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Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

Margaret Towsley (1906-1994) — also known asMargaret Grace Dow — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.BornJanuary3, 1906.Republican.Firstwoman member of the Ann Arbor City Council; Republican candidate forPresidential Elector for Michigan,1964.Female.Died, of astroke,at St. Joseph MercyHospital,Superior Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,May 2,1994 (age88 years, 119days).Burial location unknown.

Leland Ira Doan (1894-1974) — also known asLeland I. Doan — of Midland,MidlandCounty, Mich.Born in North Bend,DodgeCounty, Neb.,November9, 1894.Republican. President, DowChemicalCompany, 1949-62; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1952-59; director, Michigan BellTelephoneCompany; director, NationalBank ofDetroit.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;SigmaChi.Died in Midland,MidlandCounty, Mich.,April 4,1974 (age79 years, 146days).Interment atMidlandCemetery, Midland, Mich.   Relatives: Sonof Ira Doan and Hester (Spencer) Doan; married,April 6,1917, to Ruth Alden Dow (sister ofMargaretTowsley; aunt ofMargaretAnn Riecker); married,December20, 1950, to Mildred (Organ) Mellus.   Political family:Dow-Towsley-Hale-Buchananfamily of Ann Arbor and Midland, Michigan.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial   Image source: Michigan Manual1957-58

	Relatives:Daughter of Herbert Henry Dow; sister of Alden Dow and Ruth Alden Dow(who marriedLelandIra Doan); married to Harry A. Towsley; mother ofMargaretAnn Riecker; aunt of Ruth Elizabeth Hale (who marriedWileyThomas Buchanan Jr.).
		Political family:Dow-Towsley-Hale-Buchananfamily of Ann Arbor and Midland, Michigan.