The Political Graveyard: Bingham-Stevens-Warden-Forbes family of Michigan

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Bingham-Stevens-Warden-Forbes family of Michigan

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Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861) — also known as Kinsley S. Bingham — of Green Oak, Livingston County, Mich. Born in Camillus, Onondaga County, N.Y., December 16, 1808. Lawyer; farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1837-39, 1841-42 (Livingston District 1837-39, 1841, Livingston County 1842); Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1842; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1847-51; Governor of Michigan, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856 (Convention Vice-President; speaker); U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1859-61; died in office 1861. Died in Green Oak, Livingston County, Mich., October 5, 1861 (age 52 years, 293 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Livingston County, Mich.; reinterment at Old Village Cemetery, Brighton, Mich.

		Relatives: Brother of Ira P. Bingham; married 1833 to Margaret Warden (died 1834; sister of Robert Warden, Jr. (1815?-?)); married, June 10, 1839, to Mary Warden (sister of Robert Warden, Jr. (1815?-?)); uncle of Laura C. Warden (who married William C. Stevens (1837-?)).
		Political family: Bingham-Stevens-Warden-Forbes family of Michigan.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)

William Nelson Stevens (1813-1904) — of Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich.; Whitmore Lake, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., 1813. Carpenter and joiner; justice of the peace; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1861-62; Washtenaw County Clerk, 1873-74. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 26, 1904 (age about 91 years). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Married, March 4, 1834, to Jane Y. Forbes; father of William C. Stevens (1837-?).
		Political family: Bingham-Stevens-Warden-Forbes family of Michigan.
		Image source: Past and Present of Washtenaw County (1906)

Robert Warden, Jr. (born c.1815) — of Livingston County, Mich. Born in Scotland, about 1815. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Brother of Margaret Warden (who married Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861)) and Mary Warden (who married Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861)).
		Political family: Bingham-Stevens-Warden-Forbes family of Michigan.

William C. Stevens (b. 1837) — of East Tawas, Iosco County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich., November 14, 1837. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; flour mill business; bank director; Iosco County Treasurer; Iosco County Prosecuting Attorney; Michigan state auditor general, 1883-86. Methodist. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Jane (Forbes) Stevens and William Nelson Stevens; married 1869 to Laura C. Warden (niece of Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861)).
		Political family: Bingham-Stevens-Warden-Forbes family of Michigan.
		Image source: Past and Present of Washtenaw County (1906)

Ira P. Bingham — of Brighton, Livingston County, Mich. Physician; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1880. Interment at Old Village Cemetery, Brighton, Mich.

		Relatives: Brother of Kinsley Scott Bingham (1808-1861).
		Political family: Bingham-Stevens-Warden-Forbes family of Michigan.

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