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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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Charles Edward Bartlett (b. 1887) —
also known as Charles E. Bartlett —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 16,
1887.
Republican. Electrician;
worked for the Chicago Telephone
Company, the Michigan State Telephone
Company, and Detroit Edison (electric utility); member, legislative
committee, Detroit Federation of Labor and Michigan State
Federation of Labor; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-32; defeated, 1932, 1934; elected (Wet) delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District 1933, but did not serve; candidate for Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1936.
Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Burial location unknown.
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Junius Emery Beal (1860-1942) —
also known as Junius E. Beal; Junius Emery
Field —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., February
23, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
broker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1905-06; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-39; vice-president, Farmers
and Merchants Bank;
president, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street
Railway Co.; officer of gas and electric utilities.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., June 24,
1942 (age 82 years, 121
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Robert Peter Briggs (1903-1998) —
also known as Robert P. Briggs —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.; Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.
Born in Monroe, Monroe
County, Mich., April 3,
1903.
Republican. Accountant;
university
professor; vice-president, Consumers Power Company; member
of Michigan
state board of education, 1964-68; defeated, 1964; appointed 1964.
Presbyterian.
Died September
2, 1998 (age 95 years, 152
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Douglas Briggs and Rose (Pierce) Briggs; married, December
22, 1925, to Maxine Corliss. |
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Prentiss Marsh Brown (1889-1973) —
also known as Prentiss M. Brown; "Father of the
Mackinac Bridge" —
of St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich., June 18,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mackinac
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-26; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1924,
1940,
1948,
1952;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1928; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1933-36; defeated,
1924; resigned 1936; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936-43; defeated, 1942; administrator,
U.S. Office of Price Administration, 1942-43;; chairman, Mackinac
Bridge Authority, 1951-73; chairman, Detroit Edison electric
utility.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in St. Ignace, Mackinac
County, Mich., December
19, 1973 (age 84 years, 184
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, St. Ignace, Mich.
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William Chandler (b. 1846) —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Raisin Township, Lenawee
County, Mich., April
27, 1846.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1876; superintendent of the
ship
canal at Sault Ste. Marie, 1881-85; involved in electric
power development; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Chippewa District, 1899-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilbur Fisk Davidson (1852-1913) —
also known as Wilbur F. Davidson —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., September
10, 1852.
Democrat. Founder, Port Huron Light and Power Company;
candidate for Michigan
state treasurer, 1904.
Died in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., June 18,
1913 (age 60 years, 281
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Francis Davidson and Catherine Darr (Wittenmyer) Davidson;
married 1876 to
Margaretta Page Turner. |
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memorial |
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Henry Woolsey Douglas (1867-1924) —
also known as Henry W. Douglas; Harry
Douglas —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
7, 1867.
Democrat. Engineer;
superintendent, Ann Arbor Gas Company; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1905.
Died, from acute cardiac
failure, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
24, 1924 (age 57 years, 230
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Charles Carroll Fitch (1842-1899) —
also known as Charles C. Fitch —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cuylerville, Livingston
County, N.Y., July 19,
1842.
Democrat. Abstractor;
hardware
business; president, Mason Water and Electric Light
Company; Ingham
County Register of Deeds, 1885-88; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1889-92.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, June 28,
1899 (age 56 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Walton Griest (1858-1929) —
also known as William W. Griest —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Christiana, Lancaster
County, Pa., September
22, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; president of electric
railways and lighting companies; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1909-29 (9th District 1909-23,
10th District 1923-29); died in office 1929.
Died in Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich., December
5, 1929 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Interment at Woodward
Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
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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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Daniel E. Karn (1890-1969) —
also known as Dan E. Karn —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Miami
County, Ind., April
29, 1890.
Republican. President, Consumers Power Company, 1950-60; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Jackson County
1st District, 1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., June, 1969
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Karn and Mary (Zimmerman) Karn; married to Vivian Vardell
Vanderlyn. |
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memorial |
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Edward DeWitt Kinne (1842-1921) —
also known as Edward D. Kinne —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in DeWitt Center, Onondaga
County, N.Y., February
9, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1875-77; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 2nd
District, 1881-82; circuit
judge in Michigan 22nd Circuit, 1888-1917; president, First
National Bank, Ann
Arbor, Mich.; president, Washtenaw Gas Co.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 25,
1921 (age 79 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George E. Lewis —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Republican. Engineer;
division superintendent, Detroit Edison electric utility; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1921-25.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur G. Noble —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Local manager for Consumers Power Co.; automobile
dealer; candidate for mayor of
Albion, Mich., 1926.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Grant Pitkin (1868-1957) —
also known as Clarence G. Pitkin —
of Whitehall, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
2, 1868.
Republican. Druggist;
secretary and general manager of White River Power and Light
Company; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Muskegon County, 1921-24.
Scottish
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Whitehall, Muskegon
County, Mich., September
18, 1957 (age 88 years, 320
days).
Interment at Oakhurst
Cemetery, Whitehall, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of David Pitkin and Lucy Sophia (LaRue) Pitkin; married 1891 to Anna
Marie Knudsen. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Charles Wallace Smith (b. 1864) —
also known as Charles W. Smith —
of Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich.
Born in Lapeer
County, Mich., April
22, 1864.
Republican. Building
contractor; treasurer-secretary of the Lapeer Gas-Electric
Co.; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lapeer County, 1911-16; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1915-16; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1912,
1920;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1924.
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lapeer, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram Smith and Ann (Rook) Smith. |
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Robert D. Wardell (1882-1952) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Manchester, England,
January
3, 1882.
Illuminating
engineer
with Detroit Gas and Electric Fixture Co.; in 1914, he
founded the Wardell Light and Fixture Co.; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1923-24, 1927-32; defeated, 1924 (Republican primary), 1936
(Democratic primary), 1944 (Democratic primary), 1950 (Democratic
primary); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1932 (Republican primary, 15th
District), 1932 (American, 15th District), 1940 (Democratic primary,
13th District); delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District, 1933.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1952
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Justin Rice Whiting (1886-1965) —
also known as Justin R. Whiting —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., March
29, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; president and
chairman, Consumers Power Company, 1949-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Istanbul, Turkey,
March
1, 1965 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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