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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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Nathan Barlow Jr. (1818-1899) —
of Hastings, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., January
1, 1818.
Democrat. Hotel
owner; merchant;
Barry
County Clerk, 1843-44; Barry
County Treasurer, 1845-46; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1850;
Supervisor, Hastings Township, 1853; postmaster at Hastings,
Mich., 1854; director, Grand River Valley Railroad,
1872-97; mayor
of Hastings, Mich., 1873-74.
Died in Hastings, Barry
County, Mich., January
25, 1899 (age 81 years, 24
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hastings, Mich.
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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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John Biddle (1792-1859) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 2,
1792.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1827-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1835; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841; banker;
president, Michigan Central Railroad.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), August
25, 1859 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Asiel Z. Blodgett (1832-1916) —
also known as Asa Z. Blodgett —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
10, 1832.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; railway station
agent; mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1883-84.
Died in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., June 8,
1916 (age 83 years, 272
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Waukegan, Ill.
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Edward A. Bond (b. 1849) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., April
22, 1849.
Republican. Civil
engineer; chief engineer for several railroads; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1899-1904; resigned 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Boyne (b. 1878) —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Marlette, Sanilac
County, Mich., December
22, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for Michigan Central Railroad; recorder's court judge
in Michigan, 1925-28, 1930-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Boyne and Ida A. (Jones) Boyne; married, September
25, 1901, to Juel Nesbitt. |
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Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) —
also known as "The Lone Pine of
Michigan" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Pike, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
26, 1831.
Lumber and
timber business; railroad builder; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1867-68; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1872,
1880;
Fusion candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1888; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1893-94; defeated (Democratic), 1904,
1908; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1900; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1900,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); Democratic candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1907-08.
Died, from stomach
trouble, in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., March 2,
1919 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Calvin A. Campbell (1866-1933) —
of Indian River, Cheboygan
County, Mich.
Born in Brussels, Ontario,
December
16, 1866.
Republican. Railway conductor; manufacturer;
member of Michigan
state senate 29th District, 1927-33; died in office 1933.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died December
6, 1933 (age 66 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Ross Carter (b. 1883) —
also known as Edward R. Carter —
of Gladstone, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario,
April
18, 1883.
Republican. Locomotive fireman; railway brakeman;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Delta County, 1923-26;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1926.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Lawrence Colborn (1883-1973) —
also known as Irving L. Colborn —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Nicholsville, Cass
County, Mich., June 27,
1883.
Republican. Poultry
raiser; railroad car inspector; candidate for Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1922; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Cass County, 1926, 1930;
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from St. Joseph
District, 1961.
Died, in the Cass County Medical
Care Facility, Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich., March
18, 1973 (age 89 years, 264
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich.
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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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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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Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869) —
also known as Henry H. Crapo —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., May 24,
1804.
Republican. Lumber
business; built the Flint and Holly Railroad, which later
became part of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1860-61; member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1863-64; Governor of
Michigan, 1865-69.
Christian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 22,
1869 (age 65 years, 59
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, 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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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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Alfred J. Doherty (1856-1929) —
of Clare, Clare
County, Mich.
Born in New York, May 1,
1856.
Republican. School
teacher; hardware
business; member of Michigan
state senate 28th District, 1901-06; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1907-19; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; represented the Pullman railroad car
company as a lobbyist
in Michigan and other states; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Died September
24, 1929 (age 73 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Ward Duffield (b. 1823) —
also known as William W. Duffield —
of Michigan; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., November
19, 1823.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1879-80; chief engineer for
railways; superintendent, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,
1894-98.
Burial location unknown.
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W. Clark Durant (b. 1949) —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 13,
1949.
Republican. Lawyer;
bankruptcy trustee for the Ann Arbor Railroad, 1983-88, making
it profitable; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1984;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1990, 2012; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1990; co-founder (1991), chairman
(1991-2003), and CEO (2003-09) of Cornerstone Schools, a group of
charter and independent schools in Detroit; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1995-99; resigned 1999.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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Elon Farnsworth (1799-1877) —
of Michigan.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., February
2, 1799.
Democrat. Member
Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; Chancellor of
Michigan, 1835-43, 1846-47; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1839; Michigan
state attorney general, 1843-45; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1846-57.
An organizer of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
24, 1877 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Robert Gardner Ferguson (1858-1949) —
also known as Robert G. Ferguson —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brampton, Ontario,
October
22, 1858.
Republican. Hardware
dealer; president, First National Bank of
Sault Ste. Marie; director, Duluth South Shore & Atlantic
Railway Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich., March 5,
1949 (age 90 years, 134
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Ferguson and Catherine (Golden) Ferguson; married 1885 to
Christenna Helen Bain. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Fisk (1810-1884) —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Charlemont, Franklin
County, Mass., May 22,
1810.
Building
contractor; railroad builder; village
president of Allegan, Michigan, 1866-67.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., May 19,
1884 (age 73 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Allegan, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married to Betsey Davis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: History of Allegan and
Barry Counties (1880) |
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Henry Allyn Haigh (1854-1942) —
also known as Henry A. Haigh —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of William
L. Carpenter, Flavius
L. Brooke, and John
Atkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and construction
of electric
railways, and officer for several railroad companies;
director of the Alpena Power
Company; stockholder and director of the Peninsular Savings Bank;
director and counsel of Continental Casualty insurance
company; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Historical Association; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1942 (age 88 years, 64
days).
Interment at Northview
Cemetery, Dearborn, Mich.
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Charles F. Haight (1865-1954) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in North Newburg (now Newburg), Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
21, 1865.
Republican. Locomotive fireman; telegraph
operator; lawyer;
municipal judge in Michigan, 1911-18; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1923-32, 1935-36; defeated, 1936; law partner of Louis
E. Coash, 1934-1941.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in a hospital
at Farmington, Oakland
County, Mich., February
13, 1954 (age 88 years, 329
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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John M. Harris (b. 1861) —
of Boyne City, Charlevoix
County, Mich.
Born in Uxbridge, Ontario,
September
10, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, First National Bank of
Boyne City; director and attorney, Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena
Railroad; Charlevoix
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1901; probate judge in
Michigan, 1901-13; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1925-28 (Charlevoix County
1925-26, Charlevoix District 1927-28); defeated in primary, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Chester Harris and Mary Jane Harris; married, February
22, 1888, to Nellie Noyes. |
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Gus Theodore Hartman (1883-1963) —
also known as Gus T. Hartman —
of Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich., February
2, 1883.
Republican. Assistant superintendent, Copper Range Railroad;
Michigan Deputy Auditor General; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1925-34 (Houghton County 3rd
District 1925-26, Houghton County 2nd District 1927-34); defeated,
1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1963
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gottlieb Hartman and Margerate (Gmahling) Hartman; married 1917 to Marie
Dreis. |
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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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Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) —
also known as Edward D. Holton —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., April
28, 1815.
Abolitionist; wheat
trader; Liberty candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845; founder,
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railroad; banker;
Free Soil candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1856;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860.
Died, from malaria
and erysipelas,
in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April
21, 1892 (age 76 years, 359
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married, October
14, 1845, to Lucinda Millard. |
| | | The city
of Holton,
Kansas, is named for
him. — Holton Hall, at the University
of Wisconsin Milwaukee,
is named for
him. — Holton Street,
in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Paul H. King (b. 1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Arapahoe, Furnas
County, Neb., August
22, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
Michigan Republican Party, 1910-12; one of three receivers of the
Pere Marquette Railroad, 1914-17; campaign manager for U.S.
Sens. Charles
E. Townsend and Truman
H. Newberry.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred L. Kircher (1891-1960) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cissna Park, Iroquois
County, Ill., November
18, 1891.
Republican. Railway yardmaster; oil
business; real estate
business; candidate for mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1932, 1933, 1934, 1941 (primary); member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1939-46; defeated in primary, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1954; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1957.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1960
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter B. Loomis (b. 1820) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., April
14, 1820.
Republican. Merchant;
miller;
banker;
mayor
of Jackson, Mich., 1858-59; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,
1859-60; treasurer, and later president, Jackson, Fort Wayne &
Saginaw Railroad.
Burial location unknown.
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George Lord (1815-1893) —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., March
17, 1815.
Democrat. Sawmill
business; druggist;
railroad ticket agent; insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1872;
mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1878.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., April
30, 1893 (age 78 years, 44
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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William J. Martin (b. 1844) —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New York, 1844.
Democrat. Division superintendent for Michigan Central
Railroad; mayor
of West Bay City, Mich., 1888-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1892.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Edward McAllister (1888-1948) —
also known as Frank E. McAllister —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., August
30, 1888.
Railway supply business; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1939-41.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a
train in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
30, 1948 (age 60 years, 61
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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James H. McDonald (1832-1889) —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Inverness, Scotland,
March
15, 1832.
Republican. Railroad builder; iron mining
magnate; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1887-89; died in office 1889.
Killed in a train
derailment, near Elmwood, Iron
County, Mich., January
19, 1889 (age 56 years, 310
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Escanaba, Mich.
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John Howard McLean (1860-1933) —
also known as John H. McLean —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 6,
1860.
Republican. Mining and
railroad executive; founder
of Iron Mountain Press newspaper;
Dickinson
County Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Catholic;
later Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a stroke,
in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1933 (age 72 years, 334
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis.
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Eldon L. Metheany (1850-1917) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, December
5, 1850.
Railway station agent; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1883-84, 1890-92, 1906-07, 1908-10; defeated,
1907.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Died in Wexford
County, Mich., September
3, 1917 (age 66 years, 272
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard R. Metheany and Esther (Levering) Metheany; married, June 20,
1878, to Louisa Welker. |
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Paul Morton (1857-1911) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 22,
1857.
Republican. Vice-president, Santa Fe Railroad; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1904-05; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1911 (age 53 years, 273
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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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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Thomas Cornelius O'Brien (1879-1951) —
also known as Thomas C. O'Brien —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Creagh, County Clare, Ireland,
November
26, 1879.
Democrat. Worked for the Wabash Railroad; police
officer; beer,
wine, and liquor business; real estate
broker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1945-46, 1949-51; defeated, 1942, 1946; died in office 1951.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died September
2, 1951 (age 71 years, 280
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas James O'Brien (1842-1933) —
also known as Thomas J. O'Brien —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., July 30,
1842.
Republican. Lawyer;
general counsel, Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway; candidate
for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1883; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1904;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1905-07; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1907-11; Italy, 1911-13.
Died in 1933
(age about
90 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John J. O'Neil (born c.1894) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born about 1894.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; South Shore
Railroad mechanic; mayor
of Marquette, Mich., 1949-50.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Dunkerson Orr (1917-2004) —
also known as Robert D. Orr —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
17, 1917.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
chair
of Vanderburgh County Republican Party, 1965-67; member of Indiana
state senate; elected 1968; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana; elected 1972; Governor of
Indiana, 1981-89; board member, Amtrak (representing all
state governors); U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 1989-92.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Rotary;
Jaycees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
10, 2004 (age 86 years, 114
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Charles Edward Prettyman (1852-1928) —
also known as C. E. Prettyman —
of Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Niles, Berrien
County, Mich., October
13, 1852.
Railway station agent; mayor of
Neosho, Mo., 1924-26; defeated, 1922, 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Neosho, Newton
County, Mo., June 23,
1928 (age 75 years, 254
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.
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Seth Quarles Pulver (1879-1943) —
also known as Seth Q. Pulver —
of Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich.
Born in Laingsburg, Shiawassee
County, Mich., July 20,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Theron
W. Atwood; later, attorney for the Ann Arbor Railroad and
for the Michigan Central Railroad; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1912
(alternate), 1932;
Shiawassee
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1927-28; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., July 3,
1943 (age 63 years, 348
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Lace Quirk (1818-1910) —
also known as Daniel L. Quirk —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.; Sterling, Whiteside
County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Isle of
Man, June 15,
1818.
Democrat. Wayne
County Auditor, 1852-54; postmaster at Belleville,
Mich., 1853-54; hotelier;
co-founder and later president, First National Bank of
Ypsilanti, the first national bank incorporated in Washtenaw County;
he and others organized the Ypsilanti Woolen
Manufacturing Company, which later became the Ypsilanti Underwear
Company; founder and president, Peninsular Paper
Company; railroad builder.
Manx
ancestry.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
3, 1910 (age 92 years, 171
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Charles W. Richardson (1872-1939) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Simcoe County, Ontario,
September
17, 1872.
Republican. Locomotive engineer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1913-14, 1923-28 (Marquette
County 1st District 1913-14, 1923-26, Marquette County 1927-28);
member of Michigan
state senate 31st District, 1929-32; defeated in primary, 1932.
English
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1939
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905 to Jennie
Sandie. |
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Frederick C. Rowe (b. 1872) —
also known as Fred C. Rowe —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born near Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich., June 16,
1872.
Republican. Locomotive fireman; locomotive engineer; officer in
the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers; member of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1919-20.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler;
married, July 21,
1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson. |
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article |
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Horatio Seymour Jr. (1844-1907) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida
County, N.Y., January
8, 1844.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; worked on railroad construction; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., February
21, 1907 (age 63 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry F. Shea (1885-1967) —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Osceola Mine, Houghton
County, Mich., April
15, 1885.
Democrat. Miner;
railroad trainman; plumber;
steamfitter;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,
1918; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940; charged
on January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former state
legislators) with accepting bribes;
tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to 3-5 years in prison;
granted immunity
from prosecution in return for his testimony in another bribery
case, 1945.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in 1967
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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David Eugene Thompson (1854-1942) —
also known as David E. Thompson —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Bethel, Branch
County, Mich., February
28, 1854.
Republican. Railway brakeman; later superintendent and
manager; U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1902-05; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1905; Mexico, 1906-09; president, Pan-American Railway, 1909.
Died in 1942
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Madison Turner (1820-1869) —
also known as James Turner —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., April 1,
1820.
Republican. Merchant;
railroad builder; member of Michigan
state senate 21st District, 1867.
Methodist.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
10, 1869 (age 49 years, 192
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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William L. Webber (1825-1901) —
of Milford, Oakland
County, Mich.; East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ogden, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; Saginaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1854-56; Saginaw
County Prosecuting Attorney; land commissioner and general
solicitor, Flint and Pere Marquette Railway, 1870-85; mayor
of East Saginaw, Mich., 1873-74; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1875; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1876
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died October
15, 1901 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James S. Webber and Phoebe (Smith) Webber; married 1849 to Nancy
M. Whithington. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
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George Williams (b. 1869) —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Oswestry, Wales,
September
24, 1869.
Republican. General agent of Copper Range Railroad; member of
Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Lysander Woodward (1817-1880) —
of Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn., November
19, 1817.
Supervisor
of Avon Township, Michigan, 1856, 1876; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,
1861-62; Oakland
County Treasurer, 1866-70; member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 6th District, 1873; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1878; president, Detroit and Bay City
Railroad.
Died in Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich., January
14, 1880 (age 62 years, 56
days).
Interment at Mt.
Avon Cemetery, Rochester, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Asahel Woodward and Harriet (House) Woodward; married to Penina
Axford Simpson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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