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Charles F. Bielman (b. 1859) —
of Michigan.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
20, 1859.
Republican. Great Lakes shipping executive; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Bielman and Ellen C. (Daley) Bielman; married, January
22, 1890, to Katherine Barlum. |
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Daniel B. Brown (b. 1805) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Plymouth, Windsor
County, Vt., June 12,
1805.
Canal boat operator; supervisor
of Ann Arbor Township, Michigan, 1835-36; Washtenaw
County Sheriff.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Brown and Polly (Jennison) Brown; married, October
22, 1827, to Anna Vickery; father of Anson Brown. |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Chandler (b. 1846) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Raisin Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., April
27, 1846.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1876; superintendent of the
ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie, 1881-85; involved in electric
power development; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1899-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Everett N. Clark (born c.1860) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wayne
County, Mich., about 1860.
Shipowner; hardware
business; postmaster;
mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1893-95.
Burial location unknown.
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Hans Ole Clines (1883-1968) —
also known as H. O. Clines —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Ludington, Mason
County, Mich., March 7,
1883.
Democrat. Sailor; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1933-38;
defeated, 1938, 1940.
Died in 1968
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Bayard G. Davis (1864-1963) —
of Lawton, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Aurelius Township, Ingham
County, Mich., 1864.
Republican. School
teacher; general superintendent, Anchor Line steamship
company, Chicago; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1919-22; defeated in primary, 1926.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1963
(age about
99 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harlow P. Davock (b. 1848) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., March
11, 1848.
Republican. Civil
engineer; worked on many railroad
and canal projects; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Elgin Dodge Jr. (1900-1963) —
also known as Horace E. Dodge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
2, 1900.
Republican. Founder, Dodge Boat Works, 1923; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died, from liver
cirrhosis, at Jennings Memorial Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
22, 1963 (age 63 years, 142
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Horace Elgin Dodge and Anna (Thomson) Dodge; brother of Delphine
Ione Dodge (who married James
Henry Roberts Cromwell); married, June 21,
1921, to Lois Virginia Knowlson; married, May 17,
1928, to Muriel Sisman; married, May 16,
1940, to Martha 'Mickey' Devine; married, May 26,
1945, to Clara Mae Tinsley; married, February
14, 1953, to Gregg Sherwood; nephew of John
Francis Dodge (who married Matilda
Rausch). |
| | | Political families: Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Barkley-MacArthur
family; Dodge-Duke-Cromwell
family of Detroit, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Fitzgerald (1796-1855) —
of Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind.; St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Mich.; Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y., April
10, 1796.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1825-27; probate judge in
Indiana, 1829; postmaster at Boonville,
Ind., 1831-32; lighthouse keeper; Berrien
County Clerk, 1834; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1837; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County, 1839;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1839; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1848-49; Berrien
County Probate Judge, 1852-55.
Died in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., March
25, 1855 (age 58 years, 349
days).
Interment at Silverbrook
Cemetery, Niles, Mich.
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Walter Friedrich Gries (1892-1959) —
also known as Walter F. Gries —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.; Negaunee, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Lake Linden, Houghton
County, Mich., October
1, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher
and principal; prison
warden; superintendent, welfare department, Cleveland-Cliffs iron mining
and shipping company; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1952;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1953-59.
Member, Rotary.
Died, while suffering from diabetes,
in a hospital
at Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich., November
23, 1959 (age 67 years, 53
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Gries and Ida J. (Tauppe) Gries; married to Velta
Liste. |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Sidney Tracy Holmes (1815-1890) —
also known as Sidney T. Holmes —
of Morrisville, Madison
County, N.Y.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., August
14, 1815.
Republican. Canal engineer;
lawyer;
Madison
County Judge and Surrogate, 1851-64; U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1865-67.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., January
16, 1890 (age 74 years, 155
days).
Interment at Cedar
Street Cemetery, Morrisville, N.Y.
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James Frederick Joy (1810-1896) —
also known as James F. Joy —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Durham, Strafford
County, N.H., December
2, 1810.
Republican. Lawyer;
led, built, reorganized, or merged many railroad
companies, including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the
Michigan Central; an incorporator of the St. Mary's Falls Ship
Canal Company, which built the first canal at Sault Ste. Marie in
1853-55; president of the Detroit Post-Tribune newspaper;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1880;
member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-85.
English
ancestry.
Died September
24, 1896 (age 85 years, 297
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Joy and Sarah (Pickering) Joy; married 1841 to Martha
Alger Reed (daughter of John
Reed); married 1860 to Mary
Bourne. |
| | | Political family: Reed
family of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Fitz A. Kirby (born c.1846) —
of Wyandotte, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, about 1846.
Shipbuilding superintendent; mayor
of Wyandotte, Mich., 1887-88.
Burial location unknown.
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William Livingstone (b. 1844) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dundas, Ontario,
January
21, 1844.
Republican. Great Lakes shipping business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1875; banker; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1900;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Bankers Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Livingstone and Helen (Stevenson) Livingstone; married 1866 to Susan
Downie. |
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Frank Lovell (1913-1998) —
also known as Frederick J. Lang —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ipava, Fulton
County, Ill., July 24,
1913.
Socialist. Seaman; automobile
worker; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan; Socialist Workers candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1998 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1949 to Sarah
Zucker. |
| | | Image source: The Militant, October 27,
1958 |
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William Alfred Lucking (1882-1960) —
also known as William A. Lucking —
of Wayne
County, Mich.; Barton Hills, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 19,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; in
the 1910s and 1920s, he was legal counsel for Henry
Ford and Ford Motor
Co.; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1923; president of a Great Lakes
steamship line.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
22, 1960 (age 78 years, 64
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Steamship captain; wholesale
grocer; lawyer; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-96; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Charles Theodor Pagelsen (1830-1904) —
also known as Charles T. Pagelsen; Carl T.
Pagelsen —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Denmark,
July
1, 1830.
Sailor; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Grand
Haven, Mich., 1871-1903.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., March 6,
1904 (age 73 years, 249
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Mich.
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Richard W. Piepkorn (1877-1959) —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Berlin, Germany,
August
9, 1877.
President, Peoples Bank of
Alpena; half-owner of Great Lakes freighter; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1940-44.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
16, 1959 (age 82 years, 68
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Piepkorn and Ernestina (Musner) Piepkorn; married 1922 to Ruby
J. Chapel. |
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Carlos Douglas Shelden (1840-1904) —
also known as Carlos D. Shelden —
of Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Walworth, Walworth
County, Wis., June 10,
1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; machinist;
real
estate business; steamboat business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,
1893-94; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1895-96; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1897-1903.
Died in Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich., June 24,
1904 (age 64 years, 14
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Houghton, Mich.
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John Stevenson (1854-1937) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ayrshire, Scotland,
April
22, 1854.
Republican. Steamboat owner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1909-12, 1915-18, 1921-24.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died January
9, 1937 (age 82 years, 262
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Albert Edwin Stewart (b. 1847) —
also known as Albert E. Stewart —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
tugboat master; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1897-1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Garrett G. Stewart and Charlotte (Kendrick) Stewart; married, June 19,
1884, to Minnie E. Tietsort. |
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Frank Willis Wheeler (1853-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Wheeler —
of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.; West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chaumont, Jefferson
County, N.Y., March 2,
1853.
Republican. Shipbuilder; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1889-91.
Died, from heart
disease, in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., August
9, 1921 (age 68 years, 160
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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