Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 3
Gender: Male
Age at election: 45
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 2/2/1853
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Death
Date: 12/25/1927
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Burial
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City: Holland, MI
County: Ottawa County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Graafschap Cemetery
Marital Information:
He was married to Lucretia Anna Elenbaas (1856–1935) on October 2, 1878 in Graafschap, Allegan, MI. Three children: Benjamin, Georgiana, and Henrietta
Number of Children: 3
Background
Religion: Christian Reformed
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Occupation: farmer, lumber
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Education:
His early education was acquired in the public schools which he attended winters, and worked on a farm summers. He subsequently attended the Otsego and Wayland Normals.
Biographical Sketch:
He was of Dutch ancestry; born in a log house, Laketown Township, Allegan County, Michigan, he was the son of Benjamin Lugers and Henrietta (Brinkman) Lugers. He taught school for seventeen 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 five 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.
Notable Facts:
He was an elder in the Dutch Reformed church.
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
