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Albert M. Bielawski (b. 1867) —
of Cudahy, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Gary, Lake
County, Ind.; Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Poland,
January
17, 1867.
Architect;
superintendent of construction
for steel mills, 1907-12; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1929-30, 1935-36 (Wayne County
3rd District 1929-30, Wayne County 1st District 1935-36); defeated,
1926 (Republican primary, Wayne County 3rd District), 1930
(Democratic, Wayne County 3rd District), 1936 (Democratic primary,
Wayne County 1st District); candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1932.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Bielawski and Teresa (Mroczynska) Bielawski; married, June 12,
1894, to Hattie Banaszynska. |
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David Bing (b. 1943) —
also known as Dave Bing —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
24, 1943.
Played professional
basketball for the Detroit Pistons and other teams, 1966-75;
named to the Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1990; founder, president, and chairman of Bing
Steel (later, The Bing Group), supplier to automobile
manufacturers; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2009-13.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Clarence V. Brown (b. 1879) —
also known as C. V. Brown —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, March
21, 1879.
Republican. General manager, United States Pressed Steel Co.;
mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1916-20.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900 to Bessie
M. Cannan. |
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Robert Peter Brown (1909-1980) —
also known as Robert P. Brown —
of Ecorse, Wayne
County, Mich.; Baraga, Baraga
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
14, 1909.
Democrat. Foundry owner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,
1947-48.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles.
Died in Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich., November
6, 1980 (age 71 years, 237
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Felix Brown and Anna Brown. |
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Samuel J. Burpee (b. 1837) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., June 25,
1837.
Republican. Tinner; mayor
of Marshall, Mich., 1873-74; postmaster at Marshall,
Mich., 1874-84.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Stanford Burpee and Mary Ann (Cummings) Burpee; married, August
30, 1856, to Mary Elizabeth Van Blarcon. |
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Howard Aldridge Coffin (1877-1956) —
also known as Howard A. Coffin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., June 11,
1877.
Republican. Sales representative, Ginn & Company book
publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car
Company, 1911-13; regional manager, Firestone Tire
and Rubber
Company, 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed Steel Company,
1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car
Company, 1921-25; vice-president, later president, White Star Oil
Refining Company, 1925-33; division manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil
Company, 1933; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1944, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
28, 1956 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Arthur W. Edwards (c.1876-1932) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Flat Rock, Wayne
County, Mich., about 1876.
Lawyer;
metal products business; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1932; died in office 1932.
Died, following an attack of
apoplexy, in a hospital
at Chatham, Ontario,
August
12, 1932 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Henry J. Eikhoff (b. 1861) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
19, 1861.
Republican. Metal polisher; president,
Metal Polishers International Union of America; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1897-1900.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Dexter Mason Ferry (1833-1907) —
also known as Dexter M. Ferry —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., August
8, 1833.
Republican. Founder and president, D. M. Ferry seed
company; president, American Harrow
Company; director, Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mills;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892,
1904;
Michigan
Republican state chair, 1896-99.
Died, from heart
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
10, 1907 (age 74 years, 94
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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George H. Fischer (1910-1994) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., June 11,
1910.
Republican. President, Harris and Fischer Iron Works; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1953-55.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died May 12,
1994 (age 83 years, 335
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Fischer and Ottilie (Becker) Fischer; married, August
6, 1931, to Eva Langenecker. |
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Michael Ganley (born c.1828) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ireland,
about 1828.
Engineer
for Wyandotte Rolling Mill; fire
chief; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1881-82.
Burial location unknown.
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George Girrbach (1890-1948) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
30, 1890.
Republican. School
teacher; general manager and vice-president, Soo Creamery;
secretary, Rudyard Woodworking
Corp.; vice-president, Centralgoma Iron Mines,
Ltd.; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1945-48; died in office 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947.
Member, Grange;
Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Suffered a head injury in an automobile
collision, and died the next day, in Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 24,
1948 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Interment at Crystal
Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Benjamin Harrison (1889-1948) —
also known as William B. Harrison —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 28,
1889.
Republican. Insurance
adjuster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
secretary-treasurer, Foundry Products Co.; president, Kentucky
Refrigerating Co.; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1927-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Zeta
Psi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Wequetonsing, Emmet
County, Mich., July 13,
1948 (age 58 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Lyman A. Holmes (b. 1858) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
7, 1858.
Republican. Worked in railway
construction and as superintendent of foundries;
vice-president, Romeo Savings Bank;
member of Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1917-20.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) —
also known as George M. Humphrey —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., March 8,
1890.
Lawyer;
president, M.A. Hanna Company (mining and
processing iron and nickel ores), 1929-52; chairman of
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal
Company; chairman, Executive Committee, National Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in University Hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
20, 1970 (age 79 years, 318
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Thomas Jewel (born c.1842) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in England,
about 1842.
Employed by Wyandotte Iron Company; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1871-72; resigned 1872.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Henry Kempf (1831-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Kempf —
of Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Trumbauersville, Bucks
County, Pa., January
1, 1831.
Republican. Tinsmith; hardware
business; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Congregationalist.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
22, 1916 (age 85 years, 295
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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James Keusch (born c.1843) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, about 1843.
Democrat. Employed by Eureka Iron Company; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1879-81.
Burial location unknown.
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Malcolm J. McLeod (b. 1868) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Huron County, Ontario,
January
22, 1868.
Republican. Streetcar
conductor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900; Michigan labor commissioner, 1905-07; foundry
business; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Michigan
District, 1909.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John McLeod and Flora (McKinnon) McLeod; married, May 19,
1890, to Christina Darvux. |
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Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) —
also known as Truman H. Newberry —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
5, 1864.
Republican. Paymaster and agent, Detroit, Bay City and Alpena Railway,
1885-87; president and treasurer, Detroit Steel and Spring
Co., 1887-1901; director, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.; director,
Grace Hospital;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1892;
served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Tried
and convicted
in 1921 of overspending
on his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealistically
low limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; following
an investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat but expressed
disapproval of the sum spent
on his election; resigned
under pressure.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., October
3, 1945 (age 80 years, 332
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles Partridge (born c.1819) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1819.
Employed by Eureka Iron Works; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1868-69, 1875.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin W. Pinkos (born c.1917) —
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1917.
Chairman, American Metal Processing Co.; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., 1974-78.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Campaign slogan
(1977): "Be Bright, Vote Right." |
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George Edward Powers (b. 1892) —
also known as George E. Powers —
of Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Astoria, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
15, 1892.
Sheet metal worker; candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1929 (Workers), 1933 (Communist);
Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1930; in April 1932, he was arrested
at City Hall Park, during a demonstration
which was characaterized as "riot"; convicted
of unlawful assembly, but the sentence was suspended; also in 1932,
he was publicly accused
of taking part in an alleged Communist
conspiracy to cause bank failures in Chicago by spreading
rumors (in a "whispering campaign" of "anti-bank propaganda"); he
denied this; Communist candidate for chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932; vice-president,
International Workers Order; Communist candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1934; Communist candidate
for New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1936;
following the Hitler-Stalin pact in 1939, he resigned from the
Communist Party, took part in anti-Communist organizations; at Earl
Browder's trial for passport fraud in 1940, he testified for the
prosecution; Liberal candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1948, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Powers and Sarah Powers. |
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Mason P. Rumney (1883-1944) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born December
4, 1883.
Steel executive; mayor
of Grosse Pointe, Mich., 1939-44; died in office 1944.
Died, following surgery for a stomach
ailment, in the Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., January
20, 1944 (age 60 years, 47
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John G. Rumney; married to Miriam Hull. |
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John H. Sayers (1834-1924) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
January
18, 1834.
Republican. Tinsmith; hardware
merchant; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Mason, Mich., 1879-81.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., March
21, 1924 (age 90 years, 63
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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Andrew J. Siney —
of Muskegon Heights, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Republican. Foreman, Standard Malleable Iron Co.; mayor
of Muskegon Heights, Mich., 1912-13, 1914-16.
Burial location unknown.
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John S. VanAlstyne (born c.1834) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, about 1834.
Iron works manager; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1867.
Burial location unknown.
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William W. Voisine (1897-1959) —
also known as Wilfred William Voisine —
of Ecorse, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, November
20, 1897.
Steel executive; village
president of Ecorse, Michigan, 1936-37; members of a steelworker
terrorist group, the Black Legion, repeatedly attempted
to kill him in 1936; Jesse Pettijohn and Lawrence Madden were
later convicted of conspiracy to commit murder; mayor of
Ecorse, Mich., 1948-49, 1954-57.
French
Canadian ancestry.
Convicted
in April, 1950, of falsely
testifying to a Congressional committee in 1948 that he had
received only the regular price for steel; sentenced
to two years in federal prison.
In October, 1956, a warrant
was issued for his arrest,
along with several members of the city council, for knowingly permitting
illegal gambling in Ecorse, in return for bribes and
gratuities; Gov. G.
Mennen Williams initiated removal
proceedings against the officials.
Died in 1959
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abel Voisine and Eugenia Jennie (Blais) Voisine; married, August
1, 1918, to Helen Pearl O'Brien. |
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Gilbert L. Wales (b. 1921) —
of Stambaugh (now part of Iron River), Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Stambaugh (now part of Iron River), Iron
County, Mich., December
6, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; employed by M.
A. Hanna Iron Company; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iron District, 1955-64;
defeated in primary, 1964 (109th District), 1966 (109th District),
1968 (109th District), 1970 (109th District), 1980 (110th District).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Auto Workers.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Norman Henry Wiener (1891-1962) —
also known as Norman H. Wiener —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Russia,
May
12, 1891.
Scrap iron business; coal
dealer; mayor of
Albion, Mich., 1931-44, 1949-54; resigned 1944.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in St. Francis Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
20, 1962 (age 70 years, 284
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Mandel Wiener and Rivka Wiener; married, March
12, 1916, to Rose Stone. |
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Francis D. Williams (1916-1960) —
also known as Frank D. Williams —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
24, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
welder; machine designer and repairman, Ford Motor
Company; business
representative for AFSCME Local 595; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1953-60 (Wayne County 1st
District 1953-54, Wayne County 2nd District 1955-60); defeated in
primary, 1950; died in office 1960.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; AFSCME;
Amvets.
Died in 1960
(age about
43 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1947 to Mary
Louise Beard. |
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William Wilson (born c.1934) —
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1934.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; quality
control manager, Standard Forge Corp.; candidate for mayor
of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., 1977.
Still living as of 1977.
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Campaign slogan
(1977): "Leadership for a change!" |
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