Very incomplete list! | |  David Hale Brake (1891-1979) — also known asD. Hale Brake — of Stanton,MontcalmCounty, Mich.Born in Caledonia,KentCounty, Mich.,March 5,1891.Republican.School teacherand principal;farmer;lawyer;MontcalmCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; member ofMichiganstate senate 25th District, 1935-42; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1942;Michiganstate treasurer, 1943-54; defeated, 1954; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Michigan,1944;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1954; candidate forjustice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1955;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 25th SenatorialDistrict, 1961-62.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Gleaners;Grange;DeltaTau Delta;DeltaSigma Rho;Order ofthe Coif;Lions;Rotary.Died in Sheridan,MontcalmCounty, Mich.,April24, 1979 (age88 years, 50days).Interment atForest Hill Cemetery, Stanton, Mich. | | Ashmon H. Catlin (1869-1955) — of Webberville,InghamCounty, Mich.Born in Hudson,LenaweeCounty, Mich.,April19, 1869.Democrat.Banker;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,1911-14; defeated, 1914, 1940.IrishandFrenchancestry. Member,OddFellows;Gleaners.Died in1955(ageabout86 years).Interment atAlchin Farm Cemetery, Webberville, Mich. | | Byron W. Courter (b. 1877) — of Imlay City,LapeerCounty, Mich.Born in Goodland Township,LapeerCounty, Mich.,March24, 1877.Republican.Farmer;roadcontractor;LapeerCounty Treasurer, 1919-22;LapeerCounty Sheriff, 1929-32; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Lapeer County, 1935-48;defeated in primary, 1950.Member,Gleaners;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons.Burial location unknown. | | Elwin B. Follett (b. 1877) — of Hale,IoscoCounty, Mich.Born in Fremont,SteubenCounty, Ind.,November14, 1877.Republican.Farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Iosco District, 1913-15.Member,Grange;Gleaners;Freemasons.Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Huston (1855-1911) — of Tuscola,TuscolaCounty, Mich.Born in Blenheim,Ontario,January17, 1855.Republican.Farmer;furnitureandundertakingbusiness; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1908.Methodist.Member,Knightsof Pythias;Maccabees;Gleaners.Died, ofcancer,in Millington,TuscolaCounty, Mich.,May 12,1911 (age56 years, 115days).Burial location unknown. | | William Alfred Hutzel (1863-1932) — also known asW. Alfred Hutzel — of Pittsfield Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Lodi Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,July 15,1863.Republican.Farmer;supervisorof Pittsfield Township, Michigan, 1901-15.Member,Gleaners;Grange.Died in Pittsfield Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January27, 1932 (age68 years, 196days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof J. George Hutzel and Caroline=or=Christina (Bach) Hutzel; married1915 toEdna Byrde Smith. |
| | Harvey Hope Jarvis (1900-1981) — ofBerrienCounty, Mich.Born in Benton Harbor,BerrienCounty, Mich.,April25, 1900.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Berrien County 2nd District,1933-36; Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1936 (primary), 1940,1942 (primary), 1946; Democratic candidate forMichiganstate senate 7th District, 1938 (primary), 1952.Member,Gleaners. Died in1981(ageabout81 years).Burial location unknown. | | Clarence E. Kistler (1869-1947) — of Ludington,MasonCounty, Mich.Born in Gaines Township,KentCounty, Mich.,July 14,1869.Fruitfarmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Mason County, 1917-18,1929-32; defeated, 1918 (Democratic), 1932 (Republican), 1934(Republican primary).Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Woodmen;Grange;Gleaners.Died in1947(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown. | | James Neal Lamoreaux (b. 1889) — also known asJ. Neal Lamoreaux — of Comstock Park,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Comstock Park,KentCounty, Mich.,May 3,1889.Democrat.Dairyfarmer;member ofMichiganstate senate 17th District, 1933-34, 1937-38; defeated, 1934,1938, 1940; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1944; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Michigan,1944(voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andHarryS. Truman).Catholic.Frenchancestry. Member,Elks;Maccabees;Gleaners.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof James E. Lamoreaux and Lizzie (Neal) Lamoreaux; married,September26, 1916, to Georgia Geneski. |
| | Palmer Landon (1873-1953) — of Mt. Pleasant,IsabellaCounty, Mich.Born in Chippewa Township,IsabellaCounty, Mich.,February5, 1873.Republican.Farmer;cheesemaker;IsabellaCounty Sheriff, 1907-10, 1921-24, 1933-34; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1939-48 (Isabella County 1939-44,Isabella District 1945-48); defeated in primary, 1948.Member,Gleaners. Died in1953(ageabout80 years).Interment atChippewa Township Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. | | Duncan McRae (b. 1869) — of Harrisville,AlconaCounty, Mich.Born in Au Sable,IoscoCounty, Mich.,February16, 1869.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;merchant;lumberbusiness;postmaster;member ofMichiganstate senate 28th District, 1917-22.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;ScottishRite Masons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;OddFellows;Grange;Gleaners.Burial location unknown. | | Edgar Allan Planck (b. 1868) — also known asEdgar A. Planck — of Union,CassCounty, Mich.Born in Lagrange,LaGrangeCounty, Ind.,September27, 1868.Republican.Physician;member ofMichiganstate senate 7th District, 1915-18; defeated, 1912; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1916.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Maccabees;Gleaners.Interment atEastUnion Cemetery, Union, Mich.| | Relatives:Married1892 to GraceE. Hartman. |
| | John C. Rauchholz (b. 1865) — of Hemlock,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born inGermany,June10, 1865.Republican.Farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Saginaw County 2nd District,1921-28; defeated in primary, 1928.Germanancestry. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;Gleaners.Burial location unknown. | | Charles B. Scully (b. 1878) — of Almont,LapeerCounty, Mich.Born in Almont Township,LapeerCounty, Mich.,June 17,1878.Republican.Farmer;member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1917-20; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1920.Member,Freemasons;Gleaners;Grange.Burial location unknown. | | Calvin Jay Town (1875-1942) — also known asC. Jay Town — of Parma,JacksonCounty, Mich.; North Adams,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.Born in Liberty Township,JacksonCounty, Mich.,June 29,1875.Republican.Methodistminister; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Jackson County 2nd District,1919-24, 1927-28; defeated in primary, 1928; member ofMichiganstate senate 10th District, 1933-42; defeated in primary, 1924,1930; died in office 1942.Methodist.Englishancestry. Member,Grange;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;OddFellows;ModernWoodmen;Gleaners.DiedJanuary7, 1942 (age66 years, 192days).Interment atPopeCemetery, Springport, Mich.
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