Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 5
Gender: Male
Age at election: 50
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 11/1/1894
City: Cheboygan, MI
County: Cheboygan County, MI
Country: US
Death
Date: 3/18/1971
City: Petoskey, MI
County: Emmet County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial: interred
Burial
Date:
City: Indian River, MI
County: Cheboygan County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Oakhill Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Thelma L. Corwin of Cheboygan (Indian River in 1953 Manual) on 1/30/1922; children: Rockwell M. and one daughter
Number of Children: 2
Background
Religion: Methodist
Military Service: United States Navy
Occupation: pharmacist, teacher, school administrator
Race:
Education:
Public schools & grad. of Cheboygan High School;
Cheboygan county normal;
Northern State Teachers College at Marquette MI;
Ferris Institutue, Big Rapids MI, 1921
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Martin & Anna Nelson. Taught school in Indian River, MI in 1917. Served 23 months as a pharmacist first class in the US Navy.
Owner of a drug store in Indian River & co-owner of Petoskey recreation in Petoskey.
Member of Cheboygan county school examiners, clerk, treasurer and justice of the peace of Tuscarora township.
Notable Facts:
House Concurrent Resolution No 81, p.683,1971 House Journal reported that he died 3/18/71.
Last residence was Tuscarora, MI.
WWI Draft Reg. gives birth date as 11/17/1895; SSDI and MIDeathInd 1871-96 give birth as 11/1/1894.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Conservation, Education , Educational Institutions, Fish and Fisheries , Marine Affairs
City of Residence: Indian River
County of Residence Cheboygan
District Description: Counties of Cheboygan and Emmet
Reason for Leaving Office: Lost Primary
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Fish and Fisheries
Committees Served On: Conservation, Education , Fish and Fisheries , Revision and Amendment of the Statutes
City of Residence: Indian River
County of Residence Cheboygan
District Description: Cheboygan and Emmet Counties
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Fish and Fisheries
Committees Served On: Conservation, Education , Fish and Fisheries , State Prisons
City of Residence: Indian River
County of Residence Cheboygan
District Description: Counties of Cheboygan and Emmet
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Fish and Fisheries
Committees Served On: Conservation, Fish and Fisheries , Roads and Bridges , State Prison of Southern Michigan, State Psychopathic Hospital, Ypsilanti State Hospital
City of Residence: Indian River
County of Residence Cheboygan
District Description: Counties of Cheboygan and Emmet
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Fish and Fisheries
Committees Served On: Aeronautics, Conservation, Fish and Fisheries , Northern Michigan College of Education, Northern Michigan Tuberculosis Sanatorium, State House of Correction & Branch of the State Prison in the Upper Peninsula
City of Residence: Indian River
County of Residence Cheboygan
District Description: Counties of Cheboygan and Emmet
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Northern Michigan Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
Bibliography:
Manual 1947 p.689; Manual 1949 p.661;Manual 1951 pp. 297-98; Manual 1953 p.263; PolGryd; WWI Draft Reg Cds,1917-18; USCen 1930; Michigan Legislative Handbook 1945-46, p. 159;
