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Glenn Leslie Alt (1895-1971) —
also known as Glenn L. Alt —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Denton, Doniphan
County, Kan., March
24, 1895.
Republican. Engineer; university
professor; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
17, 1971 (age 76 years, 268
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John L. Alt and Sarah Anna (Black) Alt; married to Viola L.
Feas. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Joseph C. Armstrong (b. 1868) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ireland,
November
15, 1868.
Republican. Engineer; insurance
broker; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1925-32; defeated, 1922 (Wayne County 1st District), 1932 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1940 (Wayne County 1st District), 1950 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne
County 2nd District).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Armstrong and Mary Jane (Johnston)
Armstrong. |
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Winfred G. Armstrong (1876-1954) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich., September
8, 1876.
Republican. Engineer; farmer; mail
carrier; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1944-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1954
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Hurd Atwell (b. 1877) —
also known as Harry H. Atwell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1877.
Democrat. Engineer; grading
contractor; university
professor; Washtenaw
County Surveyor, 1921-30; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1933-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Arbitration Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell; married 1904 to Clara
K. M. Rohde; married 1919 to
Katherine Anna Schaeberle. |
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Charles Homer Baxter (b. 1879) —
also known as Charles H. Baxter —
of Loretto, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
12, 1879.
Republican. Mining
engineer; college
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Rotary;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Ramsay Baxter and Margaret Ellen (Wright) Baxter; married,
October
16, 1912, to Margaret Eleanor Scully. |
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Howard F. Baxter (1886-1969) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 8,
1886.
Republican. Telephone
engineer; laundry
business; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1923-24; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1925-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Tau Beta
Pi; Rotary;
American
Legion.
Died in 1969
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Baxter and Kate (Lockwood) Baxter; married, January
26, 1910, to Elizabeth Clapperton. |
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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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Edward A. Bond (b. 1849) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April
22, 1849.
Republican. Civil engineer; chief engineer for several railroads;
New
York state engineer and surveyor, 1899-1904; resigned 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Preston Brooks —
of Clarkston, Oakland
County, Mich.
Electrical
engineer; in the U.S. Navy, served as Reactor Officer on the
USS Nimitz, and Commanding Officer on the USS Coontz; software
project manager; university
professor; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 2012.
Still living as of 2012.
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Image source:
Preston Brooks campaign web site |
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A. Lewis Burridge —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Republican. Engineer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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John L. Carey (1890-1967) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1890.
Republican. Engineer; mayor
of Dearborn, Mich., 1936-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1938.
Died in 1967
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert H. Carlson (born c.1933) —
also known as Herb Carlson —
of Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., about 1933.
Electrical
engineer; clothing
merchant; mayor
of Petoskey, Mich.; elected 1990, 1991; defeated, 1992, 1995;
elected 1999; defeated, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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William J. Cleary (1870-1952) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born near Greenfield, Hancock
County, Ind., May 14,
1870.
Republican. Civil engineer; Berrien
County Surveyor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1943-50.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1952
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Patrick Connors (b. 1892) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 23,
1892.
Democrat. Electrical
engineer; employed by Ford Motor
Company for 16 years; real estate
sales; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District;
elected 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Mortimer Elwyn Cooley (b. 1855) —
also known as Mortimer E. Cooley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
28, 1855.
Democrat. Engineer; university
professor; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American
War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Sigma
Xi; Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Blake Cooley and Achsah Bennett (Griswold) Cooley; married,
December
25, 1879, to Caroline Elizabeth Mosely. |
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Harlow P. Davock (b. 1848) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
11, 1848.
Republican. Civil engineer; worked on many railroad
and canal
projects; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Grover Cleveland Dillman (1889-1979) —
also known as Grover C. Dillman —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Bangor Township, Van Buren
County, Mich., July 18,
1889.
Republican. Engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1929-33; appointed 1929; defeated,
1933; president,
Michigan Tech University.
German
ancestry.
Died in Flushing, Genesee
County, Mich., April
14, 1979 (age 89 years, 270
days).
Interment at Arlington
Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Mich.
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Henry Woolsey Douglas (1867-1924) —
also known as Henry W. Douglas; Harry
Douglas —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
7, 1867.
Democrat. Engineer; superintendent, Ann Arbor Gas
Company; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1905.
Died, from acute cardiac
failure, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
24, 1924 (age 57 years, 230
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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William Ward Duffield (b. 1823) —
also known as William W. Duffield —
of Michigan; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
19, 1823.
Democrat. Civil engineer; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1879-80; chief engineer for railways;
superintendent, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1894-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Otto E. Eckert (1890-1974) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., January
13, 1890.
Republican. Engineer; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1946-61.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Died in 1974
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Elizabeth Horning. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Claud Robert Erickson (1900-1993) —
also known as Claud R. Erickson —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., January
8, 1900.
Republican. Engineer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
1st District, 1961-62.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Tau Beta
Pi; Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons.
Died in Windsor Township, Eaton
County, Mich., December
18, 1993 (age 93 years, 344
days).
Interment at Deepdale
Memorial Park, Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich.
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Horace H. Esselstyn —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Civil engineer; candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Detroit Free Press, September 11, 1927 |
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Henry Ford (1863-1947) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863.
Engineer; inventor;
founder, Ford Motor
Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and Belgian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper,
which promoted anti-Semitic
ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's
Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a libel
lawsuit against Ford over these writings led him to shut
down the paper and publicly recant
its contents.
Died, from a stroke,
in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Ford
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ford and Mary (Litogot) Ford; married, April
11, 1888, to Clara Jane Bryant; uncle of Clarence
William Ford; second cousin once removed of Clyde
McKinlock Ford. |
| | | Political family: Ford
family of Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: James
Couzens — Herman
Bernstein — Alfred
J. Murphy — Martin
C. Ansorge — William
A. Lucking |
| | | Personal motto:
"Efficiency." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003 — William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young
readers) — David Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Henry Ford: Max
Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich — Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
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Robert James Fulmer (b. 1983) —
also known as Jim Fulmer —
of Berkley, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in North Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., May 24,
1983.
Libertarian. Software
systems engineer for an automobile
manufacturing supplier; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 2012; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Christian.
Still living as of 2012.
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Image source:
Jim Fulmer campaign web site |
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Michael Ganley (born c.1828) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ireland,
about 1828.
Engineer for Wyandotte Rolling
Mill; fire
chief; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1881-82.
Burial location unknown.
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Lavant O. Hall —
of Muskegon Heights, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Chief engineer, Alaska Refrigerator Co.; mayor
of Muskegon Heights, Mich., 1909-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Perley C. Heald (b. 1849) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Lovell, Oxford
County, Maine, May 5,
1849.
Republican. Civil engineer; real estate
business; mayor
of Midland, Mich., 1887-88; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1888,
1896;
member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1899-1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry F. Hicks (born c.1897) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born about 1897.
Republican. Engineer; farmer; supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1949-57; defeated, 1949, 1957.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Henry Hinchman (1869-1936) —
also known as Theodore H. Hinchman —
of Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 24,
1869.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;
engineer; village
president of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Phi; American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich., July 16,
1936 (age 67 years, 22
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Sidney Tracy Holmes (1815-1890) —
also known as Sidney T. Holmes —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
14, 1815.
Republican. Canal
engineer; lawyer; Madison
County Judge and Surrogate, 1851-64; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1865-67.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., January
16, 1890 (age 74 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cedar
Street Cemetery, Morrisville, N.Y.
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William Kelly (1854-1937) —
of Vulcan, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1854.
Republican. Mining
engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Slipped and
fell while descending steps, and died nine days later from his
injuries, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
1, 1937 (age 83 years, 167
days).
Interment at Everett
Cemetery, Everett, Pa.
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Charles Seymour Kettles (1930-2019) —
also known as Charles S. Kettles —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
9, 1930.
Republican. Engineer; automobile
dealer; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; following
his courageous actions as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam in 1967,
which saved 44 lives, he received the Distinguished Service Cross; in
2016, that award was upgraded to a Medal
of Honor; candidate for mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1993.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
21, 2019 (age 89 years, 12
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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George E. Lewis —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Engineer; division superintendent, Detroit Edison
electric
utility; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1921-25.
Burial location unknown.
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John F. Markes (b. 1933) —
of Westland, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
23, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; electrical
engineer; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
20th District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 36th District, 1973-76; defeated,
1976.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1976.
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John H. McCarthy —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Democrat. Engineer; contractor;
candidate for Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1949.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Jay Robert McColl (1867-1936) —
also known as Jay R. McColl —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Webster Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
24, 1867.
Republican. Engineer; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1922-27; appointed 1922.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in 1936
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Mt.
Rest Cemetery, St. Johns, Mich.
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Daniel D. Mills (b. 1905) —
also known as Dan Mills —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, 1905.
Republican. Civil engineer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1944, 1952; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1948; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Duane Montgomery (b. 1966) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born January
1, 1966.
Engineer; candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2009, 2009; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 2010.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Ralph Waldo Muncy (1902-1992) —
also known as Ralph W. Muncy —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Monument, El Paso
County, Colo.; Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Cedar, Leelanau
County, Mich., April
26, 1902.
Socialist. Forester;
engineer; Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1960; Socialist Labor
candidate for Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1951; member of Michigan
Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1953, 1965; secretary of
Michigan Socialist Labor Party, 1953; Socialist Labor candidate for
Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1953, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1958; Socialist Labor candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1959; Michigan Socialist Labor
state chair, 1961-69; Socialist Labor candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County
1st District, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1962 (at-large), 1968 (2nd
District); Socialist Labor candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1964; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1966.
English,
Scottish,
and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, following myocardial
infarction, at University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
28, 1992 (age 89 years, 337
days). His body was
donated to the University of Michigan medical school.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.
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James J. Murphy (1884-1945) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
8, 1884.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1941-45; died in office 1945.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
23, 1945 (age 60 years, 77
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Melvin Nord (b. 1918) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
3, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; chemical
engineer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62.
Member, Sigma
Xi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sol Nord and Rose (Hertzoff) Nord; married to Eleanor
Greenbaum. |
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Leo J. Nowicki (1904-1990) —
of Michigan.
Born in Glecz, Poland,
February
17, 1904.
Democrat. Engineer; Wayne
County Drain Commissioner, 1933-36; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938.
Died September
15, 1990 (age 86 years, 210
days).
Interment at Queen
of Peace Cemetery, Loxahatchee, Fla.
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Joseph G. O'Connor (1904-1967) —
of Lincoln Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 24,
1904.
Democrat. Trained as an engineer; gold assayer for Yellow
Jacket Mining Co.,
Nevada; worked for Chrysler
Corporation in the 1930s; executive board
member, United Auto Workers Local 7, 1938; national
representative to the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
1941-48; advertising
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Wayne County 1st
District 1949-54, Wayne County 6th District 1955-62); defeated in
primary, 1962.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; Moose; Elks; Eagles;
Maccabees;
Knights
of Equity.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Velma Eugen Jones. |
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Jesse Ormondroyd (1897-1975) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
7, 1897.
Democrat. Professor
of mechanical engineering, University of Michigan; candidate
for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1953.
Died, following a stroke,
at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
6, 1975 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Herbert Ormondroyd and Jeannette (Wrighton) Ormondroyd; married to
Kathleen Felton. |
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Jim A. Plakas (b. 1929) —
of Garden City, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
29, 1929.
Democrat. Engineer; mayor
of Garden City, Mich., 1989-93; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 17th District; elected 2000.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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Noland I. Poffenberger (1906-1995) —
also known as Ira Noland Poffenberger —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, December
13, 1906.
Chemical
engineer; mayor
of Midland, Mich., 1953-54.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., December
4, 1995 (age 88 years, 356
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Wheeler Reid (b. 1872) —
also known as John W. Reid —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
1, 1872.
Republican. Engineer; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew F. Reid. |
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Frank Foster Rogers (b. 1858) —
also known as Frank F. Rogers —
of Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich.; Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Raisin Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., August
30, 1858.
Surveyor;
civil engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1913-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ada E. Lee. |
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1927 |
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad
and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler;
married, July 21,
1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson. |
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article |
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Horatio Seymour Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Democrat. Civil engineer; worked on railroad
construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert J. Slingerlend (b. 1915) —
of Lake Orion, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Mecosta
County, Mich., May 4,
1915.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 63rd District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966.
Unitarian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond J. Smit (b. 1928) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
21, 1928.
Republican. Civil engineer; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1964;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1967-74 (53rd District 1967-72,
52nd District 1973-74).
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1974.
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Allan R. Sorenson (b. 1919) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., December
12, 1919.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer; member of University
of Michigan board of regents; elected 1961.
Protestant.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Audubon
Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Henrik Ekroll Stafseth (1919-2011) —
also known as Henrik E. Stafseth; Hank
Stafseth —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April
14, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil
engineer; chair of
Ottawa County Republican Party, 1958-60; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ottawa County,
1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Sigma
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Florida, March
18, 2011 (age 91 years, 338
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henrik J. Stafseth and Inger (Nordhem) Stafseth; married to
Lillian Mae Carisch. |
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memorial |
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Edward W. Upham (1860-1945) —
of Williams, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Otsego, Allegan
County, Mich., June 2,
1860.
Democrat. Civil engineer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1917-18; defeated, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1928, 1930; candidate
for Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1926.
Died in Alamo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., December
29, 1945 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Alamo Center Cemetery, Alamo, Mich.
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Ralph B. Vandenberg —
of Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Engineer; mayor
of Three Rivers, Mich., 1966-68.
Still living as of 1968.
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Murray Delos Van Wagoner (1898-1986) —
also known as Murray D. Van Wagoner —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Kingston, Tuscola
County, Mich., March
18, 1898.
Democrat. Civil engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1933-40; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1952;
Governor
of Michigan, 1941-42; defeated, 1942, 1946; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1951.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Died in Farmington Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., June 12,
1986 (age 88 years, 86
days).
Interment at White
Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Mich.
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Charles A. Ward (b. 1859) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Shelby, Macomb
County, Mich., December
28, 1859.
Democrat. Mining
engineer; publisher of the Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat newspaper;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1899-1900; defeated, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert D. Wardell (1882-1952) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Manchester, England,
January
3, 1882.
Illuminating
engineer with Detroit Gas and
Electric
Fixture Co.; in 1914, he founded the Wardell Light and Fixture Co.;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-24, 1927-32; defeated, 1924 (Republican primary), 1936
(Democratic primary), 1944 (Democratic primary), 1950 (Democratic
primary); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1932 (Republican primary, 15th
District), 1932 (American, 15th District), 1940 (Democratic primary,
13th District); delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District, 1933.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1952
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Erwin Wilson (1890-1961) —
also known as Charles E. Wilson; "Engine
Charlie" —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 18,
1890.
Electrical
engineer; president, General
Motors, 1941-53; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Famed for saying, during his confirmation hearings, that "for years I
thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and
vice versa.".
Died in Norwood, East
Feliciana Parish, La., September
26, 1961 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Acacia
Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Mich.
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Leonard E. Wood (b. 1917) —
of Redford Township, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
Engineering illustrator
for General
Motors, later for the Wayne County Road Commission; member of Michigan
state house of representatives; elected 1952, 1954.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James Churchill Zeder (1900-1975) —
also known as James C. Zeder —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Charlevoix
County, Mich., April
17, 1900.
Republican. Vice-president for engineering, Chrysler
Corporation automobile
manufacturers; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961.
Died in Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich., May 25,
1975 (age 75 years, 38
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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Charles M. Ziegler (1888-1959) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Noble
County, Ind., May 23,
1888.
Republican. Civil engineer; Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1943-57; defeated, 1937.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March 1,
1959 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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