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Jeremiah H. Anderson (b. 1843) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Walker Township (now Walker), Kent
County, Mich., May 22,
1843.
Republican. Furniture manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1893-94, 1897-1900, 1903-04, 1907-08.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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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. |
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County, Michigan (1906) |
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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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Ted Donald Clark (1920-1980) —
also known as Ted D. Clark —
of Mystic, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 12,
1920.
Republican. Grocer; hardware
and furniture business; member of Iowa
state house of representatives from Appanoose County, 1949-51;
member of Iowa
state senate 3rd District, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Mystic, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 3,
1980 (age 59 years, 326
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Mystic, Iowa.
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Relatives:
Married to Gracie May Frost. |
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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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George Engel (1875-1953) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
13, 1875.
Republican. Music
publisher; furniture merchant; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1930.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
2, 1953 (age 77 years, 324
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Warner Munger Gelzer (b. 1891) —
also known as Warner M. Gelzer —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Delta, Fulton
County, Ohio, October
28, 1891.
Republican. Grocer; hardware
and furniture business; dry goods
merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1936
(alternate), 1944;
mayor
of Hillsdale, Mich.; elected 1938; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of
Hillsdale County Republican Party, 1950.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Fred Warren Green (1871-1936) —
also known as Fred W. Green —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich., October
19, 1871.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
furniture manufacturing executive; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1912,
1920,
1928,
1932,
1936;
mayor
of Ionia, Mich., 1913-25; treasurer of
Michigan Republican Party, 1915-19; Governor of
Michigan, 1927-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Munising Hospital,
Munising, Alger
County, Mich., November
30, 1936 (age 65 years, 42
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Highland
Park Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
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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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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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William Merritt Osband (b. 1836) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Arcadia, Wayne
County, N.Y., June 15,
1836.
Republican. College
professor; furniture business; newspaper
editor; pipe
organ manufacturer; chair of
Washtenaw County Republican Party, 1886-90.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilson Osband and Susanna (Sherman) Osband; married, August
7, 1861, to Lucy Aldrich. |
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George Dwight Schermerhorn (1886-1954) —
also known as George D. Schermerhorn —
of Reading, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Reading, Hillsdale
County, Mich., October
8, 1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Acme
Chair Company; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; candidate for Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1932; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hillsdale
County, 1933; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1947.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, from coronary
occlusion and from carcinoma
of tongue and jaw, in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
21, 1954 (age 67 years, 195
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale, Mich.
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Erwin E. Schmid —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Hardware
and furniture dealer; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1915.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles R. Sligh (1850-1927) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., 1850.
Furniture business; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1896 (Fusion), 1924 (Republican primary); Democratic
candidate for mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1906, 1908; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1923-24.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died September
15, 1927 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wilson Sligh and Eliza (Wilson) Sligh; married to Mary S.
Conger and Edith E. Clark. |
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memorial |
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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. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Fernando D. Thieme (1859-1935) —
also known as Ferdinand Thieme —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1859.
Democrat. Cabinetmaker; furniture merchant; candidate
for Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 2nd District,
1922.
German
ancestry.
Died in 1935
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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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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