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Index to Locations
Armada Willow Grove Cemetery
Chesterfield Township Hart Cemetery
Clinton Township Cadillac Memorial
Gardens East
Clinton Township Clinton Grove
Cemetery
Clinton Township Hebrew Memorial
Park
Clinton Township Resurrection
Cemetery
Clinton Township St. Peter Cemetery
Clinton Township Workmen's Circle
Cemetery
New Baltimore Oakwood Cemetery
New Baltimore St. Mary's Cemetery
Romeo Romeo Village Cemetery
Warren Detroit Memorial Park East
Willow Grove
Cemetery
Armada, Macomb County, Michigan
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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John Edwin Barringer (1841-1922) —
also known as John E. Barringer —
of Armada, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Bristol, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 16,
1841.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1887-90.
Died in Armada, Macomb
County, Mich., October
27, 1922 (age 81 years, 103
days).
Interment at Willow Grove Cemetery.
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Hart
Cemetery
Chesterfield Township, Macomb County, Michigan
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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John Russell (1822-1912) —
of Milton, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born near Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., September
20, 1822.
Methodist
minister; newspaper
publisher; Chairman of Prohibition National Committee, 1869;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1872; member of Michigan
Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1890; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1892; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Methodist.
Member, Good
Templars.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
3, 1912 (age 90 years, 44
days).
Interment at Hart Cemetery.
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Cadillac Memorial
Gardens East
Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan
| Politicians buried
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Joseph G. Savage (1926-1992) —
of Roseville, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
29, 1926.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1970; candidate for
Michigan
state house of representatives 72nd District, 1978.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Joseph Hospital,
Clinton Township, Macomb
County, Mich., April
28, 1992 (age 66 years, 90
days).
Interment at Cadillac Memorial Gardens East.
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Clinton Grove
Cemetery
21189 Cass Avenue
Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan
Founded 1855
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Franz Christian Kuhn (1872-1926) —
also known as Franz C. Kuhn —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Macomb
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-04; probate judge in Michigan,
1904-10; Michigan
state attorney general, 1910-12; appointed 1910; resigned 1912;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1912-19; appointed 1912;
resigned 1919; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1917.
German
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., June 16,
1926 (age 54 years, 128
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kuhn and Anna Catharine Elizabeth (Ullrich) Kuhn; married to
Mina Burton Carnall. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1911 |
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Edgar Weeks (1839-1904) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., August
3, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Macomb
County Prosecuting Attorney; probate judge in Michigan, 1870-76;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1899-1903; defeated,
1884, 1902.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., December
17, 1904 (age 65 years, 136
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Judson S. Farrar (1836-1916) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in 1836.
Mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1883-85; Fusion candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1886; Adjutant
General of Michigan, 1891-93.
Died in 1916
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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William Jenney —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Michigan, 1879-82; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1880;
postmaster at Mt.
Clemens, Mich., 1889-93, 1897-1901.
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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John Stockton (1798-1878) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., December
24, 1798.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster at Mt.
Clemens, Mich., 1821-22, 1823-25, 1832-35; member
Michigan territorial council, 1824-31, 1834-35 (Macomb County
1824-31, 2nd District 1834-35); candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
26, 1878 (age 79 years, 337
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Ernest George Nagel (1893-1955) —
also known as Ernest G. Nagel; "Ernie
Hooker" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Zurich, Switzerland,
March
3, 1893.
Democrat. Boxer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; automotive
engineer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-40; defeated in primary, 1952; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1941-42; defeated in primary, 1942,
1944; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
also charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died July 26,
1955 (age 62 years, 145
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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George Martin Crocker (1848-1918) —
also known as George M. Crocker —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Illinois, August
9, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1879-81.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., January
4, 1918 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Reuben C. Ullrich (1863-1920) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born January
11, 1863.
Republican. Mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1899-1901.
Died July 23,
1920 (age 57 years, 194
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Paul J. Ullrich (1871-1930) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born February
6, 1871.
Mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1909-11.
Died October
19, 1930 (age 59 years, 255
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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William Crosley Tennant (1850-1896) —
also known as William C. Tennant —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Ontario,
May
9, 1850.
Physician;
mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1892-94.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., May 11,
1896 (age 46 years, 2
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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John E. Van Eps (1822-1908) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Madison, Madison
County, N.Y., January
15, 1822.
Democrat. Tanner; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1885-87.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
3, 1908 (age 86 years, 293
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Spencer Booth Russell (1846-1913) —
also known as Spencer B. Russell —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Jerusalem, Yates
County, N.Y., November
24, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1881-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
22, 1913 (age 66 years, 363
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Joshua B. Dickinson (1811-1879) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Orange
County, Vt., December
9, 1811.
Merchant;
real
estate business; Macomb
County Treasurer, 1852; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1879.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., 1879
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua Dickinson and Prudence Dickinson; married to Catherine Lee;
father of Katherine Lee Dickinson (who married George
Martin Crocker). |
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William J. Daley (1844-1911) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in 1844.
Mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1888-89.
Died in 1911
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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George W. Robertson (1839-1917) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born February
22, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Macomb
County Register of Deeds; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., May 9,
1917 (age 78 years, 76
days).
Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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James Lockwood Conger (1805-1876) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
18, 1805.
Whig. School
teacher; lawyer; merchant;
banker;
patent
medicine manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1851-53.
Died in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., April
10, 1876 (age 71 years, 52
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; cenotaph at Clinton Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of David Beeman Conger and Hannah (Lockwood) Conger; married, December
23, 1824, to Paulina Belvedere Clark; second cousin once removed
of Hanford
Nichols Lockwood; second cousin thrice removed of John
Hart; third cousin of Homer
Nichols Lockwood and Charles
Franklin Conger; third cousin once removed of Daniel
Lockwood and Hugh
Conger; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer
Lockwood, Alfred
Collins Lockwood and Daniel
Clark Joyce; third cousin thrice removed of John
Alsop, William
Henry Rossell and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; fourth cousin of Thaddeus
Betts, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1838-1916) and Frederick
Ward Conger; fourth cousin once removed of Horatio
Lockwood, Walter
Booth, Abiel
Case, Abraham
Bogart Conger, Edwin
Hurd Conger, James
W. Conger, Franklin
Barker Conger, Benn
Conger, Frank
Elisha Reed and Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1882-1963). |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hebrew Memorial
Park
33230 Gratiot Avenue
Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan
Founded 1918
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles S. Blondy (1905-1982) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
29, 1905.
Democrat. Constable; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate, 1941-64 (5th District 1941-54, 4th District
1955-64); defeated in primary, 1934, 1938; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich., January
28, 1982 (age 76 years, 364
days).
Interment at Hebrew Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Goldie (Grodsky) Blondy and Hyman Blondy; married to Frances
Goldberg. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Resurrection
Cemetery
18201 Clinton River Road
Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Harold Martin Ryan (1911-2007) —
also known as Harold M. Ryan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
6, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1938, 1940, 1942, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1949-62; resigned 1962; defeated, 1974
(2nd District); U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1962-65; defeated in
primary, 1964, 1966; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1976-85.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Lions.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 8,
2007 (age 96 years, 30
days).
Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.
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Ralph A. Liberato (1923-2004) —
of Warren, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
18, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mechanic;
union
representative; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 11th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1964
(alternate), 1968
(alternate), 1976,
1984;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Macomb
County Commissioner.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
AFSCME.
Died, from cancer,
in Warren, Macomb
County, Mich., March
15, 2004 (age 80 years, 88
days).
Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.
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John J. McMahon (d. 1995) —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Surveyor;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1952.
Died November
25, 1995.
Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.
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St. Peter
Cemetery
Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan
Founded 1869
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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David E. Visnaw (1888-1982) —
of St. Clair Shores, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Pinconning, Bay
County, Mich., November
2, 1888.
Democrat. Candidate for supervisor
of Lake Township, Michigan, 1933; postmaster at St.
Clair Shores, Mich., 1943-55 (acting, 1943-44).
Catholic.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Died in Grayling, Crawford
County, Mich., September
22, 1982 (age 93 years, 324
days).
Interment at St. Peter Cemetery.
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Frank J. Zagaiski (1912-1984) —
of Van Dyke (now part of Warren), Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Canada,
December
14, 1912.
Democrat. Justice of the peace; candidate for Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1948; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1949-50; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Macomb County 2nd District,
1950; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1952.
Polish
ancestry.
Died in Warren, Macomb
County, Mich., December
25, 1984 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Interment at St. Peter Cemetery.
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Workmen's Circle
Cemetery
Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan
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Michael L. Stacey (1922-2013) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born April 8,
1922.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 16th District, 1966, 1968; member
of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1969; candidate in primary
for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1974; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1977-85.
Jewish.
Died March
31, 2013 (age 90 years, 357
days).
Interment at Workmen's Circle Cemetery.
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Nellie Hencken —
of Michigan.
Socialist. Candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1928.
Female.
Interment at Workmen's Circle Cemetery.
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Oakwood
Cemetery
New Baltimore, Macomb County, Michigan
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Cortez Perry Hooker (1814-1886) —
also known as Cortez P. Hooker —
of Ashley (now New Baltimore), Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Hampton, Washington
County, N.Y., 1814.
Member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1855.
Died in New Baltimore, Macomb
County, Mich., November
7, 1886 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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St. Mary's
Cemetery
New Baltimore, Macomb County, Michigan
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George Clement Furton (1923-2006) —
also known as George C. Furton —
of Chesterfield Township, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in New Baltimore, Macomb
County, Mich., October
24, 1923.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 75th District, 1985-86; defeated,
1982, 1986; Chesterfield Township Treasurer, 1988-96.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
22, 2006 (age 82 years, 149
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Romeo Village
Cemetery
Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan
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Douglas Carl (1951-1997) —
also known as Doug Carl —
of Michigan.
Born August
12, 1951.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1987-97; died in office 1997;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1988 (12th District), 1992 (10th
District).
Suffered a heart
attack while
driving, and died at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Clinton Township, Macomb
County, Mich., August
17, 1997 (age 46 years, 5
days).
Interment at Romeo Village Cemetery.
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Edwin W. Giddings —
of Michigan.
Member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 7th District, 1873.
Interment at Romeo Village Cemetery.
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Detroit Memorial
Park East
4280 Thirteen Mile Road
Warren, Macomb County, Michigan
Founded 1925
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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John James Conyers Jr. (1929-2019) —
also known as John Conyers, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-2017 (1st District 1965-93,
14th District 1993-2013, 13th District 2013-17); resigned 2017;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1989; in 2017, it was reported that a former
member of Conyers' staff had alleged
that he had sexually
harassed her, and had been paid a settlement of $27,000;
subsequently, the House Ethics Committee started an investigation
into multiple such allegations; he subsequently resigned
from Congress.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal, 2007.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
27, 2019 (age 90 years, 164
days).
Entombed at Detroit Memorial Park East.
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Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1976
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months.
Died, of a stroke,
at Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Detroit Memorial Park East.
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Charles Coles Diggs Sr. (1894-1967) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Sr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tallula, Issaquena
County, Miss., January
2, 1894.
Mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1937-44; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
in a different bribery
case in 1945; tried
and convicted;
charged
again on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1948 (Republican
primary), 1952 (Democratic primary).
African
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1967
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Detroit Memorial Park East.
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