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Mint Wiebe Naura Nauta (1887-1968) —
also known as Mint Nauta —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in McBride, Montcalm
County, Mich., February
14, 1887.
Son of Tressa (Dehann) Nauta (1849-1936) and William Wiebe Nauta
(1856-1922).
Socialist. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1929; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1932, 1940, 1944;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1934, 1936, 1938; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1948.
Died in Stanton, Montcalm
County, Mich., July 10,
1968 (age 81 years, 147
days).
Interment at McBride Cemetery.
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Myrtle Nauta (1901-1987) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born February
17, 1901.
Socialist. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1940, 1944.
Female.
Died in 1987
(age about
86 years).
Interment at McBride Cemetery.
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John Avery (1824-1914) —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
29, 1824.
Son of John Avery and Susan Mitchel (Cooper) Avery.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1869-70; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1893-97.
Died in Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich., January
21, 1914 (age 90 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Edward Jonathan Bowman (1871-1935) —
also known as Edward J. Bowman —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Oakfield, Kent
County, Mich., November
30, 1871.
Son of Nelson Bowers Bowman and Nancy (Bowman) Bowman.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1914, 1922-30.
Methodist.
Died September
18, 1935 (age 63 years, 292
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Charles Clinton Ellsworth (1824-1899) —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in West Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., January
29, 1824.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Montcalm District, 1853-54;
major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1877-79.
Died in Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich., June 25,
1899 (age 75 years, 147
days).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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William H. Bradley (1859-1925) —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Spencer Township, Kent
County, Mich., February
26, 1859.
Republican. Wholesale
grocer; mayor of Greenville, Mich., 1908-09; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1909-12.
In 1911, he was accused of bribery
by Sherman M. Townsend, a former Sergeant-at-Arms of the state
senate; an investigation
was conducted; a resolution to
expel him from the Senate failed on a vote of 14 to 15.
Died in 1925
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
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