Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Death
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Marital Information:
married Ester Cline, dau. of Edgar and Fannie Cline, 6/21/1917, in Detroit, MI; children: 2, Lorenzo C. and Edgar W.; married Jean Goffer Field, dau. of Albert A. and Ellen (Driskill) Goffer, 7/13/1949 in Northville, MI
Number of Children: 2
Background
Education:
graduated from Adams township high school, 1906; graduated from Michigan College of Mines, Houghton, Mi; graduated from Detroit College of Law
Biographical Sketch:
Of English ancestry. Son of John and Annie (Barrett) Jolly. Of English & Cornish descent. Worked in the mines for 3 yrs before studying law at 1st Valparaiso University, then at Detroit College of Law. Practiced law at South Range 1915-23. He was Asst. Prosecuting Attorney, Houghton Co. 1917-21. In 1923, he became an assistant in the GM legal dept; became the general attorney, 6/1937-1941. He was then made head of the public relations department..
Notable Facts:
His wife, Ester, was the 1st woman elected mayor in Michigan (mayor of the village of South Range, 1918).
Died Oct 1951.