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Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March
17, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; book publisher; manager and electrician for the
Hansen Battery Light and
Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general
of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented
in 1893 and patented
a railroad
car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Noble Ashley (1863-1917) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in South Ferriby, Lincolnshire, England,
September
30, 1863.
Republican. Printer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1903-04, 1911-16; member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1905-06.
Member, Maccabees.
Died in 1917
(age about
53 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Ashley and Ellen Matilda (Noble) Ashley; married 1888 to
Florine E. Kelley. |
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Edward Brouwer (1892-1954) —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., September
13, 1892.
Republican. Printing and advertising
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County, 1933-36;
defeated in primary, 1940, 1950; candidate for Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1936.
Died in 1954
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Stanley Brzostowski (1910-1977) —
also known as Joseph S. Brzostowski —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 2,
1910.
Democrat. Printing business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1933-34; defeated in primary, 1936, 1938.
Died in 1977
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Chester Philip Emunson (1886-1956) —
also known as Chester P. Emunson —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Hurley, Iron
County, Wis., August
16, 1886.
Democrat. Printing business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Manistee County, 1933-36;
defeated, 1940, 1942; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1936.
Swedish
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1956
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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W. Scott Ensign (1909-1983) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
28, 1909.
Democrat. President,
Battle Creek Federation of Labor, 1956-62; vice-president,
AFL-CIO Calhoun County Council, 1962-64; printing business;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 48th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; International
Typographical Union.
Died in 1983
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Webb Ferguson (1857-1910) —
also known as William W. Ferguson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 22,
1857.
Republican. Printing business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1893-96.
African
ancestry.
He was the first
African-American member of the Michigan legislature.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
30, 1910 (age 52 years, 312
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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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. |
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William B. Hallett (1860-1938) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., July 1,
1860.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; printing business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st
District, 1917-18; defeated, 1908, 1918, 1922, 1932.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., September
29, 1938 (age 78 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles A. Houghton (b. 1870) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Quebec City, Quebec,
January
29, 1870.
Democrat. Printing business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 1st District,
1917-18; defeated, 1918.
Burial location unknown.
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Deufay Bartlett Hovey Sr. (1865-1949) —
also known as Deufay B. Hovey, Sr.; D. B.
Hovey —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Vassar, Tuscola
County, Mich., June 5,
1865.
Linotype operator; Socialist candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1910; Socialist candidate for Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1911; candidate for Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1932 (Socialist), 1936 (Farmer-Labor).
Died September
5, 1949 (age 84 years, 92
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Edmond Lesinski (1916-1992) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
14, 1916.
Democrat. Printer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 5th
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 5th District,
1963-64; defeated in primary, 1954 (Wayne County 5th District), 1956
(Wayne County 5th District), 1964 (6th District), 1966 (6th District).
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Polish
National Alliance; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1992
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anthony Lesinski and Helen (Gorski) Lesinski; married to Frances
M. Grajek. |
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Harry Alexander McBride (1887-1961) —
also known as Harry A. McBride —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., October
14, 1887.
Manager of printing and advertising
for a hotel,
1905-08; U.S. Consular Agent in Bilbao, 1909-10; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Barcelona, 1910-11; Zurich, 1911-13; Boma, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Boma, 1915-16; London, 1916-17; Malaga, 1923-29; U.S. Consul in London, 1917-18; Warsaw, 1919-20; Acting General Receiver of Customs and
Financial Advisor for Liberia, 1918-19.
Died in 1961
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas C. Morgan (1875-1953) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Monmouth, England,
February
24, 1875.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
engraving and printing business; insurance
agent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1943-50.
English
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1953
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900 to
Harriette Howes. |
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Robert Young Ogg (b. 1860) —
also known as Robert Y. Ogg —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dundas, Ontario,
July
22, 1860.
Compositor; newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1887-88, 1909-12; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1913-16; candidate in Republican
primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Ogg and Elizabeth (Airth) Ogg; married, June 4,
1888, to Susie M. McCarthy. |
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Francis H. Rankin Jr. (1854-1925) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., December
28, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; printer; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1891-92; director, Union Trust and
Savings
Bank.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., December
7, 1925 (age 70 years, 344
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Alton T. Roberts (b. 1880) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Stockton, Waldo
County, Maine, March 9,
1880.
Republican. Real estate
business; publishing business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1924;
member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold James Volkema (1930-1967) —
also known as Harold J. Volkema; Hal
Volkema —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich., May 29,
1930.
Republican. Sports
announcer, WHTC radio;
bookstore owner; member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1965-67; died in office 1967.
Christian
Reformed.
Died, of a heart
attack, December
17, 1967 (age 37 years, 202
days).
Interment at Pilgrim
Home Cemetery, Holland, Mich.
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George Wilson Welsh (1883-1974) —
also known as George W. Welsh —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Ada, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
March
27, 1883.
Republican. Printing business; publisher of a The Fruit
Belt (farm magazine);
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1917-24; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1923-24; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924;
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1925-26; defeated in primary, 1926, 1952;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1928, 1932; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1938-49; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 17th Senatorial
District, 1961.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Ada, Kent
County, Mich., June 29,
1974 (age 91 years, 94
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Welsh and Elizabeth (Wilson) Welsh; married, October
4, 1906, to Shirlie Louise Smith. |
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Harry Clark White (b. 1870) —
also known as Harry C. White —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., June 24,
1870.
Democrat. Printer; organist;
member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1917-18; defeated, 1912, 1918, 1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1924.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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