John S. Barry, 4th Governor of Michigan, 1842-1846; 8th Governor of Michigan, 1850-1851. Democrat. Born in New Hampshire in 1802. Died 1870. Buried in Constantine. Lawyer and businessman by trade.
William A. Comstock, 33rd Governor of Michigan, 1933-1934. Democrat. Religion: Episcopal. Born in Alpena in 1877. Died 1949. Buried in Alpena. Banker and businessman by trade.
Alpheus Felch, 5th Governor of Michigan, 1846-1847. Democrat. Relgion: Methodist. Born in Maine in 1804. Died 1896. Buried in Ann Arbor. Lawyer by trade.
Stevens T. Mason, 1st Governor of Michigan, 1835-1840. Democrat. Religion: Episcopal. Born in Virginia in 1811. Died 1843. Buried in Detroit. Lawyer by Trade. •aAlso, Governor (acting) of Michigan Territory, 1831-1835.p
Letter from William Arthur to Mack Ewing dated October 21, 1860. In this letter, he discusses the upcoming presidential election and farming.
Ewing, Mack; Mack Ewing; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Henry McKendree Ewing; Arthur, William H.; William H. Arthur; Presidential Election of 1860; agriculture;
Letter from Caleb Hank to Alvin Hank, Lydia Hank, and Nan Hank dated April 6, 1862. In this letter, he discusses family news, community news, and farming.
Letter from Arza Bartholomew to his wife, Frank Bartholomew, dated November 16, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the citizens of Kentucky, local elections, contrabands, and family news.
American Civil War; Arza Bartholomew; Bartholomew, Arza; Frances Bartholomew; Bartholomew, Frances; Frank Bartholomew; Bartholomew, Frank; Twenty-first Michigan Infantry; 21st Michigan Infantry; Nashville (Tenn.); Francis William Kellogg; Kellogg,...
Letter from Leonard G. Loomis to Elizabeth Abbott dated June 13, 1863. In this letter, he describes life at a Union Hospital, reminisces about past times in Michigan, and comments on public opinion in the north about the war.
American Civil War; Loomis, Leonard G.; Leonard G. Loomis; Abbott (Loomis), Elizabeth; Elizabeth (Loomis) Abbott; Forty-Second Ohio Infantry; 42nd Ohio Infantry; Memphis (Tenn.); Vicksburg (Miss.); Ulysses S. Grant; Grant, Ulysses S.; Union Army;...
Typed notes from the diary of John Vogel. In this diary, he recounts his immigration to America, participating in the Civil War, and his lumbering and land purchasing career.
American Civil War; John Vogel; Vogel, John; Second Michigan Cavalry; 2nd Michigan Cavalry; wound; immigration; lumber;
Andrew Parsons, 10th Governor of Michigan, 1853-1854. Democrat. Religion: Episcopal. Born in New York in 1817. Died 1855. Buried in Corunna. Teacher by trade.
John B. Swainson, 42nd Governor of Michigan, 1961-1962. Democrat. Religion: United Church of Christ. Born in Canada in 1925. Died 1994. Lawyer by trade.
The flag you see here hung in the Capitol from a staff surmounted by a gold eagle which bore an engraved silver plate. Everyone assumed it was the regiment's original flag. But closer inspection--possible only after the flags were removed from the...