Legislator Details


Enoch T. Mugford
AKA:
Number of sessions served 2
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 61

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 1/14/1829
City: Portland, ME
County: Cumberland County, ME
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 8/18/1898
City: Hart, MI
County: Oceana County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 8/21/1898
City: Hart, MI
County: Oceana County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Hart Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Martha Jane Nutter of New Hampshire, 3/21/1850; children: 10, Emma, William E., Joseph B., Enoch M., John P., Susan M. and 4 others

Number of Children: 10

Background

Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: meatpacker, carpenter, fisher, lumberer
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:

Biographical Sketch:
Son of Ezra and Sarah Mugford. Located in Chicago, IL in 1852 to work for Cragan & Company, meat packers. Located in White Lake, at that time in Oceana County, in 1854 to work for Noah Ferry & Company. Employed by L.G. Mason as he built sawmill at Muskegon in 1856. Mover to Pentwater in 1857; in 1858 he sought a piece of land in Hart Township. Served as highway commissioner for 8 terms, supervisor for 16 terms and was village assessor. Appointed postmaster of the village of Hart in 1887. Member and president of the Oceana County Agricultural Society; the Masons and Odd Fellows.

Notable Facts:

Sessions Served:

Thirty-Seventh Legislature, 1893-1894
Chamber: Senate
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: Special Committee on Apportionment, Fisheries , Horticulture , Liquor Traffic , Religious and Benevolent Societies
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Hart
County of Residence Menominee
District: 26
District Description: Counties of Lake, Mason, Manistee and Oceana

Date Elected: 11/8/1892
Date Sworn In: 1/4/1893
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes:
Thirty-Sixth Legislature, 1891-1892
Chamber: Senate
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: Agricultural Interests , Public Lands, Finance and Appropriations , Rules and Joint Rules , Saline Interests , State Library , State Prison , Select Committee on Apportionment
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Hart
County of Residence Oceana
District: 22
District Description: Counties of Lake, Mason, Newaygo and Oceana

Date Elected: 11/4/1890
Date Sworn In: 1/7/1891
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Married
Notes:

Bibliography:

Manual 1893, p. 589; Manual 1891 p.571-72; Michiganology; USCen 1860, 1870, 1880; Maine BirthRec 1715-1922;
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