Howell Area Archives Digital Archive

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  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0066_u.jpg

    A portrait of Frank DelVero, Prosecuting Attorney in Livingston County, Michigan- 1986
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0067_u.jpg

    A portrait of Judge Willis Lyons in 1946.

    He was born in 1877 and died in 1970. He held the following positions:

    • Livingston County, Michigan Clerk
    • Livingston County, Michigan Prosecutor
    • Livingston County, Michigan Probate Judge
    • Livingston County, Michigan Circuit Judge
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0069_u.jpg

    A portrait of Dave McClernan, Attorney  - 1980.  He was a Howell High School, Howell, Michigan graduate of the class of 1965.
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0072_u.jpg

    A portrait of Judge Joseph H. Collins, Circuit Court - 1918-1948

    Judge Joseph H. Collins served as 35th Judicial District Judge, which served Livingston and Shiawassee Counties, for more than thirty years.

    Judge Collins was born in Corunna, Shiawassee, Michigan in 1873, and died of a heart attack, in Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan, April 4th, 1948.
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0073_u.jpg

    A portrait of Richard R. Robinson.

    Richard R. Robinson was 53rd District Judge in Livingston County, Michigan 1970 - 1976.
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0075_u.jpg

    Portraits of Charles Van Winkle, Attorney, 1965.
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0077_u.jpg

    A portrait of Judge Willis Lyons in 1935.


    He was born in 1877 and died in 1970. He held the following positions:

    • Livingston County, Michigan Clerk
    • Livingston County, Michigan Prosecutor
    • Livingston County, Michigan Probate Judge
    • Livingston County, Michigan Circuit Judge
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0079_u.jpg

    Judge Willis Lyons - Spanish American War uniform


    He was born in 1877 and died in 1970.
    Willis L Lyons, died in 1970, and was the last known Spanish American War veteran in Livingston County.

    He held the following positions:

    • Livingston County, Michigan Clerk
    • Livingston County, Michigan Prosecutor
    • Livingston County, Michigan Probate Judge
    • Livingston County, Michigan Circuit Judge
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0081_u.jpg

    A portrait of Stanley Peoviak, Justice of the Peace - 1959.

    Stanley Peoviak was born in Poland in 1902, and died at Veterans' Hospital in Ann Arbor in 1978.  He served as Justice of the Peace for several years in Livingston County, Michigan.

    Justice Peoviak served in the U.S. Army during WWII.
  • HCDL-ngp-A004-02-0083_u.jpg

    This is a photo of the first meeting of the "Justices of the Peace" Organization, Livingston County, Michigan, 1967

    Location of meeting: unknown

    Seated L to R: unknown

    In 1967, as legislative changes were in process to reorganize the local county courts, whereas, the Justices of the Peace would be replaced by District Courts and Magistrates, there was activity opposing these measures organized by the Michigan Justices of the Peace Associations.
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