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Charles L. Benjamin (1841-1909) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Oakland
County, Mich., May 13,
1841.
Undertaker; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1884-86.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., November
19, 1909 (age 68 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Vining Lindbom Bjork (1910-1981) —
also known as Vining L. Bjork —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., May 19,
1910.
Republican. Funeral director; mayor
of Ishpeming, Mich., 1937-40.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
19, 1981 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Carl Bjork and Signe (Lindbom) Bjork. |
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Andrew James Brodie (b. 1875) —
also known as Andrew J. Brodie —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
May
2, 1875.
Republican. Funeral director; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Brodie and Susan (Jacqus) Brodie; married, July 31,
1900, to Anna Behrandt. |
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Ray H. Burrell (1893-1965) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
31, 1893.
Republican. Cemetery monument business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1935-40.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, and coronary
artery sclerosis, in Beyer Hospital,
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
30, 1965 (age 72 years, 91
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred J. Burrell and Genevieve (Harrison)
Burrell. |
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Robert William Davis (1932-2009) —
also known as Robert W. Davis; Bob Davis —
of St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich.; Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich.
Born in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., July 31,
1932.
Republican. Funeral director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 106th District, 1967-70; member of
Michigan
state senate 37th District, 1971-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1979-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Freemasons.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
16, 2009 (age 77 years, 77
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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Charles Coles Diggs Sr. (1894-1967) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Sr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tallula, Issaquena
County, Miss., January
2, 1894.
Mortician; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1937-44; defeated in Democratic
primary, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
charged
in a different bribery
case in 1945; tried
and convicted;
charged
again on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1948 (Republican
primary), 1952 (Democratic primary).
African
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1967
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
mortician; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1976
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months.
Died, of a stroke,
at Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Frederick P. Dillingham (b. 1948) —
also known as Fred Dillingham —
of Fowlerville, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born January
18, 1948.
Republican. Funeral director; hardware
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 51st District, 1979-86; member of
Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1987-94.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees;
Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 1994.
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Charles C. Dunham (1845-1917) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; livery
business; furniture
and undertaking business; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1902-04, 1911-12; defeated, 1910.
Died in 1917
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Roy T. Gilbert (1878-1963) —
of Algonac, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Algonac, St. Clair
County, Mich., March 5,
1878.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking business; supervisor
of Clay Township, Michigan; elected 1933; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Clair County 2nd
District, 1939-44; defeated in primary, 1944.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1963
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery, Algonac, Mich.
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Herbert W. Harbin (born c.1905) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1905.
Democrat. Funeral director; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1954.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Huston (1855-1911) —
of Tuscola, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Blenheim, Ontario,
January
17, 1855.
Republican. Farmer; furniture
and undertaking business; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees;
Gleaners.
Died, of cancer,
in Millington, Tuscola
County, Mich., May 12,
1911 (age 56 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur William Jewett (1896-1993) —
also known as Arthur W. Jewett —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born December
22, 1896.
Democrat. Undertaker; florist;
mayor
of Mason, Mich., 1933-47; defeated (People's), 1947; candidate
for Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1936, 1938; candidate for Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1943.
Died November
24, 1993 (age 96 years, 337
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur William Jewett (1869-1931) and Lulu Jane
Jewett. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Ingham County News,
September 17, 1936. |
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Oscar Edward Kilstrom (1874-1943) —
also known as Oscar E. Kilstrom —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March
26, 1874.
Republican. Funeral director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1939-43; defeated, 1936; died in office 1943.
Lutheran.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died September
1, 1943 (age 69 years, 159
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Cletus Konkel (1897-1969) —
also known as A. Cletus Konkel —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Sebewaing, Huron
County, Mich., December
16, 1897.
Republican. Undertaker; candidate for Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1926, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932.
German
and French
Canadian ancestry.
Died in April, 1969
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles H. Leonard (b. 1895) —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Hastings, Barry
County, Mich., March 9,
1895.
Democrat. Funeral director; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1932;
mayor
of Hastings, Mich.; elected 1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Leonard and Bessie (Palmer) Leonard; married, November
26, 1913, to Bertha Ferris. |
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Charles E. Marsh —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Cambria, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Furniture
and undertaking business; candidate for mayor of
Albion, Mich., 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Lee Morford (b. 1873) —
of Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich.
Born in Unionville, Tuscola
County, Mich., June 14,
1873.
Republican. Undertaker; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Presque Isle District,
1911-14; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1915-18.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley J. Pacholek (1890-1932) —
of Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Poland,
December
8, 1890.
Undertaker; candidate for mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1932 (primary), 1932.
Polish
ancestry.
Arrested
in April, 1932, for drunk
driving;
died by suicide
in his jail
cell, by hanging
himself with his scarf, in Birmingham, Oakland
County, Mich., April
19, 1932 (age 41 years, 133
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allen E. Stebbins (b. 1872) —
of Sheridan, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Ionia
County, Mich., December
8, 1872.
Democrat. Farmer;
undertaker; mayor of
Ionia, Mich., 1931-32; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1933-34; defeated, 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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Lloyd A. Stephens (1898-1974) —
of Scottville, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Free Soil, Mason
County, Mich., December
15, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; funeral
director; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1957-64; defeated, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., May 7,
1974 (age 75 years, 143
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Scottville, Mich.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
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Rupert Stephens Sr. (1873-1952) —
of Free Soil, Mason
County, Mich.; Scottville, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Chatham, Ontario,
February
22, 1873.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
postmaster;
furniture
and undertaking business; Mason
County Coroner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1939-48 (Mason County 1939-44,
Mason District 1945-48).
Died in 1952
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Free Soil, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Edna
M. Baxter. |
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Samuel P. Stroud (1824-1902) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., August
7, 1824.
Furniture
and undertaking business; People's candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1895.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., February
9, 1902 (age 77 years, 186
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Taylor Stroud and Anna (Persell) Stroud; married to Rhoda
Rodway. |
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memorial |
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Alroy A. Wilbur —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Furniture
and undertaking business; mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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Milton Zaagman (b. 1926) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March
28, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
mortician; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1954, 1956; member of Michigan
state senate, 1963-74 (16th District 1963-64, 32nd District
1965-74); defeated, 1974; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1974.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion.
Still living as of 1974.
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Relatives:
Married 1948 to Martha
Haverkamp. |
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