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Allen Clark Adsit (1837-1912) —
also known as Allen C. Adsit —
of Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y.; Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Rutland, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
20, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County 2nd District,
1871-72; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1891-99; defeated, 1899, 1908;
law partner of Peter
J. Danhof, 1901-12; candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1901, 1904.
Universalist.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
3, 1912 (age 74 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Martyn Livingston Agens (1855-1909) —
also known as M. Livy Agens —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., June 17,
1855.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1905-09; died
in office 1909.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grange;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from spinal
meningitis and pneumonia,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March
30, 1909 (age 53 years, 286
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Ludington, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Mason Agens and Georgia (Dean) Agens; married to Eva A.
Holmes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Kyle Anderson (b. 1847) —
also known as William K. Anderson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born near Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., March
24, 1847.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Hanover, 1897-98.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish and English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Witter Johnston Baxter (1816-1888) —
also known as Witter J. Baxter —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Sidney Plains, Delaware
County, N.Y., June 18,
1816.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856;
member of Michigan
state board of education, 1857-76, 1877-81; appointed 1857;
resigned 1876, 1881; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1877-78.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died February
6, 1888 (age 71 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Baxter and Lois (Johnston) Baxter; married 1852 to Alice
Beaumont (granddaughter of Myron Holly). |
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John James Bell (1864-1929) —
also known as John J. Bell —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Palmerston, Ontario,
April
6, 1864.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; music
store owner; mayor
of Port Huron, Mich., 1907-12, 1927-28.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Modern
Maccabees; Maccabees
of the World; Foresters;
Woodmen
of the World; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., April 1,
1929 (age 64 years, 360
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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George Calvin Codd (1829-1903) —
also known as George C. Codd —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ireland,
May
24, 1829.
Republican. Postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1879-85.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died, from broncho-pneumonia
and Bright's
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
28, 1903 (age 73 years, 280
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) —
also known as A. S. Coutant —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Greenwich, Huron
County, Ohio, December
11, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster at Mt.
Pleasant, Mich., 1897-1902.
French,
Dutch,
Scotch-Irish, and German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant; married, December
29, 1881, to Anna M. Saterlee. |
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George D. Cowdin (b. 1835) —
of Oxford, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Livingston
County, N.Y., October
21, 1835.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District,
1907-08.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) —
also known as Charles M. Croswell —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
31, 1825.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor;
lawyer;
Lenawee
County Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner of Thomas
M. Cooley, 1855; mayor of
Adrian, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8th
District 1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,
1873-74; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74; Governor of
Michigan, 1877-80.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish and Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
13, 1886 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Charles Dickey (1813-1879) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., April
13, 1813.
Wool
buyer; Calhoun
County Sheriff, 1844-48; village
president of Marshall, Michigan, 1847; member of Michigan
state senate, 1850-51, 1853-54 (5th District 1850-51, 13th
District 1853-54); member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County, 1859-60; Calhoun
County Probate Judge, 1873.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
13, 1879 (age 65 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Dickey and Rhoda (Varnum) Dickey; married, September
6, 1836, to Mary Ann Wakeman; married 1854 to Mary
Elizabeth Moss; married 1857 to Mary
Jane Pratt; father of Gilbert A. Dickey. |
| | | Image source: History of Berrien County
(1877) |
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John David Dingell Jr. (1926-2019) —
also known as John D. Dingell; "Big John";
"The Truck" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., July 8,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,
16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Polish
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; National Rifle
Association.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., February
7, 2019 (age 92 years, 214
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell and John
David Dingell; married 1952 to Helen
Henebry; married 1981 to Deborah
Ann Insley; father of Christopher
D. Dingell. |
| | | Political family: Dingell
family of Detroit, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Doug
Ross |
| | | John Dingell Drive,
in Detroit Metro Airport,
Romulus,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell VA
Medical Center, in Detroit,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell Jr. Memorial Bridges,
which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann Arbor
Railroad tracks, in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, are named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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John P. FitzGerald (1872-1950) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 30,
1872.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1919-20, 1947-48; defeated, 1942, 1944, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1944.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in 1950
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Ford (1863-1947) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenfield Township (now part of Detroit), Wayne
County, Mich., July 30,
1863.
Engineer;
inventor;
founder, Ford Motor
Company, 1903; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
1916;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish and Belgian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Publisher, in 1919-27, of the Dearborn Independent newspaper,
which promoted anti-Semitic
ideas through articles such as "The International Jew: The World's
Problem," which were reprinted as pamphlets and books. In 1927, a libel
lawsuit against Ford over these writings led him to shut
down the paper and publicly recant
its contents.
Died, from a stroke,
in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., April 7,
1947 (age 83 years, 251
days).
Interment at Ford
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ford and Mary (Litogot) Ford; married, April
11, 1888, to Clara Jane Bryant; uncle of Clarence
William Ford; second cousin once removed of Clyde
McKinlock Ford. |
| | | Political family: Ford
family of Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: James
Couzens — Herman
Bernstein — Alfred
J. Murphy — Martin
C. Ansorge — William
A. Lucking |
| | | Personal motto:
"Efficiency." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Henry Ford: Douglas
Brinkley, Wheels
for the World : Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,
1903-2003 — William A. Levinson, Henry
Ford's Lean Vision — Pat McCarthy, Henry
Ford : Building Cars for Everyone (for young
readers) — David Weitzman, Model
T : How Henry Ford Built a Legend (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about Henry Ford: Max
Wallace, The
American Axis : Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the
Third Reich — Neil Baldwin, Henry
Ford and the Jews : The Mass Production of Hate |
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Robert Emmet Frazer (b. 1840) —
also known as Robert E. Frazer —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., October
2, 1840.
Republican. Washtenaw
County Circuit Court Commissioner; Washtenaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1867; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1888;
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1893-1905; appointed 1893;
defeated, 1905.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Frazer and Sarah (Wells) Frazer; married, August
3, 1863, to Abbie M. Saunders. |
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George A. Gillespie (1883-1960) —
of Gaines, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Argentine Township, Genesee
County, Mich., March
20, 1883.
Republican. Farmer; insurance
agent; director, Gaines Telephone
Company; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District,
1939-40, 1943-48, 1951-60; defeated, 1940, 1948; died in office 1960.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau; Grange.
Died in 1960
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Gail Handy (1898-1970) —
of Eau Claire, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Coon Rapids, Carroll
County, Iowa, January
18, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; fruit
farmer;
sheriff's
deputy; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,
1939-42, 1959-64; defeated, 1942 (Berrien County 2nd District), 1944
(Berrien County 2nd District), 1948 (Berrien County 2nd District),
1950 (Berrien County 2nd District), 1952 (Berrien County 2nd
District), 1964 (44th District).
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Grange.
Died in 1970
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Henry (1859-1925) —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
12, 1859.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 2nd District,
1907-16; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1919-25; defeated, 1916; died in
office 1925.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., January
27, 1925 (age 65 years, 137
days).
Originally entombed at Hamilton Mausoleum, Battle Creek, Mich.; reinterment in 1978 at
Oak
Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.
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Rollie L. Lewis (1884-1948) —
of Charlevoix, Charlevoix
County, Mich.
Born in Charlevoix, Charlevoix
County, Mich., August
2, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; Charlevoix
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18, 1929-32; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Charlevoix County, 1921-24;
defeated in primary, 1938; Charlevoix
County Probate Judge, 1945-48.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died, in Little Traverse Hospital,
Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich., November
28, 1948 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Charlevoix, Mich.
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Dewey William Loomis (1892-1986) —
also known as Dewey W. Loomis —
of Wellston, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., August
9, 1892.
Republican. Musician;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Manistee County, 1939-42;
defeated in primary, 1942.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in 1986
(age about
93 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Edward Magill (1847-1928) —
also known as William E. Magill —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.; Bangor Township, Bay
County, Mich.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Port Stanley, Ontario,
November
3, 1847.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
surgeon;
mayor
of West Bay City, Mich., 1881-82; Bay
County Treasurer.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 29,
1928 (age 80 years, 208
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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William John McCaren (1862-1934) —
also known as William J. McCaren —
of Carsonville, Sanilac
County, Mich.
Born in Carsonville, Sanilac
County, Mich., December
15, 1862.
Democrat. Grocer; banker;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1917-19; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died, from a series of heart
attacks, in Carsonville, Sanilac
County, Mich., July 20,
1934 (age 71 years, 217
days).
Interment at Washington
Township Cemetery, Carsonville, Mich.
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Frank Eugene McKee (1877-1951) —
also known as Frank E. McKee —
of North Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
22, 1877.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state senate 23rd District, 1943-44, 1951; defeated in primary,
1944; died in office 1951.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish, Swiss, German,
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a room at the Porter Hotel,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., February
13, 1951 (age 73 years, 175
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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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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Alfred Milton Nevins (1862-1927) —
also known as Alfred M. Nevins —
of Orangeville Township, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Richland, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April 5,
1862.
Republican. Farmer; grain
shipper; banker; Barry
County Treasurer, 1915-18; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1921-24;
defeated in primary, 1924.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in Prairieville Township, Barry
County, Mich., May 12,
1927 (age 65 years, 37
days).
Interment at Brown Cemetery, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Mich.
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Nelson M. O'Beirne (1869-1948) —
of Clarksville, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Berlin Township, Ionia
County, Mich., November
30, 1869.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ionia County, 1923-26.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died in Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich., April
11, 1948 (age 78 years, 133
days).
Interment at South Boston Cemetery, Clarksville, Mich.
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Herbert Pritcgard Orr (1882-1939) —
also known as Herbert P. Orr —
of Caro, Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born in Tuscola
County, Mich., September
16, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; actuary;
member of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1931-34.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Killed, along with his wife, in an automobile
collision, in Tuscola
County, Mich., August
14, 1939 (age 56 years, 332
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Robison (1800-1879) —
of Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario
County, N.Y., November
18, 1800.
Farmer;
tanner;
currier;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 4th
District, 1859-60.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died January
27, 1879 (age 78 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John J. Robison (b. 1824) —
of Sharon Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
23, 1824.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1863-64; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1869-72, 1883-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1872;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1874, 1876; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 3rd
District, 1879-80; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1886-87.
Scotch-Irish, English,
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward MacGlen Sharpe (1887-1975) —
also known as Edward M. Sharpe —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Bay
County, Mich., December
18, 1887.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1924;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1934-57; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1941, 1949, 1956.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Hampton Township, Bay
County, Mich., March 3,
1975 (age 87 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1939 |
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Charles R. Sligh (1850-1927) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., 1850.
Furniture
business; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1896 (Fusion), 1924 (Republican primary); Democratic
candidate for mayor
of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1906, 1908; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1923-24.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died September
15, 1927 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wilson Sligh and Eliza (Wilson) Sligh; married to Mary S.
Conger and Edith E. Clark. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John M. C. Smith (1853-1923) —
of Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
6, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; Eaton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-88; president, First National
Bank of
Charlotte, 1889-1923; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 15th District,
1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1911-21, 1921-23; died
in office 1923.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Knights of
the Maccabees.
Died, of heart
disease, in Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich., March
30, 1923 (age 70 years, 52
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Justus Thorington (1848-1927) —
also known as Chet Thorington —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Prattsville, Greene
County, N.Y., February
20, 1848.
Democrat. Lumber and
timber business; shingle
manufacturer; livery
business; farmer; Midland
County Sheriff, 1891-92; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1903-04; defeated, 1900;
candidate for mayor
of Midland, Mich., 1914.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Foresters;
Maccabees.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., September
26, 1927 (age 79 years, 218
days).
Interment at Midland
Cemetery, Midland, Mich.
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William Henry Wallace (b. 1862) —
also known as William H. Wallace; W. H.
Wallace —
of Bay Port, Huron
County, Mich.; Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Hope, Huron
County, Mich., September
12, 1862.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908,
1916,
1924;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture; elected 1909, 1915.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
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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Arthur E. Wood (1870-1966) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., August
12, 1870.
Republican. Milliner;
banker;
business
executive; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1917-18; member of Michigan
state senate, 1919-32, 1935-36, 1943-44, 1947-48 (3rd District
1919-26, 4th District 1927-32, 1935-36, 1943-44, 1947-48); defeated,
1932, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952; candidate in primary for
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1923; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1932;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Died in 1966
(age about
95 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hamilton Mercer Wright (b. 1852) —
also known as Hamilton M. Wright —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
26, 1852.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 1st District,
1883-86; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1887-89, 1895-97; probate judge in Michigan,
1889-1900.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Mercer Wright and Virginia (Huckins) Wright; married 1871 to Anne
Dana Fitzhugh. |
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Luther L. Wright (b. 1856) —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., January
18, 1856.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state board of education, 1901-06; appointed 1901; Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1907-13.
Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1911 |
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Frank Landon Young (1871-1952) —
also known as Frank L. Young —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Esperance, Schoharie
County, N.Y., July 24,
1871.
Republican. Hay and
grain
dealer; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1923-26.
Baptist.
English
and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., June 23,
1952 (age 80 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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