Huron County
Michigan
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Huron County
Michigan
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Huron County
Index to Locations
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Wager F. Clunis (1902-1978) —
of Elkton, Huron
County, Mich.
Born August
27, 1902.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1962; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1966.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., October
18, 1978 (age 76 years, 52
days).
Interment at Colfax Cemetery.
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Samuel H. Pangborn (1874-1960) —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born near Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich., June 29,
1874.
Son of Henry F. Pangborn (1842-1914) and Mary Ann (Noonan) Pangborn
(1848-1929).
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died April 24,
1960 (age 85 years, 300
days).
Interment at Colfax Cemetery.
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G. Kirk Haley (1910-1992) —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born November
17, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1947-50.
Died February
10, 1992 (age 81 years, 85
days).
Interment at Colfax Cemetery.
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Sanford A. Brown (1909-1986) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Bay Port, Huron
County, Mich., May 18,
1909.
Democrat. Michigan
state treasurer, 1955-65; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1964; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 57th District, 1968.
Died in Bay Port, Huron
County, Mich., June 26,
1986 (age 77 years, 39
days).
Interment at New Bay Port Cemetery.
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Edmund Good (1906-1986) —
of Huron
County, Mich.
Born in 1906.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1961-64;
defeated in primary, 1964; candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1966.
Died in 1986
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Grant Cemetery.
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Luke S. Johnson (1847-1910) —
of Caseville, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Avon, Lorain
County, Ohio, December
30, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1891-92;
defeated, 1898, 1906.
Died December
17, 1910 (age 62 years, 352
days).
Interment at Caseville Cemetery.
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Gustav A. Braun (1865-1941) —
also known as Gus A. Braun —
of Huron
County, Mich.
Born in 1865.
Republican. Huron
County Treasurer, 1911-14; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1923-30;
defeated in primary, 1930, 1932.
Died in 1941
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Chandler Township Cemetery.
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Frank Murphy (1890-1949) —
also known as William Francis Murphy; Francis William
Murphy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Sand Beach (now Harbor Beach), Huron
County, Mich., April 13,
1890.
Son of John
F. Murphy and Mary (Brennan) Murphy.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1920; recorder's court
judge in Michigan, 1924-30; resigned 1930; mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1930-33; Governor of
the Philippine Islands, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1936;
Governor
of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1936;
U.S.
Attorney General, 1939-40; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1940-49; died in office 1949.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, at Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 19,
1949 (age 59 years, 97
days).
Interment at Our Lady of Lake Huron Cemetery.
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Edwin William Klump (b. 1886) —
also known as Edwin W. Klump —
of Harbor Beach, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Riga, Lenawee
County, Mich., January
2, 1886.
Republican. Druggist; postmaster;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1947-50; defeated in primary, 1950;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1952.
Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Jenks —
of Michigan.
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1876.
Interment at Rock Falls Cemetery.
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Gordon Gempel (d. 2006) —
of Harbor Beach, Huron
County, Mich.
Republican. Member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1979.
Died April 21,
2006.
Interment at Sand Lake Cemetery.
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Godfried Gettel (1871-1950) —
of Sebewaing, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Sebewaing, Huron
County, Mich., February
26, 1871.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1915-18,
1921-22; member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1923-26; defeated in primary, 1926.
German
ancestry.
Died in 1950
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Memorial Cemetery.
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Loren Simon Armbruster (1917-1995) —
also known as Loren S. Armbruster —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Sebewaing, Huron
County, Mich., December
5, 1917.
Republican. School
teacher; agricultural
extension agent; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War
II; served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives 84th District, 1973-82.
Lutheran.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., August
21, 1995 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Interment at Northlawn Cemetery.
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Lucille H. McCollough (1905-1996) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in White Rock, Huron
County, Mich., December
30, 1905.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-82 (Wayne County 16th
District 1955-64, 31st District 1965-82); defeated, 1982.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League
of Women Voters.
Died March 14,
1996 (age 90 years, 75
days).
Interment at White Rock Cemetery.
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