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Homer Layton Allard (1867-1944) —
also known as Homer L. Allard —
of Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Sturgis, St. Joseph
County, Mich., June 10,
1867.
Republican. Cigar
business; mayor
of Sturgis, Mich., 1911-12; candidate for Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1914 (Progressive), 1944 (Republican
primary); member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1919-22,
1935-44; died in office 1944; postmaster.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died December
3, 1944 (age 77 years, 176
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Horace Allard and Lucy (Pettengil) Allard; married, May 27,
1909, to May Howard. |
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Winfred G. Armstrong (1876-1954) —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Berrien Springs, Berrien
County, Mich., September
8, 1876.
Republican. Engineer;
farmer;
mail carrier; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1944-54; died in office 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1954
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William A. Bahlke (b. 1861) —
of Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born near Pewamo, Ionia
County, Mich., July 4,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster; banker; village
president of Alma, Michigan, 1901-02; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1904; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1906; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1920.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Adrian C. Barr (b. 1875) —
of Shepherd, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Howard City, Montcalm
County, Mich., June 22,
1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; mail carrier; railway
station agent; trucking
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1933-34;
defeated, 1934, 1936, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Francis P. Bogardus (1837-1900) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Carbondale, Lackawanna
County, Pa., May 9,
1837.
Democrat. Banker; insurance
business; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1871-73, 1888-89; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April 2,
1900 (age 62 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1859 to Sarah
P. Hall. |
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Martin R. Bradley (1888-1976) —
of Hermansville, Menominee
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Newberry, Luce
County, Mich., April 1,
1888.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; postmaster; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Menominee County, 1923-24,
1927-34; defeated, 1924; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1933-34; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1932;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1941-51.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1976
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Bradley and Josephine (Johnson) Bradley; married 1909 to Jennie
Wallen. |
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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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Barnabas Case (1799-1880) —
of Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston
County, N.Y., November
19, 1799.
Democrat. Farmer; distiller;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1851-52.
Died in Manchester, Washtenaw
County, Mich., March 2,
1880 (age 80 years, 104
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Pitt Case and Anna Case; married to Clarissa M.
Squires. |
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Elisha Champlin (1798-1855) —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 25,
1798.
Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Hillsdale County, 1838, 1840;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state senate, 1841, 1842 (2nd District 1841, 3rd District 1842).
Died February
20, 1855 (age 56 years, 240
days).
Interment at Sunset
View Cemetery, Jonesville, Mich.
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Walter Henry Churchill (1838-1900) —
also known as Walter H. Churchill —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April
27, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
postmaster; supervisor, Shelby Township, 1866, 1885; hardware
business; boot and shoe
merchant; banker; Oceana
County Probate Judge, 1889-92.
Died, from intestinal
adhesions, in Shelby Township, Oceana
County, Mich., June 23,
1900 (age 62 years, 57
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Shelby, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Churchill and Eliza Churchill; married 1859 to Jane
P. Green; married 1869 to Lucada
A. Carter; married 1874 to Sarah
A. Hamlin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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George M. Clark (1875-1951) —
of Bad Axe, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in West Williams, Ontario,
November
21, 1875.
Republican. Huron
County Clerk, 1898-1903; lawyer;
postmaster; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1919-33; appointed 1919; defeated,
1933; resigned 1933; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1924, 1932.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died March
28, 1951 (age 75 years, 127
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Tarr Copeland (1813-1893) —
also known as Joseph T. Copeland —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Orchard Lake, Oakland
County, Mich.; Orange Park, Clay
County, Fla.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, May 6,
1813.
Lawyer;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1850-51; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Clay
County Judge, 1881.
Died in Orange Park, Clay
County, Fla., May 7,
1893 (age 80 years, 1
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Orange Park, Fla.
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Terry T. Corliss (b. 1867) —
of Mayville, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Almont, Lapeer
County, Mich., February
10, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1913-16.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Crane (b. 1866) —
of Millett, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Warren, Warren
County, Pa., April
10, 1866.
Democrat. Railway
station agent; grocer; supervisor
of Delta Township, Michigan; elected 1900; postmaster.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Crane and Mary (Spaulding) Crane; married 1887 to
Lillian Adams. |
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Daniel L. Crossman (1836-1901) —
also known as D. L. Crossman —
of Dansville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., November
4, 1836.
Republican. Postmaster; miller; banker;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives, 1873-91; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Williamston, Ingham
County, Mich., March 7,
1901 (age 64 years, 123
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairview
Cemetery, Dansville, Mich.
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Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Pembroke, Merrimack
County, N.H., May 11,
1836.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; Manistee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873-74; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1875-81; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1883-91; defeated,
1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1891 for action at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Ky.,
May 10, 1863.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April
12, 1908 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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George Cutler (b. 1870) —
of Luther, Lake
County, Mich.
Born in Keene Township, Ionia
County, Mich., September
16, 1870.
Democrat. Merchant;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1933-34; defeated, 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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Alpheus Purdon Decker (1887-1965) —
also known as Alpheus P. Decker; A. P.
Decker —
of Deckerville, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Deckerville, Sanilac
County, Mich., February
15, 1887.
Republican. Farmer;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Sanilac County, 1935-50;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1951-54; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 20th Senatorial
District, 1961.
Brethren.
Member, Lions; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Cass City, Tuscola
County, Mich., February
8, 1965 (age 77 years, 359
days).
Interment at Downing Cemetery, Deckerville, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Titus Decker and Martha Elizabeth (Wilson) Decker; married
1910 to
Grace Lillian Fritch; father of Elwyn Carleton
Decker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Isaac Alger Fancher (b. 1833) —
also known as Isaac A. Fancher —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Florida, Montgomery
County, N.Y., September
30, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; surveyor;
postmaster; railroad
promoter; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1865-66, 1871-72; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Midland District, 1873-74;
member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1875-76; law partner of Peter
F. Dodds, 1875-82; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878-80; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1899.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Schuyler Fancher and Eunice (Alger) Fancher; married, June 6,
1860, to Althea May Preston. |
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Len W. Feighner (1862-1948) —
of Nashville, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, June 5,
1862.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1929-32;
defeated, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Nashville, Mich.
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David Gilman (1812-1885) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Watab, Benton
County, Minn.
Born in New York, April
29, 1812.
Democrat. Livery
business; hotelier;
farmer;
Benton
County Sheriff, 1849-51; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1851;
postmaster; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 5th District, 1857.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Watab, Benton
County, Minn., May 9,
1885 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Benton
County Cemetery, Sauk Rapids, Minn.
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Andrew Bird Glaspie (1876-1943) —
also known as Andrew B. Glaspie —
of Oxford, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Oxford, Oakland
County, Mich., November
21, 1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
printing
business; newspaper
editor; postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District,
1917-22; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1923-24.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Oakland
County, Mich., September
3, 1943 (age 66 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Peleg Glaspie and Amy Elizabeth (Bird) Glaspie; married to
Clara M. Chamberlain. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ezra S. Hall (b. 1860) —
of Lake City, Missaukee
County, Mich.
Born in Ailsa Craig, Ontario,
1860.
Republican. School
teacher; Missaukee
County School Commissioner, 1895-1910; postmaster; farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Missaukee District, 1917-22.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James Mark Harvey (b. 1873) —
also known as J. Mark Harvey —
of Constantine, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, November
26, 1873.
Lawyer;
postmaster; farmer; St.
Joseph County Clerk; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1914 (Progressive, 4th District),
1924 (Republican primary, 3rd District); member of Michigan
state senate 6th District, 1919-20; defeated (Republican), 1916
(6th District), 1938 (21st District).
Burial location unknown.
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George B. Horton (1845-1922) —
of Fruit Ridge, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Lafayette, Medina
County, Ohio, April
17, 1845.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1887-91; postmaster; member of
Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1891; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 5th District, 1907-08.
Member, Grange.
Died in Lenawee
County, Mich., June 2,
1922 (age 77 years, 46
days).
Interment at Sand
Creek Cemetery, Sand Creek, Mich.
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John Kaminski (b. 1870) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Prussia,
August
14, 1870.
Republican. Mail carrier; lawyer; Wayne
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1929; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Polish
National Alliance.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Constantine Kaminski and Pauline (Lewandowski) Kaminski; married,
January
30, 1894, to Josephine Ciganek. |
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Horatio S. Karcher (1868-1939) —
of Rose City, Ogemaw
County, Mich.
Born in St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich., June 7,
1868.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; druggist; insurance
business; postmaster; probate judge in Michigan, 1905-17;
member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1923-28; defeated in primary, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in 1939
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gotlieb Karcher and Helen (Amsden) Karcher; married, May 26,
1887, to Issa M. Whitaker. |
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Charles Kellogg (1773-1842) —
of Kelloggsville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
3, 1773.
Merchant;
miller;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1808-10, 1820-22;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1825-27.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 11,
1842 (age 68 years, 220
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Kellogg and Lucy (Powell) Kellogg; married, October
21, 1794, to Mary Ann Otis; father of Day
Otis Kellogg and Dwight
Kellogg; uncle of Alvan
Kellogg; first cousin once removed of Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg; first cousin four times removed of Martin
Weld Deyo; second cousin once removed of Aaron
Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Orlando
Kellogg and William
Dean Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Rowland
Case Kellogg and Frank
Billings Kellogg; third cousin of Jason
Kellogg, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Thomas
Belden Butler, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Wright Kellogg, George
Bradley Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Arthur
Tappan Kellogg and Selah
Merrill; third cousin thrice removed of William
Lucius Case, Charles
Collins Kellogg, Clement
Phineas Kellogg, Edward
Russell Kellogg, Henry
Theodore Kellogg, Edward
Stanley Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg. |
| | | 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 — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edwin William Klump (b. 1886) —
also known as Edwin W. Klump —
of Harbor Beach, Huron
County, Mich.
Born in Riga, Lenawee
County, Mich., January
2, 1886.
Republican. Druggist;
postmaster; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1947-50; defeated in primary, 1950;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1952.
Interment at Rock
Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1908 to Ada
Collison. |
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Charles F. Lewis (1856-1942) —
of Pentwater, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Lyons, Ionia
County, Mich., November
11, 1856.
Republican. Hardware
store owner; postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1923-26, 1929-30 (Oceana County
1923-26, Newaygo District 1929-30); defeated in primary, 1930.
Died in Pentwater, Oceana
County, Mich., January
8, 1942 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Hart Cemetery, Hart, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Emerson Lewis and Ann Ely (Tufts) Lewis; married to Lizzie
Loretta Webb. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William N. Lister —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; druggist;
candidate for mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1903; postmaster.
Burial location unknown.
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Maximus Eugene Loose (1851-1925) —
also known as M. E. Loose —
of Napoleon, Henry
County, Ohio.
Born in Michigan, June 8,
1851.
Republican. Banker; manufacturer;
postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1896.
Died February
9, 1925 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Napoleon, Ohio.
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Alexander M. MacKay (1881-1952) —
also known as Sandy MacKay —
of West Branch, Ogemaw
County, Mich.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
13, 1881.
Republican. Jeweler;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1937-52 (Arenac District 1937-44,
Gladwin District 1945-52); died in office 1952.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died December
9, 1952 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1901 to Cora
E. Winslow; married, July 7,
1924, to Mrs. Anna Bowman. |
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John Y. Martin (b. 1863) —
of Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Caledonia Township, Shiawassee
County, Mich., 1863.
Republican. Shiawassee
County Clerk, 1901-08; postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Shiawassee County, 1915-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Matthew Max —
also known as Matt Max —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; shoe
merchant; mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1929-34; postmaster.
Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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James McCaren (1857-1932) —
of Carsonville, Sanilac
County, Mich.; Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.; Port Sanilac, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Carsonville, Sanilac
County, Mich., December, 1857.
Republican. Postmaster; Sanilac
County Probate Judge, 1901-08; wholesale
grocer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Port Sanilac, Sanilac
County, Mich., November
28, 1932 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Will McGillivray (b. 1877) —
of Oscoda, Iosco
County, Mich.
Born in Phornburry, Ontario,
April
12, 1877.
Republican. Postmaster; newspaper
publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iosco District, 1917-20.
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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Clarence Buell Meggison (1894-1967) —
also known as Clarence B. Meggison —
of Charlevoix, Charlevoix
County, Mich.
Born in Charlevoix, Charlevoix
County, Mich., September
13, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Charlevoix District, 1955-62;
defeated in primary, 1962.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died, in Charlevoix Hospital,
Charlevoix, Charlevoix
County, Mich., October
4, 1967 (age 73 years, 21
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Charlevoix, Mich.
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Marcus H. Miles (1813-1877) —
of St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Apulia, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
23, 1813.
Postmaster; St.
Clair County Clerk, 1839-42, 1849-50; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1866; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., December
13, 1877 (age 64 years, 51
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, St. Clair, Mich.
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David F. Morrison (1873-1960) —
of Germfask, Schoolcraft
County, Mich.
Born in Elba Township, Gratiot
County, Mich., November
23, 1873.
Republican. School
teacher; grocer;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1921-28, 1943-50 (Schoolcraft
District 1921-26, Alger District 1927-28, 1943-50); defeated in
primary, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1950.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., March
15, 1960 (age 86 years, 113
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Germfask, Mich.
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Grant M. Morse (1854-1922) —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Michigan, October, 1854.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1896;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; state fish and game
warden; postmaster.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 25,
1922 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Portland
Cemetery, Portland, Mich.
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Mark Norris (1796-1862) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., 1796.
Postmaster; supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1848-49.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 6,
1862 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Patrick O'Brien (1858-1933) —
of Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, March 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iron District, 1915-24; chair of
Iron County Republican Party, 1923.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died, from nephritis
and myocarditis,
in Iron River, Iron
County, Mich., January
10, 1933 (age 74 years, 307
days).
Interment at Iron River Cemetery, Iron River, Mich.
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Frank L. Palmer (born c.1863) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Jackson
County, Mich., about 1863.
Postal worker; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1915-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1882 to Mary
A. Hogle. |
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Manual 1917 |
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Henry Hamilton Pulver (1843-1936) —
also known as Henry H. Pulver —
of Laingsburg, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston
County, N.Y., September
2, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1885-86; postmaster.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Laingsburg, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
25, 1936 (age 92 years, 145
days).
Interment at Laingsburg Cemetery, Laingsburg, Mich.
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John Renwick —
of Lucerne, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Supervisor
of Northfield Township, Michigan, 1833-35, 1837-38, 1840-41,
1844-45, 1849-50; postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1850-53.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Mark Royal (1867-1945) —
also known as Harry M. Royal —
of Shelby, Oceana
County, Mich.
Born in Mattawan, Van Buren
County, Mich., July 26,
1867.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; president, White Lake Canning Company; vice-president,
Oceana Canning Company; postmaster; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1912.
Congregationalist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 15,
1945 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Henry Royal and Sarah Fidelia (Woodruff) Royal; married, December
27, 1888, to Isabella Johnston. |
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Charles Arthur Standiford (1866-1954) —
also known as Charles A. Standiford —
of Athens, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Sherwood Township, Branch
County, Mich., November
8, 1866.
Democrat. Justice of the peace; lawyer;
postmaster; real
estate and insurance
business; candidate for Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1922, 1930.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Leila Hospital,
Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
11, 1954 (age 87 years, 64
days).
Interment at North Sherwood Cemetery, Sherwood, Mich.
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Rupert Stephens Sr. (1873-1952) —
of Free Soil, Mason
County, Mich.; Scottville, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Chatham, Ontario,
February
22, 1873.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
postmaster; furniture
and undertaking
business; Mason
County Coroner; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1939-48 (Mason County 1939-44,
Mason District 1945-48).
Died in 1952
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Free Soil, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1896 to Edna
M. Baxter. |
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Fred Wade (b. 1862) —
of Saugatuck, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Douglas, Allegan
County, Mich., June 29,
1862.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1921-26, 1929-32 (Allegan County
2nd District 1921-26, Allegan County 1929-32); defeated in primary,
1932.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Floyd E. Wagner (1898-1983) —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Cass
County, Mich., June 13,
1898.
Republican. Postmaster; real estate
broker; Cass
County Clerk, 1941-58; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1959-66 (St. Joseph District
1959-64, 42nd District 1965-66).
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich., September
28, 1983 (age 85 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Stanley Carson Waterman (1916-1978) —
also known as Arthur S. C. Waterman —
of Roseville, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Botwood, Newfoundland,
April
26, 1916.
Hardware
dealer; mayor
of Roseville, Mich., 1959-61, 1965; postmaster.
Died in Roseville, Macomb
County, Mich., September
26, 1978 (age 62 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Malcolm Waterman and Moriah (Hynes) Waterman; married,
May
3, 1940, to Agnes Marie Lozon. |
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Fred E. Watkins (1866-1950) —
of Waterford Township, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Washington Township, Macomb
County, Mich., August
18, 1866.
Democrat. Postmaster; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District,
1933-34; defeated, 1934.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1950
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph E. Watson (1860-1937) —
of Bronson, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Center Sandwich, Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., July 8,
1860.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
postmaster; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1919-24;
member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1925-28.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March
20, 1937 (age 76 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Irving H. Welch (b. 1860) —
of Edgerton, Hanson
County, S.Dak.; Platte, Charles
Mix County, S.Dak.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., July 16,
1860.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; postmaster; real estate
business; mayor of Platte, S.D., 1901-03; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 1903-04.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Edwin Willits (1830-1896) —
of Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
24, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Monroe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1861-72; postmaster; member of
Michigan
state constitutional commission 2nd District, 1873; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1877-83.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
22, 1896 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
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