| |  Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) — ofWashington,D.C.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Pierpont,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,March17, 1850.Republican.Newspapereditor;bookpublisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen BatteryLight andPower Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-generalof the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92;inventedin 1893 andpatentedarailroad car seal which became widely used; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1899-1900.Burial location unknown. | | Nathan Barlow Jr. (1818-1899) — of Hastings,BarryCounty, Mich.Born in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,January1, 1818.Democrat.Hotelowner;merchant;BarryCounty Clerk, 1843-44;BarryCounty Treasurer, 1845-46; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Barry County, 1850;Supervisor, Hastings Township, 1853; postmaster atHastings,Mich., 1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1864;director, Grand River ValleyRailroad, 1872-97;mayorof Hastings, Mich., 1873-74.Died in Hastings,BarryCounty, Mich.,January25, 1899 (age81 years, 24days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Hastings, Mich. | | Adrian C. Barr (b. 1875) — of Shepherd,IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born in Howard City,MontcalmCounty, Mich.,June 22,1875.Democrat.Schoolteacher;mailcarrier;railway station agent;truckingbusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Isabella County, 1933-34;defeated, 1934, 1936, 1940.Burial location unknown. | | John Biddle (1792-1859) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 2,1792.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1827-28;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1835; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841;banker;president, Michigan CentralRailroad.Died in White Sulphur Springs,GreenbrierCounty, Va (now W.Va.),August25, 1859 (age67 years, 176days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | Asiel Z. Blodgett (1832-1916) — also known asAsa Z. Blodgett — of Waukegan,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September10, 1832.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;railway stationagent;mayorof Waukegan, Ill., 1883-84.Died in Waukegan,LakeCounty, Ill.,June 8,1916 (age83 years, 272days).Interment atUnion Cemetery, Waukegan, Ill. | | Edward A. Bond (b. 1849) — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,April22, 1849.Republican.Civilengineer; chief engineer for severalrailroads;New Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1899-1904; resigned 1904.Burial location unknown. | | John A. Boyne (b. 1878) — of Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Marlette,SanilacCounty, Mich.,December22, 1878.Republican.Lawyer;attorney for Michigan CentralRailroad; recorder's court judgein Michigan, 1925-28, 1930-35.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof George Boyne and Ida A. (Jones) Boyne; married,September25, 1901, to Juel Nesbitt. |
| | Wellington R. Burt (1831-1919) — also known as"The Lone Pine ofMichigan" —of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Pike,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1831.Lumber andtimber business;railroad builder;mayorof East Saginaw, Mich., 1867-68; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1872,1880;Fusion candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1888; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1900,1912;Convention Vice-President,1892;member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee,1912;member ofMichiganstate senate 22nd District, 1893-94; defeated (Democratic), 1904,1908; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1900; Democraticcandidate forUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1903;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 22nd District,1907-08.Died, fromstomachtrouble, in Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,March 2,1919 (age87 years, 188days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich. | | Calvin A. Campbell (1866-1933) — of Indian River,CheboyganCounty, Mich.Born in Brussels,Ontario,December16, 1866.Republican.Railway conductor;manufacturer;member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1927-33; died in office 1933.Scottishancestry.DiedDecember6, 1933 (age66 years, 355days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Ross Carter (b. 1883) — also known asEdward R. Carter — of Gladstone,DeltaCounty, Mich.Born inOntario,April18, 1883.Republican.Locomotive fireman;railway brakeman;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Delta County, 1923-26;candidate forMichiganstate senate 30th District, 1926.Irishancestry. Member,Brotherhoodof Railroad Trainmen.Burial location unknown. | | Irving Lawrence Colborn (1883-1973) — also known asIrving L. Colborn — of Cassopolis,CassCounty, Mich.Born in Nicholsville,CassCounty, Mich.,June 27,1883.Republican.Poultryraiser;railroad car inspector; candidate forMichiganstate senate 7th District, 1922; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Cass County, 1926, 1930;candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from St. JosephDistrict, 1961.Died, in the Cass CountyMedicalCare Facility, Cassopolis,CassCounty, Mich.,March18, 1973 (age89 years, 264days).Interment atProspectHill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich. | | Andrew W. Comstock (b. 1838) — of Alpena,AlpenaCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Port Huron,St. ClairCounty, Mich.,October5, 1838.Democrat.Lumbermanufacturer;banker;shipowner;mayorof Alpena, Mich., 1873-74; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1880,1892;president ofrailroads.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Alfred Comstock and Harriet Jane (Westbrook) Comstock; married,July 14,1869, to Lillie J. Little; father of Caroline Comstock (whomarriedHenryAllyn Haigh). |
| | William H. Crane (b. 1866) — of Millett,EatonCounty, Mich.Born in Warren,WarrenCounty, Pa.,April10, 1866.Democrat.Railway station agent;grocer;supervisorof Delta Township, Michigan; elected 1900;postmaster.Member,OddFellows;Maccabees.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jonathan Crane and Mary (Spaulding) Crane; married1887 toLillian Adams. |
 | Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869) — also known asHenry H. Crapo — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Dartmouth,BristolCounty, Mass.,May 24,1804.Republican.Lumberbusiness; built the Flint and HollyRailroad, which laterbecame part of the Flint & Pere MarquetteRailroad;mayor ofFlint, Mich., 1860-61; member ofMichiganstate senate 24th District, 1863-64;Governor ofMichigan, 1865-69.Christian.Died in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,July 22,1869 (age65 years, 59days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Flint, Mich.  | James Edward Davidson (1865-1947) — also known asJames E. Davidson — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,December7, 1865.Republican.Shipbuilder;financier;director, Pere MarquetteRailroad; director, Cleveland Indiansprobaseball team; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1915-19, 1927, 1939; delegateto Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920,1944(alternate); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1923-40.Member,Freemasons.Died in Lake Placid,EssexCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1947 (age81 years, 230days).Intermentsomewherein Bay City, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof James Davidson and Ellen M. (Rogers) Davidson; married1890 to JuneLolette Cobb; married,July 28,1919, to Helen Forrest Knox. | | | | Image source: Detroit Free Press, July26, 1947 |
| | Harlow P. Davock (b. 1848) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,March11, 1848.Republican.Civilengineer; worked on manyrailroad andcanalprojects;lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1893-94.Burial location unknown. | | Alfred J. Doherty (1856-1929) — of Clare,ClareCounty, Mich.Born in New York,May 1,1856.Republican.Schoolteacher;hardwarebusiness; member ofMichiganstate senate 28th District, 1901-06; member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture, 1907-19; Republican PresidentialElector for Michigan,1909;represented the Pullmanrailroad car company as alobbyistin Michigan and other states; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1920.DiedSeptember24, 1929 (age73 years, 146days).Burial location unknown. | | William Ward Duffield (b. 1823) — also known asWilliam W. Duffield — of Michigan;Washington,D.C.Born in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,November19, 1823.Democrat.Civilengineer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; memberofMichiganstate senate 3rd District, 1879-80; chief engineer forrailways; superintendent, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey,1894-98.Burial location unknown. | | W. Clark Durant (b. 1949) — of Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 13,1949.Republican.Lawyer;bankruptcy trustee for the Ann ArborRailroad, 1983-88, makingit profitable; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1984;candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1990, 2012; candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1990; co-founder (1991), chairman(1991-2003), and CEO (2003-09) of Cornerstone Schools, a group ofcharter and independent schools in Detroit; member ofMichiganstate board of education, 1995-99; resigned 1999.Still living as of 2018. | | Isaac Alger Fancher (b. 1833) — also known asIsaac A. Fancher — of Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born in Florida,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,September30, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;surveyor;postmaster;railroad promoter;IsabellaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1865-66, 1871-72; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Midland District, 1873-74;member ofMichiganstate senate 26th District, 1875-76; law partner ofPeterF. Dodds, 1875-82; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1878-80; candidate forcircuitjudge in Michigan 21st Circuit, 1899.Member,OddFellows.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Schuyler Fancher and Eunice (Alger) Fancher; married,June 6,1860, to Althea May Preston. |
| | Elon Farnsworth (1799-1877) — of Michigan. Born in Woodstock,WindsorCounty, Vt.,February2, 1799.Democrat.MemberMichigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; Chancellor ofMichigan, 1835-43, 1846-47; candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1839;Michiganstate attorney general, 1843-45; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1846-57.An organizer of the Michigan CentralRailroad. Died, fromkidneydisease, in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March24, 1877 (age78 years, 50days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Robert Gardner Ferguson (1858-1949) — also known asRobert G. Ferguson — of Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.Born in Brampton,Ontario,October22, 1858.Republican.Hardwaredealer; president, First NationalBank ofSault Ste. Marie; director, Duluth South Shore & AtlanticRailway Co.; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1924.Methodist.Scottishancestry. Member,Rotary;Elks;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners.Died in Sault Ste. Marie,ChippewaCounty, Mich.,March 5,1949 (age90 years, 134days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Adam Ferguson and Catherine (Golden) Ferguson; married1885 toChristenna Helen Bain. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Joseph Fisk (1810-1884) — of Allegan,AlleganCounty, Mich.Born in Charlemont,FranklinCounty, Mass.,May 22,1810.Buildingcontractor;railroad builder;villagepresident of Allegan, Michigan, 1866-67.Died in Allegan,AlleganCounty, Mich.,May 19,1884 (age73 years, 363days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Allegan, Mich.| | Relatives:Married to Betsey Davis. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: History of Allegan andBarry Counties (1880) |
| | | Henry Allyn Haigh (1854-1942) — also known asHenry A. Haigh — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Dearborn,WayneCounty, Mich.,March13, 1854.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofWilliamL. Carpenter,FlaviusL. Brooke, andJohnAtkinson, starting in 1889; active in promotion and constructionofelectricrailways, and officer for severalrailroad companies;director of the AlpenaPowerCompany; stockholder and director of the Peninsular SavingsBank;director and counsel of Continental Casualtyinsurancecompany; Presidential Elector for Michigan,1893;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1896.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,AmericanPublic Health Association;AmericanHistorical Association;Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 16,1942 (age88 years, 64days).Interment atNorthviewCemetery, Dearborn, Mich. | | Charles F. Haight (1865-1954) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in North Newburg (now Newburg),ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,March21, 1865.Republican.Locomotive fireman;telegraphoperator;lawyer;municipal judge in Michigan, 1911-18; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1923-32, 1935-36; defeated, 1936; law partner ofLouisE. Coash, 1934-1941.Baptist.Member,OddFellows;Elks;Eagles;Knightsof Pythias;ModernWoodmen of America;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died, in ahospitalat Farmington,OaklandCounty, Mich.,February13, 1954 (age88 years, 329days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich. | | John M. Harris (b. 1861) — of Boyne City,CharlevoixCounty, Mich.Born in Uxbridge,Ontario,September10, 1861.Republican.Lawyer;director, First NationalBank ofBoyne City; director and attorney, Boyne City, Gaylord & AlpenaRailroad;CharlevoixCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1901; probate judge inMichigan, 1901-13; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1925-28 (Charlevoix County1925-26, Charlevoix District 1927-28); defeated in primary, 1928.Methodist.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;Maccabees.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Chester Harris and Mary Jane Harris; married,February22, 1888, to Nellie Noyes. |
| | Gus Theodore Hartman (1883-1963) — also known asGus T. Hartman — of Houghton,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Houghton,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,February2, 1883.Republican. Assistant superintendent, Copper RangeRailroad;Michigan Deputy Auditor General; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1925-34 (Houghton County 3rdDistrict 1925-26, Houghton County 2nd District 1927-34); defeated,1934.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Elks;Eagles.Died in1963(ageabout80 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Gottlieb Hartman and Margerate (Gmahling) Hartman; married1917 to MarieDreis. |
| | Lyman A. Holmes (b. 1858) — of St. Clair,St. ClairCounty, Mich.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1858.Republican. Worked inrailway construction and assuperintendent offoundries;vice-president, Romeo SavingsBank;member ofMichiganstate senate 11th District, 1917-20.EnglishandIrishancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) — also known asEdward D. Holton — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Lancaster,CoosCounty, N.H.,April28, 1815.Abolitionist;wheattrader; Liberty candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845; founder,Milwaukee and Prairie du ChienRailroad;banker;Free Soil candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1853; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1856;delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1856;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860.Died, frommalariaanderysipelas,in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,April21, 1892 (age76 years, 359days).Interment atForestHome Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.| | Relatives:Married,October14, 1845, to Lucinda Millard. | | | | ThecityofHolton,Kansas, isnamed forhim. — Holton Hall, at theUniversityof WisconsinMilwaukee,isnamed forhim. — HoltonStreet,inMilwaukee,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Frederick Joy (1810-1896) — also known asJames F. Joy — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Durham,StraffordCounty, N.H.,December2, 1810.Republican.Lawyer;led, built, reorganized, or merged manyrailroad companies,including the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the MichiganCentral; an incorporator of the St. Mary's FallsShipCanal Company, which built the first canal at Sault Ste. Marie in1853-55; president of the DetroitPost-Tribunenewspaper;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1880;member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1881-85.Englishancestry.DiedSeptember24, 1896 (age85 years, 297days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof James Joy and Sarah (Pickering) Joy; married1841 to MarthaAlger Reed (daughter ofJohnReed); married1860 to MaryBourne. | | | | Political family:Reedfamily of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Paul H. King (b. 1879) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Arapahoe,FurnasCounty, Neb.,August22, 1879.Republican.Lawyer;secretary ofMichigan Republican Party, 1910-12; one of three receivers of thePere MarquetteRailroad, 1914-17; campaign manager for U.S.Sens.CharlesE. Townsend andTrumanH. Newberry.Congregationalist.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Burial location unknown. | | Fred L. Kircher (1891-1960) — of Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cissna Park,IroquoisCounty, Ill.,November18, 1891.Republican.Railway yardmaster;oilbusiness;real estatebusiness; candidate formayorof Lansing, Mich., 1932, 1933, 1934, 1941 (primary); member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,1939-46; defeated in primary, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1954; candidate forMichiganstate senate 14th District, 1957.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Eagles;OddFellows.Died in1960(ageabout68 years).Burial location unknown. | | Peter B. Loomis (b. 1820) — of Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.Born in Amsterdam,MontgomeryCounty, N.Y.,April14, 1820.Republican.Merchant;miller;banker;mayorof Jackson, Mich., 1858-59; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,1859-60; treasurer, and later president, Jackson, Fort Wayne &SaginawRailroad.Burial location unknown. | | George Lord (1815-1893) — of Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.Born in Hamilton,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1815.Democrat.Sawmillbusiness;druggist;railroad ticket agent;insurancebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1872;mayorof Bay City, Mich., 1878.Died in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,April30, 1893 (age78 years, 44days).Interment atElmLawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich. | | William J. Martin (b. 1844) — of West Bay City (now part of Bay City),BayCounty, Mich.Born in New York,1844.Democrat. Division superintendent for Michigan CentralRailroad;mayorof West Bay City, Mich., 1888-91; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1892.Burial location unknown. | | Francis Edward McAllister (1888-1948) — also known asFrank E. McAllister — of Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.,August30, 1888.Railway supply business;mayorof Kalamazoo, Mich., 1939-41.Died, from aheartattack,on atrain in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October30, 1948 (age60 years, 61days).Interment atMt. Olivet Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich. | | James H. McDonald (1832-1889) — of Escanaba,DeltaCounty, Mich.Born in Inverness,Scotland,March15, 1832.Republican.Railroad builder;iron miningmagnate;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1887-89; died in office 1889.Killed in atrainderailment, near Elmwood,IronCounty, Mich.,January19, 1889 (age56 years, 310days).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Escanaba, Mich. | | John Howard McLean (1860-1933) — also known asJohn H. McLean — of Iron Mountain,DickinsonCounty, Mich.; Ironwood,GogebicCounty, Mich.Born in Neenah,WinnebagoCounty, Wis.,June 6,1860.Republican.Mining andrailroad executive;founderofIron Mountain Pressnewspaper;DickinsonCounty Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1904.Catholic;laterProtestant.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died, of astroke,in Hollywood, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 6,1933 (age72 years, 334days).Interment atFortHoward Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis. | | Eldon L. Metheany (1850-1917) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Lima,AllenCounty, Ohio,December5, 1850.Railway station agent;mayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1883-84, 1890-92, 1906-07, 1908-10; defeated,1907.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Redmen.Died inWexfordCounty, Mich.,September3, 1917 (age66 years, 272days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard R. Metheany and Esther (Levering) Metheany; married,June 20,1878, to Louisa Welker. |
| | Paul Morton (1857-1911) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 22,1857.Republican. Vice-president, Santa FeRailroad;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1904-05; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1904.Episcopalian.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1911 (age53 years, 273days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | Truman Handy Newberry (1864-1945) — also known asTruman H. Newberry — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Farms,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,November5, 1864.Republican. Paymaster and agent, Detroit, Bay City and AlpenaRailway, 1885-87; president and treasurer, DetroitSteel andSpring Co., 1887-1901; director, Cleveland-CliffsIron Co.;director, GraceHospital;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1892;served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1908-09;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1919-22.Presbyterian.Triedandconvictedin 1921 ofoverspendingon his campaign (federal laws at that time set an unrealisticallylow limit); his conviction was reversed by Supreme Court; followingan investigation, the Senate declared him entitled to his seat butexpresseddisapproval of the sumspenton his election;resignedunder pressure.Died in Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.,October3, 1945 (age80 years, 332days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Thomas Cornelius O'Brien (1879-1951) — also known asThomas C. O'Brien — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Creagh, County Clare,Ireland,November26, 1879.Democrat. Worked for the WabashRailroad;policeofficer;beer,wine, and liquor business;real estatebroker; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1945-46, 1949-51; defeated, 1942, 1946; died in office 1951.Catholic.Irishancestry.DiedSeptember2, 1951 (age71 years, 280days).Burial location unknown. | | Thomas James O'Brien (1842-1933) — also known asThomas J. O'Brien — of Marshall,CalhounCounty, Mich.; Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Jackson,JacksonCounty, Mich.,July 30,1842.Republican.Lawyer;general counsel, Grand Rapids and IndianaRailway; candidateforjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1883; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1904;U.S. Minister toDenmark, 1905-07; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1907-11;Italy, 1911-13.Died in1933(ageabout90 years).Burial location unknown. | | John J. O'Neil (born c.1894) — of Marquette,MarquetteCounty, Mich.Born about 1894. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; South ShoreRailroad mechanic;mayorof Marquette, Mich., 1949-50.Burial location unknown. | | Robert Dunkerson Orr (1917-2004) — also known asRobert D. Orr — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.Born in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,November17, 1917.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1956;chairof Vanderburgh County Republican Party, 1965-67; member ofIndianastate senate; elected 1968;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana; elected 1972;Governor ofIndiana, 1981-89; board member,Amtrak (representing allstate governors); U.S. Ambassador toSingapore, 1989-92.Presbyterian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;Rotary;Jaycees.Died, ofheartdisease, in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,March10, 2004 (age86 years, 114days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Charles Edward Prettyman (1852-1928) — also known asC. E. Prettyman — of Neosho,NewtonCounty, Mo.Born in Niles,BerrienCounty, Mich.,October13, 1852.Railway station agent;mayor ofNeosho, Mo., 1924-26; defeated, 1922, 1926.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;KnightsTemplar;Order of theEastern Star.Died in Neosho,NewtonCounty, Mo.,June 23,1928 (age75 years, 254days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo. | | Cleve Andrew Pulley (b. 1951) — also known asAndrew Pulley;Cleve AndrewPulley —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Michigan; Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Sidon,LefloreCounty, Miss.,May 5,1951.Socialist.Railroad switchman; private in U.S. Army, 1968-69;one of eight GIs at Fort Jackson (South Carolina) who organizedopposition to the Vietnam War;courtmartialed forincitingto riot anddisobedience;charges later dropped;dishonorablydischarged;steelworker;Socialist Workers candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1972; Socialist Workers candidateforU.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1976; SocialistWorkers candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1979; Socialist Workers candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1980; Socialist Workers candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan, 1984 (1st District), 1986 (1stDistrict), 1990 (13th District); Socialist Workers candidate forU.S.Senator from Iowa, 1992; Socialist Workers candidate forPresidential Elector for Iowa,2004(on behalf ofJamesHarris andMargaretTrowe).Africanancestry. Member,UnitedSteelworkers of America.Still living as of 2004. | | Seth Quarles Pulver (1879-1943) — also known asSeth Q. Pulver — of Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.Born in Laingsburg,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,July 20,1879.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofTheronW. Atwood; later, attorney for the Ann ArborRailroad andfor the Michigan CentralRailroad; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1912(alternate),1932;ShiawasseeCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I; member ofMichiganstate senate 15th District, 1927-28; Republican PresidentialElector for Michigan,1929.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion;OddFellows;Elks.Died in Owosso,ShiawasseeCounty, Mich.,July 3,1943 (age63 years, 348days).Burial location unknown.  | Daniel Lace Quirk (1818-1910) — also known asDaniel L. Quirk — of Belleville,WayneCounty, Mich.; Sterling,WhitesideCounty, Ill.; Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inIsle ofMan,June 15,1818.Democrat.WayneCounty Auditor, 1852-54; postmaster atBelleville,Mich., 1853-54;hotelier;co-founder and later president, First NationalBank ofYpsilanti, the first national bank incorporated in Washtenaw County;he and others organized the YpsilantiWoolenManufacturing Company, which later became the Ypsilanti UnderwearCompany; founder and president, PeninsularPaperCompany;railroad builder.Manxancestry.Died in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,December3, 1910 (age92 years, 171days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich. | | | Charles W. Richardson (1872-1939) — of Marquette,MarquetteCounty, Mich.Born in Simcoe County,Ontario,September17, 1872.Republican.Locomotive engineer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1913-14, 1923-28 (MarquetteCounty 1st District 1913-14, 1923-26, Marquette County 1927-28);member ofMichiganstate senate 31st District, 1929-32; defeated in primary, 1932.EnglishandScottishancestry. Member,Brotherhoodof Locomotive Engineers;Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in1939(ageabout66 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1905 to JennieSandie. |
| | Frederick C. Rowe (b. 1872) — also known asFred C. Rowe — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Belleville,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 16,1872.Republican.Locomotive fireman;locomotive engineer;officer inthe Brotherhood of Railway Engineers; member ofMichiganstate senate 5th District, 1919-20.Englishancestry.Burial location unknown. | | Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) — also known asWalter C. Sadler — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Elgin,KaneCounty, Ill.,February15, 1891.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;civilengineer; worked onrailroad andhydroelectricprojects;lawyer;universityprofessor;mayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Methodist.Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;SigmaPi;Tau BetaPi.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,October14, 1959 (age68 years, 241days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler;married,July 21,1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Horatio Seymour Jr. (1844-1907) — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.; Marquette,MarquetteCounty, Mich.Born inOneidaCounty, N.Y.,January8, 1844.Democrat.Civilengineer; worked onrailroad construction;New Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1878-81.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers.Died in Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1907 (age63 years, 44days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry F. Shea (1885-1967) — of Laurium,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Osceola Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,April15, 1885.Democrat.Miner;railroad trainman;plumber;steamfitter;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Houghton County 1st District,1918; member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940;chargedon January 22, 1944 (along with 19 other current and former statelegislators) with acceptingbribes;tried,convicted,andsentencedto 3-5 years inprison;grantedimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony in another briberycase, 1945.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles.Died in1967(ageabout82 years).Burial location unknown. | | David Eugene Thompson (1854-1942) — also known asDavid E. Thompson — of Lincoln,LancasterCounty, Neb.Born in Bethel,BranchCounty, Mich.,February28, 1854.Republican.Railway brakeman; later superintendent andmanager; U.S. Minister toBrazil, 1902-05; U.S. Ambassador toBrazil, 1905;Mexico, 1906-09; president, Pan-AmericanRailway, 1909.Died in1942(ageabout88 years).Burial location unknown. | | James Madison Turner (1820-1869) — also known asJames Turner — of Mason,InghamCounty, Mich.; Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Cazenovia,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,April 1,1820.Republican.Merchant;railroad builder; member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1867.Methodist.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,October10, 1869 (age49 years, 192days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.  | William L. Webber (1825-1901) — of Milford,OaklandCounty, Mich.; East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw),SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Ogden,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1825.Democrat.Lawyer;SaginawCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1854-56;SaginawCounty Prosecuting Attorney; land commissioner and generalsolicitor, Flint and Pere MarquetteRailway, 1870-85;mayorof East Saginaw, Mich., 1873-74; member ofMichiganstate senate 25th District, 1875; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1876(delegation chair); candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1876.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;OddFellows.DiedOctober15, 1901 (age76 years, 88days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof James S. Webber and Phoebe (Smith) Webber; married1849 to NancyM. Whithington. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Saginaw and Bay counties (1892) |
| | George Williams (b. 1869) — of Calumet,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Oswestry,Wales,September24, 1869.Republican. General agent of Copper RangeRailroad; member ofMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1915-16.Burial location unknown. | | Lysander Woodward (1817-1880) — of Rochester,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Columbia,TollandCounty, Conn.,November19, 1817.Supervisorof Avon Township, Michigan, 1856, 1876; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,1861-62;OaklandCounty Treasurer, 1866-70; member ofMichiganstate constitutional commission 6th District, 1873; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1878; president, Detroit and Bay CityRailroad.Died in Rochester,OaklandCounty, Mich.,January14, 1880 (age62 years, 56days).Interment atMt.Avon Cemetery, Rochester, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Asahel Woodward and Harriet (House) Woodward; married to PeninaAxford Simpson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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