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William C. Baker (b. 1925) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., July 18,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; dentist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Omega
Psi Phi; American
Dental Association; NAACP; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Urban
League.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Jesse L. Dickinson (b. 1906) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Lincoln
County, Okla., March
11, 1906.
Democrat. Musician; social
worker; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1943-46.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; United
Auto Workers.
Burial location unknown.
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William Treyanne Francis (1870-1929) —
also known as William T. Francis —
of Minnesota.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
26, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
worked in legal department of railroad;
member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1927-29, died in office 1929; U.S. Consul General in
Monrovia, 1927-29, died in office 1929.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP; Urban
League; Sigma
Pi Phi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Liberia,
July
15, 1929 (age 59 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Delano Garrison (1934-2009) —
also known as Frank Garrison —
of Freeland, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind., December
28, 1934.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1976
(alternate), 1980
(alternate), 1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1984; president,
Michigan AFL-CIO, 1986-99.
Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP.
Died, in Ingham Regional Medical
Center, Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., June 17,
2009 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Owen Cemetery, Thomas Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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John W. Porter (1931-2012) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., August
13, 1931.
School
teacher; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1969-79; first
African-American state school superintendent; president,
Eastern Michigan University, 1979-89.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Phi
Delta Kappa; NAACP.
Died June 27,
2012 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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F. B. Ransom (b. 1882) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., July 13,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1940,
1944.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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