From Mt. Elliott Cemetery A History:
LINGEMAN, CASPAR, III
b. 11-16-1887 d. 7-20-1947.
Bur. Sec. 123, Lot 5.
Caspar III was forced to leave school at the age of 15 to tend to the family business - C. Lingeman & Co., an umbrella and parasol manufacturer and retailer - with his mother after his father died in 1901. However, the growing popularity of automobiles decreased the demand for umbrellas and parasols. Until then, most men always carried an umbrella, using it as a walking stick when it wasn't raining, and most women held a parasol overhead when riding in a carriage along Detroit's streets. In 1915, Caspar III gave up the umbrella business, going into real estate. He was elected to the state legislature in 1934. Two years later, he was elected to his first term as Wayne County Clerk, an office he held until his death. He was a founder of Boysville, a home for juvenile delinquents near Brighton. He never married. His brother was Cyril. He also had four sisters.
LINGEMAN, CASPAR, III
b. 11-16-1887 d. 7-20-1947.
Bur. Sec. 123, Lot 5.
Caspar III was forced to leave school at the age of 15 to tend to the family business - C. Lingeman & Co., an umbrella and parasol manufacturer and retailer - with his mother after his father died in 1901. However, the growing popularity of automobiles decreased the demand for umbrellas and parasols. Until then, most men always carried an umbrella, using it as a walking stick when it wasn't raining, and most women held a parasol overhead when riding in a carriage along Detroit's streets. In 1915, Caspar III gave up the umbrella business, going into real estate. He was elected to the state legislature in 1934. Two years later, he was elected to his first term as Wayne County Clerk, an office he held until his death. He was a founder of Boysville, a home for juvenile delinquents near Brighton. He never married. His brother was Cyril. He also had four sisters.
From Mt. Elliott Cemetery A History:
LINGEMAN, CASPAR, III
b. 11-16-1887 d. 7-20-1947.
Bur. Sec. 123, Lot 5.
Caspar III was forced to leave school at the age of 15 to tend to the family business - C. Lingeman & Co., an umbrella and parasol manufacturer and retailer - with his mother after his father died in 1901. However, the growing popularity of automobiles decreased the demand for umbrellas and parasols. Until then, most men always carried an umbrella, using it as a walking stick when it wasn't raining, and most women held a parasol overhead when riding in a carriage along Detroit's streets. In 1915, Caspar III gave up the umbrella business, going into real estate. He was elected to the state legislature in 1934. Two years later, he was elected to his first term as Wayne County Clerk, an office he held until his death. He was a founder of Boysville, a home for juvenile delinquents near Brighton. He never married. His brother was Cyril. He also had four sisters.
LINGEMAN, CASPAR, III
b. 11-16-1887 d. 7-20-1947.
Bur. Sec. 123, Lot 5.
Caspar III was forced to leave school at the age of 15 to tend to the family business - C. Lingeman & Co., an umbrella and parasol manufacturer and retailer - with his mother after his father died in 1901. However, the growing popularity of automobiles decreased the demand for umbrellas and parasols. Until then, most men always carried an umbrella, using it as a walking stick when it wasn't raining, and most women held a parasol overhead when riding in a carriage along Detroit's streets. In 1915, Caspar III gave up the umbrella business, going into real estate. He was elected to the state legislature in 1934. Two years later, he was elected to his first term as Wayne County Clerk, an office he held until his death. He was a founder of Boysville, a home for juvenile delinquents near Brighton. He never married. His brother was Cyril. He also had four sisters.
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Buried July 23, 1947; 59 years
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