Legislator Details


Edmund Sumner Amidon Jr.
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 54

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 1/5/1840
City: Sturgis, MI
County: St. Joseph County, MI
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 4/25/1911
City: Sturgis, MI
County: St. Joseph County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date: 4/28/1911
City: Sturgis, MI
County: St. Joseph County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Oak Lawn Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Esther Almeda Todd, 4/24/1864; died 1/7/1874. married Harriet Birch Haffner, 4/7/1886

Number of Children: 3

Background

Religion:
Military Service: United States Army
Occupation: teacher, mason, builder, contractor, lumber dealer
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
Attended common schools.

Biographical Sketch:
Enlisted in Company E, 19th Michigan Infantry, 9/5/1862. Discharged for wounds suffered at battle of Thompson Station, TN as first sergeant, 7/16/1863. Returned to Sturgis as contractor and builder, 1864. Served as village clerk and village president of Sturgis and as member of library board. Director of Citizens' State Bank and president of Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers' Association. Member, Michigan house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1895-96. Elected mayor of Sturgis, 1899.

Notable Facts:

Sessions Served:

Thirty-Eighth Legislature, 1895-1896
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Eastern Asylum for Insane , Education , Geological Survey
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Sturgis
County of Residence Saint Joseph
District: Saint Joseph
District Description: Saint Joseph County

Date Elected: 11/6/1894
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1895
Date Left Office:

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

Maritial Status: Married
Notes:

Bibliography:

MI Manual 1895 p.559; MIBiog 1:22 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=allamidon&id=I04340
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