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Andrew Parsons (1817-1855) —
of Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Hoosick, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 22,
1817.
Shiawassee
County Register of Deeds; Shiawassee
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1847-48; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1852-54; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1853; Governor of
Michigan, 1853-55; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1855; died
in office 1855.
Died in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., June 6,
1855 (age 37 years, 319
days).
Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery.
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Joseph H. Collins (1873-1948) —
of Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March 24,
1873.
Son of Jeremiah Collins and Margaret (O'Shea) Collins.
Republican. Lawyer; Shiawassee
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1897-1901; Shiawassee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-15; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916;
circuit
judge in Michigan 35th Circuit, 1918-48; died in office 1948.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 5,
1948 (age 75 years, 12
days).
Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery.
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Ray Derham (1888-1957) —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., September
3, 1888.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1933-34; defeated in primary, 1934;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1947.
Died in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., November
27, 1957 (age 69 years, 85
days).
Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery.
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John Nathaniel Ingersoll (1817-1881) —
also known as John N. Ingersoll —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.; Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in North Castle town, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 4,
1817.
Son of Nathaniel Ingersoll (1783-1824) and Abigail (Webber) Ingersoll
(1786-1830).
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1849, 1869-70 (Chippewa County
1849, Shiawassee County 1st District 1869-70); member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1861-62; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868;
mayor of Corunna, Mich.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., May 13,
1881 (age 64 years, 9
days).
Interment at Pine Tree Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Ingersoll (1783-1824) and Abigail (Webber) Ingersoll
(1786-1830); married 1834 to Harriet
M. Robinson (died 1860); married, November
27, 1864, to Julia (Hammond) Barnum. |
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Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) —
also known as Alvin M. Bentley —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
30, 1918.
Son of Alvin Morell Bentley and Helen (Patterson) Bentley.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated,
1962; wounded in
an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the House
of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1964; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died in
office 1969.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Exchange
Club; Theta
Delta Chi; Optimist
Club; Rotary; Kiwanis.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., April 10,
1969 (age 50 years, 223
days).
Entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Herman Henry Dignan (1890-1956) —
also known as Herman H. Dignan —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., 1890.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1935-38;
member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1939-42; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940,
1944;
secretary
of state of Michigan, 1943-46.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1956
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Nell T. 'Nelly' Haley. |
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Roy Kencel Nutson (d. 1964) —
of Michigan.
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1948.
Died July 29,
1964.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Gilbert R. Lyon (1835-1915) —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., August
31, 1835.
Son of Daniel Lyon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 35th Circuit, 1905.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Suffered a fall down
the cellar stairs of his home, fractured his skull, and died four
days later, in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., 1915
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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