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Connable-Burrows family of Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Julius Caesar Burrows (1837-1915) — also known as Julius C. Burrows; "The Columbian Orator" — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in North East, Erie County, Pa., January 9, 1837. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1873-75, 1879-83, 1885-95 (4th District 1873-75, 1879-83, 1885-93, 3rd District 1893-95); defeated, 1874, 1882; resigned 1895; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1895-1911; defeated in primary, 1910. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., November 16, 1915 (age 78 years, 311 days). Interment at Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.

		Presumably named for: Julius Caesar
		Relatives: Uncle of Alfred Barnes Connable, Jr. (1904-1999).
		Political family: Connable-Burrows family of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
		Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1902

Alfred B. Connable, Sr. (1871-1951) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., October 18, 1871. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1913-15; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916. Died in Plainwell, Allegan County, Mich., April 4, 1951 (age 79 years, 168 days). Interment at Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.

		Relatives: Son of Ralph Connable; father of Alfred Barnes Connable, Jr. (1904-1999).
		Political family: Connable-Burrows family of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Alfred Barnes Connable, Jr. (1904-1999) — also known as Alfred B. Connable — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., February 20, 1904. Republican. Member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1942-57; defeated, 1957. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Pi Delta Epsilon; Alpha Kappa Psi; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., November 16, 1999 (age 95 years, 269 days). Interment at Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.

		Relatives: Son of Alfred B. Connable, Sr. (1871-1951) and Frances (Peck) Connable (died 1929); married, April 15, 1927, to Dorothy Jean Malcomson; nephew of Julius Caesar Burrows.
		Political family: Connable-Burrows family of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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