Alexander Tackels
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Macomb County district
In office
November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837
In office
January 7, 1839 – January 5, 1840
Personal details
Bornc. 1791
Died (aged  63)
Political partyDemocratic

Alexander Tackels, also Tackles or Tacles, (c. 1791 – April 12, 1855) was an American politician who served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.

Biography

Alexander Tackels[1] moved to Romeo, Michigan, in 1822, where he was a farmer.[2] By 1823, he was a widower.[3] He was elected a commissioner of Washington Township, Michigan, in 1827, and served as a justice of the peace in 1832, 1836, and 1838.[4] He was supervisor of Ray Township, Michigan, from 1842 to 1843,[5] and was elected as an associate judge for Macomb County in 1844.[6]

He was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1835 and served through 1836, and was elected again for a term in 1839.[2]

He died on April 12, 1855,[2] and is buried in Walled Lake Cemetery in Walled Lake, Michigan.Enders-Jardine 2010

Family

Tackels and Polly Chandler had a son, Charles Tackels, who was born on November 22, 1827, and was later elected treasurer of Macomb County.[7][8] Tackels married Susannah Thompson, the widow of Nathaniel Thompson,[9] on February 11, 1841, when he was 50 years old.[10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Bingham 1888 cites his name as Tacles; other sources (Leeson 1882) give it as Tackles, while others (Eldredge 1905) give it as Tackels, as does his tombstone (Enders-Jardine 2010).
  2. 1 2 3 Bingham 1888, p. 627.
  3. ↑ Leeson 1882, p. 249.
  4. ↑ Leeson 1882, pp. 806–807.
  5. ↑ Leeson 1882, p. 859.
  6. ↑ Leeson 1882, p. 313.
  7. ↑ Leeson 1882, p. 605.
  8. ↑ Michigan Historical Center n.d.
  9. ↑ Biographical Publishing Company 1893, p. 186.
  10. ↑ FamilySearch 2018.

References

  • "Alexander Tackles and Susannah Thompson, 11 Feb 1841, , Macomb, Michigan, United States", Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940, FamilySearch, May 11, 2018, retrieved 2018-12-12
  • Bingham, Stephen D. (1888), Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators, Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey, retrieved 2018-12-12
  • "Death Certificate of Charles Tackles", Seeking Michigan, Michigan Historical Center, retrieved 2018-12-12
  • Eldredge, Robert F. (1905), Past and Present of Macomb County, Michigan, Chicago: S. J. Clarke, ISBN 9780598724748, retrieved 2018-12-12
  • Enders-Jardine, Sandra (March 30, 2010), Tombstone of Alexander Tackels, Find A Grave, retrieved 2018-12-12
  • Leeson, M. A. (1882), History of Macomb County, Michigan, Chicago: M. A. Leeson, retrieved 2018-12-12
  • Michigan Manual (1877–78 ed.), Lansing: W. S. George & Co., 1877, retrieved 2018-12-12
  • Portrait and Biographical Record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties Michigan, Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, 1893, retrieved 2018-12-12


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