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Oliver Holt Adams (1860-1946) —
also known as Oliver H. Adams —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Coe Township, Isabella
County, Mich., April
28, 1860.
Republican. Farmer;
lumber business; banker; Isabella
County Treasurer, 1901-02; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1905-08.
Died in 1946
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884,
1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); Governor of
Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Alexander S. Anderson (1811-1879) —
of Claybanks Township, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Maine, March
23, 1811.
Lumber business; farmer; Oceana
County Clerk and Register of Deeds, 1859-60; Oceana
County Treasurer, 1861-62.
Died in Claybanks Township, Oceana
County, Mich., December
29, 1879 (age 68 years, 281
days).
Interment at Claybanks Cemetery, Claybanks Township, Oceana County, Mich.
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Andrew F. Anderson (b. 1857) —
of Omena, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Blekinge, Sweden,
October
3, 1857.
Lumberman; merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Leelanau District, 1915-18;
defeated (Independent), 1918.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Newell Avery (1817-1877) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jefferson, Lincoln
County, Maine, October
12, 1817.
Republican. Lumber merchant; village
president of Port Huron, Michigan, 1855; mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1859; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1872.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1877 (age 59 years, 152
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, 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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Frederick Kessler Baker (b. 1861) —
also known as Fred K. Baker —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Fleming, Cayuga
County, N.Y., January
5, 1861.
Republican. Banker;
lumber business; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucius K. Baker (1855-1929) —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, August
16, 1855.
Republican. Lumber business; mayor
of Ludington, Mich., 1892.
Episcopalian.
Died February
5, 1929 (age 73 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward P. Baker and Paulina (Bloss) Baker; married 1882 to May C.
Foster. |
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William Hazen Ball (1858-1922) —
also known as William H. Ball —
of Coloma, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Boylston, Worcester
County, Mass., August
24, 1858.
Republican. Banker; coal
and lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1909-12.
Died in 1922
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Coloma Cemetery, Coloma, Mich.
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Adam Beattie (1833-1893) —
of Ovid, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., November
26, 1833.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
owner; member of Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1873-74; postmaster.
Congregationalist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 26,
1893 (age 59 years, 212
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ovid, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary E. Hand. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Past and Present of
Washtenaw County (1906) |
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Josiah Williams Begole (1815-1896) —
also known as Josiah W. Begole —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y., January
20, 1815.
School
teacher; farmer; Genesee
County Treasurer, 1856-64; lumber business; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1871-72; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874, 1880; Governor of
Michigan, 1883-84; defeated (Fusion), 1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., June 5,
1896 (age 81 years, 137
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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James T. Bennett (b. 1857) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., February
21, 1857.
Republican. Merchant;
lumber business; Chippewa
County Treasurer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa County, 1907-08.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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D. Stephen Benzie (b. 1893) —
of Norway, Dickinson
County, Mich.
Born in Norway, Dickinson
County, Mich., March
10, 1893.
Democrat. Road
contractor; lumber business; member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1940;
charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting
bribes; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1913 to
Lillian Wilson. |
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Robert R. Blacker (1845-1931) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in 1845.
Democrat. Lumber business; mayor
of Manistee, Mich.; elected 1889; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1891-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1896.
Died in 1931
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Lyman Warren Bliss (1836-1907) —
also known as Lyman W. Bliss; "Doctor
Joy" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., July 12,
1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
lumber business; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1879-81, 1888-89; defeated, 1890.
Died in a hospital
at San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
19, 1907 (age 70 years, 222
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Bliss and Anna M. (Chaffee) Bliss; brother of Aaron
Thomas Bliss; married, July 27,
1858, to Mary Jerome; married, September
18, 1877, to Harriett (Granger) Miller; married, November
2, 1892, to May Cummiskey; granduncle of Aaron
Tyler Bliss; third cousin of Frank
Dickinson Blodgett. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Blodgett-Whedon
family of Killingworth, Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Delos Abiel Blodgett (1825-1908) —
also known as Delos A. Blodgett —
of Hersey, Osceola
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Otsego, Otsego
County, N.Y., March 3,
1825.
Republican. Lumber merchant; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1880,
1892,
1900.
Founder of towns in Michigan: Baldwin, Evart, and Hersey.
Died, from arteriosclerosis,
in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
1, 1908 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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John Wood Blodgett (1860-1951) —
also known as John W. Blodgett —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Hersey, Osceola
County, Mich., July 26,
1860.
Republican. Lumber and timber business; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1900-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1908,
1924,
1932;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Died in East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
21, 1951 (age 91 years, 118
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Nathan Ball Bradley (1831-1906) —
also known as Nathan B. Bradley —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass., May 28,
1831.
Republican. Lumber business; salt
industry; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1865; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1867-68; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1873-77.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., November
8, 1906 (age 75 years, 164
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Clarence Bennett Buckman (1851-1917) —
also known as Clarence B. Buckman; C. B.
Buckman —
of Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born near Newtown, Bucks
County, Pa., April 1,
1851.
Republican. Farmer;
lumber business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 30, 1881-82; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1883-90, 1899-1902 (39th District 1883-90, 48th
District 1899-1902); U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1903-07.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., March 1,
1917 (age 65 years, 334
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Little Falls, Minn.
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Zephaniah Webster Bunce (1787-1889) —
also known as Zephaniah W. Bunce —
of St.
Clair County, Mich.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., November
14, 1787.
Member
Michigan territorial council from St. Clair County, 1824-27; postmaster;
lumber mill business.
Died in St. Clair
County, Mich., October
8, 1889 (age 101 years,
328 days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) —
also known as "The Lone Pine of
Michigan" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pike, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
26, 1831.
Lumber and timber business; railroad
builder; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1867-68; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872,
1880;
Fusion candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1888; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1893-94; defeated (Democratic), 1904,
1908; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1900; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1900,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); Democratic candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1907-08.
Died, from stomach
trouble, in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., March 2,
1919 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Charles J. Byrns (b. 1861) —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Altona, Clinton
County, N.Y., January
6, 1861.
Republican. Lumber business; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 2nd
District, 1901-08.
Catholic.
Member, Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Royal
Arcanum; Maccabees;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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John Campbell —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Democrat. Sawmill owner; mayor
of Muskegon, Mich., 1907-09.
Burial location unknown.
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William Lucius Case (1856-1933) —
also known as William L. Case —
of Benzonia, Benzie
County, Mich.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, August
21, 1856.
Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Leelanau District, 1919-22;
member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1923-26; defeated in primary, 1926;
Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wexford
District, 1933.
Died in Benzonia, Benzie
County, Mich., June 26,
1933 (age 76 years, 309
days).
Interment at Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzonia, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucius William Case and Emeline Rebecca (Fitts) Case; married, October
30, 1890, to Marietta Hubbell; father of Leonard
Leach Case; first cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin four times removed of Aaron
Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams; second cousin four times removed of Noah
Phelps; third cousin of Joseph
Wells Holcomb; third cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case, Hiram
Bidwell Case and Edmond
Alfred Holcomb; third cousin twice removed of Greene
Carrier Bronson, John
Russell Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Francis
William Kellogg and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Jason
Kellogg, Augustus
Pettibone, Charles
Kellogg, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Elisha
Phelps, Timothy
Merrill, Rufus
Pettibone, Amos
Pettibone and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin of Nelson
Platt Wheeler and William
Egbert Wheeler; fourth cousin once removed of Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, Selah
Merrill and Alexander
Royal Wheeler. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clyde C. Chittenden (1860-1953) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.; Lake City (now part of Seattle), King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
sawmill owner; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1895-96; circuit
judge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1900-09.
Died in Lake City (now part of Seattle), King
County, Wash., April
12, 1953 (age about 92
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Acacia
Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fletcher Chittenden and Mary Jane (Wheeler) Chittenden;
married to Grace Guild. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Omar Dwight Conger (1818-1898) —
also known as Omar D. Conger —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., April 1,
1818.
Republican. Lawyer;
lumber business; St.
Clair County Judge, 1850-54; member of Michigan
state senate, 1855-59 (31st District 1855-56, 26th District
1857-59); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1869-81 (5th District 1869-73, 7th
District 1873-81); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1880;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1881-87.
Died in Ocean City, Worcester
County, Md., July 11,
1898 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Thurber Cornell (1885-1954) —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Born in Tyrone Township, Livingston
County, Mich., October
24, 1885.
Republican. Farmer;
lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee District, 1945-48;
defeated in primary, 1938 (Livingston County), 1954 (Shiawassee
District); chair of
Livingston County Republican Party, 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Died August
18, 1954 (age 68 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869) —
also known as Henry H. Crapo —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., May 24,
1804.
Republican. Lumber business; built the Flint and Holly Railroad,
which later became part of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad;
mayor
of Flint, Mich., 1860-61; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1863-64; Governor of
Michigan, 1865-69.
Christian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 22,
1869 (age 65 years, 59
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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George J. Creen (1906-1973) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., January
31, 1906.
Democrat. Lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District;
elected 1932.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
27, 1973 (age 67 years, 27
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Creen; married 1925 to Martha
Hay Ramsay. |
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Jacob Cummer (b. 1823) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Canada,
1823.
Lumber business; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1878-79.
Burial location unknown.
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Wellington W. Cummer —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Lumber business; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1888-89.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter E. Curry (d. 1954) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
General manager, Cobbs & Mitchell, lumber manufacturers; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1934-39; defeated, 1939.
Died in 1954.
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Chauncey Davis (1812-1888) —
of Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis.; Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., March
15, 1812.
Republican. Lumberman; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Muskegon County, 1861-64; mayor
of Muskegon, Mich., 1870-71, 1872-73.
Died February
9, 1888 (age 75 years, 331
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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George B. Davis (b. 1858) —
of Utica, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 23,
1858.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Macomb County 1st District,
1895-98; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Grant Decker (1814-1890) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Deckertown (now Sussex), Sussex
County, N.J., February
4, 1814.
Merchant;
miller;
lumber business; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1855-56.
Episcopalian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 30,
1890 (age 76 years, 176
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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George E. Dewey (b. 1854) —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Pennline, Crawford
County, Pa., July 31,
1854.
Republican. Lumber business; implement
dealer; Oceana
County Register of Deeds; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1905-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred A. Diggins (c.1862-1914) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born near Harvard, McHenry
County, Ill., about 1862.
Republican. Lumber business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1892,
1912;
mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1892-94, 1896-1900.
Died in Wexford
County, Mich., July 7,
1914 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin Diggins and Ellen (Blodgett) Diggins. |
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George Albert Dockeray (b. 1852) —
also known as George A. Dockeray —
of Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Orleans
County, N.Y., March 9,
1852.
Lumber business; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 17th District, 1914, 1916.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Dockeray and Lucy (White) Dockeray; married, June 28,
1899, to Edith C. Paine. |
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Harlan J. Dudley (b. 1853) —
of Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.
Born in Newfield, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
27, 1853.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; shingle manufacturer; wholesale lumber
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo County, 1897-1900;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Burial location unknown.
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James Madison Edmunds (1810-1879) —
also known as James M. Edmunds —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., August
23, 1810.
Dry goods
merchant; supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1838-39; member of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1840-41; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1846-47;
Whig candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1847; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; lumber
business; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1855-61; Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1861-66; postmaster at Washington,
D.C., 1869-79.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
14, 1879 (age 69 years, 113
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William L. Fay —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New York.
Lumber business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1868.
Burial location unknown.
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Spencer Oliver Fisher (1843-1919) —
also known as Spencer O. Fisher —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Camden, Hillsdale
County, Mich., February
3, 1843.
Democrat. Lumber business; mayor
of West Bay City, Mich., 1883-85; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1885-89; defeated,
1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1894; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., June 1,
1919 (age 76 years, 118
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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James K. Flood (b. 1846) —
of Hart, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Oxford County, Ontario,
of American parents, July 24,
1846.
Republican. Druggist; banker;
lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oceana County, 1895-96;
member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1897-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Oramel B. Fuller (1858-1935) —
of Ford River, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
22, 1858.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Delta District, 1893-98;
member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1901-04, 1907-08; injured in a fall
at the entrance to his home, about 1905, and paralyzed;
used a wheelchair
for the rest of his life; Michigan
state auditor general, 1909-32; defeated, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
4, 1935 (age 77 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Obadiah Gardner (1852-1938) —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Born near Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., September
13, 1852.
Democrat. Farmer;
lumber business; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1908; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1912;
delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Knox County,
1933.
Universalist.
Member, Grange;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 24,
1938 (age 85 years, 314
days).
Interment at Achorn
Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
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Henry Harrison Getty (1836-1919) —
also known as Henry H. Getty —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., September
20, 1836.
Lumber business; mayor
of Muskegon, Mich., 1873-74.
Died in Paris, France,
March
28, 1919 (age 82 years, 189
days).
Entombed at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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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John R. Gordon (b. 1851) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Silver Hill, Ontario,
February
15, 1851.
Republican. Lumberman; hotelier;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 1st
District, 1899-1902, 1905-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Humphrey Snell Gray (b. 1869) —
also known as Humphrey S. Gray —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Huron County, Ontario,
September
8, 1869.
Republican. Lumber inspector; lawyer; Mason
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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William Green (1880-1956) —
of Hillman, Montmorency
County, Mich.
Born in Montmorency
County, Mich., March
26, 1880.
Republican. Lumberman; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Presque Isle District,
1929-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
indicted
for bribery
on December 2, 1944 (along with Frank
D. McKay); the case collapsed when the star witness, Sen. Warren
G. Hooper was murdered; indicted
again on different bribery
charges
on December 16, 1944; tried in
1945 and convicted;
sentenced
to three to five years in prison.
Died in 1956
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Perry Hannah (1824-1904) —
of Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Erie
County, Pa., September
22, 1824.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1856-57; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1872,
1880,
1888;
village
president of Traverse City, Michigan, 1881-86, 1887-95; mayor
of Traverse City, Mich., 1895-96; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan.
Died in Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich., August
16, 1904 (age 79 years, 329
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Traverse City, Mich.
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Michael Harris (b. 1852) —
of Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Ireland,
September
19, 1852.
Republican. Miner;
lumberman; merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Menominee County, 1905-10,
1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1872 to
Margaret Barry. |
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John Hawley (b. 1860) —
of Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich.
Born in Ontonagon, Ontonagon
County, Mich., November
11, 1860.
Democrat. Lumber business; real estate
business; Village president of Ontonagon, Mich.; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Hawley and Mary (Whelan) Hawley; married, January
12, 1893, to Isabell Welsch. |
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William E. Hill (1835-1897) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y., 1835.
Republican. Sawmill operator; sawmill equipment
manufacturer; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1890, 1892-93; appointed 1892.
Swedenborgian.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., October
18, 1897 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry H. Hinds (b. 1840) —
of Stanton, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born near Montrose, Susquehanna
County, Pa., October
9, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dry goods
merchant; real estate
business; lumber business; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1873-74.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Howard (1801-1878) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Hinsdale, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
15, 1801.
Dry goods
merchant; lumber business; Michigan
state treasurer, 1836-39; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1837; Michigan
state auditor general, 1839-40; banker.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 15,
1878 (age 76 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Howard (1833-1894) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 8,
1833.
Republican. Lumber business; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Clair County 2nd
District, 1873-76; mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1882; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1892-94; died in office 1894;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1892.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., May 24,
1894 (age 61 years, 77
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Howard and Nancy (Hubbard) Howard; married 1856 to
Elizabeth Experience Spalding. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article |
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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.
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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 |
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George D. Jackson (b. 1862) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Algonac, St. Clair
County, Mich., 1862.
Democrat. Lumber business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1891-95; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Burial location unknown.
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David Howell Jerome (1829-1896) —
also known as David H. Jerome —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
17, 1829.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hardware
merchant; lumber business; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-68 (27th District 1863-66, 26th District
1867-68); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1868;
member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 8th District, 1873; Governor of
Michigan, 1881-82; defeated, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Watkins Glen, Schuyler
County, N.Y., April
23, 1896 (age 66 years, 158
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Walter Hall Jobe (1872-1960) —
also known as Walter H. Jobe —
of Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Missouri, October
18, 1872.
Democrat. Lumber salesman; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1928.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
17, 1960 (age 87 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Otis Wells Johnson (b. 1855) —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Saugatuck, Allegan
County, Mich., March
12, 1855.
Republican. Lumber business; farm wagon
manufacturer; member of Wisconsin
state senate 3rd District, 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward P. Keep (b. 1848) —
of Tekonsha, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1848.
Republican. Lumber and coal
dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1899-1900; defeated, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis William Kellogg (1810-1879) —
also known as Francis W. Kellogg —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Worthington, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 30,
1810.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 2nd District,
1857-58; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1859-65 (3rd District 1859-63, 4th
District 1863-65); U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st
Alabama District, 1865-67; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1868-69.
Died in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, January
13, 1879 (age 68 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fulton
Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Giles Crouch Kellogg and Eunice Palmer (Cottrell) Kellogg;
married, March
24, 1832, to Emeline White; fifth great-grandnephew of Thomas
Welles; first cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Greene
Carrier Bronson, John
Russell Kellogg and George
Smith Catlin; third cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Fiske Kellogg, Joshua
Perkins, George
Isaac Sherwood, Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, David
B. Sherwood, Selah
Merrill and Eli
Coe Birdsey (1843-1929); third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Simeon
Baldwin, Carl
G. Sherwood, William
Lucius Case and Edward
Russell Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Leonard
Leach Case; fourth cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Silas
Condict, Abel
Merrill, James
Doolittle Wooster, Daniel
Upson, Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Eli
Coe Birdsey (1799-1843), Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, Benjamin
Doolittle, George
Bradley Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Austin
George Nettleton, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler and Benjamin
Baker Merrill. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Kelsey (b. 1866) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
15, 1866.
Republican. Lumber business; wheel
manufacturer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Kelsey and Jessie (Brabyn) Kelsey; married, April
23, 1893, to Margaret M. Dallas. |
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Angus W. Kerr (b. 1873) —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Canada,
1873.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,
1899-1902; Houghton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Kott (b. 1949) —
also known as Pete Kott —
of Eagle River, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., August
29, 1949.
Republican. Part-owner and operator of Kott's Hardwood
Flooring; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1993-2007 (24th District
1993-2003, 17th District 2003-07); Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 2003-04; arrested
in May 2007, along with Bruce
Weyhrauch and Vic
Kohring, and charged
with bribery
and extortion
over soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation
(including the promise of a job as a lobbyist),
in return for votes on an oil tax; tried
and convicted
in September 2007; sentenced
to six years in prison
and fined
$10,000.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Lesinski (1885-1950) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., January
3, 1885.
Democrat. Real estate
business; lumber business; banker; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1933-50; died in
office 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., May 27,
1950 (age 65 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Peter Lind (b. 1851) —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Sweden,
1851.
Republican. Lumber business; grocer; mayor
of West Bay City, Mich., 1896-1901; supervisor
of Bangor Township, Bay County, Michigan; elected 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Lind and Catherine Lind; married, November
23, 1892, to Ellen Croft. |
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William Seelye Linton (1856-1927) —
also known as William S. Linton —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
4, 1856.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 2nd District,
1887-88; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1890; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1892-94; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1893-97; defeated,
1896; postmaster at Saginaw,
Mich., 1898-1914; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Maccabees;
Foresters.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
22, 1927 (age 71 years, 291
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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John Christian Lodge (1862-1950) —
also known as John C. Lodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
12, 1862.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-10; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1922-23, 1924, 1928-30; defeated, 1929.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
6, 1950 (age 87 years, 178
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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George Lord (1815-1893) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., March
17, 1815.
Democrat. Sawmill business; druggist; railroad
ticket agent; insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1872;
mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1878.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., April
30, 1893 (age 78 years, 44
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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George Alvin Loud (1852-1925) —
also known as George A. Loud —
of Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Bainbridge, Geauga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1852.
Republican. Lumber business; staff member for Gov. Hazen
S. Pingree, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1903-13, 1915-17;
defeated, 1912.
English
ancestry.
Killed in an automobile
accident at Myrtle Point, Coos
County, Ore., November
13, 1925 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Au
Sable Cemetery, Oscoda, Mich.
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Alfred Edward Lucking (1856-1929) —
also known as Alfred Lucking —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ingersoll, Ontario,
December
18, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
timber business; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1903-05; defeated,
1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
1, 1929 (age 72 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Lucas Lugers (1853-1927) —
also known as Luke Lugers —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house, Laketown Township, Allegan
County, Mich., February
2, 1853.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 1st District,
1899-1902; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1907-08.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., December
25, 1927 (age 74 years, 326
days).
Interment at Graafschap
Cemetery, Holland, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Lugers and Henrietta (Brinkman) Lugers; married to
Lucretia A. Ellenbaas. |
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Gottlob Luick (b. 1846) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Lima Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
27, 1846.
Democrat. Carpenter;
co-owner, Ann Arbor Steam Planing Mill, makers of
lumber, lath, shingles, sash, doors; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1899-1901; defeated, 1901.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Luick and Katherine (Veck) Luick. |
| | | Image source: Past and Present of
Washtenaw County (1906) |
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Henry Elisha Martin (1847-1898) —
of Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.; Stevens Point, Portage
County, Wis.; Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., May 4,
1847.
Lumber business; mayor
of Stevens Point, Wis., 1889.
Presbyterian.
Died, from congestion of
the brain, in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., March
26, 1898 (age 50 years, 326
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alwyn Martin and Laura Ann (Jillson) Martin; married, June 18,
1874, to Lizzie Blanche Hildreth. |
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James J. McCormick (b. 1817) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1817.
Lumber business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1869.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander McEwan (b. 1856) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Bay
County, Mich., 1856.
Lumber business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1897-1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Duncan McRae (b. 1869) —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich., February
16, 1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
merchant;
lumber business; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1917-22.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Gleaners.
Burial location unknown.
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John Dolbeer Mershon (1872-1955) —
also known as John D. Mershon —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., August
16, 1872.
Democrat. Lumber business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee); postmaster at Saginaw,
Mich., 1933-48 (acting, 1933-34).
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., July 5,
1955 (age 82 years, 323
days).
Interment at Brady
Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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William Butts Mershon (1856-1943) —
also known as William B. Mershon —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., January
16, 1856.
Democrat. Lumber business; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1895-96; member of Michigan Gold Democratic
State Central Committee, 1899.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., July 12,
1943 (age 87 years, 177
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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James Monroe (b. 1819) —
also known as "Uncle Jim" —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Monroe
County, N.Y., December
25, 1819.
Republican. Lumber business; postmaster at Kalamazoo,
Mich., 1890-94, 1898-99; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1896-97.
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Moore —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
President, Michigan Forest Products Co.; treasurer and
director, Citizens Telephone
Co.; mayor
of Muskegon, Mich., 1913-15; defeated in Republican primary, 1915.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Waldo Muncy (1902-1992) —
also known as Ralph W. Muncy —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Monument, El Paso
County, Colo.; Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Cedar, Leelanau
County, Mich., April
26, 1902.
Socialist. Forester; engineer;
Socialist Labor candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1960; Socialist Labor
candidate for Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1951; member of Michigan
Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1953, 1965; secretary of
Michigan Socialist Labor Party, 1953; Socialist Labor candidate for
Michigan
state highway commissioner, 1953, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1958; Socialist Labor candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1959; Michigan Socialist Labor
state chair, 1961-69; Socialist Labor candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Washtenaw County
1st District, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1962 (at-large), 1968 (2nd
District); Socialist Labor candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1964; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1966.
English,
Scottish,
and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, following myocardial
infarction, at University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March
28, 1992 (age 89 years, 337
days). His body was
donated to the University of Michigan medical school.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.
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Thomas William Musson (b. 1867) —
also known as Thomas W. Musson —
of Edmore, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in England,
October
19, 1867.
Republican. Shingle weaver; farmer; banker; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Montcalm County; elected
1924, 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Pack (d. 1899) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in New York.
Lumber business; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1872.
Died in 1899.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Pack. |
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Charles Lathrop Pack (1857-1937) —
also known as Charles L. Pack —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Lexington, Sanilac
County, Mich., May 7,
1857.
Republican. Forester; president, American Forestry
Association, 1916-20; economist;
director, Seaboard National Bank, New
York; founder, Cleveland Trust Co.;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Forestry Association.
Died June 14,
1937 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Willis Pack and Frances (Farman) Pack; married 1886 to Alice
Gertrude Hatch. |
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Thomas Witherell Palmer (1830-1913) —
also known as Thomas W. Palmer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
25, 1830.
Republican. Merchant;
real
estate business; lumber business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1879-80; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1883-89; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1889-90.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 1,
1913 (age 83 years, 127
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Benjamin Franklin Partridge (1822-1892) —
also known as Benjamin F. Partridge —
of Portsmouth Township, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Shelby, Macomb
County, Mich., April
19, 1822.
Republican. Lumber business; real estate
business; farmer; historian;
Bay
County Sheriff; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
Michigan
land commissioner, 1877-78; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 2nd District,
1881-82.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grand
Army of the Republic; Grange.
Died in Portsmouth Township, Bay
County, Mich., October
19, 1892 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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William J. Pearson (1860-1950) —
of Boyne Falls, Charlevoix
County, Mich.
Born in London, Ontario,
May
10, 1860.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer;
lumber business; Charlevoix
County Sheriff; Charlevoix
County Register of Deeds; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Charlevoix County, 1909-12;
member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1923-26.
Died in 1950
(age about
90 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel A. Plummer (b. 1835) —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Maine, 1835.
Lumber business; mayor
of West Bay City, Mich., 1886-87.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Test Prescott (1884-1961) —
also known as Charles T. Prescott —
of Prescott, Ogemaw
County, Mich.
Born in Tawas City, Iosco
County, Mich., October
1, 1884.
Republican. Merchant;
lumber business; real estate
broker; rancher; cattle
breeder; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1947-61; died in office 1961;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from a pulmonary
embolism, in University of Michigan Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
24, 1961 (age 77 years, 23
days).
Interment at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Tawas City, Mich.
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Lawrence Price (b. 1843) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Tempolemore, County Tipperary, Ireland,
May
27, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; grocery and
produce business; owner, organizer, or manager of lumber,
hardware,
and dry
goods firms; president, Lansing Brewing
Company; president, Auto Body
Works; police
chief; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1915; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1916.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Price and Ann (Egan) Price; married 1867 to Mary
Ann Ryan; married 1888 to Julia
Bradford. |
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Robert Henry Rayburn (1866-1944) —
also known as Robert H. Rayburn —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in St. Clair
County, Mich., October
31, 1866.
Democrat. Lumber dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Alpena County, 1913-14;
defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1922; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1944
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Rayburn and Elizabeth (Steele) Rayburn; married 1902 to
Elizabeth Mason Wilkinson. |
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Orrin W. Robinson (b. 1834) —
of Chassell, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., August
12, 1834.
Republican. Lumber business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,
1895-96; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1897-98; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1899-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexis Moses Salliotte (1838-1905) —
also known as Alexis M. Salliotte —
of Ecorse, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ecorse, Wayne
County, Mich., August
1, 1838.
Republican. Lumber business; postmaster at Ecorse,
Mich., 1871; village
president of Ecorse, Michigan, 1902-03.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 19,
1905 (age 66 years, 291
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William C. Sanson (b. 1865) —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in La Crosse
County, Wis., 1865.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer;
lumber and timber business; Tuscola
County Treasurer, 1917-20; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1921-24.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas F. Schweigert (1917-2001) —
of Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
29, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
forester; surveyor;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1961-70 (29th District 1961-64, 37th District
1965-70).
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, of respiratory
failure, at Northern Michigan Hospital,
Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich., 2001
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Finley Secchia (1937-2020) —
also known as Peter F. Secchia —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Ferrysburg, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., April
15, 1937.
Republican. Chief executive, Universal Forest Products,
1971-89; owner of restaurants;
real
estate developer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1980-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1984,
2000
(alternate), 2004;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; U.S. Ambassador to
Italy, 1989-93.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from COVID-19
and other health issues, in East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., October
21, 2020 (age 83 years, 189
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) —
also known as Henry W. Seymour —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 21,
1834.
Lawyer;
farmer;
lumber manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Cheboygan District, 1881-82;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1883-84, 1887-88 (31st District 1883-84, 30th
District 1887-88); resigned 1888; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1888-89; defeated
(Democratic), 1896.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1906 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Seymour and Nancy (Pixley) Seymour; married, October
27, 1869, to Isabel Randell; married, June 30,
1875, to Elizabeth Craig; married, June 29,
1880, to Harriet L. Gillette; grandnephew of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and McNeil
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Ela
Collins and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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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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James Buchanan Shearer (1823-1896) —
also known as James Shearer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 12,
1823.
Builder;
lumber mill owner; banker;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1880-87.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., October
14, 1896 (age 73 years, 94
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of George Shearer and Agnes (Buchanan) Shearer; brother of George
H. Shearer; married 1850 to
Margaret J. Hutchison. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Record of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
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Carmi Reddick Smith (1862-1939) —
also known as Carmi R. Smith —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Girard, Branch
County, Mich., May 19,
1862.
Republican. Supplier of straw and pulp for paper
mills; lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1898; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1903, 1912-13; resigned 1903; defeated, 1913;
postmaster at Niles,
Mich., 1903-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1939
(age about
77 years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Mahlon A. Smith and Louise (Reddick) Smith; married 1890 to Mary
E. Stafford. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Justus Smith Stearns (1845-1933) —
also known as Justus S. Stearns —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Pomfret town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., April
10, 1845.
Republican. Lumber business; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1899-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1928
(Convention
Vice-President).
Died in Ludington, Mason
County, Mich., February
14, 1933 (age 87 years, 310
days).
Interment somewhere
in Ludington, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Heman S. Stearns; married 1869 to
Paulina Lyon. |
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Ross O. Stevens (1905-1967) —
of Atlanta, Montmorency
County, Mich.
Born in Atlanta, Montmorency
County, Mich., November
21, 1905.
Republican. Farmer;
lumberman; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Presque Isle District,
1960-64; defeated in primary, 1964.
Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1967
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick E. Stiles —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Democrat. Lumber dealer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1934; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1935; candidate for mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Justus Thorington (1848-1927) —
also known as Chet Thorington —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Prattsville, Greene
County, N.Y., February
20, 1848.
Democrat. Lumber and timber business; shingle
manufacturer; livery
business; farmer; Midland
County Sheriff, 1891-92; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1903-04; defeated, 1900;
candidate for mayor
of Midland, Mich., 1914.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Foresters;
Maccabees.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., September
26, 1927 (age 79 years, 218
days).
Interment at Midland
Cemetery, Midland, Mich.
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George H. Van Etten —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Lumber business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1871-73.
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar S. Wagar (b. 1850) —
of Edmore, Montcalm
County, Mich.
Born in Constantine, St. Joseph
County, Mich., August
30, 1850.
Republican. Lumber business; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Montcalm County 1st District,
1893-96; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1897-1900.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington (b. 1851) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Ireland,
1851.
Democrat. Lumberman; Bay
County Sheriff; mayor
of West Bay City, Mich., 1878; postmaster at Bay
City, Mich., 1887; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Burial location unknown.
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Orville A. Watrous (b. 1835) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1835.
Republican. Shingle manufacturer; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1889-91.
Burial location unknown.
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James Watson —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Merchant;
lumber business; real estate
investor; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1866-67.
Burial location unknown.
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
also known as Adonijah S. Welch —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April
12, 1821.
Republican. First principal,
in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich.
(later Eastern Michigan University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber
mill at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president,
in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later
Iowa State University); college
professor; author.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
14, 1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Jay B. White (1869-1918) —
also known as Jay White —
of Michigan.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., January
1, 1869.
Lumber business; banker;
U.S. Consular Agent in Lucerne, 1899; U.S. Consul in Hanover, 1899-1906; Santos, 1909-11; Naples, 1914-18, died in office 1918; U.S. Consul General in Bogotá, 1906-09.
Died in Naples, Italy,
May
23, 1918 (age 49 years, 142
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lapeer, Mich.
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John F. Wood (1887-1976) —
of Luce
County, Mich.; Manistique, Schoolcraft
County, Mich.
Born in Garden, Delta
County, Mich., October
1, 1887.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Alger District, 1951-54;
defeated in primary, 1954.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Rotary.
Died in 1976
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank T. Woodworth (b. 1861) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Seneca
County, N.Y., 1861.
Republican. Lumber business; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1903-05.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Melville Youmans (1832-1920) —
also known as Henry M. Youmans —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Otsego, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 15,
1832.
Democrat. Lumber manufacturer; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1886-88; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1891-93; defeated,
1892, 1902; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1897-98.
Died in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., July 8,
1920 (age 88 years, 54
days).
Interment at Brady
Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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