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Newberry was founded in 1882 and became the county seat when Luce County was separated from Chippewa County in 1887. Its first courthouse was completed in 1890. [6]The village was named in honor of John Stoughton Newberry, a U.S. Representative and industrialist from the state of Michigan.
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the village of Newberry, Michigan. Pages in category "People from Newberry, Michigan" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Frank Shepherd was born December 20, 1941, to Velma J.(Johnston) and Homer F. Shepherd in Port Huron, Michigan. Shepherd owned 21st Century Newspapers' and his first acquisitions were The Oakland Press and The Macomb Daily and The Royal Oak Tribune on August 21, 1997.
M-28 is Michigan's longest state trunkline highway. An east–west route, M-28 can be used to access Sault Ste. Marie to the east, and Munising and Marquette to the west. M-117 is a north–south connector between M-28 west of Newberry to US 2 in Mackinac County. M-123 is a u-shaped highway
Sliger was born September 30, 1924, in Chassell Township, Houghton County, Michigan, a small community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He was the eldest of three children of Hazel and Paul Sliger. His father was a logging foreman before working as a stonemason for the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1940.
Newberry was named county seat, [3] and experienced an early period of extensive growth in the 1880s and 1890s. [2] A grandiose Victorian courthouse was erected in Newberry in 1890. A few years later, the Luce County Jail and Sheriff's Residence was constructed, designed by the Marquette firm of Lovejoy and Demar as a counterpoint to the nearby ...
Newberry was the nephew of Walter Loomis Newberry and Oliver Newberry. [8] [9] Newberry was married in 1855 to Harriet N. Robinson. She died the following year, 10 days after giving birth to their son Harrie R. Newberry. [10] On October 6, 1859, he married Helen P. Handy, the daughter of Truman P. Handy, a well-known financier and banker in ...
Truman Handy Newberry (November 5, 1864 – October 3, 1945) was an American businessman and political figure. He served as the Secretary of Navy between 1908 and 1909. He was a Republican U.S. Senator from Michigan between 1919 and 1922.