Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 3
Gender: Male
Age at election: 45
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 2/2/1853
City: Laketown Township, MI
County: Allegan County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 12/25/1927
City: Holland, MI
County: Ottawa County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date:
City: Holland, MI
County: Ottawa County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Graafschap Cemetery
Marital Information:
married to Lucretia Anna Elenbaas (1856–1935), dau. of John Ellenbaas, on 10/2/1878 in Graafschap, Allegan, MI; children: 3, Benjamin, Georgiana, and Henrietta
Number of Children: 3
Background
Religion: Christian Reformed
Military Service:
Occupation: farmer, bookkeeper, lumber dealer
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
public schools which he attended winters, and worked on a farm summers; attended the Otsego and Wayland Normal schools
Biographical Sketch:
He was of Dutch ancestry; born in a log house, he was the son of Benjamin [or Berend] and Henrietta [or Hendrikje] (Brinkman) Lugers. He taught school for 17 years. He served as Supervisor of Laketown and of Holland Township, Ottawa County, MI. He also held the offices of Township Clerk, School Inspector and Justice of the Peace. He was bookkeeper for 5 years and afterwards bought an interest in the lumber business known as the Scott-Lugers Lumber Company of which he was either secretary or manager. He was also a school director and an elder in the reformed church.
Notable Facts:
Served in both Chambers.
Died of prostate cancer.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Counties and Townships , Executive Business , Horticulture , Mechanical Interests , Normal School at Kalamazoo , Soldiers' Home , State Tuberculosis Sanitorium
City of Residence: Holland
County of Residence Ottawa
District Description: Counties of Muskegon and Ottawa
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on
Mechanical Interests; and the Normal School at Kalamazoo
Committees Served On: General Taxation , Home for Feeble Minded , Public Health
City of Residence: Holland
County of Residence Ottawa
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Industrial Home for Girls , Religious and Benevolent Societies , State Affairs
City of Residence: Holland
County of Residence Ottawa
District Description: See district maps in Michigan Manual 1899 between pages 448 and 449
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Find-a-Grave.com; PolGryd; MIBiog 2:41-42; USCen 1900; Manual 1899 p.648-49
