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Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) —
also known as Malcolm G. Dade —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
27, 1903.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1991 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie Jean
Denham; father of Malcolm
G. Dade Jr.. |
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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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Frank Peter Darin (1899-1958) —
also known as Frank P. Darin —
of River Rouge, Wayne
County, Mich.; Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born, of American parents, in Laggio, Italy,
September
21, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
municipal judge in Michigan, 1921-23; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,
1925-32; defeated in primary, 1948; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1932; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1934; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died January
28, 1958 (age 58 years, 129
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Victor Darin and Rose Marie Pagnetto; married, September
21, 1925, to Marie D'Seppo. |
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Archibald Bard Darragh (1840-1927) —
also known as Archibald B. Darragh —
of St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in La Salle Township, Monroe
County, Mich., December
23, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; banker; Gratiot
County Treasurer, 1873-74; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1901-09; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1911.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Mich., February
21, 1927 (age 86 years, 60
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, St. Louis, Mich.
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James Edward Davidson (1865-1947) —
also known as James E. Davidson —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., December
7, 1865.
Republican. Shipbuilder;
financier;
director, Pere Marquette Railroad;
director, Cleveland Indians pro
baseball team; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915-19, 1927, 1939; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1944
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1923-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lake Placid, Essex
County, N.Y., July 25,
1947 (age 81 years, 230
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bay City, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Davidson and Ellen M. (Rogers) Davidson; married 1890 to June
Lolette Cobb; married, July 28,
1919, to Helen Forrest Knox. |
| | | Image source: Detroit Free Press, July
26, 1947 |
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John R. Davis (1841-1924) —
of Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in 1841.
Village
president of Petoskey, Michigan, 1894-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
4, 1924 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Petoskey, Mich.
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Robert William Davis (1932-2009) —
also known as Robert W. Davis; Bob Davis —
of St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich.; Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich.
Born in Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich., July 31,
1932.
Republican. Funeral
director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 106th District, 1967-70; member of
Michigan
state senate 37th District, 1971-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1979-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions;
Freemasons.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
16, 2009 (age 77 years, 77
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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William Dawson (b. 1845) —
of Sandusky, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Markham, Ontario,
1845.
Republican. Sanilac
County Clerk; Sanilac
County Register of Deeds; Sanilac
County Circuit Court Commissioner; Sanilac
County Probate Judge; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1904;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 20th District,
1907-08; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1911-13.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Herman Dehnke (1887-1979) —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Henry
County, Ohio, November
26, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; Alcona
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-27; circuit
judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1928-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1945; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Alpena District,
1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Grange.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., April
10, 1979 (age 91 years, 135
days).
Interment at Harrisville
Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Hermann Dehnke and Katherine (Sattler) Dehnke; married, September
1, 1913, to Maude Frances Dodge. |
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Clarence B. Dell (1899-1998) —
of Ozark, Mackinac
County, Mich.; St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich.
Born in Fibre, Chippewa
County, Mich., May 11,
1899.
Republican. Postmaster;
realtor;
Mackinac
County Treasurer, 1931-55, 1957-62; chair of
Mackinac County Republican Party, 1940-54; secretary to U.S. Rep.
Victor
A. Knox; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Chippewa
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
17, 1998 (age 99 years, 129
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Dell and Clarice (King) Dell; married to Irene A.
Davis. |
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Harry A. DeMaso (1921-2015) —
also known as Aristide Augustino DeMaso —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., February
24, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; supervisor
of Battle Creek Township, Michigan, 1952-65; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-66 (Calhoun County 2nd
District 1957-64, 45th District 1965-66); defeated in primary, 1954;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1967-86.
Methodist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., January
9, 2015 (age 93 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Denby (1870-1929) —
also known as Ned Denby —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
18, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,
1910; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1917; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of State
Albert
B. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to the
Interior Department; Fall then accepted large bribes
to sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the Teapot
Dome scandal;
in 1924, Denby was forced to
resign as Secretary of the Navy.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
8, 1929 (age 58 years, 356
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
24, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Mu Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel,
Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
16, 1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Martin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis); nephew of Edmond
Otis Dewey; first cousin four times removed of David
Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Glasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed of Luther
Waterman and Joshua
Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Eastman
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Abbott
family of Salinas, California; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | The Thomas E. Dewey Thruway,
which runs through Westchester,
Rockland,
Orange,
Ulster,
Greene,
Albany,
Schenectady,
Montgomery,
Herkimer,
Oneida,
Madison,
Onondaga,
Cayuga,
Seneca,
Ontario,
Monroe,
Genesee,
Erie,
and Chautauqua
counties in New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political
Leadership — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Bert A. Dickerson (1878-1951) —
of Constantine, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Constantine Township, St. Joseph
County, Mich., April 8,
1878.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Joseph District, 1949-51;
died in office 1951.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Grange.
Died December
16, 1951 (age 73 years, 252
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1976
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Freemasons; American
Legion.
First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months.
Died, of a stroke,
at Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Charles M. Diggs (1899-1959) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., September
13, 1899.
Democrat. Minister;
grocer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1948, 1950; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 9th District,
1955-58; defeated in primary, 1952 (Wayne County 1st District), 1958
(Wayne County 9th District).
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1959
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Hawkins. |
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Herman Henry Dignan (1890-1956) —
also known as Herman H. Dignan —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., 1890.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1935-38;
member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1939-42; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1940,
1944;
secretary
of state of Michigan, 1943-46.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in 1956
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Nell T. 'Nelly' Haley. |
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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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Fred R. Dingman (1889-1959) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hillsdale
County, Mich., April 1,
1889.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1941-46, 1949-59 (Wayne County
1st District 1941-46, 1949-54, Wayne County 10th District 1955-59);
defeated, 1946; died in office 1959.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
23, 1959 (age 69 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael A. Dively (b. 1938) —
of Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
12, 1938.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 104th District, 1969-74; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Elks.
Still living as of 1974.
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Leland Ira Doan (1894-1974) —
also known as Leland I. Doan —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in North Bend, Dodge
County, Neb., November
9, 1894.
Republican. President, Dow Chemical
Company, 1949-62; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1952-59; director, Michigan Bell Telephone
Company; director, National Bank of
Detroit.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., April 4,
1974 (age 79 years, 146
days).
Interment at Midland
Cemetery, Midland, Mich.
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Francis Henry Dodds (1858-1940) —
also known as Francis H. Dodds —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born near Waddington, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 9,
1858.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1909-13; defeated,
1912.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., December
23, 1940 (age 82 years, 197
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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Peter F. Dodds (b. 1849) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., January
4, 1849.
School
teacher; lawyer; law
partner of Isaac
A. Fancher, 1875-82; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1894-1917.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Luke Dodge (1853-1929) —
also known as Frank L. Dodge —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
22, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1883-86; candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1890, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1908, 1914, 1920,
1926; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
24, 1929 (age 76 years, 63
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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George Anthony Dondero (1883-1968) —
also known as George A. Dondero —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., December
16, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Royal Oak, Mich., 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1933-57 (17th District 1933-53,
18th District 1953-57).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., January
29, 1968 (age 84 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Royal Oak, Mich.
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Robert M. Donnelly (b. 1845) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Concord, Franklin
County, Pa., 1845.
Accountant;
merchant;
mayor
of Alpena, Mich., 1883.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Dean B. Doty (1919-1998) —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., August
3, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; florist;
chair
of Eaton County Republican Party, 1956-60; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Eaton District,
1961-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 79 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Mark Doty and Gladys (Walsh) Doty; married to Roberta Boswoth;
great-grandson of Philo
Doty. |
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Donald D. Doty (1923-2005) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich., November
11, 1923.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Monroe County,
1961-62.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Grange.
Died July 9,
2005 (age 81 years, 240
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, La Salle, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Guy Doty and Elsie (Reber) Doty; married to Beverly Mae
Carr. |
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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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Hugh Drummond (b. 1877) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Stirlingshire, Scotland,
October
9, 1877.
Republican. Carpenter;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,
1922.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Carpenters
Union; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Luis Miller Dunckel (1899-1975) —
also known as Miller Dunckel —
of Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., February
11, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; automobile
wholesaler; member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1935-38; defeated in primary, 1932; Michigan
state treasurer, 1939-40; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1940.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons; American
Legion; Eagles;
Moose;
Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died of pneumonia
in 1975
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Eternal
Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, Calif.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1939 |
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John M. Dunham (1888-1973) —
of East Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich., July 16,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Kent County
2nd District, 1933; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1941.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Kent Community Hospital,
Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
23, 1973 (age 84 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Harrison M. Dunham and Kittie (Parks) Dunham; married 1917 to
Frances Adeline Rogers; nephew of Major
L. Dunham. |
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William Dunham (1824-1905) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Isle, Grand Isle
County, Vt., March 6,
1824.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 30,
1905 (age 81 years, 116
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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George Dunn (1899-1977) —
of Pigeon, Huron
County, Mich.
Born July 3,
1899.
Republican. Farmer; Huron
County Treasurer, 1945-52; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1953-60;
defeated in primary, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died in 1977
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lorenzo Thurston Durand (1849-1917) —
also known as Lorenzo T. Durand —
of Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Morehouseville, Hamilton
County, N.Y., December
9, 1849.
Democrat. Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1879-82; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1902; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 10th Circuit, 1917.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
7, 1917 (age 67 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Raymond D. Dzendzel (b. 1921) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Port Clinton, Ottawa
County, Ohio, July 29,
1921.
Democrat. Business
representative, Carpenters Local 982; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 12th District,
1955-58; member of Michigan
state senate, 1959-70 (18th District 1959-64, 7th District
1965-70); defeated in primary, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Moose; Carpenters
Union.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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