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Omar Dwight Conger (1818-1898) —
also known as Omar D. Conger —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., April 1,
1818.
Son of Enoch Conger (1792-1872) and Esther (West) Conger (1796-1882).
Republican. Lawyer; lumber
business; St.
Clair County Judge, 1850-54; member of Michigan
state senate, 1855-59 (31st District 1855-56, 26th District
1857-59); Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1864;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1869-81 (5th District 1869-73, 7th
District 1873-81); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1880;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1881-87.
Died in Ocean City, Worcester
County, Md., July 11,
1898 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Henry Gordon McMorran (1844-1929) —
also known as Henry McMorran —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., July 11,
1844.
Son of Robert William MacMorran (1816-1855) and Isabella (Kewley)
MacMorran (1823-1909).
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1903-13.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., July 19,
1929 (age 85 years, 8
days).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Horace Greeley Snover (1847-1924) —
also known as Horace G. Snover —
of Port Austin, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Romeo, Macomb
County, Mich., September
21, 1847.
Son of Edward Sharpe Snover (1813-1885).
Republican. Probate judge in Michigan, 1881-84; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1895-99.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., July 21,
1924 (age 76 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Ezra Child Carleton (1838-1911) —
also known as Ezra C. Carleton —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., September
6, 1838.
Democrat. Mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1881; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1883-87; defeated,
1894.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., July 24,
1911 (age 72 years, 321
days).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Loren A. Sherman —
of Michigan.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1912.
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Zephaniah Webster Bunce (1787-1889) —
also known as Zephaniah W. Bunce —
of St.
Clair County, Mich.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
14, 1787.
Son of Mary (Drake) Bunce.
Member
Michigan territorial council, 1824-27; postmaster;
lumber mill
business.
Died in St. Clair
County, Mich., October
8, 1889 (age 101 years,
328 days).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Nathan S. Boynton (1837-1911) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., June 23,
1837.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Clair County 1st
District, 1869-70; resigned 1870; mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1874-75, 1894-97; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District,
1907-08.
Member, Maccabees.
Died in 1911
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Daniel B. Harrington —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Village
president of Port Huron, Michigan, 1851; member of Michigan
state senate, 1852.
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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John James Bell (1864-1929) —
also known as John J. Bell —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Palmerston, Ontario,
April
6, 1864.
Son of John Bell (1829-1867) and Catherine Julia (Sides) Bell
(1832-1909).
Naturalized U.S. citizen; music
store owner; mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1907-12, 1927-28.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Modern
Maccabees; Maccabees
of the World; Foresters;
Woodmen of
the World; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., April 1,
1929 (age 64 years, 360
days).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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John L. Black (1857-1927) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in 1857.
Mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1915-19.
Died in 1927
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Charlotte H. McMorran (1877-1951) —
also known as Charlotte Cheney Holden —
of St.
Clair County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 25,
1877.
Daughter of Charles Newton Holden (1852-1903) and Charlotte Louise
(Cheney) Holden (1854-1929).
Delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from St. Clair
County 1st District, 1933.
Female.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., June 14,
1951 (age 73 years, 324
days).
Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.
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Justin Rice Whiting (1847-1903) —
also known as Justin R. Whiting —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y., February
18, 1847.
Member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1887-95; Fusion
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1898.
Died in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., January
31, 1903 (age 55 years, 347
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Theodore Christian Ruff (1871-1958) —
also known as Theodore C. Ruff —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., June 21,
1871.
Son of Rev. Johann Friedrich Ruff (1830-1881) and Johanna Charlotte
(Posner) Ruff (1838-1904).
Democrat. Dairy farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Clair County 2nd
District, 1913-14; defeated, 1914, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1938;
member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1934, 1936.
German
ancestry.
Died in Michigan, January
30, 1958 (age 86 years, 223
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Marcus H. Miles (1813-1877) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Apulia, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
23, 1813.
Son of Elijah Miles.
Postmaster;
St.
Clair County Clerk, 1839-42, 1849-50; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1866; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., December
13, 1877 (age 64 years, 51
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Franklin Moore (1845-1915) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., September
6, 1845.
Son of Reuben Moore (1805-1857) and Margaret (Riddle) Moore
(1806-1868).
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
salt
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Clair County 2nd
District, 1899-1902.
Died, from atrial
stenosis, in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., July 12,
1915 (age 69 years, 309
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Henry Robert Baird (1876-1936) —
also known as Henry R. Baird —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in East China, St. Clair
County, Mich., January
20, 1876.
Son of William Baird (1840-1914) and Catherine (Frank) Baird
(1848-1922).
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1932.
German
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 7,
1936 (age 60 years, 108
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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