The Political Graveyard: Politicians in the Furniture Business in Ohio

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Politicians in the Furniture Business in Ohio

Charles C. Dunham (1845-1917) — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born in Ohio, 1845. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; livery business; furniture and undertaking business; mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1902-04, 1911-12; defeated, 1910. Died in 1917 (age about 72 years). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.

Auguste L. A. Fredin (1818-1902) — of Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in France, 1818. Furniture business; steamship agent; Consular Agent for France in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1874-1902. French ancestry. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 6, 1902 (age about 83 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Cincinnati, Ohio.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Abraham Reuben Garver (1860-1944) — of Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio. Born in Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, December 20, 1860. Republican. Member of Ohio state senate, 1915-17. Methodist. German ancestry. Owned the Garver Furniture Factory in Tipp City, Ohio. Died, of pneumonia, in Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio, October 30, 1944 (age 83 years, 315 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City, Ohio.

Relatives: Granduncle of George G. Garver.

Warner Munger Gelzer (b. 1891) — also known as Warner M. Gelzer — of Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Mich. Born in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, October 28, 1891. Republican. Grocer; hardware and furniture business; dry goods merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936 (alternate), 1944; mayor of Hillsdale, Mich.; elected 1938; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of Hillsdale County Republican Party, 1950. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.

Relatives: Son of Henry J. Gelzer and Cora E. (Munger) Gelzer; married, December 7, 1911, to Ola M. Cochran; married, September 30, 1929, to Vera S. Edlund.

George John Kindel (1855-1930) — also known as George J. Kindel — of Denver, Colo. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 2, 1855. Upholstery and furniture business; U.S. Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1913-15; defeated, 1916 (Liberal), 1927 (Independent); Kindel Commercial Equality candidate for U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1914. Injured in an automobile accident near Hillrose, Colo., and subsequently died in a hospital at Brush, Morgan County, Colo., February 28, 1930 (age 74 years, 363 days). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.

Archibald Lybrand (1840-1910) — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Tarlton, Pickaway County, Ohio, May 23, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; partner, Delaware Chair Company; mayor of Delaware, Ohio, 1869-71; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1897-1901. Died in Daytona (now part of Daytona Beach), Volusia County, Fla., February 7, 1910 (age 69 years, 260 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.

		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)

Luther Franklin McKinney (1841-1922) — also known as Luther F. McKinney — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, April 25, 1841. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Universalist minister; furniture merchant; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1887-89, 1891-93; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1892; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1893-96; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1898, 1899; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1907. Universalist. Died July 30, 1922 (age 81 years, 96 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Bridgton, Maine.

		Relatives: Son of Alexander McKinney and Elizabeth (Miller) McKinney; married, August 1, 1870, to Sharlie Paine Webb.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary

Charles A. Wilson Jr. (1943-2013) — also known as Charlie Wilson — of St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. Born in Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio, January 18, 1943. Democrat. Mortician; furniture business; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1997-2004; member of Ohio state senate, 2005-06; U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District, 2007-11; defeated, 2010, 2012; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 2008. Died in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., April 14, 2013 (age 70 years, 86 days). Burial location unknown.

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