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Hermes Luther Ames (1865-1920) —
also known as Hermes L. Ames; Henry Ames —
of Falconer, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Carroll town, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
28, 1865.
Farmer;
school
teacher; hay dealer; milling
business; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1918-20;
defeated (Prohibition), 1916; died in office 1920.
Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Grange.
Died August
23, 1920 (age 54 years, 300
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Loretta Woodward (Tiller) Ames and Ezra Wales Ames; married, June 20,
1894, to Minta E. Brunson. |
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George Anderson (1839-1916) —
of Schodack, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Castleton (now Castleton-on-Hudson), Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Westerlo, Albany
County, N.Y., 1839.
Republican. Farmer; builder;
farm implement manufacturer; meat
business; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1896-97.
Died in 1916
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y.
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Isaiah Blood (1810-1870) —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., February
13, 1810.
Axe and scythe manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County 1st District, 1852; member of
New
York state senate 15th District, 1860-61, 1870; died in office
1870.
Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., November
29, 1870 (age 60 years, 289
days).
Interment at Ballston
Spa Cemetery, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
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George W. Brown (b. 1859) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenevus, Otsego
County, N.Y., October
14, 1859.
Republican. Produce
dealer; produce
dealer in Otsego County; later, employed by a hay, grain, and
produce
merchant in Brooklyn; bookkeeper
and manager for a carriage
painting and sign-making
business; bookkeeper;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 4th District, 1907, 1909-10.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carlton Brown. |
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John H. Buhrmaster (b. 1876) —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Auriesville, Montgomery
County, N.Y., March
27, 1876.
Republican. Grocer; coal,
feed, and building
supply business; director and vice-president, Glenville Bank;
member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County 2nd District, 1932-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew D. Burgdorf (b. 1892) —
of Martville, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Victory, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March
27, 1892.
Republican. Farmer;
hay dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1934-38.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Asa Smith Bushnell (1834-1904) —
also known as Asa S. Bushnell —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
16, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Warder, Bushnell & Glassner Company, manufacturers of mowers and
reapers; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1885; Governor of
Ohio, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1896
(speaker).
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1904 (age 69 years, 121
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) —
also known as Elbert N. Carvel; "Big
Bert" —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., February
9, 1910.
Democrat. Fertilizer manufacturer; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1945-49; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Delaware.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Grange;
Sigma
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., February
6, 2005 (age 94 years, 363
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) —
also known as Jerome I. Case —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Williamstown, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1819.
Inventor;
threshing machine manufacturer; mayor of
Racine, Wis., 1856, 1858, 1860; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1865-66; banker.
Died in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., December
22, 1891 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Entombed at Mound
Cemetery, Racine, Wis.; memorial monument at Monument Square, Racine, Wis.
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Darvin Pratt Clough (1840-1910) —
also known as Darvin P. Clough —
of Darien, Walworth
County, Wis.
Born in Nelson, Madison
County, N.Y., February, 1840.
Republican. Livestock dealer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Walworth County, 1899-1900.
Died in Darien, Walworth
County, Wis., 1910
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Darien Cemetery, Darien, Wis.
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Moore Conger (1819-1890) —
of Ira, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 21,
1819.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 1st District, 1855;
livestock commission business.
Accidentally
struck
by a gate at the Chicago stockyards, suffered a head injury, and died
two weeks later, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1890 (age 71 years, 171
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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H. R. de Malignon (b. 1860) —
of Selby, Walworth
County, S.Dak.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1860.
Republican. Farmer;
farm implement dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 39th District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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DeWitt C. Dominick —
of Walden, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Gallupville, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; coal
and lumber
dealer; feed business; real estate
business; builder;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1925-30.
Burial location unknown.
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William S. Dunn (b. 1886) —
of Schoharie, Schoharie
County, N.Y.
Born in Middleburgh, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
15, 1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; livestock
shipping business; member of New York
state assembly from Schoharie County, 1933-36.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Reuben Ellwood (1821-1885) —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Illinois.
Born in Minden, Montgomery
County, N.Y., February
21, 1821.
Republican. Farm implement manufacturer; hardware
business; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1883-85; died in
office 1885.
Died in Sycamore, DeKalb
County, Ill., July 1,
1885 (age 64 years, 130
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Sycamore, Ill.
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Louis Fechter Sr. (1851-1921) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1851.
Republican. Employed on Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad;
lost
an arm in an 1877 railroad accident; carting
business; organized Buffalo Rendering
Co.; manager, Buffalo Fertilizer Co.; president, Minnehaha Mining and
Smelting
Co.; president, Fechter-Elliott Agency, real
estate and insurance;
member of New York
state senate 48th District, 1905-06.
Catholic.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April
16, 1921 (age about 69
years).
Interment at United
German and French Cemetery, Cheektowaga, N.Y.
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Dexter Mason Ferry (1833-1907) —
also known as Dexter M. Ferry —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., August
8, 1833.
Republican. Founder and president, D. M. Ferry seed company;
president, American Harrow Company; director, Detroit Copper and
Brass Rolling Mills; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1892,
1904;
Michigan
Republican state chair, 1896-99.
Died, from heart
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
10, 1907 (age 74 years, 94
days).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Francis Joseph Heney (b. 1859) —
also known as Francis J. Heney —
of Fort Apache, Navajo
County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., March
17, 1859.
Lawyer;
cattle trader; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1893-94; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1905; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1912;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1914.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Heney and Julia (Schreiber) Heney. |
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Alonzo Barton Hepburn (1846-1922) —
also known as A. Barton Hepburn —
of Colton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Colton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., July 24,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer; timber
business; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from St. Lawrence County 2nd District, 1875-79;
superintendent, New York State Banking Department, 1880-83; U.S.
Comptroller of the Currency, 1892-93; director, New York Life Insurance
Company, American Agricultural Chemical
Company, Studebaker Corporation (automobile
manufacturer), and Great Northern Railway.
Hit by
a bus at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, injured, and died five
days later, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1922 (age 75 years, 185
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.
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Webber A. Joiner (1860-1940) —
also known as Webb A. Joiner —
of Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Weathersfield town, Wyoming
County, N.Y., July 8,
1860.
Republican. Livestock dealer; real estate
business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1922-26.
English
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1940
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Attica, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Perry Joiner and Mariette (Cleveland) Joiner; married 1882 to Mary
A. Wilson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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Leigh G. Kirkland (b. 1873) —
of Randolph, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.; Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Conewango town, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., February
8, 1873.
Republican. Farmer;
feed business; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1921-24; member of New York
state senate 51st District, 1925-38.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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James A. Latour (b. 1871) —
of Saranac Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y.
Born in Harriettstown, Franklin
County, N.Y., November
6, 1871.
Republican. Coal,
ice and feed business; partner in a garage
at Malone, N.Y.; Franklin
County Treasurer, 1916-21; postmaster at Saranac
Lake, N.Y., 1921-29; member of New York
state assembly from Franklin County, 1930-34.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Tuffield Latour. |
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Abram P. LeFevre —
of New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Republican. Coal,
lumber,
and feed dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 2nd District, 1914-17.
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Leonard (1873-1947) —
also known as W. H. Leonard —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
29, 1873.
Republican. Miner;
cattle trader; organizer and president, Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing
Co.; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920,
1944.
Episcopalian.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., May 29,
1947 (age 74 years, 61
days).
Interment at Will
Rogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Sylvan Levy (1870-1934) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France,
1870.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; hay and grain
dealer; insurance
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
19, 1934 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Lansing Edgar Lincoln (1842-1916) —
also known as Lansing E. Lincoln —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Harbor Beach, Huron
County, Mich.; Omer, Arenac
County, Mich.
Born in Groton, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
23, 1842.
Progressive. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
farmer;
livestock dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1885-88;
defeated, 1914.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
While entering a country
store, he slipped and fell,
never regained consciousness, and died soon after, in Omer, Arenac
County, Mich., November
4, 1916 (age 73 years, 347
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Omer, Mich.
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L. Richard Marshall (1917-1983) —
of Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., August
21, 1917.
Republican. Feed mill business; member of New York
state assembly, 1963-77 (Chemung County 1963-65, 139th District
1966, 126th District 1967-77).
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in June, 1983
(age 65
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Rhoderic McPherson (1833-1897) —
also known as John R. McPherson —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 9,
1833.
Democrat. Stockyard business; member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1872-74; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1877-95.
Died, from heart
trouble, in his room at Taylor's Hotel,
Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., October
8, 1897 (age 64 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Munson Osborne (1822-1886) —
also known as David M. Osborne —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
15, 1822.
Republican. Hardware
business; farm implement manufacturer; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1879-80; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1884.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 6,
1886 (age 63 years, 203
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Hall Osborn and Caroline (Bulkley) Osborn; married 1851 to Eliza
Lidy Wright; father of Thomas
Mott Osborne; grandfather of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin of Charles
Taylor Sherman, Barzillai
Bulkeley Kellogg, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman and John
Sherman; third cousin once removed of Dwight
Arthur Silliman; third cousin twice removed of Ira
Yale and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer
Lockwood, Jonathan
Brace and Aaron
Burr; fourth cousin of Howkin
Bulkley Beardslee, Henry
Jarvis Raymond and Edwin
Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Charles
Yale, Eli
Thacher Hoyt, Millard
Ellsworth Lane, Oliver
Cromwell Jennings, Fred
Lockwood Keeler and Thomas
McKeen Chidsey. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Washington Patterson (1799-1879) —
also known as George W. Patterson —
of Leicester, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Westfield, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
11, 1799.
Republican. Farm implement manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1832-33, 1835-40; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1839-40; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1849-50; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1856
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1877-79.
Died in Westfield, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
15, 1879 (age 79 years, 338
days).
Interment at Westfield
Cemetery, Westfield, N.Y.
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Adolph F. Reinecke (b. 1866) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1866.
Bookkeeper;
salesman;
agent for harvester company; U.S. Consular Agent in Omsk, 1908-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Henry Springer (1857-1916) —
also known as Charles H. Springer —
of Moravia, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Niles, Cayuga
County, N.Y., March 9,
1857.
Republican. Produce
merchant; coal,
lumber,
and feed dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Suffered a stroke,
and died ten days later, in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., June 8,
1916 (age 59 years, 91
days).
Interment at Sand Hill Cemetery, Sempronius, N.Y.
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Edwin J. Tallman (1860-1919) —
of La Fargeville, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Orleans, Jefferson
County, N.Y., January, 1860.
Republican. Hay and grain
dealer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1896,
1916;
Jefferson
County Sheriff, 1903-05.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in La Fargeville, Jefferson
County, N.Y., March 4,
1919 (age 59 years, 0
days).
Interment at Grove Cemetery, La Fargeville, N.Y.
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Henry Van Woert (1836-1916) —
of Canistota, McCook
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pompey, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
22, 1836.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; livestock
buyer; farmer;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1883; member of South
Dakota state senate 10th District, 1901-02.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., March
27, 1916 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Interment at Canistota Cemetery, Canistota, S.Dak.
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Cyrenus Wheeler Jr. (1817-1899) —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Michigan, March
17, 1817.
Republican. Inventor
and manufacturer of agricultural implements; mayor of
Auburn, N.Y., 1881-86, 1889-90.
English
ancestry.
Died March
25, 1899 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thirza (Evans) Wheeler; married to Harriet Trumbull, Susan Tracy
and Jane Barker. |
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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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