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James Atterberry Sr. —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Minister; candidate for mayor
of Benton Harbor, Mich., 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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Francis Burnett Bangs (1819-1891) —
also known as Francis B. Bangs —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Delaware
County, N.Y., March
23, 1819.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for Michigan House of
Representatives.
Died in Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich., May 20,
1891 (age 72 years, 58
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
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William Venoid Banks (1903-1985) —
also known as William V. Banks —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Henderson
County, Ky., May 6,
1903.
Lawyer;
ordained minister; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate in Democratic
primary for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1942; founder and president of WGPR-FM
radio
and WGPR-TV television
station (in 1975, the first
Black-owned and operated television station in the U.S.); candidate
in Democratic primary for Michigan
state house of representatives 10th District, 1966; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1976.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
24, 1985 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Thomas Barnaby (1823-1917) —
also known as Horace T. Barnaby —
of Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Angelica, Allegany
County, N.Y., April
26, 1823.
Republican. Gratiot
County Clerk, 1861-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1869-72;
bishop.
Methodist.
Died in Gaines Township, Kent
County, Mich., February
27, 1917 (age 93 years, 307
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gaines, Mich.
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James Becker —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Pastor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District;
elected 1944; defeated, 1946, 1950.
Hungarian
ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Beets (b. 1869) —
of Sioux Center, Sioux
County, Iowa; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Koedyk, Netherlands,
January
5, 1869.
Republican. Pastor; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Kent County
1st District, 1933.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jasper Beets and Margaret (Smit) Beets; married, September
11, 1895, to Clara Poel. |
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Rufus Budd Bement —
also known as Rufus B. Bement —
of Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.; Clyde, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Civil
engineer; minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1838;
Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843.
Congregationalist.
Interment at Clyde
Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio.
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Vahan Kewin Beshgetoor (1866-1951) —
also known as Vahan K. Beshgetoor —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born February
10, 1866.
Minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan;
Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1914;
Commonwealth candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1938.
Died August
17, 1951 (age 85 years, 188
days).
Interment at Grant
Memorial Park, Marion, Ind.
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Lemuel Ballantine Bissell (1853-1924) —
also known as Lemuel B. Bissell —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India,
of American parents, December
20, 1853.
Pastor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Congregationalist;
later Presbyterian.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died, following a stroke of
apoplexy, in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., May 14,
1924 (age 70 years, 146
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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E. E. Branch —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Republican. Minister; candidate for mayor of
Ionia, Mich., 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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George Charles Bubolz (1902-1996) —
also known as George C. Bubolz —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cicero town, Outagamie
County, Wis., February
22, 1902.
Democrat. Pastor; insurance
and real
estate business; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 59th District, 1964.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry.
Died in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
12, 1996 (age 94 years, 203
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius C. Bubolz and Emelie (Jeske) Bubolz; brother of Gordon
August Bubolz; married, June 12,
1928, to Stella Mangold; married, August
28, 1971, to Margaret Jacobson. |
| | | Epitaph: "But the fruit of the spirit
is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edmund Bigelow Chaffee (1887-1936) —
also known as Edmund B. Chaffee —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rose Center, Oakland
County, Mich., February
19, 1887.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Dropped dead, while making a
speech, at a social work conference in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
15, 1936 (age 49 years, 209
days).
Interment at Rose Center Cemetery, Rose Center, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John K. Chaffee and Marietta (Bigelow) Chaffee. |
| | | Epitaph: "Servant for God and Man,
Toiler for Justice and Peace." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Stephen Clubb (1827-1921) —
also known as Henry S. Clubb —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Colchester, Essex, England,
June
21, 1827.
Abolitionist; newspaper
publisher; founder and first president, Vegetarian Society of
America; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1873-74; pastor.
Swedenborgian.
Died, from chronic
gastritis and senile
debility, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
29, 1921 (age 94 years, 130
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Sharon, Pa.
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Robert John Cornell (1919-2009) —
also known as Robert J. Cornell —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich., December
16, 1919.
Democrat. Catholic priest; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1975-79; defeated,
1970, 1972, 1978.
Catholic.
Died in De Pere, Brown
County, Wis., May 10,
2009 (age 89 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) —
also known as Malcolm G. Dade —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
27, 1903.
Democrat. Ordained minister; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1991 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie Jean
Denham; father of Malcolm
G. Dade Jr.. |
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Seth A. Davey (1903-1976) —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.; Belding, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in 1903.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1944; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1946 (15th District), 1948 (25th District), 1958
(25th District); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1950.
Died in 1976
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Ludington, Mich.
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Charles M. Diggs (1899-1959) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., September
13, 1899.
Democrat. Minister; grocer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1948, 1950; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 9th District,
1955-58; defeated in primary, 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1958
(Wayne County 9th District).
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1959
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Hawkins. |
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James Denver Driskill (1888-1959) —
of Waldron, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, March
11, 1888.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hillsdale
County, 1933.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Thorn Memorial Hospital,
Hudson, Lenawee
County, Mich., June 25,
1959 (age 71 years, 106
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Driskill and Arabella (Shepard) Driskill. |
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Albert M. Ewert —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton
County, 1933; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Retire Whittimore Frees (1864-1937) —
also known as Retire W. Frees —
of Sand Creek, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Utica town, Winnebago
County, Wis., January
2, 1864.
Republican. Pastor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 2nd District,
1923-24.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
5, 1937 (age 73 years, 34
days).
Interment at Sand
Creek Cemetery, Sand Creek, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Retire Whittemore Frees and Clara J. (Chapman) Frees; married to
Alice Tolford. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry F. R. Frincke —
of Monroe
County, Mich.
Lutheran minister; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Monroe
County, 1933.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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Glenn M. Frye —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham
County 1st District, 1933.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
minister; college
professor; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
31, 1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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John Milton Gregory (b. 1822) —
also known as John M. Gregory —
of Michigan.
Born in Sand Lake, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 6,
1822.
Republican. Baptist minister; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1859-64; president,
Kalamazoo College; president,
Illinois Industrial University.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Gregory; married 1846 to Julia
Gregory; married 1881 to Louisa
Allen. |
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Andrew Hoerner Harnly (b. 1864) —
also known as Andrew H. Harnly —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Manheim, Lancaster
County, Pa., February
13, 1864.
Republican. Pastor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1927-32; defeated, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Harnly and Elizabeth (Hoerner) Harnly; married, December
26, 1889, to Hattie I. Henry; married, May 7,
1910, to Lulu Lorena Torrence. |
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William Benjamin Hartzog (1863-1945) —
also known as William B. Hartzog —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Wilshire Township, Van Wert
County, Ohio, May 29,
1863.
Republican. Pastor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1925-28.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., July 12,
1945 (age 82 years, 44
days).
Interment at Spencerville Cemetery, Spencerville, Ohio.
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George K. Heartwell —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Minister; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 2004-.
United
Church of Christ.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations
University |
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Charles A. Hill —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan;
candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1956.
African
ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Roland N. Holsaple (1876-1940) —
also known as R. N. Holsaple —
of Litchfield, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.; Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; South Dakota; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Minnesota; Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Monroeville, Allen
County, Ind., April
11, 1876.
Republican. Minister; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Pleasant Home Hospital,
Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich., October
31, 1940 (age 64 years, 203
days).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Nicholas Hood III (b. 1951) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1951.
Minister; candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2001, 2009.
United
Church of Christ. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Russell Hughes (1907-1992) —
also known as J. Russell Hughes;
"Rip" —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
22, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Alcona County Republican Party, 1950; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1959; probate judge in Michigan,
1960; Episcopal priest.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from a closed-head injury resulting from a fall on a
hard surface, November
8, 1992 (age 85 years, 47
days).
Interment at Springport
Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
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James W. Humphrey (1846-1905) —
of Wayland, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Powell, Delaware
County, Ohio, August
19, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; ordained minister; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1899-1902.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died May 11,
1905 (age 58 years, 265
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hamilton King (1852-1912) —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland,
June
4, 1852.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; author;
preacher; lecturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896;
U.S. Minister to Siam, 1898-1912, died in office 1912; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1898-1912, died in office 1912.
Died, from uremia
and heart
disease, in Bangkok, Thailand,
September
2, 1912 (age 60 years, 90
days).
Interment at Bangkok
Protestant Cemetery, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Oakland, Garrett
County, Md.; Charlottesville,
Va.; Stanardsville, Greene
County, Va.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, Va., November
14, 1878.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; rector of Epiphany Episcopal
Church, Barton Heights, Va., until 1908, when he resigned
following a widely
reported fist
fight with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H. Pitt; composer;
poet;
translator;
prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderate
pacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support of
Democratic presidential nominee Al
Smith; initially supported President Franklin
Roosevelt and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned toward
isolationism and anti-Communism.
Episcopalian.
Died, from cerebral
vascular accident, while suffering from chronic
brain syndrome due to cerebral
arteriosclerosis, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, a mental
hospital, in Augusta
County, Va., December
21, 1964 (age 86 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Howland Lathrop (1880-1967) —
also known as John H. Lathrop —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., 1880.
Unitarian minister; vice-chair of New York American Labor
Party, 1945.
Unitarian.
Member, Urban
League.
Died August
20, 1967 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Lathrop and Alice McDora (Osborne) Lathrop; married 1907 to Lita
Schlesinger. |
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William Lovejoy —
of Menominee
County, Mich.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Menominee
County, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Carlton Mason (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold C. Mason —
of Blissfield, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.
Born in Kunkle, Williams
County, Ohio, November
9, 1888.
School
teacher; minister; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1914; bishop; college
professor; president,
Huntington College, 1932-39.
Free
Methodist. German,
Scottish,
English,
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind., June 2,
1964 (age 75 years, 206
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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Richard Waln McLain —
also known as Richard W. McLain —
of Quincy, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Williams
County, Ohio.
Republican. Physician;
minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1925-28.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Morford (c.1903-1986) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Onaway, Presque
Isle County, Mich., about 1903.
Presbyterian minister; vice-chair of New York American Labor
Party, 1945-49; director, National Council of American-Soviet
Friendship, 1946-80; this organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; tried in
federal court in Washington; convicted
in March 1948; his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court; convicted
again on re-trial; sentenced
to three months in prison and fined
$250.
Presbyterian.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., September
7, 1986 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Aileen Hutson. |
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Samuel Newberry —
of Michigan.
Minister; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1849-50.
Burial location unknown.
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Pastor; professor,
Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1932; Socialist
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Stanley Barnum Niles (1896-1978) —
also known as Stanley B. Niles —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa.
Born in Nashville, Barry
County, Mich., January
22, 1896.
Methodist minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Eaton
County, 1933; Commonwealth candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1935; Commonwealth candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1936; president,
Iowa Wesleyan College, 1938-49.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died, in Methodist Manor retirement
home, Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., December
30, 1978 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tulsa, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Lewis Niles and Carrie A. (Barnum) Niles; married, April
11, 1919, to Velma A. Thomas. |
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Joshua Oden (1880-1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., June 19,
1880.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; pastor, Irving Park Lutheran Church, 1908-54;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1944.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September, 1969
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Ridgewood
Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of M. P. Oden and Emma (Carlberg) Oden; married, May 25,
1909, to Helga Soderberg. |
| | | Image source: Tidings, Irving Park
Lutheran Church, August 2007 |
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John Olumba (b. 1981) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 12,
1981.
Democrat. Preacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 2011-14 (5th District 2011-12,
3rd District 2013-14); defeated in primary, 2008; candidate in
primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2013; candidate for Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 2014, 2018.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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John Bradford Pengelly (1880-1973) —
also known as J. Bradford Pengelly —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.; Leamington, Ontario.
Born in Brantford, Ontario,
May
12, 1880.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; Episcopal priest;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1926; Flint city
commissioner; in June, 1932, he was charged
with accepting
bribes from real estate developers; he denied the allegations and
pleaded not guilty; venue was changed from Flint to Grand Rapids; tried in
October 1932, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict; retried
in January 1934 and found not guilty; meanwhile, in November 1932, he
was recalled
from office as City Commissioner.
Episcopalian.
Died in Coquitlam, British
Columbia, October
16, 1973 (age 93 years, 157
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth Ann (Bradford) Pengelly and John Henry Pengelly;
married, September
17, 1913, to Edith Maude Campbell; married to Agnes (Richardson)
Mathews. |
| | | Image source: Port Huron Times Herald,
Octover 25, 1932 |
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Gabriel Richard (1767-1832) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in La Ville de Saintes, France,
October
15, 1767.
Catholic priest; founder
in 1817 of a school which later became the University of Michigan.;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1823-25.
Catholic.
Died, of cholera,
in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
13, 1832 (age 64 years, 334
days).
Entombed at St.
Anne's Church, Detroit, Mich.
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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, Chesterfield Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Joseph Schrembs (1866-1945) —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Wutzlhofen (now part of Regensburg), Germany,
March
12, 1866.
Republican. Catholic priest; bishop of the Diocese of Toledo,
Ohio, 1911-21; bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, 1921-45;
archbishop, 1939-45; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
2, 1945 (age 79 years, 235
days).
Entombed at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Rollin Morse Severance (1901-1984) —
also known as Rollin M. Severance —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 21,
1901.
Tool
manufacturer; pastor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1948; Prohibition
candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1950, 1952; member of Michigan Prohibition Party
State Central Committee, 1951; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1958; Prohibition candidate for Wayne State
University board of governors, 1959; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; Prohibition candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961.
Assembly
of God.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., September
7, 1984 (age 83 years, 78
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Gardens, Saginaw, Mich.
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W. S. Sly —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1902; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1910; Prohibition
candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976) —
also known as Gerald L. K. Smith —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Pardeeville, Columbia
County, Wis., February
27, 1898.
Pastor; orator;
political administrator and organizer for Huey P.
Long, 1934-35; as a white
supremacist, he joined and organized for William
Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts of America, an organization modeled
directly on Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1942 (Republican primary), 1942; founder
of the America First party; charged
with sedition
in 1944, as part of an alleged Nazi
conspiracy; tried
along with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial was
declared; America First candidate for President
of the United States, 1944; founder of the Christian Nationalist
Crusade; advocated deportation from the U.S. of Jews and
African-Americans.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1976 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at Christ
of the Ozarks Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Calvin Jay Town (1875-1942) —
also known as C. Jay Town —
of Parma, Jackson
County, Mich.; North Adams, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Liberty Township, Jackson
County, Mich., June 29,
1875.
Republican. Methodist minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1919-24, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928; member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1933-42; defeated in primary, 1924,
1930; died in office 1942.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Gleaners.
Died January
7, 1942 (age 66 years, 192
days).
Interment at Pope
Cemetery, Springport, Mich.
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Jacob Hendrick Trapp (1899-1992) —
also known as Jacob Trapp —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Denver,
Colo.; Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., April
12, 1899.
Democrat. Unitarian minister; poet;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Unitarian-Universalist.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., December
28, 1992 (age 93 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Willen Jansz Trapp and Aafke 'Effie' (Hertog) Trapp; married, July 13,
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Timothy Lee Walberg (b. 1951) —
also known as Tim Walberg —
of Tipton, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
12, 1951.
Republican. Minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1983-98; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 2007-09, 2011-;
defeated, 2004, 2008.
Still living as of 2018.
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Claude A. Watson (b. 1885) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Wexford
County, Mich., June 26,
1885.
Ordained minister; lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; Prohibition candidate for
California
state attorney general, 1938, 1942, 1946; Prohibition candidate
for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948.
Free
Methodist. Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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George Willard (1824-1901) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Bolton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
20, 1824.
Republican. Episcopal priest; college
professor; newspaper
editor; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-62; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1864-73; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 3rd District,
1867-68; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1873-77.
Episcopalian.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
26, 1901 (age 77 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Charles Edward Woodcock (1854-1940) —
also known as Charles E. Woodcock —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Matthews, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., June 12,
1854.
Republican. Episcopal priest; Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Kentucky, 1905-35; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1920.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack in Naples, Fla., and died soon after, in a hospital
at Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., March
12, 1940 (age 85 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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