Alexander Tackels

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.

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

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 105) give it as Tackels, as does his tombstone (Enders-Jardine 2010).
  2. 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, 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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