primary for
circuit
judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1941; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1943-52 (Eaton County 1943-44,
Eaton District 1945-52).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., March 17,
1973 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1943
to Marjorie M. Field. |
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C. Dodge Williams (1879-1945) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Brookfield Township, Eaton
County, Mich., October
18, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
director, Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Barry and Eaton Counties; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1935-42;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died October
2, 1945 (age 65 years, 349
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Ovid N. Case (1853-1886) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Windsor, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, November
13, 1853.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1883-86; died in office 1886.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
26, 1886 (age 33 years, 43
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Effie Burnett (1896-1973) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born April 1,
1896.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1944; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944,
1948.
Female.
Died in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., January
21, 1973 (age 76 years, 295
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Giles B. Allen (1843-1911) —
of Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County 2nd District,
1895-96.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died February
7, 1911 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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John C. Potter (1862-1933) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1862.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1912.
Died June 16,
1933 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Agnes E. Spencer (1860-1943) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born February
4, 1860.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1919.
Female.
Died September
23, 1943 (age 83 years, 231
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Eva Ann Stealy (1866-1943) —
also known as Eva Stealy —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born May 17,
1866.
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940.
Female.
Died November
30, 1943 (age 77 years, 197
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Hazel Kirke DeFoe (1881-1955) —
also known as Hazel DeFoe; Hazel Kirke —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1881.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1932.
Female.
Died March 8,
1955 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Jesse L. Murray (1882-1965) —
also known as Mrs. Fred Murray —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1882.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1939.
Female.
Died November
4, 1965 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Fred Murray (1875-1955). |
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Angus N. MacLeod (1913-1968) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1913.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1956;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1966.
Died January
11, 1968 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Orville E. Latchaw (1904-1974) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born October
23, 1904.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1956,
1960.
Died December
17, 1974 (age 70 years, 55
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Rice C. Fowler (c.1902-1996) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born about 1902.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1944;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948
(alternate), 1952;
chair
of Eaton County Republican Party, 1950; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1957.
Died, from a myocardial
infarct, December
4, 1996 (age about 94
years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Frank Dwight Fitzgerald (1885-1939) —
also known as Frank D. Fitzgerald —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich., January
27, 1885.
Son of John
Wesley Fitzgerald and Carrie G. (Foreman) Fitzgerald.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1924,
1932,
1936;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1925-26; secretary of
Michigan Republican Party, 1929-30; secretary of
state of Michigan, 1931-34; resigned 1934; Governor of
Michigan, 1935-36, 1939; defeated, 1936; died in office 1939.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Maccabees;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich., March 16,
1939 (age 54 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John W. Ewing (1846-1925) —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in 1846.
People's candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1892; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1896;
member of Michigan People's Party State Central Committee, 1899.
Died in 1925
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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James H. Edgar (1925-2003) —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
29, 1925.
Son of James R. Edgar and Edith (Adams) Edgar.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police
officer; lawyer;
district judge in Michigan 55th District, 1965-68.
Died, in Sparrow Hospital,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
16, 2003 (age 78 years, 109
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Dean B. Doty (1919-1998) —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., August 3,
1919.
Son of Mark Doty and Gladys (Walsh) Doty.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; florist; chair of
Eaton County Republican Party, 1956-60; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Eaton District,
1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 79 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of Philo
Doty; son of Mark Doty and Gladys (Walsh) Doty; married to
Roberta Boswoth. |
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Louis Henry Fead (1877-1943) —
also known as Louis H. Fead —
of Newberry, Luce
County, Mich.; Pleasant Ridge, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Lexington, Sanilac
County, Mich., May 2,
1877.
Son of John Lawrence Fead and Augusta (Walther) Fead.
Republican. Lawyer; Luce
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-12; vice-president, Newberry
State Bank; circuit
judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1913-28; resigned 1928; worked
with the Red Cross in France during and after World War I; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated,
1937; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928, 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Lions.
Died, from a heart
attack while suffering from throat
cancer, in the University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
4, 1943 (age 65 years, 278
days).
Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park.
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Seymour Howe Person (1879-1957) —
also known as Seymour H. Person —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Howell Township, Livingston
County, Mich., February
2, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Patrick
H. Kelley; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1915-20; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1931-33; defeated,
1932, 1942.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 7,
1957 (age 78 years, 64
days).
Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park.
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Billie Sunday Farnum (1916-1979) —
also known as Billie S. Farnum —
of Drayton Plains, Oakland
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., April 11,
1916.
Democrat. Steward and international
rep, United Auto Workers; candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,
1944; administrative aide, U.S. Sen. Blair
Moody, 1952-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1956;
Michigan
state auditor general, 1961-64; appointed 1961; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 19th District, 1965-67; defeated,
1966; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1967-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1972.
Congregationalist.
Member, United
Auto Workers; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
18, 1979 (age 63 years, 221
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Deepdale Memorial Park.
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Frank E. Gorman (1874-1960) —
of Michigan.
Born in Sanilac
County, Mich., March 28,
1874.
Michigan
state treasurer, 1919-24.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., January
7, 1960 (age 85 years, 285
days).
Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park.
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Sam Street Hughes (1897-1990) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in 1897.
Republican. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1936; mayor of
Lansing, Mich., 1941-43; resigned 1943; circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1957-67; defeated, 1935
(primary), 1948.
Died in 1990
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park.
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Ralph W. Crego (1893-1989) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born September
21, 1893.
Mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1943-61; defeated, 1942, 1961.
Died in Meridian Township, Ingham
County, Mich., May 28,
1989 (age 95 years, 249
days).
Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park.
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Jack W. Warren (d. 2009) —
of Ingham
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1950; circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1967-86.
Died January
25, 2009.
Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park.
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Jacob Schepers (1876-1955) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., 1876.
Republican. Mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1914-18; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1947-50; defeated in primary, 1926, 1950.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1955
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park.
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John L. Leighton (1901-1964) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1901.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1940, 1952, 1954; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1950.
Died in 1964
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Deepdale Memorial Park.
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