The Political Graveyard: Boykin family of Redford Township and Detroit, Michigan

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Boykin family of Redford Township and Detroit, Michigan

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Ulysses Wilhelm Boykin (1914-1987) — also known as Ulysses W. Boykin — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., October 17, 1914. Republican. Journalist; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964 (alternate), 1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 26, 1987 (age 72 years, 344 days). Interment at Detroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County, Mich.

Relatives: Married 1942 to Cecil Whittaker; married, April 17, 1965, to Nancy Smith; father of Ulysses Boykin III.

Nancy Merritt Boykin (1919-2006) — also known as Nancy M. Boykin; Nancy Merritt; Nancy Smith — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Washington, D.C., March 20, 1919. Republican. Social worker; founder (1966) and head (1966-87) of Detroit Public Schools Continuing Education for Girls; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972 (alternate), 1976; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1975-80, 1983-2006. Female. African ancestry. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; Alpha Kappa Alpha. Died January 28, 2006 (age 86 years, 314 days). Interment at Detroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County, Mich.

		Relatives: Daughter of Matthew Merritt and Mary Gertrude (White) Merritt; married, April 17, 1965, to Ulysses Wilhelm Boykin; step-mother of Ulysses Boykin III.
		Political family: Boykin family of Redford Township and Detroit, Michigan.
		The Nancy Boykin Continuing Education Center (closed 2010), an alternative school for pregnant teens in Detroit, Michigan, was named for her.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Ulysses Boykin III — of Wayne County, Mich. Lawyer; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1999-. African ancestry. Still living as of 2001.

		Relatives: Step-son of Nancy Merritt Boykin; son of Ulysses Wilhelm Boykin and Cecil (Whittaker) Boykin.
		Political family: Boykin family of Redford Township and Detroit, Michigan.

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