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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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John Judson Bagley (1832-1881) —
also known as John J. Bagley —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Medina, Orleans
County, N.Y., July 24,
1832.
Republican. Cigar manufacturer; president, Michigan Mutual Life
Insurance Company, 1867-72; bank
director; Governor of
Michigan, 1873-76.
Unitarian.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., July 27,
1881 (age 49 years, 3
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Joseph James Frost (b. 1881) —
also known as Joseph J. Frost —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio, July 15,
1881.
Democrat. Cigar business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1917-18; defeated, 1908.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James F. Hammell (1859-1916) —
also known as Jim Hammell —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born near Brighton, Livingston
County, Mich., August
13, 1859.
Democrat. School
teacher; grocer;
cigar manufacturer; mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1900-03.
Died in 1916
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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John Hosking (1869-1934) —
of Ishpeming, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Camborne, Cornwall, England,
April
9, 1869.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cigar business; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County 2nd
District, 1923-26.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1934
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Ishpeming
Cemetery, Ishpeming, Mich.
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Homer McGraw (1856-1915) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Baltimore, Macomb
County, Mich., January
22, 1856.
Republican. Wool
business; wholesale tobacco business; fire
insurance business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1915; died in office 1915.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
26, 1915 (age 59 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William T. McGraw (b. 1868) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Livonia Township (now Livonia), Wayne
County, Mich., May 12,
1868.
Republican. Wholesale tobacco business; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1899-1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard McGraw and Jane (Chapman) McGraw; brother of Homer
McGraw; married, June 15,
1897, to Harriette Fuller. |
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John A. C. Menton (b. 1866) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., September
4, 1866.
Boxer;
cigar maker; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1906, 1910; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1911-12; defeated (Socialist), 1912; candidate for
Michigan
state house of representatives, 1914 (Genesee County 2nd
District), 1916 (Genesee County 2nd District), 1930 (Republican
primary, Genesee County 1st District).
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Wetzell Miles (1875-1965) —
also known as Aaron W. Miles; Paddy Miles —
of Big Rapids, Mecosta
County, Mich.
Born in Watsontown, Northumberland
County, Pa., December
6, 1875.
Cigar manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mecosta County, 1919-24;
defeated (Progressive), 1914; postmaster at Big
Rapids, Mich., 1924-36; Mecosta
County Probate Judge, 1937-56.
German
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died, in Mecosta Memorial Hospital,
Stanwood, Mecosta
County, Mich., March 1,
1965 (age 89 years, 85
days).
Interment at Highland
View Cemetery, Big Rapids, Mich.
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Merrill I. Mills (1819-1882) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in 1819.
Democrat. Stove
manufacturer; founder of Banner Tobacco Company; director
of First National Bank of
Detroit; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1866-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1876.
Died in 1882
(age about
63 years).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Albert Stoll (b. 1852) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
10, 1852.
Republican. Cigar business; insurance
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence J. Sweet —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Cigar dealer; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1919.
Burial location unknown.
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