Lifelong Mount Clemens resident Frederick G. Kendrick was a business leader with diverse interests. He served most notably as vice president and director emeritus of the Mount Clemens Bank, with which he was affiliated for 34 years, and was also the former owner of the Kendrick & Ullrich Coal Co. Kendrick also succeeded his father as president of the Macomb Theater Company, which built the grand Macomb Theater. The Macomb was the Bath City’s largest entertainment venue in its time; the historic building still stands on N. Walnut St. today.

Mount Clemens first African American police officer. The Mt. Clemens High School graduate was an outstanding athlete in his early years, playing semi-professional football and baseball, and earning tryouts with the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians. He was a postal worker after returning from a tour of duty with the US Navy during the Korean War, and in 1960 he was hired by the Mount Clemens Police Department, where he served with distinction for 24 years. Upshaw’s first years on patrol were difficult ones as he dealt with mistrust form the public as well as from fellow officers.

Following his death at age 68 in 2000, the Mount Clemens City Commission passed a resolution honoring the memory of the man who had blazed a trail, in spite of adversity, for people of all races in public service.

Ullrich grew up in Mt. Clemens as a member of a family prominent in business and civic affairs. Ullrich was a financier and president of the Ullrich Savings Bank, as well as a director of the Detroit Fidelity & Surety Trust Company. In civic affairs, Ullrich served two terms as mayor of Mt. Clemens, and was one of three members of the Ullrich family to hold that office.