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Oliver Holt Adams (1860-1946) —
also known as Oliver H. Adams —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Coe Township, Isabella
County, Mich., April
28, 1860.
Republican. Farmer; lumber
business; banker; Isabella
County Treasurer, 1901-02; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1905-08.
Died in 1946
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Aitkin (1860-1927) —
of Sanilac, Sanilac
County, Mich.; Croswell, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Port Sanilac, Sanilac
County, Mich., November
16, 1860.
Republican. Banker; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896;
member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1909-10.
Died in Croswell, Sanilac
County, Mich., April
26, 1927 (age 66 years, 161
days).
Interment at Croswell Cemetery, Croswell, Mich.
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Frank Nathan Aldrich (1890-1939) —
also known as Frank N. Aldrich —
of Concord, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Capac, St. Clair
County, Mich., August
8, 1890.
Republican. Village president of Concord, Mich., 1917-39; president,
Farmers State Bank of Concord, 1920-39; chair of
Jackson County Republican Party, 1932.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, in Foote Hospital,
Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 21,
1939 (age 48 years, 286
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Concord, Mich.
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Frederick Moulton Alger (1876-1933) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger; Fred M.
Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 27,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; treasurer of
Michigan Republican Party, 1911-13; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915, 1917; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Packard Motor
Company, automobile
manufacturer; director, People's Wayne County Bank.
Member, American
Legion.
Accidentally
injured his left leg while attending the American Legion
convention in Chicago; his condition worsened, presumably due to infection,
and the leg was amputated, but he died soon after, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
30, 1933 (age 57 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Alonzo C. Allen —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Investment banker; mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1960-63; appointed 1960.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Luther D. Allen (b. 1867) —
of Bloomfield Township, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Bloomfield Township, Oakland
County, Mich., December
16, 1867.
Republican. Farmer; supervisor
of Bloomfield Township, Michigan, 1919; director, Pontiac Packing Co.;
director, First National Bank of Pontiac.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Allen and Sarah (Patchett) Allen; married 1890 to Anna
Buttolph. |
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George Frank Allmendinger (1855-1926) —
also known as G. Frank Allmendinger —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
10, 1855.
Republican. Flour mill
business; bank director; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1891.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 9,
1926 (age 70 years, 181
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Thomas Jefferson Anderson (1919-1994) —
also known as Thomas J. Anderson —
of Southgate, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., November
21, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; engineer;
supervisor of publications and automotive
assembly problem control, Ford Motor
Company; director, Southgate Bank; mayor
of Southgate, Mich., 1958-61; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 28th District, 1965-82; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
18, 1994 (age 74 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ira Chandler Backus (1805-1866) —
also known as Ira C. Backus —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Ann, Washington
County, N.Y., January
10, 1805.
Republican. Physician;
bank director; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1859-60.
Episcopalian.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., September
3, 1866 (age 61 years, 236
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ebenezer Backus and Jemima (Chandler) Backus; married, May 14,
1829, to Julia Ann Sargent (daughter of Isaac
Sargent); first cousin of Harmon
Sweatland Conger; first cousin once removed of Lyman
Averill Chandler; second cousin once removed of Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Treat Paine; third cousin of Henry
Sabin; third cousin twice removed of Luther
Waterman, Ephraim
Safford and Isaiah
Kidder; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold, Augustus
Seymour Porter and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Joshua
Perkins, Edward
Green Bradford, Bailey
Frye Adams, Orestes
Cleveland and Lee
Randall Sanborn; fourth cousin once removed of David
Waterman, Jonathan
Usher, Elijah
Abel, Calvin
Fillmore, Bela
Edgerton, Charles
Stetson, James
Safford, Luther
Kidder, Isaiah
Stetson, Edward
Green Bradford II and James
L. Sanborn. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) —
also known as John J. Bagley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., July 24,
1832.
Republican. Cigar
manufacturer; president, Michigan Mutual Life
Insurance Company, 1867-72; bank director; Governor of
Michigan, 1873-76.
Unitarian.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., July 27,
1881 (age 49 years, 3
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William A. Bahlke (b. 1861) —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born near Pewamo, Ionia
County, Mich., July 4,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
banker; village
president of Alma, Michigan, 1901-02; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1904; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1906; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1920.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Kessler Baker (b. 1861) —
also known as Fred K. Baker —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Fleming, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
5, 1861.
Republican. Banker; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Luther Henry Baker (1872-1944) —
also known as Luther H. Baker —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
8, 1872.
Republican. Insurance
executive; director, Lansing National Bank; director,
Capitol Savings & Loan Co.; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1925-28.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Kiwanis.
Suffered a heart
attack at the Lansing City Club, and died soon afterwards in
Sparrow Hospital,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
3, 1944 (age 71 years, 148
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) —
also known as Henry P. Baldwin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., February
22, 1814.
Republican. Merchant;
banker; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1861-62; Governor of
Michigan, 1869-72; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1876;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1879-81; appointed 1879; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1880-81.
Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
31, 1892 (age 78 years, 313
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Hazen Ball (1858-1922) —
also known as William H. Ball —
of Coloma, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Boylston, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1858.
Republican. Banker; coal
and lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1909-12.
Died in 1922
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Coloma Cemetery, Coloma, Mich.
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Homer Griswold Barber (1830-1909) —
also known as Homer G. Barber —
of Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., November
25, 1830.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant;
banker; member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1871-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich., March
15, 1909 (age 78 years, 110
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Vermontville, Mich.
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Orlando Fleming Barnes (1856-1937) —
also known as Orlando F. Barnes —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., November
7, 1856.
Democrat. Mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1882-84; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1888; candidate for Michigan
land commissioner, 1910, 1912; president, Roscommon State
Bank; candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1922.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
While traveling south on U.S. 27 during icy
conditions, his car skidded and collided
with an oncoming truck; he was brought to a nearby Civilian
Conservation Corps camp, where he died the same evening, in Roscommon
County, Mich., January
13, 1937 (age 80 years, 67
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Kenneth Gill Bartlett (1906-1983) —
also known as Kenneth G. Bartlett —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1906.
Republican. Dean,
adult education division, University College, Syracuse University,
1946-52; vice president dean of
public affairs, 1953; director of Onondaga County Savings
Bank; member of New York
state assembly 119th District, 1967-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Sigma
Nu.
Died in October, 1983
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bernice Kleinhans. |
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Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) —
also known as Witter J. Baxter —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1816.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1856;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857;
resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1877-78.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died February
6, 1888 (age 71 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (granddaughter of Myron Holly). |
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Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) —
also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery
Field —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
23, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
broker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1905-06; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers
and Merchants Bank; president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street
Railway Co.; officer of gas and
electric utilities.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 24,
1942 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Elmer A. Beamer (b. 1881) —
of Blissfield, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Ogden, Lenawee
County, Mich., 1881.
Republican. Livestock
producer; banker; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1939.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Beamer and Eleanor (Rockwood) Beamer; married, November
28, 1906, to Edna E. Porter. |
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Charles Harry Benedict (b. 1876) —
of Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
24, 1876.
Democrat. Metallurgist;
worked for copper mining
companies; inventor,
ammonia leaching process for copper; director, Federal Reserve
Bank of Minneapolis, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1928
(alternate).
Jewish.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Benedict and Hannah (Goldsmith) Benedict; married, February
4, 1902, to Lena Manson. |
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Charles Bennett (1838-1903) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Waterloo, Seneca
County, N.Y., October, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; furniture
manufacturer; banker; mayor
of Charlotte, Mich., 1880.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., November
21, 1903 (age 65 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, December
7, 1865, to Mary Myers. |
| | | Image source: Past and Present of Eaton
County, Michigan (1906) |
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John Biddle (1792-1859) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 2,
1792.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1827-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1835; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841; banker;
president, Michigan Central Railroad.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), August
25, 1859 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John David Bingham (1884-1942) —
also known as John D. Bingham —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., May 16,
1884.
Republican. Superintendent, Michigan Alkali
Company; manager, Huron Port Cement;
director, Peoples State Bank; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1930-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died, from kidney
failure, June 14,
1942 (age 58 years, 29
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Jay S. Binning (1878-1940) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
17, 1878.
Republican. Accountant;
banker; Jackson
County Clerk, 1915-20; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1925-26; member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1927-32.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1940
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Otto William Bishop (1875-1966) —
also known as Otto W. Bishop —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., December
17, 1875.
Republican. President and manager, Alpena Fisheries
Co.; coal
dealer; insurance
business; banker; candidate for mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1916; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1935-48; defeated in primary, 1932,
1948; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947; chair of
Alpena County Republican Party, 1950.
Protestant.
Member, Exchange
Club; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Elks; Eagles.
Died November
22, 1966 (age 90 years, 340
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of August F. Bishop and Bertha (Wischow) Bishop; married, September
18, 1902, to Viola Dunlop. |
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Edwin A. Blakeslee (b. 1865) —
of Galien, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Galien, Berrien
County, Mich., July 18,
1865.
Republican. Farmer;
banker; merchant;
member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1897-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Delos Abiel Blodgett (1825-1908) —
also known as Delos A. Blodgett —
of Hersey, Osceola
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Otsego, Otsego
County, N.Y., March 3,
1825.
Republican. Lumber
merchant; banker; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1880,
1892,
1900.
Founder of towns in Michigan: Baldwin, Evart, and Hersey.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
1, 1908 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Francis P. Bogardus (1837-1900) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1837.
Democrat. Banker; insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1871-73, 1888-89; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 2,
1900 (age 62 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1859 to Sarah
P. Hall. |
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Frank Probasco Bohn (1866-1944) —
also known as Frank P. Bohn —
of Newberry, Luce
County, Mich.
Born in Charlottesville, Hancock
County, Ind., July 14,
1866.
Physician;
banker; Democratic candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Delta District, 1896;
candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1916; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1923-26; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1927-33; defeated
(Republican), 1932.
Episcopalian.
German
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Newberry, Luce
County, Mich., June 1,
1944 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Newberry, Mich.
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Harry J. Bond (1874-1943) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born September
9, 1874.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
banker; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1923-26.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
6, 1943 (age 68 years, 362
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Gordon Elwood Bonine (1896-1976) —
also known as G. Elwood Bonine —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.; Vandalia, Cass
County, Mich.; Delta Township, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., December
21, 1896.
Republican. Farmer;
bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1936
(alternate), 1952;
member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1943-52; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1952.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
6, 1976 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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James Gordon Bonine (1875-1934) —
also known as James G. Bonine —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., 1875.
Republican. Physician;
banker; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1931-32; defeated, 1932.
Died in 1934
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac A. Bonine and Alice (Wilkinson) Bonine; married to Margaret
Gage; father of Gordon
Elwood Bonine. |
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Jesse George Boyle (1883-1963) —
also known as Jesse G. Boyle —
of Buchanan, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Hills Corners, Berrien
County, Mich., November
27, 1883.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
director, Buchanan State Bank; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 1st District,
1927-32; defeated in primary, 1922, 1932.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died in 1963
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles A. Brethen (b. 1896) —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Nappanee, Ontario,
July
4, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary,
All Metal Products Co. (toy manufacturer);
president, National Bank of Wyandotte; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
4th District, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Exchange
Club; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George J. Brethen and Frances (Burley) Brethen; married, June 15,
1920, to Alma C. Chall. |
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Fred W. Bristow (b. 1875) —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., June 7,
1875.
Republican. Farmer;
banker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District,
1923-26; defeated in primary, 1926, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Edmund Brownell (b. 1853) —
of Hadley Township, Lapeer
County, Mich.
Born in Metamora, Lapeer
County, Mich., 1853.
Republican. Farmer;
vice-president, First National Bank of Lapeer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lapeer County, 1898-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Earl L. Burhans (1884-1945) —
of Paw Paw, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in New Buffalo, Berrien
County, Mich., April
12, 1884.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; farmer;
banker; Van
Buren County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-16; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Van Buren County, 1931-34;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1934; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1937-42; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1942; resigned 1942.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1945
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, Mich.
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George James Burke, Sr. (1885-1950) —
also known as George J. Burke —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Northfield Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
5, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1911-14; law partner of Martin
J. Cavanaugh; president, Citizens Mutual Auto Insurance
Co.; counsel and director, International Radio Co.;
director, Ann Arbor Trust Company, Farmers and Mechanics
Bank, Michigan Life
Insurance Co.; candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1916; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1923, 1926; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served as a judge in the Nuremburg
war crimes trials.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Rotary.
Died, in his law
office, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
3, 1950 (age 64 years, 302
days).
Interment at St.
Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Ambrose G. Bushnell (1863-1944) —
also known as A. G. Bushnell —
of Bronson, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Noble Township, Branch
County, Mich., December
14, 1863.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer; merchant;
director, First State Savings Bank of Bronson; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1929-32,
1935-36; defeated in primary, 1924, 1932, 1936.
Died in 1944
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward H. Butler (1841-1928) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August, 1841.
Banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Michigan
state treasurer, 1883-86.
Died December
29, 1928 (age 87 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Milo DeWitt Campbell (1851-1923) —
also known as Milo D. Campbell —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Quincy, Branch
County, Mich., October
25, 1851.
Farmer;
lawyer;
bank director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1885; mayor
of Coldwater, Mich., 1902-05; president, National Milk
Producers Association; member, Federal Reserve Board, 1923.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
22, 1923 (age 71 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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William Campbell (born c.1859) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., about 1859.
Republican. Real estate
business; banker; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1889-92, 1901-02.
Burial location unknown.
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Hyle J. Carmichael (born c.1916) —
of Romulus, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1916.
Banker; mayor
of Romulus, Mich., 1970-73.
Member, Jaycees.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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David Carpenter (1815-1891) —
Born in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., April
19, 1815.
Republican. Real estate
business; banker; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861-71.
Methodist.
Died in Mt. Dora, Lake
County, Fla., December
22, 1891 (age 76 years, 247
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Blissfield, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Clement Carpenter and Sarah (Gilmore) Carpenter; married 1834 to Tibza
Pease; married 1840 to Mary
L. Ellis; married 1848 to
Hepsibeth Worth. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Jay Carton (b. 1856) —
also known as John J. Carton —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Clayton Township, Genesee
County, Mich., November
8, 1856.
Republican. Bookkeeper;
Genesee
County Clerk, 1881-84; lawyer; law
partner of George
H. Durand; banker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,
1899-1904; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1901-04; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 13th District,
1907-08.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: John
Jay |
| | | Relatives: Son of John Carton and Ann
(Maguire) Carton; married, November
22, 1898, to Addie C. Pierson. |
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Ashmon H. Catlin (1869-1955) —
of Webberville, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Hudson, Lenawee
County, Mich., April
19, 1869.
Democrat. Banker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1911-14; defeated, 1914, 1940.
Irish
and French
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Gleaners.
Died in 1955
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Alchin Farm Cemetery, Webberville, Mich.
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William Chandler (b. 1846) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Raisin Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., April
27, 1846.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1876; superintendent of the
ship
canal at Sault Ste. Marie, 1881-85; involved in electric
power development; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1899-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick A. Chapman (1878-1938) —
also known as Fred A. Chapman —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Leeds, England,
October
16, 1878.
Republican. Furniture
manufacturer; business partner of Gov. Fred
W. Green; bank director; co-founder (1915) and manager
(1915-38) of the Ionia Free Fair; mayor of
Ionia, Mich., 1927-31; defeated, 1931; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ionia
County, 1933; warden of Michigan Reformatory at Ionia, 1936-37.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Suffered from an incurable stomach
ailment; while in his
car, parked in his home garage, he killed
himself with a shotgun,
in Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich., October
18, 1938 (age 60 years, 2
days).
Interment at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
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Mason D. Chatterton (1835-1903) —
of Meridian Township, Ingham
County, Mich.; Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Holly, Rutland
County, Vt., August
3, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; Ingham
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1864-69; village
president of Mason, Michigan, 1872-73; Ingham
County Probate Judge, 1873-80; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1884;
president, Farmers' Bank, 1886-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
27, 1903 (age 68 years, 85
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Okemos, Mich.
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Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Chinn —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., February
15, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck
State Bank, Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia
12th Circuit, 1915-31; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in
office 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, of emphysema,
in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
16, 1936 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
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Lewis G. Christman (1888-1979) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Archbold, Fulton
County, Ohio, March
10, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; business
executive; banker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1945-54; member of Michigan
state senate 33rd District, 1955-60; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 33rd Senatorial
District, 1961.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died, from complications of bladder
cancer, in the Huron View Lodge nursing
home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 29,
1979 (age 91 years, 111
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip D. Christman and Rachel (Sprow) Christman; married to
Arietta O. VanNess. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Earl Theodore Church (1835-1906) —
also known as Earl T. Church —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Seneca
County, Ohio, January
26, 1835.
Democrat. Banker; village
president of Charlotte, Michigan, 1871-72; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1872.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
14, 1906 (age 71 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Earl Church and Calena (Titus) Church; married, February
24, 1894, to Stella F. (Shaw) Higby. |
| | | Image source: Past and Present of Eaton
County, Michigan (1906) |
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Walter Henry Churchill (1838-1900) —
also known as Walter H. Churchill —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April
27, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster;
supervisor, Shelby Township, 1866, 1885; hardware
business; boot and shoe
merchant; banker; Oceana
County Probate Judge, 1889-92.
Died, from intestinal
adhesions, in Shelby Township, Oceana
County, Mich., June 23,
1900 (age 62 years, 57
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Churchill and Eliza Churchill; married 1859 to Jane
P. Green; married 1869 to Lucada
A. Carter; married 1874 to Sarah
A. Hamlin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles W. Clark (b. 1862) —
of Dansville, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Ingham
County, Mich., 1862.
Republican. Auctioneer;
director, Farmers Bank of Mason; Ingham
County Drain Commissioner, 1904-06; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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William Lawrence Clements (1861-1934) —
also known as William L. Clements —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 1,
1861.
Republican. Manufacturer;
banker; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1910-33; defeated, 1933; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Antiquarian Society; American
Historical Society.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., November
6, 1934 (age 73 years, 219
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1927 |
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Andrew W. Comstock (b. 1838) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., October
5, 1838.
Democrat. Lumber
manufacturer; banker; shipowner;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1880,
1892;
president of railroads.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock; married, July 14,
1869, to Lillie J. Little; father of Caroline Comstock (who
married Henry
Allyn Haigh). |
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William Alfred Comstock (1877-1949) —
also known as William A. Comstock; Bill
Comstock —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., July 2,
1877.
Democrat. Builder and operator of electric
railways, 1899-1922; president, State Savings Bank
(Alpena), 1906-09; real estate
business; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1914; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1914-16; defeated, 1913, 1925;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1924,
1928,
1932;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1924-30; Governor of
Michigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 16,
1949 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Harry A. Conant (1844-1925) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich., May 5,
1844.
Lawyer;
banker; manufacturer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1878; U.S. Consul in Naples, 1880; Windsor, 1905-17; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1883-86.
Died January
28, 1925 (age 80 years, 268
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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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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Daniel Cotcher (1833-1908) —
of Michigan.
Born in 1833.
Republican. Farmer; hardware
store owner; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan.
Died in 1908
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Mich.
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Tracy Freeman Crandall (1884-1952) —
also known as Tracy F. Crandall —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Howell Township, Livingston
County, Mich., January
16, 1884.
Republican. Farmer;
director, First National Bank of Howell; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1931-32;
defeated, 1932, 1940.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in St. Lawrence Hospital,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
6, 1952 (age 68 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank R. Crandall and Libbie (Richmond) Crandall; married, February
27, 1907, to Ada E. Howe. |
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Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) —
also known as Fred L. Crawford —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born near Dublin, Erath
County, Tex., May 5,
1888.
Republican. Accountant;
builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar
mills; director, Michigan National Bank; director, Petroleum
Transit Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in
primary, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1957 (age 68 years, 343
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) —
also known as D. L. Crossman —
of Dansville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1836.
Republican. Postmaster;
miller;
banker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., March 7,
1901 (age 64 years, 123
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview
Cemetery, Dansville, Mich.
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Sullivan M. Cutcheon (b. 1833) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
4, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1861-64; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1863-64; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1868
(delegation chair); member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1877-85;
president, Dime Savings Bank, 1884; president, Ypsilanti
Savings Bank, 1892.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cutcheon and Hannah M. (Tripp) Cutcheon; married, December
8, 1859, to Josephine Louise Moore. |
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