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Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car Company,
1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire
and Rubber
Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed
Steel Company, 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor
Car Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star
Oil
Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Alpheus Deming Gibbons (c.1819-1900) —
also known as Alpheus D. Gibbons —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in East Granville, Granville, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1819.
Carriage builder; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1878-79.
Died in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., January
4, 1900 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Gibbons and Abigail (Seymour) Gibbons; married, December
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John E. Powers Jr. (born c.1944) —
of Rhode Island; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1944.
Socialist. Machinist;
automobile worker; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1970; candidate in primary for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1971; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1972; Socialist
Workers candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1972;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1980; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1988;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1989.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Still living as of 1989.
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Charles Gardner Reed (1835-1899) —
also known as Charles G. Reed —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in North Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., April 2,
1835.
Wheel spoke manufacturer; mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1884-85.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a heart
attack at the corner of Belmont and Orchard streets, and died
soon after in a nearby house, Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., November
21, 1899 (age 64 years, 233
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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James H. Walker (b. 1872) —
of Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass., August
24, 1872.
Republican. Carriage manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state senate Fourth Essex District, 1905-06.
Burial location unknown.
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