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Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869) —
also known as Henry H. Crapo —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., May 24,
1804.
Son of Jesse C. Crapo and Phebe (Howland) Crapo.
Republican. Lumber
business; built the Flint and Holly Railroad,
which later became part of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad;
mayor
of Flint, Mich., 1860-61; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1863-64; Governor of
Michigan, 1865-69.
Christian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 22,
1869 (age 65 years, 59
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Josiah Williams Begole (1815-1896) —
also known as Josiah W. Begole —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
20, 1815.
Son of William Begole and Eleanor Bowls Begole.
School
teacher; farmer; Genesee
County Treasurer, 1856-64; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1871-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874, 1880; Governor of
Michigan, 1883-84; defeated (Fusion), 1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 5,
1896 (age 81 years, 137
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Fenton Reuben McCreery (1866-1940) —
also known as Fenton R. McCreery —
of Michigan.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., April 21,
1866.
Son of William
B. McCreery.
U.S. Minister to Santo Domingo, 1907-09; Honduras, 1909-11; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1907-09.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., October
6, 1940 (age 74 years, 168
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent (1784-1845) —
also known as Thomas L. L. Brent —
of Virginia.
Born in 1784.
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1825-34.
Died August
18, 1845 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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George Harman Durand (1838-1903) —
also known as George H. Durand —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., February
21, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of John
J. Carton; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1873-75; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1875-77; defeated,
1876; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1892; appointed 1892; defeated,
1893; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1892.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 8,
1903 (age 65 years, 107
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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David Demerest Aitken (1853-1930) —
also known as David D. Aitken —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint Township, Genesee
County, Mich., September
5, 1853.
Son of Robert
P. Aitken and Sarah J. Aitken.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1893-97; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1905-06.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 26,
1930 (age 76 years, 263
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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James Birdsall (1783-1856) —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.; Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1783.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chenango
County Surrogate, 1811; U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1815-17; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1827.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 20,
1856 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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William Matthew Fenton (1808-1871) —
also known as William M. Fenton —
of Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
19, 1808.
Son of Joseph Seneca Fenton (1781-1851) and Sarah (Thompson) Fenton
(1783-1845).
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1846-47; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1848-51; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1858-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1864.
Injured while fire-fighting,
and subsequently died, in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 12,
1871 (age 62 years, 144
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Seneca Fenton (1781-1851) and Sarah (Thompson) Fenton
(1783-1845); married 1835 to
Adelaide Birdsall (1812-1868); second cousin thrice removed of Walter
Samuel Fenton. |
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Andrew Jackson Transue (1903-1995) —
also known as Andrew J. Transue —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Clarksville, Ionia
County, Mich., January
12, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; Genesee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1937-39; defeated,
1938.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 24,
1995 (age 92 years, 163
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) —
also known as Charles S. Mott; C. S. Mott —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 2,
1875.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1912-14, 1918-19; defeated, 1914; candidate in
Republican primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924,
1940;
Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Vice-president of General
Motors. Philanthropist; founder of Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., February
18, 1973 (age 97 years, 261
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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William B. McCreery (1836-1896) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
27, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; captured
by Confederates and held at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, from
which he escaped in 1864; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1865-67; director of First National Bank of
Flint; Michigan
state treasurer, 1875-78; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1888;
U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1890.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., December
9, 1896 (age 60 years, 104
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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William Newton (1822-1903) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born September
8, 1822.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 6th District, 1868; candidate for
Michigan
state attorney general, 1880; circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1882-93; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1892.
Died January
15, 1903 (age 80 years, 129
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Edward Hughes Thompson (1810-1886) —
also known as Edward H. Thompson —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Kendal, Westmoreland, England,
June
15, 1810.
Lawyer;
read law in the Buffalo law office of Millard
Fillmore; Lapeer
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1848-49; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,
1859-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Genesee
County Prosecuting Attorney; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1877-78.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., February
2, 1886 (age 75 years, 232
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Grant Decker (1814-1890) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Deckertown (now Sussex), Sussex
County, N.J., February
4, 1814.
Merchant;
miller; lumber
business; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1855-56.
Episcopalian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 30,
1890 (age 76 years, 176
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Oren Stone (1833-1897) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 24,
1833.
Merchant;
co-founder of Flint Woolen Mills; owner of Stone's Opera House; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1888-89.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., April 20,
1897 (age 63 years, 270
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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William A. Atwood (1835-1908) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Newfane, Niagara
County, N.Y., April 11,
1835.
Republican. Mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1882-83; member of Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1887-88.
Died April 11,
1908 (age 73 years, 0
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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James C. Willson (1833-1912) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Fitzroy, Ontario,
April
28, 1833.
Republican. Physician;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1879-80.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., August
29, 1912 (age 79 years, 123
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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William A. Paterson (1838-1921) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Fergus, Ontario,
October
3, 1838.
Founder and owner of W. A. Paterson Company, carriage
manufacturers; creator of the Paterson automobile,
produced from 1908 to 1923; one of the original stockholders of the
Buick Motor
Company; helped organize the Union Trust Savings Bank; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1890-91.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., September
8, 1921 (age 82 years, 340
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Francis H. Rankin, Jr. (1854-1925) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., December
28, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; printer;
mayor
of Flint, Mich., 1891-92; director, Union Trust and
Savings
Bank.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., December
7, 1925 (age 70 years, 344
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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John C. Zimmerman, Sr. (1835-1935) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Frankfort (Frankfurt am Main), Germany,
May
12, 1835.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; brickmason;
merchant;
mayor
of Flint, Mich., 1895-96.
Died October
26, 1935 (age 100 years,
167 days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Dietz. |
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David Spencer Fox —
also known as David S. Fox —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Flint, Mich., 1871-73.
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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James S. Parker (1872-1937) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born near Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
15, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Genesee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-13; circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1925-37; died in office 1937.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Owosso Memorial Hospital,
Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
13, 1937 (age 64 years, 364
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Leonard Freeman (1867-c.1954) —
of Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in 1867.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1911-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1912,
1920.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., about 1954 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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J. B. Atwood —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884.
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Robert P. Aitken (born c.1819) —
of Flint Township, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Perth, Fulton
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Son of William Aitken and Helen (Chalmers) Aitken.
Republican. Farmer; supervisor
of Flint Township, Michigan; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,
1865-68.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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