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Charles P. Adams (1876-1956) —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Conway, Livingston
County, Mich., 1876.
Republican. Clothing
merchant; mayor of
Howell, Mich., 1932-38; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1935-44.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in 1956
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Howell, Mich.
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John Quincy Adams (1837-1913) —
also known as John Q. Adams —
of Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
2, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; Marquette
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1883-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar.
Died February
25, 1913 (age 75 years, 115
days).
Interment at Negaunee
Cemetery, Negaunee, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Adams and Lorilla (Hurlburt) Adams. |
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Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) —
also known as Allen C. Adsit —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
20, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1871-72; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908;
law partner of Peter
J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904.
Universalist.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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David Demerest Aitken (1853-1930) —
also known as David D. Aitken —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint Township, Genesee
County, Mich., September
5, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1893-97; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1905-06.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 26,
1930 (age 76 years, 263
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Frank Nathan Aldrich (1890-1939) —
also known as Frank N. Aldrich —
of Concord, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Capac, St. Clair
County, Mich., August
8, 1890.
Republican. Village president of Concord, Mich., 1917-39; president,
Farmers State Bank of
Concord, 1920-39; chair of
Jackson County Republican Party, 1932.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, in Foote Hospital,
Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 21,
1939 (age 48 years, 286
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Concord, Mich.
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Harvey Sandburg Amerson (1875-1943) —
also known as Harvey S. Amerson —
of Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Illinois, November
29, 1875.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Antrim County, 1911-12.
German
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Elk Rapids, Mich.
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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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Lyle B. Austin (1893-1981) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., July 6,
1893.
Republican. Purchasing agent, Olds Motor
Works; real estate
broker; Lansing city assessor; chair of
Ingham County Republican Party, 1934-37, 1947-50; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-39; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936,
1948;
Ingham
County Treasurer, 1939; postmaster at Lansing,
Mich., 1953-61 (acting, 1953-54).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
12, 1981 (age 87 years, 190
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Washington Irving Babcock (1833-1908) —
also known as W. Irving Babcock —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1833.
Republican. Lumber
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1884;
mayor
of Niles, Mich., 1885-86; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1887-90.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., March
31, 1908 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Thomas Gilbert Baillie (1881-1969) —
also known as Thomas G. Baillie —
of Saginaw
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., March 8,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1905-06; defeated, 1906.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in April, 1969
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Gilbert Baillie and Roberta (Burrowes) Baillie; married 1907 to Emma
Earle. |
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Joseph A. Baldwin (1895-1949) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Addison, Lenawee
County, Mich., August
8, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
business manager; hotel
business; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1935-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Rotary;
Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died January
5, 1949 (age 53 years, 150
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
21, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund
C. Shields, 1931; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of
Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; 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.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married, February
16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek. |
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Homer Griswold Barber (1830-1909) —
also known as Homer G. Barber —
of Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., November
25, 1830.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; merchant;
banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1871-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich., March
15, 1909 (age 78 years, 110
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Vermontville, Mich.
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Orlando Fleming Barnes (1856-1937) —
also known as Orlando F. Barnes —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., November
7, 1856.
Democrat. Mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1882-84; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1888; candidate for Michigan
land commissioner, 1910, 1912; president, Roscommon State Bank;
candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1922.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
While traveling south on U.S. 27 during icy
conditions, his car skidded and collided
with an oncoming truck; he was brought to a nearby Civilian
Conservation Corps camp, where he died the same evening, in Roscommon
County, Mich., January
13, 1937 (age 80 years, 67
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Charles Loughead Bartlett (b. 1871) —
also known as Charles L. Bartlett —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
18, 1871.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1922-29; American candidate for
Michigan
state attorney general, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; United
Spanish War Veterans; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Charles E. Bartlett and Mary (Loughead) Bartlett; married to
Mary C. Carpenter. |
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William J. Bartow (1832-1906) —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Independence, Warren
County, N.J., October
26, 1832.
Mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1860-61; Saginaw
County Treasurer.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died November
14, 1906 (age 74 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Homer L. Bauer (1902-1973) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Chester Township, Eaton
County, Mich., November
28, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-42; candidate in primary for
circuit
judge in Michigan 5th Circuit, 1941; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1943-52 (Eaton County 1943-44,
Eaton District 1945-52).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., March
17, 1973 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1943 to
Marjorie M. Field. |
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Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) —
also known as Witter J. Baxter —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1816.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857;
resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1877-78.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died February
6, 1888 (age 71 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (granddaughter of Myron Holly). |
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Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) —
also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery
Field —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
23, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
broker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1905-06; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers
and Merchants Bank;
president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street
Railway Co.; officer of gas and
electric utilities.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 24,
1942 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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William M. Beekman (b. 1843) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Chester Township, Eaton
County, Mich., January
2, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; Eaton
County Register of Deeds, 1887-90; postmaster at Charlotte,
Mich., 1898-1903.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Beekman and Mary V. (Minor) Beekman; married, March
21, 1866, to Christina Pugh. |
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County, Michigan (1906) |
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John James Bell (1864-1929) —
also known as John J. Bell —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Palmerston, Ontario,
April
6, 1864.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; music
store owner; mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1907-12, 1927-28.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Modern
Maccabees; Maccabees
of the World; Foresters;
Woodmen
of the World; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., April 1,
1929 (age 64 years, 360
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Arthur Orin Bement (1847-1915) —
also known as Arthur O. Bement —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fostoria, Seneca
County, Ohio, May 22,
1847.
Republican. Mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1892-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Founder, with his father, of the E. Bement Sons implement and stove
manufacturing
firm.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., January
26, 1915 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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William M. Bennett (b. 1822) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Bethany, Genesee
County, N.Y., 1822.
Democrat. Merchant;
mayor
of Jackson, Mich., 1869-71; postmaster at Jackson,
Mich., 1888-89.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Bennett and Alta M. (Rumsey) Bennett; married to Laura J.
Hubbard and Mary C. Winne. |
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Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) —
also known as Alvin M. Bentley —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
30, 1918.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated,
1962; wounded
in an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the
House of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1964; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died in
office 1969.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Exchange
Club; Theta
Delta Chi; Optimist
Club; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., April
10, 1969 (age 50 years, 223
days).
Entombed at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich.
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Frank Joseph Berka (1889-1943) —
also known as Frank J. Berka —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Czechoslovakia,
January
20, 1889.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; commercial
artist; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1933-38; defeated, 1928, 1938; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940.
Czechoslovakian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Lions.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., February
24, 1943 (age 54 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Berka and Vobovil Berka; married, September
27, 1911, to Mabel Novak. |
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Eugene Clifford Betz (b. 1877) —
also known as Eugene C. Betz —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Ash Township, Monroe
County, Mich., January
15, 1877.
Republican. School
teacher; Monroe
County Clerk, 1903-06; paper
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1945-54;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Near Monroe, Monroe County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip D. Betz and Eliza Betz; married to Matilda J. Knapp and
Margaret Hunter. |
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Jerome Holland Bishop (1846-1928) —
also known as Jerome H. Bishop —
of Decatur, Van Buren
County, Mich.; Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Oxbow, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
3, 1846.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; founder, J.H. Bishop fur company of
Wyandotte, Mich.; rug
and coat
manufacturer; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1885-87, 1905-08; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1898; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1900;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died May 22,
1928 (age 81 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bishop and Zebina (Sterne) Bishop; married 1867 to Jennie
Gray; married 1876 to Ella
M. Clark. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Otto William Bishop (1875-1966) —
also known as Otto W. Bishop —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., December
17, 1875.
Republican. President and manager, Alpena Fisheries
Co.; coal
dealer; insurance
business; banker;
candidate for mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1916; member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1935-48; defeated in primary, 1932,
1948; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947; chair of
Alpena County Republican Party, 1950.
Protestant.
Member, Exchange
Club; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Elks; Eagles.
Died November
22, 1966 (age 90 years, 340
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of August F. Bishop and Bertha (Wischow) Bishop; married, September
18, 1902, to Viola Dunlop. |
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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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Aaron Thomas Bliss (1837-1906) —
also known as Aaron T. Bliss —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., May 22,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
Governor
of Michigan, 1901-04.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., September
16, 1906 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Entombed at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Francis P. Bogardus (1837-1900) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1837.
Democrat. Banker; insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1871-73, 1888-89; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 2,
1900 (age 62 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1859 to Sarah
P. Hall. |
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Xenophon A. Boomhower (1872-1954) —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Huron
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-21; circuit
judge in Michigan 24th Circuit, 1924-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in 1954
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Elkland
Township Cemetery, Near Cass City, Tuscola County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Alma (Stuart) Boomhower and Addison Boomhower; married to
Catherine Gillies. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Emerson Richard Boyles (1881-1960) —
also known as Emerson R. Boyles —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Chester Township, Eaton
County, Mich., June 29,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-16; Eaton
County Probate Judge, 1921-27; deputy Michigan Attorney General,
1927-28; member, Michigan Public Utilities Commission, 1935-36; legal
advisor to Gov. Frank
D. Fitzgerald, 1939; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1940-56; appointed 1940; resigned
1956; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1943, 1950.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Rotary.
Died November
30, 1960 (age 79 years, 154
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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James Bray Bradley (1858-1940) —
also known as James B. Bradley —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Middlebury Township, Shiawassee
County, Mich., November
19, 1858.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Eaton Rapids, Mich., 1892-94, 1930-33; Michigan
state auditor general, 1905-08; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1908; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Methodist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees.
Died in Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich., April 4,
1940 (age 81 years, 137
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
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Dwight M. Britton (1886-1981) —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Williamsburg, Clermont
County, Ohio, August
7, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1920; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1922 (St. Joseph County), 1948
(St. Joseph District); candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1953.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Died in Morro Bay, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., November
4, 1981 (age 95 years, 89
days).
Interment at Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Ohio.
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Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968) —
also known as Wilber M. Brucker —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., June 23,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; Michigan
state attorney general, 1928-30; appointed 1928; Governor of
Michigan, 1931-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1932,
1936,
1948,
1964
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936; U.S. Secretary of the Army.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered an apparent heart
attack after attending an Economic Club luncheon, and died soon
after, in the emergency room at Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1968 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Simon D. Bryan (b. 1859) —
of Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Brookfield Township, Eaton
County, Mich., August
31, 1859.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer; Eaton
County Register of Deeds, 1915-18; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1919-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Emmett Bunker (1848-1931) —
also known as Robert E. Bunker —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Grass Lake, Jackson
County, Mich., March
25, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1893; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1919, 1920; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; American Bar
Association.
Died January
13, 1931 (age 82 years, 294
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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David E. Burgess (1914-1970) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born June 1,
1914.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1963-70; died in office 1970.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, in Bon Secours Hospital,
Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., November
3, 1970 (age 56 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Louise Marie Hawley. |
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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned
1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Mason D. Chatterton (1835-1903) —
of Meridian Township, Ingham
County, Mich.; Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Holly, Rutland
County, Vt., August
3, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; Ingham
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1864-69; village
president of Mason, Michigan, 1872-73; Ingham
County Probate Judge, 1873-80; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1884;
president, Farmers' Bank,
1886-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
27, 1903 (age 68 years, 85
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Okemos, Mich.
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Joseph William Chinn (1866-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Chinn —
of Warsaw, Richmond
County, Va.
Born in Tappahannock, Essex
County, Va., February
15, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Richmond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1891-1915; president, Northern Neck
State Bank,
Warsaw, Va., 1908-36; circuit judge in Virginia 12th Circuit,
1915-31; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1931-36; appointed 1931; died in
office 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, of emphysema,
in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., August
16, 1936 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
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Kit Francis Clardy (1892-1961) —
also known as Kit F. Clardy; "Michigan's
McCarthy" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Palos Verdes Estates, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Butler, Bates
County, Mo., June 17,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Creston Transfer
Company; director, Truckaway
Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1953-55; defeated,
1950, 1954, 1956.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died in Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
5, 1961 (age 69 years, 80
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Frank Cody (1870-1946) —
of Michigan.
Born in Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich., December
31, 1870.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1914-43; resigned 1943.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1946
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1927 |
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Andrew W. Comstock (b. 1838) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., October
5, 1838.
Democrat. Lumber
manufacturer; banker; shipowner;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1880,
1892;
president of railroads.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock; married, July 14,
1869, to Lillie J. Little; father of Caroline Comstock (who
married Henry
Allyn Haigh). |
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Edwin F. Conely (b. 1847) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
7, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1880,
1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Michigan Gold
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William S. Conely and Eliza (O'Connor) Conely; married, December
9, 1873, to Achsah Butterfield; married, May 9,
1882, to Fanny Butterfield. |
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Homeopathic
physician; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936;
candidate in Democratic primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) —
also known as D. L. Crossman —
of Dansville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1836.
Republican. Postmaster;
miller;
banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., March 7,
1901 (age 64 years, 123
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview
Cemetery, Dansville, Mich.
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John Daprato (b. 1852) —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Barga, Italy,
1852.
Republican. Hatter;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Dickinson County, 1913-20,
1931-34.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert W. Dimmers Jr. (b. 1904) —
of Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Hillsdale, Hillsdale
County, Mich., July 25,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer; Hillsdale
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-40; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale District, 1945-48;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1952.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert W. Dimmers and Cora (Bailey) Dimmers; married to Kathleen
McFarland. |
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William G. Doty (1852-1919) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
6, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in 1919
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Doty and Rhoda Jane (Brown) Doty; married, June 26,
1877, to Kate Westcott; grandson of Samuel
Doty. |
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Bradford Kirk Durfee (1838-1916) —
also known as Bradford K. Durfee —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
25, 1838.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 29th District, 1879-83; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1892.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Glen Arbor, Leelanau
County, Mich., July 19,
1916 (age 78 years, 116
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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W. Scott Ensign (1909-1983) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
28, 1909.
Democrat. President,
Battle Creek Federation of Labor, 1956-62; vice-president,
AFL-CIO Calhoun County Council, 1962-64; printing
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 48th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; International
Typographical Union.
Died in 1983
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John S. Estabrook (b. 1829) —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Alden, Erie
County, N.Y., January
22, 1829.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1880;
mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1884-86.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward William Fehling (1880-1957) —
also known as Edward W. Fehling —
of St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., June 27,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; Clinton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-20; director and attorney for
Farmers State Savings Bank, and
State Bank of
St. Johns; member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1935-38; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1938; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 29th Circuit, 1941 (primary), 1942.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died, in Clinton Memorial Hospital,
St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich., August
10, 1957 (age 77 years, 44
days).
Interment at Sowle
Cemetery, Near Maple Rapids, Clinton County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Otto Fehling and Helen (Newman) Fehling; married, June 7,
1908, to Mary G. Boyle. |
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Robert Gardner Ferguson (1858-1949) —
also known as Robert G. Ferguson —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brampton, Ontario,
October
22, 1858.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; president, First National Bank of
Sault Ste. Marie; director, Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railway
Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., March 5,
1949 (age 90 years, 134
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Ferguson and Catherine (Golden) Ferguson; married 1885 to
Christenna Helen Bain. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Orval Carl Finkbeiner (b. 1910) —
of Sandusky, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Sandusky, Sanilac
County, Mich., March
30, 1910.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; mayor of Sandusky.
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. German
ancestry. Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Finkbeiner and Alma (Strebe) Finkbeiner; married, February
10, 1941, to Thelma Roselpha Booth. |
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Fred Christian Fischer (1879-1963) —
also known as Fred C. Fischer —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Flat Rock, Wayne
County, Mich., November
12, 1879.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934; Wayne
County Superintendent of Schools, 1935-54.
Methodist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Ridgewood Osteopathic Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April
20, 1963 (age 83 years, 159
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Belleville, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Fischer and Eleanor (Alexander) Fischer; married, June 24,
1908, to Reva Ruthruff. |
| | | Fred C. Fischer Elementary
School (built 1957, closed 2011), in Taylor,
Michigan, was named for
him. — The former Fred C. Fischer Library,
in Belleville,
Michigan, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Carroll Fitch (1842-1899) —
also known as Charles C. Fitch —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cuylerville, Livingston
County, N.Y., July 19,
1842.
Democrat. Abstractor;
hardware
business; president, Mason Water and
Electric Light Company; Ingham
County Register of Deeds, 1885-88; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1889-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, June 28,
1899 (age 56 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur D. Gallery (1861-1943) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich., October
28, 1861.
Newspaper
publisher; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Tuscola
County, 1933.
Congregationalist;
later Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Rotary.
Died, in Caro Community Hospital,
Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich., October
3, 1943 (age 81 years, 340
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
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Edward Gayde (b. 1878) —
of Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., January
2, 1878.
Republican. Grocer; hardware
merchant; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 3rd District,
1915-18.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Entombed in mausoleum at Riverside
Cemetery, Plymouth, Mich.
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Horace Weldon Gilmore (1918-2010) —
also known as Horace W. Gilmore —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 4,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956-80; appointed 1956;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1972; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-91;
took senior status 1991.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP.
Died January
25, 2010 (age 91 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Girrbach (1890-1948) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
30, 1890.
Republican. School
teacher; general manager and vice-president, Soo Creamery;
secretary, Rudyard Woodworking
Corp.; vice-president, Centralgoma Iron Mines,
Ltd.; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1945-48; died in office 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947.
Member, Grange;
Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Suffered a head injury in an automobile
collision, and died the next day, in Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 24,
1948 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Interment at Crystal
Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Thomas Gunson (1858-1940) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Moffat, Dumfriesshire (now Dumfries and Galloway), Scotland,
1858.
Mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1909-14.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., 1940
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Blaine Willard Hatch (1889-1960) —
also known as Blaine W. Hatch —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 26,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Michigan, 1920-27; circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1927-59; appointed 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons
of Union Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, in Oaklawn Hospital,
Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
11, 1960 (age 71 years, 108
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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Henry Perry Henderson (1842-1909) —
also known as Henry P. Henderson —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Tully, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1842.
Democrat. Lawyer; bank
director; candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1876; law partner of George
M. Huntington, 1881-88; justice of
Utah territorial supreme court, 1886-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Utah Territory, 1892.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 3,
1909 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Harry Hermann (1872-1964) —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 9,
1872.
Republican. Plumber;
steamfitter;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1939-44, 1947-54 (Houghton County
1st District 1939-44, Houghton District 1947-54); defeated, 1936
(Houghton County 1st District), 1944 (Houghton District), 1954
(Houghton District).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1964
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) —
also known as Warren G. Hooper —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 2,
1904.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1939-44; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Kappa Nu; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
During a grand jury investigation,
admitted
to taking
bribes and was given immunity
from prosecution in return for his testimony against others;
however, four days before the hearing, he was shot and
killed
in his
car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson
County, Mich., January
11, 1945 (age 40 years, 254
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Harold B. Hughes (1911-1997) —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in Ithaca, Gratiot
County, Mich., July 7,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer; Clare
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1947-52; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1961-64; defeated in primary, 1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died, in Tender Care Nursing
Home, Clare, Clare
County, Mich., November
11, 1997 (age 86 years, 127
days).
Interment at Cherry
Grove Cemetery, Clare, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Ellis Hughes and Bertha (Bowen) Hughes; married, August
10, 1938, to Vivian Baughman. |
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James Jencks Jakway (1862-1949) —
also known as James J. Jakway —
of Benton Township, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich., May 20,
1862.
Democrat. Fruit
grower;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1913-14; defeated, 1902 (Berrien County 1st District), 1914 (Berrien
County 2nd District), 1916 (Berrien County 2nd District); supervisor
of Benton Township, Michigan, 1926-33; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1938-43; defeated, 1917.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in Berrien
County, Mich., August
13, 1949 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Crystal
Springs Cemetery, Benton Township, Berrien County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Jakway and Mary (Pearl) Jakway; married, July 9,
1888, to Nettie M. Closson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: News-Palladium (Benton
Harbor, Mich.), April 4, 1933 |
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Bela E. Kennedy (b. 1918) —
of Bangor, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Bangor, Van Buren
County, Mich., July 8,
1918.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1971-82 (54th District 1971-72,
45th District 1973-82); defeated in primary, 1970.
United
Methodist. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941 to Eleene
Price. |
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John E. Kennedy (1873-1931) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., December
20, 1873.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1927-31; died in office 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lake Orion, Oakland
County, Mich., April
30, 1931 (age 57 years, 131
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James H. Kennedy and Mary R. (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; married to
Jennie McPierson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Ingham County News,
November 7, 1929 |
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William Kettner (1864-1930) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
20, 1864.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from California 11th District, 1913-21; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1916,
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1928
(alternate).
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., November
11, 1930 (age 65 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Karl Drury Keyes (1867-1915) —
also known as Karl D. Keyes —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich., January
12, 1867.
Republican. Banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1907-08.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich., May 2,
1915 (age 48 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul H. King (b. 1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Arapahoe, Furnas
County, Neb., August
22, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
Michigan Republican Party, 1910-12; one of three receivers of the
Pere Marquette Railroad,
1914-17; campaign manager for U.S. Sens. Charles
E. Townsend and Truman
H. Newberry.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921) —
also known as Edward D. Kinne —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in DeWitt Center, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1875-77; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1888-1917; president, First
National Bank, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; president, Washtenaw Gas Co.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died July 25,
1921 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allan L. Lamphere (b. 1877) —
of Redford, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Vassar, Tuscola
County, Mich., May 25,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District,
1915-18.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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George Lewis (b. 1827) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., November
8, 1827.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County, 1873-74;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Ladd J. Lewis Jr. (b. 1871) —
of Sauquoit, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., July 5,
1871.
Republican. Manufacturer;
founder, Lewis Knitting
Co.; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Fidus Livermore (1811-1880) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Sangerfield, Oneida
County, N.Y., 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1843-44; candidate for mayor
of Jackson, Mich., 1859; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1860,
1872;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1874, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 28,
1880 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Abner Livermore and Melinda (Bassett) Livermore; married 1831 to
Caroline Sophia Lewis; married 1852 to Sarah
Eliza Lewis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Livingstone (b. 1844) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dundas, Ontario,
January
21, 1844.
Republican. Great Lakes
shipping business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1875; banker; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1900;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Bankers Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Livingstone and Helen (Stevenson) Livingstone; married 1866 to Susan
Downie. |
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Robert Bruce MacDonald (1889-1954) —
also known as Robert B. MacDonald —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich., September
16, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,
1919-30; defeated in primary, 1930; suffered a stroke in 1930 and was
confined to a wheelchair
for the rest of his life.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in 1954
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Calumet, Mich.
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William Charles Manchester (1873-1943) —
also known as William C. Manchester —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 4th District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1910-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 17,
1943 (age 69 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Mahoning County, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh A. Manchester and Rosannah (Squires) Manchester; married, December
27, 1898, to Margaret Katherine MacGregor. |
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Henry Addison Mandell (1861-1928) —
also known as Henry A. Mandell —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
16, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1902-28; appointed 1902; died in
office 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died January
13, 1928 (age 66 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Addison Mandell and Mary F. (Chittenden) Mandell. |
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James McCaren (1857-1932) —
of Carsonville, Sanilac
County, Mich.; Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Port Sanilac, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Carsonville, Sanilac
County, Mich., December, 1857.
Republican. Postmaster;
Sanilac
County Probate Judge, 1901-08; wholesale
grocer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Port Sanilac, Sanilac
County, Mich., November
28, 1932 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Homer McGraw (1856-1915) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Baltimore, Macomb
County, Mich., January
22, 1856.
Republican. Wool
business; wholesale
tobacco business; fire
insurance business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1915; died in office 1915.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
26, 1915 (age 59 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William T. McGraw (b. 1868) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Livonia Township (now Livonia), Wayne
County, Mich., May 12,
1868.
Republican. Wholesale
tobacco business; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1899-1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard McGraw and Jane (Chapman) McGraw; brother of Homer
McGraw; married, June 15,
1897, to Harriette Fuller. |
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George W. Millen (b. 1863) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
17, 1863.
Republican. Insurance
business; vice-president, Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Ann Arbor; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1919-20.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Ann Arbor Daily News, October 8, 1928 |
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Franklin Moore (1877-1927) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in St. Clair Township, St. Clair
County, Mich., 1877.
Republican. Salt
manufacturer; banker; mayor
of St. Clair, Mich., 1911; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Clair County 2nd
District, 1917-22; candidate for Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1922; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1924.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died, in Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 11,
1927 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.
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William Aaron Neithercut (b. 1889) —
also known as William A. Neithercut —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Clare, Clare
County, Mich., October
23, 1889.
Democrat. Principal, Michigan School for the Blind, 1909-13; lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1923; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1935; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Neithercut and Diana A. (Roloson) Neithercut; married, August
15, 1917, to Ethel N. Gerow. |
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Henry Wirt Newkirk (b. 1854) —
also known as H. Wirt Newkirk —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Kentucky; Luther, Lake
County, Mich.; Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
1, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Bay
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-92; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1907-10, 1917-18
(Osceola District 1893-94, Washtenaw County 1st District 1907-10,
1917-18); Washtenaw
County Probate Judge, 1897-1900; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1931-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1880 to
Eleanor J. Birkett. |
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Walter H. North (1871-1952) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Somerset Township, Hillsdale
County, Mich., November
1, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Calhoun
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1902-05; circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1906-27; resigned 1927; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1927-52; appointed 1927; died in
office 1952; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1929, 1936, 1944, 1952;
died in office 1952.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Rotary.
Died July 23,
1952 (age 80 years, 265
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Charles Gibb Oakman (1903-1973) —
also known as Charles G. Oakman —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
4, 1903.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1953-55; defeated,
1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar.
Died in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., October
28, 1973 (age 70 years, 54
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) —
also known as Ransom E. Olds —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 3,
1864.
Republican. Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor
Vehicle Company, maker of the first
commercially successful American-made automobile;
founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car
Company (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General
Motors, and Reo became part of truck
manufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of several hotels;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., August
26, 1950 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married, June 5,
1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed of
Martin
Olds. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Olds Hall
(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),
Michigan State University,
East
Lansing, Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Oldsmar,
Florida, is named for
him. — R. E. Olds Park,
on the waterfront in Oldsmar,
FLorida, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Alfred Osborn (1858-1949) —
also known as Henry A. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Simcoe County, Ontario,
February
6, 1858.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1921-36;
defeated in primary, 1936.
Congregationalist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Grange.
Died in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., February
14, 1949 (age 91 years, 8
days).
Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
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Russell Cowles Ostrander (1851-1919) —
also known as Russell C. Ostrander —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
1, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; Ingham
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1877-80; Ingham
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 4th Circuit, 1885, 1887; mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1896-97; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1900;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1905-19; died in office 1919; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1911, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., September
12, 1919 (age 68 years, 11
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Samuel H. Pangborn (1874-1960) —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born near Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich., June 29,
1874.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died April
24, 1960 (age 85 years, 300
days).
Interment at Colfax
Cemetery, Bad Axe, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry F. Pangborn and Mary Ann (Noonan) Pangborn; married to
Jessie A. McAllister. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James S. Parker (1872-1937) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born near Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
15, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Genesee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-13; circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1925-37; died in office 1937.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Owosso Memorial Hospital,
Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
13, 1937 (age 64 years, 364
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Edward Wheeler Pendleton (1825-1889) —
also known as Edward W. Pendleton —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Broadalbin, Fulton
County, N.Y., December
13, 1825.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hotel-keeper;
merchant;
member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1879-80.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., May 18,
1889 (age 63 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harvey Aaron Penney (1866-1936) —
also known as Harvey A. Penney —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., April
26, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1915-16; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1917-26; defeated in primary, 1926.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., January
10, 1936 (age 69 years, 259
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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William Powell (b. 1830) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
31, 1830.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Marshall, Mich., 1876-77.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Powell and Docia (Boughton) Powell; married, March
18, 1853, to Martha L. Paddock; married to Anna Moeschler and
Sarah Francis Bacon. |
| | | Image source: History of Calhoun County
(1877) |
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Charles Edward Prettyman (1852-1928) —
also known as C. E. Prettyman —
of Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., October
13, 1852.
Railway
station agent; mayor of
Neosho, Mo., 1924-26; defeated, 1922, 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Neosho, Newton
County, Mo., June 23,
1928 (age 75 years, 254
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.
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Charles J. Rayner (1856-1911) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., September
14, 1856.
Republican. Businessman;
bank
director; candidate for mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1892.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from pernicious
anemia, in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., January
22, 1911 (age 54 years, 130
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Harper Julius Reed (1848-1912) —
also known as Harper Reed —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, November
11, 1848.
Republican. Mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1884-86, 1893-96, 1900-01; defeated, 1889, 1901.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., June 15,
1912 (age 63 years, 217
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Leonard C. Reid (b. 1887) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., May 6,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1940,
1944;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles W. Richardson (1872-1939) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Simcoe County, Ontario,
September
17, 1872.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1913-14, 1923-28 (Marquette
County 1st District 1913-14, 1923-26, Marquette County 1927-28);
member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1929-32; defeated in primary, 1932.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1939
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to Jennie
Sandie. |
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Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) —
also known as Friend W. Richardson; William
Richardson —
of California.
Born in Michigan, December
1, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; California
state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of
California, 1923-27.
Quaker.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
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William H. Rose (b. 1844) —
of Bath, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Bath, Clinton
County, Mich., July 25,
1844.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Clinton County 1st District,
1881-84; Michigan
land commissioner, 1905-08.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Mark Royal (1867-1945) —
also known as Harry M. Royal —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Mattawan, Van Buren
County, Mich., July 26,
1867.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; president, White Lake Canning Company; vice-president,
Oceana Canning Company; postmaster;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died July 15,
1945 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Henry Royal and Sarah Fidelia (Woodruff) Royal; married, December
27, 1888, to Isabella Johnston. |
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Frederick J. Russell (b. 1841) —
also known as Fred J. Russell —
of Hart, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Orion (now Lake Orion), Oakland
County, Mich., October
7, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; probate
judge in Michigan, 1870; circuit
judge in Michigan 14th Circuit, 1881-87, 1894-1905; appointed
1881; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 26th District,
1907-08.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Spencer Booth Russell (1846-1913) —
also known as Spencer B. Russell —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Jerusalem, Yates
County, N.Y., November
24, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1881-83.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., November
22, 1913 (age 66 years, 363
days).
Interment at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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John H. Sayers (1834-1924) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
January
18, 1834.
Republican. Tinsmith; hardware
merchant; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1879-81.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., March
21, 1924 (age 90 years, 63
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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George H. Shearer (1825-1894) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 9,
1825.
Builder;
lumber
manufacturer; brick and clay
tile manufacturer; flour mill
business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1885-87.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., October
20, 1894 (age 69 years, 103
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of George Shearer and Agnes (Buchanan) Shearer; brother of James
Buchanan Shearer; married 1850 to Maria
E. Herbut; married to Laura A. Herbut. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
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Israel C. Smith (1838-1899) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Denver,
Colo.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in 1838.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; hotel
proprietor; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th
Michigan District, 1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in 1899
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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John M. C. Smith (1853-1923) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
6, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-88; president, First National
Bank of
Charlotte, 1889-1923; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District,
1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1911-21, 1921-23; died
in office 1923.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights of
the Maccabees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., March
30, 1923 (age 70 years, 52
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Willard B. Smith (1838-1899) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., March 7,
1838.
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1878-80, 1887-88; defeated, 1888.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., 1899
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Ransom S. Smith and Emily B. (Burroughs) Smith; married, November
14, 1863, to Sarah F. North; married, October
5, 1898, to Jennie Phillips. |
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Edward D. Stair (b. 1859) —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Morenci, Lenawee
County, Mich., March
29, 1859.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; theatrical
manager; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Stair and Maryette (Beckwith) Stair; married, July 2,
1888, to Grace Crookson. |
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Charles Arthur Standiford (1866-1954) —
also known as Charles A. Standiford —
of Athens, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Sherwood Township, Branch
County, Mich., November
8, 1866.
Democrat. Justice of the peace; lawyer; postmaster;
real
estate and insurance
business; candidate for Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1922, 1930.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Leila Hospital,
Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
11, 1954 (age 87 years, 64
days).
Interment at North Sherwood Cemetery, Sherwood, Mich.
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Albert Edwin Stewart (b. 1847) —
also known as Albert E. Stewart —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; tugboat
master; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1897-1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Garrett G. Stewart and Charlotte (Kendrick) Stewart; married, June 19,
1884, to Minnie E. Tietsort. |
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Bert J. Storey (1880-1958) —
of Belding, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Stanton, Montcalm
County, Mich., April
13, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; hardware
merchant; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia County, 1939-50; chair of
Ionia County Republican Party, 1950; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1955-58; defeated in primary, 1952;
died in office 1958.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died January
13, 1958 (age 77 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield (1899-1972) —
also known as Arthur E. Summerfield —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Pinconning, Bay
County, Mich., March
17, 1899.
Republican. Real estate
business; oil
distributor; automobile
dealer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1944-52; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1952-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1953-61.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights Templar; Elks; Kiwanis;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April
26, 1972 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hills Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Summerfield and Cora Edith (Ellsworth) Summerfield;
married, July 22,
1918, to Miriam Wealthy Graim. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Eminent Americans
(1954) |
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Frank A. Towsley (1858-1919) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Galesburg, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April
11, 1858.
Republican. Physician;
candidate for mayor
of Midland, Mich., 1908 (Republican primary), 1910 (Independent),
1913 (Republican primary), 1914 (Republican primary).
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died, from myocarditis,
in the Sanitarium,
Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 23,
1919 (age 61 years, 103
days).
Interment at Midland
Cemetery, Midland, Mich.
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Hugh Edward Van de Walker (1876-1943) —
also known as Hugh E. Van de Walker —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., July 15,
1876.
Republican. Insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1924-28.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 8,
1943 (age 66 years, 267
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Byron Sylvester Waite (1852-1930) —
also known as Byron S. Waite —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Penfield, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
27, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1889-90, 1895-96; assistant
prosecuting attorney; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1899-1900; appointed 1899;
member, U.S. Board of General Appraisers, 1902-26; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-30; retired 1930.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Union
League.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
31, 1930 (age 78 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick A. Washburn (b. 1877) —
also known as Fred A. Washburn —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
10, 1877.
Republican. Manufacturer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1932-46.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Wilbur G. Watson (1895-1974) —
of Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich., July 6,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
dealer; mayor
of Traverse City, Mich., 1950.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich., April
18, 1974 (age 78 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich.
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William L. Webber (1825-1901) —
of Milford, Oakland
County, Mich.; East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ogden, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; Saginaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1854-56; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney; land commissioner and general
solicitor, Flint and Pere Marquette Railway,
1870-85; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1873-74; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1875; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1876
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
15, 1901 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James S. Webber and Phoebe (Smith) Webber; married 1849 to Nancy
M. Whithington. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
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William Walter Wedemeyer (1873-1913) —
also known as William W. Wedemeyer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
22, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Martin
J. Cavanaugh, from 1896; U.S. Consul in Georgetown, 1905; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1911-13; defeated,
1912; died in office 1913.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Accidentally drowned
in the harbor at Colón, Panama,
January
2, 1913 (age 39 years, 286
days); his remains were never
recovered.
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Merlin Wiley (1875-1963) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Shepherd, Isabella
County, Mich., May 7,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; Chippewa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-10; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1915-20; Michigan
state attorney general, 1921-23; resigned 1923.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died April
24, 1963 (age 87 years, 352
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
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C. Dodge Williams (1879-1945) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Brookfield Township, Eaton
County, Mich., October
18, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
director, Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Barry and Eaton Counties; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Eaton County, 1935-42;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died October
2, 1945 (age 65 years, 349
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Herbert E. Winsor (1850-1920) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Sterling Hill, Sterling, Windham
County, Conn., October
22, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1896;
circuit
judge in Michigan 37th Circuit, 1901-02; defeated, 1902.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1920 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Horace W. Winsor and Sabra (Gallup) Winsor; married, October
10, 1876, to Mary G. Eldredge. |
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Delbert Ernest Woolley (b. 1887) —
also known as Delbert E. Woolley —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Owendale, Huron
County, Mich., November
7, 1887.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 1st District,
1927-28.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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