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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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Frank Nathan Aldrich (1890-1939) —
also known as Frank N. Aldrich —
of Concord, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Capac, St. Clair
County, Mich., August
8, 1890.
Republican. Village president of Concord, Mich., 1917-39; president,
Farmers State Bank of
Concord, 1920-39; chair of
Jackson County Republican Party, 1932.
Universalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, in Foote Hospital,
Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., May 21,
1939 (age 48 years, 286
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Concord, Mich.
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Robert Darwood Alexander (1944-2017) —
also known as Robert D. Alexander; Bob
Alexander —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1944.
Served
in the Peace Corps; school
teacher; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1974 (Human
Rights), 1992 (Democratic primary); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977-79; Democratic candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 2004.
Unitarian. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April
26, 2017 (age 72 years, 177
days). His body was
donated to the Michigan State University Medical School.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Gibson Alexander and Dorothy (Darwood) Alexander; married
to Julie Horn. |
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James Mitchell Ashley (1824-1896) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born near Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1824.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1859-69 (5th District 1859-63, 10th
District 1863-69); defeated, 1868, 1890, 1892; Governor
of Montana Territory, 1869.
Unitarian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died of a heart
attack in Alma, Gratiot
County, Mich., September
16, 1896 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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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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John F. Baker (1874-1941) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario,
March
5, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 13th District, 1922; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1929; probate judge in Michigan,
1936.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in 1941
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Bristol
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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John Walford Bannasch (1906-1984) —
also known as John W. Bannasch —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Clarklake, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., November
28, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1943-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1950.
Methodist;
later Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Columbia Township, Jackson
County, Mich., June 12,
1984 (age 77 years, 197
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Bannasch and Rose G. (Shirley) Bannasch; married 1931 to
Dorothy H. Miller. |
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Austin Blair (1818-1894) —
also known as "The War Governor" —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Caroline, Tompkins
County, N.Y., February
8, 1818.
Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County, 1846;
instrumental in the 1846 abolition of capital punishment in Michigan,
the first
English-speaking jurisdiction to do so; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54, 1885-86; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1855-56; Governor of
Michigan, 1861-65; defeated (Liberty), 1872; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1867-73; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1881-89; appointed 1881.
Unitarian.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
6, 1894 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rhoda (Blackman) Mann Blair and George Blair; married, February
18, 1841, to Persis Lyman; married, May 25,
1846, to Elizabeth Pratt; married, February
16, 1849, to Sarah Louesa (Horton) Ford; father of Charles
Austin Blair; third cousin of Bernard
Blair. |
| | | Political family: Blair
family of Jackson, Michigan. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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James Johnston Blanchard (b. 1942) —
also known as James J. Blanchard; Jim
Blanchard —
of Pleasant Ridge, Oakland
County, Mich.; Beverly Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
8, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1975-83; Governor of
Michigan, 1983-90; defeated, 1990, 2002; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1984
(speaker),
1988
(chair, Platform
Committee; member, Arrangements
Committee; speaker),
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(member, Platform
Committee); U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1993-96.
Unitarian. Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Delta
Tau Delta.
Still living as of 2018.
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Benjamin Franklin Bradley (1843-1922) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bradley —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Niagara
County, N.Y., July 17,
1843.
Republican. Express
agent; postmaster at Midland,
Mich., 1871-83; village
president of Midland, Michigan; elected 1884; candidate for mayor
of Midland, Mich., 1909.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Modern
Woodmen of America; Maccabees.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., December
31, 1922 (age 79 years, 167
days).
Interment at Midland
Cemetery, Midland, Mich.
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Theodore S. Brown (b. 1930) —
of Garden City, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born April
23, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
20th District, 1961-62.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives: Son
of Stanley Brown and Rose (Mehalowska) Brown; married to Catherine
Morgan. |
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Charles O. Conrad (b. 1930) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 23,
1930.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 50th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966, 1972; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 1973.
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Thomas Bradford Curtis (1911-1993) —
also known as Thomas B. Curtis —
of Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 14,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1951-69 (12th District 1951-53, 2nd
District 1953-69); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1968, 1974.
Unitarian. Member, American
Political Science Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Lions; American
Legion.
Died in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., January
10, 1993 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tom Downs (1916-2007) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., July 11,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62; candidate for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 1964; candidate for Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1972; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Unitarian.
Died in 2007
(age about
90 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Downs and Elizabeth (Seiling) Downs; married to Alice
Elizabeth 'Bette' Mohrmann. |
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Charles John Dunn (1872-1939) —
also known as Charles J. Dunn —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Houghton
County, Mich., July 14,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1901-02; municipal judge in
Maine, 1903-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1908,
1916;
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1918-35; chief
justice of Maine state supreme court, 1935-39; died in office
1939.
Universalist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
10, 1939 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Justus Gage (1805-1875) —
of Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., March
13, 1805.
Member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1861-69.
Universalist.
Died in Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich., January
21, 1875 (age 69 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1836 to
Matilda Tinkler. |
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Obadiah Gardner (1852-1938) —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine.
Born near Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., September
13, 1852.
Democrat. Farmer; lumber
business; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1908; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1912;
delegate
to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Knox County,
1933.
Universalist. Member, Grange;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 24,
1938 (age 85 years, 314
days).
Interment at Achorn
Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
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James McNeil Hare (1910-1980) —
also known as James M. Hare —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., July 31,
1910.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1955-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1956
(alternate), 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1960.
Unitarian. Member, American
Federation of Teachers; Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died in 1980
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
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Samuel Whaley Hopkins (1845-1923) —
also known as Samuel W. Hopkins —
of Coventry, Tolland
County, Conn.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Exeter, Washington
County, R.I., April 1,
1845.
School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
developer; Isabella
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-76; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella District, 1877-80;
candidate for village
president of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 1877; chair of
Isabella County Republican Party, 1878-84; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1884;
president, Mount Pleasant Sugar
Company; member of Michigan
state senate 25th District, 1893-94; defeated, 1898 (Democratic),
1914 (Progressive).
Unitarian. English
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., August
20, 1923 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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Howard Lyle Jones (b. 1925) —
also known as Howard L. Jones —
of Webberville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., September
19, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
2nd District, 1962; appointed 1962; candidate in Democratic primary
for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1962 (Ingham County 2nd
District), 1968 (58th District), 1970 (58th District); Human Rights
candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1972, 1976; Human Rights candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1974; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Unitarian. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1998.
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Relatives: Son
of Sherdie Jones and Millicent (Hardiek) Jones; married to Dorothy
Gertrude Dorch. |
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Raymond L. King (b. 1929) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.; West Branch, Ogemaw
County, Mich.
Born in Braintree, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
1, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
2nd District, 1961-62; resigned 1962; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Unitarian. Member, Theta
Chi; Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1968.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel King and Doris (Lamprey) King; married to Jean Ellen
Peters. |
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John Howland Lathrop (1880-1967) —
also known as John H. Lathrop —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., 1880.
Unitarian
minister; vice-chair of New York American Labor Party, 1945.
Unitarian. Member, Urban
League.
Died August
20, 1967 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Lathrop and Alice McDora (Osborne) Lathrop; married 1907 to Lita
Schlesinger. |
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Leslie Ferris Lokken (b. 1926) —
also known as Leslie Lokken —
of Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash., April 3,
1926.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1972;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
Unitarian. Member, Theta
Sigma Phi; Common
Cause; National
Organization for Women; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1997.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert Donald Ferris and Leslie (Smith)
Ferris. |
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Wade Hampton McCree Jr. (1920-1987) —
also known as Wade H. McCree, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, July 3,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-61; appointed 1954; resigned
1961; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1961-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1966-77; resigned
1977; U.S. Solicitor General, 1977-81; law
professor.
Unitarian. African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
attack and bone
cancer in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
30, 1987 (age 67 years, 58
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Milton Robert Palmer (1878-1932) —
also known as Milton R. Palmer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., January
25, 1878.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1921-32; died in office 1932.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters.
Died in a hospital
in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
10, 1932 (age 54 years, 198
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Milton Josiah Palmer and Jane (Bayne) Palmer. |
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Thomas Witherell Palmer (1830-1913) —
also known as Thomas W. Palmer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
25, 1830.
Republican. Merchant;
real
estate business; lumber
business; member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1879-80; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1883-89; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1889-90.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 1,
1913 (age 83 years, 127
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Powell (b. 1830) —
of Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
31, 1830.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Marshall, Mich., 1876-77.
Universalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Powell and Docia (Boughton) Powell; married, March
18, 1853, to Martha L. Paddock; married to Anna Moeschler and
Sarah Francis Bacon. |
| | | Image source: History of Calhoun County
(1877) |
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Cornelia A. Robinson (1897-1977) —
also known as Mrs. William McKinley Robinson —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, January
29, 1897.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state board of education; elected 1959.
Female.
Unitarian.
Died in 1977
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to William McKinley Robinson. |
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Robert J. Slingerlend (b. 1915) —
of Lake Orion, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Mecosta
County, Mich., May 4,
1915.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 63rd District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966.
Unitarian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Neil Oliver Staebler (1905-2000) —
also known as Neil Staebler; "Mr.
Democrat" —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., July 11,
1905.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Michigan
Democratic state chair, 1950-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1963-65; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1963-67, 1972-75; candidate for
Governor
of Michigan, 1964; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan.
Unitarian. German
ancestry. Member, Theta
Chi; American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died, from the effects of Alzheimer's
disease, in Glacier Hills nursing
home, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
8, 2000 (age 95 years, 150
days).
Cremated.
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Frank A. Towsley (1858-1919) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Mich.
Born in Galesburg, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April
11, 1858.
Republican. Physician;
candidate for mayor
of Midland, Mich., 1908 (Republican primary), 1910 (Independent),
1913 (Republican primary), 1914 (Republican primary).
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from myocarditis,
in the Sanitarium,
Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., July 23,
1919 (age 61 years, 103
days).
Interment at Midland
Cemetery, Midland, Mich.
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Jacob Hendrick Trapp (1899-1992) —
also known as Jacob Trapp —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Denver,
Colo.; Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., April
12, 1899.
Democrat. Unitarian
minister; poet;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Unitarian-Universalist. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., December
28, 1992 (age 93 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Willen Jansz Trapp and Aafke 'Effie' (Hertog) Trapp; married, July 13,
1925, to Helen B. Whitmore. |
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Weston Edward Vivian (1924-2020) —
also known as Wes E. Vivian —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Newfoundland,
October
25, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1965-67; defeated,
1966, 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1976.
Unitarian. Member, NAACP.
Died December
4, 2020 (age 96 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Casey Cyrenius Wiggins (1881-1953) —
also known as Casey C. Wiggins —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Antrim Township, Shiawassee
County, Mich., January
26, 1881.
Democrat. College
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1936.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., June 27,
1953 (age 72 years, 152
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Glenn C. Wiggins and Emma (Handy) Wiggins; married, July 17,
1907, to Clara B. Dorrance; married, June 20,
1942, to Annette Gilbert. |
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Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) —
also known as Jesse P. Wolcott —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., March 3,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57.
Universalist or Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Moose.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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