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Politicians in Shoes, Leather, and Fur in Michigan

  Eugene Emery Beal (1846-1922) — also known as Eugene E. Beal — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Plainfield, Livingston County, Mich., February 26, 1846. Republican. Insurance agent; postmaster at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1890-94; boot and shoe merchant. Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., November 22, 1922 (age 76 years, 269 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Emery Beal and Sophronia (Rice) Beal; brother of Rice Aner Beal; uncle of Junius Emery Beal and Emery Richard Beal; first cousin once removed of Porter Beal; second cousin of Joseph Lorenzo Beal; second cousin once removed of Clarence Lapham Lathrop; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Mason.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beal family of Michigan; Roosevelt family of New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Walter Henry Churchill (1838-1900) — also known as Walter H. Churchill — of Shelby, Oceana County, Mich. Born in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., April 27, 1838. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster; supervisor, Shelby Township, 1866, 1885; hardware business; boot and shoe merchant; banker; Oceana County Probate Judge, 1889-92. Died, from intestinal adhesions, in Shelby Township, Oceana County, Mich., June 23, 1900 (age 62 years, 57 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Churchill and Eliza Churchill; married 1859 to Jane P. Green; married 1869 to Lucada A. Carter; married 1874 to Sarah A. Hamlin.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Gartner — of Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Shoe merchant; mayor of Wyandotte, Mich., 1898-99. Burial location unknown.
  John Christian Guggisberg (d. 1946) — also known as John C. Guggisberg — of Gaylord, Otsego County, Mich. Born in Ingersoll, Ontario. Republican. Shoe merchant; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Cheboygan District, 1939-44; defeated, 1934, 1936, 1944; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944. Died in 1946. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1910 to Nellie Drummond.
  William Hatton (1864-1944) — of Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Mich. Born in Borris, County Carlow, Ireland, October 10, 1864. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; leather business; chair of Ottawa County Republican Party, 1920-38; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924 (alternate), 1928, 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Rotary. Died in 1944 (age about 79 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William R. D. Hatton and Mary Jane (Burroughs) Hatton; married, June 5, 1895, to Elizabeth Seaman; married, October 27, 1923, to Frances Whiting (daughter of Justin Rice Whiting (1847-1903); sister of Justin Rice Whiting (1886-1965)).
  Political family: Whiting family of St. Clair, Michigan.
  Collins Dwight Huntington (1830-1907) — also known as C. D. Huntington — of Mason, Ingham County, Mich. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., February 27, 1830. Democrat. Shoe business; candidate for mayor of Mason, Mich., 1879; sawmill owner. Member, Freemasons. Died in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., April 29, 1907 (age 77 years, 61 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Lyman Huntington and Minerva (Barto) Huntington; brother of George Milo Huntington; married, March 26, 1854, to Margaret Hannah Lewis; great-grandnephew of Samuel Huntington; sixth great-grandson of William Leete; first cousin twice removed of Samuel H. Huntington; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin once removed of Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington and Elisha Mills Huntington; second cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Henry Huntington, Frederick Wolcott, Gurdon Huntington and Zina Hyde Jr.; second cousin four times removed of Matthew Griswold and Samuel Gager; third cousin once removed of Charles Phelps Huntington and William Barret Ridgely; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Abel Huntington, Jabez Williams Huntington, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington, Thomas Worcester Hyde and Helen Huntington Hull; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams, James Hillhouse, Roger Griswold, Samuel R. Gager, Elijah Abel and Samuel Austin Gager; fourth cousin once removed of William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus, Theodore Davenport, Henry Titus Backus, Roger Wolcott, Charles Edward Hyde, Josiah Quincy, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William H. Jones (b. 1855) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., April 28, 1855. Republican. Shoe merchant; streetcar conductor; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1915-18. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1889 to Ida L. Gray.
  Austin N. Kimmis (1813-1897) — of Novi Township (now Novi), Oakland County, Mich. Born in Washington County, N.Y., August 21, 1813. Shoemaker; farmer; Oakland County Sheriff, 1861-65; supervisor of Novi Township, Michigan, 1868-69. Died in 1897 (age about 83 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Kimmis; married, October 26, 1849, to Rhoda M. Coldren.
  John Ladue (1804-1854) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in New York, November 18, 1804. Tanner; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1850-51. Died December 1, 1854 (age 50 years, 13 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Jacob Martin (1861-1932) — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich. Born in Monroe, Monroe County, Mich., May 4, 1861. Democrat. Shoe merchant; fire chief; mayor of Monroe, Mich., 1901-03, 1909-11, 1932; died in office 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916 (alternate), 1924; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Monroe County; elected 1926; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1929. German ancestry. Died December 12, 1932 (age 71 years, 222 days). Burial location unknown.
  Matthew Max — also known as Matt Max — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; shoe merchant; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1929-34; postmaster. Member, Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
Hazen S. Pingree Hazen Stuart Pingree (1840-1901) — also known as Hazen S. Pingree; "The Potato Mayor" — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Denmark, Oxford County, Maine, August 30, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; boot and shoe manufacturer; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1890-97; Governor of Michigan, 1897-1900. English ancestry. Died June 18, 1901 (age 60 years, 292 days). Original interment somewhere in Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; statue at Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Jasper Pingree and Adeline (Bryant) Pingree; married 1872 to Frances A. Gilbert; relative *** of Samuel Everett Pingree.
  Cross-reference: George A. Loud — Ralph Stone
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1901
  William C. Reinhardt — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Republican. Shoe merchant; candidate for mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1899. Burial location unknown.
  Andrew Robison (1800-1879) — of Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Ontario County, N.Y., November 18, 1800. Farmer; tanner; currier; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 4th District, 1859-60. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died January 27, 1879 (age 78 years, 70 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Robison; father of John J. Robison.
  William Romano (1911-1966) — of Van Dyke (now part of Warren), Macomb County, Mich. Born in Cherokee, Crawford County, Kan., January 22, 1911. Democrat. Deputy sheriff; police chief; restaurant business; shoe merchant; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1945-64 (Macomb County 2nd District 1945-54, Macomb County 1st District 1955-64); member of Michigan state senate 27th District, 1965-66. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Eagles. At the scene of a hotel fire, he lifted up a heavy fire hose which had pinned a woman to a car; then suffered a fatal heart attack, 1966 (age about 55 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, November 27, 1937, to Angela Tranchida.
  William H. Tomlinson (b. 1881) — also known as Will Tomlinson — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in Oscoda, Iosco County, Mich., 1881. Republican. Leather business; mayor of Bay City, Mich., 1936-44; defeated, 1921, 1923; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1938. Burial location unknown.
  John E. Van Eps (1822-1908) — of Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich. Born in Madison, Madison County, N.Y., January 15, 1822. Democrat. Tanner; mayor of Mt. Clemens, Mich., 1885-87. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich., November 3, 1908 (age 86 years, 293 days). Interment at Clinton Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of John Van Eps; married, February 2, 1848, to Ada Isola Traver; father of Celia E. Van Eps (who married George W. Robertson), Marie Helen Van Eps (who married Spencer Booth Russell) and Ada Mabelle Van Eps (who married William Crosley Tennant).
  Political family: VanEps family of Mt. Clemens and Clinton Township, Michigan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Norbert F. Yaeger Norbert F. Yaeger (b. 1895) — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich. Born in Monroe, Monroe County, Mich., June 6, 1895. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; shoe merchant; mayor of Monroe, Mich., 1950-51. Member, American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: Monroe Evening News, December 6, 1949
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