Selected officials of Oakland County

(not intended to be complete)

Austin N. Kimmis (Sheriff, 1861-65) Aaron Perry (Prosecuting Attorney) Samuel W. Smith (Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-84) Kleber P. Rockwell (Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-04) Albert G. Griggs (Register of Deeds, 1901-02) Frank L. Covert (Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-10) Carl H. Pelton (Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-12) Spencer C. Howarth (Sheriff, 1935-44) Arthur E. Moore (Probate Judge) Farrell E. Roberts (Prosecuting Attorney, 1953-54) S. Jerome Bronson (Prosecuting Attorney, 1965-68) L. Brooks Patterson (Prosecuting Attorney, 1972-88) L. Brooks Patterson (County Executive, 1993-) Michael J. Bouchard (Sheriff, 1999-)

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Oakland County

• Berkley Roseland Park Cemetery
• Beverly Hills Acacia Park Cemetery
• Birmingham Clover Hill Cemetery
• Birmingham Greenwood Cemetery
• Birmingham Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
• Clarkston Ottawa Park Cemetery
• Farmington Oak Hill Cemetery
• Ferndale Machpelah Cemetery
• Franklin Franklin Cemetery
• Lake Orion Evergreen Cemetery
• Milford St. Mary's Cemetery
• Pontiac Unknown location
• Pontiac Oak Hill Cemetery
• Pontiac Perry Mont Park
• Rochester Mt. Avon Cemetery
• Rochester Hills Stoney Creek Cemetery
• Royal Oak Oakview Cemetery
• Southfield Acacia Cemetery
• Southfield Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
• Southfield Holy Sepulchre Mausoleum
• Troy White Chapel Memorial Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Charles Gibb Oakman (1903-1973) — also known as Charles G. Oakman — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 4, 1903. Republican. U.S. Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1953-55; defeated, 1954. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Alpha Sigma Phi. Died in Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich., October 28, 1973. Interment at Roseland Park Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Raymond W. Hood (1936-2002) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 1, 1936. Son of Morris W. Hood, Sr.; brother of Morris W. Hood, Jr.. Democrat. Assembler, Ford Motor Company; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1965-82 (14th District 1965-72, 7th District 1973-82); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1976, 1980; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1982. Black. Member, NAACP. Died in Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Fla., March 29, 2002. Interment at Roseland Park Cemetery.
  • See also Hood family of Michigan
  
  
• Morris W. Hood, Sr. (1908-2001) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in La Grange, Troup County, Ga., September 22, 1908. Son of Wheeler Hood and India (Benton) Hood; married to Ruth E. Stevenson; father of Morris W. Hood, Jr. and Raymond W. Hood. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2nd District, 1961-62. Black. Member, NAACP. Died, of Alzheimer's disease, in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., January 14, 2001. Interment at Roseland Park Cemetery.
  • See also Hood family of Michigan
  
  

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• Charles Erwin Wilson (1890-1961) — also known as Charles E. Wilson; "Engine Charlie" — Born in Minerva, Stark County, Ohio, July 18, 1890. Electrical engineer; president, General Motors, 1941-53; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1953-57. Famed for saying, during his confirmation hearings, that "for years I thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and vice versa.". Died in Norwood, East Feliciana Parish, La., September 26, 1961. Interment at Acacia Park Cemetery.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  

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• Harry B. Keidan (d. 1943) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1920-27; resigned 1927; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1927-43; died in office 1943. Died August 15, 1943. Interment at Clover Hill Cemetery.
  
  

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• Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge (1821-1881) — also known as Rowland E. Trowbridge — of Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Horseheads, Chemung County, N.Y., June 18, 1821. Member of Michigan state senate 5th District, 1857-60; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1861-63, 1865-69 (4th District 1861-63, 5th District 1865-69); defeated, 1862, 1868. Member, Grange. Died in Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich., April 20, 1881. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ebenezer Raynale (1804-1881) — of Oakland County, Mich. Born in Hartland, Windsor County, Vt., October 21, 1804. Physician; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 5th District, 1835; member of Michigan state senate 5th District, 1835-37; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850. Died in Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich., March 24, 1881. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
  
  
• Sidney Dole (1788-1828) — of Oakland County, Mich. Born in 1788. Member Michigan territorial council, 1826-27. Died in 1828. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
  
  

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• Vincent Morrison Brennan (1890-1959) — also known as Vincent M. Brennan — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich., April 22, 1890. Son of Charles Thomas Brennan and Mary Agnes (Morrison) Brennan; married, July 17, 1915, to Ruth Hurley. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1919-20; U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1921-23; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1924-54. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; National Lawyers Guild; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Maccabees; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 4, 1959. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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• Leaun Harrelson (1918-1973) — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Equality, Gallatin County, Ill., July 10, 1918. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District, 1949-54; defeated in primary, 1954; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1952. Member, Freemasons; Eagles. Died July 14, 1973. Interment at Ottawa Park Cemetery.
  
  

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• Fred Malthy Warner (1865-1923) — also known as Fred M. Warner — of Farmington, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Hickling, Nottinghamshire, England, July 21, 1865. Son of P. Dean Warner. Republican. Member of Michigan state senate 12th District, 1895-98; secretary of state of Michigan, 1901-04; Governor of Michigan, 1905-10. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Maccabees. Died of kidney failure, April 18, 1923. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

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• David H. Shepherd (d. 1981) — of Oak Park, Oakland County, Mich. Mayor of Oak Park, Mich., 1971-81; died in office 1981. Jewish. Died in 1981. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
  
  

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• Peter Van Every (1795-1859) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Franklin, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Ontario, January 3, 1795. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; supervisor of Hamtramck Township, Michigan, 1833-37; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835. Died in Oakland County, Mich., 1859. Interment at Franklin Cemetery.
  
  

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• William Leland Carpenter (1854-1936) — also known as William L. Carpenter — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born near Orion (now Lake Orion), Oakland County, Mich., November 9, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Flavius L. Brooke, John Atkinson, and Henry A. Haigh, from 1889; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1894-1902; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1902-08; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1906; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1909-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912, 1932 (alternate). Died January 21, 1936. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  

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• Vincent E. Boyle (d. 1983) — of Milford, Oakland County, Mich. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1932. Died in September, 1983. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
  
  

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• Gideon O. Whittemore (1800-1863) — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.; Tawas City, Iosco County, Mich. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., August 12, 1800. Secretary of state of Michigan, 1846-48; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850. Died June 30, 1863. Interment somewhere.
  
  
• Franklin B. Galbraith (1839-1903) — of Michigan. Born in 1839. Member of Michigan state senate 14th District, 1889-90. Died in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., 1903. Interment somewhere.
  
  

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• Moses Wisner (1815-1863) — of Michigan. Born June 3, 1815. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1854; Governor of Michigan, 1859-61. Died of typhoid fever, January 5, 1863. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Mark Spencer Brewer (1837-1901) — also known as Mark S. Brewer — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Addison Township, Oakland County, Mich., October 22, 1837. Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan state senate 20th District, 1873-74; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1877-81, 1887-91; U.S. Consul General in Berlin, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896; U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, 1898-1901. Died in Washington, D.C., March 18, 1901. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Byron Gray Stout (1829-1896) — also known as Byron G. Stout — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Richmond, Ontario County, N.Y., January 12, 1829. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District, 1855-58; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1857-58; member of Michigan state senate 5th District, 1861-62; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1862; U.S. Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1891-93; defeated, 1868 (5th District), 1870 (5th District), 1892 (6th District). Died in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., June 19, 1896. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Jefferson Drake (1797-1875) — also known as Thomas J. Drake — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Scipio, Cayuga County, N.Y., April 18, 1797. Member Michigan territorial council, 1828-31; member of Michigan territorial senate, 1834; member of Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1839-41; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1840, 1856; Whig candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1843; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856; justice of Utah territorial supreme court, 1862-69. Died April 20, 1875. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Augustus Carpenter Baldwin (1817-1903) — also known as Augustus C. Baldwin — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., December 24, 1817. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County, 1844, 1846; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1860; U.S. Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1863-65; defeated, 1864 (5th District), 1872 (6th District); mayor of Pontiac, Mich., 1874; circuit judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1876-80; resigned 1880. Died in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., January 21, 1903. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Kleber P. Rockwell (1868-1921) — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Bloomfield, Oakland County, Mich., November 8, 1868. Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-04; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 12th District, 1907-08; circuit judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1918-21; died in office 1921. Died in 1921. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• John P. LeRoy (1804-1867) — of Michigan. Born in 1804. Nephew of Daniel LeRoy. Member of Michigan state senate, 1840-41, 1851-52 (3rd District 1840-41, 6th District 1851-52). Died in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., 1867. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
  
  
• Thaddeus D. Seeley (b. 1867) — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., August 26, 1867. Republican. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District, 1901-04; member of Michigan state senate 12th District, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
  
  

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• Samuel Grant Backus (d. 1953) — also known as Samuel G. Backus — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Summersville, Nicholas County, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1938. Died, of heart failure, February, 1953. Interment at Perry Mont Park.
  
  

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• Seneca Newberry (1802-1877) — of Oakland County, Mich. Born December 23, 1802. Married to Mercy Jones (1814-1849). Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 5th District, 1835; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850. Died May 13, 1877. Interment at Mt. Avon Cemetery.
  
  

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• Sarah Van Hoosen Jones (1892-1972) — of Rochester, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Rochester, Oakland County, Mich., June 23, 1892. Republican. Farmer; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1944-55; defeated, 1955. Female. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; Zonta; Pi Beta Phi; Sigma Xi. Died in 1972. Interment at Stoney Creek Cemetery.
  
  

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• George Anthony Dondero (1883-1968) — also known as George A. Dondero — of Royal Oak, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne County, Mich., December 16, 1883. Married 1913 to Adele Roegner. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Royal Oak, Mich., 1921-23; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1933-57 (17th District 1933-53, 18th District 1953-57). Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis. Died in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Mich., January 29, 1968. Interment at Oakview Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alexander McIntyre Stirton (1872-1939) — also known as Alexander M. Stirton — of Michigan. Born in Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, October 11, 1872. Married to Bertha Williams. Socialist. Candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1908; candidate for Michigan state board of education, 1909. Methodist. Suffered a stroke, and died eight months later, October 17, 1939. Interment at Oakview Cemetery.
  
  

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• James E. Wells (1931-1980) — of Southfield, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., March 2, 1931. Conservative candidate for Michigan state board of education, 1972; candidate in Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan, 1974; American Independent candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1976; American Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976; American Independent candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1978. Died of cancer in 1980. Interment at Acacia Cemetery.
  
  

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• Harry Francis Kelly (1895-1971) — also known as Harry F. Kelly; Henry Francis Kelly — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.; Gaylord, Otsego County, Mich. Born in Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill., April 19, 1895. Son of Henry Michael Kelly (1865-1946) and Mollie (Morrissey) Kelly (1869-1950); married, May 4, 1929, to Anne Veronica O'Brien. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lost part of his left leg in France; lawyer; La Salle County State's Attorney, 1919-23; secretary of state of Michigan, 1939-42; Governor of Michigan, 1943-46; defeated, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1954-70. Died February 8, 1971. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Eugene Ignatius Van Antwerp (1889-1962) — also known as Eugene I. Van Antwerp — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 26, 1889. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate in primary for Governor of Michigan, 1940; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1948-50; candidate for Michigan state highway commissioner, 1953. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Knights of Columbus. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 5, 1962. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  
  
• Mark E. Storen (1910-1965) — of Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Joliet, Will County, Ill., 1910. Mayor of Highland Park, Mich., 1960-65; died in office 1965. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died, from a heart attack, February 25, 1965. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  
  
• Peter Joseph Kelly (1888-1966) — also known as Peter J. Kelly — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Sullivan County, Pa., June 27, 1888. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1945-46, 1949-58 (Wayne County 1st District 1945-46, 1949-54, Wayne County 6th District 1955-58); defeated, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1958; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1952. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus. Died in 1966. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  
  
• John Seymour Dohany (1868-1950) — also known as John S. Dohany — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Southfield, Oakland County, Mich., July 9, 1868. Democrat. Physician; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District, 1903-04; candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 25, 1950. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  
  
• John J. Maher (1889-1952) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Carsonville, Sanilac County, Mich., April 8, 1889. Son of Richard Maher and Catherine (O'Mara) Maher; married 1920 to Agnes Catherine O'Leary (died 1937). Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1930-39; appointed 1929. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Knights of Columbus. Died, of cancer, in 1952. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  
  
• Earl Hebert (1902-1991) — of Ecorse, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Bay City, Bay County, Mich., July 3, 1902. Democrat. Member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District, 1949-54. Catholic. Member, Eagles. Died in Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Va., June 1, 1991. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  
  
• John Bombyk (1921-1992) — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in 1921. Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1962. Died January 14, 1992. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  
  
• Harold A. Lennane — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 5th District, 1928, 1932. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
  
  

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• John David Dingell (1894-1955) — also known as John D. Dingell — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 2, 1894. Son of Joseph Adam Dingell and Mary (Knapp) Dingell; married 1925 to Grace Blossom Bigler; father of John David Dingell, Jr.; grandfather of Christopher D. Dingell. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1933-55; died in office 1955; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1952. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Died at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., September 19, 1955. Entombed at Holy Sepulchre Mausoleum.
  • See also Dingell family of Michigan
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  

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• Murray Delos Van Wagoner (1898-1986) — also known as Murray D. Van Wagoner — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland County, Mich. Born in Kingston, Tuscola County, Mich., March 18, 1898. Married to Helen Hammond. Democrat. Civil engineer; Michigan state highway commissioner, 1933-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1952; Governor of Michigan, 1941-42; defeated, 1946; candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1951. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Exchange Club. Died in Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Mich., June 12, 1986. Interment at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Albert A. Riddering (1884-1958) — of Michigan. Born July 18, 1884. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1944, 1946. Died November 4, 1958. Interment at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery.
  
  
• Ferris H. Fitch (1893-1984) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., January 2, 1893. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1922; candidate for Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1926; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935. Member, Sigma Chi. Died July 13, 1984. Interment at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery.
  
  
• Edward S. Piggins (1906-1972) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born August 10, 1906. Republican. Circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1960-69; candidate for justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1970. Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Mich., July 11, 1972. Interment at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery.
  
  
• Henry A. Houston (1890-1979) — of Michigan. Born in 1890. Son of Henry Aydelotte Houston. Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1932. Died in 1979. Interment at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery.
  
  
• Harry D. Fenske (d. 1965) — of Dearborn, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich. Republican. Candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 16th District, 1961. Died in 1965. Interment at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery.
  
  

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