{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3117", "width": "2402", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "C^t\\n^K\\nr\\nv.\\n.^J^:l^% ./^yj^k,^% .^^^A J^yJ^/\\n*l:a^*\\n\u00c2\u00b0^m^** J -.^P/\\nO\\n,G^ ^3 */7^T\\no\\nX/ /Jfe /Jfev yM\u00c2\u00a3\\nV.\\n*bV* ^^0^ ^oV*\\nV\\ny\\nA o.T ,G^ V \u00e2\u0099\u00a6T^Tfi A\\n\u00c2\u00bbi!^VA\\nV\\n-..0\\no X./ /.^ffll^-. :.A\\n-^^0^ r\\no.^\\na V, *.ro\\nq, ^0\\n,G^ *7t^* A", "height": "2926", "width": "2201", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "P\\nA\u00c2\u00b0\\n-.9^\\nJ\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2n^o^\\nI* .0\\nd* o ^o\\n-^^0^\\nTVT* A\\n^yws ^J X -aK* oww \\\\m^/\\n1.0 r,.\\n-y-o^\\n-^^C^^ ^J^IE^-^^ ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i ^rH oV^l^*. V^,^*^ VQ^-^\\nv^o^\\n-oV^^\\n^\\\\o v^*\\\\/ V*^%\u00c2\u00b0\\n0\\n5\u00c2\u00b0\\nL:r:j\u00c2\u00ab\\nV f 1*\\n-n-o^\\nif^\\noS\\n-^Ao^\\n\u00c2\u00b0o\\n\u00c2\u00abu", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2958", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2958", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "H 2\\ny\\nt^M-RM^ 1 1!\\nM\\n1\\n2r^^,2l//^J^\\n-oc^^\\n*p\\n.^BdUdi\\n4^\\ni\u00e2\u0082\u00acUL^i.\\nl-(s;t;,\\nl^i^\\ni u iJflllPBICfll\\n-nlp^\\n_2\u00c2\u00a3\\nH#t RECORD\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0g.:^, -.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a253i?=\\nj^-^tSikSiM-^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^^JfTJW.^\\n-liXlr\\n-OF-\\nBerrien and Cass Counties,\\nNIICHIGAN.\\n-2-\\nCONTAINING\\nBiographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens,\\nAND OF THE\\nPresidents of the Ignited states.\\nCHICAGO:\\nBIOa^E,.A.F:EiIO.A.L. FXJBILilSKCIISra- CO\\n1893", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "x^^^", "height": "2958", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "pi^Ep/\\\\\u00c2\u00a7E.\\n-Jw^ -t-OH- tf5 f-\u00c2\u00bb\\nV I IE greatest of English historians, Macaulat, and one of the most brilliant writers of\\nthe present century, has said: Tlie histor} of a country is best told in a record of the\\nlives of its peoi)Ie. In conformity Mith this idea the PoirniArr ani Bioohaimiicai.\\nRii( !oui) of this county has been prepared. Instead of going to iiuisty records, and\\ntaking therefrom dry statistical matter that can be ai preciated liy but few, oiii\\ncorps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women wlio have, by then\\nenterprise and industry, brought the county to rank second to n uie among those\\nprising this great and noble State, and from their lips have tlie story of their life\\nstruggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelli-\\ngent public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the\\nimitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by\\nindustry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited\\nJ advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an\\nU Ji^3^; influence extending throughout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who\\ni?\\\\(^iV$^ have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have\\nbecome famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and\\nrecords how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, very\\nmany, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued the even tenor of their way, conten\\nto have it said of tliem as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy they have done what\\nthey could. It tells how that many in the pride and strength of young manhood left the plow and the\\nanvil, the lawyer s office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country s\\ncall went forth valiantly to do or die, and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace\\nonce more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not\\nbe lost upon those who follow after.\\nComing generations will appreciate this volume; and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact\\nthat it contains so much that would never lind its way into public records, and which would otherwise be\\ninaccessible. Great care has I)ceu taken in the compilation of the work and every opportunity possible\\ngiven to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the publishers (latter them-\\nselves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the biograph\\nical sketches, portraits of a numlier of representative citizens are given.\\nThe faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For this the\\npublishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to give the\\ninformation necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indifferent. Occasionally some member of\\ntlie family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested\\none would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, though repeated calls were made\\nat their residence or place of business.\\nSeptember. 18 j:5. IIuh.i; \\\\imik ai. rii!i.isMi\\\\(, Co,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2958", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "if?.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v^^\\\\~^-^W^\u00c2\u00a7J^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\nC^;.\\ny^\\n^^*v\\nIf^^-\\nV\\nBIOGEAFW\\nOF THE\\ni~ ri\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^S ^r;^\\n^^i^\\nrsf i.\\n^^(s^^l^v^\\nx~ !ast- f^\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00a3- i**s", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2958", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "l^ 2^%\\ni%^i:\\\\;^^i^\\njbk^^\\n4 i /J", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2958", "width": "2011", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "FIRST PRESIDENT.\\nM\\n^^\\\\^:^(S^i ^^i ^i^C i (\\\\Kri^^cfi?i^^i^^(^c^i?i? mi^^^^^^\\nfll j\u00c2\u00a3!ljlj\\nHE Father of our Country was\\nhorn in Westmorland Co., Va.,\\nFeb. 2 2, 1732. His parents\\nwere Augustine and Mary\\n(Ball) Washington. The family\\nto which he belonged has not\\nbeen satisfactorily traced in\\nEngland. His great-grand-\\nfather, John Washington, em-\\nigrated to Virginia about 1657,\\nand became a prosperous\\nplanter. He had two sons,\\nLawrence and John. The\\nformer married Mildred Warner\\nand had three children, John,\\nAugustine and Mildred. Augus-\\ntine, the father of George, first\\nmarried Jane Butler, who bore\\nhim four children, two of whom,\\nLawrence and Augustine, reached\\nmaturity. Of six children by his\\nsecond marriage, George was the\\neldest, the others being Betty,\\nSamuel, John Augustine, Charles\\nand Mildred.\\nAugustine Washington, the father of George, died\\nin 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his\\nsidest son, I^awrence, he bequeathed an estate on\\ntiie Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon,\\nand to George he lett tlie parental residence. George\\nreceived only such education as the neighborhood\\nschools afforded, save for a short time after he left\\nschool, when he received private instruction in\\nHiathemat cs. His spelling was rather defective.\\nRemarkable stories are told of his great physica:\\nstrength and development at an early age. He wa.s\\nan acknowledged leader among his companions, and\\nwas early noted for that nobleness of character, fair-\\nness and veracity which characterized his whole life.\\nWhen George was 1 4 years old he had a desire to go to\\nsea, and a midshipman s warrant was secured for him,\\nbut through the opposition of his mother the idea was\\nabandoned. Two years later he was appointed\\nsurveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In\\nthis business he spent three years in a rough frontier\\nlife, gaining experience which afterwards proved very\\nessential to him. In 1751, though only ig years of\\nage, he was ap[X)inted adjutant with the rank of\\nmajor in the Virginia militia, then being trained for\\nactive service against the French and Indians. Soon\\nafter this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother\\nLawrence, who went there to restore his health. They\\nsoon returned, and in the summer of -1752 Lawrence\\ndied, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter\\nwho did not long survive him. On her demise ilie\\nestate of Mount Vernon was given to George.\\nU[X3n the arrival of Robert Dinwiddle, as Lieuten-\\nant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was\\nreorganized, and the province divided into four mili-\\ntary districts, of which the northern was assigned to\\nWashington as adjutant general. Shortly after this\\na very perilous mission was assigned him and ac-\\ncepted, which others had refused. This was to pro-\\nceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North-\\nwestern Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed\\nwas between 500 and 600 uiilcs. Winter was at hand,\\nand tb.e journey was to be made without mi!itar\\\\\\nescort, through a territory occupied by Indians. Tht", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "GEORGE WASHINGTON.\\ntrip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near\\nlosiiigSlis life, yet he returned in safety and furnished\\na full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment\\nof 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com-\\nmand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was\\ncommissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was\\nthen begun against tlie French and Indians, in which\\nWashington took a most important part. In the\\nmemorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad-\\ndock s defeat, Washington was almost the only officer\\nof distinction who escaped from the calamities of the\\nday with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock\\nvvere disabled early in the action, and Washington\\nalone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter\\nto his brother he says I had four bullets through\\nmy coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped\\nunhurt, though death was leveling my companions\\non every side. An Indian sharpshooter said he was\\nnot born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken\\ndirect aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit\\nhim.\\nAfter having been five years in the military service,\\nand vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he\\nlook advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the\\nexpulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio,\\nto resign his conmiission. Soon after he entered the\\nLegislature, where, although not a leader, he look an\\nactive and important part. January 17, 1759, he\\nmarried Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy\\nwidow of John Parke Custis.\\nWhen the British Parliament had closed the port\\nof Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces\\nthat The cause of Boston is the cause of us all.\\nIt was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con-\\ngress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila-\\ndelphia,Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties,\\npeaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash-\\nington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the\\nCongress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of\\nEngland were plainly apparent. The battles of Con-\\ncord and Lexington had been fought. Among the\\nfirst acts of this Congress was the election of a com-\\nmander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and\\nresponsible office was conferred upon Washington,\\nwho was still a memberof the Congress. He accepted\\nit on June 19, but upon the express condition that he\\nreceive no salary. He would keep an exact account\\nof expenses and expect Congress to pay them and\\nnothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to\\ntrace the military acts of Washington, to whom the\\nfortunes and liberties of the people of this country\\nwere so long confided. The war was conducted by\\nhim under ever) possible disadvantage, and while his\\nforces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every\\nobstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion\\nand matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest\\nnation of earth. On Dec. 23, 1783, Washington, in\\na parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his\\ncommission as commander-in-chief of the army to\\nto the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He\\nretired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed\\nhis occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all\\nconnection with public life.\\nIn February, 1 7 89, Washington was unanimously\\nelected President. In his presidential career he was\\nsubject to the peculiar trials incidental to a riew\\ngovernment trials from lack of confidence on the part\\nof other governments trials from want of harmony\\nbetween the different sections of our own country;\\ntrials from the impoverished condition of the country,\\nowmgto the war and want of credit; trials from the\\nbeginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His\\nclear judg.nent could discern the golden mean; and\\nwhile perhaps this alone kept our government from\\nsinking at the veiy outset, it left him exposed to\\nattacks from both sides, which were often bitter and\\nvery annoying.\\nAt the expiration of his first term he was unani-\\nmously re-elected. At the end of this term manv\\nwere anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely\\nrefused a third nomination. On the fourth of March,\\n1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi-\\ndent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there\\nhis few remaining yeais free from the annoyances of\\npublic life. Later in the year, however, his re]X)se\\nseemed likely to be interrupted by war with France.\\nAt the prospect of such a war he was again urged to\\ntake command of the armies. He chose his sub-\\nordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat-\\nters in the field, which he superintended from his\\nhome. In accepting the command he made the\\nreservation that he was not to be in the field umil\\nit was necessary. In the midst of these prejiarations\\nhis life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took\\na severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling\\nin his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated\\nfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-\\nteenth his body was borne wiih military honors to its\\nfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault at\\nMount Vernon.\\nOf the character of Washington it is impossible to\\nspeak but in terms of the highest respect and ad-\\nmiration. The more we see of the operations of\\nour government, and the more deeply we feel the\\ndifficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest,\\nthe more liighly we must estimate the force of his tal-\\nent and cliaracter, which have bef n able to challenge\\nthe reverence of all parties, and principles, and na-\\ntions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits\\nof the globe, and which we cannot but believe will\\nbe as lasting as the existence of man.\\nThe ]ierson of Washington was unusally tan, erect\\nand well proportioned. His muscular strength was\\ngreat. His features were of a beautiful synimetrv.\\nHe commanded respect without any appearance of\\nhaughtiness, and ever serious without l- eingdull,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "-ei^f^vi^\\na^/yj", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "SECOND PRESIDENT.\\nJDIIK ADAMSo\\n^P?*??^\\n^*^5\\n\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbT5P^\\n^J OHN ADAMS, the second\\nPresident and the first Vice-\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas born in Braintree now\\nQuincy),Mass., and about ten\\nmiles from Boston, Oct. 19,\\n1735. His great-grandfather, Henry-\\nAdams, emigrated from England\\nabout 1640, with a family of eight\\n\\\\j, sons, and settled at Braintree. The\\nparents of John were John and\\nSusannah (Boylston) Adams. His\\nfather was a farmer of limited\\nmeans, to which he added the bus-\\niness of shoemaking. He gave his\\neldest son, John, a classical educa-\\ntion at Harvard College. John\\ngraduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the\\nschool in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a\\nsci.ool of affliction, from which he endeavored to\\ngain lelief by devoting himself, in addition, to the\\nstudy of law. For this purjx)se he placed himself\\nunder tlie tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He\\nhad tiiought seriously of the clerical profession\\nbut seems to have been turned from this by what he\\ntermed the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun-\\njils, cf diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,\\nof the operations of which he had been a witness in\\nhis native town. He was well fitted for the legal\\nprofession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being\\nready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep-\\ntive [HDwers. He gradually gained practice, and in\\n1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister,\\nand a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his\\nmarriage, (i7( 5), the attempt of Parliamentar) taxa-\\ntion turned liim from law to politics. He took initial\\nSteps toward lioldinj, i town meeting, and the resolu-\\ntions he offered on the subject became ver populai\\nthroughout the Province, and were adopted word for\\nword by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos\\nton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous\\nand prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and\\nwas chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg-\\nlislature) in 1770.\\nMr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates\\nfrom Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress,\\nwhich met in 1774. Here he distinguished himself\\nby his capacity for business and for debate, and ad-\\nvocated the movement for independence against th\u00c2\u00b0\\nmajority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved\\nand carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies\\nshould assume the duties of self-government. Hq\\nwas a prominent member of the committee of vivei\\nappointed June 11, to prepare a declaration of inde-\\npendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but\\non \\\\dams devolved the task of battling it through\\nCongress in a three days debate.\\nOn the day after the Declaration of Independence\\nwas passed, while his soul was yet warm with th^\\nglow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife\\nwhich, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated\\nby the spirit of prophecy. Yesterday, he says, the\\ngreatest question was decided that ever was debated\\nin America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wil\\nbe decided among men. A resolution was passed\\nwithout one dissenting colony, that these United\\nStates are, and of right ought to be, free and inde-\\npendent states. The day is passed. The fourth of\\nJuly, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history\\nof America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated\\nby succeeding generations, as the great anniversarj\\nfestival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of\\ndeliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty\\nGod. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "JOHN ADAMS.\\ngames, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations\\nIroni one end of the continent to the other, from this\\ntime forward for ever. You will think me transported\\nwith enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to\\nmaintain this declaration, and support and defend\\nthese States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the\\nrays of light and glory. I can see that the end is\\nworth more than all the means; and that posterity\\nwill triumph, although you and I may rue, which I\\nhope we shall not.\\nIn November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a\\nddegate to France and to co-operate with Benijamin\\nFranklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in\\nthe endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money\\nfrom the French Government. This was a severe trial\\nto his patriotism, as it separated him from his home,\\ncompelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex-\\nposed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis-\\ners, who were seeking him. He left France June 17,\\n1779. In September of the same year he was again\\nciiosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi-\\nness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce\\nwith Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet\\nmight be found willing to listen to such pioposels. He\\nsailed for France in Novemlier, from there he went to\\nHolland, where he negotiated important loans and\\nformed important commercial treaties.\\nFinally a treaty of peace with England was signed\\nJan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement,\\ntoil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed\\nthrew him into a fever. After suffering from a con-\\ntinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he\\nwas advised to go to England to drink the waters of\\nBath. While in England, still drooping anddesiwnd-\\ning, he received dispatches from his own government\\nurging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to\\nnegotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was\\ndelicate, yet he immediately set out, and through\\nstorm, on sea, on horseback and foot,hemade the trip.\\nFebruary 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams\\nenvoy to the Co\\\\irt of St. James. Here he met face\\nto face the King of England, who had so long re-\\ngarded him as a traitor. As England did not\\ncondescend to appoint a minister to the United\\nStates, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom-\\nplishing but little, he sought permission to return to\\nnis own country, where he arrived in June, 1788.\\nWhen Washington was first chosen President, John\\nAdams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at\\nhome and abroad, was chosen Vice President. Again\\nat the second election of Washington as President,\\nAdams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash-\\nington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was\\nelected President, though not without much opposition.\\nServing in this office four vears,he was succeeded by\\nMr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics.\\nWhile Mr. Adams was Vice President the great\\nFrench Revolution shook the continent of Euro|ie,\\nand it was upon this point which he was at issue with\\nthe majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson.\\nMr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French peo])le\\nin their struggle, for he had no confidence in their\\npower of self-government, and he utterly abhored the\\nclassof atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it.\\nOn the other hand Jefferson s sympathies were strongly\\nenlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or-\\niginated the alienation between these distinguished\\nmen, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ-\\nized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies\\nwere with England and Jefferson led the other in\\nsymjjathy with France.\\nThe world has seldom seen a spectacle of more\\nmoral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the\\nold age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling\\nhad died away, and he had begun to receive that just\\nappreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till\\nafter death. No one could look upon his venerable\\nform, and think of what he had done and suffered,\\nand how he had given up all the prime and strength\\nof his life to the public good, without the deepest\\nemotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar\\ngood fortune to witness the complete success of the\\ninstitution which he had been so active in creating and\\nsupix)rting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled\\nto the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest\\nstation in the gift of the people.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half\\ncentury since the signing of the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence, arrived, and there were but three of the\\nsigners of that immortal instrument left .upon the\\nearth to hail its morning light. And, as it is\\nwell known, on that day two of these finished their\\nearthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as\\nto seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr.\\nAdams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning\\nof the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from\\nhis bed. On being requested to name a toast for the\\ncustomary celebration of the day, he exclaimed In-\\ndependence FOREVER. ,When the day was ushered\\nin, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons,\\nhe was asked liy one of his attendants if he knew\\nwhat day it was? He replied, O yes; it is the glor-\\nious fourth of July God bless it God bless you all.\\nIn the course of the day he said, It is a great and\\nglorious day. The last words he uttered were,\\nJefferson survives. But he had, at one o clock, re-\\nsigned his spiiit into the hands of his God.\\nThe personal appearance and manners of Mr.\\nAdams were not particularly prepossessing. His face,\\nas his portrait manifests.was intellecl\\\\ial ard expres-\\nsive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and h S\\nmanners were frequently abrupt and unrourteous.\\nHe had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor\\nthe engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked\\nthe manners and address of Jefferson.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "Y\\nviziA\\n:^^^72.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THIRD PRESIDENT.\\n27\\n\u00c2\u00a9MAS JBlFiP!EHSD?J\\n^z\\nHOMAS JEFFERSON was\\nliorn April 2, 1743, at Shad-\\nK**vell, Albermarle county, Va.\\nHis parents were Peter and\\nJane Randol()h) Jefferson,\\nthe former a native of Wales,\\nand the latter born in Lon-\\ndon. To them were born six\\ndaughters and two sons, of\\nwhom Thomas was the elder.\\nWhen 14 years of age his\\nfatiier died. He received a\\nmost liberal education, hav-\\ning been kept diligently at school\\nfrom the time he was five years of\\nage. In 1760 he entered William\\nend Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat\\nof !he Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion\\na. id splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17\\nyears old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine\\nhorses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he\\nwas earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha-\\nalile in his morals. It is strange, however, under\\nsuch influences, that he was not ruined. In the sec-\\nond year of his college course, moved by some un-\\nexplained inward impulse, he discarded his horses,\\nsociety, and even his favorite violin, to which he had\\npreviously given much time. Heoften devoted fifteen\\nhours a day to haid study, allowing himself for ex-\\nercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out\\nof the city and back again. He thus attained very\\nhigh intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso-\\nphy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and\\nGreek authors he read with facility. A more finished\\nscholar has seldom gone forth from college halls; and\\nw\\nthere was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a\\nmore pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man.\\nImmediately uix)n leaving college he began the\\nstudy of law. For the short time he continued in the\\npractice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin-\\nguished himself by his energy and accuteness as a\\nlawyer. But the times called for greater action.\\nThe policy of England had awakened the spirit of\\nresistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged\\nviews which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led\\nhim into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen\\na member of the Virginia House of Burgesses In\\n1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti-\\nful, wealthy and highly accom|)lished young widow\\nUpon Mr. Jefferson s large estate at Shadwell, thire\\nwas a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which\\ncommanded a prospect of wonderful extent and\\nbeauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new\\nhome; and here he reared a mansion of modest ye*\\nelegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon\\nbecame the most distinguished resort in our land.\\nIn 1775 li^ was sent to the Cilonial Congress.\\nwhere, though a silent member, his abihties as a\\nwriter and a reasoner soon become known, and he\\nwas placed uiwn a number of imiwrtant committees,\\nand was chainiian of the one appointed for the draw-\\ning up of a declaration of independence. This com-\\nmittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams,\\nBenjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R.\\nLivingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was apiwinted\\nto draw u|) the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested\\na few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con-\\ngress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made\\nin it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July\\n4, 1776. What must have been the feelings of that", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "28\\nTHOMAS JEFFERSON.\\nman what the emotions that swelled his breast\\nwho was charged with the preparation of that Dec-\\nlaration, which, while it made known the wrongs of\\nAmerica, was also to publish her to the world, free,\\nBoverign and independent. It is one of the most re-\\nmarkable papers ever written and did no other effort\\nof tire mind of its author exist, that alone would be\\nsufficient to stamp his name with immortality.\\nIn 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to\\nPatrick Henry, \u00c2\u00a3.s Governor of Virginia. Atone time\\nthe British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to\\nMoniicello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five\\nminutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef-\\nferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses-\\nsion of the British troops. His wife s health, never\\nvery good, was much injured by this excitement, and\\nin the summer of 1782 she died.\\nMr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783.\\nTwo years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo-\\ntentiary to France. Returning to the United States\\nin September, 1789, he became Secretary of State\\nin Washington s cabinet. This position he resigned\\nJan. I, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi-\\ndent, and four years later was elected President over\\nMr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In\\n1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity,\\nand George Clinton, Vice President.\\nThe early part of Mr. Jefferson s second adminstra-\\ntion was disturbed by an event which threatened the\\ntranquility and peace of the Union; this was the con-\\nspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election\\nto the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled\\nambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a\\nmilitary expedition into the Spanish territories on our\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0southwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there\\na new republic. This has been generally supposed\\nwas a mere pretext and although it has not been\\ngenerally known what his real plans were, there is no\\ndoubt that they were of a far inore dangerous\\ncharacter.\\nIn 1809, at the expiration of the second term for\\nwhich Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined\\nto retire from [Xjlitical life. For a period of nearly\\nforty years, he had been continually before the pub-\\nlic, and all that time had been employed in offices of\\nthe greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de-\\nvoted the best part of his life to the service of his\\ncountry, he now felt desirous of that rest which his\\ndeclining years required, and \\\\x\\\\io\\\\\\\\ the organization of\\nthe new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare-\\nwell forever to public life, and retired to Monticello.\\nMr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole\\nfamilies came in their coaches with their horses,\\nfathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and\\nnurses, and remained three and even six months.\\nLife at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a\\nfashionable watering-place.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver-\\nsary of the Declaration of American Independence,\\ngreat preparations were made in every part of the\\nUnion for its celebration, as the nation s jubilee, and\\nthe citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity\\nof the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer,\\nand one of the few surviving signers of the Declara-\\ntion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill-\\nness, which had been of several weeks duration, and\\nhad been continually increasing, compelled him to\\ndecline the invitation.\\nOn the second of July, the disease under which\\nhe was laboring left him, but in such a reduced\\nstate that his medical attendants, entertained nc\\nhope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly\\nsensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next\\ndny, which was Monday, he asked of those around\\nhim, the day of the month, and on being told it was\\nthe third of July, he expressed the earnest wish tha\\nhe might be permitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth\\nanniversary. His prayer was heard that day, whose\\ndawn was hailed with such rapture through our land,\\nburst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for-\\never. And what a noble consummation of a noble\\nlife To die on that day, the birthday of a nation,-\\nthe day which his own name and his own act had\\nrendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and\\nfestivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him,\\nas the author, under God, of their greatest blessings,\\nwas all that was wanting to fill up the record his life.\\nAlmost at the same hour of his death, the kin-\\ndred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear\\nhim company, left the scene of his earthly honors.\\nHand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of\\nfreedom; hand in hand, during the dark and desper-\\nate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and-\\nanimated their desponding countrj men; for half a\\ncentury they had labored together for tne good of\\nthe country; and now hand in hand they depart.\\nIn their lives they had been united in the same great\\ncause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not\\ndivided.\\nIn person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather\\nabove six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes\\nwere light, his hair originally red, in after life became\\nwhite and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore-\\nhead broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and\\nthoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as\\nwell as personal courage; and r.:s command of tem-\\nper was such that his oldest and most intimate friends\\nnever recollected to have seen him in a passion.\\nHis manners, though dignified, were simple and un-\\naffected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that\\nall found at his house a ready welcome. In conver-\\nsation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic and\\nhis language was remarkably pure and correct. He\\nwas a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is\\ndiscernable the care with which he formed his style\\nupon the best models of antiquity.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "S:\\n(t^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "FOURTH PRESIDENT.\\n31\\ntjfi\\\\W npDisoi].\\nAMES MADISON, Father\\nof the Constitution, and fourth\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas born March 16, 1757, and\\ndied at his home in Virginia,\\nJune 28, 1836. The name of\\nJames Madison is inseparably con-\\nnected with most of the imiMrtant\\nevents in that heroic period of our\\ncountry during which tlie founda-\\ntions of this great repubUc were\\nlaid. He was the last of the founders\\nof the Constitution of the United\\nStates to l)e called to his eternal\\nreward.\\nThe Madison family were among\\nthe early emigrants to the New World,\\nlanding upon the shores of the Chesa-\\npeake but 15 years after the settle-\\nment of Jamestown. The father of\\nJames Madison was an opulent\\nplanter, residing upon a very fine es-\\ntate called Montpelier, Orange Co.,\\nVa. The mansion was situated in\\nthe midst of scenery highly jjictur-\\nesque and romantic, on the west side\\nof South-west Mountain, at the foot of\\nBlue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home of\\nJefferson at Monticello. Tlie closest personal and\\njiolitical attachment existed between these illustrious\\nmen, from their early youth until death.\\nThe early education of Mr. Madison wasconducteti\\nmostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of\\n18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey.\\nHere he applied himself to study with the most im-\\nprudent zeal allowing himself, for months, but three\\nhours sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so\\nseriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor\\nof constitution. He graduated in 177 i, with a feeble\\nbody, witli a character of utmost purity, and with a\\nmind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning\\nwhich embellished and gave proficiency to his subsr\\n([uent career.\\nReturning to Virginia, he commenced the study of\\nlaw and a course of extensive and systematic reading.\\nThis educational course, the spirit of the times in\\nwhich he lived, and the society with which he asso-\\nciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong\\nlove of liberty, and to train him for his life-work ot\\na statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of\\nmind, and his frail health leading him to think that\\nhis life was not to be long, he directed especial atten-\\ntion to theological studies. Endowed with a mmd\\nsingularly free from passion and prejudice, and with\\nalmost unequalled powers of reasoning, lie weiglied\\nall the arguments for and against revealed religion,\\nuntil his fijith became so established as never to\\nbe shaken.\\nIn the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he\\nwas elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to\\nframe the constitution of the State. The next year\\n(1777), he was a candidate for the General Assembly.\\nHe refused to treat the wliisky-lovir.g voters, and\\nconsequently lost his election but those who had\\nwitnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the\\nmodest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf,\\nand he was appointed to the E.\\\\ecutive Council.\\nBoth Patrick Henry and Tliomas Jefferson were\\nOovernors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained\\nmember of the Council and their appreciation of his", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "32\\n/AMES MADISON.\\nintellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not\\na little to his subsequent eminence. In the year\\n1780, he was elected a member of the Continental\\nCongress. Here he met the most illustrious men in\\nour land, and he was immediately assigned to one of\\nthe most conspicuous positions among them.\\nFor three years Mr. Madison continued in Con-\\ngress, one of its most active and influential members.\\nIn the year 1784, his term having expired, he was\\nelected a member of the Virginia Legislature.\\nNo man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the\\nutter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na-\\ntional government, with no power to form treaties\\nwhich would be binding, or to enforce law. There\\nwas not any State more prominent than Virginia in\\nthe declaration, that an efficient national government\\nmust be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison\\ncarried a resolution through the General Assembly of\\nVirginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis-\\nsioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss\\nthis subject. Five States only were represented. The\\nconvention, however, issued another call, drawn up\\nby Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their\\ndelegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft\\na Constitution for the United States, to take the place\\nof that Confederate League. The delegates met at\\nhe time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island\\nfas represented. George Washington was chosen\\npresident of the convention; and the present Consti-\\ntution of the United .States was then and there formed.\\nThere was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac-\\ntive in framing this immortal document than the mind\\nand the pen of James Madison.\\nThe Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was\\nto be presented to the several States for acceptance.\\nBut grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected\\nwe should be left but a conglomeration of independent\\nStates, with but little power at home and little lespect\\nabroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven-\\ntion to draw up an address to the people of the United\\nStates, expounding the principles of the Constitution,\\nand urging its adoption. There was great opposition\\nto it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and\\nwent into effect in 1789.\\nMr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre-\\nsentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the\\navowed leader of the Republican party. While in\\nNew York attending Congress, he met Mrs. Todd, a\\nyoung widow of remarkable jxswer of fascination,\\nwhom he married. She was in person and character\\nqueenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied\\nso prominent a position in the very peculiar society\\nwhich has constituted our republican court as Mrs.\\nMadison.\\nMr. Madison served as Secretary of State under\\nJefferson, and at the close of his administration\\nwas chosen President. At this time the encroach-\\nments of England had brought us to the verge of war.\\nBritish orders in council destioyed our commerce, and\\nour flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison\\nwas a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring\\nin his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the\\nmeekest spirit can be roused. It makes one s blood\\nboil, even now, to think of an American ship brought\\nto, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser.\\nA young lieutenant steps on board and orders the\\ncrew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal-\\nance he selects any nuirrber whom he may please to\\ndesignate as British subjects orders them down the\\nship s side into his boat; and places them on the gun-\\ndeck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the\\nbattles of England. This right of search and im-\\npressment, no efforts of our Government could induce\\nthe British cabinet to relinquish.\\nOn the i8th of June, 1812, President Madison gave\\nhis approval to an act of Congress declaring war\\nagainst Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter\\nhostility of the Federal party to the war, the country\\nin general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th\\nof March, 1813, was re-elected by a large majority,\\nand entered upon his second term of office. This is\\nnot the place to describe the various adventures of\\nthis war on the land and on the water. Our infant,\\nnavy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap-\\npling with the most formidable power which ever\\nswept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest\\nby the appearance of a British fleet, early in February,\\n1813, in Chesai)eake Bay, declaring nearly the whole\\ncoast of the United States under blockade.\\nThe Emperor of Russia offered his services as me\\nditator. America accepted England refused. A Brit-\\nish force of five thousand men landed on the banks\\nof the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa-\\npeake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens-\\nburg, upon Washington.\\nThe straggling little city of Washington was thrown\\ninto consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict\\nat Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the\\nmetropolis. The whole population fled from the city.\\nThe President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the Wiiite\\nHouse, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to\\nawait his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers\\nin a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed,\\nand he could not go back without danger of being\\ncaptured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential\\nMansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in\\nWashington were in flames.\\nThe war closed after two years of fighting, and on\\nFeb. T3, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of\\noffice expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair\\nto his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his Leau-\\ndful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re-\\nmainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the\\nage of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi-\\nson died July 12, 1849.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "yCiii^J- t^ P Z\\n-cr-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "FIFTH PRESIDENT.\\n35\\nPHQES n]0]]^OE. \u00c2\u00ab^;i!\\nAMES MONROE, the fifth\\n.Presidentof The United States,\\nwas born in Westmoreland Co.,\\nVa., April 28, 1758. His early\\nlife was passed at the place of\\nnativity. His ancestors had for\\nmany years resided in the prov-\\nince in which he was born. When,\\nat r; years of age, in the process\\n^S of completing his education at\\nWiUiam and Mary College, the Co-\\nlonial Congress assembled at Phila-\\ndelphia to deliberate ujwn the un-\\njust and manifold oppressions of\\nCreat Britian, declared the separa-\\ntion of the Colonies, and promul-\\ngated the Declaration of Indepen-\\ndence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly\\nprobable that he would have been one of the signers\\nof that celebrated instrument. At this time he left\\nschool and enlisted among tlie patriots.\\nHe joined the army when everything looked hope-\\nless and gloomy. Tlie number of deserters increased\\nfrom day to day. The invading armies came pouring\\nin and the tories not only favored the cause of the\\nmother country, but disheartened the new recruits,\\nwho were sufficiently terrified at liie prospect of con-\\ntjndiiig witli an enemy whom they had been taught\\nto deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James\\nMonroe, who went right onward, undismayed through\\n(lilTiculty and danger, the United States owe their\\np;;!itical emancipation. The young cadet joined the\\nranks, and esix)used the cause of his injured country,\\nwith a firm determination to live o. lie with her strife\\nfor liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel-\\nancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White\\nPlains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled\\nbefore its foes through New Jersey. In four months\\nafter the Declaration of Independence, the patriots\\nhad been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of\\nTrenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg-\\ning upon the enemy he received a wound in the left\\nshoulder.\\nAs a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was pro-)\\nmoted a captain of infantry and, having recovered,\\nfrom his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however,\\nreceded from the line of promotion, by becoming an\\nofficer in the staff of Lord Steriing. During the cam-\\npaigns of 1777 and i77cS, in the actions of Brandy\\nwine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued\\naid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his\\nposition in the army, he exerted himself to collect a\\nregiment for the Virginia line. Tliis scheme failed\\nowing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon\\nthis failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at\\nthat period Governor, and pursued, with considerable\\nardor, the study of common law. He did not, however,\\nentirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag;\\nbut on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volun\\nteer, during the two years of his legal pursuits.\\nIn 17S2, he was elected from King George county,\\na member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by tha!\\nbody he was elevated to a seat in the Executive\\nCouncil. He was thus honored with the confidence\\nof his fellow citizens at 23 years of age and having\\nat this early period displayed some of that ability\\nand aptitude for legislation, wiiich were afterward.^\\nemployed with unremitting energy for the public good,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "i6\\nJAMES MONROE.\\nhe was in the succeeding year chosen a member of\\nthe Congress of the United States.\\nDeeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old\\nConfederacy, he was opposed to the new Qjnstitution,\\nihiiiking, with many others of ;he Republican parly,\\nihat it gave too much power to the Central Government,\\nand not enough to the individual States. Still he re-\\ntained the esteem of his friends who were its warm\\nsupporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition\\nsecured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member\\nof the United States Senate which office he held for\\nfour years. Every month the line of distinction be-\\ntween the two great parties which divided the nation,\\nthe Federal and the Republican, was growing more\\ndistinct. The two prominent iaeas which now sep-\\narated them were, that the Republican party was in\\nsympathy with France, and also in favor of such a\\nstrict construction of tlie Constitution as to give the\\nCentral Government as little power, and the State\\nGovernments as much ixswer, as the Constitution would\\nwarrant. The Federalists sympathized with England,\\nand were in fiivor of a liberal construction of the Con-\\nstitution, which would give as much power to the\\nCentral Government as that document could possibly\\nauthorize.\\nThe leading Federalists and Republicans were\\nalike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the\\ngood of the nation. Two more honest men or more\\npure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and\\nJames Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In\\nbuilding up this majestic nation, which is destined\\nto eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com-\\nbination of their antagonism was needed to create the\\nlight equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de-\\nnounced as almost a demon.\\nWashington was then President. England had es-\\npoused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi-\\nples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn\\ninto the conflict. We were feeble and far away.\\nWashington issued a proclamation of neutrality be-\\ntween these contending powers. France had helped\\nus in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms\\nof Europe were now combined to prevent the French\\nfrom escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse\\nthan that which we had endured Col. Monroe, more\\nmagnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at\\nwhatever hazard, we should help our old allies in\\ntheir extremity. It was the impulse of a generous\\nand noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres-\\nident s proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in\\nmagnanimity.\\nWashington, who could appreciate such a character,\\ndeveloped his calm, serene, almost divine greatness,\\nby appointing that very James Monroe, who was de-\\nnouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister\\nof that Government to the Republic of France. Mr.\\n.Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention\\nin France with the most enthusiastic demonstr/ -tions.\\nShortly after his return to this countr\\\\ Mr. Mon-\\nroe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the\\noffice for three yeais. He was again sent to France to\\nco-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining\\nthe vast territory then known as the Province of\\nLouisiana, which France had but shortly before ob-\\ntained from Spain. Their united efforts were suc-\\ncessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen\\nmillions of dollars, the entire territor)^ of Orleans and\\ndistrict of Louisiana were added to the United States.\\nThis was probably the largest transfer of real estate\\nwhich was ever made in all the history of the world.\\nFrom France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob-\\ntain from that countrj some recognition of our\\nrights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those\\nodious impressments of our seamen. But Eng-\\nland was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng-\\nland on the same mission, but could receive no\\nredress. He returned to his home and was again\\nchosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned\\nto accept the position of Secretary of State under\\nMadison. While in this office war with England was\\ndeclared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during\\nthese trjing times, the duties of the \\\\Var Departmen;\\nwere also put upon him. He was truly the armor-\\nbearer of President Madison, and the most efficient\\nbusiness man in his cabinet. L^jwn the return of\\npeace he resigned the Department of War, but con-\\ntinued in the office of Secretar\\\\ of State until the ex-\\npiration of Mr. INIadison s adminstration. At the elec-\\ntion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had\\nbeen chosen President with but little opposition, and\\nupon March 4, tSiy, was inaugurated. Four years\\nlater he was elected for a second tenn.\\nAmong the important measures of his Presidencv\\nwere the cession of Florida to the United States; the\\nMissouri Compromise, and the Monroe doctrine.\\nThis famous doctrine, since known as the Monroe\\ndoctrine, was enunciated by him in T823. At that\\ntime the United States had recognized the independ-\\nence of the South American states, and did not wish\\nto have European powers longer attempting to sub\\ndue ix)rtions of the American Continent. The doctrine\\nis as follows: That we should consider any attempt\\non the part of European powers to extend their sys-\\ntem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous\\nto our peace and safety, and that we could not\\nview any interposition for the purpose of oppressing\\nor controlling American governments or provinces in\\nany other light than as a manifestation by European\\npowers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United\\nStates. This doctrine immediately affected the course\\nof foreign governments, and has become the approved\\nsennment of the L nited States.\\nAt the end of his fecond term Mr. Monroe retired\\nto his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830\\nwhen he went to New Vork to live with his son-in-\\nlaw. In that city he died.on the 4th of July rSji", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "5. 3. cAi\\nv\u00c2\u00bbvj", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "SIXTH PRESIDRNT.\\n5f\\n^.^0\\\\A .^b.\\n.V. f^ .v^ j^ -.v.-^ -.^.j^^- .j^ lai A A* J^ JSg^^ JL, Jb, tit\\nJ01511 Qail]6Y ^DJinQS. I\\nV} OHN QUINCY ADAMS, the\\nWi sixth President of the United\\nj States, was born in the rural\\nhome of his honored father,\\nJohn Adams, in Quincy, Mass.,\\non the I ith of July, 1767. His\\nmother, a woman of exalted\\nworth, watched over his childhood\\nduring the almost constant ab-\\nsence of his father. When but\\neight years of age, he stood with\\nhis mother on an eminence, listen-\\ning to the booming of the great bat-\\ntle on Bunker s Hill, and gazing on\\nupon the smoke and flames billow-\\ning up from the conflagration of\\nCharlestown.\\nWhen but eleven years old he\\ntook a tearful adieu of his mother,\\nto sail with his father for Europe,\\nthrough a fleet ol liostile JJritish cruisers. The bright,\\n..nimated l oy spent a year and a half in Paris, where\\nhis father was associated with Franklin and Lee as\\nminister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted\\nthe notice of these distinguished men, and he received\\nfrom them flattering marks of attention.\\nMr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this\\ncountry, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad Again\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ohn Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he\\napplied himself with great diligence, for si.\\\\ months,\\nto udy; then accompained his father to Holland,\\nwnere he entered, first a school in .\\\\msterdam, then\\nthe University at Leyden. About a year from this\\ntime, in t78i, when the manly boy was but fourteen\\nyea of age, he was selected liy Mr. Dana, our min-\\nister to the Russian court, as his private secretar)-.\\nIn this school of incessant labor and of enobling\\nculture he spent fourteen months, and then returned\\nto Holland through S\\\\ve len, Denmark, Hamburg and\\nBremen. This long journey he took alone, in the\\nwinter, wlien in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed\\nJUS studies, under a pri ate tutor, at Hague. Thence,\\nin the spring of 1782, he accompanied his fj. her t;\\nParis, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintanct\\nwith the most distinguished men on the Continent\\nexamining architectural remains, galleries of 1 .lintings\\nand all renowned works of art. At Paris he again\\njjecame associated with the most illustrious men of\\nall lands in the contemplations of the loftiest torn poral\\nthemes which can engross the human mind. Afte*\\na short visit to England he returned to Paris, and\\nconsecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785,\\nwhen he returned to America. To a brilliant young\\nman of eighteen, who had seen much of the world,\\nand who was familiar with the etirpiette of courts, a\\nresidence with his father in London, under such cir-\\ncumstances, must have been extremely attractive\\nbut with judgment very rare in one of iiis age, he pre-\\nferred to return to America to complete his education\\nin an American college. He wished then to study\\nlaw, that with an honorable profession, he might be\\nable to obtain an independent supjaort.\\nUpon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty\\nhe studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be-\\ning then but twenty-seven years of age, he was ap-\\npointed by Washington, resident minister at the\\nNetherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached\\nLondon in October, where he was immediately admit-\\nted to the delil)erations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney,\\nassisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with\\nGreat Brilian. After thus spending a fortnight ii\\nLondon, he proceeded to the Hague.\\nIn July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal as\\nminister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal.\\nupon arriving in London, he met with despatches\\ndirecting him to the court of Betiin, but requesting\\nhim to remain in London until he should receive his\\ninstructions. A\\\\ hile waiting he was mairied to ar.\\nAmerican lady to whom he had been jireviously en-\\ngaged, Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughtei\\nof Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in london\\na lady endownd with that beauty and those accom-\\nplishment which eminently fitted her to move in tlit\\nelevated sphere for which she vf9^ ^\u00c2\u00abs ined", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "40\\nJOHN QUINCY ADAMS.\\nHe reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797\\nwhere he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful-\\nfilled all the purjxjses of his mission, he solicited his\\nrecall.\\nSoon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to\\nI he Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then\\nwas elected Senator of the United States for six years,\\nfrom the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his\\nability and his experience, placed him immediately\\namong the most prominent and influential members\\nof that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern-\\nment in its measures of resistance to the encroach-\\nments of England, destroying our commerce and in-\\nsulting our flag. There was no man in America more\\nfamiliar with the arrogance of the British court upon\\nthese points, and no one more resolved to present\\na firm resistance.\\nIn 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres-\\nidential chair, and he immediately nominated John\\nQuincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign-\\ning his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked\\nat Boston, in August, 1809.\\nWhile in Russia, Mr. Adams was an uitense stu-\\ndent. He devoted his attention to the language and\\nhistory of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the\\nEuropean system of weights, measures, and coins to\\nthe climate and astronomical observations while he\\nKept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and\\nLatin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a\\nmore accomplished scholar could scarcely be found.\\nAll through life the Bible constituted an imix)rtapt\\npart of his studies. It was his rule to read five\\nchapters every day.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the\\nPresidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr.\\nAdams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num-\\nerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he\\nsailed in June, 1819, forthe United States. On tlie\\ni8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his\\nhome in Quincy. During the eight yearsof Mr. Mon-\\nroe s administration, Mr. Adams continued Secretary\\nof State.\\nSome time before ihe close of Mr. Monroe s second\\nterm of office, new candidates began to be presented\\nforthe Presidency. The friends of Mr. .\\\\dams brought\\nforward his name. It was an exciting campaign.\\nParty spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and\\nsixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re-\\nceived ninety-nine; John Quincy .Adams, eighty-four;\\nWilliam H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty-\\nse\\\\fen. As there was no choice by the people, the\\nquestion went to the House of Rei)resentatives. Mr.\\nClay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and\\nbe was elected.\\nThe friends of all the disappointed candidates now\\n;ombined in a venomous and persistent assault upon\\nMr. Ailams. Tliere is nothing more disgraceful in\\n\u00c2\u00bbKe past history of our country than the abuse which\\nwas poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this\\nhigh-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was\\nan administration more pure in principles, more con-\\nscientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun-\\ntry, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per-\\nhaps, was there an administration more unscrupu--\\nlously and outrageously assailed.\\nMr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab-\\nstemious and temperate in his habits; always rising\\nearly, and taking much exercise. When at his hcmein\\nQuincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast,\\nseven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said\\nthat he was the first man up in the city, ligluing his\\nown fire and applying himself to work in his library\\noften long before dawn.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1820, Mr. Adams retired\\nfrom the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew-\\nJackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi-\\ndent. The slavery question now began to assume\\nportentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to\\nQuincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un-\\nabated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re-\\nmain in retirement. In November, 1830, he was\\nelected representative to Congress. For seventeen\\nyears, until his death, he occupied the post as repre-\\nsentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to\\ndo brave battle for freedom, and winning the title of\\nthe old man eloquent. Upon taking his seat in\\nthe House, he announced that he should hold him-\\nself bound to no party. Probably there never was a\\nmember more devoted to h s duties. He was usually\\nthe first in his place in the morning, and the last to\\nleave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could\\nbe brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The\\nliattle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against\\nthe prosLvery party in the Government, was sublime\\nill Us moral daiing and heroism. For persisting in\\npresenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he\\nwas threatened with indictment by the grand jury,\\nwith expulsion from the House, with assassination\\nbut no threats could intimidate him, and his final\\ntriumph was complete.\\nIt has been said of President Adams, that when his\\nbody was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of\\nfourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little\\nchild, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before\\nhe slept, the pra)er which his inotlier tauglit him in\\nhis infant years.\\nOn the 2ist of February, 1848, he rose on the floor\\nof Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the\\nspeaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly-\\nsis, and was caught in the arms of those around him.\\nFor a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to\\nthe sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious-\\nness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and\\nsaid This is the end of earth tlien after a moment s\\npause he added, am contetit These were the\\nlast words of the grand Old Man Eloquent.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a\\nr7 /7 n\\n!$L.^^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "SEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\nJ \u00c2\u00abf? -^t2C\u00c2\u00a3r\u00c2\u00ae^-^e,Ki.M.?.lrt!lS\\n^\u00c2\u00a5^K*?ir ^Afisfifj^.\\nNDREW JACKSON, the\\nseventh President of tlie\\nUnited States, was boni in\\nWaxhaw settlement, N. C,\\nMarch 15, 1767, a few days\\nafter his father s death. His\\nparents were poor emigrants\\nfrom Ireland, and took up\\ntheir abode in Waxhaw set-\\ntlement, where they lived in\\ndeepest poverty.\\nAndrew, or Andy, as he was\\nuniversally called, grew up a very\\nrough, rude, turbulent boy. His\\nfeatures were coarse, his form un-\\ngainly; and there was but very\\nlittle in his character, made visible, which was at-\\ntractive.\\nWhen only thirteen years old he joined the volun-\\nteers of Carolina against the British invasion. In\\n1781, he and his brother Robert were captured and\\nimprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer\\nordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. I am\\na prisoner of war, not your servant, was the reply of\\nthe dauntless boy.\\nThe brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate\\ndIow at the head of the helpless young prisoner.\\nAndrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear-\\nful gashes, one on the hand and tlie otiier u|X)n the\\nhead. The officer then turned to his brother Robert\\nwith the same demand. He also refused, and re-\\nceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which tpiite\\ndisabled him, and which probably soon after caused\\nhis death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and\\nwere finally stricken with the small-jxix. Their\\nmother was successful iv^ obtaining their exchange.\\nand took her sick boys home. After a long illn .sl\\nAndrew recovered, and the death of his mother soon\\nleft him entirely friendless.\\nAndrew supported himself in various ways, sj:;haa\\nworking at the saddler s trade, teaching school and\\nclerking in a general store, until 1784, when he\\nentered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however,\\ngave more attention to the wild amusements of the\\ntimes than to his studies. In 1788, he was apix)inted\\nsolicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of\\nwhich Tennessee was then a part. This involved\\nmany long and tedious journeys amid dangers of\\nevery kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear\\nand the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmisbi\\nwitn the Sharp Knife.\\nIn 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who\\nsupposed herself divorced from her former husband.\\nGreat was the surprise of both parties, two years later,\\nto find that the conditions of the divorce had just been\\ndefinitely settled by the first husband. The marriage\\nceremony was performed a second time, but the occur-\\nrence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr.\\nJackson into disfavor.\\nDuring these years he worked hard at his profes\\nsion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand,\\none of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec-\\nially disgraceful.\\nIn January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then\\ncontaining nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the\\npeople met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con-\\nstitution. Five were sent from each of the elevei j\\ncounties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates.?\\nThe new State was entitled to but one member is\\nthe National House of Representatives. Andreiv Jact;-\\nson was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he\\nrode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "44\\nANDRE W JACKSOlV.\\nsessions, a distance of about eight hundred miles.\\nJackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo-\\ncratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired\\nBonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr.\\nJackson took his seat, Gen. Washington, whose\\nsecond term of office was then expiring, delivered his\\nlast speech to Congress. A committee drew up a\\ncomplimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson\\ndid not approve of the address, and was one of the\\ntwelve who voted against it. He was not willing to\\nsay that Gen. Washington s adminstration had been\\nwise, firm and patriotic.\\nMr. Jackson was elected to the United States\\nSenate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home.\\nSoon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court\\nof his State, which position he held for si.x years.\\nWhen the war of 1812 with Great Britian com-\\nmenced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair.\\nAaron Burr sent word to the President that there was\\nan unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who\\nwould do credit to a commission if one were con-\\nferred upon him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson\\njffeied his services and those of twenty-five hundred\\nvolunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops\\nwere assembled at Nashville.\\nAs the British were hourly expected to make an at-\\ntack upon New Orleans, where Gen Wilkinson was\\nin command, he was ordered to descend the river\\nwith fifteen hinidred troops to aid Wilkinson. The\\nExpedition reached Natchez; and after a delay of sev-\\neral weeks there, without accomplishing anything,\\nthe men were ordered liack to their homes. But the\\nenergy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire\\ndevotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him\\ngolden opinions and he became the most popular\\nman in the State. It was in this expedition that his\\ntoughness gave him the nickname of Old Hickory.\\nSoon after this, while attempting to horsewhip t ol.\\nThomas H. Benton, for a remark that genlleman\\nmade about his taking a part as second in a duel, in\\nwhich a younger brother of Benton s was engaged,\\nhe received two severe pistol wounds. While he was\\nlingering u|)on a bed of suffering news came that the\\nIndians, who had combined under Tecumseh from\\nFlorida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set-\\ntlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De-\\ncisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with\\nhis fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in\\na sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis-\\ntance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an\\narmy to rendezvous at Fayettesville, .\\\\labama.\\nThe Creek Indians had established a strong fort on\\none of the bendsof the Tallapoosa River, near the cen-\\nter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother.\\nWith an army of two thousand men, Gen. Jackson\\ntraversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven\\ndays. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or\\nHorse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend\\nof the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of\\ntangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow-\\nneck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast-\\nwork of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors,\\nwith an ample suplyof arms were assembled.\\nThe fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des-\\nperate. Not an Indian would accept of (luarter. When\\nbleeding and dying, they would fight those who en-\\ndeavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn-\\ning until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was\\nawful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the\\nriver; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as\\nthey swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war-\\nrios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam\\nthe river and escaped. This ended the war. The\\npower of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold\\nplunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter,\\nso appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants\\nof the bands came to the camp, begging for peace.\\nThis closing of the Creek war enabled us to con-\\ncentrate all our militia upon the British, who were the\\nallies of the Indians No man of less resolute will\\nthan Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian\\ncampaign to so successful an issue Immediately he\\nwas appointed major-general.\\nLate in .\\\\ugust, with an army of two thousand\\nmen, on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson came to\\nMobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed\\na force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort,\\nand from both ship and shore commenced a furious\\nassault The battle was long and doubtful. At length\\none of the ships was blown up and the rest retired.\\nGarrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little\\narmy, he moved his troops to New Orleans,\\nAnd the battle of New Orleans w hich soon ensued,\\nwas in reality a very arduous campaign. This won\\nfor (^len. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his\\ntroops, which numbered about four thousand men,\\nwon a signal victory over the British army of about\\nftine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the\\nloss of the British was two thousand six hundred.\\nThe name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men-\\ntioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824,\\nhe was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however,\\nsuccessful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected\\nfor a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he\\nassumed the reins of the government, he met with\\nthe most terrible affliction of his life in the death of\\nhis wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has\\nperhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of\\nher death he never recovered.\\nHis administration was one of flie most racmorabie\\nin the annals of our country; applande oy one party,\\ncondemned by the other. No man had more bitter\\nenemies or warmer friends. At the expiration of his\\ntwo terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where\\nhe died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack-\\nson s life were that of a devoted Christian man.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "t!\\n9 )^^IJ^C/ ^^c^/j U^u^^-z^^^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "EIGHTH PRESIDENT.\\ncki.\\n^^^:f^^ ^f^ ^-j^^A\u00c2\u00aem^j^.\\nARTIN VAN BUREN, the\\neighth President of the\\nUnited States, was born at\\nKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5,\\n1782. He died at the same\\nplace, July 24, 1862. His\\nbody rests in the cemetery\\nat Kinderhook. Above it is\\na plain granite shaft fifteen feet\\nhigh, bearing a simple inscription\\nabout half way up on one face.\\nThe lot is unfenced, unbordered\\nor unbounded by shrub or flower.\\nThere uui lUtle in the life of Martin Van Buren\\nof romani c interest. He fought no battles, engaged\\nin no wild adventures. Though his lite w.is stormy in\\npolitical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many\\nsignal victories, liis days passed uneventful in those\\nincidents which give zest to biography. His an-\\ncestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin,\\nand were among the earliest emigrants from HoUand\\nto the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,\\nresiding in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother,\\nalso of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-\\nligence and e.xemi)lary [liety.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fe was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un-\\nusual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the\\nage of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies\\nin his native village, and commenced the study of\\nlaw. As he had not a collegiate education, seven\\nyears of study in a law-office were required of him\\nOefore he could be admitted to the bar. Insjiired with\\nJL lofty ambition, and conscious of liis powers, he ])ur-\\nsued his studies with indefatigable industry. After\\ns[ ending si.K years in an office in -js native village,\\nhe went to the city of New York, and prosecuted hi^\\nstudies for the seventh year.\\nIn 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years o)\\nage, commenced the practice of law in his native vil-\\nlage. The great conflict between the Federal and\\nRepublican party was then at its height. Mr. Van\\nBuren was from the beginning a [lolitician. He had,\\nperhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the\\nmany discussions which had been carried on in his\\nfather s hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with,\\nJefferson, and earnestly and eloquently esix)used ll.2\\ncause of State Rights though at thai time the Y^C-\\neral party held the supremacy both in his tow:v\\nand State.\\nHis success and increasing ruputation led him\\nafter six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, tli.\\ncounty seat of his county. Here he spent seven years\\nconstantly gaining strength by contending in tht\\ncovins with some of the ablest men who have adorned\\nthe bar of his State.\\nJust before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi.\\nVan Buren married a lady alike distinguished for\\nbeauty and accompUshments. After twelve short\\nyears she sank into the grave, the victim of consump-\\ntion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep ovei\\nher loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was;\\nan earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record\\nof those years is barren in items of public interest.\\nIn 18 1 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to\\nthe State Senate, and gave his strenuous sup|X)rt to\\nMr. Madison s adniinstration. In 1815, he was ap-\\npointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved\\nto Albany, the capital of the State.\\n.Vhile he was ackno\\\\Vledged as one of the most\\np.ominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "4S\\nMARTJN VAN BUREN.\\nthe moral courage to avow that true democracy did\\nnot require that universal suffrage which admits\\nthe vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of\\ngoverning the State. In true consistency with his\\ndemocratic principles, he contended that, while the\\npath leading to the privilege of voting should be open\\nto every man without distinction, no one should be\\ninvested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were\\nin some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue\\nand some property interests in the welfare of the\\nState.\\nIn 182 I he was elected c, member of the United\\nStates Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat\\nin the convention to revise the constitution of his\\nnative State. His course in this convention secured\\nthe approval of men of all parties. No one could\\ndoubt the singleness of liis endeavors to promote the\\ninterests of all classes in the community. In the\\nSenate of the United .States, he rose at once to a\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:onspicuous position as an active and useful legislator.\\nIn 1827, John Quincy Adams beirg then in the\\n^residential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to\\n.he Senate. He had been from the beginning a de-\\ntermined opposer of the Administration, adopting the\\nState Rights view in opposition to what was\\ndeemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams.\\nSoon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof\\nthe State of New York, and accordingly resigned his\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United\\nStates contributed so much towards ejecting John Q.\\n\\\\dams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it\\nAndrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether\\nentitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re-\\ngarded througiiout the United States as one of the\\nmost skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians\\nIt was supposed that no one knew so well as lie how\\nio touch the secret spiings of action; how to pull all\\nShe wires to put his machinery in motion; and ho-v to\\norganize a political army which would, secreily and\\nEte.-3Uhily accomplish the most gigantic results. By\\nthese powers it is said that he outv. itted Mr. Adams,\\nMr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which\\ntew thought then could be accomplished.\\nWliji Andrew Jackson was elected President he\\nappointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This\\nposition he resigned in 1831, and was immediately\\nappointed Minister to England, where he went the\\nsame autumn. The Senate, however, when it met,\\nrefused to ratify the nomination, and he returned\\nhome, apparently untroubled was nominated Vice\\nPresident in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election\\nof President Jackson and with smiles for all and\\nfiowns for none, he took his place at the head of that\\nSenate which had refused to confirm his nomination\\nas ambassador.\\nHis rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of\\nPresident Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor-\\nite and this, probably more than any other cause,\\nsecured his elevation to the chair of the Chief E::ecu\\ntive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re-\\nceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen.\\nJackson as President of the United States. He was\\nelected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the\\nretiring President. Leaving New York out of the\\ncanvass, says Mr. Parton, the election of Mr. Van\\nBuren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen.\\nJackson as though the Constitution had conferred\\nupon him the power to appoint a successor.\\nHis administration was filled with exciting events-\\nThe insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in-\\nvolve this country in war with England, the agitation\\nof the slavery question, and finally the great commer-\\ncial panic which spread over the country, all were\\ntrials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at-\\ntributed to the management of the Democratic party,\\nand brought the President into such disfavor that he\\nfailed of reelection.\\nWith the exception of being nominated for the\\nPresidency by the Free Soil Democrats, in 1848,\\nMr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until\\nhis death.\\nHe had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits,\\nand living within his income, had now fortunately a\\ncompetence for his declining years. His unblemished\\ncharacter, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned\\n])atn otisin, and the distinguished positions which he\\nhad occui)ied in the government of our country, se-\\ncured to him not only the homage of his party, but\\nthe respect ot the whole community. It was on the\\n4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from\\nthe presidency. From his fine estate at LindenwaM,\\nhe still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics\\nof the country. From this time until his death, on\\nthe 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he\\nresided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of\\nculture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old\\nage, probably far more happiness than he had before\\nexperienced amid the stormy scenes of his active lifoi", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "^K M )7(^^^y^^cn.\\\\^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "NINTH PRESIDENT.\\n5\\nk^4f|^^^\\nHExNRY\\n4^:\\nt:\\nJ\\nw\\nILLIAM HENRY HARRI-\\nSON, the ninth President of\\nthe United States, was born\\nat Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773.\\nHis father, Benjamin Harri-\\nson, was in comparatively op-\\nulent circumstances, and was\\none of the most distinguished\\nmen of his day. He was an\\nintimate friend of George\\nWashington, was early elected\\na member of the Continental\\nCongress, and was conspicuous\\namong the patriots of Virginia in\\nresisting the encroachments of the\\nBritish crown. In the celebrated\\nCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-\\nrison and John Hancock were\\nboth candidates for the office of\\nspeaker.\\nMr Harrison was subsequently\\nchosen Governor of Virginia, and\\nwas twice re-elected. His son,\\ni William Henry, of course enjoyed\\nin childhood all the advantages which wealth and\\nintellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav-\\ning received a thorough comnion-school education, he\\nentered Hampden Sidney College, wliere he graduated\\nwith honor soon after the deatli of his father. He\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0hen rei)aired to Philadel|)hia to study medicine under\\nthe instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of\\niobert Morris, both of whom were, with his father,\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence.\\nJpon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not-\\nwithstanding the enionstrances of his friends, he\\nabandoned his medical studies and entered tlie army,\\n.laving obtai a commission of Ensign from Presi-\\ndent Washington. He was then but 19 years old\\nFrom that time he passed gradually upward in rank\\nuntil he became aid to General Wayne, after whose\\ndeath he resigned his commission. He was then ap-\\npointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This\\nTerritory was then entitled to but one member in\\nCongress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that\\nposition.\\nIn the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory\\nwas divided by Congress into two portions. The\\neastern portion, comprising the region now embraced\\nin the State of Ohio, was called The Territory\\nnorth-west of the Ohio. The western portion, which\\nincluded what is now called Indiana, Illinois and\\nWisconsin, was called the Indiana Territory. Wil.\\nliam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ap\\npointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana\\nTerritory, and immediately after, also Governor of\\nUpper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as\\nextensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He\\nwas Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in-\\nvested with powers nearly dictatorial over the new\\nrapidly increasing white population. The ability and\\nfidelity with which he discharged these responsible\\nduties may be inferred from the fact that he was four\\ntimes appointed to tiiis office first by John Adams,\\ntwice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi.\\ndent Madison.\\nWhen he began his adminstration there were but\\nthree white settlements in that almost boundless region,\\nnow crowded with cities and resounding witli all the\\ntumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements\\nwas on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at\\nVincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French\\nsettlement.\\nThe vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrisou\\nreigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. Abou", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.\\nthe year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers,\\nof the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of\\nthese was called Tecumseh, or The Crouching\\nPinther; the other, OUiwacheca, or The Prophet.\\nTecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man\\nof great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit-\\nable perseverance in any enterprise m which he might\\nengage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm,\\nand had long regarded with dread and with hatred\\nthe encroachment of the whites upon the hunting-\\ngrounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was\\nan orator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored\\nIndian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which\\nthey dwelt.\\nBut the Prophet was not merely an orator he was,\\nin the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested\\nwith the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a\\nm.igician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter\\nthe Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went\\nfrom tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent\\nby the Great Spirit.\\nGov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate\\nthe Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tippe-\\ncanoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter.\\nOctober 28, 18 12, his army began its march. When\\nnear the Prophet s town three Indians of rank made\\ntlieir appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was\\napproacliing them in so hostile an attitude. After a\\nshort conference, arrangements were made for a meet-\\ning the next day, to agree upon terms of peace.\\nBut Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with\\nthe Indian character to be deceived by such protes-\\ntations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night s en-\\ncampment, he took every precaution against surprise\\nHis troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept\\nupon their arms.\\nThe troops threw themselves upon the ground for\\nrest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his\\nloaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The\\nwakeful Governor, between three and four o clock in\\nthe morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa-\\ntion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It\\nwas a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In\\nthe darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi-\\nble, and j .st then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all\\nthe desperation which superstition and passion most\\nliighly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the\\nlittle army. The savages had been amply provided\\nwith guns and ammunition by the English. Their\\nwar-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets.\\nThe camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the\\nlight aided the Indians in their aim. With hide-\\nous yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a\\nsjieedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison s\\ntroo])s stood as immovable as the rocks around them\\nuntil day dawned they then made a simultaneous\\ncharge with the bayonet, and swept every thing be-\\nfore them, and completely routing tjip foe.\\nGov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked\\nto the utmost. The British descending from the Can-\\nadas, were of themselves a very formidable force but\\nwith their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the\\nforest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn-\\ning, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier\\nwas plunged into a state of consternation which even\\nthe most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive.\\nThe war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the\\nforest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra-\\ntion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made\\ntlie ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit.\\nUnder these despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison\\nwas appointed by President Madison commander-in-\\nchief of the North-western army, with orders to retake\\nDetroit, and to protect the frontiers.\\nIt would be difficult to place a man in a situation\\ndemanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but\\nGeneral Harrison was found equal to the position,\\nand nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re\\nsixjnsibilities.\\nHe won the love of his soldiers by always sharing\\nwith them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while\\npursumg the foe up the Thames, was carried in a\\nvalise; and his bedding consisted of a single blanket\\nlashed over his saddle Thirty-five British officers,\\nhis prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle.\\nThe only fare he could give them was beef roasted\\nbefore the fire, without bread or salt.\\nIn i8i6, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of\\nthe National House of Representatives, to represent\\nthe District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an\\nactive member; and whenever he six)kc, it was with\\nforce of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested\\nthe attention of all the members.\\nIn i8ig, Harrison was elected to the Senate o)\\nOhio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors\\nof that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The\\nsame year he was chosen to the United States Senate.\\nIn 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison Ijrought him\\nforward as a candidate for the Presidency against\\nVan Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of\\nMr. Van Buren s term, he was re -nominated by his\\nparty, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated\\nby the Whigs, with John Tyler forthe Vice Presidency.\\nThe contest was very animated. Gen Jackson gave\\nall his influence to prevent Harrison s election but\\nhis triumph was signal.\\nThe cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster\\nat its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most\\nbrilliant with which anv President had ever been\\nsurrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin-\\nistration more flattering, or tlie hopes of the country\\nmore sanguine. In the midst of these bright and\\njoyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a\\npleurisv-fever and after a few days of violent sick-\\nness, died on the 4th of .Apnl just one month after\\nhis inauguration as President of the V ited States,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "\\\\y\\n^y", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "TENTH PUKSIDENT.\\n55\\n%Xi\\nOHN TYLER, the tenth\\n|L Presidentof the United States.\\ni\u00c2\u00ab. V- 1 1 J S] J He was born in Charles-city\\n*~N (g^**v^ l t^o-! ^a., March 29, 1790. He\\nwas the favored child of af-\\nfluence and high social po-\\nsition. At the early age of\\ntwelve, John entered William\\nand Mary College and grad-\\nuated with much honor when\\nbut seventeen years old. After\\ngraduating, he devoted him-\\nself with great assiduity to the\\nstudy of law, partly with his\\nfather and partly with Edmund\\nRandolph, one of the most distin-\\nguished lawyers of Virginia.\\nAt nineteen years of age, ne\\ncommenced the practice of law.\\nHis success was rapid and aston-\\nishing. It is said that three\\nmonths had not elapsed ere there\\nwas scarcely a case on the dock-\\net of the court in which he was\\n1, Jt retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he\\nwas almost unanimously e ected to a seat in the State\\nLegislature. He connected himself with the Demo-\\ncriitic party, and warmly advocated the measures of\\nJefferson and Madison. For five successive years he\\nwas elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the\\nunanimous vote or his county.\\nWhen but twenty-six years of age, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and\\nably wiih the Democratic party, 0|)iX)sing a national\\nbank. intern;jj. improvements by the General ^;vem-\\nment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strict con-\\nstruction of the Constitution, and the most careful\\nvigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress\\nwere so arduous that before the close of his second\\nterm he found it necessary to resign and retire to his\\nestate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He,\\nhowever, soon after consented to take his seat in the\\nState Legislature, where his influence was powerful\\nin promoting public works of great utility. With a\\nreputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen\\nby a very large majority of votes. Governor of his\\nnative State. His administration was signally a suc-\\ncessful one. His popularity secured his re-election.\\nJohn Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed\\nman, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the\\nUnited States. A portion of the Democratic party\\nwas displeased with Mr. Randolph s wayward course,\\nand brought forward John Tyler as his opponent,\\nconsidering him the only man in Virginia of suflficient\\npopularity to succeed against the renowned orator of\\nRoanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor.\\nIn accordance with his professions, upon taking his\\nseat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi-\\ntion. He opposed the tariff; he sjxske against and\\nvoted against the bank as unconstitutional he stren-\\nuously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist-\\ning all projects of internal improvements by the Gen-\\neral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr.\\nCalhoun s view of nullification; he declared that Gen.\\nJackson, by his opposition to the nulHfiers, had\\nabandoned the principles of the Democratic party.\\nSuch was Mr. Tyler s record in Congress, a record\\nin perfect accordance with the principles which be\\nhad always avowed.\\nReturning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of\\nbis profession. Ther? was a rjM i in the Democraiir", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "JOHN TYLER.\\ni arty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef-\\nfersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli-\\nments upon him. He had now attained the age of\\nforty-sLx. His career had been very brilliant. In con-\\nsequence of his devotion to public business, his pri-\\nvate affairs had fallen into some disorder; and it was\\nnot without satisfaction that he resumed the practice\\nof law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan-\\ntation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg,\\nfor the better education of his children; and he again\\nlook his seat in the Legislature of Virginia.\\nBy the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national\\nconvention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har-\\nrison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of\\nthe South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili-\\nate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the\\nconvention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres-\\nident. It was well known that he was not in sympa-\\nthy with the Whig party in the Noith: but the Vice\\nPresident has but very little power in the Govern-\\nment, his main and almost only duty being to pre-\\nside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap-\\npened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a\\nDemocratic Vice President were chosen.\\nIn 1 84 1, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi-\\nlent of the United States. In one short month from\\nthat time. President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler\\nthus .;und himself, to his own surprise and that of\\nthe whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential\\nchair. This was a new test of the staliility of our\\ninstitutions, as it was the first time in the history of our\\ncountry that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler\\nwas at home in Williamsburg when he received the\\nunexpected tidings of the death of President Harri-\\nson. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of\\nA^ril was inaugurated to the high and responsible\\noffice. He was placed in a position of exceeding\\ndelicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been\\nopposed tc the main principles of the party which had\\nbrought him into power. He had ever been a con-\\nsistent, honest man, with an unblemished record.\\nGen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should\\nhe retain them, and thus surround himself with coun-\\nsellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or,\\non the other hand, should he turn against the party\\nwhich had elected him and select a cabinet in har-\\nn.ony with himself, and which would oppose all those\\nviews which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub-\\nlic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in-\\nvited the cabinet which President Hanrison had\\nselected to retain their seats. He reccommended a\\nday of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and\\nbless us.\\nThe Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the\\nincorporation of a fiscal bank of the United States.\\nThe President, after ten days delay, returned it witli\\nhis veto, He suggested, however, that he vould\\napprove of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he\\nproposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and\\nprivately submitted to him. He gave it his approval.\\nIt was passed without alteration, and he sent it back\\nwith his veto. Here commenced the open rupture.\\nIt is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas-\\nure by a published letter from the Hon. John M.\\nBotts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely\\ntouched the pride of the President.\\nThe opposition now exultingly received the Presi-\\ndent into their arms. The party which elected him\\ndenounced him bitterly. All the members of his\\ncabinet, excejiting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs\\nof Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a\\nmeeting and issued an address to the people of the\\nUnited States, proclaiming that all political alliance\\nbetween the Whigs and President Tyler were at\\nan end.\\nStill the President attempted to conciliate. He\\nappointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and\\nConservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party\\nmen. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign,\\nforced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus\\nthe four years of Mr. Tyler s unfortunate administra-\\ntion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The\\nland was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs\\nand Democrais alike assailed him. More and more,\\nhowever, he brought himself into svmpathy with his\\nold friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his term,\\nhe gave his whole influence to the support of Mr.\\nPolk, the Democratic candidate for his successor.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the\\nharassments of office, tothe regret of neitherparty, and\\nprobably to his own unspeakable lelief. His first wife,\\nMiss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842;\\nand in June, 1844, President Tyler was again married,\\nat New York, to Miss Julia (lardiner, a young lady of\\nmany personal and intellectual accomplishments.\\nThe remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly\\nin retirement at his beautiful home, Sherwood For-\\nest, Charles city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in\\nhis manners, richly furnished with information from\\nbooks and experience in the world, and possessing\\nbrilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was\\nthe scene of unnsual attractions. Witli sufficient\\nmeans for the exercise of a generous hos|)itality, he\\nmight have enjoyed a serene old age with the few\\nfriends who gathered around him, were it not for the\\nstorms of civil war which his own principles and\\npolicy had helped to introduce.\\nWhen the great Rebellion rose, which the State-\\nrights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Ca\\\\-\\nhoun had inaugurated, President Tyler renounced his\\nallegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed-\\nerates He was chosen a member of their Congress;\\nand while engaged in active measures to destroy, by\\nforce of arms, Mie Government over which he had\\nonce presided, he was taken sick and soon died,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "ELE l^NTJf PRE^TDENli\\n59\\nJAMBS M, P\u00c2\u00ae]LM\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V- ._ jPS f; C V\\nv. C;.^ ^.i^ i^^ \\\\J^--\\niSk.\\n^^i^\\nI AMES K. POLK, the eleventh\\n^kPresident of the United States,\\nwas born in Mecklenburg Co.,\\n/J N. C, Nov. 2, 1795. His par-\\n,3, ents were Samuel and Jane\\n(Knox) Polk, the former a son\\nof Col. Thomas Polk, who located\\nat the above place, as one of the\\nfirst pioneers, in 1735.\\nIn the year i3o6, with his wife\\nand children, and soon after fol-\\nlowed by most of the members of\\ntlie Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi-\\ngrated some two or three hundred\\nmiles farther west, to the rich valley\\nof the Duck River. Here in the\\nmidst of the wilderness, in a region\\nwiiich was subsequently called Mau-\\nry Co., they reared tlieir losi huts,\\nand established their homes. In the\\nhard toil of a new farm in the wil-\\nderness, James K. Polk s|)ent the\\nearly years of Jiis childhood and\\nyouth. His father, adding tlie pur-\\nsuit of a surveyor to tliatof a farmer,\\ngradually increased in wealth imtil\\nhe l)ecame one of the leading men of the region. His\\nmother was a superior woman, of strong common\\nsense and earnest piety.\\nVer) early in life, James developed a taste for\\nreading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain\\na liberal education. His mother s training had made\\nhim methodical in his habits, had taught him punct-\\nuality and industry, and had ins])ired him with lofty\\nprincipl(;s of morality. His health was frail and his\\ntather, fearing tliat lie niigiit not W able to endure a\\nsedentary life, got a situation for him behind the\\ncounter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits.\\nThis was to James a bitter disapix)intnient. He\\nhad no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks\\nwere irksome in the extreme. He remained in this\\nuncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his\\nearnest solicitation his father removed him, and made\\narrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon\\nafter he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With\\nardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed\\nforward in his studies, and in less than two and a half\\nyears, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sopliomorel\\nclass in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel!\\nHill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of\\nscholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing\\nhimself to be absent from a recitation or a religious\\nservice.\\nHe graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be-\\ning deemed the best scholar of his class, both irj\\nmathematics and the classics. He was then twenty-\\nthree years of age. Mr. Polk s health was at this\\ntime much impaired l)y the assiduity with which he\\nhad prosecuted his studies. After a short season .of\\nrela,xation he went to Nashville, and entered the\\noffice of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk\\nrenewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who\\nresided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few\\nmiles from Nashville. They had probably been\\nslightly acquainted before.\\nMr. Polk s father was a Jeffersonian Re])ublican,\\nand James K. Polk ever adhered to the same jioliti-\\ncal faith. He was a jwpular ]niblic speaker, and was\\nconstantly called upon to address the meetings of his\\nparty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that\\nhe was jwpularly called the Napoleon of the stump.\\nHe was a man of unblemished morals, genial and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "6a\\nJAMES K. POLK.\\ncourterus in his bearing, and with that sympathetic\\nnature in the joj s and griefs of others which ever gave\\nhim troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected\\nto the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his\\nstrong influence towards the election of his friend,\\niMr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States.\\nIn January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah\\nChildress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was\\naltogether worthy of him, a lady of beauty and cul-\\nture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a\\nmember of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave\\nto his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that\\nfor fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con-\\ntinue(^ in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew,\\nonly that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair\\nof Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious\\nmen7ber, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was\\nalways in his seat, always courteous and whenever\\nhe spoke it was always to the point, and without any\\nambitious rhetorical display.\\nDuring five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was\\nSpeaker of the House Strong passions were roused,\\nand stormy scenes were witnessed but Mr. Polk per-\\nJormed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac-\\ntion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was\\n|)assed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of\\nMarch, 1839.\\nIn accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a\\ncandidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was\\nelected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo-\\nber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841,\\nhis term of office expired, and he was again the can-\\ndidate of the Democratic party, but was defeated.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur-\\nated President of the United States. The verdict of\\nthe countryin favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted\\nits influence upon Congress and the last act of the\\nadministration of President Tyler was to affix his sig-\\nnature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jd of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to\\nthe American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas\\nas one of her provinces, the Mexican minister,\\nAlmonte, immediately demanded his passports and\\n/Jeft the country, declaring the act of the annexation\\nito be an act hostile to Mexico.\\nIn his first message. President Polk urged that\\nTexas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re-\\nceived into the Union on the same footing with the\\nother States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent\\nwith an army into Texas to hold the country. He was\\nsent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the\\nwestern boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly\\ntwo hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande,\\nwhere he erected batteries which commanded the\\nMexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on\\nthe western banks.\\nThe anticipated collision soon took place, and wai\\nwas declared against Mexico by President Polk. The\\nwar was pushed forward by Mr. Polk s administration\\nwith great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first\\ncalled one of observation, then of occupation,\\nthen of in vasion, was sent forward to Monterey. The\\nfeeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly\\nana awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement\\nalone can reveal the misery which this war caused.\\nIt v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk s administration\\nthat the war was brought on.\\nTo the victors belong the spoils. Mexico was\\nprostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands.\\nWe now consented to peace upon the condition that\\nMexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas,\\nall of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal-\\nifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of\\nTexas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This\\nwas an extent of territory equal to nine States of the\\nsize of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen\\nmajestic States to be added to the Union. There were\\nsome Americans who thought it all right there were\\nothers who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution\\nof this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and\\nmore than a hundred million of dollars. Of this\\nmoney fifteen millions were paid to Mexico.\\nOn the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from\\noffice, having served one term. The next day was\\nSunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated\\nas his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the\\nsame carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even-\\ning, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to\\nTennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age.\\nHe had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits,\\nand his health was good. With an ample fortune,\\na choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties\\nof the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years\\nof tranquility and happiness were before him. But the\\ncholera that fearful scourge\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was then sweeping up\\nthe Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted,\\nand died on the istli of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth\\nyear of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "TWELFTH PRESIDENT.\\n6}\\ni^_\\nACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth\\nPresident of the United States,\\ng ^^was born on the 24tli of Nov.,\\n1784, in Orange Co., Va. His\\no father. Colonel Taylor, was\\na Virginian of note, and a dis-\\ntinguished patriot and soldier of\\nthe Revolution. When Zachary\\nwas an infant, his father with his\\nwife and two children, emigrated\\nto Kentucky, where he settled in\\nthe pathless wilderness, a few\\nmiles from Louisville. this front-\\nier home, away from civilization and\\nall its refinements, young Zachary\\ncould enjoy but few social and educational advan-\\ntages. When six years of age he attended a common\\nschool, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy,\\nrather remarkable for bluntness and decision of cliar-\\nicter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and\\niKuiifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight\\nthe l.idians who were ravaging the frontiers. There\\nis little to l)e recorded of the uneventful years of his\\nchildhood on his father s large but lonely [jlantation.\\nIn 1S08, liis father succeeded in obtaining for him\\nthe :onnnis^i()ll of lieutenant in the United States\\narmy and lie joined ihe troops which were stationed\\nat New Odeans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after\\nthi;: he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady\\nIroni one of the first families of Maryland.\\nImmediately after the declaration of war with Eng-\\nhind, in 1812, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been\\n|iromoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort\\nHarrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above\\nVincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder-\\nness by Gen. Harrison. on his inarch to Tij)pecanoe.\\nIt was one of the first points of attack by the Indians,\\nled by Tecuniseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken\\ncompany of infantry numbering fifty men, many of\\nwhom were sick.\\nEarly in the autumn of 1812, the Indians, stealthily,\\nand in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Their\\napproach was first indicated by the murder of two\\nsoldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor\\nmade every possible preparation to meet the antici-\\npated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of\\nforty painted and plumed savages came to the fort,\\nwaving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that\\nin the morning their chief would come to have a talk\\nwith him. It was evident that their object was merely\\nto ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt.\\nTaylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept\\nthem at a distance.\\nThe sun went down the savagps disappeared, the\\ngarrison slept upon their arms. One hour before\\nmidnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips\\nin the forest around, followed by the discharge of\\nmusketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick\\nand well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that\\ndefeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap-\\nture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor-\\nture. No pen can describe, no immagination can\\nconceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc-\\nceeded in setting lire to one of the block-houses-\\nUntil six o clock in the morning, this awful conflict\\ncontinued. The savages then, baffled at every [xjint,\\nand gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt.\\nTaylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the\\nrank of major by brevet.\\nUntil the close of the war. Major Taylor was placed\\nin such situations that he saw but little more of active\\nservice. He was sent far away into the depths of the\\nwilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which\\nempties into Green Bay. Here there was but little\\nto be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one\\nbest could. There were no books, no society, no in-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "64\\nZACHARY TAYLOR\\ntellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful\\nyears rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of\\ncolonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in\\nthe capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor\\ntook a subordinate but a brave and efficient part.\\nFor twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged in\\nthe defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and m\\nEmployments so obscure, that his name was unknown\\n/beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance.\\n(In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to com])el\\nthe Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re-\\ntire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty,\\nliac promised they should do. The services rendered\\nhe5e secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of\\nthe Government; and as a reward, he was elevated\\nIc ;he rank of brigadier-general by brevet and soon\\nnfter, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com-\\nmand of the United States troops in Florida.\\nAfter two years of such wearisome employment\\namidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0obtained, at his own request, a change of command,\\njind was stationed over the Department of the South-\\nAest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,\\nAlabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters\\n3tt Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family\\nf.o a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue.\\nHere he remained for five years, buried, as it were,\\nfnvm the world, but faithfully discharging every duty\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jn\\\\posed upon him.\\nIn 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land\\nbclween the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river\\nt eing the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed\\nby the United States. Soon the war with Mexico\\nwa.; brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la\\nP aJma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the\\nMi;xicans. The rank of major-general by brevet\\nwas then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name\\nwas received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in\\nthe Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and\\nEuena Vista in which he won signal victories over\\nfcrces much larger than he commanded.\\nHis careless habits of dress and his unaffected\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0simplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops,\\nx\\\\ie. sobriquet of Old Rough and Ready.\\nTlie tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista\\nspread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The\\nname of Gen. Taylor was on every one s lips. The\\nH hig party decided to take advantage of this wonder-\\nfu/ po]3ularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un-\\n^red, honest soldier as their candidate for the\\nPi esidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an-\\nnouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de-\\ncl. iring that he was not at all qualified for such an\\noftfce. So little interest had he taken in politics that,\\nfoi forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not\\nwithout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen\\nwlio had been long years in the public service found\\nfj.inr claims set aside in behalf of one whose name\\nhad never been heard of, save in connection with Palo\\nAlto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena\\nVista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re-\\nmarked, It is a nomination not fit to be made.\\nGen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine\\nwriter His friends took posse ssion of him, and pre-\\npared such few communications as it was needful\\nshould be presented to the public. The popularity of\\nthe successful warrior swept the land. He was tri-\\numphantly elected over two opposing candidates,\\nGen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren.\\nThough he selected an excellent cabinet, che good\\nold man found himself in a very uncongenial position,\\nand was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed.\\nHis mental sufferings were very severe, and probably\\ntended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party\\nwas pushing its claims with tireless energy expedi-\\ntions were fitting out to capture Cuba California was\\npleading for admission to the Union, while slavery\\nstood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found\\nthe political conflicts in Washington to be far more\\ntrying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or\\nIndians\\nIn the midst of all these troubles. Gen. Taylor,\\nafter he had occupied the Presidential chair but liitle\\nover a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of\\nbut little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850.\\nHis last woids were, I am not afraid to die. I am\\nready. I have endeavored to do my duty. He died\\nuniversally respected and beloved. An honest, un-\\npretending man, he had been steadily growing in the\\naffections of the people; and the Nation bitterly la-\\nmented his death.\\nGen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with\\nGen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful\\ndescription of his character: With a good store of\\ncommon sense, Gen. Taylor s mind had not been en-\\nlarged and refreshed by reading, or much converse\\nwith the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse-\\nquence. The frontiers and small military posts had\\nbeen his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his\\nrank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim-\\nplicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju-\\ndices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the\\ntender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable,\\nchanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat\\na little on one side of his head; or an officer to leave\\na corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out-\\nside pocket, in any such case, this critic held the\\noffender to be S, coxcomb (perhaps something worse),\\nwhom he would not, to use his oft repeated ])hrase,\\ntouch with a pair of tongs.\\nAny allusion to literature beyond good old Dil-\\nworth s spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a\\nsword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter\\nunfitness for heavy marchings and combats. Inshore\\nfew men have ever had a more conifortah !e, a, ^T.\\nsaving contempt for learning of every kind-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "J^(T^\\nt^.cnj-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n6?\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0MILLflRn FILLMDHE.\\n-^^u-^^ A ^V^ itti itti rib Wt\u00c2\u00bb -tttt -ta* ^^-A -iBi ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fc :5 ^^il !^|fcj\\nILLARD FILLMORE, thi.--\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates, was born at Summer\\nHill, Cayuga Co., N. Y on\\nthe yth of January, i8oo. His\\nfather was a farmer, and ow-\\ning to misfortune, in humble cir-\\ncumstances. Of his mother, the\\ndaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,\\nlU of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been\\nsaid that she [assessed an intellect\\nof very high order, united with much\\njiersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-\\nposition, graceful manners and ex-\\nquisite sensibilities. She died in\\n1831 having lived to see her son a\\nyoung man of distinguished prom-\\nise, though she was not permitted to witness the high\\ndignity whicli he finally attained.\\nIn consequence of the secluded home and limited\\nmeans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slerder ad-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2vantages for education in his early year.s. The com-\\nmon schools, ivliic h he occasionally attended were\\nvery imperfect uistitutions; and books were scarce\\nand expensive. There was nothing tlien in his char-\\nacter to indicate the brilliant career uiwn which he\\nwas about to enter. He was a plain farmer s boy\\nintelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred\\ninfluences of home had taught him to revere the Bible,\\nand had laid the foundations of an upright character.\\nWhen fourteen years of age, lis father sent him\\nsome hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of\\nLivingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier.\\nNear the mill there was a small villiage, where some\\nenterprising man had commenced the collection of a\\nvillage library. This proved an inestimable blessing\\nto young Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read-\\ning. Soon every leisure moment was occupied with\\nbooks. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate\\nand the selections which he made were continually\\nmore elevating and instructive. He read history,\\nbiography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en-\\nkindled in his heart a desire to be something more\\nthan a mere worker with his hands; and he was be-\\ncoming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed,\\neducated man.\\nThe young clothier had now attained the age of\\nnineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance\\nand of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened that\\nthere was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample\\npecuniary means and of benevolence, Judge Walter\\nWood, who was struck with the prepossessing ap-\\npearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint-\\nance, aTid was so much impressed with his ability and\\nattainments that he advised him to abandon his\\ntrade and devote himself to the study of the law. The\\nyoung man replied, that he had no means of his own,\\nno friends to help him and that his previous educa-\\ntion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood had\\nso much confidence in him that he kindly offered to\\ntake him into his own office, and to loan him such\\nmoney as he needed. Most gratefully the generous\\noffer was accepted.\\nThere is in many minds a strange delusion about!\\na collegiate education. A young man is supposed to\\nbe liberally educated if he has graduated at some col-\\nlege. But many a boy loiters through university hal\\nind then enters a law office, who is by no meani as", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "u\\nMILLARD FILLMORE.\\nwell prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was\\nMillard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing-\\nmill at the end of four years of manual labor, during\\nwhich every leisure moment had been devoted to in-\\ntense mental culture.\\nIn 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as\\nadmitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then\\nwent to the village of Aurora, and commenced the\\npractice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region,\\nhis practice of course was limited, and there was no\\nopportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame.\\nHere, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great\\nmoral worth, and one capable of adorning any station\\nshe might be called to fill,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Miss Abigail Powers.\\nHis elevation of character, his untiring industry,\\nhis legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate,\\ngradually attracted attention and he was invited to\\nenter into partnership under highly advantageous\\ncircumstances, with an elder member of the bar in\\nBuffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829,\\nhe took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the\\nState of New York, as a representative from Erie\\nCounty. Though he had never taken a very active\\npart in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with\\nthe Whig party. The State was then Democratic,\\nand he found himself in a helpless minority in the\\nLegislature still the testimony comes from all parties,\\nthat his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very\\nunusual degri e the respect of his associates.\\nIn the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in\\nthe United States Congress He entered that troubled\\narena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our\\nnational history. The great conflict respecting the\\nnational bank and the removal of the deposits, was\\nthen raging.\\nHis term of two years closed and he returned to\\nhis profession, which he pursued with increasing rep-\\nutation and success. After a lapse of two years\\nhe again became a candidate for Congress was re-\\nelected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe-\\nrience as a representative gave him stiength and\\nconfidence. The first term of service in Congress to\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0any man can be but little more than an introduction.\\nHe was now prepared for active duty. All his ener-\\ngies were brought to bear upon the public good. Every\\nmeasure received his impress.\\nMr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and\\nhis popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847,\\nhe was elected Comptroller of the State.\\nMr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven\\nyears. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in\\nCongress and as Comptroller, had given him very con-\\nsiderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to\\nfind suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi-\\ndent at the approaching election. Far away, on the\\nwaters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old\\nsoldier, who had fought one or two successful battles\\nwith the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be\\nproclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But\\nit was necessary to associate with him on the same\\nticket some man of reputation as a statesman.\\nUnder the influence of these considerations, the\\nnamesofZachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became\\nthe rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for\\nPresident and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was\\nsignally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849,\\nGen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard\\nFillmore Vice-President, of the United States.\\nOn the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but\\nabout one year and four months after his inaugura\\ntion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con-\\nstitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi-\\ndent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which\\nthe illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State.\\nMr. Fillmore had very serious difficulties to contend\\nwith, since the opposition had a majority in both\\nHouses. He did everything in his power to conciliate\\ntlie South; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt\\nthe inadequacy of all measuresof transient conciliation.\\nThe population of the free States was so rapidly in-\\ncreasing over that of the slave States that it was in-\\nevitable that the power of the Government should\\nsoon pass into the hands of the free States. The\\nfamous compromise measures were adopted under Mr.\\nFillmcre s adminstration, and the Japan Ex| edition\\nwas sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr, Fill-\\nmore, having served one term, retired.\\nIn 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres-\\nidency by the Know Nothing party, but was beaten\\nby Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in\\nretirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war,\\nhe was mostly silent. It was generally supjxjsed that\\nhis sympathies were rather with those who were en-\\ndeavoring to overthrow our institutions. President\\nFillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any\\ncordial words of cheer to the one party or the other.\\nHe was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe\\nold age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0068.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0069.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "c.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0070.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n7\u00c2\u00bb\\njfilrifi\\n=r-S\\nS=\u00c2\u00bb- ^9aS^^^\\nMpll^it- ^FRANKLIN PIERCE.- .^1\\n=^-S^ife) ^A,.+,.t..t.*\u00e2\u0080\u009et.A,.t.,t-.fa.t,.t\u00e2\u0080\u009e.^^^^^\\nr\\nRANKLIN PIP:RCK, the\\nlourteenth President of tlie\\ni- L liited States, was born in\\nHillsborough, N. H., Nov.\\n23, 1804. His father was a\\nRevolutionary soldier, who,\\nwith his own strong arm,\\nhewed out a home in the\\nwilderness. He was a man\\nof inflexible integrity; of\\nstrong, though uncultivated\\nmind, and an uncompromis-\\ning Democrat. The mother of\\nFranklin Pierce was all that a son\\ncould desire, -an intelligent, pru-\\ndent, affectionate. Christian wom-\\nan. Franklin was the sixth of eight children.\\nFranklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen-\\nerous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the\\nlove of old and young. The boys on the play ground\\nloved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors\\nlooked upon him with pride and affection. He was\\nby instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words,\\ndoing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact\\nwhich taught him what was agreeable. Without de-\\nveloping any i)recocity of genius, or any unnatural\\ndevotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body,\\nin mind, in affections, a finely-developed Iwy.\\nWhen sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he\\nentered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was\\none of the most (Xjpular young men in the college.\\nThe purity of his moral character, the unvarying\\ncourtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and\\ngenial nature, rendered him a universal favorite.\\nThere was something very peculiarly winning in his\\naddress, and it was evidently not in the slightest de-\\ngree studied: it was the simple outgushing of his\\nown magnanimous and loving nature.\\nUpon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce\\ncommenced tlie study of law in the office of Judge\\nWoodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of\\nthe State, and a man of great private worth. The\\neminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his\\nfather s prominence as a public man, and the brilliant\\njxjlitical career into which Judge Woodbury was en\\ntering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci-\\nnating yet perilous path of political life. With all\\nthe ardor of his nature he esixjused the cause of Gen.\\nJackson for the Presidency. He commenced the\\npractice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected\\nto represent the town in the State Legislature. Here\\nhe served for four yeais. The last two years he was\\nchosen speaker of the house by a very large vote.\\nIn 18,33, he age of twenty-nine, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Without taking an active\\npart in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty\\nand ever rising in the estimation of those with whom\\nhe was associatad.\\nIn 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age,\\nhe was elected to the Senate of the United States;\\ntaking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced\\nhis administration. He was the youngest member in\\nthe Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane\\nMeans Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom-\\nplishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every\\nstation with which her husband was honoted, Of the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0071.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "7*\\nhRANKLIN PIERCE.\\nthree sons who were born to them, all now sleep with\\ntheir parents in the grave.\\nIn the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame\\nand increasing business as a lawyer, took up his\\nresidence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire.\\nPresident Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed\\nMr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States; but\\nthe offer was declined, in consequence of numerous\\nprofessional engagements at home, and the precariuos\\nstate of Mrs. Pierce s health. He also, about the\\nsame time declined the nomination for governor by the\\nDemocratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr.\\nPierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of\\nbrigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his\\ntroops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847.\\nHe took an important part in this war, proving him-\\nself a brave and true soldier.\\nWhen Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native\\nState, he was received enthusiastically by the advo-\\ncates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo-\\nnents. He resumed the practice of his profession,\\nvery frequently taking an active part in political ques-\\ntions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery\\nwing of the Democratic party. The compromise\\nmeasures met cordially with his approval and he\\nIstrenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa-\\niuous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious\\nsensibilities of the North. He tlius became distin-\\nguished as a Northern man with Southern principles.\\nThe strong partisans of slavery in the South conse-\\nquently regarded him as a man whom they could\\nsafely trust in office to carry out their plans.\\nOn the I 2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven-\\ntion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the\\nPresidency. For four days they continued in session,\\nand in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a\\ntwo-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been throv\\\\ n\\nfor Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation\\nbrought forward his name. There were fourteen\\nmore ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly\\ngained strength, until, at tlie forty-ninth ballot, he\\nreceived two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all\\nother candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was\\nthe Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with\\ngreat unanimity. Only four States Vermont, Mas-\\nsachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee cast their\\nelectoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce\\nwas therefore inaugurated President of the United\\nStates en the 4th of March, 1853.\\nHis administration proved one of the most stormy our\\ncountry had ever experienced. The controversy be\\ntween slavery and freedom was then approaching its\\nculminating point It became evident that there was\\nan irrepressible conflict between them, and that\\nthis Nation could not long exist half slave and half\\nfree. President Pierce, during the whole of his ad-\\nministration, did every thing he could to conciliate\\nthe South but it was all in vain. The conflict every\\nyear grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution\\nof the Union were borne to the North on every South-\\nern breeze.\\nSuch was the condition of affairs when President\\nPierce approached the close of his four-years term\\nof office. The North had become thoroughly alien-\\nated from him. The anti-slavery sentiment, goaded\\nby great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all\\nthe intellectual ability and social worth of President\\nPierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad-\\nministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also,\\nunmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo-\\ncated those measures of Government which they ap-\\nproved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had\\nrendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be\\nable acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped\\nhim, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re-\\ntired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two\\nhad died, and his only surviving child had been\\nkilled before his eyes by a railroad accident and his\\nwife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of\\nladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The\\nhour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left\\nalone in the world, without wife or child.\\nWhen the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di-\\nvided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr.\\nPierce remained steadfast in the principles which he\\nhad always cherished, and gave his sympathies to\\nthat pro-slavery party with which he had ever been\\nallied. He declined to do anything, either by voice\\nor pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov-\\nernment. He continued to reside in Concord until\\nthe time of his death, which occurred in October,\\n1869. He was one of the most genial and social of\\nmen, an honored communicant of the Episcopal\\nChurch, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen\\nerous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al-\\nleviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns-\\npeople were often gladened by his material bounty.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0072.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0073.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0074.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "FIFTEENTH PRESIDENT\\n^m.\\ny\\nw-\\nBiicfpT^ SAM^ m\\niim =Si aS j i^ ^gi g^ ig 5. i t^t^iJ^t^tsS tSa^\\n-s\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abs\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-4\\nAMES BUCHANAN, the fif-\\n.teenth President of the United\\nStates, was born in a small\\nfrontier town, at the foot of the\\neastern ridge of the Allegha-\\nnies, in Franklin Co., Penn.,on\\nthe 23d of April, 1791. The place\\nwhere the humble cabin of his\\nfather stood was called Stony\\nBatter. It was a wild and ro-\\nmantic s[X)t in a gorge of the moun-\\ntains, with towering summits rising\\ngrandly all around. His father\\nwas a native of the north of Ireland\\na poor man, who had emigrated in\\nI 1783, with little property save his\\nown strong arms. Five years afterwards he married\\nF31izabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer,\\nand, with his young bride, plunged into the wilder-\\nness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a\\nclearing with his axe, and settled down there to per-\\nform his obscure part in the d-rama of life. In this se-\\ncluded home, where James was born, he remained\\nfor eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual\\nadvantages. When James was eight years of age, his\\nfather removed to the village of Mercersburg, where\\nhis son was placed at school, and commenced a\\ncourse of study in English, Latin and Greek. His\\nprogress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he\\nentered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de-\\nveloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among\\nthe first scholars in the institution. His application\\nto study was intense, and yet his nati^ c powers en-\\nabled him to master the most abstnise subjects wi\\nfacility.\\nIn the year 1809, he graduated with the highes\\nhonors of his clas^. He was then eighteen years of\\nage; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of\\nathletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with\\nan exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately\\ncommenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster,\\nand was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was\\nbut twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose\\nin his profession, and at once took undisputed stand\\nwith the ablest law)ers of the State. When but\\ntwenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc-\\ncessfully defended before the State Senate ore of tiie\\njudges of the State, who was tried upon articles u\\\\\\nimpeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally\\nadmitted that he stood at the head of the bar; anc\\nthere was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu-\\ncrative practice.\\nIn 1S20, he reluctantly consented to run as\\ncandidate for Congress. He was elected, and foi\\nten years he remained a member of the Lower House\\nDuring the vacations of Congress, he occasionally\\ntried some imiwrtant case. In 1831, he retired\\naltogether from the toils of his profession, having ac-\\n([uired an ample fortune.\\nGen. Jackson, upon his elevation to the Presidency,\\nappointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The\\nduties of his mission he performed with ability, which\\ngave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, iti\\n1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States\\nSenate. He there met, as his associates, Webster,\\nClay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated th.e meas-\\nures pro|X)sed by President Jackson, of m.-il- ng repn-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0075.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "76\\nJAMES BUCHANAN.\\nsals against France, to enforce the payment of our\\nclaims against that country; and defended the\\ncourse of the President in his unprecedented and\\nwholesale removal from office of those who were\\nnot the supporters of his administration. Upon\\nthis question he was brought into direct collision\\nwith Henry Clay. lie also, with voice and vote, ad-\\nvocated expunging fi oin the journal of the Senate\\nthe vote of censure against Gen. Jackson for remov-\\ning the deposits. Earnestly he opposed the aboli-\\ntion of slavery in the District of Columbia, and\\nxu-ged the prohibition of the circulation of anti-\\nslavery documents by the United States mails.\\nAs to petitions on the subject of slavery, he ad-\\nvocated that thej should be respectfully received;\\nand that the reply should be returned, that Con-\\ngress had no power to legislate upon the subject.\\nCongress, said he, might as well undertake to\\ninterfere with slavery under a foreign government\\nas in any of the States where it now exists.\\nUpon Mr. Polk s accession to the Presidency, Mr.\\nBuchanan became Secretary of State, and as such,\\ntook his share of the responsibility in the conduct\\nof the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that cross-\\ning the Nueces by the American troops into the\\ndisputed territory was not wrong, but for the Mex-\\nicans to cross tlie Rio Grande into that territory\\nwas a declaration of war. No candid man can read\\nwith pleasure tlie account of the course our Gov-\\nernment pursued in tiiat movement.\\nMr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with\\nthe party devoted to the perpetuation and extension\\nof slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind\\nto bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his\\ncordial approval to tlie compromise measures of\\n1850, which included the fugitive slave law. Mr.\\nPierce, ujjon his election to the Presidency, hon-\\nored Mr. Buchanan with the mission to England.\\nIq the j ear 18.56, a national Democratic conven-\\ntion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency.\\nThe political conflict was one of the most severe\\nin which our country has ever engaged. All the\\nfriends of slavery were on one side; all the advo-\\ncates of its restriction and final abolition on the\\nother. Mr. Fremont, the candidate of the enemies\\nof slavery, received 114 electoral votes. Mr. Bu-\\nchanan received 174, and was elected. The popular\\nvote stood 1,340,618 for Fremont, 1,224,750 for\\nBuchanan. On March 4, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was\\ninaugurated.\\nMr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only\\nfour 3ears were wanting to fill up his three-score\\nj eais and ten. His own friends, those with whom\\nhe had been allied in political principles and action\\nfor years, were seeking the destruction of the Gov-\\nernment, that they might rear upon the ruins of our\\nfree institutions a nation whose corner-stQue should\\nbe human slavery. In this emergency, Mr. Bu-\\nchanan was hopelessly bewildered. He could not,\\nwith his long-avowed principles, consistently o|\\npose the State-rights party in their assumptions. As\\nPresident of the United States, bound by his oath\\nfaithfully to administer the laws, he could not,\\nwithout perjury of the grossest kind, inite with\\nthose endeavoring to overthrow. the Republic. He\\ntherefore did nothing.\\nThe opponents of Mr. Buchanan s administration\\nnominated Abraham Lincoln as their stsmdard-\\nbearer in the next Presidential canvass. The pro-\\nslavery party declared that if he were elected and\\nthe control of the Government were thus taken from\\ntheir hands they would secede from the Union, tak-\\ning with them as they retired the National Capi-\\ntol at Washington and the lion s share of the ter-\\nritory of the United States.\\nAs the storm increased in violence, the slave-\\nholders, claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Bu-\\nchanan avowing that Congress had no power to\\nprevent it, one of the most pitiable exhibitions of\\ngovernmental imbecility was exhibited the world\\nhas ever seen. He declared that Congress had no\\npower to enforce its laws in any State which had\\nwithdrawn, or which was attempting to withdraw,\\nfrom the Union. This was not the doctrine of An-\\ndrew Jackson, when, with his hand upon his sword-\\nhilt, he exclaimed. The Union must and shall be\\npreserved!\\nSouth Carolina seceded in December, I860, nearly\\nthree months before the inauguration of President\\nLincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless de-\\nspair. The rebel flag was raised in Charleston; Ft.\\nSumter was besieged; our forts, nav3r-}-ards and\\narsenals were seized; our depots of military stores\\nwere plundered; and our custom-houses and post-\\noffices were appropriated by the rebels.\\nThe energy of the rebels and the imbecility of\\nour Executive were alike marvelous. The nation\\nlooked on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to\\nglide away and close the administration, so ter-\\nrible in its weakness. At length the long-looked-\\nfor hour of deliverance came, when Abraham Lin-\\ncoln was to receive the scepter.\\nThe administration of President Buchanan was\\ncertainly the most calamitous our country lias ex-\\nperienced. His best friends cannot recall it with\\npleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his\\nfame, that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its\\nbillows of flame and blood over our whole land, no\\nword came from his lips to indicate his wish that\\nour country s banner should triumph over the flag\\nof the Rebellion. He died at his Wheatland re-\\ntreat, June 1, 1868.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0076.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0077.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "fi\\n:/2--.\\nc^^\\nC^ 2-^-^^\\ne. ^^:-^-z^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0078.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "SIXTEE.VTII PRES/DEN-T.\\nABRAHAM LINCOLN. J\\nw F5RAHAM LINCOLN, the\\nsixteenth President of the\\ni\u00c2\u00aeUnited States, was born in\\nHardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12,\\ni8og. About the year 1780, a\\nCJ^ man by the name of Abraham\\nLincohi left Virginia with his\\nfamily and moved into tlie then\\nwilds of Kentucky. Only two years\\nafter this emigration, still a young\\nman, while working one day in a\\nfield, was stealthily approached by\\nan Indian and shot dead. His widow\\nwas left in extreme poverty with five\\nlittle children, three boys and two\\ngirls. Thomas, the youngest of the\\nboys, was four years of age at his\\nfather s death. Tliis Tliomas was\\nthe father of Abraham Lincoln, the\\nPresident of the United States\\nw hone name must henceforth fo- ever be enrolled\\nwith the most prominent in the annals of our world.\\nOf course no record has been kept of the life\\nof one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among\\nthe poorest of the [)oor. His home was a wretched\\nlog -cabin; his food the coarsest and the meanest.\\nEducation he had none; he could never either read\\nor write. As soon as he was able to do anything for\\nhimself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his\\nstarving mother, and push out into the world, a friend-\\n.ess, wandering boy, seeking work. He iiired him-\\nself out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a\\n/.il)orer in the fields of others.\\nWhen twenty-eight years of age he buili a log-\\nlabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the\\ndaughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi-\\ngrants, who had also come from Virginia. Their\\nsecond child was Aljraham Lincoln, the subject of\\nthis sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble\\nwoman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn\\na palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel.\\nAH that I am, or hope to be, e.xclaims the grate-\\nful son I owe to my angel-niother.\\nWhen he was eight years of age, his father sold his\\ncabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana Whc;-\\ntwo years later his mother died.\\nAbraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated\\ncommunity around him. He could not liave had a\\nbetter school than this to teach him to put thought?\\ninto words. He also became an eager reader. The\\nbooks he could obtain were few but these he ead\\nand re-read until they were almost committ? I ic\\nmemory.\\nAs the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly fanvilj\\nwas the usual lot of humanity. Thi re were joys aid\\ngriefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham s sistt\\nSarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was niai\\nried when a child of but fourteen years of age, anc\\nsoon died. The family was gradually scattered. M\\nThomas Lincoln sold out his squatter s claim -n 1830\\nand emigrated to Macon Co., 111.\\nAbraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age.,\\nWith vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing\\nanother log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this\\nuntil he saw the family comfortably settled, and theii\\nsmall lot of enclosed prairie pl.inted with corn, wl en\\nhe announced to his father his intention to leave\\nhome, and to go out into tlie world and seek his for-\\ntune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril-\\nliant that fortune was to be. He saw the value o!\\neducation and was intensely earnest to improve his\\nmind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin\\nwhich ardent spirits were causing, and became\\nstrictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi-\\ncating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in\\nGod s word, Thou shall not take the name of ths\\nLord thy God in and a profane expression he\\nwas never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His\\nmorals were pure, and he was uncontaminatcd by a\\nsingle vice.\\nVoung Abraham woiked for a time as a hired labor\u00c2\u00a9\\namong the farmers. Then he went to Springfield\\nwhere he was emijloyed in building a large flat-boat\\nIn this he took a herd of swine, floated them dowi\\nthe Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mia\\nsissippi to New Orleans. A\\\\ hatevor Aliraham Lii\\ncoin undertook, he performed so faithfully as to giv,\\ngreat satisfacticn to his employers, in this adven", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0079.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "8o\\nABRAHAM LINCOLN.\\nture his employers were so well pleased, that upon\\nhis return tiiey placed a store and mill under his care.\\nIn 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he\\nenlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He\\nreturned to Sangamon County, and although only 23\\nyears of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but\\nwas defeated. He soon after received from Andrew\\nJackson the appointmentof Postmaster of New Salem,\\nHis only post-office was his hat. All the letters he\\nreceived he carried there ready to deliver to those\\nhe chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon\\nmade this his business. In 1834 he again became a\\ncandidate for the Legislature, and was elected. Mr.\\nStuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He\\nwalked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of\\nMr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and\\nbegan his legal studies. When the Legislature as-\\nsembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back\\none hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In\\n1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it\\nwas he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re-\\nmoved to Springfield and began the practice of law.\\nHis success with the jury was so great that he was\\n20on engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit.\\nIn 1854 the great discussion began between Mr.\\nLincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question.\\nIn the organization of the Republican party in Illinois,\\nin 1856; he took an active part, and at once became\\none of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln s\\nspeeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con-\\ntest in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most\\nnotable part of his history. The issue was on the\\nilavery question, and he took the broad ground of\\n.he Declaration of Independence, that all men are\\ncreated e(iual. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con-\\ntest, but won a far higher prize.\\nThe great Republican Convention met at Chicago\\non the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and\\nstrangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty-\\nfive thousand. An immense building called The\\nWigwam, was reared to accommodate the Conven-\\ntion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes\\nwere thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame\\nas a statesman had long filled the land, was the most\\norominent. It was generally supposed he would be\\nthe nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received\\nthe nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then\\ndream of the weary years of toil and care, and the\\nbloody death, to which that nomination doomed him:\\nAnd as little did he dream that he was to vender services\\nto his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of\\nthe whole ;ivilized world, and which would give him\\na place in the affections of his countrymen, second\\ncnly, if second, to that of ^Vashington.\\nElection day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180\\nelectoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore,\\nconstitutionally elected President of the United States.\\nThe tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good\\nand merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was\\ngreater than upon any other man ever elected to this\\nhigh position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started\\nfor Washington, stopimig in all the large cities on his\\nway making speeches. The whole journey was frought\\nwith much danger. Many of theSoutliern States had\\nalready seceded, and several attempts at assassination\\nwere afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti-\\nmore had arranged, ujx n his arrival to get up a row,\\nand in the confusion to make sure of his death with\\nrevolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled\\nthe plot. A secret and special train was p ovided to\\ntake him from Harrisburg, through Baltimrfe, at an\\nunexpected hour of the night. The train s ntted at\\nhalf-past ten and to prevent any possible communi-\\ncation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con-\\nfederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train hac.\\nstarted the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln\\nreached Washington in safety and was inaugurated,\\nalthough great an.xiety was felt by all loyal people\\nIn the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave\\nto Mr Seward the Department of State, and to other\\nprominent opponents before the convention he gave\\nimiOTrtant positions.\\nDuring no other administration have the duties\\ndevolving upon the President been so manifold, and\\nthe responsibilities so great, as those which fell to\\nthe lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and\\nfeeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in\\nhis own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he\\nlearned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in\\ndetermining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his\\ntrials, bo h personal and national. Contrary to his\\nown estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the\\nmost courageous of men. He went directly into the\\nrebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving,\\nwith no guard but a few sailors. From the time he\\nhad left Springfield, in i86r, however, plans had been\\nmade for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim\\nto one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant,\\nwas urgently invited to attend Fords Theater. It\\nwas announced that they would Le present. Gen.\\nGrant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel-\\ning, wiili his characteristic kindliness of heart, that\\nit would lie a disappointment if he should fail them,\\nvery reluctantly consented to go. While listening to\\nthe play an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth\\nentered the box where the President and family were\\nseated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the\\nnext morning at seven o clock.\\nNever before, in the history of the world was a nation\\nplunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler.\\nStrong men met in the streets and wept in speechless\\nanguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was\\nin tears. His was a life which will fitly become a\\nmodel. His name as the savior of his country will\\nlive with that of Washington s, its father; hisc^-^ntry-\\nroer. being unable to decide whii h is ti e ereatet.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0080.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0081.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "J\\n^:2^{f-:", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0082.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nymw\\nji\\nNDREW JOHNSON, seven-\\nteenth President of the United\\nSlates. The early life of\\nAndrew Johnson contains but\\nthe record of poverty, destitu-\\ntion and friendlessness. He\\n^[y was born December 29, 1808,\\nin Raleigh, N. C. His parents,\\nbelonging to the class of the\\npoor whites of the South, were\\nY I y i in such circumstances, that they\\ny could not confer ::vei\\\\ the slight-\\nest advantages of education upon\\ntheir child. When Andrew was five\\nyears of age, his father accidentally\\nlost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a\\nfriend from drowning. Jnvil ten years of age, Andrew\\nwas a ragged boy about the streets, supported by the\\nlabor of his mother, who obtained her living with\\nher own hands.\\nHe then, having never attended a school one day,\\nand being unable either to read or write, was ap-\\nprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman\\nwas in the habit of going to the tailor s shop occasion-\\nally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often\\nread from the speeches of distinguished British states-\\nmen. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more\\nthan ordinary native ability, became much interested\\nin these speeches his ambition was roused, and he\\nwas inspired with a strong desire to learn to read.\\nHe accordingly applied himself to tlie alphabet, and\\nwith tlie assistance of some of his fellow- workmen,\\nlearned his letters. He then called Ujxin the gentle-\\nman to borrow the book of si)eeches. The owner,\\npleased with his zeal, not only gave him the booK.\\nbut assisted him in learning to combine the letters\\ninto words. Under such difficulties he pressed oi.\\nward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours\\nat work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest\\nand recreation to devote such time as he could to\\nreading.\\nHe went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at\\nGreenville, where he married a young lady who pus\\nsessed some education. Under her instructions he\\nlearned to write and cipher. He became prominent\\nin the village debating society, and a favorite witk\\nthe students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or-\\nganized a working man s party, which elected him\\nalderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which\\nposition he held three years.\\nHe now began to take a lively interest in political\\naffairs identifying himself with the working-classes,\\nto which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a\\nmember of the House of Representatives of Tennes-\\nsee. He was then just twenty-seven years of age.\\nHe became a very active member of the legislature\\ngave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in\\n1840 stumped the State, advocating Martin Van\\nBuren s claims to the Presidency, in opposition to thosv\\nof Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much\\nreadiness as a speaker, and extended and increased\\nhis reputation.\\nIn 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he\\nwas elected a member of Congress, and by successive\\nelections, held that important post for ten years. In,\\n1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and\\nwas re-elected in 1855. In all these resiwnsible |X)si-\\ntioT\u00c2\u00ab, he discharged his duties with distinguished abi.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0083.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "84\\nANDREW JOHNSON.\\nity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work-\\ning classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected\\nUnited States Senator.\\nYears before, in 1S45, he had warmly advocated\\nthe annexation of Texas, stating however, as his\\nreason, that he thought this annexation would prob-\\nably prove to be the gateway out of which the sable\\nsons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom,\\nand become merged in a population congenial to\\nthemselves. In 1850, he also supported the com-\\npromise measures, the two essential features of which\\nwere, that the white people of the Territories should\\nDe permitted to decide for themselves whether they\\nwould enslave the colored people or not, and that\\nthe rec States of the North should return to the\\nSouth persons who attempted to escape from slavery.\\nMr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin:\\non the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that\\nhe owed his distinction to his own exertions. Sir,\\nsaid he on the floor of the Senate, I do not forget\\nthat I am a mechanic neither do I forget that Adam\\nwas a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav-\\nior was the son of a carpenter.\\nIn the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i8uo, ne\\n.ivas the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the\\nPresidency. In 186 1, when the purpose of the South-\\nam Democracy became apparent, he took a decided\\nstand in favor of the Union, and held that slavery\\nmust be held subordinate to the Union at whatever\\ncost. He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly\\nimperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of\\nTennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the\\nUnion, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap-\\npointed him Military Governor of the State, and he\\nestablished the most stringent military rule. His\\nnumerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In\\n1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United\\nStates, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15,\\n18-65, became President. In a speech two days later\\nhe said, The American people must be taught, if\\nfhey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and\\nmust be cutiished that the Government will not\\nalways beai with its enemies that it is strong not\\nonly to protect, but to punish. The people\\nmust understand that it (treason) is the blackest of\\ncrimes, and will surely be punished. Yet his whole\\nadministration, the history of which is so well known,\\nwas in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent\\nop]X)sition to, the principles laid down in that speech.\\nIn his loose policy of reconstruction and general\\namnesty, he was opposed by Congress and he char-\\nacterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly\\ndefied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In\\nthe beginnirig of 1868, on account of high crimes\\nand misdemeanors, the principal of which was the\\nremoval of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten-\\nure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre-\\nferred against him, and the trial began March 23.\\nIt was very tedious, continuing for nearly three\\nmonths. A test article of the impeachment was at\\nlength submitted to the court for its action. It was\\ncertain that as the court voted upon that article so\\nwould it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced\\nthe President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces-\\nsary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac-\\nquitted, notwithstanding the great majority against\\nhim. The change of one vote from the not guilty\\nside would have sustained the impeachment.\\nThe President, for the remainder of his term, was\\nbut little regarded. He continued, though impotently,\\nhis conflict with Congress. His own party did not\\nthink it expedient to renominate him for the Presi-\\ndency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar-\\nalleled since the days of Washington, around the name\\nof Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten.\\nThe bullet of the assassin introduced him to the\\nPresident s chair. Notwithstanding this, never was\\nthere presented to a man a better opportunity to im-\\nmortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a\\nnation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home\\nin Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in\\npolitics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting\\nstruggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten-\\nnessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con-\\ngress, and took his seat in that body, at the special\\nsession convened by President Grant, on the 5th of\\nMarch. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President\\nmade a visit to his daughter s home, near Carter\\nStation, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was\\napparently in his usual vigorous healtli, but on reach-\\ning the residence of his child the following day, was\\nstricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious.\\nHe rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at\\n2 A.M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun-\\neral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August,\\nwith every demonstration of respect.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0084.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0085.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0086.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "ErGrfTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nLYSSES S. GRANT, the\\n|J) eighteenth President of the\\nUnited States, was born on\\nthe 29th of April, 1822, of\\nChristian parents, in a humble\\niS^ti^vV^J:/; home, at Point Pleasant, on the\\nbanks of the Ohio. Shortly after\\nhis father moved to George-\\ntown, Brown Co., O. In this re-\\nmote frontier hamlet, Ulysses\\nreceived a common-school edu-\\ncation. At the age of seven-\\nteen, in the year 1839, he entered\\nthe Military Academy at West\\nPoint. Here he was regarded as a\\nsolid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of\\nsturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank\\nas a scholar. In June, 1S43, he graduated, about the\\nmiddle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in-\\nfantry to one of the distant military posts in the Mis-\\nscuri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary\\nsolitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating\\nIndians.\\nThe war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was\\nsent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first\\nbattle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here\\nfor the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at\\nResaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle\\nof Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that\\nne performed a signal service of daring and skillful\\nhorsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am-\\nmunition. messenger must be sent for more, along\\na route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut.\\nGrant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians,\\ngrasped the mane of his horse, and hanging u|X)n one\\nside of the anin\u00c2\u00bbi l, ran the gauntlet in entire safety.\\nFrom Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry,\\nto aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In\\npreparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he\\nwas appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the\\nbattle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a\\nfirst lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha-\\npultepec.\\nAt the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re-\\nturned with his regiment to New York, and was again\\nsent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The\\ndiscovery of gold in California causing an immense\\ntide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt.\\nGrant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in\\nOregon, for the protection of the interests of the im-\\nmigrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt.\\nGrant resigned his commission and returned to the\\nStates; and having married, entered upon the cultiva-\\ntion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but\\nlittle skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re-\\nmunerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into\\nthe leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga-\\nlena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings\\nof the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears\\nof Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said,\\nUncle Sam has educated me for the army: though\\nI have served him through one war, I do not feel that\\nI have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready todis\u00c2\u00ab:harge\\nmy obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my iword\\nand see Uncle Sam through this war too.\\nHe went into the streets, raised a cempany of vol-\\nunteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield,\\nthe capital of the State, where their services were\\noffered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by\\nthe zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt.\\nGrant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the^\\nvolunteer organization that was being formed in the\\nState in behalf of the Government. On the ic* oj", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0087.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a238\\nUL YSSES S. GHA NT.\\nJune, 1 86 1, Capt. Grant received a commission as\\nColonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol-\\nunteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who\\nhad served for 15 years in the regular array, were such\\nthat he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier-\\n(General and was placed in command at Cairo. The\\nirebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth\\nof the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap-\\npeared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The\\nrebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and\\nstripes were unfurled in its stead.\\nHe entered the service with great determination\\nand immediately began active duty. This was the be-\\nginning, and until the surrenderor Lee at Richmond\\nhe was ever pushing tlie enemy with great vigor and\\neffectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur-\\nprised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry\\nwon another victory. Then came the brilliant fight\\nat Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the\\nvictory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was\\nimmediately made a Major-General, and the military\\ndistrict of Tennessee was assigned to him.\\nLike all great captains. Gen. Grant knew well how\\nto secure the results of victory. He immediately\\npushed on to the enemies lines. Then came the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lerrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the\\nsiege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an\\nunconditional surrender of the city with over thirty\\nthousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can-\\nnon. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most\\nsevere blow which the rebels had thus far encountered,\\nand opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf.\\nGen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with\\nGen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro-\\nceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from\\nhis horse, and received severe injuries, from which he\\nwas laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid\\ni\u00c2\u00bbf Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and\\nby a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas-\\nures put tlie Union Army in fighting condition. Then\\nfollowed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout\\nMountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels\\nwere routed with great loss. This won for him un-\\nbounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru-\\nary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant-\\ngeneral, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant.\\nHe repaired to Washington to receive his credentials\\nand enter upon th* duties of his new office\\nGen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of\\nihe army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National\\ntroops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal\\ncapital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de-\\nstroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as-\\nsembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole\\ncontinent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these\\nmajestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field.\\nSteamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains\\nwere burdened with closely packed thousands. His\\nplans were comprehensive and involved a series of\\ncampaigns, which were executed with remarkable en-\\nergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur-\\nrender of Lee, April 9, 1865.\\nThe war was ended. The Union was saved. The\\nalmost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen.\\nGrant to be the most prominent instrument in its saU\\nvation. The eminent services he had thus rendered\\nthe country brought him conspicuously forward as the\\nRepublican candidate for the Presidential chair.\\nAt the Republican Convention held at Chicago.\\nMay 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the\\nPresidency, and at the autumn election received a\\nmajority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294\\nelectoral votes.\\nThe National Convention of the Republican party\\nwhich met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1872,\\nplaced Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term\\nby a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati-\\ncally indorsed by the people five months later, 292\\nelectoral votes being cast for him.\\nSoon after the close of his second term, Gen. Grant\\nstarted upon his famous trip around the world. He\\nvisited almost every country of the civilized world,\\nand was everywhere received with such ovations\\nand demonstrations of respect and honor, iiiiv.ite\\nas well as public and official, as were never before\\nbestowed upon any citizen of the United States.\\nHe was the most prominent candidate before the\\nRe])ublican National Convention in 1880 for a re-\\nnomination for President. He went to New York and\\nembarked in the brokerage business under the firm\\nnameof Grant Ward. The latter proved a villain,\\nwrecked Grant s fortune, and for larceny was sent to\\nthe, penitentiary. The General was attacked with\\ncancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like\\nmanner, never complaining. He was re-instated as\\nGeneral of the Army and retired by Congress. The\\ncancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23,\\n1885, the nation went in mourning over the death of\\nthe illustrious General.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0088.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0089.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "6.^-^o-\\nL\\n^-v^\\n-y^^j", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0090.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "NINETEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n91\\nRUTHERF\u00c2\u00a9MD Be H^aY^SS.\\nUTHERFORD B. HAYES,\\nthe nineteenth President of\\nthe United States, was born in\\nDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-\\nmost three months after the\\ndeath of his father, Rutherford\\nHayes. His ancestry on both\\nthe paternal and maternal sides,\\nwas of the most honorable char-\\nacter. It can be traced, it is said,\\nas far back as 1280, when Hayes and\\nRutherford were two Scottish chief-\\ntains, fighting side by side with\\nBaliol, William Wallace and Robert\\nBruce. Both families belonged to the\\nnobility, owned extensive estates,\\nand had a large following. Misfor-\\n:ane cvtf aking the family, George Hayes left Scot-\\n.and in 16.S0, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son\\nLleorge wa; born in Windsor, and remained there\\nduring his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar-\\nlied Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar-\\nriage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel,\\nson of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac-\\nturer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes,\\nson of Ezekiel aiid grandfather of President Hayes, was\\nborn in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer,\\nblacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to\\nVermont at an uiiknown date, settling in Brattleboro,\\nwhere he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth-\\nerford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was\\nborn. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia\\nBirchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi-\\ngrated thither from Connecticut, they having been\\namong the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich.\\nHer ancestry on the male side are traced back to\\n1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders\\nof Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers\\nin the Revolutionary War.\\nThe father of President Hayes was an industrious\\nfrugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me-\\nchanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock-\\ning, or do almost anything else thjt he choose to\\nundertake. He was a member of the Church, active\\nin all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con-\\nducted his business on Christian principles. After\\nthe close of the war of 181 2, for reasons inexplicable\\nto his neighbors, he resolved to emis;rate to Ohio.\\nThe journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day\\nwhen there were no canals, steamers, not railways,\\nwas a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was\\nfirst made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter\\nmined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived\\nin 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malarial\\nfever, less than three months before the birth of the\\nson, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be-\\nreavement, found the support she so much needed in\\nher brother Sardis, who had been a member of the\\nhousehold from the day of its departure from Ver-\\nmont, and in an orphan girl whom she had ado])led\\nsome time before as an act of charity.\\nMrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0091.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "98\\nRUTHERFORD B. HAYES.\\nsubject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he\\nwas not expected to hve beyond a month or two at\\nmost. As the months went -by he grew weaker and\\nweaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in-\\nquiring from time to time if Mrs. Hayes baby died\\niast night. On one occasion a neighbor, who was on\\nlamihar terms with the family, after alludmg to the\\nboy s big head, and the mother s assiduous care of\\nhim, said in a bantering way, That s right! Stick to\\nhim. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn t\\nwonder if he would really come to something yet.\\nYou need not laugh, said Mrs. Hayes. You\\nvvait and see. You can t tell but I shall make him\\nPresident of the United States yet. The boy lived,\\nin spite of the universal predictions of his speedy\\ndeath; and when, in 1S25, his older brother was\\ndrowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his\\nmother.\\nThe boy was seven years old before he w^nt to\\nschool. His education, however, was not neglected.\\nHe probably learned as much from his mother and\\nsister as he would have done at school. His sports\\nwere almost wholly within doors, his playmates being\\nhis sister and her associates. These circumstances\\ntended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo-\\nsition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings\\nof others, which are marked traits of his character.\\nHis uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest\\nkn his education and as the boy s health had im-\\nproved, and he was making good progress in his\\nstudies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre-\\nparation commenced with a tutor at home; but he\\nwas afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the\\nWesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en-\\ntered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen,\\nand was gradiiated at the head of his class in 1842.\\nImmediately after his graduation he began the\\nstudy of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq.,\\nin Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in\\nColumbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter\\nthe Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re-\\nmained two years.\\nIn 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was\\nadmitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly\\nafterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law\\nwith Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re-\\nmained three years, acquiring but a limited practice,\\nand apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro-\\nfession.\\n\\\\n 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi-\\ntion found a new stimulus. For several years, how-\\never, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at\\nthis period, had a powerful influence upon his sulise-\\nquent ife. One of these was his marrage with Miss\\nTLucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of\\nChilicothe; the othei- was his introduction to the Cin-\\ncinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its\\nmembers such men as ^hief Justice Salmon^^ Ch ase,\\nGen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many\\nothers hardly less distinguished in after life. The\\nmarriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as\\neverybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our\\nPresidents was more universally admired, reverenced\\nand beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did\\nmore than she to reflect honor upon American woman-\\nhood. The Literary Cluu brought Mr. Hayes into\\nconstant association with young men of high char-\\nacter and noble aims, and lured him to display the\\nqualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and\\nmodesty.\\nIn 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judg; of\\nthe Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac\\ncept the nomination. Two years later, the office of\\ncity solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council\\nelected him for the unexpired term.\\nIn 1 86 1, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at\\nthe zenith of his professional lif,. His rank at the\\nbar was among the the first. But the news of the\\nattack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take -id\\narms for the defense of his country.\\nHis military record was bright and illustrious. l\\\\\\\\\\nOctober, 1861, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and\\nin August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the ygth Ohio\\nregiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades\\nand go among strangers. Subsequently, however, Jie\\nwas made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle\\nof South Mountain he received a wound, and while\\nfaint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude\\nthat won admiration from all.\\nCol. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after\\nhis recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and j)laced\\nin command of the celebrated Kanawha division,\\nand for gallant and meritorious services in the battles\\nof Winchester, Fisher s Hill and Cedar Creek, he was\\npromoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted\\nMajor-General, forgallant and distinguished pervices\\nduring the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia. In\\nthe course of his arduous services, four horses were\\nshot from under him, and he was wounded four times\\nIn 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from\\nthe Second Ohio District, whiclr had long been Dem-\\nocratic. He was not present during the campaign,\\nand after his election was importuned to resign his\\ncommission in the army but he finally declared, I\\nshall never come to Washington until I can come by\\nthe way of Richmond. He was re-elected in 1866.\\nIn 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio,\\nover Hon. Allen G. Thunnan, a poptilai Democrat.\\nIn i86g was re-eiected over George H. Pendleton.\\nHe was elected Governor for the third term in 1875.\\nIn 1876 he was the standard beaier of the Repub-\\nlican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a\\nhard long contest was chosen President; and was in\\naugurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his\\nfull term, not, hi-wever, with satisfaction to his party,\\nbut his admiiristiation was an average o.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0092.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0093.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0094.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "TiVEls/TlETH PRESWENT.\\n95\\n^-StX *9\u00c2\u00bbX\u00c2\u00ab^\\n.^a\\nf jamf;s a. (JAR field. I\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^.::c4*^:::^*s*^:;:c*\u00c2\u00ab^;f:^^-^;;;r4*^;;;T^-?;:;r4*^;uT\\np\\nAMES A. GARFIELD, twen-\\ntieth President of the United\\nStates, was born Nov. 19,\\n1831, in the woods of Orange,\\nCuyahoga Co., O His par-\\nents were Abram and EHza\\n(Ballou) Garfield, both of New\\nEngland ancestry and from fami-\\nlies well known in the early his-\\ntory of that section of our coun-\\ntry, but had moved to the Western\\nReserve, in Ohio, early in its settle-\\nment.\\nThe house in which James A. was\\nborn was not unlike the houses of\\npoor Ohio farmers of that day. It\\n.ciE about 20x30 feet, built of logs, witli the spaces be-\\n.wsun the logs filled with clay. His father was a\\n.iard working farmer, and he soon had his fields\\njleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built.\\nThe household comprised the father and mother and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2heir four children Mehetabcl, Thomas, Mary and\\names. In May, 1823^ the father, from a cold con-\\n.racted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At\\nhis time James was about eighteen months old, and\\nliomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can\\nfell how much James was indebted to his biother s\\ntoil and self sacrifice during the twenty years suc-\\nceeding his father s death, but undoubtedly very\\nmuch. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis-\\nitis live in Solon, O., near their birthplace.\\nThe early educational advantages young Garfield\\nt^njoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of\\nthem. He labored at farm work for others, did car-\\npenter work, chopped wood, or did anything that\\nwould bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed\\nmother in he \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^tinggles to keep the little family to-\\ngether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his\\norigin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug-\\ngling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they\\never forget him. When in the highest seats of honor,\\nthe humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly\\ngreeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the\\nsympathy of one who had known all the bitterness\\nof want and the sweetness of bread earned by the\\nsweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain,\\nmodest gentleman.\\nThe highest ambition of young Garfield until hi\\nwas about sixteen years old was to be a captain of\\na vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard\\na vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. Shel\\nfinally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the\\nunderstanding, liowever, that he should try to obtair-\\nsome other kind of employment. He walked all the\\nway to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city\\nAfter making many applications for work, and trying\\nto get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with\\nsuccess, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos\\nLetcher, on the Oliio Pennsylvania Canal. Here-\\nmained at this work but a short time when he wen\\nhome, and attended the seminary at Chester for\\nabout three years, when he entered Hiram and the\\nEclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in\\nthe meantime, and doing other work. This school\\nwas started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of\\nwhich church he was then a member. He became\\njanitor and bell-ringer in order to helj) pay his way\\nHe then became both teacher and jnipil. He soon\\nexhausted Hiram and needed more hence, in the\\nfall of 1854, he entered Williams College, from which\\nhe graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest ho..-\\nors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram\\nCollege as its President. As above stated, he early\\nunited with the Christian or Diciples Chu -ch at\\nHiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem-\\nber, often preaching in its juilpit and places where\\nhe happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, Prcsidrrt of\\nVale College, says of him in reference to his religion", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0095.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "96\\nJAMES A. GA-RFIELD.\\nPresident Garfield was more than a man of\\nstrong moral and religions convictions. His whole\\nhistory, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to\\nman and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and\\nfaith and spiritual commission were controlling springs\\nof his being, and to a more than usual degree. In\\nmy judgment there is no more interesting feature of\\nhis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of\\nChristians in which he was trained, and the fervent\\nsympathy which he ever showed in their Christian\\ncommunion. Not many of the few wise and mighty\\nand noble who are called show a similar loyalty to\\nthe less stately and cultured Christian comnmnions\\nin which they have been reared. Too often it is true\\nthat as they step upward in social and political sig-\\nnificance they step upward from one degree to\\nanother in some of the many types of fashionable\\nChristianity. President Garfield adhered to the\\nchurch of his mother, the church in which he was\\ntrained, and in which he served as a pillar and an\\nevangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec-\\ntarian charity for all who loveour Lord in sincerity.\\nMr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss\\nLucretia Rudolph, Nov. ii, 1858, who proved herself\\nworthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and\\nmourned. To them were born seven children, five of\\nwhom are still living, four boys and one girl.\\nMr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 1856,\\nin Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three\\nyears later he began to speak at county mass-meet-\\nings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he\\nwas. During this year he was elected to the Ohio\\nSenate. He also began to study law at Cleveland,\\nand in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great\\nRebellion broke out in the early part of this year,\\nand Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had\\ntalked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re-\\nceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty-\\nsecond Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug.\\n14, i86r. He was immediately put into active ser-\\nvice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action,\\nwas placed in command of four regiments of infantry\\nand eight companies of cavalry, charged with the\\nwork of driving out of his native State the officer\\nHumphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of\\nthose, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given\\nto the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed-\\nily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres-\\nident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him\\nBrigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as he had\\nbeen the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years\\nbefore, so now he was the youngest General in the\\narmy. He was with Gen. Buell s army at Shiloh,\\nin its operations around Corinth and its march through\\nAlabama. He was then detailed as a member of the\\nGeneral Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John\\nPorter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose-\\ncrans, and was assigned to the Chief of Staff.\\nThe military Ju story of Gen. Garfield closed with\\nhis brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won\\nthe stars of the Major-General.\\nWithout an effort on his part Gew Garfield wa\u00c2\u00bb\\nelected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the\\nNineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio\\nhad been represented in Congiess for sixty year*\\nmainly by two men Elisha Whittlesey and Joshui,\\nR. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he\\nresigned his place in the army. At the time he en-\\ntered Congress he was the youngest member in that\\nbody. There he remained by successive re-\\nelections until he was elected President in 1880.\\nOf his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says Since\\nthe year 1864 you cannot think of a question whicii\\nhas been debated in Congress, or discussed before a\\ntribunel of the American people, in regard to whict-\\nyou will not find, if you wish mstruction, the argu-\\nment on one side stated, in almost every instance\\nbetter than by anybody else, in some speech made in\\nthe House of Representatives or on the hustings by\\nMr. Garfield.\\nUpon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to\\nthe U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the\\nsame year, was nominated as the candidate of his\\nparty for President at the great Chicago Convention.\\nHe was elected in the following November, and on\\nMarch 4, i8Sr, was inaugurated. Probably no ad-\\nministration ever opened its existence under brighter\\nauspices than that of President Garfield, and every\\nday it grew in favor with the people, and by the first\\nof July he had completed all the initiatory and pre-\\nliminary work of his administration and was prepar-\\ning to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams\\nCollege. While on his way and at the depot, in com-\\npany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind\\nhim, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back.\\nThe President tottered and fell, and as he did so the\\nassassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the\\nleft coat sleeve of his victim, but in.licting no further\\ninjury. It has been very truthfully said that this was\\nthe sliot that was heard round the world Never\\nbefore in the history of the Nation had anything oc-\\ncurred which so nearly froze the blood of the peop\\nfor the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit-\\nten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and\\nwas at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty\\ndays, all during the hot months of July and August,\\nhe lingered and suffered. He, however, remained\\nmaster of himself till the last, and by his magnificent\\nbearing was teaching the country and the world the\\nnoblest of human lessons how to live grandly in the\\nvery clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass-\\ningly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept.\\nT9, 1883, at Elberon, N. J on the very bank of the\\nocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The\\nworld wept at his death, as it never had done on the\\ndeath of any other man who had ever lived upon it.\\nThe murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe-\\ncuted, in one year after he committed the fou? deed.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0096.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0097.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "\\\\W *f-*^^ ^l\\n^\\\\r)", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0098.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-FIRST PRESIDENT.\\n99\\nHESTER A. ARTHUR,\\ntwenty-first Presi ^.^m of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nFranklin Cour ty, Vermont, on\\nthefifthof Odober, 1830, and is\\nthe oldest of a family of two\\nsons and five daughters. His\\nfather was the Rev. Dr. William\\nArthur, a Baptist d .rgyman, who\\nemigrated to tb.s countr) frcn\\nthe county Antrim, Ireland, in\\nhis i8th year, and died in 1875, in\\nNewtonville, neai Albany, after a\\nlong and successful ministry.\\nYoung Arthur was educated at\\nUnion College, S( henectady, where\\nhe excelled in all his studies. Af-\\nter his graduation he taught school\\nin Vermont for two years, and at\\nthe expiration of that time came to\\nNew York, with $500 in his ixjcket,\\nand entered the office of ex-Judge\\nE. D. Culver as student. After\\nbeing admitted to the bar he formed\\na partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate,\\nHenry I). Gardiner, with the intention of practicing\\nin the West, and for three months they roamed about\\nin the Western States in search of an eligible site,\\nbut in the end returned to New York, where they\\nhung out their shingle, and entered upon a success^\\nful career almost from the start. General Arthur\\nsoon afterward nMLrppd the daughter of Lieutenant\\nHemdon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at\\nsea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in\\nrecognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa-\\nsion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur s\\nnomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two\\nchildren.\\nGen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity\\nin his first great case, the famous Lemnton suit,\\nbrought to recover possession of eight slaves who had\\nbeen declared free by Judge Paine, of the Sujierior\\nCourt of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon.\\nathan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with\\nhis slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when\\nthey were discovered and freed. The Judge decided\\nthat they could not be held by the owner under the\\nFugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up fiom\\nthe South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the\\nAttorney General of that State to assist in an appeal.\\nWm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed\\nto represent the People, and they won their case,\\nwhich then went to the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates. Charles O Conor here esjxiused the cause\\nof the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs\\nEvarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward\\nthe emancipation of the black race.\\nAnother great service was rendered by General\\nArthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings,\\na respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth\\nAvenue car with violence after she had paid her fare.\\nGeneral Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a\\nverdict of $500 damages. The next day the com])a-\\nny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride\\non their cars, and the other car companies quickly", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0099.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "100\\nCHESTER A. ARTHUR.\\nfollowed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave-\\nnue Company ran a few special cars for colored per-\\nsons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all.\\nGeneral Arthur was a delegate to the Convention\\nat Saratoga that founded the Republican party.\\nPrevious to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the\\nSecond Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov-\\nernor Morgan, of that State, appointed him Engineer-\\nin-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec-\\ntor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas-\\nter-General. In each of these offices he rendered\\ngreat service to the Government during the war. At\\nthe end of Governor Morgan s terra he resumed the\\npractice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr.\\nRansom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney\\nof New York, was added to the firm. The legal prac-\\ntice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra-\\ntive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able\\nlawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if\\nnot indeed one of national extent.\\nHe always took a leading part in State and city\\npolitics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of\\nNew York by President Grant, Nov. 21 r 87 2, to suc-\\nceed TTfomas Murphy, and held the office until July,\\n20, r878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt.\\nMr. Arthi .r was nominated on the Presidential\\nticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous\\nNational Republican Convention held at Chicago in\\nJune, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political\\nconvention that ever assembled on the continent. It\\nwas composed of the wading politicians of the Re-\\npublican party, all able men, and each stood firm and\\nfought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their\\nrespective candidates that were before the conven-\\ntion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re-\\nceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur\\nfor Vice-President. The campaign which followed\\nwas one of the most animated known in the history of\\nour country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of\\nthe Democratic party, was a popular man, and his\\nparty made a valiant fight for his election.\\nFinally the election came and the country s choice\\n,vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated\\n.vlarch 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President.\\nK few months only had passed ere the newly chosen\\nPresident was the victim of the assassin s bullet. Then\\ncame terrible weeks of suffering, those moment* of\\nanxious suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na-\\ntions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re-\\ncovery of the noble, the good President. The remark-\\nable patience that he manifested during those hours\\nand weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf-\\nfering man has often been called upon to endure, was\\nseemingly more than human. It was certainly God-\\nlike. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr.\\nArthur s every move was watched, and be it said to hisi\\ncredit that his every action displayed only an earnest\\ndesire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to\\nserve the remainder of the term he had so auspi-\\nciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested\\nin deed or look of this man, even though the most\\nhonored position in the world was at any moment\\nlikely to fall to him.\\nAt last God in his mercy relieved President Gar-\\nfield from further suffering, and the world, as nevei\\nbefore in its history over the death of any other\\nman, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty o)\\nthe Vice President to \u00c2\u00a3.3sume the responsibilities o)\\nthe high office, and he took the oath in New York,\\nSept. 20, i88r. The position was an embarrassing\\none to him, made doubly so from the facts that all\\neyes were, on him, anxious to know what he would do,\\nwhat [xjlicy he would pursue, and who he would se-\\nlect as advisers. The duties of the office had been\\ngreatly neglected during the President s long illness,\\nand many imix)rtant measures were to be immediately\\ndecided by him and still farther to embarrass him he\\ndid not fail to realize under what circumstances he\\nbecame President, and knew the feelings of many on\\nthis point. Under these trying circumstances President\\nArthur took the reins of the Government in his own\\nhands and, as embarrassing as were the condition of\\naffair.- he happily surprised the nation, acting so\\nWLsei\\\\ hat but few criticised is administration.\\nHe served the nation well and fa-thfully, until the\\nclose of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was\\na popular candidate before his party for a second\\nterm. His name was ably presented before the con-\\nvention at Chicago, and was received with great\\nfavor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity\\nof one of the opposing candidates, he would have\\nbeen selected as the standard-bearer of his party-\\nfor another campaign. He retired to private life car-\\nrying with him the best wishes of the American peo-\\nple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory\\nto them and with credit to himself.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0100.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0101.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "Mb?\\nj.i^rL^:^ C/ C .-CyCCu^y^^\\nJ", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0102.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDENT.\\nlOJ\\n^^mmr:^\\ng\u00e2\u0099\u00a6*:;s\u00c2\u00abs;:$*^^$ \u00c2\u00bb^;i H( i;;ir.^^;k;J \u00c2\u00bb^;;oc*^::s.\u00c2\u00ab.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2g^5J*$;K$\u00e2\u0099\u00a6$^\\nirouer CleuiefatxC\\n^iiV MP\\ni;g-\u00c2\u00abi^,;,ic 9^,\u00e2\u0080\u009ec,S T\u00e2\u0080\u009e.c\u00c2\u00ab? -,,.c\\n?-;;::f \u00c2\u00abe;ig-# $;!g i si:$#$;\\nVjv V ^yi\u00c2\u00ab 1\\n_fiS25_\\nooo\\nTEPHEN GROVER CLEVE-\\nLAND, the twenty- second Pres-\\nident of the United States, was\\nborn in 1837, in the obscure\\ntown of Caldwell, Essex Co.,\\nN. J., and in a little two-and-a-\\nhalf-story white house which is still\\nstanding, characteristically to mark\\nthe humble birth-place of one of\\nAmerica s great men in striking con-\\ntrast with the Old World, where all\\nmen high in office must be high in\\norigin and born in the cradle of\\nwealth. When the subject of this\\nsketch was three years of age, his\\nfather, who was a Presbyterian min-\\nister, with a large family and a small salary, moved,\\nby way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to\\nFayetteville, in search of an increased income and a\\nlarger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most\\nstraggling of country villages, about five miles from\\nPompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born.\\nAt the last mentioned place young Grover com-\\nmenced going to school in the good, old-fashioned\\nway, and presumably distinguished himself after the\\nmanner of all village boys, in doing the things he\\nought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of\\nall geniuses and independent thinkers. When he\\narrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the\\nrapacity of the village school and expressed a most\\nemphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this\\nhis father decidedly objected. Academies in those\\ndays cost money; besides, his father wanted him to\\nbecome self-supporting by the quickest possible\\nmeans, and this at that time in Fayetteville seemed\\nto be a position in a country store, where his father\\nand the large family on his hands had considerable\\ninfluence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services\\nthe first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to\\nreceive $100 the second year. Here the lad com-\\nmenced his career as salesman, and in two years he\\nhad earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness\\nthat his employers desired to retain him for an in-\\ndefinite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex-\\nhibit as yet any particular flashes of genius or\\neccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy.\\nBut instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette-\\nville, he went with the family in their removal to\\nClinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a\\nhigh school. Here he industriously pursued his\\nstudies until the family removed with him to a point\\non Black River known as the Holland Patent, a\\nvillage of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica,\\nN. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching\\nbut three Sundays. This event broke up the family,\\nand Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a\\nsmall salary, the position of under-teacher in an\\nasylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two\\nyears, and although he obtaim^d a good reputation in\\nthis capacity, he conclu(i\u00c2\u00bbd that teaching was not his", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0103.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "104\\nS. GROVE R CLEVELAND.\\ncalling for life, and, reversing the tradition*.! order,\\nhe left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going\\nto a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as\\nth ire was some charm in that name for him; but\\nbefore proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to\\n*sk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted\\nstock-breeder of that place. The latter did not\\nSfwak enthusiastically. What is it you want to do,\\nmy boy? he asked. Well, sir, I want to study\\nlav, was the reply. Good gracious! remarked\\nih* old gentleman do you, indeed 1 What ever put\\nthat into your head? How much money have you\\ngot? Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven t got\\nany.\\nAfter a long consultation, his uncle offered him a\\nplace temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a\\nyear, while he could look around. One day soon\\nafterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers,\\nBowen Rogers, of Buffalo, and told Ihem what he\\nwanted. A number of young men were already en-\\ngaged in the office, but Grover s persistency won, and\\nhe was finally permitted to come as an office boy and\\nSave the use of the law library, for the nominal sum\\nof $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for\\nhis board and washing. The walk to and from his\\nluncle s was a long and rugged one; and, although\\nthe first winter was a memorably severe one, his\\nshoes were out of repair and his overcoat he had\\nnone yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular.\\nOn the first day of his service here, his senior em-\\nployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him\\nwith a bang that made the dust fly, saying That s\\nwhere they all begin. A titter ran around the little\\ncircle of clerks and students, as they thought that\\nwas enough to scare young Grover out of his plans\\nbut indue time he mastered that cumbersome volume.\\nThen, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland\\nexhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for\\nchasing principles through all their metaphysical\\npossibilities. Let us quit talking and go and do\\nit, was practically his motto.\\nThe first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was\\nelected was that of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in\\nwhich Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell\\nto his duty to inflict capital pi .Ishment upon two\\ncjiminals. Li rSSt he was elected Mayor of the\\nCity of Buffalo, on the Democratic ticket, with es-\\npecial reference to the bringing about certain reforms\\nin the administration of the municipal affairs of that\\ncity. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff, his\\nperformance of duty has generally been considered\\nfair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer-\\nreted out and magnified during the last Presidential\\ncampaign. As a specimen of his plain language in\\na veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui\\ntous street-cleaning contract: This is a time fo\\\\\\nplain speech, and my objection to your action shall\\nbe plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of\\na mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme\\nto betray the interests of the people and to worse\\ntlian squander the people s money. The New York\\nSun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve-\\nland s administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there-\\nupon recommended him for Governor of the Empire\\nState. To the latter office he was elected in 1882,\\nand his administration of the affairs of State was\\ngenerally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if\\nany, were made very public throughout the nation\\nafter he was nominated for President of the United\\nStates. For this high office he was nominated July\\nII, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention at\\nChicago, when other competitors were Thomas F.\\nBayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks,\\nBenjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.; and he\\nwas elected by the people, by a majority of about a\\nthousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub-\\nlican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve-\\nland resigned his office as Governor of New York in\\nJanuary, 1885, in order to prepare for his duties as\\nthe Chief Executive of the United States, in which\\ncapacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th of\\nMarch, 1885.\\nThe silver question precipitated a controversy\\nbetween those who were in favor of the continu-\\nance of silver coinage and those who were opposed,\\nMr. Cleveland answering for the latter, even before\\nhis inauguration.\\nOn June 2, 1886, President Cleveland married\\nFrances, daughter of his deceased friend and\\npartner, Oscar Folsom, of the Buffalo Bar. Their\\nunion has been blessed by the birth of one daugh-\\nter, Ruth. In the campaign of 1888, President\\nCleveland was renominated by his party, but the\\nRepublican candidate. Gen. Benjamin Harrison,\\nwas victorious. In the nominations of 1892 these\\ntwo candidates for the highest position in the gift\\nof the people were again pitted against each other\\nand President Cleveland was victorious by an\\noverwhelming majority.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0104.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0105.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "CA^ ^W-a -y- --1^^t^^ ^f^-^^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0106.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-THIRD PRESIDENT.\\nUJ\\n\u00c2\u00bbofo.gJXfS-\u00c2\u00bb\\nKNJAMIN HARRISON, the\\ntwenty-third President, is\\nthe descendant of one of the\\nhistorical families of this\\ncountry. The head of tlie\\nfamily was a Major General\\nHarrison, one of Oliver\\nCromwell s trudted follow-\\ners and fighters. In the zenith of Crom-\\nwell s power it became th., duty of this\\nHarrison to participate in tde trial of\\nCharles I, and afterward tc sign the\\ndei ih warrant of the king. He subse-\\nquently paid for this with his life, being\\nhung Oct. 13, 16G0. His descendants\\ncame to America, and the next of the\\nfamily that appears in history is Benja-\\nn larrison, of Virginia, great-grand-\\nfather of the subject of this sketch, and\\nafter whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison\\nwas a member of the Continental Congress during\\nthe years i774\u00e2\u0080\u0094 5-G, and was one of the original\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence. He\\nvra three times elected Governor of Virginia,\\n^en William Henry Harrison, the son of the\\ndistinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a suo.\\ncessful career as a soldier during the War of 1812,\\nand with -a clean record as Governor of the Noath-\\nwestern Territory, was elected President of the\\nUnited States in 1840. His caroer was cut short\\nby death within one month ^fter jis inruguration.\\nPresident Harrison wa-^ born at .^or:!i Bend.\\nHamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. ?0, 1883 His life up to\\nthe time of his graduation by the Miami University,\\nat Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun-\\ntry lad of a family of small means. His father was\\nable to give him a good education, and nothing\\nmore. He became engaged while at college to tin\\ndaughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female schoo\\nat Oxford. After graduating he determined to en-\\nter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin\\ncinnati and then read law for two years. At the\\nexpiration of that time young Harrison receiv.Al th\\nonly inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left him\\na lot valued at 1800. He regarded this legacy as a\\nfortune, and decided to get married at once, fake\\nthis money and go to some Eastern town an oe-\\ngin the practice of law. He sold his lot, and with\\ntiie money in hit pocket, he started out wita his\\nyoung Wife to fight for a place in the world- He", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0107.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "108\\nBENJAMIN HARRISON.\\ndecitled to go to Indianapolis, which was eren at\\nUiat time a town of promise. He met with slight\\nencouragement at first, making scarcely anything\\ntlie first year. He worlied diligently, appl3 ing him-\\nself closely to his calling, built up an extensive\\npractice and took a leading rank in the legal pro-\\nI essiou. He is the father of two children.\\nIn 1860 Mr. Harrison was nominated for tlie\\nposition of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be-\\ngan his experience as a stump speaker He can-\\nvassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a\\nhandsome majority. In 1862 he raised the 17th\\nIndiana Infantry, and was chosen its Colonel. His\\nregiment was composed of he rawest of material,\\nout Col. Harrison employed all his time at first\\nmastering military tactics and drilling his men,\\nwhen he therefore came to move toward the East\\nwith Sherman his regiment was one of the best\\nfh illed and organized in the army. At Resaca he\\nospecially distinguished himself, and for his bravery\\nat Peachtree Creek he was made a Brigadier Gen-\\neral, Gen. Hooker speaking of him in the most\\nioraplimentary terms.\\nDuring the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field\\nho P.fjpreme Court declared the office of the Su-\\nprem: Court Reporter vacant, and another person\\nwas elected to the position. From the time of leav-\\nirg Indiana with his regiment until the fall oi 1864\\nhe had taken no leave of absence, but having been\\nnominated that year for the same office, he got a\\nthirty-day leave of absence, and during that time\\nmade a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected\\nfor another term. He then started to rejoin Sher-\\nman, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet\\niCver, and after a most trying siege made his way\\nto the front in time to participate jn the closing\\nincidents of the war.\\nIn 1868 Gen. Harrison declined re-election as\\n;\u00c2\u00abporter, and resumed the practice of law In 1876\\nne was a candidate for Governor. Although de-\\nited, the brilliant campaign h irade won iorbim\\n.a National reputation, and he was much sought, es-\\npecia!.y in the East, to make speeches. In 1880,\\nd,s nsua!, he tSbk an active part in line campaign,\\nund wu elected to the ^Jnited States Senate. Here\\nuc sei-ved six years, and ras known as one oi the\\nibiest men, best kwyer t^nd stronges*^ debaters in\\nthat body. With the expiration of his Scnatoi i:ii\\nterm he returned to the practice of his profession,\\nbecoming the head of one of the strongest firms in\\nthe State.\\nThe political campaign of 1888 was one of the\\nmost memorable in the history of our country. Tlie\\nconvention which assembled in Chicago in June anu\\nnamed Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer\\nof the Republican party, was great in eveiy partic-\\nular, and on this account, and the attitude it as-\\nsumed upon the vital questions of the day, chief\\namong which was the tariff, awoke a deep interest\\nin the campaign throughout the Nation. Shortly\\nafter the nomination delegations began to visit Mr.\\nHarrison at Indianap(.)lis, his home. This move-\\nment became popular, and from all sections of the\\ncountry societies, clubs and delegations journeyed\\nthither to pay their respects to the distinguished\\nstatesman. The popularity of these was greatly\\nincreased on account of the remarkable speeches\\nmade by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through\\nthe summer and autumn to these visiting delega-\\ntions, and so varied, masterly and eloquent were\\nhis speeches that they at once placed him in the\\nforemost rank of American orators and statesmen.\\nOn account of his eloquence as a speaker and hi\\npower as a -debater, he was called iipoii at an un-\\ncommonly early age to take part in the discussion\\nof the great questions that then began to agitate\\nthe country. He was an uncompromising anti\\nslavery man, and was niatched against some of tie\\nmost eminent Democratic speakers of his StaCv,\\nNo man wlio felt the touch of his blade de; red\\nbe pitted with him again. With all his e oq- ence\\nas an orator he never spoke for oratorical e apct,\\nout his words always went like bullets to the niarii\\nHe is purely American iu his ideas and is a spier\\ndid type of the American statesman. Gifted witls\\nquick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue,\\nhe is one of the most distinguished impromptu\\nspeakers in the Nation. Many of these speeches\\nsparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained\\narguments of greatest weight. Many of his terse\\nstatements have alreadj- become aphorisms. Origl\\nnal in thought precise in logic, terse In statement,\\nyet withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as\\nthe sound statesman and brilUau- orator o ta^ day", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0108.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "r-\u00c2\u00bb.-,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0109.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0110.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "S^\\n^^i\\n-vtS)\\nBerrien and Cass Counties,\\nMICHIGAN.\\n:t \\\\-c", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0111.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0112.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "-4^\\nINTRODUQT ORY.\u00c2\u00bb\\nss-e-\\n5HE time has arrived when it\\nbecomes the duty of the\\npeople of this county to per-\\npetuate the names of their\\npioneers, to furnish a record\\nof their early settlement,\\nand relate the story of their\\nprogress. The civilization of our\\nday, the enlightenment of the age\\nand the duty that men of the pres-\\nent time owe to their ancestors, to\\nthemselves and to their posterity,\\ndemand that a record of their lives\\nand deeds should be made. In bio-\\ngraphical history is found a power\\nto instruct man by precedent, to\\nenliven the mental faculties, and\\nto waft down the river of time a\\n=afe vessel in which the names and actions of the\\npeople who contributed to raise this country from its\\nprimitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly\\nthe great and aged men, who in their prime entered\\nI he wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their\\nheritage, are passing to their graves. The number re-\\nmaining who can relate the incidents of the first days\\n)f settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an\\nactual necessity exists for the collection and preser-\\nvation of events without delay, before all the early\\nsettlers are cut down by the scythe of Time\\nTo be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind\\nfrom remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough,\\nin spite of their best works and the most e.irnest\\nefforts of their friends to perserve the memory of\\ntheir lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion\\nand to perpetuate their memory has been in propor-\\ntion o the amount of intelligence they possessed,\\npyramids of Egypt were built to perpetuate the\\nTh;\\nnames and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu-\\nmations made by the archeologists of Egypt from\\nburied Memphis indicate a desire of those people\\nto perpetuate the memory of their achievements\\nThe erection of the great obelisks were for the same\\npurpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the\\nGreeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu-\\nments, and carving out statues to chronicle theii\\ngreat achievements and carry them down the ages.\\nIt is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling\\nup their great mounds of earth, had but this idea\\nto leave something to show that they had lived. All\\nthese works, though many of them costly in the ex-\\ntreme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac-\\nters of those whose memory they were intended to\\nperpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses o\\nthe people that then lived. The great pyramids and\\nsome of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity\\nthe mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum-\\nbling into dust.\\nIt was left to modern ages to establish an intelli-\\ngent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating\\na full history immutable in that it is almost un-\\nlimited in extent and perpetual in its action and\\nthis is through the art of printing.\\nTo the present generation, however, we are in-\\ndebted for the introduction of the admirable system\\nof local biography. By this system every man, though\\nhe has not achieved what the world calls greatness,\\nhas the means to perpetuate his life, his history,\\nthrough the coming ages.\\nThe scythe of Time cuts down all nothing of the\\nphysical man is left. The monument whicli his chil-\\ndren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme,\\ntery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his\\nlife, his achievements, the work he has accomj)lished,\\nwhich otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated\\nby a record of this kind.\\nTo preserve the lineaments of our companions we\\nengrave their portraits, for the same reason we col-\\nlect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we\\nthink it necessary, as we si)eak only truth of them, to\\nwait until they are dead, or until those who know\\nthem are gone to do this we are ashamed only to\\npublish to the world the history of those whose lives\\nare unworthy of public record-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0113.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0114.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0115.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "(FTyL/lS\\nlyOO^^O^ n- t^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0116.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "_^_^^^^\\nm BIOGRAPtflCAL. %m\\nr\\nlft_^ON. WALLACE A. PRESTON, Mayor of\\nSt. .loseph, is one of tlie intluential and\\nsuccessful business men of the city. The\\nCiiainpion Planing Mill, of wliicli he is the\\nowner, is located near tlie iron bridge spanning\\ntiie St. .Joseph River, and thus, by its splendid sit-\\nuation, has the best of shipping facilities. In\\nconnection with the null is a large lumher-j-ard,\\nand Mr. Preston conducts an extensive business\\nas a dealer in lumber and manufacturer of build-\\ners materials. He gives steadj work to about\\nthirty employes, and through his excellent judg-\\nment and energy has built up an extensive trade.\\nMr. I l-eston is a native of the city where he now\\nholds the highest otHce in the gift of the people.\\nHe was born October 22, 1842, and is the son of\\nFowler J. and Annjenette (Loom is) Preston, both\\nof whom were natives of Massachusetts. The pa-\\nternal grandfather, Joel Preston, was also a na-\\ntive of the Old Bay State and was a descendant of\\ngood and sulistantial Puritan stock. He was loyal\\nto his country and served with bravery in the War\\nof tlie Revolution. Fowler J. Preston was a builder\\nand contractor by occupation, and as early as 1829\\nremoved to Michigan, settling in St. Joseph. He\\nsoon became closely identified with the prt gressof\\nthis section of the State and served as the first\\nSheriff of Herrien Count}-. A man of great en-\\nergy, force of character and determination, he was\\nprominent among the early settlers of the county\\nand was well and favorably known. His death\\noccurred in 1843, and lie was widely mourned as\\na public loss.\\nIn this connection, it will be appropriate to\\nmake some mention of the mother of our subject.\\nThis worthy woman occupied a prominent place\\namong the pioneers of Berrien County. Indus-\\ntrious and economical, she aided her husband in\\nestablishing a home, and knew no higher ambition\\nthan to labor for the welfare of her husband and\\nchildren. She passed away at St. Joseph in 1891,\\nupon the eightieth anniversary of her birth. She\\nis still held in loving remembrance in the hearts\\nof her children, who owe much to her example and\\nprecept.\\nThe eldest ol three sons, Wallace A. Preston\\npassed his early school days in St. Joseph. At the\\nage of sixteen he left school and became a clerk in\\na grocery store, where he was employed for four\\nyears. From childhood he had the sailor s love\\nfor the sea, and as soon as he attained manhood\\nhe indulged his long-cherished hope of becoming\\na sailor. For six years he was emploj ed on a boat\\ntiiat plied the waters of Lake Michigan. During\\nthe Civil AVar he entered the naval service, and\\nfor eighteen months was on the sea in the defense\\nof the Union, being located during most of that\\ntime at Key West and Pensacola, Fla., and New\\nOrleans. At the close of the war he was mustered\\nout of the service, and returned to St. Joseph in\\nMay, 1865.\\nUpon returning to this city Mr. I reston era-\\nbarked in the lumber business, and soon afterward\\nbuilt a planing mill, which he still conducts in\\nconnection with his lumber j-ard. He was married\\nin January, 1873, to Miss Mary E., daughter of\\nWilliam P. Kinney, of Benton Harbor. Mrs. Pres-\\nton was born m Berrien County, Mich., and is the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0117.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "118\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmother of six children, namely: William W.,\\nLoomis K., Maud E., Arthur G., Nathan E. and\\nJohn D. Mrs. Preston is a member of the First\\nCongregational Church.\\nWith the public affairs of St. Joseph Mr. Pres-\\nton has always been quite closely identified, and\\nis an earnest advocate of Republican principles.\\nFor two terms he served as Treasurer of St. Joseph\\nand filled the ofHce of President of the village in\\n1880. In 1893 he was elected Mayor of the city,\\nand is discharging the responsible duties of that\\nplace with credit to himself and to the satisfac-\\ntion of his constituents. In his social connections\\nhe is identified with Pomona Lodge No. 281, F.\\nfe A. M., and is also a member of Burnett Lodge\\nNo. 119, L O. O. F.\\nRANK II. PLATT. This gentleman, who\\nPis the most efficient Secretary and Treas-\\nurer of the Benton Harbor Milling Com-\\npany, is a product of Michigan, born in Berrien\\ncounty, and the only son and child born to George\\nW. and Jane E. (Crandall) Piatt. His father\\nwas also born in Berrien County, Mich., but his\\nancestors for many generations were born in the\\nOld Bay State. The elder Mr. Piatt is living retired\\nin Benton Harbor, and he and his estimable wife\\nhave a very pleasant home here.\\nFrank H. Piatt received a good practical edu-\\nucation in the schools of St. Joseph, and later\\nentered the business college of Bryant Stratton,\\nat Chicago, 111., where he graduated in 1878.\\nAfter finishing his education he was engaged as\\ncity buyer for a wholesale carriage hardware house\\nof Chicago, and followed tiiis successfully for two\\nyears. Returning to Benton Harbor, he assisted\\nhis fattier in the hardware business from 1882\\nuntil 1889, after which he was engaged in other\\nbusiness enterprises for some time. In 1890 he\\nbecame a member of the Benton Harbor Milling\\nCompany, and on the 19th of May of that year he\\nwas made Secretary and Treasurer. He was one of\\nthe incorporators of the compan} which was\\nbrought into existence in 1887, with George B.\\nTatman for President and Norman Sage as Vice-\\nPresident.\\nThis is one of the most flourishing establish-\\nments of Benton Harbor, whieli holds a place\\namong the leading and most active cities of south-\\nwestern Michigan. The mill has a capacity of\\ntwo hundred barrels every twent3 -four hours. It\\nis run by steam power, and the produce is shipped\\nall over the country. This business gives emi)lo}\\nment to many men, experienced in their separate\\nbranches, and the building is a decided ornament\\nto the town. It has every device known to mill-\\ning science, and is up with and ahead of the times.\\nMr. Piatt is a practical and successful business\\nman, and persevering, active and enterprising, he\\nhighly deserves the success that has fallen to\\nhis lot.\\nMr. Piatt selected his wife in the person of Miss\\nJennie Kingsley, a native of St. Joseph, Mich.,\\nand the daughter of George W. Kingsley. Their\\nnuptials were celebrated July 17th, 1885, and she\\ndied on the 17th of July, 1887, leaving a son,\\nGeorge Fernleigh. On the 2.5th of October, 1890,\\nMr. Piatt was married to Miss Wilhelmina Meech,\\nof Benton Harbor, and the daughter of Mrs. M. J.\\nMeech, one of the prominent citizens of the place.\\nIn his political views Mr. Piatt is a Republican\\nand has ever advocated the principles of that\\nparty. Socially, he is a Mason, a member of Lake\\nShoie Lodge No. 298 and also of the Knights of\\nPythias, besides other organizations.\\n^tg,\\nE\\n^iny) ODMAN M. WORDEN, a well-known citi-\\nzen of Benton Harbor, owns and occupies\\nan attractive residence at No. 128 Brun-\\nson Avenue. For a period covering about\\nthirty-five jears he was actively identified with\\nthe business interests of this place, and his retire-\\nment, which was of recent date, will probably not", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0118.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n119\\nbe permauent. Alike in the discharge of his\\nduties as a |)rivate fitizeii and as a brave soldier\\nin defense of tlie Union, he lias been fearless,\\nloyal and true, and has worthily won the high\\nplace he occupies in the regard of others.\\nBorn in Rochester, Monroe Count} N. Y., Au-\\ngust If), 1833, our subject is the son of Salmon B.\\nand Mahetabelle (Vibber) Worden, natives of Ver-\\nmont. Up to the age of ten _vears, he spent his\\nboyhood in Rochester, and removed thence to\\nMichigan with his parents, settling in Adrian,\\nwhere his fatlier held the pastorate of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church. In that city Rodman M.\\nacquired a thorough education, that fitted him for\\nthe successful discharge of life s duties. After\\nleaving school he learned the trade of a butcher,\\nbeing for a number of years in the employ of\\nJohn S. Brown.\\nIn 1858 Mr. Worden opened a meat-market at\\nThree Rivers, St. Joseph County, Mich., where he\\ncarried on a large and profitable business for one\\nyear; but deeming the location of Benton Harbor\\nand the opportunities offered a business man here\\nsuperior to those of Three Rivers, he came to this\\nvillage and opened a meat-market, it being the first\\nin the place. Here he was engaged in supplying\\nthe wants of his customers when the war broke\\nout, and, fired with zeal on his countrj^ s behalf,\\nhe enlisted, becoming a member of Company B,\\nSixth Michigan Infantry, commanded by Col. Cur-\\nlenius. His regiment was assigned to the Armj of\\nthe (lulf and, marching to the front, w.as afterward\\nidentified with the history of the Civil War in\\nthe South. With his company our subject par-\\nticipated in many of the hard-fought and deci-\\nsive engagements of the war, among which may\\nbe mentioned the battles of ]5aton Rouge, Bayou\\nlA Tase and Bayou Lafeaux and the siege of Port\\nHudson.\\nMustered out of the service at Kalamazoo,\\nMich., in 1864, Mr. Worden returned direct to\\nBenton Harbor and resumed business operations,\\ncontinuing until April, 1893, wlien he disposed of\\nthe meat-market. He is a man who gives thought-\\nful interest and attention to the questions of the\\nday. and in his political views is a pronounced\\nRepublican. His fellow-citizens, recognizing the\\npossession of qualities admirably adapting him\\nfor official position, have chosen him to occu|)y\\npositions of trust. For fourteen years he served\\nas an Alderman and he has also been President of\\nthe Village Board two years. In regard to social\\nconnections, he is a member of Benton Lodge\\nNo. 132, I. O. F.; the Knights of Honor and\\nGeorge H. Thomas Post No. 14, G. A. R. His\\nmarriage occurred in February. 1871, at which\\ntime he was united with Miss Irean A anderbeek.\\nMrs. Worden is a daughter of Ambrose Vander-\\nbeek, who was born in New York and in an early\\nday settled in St. Joseph, Mich., but is now a\\nresident of Benton Harbor. The union of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Worden has been blessed by the birth of\\none daughter, Minnie.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^UDGE WILLIAM P. BENNETT, elected to\\nthe Bench of the Probate Court of Cass\\nCounty, Mich., in 1868, has continuously\\nheld this honored position for nearly a quar-\\nter of a century, and in the twenty-five years of\\nhis term of public service has given unqualified\\nsatisfaction to all the residents of the county.\\nOur subject was born in INIaulmain, Burmah, Oc-\\ntober 17, 1831. His parents, Cephas and Stella\\n(Kneeland) Bennett, were natives of central New\\nYork, who were sent out by the American Board\\nof Commissioners of Foreign Missions in 1829 to\\nlabor in the mission .service in Burmah. The fa-\\nther was a printer by trade, and took out to Asia\\nthe first iron press ever carried to that country.\\nThe mother devoted her time mainly to learning\\nthe language, but with patient Christian influence\\nwrought much of good in that benighted land.\\nWhen William P. was nine years of age his par-\\nents revisited their native land, and on returning\\nto India left their son in New York State. Mr.\\nBennett enjoyed the advantages of instruction in\\nexcellent educational institutions of central New\\nYork, and in llie Empire .State attained to man-\\nhood.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0119.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "120\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nOur subject entered the bonds of matrimony at\\na very early age, having not readied his majority\\nwhen lie was united in marriage with Miss Louisa\\nBrokau, on the 5th of October, 1850. Mrs. Bennett\\nwas a native of Cayuga County, and was reared,\\neducated and married in the locality of her earl3\\nhome. In 1851, the j oung husband and wife\\njourneyed to Michigan, and in 1852 settled in\\nMarcellus, where for seventeen years Mr. Bennett\\nindustriously engaged in agricultural pursuits.\\nDuring his long residence in Marcellus, our subject\\nheld various offices, and was for ten years an\\nefficient Supervisor of the town. Upon January\\n1, 1869, shortly after his election to the Bench,\\nJudge Bennett located permanently in Cassopolis,\\nand devoted himself entirelj to the affairs of his\\njudicial office.\\nThe family of Judge and Mrs. Bennett consists\\nof two sons and one daughter, who is the wife\\nof Douglas Roben, a Lieutenant of the United\\nStates Navy; the sons being Alton W. Bennett, of\\nBig Rapids, Mich., and Francis Marion Bennett, of\\nthe United States Navy. Francis Bennett entered\\nthe naval service at Annapolis, Md., in 1874, and\\ngraduated from that renowned military academy\\nin 1879. He then served on board the Pow-\\nhatan and Tennessee, Fourth North Atlantic\\nSquadron, for five years, and afterward on the East\\nIndia Station. The succeeding two years he was\\ndetailed as instructor in steam engineering in the\\ntraining school at Chicago, and subsequently served\\nupon the Chicago, later taking a cruise in\\nthe Enterprise to the Mediterranean and the\\ncoast of Europe and Africa. Afterward he was\\ndetailed for service in the office of Chief Engineer\\nMelville, of Washington, D. C, and, being Past\\nAssistant Engineer of the navy, was finally de-\\ntailed to take charge of the naval exhibit at the\\nWorld s Columbian Exposition.\\nBoth the paternal and maternal ancestors of our\\nsubject, the Bennetts and Kneelands, were of\\ndistinguished New England lineage. They were\\ndwellers in Connecticut for many generations, and\\nwere among the earliest settlers of Middlesex\\nCounty. The maternal great-grandfather, Jona-\\nthan Kneeland, was a Revolutionary soldier, en-\\nlisting April 1, 1775, at East Haddam, Conn. He\\nentered the struggle for independence as a private\\nin the company of John Willey. He participated\\nin the battle of Bunker Hill, and was honorably\\ndischarged from active military duty in 1777. In-\\nheriting the sturdy patriotism of his forefathers.\\nJudge Bennett has ever been a true and loyal citi-\\nzen. He is in political affiliation a Republican,\\nand has from his earliest manhood been ardently\\ninterested in local and national issues. Occupy-\\ning the Probate Bench with dignity and ability,\\nhe has won the confidence and regard of his co-\\nworkers and fellow-citizens, and is held in high\\nesteem by all the residents of Cass County.\\nAMILTON S. M MASTER, M. D., a well-\\nknown pli3 sician and surgeon residing in\\nDowagiac, has for many years been a prom-\\nvj) inent figure in the medical circles of west-\\nern Michigan and is a skillful and influential rep-\\nresentative of the Eclectic School of Medicine.\\nA native of New York, he was born in West Sparta,\\nLivingston County, on the .30th of December,\\n1842, being the son of Robert and Lucy L. (Ham-\\nilton) McMaster. Tracing his lineage, we find\\nthat he is the grandson of Ebenezer and the great-\\ngrandson of Edward McMaster. Tiie ancestor\\nlast named emigrated from Dublin, Ireland (his\\nnative place), to America when a boy and served\\nthroughout the entire period of the Revolutionary\\nWar. His four children were Ebenezer, John,\\nRichard and William. The father of Edward Mc-\\nMaster, Richard by name, was a seafaring man,\\nand served on an American privateer in the Revo-\\nlutionary War, his death occurring at sea.\\nEbenezer McMaster, grandfather of our subject,\\nwas born in Morristown, N. J., and was one of\\nthe early settlers of Pennsylvania, where he\\nworked for a number of years in a lumber camp\\non Pine Creek. He was a pioneer of Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y., and was identified with its devel-\\nopment from the very earliest days of its history.\\nAt one time he pounded a rabid wolf with a fence", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0120.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n121\\nstake, and, as he was a man of powei-ful physique,\\nlie succeeded in overcoming his dangerous foe.\\nWhen tlie city of Hnffalo was tliieatenec) l)y tlie\\nliritisli, lie and his neiglibors started for that place,\\nlull met others returning, as tlie danger was over,\\nand turned back. He and liis wife, wliose maiden\\nname was Betsey Kennedy, liceaiiie liie parents of\\ntwelve ciiildreii, all of whom attained inanliood\\nand womanhood, and six are now living. Kben-\\nezer iMcMaster reached the advanced age of ninety-\\nfive, passing away June 15, 1866.\\nHoliprl McMaster was the fourth in order of\\nbirth in his father s family, the others being James,\\nRebecca and Linda (twins), Philemon, Ebenezer\\nand Richard, and five now deceased. He was born\\nin Livingston County, N. Y., in February of 1811,\\nand was reared in his native place. There he mar-\\nried Miss Lucy L. Hamilton, of Spring Water,\\nLivingston County. Her father, Stoddard Ilainil-\\nton, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and partici-\\npated in the battle of Plattsburg, as well as in other\\nmemorable engagements. After their marriage\\nthe parents of our subject remained in Livingston\\nCounty until they were parted by the death of\\nthe husband and father, which occurred January\\n15, 1866. He left five children, who are still liv-\\ning. In 1869, accompanied by her family, Mrs.\\nMcMaster removed to Shelby ville, Shelby County,\\nMo., where she remained until her death, Novem-\\nber 21, 1882.\\nOf the parental family we note the following:\\nWilliam A. is a farmer residing in Shelby County,\\nMo., near the village of Shelby ville; Eugene is en-\\ngaged as a manufacturer and dealer in real-estate\\nat (Juincy, 111.; Mary E. is the wife of Myron L.\\nWard, a farmer located near .Shelby ville. Mo.; Em-\\nerson P. resides at Hazelton, Barton County,\\nKan.; All)ert P., Gilbert C. and Robert Parker\\ndied of scarlet fever when children. The father\\nof this family was an honorable and upright man,\\ngenerous and kind-hearted, and was highly re-\\ngarded throughout the comniunity.\\nIn Livingston County-, N. Y., our subject was\\nreared, and there he laid the foundation of his ed-\\nucation in the common schools. Later, he was\\nfor two terms a student in the seminary at Dan-\\nville, N. Y. With his brother William, he enlisted\\nIn 1862 as a member of Company B, One Hundred\\nand Thirtieth New York Infantry. One year later\\nthe regiment was changed to cavalry, and was\\nkimwn as the First New York Dragoons. With\\nothers of the regiment Mr. McMaster participated\\nin the various engagements of the army, including\\nthe cavalry charge at l^Ianassas Junction, and at\\nthe expiration of the war was mustered out of\\nservice, on the 8th of June, 1865.\\nReturning to his home in New ork, Mr. Mc-\\nMaster resumed his literary studies, which had\\nbeen so seriously interrupted. In 1867 he came to\\nMichigan and for a time attended the college nt\\nAlbion, after which he engaged in teaching at\\nLitchfield and Charlotte. In 1868 he commenced\\nthe study of medicine, which he continued in\\n1869-70 at the Cincinnati Eclectic Institute, and\\nsubsequently at the Bennett Medical College, at\\nChicago, graduating from tlie latter institution in\\nMay, 1871. He conducted the practice of his\\nprofession for a short time at Battle Creek, Alich.,\\nbut after three months there came to Dowagiac,\\nin September, 1871, .and has since made this place\\nhis home, with the exception of eighteen months\\nspent at Grand Rapids.\\nNovember 7, 1872, occurred the marriage of Dr.\\nMcMaster to Miss Mary F.. daughter of Dr. Ed-\\nward S. .Stebbins, who for many years was a prom-\\ninent citizen of East Liverpool, Ohio. Mrs. Mc-\\nMaster w.as born at Worcester, Mass., and was\\nthere educated, coming to Michigan from the Bay\\nState in 1868. The Doctor and his wife are the\\nparents of three children: Gertrude L., Edward S.\\nand Robert Parker. Edward is attending the\\nYpsilanti Business College, and the other children\\nare at home. Pohticall3-, Dr. McMaster is a Pro-\\nhiliitionist and is Chairman of the Congressional\\nCommittee of the F(jurth District. In his social\\nconnections, he is identified with the Grand Army\\nof the Republic, the Ancient Order of United\\nWorkmen and the Knights of Honor, having\\nserved as Dictator in the last-named organization,\\nand being examining surgeon for both societies.\\nWith his wife he holds membership in the Method-\\nist Episcopal C hnrch at Dowagiac. He is a mem-\\nber of the State Eclectic Medical Society and was\\nits Secretary from the dale of its oisfanization un-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0121.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "122\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntil 1891; he is also identified with the National\\nEclectic Medical Society. His medical libiary is\\none of the best in the county and he is well\\nequipped with instruments of all kinds. His office\\nis in his residence, at No. 7 Division Street, Do-\\nwaijiac.\\na M I F\\n1 I I I\\nJOSEPH H. WATSON, a successful contractor\\nand builder and a well-known resident of\\nBenton Harbor, was born in Clarion County,\\nPa., June 23, 1830. He traces his lineage\\nthrough a long line of worthy and patriotic Amer-\\nican ancestors to England and Scotland, whence\\nin an early d.ay members of the family emigrated\\nto the United States and established homes in the\\nmidst of the then unsettled country. The pater-\\nnal grandfather of our subject bore the name of\\nThomas Watson, while his father, James, was a\\nnative of Pennsylvania and a farmer by occupa-\\ntion. The mother of Joseph H. was Esther, daugh-\\nter of John Raiiiey, and a native of the Keystone\\nState.\\nThe subject of this sketch is the fifth of a fam-\\nily of ten children. He spent his boyhood days\\nin Clarion and Butler Counties, Pa., liis parents\\nhaving removed to tlie latter place when he was a\\nlad of ten. He remained on the home farm assisting\\nhis father in the work until he reached the age of\\ntvvent} years, when he commenced to learn the\\ntrade of a carpenter and builder, and upon the\\nexpiration of his term of apprenticeship worked as\\na jour throughout various parts of tlie State for\\ntwo years. In 1856 he went to Wabasha County,\\n^linii., and settling in the village of L.ake City, re-\\nmained for ten years, meantime establishing an ex-\\ncellent reputation as a skillful, diligent workman\\nand enterprising man.\\nComing to Benton Harbor in 1866, Mr. Watson\\npurchased a fruit farm of ten acres in Benton\\nTownship, where he engaged in raising small fruits\\nand berries. At the same time ho was employed\\nat his trade. In 1888 he removed to the city of\\nBenton Harbor, where he has since been busily oc-\\ncupied in contracting and building, having erected\\nsome of the most elegant and attractive residences\\nin the city. As a designer and architect he pos-\\nsesses considerable ability, his plans being practical\\nand his buildings symmetrical. His residence on the\\ncorner of Garfield and Ohio Streets is a new frame\\nstructure, commodious and conveniently arrranged,\\nand is one of the coziest homes in the place.\\nAt the age of twenty-six years Mr. Watson mar-\\nried Miss Mary L. Grow, who was born August\\n29, 1856, in East Palmyra, Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nbeing the daughter of Ambrose and Sarah (God-\\nfrey) Grow, natives of Vermont and Massachu-\\nsetts, respectively. Three children were born to\\nbless this home: James L., now a farmer residing\\non the old home farm in this township; Burton G.,\\nwho is a physician and makes his home in Benton\\nHarbor; and Byron S., a mason by trade. In his\\nsocial connections Mr. Watson is identified with\\nBenton Lodge No. 132, 1. O. O. F., in which he is\\na prominent member and active worker. He is a\\nman to whom success has not come fortuitously,\\nbut the large measure of prosperity crowning his\\nexertions is the result of his industry and constant\\napplication. He is known and honored as one of\\nthe most successful business men v( Benton Har-\\nbor. In politics he is a Republican. He is a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Church.\\n4^\\nA^.i.\\n^IfOHN J. RITTER, a leading business man of\\nDowagiac, Cass Countj% Mich., now engaged\\nin the grocery, coal and feed business, is\\nthe grandson of .John and Sarah (Ly brook)\\nRitter, pioneer settlers of the State. John Bitter\\nlocated near Niles, Berrien Count} in 1828, and on\\nAugust 29 of the same year made his home in\\nLa Grange Township, Cass County, where he en-\\ntered land from the Government. Two days after,\\nAugust 31, 1829, Grandfather Ritter w.as killed by\\na stroke of lightning, and his wife was so severely\\nI injured at the same time that she died from the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0122.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n123\\neffects a few years later. Of the five children\\nborn unto .lolin and Sanili Uiltor, lliiee were sons.\\nOne child passed away in infancy, and four lived\\nto maturity. Hannah, the eldest of tlie family.\\ndied in Cassopolis some years ago. Henry was a\\nCass County farmer and devoted himself to agri-\\ncultural pursuits all of his life. Harriet M. was\\nthird in order of birth. .Toseph K. Hitter was the\\neflicient Treasurer of Cass County for four years.\\nDavid M. Hitter, the second youngest child and\\nthe father of our subject, was but five years of age\\nwhen he came witii his parents to Michigan. He\\nattained to manhood upon the old La Grange home-\\nstead, remaining there until his marriage with Miss\\nMelinda Heniston, a native of Indiana. Her father,\\nWilliam Heniston, came to La Grange Townsliip in\\n1830, and located near the site of Dowagiac, upon\\nthe land since known as tlic Spalding Mill prop-\\nerty. There Grandfather Reniston set up a card-\\ning-mill and afterward ran a gristmill, but sold out\\nin 1834 and settled on a farm located upon section\\n17. He resided on the homestead for many j ears\\nand successfully engaged in agriculture, living to\\nan advanced age, being eighty-nine jears of age\\nwhen ho died in Berrien County, Mich. William\\nHeniston was born in Mifflin. Pa., in 1796. Ener-\\ngetic and enterprising, he made his home in the\\nWest in 1818, and located in Noble County, Ind.\\nMelinda, now the widow of David M. Ritter, was\\nthe eldest child of Grandfather Reniston. Mary\\nE., the second-born, became the wife of Mr. Spald-\\ning, of La Grange Township, Cass County. Imme-\\ndiat( ly after his marriage. Father Ritter bought a\\nfarm on section 8, and devoted himself to the\\ncultivation of the soil until 186.5, when he removed\\nto Dowagiac, where he died in August of the same\\nyear. Three children had been born unto the\\nparents, two of whom 3-et survive. Joseph A.\\ndied at the :ige of nine or ten years; William H.\\nresides in Berrien Township, Berrien County, Mich.;\\nJohn J., our subject, was born July 1848, upon the\\nhomestead, in La (Grange Township, Cass County.\\nThe Hitters were among the pioneers of this part\\nof Michigan, and the father was one of the most\\nsuccessful farmers of this section of country.\\nThrough his own efforts he had .accumulated val-\\nuable properly and at the time of his death was the\\nowner of two hundred and forty improved acres\\nof land. Politically, David M. Ritter was a Dem-\\nocrat. He was a man of upright character, highly\\nesteemed, and a member of the Dunkard Church\\nwho aided liberally in its good work.\\nOur subject spent his early years upon the old\\nfarm and attended the schools of the county.\\nArrived at manhood, John J. Hitter was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Cynthia Bueklin. February 22,\\n187(\u00c2\u00bb. The father of Mrs. Ritter, William P. Buek-\\nlin. was a pioneer of Cass Count3-, but was a native\\nof Pennsylvania, born in the (Quaker State De-\\ncember 20, 1816. When two years old, Mr. Buek-\\nlin emigrated with his parents to Sandusky County-,\\nOhio, and at fourteen years of age came to the\\nfarther West, locating in Mottville, St. Joseph\\nCount} Mich. The early death of Mr. Bueklin s\\nfather left a large family dependent upon the\\nelder son and widowed mother. Faithful to his\\nfilial obligations, Mr. Bueklin aided in the support\\nand education of his brothers and sisters. Janu-\\nary 26, 1839, he was wedded to Miss Mary A.\\nLilly, daughter of David and Mary Lill}-, both of\\nScotch descent. Having bought a small farm f)f\\nforty acres, the young couple began life upon their\\nown account. Eight years later they removed to\\nLa Grange Township, where Mr. Bueklin passed\\naway, August 20, 1866. He was a man respected\\nand esteemed by all who knew him and his death\\nwas mourned as a loss to the community among\\nwhom he had spent so many years of usefulness.\\nThe wife of our subject was born July 10, 1848, in\\nLa Grange Township. After their marriage, Mr.\\nand Mrs. Hitter made their home on the old farm,\\nwhere they continued to reside until 1886, when\\nthey located in Dowagiac. Our subject, however,\\nengaged in .agriculture until 1891, when he bought\\nout H. Taneray and devoted himself to his present\\nline of business.\\nThe firm, well and favorably known, is I ates\\nli Hitler. Mr. Hittler still owns and controls his\\nfarm of eighty acres in La Grange Township, the\\nland being used for general agriculture and stock-\\nraising. Our subject has also a half-interest in a\\nfarm of two hundred acres located in Howard\\nTownship. The other half-interest is held by\\nthe First National Bank of Cassopolis. Mich. The", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0123.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "124\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhome of Mr. and Mrs. Ritter was blessed. December\\n12. 1874, with the birth of their son Jesse W.. who\\nresides with iiis parentji. Slv. Ritter is politically\\na Democr.it. He is a strong temperance man, and\\nan ardent Prohibitionist. For three years be served\\nwith great acceptability as Commissioner of La\\nGrange Township. Fraternally, he is connected\\nwith the Modern Woodmen and is a member of the\\nBoard of the Ca])ital Building and Loan Associ.1-\\ntion of Lansing, Mich. Intimately associated with\\nthe growth and upward progress of the best in-\\nterest* of his home locality. Sir. Ritter enjoys the\\nrespect and contidence of a large .icquaintance and\\nis numbered among the substantial citizens of Cass\\nCounty.\\n1^^\\nrr^: J. ATWELL, a successful and prominent\\nattoruey-at-law of Cass County, and an in-\\nfluential citizen of Dowagiac, was born in\\nOrleans County, N. Y. in the SOs. The family\\nof which he is an honored representative occupied\\na leading place among the people of New York for\\nmany generations. His grandfather, Levi Atwell.\\nwas one of those brave men who during the War\\nof 1812 fought in defense of our nation. In his\\npolitical belief he was a stanch Whig and was noted\\nin his day for his opposition to the Masonic fra-\\nternity.\\nThe father of our subject. Joseph Atwell, was a\\nprominent f.armer of Orleans County, X. Y., and\\nby his marriage with Annie, daughter of John\\nFreeman, had four children, only two of whom are\\nnow living. Our subject was reared in the county\\nof his birth, and after completing the studies of the\\ncommon schools attended Albion Academy, in\\nNew York State. After he had completed his lit-\\nerary education, he commenced to read law with\\nHon. C. H. Holmes, a prominent attorney of Or-\\nleans County and an able jurist in his day.\\nWhen Lincoln issued his famous call for seventy-\\nfive thous.and volunteers in May of 18G1, our sub-\\nject was one of the fii-st to enlist. He became a\\nmember of Company K, Twenty-seventh New York\\nInfantry, commanded by Col. Slocum, a famous\\nofficer in the war and now a resident of Brooklyn,\\nN. Y. In the same regiment w.as the now illustrious\\nAlbion Tourgee, the writer and editor. Among\\nthe engagements in which Mr. Atwell participated\\nmay be mentioned the first battle of Bull Run, the\\nbattles of Yorktown and West Point, and the num-\\nerous engagements of the Peninsular campaign,\\nincluding the seven-days fight before Richmond.\\nDuring the l:\\\\st-named battle he was in the thickest\\nof the fight, having his hoi-se struck three times\\nby bullets, but through the fearful carnage and\\nhorror of bloodshed he stood manfully at the post\\nof duty. At the expiration of the seven days he\\nhad become so weak that he could not get on his\\nhorse without aid. Later he took part in the sec-\\nond battle of Bull Run. the battles of Antietam.\\nLookout Mountain, Chancellorsville, Fredericks-\\nburg and many minor engagements.\\nOn the expiration of his term of service in 1863.\\nMr. Atwell returned home and resumed his legal\\nstudies, and in the same year was admitted to the\\nBar at Buflfalo, N. Y. In the Empire State it was\\nnecessary to p!\u00c2\u00bbss a very rigid examination before\\nthe .Supreme Court.and Mr. Atwell w.is examined\\nby such men .is the noted jurists. Davis, Gr over and\\nDaniels. After his admission to the Bar he went\\nto Memphis, Tenn., where he opened an office and\\ncommenced the practice of his profession. He re-\\nmained in that city from 18(54 until 18t)8. and dur-\\ning the last year of his residence there he tempo-\\nrarily lost the use of his eyes.\\nLeaving Memphis in 1868, Mr. Atwell went to\\nSioux City, Iowa, then a place of eighteen hundreil\\npeople. In 1869 he came to Dowagiac, where he\\nhas since resided. He was married in October.\\n1871, to Mrs. Ellen Clark, nee Thomas, a n.ative of\\nBattle Creek. Mich. Politically. Mr. Atwell is a\\nRepublican and takes an active interest in Stale\\nand National politics. He was the fii-st Mayor of\\nDowagiac and has been Prosecuting Attorney of\\nCass County for four veal s. He has never sought\\noffice, preferring to give his attention strictly to his\\nprofession, but at the solicitation of friends has\\nconsented to serve in several positions of trust, and\\nhas always rendered most satisfactory service.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0124.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n125\\nSocially, he is a member of the ftrand Army of the\\nRepublic and is Commander of U. C. Gilbert\\nPost No. 47, at Dovvagiac. lie has an extensive\\nand lucrative law practice and is one of the most\\ninfluential attorneys of western Michigan.\\nL. CHAPMAN. One of the most successful\\nl] and representative concerns in tiie city of\\nMarcellus is that conducted by II. L. Cliap-\\nman, who is tiie manufacturer of Chapman s\\nPortable Torges. In these forges the main gen-\\neral features of the best of other makes is pre-\\nserved, and to them are added such practical im-\\nprovements as 3 ears of careful study and skilled\\nmechanical genius could devise, aided by sugges-\\ntions from hundreds of experienced smiths. In\\nsimplicity, durability and econom}-, this forge far\\nsurpasses all others. They are strongly built and\\nliave fewer wearing parts than an3 other, hence\\nare less liable to get out of order.\\nThe fan is bolted direct to the bottom of the\\nhearth and fire pit, liolding it firmlj and avoiding\\nlong cast-iron supports, liable to break in ship-\\nping. The fan is so located that a part of its\\nbody is above the opening to tiie fire pit, and the\\nash pit is so arranged that cinders do not fall inside\\nthe fan case. Should anything get into tlie fan\\ncase the fan blades, by their first ([uarter-turn,\\nwill carry it direct to the discharge opening, and,\\nunlike others, they do not have to carry it back\\nand up over the top of the fan to get it out; hence\\nthis fan is never clogged or injured by cinders.\\nThe fan is located nearer to its work, and has a\\nshorter and more direct air passage from fan to fire\\nthan any other forge. It is driven b^^ the onlj-\\nintermittent grip clutch that has ever been pat-\\nented, in which there is absolutely no lost motion;\\nthat is, it locks automatically and positively- at\\nany point of the circle before the lever starts on its\\ndriving stroke.\\nThis, together with the automatic take-up spring\\nattached to the head piece of the lever, taking up all\\nslack in the winding straps, causes the fan to start\\nat once on pressing down the lever, thus avoiding\\na (luick, downward motion and sudden stop at the\\nbeginning of each stroke, as in all ratchet-geared\\nmachines, and which is more tiresome to the oper-\\nator than the actual work done. The wear in this\\nclutch does not cause it to slip, but makes it grip\\nthe firmer. The clutch is made with adjustable\\nbearings, to compensate for wear, and will last from\\ntwenty to fifty years, when they can be renewed\\nin a few moments without further cost, making\\nthe clutch as good as new. In these forges the pit\\nis cast separate from the heartli and bolted on in\\nsuch a manner as to avoid the strain caused b}-\\nexpansion from heating, hence they do not crack.\\nThe shafting is all cold-rolled steel. And last, but\\nnot least, this is the onl3 forge in which the fan,\\nshaft boxes, clutcli, bearings and all important\\nwearing jiarts can be ([uickly renewed by the\\nsmith himself, without employing a machinist or\\nsending for new parts.\\nMr. Chapman was born in Newburg, Cass Coun-\\nty, Mich., on the 20th of March, 1849, to the mar-\\nriage of Amory Harrison and Lucinda (Hastings)\\nChapman. The father was a native of Vermont\\nbut moved to Ohio with his parents when a b(\u00c2\u00bby.\\nHis great-grandfather was a soldier in the \\\\Va: (\u00c2\u00bbf\\n1812. Amory Chapman attained his growth in\\nMedina Count} Ohio, and was married there to\\nMiss Hastings. Later he emigrated to Cass Coun-\\nty. Mich., settled in Newburg Township, which was\\nthen in a wild state, and there died in 18 .I2. His\\nwidow is still living on the old honieslead, which\\nconsists of over one hundred and sixty acres of\\nland. Mr. Chapman followed genei-al farming and\\naceumulated a reasonable amount of proijeity. He\\nwas a good manager and a man of more than or-\\ndinarj ability. Two children were born to liis\\nmarriage, both sons. One son, H. S. Chapman, is a\\nfarmer and sheep-breeder of Penn Township, this\\ncounty. Politically, the father of our subject was\\na Republican.\\nReared on the old home [ilace, our sulijcci at-\\ntended the country schools, and remained with his\\nparents until twenty years of aiie. Previous to\\nthat he began learning the trade of gunsiiiitli, and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0125.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "126\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfollowed that on the home place for a short time.\\nHe then came to Marcellus, set up a shop in this\\ntown, and here remained for about three j ears,\\nwhen lie embarked in tlie hardware business. Later\\nlie returned to gunsmithing and machine work,\\nand, as he had a natural taste for iiaiulling tools,\\nhe soon liad iilenty of work.\\nIn the year 1872, Mr. Chapman married Miss\\nTryphena A. Iverson, who was the daughter of\\nThomas Iverson. one of the representative farmers\\nof Woodstock Township, Lenawee County, Mich.\\nMr. Iverson was a native of England and settled\\nin the last-mentioned county in 1860. To Mr.\\nand Mrs. Chapman have been born two children,\\nOla E. and Rena D. Politically. Mr. Chapman is\\nliberal in his views, and socially he is a Mason. He\\nhas been Junior Warden and Secretary of the Ma-\\nsonic lodge. He is quite an inventor, but his forges\\nare the only invention he has brought out. The\\nprincipal part of the forge is the friction clutch,\\nwhich he liad patented in 1891. In the fall tf\\n1892, he permanently located in Marcellus and oc-\\ncupied the large building formerl} built for a\\nwheel factoiy. He employs from six to seven\\nmen, all first-class workmen, and is prepared to do\\ngeneral machine repairing. Mr. Chapman is pre-\\nparing to bring out two other very important in-\\nventions in the near future.\\n[piyiEN.IAMIN F. BEE80N,a prominent farmer\\nl;-^ residing in Calvin Township, Cass County,\\nfM)J/ boru near Richmond, Ind., August 23,\\n^^^r:^ 1832, and was the third in a family of\\neight children, four boj S and four girls, born to\\nJesse G. and Ann (Renesten) Beeson. His father\\nwas born at Richmond, Ind., December 10, 1807,\\nbeing the son of Isaac Beeson, a native of North\\nCarolina. The Beeson family originated in Eng-\\nland, and, while we have no positive proof, it is\\nsaid that three brothers (of whom the father of\\nIsaac was one) came to this country during Colo-\\nnial times, one settling in Pennsylvania, one in\\nVirginia and one in North Carolina. They were\\nQuakers and were among the most aristocratic and\\nwealthy families in the South. Some of them\\nsevered their connection with the C^uaker Church,\\nand, engaging in the slave trade, became very\\nwealthy as planters and slave-owners.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was greatly\\nopposed to the institution of human slavery, and\\nbecoming disgusted with his surroundings he sold\\nout everything he had at a great sacrifice, and\\nwhile he was yet a young man and single started\\nfor a State where the institution was not lawful.\\nHe settled at Richmond, Ind., where in 1804 or\\n1805 he married Miss Rambo. He married outside\\nof the Society of Friends, and from that day he\\nwas not identified with the church of his fore-\\nfathers. He became a farmer and also owned and\\noperated three distilleries on his farm, making a\\nfortune in that wa} During the War of 1812 he\\nserved as Captain. He was a man of liberal edu-\\ncation and great executive ability and was a life-\\nlong Whig in politics. He was three times\\nmarried. Of the first union the father of our subject\\nand one sister were born. B}- the other two mar-\\nriages there were five children.\\nJesse G. Beeson grew to manhood in Indiana,\\nwhere he received a good education and for many\\nyears engaged in teaching. June 5, 1828, he\\nmarried Ann Renesten. who was born September\\n30, 1803. Her father, an Irishman liy birth, came\\nto this country and settled in Pennsylvania,\\nwhere she was born. A frugal, economical man,\\nhe accumulated a large amount of this world s\\ngoods and at his death left a large property. Of\\ntlie children born to Jesse G. and Ann Beeson,\\nAVilliam H. was born on the 2.5th of March, 1829.\\nIsaac N., who was born on the lolh of December,\\n1830, married Etta Wheeler, and tlie^- have one\\ndaughter. He has for j ears been occupied as a\\ntraveling salesman. Mary J. was born December\\n28, 1835, and married David Huff, a real-estate\\nand loan agent at Lincoln, Neb. She died Febru-\\nary 17, 1893, leaving her husband and one\\ndaughter to mourn her loss. Lurany, who was\\nborn Ma}- 10, 1838, married Austin Dixon, a hotel-\\nkeeper of Madison, Wis. Eliza, who was born", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0126.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPIHCAL RECORD.\\n127\\nJuly 25, 1840, married Nathaniel DeFoe, a farmer\\nresiding near Cedar Falls, Iowa, and they are the\\nparents of one dau^rliter. Laura E.,who was )rn\\nAugust 30, 1842, married Robert Cameron, a real-\\nestate dealer at Algona, Iowa, and they have one\\ndaughter and one son. Anderson CI., who was\\nborn .lune 26, 1847, conducts a large real-estate\\nbusiness at Lincoln, Neb. The motiier of tiiese\\ncliildren died June 21, 187(1. The father afterward\\nmarried again, but his second union was a child-\\nless one.\\nIn tiic spring of 1833, when tiie subject of this\\nsi etch was little more tlian a year old, the family\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Cass Count} not\\nfar from Dowagiac. The father became a wealthy\\nTnan and was one of the prominent citizens of the\\ncounty. In 1853 he served in the State Senate,\\nliaving been elected on the Whig ticket. Later,\\nwhen the Republican party was organized, he cast\\nin his lot with that political organization and\\nremained with it until the time of his death,\\nwhich occurred February I J, 1888.\\nB. F. grew up on his father s farm, receiving\\nthe ordinary education of the pioneer days. He\\nremained with his father until he was twenty-two\\nyears of age and in 1858 engaged in the mercan-\\ntile business. In 1859 he married Miss Jennie E.\\nBanks, who was born in New York State, being a\\ndaughter of Walter Banks. Her grandfather, Adam\\nBanks, was born in 176!). Tradition says that he was\\nfound on the oyster banks of the coast of (iermany\\nwhen a mere child, and the parties finding him,\\nnot being able to secure any trace of his parentage,\\ngave him the name of Adam Oysterbank, in token\\nof the place where he was found. Some of the\\ndescendants are still known by that name in the\\nUnited .Stales, but this immediate branch of the\\nfamil} dropped the Oyster, and took simply the\\nname of Banks. After emigrating to America, the\\nfamily settled in Connecticut and later migrated\\nto Greene County, N. Y., where the father of Mrs.\\nBeeson was born in 1792.\\nMrs. Beeson s motiier bore the maiden name of\\nPolly Dunbar, and was born in Greenfield, Sara-\\ntoga County, N. Y., June 16, 1796. Her father,\\nNehemiah Dunbar, was a Revolutionary soldier,\\nwho enlisted in the army when a boy of but thir-\\nteen j ears and served until its close, being dis-\\ncharged with the commission of Captain. He\\ndied in McDonough, N. Y., March 11. 1833, and\\nhis wife passed away March 7, 1831. Grandfather\\nBanks died in the same place in August, 1826, and\\nhis wife passed away in Union, Wayne County,\\nN. Y.,on tiie 12th of August, 1844. Mis. Beeson s\\nfather was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died\\nin New York State, June 12, 1862. Her motiier died\\nin Ann Arbor, Mich., April 15, 1872. Jlr. Banks\\nhad an only brother, Aaron, who came to Michi-\\ngan from Wayne County, N. Y., and died here.\\nA sister, Laura, who was born in 1806, married\\nRev. A. A. Allen, a Methodist minister, now\\ndeceased; she lives with her .son in Detroit, Mich.\\nBetsey married a Mr. Daniels and died April 26,\\n1849. Abigail became the wife of a Mr. Tiiomp-\\nson and died man) j-ears ago.\\nThe family of which Mrs. Beeson was a member\\nconsisted of eleven children, nine of wlioin are\\nnow living. John, a Lieutenant in the army dur-\\ning the late war, was for many years a teacher in\\nCassopolis; in fact, this was a family of school-\\nteachers. Mrs. Beeson was for many years a teacher\\nin New York State and all her brothers and\\nsisters followed that profession. Mr. and Mrs-\\nBeeson have three children, as follows: (Jracc^ who\\nwas educated at Hillsdale, and married Fred I).\\nAshley, a business man of Clinton, Iowa; I)ix II.,\\nwho W.1S also educated at Hillsdale, married Ella\\nJames, and is now a druggist at Three Oaks, Ber-\\nrien County; and Otis J., who was educated at\\nCassopolis and the State Normal School at Ypsil-\\nanti, and is spoken of as one of the most thorough\\nteachers of Cass County, where he has taught for\\nfour years.\\nAfter having engaged in the mercantile business\\nfor a number of years, Mr. Beeson in 1861 crossed\\nthe plains to Montana, but after a short sojourn in\\nthe far West returned to Michigan, and twenty-\\nsix 3 ears ago he located on his present farm in\\nCalvin Township. As a Republican he has been\\na prominent factor in local politics and h.is served\\nas Supervisor of his townshi|) for eleven years, be-\\nsides holding other minor offices. He devotes his\\nattention principally to his personal affairs and Ins\\nfarming interests, but nevertheless maintains a,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0127.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "128\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nconstant and unvarying concern in the welfare of\\nthe community and may alwa3 s be relied upon to\\naid in |Hiblic enterprises. He is counted among\\nthe worthy men of this locality, and everybod} is\\na friend to Frank Beeson. He and his wife are\\nmembers of tlie Baptist Church, with wliich tliey\\nhave been identified for many years.\\n~oZz\\n?l DWIN HARRIS, an enterprising and suc-\\ncessful agriculturist, has since 1887 prosper-\\nously managed the old Hadden home-\\nstead, a valuable farm of three hundred and seven\\nacres located in Ontwa Township, Cass County,\\nMich., and owned jointly by our subject and his\\nmother. ^Mr. Harris was born in Erie Countj\\nN. Y., October 23, 1867, and was the son of p:d-\\nwin and Mai\\\\y L. (Iladden) Harris. The paternal\\ngrandfather, Laman Harris, was a farmer of New\\nYork, and upon the old home were born three\\nchildren: Margaret, wife of J. W. Steward, of Pitts-\\nford, N. Y; George, of Saginaw County; and\\nEdwin. The father of our subject was reared\\nupon the old home place, and on attaining to ma-\\nturity began life for himself. He was killed in\\nAugust, 1867, by falling from a barn which he\\nw.as erecting upon his own property. Ho left a\\nwidow and four children to mourn his untimely\\nloss. The eldest, Elberta Mills, of Weedsport,\\nN. Y.; Eugenia Mills, also of New York; and\\nCharles L., of Cato, N. Y., were the three children\\nof the first wife, Kate Hunting. Our subject was\\nthe child of the second wife, Mary L. Hadden.\\nThe maternal grandfather of Edwin Harris,\\nCliarles D. Hadden, was born in Westchester\\nCounty, N. Y., .January 31, 1811. He was the son\\nof Gilbert and Deborah (Barton) Hadden, who\\nwere of Scotch ancestry. When but two years\\nold. Grandfather Hadden removed with his wid-\\nowed mother to Auburn, N. Y. He was one of\\neleven children, and as the family were in limited\\ncircumstances enjoyed but a brief schooling. He\\nbegan the work of life as a farmer boy and pur-\\nchased and located on a farm in Savannah Town-\\nship, Wayne County, N. Y., in the year 183.5.\\nIn December, 1839, he settled in Butler Township,\\nand twelve years after made his home on another\\nfarm, within the borders of his native State. In\\n1867, appreciating the broader opportunities of\\nthe West, he journeyed to Michigan and located\\nfour hundred acres upon section 6, west of Ed-\\nwardsburgh, which was improved. He died Jan-\\nuary 26, 1878. His wife, surviving a number of\\nyears, passed away December 12, 1886. Grand-\\nfather and Grandmother Hadden were both de-\\nvout members of the Presbyterian Church, and\\nwere prominent in benevolent and religious work.\\nIn political atliliation the grandfather was in early\\nyears a Whig and later a Republican.\\nThe maternal grandmother, Nancy (Blylhe)\\nHadden, was the daughter of Samuel and Margaret\\n(Gilman) Blythe. She was born October 1, 1809,\\nand was the mother of six children: Samuel; Mary;\\nGeorge; Alouzo, who died young; Elizabeth Par-\\nsons; and .James G. The BIythes came originally\\nfrom Ireland, accompanied by their family of two\\nsons and two daughters. The maternal great-grand-\\nmother of our subject, Margaret (Gilman) Blythe,\\nemigrated from Ireland to America at eleven\\nyears of age. The mother of Mr. Harris accom-\\npanied her father to Michigan in December, 1867.\\nShe was twice married, her second husband being\\nJacob D. Crowell, of Conquest, Cayuga County,\\nN. Y. He died April 26, 1893, and for a second\\ntime the mother of our subject is a widow. She\\nlives in New York and is active in the Presbyte-\\nrian Church, of which she has been a member ever\\nsince she was twenty-one years old. Our subject\\nwas reared upon the homestead where he now re-\\nsides and which was then the property of Grand-\\nfather Iladden. Mr. Harris was educated in the\\nschools of the home district, and before attaining\\nhis majority took full charge, in 1887, of the mag-\\nnificent farm, of which he owns one hundred and\\neight and his mother one hundred and ninety-\\nnine acres.\\nMr. Harris was united in marriage May 12,\\n1888, with Miss Minnie J. Hanson, daughter of\\nWilliam and Matilda (Kornover) H.anson. Their\\npleasant home was brightened by the birth of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0128.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0129.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "vtM", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0130.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlCXiRAFHICAL RECORD.\\n131\\ntwo children: Cliarles, who died at two years of\\nage; and William, yet survivinff. Mr. Harris is\\npolitically a Republican and is interested in both\\nlocal and national issues. Spending his entire\\nyears among the associations of early youth, he is\\nrespected by all who know him. Intelligent and\\nenergetic, he devotes himself to the business of\\ndaily life and with his wife occupies a high social\\nposition and is numbered among the leading citi-\\nzens of Ontwa Township.\\nOIIN BKLL, U. R., M. D., President of the\\nBentoii Harbor Improvement Association\\nand a successful [ihysician and surgeon re-\\nsiding in this city, was born in Milton,\\nIlalton Country, Ontario, Canada, September 25,\\nISIO. His father, Joseph ISell, was a native of\\nEngland, who emigrated to Canada in an early\\nd.ay and there followed the occupation of a farmer.\\nSubsequently he came to Benton Harbor, where he\\nresided until his death, in .June, 1888. The mother\\nof our subject, who bore the maiden name of Mary\\nTeel/.el, is a native of Canada, and now makes her\\nliniiu in Benton Harbor.\\nUnder the careful training of his parents our\\nsubject grew to a stalwart manhood, meantime\\nenjoying such educational advantages as were\\noffered b^ the scliools of Canada. At the age of\\nnineteen years he commenced to read medicine\\nwitli Dr. Freeman, a prominent practitioner of\\nMilton, Ilalton County, Ontario. Later he en-\\ntered the medical department of the University of\\nToronto and attended one year. The following\\nyear he was a student at the University of New\\nYork City and graduated lliere in 1860, with the\\ndegree of M. I)., after having completed the course\\nwith honors. During the following year he was\\ngraduated from the medical department of the\\nUniversit3 of Toronto, receiving the degree of\\nIM. B. (Bachelor of Medicine). His advantages for\\nacfiuiring a theoretical knowledge of medicine\\nwere the best obtainable, and lie availed himself to\\nthe utmost of every opportunity presented for\\ngaining additional knowledge. This thorough\\neducation, together with diligent reading and\\nclose observation, laid the foundation for the suc-\\ncess which has attended his efforts in the medical\\nworld.\\nIn April, 1802, Dr. Bell eainc to Benton Harbor,\\nwhere he has conducted a general practice in med-\\nicine and surgery to the present time. In 1889,\\nhe aided in the organization of the Benton Ilarlior\\nImprovement Association, of which he has since\\nbeen President. He maintains a deep interest in\\neverything relating to the profession and is a\\nmember of the American Medical Association.\\nSocially, he is identified with Lake Shore Lodge,\\nF. A. M., of which he is Master, and Calvin\\nBrittain Chai)ter No. 56, at St. Joseph. In De-\\ncember, 1867, he was united in marriage with\\nMiss Annetta, daughter of Thomas and Hannah\\n(Dickinson) Hopkins, of Truraansburgh, N. Y.\\nB3- setting before his fellow-citizens an example\\nof iudustr} and honesty of purpose, tiie Doctor\\nhas a present as well as a future influence upon\\nhiscommunit} He is a man whose influence may\\nalways be relied upon to support those measures\\ncalculated to benefit his fellow-citizens. Through\\nenergy and perseverance he has arisen to a fore-\\nmost position among the physicians and surgeons\\nof Michigan, and alike in social and professional\\ncircles is held in high esteem by all with whom he\\nis brought in contact. In politics he is a Repub-\\nlican.\\n-J\\nm -m- i\\nLQ\\nLEWIS, an experienced business man and\\npopular druggist of Dowagiac, Cass Coun-\\nty, Mich., is a practical pharmacist and\\nthoroughly at home in the responsible du-\\nties of compounding and dispensing. Our subject\\nis a native of Marion County, Ohio, and was boriv\\nJuly 6, 1856. He w.as one of the large family of\\nEben and Ilettie (JlcWilliams) Lewis, about whose\\nhearth clustered seven sons and daughters. The", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0131.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "132\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfather, a native of the Empire State, was a miller\\nby trade, and after an upright and industrious life\\npassed away in Ohio, at the age of sixtj -three\\nyears. Tlie paternal grandfather, Eben Lewis, a\\nlifetime resident of New York, was a lineal de-\\nscendant of the noted Francis Lewis, an American\\nRevolutionary statesman, bf)rn in Llaudaff, Gla-\\nmorganshire, Wales, in Marcli, 1713. This honored\\nancestor of our subject was at the outbreak of the\\nRevolution elected to tiie Continental Congress,\\nand in May, 1775, took his seat in that body as\\none of tiie delegates from New York. He signed\\nthe Declaration of Independence, and, with the\\nexception of one short interval, continued to be a\\nMember of Congress until April. 1779. Various\\nbranches of the Lewis family have attained to\\neminence, and the name is an honored one through-\\nout the Empire State.\\nThe mother of our subject was a Penusylvanian\\nby birth, and was a granddaughter of Samuel Mc-\\nWilliams, a pioneer settler and prominent resident\\nof the (.Quaker State. The parents early made\\ntheir home in the West, and in Valparaiso, Ind., Mr.\\nLewis completed his studies b}^ attending the ex-\\ncellent Normal School of that thriving city. He\\nnext served an apprenticeship in the drug business,\\nand thus employed was for four years located in\\nFreeport, III. Before entering permanently into\\nthe handling of drugs, lie successfully taught\\nschool nine terras in tiie States of Oiiio and Ind-\\niana. In the spring of 1890, Mr. Lewis bought tiie\\ndrug business of Coleman Defendorf, at Dowa-\\ngiac, Mich., and has since given his entire time to\\nthe demands of his large and constantly increas-\\ning business. He first engaged in the drug busi-\\nness for himself in Nevada, Iowa, in 1885, where\\nhe continued in business for four years, under the\\nfirm name of Lewis Simmons. In March, 1889,\\nthey closed out their business in Nevada and\\nopened a drug store in Boone, Iowa, .June 15, and\\ncontinued the business until they were burned\\nolit, September 8, 1889. The following spring\\nLewis Simmons came to Dowagiac and pur-\\nchased the present business. This firm continued\\nuntil September 15, 1890, when Mr. Lewis bought\\nMr. Simmons interest, since which time he has\\ncontinued the business alone.\\nOur subject was united in marriage September\\n30, 1885, to Miss Ella Wood, of Deep River, Ind.\\nMrs. Lewis is the daughter of Nath.an Wood and\\nthe granddaughter of John Wood. His father\\nparticipated in the battle of Bunker Hill and was\\na native of New England, born in Salem, Mass.,\\nthe Wood family being among the early colonists\\nwho settled upon the shores of the old Baj- State.\\nThe pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis lias\\nbeen brightened by the presence of one daughter,\\nClaire. Although but comparatively a brief time\\nresidents of Michigan, they now enjoy the esteeni\\nof a large circle of acquaintances and find in their\\nnew home the generous hospitality and ready ap-\\npreciation ever extended by the citizens of Dowa-\\ngiac to all enterprising new-comers. Our subject,\\nwhile not in any sense of the word a politician, is\\ninterested in public .affairs and is in conviction a\\nDemocrat. Fraternally, he is a valued member of\\nthe Masonic order and is an active Knight of\\nPythias in the lodge of Dowagiac.\\n^S^ APT. WILLIAM A. BOSWELL, President\\n(li of the Boswell Pike Ferry Company and\\n^^J( a prominent resident of Benton Harbor, is\\nat the head of one of tlie successful enterprises of\\nBerrien County. The other officers are J. S. Mor-\\nton, Treasurer; Linus Chadwick, Secretary; and J.\\nII. Pike, Chief Engineer. The company owns and\\nruns four boats: the Joe, capacity two hundred\\nand fifty passengers, of which Capt. Boswell is\\nmaster; the steel tug McCormick, one hundred\\npassengers; the Richmond, witli acapacitj of one\\nhundred and fifty passengers; and tiie George D.\\nSanford, Jr., a screw propellor, with a cap.acity\\nof two hundred passengers.\\nNear the opening years of the present century,\\na lad named Ezra Boswell emigrated from his\\nnative land, Scotland, to America, and settled\\nin South Carolina. Some ye.ars later he came to\\nMichigan and located in Berrien County, but at\\npresent he makes his home in Greenfield, Tenu.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0132.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n133\\nHe married Miss Sarah Connelly, who was born in\\nMaryliiiKl, and was the daughter of Capt. Allen\\nConnelly, a native of Ireland and for many years\\na sea-captain. Among the chihiren born to this\\nwortiiy couple was one whom they named Will-\\niam A., and whose birth occurred in Royalton\\nTownsiiip, Berrien County, Mich., on the 17th of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2July, 1847.\\nAt the age of ten years our subject secured a\\nposition as cabin bo}^ on a lake vessel and was\\nafterward promoted, remaining on the Lakes until\\nsome time after tlie commencement of the Civil\\nWar. When less than sixteen years of age he en-\\nlisted in defense of the Union, and on the 5th\\nof .June, 1863, his name was enrolled as a member\\nof Company B, Ninth Michigan Infantry, com-\\nmanded by Col. Henry Duflield. His regiment\\nwas incorporated in the Army of the Cumberland,\\nparticipating in its marches and engagements, in-\\ncluding the entire campaign to Atlanta. Our sub-\\nject was wounded at the battle of Resaca, Ga., and\\nagain at the battle of Decatur, Ala. At the close\\nof the war he was mustered out of the service at\\nNashville, Tenn., on the 23d of November, 1865.\\nReturning to Berrien County, Mr. Boswell pur-\\nchased eighty acres, paj-ing for the same with\\nmoney he had saved during the war, and giving\\nthe land to his parents for their home. He then\\nwent on the Lakes again and served for five years\\nwith the Goodrich Line, occupying different posi-\\ntions. In 1872 he bougiit a steam river boat for\\nfreight and passengers, plying between St. .Jose|)li\\nand Niles, this State, but on October 14 of the same\\nyear the boat was burned. Afterward Jlr. Bos-\\nwell purchased a passenger boat, which was the\\nfirst running between Pent Water, Ludington and\\nManistee. In 187(! lie returned to St. .loseph, and\\nfor a time engaged in the tug b\\\\isiness; he also pur-\\nchased a steam ferry boat, which he ran between\\nSt. .Joseph and licnton Harbor. These interests\\nhe disposed of in 1880 and entered the employ of\\nthe Graham Morton Company remaining with\\nthem until 18!tO, after which he sailed a Govern-\\nment tug for one year.\\nIn the year 1891 Capt. Boswell formed a\\npartnership with .1. II. Pike, under the firm name\\nof the lioswell A- I ike Ferry Company, a con-\\nnection which still continues. Politically, he\\nis firm in his adherence to the Democratic party.\\nIn the year I8 ,)0 he was appointed Deputy\\nGame and Fish Warden of Berrien County, and\\nstill fills that position. Socially, he is a member\\nof Lake Shore Lodge No. 298, F. fe A. M., and\\nthe I ndependent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a\\ncharter member of the Uniformed Rank, K. P., and\\nwas one of the prime f.actors in the organization of\\nPurila Lodge No. 117, at Benton Harbor. He is\\nalso a charter member of the Knights of the Mac-\\ncabees and is inrtuential in George II. Thomas\\nPost No. 14, G. A. R.\\nOn the 13th of November, 1873, occurred the\\nmarriage of Capt. Boswell to Miss Etta, daughter\\nof Perry Brooks. She is an accomplished lady,\\nwho also holds a high place in the regard of\\nher acquaintances. The union h.as been blessed\\nby the birth of two sons: Claude W. and Walter\\nLeo. Mrs. Boswell is an active worker in the Con-\\ngregational Church, and the Captain, while not\\nidentified with any religious organization, is a lib-\\neral contributor to the work. The family residence\\nis at No. 120 Belleview Avenue.\\ni^+^l\\n11/ ON. HEWLETT C. ROCKWELL was born\\nin Tarrytown, Westchester County, N. Y.)\\nJuly 9, 1843. He is a descendant of Eng-\\nlish ancestors, and his forefathers were for\\nseveral generations identified with the growth of\\nConnecticut. In that State his grandfather, Ilar-\\nve}-, and his father, George Rockwell, were horn\\nand reared to manhood. The latter married Sara\\nL. Tunis and they became the parents of two sons,\\nHewlett C. and Charles Howard, our subject being\\nthe elder in order of birth.\\nThe boyhood of Hewlett C.Rockwell was passed\\nin a quiet manner in his native place, and after\\nacquiring a common-school education he prepared\\nfor college at Tarrytown Academy. About that\\ntime arose the conflict between the North and\\nSouth, and the whole nation was convulsed bj the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0133.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "134\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhorrors of war. With chivalrous valor and patri-\\notism he at once espoused the cause of the Union,\\nand although he was less than nineteen years old\\nhe determined to fight for the Uhl Fhig. In May,\\n1\u00c2\u00ab(;2, he enlisted in the United States army, be-\\ncoming a member of Company R, Twent^ -flfth\\nNew York Infantry, and served on detaclied duty\\nuntil he was mustered out in October of the same\\nyear. Though his active service ended with his\\nhonorable discharge from tlie army, yet he aided\\nthe Union afterward in every way possible until\\ntiie war was closed and peace once more reigned\\nfrom coast to coast.\\nIn March, 1865, our subject was graduated from\\nthe Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgeiy, at\\nPhiladelphia. Al once after the completion of his\\nstudies Dr. Rockwell located at Aurora, 111., and\\ncommenced the practice of his profession in that\\ncity, remaining tliere a short time. Thence lie re-\\nmoved to I an\u00c2\u00bbing, Midi., and there conducted\\nactive practice for a period of two jears, follow-\\ning which lie was located in Chicago for one year.\\nWhile residing in the last-named city his attention\\nwas attracted to Berrien County, and he noted the\\nexcellent prospects and inducements .offered to\\nthose locating there. Accordingly, in 1870, he re-\\nmoved to St. .loseph, INIich., opened an office for\\nthe practice of his profession, and made his home\\nin that city for nine years. Meanwhile he had\\ngained an enviable reputation in the adjoining\\ncity of Benton llarboi so that when he located in\\nthis cit} in the summer of 1879 he came not as a\\nstranger but .as an old friend. He is so delighted\\nwith the various attractions offered by Benton\\nHarbor that in ail probability he will make this\\ncity his permanent home.\\nIn the fall of 1890 Dr. Rockwell was elected on\\nthe Democratict ticket to represent the First District\\nof Berrien County in the Legislature of Michigan,\\nand he served in that honored place for two years.\\nHe was instrumental in obtaining the city charter\\nfor Benton Harbor, and feels a commendable pride\\nin the place. Eveiy movement looking to its ma-\\nterial advancement meets with his encouragement,\\nand he is progressive and public-spirited. For\\nthree years he served as City Recorder of St. Jos-\\neph. In liis fraternal relations he is identified with\\nLake Shore Lodge No. 298, F. A. M., of which\\nhe was Worthy Master for eight consecutive years;\\nand Calvin Brittain Chapter, of St. .Joseph; he is\\nalso a Knight of Pythias, a Knight of Honor and\\na member of the Royal Arcanum. He was one of\\nthe charter members of George H. Thomas Post No.\\n14, G. A. R., and is still actively connected with\\nthat organization.\\nOn Colfax Avenue, in Benton Harbor, Dr.\\nRockwell has a pleasant and elegantly furnished\\nresidence. He was married in December, 1866, to\\nMiss Eunice C. Buckle} who at that time was a\\nresident of Clayton, Jefferson County, N. Y. She\\nis the daughter of William and Caroline Buckley,\\nnatives of New York State. Dr. and Mrs. Rock-\\nwell are the parents of three daughters, Carrie,\\nFlorence and Georgia.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2n^^ W\\nI I I\\nI\\nLPHONSO A. COVELL, Superintendent\\nof the Davis IMilling Company at Benton\\nHarbor, was born in Ashtabula County,\\nOhio, June 21, 1842. He is the son of\\nAlpheus D. Covell, a native of New York and an\\nearly settler of Ashtabula County, Ohio, having\\nsettled there in 1840. The paternal grandfather,\\nJonathan Covell, was born in New York State,\\nwhere his ancestors had located at an early period\\nin its history. Mr. Covell s mother w.as Lucretia,\\ndaughter of Alansou L^ ons, the latter being a na-\\ntive of Vermont and the former of Pennsylvania,\\nwhile the ancestors were originally from German)-.\\nIn 1855 the subject of this sketch accompanied\\nhis parents to the village of Montgomery, Kane\\nCounty, 111., where he completed his education in\\nthe common schools, lie had scarcely attained\\nthe age of twenty years when, anxious to defend\\nthe Union and fight for the Old Flag, he enlisted\\nin the volunteer service, becoming a member of\\nCompany H, Eighty-ninth Illinois Infantry, Col.\\nChristopher commanding. The regiment was as-\\nsigned to the Fourth Ami} Corps, and, marching\\nto the front, participated in", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0134.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n135\\nments with the foe. Among the battles in whicli\\nMr. Covell took part may be mentioned those of\\nPcrryvillc. Stone River, Ciiickaniaiiga and Mis-\\nsionary Ridge. lie was also a participant in fre-\\nquent skirmishes, not less hazardous to life though\\nless decisive in results. On account of wounds\\nreceived in the service, Mr. Covell was honorably\\ndischarged from the army and was mustered out\\nat Cleveland, Ohio, in 1865, after three years of\\nbrave service for the preservation of the Union.\\nAfter returning home our subject learned the car-\\npenter s trade under his father, who followed tliat\\noccupation, and .as soon as he acquired a thorough\\nknowledge of the work he went to Erie County,\\nPa., where he engaged in building and contract-\\ning, remaining there until 1869. Subsequently\\nhe went to the oil regions of the Keystone State,\\nwhere he followed his chosen occupatitm for a\\nnumber of years. In 1882 he came to Benton Har-\\nbor, and, forming a partnership with A. .1. Young,\\nembarked in the planing-mill business, under tlu?\\nfirm name of Covell it Young. One and one-\\nhalf 3ears after tiie establishment of tlie firm, Mr.\\nCovell purcliased his partner s interest and formed\\na stock company, known .as the Eioholtz Lumber\\nCompany, of which he was Superintendent for two\\nand oiu -lialf years. The name was then changed to\\nthe (iraves Luinl)er Conipan3and later to the Lake\\nShore Lumber Company, and is now known as tiie\\nDavis Lumber Company, Mr. Covell having re-\\ntained the superintendency throughout the vari-\\nous changes of the company, and now iiaving con-\\ntrol of the planing-mills.\\nAn outspoken Republican, Mr. Covell w,as elected\\nin .July, 18 I, to re|ireseut the Tliirtl Ward in the\\nCity Council, and at the expiration of his term of\\nollice was re-elected in 1892, serving until April,\\n1893. Socially, he aililiates with the Knigiits of\\nPythias, tiie Royal Arcanum, Init orMied Rank, and\\nis also a mcmlter of (ieorge 11. Thonias I ost No. 11,\\nG. A. R. March 16, IHfw, he married Aliss Vina\\nTaylor, of Pennsylvania, by whf)m he became the\\nfather of two children, Bertie G. and iNLattie K.\\n1 11 1H82 he w.as united in marriage with Miss .Jen-\\nnie .Johnson, who is the daughter of Solomon\\n.Johnson, a native of crmoiit. Mrs. Covell is a\\nmost estimable lady and occujiies a position of\\nprominence in the social circles of Benton Harbor.\\nShe is a devoted member of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, with which Mr. Covell is also identi-\\nfied.\\n4^\\n[rj\\\\)EN.TAMIN F. PIXLEY Throughout the\\nO-is, entire nation, southwestern Michigan has\\ngained the reputation of being one of the\\n-i=^ finest fruit and tierry sections of the United\\nStates. The peculiar adaptability of the soil to\\nthe cultivation of small fruits has greatly en-\\nhanced the value of property around St. .Joseph,\\nand has induced manj- of the prominent men to\\ndevote their farms exclusively to raising berries\\nand fruits. One of the most successful fruit-grow-\\ners of St. .Joseph is the gentleman with whose\\nname we introduce this sketch.\\nBorn ill Oneida County, N. Y., September 26,\\n1816, he is the son of William and Abigail\\n(Lewis) Pixley, natives of Connecticut, the latter\\nbeing the daughter of Nathaniel Lewis, a captain\\nin the Revolutionary War. Our subject spent his\\nearly school days in Monroe County, N. Y., where\\nfor a time he attended the common schools. The\\neducation he there ac(iuired was afterward supple-\\nmented by a course of study at Clinton Liberal\\nInstitute, in Clinton, N. Y. Mean while he aided\\nhis father on the farm.\\nIn 18-11, Mr. Pixley drove a (lock of one thou-\\nsand sheep to .Janesville, Wis., coming across the\\ncountry from New York and spending four\\nmonths en route. Arriving in AViscoiisin, he con-\\nducted sheep-raising for two years, when he sold\\nout and embarked in merchandising at .lanesville.\\nFor a time he carried on his mercantile business suc-\\ncessfully, lint later disposed of that enterprise and\\npurchased a tlouring-mill at .lanesville, which he\\noperated with success for a luiiiiber of years. In\\nconnection with his mill lie bought and shipped\\nwool extensively and carried on a large business\\nm that line, lie remained in Wisconsin until\\n1864.\\nDuring that year Mr. Pixley removed to Chi-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0135.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "136\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RECORD.\\ncago, where he conducted an extensive business as\\na wool merchant until 1871. Tliat year witnessed\\nhis arrival in St. Joseph, where he purchased a\\nfruit farm, consisting of ten acres and located in\\nthe suburbs of St. Joseph. He still resides on that\\nplace and is engao^ed extensively in the raising of\\ngrapes, pears, peaches and other small fruits. He\\nis a man who brings to every detail of his busi-\\nness a well-balanced mind, keen discrimination\\nand thoughtful observation, qualities which have\\nlargely contributed to his success.\\nA very important event in the life of Mr. Pix-\\nley was his marriage, which took place October 25,\\n1848, and united him with Miss Jane E. Lewis.\\nThis estimable lady was born in Augusta, Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y., and is the daughter of Isaac and\\nEliza (Bowen) Lewis, natives of Boston, Mass., the\\nlatter being a daughter of Joshua Bowen, of Eng-\\nland. He emigrated to this country and married\\nAbigail (Smith) Williams, of Boston. Mr. and\\nMrs. Pixley were the parents of six children, but\\nhave been called upon to mourn the loss of two\\nby death. The survivors are: Ann Jeannette,\\nFrank Lewis, George Kemp and Jane, all of whom\\nreside in St. Joseph. In politics, Mr. Pixley is a\\nDemocrat. In their religious belief the various\\nmembers of tlie family are identified with the\\nEpiscopal Church and are active in the good\\nworks of that denomination.\\nI P=^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0JI^AMES HANSON. When any reference is\\nmade to the farms of Cass County, mention\\nis almost invariably made of the property\\nbelonging to Mr. Hanson and located in\\nHoward Township, upon section 25. The entire\\nacreage of the farm is two hundred and fort3 -two,\\nof which two hundred acres have been placed un-\\nder the highest cultivation through the efforts of\\nthe present owner. The place is embellished with\\nfirst-class buildings for the shelter of stock and\\nstorage of grain. Especial mention should be made\\nof the residence, which is an eleg.aut brick struc-\\nture, the finest house in the township. It was\\nerected in 1874 at a cost of $8,000, not including\\nMr. Hanson s time. In this beautiful rural abode\\nmay be found every convenience and comfort\\nwhich can promote the happiness and ease of the\\ninmates.\\nForty miles from the city of Albany, and in the\\ncounty of Fulton, N. Y., our subject was born on\\nthe 7th of May, 1831. His father, John Hanson,\\nwas also a native of Fulton Count} and was of\\nDutch descent. The mother of our subject was\\nLydia, daughter of William Schanck, a native of\\nLong Island and for many years a prominent and\\nwealthy farmer of New York. Married in the\\nEmpire State, the parents of our subject located\\non a farm in Fulton County, where for many\\nyears they made their home. In the fall of 1835\\nthey came to Michigan and located in Jefferson\\nTownship, Cass County, upon a tract of raw\\nprairie land. At that early period in the history\\nof the county, neighbors were few, and the present\\nthriving villages existed only in the imaginations\\nof some enthusiastic visionaries.\\nMuch pioneer labor was done by the senior Mr.\\nHanson ere the unbroken tracts of land were trans-\\nformed into cultivated fields and green pastures.\\nHis courage, however, w.as equal to the arduous\\ntask, and he succeeded in introducing many im-\\nprovements and effecting many valuable changes\\nin the place. He died here when fifty-eight 3 ears\\nof age, and in his decease the conimunit} lost one\\nof its earliest settlers and prominent citizens. He\\nwas a Democrat in his political sympathies, and\\nin his religious belief was identified with the\\nPresbyterian Church. His wife passed away at\\nthe age of sixtj -two years.\\nThe parental family consisted of nine children,\\nthree daughters and six sons, eight of whom\\nreached maturity. James is the third in order of\\nbirth, and was a child of only four years when he\\naccompanied his parents to Michigan. In Cass\\nCounty he was the recipient of such educational\\nopportunities as were afforded by the district\\nschools, but his time was principallj devoted to\\naiding his father on the home farm. After the\\ndeath of his father, he remained at home and\\nworked for his mother for one year, after which", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0136.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HlOGKAl HICAL RECORD.\\n137\\nhe rented a farm, whicli he operated one year.\\nOctober 20, 1851, he niiirried Miss Harriet Lee, a\\nn.ative of New York, who was born in 1833. After\\nhis marriage he located on a forty-acre farm,\\nwhere he remaineri two j cars, and later operated\\nas a renter in .letTcrson Township for two yeai s.\\nHe located where he now resides in 1866, and has\\nsince devoted his attention to the iini)rovement of\\nthis place.\\nMr. and Mrs. Il.-insoii are the parents of three\\nchildren, namely: Helen, the wife of Dennis Flynn,\\na resident of Howard Township; Lj-dia R., the\\nwife of .lerome Rose, of St. -losepli County, Ind.;\\nand Edward L., wiio is at home. Politically a\\nDemocrat, Mr. Hanson h.as filled the ottice of High-\\nway Coinmis.sioner and also sel vcd on the Hoard\\nof Review; at various times he has held a number\\nof school oftices. Socially, he is a member of Ed-\\nwardsbnrg Lodge No U L O. O. F. He is a man\\nwho stands high in the estimation of all who know\\nliim. and as a general farmer and stock-raiser has\\nno superior in tlic county.\\nir=-i-=v\\n_V\\nA\\nAVID S. RECTOR, who was an honored\\npioneer settler of Sodus Township, Ber-\\nrien County, Mich., W.1S a man of sterling\\nintegrit} and, jwssessing business qualifi-\\ncations of a high order, he held with ability num-\\nerous oflicial positions of trust in his home town-\\nsliip and was mourned by all who knew him when,\\nafter a long life of busy usefulness, he passed\\naway on the old Rector farm, located upon section\\nII. I .orn July U, l.sil, in Wayne County, N.\\nY., our subject spent the d.iys of early j outh in\\nthe home of his childhood, and, trained to in-\\ndustrious habits, arrived at maturity a self-reliant\\nand enterprising man, w ell fitted to cope with the\\ntrials and ditliculties of life. His parents, David\\nand Hannah (Hickey) Hector, were lifetime resi-\\ndents of the Emi)ire State, his father having been\\nliorn in Wayne County, where he spent his entire\\ndays. Mr. Rector was twenty-one years of age\\nwhen he first visited Michigan with the inten-\\ntion of making this State liis perinanent abiding-\\nplace. Finding the climate tiien malarial, and\\nthere being a large increase in the sickness of the\\ndistrict in which lie had settled temporarily, he\\nreturned again to the old New Yoik home well\\ncontent.\\nThe next year, however, our subject and one of\\nhis brothers concluded to tr} their fortunes in\\nMichigan, and again David S., Jr., journeyed to the\\nWolverine State. The three brothers, traveling\\nby way of the Lakes, had a narrow escape from\\nshipwreck. They had taken passage at Buffalo on\\na keelboat in tow of a steamer coming directly\\nto St. Joseph, Mich. In a violent storm the tow\\nbecame parted from the steamer and for two miles\\ndrifted at the mere} of tlie wind and waves.\\nWhen the storm subsided they manned the oars\\nand brought the boat safely into port at Cleve-\\nland. Reaching St. .loseph, our subject worked a\\nsiiort time at boating, but was soon engaged by a\\nMr. Larew to assist in the erection of a sawmill\\non Pipestone Creek. Mr. Rector was employed\\nmost of the time for three years b} Mr. Larew, and\\nin 1839 settled upon a tract of land located upon\\nsection 1 I, which he had entered previously, lu\\nwhat is now Sodus Township. He had some time\\nbefore partially cleared the land, to which he .added\\nafterward the one hundred and twenty adjoining\\nacres, and by diligent toil and excellent manage-\\nment brought a large part of the acreage into a\\nhigh state of cultivation.\\nFor fifty changing years, season after sesisoii.he\\ntilled the fertile soil, and here brought his young\\nwife, in maidenhood Miss Sarah T;ibor. The hus-\\nband and wife were wedded in 1843, and into the\\npioneer home came four daughters and five sons,\\nseven of whom are married and two are yet at the\\nhomestead. As Mr. Rect ir was the first settler to\\nmake a permanent home in Sodus Township, it\\nwas a fitting token of the appreciation of his efforts\\nas a progressive pioneer that he should have been\\nasked, as he was in 1859, at the organization of\\nthe township, to give it a name. In remembrance\\nof his old home in New York, he called it Sodus.\\nIn 1869 our subject built a gristmill on Pipe-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0137.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "138\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nstone Creek, on section 2, which for many j ears\\nwas popularly known as the Rector Mill. Having\\na sound constitution and being of strictly temper-\\nate habits, Mr. Rector lived to a good old age and\\ndied upon bis seventy-fifth birthd,\\\\v. his death re-\\ngretted as a public loss by all the people of the\\ntownship. Fraternally, he was a valued member of\\nthe Ancient Free Accepted Masons, and in 187.5\\nreceived the degree of Masonry in Occidental\\nLodge No. 56, at St. Joseph. In 1874 our subject, his\\nwife and three of their sons and daughters joined\\nthe Benton Harbor Grange of the Patrons of Hus-\\nbandr3 but afterward united their interests with\\nthe Sodus Grange, with which Mr. Rector affiliated\\nuntil his death. He was never identified with anj\\nchurch, but he was a strong believer in the doc-\\ntrine ofuuivers.nl salvation and was ever generous\\nto the need} and suffering. Politically, he was a\\nDemocrat and was held in high esteem, being elected\\nto many of the important town offices. Our sub-\\nject was in everj sense of the word a representa-\\ntive pioneer settler, and materially aided in laj ing\\nthe broad foundation of the present advancement\\nof Michigan.\\n^KN.JAMIN F. ROUNDS, dealer in real\\nestate and insurance at Benton Harbor,\\nwas lx)rn in .Jefferson County, N. Y., No-\\nvember 21, 1825, and is a descendant of\\nsubstantial English progenitors. His grandfather,\\nOliver Rounds, was born in Vermont and spent\\nhis earlier j-ears in that State, whence he removed\\nto New York and there established his home. In\\nthe Kmpire State, George Rounds, father of our\\nsubject, w.as born, and in Providence, R. I., he\\nmarried Miss Maria Dorchester, a native of Con-\\nnecticut and a daughter of Benjamin Dorchester,\\nwhose ancestors were of English origin. George\\nRounds entered the service of the United States\\nin the navy during the War of 1812, and was en-\\ngaged in the battle at Sackett s Harbor, N. Y. At\\nthe close of his service he settled on a farm near\\nSackett s Harbor and lived there until his death,\\nin 1862. His widow died in 1865. On that old\\nhomestead the family of nine children was born.\\nDuring his boyhood. Benjamin F. Rounds car-\\nried on his studies in the common schools and in\\nthe vacations aided his father in the work of carry-\\ning on the home farm. He learned early in life\\nthe habits of perseverance, industry and energy\\nwhich contributed to his success upon entering the\\nactive business world. In 1865 he removed from\\nNew York to Michigan and located in Benton\\nHarbor, where he commenced in business as a fruits\\ngrower, and was thus eng.aged for a ])eriod of six\\nyears. Subsequently he changed his occup.ation\\nand embarked in the insurance and real-estate\\nbusiness, and is conducting a prosperous trade in\\nthese lines at the present time.\\nIn the j ear 1890 Mr. Rounds assisted in the\\norganization of the Benton Harbor Building\\nand Loan Association, of which he became the\\nfiret President and is still serving in that position.\\nThis association, since its inception a few years\\nago, has been of great aid to the people of Benton\\nHarbor, and one of its results is the erectioii of a\\nnumber of tasteful and attractive residences in the\\ncity. In politics Mr. Rounds is a Republican. He\\nwas elected Treasurer of Benton Harbor in 1881-\\n82 and filled that position for two years. In edu-\\ncational mattci-s he maintains an abiding interest\\nand is now serving as a member of the School\\nBoard, being President of the Board of Trustees.\\nIn his social connections, he is identified with\\nBenton Lodge No. 132,1. O. O. F.,and was Gr.and\\nMaster of the State of Michigan in 1888.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Rounds took place in\\n1846 and united him with Miss Lovisa, daughter\\nof Elisha Harris, of New York. Mrs. Lovisa\\nRounds died in July, 1890, leaving three children,\\nnamel\\\\-: George F.; Hattie L., wife of W. P. Rob-\\nbins and a resident of Benton Harbor; and Lillian\\nM., who m.arried W. S. Boyle, of Chicago. In\\nOctober, 1891, Mr. Rounds was again married, his\\nwife being Miss Tirza J. Worden, who was born in\\nOhio. She is identified with the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church and is active in religious work. Mr.\\nRounds has also been au attendant of the Method-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0138.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0139.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "Sna^^A\\n^^LA^^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0140.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nUl\\nist Church, though not a member, and has sung in\\ntlic choir of tiiat churcli for fifty years. Tiie\\nfamily residence is located on the corner of Broad-\\nway and Urittain Avenue.\\nMILO D. BKC^KVVITH. No name is more\\n)i closely connected with the history of the\\ncity of Dowagiac than that of the late Mr.\\nBeckwith, and tliis volume would be in-\\ncomplete were no mention made of his life. lie\\nwas born in 1825, upon the tract of land known as\\nthe Holland Purchase, in the town of Eagle, Alle-\\ngany Count} N. Y. His parents were descended\\nfrom New England ancestors, and the family pedi-\\ngree reaches back to the sturdy old Puritan stock,\\nrepresentatives of which first landed on our shores\\nat Plymouth Rock. In those early times, when\\npoverty was the rule and wealth the exception, the\\nparents of our subject were in such straitened\\ncircumstances that they were not able to furnish\\ntheir son the benefit of even the scanty education\\nof a country school.\\nThe father, .Stephen Beckwith, died in the prime\\nof life, leaving two children, a sou and a daugh-\\nter, to be cared for by the widowed mother, who\\nfor some years earned her own living and that of\\nher children by the use of the needle. At the\\nage of fourteen years the lad was i)laced in the\\ncare of a maternal uncle, wlio provided for him a\\ncomfortable homo, and who, being the owner of a\\nwoolen mill, trained him to work in this mill. Two\\nyears afterward young Beckwith was Iransfeired\\nto the care of another uncle, also on the maternal\\nside, who resided near Rochester, N. Y. While\\nliving with that uncle he enjoyed the privilege of\\nattending the district school several months, in all\\nless than a year, the only schooling he ever re-\\nceived, although plenty of it came in the greater\\nschool of a busy and useful life.\\nIn 1843, at the early age of eighteen years, Mr.\\nBeckwith married Miss Catherine Scott, a young\\nlady of his native town. A year later he removed\\nwith his wife to Michigan, arriving at Battle Creek\\nin the spring, penniless and without friends. How-\\never, he soon found employment in a woolen fac-\\ntory, and afterward in a machine slio|), both posi-\\ntions occupying about nine years. During that\\ntime, although receiving the nominal wages of\\nonly ^l per day, yei the journeyman worker\\nmanaged to save enough money to purchase a\\nhome, which he afterward sold for ^600. This\\nsame money in after years became the nucleus\\naround which has since been gathered the hand-\\nsome fortune now possessed in the Round Oak Stove\\nWorks. But the path leading to this fortune was\\nat tunes in the earlier da^s far from flowery.\\nDiHicullies, which to a nature less gifted and per-\\nseveiing would have been insiirmouiUable, were\\nbravely met and van(|uislie(l.\\nMr. Beckwith removed to Dowagiac in IH. il and\\nbuilt a small foundry and machine shop, 2.5x00\\nfeet, on the east side of Front Street, opposite the\\nConiinental Hotel. This foundry was run by\\nhorse power and its object was the manufacture of\\nplows. The beginning was graduated on so small\\na scale that the first year the proprietor employed\\nonly one workman with himself, and in this\\nway he struggled along for four ^-ears, making\\non the whole some progress, but in so slow a de-\\ngree as to be entirel} unsatisfactory. AVith the\\nview, therefore, to bettering his condition, he dis-\\nposed of his property anrl purchased a plot of land\\non Dowagiac Creek, at the foot of Front Street,\\nbut within the village corporation. On the new\\nsite he improved the water power, built a shop,\\nand furnished it with tools and machinery. The\\nmanufacture of plows was still the object in view.\\nBut the howl of the wolf, the dashing of the deer\\nand the depredations of old Bruin in many por-\\ntions of the State were still too common to war-\\nrant the rapid introduction of this farm imple-\\nment. The forest haunts of those wild denizens\\nmust first be converted into arable lands.\\nWhile conversing with .Tohn S. Gage, a practical\\nfarmer of Wayne Township, Mr. Beckwith received\\na happy suggestion. At that time nearly all the\\ngrain in Michigan was sown broadcast by hand.\\nThis enterprising farmer, having conceived the\\nidea of a machine which, lt\\\\ sowing the grain m", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0141.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "142\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ndrills and by horse power, would do the woi-k In a\\nfar better way and more rapidly-, saw also thai the\\nproprietor of the Creek Foundry was just the kind\\nof a genius to materialize it. No sooner in the\\nconversation w.is .this idea broached, than Mr.\\nBeckwith seized it, became fuU^- possessed of it,\\nand as the result forthwith manufactured and in-\\ntroduced to tlie farmers of Michigan the celebrated\\nRoller Grain Drill.\\nWith the new impetus given by the drill enter-\\nprise, employing a score of workmen, the proprietor,\\nwith a view to being located nearer the r.ailroad\\nand to use steam instead of water power, sold out\\nthe Creek foundry, after having used it nine years,\\nand purchased land on the east side of the Michi-\\ngan Centr.al Railroad, opposite the depot at Do-\\nwagiac. On this new site two brick shops were\\nerected, which by raanj additions have since\\ngrown into the present well-known Round Oak\\nStove Works. But the manufacture of the Roller\\nGrain Drill was at first the paramount object in\\nview. Some progress had been made in this en-\\nterprise, but not enough for the accumulation of\\ncapital sufficient for the building of the new\\nfoundry, the purchase of new m.-ichinery, and the\\nmanufacture of the required stock of drills. To\\nmake up the deficiency a large sum of money was\\nborrowed. AVitli the new facilities now on hand,\\nthe proprietor manufactured an unusually large\\nstock of drills, hoping b}^ their ready sale to meet\\nhis heavy obligations, but it was just after the\\nclose of the Civil War and times were unpropi-\\ntious. Prices of all producd and property had\\nfallen some sevent3 -five per cent. Of course this\\nindicated in reality a wholesome state of things.\\nDuring the war prices had become fictitious, and\\ntliey were now seeking proper adjustment upon\\nthe basis of real values, but the effect of the de-\\ncline was at first discouraging. Farmers, like other\\nclasses in the community, regarding the transition\\nin an unfavorable light, felt that they must curtail\\ntheir expenses and were slow to purch.ase new ma-\\nchinery. The Roller Grain Drill, moreover, being\\nmade of the best material and in the most thorough\\nstyle of workmanship, was of necessitj high priced.\\nIt frequently happened that some stock had to\\nbe carried over to the next season; besides, the\\nproprietor was paying interest on all his borrowed\\ncapital at the exorbitant rate of from fifteen to\\ntwenty-five per cent. With such heavy odds\\nagainst him, it is not strange that he could only\\npay the interest on the burdensome debt from\\nj car to year. As old obligations became past due\\nand could no longer be extended, he contrived to\\nmeet tbem by finding parties who, at a high rate\\nof interest, could be induced to grant him new\\nloans. In this way, with a will that was indomi-\\ntable, united with a courage that never faltered,\\nfive years or more of the next thing to bankruptcy\\nwere struggled through.\\nIt was a new invention that fln.ally, in the hour\\nof frowning fortune, proved the tide at which af-\\nfairs turned and led on to smiling prosperity.\\nEver fruitful in resources, when the demand for\\nthe Roller Grain Drill was insufficient to meet the\\nlarge expenses incurred in its manufacture, Mr.\\nBeckwith invented the best heating, as well as the\\nmost durable, stove that has ever been placed on\\nthe market. But tliis, like all other inventions,\\nhad its daj S of trial. Only three hundred were\\nmade and sold the first 3 ear. Great were the ob-\\nstacles on every hand. The inventor had never\\nhad any experience in stove-making, nor did he\\nhave any workmen on hand who had ever been\\nemployed in a stove foundry. By the closest ap-\\nplication and perseverance he was obliged to gain\\na knowledge of the business and then to teach il\\nin all its details to his workmen.\\nTiie burdensome debt with its usurious interest\\nstill continued. Home or local encouragement\\nseemed to be a minus quantity. Here was a new\\nenterprise struggling to assert itself witiun tlie\\nlimits of the corporation, and yet it is a notable\\nfact that the men of capital in Dow.agiac did not\\nextend the hand of fellowship by any investment\\nin it, or by loaning money to the proprietor, or\\ncontributing in any other w.ay to its success. One\\nhardware firm, which was handling the stove ex-\\npressed the public opinion, when it asserted that\\na few of these stoves may be sold this year, but\\nnext year the thing will play out. During all\\nthis period of trial, the proprietor steadily pros-\\necuted his business with quiet persistency. It\\nwas a fortunate thing that when old loans became", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0142.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n143\\ndue, tlic rrosuleiit of a bank in liattle Creek, learn-\\nin that our subject was pressed for means, lent\\nhim a lirge sum of money, and, wiiat was more\\nfortunate, the interest was placed at the legal rate.\\nAs soon as the merits of the stove became known\\nit found a ready sale. Indeed from year to year\\nits sales increased so rapidly that the proprietor\\nfound it dilHcult to fill the orders and was often\\nobliged to run the works d.ay and night. As\\nmeans could be spared from the business, i)ayment8\\nwere made from time to time on tlic immense debt,\\nuntil finally the last dollar of. principal and inter-\\nest was canceled, since which time a handsome\\nfortune 1ms been accumulated.\\nIn inventing tlie Round Oak Stove, Mr. Beck-\\nwilh buUded belter tlian he knew. In its im-\\nproved and perfected form, nine sizes of which are\\nnow on the market, adapted to burn either wood\\nor coal, it has gained an enviable reputation\\nthroughout the country. It might well have been\\na source of pride to Mr. Beckwith that from first\\nto last no outside party ever invested f 1 in tiie\\nbusiness. Purely from his own aliilily he lirougiit\\ninto existence an enterprise wliicii has revolution-\\nized the stove business of America and also by this\\nmeans i-aised iiimself from poverty to opulence.\\nUntil the time of his death he retained tiie manage-\\nment and superintendency of the stove works, and\\nso popular was lie among his workmen that strikes\\nor otiier dissatisfaction never occurred.\\nAside from the duties imposed by his business,\\nMr. Beckwilli found time through the passing\\nyears to (ill ollices in several social societies. He\\nserved many times on the City School Board and\\nalso filled the positions of ]\\\\Iayor and Alderman\\nficcpiently and successfully. His death occurred\\n.lanuaiy 11, ISKlt, and was widely mourned as a\\npublic loss, lie is survived by his widow, who\\nthrougli all his adversities was his true helpmate,\\nand who rejoiced in his success as none other\\ncould. Catherine Scott was born in Syracuse,\\nN. Y., September 22, 1827, and is the daughter of\\nJames Scott, a native of New York, who came to\\nMichigan in 1H43, and located at I .attlc Creek.\\nThe land which he purcliascd there was wholly un-\\nimproved and he devoted his attention to clearing\\nand improving the place. His wife, whose maiden\\nname was Jane Shears, died in 1848. After her\\ndeath he lived in Battle Creek for a time and later\\nremoved to Dowagiac, where he died. He had\\nserved in the War of 1812, and on account of in-\\njuries received in service was a pensioner of the\\nGovernment. He had five children, of whom only\\ntwo arc living. Catherine Scott became the wife\\nof Mr. Beckwith on the 1st of October, 1843, the\\nceremony which united their lives being performed\\nat Eagle, N. Y. Though now in the twilight of\\nlife, she enjoys good health and retains possession\\nof her mental faculties.\\n,=o.\\n(__^ ON. JA^IES II. HlTCllCOX needs very lit-\\ntle introduction to the i)eople of Cass\\nCounty, for a long residence here and.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jj above all, a career of usefulness and prom-\\ninence, have given him an extensive acquaintance.\\nIt might be well to state, hoivever, that he is one of\\nthe pioneers of the county, is an e.v-memherof the\\nState Legislature, and one of the most infiuential\\nand wealthy citizens of the township.\\nLike a majority of the best citizens of the county,\\nour subject claims New York .as iiis native .State,\\nand was born near Aurora, in Erie Count} January\\n5, 1826. His parents, .lariiis and Loana (Blakely)\\nHitchcox, were also natives of tiie Empire State, the\\nformer born in Paris, Oneida County, March 3,\\n1795, and llie latter near Greenville, Greene Coun-\\nty, Maj 21, 17!)7. So far as known, the grandfather\\nof our subject, Samuel II. Hitchcox, was a native\\nof the Stale of New York, and died there about\\n181(J. He was the father of six children, five sons\\nand one daughter, as follows: .larius, .Samuel,\\nTruman, Hiram, Merrill and Eliza. The last-\\nnamed, the (uily daughter, died when quite young.\\nSamuel died in New York .State about I.SfiS. Tru-\\nman died in Pennsylvania. Hiram died in Erie\\nCounty, N. Y., and Merrill lied in the Empire\\nState.\\nJarius Ilitchco.x, the father of nur subject, was a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0143.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "144\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nstonemason by trade and a man well and favor-\\nably known tlirougliout his native county. He\\nwas possessed of broad and progressive views and\\nknew well how to state them when occasion re-\\nquired. On the 27th of September, 1817, he\\nmarried Miss Blakely, and in 1831 came to Mich-\\nigan, entering land in Porter Township, Cass\\nCounty, where the original of this notice is now\\nlocated. The latter now has in his possession the\\ndeed made by Andrew Jackson for this land.\\nJarius Hitchcox had very little schooling in his\\nyoutli, but being a man of observation and a stu-\\ndent he made up for this to a great extent. An\\nardent Jacksonian Democrat, he held a number of\\nlocal offices and was prominent in all affairs of\\nmoment. When he came to this county he cleared\\nup about flft3 acres of land in the wilds of Cass\\nCounty, .and died on tliis farm in 1850. His wife\\nw.as the youngest of six children born to her\\nparents. These children were named as follows:\\nIs.aac, Asa, .loseph, David, Hannah and Loana.\\nHannah married a man l)y the name of Howley.\\nMrs. (litchcox survived her husband about twenty\\nyears and all this time found a comfortable and\\npleasant home with oursubject. She died in 1870,\\non the farm where she iiad settled with her hus-\\nband in 1831. She was an exemplar} member of\\nthe Presbyterian Church for many 3 ears.\\nJames H. Hitchcox had two brothers and five sis-\\nters, two of the sisters being older than he. Harriet\\nwas boin December 12, 1822, was deaf and dumb,\\nand died in Vicksburg, Mich., December 21, 1881.\\nEliza was born March 21), 1824. and married Alonzo\\nJoy. They emigrated to California and there her\\ndeath occurred in 1869. Her husband and one\\nchild survive her and live in California at the\\npresent time. Caroline, born September 21, 1827,\\nmarried James F. Charles, who crossed the plains\\nto California in 1849 and there resided until 1854,\\nwhen he returned and settled in Cedar Rapids,\\nIowa. There they now live, but her husband spends\\nmuch of Ins time in Florida, where he has an ex-\\ntensive orange grove. He is a wealthy and prom-\\ninent citizen, has been Mayoi-of Cedar Rapids and\\nhas held other positions of trust. They are the\\nparents of four children, Edgar, Fred, Frank and\\nJames Knox. Thomas A. Hitchcox was born June\\n22, 1829, came to Michigan with his parents when\\na bo} and in 1850 went across the plains to Cali-\\nfornia, where he was engaged in placer-mining\\nand where he had an interest in a ranch. In 1852\\nhe returned to the East, and in 1856 was married\\nto Miss Mary Meacham, a daughter of lion. George\\nMeacham, one of the pioneers of Porter Township\\nand an ex-member of tlie State Legislature. To\\nMr. and Mrs. Hitchcox were born these children.\\nClara, born February 14, 1857, died February 20,\\n1874. Jerard born November 4, 1859, is now en-\\ngaged in the fruit-growing business in California.\\nCharlotte ]\\\\IT, born November 25, 18(51, married\\nMr. Dellenback and lives in Hastings, Neb. Will-\\nard H., born December 21, 1803, married Jennie\\nBucher, and now resides in Porter Township.\\nLutbrea, born March 2, 1865, married Herbert\\nGraham. Alfred Lloyd, born July 3, 1868, issingle\\nand resides in Porter Township. M. Gertrude,\\nborn March 27, 1872, resides at home, as do the\\ntwo younger children, Susan and Lucia, the former\\nborn September 16, 1878, and the latter April 30,\\n1881. The next of our suliject s brothers and\\nsisters was Anna Mariah, born October 24, 1831,\\nthe first of the family whose birth occurred in\\nPorter Township, this county. She married Arthur\\nFox, and died in Vicksburg, Mich., December 18,\\n1881. Her three children are also deceased. Will-\\niam Hitchcox was born January 3, 1835, and mar-\\nried Miss Elizabeth Jones. They now reside in\\nJamestown, Kan. Four children were born to\\nthem, Delia, Letty, Carlton and Bertha. Henry\\nWhiteside Hitchcox was born April 14, 1837, and\\ndied January 15, 1839. Loana, born August 24,\\n1839, married Oswell M. French and now resides\\nin Dakota. They have one child, Anna Belle.\\nLucius Q. C, born August 1, 1845, served in the\\narmy on detached duty until 1866. He man-ied\\nMiss Sarah Jones and the}- reside in Porter Town-\\nship, where he is a fruit-grower. They have one\\nchild. Aline.\\nJames H. Hitchcox was but five years of age\\nwhen he came with his parents to the unbroken\\nfarm in Cass County, Mich., and his advantages\\nfor receiving an education were limited. This he\\nmade up to a great extent in later .years and when\\nnot at work always had a book before him. Thus", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0144.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0145.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "TOWN RCS/OENCe .COR. UAH AND FRONT STR\u00c2\u00a3C TJ BUCHANAr/ MICH.\\nJf-UVr^ U\u00c2\u00ab.\\n.Hii-vV-*\\n...-,^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^;-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s:^iJ\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.~-l\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nFARM RESIDENCE OF A .C, H0U5 E SEC I8.,BERTRAND TP., BERRI EN CO., MICH.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0146.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND TUOORAPinCAL RECORD.\\n145\\nlie received most of liis education until he entered\\nschool at White ri^ooii, where a bniiich of liie\\nSlate rniversit}- was situated. There lie a|)i)liod\\nhimself and was soon able to tc.ach school. He\\nfollowed this for some time and then, as a number\\nof his brothers and relatives had gone lo the Golden\\n.State, the fever seized him, and in 1852 he started\\noverland for the Pacific Coast. For three years he\\nwas engaged in mining, and as lie made enough to\\nbuy a good home he was wise enough not to ven-\\nture it in hazardous schemes, but like the shrewd,\\ncareful businessman lie has always been, he gathered\\nu[) his little fortune and returned to his former\\nhome in Micliigan.\\nOur subject purchased the farm that h;is ever\\nsince been his home, and in the following year,\\nJanuary 2, 185G, he married Jliss Louisa Baldwin,\\na native of Ohio and the daughter of one of the\\npioneers of that State. She died .January 21, 1862,\\nleaving one child, Carrie Belle, whose birth oc-\\ncurred December 4, 18.07. This young lady grad-\\nuated from the school at Hillsdale and later en-\\ntered the State Kormal School at Ypsilanti. She\\nis single and resides at Milwaukee, Wis. On the\\n10th of September, 1871, Mr. Ilitchcox married\\nJliss Emarett Tiiompson, a native of Adanisville,\\nMich., and the daughter of Horace Thompson, who\\nwas one of the pioneers of Cass ounty, having\\nsettled here in 1831. Her father is deceased but\\nthe mother is still living. To Mr. Hitchcox sec-\\nond union were born two children: Estell, whose\\nbirth occurred December 17, 1873; and Ethel, who\\nwas born August 25, 1877. The former has been\\na student at the State Normal School at Ypsilanti\\nfor three years, and the latter is a student there\\nalso.\\nMr. Hitchcox has been quite a factor in local\\npolitics and has filled some important ofHces. He\\nwas first elected a member of the County Board of\\nSupervisors in 1804, w.as Justice of the Peace for\\nsome time, and m 1880 he was pushed to the front\\nby his friends and party as a candidate for the\\nLegislature. He was elected and served with\\ncredit to himself and to his constituents, being on\\nseveral important committees. Although he sprang\\nfrom an old Democratic familj-, he has been a\\nstrong Republican since the party was first organ-\\nized. For many years he was an extensive fruit-\\ngrower and fruit-dealer, and in this he made much\\nof the fortune he now possesses. For a number of\\nyears he has been in feeble health and h.-is done\\nbut little on his farm, but yet he has other interests\\nto occupy his mind, for he is said to be one of the\\nlargest money loaners in his locality. In his beau-\\ntiful home, surrounded by all the comforts of life,\\nand with a happy family, he is spending the de-\\nclining 3ears of a well-spent life. He is a Trustee\\nin the Methodist Episcopal Church and contributes\\nlihernlly to its sup[)ort, but is not a member of the\\nchurch.\\ni\\n^f^^RANK D. PHILLIPS, the original of this\\n|-H(g) notice, is a descendant of old Hevolution-\\n/Iv, ary stock, his great-grandfather having\\nserved over six years in the struggle for indepen-\\ndence. The latter was a native of the Empire\\nState, where he married, and where he reared three\\nof the four children born to this union, viz.: Peter,\\nour subject s grandfather; Eva, wife of .lonathan\\nPulver; and Catherine, wife of Fullerton Cair.\\nHis son Peter first saw the light of day in Her-\\nkimer County, N. Y., in 1791, and his early life\\nwas passed in assisting on the farm and in learning\\nthe shoemaker s trade, at which he served an ap-\\nprenticeship of six 3 ears. This trade he followed\\nat different times throughout his entire life.\\nAfter serving his apprenticeship, 3 oung Peter\\nwent on the Hudson River as a sailor, and after\\nfollowing this for several 3 ears, was married to\\nMiss Kate Muckey. Shortly after this he left the\\ni river and bought farms in different counties of\\nNew York, but was never contented to follow ag-\\nricultural pursuits as a livelihood, much preferring\\nto follow his trade. He was also quite fond of\\ntravel. His death occurred in Livingston County,\\nN. Y., in 1854. The eight children born to his\\nmarriage are in the order of tlieir births as\\nfollows: John; Abraham, a soldier in the Mex-\\nican War; Richard, our subject s father; Jacob;", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0147.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "146\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCaroline, wife of Jonathan Britten; Mary, wife of\\nMicliael Clapper; Catherine, wife of Eptiraini Kid-\\nder; and Jane, wife of David Lowe. The fatlier\\nof tliese children was reared in Ihn Old-School\\nPresbyterian Church.\\nRichard Phillips-, tlie father of our subject, was\\nborn in New York State January 6, 1822, and when\\nsixteen 3 ears of age began the struggle of life for\\nliiinself. For two years lie worked on the farm,\\nafter which he began learning the blacksmith trade,\\nbut after following this for two or three 3ears,\\ndropiied it, losing most of the wages thus earned,\\nlie tlien returned to the farm and shortly after-\\nward married Miss Sarah McGivney, daughter of\\nMelvina McGivney. For four or five years after\\nthis he was in the village of Mt. Morris, and in\\nconnection with teaming was engaged in farming\\non rented land. In 1854, after the deatli of his\\nfather, he moved to Michigan, and for a short\\ntime w.as a resident of Lenawee County. From\\nthere ho moved to Allen County, Ind., and was\\nengaged in carrying on a rented farm for about\\nfour years. Cass Countj was his next objective\\npoint, but after renting land there for one year,\\nlie moved to Van Buren Count3-, Midi., where he\\nresided until the spring of 1866. He then returned\\nto Cass County, and bought two hundred and\\nforty acres of partly improved land where our\\nsubject now resides, and turned his attention to\\nfarming and improving his land.\\nThe six children born to his marri.age were\\nin the order of their births, as follows: Mar\\\\ who\\nis the wife of John, McAlpine; Eugene, William\\nMillard, Frank and Charles. Mr. Phillips united\\nwith the JMethodist Episcopal Church. In politics,\\nhe was formerly a Whig and Republican until\\nthe assassination of President Lincoln, after which\\nhe became a strong Democrat. He was accidentally\\ndrowned, falling through a bridge near his home\\nMarch 25, 1893. In his death the county lost a\\nworthy and honored citizen, and his children a\\nkind and loving father.\\nFrank D. Phillips, the original of this notice,\\nwas born in Cass County, Mich., in 1859, and se-\\ncured a good practical education in the district\\nschool. His youthful days were spent in assisting\\nhis father on the farm, and in 1882 he was married\\nto Miss Mary E. Jessup, a native of Ohio, as were\\nalso her parents, Enoch and Isabel (Godfrey) Jes-\\nsup. Mr. and Mrs. Jessu)) came to Cass County,\\nMich., in 1859, and became prominent citizens of\\nthis county. After his marriage Mr. Phillips was\\non his father s farm for a short time and then\\nwent to La Grange Township, this county, where\\nhe remained for one year. After tliat he bought\\na farm near his father s, eighty acres, and two\\nyears later returned to the home place, which he\\nhas carried on since. He and his three brothers\\nown three hundred and twenty acres besides the\\ninterest in the home place, and he is a wide-awake,\\nenterprising young farmer. He is engaged in gen-\\neral farming, and is thorough and practical in all\\nhis operations. To iiis mai riage has been born\\none child, a son, Waldo Socially, Mr. Phillips\\ntakes an active part in the Patrons of Industry\\nand the Alliance, and was the first county Presi-\\ndent of the latter. Since then he has been an ac-\\ntive worker in the order. In politics, he is inde-\\npendent and a Prohibitionist.\\nj+***#\\n1****%\\n^^^EORGE A. MILLS. Biographies of useful,\\nf-\u00e2\u0080\u0094, upright, honorable and successful men not\\n^^ijj onl3 perpetuate for their descendants the\\nevents of their lives, but also are most instructive\\nas guides and incentives to otiiers. The pages of\\nthis volume are studded with examples of the\\npower of steadfast integrity and unwavering per-\\nsistence, proving what each one may accomplish\\nfor himself, even though he begins the battle of\\nlife handicapped by poverty and other seemingly\\ninsuimountable obstacles. Nor does the biogr.a-\\nphy of Mr. Mills present in this respect an exam-\\nple less to be emulated and admired by his fellow-\\ncitizens and co-laborers. It is therefore with\\npleasure that we direct the attention of our read-\\ners to the following brief outline of a life spent in\\nthe honorable discharge of public and private du-\\nties and obligations.\\nAt the present time Mr. Mills is conducting an", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0148.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RF.CORD.\\n147\\nextensive business as a mason and contractor in\\nBenton Harbor. He is a native of Rochester, N. Y.,\\nami w:is ln)rii on tlie Titli of December, 1859. His\\nfatlicr, John C, was born in Scotland in 1807, anil\\ninhmiled habits of thrift froni a li)ng line of Scotch\\nforcfalher.-s. Enn ii;ratin early in life to America,\\nhe iiiircha cil a fruit farm in Ottawa, Canada, and\\nfor a iiuniber of years engaged in raising small\\nfruits ;ui(i berries, which he shipped mainly to\\nKa.stcrn markets. Sub.se iuently he removed to\\nXcw York, and for some years was a resident of\\nRocliestor. His death occurred in 1889, ;it the ad-\\nvanced age of four-score 3 ears and two.\\nThe mother of our subject bore the maiden name\\nof Martha Labar, and is of French descent. She\\nis still living and makes her home in Benton Har-\\nbor. Her four chiidien also survive, Frank II. be-\\ning a resident of Benton Harbor, as are also Rob-\\nert W., (ieorge A., and Sarah. The joungest son\\nof the family, George A., spent his boyhood years\\nin the city of Rochester, where he gained a prac-\\ntical education in the common schools. At the age\\nof eighteen he went to sea, and for two years sailed\\nin a merchant vessel on the Atlantic and Pacific\\nOceans. In that way he gained a comprehensive\\nknowledge of the people of different nations, as\\nwell as their customs and languages.\\nReturning from the sea, Mr. Mills commenced\\nto learn the trade of a mason in Rochester, and,\\nupon gaining a pniclical knowledge of the trade,\\nfolk)wcd that occupation in his native city. In\\n1822 he removed to Minneapolis, Minn., where he\\nspent two 3 ears. In 1881 he came to Benton Har-\\nbor, and has since then continued uninterruptedly\\nat his trade of a mason. He also does an exten-\\nsive business as a contractor, and has been awarded\\nthe contracts for the erection of many of the most\\nsubstantial buildings in this vicinity, prominent\\namong which may be mentioned the Catholic\\nChurch at Benton Harbor and the Catliolic School\\nat Niles.\\nIn 1892 Mr. Mills erected the residence he now\\noccupies on High Street. Here, in the society of\\nhis wife and children, Arthur H., Vina I. (George\\nF.diod .July 21, 1893), and Robert W., at home, he\\npasses many of his happiest hours. Mrs. Mills was\\nprior to her marriage, February- 10, 1882, known\\nas Miss Fannie E. Haines, and was born in Roch-\\nester, N. Y., being a daughter of Edward and Chiir-\\nlotte (Giddings) Haines. She is a lady whose po-\\nsition in social circles is one of prominence, and\\nI whose influence is always on the side of those\\nmeasures calculated to beiielit the people and coni-\\nmunity. In his political idlilialions Mr. Mills is a\\nstanch Democrat, always using his influence for\\ni the candidates of that [jarty. In his social rela-\\ntions he is ideiitilicd with the Knights of Pythias.\\n-^1.\\nS}\\ni^-i^m\\nW;ENDELL PHH\\nential business\\na prosperous d\\n^ENDELL PHILLIPS BOBBINS, an inllu-\\ness man of Benton Harbor, and\\ns dealer in lumber and build-\\ning material, was born in Barnstable County, Mass.,\\non the 2lth of August, 1851, being the son of Na-\\nthaniel and Huldah (Howes) Bobbins. His father\\nwas captain of a sailing-vessel and spent much of\\nhis active life upon the Atlantic Ocean, and also\\nengaged in raising cranberries on the famous cran-\\nberry marshes of Cape Cod. Late in life he retired\\nfrom the sea and spent his closing years at Har-\\nwich, Mass. He was a man of lirtn convictions\\nand was one of the early anti-slavery agitators, his\\nhome being the meeting-place of many prominent\\nAbolitionists, among whom may be mentioned the\\nillustrious Wendell Phillips, after whom our sub-\\nject was named. The father died in 1889, .-it the\\nage of almost eighty-two years. His wife had\\npassed away some time prior to his demise.\\nThe subject of this sketch passed his boyhood\\nyears along the shores of Cape Cod, where he as-\\nsisted his father in gathering cranberries. At the\\nage of fifteen years he left the shelter of the p.i-\\nrental roof and started out in life for himself.\\nProceeding to Taunton, Mass., he secured a cler-\\nical position in a dr3--goods store there, and was\\nthus engaged for two years. In 1869 he came to\\nBenton Harbor, where he became shipping clerk\\nfor his brother, Nathaniel Robbins, remaining in\\nhis employ six years. He then purchased an inter-\\nest in the lumber business in company with B. B.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0149.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "148\\nyORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nEldridge, the title of the firm being Eldridge fe\\nRobbins, and their ard being tlie first established\\nin Benton Harbor. After continuing in the busi-\\nness togetlier for eigliteen years, Mr. Robl)ins pur-\\ncliased liis partner s interest and has since con-\\nducted the business alone. His luinber-\\\\ard is\\nlocated on the corner of Main and Seventh Streets,\\nand is equipped with a complete assortment of\\nlumber and building material.\\nIn IfSTI Mr. Robbins was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Ilattie L. Rounds, who was bt)rn and\\nreared in Benton Harbor, being the daughter of\\nB. F. Rounds, an old and highly respected citizen\\nof this ijlace. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins are the par-\\nents of one daughter, Grace L., an intelligent and\\nrefined young lady, who is at present a clerk in her\\nfather s office. Mr. Robbins has been closely con-\\nnected with many of the most important interests\\nof Benton Harbor. For one term he served as In-\\nspecting Harbor Master, and for two years he filled\\nthe position of Alderman from the .Second Ward,\\nand then resigned. In his political sympathies, he\\ngives his influence and support to the Republican\\nparty. He is at present one of the Directors in the\\nFarmers and Merchants Bank of Benton Harbor,\\nand also a Director of the Benton Harbor Building\\nand Loan Association. Socially, he is identified\\nwith the Maccabees. With his famih he occupies\\na cozily furnished and attractive home located on\\nthe corner of Pipestone Street and Lake Avenue.\\n/^EN. LYMAN M. WARD. liiere are few\\nIII (_-, men of the present day whom the world\\n^5^JJ[j acknowledges as successful more worthy of\\nhonorable mention, or whose history affords a bet-\\nter illustration of what may be accomplished by a\\ndetermined will and perseverance, than Gen. Ly-\\nman M. Ward, the most eilieient Postmaster at\\nBenton Harbor. He was born in Cattaraugus\\nCount}-, N. Y., October .5, 1836, a son of Rev.\\nAbel C. Ward and grandson of .Tolm Ward, both\\nof whom were natives of Connecticut,\\nAbel C. Ward was a Congregational clergyman\\nand ministered to the spiritual wants of his fellow-\\nmen until his death at Fond du Lac, Wis., in 1869.\\nHe was of English descent. His wife, whose\\nmaiden name was Esther Dibble, was born in\\nMassachusetts, and died in July, 1893, at her home\\nat Oshkosh, Wis., aged eighty-two years. Six\\nchildren were born to this estimable couple, of\\nwhom our subject is fourth in order of birth. The\\nlatter was reared in Genesee County, N. Y., until\\nfifteen years of age, and supplemented a com-\\nmon-school enucation by attending the High\\nSchool and a private academy at Fond du Lac,\\nWis. Later he began the study of law in the of-\\nfice of D. Wood, of Fond du Lac, and there re-\\nmained until President Lincoln s call for seventy-\\nfive thousand troops brought out all his patriotism.\\nHe enlisted in the three-months service, Company\\nI, First Wisconsin Infantry, and after serving his\\nterm, re-enlisted in Company A, Fourteenth Wis-\\nconsin Infantry, under Col. I). Wood, and w.as as-\\nsigned to the Army of the Tennessee.\\nIn 18G2, he was made M.ajor of his regiment\\nand was successively promoted to be Lieutenant-\\nColonel and Colonel of the Fourteenth Wiscon-\\nsin Infantry. He was in coniinand of a brigade\\nfor two years and received the brevet rank of\\nBrigadier-General, lie w-as with the Army of the\\nTennessee in all its numerous engagements, and\\nno braver soldier llian he ever trod the red sod of\\na battlefield. He was mustered out at Madison, Wis.,\\nin 1865, and then went to his home in Fond du Lac,\\nwhere he remained until 186(). In the last-named\\nyear he came to Benton Harbor and was engaged\\nas a horticulturist for some time. In 1879 and\\n1880, he represented Berrien County in the Legis-\\nlature as a Republican candidate, and received\\ntwelve hundred and fortj -seven votes, while his\\nopponents, L. W. Pearl and J. Van Dusen, re-\\nceived seven hundred and thirty-four and four\\nhundred and sixty-one, respectively. He served\\non several important committees and gave satis-\\nfaction to his constituents and the public in gen-\\neral.\\nOn the 13th of March, 1888, Gen. Ward was ap-\\npointed Postmaster of Benton Harbor and has dis-\\ncharged the duties incumbent upon that position", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0150.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0151.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0152.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n151\\nup to the present time to the satisfaction of all\\nconcerned. Tlie first year s income of tlie of-\\nfice was 16,000, hut since tiieu it has increased to\\niil 1,000. (ion. Ward s marriage occurred .June\\nl.S, 1880, with INIiss Nellie T. Child, of Benton\\nHarbor, but a native of New York State. Gen.\\nWard has ever taken an active interest, politically,\\nin the affairs of the county, and has held a num-\\nber of local positions. In all things tiiat promise\\nto contril)ute to the good of Berrien County, he\\nmay be counted upon to take a leading part, and\\nas a citizen and neighbor he stands second to\\nnone.\\nRP^D E. L?]E, the General Manager of the\\nj^ Beckwith Estate, manufacturers of the\\nRound Oak stoves in tlie city of Dowagiac,\\nMich., is an active partner in Lee Bros. Co. s\\nIJatilc at Dowagiac and is widely known as an\\nenergetic and successful business man. A public-\\nsjiirited citizen, our subject has for many years\\nbeen closely identified with the leading enterprises\\nof Cass County. Born in Dowagi.ac, December 6,\\n18.58, he h.as spent almost his entire life within the\\nborders of the State.\\nDuring his early youth INIi-. Lee attended the\\npublic schools of his home city, but later enjoyed\\nthe advantage of a course of study ai the Buchtel\\nC ollcge, Akron, Oiiio. His first business experience\\nwas gained in the bank of his father, which he en-\\ntered in 1877. Atjout a twelvemonth later, in\\nconnection with his brother, Henrj M. l ee, our\\nsubject engaged in the grocery business and con-\\nducted the same for two years. At the expiration\\nof tills length f)f lime lie accepted a position in\\nthe Round Oak Stove Works, and for three years\\nsatisfactorily discharged the duties of shipping-\\nclerk. He next became book-keeper of the Stove\\nWorks and at the end of two jears resigned oflice\\nwork and traveled for the companj Two j ears\\nwere also spent in this de|)artiiient of the business.\\nHaving passed through a profitable apprenticeship,\\nMr. Lee practically fitted himself to become mana-\\nger of the business, and has handled with excellent\\nresults the extensive interests intrusted to his care\\nsince 1888, since which time the business has\\ngrown four-fold under his management. In 1889,\\nin company with his father and brother, Henry\\nM., he embarked in the banking business, to which\\nhe devotes a portion of his time.\\nOur subject was united in marriage with Miss\\nKate Beckwith September 19, 1871). Mrs. Lee, an\\naccomplished lady and a graduate of Mrs. (Jiant\\nTovvle s School, of Detroit, Mich., is a daughter of\\nPhilo D. Beckwith, a man of uncommon nobility\\nof character, whose memory, honored and revered,\\nwill long be green in the hearts of his fellow-\\ntownsmen. Earnest in purpose, kindly in word\\nand deed, he .accomplished much of good during\\nthe years of his prosperous and useful life. After\\nthe death of Mr. Beckwith his family conceived\\nthe idea of erecting to his memory the Beckwith\\nMemorial Theater, which was designed by W. E.\\nBrown, of Chicago, and was built at a cost of fully\\n!^10O,000. The auditorium has a seating capacity\\nof seven hundred. The corner apartment in front\\nis occupied by the bank of Lee Bros, ife Co. The\\nsecond fioor is used for the various otlices of the\\nRound Oak Stove Company and the City Council\\nchambers. The tliird floor is devoted to the Round\\nOak Camp of the Order of Woodmen. The mag-\\nnificent building, erected in 1892-93, was formally\\ndedicated by Col. Hobert G. Ingersoll, who de-\\nlivered a brilliant address to a large and appreci-\\native audience, gathered together from the princi-\\npal cities of IMichigan. Externally, the Beckwith\\nTheater, constructed of Lake Superior red sand-\\nstone, with back walls of brick, presents an impos-\\ning appearance, being 85x115 feet in dimensions.\\nThree stories in height, the front has a genuinely\\nmonumental effect. The first story is an arcade of\\nfour great arches, willi twenty feet to each span.\\nThe arches show the depth of the wall, and a\\nstrong band of carved enrichment lends additional\\ngrandeur to the facade. On rock-faced piers, inter-\\nmingling with the arches, are jiortraits of illustri-\\nous women. Below, upon the bay directly over\\nthe main entrance, is a laige medallion portrait of\\nP. D. Beckwith, beneath which a carved panel", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0153.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "152\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nbears the name of Beckwith. In the other front\\nbays are portraits in medallion of noted comi)osers,\\nartists and authors.\\nThe proscenium of the tlieater is square instead\\nof arched, twenty-six feet wide and twenty-six\\nfeet higli, and tlie ceiling slopes backward, giving\\nto the casual observer the impression that the\\nbuilding has been chiseled out of one huge piece\\nof marble. The stage is fifty feet in width and\\nthirty-eight feet deep, with an upper and lower\\nbox on either side. There are fifteen elegantly\\nfurnished dressing rooms, and the drop-curtain is\\na composite work of art, the figures superbly-\\ndrawn and painted. When Mr. I.,ee went to Er-\\nnest Albert, of Albert, Grover Burridge, in Chi-\\ncago, he asked the firm to design a fitting memo-\\nrial for a great and good man, who in life was\\nappreciative of the sublime and the beautiful in\\npoetry, art and literature. The work was under-\\ntaken, and everything in the Beckwith Theater,\\nfrom the Frencli mosaic floor of the grand en-\\ntrance to the elegant carpets of the foyer and\\nparquette, were ordered and designed willi special\\nreference to the liarmonizing of each detail in this\\ncharming playhouse. The main entrance to the\\nbuilding is in the middle division of the ground\\nfloor front, and is eighteen feet in width. The\\nentrance to the new bank of Lee Bros. Co. is\\nmade by the same passage. No city has a finer\\npalace for the banking business. As the thea-\\nter is a model of design and finish, so does the\\nbanking house surpass in elegance the usual struc-\\ntures occupied in handling money. A full de-\\nscription of the embattled parapet, with its carved\\ncherubs, the medallion portraits and the exterior\\nfinishings of the theater would require columns of\\nspace. A bird s-eye view of the interior reveals a\\nscone of luxurious magnificence. When ablaze with\\nelectric light the beautiful tones of the wall and\\nceiling are plainly revealed, exquisite tints and\\ngilded ornamentation rivaling each other in beauty\\nand effect. A special featiu-c of the memorial thea-\\nter is the glass used in the windows. The grand\\nentrance screen of the lobt)y is constructed entirely\\nof jeweled and leaded glass, Romanesque in de-\\nsign, in golden olive tones, upon a field of crystal\\nplate. The screen is 16x18 feet in dimensions.\\nThe front window of the bank is constructed of\\nthe same materials, but is semi-circular in form, in\\na scheme of myrtle and gold. This window is sev-\\nenteen feet in width and is rivaled by the orifices\\nin the auditorium.\\nMr. Lee was a prominent factor in the success-\\nful comi)letion of the prettiest theater and the\\nmost beautiful memorial of the country. Although\\na bus} man, he has been actively interested in pol-\\nitics and was elected upon the Republican ticket\\nto the Mayoral chair of Dowagiac, receiving the\\nlargest majority ever accorded to any candidate\\nfor the office. He also had the honor of being\\nsent as a delegate to the National Convention held\\nat Minneapolis in 1892, and was one of the com-\\nmittee appointed to notif} Reid of the nomina-\\ntion. At present he is interested in the erection\\nof a fine residence now building on High Street, at\\nthe head of Judson Avenue. The stone used in\\nthe house is unique, and when completed the\\ndwelling will be one of the handsomest in the\\nState. In religious views our subject is an agnos-\\ntic, a deep thinker, a profound reasoner, but lib-\\neral in judgment and sentiment. Financially pros-\\npered, Fred E. Lee has made many investments and\\nhas stimulated local progress and improvements.\\nHe is a partner in the Dowagiac Stock Farm and\\nVice-President of the Gas and Electric Company\\nof the city, and, occupying a high social and finan-\\ncial position, commands the confidence of the com-\\nmunity among whom he was born and reared.\\n3\u00c2\u00a9^@l^^\\nOHN 11. GRAHAM. An eminent judge on\\nbeing asked what qualities contribute most\\nto success, replied: Some succeed by great\\ntalent, some by high connections, and some\\nby miracle, but the majority succeed b}- commen-\\ncing without a shilling. In his youth the subject\\nof this biographical sketch had few advantages,\\nfor his parents were poor and he was early obliged\\nto earn his own livelihood, but, notwithstanding\\nthe disadvantages under which be laljQved in his", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0154.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n153\\nboyhood days, he has achieved a degree of success\\nnot usually attained. He is President of the well-\\nknown Oi-ahani il- Morton Transportation Com-\\npany !\u00c2\u00bbt St. .Josc iili and I .e-nlon llarlior, and is also\\nPresident of the Alden Canning Company, Ihe\\nsuccess of both enterprises beinp; due largely to his\\nefforts.\\nBorn in Boone County, 111., December 10, 1849,\\nour subject is the son of .Tolui and Lueinda (Nich-\\nols) Craliain. He spent his youthful days in p]lk-\\nhart, Ind., where ho was a pupil in the [)ublic\\nschools. In 18()4 he came to St. Joseph, and. em-\\nbarking in the lunil)er business in connection with\\nliis father, gave his attention thereto until 1870,\\nwhen he entered into partnership with Andrew\\nCrawford in the sawmill and hardwood lumber\\nbusiness at Benton Harbor. This firm conducted\\nan extensive business, and engaged in steamboat-\\ning in 1875.\\nPrior, however, to the above-mentioned enter-\\nprise, the Graham A Morton Company- was estab-\\nlished, in 1875, by .1. II. Graham,,!. Stanley Morton,\\nAndrew Crawford and James Paxton. In 1881 the\\nbusiness was merged into a stock company now\\nknown as the Graham it Morton Transportation\\nCom|)any, with Mr. Graham as President, and he\\nstill holds tiiat position. In addition to this bus-\\niness, t(j which he devotes his attention with as-\\nsiduity and energy, Mr. Graham has other exten-\\nsive interests, ail of which are proving remunera-\\ntive. He is President of the Hotel St. Joseph, an\\nelegant summer resort located on the beach and\\nprovided with two hundred and forty comfortable\\nrooms. He is also President of the Alden Canning\\nCompany, at Benton Harbor, which does a large\\nbusiness and is established on a solid financial ba-\\nsis, and is a Director in the IJniou Hanking Com-\\npany of St. Joseph.\\nSt. Joseph has many beautiful homes, but none\\nmore elegant or attractive tiian tiiat occupied and\\nowned by Mr. Graham. It is a brick structure,\\nwith iiictures(iue surroundings and perfect in its\\ninterior appointments. Tiie lady who presides\\nover this lovely home was in her maiden days Miss\\nDora E. Chase, being the daughter of E. T. Chase,\\nof Homer, Mich., although at the time of her mar-\\nliago she was residing in Benton Harbor. She be-\\ncame the wife of Mr. Graham on the 14t]i of Feb-\\nruary, 1881, and has since that time been his faith-\\nful and devoted helpmate. As a Republican, Mr.\\nGraham takes an active part in local and State\\npolitics, and no iiuin stands higlier in the regard of\\nhis fellow-citizens than he.\\nEBEDEE BEVERLY, Register of Deeds for\\nCass County, Mich., and a |)rominent in-\\nstructor of the State, having for thirteen\\nyears successfully taught in the schools of Cass\\nCounty, has resided in his present locality almost\\nhis entire lifetime, and was but a little lad of four\\n3 ears when with his parents he removed from his\\nbirthplace to his future home in the far West.\\nThe parents of our subject spent the first years\\nsucceeding their marriage in Ohio, and in Gallip-\\nolis Zebedee Beverly was born July 25. 1 85(5, of\\nAfro-American parentage. Four years later, with\\ntheir family the father and mother settled in\\nMichigan, locating permanently in La Grange\\nTownship. Our subject in childhood attended the\\ncommon schools of -his home neighborhood, and\\nwithin the limits of the district firmly laid tlie\\nbroad foundation of a more extended education.\\nMr. Beverly was a lover of books and study, and\\nthe time spent in school was fruitful in seeds of\\nknowledge, which later bore an abundant harvest.\\nFor three years our subject enjoj^ed tiie benefit\\nof a thorough course of instruction in the State\\nAgricultural College at Lansing, Alicli. Having\\nby this time attained to early manhood, he began\\nlife for himself iiy teaching school m Cass Count}-.\\nHe was from the first successful in his chosen avo-\\ncation, being specially apt as an instructor, and\\nwithout difliculty securing the esteem and confi-\\ndence of his pupils. After thirteen j ears of un-\\nwearied devotion to iiis profession, he devoted\\nabout eight years to the tonsorial business in Cass-\\nopolis, and was elected to his present responsible\\nposition in November, 1892. Entering upon a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0155.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "154\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntwo-years term of ofHce as Register of Deeds, he\\nwith efficient fidelity discharges the duties now de-\\nvolving upon him. I olitically, Mr. Beverly is a\\nstanch Republican and a firm believer in the prin-\\nciples and platform of the party. An intelligent\\nand conscientious citizen, he is actively interested\\nin both local and National issues, well realizing the\\nnecessity of placing important positions of trust\\nonlj in the hands of those fitted by education and\\nnatural ability to perform worthily their public\\nwork.\\nUpon .June .5, 1881, Zebedee 15everl3 and Miss\\nSarah E. Calloway were united in marriage. Mrs.\\nBeverly, an accomplished lad}-, was prior to her\\nmarriage a resident of the town of Porter, Cass\\nCounty, Mich., and there enjoyed the high regard\\nof a large circle of .acquaintances. The pleasant\\nhome of our subject and his wife has been blessed\\nby the birth of two children, a son and daugh-\\nter. Tlie son, Asa L. Beverly, and the daughter,\\nYerna M., will be accorded every opportunity for\\na thorough education. Mr. Beverly has been as-\\nsociated with the upward progress of Cass County,\\nand although comi aratively young in years h.as\\nwitnessed remarkable changes and rapid develop-\\nment in enterprise since his early daj s of child-\\nhood. His interests have ever centered in Cass\\nCounty, and here he has given patient and valu-\\nable labor, whose results only the coming years\\nmaj evidence.\\nW;ILLIAM H. VOGLE, proprietor of the\\ncommodious livery stables located in Cass-\\nopolis, Cass Count3 Mich., is an energetic\\nbusiness man and a leading citizen of his home\\nlocalitj-. Furnishing to the local .and traveling\\npublic excellent facilities for speedy and comfort-\\nable conveyance, he enjoys extended patronage\\nand rapidly increasing business. Mr. Vogle was\\nborn in Wills Township, La Porte County, Ind.,\\nApril 12, IS.M, and is the only son of George and\\nMary Ann (Jeffrey) Vogle. The father was a na-\\ntive of Germany, and in the Fatherland was trained\\nto habits of industrious thrift, earl}- becoming\\nmanly and self-reliant. When twenty years of age\\nlie determined to emigrate to the land of promise\\nbej ond the sea, and sailed for America. Arriving\\nsafe and sound in the United States, he continued\\nhis journe} to the Westward and located in Indi-\\nana, soon receiving employment in the railroad\\nshops at La Porte. A thorough mechanic and adept\\nin the trade of a blacksmith, he engaged in that\\nline of work and continued in the faithful dis-\\ncharge of daily toil until his death, at thirty-three\\nyears. An upright man and an excellent citizen,\\nhis loss was mourned by many friends and fellow-\\nemployes in the railroad shops.\\nThe mother of our subject was a native of the\\nEast, her ancestors being Quakers, and among the\\nhighly esteemed residents of New Jersey. Mr. Vo-\\ngle attended the excellent schools of La Porte and\\nreceived his education and was reared to mature\\nyeai^s in his birthplace. Our subject was twenty-\\nfour years of age when he made his home in Mich-\\nigan in 1878. He located in Edwardsburgh, Cass\\nCounty, where he remained in business for three\\nyears. He then received a position as traveling\\nsalesman for A.J. Clelland Son, selling f.anuing-\\nmills in Ohio for three years. In 1884 he decided to\\ntry the pursuit of agriculture and went on to a\\nfarm in Ottawa, where he continued to till the soil\\nuntil the fall of 1891; he then removed to Cassop-\\nolis and profitably engaged in the livery business,\\nwhich from the first was an assured success. Mr.\\nVogle has a wide acquaintance among the commer-\\ncial travelers, who are among his best customers.\\nIn M.ay, 1893, our subject purchased the property\\nof the Presbyterian Society, adjoining his business\\nlocation, which he had owned for some time. He\\nis now about to remove his old barns, and will soon\\nerect upon the fine frontage a handsome and sub-\\nstantial brick structure, which will enable him to\\naccommodate a larger stock of teams, and more\\nfull}- meet the requirements of his large business.\\nIn 1867, William H. Vogle and Miss Mary E.\\nSweetland were united in marriage. The estima-\\nble wife of our subject is a daughter of Augustus\\nand Lydia (Tanner) Sweetland, of Edwardsburgh,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0156.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT ANT) KIOGRAPII CAL RECORD.\\n155\\nto which place she came when eleven years old,\\nand resided witli lier uncle, Levi Aldricli. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Sweetland were natives of New York,\\nwhere tliey were reared and educated. The very\\npleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Vogle has been\\nblessed by the birth of one son, George S. Vogle,\\nnamed in honor of the paternal grandfather, who\\npassed to his rest so many ^ears ago. Our subject\\nis an ardent Republican, and takes an active inter-\\nest in National and local affairs. Fraternally, he\\nis connected with Ottawa Lodge No. 49, L O. O.\\nF., being Past Grand Commander of the same.\\nKV. GEORGE CLINTON VAN VECHTEN\\nEASTMAN, I). D., was born in Addison\\nCounty, Vt.,, July 22, 1813. He is a mem-\\nI ber of a family represented in New Eng-\\nland history for several generations, and of sub-\\nstantial English stock. His grandfather, Jonathan\\nEastman, was a native of JIassacluisetts, born in\\nHaverhill, and for many j-ears resided in the Green\\nMountain State. There Amos Eastman, the father\\nof our subject, was born and reared. From tliat\\nState lie went to the service of his country during\\nthe War of 1812, returning home with the well-\\nearned title of Captain, and in that State he closed\\nIlls eyes to the scenes of time, when his life s work\\nwas ended. His wife was Sarah Hewett, a native\\nof New York State and of German extraction.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch spent his\\nboyhood in Addison County, Vt., and prepared\\nfor college in tlie .academy at Middlebuiy, after\\nwhich he entered the college at that i)laee, being\\ngraduated in 182!). In 1880 his Alma Mate)- con-\\nferred upon him the degree of D. I)., and about\\nthe same time he received the degree of S. T. I).\\nfrom Trinity College, at Hartford, Conn. At\\nMarblehead, Mass., in 18.34, lie was ordained to the\\npriesthood, the impressive ceremony being per-\\nformed in St. Micli.ael s Church by the Rt.-Rev.\\nMr. (Jriswold, at that time Rishop of the New\\nEngland States, excepting Rhode Island.\\nDr. Eastman served as rector in churches in the\\nStates of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New\\nYork, Vermont, Kansas and Michigan, as well as in\\nCanada. For a time he was rector of Trinity Church\\nat Fairfield, Herkimer County, N. Y., whence he\\nreturned to Vermont, and later accepted a pastor-\\nate in New Brunswick, Can.ada. After again so-\\njourning for a short time in the Green Mountain\\nState, he went to Kansas and labored there as a\\nminister of the Gospel at Pittsburgh. Coming to\\nMichigan, he settled in IJenton Harbor in July,\\n1884, and became pastor of the Hol.\\\\- Trinity Mis-\\nsion, there being no church edilice at tlu; time of\\nhis coming hither. Through his efforts funds were\\nsecured and an elegant brick sti uctnre was erected\\non Pipestone Street. Of this church he remained\\nin charge until 18i*l, when he retired from the\\nministry, after having spent fiftj -seven years in\\n1 last oral work.\\nFor eleven years Dr. Eastman w.as at the head\\nof a private boarding-school for boys, located at\\nLitchfield, Conn., and he was also Principal of the\\nCary Collegiate Semin. iry, in Genesee County, N.\\nY., for four years. In polities, he is a Democrat,\\nwith Prohibition symitathies. Aliout fifty years\\nago he became a member of the Masonic order,\\nbelonging to the Commandery at Montpelier, A t.,\\nand filled the position of Cirand Prelate of the\\nGrand Comiuandery of Vermont for a period of\\ntwo years. He took the Commandery degree at\\nSaratoga, N. Y. He has also taken the fourteen\\ndegrees of the Scottish Rite M.nsonry, being a\\nmember of the Lodge of Perfection. For a num-\\nber of years he held fraternal relations with the\\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows, but has sev-\\nered his active connection with that organization.\\nIn September, 1834, Dr. Eastman married Miss\\nMinerva M. Hitchcock, a native of Kingsbury,\\nWashington County, N. Y., and a daughter of\\nNoble Hitelicock, of that county. Mrs. Minerva\\nEastman died at Burlington, \\\\t., in 1878, leaving\\none daughter, Ilattie E., the wife of Charles\\nWalker, of Burlington, Vt. June 7, 1882, occurred\\nthe marriage of Dr. Eastman and Mrs. .Alargaret\\nCook, who was born in Page County, Va., and is\\nthe daughter of Peter Hay, a resident of the Old\\nDominion. The Hav faiiiilv originated in .Scot-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0157.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "156\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nland and its representatives in this country have\\nbeen distinguished for the Scotch traits of perse-\\nverance and thrift. Mrs. Eastm.in is a member of\\nthe Baptist Cluirch and is a lady of kindly dispo-\\nsition and large heart, who is loved and esteemed\\nfor her many excellent qualities.\\nA life so noble and uplifting as that of Dr.\\nEastman is worth} the emulation of posterity, and\\nspeaks in language more eloquent than words of\\nconsecrated efforts and unselfish devotion. For a\\nperiod covering more than half a century he la-\\nbored zealously and unweariedly to advance the\\ninterests of the church and lead sinners to Christ.\\nMany have been induced by his eloquent appeals\\nto become Christians, and Ins efforts have been\\nsuccessful in securing the moral and spiritual ele-\\nvation of many. Not many years shall pass away\\nere the silver cord shall be loosed and the wheel\\nbroken at the cistern, but though his long and\\nhonored life shall reach its peaceful close, the good\\nhe has accomplished shall never die. Through\\ncountless ages to come, and indeed until time\\nshall be no more, the fruitage of some kind word\\nspoken or some kind deed done will be borne in\\nthe hearts and lives of generations vet unborn.\\nBRAHAM IirTCHlNGS, deceased, was one\\n\u00c2\u00a9yLl lj of the prominent pioneer citizens of Mich-\\nigan, and located in the West at a very\\nearly day. He w.is born in the j-ear 1809,\\nand W.IS a native of Ulster County, N. Y., where\\nhe grew to manhood and was trained in the dail^\\nroutuie of agricultural duties. He received his\\neducation in the schools of lister County, and in\\n1835 married, soon after with his wife journeying\\nto Cass County, ^lich. Locating upon the banks\\nof Lilly Lake, our subject entered land from the\\nGovernment, and, energetic and industrious, im-\\nproved almost one hundred acres, bringing a large\\nportion of the farm up to a high state of cultiva-\\ntion. In 1845 Mr. Hutchings with his familj- re-\\nmoved to another location, settling in the woods\\nthree miles north of his former home. The one\\nhundred and sixty acres of land was yet in a wild\\nstate, but soon yielded to the patient tilling of\\nthe soil and became a valuable homestead and an\\nexcellent piece of farming property. When Abra-\\nham Hutchings first settled in Michigan neighbors\\nwere few and far between. Game was abundant,\\nbut giadually disappeared before the advancing\\ntide of emigration.\\nOur subject was twice married. By his firet\\nwife he had two children, both daughters, Slary\\nand Susan. Entering the bonds of matrimonj a\\nsecond time, he married Miss Candace Grah.am,\\nwlio resuled near Toledo, Ohio. After the arrival\\nof Mr. Hutchings and his second wife in Michigan\\ntwo sons were born unto them, Newton and Wal-\\nl.ace, the latter of whom died in Washington City,\\nwhile in the service of his country. Politically,\\nour subject was a Republican and always took an\\nactive interest in both local and national affairs.\\nHe was a liberal and public-spirited citizen, ever\\nready to aid in matters of progress and reform,\\nand enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him. His\\neldest and only surviving son, Newton Hutchings,\\nwas born in Cass County in 1836, and, reared upon\\nthe homestead, assisted his father in the work of\\nthe farm and attended the district schools of the\\nneighborhood. Arriving at manhood, Newton\\nHutchings began life for himself, and in 1861 was\\nmarried to Miss Mary Perkins. The husband and\\nwife settled at once upon a farm, entering with\\nenergj; into the pursuit of agriculture.\\nAs the years passed Mr. Hutch ing* was prospered,\\nand, adding to his possessions from time to time,\\nw.as enabled to purchase the old homestead of his\\nfather, which was endeared to the son by the asso-\\nciations of boj hood. Under his fostering care the\\nacres have increased in value, and the farm, finely\\nimproved, is among the best in Cass County. iMr.\\nI and Mrs. Newton Hutchings reared one son, Wal-\\nlace, now in the employ of the Grand Trunk\\nRailroad Compan} Like his father, Newton\\nI Hutchings, is a member of the Republican party,\\nand a stanch advocate of its principles .and plat-\\nform. He has never been desirous for political pre-\\ni ferment, but has held with ability various school", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0158.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n157\\noffices and given earnest effort in behalf of educa-\\ntional advancement. In 1864 Mr. Ilutcliings en-\\ntere J tlie seivicp of tlic Oovcnnneiit and enlisted\\nin llie One Ihindieil and Seveiity-seventli Oliio\\nI nfMntrv. With lii.s rejrinient lie went to the scene\\nof eonlliet and remained in the South actively en-\\ngaged in military dut^ until the close of the war.\\nWith the exception of the period of his enlistment,\\nMr. Ilutehings has spent his life in and adjaeent\\nto his birthplace, and has long been accounted\\none of the most substantial citizens and prosperous\\nagriculturists of Cass County.\\n=m m^-\\n^j. ALVIN K. .ULLSON. A marked feature of\\n(l( _ the business operations of the merchants of\\nIJerrien County is their enterprise, and this\\nis one of the prominent characteristics of Mr. Jill-\\nson, well known as the owner and proprietor of\\nthe largest mercantile establishment in Stevens-\\nville. Through enterprise and industry he has\\nestablished a large and lucrative trade with the\\ncitizens of the place and the farmers of the sur-\\nrounding countrj-, and is widel3- known as a man\\nof reliable business dealings and excellent judg-\\nment. He gives stead}- employment to a cashier,\\nbook-keeper and a force of four clerks, and in his\\nhuge store keeps a complete line of dry goods,\\nboots and shoes, groceries and hardware.\\nThe parents of our subject are .lob and Eleanor\\n.lillson, the former being a native of Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y., where he was reared and married.\\nHe engaged in farming pursuits in the Empire\\nState until about 18,50, when he migrated to Mich-\\nigan and settled in Sodus Township, Herrien\\nounty. Purchasing a tract of unimproved land,\\nlHM lentilied himself with the growth and progress\\nof the county and was numbered among its early\\nsettlers. As the j cars passed by, he was enabled\\nto realize more full}- the reward of his earlier ef-\\nforts, and was known as one of the well-to-do men\\n(if the township. However, in 1882, he removed\\nfurther West and made settlement upon a farm in\\nSouth Dakota, where he remained until his death,\\nJune 22, 18!\u00c2\u00bb3.\\nAftei- locating in South Dakota, the senior IMr.\\n.lillson was closely connected with the public\\naffairs of Edmunds County, and in 1 81(1 and 1892\\nwas chosen to represent his fellow-eitizens in the\\nState Legislature, being elected to that honorable\\nposition upon the ticket of the Independent party.\\nHe always maintained a deep interest in politics,\\nand believed that the adoption of a free-trade pol-\\nicy would be of material benelit to the countr}\\nIn his religions belief, he for man}- years held\\nmembership in the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHe and his wife were the parents of six children,\\nnamelj Anna, who is the wife of William Warner,\\na carpenter residing in Canada; Helen, a widow, who\\nhas conducted her husband s business at Eau Claire\\nsince his death in 1890; Mary, wife of James Paul,\\na merchant engaged in business at Eau Claire, Ber-\\nrien County; Calvin E.; Lansing, a farmer of South\\nDakota; and Cornelius, also an agriculturist of that\\nState.\\nUpon the old homestead in Sodus Township our\\nsubject grew to manluxid, meantime attending the\\ndistrict schools and the Benton Harbor school. At\\nthe age of twenty-two he commenced to teach\\nschool in Lincoln Township, and followed that\\nj)rofession for three years. After he discontinued\\nthat work, he entered the employ of his brother-\\nin-law, P. Staplcton,a merchant of Eau Claire, Ber-\\nrien Count} and remained with him for two years.\\nHe then came to Stevensville, where he purchased\\nthe stock of goods owned b} A. H. McMaster, and\\nafterward added a complete assortment of dry-\\ngoods, making the establishment one of the most\\nextensive in the county. On the 18th of June.\\n1882, he took into the business P. Stapleton, the\\nfirm becoming C. E. Jillson Co., and as such\\ndoing business until the death of Mr. Stapleton,\\nwhich occurred in September, 1890. Sir. Jillson is\\nadministrator of the Stapleton estate.\\nApril 11, 1883, Mr. Jillson was united iu mar-\\nriage with Miss Jennie M., daughter of James A.\\nJohnson, one of the prominent lesident.sof Berrien\\nCounty. Mrs. Jillson was born in New York\\nState, removing to Kalamazoo County, Mieli., in\\nchildhood, and soon afterward comin to Berrien", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0159.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "158\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCounty, where she grew to womanhood. Their\\nfour children are named Orren B., Charles M.,\\nPearl May and Katie. In addition to the store at\\nStevensville, Mr. Jillson also for one year con-\\nducted a branch establishment at Baroda, this\\ncount} and shortly afterward purchased a one-half\\ninterest in a dry-goods store at Ovid, Clinton\\nCounty, this State, the other member of the firm\\nbeing F. E. Hazel. In political matters Mr. Jillson\\nis a Democrat, and has filled vaiious positions of\\ntrust, having been Clerk of Lincoln Township for\\nthree terms, Township Superintendent of Schools\\nfor two terms, and a member of the Village Board.\\n\\\\f( OSEPH FORESMAN. Now in the twilight\\nof his useful life, Mr. Foresman can look\\nback upon his past life with tlie re.alization\\nthat he has not lived or labored in vain.\\nAs the result of his energy he has surrounded his\\nfamily with all the comforts of existence and has\\nalso smoothed his declining years. A man of\\nwide travel and experience, he is an interesting\\nconversationalist and can narrate many a thrilling\\ntale of pioneer scenes and incidents of life in the\\nmining regions of the far West.\\nAt present Mr. Foresman is a resident of section\\n21, La Grange Township, Cass County. Pennsyl-\\nvania was the State of his birth, and he was born\\nin Lycoming County May 23, 181G, being the son\\nof Samuel and Mary (Anderson) Foresman. The\\npaternal grandparents were natives of Ireland,\\nwho emigrated to America and made settlement\\nin Lancaster County, Pa., where Samuel Foresman\\nwas born. The last-named was reared on a farm\\nin the Keystone State, .acquiring a good education\\nin the district schools. Early trained to agricul-\\ntural pursuits, he naturally chose the occupation\\nof a farmer for his life calling, in addition to\\nwhich he .also engaged in milling. He owned a\\nmill in the county of Lycoming, and became\\nwidely known as an industrious, energetic man, of\\ngood business habits and excellent judgment. He\\nwas one of those men who courted no man s favor\\nand feared no man s frown, as true to duty as\\nthe needle to the ))ole; honest and kind, resolute\\nand noble.\\nThe next to the younger in a family of sixteen\\nchildren, Josepli Foresman is the only survivor of\\nthe entire number. He was bereaved by the de.ath\\nof his father when six years of age, and eleven\\nyears afterward he was orphaned by his mother s\\ndeath. When not more than thirteen he com-\\nmenced to work by the month, and soon developed\\nthose traits of self-reliance and resolute purpose\\nwhich have so largely contributed to his success.\\nAt the age of seventeen he began an apin-entice-\\nship to the trade of a blacksmith, which he fol-\\nlowed for two and one-half 3 ears. At the expira-\\ntion of his term of apprenticeship he removed to\\nLogansport, Ind., where he was employed at his\\ntrade for six years. About that time he married\\nHester Wear, who bore him four children, Eliza-\\nbeth J., the wife of Levi Case, being now the only\\nsurvivor.\\nComing to Michigan .as early as 1844, Mr. Fores-\\nman settled three miles from Cassopolis, in Cass\\nCounty, and purchased eighty acres of land, on\\nwhich he established a home. For some time he\\nconducted a blacksmith shop and did an extensive\\nbusiness among the peo|)le of the community In\\n1847, at the opening of the Mexican War, he en-\\nlisted in Company F, First Michigan Infantry,\\nCapt. Whitimoie, of Niles, commanding. With\\nhis company he marched to the seat of war and\\ntraveled throughout Mexico, although he saw no\\nactive service. Returning to Michigan, he was\\nbereaved six months afterward by the death of\\nhis wife. In 1890 he married .again, choosing as\\nhis wife Mrs. Susan Moore, nee Scofield.\\nIn 18.50, Mr. Foresman removed to St. Joseph,\\nMo., where he remained for two years. Thence\\nhe went to California with a party of friends, the\\ntrip being made with four w.agons overland, and\\noccupying nearly five months. At I lacerville Mr.\\nForesman engaged in mining for four years with\\nindifferent success, and later he went to the south-\\nern part of the State, where he followed his trade\\nfor two years. Then he went to British Colum-\\nbia, where he remained for six years. On his re-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0160.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0161.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "^r^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fe5\u00c2\u00ab!* ii\\n4e* I\\n3B\\nP*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Xx\\nI If\\n.:irV 3", "height": "2933", "width": "2175", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0162.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0163.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0164.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n163\\nturn to the United States he settled in Washing-\\nton and engaged in liirabering; lie also dealt in real\\nestate for a period of twenty-three years, lie did\\nnot, however, feel content to make his permanent\\nhome in the far West, and his niind often reverted\\nto his old lionie in Mieliigan. He linallj de-\\ncided upc)n retiirnini; hither, and accordingly in\\n1890 he came back to Cass County and settled on\\nthe place where he now lives, and where, in all\\nprobabilty, he will spend the remainder of his life.\\nThe farm belongs to his wife. Politically, he is a\\nOeniocrat, and while residing in Wasliington\\nserved as Sherin of Clallam County.\\nEORGE S. BASSETT. Benton Harbor con-\\ntains a number of beautiful residences,which\\nJ in point of architectural design and attrac-\\ntive surroundings rival the more pretentious\\nhomes of the city. One of the most elegant resi-\\ndences in the village is that owned and occupied\\nby the subject of this sketch. It is pleasantly lo-\\ncated at No. 131 Brunson Avenue, and is a sub-\\nstantial frameslructure, containing all the modern\\nimprovements and furnished with an elegance and\\ntaste betokening the relinement and culture of the\\ninmates.\\nThe owner of this home. Mr. Bassett, is the sen-\\nior member of the firm of Bassett Loring, deal-\\ners in real estate, wood and coal at Benton Harbor,\\nand also insurance agents, rei)resenting a number\\nof the best companies. The subject of this sketch\\nwas born in P.rown County, Ohio, on tlic 21th of\\nAugust, 18 1(), and is the descendant of Knglish\\nancestors. His paternal grandfather, John Bassett.\\nwas a native of New York, where also the lather\\nof our subject, Orin, was born. The latter settled\\nat an early da} in Brown County, Ohio, and then\\nremoved to Peoria, III., in 1817, and in 1881) came\\nto Berrien County, Mich., wliere he now resides.\\nHis wife was a Miss Margaret Moore, .anrl was born\\nin Virginia.\\nGeorge S. Bassett is the third son among nine\\nchildren. He was only one year old when he ac-\\ncompanied his parents to Peoria, III.; later he re-\\nmoved to La Salle County, 111., and pre|)ared for\\ncollege at the Tonica High Sdiool. At the age of\\ntwenty years he entered Hedding College, at Ab-\\ningdon, Knox Counly, III., where he prosecuted\\nhis studies with diligence for some time. Ipon\\nleaving the college he engaged in fanning and\\nstock-raising, making a specialty of breeding line\\nthoroughbred Hereford cattle, and conducting a\\ngeneral farming business with success. In the fall\\nof 181)1 he disposed of his agricultural interests\\nand soon afterward came to Benton Harbor, where\\nhe has since been engaged in the real-estate busi-\\nness. In the spring of 1893 he formed a partner-\\nship with B. B. Eldridge, under the firm name of\\nBassett, Eldridge tt Co., and did a large trade in\\nwood and coal. In July, 1893, Mr. Eldridge went\\nout of the firm.\\nIn December, 1871, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nBassett and Miss Iluldali Fitch, the daughter of\\nCharles Fitch, of Missouii. Mr. and Mrs. Bas-\\nsett are the parents of two daughters: Nellie iM.\\nand Lois A. In their religious belief, they are\\nidentified with the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand contribute with the utmost generosity to the\\nvarious enterprises of that denomination. Politic-\\nally, Mr. Bassett adheres to the principles of the\\nRe]iubli(an party, and always gives his infiuence\\nto its support.\\n/^OY W. IIENDHYX. Among the younger\\nprofessional men who have already attained\\npositions of iiillueiice is the prominent\\nattorney-at-law whose name is here ])resented.\\nNow a resident of Dowagiae. he was born in Cuba,\\nAllegany County, N. Y., on the 2(lth of July, 1861,\\nand is the son of James :ind ICunice (Tryon) Hen-\\ndryx. The paternal grandfather, Nathan Hendrvx.\\nwas a native of New York, and in Madison County,\\nthat State, James Hendryx, father of our subject,\\nwas born. He grew to manhood in Allegany", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0165.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "164\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCounty, N. Y., and having been reared to farming\\npxH suils, naturally chose agriculture as his life oc-\\ncupation. A stanch advocate of Democratic prin-\\nciples, he was deeply interested in political matters,\\nand in the Tilden campaign for Governor in 1874\\ngave the weight of his influence to the Democratic\\ncandidate, of whom he was a warm admirer. In\\nhis farming pursuits he met with more than ordi-\\nnary success, and as the result of his good judgment\\nand untiring industry, attained a measure of pros-\\nperity that falls to the lot of but few. His death\\noccurred in 1875.\\nThe parental family consisted of seven children,\\nof whom live are now living. Coy W. was reared\\nto manhood in Allegany Count3 and received his\\nearly education in the graded schools of Cuba.\\nLater he entered Cook Academ3 at Havana, N. Y.,\\nand also for a time conducted his studies in the\\ncollege at Newtown, near Philadelphia, graduating\\nfrom the latter institution in 1878. He then en-\\ngaged in teaching for two years and filled the\\nposition of Principal of the schools at Clarksville,\\nN. Y. In April, 1879, he came to Dowagiac and\\nentered the law office of Spafford Try on, where he\\ncontinued his legal studies until he was admitted\\nto the Bar in October, 1882.\\nOpening an office in Dow.igiac, Mr. Ilendr^yx con-\\nducted his practice alone for a time, and in 1890\\nformed a partnership with Frank L. Hammond,\\n(now of Benton Harbor), continuing in that con-\\nnection for one year. Since then he has been\\nalone. His office is located in the Jewell Block, on\\nthe corner of Front and Commercial Streets, in\\nDowagiac, and he conducts a general practice in all\\nthe courts of the State. In December, 1886, he\\nwas admitted to practice in the United States\\nCourt. A Democrat in politics, he has held the\\noffice of Circuit Court Commissioner, and in 1886\\nwas appointed United States Commissioner for tlie\\nWestern District of JNIichigan, which is a life posi-\\ntion.\\nIn 1885 Mr. Hendryx married Miss Harriett\\nGuilford, the daughter of Charles Guilford, a\\nprominent farmer residing in Cuba, Allegany\\nCounty, N. Y. Mrs. Hondryx was born and reared\\nin Cuba, and completed her education in Alfred\\nUniversit} Three children have been born of this\\nunion: Ruth, Irene and Olive. Socially, Mr. Hen-\\ndryx is a member of the Masonic fraternity and\\ntakes a very active interest in the work of his\\nlodge, in which he has occupied many of the chairs.\\nHe is also identified with the Legion of Honor.\\nOHN WALLACE. Among the business\\nmen of St. .Joseph engaged as dealers in\\nlumber and builders materials, Mr. Wallace\\nis one of the most prosperous and enterpris-\\ning. He inaugurated this enterprise in 1881, and\\nhas since conducted it in such a manner as to com-\\nmend himself to the approbation and patron.age of\\nthe people of the county. In addition to lumber\\nand builders materials, he carries an extensive\\nstock of lath, wood, coal, etc., and transacts a large\\nbusiness in those lines.\\nMr. Wallace was born in Dundee, Scotland,\\nMarch 7, 1835, and is a son of John and Maiy\\n(Reed) Wallace, natives of Scotland. When John\\nwas six years old liis parents removed to Wayne\\nCounty, Mich. His father was .-m honest, indus-\\ntrious man and followed the trade of a moulder.\\nIn Wayne Count}-, John entered the common\\nschools and gained a fair knowledge of the three\\nR s. His schooling was limited, and his edu-\\ncation was principally acquired in that vast school\\nwhere all mankind are pupils, the school of ex-\\nperience. Being a thoughtful reader and a close\\nobserver, he has become well informed upon all\\nsubjects of general interest, and his opinions upon\\nmatters of importance are valuable and frequently\\nsought.\\nAt the age of sixteen Mr. AVallace was ap-\\nprenticed to learn the trade of a m.achimst and\\nwas employed at that occupation for several years.\\nLater he secured a position as engineer on the\\nLakes in a vessel that plied between St. Jose|)h and\\nChicago and between Buffalo, Detroit and Chi-\\ncago. In 1881 he built a tug, which had a regular\\nrun on the Lakes and through which he made some\\nmoney. About that time he embarked in the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0166.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n165\\nlumber business, which he has conducted success-\\nfully up to tlie present time. As a business man,\\nhe is (iccurato in inotliods, conscientious in liis\\ndealings with all, and uniformly reliable.\\nIn every question of general interest Mr. Wal-\\nlace is uotonly interested, but is well informed and\\nentertains delinite opinions. In his political con-\\nnections lie adheres to the principles of the Re-\\npublican party, and is never better pleased than\\nwhen he is able to aid in securing a great victory\\nfor the party. He has often been called upon to\\nserve as Alderman of St. Joseph, and lias also filled\\nwith honor to himself the positions of Collector\\nand Treasurer. He is a Director in the Union\\nRanking Company of this city, and is connected\\nwith other prominent enterprises of the [ilace. So-\\nciall} his connections are with Occidental Lodge\\nNo. r)6, A. F. A. M.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Wallace occurred in Feb-\\nruaiy, 1860, and united him with Miss Alice,\\ndaughter of .lames McMahon, a native of Irehind.\\nMrs. W.allace was born in Detroit, Mich., and re-\\nceived her education in the schools of Detroit and\\nChicago. Her marriage has resulted in the birth\\nof ten children, whose names are: Lewis 1)., Will-\\niam G., Maude M.. .lames, Alexis J., Edith A., Roy\\nF., Dudley K., .John, .Jr., and Alice The fam-\\nily home is in a beautiful residence on the corner\\nof Elm and State Streets, in St. Josepii, and is one\\nof the C(i/.y dwellings for vvhicli this city is noted.\\nm^m\\n!\u00c2\u00ab]DM()N A. (UtAIlAM, .agent of the Gr.a-\\niiain ife Morton Transportation Coini)any,\\nmanager of t!io sleamor May CJiaiiam,\\nand owner of the Graham Docks at St. Joseph, is\\ndoubtless more widely known than any otiier resi-\\ndent of this cily l)\\\\ tiie lake. He is a native of\\nIndiana and was born in the city of La Porte No-\\nvember 11, 1811. Tracing his lineage back through\\ntwo generations, we lind that his paternal grand-\\nfather was William Graham, who w;is of English\\ndescent, while his maternal grandfather bore the\\nname of Phineas Nichols. Both were honorable\\nand upright men, industrious and persevering, and\\nwere highly esteemed in the communities where\\nthey resided.\\nThe parents of our subject, John and Lucinda\\n(Nichols) (iraham, were natives of New York,\\nthe former having been born in Chenango County.\\nIn his j oung manhood ho emigrated to the West\\nand, reaching Indiana, made settlement on a farm\\nthree miles from La Porte, where he resided a few\\nyears, and then moved to Ohio. Soon after he re-\\nturned to Indiana, from there went to Illinois,\\nthence to Iowa, and while the family remained in\\nIowa he made a trip to California. In 1804 he\\nsettled in Berrien Count} Aftervvards he re-\\nturned to Boone County, III., and settled on a farm\\non which he died in 187.5. He was a [lublic-spir-\\nited and enterprising man of irreproachable con-\\nduct and kindly disposition.\\nThe subject of this sketch spent his boyhood\\nyears in the several States above mentioned and\\nat the age of twenty-one went to Elkhart, Ind. In\\n1804, he .accompanied his father to Berrien Coun-\\ntj where he engaged in the lumber business. He\\nbuilt a sawmill five miles south of St. Joseph, of\\nwhich he became Superintondcnt, and continued\\nin that capacity until he sold the mill in 1HH2.\\nDuring the same year he removc l to the city of\\nSt. .Joseph and purchased the Morrison Dock,\\nwhich he remodeled and rebuilt. L.atcr he built\\nthe steamer May (Jrahani, which during the\\nsummer months plies the waters of the St. Jos-\\neph River between St. Joseph and Berrien Springs,\\ncarrying both passengers and freight.\\nWith various important enterprises of .St. Jos-\\nepii Mr. (Jraham is closely identified and is the\\nowner of a large amount of valuable property in\\nthis city. He is a stockholder and Director in the\\nI nion Banking Company, one of the solid finan-\\ncial institutions of western Michigan. In the bus-\\niness circles of Berrien Coiinlv his name is a fa-\\nmiliar one, and lie is iiiiivcrs:illy esteemed as .an\\nenergetic man, loyal citizen and kind friend.\\nWhile by no means pronounced in his political\\npreferences, he nevertheless is devoted to the\\nprinciples of the Republican party, believing its\\nplalforiu l)est adapted to pioinole the general wel-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0167.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "166\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGEAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfare of the people. Sociall} he affiliates with Bur-\\nnett Lodge No. 19, I. O. O. F.\\nThe Graham residence on Main Street is an ele-\\ngant and commodious home, containing every\\nconvenience to enhance the comfort of its inmates.\\nIt is presided over with charming hospitality and\\ngrace by Mrs. Graliam, who became the wife of\\nour subject in 1869. She was formerly Edwina C.\\nBunker, of Hager Township, this county, and is\\nthe daughter of Nathaniel Bunker. The home is\\nbrightened by the presence of the only child of\\nMr. and Mrs. Graham, an accomplished young\\nlady. May Belle.\\nlYRON R. BEEBE. Pre-eminence is a goal\\nmost men strive to attain. No matter in\\nwhat field, whether it be literature, art,\\nscience or commerce, the ambition of the\\ntrue man will push him to such endeavor that his\\nsuccess shall stand out with glaring distinctness,\\nand his position shall be one above all others.\\nTo re.Tcli the highest mark in any calling is in\\nthese days of rush and activity no e.asy matter.\\nIn the commercial world, particularly, it is most\\ndifficult. There competition is so great, so many\\nmen are striving for the almighty dollar and for\\nfame, that the man who makes his mark high above\\nhis fellows is justly entited to great praise and to\\nall honor and glory. He has won the prize only\\nthrough true merit and by having energy and\\npush.\\nWe are led to these reflections by a study of the\\ncareer of Byron Beebe, who is one of the promi-\\nnent merchants of Marcellus, and a member of the\\nfirm of Beebe fe Beebe, dealers in dry goods and\\ngeneral merchandise. The father of our subject,\\nRoswell R. Beebe, was a native of the Keystone\\nState, born in Wilkes Barre on the 3d of October,\\n1806, and the son of Gideon Beebe, who was a na-\\ntive of Connecticut. The latter moved to Pennsjl-\\nvania at an early d.ay and followed farming on an\\nextensive scale until his death. He had four sons\\nand two daughters who grew to manhood and\\nwomanhood, and one son, .Tohn, served in the\\nBlack Hawk War. The father of our subject was\\nthe youngest son.\\nRoswell R. Beebe was but fifteen years of age\\nwhen he moved to Huron County, Ohio, with his\\nmother, and settled on the farm where he grew to\\nmanhood. There he married Miss Permelia Latham,\\nwho died at the end of six or seven j ears, leaving\\nthree children, two of whom are now living, Gid-\\neon and Bruce. Mr. Beebe s second marriage oc-\\ncurred in Huron County, Ohio, when he married\\nMiss Marj Young, a native of Huron County,\\nand the daughter of Lazarous Young, who was born\\nin Pennsylvania. The latter was one of the ear-\\nliest settlers of Huron County, Ohio, and for some\\ntime lived with the Indians. He was the first\\nman married in the county, and his child was the\\nfirst white child born in what is known as the Fire\\nLands of Ohio. He was well acquainted with the\\nfamous Slocum family. Lazarous Young was the\\nfather of fourteen children, of whom Mrs. Beebe\\nwas the third in order of birth.\\nThe father of our subject followed farming, and\\nin connection was engaged as a mason, following\\nthe trade in Cleveland and Sandusky until 1845,\\nwhen he came to Michigan. He first located in\\nMarcellus Township, on section 1, and bought\\npartly wild land, on which he resided until 1881,\\nwhen he moved to Marcellus. Here his death\\noccurred on the 28th of April, 1893. His wife died\\nApril 29, 1890. He was one of the pioneers of the\\ncounty, and became the owner of two bunded and\\nsixty acres, but divided with his children, and\\nowned but one hundred acres at the time of his\\ndeath. Early in life he alfiliated with the Whig\\nparty, but later became a Republican. He was\\nwell known all over the county, was well respected\\nby all. and w.as prominent in all affairs of import-\\nance in the count} Two children were born to\\nhis second marri.age: our subject, and Wealthy,\\nwho became the wife of William Carrier, and now\\nresides on the old homestead in Marcellus Town-\\nship.\\nByron R. Beebe was born on the 20th of April,\\n1845, in Huron County, Ohio, and wasabout three", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0168.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n167\\nyeai-s of age when his father came to the Wolver-\\nine State. His 3-()Uthful days were passed on the\\nold homestead, and his scholastic traiuinjf was re-\\nceived in the country schools of this township.\\nOn the 4tli of February, 1806, he married Miss\\nMary Ophelia Aldrich, who was the daughter of\\nLewis Aldrich. one of the prominent farmers of\\nFlowerdeld Township. Mrs. Beebe was horn in New\\nYork State and died in lb69. Mr. Beebe s second\\nmarriage was to Miss Josephine D. Bucklin, daugh-\\nter of Pitt Bucklin. After his first marriage Mr.\\nBeebe lived on the cikl homestead, which he car-\\nried on until 187. S, wiien he removed to Marcellus,\\nand was there engaged in the meat business for\\nabout six j-ears. He then resumed farming, but\\nsubsequently engaged in the agricultural-imple-\\nment business in Marcellus, which he carried on\\nfor over two years.\\nIn December, 1891, he engaged in his present\\nbusiness, buying out the (irm of Kester ife Arnold.\\nThis business is located o|)posite the bank on Main\\nStreet, and they have a nourishing trade. Besides\\nthis Mr. Beebe is the owner of two hundred acres\\nof land, eighty acres on section 1, and one hun-\\ndred and twenty acres in St. Joseph County, just\\nover the line. He is the father of two children,\\none by his first and one by his second union. The\\nelder, Clark L., is a member of the firm of Beebe\\nBeebe; and the younger child, Arthur L., is\\nclerking in the store. Politically, Mr. Beebe is a\\nRepublican, and, socially, a member of the Ancient\\nFree fe Accepted JIasons.\\n|^_ ENRY P. liOEIIM, proprietor of the Cham-\\njjr pion Mills and the feed store at No. 112\\nWest Main Street, in Benton Harbor, was\\nborn in aii Wert Count} Ohio, January 4,\\n1863, and in his infancy was taken to Indiana\\nb}- his i)arents, Paul P.and Maiy (Hoffman) Boehm.\\nThe father, who w.as a man far above the average\\nin intellect, was a native of Germany, having emi-\\ngrated to America about the year 1857. Ill 1875\\nhe removed to Michigan and settled in Sodus\\nTownshii), Berrien County, where he operated the\\nChampion Mills, built by David Rector. In his\\nyouth lie had learned the trade of a miller, and\\nhis operations in that line were more than ordin-\\narily successful. His death in 1886 was a loss to\\nthe communit} in which he was known as a man\\nof probity and iiobilit} of character. His widow\\nstill lives and makes her home in Benton Town-\\nship, Berrien County.\\nHenry P. is the fifth in order of birth among\\nthe surviving members of his father s family. His\\nchildhood years were passed in Indiana and Mich-\\nigan, where he gained the rudiments of his educa-\\ntion in the schools of the home neigliborhood.\\nEarly in life he learned the milling business of his\\nfather, and soon gained a practical knowledge of\\nthe business in which he has ever since engaged.\\nFor a time he rented and operated the Cowles Mill,\\non Pipestone Creek.\\nIll 1885, Mr. Boehm again returned to the Cham\\npion Jlills, and two j ears later he purchased the\\nproperty, and has since operated it witii success.\\nThe princi{)al products of the mill are corn and\\nbuckwheat. In April, 1893, he opened a feed store\\nin Benton Harbor and has since transacted a largo\\nbusiness in that line among both the citizens of\\nthe city and the people throughout the surround-\\ning country. In 1892 he built a cider-niill in\\nconnection with the gristmill, and has since that\\ntime engaged in the manufacture of cider and\\nvinegar, with an output of eighty barrels per day.\\nAs a business man, he displ.ays good judgment in\\nhis investments and superior executive ability.\\nHe has conducted his enterprises upon such meth-\\nods as have commended him to his customers, and\\nrichly merits the success which has crowned his\\nefforts.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Boehm took [ilace De-\\ncember 27, 1887, to Miss Katie F^nos, of Millburg,\\nBenton Township, Berrien County, the daughter\\nof Ira and Cornelia Enos. Mr. and Mrs. Boeliui\\nhave one daughter, Norva. A Democrat in his\\npolitical belief, Mr. Boehm has never accepted offi-\\ncial honors, preferring to devote liis attention tu\\nbis bu. iness. In all the relations of Hfe, social and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0169.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "168\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncommercial, his career has ever been m.srked by a\\nhigli standard of integrity, and the success which\\nhas crowned his wcll-cx nducted efforts has been\\nearned by tlie application of honorable principles\\nto all his transactions.\\n^i-^4^g{\\nI EORGE E. BISHOP. On Front Street, op-\\nposite the Beckwith Memorial Building, in\\nDowagiac, the iiasser-by will oteerve the\\nhardware store owned and managed by Mr. Bishop.\\nTlie building has a frontage of twenty-four feet\\nand a depth of one hundred feet, and is three sto-\\nries in height, in addition to which a warehouse is\\nutilized, 22x100 feet in dimensions, for a carriage\\nK j ository. On the office door and second story\\nmav be found a complete assortment of hardware,\\ntinware, stoves and agiicultuial implements, while\\nthe upper tloi r is used for a tinshop and storeroom.\\nThe establishtnent is the finest of its kind in the\\nci^unty. and steady employment is given to a force\\nof five clerks.\\nThe gentleman whose energy has secured this\\ndesirable result, and has built up the extensive busi-\\nness now conducted under his name, was born in\\nGenesee County, N. Y.. on the 12th of M.irch,\\n1{?49. His father, Horace L. Bishop, was l orn and\\nreared in 2sew York, where he married Emmaline\\nAllison, and after that important event he worked\\nat his trade of carpenter and joiner in Genesee\\nCount V. In 1855 became to Michigan and settled\\nin Hillsdale County, where he purchased land and\\nnow makes his home. He and his estimable wife\\nreared a family of six children, all of whom are\\nstill living.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject was\\nIsaac Bishop, who was born in New England and\\nwas twice married, becoming the father of twentj-\\nchildren who lived to mature years. Duinng the\\nKevolutiouai-y AVar he enlisted in the defense of\\nthe Colonies and served with valor and fidelity for\\na jiericKl of six years. With the army he endured\\nall the horrors of the winter at Vailey Forge, and\\nparticipated in the battles of Cowpens, Stony Point\\nand many of the decisive engagements of the war.\\nAt the time our subject came to Michigan he was\\nsix years old. He grew to m.anhood in Hillsdale\\nCounty, where he attended the public schcH ls.\\nHis first step toward self-support was to secure a\\nposition as clerk in a mercantile establishment at\\nAllen. Hillsdale County, where he remained for\\ntwo and one-half years. Later he clerked in Cold-\\nwater, Mich., for two and one-half years, and then,\\nreturning to Allen, he resumed his former position\\nas clerk. He i-cmained with his old employer\\nabout seven yeai-s longer, and in 1881 came\\nto Dowagiac, and in company with his brother-in-\\nlaw, C. E. Dickinson, bought out the firm of W.\\nE. Vrooman A- Co. After two yeai-s the firm of\\nBishop iV Dickinson dissolved partnership. C.\\nW. Vrooman buying out Mr. Dickinson, the title\\nof the firm becoming Bishop it Vrooman. After\\neight yeai-s thus spent Mr. Bishop bought out Mi:\\nVrooman, in .January, 18i l, and has since con-\\nducted the business alone.\\nIn 1877 c ccurred the marri.ige of Mr. Bishop to\\nMiss Jennie Dickinson, a sister of his former part-\\nner and the daughter of Higby Dickinson, a furni-\\nture dealer who died in 1876. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBishop have three children: Edith. Mary and\\nDickinson. A Republican in {X litics, Mr. Bish-\\nop has held the office of Mayor of Dowagiac.\\nand served as a member of the Board of Education\\nfor six years. He was also Collector for Allen\\nTownship. Hillsdale County, for several years.\\nSocially, he is identified with the Ancient Order of\\nI nited Workmen, the Order of Maccabees and the\\nModem Woodmen of America.\\ni gsv-\\n-^ta\\nMOS JOJsES, the owner of a finely-im-\\nLJ proved farm on section 24. La Grange\\nJ Township, Cass County, is a native of\\nOhio, having been born in Preble County\\non the I3th of August, 1820. He is of Welsh de-\\nscent, his great-grandfather having been born in\\nWales and emigrating thence to America in the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0170.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n169\\nold Colonial daj-s. He located in South Carolina,\\nwhere the gi-aiidfather and father of our subject\\nwere born. Heing a member of the Society of\\nFriends, he took no part in the Revolutionary\\nWar, but his sympathies were strongly enlisted on\\nbehalf of the Colonies.\\nThe grandfather of our subject, George Jones,\\nwas a son of George and Jane Jones, and was born\\nin South Carolina. A farmer by occupation, he\\nwas also a well-read man and possessed an exten-\\nsive knowledge of all subjects of general interest.\\nAfter his marriage to Lydia Hobson, he removed\\nfrom South Carolina to Georgia, where he lived\\nfor a short time, following the trade of a harness\\nand saddle manufacturer. In 1802 he removed to\\nPreble County, Ohio, crossing the Ohio River at\\nCincinnati, which then contained a solitary log\\ncabin. Having accumulated some i)ropert3 lie\\ncame with Ins horses and other eflfects, and upon\\nhis arrival |)urcliascd a large tract of land, and\\nalso entered claims for his children.\\nLater Grandfather Jones removed to Butler\\nCounty and located at Somerville, on Klk Creek,\\nwhere he erected a large saw and grist mill and\\nalso built the largest tannery in the State. He\\ngave his personal attention to the management of\\nall these enterprises, and was a man of splendid\\njudgment and rare ability. His residence was a\\nlarge brick structure, conveniently arranged, and\\nsupi)lied with all the comforts of life. He and his\\nwife reared a family of ten children, namely:\\nHenry, Charles, Elizabeth, Sarah, Lydia, George,\\nWilliam, Keziali, Nathan and Martha. Two of the\\nfamily died in infancy. As did his father, he\\nworked actively in the (Quaker Church and did much\\ntoward increasing its usefulness. He donated\\nthe land on which was erected a very large church\\nedifice.\\nIn June, 1S2 J, Grandfather Jones came to\\nMichigan and attended the land sale, where he\\npurchased three thousand acres on Young s\\nPrairie. In the fall of the same year he brought\\nhis family to this .State, also bringing with him a\\nlarge drove of cattle and horses. On Dowagiac\\nCreek he purchased a mill and one hundred and\\nsixty acres of land, which he gave to tlie father\\nof our subject. Being old and ((uitc portly, lie\\nI was unable to walk an3 great distance, and there-\\nfore kept a carriage and horses and drove over his\\nfarms ever}- da}-, giving to their management his\\npersonal attention. He died in 183.3 at the age of\\nsixty-two jears. The widow passed away in\\n1846.\\nThe father of our subject, Henry Jones, re-\\nmained with his parents until twenty-three 3 ears\\nof age, when ho married Miss Hannah, daughter\\nof Amos and Esther (Low) Green. Amos Green\\nwas born in America, but was of English par-\\nentage, and was a nephew of Gen. Nathaniel Green,\\nof Revolutionary fame. His wife, Esther, was a\\nlady of great culture and intelligence, possessing\\na love for reading and a retentive memory,\\nwhich enabled her to store away in her mind an\\nextensive fund of knowledge. She reached the\\nadvanced age of ninety and to the last retained\\nher memor_y unijnpaired.\\nAfter his marriage Henry Jones came to Michi-\\ng.an and a year later took charge of the mill\\nproperty mentioned above. During the remainder\\nof his life he continued in the milling business\\nand also operated a farm of eight hundred acres.\\nPolitically, he was a warm admirer of Gen.\\nJackson, and when he was elected to the second\\nterm as President, Mr. Jones afhliated with the\\nWhigs, remaining with that parly until his death.\\nHis fellow-citizens frequently chose him to occupy\\npositions of trust, and he served as one of tiie\\nthree County Supervisors. Unto him and his wife\\nwere born the following-named children: Esther,\\nLydia, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Amos, Phrebe, George,\\nHannah, Ilenr^ Abigail, Finley and Jesse. The\\nonly ones now surviving are Esther, Amos, (ieorge\\nand Finley. Our subject s father packed pork in\\nCincinnati for three winters and took it to New\\nOrleans on llatboats.\\nThe only schooling secured by our subject was\\nin Ohio prior to the age of ten, and his education\\nhas been gained principally through extensive\\nreading. In 1842 he married Miss Rebecca Hebron,\\nwho was born in Yorkshire, England, February\\n27, 1824, and came to the United .States when\\neight years of age with her ])arents, William and\\nSarah (Bolmer) Hebron. Unto our subject and\\nhis wife were born nine children, as follows;", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0171.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "170\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nSarah, tlie wife of Henry Miner; Elizabeth, who\\nmarried William fShurle; Hannah, the wife of\\nJohn Ward; Ruth, Mrs. Tlionias Armstrong; Henry;\\nGeorge, who died at the age of eighteen years;\\nDelia, who married L. H. Lawhcad; William and\\nCharles.\\nAfter liaving conducted farming pursuits for a\\nfew years, Mr. Jones went to California, in 18.50,\\ncrossing tlie plains to the far West in company\\nwith a party of eleven and making the trip with\\ntwo wagons. From tiie Missouri River ninet}\\ndays were consumed in making the trip to Hang-\\ntown (now known as Placerville), Cal. Locating\\nin that place, Jlr. Jones mined for six months, and\\nwas so successful in liis laljors that he made about\\n3,000 in five weeks. In March, 1861, he re-\\nturned home via the Isthmus of Panama and New\\nOrleans, spending forty-four days on the ocean.\\nOnce more in Cass County, he resumed his farm-\\ning operations and also engaged in milling and\\nconducted an extensive lumbering business for\\nseven years. Upon selling out that enterprise, he\\npurchased four hundred and seventy acres, com-\\nprising his present farming property-. He also\\nowns large interests in mines in Lake City, Colo.,\\nand makes frequent trips to that .State.\\n.^^0\\nBKL W. WELLS, President of the Wells-\\n^1 n i\u00c2\u00bb Company, and also President of\\n///it the Union Banking Company of St. Jo-\\n1^ seph, is a native of Canada and was born\\nin the county of Prescott on the 6th of September,\\n1840. His parents, A. AV. and Hannah (Cass)\\nAVells, were also born in Canada, and the father\\nfollowed the occupation of a merchant. In his\\nboyhood the subject of this sketch attended the\\ncommon schools. At the age of eighteen his\\nschool daj S ended and he afterward assisted his\\nfather on the home farm.\\nUpon starting out for himself, Mr. Wells was\\nfor a lime in the employ of George W. Eaton. In\\n1866 he came to Michigan, and at Muskegon se-\\ncured emi)loyment in a sawmill, where he remained\\nseveral years. Later he went to Belle Plaine,\\nMinn., and from there up to the head waters of\\nthe Mississippi River. In 1867 and 1868 he vis-\\nited St. Joseph and was so favorably impressed\\nwith the business opportunities presented here that\\nhe formed a partnersliip with W. W. Wilcox and\\nH. C. Ward, under the title of A. AV. AVells\\nCo., and engaged in the manufacture of berry\\nboxes. The business is now conducted under the\\nfirm name of the Wells-lligman Company, of\\nwhich A. W. Wells is President, and J. Higraau,\\nJr., Secretary and Treasurer. The office and sales-\\nroom of the firm are located on State Street, while\\ntheir factory and warerooins are on the corner of\\nWater and Marsh Streets. This is said to be tlie\\nlargest factory in the AVest and is one of the most\\npros|ierous.\\nIn addition to this enterprise the company has\\na plant at Greenfield, Tenn., which was established\\nin 1887; another in Memphis, Tenn., which was\\nstarted in 1890; and a third at Traverse City,\\nMich., in all of whicli fruit baskets and boxes are\\nmanufactured. In 18 J2 they cut nine million feet\\nof timber, principally cotton wood, bass wood and\\nelm. Mr. Wells is also interested in the firm of\\nCooper, Wells Co., which is engaged in the\\nmanufacture of hose, mittens, etc., employing two\\nhundred and sixty hands, and turning out from\\nfive hundred to six hundred dozen hose per day.\\nIn connection with his brother Alpheus, our sub-\\nject is engaged in the mercantile business at Her-\\nman, Minn.\\nAVhen the Union Banking Company was organ-\\nized in 1883, Mr. Weils aided in the enterprise, and\\nin March, 1893, he was made President of the bank.\\nThey do a general banking business, and he is well\\nknown as one of the shrewd financici s of western\\nMichigan. He is the owner of a finely improved\\nfarm, consisting of two hundred and fort) acres,\\nlocated in Morris, Minn., and also owns the elegant\\nbrick residence which he occupies, and which is\\npicturesquely situated on the lake front. A Re-\\npublican in his political affiliations, he has been\\nchosen by his fellow-citizens to occupy v.arious po-\\nsitions of trust and honor. For two years he", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0172.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0173.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0174.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND iilOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n73\\nserved as Supervisor tif St. .losepli, nnd for Uiree\\n3e!ir.s 111! was a luemher of llic School IJoaid. In liis\\nsocial coiiiu ctions he is ideiitilied with St. Joseph\\nLodge No. F. it A. M.\\nJaiHiai-3- 2\u00c2\u00ab, 11S68, oectined llu^ niairiagc of A.\\nW. Wells with Miss Melviiia IJ. (iales, of I/Oiignal,\\nCanada, and the daughter of James and Eliza\\nMates. Mr. and Mrs. Wells have three children,\\nall of whom arc at home: Cornelia K., James Og-\\nden and Clara. In social circles of St. Joseph this\\nfamily is well known and highly regarded, and\\ntheir i)Osition is among the foremost peo])le of their\\ncominunitv.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^RANCIS JORDAN. In the peiusal of this\\n^ir)) volume the reader is doubtless impressed\\nwith the fact that it is not accident that\\nhelps a man in the world, bnt persistent energy\\nand unceasing industry. The life of Fraiicis Jor-\\ndan affords an illustration of the fact that he who\\nis shrewtl to discern 0[)portunities and quick to\\nseize thcra will attain a high place in the regard\\nof his fellow-men. A laborious, painstaking man,\\nhis has been a life of diligence, ambition, honor\\nand success, and now as the sun of time is sinking\\ntoward the horizon of eternity, he is spending his\\ndays (|uietly and happily, somewhat retired from\\nthe active business cares that thronged other years.\\nHis home is in St. Joseph, where for a long time\\nhe was prominently connected with the finances of\\nthe city as an intluential and successful banker.\\nMr. Jordan is a native of the Island of Heligo-\\nland, in the North Sea, which is now a part\\nof the German Empire. He was born on the Gth\\nof February, 1814, being the son of Carson and\\nAnna Elizal)ctii (Franc) Jordan. The father was a\\nlislier and general trader, who lived on the island\\nuntil his death. Francis Jordan passed his boy-\\nhood days in an uneventful manner in the land of\\nhis birth, and in his youth learned the trade of a\\nship-carpenti r. Into that far-away island there\\nfre(|uently came glowing reports of the fortunes\\nawaiting emigrants from the Old World, and Mr.\\nJordan in his young manhood, with the strength\\nand ambition of outh, determined to cross ihc\\nbroad waters of the Atlantic and .seek a lioinc and\\nfortune in the land beyond the seas.\\nWhen he was ninteen years old, he went to .sea\\nas ship-carpenter. The vessel on which he sailcfi\\nwas foundered off the coast of France, and the\\ncrew was taken to London by an American ship,\\nand in that great city Mr. .Jordan arrived penni-\\nless among strangers. He was hired to serve be-\\nfore the mast on a British vessel, the Ann, of\\nLondon, until he could save enough money to\\nbuy new tools, after which he hired as ship-carpen-\\nter, and followed the sea for about live years.\\nOur subject came to America in 18;38, starting\\nfrom Liverpool. While on this journc} the ves-\\nsel went ashore, but finally reached New York,\\nwhere our subject followed the occupation of ship-\\ncarpenter for five years. Removing from New\\nYork to Chicago in 1844, he embarked m his\\nchosen occupation, and for twenty years worked\\nat ship-building, meantime building a dry dock\\nbetween Van Buren and Harrison Streets, in 1852,\\nand filling other important contracts. He built\\ntwo vessels in front of the old Lake House, and\\nalso- the boat Favorite, which is still in service.\\nHe was Marine Inspector for the district of Chi-\\ncago. In 1864 he came to St. Joseph and, pur-\\nchasing a mill, operated it for a number of years.\\nIn connection with Henry M. Zekind, in August,\\n1882, he organized the Union Banking Company,\\nof which he was chosen President, and continued\\nto fill that honored position until his retirement\\nfrom business in March, 1893. However, he still\\nretains his banking interests, and is one of the in-\\nfluential financiers of St. Joseph.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Jordan occurred May 21,\\n1840, in New York Cit3 and united him with\\nMiss Anna A. Lemon, the daughter of Peter and\\nLydia (Asten) Lemon. Eight children were born\\nof the union, of whom Frank, Charles, Alfred and\\na daughter unnamed are deceased. James is a\\nresident of Chicago; Lydia is the wife of Capt.\\nJohn H. Lee, a well-known real-estate man resid-\\ning in Benton Harbor; Orville has been Cashier of\\nthe Fnion Banking Company of St. Josepli since", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0175.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "174\\nVOIITRAIT AKD BlOtaiAl llIL AL KECOliD.\\nits oi-f^aiii/.iiUoii; niul (ic- oii;*! Tra coiiiplelos tlio\\nI limily. In politics, ISli .lordaii was orii^iiially a\\nWhig, ami tlicii :i l c|iiilili(aii, Imt now votes in-\\n(Icpcndi iilly. Ilo is in s\\\\tn|)alliy witli tim I roiii-\\niiilrioni.sl-s, and JK lic^vcs in coninicrcial ficedoni.\\nAlllionLjli 111 coniniciiccd in Imsincss witli no\\nmeans, lio lias acunnmlatcd a I onifoitahio properly,\\nancl is now tlie owner of a nnniher of lots in St.\\n.losepli, inrindini; a handsome icsidenei^ on one\\nof its principal streets, as well as real eKtatc in\\nChiea jo.\\nIn reviewinj; (he lite and career of Mr. .loidan,\\nwe find a man wlios(! ever_\\\\ Inisiness act has hcen\\nuniili d liy the strictest iiitej;rity of chanu^ter, and\\nit is said of him that his word has always lieen\\nconsidered as i^ood as his bond, lie is a man en-\\ndowed with stronfi eonimon-sense, and takes n\\npractical view of the atl aiis of lite, heiii^ clear-\\nheaded, and now at the ripe a^^e of seventy-nine\\nhe talks with i^real loj^ie and tlneney npon snlijects\\nof social, laisiiiess and national interest, lie is a\\nfreipient speaker in tlu; church, and his sermons and\\npolitical speeches have always heon cli:iiaeteri/.ed\\nby logical roasoninji;, as well as beini; pleaslnj^\\nand ehxpicnt in their (h livery.\\nMr. .lord. in and his estimable wife are nicmliers\\nof the Methodist Episcop. d Chnrcli, with which\\nhe lias been idt iitilied since \\\\ii\\\\ l orinaiiy years\\nlie has tilled the positions of rrustec and Class-\\nleader in the church, and is one of the most }j;en-\\neroiis eontribntors to its support.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^^^Ki ^dS\\n11. (lOODKNOlUUI. 1 11 traein;; the f^ cii-\\nealogy of the (!oodciion ;h family in\\n.\\\\iiierica, wc lind that the tirst settlers t ame\\nfrom Kiiyland and locntcd in Rhode Is-\\nland. I lie i^randfathcr of our subject, Joel tiood-\\nenoiiiih, was born in that State, but at an early\\ndate moved to Clienanjio Coiiiity, N. Y. lie\\nwas then bnt a small boy, and he grew to manhood\\nthere, married and reared a gi)od-sized family.\\nHis son Joseph, father of our subject, was born in\\nChenaiiffo County, M.ay 15, 1810, and was there\\nreared and (Hlueatcd. He w.as married in that\\ncounty to Miss M;u\\\\ I ice, a natives of Montgom-\\nery County, N. born in October, 1811, and\\nthe daughter of l);iniel Tiee, of New York.\\nAfter ni. irriage, Joseph ioodcnoni;li and wife\\nresided in heiiMiigo County for some time, and in\\n18 l() made their way to Michigan, settling on sec-\\ntion 21, olillia Townsliip. This was all wild\\nliinbei-land, and in the woods, amid an almost iiii-\\nbidkcn wilderness, Mr. Joodcnougli eri cted a log\\ncabin, in which he and his family resided until\\n1852, when a substantial frame building was\\nerected. Much time was spent in clearing the\\nland of the liea\\\\y limbei thatcovcred it, but Mr.\\n(loodenough was persevering and soon had his\\nfarm in good shape. In the winter of !8; i;! he\\nsold out and moved to Center Towiislii p, on the\\nsame section, lie improved this place, erccti d\\nthe buildings now occupied by his grandson\\n1;m1|)Ii, and here passed the closing scenes of his\\nlife. His death occuikmI in October, 1871, and\\nhis wife received her liiial sunimons in the spring\\nof 1H8:). I liey were the parents of six children,\\nfour of whom grew to mature years and two liesidcs\\nour subject are now living: Kelsey and Cli.auncy.\\nMr. and Mrs. tioodenoiigh held mcnibcrslijp ju tjic\\nAdvi iit Church.\\nl/ike muny of the piomiiieul men of the count v,\\nour subject, is a luitive of the iMiipirt^ Stat-e, born\\nin Cheiiangd County June 25, 18;!t). He re-\\nmained in his native State and attended scliotil\\nuntil liftecn years of age, when he came with his\\nparents to Michigan, in which St.ate for two win-\\nters he attended the district scIkxiI. When twenty-\\none j ears of .age he st.-irtcd luit for himself, and\\nhis (irst ventnrt? was to buy laud in N olinia I owii-\\nsliip. On the 22d of I ebriiaiy, 18(1. he was mar-\\nried in Illinois to Miss Ainaiid:i Chiireliill, a na-\\ntive of Steuben County, N. V., born M;ircli II,\\n1811, and the daughter of David Churchill, of De-\\nKalb County, 111.\\nIveturniiig to Cass County, Mich., after his mar-\\nriage, our subject settled on section 27, where he\\ncleared forty :icres. I.atci he moved to the farm\\non which A. lirowii now lives, cleared a part of\\nthis, and in about 1871 moved to his present prop-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0176.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIirCAF. RFXORD.\\n175\\ncrty. Ili isliiu- iiuw infliidct) one liundred and\\nten acres, after lee(ling forty acres to liis son, and\\nis in ii line sbile of culliviitlon. His fine resi(1ence,\\nbuilt in IHK2 at a c ^t of *l,GO(t, is of tiie bestcon-\\nstniction and modern desijLfn. lie has been engaged\\ncxc-iusi vcly in farming, and evcrytliing about liis\\nplace indicates to the beholder that he is progress-^\\nive and thorough-going. To his marriage have\\n[iiiii liorn six ciiildren: Oscar, who married Miss\\nIiicz Muff; C(;ra, who became the wife of Edwin\\nroiichc^tt; Fred; Delia, wife of Coit Miner; Verna\\nand Murl.\\nMr. ioodeiiougli is a member of the Latter-J)ay\\nSaints denomination, taking a deep interest in it.\\nlie is a mcmberof the Masonic fraternity in which\\nhe has been .Junior Warden, and he wasalsoa mem-\\nber of the Inde|)endent Order of Odd Fellows. Ac-\\ntive in politics, he isan ardent supporter of Repub-\\nlican principles, and has been a member of the\\nHoard of Review. Ilis children have all received\\ngood district-school educations. Mr. Goodenough s\\nbrother. Nelson R., deceased, was prominent in lo-\\ncal politics, and held the oflice of Road Commis-\\nsioner, Justice of the Peace, etc. The other brother,\\nChauncy, held the oflice of Township Clerk. Mrs.\\nGoodenough s brother, O. C. Cliurchill, of Chica-\\ngo, is a prominent lawyer and has his office at No.\\n124 Dearborn Street.\\nr\\nrRVING V. SIIKRMAN, a well-known citizen\\n11 and excellent business man, has for the past\\nilj thirty 3ears successfully engaged in the jewelry\\ntrade in Cassopolis, Cass County, Mich. He has\\nalso been the popular local agent of the Amer-\\nican Kxpress Co. for a period of twenty-one\\nyears, since 1891 has likewi.se represented the Na-\\ntional Kxpress Co., and for eleven years has been\\nthe Manager of the Western I nion Telegraph of-\\nfice of Cassopolis. Sustaining the most pleasant\\nand ])rofitable relati(\u00c2\u00bbns with the sevci-al corpora-\\nlions, our subject has also thioiigh his prompt and\\ncourteous service given gn;.il salisfacliun to the\\ngeneral public. Mr. Sherman has spent almost his\\nentire life within the limits of Cass Count)-, in\\nwhich part of Michigan he was born October (i,\\n1840. I. V. was the fourth of seven children\\nborn unto Elias 15. and .Sarah (Silver) Sherman.\\nThe father, a native of New York .State and bf)rn\\nin 1803, was therefore in the prime of manhood\\nwhen, in about 18.30, he emigrated from his child-\\nhood home to Michigan and settled in Cassopolis,\\nof which thriving village he was one of the early\\nsettlers, being counted among the most enterpris-\\ning jiioneer citizens.\\nThe mother of oUi- subject was a (Laughter of Ja-\\ncob Silver, born amid the gi-anite hills of New\\nHamjishire. Mr. Sherman made his home in the\\nWest in 1830. and, a self-educated man with an am-\\nbitious desire to adopt a profession, decided to\\nstudy law. He attended the Stjitc University at\\nAnn Arl)or, and was admitted to the Rar of Mich-\\nigan in about 1828. He began the |)raclice of his\\nprofession with Alexander Red Held, the partner-\\nship prolitably continuing many years. Air. Sher-\\nman, after a long life of busy u.sefulness, passed\\naway in the fall of 188 J, aged eighty -seven years.\\nThe venerable mother of Mr. Sherman, yet surviv-\\ning, is eightj -six years old. I. V. Sherman re-\\nceived the benefit of a good common-school edu-\\ncation, and when sixteen years of age began to\\nlearn his trade as a practical jeweler. In 1860 ho\\nbought a half-interest in a jeweliy store in Klk-\\nhart, Ind., but after two years devoted to his tra le\\nthere he returned to Ca.ssopolis, and in 1863 went\\nto California and there pursued his profession for\\ntwo years. Later he returned to Cassopolis and\\nengaged in the jewelry business, the cares of which\\nhe has shared with his work as express and tele-\\ngraph agent.\\nFraternally, our subject is prominently con-\\nnected with the Ancient Free cfe Accepted Ma-\\nsons, and is a member of liackus Lodge No.\\n55. Since 1874 he has been a.ssociated with\\nKingsbury Chapter No. 78, and is also one of the\\ntwelve Knights Templar of Niles Conimandeiy.\\nMr. Sherman has been one of the etlicient members\\n(if the City Hoard of Trustees, and has given faith-\\nful service in behalf of local pr(^gressand im[)rove-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0177.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "176\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nments. Onr subject was rnanied in 1861 to Miss\\nDiantha Allen, of Elkliart, Ind. The parents of\\nMrs. Sherman were residents of New York State,\\nand there she was reared and educated. The esti-\\nmable wife liore oiu- suliject a family, of whom two\\ncliildren survive to mourn their mother s death, in\\n1879. The two daughters of Mr. Sherman are\\nEllen E., Mrs. C. W. Taylor, now a resident of\\nDallas, Tex.; and Mildred A. Sherman, pursuing\\nher studies in the Normal College at Ypsilanti,\\nMich. No man in Cass County is better known or\\nmore highly regarded than I. V. Sherman, who\\njustly commands the esteem and confidence of a\\nhost of friends.\\nEORGE Ml LLER. Among the attorneys of\\nill (_^ Benton Harbor prominent mention should\\nbe made of Mr. Miller, who for many j ears\\nhas conducted an extensive practice in the various\\ncourts. His legal experience has been varied and\\nhas extended over a long period, so that he has\\ngained a broad knowledge of every phase of the\\nlaw. In all the positions of honor to which he\\nhas been called, he has served with eflicienc} and\\nwon the golden meed of praise from his fellow-\\ncitizens.\\nThe Miller family originated in England, whence\\nsome of its representatives emigrated to America\\nand settled in S irginia during the early years of\\nits history. Frederick Miller, the grandfather of\\nour subject, was a soldier in the War of the Revo-\\nlution, enlisting with a regiment from his native\\nState, the Old Dominion. Jacob F. Miller, our sub-\\nject s father, was born in Sevier County, Tenn., and\\nduring the second war with England, enlisted in\\nthe defense of the United States, serving with valor\\nuntil peace was declared. The mother of our sub-\\nject, Die} (Weaver) Miller, was born in Virginia\\nand was a daughter of JIatthias Weaver, a native\\nof the Old Dominion and a descendant of English\\nancestors.\\nMr. Miller spent his boyhood in Ohio, where he\\nwas born in Preble County, August 21, 1830. He\\ngained the rudiments of his education in the com-\\nmon schools, and later spent one year at the\\nWaynesville Academy, located at Waynesville,\\nOhio. At the age of nineteen years he entered\\nAntioch College, but did not remain until the\\ncompletion of his collegiate course. His literary\\neducation concluded, he commenced to read law\\nunder the preceiitorship of Ebenezer Parsons, of\\nTroy, Ohio, and after reading Blackstone and\\nCoke for some time, he jjassed the required ex-\\namination and was admitted to practice at the Bar\\nof the State at Dayton, Ohio, in the Superior Court\\nJuly 12, 1852. He opened an ottice in Eaton,\\nOhio, for the practice of his professicni and re-\\nmained there until 1859. Removing in December,\\n1859, to Dowagiac, Cass County, Mich., Mr. Miller\\nembarked in legal practice and very soon became\\nfavorably known asan attornej^. In IMarch, 1860,\\nat Cassopolis, he was admitted to the Bar of Mich-\\nigan, and subsequently admitted in Grand Raiiids\\nto practice in the District and Circuit Courts of\\nthe United States. About 1874 he was adinilted\\nto practice in the several courts of Illinois.\\nIn the year 1884 he went to St. Joseiih, and a\\nyear later came to Benton Harbor, where he has con-\\nducted a general practice up to the present lime.\\nIn politics he is a Republican. He has filled var-\\nious positions where abilit3- and good judgment\\nwere necessary, and has rendered etlicient and sat-\\nisfactory service at every post of duty. He was\\nelected Prosecuting Attorney of Cass County, en-\\ntering upon the duties of that oflice on the 1st of\\nJanuary, 1868, and continuing in that capacity\\nuntil the expiration of his term of service of two\\nyears. In 1890 iie was elected Justice of the Peace,\\nbut by virtue of the new city charter onl.y held\\noffice one year, and then by re-election served two\\nyears longer.\\nDuring the Rebellion, Mr. Miller was one of the\\nbrave men who volunteered in the service of the\\nUnion. In 1862 he enlisted as a member of Com-\\npany L, Ninth Michigan Cavalr}-, and was mus-\\ntered in and served as Captain of his company,\\nwhich was incorporated in the Army of the Ohio.\\nHe took an active part in many of the most im-\\nportant engagements of the war, and was woundec^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0178.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n177\\nat the lialtle of Lexington, Ky. Maix li 12, 1865.\\nAt tlio close of the war, lie was nuistered out of\\nthe serviee at Kiioxville,Teiin.,an l retuined to his\\nhome with a record as a soldier of which iiis fam-\\nily and friends might well be proud. The com-\\nmand to which Capt. Miller belonged was actively\\nengaged during its years of service. Among the\\nnotable instances in which the rc^giment bore a\\npart were the campaign after Gen. John Mor-\\ngan through Ohio, and .Sherman s march through\\n(Ie()rgia; they also took part in the battle atlJean s\\nStation, besides about seventeen other engage-\\nments. Our subject now holds membership in\\n(Jeorge II. Thom.as Post No. 14, G. A. H.\\nOn the 2i l\\\\\\\\ of April, 1871, occurred the mar-\\nriage of Mr. Miller and Miss Josephine Wood,\\nwho prior to her marri.age resided in Berrien\\nSprings. She is the daughter of Warren Wood, of\\nthat place. Mr. Miller and his excellent wife are\\nthe parents of two children: Maude and Wendell.\\nThe latter graduated in the spring of 18i)3 from\\nthe lienlon Harbor High .School.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0yC /^^K KNlTS HULBITRD, Ji:., w.as born in Col-\\n(I )l Chester, Chittenden County, Vt., on the 23d\\nof July, 1821, and died at his home in Ben-\\nton Harbor November I J, 1883, at the age of\\nthree-score and two years. The record of liis hon-\\norable life is one which his friends may review\\nwith pride, and as an early settler and inlhiential\\ncitizen of Berrien County his name should be\\nl)cr|)eluated through the generations yet to come.\\nThrough his entire life he maintained the high\\nprinciples of honor, energy and industry to which\\nhe was reaied, and which secured for him the large\\nmeasure of success that crowned his exertions.\\nOur subject w.as the son of Orcenus and Larecey\\n(Allen) Hulburd, the latter having been the first\\nfemale child born in the town of Colchester, Vt.\\nIn the (ircen Mtiuiitain State lit passed his child-\\nhood years and gained a fair education in the\\ndisti ict schools. Upon completing his studies, he\\nserved an apprenticeship at the trade of a carpen-\\nter and followed that occupation in Vermont for\\na number of years. During the great gold excite-\\nment, he was one of the number wlio maile the\\njourney to the far AVest, seeking fortune in the\\nmines of the Golden State. After remaining in\\nCalifornia for three years, he returned to the East,\\nill 18.5,5, and made settlement in Lconid.as, .St. .lo-\\nseph Count} Mich., where he embarked in the\\nmilling business, continuing in that occupation\\nfor five years.\\nComing to I .enton Harbor in 1800, Mr. Hulburd\\nwas identified with the early history of this vil-\\nlage and was one of its influential men. Many of\\nthe first buildings erected here were his workman-\\nship and some of them are still standing. In ad-\\ndition to carpenter work, he also took contracts\\nfor buildings, and became one of the most popular\\nand successful contractors in southwestern Mich-\\nigan. He continued .ictively engaged in business\\nuntil his demise. In 1862 he engaged in building\\ndocks for the (iovernment in the vicinity of Lit-\\ntle Rock, Ark. In politics a Democrat, he was\\nalw.ays interested in public matters and was well\\ninformed upon all subjects of general interest.\\nHe was a nieml)er of the first School Board of Ben-\\nton Harbor, and through his energy much was ac-\\ncomplished to promote the standard of education\\nin the village.\\nOn the 26th of December, 185(1, Mr. Hulburd\\nmarried Miss Nancy A. Kidd. She was born in\\nIlighgate, Vt., November 3, 1823, and is the\\ndaughter of David and Margaret (Hand) Kidd,\\nnatives of England. Mr. Kidd emigrated to the\\nUnited States and settled first in Vermont and\\nthen in Rochester, N. Y., where he carried on mill-\\ning fourteen years. From Rochester he went\\nback to Colchester, Vt., lived there ten years, then\\ncame West to Leonid.as, St. Joseph County, Mich.,\\nin June, 1852. He owned a llouiiiig and taw mill,\\nthere and considerable landid estate. He finally\\nmoved U White Pigeon and theie died. His\\nfather, Jose|ih Kidd, was a Baptist minister in Ver-\\nmont and the western part of New York State.\\nThe maternal grandfather of Mrs. Hulburd, Samuel\\nHand b\\\\ name, w.as a native of England, .\\\\ccom-\\npan3ing her parents to Rochester, N. Y., when", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0179.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "178\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\na child, Mis. Hulburd was reared aud educated in\\nthat city. She was the unly daughter among\\neleven children, and bj her marriage became the\\nmother of two children, David K., a resident of\\nWater Valley, Miss.; and Margaret L., wife of .Joseph\\nWright, of Milwaukee. In her home in the Hul-\\nburd Block Mrs. Hulburd is surrounded by every\\ncomfort which can contribute to the happiness of\\nlife, and she is highly regarded by the people of\\nthe city.\\nDGAR A. JACKS. In the several depart-\\nments of the paper manufacturing industry,\\nE\\n/I Niles holds a position of special prominence\\namong the leading cities of southwestern Michi-\\ngan. Two of its most important manufactories\\nare the Ohio Paper Company and the Niles Paper\\nMill Company, of both of which Mr. Jacks is Sec-\\nretary. While the two plants are separate, thej\\nare conducted under the same management, and\\nthe m.ichinery is of the latest and most highly ap-\\nproved designs, being impelled by three large Cor-\\nliss engines and having fifteen immense boilers.\\nThe fuel used is crude petroleum, and steam is the\\nmotive power. Stead} employment is given to a\\nforce of two hundred men in all the departments.\\nThe Niles Paper Company manufactures wrapping\\npaper of every kind, aud tlie Ohio Paper Company\\nmakes a specialty of plain and fancy cardboard.\\nOur readers will be interested in learning some-\\nthing concerning the life of the man to whom the\\nsuccess of these enterprises is largely due. Edgar\\nA. Jacks was born in the city of Milwaukee, Wis.,\\nFebruary 23, 1851. His father, Alexander A.,\\nwas a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Michi-\\ngan in 1871 and located in Niles. Here he estab-\\nlished a mill on the dam of the St. Joseph River\\nimmediately above the city. This was incorpora-\\nted under the name of the Niles Paper Mill Com-\\npany and was under his immediate personal super-\\nvision from the time it was established until the\\ndate of his death in 1887, his specialty meantime\\nbeing the manufacture of wrapping paper. His\\nwife, Sarah A. (Sparling) Jacks, was a native of\\nNew York State and died in Niles.\\nIn the citj of Milwaukee our subject gained the\\nrudiments of his education, which were afterward\\nsupplemented by attendance at the Janesville\\nschools and a private school taught by Rev. John\\nBurling. At Janesville, Wis., he learned the trade\\nof a jeweler and followed that business in Niles for\\na short time. In 187.3 he entered the paper mill\\nto assist his father as book-keeper and secretary, and\\ncontinued in that capacit} until the death of his\\nfather, when he succeeded to the Presidency of the\\nNiles Paper Mill Company. In 1890 he disposed\\nof his interest in that mill, although he w^s still\\nretained as secretary of the comi)any. During the\\nensuing year he became interested in both the\\nNiles and Ohio companies and has since filled the\\nposition of Secretar} He is also largely inter-\\nested in the new mills at Allegan, Mich., of which\\nhe is Treasurer, and which manufacture wrapping\\npaper exclusively.\\nAside from his business, Mr. Jacks has other in-\\nterests that are important. He is Director in tlie\\nBuilding and Loan Association of Niles and is a\\nstockholder in the First National Bank of this\\ncity. Politically he is firm in his adherence to\\nthe platform adopted by the Repulilican party. A\\nvery important event in his life was his marriage,\\nwhich occurred October 13, 1875, and united him\\nwith Miss Carrie II. Mallett, of Niles. Mr. and\\nMrs. Jacks have five children. With his wife, our\\nsubject holds memliership in the Trinity Episcopal\\nChurch, of which he is a estiyman.\\nIp^R. HIRAM W. RA\\nI JJj professional men\\nli^ the name of thi;\\n^if?*. M TiTRAivr w. RAY. Prominent among the\\nof Berrien C ounty stands\\nis iiopiihir and successful\\ndentist of St. Joseph. Both in professional and\\nsocial circles he occupies a position of influence,\\nand his reputation as a skillful dentist is by no\\nmeans limited to St. .loseph, for his patrons come", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0180.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n179\\nfor nijuiy miles around. While he has resided in\\nMichigan for many years, he is not a native of this\\nSlate, but was boni in La Fayette County, Wis., in\\ntiie city of Darlington, the date of his birth being\\n.March 1. 1847. lie is the son of .lolin and r,ucy\\n(Wentworth) Ray.\\nDuring the year 1823, wiien adventurous pio-\\nneers from Eastern States were seeking homes in\\nthe new West, John Ray removed from Virginia,\\nthe State of his birth, and going to St. Louis pro-\\nceeded via boat to Galena, 111., where he made set-\\ntlement. For three years following his arrival he\\nwas employed in the lead mines of Galena, but at\\ntlie expiration of that time he removed to Willow\\nSprings, Wis., and from there went to Darlington.\\nHe was a man of scrupulous honesty, whose char-\\nacter was above reproach, and who in all the affairs\\nof life displayed the qualities of true gentleman-\\nliness and honor. Near Galena, 111., he was united\\ni-n marriage with Miss Lucy Wentworth, a daugii-\\nter of Elijah Wentworth. She died in 1865, and he\\nis also deceased. They were the parents of eleven\\nchildren, eight sons and three daughters, of whom\\nsix arc living.\\nThe subject of this sketch passed his boyhood\\nyears at Darlington and in the vicinity of that place.\\nAfter having conn)leted tiie studies of the common\\nsciiools he entered Albion College, at Albion, Dane\\nCounty, Wis., and prosecuted his studies in that\\ninstitution for some time. On the 5th of De-\\ncember, 18G5, he went to Galena, III., and there\\nentered the dental olliee of Dr. James Krown, with\\nwhom he gained the rudimentary knowledge of\\nhis profession. Later he entered tiie I liiladelphia\\nDental College and remained in lliat institution\\none year.\\nOpening an olliee at Uellevuc, Iowa, Dr. Ray\\nconducted a general practice there for :i period of\\nthree years. Meantime, in 1872, he married Miss\\nIsabella, daughtc^r of William T. Wynkoop, a na-\\ntive of New Yolk and foi many yeais a leading\\nmerchant of licllevue. Mrs. Hay was lK)rn in\\nHellevue, Iowa. Dr. and Mrs. Kay have a family\\nof three childreu, namely William II. and Law-\\nrence F., who are assisting their father in the of-\\nfice; and Kittle Uelle. It is not as the result of\\nluck or accident that the Doctor has attained a\\nposition of prominence in the city and county,\\nhe having located in St. Joseph in November, 1875,\\nbut what he is may be attributed directly to his\\npatient exercise of industry and sound common-\\nsen .se.\\nDr. Ra} is a Republican in his political prefer-\\nences and has occupied positions of trust, among\\nwhich may be mentioned the oHice of .\\\\lderman\\nand Citj Recorder. Socially, he is a member of\\nOccidental Lodge No. 56, F. A.M.; Calvin Rrit-\\ntain Chapter No. 52; Niles Commandery No. 12,\\nK. T.;and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.\\nHis residence, a beautiful frame structure, modern\\nin architecture and elegant in its exterior appoint-\\nments, is situated on Wisconsin Avenue and is one\\nof the finest houses in the city. In their religious\\nbelief Dr. Kay and his wife are faithful members\\nof the Congregational Church and are active in all\\nthe enterprises originated and carried on by that\\ndenomination. Dr. Kay is a member of the Mich-\\nigan Surgical and Dental Association, and is rec-\\nognized as among the prominent men of his pro-\\nfession in Michisran.\\nJ^3-\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6i^l\\nellARLES CIIKISTENSEN. Prominent\\namong the business men of Henton Harbor\\nstands the name of Mr. Christonsen, who is\\nengaged here in the manufacture of pressed brick\\nand tile, and is also a dealer in ice. Althoutrh this\\nenterprise is of comparatively- recent inception, the\\naccurate system upon which the business is con-\\nducted, and the close attention paid to every de.\\ntail connected with the work, have ediiiliiiu d to\\nproduce most .satisfactory results, and itma\\\\ truly\\nbe said that the manufactory forms one of the\\nmost gratifying examples of success among the\\nindustries of Berrien County.\\nA native of Denmark, our subji. Cl was born\\nApril 22, 1851, and is the son of Christian Chris-\\ntensen. His father, who w.as born in the land of\\nthe Danes, spent his entire life there and followed\\nthe occupation of a contractor. After lea\\\\ iug", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0181.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "180\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nschool Charles learned the trade of a cooper, at\\nwhich he served an apprenticeship of five years,\\nreceiving his board but no money for his services.\\nWhen he reached his majority, realizing that Amer-\\nica offered better opportunities than his native\\nland, he determined to emigrate hither and estab-\\nlish his home in tlie land of the free.\\nAccordingly, in 1873, Mr. Christensen took pas-\\nsage on an American-bound vessel, and after the\\nship cast anchor in the harbor of New York he\\ncame direct from that place to Michigan and lo-\\ncated in St. .Joseph, reaching that cit^} with twenty\\ncents in his pocket. There he at once commenced\\nto work on a farm, and later secured employment\\non a railroad, where he worked for a short time.\\nIn 1876 he engaged at his trade of a cooper, whicli\\nhe conducted in St. Joseph for two years. Thence\\nhe removed to Bainbridge, Berrien County, and\\nembarked in business as a manufacturer of staves,\\nat the same time following the cooper s trade for\\nsix years.\\nIn 1887, Mr. Christensen organized the Benton\\nHarbor Pickle Vinegar Company and served as\\nits Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer for\\nfour years. He then disposed of his interest in\\nthat enterprise and engaged in tiie real-estate bus-\\niness, !ind also as a dealer in ice, in both of which\\nhe is still interested. His attention, liowevcr, is nec-\\nessarily largely devoted to the manufacture of\\npressed brick and tile, in which lie carries on a\\nlarge and profitable business. By nature and train-\\ning he is peculiarly fitted for a successful business\\ncareer, and undoubtcdh he will attain a place\\namong tlie foremost business men of southwest-\\nern Michigan.\\nWiiile he devotes his attention principally to\\nthe details of his business. Mr. Christensen keeps\\nwell informed concerning affairs of local iin|)ort-\\nance and the general issues of the day. In poli-\\nties he favors Protection and gives his influence\\nand ballot to aid the Republican party. He and\\nhis wife have a comfortable home on JMorlon Ave-\\nnue, where they liosi)itabl3^ receive and entertain\\ntheir large circle of acquaintances. Mrs. Chris-\\ntensen was in maidenhood Louisa Butzbach, and\\nis of German parent.age. She is the daughter of\\nPhilip H. Butzbach, and was born in Bainbridge\\nTownship, March 27, 1880, becoming the wife of\\nour subject. They had one child born to them\\nwhich died in infancy. In their religious belief\\nthey are devoted members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, with which tiiey are actively identi-\\nfied.\\nJHINEAS PEARL was numbered among the\\nenterprising pioneer citizens of Michigan,\\nand from 1840 until the time of his death\\nI was intimately associated with the growth\\nand progressive interests of Berrien County. The\\nparents of Mr. Pearl were natives of Wales, but\\nearly emigrated to the United States .and made\\ntheir home in New England. Vermont was thetirth-\\nplace of our subject, and in the Green Mountain\\nStale he was reared and educated, and on arriving at\\nmature years married Miss Fannie Hatch, daughter\\nof Capt. Josiah Hatch, who faithfully served seven\\njears in the Continental army during the War of\\nthe Revolution. Josiah Hatch, by birth an Eng-\\nlishniiin, detested King George thoroughly, exhib-\\niting his allegiance to his adopted country in the\\nmost pronounced fashion. He celebrated the 4tii\\nof July in an especially enthusiastic manner, and,\\na man of broad intelligence and force of ciiar.acter,\\nwas a prominent and higlily-respected citizen.\\nOur subject and his good wife were the parents of\\nsix children, who were in order of their birth:\\nLewis W.; Warren IL; Mary, wife of James Jack-\\nw.ay, deceased; James; Adaline, widow of Selden\\nHill, residing near Benton Harbor; and George a\\ncitizen of Harper, Kan.\\nMr. Pearl emigrated with his wife and family\\nto Michigan in 1833 or 1834, at which time most\\nof the State was comparatively a wilderness.\\nSome six years later, in 1840, he located perin.a-\\nnenlly in Berrien Countj where he profitably in-\\nvested in land, at one time owning over four hun-\\ndred .acres. A lifetime Democrat and an ardent\\nadmirer of Andrew Jackson, he actively- (lartici-\\npated in the public events of tlie d.ay and wiis\\ndeeply interested in both local and national issues.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0182.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0183.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0184.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n183\\nLiberal s|)iiilc(), lie was always ready to assist in\\ninattors of mutual welfare and when, after a life of\\nlinsy care and usefulness, he passed away, was\\nniiiurucd as a kind friend and true citizen. His\\nson, Lewis W., was a native of New York State,\\nwhere our subject and his wife settled in a very\\nearly day. Lewis Pearl was born in 1815, and\\nwas but a child when he removed with his father\\nand mother to another part of the Empire State,\\nlocating then in .leflferson County, where they re-\\nmained until they journeyed, in about 1833, to\\nMonroe County, Mich. In his new home Lewis\\nI earl followed the occupation of a carpenter and\\njoiner, but in 1841 bought one hundred and sixt\\\\\\nacres of land in Berrien County, and in the spring\\nof the year entered upon the improvement of the\\nacres located in the woods. lie spent many days\\nand weeks with axe in hand, and through unvary-\\ning industry and excellent management has accu-\\nniiilated three hundred acres of valuable property,\\nin March, 1843, Lewis W. Pearl and Miss Juliette\\nKiios were united in marriage. Mrs. Pearl was\\nthe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .lames Enos, old-\\ntime residents of New York, hut later well-known\\nsettlers of Michigan. Our subject and his wife\\nwere the parents of ten children, all of whom lived\\nto adult age. Two sons, Fred and Kali)h, are\\nsuccessful commission merchants of Omaha, Neb.\\nThe other members of the family are all residents\\nof Berrien County. In September, 1861, the name\\nof Lewis I earl was enrolled as a private in Com-\\npany 15, Twelfth Michigan Infantry, but, rapidly\\npromoted for cllicient service, he rose from the\\nranks and became First Lieutenant, Captain and\\nMajor. Maj. I earl was engaged in the Sixteenth\\nCorps at Shiloh, participated in Ihe siege of\\nVicksburg, was in the Trans-Missouri Department\\nin Arkansas and remained in active duty until the\\nclose of the war, being mustered out at Camden,\\ny\\\\rk., the troo|)s finally disbanding in ISOO. After\\nthe war the soldier, once more becoming a civilian,\\nreturned to the daily round of agricultural pursuits.\\nMaj. Pearl is widely known and esteemed b^ a\\nlarge ac(iuftintance. His residence, erected by\\nhimself, is one of the landmarksof Hcrrien County.\\nPolitically, he is, as w.as his father, a st;inch Dem-\\nocrat, and for nine years filled with ability the\\noHice of Supervisor of Benton Township, holding\\nthe position prior to the Civil War. He served as\\nChairman of the Hoard, and under his earnest and\\nvpell-directed efforts many progressive interests\\nand needed improvements were rapidi} advanced.\\nFraternally, Maj. Pearl is a Royal Arch Mason, a\\nvalued member of the Ancient Free Accepted\\nMasons. A prominent factor amid the changing\\nscenes of Michigan for more than half a century,\\nLewis AV. Pearl has, as an ui)right man and lo^ al\\ncitizen, received the high regard of all his fellow-\\ntownsmen.\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nil?OSEPH P. TIIHKSHKR was born at Tun-\\nbridge, Vt., March 16, 1831. His father.\\nDr. Leonard Thresher, was one of six sons,\\nwho, with three sisters, were children of .Jo-\\nseph and Polly (Smith) Thresher, both having been\\nborn at StatTord, Conn., the father F ebruary 22,\\n1766, and the mother ,luly 17, 1767. The father\\nwas of Scotch- Welsh extraction and a son of one\\nof three brothers who came to this country at a\\ndate unknown. The name Thresher is said to\\nhave originally been synonymous with that of\\nThatcher, and that Dr. Thatcher, the renowned\\ntheologian, about 1830 a resident of Boston, Mass.,\\nwas a second cousin of Leonard Thresher.\\n.Joseph Thresher and Polly Smith were married\\nNovember 15, 1787, and soon after moved from\\nStafford, Conn., to Hrooklicid, \\\\t., where their\\nchildren were all born and,attained their majority,\\nupon a large farm the father had purchased and im-\\nproved from a native wilderness. The children\\nwere Stephen, born August 26, 1788; Alva, Novem-\\nber 18, 1790; Thaidvful, September 10, 1792; Polly,\\nAugust 15, 1794; .Joseph, .Ir.,.Iuly 31, 1798;I-eon-\\nard, April 9, 1800; Mehitable, December 9, 1803;\\nDaniel, Septemljer 27. 1805; and Samuel Alden,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lanuary 16, 1809.\\nThe mother of these children died on the old\\nhomestead September 13, 1H13, honored and loved\\nb} all. The father married for his second wife\\nMiss Melison Orcul, Imrn in Soniersel, Conn., May", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0185.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "184\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n21, 1767. The marriage took place at Brookfield,\\nVt., .January 10, 1815, and after the death of her\\nrevered hushand. March 11, 1833. she faithfully\\ncared for the family, who greatly esteemed her.\\niShe died in 1835, at a date unknown to the writer.\\nAll of tliese children grew up on the homestead,\\nand were married and settled on land in the neigh-\\nborhood, with the exception of Leonard, the\\nfourth son, and the father of our subject. He\\nwas fond of reading books and did not lake\\nkindh to farming. So much did he fear, when a\\nboy, to see animals slaughtered, that when such\\nwork W.1S to be done, he was scut from home to\\nsome of the neighboi-s until the butchering was\\nover. His education was that afforded by the\\ndistrict school, held in a log schoolhouse, and sup-\\nplemented by excellent home instruction. His\\nbrother Alva was a proflcicnl instructor for that\\nperiod, and well vei-sed in mathematics, and Leon-\\nard had his assistance.\\nLeonard took up the study of medicine wlien but\\nnineteen, and was assisted in this b^- Dr. Car[)eu-\\nIcr. He married Maria Laribee, of Royalton, Vt.,\\nJanuary 18, 1821. Her father had died when she\\nwas but five years old, and her mother subsequently\\nmarried Alexander Edson, and later thej moved\\nXv Standish. Canada East. JIaria had two broth-\\nei-s, Hiram and Lewis, both married, and a maiden\\nsister, Belinda. The family were of French-Can-\\nadian descent. Maria Laribee was regarded as a\\nbeautiful girl, and .as a wife and mother was greatly\\nbeloved. She died at Lowell, M.ass., August 18,\\n1845.\\nEaily in life Leonard Thresher began what prom-\\nised to be a very successful business career. He\\nbuilt a dam at Tunbridge, Vt., .and utilized the\\nwater power it created by erecting woolen mills\\nand other manufactories. He carried on a large\\nbusiness, but an unprecedented flood carried away\\nthe mills and dam, which, with other dis.astei-s, im-\\npelled him to resume his professional studies, which\\nwere prosecuted under Dr. Carpenter and also under\\nDr. Chandler, of Chelsea, Vt. He also read medi-\\ncine with Dr. W.orren, of Boston, where he com-\\npleted his coui-se, and for a time was physician at\\nthe Mass,achusetts General Hospital, Boston.\\nHe published a small volume on medication, and\\nafter a long practice at Lowell, M, iss., returned to\\nhis native State about 1862. then advanced in\\nyears, and w.as appointed physician during the Civil\\nWar to the Military Hospital at Monti)elier. The\\n.arduous duties here told heavily upon him and,\\nthough long surviving them, they doubtless were\\nthe incipient cause of his death, Avhich occurred at\\nNorthfield. \\\\r... July 31, 1886, he being at that\\ntune eighty-six years old. He was a man of refined\\nfeelings, active synn)atliies and more than ordin-\\nary inteliigence, and w.as univei sally esteemed by\\nthose who were so fortunate as to know him.\\nThere were born to Dr. Thresher and wife five\\nchildren, nameh Harriet D.. born at Tunbridge,\\nVt.. January 17, 1824, and who married Nathaniel\\nHouston, of Northfield, Vt., at which place she\\ndied in 1881; Julius M., born at Tunbridge. Vt.,\\nSeptember 11, 1825, who, from being run over by\\na team in childhood, w.as deaf and dumb, and who\\nin due time was sent to the school for mutes at\\nHartford. Conn., where he graduated, and who is\\na bachek)r, still living; Mary, born at Tunbridge,\\nFebruary 1, 1826, and who died at the same place\\nAugust 17, 1830; Joseph P., our subject, born at\\nTunbridge, M.arch 16, 1831; and Emily, born at\\nBrookfield, Vt., January 17, 1835, and who died\\nOctolter 28. 1839, at Cabbotsville. near Spring-\\nfield, Mass., where the family resided during the\\ntime Julius was at Hartford.\\nThe youngest son. Joseph P., remained at home\\nduring boyhood, a faithful student at the public\\nschools, and for a time was under instruction at the\\nCabbotsville Academy, but, the family having\\nmoved to Lowell. M.ass., he continued his studies\\nthere a short tune and then entered into a busi-\\nness engagement with .Samuel Holiis, a leading\\nmerchant and real-estate operator, and remained\\nwith him four yeai-s. His father had hoped to in-\\nterest him in the medical i)rofession. and urged\\nhim to enter the drug business he had purchased,\\nbut the young man could not form any liking for\\nthis field of .activity. On his father s removal to\\nBoston, he went there and visited an intimate\\nschoolfellow, who had become a m.achinist and\\nworked at tlie Boston Locomotive Works, of Hink-\\niev i Drurv. There, by watching the perplexing\\ntrouble a workman had in borinsflue sheets,young", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0186.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n185\\nriiroslier lieeamc interested, and lin:ill.\\\\- produced\\na tool fi)r doing the work that, had it been pat-\\nente(l, would have yielded him a fortune. In a\\nshort time he made a contract for doing the work\\nat three cents per hole for the iron sheets, and five\\ncents for boring in copper, and for more than a\\nyear he daily earned $7 and $8 per diem for a\\nfew hours labor. The company found it neces-\\nsary, however, to terminate the agreements, be-\\ncause the completed sheets were far in advance of\\nany other class of work.\\nMr. Thresher then visited his native State,\\nthrough which the Central Vermont Road was be-\\ning built, under the presidenc} of Ex-Gov. Charles\\nI ain, and, though physically unqualified for so\\nheavy work, in preference to farm labor, which\\nliarl been recommended for his health s sake, he\\nbravely presented himself to the foreman of a set\\nof track hands and asked for work. He received\\nthe contemptuous gaze of the boss, who,\\nshrugging his shoulders, told the young man that\\nhe could try his hand if he thought he could\\nhandle a tamping-bar and tamp the broken stones\\nunder the ties, as yez sees the rest of em bys is\\ndoin Sure, and yez a l)roth uv a b3 any s how.\\nThe tami)-bar weighed fourteen pounds. It was a\\nhot da^ in August, but the young man without\\nhesitancy shucked his store clothes and went in\\nto win. In an hour his hands were badly blistered,\\nbut he gave no sign of suffering. For some two\\nor three days he kept pace with the Irishmen.\\nFinally B. Reynolds, the road-master, came\\nalong, and, iiupiiring about the boy, directed him\\nto report at the new station soon to be opened on\\nthe farm of Joseph Riford, with whom Thresher\\nboarded. He did so, and the next morning he met\\nthere W. H. Cornwall, the Assistant Superintend-\\nent, who put him in charge of the place. These\\nthree men. Thresher, Reynolds and Cornwall, met\\nfor the first time, with no expectation that they\\nwould in later years become partners in a con-\\ntract for heavy railw.ay work, which, as will l)e\\nseen, did occur. Nor did an} of the Riford fam-\\nly anticipate they would in the far distant future\\nunexpectedly meet Thresher as a neighbor in a\\nWestern town. Hut such was the fact. This same\\nJoseph Riford was one of the survivors of the ill-\\nfated Hypocampus, that foundered between\\nBenton Harbor and Chicago in 1867, because over-\\nloaded with peaches, and some forty persons were\\nlost.\\nMr. Thresher remained upon the Vermont Cen-\\ntral nearly four years, at first being kept at new\\nstations opened as the road was completed, till it\\nreached Rouse s Point, N. Y., when he was returned\\nto Montpelier, the cajjital of the State, as agent for\\na time. Here J. W. Ilobart, who subsequently was\\nthe General Manager for many years, was his clerk.\\nMr. Thresher was later promoted to be Assistant\\nMaster of Transportation, and on his resignation,\\nPresident Pain volunteered to furnish him excel-\\nlent letters of recommendation. It was on this\\nroad he first met the popular engineer, G. D. W.\\nHopkins, the brother of Miss Mar^ Hopkins, the\\nlady he subsequently married. He resigned this\\nlast position in June, 1818.\\nFor a time Mr. Thresher was P.ay-Master for the\\ncontractors of the (ireat Western Railway, Canada,\\nbut he soon united his fortunes with his friends,\\nReynolds, Cornwall and Hf)pkins, .as one of the\\nfirm, and with them engaged in constructing the\\nSummit section of the Marietta it Cincinnati Rail-\\nroad, now the Baltimore it Ohio, near Athens,\\nOhio, one of the most costly six miles of grading\\nupon that expensively built road. It was here he\\nfirst met Miss Hopkins, who had been visiting her\\nbrother s contractors u[)on a more westerly divi-\\nsion of the road, and came to visit her older brother,\\nGarrett De Wall and his wife, a lady Mr. Thresher\\nhad known in Vermont in hei- girlhood. Believing\\nhe had good promise of a competency in his con-\\ntract, he entered into marri.age relations with Miss\\nIIoi)kins, who he had found w.as an estimable and\\naccomplished lady, the ceremony occurring May\\n30, 1854. There were born to this union two sons\\nand a daughter. George M., who was born at Chilli-\\ncothe, Ohio, August 29, 1858, is married and lives\\nin Chicago; Ilaltie D., born at Cincinnati Fur-\\nn.ace, Ohio, July 4, 1860, mai-ried Porter I). Fitz-\\ngerald, and resides in Chicago; and Frank L. was\\nborn on the 6th of January, 1863, at Cincinnati\\nFurnace, Ohio. The latter w:is married at Minne-\\napolis, where he represented the I ioneer I ress of\\nSt. Paul, and later on organized the Daily Times of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0187.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "186\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMinneapolis, and was General Manager. George M.\\nwas llie Cliicago agent and cones pondeiit of the\\nPharmaceuUcal Era, of Detroit.\\nMrs. Thresher was of a family widel} known and\\nhighly respected. Her father was familiarly known\\nas Uncle Tommy, and her mother as Aunt\\nHannah. They were long residents in Covert\\nTownship, near Trumansburg, N. Y., twelve miles\\nnorth of Ithaca, and a couple of miles from Lake\\nCanandaigua, where tliey owned one of the largest\\nand best farms of central New York.\\nTliomas IIo|)kins was born in Putnam County\\nN. Y., and died at the old homestead June 11, 1870.\\nHis wife, Hannah, was a daughter of A. B. and\\nBetsej^ Dickinson, of New York, and sister of Hon.\\nBray Dickinson, of Elmira and Hornby, N. Y., and\\nprominent as a farmer and politician. He represent-\\ned his district twice in the Legislature, and under\\nLincoln was United. States Minister foreight j ears\\nto Nicaragua, where lie died. Mrs. Hopkins died\\nat Trumansburg, N. Y., July 25, 1874. Their chil-\\ndren were, Celia, born at Covert in 1819; George\\nK., at Hornby, in 1821; Garrold DeWall,at Horn-\\nby, in 1823; Eliza D., at Ulysses, in 1825; Everett\\nA., at Ulysses, and who died at Benton Harbor,\\nin Januarj 1867; Jonathan, born at Ulysses in\\n1829; Mar} Ann, born August 31, 1831, who mar-\\nried J. P. Thresher, and died at Benton Harbor\\nMay 6, 1877, at the liomestead; Helen Jane, wife\\nof Albert James, born at Ulysses in November,\\n1835; Louisa, wife of Rev. H. G. De AVitt, born at\\nUlysses in 1837; and Annette, wife of Dr. John\\nBell, born at Ulysses in 1839. The children all\\nseemed to develop, in a greater or less degree, con-\\nsumption in one form or another. It was this\\ndread disease that deprived Mr. Thresher of his\\nlife companion, one who possessed every attribute\\nof a good wife, a loving mother and a faithful\\nfriend. The loss to husband and children, which\\nwas irreparable, had for its only compensation the\\nknowledge of her virtues.\\nMr. Thresher was subsequentlv twice married.\\nThe second marriage was celebrated June 6, 1880;\\nthe third August 3, 1892, at Chicago, at the home\\nof the bride, then Mrs. Belle M. Himes, whose\\nfirst husband, J. L. Himes, practiced law nian\\nyears at Minneapolis, where he died August 2, 1881.\\nHer father, Hon. Levi Kline, the able and well-\\nknown attorney and banker of Lebanon, Pa., was\\nintimately associated with that renowned states-\\nman, Simon Cameron. His death occurred in 1863,\\nat the age of fifty-one years. Her mother, who\\ndied at their Chicago home in 1889, aged sevent^\\none years, was a woman of more than usual at-\\ntainments, greatly beloved by all, and who in the\\nhighest circles of societj was esteemed for her em-\\ninent Christian virtues and gracious social charac-\\nteristics.\\nMrs. Thresher graduated after a six-3-ears course\\nat Madam Emma Willard s Ladies Seminary, Tro}\\nN. Y., as did her sister, Mrs. Lucius Colby, resid-\\ning in Chicago, where two brothers, Lee and Ebert\\nKline, are established in business. A third brother.\\nCol. Jacob Kline, is an officer of the United States\\narmy, formerly stationed at Leavenworth, Kan.,\\nbut recently appointed to the command at Platts-\\nburg, N. Y., where he is instructor of the post, and\\nwhere his interesting family resides.\\nJ he e(mfidence Mr. Thresher reposed in the bus-\\niness he had engaged in, that of railway construc-\\ntion, though well founded, was destined to be dis-\\nappointing. Mr. Cornwall was called to aid as\\nAssistant Superintendent his brother-in-law, James\\nMoore, who was managing the Michigan Southern\\nLake Shore Railway. Mr. Hopkins was called\\nto attend the work undertaken by Hopkins Bros.\\ntt Ells, and Mr. Thresher was himself temporarily\\nabsent, he having gone to Cincinnati to buy sup-\\nplies. At this juncture the railway directors, who\\nhad held the work under suspension for manj\\nmonths, as the funds were exhausted, inveigled\\nMr. Re3 nolds into a new contract, thereby abro-\\ngating the original one, and so cutting off the\\ndamages that, under the old contract, were justly\\ndue. Mr. Thresher on arriving home and learning\\nthe mistake of his friend and partner, surrendered\\nhis interest without charge, for he foresaw the dis-\\naster Mr. Reynolds had so unwisely provided, and\\nlater on personall}- experienced. In a day or two\\nMr. Thresher, with his 3 oung wife, was making a\\nfifty-mile drive over a miserablj muddy road,\\nthrough a sparsely settled and mountainous coun-\\ntiy, to Chillicothe to accept a position in the gen-\\neral offices of the railway coinpaii\\\\ I luler Siipt.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0188.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n187\\nW. R. Arthur, l\\\\[r. Thresher was aiipointed Gen-\\neral Pnsseiiiier and Freio;ht At^fent, and suhse-\\nfiui iitly,as the road was extended, became General\\nAu;ent. Here he remained until 1857.\\nlie invested in tlii^ slock of the Cincinnati Blast\\nFurnance, and in 18;jH liecaine Secretary; but when\\nlie Icarni d tiiat, though owned by heavy capital-\\nists, there was an outstanding del)t of $131,000, he\\ntraded off his slock advantageously. The com-\\npany faik tl and Mr. Thresher was appointed Re-\\nceiver. Under license of the Court, and with the\\napproval of both creditors and slockliohlers, he\\nmade radical clianges in tlie works, by which the\\ncost of smelting iron was greatly reduced, and in\\ntiuee 3 ears was able to deliver the plant into the\\nhands of the stockholders.\\nIn the mean time, business had called him to\\nChicago and Milwaukee, and thus he was afforded\\nan opportunity to spend a d.ay with relatives at\\nIJenlon Harbor. His health was impaired, and a\\nfruit farm seemed to be ver}- inviting and to prom-\\nise the change needed. So in the fall of l.Sfi3 he\\ncame to Uentou Harbor, which was then com-\\n[laralivjl} unknown as a business center. He soon\\npurchased of Elezia Morton and his son, the lion.\\nH. C. Morton, their fruit farm, one of the oldest\\nand most desirable properties to be had. On other\\nlauds of these gentlemen near b^- was the famous\\nCincinnati I each Orchard, planted by Smith ct\\nHowell, of Cincinnati, that in its lime yiehled two\\nor three fortunes. Thresher received title to the\\npurchase under dale of .lanuary 1, 1861. Later,\\ntwo more purchases of contiguous lands were made.\\nOn these grounds a residence was built, and the\\npremises became the ideal home, admired by all,\\nand where for nearly thirty years was found by\\nthe visitor a generous and enjoyable hospitality.\\nThe house was burned in the winter of 18S(0-!I1.\\nHenlon Harbor, originall} named Lrunson Har-\\nbor after Stern Bruuson, a pioneer promoter, was\\naltempling to build a ship canal, and Martin Green\\nand S. A. Willard, (if Chicago, had taken the con-\\ntract. In promoting this work Mr. Thresher was\\nsoon earnestly engaged. Indeed, from the first\\nhe devoted himself to the upbuilding of the town.\\nBy the united efforts of the few who began the\\nwork, including such men as Hon. II. C. Mor-\\nton, Charles flull, Branson and his sons, the Hop-\\nkins brothers, and others not now recalled, the\\ntown from year to year became more and more\\n.active and of more importance. As a result, Mr.\\nThresher s lands, as earlj as 1868, became of some\\nvalue for residences and a portion was included in\\nthe tirst plat of the village. Every enterprise for\\npromoting growth was fostered by Mr. Thresher,\\nnot only for Benton Harbor, but for her neighbor,\\nSt. .loseph. His first donation was $10 to. help bu}\\na bell for St. .Joseph s Congregational Church. The\\nhighway bridge and various interests of .St. Joseph\\nreceived his liberal donations.\\nIt is not with any wish to boast of or to pub-\\nlish his generous deeds, but as a matter of record\\nit m.ay be slated that the accurate accounts of his\\nbusiness he long maintained showed that to aid\\nothers and promote the public weal he made do-\\nnations from 1864 to 1870 amounting to over\\n$3,600.\\nBefore settling at Benton Harbor, he had as-\\nsisted the Hopkins brothers to bu} a portable steam\\nsawmill, to be operated in the heavy timber stand-\\ning near town. They were unsuccessful and called\\non Mr. Thresher lo take the property and pay off\\nthe debts. He did so, and after paying every dollar\\nand establishing a successful business, he returned\\nthe property to them. About this time the Bap-\\ntist denomination began to build a small church at\\nHeath s Corners, near town, and later built on a\\nlot purchased in St. Joseph a lecture room, where\\nservices were held, proiiosing, ineanlimc, to add lo\\nthe structure a line brick church in the near fu-\\nture. JMr. Thresher opposed these efforts, on the\\nground that Benton Harbor was likely lo become\\na more important business center, and should have\\nthe church, the numerical and finaiudal strength\\nbeing here. A resolution to this effect was holly\\ncontested at a meeting in the dining-room of the\\nvillage hotel, but it was carried by a majority of\\nthree, and as a result an elegant brick structuie\\nwas built at Benton Harbor, to which he contrib-\\nuted $1,000 or more.\\nWhile managing the Hopkins Mill, Mr. Thresher\\nfound iiy his frequent trips to and from Niles, a\\ndistance of twenty-five miles, the inconvenience of\\nbeing dependent solely on water transportation,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0189.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "188\\nPORTRAIT AND BIO(iRAPIIICAL RECORD,\\naud he determined to attempt to secure a railway.\\nHe wrote to tlie Chicago press the lii-st articles as\\nto the value ol securing an extension to that city\\nof the then Canada Grand Trunk, and opened\\ncorrespondence with C. J. Bridges, the man-\\naging Director. Later he made a trip to Mon-\\ntreal alone, to confer witli tlie Grand Trunl people,\\nand still later, in company witli I. W. Willard, of\\nPaw Paw, and Hon. A. H. Morrison, of St. Joseph,\\nhe again visited tiie office of the managing Direc-\\ntor at Montreal. Ultiniatel} he organized the\\nChicago Michigan Grand Trunk Railway Corn-\\npan} and was clioseu its Secretary. After Mr.\\nShan ley, Chief Engineer of tlie Grand Trunk Sys-\\ntem, iiad completed a survey of tlie Western Divi-\\nsion, and 5^50,000 had been expended, tlirough jeal-\\nousy the road was lost to this locality, and a longer\\nline by ten miles was built via South Bend.\\nMr. Thresiier at this time drew the bill autlior-\\nizing the voting of a tax in aid of railway con-\\nstruction, and spent considerable time at Lansing\\nsecuring its enactment into a statute. He also\\nwrote part of the prospectus of the road, in con-\\njunction with Mr. Bancroft, of Port Huron. Mr.\\nThresher at once took up the work of getting the\\nElkhart Road, organized a company of which he\\nwas Secretary, and from which position he retired\\nwhen President Frank Muzzy insisted upon wasting\\n\u00c2\u00a5l.^),000 at Benton Harlior in a vain attempt to build\\nthe line upon local resources, most of the loss fall-\\ning upon Benton Harbor people. This was ten\\nyears prior to its final construction. Resuming his\\nefforts when the late Hon. J. H. Wade, of Cleve-\\nland, purchased the Cincinnati, Wabash A Michi-\\ngan Railroad, then completed to Goshen, Ind., Mr.\\nThresiier wrote him in regard to facilities here for\\nlake traffic, and organized the C. W. A L. M. R. R.,\\nand was chosen Secretary and Director. He la-\\nbored hard to get this line, now known as the Big\\nFour, and succeeded.\\nMeantime, Hon. A. H. Morrison, of St. Joseph,\\nwho, on finding be had lost the Grand Trunk, had\\nbuilt a local road from New Buffalo to St. Joseph,\\nhaving secured funds from Boston through his\\nfriend, Hon. James F. Joy, President of the Mich-\\nig.an Central, commenced the extension of his\\nline to Grand Rapids, and undertook to secure\\nfrom Mr. Thresher ten acres of land owned b} the\\nHopkins estate, and located across the Paw Paw\\nRiver, a mile from the business center of the town.\\nHere he proposed to est.ablish a station, to which\\n]\\\\Ir. Thresher demurred, for the reason that the road\\ncould be reached from Benton Harbor as easily as at\\nSt. Joseph, without donating an3tliing, and there\\nwould be no diversion of her business interests, as\\nwould ensue if a railway center were created on\\nthe land Mr. ]\\\\Iorrison wanted. To this Mr. Alor-\\nrison answered by ordering Mr. Conley, his engi-\\nneer, to go ahead and build upon the Sand Hill\\nroute, near the lake shore. This left the little vil-\\nlage of Benton Harbor out in tlie cold.\\nMr. Thresher was then publishing the village pa-\\nper, but, returning to his office, he made an all\\nday and all night task of getting ready to leave\\nhome; and taking with him tabulated facts as to the\\nbusiness already centered in his village, hastened\\nto cutch the train at St. Joseph, his purposes and\\ndestination known to no one but himself. On reach-\\ning Detroit, he had audience with Mr. Joy, who\\nwas surprised at the statements, and said he had\\nnever been informed of the facts, but agreed to\\nsend some one, a stranger, to both St. Joseph and\\nBenton Harbor to verify or disprove the state-\\nments. Ten days later he wired Mr. Thresher to\\ncome to Detroit, and at this meeting a contract\\nwas made that, notwithstanding the difficult} of\\nchanging the alignment upon which the bridge\\nacross the St. Joseph River was being built, the road\\nshould touch Benton Harbor. Mr. Joy s proposi-\\ntion was that $16,000 be raised within one week s\\ntime. Mi Thresher returned and vigorously\\npushed the work, and at the last hour wired \u00c2\u00a715,-\\n800, to which came the answer: You ve done\\nwell; keep on. The road was secured.\\nIt will be seen from the foregoing that Mv.\\nThresher has had an active life. During all this\\ntime at Benton Harbor he carried on his fruit\\nfarm until the burning of his residence in the win-\\nter of 1890-91, since which time he has made his\\nhome at the Hotel Benton. The property is now\\nheld for residence purposes.\\nIf evidence is still needed of his industry, it may\\nbe said that during the winter of 1863 and 1864\\nhe purchased wheat, which he had milled, and sold", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0190.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "PORTHAIT AM) I!l( i(;WAl H CAL RECORD.\\n189\\ntlic flonr the next summer. Meantime lie was\\nliiuldinsjf n lioiiio. In lH(); ),lio tiinled in ever ;:ieen,\\nfruit trees, etc., and establi-siied tlie .lolinson-\\nI lireslier liarrel and fruit packajje manufactory.\\nTlii.s was the tir.st steam |K)\\\\ver in town, aside fiom\\n(Ircen s sawmill and dred! :e. It was sold to Darch\\nit Co., who lost it by lire. In 1867 he was elected\\nAssistant Superintendent of the Chicago Si Lake\\nMichigan Transportation Company. In the suui-\\nmor of I8G8 he was in the fruit conimis.- ion busi-\\nness at Chicago with M. (i. Lani()ort and Albert\\nI liompson. In 1888 lie became a parliicr with\\napt. A. Hobbins,and stocked the llourmill which\\nKirh3 ct Sons iiad exhausted their ready means in\\nbuilding. In 1868, also, he purchased the I alla-\\niliiiiii of S. ,1. Merchant, who had been given a bo-\\nnus to start the i)a|)er a short time i)revioiis. Un-\\nder Mr. riiresher s management it became the lead-\\ning pa|ier of the counl\\\\-. He sold it in 1872 to\\nAlvin Slurtevant, formerly of the Ohio Stale Jour-\\nnal, Columbus, Ohio. In 1872, Mr. Thresher pur-\\nchased of .1. Stanley Morton his drug stock, and\\ncarried on the business until 1877. Meantime he\\nwas appointed Postmaster by President Crant, and\\nserved out the term with the highest credit.\\nIn 1871 he was appointed Administrator for\\nMichigan for the Hopkins estate. In 1867 he\\nwas Secretary of the St. Joseph Valley Railroad\\nCompany. In 186 J he made a contract with Mr.\\n.loy and raised the required donation that gave\\nHenton Harbor the Chicago it West Michigan Rail-\\nroad, notwithstanding the op(K)sition of the Presi-\\ndent and St. Joseph. From 1870 to 1880 he labored\\nto get the Cincinnati, Wabash ct .Michigan Railroad\\nand linally succeeded. From 1878 to 1880 he\\ntraveled in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, then\\nfor a year engaged in the real-estate business at No.\\n102 Washington Street, Chicago, the firm being\\nThresher, Young k Sheldon. In 1882 he again\\npurchased the Palladium, which he published un-\\ntil 1886. In that year he organized the Benton\\nHarbor Flour Purifier Company, and later organ-\\nized the Renton Harbor Plow Company. In 1887\\nhe was appointed to close up the business of the\\nunfortunate Benton Harbor Church and Office\\nFurniture Com])any. In 18!)0 he assisted to or-\\nganize, and until 181(2 was Assistant General\\nManager of, the Benton Harbor Improvement As-\\nsociation. He united with the Baptist C hurch in\\n1867. Though an earnest and active Republican,\\nhe never held an elective oiKce except that of\\nTownshij) Clerk for a. short time.\\n\\\\L^. ON. EDWARD R. SPENCER, a retired agri-\\ni|, culturisl and prominent citizen of Dowa-\\ngiac, Cass Count}-, Mich., is a lifetime resi-\\n)J dent of the State and county, and was born\\nin Wayne Township on the 28th of March, 1812.\\nHis paternal grandfather, Jacol) Spencer, em igraled\\nfrom New England to New York in a very earlv\\nday, and, locating in IMadison County, soon be-\\nc. ime idenlilied with the interests of the Empire\\nState, which he made his permanent home. Among\\nthe children who clustered about the fireside of\\n(Trandfather Sjiencer was the father of our sub-\\nject, Joseph Spencer, a native of Madison County,\\nN. Y., born on the old homestead August 27,\\n1811. Reared and educated amid the scenes of\\nchildhood. Father Spencer there arrived to matu-\\nrity and was united in marriage with Miss l.aura\\nFoster. The newly-wedded couple settled at lirst\\nupon a farm near their early as.sociations, but\\nlater joined the tide of travel Westward, and in\\n1837 removed to Michigan and were numbered\\namong the pioneers of Wayne Township, Cass\\nCounty.\\nLocating eighty acres of (iovernment land. Fa-\\nther Spencer added to the size of his original home-\\nstead by the i)urchase of eighty additional acres,\\nand made his home on a small clearing, literally in\\nthe heart of the Michigan woods. Industrious,\\nupright and energetic, he devoted himself to the\\ncultivation of his land, and after a life of busy\\nusefulness passed away February 27, 1880. Five\\nchildren blessed the hearts and home of Joseph\\nand Laura Spencer, four of whom lived to years\\nof maturity, and three yet survive. The latter\\nare Edward R. Spencer; Mrs. Francis Hungerford.\\nof Lawrence, Kan.; and Mrs. Helen Bell, wife of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0191.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "190\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nJames Bell, a prominent fruit-grower near Dix-\\non, Cal. Although not an active politician in\\nthe common acceptation of the word, Joseph Spen-\\ncer always took a deep interest in both local and\\nnational affairs. In early life a Whig, lie after-\\nward joined the Republican ranks, and was an\\nearnest advocate of the Party of Reform. Dur-\\ning the greater part of his life he was prominentl}\\nconnected with church matters, and actively as-\\nsisted in the location and upward progress of the\\nlirst Methodist Episcopal Church established in\\nWayne Township. As an early citizen and pio-\\nneer settler his efforts were generously given in\\nbehalf of religious and educational adva*icement.\\nHis excellent wife, who survived him until 1890,\\nwas a devoted Christian woman and also a valued\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nOur subject in childhood received instruction\\nin the district schools of his home neighborhood,\\nbut afterward enjoyed the advantages of study in\\nan educational institution at Niles, Mich. While\\nattending school in the latter place, the Civil War\\nbroke out, and, promptly answering to the call ol\\nduty, Mr. Spencer enlisted in Com])any A, Nine-\\nteentli Michigan Infantry. He entered tlie service\\nof the Government as Corporal, and remained in\\nactive duty from 18()2 until the close of the war,\\nwhen he was mustered out, June 10, 18G5, and\\nparticiimted in the grand parade and triumphal\\nreview in Washington. Our subject while sharing\\nthe dangers and privations to which his regiment\\nwas constantly exposed was captured, March 5,\\n1863, near Thompson s Station, Tenn.,aud imme-\\ndiately taken to Libby Prison, where he was held\\nfor one month, and then sent to Annapolis. The\\nhealth of Mr. Spencer was seriously impaired and\\nit was not until a year later that he rejoined his\\nregiment, which accompanied Sherman on the\\nfamous march to the sea. July 20, 1864, Mr. Spen-\\ncer took part in the decisive engagement of Peach\\nTree Creek, and with his regiment was among the\\nfirst to victoriously enter Atlanta. The war ended,\\nour subject returned to the old homestead, where\\nhe engaged in agricultural pursuits, but in a brief\\ntime resumed stud^ attending school for one term\\nin Decatur, Mich.\\nIn 1866 Mr. Spencer was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Frances E. Rich, daughter of Eli Rich,\\na prosperous resident of Decatur, and a well-known\\ncontractor and builder. Mrs. Spencer passed away\\nin 1888. She was the mother of three children,\\ntwo of whom yet survive, ]5eulali and Bernice.\\nFred E., the only son, died at Ann Arbor, March\\n22, 1891. He was a young man of great promise,\\n.and was pursuing a course of study in the dental\\ndepartment of the Michigan University. October 8,\\n1891, Mr. Spencer a second time entered the bonds\\nof matrimony and was wedded to Lura M. Def-\\nendorf, daughter of Harmon Defendorf, a success-\\nful business man, and for years a leading lumber-\\ndealer and manufacturer of sash, doors and blinds,\\nof Dowagiac, Mich. Prominently connected with\\nthe Republican party, Mr. Spencer has occupied\\nwith honor and fidelity many important positions\\nof public trust. As School Director and School\\nInspector he materially aided in educational in-\\nterests, and gave to the duties of Supervisor of\\nWayne Township faithful and efficient care. In\\n1888 our subject was elected to the State Legis-\\nlature, and in 1890 was re-elected. During his\\ntvvo terms of official service, Mr. Spencer, as a mem-\\nber of important committees, gave universal satis-\\nfaction to his constituents. He was Chairman of\\nthe Committee of Means, and was also a mem-\\nber of the Committee of Enrollment, and was one\\nof various other deliberative committees, by whom\\nhis suggestions and amendments were esteemed and\\nhonored.\\nFraternally, Mr. Spencer is connected with the\\nGrand Army of the Republic and the Ancient Or-\\nder of United Workmen, and has held the chief\\noffice of the Modern Woodmen of America. He\\nis a member and Trustee of the Congregational\\nChurch, and is ever read}- to assist in the good\\nworks of that denomination. Financially pros-\\npered, our subject is the owner of one hundred\\nand scvent3 -five acres of Land, embracing the old\\nhomestead, which is under a high state of improve-\\nment, and one of the valuable farms of Wa3 ne\\nTownship. With the exception of two years, dur-\\ning which time Mr. Spencer engaged in tlie paint\\nand oil business in Kansas City, Mo., he has con-\\nstantly resided in JMicliigan. Since 1889 his home\\nhas been in Dowagiac, where he now purposes to", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0192.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0193.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0194.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n193\\neinlwrk extensively in the cold storage business.\\nBringing to tiiis new enterprise tlie cliaracteristic- en-\\nergy and liusiness ability wliicli have distinguished\\niiis course in life, Mr. Spencer cannot fail to win\\nsuccess in his present undertaking, and will carry\\nwith iiiin into iiis business the best wislies of a host\\n(if (ild-liuu fiiends and acfpiaiiitances.\\nf^. ON. CALVIN BRITTAIN POTTER, attor-\\nIj. uey-rtt-lfiw and an intluential citizen of St.\\n\\\\j^ Joseph, was born in Brown villo, .Jefferson\\nCounty, N. Y., .July 1.^, 18:^7. He is the\\ngrandson of Maj.-Gen. Calvin Britlain, of .Jeffer-\\nson Count} N. Y., and the nephew of Maj. Cal-\\nvin Brittain, who was delegate to Congress from\\nthe I erritory uf Michigan, memberuf the conven-\\ntion that framed the constitution of Michigan,\\nmember of the House of Representatives. State\\nSenator, Lieutenant-Governor, and original pro-\\nprietor, with others, of tlie town of St. Joseph.\\nWlien about one year old our subject was\\nbrought b} his parents, Frederick A. and Isabella\\n(Brittain) Potter, to St. Joseph, Mich., and in\\n1839 was taken from this city to tiie county of\\nJefferson, Wis. There lie received a common-\\nschool education and grew to a sturdy, self-reliant\\nmaniiood. His literary studies finished, he entered\\nthe law school at Albany, N. Y., in 18; )9, and in\\nMay of the following ear was graduated with the\\ndegree of Bachelor of Laws. Among his class-\\nmates was the Hon. William F. Vilas, United\\nStates Senator from Wisconsin. After leaving the\\nlaw .school, Mr. Potter studied in the otlice of\\n.Judges Wright and Ivol)iiison, Albany, N. Y., until\\n18(il.\\nIn .June of the above-named year, shortly after\\nthe first shot had been fired on Ft. Sumter, Mr.\\nI otter enlisted in the services of his eouatry, be-\\ncoming a member of Company B, Eighteenth New\\nYork Infantry. With his regiment he marched to\\nthe front and participated in many of the deci-\\nsive engagements of the war. At the first battle\\nof Bull Run he was captured by the enemy and\\nheld a prisoner in Richmond until January, 18(12,\\nwhen he was freed in the first exchange of prison-\\ners. He participated in McClellan s campaign on\\nthe Peninsula, and narrowly escaped ca[)ture at\\nGaines Mills. In all the campaigns of the Army\\nof the Potomac he bore his part as a patriotic,\\nvaliant soldier, doing all in his power to preserve\\nthe Old Flag. In June, 1863, he was honorably\\ndischarged, at the expiration of his term of enlist-\\nment.\\nPurchasing a scholarship iu Eastman s Commer-\\ncial College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Mr. Potter\\nentered that institution a short time after his re-\\nturn from the war and conducted his studies with\\ndiligence and success until September, 1863. How-\\never, he could not be content while the safety of\\nthe Union was endangered, and his patriotic spirit\\nurged him to re-enlist for service in the army.\\nThis time he became a member of the Fifty-second\\nNew Y ork Infantry, and under the command of\\nGen. Grant participated in the campaign from the\\nRapidan to Petersburg. In July, 1864, while in\\nfront of Petersburg, he was commissioned Second\\nLieutenant in the Forty-fifth United States In-\\nfantry; and in Januaiy, 186. he was promoted to\\nthe rank of First Lieutenant. In the assault on\\nFt. Harrison he was wounded by a shell, but for-\\ntunately the injuries, while painful, did not jirove\\nserious. At the expiration of his period of enlist-\\nment, he was honorably discharged, in November\\nof 1865. In January of the following j ear lie\\nwas again commissioned Second Lieutenant, but\\ndid not accept.\\nReturning to Eastman College, Mr. Potter re-\\nmaincil there until June. 18()0. when he returned\\nto St. Joseph, Mich., and commenced to [)ractice\\nlaw, the firm name Jjcing Winslow k Potter.\\nLater he was in |)artnership with a brother for\\nabout fifteen years, the title of the firm being Pot-\\nter Potter. In 1872 he removed to Kalamazoo,\\nthis State, and for one year conducted a general\\nlegal practice in that city, being in partnership\\nwith Hon. Henry F. Severens, present Judge of\\nthe United States District Court for the Western\\nDistrict of .Michigan. In 1873 he returned to St.\\nJoseph, where he has since devoted his attention\\nto practice in the courts of the city and county.\\n9", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0195.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "194\\nPORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nAt various times Mr. Potter has been chosen to\\noccupy positions of trust and responsibilit} within\\ntlie gift of liis fellow-citizens. In 1874 he was\\nelected a member of the House of Representatives\\nand cast the deciding vote which defeated Mr.\\nChandler and elected Mr. Christiancy to the United\\nStates Senate. He served for one terra as a mem-\\nber of the Democratic State Central Committee.\\nHe was the Democratic candidate for Prosecuting\\nAttorney, Judge of Probate Court, and Judge of\\nCircuit Court, but, Berrien County being strongly\\nRepublican, he suffered defeat with the remainder\\nof the Democratic ticket. He has served St. Joseph\\nas City Attorney, and his services in that office\\nwere important, especiallj from April, 1891, to\\nApril, 1892, when he was largely instrumental in\\nsecuring the system of water works and the elec-\\ntric street railway for the city of St. Joseph.\\nOn the corner of Church and Pleasant Streets,\\nSt. Joseph, Mr. Potter Las an attractive and ele-\\ngant residence. He was married in February,\\n1868, to Miss Julia A. Dougherty, of Berrien\\nSprings. The3 have four sons, and with the eld-\\nest the firm of Potter Potter is continued.\\nE^^^\\nylLLIAIM H. COULTER, the popular and\\neflieient Sheriff of Cass County, Mich., is a\\nnative of the State, and was born in How-\\nard Township October 10, 1842. Reared upon\\nthe old Michigan homestead, he was early trained\\nin the everyday duties of the farm and, arrived at\\nmanhood thoroughly versed in the tilling of the\\nsoil, continued in that vocation and has long been\\nknown as one of the most successful and well-\\nposted agriculturists in Cass County. Our subject\\nwas the third of four children who blessed the\\npioneer home of James and Ann (Wilson) Coulter.\\nMargaret, the eldest daughter, is now Mrs. Eph-\\nraim White, of Howard Township. She resides\\nupon the old homestead, where she has passed\\nnearly her entire life. John F. has made his home\\nin the farther West, and lives in Russell, Kan.\\nSarah A. is Mrs. James Douglas, of Xenia, Ind.\\nOur subject completes the list. These sisters and\\nbrothers, reared and carefully educated in the\\nhome of their cliildhood, have self-reliantly at-\\ntained to mature age and wortliily occupy posi-\\ntions of usefulness and influence.\\nThe father, James Coulter, was a native of Cin-\\ncinnati, Ohio, and there passed the days of boy-\\nhood. Energetic and enterprising, he removed\\nwith his wife to the newer country of Michigan,\\nand in 183.5 settled on the farm where, after\\nyears of peaceful toil, he died respected and es-\\nteemed by all who knew him. Tlie mother was\\nborn in Clinton, Ohio, but her father, Amos Wil-\\nson, and her paternal grandfather, John Wilson,\\nwere natives of New Jersey. She passed peace-\\nfully away May 18, 1893, after a residence in this\\ncounty of fifty-seven years.\\nThe life of our subject has been closely identi-\\nfied with the history of Cass County, its rapid\\ngrowth and its numerous progressive interests. A\\nman of liberal spirit and broad ideas, he has aided\\nin educational advancement and been foremost in\\nthe |)romotion of public improvements. Finan-\\ncially i)rospered, he owns about three hundred and\\neight acres of fine farming land, mostly under a\\nhigh state of cultivation and well improved with\\nexcellent barns and a substantial and commodious\\ndwelling.\\nJanuary 4, 1865, William H. Coulter and Miss\\nAbigail Vary were united in marriage in Howard\\nTownship. Mrs. Coulter was the joungest of the\\nthree daughters of Benjamin O. Vary, who with his\\nestimable wife was born and reared in the State of\\nNew York. The two sisters of iVIrs. William Coul-\\nter are Sarah U., now Mrs. John V. Coulter, and\\nMiss Melissa Vary. The Vary family were, like\\nthe Coulters, among the early settlers of the\\ncount} and, well known, commanded the high re-\\ngard of a host of friends. Our subject has alw.ays\\ntaken a deep interest in national affairs and is ac-\\ntively interested in local issues. Elected in the fall\\nof 1892 to the responsible office of Sheriff of Cass\\nCounty, he has been equal to all the demands of\\nthe position, discharging his daily round of duty\\nwith able fidelity. January 1, 1893. he made his\\npermanent residence at the county seat and has", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0196.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n195\\nsince given his entire time to iiis official work.\\nSurroundc-d by life-time friends and associations,\\nlie enjoys the conlidenia! of the coinniiinity and is\\niiMiiiliercd among the substantial citizens and rei)-\\nicscntalivc men of Cass unly.\\nAVID TllICKSTUN, a representative\\nbusiness man and well-known citizen of\\nCassopolis, Cass County, Mich., has for a\\nnumber of years extensively engaged in\\ntiie lumber interests of his part of the Slate. He\\nis a native of Pennsj lvania and was born on the\\nitiih of May, 18.50, in Crawford County. His par-\\nents, David and Nancy (Erwin) Thickstun, made\\ntheir iionie in the old (Quaker Stale, and there\\nreared their family, of whom David C. was the\\nyoungest. His maternal grandfather, Robert Er-\\nwin, was one of the pioneer settlers of Crawford\\nCounty, and, a man of sterling character and reso-\\nlute will, successfull} met and overcame the didi-\\nculties and privations incident to pioneer life.\\nHi^ared and educated in the paternal home and\\ntrained to habits of energetic industry, our subject\\nattained to manhood iu Cassewago, I a. Realizing\\nthe larger opportunities offered young men in the\\nnewer localities of the West, he came to Michigan,\\nsettled in Lapeer and obtained employment with\\nJ. L. Berringer fc Co., prominent lumber dealers\\nof that locnlity. Mr. Thickstun spent two years\\nin Lapeer, engaged with the same company, who,\\na|)preciating his services, then sent him to repre-\\nsent their lirm in a new field.\\nAi)ril 1, 1878, Sir. Berringer, having bought out\\nthe desirable lumber plant of McConnell it Son,\\nsituated in Cassopolis, made our subject manager\\nof this branch of the business, and for nearly two\\nyears he satisfactorily continued to conduct the\\nalTairs as manager, but in January, 1H81, buying a\\nhalf-interest, he became a partner in the profits of\\nthe house. In the fall of 1882 Mr. Thickstun was\\nenabled by prudent management to buy the re-\\nmaining interest of the Berringer Company, and\\nsince that time has developed the business into\\none of the largest in this part of the county. In\\naddition to the large line of lumber, sash, doors\\nand shingles carried, he also deals in coal, and is\\nin fact the only one handling the black diamonds\\nin Cassopolis.\\nOur subject was married about one year after\\nhis location in Cass County, December 1, 1879, to\\nMiss Hattie M. Rogers, of Detroit, Mich. The\\nRogers family were old and highly esteemed resi-\\ndents of Decatur, Alich., for inanj years and have\\nin that locality a wide circle of friends and ac-\\nquaintances. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs.\\nThickstun has been blessed b^- the presence of two\\nbright and intelligent daughters, Elnora and Irma.\\nIn fraternal association our subject occupies a\\nhigh place in the order of the Ancient Free A Ac-\\ncepted Masons. He is a valued member of Backus\\nLodge No. 55, and was Treasurer of the same\\nfor about ten years. He is also a member of\\nKingsburj Chapter, of which he has officiated as\\nHigh Priest for the past three terms, and has like-\\nwise been Secretary of the chapter. Mr. Thick-\\nstun is connected with Niles Commandery and\\nis one of the twelve Knights Templar who affiliate\\nthere. Politically, he is a strong Democrat, and\\nwithout being desirous of office is ever interested\\nin both local and national issues. He is a liberal\\nand public-spirited citizen and has ably aided in\\nforwarding needed improvements and logal enter-\\nprises.\\nHARLES MILLER, dealer in real estate at\\n[ll ^_ St. .Jo.seph, and formerly Oil Inspector of\\nBerrien County, was born in New Orleans,\\nLa., December 1, 1845. He is the son of .Joseph\\nand Catharine (Minger) Miller, both of whom were\\nborn in German}-, and emigrated thence to the\\nUnited States, settling in New Orleans. After re-\\nsiding in that city for a number of years, the fam-\\nily returned to Germany, when Charles was about\\nfive years of a re. He continued to live there un-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0197.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "196\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntil he was eleven years of age, attending the\\nschools in tiiat country. About 1856 the family\\nleft Germany and removed to Indianapolis, where\\nthe husband and fatlier departed this life in 1874,\\nthe mother passing away in 1861.\\nOur subject accompanied his |)arents in tiieir re-\\nmoval to Indianapolis, and there grew to mature\\nyears. In the common schools of that city he ac-\\n(juired a good knowledge of the English language\\nand an excellent practical education. At the age of\\nfourteen, he accompanied a gentleman named An-\\ndrews to (iermany, and visited Ludwig, London,\\nParis, Havre and Monheim, remaining about one\\nyear. Returning to America, he learned the trade\\nof a miller at Indianapolis. At the time of the\\nsurvey for the line of the Chicago West Michi-\\ngan Railway, he was a member of the corps of sur-\\nveyors that laid out the route. In the spring of\\n1867, he returned to work in the St. Jose[)h Flour-\\ning Mills, and in 1870 he was appointed head\\nmiller, in which capacity he remained for ten\\nyears, giving excellent satisfaction to the proprie-\\ntors of the concern. He started in business for\\nhimself in 1880, when he embarked in the grocer3\\ncrockery and silverware trade in St. Joseph, and\\nconducted the establishment with the greatest\\netliciency until 1889, when he sold the stock. In\\n1891 he was appointed Oil Inspector of Berrien\\nCounty for a term of two years. He has been\\nidentified with the public affairs of St. Joseph\\never since he became a citizen of the place. In\\npolitics, he is a Democrat and advocates the prin-\\nciples of that party first, last and all the time. His\\nfellow-citizens, recognizing his capabilities, have\\ncalled hill) to positions of honor and trust, and his\\nservices have been eminently satisfactory. In\\n1886 he was elected Treasurer of the city of St.\\nJoseph for a term of one year, and was afterward\\nre-elected, serving until 1888. Later he was\\nelected Supervisor of the township, and still occu-\\npies that position.\\nMr. Miller has a pleasant residence on Langley\\nAvenue, where, in the societ}- of his wife and chil-\\ndren, he finds a delightful recreation from the\\ncares of business. His wife, whom he married May\\n20, 1874, was formerly Miss Maiy Berg, and is the\\ndaughter of Simon and Anna Maria (Johns) Berg,\\nresidents of St. Joseph. Mr. Berg was born in Ba-\\nvaria, Germany, whence he emigrated to America,\\nand at first located in Chicago, remaining in that\\ncity for a number of years. In 1850 he came to\\nSt. Joseph, and here resided until he passed away,\\nDecember 28, 1883. Mrs. Miller was born in Lake\\nTownship, Berrien County, Mich., November 11,\\n1851. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of\\nseven children: Simon C. and Jose|)h J., who are\\nmanly youths of seventeen and fifteen years, re-\\nspectively; Katie M., who is eleven years of age;\\nGeorge N., Ellen M., Charles W. and Mary M., the\\nlatter a bright and interesting child of two years.\\nThe family worships at the Catholic Church, of\\nwhich Mrs. Miller is a devoted member. Mr.\\nMiller holds fiaternal relations with Occidental\\nLodge No. 56, A. F. fe A. M., at St. Joseph.\\nALVIN M. EIJICK, President of the Excel-\\nsior Gas Company at Benton Harbor, and\\none of the prosperous business men of this\\ncity, was born in Athens, Tenn.. on the 30th of\\nNovember, 1849, being the son of Samuel and\\nSarah (Carter) Edick, natives of New York State.\\nHis father, shortly after his marriage in the F.m-\\npire State, removed to Tennessee to take charge of\\nan iron furnace at Athens, and resided in that\\nplace for five years, when he died. At the time\\nof his demise he was in the prime of life, with\\nevery promise of a successful and prosperous\\nbusiness career, and his untimely death was\\nmourned not only by his immediate relatives, but\\nalso by his large circle of acquaintances. His wife\\nsurvived him many years and passed away in\\nMichigan, in October, 1878.\\nThe eldest of a family of four children, the sub-\\nject of this biography accompanied his half-brother\\nto southern Illinois in his childhood, and resided\\nin McLeaiisborough until he was fifteen 3ears old,\\nmeanwhile enjoying excellent educational advan-\\ntages in the schools of that place. At the age of\\nfifteen he became a clerk in the general store of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0198.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n197\\nA. V. Gardner, at Albion, Midi., mid lomaincd in\\ntliat position for a nnn)I)cr of y(^:iis. The year\\n1871 witnessed his arrival in IJenton Harbor,\\nwhore he occupied a clerical position in the em-\\nploy of Branson A- .Tolinson. Later he clerked in\\nthe hardware store of I lall Bros., of St. Jose| h,\\nfor two years, after which he was employed by\\nthat lirni to lake charge of a branch store in Ben-\\nton Harbor, conducting that establishment for\\nfive years.\\nIn the meantime Mr. Edick became interested in\\nthe Alden Kvaporaling and Canning Company, of\\nwhich he was Secretary and Treasurer for ten\\nyears, or until the factory bui-ned down. lie then\\npurchased the interests of the other stockholders,\\nanil, re-organizing the enteri rise under the name\\nof the .Mden Canning Company, has continued its\\nmanager until the present time. It is largely\\nthrougii his efforts that the concern has acquired a\\npriiminent position among the indusliies of Berrien\\nCounty. In 1881, he emliarked in llie hardware\\nbusiness, .issociating himself with A. ilH\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ellt, un-\\nder the firm name of Kdick A lucent. Eighteen\\nmonths later the firm name was changed to Edick\\nS; Piatt, and under that title the l)usiness was\\nconducted about two years, when our subject pur-\\nchased Mr. Piatt s interest and has since conducted\\nthe enterprise under the title of C. M. Edick.\\nThe hardware establishment is complete in all\\nits appointments. The store is 25xl 2.5 feet in di-\\nmensions, and there is also an annex, 25x80 feet.\\nThe stock includes a complete assortment of shelf\\nhardware, i)aints, oils and farming m.acliinery, and\\nthe uniformly accurate methods upon which the\\nbusiness is conducted have secured for the jiro-\\nprietor a large and steadily growing trade. Mr.\\nEdick IS also a stockholder and Director in the\\nFirst National Bank of Benton Harbor. What he\\nlias and what he is m.ay be attril)uted to his own\\narduous exertions, for when he commenced in\\nbusiness he had no money capital or inlluential\\nfriends, but by i)erseverance and good judgment\\nhe has become well-to-do.\\nWhile Mr. Edick is not a jiartisan nor radical in\\nhis political preferences, lie gives his intluence to\\nthe Republican party and favors its candidates\\nwitli his ballot. In his social connections, he is\\nidentified with the Masonic fraternity, being a\\nmember of Lake Shore Lodge No. 298. He was\\nmarried December 6, 1882, to Miss Mary F. Baley,\\nwho at that time was residing in Benton Harbor,\\nhut is a native of New York. In social circles Mr.\\nand Mrs. Edick occupy a prominent position, being\\nnumbered among the inlluential and popular resi-\\ndents of Benton Harbor.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^1^\\n^^5^\\nENRY W. IIARWOOD, a leading citizen\\nand representative agriculturist, whose fine\\nhomestead, one of the oldest farms in\\nCass County, Mich., is attr.actively located\\nupon the banks of Pleasant Lake, Ontwa Town-\\nship, is a native of his home county and was\\nborn within three miles of Edvvardsbtirgh Feb-\\nruaiy 22, 1847. His parents were Thomas and\\nSarah (Hopkins) llarwoo l. The paternal grand-\\nfather, John Ilarwood, was a son of Thomas Hat-\\nwood, who with two brothers, John and .lasper,\\nemigrated to Ameiica in Colonial days. Thomas\\nand John settled in Delaware, and Jasper located\\nin Maryland. Thomas was a presperous tiller of\\nthe soil and improved a valuable farm upon his\\nhomestead in Delaware, rearing one child, a son,\\nJohn. This son w.as educated and married in his\\nnative State, passing his entire life within its\\nborders. He was opposed to slavery and never\\nheld any of the blacks in bond.age except .as he\\npaid fines and redeemed them when imprisoned.\\nGrandfather Ilarwood accumulated a handsome\\nestate, and was a man of note in his section of\\nthe country. His wife was a Miss Talbert, a\\nChristian lady and a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. Three children blessed the old\\nhome: John, Thomas and .lasiier. The grand-\\nfather of our subject died at fifty-five years of\\nage, his wife having long before preceded him\\nto the better world. The family property was in-\\nherited by the eldest, and the other two left home\\nto make their way in the world. John and .lasper\\ndied in Delaware.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0199.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "198\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nThomas Ilarwood was born in Delaware in 1808,\\nand in 1845 removed to the West and located in\\nCass Count3 Mich. He made the journey from\\nhis old liome bj wagon, and was six weeks on the\\nwaj-. He wintered two years in Milton Township,\\nand then entered forty acres in Jefferson Town-\\nship, which he partially improved and then sold.\\nHe soon afterward purchased two hundred and\\ntwenty acres three miles north of Edwardsburgh,\\nwhich he cleared and flnely cultivated. He passed\\naway upon this homestead in the spring of 1879.\\nHe was a Class-leader of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and was also one of its efficient Trus-\\ntees. A stanch Democrat, he gave able service\\nas Justice of the Peace, and, a public-spirited cit-\\nizen, was liberal in his support of the Union dur-\\ning tiie late war. The mother of our subject, a\\nnative of Maryland, was tlie daughter of John Hop-\\nkins, a blacksmith by trade, who participated in\\nthe War of 1812, and assisted through his skill\\nin handling the tools of iiis trade. He was a de-\\nvout man and a member of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, and died in Maryland after rearing\\na large family. The four sons were Nathaniel,\\nWilliam, John and James. The daughters were\\nSarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann and Levica. Great-\\ngrandfather Frederick Hopkins was a teacher all\\nhis life, and on account of being crippled was un-\\nable to perform hard labor. The Hopkins are of\\nEnglish ancestry.\\nMrs. Sarah (Hopkins) Harwood died in October,\\n1891, in her eighty-fourth year. She was the mo-\\nther of six stalwart sons, and was twice married.\\nHer first husband was Jonathan Primrose, to whom\\nshe bore one son, William .1. The five sons of\\nThomas Harwood were John, who died on the\\nhomestead; James, of Mississippi, where he owns\\na large plantation; Jacob W., of Medical Lake,\\nWash., who was the first to discover the medicinal\\nqualities of the water and manufacture a powder\\nfrom boiling water called Medical Lake Salts;\\nHenry W. and Thomas .l.,of Neliraska; and Jacob,\\nwho .served in Coinp.any H, Thirtieth Michigan\\nRegiment. Henry W. received a good common-\\nschool education in his home neighborhood.\\nIn the fall of 1864, our subject, then only sev-\\nenteen years of age. enlisted in the Thirtieth\\nMichigan Regiment, and served at Detroit. He\\nwas mustered out in July, 1865, at the close of the\\nwar. Arrived at his majority, he was employed\\nby the Louisville Transfer Company, and remained\\nin their service four and a-half years, for two years\\nof the time being Assistant Superintendent. Mak-\\ning his home again in Michigan, he purchased the\\neighty acres of his present farm, to which he\\nafterward added until he has in his homestead\\none hundred and fifty-one acres. Mr. Harwood\\nis a man of liberal spirit and is independent in\\nlocal politics, giving his vote to the best man, but\\nhe supports the National Republican ticket. He\\nhas refused political office, preferring to do his\\nduty as a simple citizen.\\nOur subject was united in marriage in 1887,\\nwith Miss Maggie Breeee, daughter of Jacob and\\nSarah (Wilson) Brecce. The estimable wife passed\\naway in 1889, aged thirty-.seven. She was a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a sin-\\ncere Christian woman. Her death was mourned\\nby all who knew her. Mr. Harwood is a Trustee\\nof the church, and is active in all good work.\\nA long-time resident of his present locality, he\\nhas been intimately associated with the growth\\nand rapid progress of Cass County, and, a man of\\nsterling integrity, commands the confidence of\\nthe entire community of Ontwu Township.\\n,a^ PENCICR B. VAN HORN. In enumerating\\nthe prominent business establishments of\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\J_jf) Benton Harbor, mention is invariably\\nmade of the store owned and conducted by\\nMr. Van Horn. The Iniilding is convenientl} and\\ncentrall}- located for purposes of trade, and is\\nadmirably adapted for the display of a fine stock\\nof drv goods, notions and carpets, having a front-\\nage of twenty-five and a depth of one hundred and\\ntwenty-five feet. The stock is large and very\\ncompletely as.sorted, and as the proprietor main-\\ntains the most favorable relations with producers,\\nhe is able to keep his stock up to the very highest", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0200.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n199\\nstandard of ([uality and to give llie people every\\nadvantage in prices. As a consequence of tliese\\nfacilities, combined with fair dealings, lie has es-\\ntablished an extensive bnsiness and holds a prom-\\ninent position among the leading merchants of\\nSou til western M ichigan\\nA native of Berrien County, Mich., our subject\\nwas born March 15, 1847, and is the youngest of\\nfour children of Jacob and Kuphemia (Kinsey)\\nVan Horn, natives of New Jersey. The father,\\nwho was a farmer by occupation, removed with\\nhis family to Berrien County-, Mich., in 18. 57 and\\nlocated on a farm four and one-half miles east of\\nBenton Harbor, whore he conducted general agri-\\ncultural and stock-raising pursuits. In 18G5 he\\ncame to Benton Harbor, where for a number of\\nyears he conducted a boot and shoe business. He\\ndied in this city in IMGS. His widow survived\\nhim for a number of years, dying in Benton Har-\\nbor in 1880.\\nUntil eighteen years of age the subject of this\\nsketch resided on the lK)ine farm, meantime at-\\ntending the district schools and also carrying on\\nhis studies in the St. Joseph High School for two\\nyears. His mercantile experience commenced with\\na clerkship in the store of Alviii Burridge, of Ben-\\nton Harbor, after wliich he was employed by\\nGeorge Rice, and later by the firm of Pitcher\\nJones, remaining in the latter position two years.\\nHe was then emitlo^ed by H. iM. Zekind, of St.\\nJoseph. He was economical and industrious, and,\\ncareful!}- saving his earnings, he was enabled to\\nstart in business for himself. In 1878 he em-\\nImrkctl in the dry -goods business at Benton Har-\\nbor, and a few years afterward added a large as-\\nsortment of carpets to his stock.\\nNovemlier 1, 1870, Mr. an Horn was united in\\nmarriage witli Miss Julia Ogdeii, of Benton Har-\\nbor, her parents, Stausbery and Ruth A. Ogden,\\nhaving been long-time residents of this city.\\nOne child has blessed the union, Lucy O., who is a\\nstudent in the city schools. The family residence\\nis a comfortable abode and is ))leasantl3 located on\\nthe corner of Ogden and Kmpire Avenues. In\\npolitics Mr. an Horn is a ])roiiiinent Republican\\nand has served as Alderman from the Second\\nWard for several years. Socially, he is a member of\\nLake Shore Lodge No. 298, A. F. A- A. M.; Calvin\\nBrittain Chapter No. 72, R. A. M.; and he joined\\nNiles Commandery No. 12, K. T., but has since\\nchanged his membership to Malta Commandery,\\nrecently instituted at Benton Harbor.\\nHRISTOPHE\\nll^ chant residir\\nHRISTOPHER S. BOYLE, a retired mer-\\ning in Benton Harbor, was born\\nin the city of New York on Christm.as\\nDay, 1829. He is the son of John Boyle, a na-\\ntive of Ireland, and a pioneer of Webster Town-\\nship, Washtenaw Countj-, Mich., who settled on a\\nfarm near Ann Arbor in May 1836, and there re-\\nsided until his death, in October, 1870. The\\nmother of our subject bore the name of Bridget\\nQuirk, and was born in the Province of Munster,\\nCounty Tipperaiy, Ireland. Her fatlicr, Daniel\\nQuirk, served for twenty-one years in the British\\narmy, and died in the Kmerald Isle. Mr. Boyle\\nwas also born in the I rovince of Munster, County\\nTipperary, Ireland.\\nAt the age of six years our subject removed\\nwith Ills parents from New York to Michigan,\\nwhere he grew to manhood on his father s farm in\\nWashtenaw County. In the spring of 1852, he\\njoined the Argonauts who wiue journeying West-\\nward to seek their fortune in the new El Dorado.\\nDriving live yoke of cattle, he nuide the long jour-\\nney from St. .loseph. Mo., to Placerville, Cal., in\\none hundred and twelve days. U|)on arrival at\\nhis destination, he engaged in gold-mining and\\nalso for a time worked in a sawmill. In February,\\n185.5, he returned via the Isthmus of Panama to\\nNew York City, and thence came direct to Wash-\\ntenaw County, Mich.\\nAfter working on a farm in Washtenaw County\\nfor one year, he went, in the spring of 1856, to\\nOsawatoniie, Kan., but iclurned in a few weeks.\\nOn his reliirii he removed to Watervliet, Ber-\\nrien County, Mich., and there secured employ-\\nment in a sawmill, remaining in that position\\nfor two years. Later he worked on a farm in", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0201.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "200\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL- RECORD.\\nBainbridge Township, engaged as a tiller of the\\nsoil for three years. In the spring of 1861 he re-\\nmoved to St. Joseph, and for one ear was pro-\\nprietor of a meat-market there. In the spring of\\n18(52 he opened a meat-market in Benton Harbor,\\nwhich he conducted for five years. Then, dispos-\\ning of that business, he opened a grocery store,\\nand soon gained a large and profitable trade with\\nthe people of Benton Harbor. In January, 1890,\\nhe closed out the business and retired from active\\nlabor. He is the owner of valuable real estate in\\nthe city, including his residence on the corner of\\nTerritorial and Fourth Streets.\\nPolitically, Mr. Boyle is a Democrat. For two\\nterms he served as Trustee of the village, and in\\nthe spring of 1892 he was appointed Sewer Com-\\nmissioner, which position he still holds. He is a man\\nwho takes an intelligent interest in local affairs\\nas \u00e2\u0096\u00a0well as in mattere of general importance, and\\nhas decided opinions upon all subjects of the day.\\nSocially, he is identified with Lake Shore Lodge\\nNo. 298, A. F. A. M.; Calvin Bnttain Chapter\\nNo. 72; and the Council at St. Joseph. His mar-\\nriage took place on the 31st of March, 1S. )7, and\\nunited him with Miss Carolina Scherer, a native of\\nGerman}-, and a daughter of David Scherer. Mr.\\nand Mi-s. Boyle are the parents of two sons and\\none daughter: William David C. S. and Car-\\nrie H.\\nEWIS STORMS. It is with pleasure that\\nwe trace the history of those of the early\\npioneers of Berrien County who have per-\\nsevered through trials and hardships and have at\\nlast reached the point where they can enjo} the\\nwealth and prosperity which right!}- belong to\\nthem. In the life of the gentleman whose name\\nheads this sketch, we find such a history, and the\\npopularity that belongs to such a man is the just\\nmeed which his neighbors are glad to paj- to his\\nworth and work.\\nThis representative pioneer of Berrien County,\\nwho resides on section 32, Niles Township, is a\\nproduct of the Empke State, born in Cayuga\\nCounty, February- 23, 1818. His parents, vSamuel\\nand Clarissa (Hill) Storms, were natives also of\\nthe State of New York, and there they were mar-\\nried. Following this they located in Centreport,\\nwhere the father followed his trade of carriage-\\nmaker, continuing this until about a j-ear previ-\\nous to his death, when he bought a farm near\\nArcade, N. Y. There he died when about sixty\\nyears of age. His wife lived to be about eighty-\\nsix years of age. They were the parents of ten\\nchildren, our subject being fourth in order of\\nbirth.\\nLewis Storms remained with his parents until\\neight ears of age, and then went to live with .an\\nold Presbyterian deacon bj the name of Hamilton,\\nand remained with him until about twenty years\\nof age, working on a (axm. Later he worked by\\nthe month for one year near .Syracuse, N. Y., and\\nthen, in 1844, came direct to Michigan and located\\nin Berrien County. He engaged in chopping\\nwood and clearing land, working bj- the month,\\nand received $10 per month for his services.\\nRight in this county, working by the month,\\nMr. Storms laid the foundation for his subse-\\nquent prosperous career. The usual experience\\nof pioneer life marked his boyhood, and he early\\ndecided that farming was his vocation. Although\\nhe did not have a cent when he first came to this\\ncounty, he was possessed of a wonderful amount\\nof push and pluck, and at fii-st worked almost\\nevery wa} to make an honorable living. He\\nbought horses, matched them, and then sold them\\nat a profit. Later he bought a farm of eight}\\nacres, all wild land, settled on this and began\\nmaking imjirovements.\\nHe chose his wife in the person of Miss Lydia\\nBaker, daughter of Nathan Bjiker. and took his\\nbride to the log house he had erected on his farm.\\nHe cut the logs and built the house himself, and\\nhe and his young companion began housekeeping\\nin a very modest way, their furniture being of the\\nsimplest description. He partly cleared this farm,\\nbut subsequently moved on the farm where he now\\nlives. This farm consists of two hundred and\\nfifteen acres, the most of it under cultivation, and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0202.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "pcjrtrait and biographical record.\\n203\\nis one of the finest rural liomes in the township.\\nMl-. Storms has every reason to be proud of the\\nfruits of his Labor and of tlie energy and good\\njudgment lie lias displayed in the management of\\nhis tine farm. He is a self-made man in all\\nthat the words imply, and all that he has ac-\\ncumulated has been the result of industry and\\neconomy on the part of himself and his estimable\\nlady.\\nAs the years passed by there gathered around\\nhis hearthstone two biight c^hildren, Edmund B.\\nand Martha, the latter now the wife of Fred\\nYoung, of Nile* Township. Mr. .Storms political\\nviews bring him into action with the Republican\\nparty, and he has great faith in the principles pro-\\nclaimed by that party. He held the ollice of\\nCounty Treasurer for some time and has held\\nother positions of importance, such as Supervisor\\nand Township Treasurer.\\n#^i\\n,\\\\l-^ ON. ALONZO PLUMMER, Mayor of Ben-\\n)j] ton Harbor, and one of the successful at-\\ntorr.eys of southwestern Michigan, is a\\nnative of Maine, having lieen born in\\nIlarlland, Somerset County, on the 18tli of Feb-\\nruary, lf^i 2. His parents, William and Fannie\\n((iordon) Pluramer, were likewise natives of\\nMaine, the former being a sou of William Plum-\\nmer, of UanviUe, that State. The boyhood 3 ears\\nof our subject were somewhat uneventfully passed\\nin the place of his birth, where he acquired the\\nrudiments of his education in the common schools,\\nand subseqiieiitl\\\\- pursued his studies in .St. Al-\\nban s Academy.\\nWhen about twenty 3 ears of age Mr. Plumnier\\nenlisted for service in his country s defense, and\\non the 1st of March, 18C2, his name was enrolled\\nas a private in the Fourth Maine Batteiy, as-\\nsigned to the Armj of the Potomac. On the 9th\\nof February, 1861, he was promoted to the rank\\nof Second Lieutenant in Company A, Thirtieth\\nUnited States Colored Troops, and in Jul^- of the\\nfollowing year was again promoted for gallantry\\nand bravery becoming First Lieutenant, in which\\ncapacity he served until the close of the war. His\\ncommand belonged to the Army of the Potomac.\\nAmong the important engagements in which he\\nparticipated may be mentioned those of Cedar\\nMountain, the second battle of Bull Run, .South\\nMountain, Antielam, battles of the Wilderness,\\nand the siege of Petersburg. He was present at\\nthe capture of Ft. Fisher, N. C, January 12, 1865,\\nand the capture of Wilmington, N. C, as well as\\nnumerous minor engagements, in all of which his\\nconduct w.as meritorious.\\nAfter having been honorably discharged at the\\nclose of the war, Mr. Plummer returned to his\\nold home in Maine. Soon afterward he entered\\nthe Albany (N. Y.) Law School, from which he\\nwas graduated in May. 1866, and during the\\nsame year he w.as admitted to practice at the Bar\\nof the State of New Y ork. He immediately came\\nWest and, locating in Minneapolis, conducted an\\nextensive pr.actice both in that city and St. Paul\\nuntil April, 1869, meantime gaining the reputa-\\ntion of being a skillful and well-informed legal\\npractitioner. Returning to the Fvist, he sojourned\\nin Boston, Mass., until 1870, when he came to\\nBenton Harbor, and has since been identified with\\nthe history of this place, being one of its most\\nprominent public men and successful attoi nej S.\\nOn August 12, 1867, occurred the marriage of\\nMr. Plummer to Ellen I). Hawkes, of New Y ork,\\nthe daughter of Aliijah and Louisa Hawkes, na-\\ntives of Maine. Two children have been born to\\nbless the home, Edith and Harry, in whose edu-\\ncation Mr. Plummer and his wife have spared\\nneither expense nor time. As has lieen already\\nstated, Mr. Plummer is one of the most intluential\\nof Benton Harbor s citizens, and has been one of\\nthe most important factors in the growth of the\\nplace. In the spring of 1893 he was elected\\nMayor of the city, and is now holding that posi-\\ntion, doing much to secure municipal reforms and\\nimprovements, and laboring etTectively for the\\nadvancement of the pl.ace and the best interests\\nof the citizens. He is an active member of\\nGeorge H. Thomas Post No. 14. A. R., and as\\none of the brave soldiers to whom we owe the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0203.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "204\\nPOitTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npreservation of the Union is entitled to tlie grat-\\nitude of all wlio love tiieir country. In politics he\\nIS a stanch Repulilican and is recogniztnl as one\\nof the leaders of the party in this portion of the\\nState.\\n^^EORGE F. SILVER, a prominentcitizen and\\nIII able agricultuiist of Ontwa, Cass County,\\nMich., has held with efficiency various offi-\\ncial positions of trust, and is widely known as a\\nman of sterling integrity and fine business attain-\\nments. Mr. Silver was born January 9, 1835, in\\nNewport, Sullivan County, N. H., and was the son\\nof Oren and Abigail (Fifleld) Silver. The paternal\\ngreat-great-grandfather of our subject emigrated\\nfrom Scotland to New England, and in New\\nHampshire, the great-grandfather, John Silver, is\\nsupposed to have been born. He was by trade a ma-\\nson, and, a man of enterprise, journeyed to Michi-\\ngan in a very early day and died in his new home\\nat over four-score years and ten. His good wife\\nalso |)assed away in Michigan, at about the same\\nage. Tliey were members of the Episcopal Church,\\nand were upright and conscientious in the daily\\nwork of life. Fraternally, Great-grandfather Sil-\\nver was connected with the Ancient Free Ac-\\ncepted Masons. The venerable couple were the\\nparents of a large family of children, and reared\\nto maturity Jacob, Josiah, John, Jeremiah,\\nJoan, Abiel, Margaret, and Benjamin, who is the\\nonly survivor and now resides in Kensington, 111.\\nThe paternal grandfather, also John Silver, was\\na New Hampshire farmer, and in about 1850\\nlocated in Ontwa Township, Cass County, Mich.,\\nand he died at the age of seventy-five years in\\nSullivan County, N. H. He was a minute-man\\nin the War of 1812, and was a leading member of\\nthe Ancient Free Accepted Masons. Until 1840\\nhe was a Democrat, but then became a Whig, and\\nlater joined the ranks of the Republican party.\\nTwice married, he first became the husband of\\nJudith Colby, the mother of one child, Oren. The\\nfirst wife dying in New Hampshire in the year\\n1820, he again married in New Hampshire. While\\nin New Hamiisliire he kept an hotel and owned a\\nstage-line. He farmed in Jlichigau and, energetic\\nand industrious, was prospered. He was a sincere\\nChristian man and a valued member of the Epis-\\ncopal Church. He was also a member of the An-\\ncient Free fe Accepted Masons and had mauj- warm\\nfriends within and without that ancient order.\\nTlie father of our subject, Oren Silver, was born\\nupon the old homestead among the Granite Hills\\nof New Hampshire, December 8,1812. He- had\\narrived at mature years before he made his home\\nin the West. He first came to F^dwardsburgh in\\nSeptember, 1835, and journeyed from liis New\\nEngland home by canal and lake to Detroit and\\nthence b} stage to Cass County.\\nFather Silver followed the business of an hotel-\\nkeeper for six years in Michigan, and then re-\\nturned to New Hampshire with a team and re-\\nmained one 3 ear. At the ex])iration of a twelve-\\nmonth he drove slowly back to Michigan and\\nbought an eighty-acre tract of land two miles\\nsoutheast of Edwardsburgh. In about 1846 Oren\\nSilver settled where Dr. Sweetland now resides, the\\nproperty then being owned hy Abial Silver, who\\nwas Land Commissioner. He was Commissioner\\nwhen the State capitol was laid out, when the ca[)-\\nital was located at Lansing. In about 1850 the\\nfather of our subject bought forty acres where he\\nresides and to which he has since added, now\\nowning one hundred and fifty acres, all under ex-\\ncellent improvement, with a handsome and com-\\nmodious residence, substantial barns and out-\\nbuildings. In starting out in life, the main capi-\\ntal of Oren Silver was youth, amt)ition and energy,\\nwhich, coupled with good judgment, have aided\\nhim toelimbupthe ladder of life. He is in religious\\nbelief a Sweden lioigian, and is fraternally a Free\\nMason. His only child is George F.\\nOur subject was reared upon a farm, received\\nhis education in the district scliools of the neigh-\\nborhood, and has always made his home with his\\nparents. Ho has run a thresher for thirty-four\\nyears, and has held with ability several impor-\\ntant offices of the township. He is now Clerk,\\nand as Supervisor aided in local progress and im-\\nprovements. Although ho (lid not enlist in the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0204.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n205\\nlate war, lie served for a time as a teamster in\\nIViiiu ssee and Mississippi, working for the Oovern-\\nmoiit. lie is a Democrat and is active in politics,\\nlie is a valued member of the Ancient Free Ac-\\ncepted iMasons and belongs to the chapter. Mr.\\nSdver was united in marriage .June 6, 1802, with\\nMiss Sarah .1. llane^ of Ontwa Township, Cass\\nCounty, Mich., and a daughter of Charles and\\n.lane (Smith) Ilaney. Mr. Ilaney emigrated from\\nBaden, Germany, in 1836, and, arriving in the\\nUnited States, came to Cass County, INIich., where\\nhe entered and improved eighty acres of land and\\nsurvived until .January, 1892. A wife and five\\nchildren monrneii his death. Mrs. Haney was a\\nnative of Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of Ja-\\ncob Smith, a pioneer of Cass County, who located\\nin this part of Michigan, in Ontwa Township, in\\nalMiul 1821). He died on his homestead, respected\\nby all who knew him. ISIr. Smith was of direct\\n(lerman descent.\\nOur sul)ject and his estimable wife were\\nblessed by the birth of five children. Isabelle,\\nthe eldest, died at two years of age. Belle is the\\nwidow of Charles Flint. Mar^ died at two years\\nof age. Dora and Benjamin survive. Mr. and\\nMrs. Silver have spent their years among the asso-\\nciations of youth and enjoy the esteem and confi-\\ndence of the large acquaintance of their lifetime,\\nand in the social and benevolent work of their lo-\\ncality, they lend ready aid, being both liberal in\\nsentiment and public spirited in action.\\n^lEOUCE W. .JONKS. Without the confi-\\ndence of the public the fate of a bank\\nis sealed. In order to inspire trust there\\nmust be solid capital and oHicials of established\\nreputation. Minor institutions spring up, employ-\\ning outward show of wealth, and thereby deceiving\\nthe simple, but solid, reliable business men are not\\ntaken ill by out^side sheen and bold pretense. They\\ndcman i the evidences of resources and liabilities\\nand the character of these. Knowing the founda-\\ntion to be secure, then they confidently entrust\\ntheir money and repose faith in the elliciency and\\nhonest} of those having charge.\\nThere is something refreshing and inspiring in\\ncontemplating an institution like the Exchange\\nBank at Marcellus, for it is one of the most conser-\\nvatively conducted financial institutions of Cass\\nCounty. The owner and proprietor, George AV.\\nJones, is an honorable and careful man and one\\nwho is very popular and resjiectcd m financial and\\nsocial circles. Ho has a large burglar-prof)f safe of\\nthe very latest improved pattern, and the vault is\\nfire proof. The bank is in a very llattering con-\\ndition, as is shown by Mr. .Jones books at the close\\nof business .June 30, 18i)3.\\nRksoukm ks.\\nReal Estate, |G32. 00\\nFarm Products, 170(100\\nLive Stock, JOO 00\\nLoans on Real Estate. !ji2501. j Ofi\\nLoans on Collateral, 114 71 97\\nOther Loans and Discounts, 10722 21 80209 27\\nStocks and Bonds. 500 00\\nSafe, Furniture and Fixtures, 1800 00\\nDue from other Banks, |i77(i9 05\\nChecks and other Cash Items, 1170 20\\nGold Coin, 1842 50\\nSilver Coin, 579 49\\nLegal Tenders, Bank Motes\\nand Coin Certificates, 5082 00 16449 24\\nTotal,\\nElAI .lMI lKS.\\nSpecified Time Deposits,\\nCall Certificates of Deposit,\\nDeposits subject to Check,\\nBills Payable,\\nNet Worth,\\n*i 164808 51\\n*423e0 48\\n11971 54\\n13770 74\\n2000 00\\n94699 75\\n*164808 51\\nTotal,\\nCourteous and attentive niljcialsand clerks afford\\nready service upon such as may have business with\\nthe bank, and every possible care is t lken that\\neverything shall be dispatched without delay, yet\\nthorouglilv.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0205.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "206\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMr. .Jones is a product of tlie IJuckeye State,\\nborn in Preble County April 3, 1824, and comes\\nof Welsh extraction on the paternal side, his great-\\ngreat-grandfather having left that countr\\\\- for\\nthis at a very earlj- period. George .Jones, the\\ngrandfather of our subject, was a native of Georgia,\\nas was also the father of our subject, Henr}- .Jones,\\nwhose birth occurred about 1790. The grandfather\\nmarried Miss Lydia Hopson, and reared his family\\nin Ohio, to which State he came in 1807. He left\\na large family of children. Mis sou Henry was\\nabout seventeen years of age when he moved with\\nhis parents to Ohio, and he was there married to\\nMiss Hannah Green. Following his marriage he\\nlocated in Preble Count}-, Ohio, and was one of\\nthe early settlers tiiere. Agricultural pursuits\\nwere his principal occupation, and he became one\\nof the foremost farmers. About 1830 he moved to\\nMichigan, settled in Penn Township, Cass County,\\nand entered and bought large tracts of Govern-\\nment land, owning at the time of his death between\\neiglit and nine hundred acres. He brought a large\\namount of fine stock with liini to Cass County, and\\nthey had a hard time to live through the first\\nwinter. There were few farmers in the township\\nat that time, timber covered the face of the country,\\nand Mr. .Jones and family fully realized the pri-\\nvations and hardships experienced by early settlers.\\nTwelve children were born to his mairiage, but\\nonly three besides our subject are now living, a\\ndaughter and two sons. Esther, widow of John\\nNixon, resides at MarccUus; Amos resides two\\nmiles north of Cassopolis; .and I^hineas resides on\\nYoung s Prairie. Those deceased were named:\\nI^ydia, Kebecca, F^lizabeth, Phcebe, Hannah, Henry,\\nAbigail and Jesse. The father of these children\\nwas reared among Quakers and was a man of more\\nthan ordinarj intelligence. Formerly a Whig in\\npolitics, later in life he voted the Democratic\\nticket and attiliated with that party until his death,\\nwhich occurred in March, 1851. He was a fine\\nman physically, large and well proportioned, and\\nvery seldom ill. For one term he was County\\nCommissioner and he also filled the ottice of Town-\\nship Supervisor, as well as other township offices.\\nGeorge W. Jones was about six j ears of age\\nwhen he came with his parents to Cass County,\\nMich., and in this county he received a limited\\neducation in the common schools. Much of his\\ntime in youth was passed in assisting his father\\nclear the farm, and most of his education has been\\nreceived by reading and experience. Deer and\\nother wild animals abounded at that time, and\\nIndians were common. On the 24th of December,\\n1853, he was united m marriage witli Miss KmmaB.\\nSiierman, daughter of Elias R Sherman. The\\nlatter came to Michigan at an early date, was\\nJudge of the l^robate Court for some time, and\\nhelped to la^ out the town of Cassopolis. He\\nbecame the owner of two hundred acres of land, and\\nwas an inlluential citizen. Mrs. Jones w.as born in\\nCassopolis and died at her home in Marcellus in\\n1870.\\nOur subject s second marriage was to Miss Lizzie\\nOsborn, daughter of Nathan Osborn, who was a\\nreal-estate dealer, and one of the pioneers of St.\\nJoseph County, Mich. He was Circuit Judge of that\\ncounty and held other positions of importance. He\\nwas a native of Connecticut, but liis daughter, Mrs.\\nJones, was born in St. Joseph County, Mich.,\\nand received her education there and at .Soutli\\nBend, Ind. After his first marriage, Mr. Jones\\nlocated on Young s Prairie, purchased and in-\\nherited from his father s old farm one hundred\\nand sixty acres of timber and prairie land, and\\nremained on this until 1867, when he nH)ved to\\nCassopolis. Later he came to what is now ALar-\\ncellus, bought a farm of two hundred and eleven\\nacres, the present site of that town, and he and a\\nfew other gentlemen laid out this place. Mr. Jones\\nthen engaged in a real-estate business and was also\\nengaged in bu\\\\ ing and shipping live stock. The\\nlatter he still follows. In 1877 he established the\\nG. W. Jones Exchange Bank of Marcellus, and this\\nbank has ever retained the confidence of the public\\nin the highest degree and is in every respect a\\nmodel financial institution. Mr. Jones is now the\\nowner of over seven hundred acres of land, most\\nof which is in a fine state of cultivation, besides\\nconsiderable vahialile vill.age property.\\nFour childien have been born to this union:\\nFrank S., who is engaged in the lumber busi-\\nness; Carroll S., Cashier of the bank, riKirri( d to\\nMiss Bessie, daughter of Andrew F. Caul, a", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0206.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPHICAL RECORD.\\n207\\nprominenl f.-iinuT and Supervisor of the town-\\nsliip; Henry Hi^-l, now in liis faliier s bank; and\\nVera May, who is attending the school at ^lar-\\nt eilus. I olitically, Mr. .lones is a Democrat. He\\nis a strong lenipcrant c man atid takes a great deal\\nof interest in that movement. He huilt the large,\\nliandsome residence where he now lives in 1886,\\nat an expense of about IIOO, which has a liot-air\\nfurnace, and iiot and cold water in every part of\\nthe house. To make it still more pleasant and\\ncheerful, there are three grates, and as it is fur-\\nnished with taste and good judgment, no pleasanter\\nlioiiie can be found in the county. In 1890 he\\nbuilt tlie laige stone-front bank building which he\\nnow owns. It is sui)plied with hot and cold water,\\nis finished in liard wood, and is one of tiie finest,\\nfor tlie size of the town, of any in the State.\\n^1| SAAC N. GARD. No tiiemc is more agreeable\\nto the biographer than that of the pioneer\\nlimes, and the life-story of one who has passed\\nthrough that trying period and has made his waj-\\nto comfort and pros| crity tlirough hardships and\\nprivations, is of interest to every one. In those\\nearly days tlie settlers had little to assist them in\\nthe way of implements, but their strong hands and\\nsturdy independence overcame all ditliculties.\\nMr. (laid was born in Union County, Ind., .lul}\\n1827, of the marriage of .Jonathan (lard. When\\nbut two years of age he was brought by his par-\\nents to the Lake State, and was reared on the old\\nhomestead in Cass County. I util twenty-four\\nyears of age he remained under the |)arental roof\\nand during that time he attended the log school-\\nhouse of those days, wlieri; he was taught the\\nthree R s, reading, riting and lithmetic. On\\nthe 12th of November, 18; he married Miss\\nNancy Shaw, a daughter of Richard and .lulia\\n(Saundei-s) Shaw, the father a native of N irginia,\\nborn in 1801, and the mother of Maryland, horn\\nin IHOI. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw removed to Ohio\\nwhen young, were married there, and later came\\nto Michigan, where thej settled in Ross County.\\nFrom there they removed to Ft. Wayne, Ind., l)ut\\ntwo years later returned to Michigan. The3 set-\\ntled in Penn Townshii), this count^^ for a few\\n3 ears, but subseciuenti} moved to Little Prairie\\nRonde, Volinia Township, where they made their\\nhome for a number of years. Ilcr death occurred\\nin 1856, and he followed her to the grave in 1872.\\nEleven children were born to them, six of whom\\nare now living. Mrs. Gard was second in order of\\nbirth, and w.as born in Ross County, December 10,\\n1828. She w.as but four years of age when brought\\nto Michigan.\\nImmediately after his marriage, Mr. Gard set-\\ntled on section 28, Volinia Townshii), and began\\nto improve his farm, remaining there four years.\\nIn 1856 he settled upon his present farm, and here\\nhe has continued to reside. He is the owner of\\none hundred and eighty-live acres, one hundred\\nand thirty acres under cultivation, and in 1856\\nhe erected a substantial and commodious house.\\nFor six years he was interested in a sawmill, but\\nsince then he has been engaged exclusively in\\nmixed farming. He raises a good grade of stock\\nand excellent draft horses. His marriage resulted\\nin t!ie birth of four children, three of whom are\\nliving. Julia E., widow of R. L. Van Ness, is the\\nmother of two children, Newton and Arietta;\\nOrley A. married Edward Fulton, and is the\\nmother of three children: Blanche L., Lcona A.\\nand Carl (i., and resides at home; and Edgar .1.\\nmarried Miss Flora Warner, who bore him tine\\nchild, Dana. Emily is the one deceased.\\nMr. Gard holds membership in the A. II. T. A.,\\nof which he has been a member for forty years, be-\\ning Secretary and Treasurer for several years, and\\nhe is also a member of the Volinia Farmers Club.\\nHis children all received good educational advan-\\ntages, Edgar being educated at A alparaiso Normal\\nSchool and in the High School at Decatur, Mich.\\nThe daughters have taught school in this town-\\nship, and are also proficient in music. In politics,\\nhe was formerly a Whig, but since 18. he h.is\\nbeen a stanch Republican, in which party he takes\\na deep interest. He has been a delegate to every\\ncounty convention for thirty years, has been jury-\\nman oftener than any other man in the township,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0207.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "308\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand has been Township Clerk. He did not serve\\nduring the Civil AVar. but iwid a sulxstitnt* #850.\\nAlthough he coninienc*d with very little of this\\nworld s goods a sjian of horses, a cow and some\\nland ho worked early antl lale to get a footing,\\nand finally became one of the sul^stautial men of\\nthe county. The first Uix he i aid on pei^mal\\npi-oi erty was eighteen cents. For many yeai S he\\nand his wife lived in a log house and uudei^tootl\\nthoroughly the trials and privations of pioneer\\nlife. Mrs^. Gard s father w.-is svn active politician\\nand held ottioe.\\nw\\nALI.ACE C. EOWARUS. Csishier of the\\nLeo Brothers A- Company Bank, of Dowa-\\ngiac, was born in Kalamazoo, Mich.. No-\\nvember 4. 18( i\u00c2\u00bb. At the age of two yeai^ he was\\nt^eu by his |\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbnfnts to Schoolcraft, this Slate, and\\nshortlv aftcrw, ird to Dowagiac. where he grew to\\nmanhood, developing the traits of self-reliance\\nand manly independence that have contributed\\nlargely to his success. In the common schools of\\nl )owaeiac he laid the foundation of his education,\\nand later entered the High School at this place,\\ngraduating in 1888. While attending school in\\nthe winter season, his vacations were always use-\\nfuilv employed, and in the summer of 1888 he oc-\\ncupied a clerical position in Sherwood s drug store,\\nof this city.\\nDuring the session of 1889 Mr. Edwards held\\nthe position of Clerk in the State Senate. In No-\\nvember. 1889, he was appointed to the important\\n(Kfcition which he now holds in the Lee Bros,\\nvt Co. s Bank. A man of close observation,\\nkeen insight and intuitive perception, he is well\\nqualified for the satisf.ictory discharge of his offi-\\ncial duties, and both his superiors in office, as well\\nas the general public, place ihe greatest confidence\\nin his reliability, honor and ability. Politically,\\nhe advocates the principles of the Republican\\nparty, to *hich he gives his unwavering support.\\nAt the present time he is filling the position of\\nDeputy Ti-easurer of Cass County, of which his\\nfather. T. J. Edwards (^whose sketch is presented\\non another page of this volume), is the Treasurer.\\nSocially, he is a prominent member of the order\\nof Knights of Pythias.\\nThe lady who, on the 22d of June, 1892, be-\\ncame the wife of Mr. Edwai-ds. was Bannie L. El-\\nder, a beautiful and .iccomplished young lady, who\\nis held in the highest esteem in the social circles of\\nDowagiac. She is the daughter of Capt. John El-\\nder, a prominent citizen of Lansing. Mich.; who\\nfor a number of years served as United States\\nCommissioner of Pensions for a district in Ohio.\\nMrs. Edwards was born and reared in Linsing.\\nMich,, and received a good education in the union\\nschools of the capital city, graduating from the\\nHigh School of that place in 1889. Afterward slie\\nentered Oberlin I niversity, at Oberlin, Ohio,\\nwhere for one yeai- she carried on her studies in\\nthe Conservatory of Music. She then entered the\\nlitei-ary department of the State University of\\nMichigan, at Ann Arbor, where she i-emained for\\none year. The l est advantages iK ssible were\\ngiven to her, and as she availed herself to the ut-\\nmost of every opix rtunity offei-ed. she h.is gained\\nbroad liierarv culture and knowiediie.\\n^Y OSEPH W. HAUSER. Throughout Berrien\\nCounty this well-known fruit-grower of St.\\n.loseph Township occupies a position among\\nthe most successful and progresive of our\\ntiermau-American citizens. In the best sense of\\nthe word he is truly self made, having through\\nhis untiring exertions and good judgment risen\\nfrom an humble rank to a foremost plac-e in\\nhis community. To-day. as the result of his in-\\ntelligent efforts, he is the owner of one of the\\nfinest fruit farms of the township, and is num-\\nl ered among the men of means in the county.\\nThe fruit farm belonging to Mr. Hauser con-\\nsists of forty-five acres, the entire tract being", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0208.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT ANii BimiHAymCAh RECORD.\\n209\\nplanted willi various varieties of fruits. He lias liic\\nplace sulidi vided as follows: two acres planted to\\napples, ten to peaches, ten to pears, two to clier-\\nrie.s, two to (piinees, r ne-lialf acie to plums, one to\\nstrawberries, eleven to hlaekberries, four to rasp-\\nberries, two to currants and gooseberries, an l ten\\nU) grapes. At the time of locating here he found\\na few grape vines, apple trees and blackberiy\\nbushes, but with that exception no attempt at\\nimprovement had been made. In the cultivation\\nof fruit he exercises sound common-sense, and\\nthe result is that his fruit is second in quality to\\nnone other raised in the county. During the sea-\\nson of 18 .)2 he raised about one thousand bushels\\nof peaches, which averaged in selling %1 a bushel,\\nand about one hundred and fifty bushels that sold\\nfor *1..00 a bushel.\\nA native of Germany, our subject was born in\\nllesse-N:issau, May 11, 1843, and is the son of\\nJacob and Klizaheth Ilauser. His father was born\\nill Steinbach, flcrman} and w.-is reared to the life\\nof a farmer, following .agricultural operations\\nthroughout his entire career. A man of [ironii-\\nneiice in his community, he wjis elected to the po-\\nsition of Alderman of Steinbach, in which otiice\\nhe served for several years. He was also Treas-\\nurer for a number of years, and served as a mem-\\nber of the Land Appraisement Committee of the\\ncounty. In his religious convictions he was a\\nUoinaii Catholic. His property in Germany con-\\nsisted of thirty acres, which in that country was\\nconsidered a large farm.\\nIn the [larental family there were eight chil-\\ndren, all being sons, and all of whom reached ma-\\nturity. Five of the number are still living, viz.:\\nWilliam, a farmer residing in Steiiiliach, (Germany;\\n.J.aeob, who occupies the old homestead in Ger-\\nmany; .Joseph W.. of this sketch; fieorge, a resi-\\ndent of London, England, and a baker b3 trade;\\nand Philip, who follows the occupation of a turner\\nat Lawrence, Mass. The deceased bore the names\\nof .John, Adolph W. and Frantz. .loseph \\\\V. was\\nreared on the old home place and at the age of\\nlifteen was apprenticed to learn the trade of a\\nwagon-maker, paying $72 (in Prussian money) for\\nthe privilege of learning and serving an appren-\\nticeship of two and one-half years. At the expira-\\ntion of that time he worked for six months at his\\ntrade, and subsequently traveled throughout the\\nentire southern portion of Germany, following his\\ntrade at various places for three years.\\nBeing then drafted into the army, Mr. Han.ser\\nserved in the ranks from the 29th of March. 1864,\\nuntil the 2. 5d of November, 18CC. At the expira-\\ntion of his term of service, he worked for six\\nmonths in the employ of the man under whom he\\nhad learned his trade. In 1867 he emigrated to\\nthe United States, and after a sojourn of three\\nweeks in New York he came West to Chicago,\\nwhere he was emi loyed at his trade for three\\nmonths. He was similarly employed in Hanover\\nand Brunswick, Ind., but returned to Chicago after\\nan absence of a half-year. Nine months later he\\ncame to Benton Harbor, Mich., and, opening a\\nshop, conducted a successful business as a wagon-\\nmaker for nine months.\\nMeantime Mr. Ilauser liarl established a home\\nof his own. On the 7tli of .lauuaiy, 186 J, he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Frances Paczkow-\\naka, a native of Poland, whose birth occurred\\nDecenilier 4, 1851. Twelve children were liorn\\nof the union, of whom eight are now living, viz.:\\n.lohn ,J., who is twenty-two years of age (1893);\\n.Joseph N., nineteen; Francis Philip, sixteen;\\nMary Elizabeth, thirteen; Elizaljcth Catliarina,\\neleven; Frances, nine; George Peter, seven; and\\n.Jennie Annie, four. The children are being given\\never\\\\ educational advantage possible. The eldest\\nson was a student in Benton Harbor College, while\\nJoseph has been conducting his studies in the\\nsame institution for three years.\\nFrom Benton Harbor Mr. Ilauser removed to\\n.St. Joseph, where he opened a shop and was en-\\ngaged in the wagon-maker s business for one 3 ear.\\nDisposing of the shop to Samuel L. Hennon, he\\nremained in the employ of that gentleman for two\\nyears, after which he was in business for himself.\\nFrom 1872 until 1884 the enterprise was con-\\nducted under the name of Hauser A- Mc.Mullen,\\nand afterward Mr. .McMullen retired and our sub-\\nject continued in business alone. Upon selling\\nout to Walker t Schnieder, he purchiused the place\\nwhere he has since resided. He is a man of prom-\\ninence in his community and is an influential Re..", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0209.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "210\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npublican. B^or two years lie served as Alderman\\nof St. Joseph, and is the i)resent Assessor of his\\nschool district. He and his family are identified\\nwith tlie Roman Catholic Church.\\nEELY McCOHl), an inliuential business\\nman of Benton Harbor, is engaged in the\\nvUfi)) rn-in^ f^cture of brick and tile in this city\\nin connection with E. H. Ferguson, and\\nthey own one of the largest plants in south-\\nwestern Michigan. Since the inception of this en-\\nterprise in 1888, it has enjo3 ed a steady growth\\nand an increase in volume from year to year, until\\nthere is now a dailj output of sixty thousand\\nbrick, which, being of excellent quality, find a\\nready sale in the home market and elsewhere. In\\ntheir brick plant they have all the requisite ma-\\nchinery and appliances, including the latest im-\\nprovements and most modern inventions. Two\\nyears after tiie establishment of the brick plant,\\nthey added maciiinery for the manufacture of tile,\\nwhich they make of the various sizes up to eight\\ninches.\\nOur subject was born in Cook County, 111., near\\nthe city of Chicago, June 15, 1853, and is a son\\nof John and Harriet (Paddock) McCord. His par-\\nents were natives of New York State, whence they\\nremoved in early life to Illinois, and, settling in\\nCook County, were there married. Ujjon a farm\\nin that county the father engaged in general agri-\\ncultural pursuits, making a specialty of stock-\\nraising, in which he met with fair success. The\\nhome he there established was his until he was\\ncalled from earth in 187.3. His widow survived\\nhim for a number of years, her death occurring in\\nCook County in 1887.\\nThe parental family consisted of eight children,\\nfive sons and three daughters, Seely being the\\nthird. Five of the number are now living. Our\\nsubject spent his youth upon the farm, where he\\nassisted his father in the usual routine of agricult-\\nural labors, and in the intervals of work prose-\\ncuted his studies in the district school. Later he\\ntook a commercial course at Br3 ant Stratton s\\nCommercial College in Chicago. Upon starting\\nout in business for himself, he went to AVoodson\\nCounty, Kan., where he and a brother purchased\\nfour thousand acres of land, and for three ^ears\\nengaged in raising sheep on their ranch. At the\\nexpiration of that time, they returned to Cook\\nCounty, 111., having met with more tli.an ordinary\\nsuccess in their undertaking.\\nIn 1883, coming to Benton Harbor, IMr. McCord\\nembarked in the fruit business, and, buying a good\\nfarm, engaged in raising peaches and other fruits.\\nAt one time he gave considerable attention to\\ngeneral farming, and still carries on agricultural\\npursuits to some extent. In 1892 he started a\\ndairy, and now has forty milch cows on his place.\\nHe is the owner of valuable real estate in Benton\\nHarbor, and has platted an addition to the southern\\npart of the cit} also a thirty-acre addition in the\\neastern part of the city. The latter he has laid\\nout in desirable lots for dwellings, and the prop-\\nerty is especially valuable on account of afford-\\ning a fine view of the lake as well as the city. For\\na residence for his family he erected an elegant\\nbrick structure, but later sold the property to\\nDr. Martha Stevens, who utilizes it for a sani-\\ntarium.\\nTogether with (ieorge J. Edgcumbe, our subject\\nfounded the Normal and Collegiate Institute, which\\nwas conducted successfully until 1892. Then, in\\nconnection with S. A. Bailey, Rev. C. B. Patterson\\nand S. H. Edgcumbe, he filed jmpers of incorpora-\\ntion, and the name was changed to the Benton\\nHarbor College and Normal, which is now recog-\\nnized as one of the solid institutions of learning\\nof the State. From the establishment of the col-\\nlege Mr. McCord has been its devoted friend, and\\nhas contributed liberally both of his means and\\ntime to its support. He also took an active part\\nin the organization of the first Presbyterian Church,\\nDecember 9, 1892, of which he is an inliuential\\nmember and Trustee.\\nMay 25, 1878, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nMcCord to Miss Abbie J. Brewster, of Blue Island,\\n111., daughter of Rev. W. H. Brewster, and who died", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0210.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0211.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "(JlyL^t^/i^. Txt.A,-v_Xy\\n^S^ nAA^croX.!", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0212.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n213\\non llie Gill of AiH-il, 1887, leaving four children:\\nAlice, 151:iine, C atlieiine and (Irace. Mr. McCoid\\nwas again married, .lune 21, 18 .)2, choosing as his\\nwife Miss Maude, daughter of Col. II. K. and Eli/.a-\\nhclh (Arndt) Eastman, of Benton Harbor. The\\nfamily residence is attractively situated on Terri-\\ntorial Street. In his political preferences Mr. Mc-\\nCord h.is always given his sympathy and sup-\\nport to tiie Hepulilican party, and is a man who\\ntakes an intelligent interest in all projects calcu-\\nlated to promote the welfare of his fellow-citizens.\\n-^-=^m m\\n?Sy=r-\\ni\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nl^ ON. ORVILLE W. COOLIDGE, Judge of\\nthe Circuit Court, and one of the most in-\\nfluential citizens of Niles, was born in\\nEdwardsburg, Cass County, on the 9th of\\nOctober, 1839. The family of which he is a distin-\\nguished member was among the early settlers of this\\nStale and has been largely instrumental in promot-\\ning the progress of this section, having labored to\\nsecure its advancement along the lines of business\\nand i)rufessional growth.\\nAmong the eminent men of IMichigan, the name\\nof .ludge 11. H. Coolidge will be i)erpetuated\\nthrough generations yet to come, and his memory\\nwill ever be revered as that of a noble man, talent-\\ned attorney and wise judge. It would be well,\\nbefore giving further attention to the biography\\nof the son, to narrate briefly the events which gave\\ncharaeler and distinction to the life of the father.\\nII. II. Coolidge was born in Massachusetts, and there\\nspent the years of his earlj boyhood. He was ed-\\nucated at Amherst College, and in 183G he came\\nto Mic iigan, and thenceforth his life was closely\\ninterwoven with the history of this Slate.\\nFor many years .Judge Coolidge practiced the\\nlegal profession in Berrien and Cass Counties, and\\nhis reputation as a lawyer was such that he enjoyed\\nthe entire confidence of all his fellow-citizens. In\\n1H( 7 he was a menilier of the Constitutional Con-\\nvention of Michigan, in which responsible position\\nhe rendered etlicient service. He was elected Judge\\nJO\\nof the Second Judicial Circuit, and in that lofty\\nplace displayed the possession of abilities of no\\ncommon order. After a useful and honored career,\\nhe was called from earth in 1 872, at the age of\\nseventy-nine 3 ears. His wife, whose maiden name\\nwas Sara A. Mead, was born in Dutchess County,\\nN. Y., and accompanied her parents to Michigan\\nin 1837.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice passed\\nhis youth in Cass County, where he gained a com-\\nmon-school education. In 1859 he entered Beloit\\nCollege, at Beloit, Wis., and there pursued the\\nstudies of the classical course for two years. At\\nthe beginning of his junior year lie entered the\\nState University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where\\nhe remained until he completed the studies of the\\nliterary course, graduating from the institution in\\n18G3. lie had resolved to become an atlorne3 ,and\\nin order to thoroughly (jualify himself for that\\nprofession he entered the law department of Har-\\nvard College, from which he graduated in 1865.\\nReturning to Niles, our subject formed a legal\\npartnership with his father, and the connection\\ncontinued until the death of the latter, with the\\nexception of six years, which time the father was\\non the Bench. In 1870 he was elected Prosecut-\\ning Attorney of Berrien County and served in that\\nposition for two years, lu 1890 his fellow-citizens\\nbestowed upon him the highest office in their gift,\\nthat of Mayor, and his service in that position was\\nso eminently satisfactory to both political parties,\\nthat in the following year he was elected to the\\nsame oflTice without any opposition. During his\\nterm of office many municipal reforms were insti-\\ntuted and man} much-needed improvements were\\nmade. In the spring of 1893 he was chosen .ludge\\nof the Second Judicial District, being elected on\\nthe Republican ticket over Thomas O llara, tlu;\\nDemocratic nominee. The Judge is well nualilied\\nfor the successful discharge of the duties of the\\nposition, being a man of keen discrimination,\\nlarge talent and judicial bent of mind.\\nIn addition to his legal and judicial labors, the\\nJudge served in 1892 as President of tlie State\\nI Savings Bank of Miles; he is also a stockholder\\nand Director in the Citizens Bank of Niles. All\\nmeasures having for their object the improvement", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0213.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "214\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof the city or the welfare of the citizens meet with\\nhis hearty and enthusiastic support, and no resi-\\ndent of Niles is more devoted to its welfare than\\nhe. His residence is one of the most beautiful in\\nthe place, beinw a large, substantial structure with\\na well-kept lawn ornamented with shade trees.\\nThis attractive home is presided over by his wife,\\nwhom he married in 1867 and who was Miss Katie,\\ndaughter of Moses Pettengill, of Niles.\\ni@;^@!\\nBENJAMIN Y. COLLINS, since 1834 one\\nof tlie pioneer settlers and representative\\n(^W)i)l business men of Niles, Mich., has for\\n:=i^ nearly three-score years been a prominent\\nfactor in the upward progress and development of\\nenterprise in his home locality. Our subject is a\\nnative of Delavvare and was born in Milford, Kent\\nCountv, March 14, 181 4. His parents were Thomas\\nand Sophia (Candy) Collins. The father was also\\na native of Milford, Del., but the paternal grand-\\nfather, Thomas Collins, was born in Maryland and\\nwas of direct Irish descent. The mother was born\\nand reared in Delaware, where her father, William\\nCandy, was a prosperous farmer. The Cand^s\\nwere of English descent and, honest, hard-working\\ncitizens, commanded the respect of all who knew\\nthem. The father and mother of our subject were\\nunited in marriage in their native place and made\\ntheir home amid the scenes of their youth. Thomas\\nCollins engaged in his trade of a brick-mason un-\\ntil the close of his life, at the age of thirty-nine\\nyears. After his death the mother came to Niles\\nand died here at three-score years and ten.\\nNine children blessed the old home in Milford.\\nSarah, the eldest, died in Missouri; William died\\nin Kansas: Thomas is likewise deceased; James\\npassed away in 30uth; Sopiiia, now a widow, re-\\nsides in Chicago; Benjamin Y. is our subject;\\nJohn S. lives in Miiton Township, Cass County;\\nMary is Mrs. George N. Bond, of Chicago; James A.\\nis a well-known citizen of St. Joseph, Mich., and is\\nin the shoe business. Our subject, the sixth child\\nand fourth son, was reared and educated in his\\nbirthplace, and was early trained into habits of\\nindustr} and self-reliance. At twent} years of\\nage, having served an apprenticeship at tiie busi-\\nness, he began for himself as a manufacturer of\\nshoes. Later, deciding to try his fortunes in the\\nWest, he came direct to Niles by team, and in 1834\\nwent to work for J. Staler in the shoe business. Af-\\nter remaining six months with Mr. Staler, he en-\\ngaged in the same line of trade for himself, and,\\nmeeting with success, built the first three-story\\nframe building in Niles. Mr. Collins began his\\nbusiness on a small scale, but his sales rapidly in-\\ncreasing he was forced to employ at one time\\ntwelve shoemakers, and profltabl3- continued in\\nthe same business for eighteen j-ears.\\nIn 1851, Mr. Collins conrmenced the manufac-\\nture of brick, .and for a-quarter of a century pros-\\nperously handled the product of his kilns and\\nyards, and the last brick he ever made was used in\\nbuilding up Chicago after the terrible fire of 1871.\\nFor that purpose he filled one order for three hun-\\ndred tliousand brick. In 1871, our subject ret! icd\\nfrom the active cares of daily business and al-\\nlowed himself the needed rest after years of con-\\nfining employment. Mr. Collins has built thirty\\nhouses in Niles and has valuable property within\\nthe town, and also possesses a number of farms.\\nIn 1845, our subject and Miss Helen Robinson\\nwere united in marriage at the residence of the\\nbride in New York Cit3-. Of the three children\\nborn unto Mr. and Mrs. Collins two died in\\ninfancy; one, a son, William B., survives, who\\nis a traveling salesman, with headquarters at\\nGrand Rapids. He is married and is the father\\nof two children. Lucile was born on the same\\nda} and month as our subject, March 11; Helen\\nis the youngest. The estimable mother of these\\nyoung daughters was Miss Bacon, a native of\\nNiles, of which city her father, Samuel J. Bacon,\\nwas an old and highl} esteemed resident. Mr.\\nCollins cast his first vote for Martin A an Buren,\\nand has affiliated with the Republican part} ever\\nsince the war. During his long years of faithful\\nand enterprising citizenship, our subject has effi-\\nciently held important positions of trust, and\\nin the early days was a member of the Village", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0214.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n215\\nCouncil. He is not connected witli any society,\\nand has devoted liinisclf mainly to the demands of\\nhis private hmsincss interests. In his pleasant\\nhome, the aliode of hospitality, he receives many\\nild-tinu fiicnds, who together recall the struggles\\nand triumphs of pioneer days.\\nf\\nAMKS V. ROND is a member of the firm of\\nUoss ct Bond, dealers in real estate and\\nloans, and insurance and general commis-\\nsion agents at Dowagiac. He is a native of\\nMichigan, born near Dexter in Washtenaw C ountj^,\\nNovember 22, 1844, being the son of lloUis and\\nKniily (Faxton) Bond. His father was born in\\nNew England, and after his marriage to Miss\\nKliza Faxton removed to Genesee County, N. Y.,\\nsettling near IJome, where he bought land and\\nengaged in farming. Some years afterward he\\nmoved to AVashtenaw County, Mich., and located\\nin Scio Townshii), where he purchased a farm.\\nThe first wife of Ho His Bond died in New York,\\nleaving two children, Josiah and Thomas, both of\\nwhom grew to manhood. Josiah was killed in the\\nbattle of Gett3 sburg; Thomas also enlisted in the\\nwar, and from the effects of wounds received in\\nbattle died two 3ears later. Both sons were non-\\ncommissioned officers. The second marriage of\\nHoUis Bond was to Kmily Faxton, a sister of his\\nfirst wife. This lady was born in New York State,\\nand died on the 2S)lh of March, 1893. Five chil-\\ndren were born of the union, four of whom still\\nsurvive. Benjamin Franklin enlisted during the\\nlate war and died from consumption, brought on\\nby exi)Osure while in the service of the Union.\\nThe surviving members of the family are: Theo-\\ndore, who lives on a farm one and one-half miles\\nfrom Dowagiac; our subject; Elizabeth, who makes\\nher home in Dowagiac; and Edward, a civil en-\\ngineer and contractor, residing in Watertown, N. Y.\\nIn 1853 Hollis IJond removed from Washtenaw\\nto Cass County, Mich., and settling in Wayne Town-\\nship resided there until his death. Politically, he\\nwas a Whig and an Abolitionist, and was one of the\\norganizers of the Republican |iarty in this county.\\nOur subject came to Cass County with his parents\\nat the age of seven years and grew to manhood\\nhere. In 18C8 he was united in marriage with\\nMiss Harriett, daughter of Ferris Fletcher, a native\\nof Vermont, who settled at an early day in Cass\\nCounty. After his marriage Mr. Bond located on\\na farm in this county and continued to reside\\nupon that place for eighteen years. In 1886 lie\\ncame to Dowagiac and embarked in the grocery\\nbusiness in partnershi]) with Charles Amsden, the\\n(Inn name being Bond ik Amsden. The partner-\\nship was dissolved four yeais later, and Mr. Bond\\nthen opened the business in which he now engages.\\nHe and his wife are the parents of one child,\\nVerna E. Another daughter, Ruth, was taken\\nby death at the age of two A ears.\\nPolitically, Mr. Bond is a Republican, and is in-\\nfluential in the party. He was a member of the\\nCity Council for one term and also served as\\nTreasurer of Wayne Township for one term. So-\\ncially, he is a Royal Arch INIason and a Knight\\nTemplar, and is the [iresent Treasurer of the Ma-\\nsonic lodge of Dowagiac. All nie.asures having\\nfor their object the promotion of the interests of\\nthe city receive the cordial supjiort of Mr. Bond,\\nwho is one of the public-spirited and enterprising\\ncitizens to whom Dowagiac is indebted for its\\nrapid progress.\\nl EFFERSON OSBORN, one of Cass County s\\nleading horticulturists and one of the earli-\\nest pioneers of the township of Calvin, was\\nborn in Wayne County, Ind., near Rich-\\nmond, January 2, 1821, a son of Josiah and INfary\\n(Barnard) Osborn. Josiah Osborn was born in\\nTennessee in March, 1800, and was next to the\\neldest in a family- of sixteen children. His father,\\nCharles Osborn, was twice married, there being\\nseven children by the first and nine by the second\\nmarriage. Charles, the grandfather of Jefferson,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0215.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "216\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwas born in North Carolina, August 8, 1775, and\\nwas the son of Daniel and Margaret Osborn.\\nThe ancestry of the Osborn famih- came from\\nWales. The exact date or the name of the original\\nemigrant is not within reach of the writer, but the\\nfact that Charles was born in North Carolina in\\n1775, and that his father, Daniel, was also born in\\nthat Slate, would seem to indicate that it must\\nhave been early in the eighteenth century- that the\\nfamily became identified with the liistor^ of the\\nState. Back to the most remote date to which we\\nhave been able to trace them, we find that the Os-\\nborns were prominent Quakei S and very influ-\\nential in that societj-. Grandfather Osborn was\\nthe most noted of all the family. Early in life he\\nshowed his devotion to the faith of his forefatiiers,\\nand while his parents were people of moderate\\nmeans, he applied himself to his studies and through\\nhis own exertions became a very learned man.\\nAt the age of twenty-three years Charles Osborn\\nwas united in marriage with Sarah Newman. In\\n1808 we find him in Tennessee, one of the most\\npowerful and eloquent Quaker preachei-s of his\\nday and generation. He was a most pronounced\\nAbolitionist, and in 181-1 he took a bold stand for\\nthe aboUtion of human slavery; in fact, he ad-\\nvocated with tongue and pen the immediate and\\nunconditional emancipation of the slaves, and\\nwas the first man in the I nited States to dare\\nto take such a stand and publicly advocate it.\\nThis departure on his part created wide-spread\\nconstern.ation throughout the entire country, but\\nmore especially in the South. So determined was\\nhe on this course that it caused a division in his\\nown (the Friends church, and two years later, or\\nin 1816, he was so persecuted for upholding his\\nviews that he was compelled to leave Tennessee.\\nWith his family and those of his church who\\nupheld him, Charles Osborn went to Ohio and set-\\ntled at Mt. Pleasant, where he established a paper\\ncalled The Philanthropist., which was the first paper\\never established to advocate the emancipation of\\nthe slaves. He did not meet with a very hearty\\nendorsement of his plan in Ohio, and three years\\nlater we find him and his followers wending their\\nway to Indiana and locating in Wayne County.\\nThere he not only preached the Gospel, but con-\\ntinued to publicly advocate the emancipation of\\nthe slaves, and his sermons, lectures and newspaper\\narticles were published far and near and in nianj\\ncases most severely criticised, but he was nothing\\ndaunted. He kept right on in what he believed\\nto b(! right .and in what he hoped to see accom-\\nplished in his day.\\nIn 1832 Charles Osborn made an extended tour\\nof the Old World, ostensibl} in the interest* of\\nhis church, but more likely it was to work up a\\nfeeling against human slavery in his own free\\nland, and in this wa}* to add strength to his jjosi-\\ntiou on this all-impoi-tant question. He remained\\nabroad for a year and a-half and then returned to\\nIndiana and continued his work in that State un-\\ntil 1842, when he came to Michigan, locating in\\nVandalia, Cass County, where he remained until\\n1848. He then returned to Indiana and located\\nat Clear Lake, in Porter County, where he lived\\nuntil his death, December 29, 1850. The ambition\\nof his life had been to see the slaves free, but he\\ndied without witnessing the fruits of his labor,\\nthough still confident that the daj- of emancipation\\nwas not far distant. He knew much of the workings\\nof the so-called underground railroad and was\\nknown to have kei)t one of the stations inside of\\nwhich a runaway slave was safe. When he jiassed\\nawa3 the negro lost a true friend, the church an\\neloquent preacher, and the countrj- an able and\\nforcible writer; j et his writings were not all ap-\\nplauded and were sometimes bitterly condemned,\\nstill they had much to do with the final emancipa-\\ntion of the slave.\\nAs above stated, Charles Osborn was twice mar-\\nried, his first wife being Sarah Newman, who bore\\nhim six sons and one daughter. .James, the eldest,\\nwas prominent as a teacher; Josiah, the father of\\nour subject, was a mechanic; Lj dia married Eli\\nNewlan, who was an influential preacher in the\\nQuaker Church; .John was well known as one of\\nthe leading horticulturists of his day; Isaiah was a\\npreacher in the Society of Friends; Elijah fol-\\nlowed the occupation of a farmer; and Eliliu also\\nengaged in farming pursuits. The mother of this\\nfamily died in Tennessee, and Mr. Osborn after-\\nward married Hannah, the daughter of Elihu\\nand Sarah Swain, leading Quakers of Tennes-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0216.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n217\\nsee. She bore liim nine children, four ihiughters\\nand live sons, as ffiliows: Narcissa, Cyntliia, Gid-\\neon, liaih S X.. I aiker, .k)i(lon, IJonjamin, Sarali\\nami Anna, all of whom were engaged in the ordi-\\nnary pursuits (jf life. .lordon is living in Cass-\\nopolis; Anna married .lesse Kast and resides in\\nI .iifhauan, Micli.; Charles and I arker iiiako their\\nlionic in Clinton County, Ohio.\\n.losiah Oshorn, the father of the subject of this\\nskeleh, was a cabinet-maker by trade, a man of but\\nordinary education but well informed. He was a\\nprominent member of the uaker Chui-ch and like\\nIlls father was a most pronounced Abolitionist. It\\nwas not his privilege either to see the cinaiici|)ation\\nof the slaves, as he died in 18G2, during the prog-\\nre.ss of the Civil War. lie married for his first\\nwife Miss Mary, the daughter of I riah and Kliza-\\nbetli (Macy) Barnard. The Barnard and Macy\\nfamilies were natives of the Island of Nantucket,\\nan l were of English .ancestiy. By ocenpati(jn they\\nwere sea-faring men and whalers. The mother of\\nour subject was born in Ohio October 19, 1800.\\nHer father was born at Nantucket on the 27th of\\nAugust, 1761; her mother, who was the daughter\\nof Joseph and Mary M.acy, was born at Nantucket\\nOctober 11, 1763.\\nThe family of Mr. and Mrs. Macy consisted of\\nten children, as follows: Jethro, who was born on\\nChristmas Day, 1782; .Joseph, whose birth occurred\\nin 1781; Love, December 31, 1786; Hannah, in\\n1788; Elizabeth, M.arch 26, 1790; Anna, M.iy 28,\\n1791; George, Sei)tember 7, 1798; Mary, October\\n19, 1800; William, .lune 29, 1803; and John,\\nMarch 2, 1806. Josiali and Mary (Barnard) Os-\\nborn were the parents of seven children. The eld-\\nest, Elisoii, married Martha East, who died leav-\\ning two sons and two daughters. They now live\\nin Missouri, where he is engaged in the occupa-\\ntion of fanning and is a prominent member of\\nthe Quaker CMiurch. .lefferson, the next in or-\\nder of birth, will be mentioned more fully further\\non in this sketch. Leander, the third child, mar-\\nried Mary Helen Beal,and they have two children,\\nboth boys. He is a graduate of the Chicago Medi-\\ncal College and a successful physician at A andalia,\\nCass County, Mich. Obid married Jane Taylor,\\nand aftei her death he again married, choosing as\\nhis wife Miss Priscilla Glass; they have had three\\nchildren, only one of whom is now living. Their\\nhome is in an Buren County, Mich., where Mr.\\nOshorn is engaged as a farmer, although in early\\nlife he followed the profession of a schf)ol teacher.\\nLouisa married Alonzo Evans; Angeline became\\nthe wife of James Oron; Charles chose for his wife\\nMiss Mary Glass, and now lives at Flureka, Kan.,\\nwhere he is a successful stock-raiser.\\nThe mother of these children died in Cass\\nCounty in 1851, and the father afterward married\\nEliza Malory, a native of the State of Vermont.\\nThere were no children by this marriage. After\\nthe death of Mr. Osboru, in 1862, his widow re-\\nturned to Poultney, Rutland County, Vt, where\\nshe now makes her home. The gentleman whose\\nname heads this sketch came to Michigan from\\nIndiana in 183.5, when he was eleven years old,\\nand settled with his (larents in C alvin Township,\\nCass County. What education he received w.as in\\nthe schools of Indiana prior to removing to Michi-\\ngan, for the advantages in this i)art of the State\\nwere limited in those days. He had to hel|) clear\\nup the farm in the then heavily liinl ered country,\\nand experienced the hardship incident to life in a\\nnew country.\\nAt the age of twcnly-lhree Jeflferson sborn\\nmarried Frances Tharp, the daughter of Levi and\\nNancy Tharp, pioneers of Michigan and members\\nof old N irginia families. After his marriage he\\nlocated on a farm near his father s home and just\\nsouth of where he now lives. His wife died in\\n1851, leaving two children. LeRoy, who was born\\nJune 15, 1848, was educated at Niles and Ann\\nArbor, Mich., and now lives in Cassopolis. He\\nmarried Miss Lydia E. Chess, and the}- have three\\nchildren: Don V., Louis J. and Robert. Clara E.\\nwas born January 21, 1850, and was educated at\\nNiles. She died at Jack.sonville, Fla., in May,\\n1888, where her father had taken her, hoping that\\nthe change of climate would benelil her health.\\nIn 1853 Mr. Osborn married .Airs. Su.sanna (East)\\nOsborn, the daughter of Joel and Sarah East. Her\\nfather was boin in (Jrayson County, Xa... Septem-\\nber 26, 1802, and was the son of William East,\\nlikewise a native of the Old Dominion and a\\nmember of a well-kiiou ii (^u:iker family. Joel East", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0217.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "218\\nPORTRAIT AND BIO(:iRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\nwas a leading preacher in the Society of Friends,\\nand went to Tennessee from Virginia and from\\nthere to Richmond, Ind., where Mrs. Osborn was\\nborn October 10, 1829. Her mother, whose maiden\\nname was Sarah Bulla, was born in Wayne County,\\nInd., in 1809, her parents, Thomas and Susanna\\nBulla, being members of an old North Carolina fam-\\nily. The East familj was represented in Calvin\\nTownship during the very first days of its develop-\\nment. Mrs. Osborn was a widow at the time of her\\nmarriage to our subject, having formerly been the\\nwife of his uncle Benjamin, the youngest son of\\nCharles Osborn. Benjamin Osborn died in vSep-\\ntember, 1849, leaving one child, a daughter, Cj n-\\nthia Ann, who afterward married an Englishman,\\nGeorge Pullen, and now resides in Calvin Town-\\nship. Mrs. Osborn came to Michigan with her\\nparents in 1832, when she was but three years of\\nage, and has lived in Cass County ever since.\\nTwo children have been born of the second\\nunion of Mr. Osborn. Mary Frances, who was\\nborn December 8, 1853, married Irving Mitchell,\\nSuperintendent of Schools at Milwaukee, Wis.;\\nthey have no children. Frank Russell, whose birth\\noccurred on the 7th of September, 1858, married\\nMiss Mary Lee, and is now a successful orange-\\ngrower at De Land, Fla. The three children born\\nof this union all died in infancy and the wife and\\nmother passed away in the spring of 1893.\\nLike his father, grandfather and great-grand-\\nfather, the subject of this sketch was formerly an\\nAbolitionist. His lirst vote was cast in that partj\\nand like his forefathers he was known to have been\\na director in the great underground railroad.\\nIn 1854 he was elected County Treasurer of Cass\\nCounty and filled the ofHce most creditablj for\\nfour years. He has also served as County Super-\\nvisor, Township Treasurer, and was for more than\\ntwenty years a Justice of the Peace. Upon the\\norganization of the Republican party he cast in his\\nlot with that organization and from that day to\\nthis has been a most ardent supporter of its princi-\\nples.\\nMr. Osborn s life occupation has been that of a\\nfarmer and horticulturist. In 1867 he went to\\nNiles, where he resided for some years while he\\nwas educating his children. Upon his return to\\nCah in Township, some seventeen years ago, he lo-\\ncated on the farm where he has ever since resided\\nand where he and his most estimable wife are\\nspending their declining years, surrounded bj all\\nthe comforts of life in their pleasant home. They\\nhave ever adhered to the religion of their forefa-\\nthers and are most exemplaiy members of the So-\\nciety of Friends. Many years ago Mr. Osborn be-\\ncame a member of the Masonic fraternity, which\\nis a little out of the usual order of the (Juaker\\nChurch, yet not prohibited in later years.\\n^(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f \u00e2\u0080\u00a25 4**5*b\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a25-*+F\\nOTIS BIGELOW, dealer in pianos, oi gans and\\nmusical merchandise at Dowagiac, has spent\\nhis entire life in the city where he now re-\\nsides, and was born here on the 18th of August,\\n1854. In his boyhood he was a student in the\\nschools of Dowagiac, where he carried on his stud-\\nies until within one year of completing the course.\\nHe learned the trade of an upholsterer inChicago,\\nafter which ho returned to Dowagiac and was em-\\nployed here for a time. In 1873 he went to Chi-\\ncago in order to take lessons on the pipe organ, and\\nacquired great proficiency- in that art. A practical\\nand skilled musician, he served fifteen years as\\nleader of the Dow.agiac Cornet Band and was the\\norganizer of the Bigelow Orchestra (now known\\nas the Opera House Orchestra), and is a cornet\\nplayer of more than ordinary ability. He has in-\\nstructed bands at various places throughout the\\ncountry.\\nIn 1886, Mr. Bigelow established a branch store\\nat Niles, but two years afterward removed the stock\\nhere. In his business he has built up a large trade,\\nand through his energy, ambition and push has\\ngained a well-merited success. He devotes his en-\\ntire attention to the details of his business. In\\n1878 he was united in marriage witli Miss Anna,\\ndaughter of .Joseph S. Tultle, a leather and lumber\\nmerchant of Niles. Of this union there was one\\nchild, a son who died in infancy. Politically, Mr.\\nBigelow is a Republican and maintains a deep", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0218.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND liJOGKAril CAL RECORD.\\n219\\ninterest in public affairs. In liis religious belief\\nhe is a Congregationalisl and for a nuinl)er of\\nyears he has been organist in the clnircli at\\nDowagiac.\\nAmong the prominent business men of Dowagiau\\nis Harvoy Bigelow, father of our subject, who is\\nengaged in the furniture and undertaking busi-\\nness at that place. He was born in Half Moon,\\nRensselaer County, N. Y., on the 4th of .luly, 181G.\\nHis father, Harvey Bigelow, Sr., a native of Con-\\nnecticut, resided for a time in Half Moon, whence\\nhe came to Michigan in 1843 and, settling at La\\n(Irange, Cass County, remained there until his\\ndeath, which occurred about 18G1. Harve3 Bige-\\nlow, Jr., was reared in New York and came to Mich-\\nigan in 1837, locating in La Grange, Cass County.\\nHaving learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, he\\neinl)arked in that business at La Grange and fol-\\nlowed that occupation for fourteen years.\\nAt Hartford, Conn, in September, 1839, occurretl\\nthe marriage of Harvey Bigelow to Miss Rosina\\nHurlbut. The young couple came at once to Mich-\\nigan and resided in La Grange until the death of\\nthe wife, after two years of wedded life. There was\\nno issue by this marriage. Two years later Mr. Bige-\\nlow returned to Connecticut, and was married to\\nLaura M. Hurlbut, sister of his first wife and daugh-\\nter of Jared Hurlbut. He returned to La Grange\\nin 1843 and conducted a furniture and undertak-\\ning business. In 1851 he came to Dowagiac, where\\nhe now carries on an extensive business as a furni-\\nture dealer and undertaker. By his second wife he\\nhad four children: Charles IL, who is a traveling\\nsalesman; Herman M., a contractor at Olympia,\\nWash.; Harvey S., a photographer at Dowagiac,\\nand the suljject of this sketch.\\nOne of the pioneer business men of Cass County,\\nMr. Bigelow had the first cabinet shop in Cass\\nCounty as well as in Dowagiac. Starting in life\\nwithout means, he has been able through indu.stry\\nand energy to accumulate a competency. However,\\nhe has had his share of misfortunes. In 1881 his\\nstore was burned to the ground, entailing a loss of\\n*20,( ()0, the savings of his lifetime. But undaunted\\nby this niisfortuiie ho started bravely at work again\\nand succeeded in a short time in regaining a sub-\\nstantial footinu ill the commercial world. A man\\nof excellent habits, he has never used tobacco and\\nis strictly tem|)erate. In his political belief he is\\na Republican. Since boyhood he has been identi-\\nfied with the Congregational Church and has served\\nas a Deacon for manj years.\\n\\\\l-^ ENRY M. LEE. The banking house of\\nLee Bros. Co. is numbered among the\\nmost prominent financial institutions of\\nsouthwestern Michigan, and as its business\\naffairs are conducted upon a substantial and con-\\nservative basis it has gained the confidence of the\\n|)ublic to a degreee not usually enjoyed. The\\nmanagement of the bank is in the hands of the\\nsubject of this notice, and associated with him in\\nbusiness are his father, Ciiauncey T. Lee, and his\\nbrother, Fred E., Kate Beckwith Lee and Sarah H.\\nLee.\\nA resident of this .State throughout his entire\\nlife, Mr. Lee was born in Edwardsburgh, Mich., on\\nthe 28th of October, 18.5(i, being the son of Ciiaun-\\ncey T. and Sarah H. (Lockwood) Lee, of whom\\nfurther mention is made elsewhere in this volume.\\nAt the age of two years he was brought by his\\nparents to Dowagiac and has since made his home\\nin this cit_v. In the public schools of this place he\\nlaid the foundation of his education, which was\\nafterward supplemented b^ a course of study in\\nBuchtel College, at Akron, )liio. Later he entered\\nSniithson College, at Log;uisi)ort, Ind., from which\\ninstitution he was graduated with the Class of 76.\\nHis literary studies completed, Mr. Lee returned\\nto Dowagiac and embarked in the grocery busi-\\nness, to which he later added the drug trade. For\\nten years he conducted an extensive and profitable\\nbusiness in these lines, becoming well and favor-\\nal)Iy known among the people. In 1887 lie formed\\na parlneiship with C. T. Lee, F. E. Lee and Sarah\\nH. Lee in the banking business, the linn being\\nknown as the Lee Bros. Co. Bank. The}- began\\nbusiness in the block oiipositc their prcscnl loca-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0219.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "220\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntion, and after remaining in that place about six\\nyears removefl, in March, 1893, to their present\\nhouse.\\nThe marriage of Mr. L ee occurred in 1876, and\\nunited him with Miss Cora, daughter of William\\nBridges, an extensive farmer and prominent stock-\\nraiser of Putnam County, Ind. Mrs. Lee was born\\nin that county and received an excellent educa-\\ntion at Smithson College, being a lady of culture\\nand intelligence. She is the mother of one child,\\nHelen. While Mr. Lee devotes his attention\\nprincipally to his banking business, he also main-\\ntains a warm interest in all measures to promote\\nthe welfare of his fellow-citizens, and, politically,\\n.advocates the principles of the Republican party.\\nIn his social connections he is identified with the\\nMasonic fraternit.y.\\nTiie banking house of Lee Bros. Co. is worthj\\nof more than passing mention. Their room is\\nlocated in (he corner of the Beckwith Memorial\\nBuilding, Dowagiac. The furniture and wood-\\nwork are of mahogany, the floor of mosaic, the\\nfinishings and wainscotting of Tennessee marble\\nand the metallic work of Jai)an coppered. Tlie\\nentire effect is most pleasing to the eye, present-\\ning a combination of quiet elegance and superb\\nappointments not to be seen elsewhere in Dowagiac.\\nThe Hall safe is of the very latest approved pat-\\ntern, while there is also a large brick vault. Tlie\\ncapital stock of the bank is ^4 l,()00, and the es-\\ntimated worth $300,000.\\n_=]\\nSI\\neL. SHERWOOD, a leading and enterprising\\ncitizen, for twentj -livc 3 ears prosperously\\nengaged in the drug business in Dowagiac,\\nCass Coiiiit-yi Mich., has during his life of busy\\nusefulness held important otlicial positions of\\ntrust. Our subject was born at Waterford, Erie\\nCounty, Pa., September 4, 1837, and was one of\\nthe five children who blessed the home of P. W.\\nand Aurilla (F rye) Sherwood. The father was a\\nnative of Oneida County, N. Y., but removed with\\nhis family to Pennsylvania when only a boy.\\nThe mother was born in Vermont, and her an-\\ncestry for many generations had dwelt in the\\nGreen Mountain State. Her father was a clergy-\\nman of the Methodist denomination and w.as a\\nsincere and devoted Christian man, laboring for\\nthe welfare of others. Mr. Sherwood received his\\nearly training and education in tlie schools of his\\nhome locality, and was yet in his ciiildliood wlien\\nhe began self-reliantly to fit himself to success-\\nfully make his own way in life.\\nAt twelve years of age our subject went to Or-\\nleans County, N. Y., to learn the drug business, and\\nremained in that part of the State until 1859, when\\nhe located in Union City, Pa., and, opening a\\ndrug store, entered into business for himself. He\\nprosperously conducted the store in Union City\\nuntil 1868, and during his nine j ears of residence\\nwas the efficient Mayor of the city for two terms.\\nWhile in Union City he was also appointed Post-\\nmaster under Lincoln, and discliaiged the duties\\ninvolved with executive ability. In 1868, he\\ncame to Dowagi.ac, and established himself in the\\ndrug trade, and since then, empl03 ed in handling\\nthe same line of goods, has built up a fine business,\\none of the best in Cass County. Our subject was\\nfor a long time the popular Postmaster of Dow-\\nagiac, acceptably caring for the local mail during the\\nsecond term of President Grant. He was re-ap-\\npointed Postmaster by President Hayes and served\\nwith faithful abilit}^ in that official capacity for a\\nperiod of ten years.\\nIn 1861, C. L. Sherwood and Miss Mary Wood,\\nof Murray, Orleans County, N. Y., were united in\\nmarriage. Mrs. Sherwood was a daughter of Dr.\\nE. and Selinda (Gibson) Wood. Her father w.as\\nborn in New Y ork State, and the mother w.as a\\nnative of Malone. IMr. and Mrs. Sherwood are\\nprominent in the social world of Dow.agiac and\\nenjoy the esteem of a large circle of acquaintances.\\nOur subject has ever been in jiolitical affiliation a\\nstalwart Republican, especially active in promot-\\ning the interests of the Party of Reform. He\\nis a public-spirited citizen, full} in accord with\\nthe progressive movements of the da}^, being well\\nposted in local and national issues.\\nMr. Sherwood is one of the substantial repre-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0220.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0221.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "W^i^\\n1*\\nr^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0222.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n223\\nsentalive nion of Cass County, and has used liis\\nutmost endeavor to build up the various interests\\nand progressive enterprises of Dowagiac. For\\nyears fraternally associated with tlie Ancient Free\\nit Accepted Masons, lie is a valued member of\\nPeninsula Lodge No. LM4. lie belongs to Keystone\\nCliapter No. 36 and is one of the twelve Knights\\nTemplar of Niles Commandery. Me is also connected\\nwith the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the\\nKnights of Honor and the Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows, being High Priest.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i-^E*\\nST/_^ ON. WILLIAM SMYTHK FARMER was\\nborn in Charleston, ftlontgomery County,\\nN. Y., May 24, 1815. In the district\\nschools of that daj- he acquired a practical\\neducation, and at the age of seventeen he entered\\na country store in Minaville as clerk, and was\\nlater similarly engaged in Fulton ville, Montgomery\\nCounty, N. Y. In 1839 he formed a partnership\\nwith his former employer, Hcnrj- P. Voorhees, and\\nembarked in a general mercantile, grain and lumber\\nbusiness. Coming to lierricn Count}^ Mich., in\\nDecember, 1848, he settled in the woods of Pipe-\\nstone Township and commenced opening a farm\\nin the heavy timber, clearing one hundred acres a\\nyear for the first three years. This work he has\\ncontinued, until on his farm of some sixteen hun-\\ndred acres over one thousand acres have been\\nchanged from dense forests to cultivated fields.\\nTo the cultivation and man.agement of his farm,\\nMr. Farmer has given his personal attention and\\nhas devoted the place to the growing of grass and\\ngrain, and tiie raising of cattle, horses and sheep.\\nAt the same time he lias been engaged in the\\npurchase and sale of real estate on his own account\\nand as agent for oliiers. An active [)articipator\\nin all public improvements, he procured the estab-\\nlishment of the first mail route from Niles to St.\\n.losepli, on Ihe north side of the St. Joseph River,\\nvia Eau Claire, Pipestone, Sodns and ilenton Har-\\nbor (giving to Eau Claire its name). .Mr. Farmer\\nwas one of the originators and incorporators of\\nthe Elkhart I ake Michigan Railroad, and spent\\ntime and money to secure the opening of the\\nCincinnati, Wabash A Michigan Railroad via Elk-\\nhart to lienton Harbor. Having ))ro|)erty interests\\nin IJenton Harbor, he estal)lished his residence there\\nin 1881, and entered with his .accustomed energy\\ninto all measures having for their object the pros-\\nperity and moral advancement of the city.\\nBefore becoming a voter, Mr. Farmer had decided\\nviews on the political questions of the time. Being\\na general reader, a student of histoiy, a close\\nobserver, he reasoned from cause to effect and\\nbecame an advocate of the American, or Protection,\\npolicy, casting his first Presidential vote for Ilenr}\\nCl.ay. Assuming as a fundamental [)rinciple that\\nevery man has a right to himself, he has alwaj S\\nbeen opposed to slavery, but could see no wisdom\\nin a political anti-slavery party. Acting with the\\nWhigs (as the party nearest in accordance with his\\nviews), he cast his vote for Henry Clay in 183(1,\\nWilliam Henr} Harrison in 1840, Henry Cl.ay in\\n1844, Zachary T.-iylor in 1848, and Icn. Scott in\\n1852.\\nOn the organization of the Republican party in\\n1856, Mr. Farmer united with it, endorsing most\\nfully its principles, and acting with it to the present\\ntime. As a member of the committee on the Elec-\\ntive Franchise in the Constitutional Convention\\nof 1867, he favored the extension of the suffrage\\nwithout regard to r.ace or sex, and in the commit-\\ntee of the whole moved to strike out the word\\nmale from that article. It was stricken out by\\nvote of the committee, but restored by the final\\naction of the convention. Of firm convictions,\\nzealous for principles, believing that [)arty organi-\\nzation is necessary for the successful carrying for-\\nward of principles, Mr. Farmer has worked and\\nvoted for the nominees of his party, rnwilling\\nto incur political obligations or hamper his free-\\ndom of action, he has steadily refused to be a\\ncandidate for oflice (with two exceptions). During\\nthe War of the Rebellion, from a feeling of duty,\\nand anxious to care for the families of the absent\\nsoldiers, he accepted the odice of Supervisor of his\\ntownship. Again, at the urgent solicitalioii of\\nfriends, he consented to the use of his name as a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0223.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "224\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncandidate for the Constitutional Convention of\\n1867. Berrien County being entitled to tliree\\ndelegates, Mr. Farmer was nominated on tlie first\\nballot, with four candidates in the field. At the\\nelection there was but one vote cast against him in\\nhis township of Pipestone.\\nOctober 16, 1862, Mr. Farmer married Miss Han-\\nnah Deuel, who. at that time was a resident of\\nUrbana, Ohio. Three children were born to them,\\ntwo sons and one daughter. Their elder son\\ndied in early ciiildhood, leaving to them the\\ndaughter, Sara L., and son, Koseoe D. Mr. Farm-\\ner s paternal grandfather was of Norman-P nglisli\\nbirth, was e(luealed in Germany and married a\\nGerman. About IT/JO be emigrated to the United\\nStates and settled in New Jersey, a few miles from\\nNew Brunswick. Holding a commission in the\\nContinental army, he left his family to the care of\\nhis slaves. When the British troops occupied New\\nBrunswick, the slaves deserted the family and load-\\ned themselves with chickens for the red coats,\\nbut on the evacuation of the cit} by the British,\\nthe darkies were very glad to come home.\\nThe father of our subject, Samuel Farmer, was\\nborn in New .Jersey in 1780, and removed to Mont-\\ngomery County, N. Y., in 1809. During the fol-\\nlowing year he married Huldah Burton, and died\\nin Brookl3 n, N. Y., in 1837. His wife was born in\\nCharleston, Montgomery County N. Y., in 1790,\\nand died in Berrien County, Mich., in 1883. Judali\\nBurton, her paternal grandfather, held a Major s\\ncommission in the Continental armj^ His ances-\\ntors were of English origin and were among the\\nearliest settlers of the Hudson River Valley. Her\\nmaternal ancestors (the Smythes) were among the\\nearly emigrants from England, and settled in the\\nConnecticut Valley, where they endured the pri-\\nvations incident to pioneer life. On one occasion\\ntheir buildings were burned and stock destroyed\\nby the Indians, the family saving their lives by\\nhiding in the forest.\\nAt a meeting of a State Convention of the Pat-\\nrons of Husbandrj at Lansing Mich., December\\n14, 1876, Mr. Farmer, being Chairman of the\\nconiniittee on resolutions, drew up the resolutions\\nwhich were adopted by the committee and ratified\\nby the convention. It may here be proper to state\\nthat Ml Farmer was in favor of the resumption\\nof specie payments by the Government, and the\\nresolution which followsshowed that he anticipated\\nthe action of the Secretary of the Treasury by one\\nyear.\\nArticle 6tli. Resolvkd That, recognizing the\\nfact that a mixed currency, that of the lowest value,\\nwill be the circulating medium, we therefore\\nrecommend that the precious metals (gold and\\nsilver) should be placed on an equality as legal\\ntender; and that the Government should not\\ndiscredit its own paper by refusing to receive it\\nat any time or for any purpose.\\nIt may be well to state for the benefit of the\\npresent reader that gold was required by the\\nGoverment for custom dues, and silver was not a\\nlegal tender in sums above $5.\\nRecognizing man s freedom of choice and action,\\net holding him closely accountable for the result\\nof his action ^Ir. Farmer is an Arminian in principle\\nand for some years has been an active member of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church. For the last four\\nyears he has acted as Secretary of the Board of\\nTrustees of the Niles District, and in 1878 was\\nwith the Rev. S. T. Cooper the building committee.\\nThat committee planned and erected an auditorium\\nor tabernacle building on the Crystal Springs\\nCamp Ground, which is said to be the best of the\\nkind in the Slate, seating about four thousand\\npeople. Mr. Farmer, believing that success is the\\nresult of properly applied effort and labor, and the\\npresent the time for action, has adopted as his\\nown the motto on the Farmer family crest, It is\\ntime.\\nQC\\noS-\\n\\\\fl STAN LEY MORTON, Secretary and Treas-\\nurer of tlie Excelsior Gas Company and one\\nof the wealthy and progressive citizens of\\nBenton Harbor, wjis born in this city on the\\n16th of September, 1850, and has p.assed his entire\\nlife in the place where he now makes his home.\\nHis father, Hoiiry C, was born in tlie State of Now\\nYork in 1817, being the son of Eleazer Mortou,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0224.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n225\\none of Denton Harbor s pioneers. Henry C. set-\\ntled licre as early as 1834, and soon became closely\\nconnected with tlie progress of the place, wit-\\niK ssinji- its development from a tiny liamlet, with\\nprimitive surroundings, to a thriving city with all\\nthe conveniences of modern life. He was instru-\\nmental in projecting and Ituildiug the ISenton\\nHarbor (anal, and likewise contiibutcd of his\\nmoney and assistance to many other important\\nenterprises. Now at an advanced age, lie resides\\nin IJenton Harbor, passing the twilight of his hon-\\nored life somewhat retired from active business\\ncares. His wife, vvho bore the maiden name of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Josephine Stanley, died in 18. j9, leaving four sons,\\nonly one of wiiom is now living, J. Stanlej the\\nsubject of this biographical notice.\\nOur subject passed iiis boyhood days in Benton\\nHarbor, where he conducted his studies in the com-\\nmon schools piior to the .age of fifteen years. He\\nthen secured a position as clerk in a general store,\\nwhere he remained for four years. At the early\\n.age of nineteen years he engaged in the drug busi-\\nness, opening a store, which he conducted until\\n187:5, when he disposed of the business.\\nThe enterprise in which Mr. Morton next be-\\ncame interested w.as that with which his name has\\nfor years been inseparably connected. Forming a\\nparlnershi|) with .John H. Graham, under the firm\\nname of Graham, Morton ik Co., he became inter-\\nested in a steamboat line between Chicago and\\nIk uloii Harbor. In 1880 the name of the firm was\\nchanged to the Graham it Morton Transportation\\nCompany, and as such carried on an extensive\\nbusiness, both in passenger and freight trallic, un-\\ntil 18 ,Kj, when Mr. Morton retired from the com-\\npany. For several years prior to withdrawing\\nfrom the business, he had served as Secretary and\\nTreasurer of the company.\\nAfter retiring from the transportation company,\\nMr. Morton, in comiiany with C. M. Edick and J.\\nStevens, purchased three-fourths of the stock of\\nthe E.xcelsior Gas Company from Peter English,\\nof Iieiiton Harbor. Since that time our subject\\nhas held the iM)sition of .Secretary and Treasurer\\nof the company. For several years he has held the\\nposition of Xicc-Prcsident of the First National\\nIJank of Benton Harbor, and is also President of\\ntiie Stevens it Morton Lumber Company, and\\nTreasurer of the Alden Canning Company. One\\nof the organizers of the Benton Harbor Improve-\\nment Company, he has been prominently coiiueclod\\nwith this enterprise since its inception, and has olli-\\nciatcd as its Secretary for the past two years.\\nThe marriage of Mr. IVforton took place .hine 21\\n1871, to Carrie Heath, of lien ton Harbor, the daugh-\\nter of .Salmon F. and .lulia Heath, residents of this\\ncity. The family residence is a substantial struc-\\nture, located amid beautiful surroundings. In ad-\\ndition to this home Mr. Morton has other extensive\\nand valuable property interests, and is the owner\\nof the tract of land which he has recently platted\\nin city lots, it being known as Morton fe Stevens\\nSecond Addition to Benton Harbor. In his social\\nconnections he afliliates with Lake Shore Lodge\\nNo. 298, A. F. A. M. In politics he is a stanch\\nRepublican.\\nL. GEORGE, a well-known business man\\nof Benton Harbor, conducted a tlour-\\nishing boot and shoe establishment for\\nalmost a score of j ears. Being a gentleman of\\nsuperior business attainments and experienced in\\nmercantile pursuits, the methods he adopted com-\\nmended him to the favor and patronage of the\\npeople of Benton Harbor and the surrounding\\ncountry. In his store w.as found a large stock,\\nincluding in its selection every grade and qual-\\nity of goods for ladies men s or children s wear.\\nThe owner of the establishment gave to it his close\\npersonal supervision, so that in every detail the\\nbusiness was reliable.\\nThe famil} of which our subject is a worthy\\nrepresentative originated in England. His pater-\\nnal grandfather, Timothy George, was born in\\nNew Ham|)shire, which State was also the birth-\\nplace of Woodbridge George, father of our subject.\\nHe was one of the brave soldiers in the War of\\n1812, and was also one of the pioneers of St. Jo-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0225.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "226\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nseph, Midi., where he made setllenieiit in 1842.\\nHis wife was Sarah Fariar, a native of Jefferson\\nCounty, N. Y., and the daughter of .losiah Farrar,\\nof Vermont. The parental family comprised six\\nchildren, W. L. being the third.\\nBorn in Jefferson County, N. Y., June 24, 1829,\\nour subject gained a fundamental knowledge of\\nthe three R s in the common schools of the home\\nneighborhood. At the age of twelve he accom-\\npanied his parents to St. Joseph. When fifteen\\nyears old he went sailing, securing a position as\\ncook on a vessel on Lake Michigan. From that\\nhumble position he worked his way upward, and\\nwas promoted through successive offices to the\\nposition of Captain of The Mariner. a vessel\\nthat plied the waters of Lake Michigan between\\nChicago, St. Joseph and Muskegon. After ten\\nj ears of life on the Lakes, Capt. George retired\\npermanently therefrom.\\nHaving been seized with the gold fever, our\\nsubject went to California in 1851 and engaged in\\nmining for two years, after which he returned to\\nMichigan, with more experience, if not more gold.\\nHe owned land in Bainbridge Township, Berrien\\nCountv, and there he settled, entering upon the\\nroutine of a farmer s life. His agricultural oper-\\nations proved quite successful, and lie continued\\nthus engaged until 1867, when he innchased a\\nfruit farm near the village of Benton Harlior and,\\nlocating on this place, he embarked in the busi-\\nness of fruit-growing, which he has continued up\\nto tiie present time. In 1877 he opened the boot\\nand shoe store mentioned above, and which he has\\nrecently sold.\\nIn politics a stanch Repulilican, Capt. George\\nserved as Supervisor of Benton Harl)or for four\\nyears, and is now filling the position of Alderman\\nfrom the Second Ward, having been elected to\\nthat office in 1893 on the Republican ticket. So-\\ncially, lie is identified witii Lake Shore Lodge No.\\n298, A. F. 6; A. M., and Calvin Brittain Chapter, of\\nSt. Joseph. On the 28th of August, 1851, he mar-\\nried Miss Ravina Pitcher, of Watervliet, Berrien\\nCountj-, tlie daughter of Andrew Pitcher, who\\nremoved from New York, his native State, to Michi-\\ngan in 1844 and settled In Berrien County. The\\nunion of liie Captain and his estimable wife was\\nblessed by the birtli of three children: Cora, who\\nmarried George Owen and resides in Chicago;\\nLina E. and Florence E., who are with their father.\\nThe devoted wife and motiier died at the family\\nhome in Benton Harbor December 11, 1887, leav-\\ning a void in the family circle that can never\\nb(^ filled. The sweet and cheerful life she lived,\\nher constant interest in the welfare of ail around\\nher, her zeal that lost sight of self in tr3 ing to\\ncontribute to the happiness of others, and her\\nlovely Christian character, endeared her to all who\\nknew her.\\nl\\nLIJAH S. B. VAIL. Though passed from\\ntlie scenes of his former activity, Mr. A ail\\nstill lives in the hearts of the host of warm\\npersonal friends to whom he was endeared. His\\ndemise was widely mourned, for he had an exten-\\nsive acquaintance throughout Berrien County and\\nwas highly regarded as a successful and public-\\nspirited business man. Such a life as his may well\\nserve as an example for the young to emulate and\\nthe aged to admire. A brief review of its most\\nsalient features will therefore be appropriate in\\nthis volume.\\nIn the city of New York our subject was liorn\\nSeptember 30, 1821. His father, Charles Vail, was\\na native of Westchester County, N. Y., and was\\nthe son of Thomas Vail, likewise a native of the\\nEmpire State. The paternal ancestors were of\\nEnglish birth, and members of the family were\\nrepresented in America during the early Colonial\\ndays. The motiier of our subject w.as known in\\nmaidenhood as Nancy Totten and was also a de-\\nscendant of Englisii ancestors. Elijah .S. B. S|)ent\\nthe years of his boyhood in New York City, where\\nhe was a pu|iil in the |iiiblic schools and acquired\\na practical education.\\nIn 185.J Mr. N ail removed to Wisconsin, where\\nhe located in La Crosse and embarked in business\\nas a real-estate agent. He laid out an addition to\\nthe cit} and in other ways aided in promoting its", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0226.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND CICGRAl IIICAL RECORD.\\n227\\ngrowth. In IS6I lie removed from La Crosse to\\nSt. .Ios(^| li, aii l lu ie eommcucud in business as a\\nfruit-grower. He continued on the s.anic place\\nengaged in raising fruit until his death, RIareli 18,\\nI88(;. Since liis demise liis widow has conducted\\nthe business u|i(in liei property, and as she possesses\\nexcellent judgment and eneigy she has made a\\nsuccess of the undertaking. She owns fifty-three\\nacres and gives especial attentu n to raising pears,\\nfie. iehes and berries.\\nThis estimable lady was formerly Miss Helen V.\\nUussell and became the wife of iMi-. \\\\:u\\\\ Novem-\\nber 2 18()6. She is the daughter of Samuel and\\n[{ebeeca (.Jennings) Russell, bfith of whom were\\nnatives of New York and early settlers of Berrien\\nCounty. Mrs. Vail was boin in St. .Joseph and re-\\nceived an excellent education in the .schools of this\\nplace. .She is a cultured and relined woman. She\\nhas two sons and one daughter: Alfred T., resid-\\ning in Chicago, and Grace and I aul R., who re-\\nmain with their mother at home. In politics, Mr.\\nail was a Democrat.\\nON. EZEKIEL C. SMI lll. In recording\\nthe lives of the pioneers of Cass County,\\nand perpetuating for coming generations\\ntheir useful and honorable examples, men-\\ntion should be made of Mr. Smith and his estimable\\nwife. In the Pioneers Society they have acquired\\nconsiderable i)roniinence on account of being the\\noldest couple in the organization. Both were born\\nin 1811, and their combined ages are one hundred\\nand sixty-four years. At the annual meeting of the\\nassociation in 18112 they Vv ere awarded an elegant\\nclock as a prize for being the oldest married couple\\non the grounds.\\nNow a retired farmer residing on section 3,\\nHoward Township, Cass County, Mr. Smith was\\nborn in Erie County, N. Y., ten miles south of\\nBuffalo, June 6, 1811. His father, Amasa Smith,\\nwas l)orn in Rhode Island in 1771, whence he was\\ntaken by his parents to Vermont at the age of\\neighteen months, and from there he went to Erie\\nCounty, N. Y., at a date in the settlement of that\\nconntrj so early that there was only one white\\nfamily in IJuffalo. He served valiantly in the\\nWar of 1812, as did his father, Ezekiel Smith, in the\\nRevolutionary War. The mother of our subject,\\nwhose maiden name was Candace Brown, was born\\nin Rhode Island in 1770, and when seventeen j cars\\nof age accompanied her parents to Vermont. In\\nthat State she married Ama.sa Smith, but shortly\\nafterward removed to Erie County, N. Y., in 1805,\\nand located ten miles south of Buffalo.\\nRemoving to Michigan in 1835, the family lo-\\ncated in Ca.ss County and entered a tract of Gov-\\nernment land in Howard Township. During the\\nfollowing year the wife and mother died, and the\\nbereaved husband then moved to Ohio and from\\nthere to Iowa, where he died in 1865, aged ninety-\\none years. Of his nine children, seven grew to\\nmanhood and womanhood, and four are still living,\\nnamely; Zenas; Ezekiel, our subject; Lucy, the\\nwidow of Calvin Kinney, of Minnesota; and. Sarah,\\nthe wife of Daniel Patridge, of Iowa. Our sub-\\nject is the sixth child and third son in the parental\\nfan)ily. He was reared in his native [dace, receiv-\\ning a limited education in the home schools.\\nJanuary 11, 1832, Mr. Smith married Miss Laura\\nParmelee, who was born in Erie County, N. Y.,\\nMay 29, 1811, being the daughter of Lemuel Par-\\nmelee. The latter was born in Rhode Island in\\n1780, and was reared in Vermont, being a school\\nteacher in his youth. He also engaged for a time\\nas a vocal teacher. His principal occupation\\nthroughout his entire active life was that of a\\nfarmer. He traced his lineage back to three broth-\\ners who came from Scotland in an early day and\\nestablished homes in America. The mother of Mrs.\\nSmith bore the maiden name of Sarah Brown, and\\nwas the daughter of Luther Brown, a native of\\nVermont. There were eight children in the Par-\\nmelee famil} five sons and three daughters, .Mrs.\\nSmith being the second in number.\\nIn 1835 Mr. Smith came to Cass County and\\nlocated upon the farm where he has since resided,\\nentering from the Government two hundred and\\nforty acres, for which he paid 1 1 .25 per .acre. At once\\nafter settling here he erected a log house, 18x22", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0227.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "228\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfeet in dimensions, and cut the logs used in build-\\ning the cabin. This was well furnished for those\\nearly times, and contained the only cook stove then\\nin tlie whole township. Mr. Smith was the fortunate\\nowner of one yoke of oxen and one cow. and also\\nhad ^15 in cash. Nor was his wife less industrious\\nthan he. AVith deft lingers she made neat gar-\\nments for the neighbors, and in this way was an\\nimportant factor in the household economy. As\\ntime passed by they reaped the reward of their\\nlabors and gradually gained a goodly amount of\\nthis world s riches. Better than that, they became\\nknown and loved as honorable, upright, kind-\\nhearled and industrious people, of whom it could\\ntruly be said that the world was better for their\\nhaving lived.\\nTwo daughters and three sons came to bless the\\nhome, and of this family we note the following:\\nEllen F., formerly a school teacher, is now at home\\nwith her parent*: George P., a successful farmer, is\\nengaged in cultivating one hundred and sixtj\\nacres in Benton County, Mo.; Albert B. is a farmer\\nof Hall County, Neb.; Dr. Jerome A. is a practicing\\nphysician of Warren Count\\\\-. Tenn.; and Julia L.\\nis the wife of .John J. Doane, an extensive and\\nsuccessful farmer of Newberg Township. Cass\\nCounty. The farm belonging to our subject con-\\nsists of three hundred acres, one hundred of\\nwhich are in timber and one hundred and twenty\\nare planted to grain. This large propert\\\\ has\\nbeen accumulated by Mr. Smith solelj- through his\\nown exertions, seconded by the active assistance\\nand sympathetic help of his good wife.\\nA Democrat from boyhood, Mr. Smith has served\\n:xs Justice of the Peace, and was filling that posi-\\nti ^n at the time Michigan was admitted into the\\nl nion. He was an incumbent of that office for a\\nperiod of thirty-six years, after which his son\\nJerome held the office for four years, so that the\\nsame set of books remained in the house for forty\\nyears. In 1849 he was elected a member of the\\nState Legislature and served satisfactorily and\\nefficiently. He was Supervisor of the township\\nfor many yeai-s, also filled the positions of School\\nInspector. Road Commissioner, and all town-\\nship offices but that of Clerk. Notwithstanding\\ntheir advanced a^e, he and his wife are hale and\\nstrong, in the enjoyment of good health and the\\nfull possession of their mental faculties. As will\\nbe seen from the above date of marriage, Mr. and\\nMrs. Smith passed their sixty-first anniversary\\nJanuary 11, 1893.\\n4^\\nm\\nILTON P. WHITE, M. D., a skillful sur-\\ngeon and successful general medical prac-\\ntitioner of Dowagiac. Cass County, Mich.,\\nhas won a high place in the regard of the\\ncommunity by his constant and unflagging devo-\\ntion to the duties of his profession. Our subject\\nbegan his able career as a phj sieian in his birth-\\nplace, Volinia Township, Cass County, Mich.,\\nwhere he was born December 19, 1852. Dr. White\\nis of Southern descent. His father, John White,\\nwas a native of South Carolina and was reared\\nand educated in the liome of his childhood. Am-\\nbitious and energetic, he came to the North when\\nonly a young man of eighteen. Thoroughly self-\\nreliant and carefully trained into habits of indus-\\ntrious thrift, he was well fitted to begin the dailv\\nwork of life. By trade a blacksmith, he engaged\\nin that occujxition all his days, and combined with\\nthe work of the anvil the labor of agricultural\\npui-suits, and was one of the most thorough and\\npractical farmers in his region of the country. A\\nrepresentative American citizen of sterling iuteg-\\nrit3-, he led a life of busy usefulness up to the\\ntime of his death, in 1865.\\nThe mother of Dr. White was in maidenhood\\nMiss Hannah Baker, daughter c)f Nathan Baker, a\\nnative Pennsylvanian and a prominent member of\\nthe Quaker sect, who brought his family up in a\\nrigid observance of the tenets and belief of that\\nreligious denomination. The home of John and\\nHannah (Baker) White sheltered six sturdy sons, of\\nwhom our subject w. is the youngest born. Reared\\nin the township of Yolinia, he attended the dis-\\ntrict school of the neighborhood and there laid the\\nfirm foundation of study afterward completed by\\na course of instruction in an excellent academ\\\\ at", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0228.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n229\\nValparaisff. Sii|i|ilementing his English education\\nin tlic iiiglici- liraiR lics with a inofcssional course\\nof study. Milton 1*. While oiileivd the medical\\ndcpartnicnt of the N oilh western Universitj at\\nChicago, and, graduating in l.SHO in medicine and\\nsurgery, was launelied ui)on his career in life as an\\nM. 1). Returning to Wakelee, about one mile from\\nhis hirlhiilace in Volinia Township, he at once be-\\ngan the practice of medicine among the .-icciuaint-\\nances and associations of youth, anci for seven\\nyears went the professional rounds, enduring the\\nhai dsiiips and discomforts of a c )unlry doctor.\\nIn the fall of l.ssd. Dr. While removed to Do-\\nwai^iac, and in the seven years past has acipiired a\\nlarge and rapidly- extending |)iaclic( and has been\\nprominently associated with Ihe social and public\\ninterests of his present home. I pon September It,\\nIS.si. Dr. Millon While and IMiss Rose K. Carman,\\nof .Schoolcraft. .St. .Iosci)h County, were united in\\nmarriage. The accomplished wife of our subject\\nwas one of ten children, all f)f the brothers and sis-\\nters living to adult ago. Her father, W. 1 Car-\\nman, was a [)rt)si)erous general agriculturist and is\\nyet surviving, at the advanced age of eighty-three\\nyears. Iler mother, Mrs. Lydia (Townsend) Car-\\nman, is also living, the venerable husband and\\nwife having spent fifty-three years together. The\\nl)leasanl home of Dr. and Mrs. White has been\\nblessed 1)\\\\ the birth of two children, llaker T. and\\nRuth White. Although not actively interested in\\npolitics, our subject is a true American citizen and\\nev(!r casts his vote in behalf of local and national\\nadvancement.\\nI I i p .H\u00c2\u00bb^*.i\\n|^E RY i\\\\I. ZKKIND was b(,rn in Toland on\\nI* New Year s Day, lH:i. and passed his\\nschool days in his native country. At the\\nage of sixteen years he emigrated to the\\nUnited States, landing in the city of New York,\\nand thence he traveled through several States.\\nFor about two years he sojourned in White\\nWater, Wis. He then went to California and re-\\nmained there twelve years, part of the time en-\\ngaged in mining, but most of the time in merchan-\\ndising. On returning from California, he estab-\\nlished a store at Sun I rairie, Wis., which he con-\\nducted for a period of about three years, meeting\\nwith good success. In 1809, he moved his family to\\nSt. Joseph, Jlicli., where he started a dr3 -goods\\nstore, under the firm name of Phillips Zekind.\\nThis connection continued for a few years, and\\nlater the linn name became Zekind Katzenstein,\\nMr. Phillips selling his interest. Two years after,\\nMr. Zekind purcha.sed his partner s interest and\\ncontinued the business under the title of H. M.\\nZekind. He remained thus occupied until his de-\\nmise, which occurred on the ITlli of February,\\n1892.\\nA man well known for the honesty and integ-\\nrity which characterized his transactions, Mr. Ze-\\nkind, from a small beginning, built up a large and\\nprofitable business. In every sense of the word he\\nwas a self-made man and earned prosperity by de-\\nserving it. He was justl} regarded as one of the\\nmost substantial and refuesentative of the citizens\\nof St. .Joseph, and always exhibited a deep inter-\\nest in the welfare and advantement of the place.\\nHis fellow-citizens held him in the highest esteem\\nand freiiuently elected him to [lositions of trust.\\nHe served as Mayor of St. .loseph for one term,\\nand also filled the position of Alderman, and while\\nthe incumbent of these offices he rendered ellicicnt\\nservice, being instrumental in securing many mu-\\nnicipal iniprovcments.\\nIn national aft airs, Mr. Zekind w;is in favor of\\nthe principles advocated by the Republican party,\\nbut in local matters he uniformly su|)|)orted the\\nman whom he deemed best (lualilied for the ollice\\nin question. His social connections were with the\\nMasonic fraternity. Occidental Lodge No. of\\nwhich he was Master for several years, and was\\nTreasurer of the lodge at the time of his decca.se.\\nHe was also a member of the Crand Lodge of\\nthe State, and was identified with Calvin Rril-\\ntain Chapter, R. A. M., of which he was High\\nPriest for several years. The Independent Order\\nof Odd Fellows also counted him as one of its ac-\\ntive members. He aided in the org.-iuization of\\nthe I nion liankin;,^ CompauN of Si. .loseph and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0229.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "230\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwas one of its Directors for many years before his\\ndeath. A wide-awake and public-spirited citizen,\\nhe took an active part in all enteiprises calculated\\nto benefit the city, and his energy contributed not\\na little to its success.\\nThe wife of Henrj- M. Zekind bore the maiden\\nname of Carrie Silverman and was born in the city\\nof New York, a daughter of Sidney and Bella (Fra-\\nliech) Silverman. She is a lady of culture and\\nrefinement and occuiiies tlie elegaiit residence erec-\\nted by her husband shortly before his decease.\\nTheir union resulted in the birth of six children,\\nfive now living: Albert A., Bella R., Samuel M.,\\nFannie and Sidney. Samuel M., tiie third in tlie\\nfamily, has succeeded to the management of his\\nfather s mercantile business, and through his en-\\nergy and good judgment maintains the high char-\\nacter of the establishment.\\n=1.5\\n.{..{..j..^^^^^\\n^l^^REDERICK COLLINS, the well-known\\njfcj) dealer in real estate and residence property\\nat St. Joseph, was born in Portage Countyi\\nOhio, January 19, 1842. His father, Dr. L3 man\\nCollins, was a native of New York and an earl^^\\nsettler of Ohio, who in 1860 came to St. Joseph\\nand engaged in fruit-growing. lie made a spec-\\nialty of raising peaches and was also quite suc-\\ncessful with other fruits. A man of great energy\\nand force of character, he was prominently identi-\\nfied with the best interests of tliis citv, and his\\ndeath, which occurred here in 1881, was deeply\\nmourned by his friends and associates. His wife\\nwas known in maidenhood as Harriet Wliittlescy,\\nbeing tlie daughter of the Hon. Elisha Whittlesey,\\nComptroller of the United States Treasury during\\nthe administration of President Lincoln. She was\\nborn in Canfield, Malioning County, Ohio, and\\ndied at St. Joseph during the month of December,\\n1892.\\nTlie only surviving members of the family are\\ntlie subject of this sketch and his sister, the widow\\nof O. B. Dickinson. The flrst-nained grew to\\nmanhood in Portage County, Ohio, where under\\nthe careful guidance of his parents he was trained\\nfor a position of usefulness and honor in the bus-\\niness world. Leaving the old home, he sought\\nthe city of New York and there secured a clerical\\nposition in a hat manufactory. After sixteen\\nyears thus spent, on account of ill health he left\\nthe citj and came West to St. Joseph, where he\\npurchased a fruit farm and engaged in the culti-\\nvation of fruits. The change of occupation and\\nthe outdoor exercise proved so beneficial that he\\nsoon recovered his former physical health.\\nForming a partnership with W. A. Preston, un-\\nder tlie firm name of Preston tt Collins, our subject\\nembarked iii the lumber business, and engaged\\nwith considerable success in the manufacture and\\nsale of building material and lumber. In 1891 he\\ndisposed of his interest to Mr. Preston, and since\\nthat time has devoted his attention and capital to\\nthe real-estate business, in which he has gained\\nprominence as well as material success. He has\\nlaid out what is known as the Preston fe Collins\\nAddition to St. Joseph, containing some of the\\nmost desirable building lots in the city. He has\\nalso platted another addition, known as the Collins\\nAddition, upon which he has erected a number of\\ncomfortable dwellings. Not long ago he moved\\ninto a commodious and elegantly furnished resi-\\ndence, fitted up in an attractive and modern st3 le,\\nand embellished with all the conveniences and\\nimprovements. Here he and his wife are tran-\\nquilly and happily passing their da3 s, and here,\\nwith the most cordial hospitality they welcome\\ntheir man^ friends.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Collins took place in 1865,\\nand united him with Miss Harriet C, daughter of\\nWilliam W. Whittlesey, of Canfield, Ohio. One\\ndaughter, Ellen W., was born to bless the union;\\nat the present time she is a teacher in the Chicago\\nschools. She is a well-educated and highly ac-\\ncomplished j oung lad^ and is a successful teacher.\\nMr. Collins is interested in educational matters and\\nhas served on the School Board for some time. He\\nIS also a member of the Board of Water Commis-\\nsioners. In politics he affiliates with the Repub-\\nlicans and advocates with enthusiasm and fidelity\\nthe principles of the party. Socially, he is identi-\\nfied with Pomona Lodge No. 281, A. F. A. M.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0230.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0231.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "T/oyrAk^t-^ f", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0232.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n233\\nlElBEN D. l ARKI :U, M. D. One of the\\nloveliest homes in St. Joseph is the elegant\\niAs \\\\V and commodious residence owned and oc-\\ncupied by Dr. I arkei. It is beautifully\\nlocated on the bluff, commanding a line view of\\nthe lake, and in its interior appointments, as well\\nas its exterior appearance, is a model of its kind.\\nIt is a frame structure, of modern architecture,\\nand contains all the luxuries of a city home, to-\\ngether with the advantages to be derived from\\nrural life. Surrounded hy all the comforts of ex-\\nistence and ministered to by loving- hands, tiie Doc-\\ntor is passing the afternoon of his useful life\\nsomewhat retired from the cares of business and\\nprofessional work which formerly engaged his at-\\ntention.\\nA native of New York, Dr. Parker was born in\\nLima Township, Livingston County. August 31,\\n1821. the descendant of English ancestors. His\\nfather, Elisha B., was born in ermont, the son of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Joseph Parker, .-md in his ^oulh learned the trade\\nof a carpenter and joiner. He married Miss Alice,\\ndaughter of Reuben Davis, of New York, and in\\n1829, accomiianied by his wife and faniil} re-\\nmoved to Jlichigan and settled in Washtenaw\\nCounty, twelve miles from Ann Arbor. He was a\\npioneer of tiiat place, and remained one of its in-\\ntluential citizens and successful farmers until his\\ndeath, which occurred in 1819. His wife, who\\nsurvived him, removed to Niles, Berrien County,\\nand there passed away at an advanced age.\\nOur subject is the second in order of birth\\namong five children, three sous and two daugh-\\nters, who comprised the parental family. He\\npassed his boyhood years on the home farm and at-\\ntended the district schools, and also for a time was\\na student in a select school. Upon completiug his\\nliterary education, he commenced to read medi-\\ncine with Dr. Markham, of I lymoutli, ^Vashlenaw\\nCounty, and afterward pursued bis medical studies\\nunder the preceptorship of Dr. Olds, of ISalem,\\nMich. He opened an ollice and practiced for a\\nshort time in W.ashtenaw County, and later en-\\ntered the Western Medical I niversity, at Cleve-\\nland, Ohio, froni which institution he was grad-\\nuated in 184.\\nForming a partnership witli Dr. JIathews, of\\nU\\nRedford. Wayne County, Mich., the young Doctor\\nconducted a general pr.actice in that village from\\n184G until 1852. In the latter year he came to St.\\nJoseph, and. opening an ollice, soon became known\\nas a successful general practitioner. As a physi-\\ncian he commanded the confidence of the general\\npublic, and also of his professional brethren. In\\nthe diagnosis of cases he was accurate ai(d success-\\nful, while in their treatment he dist)laycd to an\\neminent degree the possession of those qualities\\nwhich secure for a physician the highest success.\\nIn 1880 he retired from active professional work,\\nand h.as since devoted his attention to looking af-\\nter his extensive interests. He is the owner of\\nconsiderable valuable property, including a fine\\nfarm near Benton Harbor, and his residence prop-\\nerty in St. Joseph.\\nDecember 23, 1869, occurred the marriage of\\nMiss Clarinda Searles and Dr. R. D. Parker. The\\nbride was the second daughter of StephenSearles,\\na ijrominent citizen of St. Joseph. She is a lady\\npossessing in a rare degree the qualities of heart\\nand mind which win and retain friends, and in\\nthe truest sense of the word she h.as been her hus-\\nband s helpmate. The Doctor and Mrs. Parker\\nhave an adopted daughter, Effie May. The Doc-\\ntor is interested in all the important issues of the\\nage, and in his political belief is a stanch advocate\\nof the Republican party. He served for two years\\nas Trustee of St. .Joseph, and has been chosen to\\nfill other important official positions.\\n^^?=^EORGE R. IIKRKIMEK, M. D., a practicing\\nphysician and surgeon of Dowagiac, was\\nborn in Niles, this State, on the 17th of\\nJuly, 18()0. He is a lineal descendant of the fa-\\nmous Gen. Herkimer, whose services in the War\\nof the Revolution have immortalized his name in\\nthe history of our country. The paternal grand-\\nfather of our subject, .Jacob Herkimer, was born\\nand reared in Herkimer County, N. Y., and after", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0233.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "234\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhis marriage engaged in farming there. As enrlj\\nas 1830 be came to Michigan, and thenceforth his\\nlife was closely connected with the development\\nof Berrien County, where he made settlement.\\nUpon land entered from the Government in Ber-\\ntrand Township he remained until bis death.\\nA native of Herkimer County N. Y., Michael\\nHerkimer, father of our subject, was a child of four\\nyears when he was brouglit to Michigan by ills\\nfather. In Bertrand Township, Berrien County,\\nhe passed his youthful d.ays and aided liis father\\nin clearing the home farm. Early in life he be-\\ncame familiar with agricultural pursuits, and while\\nhis educational advantages were limited, he became\\na well-informed man, possessing intelligent opin-\\nions upon the public issues of the time. For his\\nwife he chose Miss Jane, daughter of Abraham\\nHoag, one of the earliest settlers of Michigan, who\\ncame here from Syracuse County, N. Y., in 1835.\\nAfter their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Herkimer set-\\ntled on the Herkimer homestead, and there re-\\nmained until severed by death. The husband and\\nfather passed away in 1880, and eleven years after\\nhis demise the widow came to Dowagiac, where\\nshe makes her home ivith George R.\\nOf the four children comprising the family\\nthree grew to maturity, as follows: Julia, who\\nmakes her home with our subject; John, who cul-\\ntivates the old home place; and our subject.\\nWalter is deceased. The father of this family was\\nprominent in i)ublic affairs and influential in the\\nranks of the Democratic party. He held the ollice\\nof Collector of the county, and served as Super-\\nvisor and Clerk of his township a number of terms.\\nIn religious matters he was interested and zealous\\nand was an active member of and liberal contrib-\\nutor to the support of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. George K. was reared on the old home\\nplace in Bertrand Township and was the recipient\\nof excellent educational advantages. After com-\\npleting the course of stud} in the home schools, he\\nwent to Niles and from there to Albion (Mich.)\\nCollege, where he conducted his literary studies\\nfor a period of three years.\\nOur subject commenced his medical studies un-\\nder the preceptorship of Dr. M.N. Avery, of Niles,\\nand somewhat later entered the medical depart-\\nment of the State University of Ann Arbor, where\\nhe remained for two 3 ears. He was graduated\\nfrom the Hahnemann Medical College at Chicago\\nin 1890 and immediately afterward came to Do-\\nwagi.ac, where he has since conducted a general\\npractice. Fraternally, he is a prominent member\\nof the Modern Woodmen of America, the National\\nI niou, the Order of the Maccabees and the\\nKnights of Pythias. In his political afflliations he\\nis a Democrat. His office is located in the Lee\\nBlock, where he has a pleasant suite of rooms, well\\nequipped with surgical instruments and the appa-\\nratus neccssar} for professional use. He estab-\\nlished a home of his own in 1891, at which time\\nhe married Miss Carrie, daughter of W. N. Frost,\\na retired farmer residing in Dowagiac.\\nSI\\nTi LLEN BRUNSON, a member of the well-\\n({(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i /yi known tirin of Hovey Brunson, proprie-\\n1\\\\ tors of a carriage repository and dealers\\nin horse-furnishing goods and agricultural\\nimplements at Benton Harbor, Mich., is a native\\nof Elkhart County, Ind., born October 21. 1837.\\nHis father, Sterne Brunson, was originally from\\nthe Empire State, born in Cayuga County, but was\\na i)ioneer of Indiana, purchasing Government land\\nwithin two miles of the present city of Elkhart.\\nIn the year 1857 Sterne Brunson and family\\nmoved to Benton Harbor, where he purchased about\\ntwo hundred acres of good laud, which is now the\\nsite of Benton Harbor. He was instrumental in\\nprojecting the building of the Benton Harbor\\nCanal, which was named Brunson Harbor, and\\nwhich afterward, after man} local fights and Leg-\\nislative acts, with much cost to Mr. Brunson, was\\nchanged to Benton Harbor. He was a very pub-\\nlic-spirited man and took a prominent and sub-\\ntantial part in the development and improvement\\nof Benton Harbor. The canal, which has been of\\ninestimable value to Benton Harbor, was his idea\\nlirineipally, and his means were liberally advanced\\nto get it in its present condition. For some time", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0234.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n235\\nMr. linins^on wn.s associated with Martin (ircen,\\nwlio .stood shoulder to shoiddor witii iiiin in ;ill\\neiilorprise.s for the iniiirovi niunl of tlic city. Mr.\\nHninson was one of tiie foremost men of Benton\\nIliirhor, niuJ in his de;itii, wliicii occiirred in April,\\n1870, the eily lost one of its most inlluential citi-\\nzens. Honored and respected liy all, he left a host\\nof warm friends.\\nMrs. ISrunson, whose maiden name was Sarah\\n.Shank, was born in the Keystone State, hut when a\\ngirl went with her |)areiits tf) Indiana. Later, she\\ncame to lienton Harhor, and there the closing scenes\\nof her life were passed, her death occurring in\\n187 .t. Five children were horn to her marriage,\\nfour .sons and a daughter. Allen IJrunson, the\\nfourth child in order of Inrth, [lassed his youth in\\nKlkhart, I nd., and secured a good practical educa-\\ntion in the common schools. After removing with\\nhis parents to IJenton Harhor, he was for a time\\nengaged in fruit-raising, but he subse(|uently laid\\nout in lots the land his father had purchased, and\\nsold several acres of this.\\nIn 1862 he formed a partnership with .T. L.\\nWinans and engaged in the hardware business, the\\nnrm being known as Brunson Winans. A few\\nyears later Mr. Winans sold his interest to Guj-\\n.Johnson, father-in-law of our subject, and the firm\\ntitle was changed to Brunson Johnson, thus con-\\ntinuing for several years. After quitting the bus-\\niness, Mv. Brunson turned his attention to farming\\nand followed this successfully for five years. In\\n1892 he formed a partnership with William C.\\nHovcy, under the firm name of Ilovey ife Brunson,\\nand they are dealing quite extensively in horse-\\nfuiiiishing goods and agricultural implements,\\netc., beside which they have a carriage depository.\\nTheir place of business is in Oakwood Block, on\\nI ipcstone Street, and being men of energy and\\nintegrity, they are extremely |)opular in trade cir-\\ncles. Mr. Brunson has ever taken a deep interest\\nin the building up of the town and has been, and\\nis, a liberal contributor to all laudable enterprises.\\nFebruary 1, 1858, our subject was married to\\nMiss Mellissa .Johnson, of Klkhart, Ind,, and the\\ndaughter of Guy .Johnson. One child has been\\nborn to this union, Ida, who is the wife of l^Iark\\nWood. A Republican in his political views, Mr.\\nBrunson h.as ever advocated the princii)les of that\\nparty. He served one term as Alderman and has\\nheld other positions of note. Socially, he is a\\nmember of the Independent Order of Oild Fel-\\nlows, and is the only surviving ch;irter member in\\nthis vicinity of Benton Harbor Lodge No. 132, A.\\nF. A A. M.\\nV_\\nr\\n\\\\i7 D.TOMPKINS, M. I)., an able and widely\\nknown physician, located in Cassopolis,\\nCass County, since 1848, and who has for\\nfifty-three 3 ears constantly continued the practice\\nof his profession in the same part of Michigan,\\nina\\\\ with truth he numliered among the faithful\\nmedical pioneers of the State. Dr. Tompkins, who\\nis to-day one of the oldest and most highly re-\\ngarded practitioners of Cass Count\\\\ was born in\\nLitchfield, Oneida County N. Y., February 15,\\n1817. He was a son of F^lijali and Minerva (Bar-\\nber) Tompkins, who removed with their family\\nfrom the Empire State to Ohio in 1832. The par-\\nents made their permanent home in the Buckeye\\nState and gave to their children all the benefits of\\nan education which their means afforded. Our sub-\\nject, havipg completed his course of studies in the\\nhigher branches of an English education, decided\\nto adopt a profession, and began to read medicine\\nin Portage County, Ohio, in 1837, giving his en-\\ntire time for three years to the preparation for\\nhis future responsible duties as a physician.\\nDr. Tompkins began the practice of medicine\\nin Ohio, when only tvventy-one years of .age, and,\\nenjoying success, remained in his first location for\\nfour j ears, then moved to Logan Count3 Ohio,\\nand there practiced his profession four years. He\\nfinally decided to make a change of residence, and\\njourneying to the farther West came to Cassopolis,\\nwhere he was cordially received and soon entered\\ninto a prosperous and rapidly extending field of\\nlabor. As a family friend and physician he was\\nwelcomed into the homes of the early settlers,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0235.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "236\\nPORTKAIT AND BIOGRAIHICAL RECORD.\\nwho appreciated liis unwearied and valuable serv-\\nice, cheerfully given alike in pleasant and stormy\\nweather. Our subject availed himself of the ben-\\nefit of a course of lectures in Rush Medical Col-\\nlege and graduated from tliis institution in 1852.\\nlie has kejit himself abreast witii all tlie progress-\\nive methods of the day, and throughout his long\\nprofessional career has been more than ordinarily\\nsuccessful, winning his way upward to a practice\\nsecond to none in Cass County.\\nDuring the Civil War, Dr. Tompkins, in the\\nmonth of August, 1862, enlisted as Assistant Sur-\\ngeon of the Nineteenth Michigan Regiment, and\\nremained in the service until 1863, when he was\\nforced to resign on account of ill health, and,\\nhaving returned to his home and recuperated,\\nagain resumed his former practice. Our subject\\nis fraternally associated with the Ancient Free\\nAccepted Masons and is a valued member of Backus\\nLodge and is also connected with Kingsbury Chap-\\nter. For man3- years Dr. Tomjikins was a stal-\\nwart Republican and cast his first vote for Presi-\\ndent for William Henry Harrison. Since the\\nHayes administration our subject has identified\\nhimself with the Party of the People, and is a\\nstanch defender of the principles of true Dem-\\nocracy. Aside from all political preferences. Dr.\\nTompkins is thoroughly public-spirited and, a\\nleading citizen of Cassoi)Olis, has with earnest\\neffort given valuable assistance in the forwarding\\nand promotion of the best interests of Cass County.\\nA friend to educational advancement and local\\nenterprise, he has worthily done his part as an\\nearly settler of the State, and may with satisfaction\\nreview his record as a neighbor, friend, citizen .and\\nphysician.\\nIDGAR H. FERGUSON, senior member of\\nfirm of Ferguson ct McCoid, manufac-\\nirs of building brick and tile at Benton\\nHarbor, is one of the 3 oung business men of the\\ncity, who, while securing a competency for him-\\nself, has also materially aided in promoting the\\ngrowth and developing the resources of this sec-\\ntion of the State. He is a native of Michigan, and\\nw.as born in Lenawee County, January 10, 18,53,\\nbeing the son of Henrj and Lydia (Dennison)\\nFerguson. The father was a native of Kssex\\nCounty, N. Y., and in an early day acooni|ianied\\nhis parents to Michigan, where lie died in Berrien\\nCounty in 181)2. The paternal grandfather, Henry\\nFerguson, was born in New York, and died in\\nLenawee County, Mich.; the maternal grandfather\\nof our subject, Stephen A. Dennison, w.as also a\\nnative of the Km|iire State, and died in Michigan\\nin 1878.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice was\\nreared to manhood in Lenawee County, Mich.,\\nwhere he w.as a pupil in the public schools. At\\nthe age of eighteen years he enteied the Adrian\\nBusiness College, from winch institution he was\\ngraduated in 1871. Thus well e(iuip|)ed for the\\nactive labors of life by the training he had re-\\nceived both at home and in school, ho entered\\nupon a conunercial career. For eight years he en-\\ngaged in the buj ing and shipiiing of slock from\\nLenawee Count} Mich., to Chicago, meeting with\\nconsiderable success in that undertaking. in\\n1881 he came to Benton Harbor, where he en-\\ngaged in the manufacture of brick in i)artnersliip\\nwith O. 1). Dennison. Four years after the incej)-\\ntion of the business, our subject purcluased his\\npartner s interest, and in 1885 formed a partner-\\nship with Seely BlcCord, which still exists.\\nThe firm of Ferguson ife McCord is one of the\\nmost prosperous in southwestern Michigan, and\\nengages extensively in the manufacture c f build-\\ning brick and tile, Mr. Ferguson being the General\\nManager, Secretary and Treasurer of thecomi)any.\\nIt is largely due to his energy and tireless exer-\\ntions that the establishment has won the enviable\\nreputation that it possesses among other manufac-\\nturing corporations. While his business interests\\ndemand close attention on his part, he neverthe-\\nless is actively interested in public affairs, and, po-\\nlitically, adheres with energy and enthusiasm to\\nthe principles of the Republican party. His fel-\\nlow-citizens have frequently elected him to posi-\\ntions of trust and honor, in all of which he has", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0236.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n237\\nserved to the satisfaction of his constitucnls. In\\n1891 lie was elected Alderman of the city from\\nthe Fourth Ward, and in tliat oflicc was able to\\nrender efficient services in behalf of his fellow-\\ntownsmen.\\nAi)rii 2!t, lH7r occurred the marriage of Kdgar\\nII. Fer ;uson to Miss M. .hiiiett Coh-, who at tliat\\ntime resided in Lenawee County, Mich., and is a\\ndaujfliter of S. P.. Cole, also a native of Lenawee\\nCounty, Midi. .Mr. and Mrs. Fergnson are the\\nparents of tlirce sons, whose names are Lynn A.,\\nHariy M. and Carlton E. The family residence is\\na neat and comfortable house located on Stevens\\nAvenue and Territorial Street. In his social con-\\nnections, Mr. Ferguson is identitied with the\\nKnights of Pythias and the Hoyal Arcanum, being\\n))rominently identified with both these organiza-\\ntions. Mrs. Ferguson is a member of the Method-\\nist Churcli.\\nr\u00c2\u00bb ILLIAM CONRADT. One of the best im-\\nr proved farms in Berrien County is located\\nin Puchanan Townsiiip and comprises two\\nhundred and seventy -eight .acres, all under splen-\\ndid cultivation with the exception of fifty-eight\\nacres. The place is embellished with substantial\\nstructures, eac^h admirably adapted to Ihe purpose\\nfor which it is intended. The improvements\\nnoticeable arc the result of energy and indus-\\ntry on the part of the owner, Mr. Conradt, who\\nfor man\\\\ years made his home on this farm. In\\nlh!)3, however, he came to Puchanaji and now re-\\nsides in this village. lie still gives his personal\\nattention to the management of the pl.ace, and su-\\nperintenils it with the skill and discretion which\\nhave always characterized his efforts.\\nA native of Germany, Mr. Conradt was born\\nnear Stuttgart, \\\\Vurtemberg, May 26, 1843. His\\nfather, Andrew Conradt, was likewise horn in\\nWurtemberg, and w.as a farmer by occupation.\\nI pun ciiMung to America in ISIC), he locate(l in\\nBuchanan Township, Berrien County, Mich., and\\nafter operating as a renter for a time, purchased a\\nfarm on section 20. There he remained until his\\ndeath, at the age of fifty-eight years. His wife,\\nwhom he had married in Germany, was Freder-\\nieka Ilagley in her maidenhood, and she died at\\nthe age of sixty-four. They were the parents of\\neleven children, eight of whom are now living,\\nour subject l eing the eighth in order of birth.\\nAt the age of three years William Conradt was\\nbrought by his parents to America, and grew to\\nmanhood in Puchanan Township Perrien County.\\nHis father being a poor man, he was obliged to\\naid in the support of the family, and his educa-\\ntional advantages were very meagre. Their first\\nhouse was made with poles and covered with bark.\\nHe .assisted in clearing the home farm and early\\nbecame familiar with agricultural |)iirsuits. Soon\\nafter the outbreak of the war he enlisted as a\\nmember of Company K, Twenty-fifth Michigan\\nInfantiy, and was ordered to the front in l^(J 2.\\nHe participated in many of the hard-fought bat-\\ntles of the war and served with valor and fearless\\nlo3 alty to the cause of the I nion. His service\\ncovered a period of three 3-ears, lacking one\\nmonth, and while he fortunately escaped any seri-\\nous injuries, he was slightly wounded in the left\\nband by a minie-ball at the eng.agement near\\nKenesaw Mountain. (Ja. At the close of hostili-\\nties, in .Inly. 1865, he was honorably discharged at\\nJackson, Mich., and was mustered out of service at\\nthe same place. During part of his term of ser-\\nvice they were obliged to live upon corn in the\\near, with sciircely any other provisions.\\nReturning to Puchanan Township, Mr. Coniadt\\nresumed his farming duties, and soon afterward\\ntook unto himself a helpmate. Li 1866 he mar-\\nried F redericka Ilagley, a native of (lermany.and\\nthey became the parents of the following-named\\nchildren: Alfred, William .L, Jacob F. and Ida\\n(deceased). Alma and Andrew M. The second\\nmarriage of Mr. Conradt took place in 1881 and\\nunited him with Miss Amanda Andre, a native of\\nPennsylvania. Their union has been blessed by\\nthe birth of four children, whose names are: Mary,\\nEmma M., Jay A. and Clem C. F roin the time of\\nhis return fioin the war until IS Mr. Conradt", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0237.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "938\\nI oiM UAir Axn r.UM Kvwiiimi. ijF.(\\\\)rxM\\\\\\nhnt ooiitimiouslv ro.sidotl \\\\\\\\\\\\Hn\\\\ liis I nrm in Kiu h-\\nluum rowiiship, with lluM-xct iitioti of four iiionlhs\\ns| oiit in Mlit\\\\ riiiti.\\nIll ivlijiioiis wtu k Mr. I Diinult innintnins nil iiu-\\nintomiptvil intorost Mini is idoiitilttHl willi Mio\\nl !v!uii;olitnl Assoi-intioii, hoMiy iMU of it.-i Tiiistoos\\ntuul linviii^ t onnorlv sorvoiJ as SuporintviuK nl o(\\nits Siimlav-soliool. In Ills politii-s In- is ii lu |ntli-\\nliciiu mid 1ms lilliil llu juvmhom ol l ;ilhiiii\u00c2\u00bbsU i- of\\nItiiohttiiiiii Townsliiii. In ivn iirti to sooinl i ohiuh\\ntiiuis ho is notivoly nsstuMJitoii with thi Moilorii\\nooiiini ii of Aiiioiiort, hoiiiit iiuMuhcr iif Willinia\\nIVnvtt I ost No. 2vf. i;. A. K.\\n-^v^\\nm\\nI OSlM ll now M AN. Althoiiuh number of\\nI voni s litivo (ijissihI nwnv sinoo Mr, liowin. iii\\nil.i tu tiHl tliis lifo, ho still livosin (hf honrUs\\n^(^y i l ni:oiv frioiuls to whom ho \\\\V!\\\\s omlo.-uvd.\\nNot oulv in l oiiti n lljirhor, i f whii h ho w.-isti rosi-\\niloui, I ui thnniii hout thoontiro CMUinty of liorrion,\\nho hiui roiuitiUioii for rol itv, honor tuul iiulus-\\ntrv oqvuiUotl hv low !inil o\\\\iH-llod hv iH no. Tlui\\nit iHml of his lifo. of his (viliont fH i sovor!UUH in\\nspito iif i l st!\u00c2\u00bbolos ;m(l his uinvoiiriotl oiioisjy in his\\noluKson voo!\u00c2\u00bbtiou, m; _v sorvo to stiinulnto llioso lo\\nwliom tho ;vth of lifo hns prosontotl inoro thoins\\nlh. \u00c2\u00bbu r( sos.\\nl nu.ndt* h\u00c2\u00abs oiMilrihutotl itoi ((uotji to tho intolli-\\nsjont oilixonship of ovir iintion, niul nmonj; tho\\nuiitivos of tho l^Hioou s Ooiuinion whohiivo soiii;ht\\nhomos in tho luilt^d St.-itos inny Iv moMti noil tho\\nsubjwt of U\u00c2\u00bbis skptoh, who was Ihmii in Ont\u00c2\u00abrit in\\nISl 1, His fathor, (Miristijui l ow imui, w;is luUivo\\nf roniisvlvMnin, who in o.-uly lifo ivim vod to\\n:tntu\\\\:\u00c2\u00ab an\u00c2\u00abl mnrriod a Miss Woavor, .U\u00c2\u00bbso| h liow-\\nmnn was iv.-xivd iu Ont, rii ivitMYina ^x nnm n-\\nsolu ol o\u00c2\u00bbluo!\u00c2\u00bbtitn\\\\ and sjniniui; a piiu tionl kni wl-\\ntnljjii* of tho dntios of s rioMUuK l lifo. lion\\noluHXsinj; irado, ho dividod upon o. upontrv, and\\nsorvod an appivntuvship at that tmdo. wliioh ho\\nfollowtHl with s\u00c2\u00bbuv\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbss,\\n111 lSlU Ml. Uowiiiaii oaiuo to lioiiloii ll.-irhor\\nand orootod a ntimhor of tho lirst buildiiii;s in tho\\nvillant soino of wliioh still st4Uid. llo did an ox-\\nloiisivo linsiiioss in oontraoliiii; and bnililinij. and,\\nboinj suooossfnUaifuimilatod a oonsidon blo nnHuinf\\nof this world s sjoods. Nor was his siioooss moroly\\na llnanoinl ono, for in addition tomonoy ho yaiiiod\\nthe jjoiul-will of his nssoointos aiul won a hiuh\\nplnoo in tho ronard of his larsjo oirolo of aoiiuainf-\\nanoos. I olitioally, ho was a Kopnblioan.iuitspokon\\nin his viows, Inif ho was iiof solioitous fiu ollioial\\nhonors, proforriiisj tho iiiiiotiido of domostio lifo,\\niinhara.ssod by piiblio dntios. .Sooi.-iUy, ho was\\nidontillod with l onfon Lodj-x^ No. 1S2, 1. O. O. K.\\nTho marriajjo of Mr. Hownmn to Miss Sjirah\\nliiohiuond took plaw April IS, 18U Mrs. r ow-\\nmnn is tho daa hlor of C harlos and Laviiia\\n(Marsollo) Riohmond, nativos of Now York, whoro\\nsho was alsi bom. Tho iiiiion was bU Ssod by tho\\nbirth of ono son nd one daiijrhter, Charles K. and\\n.\\\\ddio I.., both of whom ix side in l\u00c2\u00bbonton Harbor.\\nTho family was tlooply boroavod by the death of\\nIhe hnsKand and father, whieh \u00c2\u00bbHV irrod it iho\\nhome on Ihittaiii Aveniio (iii .Inly l, ISSI.\\n-5^==\u00c2\u00ab3^|.i-^\\ns\\n^f A.\\\\li:s M. I Kl 111. All iniluontial pivsition\\nI nmon^it the farmers and sttX k-i-aisers of\\nCass l\\\\ unty is ooonpiod by the siiiwssfnl\\naji rioultiirist with win. vso name we intitulutv\\nthis sketch, and who is the owner of line farming\\npn porty looated on swtion Milton \u00e2\u0096\u00a0l\\\\ wnship.\\nllo is a nati\\\\o of ass onnty, haviiiij been lH rn\\nin Milton Township ,\\\\pril 38, 18S7. In his Ih\\\\v-\\nluH d ho attondoil soliool t,-\\\\us;ht in a log house\\nnear his homo, and j\u00c2\u00bbassod his vaeations in the\\nusual ix utine of farm work. For tJiree yeai s he\\nand his bix tlier Henry ran a thivshinir maohino.\\nand in 18, ho assiiiiuHl the inaiiai;vmoiit i. f the\\ni ld lionu\\\\\u00c2\u00bbUwi.\\n.\\\\ftor his ni,\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abrriai;v, whioh iH\\\\ iirix-d on the :J:?d\\nof .\\\\pril, 18iU Mr. Truitl anil his y\u00c2\u00bb nnjj wife\\ni mnuMuvd housekeeping in what had formerly\\nIvon tho Kar-i\\\\ v m of his father s lu tol. a biiildinvj", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0238.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n239\\nof rude coiisliiic1if)n :\\\\n few eon venicnccs, wliicli\\nstill stands on Mie farm. In 18GG he removed to\\nanother farm and fur a lime enfjagcd in llie man-\\nnfaelure of brick, some of wliicli may he se^-n in\\nhis substantial, two-story residence, built at a cost\\nof ^3,600, and containing eleven rooms. After\\ncompleting his house, he graded the lawn and\\nplanted a number of ornamental trees and shrubs,\\nthus adding to the beauty of the place and\\nmaterially eniiancing its value. At the time he\\nlocated here, the land yielded eight bushels per\\nacre, but through proper fertilization and culti-\\nvation, the same land now yields an average of\\ntwenty-eight bushels an acre.\\nRemoving to Kdwardsburgh in 1H7.S, Mr. Tiuilt\\nengaged in the agricultural implement business\\nfor four years, meanwhile handling all kinds of\\nmachines and doing a prolilable business. lie\\nbecame identified with the welfare and [irogress of\\nthe village, being one of its property holders and\\nalso a Director of the Berrien Count3- Mutual\\nFile Insurance Company. However, the failure\\nof the Cincinnati, Wabash A- Michigan Railw.a3 to\\npass through ICdwardsburgh caused its immediate\\ndecline, and, learning the road would pass through\\nhis farm, IMr. Triiitt returned to his former home\\nin llic country and for a time superintended the\\nfarm.\\nBeing a strong working Democrat, Mr. Truitt\\nreceived the appointment of Deputy Revenue\\nCollector, Second Division uf the Fourth District,\\nincluding eight counties. He occupied this posi-\\ntion for four years, liis .services being entirely sat-\\nisfactory to the people. At various times he has\\nbeen engaged in different kinds of Imsiness, and\\nhas made a specialty of raising blooded horses,\\nbeing successful in this enterprise as in others in\\nwhich he has been interested. His farm consists\\nof two hundred and lifly-live acres, and Ihrough\\nit passes the Michigan Division of the Big Four\\nHailroarl, with a station about twenty-live rods from\\nthe residence, known as Tiuilt s Station, in honor\\nof our subject s father, who named the township\\nMillon, after his native town in Delaware.\\nAt the present lime Mr. Triiilt is (illic iating :is\\n.lll^tl(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 (if the Peace, which position he has tilled\\nfill twelve years. He is a charter iiieiiilier uf the\\nOrange at Niles, and has been identilied with the\\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows since Iwcnt^\\none years of age. He is one of the oldest members\\nof Si. Peter s Lodge, at Fdw. irdsburgh,and is also\\na Knight Templar, holding membership with Niles\\nC omi nandery No. 12. He is a charter member and\\nhas served as President of the Patrons of Industry\\nof Milton Township. Having been transferred to\\nthe Alliance, he was elected President of that o:--\\nganizatioii and is still one of its active members.\\nThe lady who for more than thirty 3 ears has\\nbeen the devoted helpmate of our subject bore the\\nmaiden name of Margaret P. Hicks, and was born\\nin Niles in 1831). Her parents, John and Lettie\\n(Nieve) Hicks, were natives of England and were\\nmarried in Niles, Mrs. Truitt being their only\\nchild. She was orphaned in infancy and was\\nreared by her uncle, Pen-} Hicks. An amiable\\nwoman, she is held in high esteem l)y the people\\nof the community, who ap|)reciate and recognize\\nher mau3 estimable (lualilics.\\nWe cannot close tlii.s sketch without mentioning,\\nin brief, some of the important events in the life\\nof Peter Truitt. father of our subject, and for\\nmany years one of the most prominent men in\\nCass Count.y. He was born in Slatter Neck,\\nSussex Count\\\\-, Del., February 7, 1801, and was a\\nson of Langford and Esther A. (Sliocklcy) Truitt.\\nHis father being an agriculturist, he w.as reared on\\na farm and had few opportunities for self culture.\\nFebruary 25, 181 he married Mary .Simpler,\\nwhose father, Milby, was a soldier in the Revolu-\\ntionary War and the War of 1812. They had\\nlive children: .lolin M., Elizabeth C, Henry P.,\\nDavid T. and Langff)rd. The wife and mother\\ndied in April, 1828, and some two years later Mr.\\nTruitt married Isabel, daughter of .lames and Mary\\nMcKnitt.\\nOn the 17th of .Iiiiic, I8;il, Mr. Truitt, with his\\nfamily, iiii ived in the then tcnilory of Michigan,\\nthe journo by team having occupied forty-four\\ndays. Having entered eighty acres of land near\\nthe center of the i reseiil town of Millon, ho\\nerected a double log house on what .some three\\nyears later proved to be a wrong description of\\nlaml. and learning that a Mr. O Dell had started\\nfor the land ollicf at While Pigeon to enter it, he", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0239.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "240\\nPOxCTRAlT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nstarted iu the nigbt for the otlice and had the satis-\\nfaction of outstripping his competitor and secur-\\ning the coveted prize. Being located on the old De-\\ntroit and Chicago stage road, he soon commenced\\nkeeping a tavern, which became famous for its\\nmany comforts. It was called the White Oak Tav-\\nern, because of an immense white oak tree that\\nthrew its branches over the house, as if inviting .ill\\nto partake of the cheer to be found therein. He\\nalso filled the office of Postmaster at this place.\\nIn an early day Peter Truitt ojjened a store at\\nBertrand and sold goods for a time, and then\\nmoved his stock to Milt-on Township, continu-\\ning business for two years longer. This proved\\na very disastrous enterprise, for he lost so he.ivily\\nby the decline of goods and wild-cat money,\\nthen in circulation, that all his pro[ erty except\\nhis land was swept away. This, however, did not\\ndiscourage him. and he bravely set about repair-\\ning his fortune, and at his death, which oc-\\ncurretl December 29. 1881, he possessed fifteen\\nhundred acres of rich farming land, which was\\ndivided up among his seven heire. He was a\\nshrewd business man. and his Large accumulation\\nof property was the result of his industry and\\nperseverance, combined with good business judg-\\nment. For half a century he lived on the farm he\\nfirst selected, and not only witnessed but assisted\\niu transforming an almost unbroken wilderness\\ninto one of the finest and most beautiful agricul-\\ntural districts in the West.\\nPolitically. Mr. Truitt was first a Whig, and\\nthen a RepuWicin. He held several township\\noffices, including that of Justice of the Peace.\\nWhen fourteen years of age he united with the\\nMethodist Chuix-h and was a zealous Christian.\\nBefore a church building was erected in this\\ncounty, religious services were frequently held in\\nhis house, which was the home of the ministers.\\nWhen old age and disease had blinded his intellect\\nso that all things earthly had faded from his mind,\\non the subject of religion it was as bright and\\nclear as an oasis in a sandy desert, and so\\nremained until his death. His wife, after coming\\nto this county, united with the Methodist Church\\nwhen it had but ten membei s. By his second wife,\\nwho died about 1834. he had two children: Mary\\nJ. and Esther A. By his third wife, who depfirted\\nthis life in 1841, he became the f.tther of onechild,\\nJames M.. the subject of this sketch. His fourth\\nwife wfis Mrs. S.ai-ah (McKnitt) Lane, their union\\nbeing a childless one.\\nJbsg.\\n^5=!\u00c2\u00bb^^E0RGE E. BEDFORD. Energy and vigi-\\nlance are among the essential qualifications\\nfor a successful agriculturist, and few men\\npossess these good points in as great a degree as\\nGeorge E. Bedford, who now has a charming rural\\nhome on section 28, Silver Creek Township. Cass\\nCounty. Mich. His estate now includes three\\nhundred and sixty acres of l.ind, most of it im-\\nproved with buildings of the best construction and\\nmodern design. He is a son of the Empire State,\\nand is of English ancestrj- on the father s side, de-\\nriving much of his energy and foresight from that\\nsource. He w.isborn in Onondaga County. Febru-\\nary 5, 1837, to the marriage of George and Ann\\n(Smith Bedford.\\nThe elder Mr. Bedford was reared on a farm in his\\nnative country, and e.irly in life became familiar\\nwith all the duties required on the same. He was\\nleft fatherless when but a boy. but after his mother\\nmarried again young Bedford found his stepfather,\\nwho was an overseer on a large farm, one of the\\nbest of men. His own father had been an English\\nsoldier and was present at the siege of Gibraltar.\\nGeorge Bedford. Sr.. made his home with his\\nmother until he had reached mature years, but at\\nan early age began life s battles for himself. As\\nmight naturally be supposed, he began his career .is\\n.in agriculturist, and that continued to be his chief\\ncalling in life.\\nAfter his marriage to Miss Ann Smith, which\\noccurred in his native country, he took passage for\\nAmerica and reached this country without disaster\\nin the fall of 1835. Being without means and a\\nstranger in a strange land, he went immediately\\nto Syracuse, X. Y.. and in Onondaga County\\nfound work as a farmer and gardener for alK^ut six", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0240.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0241.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "/y-T^Lyi^\\nl/^D^^C-n^^T-^cZ^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0242.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n243\\nyp. ii s. Tomptcd l)y the ricli promises lield out\\nliv the tliPii new State of Mioliigaii, he moved his\\nl:iiiiily tliere in the fall of 1841, and at the time\\nof ills death was one of the oldest residents of\\nSilver Creek Township, Cass County All his life\\nwas spent in the peaceful pursuit of farming, and\\nhe was well and favorably known throughout the\\ncounty.\\nThe eight children born to his marriage were\\nin the order of their births .as follows: George\\nE., our subject; Ilattie, wife of .John Williams;\\nIM.iriah, wife of Gilbert Conklin; John; Martha,\\nwife of George Hawks; Edith, wife of Michael\\n(Jarret; Jane, now deceased, the wife of .lohn\\nHawks; and Alice, wife of Charles Conklin. The\\nparents of these children were consistent members\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church and all their\\nlives contributed generousl} to its support. He\\ndied on the 28lh of February, 1889, and she too\\npassed aw.ay a few days later.\\nGeorge E. Bedford received his schol.astic train-\\ning in the district schools of Cass County, and as\\nhe was but four years of age when his parents\\nsettled in Jlichigan, all his recollections are of this\\nState. He remembers distinctly the primitive log\\nhouse in which his parents first settled, and how\\nwild and unbroken the country was at that time.\\nHe remained with his parents until their deaths,\\nand is now the owner of an excellent farm. He\\nh.as never married. In [tolitics he is a Democrat.\\nI I I\\nIMEON BELKNAP, M. D., of Niles, was\\ntorn in the village of Barnard, Windsor\\nj; Count\\\\-, Vt., October 16, 1837. His ances-\\ntors on the paternal side emigrated from\\nEngland to America at an early period in tlie\\nhistory of the Colonies, and made settlement in\\nthe Green Mountain State, where our subject s\\nfather, Seymour, and his grandfather, Simeon,\\nopened their eyes to the light of d.aj The mother\\nof our subject was Lydia, daughter of Sylvanus\\nC ampbell, and a native of XernioMt, lier ancestors\\nbeing of Scotch origin.\\nThe Doctor s early boyhood da\\\\s were passed in\\nthe Green Mountain State, and he fitted himself for\\ncollege in the school at Newbury, Vt. At the\\nconclusion of his literary studies, he entered upon\\nthe study of medicine, which he carried on under\\nthe preceptorship of Dr. Huntington, of Roches-\\nter, \\\\t. At a somewhat later period he l)ecame a\\nstudent in the medical department of the State\\nUniversity of Vermont, from which institution he\\nwas graduated in June of 1860, afterward spend-\\ning one j car in hospitals in Boston, Mass. Open-\\ning an office at Rochester, Vt., he commenced the\\npractice of his profession in that village, forming\\na partnership with Dr. W. M. Huntington, his\\npreceptor, and gradually gaining a large and\\nprofitable practice.\\nIn 1873 the Doctor located in Niles, which he\\nbelieved offered a favorable opening for a physi-\\ncian. Subseciuent events justified his decision\\nand [)roved the wisdom of his opinion, for he soon\\nwas in command of as much practice as he could\\ngive his personal attention to. For eleven years\\nhe was in partnership with the late Dr. E. J. Bo-\\nnine, the firm title being Honine d- Belknap. Some\\ntwo years previous to the death of Dr. Boiiine,\\nour subject formed a partnership with his son,\\nFred R. Belknap. To his profession he brings the\\nstores of a well-trained mind, great physical en-\\ndurance, and abilities of an unusually high order.\\nIt is not strange, therefore, that he h.as attained\\nsuccess, and that through his own tireless exer-\\ntions, unaided either by circumstances or infiuen-\\ntial friends, he has gained a place among the fore-\\nmost practitioners of southwestern Michigan.\\nThe marri.age of Dr. Belknap occurred in 1862,\\nand united him with Miss Addie M. Rice, who at\\nthat time was a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, al-\\nthough Vermont was her native home. Her fa-\\nther, Uriah Rice, was a prominent man in Cincin-\\nnati, and for seventeen years filled the position of\\nSuperintendent of Schools of that city. The Doc-\\ntor and his wife are the parents of two sons, Fred\\nRice and Simeon, .Jr. The first-named is a grad-\\nuate of Bellevue Hospital College, New York, and\\nafter completing his medical stuilies he spent one\\nyear in Berlin, London and other European cities,\\nwhere he had flic advantages of study under the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0243.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "244\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmost eminent ph^ sicians and siii jjeons of this cen-\\ntury. In his social connections, our subject is\\nprominently identiSed with St. .Iose|)li alley\\nLodge No. 4, A. F. it A. M., in which lie is an active\\nworker. He has been a member of the American\\nMedical Association since 1865; of the JNIichigan\\n]\\\\Icdical .Society since 1877; of Kalamazoo Acad-\\nemy of Medicine since 1880; also of the Pan\\nAmerican Medical Congress. He Las been United\\nStates Pension Examining Surgeon for fifteen years,\\nand is now Secretary of the Hoard at Niles; a\\nmember of the National Association of Railway\\nSurgeons; and Surgeon of the Michigan Division\\nof the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago it St. Louis\\nRailroad.\\niflESSE S. EAST, tiie owner of a highly cul-\\ntivated farm situated within the corporate\\nlimits of Buchanan, was born in Richmond,\\nWa^ ne County, Ind., .Tune 2, 1829. The\\nancestry of the famil3 is traced to iCiigland,\\nwhence some of its representatives emigrated to\\nAmerica in an early day and located in Virginia.\\nIn that State Grandfather William P^.ast w.as born.\\nThat State was also the birthplace of James East,\\nfather of our subject, who removed thence to Ten-\\nnessee and made settlement in Blount County.\\nAnna .lones was the maiden name of the mother\\nof our subject; she was born in Tennessee, and\\nremoved thence in her girlhood to Richmond,\\nInd. Her father, .Jesse Jones, was, it is supposed,\\na native of Tennessee, and was of Welsh descent.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in Wayne\\nCounty, Ind., where they located on a farm and\\nresided about seven yeai-s. Thence they came to\\nCass County, ]\\\\Iich., and settled on a farm in Cal-\\nvin Township, the deed to which was signed bj\\nPresident Jackson. On that place the father died\\nin 1888, when in his eighty-fourth year. The\\nwife and mother still lives on the old homestead,\\nwhich she owns. Although now (1893) in her\\neighty-ninth year, she still retains full possession\\nof her mental faculties, and is in fair health.\\nIll the family of James and Anna East there\\nwere four daughters and six sons. The sons at-\\ntained to manhood, but two of the daughters died\\nwhen young. In this family our subject is the\\nthird in order of birth. At the age of thrt C years\\nhe was brought to Michigan, where he acquired\\nhis education in the subscription schools of the\\ndistrict. He was about twenty-one years old\\nwhen, in 1850, he married Anna B. Osborn. This\\nlady is the daughter of the well-known Charles\\nOsborn, who was born in North Carolina, became\\na preacher in the Society of Friends and won re-\\nnown as the publisher of the first anti-slavery pa-\\nper in the United States. The mother of Mrs.\\nEast was Hannah (Swain) Osborn, who was born\\nin Tennessee. Mr. Osborn was twice- married, be-\\ncoming the father of eight children by his first,\\nand nine children by his second union, and of\\nthat number Anna B. was the youngest. One of\\nher nephews is ten 3ears older than she, and oth-\\ners are about her own age.\\nImmediately following his marriage, our subject\\nlocated in Cass County, INIicli., and cultivated a\\nfarm in Calvin Township. Afterward he removed\\nto Vandalia, in the same county, and engaged in\\nthe milling business, being for a time employed on\\na salary and later becoming one of the proprietors.\\nUpon moving to Niles, Mich., in 1868, he found\\nemployment in a Uouring-mill. Returning to\\nCass County in 1884, he bought a farm and cul-\\ntivated it for six months, when he removed to\\nVandalia, in the same county, and resided in that\\nvillage for two j ears. He came to Buchanan in\\n1887 and bought the sixteen-acre tract where he\\nnow lives. He and his wife are the parents of\\nthree sons: Ch.aries A., James F. and William W.,\\nthe two first-named residing in Buchanan, and the\\nlatter being in business in Chicago.\\nIn .addition to the property which he occupies,\\nMr. I .ast owns a sulislantial and commodious resi-\\ndence in Buchanan, and has mone}- loaned at in-\\nterest. His financial position, therefore, is one of\\nindependence and imiiortance. In his social affili-\\nations, he is a Mason, and is identified with the\\nBlue Lodge in Cass County. Wliile he is not a\\nmember of any religious organization, he is gen-\\nerous in his support of deuominational work, and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0244.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n245\\ncontributes liberally to the various enterprises orig-\\ninated t)y tlie rresbvlerian Church. In politics,\\nhe is a Republican, and lias served as Townsliip\\nTreasurer and School Director in Cass County.\\nMLLIAM R. ROUGH. One of the bcst-\\nr/ linown and nn st pros|)erous of the nianu-\\ny/ ^l facturing firms of JJerrien County is that\\nof Rough IJros., of which William R. and Solomon\\nRough are the individual members. The promi-\\nnence attained by tiieir wagon works among the\\nbusiness enterprises of Buchanan is due in a large\\nmeasure to the perfect system witli which thej-\\nconduct business and their excellent judgment.\\nSince the inception of the enterprise in 1879, the\\nfirm has enjoyed a steady increase of trade, and\\ntlic merit of tlieir stock and the close attention\\npaid b^ them to all details of the business have\\ncaused their enterprise to become a successful one.\\nThe senior member of the firm is a native of\\nJuniata County, Pa., and was born on the 8th of\\nDecember, 1832. His father, David, and his grand-\\nfather, Joiin Rougii, were also natives of Penn-\\nsylvania, and tlie latter, who was a farmer bj oc-\\ncupation, came to Berrien County in 1848, and\\nlocated in Buchanan. Here he died at the age of\\nseventy-two years. His wife bore the maiden\\nname of Anna Riioads and was born in Pennsyl-\\nvania, of German descent. They were the parents\\nof five children, namely: William R., of this sketch;\\n.Solomon; George H.; Sarah, wife of Peter Womer;\\nand Kliza, Mrs. A. C. House.\\nAt the time Mi-. Rough came to Berrien County\\nhe was seventeen years old. He was reared on a\\nfarm and enjoyed common-school advantages.\\nFrom boyhood he was interested in farming and\\nmade it his occupation until 1879, when he em-\\nbarked in business as a wagon manufacturer.\\nFrom the first, as has already been stated, he was\\nsuccessful in his efforts, and now enjoys a well-\\nearned reputaiion as a prosperous business man.\\nOne hundred men are given steady employment\\nin the wagon works, in addition to which the\\nfirm has n large number t)f traveling men through-\\nout the Jlississippi alley.\\nPoliticallj- Mr. Rough is a Democrat. He has\\nserved as Justice of the Peace for twenty years\\nand as Treasurer of Bertrand Townsliip for one\\nyear. In 1890 lie was elected to the position of\\nPresident of the village and was re-elected for\\nthree consecutive terras. Religiously he is a mem-\\nber of the Evangelical Association in Buchanan\\nand is one of the Trustees of the church. His\\npropertj interests are extensive, and he is the\\nowner of considerable real estate in Berrien\\nCounty. His landed possessions aggregate six\\nhundred acres, all under cultivation, and sub-\\ndivided into farms, from the rental of which he\\nderives a fair income.\\nIn 1853 Mr. Rough married Miss Mary A. Rough\\nand they became the parents of two children. Both\\nthe children and the mother are deceased. The\\nsecond marriage of our subject took place Decem-\\nber 8, 1892, and united him with Miss Kate J.\\nBarnliart. This estimable lady was born in Penn-\\nS3ivania and was there reared to womanhood.\\nShe is a lady of great worth of character and is\\nhighly regarded by her acquaintances.\\n_^1\\n^+^P-=\\nHESTER C. MORTON. In all Cass County\\n(l( there is perhaps no home more beautiful\\n^^J/J than that of Mr. Morton. This rural al)ode\\nis ()leasanlly situated in Wayne Townshi|),and has\\nall the accessories which can enhance the comforts\\nand heighten the pleasures of life. The homestead\\ncomprises four hundred acres of land, of which two\\nhundred and fifty have been placed under excellent\\ncultivation. The residence, a commodious struc-\\nture and comfortably furnished, was erected in\\n1866 at a cost of $4,00(1 and conbiins all the modern\\nconveniences.\\nThe owner of this pleasant home is a member of\\na family represented early in the history of Mass-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0245.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "246\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nachusetts, whither people by the name of Morton\\nemigrated as early as 1620 and settled in Salem.\\nAmong the descendants of those sturdy pioneers\\nmay be mentioned the names of Hon. Levi P. Mor-\\nton, formerly Vice-President of the United States;\\nHon. Marcus Morton, ex-Governor of Massachu-\\nsetts; and J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska. The\\ngrandfather of our subject, Ambrose Morton, was\\nborn In 1756 and served with valor during the en-\\ntire period of the Revolutionary AVar. He followed\\nfarming pursuits until his death, which occurred on\\nthe 8lh of Januaiy, 1832. His wife was Sarah\\nTollman, a member of an old Puiitan family, and\\nthey became the parents of six children, all of\\nwhom are now deceased.\\nThe father of our subject, Ambrose Morton, was\\na native of Stoughton, Mass., born August 12,\\n1788, while his mother was Sarah Cotton, who was\\nborn in A ermont April 2, 1796, being the daugh-\\nter of Willard and Mercy A. ((Tallup) Cotton, na-\\ntives respectively of Vermont and Connecticut.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in James-\\nville, Onondaga County, N. Y., August 16, 1818,\\nand for a time resided in what was then the town-\\nship of Ponipey, later Lafayette Township. In\\n1836 they sold their farm with a view to coming\\nto Michigan, but instead of doing so, bought a farm\\nin Onondaga Tovvnship, Onondaga Count} where\\nthey lived for twelve years. Finally they removed\\nto Skaneateles Township, of the same county,\\nwhere the father died April 8, 1863. The mother\\nsurvived him many years, passing away February\\n23, 1879. They were the parents of twelve chil-\\ndren, eight of whom are now living. At one time\\nthey were Universalists in their religious be-\\nlief, but at a revival conducted by Dr. Newman\\nthe}- were converted to the Methodist Church.\\nPolitically, Mr. Morton was at first a Democrat, but\\nin later life became an advocate of the principles\\nof the Free Soil party. A man of patriotic nature,\\nhe served with valor in the AVar of 1812.\\nIn the township of Pompey, Onondaga County,\\nN. y., the subject of this sketch was born February\\n18, 1822. He was reared to manhood upon the\\nhome farm, receiving his education in the common\\nschools and in Onondaga Academy. At the age\\nof twenty years he commenced to teach school, and\\nfollowed that profession for a time. In 1844 he\\ncame to Michigan and worked at such occupations\\nas were open to him. For two months he wasem-\\nl)loyed as a clerk in Constantine, Mich., and as\\nsoon as the season opened he engaged to work at\\naccounts in the mill, but after having a hemorrhage\\nof the lungs, he resigned his position. In 1847 he\\ntook up eighty acres where he now lives. The land\\nwas wholly unimproved and consisted of timbered\\nopenings. Mr. Morton at once began the work of\\nimproving the place and during the first j ear he\\nI esided there he planted twenty acres to wheat.\\nFor a series of winters he engaged in furnishing\\nties for the Michigan Central Railroad, which was\\nthen being built through Cass Count}\\nIn his farming operations, Mr. Morton started\\nwith wheat and corn and engaged in raising pigs.\\nDuring the late war he seeded the land to clover\\nand also for a time raised sheep. Later he engaged\\nin wheat-raising, and afterward devoted his atten-\\ntion principally to cattle and horses. During the\\npast few years he has divided his attention equally\\namong sheep, swine and cattle. Socially, he has\\nbeen identified with the Patrons of Industry and\\nthe Farmers Alliance, and has served as Treasurer\\nof the County Alliance, and was the first presiding\\nofficer in the subordinate lodge of the Patrons of\\nIndustry. Always taking a deep interest in educa-\\ntional matters, he served with etliciency as a mem-\\nber of the School Board and as Superintendent of\\nthe township schools. In politics a Democrat for\\nmany years, he has lately identified himself with the\\nPeojjle s party, which he aided in organizing. For\\nten years or more he has filled the office of Justice\\nof the Peace. He was active in the organization\\nof the Agricultural Society at Dowagiac and has\\nheld official positions in both the county and city\\nsocieties.\\nJanuary 11, 1849, .Air. Morton married Miss\\nMary Ludlow, who was born in Ohio, September\\n30, 1830. Her parents, Micajah and Juliana (Bar-\\nney) Ludlow, were natives of New A ork State and\\nbecame early settlers of the AVestern Reserve, Ohio,\\nwhence in 1837 they removed to Michigan and set-\\ntled in AVayne Township, Cass County. Mrs. Mor-\\nton was educated in the common schools of Ohio\\nand in the district schools of Michigan, the near-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0246.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n247\\nest school Iwina; six or seven miles from lier home\\nfor a number of years. Of the seven children born\\nof this union, five are now living, as follows: Mar-\\ncus I,., who was born January 3(1, 1H50, married\\nI armelia Kelly, and with liis wife and nine children\\nresides in Van Buren County-; Julia M., who was\\nborn September 2!), 1855, is the wife of E. I\\\\I. Lud-\\nlow, of Harvey, 111., and the mother of live children;\\nCarson I)., who was born September 24, 1859, mar-\\nried Mary McKwen,and with his wife and child\\nlives in Harvey, III.; Kditli Ma^ who was born\\nOctober 2, 1861, married Seneca K. Gajje, of Dowa-\\ngiac, and they have two children; Mar^ E., born\\nApril 1, 1864, is the wife of S. P. Ball, of Wayne\\nTownship, and they are the parents of two chililren.\\nx^ VRUS C. KYTIIEU. In looking back upon\\n^L the ancestors of our subje(-t, it is found that\\n7 he is descended from sturdy Welsh stock, his\\ngreat-grandfather, Daniel Rythor, having passed\\nhis entile life in Wales. Daniel Ryllier, Jr., son\\nof the latter, was also bttrn in that country. I)ut\\nshortly after the Hevolutionary War he and two\\nof his brothers crossed the ocean to America and\\nlocated in the Old Bay State. There he married\\nMiss Miuy McKec. In connection with the sad-\\ndler s trade he also followed farming, and con-\\ntinued the latter until his death, he being acci-\\ndentally killed by a falling tree. He was a sol-\\ndier in the War of 1812.\\nHis son, Elkhauah Ryther, was born in Massa-\\nchusetts in 17!t5, and grew to manhood in that\\nState. From the early age of eleven he made\\nhis own struggle for a livelihood, and when old\\nenough enlisted in the War of 1812 as a |)rivate.\\nAlthough he began earning his own living at an\\nearly age, he remained under the parental roof un-\\ntil after the war and learned the trade of wheel-\\nwright and carri.age-builder. From his native\\nState he went to Bcansville, Canada, and was there\\nmarried to Miss Catherine Corwin, daughter of\\nSamuel Corwin, and of English descent. Sliort y\\nafter his marriage Mr. Hyther moved to Niagara\\nCounty, N. Y., and after farming there for a\\nshort time returned to Canada. He settled in\\nLondon and operated a machine shop for several\\nyears.\\nIll 1838 he moved to Berrien County, Mi(li.,\\nentered (iovernment land, and in connection with\\nfarming ran a sawmill for a number of years.\\nAbout 1852 he went to .Jackson County, Iowa, and\\nin 1871, after the death of his wife, he returned to\\nMichigan with his children. He found a comfort-\\nable home with our subject and died there in 1884.\\nHe and his wife were for many vears members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church and contributed\\nfreely of their means to its support. In earl^^ life lie\\nwas a Jackson Democrat, but under Pierce s admin-\\nistration he became a Republican, remaining with\\nthat party the remainder of his days. He reared\\na family of four children, as follows: Edgar,\\ndeceased; E. A., deceased, who was the wife of\\nThomas Bennett; Cyrus, our subject; :ind Noble\\nE., now a resident of the State of Washington.\\nThe original of this notice was born in Niagara\\nCounty, N. Y., in 18;}(), and received a fair ed-\\nucation in the common schools. He began life\\nfor himself by renting land, and when twenty-\\nthree years of age he was married to Miss Eliz;i-\\nbetli E. Chamberlin, a native of New Hampsliiro,\\nill which State her parents were also born. Nine\\nchildren blessed this union, two of whom died in\\ninfancy. The remainder were in the or lcr of their\\nbirths, as follows: Mary E., deceased, who was tlu;\\nwife of L. I. Church; Catherine C, who married\\nOscar W. Phel[)s; Hale E.; Rebecca C, wife of\\nCharles Nye; William C; Thaddeus and Anna\\nL., wife of R. Jessup.\\nMr. Ryther Ijought land in Berrien County at\\nthe time of his marriageaiid after a short residence\\nin Iowa returned to that county, where he\\nremained until 188- He then came to his present\\nhome and here he has since reiiiained. He is the\\nowner of eighty acres of imiiroved l:iiid, ;iii l\\nactively follows the occupation which he has\\nchosen. In politics a Republican, .Mr. Kyther\\nheld a number of ollicial positions in I .errien\\nCounty and has ever been enthusiastic u) his sup..", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0247.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "248\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\nport of all public eni.erpiises. Himself and Mrs.\\nRy tlier are members of the Congregational Church.\\nMrs. Rytber s parents, John A. and Mary\\n(Clough) Chamberlin, were natives of tlie Granite\\nState. John A. Chamberlin was tlie sou of IMoses\\nand Rebecca (Abbot) Chamberlin, also natives of\\nNew Hampshire, and the former of English descent.\\nMary Clough was tlie daughter of Jeremiah and\\nMary (P^oster) Clougli,and Rebecca Abbot was the\\ndaughter of Amos Abbot, who was born in New\\nHampshire. The latter was the son of Amos Abbot,\\nwho came to Massachusetts from England, but\\nsubse(iuently settled in New Hampshire. Mrs.\\nRyther s great-grandfather Foster was in the first\\nContinental Congress, and Grandfather Chamberlin\\nwas a major in the Revolutionary War. The\\nlatter had a brother. Gen. Tieiijamin Chamberlin,\\nin that war.\\n\\\\t/OHN HIGMAN, Ji;., a leading business man\\nof .St. Joseph, is Secretary and Treasurer of\\nthe Wells-Higman Company, manufacturers\\nof baskets, berry boxes and fruit packages\\nof every variety. He was born on a farm in the\\ntown of Caton, Steuben County, N. Y., March 1,\\n1853, and is the son of John and Clarisa B. (Brown)\\nHigman. The father, an industrious and enter-\\nprising man, is a farmer of Steuben County, where\\nlie has made his home for many years. Tiie early\\nschool days of our subject were spent in much the\\nusual routine of farmer lads, alternating work on\\nthe farm during tlic summer seasons with attend-\\nance at the neighboring school in winter. After\\ncompleting the course of study in the district\\nschool, he entered the union scliool at Corning,\\nN. Y., from which he was graduated at the age of\\ntwenty years.\\nComing to St. Joseph in 1873, Mr. Higman ac-\\ncepted a position of clerk in the First National\\nBank of this city, of whicli liis brotlier, W. E. Hig-\\nman, was at that time President. However, he re-\\nmained in the bank a few months only, after\\nwhich be formed a partnership with A. W. Wells,\\nH. C. AVard and AV. W. Cooper, and embarked in\\ntlie manufacture of fruit baskets and boxes. For\\na number of 3 ears he had charge of the sales de-\\npartment and spent much of his time on the road.\\nIn 1883 he bought Mr. Cooper s interest and took\\ncharge of the financial department. In 1889 the\\nbusiness was reorganized as a stock company,\\nknown as the Wells-Higman Company, since which\\ndate Mr. Higman h.as been Secretary and Tieasurer.\\nThe compan} has four basket plants, including\\ntlie one in St. Joseph. The others are in Mem|)liis\\nand Greenfield, Tenn., and Traverse City, ISIich.,\\nwith branches at Benton Harbor and elsewhere.\\nIn 188 new plants were started in the South, and\\nin all of these branciies stead}- employment is\\ngiven to about four hundred men. Tlie Traverse\\nCity plant eiTH)loys as high as two hundred hands,\\nand has every modern convenience for the manu-\\nfacture of fruit packages. Mr. Higman takes a\\ndeep interest in all enterprises tending toward the\\nimprovement of St. Joseph, and is a liberal contri-\\nbutor to all projects calculated to facilitate its\\nprogress. He has been a member of the School\\nBoard for about ten years. Formerly he filled the\\nposition of Secretary and Treasurer of Plank s\\nTavern, which has been sold to other parties and\\nis now known as Hotel St. .losepli. He gave a\\ngreat deal of time in securing the Vaudalia road\\nfor St. Joseph, securing the right of way, besides\\notherwise assisting the project. He was President\\nof the Board of Trade of St. Joseph for two terms.\\nIn 1877 Mr. Higinan married Miss Metta B.,\\ndaughter of A. P. Barlow, of St. Joseph, and their\\nunion has resulted in the birth of tive daughters\\n.and two sons. Mr. Higinan is at present serving\\nas Trustee of the Children s Home of St. Joseph,\\nand for years h.as been Chairman of the Board of\\nTrustees of the First Baptist Church at Benton\\nHarbor, and Superintendent of the Sundaj -school.\\nHe owns valuable dock property on the St. Joseph\\nRiver, also a line residence surrounded by ten\\nacres of good land, and a tract of one hundred and\\nfortj -six acres on the lake front northwest of Ben-\\nton Harbor, a famous resort known as L. L. Gap,\\nwhich is now being developed. He also has large\\nreal-estate interests in Sioux City, Iowa, and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0248.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "rORTRAlT AM) lilO(JliAl IllCAL RECORD.\\n249\\n[iniic:i|)olis, Minn. 15\\\\- nature lie is gifted with\\nlini I nciiiwTiu iils and llicse lie lias cultivatci) to the\\nutmost. Ills various enterprises are guided by\\nprudiMieo, and intd his daily labors lie throws his\\nindividiiai u|iriglitnoss and iu rgy. (lualitics which\\nare the jjjlory of every man s chaiaeler and life.\\n|K()H(;K .M. KI NOSBURY. an eiiler[)iising\\nbusiness man and a leading dry-goods mcr-\\nehanfof Cassopolis, Cass County, INIich., is\\na native of the State and county, and was born in\\nthe town of La Grange, April 2. \\\\HC 2. The fa-\\nther of our subject, Asa Kingslniry, was one of the\\nnoted men and repiesiuitative [jioneers of the\\nfrontier days. Earnest, energetic and of superior\\nbusiness attainments, he was well fitted to cope\\nsuccessfully with the privations incidental to a\\nnew country, and with zeal entered into the ad-\\nvancement of local interests. Asa Kingsbury was\\na native of .Massachusetts and possessed the in-\\nflexible will and determination of character iii-\\nhereiil in many of the dwellers of New England,\\nlie readil} discerned the broader 0|iportuiiities of\\nthe new States and Territories, and in 18. i3 jour-\\nneyed to the then far off State of Michigan. In\\n1834 he located in Cassopolis, and from this latter\\ndate was constantly identified with the upward\\nprogress and rapid development of Cass County.\\nTo Ills encouragement and kindly aid many of the\\nearl} enterprises of Cassopolis owe their existence.\\nIn 185.0, answering to the demands of daily\\nbusiness, the father of our subject established in\\nCassopolis a private bank, and with financial abil-\\nity conducted the same until the First National\\nBank of Cassopolis was incorporated, in 1871, Mr.\\nKingsbury being one of the founders of this mon-\\neyed institution. During the rcniaining years of\\nhis life Asa Kingsbur} continued the President of\\nthe bank. Uniformly prospered in all his business\\nundertakings, he tlirovc steadily, and had acquired\\na large property at the lime of his death, lie passed\\naway, his death mourned as a public loss by all w1k\\nknew him. U|)right, manly and intelligent, he\\nfulfilled every duty of life which came in his way\\nand was a true friend, a public-spirited citizen and\\na financier of a high order of ability. Our sub-\\nject, (ieorge M., enjoyed excellent educational ad-\\nvantages, and for live years attended the Union\\nSchool at Jackson. When nineteen years of age\\nli(! engaged in the dry-goods business, the firm\\nname being Mcllvainc, I helps and Kingsbuiy.\\nWithin the past thirteen years numerous changes\\nhave taken place, and the business, increasing its\\nproportions annually, is now conducted under the\\nauspices of Kingsbur} llanington il- Smith.\\n3ounger brother of our subject, David I,.,\\nnow has an interest in the firm, of \\\\vlii h (ieorge\\nM. has been the real head and active financier for\\nmany years. Our subject has for the past four\\nyears been a Director in the bank over whose\\nboard his father was so long the incsiding otlicer.\\nMr. Kingsbury, always a busy man, never slights\\nany [uiblic duty entrusted to his care, and as the\\nrresidenl of the School Hoard has exerted his in-\\nfluence in behalf of as high a grade of instruction\\nand scholarship as is attainable in the schools of\\nCassopolis. As a member of the Board of Trus-\\ntees and as Treasurer of Cassopolis for six years,\\nhe has given to his fellow-townsmen eflicient serv-\\nice in matters of mutual welfare, and is known\\nthroughout Cass County as a practical and liberal\\ncitizen. IVjIitically, our subject is a strong Demo-\\ncrat, and has ably represented his party on various\\noccasions, and was sent as a delegate to the Na-\\ntional Convention which convened in Chicago in\\n181)2.\\nFraternally, Mr. Kingsbury is a valued mem-\\nber of the Ancient Free it Accepted Masons,\\nand is a Knight Templar. He is High I ricst of\\nKingsbury Chapter, which was named in honor\\nof his revered father. On the 18lh of October,\\n1882, George M. Kingsbury and Miss Estelle\\nPowell were united in marriage. Mrs. Kingsbury\\nis a daughter of Frank and Mary (llatf) Powell,\\nold residents of Dowagiac, Jlich. The estimable\\nwife of our subject is one of live sisters, accom-\\nplished ladies, who occupy high social i)ositions,\\nand arc well known and esteemed by a large cir-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0249.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "250\\nPORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\ncle of friends. The be.iulifiil home of Mr. and\\nMrs. Kingsbury has been blessed by the biitli of\\none daughter, Lottie. Prospered as was his father\\nin earlier days, our subject is numbered among\\nthe wealthy residents of Cass County, and has ac-\\ncumulated a handsome competence. Aside from\\nother valuable |iro| erty, lie owns the fine bank\\nbuilding, one of the best business structures in\\nCassopolis.\\nI\\niTL^. RATIO SAMSON. One of tlie pioneer\\nfarmers and business men of Berrien is the\\ngentleman whose name introduces this no-\\nV tice, and who is a prominent resident of\\nthe village of Buchanan. As the result of energy\\nand perseverance, he has acquired extensive prop-\\nerty interests, and is now the owner of two hun-\\ndred and fort3 acres in Buciianan Township, Ber-\\nrien Count} ten acres within the corporate limits\\nof tlie village of liuchanan, and two farms in Van\\nBuren County, one having one hundred and\\ntvventy acres, and the other consisting of eighty-\\nacres.\\nIn Kingstown, Mass., our subject was born on\\nthe 7th of July, 1812. His father, George W.,\\nwas born in Massachusetts in December, 1781, and\\nin his youth was a sailor, shljjping as mate from\\nBoston to all the foreign ports. He was not more\\nthan seventeen years of age when he was captured\\nby the French, and was their prisoner for one year.\\nAfter his marriage he located on a farm in Massa-\\nchusetts, remaining there until 1812, when he\\nremoved from tiie Bay State to New York and\\nsettled in Homer, Cortland County. For a time\\nhe followed agricultural pursuits, but in 1827 lie\\nbecame the proprietor of an hotel, and was land-\\nlord of hotels in various ))laces until he retired\\nfrom business. On the 4tli of Fel)ruary, 1868, he\\ndied at Homer, N. Y., being at that time eiglity-\\nseven years old.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our suljject, Simeon\\nSamson, was born in Kingston, Mass., August 1,\\n1730, and served during the entire period of the\\nRevolutionary War, never receiving a cent for his\\nservices. He filled the position of Captain on a\\nprivateering vessel during the Revolutionaiy\\nWar. The family originated in England, and its\\nrepresentatives have been prominent in their var-\\nious communities for generations past. The\\nmother of our subject, Hannah (Shaw) Samson,\\nwas born in Middlebury, Mass., August 17, 1782,\\nand died October 22, 186.0. Iler father, John\\nShaw, was a native of Massachusetts and traced\\nhis ancestry to England.\\nThe thirteen children born to George W. and\\nHannah Sanison were named as follows: Simeon,\\nJohn Shaw, George W., Deborah C, Mary E.,\\nLorenzo T., H. G., Isaac M., Maria, Asenath P.,\\nBarclay-, Hannah S. and Hannah (thesecond). Our\\nsubject started out in life for himself at the ago of\\nnineteen jears, and for a time was employed at\\nany occupation he could find. After working in\\nan hotel for a short period, he sailed for the lianks\\nof Newfoundland on a fishing tour, hoping thereby\\nto materally benefit his health. He remained tliere\\nuntil September, 1834, when, with health greatly\\nimpit)ved, he returned to Cortland County, N.\\nY., where he engaged as a peddler of dry goods.\\nFor seven months he traveled through the sur-\\nrounding country in his wagon, and then accepted\\na cleiical position in a general store at Cazenovia,\\nN. Y., where he remained until December, 1835.\\nOn the 2Gth of April, 1836, Mr. Samson started\\nfor JNIicliigan, making the trip via the canal to\\nBuffalo, thence by steamer to Detroit, and fiom\\nthere to Berrien County, Mich., arriving at Niles\\nin June. In that city he secured a situation as\\nclerk ill the store of J. C. Larimore, with whom\\nhe remained until September of the same year.\\nHe then ac ce| ted a similiar position with the firm\\nof Slater cfe Enos, of Niles, and later, when the\\npartnership was dissolved, our subject accompan-\\nied Mr. Slater to Elkhart, Ind., and was eini)loyed\\nin his store at that place. AVhen the business was\\nclosed out there, ]Mr. Samson returned to his\\nformer position as clerk in Mr. Larimore s store,\\nand remained in that establishment until Decem-\\nber, 1837.\\nIn company with Frederick Howe (who after-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0250.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0251.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "^)^c^^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0252.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND P.FOORAI IIICAL liECOHD.\\n253\\nwind hcunino liis I allic-r-in-hiw), our subject went lo\\nTi xn.s, iiih) upon his leturji to iMiuliigiiii stayed in\\nNIK S only temporarily, soon lenioving lo Wiscon-\\nsin and (ipciatinij; a farm there. Upon locating in\\nlicrrion C ountA he hought a farm consisting of\\none hundred and sixty acres in Hertrand Town-\\nshij), and made his home on that place for about\\nfour years. After selling that farm, he pur-\\nchased sixty acres in lUichanan Township and\\nhas added to his original purchase until he is now\\nth(! owner of two hundred and forty acres in-\\ncluded in that f:irm. In KStiO he removed to his\\npresent homo in IJucliaiian.\\nAugust 2t), l S4. 5,Mr. Samson married Miss Ade-\\nlina E. Howe, who was born in Cortland County,\\nN. Y., and was there reared to womanhood. They\\nare the parents of six children, namely: Marie,\\nwho is at home; George W., residing in Buchanan;\\nEmma E., who is also with her [)arents; Lunette,\\nwho married W. -Jennings; and Jennie, wife of F.\\nSturtevant.\\n-^1\\nIIARLES COLBY. In the death of this\\n(ll n gt^itlcnian, which occurred February 28,\\n1892, Benton Harbor lost one of its fore-\\nmost business men and most popular citizens. He\\nwas born in Ogden, Monroe County, N. Y., in\\n1829. His father, Col. Eastman Colby, was a na-\\ntive of Salisbury, N. IL, born in 1785, and was for\\ntwelve years a commanding ollicer in the New\\nYork militia, I esigning from the service in 1822.\\nIn 1804, before a single house stood on the site of\\nthe now flourishing city of Rochester, he settled\\nin Monroe County, N. Y.,and there established his\\npermanent home. He was one of the founders of\\nthe Baptist Church at Rochester and otliciated as\\nDeacon for many yeare. His death occurred at\\nOgden in 1859, and he was followed by his wife\\nduring the ensuing year. She bore the maiden\\nname of Hannah Niles, and was a woman possess-\\ning many excellent traits of character.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch spent his\\n12\\nboyhood years in the county of his birth, whence,\\nat the age vf twenty-one, he removed to Wiscon-\\nsin and located at .Janesville. There he essayed\\nhis first business venture, going into the milling\\nand nursery business, and soon acquired a local\\nreputation as a man of unusual ability. Year\\nafter year added to his success, until in 18G0 he\\ndisposed of his milling and nurser} interests to\\ngood advantage. Changing his residence to Cob-\\nden, 111., he purchased a forty-acre fruit farm and\\nsettled down to the quiet life of a horticulturist,\\nand tiie nianufacturo, in a modest way, of fruit\\nbaskets.\\nFarming was congenial to one of Mr. Colby s\\nnature, and he consequently dropped that feature\\nof his business enterprises. Removing to Benton\\nHarbor in 18C(i,lie devoted himself entirely to the\\nmanufacture of fruit baskets and crates. He was\\namong the lirst to engage in that industry in Ben-\\nton Harbor, and conducted the business success-\\nfuU}-. In 1886 he formed a partnership with\\nMyron Hinkly. and five years later the firm name\\nwas changed to the Colby-Ilinkly Company. The\\ndemand for their goods had a yearly increase,\\nowing in no small degree to Mv. Colby s faculty\\nof making and retaining friends during his busi-\\nness trips.\\nSocially, it would be difficult to say too much\\nin Mr. Colby s praise. He was a favorite among\\nboth old and young, and no gentleman of thirty\\nwas a more enthusiastic factor in adding to the\\nenjoyment of his friends than was this old gentle-\\nman of sixty-three years. He was one of the con-\\nservative school of business men, and believed it\\nbetter to attain prosperity gradual!}- than to enter\\nthe field of speculation in the hope of becoming\\nsuddenly wealthy. Conseipiently his business\\nprospered and grew solidly. His business meth-\\nods were honorable and his business friends legion.\\nPolitically, Mr. Colby was a Republican. While\\nnever aspiring to official honors in his party, he\\nwas a stanch and faithful worker. So pronounced\\nwere his political opinions that he might almost\\nbe called a radical Republican, and his party could\\nalways depend upon finding him where he could do\\nthe most good. He was very fond of hunting, and\\nit was his custom every year after the business", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0253.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "254\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD.\\nseason had ended to lake a trip to the nortliern\\npart of Michigan and there enjoy tlie sport of\\nhunting deer.\\nIn lt 52 Mr. Coll))- married Miss Emily J. HoU\\nbrook, who was born in Catskill, N. Y. Her foster\\nparents, Ira and Margaret B. (King) Miltimore,\\nwere natives of New York State and died in Wis-\\nconsin. Mr. and Jlrs. Colby were the parent* of\\nfour children, two of whom are deceased. Those\\nliving are: Emma, the wife of Homer Portman, re\\nsiding in Benton Harbor; and Charles P.. who lives\\nwith his mother. The family residence is pleas-\\nantly located on the corner of Pipestone and\\nColby Avenues and is one of the most attractive\\nhomes in the city.\\n^^EORGE S. CLAPP is a son of Silas and\\njll ,__, Esther (Risley) Clapp, who went from\\nHartford County, Conn., to the Western\\nReserve, then often called New Connecticut, in\\nOhio. In Columbia, in Lorain County, the subject\\nof this sketch was born on the 16th of June. 1834.\\nIn 1846 the family moved to Berea, near Cleve-\\nland, that the children might have the advantages\\nof education in the then new institution, now\\nknown as Baldwin Tniversity, and where he re-\\nceived his education. His college society was\\nthe Philozetian. and he was one of its foundei-s.\\nOur subject s choice of the legal profession w.as\\nmade early. He practiced in Justice Courts quite\\na time before he was admitted, and had the swing\\nin his section of Cuyahoga County, his opponent*\\noften being attorneys from Cleveland. He for-\\nmally entered his name .is a stude nt-at-law with\\nLoren Prentiss in Cleveland, but pursued his studies\\nat home, except for a few weeks in 1856 in the office\\nof Hon. Stevenson Burke in Elyria. In 1856 he\\nwas admitted by tlie District Court, sitting in\\nCleveland, to practice law.\\nOriginally a Democrat, as a consequence of the\\nKansas-Nebraska struggle, he went with a host\\nmore like him into the Republican party. He\\nmade speeches for Salmon P. Chase for Governor\\nin 1855 and in 1857, and for Fremont for Presi-\\ndent in 1856. He relates how in 1857, at a meet-\\ning, the audience were all of the opposition ex-\\ncept two, and an attempt was made by a veteran\\nDemocrat to down the youngster by interruiititnis.\\nThe speaker, however, worked his opponent on to\\nthe right ground, and then made his argument so\\nvigorous and conclusive from his opponent s own\\noracles, that he completely silenced the o])position\\nand had the floor to himself uninterrupted until\\nhe closed in his own good time. In 1872 he was\\na delegate to the National Republican Convention\\nat Philadelphia, when Gen. Grant was re-nomin-\\natcd. Eber B. Ward and Hon. AVilliain A. How-\\nard were among the other delegates.\\nIn 1860 he moved to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and\\nwas editor of the Knox Oniiily Express for a few\\nmonths. He returned to Berea in 1861, and in\\n1862 removed to St. Joseph, Mich, He at once\\nentered into active practice and has followed\\nthe legitimate profession of the law ever since.\\nFrom 1870 there have not been many important\\ntrials in IJerrieu County he has not been engaged\\nin. In the judicial campaign just closed, a list of\\ncases i-eraoved to the Supreme Court from the Sec-\\nond Judicial Circuit was published; it shows over\\na hundred cases in which Mr. Clapp was concerned.\\nHe says he had fair luck that he lost only about\\na quarter of them. Not aspiring to be known\\nas a criminal lawyer, he has probably tried more\\ncriminal cases than any other lawyer in the cir-\\ncuit. His particular delight is in real-estate liti-\\ngations. Of that kind he has had a large share.\\nAmong his cases he successfully defended the title\\nof the two leading Protestant churches in St.\\nJoseph to their church property, and that of tbe\\ncity to the magnificent boulevard overlooking the\\nlake.\\nIn 1882 he lemoved to Niles from St. Joseph,\\nand his position is among the foremost of the at-\\ntorneys in the Second Judicial Circuit. He is .i\\nsuccessful trier of cases, and is considered a success-\\nful .advocjile, but he never depends upon his abilities\\nalone. He carefully prepares every case, is indus-\\ntrious and painstaking, and earns his victories by\\nhard work, and when defeated takes it in good", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0254.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "PORTliAIT AND ilOGRAPIllCAL RECDRD.\\n255\\ngrace, that the case was too much for him. He is\\njealous for the honor of iiis piofession, spurns\\ntricks and suhteifuiies, and niaintains and acts on\\nthe helief that no man is more in iionor hound to\\nhe tionest and a gcnllenian, than is the hiwyer.\\nlie has served a pretty good time, but sa3-s he ex-\\npects to stay with the hoys aljout twenty-live years\\nlonger, before he will confess being a veteian.\\nSocially, he is idontilied with the Masonic orders,\\nincluding the coiiunaiidcry. lie was married to\\nHelen S., daughter of S. W. I errj-, of Ellyria, Ohio,\\nSe[)teraber 18, 18/)(). They are the parents of\\nthiee daughters. Carrie L. is the wife of Dr. S. C.\\nan Antwerp, of X icksburgli; Esther K. and Elea-\\nnore H. are twins, the former now being the wife\\nof Harvey C. Reeson, a scion of one of the oldest\\nfamilies in Niles.\\n\\\\Tr^USSELL M. JONES, a retired merchant resid-\\nLi^ ing in Henton Harbor, was born in .lelTerson\\nJ ^yi^- -1 September 15, 1830, and is the\\nson of Russell .M. and Olivia (Smith) Jones,\\nboth of whom were natives of New York State.\\nThe father, whose occupation throughout life was\\nthat of farming, was a son of Russell Morgan Jones,\\nand traced his lineage to England. The mother\\nof our subject was the daughter of David Smith,\\nand was also of substantial English stock.\\nIn the parental family there were eight children,\\nfive sons and three daughters, Russell M. being\\nthe second in order of birth. Three of the number\\nare now deceased. The boyhood years of our sub-\\nject were passed in the county of his birth, where\\nfor a time he conducted his studies in the district\\nschools. Later he entered Union A ;ademy, where\\nhe iirepared for college. Entering L nion College at\\nNew York, he pursued his studies in that institu-\\ntion with perseverance and untiring ai dor until\\nhis graduation in 1860, after which he eng.aged\\nfor a time in teaching.\\nIn June, 1862, Mr. Jones enlisted as a member\\npf Company E, Tenth New Yoik Heavy Artillery,\\nand, made Second Lieutenant in .September of\\nthat year, was assigned to the Army of the Po-\\ntomac. As a jjart of the heavy artillery arm of\\nthe service, they were stationed in the defenses of\\nWashington, and afterwards did duty in the\\ntrenches of Petersburg as infantry during the last\\nsiege, until thecajiilulalion. lie with his coinmaiid\\nbore an lionoral)le pail in many of the engagements\\nof the Army of the Potomac, the principal of\\nwhich were at Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred,\\nthe campaign of the Shenandoah alley, etc.\\nOctober 27, 1863, Mr. Jones was promoted to the\\nrank of First Lieutenant, which rank he held until\\nthe close of the war. In July, 1865, he with his\\nregiment was mustered out, at the close of the war.\\nOur subject returned to New York, and en-\\ngaged in teaching in Jefferson County. He was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Jane, daughter of\\nWilliam and Eliza George, of Ft. Wayne, Ind.\\nThe date of this event was the 18th of June,\\n1865, and it was celebrated at Williamsport, Pa.,\\nMr. Jones being there on a leave of absence from\\nthe army. In the fall of 1865 he moved AVest to\\nFt. Wayne, Ind., and began reading law in the\\nollice of Morris .V- Wordeii, after which he entered\\nthe law department of the I niversit} of Michigan,\\nat Ann Arbor, but on account of failing health he\\nwas obliged to discontinue his legal studies before\\ncompleting the course.\\nFrom Ft. Wayne Mr. Jones removed to Benton\\nHarbor, where he eng.aged in fruit cultiu e for about\\nsix years. He then formed a partnership with\\nIleniy L. Pitcher, under the firm name of II. L.\\nPitcher Co., and in this connection eng.aged\\nin the drj -goods business. Two years afterward\\nGeorge F. Sonner was jidmited to the partnership,\\nthe title of the firm being changed to Pitcher,\\nJones it Sonner.\\nA few years after this connection was entered\\ninto, Mr. Pitcher disposed of his interest to the\\nother members of the firm, who continued the\\nbusiness under the name of Jones Sonner. They\\ngained an extensive reputation for honorable\\nmethods of dealing and the superior quality of\\ntheir stock, and had a ver} profitable trade. In\\n1889, the partners closed out and retired from\\nbusiness, although Jlr. Jones and Mr. Sonner still", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0255.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "256\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nretain the ownership of the hriek block and other\\nvaluable real estate. Mr. Jones is the owner of\\nother valuable real estat*. and is now engaged in\\nbuying and selling property.\\nA stanch Republican in politics, Mr. .Joues has\\nnever lieen solicitous of office, preferring to devote\\nhis entire attention to his business. However, in\\n1893, he was elected Alderman of the Third Ward.\\nSocially, he is identified with Lake Shore Lodge\\nNo. 298, A. F. A- A. M.. and Calvin Brittain Chap-\\nter Xo. 56, R. A. M. Mr. and Mrs. .Tones have had\\nborn to them two sons: Henry Russell, who died\\nFebruary 10. 1871, aged about a year and a-lialf:\\nand Maurice Lindley .Jones, who is now a student\\nat the Michigan MiningSohool, at Houghton, who\\nwill graduate .is a mining engineer in the Class of\\n94. Mrs. .Jones is a member and one of the most\\nactive workers of the Congregational Church.\\nThe family residence is situated at No. 121 Wash-\\nington .Street. It is the abode of hospitality, and\\nin it the genial host and hostess are accustomed\\nto frequentlj welcome and pleasantly entertain\\ntheir many personal friends.\\nEN. GEORGE T. SHAFFER has recently\\nretired to his farm in Calvin Township,\\na^ County, from the position of Com-\\nmissioner of the Land Office of Michigan, which\\nhe has filled with marked distinction for years.\\nA native of Ohio, he was born near Springfield,\\nClarke County, October 9, 1822, and is the son of\\nPeter Shaffer, who was born in Rockingham\\nCounty. Va.. January 10, 1791. The paternal\\ngrandfather, Abraham Shaffer, was a G^erman by\\nbirth, and came to this country with his parents,\\nwhose names we have been unable to secure.\\nThe family settled in Virginia, where Grand-\\nfather Shaffer became well and favorably known\\namong the citizens of the Old Dominion. He was\\na man of liberal education and considerable abil-\\nity, and by trade was a gunsmith. Although liv-\\ning in a slave .State, none of the familv ever owned\\nI\\nslaves, in fact, without exception they were op-\\nposed to human slavery. Abraham Shaffer mar-\\nried a German lad^- and they had six children,\\nnamely: .T.ieob, Abraham, Sarah, Peter and Henry\\n(twins and David, all of whom with the eseei\\ntion of Henry attained to maturity and reared\\nfamilies. Henry died when quite young. The\\nmen of the family possessed sterling worth of char-\\nacter and were principally eng.aged in farming\\npursuits. Jacob and Abraham died in Ohio; Sarah\\nmarried Henry Smith, in Clarke County, Ohio,\\nand one of her sons. Maj. Joseph Smith, became a\\nwealthy merchant and in an early day came to\\nMichigan, where he served as Major of the Slate\\nmilitia. An active jxilitician in the early history\\nof this Stiite and a stanch Democrat throughout\\nhis entire life, he served as a member of the Mich-\\nigan Legislature and occupied other positions of\\nprominence. He died in Cassopolis about 1879;\\nhis mother died in this county about 1848. David\\nShaffer came to Michigan in 1829, but removed\\nthence to Iowa in 1854 and died on a farm in that\\nState.\\nPeter Shaffer, the father of the General, was\\nborn in Virginia, as stated above, and accompanied\\nhis father to Ohio about 1810, settling on land not\\nfar from the city of Springfield. Peter and a\\nbrother cleared .ind cultivated the land, white\\ntheir father followed his trade of a gunsmitli.\\nWhile he had an excellent German education,\\nPeter Shaffer had a somewhat limited knowledge\\nof English. He was one of the best mathematicians\\nof his da3 and was a man of more than ordinary\\nability and of indomitable will, alwaj^s accom-\\nplishing what he started out to do. His wife was\\nknown in maidenhood b}- the name of Sarah\\nThomas, and was born in Pennsvlvania, being a\\ndaughter of George Thomas, a native of tlie North\\nof Ireland and of Scotch ancestry. Mr. Thomas\\naccompanied his parents to this country when a\\nmere child, and at the age of eighteen enlisted as\\na soldier in the Revolutionary War. serving\\nthroughout the entire period of the conflict until\\nits close. His father and the father of Gen. George\\nThomas, who distinguished himself in the Civil\\nWar, were brothers and were named no doubt\\nafter George Thomas of Revolutionarv fame.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0256.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n257\\nHaving received a liberal education, he was rather\\nill advance of the young men of his time, and in\\noaily life followed the profession of a teacher.\\nThe father of our subject was usually known as\\nCaptain, having received the title from his ser-\\nvice as Captain of militia in Ohio, and he also\\nserved in the War of 181-2. In 18-28 he came to\\nMichigan and purchased a tr.act of land in what is\\nknown as Young s Prairie, after which he returned\\nto C)hio. In the spring of 1832, he brought his\\nfamily to this .State and bought five or six hun-\\ndred acres of land where Gen. .Shaffer now lives,\\nlie also engaged extensively in the lumber busi-\\nness and owned and operated sawmills. He aided\\nin the organization of Calvin Townshii) and was\\none of its first ollicers. For twenty years he filled\\nthe position of .Justice of the Pe.ace,and also served\\nas .Supervisor and Clerk of the township, being\\none of the foremost men in the community. After\\nhaving attained to a ripe old age, he passed awaj-,\\n.Inly 1. 5, 1880, on the pl.ace now owned by our\\nsubject. His wife had departed this life in 1851,\\nnearly thirty years prior to his demise.\\nTli( re were seven children in the parental fam-\\nily, the General being the fifth. The}- arc sketched\\nas follow-s: Alcy married Leonard Keen, and died\\nin .leffersou Township, Cass County, in 1889.\\nPeter, her son, enlisted in the service of the Lnion\\nduring the late war, and, losing his health in the\\n.service, died after the close of the war. Mary\\ndied in 1834, when a young lady. Henry went to\\nCalifornia in 18;-)(), and died there in 18. )L Nancy\\nmairiod William T. Reed, and after having reared\\nseveral children, died in Newberg Township. Her\\nhusband and son Henry .served in the Civil AVar\\nand both died while in the Atlanta campaign.\\nSarah married John Keen and makes her home in\\nC.assopolis. Abraham, during the groat gold ex-\\ncitement in the West, went to California in 18.50,\\nreturning six j ears later. In 185!) he again sought\\nthe Pacific Coast, and came Kast once more in 1863.\\nHe now makes his home in Colorado, and is widely\\nknown on .account of having invented several\\npieces of farming machinery.\\nWe have now given a brief outline of the fam-\\nily from which (len. Shaffer sprang and of the\\nmore proiniin. iit members of the famil\\\\ but it is\\nto the General himself that our space must be\\ngiven most largely, for he has had a most notable\\ncareer. A modest, genial gentleman, with the\\nrecord of a hero and a variegated experience such\\nas falls to the lot of few men, the once sturd}-\\nform is a trifle bent now, and the hair is turning\\nwhite, but the grasp of the right hand is still as\\nstrong and cordial as when its owner emjiloyed it\\nin rocking a gold pan in the Californian placer\\nmines away b.ick in the 50s, or swung his sword\\nfor the charge on Southern battlefields. Teacher,\\nfarmer, miner, merchant, hotel-keeper, r.anchman,\\nsoldier, prisoner of the war in the Libby hell, then\\nfarmer again for a score of years, and afterward\\nfor a number of years holding an important office\\nin the State Capitol at Lansing, and now living in\\nretirement on h.is farm, this, in a few words is the\\nstory of the life of Gen. Shaffer. It is the story\\nof a brave man and one of indomitable pluck be-\\nsides.\\nMost men who afterward Iwcome distinguished\\nmanage to be born in Ohio, and the General is no\\nexception. He came to Michigan from Ohio with\\nhis father in 1832 and aided in clearing a heavily\\ntimbered farm, also worked with his father in the\\nlumbering business. He attended the pioneer\\nschools of the day about tn-o or three months e.ach\\nyear, and thus p.assed his 3 ears up to his majority.\\nHe then for two years w.-is a student in a select\\nschool at Kdwardsburgh. Early in life he devel-\\noped a taste for music and became ])rolicient in\\nbolh local and instrumental music. These he\\ntaught, in adrlition to which he filled the duties\\nof pedagogue in a district school until the spring\\ntime of 1850, when the stories of the wonderful\\ngt ld discoveries drifted across the great .American\\ndesert and set the pulse of the whole continent\\nthrobbing.\\nAmong the scores of adventurous Wolverines\\nwho joined in the life and death liuiit for the\\nshining metal, was a little groiii) of brawny ^oung\\nfellows from the vicinity of the Shaffer homestead,\\nand our subject was one of these. IJy the time\\nthe little party reached Council Bluffs and was\\nready for the [lerilous oveHand journey across\\ndeserts and mountains, it was increased to about\\nninety in uiimlicr. The ipialities that afterward", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0257.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "258\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nraised George T. Shaffer from the ranks to the\\nposition of Brigadier-General were already stirring\\nin his blood, and by a unanimous vote he was\\nchosen Captain of the expedition. Under iiis\\nvigilant and soldierly leadership his party was\\nconducted tlirough the Indian country over moun-\\ntains and across deserts in perfect safety, and four\\nmonths after tlicy left Cass County he marched\\nthem into a California mining camp, subsequently\\nnamed Placerville. The next four years were\\nfilled with romantic and thrilling experiences, and\\nGen. Shaffer has a rich fund of quaint stories con-\\ncerning old mining days and tells them with un-\\nconscious eloquence.\\nFrom placer mining, Gen. Shaffer conducted a\\ntrading-post and a hotel, also operated a ranch in\\nthe Sacramento Valley, his brothers Henry and\\nAbraham being interested with him. In the spring\\nof 1858 he cleared up his business in California,\\nand returned to Michigan via the Isthmus of\\nPanama and New York. Soon after his return to\\nthis State, he married Miss Alcy Jane Carmichael,\\nto wliom he was betrothed previous to liis journey\\nto the far West. He intended to return to Cali-\\nfornia, but his father, broken in liealth, urged liim\\nto buy the old home farm and remain there until\\nhis father s leave of life should end. This he did.\\nA few years later, when the Civil War broke\\nout and the country had need of all her loyal\\nsons, our subject enlisted in Company A, Nine-\\nteenth Micliigan Infantry, of which he was chosen\\nFirst Lieutenant. lie was live times promoted for\\nbravery, gallant service and strict attendance to\\nduty. Tiie last tiuie, March 13, 1865, he was pro-\\nmoted to the rank of Brevet-Colonel and Briga-\\ndier-General of United States Volunteers for his\\ngallantry in the Atlanta campaign of 1864, and at\\ntlie battle of Wise s Fork, N. C, three days previ-\\nous to his promotion. Among the important en-\\ngagements in which he participated were those of\\nThompson s Station (Tenn.), Resaca, Cassville,\\nDallas, Golgotha Church, Twin Mountains, Culp s\\nFarm, Kenesaw Mountain and the siege of At-\\nlanta.\\nAt Thompson s Station Gen. Shaffer was taken\\nprisoner and was thrown in Libby Prison, where\\nhe was conlined for two months before he was ex-\\nchanged. At the battle of Culp s Farm he was\\nwounded in the right thigh. His wounds were\\ndressed on the field and he remained with his com-\\nmand until after the battle of Kenesaw Moun-\\ntains, when Gen. Sherman issued orders for his\\ncommand to prepare to march, and, there being no\\nambulances to carry the sick and wounded. Gen.\\nShaffer was obliged to go to the rear. This was\\nthe only time in his four years service he was in\\nhospital or off duty. He remained there less than\\nthirtj da3 s and then returned to his command\\nagainst the protest of the hospital surgeon. For\\nsix weeks thereafter his wound w.as daily dressed\\non the field. His regiment, the Twenty-P^ighth\\nMichigan, was retained in the service for more\\nthan a year after Lee surrendered, during which\\ntime Gen. Shaffer held several important posi-\\ntions.\\nFor a time Gen. Shaffer was in command of the\\npost at Shelby, N. C, and subsequently was in\\ncommand of the posts at Goldsborough and New\\nBerne. He relieved Biigadier-General W. IX Har-\\nden from the command of the district of Raleigh.\\nAside from his duties as commanding officer of the\\ndistrict and post of Raleigh, he was President of a\\nmilitary commission, also of a general court mar-\\ntial. Like thousands of other brave men he dropped\\nthe sword to grasp the plow handle once more,\\nand settled down to the quiet life of a farmer\\nagain. For many j ears he devoted his time largely\\nto contributing to the comfort and happiness of\\nhis aged father during the closing years of his\\nlife.\\nThe General remained quietly on the farm until\\nhis party, looking around for good material for the\\nState offices, turned its eye upon the farmer Gen-\\neral, and he was elected Commissioner of the Land\\nOffice. From the duties of this important office\\nhe had just retired when tlie writer called upon\\nhim at his extensive farm in Calvin Township.\\nIt is a gallant record, but through it all its maker\\nhas remained the same unaffected, kind, courteous\\ngentleman. Mr. and I\\\\Iis. Sliaffer have three chil-\\ndren, two daughters and one son. Their older\\ndaughter, Sadie S., is teaching at Birmingham,\\nMich. Ruth daughters were educated in the State\\nNormal, and are ladies of great culture and fine", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0258.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BICGKAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n259\\nmusical eriiic.itions. The son, William T. Sliprman,\\nwas ediicateil in tlic High School ;il C nssoijolis,\\nand for a tinu was book-kec[)cr in the land ofBce\\nunder his father, and is now on the home farm.\\nPolitically, the General is a Democrat, as were his\\nfather and grandfatiier before him. In his social\\nconnections he aHiliatcs with the Knights Tem-\\nplar.\\nIjURGKTTK L. DEWKY. In all Cass County\\nthere is no business establishment that, in\\nquality of stock and facilities for the prompt\\nsupi)ly of goods of every description, sur-\\npasses or even equals the nourishing enterprise\\nconducted by the well-known firm of Dewey\\nDefciidorf, of Dow.agi.ac. Their store contains a\\ncomplete Stock of dry goods and carpets, and is\\nwitiiout exception the largest in th(! county. The\\nfirm occupies two storerooms, with the upper tloors\\nand basement, and employs a force of five clerks\\nand a cashier. Tlieir l)iiilding has a frontage of\\nforty-four feet, witli a depth of eighty feet, and the\\nlarge plate-glass windows add to the attractiveness\\nof the store, as well as furnish a splendid [tlace for\\nthe display of goods.\\nThe senibr member of this linn was born in\\nOneida County, N. Y., on the 13lh of October,\\n181; A brief mention of his ancestors will be of\\ninterest to our readers. His grandfalhcr, Harry\\nDewey, was born in Connecticut, but reniuved from\\nthat State to New York, where he settled in )iieida\\nCounty and purchased a farm. Of his union with\\nMiss Harriet lUiss two sons and two d;iuglilers were\\nborn, namely: Lambert li., father of our subject;\\nHenry, a resident uf New York Mills. Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y.,and now (18 eighty-one years\\nold; Mrs. Fannie Sturlcvant, who resides in Del-\\navan, Wis.; and Maria, who died at the age of\\ntwenty years. Grandfather Dewey followed the\\noccupation of farming until his death, which oc-\\ncurred in Oneida County, N. Y.\\nLambert H. Dewey, father of our subject, was\\nborn in Oneida County, and upon attaining to\\nmanhood married Miss Delia A. Storey, the daugh-\\nter of Alvin Storey, a prominent and extensive\\nfarmer of Oneida County. Her grandfather, Ca|)t.\\nEnoch Storey, served .as a Captain during the Rev-\\nolutionary War, and died when over ninety-five\\nyears of age. After his marriage Mr. Dewey lo-\\ncated in Walesville, Oneida County, where he en-\\ngaged in tilling the soil. A prominent man in\\npublic affairs, he served as Justice of the Peace,\\nCollector of the country, and Postmaster at Wales-\\nville. In 18.59 he came to Marcellus Township,\\nCasis County-, Mich., and, purchasing some unim-\\nproved land, devoted his attention to its cultiva-\\ntion. In 18()I he removed to Porter Township,\\nVan Bureii County, Mich., and ra.ade his home upon\\nan improved farm there for ten yeais, when he\\ncame to Wayne Township, Cass County, and lo-\\ncated on a farm. After having resided there for\\nten or more years, he came to Dowagiac, where he\\nnow lives retired, having attained to the advanced\\nage of seventy-seven years. Since the organization\\nof the Republican party, he has been one of its most\\ndevoted champions and has served his party with\\nloyalty and zeal. Religiously, he is an active mem-\\nber of the Christian Church.\\nAt the age of fourteen years, the subject of this\\nbiographical notice accompanied his father to\\nMichigan, where he conducted his studies for some\\ntime. In 18()4-65 he attended Eastman s Business\\nCollege, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduating from\\nthat institution in 18()5. Upon his return to\\nDowagi.ac he accepted a clerkshiii in the general\\nstore of Jones fe Gibbs and remained with that firm\\nuntil 1873, a period of eight years. He then\\nformed a partnership with Alarvin I)cfen lorf and\\nDaniel Lylc, the title of the linn being Dewey,\\nDefendof Lyle. Ipon the death of Mr. L le in\\n1887, his place in the tirm was assumed by Eu-\\ngene Lyle, who retired one year later, and since\\nthat time the business has been conducted under\\nthe name of Dewey iV Defendorf.\\nOctober i;{, 18()7, occurred the marriage of P.. L.\\nDewey to Miss Saiali E. (ireen, who was born in\\nPoughkeepsie, N. Y.,but removed thenco at the age\\nof nine years .and located with her father, William\\nH. (ireen. in liattle Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey are", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0259.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "260\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntlie parents of three children, namely: Harry B.,\\nwho is engaged in tiie hardware business at P^lre-\\niio, Okla.; Hattie Free and Fred L., who are at\\nhome. The elder son married Miss Lizzie Pettee,\\nof Osage City, Kan., the daugliter of S. B. Pettee,\\na business man residing in Elreno, Okla. One\\nchild lias been born to bless this union, a son named\\nMarshall Hurgette.\\nA man of strong convictions and decided opin-\\nions, Mr. Dcwe3 believes that the principles of the\\nRepublican party are best calculated to promote\\nthe progress of the nation, and he accordingly\\ngives his unw.avering support to the party of his\\nchoice. For one term he served as Mayor of the\\ncity and he is at the present time a member of the\\nBoard of Kducatiou, with which he has been con-\\nnected for twenty years. Socially, he is a Royal\\nArch Mason and has been Secretary of the lodge\\nat Dowagiac. In his religious belief he is a Con-\\ngregationalist and is a Trustee of the church here.\\n-S)\\nTHOMAS J. EDWARDS, Treasurer of Cass\\nCounty, and a prominent business man of\\nDowagiac, was born in Ann Arbor, Mich.,\\nJune 23, 1844. He is of direct English descent,\\nhis parents, Thomas and Louisa (Kellott) Edwards,\\nhaving both been born in Leicestershire, England.\\nThe father learned the drug trade in his native\\nlaud, and after his emigration to America, in 1837,\\nfollowed that business in Ann Arbor, Mich., from\\n1842 until the time of his death, in 1859. After\\nthe death of liis first wife, which occurred in 1851,\\nlie was again married, choosing as his wife Jliss\\nElizalieth Edwards, his first cousin. Seven chil-\\ndren resulted from the first marriage, and three\\nwere born of the second union, all of whom are\\nnow living. The father of this family was very suc-\\ncessful in his business, and being a man of shrewd\\nforesight and sound judgment, he attained a prom-\\ninent position among the moneyed men of Ann\\nArbor, and at his deatli left a fortune to his fam-\\nily. While not an active partisan, he always dis-\\nplaj-ed an intelligent interest in public affairs, and\\nwas a stanch Democrat.\\nLittle of unusual interest occurred to individ-\\nualize the life of the subject of this sketch i)rior\\nto the commencement of the Civil War. hi Au-\\ngust, 1861, he enlisted as a member of Company\\nC, First Michigan Infantry, and at the expiration\\nof his term of enlistment w.as mustered out, in\\nNovember, 1864. Afterward he re-enlisted in the\\nIgnited States service, serving with the same com-\\njiany and regiment as before. He was mustered\\nout on the 9th of July, 1865, after having served\\naltogether a period of four years lacking one\\nmonth. He took an active part in forty-seven en-\\ngagements, being in all the important engage-\\nments of the Army of the Potomac. He was\\nwounded in the battle of Malvern Hill on the 1st\\nof July, 1862, and was taken to the hospital at\\nPhiladelphia, where he remained until his recov-\\nery. In the Peninsular campaign he saw consid-\\nerable active service. Throughout his entire mili-\\ntary life he displayed the possession of valor, cour-\\nage and energ3 and in the thickest of the fight\\nhis cool intrepidity never failed him. To such as\\nhe the Union owes a dclit of gratitude that can\\nnever be repaid.\\nReturning to Michigan, Air. Edwards located in\\nYpsilanti, where he served an apprenticeship at\\nthe trade of a marble-cutter, and followed that oc-\\ncupation for ten years, part of the time in Ypsi-\\nlanti. In 1872 he came to Dowagiac and cm-\\nbarked in the marble and granite business, which\\nhe still conducts, having established a lucrative\\ntrade and built up an extensive business. His\\nmarriage, which occurred on the 10th of Septem-\\nber, 1868, united him with Miss Mary S. Cad_y,\\nthe daughter of Charles and Fidelia (Carter) Cady,\\nher father being a farmer of Ypsilanti. She was\\nborn and reared in that city, and has spent her\\nentire life in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards\\nhave two children: Wallace V., Cashier of Lee\\nBros. Co. s Bank, at Dowagiac; and Myrta L.,\\nwho is at home.\\nPolitically, our subject is a Repuljlican, and is\\nso positive in his opinions as to be considered\\nradical. In State and national |)olitics, he takes a\\ndeep interest, and has himself figured prominently", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0260.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0261.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0262.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPHICAL RECORD.\\n263\\nill tlie public life of tlie comiminity. lie served\\nas AlflcriiKiu for six \\\\ears, and was prominent in\\nthe City Council. In the fall of IHIH), lie was\\nelected County Treasurer, and two years later lie\\nwas re-elected, being the present incumbent of the\\noffice. In the Grand Army of the Republic he en-\\njoys considerable prominence, and was tiie first\\nConimandcr of II. C. Gilbert Post No. 47, at\\nDowagiac, having filled that position for five suc-\\ncessive years. He has l)een a Chairman of the City\\nRepublican Committee, also a member of the\\nCountj^ Republican Committee. Identified with\\nthe Masonic order, he has served as Master of the\\nlodge. High Priest of the chapter, and is a member\\nof tlie commandery at Niles. He is also connected\\nwith the Modern Woodmen of America and the\\nAncient Order of United Workmen, being an ac-\\ntive member of these societies.\\n.^^EORGE E. SMITH. This influential busi-\\nlll ness man of St. Joseph is a dealer in real\\n^A^sJJjj estate and also devotes csjjecial attention\\nto loans and collections. He is highly respected\\namong the people of this city by the Lake, and,\\nbeing a thoroughly practical man in all depart-\\nments of his business, he enjoys a steadily growing\\nprosperity, which is the result of merit. St. Joseph\\nis progressing rapidly to a front rank among the\\ncities of Michigan, and its real estate is constantly\\nincreasing in value. As the natural result, the\\nbusiness in which Mr. Smith is engaged has as-\\nsumed proportions hitherto undreamed of, and\\nhas attained an importance which in former j ears\\nit did not possess.\\nMr. Smith is a native of Connecticut and traces\\nhis ancestry through a long line of worthy and\\nbrave men to Old England, whence at an early\\nperiod in the .settlement of the United States his\\nprf)genitors emigrated hither and established\\nhomes for their families. Josiali Smith, the grand-\\nfather of our subject, was born in Connecticut\\nand did valiant service during the period of the\\nRevolutionary War. Josiah Smith, Jr., father of\\nour subject, was also a native of the Nutmeg .State,\\nand died in January, 188.S. The mother of our\\nsubject was Betsej a daughter of Daniel Lock-\\nwood and a native of Connecticut.\\nAt Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., George\\nE. Smith was born on the 21tli of March, 1838.\\nHis boyhood was uneventfully spent in his father s\\nhome, and much of his time was given to his\\nstudies, which he carried on in the common schools\\nand later at a private boarding-school. Upon\\nleaving school, he aided his father in the farm\\nwork and continued thus occupied for ten years.\\nIt had always been his desire to travel and gain\\nthe broad information which comes from contact\\nwith people of other countries. As soon, there-\\nfore, as he was able to do so, he left home and\\ntraveled extensively throughout the United States,\\nCuba and Canada.\\nComing to St. Joseph in August, ISfil, Mr.\\nSmith opened a grocery and hardware store, and\\nconducted a prosperous business for twelve months.\\nThat peaceful occupation was broken in upon by\\nhis enlistment, in August, 1862, as a member of\\nCompany li, Seventh Michigan Cavalry, in which\\nhe served as Quartermaster-Sergeant about two\\nyears. He participated in many of the hard-\\nfought engagements of the Civil War, and among\\nthe battles in which he took active part raa_v bo\\nmentioned those of Gettysburg, Ilagerstown, Coal\\nHarbor, the Wilderness, Cedar Creek, and numer-\\nous other engagements of minor importance,\\nthough not less hazardous to life. At the battle\\nof Cedar Creek he was wounded and again in the\\nWilderness, but fortunately his injuries did not\\nprove serious, and in June, 1864, he was promoted\\nto the rank of First Lieutenant and assigned to\\nCompany A, same regiment. At the exiiiration of\\nhis term of enlistment, in 1866, he was mustered\\nout at Jackson. Mich., with an honorable record as\\na soldier.\\nReturning to St. Joseph, Mr. Smith engaged in\\nmerchandising for a number of years, and at the\\nsame time operated a sawmill and dealt in lumber.\\nHe was also interested in llic maiiufacture of fruit\\nbaskets, an entoiinise which he conducted until", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0263.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "264\\nrORTEAlT Alii} lilOGliAPlIICAL RECORD.\\n1891 and then sold out. Through these vaiied\\nindustries, he accumulated a coinpetencv and,\\nwliat is better, the reputation of being an honor-\\nable man in business and fair in his dealings with\\nall. In his political sympathies, he is outspoken\\nin his preferences and pronounced in his support\\nof the Democratic party. He was elected Presi-\\ndent of St. Joseph Council one year and was Coun-\\ncilman several times. He was a member of llie Board\\nof Education for ten years. Fraternally, he is con-\\nnected with Occidental Lodge Xo. 56, F. it A. M.\\nThe pleasant residence of Mr. Smith is located\\non Broad Street, and is presided over by his wife, a\\nlady who possesses many charms of character.\\nShe is the daughter of Warren and Sarah E. (Lag-\\nley) Chapman, residents of St. Joseph, and has\\nmade her home in this eit^- since a child, where in\\nmaidenhood she was known as Belle Chapman.\\nShe was born in New Market. Rockingham Co.,\\nN. H. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Smith was\\ncelebrated December 16, 1868, and has been blessed\\nby the birth of two children: Olive C, who grad-\\nuated, the 30ungest of her class of nine, in the St.\\nJoseph High School, and also graduated from\\nthe Benton Harbor College, after which she at-\\ntended Wellesley College for two years; and War-\\nren Cliapman. who after leaving High School at\\nSt. Joseph spent a year at the Agricultural Col-\\nlege at Lansing. Mrs. Smith is a member of the\\nUniversalist Church.\\nENRY ALDRICH, a successful pioneer ag-\\nriculturist of Cass County, Mich., has for\\nthirteen years resided upon his valuable\\nhomestead in Ontwa Township, and, arriv-\\ning within the borders of the State a young man of\\ntwenty-five, has in his Western home witnessed the\\nremarkable change of more than a half-century.\\nDuring this length of time, he has been intimately\\nassociated with the progressive movements and\\nvarious enterprises of the county, aiding gener-\\nously in the promotion of mutual welfare. Our\\nsubject wjis born in SmithSeld, R. L, May 5, 1813.\\nHe was the son of James and Hannah (Comstock)\\nAldiich. Grandfather Nathan Aldrich lived and\\ndied in Rhode Island, and devoted his days to\\ntlie occupation of a farmer. He was of English\\ndescent, and in leligious belief a Quaker. His\\nfaniilj- of children consisted of James, Nathan,\\nSimon, Thomas, Sayles .Scott, and Esther. The\\nbrothers and sister, with the exception of Nathan,\\nreared families of their own. who occupied positions\\nc f influence.\\nThe father of our subject, James Aldrich, was\\nborn in Rhode Island, March 29, 1786. By trade\\na carpenter, he also engaged in the tilling of the\\nsoil. In 1815, he went to Monroe County, N. Y.,\\nand thence removed to Evans. Erie County, where\\nhe bought and improved a farm. In 1834, the father\\ncame West and purchased a farm in Michigan,\\nand in 1835, with his family, made his home r.ear\\nNiles. In 1837, he bought one hundred and sixty\\n.acres on section 12, Milton Township, and in\\n1841 he located on a farm west of Niles. In the\\nfall of 1857, he removed to Prcscott, Wis., where\\nhe passed away March 14, 1858. His widow re-\\nturned to Niles, Midi., her former home. During\\nhis career of bus3- usefulness, James Aldrich oc-\\ncupied positions of official trust, and with great ac-\\nceptability served as Supervisor and Justice of\\nthe Peace. He was a Whig in early life, and later\\nvoted the Republican ticket. In faith he w.as.\\nlike his ancestors, a Ouaker.\\nThe mother of Mr. Aldrich was also a native of\\nSmithBeld,and was born January 5, 1792. She was\\nthe daugliter of Henry Comstock. who died in\\nRhode Island. The maternal grandfather married\\ntwice. His first wife, Hannah Green, became the\\nmother of several daughters and three sons. Mrs.\\nHannah (Comstock) Aldrich died in 1884 or 1885,\\nand was mouined by all who knew her. Henry\\nAldrich was educate l in the district schools of his\\nnative State, and at the age of twenty-one be-\\ngan to work for himself chopping and splitting\\nrails. In 183G, he |iurchased one hundred and\\nsixty acres of land In Elkhart County, Ind., but in\\n1837 he returned to Michigan, to which State he had\\naccompanied his parents in 1834. He next inves-\\nted in eighty acres in Milton Township, to which", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0264.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n265\\nhe later added forty acres, and finally increased\\nhis homestead by tlie purchase of a-quarter of a\\nsection, and partially improved the fine farm of two\\nInindrod and eighty acres. Later he bought one\\nhundred and twent} acres in Ontwa, which has\\nsince been his permanent home. Upon this prop-\\nerty, now under a high state of cultivation, he\\nerected in 1881 a handsome and commodious\\nresidence, the homestead being one of the most\\nvaluable in this part of the county.\\nMr. Aldrich has occupied witii able fidelity\\nvarious township ollices, and as Supervisor has\\nmaterially aided in the advancement of local im-\\nprovements. He cast his first vote for William\\nHenry Harrison, and, once a Whig, has long aOil-\\niatcd with the Republican party. September 7,\\n1810, Henry Aldrich and Miss Elmira Treat were\\nunited in marriage. Mrs. Aldrich was a native of\\nErie County, N. Y., and was born February 13,\\n1821. She was the daughter of Timothy and\\nLouisa (Bentley) Treat. Grandfather Thomas\\nTreat participated in the Revolutionary War, and\\nafter many years passed away in Erie Count}^\\nN. Y. His wife was a Strattan, and belonged to\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church. Timothy Treat\\nwas born in Franklin County, Vt., March 30,1786.\\nHe removed to Erie County, N. Y., and there\\nenlisted in the War of 1812. In 1834, he emigra-\\nted by wagon to Cass Count} Mich., and was\\nthree weeks making the journey. He bought\\nforty acres in Milton Township, and two ears\\nlater he settled in Silver Creek Township, where\\nhe improved eight} acres. In 186 .l, he went to\\nElk Grove, Cal., where he died March 29, 1875, a\\nUniversalist in belief. In political aflilialion he was\\na Ucmociat, and after the Kansas troubles was an\\nardent Republican. Twice married, his first wife\\nbore him Sullivan Treat, and in 1859 died in Cali-\\nfornia. The second wife was the mother of twelve\\nchildren, eleven of whom were reared to years of\\nmaturity. The sons and daughters were, Fidelia,\\nAlmiia, Ruby, .lames I!., Louisa, Ira H., Willard W.\\nand Wallace W. (twins), Horace J. (who enlisted\\nin Michigan, and was killed at Shiloh). I-ucy A.,\\nNancy .1. and Anianda. The brothers and sisters,\\nwith one exception, reared families, who have oc-\\ncupied positions of usefulness and intliience.\\nLouisa (Hentley) Treat was the daughter of\\nJames Bentley, who was born in Vermont and died\\nat.a good old age In New York. He served in the\\nRevolutionary War with bravery and was a true\\npatriot. The Treats were of English origin, and\\nthe ancestors of the Bentle\\\\ s were of Scotch de-\\nscent. Our subject and his estimal)le wife have\\nbeen blessed by the birth of five children. Alpha\\nis the wife of Harvey L. Drew, of San Bernardino,\\nCal. James M. enlisted in Comiiany M, Fourth\\nMichigan Cavalry, and died at Lebanon, K}\\nLevi M. died at San Bernardino, Cal., his death\\noccurring about two years ago. fieorge B. passed\\naway at twenty-one years of age at home. Jasper\\nA. was the youngest. Mrs. Aldrich is a Close-\\nCommunion Baptist and with her family has ably\\nassisted in the good work and benevolent enter-\\nprises of her home locality. For fifty-six j ears\\nour subject has beeii^an inlluential factor in the\\nadvancement of Cass County, and is universally\\nesteemed as a public-spirited citizen.\\n.^==0.\\n|.,ILLIAM J. KELSEY, M. D., one of the\\nsuccessful medical practitioners of\\nCass County, Mich., began the wearing\\nduties of his profession in Cassopolis in 1865.\\nRemaining constantly in the same place of resi-\\ndence, he has for nearly thirty years gone his daily\\nrounds amid sunshine and storm, and is widely\\nknown as an able and skillful physician, enjoying\\na large and lucrative i)ractice. Dr. Kelsej was\\nborn in Niagara County. N. Y., August 20, 1839,\\nand was but an infant when his parents removed\\nto their new home in the West. Our subject was\\none of the four children of James and Maiy\\n(Corapton) Kelsc} The father, a native of New\\nEngland, was born in the town of Haddain, Miil-\\ndlesex County, Conn. The paternal giandfather,\\nJames Kelsey, an energetic and excellent business\\nman, was also of Connecticut birth and was largely\\ninterested for many years in the st(\u00c2\u00bbne ([uarries of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0265.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "266\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhis part of Middlesex Count}-. Tlie Kelsey family\\nwere among tjie pioneer settleis of Connecticut,\\nthe ancestors of our subject having emigrated\\nfrom England but fifty years after tlie May-\\nflower landed at Plj mouth Rock. Father Kel-\\nse} earl}- jounie3-ed to the State of New York and\\nthere made his home for many j-ears, but finallj-\\nsettled in La Grange Township. Cass County,\\nMich., in 1839.\\nDr. Kelsey received his primarj- education in\\nthe schools of La Grange Township, and also en-\\njoyed the benefit of a classical course in the Bap-\\ntist College at Kalamazoo. He studied in the\\nmedical department of the State University at Ann\\nArbor, and later completed his preparation for the\\nduties of his profession at Rush Medical College,\\nChicago, from which celebrated institution of\\nlearning he graduated in the Class of 65. From\\nthat time tlie life of our subject lias been de-\\nvoted to the demands of a widely-extended prac-\\ntice in Cassopolis and the adjoining country.\\nTaking a high place in the ranks of the profession\\nof medicine. Dr. Kelsey has for more than a score\\nof years been an active member of the American\\nMedical Association, and is also a member of the\\nCass County Medical Societ}-. Our subject was\\nPension Examiner under the first administration\\nof President Cleveland, and has always been closely\\nidentified with all the social and progressive inter-\\nests of Cassopolis.\\nIn his political aHlliation our subject is a\\npronounced Democrat and a most ardent advo-\\ncate of the principles of his party. Ever inter-\\nested in local and National issues, he has been\\nthe efficient Chairman of the Democratic Count}-\\nCommittee. Dr. Kelsey is a prominent member\\nof the Ancient Free A- Accepted Masons, affili-\\nating with Backus Lodge, Kingsle}- Chapter and\\nNiles Commandery. Our subject was united in\\nmariiage September 25, 1876, with Miss Calista,\\ndaughter of Henry Tietsort, of La Grange Town-\\nship, this count}-. Mrs. Kelsey was one of the five\\nchildren of her parents, old-time residents of the\\nState. One son, James H., has blessed the home of\\nour subject and his estimable wife. This son, a\\npromising young man, is now a student at the\\nCassopolis High .School, and has before him the\\nprospect of a briglit future. Worthily performing\\nthe daily duties of his life, given mainly to the re-\\nlief of suffering humanity, Dr. Kelsey has well\\nearned the esteem and respect accorded to him by\\nall the residents of Cassopolis and the surrounding\\ncountry, and is known as a liberal-spirited citizen,\\nready to aid in all matters of public welfare.\\nW^UFVS BRUNSON. At a time when the\\nlli^ present thriving village of Benton Harbor\\n/*\u00c2\u00bb.\\\\Vi existed only as a dream in the minds of a\\nfew enthusiasts, Mr. Brunson came to the\\npresent site of the place and, purchasing property\\nhere, embarked in business as a nurseryman and\\nfruit-grower. Since that time his history has been\\nthat of the town, and he has prospered with the\\nprosperity of the place and gained influence with\\nits growth. It may e.isily be understood that he\\nis deeply interested in the progi-ess which it has\\nalready made materially and socially, and his ac-\\ntive assistance may always be relied upon in pro-\\njects originated on its behalf.\\nBorn in Elkhart County, Ind., June 24, 1833,\\nthe subject of this notice is the son of Sterne and\\nSarah (Shank) Brunson, natives respectively of\\nOntario County, N. Y., and Pennsylvania. On\\nhis father s side, Mr. Brunson traces his ancestry\\nto England, and the family was early represented\\nin Connecticut, where Grandfather Reuben Brun-\\nson was born. On the home farm in Elkhart\\nCounty, Ind., our subject grew to a sturdy and\\nvigorous manhood, .icquiring a practical educa-\\ntion in the temi)les of learning in the neighbor-\\nhood, but spending his time principally in aiding\\nhis father in the work of developing and improv-\\ning the land.\\nAt the age of twenty-two years, Mr. Brunson\\ncame to the present site of the village of Benton\\nHarbor, where he purchased seventy-six acres,\\nrunning from the corner of the present water basin\\nto Brittain Avenue, and from there eight}- rods\\neast. Oa this place he planted orchards of peaches.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0266.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGHAPinCAL RECORD.\\n267\\npears and small fruits, and at the present time\\nraises fruits on as large a scale as anyone in tlie\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(lunty. Three and one-half acres are planted to\\nthe very finest kinds of strawberries, which lie\\nraises cxttMisively and ships principally to Chi-\\ncago. He has inaile of his business a science,\\nstudying closely how to secure the best results\\nfrom every acre of ground, and keeping abreast\\nwith every advance in the domain of lunliculliue.\\nThe lady who on the 18th of .luiie. 18G1, be-\\ncame the wife of Mv. Uruiison was Miss Sara J.\\nStotts, of Lima, Ohio. She is the daughter of Ja-\\ncob Slolls, a native of Hancock, Ohio, who went\\nto Australia in 18. ),5, and has since resided there.\\nIll ISIH he rediiiied to America and visited Mrs.\\nlininson at HeiiUin lhul)or. Three children were\\nborn of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Brunson:\\nStenie, who resides in Chicago; Zoradia and Alvin\\n11., wiio are at home with their parents. In their\\nreligious belief Mr. and Mrs. Ilninson are Univcr-\\nsalists, and hold membership in the church of that\\ndeiioniinatioii at Heiittm Harbor. Politically, Mr.\\nI .ninson gives his inlhience and ballot to the prin-\\ncijiles and candidates of the l\\\\e|)ublican party, of\\nwhich he is a (inn adherent.\\n^^1\\ni:b/\\nm\\n]IBS()X p. WOUDEN. Among the [ironii-\\nnent furniture dealers in the thriving little\\n^j village of Marcellus is 0. P. Worden, who\\nis also engaged in the real-estate business and farm-\\ning. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, July 15,\\nlH()l,to the marriage of Ira and Melissa (Pio-\\nbosco) Worden, both natives of the Empire State.\\nThe father was but a child when his parents left\\nNew York State for Ohio, and lie grew to mature\\nyears near Cleveland. His youthful days were\\nspent in assisting on the farm and in attending\\nthe common sclioc)ls, in which he received a fair\\neducation. After his marriage to Miss Probosco\\nhe went to Grand Rapids, Mich., and about 1866\\nengaged in farming. Later, he embarked in the\\nboot and shoe business ami continued in this bus-\\niness for twelve j-ears in Charlotte, Eaton County,\\nMich., or until his death, January 22, 1877. His\\nwife is now a resident of Charlotte, Mich., where\\nthey made their home for many years. Mr. Wor-\\nden was a Republican in his political views and a\\nman possessed of an unusual amount of good\\nbusiness acumen. He held membership in the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church for many years and\\ntook a deep interest in all its affairs. In his polit-\\nical predilections he was a stanch Heiiulilican, ad-\\nvocating the principles and platform of that party\\nwith much entliusiasni.\\nFour of the five children born to this worthy\\ncouple are now living: Lizzie, wife of Mr. an\\nTears, who is a traveling salesman for a clothing\\nhouse; Lillian, a teacher in the public schools at\\nSchoolcraft, Mich.; and Noia, who is a book-keeper\\nin Charlotte, Mich. Our subject was reared in\\nCharlotte, and there received a fair education, at-\\ntending school until sixteen years of age. After\\nthis he was engaged in business in Charlotte for\\nfour yeais, and then came to Marcellus, where he\\nwas engaged in the furniture and undertaking\\nbusiness. He started out in business on a small\\nscale, his capital being about iOO, and since that\\ntime he has built up a very good business.\\nHe has a large store, 132x22 feet, and carries a\\nvery large stock of the very best goods. He has\\nthree hearses, and takes charge of all the details of\\nfunerals entrusted to his care, suppl3 ing crape and\\nall the necessaries, while his charges arc moderate.\\nHe has coffins and caskets of all grades, etc., and\\nhis perfect knowledge of his business and his\\npleasant, genial manners have made him a favor-\\nite with all. He was married in the year 1881, to\\nMiss Ida King, a native of Cass County, and the\\ndaughter of Josiah King, who was for many 3 ears\\na veiy prominent farmer of this county. Mrs.\\nWorden was educated in this county, and was\\na lady whose many estimable qualities endeared\\nher to all. She died on the llth of July, 1883,\\nleaving one child, Ira, who died the same year.\\nJlr. Worden s second marriage occurred in 1892,\\nto Miss Kate King, sister of his lirst wife, and they\\nnow have a very pleasant home in this city. Po-\\nlilicall} Mr. Worden is a Democrat, and has held\\na number of township oflices, being Township", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0267.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "268\\nPORTRAIT AND EIO(n{APmCAL RECORD\\nTreasurer for two years and Trustee of the town\\nfor some time. He is a member of tlie Ancient Free\\nit Accepted Masons and is interested in all their af-\\nfairs. Mr. AVorden owns a farm two miles from\\n.Marcellus, two hundred and forty acres, all well im-\\nproved and in a good state of cultivation. He\\nraises stock and grain. For some time he has been\\ninterested in the Worden A: Shellito Addition to\\nthe village of Marcellus, aud of one hundred and\\nthirty-six lots in the addition onfe hundred and\\ntwenty have been sold. He has also been en-\\ngaged iu bu3-ing and selling real estate and has\\ndone well at that business. Public-spirited and\\nenterprising, he takes a deep interest in an^-thing\\nthat has for its object the growth and advance-\\nment of the town or county.\\nG. ANTISDALE. One of the finest resi-\\ndences in Benton Harbor is Oak wood\\nPlace, which is beautifully situated on\\nMichigan Avenue and commands a line\\nview of tlie lake. The well-kept lawn and at-\\ntractive surroundings invariably- cause the pass-\\ner-by to pause in admiration, and visitors to the\\ncity are always shown this place, lu this charm-\\ning home, Mr. and Mrs. Antisdalc and family re-\\nside, and here they extend a charming hospitiility\\nto their hosts of friends.\\nAt present a real-estate dealer in Benton H.ar-\\nbor, Mr. Antisdale was formerly a resident of C)hio,\\nand w,is born in Geauga County, that State, March\\nli), 1830. His father, George W. Antisdale, was a\\nnative of Ontario County, N. Y., and died July\\n19, 1887, in Chagrin F,alls, Ohio. The paternal\\ngrandfather was also named George W., and was\\nborn in the Empire .State. The mother of our\\nsubject was known in maidenhood as .Sallie Gree-\\nley, and was a cousin of the famous Horace Gree-\\nley. She is still living, jiast eighty 3ears of .ige.\\nOur subject attended the common schools of Geauga\\nCounty, Ohio, and after completing his studies he\\nengaged in teaching, following that profession for\\na short time. Afterward he purchased a farm and\\ncarried on agricultural pursuits with success, be-\\ncoming known throughout his community as an\\nenterprising and efficient farmer.\\nIn 18G9 Mr. Antisdale sold his property, and in\\n1870 removed to Michigan, locating in Benton\\nHarbor and opening a mercantile establishment.\\nHe engaged in merchandising for eight years. He\\nthen became a wholesale dealer in fruit and veg-\\netables. In 1887 he opened a carriage repository,\\nand in addition sold farm imi)lements. During\\nthe following year he erected a substantial brick\\nbuilding on Pipestone Street. In 1891 hesoldout\\nhis mercantile interests. The building hasafront-\\n.age of forty-eight and one-half feet, is seventy-two\\nfeet deep and three stories in height, being con-\\nsidered one of the finest business blocks in the city.\\nHe also owns a business house on West Main Street.\\nIn politics Mr. Antisdale is a Republican, and has\\nserved for four terms as Mayor of Benton Harbor.\\nAt Chagrin Falls, Ohio, September 6, 1851, oc-\\ncurred the marriage of Mr. Antisdale with Miss\\nMiranda Stone, who at that time was residing in\\nGeauga County-, Ohio. She was the daughter of\\nNathaniel Stone, of Ohio. She died in 1870, leav-\\ning two sons, Nathaniel H., now residing in Chi-\\ncago; and Royal S., whose home is in Geauga\\nCounty, Ohio. The present wife of our subject,\\nwith whom he was united April 23, 1871, was Mrs.\\nNancy A. Burridge, nee Brunson, an estimable\\nlady, who occupies a leading position in the\\nsocial circles of Benton Harbor. Mr. Antisdale\\nserved as President of the Berrien County Horti-\\ncultural Society for thirteen consecutive years, and\\nwas President of the Berrien County Agricultural\\nSociety for five years. At this writing (1893)\\nhe represents Berrien County in the fruit depart-\\nment for the Michigan exhibit iu Horticultural\\nHall at the World s Fair, having been appointed by\\nthe State Commission to procure fruit for exhibit.\\nIn this connection it will not be inappropriate\\nto present in brief the principal events in the life\\nof Sterne Brunson, familiarly known .is the fatlier\\nof Benton Harbor, and who was the father of\\nMre. Antisdale. Born in Genesee County, N. Y.,\\nin 1812, he was the son of Reuben and Nancy\\n(Calhcart) Brunson, and was descended from Eng-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0268.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPIlICAL RPXORD.\\n269\\nlisli ancestors. During the year of his birth, the\\nfamily removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they\\nreniaineri for liiree years. From that city tliey\\npioccedcil to Wayne County, Ind., and made that\\ntlieir home for three years, the father being en-\\ngaged in the nursery business and also as a fruit-\\ngrower. From Wayne Count} the family removed\\nto Elkhart. Ind., where the} resided until 18;\\nIn IH. .t Sterne Hrunson came to the pre.sent\\nsite of Henton Harbor, and soon after his arrival\\nconceived the idea of building a town on the east\\nside of the St. Joseph River, and of cutting a canal\\nfrom the river to the jnesent site of Benton Ilar-\\nbtii. lie originated and organized the movement,\\nand through his sole instrumentality the canal was\\nput thro\\\\igli, and the town was given the name of\\nIhunsou Ilarlior, the name being subsequently\\nchanged to lienton Harbor. Later he retired and\\ngave his attention exclusively to the care of the\\nproperty he had accumulated. He was a man of\\ngreat public spirit, in politics a stanch Republican,\\nand served as Mayor of Benton Harbor. He do-\\nnated the lot where the Central School now stands,\\nand aided every movement which had for its ob-\\nject th( improvement of the place. Socially, he\\nwas idonlitied with Benton Lodge No. 132,\\nI. O. F.\\n.\\\\|iril 27, I82(i, Mr. I lrunson married Miss Sa-\\nrah, daughter of John Shank, a native of I ennsyl-\\nvania, who died at Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. and\\nMrs. Brunson liecame the parents of six children,\\nas follows: Lewis, deceased; .lohn, Nancy A., Ru-\\nfus, Allen and Horace, the latter being a resident\\nof Chicago. In their religious belief, the parents\\nwere members of the Univer-salist Church. Mr.\\nBrunson passed away in April, 1878, at the home\\nof his only daughter, Mrs. Antisdale. His widow\\nsurvived hiin for a number of .years, and died in\\nAugust, 1886. at Mrs. Antisdale s home.\\nNancy A. (Brunson) Antisdale was born in\\nAVayne County, Ind., on the 28th of October, 18;i0,\\nand is the daughter of Sterne and Sarah (Shank)\\nBrunson. l)eeeml)er 8, 1811), she married Alvm\\nBurridge, a native of Vermont and a son of John\\nBurridge, of the Green Mountain .State. Mr. and\\nMrs. lUuridge moved to Benton Harbor in 18()2,\\nand here he was engaged for a number of years in\\ngeneral merchandising and fruit-growing. He was\\nlost on Lake Michigan on the morning of the 8th\\nof September, 1868, at the time of the sinking of\\nthe steamer Ilypocampus. Of his marriage four\\nchildren were born, as follows: Nettie, wife of W.\\nB. Clark, of Benton Harbor; Clarabelle, deceased;\\nLewis T., a nieichant in this city; and Nellie M.,\\nwife of Charles D. Cole, a commission merchantof\\nChicago, being a member of the (inn of L. 15. .Smith\\nCo?\\nI I I I r I\\n,41 l*,Alilil .iN iv. ilUUU\u00c2\u00a3.. One ol tlie success-\\n\\\\rJ/f fill enterprises of Benton Harbor is the\\nJ/W liwot and shoe and gents furnishing house\\n^.ARRFN L. IIOGUE. One of the success-\\nle\\nlOUSC\\nof which Mr. Ilogue is the owner and manager. A\\npractical .and experienced merchant, he is careful\\nin the selection of his stock so as to .secure tlie\\nbest quality in all lines, and having alwa3 s con-\\nducted his business ui)on reliable methods, main-\\ntains a high re[)utalion among the people of this\\nvicinit}\\nTracing his ancestry back a few generations, we\\nfind that the grandfather of our sulijecl, .lohn\\nIlogue, was born in Kngland and there learned the\\ntrade of a tailor. Soon after the close of the Ivev-\\nolutionary War he emigrated to America and set-\\ntled in I enn.sylvania, also for a time resided in\\nYoungstown, Ohio. Willi;im 1\\\\. llogui father of\\nour subject, w.as born in I iltsbuigh, I a. Sarah\\n(Kyle) Hogue, mother of our subject, was born in\\nYoungstown, Ohio, a daughter of Robert Kyle. The\\nmaternal grandfather of our subject was a N irgin-\\nian b} birth and earl}- settled in Ohio, becoming a\\nprominent citizen of Y oungstown.\\nWarren L. was born in Mercer County, I a., on\\nthe 17th of April, 1845, and was a lad of almost\\nten years when he accompanied his parents to\\nMichigan, settling in I ifiestone T(jwnship, Ber-\\nrien County, where his father still resides, having\\nnow (18it. 5) reached the advanced age of ninety-\\none. After completing his studies in the common\\nschools of the neighborhood, Mr. Ilogue took a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0269.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "270\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nbusiness course in Watkiiis select school in Ber-\\nrien Count3 where he remained for eighteen\\nmonths. Subsequently he went to Niles, where he\\n(illcd a clerical position in the store of Mr. .Tones\\nfor a period of two years.\\nMr. Ilogiie was married to Miss Maria Tompkins,\\nof Cleveland, Ohio, October 8, 1868. Mrs. Hogue\\nis the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Harris)\\nTompkins, natives of London, England, while she\\nwas born in Cleveland, Ohio. Some years after liis\\nmarriage, Mr. Hogue came to Benton Harbor, and\\nill 1877 formed a partnership with L. L. Clark in\\nthe grocery business. One year later Mr. Clark\\nsohl his interest to .lolin Herr and the business\\nwas for four years conducted under the title of\\nHogue Herr. In 1885, Mr. Hogue disposed of\\nhis interest in the establislimcnt and erabarlied in\\nhis present business, in which lie has met witii suc-\\ncess.\\nDuring liie years 181)0-91, Mr. Hogue served as\\nPresident of tiie Benton Ilarhor Building Loan\\nAssociation, of which he was one of the organi-\\nzers and is a Director at the present time. He and\\nhis estimable wife occupy a cozy and attractive\\nhome on the corner of Churcli and Brunson Ave-\\nnues, and their position in social circles is the\\nhighest. Fraternally, Mr. Hogue is identified with\\nBenton Lodge No. 132, 1. O. O. F., and in liis polit-\\nical belief he is a stanch advocate of Republican\\nprinciples.\\nOlIN M. ALLMENDINGER. In a city of\\ntlie rapid growth and development of Ben-\\nton Harbor, tlie importance of the line of\\nindustry in which .Joiin M. AUmendinger\\nis engaged cannot be over-estimated. To the\\ncontractor and builder in effect, conjointly with\\nthe architect, belongs the task of ini|)artiiig to the\\ncity that appearance of solidity, wealth, relinement\\nand comfort which at once stamps its citizens as\\nprogressive and enterprising.\\nMr. AUmendinger is a native of Montgomery\\nCounty, N. Y., boi n June 3, 1845, and the son of\\nJohn M. and Mary M. (Frank) AUmendinger, both\\nnatives of Wurtemberg, Germany, who were mar-\\nried in Germany before coming to the United\\nStates, some time in 1845. After residing in Mont-\\ngomery County, N. Y., for some time, Mr. AU-\\nmendinger moved to near Little Fallb, Herkimer\\nCounty, the same State. There our subject at-\\ntained his growth and received his education.\\nWhen very young John M. started out to cam his\\nown living. In 1867 he came to Berrien County,\\nMich., wliere he taught school one winter. He\\nfirst located in Michigan in 1867, and shortly after\\nfinishing liis term of school he began contr.acling\\nin pile-driving, when he built the foundation for\\nthe Life Saving Station at Benton Harbor. He\\nerected the docks in Benton Harbor and St. Jo-\\nseph for E. A. Graham, also for the Vandalia\\nRailroad, and was engaged in dredging for the\\nsame road some time. He makes a specialty of\\nheavy foundation building and erected the founda-\\ntion for the Benton Harbor Mills, also for several\\nbridges for the Chicago West Michigan Rail-\\nroad in the State, some at a cost of $40,000. Mr.\\nAUmendinger has done much contracting in dif-\\nferent parts of the State, and at the present time\\n(1893) is engaged in the construction of heavy\\ndocks in Benton Harbor and St. Joseph.\\nIn 1892, Mr. AUmendinger built the AUmendin-\\nger Hotel, a fine three-story brick, well furnished\\nand now doing a good business. This he rents.\\nMr. Allmendinger s first marriage occurred in\\n1868, and in 1885 he was married to his present\\nwife, who was formerly Miss Georgian na, daugh-\\nter of Almanza and Laura (IJrunson) Hamlin.\\nTwo children have been born to the last marriage,\\nJohn M., Jr., and Vere H. In politics, our sub-\\nject has ever been a warm supporter of Republican\\nprinciples, and was Trustee of Benton Harbor two\\nterms. He was also Harbor Master two j ears, Al-\\nderman of the Third Ward one year, and then\\nresigned. He is public-spirited to an unlimited\\ndegree, and no worth} enterprise is allowed to fail\\nfor want of support on his part. Socially, he is a\\nMason, a member of Lake Shore Lodge No. 298;\\nCalvin Brittain Chapter at St. Joseph, and Malta\\nCoinraaudery No. 44, Benton Harbor. His resi-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0270.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0271.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "^/:^7^f^h^^^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0272.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "^^e^", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0273.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0274.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "rOKTIiAlT AND BlOGKAPmCAL RECORD.\\n275\\nrlencu is sitiiaU-d on Unooln Avenue, Benton Har-\\nbor, and i.s in a vciv desiiahle loiation. As a bus-\\niness man Mr. Alliiicndiniri r has been a success.\\nFrom llie start liis exceptional Imsiness al)ilities,\\nhis reliability and promptness in earri ing out his\\nundertakings, an i the libera! methods be adopted\\nin dealing with the public, secured for him wide\\nrecognition and an inlluential patronage.\\n-J i^g^O l.\\nA.MES V. IllGIJEE, a retired farmer residing\\nIn Uenton Harbor, was born in lienton Town-\\nship, OnUirio County, N. V., May 7, 1818.\\nHe is descended from the English nobility\\n.lud traces his lineage in a direct line to the Prince\\nof Orange. His grandfather, James Higbee, was\\na native of New York, where his father, who was\\nlikewise named .lames, was born and reared. The\\nlatter married Mar^ Fiuton, and, coming West to\\nMichigan, resided here until his death.\\nAt the age of nine years our subject .iccompa\\nnied his parents to Berrien County, Mich., where\\nhe acquired a practic d education in the common\\nschools. He also attended the Niles High School\\nfor six months. In the spring of 1839 he went to\\nLouisa County, Iowa, where he turned the first\\nfurrows in the virgin soil. During the summer\\nhe engaged in breaking prairie land at $3 per acre,\\nand in the winter tiught school, being thus occu-\\npied for two years. In the fall of 1841 he re-\\nturned to Michigan and cleared and improved a\\nfarm in Berrien County, remaining on the place\\nuntil March, 1885, when he retired from agricul-\\nture and came to Benton Harbor. Since that time\\nhe has engaged as a dealer in real estate. In 1887\\nhe erected the Higbee Hotel, which is a line brick\\nstructure containing all the modern conveniences.\\nWith the various interests connected with the\\ngrowth of Berrien County Mr. Higbee was actively\\ninterested. He was one of the Commissioners ap-\\njiointed to superintend the construction of the\\nHenton Harbor Canal and rendered efficient service\\nin digging it. In politics he is a strong Re|)ubli-\\n13\\ncan, and gives his inMuence to the good of his\\nparty. In regard to social connections he is identi-\\nfied with Lake Shore Lodge No. 298, A. F. A.M.\\nWith his wife he holds membership in the Chris-\\ntian Church of Benton Harbor, and is active in the\\npromotion of all religious enterprises. His resi-\\ndence is located on the corner of Brittain Avenue\\nand Heck Court, and is an elegant two-story\\nstructure, erected in 1889 and containing all the\\nmodern improvements.\\nIn Iowa, Se[)tember 30, 1841, Mr. Higbee mar-\\nried Miss Mary Lewin, who was born in Ohio, and\\nat the age of eleven years removed to Louisa\\nCountv, Iowa, with her i)arents, .John A. and .Sa-\\nloam Lewin. .Mr. and Mrs. Higbee are the parents\\nof nine children: Amanda M., wife of William\\nHill; Mary A., who married W. H. Tike, and is\\ndeceased; .lolin Calvin; Nancy .Jane, the wife of\\nGeorge D. Thompson; Emily 11., the wife of\\n.James M. Cunningham; Ida .J., who married Henry\\nC. I^ane; Eliza, deceased; Capitola L., Mrs. James\\nG. I hillips; and I err} deceased. Mrs. Higbee\\nwas educated in the schools of Iowa, and acquired\\na good English education. She has reared a large\\nfamily- of children, and h.as proved herself to be a\\nmost devoted wife and mother, and it may here be\\nsaid that much of the success of her husband is\\ndue to her good judgment and persevering efforts\\nin aiding him in his undertakings. After a wedded\\nlife of over a half-century they can look back over\\nthe past with that degree of satisfaction which is\\nonly characteristic of a life well spent.\\nIn November, 1841, Mr. Higbee brought his wife\\nto his farm in the woods of Benton Township,\\nBerrien County, and they commenced housekeep-\\ning in a log cabin without a dollar on hand. They\\nhad to go in debt for provisions enough to carry\\nthem through the coming year. Flour and pork\\nwere very high, and store goods equally so. Mr.\\nHigbee commenced to clear up the laud, which was\\na very hard and laborious tjisk. The first crop con-\\nsisted of one acre planted to potatoes, on which he\\nraised four hundred bushels, selling them the next\\nspring at ^l per bushel; from three and one-fourth\\nacres of corn he raised about two hundred bushels,\\nwhich he sold for seventy-five cents ])er bushel;\\nhe also raised about fifteen bushels of spring wheat.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0275.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "276\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nThe first year s crop, by rigid ecoiiomj-, enabled\\nMr. Higbee to pay off his debts and leave a balance\\nof about 8250. We mention these facts of tiie\\nearl}- days more to impress on the minds of the\\npresent and future generations the hardships and\\nprivations which the pioneers endured in order to\\nlay the foundation for our present prosperity and\\ngreatness as a nation. Too much credit cannot\\nbe given to the brave men and noble women of\\nthe pioneer period of our country s history. Few\\ncitizens of Benton Harbor have been more closely\\nconnected with its growth than the venerable man\\nof whom we write. He served as the first Treas-\\nurer of the township, and lield that office for sev-\\neral terms. He also served as Justice of the Peace\\nfor several terms. Often he was the incumbent\\nof three or four otlicial positions at the same time,\\nand he is still a Notary Public.\\nIt was^ Mr. Higbee who purchased the ground\\nand erected the buildings where was held the first\\nAgricultural Fair of Berrien County, and for four\\nsuccessive terms he was Presiilent of the Board of\\nDirectors. The grand success of the Fair was due\\nto his efforts more than to those of any other man.\\nDuring the earlj- years of the settlement of Michi-\\ngan, bears and wolves were very bold and trouble-\\nsome, devouring stock of every kind. Mr. Higbee\\ncaught the ring leader in a trap and the other\\nwolves then left the country. In earl}- life he en-\\njoyed the sport of hunting, and often tells of his\\nfirst experience in shooting deer. After he had\\nfired the shot and seen the deer fall, he jumped\\nupon the prostrate animal and commenced to cut\\nits throat. Before he had done so, however, tiie\\ndeer brought up its hind feet and caught them in\\nthe side of Mr. Higbee s clothing, tearing his gar-\\nments to shreds. While the experience was a lit-\\ntle painful, yet to him the suffering was of far less\\nmoment than the important question of how to\\nreach home minus any clothing. The difficulty\\nwas solved by the discovery of some thorns, which\\nhe used for pins.\\nDuring the early years of the history of Michi-\\ngan, Indians were troublesome. In 1838 one of\\nthe Potlawalamie tribe stole Mi-. Higbee s rifle,\\nand our subject, with his brother Tyler, started in\\npursuit of the thief. Leaving home about day-\\nbreak, thej- went to the Chief and laid their com-\\nplaint before him and gave him a description of\\nthe gun. He stated that one of his tribe Iiad been\\nthere the previous night, carrying a gun of that\\ndescription. The Chief had noticed it at the\\ntime and, as he knew the man had no money,\\nhad shrewdly suspected that the rifle was a stolen\\none. He su|iplied our subject and his brother\\nwith a pilot and interpreter, and the little party\\ntraveled through snow nearl}- three feet deep to\\nthe camp of the Indians, reaching their destina-\\ntion about dark. The thief was found and the\\ngun restored. The three men, having had notli-\\ning to eat during the day, then looked around for\\nsome food. They found a tent a little cleaner in\\nappearance than the others and occui)ied b}- two\\nsquaws, who furnished tiiem with some cakes\\nfried in raccoon oil, coffee, cornbread and hominy,\\nwhicli the hungry men ate with a relish and con-\\nsidered delicious.\\n~i^^-\\nJAMES M. CHAPMAN, familiarly known to\\na large circle of old-time friends as Deacon\\nChapman, came to Michigan in 1844, and\\n^_j^ has for almost a half century been an ener-\\nergetic and prosperous agriculturist of Xewburg\\nTownship, Cass Count} Our subject is a native\\nof Medina County, Ohio, and was born in the year\\n1818. He received an excellent common-school\\neducation in his birthplace, and, his studies ended,\\ntaught school. James M. was one of a family of\\nseven children, six of whom survived to maturity.\\nThe eldest-born, Amory, died in Cass County in\\n1892. Samuel was a resident of the county at\\nthe time of his death. Lemuel makes his home in\\nPlainwell, Mich. Levi died in Ohio. Eugenia is\\nmarried, and lives in Antrim County, JNIich. The\\nparents, Levi and Lucinda (Turner) Chapman, were\\nof New England birth. The father was born in\\nConnecticut, the mother in New Hampshire. The\\nChapmans are of English descent, but Reuben\\nChapman, the paternal grandfather, was undoubt-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0276.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n277\\nedly !i native of Connecticut. One of his sons,\\nan uncle of our subject, tooi an active part in the\\nWar of 1812.\\nIn 1843 Mr. Chapman wa.-; married in Ohio, and\\nllio succeeding year, early in the spring, journeyed\\nwith his wife to the then far West. The entire\\npossessions of the husband and wife were loaded\\ninto one wagon, and by slow stages they arrived\\nsafely at their destination. Mr. and Mrs. Chap-\\nman settled down in the dense woods of Michigan,\\nand in common with the other pioneer farmers\\nsuffered many privations. To make his heavily\\ntimbered land productive, our subject was obliged\\nto toil early and late, but industry and |)ersever-\\nance enabled him to overcome difliculties and win\\na competence. The homestead upon which he now\\nresides, and which is under a high state of cultiva-\\ntion, has been the constant residence of the family\\nsince August, 1844. The old farm contains one\\nhundred and sixty valuable acres, and in connec-\\ntion with his son, Mr. Chapman owns an eight^--\\nacre tract a short distance north of the home place.\\nTwo sons comjirised the famil3- of our subject and\\nhis estimable helpmate. Harvey, the eldest, a\\npromising young man, died at the age of eighteen\\nyears. Frank Ciiapman is a representative citi-\\nzen, an excellent business man, and is a native of\\nCass County. After the location of Mr. Chapman\\nin Michigan, three of bis brothers followed his ex-\\nample and made this State their liome. Men of\\nusefulness and intelligence, they readily adapted\\nthemselves to the demands of a new country and\\noccuijied positions of inlluence.\\nPolitically, our subject is a stalwart Republican,\\nand cast his lirst vote for W. H. Harrison. A pub-\\nlic-spirited citizen, he has always taken an active\\ninterest in local and National issues, and served\\nwith efficiency as Supervisor of Newburg Town-\\nship f(n- fourteen consecutive years. Duiiiig this\\nentire time he was unwearied m his efforts to pro-\\nmote needed public improvements, and, an enter-\\nprising man, materially aided in the progressive\\ninterests of the lf)wnship. Both Mi. and Mrs.\\nCliai)man early identified themselves with the cause\\nof Christianity, and have always been numbered\\namong the workers in religious enterprise. They\\nare members of the Baptist Church, in which Mv.\\nChapman has held the office of Deacon for a great\\nnumber of years. Throughout the length and\\nbreadth of Cass County our subject is well known\\nand respected for his sincerity and upright char-\\nacter.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^E\\nE^\\nVH.LIAM GARRKTT. A native son of the\\nBuckeye State, born in Montgomery Coun-\\nty in J 844, Mr. Garrett has long been\\nidentified witii all the best interests of Cass County,\\nMich., whither he came with his parents when but\\na few years old. Naturallj his adopted State is\\nthe one in which he has the most interest, for all\\nhis recollections are of this State. He is a descend-\\nant of Irish ancestors, and h.is inherited the quick\\nwit and energ} characteristic of those born on the\\ngreen isle of P^rin. At the present time he is re-\\nsiding on section 1, Silver Creek Township, and\\nhas a very pleasant rural home.\\nHis father, John Garrett, was a native of County\\nDown, Ireland, born in 1799, and there grew to ma-\\nture years, receiving a good education in the land\\nof his birth. At an early age he began life as an\\nagriculturist, and made his home with an aunt\\nwho had reared him. Thinking to better his con-\\ndition in every way, 3 oung (iarrett emigrated to\\nthe United States in 1820, and located with an\\nelder brother at Cincinnati, Ohio. His means were\\nlimited when he reached American soil, and his\\nfirst work was done in a distillery in Montgomery\\nCounty, Ohio. While residing in that county he\\nw.as married to Miss Rosa Retticrew, a cultured\\nand refined lady, and in that county their chil-\\ndren were born.\\nMr. Garrett was engaged in the distillery busi-\\nness for many years, after which he bought a farm\\nand resided on this for some time, or until 1848,\\nwhen he came to Michigan. Cass County was the\\nobjective i)oint, and hesettled in La Grange Town-\\nship, but never invested in land there. Later he\\nwent to Van Biiren County, purchased a good\\nfarm, and resided on this until his death in 1862.\\nHis wife survived him until 1878. They were most", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0277.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "278\\nPOiiTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nworthy and esteemed citizens, and had many warm\\nfriends in tlie community in which tliey made tlieir\\nliome. Mr. Garrett was a self-made man in every\\nsense of tliat term, and wliat he accumulated in\\nthe way of this world s goods was tlic result of\\nenergy and perseverance. In politics, he had al-\\nways aftiliated with the Democratic party.\\nLike the average country- hoy, our subject at-\\ntended the district school in winter, and during\\nthe summer season his place was between the han-\\ndles of the plow. He thus grew to sturdy man-\\nhood. He selected liis companion in life in the\\nperson of Miss Susan Hutchinson, a native of\\nFranklin County, Ind., and the daughter of\\nCharles and Frances (Sampson) Hutchir.son, both\\nnatives of England. To our subject and wife were\\nborn six children, as follows: Margaret (commonly\\ncalled Margie), Frank, Nellie, Fannie, WlUard, and\\nJames B. Unlike his fathei-, our subject is a stanch\\nRepublican and an ardent sui)|)orter of its plat-\\nform and principles. Almost immediately after\\nhis marriage Mr. Garrett moved on the pleasant\\nfarm of ninety acres that he had previously liought,\\nand on this he has since remained. All his farm-\\ning operations are conducted in a manner showing\\nhim to be progressive and advanced in his ideas,\\nand his home is a credit to the township. In till-\\ning the soil Mr. Garrett does not lose sight of the\\nstock-raising industry, and has many fine animals\\non his place. He and wife are highly regarded in\\nthe neighborhood and are most worthy citizens.\\njfl ACOB BURRIDGE. One of the prominent\\ncitizens of Benton Harbor is the subject of\\nthis biographical notice. His popularity is\\nJJj evinced by the large circle of acquaintances\\nhe possesses, all of whom bear tribute to the nobil-\\nity of his character. For a number of years Mr.\\nBurridge has been engaged in raising fruit, and\\nnow owns one of the finest and most highly-im-\\nl)roved fruit farms in Berrien County. Being lo-\\ncated only three and one-half miles from the city\\nof Benton Harbor, it is convenient to the market,\\nand can also l)e personally superintended liy the\\nowner from his home in the town.\\nThe (irecn Mountain State was the early home\\nof Mr. Burridge and he was born in that State, in\\nthe town of Braintree, Orange County, on the 25tli\\nof September, 18 2.3. His father, Jacob, was like-\\nwise a native of ermont, where Grandfather Ja-\\ncob Burridge had made a settlement upon emi-\\ngrating from England. The mother of our sub-\\nject bore the maiden name of Sallie Spear and was\\nborn in Vermont, her ancestors having emigrated\\nto this country from Scotland. With the thiift\\nand probity characteristic of Scotch people, our\\nsubject combines the perseverance and determina-\\ntion of the F^nglish, and these traits have contrib-\\nuted largely to his success.\\nThe record of the childhood of Mr. Burridge is\\na simple one. The winters were passed in the\\nschool, wlieie he was fitted for actual contact with\\nthe business world, and the summer seasons were\\nspent on the home farm, where he earl} learned\\nlessons of industry. After leaving school, he com-\\nmenced to work on the railroad, and continued\\nthus engaged for a period of seven years. Jn\\n1854 he removed to the site of the present large\\nand prosiierous city of Winona, Minn., and he be-\\ncame one of the early settlers of that place, where\\nfor a time he followed farming pursuits, and later\\nwas the proprietor of an hotel for seven years.\\n1865 Mr. Burridge came to Benton Harlxir\\nand purchased a farm three and one-half miles\\nfrom the city, which he still owns. The place con-\\nsists of thirty-six acres and upon it he raises the\\nvery finest grades of peaches, apples and pears.\\nIn addition to the farm, he is the owner of a sub-\\nstantial business block in Benton Harbor. his\\npolitical views he is an outspoken advocate of the\\nDemocratic i)art) and favors all measures calcu-\\nlated to promote the progress of his fellow-towns-\\nmen. He resides in the city, where he has a pleas-\\nant and cozily furnished home at No. 185 Belle-\\nview Street. The lady who presides over this\\nhome with an ever-gracious hospitality was for-\\nmerly Miss Olive Sargent, of Canada. She was\\nthe daughter of Benjamin SargQiit, a u,ative of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0278.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAnilCAL RECORD.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0270\\nAfuine niid a dpscondant of Kiiy;lisli ancestors, who\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0niiirraU ii fioin (ii-eal IJrilain in an early day and\\nsettled in the State of Maine. The marriage of\\nMr. liurridge to INIiss Sargent was solemnized in\\nIHoC and was blessed by the birth of two .sons, in\\nthe loss of whom by death this worth} couple\\nsuffered an irr( |i;iral)le lo.ss.\\nWILLIAM FLOOD (decea.sed). The Emer-\\nald Isle has bequeathed to America some\\nof her best citizens, and It is to her that\\nISerrien County was indebted for its representative\\nagriculturist, William Klood. Tiiis gentleman was\\nborn in County Cavan, Ireland, but for man}\\nyears prior to his death was a resident of lierricn\\nCount} Mich., where he attained an enviable i-ep-\\nutation. In conducting his farming operations\\nhe brought his good sense and his practical views\\nto bear, and as a result .accumulated a fair share of\\nthis world s goods. In him the community had a\\nfaithful and unswerving friend, ever alert to serve\\nit\u00c2\u00ab best interests and generous in his contributions\\ntoward every movement tending to the general\\nadvancement.\\nHe grew to nnanhood in his native country and\\nfor many years was eng.aged as a tiller of the soil\\nthere. I ati r he married Miss Rose Lynch and\\nwhile still a resident of Ireland four children were\\nborn to his union. About this time many of his\\ncountrymen were emigrating to America, and their\\npraises of the fertile soil of the United States\\nroused him to such a pitch that in lHt7 hecrossed\\nwith his family 1o America. Almost immediately\\nafter reaching this country they came to Michigan\\nand located in Berrien Clounty, where ho ])urch. ised\\na farm of one hundred and sixty acres. This was\\nall heavily limbered but with the help of his chil-\\ndren Mr. Flood cleared his |)lace, erected good,\\nsubstantial buildings, and began his career as an\\nagriculturist.\\nAfter re;iching the Iniled States six more chil-\\ndren were born to our subject s marriage. The\\nlirst foui-. ralrick. .lohn. Marv and Ann. were born\\nin Ireland, and Kate, .Jane, .lames, Ellen, Wo.se and\\nThoni.as first saw the light of day in the I nited\\nStates. The two younger boys, James and Thomas,\\nhave managed the farm since the death of the fa-\\nther in 1872, and have bought and sold several\\nfarms in the last few years. They are wide-awake,\\nthorough-going young agriculturists, and inherit\\nthe energy, enterprise and wit of the sons of Ire-\\nland. The above-mentioned children are public\\nsjjirited and take a deep interest in all enterprises\\nthat have for their object the uiibuilding of Her-\\nrien County.\\nMr. Klood was an honest, hard-working man,\\nand what he gathered together of this world s\\ngoods was the result of years of economy and\\nhard work. An earnest farmer himself, he reared\\nhis children to a life of agricultural pursuits, and\\nat his death left them a name untarnished by any\\ndishonest or reprehensible act. He was a kind\\nand loving husband and father, devoted to the\\ninterests of his family, and at all times did all in\\nhis power to build up and inii)rove the county in\\ngeneral and his own neighborhood in particular.\\nPoliti ally, he was a Democrat, but his sons are lib-\\neral in their jjolitical views, and are classed among\\nthe representative citizens. Mrs. Flood ever en-\\ndeavored to prove a worthy helpmate to her hus-\\nband in gaining .a much-coveted home. Now\\nshe is in comff)rtable circumstances and will\\npass her declining years in peace and happiness.\\nShe resides on the old home place with .lames and\\nThomas, is well preserved for her years, and is en-\\njoying comparatively good health.\\nps^EOHGE M. 15ELL, M. I)., of Hentoii Harbor,\\nhas wf n a foremost position among the\\n:JJ^ physicians and surgeons of southwestern\\nMichigan, where his eminent abilities and broad\\nknowledge are universally recognized and ad-\\nmired. He is one of the most devoted disciples\\nof the science of therapeutics, and has not only\\nwon from his profession the laurels of success, but\\nhas abu been instrumental in effecting its advance-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0279.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "280\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ninent. His studies have been lonsf and thoroiio;li,\\nand it has ever been his aim to keep abreast with\\nevery advance made in the profession.\\nThe Doctor is a native of Canada, and was\\nborn in the province of Ontario, in Milton, Halton\\nCounty, September 19, 1848, being the son of Jo-\\nseph and Mary (Teetzel) Bell. He resided in Can-\\nada during his childhood years, and there received\\nhis elementary instruction. At the age of fifteen\\nyears he came to Berrien Count} Mich., and after\\ncompleting his literarj studies, commenced to read\\nmedicine witli his brother. Dr. John Bell, of Ben-\\nton Harbor. In 1869 he entered the medical de-\\npartment of the State University at Ann Arbor,\\nand there pursued his studies with ardor and per-\\nseverance. In the spring of 1870 he was grad-\\nuated from that institution, and the degree of\\nDoctor of Medicine was conferred upon him. Dur-\\ning the following year, he took a course of lectures\\nat the Chicago Medical College, and was grad-\\nuated from there. The winter of 1874-75 he spent\\nin New York City, graduating from Bellevue\\nHospital Medical College.\\nIt will thus be seen that Dr. Bell has had every\\nadvantage which thorough training can give. He\\ncommenced the practice of his profession at Ben-\\nton Harbor, and has since conducted a general\\npnictice in this city, giving especial attention to\\nthe diseases of children. He is at present filling\\nthe position of Surgeon for the Big Four Railroad,\\nand is also a member of the Board of Pension Ex-\\naminers. Dr. Bell and his brother. Dr. John Bell,\\nown and carry on a large drug store in Benton\\nHarbor. In his social relations, the Doctor is a\\nMason, being a member of Lake Shore Lodge No.\\n298, and Calvin Brittain Chapter No. 56, at St.\\nJoseph. He is also identified with the Kniglits of\\nHonor and the Order of the Maccabees. In his\\npolitical opinions, he is a thoughtful student of\\nthe issues of the day, and gives his influence to\\nthe principles of Democracy.\\nThe lady whom Dr. Bell married in May, 1876,\\nand who since that time has been the affectionate\\nhelpmate of her husband, was formerly Miss Anna,\\nNichols, and is the daughter of Edgar and Anna\\nNichols, formerly from the State of New York.\\nMrs. Bell was born in San Antonio, Tex., and has\\npassed her life princi|)ally in IMichigan, being well\\nknown and highly regarded in the social circles of\\nBerrien County. The union of Dr. and Mrs. Bell\\nhas been blessed by the birth of one sou, John, Jr.\\nDisELSON G. KENNEDY. The village of\\nJ Benton Harbor is the home of a large num-\\n1^ ber of professional men, who by their skill\\nand success have added not only to the lustre of\\ntheir names, but also to the fame of the place.\\nAmong the prominent legal practitioners who\\nhave gained established reputations for breadth of\\nknowledge, accuracy and shrewd discernment, may\\nbe mentioned Mr. Kennedy, who conducts a gen-\\neral jiractice in the courts of the county.\\nHimself a native of Michigan, our subject is the\\nson of Russell Kennedy, a native of New York,\\nwho removed in 1847 to Illinois and located in\\nWill County. Subsequent!} he returned to his\\nformer home in Michigan and p.assed aw.ay at St.\\nJoseph in 1864. His wife, who l)orc the maiden\\nname of Lodeina T. Smith, was born in New York,\\nand now m.akes her home in St. Joseph, Mich. The\\nSmith family originated in Holland, while the\\nKennedys tr.ace their ancestr}- to Scotland.\\nThe subject of this sketch grew to manhood in\\nWill County, III., whither he was taken b} his\\nparents at the age of two years. He was educated\\nin the schools at Joliet, III. In 1862 he returned\\nto Michigan with his parents. In 1886 he was\\nelected Sheriff of l errien County, and by re-elec-\\ntion served two terms. Having decided to enter\\nthe legal profession, he read law with George M.\\nValentine, of Benton Harbor. He was admitted\\nto practice at the Bar of the State in .January,\\n1890, and was elected Circuit Court Commissioner\\nfor this county in the fall of 1892.\\nOpening an office at Benton Harbor, Mr. Ken-\\nned} at once began a general [iractice, which he\\nhas since conducted. In addition to his legal in-\\nterests, he deals extensively in real estate, and\\nthrough good investments, as well as through his\\npractice, he h.as gained a com[)eteiicy and is ac-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0280.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOORAl IIK AL HI-X ORD.\\n281\\ncountcfl one o( IJciiton Harbor s most successful\\nmen. lie is deservedly po|Mil.ar with all classes^\\naiiii allliduuh in pdlitics lie is an oiits|)iil i n Ki\\npublican lie has a host of wanii personal fiiends\\nin tlie opposinji: party, and enjoys the eslceni of\\nhis larije circle of ac(|uaiiitances, irrespective of\\npiililical views. lie is recognized as one of the\\nleading Ivepulilicans of this part of Michigan. He\\nis one of the prominent members of the order of\\nKnights of I ytliias and is an active worker in the\\nranks.\\nThe lady who. in June of 18G4, l)ecame the wife\\nof our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah .1.\\nWoolley, and was the daughter of (ieoi ge and\\nSusan (Somers) Woolley, of Ohio. The union of\\nMr. and Mrs. Kennedy has been blessed by the\\nhirth of four children, whose i)resencc gives added\\nlife to the co/y family residence on Lake Avenue.\\nThe children are: Cora K., wife of liarles W.\\nCrossman; lola P wife of Rev. Charles S. I .ul-\\nlock; Lowell N., who married Clara Tabor; and\\nMaude .1., single, at home.\\nm^\\n\\\\l^^ ON. LOI5KNZO P. ALKXANDKR, Justice\\nof the Peace and a prominent property-\\nowner of Buchanan, was born in Allegany\\n^S^j County, N. Y., August 10, 1H20. He is of\\nScotch descent, his [laternal grandfather, Jabez\\nAlexander, having emigrated from the Land of\\nThistles and settled in New Hampshire, where he\\nfollowed the occupation of a farmer. The father\\nof our subject, Thomas P. Alexander, w.as born in\\nNew Hampshire and was one of the brave soldiers\\nwho rendered valiant service in the War of 1812.\\nIn an early day he removed to New York and\\nthere followed his trade of a carpenter and joiner.\\nDuring the administration of President Jackson he\\nwas appointed Postmaster at Belfast, N. Y., and\\nheld that position from 182!) until 18i )7. In earlj\\nlife he was a Democrat, but later adopted the prin-\\nciples of the Hepidjlican party and remained a\\nstanch advocate of its platform until his deatli.\\nSo closely was Mr. Alexander identified with the\\ngrowth and progress of Belfast, that his wife called\\nhim the pump handle of the town. He was well\\nknown throughout that en tii C section of the county.\\nHis death occurred when he was sixty-three years\\nold. Tlie mother of our subject was Kliza (White)\\nAlexander, a native of Boston, Mass., and a school\\nteacher prior to her marri.age. Her father, John\\nWhite, emigrated from his native country, Ireland,\\nto the United States and settled in Boston. He\\nand his people were all fishermen.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in what\\nis luiw known as Sullivan County, N. II.. and lo-\\ncated in Allegany County, N. Y., when the land\\nwas heavily timbered and the dense forest growth\\nhad not fallen beneath the sturdy stroke of the\\npioneer s axe. Afterward they settled in Belfast,\\nN. Y., and that village was named Belfast at the\\nsuggestion of our subject s mother. J hey were\\nthe parents of three sons: Aro C, Lorenzo P. and\\nSamuel S., the latter being dece.iscd. The second\\nson in thefamil} was reared in Allegany County,\\nwhere he acfpiired a common-school education.\\nOn the 21st of October, 1841, he arrived in Berrien\\nCounty with his parents and located in Buchanan,\\nwhicli at that time contained only five shanties\\none mill and a distiller^\\nIn this place, Mr. Alexander found employment\\nat his trade of a carpenter and shoe-maker. In\\n1845 he was elected Const.able and J reasnrer of\\nthe townshi)), and has never since been without\\noflice. In 18(!0 he was elected to represent the\\nFirst District of Berrien County in the State Legis-\\nlature over his opponent. Royal T. Twomblc} a\\nprominerit Democrat of Niles. In 1867 Mr. Alex-\\nander w.as chosen as delegate to the Constitutional\\nConvention against Ilenr} Chamberlain. He was\\nchosen in 1870 to represent liis district in the\\nState Senate, and rendered etHcient and honorable\\nservice in behalf of his constituents. He occupied\\nthe position of Supervisor for a longer period than\\nany other man in thecounly. In addition to these\\nodices, he served as Postmaster at Buchanan from\\n1861 until 1 865 .and again from 1877 to 1885, his\\nservices in that position being eminently pleasing\\nto both political parties. During the entire period\\nof his residence in the county, there have been only\\nsix weeks in fifty vears in which he has been out of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0281.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "282\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\notflce. He was appointed to locate the public\\nbuildings for the Government at Grand Rapids,\\nand in connection with Judge Withey secured an\\neligible site.\\nIn 1847 Mr. Alexander embarked in business as\\na boot and shoe merchant, and in 1850 entered the\\nmercantile business in partnership with John D.\\nRoss. The firm carried on a large and lucrative\\ntrade, their sales aggregating from %107,000 to\\n#110,000 per vear. Theirs was much the largest\\nmercantile establishment in Berrien County at that\\ntime and they gained a widely extended reputation\\nfor their fair dealing with customers and their gen-\\nial courtesy of manners. At present Mr. Alexan-\\nder has practically retired from business, although\\nhis property interests demand considerable atten-\\ntion on his part. He is the third oldest continuous\\nsurviving resident of the township and has always\\nbeen one of its most prominent citizens. Socially,\\nhe is identified with Lodge No. 68, A. F. A. M..\\nat Buchanan, and enjoys the distinction of having\\nbeen the first member installed in that order.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Alexander occurred in\\n1843 and united him with Miss Rachel Co per.\\nThree children blessed the union, only one of whom\\nis now living. Mrs. Emilv K. French, of Cassopolis.\\nIn 1860 Mr. Alexander married Miss Helen M.\\nBvrnes, who by this union is the mother of one\\nchild, .John B., residing in Sjwkane. Wash., and\\nwho is Telegraph and Associate Editor of the\\nChronicle at thai place.\\nfEY. FATHER JOSEPH JOOS. Rector of\\nHolj- Maternity Rom.in Catholic Church at\\nDowagiac, was born in Belgium May 24,\\n1867. His parents, Adolph and Eniilie\\nJoos, were natives of Somergem. Belgium, and had\\na family of seven children. Joseph being the fourth\\nin order of birth. In religious belief, the various\\nmembers of the family are identified with the\\nCatholic Church and are prominent workers in\\nthat denomination. An uncle of our subject, Rt.-\\nRcv. F ather Edward Joos. is at the present time\\nVicar-Gcneral of the Detroit Diocese: a cousin.\\nRev. Father DeNeve. was the first priest at Niles,\\nand is now connected with the American College\\nof Louvain. Belgium.\\nCommencing his literary studies in Belgium, the\\nsubject of this notice finished the classical and\\nphilosophical course in Assumption College, at\\nSandwich, Canada, graduating from that institu-\\ntion in 1888. Afterward he entered the theologi-\\ncal department of St. Mary s .Seminary, at Cincin-\\nnatti, and from that college, by special appoint-\\nment of the Bishop of Detroit, he went to Rome.\\nItah where he was graduated from the American\\nCollege in 1891. He was ordained by Cardinal\\nParocchi, the Vicar-General of the Pope, on the\\n28th of June, 1891, and soon afterward came to\\nMichigan, where he joined the Detroit Diocese.\\nOn the 15th of August, 1891, he was chosen for the\\nposition he now occupies as Rector of Holy Ma-\\nternity Church, at Dowagiac.\\nA few words with reference to this church will\\nbe of interest to our readers. The corner stone of\\nthe present edifice was laid on the 9th of .June,\\n1892, and the building was dedicated with appro-\\npriate services on the 29th of .January. 1893. The\\nfunds for the erection of the structure were raised\\nprincipail v by the efforts of Father .Joos, to whom\\nmore than to any other man is due the present large\\nmembei-ship and splendid working condition of the\\nchurch. In addition to this congregation, he has\\ncharge of the ^acrcd Heart Church at .Silver Creek,\\nCass County, and t. Dominick s Church at Rush\\nLake. The membership of these various congre-\\ngations extends throughout Cass County, and into\\nVan Buren and Berrien Counties. In the Dowa-\\ngiac Church there is a membership of one hundred\\nand twenty-five families; at Silver Creek, fifty\\nfamilies, and at Rush Lake, sixty families, making\\na total of nearly one thousand members in the\\nthree churches. The value of the church property\\nat this pl.ice is estimated at ?14,000. and the other\\nchurch property is worth 58,000. including forty-\\ntwo .ncres of land. At Dowagiac and Silver Creek\\nservices are hold e.ach .Sunday, and in the other\\nparish once a month, -^un day-schools .ire held in\\nall the churches. At Rush Lake, Van Buren County,\\nthe progress made by the ciiurch is especially", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0284.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0285.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0286.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n2S.1\\n])k asinof, and Father Joos expects in the near\\nfuture to commence tlie erection of a suitable\\nedilico.\\nA man of j^rcnt culture and polish, Kallier Joos\\nis well adapted to the re.spoiisiliilities of his [iresent\\nposition. He. possesses the genial manners and re-\\nliiipd tastes which have won for him llio admiration\\nand respect of his parishioners. Wiiile in Kuro|i(^,\\nhe availed himself to the utmost of the splendid\\nopportunities offered him for stud} and acquired\\na thiir()u ;li knowledge of (ireek, Latin, Hebrew\\nand the Oriental langu.iges taught in the seminary\\nco\\\\nse. He converses lluently in the Flemish,\\nFrench, (lerman, English and Italian langu.agos\\nand reads Spanish, being well versed in no less\\nthan nine different languages.\\n^=^EOROE KEPHART. One of the promi-\\njfl p nent business enterprises of Berrien Springs\\n^^ijl is the grocery store owned and managed\\nby the gentleman with whose name we intro-\\nduce this sketch. His establishment is stocked\\nwitli full and complete assortments of everything\\nill the line of staple and fancy groceries, fruits\\nand vegetables in their season, teas and coffees,\\nand grocers sundries. The complete knowledge\\nof the business possessed by the proprietor is\\nshown in the great care taken in the selection of\\nthe stock, by which he has commended himself to\\ntlie favor of the citizens of Berrien Springs and\\nvicinity. The estaliiishment is a favorite one\\nwith the people here, and the energy of the owner\\nhas secured for it a stead\\\\ and growing success.\\nElsewhere in tliis volume will be found an ac-\\ncount of the life of Dr. Philip Kephart, father\\nof our subject; also of his mother, whose maiden\\nname was Susan Kimball, and whose father, George\\nKimball, was one of the early .settlers of Berrien\\nCounty. The subject of this sketch was born in\\nBerrien Springs on the 21th of February, 18; 8,\\nand gained the rudiments of his education in the\\npulilic schools of this village. Later he entered\\nthe Northwestern University at, Evanston, III.,\\nwhere he was a student for three 3 ears. After-\\nward he conducted his studies in Cliaddock Com-\\nmercial College, of Kalamazoo, from which insti-\\ntution he was graduated in 1878.\\nForming a partnership with his l)rother Augu.s-\\ntus in 1880, under the firm name of A. Kephart\\nit Bro., our subject emliarked in the g(Mieral mer-\\ncantile business at Berrien .Springs. After a con-\\nnection of seven years the firm was dissolved and\\nthe business sold. In the fall of 188C our subject\\nand his brother Walter, under the firm name of\\nKephart Bros., purchased the grocery store of Bol-\\ning Bros. Co., and conducted a lucrative busi-\\nness until 1802, when George purchased his bro-\\nther s interest, and has since conducted the business\\nalone. He is one of the intelligent and enterpris-\\ning merchants of Jierrien Siirings, and his activity\\nis rapidly advancing the commercial status of the\\nvillage.\\nMarch 4, 1886, occurred the marri.age of George\\nKe])hart to Miss Delia Eaton, the accomplished\\ndaughter of Wheeler Eaton, of Tecumseh, Mich.\\nOne son, George, Jr., has been born of this mar-\\nriage. In his political affiliations Mr. Kephart is\\na stanch Republican, but li.as never been solici-\\ntous for office, preferring to devote his energies\\nentirely to his busine.ss. He served as Trustee of\\nthe village of Berrien Springs for three years,\\nand in office, .as well as in private life, endeavors\\nto promote the interests of the village where he\\nmakes his home.\\n?RANK R. GILSON, editor and proprietor\\njlpHfe) of the dail} and weekly Palladium, and\\n/ll, one of the influential citizens of Benton\\nHarbor, w.is born in Charlestown, a suburb of Bos-\\nton, M.ass., on the 30th of December, 1818. His\\nparents, Edmund L. and Eloiza C. (Butters) Gilson,\\nwere natives respectively of New Hampshire and\\nVermont, and vvere married in Boston, Mass.\\nPrior to coming to the West, they had resided for\\na short time in Mas.s.acliusetts, and u|)on removing\\nto Illinois in IBSj located in La .Salle County, but", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0287.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "286\\nPORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\nsubseqiienlly went to Buckley, Iioquois Couii-\\nt3 111., where Frank R. grew to man s estate. He\\nleft the farm at the age of seventeen years and went\\nto work in a printing-ofllee at Onarga. 111., subje-\\nqueutly buying an interest in the paper, and in\\n1870 he moved it to Moline and conducted its\\npublication for a short time, and sold it as the\\nMoline Review in 1871.\\nLater Mr. Gilson resided for a few months in\\nDavenport, Iowa, working on the Gazette, and he\\nalso lived in Clinton, Iowa, for twelve years, being\\ncity editor of the Clinton Herald. After making\\nhis home in Clinton for twelve years, he came, in\\n1885, to the thriving village of Benton Harbor,\\nand with shrewd discernment, noticing that there\\nwas a splendid opening here for a good paper, he\\n])urchased the weekly PaUadimn. So successful\\nwas he in its publication, that in 1886 he estab-\\nlished the daily Palladium, a six-column quarto,\\ndevoted to local items of interest as well as mat-\\nters of general and .State interest. Both the daily\\nand weekly are bright and news} containing\\ngood editorials, as well as flashes of wit and humor.\\nIn typographical appearance they are unexcelled\\nby any publication in this section of the State. In\\nthe city and throughout the county the are read\\nwith interest and have a wide circulation. In\\npolitics, the Palladium is Republican in tone, and\\nis the recognized organ of the party in Benton\\nHarbor.\\nMl-. Gilson h.as concentrated his energies upon\\nhis lilerar} work, with what success we have al-\\nready noted. His editorials are characteristic of\\nthe man himself vigorous, tireless in their con-\\ndemnation of vvrong, and equally unwavering in\\ntheir allegiance to the principles of right and jus-\\ntice. Through his press notices he is a zealous ad-\\nvocate of local interests, and in that way has been\\nan important aid to development and progress. In\\naddition to the newspaper business, he conducts a\\nsuccessful job-printing establishment, that turns\\nout first-class work. The success of both the daily\\nand weekly edititms, and the support they are re-\\nceiving from the people, are abundant evidence of\\nthe intelligent appreeiation by the people of the ef-\\nforts made by the papers in their liehalf. Socially,\\nMr. Gilson is a Knight of Pythias, and is also\\nidentified with the Knights of the Maccabees and\\nthe Modern Woodmen of America. At the present\\ntime he is serving as Secretary of the Benton Har-\\nbor I luilding and Loan Association. Jlr. Gilson is\\nmarried and has two children, a son and daughter.\\nRoy R. is acting for his father s paper as city\\neditor at the earl\\\\- age of seventeen years, and is\\nprobably the youngest city editor in the United\\nStates.\\nm^^rm f^ I \\\\(3^^m\\nIf^ BARLOAV .JEWELL, City Marshal, Chief\\n1^ of Police, Water Commissioner and Chief\\n1* of the Fire Department, also Street Com-\\nmissioner at Dowagiac, was born in St. Albans, Vt.,\\nMay 3, 185.5. He is the grandson of William\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lewell, a brave soldier in the Revolutionary War,\\nand one of the Green Mountain bo3 S, whose\\nfame history will ever perpetuate. The father of\\nour subject, E. Whitney .Jewell, was born in St.\\nAlbans, Vt., and there married Miss Orrissa Dor-\\nwin, who was the daughter of William Dorwin.\\nFor man} years after his marriage he engaged in\\nbuying and shipping stock in Vermont, but in\\n1877 came to Dowagiac and has since lived retired.\\nHis wife died in 1879, leaving two children, the\\nsubject of this notice and Mortimer D. The lat-\\nter was a dentist of this city until his death, which\\noccurred in 1887. Politicall} Mr. Jewell, Sr.,\\nwas a Republican, and in his religious aftiliations\\nwas identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nThe boyhood days of our subject were passed in\\nthe Green Mountain State and he received a good\\neducation at Norwich University, at North field,\\nthat State, from which he was graduated in 1876.\\nAfter completing his studies, he engaged for a\\ntime as Clerk of the village of St. Albans, also as\\nCollector of Taxes and Deput}- Sheriff. In 1877,\\nat St. Albans, t., he married Nellie E., daughter\\nof C3rus K. Green, foreman in the railroad shops\\nat that place. Mrs. Jewell was born and reared in\\nSt. Albans, receiving her education in the city\\nschools. After their marriage the young couple\\ncame to Michigan and located at Dowagiac, where", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0288.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n28-\\nMr. Jewell embarked in the dental business with\\nills brother. Tliree years were thus passed, after\\nwhich he accepted a position as clerk in a store,\\nand remained in that position about two years.\\nA Republican of no uncertain tone, Mr. Jewell\\nhas filled various positions of trust in the commu-\\nnity and lias gained the confidence of the people\\nas an otiicial of highest integrity and fidelity. In\\n1882 he was elected Marshal, and has served in\\nthat position ever since. During the same year\\nhe was chosen for the oftice of Street Commis-\\nsioner, and he has also been Water Commissioner\\nfor the past four years. In his social connections\\nhe is identified with the Modern Woodmen of\\nAmerica, the Masonic fraternity and the Knights\\nof Honor, being a charter member of the latter or-\\nganization, lie was First Lieutenant in the Ran-\\nsom Guards, a State militia company at St. Albans.\\nHis union has proved one of great liai)piness and\\nmutual helpfulness and it raaj- truly be said of his\\nwife that she has divided his sorrows and doubled\\niiis joys. They arc the parents of two children,\\nRaymond W. and Orrissa E. Mr. Jewell occupies\\na pleasant suite of rooms in the IJeckwith Build-\\ning and devotcshis attention closely to the duties\\nof his ollicc, lindiiig in the various positions held\\nby liiiii sufllcii ut to occupy his time and thought.\\n-^1=\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1-3\\n!i:,EORGE KISSINGER. Beautifully located\\non a bluff overlooking the St. Joseph River,\\nwhose tranquil waters reflect the ever-\\nchanging hues of the sk} lies one of the fine fruit\\nfarms of I .errien County. It is the proi)erty of\\nthe gentleman whose name introduces this bio-\\ngrai)liical notice, and consists of eighteen acres on\\nsection 3( .St. .losepli Township. Here ma}- be\\nfound the best varieties of every kind of fruit.\\nEive and one-half acres are planted to blackberries,\\ntwo acres to four ditTerent kinds of raspberries,\\nand there are ten huntlrcd and twenty-five peach\\ntrees, fifteen hundred grape vines, sixty pear and\\nsixt} apple trees, twelve hundred currant bushes,\\ntwo hundred gooseberry bushes, and two-thirds\\nof an acre devoted to strawberries, cherries, i)luiii\u00c2\u00bb,\\n(juinces, etc. In addition to fruits, there are also\\na number of mulberry hickory-nut and chestnut\\ntrees. The majority of the trees and shrubs were\\nplanted five years ago, and are now in fine bear-\\ning condition.\\nA native of Wisconsin, our subject was born in\\nRichfield, W.ashiiigton County, November 18,\\n1849. His father, Jacob Kissinger, was born in\\nGermany, whence he emigrated to America in\\n1845, and located in Milwaukee, Wis., where he\\nfollowed the trade of a shoemaker. In Wiscon-\\nsin he was united in marriage with Miss Anna M.\\nDueber, and after that iiniiortant event he settled\\nat Richfield, where he followed .agricultural pur-\\nsuits for eleven years. Removing tiience to Fond\\ndu Lac, AVis., he was similarly engaged for a slK)rt\\ntime, and afterward, going to Waupiin, he en-\\ngaged in fanning there for a brief period. Fioni\\nthat place lie removed two miles west of Fond du\\nLac, and subsequently went to Nebraska, where\\nhe was engaged in general farming uiiti! his death,\\nin February, 18 .t2. An industrious and energetic\\nman, he was also a devoted Christian and an\\nactive member of the German Baptist Church.\\nIn the parental family there were ten children,\\nof whom eight are now living, George being the\\nsecond in order of birth. He spent his boyhood\\nda^ S in Wisconsin, and in IHIJO came to St. Jo-\\nseph, where he engaged in the fishing business,\\nfirst in a sail-boat but afterward becoming the\\nowner of a fishing-tug. He fished in Lake ftlich-\\nigan exclusively, and during the twent3 -two years\\nin which he followed this business experienced\\nsome narrow escapes, and was caught in some of\\nthe wildest storms that have ever darkened the\\nlake. The enterprise proved remunerative, and\\nhe has cleared as much as *2,20() in twenty days.\\nThe marri.age of our subject took place in 1872,\\nand united him with Miss Mary Ilerrinc:, the\\ndaughter of August Herring, one of the promi-\\nnent residents of St. Joseph. There are four chil-\\n1 dren in the family: Cora B., Ella 1)., William E.\\nand Haltic A., all of whom are at home. In July,\\n1889, Mr. Kissinger located upon the place wliere\\nhe now engages in raising fruit, and where, .as\\nI above stated, he owns eighteen acres of fruit land.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0289.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "288\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nThe improvements which cause this place to rank\\namong the finest in the county have been added\\nby Mr. Kissinger since he h cated here, and througli\\nhis energetic labors he has largely onlianced the\\nvalue of the property.\\nPolitically, Mr. Kissinger is a Republican, and\\nis tlie present Treasurer of St. Joseph Township.\\nHe is also serving as Fish Inspector, a position\\nwhich he has filled ff)r a number of j-ears. He is\\ngeneral agent for the Mutual Aid German Bap-\\ntist Association of North America, and one of the\\nTrustees, as well as Treasurer, of the German Bap-\\ntist Church at St. Joseph.\\ne^+^[\\nj^JRANK A. TREAT, Treasurer of Berrien\\nli^^ County, was born in the village of Bu-\\n1^ chanan, this county, on the 7th of March,\\n1859. He is the son of George R. and Mary\\n(Baker) Treat, both of whom were born in New\\nYork, and removed thence to Michigan many\\n3 ears ago, settling in lUichanan and becoming\\nidentified with its early history. They now re-\\nside in Berrien Springs, where, somewhat retired\\nfrom the active duties of life, they are passing\\ntheir declining years. The paternal grandfather,\\nCharles Treat, was a native of the Empire State,\\nwhere the closing years of his life were spent.\\nThe father of onr subject was three times mar-\\nried, the mother of Frank A. being the third wife.\\nThe subject of this notice is the eldest of six chil-\\ndren born of the Last marriage of his father. His\\nboyhood years were quietlj- passed in the village\\nof Buchanan, where he commenced his studies in\\nthe common schools and continued a student un-\\ntil he had passed tliree years in the High School\\nof that place. At an early day he developed the\\ntraits of industry and independence which led\\nhim to become self-supporting while still quite\\nyoung. His first salaried position w.is that of\\nclerk in a grocery store at Buchanan, where he re-\\nmained a number of years.\\nIn the winter of 18!t;5 Mr. Treat located in the\\nvillage of Berrien S|)rings. where he has since re-\\nsided. His fellow-citizens, among whom he has\\nalways enjoyed great popularity, nominated him\\nin 1890 to the oflice of Township Clerk, and he\\nw.as elected b} a large majority. Hi? service in\\nthat position was eminently satisfactory to the\\npeople, and at the expiration of his term of of-\\nfice a higher honor was conferred upon him. This\\nw. is in the fall of 1892, when he was chosen Treas-\\nurer (if Berrien County, being elected to that of-\\nfice on the Republican ticket. He is still an in-\\ncumbent of that offlce, and is discharging his\\nduties in a manner which proves the possession of\\na high order of talent on his part.\\nApril 10, 1887, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nTreat and Miss Clara M. Worilen, who at that\\ntime resided in Mason, Ingham Count}-, Mich.\\nMrs. Treat is the daughter of Joseph B. and Mary\\nJ. (Walker) Worden, who are now living near Ma-\\nson, Ingham County. The marriage has been blessed\\nby the birth of one son, Clyde, a bright and in-\\nteresting child, of whose future his parents enter-\\ntain high hopes. Mrs. Treat is a lady of amiable\\ndisposition, pleasant and kind, and is endowed\\nwith high ca|iabilities. For several 3ears she ha.^\\nbeen an invalid, but notwithstanding her delicate\\nhealth she enjoys a large circle of acquaintances\\nin Berrien Springs. Socially, Mr. Treat is a prom-\\ninent member of tlie Order of the Maccabees and\\nthe Modern Woodmen of the World, and has held\\ntitlicial |)ositions in the latter.\\n*AMES M. SFIEPARD. the cultured private\\nSecretary of the Hon. W. T. I almer. Presi-\\ndent of the National Commission of the\\nWorld s Columliian Exposition, is also tlie\\nable editor and proiirictor of the Vkjilant, a Re-\\npublican organ published in Cassopolis. Cass\\nCounty, Mich. Our subject comes from a patriotic\\nand distinguished ancestrv worthily represented\\nupon the field of 177G. Mr. Shepard is a native\\nof the Old Hay State, and was horii at North\\nBrookfield. Mass., November 24, 1810. Ilis par-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0290.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n289\\nent^. Rev. .I:iiiu .s and I.ui v (Unsli) Sliopard, were\\nalso natives of New Kiiylaiul, wlieie the I alliei was\\nw( 11 known and highly respected as a man of rare\\nintiiiiily of character, a true Christian and an\\nI loiincnt preacher of tiie (iospel. The paternal\\ngrandfather, (ien. Shepard, actively [larlicipaled\\nin the struggles and triumphs of the Kevolutionary\\ndays, and with gallant conduct and courageous\\nendurance nolily bore his [lart in the war for God\\nand Liberty. Descended from a family who\\nthoioughl}- ajjprociated the advantages of a liberal\\neducation, our subject enjoyed extended o[)por-\\ntunilies for study, and completed a course of classi-\\ncal instruction at the Wesleyan rniveisity, in\\nMiddlelown, Conn. Later Mr. She|)ard studied\\ndental surgery in Boston, and fitted himself for\\nthe duties of lh:it profession.\\nDuring the Civil War our subject served in the\\nMedical Department of the United States Navy,\\nand when [teace again blessed the land exchanged\\nhis military duties for those of a civilian. Since\\nhis location in Cassopolis he has devoted his time\\nmainly to the cares and perplexities of editorial\\nlife. Under his excellent management the Vi jilant\\nhas an extended circulation and is one of the\\nmost pt)pular local papers of Cass County. It\\ncontains, aside from home items, much of interest\\nconcerning the world at large, and with its spicy\\neditorials is both readable and instructive. Typo-\\ngraijhically, it is an attractive pa[)er and is like-\\nwise an important factor in the advancement and\\nprogressive movements of Cass County. The\\npolitical prefeiences of Mr. Shepard are clearly in-\\ndicated in the organ which he controls, and as an\\nadvocate of the Party of Heform the utterances\\nof the Vif/ilant are clear and logical. Our subject\\nwas elected to reiiresent Cass and an Huren\\nCounties in the Jliehigan Stale Senate of 1871),\\nand, i)laced upon important committees, discharged\\nthe duties devolving upon him with etticiency and\\nto the great satisfaction of his constituents.\\nSince March 1, 1883, Mr. Shepard has occupied\\nthe position of private Secretary to the lion. T.\\n\\\\V. Palmer, of Detroit, his education and line busi-\\nness attainments peculiarly adapting him to the\\nrequirements of his complex work. Throughont\\nthe entire time of the lion. T. W. Palmer s term\\nof office in the United States Senate and also dur-\\ning his service as President of the National Com-\\nmission of the World s Columbian Exposition, our\\nsubject has been intimatel} associated with the\\nleading social and national events of the day.\\nUpon November 28, 1870,.laraes M. Sbepard and\\nMiss Alice M. Martin were united in marriage.\\nThe accomplished wife of our subject was the\\ndaughter of Hiram and Margaret (Silver) Martin.\\nTh(! Silver family were originally from Ilopkin-\\nton, N. II., and were among .the substantial citi-\\nzens of New England. Mr. IMartin was from Ha-\\ntavia, N. Y. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs.\\nShepard has been blessed by the birth of a son\\nand daughter, Melville J. and Blanche. Our sub-\\nject and his family are important factors in the\\nvarious social and benevolent enterprises of their\\nhome locality and enjoy the esteem and best\\nwishes of a host of friends.\\n\\\\Ip\\\\|EV. NEJ L1S KLOCK, editor and proprie-\\nv^ tor of the ;iS toHrf(\u00c2\u00bb-(/, published at Dowagiac,\\nwas born at Palatine, Montgomery Count}\\nN. Y., August 2(, 1831, and is the son of\\nDaniel and Nancy (Nellis) Klock. His paternal\\ngrandfather, Maj. John Klock, was a soldier in the\\nWar of 1812. Our subject lived in Montgomery\\nCount} until he was seven years old, when he ac-\\ncompanied his arents to St. Lawrence County,\\nand there passed the years of his youth. After\\ncom|ileting his studies in the Dgdensburgh (N. Y.)\\nAcademy, he engaged in teaching school forabout\\nsix years.\\nIn 18( 7, Mr. Ivlock was ordained a minisler in\\nthe English Lnlheran Church, and for twenty-live\\nyears held pastorates in various places. He estab-\\nlished a church at Avoca, N. Y., and he also olJi-\\nciated as minister of the churches at Sli.-udii\\nSprings and other places. Prior to resigning fix)m\\nthe ministry of the Luther. in Church, he assumed\\nthe editorship of the Ogdensburgh Signal, a tem-\\nperance paper, and also (uibljslied the Gfoklen Era,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0291.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "290\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\na monthly magazine. He also for a time pub-\\nlished the Lutheran Protest, at Stockton, III.\\nOn coming to Illinois in 1877, Mr. Klock or-\\nganized a congiogation and built a church at Yel-\\nlow Creek, while pastor of the Lutheran Church\\nat Kent. Thence he went to Monroe, Wis., where\\nhe organized a congregation and built a church,\\nand from that city came, in June of 1892, to Do-\\nwagiac, where he established the Standard, a Re-\\npublican pai)cr. In 1863 he married Miss Lovina\\nI., daughter of Rev. William Otlinan,a minister of\\nthe English Lutheran Church. Mrs. Klock was\\nborn and reared in New York, and received an\\nexcellent education in the schools of that State.\\nAbout two years ago Mr. Klock withdrew from the\\nEnglish Lutheran Church and united with the\\nCongregationalists, being now an ordained minis-\\nter in that denomination.\\nMr. and INIrs. Klock are the parents of the fol-\\nlowing children: Jay K., who is editor of the\\nKingston Weekly and Daily; Freeman, a resident\\nof Kingston, N. Y.; J. Nellis, editor of tlieOwosso\\nDaily Argus, al Owosso, Mich.; Lilian I., Ida B.\\nand Ernest.\\n)t OHN A. LINDSLEY. Dowagiac numbers\\namong its prominent and successful busi-\\nness men the subject of this biographical\\nii^/ notice, who is a dealer in lumber and build-\\ning material in this city. He is a native of New\\nYork, having been born in West Almond, Alle-\\ngany County, January 15, 1858. His father. Lemon\\nLindsley, was born in Livingston Count} N. Y.,\\nand was there reared to manhood, about which\\ntime he married Miss Mary A. Engle, the ceremony\\nbeing solemnized in Allegany County. Her fa-\\nther, John Engle, was a prominent resident of Al-\\nlegany County, and served as a soldier in the War\\nof 1812.\\nAfter his marriage Lemon Lindsley located in\\nAllegany County, N. Y., but five years later he\\nremoved to Livingston County, and subsequently\\ncame to Michigan, in 18(;;3, and made settlement\\nnear Hartford, Van Buren County. Purchasing a\\nfarm of one hundred and sixty acres, about twenty\\nof which had been im[)roved, he devoted his at-\\ntention to its cultivation and succeeded in trans-\\nforming it into a well-improved tract of land, em-\\nbellished with substantial farm buildings. There\\nhe remained until called hence by death in 1879.\\nHis wife, the mother of our subject, is still living,\\nand three of their four children are living: John\\nA., Edwin M. and Washington, all of whom are in\\nbusiness together. Politicall} the father of this\\nfamily was a Re|niblican. and gave his influence\\nto promote the welfare of his chosen party.\\nWhen about five years old our subject accom-\\npanied his parents to Michigan, where he grew to\\nmanhood upon his father s farm. After com|)let-\\ning the course of study in the common schools he\\nentered the Commercial College al Valparaiso,\\nInd., and there prepared himself for active busi-\\nness life. He remained on the home farm until\\nhis marriage, which important event occurred on\\nthe 21st of December, 1880, the bride being Miss\\nMary L., the daughter of Augustus N. Spaulding,\\nformerly a prominent and extensive farmer of\\nGrass Lake Township, an Buren County, but now\\na resident of the village of Hartford. The young\\ncouple located at Hartford, Mich., where Mr. Linds-\\nley engaged in the lumber business in partnership\\nwith his uncle, John W. Travis. He remained in\\nbusiness in that place for live years, and in 1885\\ncame to Dowagiac, where he established his present\\nbusiness, forming a partnership with Aaron Hath-\\naway, of Paw Paw, Mich. In the fall of 1892 Mr.\\nLindsley purchased Mr. Hathaway s interest and\\nhas since been alone. His business is the most ex-\\ntensive in Dowagiac, and is also one of the most\\nsuccessful enterprises of the county.\\nIn addition to his lumber business, Mr. Lindsley\\nis engaged in farming and owns a splendid farm\\nof eight hundred and eighty acres in Rooks County,\\nKan., which he has sub-divided into several farms\\nand rents to tenants. While not solicitous for\\noffice, Mr. Lindsley maintains a constant interest\\nin public affairs and is a pronounced Republican.\\nSociall} he is a member of the Masonic fraternity,\\nthe Modern Woodmen of America and the Inde-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0292.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RECORD.\\n291\\npendent Order of Olid Fellows. He is an active\\niiK nilier of tlie Metiiodist Epibcopal Churcli ;ind\\nlias served for many years as Trustee. He has rep-\\nresented the First Ward in the City Council, and\\nwliili residiiijr in Hartford served as Town Clerk\\na:id ^nl^ll t of llic schools.\\n-m- m^\\n^jf^, FORGE H. MURDOCH. Not only in Iki-\\njll ricn Springs, of which Iik has long been a\\n^Si.^ resident, luit also lliroughout the surround-\\ning country, the n;uiic of this gentleman is well\\nand favorably known. He was horn in Bedford,\\nIk-dford County, l*a.,on the 29th of August, l.S21\u00c2\u00bb,\\nand is the son of Francis 1!. and Fliza (Kimmel)\\nMurdoch, the former having been born in Cumber-\\nl.and, Md., and the laltci- in Somerset County, I a.\\nThe father, who wasa man of splendid attainments\\nand a prominent attorney, brought his family to\\nMichigan in l!^. 5(l and located in Berrien Springs.\\nThe illness of his wife, who was suffering from\\neonsiimption, caused him to remove from Berrien\\nSi rings and seek a milder climate in the sunny\\nSouth. He remained in New Orleans for some\\nlime, and thence went to Ohio, where his wife\\ndied. Later he was a resident of St. Louis, and from\\nthere in 1H.J2, during tiie days of the gold excite-\\nment of the far West, he went to California. He\\n(lid not, however, engage directly in mining for\\ngold, but became connected with the public life of\\nthe Slate. He edited and published a newspaper\\nal San Jose, which enjoyed the distinclion of be-\\ning the only Kepublican organ in California. He\\nwas appointed by President Lincoln to the posi-\\ntion vf Collector of Internal Revenue, in wiiichof-\\nlicc he served forsomc lime. When about seventy-\\nsix years old he dropiied dead from the rtiplnre of\\na blood vessel in Ihe head.\\nGeorge H. Murdoch was a child only one year\\nold when he was brought by his parents to Beirien\\nSprings. Later he accompanied his parents to the\\nSouth, and after his mother s death resided with\\nhis father in SI. Louis, where lie gained his educa-\\ntion in the select schools. In 1847 he returned to\\nBerrien Springs, and with the exception of two\\nyears has since made his home in this village.\\nUntil 1859 he was engaged in merchandising here,\\nbut during that year he disposed of the business,\\nand in the year following was elected Cfxinty\\nClerk for a term of two years. His service in that\\nollice was so satisfactory that he was re-elecled in\\n1861 and 1866.\\nUpon the expiration of his term of otlice in\\n1862, IMr. Murdoch raised Company I, of the First\\nMichigan .Sharpshooters, of whii h he was chosen\\nCaptain. The regiment was assigned to the Ninth\\nArmy Corps, commanded by Gen. Burnside, and\\nwas in camp eigiil months of the year 1865, at\\nCamp Dougl.as, 111. Our subject |)articipate l in\\nthe various engagements of the Army of the I o-\\nlomac, including the battles of the Wildeiiiess and\\nAppomattox and the siege of Petersburg. On the\\n17lh of June, 1861, he was wounded in front of\\nPetersburg, being shot in the head and seriously\\ninjured. For gallant services at .Spotts^-lvania\\nand in the campaign before Richmond, he was\\nbreveted IMajor, December 2, IHtii, and while\\nserving in that position was mustered out of ser-\\nvice.\\nWhile in Ihe service, Mr. Murdoch was re-elecled\\nCounty Clerk, in 1864, and upon the expiration of\\nhis term of ollice, in 1869, he was elected Justice\\nof the Peace an served in that ollice for twenty\\nyears. He alliliated wilh the Republican jjarly\\nuntil 1872, when he gave his active support to\\nHorace Greeley for the Presidency, and has since\\nacted with the Democratic partj-. From 1878 to\\n1 883 he served as a member of the Slate Democralic\\nCenlral Committee, and for years he has taken\\na prominent part in local and State politics. In\\n1876 he commenced the publication of the Berrien\\nCouiili/ Journal, which was the ollicial organ of\\nthe Democratic party in this community until\\n1884, when Mr. Murdoch disposed of it.\\nIn 1859 occurred the marriage of Mr. Munhcli\\nto Miss Adeline, daughter of John Garrow, of\\nPil)estone, Mich. The union has been blessed by\\nthe birth of four children: George II., Jr.; Henri-\\netta, wife of John F. Harper, and a resident of\\nBenton Harbor, Mich.; and John and Francis B.,\\nwho are interested in land in Minnesota. Mr,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0293.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "292\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAI HICAL RECORD.\\nMurdoch was .in active factor in assisting the pro-\\njecting of niilroadti tlirougb the county and espec-\\nially tiie St. Joseph Valley Railroad, running to\\nUcrrien Springs, of which he served as Secretary\\nand Director for several years. All enterprises,\\nliolh of a private and public nature, that would\\nbenefit the village, he has aided and pronioled as\\nfar as possible.\\nV^\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^s-i\\nr\\nILLIAM REAGAN, for two years the effi-\\n,w./ cient Sheritf of Cass County, and now a\\nxy popular clerk in the store of \\\\V. M. Vroo-\\nman, Dowagiac, is the son of Johii Reagan, who\\nwas born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1827. The\\nfather of our subject remained in his native land\\nuntil about eighteen years of age, when he emi-\\ngrated to America. John Reagan was energetic\\nand industrious, and soon found employment as\\na laborer on the Michigan Southern l Michigan\\nCentral Railroads. While working on the road\\nhe was taken sick, and when he recovered he\\nhad as a capital in life but seven cents. With\\ncourage he began again and steadily made his\\nway upward. He assisted in laying the track\\nof the Michigan Central from Jackson to Chi-\\ncago. After a time he abandoned railway em-\\nployment and located in Silver Creek Townshi|),\\nCass Count3 In about the year 1850 he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Bridget Dale} the\\ndaughter of Daniel Daley, of County Kerry. The\\nmother of our subject was a native of Ireland, and\\ncame to this country with her father in 1849, locat-\\ning ill La Porte, Ind., soon after their arrival. Her\\nmother had died some time previous to the de-\\nparture of Mrs. Reagan for America.\\nThe father of our subject entered from the\\nGovernment forty acres of wild land situated at Sil-\\nver Creek, and the first year he cleared and brought\\nunder cultivation twenty acres. Prospering, he\\nadded to his land from time to time until he owned\\ntwo hundred and forty finely-improved acres of\\nvaluable farming property. An upright and self-\\nmade man, John Reagan won the respect of ail\\nwith whom he came in contact, and passed to liis\\nrest mourned by a large circle of friends and rela-\\ntives. Politically, he was a Democrat, and in\\nreligious conviction a Roman Catholic. His widow\\nstill survives. The sons and daughters of John\\nand Bridget Reagan were twelve in number. Nine\\nof their children are yet living. Charles resides\\nin Valparaiso, Ind.; Johanna is with her mother\\nin Silver Creek Township; Delia is the wife of\\nTimothy Burns, and lives in Eau Claire, Mich.;\\nWilliam, our subject, was the next in order of\\nbirth; Nellie is at Silver Creek, on the farm; John\\nis also on the farm; Itessie is at school at Valpa-\\nI aiso, Ind., and is studying to become a stenogra-\\npher; and Corney and Anna, the two youngest,\\nare at home. Our subject was born on the old\\nhomestead January 18, 1860. He received his ed-\\nucation in the district schools of the locality, and,\\ntrained in agricultural duties, remained on the\\nfarm until his election to the responsible position\\nof Sheriff of the county, in 1890.\\nMr. Reagan made a strong run, and although the\\nRepublican majority for Treasurer was two hun-\\ndred he, as the Democratic candidate for Sheriff,\\nwon by eighteen votes. For two years he gave\\nhis entire time to the duties of his office, and when\\nhis term of service expired received his present\\nposition with W. M. Vrooman. Our subject lias\\never been true to the principles of Democracy, and\\nlias tilled with ability various local offices. For\\nfour years he was Township Clerk, and for two\\nterms ably discharged the duties of County Drain\\nComniissioaeis. Fraternall} he is a member of the\\nKnights of Pythias, and is also connected with the\\nIndependent Order of Foresters. Upon the 7lli of\\nJanuary, 1891, William Reagan and Miss Joe Cul-\\nlinaiie were united in marriage. Mrs. Reagan was\\nthe daughter of John CuUinane, a prominent and\\nextensive farmer of Silver Creek Township, and\\nwas born on the family homestead March 4, 18G3.\\nShe was educated in the public schools of the vi-\\ncinity and was a general favorite, enjoying the\\nesteem of many friends. Her death, which oc-\\ncurred in 1893, was mourned by all who knew her.\\nMr. and Mrs. Reagan were both faithful members\\nof tiie Roman Catholic Church, and generously", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0294.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0295.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "C^^ i^^ys", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0296.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT A^ D BlOGRAl HICAL RECORD.\\n295\\nMssisU d ill works (if beiu volonee. In llie death of\\nlii\u00c2\u00bb fsliiiialilt and acciiir.plislH d wife our subject\\nsustained an iii(|iaral)lo hiss, and received tlie\\nsynipatliy if llie ciitirc coiiiuuinity. Mrs. Rcajjan\\nwas luiiiod in the Callnilio C eineteiy, near t!ie home\\nof her childhood, and was followed to the grave\\nby many who had known and loved her from\\ninfancy.\\nH-S\\niti+***t\\nl J i-^^^ **++F\\n^OHN F. GARD. The present prosperity of\\nSt Josepli and its prominence as a commer-\\ncial centre are largelj due to the fruit in-\\ndustry, which engages the attention of\\nmany of the foremost citizens of the place. Among\\nthe most successful fruit-growers is our subject,\\n.lohn V. Gard, the owner of a fine fruit farm,\\nconsisting of sixty-live acres, and admirably\\nadai)ted to the raising of fruits of every variety.\\nOf this property, twenty acres are planted to\\ngrapes, nine acres to pears and blackberries, two\\nacres to plums and the same amount to peaches.\\nThe Gard family has been represented in Ber-\\nrien County since the year 1832, when the pater-\\nnal grandfather of our subject, .losephus Gard,\\ncame to this State from Ohio and, settling in Ber-\\nrien County, made his home here until his death.\\nThe father of our subject, Joseph Gard, was born\\nin I reble County, Ohio, and made his home there\\nuntil 1832, when he moved to Michigan, first lo-\\ncating in Cass County. He was there engaged in\\nagricultural pursuits until 1834, when he removed\\nto Berrien County. After the death of his first\\nwife, he married Miss Laura, daughter of Amos\\nFarley and a native of Vermont, although at the\\ntime of her marriage she was a resident of St. Jo-\\nsei)h Township, Berrien County, whither the fam-\\nily came in 182!). The Farleys are of Puritan\\nstock and were represented in America as early as\\n1624.\\nUpon coming to INIichigan, Joseph Gard. as\\nabove stated, settled in Cass County, Init after\\nspending two years there he came to Berrien\\nCounty and purchased a tract consisting of one\\n14\\nhundred and sixty acres. For a time he operated\\na tannery, which he conducted with success, as,\\ntimber being abundant, it was an easy matter to\\nsecure tanbark. Farming pursuits, however, en-\\ngaged his attention |)rinci|)ally, and lu^ was fore-\\nmost among the agriculturists of his community.\\nHe was a man of great force of character, stroiiii\\nin his convictions and resolute in action. In iiis\\npolitical belief he was an ardent supporter of Dem-\\nocratic principles. His death, which occurred in\\n1873, removed from this county one of its earliest\\nsettlers and most prominent citizens. His wife\\nsurvived him a number of years, passing away in\\n1878.\\nThe subject of this sketch is the only surviving\\nchild born of his father s second marriage. He\\nwas born in St. Joseph Township, Berrien County,\\non the 2d of February, 1845. In his youth he\\nwas a |)iipil in the neighboring school, and after-\\nward took a commercial course in Bryant ife Strat-\\nton s Commercial College at Chicago. Returning\\nto his home at the close of his term in the college,\\nhe accepted a position of clerk in the office of A.\\nH. Morrison, Collector of Internal Revenue, and\\nremained there from June, 1864, until 1866, when\\nMr. Morrison was retired for political reasons.\\nHis successor in oHice, Walter G. Beckwith, ap-\\npointed Mr. Gard to the position he had jjreviously\\noccupied, but the api)ointraent was not confirmed\\nby the Senate.\\nReturning to St. Joseph, Mr. Gard engaged in\\nfarming for about eighteen months, and then se-\\ncured the position of book-keeper for the firm of\\nDickinson, Leach Co., of Chicago, with whom\\nhe remained for three years. Subsequently here-\\nturned to St. Joseph and followed agricultural\\npursuits in this county for another three years.\\nHe then entered the employ of the Chicago iV\\nMichigan Lake Shore Railroad at St. Joseph,\\nand until the office was removed to Muskegon\\nheld the office of Auditor of the [lassenger ac-\\ncounts of the road. Later he assumed the charge\\nof the Morrison Dock, but in 1880 resigned from\\nthat position and for some time afterward had\\ncharge of the steamer John A. Dix. Since his\\nretirement from that position, he has devoted his\\ntime |)rincipally to fruit culture.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0297.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "296\\nPORTRAIT AjS D BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nJune 6, 1869, ]\\\\Ir. Gard mnrried Miss Josephine,\\ndaughter of Charles Taff, of St. Joseph, she being\\na native of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Gard iiave three\\nchildren: Minerva, IMaliel and John J. In politics\\nhe is a Republican and has served for two 3ears as\\nSchool Inspector, was Highway Commissioner for\\neight years, member of the School Board for\\ntwelve years. Supervisor for two j ears, and is the\\npresent Secretary of the Republican County Com-\\nmittee. Socially, he is a prominent wori er in the\\nRlasonic fraternity, being identilied with Pomona\\nLodge No. 281, A. F. fe A. M., of which he was\\nfor ten years Master and is now Secretary-. He is\\nalso a member of Calvin Brittain Ciiapter No. 72,\\nR. A. M., of which he is High Priest.\\nr^\\ni EV. OSAVALD RAG ATZ was for many years\\na minister in the ^Evangelical Association,\\nand is now one of Berrien County s most\\nsuccessful fruit-growers, owning and culti-\\nvating a fine fruit farm on section 2, St. Joseph\\nTownship. A native of Switzerland, he was born\\non the 17th of March, 1833. His parents, Bar-\\ntholomew and Agnes Ragatz, were of Swiss birth\\nand parentage, and in their native land were united\\nin marriage. Thej continued to make tlieir home\\nin Switzerland until after the birth of twelve chil-\\ndren. Meantinle the father followed the occupa-\\ntion of an architect, and also held an ottice, known\\nas Land Aman.\\nUpon emigrating to America in 1842, the senior\\nMr. Ragatz settled in Sauk County, Wis., of which\\nhe was one of the ver^ earliest settlers and pioneer\\nfarmers. He purchased a tract consisting of six\\nhundred and forty acres of unimproved land, and\\nwith the help of his eight sons he succeeded in\\nclearing a large portion of the property. During\\nthe early days of his settlement in Sauk County,\\nhe had very few neighbors. To the south his\\nnearest neighbor was nineteen miles distant, and\\non the west he had no neighbor nearer than the\\nMississippi River. Tlie village of Milwaukee,\\n.about one hundred and twentj- miles awaj was the\\nnearest market for produce. Tliough wliitc set-\\ntlers were few, Indians were numerous, and wild\\nanimals abounded. Often at night some memlier\\nof the faniil} would fire off a gun in order to\\nfrighten the wolves from the door of the cabin.\\nThe Indians were usually friendly and regaided\\nthe while settler with more curiosity than hatred.\\nTlie i)ruspects afforded by this new country\\nseemed so favorable that Bartholomew R.agatz\\nwrote a glowing description to his friends in .Swit-\\nzerland, and in the spring of 1843 forty-one fami-\\nlies emigrated hither, attracted by his report of the\\ncountr3 Tliese emigrants settled in the vicinity of\\nthe Ragatz family, and as the years passed by sev-\\neral hundred families from Switzerland joined them\\nhere, making a large and prosperous Swiss settle-\\nment. Upon the land first purchased by him, tlic\\nfather of our subject resided until called hence by\\ndeath in 1859. He and his good wife were the\\nparents of twelve children, of whom only three are\\nnow living. They are our subject; Henry, who\\nlives near Benton Harbor, Mich.; and Catherine,\\nwhose home is in California.\\nA child of nine years when he accompanied his\\nparents to America, our subject was reared in Sauk\\nCounty and received his education in the schools\\nof Sauk City, where he gained a fair knowledge of\\nboth the German and English langu.ages. At the\\nage of twelve years he united with the Evangelical\\nAssociation, and five years later became a Class-\\nleader in the church. AVhen twenty 3 ears of age\\nhe received an appointment as minister of a mission\\nin the Jefferson Circuit, in AVisconsin, and later was\\ntransferred to the Menomonee Circuit, where his\\nposition vvas one of responsibility. Later he was\\nlocated at AVaukesha, AYis., and he has also had\\ncharge of the church at Milwaukee. For two years\\nhe preached at Lameina, AVis., being sent thence\\nto Racine, and from there to the Prairie du Sac\\nCircuit and Kickapoo Mission, where he had two\\nyoung men under his charge. He resided in Prai-\\nrie du Sac for one year, but later, owing to failing\\nhealth, he discontinued preaching for two years.\\nUpon resuming his ministerial labors, Mr. Ragatz\\nfor a time resided in AA isconsin, at Prairie duSae,\\nbut when the Illinois and AYisconsin Conferences\\nwere separated, and tlie Minnesota Conference was", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0298.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND liKXiRAPH CAL RECORD.\\n297\\nfdi-incd, he soivfd ;is a volunteer delegate to tlie\\nlatter and accepted a charge in tiiat State. For one\\nyear he held a pastorate at St. I aul, tiien spent\\ntwo years at the Crow River Mission. At that\\ntime the Sioux Indians were causing consider-\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iliie Irouhle among the white settlers, and during\\nKSCl and 18(J2 they renewed their depredations.\\nMr. Ragatz served as a spy during the Sioux\\nwars. Having a young man under his charge and\\nfeeling anxious with regard to his safety, he started\\nnorth toward the mission. Upon arriving at St.\\nPeter s, he found that over one thousand of the\\nwliites had been massacred, ninety-one of the num-\\nber being his friends, and he olliciated at the\\nservices held at the funeral. The young man un-\\nder his charge lived ten miles from St. Peter s, and\\ncontrary to the advice of Mr. Hagatz he went\\nhome, and on the following Tuesday morning the\\nIndians came to the door of his house and killed\\nhim.\\nBefore Mr. Ragatz reached home the news came\\nto his wife that he had been killed, and the shock\\nwas so great as to cause nervous prostration. Our\\nsubject returned to Prairie du Sac, and thence went\\nto the Portage Mission in Wisconsin and remained\\nfor two years. Later he remained for two years\\nat Prairie du Chien, but on account of an attack\\nof ague he returned to .Sauk County. He resided\\nin Tro3 111., for two 3-ears, but upon disposing\\nof his property there, he removed to Chicago, and\\nfor six months was in the insurance business with\\nhis brother. From that city he came to Berrien\\nCounty, and ijurchased eight acres, for which he\\nl)aid #2,0(10. At the present time (1893), he is the\\nowner of forty-eight acres, the most of which is de-\\nvoted to fruit-raising. The land is embellished\\nwith a first-class set of buildings and is in excellent\\ncultivation.\\nMay 22, 18o(;,Mr. Ragatz was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Catherina Stciner, and they were the par-\\nents of ten children, two of whom are deceased.\\nThe surviving members of the family are: Annie,\\nwlio lives in Waseca, Minn., and is the wife of the\\nRev. William .Stegner; Lydia Agnes, who married\\nKills Weber, a nierchant of Faribault. Minn.; .Julia,\\nwho is the wife of Washington Stegner. a merchant\\nof St. Paul, Minn.; Ciuistina, a graduate of a High\\nSchool and now preceptress at the kindergarten in\\nWhitehall, Mich.; Samuel, a resident of Michigan,\\nformerly- a teacher in the Manual Training School\\nat Chicago, and now in Bay City, being emi)loved\\nby Wells Co., manufacturers of fruit |)ack-\\nages; Amy, a graduate of the St. Joseph school and\\na teacher bj- profession; and Benjamin and Arthur,\\nwho are home. Kdward and Julia are deceased. In\\nhis political views, Mr. Ragatz has been a Re|)ub-\\nlican, casting his first ballot for (icn. Fremont, and\\nhas voted for every President since until 1892,\\nbut he is now a strong ally of the Prohibition\\nparty.\\n*-^^f\\nrm\\nB]\\nOHN M. ROUCII. The business of the\\nmanufacture of lumber and lumber products\\nhas for some years formed one of the im-\\nportant productive industries of Berrien\\nCounty. Mr. Rouch is a thoroughly practical and\\nexperienced man in the sawmill business, and has\\nconducted extensive enterprises in that line for a\\nlong ]ieriod. He has been a resident of Buchanan\\nsince 1889, and is consequently identified with the\\ninterests of the village, of which he is one of the\\nmost influential citizens.\\nDauphin County, Pa., is the birthplace of Mr.\\nRouch, and he was born eighteen miles from the\\ncity of Ilnrrisburg, July 15, 1840. His father,\\nHenry Rouch, was a native of Pennsylvania anil\\nfollowed farming pursuits in that State until his\\ndeath. His wife was Eliza Zearing, a native of\\nthe Keystone .State, and of German-English de-\\nscent. Five sons and two daughters were born to\\nbless this home, and among the number our subject\\nwas third in order of birth. His boyhood yeai-s\\nwere uneventfully passed in his native pl.ace and\\nhe grew to manhood self-reliant and intelligent,\\nwell 11 tied to cope with the obstacles which lie in\\nthe path of every ambitious young man.\\nIn 18G() Mr. Rouch came to Michigan and located\\nin Hertrand Township, where he engaged in gen-\\neral farming for one year. Soon afterward, in the\\nspring of IHC .t, he married Miss .Susan, daughter", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0299.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "298\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RECORD.\\nof Daniel and Martha Bressler, and in the following\\nyear the 3 oung couple located in IJiiehanan Town-\\nsliili. Mr. Ronch purchased a farm situated one\\nmile west of the village of lUichanan, and there he\\nembarked in farming, continuing at that place for\\nsix years, and meanwhile placing valuable improve-\\nments on the estate. Removing thence to Ber-\\ntrand Township, he resided iu that portion of the\\ncountry for eleven years, devoting his entire at-\\ntention to the work of improving a farm. In 1884\\nhe purchased an interest iu a sawmill iu Oronoko\\nTownship, which he carried on successfully for\\ntwo years. Then selling his interest in the enter-\\nprise, he located in the village of Buchanan, where\\nhe now owns a half-interest in a sawmill. His\\nbusiness enterprises have proved uniformly suc-\\ncessful, and in all his investments he has displayed\\nsagacity and executive ability.\\nIn his social conuection, Mr. Roueh is promi-\\nnently ideutitied with the Masonic fraternit}\\nholding membership in Blue Lodge No. 68, at Bu-\\nchanan; Chapter No. 2, at Niles; and Niles Com-\\nniandery No. 12. In his political views, Mr. Rouch\\nhas made a careful study of the issues of the day,\\nand believes that the principles adopted by the\\nRepublican party will best subserve the interests of\\nthe people. He served for two terms as Treasurer\\nof Bertrand Township, and has been a member of\\nthe Board of Aldermen at Buchanan. He and his\\nwife have been the parents of three children, the\\n30ungest of whom, Rosa, is deceased. The sur-\\nviving children are Lulu and Ada.\\nI I I m\\nZlvO S. .JONES, deceased, for many 3 ears\\none of the prominent and enterprising\\nbusiness men of Dowagiac, Cass County,\\nMich., and highly esteemed as a citizen\\nof sterling integrity, was a native of Ilopkinton, N.\\nH., and was born .July 12, 1823. His f.ather, .lacob\\nJones, belonged to a highly respectalile fainil}\\nin New England, noted for their strength of mind\\nand decision of character. The wife of .lacob\\nJones, a most estimable woman, was in maidenhood\\nLydia Straw. She came to Michigan to live with\\nher children, but died soon afterward at an ad-\\nvanced age, in 1862.\\nAzro S. Jones was reared in the New England\\nhome, and while yet a lad became a marine iu the\\nservice of the Inited States navy. He sailed in\\nthe frigate Savannah, and during a pericjcl of\\nfour years visited nearly all the ports of the Old and\\nthe New Worlds. He was afterward transferred to\\nthe Constitution Old Ironsides and served\\nas Corporal on this famous battleshii) during the\\nMexican AVar. After the term of his enlistment\\nexpired, Mr. Jones located in I^owell, and became\\na moulder in a large foundry, where he remained\\nthree years. During this time, in 1852, our subject\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth But-\\nterfield, a native of New Hampshire, born in\\nCharlestown March 16, 1832.\\nRobert Buttcrficld, the father of Mrs. Jones, was\\nalso born in the State of New Hampshire, and was\\nreared in his birthplace, Francistown. He was by\\noccupation a farmer, but also engaged in buying\\nwool. In common with many other patriotic\\nfriends and neighbors, he actively participated in\\nthe War of 1812. He was, politically, a strong\\nDemocrat, and a man of indomitable energy and\\nperseverance. His wife, Betsey Tenn^-, was a\\ndaughter of an early resident of New England,\\nthe well-known Dr. Tenny. Mr. and Mrs. Butter-\\nfield were the i)arents of seven children, all of\\nwhom lived to reach the years of maturity, and\\ntwo of whom yet survive: the widow of our sub-\\nject, and Charles F. Butterfield, now residing in\\nLake Crystal, Minn., a prosperous miller.\\nAfter the mariiage of our subject, he and his\\nestimable wife remained in Lowell, but linally re-\\nsolved to tr3 the broader opportunitich of the\\ngreat West, and journeyed Co far-otf Illinois, set-\\ntling in Kane County, where Mr. Jones purchased\\nland and entered into agricultural pursuits. INIr.\\nJones made his home in Illinois but a brief time.\\nIn 1855 he removed to Michigan, and permanently\\nlocated in Dowagiac, then a small village. Here\\nhe built the large white biick building, corner of\\nFront and Commercial Streets, now owned b} the\\nJewell estate, and entered into partnership with\\nhis brother, G. C. Jones, in the dry -goods trade.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0300.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n299\\nTill firm fic. ilt birgoly in lliat line and iilso\\nlian(Ilp l larjfc i(iiaiititio.s of wheat and wool. Tiie\\nbusiness was prospeiously cniiliniUMl fui twenty-\\nthree \\\\ear.s, and at the ex| ii;Uion of that time\\nAzio S. .lones went into the groeery trade. Again\\nlionesly in lealing and eorreet business methods\\nliad tlieir rewaid, and lie was the reeipient of a\\nline trade, until failing health eonipelled him to re-\\ntire from the active duties of business life.\\nTwochildren were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Jones:\\nCharles IJ., who is a resident of Chicago, and\\nhead book-keeper for Fr.aser Chalmer.s; and\\nKdwin D., ship|)ing-clerk for the Hound Oak Stove\\nWorks. Mr. Jones was originall_y a Republican,\\nbut liberalized with a great many other members\\nof the grand old party in 1872 and voted for\\nGrecle^ He afterward became a thorough Dem-\\nocrat, was a firm believer in a policy of reconcili-\\nation between the North and South, and was an\\nearnest advocate of the principles of tariff reform.\\nMr. Jones held various olHces of public trust, but\\nwas not a politician of the modern school, and\\nwould consent to hold ollice only when the ollice\\nsought the man. He was a member of the Board\\nof Kducation, and several times a member of the\\nCity Council, taking an active part esiiecially in\\nall matters of local progress and educational ad-\\nvancement. He was one of the committee who\\nvisited Wattrtown, N. Y., in eaily dajs and pur-\\nchased llie first fire engine, considered an event at\\nthe lime, for it was then believed Dowagiae had\\nadvanced from a village to a town.\\nMr. Jones was one of the organizers of the Do-\\nwagiac Union Fair, and was its Treasurer. A pub-\\nlic-si)irited citizen, he was closely identified with\\nall matters of public improvement and contributed\\nliberally to all measures having for their object the\\ndevelopment (jf the city and a better condition of\\nits people. Faithful to liis ollicial work, he was also\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I valued member of the I niversalist Church, and\\nin fact was one of the organizers of the First Un-\\niversalist Church of Dowagiac. He served as Dea-\\ncon and was one of the Board of Trustees, giving\\ngenerously in behalf of the church support. Mr.\\nJones entertained advanced ideas on the divinit}\\nof the Millie and the future destiny of man, but\\nrespected the opinions of those who dilTered in a\\nreligions way. Of limited education, lie was\\nnevertheless a man of broad ideas, well posted on\\nthe political and social topics of the day, and was\\nan interesting talker cm various subjects. He en-\\njoyed the contidence of a large circle of friends,\\nb} whom he was deeply mourned, when, upon the\\nICth of April, 18il(\u00c2\u00bb, he passed to his rest. The\\nday of the funeral the business houses of Dowagiac\\nwere closed, and the city with one accord testified\\nto the high regard and sincere respect in which\\nAzro Jones was held b3 his fellow-townsmen. His\\nwidow still resides on the old homestead, endeared\\nto her by the many memories of the past.\\ne-^+^!\\n.(S_\\nJfAlMES R. DUNHAM. The cultivation of\\nI small fruits has proven to be one of the most\\nj important and successful industries of\\nBerrien C ount} and among the men who\\nare prosiierously engaged in this business may be\\nmentioned the name of our subject, who owns a\\nfine fruit farm located on section 34, St. Joseph\\nTownship. Here he has thirty-six acres, upon\\nwhich he raises peaches, grapes and berries, making\\nhis shipments to the markets at Chicago and Mil-\\nwaukee. In addition to this valuable iiroperty,\\nhe is the owner of six hundred and sixty-one\\nacres of land in Lincoln Township, of which\\nsevent3 -five have been cleared and placed under\\nexcellent cultivation. Upon that pl.ace he rai.ses\\nsmall fruits and berries, and finds this business a\\nremunerative one. His wife is the owner of thirty-\\nfour acres in I incoln Township, which is partly\\ncleared and devoted to fruit-raising.\\nA native of Michigan, our subject was born in\\nPortage I ownship, Kalamazoo County, on the 2 1st\\nof April, 183(1. He traces his ancestry to patriotic\\nand valiant forefathers. His paternal gieat-giand-\\nfather, Matthew Dunh. ini, enlisted at the com-\\nmencement of the Revolutionary War and served\\nuntil its close, and tradition says that he was pres-\\nent at the famous tea party in Boston Harbor.\\nHe settled on .lohnson Creek, in New York State,\\nwhere he constructed ;iiid managed a lafl in the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0301.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "300\\nPORTRAIT AXD BIOliRAPHJCAL RECORD,\\nAmerican service during the War of 1812, but the\\nraft, having been discovered b^- the British fleet,\\nwas destro^ ed.\\nTlic paternal grandfather of our subject was\\nJames Dunham, who was reared in New Jersey and\\nmarried a Miss Ward, of New York City, whence\\nthey moved to western New Yorlv and from there\\nup Saekett s Harbor, and later to Canada. Tlie\\nfather of our subject, Timothy Ward Dunham\\nwas born in Canada, January 12, 1808, and was\\nreared on a farm in Orleans Countj-, N. Y. His\\nfather died when lie was a cliild of two 3-ears, and\\neight years later his mother was again married.\\nHe was about seventeen when lie started out in\\nthe world to earn his own livelihood, and, pro--\\nceeding to Rochester. N. Y., he found employment\\nfor a time on a farm.\\nComing to Michigan in 1834. the senior Mr.\\nDunliam spent one summer in .Jackson Count}- and\\nin the spring of tlie following j-ear settled in Kal-\\namazoo Countj-, where lie purchased land and\\nembarked in the nurser}- business. In 1854 he\\ndisposed of his property in Kalamazoo Count}-, and,\\ncoming to Berrien County, located in St. Joseph\\nTownship, where he purchased land and engaged\\nin fruit-raising. Having been reared along the\\nlake shore in New York State, in the midst of a\\nfine fruit country, he was naturally familiar with,\\nand interested in, the cultivation of fruit, and\\nwhen he settled in Kalamazoo County he endeav-\\nored, but in vain, to make a success of that\\nbusiness.\\nWhen Mr. Dunham came to St. Joseph Town-\\nship, he purchased two hundred acres along the\\nlake shore, and judging that this land would be\\nespecially adapted for fruit-raising, he embarked\\nin that business, and proved, to the great aston-\\nishment and delight of other people in the county,\\nthat the soil here is peculiarly fitted for the raising\\nof fruits. His name is worthy of perpetuation,\\nfor he was the pioneer of the nursery business in\\nKalamazoo County and one of the pioneers of the\\nfruit business here, as well as one of the most ex-\\ntensive fruit-growers in this section of the State.\\nRemoving to Lincoln Townshij), Mr. Dunham\\nembarked in the sawmill business and was thus\\nengaged for a number of years. He also planted\\na peach and a grape orchard on his place, where\\nhe resided until the fall of 1892, and since that\\ntime has made his home with our subject. He was\\nmarried June 28, 183.5, to Miss Catherine, a daugh-\\nter of Enos Newman. This estimable lady was\\nborn in Vermont, whence in an earl}- day she ac-\\ncompanied her parents to Covington, N. Y., and\\nthere grew to womanhood. At the .age of twent\\\\--\\nfour she came to Kalamazoo, Mich., where she was\\nmarried. Her death occurred July 12, 1892, at\\nthe age of eight3 -two years and eleven months.\\nShe was a woman of many noble attributes of\\ncharacter and was devotedly attached to her hus-\\nband and children. Two of her children were\\nMary, who married Bryce Quint, and died on a\\nfarm near Niles; and Martha, who died when six\\nmonths old.\\nIn early days Timothy Dunham was a Whig, and\\nlater became a strong Abolitionist. He is now\\nidentified with the Republican part}-, to which he\\ngives his unwavering support. He was converted\\nin 1828, uniting with the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and is now a member of the Metiiodist\\nProtestant Church. He is one of the oldest sur-\\nviving settlers of St. Joseph Township, .and at the\\npresent time (1893) is eighty-five years of age.\\nA man of affable manners, intelligence of a very\\nhigh order, and shrewd business qualilics, he has\\nattracted a host of friends and attained a position\\namong the most successful of Berrien s pioneers.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared in Kala-\\nmazoo County, Mich., until 1854, w-hen he accom-\\npanied his father to Cass Count} this State. At\\nthe age of eighteen he came to Beriien County, and\\nabout six months after he attained his majority\\nhe settled on his present farm. Prior to his settle-\\nment here, tlie timber had been cut down, but had\\nbeen repLiced by a dense growth of brush, which\\nforced Mr. Dunham to do considerable grubbing.\\nAs the result of energy and industry, he succeeded\\nin clearing the land, planting trees ami improving\\nthe place. At the time he came here, the entire\\ncountry w.as in a very wild state. Wild animals\\nwere here in abundance, and our subject frequently\\neug.aged in the sport of hunting deer, which often\\nfell the victims of his unerring shot.\\nIn Kalamazoo County, June 25, 1859, Mr. Dun-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0302.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND UlOGRAl mCAL RECORD.\\n30]\\nliiiiii iiiai-ii(Ml Miss Rebecca Ann, (l;in jliU r of\\nChillies AcUlcy. and tliey aio tlic pnicnts of six\\ncliilflien, namely: Knos \\\\V., a proniinonl fiuil-\\njTiowpi- of lyjncoln rownsliip; Saiali Kila, a school\\nteacher residing nl iioine; Kriiest J., wiio resides at\\nStevensville, Benien County and opecatea a saw-\\nmill which he and his father own; Catiiorine K.,\\nCharles W. and Mar}- A., who are at lioine.\\nLYDK II. r.AKF.R, the popular merchant of\\n(l( Buchanan, was born in Bertrand Township,\\n^sj// Berrien County, Mich., on the Jth of No-\\nvember, 18.57. His parents, Lewis V. and Eliza-\\nbeth (Haseltine) Baker, were natives respectively\\nof New York and Ohio, and after their marriage\\nlocated in Bertrand Township. In connection\\nwith farming pursuits the father followed the trade\\nof a miller, and started the first gristmill in the\\ntownship. Politically, be was firm in his adherence\\nto the principles of the Republican part} and was\\nahva3s willing to work for the good of that or-\\nganization. In religious connections he was iden-\\ntified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in\\nhis life he exem|ililied the sincerity of his belief.\\nIlls death oci uned in his sixty-third year and was\\nwidely mourned, for he h;id a host of friends. I lis\\nwife passed away at the age of sixty-eight years.\\nOf the children born to Lewis and Elizabeth\\nBaker, the following is noted: Morence died at\\nthe age of thirteen years; Louisa is the wife of\\n.lohn Redden; .lohnnie passed away when a boy of\\nfifteen years; Lewis W. is a iihysician residing in\\nI .iicliaii:in Clyde II., of this sketch, is the young-\\nest nieiiilier of the family, lie attended the scho Is\\nof Beilraiid Township and subsequently W!vs a pu-\\njiil in the Buchanan High School. In 1879 he en-\\ntered the employ of 1\\\\ M. Kulton A- Co., of Bu-\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2h;ui. in, and occupied ;i clerical posilion in that\\nhouse for two ears. Having gained a thorough\\nknowledge of business by this experience, and hav-\\ning also hy economy and industry accumul. ilcd a\\nsuHicient amoiiul of money for tlie purpose, he\\nembarked in business for himself and opened a\\nfurniture establis iment, which he conducted for\\nfive years.\\nSubsequently Mr. I .aker purchased a half-inter-\\nest in the mercantile establishment of L. R. Boyle,\\nand the partnership thus formed continued until\\n1890, when our subject purchased his partner s in-\\nterest. The business is now conducted under the\\nname of C. II. Baker, and has enjoyed a steady in-\\ncrease, until the establishment is now the largest in\\nthe city. The store is conveniently located on\\nFront Street, and has a large trade not only from\\nthe |)eople of Buchanan, but also from the resi-\\ndents of adjoining ])laces. Mr. Baker is also a\\nDirector in the First National Bank of Buchanan\\nand is one of the stockholdei s of that institution.\\nIn politics a Republican, Mr. Baker is recog-\\nnized as one of the sagacious and clear-beaded\\nleaders of the party in Buchanan. In 1887-88 he\\nserved as Township Treasurer, and has recently\\nbeen called to fill the position of City Treasurer.\\nIn 1890 and 1892 he was a member of the illage\\nBoard. In regard to social relations, he is a mem-\\nber of Buchanan I^odge No. 68, A. F. it A. M.; St.\\nJoseph Chapter No. 4, Niles C ouncil No. 19, and\\nNlles Commandery No. 12. lie is also identified\\nwith l)e Witt Clinton Consistory at (Iraiid Rap-\\nids, and the Saladin Temple of the Ancient Arabic\\nOrder of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. October\\n21, 1889, he married Miss Estelle J., daughter of\\n.lames and Nancy Reynolds, and they have one\\nchild, Elizabeth HaseUine, who w;is born .Iiih 2,\\n1 892.\\ny|.ILL 1 IIOYT, Secretary and Superintend-\\nent of the Dowagiuc Manufacturing Com-\\npany, was born in Silver Creek Township,\\nCass County, Mich., April 27, 18.J9. His father,\\n.lohii I- Iloyt, was bmn in New York, and in his\\nyouth enlisted for service in the Mexican \\\\V:ir,\\nbut was ref\\\\ised on account of being under age.\\nFor some time he ri sided in the South, wheie he\\nwas a slave-owner and also followed the tr;ide of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0303.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "302\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n:i liatter. Coming to Michigan about 1856, he es-\\ntablished a gristmill in Silver Creek Township,\\nwhich was usually known as the Old Red Mill.\\nHis death occurred in 18(!(), when in life s prime.\\nHis wife survived him a number of years, passing\\naway in 1867. They were the parents of three\\nchildren: our subject, St. Louis, and Winfleld,who\\nis the foreman in the factory at Dowagiac.\\nOrphaned in childhood, our subject came to\\nDowagiac when about nine years of age, and for\\nfive years made his home with the famil} of F. J.\\nMosher. Later he spent a short time with his\\nguardian, M. T. (Jarvej at Cassopolis. At the\\nage of seventeen he returned to Dowagiac and fin-\\nished his education in the High School of this city,\\nfrom which he was graduated in 1879. Afterward\\nhe taught in the district schools for three years.\\nLeaving that profession for an active business life,\\nlie was emplo3 ed for one year ,as shipping-clerk,\\nand for the two years following in the produce busi-\\nness. In 1885 he became book-keeper for the\\nDowagiac Manufacturing Conipanj and was af-\\nterward promoted to be Secretary and manager of\\nthe enterprise. He was one of the first stockhold-\\ners and is also a Director of the company.\\nAt the time Mr. Hoyt first became connected\\nwith the companj a few drills had been manufac-\\ntured, but the business was at a low ebb. Realiz-\\ning that it could be made a financial success if\\nproperlj managed, he, with several others, remod-\\neled the drill and commenced to manufacture it.\\nDuring their first years of business they sold a few\\nof their manufactures in the Northwest, and grad-\\nually increased the sales until the enterprise is\\nnow conceded to be one of the most successful in\\nthe State. Steady employment is given to a force\\nof two hundred and fifty men, and there are six\\ntraveling salesmen tm the road. The capital stock\\nis $50,000, while the sales arc principally in the\\nWest and Northwest. During 18112 the output of\\nmachines was between five and six thousand drills.\\nThe wonderful success which has crowned this\\nbusiness enterprise is due largely to the ability\\nand judgment of Mr. Moyt, who has labored un-\\nweariedly to secure for it the greatest material\\ndevelopment. He was one of the principal in-\\nventors of the new machine, and has several pat-\\nents on it, including the spring attachment, the\\ncovering wheel and the force feed.\\nIn the fall of 1881 Mr. Hoyt married Miss Dora\\n151atchle who w.as born in Dowagiac and edu-\\ncated in the schools of this city. In his political\\nbelief he is a Democrat. He is now the Presi-\\ndent of the local board of the Capital Building\\nand Loan Association of this cit^ and is other-\\nwise identified with important interests of the\\nplace. As a business man he has the confidence of\\nthe people and occupies a high place in their\\nregard.\\nDWARD BRAMMALL has won an enviable\\nn-v reputation as a [il umber, and the thorough-\\nly^/ ness of the work executed by him and the\\nreasonalileness of his prices, as well .as his trust-\\nworthy and thorough business methods, have placed\\nhim among the leading business men. He was born\\nin Duckinfield. England, October 17, 1819, and is\\na son of .lohn N. and Sarah (Evans) Bramiiiall.\\nThe father was a contractor and builder in Elng-\\nland and remained there until 1857, when he de-\\ncided to cross the ocean to America. After reach-\\ning this country he located in New York City,\\nbut subsequently removed to I liiladeliihia, thence\\nto Chicago, and thence to .laeksoii, Tciui. In 1863\\nhe returned to Chicago, and died there in 1865. He\\nwas a substantial and highly respected citizen and\\na man possessed of much energy and force of char-\\nacter. His wife, the mother of our subject, died\\nin England.\\nEdward Brammall, subject of this sketch, passed\\nhis boyhood and youth and received his education\\nin Chicago, 111. In 1863 he began in that city to\\nlearn the tinner s trade and plumbing. In 1867,\\nfor about nine months, he superintended a hard-\\nware and tin shop at Palatine, III., then returned\\nto Chicago. He engaged in business in that city\\nand remained there until the year 1869, when he lo-\\ncated in Benton Harbor. At this place he entered\\nthe employ of H. M. Peck Co., basket manufac-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0304.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0305.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "T\\n^t", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0306.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n305\\ntiirors, .and after rpmainin r with them for some\\ntime entered llie employ of liiunsou V: Wiiians,\\nhardware mereliants of this cit^-, and continued in\\ntlieir emidoy until 1873. After that he went into\\ntlie hardware business on his own account, but sold\\nout In It 7G, and two years later opened a tin-shop\\nin Benton Harbor, where he had a suocossful busi-\\nness for some lime. I^ater lie added a line of agri-\\ncultural implements, farming niaciiinery, etc., and\\ncontinued at this until 1892. since whicii time he\\nlias given his undivided attention to plumbing\\nand gas and steam fitting. He is making a suc-\\ncess of this, and is thorough and reliable in all his\\ntransactions.\\nOn the 4th of .Tune, 1874, he was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Lizzie .Sullivan, a native of Benton\\nHarix)r,and they now have a pleasant and commod-\\nious residence on Pipestone Street. Both are well\\nrespected in the city and have a host of warm\\npersonal friends. Politically, Mr. Brammall is a\\nstanch Republican, and socially he is a member of\\nthe Knights of Pythias and the Knights of the\\nMaccabees. Mr. and Mrs. Brammall are members\\nof the Baptist Church.\\ng\\n^^^33)\\nM 1\\n(c\u00c2\u00bb^\\n1810.\\nLEXANDER H. SCOTT, .In., M. D., a prac-\\nticing physician and surgeon of St Jo-\\nseph, was born in .Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo\\nCounty, Mich., on the 19th of September,\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject,\\nTliomas Scott, was for many years a resident of\\nNew Hampshire, and became a pioneer of Ohio.\\nAle.Kander H. Scott, Sr., father of our sul)ject, was\\nborn in Columbus, Ohio, and as early as 1837\\ncame to Michigan, settling in .Schoolcraft, and em-\\nbarking in the mercantile business at that place.\\nHe was finite successful in his business ventures\\nand was one of the most prominent men in .School-\\ncraft. Latp in life he came to St. Joseph, where\\nhe made his honu until removed by death, in\\nAugust, 1888.\\nThe maternal great-grandfather of our subject,\\nWilliam Sherni.ui. was a participant in the War of\\n1812. His mother, who bore the maiden name of\\nJane Hatch, w.as born in Vermont, being the\\ndaughter of Sherman Hatch, of Scotch-Irish ex-\\ntraction. The eldest of four children (of whom\\nonly two now survive), the subject of this sketch\\npassed his youth in the village of .Schoolcrift,\\nwhere he was a student in the schools. He after-\\nward entered the Agricultural College at Lansing,\\ncontinuing his studies there for some time.\\nHaving resolved to enter upon the profession of\\na physician, young Scott read medicine with Dr.\\nBoliver-Barnum, of Schoolcraft, after which he\\nentered the medical department of Ann Arbor,and\\nwas graduated from that institution in March,\\n1867. Previous to this, however, he had spent\\nfour years in the service of the I nion. In 18fil\\nhe enlisted as a member of Company C, Sixth\\nMichigan Infantry, Col. F. W. Curteniuscommand-\\ning. For one year he served as Color Sergeant,\\nand afterward occupied the position of hospital\\nsteward for the same length of time. He was\\ntransferred to the Eleventh Army Corps and as-\\nsigned to the Eighty-third United States Troops,\\nserving as First Lieutenant and Regimental Quar-\\ntermaster. Later he received from Gov. Blair the\\nappointment of Assistant .Surgeon of the Twelfth\\nMichigan Infantry, and was laboring in that posi-\\ntion at the time the war closed. He was subse-\\nquently appointed Surgeon of the United .States\\nHospital at Camden, Ark., and served in that ca-\\npacity until March 8, 1866, when he was honor-\\nably discharged, after having served his country\\nfaithfully and well for a period of four years.\\nReturning to Michigan, the 3 outliful veteran\\nresumed his medical studies in the .State Univer-\\nsity at Ann Arbor, from which, as above stated, he\\nwas graduated in 1867. At once after completing\\nhis studies he located at St. Joseph, Mich., where\\nhe conducted a general practice. He is Division\\nSurgeon for the Chicago West Michigan Rail-\\nroad, and local surgeon of the Vandalia Railroad,\\nand has acquired an extended reputation through-\\nout this section of the .State as a physician of\\nskill, thoroughness and great knowledge. He is\\nat present serving .is President of the (Jold Cure\\nInstitute in St. Joseph. He is deei)ly intereste I\\nin everything that pertains to his profession, and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0307.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "306\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nis an active member of the Beri-ien County Med-\\nical Association and tlie American Medical Asso-\\nciation.\\nFebruary 14, 1869, the Doctor married Miss\\nLydia M. Crandall, of Bingliamton, N. Y., and a\\ndaughter of Robert L. Crandall. One daughter,\\nBella L., has been born to Dr. and Mrs. Scott. In\\npolitics he is a stanch Republican, and was lion-\\nored by election to the position of M.ayor in\\n1890-91, and also served as Trustee of St. .Joseph\\nfor three terms. In regard to social connections,\\nhe is a member of Occidental Lodge No. 56, A. F.\\nA. M., of which he was Worshiiiful Master for\\ntwelve 3 ears. lie is also a member of Calvin\\nBrittain Chapter No. 72, R. A. M.; St. Joseph\\nCouncil, and Niles Commandery No. 12. He h.as\\nattained to the thirty-second degree in Masonry\\nand is a Noble of the Mystic Slirine.\\n5*\\nISAAC M. VINCENT. After many years de-\\nvoted to his chosen calling of agriculture, Mr.\\n/I\\\\ Vincent is now passing his declining jears\\nlran(iuilly and comfortablj in his pleasant home\\nat Buchanan. lie was born in Franklin County,\\nMass., on the 4th of July, 1822, being the son of\\nIsaac and Susan (Maxam) Vincent, both of whom\\nwere natives of the Ba^ State. The paternal\\ngrandfather, Joshua Vincent, was of English de-\\nscent, and was born in Massachusetts. During\\nthe opening years of the great struggle between\\nEngland and tlie Colonies, he enlisted in the de-\\nfense of liberty and freedom, and served with\\nvalor until the close of the Revolutionary War.\\nThe father of our subject was born in 1790, and\\nwas reared to the life of a farmer. In earl} man-\\nhood he married the daughter of Edmund Maxam,\\na native of Massachusetts, and one of the old\\n[{evolutionary iieroes. After their marriage they\\nlocated on a farm in the Bay State, where they\\ncontinued to reside until removed hence by death,\\nthe father at the age of seventy-five, and the\\nmother when four-score and two years old. While\\nMr. Vincent followed the occupation of a farmer,\\nprincipally, he also engaged to some extent in\\nother pursuits, a. id for four years was a (jeddlcr in\\nthe Southern States.\\nThe parental family consisted of six children,\\nfive sons and one daughtei four of whom grew to\\nmature years. In Franklin County, M.ass., our\\nsubject was reared to manhood and acquired a\\ncommon-school education. When ready to estab-\\nlish domestic ties, he w.as married, on the 12th of\\nMarch, 184.5, to Miss Elizabeth Yaw, who was born\\nin Whitingham, Vt., November 16, 1824. Her\\ngrandfather, Moses Yaw, was descended from En-\\nglish-French ancestr} and passed his entire life in\\nRhode Island. Her father, Oliver Yaw, followed\\nthe occupation of a farmer in the Green Mountain\\nState, and married Eliza, daughter of Jonallian\\nHoughton, and a native of Wendall, Mass. Mrs.\\nVincent is the eldest of thirteen children, and is\\nnow the onl} surviving member of the family.\\nTen years after his marriage Mr. Vincent went\\nto Illinois and located at Richmond, where they\\nresided about one year. From Illinois they went\\nto Indiana, and from there to Iowa, thence to\\nMichigan in 1865. Locating near Galien, Berrien\\nCounty, he purchased a farm of one hundred and\\nsixty .acres, and remained on that place about\\nthree years. In 1869 he sold the land, and in\\n1871 came to Buchanan, where he now lives re-\\ntired from business. He and his wife became\\nthe parents of two cluldren. Edwin II. was liorn\\nin Florida. Mass., November 27, 1850, and after\\nreaching manhood, kicated in Three Oaks, Mich.,\\nwhere he attained considerable i)romineiice. As a\\nsuccessful and accommodating merchant, lie en-\\njoyed a large patronage from the city and sur-\\nrounding country. lie served as Supervisor of\\nthe township an l in other places of trust. His\\ndeath occurred January Id, 189.3. He had mar-\\nried Miss Anna McKie, and they were the parents\\nof a daughter, Maude M., who was seven teen years\\nold at the time of her father s demise. The other\\nson of our subject, Isaac B., was born in Flor-\\nida, Mass., December 1, 1854, and became a sleep-\\ning-car conductor. While serving in that capacity\\nhe was killed at Blue Mound, III., on the Waliash\\ni PaciUc Railioad, May 11, 1884.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0308.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n307\\nFrom ail Iiumble positit)!! in youth, without\\nfiieiids or money, and (le|iendent upon his own\\nunaided exertions for liis maintenance, Mr. in-\\nceiit lias risen to a position of prominence among\\ntlie public-spirited citizens of Berrien County,\\nriirougli his industry in earlier life he accumu-\\nlated the means which enables him at present to\\nlive in comfort and uiiharassed b\\\\ business cares,\\nlie IS a man of deep religious convictions, and is\\na faithful nieinber of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, in which he has served as Steward and\\nTrustee, antl toward the support of which he has\\nalways contributed in i)roporlion to his means.\\nPolitically, he is a Republican, and always votes\\nthe ticket of his party.\\nI OIIN GLEESON, an enterprising and lead-\\nI ing general agriculturist and stock-raiser,\\nprofitably cultivating a fine farm of one\\nhundred and sixty acres in Chikaming\\nTownship, P.errien County, Mich., is desirabl}- sit-\\nuated, his highly improved homestead being lo-\\ncated five miles northwest of the prosperous vil-\\nlage of Three Oaks, twenty-five miles southwest\\nof the county seat and within two miles of his\\npostollice at Union Pier. For over thirty years a\\nconstant resident of his present neighborhood, our\\nsubject has been intimately associated with the\\nlocal interests and upward growth of Berrien\\nCountj A popular citizen, enjoying the high es-\\nteem and confidence of the community by whom he\\nis surrounded, he has received various important\\nt(jwnship otlices, whose duties he has invariably\\ndischarged with rare fidelity and executive abil-\\nity. Mr. (Jleeson was born in the city of Hamil-\\nton, province of Ontario, Canada, April 9, 1848.\\nHis parents, Patrick and .Johanna (Owyer) Glee-\\nson, were both natives of Ireland, and were ener-\\ngetic and industrious people, descended from a long\\nline of intelligent and higlily respected ancestry,\\nwho generation after generation reared families,\\nworthy representatives of the P^merald Isle.\\nBorn, reared and educated in their native land.\\nthe ])arenUs attained to mature years and were mar-\\nried in Ireland. TlMuoughly understanding and ap-\\npreciating the offered advantages of the country\\nof promise beyond the sea, the young couple\\nfinall} decided to emigrate to America, and, cross-\\ning the Atlantic, landed in the Dominion of Can-\\nada. The parents were united in marriage in 184(),\\nand ten years later the devoted wife and mother\\npassed to her rest in Hamilton. She had borne\\nfour children, one daughter and three sons. Our\\nsubject, the eldest of the family, was educated in\\nhis primary studies in the common schools of\\nCanada, but afterward received extended instruc-\\ntions in the celebrated college of St. Michael s, in\\nToronto. When sixteen years of age, acconipan}\\ning his father, .Tohii Gleeson, he came to the United\\nStates and settled in Beriien County, Jlich., mak-\\ning a permanent home in Chikaming Township,\\nwhere they have since constantly resided. Patrick\\nGleeson, now four-score years of age, enjoys un-\\nusually good health for a man of eighty years ex-\\nperience in the toil and wearing cares of life. An\\nupright citizen of strength of character and ear-\\nnest purpose, the venerable father is universall3 re-\\nspected.\\nOur subject has made a life work of the pur-\\nsuit of agriculture, and, from his youth trained\\nto habits of thrift and bus}- industry, h.assuccess-\\nfully and self-reliantly won his upward w.ay. En-\\ntering with keen interest into the development of\\nlocal improvements and enterprise, Mr. Gleeson\\nsoon became one of the prominent and most pop-\\nular men of the townshi-p. In 1882, elected to\\nthe responsible position of Supervisor, he served\\nwith such acceptability to his friends and neigh-\\nbors that he was re-elected to a second term, and\\nin 1891 w.as again made an incumbent of the same\\nodlce and again served two successive terras. Po-\\nlitically a Democrat, our subject is an ardent sup-\\nporter of the Party of the People, and has been\\nprominent among the councils of the Democrats\\nof the county. For two terms Mr. Gleeson ellici-\\nently occupied the official position of Treasurer\\nof Chikaming Township, and has been invaiiablv\\nactive in forwarding all mailers of mulua! wel-\\nfare. He is well posted in the affairs of the da}\\nto which he gives earnest atteiilion. mid manj^", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0309.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "308\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nyears ago cast liis first Presifieiilial vote for Samuel\\nJ. Tilden. Our subject is a liberal-minded man of\\nnative generosity, and is ever ready to aid in social\\nand benevolent enterprises, and, in full accord\\nwitli his fellow-townsmen, possesses the best wishes\\nof a host of sincere friends.\\nW\\nr^\\nILLIS H. ARGABRIOHT, foreman of the\\nRound Oak Stove AVorks at Dowagiac,\\nW^ was born in Clarke County, Ohio, May 21,\\n1841. His father, John Argabright, was born in\\nBlacksburg, Giles County, Va., and after learning\\nthe trade of a blacksmith in the Old Dominion he\\ncame to Ohio and settled in Clarke County, where\\nhe followed his chosen occupation. In 18.54 he\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Cass County,\\nrenting a farm near the city of Cassopolis. Farm-\\ning pursuits engaged his attention, and lie tilled\\nthe soil of that place until 1867, when he removed\\nto a farm situated about five miles south of Do-\\nwagiac. Later he ceased his active farming labors,\\nand, coming to Dowagiac, lived here retired from\\nbusiness anxieties and cares until his demise, which\\noccurred in 1874.\\nThe union of John Argabright and Matilda\\nPriliiman was blessed by the birtii of six children,\\nthree of whom are now living, namel^y: our sub-\\nject; Henry M., who is .assistant foreman at the\\nHound Oak Stove Works; and Mrs. Charity Bench,\\nwhose home is in Dowagiac. The father of this\\nfamily was a devout member of the Baptist\\nChurch and was an honorable, upright man, whose\\nreligious belief was exemplified by his noble life.\\nIn Clarke Count Ohio, the subject of this sketch\\nresided until thirteen years old, when he .accom-\\npanied his father to Michigan and grew to man-\\nhood upon the farm in Cass County.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Argabright occurred in\\n1868 and united him with Miss Lucy, daughter of\\nZiba Neff, who w.as a farmer of Jefferson Township,\\nCass County, Mich. Mrs. Argabright w.as born in\\nLake County, Ohio, and was about seven years\\nold when she came to Michigan. After his mar-\\nriage Mr. Argabright located near Edwardsburgh,\\nCass County, but after residing tiiere for two\\n3 ears came to Dowagi.ac, where for a time he\\nworked on the railroad. After following that oc-\\ncupation for about six months he was appointed\\nfreight clerk, which position he filled for five years.\\nLater he received the appointment of freight and\\nticket agent at this place for the Michigan Central\\nRailroad, and occupied that responsible i)Osition\\ntwenty-two years. Afterward he traveled for two\\nyears in the chiploy of the Round Oak Stove\\nWorks, being the third traveling salesman on the\\nroad for this company. AVhen he left the road he\\naccepted the position he still occupies as foreman\\nof the Round Oak Stove Works, which he has filled\\nsince 1888.\\nPolitically, Mr. Argabright is a Democrat, firm\\nin his allegiance to the party of his choice. Soci-\\nallj he is identified with the Order of M.aecabees.\\nHis residence is a pleasant abode, built after the\\nlatest designs and containing modern improve-\\nments, and is located on the corner of Chesboro\\nand Park Place. In addition to this property Mr.\\nAi gabright is the owner of a finely improved place\\nof eighty acres located two miles from the cor-\\nporate limits of Dowagiac, in Pokagon Township.\\nThis farm is devoted to general farming and stock-\\nraising purposes and is embellished with an excel-\\nlent class of buildings.\\nIM^\\nl,__^ ON. FRANCIS II. BERRICK, M. D., of Bu-\\n]|1 chanan, w.as born in Middlesex, Middlesex\\nCounty, Mass., on the 18tli of September,\\n5^ 1823. His father, Ilarmones Berrick, was a\\nnative of Germany, and fought for six years under\\nthe immortal Bonaparte. Having been taken pris-\\noner l\\\\v the English, he was brought to An-erica\\nwhen about twenty-five years old. After being\\nreleased from captivity he established his home in\\nMiddlesex County, Mass., where he followed his\\ntrade of a glass manufacturer.\\nThe mother of our subject was of Irish descent\\nand was born and roared in Maine. She bore the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0310.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n309\\niii.aidi u iiaiTic of MjuuMii t Uii wer, and was a lady\\nC)f pleasant dispusition and sunshiny ways. Slie\\nwas especially devoted to the welfaie of her chil-\\ndren, of whom there were eight, as follows: James\\nII., deeeased; .lane the widow of .losepli Dale,\\nresiding in Richmond, Me.; Margaret, who is the\\nwife of K(l win Stearns, of Lowell, Mass.; Francis\\nII., of this sketch; Edward, a business man of\\nIJoston; Anna wIk) mairied John Collins, now\\ndeceased; and Charles M., who enlisted in defense\\nof the I nion during the Civil ar and was in\\nactive service from l.Stil until IHtiti.\\nIn his father s home, Francis II. licrrick grew to\\nmanhood, meanwhile becoming through study and\\nextensivi reading a well-informed man. In 1847\\nhe entered the ministry of the Second Advent\\nChurch and for a number of years was engaged in\\npriaehing the (Jospel, holding pastorates at vari-\\nous places in the ISay State. In 18G1 he entered\\nthe law de|iarlmcnt of Harvard College, where he\\nprosecuted his legal studios and from which insti-\\ntution he was graduated. He was admitted to the\\nIJar in Essex County, Mass., in 18(;4 and practiced\\nhis profession for two years in Boston. Realizing,\\nhowever, that the great West offered opportunities\\nwhich the East coidd not, he determined upon es-\\ntablishing a home in the Mississippi Valle}\\nIn 1868 our subject removed to Minnesota and\\naccepted a pastorate of a church in the northern\\npart of the State, near Minneapolis, where lie re-\\nmained until 18()8. Fiom that State he removed\\nto Indiana, and while serving as pastor of a church\\nin Lal orte County he commenced the study of\\nmedicine. In 1861) he removed to Buchanan, and\\nhere o[)ened an office for the practice of his last-\\ncliosen profession. Four years afterward he took\\na course of lectures at the Hahnemann Medical\\nCollege, graduating from that institution in 1873.\\nUpon his return to Buchanan he resumed his du-\\nties as a general practitioner.\\nAll matters relating to the welfare and progress\\nof Buchanan and the surrounding country are\\ndeeply interesting to the Doctor. He has mingled\\nconsiderably with the public atTairs of the county\\nand has been called upon to fill various posts of\\ntrust. In 1874 lie was elected Senator and served\\nwith credit to himself, representing his constitu-\\nents with ability and discretion. He also tilled the\\nposition of I resident of Buchanan and served as a\\nmember of the Board of School Directors. Socially,\\nhe is a Mason, belonging to Blue Lodge No. 68,\\nand is also identified with the Knights Templar,\\nholding meinlicrship at Kiles.\\nDr. Berrick has been married three times. Of\\nliis first union three children were born, viz.:\\nCharles S., now residing in Chicago; Frank, who\\nwas in the United Slates service for eight years\\nand is now employed at the AVorld s Columbian\\nExposition; and Adelaide A., who married Henry\\nCroup, now deceased. The second wife of the Doc-\\ntor was Lucy A. Jarvis, daughter of Barton and\\nElizal)etli J. irvis. After her death he was married\\non the 3(llh of March, 18 J0, to .Mrs. May Tremmcl,\\nwho by her former union has one child, (ieitrude.\\nl^^ ENUY MICHAEL, the subject of this\\nI) sketch, is identified with various important\\ninterests in Dowagiac, being Justice of the\\nPeace, Notary Public, Con ve\\\\ancer, pen-\\nsion-claim agent and real-estate dealer. He was\\nborn on the otli of December, 1827, at the home\\nof his parents, eight miles south of Xeiiia, Creenc\\nCounty% Ohio. Of direct (iernian descent, his\\ngrandfather, William IMicLacI, was born anil reared\\nin Germany, and, emigrating to America, settled\\nin Virginia during the hitler part of the eigh-\\nteenth centiir} From the Old Dominion he re-\\nmoved to Ohio and became one of the earliest\\nsettlers of K(j.ss County.\\neaving the Buckeye State, this courageous\\npioneer penetrated the wilds of Michigan and en-\\ntered a tract of land from the Ooveriiment. This\\nproperty was located in Berrien Coiint\\\\-, :iiid\\nthrough his efforts was i)laced under cultivation\\nand embellished with good buildings. There Mr.\\nMichael passed away some time in the liis. A\\nman of religious convictions, he hibored zealously\\nfor the jjiomotion of the Methodist Epi.scopal\\nChurch and was a generous contributor to its sup-,\\nport. Coming to this State poor in purse, he at-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0311.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "310\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntained the realization of his anticipations and\\nIjecarae tlie possessor of a good property, the value\\nof which has been greatly enhanced during late\\nyears.\\nA native of Virginia, Adam Michael, father of\\nour subject, was one of ten children in the par-\\nent.ll family. When fifteen 3 ears old he accom-\\npanied his father to Ohio, and grew to manhood\\nin Ross County. There he married Miss Mary,\\nflaughter of Charles Murphy, a native of the old\\nDominion. After their marriage the young couple\\nlocated in Greene County, but in 1830 removed\\nthence to Michigan and settled in Howard Town-\\nship, Cass County, where he remained about eigh-\\nteen months. Coming to Rerrien Township, Ber-\\nrien County, he entered one hundred and sixty\\nacres on section 21 and forty .icres on section 22.\\nThere he remained until his demise, which oc-\\ncurred in August, 1838. His wife passed away in\\n1855.\\nThere were nine children in their family: Matil-\\nda, wife of .Silas Ireland, a farmer of Berrien Town-\\nship, Berrien County; Mrs. Kebecca Reynolds, of\\nBerrien Springs; our subject; Mrs. Mary E. Lyle,\\nwidow of Daniel Lyle, the banker of Dowagiac;\\nMrs. Ruhama Kibbler, who lives in Berrien County;\\nAlfred E., a carpenter by trade and a lumberman\\nof Uiver Falls, Wis.; Eliza, who married and is now\\ndeceased; and Charles, a ranchman, who died in\\nNovember, 1891. The father of this family was a\\nblacksmith and followed that trade in connection\\nwith his farming work. He was called out in the\\nwai- against the Indians in 1832 and aided in\\nquelling the trouble. Every foot of ground in\\nBerrien County was familiar to him and when\\npeople came here on prospecting tours he was able\\nto point out to them the most desirable locations.\\nAs a pedestrian he was quick and tireless. It is\\nrelated of him that at one time his brother had\\ncome here from Ohio and selected a tract of land,\\nafter which he returned to Ohio in order to get\\nthe money necessary to make the purchase. Mean-\\nwhile another man selected the same tract of land\\nand started for Niles to get the money and pay\\nthe land officer at Kalamazoo. .Soon after the\\nclaimant departed, the brother arrived with the\\nmoney, and JI Michael at once started on foot\\nwith it across the country to Kalamazoo, where he\\nmade the payment at the land office. Just ,is he\\nwas leaving that city, he met the other claimant\\nhastening to the laud office.\\nA child of three years when he accompanied his\\nfather to Michigan, the subject of this sketch grew\\nto manhood amid the ])rimeval scenes of pioneer\\nexistence. He cleared twenty .acres unaided and\\nhelped in the work of clearing the remainder of\\nthe propcrt}-. In 1849 he went to Xenia, Ohio,\\nwalking the entire distance thither and remaining\\nthere until the fall of 1850, meanwhile learning\\nthe trade of a gunsmith. This occupation he\\nfollowed in Dowagiac, Mich. In 1864 he jour-\\nneyed across the plains with a wagon train to Cali-\\nfornia, where he engaged in mining and also fol-\\nlowed the occupation of a carpenter, returning\\nEast via the Isthmus of Panama.\\nIn March, 1853, Mr. Michael married Miss Hat-\\ntie, the daughter of Edward Balleugee, a merchant\\nof Dowagiac, who died in November, 1891, .aged\\neiglit\\\\-six years. He was an old settler of Ber-\\nrien County, having come here in 1836. Mr. and\\nMrs. Michael have been the parents of four chil-\\ndren, three of whom are now living: Julia E.,\\nwho for the p.ast eight years has been a te.acher in\\nthe Dowagiac schools; Estella M., the wife of G. B.\\nMoore, of Dow.agiac; and Charles B., who is in\\nMarysville, Kan. Edward died in September, 1865.\\nIn 1859 Mr. Michael beg.an the business of con-\\nveyancing and real-estate dealing, which he still\\nconducts. He w.as elected Justice of the Peace in\\n1868 and served until 1874; again he was ap-\\npointed to that office in 1883 and has served ever\\nsince. During the seventeen 3 ears in which he\\nhas filled the position, no decision made b\\\\- him\\nhiis over been reversed in either the Circuit or the\\nSupreme Court. In 1860 he wsis appointed No-\\ntary Public and has acted in that cap.acity ever\\nsince, with the exception of one year spent in Cali-\\nfornia. A Whig in former years, he has been a\\nRepublican since the organization of the party.\\nFor .about fourteen years he was Clerk of .Silver\\nCreek Township, Cass Count}-, also served as Dep-\\nuty Sheriff, Coroner for two years and Treasurer\\nof Silver Creek Township for three years.\\nSocially Mr. Michael is prominently- identified", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0312.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "FORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n311\\nwith till- Iii k |ioii(loiit Order of Odd Fellows and\\nlias lit cii a iiuMiilii i- of tliu lo(lj, i since l.s.j I, having\\nrepresented it in llie (iraiid Lodge fifteen times.\\nMarch id, lUSH.he received the appoinlinent of\\nI nilcd States I tHision Agent, an honor which was\\nconferred u|ion him withont any solicitation on\\nhis part. At present he is the only pension agent\\n111 Cass County and since his appointment he has\\nfiled over three hundred claims for pensioners.\\n^^^4U)MAS W. KKYN OLDS. The linn of Uey-\\nf/(^^ nolds iV; Lemon, dealers in li.ard ware, stoves\\nand tinware, is one of the best known in\\nIJerrien Springs. They carry a very large stock,\\ncovering everything in the line of heavy hardware\\nand shelf goods, and also have a large assortment\\nof agicultural implements. By close attention to\\nthe details of business, by care in the selection of\\ntheir stock, and b}- accurate methods in all their\\ntransactions, they have built up a large and profit-\\nable tr. ide with the citizens of Berrien Springs and\\nvicinity.\\nThe senior member of the firm was born in Lake\\nCounty, Ohio, December 2, lUiiA. He is the son\\nof (ieorge and Sarah (Lamb) Reynolds, both of\\nwhom were born in Cheshire, England, and emi-\\ngrated thence to America, the father in 1849, and\\nthe mother two years afterward. After their\\nmarriage in Cleveland, Ohio, they removed, iu\\n185.5, to Berrien Springs, Mich., where for a time\\nIMr. Reynolds, Sr., followed the trade of a cabinet-\\nmaker, but later turned his attention to wagon-\\nmaking. He was thus engaged until his death,\\nwhich occurred in 1880. His wife passed away\\nseven years prior to his demise.\\nThe onl} surviving child of the parental family\\nis Thomas W., the subject of this sketch. He\\npassed his boyhood in Berrien Springs and gained\\nhis education in the public schools of this place.\\nLater he learned the trade of a tinner under\\nGeorge Claar, and upon the completion of the term\\nof his apprenticeship he traveled .is a jour\\ntJirough Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.\\nReturning in 1881 to his ffirmer home in Berrien\\nSjirings, he opened a tin shop and began busi-\\nness on his own account. He continued alone\\nuntil 1891, when he formed a pnrliu iship with\\nAlbert Lemon, the title of the firm being Reynolds\\nife Lemon.\\nA very impoitant event in the life of Mr. Rey-\\nnolds occurred in 1882, when he w.is united in\\nmarriage with Miss Lyda Filkins, the daughter of\\nPeter and .Sarah (Rooks) Filkins, residents of\\nBerrien Springs. The union has been blessed by\\nthe birth of one daughter, Vera S., a bright and\\ninteresting child, of whom the parents arc justly\\nproud. In politics a Republican, Mr. Reynolds has\\nserved as City Treasurer, and is now filling the\\nposition of Treasurer of the School Board. So-\\ncially, he holds relations with Oronoko Lodge No.\\n69, A. O. U. W. He is now serving as Secretary\\nand Treasurer of the local board of the lUiildingife\\nLoan Association, having its headquarters at Lo-\\ngansport, Ind., and is the Superintendent of the\\ncounty poor. A man of deep leligious convictions,\\nhe is an earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch and is otiicialing as Superintendent of the\\nSunday-school. His wife is also identified with\\nthat denomination, and both are liberal contrib-\\nutors to the support of the church. They are\\nhighly regarded throughout the comnninity where\\nthey reside, and their friends are wont to spend\\nmany pleasant hours in their cozy home.\\nOL. DAVID BACON, .Justice of the Peace,\\n(I and a well-known citizen of Niles, w.asborn\\nin Saratoga County, N. Y., September 9,\\n1827, being the son of Cyrus and Malinda (Guern-\\nsey) Bacon. His father was born in .Saratoga\\nCounty, N. Y., in 1796, and was the son of David\\nBacon, a native of Connecticut and by occupation\\na farmer. The mother of our subject was also\\nborn in Saratoga County, being the daughter of\\n.Solomon Guernsey. In 1835 the family came to\\nMichigan, locating in Cass County, where the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0313.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "312\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfather engaged in general farming and stock-raising\\nuntil his death, which occurred in that county in\\n1872. A stanch Democrat politically, he served\\nIlls district in the Michigan Legislature during the\\nscasion of 1849. Religiously, he adhered to the\\nPresbyterian faith. His widow survived him for\\na number of years, her death occurring in 1887,\\nwhen eighty-four years old.\\nA Lad of six years of age at the time the family\\ncame to Michigan, the subject of this sketch re-\\nceived a common-school education in Cass County.\\nLater he entered Jefferson College, of Cannons-\\nburgh, Pa., from which he was graduated in 1852.\\nAfter completing his literary studies he came to\\nNiles, where for two years he read law with Na-\\nthaniel Bacon, being admitted to the Bar in 1854.\\nTwo years later he was elected Prosecuting Attor-\\nney of Berrien County on the Democratic ticket,\\nand served for two years. At the opening of the\\nCivil War, in 1861, he enlisted as a member of\\nCompanj K, Sixth Michigan Infantry, and was\\ncommissioned Captain of the company. Col. Cur-\\ntenius commanding the regiment.\\nThe company was assigned to the Army of the\\nGulf under Gen. Benjamin Butler, and participated\\nin the various engagements in the South under the\\nleadershi)) of that famous warrior. On the 5th of\\nAugust, 1862, our subject was wounded at the\\nbattle of Baton Rouge, the bullet penetrating the\\nbody at the shoulder and passing entirely through\\nthe chest, resulting quite seriously. On account of\\nthis injury he was discharged at New Orleans and\\nreturned home in the fall of 1862. Later he re-\\nentered the service of the Union as Lieutenant-\\nColonel of the Nineteenth Michigan Infantry, and\\nremained in active duty until 1863, when he re-\\nsigned his commission and returned home.\\nUpon his return to Niles, Col. P)acon embarked\\nin the real-estate business, in which he continued\\nin connection with his legal practice. In 1888, he\\nwas elected Justice of the Peace, and is still serv-\\ning in that capacity. On the 16th of .September,\\n1857, he married Miss Lydia A., daughter of Sam-\\nuel II. Griffin, of Niles. They are the parents of\\ntwo sons, the elder, David, being a conductor on\\nthe Missouri Pacific Railioad; while the younger,\\nErnest, is Superintendent of the Niles waterworks\\nand also City Engineer. The family residence is\\npleasantly located on the corner of Main and Fifth\\nStreets. The Colonel is a man who stands high in\\nthe esteem of his fellow-townsmen, (or he has been\\nloyal and faithful alike in times of peace and war.\\nWhile in the Gulf States he was made Provost-\\nMarshal of the District of Baton Rouge, which\\nposition he was filling when wounded. The date\\nof his commission as Lieutenant-Colonel was Au-\\ngust 7, two days after he was wounded.\\n^:^^!%^M-^ I^|i^^|\\nAMUEL GENTLE. The richest heritage\\nof American youth is the example of their\\nllL/ll) country s brain and brawn wrouuht into\\nlives of perfect harmony, of splendid fealty,\\nof tireless industry. The annals of such a life are\\nbrielly told by on(! who has known him long and\\nwell. Samuel Gentle, a prominent business man\\nof Benton Harbor, Mich., is a native of England,\\nborn in St. Albans October 25, 1842.\\nOur subject is the fifth in order of birth of nine\\nchildren born to Samuel and Mai} (Archer) Gen-\\ntle, both natives of England. The father was a\\nprominent business man, and was engaged as a\\nmanufacturer for forty-four 3 ears. His death oc-\\ncurred in St. Albans, where he had passed the\\nprincii)al part of his life. Samuel Gentle, his son,\\nwas reared in St. Albans, and vvas fortunate in re-\\nceiving a good, practical education in the city\\nschools, attending until fourteen years of .age. He\\nthen became an apprentice to the cooper s trade,\\nand in about six years had completely mastered\\nthe same.\\nThinking to better his condition financially and\\notherwise, our subject crossed the ocean to the\\nUnited States in September, 1869, and his feet first\\ntouched American soil in New York Cit3 Not\\nseeing much of an opening for a struggling young\\nman in that city, he traveled toward the setting\\nsun, and finally reached the Buckeye State. He\\nsettled in Cincinnati, found employment, and there\\ncontinued until December, 1871, working at his\\ntrade. The desire to find employment still farther", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0314.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0315.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "^^/jj?.\\nr ^^L^tU-^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0316.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n315\\nWt st iiHliKcd him to yo to Cliicago, am] lie was\\nI ligaj^ed in business in tliat city until 1872.\\nThe same year .Mr. (lenlle came to IJenton llai-\\nIhii I\\\\!ic1i., an l in 1H7.S he started in the coopering\\nImsiness on his own account, manufacturing all\\nkinds of cooperage and employing several men.\\nlieing a skilled workman himself, and employing\\nonly lirst-class men. he soon had a lloui ishing\\ntrade, and continued the business until 1H81. He\\nthen turned his attention to the manufacturing of\\nfruit packages and berry baskets and boxes, but\\nlater he became a member of the firm of Danfortli\\nA- Co. He remained with this company, engaged\\nin the manufacture of staves and cooperage, for\\ntwo years, when Mr. Hinkley purchased an inter-\\nest and the firm title was changed to Hinkley\\nCo. Later the two businesses of Colby it Co. and\\nHinkley Co. were merged into one business as a\\nstock company, under the title of the Colby-Hink-\\nley Company. They do a flourishing business, and\\nMr. Cientle is an able and experienced gentleman,\\nwith whom it will always be found pleasant and\\npioli table to have dealings.\\nMr. (Icntlc has a pleasant home on Archer Street,\\nand this is presided over by his estimable wife,\\nformerly Miss Sarah Gregory, of St. Albans, Eng-\\nland, and the daughter of James Gregory. Their\\nnuptials were celebrated Eebruary 8, 1863, and\\ntheir union has been blessed by the birth of one\\nchild, a son, Harry, who is a member of the same\\n(irni and assists in the ollice. The latter has in-\\nherited all the excellent business (jualities of his\\nfather, and is a wide-awake and enterprising young\\nbusiness man. In politics Mr. Gentle is a Democrat.\\neAl T. THOMAS A. WALKER, senior mem-\\nber of the lirm of T. A. AValker A Son,\\nproprietors of the Lake View Hotel at St.\\nJoseph, W.1S born in Acton, Halton County, Canada,\\nJune 28, 18;V.). He is the third among eight\\nchildren born to the union of Thomas A. and El-\\neanor (Swackhamer) Walker, natives of Canada,\\nlb\\nthe father having been engaged in farming pursuits\\nthere during his entire active life. Thomas A.\\nreceived a common-school education in iiis native\\ncounty, and during the summer seasons aided in\\nthe work on the home farm. At the age of eigh-\\nteen years he came to Michigan, where he has since\\nresided.\\nLocating in St. Joseph in 1858, our subject\\nengaged for a time in contracting and building,\\nand many of the structures erected by him at that\\ntime are still standing in St. Joseph and through-\\nout Berrien and the adjoining counties. At the\\nopening of the Civil War he enlisted, in 1861, his\\nname being enrolled as a member of Com[)any B,\\nTwelfth Michigan Infantry, which was assigned to\\nthe Western army. Col. (^uinn commanding the\\nregiment. He took an active part in the battles of\\nShiloh, siege of Vicksburg, the capture of Little\\nRock, the engagements at Middleboro, Hatchie\\nRiver, and numerous others of minor importance.\\nFor meritorious conduct upon the field of battle\\nhe was promoted in 1863 to the rank of Second\\nLieutenant, and for a time commanded the com-\\npany, which position he resigned in October of\\n1864.\\nUpon his return to St. Joseph, our subject en-\\ngaged in running tugs for George Walker Co.,\\nColby ife Co. and the Graham it Morton Transpor-\\ntation Co. In 1880 he took charge of the Gartley\\nHouse, at Benton Harbor, and later became proprie-\\ntor of the American House, at the same place.\\nUpon disposing of his interests in that city, he\\ncame to St. .Ioseph,in 1884, and, purchasing the\\nLake View Hotel, has since given his attention to\\nits management. The house is a fine three-story\\nbrick structure, containing two hundred rooms,\\nelegantly furnished throughout and supplied with\\nall the modern conveniences. The location is one\\nof great beauty, being on the blulTs overlooking\\nLake Michigan as well as the city itself. Recently\\nCapt. Walker has given his attention ijuite exten-\\nsively to contracting and building and is now one\\nof the largest contractors in southwestern Michi-\\ngan.\\nThe marriage of Ca])t. Walker took place Decem-\\nber 25, 18(!0, at which time hi was united with\\nMiss E valine, daughter of Benjamin Johnson, of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0317.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "316\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nBenton Townsliip, Berrien County. The family\\nconsists of three children: William A., who is his\\nfather s partner in the hotel business; Artliur M.\\nand Byron J. The Captain is an active member\\nof Burnett odge No. 11!), 1. O. O. F., and the\\nGeorge II. Thomas Post No. 11, G. A. R. In his\\n|)olitieal belief, he adheres to the princi|iles and\\nplatform of the Democratic party and has served\\nas Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee\\nand Chairman of the Democratic t ongressional\\nCommittee. An active and enthusiastic politician,\\nhe takes a [jromineut part in local, county and\\nState politics, and is recognized as among the in-\\nfluential members of his party in this part of the\\nState. In addition to his hotel, he is the owner of\\nother valuable city property and also a well-\\nimproved farm in this county.\\n8Ci\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a23;^\\njf/OSEPII L. RICHARDS, Superintendent of\\nthe Zinc CoUai- Pad Manufacturing Coni-\\n|)any, at Buchanan, and President of the\\nCity Board, was liorn in Marietta, Wash-\\nington Count} Ohio, March 2, 1848. His father,\\nGeorge H., was born in Bristol, England, and when\\nquite small emigrated thence to America in com-\\npany with his father, Cieorge H. Richards, Sr., and\\nthe family located at Sing Sing, N. Y., where a\\npermanent home was established. The father of\\nour subject learned the trade of a blacksmith, and\\nafter locating in Ohio followed that occupation at\\nMarietta. In 1855 he came to Berrien County,\\nMich., and settled in P.uchanaii Township, where\\nhe operated a farm. Later he sold the place and,\\nmoving into the village, retired from active busi-\\nness cares. His death occurred in 1888, when he\\nwas about seventy ears old. He was a Democrat\\npolitically, and in his fraternal relations was a\\nMason and a memt)er of the Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows.\\nThe mother of our subject, Lucy W. (Record)\\nRichards, was born and reared in Marietta, Ohio,\\nand now resides in Buchanan. Of her union\\neight children were born, all of whom lived to ma-\\nture years. Those living are: Sarah D.. wife of R.\\nMorris; Joseph L., of this sketch; Martha E., who\\nmarried S. Barmore; Hattie, wife of W. S. Wells;\\nMary, Mrs. George Rogers, and George II., a resi-\\ndent of Miniiea|)oli8. Joseph L. was about seven\\nyears old when he accompanied his parents to\\nMichigan, and his bojliood was [trincipally passed\\non his father s farm in lUichanan Township. Af-\\nter completing the studies usually taught in the\\ndistrict schools, he entered his father s store as\\nclerk, but his tastes not being in that direction, he\\nsoon sought more congenial employment. For a\\ntime he worked in a factory and afterward spent\\none 3ear in ClKirk)tte, Mich., and another twelve\\nmonths in southern Oiiio, in the oil regions.\\nIn 1871 Mr. Ricliards went to Chicago, intend-\\ning to carry on his studies at a commercial college,\\nbut his ambitions in that line were temijorarily sus-\\npended by the great fire. Later he (inishcd the\\ncourse in Detroit. Upon the organization of the\\nBuchanan Wagon Factory he was elected Secre-\\ntary, and afterward was chosen General Superin-\\ntendent of the enterprise, holding the position\\nabout four years. Upon the inception of the\\nZinc Collar Pad Com[)any he was one of the |)rinie\\nfactors and leading men in the movement, and his\\ninterest in its success has been unflagging. During\\nthe administration of President Cleveland, he was\\nappointed Postmaster at Buchanan, and discharged\\nthe duties connected with that position for two\\nyears, when the demands of his business, as well as\\na dislike for the place itself, induced him to ten-\\nder his resignation.\\nDuring the latter part of 1887 Mr. Richards\\ntook charge of the Kansas City territory in the in-\\nterests of the Minneapolis Harvester AVoi ks. He\\nhad held the (losition onlj about nine weeks when\\nhis father was taken ill, and upon his death, in\\n1888, our subject assumed the management of the\\npresent enterprise, which he has since conducted.\\nHe carries on an extensive business throughout\\nthe entire continent, including Portland, Ore., and\\nNew York City, as well as several foreign cities. Po-\\nlitically he is a Democrat. He has served as Town-\\nship Trustee, \\\\illage Clerk, and as member of the\\nCity Council. In 1893 he was elected President of\\nthe Village Board, and in that honored place serve\u00c2\u00a7", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0318.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n317\\nWilli tin; liiglu st zeal and devoted loyalty. He is\\na M.-isoii and Nolonirs to Hueliuiian Lodge No. 68,\\nand Nik s Coinniandciv No. 12.\\nMr. Uicliards undoubtedly owes much of his\\nsuccess to the inttucnce of his wife, a lady of re-\\nlineniciit antl sound common-sense. He was mar-\\nried in Uuch. UKiii in 1873 to Miss Mina C, daugh-\\nter of (leorge and Mina C. Smith. Three children\\nhave blessed lliis union, their names being I)aisj%\\n(ieorife II. and .losciih L.\\nr\\nE*^+\\niil IfelLLIAM F. BAINTON. Kor a number of\\n\\\\/\\\\l/ y^^^ name of Mr. IJainton has been\\n\\\\yW identified with the milling industries of\\nr.uchanan, and by steady industry and close atten-\\ntion to all the details of the business he has\\nachieved a gratifying success and a well-earned\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ntnpetencv. This fact is especially noteworthy\\non account of his youth, he being on the sunny\\nside of life s prime. He is Ihorouglily experi-\\nenced in all the details connected with the prac-\\ntical management of the business, and attends to\\nthe operations of the mill in a manner which\\nsecures the maintenance of the high standard of\\n(piality for which the linn of Kainton Bros, is\\ncelebrated, while his reliable business methods\\nhave secured for the lirm a high place in the con-\\nlidence of the i)eople.\\nMr. Bainton has passed his entire life in the\\nvillage of Buchanan, and is consequently familiar\\nWilli its progress in commerce and growth in busi-\\nness importance. He was born here on the Itli of\\nMay, 1H( 2. His father, William II. Bainton, was\\na native of Kiigland, and, emigrating thence in his\\nyoung manhood, located in Buchanan, Mich.,\\nwhere he at once embarked in the milling busi-\\nness. His tlourniill soon gained the reputation\\nof being one of the best in the county and en-\\njoyed a continued and increasing patronage from\\nthe time of its inception until the death of the\\nowner and proprietor. That sad event occurred\\nwhen he was only thirty-six years old. His family\\nconsisted of his wife, whose maiden name was\\nAmanda Swift, and their six children, five of\\nwhom are now living.\\nThe following is the record of the children born\\nto William II. and Amanda B.ainton: Nettie, the\\nwife of Dr. J. C. Snyder, and a resident of Bowl-\\ning Green, Ohio; William F., of whom this bio-\\ngraphical notice is written; Mary J., who is at home\\nwith her mother; Charles L., a business man of\\nBuchanan and a member of the lirm of Bainton\\nBros.; and Emma J., who is book-keeper for the\\nfirm of Bainton Bros. Our subject received his\\nschooling in Buchanan, where he was the recip-\\nient of the best educational advantages the vil-\\nlage afforded. When his school days were ended,\\nhe entered the employ of W. Rough Pears as a\\nbook-keeper, and continued to occupy a clerical\\nposition in the employ of that firm for a period\\nof two years. Later he operated a mill at Day-\\nton, Mich., for one year, after which he returned\\nto Buchanan and superintended the erection of\\nthe substantial structure now utilized for his\\nmill. Here he commenced milling operations in\\n188C and has since conducted a lucrative busi-\\nness, extending over a wide range of ccjuntry.\\nThe mill has a capacity of one hundred barrels of\\nHour per day, and the machinery is complete and\\nsatisfactory. Politically, Mr. Bainton is a firm\\nRepublican and gives his influence to the promo-\\ntion of the principles of that i)art\\\\\\n^t O.SEPH U. DOIIM, a representative general\\nagriculturist and a lifetime resident of the\\nState, has long been numbered among the\\nsubstantial fanners and t literprisiiig men of\\nSodus Township, Berrien County, Mich. Our sub-\\nject was born April 14, 1812, in Kent County,\\nMich. His father, .loseph Dohm, an energetic and\\nhard-working man, w:is a native of Germany.\\nThe paternal grandparents, born, reared and mar-\\nried in the Katlieiland. were in humble circum-\\nstances and trained up their children to habits of\\nthrift and str ct cconomj .lo.seph Doliin received", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0319.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "318\\nFORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\na primary education in tlie schools of the Old\\nCountry and leached manhood an earnest and am-\\nbitious man. Intelligently realizing the greater\\nl)OSsiDilities offered by the land beyond the sea, he\\nresolved to emigrate to America. At twenty-two\\nyears of age, bidding farewell to his home, parents\\nand the associations of youth, he embarked for the\\nI nitcd States and, landing safely u|)on the shores\\nf)f the New World, soon found his way to the State\\nof Michigan.\\nSettling near Grand I\\\\a|iids, in Kent County, the\\nfather found ready employment as a laborer, but\\nafter some length of time bought a farm and en-\\ngaged with ardor in the pursuits of agriculture.\\nA man of resolution, he laboied unceasingly, until,\\nenfeebled by age, he was obliged to retire from\\nthe active duties of life. He yet survives at the\\nadvanced age of eighty-five. While sojourning\\nfor a time in Ohio, .Joseph Dohm met and married\\nMiss Eva Hosine Iladel, a lady born in Germany,\\nboth of her parents being natives of Germany.\\nFather and Mother Dohm made their home in\\nMichigan and were blessed by the birth of eight\\nchildren, seven of whom yet survive. Henry mar-\\nried Jeanette Buckley and lives in Grand Travis,\\nMich. Catherine is the wife of Theobold Umlor\\nand resides in Grand Travis. I hillip married\\nMary Sullivan and also makes his home in Grand\\nTravis; Rosanna is the wife of George Rosel and\\nlives at Grand Travis; John married Ida Hawkins,\\nSolomon is single; and Joseph U., our subject, com-\\npletes the list of brothers and sisters who gathered\\nin the old home so many years ago.\\nJoseph U. Dohm obtained a (irinuny education\\nin the schools of the neighborhood and assisted his\\nfather in the labor of the farm. As his boyhood days\\nwere devoted more to woik lliiin pla3-, he grew up\\nindustrious and self-reliant and was well-fitted to\\nmake his own way in life when he attained to his\\nmajorit3 In choosing for himself a vocation in\\nlife, he decided to remain a farmer, and, having a\\npractical knowledge of the tilling of the soil, has\\nachieved success in the puisuit of agriculture. In\\n1886, he located in SodusTowiisliii), IJerrien Coun-\\nt3 and this part_ of the State has since been his\\npermanent home, and the faiin he now cultivates\\nis his constant residence. In 1864, our subject\\nwas married to Miss Mary Haskin, daughter of\\nAsel Haskin. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Dohm have been\\nborn eight^sons and daughters, all now surviving.\\nEphraim married Miss Nettie Jewel, and now lives\\nin Pipestone Township, Berrien County; Mary\\nHekhey married Lawrence Johnson and resides in\\nSt. Joseph, Mich.; Er, Sifsily Gwendoline, Otis N.\\nJoseph and Rosalyn are all living at home with\\ntheir parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dohm are not con-\\nnected with any denomination, but are ever ready\\nto extend aid to deserving charity or benevolent\\nenterprise. Our subject is a valued member of the\\nPatrons of Husbandry, and politically is in sympa-\\nthy with the Prohibition party. Mr. Dohm is\\ninterested intelligentl\\\\- in all the vital questions if\\nthe day and is an excellent citizen, assisting in the\\nl)romotion of needed improvements and progress-\\nive advancement of his home locality. He is\\nesteemeil and has a large circle of friends.\\nAMPTON HAGGEHTY. One of the brave\\nI) soldiers of the Civil War who fought in\\nthe defense of the )ld Flag is the subject of\\nryj this brief biographical notice, who is now\\nengaged in the peaceful occupation of tilling the\\nsoil of section 17, Howard Township, Cass Coun-\\nty. l orn in Hancock County, Ohio, on the 1st of\\nMarch, 181 1, he is the son of Thomas and Nancy\\n(Ileaton) Ilaggerty, natives of New Jersey-. The\\nHaggerty family is of direct Irish descent, the\\ngreat-grandfather of Hampton having been born\\nin Ireland.\\nAfter the marriage of Thomas and Nancy Ilag-\\ngerty, they removed to Ohio, where the father fol-\\nlowed the occupation of a farmer. In 1848 they\\ncame to Michigan and located in Niles Township,\\nBerrien County, where both died the father at\\nthe age of sixty-five years, and the mother when\\nforty jears old. They were the parents of nine\\nchildren, there being four daughters and live sons.\\nFight of the number grew to manhood and wo-\\nmanhood, our subject being the next to the young-\\nest. He was a child of four years when he accom-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0320.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "PORTKAIT AND UIOGKAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n319\\npaiiied his inuents to Micliiijan, niid one year\\nlater, wlieii too .young to realize ills jjreat Ukss, lie\\nwas orphaned h)- his mother s dealii. He attended\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;cli(H)l in Niles Townshii), Herrien County, and\\ngrew to manhood sturdy, ambitious and energetic.\\nWhen the Civil War broke out, Mr. Haggerty\\nwas a 3outh of seventeen years, but notwithstand-\\ning the fact that lie was a mere lad, his patriotic\\nspirit was fired, and he enlisted in the defense of\\nthe Old Flag. In 18(51 his name was enrolled as a\\nmeniber of (Company L, Second Michigan Cavalry,\\nin which he served until the close of the war.\\nFrom the ranks he was promoted to the position of\\nCorporal, and in that capacity participated in\\nmany of the important engagements in .Sherman s\\nmarch to the sea, proceeding thence to Washing-\\nton. In 1865 he received his discharge at Nash-\\nville, I eun., and returning to Michigan resumed\\nthe ordinary pursuits of life.\\nFor about two years Mr. Haggerty worked on a\\nfarm in the employ of others. In 1867 he mar-\\nlird I aiinie, the daughter of William and Mary\\nLambcit. Mrs. Haggerty was born in Kngland,\\nand in her childhood accompanied her parents to\\nMichigan, in 1846, and has since made her home in\\nthis State. After his marriage, Mr. Ilnggcrt}- lo-\\ncated on a rented farm in Niles Township, liclong-\\niiig to .Judge .lewett, and three years later he\\nrented his father-in-law s farm, remaining on that\\nplace for three years. He liien purchased the old\\nIves farm, foui- iiiilcs west of Niles, consisting\\nof one hundred acres, which he cultivated for\\nthree years. Ho then sold the property and pur-\\nchnsed from H. N. Cameron the place where he\\nnow resides. He owns one hundred and si\\\\t\\\\\\nacres, all under cultivation with the exception of\\nfifteen acres of timlii i-Iaiid. ii this|)laci! he con-\\nducts a gener.al farming and stock-raising business\\nwilh elHcieiicy and success.\\n\\\\t is woitliN of note that our siiliject was the\\nyoungest soldier in his regiment, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind that he\\nand three of his brothers sorvi d for four years\\nin the service of the I liion, enlisting in the\\nyear 1861, and receiving an honorable discharge\\nill ISti. i. None of them was ever in the hospital\\nor wounded at any time during the war, .and none\\nof tlic four draws a pension for services rendered.\\nAll enlisted as private sfildiers, and served with\\nvalor and distinguished bravery until peace once\\nmore reigned Ihroughout the country. Politically,\\nMr. Haggerty is a Republican, and has served asa\\nmember of the School IJoard.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^^1\\n\\\\|()HN GRAHAM, Postm.aster at P.iiclmnan,\\nwas born in Somerset County, P.-i., on the\\n2M of April, 183; He is of direct Scotch\\ndescent, his grandfather, Oeorge Graham,\\nhaving been born in St otland. The father of our\\nsubject, John Graham, Sr., was born and reared in\\nPennsylvania, where he followed mercantile pur-\\nsuits. As a business man he enjoyed the confi-\\ndence of the iieople of his community, and he was\\nhighly regarded for the probity and uprightness\\nof his life. Among the enterprises in which he\\nwas largely interested, and toward the success of\\nwhich he contriliutcd, may be mentioned the build-\\ning of the old tiirujiike road near his home, be-\\ntween Pittsburgh and P.edford, Pa.\\nriic inotlicr of our subject was in maidenhood\\nMiss Mary Kinimel and was Ixuii in Pennsylvania,\\nbeing the daiighttM of (ieorge L. Kimmel. After\\nthe death of Mr. Graham, which occurred in Pciin-\\nsjlvania when he was about forty years of age,\\nhis widow came to Michigan and located in Her-\\nrien Springs in 1846. On her trip here she was\\naccompanied by four of her seven children. .Tohii,\\nwho was next to the youngest in order of birth,\\nwas eleven years old when he came to this .State,\\nand his schooling was obtained principally in l!ei-\\nrieii Springs. In 18. j2 he went to Albion .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind en-\\ntered Albion College, where he was a student for\\ntwo years. Subseciuently he entered the prepara-\\ntory deparlinent of the State Iniversity of Michi-\\ngan, at Ann Arbor, and it was his intention to\\nfinish thecour.se there but circuiMstaiices prevented.\\nIn 18; )7 Mr. (iiahain ictiii neil to IJeri ieii .Springs\\nand engaged in the mercantile business with I)r.\\nPhilip Kephart, with whom he rem.-iined until Sep-\\ntember, 1861. At the outbreak of the Civil War\\nhe enlisli d as a member of Coiiipany 1, Michigan", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0321.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "320\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\nInfantry, and aided in the organization of the com-\\npany, of which lie was elected F irst Lieutenant.\\nFor meritorious service he was later promoted to\\nthe position of Captain. At the battle of Shiloh\\nhe was wounded, and being captured by the Con-\\nfederates was imprisoned for eight months. After\\nbeing released he entered the service again, and\\nremained at the front until the expiration of his\\nterm of enlistment, when he w.is honorably dis-\\ncharged.\\nAgain resuming his mercantile enterprises, Mr.\\nGraham conducted a large business in Buch.anan,\\nand continued thus engaged there through the\\nfollowing 3 ears, with tlie exceiition of five years\\nspent in Kansas for the benefit of his health. For\\na time he served as Assistant Assessor of Revenue\\nfor the district where he now lives, including Ber-\\nrien and Cass Counties. Twice ho li.as been chosen\\nto serve as Village Trustee. On the 1st of April,\\n1890, he was appointed Postni.aster, his commission\\nbeing dated in February of that year. He is prom-\\ninently connected with William Perrott Post No.\\n22, G. A. R.. and is highly regarded throughout\\nthis section of Michig.an.\\nThe pleasant home of Mr. Graham is presided\\nover by his estimable wife, who is a lad^- of intel-\\nligence and winning manners. She was formerly\\nMiss Harriett F. Burton and was born and reared in\\nClinton, Lenawee Countj Mich. Their niai-riage\\nwas solemnized February 3, 18C2, and has been\\nbleessed by the birth of two children: Dell, wife of\\nHarry H. Daw, of the firm of Daw Uros., of Chi-\\ncago; and John B., who is a traveling .salesman.\\nRS. ELMIRA (VANDERHOOF) POST.\\nThere are in Buchanan few ladies whoen-\\nlli joy the regard of the jieople of the vil-\\nlage to so largo an extent as the estimal)le\\nlady whose name introduces these paragraphs.\\nShe is one of the pioneers of Michigan, where the\\ngreater part of her useful life has been passed.\\nSteuben County, N. Y., is her birtiiijlace, and March\\n5, 1832, the date of her birth. Her father, David\\nVanderhoof, was born and reared in New .Jersey\\nand after his marriage settled in Steuben County,\\nN. Y., where he was engaged as a tiller of the soil.\\nThence he came to Michigan, residing first in Cass\\nCounty and later establishing his home in Berrien\\nCounty. His was the first white family to establish\\na home in the county and he built the first frame\\nhouse in Bertrand Township. He was a pioneer\\nfanner of the township, where he remained until\\nhis death, at the age of eighty-thiee.\\nTlie mother of our subject bore the maiden\\nname of Pluebe Titswortli and was liorn in New\\nJersey, being of English descent. Her death oc-\\ncurred at the age of fifty years. She was the\\nmother of four daughters and four sons, all of\\nwhom grew to maturity. After her death, Mr.\\nVanderhoof was again married, choosing as his\\nwife Lavonia Wells, and the3 became the parents\\nof eight children. Mrs. Post is the youngest\\nchild born of her father s first marriage and is\\nthe only one now living. When about ten years\\nof age she accompanied her parents to Michigan,\\nand for a time was a pupil in the scliool at Ed-\\nwaidsburgh, Cass County. In her childhood she\\nhad few of the advantages so common to the\\nlittle girls of this generation, for she was obliged\\nto aid in tlie work of sewing, cooking and mend-\\ning at a time when most girls are playing with\\ntheir dolls. However, those childish experiences\\ndeveloped in her traits of self-reliance and no-\\nbility of character that made every acquaintance\\na warm friend.\\nMiss Elmira Vanderhoof was first married to\\n.John Groves, a native of Augusta, Me., and a\\nprominent and successful attorne3--at-law. For a\\ntime he pr.acticed law in the South and came to\\nMichigan in 1843, being the first lawyer to locate\\nin Buchanan. A Democrat in politics, he served\\n.as Representative to the State Legislature for two\\nyears, and also held many high official positions in\\nthe county. His death occurred in ]8. )2. Of this\\nunion two sons were born: John D., who is en-\\ngaged in business at Kalamazoo, Mich.; and Charles\\nW., who is at home, and is clerking in the store of\\nJohn Morris.\\nIn 1857 occurred the marriage of Mrs. Elmira\\nGroves to John N. Post, who was born near Am-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0322.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "rORTRAIT AND llIOGRArillCAL RhXOllD.\\n321\\nli rfl;ini, X. Y., niid for soiiio time was engaged in\\ntiavi linir foi a laigo Kastoni house. After his\\niiiarriagc he enterecl iiiti) luisiiiess at i .iiehauaii\\nand for several years was prominently connected\\nwith tliis place, contrihuting effectively to the\\nvarious movements originated in its behalf. lie\\ndied in Minneapolis, Minn., February 2, IHC\\nI he two children, horn of his union, Nellie and\\nAnna, are also deceased. Mrs. Post is so unas-\\nsuming anil nmdi sl that to speak prominently of\\nher goodness and the many kindnesses with which\\nshe has hrighlcned the lives of others would not\\nlie appropriate, i^ong after she shall have passed\\nhence, her menioiy will he treasured b^ her hosts\\nof friends, and as the perfume lingcrs,cven though\\nthe tlower is crushed, so will her good deeds, the\\nfragrance of her beautiful and useful life, linger\\nlong after she will have entered into her linal rest.\\n^=1\\nC3_\\nJI|AMESM D()NALI). The business of deal-\\nI ing in lundier is not a mere matter of hny-\\nI ing and selling haphazard. No business\\n^_J/ requires greater exactitude, better man-\\nagement, wider range of observation, or greater\\nstudy of the market. Among the prominent busi-\\nness men of Henton llarbnr who have made a suc-\\ncess of this industry is .lames A[cl)onald, manufac-\\nturer of lumber and dealer in hard and soft wood,\\nlie is a native of I t. Stanley, Canada, born June\\n80, IS 14, and tlu sun of .lames and Isabella\\n(Leach) Mcbonald. .lames McDonald, Sr., was\\nborn in Scotland and inlu ritcd all the sterling\\n((ualities of those of that nationality. For many\\nyears he was an hotel-keeper, but about 18i;{ he\\nbrought his family to America aixl settled in Port\\nColborne, C-inada, where he kept an hotel a short\\ntime. His death occurred in ISll, after which\\nthe widow and family nio\\\\ed to I .ulTalo, N. Y.,\\nand thence, in 18; )2, to Herrien County, Mich.,\\nsettling on a farm in Henton Township. A year\\nafterward the family moved to St. .lo.seph, and\\nthence to Sodus, where the widow died.\\n.lames McDonald of this notice riv\\\\\\\\ up and re-\\nI ceived his education in St. .Joseph, this county.\\nLater, he became a sailor, at the age of twelve\\nyears, on Lakes Michigan, Flrie and Huron, and con-\\ntinued on the water twenl3 -lhree years, beginning\\nas cabin-bo} and cook. He was romoted through\\nj different otiices until he became captain and he\\nthen ran a schooner between Henton Harbor and\\nChicago. This vessel made the fastest time on rec-\\nord up to that time. In 1872 he ran the schooner,\\nCynthia Cordon, and m.ade thirty round trips\\nin sixty days, loaded with lumber and other\\nfreight. This lie continued until 188(1, when he\\nsold his interest in the schooners and retired from\\nthe Lakes.\\nShortly afterward he formed a partnership with\\nA. S. and W. Packard, under the linn name of\\nMcDonald, Packard Co., .and eng.aged in the\\nwholesale and retail lumber hiLsiness at Benton\\nHarbor. This iiartnership continued seven years,\\nat the end of which time Mr. McDonald disposed\\nof his interest and soon started in the lumber bus-\\niness alone in the same city. Later he took in as\\npartner V. W. Van Denser, and the firm became\\nMcDonald it ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0an Denser, which continued two\\nyears. At that time Mr. McDonald purch.ased his\\npartner s interest and continued the business\\nalone. In 1892 he purchased a stock of boots and\\nshoes, which business is now conducted by his fam-\\nily, and the following 3-ear he formed a |)artiier-\\nship with Samuel Metuiigan, and built the Mc-\\nGuigan k McDcmald Hlock, which is 75x80 feet,\\nthree .stories in height and a substantial brick.\\nStores are on the ground tloor and ollices above.\\nMr. JIcDonald is the owner of valuable cit\\\\- prop-\\nerty, consisting of dwellings and real esl;ilc, and\\nhe also owns woodland in the State. He has a\\nsawmill at Osceola .Junction, and this ar has\\nmanufactured his own lumber.\\nIn November, 1870, Mr. McDonald in;irrie l Miss\\nA. K. Rector, a native of Herrien Count .Mich.,\\nand the daughter of ^Villialll H. Rector. Three\\nchildren have been born to this union: Flora Helle,\\nWilliam and )ia Maude. I olitically, :\\\\Ir. Mc-\\nDonald is a Republican, and, socially, a Knight of\\nPythias, Knight of Honor and Woodm;in of\\nAmerica. He has Ix-en the owner of the follow-\\nini; vessels: the Anna Robinson. Two Hrolli-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0323.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "322\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ners, Humboldt, William Bates, Garibaldi.\\nLouisa and Addie, aud lie sailed the Ban-\\nner and Cynthia Gordon, hut did not own tlie\\ntwo latter.\\n7=^ AIRFIELD GOODWIN, M. D., a succcss-\\nr^(\u00c2\u00a7^ ful general medical practitioner and skill-\\ni ful surgeon located in the cit^ of Cassop-\\nolis, Cass County, Mich., has since 1874 eng.aged\\nin .an extended round of professional duty in and\\nabout his present field of labor. Dr. Fairfield\\nGoodwin is a native of Madison County, N. Y.,\\nand, born May 12, 1835, was the third of the four\\nchildren of his parents, Samuel ISI. and Almira\\n(Atchison) Goodwin. The father was also a na-\\ntive of Madison County, and was born in 1805.\\nWhen twenty-one years of .age he began life for\\nhimself 1)3 journeying to the wilds of Micliigan.\\nHe settled in Pontiac, Oakland County, and took\\nup land at the Government price. A genuine\\npioneer, he was located at first upon the frontier of\\nthe West, but gradually the country yielded to\\nemigration and at the time of his death, in 1840,\\nthe tilling of the soil had wrought a wondrous\\nchange. The paternal grandfather of our subject,\\nSamuel Goodwin, was of Connecticut birth, but in\\nlater life removed to New York State. He served\\nin the War of 1812, and was a man of cour.ageand\\nindomitable will, overcoming obstacles and win-\\nning success.\\nThe great-grandfather, Fairfield Goodwin, in\\nwhose honor Dr. Goodwin was named, was one of\\nsix sons, all of whom served in tiie Revolutionarv\\nWar, tliree of the brave brothers giving up their\\nlives in the struggle for the independence of the\\nColonies. The mother of our subject, Almira\\nAtchison, was born in what is now the city of\\nRochester, N. Y. Her paternal grandfather built\\nthe first gristmill within forty miles of that local-\\nitj and both he and her father were among the\\nfirst settlers of Rochester. Upon the breaking out\\nof the Civil War, our subject without delay en-\\nlisted in the service of the Union, and the day after\\nthe firing on Ft. Sumter, upon A]m\\\\ 15, 1861, he\\njoined Taylor s Chicago Battery, with which he\\nremained in active duty for nineteen months. Dr.\\nGoodwin participated in the battles of Belmont,\\nFt. Donelson, Springfield, Pea Ridge, Ft. Henr}-,\\nShiloh and luka. During the latter fight he was\\nwounded and laid up for six months. Given a\\ndischarge furlough, he returned home and raised\\nCompany C, Eighth Michigan Cavalry, .and became\\nCaptain of the same. A prized memento of those\\ntroublous days is now one of the most precious\\npossessions of our subject. This souvenir of the\\nwar is a magnificent sabre presented to Dr. Good-\\nwin, January 20, 1863, by the officers and privates\\nof his company. The company went at once into\\nservice, aud taking part in the Morgan raid as-\\nsisted in the caijture of the rebel general. While\\nengaged mostly in scouting service, Company C\\nwas for four weeks present at the siege of Knox-\\nville, and fought in the E.ast Tennessee campaign\\nand also in Georgi.i.\\nEarl}- in life Dr. Goodwin began the study of\\nmedicine and read under the guidance of Dr. Al-\\nden. At the death of his instructor he took up\\nhis practice aud continued in the same locality- for\\nthe seven succeeding years. At the end of this\\ntime our subject matriculated at the State Uni-\\nversity of Michigan, attended a three-years course\\nin the medical department and there graduated\\nwith high honors. Returning to C.assopolis in\\n1874, he again devoted himself to the practice\\nof his profession, whose demands have constantly\\nengaged his time for the past nineteen years. His\\nlarge jjractice has allowed the Doctor but little\\ntime for needed rest or recreation. He, however,\\nfraternizes with leading societies, social and med-\\nical, taking a piomineiit place in each. He is a\\nvalued member of the Cass County Medical So-\\nciety and has been President of the same for one\\nyear. He is associated with the Ancient Free it\\nAccepted Masons, and is a member of Backus\\nLodge, of Cassopolis, Kingsbury C hai)ter, and is\\nalso one of the twelve Knights Templar of Niles\\nCommandery. For many terms he has been\\nSurgeon of Albert Anderson Post of the Grand\\nArmy of the Republic. During the second year", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0324.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0325.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0326.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n325\\nof the Civil War Dr. Goodwin was, in 1862, united\\nin marriage with Miss Mary (iordon, of I oiiliac,\\nMich. Mrs. (ioodwin was the daughter of Samuel\\n(iordon, an early settler of tlie State. Our sub-\\nject and his estimable wife were l)lessed by the\\nbirtii of two daugliters and one son. Carrie L. is\\nMrs. William Ellis, of Detroit. Belle married\\nHenry (Jrant, of Syracuse, N. Y. Tlie son, Charles\\nI-. (ioodwin, is at present residing upon one of\\nthe fine fruit-farms owned by liis father. The\\nwife and mother departed tliis life September 17,\\n1872, and our subject was again united in marriage,\\nthis time to Miss Lida R. Wadsworth, of Monroe\\nCounty, Mich. Tlie Doctor and liis wife enjoy a\\nlarge circle of friends.\\nDr. (ioodwin has accumulated a valuable estate,\\nand aside from liis outside interests and other\\nlanded property has erected a number of the most\\nsubstantial Imildings in Cassopolis. Successful in\\nthe discharge of his professional duty, prospered\\nin financial matters, onr subject is to-day as patri-\\notic and public spirited as when, so many years\\n.ago, he protTerod his services to the (iovernmeut.\\nAltiiough never desirous of political preferment,\\nlie is deeply interested in the live issues of the\\nday and is ever willing to lend a helping hand in\\nbehalf of niiilual welfare and local advancement.\\nOnr subject contemplates building one of the fin-\\nest three-story buildings in the city in the near\\nfuture, to be occupied in i)art by the Masonic or-\\nder.\\nONROE N. LORD. The indefatigable la-\\nbors of this gentleman in many branches\\nof knowledge have contributed to render\\nhim one of the most versatile of Berrien\\nCounty s citizens, and his reputation isli} no means\\narbitrarily limited to the immediate vicinity of his\\nhome. Tliroughout the Church of Christ, number-\\ning a million communicants in the United States,\\nhe is well known and loved for his work s sake.\\nDuring a [leriod covering more than a half-cen-\\ntury, he has been an Elder and preacher in that\\n(Iniich. and as he possesses gifts of a high order.\\nforce of conviction, earnestness of ap|)eal, and\\npleasing manners, he has been instrumental in the\\nconversion of many people. He was an intimate\\npersonal friend of the late lamented President\\nGarfield, himself one of the most [iroiniiient and\\neloquent ministers of that denomination, and who\\nfre(|ueiitly visited Mr. Lord at his lioiiie in Chi-\\ncago.\\nA few words with reference to tlie progenitors\\nof Mr. Lord will be of interest to our readers. His\\nfather, Nathan Lord, w.as a native of Connecticut,\\nand followed the trade of ship-carpenter and mill-\\nwright at Lyme, that State. At East Ibuhlam,\\nConn., he married Miss Prudence, daughter of\\nStephen Beckwith, a farmer residing near that cit}\\nDuring tlie War of 1812, Nathan Lord served .as a\\nLieutenant, and after its close he removed to\\nUtica, N. Y., and thence;, one year later, he went to\\nBuffalo. Eiom there he removed to iVIiddlebury,\\nN. Y., in order to give his children better educa-\\ntional advantages.\\nThe [larents of our subject had a family of seven\\nchildren, of whom five are now living, namel3\\nDr. I. S. P., a resident of South Pasadena, Cal.,\\nand now (1893) eighty-eight years of age; Mrs.\\nRuth A. Tubbs, of Batavia, III., who is eighty-live\\nyears of age; Mrs. Elizabeth A. Phillips, M. 1)., of\\nAlbia, Iowa, eighty-two years old; Ella (Lord)\\nHopson, who has been residing in Nashville, Ten n.,\\nwith Mrs. .lustice .lack.son, and is sixty-seven years\\nof age; and our subject, who will be seventy-five\\nin November, 18!)3. One brother, Stephen Ered-\\nerick William, was murdered by the Mormons at\\nCouncil Bluffs, Iowa. The father of this family\\ndied at the age of sixty-nine, his death being caused\\n1)3 a cold resulting from exposure. His only sis-\\nter, Mrs. Luther, reached the advanced age of one\\nhundred and four 3 ears. Our subject s mother s\\ngreat-grandfather attained to the advanced age of\\none hundred and twenty. Both the Lord and\\nBeckwith families are distinguished for longevity,\\nand on the paternal side our subject traces his lin-\\neage to the father of .Sir Erancis Drake.\\nOn the Indian Reservation, about fifteen miles\\nsouth of Buffalo, the subject of this sketch was\\nborn November 2, 1818. He was three and one-\\nhalf years old when his father moved to Middle-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0327.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "326\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nbury, N. Y., and be was educated in llse academy\\nthere. Locating in Attica, he entered a store\\nowned by Thomas Ellis, and there he remained for\\nfour and a-half years. He was also for a time a\\nclerk for C. B. Yates, afterward Chief of Police of\\nChicago. In 1836 our subject went to Chicago,\\nwhere his father and brother, Dr. Lord, had i)revi-\\nously located, and in that city he secured the posi-\\ntion of Assistant Superintendent and Pay Master\\nof the Chicago, P urlington it Quincy Railroad, re-\\nmaining in that place for five years. He next em-\\nbarked in business with M. M. Kemp, of Batavia,\\nIII., but after a short time spent there he returned\\nto Chicago and formed a partnership in the liard-\\nware business with H. H. Honorc, father of Mis.\\nFred Grant and Mrs. Potter Palmer.\\nDisposing of his business interests in Chicago,\\nMr. Lord removed to La Porte, Ind., where for\\neight j-ears he filled the pulpit of the Church of\\nChrist. In December, 1868, he returned to Chi-\\ncago and became pastor of the First Christian\\nChurch, which is now located on Onkley Avenue,\\nbetween Adams and Jackson Streets. He officia-\\nted as minister of that church for about thirteen\\nyears, and at the same time devoted considerable\\nattention to his extensive real-estate interests. Re-\\nmoving from Chicago across the lake, he pur-\\nchased a farm at Glen Lord, in Berrien County,\\nwhich he carried on until 1890. He then located\\non his luesent farm, where-be has a beautiful resi-\\ndence, commanding a line view of St. Joseph, Ben-\\nton Harbor and the entire country for miles around,\\nas well as some distance out on the lake. The\\npiDperty is located on section 13, of Benton Town-\\nship, and in addition to this valuable estate Mr.\\nLord owns property on the corner of Indiana Av-\\nenue and Thirty-eight Street, Chicago, and other\\nlocalities in that city.\\nThe first marriage of our subject took place in\\n1841, and united him with Miss Jane L. Austin.\\nThey became the parents of seven children, of\\nwhom lliiee grew to maturity, namely: Mrs. Will-\\niam 1 Smith, wlio is employed by the firm of\\nMarkley, Ailing Co., wholesale hardware dealers\\nof Chicago; and Henry C. and A. H., who are in\\ntill- real-estate business in Chicago, having their\\nolfice in room 26, Major Block. Mrs. Jane L.\\nLord died in 1887, and three years afterward Mr.\\nIjOrd was again married, choosing as his wife Mrs.\\nAgnes W. Beechtcr, the daughter of William C.\\nand Naomi Wright. Her father was a wholesale\\nleather merchant of St. Louis. Mrs. Lord was born\\nin Ohio.\\nIn 18 )2 Mr. Lord identified himself with the\\nChristian Ciiurch at Chicago at a time when there\\nwere but few members of that denomination in the\\ncity. Four years later he w.is ordained a minister\\nof the fiospel. He is a close reader and thought-\\nful student of the ]5ible, and has for many years\\nbeen an Elder in the First Christian Church of\\nChicago. He has preached in Canada and the ma-\\njority of the States east of the Mississippi and\\nnorth of South Carolina, and is widel} known and\\nadmired as a public speaker. He has frequently\\nbeen called upon to engage in debates with ITni-\\nversalists, Methodists, and representatives of other\\ndenominations.\\nAt the time of the Civil War, Mr. Lord offered\\nhis services to the Union, but was rejected on ac-\\ncount of his poor health. Politically, he was for-\\nmerly a Whig, and is now a Republican. Under\\nthe administration of President Garfield he served\\nas Postmaster at Glen Lord, and has occupied other\\npositions of trust. As a political speaker he lias\\nbeen no less convincing and successful than as a\\npreacher, and his services have been in frequent\\ndemand for ve.ars during the National campaigns.\\nHe has been identified with the Sons of Temper-\\nance and the Temple of Honor.\\nISAAC R. DUNNING, M. D. The pretty little\\ncity of Benton Ilarlior boasts of a numlicr of\\n_^ eminent physicians and surgeons, and of these\\nnone is more poi)uI:ir than Dr. Dunning. A skill-\\nful and successful pi actitiiiner, he h.as won the con-\\nfidence of the people and has gained a reputation\\nwhich is not limited to Benton Harbor, nor indeed\\nto Berrien Cduiity itself. He is accurate and re-\\nliable in his diagnosis of cases, and is skillful in", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0328.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n327\\ntreat 1111^ tliein, wliicli accounts in a largo measure\\nfor the success which has rewarded his efforts.\\nA native of tiie State in whicli he now resides,\\nour suliject was horn in Cass County May 6, 1844.\\nHis paternal graiuifatiier, Dr. Isaac Dunning, was\\nborn in New York State, wiience at an early period\\nin tiie iii.stor^ of Micliigan lie migrated liitlier and\\nhecanie a pioneer piiysician of Cass County. He\\ntiaced iiis ancestry to England, and possessed the\\nsturdy traits of char.acter noticeable in people of\\nthat nationality. The father of our subject, Ben-\\njamin Hootli Dunning, was a native of New York,\\nand an early settler of Cass County, where his\\n.active life was principally spent. The mother of\\no ir subject was known in maidenhood by the\\nname of Harriet Letson, and was born in New\\nYork, her ancestors being of English origin.\\nThe boyhood of our subject was passed in his\\nfather s home in Cass County, and he early ac-\\nquired the habits of industry and perseverance\\nwhich have since aided him so greatly. His edu-\\ncation was commenced in the common schools and\\nafterward carried on in the Dowagiac High School,\\nfrom which he was graduated. When Ins literary\\neducation had been completed, he commenced to\\nread medicine with Drs. Psalter and IJloodgood,\\nprominent i)hysicians of Dowagiac, an l in 1867\\ntook his first course of lectures at the State Uni-\\nversity of Ann Arbor. Later he attend(ul the Ec-\\nlectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, and was\\ngraduated from that institution in 18() On re-\\nturning from school in ISfilt, the following winter,\\n1870, he practiced in Ohio with an uncle. In 1871,\\nhe located in Watervliet and remained there two\\nyears. However, he was not satisfied with the\\namount of theoretical knowledge accjuiicd and the\\nfollowing 3 ear, after completing his studies in the\\nEclectic, he entered Rush Medical College at Clii-\\nca;^o, and graduated from that institution in the\\nspring of 1872. Tliat year he left Watervliet and\\nmoved to Angola, .Steuben County, Ind., where he\\ncarried on his practice for two years. In the\\nspring of 1874 he located in Benton Harbor, be-\\nlieving this city to offer a splendid opening for a\\nyoung man of ability. Here he has since resided,\\nconducting an extensive practice in medicine and\\nsurgei} He is a member of the .State Eclectic\\nAssociation, and a man who keeps thoroughl}-\\nabreast with the latest discoveries in the medical\\nworld.\\nThe marriage of Dr. Dunning took place in\\n1880, and united him with Miss .Julia A., daugh-\\nter of .James Eaman, of Benton Harbor. They\\nhave a ple.isant home in this city and are promi-\\nnent in the social circles of the commnnity. While\\nDr. Dunning makes no special effort to keep\\nposted upon minute details of public affairs, yet he\\nis well informed in politics and gives his ballot to\\naid in the principles promulgated by the Hcpubli-\\nean party. He is a member of the Ancient Or-\\nder of United Workmen and also of the order of\\nModern Woodmen of America.\\n^r^m^-^\\nEV. W. M. ROE. The Roe family, who.se\\nhistoi ic records can be tr.aced nearly a\\n\\\\V thousand years in the past, has grown to\\nbe ((uitc large in this country, and in some\\nof its branches it is represented in most of the\\nStates of the Union,. as well as in several European\\ncountries. The name Roe seems to have had its\\norigin in Norway, and like :ill other proper names\\ncommencing with R in the old Norse language\\nwas preceded l)y the letter H. The first known\\nhistoric mention of the Roe family is to be found\\nin a book entitled Chronicles of the Kings of\\nNorw.ay, winch was written in Iceland probably\\nabout the beginning of the twelfth century. From\\nthis work we learn that Hishoi) Roe, a man of\\ngreat learning, who had been an Icelandic priest,\\nwas stationed on the Faroe Islands in the latter\\npart of the eleventh century.\\nFrom Bishoi) Roe, through Astrid, his daughter,\\na woman of charming beauty, there was a line of\\nSIX kings in Norway. These kings ruled from\\n1202 until 1314. Eric, who occupied the Nor-\\nwegian throne from 12X0 until 12 .t .i. and who was\\nin the fifth generation in the line of descent from\\nBishop Roe, married Margjiret of Scotland, daugh-\\nter of King Alexander III. She tVwA abouta year\\nafter her marriage, having sriven birth toadaugh-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0329.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "328\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nter, who. on the death of Alexander, was icknowl-\\nedged the rightful lieir to the tlirone of Sentland.\\nWhile j et in her childhood the Maid of Nor-\\nway, as she was called, embarked for tiie country\\nof which she expected to be the ruler, but she died\\nbefore reaching her destination. Eric afterward\\nmarried Isabella, sister of Robert Bruce, who sub-\\nsequently became king of Scotland. In the latter\\npart of tlie ninth century Rolf the Younger was\\nbanished from Norway by Harold Fairhair, tlie\\nking, on .account of illicit viking cruises made by\\nhim along the soutliern shores of that country.\\nAmong the vikings that he induced to go with\\nliim to I^ngland and Normandy were some mem-\\nbers of tiie Roe family, who, it seems, established\\nthemselves at Rouen, in France.\\nThe English line of descent came from Le Rous\\n(Roe), who settled in England in 10fi6. The Roe\\nfamily in England w.is finally enlarged by immi-\\ngration from l)Oth Scandinavia and Normandy.\\nIn England every child bore the family name of\\nits father, but in Norwa} and in fact in all the\\nGothic race, only the eldest son could wear the\\nfather s family name. Sir Thomas Koe, wiio was\\na distinguished man in many ways, died in Eng-\\nland in 1(!1 L In a register of Oxford Universit3^\\nthere is a record of graduates of the Roes, com-\\niiieneiiig with William Roe in 1440, and endiug\\nwith a William Roe in 15G!I. Within one hundred\\nand twenty-nine years thirteen members of the Roe\\nfamily were graduated from this university. Five\\nof these bore the Christian name of William, and\\nfour thai of .John.\\nThe Roe family penetrated Iceland as early as\\nthe eleventh century, and from McGee s History\\nof Iceland we learn that the Roes were quite num-\\nerous ill that country from 1260 to 1(542. At the\\nlast-named date Owen Roe was the General-in-\\nChief of the Catholic army and fought against\\nCromwell. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth some\\nmeiiiliers of the Roe family were sent into unhappy\\nlichind for the purpose of quelling a disturbance\\namong its tinbulent inhabitants. The Roes of Ire-\\nland were not Celts, but were originally vikings\\nfrom Norway and Denmark, or Anglo-Normans\\nfrom Kiiglaiid.\\nAbout 1(530, or perhaps a little later, .lohn Roe\\nand David Roe emigrated from Iceland to I^ong\\nIsland, N. Y. .Tolm settled near Setauket, but\\nDavid located in what is now the town of Flush-\\ning. Whether these men were brothers, or how\\nnear of kin they were, is not now certainly known,\\nbut it appears that many, perhaps even a large\\nmajority, of the Roes in the United States can tiuly\\nclaim one or tiie t)tlier of these men as their pro-\\ngenitor.\\nCharles Roe, a descendant of David Roe, was\\nborn on Long Island about the commencement\\nof the Revolutionary War, and died at his home\\non the west bank of the St. .lose|)li River, about\\nfour miles north of South Bend., Ind., August 18,\\n1838. His vvife, whose maiden name was Barshcba\\nWatson, also died the same season, August 13.\\nShe was of Irish descent. Eli Roe. the third child\\nof Charles and Barsheba Roe, was born in Ken-\\ntucky July 2; 1800. He had five brothers and\\ntwo sisters. In 1802 he emigrated with his father\\nand mother to southern Ohio, and not many years\\nthereafter the family removed to Wayne County,\\nInd. Herein 1819 he was married to Miss Mar-\\ngaret Martindale, the sixth child and second\\ndaughter of .John and Mary Martindale. She was\\nborn in Warren County, Ohio, .January 30, 1803.\\nHer father, John Martindale, was born in South\\nCarolina October 12, 1772, and died in Delaware\\nCount3-, Iowa, July 22, 1852. Her grandfather,\\nWilliam Martindale, died in Indiana January 24,\\n18. )4, aged one hundred years, ten months and\\nsixteen days. Her great-grandfathei, William Mar-\\ntindale, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., to which\\npl.ace his father emigrated from England about the\\nbeginning of the eighteentli century. Her mother,\\nwhose maiden name was Mary Burns, was born in\\nSouth Carolina September 2, 1775. and was mar-\\nried to John Martindale in 1791, and in 1801 she\\nremoved with her husband to Waireu County,\\nOhio. Her grandfather, Robert Burns, was born\\nin South Carolina about 1748, and his father,\\nLawrence Burns, emigrated from Iceland to South\\nCarolina in 173(5. Lawience Burns, it appears, was\\nof Scotch descent, and it is believed was a kinsman\\nof Robert Burns, the distinguished jioet.\\nEli Roe lived in Wayne County, Ind.. till 1823,\\nwhen he removed with his wife and two children", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0330.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "rORTRAlT AND BIOGRAl HICAL RECORD.\\n329\\ninto tin- Mdjoiiiiiij, county of IltMiry. Tn tlic\\nnionlli of Oi toliiT, 1M:!0, lie U-fl with his family\\nfor St. .lo.seph C oimtv, Iiul., where he secured a\\nhome on (iovcrnnK nt liind on the east side of\\nI orlaijc I lairie, about four miles north of South\\nIScnd. lie leiiiained on this farm about live years,\\nwhen he sold it and purchased land about one\\nmile farther north. Here a iiome was prepared, in\\nwhich the [larents, nine sons and two daughters\\nwere cheered liy the sunshine of prosperity for\\nm. iuy \\\\e:irs. This is Che i)lace where these (^liil-\\nilirn passed from chiidiiood into manhood and\\nwomanhood, and this place is sacred in their mem-\\nories as the old homestead.\\nin liS;,(i |-;ii i{ ie removed to ISuchanan, Mich.,\\nwhere his wife |)assed away .lanuary 2^i, 1870, and\\nwlicre liis dealii occurred January 1, 1883. Will-\\niam M. Roe, the sixth son of Eli and Margaret Roe,\\nwas born in Henry County, lud., April 20, 1830.\\nIn the fall of 1830, when about six months old,\\nhe was carried on horseback by his mother to St.\\nJoseph County, Ind., a distance of about one hun-\\ndred and sixty miles. At this date South IJend\\ncontained but few families and had only one\\nsho]), a variety store, and Cliicago, now the sec-\\nond city in the United States, bad still less. About\\nthe 1st of December, 1837, William Roe com-\\nmenced going to school. His first teacher was\\nDavid Fisk, from Vermont, who was very success-\\nful in his chosen profession of school teaching.\\nWithin two weeks he graduated from the Eng-\\nlish al[)habet, and before the close of the three-\\nmonths term of school he commenced the study\\nof geogiai)hy. Under the tuition of Mr. Fisk he\\nattended school three successive winters and be-\\ncame very proficient in spelling. He was called\\nin every direction to attend spelling-schools, in\\nwhich he almost invariably scored a signal victory.\\nWith the aid of his two elder brothers, John and\\nElijah, and his associate, Thomas Morrill, the\\nschool which he attended was invincible in the\\nart of spelling. He atlende l school during the\\nmonths of winter,and engaged in light farm work\\nduring the summers until the year 1845. During\\nthe summer of this year, and for five successive\\nsuinmeri, he studied at home, designating the room\\noccupied with his books as Portage Seminary.\\nHere he commenced to study the (ireek language,\\nand not infreciuently wrote for the public press.\\nDuring the spring and summer of 18K; be at-\\ntended school at a .seminary in South IJend, Ind..\\nconducted by Prof. C. M. Wright.\\nUnder the preaching of Elder Peter T. Russell\\nhe confessed the Savior, and on the following day.\\nAugust 1, 1817, he was immersed in the St. Joseph\\nRiver by Elder Reuben Wilson. Commencing\\nOctober 1 1, of this year, he taught school for two\\nmonths on the west side of Porljigc Prairie. He\\ntaught school for the following five successive\\nwinters, and also taught one summer tei in at Mt.\\nPleasant, Ind., in 1853. In the spring of 1851 he\\nleft the parental roof to attend what was then\\nstyled The Eclectic Institute, at Hiram, Ohio.\\nThis institution is now known as Hii am College.\\nWhile at this school he was called to teach two\\nclasses in algebra and one in anatomy and physi-\\nology. James A. Garfield, who subseiiuently filled\\nthe highest otHce in the gift of the American peo-\\nple, was at that time a student in this school and\\nwas a member of the advanced class in algebra\\ntaught by Mr. Roe. who returned to Indiana in\\ntime to teach a winter s term of school.\\nBefore going to Hiram, Ohio, arrangements had\\nbeen made for him to become a law sliKlcnt in the\\noftice of Judge Slanfield, of South IJend, Ind., I\u00c2\u00bbut\\nby the counsel of Elder Corbly Martin, an able\\nminister of the Christian Church, he was induced\\nto abandon this |)rojcct and to prepare to preach\\nthe Gospel of Christ. He delivered his first ser-\\nmon in the country schoolhouse about seven miles\\nsoutheast of South Bend in the spring of I84S\\\\\\nHe spoke occasionally at different points until the\\nfall of 1851, when he was employed to evangelize\\nin Berrien, Cass and Van Bureii Counties. Mich.\\nOn the lOth of April. 1853, he was married lo\\nMiss Harriet Elizabeth Whitman, of South IJend,\\nInd. She was born in Mentor, Ohio. .lanu.uy 13.\\n1833, and went with her parents lo northern Ind-\\niana in 1811. Her father and mother were for-\\nmerly residents of the State of New York, and her\\npaternal grandfather, it ap|iears. was a native of\\nL(jng Island. To William M. and 1 l:iiriel E. Roe\\nfour children were born, two boys and two girls.\\nIn the fall of 1851 they removed to Buchanan,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0331.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "330\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIMieh., and Mr. Roc, devoting his full time to the\\nministry, planted cliurclies at various points in\\nsouthwestern Michigan. In 1855 he established a\\nchurch at Buchanan, Mich., which under his care\\ndeveloped a inemhershii) of over two hundred\\nsouls. After laboring one 3 ear tinder the direc-\\ntion of the general Christian Missionary Society\\nhe took a pastorate of the Christian Church at the\\nfollowing places successively: Rolling Prairie and\\nWestville, Ind.; Eldora and De Soto, Iowa; Paw\\nPaw, Mich.; Greele} Iowa; Iloopeston, 111.; Dav-\\nenport and Marion, Iowa; Dowagiac and Millburg,\\nMich.: Galena, Ind.; Bryan, Ohio; Buchanan, Eau\\nClaire, Sodus, Cassopolis and Galien, Mich. He\\nhas been actively engaged in the ministry of the\\nGospel for about thirty-nine years, and although\\nof frail constitution, and much of his life af-\\nflicted with dyspepsia and nervous debility, his\\nlabors have been almost constant and often ardu-\\nous but, by the blessing of God, under his preach-\\ning a large number of souls have been converted\\nto Christ and cheered by the glorious hope of a\\nblissful immortality beyond the grave. He de-\\nvoted nuich time and study to the preparation of\\na work entitled Bible vs Materialism, which was\\npublished in 1859. A second edition of this work,\\nrevised and enlarged, was published in 1886. In\\n1865 he was associated with D. A.Wagner in edit-\\ning a religious periodical entitled Tlu Chrislian\\nProclamation, published in Buchanan, Mich.\\nMr. Roe is still devoting a portion of his time\\nto preaching, but is graduallj retiring from min-\\nisterial labor and is spending most of his time at\\nhis pleasant home in the beautiful village of Bu-\\nchanan, Mich.\\nARNEY DECKER. In a volume dedicated\\nto the pioneers of the county, the full\\niVjiii meed of i)raise and respect should be given\\nto the gentleman whose name introduces\\nthese paiagia|)lis and who was one of the sturdy\\nand heroic pioneers of western Michigan, Some-\\nwhat retired from the active business cares which\\ncrowded him in life s prime, he still maintains a\\nconstant interest in all matters relating to the\\nwelfare of Cass County, and has contributed his\\nquota to its progress. At i)resent he is living in\\nhis rural abode on section 21, La Grange Town-\\nship.\\nThe father of our subject, Frederick Decker,was\\na native of New Jer.sey, where he was reared to\\nmanhood upon a farm. In that State he married\\nMiss Anna Barne) and soon afterward removed to\\nNew York, where he settled in a heavily tim-\\nbered portion of Ontario Count)-. Building a\\nsmall log cabin, he and his wife commenced house-\\nkeeping on a modest scale, and he devoted his at-\\ntention to clearing and cultivating the tract (if\\nforty acres which he had purchased. Of his mar-\\nriage, the following-named children were born:\\nCatherine, Hannah, Aina, Jane, Pamelia, Grant,\\nBarney and Stacey. In his religious belief, the\\nfather of this famil)- was a member of the Baptist\\nChurch. He remained in New York until his\\ndeath, which occurred when the subject of this\\nnotice was a lad of ten years. The wife and mo-\\nther lived for many years f(jllowing the death of\\nher Ijusband, and attained to the advanced age of\\neighty-eight, having made her home during her\\nlater years with our subject.\\nOrphaned at the age of ten years, Barne}\\nDecker was forced to become self-supporting at an\\nage when most boys are interested only in sjiort\\nand studies. For a time he worked b_y the month,\\nand at flrst received only |5 per month, but his\\nwages were gradually increased as the value of\\nhis services was enhanced. He spent his childhood\\nyears in his native place, Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nwhere his birth had occurred on the 20th of .Sep-\\ntember, 181. 3. When less than twenty-six years\\nold he was married, in March, 1839, to Miss Mar-\\ntha, daughter of Robert and Rebecca (Henderson)\\nWilson, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and\\nVirginia. They settled in an early day in Frank-\\nlin County, Ohio, where their daughter ]\\\\Iartha\\nwas born. Mr. Decker and his estimable wife were\\nthe parents of tliree children: Erskine; Florella,\\nMrs. John Morris, deceased; and Isabelle, who\\ndied at the age of twenty-four years. Religiously,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0332.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND IM KiRAPIllCAL RECORD.\\n331\\nMr. :iin1 Mrs. I )cckfr aio idondfiod willi tlic Pies-\\nbyU iiaii Cliuicli :iii(l :iie active workcis in rclijj;-\\nioiis uiiU iiMi.--os. Politically, Mr. Decker is a Deiii-\\n(H rat and is dcvoteil to the welfare of his parly.\\n.\\\\l the titiie our subject came to Cass County, in\\nl.s:is, he puichascd seventy-four ac res of heavily\\ntimbered land, situated one-half mile from Cassoj)-\\nolis. In order to [)urcha,se the land he was obliged\\nto incur Mil iiidi^bledncss of $425, but as he was\\neneigetic an l industrious he was enabled to di.\\ncharge the debt a short time afterward, lie has\\nenjjaged extensively as a dealer in land, and at the\\npresent lime is the owner of live hundred and\\nseventy-livi! acres, the greater part of which is\\nunder cultivation. In earlier years he endured all\\nthe vicissituiles of |)ioiieer life, but he has lived to\\nenjoy the present cuinforts and luxuries of life in\\nMichijian and has rca[)ed the reward of his la-\\nbors.\\nAPT. NKLSON W. NAPIKH. This sketch\\nIII would be incomplete were no mention made\\nof the brave Capt. Nelson W. Napier. He\\nwas born near Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1822, and when\\nquite young he came to St. Joseph, of which city\\nhe was ever afterward a resident. Early in life he\\nwent to sea, and his bravery and the excellent serv-\\nice rendered his superiors secured his promotion\\nfrom time to time. At the age of twenty-one be\\nwas captain of a vessel. In I812,duringa terrible\\ngale, the schooner he was then sailing went to\\npieces, but he and his crew succeeded in getting\\noff. Afterward he sailed the brig .Scott out of\\nSt. Joseph, later had one of Naghten s brigs, and\\nthen a Buffalo steamer called the Baltic. Subse-\\nquently he entered the service* of the Western\\nTransportation Company and sailed the Free\\nTiade for a number of years, and later was Cap-\\ntain of the Korest (^ueen for a number of years,\\nlie was successively Captain of the Montezuma\\nand the Favorite, both built by the old Chicago\\njewelry firm of Edwards Bros., and after that he\\nentered the employ of the (ioodrich Transporta-\\ntion Company, with wliich he remained actively\\nconnected, with the exception of one year, until\\nthe time of his death.\\nIn 1.S82, atthe opening of the season, Capt. Na-\\npier w:is put in command of the Alpena, which-\\non the Kjth of October, the same year, on the tiip\\nbetween !rand Haven and Chicago, went down with\\nall on board. A terrible gale set in on Frid:i\\\\\\nnight, and i:ontinued through Saturday ;in(l Sun-\\nday, carrying destruction with it. The citizens of\\nSt. ,Iose|)h were fearful that when the storm sub-\\nsided a dreadful tale of disaster would be told by\\nthe mighty waters of Lake Michigan. As soon as\\nthe storm ceased on Tuesday, reports began to\\ncome in over the wires from different points, tell-\\ning of the safety of this or that vessel, or staling\\nthat no tidings had been received of certain steam-\\ners, and in the last-named list the attention of the\\ncitizens of this section of the State was centered\\nupon the gallant steamer Al[)ena, belonging to\\nthe Goodrich Transportation Company, and com-\\nmanded by the noble Capt. Nelson W. Napier.\\nOn Monday afternfioii dispatches were receive l\\nstaling that a portion of the upper deck of the\\nAlpena had been found near Holland, also that\\na stair-railing and pail marked .Alpena had been\\ndiscovered off Holland. Still the friends of tlio.se\\non board would not give up hope. Late Tuesday\\nafternoon, Mr. Nye, of Holland, sent a message to\\nSupt. Lawler, of St. Joseph, that portions t)f the\\nwrecked steamer were fast coming to shore at that\\npoint, and reciuesting that if any friends of those\\non board desired to come, they should take the\\n7:15 train. This telegram destroyed the last lio|)e.\\nDr. L. I. McLin, son-in-law of the Captain, Don\\nMorrison and F rank H. Platl took the first train\\nto Holland, and the Captain s sons followed the\\nnext day.\\nThe Alpena had left (irand Haven Friday\\nevening about nine o clock with a good cargo of\\nfreight and a crew and passenger list of between\\nsixty and eighty, and during the fiercest part of\\nthe storm, disabled and buffeted by the waves,\\nshe went to pieces amid the wild waters not m;uiv\\nmiles from Holland. It may be sujiposed that\\nthe noble Captain was cool and undaunted in\\nthe midst of the hoirois of the scene, and that even", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0333.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "332\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nat the last his voice rang out clear and calm above\\nthe roar of the tempest. But none from that fated\\nvessel ever lived to tell the story of its wreck.\\nAll found a grave beneath tiie surging billows on\\nthat dreadful October day.\\nThe noble woman who for many .years was the\\ndevoted heli)niate of the Captain, and who now\\nresides in St. .Joseph, was a native of Conueclicut\\nand bore the maiden name of Henrietta H. Sco-\\nville. There was a family of nine children, of\\nwhom four are living: Edward, Arthur and Nel-\\nson W., who are .all sailing on the Lakes; and Frank\\nL., of .St. .Joseph. The children deceased are: .Jack\\nH.; Addle, who became the wife of Dr. L. I.\\nMcLin, and a t^ her death left one son, Hubert;\\nEmma, Elizabeth and Emma. It will be observed\\nthat two of the deceased daughters were named Em-\\nma. In person, the Captain was tall and well-pro-\\nportioned, with a kindly, genial face, dark eyes,\\nand hair frosted with the snows of many winters\\na fine-looking, well-preserved man. He was de-\\nscended from a long line of Scotch ancestry, and\\nseemed good for many years of contact with the\\nelements of wind and wave, among which so large\\na part of his busy life had been spent. In his\\nlong career on the Lakes, he had many a narrow\\nescape from the fury of the elements, but in spite\\nof his frequent contact with the dangers of the\\ndeep, he scarcely knew what danger was, and yet\\nhe was not of the dare-devil, reckless sort, but\\nsimply fearless, though at the same time prudent\\nand mindful of the responsibility which rested\\nupon him. Probably no better tribute could be\\npaid him than those simple words of his lake com-\\npanion for ni.auy years, He was a good man.\\nPolitically, he was a Republican.\\nEraiik L. Napier, son of our subject, Clerk of\\nthe city of St. .Joseph, and Deputy Sheriff of Ber-\\nrien County, is a young man of exceptional abil-\\nity and great promise. He has been a lifelong\\nresident of St. .Joseph, where he was born on the\\n23d of September, 18G6. Jn his childhood he\\ngained the rudiments of his education in the city\\nschools, and later entered Olivet (.Mich.) College,\\nwhere he carried on his studies for a period of\\ntwo and one-half jears. At the close of his liter-\\nary studies, he entered upon a seafaring life, and\\nfor a time sailed on Lakes Michigan, Huron, Su-\\nperior and P^rie, spending six years altogether in\\nthis way. At one time he was wrecked on Lake\\nHuron, off Sioux River, on the steamer Joseph L.\\nHerd, and drifted for four days and three nights\\nbefore being rescued. He had received successive\\npromotions until lie had worked his way up to the\\nposition of lirst mate on the Goodrich line.\\nRetiring from the Lakes, Mr. Napier engaged in\\nthe real-estate business at St. .Joseph. As a mem-\\nber of the IJepublican party he has always taken a\\nprominent part in politics, and has officiated as\\nCity Clerk for one year. In 1893 he was ap-\\npointed Deputy Sheriff for a period of two years,\\nand is the present incumbent of that office. So-\\ncially, he is identified with Twin City Lodge, K.\\nP., and is also a member of the National Union.\\nt^-\\nI OHN D. BURY, deceased, an early pioneer\\nand honored citizen of Berrien County,\\nMich., emigrated from Canada with his par-\\nJ ents about 1834, and located in the then\\nwilds of the State, from that time his permanent\\nhome. His father, a native of England, was edu-\\ncated in the profession of medicine in Ireland and,\\na man of intelligence and marked ability, came to\\nAmerica with his wife, settling immediately in\\nPennsylvania. After coming here he followed the\\ntrade of millwright, but was a resident of the East\\nwhen our subject was born, August 18, 1804, in\\nPennsylvania. The mother, after a time revisiting\\nthe home of her childhood, died on the ocean. The\\nfather married a second time, in Pennsjivania,\\nand then removed to Canada, where he passed\\nawa^-, leaving a family of fourteen children by his\\nsecond wife. Mr. Bury received his education\\nin Canadian schools and there attained to man-\\nhood, marrying Miss Betty Green, who became the\\nmother of three children: Freeman G., George F.,\\nand Betty, who married James Caldwell, one of\\nthe oldest settlers in the county, now deceased.\\nMrs. Betty (Green) Buiy did not survive her mar-\\nriage many years, and a second time our subject", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0334.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0335.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "ac^^ry.\\nK", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0336.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGKAPmCAL RECORD.\\n335\\nentered the bonds of matrimonj wedding Miss\\nFiiiinio Hycis, Ixjrn in Hjersville, Livingston\\nCuuiily. N. Y. Sho iiua lier liiislmnd vvliile on a\\nvisit to lolalivcs iu IJainbriilge Tuvviisliip.\\nTliif* luiidii \\\\v;i,s lilfssert by the birth of three\\nfliildii ii: of IJenton Townsliip; .Toim 1).;\\nand lOlsic I., wlio resides witli her niiilher in Ben-\\nton Harbin. I pon his tirsl arrival in the State of\\nINIichigaii Mr. llury worked at his trade of a car-\\npenter JM Mdttviile and otlier i)iaces, and lirsl sot-\\nlU d in SI. ,Iosei)h in 1835. In 1837 he U)eated in\\nthe dense \\\\vo(h1s of iJerrien County, and with en-\\nergy and determination cleared a part of eighty\\nacres. Prospering thro\\\\igh his own unaided ef-\\nforts, he accumulated propert} and at one time\\nowned six hundred and forty-four acres in lien-\\nton Township and one liundred and twenty acres\\nin llagar Township, besides other tracts of land.\\nPossessing excellent business ability, our subject\\nspeculated in lands extensively and successfully\\nand was widely known as a man of enterprise and\\nsagacity. Politicall}-, he was a strong Democrat\\nand the only one in the township for a number of\\nyears. He was one of the chief organizeis of the\\ntownship, and during his long residence was known\\nas a literal and public-spirited citizen, ever ready\\ntf) assist in matters of mutual welfare, and with\\ngenerous heart extending aid to those less fortun-\\nate than himself. His death was a public loss and\\nhe was mourned by all his fellow-townsmen.\\n.lohn D. Bury, youngest son of our subject, an\\nable general agriculturist and breeder of line\\nhorses of the Cleveland Bay stock, was born in\\n1861, on the old Benton Township farm and in\\nthe house where he now resides. He enjoyed the\\nopportunities for a good common-school education\\nand reached mature years self-reliant and energetic.\\nHe was united in marriage at the age of twenty-\\nfour years, Decemlicr 11, 1887, to Miss Annie\\nLynch, being then engaged in the management\\nof the two hundred and sixt^ -four acres of the\\nfamily homestead. He now owns eighty-four\\nacres of valuable land, one-half of which he has\\nhimself brought under cultivation, and his wife\\nalso owns thirt3 -six acres. In 18;)1 Mr. P.urv first\\ngave a portion of his time to handling his magni-\\nficent horse Ileslington, a Cleveland Bay, im-\\nported by Banks Clauser, of La Porte, Ind.. No.\\n687 in American books No. 1318. Although niiicli\\noccupied with business, our subject is an active\\nmember of the Ancient Free Acce|)ted Masons of\\nthe lodge at Benton Harbor. Like his father, he is a\\nDemocrat and, ever interested in local and national\\nissues, gives his hearty sujjporl to the I arty of the\\nPeople. One child, a son, named in honor of his\\nfather and paternal grandfather .lohn 1)., a manly\\nand promising little boy, has brightened the pleas-\\nant home, the abode of hospitality, within whose\\nwalls have gathered many of the old settlers,\\nfriends of a lifetime, tried and true. Mrs. Bury is\\na member of the Catholic Church of Benton Har-\\nbor.\\n|B:{\\nH\\nORLANDO I!. DICKINSON. If there was any\\ncitizen to whom .St. .loseph was especially in-\\ndebted above all others, we believe that one\\nto be ^Ir. Dickinson, who for many years was\\nclosely identified with its progress, and contrib-\\nuted effectively to the development of its inter-\\nests. He was one of the pioneers in the business\\nof fruit-raising in Beriien County, and, realizing\\nthat the soil here was peculiarly adapted to rais-\\ning berries and small fruits, he made this his\\ns| ecial business. He planted the lirsl extensive\\nvineyard in the cit} and imported the lirsl v. iriet^-\\nof grapes (the Delawares) from the East.\\nBorn in Hornby, Steuben County, N. Y.,.Iuly 26,\\n1826, our subject was the son of Hon. A. B. Dick-\\ninson, a prominent politician of New York, who\\nwas a delegate to the Chicago convention iu 186(1\\nthat nominated Abraham Lincoln for President of\\nthe United States, and under his administration\\nserved as minister to Nicaragua. He was the cotem-\\nporary and friend of Secretary of State Seward,\\nHorace Oreelej and Thurlow Weed, and inanj\\nother famous men who ac |uiied distinction dur-\\ning war times. The mother of our subject was\\nHannah, daughter of Thomas Hopkins, a native of\\nNew York. Orlando B. spent his boyhood years\\nin Steuben County and acciuired a good common-\\nschool and .seminary education. At the age of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0337.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "336\\nPORTRAIT ANT) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\neighteen lie embarked in tlie Imsincss of l)uying\\nan 1 selling stoek, and later engJiged in poik-|)aek-\\ning in Cleveland, Ohio.\\nIn 1855, Mr. Dickinson removed lo Atchison,\\nKan., being among the first to settle in that place.\\nThree years later he came to St. .Joseph and act-\\nively eng.aged in horticultural pursuits. Ener-\\ngelie and enterprising in everything he under-\\ntook, he soon won success. As above stated, he\\nplanted the first vine3 ard in this vicinity on prop-\\nerty he purchased of B. C. Iloyt near his late res-\\nidence. He also i)lanted the tirst Lawton berries\\nand introduced into this section the famous peach\\ntrees known as Hale s Pearly. In the spring of\\n1865, he sold his property in St. .loseph, and in\\n1867 removed to Chicago, where, in connection\\nwith J. Witherell, formerly of St. Joseph, he did a\\nlarge warehouse business, and subsequently es-\\ntablished the large and well-known house of Dick-\\ninson, Abel fe Co.\\nOn account of failing health, Mr. Dickinson re-\\nturned to St. Joseph in 1882, and here remained\\nuntil his death, ()ctol er 12, 1883. His late home\\nwas jiurchased in 1878 and elegantly fitted uj) as a\\nfruit farm and summer residence for himself and\\nhis family, consisting of his wife and two daugh-\\nters. On the 28tli of May, 1849, he married Mi.ss\\nLucy M. Collins, who was born in Ravenna, Ohio,\\nand is the daughter of Dr. Lyman and Harriet\\n(Whittlesey) Collins, early settlers of St. Joseph.\\nThe maternal grandfather of Mrs. Dickinson, Hon.\\nElisha Whittlesey, was Second Comptroller of the\\nTreasury under the administration of President\\nPierce, and for a time resided in Washington, D.\\nC. Later he returned to Ohio, was subsequently\\nelected to Congress for several terms, and dur-\\ning the administration of President Lincoln was\\nagain appointed Second Comptroller of the Treas-\\nury, which position he filled until his death. The\\nCollins family originated in Ireland, while the\\nWhittleseys came from England. Mr. and Mrs.\\nDickinson were the parents of two daughters:\\nAnor, Mrs. W. H. llusted, of Chicago; and Har-\\nriet C, wife of William E. Ery, who resides in\\nSherrill, Ark.\\nAlthough M. Dickinson had been in ])oor health\\nfor some lime jnior to his demise, yet his death\\nwas sudden. On the morning of the day he died\\nhe was at his harn giving directions, when one of\\nthe house girls, who at the time was there, turned\\ntolookasshe heard him speak and saw that he had\\nfainted and fallen. I hysicians were summoned,\\nbut human efforts were unavailing. Mr. Dickin-\\nson remained insensible, and died without recov-\\nering consciousness, except for a moment, when\\nhe vainly atteraiited to speak to his wife. The\\nentire community mourned the loss of a genial\\nand generous friend, and the family was bereft of\\na considerate husband and indulirent father.\\nP* t- ^M\\nACOi; E. MILLER, a retired farmer residing\\nin Buchanan, was born in Eranklin County,\\nOhio, near the city of Columbus, January\\n1, 182L His father. Rev. Adam Miller,\\nwas a native of Pennsylvania and was reared in\\nthat State, l)eing at an early age initiated into the\\nduties of .agriculture, which he followed through-\\nout life. Eroni his German ancestors he inherited\\nthe traits of industry, perseverance and thrift, so\\ncharacteristic of the people of that nationality.\\nHe was an honorable, upright man, of a deeply\\nreligious nature and devoted to the cause of\\nChristianity. A faithful member of the Baptist\\nChurch, he labored for years as a minister of the\\nGospel and often traveled on liorseliack for miles\\nin order to meet an appointment for preaching,\\nalthough he never received any recompense for\\nhis services, other than the consciousness of having\\ndone good.\\nOn his mother s side our subject is of Scotch\\ndescent. .She was a native of Pennsylvania and\\nbore the maiden name of .Sarah Prior. After her\\nmarriage, which took place in Pennsylvania, she\\nlocated in Eranklin County, Ohio, on a farm and\\nresided there for some time. The family came to\\nMichigan in 1830 and located in Cass County,\\nwhere Mr. Miller pre-empted some Government\\nland in Ontwa Township, and at once commenced\\nthe work of clearing and cultivating the farm.\\nHe was a pioneer preacher of that count} and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0338.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n337\\nwas liiiilily it i;aril((l liy liis fullow-cilizens. His\\nflealli oc ciiiit i at, the ajio of suveiity-tlirec in St.\\n.losi pli (iiiuly, 1 11(1. Ill had lieen twice mar-\\nried, and hy his first union h.ad one d.iughter, Mrs.\\nSarah Snyd( r, wiio is now acivanced in years .and\\nmakes her iiome in Oliio. Of the second niarriaj^c\\neleven children were horn, our subject l)eing the\\nninth in order of hirtli.\\nlK n ahout seven years old, Jacob K. Miller\\nacconi|)anii d his part^nts to Cass County, Mich.,\\nwhere he i^rew to iiianliood. Prior to removing\\nhither, he had gained tlie rudiments of his educa-\\ntion in the schools of Ohio, and after settling in\\nCass County he attended the primitive schools\\nheld in log houses. The building in which he was\\ninitiated into the mysteries of the three R s\\nwas rudely constructed of logs; the floor was\\nof puncheon, and the chimney of sticks .and mud.\\nPegs were driven into holes cut in the logs at one\\nend of the building, and upon them was placed a\\nboard which stnved the [jurpo.se of a writing-desk\\nfor the older |iupils. The method of instruction\\nwas as primitive as the furnishings of the build-\\ning, and the teacher was usually a man more re-\\nnowned for his physical strength and prowess\\nthan for his learning.\\nAmid such surroundings as these Mr. Miller\\ngained his schooling, but as he is a man of close\\nobservation and accustomed to read extensively,\\nhe has gained a broad knowledge of the world\\nand the important issues of the present day. At\\nthe .age of seventeen years he established a home\\nof his own. He had more courage than money,\\nand had his life been at stake he would have\\nbeen unable to raise $25. Locating in St. Joseph\\nCounty, Ind., he rented a farm, which he operated\\nfor three years. He then bought forty acres, paying\\niob down and going in debt for the balance,\\namounting to i\\\\7. Three years later he bought\\nforty acres additional in St. Joseph Count3 pay-\\ning $73 cash for the land. His next purchase was\\neight3 acres, for which he paid $300, and which\\nwas situated in Cass County, near the other land\\nowned by him.\\nAlthough he had enjoyed an uninterrupted\\nprosperity in his farming i)ursuits, Mr. Miller was\\nseized with the Western fever and made .arrange-\\nments to move int(j one f f the new Slates, but\\nwas prevented by circumstances from goiiii; in\\nthe summer of 185. as he originally planned. In-\\nstead of so doing, he purch.ased forty .acres ad-\\njoining his eighty-acre tract and made his home\\non that place for one year. lie then took the\\nlong-delayed visit to the West, traveling through\\nthe States of Illinois and Iowa, but he found\\nnothing to suit lilni, and accordingl\\\\- retuineii\\nto Michigan, satisfied to remain in this State.\\nShortly afterward, he came to lierrien County and\\nbought a farm consisting of one hundred and\\nsixty acres in Buchanan Township. For this he\\npaid ii 2,000 in cash and gave his note for the bal-\\nance, ^700. The property is located on sections\\n14 and 15, and through Mr. Miller s efforts one\\nhundred and fifty acres were improved.\\nIn 1881 Mr. Miller moved to Weesaw Township,\\nBerrien County, where he purchased a forty-acre\\nfarm for $2,700. He resided there until after his\\nwife s death, when he and his daughter came to\\nBuch.anan. lie had lived here but a short time\\nwhen his daughter s dres.s caught on fire and she\\nwas so severely burned that she suffered untold\\nagony until death came to her relief. Four days\\nlater Mr. Miller s son Union died, and his widow\\nis now kee[)ing house for our suliject. The wife\\nof our subject, Sarah (Blackford) Miller, w.as born\\nin Warren County, Ohio, December 20, 1822, and\\ndied in 1892, after having become the mother of\\nsix sons and five daughters. They are as follows:\\nAnson, born August 16, 1842; Clara, September\\n25, 1844; William P., August 16, 1846; Sarah E.,\\nFebru.ary 11, 184;\u00c2\u00bb; James J., April 1, 1852; N.ancy\\nA., June 2, 1854; Adoniram J., November 29,\\n1856; Margaret E., May 2, 1859; Union, April 25,\\n1861; Alta M., October 6, 1863; and Jacob E.,\\nMay 12, 18(i6. All are deceased with the excep-\\ntion of William, who resides in Buchanan; James\\nJ., a resident of Buchanan Township; Margaret\\nE., of Rogers Park, Chicago; and Jacob E., who\\nalso makes his home at Rogers Park.\\nIn his undertakings Mr. Miller h.as been so\\nhighly prospered that he is now the owner of\\neight hundred .acres in Berrien County. He lias\\nalways been deeply interested in religious enter-\\nprises and is a devf)ted member of the Christian", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0339.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "338\\nPORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nChurch, witli which has been identified for forty-\\nsix years. He has served as an Elder for fifteen\\nyears and is now fillin.s; that position in the church\\nat Buchanan. He was one of the charter mem-\\nbers of tlie Wcesaw cliurch, wliich lie was instru-\\nmental in organizing five years after he located\\nthere. He and his two daughters were the only\\nmembers of that denomination in the community,\\nbut after holding a meeting of six weeks dura-\\ntion, with Rev. L. W. Spade as the evangelist, a\\nchurch composed of seventy-six members was or-\\nganized. Most of tlic expense connected with\\nthis revival was Itorno li\\\\ Mr. Miller, who also\\ncontributed with the utmost liberality to the erec-\\ntion of a suitable edifice, which cost $1,400. For\\nforty years or more Mr. Miller has been a strong\\nProhibitionist and not only does not use tobacco\\nin any form, but also abstains from the use of\\neither tea or coffee. He is a remarkably well-pre-\\nserved man, and although advanced in years, is\\nhale and rugged and in full possession of his\\nmental faculties.\\nMr. Miller was united in marriage June fi,\\n1893, to Airs. Mary (Grant) Glover, the widow of\\nJames Glover. Mrs. Miller was born near Au-\\ngusta, Me., her parents being pioneers of that\\nsection, they having taken up Government land\\nin that State. Her father, Joshua Grant, was a\\nnative of New Hampshire, and her mother, Mary\\nWhitehouse, was a native of the same State. Joshua\\nGrant served in the War of 1812 and also in the\\nlate war.\\ns_\\n-^3-\\nl^-i^P\\n^OHN M. hop:, M. 1). The name of tliisgen-\\ntleman is familiar to the citizens through-\\nout Berrien Conn 13- and to the medical fra-\\n^5^/ ternity of the State. As a successful prac-\\ntitioner he has become well known, and while his\\noffice is located in Buchanan, his [)ractice is by no\\nmeans limited to that village, but extends through-\\nout the surrounding country. In the diagnosis of\\ncases he is promiit and accurate, and his patients\\nplace implicit confidence in his judgment and\\nskill. As a citizen, he is public-spirited and enter-\\nprising, and any measure which has for its object\\nthe progress of the city or the welfare of its peo-\\nple is sure of his support.\\nA native of Indiana, Dr. Roe was born in lleniy\\nCounty on the (Jlh of September, 1824, and is the\\nthird child in the family of Eli and Margaret Hoc,\\nof whom furthci- mention will be found elsewhere\\nin this volume. At the age of six years he ac-\\ncompanied his |)arents to St. Joseph County, Ind.,\\nwhere his studies were prosecuted in a [irivate\\nschool and afterward carried on for three months\\neach year in the district school. However, his\\ntime was luiiiciiially occupied in assisting his\\nfather in the labor of cultivating and improving\\nthe lioiiie farm, and he gained a good idea of the\\nwork incident to carrying on a farm when he was\\n(juite young.\\nAt the age of twenty, our subject commenced in\\nlife for himself, at which time he accepted a posi-\\ntion as teacher 111 a district school near his home.\\nIn that way he earned sulficienl money to pay his\\ntuition at the South Bend Aca.deni} where he\\npursued his literary studies for one term. His\\nmedical studies were commenced under the pic-\\nceplorship of Dr. Dayton, of South Bend, in\\nwhose office he remained about two years. Eater\\nhe took one course of lectures in the Indiana\\nMedical College at EaPorle, and after completing\\nhis medical studies opened an office at Goshen,\\nInd., where he remained for two years. Thence\\nhe came to Buchanan in 1851, and now enjoys the\\ndistinction of being the oldest resident physician\\nin the village. There are now only four men liv-\\ning here who were residents of the place at the\\ntime of his arrival.\\nIn South Bend, Ind., in 1848, occurred the mar-\\nriage of Dr. Hoe to Miss Philenia Clii|unaii, a na-\\ntive of Ohio, and daughter of Ilolton Cliipiiian.\\nThey becaim; the parents of four children, one of\\nwhom died in infancy. Lillia E. is the wife of E.\\nH. Clark, and resides in Buchanan; Alison C. is a\\ngraduate of the law dc|iartment of the State Uni-\\nversity at Ann Arlior, and is now conducting a\\nrapidly increasing practice in Buchanan; LennieL.\\ndied in Florida at the age of tweut3 -seven. The\\nDoctor and his wife are members of the Christian", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0340.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n339\\nt liurcli, ill wliicli lie is serviii j as Trustee. So-\\nci. iliy, 111 is idcntitii d with tlio I n(Io|ieiirloi)t Oiclor\\nof Odd Foll nvs, lUtlioiiirli not al pii soiit aclivi ly\\nconnected with any lodge. At one time he was a\\nladic-nl I\\\\( |iiililieaii. hut !iis pohtieal views nnder-\\nweiil Lonsidoiablc change and he became a (Jieen-\\nhaeker, and now works willi tlic People s party.\\nHe has served as a meinher of the oniiiioii Coiiii-\\neil, and h.as ollieiated as its President.\\nON. ROSCX)E I). DIX, I l-esideiit of I .cr-\\nrien Springs and senior member of tlie\\nfirm of I)ix A- Wilkinson, proprietors of\\nthe Exchange Bank and also dealers in\\nreal estate, was born in .Ieff( rson County, N. Y.,\\non the lltiiof June, 18311. He is the grandson\\nof Leonard Dix, who was of Englisii stock, and of\\nNatlian Rudd, a pioneer of Connecticut. His fa-\\nther. Dexter w.is born in Vermont, and in 18r)2\\nmoved to Berrien County, Slich., locating in\\nBainbridge and engaging in farming pursuits there\\nuntil his death, which occurred in 1880. His\\nwife, whose maiden name was Mary K. Rudd, and\\nwho was a native of Connecticut, survived iiiin\\nfor a number of years, passing away in 188!l.\\nThe second in a family of four cliildicn, the\\nsubject of this notice [)assed his early childliood\\nyeais in .lefferson County, N. V., where he laid the\\nfoundation of his education in the common schools.\\nAfter coming to Michigan he entered Albion i\\\\A-\\nlege, where he was conducting his studies at the\\ntime the Civil War bi okc out. With characteris-\\ntic enthusiasm and ardor, he enlisted as a member\\nof Company K, Second Michigan Infantry. Col.\\nI. B. Richardson commanding. In April, 18(11, Ids\\nregiment was a.ssigned to llie Army of the i olo-\\nmac, and was in tiie Third .Ainiy Corps, but l.uter\\nbecame a part of the Ninth .\\\\rmy Corps. At the\\nbattle of Knoxville, Tenn.. on the 211h of No-\\nvember, 18(). i, he was wounded in the hip and\\nt. iken prisoner, but w.as exciianged. He was taken\\nto KiKiwillc llospit. d. and transferred later to\\nSt. Mary s Hospital, at Detroit, INIich. On the\\n2r)th of May, 18(i}, he was honorably discharged\\non account of injuries receiveil in the service,\\nwhich incapacitated him for further action.\\nReturning to iiis home, Mr. Di.x was in Novem-\\nber, 18(54, elected Register of Deeds of Berrien\\nCounty, and served in that position for three\\nsuccessive terms, or for six years. He was again\\nelected in 1871 for a two-year terra, serving alto-\\ngether eight years. He was elected Commissioner\\nof State Lands in 1886, and filled that [losition\\nfor two terms of two 3 ears each. For four suc-\\ncessive terms he served as President of tiic vil-\\nlage. A Republican in i)olitics, he is less a |)arti-\\nsan than a public-spirited citizen, and it is his\\naim not to labor solely for party aggrandizement,\\nbut rather to give his best efforts to the promo-\\ntion of the welfare of the people and the commu-\\nnity, irrespective of politics.\\n.Ianuar3 2, 1867, Mr. Dix married Miss Vir-\\nginia M., daughter of the late Dr. Philip Kcpliart,\\nof Berrien Springs. They have had the fol-\\nlowing children: Roscoe A., who died October\\n20, 18 .)2, aged twenty-three years; Winfred K.,\\naged twenty-one years; Kittie M., a school girl of\\neleven years; and Philip, who died in infancy.\\nWinfred K. and Kittie M. are both at home. Fra-\\nternally, Mr. Dix is a member of Western Star\\nLodge No. 3!(, A. F. A. M.; and Niles Chapter\\nand Commandery No. 12, K. T. He is also identi-\\nfied with the Ancient Order of Ignited Workmen\\nand Kilpatrick Post No. 39, G. A. IJ., being at\\npresent the Commander of the post.\\nfl L. JOHNSON. Among the sons of Ohio\\nwho have brought with them to this State\\nthe sturdy habitsof iiidc iiciiilcuce. lulegrity\\nand industry which have ever marked tiie\\nnative Ohioaii. we are gratilied to be able to name\\nMr. .lohnson, whose beautiful farm is to be found\\njust cast of the city of Benton Harbor. Tins\\nestate has every indication of order and thrift,\\nand success has crowned his efforts, for it is", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0341.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "340\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nconsidered one of tlie finest places in the township.\\nMr. Johnson was born in Harrison County, Oliio,\\nin 1823, and came to Berrien County, Mich., with\\nhis parents, Benjamin and Margaret (Murpliy)\\nJolinsou, at an early date. Both parents were na-\\ntives of Marj land, and they were among the first\\nsettlers of Berrien County, locating in St. .Joseph,\\nwlierc the3 resided two years. From there they\\nmoved to the farm just north of where our subject\\nnow resides, and there passed the remainder of\\ntheir days. Their children, six in number, were\\nin order of their births as follows: .7. L., our\\nsubject; Byron, of Chicago; Julia, who died, leav-\\ning a son, Joseph Pearl; Lucy A., wife of John\\nWilkinson, of St. Joseph; Benjamin; and Drusilla,\\nwife of Thomas Walker, of the Lake View Hotel\\nin St. Joseph.\\nThe original of this notice grew to manhood in\\nBerrien County, and received a good practical\\neducation in the common schools. Trained to the\\narduous duties of the farm from early boyhood, he\\nfollowed in the footsteps of his progenitors and\\nalso became a tiller of the soil. He selected his\\nwife in the person of Miss Jennie Smith, whose\\nfather, Joseph Smith, was one of the very first set-\\ntlers of the county. SulDsequentlj Mr. Johnson\\nmoved to his farm of eighty acres, which was then\\na dense forest, and which he succeeded in clearing\\nafter years of hard work. Aside from this he has\\ncleared fort} acres on the east side of the road from\\nwhere he now resides, and everything about his\\nplace indicates him to be a man of push and per-\\nseverance.\\nMr. and Mi s. Johnson have had no children of\\ntheir own, but they have reared and educated two,\\nEugene Barrows and Joseph F. Pearl. The latter,\\nMr. Johnson s nephew, is now a member of the\\nfilm of Howard ife Pearl, druggists of St. Joseph,\\nand a very successful young business man. The\\npolitical sympathies of Mr. Johnson have brought\\nhim in line with tlie Republican party and in\\npublic movements he has ever taken a deep interest.\\nSocially, he was one of the old members of\\nthe Masonic order of St. Joseph, was also a mein-\\nlier of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and\\na member of the Benton Harbor Grange. Mr.\\nJohnson lias ever been interested in eilucational\\nmatters and has been a member of the School\\nBoard in the district where he makes his home. He\\nand his excellent wife, who is a most worthy mem-\\nber of the Episcopal Church, are well known in the\\ncount} and are highl.y esteemed by all. Although\\nnot connected with an} church organization, Mr.\\nJohnson recognizes the breadth of good accom-\\nplished therein and has ahvaj S been a liberal con-\\ntributor towards the support of the Gospel teach-\\nings.\\nR. F. H. ESSIG, dental surgeon, although\\nyet in early manhood and one of the\\nyoungest practitioners of his profession\\nin Cass County, ISIich., is thoroughly at\\nhome in all the details of his work and enjoys a\\nlarge and lucrative practice in Dowagiac. Dr.\\nEssig is a native of the Buckeye State, and was\\nborn in Ravenna, upon the 13tli of June, 18Go.\\nHis parents were George W. and Fidelia (Gilbert)\\nEssig, who for many j cars were among the well-\\nknown and highly respected residents of Ohio.\\nThe Essigs are an old Pennsylvania family, and in\\nthe Quaker State the father of our subject was\\nreared and educated. The Gilberts were of New\\nEngland ancestry, the forefathers of the mother\\nhaving for many generations past been numbered\\namong the sturd} self-reliant and intelligent citi-\\nzens of Connecticut. The father ami mother of\\nDr. Essig trained their children up to habits of in-\\ndustrious thrift and gave to tliesoiisand daughters\\nof the household every possible advantage for an\\nextended education.\\nHaving faithfully completed his school course,\\nour subject decided to follow the example of an\\nelder brother, and at once began the study of his\\nprofession. Young in years, he was guided b}- his\\nbrother, an expert in dentistry, and under his able\\ninstruction pursued his dental studies. Dr. Essig\\nlater enjoyed a thorough course in Ann Arbor,\\nMich., and in 1888 graduated in dental surgery.\\nHe came to Dowagiac in the same year and estab-\\nlished himself in his chosen profession. It was but", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0342.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) lUOGRAlTllCAL RECORD.\\n341\\na brief time before lie received eneouriifjing pat-\\nronage ;iii(l he lias from the first steadily won his\\n\\\\v:iy u|)\\\\vnr l to liis presciil extensive and nipidly\\niiuMC. ising practice. Dr. Kssijr is not onl_v kiiovvn\\nas a dentist of superior ahilit} hut is esteemed as\\n:i iiheral-spiritod and [irot^rcssive citizen, whose\\npublic work and intluence are ever cast in beiialf of\\nthe best interests of his home locality Thoroughly\\nappreciatina; the advantaj^es of educational prog-\\nress and local enterprises and improvements, our\\nsubject cannot fail to become one of the important\\nfactors in the future development of Cass County.\\nI pon September 25, 1890, F. II. Essig and Miss\\nNorah Day were united in marriage, carrying into\\ntheir new life the best wishes anfl congratulations\\nof a Iiosl of sincere friends. Mrs. Essig is the\\ndaughtiu- of J. J. Day, of Dowagiac, an esteemed\\nand long-time citizen of the town. Our subject\\nand his estimaltle wife are active in the social life\\nand benevolent work of their locality and occupy\\na position of usefulness and influence.\\n-m- m=^-\\nBRAM C. PENNELL. Few of the pio-\\nneer settlers of Berrien (Niunty survive to\\nnarrate the story of hardships eneoun-\\nlered, vast tracts of land cleared and vic-\\ntories gained. The majority of those who served\\nas forerunners of an advancing civilization have\\nclosed tlieir eyes upon the scenes of earth, and\\nnow live onl^ in the memories of their descend-\\nants, who owe to them a debt of gratitude that can\\nnever be repaid. A few pioneers, however, re-\\nmain to enjoy the comforts and luxuries they have\\nbeen instrumental in securing, and among this\\nnumber no one is more deserving of the tribute of\\nrespect and admiration than the genlleiiiaii with\\nwhose name we introduce this sketch.\\nA native of New York State, the subjectof this\\nsketch was born in the town of Sempronins, Cavnga\\nCounty-, N. Y., on the (itii of .lanuary, IHl. His\\nparents, Aaron and Sally (Case) IViinell, weie na-\\ntives f)f New York, where they passed their en-\\ntire lives. They became the parents of a large\\nfamily of cliildren, as follows: Robert Zcbina;\\nPamela, wife of Asa Caldwell; Lydia C, Mrs.\\nDaniel ,\\\\nimerman; Aaron; rnioii; Daniel, whose\\nhome is in Texas; Jlargaret, Mrs. Selim llines;\\nAbram C, o( this sketch; Bradley M.; Comfort, a\\nresident of I .errieii S|)rings; and Benjamin I who\\nis engaged in farming in Brown County, .S. Dak.\\nAll are deceased with the exception of Pamela,\\nDaniel, Abram C. and Comfort.\\nIn Ca3 iiga Count} Abram C. Pennell passed his\\nboyhood years, attending school during the win-\\nter seasons and aiding his father on the farm dur-\\ning the summer. In 1848 he came to Berrien\\nCounty, where he first located in Lake Township,\\nand later conducted farming oper.ations in Oro-\\nnoko Township. In 187G he removed to Berrien\\nTownship, where he is still the owner of a (inely-\\nimproved place, comprising three hundred and\\nsevent3 -eight acres, and embellished with a good\\nclass of farm buildings adapted to their various\\nuses. While he devoted his attention princiiially\\nto general farming, he also was largely interested\\nin stock-raisi\u00c2\u00abg and made a specialty of raising\\nsheep. His sons now occupy the old homestead,\\nand under their management it retains its rank as\\none of the best farms in the county-.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Pennell took pl.ace in 1837\\nand united him with Miss Elizabeth B. Smith.\\nFive children liave blessed the union, namely:\\nHarriett J.; Byron, who is a farmer by occupa-\\ntion; Edgar S. and R. Smith, who cultivate the\\nold home farm; and Laura, who is the wife of\\nWilliam P.. Storick, a resident fanner of Oronoko\\nTownship. Mrs. Pennell is the daughter of Huh-\\nard and Ruth (Wyant) Smith. Her grandfather,\\n.losepli Smith, was born in Middletowii, Conii.,\\non the 7th of Ma}-, 174. and died August 11.\\n1S17. Her maternal grandi)arents were Michael\\nand Hannah l^ooker) Wyant, natives of New\\nEngland. Richard Smith was horn in Durham.\\nConn., March 14, 17M1, and unto him and his\\nwile, Ruth, were born the following children:\\nEdgar, formeily a minister of the I .aptist Church,\\nbut now deceased; Amanda, who married rruiii:in\\nBrown and is now (K ceast^d; Charles whoilicd\\nin lierrien Springs; Klizabeth B., Mrs. I ciinell;\\nCaroline W., who man ied Bradley Pennell; Martha", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0343.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "342\\nPORTRAIT AND BlOGRArmCAL RECORD.\\nW., wife of AValter W. White, of New York; Mary\\nR., who niarrierl Hiram Ruck (deceased); and Helen\\nM., who is the wife of Wesley Inglcy, of Locke,\\nN. Y.\\nOf unwavering religious belief, Mrs. Pennell\\nhas long been identified with the Baptist Church\\nas a faithful member and active worker. They\\nare generous in their contributions to the support\\nof that denomination, and also give liberally to\\nall. enterprises calculated to promote the welfare\\nof the people, mor.aliy or religiously. Their at-\\ntractive and comfortable residence is located in\\none of the most pleasant parts of Berrien .Springs.\\nThe competency which Mr. Pennell has accumu-\\nlated and the landed possessions he has gained\\nrepresent the result of his well-diiected efforts\\nthrough 3fears gone by, and no one is more de-\\nserving of success than he. Of more than ordi-\\nnarj- intelligence and observation, he has long\\nbeen prominent in the affairs of the county, and\\nhis name is entitled to perpetuation among those\\nof other pioneers.\\nBI.IAIT BIRDSEY. While a majority of tiie\\nfarms of St. .loseph Townshii), Berrien\\nCounty, are devoted to the cultivation of\\nfruit, there are also a number of estates\\nupon which an extensive general fanning and\\nstock-raising business is conducted, and one of\\nthese is the tract of one hundred and ninety acr^s\\nlocated on section 1. Mr. Birdsey, tlie owner\\nof this valuable place, is a practical and progressive\\nagriculturist, through whose efforts the land has\\nbeen cleared, placed under excellent cultivation,\\nand embellished with all the necessary equipments\\nin the way of machinery and buildings.\\nIn Seneca County, N. Y., the subject of this\\nnotice was born May 7, I8H). His i)aient.s. Pliilo\\nand Emma (Watkins) Birdsey, were natives of\\nConnecticut, where they were born and reared and\\nmarried. For a time the father followed his\\noccupation of a carpenter and joiner in Connecti-\\ncut, but subsequently removed to Seneca County,\\nN. Y., and from there to Wayne County, the same\\nState, where he continued to make his home until\\nbis death. Two of his five children are now living:\\nAbijali and Marietta, the latter being the widow\\nof Sylvester Griswold and a resident of Hillsdale\\nCounty, Mich. The senior Mr. Birdsey was a\\nmember of the Methodist Epi-scopal Church and a\\nman of devout Christian life. Politically, he\\naffiliated with the Whigs.\\nAccompanying his parents to Wayne County,\\nN. Y., in his childhood, our subject was there reared\\nto maturity. October 2, 1840, in Wayne County,\\nhe was united in marriage with Miss .Jane Ann\\nCurtis, who died in 1875. They were the parents\\nof six children, of whom we note the following:\\nGeorge W. enlisted in defense of the Union during\\nthe late war and starved to death in Libby Prison;\\nPhoebe Ann is the wife of Lucius Vasy; La Fayette\\nresides at Benton Harbor, where he is engaged in\\nthe liver} business; Sarah married Charles Bort, a\\npainter residing in St. Joseph, and a veteran of the\\nlate war; Lillie is the wife of William Howland.a\\npoliceman of St. Joseph; and Adelbert lives with\\nhis father.\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. Birdsey located in Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., and engaged in farming there un-\\ntil the year 1853, when he came to Berrien Count}-\\nand located upon his present farm. It was then\\nonly partiall} cleared, and the surrounding coun-\\ntry was in its primeval condition. Mr. Birdsey,\\nhowever, possessed the endurance of the pioneer,\\nand it was not Umg before he had materially\\nchanged the condition of the place. The improve-\\nments now noticeable are mainly the work of his\\nhands and the result of his energetic efforts. The\\nresidence is a comfortable and corHraodious struc-\\nture, conveniently arranged and cozily furnished.\\nThe lady who presides with gracious dignity over\\nthis pleasant rural abode bore the maiden name of\\nMatilda Wittaker, and became the wife of Mr.\\nBirdsey in 1876.\\nAs one of the early settlers of Berrien County\\nand one of its nK)st enteiprising residents, Mr.\\nBirdse} occupies a high place in the regard of his\\nfellow-men. During the late war he w.as drafted\\ninto tlie service, but w.as not accepted on account", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0344.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n345\\nof his :iiic. Ilowevei, his sympathies were strODf^^ly\\ncnlisli d on behiilf of tlie Union nnd lie uided in\\nevery way possible tiie cause so dear lo every\\npaliiolic heart. Politically, he is a Republican.\\nJ*^\\n^*+*+l:\\n,EV. JOSEPH S. GRAVES. Fifty years\\nhave come and gone since this gentleman\\nentered the ministry of the Congrega-\\ntional Church. During nearly all these\\nye. irs he proclaimed the Gospel story, and told it\\nwith a simplicity and a power that were irresisti-\\nble, .as thousands still living can testify. He was\\nwell fitted in mind and body for pioneer service\\nin liie cause of religion, lilazing the way for others\\nand enduring hardships as a true soldier of Jesus\\nChrist. His sermons were full of an unction that\\nstirred his hearers lo the depths of their souls. His\\nappeals were often overpowering in their earnest-\\nness. Though he has now retired from the minis-\\ntry, his life speaks more eloquently in behalf of\\nChristianity than even his words could do, power-\\nful and beautiful as they were.\\nIt cannot be out of place in tliis connection to\\nmention facts of interest in the life of this pio-\\nneer preacher. He w.as born at Hartford, Conn.,\\nin I8I1. His parents were Jeremiah and Mary N.\\n(.Spencer) Graves, natives respectively of Massa-\\nchusetts and Hartford, Conn. Prior to the age of\\nsixteen he resided in Connecticut, where he re-\\nceived a common-school education in the primi-\\ntive temples of learning common in that day.\\nIn 18;51 lie .accompanied his parents to Illinois, and\\nthree years later he entered the Illinois College,\\nlocated at .lacksonvillc, graduating from that insti-\\ntution in 1839. Later he became a student in the\\nLane Theological Seminary at Cincinnati, Ohio,\\nstudying under the famous layman Beechor, and\\ngraduating from the seminary in 1842.\\nAfter having been ordained a minister of the\\nGospel in 1843, the Rev. Mr. Graves accepted the\\npastorate of the Congregational Church at Wood-\\nliurn. III. Five years later he became pastor of a\\nchurcli in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained for\\ntwo years. Thence he removed to Aurora, Port-\\nage County, Ohio, and for sixteen years he oc-\\ncupied a prominent position among the clergy* of\\nthat city. In ISCtj he located in Roscoe, 111., where\\nhe remained for six years. His next home w.as in\\nJack.son County, Iowa, where he resided for three\\nyears. While in that place he retired from active\\nconnection with the ministry, to which his entire\\nactive life had previously been devoted. In 1875\\nhe came to Niles and has since resided in this oity.\\nSince coming here, he has held the same devoted\\nattachment to the city, and whatever contributes\\nto her growth he is ready to espouse. Politically,\\nhe is a Republican, but is not active in the part}\\nIn 1842 Rev. Mr. Graves married Mi.ss Frances\\nKemper, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who died in 1853.\\nThey were the parents of three children, viz.:\\nMary E., wife of Charles Osborne, of Xilcs; Anna\\nBelle, and Frank K., deceased. The second mar-\\nriage of Rev. Mr. Graves occurred in 1851, and\\nunited him with Miss Anna Boyce, a native of\\nMassachusett^s. This union has been blessed by\\ntwo children: Henry 1). and Ilattie L., the latter\\nbeing the wife of Frank Morris, of Niles.\\nJOHN D. SCIHMGER, who is engaged in a\\nI real-estate, loan and insurance business in\\nBenton Il.arbor. an l who is pas.senger ticket\\nagent for trans-Atlantic steamship lines and\\ntrunk line railroads, is a man of the highest busi-\\nness capacity and honored in all circles of society.\\nDuring the many years he has been in the insur-\\nance business he has encountered all classes of ob-\\njectors, although, of course, having to do with\\nbusiness men chielly, he has fewer objections to\\nmeet than those who operate outside the business\\ncenters. However, he is so thoroughly posted on\\nall matters relating to insurance, and converses\\nso convincingly, that it would be diflicult to meet\\na better informed man, and just as difficult to\\nfind a caviler he could not persuade of his error.\\nAs Mr. Scrimger has for many years been a res-\\nident of the city, his knowledge of realty is inti-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0345.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "346\\nPOxiTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmate. His opinion as touching any given piece of\\nproperty, improved or unimproved, wnuld he ac-\\ncepted as about infallible, so carefull3- lias lie\\nstudied the whole field, which he has followed for\\nmany years. His methods are honorable and up-\\nright, and parties can rest assured that they will\\nbe treated fairl} by him, whether thej wish to\\nbuy or rent, to loan or to borrow money. His\\nstanding in the conimunitj is deservedly iiigli,\\nhis uiu ightness and fair dealing are proverbial,\\nand his treatment of all men is just and equitable.\\nMr. .Scrimger was born April 2, 1847, in Eng-\\nland, and is a son of William J. and Caroline\\n(Slade) Scrimger. The parents emigrated to Amer-\\nica about 1850, and the father engaged as an agri-\\nculturist, but was also engaged as a contractor in\\na lumber and shingle mill, Our subject kept\\nbooks for his father, but when twent3 -one years\\nof age he embarked in the insurance business at\\nBreedsville, Van Buren County, and continued\\nthere until 1874. From there he went to Grand\\nJunction, the same county, continuing his former\\nbusiness, and from there went to Pine Grove Mills,\\nwhere he continued twent3 months. Following\\nthis he made a trip through the Western States,\\nlooking around, iuul then returned to his home in\\nGrand Junction.\\nIn the year 1888 Mr. Scrimger located in Ben-\\nton Harbor and opened an oHice. Here he has\\nsince remained, and has proved himself a success-\\nful business man. He selected his wife in the\\nperson of Miss Sarah V. Baldwin, a native of Una-\\ndilla, Chenango County, N. Y., but who became a\\nresident with her parents of Van Buren County,\\nMich., when a child. Their nuptials were cele-\\nbrated July 2C, 1874. Two children have blessed\\nthis union: Louise L., a student in Benton Har-\\nbor College, and Evelyn. Mrs. Scrimger is a daugh-\\nter of Norman R. Baldwin, a prominent man of\\nan Buren Count} Mr. Scrimger is a member\\nof Lake Shore Lodge No. 208, A. F. A. M.; also\\na member of the United Order of the Golden\\nCross, and takes a deep interest in the welfare of\\nhis order. His home is pleasantly situated at No.\\n12; Maple Street, Benton Harbor, where the fam-\\nily dispense a generous hospitality to their friends.\\nMr. Scrimger is a member of the First Congrega-\\ntional Church, whiie bis wife and daughter are\\nnuMuhers of the Baptist Cliiirch. Politically, he\\nis a stanch I epublican.\\n-^^1\\nh;\u00c2\u00aeh.\\n6\\nHLLIAM PARSONS, Supervisor of Milton\\nfj Township, and a well-known farmer of\\nCass County, was born in the township\\nand county where he now resides, the date of his\\nbirth being January 18, 1851. His father, Benja-\\nmin Parsons, was born and reared in Delaware,\\nand when about twenty years old came West to\\nMichigan, settling in Cass County. Not long\\nafter he locnted here he estalilislied domestic tics,\\nbeing united in marriage with Miss ]\\\\[ary Abbott,\\na native of Delaware, who accompanied her par-\\nents to Michigan when fifteen years of age. Her\\nfather, George Abbott, was a pioneer of Cass\\nCounty and made his home here until his demise.\\nThe jjarents of our subject were married in\\nEdvvardsburgh, after which they located on a farm\\nin Milton Township and continued to make their\\nhome in this place until their demise. The father\\nwas forty-five when he was called from earth. The\\nmother survived him a number of years, passing\\naway at the age of sixty-five years and seven\\nmonths. So honorable were they, so kind, thought-\\nful and considerate, that their memory* is treas-\\nured in the hearts of man} whom the) befriended\\nin years gone by. They trained their children to\\nhabits of usefulness and had the satisfaction of\\nseeing them occupy positions of inlluence and\\ntrust. The family consisted of seven children, of\\nwhom all but one grew to manhood and woman-\\nhood. Of the survivors, all with one exception\\nmake their home in Cass County.\\nThe second child in the family is the subject of\\nthis notice. He was reared in Milton Township\\nand gained his education in the schools of the\\ndistrict. Earl}- trained to the life of a farmer\\nand the routine of agrieultiu-e, he naturally chose\\nfarming as his life vocation. For seventeen ^-ears\\nhe owned and operated a threshing-machine, which\\nwas in ireneral demand tlirouuliout the eommu-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0346.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n347\\niiily iliiiinir the season. lie owns ninety-two\\nacres, comprising a portion of the )I(J iiomestead,\\niind iis he is a man of push and energy, lie lias\\nmade a success of his work, being now recognized\\nas one of tlic most prosperous and successful agri-\\nculturists of tiic townsliip.\\nWliile not taking any very active pari in pub-\\nlic affairs, Mr. Parsons h.as strong convictions of\\nhis own and advocates with all the energy of his\\nnature the platform of the Democratic party. For\\ntwo years he served as Treasurer of the township,\\nand in 18!)1 was elected to the position of Super-\\nvisor, representing Milton Township on the Country\\nlioard. He has tilled that position since his elec-\\ntion continuously to the present time (18!)3), and\\nhis services have proved eminently satisfactory to\\nthe i)eoplc of the township. He has occupied\\nother positions of trust, including those of Asses-\\nsor, Moderator and a number of school ollices.\\nAlthough he is now in life s prime, he has never\\ncared to exchange his happy bachelorhood for the\\nuncertainties of matrimony, and is still unmar-\\nried. He is one of the foremost men of the town-\\nship, and is highly esteemed by all the people\\nwitiiin his circle of ac(iuainlanceshi|).\\nl\u00c2\u00ab ^^n^tmn\\nW;H.LIAM STEWART, a prosperous fruit-\\ngrower and successful general agriculturist\\nof Benton Township, Berrien County,\\nis 1 native of County Donegal, Iieland, and is\\none (if the tifUi generation descended from famous\\nScottish ancestry, who made their home in the\\nKineiald Isle in 1090. The parents of our subject\\nwere Sanuicl and Jane (Scott) Stewart, also natives\\nof County Donegal, where they attained to man-\\nhood and woman liood and were married, reared a\\nfamily, and at a good old age passed away. Mr.\\nStewart sailed for America in 185; and, landing\\nsafely upon our shores, found his way soon after to\\nBenton Township, the State of Michigan being\\nsince then his permanent home. He w.is the eldest\\nof seven children, and, encouraged by his ^uccess,\\ntwo brothers afterwards followed lilrii to Ihe\\nI liited States. Samuel came in 1803, and Edward\\njourneyed hither in 186(j. One sister, also seeking\\nher fortune in the land of promise, came in 1806,\\nbut later, in 1875, returned to her native land.\\nIn 1864, Mr. Stewart purchased his present\\nhomestead, then heavily timbered. He bought at\\nfirst eighty acres, which he brought to protitable\\ncultivaticm and improved with excellent and\\ncommodious buildings. He experienced severe\\nlabor in clearing away the dense woods, but has\\nmade his land one of the most productive fruit\\nand grain farms in Berrien County. In 1876, our\\nsubject visited the Centennial and after enjoying\\nthe great display made a visit to his old home\\nbeyond the sea. He remained in Ireland all\\nsummer, and during this time married Miss Annie\\nJ. Long and brought her back with him to his\\nhome in Michigan. In re-visiting the scenes of his\\nyouth, Mr. Stewart revived the recollections of his\\nchildhood and had the pleasure of seeing his father\\nand mother, who have since both passed away.\\nWhen, in 1855, our subject arrived in St. Joseph his\\ncapital was reduced very low, but he had a large\\nreserve stock of hope and courage and with reso-\\nlution sought and obtained work, step by step\\nwinning his way u\\\\ to assured success and a com-\\nfortable competence.\\nThe home farm is attractively located two and\\nthree-quarters of a mile east of the postollicc and\\nis only a half-mile outside the corporation limits\\nof Benton Harbor. It is one of the most desirable\\npieces of outside property in Benton Township,\\nand annually yields an excellent harvest. He\\nalso owns seventy acres in Benton Township besides\\nhis home farm. Mr. Stewart also has valuable\\ntown property and will soon in all probability retire\\nfrom active agricultural duties. The union of our\\nsubject and his estimable wife li.as been blessed\\nby the birth of two children. One little one died\\nin infancy; and a daughter, Sarah J., survives.\\nThe daughter and her parents attencl the Episcopal\\nChurch, of which the three are valued members,\\nand all are prominently associated with its soci.al\\nand benevolent work and enterprises. Politically\\nMr. Stewart is a pronounced and faithful Democrat\\nand served as Treasurer of the townshii) with\\ngreat acceptability in 1892, being the only Demo-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0347.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "348\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncrat to fill that office in tlie townshii) the past\\nthirty years. Our subject possesses business qaalifl-\\ncationsof a high order and, financially pn)si)ered,is\\nalso public spirited and ever ready to assist in all\\nmatters of mutual welfare and local advancement.\\nREDERICK A. HOBBS. Among the deal-\\nf ers in coal at I enton Harbor is Frederick\\nA. Hobbs, a prominent citizen of this place,\\nwho for some time has been engaged in the whole-\\nsale and retail trade. Although his introduction\\nto the trade began but recentlj he is one of the\\nmost capable men for the business, as his success\\nthus far has proven.\\nMr. Hobbs was born in Terre Haute, Ind., No-\\nvember 26, 1859, and is the son of Thomas F. and\\nHulda (Crcal) Hobbs, natives respectively of\\nMaine and Indiana. The father followed the oc-\\ncupation of a farmer, but in connection was also\\nengaged as a contractor and builder, continuing\\nthe same all his active days. Later in life he\\nmoved to Benton Harbor, and there he resides at\\nthe present time, respected and esteemed by all.\\nRobinson Hobbs, the paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, was of English descent. The maternal\\ngrandfather, Anthony Creal, was a native of the\\nEmpire State, but became one of the pioneers of\\nIndiana, in which State he settled in 1820.\\nThe boyhood and carl 3 school d.ays of our subject\\nwere pased at DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, but\\nhe afterward attended school at Davenport, that\\nSlate. While residing in DeWitt, young Hobbs\\nclerked in the post-ottice of that place for several\\nyears. In 1885 he came to Benton Harbor, where\\nhe purchased a half-interest in the Palladium, a\\nnewsp.apcr at that place, with which he was con-\\nnected for three and a-half years. During that\\ntime a daily newsjiaper was started, called the Daily\\nPalladium, and Mr. Hobbs sold his interest to his\\npartner, Mr. fiilson, and retired from the editorial\\nchair.\\nSoon after this Mr. Hobbs engaged in the retail\\ncoal business, later in the wholesale business, and\\nnow carries a heavy stock of coal, coke and wood.\\nHe is general agent of the Michigan Salt Com-\\npany, and ships that product to all parts of Indi-\\nana. He is an honorable and enterprising busi-\\nness man, who is thorougldy identified with the\\nbest interests of Benton Harbor, and whose com-\\nmerce he is promoting with zeal and success. In\\n1893 he became interested in the Graham tk Morton\\nTransportation Company of which he is now Sec-\\nretary, and which is one of the sulistantial institu-\\ntions of Benton Harbor. In 1891 Mr. Hobbs was\\nmade Mayor of Benton Harbor, being the first\\nMayor after its incorporation .as a city, and he\\nfilled that position with credit to himself and to\\nthe satisf.action of the people for one term.\\nOur subject s happy domestic life began May\\n24, 1882, when he w.as married to Miss Nettie\\nStephenson, of DeWitt, Iowa, daughter of George\\n.Stephenson. Two children have blessed this union,\\nLaura and Edith. Mr. Hobbs is a charter member\\nof the Benton Harbor Building Loan Association.\\nIn politics he adheres to the principles of the Re-\\npublican party, and socially is a member of the\\nKnights of Pythias, being Past Chancellor of the\\nsame.\\nS SAAC C. SHAFER. An infiuential position\\nl[ among the agricultiii ists of Cass County is oc-\\n/ll cupied by the prominent farmer and stock-\\nraiser who resides upon section 28, La Grange\\nTownship. Mr. Shafer was born in Union (now\\nSn^ der) County, Pa., on the 30th of November,\\n1842, and is the son of John H. and Hannah (Car-\\nveil) Shafer. The i a1ernal grandfather, .John\\nShafer, was born of German parentage in Pennsyl-\\nvania, and was reared upon a farm, where his en-\\ntire life was p.assed and where finally his eyes were\\nclosed upon the scenes of earth. In religion he\\nwas a linn believer in the doctrines of Christianity\\nand held membershiii in the Lutheran Church.\\nPolitical I3 he was a Whig. During the early\\nwars he served at various times, and alw.ays with\\nfidelit}^ to the cause of the United States.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0348.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND l.K IJAPH CAL RECORD.\\n349\\nJolin n. Shnfer, fjitlipr of otir subject, was oiiC\\nof tivc sons, llic othfi-s liciiii;: I liilip, Jacob, Peter\\nand (Jooiye. .lolin H. remained at home until he\\nwas tweiity-one, and nieanwiiile served an ajjpren-\\nticesliip to llie tailor s trade for three years. lie\\nftiilowed tli:il trade throughout his entire active\\nlife, although in addition thereto he served for\\nforty years as a local preacher in the Evangelical\\nChurch. His labors in that denomination were\\ndone gratuitously and without expectation of any\\nreward or compensation other than the knowledge\\nof good accomplished. While his age prevented\\nhim from entering actively the service of the\\nUnion during the late war, \\\\et he sent three sons\\nto the front, and knew no greater pleasure than\\nto aid in every way |)ossible the cause of the Old\\nFlag. Politically, he was first a Whig, and after\\nthe organization of the Republican party be be-\\ncame ideiililicd with its active vvorkers. His en-\\ntire life was passed in Pennsylvania, where he\\nowned three small tracts of laud and carried on\\nagricultural operations with success. His deatli\\noccurred in KS78, and resulted from pleurisy. It\\nwas very sudden, as he had i)reached only a few\\ndays before he was called from earth. His widow\\nsurvived him for a number of years.\\nThe parental family consisted of six children,\\nas follows: Henry; Mary, Mrs. Henry Ilousewertli;\\n15cnjaiiiin, who enlisted during the late war as a\\nmember of the One Hundred and Seventy-second\\nPennsylvania Infantry, and was Second Lieutenant\\nof Comi)any A Isaac C, our subject, who served in\\nthe same regiment during the Civil War; James,\\nalso a soldier in the Union service; and Minerva.\\nIll his youth our subject learned the trade of a\\ncarpenter, and was einployc l on railroad -bridge\\nwork for eight years. Later he engaged in boat-\\ning, and was thus occupied at intervals for lifteen\\nseasons. On coming to Michigan in 1878, he lo-\\ncated in Berrien County, where he rented land and\\nfollowed his trade for two years. Later he em-\\nbarked in farming pursuits and was engaged in\\nthat way for some lime in ass County. In 1882\\nhe came to Cass County, and has conducted faiiii-\\ning operations here ever since his location in the\\ncounty.\\nIn Pennsylvania, October 21, 1802, Mr. Sbafer\\nmarried Miss Mary, daughter of Joseph and Anna\\nRife, who was born in Manheim, Oermany, and\\ncame to America at the age of seven years. They\\nwere the parents of nine children, two of wliotn\\ndied young. The others are: Mary, Mrs. Leander\\nMiller, deceased; Anna L., Mrs. John Morris;\\nJohn W., Carrie, RL Luther, Thomas M. and Min-\\nnie. Ill his social alliliations, Mr. Sliufer was at\\none time actively connected witli the Independent\\nOrder of Odd Fellows in Pennsylvania, and is a\\nmember of the Ancient Order of United Workmen\\nat Cassopolis. He has given his children good\\neducational advantages, and has aided them so far\\nas possible in becoming good and useful citizens\\nin their several communities.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^i\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s\\nS)^\\nc^a=)\\nj^=^ YLVADOR T. READ, a leading business\\nman and prosperous merchant of Cassopolis,\\nCass Coiint Mich., was born in Tomiikins\\nCounty, N. Y., January 12, 1822. His\\nparents, Titus R. and Esther (Watkiiis) Rca I, were\\nboth natives of Massachu-setts. Reared and edu-\\ncated in their early home, they later journeyed to\\nNew York State, where they remained for some\\ntime, linally settling in Erie County, Pa. In 18. 5.\\nthey came to Michigan with their family of four\\nchildren, and made this Slate Iheir permancnl\\nabiding-place, being numbered among the pio-\\nneer settlers in this part of the country. The ma-\\nternal grandfather of our subject, Nathan Watkiiis,\\nwas one of the Revolutionary- heroes, and left to his\\ndescendants an enviable record of patriotic service,\\ngallant courage and endurance. (Jraiidfather\\nWiilkins was but nineteen years of age when he\\nenlisted in the French and ludi. iii War, and for\\nthree years the brave lad served among the perilous\\nscenes which daily surrounded hiui. When the\\nWar of the Revolution began in earnest he joinecl\\nthe American forces, being given a commission by\\nCongress as Captain of a company under Oeii.\\nGates.\\nCai)t. Watkins pent the ten years and a-half\\nof the determined struggle for independence upon", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0349.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "350\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\nthe field, and was a member of the staff of Gen.\\nWashiugton at the time the British General, Corn-\\nwallis, surrendered at Yorktown. At the close of\\nthe war Capt. Watkins signed a receipt in full\\nfor the entire term of his service to the Govern-\\nment, without receiving one dollar of compensa-\\ntion. Later, when offered a land-warrant, he sent\\nit back to Congress, saying that the country did\\nnot owe him a cent. So stronglj did this patriotic\\ngentleman and Christian soldier feel upon the sub-\\nject, that he added a codicil to his will, enjoining\\nhis heirs from accepting the same. The commis-\\nsion of this true and earnest patriot as Captain\\nfrom Congress, bearing date July 5, 1775. and\\nsigned by John Hancock .as President, is now in\\nthe possession of Mr. Read and is a most valued\\nsouvenir of an ancestor whose choicest be(iuest to\\nhis descendants is the memory of his loyal patriot-\\nism and high sense of honor.\\nTitus R. Read, the father of our subject, was a\\nLieutenant in llie War of 1812, and upon the bat-\\ntle-field of (iiieenstown distinguished himself for\\nbravery and gallant bearing, leceiving a very\\nsevere wound in the ankle. The paternal grand-\\nfather, Robert Read, was a native of Massachusetts,\\nbut his good wife w.as born in France. Her father\\ncame to America wi tli the French army and was\\naccompanied by his wife and family. Our subject\\nreceived his early education in the schools of New\\nYork Stale, but was only nine years of age when\\nwith his parents he emigrated to the frontier scenes\\nof Michigan. He grew up manly and self-reliant,\\nand, having just attained his majority, was upon\\nOctober 14, 1843, united in marriage with Miss\\nRlioda Ann Hayden, of Chautauqua County, N. Y.\\nMis. Head was a daughter of Noah P. and Ruth\\nllavden. Tlie Haydens were old-time residents of\\nConnecticut and were well known and highly re-\\nspected. Children brightened with their cheery pres-\\nence the home of Mr. and Mrs. Read, three daugh-\\nters now surviving. The eldest, Helen R., is Mrs.\\nMcllvaine, of North Dakota; Ophelia A. is Mrs. O.\\nPhelps, of Cassoi)olis; Sarah N. is the wife of H.\\nI). Smith, of Cassopolis. The family of our subject\\nare in religious belief Piesbj terians, and for many\\nyears Mr. Read has been a valued member and ac-\\ntive worker of that denomination, lie is much in-\\nterested in the erection of the new structure now\\nbeing built by that religious society.\\nIn political affiliation our subject is a stalwart\\nRepublican, and although willing to aid the party\\nwith his most earnest efforts has no desire forollice\\nand has repeatedly refused nominations to posi-\\ntions of trust, when, if he had accepted, there\\nwas an almost certainty of his election. In\\n1855, Mr. Read engaged in business as a merchant\\nin Cassopolis and in the varyingchangesof the past\\nthirty-eight years has continued the even tenor of\\nhis daily life and is yet profitably handling dry\\ngoods. Prospered financially, he has been a Direc-\\ntor of the First National Bank of Cassoi)olis ever\\nsince it was established, twenty-two years ago. For\\ntwo years our subject was Vice-President of the\\nbank and is now its President. Over three-score\\nyears have passed since Sylvador Read came a lit-\\ntle lad to Michigan, and in this long period of time,\\nsharing in the changes and rapid develoi)ineut of\\nthe State, he has been an e3 e-witness of the won-\\nderful progress of the l.-ist half-century. A man\\nof sterling integrity of character and excellent\\nbusiness attainments, he is one of the substantial\\ncitizens who have ably assisted in transforming the\\nonce unbroken wildeuess into cultivated lieldsand\\nsmiling villages.\\nWILLIAM H. SHANAFELT, a prosperous\\n.agriculturist residing on section 24, La-\\nGrange Township, is well known through-\\nout Cass County as one of its enterprising citizens,\\nenergetic business men and ellicient farmers. A\\nnative of Pickaway County, Ohio, he was born on\\nthe day before Christmas, 1824. He is of German\\ndescent, and his paternal grandfather, who was\\nborn in Germany, was a valiant soldier in the\\nRevolutionary AVar and was killed while in active\\nservice. The father of our subject, William Shana-\\nfelt, was one of eight children, all of whom were\\nbound out, the boys to learn trades.\\nAfter having served an apprenticeship of six", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0350.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "FjKTRAIT and BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n351\\nyears to tin- trade uf a i)otter, William Shnn.ifclt\\nWeill to l iei\\\\:uv:iy Count v, )iiit), when eiyliteen\\nyems of age, and lliere continued liis trade and\\nalso followed fanniiiir in eonnetlinn tiierewitli.\\nlie leninined thus oicii|)ied until liis death. While\\nresiding in I ickaw.ay County he raarried Elizabeth\\nUriei e and in 183.5, a(-c( nipanied by his family\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md all his earthly eft et-ts jiacked on wagons drawn\\nby oxen, he niad tlu tedious trip to Cassopolis,\\nMieh. lie had liut a few hundred (U)llars, and\\nthis amount he invested in the purchase of one\\nhundred and sixty acres where a part of Cassop-\\nolis now stands. The land was at that time cov-\\nered with heavy tindjei and few loads had been\\nopened in the county. ThriJUgh arduous exer-\\ntions and unllaggiiig industry, this worthy ])io-\\nneer succeeded in bringing the land to a good state\\nof cultivation, and acquired a competenc} lie\\npassed aw.ay mourned by a host of warm |)ersonal\\nfriend,- His widow survived him a number of\\nyears.\\nA lad of aliout eleven years when he came to\\nINIichigan, our subject grew to manhood amid the\\nprimeval scenes of this then undeveloped count\\\\\\nAt the age of twenty-two, in 1817, he married\\nMiss Susan, daughter of Daniel and INIar^ (IJarr)\\nlilcaclici all of whom were natives of Pennsyl-\\nv.-mia. .Soon afterward he received )00 from\\nhis father, with which he purelia.sed eighty acres,\\nand to that property he added from time to time\\nuntil his landed possessions reached an aggregate\\nof one hundred and eighty acres, all lying in C)ne\\nbody. Socially he is connected with the Masonic\\nfraternity, having been identified with it for a\\n[leriod of fifteen years, and l)eing now a M.aster\\nMason. He an l his estimable wife are active\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\\nliberal contributors to its siip[)oit. In his jxilit-\\nical afliliations, he is a warm advocate of the [irin-\\neiples enunciated by the Republican |)arty and\\nalways gives his ballot to the support of the can-\\ndidates of the party of his choice. He and his\\nwife have lieen the parents of seven children, as\\nfollows: Cliarles H., deceased; Mary, the wife of\\nJohn Woleott; William, who married .Josephine\\nWilliams; Daniel, deceased; .losie. Mrs. Merwin;\\nE ldie, who married Miss Carrie Hawk: and Jennie,\\ndeceased. The social position occupied by this\\nfamily is one of onsiderable prominence in the\\ncommunity and they are highly regarded wher-\\never known.\\nil^\\ns^ ANIKL WEBER. Among the young men\\nof Berrien County whose names are des-\\ntined to attain piominence in professional\\nand political circles, conspicuous mention\\nbelongs to Mr. Weber, who is a well-known attor-\\nne3 -at-law, residing in Benton Harbor. From his\\nGerman ancestors he has inherited a line phy-\\nsical constitution, capable of long-continued ef-\\nfort and endurance, as well as the (pialilies of in-\\ndustiy, uprightness and enteri)rise, which have\\ncontributed so largely to the success he has already\\ngained.\\nSome mention of the father of Mr. Weber will\\nbe of interest to our readers. Charles B. Weber\\nwas born in Prussia, Jermany, and there received\\nan excellent cominc)n-scliool education. In 1810,\\nhe emigrated from that country- to the United\\nStates andf coming to Michigan, settled m Bain-\\nbridge Township, Berrien County. I urchasing\\nsome land that was located in the mi lst of the\\nforest, he at once commenced the work of clear-\\ning the [)lace and developing it into a lirst-elass\\nfarm, (iraduall} from the wilderness he evolved\\na splendidl} cultivated estate, embellished with\\nsubstantial buildings adapted to their varied |)ur-\\nposes, and bearing in season large cro|is of golden\\ngrain. On the place which he had improved he\\npassed his closing years and there his death occur-\\nred on the 2.5th of November, 1882. His wife,\\nwhose maiden name was Magdalene Schrieber, is\\nalso a native of Germany and resides in BeriKMi\\nCounty on the old homestead. This worthy couple\\nenjoyed the friendship of the people i)f this sec-\\ntion, and as hard-working pioneers weic known\\nand honored for miles around. The fatlu r look\\nan active interest in public alTaiis and was an ad-\\nvocate of Democr.atic principles.\\nThe boyhood of our subject was passed on lits", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0351.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "352\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfather s farm in Berrien County, and in the schools\\nof Bainbridge Townsliip he acquired the rudi-\\nments of his education. Later he entered Valpar-\\naiso College, at Valparaiso, Ind., and took the com-\\n(liete business course in that institution, also de-\\nvoting considerable attention to the study of the\\nclassics. In 1889, he entered the State Univer-\\nsity of Michigan, at Ann Aibor, and tliere prose-\\ncuted his studies for three years in the law de-\\npartment, graduating in 1892. During April of\\nllie same year he was admitted to practice at the\\nBar of the Stale and immediately opened an cillice\\nin Benton Ilarlior, where he has since conducted a\\ngeneral practice.\\nMr. Weber has made a careful study of the polit-\\nical issues of the day, and has formed the opin-\\nion, after careful investigation and thought, that\\nfree trade as a national policy would materially\\npromote the general welfare of our country. He\\ntherefore gives liis inlluence in favor of Demo-\\nciatic principles and candidates. In the fall of 1892,\\nhe was nominated on the regular ticket of that\\nparty for tlie t)lllce of Circuit Court Commissioner,\\nand although he was defeated, yet he received the\\nsecond largest numlier of votes cast for any Dem-\\nocratic candidate, a fact which i)roved his popular-\\nity with the people.\\nOHN MUFF. A close observer in studj ing\\nI the history of the advancement and devel-\\n^i^ I i opment of the State of Michiijan will find\\n5^^ golden threads running through the web\\nand woof of events of the past years. These are\\nindicative of the lives of those men wliose active\\ncareer and untiring energy have made her first\\namong the States and given her a conspicuous place\\namong the agricultural regions of the globe. A\\ntrue representative of such men is found in one\\nwhose career inspires this brief notice.\\n,Iohn Huff, wiio is one of the prosperous and\\nsubstantial agriculturists of Cass County, Mich.,\\nis a product of the Buckeye State, born in Spring-\\nfield on the 3d of August, 1833. He has inher-\\nited all the thrift and energy of his Teutonic an-\\ncestors, and in every walk of life his career li.as\\nbeen upright and honorable. His parents, Amos\\nand Margaret (Case) Huff, were natives of New\\nJersey and Pennsylvania respectively. Tlie motli-\\ner s birth occurred in 1800, she being the daugh-\\nter of .John Case. Mv. and Mrs. Huff were mar-\\nried in Butler County, Oiiio, wliither tliey liad\\nmoved at an early date, but subsequently moved\\nto Springfield, tliat State. The father came to\\nMichigan in 1833, purchased land in Volinia\\nTownship, Cass County, on section 17, and tlie\\nnext year moved his family here. This county\\nwas a wilderness at that time, and the same year\\nthe township was organized.\\nAltliough sparsely settled then, the township\\nsoon began to grow in poinilation, new settlers\\njjoured in, houses were erected and pioneer days\\nwere over. Mr. Huft took an active part in pro-\\nmoting the interests of the county and township,\\nand became one of the foremost tillers of the soil.\\nHe built one of the first frame houses here. For a\\nnumber of jears he was Township Treasurer. He\\nand his worthy companion, who had sup|)orted\\nhim in all his enterprises, passed away to the silent\\nmajority in the year 1881. They were the parents\\nof nine children, six of whom are now living:\\nJames A., John, Newton, Sarah J., Jay and Clark.\\nMr. IIufT took an active interest in religious mat-\\nters and was one of tlie prominent pillars of the\\nMethodist Church, of which he was a member.\\nThe original of this notice was but an infant\\nwiien brought to Michigan by his parents, and\\namid the rude surroundings of pioneer life he\\ngrew to mature years. As might natural!} be sup-\\nposed, his educational facilities were not of the\\nbest at that early day, but he improved ever\\\\-\\nshining inonieiit and fitted himself for teaching.\\nWhen twenty years of age he started out as an\\neducator in his home district, and his experience\\nlasted for about twelve terms, all but one term in\\nthat county.\\nIn the month fif May, 1872, Mr. Huff was united\\nill marriage with Miss Eliza J. Wright, daughter of\\nJames M. and Sarah (Gritfls) Wright, both natives\\nof Ohio. Mrs. Huflf s uncle was the first one mar-\\nried by old Squire Fcrrel and her parents the last", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0352.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0353.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0354.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND 15IOGRAPH1CAL RECORD.\\n355\\ncouple he married. Following his marriage Mr.\\nWright iucalt i] in X iolinia Towiiship, iiiid tliere he\\nand his wdnli^- wilV ri sidu at liic pii soiil time.\\nThey are the paroiils t)f live chihlren, all of whom\\nare living. Mrs. Ilutf was Iwrii .January 24, 1847,\\nin this lowiishii), and suiipleniented a common-\\nschool education received in the same hy a course\\nin Dinvagiac ColU^ge. .\\\\fter this she taughtschool\\nfoi live terms and met with fair success.\\nAfter marriage our subject settled on his present\\nfarm and lias made his home here ever since. He\\nhas two hundred and sixty acres of good land,\\none hundred antl sixty-live acres under cultiva-\\ntion, and has cleared the most of it himself. Three\\n(liildren blessed his union, two of whom are\\nliving, Amy and Otis. His children have all had\\ngood educational advantages and are bright and\\nquick at their books. lie has been a member of\\nthe .school board for years and is a member of the\\nFarmers Club, of which he has been Vice-President.\\nA member of the Anli-Ilorse Thief Society, of\\nwtiich he has been Secretar} for years, he is also a\\nmember of the Lyceum, of which he has been Pres-\\nident and .Secretary, and in which he takes an\\nactive part,\\nMr. Huff has ever been active in politics and\\nhas been a stanch Republican since the organi-\\nzation of that party. For ten years he has been\\nSchool Inspector of olinia Township, and for\\nfour years Township Treasurer. He was elected\\n.Supervisor in 1868 and held that position contin-\\nuously for fifteen years. He was again elected to\\nthat position in 1878, and has done a v.ast amount\\nof township work in his time. In 1882 he built\\nhis fine residence at a cost of 4i2,500, and he is\\nstill engaged in conducting his large farm.\\n-H\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^^jOHKRT C. SLOAN, the present Clerk of\\nCass County, has been a resident of Mich-\\nY igii i from his early childhood, and was for\\na .score of years a succes.sful merchant of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lones, this county. He has also occupied with\\nfidelity the position of Postmaster for the past\\n17\\ntwenty years, with the exception of the period of\\nCleveland s lirsl administration. Mr. Sloan was\\nl)orn in the town of .luiiius, Seneca County, N. V.,\\nMay 7, 1812, and was but a child four years of\\nage when he removed with his i)areiits, Ralph and\\nOlive (Puffer) Sloan, to St .Iose|)h County, .Mich.\\nThe father and mother had for some time previ-\\nously made their home in the Empire State, but\\nRalph Sloan was a native of Massachusetts and\\nwas born in .Springfield County. His i)aternal\\ngrandfather, Robert Sloan, in whose honor our\\nsubject was named, was also a New-F nglander by\\nbirth and from his infancy passed his useful life\\nin the old Ray State. The maternal grandfather,\\nSolomon Puffer, was reared and educated in the\\nEmpire .State and within the boundaries of New\\nYork made a home for his family, settling perma-\\nnently in the city of Oswego.\\nOur subject was reared upon the family home-\\nstead and attended the district schools of St. Jo-\\nseph County, Mich. When twenty-four years of\\nage he embarked in business for himself, hand-\\nling dry goods in his home localit} Ambitions\\nand energetic, he was successful and steadily year\\nafter year his business increased; since early in\\nthe 70s he has been mainly eng.aged in mercan-\\ntile pursuits. For about a jieriod of ten j-ears he\\nsatisfactorily discharged the duties of Station\\nAgent, and has passed a busy life, bringing him\\ninto contact and close ac(iuaintance with the peo-\\nple of Cass County. Upon September 13, 18(!7,\\nMr. Sloan was united in marriage with Miss Eliza\\nRostock, of Mottville, Mich. Mrs. Sloan was the\\ndaughter of William and .Sarah (.Johnson) Ros-\\ntock, both natives of the (Queen s dominions and\\nborn in England. The estimable wife of our sub-\\nject died in 18 ,)3, leaving her family, husband and\\ntwo children, to mourn her irreparable loss. The\\neldest daughter. Pearl E., is tlie wife of Charles\\nRlack, a prominent resident of .Jones. Cora Relle\\nis now Mrs. Charles B. Rowen.\\nActively interested in both local and national\\nissues, Mr. Sloan has held with fidelity various\\nofficial positions of trust. As Township Treasurer\\nof Newl)urg he managed the public fund with ex-\\necutive abilit3- and excellent judgment and for a\\nnumber of terms retained the responsible ollice.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0355.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "356\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHe has also been Justice of the Peace and impar-\\ntially adtninistered the law in strict accordance\\nwith the evidence presented. Thoroughlj de-\\nvoted to the best interests of his home locality, he\\nhas been a strong friend to educational advance-\\nment and was long the Treasurer of the School\\nBoard. In November, 1892, he was elected\\nCounty Clerk by a handsome majority, which evi-\\ndenced the confidence of his fellow-townsmen and\\nthe popularity of our subject. Mr. Sloan is a val-\\nued member of the Ancient Free Accepted Ma-\\nsons and is connected with Vandalia Lodge No.\\n2y0; he also alliliates with the order at White\\nPigeon. A liberal-spirited man, ever ready to aid\\nin all matters of public welfare, our subject has\\nbeen an important factor in the social and busi-\\nness events of Cass County, and passing his life\\namong the acquaintance of more than forty years\\nenjoys the hearty best wishes of a host of sincere\\nfriends.\\nW. BALLARD. Material wealth must not\\nexclude the riches of character and ability\\nin our recountal of the values which have\\nbeen brought to this country by its citizens; and\\namong its most precious treasures must be esti-\\nmated the lives of those citizens who have by\\ntheir intelligence and their eminence in the higher\\nwalks of life assisted in raising the standard of\\nlife and thought among us. No one has probably\\ndone more in this line than he of whom we write.\\nO. W. Ballard, one of the reputal)le men of Ber-\\nrien County, like other prominent men of the\\nplace, is a native of the Empire State, born in\\nMadison County December 21, 1833, and is n(: w\\nresiding on a tine farm on section 34, Niles Town-\\nship, Berrien County, Mich.\\nHis father, .leremiah Ballard, was also a native\\nof Madison County, N. Y., born May .5, 1801, and\\nwas there reared to matuie years. All his life was\\npassed in tilling the soil, at which he was fairly\\nsuccessful. His father, Daniel Ballard, was born\\nand reared in the Old Bay State and was also a\\nfarmer by occupation, but in addition also ran a\\nsawmill. He served in the War of 1812, and it is\\nsupposed that he was a private, .leremiah Bal-\\nlard, the great-grandfather of our subject, or his\\nbrother was appointed Captain of the militia by\\nWilliam Sherley, and later Captain, General and\\nGeneral-in-Chief in and over his Majesty s prov-\\nince of Massachusetts Bay in New England, in the\\neighth year of the reign of his Majesty, King\\nGeorge 11. This was in 1734.\\nClara Huston was the maiden name of our sub-\\nject s mother. She was born in Madison County.\\nN. Y., August 31, 1800, and was the daughter\\n(if Thomas Huston, who was born in one of the\\nNew England States and was of English descent.\\ni he parents of our subject were married in their\\nnative county, but in 1852 they came to Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., and here passed the remainder of\\ntheir lives, the father dying June 24, 1890, when\\nin his ninetieth year, and the mother Decemljer\\n13, 1873, when in her seventy-third year. The\\nfather was a Republican in his political views and\\nwas Supervisor of his township for many years.\\nHe was well and favorably known in his county.\\nIn his religious belief he was a Universalisl.\\nFour children were born to this most estimable\\ncouple, three sons and one daughter, viz.: Thomas\\nS., born in ISLadison County, N. Y., May 15, 1825,\\ndied August 26, 1861; Milton M., also a native of\\nMadison County, N. Y., born Aiiril 3, 1827, died\\nDecember 21, 1871; Cornelia M., born in Madison\\nCounty, N. Y., August 27, 1829, is the wife of\\nDavid II. Freed, of Niles, Mich.; and O. W. is\\nthe youngest child. The latter, who is the ori-\\nginal of this notice, is of English-Danish descent.\\nHe remained in his native county until eighteen\\nyears of age, and received his schooling, after the\\nmanner of the average farmer boy, in the district\\nschool. He came with his parents to Michigan in\\n1852, and remained with them until their deaths.\\nAs his ancestors before him had been farmers\\nfor many generations back, he naturally had a lik-\\ning for that [)ursuit, and after the death of his\\nparents he carried on the farm. He now owns a\\nhalf-interest in one hundred and sixty .acres, and\\nin connection with farming is raising a good grade\\nof stock. In his political views he was at one", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0356.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n357\\ntime a Republican, casting his first Presidential\\nvole foi Frunionl. His last Presidential vote\\nwas cast for I i lwi ll, t\\\\n; Proliiliition candidate.\\nIMr. Ballard is a strong and vigorous man phj si-\\ncally. has never used tobacco in any form, and is\\nstrictly tcni|ici:ilp in liis liabits. He is a member\\nof the IMasoiiic fraternity, and is a single man.\\n=i^-\\n;ILLIAM i;. IIAVDEN, an energetic busi-\\nness man and prosperous hardware dealer\\nlocated in C assopolis, Cass County, Mich.,\\nis a native of the .State and county where he now\\nresides, and was born in Calvin Township August\\n10, 18.50. His parents were Josepli G. and Han-\\nnah (Lincoln) Ilayden, early and highl3 respected\\nsettlers of Cass County. The father was born in\\nChautau(|ua County, N. Y., and remained in the\\nhome of his childhood until he had attained to\\nmaturity, but was a young man full of lioi)e and\\nenter|)rise when he journeyed to the farther West\\nand located in IMichigan. He followed the avo-\\ncation of farming his entire lifetime, and was suc-\\ncessfully engaged in the pursuit of agriculture\\nwhen he passed away in the full strength of mid-\\ndle life, aged thirty-live years. The ancestors of\\nthe mother, Hannah (Lincoln) Ilayden, were Ohio\\npeople and in the Huckeye State she received her\\nyouthful education and training.\\nThe home of the parents was bles.sed by the\\nbirth of six children, three sons and three daugh-\\nters. The sons were, our subject, William 15.,\\nJames G. and George W. Haydeu. The eldest\\ndaughter, Adalaide, is now the wife of Jesse\\nParker, of Calvin Township. Mattie married\\nJacob Keene, of liattle Creek, Mich.; and Ksther is\\ndeceased. William H. remained at home until he\\narrived at his majority, when he went to Redlield,\\nand at once obtained employment in the Redfield\\nflouring-mill. He continued in the same occupa-\\ntion for two ;ind a-lialf j ears and then went to\\nWaukegan, 111. In this latter city he learned the\\nmiller s trade, .serving an ai)prenticeship of three\\nyears to the business. His services were next\\ngiven to the f^lkhart Flouring Company, hut it\\nwas not long before our subject returned again to\\nthe mdl at Redlield, the scene of his first business\\nexperience.\\nTwo years later the owner of the mill died, and\\nMr. Ilayden, fully rpialilied by practical exper-\\nience, succeeded his former employer. He was\\nmore than usually successful in the milling bus-\\niness and continued to conduct the same until\\nJanuary, 188.5. At the latter date he permanently\\nmoved with his family to C.assopolis and i)ur-\\nchased a half-interest in the general hardware\\nstore of D. L. French. The business, established\\nby Mr. French fully thirty years ago, is planted\\nupon a substantial foundation and rapidly extend-\\ning its present limits. Our subject has entered\\ninto the handling of hardware with the same am-\\nbitious determination and enterprise which have\\ncharacterized his previous undertakings. He has,\\nas heretofore, been prospered and the outlook for\\nthe future is most encouraging.\\nMr. Ilayden was united in marriage April 13,\\n1879, to Miss Tillie J. F ulton, a lady born and\\neducated in AVaukegan, III. Her parents, well-\\nknown residents of Waukegan, were William and\\nLizzie (Jenkins) Fulton. Our subject and his es-\\ntimable wife have four children, the eldest of\\nwhom, and their onl^ .son, is Joseph F., named in\\nhonor of his paternal grandfather. Belle, Stella\\nand Bernicc are the daughters. From his infancy\\nassociated with the growth and progress of his\\nnative State, Mr. Ilayden enjoys a wide acquaint-\\nance in Cass County, and possesses the confidence\\nand esteem of a large circle of friends.\\nmi^;^-\\nij^ANIKL STANARD. This well-known\\ncitizen of Cass County, who is promi-\\nnently identified with the agricultural in-\\nterests of Porter Township, was born in\\nCattaraugus County, N. Y.. March 2, 1828. He is\\nthe next to the eldest in a family of ten children", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0357.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "358\\nPOKTRAIT AND BIOC^RAPHICAL RECORD.\\nborn to Ezra D. and Sarali (Cargal) Stanard. His\\nfather was born in (jcnesee County, N. Y., Sep-\\ntember 5, ISOl, and was tlie son of an Irishman,\\nwho emigrated to the United States with his par-\\nents and settled in New York State, where lie fol-\\nlowed faiming occupations and remained until\\ncalled hene(^ For seven years lie served in the\\nWar of the Revolution. He and his wife reared a\\nfamily of ten children.\\nAside from the few facts mentioned above, but\\nlittle information can be had concerning the early\\nhistory of the Stanard family in America. The\\nfather and mother of our subject were married in\\nNew York State September 12, 1825. The mother,\\nwhose maiden name was Sarah Cargal, was born in\\nNew York Marcli 2;j, 1808, being one of a large\\nnumber of children born to Daniel Cargal and his\\ngood wife. The following is recorded concerning\\nthe brothers and sisters of our subject: Ihiali was\\nborn June 24, 1826, and came to Michigan in\\n1844, dying in this Stale at the age of twenty-four\\nyears. Elizaljeth, whc\u00c2\u00bb was born September 2, 1830,\\nmarried A. B. Wetherbee, became the mother of\\none child and passed away in Newburg Towiishi[),\\nCass County, August 27, 1851. ^larinda, who was\\nborn January 20, 1832, married A. B. Wetherbee\\nafter the death of her sister Elizabeth, and they\\nnow reside in Newburg Township. Dorcas Jane,\\nwho was born June 3, 1835, married Samuel Eng-\\nling, and lives at Dowagiac, Cass County; they\\nhave but one child living. Norton M., whose\\nbirth occurred on the 2d of September, 1837, was\\na soldier in the Civil War and participated in\\nmany of the most desperate engagements during\\nhis three years service. He married Eva Wright,\\nand removed to Nebraska, where in the winter of\\n1892 he was killed by his clothing getting caught\\nin the machinery of a corii-sheller that he was\\nrunning. His widow and live children still reside\\nin Nebraska. Francis M., who was born November\\n20, 1839, died in Porter Township November 20,\\n1874, leaving a wife and three children. Lydia,\\nwho was born June 25, 1842, married Andrew\\nCall, a farmer in Newburg Township, and died a\\nyear after her marriage. Mary was born Se])tein-\\nber K;, 1844, and died August 18, 18()3. Nathan\\n(1., who was born August 21, 1847, married Lora\\nBeardsley, and resides in Mason Township, Cass\\nCounty. He was a soldier in the late war.\\nWhen the family came to Michigan, about 1814,\\nour suliject accompanied them and settled with his\\nparents in Porter Township, where his father died\\nJanuary 18, 18(11. His mother, who is still living,\\nis bright and active at the advanced age of eighty-\\nfive years. Daniel hel|)ed his father to clear up a\\nfarm in the wilderness of Michigan and did con-\\nsiderable pioneer work. June 18, 1851, he mar-\\nried Miss Lucinda Glass, who was born in Stark\\nCounty, Ohio, September 20, 1837. She is a\\ndaughter of William Glass, who was born in Penn-\\nsylvania and came to Michigan in 1846. Directly\\nafter his marriage, Mr. Stanard came to the place\\nwhere he has since lived. At the time he i)nr-\\nchased tlie [)lacc it was an unbroken forest and\\nwith his own hands he cleared one hundred and\\nfifty acres of the heavily timlicred land, aside from\\nassisting in the clearing of his father s farm.\\nWe note the following concerning the children\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Stanard: Emoiy Fjidoias,\\nwho was born May 26, 1855, married Delia Brooks,\\nby whom he became tiie father of five chihiren.\\nHe was for some time [iroprietor of a meat-market\\nat Three Rivers, this State, and died August 13,\\n1887. Sarah T., whose birth occurred Se|)teinbcr\\n1, 1857, married Edward Trattles, a fanner in\\nPorter Townslii|), and they have five children.\\nJames LeRoy, whose birth occurred September 8,\\n1859, married, but his wife died, leaving no chil-\\ndren. Blanche, who vv:is born July 17, 1861, mar-\\nried Ste|)hen McCain, and lives at Three Rivers,\\nwhere he is engaged in farming; they have two\\nchildren. Lydia, who was born August 6, 1863,\\nmarried Amos Caldwell, a merciiant at Constan-\\ntine, this State, and tliej are the parents of four\\nchildren. William Loren, whose birth occurred\\nMay 21, 1866, married Minta Wagar, whose father,\\nStephen Wagar, a soldier in the late war, came\\nto Michigan from New York in an early da}- and\\nsettled in Newburg, where she was born. She has\\nfour sisters: Mirta, Ida, Clara and Alma. William\\nL., Willi his wife and little daughter, Lena Leno-\\nra, lives with Mr. Stanard and manages the home\\nfarm. Mary, who was born August 8, 1869, mar-\\nried Benjamin Seward and lives in Ohio. They", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0358.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND I .IOGRAPIIICAL RECORD\\n359\\nhave one eliild, Cora. Lcnora, who was born March\\n13, 1H73, iiianii d (Jcdiui Spciuvi-. and resides at\\nMarcelius.\\nIll his pt lilical alliliations, Mr. Staiiard has lieon\\nn Ufpiililicaii fnun the ornaiiizatioii if Iho party,\\nhut he lias nevci aspired to any ollicial position,\\nand his interesl in political niattcis li.as been a\\ni|iii( l one. He is one of the liard-\\\\vorl\\\\in r, sturdy\\nliioncors who have helped to make th( iireat State\\nof Miehij^an what it is to-day. His wife is iden-\\ntified with the Methodist Church, in which she is\\nan active worker. His father and mother were\\nnienil)crs of the Christian Clinrch. hile he is\\nnot actively connected with any religious organi-\\nzation, he is a generous contributor to religions\\nenterprises and a frequent attendant at their .serv-\\nices. An earnest, upright, persevering man, he oc-\\ncupies a higli place in the regard of his fellow-men\\nand is one of the must progressive of Porter Town-\\nship s citizens.\\nANIEL T. LAWRENCE, our subject, who\\npa.ssed to his rest in 1S87, universally\\nmourned as a sincere friend and upright\\ncitizen, had for thirty years been identi-\\nlleil with the advancing interest s of Berrien\\nCounty, Mich. Porn in Toronto, Canada, he re-\\nmoved from his birthplace with his parents to the\\nState of New York, where he was reared and edu-\\ncated. His ancestors were natives of England,\\nbut the father and mother, appreciating the advan-\\ntages offered by the ITniled States, early located in\\nthe dominions of the Federal Government, and as\\ncitizens were true .and loyal. Our subject made\\nhis home in Cincinnati, Ohio, while young, and was\\nthere unite(l in marriage with IMiss.Iane Crawford,\\nand with his estimable wife continued to reside in\\nthe liuckcye State for many years. A family of\\neight sons and daughters, all boi ii in Ohio, blessed\\nthe lireside with their cheei ful presence. In 1857,\\nDaniel T. Lawrence decided to try the farther West,\\nand following the tide of travel journeyed to\\nMiciiigan with his family and settled permanently\\na short distance from Penton Harbor.\\nIn time death deprived the brothers and sisters\\nof their devoted mother, and a twelvemoutli later\\nthe father also died. The children now residing\\nin lieriien County are William, .lohn and two\\ndaughters. .lohn Lawrence w.as but a little lad\\nwhen he left his native State. Ohio, and came to\\nMichigan. He attained to manhood in the county,\\nattended the excellent schools of his home district,\\nand enjoyed the benefit of a course of instruelion\\nin the Indiana College at South l end, from wliich\\nwell-known institution he graduated with honor.\\nHe successfully taught school in the county\\ntwenty-four years, twenty-two years of which time\\nhe w.as a valued teacher of Henton Township. A\\npublic-spirited citizen and active worker in all\\nmatters of mutu.al welfare, .John Lawrence! was\\nappreciated by his fellow-townsmen, and in 1882\\nhe was elected to the olliee of Supervisor, the\\nduties of which position he continued to discharge\\nwith faithful ability for about nine years. At the\\nexpiration of this length of time he resigned in\\norder to .accept the oflice of County School Com-\\nmissioner, tendered to him in the fall of 1891. A\\nprominent factor in educational advancement, Mr.\\nLawrence had since 1881 continuously been a\\nmember of the Hoard of Examiners, and for one\\nterm gave universal satisfaction in his oflicial work\\nas County Commissioner of Schools.\\nWhile John Lawrence has with genuine enthu-\\nsiasm given his time and earnest efforts to the\\ncause of education, and has aided materially in\\nthe .advancement of the .schools of the county,\\ngiving especial attention to the methods and man-\\nner of instruction, his brother William has found\\n.active and iirofitable employment in another lield\\nof work. William Lawrence is numbered among\\nthe substantial gener.al agriculturists and fruit-\\ngrowers of Berrien County. The brothers, un-\\nmarried, own together a finely cultivated farm of\\nfifty acres, which is partially devoted to the cul-\\nture of fruit and annually yields an excellent crop\\nof hay. .lohn and William Lawrence occupy (losi-\\ntions of useful influence and, widely known and\\nhighly esteemed as re[)resentative iiicii of the\\ncounty, actively participate in social and business\\nenterprises. Fraternally, .John Lawrence is a val-\\nued member of the Independent Order of Odd", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0359.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "360\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nFellows. The brothers are in political affiliation\\nstanch Republicans, but our subject, Daniel T.\\nLawrence, was a lifetime adherent of the Demo-\\ncratic party. The fathei was ever deeply inter-\\nested in local and national issues. The sons are\\nthoroughly posted in the affairs of the day and\\nintelligently do their full duty as earnest American\\ncitizens.\\nJTj OHN K. EMMONS. Few of the citizens of\\nI Cass County have resided liere for so long\\nI a period as the venerable man who forms\\ns^;^ the subject of our sketch, and who is an\\nhonored resident of Pokagon Township, living on\\nsection 10. He was born in Giles County, Va., on\\nthe 18th of August, 1808, and is tlierefore at the\\npresent writing (1893) four-score and five years\\nold. His father, James Emmons, was born near\\nFredericksburg, Va., in 1760, and was of Englisli\\nparentage. The paternal grandfather of our sub-\\nject was a resident of the island of St. Helena, but\\nwas kidnapped and brought to the Continent,\\nwhere he passed the remainder of his life.\\nJames Emmons served in the Revolutionary\\nWar, taking the place of a brother who had been\\ndrafted into the service. He participated in the\\nengagements at Cowpens and Yorktown, and for-\\ntunately was never wounded, although in the bat-\\ntle of Cowpens his comrades both on the right and\\nleft were shot. He was a well-educated man, con-\\nsidering that early period in the historj of our\\ncountiy, when advantages at best were meagre and\\nopportunities few. Mr. P^mmons married Miss\\nSarah Kirk, and after the death of his parents he\\nemigrated to North Carolina, where he lived on\\nrented property for seven years. Later he moved\\nto Giles County, Va., and, purchasing three hun-\\ndred and twenty acres of wild land, devoted his\\nattention to its improvement and cultivation.\\nThe parental family consisted of twelve chil-\\ndren, all of whom grew to manhood and woman-\\nhood, married and reared families before there\\nwere any deaths in the family, and it is said that\\nduring all these years it was never necessary to\\ncall a physician. Mr. Emmons came to Michigan\\nin 1834 with our subject, his youngest child, and\\nhere he remained until his death, in 1839, at an\\nadvanced age. His wife survived until 1853,\\nwhen she passed away at the advanced age of\\nninety. Both were Baptists in their religious be-\\nlief, and at the time of the division in that de-\\nnomination identified themselves with the Mis-\\nsionary Baptists, continuing in that church until\\ntheir demise. Politically, the father was a Demo-\\ncrat, stanch in his adherence to that party. His\\nchildren were as follows: Ephraim, William, Til-\\nman, Elmer, James, John K.; Elizabeth, wife of\\nWilliam Kirk; Margaret, who married Thornton\\nDuncan; Nancy, wife of John Redick; Sallie, Mrs.\\nWilliam Kirk; and Elsie, who married Jacob Har-\\nlis. All are now deceased with the exception of\\nour subject. The sisters were all buried in differ-\\nent States.\\nThe boj hood days of our subject were passed in\\nhis father s home, and at the age of nineteen he\\nassumed the management of the farm. His mar-\\nriage united him with Miss Elsie, daughter of\\n.John and Elizabeth (Duncan) Southern, natives\\nrespectively of France and England. Mrs. Em-\\nmons was born in North Carolina, and died in\\nIMichigan in April, 1888. She was tlie mother of\\nnine children, as follows: Missouri, who married\\nJ. A. Bolton; James 11.; Virginia, who married A.\\nJ. Myers; John P.; Ellen; Nanc}^ who became the\\nwife of Thomas Crandell; Sarah, who married\\nHenr} B. Wesseld; Charles A. and Thomas. All\\nare deceased with the exception of Mrs. Bolton,\\nMrs. Crandell and Charles A.\\nUpon coming to Michigan, Mr. Emmons entered\\none hundred and forty acres of Government land,\\nwiiich he cleared and improved. He was poor at\\nthe time of coming here, and as there were eight\\nin the family he was forced to work diligently\\nand untiringl} in order to provide maintenance\\nfor his dependent ones. He was successful in his\\nefforts and acquired the ownership of one hundred\\nacres, which his grandson now farms. For fifty-\\ntwo years he has been identified with the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church, in which he has been an\\nactive worker, having served as Class-leader and\\nSteward for many years. Politically he is a Pro", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0360.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlGGUAl IIICAL RECORD.\\n361\\nliihitioiiisl In |iiiiici|iU^ ;uul is an iiitercsled worker\\nill tilt teiii|iciaiice cause. Now in the Ivviiiglit, of\\nhis useful existence, Mr. Emnions is ncariiig the\\nbourne wiienee no traveler returns, but long after\\nlie sliall have i)assc(l to iiis liiial reward his name\\nwill be treasured in tlic hearts of the peoph^ of\\nCass County.\\n--V\\nJ. TALLERDAY, an energetic and pros-\\nperous general agriculturist of Jefferson\\niSi Townsliii), Cass County, Mich., owns a\\ni^ liuely-iniproved homestead of ninety-five\\nacres, located upon section 13; but, placed in charge\\nof the County Farm from 1874 to 1882, and re-\\nappointed to take charge in 1887, he will remain\\nthrough this term of office until 1894, conducting\\nthe farm and caring for the inmates of the same.\\nOur subjet-t is a native of Elkhart County, Ind.,\\nand w.as born October 31, 1846. lie is a son of\\n.lesse and Sophia (Mechling) Tallerday, who made\\ntheir home for many years in Indiana. I lie pa-\\ntcinai grandfather, James Tallerday, was a native\\nof Dutchess County, N. Y., and was a shoemaker\\nby trade. His wife, Hetsey (Wooley) Tallerday,\\nboie liiin a family of seven sons and three d.-uigh-\\nters. The sons in the order of their birth were,\\nJe.sse, John, Austin, Andrew, David, M.arsliall and\\nCalvin, or the daughters, Ucbc^^ca was the eldest,\\nSarah wjis the second and Mary the youngest.\\n(Irandf alher Tallerday was twice married, his sec-\\nond wif(^ being Mrs. Mari.-i Wilson, who became\\nthe mother of three children, two of whom arc\\ndeceased. .lames Tallerday went to Cold water,\\nMich., ill the eailyday s of l.s;il, but in the year\\n1H3;) loiated in Elkh.art County, Ind., where he\\nsurvived until April. lS7r\u00c2\u00bb. lie w.is engaged in\\nthe pnisiiit of ;igrieiilt lire the latter part of his\\nlife, and died upon a farm, lie was a sincere\\nChristian and a devout member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Cliiircli.\\nThe paternal great-giandf.atlier, John Taller-\\nday, established his taiiiilv in Dutche-ss Count}-,\\nN. Y., and on that old homestead tlio third gener-\\nation of the Tallerdays was born. The father of\\nour subject remained in Dutchess County from his\\nbirth until he removed with his parents to the\\nWest. He was early trained in farming duties and\\ngrew up manly and self-reliant. Journeying first\\nto Michigan and thence to Indiana, Jesse T.allerday\\nresided in the latter State until November, 1810,\\nat which date he settled in Mason Township, Cass\\nCounty, Mich., and invested in eighty acres of ex-\\ncellent farming land, which he industriously im-\\nproved. In 1 85C Father Tallerday located near Cass-\\nopolis, buying a farm of about two hundred acres,\\nwhich he later sold. An u|)right man, of ster-\\nling integrity of character, he was liighl} respected\\nand his death was mourned as a public lo.ss when\\nhe parsed to his rest in March, 1869, aged fort}\\neight years. Politically he was a Democrat, and,\\nfraternally, was associated with the Ancient Free\\n(fe ActH pted Masons. His good wife survived him\\nuntil October 3, 1887, and was at the time of her\\ndeath sixty-four years of age. The following\\nchildren clustered in the home of the parents:\\nMary, John, A. J., Jane, Hathbun, David, Charles,\\nPolly, Keegan; Delia, who was four years of age\\nwhen she died; Walter, who died at seven years\\nof age; and Rachel, who died in infancy.\\nThe nn)tlier of these sons and daughters was lH)rn\\nin Westmoreland, I a., and was the child of Philip\\nand Charlotte (Shoemaker) Mechling, the mater-\\nnal grandparents being also natives of the (Qua-\\nker State, (irandfatlier Mechling was a fuller by\\ntrade, and in 1833 was one of the pioneers of South\\nBend, Ind. He iied in St. .losepli County. Ind.,\\nin 1870, having been preceded to the better world\\nby his faithful wife, who had some time previously\\npassed away in Elkhart County. The mother of\\nour subject was the eleventh child of the six sons\\nand seven daughters who clustered about the fam-\\nily hearth, (irandf.ather Mechling was in religious\\nbelief a Lutheran, and his excelU iit wife w.as a\\nmember of the (ieriiiaii llaptl-^t liiiicli.\\nOur subject was reared upon the farm of his\\nparents and educated in the district schools of his\\nhome neighborhood. Having attained his tweiitx-\\nfirst birthday Mr. Tallerday began life for himself,\\ntilling llie soil of the home farm. He was married\\nSeptember 18. 1877, to Miss Elizalteth (ieorge, a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0361.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "362\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nnative of Monroe County, N. Y. She was the\\ndaughter of Luke and Maria (Lonnon) George,\\nboth natives of England. Mr. and Mrs. George\\ncame to the United States about 1850 and imme-\\ndiately engaged in farming. In 1866 they removed\\nto the farther West and located permanently in\\nCass County, Mich. Mr. George died June 16,\\n1892, aged seventy-eight, but his devoted wife yet\\nsurvives. She was the mother of four sons and\\nfive daughters. Eight lived to adult age. William\\nis now deceased. Maria Shaffer is the second in\\norder of birth. Then followed Mary Van Mater,\\nFred (deceased), James, Robert (deceased), Emma\\nNorton, Elizabeth and Jennie Norton. The fam-\\nily of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tallerday consists of\\nthree children, Gideon, Jesse and Ray. Mrs. Tal-\\nlerday is a member of the Baptist Church and is\\never ready to a.ssist in social and benevolent en-\\nterprises. Our subject is a strong Democrat, an\\nardent believer in the principles of the party.\\nFraternally, he is a valued meml)er of the Ancient\\nFree Accepted Masons and is a liberal-spirited\\ncitizen, interested in local progress.\\nJOHN W. FLEWELLING is engaged exten-\\nsiveh in raising and shipping stock, as well\\nas in general agricultural pursuits, and is\\nthe owner of a finelj -improved farm located\\non section 5, Pokagon Township, Cass County.\\nAs a stock dealer he has been especially successful,\\nand for fourteen j ears or more has conducted an\\nextensive business in that line. His biographj\\nwhich we will now briefly review, aflfords another\\nillustration of the f.act that industry and good\\njudgment will almost invariably bring their pos-\\nsessor abundant material success, although at the\\ncommencement of his business career lie may have\\nneither capital nor friends.\\nBorn in Marion County, Ohio, April 1, 1827,\\nour subject is the son of John and Catherine\\n(DePew) Flewelling. His paternal grandfather,\\nJesse Flewelling, was either a native of Wales or of\\nAVelsh parentage, and spent his life principally in\\nOntario County, N. Y. He and his wife Sarah\\nreared six children, namely: John, father of our\\nsubject; Richard; Harrison; Morris; Sarah, Mrs. E.\\nDewe}-; and Mrs. Maria Shepherd. The father of\\nour subject was born in Ontario County, N. Y., in\\n1794, and was reared to manhood in that place.\\nAlthough quite young when the War of 1812 com-\\nmenced, he enlisted in the defense of our country\\nand served with valor until the close of the con-\\nflict. He was also a participant in the Black Hawk\\nWar under Gen. Harrison. He fortunately escaped\\nuninjured in the latter war, but in the War of 1812\\nwas wounded in the breast by a stray bullet.\\nAfter his marriage to Catherine DePew in On-\\ntario County, N. Y., John Flewelling removed to\\nOhio and located in Marion County. He was a\\ngeneral mechanic, and followed that trade through-\\nout his active life. In 1831 he went to La Grange\\nTownship, Cass County, making the trip overland\\nwith wagons, and after his arrival purchased eighty\\nacres, which he proceeded to clear and improve.\\nHe sold and bought several farms in different\\ntownships of Cass County, but finally purchased\\nsixty acres in Pokagon Township, where he re-\\nmained until his death, which occurred January\\n22, 1869. A Democrat in his political belief, he\\nheld man} important ollices in his township and\\ncounty. He was a member of the United Brethren\\nChurch, and a man whose upright life proved the\\nsincerity of his religious belief.\\nThe first wife of John Flewelling was Catherine,\\ndaughter of Jesse and Sarah DePew, all of whom\\nwere natives of New York. Four children were\\nborn of this marriage, one of whom died in in-\\nfancy. The others were Amasa, who died in 1849;\\nLyda, who married Peter Brady; and John W., of\\nthis sketch. After tlie death of his first wife, Mr.\\nFlewelling married Ellen Brad} who bore him\\neleven children. The subject of this sketch re-\\nmained at home until he was twenty-one, when he\\ncommenced to work by the month and continued\\nin the employ of others for four years. His first\\npurchase of land consisted of eighty acres in Po-\\nkagon Township, which he subsequently sold, and\\nbought his present farm of one liundred and thir-\\nty-six acres.\\nIn 18.52 occurred the marriage of Air. Flewelling", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0362.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "RE5iDEWCC0F J. W. FLEWELLING SEC.o. POKAGONTP. CASS CO. MICH,\\nrk.. ^-^t.\\nRUil;li4 .L Jf b.H. CASTERM ME SECT. PENr4TP. CA55 CO. MICH", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0363.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0364.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n365\\nto Miss Margaret Williams. Kisjlit tliildreii were\\nhorn of this union, as follows: Mary, Mrs. William\\n.k liliiiis; Hilda, who married Frank McCo} Will-\\niam; Louisa and Austin, deceased; Isaac; Andrew,\\n(Icceasi d; and Magg:ie, the wife of F. A. Ireland.\\nAfter the death of his first wife, Mr. Flewelling\\nmarried Miss Mary, daughter of William and Sarah\\n(Kyle) Ilogue, natives resiicetively of I ennsylva-\\nnia and Ohio. The paternal grandfather of Mrs.\\nFlewelling liorc the name of John Hogue, and was\\nhorn in Ireland, emigrating thence to the United\\nStates, where ho afterward resided. One son has\\nblessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Flewelling,\\nLylc, a i)romising young man of aliility and en-\\ntcrpiise, who now cultivates the lu)nie farm. In\\nhis political preferences Mr. Flewelling is an active\\nsupporter of the platform of the Democratic j)arty,\\nto which he gives the weight of his inlluence and\\nballot.\\na RON II. CASTP:KLINE. The farming\\nclass of America, and espcciallj^ of the\\nvt))]!!) northern tier of States, is notable for the\\ndegree of intelligence that is possessed\\n1)3 its representatives. Our subject belongs to\\none of the most progressive of families, and is\\nproud of the fact that his father was one of those\\nfast-disappearing landmarks of a heroic past, an\\nearly j)ioneer.\\nMr. Casterline was born on the farm where he\\nnow lives, in Penn Township, Cass County, Octo-\\nber IH, 1847. His parents, Dr. Thomas J. and Ra-\\nchel .M. (Hurlburt) Casterline, were natives of the\\nEm|)ire State, the father born in Romulus, Seneca\\nCounty, January 3, 1813. Our subject s paternal\\ngrandparents, Barreabas and Rhoda Casterline,\\nwere natives ot Orange County, N. Y., whence\\nthey removed in the earl} part of the nineteenth\\ncentury to Seneca County, that State. Dr. Thomas\\n.1. Casterline was a very successful physician ami\\nwas engaged in the duties of his profession until\\nlate in life, when he gave his attention to farming.\\nHis death occurred on the 1.5th of .lune, I88\\nHi. wife was a native vf Canaan, Conn., born .Jan-\\nuary I, 1818, and both were exemplary members\\nof the Disciples Ciiurch. She died in C.ass County\\nabout 181)0. They came to Cass County, Mich.,\\nin 1811, and settled on the farm where our subject\\nnow resides. The father was of German descent.\\nThe third in order of birth of the four children\\nborn to the above worthy couple, Byron Caster-\\nline, w.as reared and educated in his n.alive county,\\nreceiving a fair education in the common schools.\\nHe was married in 188G to Miss Anna McKay, who\\nwas born in Cass County, Mich., about 1870, and\\nis a daughter of David McKay, a resident of\\nKansas. Mr. and Mrs. Casterline s union has been\\nblessed by the liirth of three children, all bright\\nand interesting: Keatta, L^ le and Thomas J.\\nIn his political views Mr. Casterline has always\\nalliliated with the Democratic part} and his first\\nPresidential vote was cast for H. Seymour. He is\\na public-spirited citizen, active and progressive,\\nand no worth j movement is allowed to fail for\\nwant of support on his part. He has witnessed\\nthe growth of this township through all its stages\\nfrom a wild and trackless wilderness to its present\\nbeautifull}- improved and productive state. AVhile\\npublic-spirited and generous, the major part of\\nhis attention has always been paid to his farm.\\nHe owns one hundred and forty-one acres of good\\nland, located six miles northeast of the county\\nseat, and he devotes himself to general farming.\\nHe is not a member of any secret organization, but\\nhis father was a member of the Independent Or-\\nder of Odd Fellows.\\n^.^ll BUAHAM DIKFFKNUACHKU, for two-\\n(@//j|| score years a resident of his line farm of\\none hundred and eight} acres, now under\\na fine state of cultivation and well im-\\nproved with substantial and commodious buildings,\\nis one of the representative agriculturists of Csiss\\nCounty, Mich., and h.as long been a prosperous\\ncitizen of Ontwa Township. Our subject is a na-\\ntive of Northumberland Count} Pa., and was", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0365.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "366\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nborn February 4, 1814. He was the son of John\\nand Elizabeth (FoUmer) Diefifenbacher. The pu-\\nlernal grandfather, Conrad Dieffenbacher, emi-\\ngrated from the Fatherland to America in Colon-\\nial days and settled in Pennsylvania. He was a\\nman of persevering industry and energy, and was\\nprospered in his new home. After a long life of\\nbusy usefulness he passed away within the boun-\\ndaries of the Quaker Slate. He was a consistent\\nmember of the German Reformed Church, and, hap-\\npily married, reared six sons and several daugh-\\nters. The sons were Conrad, David, Henry, .lolin,\\nJacob and Abraham.\\nJohn Dieffenbacher was born in Pennsylvania,\\nJuly 13, 1771, and died aged seventy-one. He\\nwas the father of twelve cliililren, ten of whom\\nlived to maturity. Catherine Newcoraber pa.ssed\\naw.ay in Illinois; Jacob died in Pennsylvania;\\nElizabeth died in Cass County, Mich.; Susan is\\nwith lier brother; Daniel resides in Niagara Coun-\\nty, N. Y.; Abraham and Conrad were twins, and the\\nlatter died in Niagara County, N. Y.; David passed\\naway in Cass County, Mich., with our subject; John\\nis next; and Margaret Miller died in Ilarrisburgh,\\nPa. Two childicn, Leonard and .Jonathan, died in\\nyoulli. Tlie mother of our subject was also a na-\\ntive of Pennsylvania. She passed awa}- at the age\\nof seventy-two years. Slie was tlie daughter of Ja-\\ncob Follmcr, who came from Germany to the Un-\\nited Stales, and, a Christian man, was a member of\\nthe German Reformed Church. Mr. Dieffenbacher\\nwas reared on the old homestead of his parents\\nand received his education in the little subscrip-\\ntion .sc1k)o1s of those early da^ s. When twenl\\\\\\nyears old he began life for himself, working liy the\\nday and month for two years.\\nOur sul)ject later engaged in selling threshers\\nand rowers and continued in that employment\\none year, tlien going into business in Ilarrisburg.\\nHe next spent two years in Painsborough, Pa.,\\nand afterward remained at his home one year.\\nAbout 1817 he journe3 ed to Michigan by stage,\\nand first located in South Bend, where he helped\\nto make threshers for two summers, and for twelve\\nmonths was employed in Constantine. In 1850,\\nlie houglit one hundred and eight} acres, one hun-\\ndreil in Michigan and eight} in Indiana, and to\\nthis Iiomestead has devoted his faithful care, being\\nannually rewarded by an abundant harvest. For\\ntwo seasons he prolitaljly ran a thresher, and lias\\nwith thrift and ceaseless industry won his way up-\\nward, now possessing a comfortable competence.\\nHe is essentially a self-made man, and by his own\\nefforts has attained success in life. lie is a mem-\\nber of the Presbyterian Church and is liberal in its\\nsupport. Up to 1884 he was a sturdy Democrat.\\nNever an oflicer-seeker, he takes an intelligent\\ninterest in local and National affairs. One sister\\nand brother comiirise the household of Mr. Dief-\\nfenbacher. Our subject, arriving in the West in\\nthe early days, has been intimately associated with\\nthe growth and progress of his present locality\\nand is widely known and esteemed by his fellow-\\ntownsmen.\\nS^\\nE^^\\n\\\\}l^-^ ENRY S. WILLIAMSON, a successful far-\\nmer of Berrien County and the owner of a\\nwell-improved tract of land on section 35,\\nJl) Lincoln Township, was born in Dayton,\\nOhio, May 30, 1846. He is the son of Benjamin\\nWilliamson, a native of Connecticut, who removed\\nthence to Virginia in his boyhood, and at the age\\nof about twenty years located in Dayton, Ohio.\\nIn Miami County, Ohio, he was united in mariiage\\nwith Miss Mar} the daughter of Jacob Snyder,\\nand after that important event lie located in Clay\\nTownship, Montgomery County, Ohio, where he\\nfollowed farming pursuits. Finally disposing of\\nhis property, he removed to Indianapolis, Ind.,\\nabout 1850, and resided in that city until his death\\nin 1870. By trade a carpenter, he, however, was\\nprincipally engaged in agricultural operations.\\nIn the parental family there were nine children,\\nof whom four grew to maturity and are now liv-\\ning, namely: Elmira, a resident of Berrien County\\nand the wife of C. Brovvn; Hiram, who is engaged\\nill the himl)er business at Indianapolis; Susan, Mrs.\\nDavis, whose home is near Decatur, III.; and Ileniy\\nS., our suliject. The father of these children was a\\nman of prominence in the various eommunilies of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0366.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCOUD.\\n367\\nwliic li he was a resident at different periods of Iiis\\nlife. Politically a Wiii i;, lie was elected Siieriff of\\nMdntujoniery County, Ohio, and served in that le-\\nsponsihU position witii credit to himself and to\\nthe satisfaction of iiis constituents. In hi relig-\\nious convictions he wasidentillcd with tlie RletlnKl-\\nist Kpisct)pal Cliurcli, and niaintaiiied a constant in-\\nterest in religious enterprises.\\nOri iKined hy the deatii of his mother when he\\nwas one and one-half 3ears of age, tiie suhjecl of\\nthis notice was afterward taken into the home of\\nhis uncle, Elijaii Williamson, in Warren County,\\nOhio, and was there reared to manhood. He gained\\nthe rudiments of his education in the schools of\\nWarren County and afterward conducted his studies\\nin the University at Lebanon, Ohio, then known\\nas the Southwestern Normal. After having grad-\\nuated fr(^ni that institution, he engaged in teach-\\ning school at Fletcher, Ohio, and also assisted in\\nthe Normal at Lebanon.\\nComing to IMichigan in 1868, Mv. Williamson\\nlocated in Lincoln Township, and for a time taught\\nschool in Oronoko Township, Berrien County. Sub-\\nseipiently he became superintendent for A. L.\\nPutnam in the lumber business and lilh^d this posi-\\ntion for three years, after which he embarked in\\nfruit farming. Jn 1876 he located on the farm\\nwhere he still resides, a place consisting of eighty\\nacres, sixty of whicli are highly improved and in\\na good state of cultivation. In addition to gen-\\neral farming he. makes a specialty of stock-raising,\\nand has a number of fine horses and cattle on his\\nfarm. In the former, his favorites are the Mor-\\ngans and Hamblelonians, and he breeds principally\\nroadsters. One of his stallions has gained a con-\\nsiderable local reputation. This is .Jim Blaine,\\nUie son of Thomas .leffer.son, the dam being a\\nMorgan marc, and one of the finest horses in\\nsouthwestern Michigan.\\nAugust 22, 1860, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nWilliamson to Miss Thcressa E., daughter of Gould\\nParrish. This accomplished lady was born in Ber-\\nrien County, and was educated in the schools here\\nand at South Bend, Ind. For a time prior to her\\nmarriage she eng.aged in teaching in this county\\nand was very successful as an instructor. Mr. and\\nMrs. Williamson are the parents of two children,\\nMabel A. and Lillian M., both of whom are at\\nhome. In his political belief, Mr. Williamson is a\\nProhibitionist, anil is one of the leaders of the\\nparty in the townshi|). His wife and daughters\\nare active members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and take an especial interest in the work\\nof the Sundaj-school.\\n1^ IRAM FINNKY,an energetic and successful\\n\\\\j farmer, owns a highly improved homestead\\nof ninety acres, pleasantly located upon\\nsection 10, (ialien Township, Berrien Coun-\\nty, Mich. Our subject was the son of .lames .and\\nSarah (Mj ers) Finney, and was born in Holmes\\nCounty, Ohio, in 1815. James Finney was a na-\\ntive of Pennsylvania, and was probalily reared on\\na farm. He received a good common-school edu-\\ncation and faithfully prepared himself for a teach-\\ner, following the profession of an instructor for a\\nnumber of years. He also .acquired the trade\\nof shoemaking, but devoted the latter part of his\\nlife entirely to the pursuit of agriculture, residing\\nin Ohio, where he owned a small fruit farm. He\\nwas married in the old (Jiiaker State, being un-\\nited in wedlock with Miss Sarah, daughter of Jacob\\nMyers, his wife also having been born in Pennsyl-\\nvania.\\nThe eight children who clustered about the\\nold home were: James, Daniel, Alexander, George,\\nIsaiah (deceased), Hiram (our subject), Catherine,\\nand Louisa (deceased). The father and mother\\nwere devout members of the Presbyterian Church.\\nIn political afliliations, James Finney was a sturdy\\nDemocrat and an ardent advocate of the part3-.\\nAfter a life of busy usefulness he passed away in\\n1861). His estimable wife survived him several\\nyears. When our subject was a lad of thirteen he\\nbegan life for himself, and has self-reliantly\\nfought his way upward unaided. He first worked\\non a farm, receiving ^8 per month, and continued\\n111 the employ of others until his marriage. The\\nlady whom he made his wife was Miss Mary L.\\nZigler, daughter of James and Sarah (Wade) Zig-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0367.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "368\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nler. Tlie home was blessed witli four cliildren,\\nthree of whom, two daughters and m sou, arc\\nj et living. Elmer E. is the eldest; Anna M. is\\nnext in order of birth; Rebecca is tiio youngest;\\nand a twin of Elmer died in infanc}\\nMr. Finney was but eighteen years of age when\\nhe emigrated to the farther West and located in\\nSt. Joseph County, Ind. In his nevv home he\\nmade the acquaintance of his future wife and was\\nmarried. After his marriage our subject rented\\nland and gave his entire time to agricultural pur-\\nsuits. Having spent about seven 3^ears in the\\nState of Indiana, he decided to make a change, and\\nwith his family located in Michigan, settling in\\nBerrien County in 1870. From that period of\\ntime he has been a constant resident of the county,\\naltiiough it has been only a few years since he\\npurciiased his farm of ninety acres and removed\\nhither. Sixty acres were well improved when\\nMr. Finney bought the farm. The thirty acres of\\ntimber he has since cleared. Aside from the pur-\\nsuit of general agriculture, he has profitably\\nliandled a high grade of draft horses, some of the\\nbest in this part of the State. Our subject is act-\\nively interested in public affairs, and is politically\\na Democrat. He h.as no desire for political pro-\\nmotion and although requested to become High-\\nway Commissioner refused to accept the position.\\n/i^ HARLES TIETSORT, a prosperous agricul-\\n(li n is of Cass County, residing on section\\n2o, La Grange Township, was born in the\\nvillage of Cassopolis, this county, April 9, 1843.\\nThe lamily of which he is a worthy representative\\noriginated in Holland and the name was formerly\\nspelled Tietsworth. The first of the name who\\nemigrated to the United States had a son Peter,\\nwho was born in New Jersey in 1744, and died in\\nButler County, Ohio, in 1831. His life occupation\\nwas tliat of a farmer. In New Jersey he married\\na Miss Huff, and when his son Abraham was a\\nyoung MKin he removed to Kentucky, wliere he re-\\nmained for a few years, and thence went to Butler\\nCounty, Ohio. Politically, he was a Democrat and\\na strong anti-slavery man. He and his wife reared\\nthe following children: Cornelius; Catherine, the\\nwife of Frederick Reed; Peter, Jr.; Elizabeth, who\\nmarried Isaac Thompson; and Abraham.\\nThe grandfather of our subject, Abraham Tiet-\\nsort, vvas born in New Jersey in 1777 and was reared\\nto maniiood in that State. His education was re-\\nceived in tiie common schools, and being fond of\\nreading lie became a very apt scholar for the time\\nin whicli lie lived. Accompan3ing his parents to\\nKentuck}-, he there married, February 14, 1802,\\nMiss Margaret, the daughter of Henry Banta, and\\na native of Kentucky, having been born there on\\nthe 6th of January, 1784. The year following his\\nmarriage Abraham Tietsort moved to Butler\\nCounty, Ohio, and entered Government land\\ntwenty-eight miles from the present site of Cincin-\\nnati, which then was not even a village.\\nIn 1828 Grandfather Tietsort migrated to Mic^h-\\nigan and settled at Nilcs, but about one j ear af-\\nterward came to Cass County, entering land near\\nwhere Cassopolis now stands. His eldest son entered\\nabout one-half the land occupied by the present\\nsite of the village. This pioneer famiij being of\\nlimited means, brouglit all their earthly effects witli\\nthem in wagons from Ohio and in this new coun-\\ntiy endured all the hardships incident to frontier\\nlife. Abraham Tietsort was a man of irreproach-\\nable character, charitable to those in need and len-\\nient in disposition. In his religious belief he was\\na Universalist and was a close student of tlie P ible.\\nHis political views were in harmony with the Dem-\\nocratic partv. Socially, he was a member of the\\nMasonic fraternity and was present at the organ-\\nization of the Niles lodge, which was one of the\\nfirst in western Michigan. Although not an oltice-\\nseeker, lie was frequently called upon to (ill differ-\\nent positions in the township and county.\\nAbraham and Margaret Tietsort had a family of\\nsix children, namely: Abraham, Jr.; Catherine, tlie\\nwife of Washington Reed; Levi, Henry, Cornelius\\nB. (father of our subject) and Squire, all of them\\nbeing now deceased witli the exception of Henry.\\nThe first home of tliis pioneer family in Cass\\nCount} w.as of a very modest kind, being con-\\nstructed of round logs, with a puiirlieon tloor and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0368.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lUOGRAPHlCAL RECORD,\\n360\\nstick chimnfty. wliile llie dimensions of the struc-\\nture were only l^txU) fi ct. Oil tliuir Ui|) to IMiuli-\\nignn tiierc w:is not a siufj^le lioiise on llie road bt;-\\ntivecn Ft. Wayne and Klkiiart, Ind., where niay\\nnow lie seen Ihiiviui;- villages and finely-improved\\nfaims. Father and sons labored to build upaconi-\\nfortiible home, and lived to enjo^ to some extent\\nthe fruits of their labors. Grandfather Tietsort\\nwas a patriotic; ni.ui and served in tlie War of 1812,\\nwhile his eldest son look an active jiart in the\\nI .laek Hawk War.\\nCornelius 15. Tietsort, father of our subject, was\\nl)orn in Butler County, Ohio, January 24, 1820.\\nAt the age of eight years he accompanied his par-\\nents to Michigan, where he grew to manhood in\\nthe wild country with the children of savage\\nIndnms for his only playmates. Through his wide\\ni-ange of reading he acquired a general knowledge\\nof the world and its histoi y, though his education\\nwas limited to the rudest of the early schools of a\\nnipw cuuntry. In his youth he learned the trade\\nof cari)enter and joiner, which he followed during\\nthe greater ijart of his life in connection witii his\\nfarming pursuits.\\nThe marriage of Cornelius 15. Tietsort to Eliza-\\nlielh .McKnterfer was solemnized in 1840. Mrs.\\nTietsort was born in Wayne County, Ohio, .Janu-\\nary 7, 1823, and was six years old when she accom-\\npanied her parents, .Jacob and Catherine (Fisher)\\nMcKnterfer, to Michigan, settling in White Pigeon.\\nThe union of Cornelius 15. and Elizabeth Tiet.sort\\nwas blessed by the Ijirtli of three children: Charles.\\nSatiah and Frank the daughter became Mrs. Charles\\n15erry, but is now deceased. Socially, the father\\nwas identilietl with the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows at Cassopolis, and in his political belief he\\nwas a stanch Democrat. After iiis marriage he\\nresided for two years on a farm in .St. Joseph\\nCounty, Mich., whence he returned to Cass County\\nand remained there until his death, which occurred\\n.Vpril 22, 1870. His wife survived him a score of\\nyears, passing away April 21. I8!I0.\\nThe education of_ our subject was received in the\\n,s( hools of Cassopolis, and at the age of twenty-one\\nhe and his brother assumed the management of the\\nhome farm, whicii they operated for a number of\\nyears together. He is the owner of eighty acres of\\nhiglily-cultivated and finely-improved land, lying\\njust outside of the corporate limits of the village\\nof Cassopolis. As a farmer, he brings to the culti-\\nvation of the land his energies and abilities, and as\\na result of his efforts he has accumulated a compe-\\ntency and gained a position among the foremost\\nagriculturists of the county. A Democrat in his\\nl)olitical connections, he has been chosen to repre-\\nsent his party in numerous county conventions, and\\nhas rendered etfieient service in whatever position\\nhe has been called to occupy.\\n1\\n^D^^ll\\nHARLES H. FRENCH, an enterprising gen-\\nii! eral agriculturist, handles some highly-bred\\nstock upon his fine homestead located on\\nsection 1. 15ertrand Townshii), 15errien Couiity,\\n]Mich., and owns one of the most atlraclive farm-\\ning [Hoperties in this part of the county. A\\nnumber of valuable horses are housed on the old\\nfarm, whose large acreage, brought up to a highly\\nproductive state, is also improved b^- excellent\\nbuildings, a handsome and commodious house, and\\ncapacious and substantial barns. Our subject was\\nborn in Onondaga County, N. V., October 11,\\n18.jl. His father, Samuel French, was a native of\\nHague, N. Y., and was reaied and educated in\\nhis birthpl.-ice. Trained in the daily routine of\\nagricultural life from his boyhood, he attained\\nmanhood self-reliant and energetic, and entered\\nwith resolution into the tilling of the soil upon\\nhis own account. He married comparatively early\\nin life, and with his wife located near 15orodino\\nupon a farm. After due consideration the father\\nand mother resolved to make their home in the\\nWest, and in 18.j4 with their family joiirii(;\\\\ id to\\nMichigan and settled in lierrieu County, upon the\\none hundred and lifly-(ive acre farm where our\\nsubject now resides.\\nFinanci.ally prospered in his Western home,\\nSamuel French added to his original piiielia.se,\\nuntil at the time of his death the homcslead con-\\ntained three hundred and si x ty-.se ven acres of vaU\\nliable laud. Tlie father was a thoroughly (iractical", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0369.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "370\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfarmer and his ventures in stock resulted profit-\\nal)ly. He was never a politician in the common\\nacceptation of the term, but was actively interested\\nin local and national issues and voted the Repub-\\nlican ticket. He was a member of the Presbyte-\\nrian CHiurch in IJuehanan Township from its organ-\\nization in 18.57, was an Elder all that time, and\\nliberally assisted in its support and the extension\\nof its good work. He was one of the prominent\\nmembers of the County Grange, and was identilied\\nwith numerous progressive enterprises and partic-\\nipated in all matters of public welfare. He died\\nmourned bj man}- friends with whom he had\\nfraternally associated almost two-score years, pass-\\ning to his rest February 7, 1892. He was in-\\nterred in the presence of a large congregation in\\nthe Howe Cemetery. The paternal grandfatlier,\\nTitus F rencli, was like his immediate descendants\\na native of the Empire State. A farmer bj occu-\\npation, he courageously shouldered a gun in the\\nhour of need and served in the War of 1812.\\nThe mother of t ur subject, Sarah (Uliss) French,\\nwas born in New York and died at fifty-seven\\nvears of age. Her father was born in f ngland\\nand emigrated to America when a young man.\\nThe father and mother of Charles II. French were\\nthe parents of seven children, three daughters and\\nfour sons. The eldest and youngest child died in\\ninfancy. f)ur subject was the sixth child and the\\nfourth son, and accompanied his parents to Mich-\\nigan when a little child two years of age. He\\nattended the district schools of Buchanan Town-\\nsliii), and when old enough began to assist ujjon\\nthe farm. He remained with his father and mother\\nuntil his marriage to Miss vSarah H. Geyer, October\\n18, 1876. The bride wiis a native of Indiana. Iin-\\nniediately following the wedding, our subject and\\nhis estimable wife made their home in Bertrand\\nTownship, Berrien County. Mrs. Sarah H. French\\ndid not survive her marriage many years, but lived\\nto become the mother of three children Carson G.,\\nStella May and Charles F. A second time Mr.\\nFrench entered matrimonial bonds, his jJiesentwife\\nhaving been Miss Lucy A. Feather, daughter of\\n.1. H.and Luc} (liachtel) Feather. Mrs. French was\\nborn in Oronoko Township, Berrien County, Mich.\\nBy his second wife (uir subject has no children.\\nThe valuable homestead was materially i.mproved\\nin 1877 by the erection of the modern residence,\\nwhich cost $.3,000. With the exception of six\\nacres of attractive woodland, the entire farm of\\ntwo liundred and fifty-eight acres is all finely cul-\\ntivated and highly productive. Mr. French, like\\nhis honored father, alliliates with the Republican\\njiarty. He is liberal and progressive in his ideas\\nand fully appreciates the obligations entailed upon\\nall loyal American citizens.\\ni* J I I |l in\\nI I ^-a..\\nWILLIAM SHLILT/.. Ttie\\nAmerica, and especially\\ntier of States, is notable f\\nILLIAM SHULTZ. The farming class of\\nof the Northern\\nfor the degree of\\nintelligence that is possessed by its representa-\\ntives. William Shullz belonged to one of the most\\nprogressive of families, and is proud of the fact\\nthat his father was one of those fast disajjpearing\\nlandmarks of the heroic past, an earlj pioneer. i\\\\Ir.\\nShultz is a native of this county, born on the 7th\\nof February, 1843, and here he has |iassed almost\\nhis entire life. He is one of those thrifty and\\nenergetic farmers for which Berrien County has\\nbecome well known, and in the conduct of his af-\\nfairs has shown good judgment and lousiness fore-\\nsight.\\nHe was the youngest of a family of three chil-\\ndren born to John G. and Elizabeth (Storick)\\nShultz, natives respectively of Maryland and Penn-\\nsylvania. The father came to this State in 1835,\\nwhen a young man, and the Storick family made\\ntheir advent into this section about the same time.\\nThe parents were married in Berrien County in\\n1836. As Mr. Shultz had about *20() on coming\\nto this county, he invested it in the butchering\\nbusiness, but this did not prove a paying invest-\\nment. For one j ear after this he drove a team\\nfor Pit Brown, who kept a tavern in what is now\\nBerrien Springs, when the town was under the hill.\\nHis next move was to enter eighty acres of land in\\nthis township, where G. N. Parkton now re-\\nsides, .and the same year he entered the old Shultz\\nhomestead. The Indians were then quite numer-\\nous but friendly, and the wood abounded in game.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0370.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n371\\nFor five years Indians made sugar on the eighty-\\nacre tract, jiiiil lie llii ii licgaii clearing it (if tlic\\nlicavv timber witli whicli it was covered. At the\\nend of tliree or four years ho entered eiglity acres\\nmore adjoining, and still l.-iter purchased one liun-\\ndiid and eiglilcen acres also adjoining, wliicli was\\nslightly improved. P\\\\)llowing this, lie lioiight one\\nhundred and twenty acres for his son-in-law, Byron\\nI ennell, and during the war he |)urcliased and\\ngave his son-in-law Amos Painter one hundred\\nand sixty acres, all of which was accumul;ited by\\nthe thrift and enterprise of ]\\\\Ir. Sliultz from lls. iK\\nto lt t)l. At the lime of his death, which occurred\\nin August, IH.ss, he had one hundred and lifteen\\nacres of the home place under an excellent state\\nof cultivation. llis first resick nce in the wilder-\\nness was a log house, with rough board Mooring\\nand one window and one door. Later he liad a\\ninati lied lloor put in, and then a iirick chimney.\\nIn 18. )2 he erected a good frame barn, and soon\\nafter a two-story frame dwelling, tlie latter costing\\naliout ^2,; 0 as everything was dressed by iiand.\\nThis residence still stands and is in a good state of\\npreservation.\\nMr. Shultz built his next residence in 188(1, a\\ntwo-story brick of twelve rooms. The brick was\\npurchased in Cass County-, Mich., and hauled with\\nteams to the farm. Tins liou.se cost $1,(100. At\\nthe time of his death Mr. Shultz was worth from\\n-T!lS,(lllO to *20,(I00 after giving each of his chil-\\ndren from one hundred and twenty to one hun-\\ndred and ninety-four acres of land. All of this\\nwas the result of great industry and good ninn-\\nagenient on his part, for he was strictly a self-\\nmade man. His chihlren were as follows: Mrs.\\nHarriet i ainter, wife ot Amos Painter; S.arah, wife\\nof Byron Pennell; and William, our subject. Mr.\\nShultz was seventj -nine years of age at the time\\nof his death; and his wife, who died the same year,\\nwas eighty-eight years of age, nearly ten years\\nolder than her husband. Many years previous to\\nhis death Mr. Shultz attached himself to the Pres-\\nbyterian Church, and for twelve years previous to\\nher death Mrs. Shultz was a member of the Dunk-\\nard Church. No better citizens made their homes\\nin the county.\\nThe youthful da^s of our subject were pas,sed in\\nperforming duties on the farm and in attending\\nthe common school, where lie receive l a fair edu-\\ncation. He labored on his father s farm until\\ntwenty-four years of age and then, in 1871, was\\nmarried to Miss Annie Wilson, a native of Berrien\\nCounty, and the daughter of Ezra 1). and Pluebc\\nA. (VanVlear) Wilson, of Ca.ss County, Mich.\\nOur subject purcliased the old homestead in 1891,\\nfor $1 1,000. and now has two hundred and fifty-\\neight acres of excellent land, with one hundred\\nand twenty-live acres under cultivation. He has\\nmade a number of minor im])roveiiieiits on the\\nhome |)lace, aiid is a thoroughly practical farmer.\\nHis marriage was blessed by the birth of four chil-\\ndren: Roscoe, who died in infancy; Walter; M rtle\\nand Bertha. Walter was married in 18l 2 to Miss\\nLydin llariier. Politically Mr. Shultz is a Denio-\\ncr.at, as was his father before him.\\n:aC()B IMHOKF, an influential real-estate\\nowner of Buchanan, was born in Perry\\nCounty. Pa., October 15, 1851. His father,\\nBenjamin, was also a native of that county\\nand was a descendant of (ierman ancestiy. An\\nhonorable, upright man, he was prtiminent in his\\nneighborhood and followed the trade of a cabinet-\\nmaker. The mother of our subject, who was also\\nborn in the Keystone State, bore the maiden name\\nof Susanna Halman, and was the descendant of a\\nlong line of prominent and successful business and\\nprofessional men.\\nThe sixth among eleven children, our sul)ject\\nwas early obliged to aid in the support of the fam-\\nily, and had few of the educational advantag s\\nwhich fall to the lot of most boys. Starting out\\nfor himself at the age of eighteen years, he winie\\nto Michigan, and arrived in Bertrand Town.sliip,\\nBerrien Count}- with only 85. Notwithstanding\\nhis povertj-, he was hopeful and self-reliant, aiul\\nas he possessed an abundance of energy and de-\\ntermination it w.as not long before success crowned\\nhis exertions. For four years he was employed on\\na farm belonging to William R. Rough, receiving", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0371.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "372\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\na salary of 119 per month for the first year, but\\nonly fl7 a month during the last three years.\\nGoing West, he invested 1500, which he had\\nsaved from his sahir}-, in land located in the Hig\\nUlue Valley, and it was in thai way that he se-\\nemed his start in life.\\nU|)on returning to Michigan, Mr. Iiuhoff made\\nhis home with Mr. Rough until his marriage.\\nI liis important event oecurreil March 9, 1876. and\\nunited him with Miss Mary C. Ulsh, who was born\\n111 Perry County, Pa., the daughter of George and\\nSusannah (Cauftman) Ulsh. During 1876 Mr.\\nImhoff located in the village of Huchanan, where\\nhe accepted a position as clerk in the mercantile\\ncstablishinentof the Berrien County Co-Operative\\nAssociation. Afterward with Rough Bros., he\\nformed a partnersiiip in the hardware business and\\ncontinued in that connection for a period of six\\nyears, when, selling out liis interest in that store,\\nhe embarked in tiie lumber and sawmill business.\\nThis enterprise luis grown from its inception until\\nthe present time, and from lifteen thousand to\\ntwenty-five thousand feet of lumber arc turned\\nout daily. In addition to his other enterprises,\\nMr. Imlioff was for a time in tiie boot and shoe\\nbusiness at Buchanan.\\nMr. Imhoff s property interests are extensive\\nand valuable. He owns two business blocks, the\\npostottiee building and the store across from Ho-\\ntel Earl. In Galien Townshi|) he owns two hun-\\ndred and sixty .acres, coiislituling a well-improved\\nfarm, and embellished with a substantial new resi-\\ndence and good outbuildings. The linn of Peck\\nA Imlioff owns more than twent3 -eighl hundred\\nacres of land in Missouri, where Mr. Imhoff s saw-\\nmill is located. He has erected in Buchanan ten\\nresidences, which he has sold on the installment\\nplan of payment. The residence on DetroitStreet\\nwhich he now occupies was erected in 1884 at a\\ncost of *3,700.\\nFour children have blessed the union of Mr. and\\nMrs. Imhoff, namely: William B., Mary A., Cora\\nM. and George E. In regard to social relations\\nMr. Imhoff is a Mason, belonging to Blue Lodge\\nNo. 68, the Chapter and Commaudery at Niles.\\nHe is also .actively connected with the Ancient\\nOrder of United Workuieu, holding membership\\nwith the lodge at Buchanan. Politically, he is a\\nDemocrat. A member of the Evangelical Associa-\\ntion, he aided in the building of the church here\\nand has served as its Trustee for some time.\\n_^. SAPII WOODRUFF, a representative pio-\\nWlLi\\\\\\\\ neer settler of Berrien County, Mich., lo-\\ncating ill Bainbridge Township in 1838,\\nhas during these many years been closely\\nidentified with the history and progressive inter-\\nests of his home locality and has with able fidelity\\ndischarged the duties of public ollice, serving for\\na number of continuous terms .as Treasurer of the\\ntownship. Mr. Woodruff is a native of Bix ome\\nCounty, N. Y., and, born in the year 1823, was but\\na lad when with his parents he emigrated in 1838\\nto the then far West and settled in the wilder-\\nness of Michigan. His father and mother, Levi\\nand Sophia (Spaulding) Woodruff were of New\\nEngland birth, the father having been born in\\nConnecticut, and the mother in Vermont. The pa-\\nternal grandfather, Philo Woodruff, was undoubt-\\nedly a native of Connecticut, but the family are\\nof Welsh descent, three brothers, David. Simeon\\nand Philo, emigrating from Wales to America in\\nthe early Colonial days. They settled in Litchfield,\\nConn., and in their new home the brothers changed\\nthe name of Forester, which they had borne in\\nWales, to that of Woodruff.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, Philo\\nWoodruff, a true patriot, served with courage and\\ndistinction in the War of the Revolution, and was\\nwit^i Washington vvhen Burgoyne surrendered,\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(yvious to his marri.age with the mother of our\\nsubject, the father had wedded Miss Lois Rossiter,\\nwho lived to become the mother of six children:\\nNewton, Philo, Morgan, David, jiarriet and Mor-\\ngan. Asaph Woodruff was the eldest child of Sophia\\n(Spaulding) Woodruff, and following him came\\nSimeon, Lois, and Henry, now a resident of Water-\\nvliet. Having attained to manhood, our subject\\nw.as in 1859 united in mairiage with Miss Sarah\\nWoodruff, a native of St. -Joseph County, and a", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0372.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0373.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0374.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n375\\nrI:uiir|iU i (if Willi.iiii WoodrufF, born in Litelifield,\\nCniiii.. lull l.-iU i :i |ii(iiH (if IMicliigaii, locatinj^ in\\nl.s;!l ill llic stale. .Mr. and Mrs. Asaph WoodrutT\\nlesidiMl ii|i(in Uiu old l?ainl)rldij;e Townsiii|) liorne-\\nsUad iinlil IMMiS, wlini liiey removed to IJenton\\nTownship, and selUed upon llieir tine farm, me\\nami a-iialf miles from Kenton Harbor. Four sons\\nand a daui^iiter blessed tlie honu William, a res-\\nident of Noifolk, Neb.; Robert; Daisy; John, a\\nixjsident of Oiesjon; and Ralph, who died in in-\\nfancy.\\nOur sulijeel, with enerijjetie industry and nativi^\\naliility, steadily winninij; his way upward, met and\\novercame many trials and privations incidental to\\npioneer days. Associated with all [)ublic movements\\nof his locality, he voted at the lirst election of the\\ntownship, and is, as have been all his people since\\nthe formation of the party, a stanch Republican.\\nA lirotlier, Newton Woodruff, served one term in\\nthe Legislature, as did his son A. N., of Watervliet.\\nAside from his ollice as Treasurer, our subject has\\nheld other positions of trust, and for fifl3-live\\nyears has been a leadiiif^ factor in the develop-\\nment and growth of enterprise in lierrien County,\\nlie and his entire family contribute to the main-\\ntenance of relijiious organizations. Mr. Woodruff\\nis a believer in the tenets of llie Swedenborgian\\nChiiieli, but not a member, and his wife is a valued\\nlaborer in the Congregational Church, and both are\\nactive in good works. Possessing a wide accpiaint-\\nance, their lives have been crowned with the high\\nregard of all who know them, and in the evening\\nof their days they may with iileasure review the\\nmemories of their well-spent lives.\\nv-VNIEl, LYLK. Of the many citizens who\\nhave a lded to the fame of Dowagiae, per-\\nhai)s none has gained a reputation more\\nenvial le or a position more renowned than the\\ngentleman with whose name this sketch is intro-\\nduced and who was for many years one of the most\\neminent men of Cass County. .Mr. Lyle was born\\nin Cornwall County, Kngland, .July 2;j, 18;S(J, and\\nwas the son of .lolui and Mary (Marshall) Lyle.\\n1\u00c2\u00ab\\nHis father came to America in 1832 and for about\\nfour years thereafter made his home in York Mills,\\nN. V. In 1831! he came to Michigan and luitered\\nland of the (Joverninent near Paw Paw, becoming\\none of the pioneers of Van Buren County, and con-\\ndueting farming pursuits for many years. Retir-\\ning from active business in IHoS, he removed to\\nthe vill.age of Paw Paw, dying .-it the home of\\nhis daughter, Mrs. Russel Parker, December 1,\\n1869, aged seventy-six years. His wife died .lan-\\nuary 2;5, 1877, at the age of eighty-two years. By\\nindustry and perseverance he succeeded in ac-\\ncumulating considerable pro|)erty, and w;is num-\\nbered among the prosperous farmers of the county.\\nOf his eleven children, one died prior to the\\nemigration of the family to America. Ten grew\\nto manhood and womanhood, and seven are still\\nliving.\\nA child of two years when his father emigrated\\nto America, Daniel Lyle grew to manhood on his\\nfather s farm in Van Buren County and received\\nhis education in the old log schoolhoii.se near Paw\\nPaw. At the age of twenty-one he was ap|)rcn-\\nticed to learn the trade of a harnessmaker, at\\nwhich he worked both in Schoolcraft and Kala-\\nmazoo. About 185. i he came to Dowagiae and\\nembarked in business as a harness manufacturer.\\nOn the 22d of Deceml)er, 18r).{, he married Miss\\nMary K., daughter of A lani Michael, a native of\\n(Jhio, who moved thence al)oiit 18;50 and lirst .set-\\ntled in Pokagon Townshi|), Cass County. From\\nthat township he removed to Berrien Township,\\nBerrien County, where he entered land of the (Jov-\\nerninent and established a [)le:isant home. He had\\na family of nine children, three sons and six daugh-\\nters, and of the number six are now living. Adam\\nMichael passed awa} in August, 1838, and his wife\\ndied in 1854. Mrs. Lj le was born January 2,\\n183(1, and was reared on the old homestead in\\nBerrien County.\\nA short time after coming to Dowagiae, Mr.\\nLyle added to his harness business a stock of l)oots\\nand shoes and conducted a protitable trade in part-\\nnership with his brother George. In 1865, in\\npartnership with .loseph Rogers, he est^iblished the\\nLyle iV Rogers Bank, which enjoyed the distincr\\ntioii of being the lirst bank ever established in", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0375.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "376\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nDowagiac. Between the years 1865 and 186D the\\nFust National Ikiuk had been organized, and vii)on\\nthe dissolution of the liiin of Lyle iV Rogers, in the\\nhist-named year, Mr. Lyle liouglit out the First\\nNational I ank and o[)erated it until its charter\\nexpired, in 1883. It then became a private bank\\nand was operated as such under the name of D.\\nLyle vfe Co. until the death of Mr. Lyle, which\\noccurred January 1.3, 1887.\\nVariousother [irominent enterprises in Dowagiac\\nreceived the cordial sujiiiort of Mr. Lyle. He was\\nTieasurer of the village from 1861 to 1863, and\\nPresident from 1863 to 1865, also one of the Di-\\nrectors of the Ladies Library Association and a\\nstrong suppc rter of the same. lie was a member\\nof the firm of Dewey, Defendorf it Lyle, the\\nleading dry-goods lirm in Dowagiac. For twenty-\\none years he served as Treasurer of the Board of\\nEducation, and he was also one of the organizers\\nand the first President of tlie Union Fair Associa-\\ntion. He was a stockholdei- in the Dowagiac\\nManufacturing Company, organized in 1881 for the\\nmanufacture of grain drills, etc., and wasTreasurer\\nof the company from the lime of its organization\\nuntd his death. In his religious connections, he\\nwas identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand was a Trustee in that denomination over\\ntwenty years and a liberal contributor to its sup-\\nport. He served for many years as a Director of\\nthe Paw Paw Savings Bank. His landetl posses-\\nsions were extensive, including two hundred and\\nforty acres in Keeler Township, Van I .uren County,\\nas well as eight hundred acres in Dakota. He was\\na member of the firm of Lyle, Fulton it Palmer,\\noperators of the woolen mill at La Grange, this\\ncounty.\\nIn every sense of the word, Daniel Lyle was a\\nself-made man. He started in life poor, but by\\nhard work and perseverance he became one of the\\nmost prominent men in western Michigan. In\\npolitics he was a Democrat and was the recipient\\nof many honors from the leaders of the party. At\\nhis death he left two children, Frank and C. Eugene,\\nboth of whom are represented elsewhere in this\\nvolume, and who are among the leading business\\nmen of Dowagi.ac. At the death of a brother and\\nhis wife, our subject took their daughter M.\\nAnna into his family, where she has since made her\\nhome. In 1878, in company with Mr. Keith, vf\\nChicago, and Mr. Studebaker, of Indiana, Mr. Lyle\\nvisited the place of his birth in England and spent\\nseveral months traveling through Great Biitain\\nand the continent.\\nHis parents being in humble circumstances.\\nDaniel Lyle started in life with no fortune save\\nhis industry and uncompromising integrity-. His\\nhabits were his friends. He had su[)erior judg-\\nment and a rare knowledge of human nature. He\\nwas very kind in all the relations of life, and com-\\nmanded the confidence of all just men. As a\\ncitizen he was on the right side of all moral ques-\\ntions and gave his induence toward the suppression\\nof intemperance and every form of vice. He was\\nof pure life, unostentatious and modest in :di he\\ndid. Asa neighbor he was kind and obliging, and\\nas a friend he was considerate and faithful. Re-\\nmembering his own early struggles, he was ever\\nready to give a helping hand from his abundant\\nmeans to worthy young men trying to get a foot-\\nhold in tlie business world, and many there .nre\\nto-day who can trace their success to his timely\\naid. He was a genial companion, and will ever\\nbe remembered by those who were his intimate\\npersonal friends. He was a Christian gentleman,\\nbroad and catholic in his views. Although he left a\\nlarge fortune, made by his own industry and good\\njudgment, he left what is still better, the legacy\\nof a well-spent life and untarnished reputation.\\nANIEL HARRIS came to Berrien County,\\nMich., in 1853, and w.as one of the true\\npatriots who yielded up their lives in their\\ncountry s service dining tiie Civil War.\\nMr. Harris was born in Vermont in 1833 and was\\na son of Eseec and Prudy (Pratt) Harris. The\\nfather of our subject was a farmer of the Green\\nMountain State, and amid the rugged hills the son\\ngrew to manhood, attending the nearest district\\nschool and assisting with the agricultural cares of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0376.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n377\\nthe Iiomestciid. Mr. Harris remained with his\\nparciil.-i until iii;lileen ycar-s of age and llicn\\niMiii^lit his tiiiu of liis father, tfivinir him foi the\\nnext three years pieeimis labor ^KMl. Our sub-\\nject heyaii life for hiinsoif by workini^ out by tlie\\ninoiith for one year. When oni^ nineteen years\\nold he rented his father s farm, and a tweivemontii\\nlater entered into tlie bonds of matrimony.\\n.\\\\fter his niarriaye i\\\\Ir. Harris learned the blaek-\\nsniitli trade and coniliined blaci sniithinf^ and\\nf.arniini;. in i)eeeml)er of 18/)3 he emigrated to\\nMichigan and. arriving in lierrien County, selected\\n(fallen rovvnshi|i as his future home. He at f)nce\\nlocated on the farm now owned by hi.s widow.\\nThe homestead contained forty .acres of fertile and\\nvaluable land, and after taking possession of it\\nour subject devoted himself entirely to the tilling\\nof the soil. He was a thoroughly ujiriglit man\\nand a member of the Christian Church. Politically,\\nhe was a Republican.\\nIn 181)2, Daniel Harris enlisted in Company G,\\nTwenty-sixth Michigan Infantry, and with his reg-\\niment was immediately forwarded to the seat of\\nwar. Upon the battlefield of Petersburgh, in\\nAugust, he was captured by the enemy and carried\\nto Libby Prison, where he remained but a short\\ntime, being removed thence to Andersonvillc\\nPrison, in which he died after enduring terrible\\nsuffering, caused mainly by starvation. Thus\\npa.ssed awa3 a noble and courageous man, a true\\nAmerican citizen.\\nThe maiden name of the widow of our subject\\nw!is Lydia Yaw. This estimable lady w.as born in\\nBerkshire County, Mass., in 183G. Her parents were\\nPardon and Sylvia (Bliss) Yaw. The paternal\\ngrandfather of Mrs. Harris was Moses Yaw, a rep-\\nresentative Vermont farmer, whose wife was Lydia\\n.lones. Pardon Yaw was born on the old Green\\nMountain homestead in 17i)l. He was reared on\\nthe farm and carefullv trained in all the various\\nduties of .agriculture. He also followed the car-\\npenter s trade and grew up to manhood a self-reli-\\nant and energetic man, well fitted to make his way\\nin life. In religious belief he was broad in his\\nviews and was a memlter of the I niversalist\\nChureli. He was a strong .lauksonian Democrat,\\nand ably defended his political convictions with\\nsound argument. He married in early life and\\nafterward made his home in M.ossachusetts, but\\nfinally returned to his native State. He died in\\nISou, deeply mourned by lifetime friends and ac-\\nquaintances. The maternal great-grandfather was\\n.Iac:ob Bliss, his wife being Bethiah Brown. Rlr.s.\\nHarris was one of twenty children, sixteen of\\nwlioin survived to mature years. There were\\nneither twins nor triplets in the famli3 and all the\\nsons and daughters throve under the fostering care\\nof their devoted mother. Mrs. Harris was reared\\non the farm and received her education in the\\nschool of the district. Her oi)portunities for study\\nwere ended at thirteen and at sixteen she married.\\nShe has three children left by the husband whose\\nmemory is revered and honored by his son and\\ndaughters. Seymour B. is the eldest-lx)rn; Pru-\\ndey L. is the wife of Hugh B. Hunter; Emily is\\nmarried to John A. Hunter. Mrs. Hugh B. Hunter\\nhas five children: Lola V., Lloyd, George, How-\\nard, and a baby not named. Mrs. .John A. Hunter\\nhas one son, Harvey B. Mrs. Harris is a prominent\\nmember of the Disciples Church and with her\\nfamily occupies a position of usefulness and inllu-\\nence.\\n^-^l\\nS]\\nJOHN H. STUMP, a representative farmer\\nand suc(!essfiil horticulturist, widely known\\nand universally respected for his sterling\\nintegrity and excellent business qualifica-\\ncations, has for thirty-eight years been intimately\\n.associated with the upward growth and history of\\nBerrien County, Mich., and for this length of time\\nhas been a resident of his fine farm located upon\\nsection 1, Sodus Township. Our subject, a native\\nof Ohio, was Ixirn in Stark County May 3, 1810.\\nThe paternal grandfather, Nicholas .Stump, a man\\nof physical endurance, ability and enterprise, was\\namong the prominent citizens of Stark County,\\nwhere the father of our subject, .John Stump, was\\nlikewise born, November 22, 180;i. The paternal\\ngreat-grandfather emigrated to this country from\\nHolland in the early part of the eigiiteenth cen-\\ntury, and, a mere lad, i)aiticipated courageously In", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0377.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "378\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe scenes of tliose troublous days. He married\\nand settled in Lancaster County, Pa., in which\\npart of the (Quaker State Grandfather Nicholas\\nStump was born May 13, 177G. Later in life mak-\\ning his home in Ohio, he there reared his family\\nand lived to see a second generation rise up\\naround him. His son John, reared, educated and\\nmarried in his birtliplace, remained in Ohio until\\n1854, when he came with liis family to Sodus\\nTownship, Mich., and after a life of usefulness\\npassed away October 25, 1864.\\nThe mother of our subject was Rliss Magdalene\\nHatleigh, daughter of Peter Halleigh, of Pennsyl-\\nvania, and an early resident of the State. The un-\\nion of the father and motlier was blessed by the\\nbirth of eight children, six of wliom are yel living.\\n.John H., the fifth child in order of birth, was about\\nfifteen years of age when he accompanied his\\nmother to their Western home and had received a\\nfair education in the schools of Ohio. The father\\nhaving prcce led them by a twelvemonth, the\\nfamily joined him in 1855, and our subject at once\\nbegan to assist in the work of the sawmill which\\nhad just been completed by John Stum|i, .Sr.\\nWithin a year the mill burned down and, lebuilt,\\nwas again destroyed by lire three years lalei. At\\nthat time the country was very sparsely settled,\\nand the new-comers endured many privations and\\nstruggled with man} dilHculties, flnallj overcome\\nwith unvarying toil and cheerful industry. The\\nfather h.iving purchased a section of laud, Mr.\\nStump assisted in clearing and improving the\\nhomestead, which he continued to cultivate, and\\nl)y the death of John, Sr., receiving the home place\\nas his inheritance, he has since remained upon the\\nfertile acres, annually yielding a bounteous har-\\nvest.\\nThe valuable farm is devoted mainly to the\\nculture of fruit and produces fine crops of black-\\nberries, rasiiberries, strawberries and melons. Our\\nsubject was married in 1862, and has two daugh-\\nters, Clara May and Lillian. Clara, a liighly suc-\\ncessful teacher, has been located in Nebraska four\\nyears. Lillian remains with her father upon the\\nold homestead. Fraternally-, Mr. .Stump is a mem-\\nber of Lake Shore Lodge No. 298, A. F. a. M.,\\nat Benton Ilarl)or, and is also connected with Ben-\\nton Harbor Lodge No. 132, 1. O. O. F. He is, as\\nwere his revered parents, a devout member of the\\nChurch of God and is an earnest Christian man.\\nPolitically, he is a Rei)ublican and has ever been\\nfaithful to the party, casting his vote always for\\nits candidate. An excellent neighbor and true\\nfriend, he enjoys the esteem and confidence of a\\nwide circle of old-time ae(iuaintances and fellow-\\ntownsmen.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^\u00e2\u0099\u00a6i\\n.y\\nAMUEL HIOSS, an influential citizen of\\nThree Oaks, and one of the prominent farin-\\nVV /JJ^ eis of Berrien County, vvas born in Swit-\\nzerland on New Year s Day, 1832. His\\nfather, .lohn L., was born in the Canton of .Sclialf-\\nbausen, northern Switzerland, February 18, 180 J,\\nand was reared to manhood in his native place,\\nwhere he married Miss F^lizabelh Peier. This\\nlady was likewise a native of Switzerland, and died\\nleaving tw j children, Samuel and .lohn, the latter\\nbeing a resident of ].a Porte, Ind. The second\\nmarriage of .John L. Iless united him with Miss\\nMagdaleiia Rtisi, their union being a childless one.\\nLi 1851 the senior Mr. Hess emigrated to Amer-\\nica and sojourned fyr a time in Lewislnirg, Pa.,\\nwhence he removed to Chicago. Later he went to\\nBlue Island, 111., and w.as employed on the railroad\\nfor about six mouths, coming from that place to\\nBerrien County, Mich., and locating in Three Oaks\\nTownship, where he purchased land and engaged\\nin farming. lie remained on that place until Ids\\ndeath, which occurred Se|)temlier 3, 1888. He had\\nbeen a successful farmer, having cleared a tract of\\nsixty-five acres and converted it into one of the\\nfinest farms in Three Oaks Townshiii. While in\\nSwitzerland he served in the militia and was for\\nten years in the .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2irtillery. After emigrating to\\nthe United States, he ado|)led the (irinciples of the\\nDemocratic party and remained faithful to that\\nIjolitical organization as long as he lived. In his\\nreligious connections he was identified with the\\nGerman Lutheran Church.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0378.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "rORTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n379\\nAt the time of emigi ating to America the siib-\\nji-cl (if this ski tfii was nineteen years of age. In\\nthe Ohl C duiilry he liad learnet] the trade of a shoe-\\nniakei-, at whieh he was eni|)i(iye(l in Levvisbiirg,\\nI a.. liicauo and i lu(! Island, 111. When his fa-\\nther eaine to lieirien County he aecotnpanied him\\niiither, hut after a sojourn of one year returned to\\nIJlue Island, where he stayed for twelve nionlhs.\\nFrom that place he went to Ndes, where he re-\\nmained until October, and from there eaine to\\nThree Oaks and established a shop, which he con-\\nilueted until the fall of 1868. During that year\\nhe w;us elected Treasurer of IJerrien County, and\\nsoon afterward entered upon the duties of that\\nposition, which he held for a period of six years,\\nbeing twice re-elected and serving with credit to\\nhimself and to the universal -satisfaction of the\\n[leople. llpon the expiration of his term of office\\nhe returned to Three Oaks, where he embarked in\\nthe boot and shoe business, establishing a sttire,\\nwhich he conducted until a stroke of paral3 sis, in\\nApril, 1877, forced him to retire. A few months\\nlater he purclia.sed the farm upon which he now\\nresides and which consists of ninety acres of well-\\nimproved land. In addition to this property he\\nowns the old homestead, comprising sixty-five\\nacres in an excellent state of cultivati(\u00c2\u00bbn.\\nAt New r.ufTalo, Mich., on the 11th of Septem-\\nber, 18r Mr. Hess married Miss Minerva K.\\nI liiiipton. a native of Akron, )liio, and the daugh-\\nter of Rev. Billings I limptiiu, a native of Massa-\\nchusetts, and a |)rnmin( nt minister in the Meth-\\nodist Cluiri-h. Five children weie boiii of this\\nunion, four of whom are now living. Henry L. is\\nengaged in th(? general mercantile business at\\nThree Oaks. Charles O. is the owner of a meat\\nmarki t ;it this place, in partnershi| with .lohu\\nliuikarl. .bihn M. is a salesman for a Chieagu\\nhouse. .\\\\nna F. is the wife of i rank W. Wells,\\nPrincipal of the schools at Concord, .lackson\\nCounty, Mich. Samuel W., on New Year s Day,\\n18 .12, went out Inml.ing with two other boys, by\\none of whom he was aecidentally shot and killed,\\nat the lime lacking only a few da\\\\s of being\\neighteen years old.\\nIn his political allilialions Mr. Hess is a Hepub-\\nlicau. He has served as Constable, Town Clerk,\\nSupervisor for three terms, Townsliip Treasurer\\nfor twoterms, member of the School I oard, County\\nTreasurer for three terms, and has al.so olficlated\\nas .lustice of the Peace continuously since IHG2,\\nwith the exception of the time when he w.os Treas-\\nurer. His interest in politics has always been ac-\\ntive, and he h.as frecpiently been eho.sen to repre-\\nsent his party in the Congressional and county con-\\nventions. In his social connections he is identified\\nwith the Masonic fraternity, and is a prominent\\nmember of the lodge at Three Oaks.\\n4^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094-\\nspsa P. AVADSWORTH, a progressive (citizen\\nof Berrien ounty and a successful fiiiil-\\n^xaL)jJ r^ f f f \u00e2\u0080\u00a2losepli Township, is a native\\nof New York Stat(% having been born in\\nMadison County .hine 11,IH1H. The family of\\nwhich he is an honored member was founded in\\nAmerica twelve years aftci- the landing of the\\nPilgrim Fathers, .nt which time two brotheis of\\nthat name, William and Thomas, emigrated to the\\nUnited States, A\\\\illiam settling in Fast Hartford,\\nConn., and Thomas establishing his home in New\\nHampshire. The paternal grandf.athei of our sub-\\nject, Thomas Wadsworth, was a native of Fast\\nHartford, Conn., where he niaiiicd and reaicd a\\nfamily.\\nDavid Wadsworth, father of our subject, was\\nborn in Fast Hartford, Conn., where he was reared\\nand in his childhood attended the schools of the\\nplace. At the age t)f about fifteen years he shipped\\nas a sailor on a whaliug-vessel and visited the\\nprinciiial ports of the world, in tli.at w.ay gaining\\na practical knowledge of the dilTerent nations and\\nthe customs of the people. Returning to the home\\nof his birth, he married Miss Claris,sa Porter, whose\\npaternal ancestors were among the most substan-\\ntial citizens of Connecticut, many of them having\\nbeen ministers of the (iospcl.\\nAfter his marriage, David Wadsworlli removed\\nto New York .State in the opening year of the nine-\\nteenth century and made settlement In Hamilton,\\nJIadison County. In his removal thither, he had", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0379.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "380\\nPOxiTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nbeen accompanied by three brothers, Timothy,\\nTljonias and Moses, who settled within three miles\\nof Utica. In 1835 Mr. Wadsworth removed to\\nGeneseo County, and there piircliased land, but\\nhad made his home upon the place onlj a short\\ntime when he was called from earth, in 1839. He\\nw.as a man possessing many noble and manly traits\\nof character and was highly i-egarded by all who\\nknew him. In his political sympathies, he was a\\nWhig, and continued to vote the ticket of that\\nparty throughout his entire life. One of his cous-\\nins. Gen. Wadswortii, of Geneseo, N. Y., served in\\nthe War of 18 12, and he also had a son, .Tames,\\nwho enlisted in the service of the Union during\\nthe late war and was killed in .active service.\\nUnto the union of David and Clarissa Wads-\\nworth there were born ten children, of whom nine\\ngrew to manhood and womanhood and four are\\nnow living, namely: Norman, who is a farmer re-\\nsiding on the Rock River in Illinois, and is at pres-\\nent (1893) eighty-three years old; Leander, a resi-\\ndent of Macomb County, Mich., and seventh-three\\n3 ears of age; Clarissa, who makes her home with\\nour subject; and S. P., of this sketch. The latter\\nspent his boyhood years in Madison County, N.Y.,\\nand at the age of seventeen removed to Geneseo\\nCounty, the same State, where he attained the\\nvigor of fully developed manhood.\\nThe lady who in 1840 became the wife of Mr.\\nAVadsworth was known by the maiden name of\\nSarah Boyce, and was born in 1819. Their des-\\ntinies united, the young couple resided in Gene-\\nseo County, N. Y., until about 18,59, Mr. AV.ads-\\nworth working meantime at farming, carpenter-\\ning and operating a gristmill. During the year\\nabove named he removed to Benton County, Iowa,\\nwhere he purch.ased three hundred and twenty\\nacres of unimproved land. He devoted his time\\nto the clearing and cultivating of this property,\\nand made his home there for seven jears. Re-\\nmoving to Sterling, 111., he resided for three 3 ears\\nand carried on a good business as a furniture\\ndealer. In 1870 he came to Berrien County, where\\nhe has since resided. He and his wife became\\nthe parents of three children, namely: Frank-\\nlin, wlio died at the age of about eighteen months;\\nHester, the wife of Rufus (ioodell, a resident of\\nSt. Joseph Township, Berrien County; and Edward,\\nwho makes his home in the same township.\\nAt one time Mr. AVadswortli was the owner of\\ntwenty-eight acres of fruit land, but he has di-\\nvided his property, retaining in his own name\\nonl\\\\ nine acres. Here he engages successfully in\\nraising peaclies. grapes and apples, altlumgh a\\nlarge portion of the property is rented to otliers,\\nMr. AVadswortli thereby deriving a good income.\\nDuring war times he was an Abolitionist and had\\nthe courage of his convictions at a time when the\\nexpression of one s sentiments often meant deadl\\\\\\nperil, if not death. In early life lie had been a\\nWhig, and later affiliated with the Republicans, but\\nat the present time he is a stiong advocate of the\\nplatform of the Prohibition party. During his\\nresidence in Iowa he served as Justice of the Peace.\\nHe was .agent for the Chicago it Northwestern\\nRailroad at Fairfax, Iowa. He and his wife are\\nidentified with the Congregati(mal Church, and he\\nis serving as one of the Deacons.\\nyfclLLIAM KROIINE, residing upon section\\n14, Pipestone Township, Berrien County,\\n\\\\\\\\f^ Mich., a leading citizen and extensive and\\nsuccessful general agriculturist, has for a number\\nof years been .actively ideiitilied with the pro-\\ngressive interests ancf official work of his locality.\\nA man of sterling char.acter and executive ability,\\nhe has discharged with lidelily the duties of vari-\\nous positions of trust, and is now serving with ef-\\nficiency as Supervisor. Our subject, a young man\\nof energetic enterprise, was born upon the liome-\\nstead, where he now cultivates the fertile soil, Jan-\\nuary 4, 18G8. His parents, AVilliam and Angeline\\n(First) Krohne, were both natives of Germany,\\nwhere they spent their early years, the Krohne\\nand First families both later emigrating from the\\nOld Country to the United States and .settling in\\nCincinnati, Ohio. In that city the father and mo-\\nther received their schooling, and, growing up to\\nmanhood and womanhood, were married. They\\nremained in Cincinnati until they were about", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0380.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "I OUTRAIT AM) P-IOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n381\\ntwenty j ears of age and then decided to try their\\nforUmcs in llie fiullicr Wc.-t and came to Midi igan,\\naliniist iriinuiliatcl y local iiii;; npoii tho old Ki olinc\\nfarm.\\nTiie iiomeslead was partially cultivated and im-\\nproved when the father purchased it., but he later\\nliuill a residence at an expense of |i2.0()() am)\\nerected other substantial and excellent improve-\\nments. William Kroline. Sr., after a lonij life of\\nliusy usefulness, passed away in \\\\W\\\\, mourned by\\na large circle of old-time friends and sorrowing\\nrelatives. His vi ucrablc wife still survives. The\\nparents were lioth members of the FiUtheran\\nChurch and the father was ever a leader in church\\nwork, giving liberally in support of his denomin.a-\\ntion. The children who blessed the home were\\nsix in number, three sons and three daughters.\\nSophia, the wife of Syibiey Rector, lives in Sodus\\nl oun liip and has one son; Klizabeth is the wife\\nof Lewis .Stevens, of Pipestone Township, and\\nhas one son; era, the wife of Fred Kettlcr,\\nresiding in l i|)estone Township, has no children;\\nWilliam, Warren and Henry complete the list.\\nThe father was a gardener in Cincinnati, and\\nowned four highly -cultival-ed acres near that\\ncity. Two hundred acres of the two hundred\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md sixty acres in Pipestone Townshi|) are finely\\ncultivated, an(] a ninety-acre faiin in Keeler\\nTownshiii is all under impiovement. Hard-work-\\ning and a thiifly manager, the father accum-\\nnl;il( d a comfortable com|)eleuce and g.ave his chil-\\nilien a good start in life.\\n()ui subject is engaged in mixed farming on the\\nold place, and raises an excellent grade of stock.\\nKducated in the common schools of Ihc home dis-\\ntrict, Mr. Krohne was eaily tr.-iined to .assist in the\\ndaily round if farming duties, and at the death of\\nhis fathei, when William was only fourteen years of\\nage,heably man.aged llic farm. .Vlways busy, i\\\\lr.\\nKrohne has yet found time to devote to public af-\\nfairs, and, an ardent Republican, is deeply inter-\\nested in both local and National issues. He has\\nwith ability represented his p.arty at various con-\\nventions and has faithfully di.scharge l the duties\\nof School lnsi ector of Pipestone Township, and\\nhas been Treasurer of the same. As Supervisor\\nfor a numbei- of terms, our subject has materially\\naided in the promotion of public enterprise and\\nneeded improvements, and has by his liberal spirit\\nand intelligent ability won the high regard of the\\nentire community with whom he has been associ-\\nated fiom his birth.\\nJ f 5 ,^^f+f*t;\\n1 4.^.^.4. 1^\u00c2\u00ae? 4.4. ^.p\\nENJAMIN F. ENGLE. This well-known\\ngencial farmer and fruit-raiser of Cass\\n)))lli County has a comfortable and attractive\\nhome on section of La (irange Township,\\nand is one of the most successful fruit-growers in\\nthe State. In the cultivation of fruits he has met\\nwith more than usual success, and h.as emiiloyed\\nsuch methods as havc^ produce l the best results.\\nHe has made of his chosen occupation a .science,\\nand is well read in everything pertaining thereto.\\nSome mention of the ancestiy of our subject\\nwill not be amiss. His grandfather, .lolin ICngle,\\nwas boin in Pennsylvania, of fJerman parentage,\\nand his wife was of Irish extraction. The grand-\\nfather w.as for man^ years engage(l in merchandis-\\ning, but jn account of failing in business he af-\\nward devoted his attention to general farming, in\\nwhich he continued during the remainder of his\\nlife. His methods of tilling the soil were primi-\\ntive, and he plowed with a wooden jilow, reaped\\nwith a hand sickle, etc. During the War of I SI 2.\\nhe enlisted in the service of the I niled States, and\\nrendered ellicient service as a soldier. He and his\\nwife reared the following-named children: .lohn,\\nMathias, Bartlcy, Whitney, Silas, Lemon, Ora ami\\nAnn. H. irtley became an Kpiscop. il minister, and\\nw.as for many years pastor of the church at Indian-\\napolis.\\nThe father of our subject, Silas Kngle, began at\\nan early age to be self-supp uling. He purchased\\nland in Allegany County, N .V., where for a num-\\nber of years he followed farming operations.\\nLater he embaiked in the mercantile business, and\\nalso foi a lime was piopiictorof an hotel. AlH ut\\n18:M! he settled in the village of Mt. .Morris, Liv-\\ningston County, N. Y., where he spent seven\\nyears. Thence he came to Michigan and pur-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0381.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "382\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nchased land in Van Bureii County, devoting his\\nattention to agiiculture during tiie remainder of\\nliis life. While residing in New York ho took a\\ncontract to build a part of the Erie Canal.\\nMr. Englc married Miss Mere) Olverd, and they\\nbecame the parents of seven children: Eliza, who\\nmarried William Bliss; Polly, deceased; Ann, the\\nwife of Leonard Tisdell; Columbus; Benjamin F.,\\nMathias and Allen. The mother of these children\\ndied in Livingston Countj^, N. Y., in 1839, and\\nsubsequently Mr. Englc married in New York\\nMrs. Matilda Burgess, nee Wilson. One child was\\nborn of this marriage, Silas. The third marriage\\nof Mr. Englc united him with Mrs. Wilson, who is\\nnow deceased. lie died at his home in an Buren\\nCounty, Mich., in 1879. Politically, he was first\\na Whig, and later afliliated with the Republican\\njjarty.\\nThe subject of this notice was born in Allegany\\nCounty, N. Y., in 1833, and remained at home un-\\ntil reaching his majority. He then began by rent-\\ning land and farming on shares for five j^ears, be-\\ning thus occupied both in Van Buren and Kala-\\nmazoo Counties. For five years he was engaged\\nin merchandising at Lawton, Mich., and from\\nthere removed to Cass County, where he purchased\\neighty acres in La Grange Township, and at once\\nbegan to cut the brush and clear the place. He\\nbegan not onl) without capital, but with an in-\\ncumbrance of $2,000 on his place. Through excel-\\nlent management he has not only paid off the en-\\ntire indebtedness but has also accumulated a hand-\\n.some property, being the owner of two hundred\\nand thirty-three acres, the most of whicli has been\\nplaced under improvement. Here he engages in\\nthe raising of fruit and grain, in the former mak-\\ning a specialty of peaches, pears, cherries and other\\nfruits. He has probably been the most successful\\nfruit-raiser in Cass County, and richly merits the\\nprosperity which he now enjoys. The frame struc-\\nture which stood upon his place has been convert-\\ned into a tenant house, and the family now occu-\\npies a beautiful brick residence, surrounded by a\\nsmooth and grassy lawn, with other inviting en-\\nvironments.\\nIn Van Buren County Mr. Engle married Miss\\nM. L., daughter of Jonathan and Betsy (Burton)\\nElliott, and unto them were born five children:\\nFrank; May. the wife of Nathan Burnham; Ilat-\\ntie, who married .loiin Bramer; and Silas and\\nLaura, deceased. In his political afliliations, Mr.\\nEngle works with the Republican party, and uni-\\nformly votes that ticket. Socially, he is identified\\nwith the Ancient Order of United Workmen at\\nDowagiac. He and his estimable wife are active\\nworkers in the Methodist F^piscopal Church, and\\nare prominent in social circles of the community.\\nHis son Frank, who resides at home, cultivates the\\nfarm and relieves him of many of the .anxieties\\nand cares incident to its management.\\nSince starting out in life for himself at tlu^ age\\nof twenty-one, he h.as twice met with the misfor-\\ntune of losing everything he possessed. While\\nthe greater part of his life has been spent in agri-\\ncultural pursuits, the} did not wholly command\\nhis entire attention, for he devoted five years to\\nmercantile business in Lawton, and from there re-\\nmoved to Whitmanville in 186. and engaged in\\ntrade. One year subsequently he removed to the\\nfarm on which he now resides, and commenced for\\nthe third time to build himself a home, being at\\nthis time far removed from the bottom round of\\nthe ladder of fortune. Li addition to farming, he\\ndevotes much attention to fruit-growing, and to\\nthis latter fact he is indebted for his financial suc-\\ncess. From the moment misfoitune ceased to fol-\\nlow him, the Latin phrase, Fortes For tuna Juvat, is\\napplicable to him.\\nOSEPH DICKINSON, born February 2,\\n18. ?6, amid the pioneer scenes of the State\\nof Micliigan, was a native of St. .Joseph,\\nand a son of Robert Dickinson, an early\\nsettler of Berrien County, widely known as a cit-\\nizen of ability and integrity of character. The\\nfather was but a young man when he crossed the\\nbroad Atlantic and m.ade his home in the then far\\nWestern State. By birth an Englishman, he had\\nreceived a good substantial education in the\\nQueen s dominions and came to the New World", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0382.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "Joseph Dickinson.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0383.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0384.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0385.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "J[, (/Cl\\nt-^t^-^ytX.^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0386.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArinCAL RECORD.\\n385\\nfull of energy aiul JKipe. The irooil niotlier of\\nour suliject, Mrs. Susannah Dickinson, bore live\\nfliildren, of wlioni .losepli was tiie eldest. The\\nothers in the ordcn- of their l)irtli were Eliza. Mrs.\\nCharles II. Fai-uuin; Susan, deceased; Sarah; and\\nArlluir. .loseph Dickinson, reared upon the farm\\nof his parents, was trained to the daily round of\\n.aitricultural duties, and also enjoyed the benelil of\\ninstruction in the district schools of the home\\nneighborliood. An earnest, capable man, hard-\\nworking and enterprising, he reached the years of\\nmaturity and began the struggle of life for him-\\nself.\\nOur subject was united in marriage with Miss\\nHannah Davis, and with his wife located on the\\nold homestead where his widow and family yet\\nreside. Three sons and two daughters blessed with\\ntheir clieerfid presence this pleasant home. George\\nC., the eldest-born, is connected by business with\\nthe First National Bank of Benton Harbor; Fred,\\na promising lad, died at the age of twelve years;\\nStanley manages the productive farm; Florence\\nis deceased, and Carrie completes the family circle.\\nTo these sons and daugliteis the father and mother\\nextended every possible advantage for an educa-\\ntion and aided them to well lit themselves for the\\nbattle of life. (!eorge is a graduate of the business\\ndepartment of the Valparaiso school. Stanley also\\ncompleted a course of study in the same institu-\\ntion and giadualed with an excellent record.\\nFlorence has a talent for music and graduated\\nfrom the musical de|)artment of the institute at\\nBenton Harbor.\\nOur subject survived to clear seventy-five acres\\nof his farm and brought the land up to a high\\nstate of cultivation. Ever anxious to provide for\\nthe comfort and well-being of his family, he\\nerected the substantial and commodious buildings\\nwhich are now on the property, lie was a devoted\\nhusliand and father, and in all the relations of\\nlife, as a friend, neighbor and citizen, commanded\\nthe esteem and high regard of all who knew him.\\nHe was a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and throughout his mature years was an\\netlicient Christian worker. His estimable wife, his\\nson Stanle}- and his daughter Florence are also\\nmemliers of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\\nare prominently connected with its social enter-\\nprises. Politically, Mr. Dickinson was a sturdy\\nRepublican and, at various times elected to school\\nollices, served with able fidelity and to the great\\nsatisfaction of the community by which he w.as\\nsurrounded. In all matters pertaining to the gen-\\neral good he was especially active, and w.as a true\\nfriend to local progress and educational advance-\\nment.\\n\\\\|^;RED N. BONINE, M. D., a resident physi-\\nJ-Wg] cian of Niles, is one of the native-born\\n/i\\\\ citizens of Michigan, in who.se success his\\nfellow-citizens take just pride. Notwithstanding\\nthe fact that he is scarcely thirty years old, he has\\nattained to a position of prfuninence in the medi-\\ncal fraternity, and enjoys the confidence of the\\npeople of Niles, who have watched his career with\\ninterest and looked forward to his future with the\\ncertain belief that it will bestow added honors to\\nhis fame. B3 travel and study in foreign lands\\nhe has acquired a fund of information concerning\\nhis chosen profession which is both broad and\\ndeep. He is especially interested in diseases of\\nthe eye, ear, lungs and throat, and has met with\\nsuccess in their treatment.\\nBorn at Niles on the 21st of October, IHII. S, our\\nsubject attended the schools of this place, but fin-\\nished his education in Freiburg, (iermany. Af-\\nterward he entered the medical dei)artment of the\\nState University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, grad-\\nuating from that institution in 188G. He then\\nreturned to Euroiie and took a post-graduate\\ncourse at London and Paris, devoting his entire\\ntime and attention to the study of the e3 e, ear\\nand throat. In order to better lit himself for the\\nwork, he m.ade an extended trip, visiting Berlin,\\nVienna, Egypt, the Soudan, Palestine and South-\\nern Asia.\\nUpon his return from Europe, the Doctor re-\\nsumed his professional labors at Niles, where he\\nhas since resided. In leganl to soci.al connections,\\nhe is identified with St. .losepli Valley Lodge\\nNo. 4, A. F. it A. .M.; SI. .losepli Valley Chapter,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0387.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "386\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nR. A. M.; Niles Cominandery No. 12, K. T.; Is iles\\nCouncil No. 19, R. S. M.;an(l the (iiaiul Rapids\\nConsistory He is also a prominent worker among\\nthe Knights of P^ythias. His marriage occurred in\\n1886, and united him with Miss Viva M., daugh-\\nter of Martha E. (Finley) Thomas, of Niles. Tlie^\\nare the parents of one child, a daughter, Natalie.\\nDr. Boninc is Division Surgeon of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad.\\nWe would regard this sketch incomplete were\\nno mention made of the honored father of our\\nsubject, who for years was closel} connected with\\nthe progress of Niles. We cannot do better than\\nto quote fr07n the Niles Daily Star, of December\\n29, 1892: Evan J. Bonine was born on the lOth\\nday of September, 1821, at Richmond, AVayne\\nCounty, Ind. His parents were liberty-loving\\nQuakers, opposed to strife, slavery and every form\\nof oppression. The foundation of his education\\nwas laid in the common schools of Centreville, in\\nthe same count3 After completing his ordinary\\nstudies, he remained to read medicine with a promi-\\nnent physician of that town, where he was brouglit\\ninto intimate association with such original and\\nvigorous thinkers as Oliver V. Morton, Ambrose\\nE. Burnside, George W. Julian, and others whose\\nnames have since become famous. Later he was\\ngraduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cin-\\ncinnati.\\nIn 1844, Dr. Boninc was united in marriage with\\nMis- Eveline Beall, and for nearly a half-centur}-\\nthey were a mutual comfort to each other. Like\\n:i true wife she divided his sorrows and doubled\\nIns joys. Hand in hand they passed bravely\\ntluough the dark clouds of affliction, and heart\\nto heart they rejoiced when the sunshine of\\nprosperity attended their footsteps. Soon after\\ntheir marriage they removed to Cassopolis, Mich.,\\nwhere the Doctor engaged in practice until 1849.\\nwhen, with his brother-in-law. Laban Harter, he\\nmade an overland trip to California. He returned\\nill 1851 and settled in Vandalia, where he resumed\\nliis practice and also served as Postrasister. In\\nIS.OS he removed to this citj and at once entered\\nupon a large and successful pr.actice. Prior to lo-\\ncating iierc he had served as a member of the\\nMichigan Legislature.\\nBy the appointment of President Lincoln in\\n18(;2, Dr. Boninc became Surgeon of the Second\\nMichigan Infantry, and for a time was Division\\nSurgeon and Chief Operator of the Third Division,\\nNinth Army Corps, with twenty or more surgeons\\nunder his direction. He came home to enter upon\\nthe duties of Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment\\nfor the AVeslern District of Michigan, with head-\\nquarters at Kalamazoo, where he remained until\\nthe close of the war. In 1865 he was elected to\\nthe Legislature on the Republican ticket. Two\\nyears later he represented Berrien Countj in the\\nState Senate, and in 1869 he was returned to the\\nLower House. In 1873 he received the appoint-\\nment of Postmaster at Niles and resigned the State\\noffice to accept the Federal, which he retained for\\ntwelve years. In 1868 he was a delegate to the\\nChicago Convention. He served as Mayor of\\nNiles for three terms, besides lilling various minor\\noffices to the full satisfaction of his constituents.\\nFor man} years he was the trusted Surgeon of this\\ndivision of the Michigan Central Railroad.\\nDr. Boninc s success as a surgeon was phe-\\nnomenal and proves that surgeons are born, not\\nmade, and a fact not generally known may help\\nto account for it by those who believe that talent\\nis transmitted by hereditary descent. The blood\\nthat flowed in his veins came from the same foun-\\ntain (two or three generations back) as that of the\\nAgnews and Pancoasts, of more than national re-\\nnown. Dr. Bonine was constructed after Nature s\\ngrandest pattern from his heart outward. His\\nmagnificent physical development, rugged con-\\nstitution and great power of endurance stood him\\nin good stead during his fatiguing rides over poor\\nroads by day and night, and only these generous\\ngifts of nature enabled him to endure the hard-\\nships and exposures incident to the life of a con-\\nscientious army surgeon. We are told that when\\nhis superior offleers urged him to take needed rest\\nafter long hours of labor among the wounded and\\ndying, assuring him that younger men could do\\ni\\\\H: work, he would shake them off with the re-\\nmark, No, the boys and their friends at home hold\\nme responsible. How can I leave the fluty to\\nothers\\nThe labors of this loved physician are ended,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0388.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "KiRTUAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n387\\n:iM(l (inc might lliiiik with sucli an cartlily record\\nho would fear naiifjhl for the future. lUil it will\\nive pleasure to ids friends to learn that long be-\\nfore he was confined to his bed, and when his mind\\nwas alert and vigorous, lie said to his friends: I\\nhave tried to do something to make the world bet-\\nter for my having lived in it, but my life has not\\nbeen what it should have been and I claim no\\nmerit of my own; my soleU ust is in Christ. For\\nsome hours before his death his mind was clouded,\\nbut .as the last hour approached he realized that\\nhe was dying. Too exhausted to speak, he gave a\\nlook of fond recognition to the weeping friends\\naround iiim, and with his hands el.asped in theirs,\\nhis breath ceased and he passed away without a\\nstruggle on the 28th of December, 1H92, aged sev-\\nenty-one years. Mrs. Bonine and an only son.\\nDr. Kred N., survive him.\\n?^HOMA.S C. UODGERS. Prominent among\\nthe young business men of Cass County\\n^Jf stands the name of this popular citizen of\\n.Surnmerville, Pok.agon Township. He was born\\n.July 13, IfS. one mile west of Summeiville, on\\nthe old homestead which his grandfather had en-\\ntered from the (iovcrnment in 1828. Elsewhere\\nin this volume ajipears the biographical sketch of\\nhis parents, Thomas and .Sarah Jane (Rogers)\\nRodgers. He was reared to manhood upon the\\nhome farm and in his youth was the recipient of\\nthe best educational advantages afforded hy Poka-\\ngon Townshi}).\\nAt the early age of eighteen years the subject of\\nthis .sketch entered the llourisliing mill business at\\nSummerville, and remained thus occupied for a\\nnumber of years, becoming thoroughly familiar\\nwith the work in all its details. Finally, however,\\nhe abandoned that business and for the past few\\nyears he h.as given liis attention exclusively to\\nhouse-painting, in which he h.as been very success-\\nful, lie has steady employment during the entire\\nyear, and as a business man has proved himself to\\nbe prompt, reliable aiicl honoiaiile, possessing good\\njudgment and abilities .above the average.\\nA very important event in the life of Mr. Rod-\\ngers occurred May 10, 1877, at which time he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Emma, daughter of\\nEdward and Julia B. (Drake) Badger. Mrs. Rod-\\ngers was born in New Jei sey, and her father and\\nmother were natives respectively of England and\\nNew Jer.sey. One son, Carl A., has been born to\\nbrighten the home and hearts of Mr. Rodgers and\\nhis cultured wife. .Socially, he is identified with\\nthe Masonic fraternit} of Pokagon Township and\\nhas reached the Royal Arch degree, being also a\\nmember of the latter lodge at Dowagiac. He is\\nprominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fel-\\nlows and alliliates with Crystal .Spring I.,odge No.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2!2. j.\\nIn his political opinions, Mr. Rodgers is a Repub-\\nlican and a strong sui)porter of his party, being\\none of the leaders in its ranks. He h.as ofliciated\\nin man} positions of trust and responsibility in\\nthe community, having first been chosen to serve\\nas Constable, later elected Justice of the Peace,\\nand afterward appointed Deputy Sheriff. In addi-\\ntion to these positions he has also served .as Census\\nEnumerator and Notary Public. In the spring of\\n18 J3 he was chosen Supervisor of his township,\\nand although it has a Democratic majority of\\ntwenty, he was elected by a m.ajority of sixteen\\nvotes. He gives his inllucnce to all measures hav-\\ning for their object the proniotion t\u00c2\u00bbf the village,\\nmorally, socially or materially, and aids so far .as\\npossible all public-spirited and progressive enter-\\nprises.\\n^^\u00c2\u00a9^@l^l\u00c2\u00ab=^^\\nWILLIAM L. (iARRATT, M. D. It gives\\nus great pleasure to make mention of this\\nworthy gentleman, .as he is not only a\\nprominent physician, but a good citizen of Water-\\nvliet, Berrien County. Dr. Oarratt was born in\\nW.ayne County, N. Y., August 22, 184(1, and is the\\nson of Mott and Nancy (French) Oarratt. Isaac\\n(Jarratt, the grandfather of our .subject, was born\\nin Dutchess County, N. V., in the Colonial days.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0389.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "388\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHis father came from Ireland and selMed in Diileli-\\ness County in an early da3 and tluie leaied eight\\nsons and two daughters, five of wliom lived to be\\nover ninety years old, and all were of the (^naker\\nreligion. Prior to the War of 1812, Isaac (Jar-\\nratt moved to Prince Edward County. Canada,\\nand settled near Picton, where he spent the rest\\nof his daj-s, and died about 1845, at the great age\\nof ninety years. His wife was a Miss Carman in\\nher maiden da3S, and proved herself a faithful\\ncomi)anion and loving mother.\\nThe father of our subject was born in the month\\nof September, 1787, in Dutchess County, N. Y. In\\nhis 3 outli he was pressed into service in the War\\nof 1812, lighting bravely in the British ranks, but\\nas soon as he came from the war he went to Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., where he settled on a farm and im-\\nmediately began to improve it. In addition to\\nthis land he purchased more, and in time w.as the\\nowner of two or three good farms. In politics, he\\nwas formerl} a Whig, and in the latter 3 ears of\\nhis life became a stanch supporter of the Republi-\\ncan part} Our subject s father was married three\\ntimes first to a Miss Carman, who bore him thir-\\nteen children, nine of whom reached their major-\\nity. The mother of these children died in the\\nState of New York about the 3 ear 1834, and some\\ntime after Mr. (^arialt married Nancy Strong, a\\nwidow with threesons, Lyman, Lucius and Cephas.\\nHy her secoinl marriage, Mrs. Strong became the\\nmother of live children, all of whom are still liv-\\ning but one. Thej are: Rebecca, George W.,\\nNaomi (now Mrs. Pierce), and William L., and all\\nmake llieir home in Watervliet. The mother of\\nthe above-named children died in Waj ne County,\\nN. Y., lebruaiy 22, 1852. She was a native of\\nMa.ssachusctts, her birthplace being in the town\\n(if Aniheist. She was born in 1800, and was the\\ndaughter of French parents, who were among the\\nearly jjioneers of Massachusetts.\\nOur subject remained on the farm with his par-\\nents until he was fifteen years old, in the mean time\\ngetting all the education that he could. On reach-\\ning his fifteenth year, William started in life for\\nhiiiiself and soon found employment in aprinting-\\n(illiee, beginning with Pomero} Tucker, in Pal-\\nmyra, N. Y., on the Wayne Democratic Press.\\nEight years after, Mr. inriatt began the study of\\nmedicine, liiit had l)aiely started when the Civil\\nWar lnoke out. Mild he enlisted .lauuary 1, 18(J4,\\nin Company II, Ninth New York Heav} Artillery.\\nHe was immediately transferred to the hospital\\nservice in AVashington and vicinity, and in 1805\\nwas discharged as a hospital steward. After the\\nhoirois of war were over, the Doctor attended\\nlectures at the Buffalo .Medical College in the win-\\nters of 1860-67, and at the close of that period\\nwent to Lyons, Ohio, where he formed a partner-\\nship with Dr. L. D. Hill. There he succcssfiill}-\\npracticed for lifteen years, and in the spring of\\n1880 located in Watervliet, where he has since\\ncontinued [iractice, with the exception of two j cars\\ntime which he spent in Ohio.\\nDr. (iarratt has taken a great interest in the up-\\nbuilding of the town of Watervliet, and in com-\\npany with a Mr. Pierce erected the first evapora-\\ntion system in the village in 1887. Politicall}\\nour subject is a warm-hearted Republican and\\nalways u.ses his inliuence in that direction. He\\nattends all the conventions and is also a promi-\\nnent member of the Knights of Honor and other\\nsocieties.\\nOctober 6, 1868, our subject w.as married to\\nMiss Adelia Parker, a native of West Unity, Ohio,\\nand a daughter of Dr. .7. C. and Maria (White)\\nParker. Dr. Parker was born in New Yfirk and\\nmoved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1852. When the\\nwar broke out he formed a company, over which\\nhe assumed command, but resigned before reach-\\ning the lield, and died soon after. His widow still\\nsurvives, and is now the wife of Mr. Port. She\\nhas had four children, two sons and two daugh-\\nters.\\nMrs. Garratt s paternal grandfather, .Terred C.\\nParker, was a native vf Onondaga County, N. Y.,\\nand an early |)ioneerof Ohio. Iler maternal giand-\\nfatlier, Wiiliain P. White, was born in the same\\ncounty and was a caiitiiiii in the militia during tlie\\nlate war. He w.as a merchant and saddle-maker In\\nearly life and siibsei|uently followed the occuiia-\\ntion of a farmer. He w.as twice married, lirst to\\nMaiy Pixley, who bore iiini one chilil, Maria; and\\nlater to Polly Iligbee, who became the mother\\nof two sons, Whitfield and Isaac.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0390.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND 15100 RAPHICAL RECORD.\\n389\\nOflr siibjc ft .ind liis wife arc tlic parents of three\\ncliilihcii: :ui K(lii;i L. iiiid Liiveiii. Tlii V\\nwell ImpIIi aclivi iiK iiilieis of tlie liaplist Cliiuc-li\\nill Davfiipoit, Idwa, and since their removal to\\nMii-hiicaii have been iiu iiil)er.s of the oiiLir( jj;a-\\nlioiial Chinch in this village. Tiiey are both good\\nworkiT.s in allsocicliis eonneeted with ehiireh woriv\\naiui aid both liiiaiicially ami s|iiiitually in liie u|i-\\nbnildimr of liie cau^e. Dr. (iarratt is widely and\\nlavor.ably known, .and his sterling worth and striet\\niiilvi;rity have won him liie eonliiknce and the\\nhigh regard of all with whom lie has been bioughl\\nin ei)ntael.\\nATIIAN SKINNKR. one of Porter s lead-\\ning citizens and a prominent fanner of the\\ntownship, w;is born in I erry County, Ohio,\\n.June I.j, IcS2 2. His [larents, (Jeorge and Mary\\n((Jooden) .Skinner, were liotli Ijorn in l enns\\\\l-\\nvania in 1781. The names of the grandparents are\\niiiikiiown to us, as is also the origin of the families.\\nThe parents were married in the Keystone State\\nand in an early day removed to Ohio, settling in\\nI erry Coiinly, and later entering one thousand\\nacres of land in .Sandusky County. The mother\\ndied on the iltli of September, 18;!1, when Nathan\\nwas a child of nine years; the father passed away\\non the 2r)lli of September, 1838.\\nThe parental family consisted of twelve eliil-\\ndieu: Uhoda, wlui was born on the 26tli of April,\\n1800, married William lilack and reared a family\\nof six ehildreii in Sandusky County, Ohio; siie\\nlied in the spring of 1890, at the age of ninety\\nyears, having been a widow during the last forty-\\none years of her life. David, whose birth occurred\\non the 17tli of Kebruaiy 1802, married Abigail\\nHulla in I erry County, Ohio, later intived to Del-\\naware County, the same State, and died in an\\nWeit County, Ohio, in November, 1879; he ami\\nhis wife were the ])arents of eight children. Fanny\\nwas born October 5, 1803, and died October l.j.\\n1818, at the age of fifteen years. Klizabeth was\\nborn October 1, 1805, and died on Christmas Day,\\n1821. .lohii, who was born December 7, 1807,\\nniarrie l Il.annaii Ihown on the 12tli of .Inly, 1828,\\nand went to Livingston County, INlieh., in 1815,\\nwhere lie died March 1888. His wife had passed\\n.away thirteen years prior to his demise. They\\nhad four daugiilers and two sons, all of whom are\\nliving with the exception of one son. Jane was\\nborn March 21, 1810, and died Augu.st 1, 1825.\\nRebecca, who was born Aiiril 22, 1812, married\\nSamuel lilaek in I erry County, Ohio, and later\\nwent to Sandusky County, where Mr. IJIack died\\nApril 1, 18l(). She afterward married Hugh Fur-\\ngesoii, of Cass County, Mich., and removed to\\nIllinois, where she died April 1889. Samuel,\\nwhose birth occurred on the lOlh of May, 1811,\\nmarried twice and had one son and nine daugh-\\nters, all of whom are living and have families,\\nthere being at this time one hundred and ten de-\\nscendants. Samuel is a wealthy retired farmer re-\\nsiding in Fremont, Ohio. (Jeorge, who was born\\nAugust 22, 1816, married Klizabeth Kimesiii 1810,\\nand lives in Williams County, Ohio, where he has\\nbeen engaged in farming; he lost two sons in the\\nl. ite war. Aaron, who was born Seiiteinber 20,\\n1819, married Elizabeth Fickel and settled in Eff-\\ningham County, ill., where he follows agricultural\\npursuits. The next in order of birth is the sub-\\nject of this sketch, who was liorn .Iiiiie 15, 1822.\\nMary Ann, born June 13, 1825, married .lolin W.\\nWalter in Sandusky County, in September. 1815.\\nand died in Tillin, Ohio, October 6, 1865, having\\nbecome the mother of two .sons and one daughter.\\nIn his early life Nathan Skinner had but meagre\\nadvantages for obtaining an education, as his jiar-\\neiits died when he was quite young, his inolher\\nwhen he was nine years old and his father when\\nhe was sixteen. At that age he was thrown up ii\\nhis own resources to work his way in the woihl.\\nFor a time he worked in the employ- of others and\\nattended school at such opportunities as were\\nafforded. I5y diligence in his studies he obtained\\nsullieient education to enable him later to teach\\nschool.\\nNovember 27, 1812, Mr. Skmner m;irried .Miss\\nSophia Dayhuff, wlio was born in Richland County,\\nOhio, July 23, 1821. Her father, Moses D.iyhufif,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0391.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "390\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwas born September 15, 1793, in the eastern part\\nof Pennsylvania. Wlien quite young lie accom-\\npanied his father to Maryland, and in the city of\\nIJaitiniore learned a trade. During the War of\\n1812 he and an older brother went into tlie army\\nand reraajned until the close of the contlict. After-\\nward he began preaching as an itinerant in the\\nEvangelical Church, and joined the first conference\\nin that denomination. For six years he labored\\nas an itinerant preaciier, usually speaking in the\\nGerman language, altliougii he also used English\\nfluently. He had live brothers and two sisters.\\nIn 1820 he married Miss Barbara Blough, of Berlin,\\nSomerset County, Pa., and three years afterward\\nho moved to Ohio, where he resided until 1851.\\nDuring that year he came to Michigan, and after-\\nward lived with his children until his death at the\\nhome of his son-in-law, the subject of this sketch,\\nwhich occurred in 1870, when he was seventy-\\nseven. His ancestors, as well as those of his wife,\\nwere of German origin. They were the parents\\nof eight children, three sons and five daughters.\\nThe grandfather of Mrs. Skinner, John Dayhuff,\\nwas a man possessing great energy and force of\\ncharacter, and was particularly zealous in religious\\nmatters. When he considered that the time had\\ncome for building a church, he went to work him-\\nself, without asking assistance of any one. He\\nerected the edifice on his own land, deeding it to\\nthe Methodists. Dutch and English. Being a\\nsplendid singer, his services were frequently called\\ninto requisition for public occasions, and he was\\nchorister for several different denominations at\\nthe same time. For many years lie kept a note-\\nl)f)ok and the writing in it was so beautiful as to\\nattract general attention. Upright and honorable,\\nhe won the esteem of all who knew him and his\\nmemory is revered by his descendants.\\nComing to Michigan in 1845, Mr. Skinner set-\\ntled in Porter Township two years later, and here\\nimproved a farm that he sold in 1865. During\\nthe same year he purchased his present place and\\nhas embellished it with the best of improvements.\\nHe spent twelve years in Jones, this county, hav-\\ning retired from his farm, but again returned to\\nthis place and has since made it his home. He\\nserved for five years as Justice of the Peace, for\\nfour years was Supervisor from Porter Township,\\nand while in Jones he served as Supervisor from\\nNewburg Township and was also Townsiilp Clerk.\\nWhen he was but seventeen years of age he united\\nwith the Methodist Episcopal Church, but his wife\\nbecame a member of that denomination when she\\nwas sixteen. Since that time he has lived an ex-\\nemplary Christian life, and has been quite promi-\\nnent in the church. He has served as Class-leader\\nand Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He has\\nalso been a lifelong temperance man.\\nFor many years Mr. Skinner has done hut little\\nwork on his farm. lie has been largely interested\\nin settling estates and has been administrator\\nand guardian for seven or eight important ones.\\nNow he is living in quiet retirement on his farm.\\nMr. and Mrs. Skinner have had four cliildren, as\\nfollows: Mary Ann, who was born October 6,\\n1844, and died October 7, 1845; Rhoda, who was\\nborn April 6, 1846, married Henry T. Cutler and\\nnow, widowed, makes her home with her parents;\\nWilliam H., who was born September 24, 185(1, is\\nunmarried and resides with his parents; Samuel F.,\\nwlio was born Octol)er 16, 1853, married Maria K.\\nRoof, and lives on a farm adjoining that of his fa-\\nther, having the management of both estates.\\nSI\\n1^+^^\\n/^EORGE H. REDFIELD, better known as\\n,_\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ham Redlield, comes of a long line of\\n^^^iS! worthy ancestors, and the history of the\\nfamily in America dates back to the landing of\\nthe Pilgrims. He is of English descent, and for\\nmany years his family was identified with the\\nhistory of the Nutmeg State. Mr. Red field was\\nborn in Cass County, Mich., August 21, 1855, and\\nwas the only .son of the late Hon. George Red-\\nfield, wtio was the fifth son of Peleg Redfield, the\\nlatter a native of the State of Connecticut, born\\nOctober 6, 17 J(). I eleg Redfield was the son of\\nGeorge Redfield.\\nWhen George Redfield, the father of our sub-\\nject, was a mere boy, he moved with his parents", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0392.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n391\\nfrom Coiiin c ticut lo Oiilario County, N. Y.. where\\nlie rfccivcii his (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(liicMtiiiii, and wlierc lit rtMiuiiiied\\nuntil 1M22. From llioie he went South for Ihi-\\npurpose of le. iehin school, and remained there\\nseveral years, in the vicinity of Milledijeville,\\n(ia. While theie he became acquainted with and\\nhad for iiis pupils lliose who later hecanie leading\\nmen m tlie politics of that State, among them heing\\nex-State Treasurer Jones. In 1831 he, in com-\\npany with eleven other young men, started foi\\nthe wilds of the ureat West, Michigan being the\\nolijective point. They went there for the pur-\\npose of seeking a home, an l made the trip from\\nDetroit to St. .losepli County on foot, cai rying on\\ntheir hacks provisions, etc., and cunping wherever\\nnight overtook them.\\nThe company came as far West as White Pigeon,\\nSt. .losepli County, and, being much i)leascd with\\nthe. country, Mr. Kedlield returned to New York\\nill order to make more complete arrangements for\\nIns permanent settlement there. He intended to\\nreturn in tin: spring of l,s:?2, but when the next\\nspring came the memorable cholera scourge com-\\npelled him to abandon the trip for the time being.\\nIn l.S.t.S, in company with his brother Lewis, he\\nmade another trip to Michigan, but again re-\\nturned lo the Last. In 1834 he came back and\\npurchased eight hundred acres of land in Cass\\nCounty, a [lart of which he lived on the balance\\nof his days. This land was located near Adams-\\nville.\\nOn the Itth of January, 1835, Mr. Ucdlield mar-\\nried Miss .lulia A. Mason, of Palmyra, N. Y. In\\n183() he purchased from the (ioverniiicnt three\\nthousand acres of land in Calvin Township, one\\nthousand acres in .lelTerson Township, one thou-\\nsand acres in Mason Townslii|), and other tracts\\nill dilleieiit. parts of the coiiuly, ten thousand\\nacres in all. lie became one of the most noted\\nmen of the State. He built the first water saw-\\nmill in Ca.ss County, it being in Jefferson Town-\\nship, and rebuilt it in 1 SoO. After it w.is burned\\ndown he rebuilt it again, m 1862, and connected\\nwith it a llourmill. This is still known as Hcd-\\nlield s Mill. Mr. Hedlield was elected State Hep-\\nreseiitativc, and served in that ineiiiorablc one\\nhundred days session of 1811. In 1S12-13 he\\nserved as Senator, was a Presidential elector in\\n184 1, and in 1845 was appointed Stale Treasurer\\nby Gov. Harry.\\nThe credit of the State at the time was at a\\nvery low ebb, bonds could not be sold, money was\\nneeded to meet interest then due on bonds pre-\\nviously disposed of, and he, with George Harry,\\ntook out of their own ample fortune ^24,000,\\nwhich they applied towards paying the obligations\\nof the Stale. This was not only a very liberal .act\\non the part of Mr. Redlield, but one that proved\\nof untold benelit to the Stale at large, for it re-\\nstored confidence. In 1850 Mr. Redfield was ap-\\npointed Secretary of the State, and was a mem-\\nber of the convention that framed the Constitu-\\ntion. To none of the |iositioiis did he .aspire, but\\nhad he .aspired to political positions he might\\nhave filled the highest in the gift of the people of\\nhis State.\\nA thorough business man, Mr. Redlield was also\\nvery domestic in his taste. In late years he posi-\\ntively refused to accept any ollice, although often\\nsolicited to do so. When the colored people set-\\ntled in Calvin Township Mr. Redlield sold much\\nof his land to them, in most cases on time. He\\nwas generous to a fault, anil no poor man. either\\nwhile or black, came to him for a.ssislance and\\nwent away empty-handed. For years a favorite\\n(luotation among the poor when they hail no\\nmoney to buy, and went lo him for their supply was,\\nGoing to Egypt for corn, and Ihey always\\ngot it, for (ieorge Redfield was a benefactor of\\nthe country and always had |)leiity. His first\\nwife died in August, 1818, leaving him two\\ndaughters and one son. The latter, Lewis by\\nname, died in 18()8, when twenty-six years of\\nage, having been married but six months before.\\nUertlia K. became the wife of II. E. Bucklon, the\\nwealthy [latent inedicine manufacturer of Chicago;\\nand Jennie M. is the wife of Prof. Walter C.\\nllewett, of Oshkosh, Wis. Mrs. Hucklon and Mrs.\\nW. C. Hewett are of the second marriage, as is\\nalso Abb^\\nIn September, 1854, Mr. Redfield maiiied Miss\\n.lane K. naniniond. daughter of .ludge llaniiiiond,\\nof Essex County, N. Y. She died in 18G5, leav-\\ning him one son and three daughters. Of these,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0393.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "392\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAIHICAL RECORD.\\nGeorge H.. whose name heads this article, is the\\neldest; Ann Maria married a wealthy merchant,\\nA. N. Ilaskel, of Goslicn, ind., Imt is a widow\\nnow and resides with a son at KIkliart, Ind.; Julia\\nbecame the wife of Dr. M. M. Latla, a [ironiinent\\nph3sician of (joshen, Ind.; and Abby died in\\nThe father of tlicse children died in 1887.\\nFur the last fifteen years of his life he was to-\\ntally blind, but even then he managed his affairs\\nup to the time of his death. He was then the\\nowner of about two thousand acres of land, and\\nwas one of the best men who ever made their\\nhome in Cass County. He left to his children a\\nlarge estate, and, what was much better, a stainless\\nreputation.\\nNo man is better or more favorably known in\\nthe county than Ham Redficld, whose friends\\nare legion. He enjoyed all the advantages in\\nyoulii that money could give, first attending a\\nQuaker and later a Catholic school, but not because\\nhe or his family adiiered to the faith of either,\\nbut because the training was more thorougli.\\nHowever, lie leftschoi)l at an earl^ age, and when\\nhe liad reached his twentieth birthday he was mar-\\nried, selecting his companion in Miss Julia A.\\nan Antwerp, daughter of Simon and Louisa\\n(Hewitt) Van Antwerp. Mr. an Antwei|) was\\nof a prominent pioneer family. Detlhic Hewitt,\\nfather of Mrs. Van Antwerp, held the oflice of\\n.lusliee of the Peace for forty years.\\n]\\\\Irs. Redlield is a lady of intelligence and re-\\nlinement and was well educated, having taught\\nschool for a number of ears previous to her mar-\\nriage. To this union were born two children,\\nthe eldest son being now deceased, his death oc-\\ncurring in 1881, when he was but four years of\\nage. The second child, George Russell, was born\\nJanuary 8, 18 Jl,and is a blight and promising\\nlittle fellow. Following his niariiage our subject\\nremained with his father in the mill for two years,\\nand then came to the farm where he n iw lives,\\nand which was deeded to him at the lime of his\\nmarriage. For the past seven years he has been\\nengaged in the dairy business, and four years ago\\n(1889) he built his creamery, in which he is doing\\nan extensive business. He has held the offices of\\nTownship Clerk and Township Treasurer, and for\\ntwelve years past has been Justice of the Peace.\\nDuring that time he has not had a case reversed.\\nSocially, he is a Knight of Pythias and a Knight\\nof the Maccabees. He is a line musician and is\\none universally liked and res[)ected.\\nON. JAMES r,. THOIMSON. A man seems\\nliving nearer to nature who adopts as his\\nlife calling some occupation that has been\\nhonored from the earliest time. That of\\nthe agriculturist and that of the weaver are of\\nhistoric growth, and these our subject has been\\nreared to know best, he himself having adopted\\nthe former, while his father devoted himself to\\nthe latter. Samuel Thomson, the immediate pro-\\ngenitor of our subject, was born in Glasgow, Scot-\\nland, and there grew to mature years. He learned\\nthe weaver s trade, but in connection was also en-\\ngaged as a merchant for many years. He married\\nMiss Lillias Aitken, a native of the same place,\\nand shortly afterward emigrated to America. In\\n1844 this enterprising young couple settled in\\nBerrien County, Mich., and took ii|i land where\\nour subject now resides. With few conveniences\\nand very few comforts, thej settled in a logcaliin,\\nand went actively to work to clear and iini)iove\\ntheir farm. As the years i)assed away, the com-\\nforts of life came to them, the home i)lace became\\none of the besf in the county, and eight children\\ngathered ari)Uiiil the hearth.\\nMr. Thomson was one of the best known men of\\nthe county, and was highly esteemed throughout\\nits length and lueadth. For many years he was\\nJustice of the Peace, and also held the ollice of\\nHighway Commissioner, discharging the duties of\\nthe same in a very satisfactory manner. For\\nmany years he was a member of the Farmers\\nMutual Fire Insurance Company, and the second\\nPresident of the same, holding that position for a\\nnumber of years, and to the entire satisfaction of\\nall concerned. He lived to be quite aged, and\\ndied on the place where he had spent the best", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0394.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0395.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "John Martin.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0396.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "FORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n395\\nyears of his life, when eightv-four years of age.\\nHis will; is still liviiii; Mini liiiils ;i ciiiiifortable\\nlioiiK with luT sdii, nir sulijcct.\\nHon. .hiines Thonisoii was lioiii on Ihc farm\\nwliiTi 111 MOW resides, in I lCiiion County, Mich.,\\nAiij;iist r.i, 18. ).S, and was the youngest of eight\\nchildren, four sons and four daughters, all of\\nwlioMi grew to iii.itiire years. As he grew to niaii-\\nliood ill ills native place, his educational advan-\\ntages were con lined to the district school of his\\niicigliliiirliood. Reared to the arduous duties of\\nthe farm, it was certain from the lirstthat he would\\nchoose that as his calling in life, and that he has\\nliccn successful in that inusuit it is hardly neees-\\n,saiy to add. .V glance over his wcll-keiit farm\\nwill tell it all. He is ambitious, enterprising and\\nprogressive, traits of character that will hardly\\nfail him in his future career, and that have already\\nwon for hill) honor and distinction in his native\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2unity.\\nI nhlie-spirited and enterprising, our suhject has\\nhchi a number of prominent olliees, and discharged\\nthe duties of all in a iiianncr reflecting the great-\\nest credit. He was lirst elected Supervisor of\\nXiles Township, and held that position from 1887\\nuntil 1892, a period of live years. In 1892 he\\nwas elected to represent the Second District of\\nBerriei\\\\ County in the J.,egislature. He was School\\nInspector for many years, and has ever been deeply\\ninterested in educational matters. A member of\\nthe Presbyterian Church, he contributes liberally\\nto its suiiport.\\nJI/OHN MARTIN, deceased. It has been said\\nI that life is not measured by years but by\\nI intensity. Scarcely fifty years from his\\n^_/ birth, Mr. Martin passed to his final rest.\\nHut tliough called hence in the prime of his u.seful\\nand vigorous manhood, he had accomplished much\\nfor the good of his fellow-men, and if existence\\nwere counted by years and not by deeds, he\\nmight well be called the most venerable of men.\\nFor a long lime he was closely connected with the\\n19\\nbest interests of .St. Joseph, and was one of the\\nproininent merchants of the city until his demi.se.\\nUorn in Ireland in 1832, our subject was the\\nson of Charles and Ann Martin, natives of the\\nEmerald Isle. The biographer finds little of\\nspecial interest to record concerning his childhood,\\nwhich was pa.ssed in an uneventful way on the\\nIsle of Erin. He attended the schools and ac-\\nquired the rudiments of his education, which was\\nafterward broadened by extensive reading and\\ntravel. Having resolved to emigrate to the New\\nWorld and seek a home in the cf)untry which\\noffered such maguilicent opportunities to the poor\\nof other lands, he set sail on an American-bound\\nvessel in March of 18. )2 and after a safe voyage\\nlanded in New York in July.\\nFrom that city Mr. Martin proceeded directly\\nto St. .Io.sepli, Mich., where for a time he engaged\\nin buying railroad tics and staves, which he\\nshii)ped to Chicago. Later he embarked in the\\ngeneral mercantile business in this pla(\u00c2\u00ab, and by\\nthe exercise of excellent judgment and conscien-\\ntious dealings with all, he acquired a wide reputa-\\ntion as a successful and enterprising business man,\\nin whom the public had every confidence. His\\ndeath, October 24, 1882, was regarded as a pub-\\nlic lo.ss, for iiis influence throughout the com-\\nmunity had always been elevating and ennobling.\\nAfter his demise, his widow continued tlie business,\\nof which she assumed the management. In 1892\\nshe sold out, and the enterprise went into other\\nhands.\\nThe lady wlio for twenty years w.as the devoted\\nhelpmate of Mr. Martin bore the maiden name of\\nJane McLaughlin and became his wife December\\n29, 18fi2. Mrs. Martin was born in Ogdensbiirgh,\\nN. Y., and is the daughter of Francis and Sara M.\\n(McMidlen) McLaughlin, natives of Ireland, who\\ncame to this country when (piite young. Miss\\nMcLaughlin attended a convent of the Sisters of\\nMercy at Chicago. With her parents she removed\\nto the State of New York in IXl-J, and resided\\nthere until her marriage. Seven children were\\nborn unto her, five of whom are still living, as\\nfollows: .loliii F.; Alice, who married Warren\\nBallengee, and resides in St. Joseph; William E.;\\nSarah; and (Jeorge II. The handsome family res-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0397.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "396\\ni-ORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nidencc is Idcatfd on State Street and is the abode\\n(pf iio.spilality. Mis. Martin and lier cliildien are\\nmembers of tlie Calliolic C liurcli, with wliich Mr.\\nMartin was also actively identitied. In his politi-\\ncal S3n)| athies, lie was a stanch Democrat.\\nW,ILLIAM SEARES, a well-known citizen of\\nCass County and a prominent farmer re-\\nsiding on section La Grange Township,\\nwas born in Krie County, Pa., sixteen miles from\\nthe city of that name, on the lOtli of .Tune, 1816.\\nHis i)aternal grandfather, Rich.ard Scares, was a\\nnative of iS ew Jersey, and followed the occupa-\\ntions of a farmer and hotel-keeper. Unto him and\\nhis wife, whose maiden name was Charity Uennett,\\nwere born the following-named children: Pha be,\\nwho married William Booty; Isaac, father of our\\nsubject; Polly, who married William Custard;\\nSophia, who became the wife of Lyman Robinson;\\nPhilema, Mrs. O. W. Brawn; and Bennett. There\\nwere also two children who died in infancy. Po-\\nlitically, Grandfather Scares was a prominent and\\nactive worker in the Democratic party. He was a\\npioneer of Erie Couiit3-, Pa., where he made set-\\ntlement in an early day, when settlers were few\\nand hardships numerous.\\nThe father of our subject, Isaac Scares, was\\nborn in Connecticut, near Hartford, and was reared\\nto manhood in New York, receiving his education\\nin the common schools. When about nineteen\\nyears old he accompanietl his parents to Pennsyl-\\nvania, and at the same tinjc, or soon afterward, he\\nenlisted as a private in the War of 1812. At the\\nexpiration of his term of service he returned to\\nErie County, where, at the age of thirty, he mar-\\nried Mary, daughter of Richard and Su.san (Cus-\\ntard) Custard. He resided in various places in\\nPennsylvania, and about 1821 came to Michigan.\\nIn 1835 he came to Cass County and purchased\\neight hundred and eighty-eight acres, and dur-\\ning the following year he brought his family. The\\nland was entirely unimproved, and in order to\\nbring his family to the place he was compelled to\\ncut the roads. However, as years pa ssed by he was\\nenabled to make many improvements and to bring\\nthe jilace to a high state of cultivation. Upon the\\nhome he there established his life was brought to\\na close in 1839\\nAt the time of his demise Isaac Scares left a\\nwidow and the following-named children: Abra-\\nham, deceased; Andrew, who went to Texas many\\nyears ago and has not been heard of for more than\\nthirty years; .lohn and Richard, deceased; Will-\\niam, of this sketch; Pluebe, Mrs. Alfred AVhite,\\ndeceased; Susan, who married Richard Walker;\\nSarah, deceased; Charity, the wife of Mr. Byers;\\nand Irene, Mrs. .lonathaii Bangham. The mother\\nof tiiis family p.assed away at the age of seventy-\\nfour years of age. In his political belief, Mr.\\nScares, Sr., was a Wliig, and served his fellow-citi-\\nzens in numerous positions of trust, the most im-\\nportant being that of Treasurer of Cass Count3\\nIn his youthful days, the subject of this sketch\\nremained beneath the parental roof. His father\\nhaving given hini one hundred and sixty acres\\nwhere he now lives, he commenced the work of\\nclearing the soil and developing the land. Through\\nproper methods of fertilization and close study of\\nthe various cereals best adapted to the soil, he was\\nenabled to secure the very best rcsultsaiid brought\\nhis land to a high slate of cultivation. In 1840\\nhe married Miss Margaret, daughter of Thomas\\nMiller, and a native of Peunsjivania. To them\\nwere born seven children, as follows: Thomas,\\nwho served for three years in the late war and was\\nwoundfed in the hand during one of the engage-\\nments in which he participated; Mary A., who\\ndied at the age of twenty years; Arde l issa, who\\nmarried Jose[)h Bangham; Abiaham, deceased; Is-\\naac N., a resident of California; Frank, who makes\\nhis home in Pennsylvania; and George, deceased.\\nA member of the Presbyterian Church from his\\nyouth, Mr. Scares has occupied various mlieial po-\\nsitions in that denomination. Politically, he is a\\nRepublican, and many ^cars ago was chosen County\\nClerk. He filled the [josition for one term, but\\nupon being again c ffered the position declined to\\nserve. In addition to conducting a general farm-\\ning business, he has engaged in the sale of farm\\nimplements for a number of years. At one time", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0398.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lUOGRAPIHCAL RECORD.\\n397\\nhe was the owner of three hundred and forty\\n:icrcs of land, tlie greiiter part of which he and his\\nhrotlifi- phuid iiiuk r cultivation. Now, in tlic\\ndeclining; ycai of iii.-s life, he can look back upon\\nthe past witliout re ,n-et, and can look forward to\\nthe future without fear. Such has been his life\\nthat he has won a place among the honorable and\\nenterprising citizens of the county\\nd+4 5\u00c2\u00bb*5\\nH****\\nAMKS IM. IlKri.KK. The name whicii in-\\ntroduces this sketch is borne by a gentle-\\nman [)romiuent in many of the foremost\\nenterprises of Berrien County, and num-\\nbered among the successful fruit-growers of St.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2losepli Township. Mr. Metier li.as passed his life\\nprinciiially in this county where he was born on\\nthe 28th of June, 1859. lie is of immediate Ger-\\nman parentage, his father, Cottleib Metier, being a\\nnative of (iermany, whence he emigrated to Amer-\\nica with his parents in childhood and located in\\nSeneca County, Ohio. Me was reared to manhood\\nin the Huckeye State, removing thence to Michi-\\ngan in lSo().\\nIn the fall of the above-named year Gottleib\\nMetier was united in maniage with Miss Martha\\nCrill, tlin ceremony wiiicli united their destinies\\nbeing performed in Ohio. Tiie Ijride was the\\ndaugliter of William Crill, a descendant of English\\nancestors. Upon coming to Michigan the senior\\nMr. Metier located in Royalton Township, Berrien\\nCounty, where lie purcliasiMl ;i tract of unimproved\\nland, consisting of one hundred and si.xty acres in\\nllie midst of a dense forest. With unwearied in-\\ndustry lie cleared about forty acres, placing a por-\\ntion of the tract under cultivation and rendering\\nit of greatly increased value. After residing there\\nfor about twelve years, he removed to the place\\nwiieic oui subject now resides, and upon disposing\\nof his properly in Royalton Township he pur-\\nchased forty-four acres in St. .Iosc|)h Township.\\nMe cleared and improved a part of llic farm, and\\nmade his home iiere until the time of his ch ath,\\nwhich occurred in June. 1872.\\nThere were nine children in the family of\\nGotilieb Metier, of whom seven grew to maturity\\nand six are now living. They are as follows:\\nG. W., who owns a fifteen-acre farm in .St. Joseph\\nTownship; William, a resident of Royalton Town-\\nship; Joseph, who owns a farm in St. Joscjjh Town-\\nship; James M.; Nancy J., who is the wife of (i.\\nR. Davis; and Catherine, Mrs. William Tolton, a\\nresident of Chicago, where her husband follows\\nthe trade of a machinist. The father of this fam-\\nily was identified with the German Evangelical\\nChurch and was a man of upright and consistent\\nChristian character. For nine con.secutive years\\nhe lilled the position of Justice of the Peace, and as\\none of the pioneers of the county was highly re-\\ngarded by all who knew him.\\nAt the age of nine years our siil)ject accompa-\\nnied his parents in their removal from Royalton\\nTownship to St. Joseph Township, settling upon\\nthe place where he now resides. At the conclu-\\nsion of his school studies, he worked 1)3 the month\\nfor a number of years in his father s employ-. In\\n1881, forming a partnership witli his brother, J.\\nW., he purchased the place where he now resides,\\nand for about four years they tilled the soil in\\ncommon, after whicli the property was divided.\\nMr. Metier now owns twenty-four acres, one-half\\nof which is set out to fruit trees. Me has about\\nthree hundred pear trees, two hundred [teach trees,\\nand raises berries of every variety, finding that\\noccupation botii pleasant and remunerative.\\nNovember 17, 1881, Mr. Metier married Miss\\nFlora Match, who was born and reared in Lapeer\\nCounty, this State. Her father, Chester Match,\\nwas for many 3ears a resident of Indian River,\\nClieboygan County, Midi., where he followed the\\noccupation of a farmer and was also engaged as\\na mechanic. Cnto Mr. and Mrs. Metier were\\nborn three children, two t f whom arc living:\\nNettie J. and Mabel M. Freddie, the onlj- son,\\ndied when eleven months old. The religious\\nhome of the family is in the Congregational\\nChuicli, aii i the} are regular attendants at the\\nvarious church services. In his politic;il views,\\nMr. Metier is a Republican and takes an intelli-\\ngent interest in all matters of public concern and\\ngeneral importance. Mis life lias Ijeen an active one,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0399.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "398\\nPORTRAIT AND inOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand the results speak for themselves. He com-\\nmciiferl witli little capital, but being a good man-\\nager lie has acquired the ownership of one of the\\nbest fruit farms in tlie vicinity. The improve-\\nments upon the place have been made under his\\n(HTsonal supervision, the land cleared, trees setout,\\nl)uildings erected, and such changes made as have\\nlici u t)f a most desirable nature, as well as pleasing\\nIn the licneral effect.\\n^tlOHN F. CLENOENEN. Many of the best\\nknown farmers and residents of Cass Coun-\\nI ty liave been born and reared within its\\nconfines. In them we hnd men of energy\\nand enterprise, who in the trite parlance of the\\npresent day might api)roprialely be called liust-\\nlers, and who are bound to become wealtiiy and\\ninfluential citizens as the years go by. John F.\\nClendenen was born on the farm where he now\\nlives, December 22, 1801, and, although young in\\nyears, is old in experience. He is a man whom\\nnature seems to have intended for a farmer, for,\\nowing to his desire to keep out of the beaten path,\\nand to his adoption of new and improved meth-\\nods, together with industry and good judgment,\\nhe has met with more than the average degree of\\nsuccess in pursuing his calling.\\nThe parents of our subject, Oscar and Harriet\\n(Swisher) Clendenen, were natives of Virginia and\\nOhio, respectively, and his grandparents, Robert\\nand Amanda (Hinchman) Clendenen, were na-\\ntives also of the Old Dominion, where they resided\\nmany years. At an early date the grandparents\\nemigrated to Michigan and settled in Cass Coun-\\nty, where the closing scenes of their lives were\\npassed. Oscar Clendenen was born December 20,\\n1829, and was quite young when became to Mich-\\nigan with his parents. All his scholastic training\\nwas received in the district schools, and his time\\nwas spent, when out of school, in assisting to im-\\nIjrove the home place. He was married in Cass\\nCounty, Mich., to Miss Harriet Swisher, daughter\\nof .lohn Swisher, and shortly afterward purchased\\neighty acres of the farm upon which our subject is\\nnow living. To this he added from time to time\\nuntil lie became the owner of one hundred and\\ntifty-live acres, all improved and under a good\\nstate of cultivation. On this farm his death oc-\\ncurred ill March, 1870. He was a hard-working,\\nindustrious man, and one who was universally re-\\nspected. In politics, he was a Democrat, and held\\na nuuiber of the local ollices. His widow was mar-\\nried the second time, to William Kelchum, and\\nnow resides in Dowagiac.\\nOf the three children born to his parents, our\\nsubject is first in order of birth. Frank, the sec-\\nond child, married Miss Lena Flanigaii. The\\nother child was named Florence. .John F. re-\\nceived a good practical education in the distiict\\nschools of Silver Creek Township, and remained\\nwith his mother until grown. In December, 1881,\\nhe married IMiss Flmma Oyler, a native of this\\ncounty, and the daughter of Daniel and Catherine\\n(Robinson) Oyler, who were early pioneers of Cass\\nCounty. To this union were born four children,\\nas follows: Bessie; Lula; Niel, who died at the age\\nof two years; and Earl. In politics, Mr. Clendenen\\nis a Democrat, and has held a number of local\\noffices. He was Township Clerk for two years,\\nHighway Commissioner one year, and in 181)3 he\\nwas elected the second time as Township Treas-\\nurer. He is a public-spirited young man, and one\\nof the best farmers in his section.\\nACOB BRENNER, a representative general\\nagriculturist and successful stock-raiser,\\nhandling a superior grade of Shoithorns, is\\nple;tsanlly located upon section 15, Berrien\\nTownship, Berrien County, Mieli.,and owns a fine\\nfarm of one hundred acres. Our subject is of\\nGerman descent, his paternal great-grandfather,\\n.lohn Brenner, having emigrated to the United\\nStates in a very early day in the history of our\\ncountry. He settled in the Quaker State and,\\npassing away at a good old age, was buried in a", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0400.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAIMIICAL RKCORD.\\n399\\nfotlin of one-iiuli wliilv (i:ik Imiilic i-. His son,\\niraiulfMtlicr ri tci liiciiiu r, si ivcd witli courage\\nin the Wur of l!S12. !iii(l left as a Ipfjac V to liis\\n(lt srcii(laiit.s u clipst, liaviiiij his name inlaid with\\nlirinistdiic and lioaiint; liic date of 177( Tliis\\nrclif, made in Middlclowii, I a., aiuJ now ui jios-\\nsession of our snhjcct, is hij^idy valued. The\\nfather of our subject, I eter Hrenner, was a native\\nof Dauphin County, I a., and was l)orn in l.HO 2.\\nlie was a life-long farmer and a man of intelli-\\ngence. The mother, Mr.s. Rebecca (Zimmerrnan)\\nI .icnner, was born in Swalara Towushi|), Dauphin\\nCounty, Ta. The parents passed their lives in\\ntheir native county, where the mother died in 1853,\\nthe father surviving until 1K77. Until IH17 the\\nworthy couple with tiieir family continued to re-\\nside in a hundile log house, but at this latter date\\nthe father built a modern brick dwelling.\\nTwelve sons and daughters gathcied in the old\\nPennsylvania home, and but four of the family\\nare now living. The parents were both devout\\nmembers of the Lutheran Church, of which the\\nfatiier was for many years a Trustee. He gave\\none-half acre of land now in the village of Ober-\\nlin. Pa., to the church, and w.as ever gencro\\\\is in\\nthe behalf of religious inlluenee and of church\\nwork. lie was well educated in (ierman, and held\\nwith failliful ability the odice of Supervisor of\\nSwalara Township. The old homestead of Grand-\\nf. ither IJrenner remained in the family for three\\ngenerations, or nearly sixty years. Our subject,\\nJacob Urenner, vyas the fourth child of his parents\\nlarge family who atlained to maturity. Mr.\\nHrenner was born April I 1, lcS. ?(l, in Swatara\\nTownship, I a. Uearecl upon a farm and early\\nobligtrd to assist in the daily duties, he attended\\nthe district school but two months in the winter of\\neach year. Before he was quite twenty years of\\nage, our subject married Miss Margaret Wolfe, a\\ndaughter of David and Anna (Corman) Wolfe,\\nboth natives of Cumberland County, Pa. The\\nfather of Mrs. lirenner was born in the \\\\ear 1810,\\nthemotherin 1811, and both s])ent their entire lives\\nin Middlesex Township. Mr. A\\\\dlfc was a man of\\nenlerpri.sc and ac^hieved success in life. He owned\\nthree hundred and twenty acres of land in one\\nbody, and occupicnl a position of honor and intlu-\\nence. He passed away April 17, 1873; ihc uiolhcr\\nof Mr.s. Brenner survived her husband until\\nFebruary 21, 1879.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wolfe were membeis of the Cer-\\nman Reformed Church, and Mr. Wdife was espe-\\ncially active in religious work, lie was in political\\natliliation a Democrat, and was a Director of the\\npoor of the county. Mrs. Brenner was l)orn\\nOctober 21, 183G, in Cumberland County, Pa. She\\nattended school and .assisted in the home work un-\\ntil arrived at nineteen, when she w.as m.arriiMl.\\nMr. and Mrs. P renner were weddecl in Il. urisburgli,\\nPa., February 21, IM. iti.and resided on the Bren-\\nner farm until isri .t, when they removed to\\nGrjindfather BnMiner s homestead, and ther(? they\\nremained until 18(i; when they journeyed to\\nMichigan and located upon their piesenl f.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lrl\u00e2\u0096\u00a0l^\\nwhich is all cleared with the exception of twenty-\\nlive acres. The land, highly cultivated, is de-\\nvoted to mixed farming, and full-blooded Short-\\nhorns are protitably r.aised niion the homestead.\\nMr. Brenner remodele l his hou.se at a cost of\\nseveral hundred dollars, and in 1868 built, a\\ncommodious barn at an expense of !l,1()(l. Our\\nsubject has i)lanled out four acres in a new orchard\\nand will give a portion of his lime to fruit culture.\\nFinancially prospered, he h;is purchased several\\nfarms and given them to his sons. .At |ire.sent he\\nhas only one hundred acres in the homestead.\\nThe pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Brenner was\\nblessed by the birth of eight children, four of\\nwhom yet survive. David E. married Miss Eva\\nSmith and lives with his wife and three children\\nin Silver Creek Township, Cass County. Anna R.\\nis the wife of Burton J. .Sparks and has no\\ndiildren. She lives in Berrien County. William\\nmariied Miss Delorah Myers and is the father of\\none child. Ida E., wife of Edwin Sparks, has two\\nchildren and resides in Berrien Township. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Brenner arc both valued members of the\\n(irange. He has held all the v:irious ollices with\\nthe exception of Master, and is at present Steward.\\nShe h.as also held ollice and is I oniona. Our\\nsubject is fraternally connected with the Independ-\\nent hder of Od l Fellows, and has been through\\nall the chairs. Mr. Brenner is a member of the\\n.Schot)l Board and Moderator of District II. His", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0401.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "400\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfamily all enjoyed excellent educational advanta-\\nges. Politically, our subject has always been a\\nRepublican and has held with abilitj- various\\noffices of trust. In Pennsylvania he was Assessor\\nand Collector, and did militia duty in the Quaker\\nState a part of the time during the Civil War. Mr.\\nBrenner has been Highway Commissioner of\\nBerrien Township for two years and h.as served\\nmost acceptably as delegate to conventions. Aside\\nfrom liis farming duties, our subject has the local\\nagency for the Buckeye Jlachines and, possessing\\nexecutive business ability and energy, makes this\\nflepartraent of work a success. During his resi-\\ndence of over twenty-six 3-ears in the count}- he\\nhas been largely identified with the progressive\\ninterests of the township and is numbered among\\nthe liberal-spirited citizens of the State.\\nEMERY F. FERRY, a leading agriculturist,\\ncultivating a fine farm located upon sec-\\ntion 15, AVeesaw Township, Berrien Count}\\nMich., is pleasantly located four miles north and\\none mile west of Galien, and is widely known as\\na public-spirited and patriotic citizen, who, bravely\\nserving the Government in its hour of need, con-\\ntracted a disease, which resulted in the total loss of\\nsight. Born in Tioga County, Pa., May 22, 1833,\\nour subject has. with the exception of his absence\\nduring the Civil War, constantly resided in his\\npresent locality since 1858. The father and\\nmother, Charles and Phoebe (Slate) Ferry, were\\nwell known in the Quaker State, where they made\\ntheir home for many yeai-s. Charles Ferry was\\nborn in Vermont in 1807, and was a son of Eben-\\nczer Ferry, also a native of the Green MouiitSTn\\nState, but of direct English descent. Grandfather\\nFerry fought with courage in the War of 1812,\\nand was a man of energy and sterling character.\\nMarrying in Vermont, he later in life removed to\\nPennsylvania, and the father of our subject was\\na lad of twelve years when, with the paternal\\ngrandfather and grandmother, he settled in Tioga\\nCounty. The veteran of the War of 1812 passed\\naway in the Quaker State, mourned by many\\nfriends and relatives.\\nThe father attained to adult age and was mar-\\nried in Pennsylvania, and with his wife and fam-\\nily emigrated to Berrien County, Mich., in 18. )S.\\nHe survived many yeai-s, and died at the home of\\nour subject in 1891. He was a man of strong\\ncharacter and convictions, and was in religious\\nbelief a Uuiversalist. The mother preceded her\\nhusband to the better land in 1870. She was born\\nin Cortland County, N. Y., and passed away in\\nBerrien County. She was a devout Christian\\nwoman and a member of the Wesleyan Church.\\nHer father, the maternal grandfather of our sub-\\nject, Thomas Slate, was a native of the Empire\\nState and served bravely as a soldier in the War\\nof 1812. The maternal grandmother. Prudence\\n(Fitzgerald) Slate, was of Irish descent. The pat-\\nernal grandmother, Sarah (Taylor) Ferry, a woman\\nof bright intelligence, survived to sixty-five\\nyears of age. Mrs. Pluebe (Slate) Ferry was\\nblessed by the birth of three sons and three\\ndaughters, of whom five are now living. Our sub-\\nject, the eldest-born, remained in his Pennsylvania\\nhome until twenty-three yeai-s old. He received\\nhis education in the common schools of the district\\nand attained to manhood an energetic and self-re-\\nliant youth. In 1855 he was united in marriage in\\nhis native State with Miss Samantha Longwell, a\\nnative of Pennsylvania, who survived her marriage\\nonly about three yeai-s, passing away in 1858.\\nIn 1859, Emery F. Ferry a second time entered\\ninto marriage relations, wedding Miss Clara Jack-\\nson, who died in 1861. In 1864 our subject mar-\\nried Miss Martha Hazen, who died in 1870. lu\\n1871 he married his present wife, Mre. Alma\\n(Thaxton) Ferry, who is the mother of ten chil-\\ndren: John; Ella, wife of William Flowers; Alfred,\\nMaude, Charles H., George, Nora, Mina, Peter and\\nOlive. August 23, 1863, Mr. Ferry enlisted in the\\nUnion army, joining Company K, Twenty-fifth\\nMichigan Infantry, serving gallantly until his dis-\\ncharge, December 10, 1864. Our subject .ictively\\nparticipated in the battles of Stone River, Chicka-\\niiiauga, and Knoxville, and was with Sherman in\\nhis famous march to the sea. He was later attacked", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0402.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a21(1 1\\nviolently witli measles, whicli settled in his eyes,\\n:in(l he is now t(it;illy lilind, li:iviiiy, in fact, been so\\nI vci- since the war. After his arrival in llerrien\\nCounty. Mr. Ferry Iwuj^ht forty acres of liinbcr-\\nhtiid, and now h:is in his lioniestcad Mie liuiidrcd\\nacres, also owning an eigiity-acrc tract elsewhere.\\nAn important f.actor in the [nogressive interests\\nof liis locality, our subject is a nienilier o( the\\nFanners Mutual Fire Insurance Com[)any. Fra-\\nternally, he is a member of Custer Post No. 208,\\n(i. A. K., at (i.alien, and takes u;rcat ple.a.sure\\nin the re-unions and reminiscences of his former\\ncomrades upon the field of war. In his polit-\\nical \\\\iews, he is a stalwart Republican, and cast\\nIds first Presidential vote for (ien. Fremont. Mi\\nFerry is a liberal-spirited citizen, a friend to\\neducation;d advancement, and without being es-\\npecially active in k cal politics takes a great inter-\\nest in all the vital questions of the d.ay. His home\\nis the al)ode of hospitality, and he numbeis among\\nhis large acquaintance a host of sincere friends and\\nwell-wishers.\\n-^=^1\\nm\u00c2\u00aeH\\nI yr\u00c2\u00b0\\nKNRY .STARKWKA rilKR. Uerrien Coun-\\nty is conspicuous for its magnificent farms,\\nIh-it aic f. uiltless in the w.ay of manage-\\n(8^ nient and the order in which they arc\\nke[)t. Those in Niles Township are especially ad-\\nvantageously located, the land being rolling and\\nwell watered, fertile .and pioductive. No one is\\nto be more complimented on the perfect method\\nand order with which his agricultural alTairs are\\nI ondiictcd th.in he whose name is above. He is a\\nfarmer and stock-raiser on section (i, where he li.as\\na line hume. the house being commodious and at-\\ntractive, and the outbuildings substantial and ca-\\npacious.\\nMr. Starkweather claims New York .as his native\\nState, his birth occurring in Cayuga County,\\ntwenty miles sf)uth of Otibourn, September 18,\\n182(1. lie is a son of Henry S. and Kstlier (Hakes)\\nStarkweather, both natives of Connecticut. The\\ngrandfather, Kphraim .Starkweather, was also born\\nin the Nutmeg State, and there followed farming\\nall his life. The parents of our subject were mar-\\nried in their native .Stale, and there the father\\ntilled the soil for many years, or until his removal\\nto Cayuga onnt\\\\, N. Y. After .settling in that\\n.State he continued his former occupation and\\nthere died when lifty-five ^ears of age. The mother\\ndied younger.\\nOur subject, the .seventh in order of birth of\\neleven children ,bf)rn to his parents, attained his\\ngrowth in his native pl.ace. and there rem.ained\\nuntil seventeen years of age. Deciding to make\\na start for himself, he turned his face toward tlie\\n.setting sun and reached the undevelopeil State of\\nMichigan in IS. iO. He made the trip with a man\\nby the name of Is.aac (irillin, settled in IJerrien\\nCounty, and remained with him until lie had at-\\ntained his majority. During this time he worked\\non the faim and received as compensatifui his\\nboard and clothes. When he I cached his twenty-\\nfirst birthday Mr. Oritlin gave him one hundred\\nacres of timber-land in M.arshall County, Ind., and\\nin 1810 he returniul to his native pl.ace. Two\\nyears later he returned to Niles, Alicli., and again\\nmaile his home with Mr. Irillin, continuing with\\nhim two 3 ears.\\nIn 184; our subject was married to Miss l ,liza-\\nbeth Long, a native of Montgomery County, )hio.\\nborn May 28, 1821, and the danglitci- of \\\\Villi:im\\nLong, a native N irginian, who followed merch.an-\\ndising in that State for many years. .Her mother s\\nmaiden name was Elizal)etli Aiken, and she w-as\\nborn in Kentucky. Mrs. .Starkweather came to\\nMichigan in 18. 5G, .as near .as can be remembered,\\nand taught school in this .State and in Indiana for\\nseveral years. After his marriage, Mr. .Stark-\\nweather rented a farm on Burgis Prairie and cul-\\ntivated the soil for two years. Then, as he iiad a\\nraw farm of one huiuUed acres in Indiana and\\nMrs. Starkweather had one of one hundred and\\nlifty acres in the same .State, they tiaded these for\\ntwo farms in Mas(ui Township. Cass C ounty,\\nMich., and located on one of them. Three years\\nlater they .sold, and bought another farm in the\\nsame township, but Liter they al.so sold this and re-\\nsided at Elkhart, Ind., for one summer.\\nThe year that Gen. Grant was first elected Pres-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0403.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "402\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nideiil tliey leniuved to lierricn County, and in\\n1873 l x;ated on tlie farm where tliey reside at the\\npresent time. Tiieir house and contents were de-\\nstroyed by Arc the same year. Shortly afterward\\nMr. Starkweather erected one of the finest houses\\nm the township, and now has one hundred and\\nsixtj acres of verj productive land, thirty acres\\nbeing in timber. Four interesting children were\\nborn of their marriage: May and Edwin, deceased;\\nEmma, who died at the age of twenty years; and\\nFrank J., who is now in the hardware business at\\nNiles. In his political views Mr. Starkweather is a\\nRepublican, and in religion was reared a Quaker.\\nW^ILLIAM A. RITNKLE, a prosperous and\\nextensive agriculturist of Jefferson Town-\\nship, Cass County, Mich., lias since 1880\\nbeen a resident of his flnely-iniprovcd homestead\\nof two liundred and ten acres, located on section\\n31. Our subject was born in Milton Township,\\nOctober 31, 1851, and is the son of Cool P. and\\nMargaret (Wilson) Runkle. The paternal grand-\\nfather, Adam Runkle, was of German descent and\\nsettled in New Jersey He afterward made his\\nhome in Pennsylvania, but removed thence to the\\nnear localitj of Morrisville, N. Y., where he and\\nhis excellent wife both died. Grandfather Runkle\\nwas a farmer, and upon his homestead reared four\\nsons and four daughters. The sons were Cool P.,\\nHenry, John and Richard. The daughters were\\nSarah, Matilda, Euphcmia and Hannah. The fa-\\nther of our subject was born in New York in 1817.\\nLeaving his native Slate, he afterward removed\\nwith his parents to the (Quaker .State, but with his\\nfather and mother once again settled in New\\nYork.\\nIn the winter of 1844-45 the father journeyed to\\nCass Count}-, Mich., and worked by the month a\\nfew years, when he purchased eighty acres of land\\nin Milton Township, and gradually .accumulated a\\nfine property, being now considered one of the\\nwealthiest men in his township. He is an enter-\\nprising citizen, and is politically a Democrat. He\\nhas been thrice married. His first wife was the\\nmother of one child, who died in early infancy.\\nThe second wife bore her husband five children,\\nfour of whom reached maturity: Margaret Kingsle^\\nWilliam A., Ileniy S., and Ida S.,who passed away in\\nthe bloom of girlhood, aged sixteen. The second\\nwife died in 1882. She was a member of the\\nPresbyterian Church and was a trulj^ excellent\\nwoman. Born in Pennsylvania, she was the daugh-\\nter of James AVilson, a farmer of the Quaker State.\\nHer paternal ancestors, the Wilsons, were of\\nScotch origin. Margaret Haslett, wife of James\\nWilson, was the mother of three daughters, and\\none son, Samuel. The daughters were Sarah,\\nJane and Margaret. The maternal grandfather of\\nMr. Runkle died in Pennsylvania. The grandmo-\\nther, who still survives, was married again, be-\\ncoming Mrs. Richard Savidge. By her second\\nhusliand she bore one son, AVMlliani T. They em-\\nigrated from Pennsylvania to Michigan in 1841,\\nand made the long journey bj wagon. She is a\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church, and trained\\nher family up to religious observance.\\nReared on a farm, our subject early became self-\\nsupporting and from thirteen years of age made\\nhis own way in the world. Being the eldest of the\\nfamily, he was obliged to assist his father in pay-\\ning off debts on tiie farm, but at twenty-two 3 ears\\nof age he began work for himself. He first rented\\na small farm of eighty acres belonging to his mo-\\nther, and whicli was located on the State line of\\nIndiana. In the S|ning of 1880, he bought the\\nhomestead of one hundred and sixty acres where\\nhe now resides upon section 31, and has since\\nadded to the size of the home farm, which contains\\ntwo hundred and ten acres. Mr. Runkle also\\nowns a half-interest in forty acres of valuable\\nland. He was married February 25, 1875, to Miss\\nJennie M. Baker, born in Crawford County, Pa.,\\nthe daughter of Joseph and P lizabeth (Hartman)\\nBakei. Joseph Baker, a native of Crawford\\nCounty, Pa., was a farmer b} occupation. He re-\\nmoved from his early home to Summit Count}\\nOhio, and later located in St. Joseph County, Jnd.\\nHe finally settled in 1867 in Cass Countj^ Mich.,\\nbut is now a resident of Florida. Mrs. Baker w.as a", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0404.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0405.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "U4^\\niJ hAA (fjW,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0406.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND mCGKAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n405\\nnative of I emi.sylvaiiin. and a dauglilcr of .lacob\\nIlartinan, wlio witli liis wife I lnigiatetl from (ier-\\nmany carl} in life. Joseph Haker is a stanch Re-\\npublican. Ilis fatlier, .loiiii r ai er, was a lumber-\\nman and was killed in a sawmill in Ohio. lie\\nleft thi ce sons and three daughters to mourn his\\nloss. Mr. and Mrs. Runkle are prominent in the\\nsocial and religious life of their home neighbor-\\nhood and are ever rea ly to lend a helping hand\\nin all matters of local enterprise.\\n=^^-f^l=-\\nYia S Tl TIULL. Secretary of the Farmers\\n_ Mutual Kire Insurance Company of Dowa-\\ngiao, was born in Orange County, N. Y.,\\nMarch 12, 1H27. Ilis father, Gideon Tutliill, w.as\\nborn in the same State and county, on the 1 2tli of\\nSeptember, 1791, and was the son of Benjamin\\nTuthill, who was probably born in the same coun-\\nty. The first member of this family that came to\\nAmerica was John Tuthill, who emigrated from\\nKngland in 1(120, and settled on Long Island in\\nthe State of New York. His descendants are now\\nscattered through nine of the States, audit is a fact\\nof which they may well be proud that, so far as\\nknown, not one of the number has ever been ar-\\nlesled on a criminal charge.\\nThe greut-giand parents of our subject were Na-\\nthaniel and Margaret Tuthill, the former of whom\\nwas born January 17, 17. ?0. Grandfather Tuthill\\nwas born June (J, 17( 1, and b^- his marriage to\\nUutli Knapp became the father of nine children,\\neight of whom attained manhood aiul svomaiihood,\\nGideon being the eldest of the number. In the\\nlioniiiable pursuit of the vocation of a farmer,\\nlienjamin Tuthill gained prosperity and acciiniu-\\nlaled a ((iinpcteiicy. His death occurred M.-iy 17,\\n18211; his wife siirvive(l liiin for a number of\\nyears, passing aw;i} on the 21th of April, 1818.\\nIn Orange County, N. Y., where he grew to\\nmanhood, iidooM Tuthill married Margaret Pad-\\ndock, the daughter of Nathaniel Paddock, an l a\\ngreat-aunt of Mi.ss Fiances .1. Ciosby (the blind\\npoetess). At the ,age of thirty-five, Mr. Tuthill\\nremoved to Tompkins County, N. Y., where he\\npurchased land and made his home until death\\nterminated his useful career, on the 22dof Septem-\\nber, 1867. Ilis wife passed away April 13, 1868.\\nThey were the parents of eight children, five of\\nwhom are still living, as follows: David, a promi-\\nnent farmer residing in Tompkins County, N. Y.;\\nour subject; Mary, Mrs. Abram Lane; C. D., who\\nis engaged in farming in Minnesota; and .Tohn P.,\\na capitalist of Ithaca, N. Y., and the owner of the\\nold homestearl in Toini)kins County. The de-\\nceased children were: Laura, who married Isaac\\nBanfield, .and died in New York State; George,\\nwho died in New York; and Ruth, who married\\nWilliam Gardner, and died in the Empire State.\\nAbram Lane, brother-in-law of our subject, was a\\nfarmer in Tompkins County, and during the late\\nwar enlisted in the service of the Union. Being\\ntaken prisoner by the Confederates, he w.as placed\\nin Libby Prison, and died from the effects of\\nstarvation one week after his return from the war.\\nHis widow makes her home in Dowagiac.\\nWhen nine years of age, our subject accom-\\npanied his i)arents to Tompkins County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he grew to manhood, receiving a good edu-\\ncation in the common schools, and also conduc-\\nting his studies in I tli.aea Academy. He taught\\nschool in Orange, (Chemung and Tom|)kins Coun-\\nties, receiving for his first term ^1(1 per month,\\nand for his l.ast term ^21, the latter amount I)eing\\nthen considered very high w.ages. For a short\\ntime he was in the employ of the Erie Railroad\\nCompany, and later engaged in merchandising at\\nHowells, N. Y.; he also was railroad agent for two\\nyears at that point. In 18. he came to Michigan\\nanil locateil in Dowagiac, where for six and a-\\nhalf years he engaged in the mercantile business.\\nFrom that he turned his ittention to agriculture,\\nand, purtliasing a partly impiovi d farm in Poka-\\ngon Township, made his home there for fourteen\\nj-ears, and conducted general farming upon its one\\nhundred and thirty .acres.\\nLeaving the farm in 18711, Mr. Tuthill came to\\nDowagiac and engaged ill the insurance business\\nhere. On the KUh of November, I 8r)2, he married\\nMiss Frances, daughter of Joseph Beakes, an ex-\\ntensive fanner of Orange County, N. Y. Mrs. Tut-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0407.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "406\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhill died June 24, 1879, leaving tlnee children:\\nAnnie .1., the wife of John Caniight, a resident of\\nSaratoga, Wyo; Harry B., a suceessful lawyer of\\nMichigan Cit.y; and Victor M., a manufacturer of\\nmill supplies at Grand Rapids, and a mcnilier of the\\nfirm of Baldwin, Tuthill Bolten, prominent bus-\\niness men of that city. Politically, IMr. Tuthill\\nwas a Whig until 1856, and since then has been a\\nRepublican. At the present time he is President\\nof the Board of Education of Dowagiac, and has\\nserved as Supervisor for a number of years. While\\nresiding in Pokagon Township he was Justice of\\nthe Peace for two years. Socially, he is a member\\nof the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is\\nPast Grand of the lodge. He is a devoted mem-\\nber of the Congregational Church, and takes great\\ninterest in religious work.\\nThe Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Compaii}\\nof Cass County was organized May 8, 1863. Mr.\\nTuthill was a| pointed Secretary- in March, 1876,\\nand has held that position ever since. The terri-\\ntory of the company covers Ben ieii, Cass and Van\\nBuren Counties, and on the 31st of December,\\n1892, there were three thousand six hundred and\\nfifty members. The charter of the company ex-\\npired May 8, 1893, at which time a new company,\\ncalled the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Com-\\npany of Dowagiac, was organized. The charter\\nof the old company expired by constitutional lim-\\nitation, and the new company was organized\\nFebruary 2, 1892, and a charter adopted. At a\\nmeeting held May 17, 1892, ollicers were elected,\\nand our subject was chosen Secretary of the\\nnew company. There are now about thirty-one\\nliundrod stockholders, and when there is a loss\\nan assessment is made to pay the damages. The\\nrates do not exceed one-half of the regular stan-\\ndard companies, thus securing cheap and safe in-\\nsurance. The fee is 12 for membership, and ten\\ncents on each i!100 invested.\\nThe I resident of the company- is C. II. Kim-\\nmerly, a resident of La Grange Township, Cass\\nCounty. There are seven Directors, including the\\nPjesident and Secretary. The others are as fol-\\nlows: John W. Bedford, of Berrien County; Eras-\\ntns OsbDiii. of Van Buren County; M. J. Gard, of\\nVolinia Township, Cass County; William K. Bogue,\\nof I enn Townshi|). Cass County; and T. T. Hig-\\ngins, of JefTorson Township, Cass County. The\\ncompany is chartered by the State, and is upon a\\nsolid financial basis. An annual statement is is-\\nsued and piil)lished for two consecutive weeks in\\nthe county papers during the month of January.\\n*=s*^=*\\nAMES F. DUNBAR. Few families in I enn\\nI Township have a higher standing for char-\\nacter, ability and enterprise than the one\\nrepresented by the name at the head of this\\nparagraph, and in its various members it is emi-\\nnently worthy of the respect which is universally\\nconceded to it. The county has been fortunate in\\nbeing developed by such men, who were not\\nonly ambitious, but broad-minded and far-seeing.\\nMany portions of this county are as attractive as\\nthough laid out b} a landscape gardener, and in\\nany part of it there is no more diversity of scen-\\nery than in Penn Township.\\nJames F. Dunbar was torn in Berrien County,\\nMich., July 28, 1855, and is a son of Archibald\\nand Elizabeth (Frame) Dunbar. The father was\\nborn in Ohio about 1819, and was a farmer by oc-\\ncupation. He left his native State at an early day\\nand made his way to Berrien County, Mich., whore\\nhe tilled the soil successfully for many years.\\nThere his death occurred about 1872. His wife\\nwas born in Ohio, and died at South Bend, Ind.,\\nabout 1877. Granilfather Dunbar was also a na-\\ntive of Ohio, and during his entire career was en-\\ngaged in cultivating the soil in that State. His\\ndeath occurred in Berrien Count} where he was\\nwell and favorably known.\\nThe original of this notice grew to mature yeais\\nin Berrien County, Mich., and received his scholas-\\ntic advantages in the common schools, never at-\\ntending after his father s death. The latter was\\ntwice married first to a Miss Mylor in Berrien\\nCount} and one child, who died young, was the\\nresult of this union. The father ran a meat-market\\nand grocery in Buchanan for about five years. In", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0408.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n407\\ntill! yt -ii i siiliject was married to Miss Min-\\nnie K. Uoylc. wiiosc liiitlipiacc i.s liorrieii Ctmiity,\\nMich. Her parents, (iodli)) and Mary Boyle, were\\nearly settlers of that county, and both natives of\\nGerman 3\\nThe marriage of our subject resulted in the\\nhirtli of one child, Ihittie M.i^-, who is a bright,\\nintelligent little girl. Farming has l)cen our sub-\\nject s chosen c;dling through life, and the earnest\\nmanner in wliieh he has taken hold of all advanced\\nideas and principles h.as had much to do with the\\nsuccess he has made of this calling. lie has two\\ngood farms one t)f forty acres, five and a-half\\nmiles northeast of the county seat; and the other\\none hundred and fort} acres six and a-lialf miles\\nnortheast, on section 9.\\nIn his religious views, Mr. Dunbar is a Quaker,\\nand his wife holds membership in the same church.\\nThey take a deep interest in their church and its\\nprogress, but are also interested in all other worthy\\nenterprises and contribute frecl} of their means to\\ntheir supiwrt. Both are liighl} esteemed and have\\nmany warm friends. Mr. Dunbar is a member of\\nthe Farmers Alliance.\\n|(_^ I :NRY first. Of that sturdy and inde-\\npendent class, the farmers of Michigan,\\nnone are possessed of more genuine merit\\nand a stronger character than he whose\\nname stiinds at the head of this sketch. He has\\nrisen to more than an ordinarj degree of success\\nin his calling .as an agriculturist, and wherever\\nknown he is conceded to be an energetic and pro-\\ngressive tiller of the soil, imbued with all those\\n(pialities of go-ahead-ativeness which have char-\\nacterized his ancest(,)rs.\\n(hir subject s birth occurred in Berrien Countj-,\\nAlich., in IH; and he is the son of Fred and\\nLouisa (Kukellian) First. The grandparents of\\nour subject, F red and Angeline First, were natives\\nof Germany, where they were reared and married.\\nAt an earl} date they emigrated to the United\\nStates and located in Berrien County, Mich., where\\nthey became the owners of large tracts of land,\\nseven or eight hundred acres. The grandfather\\nwas a man of means when he came to this country,\\nand he lost nothing by setting his feet on Amer-\\nican soil. He followed the occupation of a fanner\\nprincipally and ail his operations were attended\\nwith success. His marriage resulted in the birth\\nof four children, who are in the order of their\\nbirths .as follows: Fred, the father of our subject;\\nHenrietta, Mrs. Fied Kukellian; Angeline, wife of\\nWilliam Kroline; and Sophia, the wife of llenrv\\nHorseman. Mr. First was a Lutheran in his re-\\nligious views, and, in politics, was a Republican.\\nAll his children were natives of the Old Country,\\nand came with him on the voyage across the\\nocean.\\nWhen about fourteen years of age, Fred First,\\nJr., started out for himself and began working bj\\nthe month on a farm. After working several years\\nhe married Miss Louisa Kiikelhan, a native of\\nOliio, and shortly afterward bi)Ughl t)ne hundred\\nand sixt} acres of land in Berrien County, where\\nhe has since lived. He has added from time to\\ntime to the original tract of land until he now\\nhas about nine hundred acres, part in Berrien and\\nthe remainder in Cass County. Although he be-\\ngan at the foot of the ladder, he worked steadily\\naway, and has now almost reached the topmost\\nround. His chief occupation has been farming,\\nand in that he excels. The fruits of his union\\nwere nine children, three of whom died young,\\nthe others being Sophia, who married Herm.an\\nGrabem3 rc; Ileniy, our subject; Lizzie, who mar-\\nried Fred Filling; Lewis; F rank; and Emma, who\\nbecame the wife of Fritz Woolf, but is now de-\\nceased.\\n(Jur subject with his parents holds membership\\nin the Lutheran Church, and all are highly re-\\ns])ected as worthj and exein|)lar3 inember.s. The\\nfather was an ardent Republican in his political\\nviews. Henry FMrst remained under the paiental\\nroof until his marriage, .and received a good prac-\\ntical education in the common schools. When\\ntwenty-three years of age he married Miss .\\\\iina\\nVarnau, daughter of F red and Caroline ;niian.\\nFour children were the result of this marriage, and\\nare named as follows: Freddie, F^ddie, Clara and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0409.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "408\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMay. Like liis fallier, our siil ji ft is a .strong sup-\\nporter of Kepublican principles, and lias l)een\\nTownsliip Clerii two 3 ears. At tlie time of his\\nmarriage liis father gave him one hundred and\\nforty .acres, on whidi lie is now living, and on\\nwhich he has made many great improvements.\\n^^S-^-i^ii^^i^\\nLONZO VINCENT, proprietor of Hotel\\nBenton, was born in the village of Clay-\\nton, Jeffer.son County, N. Y., January 16,\\n1844. His parents, Albert and Harriet\\n(Slater) Vincent, were natives of New York, who\\neame to Michigan in 1845, locating in Marshall,\\nand thence, three years afterwards, removed to\\nBerrien County. They settled on a farm, where\\nthe father engaged in agricultural pursuits for\\nsome time, and later came to Benton Harbor, where\\nhe died in 1885. His widow is still living and\\nmakes her homo in this city.\\nIn the parental family there were five children,\\nthree sons and two daughters, Alonzo being the eld-\\nest in order of birth. He was reared to manhood in\\nBerrien County, where he gained his e Uication in\\nthe common schools. In 1861, when a youth of\\nseventeen, he enlisted in the service of the Union,\\nbecoming a member of Company D, Sixty-sixth\\nIllinois Volunteers, the Western Sharpshooters,\\nand participated in a numlier of the h.ardest\\nfought battles of the war, including the engage-\\nments at Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, luka, the siege\\nof Corinth, and later the battle of Corinth and\\nnumerous other engagements. Later he was\\ntransferred to the Fifteenth Army Corps, Gen.\\nLogan commanding, and served with fidelity and\\nv.alor until the close of the war. The regiment\\nparticip.ated in the march to the sea with Sheiiii.an\\nand weiit thence through the Carolinasand Virginia\\nto Washington, where they took part in the Grand\\nReview. Our subject was mustered out at Spring-\\nHeld, III., in .Tuly of 1865.\\nKeturning to Berrien County, Mr. incent em-\\nbarked in the hotel business at Coloma, but soon\\nalterwards came to Benton Harbor, and assumed\\nthe management of the American House. In .luly,\\n18 ,t(l, he became proprietor of Hotel Ik-nton, the\\nfinest and most successful hotel in Benton Harbor,\\nand one of the best in southwestern INIichigan.\\nThe house contains sixty-seven rooms for the\\naccommodation of his guests, and is conducted in\\nfirst-class style. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent carefully\\nsupervise all the departments of the business for\\nthe jmrpose of pleasing their guests, and the table\\nservice is unexcelled. The superior character of\\nthe .accommodations afforded have secured for the\\nhouse the favor of the citizens of Benton Har-\\nbor and the traveling public.\\nIn 18()( Mr. Vincent was united in niarri.age\\nwith Miss Elmua E., daughter of .losepli and Lucy\\n(Young) Enos, of Bainbridge Township, Berrien\\nCounty. They are the parents of two children:\\nMaude E., an accomplished and refined young lady,\\nand Gertrude Marie, a bright and winning child.\\nIn his political preference Mr. Vincent gives his\\nsupport to the Republican party and takes an\\nactive interest in the issues of the day. Socially,\\nhe is identified with Lake Shore Lodge No. 208, A.\\nF. it A. M., and is also a prominent member of\\nGeorge H. Thomas Post No. 14, G. A. R.\\nggy ,5..j..{.,j.C\\nYLVANUSB.GLINE.S. Prominent among\\nMason Townsliip s wealtliy and intlucn-\\ntial citizens stands .S. B. Glines. who\\nis a native of Vermont, born in Orleans\\nCounty, Derby Township, near the Canada line,\\nMarch 20, 1823. He was the third in order of\\nbirth of eleven children, and the eldest of six sons\\nborn to A.sa and Roxanna (Sinclair) Glines, both\\nnatives of Vermont.\\nAn old Vermont family, the (ilinesos are of Eng-\\nlish descent, and trace their ancestors back to the\\nlanding of the I ilgrinis. Asa s father was a sol-\\ndier in the War of 1812, under Perr^ and was sta-\\ntioned on Lake Erie. He was for many years an ho-\\ntel-keeper near the Derby line, on the Vermont side,\\nand was a shrewd, hard-working Vermont Yankee\\nwho knew how his money came, and how to take", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0410.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\n409\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2HIT of it. Aliiiul I .s 1 1 Asa Gliiics turiu d Ilis face\\ntowards tlie seltiiiii; sun and selected a home near\\nI aincsville, Lake County, Oliio, al)ont tliii ty miles\\nfrom Cleveland, iind then sent h.ack for Ins family.\\nTlie original of this notice beinj; the eldest son,\\nail the responsibility of bringing the family\\nthrough rested on liis shoulders. Although but\\neighteen years of age, he disi)tayed an unusual\\namount of good judgment and ability in the man-\\nagement of this responsibility. Me went by way\\nof Lake Champlaiu and the Canal, .-ind reached\\nthe Buckeye Stale without an accident. The good\\nsound sense and excellent business tact displayed\\nat tli. it time have marked his career through life,\\nand liavt made him one of the substantial men of\\nhis section. The father of our suoject died in\\nLake County, Ohio, about 18G0.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject, .Joseph\\nSinclair, was also a native of Vermont, and a car-\\npenter and joiner by trade. He came West to Ohio\\nat an early d;ite and died at Painesville. Of his\\nsix children all were .st)ns but Mrs. Glines, and\\nwere named as follows: .Joseph, .lolin, Greenleaf,\\nMdlon and Aaron. All came West to Ohio and\\nwere fairly well educated, a number of them leach-\\ning school. One or two kept hotel, but the re-\\nmainder were farmers, and all became wealthy men.\\nTheir last days were passed in Ohio.\\nOf the brothers and sisters born to our subject,\\nLaura, who was a ti .acher in her early lif(!, married\\nand died in Vermont. Lucinda, also a teacher,\\ncame West and married .lohn Kelsey. After his\\ndeath she moved to KIkhart, Ind., and is now re-\\nsiding with a daughter. Alexander died in Ohio\\nof fever and ague when sixteen years of age. Car-\\nlos was a merchant near Cleveland, Ohio, and re-\\nniaiiHul single all his life. He was at one time\\nPostmaster in Wisconsin, accumulated a comfort-\\nable comiietency, and died there in 18112. Homer\\ncame to Michigan and resided in that State until\\nhis death in Cass County, in 18; 2. He was a single\\nman. George, a teacher in early life, was a soldier\\nin the Civil War and thus lost his health. For\\nten years before his death he was .Superintendent\\nof the poor farm in Summit County, )hi( and re-\\nceived a good salai for his services. Charles was\\neducated at Hillsdale, and followed the occupation\\nof a teacher for some time. When but sixteen\\nyears of age lie went to Oberlin to enter college,\\nbut instead enlisted in the army as a sharp-shooter,\\nand died at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Frank went\\nSouth during the war and was among the missing,\\nfor nothing was ever heard of him again.\\nThe youthful days of our subject were si)eiil in\\nsecuring a good education and in assisting his\\nfather with the farm work, and in the hotel. Later\\nhe taught school, and then, in 1841, brought the\\nfamily to Ohio. Until twenty-one years of age he\\nremained under the parental roof, and then started\\nfor himself by working out during the summer\\nmonths. For this he received the sum of $1 2 per\\nmonth. In the winter time he attended school,\\nand thus laid the foundation for his subsequent\\nprosperous career. In 18 41) he married Miss Mary\\nNye, of Painesville, Ohio. Her father w.as a prom-\\ninent and wealthy farmer, who gave his children\\ngood educational advantages. Mrs. (Jlines had\\nbeen a teacher, and her seven brothers Und all been\\nteachers at some time or other of their lives. One\\nbrother, Silas H. Nye, was a prominent plow man-\\nufacturer at I nion City, Mich., and made a for-\\ntune, but reverses came and he lost all.\\nIn 1850 our subject came to Michigan, bought\\nthirty acres in M.ason Township, and engaged in\\nthe nursery business, having learned grafling in\\nOhio. This he followed successfully for eleven\\nyears, and then became a large trader in lior.ses,\\ncattle and sheep. He bought and .sold land, and\\neverything he touched seemed to turn into money.\\nFor the past few years he has done but little or no\\nwork, except to look after his various interests,\\nand for years he has been a large loancrof money.\\nIn politics he is a Republican. He was elected\\nJustice of the Peace but did not serve, and he has\\nbeen a Director in the schools for eighteen years.\\nHe has also served as Town Clerk, and was on the\\nSchool Kxainining IJoard of the county. He made\\nthe race for Supervisor against Henry Thompson,\\none of the most po])ular men of the township, and\\nthe vote was a tie. The} cast lots and he lost it.\\nMr. (ilines has been administrator for .several es-\\ntates and isa man well liked by all. His wife, who\\nfor many years had been an invalid, died March\\n26,1888. Their children were Mary and George.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0411.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "410\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nThe eldest was well educated in music and married\\nM. J. Nutting, a jirominent and wealthy stock-\\nman of Porter Township, and George married\\nMiss Cora Pendle, daughter of Colins Pendle, of\\nChicago, and they have three children: Ethel May,\\nGlen Hates and Russell. One died in infancy. Mrs.\\nGeorge Glines brother, Theodore, is a hanker in\\nChicago.\\nI I I\\nH. WP:TI1ERBEE, a prosperous agricult-\\nurist and extensive stock-raiser of New-\\n11) burg Township, Cass County, Mich., and\\nfor over a half-century a constant resi-\\ndent of the State, has been since 1854 closely\\nidentified with the growth and progress of his\\npresent locality Our subject was born in Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., in 1824. His parents, William and\\nLaura (Doublcday) Wetherbee, were natives of\\nNew England, reared and educated in their early\\nhomes. The father was born in Alassachusetts, the\\nmother in Connecticut. After some years in the\\nEmpire State, William Wetherbee determined to\\nemigrate to the farther West, and with his wife and\\nfamily journeyed to Michigan, and settled in St.\\n.loseph County. Our subject was a lad nine years\\nof age when he removed with his parents to their\\nnew home. His youthful days were spent upon\\nhis father s farm, and he gained an education in the\\ndistrict schools of the neighborhood. Having at-\\ntained to self-reliant manhood, Mr. Wetherbee be-\\ngan life for himself, and married in St. .Joseph\\nCounty, where he later buried his wife.\\nAfter he located in Cass County, Mr. Wetherbee\\na second time entered the bonds of matrimony,\\nand was united in marriage with Miss Miranda\\nStannard. Our subject and his estimable wife\\nimmediately settled upon the homestead, which is\\nnow increased to a farm of live hundred acres, and\\nis one of the highly improved and most valuable\\nfarms in this section of the State. The pleasant\\nhome of Mr. and Mrs. Wetherbee has been cheered\\nby the presence of children, two sons, Edgar and\\nCharles. Edgar enjoyed the t)eiierit of a course of\\ninstruction in Valparaiso, Ind. He afterwards\\nattended the Agricultural College at Lansing, Mich.\\nChailes is now |iursuing his studies in the Sl:ite\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor. Both of the sons arc\\npromising young men, and are fitting themselves\\nto worthily i)erf()rin their work in life. Our sub-\\nject is a self-made man, and in every sense of the\\nword a representative American citizen. Unas-\\nsuming and unostentatious, he has with energy and\\nresolution devoted himself to his daily business\\nand with excellent judgment has given to his sons\\nthat most valuable of capitals, a thorough educa-\\ntion.\\nMr. Wetherbee is well known as a friend to\\nadvancement and progressive industries. He has\\never taken a deep interest in all matters pertaining\\nto local enterprise and improvements. A thoi-\\noughly practical general fanner and experienced\\nstock-raiser, he has in his chosen avocation achieved\\nmore than ordinary success. Although closely\\noccupied with the many cares of agricultural life,\\nour subject is- widely known and is universally re-\\nspected.\\nM m^\\n^Ij OlIN C. SCHWENK, an extensive general\\nagriculturist jjrosperously handling a high\\ngrade of stock and industriously tilling the\\nsoil of two hundred and twenty fertile acres,\\nfour miles southeast of New Buffalo, Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., is a citizen of executive ability and\\nhas with great acceptability held the most import-\\nant oflicial positions in the township. Numbered\\namong the leading agriculturists, Mr. Schwenk\\nhas been identified with the growth and history of\\nhis present locality from his youth. Born August\\n19, 1849, about six miles from Buffalo, Erie\\nCounty, N. Y., our subject was the son of .John\\nand Elizabeth (Reuss) Schwenk, both parents be-\\ning of German birth and parentage. It was in\\n1848 that the father and mother crossed the ocean\\nto America. Landing in New Orleans, they re-\\nmained there for a time, but during the terrible\\nepidemic of cholera left the South and made their", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0412.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIll\\nIhiimc ill New ork. I lify lived in the luiipire\\nMale ii|) )ii a lanii until, reinoviiii; to the West,\\ntlioy settled in Micliiijaii and located perinanently\\nill New HufTalii Townsliii), Henien County. The\\nfather had in his native eountry eonihined the\\ntrades of a cooper and hrewer.\\nSoon after their arrival in lierrien County the\\nfatherand two hrothers purchased two hundred and\\nforty acres of land, heavily tinilieied. This land,\\ncleared and ciillivaled, is now laid out into line\\nfarms. l he land was all iiiipruved by the Schvvenk\\nfamily, who were energetic and industrious. The\\npaternal grandf.itlier, Henry Schwenk, died in his\\nnative land. The father of our suliject survived\\nabout twelve years after he niad(^ his home in the\\ntownship, and passed away in l.Slj .l. His excellent\\nwife, now a resident of New 15uffalo, was blessed\\nby the birth of ten children, live sons and five\\ndaughters. During the cold winter of 1864 the\\nfaniil3 were violently attacked with scarlet fever,\\nand three sons and t\u00c2\u00abo daughters succumbed to\\nthe terrible disease. The devoted mother, caring\\ntenderly for her children, experienced many trials\\nand sufferings in those days. .She is now sixty-\\nfive years of age and is not far separated from tlie\\nremaining members of her family. John C. was\\nthe eldest of the ten children, and, educated niostl}\\nill Berrien County, received only six months of\\nschooling all told. As soon as old enough he was\\nobliged to take an active part in the daily work\\nof life. Ambitious to improve his stock of knowl-\\nedge, Mr. Schwenk look private instruction from\\nthe book-keeper of his father, and by close and in-\\ntelligent observation and reading has gained a\\nvaried store of practical information.\\nOur subject was married January 21, 1871, to\\nINHss Barbara (Jropp, a native of Ohio, and a daugh-\\nter of Frederick and Barbara (Venncy) Gro|)p.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Schwenk were early settlers of\\nl,a I\\\\)rte County, Ind. Mrs. (irop|) died in New\\nBuffalo Township April 1(1. 1833. Our subject\\nand his estimable wife are the parents of two .sons,\\ndiaries F. and John R. The family are attend-\\nants of the German Lutheran Church, of which\\nMr. and Mrs. Schwenk and the parents of our sub-\\nject have been active and influential members,\\nrulilically, Mr. Schwenk is a prominent Democrat\\nand has for years almost eonlinuously held ollicc.\\nHe cast his lirst I residenlial vote for Greeley, and\\nlater served with elliciency two terms as Highway\\nCommissioner. He was Township Treasurer one\\nterm, and in 188 elected Supervisor, has held that\\nimportant ollice ever since, and now. with faithful\\nability, is discharging the duties of his fifth term.\\nKspecially interested in all matters concerning\\neducational advancement and extension he has for\\ntwenty-one years as School Director aided materi-\\nally in bringing the schools of the district up to\\ntheir present high sUiiidard of scholarship and in-\\nstruction. Fraternally, our subject was a charter\\nmember of the Knights of the Maccabees, and car-\\nries *2,000 insurance in the order. As a leading\\nfactor in New Buffalo Township improvementsand\\nas a sincere and earnest man, conscientious in his\\nwork of life, Mr. Schwenk is appreciated by all\\nwho know him, and he possesses the high confidence\\nand esteem of his fellow-townsmen.\\nSj 1^ H. WALKER. No more highly respected\\n\\\\/jJf/ an l esteemed citizen lives in C^ass County\\nthan the one of whom we write, who has\\nbeen a successful agriculturist here for many vears,\\nand throughout all that time has so conducted\\nhimself as to earn the just admiration and regard\\nof his neighbors and associates. He was born in\\nTrumbull County, Ohio, November 28, I84 J, and\\nis a son of Jesse P. Walker, and grandson of Rob-\\nert Walker. The latter was an early settler of\\nTrumbull County, Ohio, and there passed his last\\ndays. Jesse P. Walker was born at Beaver Falls.\\nPa., and remained there until ten years of age.\\nwhen he went with his parents to Trumbull Couiit\\\\-.\\nOhio. He was one of ten children. After reach-\\ning manhood he was married in Trumbull Couiit\\\\-\\nto Miss Orlina Benedict, daughter of William Ben\\nedict, who was a native of Connecticut, and a\\nprominent farmer of Trumbull County. lie servecl\\nthrough the War of 1812.\\nAfter marri. ige Jesse Walker located in Trumbull", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0413.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "412\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCounty and was engaged in agricultural pursuits\\nimlil 1867, wlien lie moved to Cass County, Mich.,\\nengagpd in farming, and was thus busily employed\\nfor twenty-three years. From lliere he moved to\\nMarcellus, and died in that town on the 20th of\\nJanuary, 1890. He was a good man, and for many\\nyears was identilied with the history of the best\\nmovements of Cass County. Of tiie six children\\nborn to his marriage, three reached mature years.\\nThe motlierof our subject died on the 20tli of No-\\nvember, 1885, and Mr. Walker s second marriage\\nwas witii Mrs. Louisa Bogart, who bore him one\\nciiild, Jesse. Mr. Walker was Highway Commis-\\nsioner in Newburg Township, this county, and in\\npolitics was a Republican. He held membership\\nwith the Methodist Protestant Church, and was\\nClass-leader in the same for years. He met with\\ngood success in his chosen occupation, an l was the\\nowner of one hundred and si.xty acres of land, on\\nwinch were substantial buildings, barns, etc.\\nThe suijject of this notice attained his growth\\nand secured a fair education in the Buckeye State,\\nattending the subscription schools of the same un-\\ntil seventeen years of age. He then came to Mich-\\nigan with his parents, and on the 24th of Decem-\\nber, 1871, he was married to Miss Alice Rudd,\\ndaughter of B. Rudd, who was a farmer and car-\\npenter of Newburg Townslii|), this county. Her\\nfather was a native Vermonter and came to Miclii-\\ngan about 1840, settling in La Grange Township,\\nCass County. After marriage Mr. Walker settled\\nill Newburg Township, on section 4, improved a\\ngood farm, and there resided for twenty years,\\nwlieii he moved to Marcellus. This was in 1872,\\nand he has been a resident of tliis town since. He\\nhas two hundred and seventy acres on section 4,\\nand ills all in a good state of cultivation. He is\\na general fanner and stock-raiser, and aims to keep\\nthe best kind of stock on his farm. His buildings\\narc all in good condition and are an ornament to\\nthe |)lace, and his fences are kept in good repair.\\nMr. AValker has been Justice of the Peace of\\nNewburg Township for three successive terms, and\\nhas also been Highway Commissioner of his town-\\nship. In his religious views lie is a Methodist,\\nand he was Class-leader for a number of years. The\\nfour children born to his union were as follows:\\nViola, Earlie, Birdie and William Edward, all at\\nhome. Barker Rudd, the father of Mrs. Walker,\\nserved all through the Rebellion and was wounded\\nand taken prisoner at the battle of .Stone Kiver.\\nThis severe wound was partly the cause of his\\ndeath in 1880.\\nB\\nH\\ni^Sf\\nOBERT A. WALTON. Mr. Walton is a\\nman whom nature seems to have especi-\\n\\\\V ally designed to be a farmer, for owing\\nto his desire to keep out of the beaten\\npath and to his adoption of new and improved\\nmethods, together with industry and good judg-\\nment, he has met with more than the average\\ndegree jf success in pursuing his calling. He is\\nnow the owner of one hundred and seventy-nine\\nacres on sections 9 and 16, Niles Townshiii, and\\nalthough the most of it was improved when he\\nsettled on it, it is now in a tine state of cultivation\\nand IS one of the finest places in the township.\\nOur subject was born in Sussex County, Del.,\\nnear Milford, November 11, 1832, and hi.s father,\\nJoseph Walton, was also a native of that State.\\nThe latter was married in his native State to Miss\\nEliza A. Houston, of Delaware, and farming was his\\nprincipal occupation in life. Mrs. Walton s fa-\\nther, Clemont Houston, was a product of Delaware\\nsoil also, and in that State spent his entire life.\\nAfter marriage the [larents of our suV)jecl farmed\\nfor a number of years in their native State, but in\\nMarch, 1836, removed te Michigan, locating in\\nHoward Township, Cass County, on a farm. About\\nthree years afterward the father was killed by a\\nfalling tree. His wife followed him to the grave\\nwhen about eighty-three years of age. They were\\nthe parents of nine children, live sons and four\\ndaughters, six of whom are now living.\\nOf the above-mentioned children, our subject\\nwas the seventh child and fourth son. He was\\nabout four years of age wlien he came with his\\nl)arents to Cass County, Mich., and as a conse-\\nquence all his recollections are of this State. His\\nlime was divided in youth between assisting to clear", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0414.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0415.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "^^^5.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Oy^t.^!^^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0416.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "rORTHAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD.\\n415\\nthe farm and in attending tlic district school, and\\nhe icMKiiiicd inidiT llio inui iilul roiif until hIiouI\\nsi vt iitfi ii yt^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lrs of :v^v. Wiien slarlini; ()\\\\it for\\nliiiiisi lf he \\\\vorl 0(1 by Hie month on a farm, and\\nIhi ii spi iit (iiif year in acarding-mill. The breai\\ning oiil of Uif Civil War tilled him with patriot-\\nism, and in 1H()I ho en listed inCompany F, Twelfth\\nIMichigan Infanliy. Four years of his life were\\n|)asse(l ill lighting for the Stars and Stripes, and he\\npaitiei[)aled in many hard-fonght liatlles. lie was\\npromoted to the rank of Sergeant, took an active\\nl)arl in the liatlle of Shiloh, and was wounded at\\nClarendon, Ark., .a pieee of shell striking his shoul-\\nilcr. In March, IS()(!, he reeeivi d his discharge at\\n.laekson, Mich., after which he returned to Cass\\nCounty and engaged in farming.\\nill October, IHtiG, our subject w.as mairied to\\nMiss Melvina Kibltle, a native of IJerrien County,\\nMich of which State her parents were early set-\\ntlers, locating in the same about I82K. In the\\nspring of 18(57 Mr. Walton bought his present\\nfarm. This was then in an undeveloiied state, only\\na log house on the place, butth-e youngcouple went\\nactively U) work to cultivate and improve it. By\\ntheir marriage were born six sons: Byr )n A., a grad-\\nuate of South Bend Business College, who is now\\na stenogra()hei- and type-writer in that city; Jay Fl,\\nwho is at home; Herbert, Roy, IJwighl and Arthur.\\nAll the children were born on the farm where our\\nsubject now lives. Formerly a Rei)ublican in his\\npolitical views, Mr. Walton is now a Prohibition-\\nist. He is a member of F rank Graves Post No. 164,\\nA. R., at Nih s, and is a consistent member of\\nthe Methodist Kpisco[)al Church at Niles, being\\na Steward and Trustee in the same.\\n^1/ KWIS SnTIIKRFANI), a prosperous general\\nll (fe) farmer and substantial citizen of Berrien\\n/l iii^ County, Mich., has been a constant resident\\nof Benton Townsliij) for more than two-score\\nyears. A native of New York, he was born in\\nBroome County in 1831. The Empire State was\\n^0\\nalso the birthplace and long-time home of his\\nparents, Lot and L3dia (Bliss) Sutherland. The\\npaternal great-grandfather emigrated from Scot-\\nland to the I niled States in an early day. Our\\nsubject vv. is one of tin; eight sons and daughters\\nwho blessed the home of his parents. A littU;\\nboy five years of age, he accompanied his father\\nand mother to Michig.aii in 1H;3C, .and with them\\nsettled in Kalamazoo, which w.os then unnamed,\\nhaving only a land-ollice. After four years the\\nfamily located in Berrien County, making their\\nhome in Bainbridge Township, where Lewis at-\\ntainecl l(\u00c2\u00bb mature years.\\nMr. Sutherland received a good common-school\\neducation in the district of his home, and with\\ndiligence improved every oi porlunity U v educa-\\ntional advancement. Trained by his parents into\\nhabits of thrift} industry, he arrived at manhood\\nenergetic and enterprising. In 1853, he began\\nlife for himself, and, coming to Benton Township,\\nreceived immediate employment in the service\\nof M.aj. Pearl. At about that same time he in-\\nvested his small apital in a (piarter-section of\\nland, ;ind since, winning his way rapidl} upward.\\nhas become the owner of large tracts of valuable\\nacres.\\nIn 1860, Lewis Sutherland and Miss INlatilda\\nA. Howard, daughter of Joseph S. Howard, weie\\nunited in marriage. Unto Mr. Sutherland and\\nhis estimable wife were born six children, two of\\nwhom died when young. The three sons sur-\\nviving are Sterling L., Darwin B. and Lot F., all\\npractical and successful general agriculturists and\\nmen of usefulness and inlluence in Benton Town-\\nship. The daughter, Addie, is the wife of Rodney\\nPearl, a son of Maj. L. W. Pearl, and is also a resi-\\ndent of Benton Townshij). The sons and daugh-\\nter, reared amid the scenes of their childhood, have\\neach and all enjoyed the benefit of the best in-\\nstruction afforded l)y their home locality. Well\\nfitted for life s duties, they have now become\\nprominent factors in the development of the social\\nand business enterprises of the county, and com-\\nmand the confidence and esteem of the entire com-\\nmunity, with whom, as life-time friends and neigh-\\nbors, they have been long associated.\\nMr. Sutherland votes the Democratic ticket, aud", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0417.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "4 It)\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhas discharged with efficiency the duties pertain-\\ning to v. uious town offices. Fraternally, he is a\\nvalued inemher of the Ancient, Free Accepted\\nMasons. He was also one of the diarter nieniliers\\nof Pearl Grange and has been an active worker\\nin that organization. Our subject has never had a\\nmortgage on his pro[)erty. nor ever had a law suit.\\nDevotuig his life mainly to the tilling of the soil,\\nhe has achieved great success, and as a repre-\\nsentative agriculturist and citizen of broad views\\nhas materially aided in the rapid advancement\\nand progressive interests of Berrien County.\\nWidely known, he is universally regarded as a\\nman of ability and sterling integrity of character.\\n\u00c2\u00a9__\\nANIEL BAUSHKE, a leading fruit-grower\\nand old settler of Berrien County, IMicli.,\\njYj*? IS a native of Prussia, and, reared in the\\nland of his birth, there married Miss\\nMinnie Vileer, and to the husband and wife,\\nwho long continued in the home of their child-\\nliood, were boin six sons and two daughters:\\nJohn C, August F., Albert, l^cwis, Theodore, Will-\\niam and Hannah and Amelia (twins). Our sub-\\nject and his good wife with their family emigrated\\nfinally to America, and came at once to St. .Joseph,\\nMich., and soon after located upon the farm now the\\nhome of Mr. Baushke. The [larents had but very\\nlittle mones and invested their small capital in a\\nfort^-aci e homestead, then all heavily timbered.\\nIndustriously the father, aided by his sons, set to\\nwork to clear the land which has since brought\\nup to a high state of cultivation yielded annually\\na Ijounteous harvest of line fruit. After arriving\\nin America one child was added to the famil}\\ngrou[), William, now residing in Benton Harbor.\\nJohn Baushke. born in 1842, and the eldest of\\nthe children, w.as but a boy when he crossed the\\nAtlantic tu the United States. When the Civil\\nWar bvdke out he offered his .services to the\\nGovernment of his adopted country, and, only\\ntwenty years of age, enlisted in Compan\\\\- B,\\nSeventh Michigan Cavalry. August F., the sec-\\nond brother, had previously entered the Federal\\narmy, and both of them served with faithful\\nfidelity until the close of the rebellion. They\\nwere both engaged with the Army of the Potomac,\\nand John Baushke was captured at the battle of\\nCedar Run, at the time Sheridan made his famous\\nride. Confined in Libby Prison, he was a total\\nwreck when released, but after a long time |iar-\\ntially recovered from his sufferings. He was mar-\\nried in 1866 to IMiss Minnie Brunke, who was also\\na native of Prussia. The union was blessed by\\nthe birth of two sons, John W. and William C.\\nThe mother did not long survive, and the husband\\nwas united to a second wife. Miss Elvina .Sheets,\\nalso a Prussian by birth. Mr. and Mrs. John\\nBaushke are the parents of six children: Benjamin\\nR., Levi, Pearl. Irvine, Amy and Rosa. This son\\nof our subject began life for liim.self with a capital\\nof energetic industry, and owns eighty acres of\\nvaluable land. In 1866, when he located upon it,\\nthe land was heavily timbered, but is now linely\\ncultivated and improved with substantial and\\ncommodious buildings.\\nAugust F. Baushke, a successful general agri-\\nculturist and iirominent fruit-grower of Benton\\nTownship, is the second son of Daniel IJaiushke,\\nand, born in Prussia in 1844. has spent almost his\\nentire life in his [iresent locality. Only a lad, he\\nenlisted in 1862 and gallantly fought, serving in\\nthe Army of the Potomac in Company B, Seventh\\nMichigan Cavalry-, and was later under Sheridan\\nuntil he was mustered out at the termination of\\nthe war. Wounded at Winchester at the time of\\nthe famous ride, August was taken to the hos[)ilal\\nin Baltimore, and two months after, receiving an\\neighty-days fuiloLigh, made a visit to his home.\\nHe afterward returned to his command and passed\\nsafely through the other dangers of the campaign,\\nand when peace was declared soon found his way\\nback to Michigan, and at once entered upon agri-\\ncultural )iursuits upon hisown account. Together\\nwith his brother John C, he i)uichasod a farm,\\nand in |iartiiershii the two cleared it of its growth\\nof timbei-. two hundred acres of valuable land.\\nThey enter|irisingly cut a road frcun the main line\\nof nearest travel to their farm, and on the original\\nline there is now a public highwaj*.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0418.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AXD 15IOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n417\\nAugust F. Haiislike and Miss Tena Blankshien\\nwore joinuil in iiiMiiijiitc in 1868. V we children\\nhiiifliU ned the lireside of the husband and wife:\\niMlward, William and Fianlv died in infancy;\\nIIk two youngest, Ileiiry and riiili|i, are at home.\\nMr. IJaushke has one hundred acres of excellent\\nland under high cultivation, and has imjiroved\\nhis farm with a comfortable and attractive resi-\\ndence, good harns and other buildings.\\nOur subject, IXanicI IJaushke, and his two sons,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lolin and August, have always been stanch Repub-\\nlicans. The sons gave patriotic and courageous\\nservice to the (iovernmcnt in its liour of need,\\nand are to-day true and loyal citizens, ever ready\\nto assist in the promotion and maintenance of the\\npublic welfare. Upright, Intelligent and hard-\\nworking, they have through their .self-reliance won\\nsuccess, and po.sse.ss the esteem and best wishes of\\nmany sincere friends.\\nA\\nLONZO GOODENOUGH, since 18(i. a\\nleading citizen and successful general agri-\\nIJ ill culturist of Berrien County, Mich., was\\nborn in Windham County, Vt., in 1841.\\nHis parents were Genesis R. and Eunice (Worden)\\nGoodenough. The father of our subject was also\\nborn in Windham, on the same homestead which\\nbecame the birthplace of his son. He received a\\ngood common -school education in the home dis-\\ntrict and early learned the blacksmith s trade, serv-\\ning his apprenticeship in Guilford, in which town\\nhe resided until the ^-car 1850. At tlie latter date\\nhe removed to Readsboro, and made his home\\nthere until 187(1, then locating in Wallingford,\\nwhere he passed away in 1874. He w.as a member\\nof the Methndist Episcopal Church, and a man of\\nupright conduct and principle. Politically he was\\nbefore the Civil War a Whig, afterward a Repub-\\nlican. The father of our subject took a great in-\\nterest in educational matters and was an efficient\\nmember of the School Board at various times. He\\nW!is married early in life to the daughter of Peter\\nand Barbara (Allen) Worden, all natives of Ver-\\nmont. The eldesj. child of the first marriage died\\nat the age of three years. Mary M. married .Icsse\\nHaines. Francis H. was the third in order of birth.\\nAlonzo was the youngest of the family.\\nAfter the death of the mother f)f our subject the\\nfather married Miss Phetiina Bolster. Two chil-\\ndren, daughters, were born of the second maniage.\\nSarah became the wife of James Legate, and Fannie\\nmarried (iilbert Lyons. The father, surving his\\nsecond wife, wedded Miss Cassendana Ballon.\\nThere were no children from this marriage. At\\nfifteen years of age our subject began to learn the\\nblacksmith s trade and at twenty years entered the\\narmy. In 1865 Mr. Goodenough, then about\\ntwenty-four years old, came to Galien Township\\nand bought a fort3 -acre farm, where he 3 et resides.\\nTo his original homestead he has added until he\\nnow owns one hundred and twenty-nine acres.\\nThe succeeding year after his arrival in Michigan,\\n1866, he married IMiss Margaret, daughter of\\nDaniel and Mary Heckarthorn. The nine chil-\\ndren who have blessed the pleasant home of our\\nsubject and his wife are Henry A., Ca.ssendana M.,\\nCharles E., Jesse, Burton, Minnie, Christopher)\\nRalph E. and Hazel. Jesse is a graduate of the\\nGalien High School and has prepared himself to\\nfollow the avocation of a teacher.\\nWhen the Civil War broke out Alonzo Good-\\nenough entered the service of the Government,\\nenlisting in Company A, Second Vermont Regi-\\nment, under McDowell, and was afterward with\\nMcClellan s command. Our subject actively partic-\\nipated in the battles of Bull Run, Lee s Mill,\\nWilliamsburgh, Sav.age Station, White Oak .Swamp,\\nthe second battle of Bull Run, Antietam and Fred-\\nericksburgh. Upon the second field of battle Mr.\\nGoodenough was wounded in the left leg by a\\nminie-ball. For three months he was con lined to\\nthe hosjiital and then returned to his regiment,\\nsubsequently engaging in the battle of the Wil-\\nderness, the three lights at Spottsylvania and\\nthe conflicts at Cold Harbor. Petersburgh and Ce-\\ndar Creek, Va., in the latter battle being wound-\\ned l)y a minie-ball in the right shoulder. Again\\nseverely injured, he p.assed four months in the\\nhospitals in Baltimore and Montpelier, Vt. As", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0419.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "418\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsoon :is alile fnir sul)ject lejoined his regiment ;it\\nPetci sbuigli and was present at the surrender of\\n(ien. Lee. Mr. Goodcuouoii took an active part\\nin aliout thirty-eiglit battles, all told. He served\\nas Sergeant. Although constantly siurounded hy\\nperils, and twice dangerously wounded, our subject\\nescaped capture and the prison-pen.\\nWhen Mr. (ioodenougli made his home in the\\nWest he abandoned his trade and devoted himself\\nto the pursuit of agriculture with most profitable\\nresults. He has been prospered in his Western\\nhome and is now one of the substantial farmers of\\nUerrien County. Politically, he is a strong Repub-\\nlican and a lirm believer in the Party of Reform.\\nFraternally he is a member of the Ancient Vrce\\nAccepted Masons and belongs to Three Oaks Lodge\\nNo. 239. Mr. and Mrs. (ioodenough and their\\nfamily enjoy the esteem of the entire community\\nof Galien Townshi|) and are active in all matters\\npertaining to the mutual welfare and various en-\\nter[)rises of the localit} Our subject is known\\nand respected as an upright man and true Ameri-\\ncan citizen.\\nACOB .SCHNEIDER. In the perusal of this\\nvolume, the reader has doubtless been im-\\npressed with the fact that the majority of\\nthe successful men of southwestern Michi-\\ngan have risen from |)overty and humble parent-\\nage to positions of responsibility solely through\\nthe exercise of their aliilities, unaided by aii} ex-\\ntraneous circumstances. Indeed, the remark is\\nnot infre()uentl3- made that he who woos sweet\\nFortune must not offer a tribute of gold to the\\ntickle (ioddess of Wealth, else the coveted success\\nwill not be gained. The subject of this sketch is\\none of ll .ose men who have made their own way\\nill the world, attaining prosperity- through arduous\\nand unceasing exertions.\\nNow a resident of section 9, St. Joseph Town-\\nship, Berrien County, our subject was born in Ba-\\nvaria, (Termany, on the 27 Lh of March, 1833, and\\nis a son of -lohn Jacob and Margaret Schneider.\\nHis father was a farmer in Bavaria, and was one\\nof the men who served in the war with Napoleon\\nBona()arte. While in active service, he was taken\\nprisoner, remaining in the enemy s power for one\\nhundred days. A man of public s|nrit and enter-\\nprise, he w.as one of the most prominent citizens\\nof his community, and served acceptably as an\\nAlderman. He was also Coininander of the illage\\nGuards. He and his good wife have lieen called\\nfrom earth, and one of their children is also de-\\nceased. The surviving members of the family are:\\nJacob, of this sketch; and Henrietta, Margaret and\\nPhili]3, residents of German}\\nAfter having acquired an education in the etun-\\nmon schools of Bavaria, at the age of sixteen he\\nbegan to learn the trade of a weaver. In 1850 he\\nemigrated to America, making the long voyage\\nalone, and upon arriving in the I liited States he\\nlocated in Cleveland, Ohio, where for one week\\nhe was employed on a farm, receiving a salary of\\n$1. He then worked in a liaker^ for one month,\\nhis wages being 5 8, and afterward secured employ-\\nment as a cigar manufacturer at a salary of #10\\nper year. After twelve months thus spent, he\\nwent to Buffalo, and he for two years occu|)ied a\\nposition in a vessel on the lake.\\nWe next lind Mr. Schneider a cigar manufac-\\nturer in Syracuse, N. Y., where he resided from\\n1854 until 18()2. Thence he removed to Lyons,\\nN. Y., where he embarked in the cigar business\\nand conducted an extensive and profitable trade,\\nhaving usually a force of ten men in his emi)loy.\\nIn 1887 he disposed of his interests in L^ ons, and,\\nremoving to Illinois, made a tem]jorary sojourn in\\nChicago. In the spring of 1888 he came Iv iMich-\\nigan, and settled upon the farm which he has since\\noccuiiied. Here he owns nineteen acres of highly-\\nimproved land, upon which he carries on an ex-\\ntensive business as a fruit-grower, raising all vari-\\neties of both small and large fruits. The location\\nof the place is desirable, being beautifully situ-\\nated on the lake shore.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Schneider occurred in 1857,\\nhis wife being Miss Margaret, daughter of Jacob\\nBecker, and a native of (iermauy, although at the\\ntime of her marriage a resident of Syracuse, N. Y.\\nThey are the parents of two children: (ieorge W.,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0420.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "POKTRAIT AND IHOGRAPIllCAL RECORD.\\n419\\na cigar mnmifacturer residing in St. Joseph; and\\nilciirit tl:i I)., who icsides at iiorne wilh hci par-\\nents. In iiolitics a Democrat upon subjects of\\nnational iriipoitanco. Mr. Schnci(h r is independent\\nin hical affjiirs, and casts iiis liaUol Tor tlie man\\nwiioin he consideis best ([uahfied for the position.\\nlie is quite prominent in local politics, and has\\nheld a number of responsilile positions. For four\\nyears he served as Alderman of the village of\\nLyons, N. V.. and was also Assessfir for two years,\\nlie was School Inspector for two \\\\cars, and Mod-\\nerator of the schools of his district. St)cially, he\\nis i lentilied wilh the Masonic fratornity. holding\\nmembership in the commandery at l- .lniiia, N. Y.,\\nand the blue lodge at St. .Joseph.\\n$5B?^ \\\\^C52_\\nI RAM 15. WILCOX, M. D., a pr.aeticing\\n11, physician and surgeon of Three Oaks, w.as\\nborn in Cattaraugus County, X. Y., No-\\n])i vember 21, 1.HI8. He is the son of Oliver\\nWilcox, whose fathei .lolin, is entitled to consid-\\nerable mention in this volume, for he w.as a hero\\nof the Hevolutionary War and a pioneer of the\\nHolland I urch.ase. Duiing the opening years of\\nthe great .struggle between the Colonies and the\\nMolhei- C()untiy. he enlisted for service and be-\\ncame an ollicer in the army of Ocn. W.ashington.\\nHe went into campat Valley Forge a Sergeant, but\\nwas promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and was\\nselected by Col. Piaiton as one of his lieutenants\\nfor the famous expedition into HlK)dfc Island\\nagainst the British.\\nAt the close of the W;ir of the Revolution,. John\\nWilcox retm-neil to his home ne.ar Plymouth,\\nMass., bearing with him the consciousjicss of hav-\\ning done his duly to his country, and bearing also\\nthe record of a daiiiig and gallant ollicer. In\\n1805 he removed from New F.ngland and became\\none of the earliest settlers on the Holland Pur-\\nchase in western New York, where he remained\\nuntil death closed his career. The father of our\\nsubji ct. Oliver Wilcox, was born in Massachusetts\\nand accompanied his parents to New York, where\\nhe ni.arried Miss Hannah Barnes, a native of the\\nState of Maine. He w.as a carpenter by trade, and\\nin connection with that occupation also followed\\nfanning pursuits. In l ^2l he removed to Cleve-\\nl;iiii), ()liio, where he worked at his liade until\\n1H27, when he died.\\nAfter the death of her husband, the widowed\\nmother remained for a few years in Cleveland,\\nremoving thence to Huron, Ohio, and in Ih:51 set-\\ntling in La Porte ounty, Ind., where she entered\\nsome laixl from the (Jovernment. She died in the\\nhouse where our subject now lives, on the 2i)th of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2January, IS7(l. At the age of fourteen our\\nsubject commenced to clear the wild Land upon\\nwhich his mother had settled, and succeeded in\\nclearing fifty .acres of the entire tract. He also\\nassisted in clearing one hiimlred acres belonging\\nto his uncle. His education was acquired at the\\nold Cleveland Academy.\\nAt Rolling Prairie, Ind., our subject commenced\\nthe stud\\\\- f)f medicine under Dr. 15. C. Bowell,and\\nafter studying with him for a short time he went\\nto White Water, Wis., in I, si. where he con-\\nducted his medical studies under the piecc|)torship\\nof Drs. Clark niul Rice, completing with them his\\nthree-years course of study. Before he began his\\nstudies, he alteiHhMl oik^ term of lectures at the\\nIndiana Medical College, and after he had studied\\nwith Drs. Rice and Clark he entered the Rush\\nMedical College, ;it Cliic. igo. During the two\\nterms he spent at that institution, he was in the\\noHice of Dr. N. S. Davis, of Chicago, for two win-\\nters. Subse(pientlv ho went tf) Cleveland, where\\nhe spent some time in the medical deiiartinent of\\nt!ie Western Reserve University, being under the\\ntutelage of Dr. J. P. Kirtland, one of the most re-\\nnowned scientists of this coiintr\\\\ and the peer of\\nany physician in America. He was graduated\\nfrom the Western Reserve University in 18JJI. It\\nwill thus be seen that he availed himself to the\\nutmost of everv opportunity for acquiring a per-\\nfect theoretical knowledge of his profession, and\\nthrough later years he has kept in close touch with\\nthe latest development*! in the medical worhl.\\nIn (Jalena Township, La Porte County, lud., the\\nyoung Doctor commenced the practice of his pro-\\nfession. At that early day he was the only physi-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0421.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "420\\nPORTRAIT AND BIO(TRAPniCAL RECORD\\ncian within a radius of twenty to tiiirty miles, and\\nliis practice extended throughout the entire section\\nof country. It was his custom to ride on horse-\\nback to visit his patients, and he was obliged to\\ntravel through the dense forests and over rude\\nroads. Ills life was one of hardship and toil, but\\nhis devotion to his profession was amply repaid,\\nfor he gained a place in the regard of his fellow-\\ncitizens such as falls to the lot of but few. In\\n1860 he removed to Berrien Springs, where he so-\\njourned for a short time.\\nIn 18G2 Dr. Wiluox came to Three Oaks, where\\nhe has practiced continuously since, with the ex-\\nception of three years (1870-73), when he was a\\nresident of Cadillac, Mich., and examining surgeon\\nfor pensioners at that place. In 1844 he married\\nMiss Sabrina, daughter of Samuel Webster, a resi-\\ndent of Galena, Ind. This lady was born in\\nOnondaga Countj N. Y., and was reared and edu-\\ncated in the Empire State, accompanying her\\nparents to Michigan when a young lady. Four\\nchildren were born of this union, one of whom,\\nMark H., died in infancy. The others are: Maria,\\nwho is the wife of John C. Ingham, a prominent\\nbusiness man of IJenton Harbor; Lucy, Mrs.\\nCharles M. Valentine, of La Moure, N. Dak., her\\niiusband being a druggist of that city; and Hen-\\nrietta, wife of William Russ, a traveling salesman\\nof Chicago, The mother of these children died\\non the 9th of November, 1871.\\nThe Doctor was married again, on the 24tli of\\nNovember, 1872, choosing as his wife Miss Nellie,\\ndaughter of James Fuller, a carpenter residing in\\nVermontville, Mich. Mrs. Wilcox was born in\\nVermont, and was there reared until twelve years\\nof age, when she went with her parents to Detroit\\nand one year later to Rolling Prairie, Ind. This\\nunion has been blessed by the birth of two\\nchildren: Oliver H., who is engaged in teaching\\nschool ill Berrien County; and Joj-e, who is\\nattending the High School in Three Oaks.\\nIn politics, the Doctor is a Democrat with Pro-\\nhil)ilion proclivities. In religion, he is a member\\nof the Christian Church and a prominent worker\\nin the Sunday-school. During the late war he\\noffered his services to the Government, but was\\nrejected on account of his health. In former\\nyears he had a very large practice, extending\\nthroughout this entire section of country. Now\\nenfeebled by advancing years, he has somewhat\\nretired from active practice, although he is still\\nphj sician for a number of prominent families, who\\nare loath to dispense with his services. He has\\nbeen the recipient of justl}^ merited honors. He\\nwas elected a member of the Historical .Society in\\nOnondaga, N. Y., and the National Historical So-\\nciety at Davenport, Iowa.\\n[(!__^ ENRY HESS, a prosperous general agricul-\\nturist, has since 18G7 resided upon his val-\\nuable homestead located on section 1.\\nl)) Berrien Township, Berrien Count3 Mich.,\\nand has for more than a quarter of a century been\\nintimately associated with the growth and history\\nof his present locality. His father, Andrew He.ss,\\na native of Northumberland County-, Pa., was born\\nin 180C, and made farming the occupation of his\\nlife. He removed from his birthplace to Ohio\\nwhen quite young, and having attained to mature\\nyears married Miss Mary Hemiy, a native of the\\nBuckeye State. The parents of our subject\\nsettled in Crawford County upon wild timber-\\nland, which the father cleared, cultivated and\\nimproved, making his permanent home there until\\nhis death, in December, 1875. Andrew Hess wiis\\nan earnest, hard-working man, a kind father and\\nhusband, and was universally respected. He was\\na well-educated man, and gave his children every\\npossible opportunity for stud^- and schooling.\\nHe was a prominent member of the Lutheran\\nChurch, to which his estimable wife belonged from\\nher early youth. The widow, yet surviving and\\nseventy-nine years of age, resides with her cliil-\\ndren.\\nOf the twelve sons and daughters who blessed\\nthe home of the parents, seven are now living.\\nOur subject. Henry Hess, was the third child and\\nwas born May 2, 1838, in Crawford County, Ohio.\\nMr. Hess was reared upon his father s farm and\\nearly trained into the daily routine of fanning", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0422.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n421\\nduties. lie icci ivcil a yond coiiiinoii-scliool edu-\\nitioii, and at IwciiU-oiic yours of age began life\\nfor liiiiiself. lie worked in a mill one year, and Au-\\ngust 1 ISdl answering to the call of the (iov-\\nernnient, enlisted in Company C, Forty-iiiiitli Oliio\\nInfantry, and entering upon servi(-e as a eorpornl\\nwas later promoted to be Sergeant. From (ami)\\nDennison, Ohio, our subject was sent to Kenlueky,\\nand participated in the battle s of Sliiloh (under\\n(Jen. r.uell). Serifs Hill, I lniyville, Stimc IMvcr,\\nLiberty (iap, runnel Hill, Iiu/.zard Koost, Kingston\\n(da.), Pumi)kinviiie (reek, IJurnt Hickory and\\nDallas (Ca.), in which latter fight Mr. Hess was\\nwounded May 27, 11S(J t, by a musket-ball, which\\npenetrated iiis right lung. For two days he lay\\nMl the held hospital and was then forwarded to\\nN.ashville, where he remained ten days. The sue-\\ncee(ling two weeks he pa.ssed in .letTersonville, Ind.,\\nand fioni there w.is sent to Madison, Ind., where he\\nwas likewise detained for two weeks. He finally\\nreturned to Camp Dennison, and w.as located\\npermanently in Ohio until April 3, iSf!. having\\ncharge of a steam laundry.\\nOur subject w,as .as one of the eterau Reserve\\nCorps detailed to guard the prisoners at Rock Is-\\nland, 111. The war ended, Mr. lless after fouryears\\nand three months of service was honorably dis-\\ncharged at Springfield. 1 11. Although on dutycon-\\ncjnuously for so long a time, he w.as never wt)unded\\nbut once, and w.as only confined to a sick bed one\\nweek. He took part in fifty eng.agements, and, con-\\nstantly exposed to captui e, escaped the prison pen.\\nImmediately after he left th( .army Mr. Hess made\\na visit to Michigan, and then returned to his\\nold Ohio home, llpon February 1, \\\\HGC he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Julia S., a daughter\\nof William and Margaret (French) Ramsey, highly\\nrespected residents of Crawford County, in which\\npart of Ohio Mrs. Hess wa\u00c2\u00bb born, Sc|)tember 30,\\n18J(). The excellent wife of our subject enjoyed\\ngood educational advantages and was well fitted\\nto assume the cares of a household. In l.SfJG the\\nnewly-wedded husband aixl wife settled on the\\nfarm since their permanent home. The eighty\\nacres were then entirely in theii- prindtive con-\\ndition, but now seventy acres arc under fine culti-\\nvation. In ISST. Mr. Hess erected an attractive\\nand commodious residence at an expenditure of\\n*l.. i(t(l; the barn built at the same tiTiic is a sub-\\nstantial and well-finished structure, costing ^lOi).\\nOf the five children born unto Mr. ami Mrs.\\nHe.ss, four survived to maturity. Nora C, is the\\nwife of Arthur .1. Miars; she lives in IJerrien\\nTownship and is the mother of one elidd. M.agno-\\nlia is the wife of Dwight Fisher, of Nan Buren\\nCounty. Klro.y .1. and I-odema are at home. The\\nfamily are members of the Lutheran Church find\\nMr. Hess is especially active in religious work.\\nHe is Assistant and has been .Superintendent of\\nthe Sunday-school. He has been a member of the\\nSchool Board almost the entire time of his resi-\\ndence in the county, and, an ardent advocate of\\nextended education, aided his children to obtain a\\nthorough course of instruction. Fraternally, our\\nsubject is a member of the Grange and has been\\nan ofticer of the society; he is also a member of\\n(xeorge Ci. Meade Post No. 36, (i. A. R., and has\\nheld most of the offices and been Commander\\nof the Post. Politically, Mr. Hess is a stanch\\nRepublican, and when elected To\\\\vnshi|) Treasurer\\nably discharged the trusts reposed in him and\\ngave universal satisfaction to the community\\nin which he has a host of sincere friends.\\nI 1\\n^P^F:0RGF: W. HKTI.FR. one of Berrien\\nill J\u00e2\u0080\u0094 _ County s progressive citizens andasuccess-\\n^s4l i fruit-grower of St. Joseph Township is\\nthe subject of this biograi\u00c2\u00bbhical sketch. He was born\\nin Seneca County, Ohio, August 23, 1852, .and at\\nthe .age of four years was brought by his parents,\\nGottleib and Martha Hctler, to Michigan, locating\\nin Berrien Count} He resided in Hoyalton Town-\\nship until he was about fourteen, when he accom-\\npanied his father to the farm which ha.s snure been\\nhis home. His educational advantages were limited\\nto the knowledge obtain.able in the neighboring\\nschools, but by thoughtful observation an l .sys-\\ntematic reading he has become well informed.\\nIn liHdil Mr. Hctler embarked in the fishing bus-\\niness cm Lake Michigan, .and continued thus en-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0423.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "422\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ngaged for seven years, meeting witli fair success\\nin the enterprise. Afterward he went into the\\npineries of northern Michigan, wliere he remained\\nabout ten years, engaged in the lumber business,\\nbeing rewarded witli a fair degree of success. On\\ntlte 31st of March, 1872, he was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Mary Lang. This estimable lady was\\n\\\\x vn in Chicago and was reared to womanhood in\\nCovert, Van Buren County, Mich., where her fa-\\nther, Michael Lang, is a successful general farmer\\nand stock-raiser.\\nUpon leaving the pineries Mr. Hetler returned\\nto Berrien County and settled upon the place\\nwhere he has since made his home. Here he owns\\nfifteen acres of land, which he devotes to the rais-\\ning of small fruits, m.aking a specialty of berries.\\nThrough his arduous labors he has succeeded in\\nclearing the land, erecting the necessary build-\\nings, setting out all the fruit trees, and, indeed,\\nmaking all the improvements now to be found\\nhere. This has resulted in vastl} increasing the\\nvalue of the property, which now lakes rank with\\nthe best in the vicinity.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hetler are the parents of six chil-\\ndren, four of whom are living: Charles Sumner,\\nJoseph Edward, George Mich.ael and James Harri-\\nson. Two died in inf.ancy. The religious home\\nof the famit3- is in the Evangelical Association at\\nSt. Joseph, in which Mr. Hetier has held the office\\nof Steward, and to the support of which lie has\\ncontributed generously. In his political belief he\\nadheres to the platform of the Prohibition party\\nand gives his ballot to the support of the cause\\nhe has espoused.\\ni\\ny.ILLIAM HISLOP, an able and energetic\\nbusiness man of Dowagi.ac, Cass County^\\nMich., is extensively engaged in the lum-\\nber and logging interests, and makes a specialty of\\nhandling railroad stock and allkindsof hardwood.\\nHe has also recently operated a brickyard and\\ntile factor} in the township of Pokagon. He is\\never foremost in the promotion of the enterprises\\nof his locality, and, a public-spirited citizen, has\\nheld with efficient service important positions of\\nofficial trust.\\nOur subject w.as born in Canada, November 30,\\n18-13, and spent his early life in his birthplace, at-\\ntending the schools of the neighborhood and re-\\nceiving a careful training in habits of industrious\\nthrift. In 1865, he became a citizen of the United\\nStates, and located in Silver Creek, where he was\\nemployed in agricultural pursuits, and also en-\\ngaged in the work of his trade as a carpenter. In\\n1879, became to Dowagiac and found immediate\\noccupation in this thriving town as a carpenter\\nand builder. At the expiration of two 3 ears he\\nentered upon the duties of Marshal, and at the close\\nof a twelvemonth went into his present profitable\\nlumber and logging business.\\nFor over a score of years constantly devoting\\nhis time to the lumber trade, Mr. Hisloi) has\\nachieved most lucrative and gratifying results.\\nConducting an already large and rajiidlv extend-\\ning business, Mr. Hislop will handle in 1893 about\\ntwo million feet of lumber, the annual business\\nfor the past ten years being from one million five\\nhundred thousand feet to two million. Our sub-\\nject is also meeting with remarkable success in his\\nnew venture, the brickyard and tile factory, which\\nseems to fill a long-felt want of the general pub-\\nlic. The beautiful and commodious home of Mr.\\nHislop, built by him in 1888, is one of the hand-\\nsomest residences in the city. His estimable wife,\\nto whom he was united in marriage upon January\\n1, 18C7, was Miss Elizabeth C. Hartsell, of Silver\\nCreek. Mrs. Hislop was the daughter of John and\\nMary Anna (Buck) Hartsell, liotli of whom were of\\nGerman descent, but old-time settlers in Silver\\nCreek, widely known and highly respected. One\\nchild, a daughter. Miss Nellie Hislop, shares the\\npleasant home of the father and mother.\\nOur subject is fraternally .associated with the\\nAncient Free tV. Acceiitcd Masons, and is a valued\\nmember of the Dowagi.ac lodge, with which he has\\nbeen connected since 1869. He is also a charter\\nmember of the Knights of Pythias lodge, and an\\n.active member of the Ancient Order of United\\nWorkmen. Mr. Hislop has always been a sturdy\\nadvocate of the principles of true Democracy, and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0424.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF A, P. LEITER, SEC.I8. BERTRAND TR BERRl EN CO MICH\\nSSSS^^^^^m-^s^^\\nKlSIDENCF. OF WlLLIAl^yi H ISLO P, COU RTLAN D 5T., DOWAGI AC MICH", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0425.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0426.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n425\\nis :ictivcl\\\\ interested in local and national affairs.\\nKitniiuially prospered, hi is ivyarded as one of the\\nsubstantial citizens of tlio county, whose assistance\\nand counsel may be depended upon in all matters\\nof public welfare. He is especially alive to the\\nimportance of educational proi^ress, and, a liberal\\nman, occupies with honor a position of usefulness\\nand inlluence.\\nHUAIIAIM 1*. LEITEU, a well-known agri-\\nculturist and prominent citizen, has been\\nft a resident of his home npon section 17,\\nBertrand Township, Berrien Count} for\\nabout twenty-seven years. During this time he\\nhas devoted himself to the cultivation of the\\nfarm, now a productive and valuable i)roperty,\\nyearly yieldinsj handsome returns for the labor ex-\\npended npon it. Mr. Leiter was born in Perry\\nCounty, Pa., August 4, 1835. The paternal great-\\ngrandfather was a native of Germany, but early\\nemigrated to the United States, settling in Penn-\\nsylvania, the home of the succeeding two genera-\\ntions, the paternal grandfather, John Leiter, and\\nthe father of our subject. Christian Leiter, having\\nbeen born, reared and married in the (Quaker State.\\nThe mother of our subject, Barbara (Page) Leiter,\\nand the maternal grandfather, Abraham Page, were\\nalso natives of Pennsylvania, their ancestors hav-\\ning been loyal subjects of the German Empire.\\nThe parents of Mr. Leiter married in their native\\nState, and resided at first in Perry Count} and\\nafterward made their home in Juniata County, re-\\nmaining in that locality from 1845 until their\\ndeath, both passing away at about sixty years of\\nage.\\nEleven children gathered about the fireside of\\nthe old Pennsylvania home, six sons and five\\ndaughters, all of whom lived to reach mature\\nyears. The sisters and brothers in order of their\\nbirth were Samuel, Margaret. Christian, Barbara,\\nCatherine, Abraham, Anna, ,Iohn, Jacob, Elizabeth\\nand .loseph. Our subject, when twelve years old.\\nremoved with his parents to .luniata County, and\\ncompleted his sUidies in the district schools of\\nthat part of the .Slate. Reared upon a farm and\\nearly trained in the duties of agriculture, Abra-\\nham P. Leiter was only ten years old when he\\nbegan to plow, and from that lime until twenty-\\ntwo years of age constantly assisted in the daily\\nround of care. P or the first year s work after attain-\\ning his m.ajority he received from his father the\\ngiftof a horse, his sole capital in life. In 185;) he\\njourneyed to Indiana, and remained for a time\\nnear Elkhart, working on a farm. At the expira-\\ntion of three months he came to Berrien County,\\nINIich.. and worked by the day on the homestead\\nof W. R. Rough. He returned to Pennsylvania\\nin the fall of the same year, and for a twelve-\\nmonth farmed for his father, receiving one-sixth\\nof the crop raised.\\nIn December, 185S), Abraham P. Leiter and\\nMary Slietterley were united in marriage, but\\nthe estimable wife survived but ten months. Our\\nsubject was a second time wedded, in 18()2 marry-\\ning Miss Sarah Messner, a native of Pcun.sylvania,\\nwho was born June 5, 1836. They settled on the\\nold homestead and remained amid the familiar\\nscenes of childhood until 18C(J, in which year\\nthey came to Michigan and located on David\\nRough s farm, in the eastern part of the town-\\nship. The same fall Mr. Leiter bought ninety\\n.acres where he now resides. Steadily .accumulat-\\ning, he owns one hundred and sixty finely-im-\\nproved acres in one body, as well as other excel-\\nlent property, among which is a lot of ten acres\\nsituated in (iaiicn Township.\\nSeven sturdy sons, all now living, have blessed\\nthe home of our subject and his good wife. Chris-\\ntian L., named in honor of his paternal grand-\\nfather, is the eldest-born. Then follow \\\\Vil oii\\nW., Edward F., Elmer E., Iliram E., .loliii II. and\\nWilliam A. These young men, reared carefully\\nand by nature industrious and self-reliant, have\\na bright future before them and cannot fail to\\nbe worthy of their honored and useful ancestry.\\nIn political alfiliation Mr. I.,eiter is a Republican,\\nand in religious conviction is connected with the\\nUnited Ihelhren Church, of which religious de-\\nnomination he has been a consistent irieiiitier ever", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0427.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "426\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsince he was seventeen years of age. During this\\nlong period he has been active in goo\u00c2\u00abl work anil\\nhas occupied with efficient fidelity various offices\\nin the church, having been Class-leader, Steward.\\nTrustee and sexton. Our subject lias been, in\\nfact, the leading member and most liberal sup-\\nporter of the United Brethren Church in the town-\\nship, and through his upright life and sterling\\nintegritN of character ha^; won the lasting regard\\nand thorough confidence of his fellow-townsmen\\nand a wide acriuaintance throughout the count\\\\\\n*^^1\\neHARLES R. KINGSLEY, a prosperous gen-\\neral .agriculturist and successful stock-raiser,\\nof Ontwa Townshi| Cass County, Mich., is\\na native of the Old Bay State and was born in\\nBernardston, Franklin County, Mass., May 21,\\n1831. The parents of our subject, Elijah and\\nriarriel (Carpenter) Kingsley, were of New England\\nbirth and were reared among the good old Puritan\\nstock. The paternal grandfather, Gamaliel Kings-\\nley, was a son of Elijah Kingsley. who came from\\nEurope and settled in Franklin County, Mass. lie\\nwas of Irish ancestry \u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind was a thrift\\\\ farmer. He\\nactively participated in the war for independence\\nand died at the good old .age of ninety-six years,\\nlie was a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch and was strong in his rcligic us and political\\nconvictions. The paternal grandfather was born\\nand lived and died in Franklin County, Mass., and\\nwas. like his father, an active member of the\\nMetlioilist Church. He was wedded twice, beiug\\ntiist united iu marriage with Miss Hulda Hale, who\\nbore him three children: Elijah. Millie and Chester.\\nThe second wife, Linda Pickett, was the mother of\\nAlien, Saxton, Clesson, Hulda, Lucien, Sabrlna\\nand Uoxanna. Grandfather Kingsle3 was a practi-\\ncal fanner and a public-spirited citizen.\\nThe father of our subject was born on the old\\nFranklin County homestead, October 15, 1706.\\nlie was a liiiished cabinet-maker and learned and\\npiaclKi d his trade in Boston. Attracted by the\\nopportunities of the West, he started for Michigan\\nMay 21, lt .?9. and traveled by team to Albany,\\nthence by canal and lake to Detroit and soon after\\nreached Mason Township, having been three or\\nfour weeks on the way. The year before, he had\\nentered two hundred acres of laud, which he now\\ncleared and industriously cultivated. In 1852, he\\nsold his first Michigan farm and located on one\\nhundred and forty acres, which he brought up to a\\nhigh state of cultivation and where he died, October\\n29, 1890. He was one of the original Republicans,\\nbut died a firm believer in Democracy. In relig-\\nious faith a Unitarian, he fraternized with that\\nsociet}- in Massachusetts. He was the father of ten\\nchildren, eight of whom ho reared to mature years.\\nWarren, who is deceased; Mary J. Allen, who re-\\nsides in Coldwater; Charles R.; Harriet C. Fisk;\\nArabella A. Reading, now deceased; Charlotte\\nReading, of Bangor; Mortimer, of Elkhart; and\\nNewscomb E.\\nThe mother of our subject was born in Massachu-\\nsetts in 1805, and died October 18, 1882. She\\nwas the daughter of David C. and .lemima Car-\\npenter. The father was a hotel-keeper in Lydeii,\\nMass. Our subject w.as educated in the primitive\\nschools of his home locality, and at twenty years\\nof age began life for himself by renting a farm of\\nhis father and cultivatiing the soil. At twenty-\\none years of age he bought forty acres of land ii|ion\\nsection 9, Ontwa Township, and afterwards added\\ntwenty acres, and continued to reside upon the\\nplace until he entered the arm when he sold out.\\nAfter his return from the war lie bought one hun-\\ndred and forty acres in Elkhart County I nd. There\\nhe lived until 18,S0, when he located with his father\\non the homestead which he owns, one hundred and\\ntwcntv-eight acres of valuable land. He sold his\\nIndiana farm and devotes himself to tilling the\\nsoil of his Michigan homestead, where he raises a\\nchoice variety of good slock. Beginning life with\\na capital of *200 he h.as been prospered, and\\nthrough his self-reliant etTorts has won his upward\\nway.\\nIn l.S(J2 Mr. Kingsley enlisted in the service of\\nthe Government, and in August entered the ranks\\nof Company D, One Ilundredtli Indiana Infantry,\\nand actively participated in twenty-eiglit liattles.\\nHe was present at the siege of Vicksluiig, Champion", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0428.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n427\\nHills. liljick Uivcr, Missionary Ridge and in tiie\\nAtlanta campaign. Iln acted as the Orderly of\\nthe Colonel for two years. His last fight was at\\nHentonville. He took part in the Grand Review\\nat Washingtf)!! and, lionoraljly discharged in .June\\nat Indianapolis, returned at once to his home, and\\npurchased another farm. C)ur subject was united\\nin marriage with Miss Olive .Johnson, .January 6,\\n1852. The estimalile wife of Mr. Ivingsley was\\nborn in Vermont, .September 9, 1831. .She was the\\ndaughter of Solomon aniJ Minerva (Powell) John-\\nson, natives of Vermont, living in Charlotte, t., at\\nthe time of Mrs. Kingsley s birtli. Mr. .Johnson\\nwas a bricklayer and farmer and came in 1836 to\\nI llkhart, where both he and his wife died. He was\\nin faith a I niversalist, and early a Whig was after-\\nwards a Republican. He and his excellent wife\\nreared six children: Gu^- C, Charlotte .J., Rlioda J.,\\nLaurett A., Olive and Ruel M. The paternal grand-\\nfather, Solomon Johnson, also liorn in Vermont, was\\na brave soldier of the Revolutif)nary War. He was\\na farmer, and journeying to the West in about 1830,\\nbecame one of the pioneer settlers of Elkhart\\nCounty, Ind., where he died at an advanced age.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kingsley have two children: Alice\\nC, wife of KriiroSchutt, of Elkhart; and Roy E. Po-\\nlitically our subject is a Democrat and in all matters\\npertaining to the public welfare is enterprising\\nand ever ready to lend a helping hand, l- rom his\\nearly youth intimately associated with the growth\\nof his present locality, he has long been identifiecj\\nwith the best interests of the county, and is\\nesteemed a liberal and pntgressive citi/.en.\\nf[,-. ENRY MOLLllAGEN, one of the jiromi-\\njl! nent and prosperous German-American\\ny^ citizens of He\\npics a farm i\\nTownship. He was born in Prussia, Germany, on\\nthe 22d of April. 182(!, and is the son of Cliristof\\nand Aphi-re/eana M. Mollh:igen, natives of the\\nFallierland. Tlic lather eniinraled to America in\\ncitizens of Berrien County, owns and occu-\\n\\\\J^j pies a farm on section 34 of .St. Joseph\\n1845, and, locating in New York, remained tliere\\nfor ten months, after which he removed to Wis-\\nconsin and made settlement in Wayne County.\\nThere for a number of years he followed the occu-\\npation of a fanner, and thence he proceeded still\\nfurther Westward, settling in Kansas, where he re-\\nmained until death terminated his career.\\nIn the |)arental family tliere were five cliildren,\\nof whom three are now living Henry, Charles and\\nHannah, the latter being a resident of ,St. Joseph,\\nMich. Henry passed the years of his childhood\\nand youth in the land of liis birth, where he\\ngained a practical education in the common\\nschools. He was early trained to habits of indus-\\ntry and energy, and these trails, together with ex-\\ncellent business judgment and sound common-sense,\\nhave contributed to his success in life. He was a\\nyoutliof about nineteen years when heaccompanied\\nhis father to the I nitcd Slates and located with him\\nin New Y ork. Later he removed to Wayne Coun-\\nty, Wis., where he resided until he was twenty-six\\nyears old.\\nFrom Wayne County Mr. MoUhagen proceeded\\nto Milwaukee and St. Joseph, and engaged in\\nfishing on the Lakes for about thirty- ^ears. In\\nconnection with his In-other Charles he purchased\\nand ran a tug. from which he received a good in-\\ncome. During his long life on the water he had\\nmany interesting and memorable experiences, and\\nwhile he enjoyed the life, yet he did not regret\\nexchanging it for the ijeaceful occupation of a\\nfarmer. When about twenty-six years of age he\\nwas united in marriage at Milwaukee, Wis., with\\nMiss Sophia Stock, of that cil}-. Six children were\\nborn of the union: Henry; Alfred and .Jolin. who\\nown a tug on the lake and are doing a good busi-\\nness; Alinnie, who resides in St. .losejih; Annie,\\nwho makes her home in Chicago; and Martha, who\\ndied in 18 2.\\nWhile the farm owned by Mr. MoUhagen is (juite\\nsmall, consisting of only twelve .icreSjthe property\\nis valuable, owing to the adai tability of the soil\\nto the cultivation of small fruits. .Since locating\\nhere he has made many improvements on the pl.ace,\\ntlie most important of wliich is the erection of the\\nsiibstanliid and commodious rc^sidcnce now adorn-\\ning the liomestead. During Ins sojourn in Kansas", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0429.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "428\\nPORTRAIT AND IJIOGRATHICAL RECORD.\\nlie WHS in the militia for two and one-half months\\nand had some experience of active service on llic\\nKansas frontier. In his political .attiliations he is a\\nRepublican, firm in his adherence to the party of his\\nchoice. In his religious connection he isa menil)cr\\nof the German Baptist Church and contributes\\nwith generosity to the support of that denomin-\\nation.\\ni^\\nEl\\nl^\\\\ ICHP:L W. hoover, a well-known gen-\\nl\\\\\\\\ agriculturist of Cass County, and a\\nI S prominent citizen of Howard Township,\\nwhere he owns and operates a farm on\\nsection 5, is one of the many honorable and up-\\nright men whom the Kej Stone State luas furnished\\nto Michigan. He was born in Lancaster County,\\nPa., Februarj 18, 1822, and is the son of Christian\\nand Catherine (Kair) Hoover, natives of Pennsyl-\\nvania, who were there reared and married. The\\nfather removed from Lancaster County to New\\nYork, and in 1824 settled in Erie County, where\\nhe conducted general farming operations. In\\n1843 he removed to St. .Joseph, Ind., where he\\ndied at the age of sixty-six. His wife survived\\nhim a number of years, passing away at the age of\\neighty-four.\\nIn the parental famil} there were eight children,\\ntwo daughters and six sons, all of whom grew to\\nmaturity. The sixth child in order of birth is the\\nsubject of this sketch, who was two years old at\\nthe time the family removed to Eric County, N.\\nY. There he grew to a sturdy, self-reliant man-\\nhood, and at the age of nineteen commenced to\\nlearn the trade of a cooper at Williamsville, the\\nsame county. He came West to Indiana in 1840,\\nand worked at his tr.ade in Mishawaka, St. .Tose[)h\\nCounty, Ind., for about ten years. November 11,\\n1847, he married Miss Margaret Smith, a native\\nof Stark Count} Ohio, who was born in 1828.\\nWli n about eight years of .age she .accompanied\\nlici |i;uiiits to Indiana and grew to womanhood in\\nSt. .losc|)ii County.\\nAfter his inarriagc our subject settled on a farm\\nconsisting of one hnndied and forty acres in St.\\nJoseph County, Ind., but some time later he re-\\nmoved to La Grange County, that State, and re-\\nsided on a farm there for three years. He then\\npurchased the old liomestead in St. Josc|)h Count}\\nbut after residing tliere for three years dispo.scd\\nof the projicrty and came to Cass Count} where\\nhe purchased his present farm in 1860. He and\\nhis wife have been the parents of nine children:\\nWilliam H.; Andrew IL; Harriet I., wife of George\\nHofferbort; Sarah A., who is with her parents;\\nEmma S., the wife of Simon M. Witwer; Augusta\\nA., deceased; .lohn P., who operates the home\\nfarm; Elmer A., who is at home; and Anna, de-\\nceased.\\nThe fine propertj of Mr. Hoover consists of one\\nhundred and sixty-eight acres, mostly under cul-\\ntivation. Many lessons may be learned from the\\nexample of his useful and honorable life, for he\\ncommenced in the agricultural business poor and\\nwithout I esources, but through industry and good\\njudgment, combined with sound common-sense,\\nhe has attained a position of independence and in-\\nfluence. In his religious connections, he is a mem-\\nber of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and has\\nserved as Deacon in that denomination. Politi-\\ncally, he is a Republican, but has never mingled\\nactively in public affairs, preferring the trancpiil\\nenjoyment of domestic life and associations. In\\n189(1 he erected a two-story modern residence, at\\na cost of $1,500, which is one of the most comfort-\\nable homes in the community.\\nI AMES H. COX, an influential citizen of\\nBerrien County, and a successful fruit-\\ngrower of St. Joseph Township, residing on\\nsection 111, was born in Baltimore, Md., on\\nthe 8tli of August, 1848. His father, James G.,\\nwas also born in the city of Baltimore, where he\\nwas reared to manhood and married. About 1850\\nhe came West to Indiana and settled in Cass\\nCounty, where he followed the occupation of a\\nfarmer. His wife having died prior to his West-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0430.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT ANr BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD\\n429\\nwnnl iTiiiov. d, lie w:is ;ii;;iiii nianicd, cliiiosing as\\nhis wife Miss M;iri;i, daunlitor of .lames Twells, a\\nnative of l*liii:i(h l|iliia. Fa.\\nI poii lotatiiii; 111 Ciuss oiiiitv, .laiiu s Cox\\npiMX liaseil six iHindicd acres of laii(i and liicrc de-\\nvoted his attfiilioii to the impioveinenl and ciil-\\nlivalion of the (ilaee, whicli lie made his liome un-\\ntil his death, in September, 1862. His wife passed\\naway in 1H7.5. They were a worthy eonph;, who\\nwen hiirhly esteemed in the community where so\\nmany yeai s of their lives were passed. Kind-\\nIieaiti d and generous, possessinji; noble impulses\\nand industi ions lialiils, they aeiiuired a eo!n|)etency\\nof this world s goods, and were enabled to give\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ood advantai^es to their nine children. The pa-\\nternal ifreat-grandl ather of oursubject was a soldier\\nin the Revolulioiiary War, and his ancestors on\\nboth sides of the house were of substantial stock.\\nI lic nine children constituting the [larenlal fam-\\nily all grew to mature years, and four of the num-\\nber are now living, our subject lieing the eldest.\\nHe was reared in Cass County, Ind., where he car-\\nried on his studies in bt)tli public and [iiivate\\nschools. At the age of about twenty years he\\nwent to Kansas, and embarking in the stock busi-\\nness, was thus engaged for two years. For the\\neighteen ensuing years he traveled throughout the\\nWestern .States and conducted an extensive stock\\nbusiness, meeting with fair success in his enter-\\nprises. This roving life, however, was not exactly\\nsuited to his tastes, and he linally returned to his\\nchildhood s home in Indiana.\\nMarch 20, 1885, Mr. Cox and Miss Martha Yan-\\nties were united in marriage in Cass County, Ind.\\nThe bride was the daughter of Robert Yanties, a\\nprominent and successful general farmer and stock-\\nrai.ser of Cass County, Ind., where she was born.\\nAlter his marriage Mr. Cox located in Chicago,\\nwhere he secured a position in the Studebaker\\nBros. Wagon Jlanufactory, remaining thus en-\\ngaged for two years. In 1890 he came to Berrien\\nCounty and located on the place where he now\\nresides. His fruit farm is one of the linest in the\\ntownship, and consists of twenty acres planted to\\ngra|)es, pears, pe.aehes and blackberries. I he fruits\\nare shipped principally to Chicago and Milwaukee,\\nand liiul a read} sale. A successful fruit-grower\\nand a keen and sagacious business man, Mr. Cox\\noccupies a position of prominence in tiie county.\\nHe is liberal in polities and votes for the ni;in\\nwhom he considers best qualified for the olliee in\\n(piestion. When our subject s father left Balti-\\nmore, Md., for Indiana he had a number of slaves,\\nwhom he set free.\\nON A. FLETCHER, an enterprising and\\npo|tular farmer of Cass County, whose\\nhome is pleasantly situated on section 10,\\nLa Grange Township, was born in Wayne County,\\nN. Y., April 7, 18.37, being the son of William R.\\nand Sarah A. (Stearns) Fletcher. The family\\nis one of the oldest in America, and the first\\nrepresentative emigrated to this country in the\\nMayllower. The paternal grandfather, Russell\\nFletcher, was a native of Woodstock, Vt., and\\nfollowed farming pursuits. About 182.5 he re-\\nmoved from Vermont to Wayne County, X. Y.,\\nwhere he purchased fifty acres and engaged in\\ngeneral farming and stock-raising. When three\\nyears of age he had scarlet fever, which left him\\n(juite deaf.\\nThe union of Russell Fletcher with Rachel\\nScott resulted in the birth of four children, one of\\nwhom died in infancy. The others are: William\\nR., Henry K. (deceased), and Charles M., a resi-\\ndent of Kalamazoo. (Jrandfathcr Fletcher came\\nto Michigan about 1847 and i urch:ised eighty\\nacres in Kalamazoo County, where he imulu his\\nhome for six ^ears. Thence he came to Cass\\nCounty, and here his life w.as brought to a close\\nat the age of seventy-live. The father of our\\nsubject, William R. Fletcher, was born in criiiont\\nin 1807 and received a common-scliool education.\\nHe went to New York one year prior to the\\nremoval of his i)arents thither, and for a time\\nworked by the month for others.\\nIn 181() William R. Fletcher moved to Cass\\nCounty, Mich., and later went to Kalamazoo\\nCounty, where he |-?mained for three years. Re-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0431.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "430\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nturning to Cass County, he purchased the farm\\nadjoining the present property belonging to our\\nsuliject,anrl through industry and energy accumu-\\nlated landed possessions aggregating four liun-\\ndred acres in La Grange Townsliip. Politically,\\nhe was a Democrat and at diffeient times he was\\nchosen to till various ollices of trust in the town-\\nship and county. He married Sarah A., daughter\\nof Thomas Stearns, and the} became the parents\\nof live children: Don. A., Delinda C, Caroline\\nK, (widow of E. Hunger). Joseph W., and Cecilia\\n15., who nmrried Albert Stevenson. The mother\\nof this family passed away in 188U, and the father\\ndied during the following year.\\nAfter completing his studies in the common\\nschools of the district, our subject entered upon\\nthe vocation of a farmer. At the age of twenty-\\nfive he married Sarepta, daughter of Isaac and\\nMary Shurte. Mrs. Fletcher was born in Cass\\nCounty, October 27, 1838. Her father was born in\\nNew Jersey in 1796 and removed to Butler County,\\nOhio, where he married, his wife, Mary Wright,\\nalso being a native of New Jersey. In 1829 they\\ncan)e to Cass County, being very early settlers of\\nthis part of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher are\\nthe parents of four children, namely: William I.,\\nMary L., Ross A. and Charles C. The eldest son,who\\nresides in Oregon, married Cora Jones and they\\nliave one child, Mabel E. Mary L. is a graduate\\nof the Dowagiac High School and the Soutli Bond\\nCommercial College; Rossis also a graduate of the\\nSouth Bend Commercial College; Charles C. is\\nnow a student in the Cassopolis High School.\\nFollowing his marriage Mr. Fletcher operated\\nas a renter for a number of years, but by saving\\nhis earnings he was enabled to purchase two\\nhundred and twenty-six acres of his father s farm.\\nTo this he has since added forty acres, the most\\nof which has been improved and |)laced under\\ncultivation. As a farmer, he studies the science\\nof agriculture and aims to raise only such cereals\\nas are adapted to the soil. A neat set of farm\\nbuildings may be found upon the place, and the\\nair of thrift noticeable everywhere proves the\\nenergy and industrious nature of the proprietor.\\nSocially, Mr. Fletchei is identified with the An-\\ncient Order of United Workmen, belonging to the\\nlodge at Cassopolis. In political belief a Demo-\\ncrat, he is influential in the ranks of his parly and\\nhas held a number of township offices.\\nBesides the farm Mr. Fletcher owns a one-third\\ninterest in the gristmill at La Grange.\\nARIUS BOYNTON. Another of the pn.mi-\\nnent fruit-growers of Hagar Township is\\n(^^fc^ Darius Boynton, a man of recognized\\ninfluence and abdit} who by a systematic\\nand careful, thorough manner of work has attained\\nto a success which is justly deserved. Since 18G2\\nhe has been a resident of Berrien Count} INIich.,\\nand during that time his career has been upright\\nand honorable, and he has won a host of warm\\nfriends. IMany are the changes which have oc-\\ncurred since this worthy citizen located here, and\\nhe has witnessed the growth of what was once a\\nvast forest to one of the most prosperous and in-\\nfluential counties in the State.\\nMr. Boynton is the owner of one hundred and\\nfifty-nine acres of land, and most of this he him-\\nself has improved. lie was born in Addison\\nCounty, Vt., and in that State made his home un-\\ntil twenty-two years of age, when he moved to\\nMonroe County, N. Y. There he met and married\\nINIiss Lucy E. Hanford, with whom he came to\\nMichigan in 1860. They settled in Wayne County,\\nand one year later Rlrs. Boynton died. About\\n1854 Mr. Boynton married Miss Helen M. Olcott,\\nwhose parents were old settlers of Wayne County,\\nand three years later moved to Jackson County,\\nMich. FYom there, in 1862, he moved to Berrien\\nCounty, where he carried on a fruit farm east of\\nBenton Harbor, and lie has been engaged in fruit-\\ngrowing for the most part ever since.\\nHe has met with unusual success in that calling,\\nand what he has accumulated in the way of this\\nworld s goods has been from the interest he has\\ntaken in this industry. He has one of the most\\nextensive peach orchards in the county, about two\\nthousand five hundred trees, most of them bear-\\ning, and he has four acres in a vineyard. Every-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0432.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nl.TI\\ntliini; about liis plnce indicates that an experienced\\nliaiiil isal. till licliii mid llic lanii is ivcpl in |)fifcct\\noilier and uoaliK ss. Ill also raises any iiuanlily\\n(if siiiall fniil, etc., and ships to Chicago and otlicr\\npoiiils. The utmost vigilance is made necessary\\nin view of the perishalile character of the goods,\\nexpedition being used in transportation and in\\nselling. No one understands his business more\\nllioroughly than Mr. Hoynton.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. ISoynlon weri boiii live\\nchildren, four of whom arc now living. Robert\\nA. died in the year 1H72. when eleven years of\\nage; Delia became the wife of Henry K. Ueach.\\nof Washington; Fannie is the wife of E. .1. Stan-\\nton; M. Lillian is a lesident of Chicago; and\\nHarry is a resident of Washington. Mr. Boyn-\\nlon s |)arents were native Vermonters, and in that\\nState they grew up and were married. There they\\nreared seven children, of whom ISIr. Boynton was\\nthird in order of birth. Politically, he is a stanch\\nsupporter of Democratic i rinciplcs, and his vote\\nhas ever been cast with that i)arty.\\nIJLXANDKU IIALLIDAY. There is no\\nfiner farm in Lincoln Township than the\\nll Cedar Bluff Fruit Farm, which occiH)ies\\na. picturesque location on section 16, and\\nis conceded to be one of the most highly-improved\\nestates in Berrien County. Mr. Halliday, under\\nwliose personal supervision all the im|)roven)ents\\nhave been made, is an enterprising business man,\\nand through his judicious management and un-\\nwearied exertions he has attained to a measure of\\nsuccess not usually enjoyed. In 1890 he erected\\nthe commodious residence which now adorns the\\nl)lace, and from the upper stories may be obtained\\na beautiful view of Lake Michigan and the coun-\\ntry for miles around.\\nFrom his Scotch ancestors Mr. Halliday has in-\\nherited the (pialities of persistence and thrift\\ncharacteristic of that people. He himself is a\\nnative of .Scotl.and, having been born in Berwick-\\nshire, June 21, 18)2. His paternal grandfather,\\nAlexander Halliday, Sr., was a Scotchman and had\\na family of six (children, two of whom were\\nprominent clergymen in the church of England.\\nThe father of our subject, Andrew Halliday, was\\nborn in Berwickshire, Scotland, and grew to man-\\nhood in that country, where he m.-iriicd Miss Helen\\nRcdpafh. He followed agricultural pursuits in his\\nnative land.\\nF .inigrating to America in 1811, Mr. Halliday\\nsettled in Xoifolk County (now Ontario), Canada,\\nwhere he purchased a tract of land and engaged in\\nfarming pursuits until his death. His wife is still\\nliving on the old homestead in Norfolk County.\\nHe met with considerable success in his business\\nventures and accpiired the ownership of hundreds\\nof acres in Canada. In his religious views he ac-\\ncepted the doctrine of the Presbyterian Church, in\\nwhich for many years he served as Deacon. He\\nand his wife were the [)arents of eight children, all\\nof whom reached manhood and womanhood, and\\nseven are now living. The only inend)er of the\\nfamily, excepting our subject, who resides in the\\nUnited States is Robert, of this county.\\nIn Norfolk County, Canada, our subject grew to\\nmanhood and learned the trade of a millwright, at\\nwhich he was employed until he left the province.\\nAt the age ol twenty-two he went to Kankakee,\\n111., where he followed his trade of millwright and\\nwas also engaged in carpenter work for eight\\nyears. While there, in 1869, he married Jliss\\nMaggie H.. the daughter of Ephraim Doyle. Mrs.\\nHalliday was born in Penns3lvani:t, and in her\\ngirlhood moved to Kankakee, where she held the\\nposition of teacher in the Presbyterian School.\\nShe was well educated in the seminary at Hunting-\\ndon, Pa., and engaged in the profession of a\\nteacher for about fifteen years.\\nIn 1870 Mr. Halliday came to Berrien County\\nand located on section 16. Lincoln Township,\\nwhere he bought twenty acres. He added to his\\nproperty until he had acquired the ownership of\\nseventy-five acres, and at the present time lie ;iiid\\nhis wife have forty acres of well-improved land.\\nHere he has planted fruit trees and engages in\\nraising small fruits of the best varieties. While\\nhe has met with more than ordinary success, he\\nhas also met with reverses. In 1888 he w;is burned", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0433.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "432\\nPOKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\nout bj fire, losing liis residence, and entailing a\\nlieavy loss. 15iU ho was undaunted by misfortune,\\nand set himself to work at once to retrieve his for-\\ntunes. It was not long before he had replaced the\\nbuilding, with one more substantial and conveni-\\nent, and his farm is one of the best in the township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hallida}- have no children of their\\nown. but have reared an adopted son, Charles, a\\npKimising young man of twenty-one years.\\nA man of note in the comniiinity, Mr. llalliday\\nhas served for six years as a member of the Coun-\\nty Hoard of Supervisors and is the pieseut (181)3)\\nincumbent of the ollice. For two years he filled\\ntlio i)osition of Tax Collector and he has also\\nserved as Treasurer of the township. In iiis [wlil-\\nical views he endorses the platform of the Demo-\\ncratic party and is one of its leaders in the\\nlocality. Socially, he is identified with the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity, chapter and council, and St.\\nJoseph Lodge. Mr. llalliday is a thoroughly\\npractical and experienced man, of superior business\\nattainments, and by close attention to the details\\nof his chosen occupation has secured justly-merited\\nsuccess.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abl IMLLIAM 1). .lONES, a successful\\n\\\\/\\\\j/ residing in Dowagiac, is th\\nV^^ and proprietor of the grocery i\\n^ILLIAM 1). .lONES, a successful business\\nle owner\\nstore lo-\\ncated on the corner of Front and Commercial\\nStreets. Since 1877, when he einarked in the busi-\\nness, he has built up a lucrative and extensive\\ntrade and has gained the confidence of the people\\nto a degree not usually enjoyed. In his establish-\\nment he carries a complete assortment of crockery,\\nstaple and fancy groceries, vegetables in their sea-\\nson, and also has a market, where the best grades\\nof fresh meats may be obtained.\\n.Among the pioneers of Cass County prominent\\nmention belongs to Oilman C. .lones, the father of\\nour subject. He was born in llopkinton, N. H.,\\nJuly 12, 1819, being the son of Jacob and Lydia\\n(Straw) Jones. Jacob Jones was the first reju-e-\\nsentative of the family in this country and he was\\nan early settler of Mew Hampshire, He served as\\na soldier in the War of 1812 and was afterward an\\nofficer in the State militia. Of his ten (children,\\n(Oilman was the fourth in order of birth, and he\\nw.as reared in New Hampshire, being educated at\\nI embroke. About 18-l:4 he came to Michigan and\\nsettled in Cass County, where for a time he taught\\nin the schools of Cassopolis. Later he embarked\\nin the mercantile business, becoming one of the\\npioneer merchants of the |)lace, and was in partner-\\nship with two gentlemen under the firm name of\\nLybrook, LoHand Jones.\\nWhen the Michigan Central Railroad was |)ut\\nthrough Dowagiac, Oilman Jones came hither, and\\nwith his brother erected the large brick store now\\noccupied by Mark Oppenheim, the tailor. In con-\\nnection with diy goods he also carried a large\\nstock of drugs and hardware and conducted a gen-\\neral business until 187G, when he retired. His\\nfirst marriage w.as to Miss Laura, daughter of\\nJames Dickson, an early settler of Cass County.\\nFive children were born of the union, only two of\\nwhom now survive: our subject and Dan, the lat-\\nter being the proprietor of the IJuena Yista, Heirild,\\npublished at Buena ista, Colo. In 1872 Oilman\\nJones married Miss Amanda Wall, and they be-\\ncame the parents of four children, all of whom are\\nliving and make their home in Ann Arbor, Mich.\\nPoliticall} Oilman Jones wsis a Democrat, al-\\nthough during the Civil War he acted with the\\nRei)ublican part\\\\ In 1860 he w.as elected to the\\nollice of .State Senator, in which he served with\\ndistinction. He wjis a strong anti-slavery man,\\nand .assisted in raising troops for the defense of\\nthe Union. As President of the Milage Board\\nand Supervisor of Silver Creek Township, he was\\ninstrumental in securing many improvements here.\\nAll energetic, determined man, he was successful\\nin whatever he undertook, and occupied a high\\nplace in the regard of the [jcople. In his religious\\nbelief he was a Universalist. His death occurred\\nin Miiy, 1889.\\nBorn in Dowagi.ac, September 2C, 1854, the sub-\\nject of this sketch was reared here and gained a\\ngood education in the public schools. After leav-\\ning school he became salesman for his father, and\\ncontinued thus occupied until the retirement of\\nthe senior Mr, Jones in 1876, During the ioU", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0434.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0435.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "J y()liv^/^-ir^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0436.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPinCAL Rp:CORD.\\n435\\nlowing year oui- sulijcct engaj^cd in hiisiiiess for\\niiiniscif and rapidly gained a place among liie sub-\\nstantial business men of Dowagiac. A Democrat\\nin politics, he lias held the office of City Treasurer\\nfor two terms and served as Alderman for six\\nyears, representing the First Ward in the City\\nCouncil. At present he is Chairman of the Demo- i\\ncratic County Central Committee. lie is interested 1\\nin politics and h.as served .as delegate to the State\\nconvention a number of times. lie was the ori-\\nginator of the paid lire department in this pl.ace,\\nand also took a prominent part in the building of\\nthe water works here.\\nOSEI Il I. .11 )IINS( )X A brief review of the\\nsalient points in the life of this useful and\\nI upright man will be of interest, not alone\\nto the people of Niles, of which city he is a\\nresident, but also to the citizens of Berrien County,\\nwhere he is well and favorably known. At pres-\\nent lie is not actively engaged in business, although\\nhis real-estate interests are extensive and require\\nconsiderable attention on his part. In former\\nyears he was engaged in railroading, and much of\\nhis active life has been devoted to that line of\\nwork.\\nMr. .lohnson was liorii in iMonioe County, X. Y.,\\nOctober 17, 183(5, and is the son of Joseph and\\nMary II. (Randall) .lolinson, natives of l\\\\Iaine.\\nI xiih the i)alernal and maternal ancestors were\\nKnglish people, and representatives of both fami-\\nlies early emigrated to the United States. The\\nfather of our subject was a sailor, and died in New\\nYork during the year 1836, when his son was a\\nmere infant. The latter was brought to Michigan\\nby his mother when three years old, and with her\\nsettled in .\\\\nii .Vilior. where he grew to manhood.\\nThe rudiments of his education were acfpiired in\\nthe common schools of that city, but his schooling\\nwas limited, and hi education has been gained\\npiincipally in the great school of experience.\\nAt the age of thirteen years, ,Mr. .lohnson bcg.aii\\nhis active business life. His lirst position was that\\n21\\nof liiiinan on .-i locomotive, in which capacity he\\ncontinued for some time. He also held various\\notiier positions on railroads until 1852, when Uv\\ntook charge of tiie construction train on the Mich-\\nigan Centnil Railroad. That work occupied his\\nattention for some time, and, having been satisfac-\\ntorily finished, he accepted a [)osition as Roadmas-\\nter, in which capacity he served until January,\\n1881. An accident at that time caused the loss of\\na liml), and compelled him to retire from railroad\\nwork.\\nIn 1881 Mr. .Johnson became jiroprietor of the\\nMichigan Central Dining Hall at Niles, which he\\nconducted successfully for eleven years, selling\\nthe business November 1, 1892. He is a man who\\ntakes a deep interest in the progress of the city of\\nNiles, and contributes his quota to its advance-\\nment. He is loyal to ever3 cause he espouses, and\\nis a zealous champion of the platform of the Re-\\npublican |)arty. Socially, he is identified actively\\nwith the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and\\nalso holds membership in Niles Lodge No. 17,\\nA. V. A. M.\\nMr. Johnson was married January 1, 18(52, to\\nMiss Mary, daughter of James and Ella (Blake)\\nAllen, natives of Ireland, where Mrs. Johnson was\\nalso born. The mother died in her native land.\\nMr. Allen is a resident of Tolono, 111. Two chil-\\ndren have been born to our subject and wife:\\nElla, wife of William Miley, a resident of Niles;\\nand Nettie M., who resides with her parents. The\\nsocial position occupied bj^ the family is one of\\nprominence. They maintain a constant interest\\nin the welfare of those about them, and their ear-\\nnest and benevolent natures endear them to all\\ntheir acquaintances.\\njir^RANK ATWOOD. The Atwood family is\\njlp^Jgj; one of the prtuninent ones of Wayne\\nilS T()wnshi|), Cass County, for its members\\nhave l)een identified with its interests from an\\nearly day, .and have ever been upright and honor-\\nable citizens. Wells II. Atwood, the grandfather", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0437.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "436\\nPORTRAIT AND BTOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof our subject, was a native of New York, which\\nSlate he left in lb36 to come to Michigan. He\\nwas one of tlie first setllers of Wayne Township,\\nand located on section 20, Oak Opening. where he\\nmade a i)ermanent settlement. Later in life he\\nretired to Dowagiac, and there received his final\\nsummons in 1864. Three of his children are now\\nliving: Lafayette; .lames, who resides in Dowagiac;\\nand Hoxanna, who makes her iiome in Wayne\\nTownship.\\nLafayette Atwood, the father of our suliject,\\nwas born in the State of New York in 1821, and\\nin 1836 came to Cass County, Mich., with his\\nfattier. Here he was mai-iied to Miss Adeline\\nAllen, who was also born in the Kmpire State, but\\nwho caine with her })arents to Cuss Count} Mich.,\\nat an early date. Iler father, Gideon Allen, was a\\nfarmei- and a very successful one. Three of his\\nchildren are now living: Ilonry, who resides in\\nWayne Township; Ann Eliza, who makes her\\nhome in Dowagiac; and Mrs. C. A. Taylor, of\\nWayne Township. The parents of our subject\\ncelebrated their union in Wayne Township, and\\nlater settled on the farm, Oak Opening, at a time\\nwhen very few improvements had been made. Mrs.\\nAtwood died in 1864, but Mr. Atwood still sur-\\nvives in this township. He was married the\\nsecond time, but no cliildren were born to this\\nunion. By the first marriage three children were\\nborn, but our subject is the only survivor. The\\nfather has taken an active interest in township\\naffairs and is one of the foremost and most sub-\\nstantial farmers of his section. Formerly a Whig\\nin politics, he is now a Hepul)licaii and has held a\\nnumber of township otlices. lie has been High-\\nway Commissioner and a member of the Board of\\nReview.\\nMany of the most active and enteri)rising resi-\\ndents of Cass County are natives of the county and\\nhave here spent the greater part of their lives. In\\nthem we find men of true loyaltj- to the interests\\nof this i)art of the State, who understand, as it were\\nby instinct, the needs, social and industrial, of this\\nvicinity, and who have a thorough knowledge of\\nits resources. Tlie_y are therefore belter adapted\\nto succeed here than a stranger could be and are\\nprob.abl} without exception warmly devoted to\\nthe prosperity of their native place. Such a man\\nwe find in the person of Frank Atwood, the\\nsubject of this sketch.\\nThis gentleman was born in Wayne Township,\\nAugust 12, 1852, and was early trained to the\\nduties of the farm. His scholastic training was\\nreceived in the rnion School atDowagiac and the\\ndistrict school in AVayne Township. In the year\\n187.) he married Miss lielle Ingling, a native\\nof Penii Township, this county, born .luly 13,\\n1857, and the daughter of Samuel and Jane\\n(Stanard) Ingling, natives respectively of Ohio\\nand New York. Her [larents reside in Dow.agiac.\\nISIr. and Mrs. Atwood have lived on their |)iespnt\\nfarm ever since their inaniage and are the parents\\nof three children: Fred Fay and Cora. Our\\nsubject i\u00c2\u00bb interested in school work, has been a\\nschool ollicer since twenty-one 3ears of age, and\\nhas given his children good educations. He is a\\nmember of the Modern Woodmen, and in politics\\nisa Democrat, although formerly a Keimblicaii. He\\nwas .School Inspector for a number of years, and\\nalso served as Town Clerk for several years, and\\nis now serving his first term as Supervisor of the\\nTownship. The farm comprises two hundred and\\nfifty acres.\\n^=^EORGE MORLEY, a prominent citizen of\\n(Ij g\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Berrien County and a successful fruit-grower\\n^^1 of Lincoln Township, residing on section\\n16, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on the 14tli of\\nMarch, 1847. ills father, William Morley, was a\\nnative of England, and there engaged in business\\nas a machinist; he also gave considerable attention\\nto the knitting business. After his marriage to\\nMiss Susan Tini|)son, lie emigrated to Ameiiea.aiid\\nfor a time sojourned in Massachusetts. Later he\\nremoved to Philadelphia, where he followed the\\nmachine and knitting business for a number of\\nyears. Some time since he retired from active\\nbusiness and now, at the advanced age of seventy-\\nsix years, is living in Philadelphia, Pa. His good\\nwife is now (1893) seventy-two. The aged couple\\nare hale and vigorous, notwithstanding their years.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0438.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "rORTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n437\\nriif t iiiiilv of wliieh mil- .xulijcct is a member\\nt onsistod of eleven eliildrcn. of wIhum nine siir-\\nvivo(J to mature years, and eij^lit are now livinfj.\\nI Ik V were all reared in tlie faitli of the Episcoi)al\\nCliurcii, of wliicli their mother is a nienitier. Tiie\\nfather, while not identified with any denomination,\\nhas always contributed with liberality to churcli\\nwork. He is a Democrat in his political opinions,\\nand has for many years been an earnest advocate\\nof free trade. In the city of his birth the subject\\nof this sketch was reared to manhood. In youth\\nhe learned the trade of a machinist and was\\nemployed in a knitting faotory. As a child, he\\nstudied in the common schools of I hiladelphia,\\nbut his schooling was discontinued at the age of\\nthirteen, when he commenced to learn his trade.\\nWhen a youth of nineteen Mr. Morle}^ assumed\\nthe management of the Hall Vezin Knitting\\nWorks, of Philadeli)hia, and remained in that po-\\nsition until 1880. At that time the firm of Cooper,\\nWells Co., of St. .loseph, Mich., brought him to\\nthis city as Superintendent of their knitting works,\\nand after working for eight years in that capacity\\nhe piu chased the place where he has since made\\nhis home. Here he has thirty-live acres, of which\\nabout one-half has been set out in fruit trees, in-\\ncluding the best varieties of a[)ples, pears and\\npeaches. He also raises berries, grapes, etc. The\\ntrees have been set out quite recently, and will\\nsoon he in fine bearing condition.\\n.luly 1, 1860, Mr. Morlcy was united ni marriage\\nwith Miss Mary (irindrod. who was one of sixteen\\nchildien burn to the union of .lames and Elizabeth\\n(Smith) (jrindrod. At the i)resent lime (1803)\\nseven of the number are living. Her father vvas\\nborn in England Se|iteinber 1, 1811, and on the\\n;i()th of March. 18. I, married Miss Elizabeth Smith.\\nIn 18. (7 he emigrated to the United .States and lo-\\ncated in Philadelphia, where he follc)wed the trade\\nof a dyer. The great-grandfather of Mrs. Morle\\\\\\nwas a M:ison and mysteriously disappeared in\\nEngland. Ilei maternal great-grandmother at-\\ntained to the great old age of one huTidrcd and\\nfour years. In childhood our subject and Mar\\\\\\n(^rindrod lived in tiie same city, and when only\\neleven years old they worked together in a factory,\\nwhere thev conlniued to be employed until their\\nmarriage. They are highly regarded throughout\\nthe community, and are prominent members of\\nthe Episcopal Church.\\nIn regard to social connections, Mr. Morley is\\nidentified with the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows, belonging to the encampment, and is also\\na member of the Masonic fraternity, the American\\nMechanics Society and various temperaiue organi-\\nzations. Politically, he has always cast his ballot\\nfor the candidates and platform of the Republican\\nl)arty. lie has attained prominence and success as\\nthe result of patient i)erseverance and energetic\\neffort. His first experience of business was in\\nyouth, when he loaned some money to a building\\nand loan association, and the result was so satis-\\nfactory that he has always spoken very highly of\\nthese societies since that lime. While residing in\\nGermantown, Pa., he became the possessor of two\\ncannon balls used in the battle of Germantown,\\nand years afterward taken from the walls of an\\nold house in the village. These balls are made out\\nof stone. At the battle of Germantown they ran\\nout of ammunition and made use of stone for can-\\nnon balls.\\n^AVll) JUDSON, for many years one of the\\nmost successful instructors in the West\\nand now a fruit-grower residing in St.\\nJoseph Township, Berrien County, was\\nborn in Livingston County. N. Y.. .hme 12, 1821*.\\nHe is the son of Henry Lyman Judson, a native of\\nFairfield County, Conn., born on the l. )th of Sep-\\ntember, 171I.T, and reared in the city of I)anl)urv.\\nConn., where he learned the trade of a chairinaker.\\nLater removing to New York, he located in Liv-\\ningston County, where he resided until 1836.\\nFrom New York he removed to Michigan, and\\npurchased a tract of unimproved land in Hillsdale\\nCounty, to the clearing and cultivation of which\\nhe gave his attention for a number of years. He\\nsucceeded in bringing th6 place to a high state of\\ncultivation, it reacliing a foremost rank among the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0439.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "438\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfarms of tlie county. Upon the old homestead his\\neyes closed in death, September 9, 1840.\\nThroughout Hillsdale County Mr. .Judson was\\nknown and esteemed. By his untiring labor for\\nthe welfare of the community and tlie good of his\\nfellow-citizens, he left an influence which extended\\nso perceptibly beyond tlie home circle that it\\ncalled forth a universal benediction of honor\\nupon him who so nobly lived and labored. His\\nwife was Catherine, daughter of John Christie.\\nShe was born at Albany, N. Y., on the lid of De-\\ncember, 1785, and died in Branch County, Mich.,\\nFebruary 12, 1857. Her childhood ^ears were\\npassed in the city of Albany, whence she moved to\\nLivingston County*, X. Y., and from there accom-\\npanied her husband to Michigan.\\nThe parental family- consisted of four children,\\nof whom two are deceased, Marj .lane and Mar-\\ngcrj The survivors are David, of this sketch, and\\nHenry Gilliert, who is engaged in farming in\\nHillsdale Couut3-, this State. David was a child\\nof seven years when he accompanied his parents\\nin their removal from the Empire State to Michi-\\ngan. His boyhood 3ears were spent upon the\\nhome farm in Hillsdale County, wheie he aided\\nhis father in the usual routine of agricultural\\nwork, and for a time he conducted hisstudies in a\\nneighboring school. At the age of twenty-five he\\nentered Hillsdale College, where he availed him-\\nself to the utmost of the oi)portunilies offered\\nhim.\\nrpon leaving College, Mr. .Judson went to\\nSoutli Bend, Ind., wlicrc for two years he engaged\\nin teaching in the common schools. From that\\ncity he went to Lansing, Iowa, in 1864, where he\\naccepted the position of Principal of the graded\\nschools. During the same year, on the 8th of Sep-\\ntember, at Racine, Wis., he was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Helen E., daugliter ot Hon. George W.\\nSelden, a prominent citizen of Mt. Pleasant, Racine\\nCounty, Wis., and a member of the State Legis-\\nture of Wisconsin. Ivcturning to Lansing ac-\\ncompanied hy his wife, Mr. .ludson resumed his\\nprofessional labors, and for four years tilled the\\nposition of Princi|)al of scIkjoIs, while his wife was\\nassistant Piiiinpal.\\nIn the autumn of 1868 Mr. .ludson came to\\nBerrien County and purchased the place where he\\nnow resides. He did not, however, locate here at\\nthat time, but for two years engaged in teaching\\nin Berrien County. In 1^(71 he and his wife re-\\nturned to Lansing, Iowa, where they taught in the\\nschools for three years. Thence they returned to\\nBerrien County, and for one year (1874-75) after\\ncoming back to Michigan Mr. Judson was Princi-\\npal of the St. .loseph schools.\\nIll 1875 Prof. Judson removed to Waukon, Al-\\nlamakee County, Iowa, where he was Principal of\\nthe schools for five years, his wife being one of\\nhis assistants. .Subsequently he had charge of the\\nschools in illi^ca, Montgomery County, Iowa,\\nfor one year, and the school at Bed Clcuid, Neb.,\\nfor two years. In 1884 he discontinued teaching\\nand has since resided u[)on section :\\\\6, .St. Joseph\\nTownshii). The farm consists of ten acres and is\\ndevoted to the raisingof peais,apples, strawberries,\\netc. Both as a teacher and a fruit-grower, ]Mr.\\nJudson has been successful. During the period\\nof more than twenty years in which he was en-\\ngaged in teaching, he was the instructor of many\\nmen wlio have since gained prominence in business\\nand political circles, and who attributH their suc-\\ncess in no small degree to his painstaking efforts\\nand cheerful assistance.\\nIn all matters pertaining to the welfaie of the\\ncommunity and the best interests of the nation,\\nMr. Judson maintains a deep sympathy, and all\\nmeasures having for their object the promotion of\\nbenevolent projects or public-spirited enterprises\\nreceive his hearty co-operation. In his political\\nbelief, he is a Republican. He has held the otiice\\nof School Iiis|(ector of the township and llighw.ay\\nCommissioner, and has also served as Treasurer of\\nhis school district for the |)ast six years.\\nj*\u00c2\u00abs^TEPIIEX COOK. No more highly re-\\nsjiected and esteemed citizen lives in llagar\\nlil/^u) Township tTian the one of whom we write,\\nwho has done business here for many years,\\nand thidiighout all thai lime li.as so conducted\\nhimself as to earn the just admiration and regard", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0440.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BTOGRArlllCAL RECORD.\\n439\\nof his neiglibore. He is not only one of llie old\\nsettlers of the couiily. iiMt diii uf tlic inoiniiient\\nfruit mid hcrry yr i\\\\vcrs of llio saiiic. lie n( (ls no\\niiiti i (Iiiflii)n to the i)( o|)l( of IJeriKMi County, for\\nft loni\u00c2\u00bb residence hero and, altovi all. a career of\\nnsefulncss and prominence have given liiin a very\\nexteiisive aci|uainlanci\\nHe is a son of the Empire State, born in C ay-\\nnga County in 1823, and is one of twelve children\\nborn to Henry and Maria (Munil)riie) Cook, na-\\ntives also of the Stale of New York. At an early\\ndate the parents came to Michitjan and settled in\\nCalhoun County, when it was a complete wilder-\\nness, and (ui the edge of what was known as Cook s\\nPrairie. Henry Cook was a man possessed uf more\\nthan the ordinary attainments, and w.as a niemlier\\nof the Legislature when the .State was a Territory\\nHe was a soldier in the War of 1812. His son,\\nWilliam, lirother of our sulijecl, served two terms\\nin the State Legislature, and the same lenglh of\\ntime m the Senate. He w.as a prominent man of\\nIhe .State, hut is now deceased. Our sulijoct lias\\nthree brothers in Calhoun and one in this county.\\nThe original of this notice passed his boyhood\\nand youth in Calhoun County, and in addition to\\nliis primary education attended the aca Iemy in\\nllomei-. He was bntsni.all when he came with his\\nparents to Michigan, and .as a consequence nearly\\nall his recollections are of this State. He assisted\\nhis father in clearing the home place of the heavy\\nlimber with which it was Cf)vered, and he grew to\\nstindy manhood amid these wild surroundings.\\n.June 15, IMd.s, he was united in marriage witli\\nMiss Mary H. .Sheldon, daughter of II. Sheldon,\\nand their union was ble.ssed by the birth of four\\nehihlien: .Icnuie IL, wife of Daniel IJailiff. of St.\\n.Joseph; .Stephen 11.; Jessie, and Minnie, who died\\nin infancy.\\nMr. Cook left Calhoun County and came to Her-\\nrien County in 185S, where he purchased his pres-\\nent farm, one of the finest in the county. He is\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I ^lioneer in the fruit-growing industry. For the\\npiist thirty years he has raised fruit for the Chi-\\ncago markets, and as his fruit is always fresh and\\nperfect, he gets the highest market price for his\\nproducts. He owns two hundred acres of very\\nvaluable land, having over one mile of lake front,\\nand although heavily timbered when he first set-\\ntled on it, he has cleared this all off and erected\\nl)nildings that beautify and improve it. Industri-\\nous and progressive, he has worke l hard to bring\\nhis farm to its present prosperous condition, and\\nno man is more wortiiy of success than lie. All\\nhis life Mr. Cook li.as iilliliatcd with the Republi-\\ncan party and has held a number of local ollices,\\namong them .Supervisor, which position he held\\none ^ear. He and Mrs. Cook are exemplary mem-\\nbers of the Congregational Church.\\nORERT R. ALLEN owns and resides upon\\na finely-improved farm in C.ass County.\\n\\\\V and is numbered among the most prosper-\\nous general .agriculturists in Howard Town-\\nsliii), of which he is a prominent citizen. He was\\nborn in Cayuga County, X. Y., October 28. 182\\nHis father, Asa L. Allen, was born in the Green\\nMountain State on the :?Oth of April, 1 T .MI, and in\\nhis youth learned the trade of a harness-maker and\\nsaddler, which he followed for some time at East\\n(ireenwich, X. Y. The lady whom lie marrieil\\nbore the maiden name of Diantha Dean, and was\\nborn in New York on the I .Hh of .lune. lisill.\\nAfter his inarri.age the senior Mr. Allen located\\nin E.ast (Ireenwich, where for many years he en-\\ngaged in the l)usiness of a harness manufacturer.\\nIn 1810 he came to Berrien County, Mich., and\\nI located in Weesaw Township, where he purchased\\na trtict of heavily timbered land an l commenced\\nthe improvement of a farm. In the little log cabin\\nwhich he erected, the family resided for some time,\\nI and the home, although an humble one, was lilessed\\nwith happy hearts and serene contentment. In\\nI their advanced years they removed to Niles, where\\nI both died, the father (ui the Ith of April. 18,i4,\\nand the mother November 18t)(i.\\nIn the parental family there were eight children,\\nas ft)llows: Adaline, who was horn October l.j,\\n1 1821. and is now deceased; .John L., whose birth\\noccurred October 2.5, 1823, now residing in Xiles;\\nCharles L., born May 25, 1826, now of Niles;", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0441.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "440\\nPOxiTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nRobert R., of this sketch; Harriet M., who was\\nboin November 2, 1832; Albert, July IC, 1834,\\nand now deceased; Harvey S., born Avigust 18,\\n1836, also deceased; and Minerva T., whose birth\\noccurred on the 18th of August, 1838, and who\\nis now deceased. Of this family our subject is\\nthe fourth in order of birth. He spent liis early\\nchildhood 3 ears in New York, and after coming to\\nMicliigan attended school for about three years\\nduring the intervals of farm labor.\\nAt the age of fourteen, Mr. Allen began to be\\nself-supporting, and for a time worked by the\\nmonth on a farm. After coming to Michigan he\\nlearned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, work-\\ning for three years in the employ of Alfred .John-\\nson, in Niles. Altogether he spent about twelve\\nyears at his trade, and assisted in the erection of\\nhouses in town and throughout tiie country. Dur-\\ning a portion of the twelve years he was with the\\nMichigan Central Railroad as foreman over the\\ncarpenters on depots and bridges. In 1858 heex-\\neiiangcd tlie duties of his trade for the calling of\\na farmer, and at that time came to the farm whereon\\nhe lias since resided. During the same year he was\\nunited in marriage with Emily Abbe, who was Iforn\\nin Van Buren County, Mich., in 1839. They are\\nthe |)arents of two daughters: Grace, who is a grad-\\nuate of the Niles school; and May, a graduate of\\nthe Niles school and of the Ypsilanti State Normal\\nSchool in 1888. now a teacher in the schools of\\nBenton Harbor.\\nWhen Mr. Allen located on his present homestead,\\nthere were no improvements here, but through in-\\ndustr} he has succeeded in bringing it up to a high\\nstate of cultivation. The property consists of\\none hundred and ninety-eight and one-half acres,\\nand is embellished with modern improvements,\\nchief among which may be mentioned the fine\\nresidence, which was erected in 1880 at a cost of\\n$3,000. There are also substantial barns and other\\noutbuildings to be found on all first-class farms.\\nA Republican politically, he does not take any ac-\\ntive jiarl in public affairs other than to cast his\\nballot foi- the candidates of his part} He is a\\nstrong temperance man, and has never used to-\\nbacco in any form. lie is identified with the Tem-\\nple of Honor, being a prominent member in that\\norganization. In his religious connections he is a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church at\\nNiles, in which he has served as Trustee and\\nSteward; he h.as also otHciated as Trustee of the\\nMethodist Episcopal District Camp Meeting at\\nCrystal Springs.\\nli^^ir\\nAVID T. TRUITT. No family of Milton\\nTownship has been more intimately asso-\\nciated with its growth, or contributed\\nmore largely to its development, than\\nthat of which the subject of our sketch is an hon-\\nored member. His father, Peter Truitt, was the\\nfather of the township, and named it Milton in\\nhonor of his early Delaware home. Eurther men-\\ntion is made of this worthy |)ioneer on another\\npage of this volume, in the biographical sketch of\\nJames M. Truitt.\\nPeter Truitt was four times married, David J\\nbeing the fourth child born of the first marriage,\\nlie was born in Sussex County, Del.. June 19,\\n1826, and was a child of five years when he ac-\\ncompanied his father to Michigan in 1831, settling\\non a farm in Cass County. In that early day edu-\\ncational advantages were limited to such schooling\\nas could be obtained in the rude log- houses, where\\nthe mode of instruction was scarcely less primitive\\nthan the building itself. While Mr. Truitt, there-\\nfore, had few opportunities foi- acquiring an edu-\\ncation, he nevertheless became well informed, as\\nhe has always been a thoughtful reader and close\\noliserver. At the age of twenty-one he entered\\nAlbion College, and for one and one-half years\\nprosecuted his studies there with the utmost dili-\\ngence.\\nIn 1852, stirred liy the w jndeiful gold excite-\\nment in California, Mr. Truitt crossed the plains\\nwish a team and, arriving at his destination, en-\\ngaged in mining for two years. He then |)ur-\\nchased twenty packing mules and conveyed freight\\nfrom Carson City to Jacksonville, Sterling and\\nEureka. In addition to that enterprise, he also\\ntraded in groceries and |)i(jduce. In 1858, after", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0442.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n411\\nsix successful years, lip rotuiiuMl Immo via tlio\\nIsthmus of Panama to New York City, and thence\\nby laih oad to Michigan, where lie resumed his\\nfarming ojierr.tions in Cass County.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Truitt occurred in Feb-\\nruary, I8()l,and united him with Miss Agnes Lov-\\nelt, wiio was liorn and reaied in New York, being\\nthe daughter of James and Emeline Lovctl. Af-\\ntPi his m.irriage Mr. Truitt located on liis present\\nliomestead, where he has one hundred and fifty\\nacres of as good land as is to be found m that\\ncounty. For many years lie engaged in teaching\\nschool l)oth in New York and Michigan, liaving\\ntaught in Cass County and in Adrian, this State.\\nAs a te.acher he was (juite successful, and intro-\\nduced into his scliools many of tlie metliods that\\nare now in general use.\\nIn political belief, Mr. Truitt voted the Demo-\\ncratic ticket for forty ^-ears or more, but now gives\\nliis intluence and ballot to the cause of Proliibi-\\nlion. He is a strong temperance man, and has\\niii vtr used tobacco in any form, A devoted mem-\\nber of llie Methodist Episcopal (liurcii, he has\\nserved ;is Trustee, and aided in the erection of tlie\\nchurch of that denoniination here. His wife is\\nalxi a member of that church, and has for many\\nyears lieen a teacher in the Sunday-school. Al-\\nthough not opposed to secret organizations, he is\\nnot identilied with any at the piesi iit lime. He is\\na man of di!cided oi)inions and strong con victions,\\nand when resolved upon liis course of action al-\\nlows nothing to swerve him from the path of\\ndutv.\\n,1/ AUS HANSON. No State in the riiiou\\nI (b gives greater encouragement to a man who\\nI ilesires to devote himsi lf to auiicullural\\nAUS HANSON. No State in the riiiou\\nlO\\n:il\\nlife than does ^lichigan. Its resources are almost\\ninexhaustible, and its climate is adapted to the\\ni-ultivalioii of varied crops. Among the most\\nenterprising and pushing of licrriun Coimty s\\nfarmers is l.ais Hanson, who was born in Den-\\nmark .\\\\pril (5, 1831, a son of Ilaiiscni and Mary\\n(Hanson) Oleson, whose entire lives were spent in\\nDenmark. The mother was called from life when\\nthe subject of this sketch was about thirteen \\\\ears\\nof age, he being the second of their six childien.\\nLars Hanson resided in his native land until he\\nwas about twenty-three years old, and, owing to tlie\\npoor health and extreme poverty of his parents,\\nin early childhood lie vvas compelled to beg for\\nthem in order to keep the wolf from the door.\\n-Vt the age of ten years lie began earning his own\\nlivelihood, although he was always a weakly lad,\\nanil when about seventeen years of age he hired\\nout to a prosperous and extensive farmer in Den-\\nmark, receiving *25 for his first year s services.\\nAfter remaining in the employ of this gentleman\\nfor five years, he decided to follow his stcp-mo-\\ntlier s advice and come to America, and upon\\nlanding in this country almost immediately went\\nto Wisconsin, and hired out on a farm through\\nharvest time a period of six weeks. At the\\nend of this time he went to Milwaukee, and\\nshortly after to St. Joseph, Mich. He arrived in\\nthe latter place a total stranger, with little of this\\nworld s goods, and with characteristic energy at\\nonce started out to seek employment. After a\\nfew days he secured a place as a farm hand with a\\nman by the name of William Tryon. with wluiin\\nhe lemained two years and four months. At the\\nend of that time he had saved sutlicient means to\\nenable him to purchase eighty acres of land, for\\nwhich he paid the sum of $800. This land was\\nheavily limbered, and he at once set to work to\\nelear it. and this he succee led in doing, and has\\nsince ailded to it until he now has an excellent\\nfarm of one liundred and lifty-two acres, located\\nabout seven and a-h:ilf miles south of St. .Joseph.\\nHe has been unusually successful in his chosen\\ncalling, and his good fortune is due to his integ-\\nrit} honesty, business ability and the push which\\nis lacking in so many young men.\\nIn 18(i our subject was married to .Miss Louise\\nSeal, who. althouifh Amerji -m-bnin, is of (ierman\\ndescent, and by her bec:iine the father of live\\nchildren: Jt)hn, Delia, William, Charley and Ed-\\nward. Since locating on his pre-sent fai in in IS. i .t.\\nMr. Hanson has experienced many hardships, and\\nfor the seven years jnior to his inaniage kept\\nhouse alone. He is a meinber of the Fariijers", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0443.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "442\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMutual Fire Insurance, has been a member of the\\nSchool Board of his district twice,, and filled the\\nposition of Township Assessor for two terms. Mr.\\nand Mis. Hanson are members of the Free Meth-\\nodist Church at Ti yon s Corner, the buildinu; of\\nwhich was due to Mr. Hanson s liberality and\\njiush. He founded the lirst church of the kind in\\nthat section, and has always been one of its most\\nlion ored Trustees. Schools, churches, and all things\\nfor the upbuilding of Royalton Township are of\\ninterest to him, and he is a useful, influential\\nand highly respected citizen.\\nAMES WALTON. Nearly eighty years\\nhave passed over the head of tlie venerable\\nman who is the subject of this sketch, leav-\\nI ing their impress in the whitening hair and\\nlined features; but while the outward garments of\\nthe soul show the wear and tear of years, the man\\nhimself is richer and nobler and grander for the\\nex])erience that each successive decade has brought\\nhim. He is one of the prominent farmers of\\nOronoko Township, and has a comfortable and\\nattractive home within its borders. Honorable\\nand upright in every walk of life, his long career\\nhas been without a blot or blemish to mar its\\nwhiteness.\\nMr. Walton was born in Yorkshire, I^ngland, in\\n1814, and his |)arents,John and Mary (Shackeleton)\\nWalton, were natives of the same country. i he\\nfather was a cutter of fustian, corduroy, velveteen,\\netc., but was also interested in farming. He came\\nto America in 1841, settling in Pittsburg, Pa.,\\nand there followed farming for a few years. From\\nthere he came to Berrien County, Mich., but after\\na residence here of a few j ears returned to Penn-\\nsylvania, and died while visiting in that State.\\nlie and wife were the parents of six children:\\nHannah, widow of .James Knight, now in Dickson\\nCounty, Tenn.; James, our subject; .Tohn, who died\\nin this county in 1865; Mary Ann, widow of John\\nLocke3 who resides in this county; Priscilla, de-\\nceased, who vvas the wife of James Knight, of\\nPennsylvania; and Tamar, deceased, the wife of\\nGilbert Jamison, of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Walton\\ndied in this State some time previous to the death\\nof her husband.\\nThe schools of Yorkshire, England, furnished\\nour subject with his education, and he remained\\nin his native country until 1830, when lie braved\\nNeptune s tender mercies and came to America.\\nFor about a year he was located in the Enijiire\\nState, and .as he came here witii limited means he\\nlabored by the month on a farm. As he had\\nlearned the trade of his father, he attempted to\\nget employment in New York Cit}-, but was not\\nsuccessful. From there he went to Pittsburg, Pa.,\\nand w.as employed by a wool dealer, with whom he\\nremained until 18. Previous to this, in 1842\\nand 1847, he had made trips to Micliigan, and\\nin the latter 3 ear purch.ased his present property,\\nthen consisting of tour hundred acres, of whicli a\\nfew acres were cleared, and on which w.as a two-\\nstory hewn-Iog house. This house w.as not fit for\\noccupancy, and Mr. Walton s father and brother\\nerected a log house, with the roof sloping only in\\none direction.\\nOur subject occupied this liouse one winter, and\\nin the spring of 18,01 he returned to Pittsburg,\\nwhere he remained until 1854 or 1855. At tliat\\ndate he leturned .and located permanently on his\\npresent property. He paid $4 per acre for liis\\nfarm, and he now has one hundred and twenty-\\nfive acres under cultivation. Tiie remainder is\\ncovered with a fine growth of timber. On his\\nfarm Mr. Walton raises corn, wheat, oats, grasses\\nand has extensive apple and pe.ach orchards. In\\ncarrying on his large farm he does not lose sight\\nof the stock-raising industry, and his broad acres\\nare covered with fine cattle, horses and sheep.\\nHis farm is one of the best improved in this sec-\\ntion of the county, and everything about it indi-\\ncates to the beholder that he is a man of progress-\\nive ideas and advanced tendencies.\\nIn 1846 this worthy citizen w.as married to Miss\\nMary A. Ray, an Irish lady, and the daughter of\\nnatives of the Emerald Isle. Her mother in maid-\\nenhood was Catherine Hall. Of this family three\\ncame to America, viz.: Mary A., wife of our sub-\\nject; Bessie, deceased, who vvas the wife of John", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0444.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0445.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "r\\\\", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0446.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRATTIICAL RECORD.\\n445\\nWilson; iini .lolm. wIki died in tho city of St.\\nLouis. iMary A. and Bessie -were Iwins, and liie\\nlatter died in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Walton s\\nunion was blessed by tlie birtli of nine children,\\nlive of whom lived to be men and women. These\\nare: Mary A., wife of Edgar Pennell, of this\\ncounty; Catlierine, wife of William Pennell, of\\nthis county; Priscilla, wife of C. E. P^rench, also\\nof this county; Carrie, wife of William Flasher,\\nof this county; and Thomas C, who is at home.\\nThree children were born in Pennsylvania, and\\nthe remainder in Michigan. Those deceased were\\nnamed: Sarah, John, James A., and William IL\\nIII liis political views Mr. Walton is independent,\\nhut he believes in Prohibition. Mrs. Walton is a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nlA RANK W. LYLE. I lidcr various names\\n|-^g)( the City Bank of Dowagiac has existed for\\n/Ji many years, and enjo\\\\s the distinction of\\nbeing the oldest established bank of Cass County.\\nTheotlicersare: Jolin Lyie, Piesident; N. F. Choate,\\nVice-President; Fi ank W. Lyle, Cashier; and Ira\\nB. Ciage, Assistant Cashier. As one of the solid\\nfinancial institutions of Michigan, the bank pos-\\nsesses to an unusual degree the confidence of the\\npeople of Cass County and has an assured position\\nin financial circles. A gratifying fact as revealed\\nby its statements is the increase in its deposits and\\na corresponding increase in resources, loans and\\nsurplus, showing an active banking business and\\nindicating a busy employment of capital.\\nThe Cashier of the bank, F. W. Lyle, was born\\nin the city of Dowagiac, Mich., December H, 18()1,\\nbeing the son of the late Daniel Lyle (of whom\\nsee sketch presented on another page). He was\\nreared in this city and was graduated from the\\nhigh scliool here. After taking a course in the\\nBryant Stratton Commercial College at Chicago,\\nhe entered the First National Bank of Dowagiac as\\nAssistant Cashier, his father at that time being\\nPresident of the bank. He continued to till that\\nposition iiiitii l\u00c2\u00abs:3, when he became an active\\npartner in the banking firm of D. Lyle Co.,\\nwhich connection continued until the decease of\\nD.aniel Lyle in 1887.\\nSiiortly after the death of Mr. Lyle, Sr., the City\\nBank of Dowagiac was organized, on the 12th of\\nApril, 1887, and our subject was elected Cashier,\\nwhich position he has filled ever since. He is also\\nthe largest individual stockholder in the bank, and\\nits success is largel3 due to his efforts and ability.\\nHe was united in marriage May 19, 1881, with\\nMiss Jennie, daughter of Henry W. Richards,\\na prominent and extensive farmer of Pokagon\\nTownship, Cass County. One child has blessed\\nthe union, Leon. Mrs. Lyle is a highly accom-\\nplished lady and is especially talented in art. Her\\npaintings have received the first premiums at a\\nnumber of fairs throughout the State, and their\\nbeautiful home is adorned with specimens of her\\nwork. She is also identified with many of the\\nlocal ladies circles and is a leader in social affairs.\\nIn his political views, Mr. Lyle is a Democrat\\nand takes an active part in local politics, and is\\na member of the Democratic State Central Com-\\nmittee. He has served for several terms as Treas-\\nurer of the Fair Association and is now President\\nof the Dowagiac Electric Light Company. One of\\nthe most important enterprises in which he is in-\\nterested is the Dowagiac Manufacturing Company,\\none of the largest establishments of the kind in\\nthe West. Two hundred and fifty men are given\\nsteady employment in the factory and there are\\nabout ten traveling salesmen. The pay-roll\\namounts to 18,000 per month, and as this amount\\nis distributed among the people of Dowagiac it aids\\nin no small measure the progress of the city and\\nthe welfare of the people. The company manu-\\nfactures grain-drills and has an extensive trade\\namong the farmers in the Jortliwest. For many\\nyears this enterprise did comparatively little busi-\\nness, but the father of our subject became inter-\\nested in it and through his efforts its sales were\\nsoon increased to paying proportions. The com-\\npany has a line exhibit at the World s I :iir in\\ncharge of I rof. Samuel .loliiison, formerly a Pro-\\nfessor of the Michigan Agricultural College, at\\nLansing.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0447.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "446\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nSocially, Mr. Lyle is identified with the Knigiits\\nTemplar, the Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen\\nand the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In\\nfinancial circles, he possesses great influence and\\nliis ability is universally conceded. Notwithstand-\\ning his wealth, he is affable and genial with all\\nwhom business or social intercourse brings him in\\ncontact. He is fond of travel and has visi-\\nted Mexico, California, Colorado, Yellowstone\\nPark and the Eastern States and expects in the\\nnear future to make a tour of Europe.\\n^-i^ l\\nft,ILLIAM D. JEFFERIS, whose fruit farm\\n\\\\/\\\\l// most extensive in Berrien\\nCounty, is the owner of a large and val-\\nuable tract of land on section 32, Lincoln Town-\\nship. The family of wiiicli he is a member origi-\\nnated in England and has been represented in tliis\\ncountry for several generations. The paternal\\ngrandfather of our subject. Job Jefferis, was born\\nJune 9, 1766, in Lancaster County, Pa., but later\\nwent to Chester County, that State. In 180.5 he\\nremoved to Ohio and settled in Chester Town-\\nship, Clinton County, becoming a pioneer of that\\npart of the State. He died January 2, 1846, on\\nthe farm where he first settled. One of his broth-\\ners was killed at the battle of Brandywine, in the\\nstruggle with England. He liimself was a man of\\npatriotic impulses, although not an active iiartiei-\\npant in the war. He made his home in Clinton\\nCounty until his death. Robert Jefferis, the great-\\ngreat-grandfather of our subject, emigrated to this\\ncounliy from England about 1740. He had a son\\nnamed William, who became the father of Job\\nJefferis, above named.\\nThe father of our subject, Joab N. Jefferis, was\\nborn in Clinton County, Ohio, January 29, 1811.\\nlie had a twin brother. Job E., and a sister, Han-\\nnah S.; also two half-sisters, and two half-brothers\\nliy his father s former marriage. Joab Jefferis mar-\\nried Miss Angelina W., daughter of Isaac and Sarah\\n(Pardee) Osborn, the former a native of Newark,\\nN. J., and the latter of Guilford, Conn. Stephen\\nPardee, an uncle of Mrs. Jefferis, was a soldier in\\nthe War of 1812, and followed the occujaation of\\na farmer. After his marriage, J. N. Jefferis farmed\\nin Ohio until 1861, when he removed to Michigan\\nand settled in Lincoln Township, Berrien County.\\nPurchasing eighty acres, he commenced the work\\nof clearing the land and succeeded in placing the\\nlarger part of the property under cultivation.\\nHis death occurred at the old homestead March\\n23, 1874. His wife died May 12, 1885. They\\nwere the parents of four children, namely: Lydia\\nA., who makes her home with our subject; Will-\\niam D., of this sketch; Charles O., who is engaged in\\nthe oil business at Osage City, Kan.; and Oliver A.,\\nwho resides in Lincoln Township on the old home-\\nstead. Politically, the father was first an Aboli-\\ntionist and later a Republican. In religion, he\\nwas a member of the Society of Friends.\\nIn Clinton County, Ohio, the subject of this\\nsketch was born on the 7th of Ma3% 1841, and\\nthere he resided until about twenty years of age.\\nIn that county he married Miss Rebecca, daugh-\\nter of Newton McMillan, and to their union six\\nchildren were born, five of the number now liv-\\ning. They are: Etta M., who is the wife of Rev.\\nSamuel Trewin, a minister in the Metliodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, and now preaching at the Stevens-\\nville charge; William ITIric, who resides with his\\nfather; Angelina W., Edith N. and Shipley M\\nwho are at home. The mother of these children\\ndied in 1887, and two years afterward Mr. Jefferis\\nmarried Miss Ellen, daughter of ticorgc Howard,\\na prominent fruit-grower of Lake Township, Ber-\\nrien County. Mrs. Jefferis was born in Indiana\\nand has received excellent educational advanta-\\nges. She is tlie mother of two chihiien, Margaret\\nE. and Arthur.\\nAfter his first inariiage, Mr. Jefferis located upon\\nhis present farm and has resided here ever since\\nthat time. During the late war he enlisted, in Sep-\\ntember, 1863, as a member of Company B, Fortieth\\nOhio Infantry, and participated in the battles of\\nLookout Mountain, Missionaiy Ridge and all the\\nengagements of the Atlanta campaign. Having\\nwon an honorable record as a soldier, he was mus-\\ntered out at the close of the war, his discharge\\npapers bearing date of November 4, 1865. He", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0448.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n447\\nhas ihvays adlieiiMl to the ])latf()ini and principles\\n(if the Hepublifan i)arty, and lias tilled various\\nlocal positions, including that of Township Treas-\\nurer. Socially, he is identified with the A. N.\\nChai)nian Post. (J. A. K., at St. Joseph. lie is a\\nniemher of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\\ntakes an active interest in religious matters, hav-\\ning served as Steward and Trustee of his church\\nand in other important positions.\\nThe farm owiie l and occupied by Mi. .leflferis\\nincludes one hundred and one acres, of which about\\nsixty-five are improved. Here he raises all kinds\\nof small fruits, peaches, pears, plums, .ipples,\\nquinces, etc About sixt} acres of the place were\\nimproved by his own personal work, and the im-\\nprovements now noticeable here are the results of\\nhis efforts. The commodious and substantial frame\\nresidence was erected by liiin iu 1884. The barns\\nand other outbuildings were also built under his\\nsupervision. Surrounding his home there are\\nmany beautiful trees. However, some of the tall-\\nest have been cut down recently, as Mr. .IctTeris\\nfeared they might fall on the house. Those still\\nstanding add to the beauty and attractive appear-\\nance of the homestead, and afford a cool retreat\\nduring stiltrv summer davs.\\n^l70HN lULDKlinACK. In giving a brief\\nsketch of .Mr. P.ilderback, it can with truth\\nbe said that he is one of the substantial men\\nof the county and one of its much esteemed\\ncitizens. All bis |)ioperty has been .accumulated\\nby honest toil and good management, and he now\\nhas one of the finest farms in his section. Like\\nmany of the prominent men of the county, he is a\\nnative of the Huekeye SUite, born in Preble County\\nin 1843, and the son of William and Sarah (Xye)\\nliiblerliack.\\nWilliam IJilderbaek was born in New Jersey\\nin 1816 and at an early age went with his parents\\nto Ohio. When but nine years of age he was left\\nan orphan and from that time on he was obliged\\nto fight his own wav iu life. Possessed of an un-\\nlimited amount of perseverance and industry, he\\nwent bravely to work and for some time was a\\nfarm hand in Ohio, hi this manner he managed\\nto accumulate some means, and in 1838 he was\\nmarried to Miss Sarah Nye. For about eight\\nyears he remained in the Buckeye State, and hav-\\ning .aecumuhited sufficient means he determined\\nto tr^- the fertile soil of Michigan. About 18 10\\nhe brought his family to this State and located in\\nBerrien County, where he began his career as a\\nrenter. In 1850 he located in Silver Creek Town-\\nship, Cass County, and there bought eighty acres\\nof (iovernment land.\\nAll his energies were bent towards the improve-\\nment and development of his place, and in this he\\nwas unusually successful, for from time to time he\\nadded to the original tract until he became the\\nowner of four hundred .and sixt^^-seven acres.\\nGood buildings were erected, fences init up, and\\neverything about the place indicated him to be a\\nman of determination and great energy. Sociall3\\nhe was a member of the United Brethren Church,\\nbut .as there was no church of that denomination\\nin the neighborhood, he united with the Disciples\\nChurch and continued a consistent and devout\\nmember until his death, in 188,5. Formerly a Whig\\nin politics, during the latter part of his life he af-\\nfiliated with the Republican party, and was an ar-\\ndent supporter of its princijiles.\\nHe held a number of local offices, such as Justice\\nof the Peace, Highw.ay Commissioner, etc., and\\ndischarged the duties of all in a ver^ creditable\\nmanner. His wife, now seventy-five years of age,\\nis still living and enjoys comparatively good\\nhealth. The six children born to this estimable\\ncouple were named as follows: Peter J., deceased;\\nJohn, our subject; William W., deceased; Mary,\\nwho married O. F. Momany, and after his death\\nwas united in marriage with D. W. Sammons;\\nMartha, who married James Momany; and Sarah\\nRosa, who married Elias Smith. Peter died in\\nthe hospital at L lttsburg Landing during the war;\\nand William died after reaching home from the\\narmy.\\nThe youthful days of our subject were spent in\\nthe district schools of Michigan and on the farm,\\nwhere ho assisted materially in clearing it of the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0449.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "448\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntimber with wliieli it was covered. P illed with a\\npatriotic desire to assist iiis country, lie enlisted\\nin the army and was in active duty until the cessa-\\ntion of hostilities. Returning to Cass County, Mich.,\\nlie bouglit eighty acres where he now lives, jiartly\\nimproved, but he has erected all the substantial\\nbuildings on it, and now has one of the pleasant\\nrural homes of the township. He was married in\\n1866 to Miss Cynthia A. Becraft, daughter of i\\nIsaiah and Caroline Becraft, and four children\\nhave blessed this union. p]lla Grace, a teacher of\\nCass and Berrien Counties, graduated from the\\nschools of Dowagiac; Jesse N. married Miss Mary\\nTaylor; Vernie C. is a student at Dow.agiac; and\\nWilliam R. is at home.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bilderback are members of the Bap-\\ntist Church, and he is a member of H. C. Gil-\\nbert Post No. 47, G. A. R. In jiolitics he is a Re-\\npulilican. ]\\\\Ir. Bilderback has held a nuniljcr of\\nthe township otlices Supervisor, Highway Com-\\nmissioner and Treasurer and is a popular man. He\\njoined the army in 1861, in tiie Army of the I oto-\\nm.ac, and ]iarticipated in the following battles:\\nWinchester, Cedar Creek, second Bull Run, Slaugh-\\nter Mountain, Fairfax Court House, and in the\\nbattles of the Wilderness, Gettysliurg, Petersliurg,\\netc. He was never wounded or taken prisoner,\\nbut a few days after enlisting he w.as taken down\\nwith the measles.\\n^^fl RTHUR E. RUDOLPHI, an able piiarma-\\ni@/u[ ceutist employed in the drug store of R.\\nli Lewis, Dowagiac, Cass County, Mich., is a\\n(j^ talented musician and an instructor in\\nmusic of a high order of ability, and is also the\\nleader of the Beckwith Memorial Theatre orches-\\ntra. Our subject is a native of Wisconsin and\\nwas born at Hartford, near Madison, November 11,\\n1869. Arthur E. was one of six children that\\nl lessed the home of Theopliilus and Anna (Kehl)\\nRudolphi. The other children are four sisters and\\none brother: Louis; Lizzie, now Mrs. Eugene Gil-\\nbert; Theophila, Maleta and Aunie. The La-\\nther, an able ])hysician and a native of Preizstar-\\ngardt, West Prussia, received a thorough educa-\\ntion in Koenigsbergh and Stuttgart, Germany.\\nAn enterprising man t f liroad intelligence, he\\nsubsequently emigrated to America and resumed\\nthe practice of his profession in Hartford. Wis.\\nIn 1877, he removed to Dowagiac, Midi., and here\\ngained a large practice, and also engaged in the\\ndrug business with success. He remained actively\\nin business and professional duties up to the time\\nof his death, February 19, 1888. An upright man\\nof line attainments, he received the confidence of\\nthe citizens of Dowagi.ac, and for two terms occu-\\npied with lidelity the oflicial position of Coroner\\nof Cass County.\\nDr. Rudolphi was a valued member of the Ninth\\nInternational Medical Congress, and was esteemed\\nby his coadjutors as a man of scientific research.\\nPolitically, he was a stanch Democrat, and an\\nearnest worker for the part3-. The paternal grand-\\nfather of our subject was also a man of note, and\\nfor years w.as Burgomaster of the city where he\\nresided. Our subject attended the schools of Df)-\\nwagiac and received an excellent education. Ik-\\nearly develojied the genius for music which has\\ndistinguished his later career. To gratify this\\nabsorbing talent, Mr. Rudolphi studied in Chicago\\nfor two years .and a-half at Central Music Col-\\nlege. He studied in violin and piano practice and\\norchestration, and, making rapid advancement in\\nmusic, also devoted a part of his time to the Na-\\ntional Institute of Pharmacy, and fitted himself to\\ncompound medicines. After nearly three years\\nalisence from Dowagiac he returned not only an\\naccomplished musician, but was enabled to engage\\nat once in the drug business.\\nSubsequent to the death of his father, our subject\\nconducted the drug store for two ^ears, and then\\nsold out the business and immediately entered\\nupon the clerkship, wliose duties he yet satisfactor-\\nily performs in the employ of Mr. Lewis. Mr.\\nRudolphi has taught more or less for 3ears, and\\nhas been especially successful in training and\\nra])i llv advancing his pupils. Aside from his\\nother work in life, our subject is City Clerk, be-\\ning elected to the jiosition when but twenty-one\\n3-eais of age. He is deeply interested in politics,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0450.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BKX^RAPHICAL RECORD.\\n449\\nand although young in yeai-s has taken nn active\\npail in lociil and national issues. Mr. Hudolplii\\nis one of liie organizers and charter members of\\nLodge No. l. i;?, K. 1 and is also i)rominently con-\\nnccU d witli the Woodmen and National Union\\nSocieties. Within these various orders and hy\\nthe general public of his home our subject is held\\nin liigh csleeni and sincere fraternal regard.\\n=s s\\nA. TIIA I.DORF, an energetic general ag-\\nriculturist of lierrieu County, Mich., has\\nbeen one t)f the leading men of Three\\nOaks Township for a score and a-half of\\nyears, and as a School Director and public-spirited\\ncitizen has mateiially assisted in matters i)ertain-\\niiig to local (Hogress and improvements. Mr.\\nl h;il(lorr was boin in Ohio .January II, 1842, and\\nis a native of Ml. Gilead, Washington Count}-.\\nHis father, Frederick Thaldorf, was boin in Hano-\\nver. (iermany, and rcceivi d an excellent education\\nm his native land; but. a lover of books, after ar-\\nriving in the United Stales perfected himself in\\ntill Kngli h language and .--tudics common to the\\nschools of our counti\\\\ The paternal grandi)ai-\\nciits weie worthy and industrious peoi)k and the\\nfather had been carefully reared to thrifty and\\nself-ri lianl habits and had earned his own way\\nsome years before he left the Fatherland. Freder-\\nick Thaldorf was iwent^-six years of age when he\\ncrossed the broad ocean to the world of promise\\nbeyond the sea. Aside from his moneyed caiiital, he\\nwas possessed of youth, enterprise and energy, and\\nthe future w.as rich in hope.\\nThe fust location of the father in his adopted\\ncounlry was Little York, Pa., but later, removing\\nfrom that State, he made his home in Baltimore,\\nMd., where he cng.aged in the wholesale dry-goods\\nbusiness and was a successful merchant of the city,\\nlie matried in the ^uaker State Miss Mary .\\\\iin\\nCreiiicr, a lady l)elonging to an old Pennsylvania\\nDutch family. .Mwut 1841 Frederick Thaldorf left\\nJhiryland ;iiid located in ()hif where he went into\\nthe fur business, lie linallv settled in Mnnslield,\\nRichland Count} and in 1852 passed away, re-\\ngretted bj his family and many friends. The\\nmother married a second time and afterward came\\nto Berrien County, Mich., but while visiting her\\nchfldliood home in Pennsylvania suddenly died,\\nin the year 1881. The parents were blessed by\\nthe birth of six children. Charlotte H. is the wife\\nof F^dwin Smith. Our subject, A. A., is the sec-\\nond in order of birth. Then follow F redericrk L.;\\nAgnes, wife of .John McKie, deceased; Theodore\\nWilliam, deceased; and George W. Our subject\\nhas cared for himself ever since he was ten years\\nof age, and having but little chance to gain an\\neducation is literallv.i self-made and self-educated\\nman.\\nMr. Thaldorf was about eighteen ears of age\\nwhen he came to Michigan, and was emi loyed va-\\nriously for a time, accepting any work which his\\nhands could liiid to do. In the mean time he at-\\ntended school as he could. What education he\\nreceived in schools he got after his eighteenth\\nyear, and he eagerly embraced every opportunity\\nto increase his stock of knowledge. When a boy\\nhe learned the carpenter s trade, and w.is, as well,\\na wagon manufacturer, having an especial aptitude\\nfor tools. Our subject was married December 14,\\n1863, to Miss Augusta T. Owen, a native of Indi-\\nana and a daughter of Edwin and Maria (Salsbiiiy)\\nOwen. Mrs. Owen was born in the Slate of New\\nYork and passed away in Berrien County. Edwin\\nOwen, born in Kentucky, died in California. He\\nwas of Welsh descent, his father having been born\\nin Wales.\\nImmediately after his marriage, Mr. Thaldorf\\nembarked in the carpenter s business and also be-\\ncame a wagon-maker, and, combining the two\\ntrades, was linancially [irospered, for some lime\\ngiving his entire attention to those lines of busi-\\nness. About 1866 he devoted himself Iv the i)ui-\\nsuit of agriculture, and he now owns a highly cul-\\ntivated homestead of seventh-one acres, well im-\\nproved with a commodious residence, substjintial\\nbarns and other buildings, attractively located three\\nmiles southwest of Three Oaks.\\nThe home of our subject and his estiiualile wife\\nhas lieen cheered by the presence of four children:\\nWilliam A., Llewelhn, Floience M. and Anna", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0451.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "450\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nW. Mr. Thaldorf lias been a member of the Dis-\\nciples Cliurch for twenty-five 3 ears, and Mrs. Thal-\\ndorf has been a communicant of that iclisious de-\\nnomination from her early yirlliood. They have\\nboth been active in church work and l)enevolent\\nenterprises.\\nOur subject cast his first vote for Abraliani Lin-\\ncoln and is in political aflilialion a strong Repub-\\nlican. For a number of years he has served elli-\\nciently as School Director, his practical advice\\nand appreciation of the value of educational ad-\\nvancement making him earnest and energetic in\\nbehalf of the children over whose interest he has\\nke()t guard. Our subject is esteemed by his old\\nfriends and neighbors and legarded as a man of\\nsterling integrity.\\n1^\\nUGUST YKTTERLY, an etticient .Justice\\nof the Peace and an extensive and suc-\\ncessful agriculturist of New Buffalo Town-\\nship, Berrien County, Mich., owns three\\nhundred and thirty-three and one-half acres of\\nvaluable land a short distance southwest of New\\nBuffalo village, and, although not an old resident\\nof his immediate neighborhood, has been identi-\\nfied with the growth and progress of Beri ien\\nCounty for fully two-score years. Justice Vet-\\nterly is a native of Switzerland and was born I eb-\\nruary 21, 1838. His father, Rudolph Vetterly,\\ndescended from a long line of hardy Swiss ances-\\ntry, was also a native of that mountainous coun-\\ntry, born in the republic bounded by German}\\nItaly and France March 13, 1802. Educated in\\nthe excellent schools of Switzerland, the father at-\\ntained to a self-reliant manhood, and was united\\nin marriage with Bliss Mary Meyer, also a native\\nof Switzerland and born in 1797. After passing\\nforty-nine years of his life in the home of his\\nyouth, the father finally decided to remove with\\nhis family to America, and in 18.51 emigi ated to\\nthe I nited States and located in the State of New\\nYork, where he remained about one yejir. In\\n1852 the family settled perinanenily in Three\\nOaks, Mich., where the mother died seventeen\\nyears later, March 4, 1H69. The father, busy and\\nindustrious until enfeebled by age, survived to\\nreach his eighty-seventh year, and passed away\\nFebruary 3, 1889.\\nRudolph Yetterly was by trade a wagon-maker,\\nbut after arriving in the Ihiited States gave his\\nentire attention to the pursuit of agriculture and\\nbecame one of the leading farmers of his vicin-\\nity. He and his excellent wife were prominent\\nmembers of the German Reformed Church and\\nweie active and liberal givers in the extension of\\nreligious work and intluence. Eight children had-\\ngathered about the fireside of the home beyond\\nthe sea, and of the gof)dIy family of sons and\\ndaughters four survived to adult age. Our sub-\\nject was the second child in order of birth and was\\nabout fourteen 3ears of age when with his parents\\nhe left behind him familiar scenes and crossed the\\nAtlantic to enter upon a life anud new surround-\\nings and untried experiences. He had received a\\ngood common school education in Switzerland,\\nand attended one winter term in the district\\nschool of (ialena Township, La Porte County, Ind.\\nHe assisted in the work of the homestead and\\ngrew u]) an intelligent and industrious young\\nman, well fitted to assume the responsibilities of\\nlife.\\nHaving reached his majority the |irevious Feb-\\nruary, August A etterly was, March 21, 1859,\\nunited in marriage with Miss Christina Brodha-\\ngeii, born October 30,1842. Five sons and four\\ndaughters have blessed the home of our subject\\nand his wife. Henry is the eldest-born. The\\nsecond in order of birth is August. Anna was\\nmarried to Louis Knott October 27, 1886. Alex-\\nander, .John, .Jennie, Minnie, AVillie and May com-\\nplete the family group. Our subject made his\\nhome in Three Oaks in 1852 and began work on\\na section of the Michigan Central Railroad at\\nThree Oaks, and for eight years occupied the po-\\nsition of foreman. He afterward engaged 111 the\\njewelry business and continued profitably in this\\nline of trade for fifteen years. In October, 1889,\\nMr. A etterly located in New Buffalo Township and\\nsettled upon his fine farm, which, while mainly\\ndevoted to grain, also contains fruit aud a gar-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0452.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND KIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n451\\nfleii of olioic p vojielables. The residence, the\\nli;irM ;iii(l dllicr hiiilflinsis are commodious and\\nsuli.slanlial and attest liie thrift and prosper-\\nity of the owner of tlio iiomestead, one of tiie\\nIjest in this pait ()f Berrien County. In April,\\nIM!I2, our siilijccl was elected to tiie oflice of\\nJustice of liie Peace, and his judicial decisions\\nsince rendered have been fully in accord with law\\nand (rvidenee. Politically, .Iiistice Vetterly is a\\nstroiii; Republican and cast his first vote for Lin-\\ncoln. Widely known as a man of sterling integrity\\nand (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;iriH;-t uri:oi-e, our eubjcct C(nni:iiids uni-\\nversal respect and confi(1ence.\\n^^IINIOTIIV C. SPAl LDING. The occupation\\nlu^\\\\\\\\ f i S I ^is received atten-\\ntioii from the earliest ages, and it is not to\\nbe wondere l at that it lias become the art that it\\nis at the present time. Among those who have\\nsliown a satisfactory knowledge of this calling,\\nand whose (ipeiations are conducted in a very pro-\\ngressive inanner, may be mentioned Timoth3 C.\\nSpaiildliig, who is the owner of a valiial)le farm in\\nOroiioko Townsiiip. lie is a native of Francis-\\ntown, N. H., born ill 1821, and his parents. Tim-\\notliy and Lydia (Aloorc) .Spaulding, were natives\\nof the (iranite Slate also. Tlie S|)aulding anil\\nMooiP families were among the first settlers of\\nNew Hampshire.\\nTimothy Spaulding, Sr., followed tlie pursuit of\\nfarming all his life, and was a soldier in the War of\\n1812. Prom his native Stale he removed to Maine\\nand there remained until his death. lie and his\\nwife were the parents of fouiteeii children, all of\\nwhom lived to maturit\\\\. Lydia, deceased, was the\\nwife of Waller Si auldiiig, of Massaehu.selts; Betsey,\\ndeceased, was the wife of William Carter, of Massa-\\neliusetts; Mary, deceased, was the wife of Thomas\\nLitclitii ld; Oliver is deceased: Sarah, deceased, was\\nthe wife of Mr. jliacketl, and wjis twice miuried,\\nher first iiii liaiid being Norton Vates; Naiiev, de-\\nceased, was the wife of Charles Coolridge, of\\nMassachusetts; Harriet, deceased, was the wife of\\nLouis Litchlield; Edmond is deceased; Orissa, de-\\nceased, was the wife of Joseph Patten; Orenza,\\ntwin sister of Orissa, is the wife of Charles B.\\nPullen, of Berrien Springs; Emily, deceased, was\\nthe wife of Leonard Town.send, of Michigan; T. C.\\nis our subject; and Aliel W. and Harris M. are\\ndeceased.\\nTimothy C. Spaulding, our subject, received his\\nearly scholastic training in the common schools of\\nNew Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. At the\\nusual age of twenty-one he started out for himself\\nas a farmer, but while in Maine he worked a while\\nin the lumber regions of that State. He came to\\nMichigan in 1863 and settled on the property\\nwhere he now resides, which then consisted of\\neight3 acres of unimproved land. For this he paid\\n$25 per acre. He now has sixty-four acres well\\ncultivated, on which are substantial buildings, and\\nhas three or four .acres in an orchard. On the Itli\\nof M.ay, 1845, he was married to Miss Helena\\nAVells, a native of the Pino Tree State and the\\ndaughter of Ralpli and Mercy (Clark) Wells, t)otli\\nof wliom were natives of Maine and old settlers of\\nthat .State. There Mr. and Mrs. Wells passed their\\nentire lives, with the exception of about six\\nyears spent in this .State. They were the parents\\nof a family of seven daughters and four sons:\\nEunice, deceased, who was the wife of Luke Hil-\\nton; Helena, wife of oursubject; Mercy, widow of\\nN. Whilcome; Robert Y.; .Susan C w-ife of Calvin\\nWilliams; Stalira, wife of Josepli Atkinson; R. S.,\\ndeceased; Axie, widow of Leander William :Stilson;\\nCelinda. deceased; and INIandel.\\nThe marriage of our subject was blessed b\\\\- the\\nl\u00c2\u00bbirtli of six children, who were as follows: Lydia,\\ndeceased; Timothy A., residing in California;\\nJ^lmore C, at home; Wilda J., wife of Luther\\nTuttle, of this township; Sylvester O., deceased;\\nand Ida E. Mr. Spaulding has served hi-^ town-\\nship .as Treasurer twice, as Commissioner as many\\nterms as Treasurer, and has filled oilier local posi-\\ntions. He is a member of the .Masonic fniternity.\\nWestern .Star Lodge No. iil, .and, piililic.ally. he has\\nalways voted with the Demoer.atic party. His son,\\nElmore C., w.as educated in the ciiinmini scliuols\\nof this county and early in life became familiar", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0453.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "452\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwith the duties of the farm. He now has a nice\\nfaim of forty acres adjoining his father s land.\\nHe was married m 1876 to Miss Harriot L. Shearer,\\nof this county, daughter of J. B. and Sarah (Shearer)\\nShearer, pioneer settlers of this county and among\\nits most respected peoi)le. (See sketch of .J. B.\\nShenrcr.) To Mr. and Mrs. S|)aulding have been\\nlioin three children: Clyde, Arthur O. and Lester.\\nMrs.Spaulding is a nieml)er of the rnited Brethren\\nChurch. Like his father, Mr. Spaulding has served\\nfor two years as Townshii) Treasurer, and, like iiis\\nfather, he is a decided Democrat in politics.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^Nf\\n-e^\\n^INYON BLY, .an enteriirising general farmer\\nand successful stock-raiser of Marcelhis.\\nCass County, Mich., is a native of Nevv\\nYork, and was born in Chenango County,\\nin the year 1824. His parents, ,lob and Frelove\\n(Watson) Bly, resided for many years in the Em-\\n|)iro State, but they were both of Xevv England\\nnativity. The father was born in Rhode Island.\\nThe birthplace of the mother was Connecticut.\\nNine ciiildren blessed the home of Job and Frelove\\nBly. Their son, Henry W., was one of the oldest\\nmembers of the family. He was born in Rhode\\nIsland, and arrived at mature years an energetic\\nand enterprising man. In 18.52 lie decided to Iry\\nthe broader opportunities ottered young men in\\ntiie West. Journeying to Michigan, he deter-\\nmined to locate there and made his permanent\\nhome in Marcellus Township. man of supeiior\\nbusiness attainments, he iiccumulated a tine prop-\\nerty, owning a valuable and higlily improved\\nhomestead of four hundred .acres. Henry W. P.ly\\nwas a man of a high order of intelligence and well\\nversed in law. For twenty-nine consecutive years\\nhe held the position of Justice of the Peace, and\\nby his judicious decisions and uniform rulings\\nalways in full accord with law and evidence\\ncommanded the good-will and confidence of his fel-\\nlow-townsmen. He also served with great accep-\\ntaliility as Supervisor of the township. His first\\nwife dying in 18 18, his second marriage occurred\\nin 1871. His death was mourned as a public loss\\nby the community in which his presence had so\\nlong been familiar. His wife survived him, but\\nsome time after his demise passed away in Mar-\\ncellus.\\nOur subject, who was reared and educated in\\nthe home of his parents, remained in New York\\nuntil middle life. In 1852, in the Kinpire .State,\\nKinyon Bly was united in marriage with BHss\\nLouisa Copeland. Mrs. Bly was of Scotch descent.\\nHer grandparents were born in Scotland. The\\npaternal grandfather of Mr. Bly was of immediate\\nEnglish ancestry. Our subject h.as been prospered\\nfinancially, and is accounted one of the most thor-\\nough and practical fanners in Cass County. Aside\\nfrom his farming interests, Mr. Bly is the owner of\\nvaluable property in Marcellus, and also possesses\\nreal estate in Chenango County, N. Y.\\nOur subject, like his brother Henry, began life\\nat the foot of the ladder, and has made the top\\nround of success only by energetic and [(crsever-\\ning application. Politically, Mr. Bly is a strong\\nDemocrat and an ardent advocate of the party,\\nand is interested in both local and national issues.\\nHe and his excellent wife are members of the\\nEpiscopal Church, and are ever ready to lend a\\nhelping hand in all good work. The} liave no\\nchildren. Arriving within the borders of Michi-\\ngan in 1876, Mr. and Mrs. Bly have for seventeen\\nyears been actively identified with the growth and\\ndevelopmenl of Marcellus Township, and, widely\\nknown, enjoy the respect and esteem of a large\\ncircle of old-time friends and acquaintances.\\nHARLES M. SMITH. The otlicial work of\\nthis gentleman h.as brought him before the\\ngaze of the citizens of Lake Township, and\\nin him his constituents have found a man of abil-\\nity and integrity, and one whose activities have\\never been for the good of the community. He is\\nat present Supervisor of that townshi)), .and one\\nof the loading farmers of the same. That he has\\ninherited many of the most worthy qualities of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0454.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0455.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "^y^z;-i^^a", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0456.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0457.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0458.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "I OKTUAIT AND mOGKArillCAL KECORD.\\n457\\nhis people is aekiniwledged. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind liis nmnerous\\nfrieuds testify tu liis lioiiesty. ivindlieartedncss and\\neiiei i^y. He w!is born in Stnik County, Oliio, in\\n1842, iind on liis fatlier s f:iiiii in tliat county\\nlearned lessons of industry and lionesty wliich\\nhave ever remained with liini.\\nWhen seven years of atje our subject moved\\nwith his [)arents to Heirien County, Mich., and\\nreceived his sciiolastic training in the common\\nschools of this county. As his youthful days weie\\nspent in assisting on the home farm, he became\\nfamiliar with agricultural pursuits in all their\\nbranches, and when starting out for himself it\\nwas liut natural that he should choose that as his\\ncalling. When twenty-one years of age he branched\\nout to light life s battles for himself; lirst ns a la-\\nborer, working out by the month, and thus con-\\ntinued until twenty-eight years of age. For three\\nyears after this he was engaged in merchandising.\\nWhen thirty-one years of age he purchased eighty\\nacres of his present farm, unimproved, and |)aid\\n*2(l per acre for it. Since then he h.-is achled to\\nthe original tract eighty acies, Tuaking one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres in all, and one huiidied acres\\nof this are in a line state of cultivation.\\nMr. Sinitli makes no specialty o{ an\\\\- particular\\nline of farming, but raises all kinds of farm |)rod-\\nucts. His property has been ol)taiiied by the\\nsweat of his brow, and he has the satisfaction of\\nknowing that it has not been obtained at the ex-\\npense of others. The architect of his own fortune,\\nMr. Smith s success has been won through hard-\\nships and severe toil. His liberal views, uiujues-\\ntioned honesty, and nigged common-sense have\\ngiven him an iiiHtieiice far beyoiiii that (lossessed\\nby many more pretentious and inomiuent men.\\nHis father, John J. Smith, was a native of Lancas-\\nter County, Pa., of (Icrman parentage, and inher-\\nited all his thrift and energy from that source.\\nHis wife, the uiothei- of our subject, whose maiden\\nii:ime was Margaret McLaughlin, was also a na-\\ntive of the Keystone State, and of Irish parentage,\\n.lohn .1. Smith and wife were reared and married\\nin I eiin.sylvania, where Mr. Smith followed agri-\\neultur.al pursuits foi some time. Later they re-\\nmoved ti .Michigan. and in I .errien Cotnify passed\\nthe closing scenes of their lives,\\nThe five children born to the above couple were\\nin the order of their births as follows: (Jeorge M.,\\nwho resides in Huchanan, Mich.; Klizabeth, who be-\\ncame the wife of H. C. Leroy; Angeliiie, who mar-\\nried T. C. Hebb. of this county; Charles M., our\\nsubject; and.Iulia A., wife of J. AV. liillings. Our\\nsubject was married in 1870 to Miss Miniii(! i\\\\L\\nHubbard, a native )f Wisconsin anil the daughter\\nof .liilius A. and Klizabeth (Adams) Ilubfiard, na-\\ntives of New Yuvk. This union has resulted in\\nthe birth of three children: Ethie J., deceased;\\nLaura A. and Frank .1. .Mrs. Smith is a member\\nof the Congregational Church and is a much es-\\nteemed Christian lady. Socially, Mr. Smith is a\\nmember of Lake Lodge Xo. ILL L C). F. He\\nis one of the most enterprising men in Lake IV)wn-\\nship, and .as an olficial is vei\\\\ popular.\\nP^\\n(Q;^\\nEOHGE LONdSDlJFF. There is no more\\nprominent or reliable insurance and real-\\nly estiite agent, collectoi and money-lender\\nthan (ieorge Longsduff. Although formerly en-\\ng.aged in farmiiig in this county, he has given that\\nup of late years, and directs his attention chielly\\nto the above-mentioned business. He was born\\nin Cumberland County, Pa., March 16, l) i26. His\\nparents, Martin and JLitilda ^uigly) Longsduff,\\nwere natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland re-\\nspectively, the former s birth occurring in Cum-\\nberland County ALirch 1( 178;*, and the latter s\\nabout 17 .t The grandfather of our subject, Mar-\\ntin l ongsdutf, Sr., was born in (iSnnany, and\\nmarried there. During the Revolutionary War he\\ncame to the United States and settled in the Key-\\nstone State, where the remainder of his d.ays were\\nspent. He died at an advanced age. All his life\\nwas spent in tilling the soil, and he became a man\\nof means and influence.\\nThe father of our subject was twice married.\\nAbout 183.5 he emigrated to Logan County, Ohio,\\nand after a residence there of about thirty years\\nmoved to Cass County, Mich,, where his death oc-\\ncurred in 1872, During his early life he followed\\nthe lra le of a shoemaker, but afterward became", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0459.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "458\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\na farmer, and was ver\\\\ successful in that occu-\\npation. He served all tlirougli the War of 1812,\\naTid diirinij; his old age drew a pension. lie was\\na man universally respected and esteemed. The\\nmother of our subject was the father s second wife.\\nShe died in Cass County, Mich., at the advanced\\nage of eighty-live years. For many years she was\\na consistent and worthy nieuiher of the Disciples\\nChurch, hut her husband held menibersliiii with\\nthe Lutheran Church. Ten children were liorn to\\nthem, live sons and five daughters, two sons and\\n.three daughters now living: .lohn; George, our\\nsubject; Lydia Ann, Matilda and Adeline.\\nOur subject remained with his parents until\\ntwenty-one years of age, and received a limited\\neducation in the old log schoolhouse, never at-\\ntending school after his seventeenth birthday.\\nUpon attaining his majority he started out for\\nhimself without a nickel, but being industrious,\\nenterprising and thorough-going, it was not hard\\nfor him to find em|iloyinciit. As the years passed\\nby these traits of character began to tell, and he\\nis now one of the suljstantial and esteemed citi-\\nzens of the count} He is the owner of one hun-\\ndred and twenty-live acres of land in one larni,\\none hundred and six acres in another, and two\\ngood residences in Yandalia. llesides he has money\\non interest.\\nMr. Longsduff still owns the tirst farm he pur-\\nchased. He and his wife have every reason to\\nbe proud of the progress they have made, for their\\naccumulations are the result of their united en-\\nergy and good management. On tlie Uth ol Feb-\\nruary, 1851, he was married to Miss Rachel S.\\nDodge, who was born in Onondaga County, N. Y.,\\nnear Syracuse, and who is a daughter of Joseph\\nand Ann Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge settled in\\nCass County, Mich., about 1810, and the father is\\nstill living. Our subject has held the otlice of\\nSupervisor of Penn Township for two terms, and\\nat one time was nominated for Representative by\\nthe Democratic party, lacking only twenty-four\\nvotes of being elected against a Republican ma-\\njority of three hundred. He has been on the\\nSchool Board at various times for years, and was\\nPresident of the School I .n.ird nt andalia several\\nterms.\\nMr. Longsduflf s first Presidential vote w.as cast\\nfor Lewis Cass. Sociall} he is a member of Lodge\\nNo. 2t)0, A. F. X. M., is a charter member of\\nthe same, and has been Master of the lodge thir-\\nteen out of seventeen years. He has reijresented\\nthis lodge twelve times in the Grand Lodge, and\\nis now Treasuier. He is also President of the\\nPioneer Society of Cass County, Mich. In his\\nreligious view, our subject is liberal, while his\\nwife is a worthy and consistent member of the\\nDisciples Church. They are influential and much\\nesteemed citizens.\\nI 1 1 I i fc i 1\\n111 LIP DALEY. Prominent among the\\nIrish-American residents of Berrien\\nCounty may be mentioned Pliili|p Daley,\\nwho owns and cultivates a farm u|ii u\\nsection 3t, of St. .Joseph Township. He w.is\\nborn in County ^Icatli, Ireland, about twenty miles\\nfrom the city Diililiii, February 17, 1836, being\\nthe son of Patrick and Flizabeth Daley, natives of\\nthe Emerald Island, the father having been a farmer\\nby occupation. Tlic [parental family consisted of\\nnine children, of whom five are now living.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared in the\\ncounty of iiis nativit\\\\ and received a limited edu-\\ncation in the common schools. At the age of about\\nfourteen years, accompanied by his brother Peter,\\nhe crossed the Atlantic and located at Newton,\\nMass., where for about fifteen j ears he was en-\\ngaged in the gardening business, meeting with fair\\nsuccess in that enterprise. In 1854 he made Ins\\nfirst visit to Michigan, and returning to M.a.ssacliu-\\nsetts, afterward came again to this State, where he\\nsojourned temporarily in St. .Io.seph County, re-\\nturning once more to his home in the old Bay .State.\\nIn 1858. during the great gold excitement, Mr.\\nDaley proceeded with other Argonauts to the HI\\nDorado of the civilized world the Golden State.\\nDuring his short sojourn in California, he was em-\\nployed in an orchard. Going back to Massachusetts,\\nhe remained for a time in Newton, and thence re-\\nmoved to St. .Joseph, Mich., where he secured em-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0460.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND UIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n459\\nployinciit jiiid resided for a biief period. He pur-\\nchased ills lirst properly at IJentoii Harbor, but\\nsiiorlly afterward disposed of it. hi 1873hepur-\\neh.tsed a tract situated upon section :^l, St. .losepli\\nTownship, and in 1882 settled upon lii is place, where\\nhe lias since resided. He owns fifteen acres of ex-\\ncellent fruit land, which lie devotes to the culti-\\nvation of fruit, making a specialty of blackberries,\\ngrapes, pears, and pe.aclies, which he markets in\\nChicago. He has nuide a number of valuable im-\\nprovements upon the farm, including the commo-\\ndious residence and subst.inlial barn.\\nNovember 20, 18t)l, Mr. Daley was united in\\ninaiii.age with Miss Catherine, daughter of John\\nand .Mary O Brien. Mrs. Daley was boni in County\\nLimerick, Ireland, March 17. 1841, and emigrated\\nto the I nited States in company with her uncle,\\nMichael Hartegaii, when she was fourteen years of\\nage, locating at Lawreace. Mass. There she resided\\nfor eight years and in that place she met and mar-\\nried our subject. I wo children have been born of\\nthis union: Thomas Henry, a machinist residing in\\nSt. .loscpli;and Jennie E., who is the wife of John\\n.Shanahan. a resident of St. Joseph. Politically,\\nMr. Daley is a Deniocratand aids with his influence\\nand ballot the principles of his chosen party. In\\nhis religious connections, he is identilied with the\\nRoman Catholic Church, to which wife also be-\\nlongs. He started out in life poor and friendless,\\na pot)r boy in a strange land, but he was industri-\\nous and energetic, and [irospeiity has rewarded his\\ntireless exertions.\\nR. J. C. COLE, a prominent and successful\\nveterinary surgeon residing in 15eiitoii\\nHarbor, is a native of Canada, having\\nlieeii boiii ill Kingston, Mareli 21, 18. )1.\\nlie is the son of Hiiaiii ami Fannie (Spencer) Cole,\\nnatives of Canada, the father having been engaged\\nliy the (iovernmeiit. Hiram Cole moved to Water-\\ntown, N. v., in ISCl. Mild is now Internal Revenue\\nCollector there, lb was a soldier in the Mexican\\nWar. Florida Wiir and the late rebellion. Ilis\\ncliildliofid years wei C passed in a comparatively\\nuneventful manner in his Canadian home, and at\\nthe age of fourteen he went to New York and w.as\\neducated in the schools of Watertown, th.at State.\\nHe availed hiin.self to the utmost of the excellent\\nopportunities given him for acquiring a practical\\neducation, and through diligence in his studies\\ngained a wide range of information and broad\\nknowledge of men and historical events.\\nReturning to his old home in Canada at the age\\nof twenty-one years, our youthful subject com-\\nmenced the study of veterinary surgery, and be-\\ncame familiar with the best thoughts of acknowl-\\nedged authorities and authors in that profession.\\nHis reading.s were conducted under the preceptor-\\nship of Dr. Edson and Dr. Edward Field, the latter\\nbeing a man of note in the profession and a grad-\\nuate of the Edinburgh ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0etel\u00e2\u0096\u00a0illal\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y College, .Scot-\\nland. After conducting his studies in this man-\\nner for some time, our subject entered the Veter-\\ninary School of Montreal, where he remained un-\\ntil completing the course of instruction in the in-\\nstitution, when he was graduated. He was also\\ngraduated from the Veterinary .School, established\\nfor the treatment of horses.\\nIt will thus be seen that the Doctor has had\\nevery advantage in the w:iy of getting a perfect\\ntheoretical knowledge of veteiinary surgery, and\\nhe is a man of recognized skill and elKciency in\\nthe profession. He has been very successful in the\\ntreatment of horses, and in fad all varieties of\\nstock. His practice is by no means coiifiiie l to\\nBenton Harbor, but extends throughout the sur-\\nrounding country, including a number of adjipin-\\ning counties. The Doctor conducted Ins practice\\nfor a time in Canada, whence in 1883 he came to\\nBenton Harbor and has since made his home in\\nthis city, devoting his attentiiiii exclusively to\\nprofessional duties.\\nIn 188() the Doctor was united in in.arriage with\\nMiss Emma, daughter of Myron and Mary Hiiikley,\\nnatives of New York. Mrs. Cole was born, reared\\nami educated in Benton Harbor, and now, in ad-\\ndition to peiforniing her household duties in a\\nmost capable manner, also lills the position of\\nteacher in the Heiitcjii Harboi- High School. The\\nhome is blessed by the presence of a son, Philip", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0461.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "460\\nPORTRAIT AM) li]U(iliAriIICAL EECORD\\nII., a manly little child, in whose training his par-\\nents take a deep interest and care. Politicallj\\nDr. Cole is a stanch adherent of Republican i)rin-\\nciples and has rc|)resented the First Ward as Al-\\nderman for two terms. Socially, he is a member\\nof the Ancient Order of United Workmen.\\nIP LIAS PARDEE, long a prominent business\\nman of Dowagiac, Cass County, iMich., and\\nnow a liighly esteemed and leading citizen\\nof the city, has been an abiding and enterpiising\\nresident of his i)resent home fo,- more than two-\\nscore years, but is now retired from active business.\\nHe has a fine collection from skilled taxidermists\\nof the State, and has also in his possession some of\\nthe finest trophies of the field and stream. Our sub-\\nject is a native of Knox County Ohio, and in the\\nthriving town of Bloom field he was born October\\n7, 1826. The birthplace of his father, Isaac Pardee,\\nwas New York State, where in the old homestead\\nhe was reared, attending the district schools of the\\nneighborhood. Isaac Pardee removed to Ohio in\\nearly life and there made his home for many years.\\nHis wife, Lucy (Dickerman) Pardee, was born in\\nthe beautiful city of New Haven, Conn., in which\\n(lart of New England the ancestors of Mrs. Pardee\\nhad lived for generation after generation.\\nThe Pardees are of French extraction, (irand-\\nfather Pardee having himself been a native of\\nsunnj France. He came to this country in his\\nyouth, and was an energetic and patriotic Ameri-\\ncan citizen. As the family of Isaac Pardee began\\nto cluster about the fireside of the Ohio home, he\\nfinally determined to remove with his family to\\nthe more progressive and broader fields of the\\nfarther West, and in 1844 journeyed to Buchanan,\\nBerrien County, Mich. The family traveled by\\nteam and spent eleven days upon the way, arriv-\\ning in the month of May. Nearly a half-century\\nhas pa.ssed since Ellas Pardee, then eighteen years\\nof age, came to the State destined from thence to\\nbe his permanent home. A constant eye-witness\\nof the rapid development of the country, he has\\nactively participated in its advancement, aiding in\\nall enterprises tending to local growth and prog-\\nress, and he may with pride recall his energetic\\nand public-spirited efforts of other and early days.\\nIn 185(1, our subject settled in the village of Dow-\\nagiac. and two years later, February 28. 1852, en-\\ntered the employ of the Central Railroad Company.\\nHe continued with that corporation until August\\n1. 1861, and during his nine years of faithful\\nservice was at first watchman and later station\\nagent and also performed the duties of express\\nagent. An excellent linancier, he invested in\\nfarming property, but after a time disposed of his\\nagricultural interests, selling his farm in 1865. He\\nhad meantime, in 1861, erected his handsome brick\\nresidence, which he still makes his city home.\\nFinancially iirospeied, Mr. Pardee long ago accu-\\nmulated a comfortable competence. In 1881, he\\nbegan the improvement of a piece of land lo-\\ncated upon Sisters Lake, and developed the once\\nwilderness into a beautiful summer resort. On\\naccount of the ill health of his estimable wife, our\\nsubject finally ^old out his interest in that fine\\npiece of real estate. Mr. Pardee entered the bonds\\nof matrimony the second year after he made his\\nhome in Dowagiac. being married Jiine 10, 1853.\\nIn 1888. our subject, who has long been a noted\\nhunter and fisherman, established a cam|) upon\\nMagician I^ake, where he spends most of his sum-\\nmers.\\n^^I@^@1\\nAMES L. ROBINSON, the popular Super-\\nvisor of Calvin Township, Cass County,\\nwas born in Howard Township, this county.\\non the 27th of January, 1848, and is one of\\nthree sons (one being older and one younger than\\nhimself) born to Nathan and Margaret (H.anson)\\nRobinson. His father was born in New York State,\\nNovember 15, 1820, and was the son of William\\nRobinson, the latter being a descendant of English\\nancestry and the elder of two sons, though the\\nplace of his birth is beyonrl our research, lie was\\na soldier in the War of 1812,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0462.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n461\\nAccompanied liy his family, (Jraiidfallier Kobiii-\\nsoii came West in IH. iO, and soltiod in Kne County,\\nOhio, where he followed llic oeeupation of farm-\\ning. Politically, he was a Whig.and in his religi-\\nous belief he was a prominent member of the Pres-\\nbyterian C luireh. He was twice married, and by\\nhis first union had two sons, the father of our sub-\\nject being the elder. The other son was killed l\\\\y\\nbeing thrown from a horse when a young man.\\nWilliam also came to an untimely end by an ac-\\ncidental death. In Erie County, Ohio, he was\\ncaught m the machinery of a gristmill and in-\\nstantly killed. The second marriage of Grand-\\nfather Hol)inson resulted in the birth of the fol-\\nlowing children: William. Thomas, Susan and\\nAlice.\\nNathan Robinson had but few educational ad-\\nvantages, and in IHtO, when but twenty 3ears of\\nage, he lande l in Cass County with but sevtnty-\\nlive cents in his possession. For a time he worked\\nout liy the month, and finally bought foity acres\\nof I nd in Howard Township, running in debt for\\nllie greater portion of the purchase jirice. He was\\na man of determined will and a hard worker, and\\nwhen he set out to do anything he saw no obstacles\\nin his way, and even though he had, he woidd\\nhave overcome every hindrance in the path to\\nsuccess, for he was one of those men who knt)w no\\nsuch word as fail.\\n.March 27, IHI. i, Nathan Robinson married Miss\\nMaigaret Hanson. In 1H;J2 he left his wife aiid\\ntwo children, of whom our subject was the ounger,\\non the home f.uin and set out overland for the\\ngold lields of Califoi-nia, where for two years he\\nwas successful as ;i ^old miner, and at the end of\\nthat time returned with a fair-sized foilune. Soon\\nafter his return he purchased more land in Howard\\nI owiiship and conduc-ted farniiuiidperations on an\\nextensive scale. A Republican in politics, he was\\nat one lime a candidate for Supervisor oi Howard\\nTownship. Iiut as lh:il township was overwhelm-\\ningly l)emocialic he failed to secure the election.\\n.Vt the time of his death. Se|)tember 3, IHT .l, he\\nwas the owner of seven hundred acres of l:ind in\\nCa.ss County and was a very wealthy man.\\nMargaret, the mother of our subject, was the\\ndaughter of .Inhu and Nancy (Salsbury) Hanson.\\nShe was reared in New York State ind came to\\nMichigan in an caily day with her parents. She\\ndied at the old hotnestead in .lefferson Township,\\n.lune If), 18!)1. Of the brothers of .lames L., Myron\\nwas the eldest and was born March 9, 1846; lie\\nmarried Miss Annette Krom, and they have two\\nsons. Freemont, the youngest, was born May 14,\\n18. )G; he married Miss Helen Lowman, the sister\\nof our subject s wife, and they live on the old\\nhomestead in Jefferson Township that fell to Mr.\\nRol)inson on the death of his mother. They have\\nno children.\\n.lames L. Robinson grew to manhood on his fa-\\ntiier s farm, receiving but the ordinary common-\\nschool education offered by the schools of that time\\nand place. For many years he and his brother\\nwere in partnership with their father in his exten-\\nsive farming and stock interests. On the 12tli of\\nFebruary, 1871, he married Miss Mar\\\\ .1. Lowmaii,\\nwho was born in Clarke County, Ohio, being the\\ndaughter of .lames and Nanc} (Rcncli) I.owman.\\nShe was six years of age when her parents came to\\nMichigan and settled m .lefferson Township, Cass\\nCounty, where her father now lives, being one of\\nthe leading citizens of the community.\\nOur subject removed to Jefferson Township in\\n18G7, and in 1872 he and his wife came to the\\n))lace where they now live, and which was a i)art of\\nhis father s estate. Their interests remained iden-\\ntical until the death of his father in 187!l, when\\nthe property fell to him from his father s estate.\\nHe now owns and operates a farm of two hundred\\nand seventy acres, under a high state of cultivation,\\nand upon which he conducts successfully general\\nfarming and stock-raising. He has devoted special\\nattention to the raising of line stock, in which he\\nhas met with more than ordinary success. Aside\\nfr nii his farming and stock-raising interests, he has\\nbeen engaged in the lumlier business, owning an\\ninterest in the large sawmills .at Cassopolis and at\\nCalvin Centre, being in p lrtnership with W.\\nHunii. the wealthy colore l lumberman. In the\\nspring of lf^It2, after the huge s.awmill at C.assoi/olis\\nburned down, he sold his interest In the mill, but\\nstill retains his interest in the stock at t .-ilvin\\nCell tie.\\nAn aidiiit Repuliluvin in [lolitics. .\\\\Ii-. Roliiiison", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0463.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "462\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlias served in many local offices, to which he has\\nbeen elected on the ticket of that ijaity. In 1889\\nhe was elected .Supervisor of liis townsiiip and has\\nbeen re-elected every year since, at (iresent serv-\\ning his tifth term. He fills the oftice with great\\ncredit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of\\nhis constituency. He is administrator for several\\nestates and manages them with marked ability.\\nHe is considered one of tlie foremost citizens of\\nhis county and township. lie and his wife have\\nbut one child, Floyd N., now (1893) twenty years\\nof age. He was educated m the Notre Dame Uni-\\nversity at South l end, Ind., and resides in firand\\nForks, N. Dak., being engaged in the transporta-\\ntion business.\\n*^E+;\\neT. LEE, formerly one of the able attor-\\nneys-at-law of Cass Count)-, Mich., but\\nnow retired from the active duties of his\\nprofession, is proprietor ol the widely-known and\\nvaluable Dowagia(! .Stock Farm, which contains\\nthree hundred and fifty finely cultivated acres.\\nIt is noted as the home of Sable (iiiy and pos-\\nsesses one of tlie best half-mile tracks in the .State.\\nOur subject is a native of Canandaigua County-,\\nN. Y., and was born February 29, 1836. The\\nbirthplace of his father, Mason Lee, was Taunton,\\nMass., but early in life he removed to Now York\\nState, where he established a home for himself and\\nfamily. Determined finally to .see and judge of\\nthe broader opportunities oflfered by the West, the\\nfather, leaving behind him his wife and family,\\nvisited IMichigan on a |)rospecting tour. He came\\nto the town of Jefferson, Cass County, in 1833,\\nwhen about forty-two years of age, Init it was five\\nyears before his family rejoined him in tiieir new\\nhome in Michigan. Our subject received liis pre-\\nparatory education in .Teffersfm. but when fourteen\\nyears of age went to Kalamazoo. Mich., where he\\nentered the Ba|itist Tlieological College and took\\na fuui-yeais couise of study.\\nBefore attaining his majority. Mi-. Lee entered\\ninto the bonds of matrimony, in 1854 wedding\\nMiss .Sarah 11. Lockwood, of Cazenovia, N. Y. Mrs.\\nLee was the daughter of Dr. Henry Lockwood, of\\nFldwardsbnrgh, Cass County, who came from New\\nYork .State in 1837, and settled permanently in\\nthe township of Ontwa, where, after thirty years of\\nprofessional usefulness, he passed away, niouriie l\\nby all who knew him. An upright man and skill-\\nful ])hysician. Dr. Lockwood was honored by the\\ncommunity to whom he gave valuable service, and\\nhis memorj- will long be green in Cass County.\\nHis gof)d wife, Sophia Peck, was a native of Con-\\nnecticut, but her near ancestors were of English\\nbirth. Five children have blessed the home of\\nour subject and his estimable wife. The sons and\\ndaughters are in the order of their birth: Henry\\nM.; Fred E.; Elma S., wife of Capt. Leroy Cahill.\\nof Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mabel C. and Ray E. Each\\nand all of the brothers and sisters have received\\nexcellent educations and are occupying inlluential\\npositions in business and social circles. Mr. Lee\\nbegan his business experience as clerk in the first\\nhardware store establisiied in Dowagiac, and. en-\\nterprising and energetic, soon developed a tnlciit\\nfor winning his upward way.\\nIn 18;j4, our subject engaged successfully in\\nbusiness for himself in his home city. He subse-\\nquently decided to adopt a profession and stu(lie(l\\nlaw with .James Sullivan; he was ailmitled to the\\nBar in 1864, being received into partnership with\\nMr. Sullivan. Mr. Lee was an excellent attorney,\\nthoroughly versed in legal lore, and acquired a\\nlarge practice, but in 1875 he devoted himself to\\nthe banking business. June 1, 1885, he |)urcliased\\nthe magnificent Dowagiac Stock Farm, which, aside\\nfrom the celebrated .Sable (niy, shelters many\\npromising roadsters, who are duly exercised upon\\nthe fine liaU -mile track. The commodious Iniild-\\nings on this pro|ierty were erected by the Lee fam-\\nily and are perfect in their apiioiiitmenls. Tlie\\nLees also own an extensive farm of six hundred\\n.acres, lying five miles north of Dowagiac. and sit-\\nuated in AVayne Township. Thirty men are con-\\nstantly em)iloyed there, cutting on an average\\nfour thousand cords of wood annually, all of this\\nlarge pj-oduct finding a ready inarket in the works\\nof the Hound Oak Stove Company, of Dowagi.ac.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0464.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n463\\nOur subjocl has ever Ix eii mimliered among the\\npublic-spirited i-itizen.s of Cjiss County, and lias\\ninatcrially aided in tlio in-oinotion and deveiop-\\nmen( of tiie pl\u00e2\u0080\u00a2og^e^sive interests of liis home lo-\\neaiity. He enjoys a wide acquaintance throughout\\nthe State and possesses a host of friends. Politi-\\ncally, Mr. I.cc is and always lias liccn a stalwart\\nIxcpulilican.\\n\\\\|i()II.\\\\ C01{RI ;.\\\\N. In enumerating the\\nprominent business est l)lishments of I?er-\\nrien County, menlinn should be made of the\\ngeneral mercantile house of PariMsh it Cor-\\nrigau. of which the subject of this sketch is the\\njuuKir iiicmlKT. The firm conducts a large business\\nat Stevensville, and also has a branch store at Har-\\nroila. this county, lioth in these villages and\\nlhriiugb(jut the urrounding country they are well\\nand favorably known as business men f)f large re-\\nsources, excellent judgment and keen discrimina-\\ntion, and their genial courtesy and fair dealings\\nhave commended them to the favor i the peojile.\\nMr. Corrigan has passed his entire life in IJerrien\\nCounty the |)lace of his birth, lie was born in\\nLincoln Township, .lanuary 2. IHIJ. J, and is the\\non of .lohn Corrigan. an Irishman by birth, who\\naccompanied his father to .Vnu-rica when a mere\\nhad and settled in Canada, where he grew to man-\\nhood. I pon coming to Michigan, ho located in\\nLincoln Township and purchased forty acres of un-\\nimproved land, upon which no attempt at cultiva-\\ntion had ever been made. I le cleared twenty acres\\nand sold the other twenty acres comprising the\\nplace. I pon his farm he embarked in the business\\nof raising fruit and continued thus engaged until\\nhis leath, wliich occurred in l.s.si.\\nThe mother of tiur subjet t bore the maiden name\\nof Zephia Uolierts and was boi ii in Jermany, emi-\\ngrating til the Inileil States in girlhood and set-\\ntling 111 I .ernen County, Mich. )f her union six\\nchildren were born, four of whom are living, as\\nfollows: Mary, who is the wife of N Barnes, a far-\\nmer residing; on the old homestead in Lincoln\\nTownship; Annie, Mrs. Alexander Shearer, also a\\nresident of Lincoln Township; Kdward, who makes\\nhis home at Riverside, Mich., and is engaged in\\nfarming pursuits; and John of this sketch.\\nPoliticalh the father of this family was an advo-\\ncate of free trade and a supporter of the principles\\nof the Democratic party. lie was a successful fruit-\\ngrower, and by energ} and good management .ac-\\ncumulated a valuable proiierty.\\nIn the common schools of Lincoln Township the\\nsubject of this sketch received a fair education. At\\nthe age of about eighteen he entered the store of\\nWilliam Parrish, where for three 3 ears he occupied\\na clerical position. He then embarked in busine.ss\\nfor himself, and after conducting tlic^ enterprise\\nalone for one year he formed a partnership with\\nhis former employer, Mr. Parrish, and purchased\\nthe stock owned by W. G. Milke, entering upon a\\nbusiness connection which still continues. Their\\nstore is the largest in Stevensville, and the branch\\nestablishment opened at Barroda in May. 18!)1, is\\nalso proving a profitable venture. In both places\\nthe firm conducts a general banking business.\\nA Republican in his political |)icfereiiees. Mr.\\nCorrigan takes an intelligent interest in local af-\\nfairs and for three years has served as Township\\nClerk. He was present and assisted in conducting\\nthe first election of the incorporated village of\\nStevensville, and has been in other wa\\\\s closely\\nconnected with the growth and progress of the\\ncomiiiiinitv. Socially, he is identified with the\\nRoyal -Vrcli Masons and the Commandery at St.\\nJoseph, and the I ndeiiendent Order of )dd Fellows\\nat Bridgman.\\nWi KRRV ROURKK. This gentleman, who re-\\nsides on section 21. Sihcr Creek Township,\\nwhere lie owns a fine tarni, is one of the\\n])rogressive and capable farmers of the lo-\\ncality, his farm attesting by its thrift and produc-\\ntiveness the excellent qualities of thonuighncss and\\nsystem which mark the riwiici-. lie was born on", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0465.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "464\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsection 10, this townsiiip, in 1853, and is the son\\nof TinKjthy and Margaret (llagerty) Uoiirl^e, and\\nthe grandson of Timothj IJourke, Sr. Tiie latter\\nwas a native of the Green Isle of Erin, born on\\nCastle Island, and there he was reared to mature\\nyears. He was married in his native conntry, reared\\na good-sized family-, and became quite wealthy.\\nAll his life was passed on the Emerald Isle, and\\nthere his wife too received her final summons.\\nTimothy Rourke, Jr., was also a native of Ire-\\nland, and inherited the quick wit and agreeable\\nmanners of those of his nationality. He remained\\nin his native country until he reached manhood,\\nand then a great desire came over him to cross to\\nthe United States and become a wealthy and prom-\\ninent farmer. Many of his countrymen were set-\\ntling in the New World, and about 1838 he braved\\nNeptune s tender mercies and reached the Ameri-\\ncan coast. He first made a settlement in the grand\\nold State of Virginia, and as his means were limited\\nat first, he worked out for other people. Later he\\nwent to Canada, but after a residence there of about\\nthree 3-ears he decided that the I nited States were\\ngood enough for him, and so returned, settling first\\nin Kalamazoo. Later he came to Cass County,\\nMich., and with his brother-in-law purchased one\\nhundred and sixty acres of land.\\nWhile residing in Canada he married Miss Mar-\\ngaret Hagerty, the daughter of William and Julia\\nCouncil) Hagerty, and five children were born of\\nthis union: Anna, Julia and Timothy, who are\\ndeceased; Jerry, our subject; and Maggie. Mr.\\nRourke and family were members of the Catholic\\nChurch and liberal contributors to the same. In\\npolitics, he advocated the principles and policy of\\nthe Democratic party. Ho was a man possessed of\\nmuch determination and energ} and at the time\\nof his death, which occurred in 1857, had accum-\\nulated a fair fortune. His widow is still living\\nand has now passed her three-score years and ten.\\nShe has been an invalid for some time.\\nJerry Rourke grew to manhood in his native\\ncounty, and like the average farmer boy received\\nhis education in the common schools. He early\\nbecame familiar with the duties of farm life, and\\nassisted his father in improving the home place un-\\ntil a \\\\ouiii; man. He then started out for himself.\\nand it was but natural perhaps that he should\\nchoose agricultural jnirsuits as his occupation in\\nlife. By industry and good management he be-\\ncame the owner of eighty acres of land and he now\\nhas a comfortable home. All his farming opera-\\ntions are conducted in a manner showing him to\\nbe progressive and well posted on all agricultural\\nmatters.\\nIn the year 1886 he was chose;; Supervisor, held\\nthat position four years, and in 1893 was again\\nelected on the Democratic ticket. He was the first\\nDemocrat elected to that position in the township,\\nand the capable and efficient manner in which he\\nhas discharged the duties of olHce has won him the\\nadmiration and respect of both parties.\\ni****^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J* \u00e2\u0080\u00a2S* St\\n^f LBION SMITH, an honored and respected\\n(@y/j| citizen of Watervliet, Berrien County, is\\nii a man of large exi)erience in the commu-\\nnity where he has made his home for many\\n3 ears. His estate is the result of hard labor, and\\nhis landed possessions aggregate two hundred and\\nninety acres, one hundred and seventy of which\\nhave been cleared and improved in the last few\\nyears. Mr. Smith has retired from active work,\\nand now, surrounded by his family and friends, is\\npassing the declining years of his well-spent life\\namid the comforts which money can provide.\\nMathias Smith, the grandfather of our subject, is\\nsupposed to have been born on Martha s Vineyard,\\non the Atlantic Coast. He was a sea-captain and\\ntook an active part in the French and Indians Wars,\\nusing his strength in the service of the English.\\nHe removed to Maine, where he reared a family-\\nof eight sons and one daughter, and died in the\\nprime of life. The father of our subject was a\\nmerchant by occupation, and, like his father, was\\nof a patriotic nature, and served his conn try in the\\nWar of 1812, after which he went into business\\nwith an uncle, John Smith by name, who was a\\nsailor. The mother of our suliject, who was a\\ndaughter of -lercmiah White, was born in Redfield,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0466.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "PORTkAJT AKD UIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n(67\\nill llic year 171)2, and died in tlii.s Stsite. Mr.\\nWiiiU was a successful farmer in his lime, and\\ndied in Albion, Me. He was a I liiversalisl in liis\\nreligious belief, as was also his dauohter.\\nOur suhjec t was reared in liis native village,\\nHell Held, Kennebec t ounty. Me., wiiere he was\\nhdiii I Vliruary 23, 1824, to (ieorge and C elia\\nWliite) Smitli. Young Albion was given a fair\\nschool educali ui, iiolwitlistandiiig the fact that he\\nhel|ied liis falhiT some in the hotel business. He\\neoiitinue l in this line until he reached mature\\nyears, and then left home for a short trip through\\niiorlhein Maine, where he spent some (line in hunt-\\ning and lumbering. Subse(|Ueiitly he returned\\nhome and resumed the proprielorsliip of his fa-\\nther s hotel, remaining there until he became\\ntwenty-seven years of age, at which time he de-\\ncided to travel, and lioarded a train en route to\\nBuffalo. From there he went by boat to Detroit,\\nMich., and thence to Chicago, being four days on\\nthe trip. His intended wife was at that time living\\nin Illinois, and after spending the winter of 1852\\nin a pork-packing establishment in the city of Du-\\nbuque, m the early siiring he began railroading, by\\ntaking charge of a bridge gang. He went to Buf-\\nfalo and there secured the lumber to build the first\\nbridge ever erected across the Mississippi, which\\nwas at Rock Island. In the fall of 18.56 Mr. Smith\\ncame to W atervliet and worked in the mill for his\\nbrother, and a year later located on the one hun-\\ndred and sixty .icres which he now makes his\\nhome.\\n.Ml-. Smith h. is been an industrious and honest\\nman all his life, and by good management has,\\nfrom lime to lime, ,added to his estate, until now\\nlie is well deserving of the praise due him as a\\nsuccessful farmer. His land is all in a good state\\nof cultivation, and lias been improved with the\\nnumerous appliances of modern times. Twenty\\nacres of his farm are devoted to the raisiiig of\\nfiiiit. and the fine appearance of the orchards adds\\ngreatly to the value of the farm.\\nMr. Smitli w.os married to Helen F. Nelson No-\\nvember 6, 185;5. She was born February 26, I8. 54,\\nin Wintlirop, Me., to Charles and Emily (Hilling-\\nIon) Nelson, who were both natives of the Pine\\nTree .Slate, having been born in Wintlirop and\\nWayne respectively. Charles Nelson was a slioe-\\nmaker by trade, and went to Illinois about\\nthe jear 1849,- where he lived during his active\\nlife. His wife pa.ssed away at Richland Centre,\\nWis., leaving two sons and four daughters: Ever-\\nett, of Maine; Charles K.,of Wisconsin; Helen F.;\\nFlora, who died in Wisconsin; Addie, of Ashland.\\nW is.; and .losie. Our subject has been the fatlier\\nof eight children: Oia,wifeof Frank ^elter; Cora,\\nwife of L. W. Jeffery; Fiank, who died when in\\nhis twenty-eighth year, leaving one son. Ford, who\\nlives with his grandparents; Flora, now Mrs. Cur-\\ntiss, of Riverside; Celia, wife of Frank ISardon;\\nGeorge F.; .losie, Mrs. Scliercr; and Mabel.\\niiOLAND MORRILL, a successful eneral a\\nricultiirist and prominent fruit-grower of\\nBenton Township, Berrien County, is a na-\\ntive of Michigan, and w.as born in Coldwa-\\nter in 1852. The Morrill family are of I^nglish\\ndescent, various branches of the name having for\\nmany generations occupied with distinction high\\nsocial, political and business positions throughout\\nNew England. The paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, .Jeremiah Morrill, was a native of Irasburgh,\\nVt., where he was reared and educated, removing\\nin mature years to Michigan. One of his sons,\\n.Joseph Morrill, the father of Roland, w.as a Jioy of\\nenterprise and spirit, and early resolved to try his\\nfortune in the then far West of Michigan. I nin-\\ncuinbcred by any surplus baggage, he left Irasburgh\\nwhen a lad of sixteen, and. with determined pur-\\npose and untiring energy, walked the greater part\\nof the way to Coldwater, Mich., near which place\\nhe made his home for years. The one hundred and\\ntwenty acres which he perseveringly cultivated\\nwere located ten miles from the village, and upon\\nthe land, surrounded by Indians, the young pio-\\nneer lived alone for sixteen j-ears.\\nIn 1848, .Joseph Morrill was united in marriage\\nin Coldwater with Miss Mary .1. .loiies. a native of\\nCanada, but an earh resident of .Michigan, to", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0467.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "468\\nPORTRAIT AND BK GRArHlCAL RECORD.\\nwhich State she emigrated with her |M\u00c2\u00bbiviit#, Mr.\\nMorrill had found unii-h time for study in his se-\\nehidetl hfe. and, gaining anexoelleni knowK dgeof\\nmedicine, became a skillful and well-known pio-\\nneer physician of Coldwatcr. enjoying a large pnic-\\ntice and commanding the high respect of his fel-\\nlow-townsmen. The pleasant home of the worthy\\nphysician and his good wife was blessed by the\\nbirth of three sons, of whom our subject was the\\neldest. Dana, the second-born, is a pi-osperous\\nbusiness man of Omaha. Neb.: and Flavins, the\\nyoungest, is a resident of AVashingiou. D. C. and\\nIS connecteil with a railroad comjxnny. While the\\nchildren were yet in their early yeai-s. the parents\\nremoved to Grand Rapids, and in that city the\\nboys attended the public schools and i^eceived the\\nliest educational advantages their surroundings\\nafforded.\\nRoland Morrill became self-sup|H)rting while only\\na lad. and soon after attaining his majority settled\\nm Berrien County, since 1S72 his constant resi-\\ndence. Beginning in life for himself, he worked\\nbv the month for one year, and then rented a farm.\\nIndustrious and a good manager, he was pnispercd.\\nand later purch. ised land, now owning a fine home-\\nstead of two hundred and fortv .acres. sul stantially\\nimproved with excellent buildings. Aside fixmi\\nhis other occupations, Mr. Morrill is profitably in-\\nterested in the nui-sery business, and. a man of ac-\\nknowledged executive ability, has long been a\\nmeml er and has held the office of Dii-ector in the\\nState Horticultural Society, and is also a valued\\nmember of the World s Fair Commission in the\\nhorticultural displ.ay of the State.\\nMr. Morrill was married in 1S73 to Miss Ella\\nPearl, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Warren H. Pearl,\\nold and esteemed settlers of lierrien County. Two\\nchildren, a son and daughter. Warren and Mal el.\\nhave been born unto our subject and his excellent\\nwife. In polilicai affiliation Mr. Morrill is a stanch\\nRepublican, taking an active inteiest in the affairs\\nof the day. He has been an important factor in\\nkn al progress and improvements, and with two\\nother leading citizens has ably discharged the du-\\nties of Superintendent or Supervisor of the Poor\\nof the county. During his score of years passed in\\nBerrien County, our subject has aided and encour-\\naged edui alionai advancement, promoted business\\nenterprise, and ontiivly through his own self-\\nj^liant efforts has wtm his way to assured success\\nm life.\\nB. GARDNER, the ix pular and efficient\\nCashier in the office of the Round t ak\\n1 Stove Works. Dowagiac. Cass County.\\nMich., was born in the city where he now\\nresides August 2. 1870. He is the only son and\\nonly child of Charles and Mary D. (Beckwith)\\nt^ardner. both of his parents being widely known\\nin the State, and enjoying the esteem and confi-\\ndence of a large ciix-le of friends. The fathei was\\nborn in Oswego County. X. Y.. and was reared and\\neducated in the Empire Stale. He attained to\\nmanhood in the place of his nativity, but soon af-\\nter arriving at matui-e age determined to try his\\nfortunes in the farther West. When twenty-two\\nyears old he settled in Dow.igiac and begim life\\nfor himself in the grocery business. He was mar-_\\nried in 1869 to Mary D. Beckwith. daughter of\\nP. D. and Catherine Beckwith. of Dowagiac. Mr.\\nBeckwith was one of the prominent citizens of\\nDv wagiac. public-spirited and progi-cssive. and was\\nfor many years one of the mt^t important factoi-s in\\nthe advancement of the social and business in-\\ntei-ests of the city. The mother of our subjei-t en-\\njoyed the advantage of a superior education, and\\nis a lady of worth and fine attainments.\\nIn 1877. Charles Gardner, with his wife and\\nson. i-emoved to liattle Ci-eek. Mich., and engaged\\nsuccessfully in the dry-goods trade, and continued\\nto profitably handle merchandise until 1891. when\\nhe sold out and ivtired from business. Our sub-\\nject attended the [uimary and grammar schools of\\nBattle Ci-eek. ami having passed through the high-\\nest grade of the latter with great cretlit. came in\\nI88.i to Dowagiac. Residing with his maternal\\ngrandfather. Mr. Beckwith. he entered the High\\nSchool, and after a tlu-ee-years course of instruction;\\ngraduated from that institution, and in 1888 re-\\nturned home. He sjwnt ime ye:u- iu the dry-goods", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0468.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RK( ORO.\\n469\\nlnl,slll(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s^s ill BiUtlf Creek, hut .l.iniiniy I, 1889,\\nHjrniii made Dowajjiae Ins residence. He received\\niiiitiiediate enipioyment in tlie Round Oak Stove\\n\\\\Vori s, and for several inf)ntlis worked in various\\nparts of tlie factory, familiarizing himself with the\\ndetails of the extensive and prosperous business.\\nWithin a twelvemonth Mr. (iardner was appointed\\nCashier, and has since discharged with ahility the\\nresponsible duties of the position.\\nOctober 23, 1889, our subject was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Amanda Stark, daughter of Myron\\nand Sarah (Harris) Stark, of Dow.agiac. The youth-\\nful couple occupy an enviable social position, and\\nare participants in the leading events of the city.\\nMr. (Jardner is in political conviction a strong\\nDemocrat, and takes an .active interest in local and\\nnational issues. Karnest, energetic and devoted\\nto his daily round of care, he is also enterprising,\\nand iKiw only upon the threshold of manhood,\\nhas already entered upon the beginningof a career\\nwhose future outlook is bright with hope and\\npromise. Our subject is fraternally connected\\nwith the Knights of Pythias, and is a member of\\nDowagiac Lodge. He is aUo a prominent rnem-\\nberof the Round Oak Society, and, liberal spirited,\\nIS ever foremost in any work tending to |)romote\\nthe public welfaie.\\ny I M I\\nNDKKW .1. .MIl.l.AUl). an enterprising\\ncitizen, for ten years a Constable of New\\nliuft alo Township. Berrien County, ^^ch..\\nis also one of the leading general farmers\\nanil horticulturists the county, and is widely\\nknown as a man of high business ability and up-\\nriglit charafter. Mi .Millard has been a dweller in\\nBerrien County for over a (piarter of a century,\\nbut is a native of the Empire State, and was born\\nin Allegany County, .June 21, IK. JK. His parents\\nwere William C. and Polly (Ripenbark) Millard,\\nlife-lime residents of the State of New York, where\\nthey eommanded high respect as useful and in-\\ndustrious citizens and descendants of honored an-\\ncestrv. The father was a native of Berlin, Rens-\\nselaer Count\\\\, and was bfirii in 179H. His father.\\nICIij. ih .\\\\Hllard, born in Rhode Island, was of\\nKnglish and Welsh lescent. The paternal great-\\ngrandfather. Klijah, was a native f)f Kngland, and\\nhaving resided for some time in the I nited .States\\nreturned to his native land to dispose of his prop-\\nerty, seven business blocks, which he owned in the\\ncity of London, but upon the triii acrf)Ss was lost\\nat sea. The father, William Millard, was a man of\\nresolution and unusual strength of character, and\\nlived to a good old age, p.assingto his rest in 1874.\\nThe excellent mother, likewise a native of Alle-\\ngany County, N. Y., was a daughter of Adam\\nand Plifebe (Sears) Ripenbark, and was reared, ed-\\nucated and married in her native county, and\\nthere passed her entire life, dying in the home of\\nher youth in 1869. The maternal grandfather.\\nMr. Ripenbark, and the maternal great-grandfather,\\nMr. Sears, both served with courage in the War of\\nthe Revolution, and transmitted to their descend-\\nants an enviable record of heroic patriotism. The\\nfather and mother of our subject were tiie parents\\nof three children, who all lived to adiilt age. An-\\ndrew .J. was the eldest-born and attained to man-\\nhood in the old Allegany- County home. He\\nenjoyed advantages of instruction in the school\\nof the neighborhood, and was early trained inU)\\nhabits of self reliance and industry. In 1863, our\\nsubject was united in marriage with !Miss lluldali\\nY ounglove, a resident of the Kmpire State. This\\nestimable lad} survived her marriage about eleven\\nyears and paased away in 1874. She was the\\nmother f)f seven children, four of whom are now\\nliving. Emma, the eldest-born, is the wife of .John\\nDavis; Lewis, Mary and Warren complete the sur-\\nviving sons and daughters who once gathered\\naround the family fireside.\\nMr. Millard, many years after the death of his\\nfirst ompanion, again entered the bonds of matri-\\nmony, and upon .)une 2: 1888, married Mi-s. Car-\\nrie (Hudson) Whitford, daughter of Richard anil\\nBetsey Hudson, and a native of Trumbull County,\\nOhio. The parents of Mrs. Millard are now both\\ndeceased, jiassing to their rest in Ohio. Our\\nsubject emigrated from New York State to .Michi-\\ngan in 1867, and at once located in Berrien County\\nand purchased sixty acres of the land he now owns.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0469.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "470\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nTo this tract he has added until he lias under a\\nhigh state of cultivation a fine farm of one hun-\\ndred and thirty-eight acres, which he has himself\\ncleared from heavy timber and made one of the\\nbest and most productive pieces of farming prop-\\nerty in this localit}-. The homestead is likewise\\nimproved with excellent buildings and an attrac-\\ntive residence, and presents a scene of thrift and\\nplenty. Aside from grain and similar products,\\nquantities of berries are raised upon the place,\\nwhich also has an orchard of clioice fruit. Polit-\\nically, Mr. Millard is a Republican, and cast his\\nfirst Presidential vote for I^incoln.\\nlie has occupied his jjiesent official jiosition for\\na half-score of years to the great satisfacti(jn of his\\nfellow-townsmen, bj whom he is esteemed as a\\nman of ability and a liberal-spirited and |jrogress-\\nive citizen. Our subject is not connected liy mem-\\nbership with any denominaticjn, liut his gOf)d father\\nwas a devout Baptist, and the mother adhered to\\nthe doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nMr. Millard is a man who never refuses aid to any\\nworthy woi k, religious or benevolent, and is a\\nsincere friend and excellent neighbor.\\n^ILLTAM K. KIRBY. Few families in Vo-\\nlinia Townshi)) have a higher standing for\\nWW character, ability and enterprise than the\\none represented by the name at the head of this\\nparagraph, and in its various members it is emi-\\nnently worthy of the respect which is universally\\nconceded to it. He of whtmi we write is a native\\nof the grand old Empire State, born in Otsego\\nCounty December 31, 1845, to the marriage of\\nRev. John and Mary J. (Rouse) Kiiby, the father\\na native of Yorkshire, England, born .luly 30,\\n1817, and the mother of Columbia County, N.Y.,\\nborn A|)ril 23, 1818.\\nThe paternal grandfather, William Kirby, was\\nalso born in Yorkshire, England, and followed the\\noci upation of a fanner and shepherd. He married\\nMiss Elizabeth Bentley, a native of the same place,\\nand shortly afterwards took passage for America.\\nThis was in 1820, and he rented a farm near Al-\\nbany, X. Y., the same year. In 1846 he came to\\nMichigan, settling m the township east of Marcel-\\nlus, and on wild land which he improved, and\\nwhere he passed the remainder of his life. His\\ndeath occurred in ISfiit, and his wife followed him\\nto the grave in 1877. They were the parents of\\nnine children, four of whom are living: .lohii,\\n.Tames, Thomas B. and Peter. The mother was a\\nmember of the Ba|)list Church.\\nRev. John Kirby was but a child when brought\\nto America by his parents, and he grew to manhood\\nin New York .State. A fair education w.as received\\nin the tommon schools, and after reaching mature\\nyears he engaged as a farmer and carpenter. In\\nOctober, 1839, he married Miss Rouse, daughter of\\nChristophei- and .lane (Crippen) Rouse, both of\\nwhom were natives of Columliia County, X. Y.\\nMr. Rouse was a farmer, and at an early date moved\\nto Otsego County, N. Y. He passed away in 1863,\\nand she in 1850. Two living children were the\\nonly fruits of their union. Mr. Kirby came to\\nMichigan in 1846, settling in Flowerfield Township.\\nSt. .Joseph Count} where he followed farming. For\\nsome time he was troubled with the ague, but re-\\nmained there for eighteen years and improved a\\ngood home. He moved to Cass County in 1865\\nand settled on his present property. He caiiies\\non farming and is enterprising and progressixc.\\nHe was ordained on the 5tli of March, 1843. as a\\nBaptist minister, and performed the work of aiiiis-\\nsionaiy throughout southwestern Michigan.\\nFor fourteen years he w.as pastor of Xevvl)uig\\nchurch, thirteen years p.astor of olinia church,\\nand ten years pastor of I lowerlield cluiii-h. He is\\nnow retired from active work. To his marriage;\\nwere born eleven children, .seven now living:\\nMrs. Jane Chamberlain, William R., Belle Ferris,\\nSusan, George B.. Rachel A. (iard and Allan. All\\nthese children are well educated. A stanch Re-\\npublican in his poliiiual views, Mr. Kirby was .Su-\\npervisor of Flowerlield Township seven years, and\\nheld the same position in Volinia Township for\\nfour years. One of his sons has taught school.\\nOur subject, who is the eldest son born to his\\nparents, grew to manhood on his father s fai m in\\nMichigan, whither the parents had moved in 1847,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0470.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n471\\nand attciifk d selidol in Si. .losepli County. AVlien\\nIwcnly-one years of :ige he started out to fight\\nlife s hattlcs for himself, and (iist houglil land in\\nOllawM Coiiiily. I lieri he remained a few years,\\nwhen he .-(ilil oiitand nioved to Cass County. This\\nwas in IHC i ;im(! llie eounty was well covered with\\ntiiiilirr. Ill purchased eiijlity-four acres of land,\\nliei, au at once to clear an(i make improvements,\\nami now has eighty acres under a fine slate of cul-\\ntivation, lie liuilt a line residence in 1876, at a\\nco.-t of -lil.dOd.aiul the following year w;is married\\nto Miss May Mack, a native of I oiiipkins Count}\\nN. v., Iiorn in ixi.i. Her parents came to Miclii-\\ngan in l^i(i;i, but are now deceased. Mr. Kirby is\\na Master M;ison and takes a deep interest in the\\nprogiess of his order, lie served several times as\\nMaster of the same. In politics Ik^ is a Hepublican,\\naTid has fre(piently been a delegate to con ventions.\\nlie has been Tounshii) J reasurer for two years, is\\nDirector of School District No. .O, and isservinghis\\ntwelfth term as Township Clerk.\\nI.K.VS.VNT N. ZANK, a successful general\\nagriculturist and leading citizen of Cass\\nCounty, Mich., is a native vf the State,\\nand was born in .Jefferson I ownsliip No-\\nvember 27, 1842. His parents, Maxwell and Jane\\nNorton Zane, were well known in the county and\\nhighly respected as useful and ui riglit citizens.\\nThe paternal grandfather, Isaac Z. inc, was by birth\\na Southerner, and was a native of Virginia, after-\\nward becoming one of the pioneer settlers of Ken-\\ntucky. From Kentucky ho journeyed to Logan\\nCounty, Ohio, and thence proceeded after a time\\nto the wilds of Michigan, and in 1832 came to\\nCass Count}-, where he died. His wife survived\\nhim, living to the advanced age of ninety-four.\\nThe children who gathered in the i)ioneer home\\nwere Is.aac, Ebenezer, William, Sipiire, .lohn, .Max-\\nwell, Catherine and Lavina.\\nMaxwell Zane was born in Logan Counly. Ohio.\\nin 18(i(;. 1 laving attain( (l to nianliooil aii(l mar-\\nried, he in 1829, with his wife, made their home\\nin Michigan. Their property was transported in\\na wagon diawn Iiy a yoke of cattle, but the wife\\nrode the entire distance on a pony. They located\\non section 22, .Tefferson Township, and were eye-\\nwitnesses of the wonderful changes of the suc-\\nceeding years. The father of our subject served\\nbravely in the Sioux War, and after a life of n.se-\\nfulne.ss died in .January, 181.1.\\nMaxwell Zane was an energetic man and had\\nwell tilled the land he icceivecl from the (iovern-\\nment, a greater (lart of the one bundled and sixty-\\nacres being cleared and highly improved. He was\\na religious man and active in the church, being\\na member of the \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Hard-shell Haptists. His two\\nchildren are Nancy .Monroe and I leasant N.\\nTwo are deceased. Philander R. and Ixachel. The\\nmother of our subject, yet surviving, is a native\\nof Logan County, Ohio, and was born December\\n.5, 1807. She married .losiah Lumpkin, now de-\\nceased. Although advanced in years, she is well\\nand hearty and keeps house, residing by herself.\\nShe is a daughter of Nathaniel Norton, who emi-\\ngrated from North Carolina to Ohio about 1805.\\nFrom the liuckeye State the Nortons removed to\\nMichigan in 1828. Mr. Norton passed away at\\nthe age of seventy-three, but his wife survived\\nhim three years later. He left three sons and\\ntwo daughters: Pleasant, Richard, Levi, Jane and\\nMahala. Reared upon a farm, our subject was\\nearly trained in the pursuit of agriculture. He\\nattended the district school and received instruc-\\ntion in various other institutions in Hillsdale\\nand Kalamazoo, but was not fond of study, pre-\\nferring work.\\nWhen twentj-one years of age Mr. Zane made\\nthe overland trip to California, and drove through\\nfrom Brooklyn, Iowa, to the Golden State, be-\\ning four months and sixteen days on the jour-\\nney. He returned home in about nine nu)ntlis,\\nmaking the trip eastward by water. He h.-is since\\nfarmed continuously upon his two Imndicd and\\nsixteen acres, one hundred and twenty of wbicli\\ncomprise a part of his fallur s old hi.inc, lcad.\\nI olitically, our subject is a Dimihu r.-il. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md li:is\\nclliciently served as Treasure]- of the ii.wnsiiip.\\nHe cast his first vote for Seymour. Lraternallv,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0471.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "472\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\nMr. Zane is a valued member of the Independent\\nOrder of Odd Fellows, with wliicli society he has\\nlong affiliated. Our subject was united in mar-\\nriage in December, 1866, with Bliss Addie Tiet-\\nsort, born in Cassopolis and tlie daughter of Henry\\nand Julia (Fisher) Tietsort, early residents of Cass\\nCounty. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mr*.\\nZane has been blessed by tlie birth of one son,\\nFrank, a promising young n)an, a telegraph oper-\\nator. Our subject aud his estimable wife enjoy\\nthe regard of a large acquaintance, and are fore-\\nmost in the good work and social enterprise of\\ntheir home locality.\\nBURGFyr DES VOIGNES. The career of\\na lawyer is a succession of contests, and\\nthe successes made in tlie legal Held are\\n])robably more than in any other calling in life\\nexamples of the survival of the fittest. To\\nbecome distinguished at the Bar requires not only\\ncapacity, but also sound judgment and persevering\\nindustry, and these qualities are admirably com-\\nbined in L. Buiget Des Voignes. This gentleman\\nwas born at Mt. Eaton. Wayne County. Ohio,\\nOctober 14, 1857, the son of Louis A. Des Voignes,\\nand the grandson of Peter Des oignes, who was\\na native of Berne, Switzerland. The latter was a\\ndry-goods merchant in his native city, and was a\\nman of excellent judgment and good business\\nmethods. His three sons were named Augustus,\\nJules and Louis. Mr. Des Voignes, with his wife\\nand three sons, came to America in 1844, and\\nlocated at Mt. Eaton, Ohio, where he engaged in\\nthe boot and shoe business. Upon settling in this\\ncountry he became a Whig in politics, and later a\\nRepublican. He was a member of the Lutheran\\nChurch, and died in 1)^61. in full CDinniunioii with\\nthat church.\\nLouis A. Des Voignes, father of our subject, was\\nbom in Berne, Switzerland, and was eleven years of\\nage when he crossed the ocean to the land of the\\nfree. He grew to uianhood in Mt. F-atou. but\\nwhen twelve years of age started to work in a\\nstore. Later in life he and his two brothers\\nbought the building and stock, aud in 185; Mr.\\nDes Voignes was married to Miss Sovilla A. Mess-\\nner, who was the daughter of John Messnei of\\nMt. Eaton, Ohio. The latter was a farmer of that\\ncounty, but in addition was also engaged as a coal\\ndealer. Mr. Des A oignes resided at Mt. Eaton\\nuntil 1862 or 186.3, when he was burned out of\\nhouse and home by the rebels. He entered the\\nservice vvhcn Moigan was making his raid through\\nOhio, but subseipiently moved to Mendon, Blich.,\\nwhere he clerked in a store for five years. After\\nthis he engaged in the drug business for some\\nseven ^e.ars. He is now residing at Mendon.\\nretired from the active duties of life, and has been\\na resident of that city for manj years. The\\nmother died on the 20th of July, 1887.\\nThe original of this notice received his early\\neducational training in the schools of Jlendon,\\nMich., graduating from the High School in 1876.\\nAfter graduating he began the study of law in\\nthe office of Hon. C). .1. Fast, a noted lawyei of\\nSt. Joseph County and State Senator. In 1877\\nMl-. Des Voignes was admitted to the Bar in St.\\nJoseph County, but the same year he entered the law\\nschool at Ann Arbor, Mich., from which he gradu-\\nated in 1878. After finishing he came to Mar-\\ncellus, began practicing his profession, and has\\nbeen located here ever since. He is a most capable\\nmember of his profession, and is a highly reputable\\ncitizen. In the year 1880 he was married to Miss\\nAUie M. Clapp, a native of St. Joseph County,\\nMich., and the daughter of Dr. Clapp, of Mendon,\\nthat county. She was reared and educated in that\\ntown, and is a lady of refinement and culture.\\nOne child has been born to our subject and wife,\\nJules erne Des Voignes. .Mr. Des Voignes is an\\nactive member of the Republican party, and held\\nthe office of Circuit Court Commissioner from\\n1888 to 1891. From the latter date until 1893 he\\nwas Prosecuting Attorney- of the county. He was\\na member of the Board of Education for five\\nyears, was a member of the Village Council for\\nthree years, and was Town Attorney for thirteen\\nyeais.\\nlie is deeply interested in political attViirs, and\\nstumped the county for the Republican State Cea-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0472.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n473\\ntnil i)iiiiiiiltci III ISSO. His ri |uit;iUi)ii :is an\\n(iinlor is well known. In 1H8(1 lie was a deleojate\\nto the Stall coiivpiition. and was a dclef^ate in\\n1M8I, I8HS and 18112. .V nifinln-r of tlic County\\nl\\\\( |iiil)lic;iii (iiniiii ttei lie lia.s liccn an active\\nworkir for lii parly, an(J is one of the liist men\\nof tlic comity. He has shown his a|.|)reciation of\\n.seci i l orj^.-iiiizations by beeoiniiiij; a Ma.son (Royal\\nAivh) and a iiicinliei- of tlie Knights of Pythias.\\nHe |ii:i(li(is in all the State and Federal coui-ts of\\nllie eonnly, and is one of the most reliable and\\n|io|iiilar lawyers in western Michigan.\\nT. LKX KIE, an enterprising business man\\ni\\\\ and popular resident of Dowagiac, Cass\\nV/ County, Mich., is prolitably engaged in\\nllic jewelry trade, handling in his store a full line\\nof goods suileii to the demands of iiis locality.\\nMr. I.eckie is a native of the city of Detroit and\\nwas liorii October i, 1867. lie was the only child\\nof his parents, .lohn F. and Margaret (Nevin)\\nLeckie. The father was a native of Scotland, but\\nthe patein;U grandparents, early realizing the\\nbroader opporlunities offered to their children\\nin the land of promise beyond the sea, deter-\\nmined to emigrate to America, and came with\\ntheir sons and daughters to this country when\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2loiin i.eckie was only a child. The I.eckies at\\nfirst located in Ontario, Canada, but later re-\\nmoved to Detroit, settling in that part ol the\\nIniled States in about the year 18.59. By pro-\\nfession the father of our subject was a mechanical\\nengineer. He had enjoyed an excellent jjr.actical\\neducation and was also tlioroiiglil\\\\ versed in all\\nthe requirements of his profession. I lie mother s\\nfamily, the Nevins, were long-time residents of\\nthe Kmpire State, and weie among the leading\\nand most highly respected citizens of New York.\\nOur subject was but a little lad t)f live years of\\nage when he made his home in .lackson, Mich.,\\nliving with an uncle, and, as soon as old enough,\\nattendiiii!: the excellent public schools of the cit\\\\.\\nHe received a good practical education and was\\nyet in early youth when he learned the jeweler s\\ntrade with C G. Case, a leading merchant of Jack-\\nson. Mr. Leckie subsefiuently worked at his trade\\nin (Jreenville, Michigan City and .lackson. In\\nMay, 1892, he settled permanently in Dowagiac,\\nand opened the business which he now success-\\nfully conducts. During the comparatively brief\\ntime of his residence in his present locality Mr\\nLeckie has identified himself with the social and\\nbusiness interests of the city, and is already num-\\nbered among the public-spirited citizens of the\\ncountj-. Politically, he is asturdj Democrat, and,\\nwell posted in local and national affairs, is thor-\\noughly devoted to the interests of the party. A\\nyoung man of earnest purpose, fully alive to the\\nneeds of the hour, he realizes the importance of\\nlocal progress and improvement, and is ever ready\\nto assist in all matters of mutual welfare.\\nMr. Leckie is fraternally associated with various\\nsocieties, being a member of Masonic Lodge No.\\n211, at Dowagiac, and the National Inion, of\\nDowagiac. He is also a valued member of .lackson\\nLodge, K. P., and is also connected with the\\nLTniformed Rank of that order in .lackson. Our\\nsubject is likewise a member of Canni No. 1167,\\nM. \\\\V. A., at Dowagiac, and attiliates with the\\nKnights of the Maccabees at Dow.agiac. Well and\\nfavorably known in these orders, and a young\\nman of excellent business attainment and high so-\\ncial position, .Mr. Leckie, already occupying with\\nability a position of usefulness and inlluence, has\\na bright future before him, and, ti ue to his past\\nrecord, cannot fail to win the battle of life.\\ni^+^\\np^\\n;\u00c2\u00ab1 I^ILLIAM BUKRIS, a le.ading general agri-\\nJ/I culturist of Buchanan Township, Berrien\\nW^ County, Mich., born in I relilc County.\\nOhio, August 19, 1826, has s| cnt his entire life,\\nwith the exception of his earlii^st days of boyhood,\\namong the changing scenes of his present loc.-ility.\\nand has for (ifty-seven years been intimately tisso-\\nciated with the progressive interests of the state.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0473.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "474\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArillCAL RECORD.\\nOur subject is the flftli child of the eight sons and\\ndaughters born unto Pxlwin and Sallie (Wilson)\\n15unus, both natives of ngjnia. Reared, edu-\\nfalc d and married in the Old Dominion, the (lar-\\nt lits resolved to try their fortunes in another State,\\nand on horseback journeyed to Ohio, bringing\\nwith them in their saddle-bags their limited pos-\\nsessions. The} crossed the mountains and came\\nto I reble County, and. arriving safe and sound,\\nmade their home in that fertile district. In 183(),\\nthe} again changed their locality, then emigrating\\nwith their family to Michigan. With the excep-\\ntion of the two eldest, their children were all born\\nill Ohio, the Burrus family being a large addition\\nto the i)opulation of IJertrand Township, which\\nthey selected for their abiding-place.\\nDuring the lirst year the father farmed on\\nrented land near where Dayton now stands. He\\npurchased the second year sixty acres of wild land,\\nupon which he built a hewn-log house, and, hav-\\ning provided a shelter for wife and children, next\\nset himself resolutely to work clearing the land\\nand cultivating the soil, which in due time re-\\nwarded him with a bounteous harvest. The years\\npassed on, and in lH.iU the mother sickened and\\ndieii, and within the same year, a few months af-\\nter, the father rested from his labors. Harmonious\\nin life, they were not long divided 1)V death.\\nOf the children who gathered around the fire-\\nside of the old home, but three now survive,\\n.lames is deceased; Martha is the widow of .1. P.\\nMarlm; .Tolin is deceased; Nancy, deceased, married\\nBenton Phillips; .lulia A. is tlie wife of Nathaniel\\nHamilton; William is our subject; and Albert and\\nDinali are deceased. Reared upon a farm, our\\nsubject shared the experiences of the pioneer da^s\\nand grew up to manhood a self-reliant and indus-\\ntrious youth, ready to begin the battle of life and\\nwin his upward way. He had received instruc-\\ntion in the little |)rimitive school of his home dis-\\ntrict and, familiar with the daily round of farm-\\ning duties, at twenty-one years began the pursuit\\nof agriculture upon his own account. When\\ntwenty-three years of age, William Burrus was\\nunited in marriage with ^Hss Mary Mclntirc,\\ndaughter of William and Sarah (Furson) Mcln-\\ntirc, The father and niother of Mrs, Burrus, well-\\nknown residents of Ohio, liad emigrated from the\\nBuckeye State to Michigan in 183.5, in which year\\nMl-. Mclntire went to work in a mill beyond Niles.\\nThe country was at that time sparsely settleil.\\nhomes were few and far between, and no goods\\nfor household use could be gotten nearer than\\nNiles, then a small village. Mr. Mclntire (ire-\\nempted his land from the Ooveinment, and to his\\ndeed is appended the signature of Gen. .lackson,\\nthen President of the United States. The land,\\none hundred and sixty acres, cost its owner $1.25\\nper acre. Mrs. Mclntire was the lirst woman who\\nmade butter for sale in her locality, a fact well re-\\nmemliered by Mrs. Burrus. The first house built\\nui)on the old farm was made of round logs, and\\nduring the first winter it had neither Hoor nor\\nchiinnc}-, but nevertheless the pioneer famil\\\\- lived\\nand prospered. Mrs. Mclntire, who was born in\\nOhio in 1809, (iied in 18.50, and after her demise\\nher husband sold his farm and located west of Bu-\\nchanan, and later settled northwest of the same\\nplace, where he continued to reside the remainder\\nof his days.\\nBorn in Pennsylvania, this upright man and en-\\nterprising pioneer had |)assed twenty years of his\\nlife in Berrien County when he died, regretted by\\nall who knew him, October 25, 1856. Of the nine\\nchildien who had blessed the Mclntire home, one\\ndied in infancy; Betheny is deceased; I^ansel re-\\nsides in Denver, Colo.; Mary A. is now Mrs. Bur-\\nrus; .Joseph N. died in Kansas in 188.3; .Tohn 1).,\\none of the first volunteers from Iowa, died in the\\nservice of the Union in 1863 or 1864; ,Ioel F. re-\\nsides in Maysville, Colo.; William S. volunteered\\nin 18()2 in a Missouri regiment, and, a non-coin-\\nmis-ioned officer, died after three months faithful\\nservice; Samuel W. isa resident of Iowa; and.len-\\nnie is the wife C)f Frank Howe, of Salem, Ore.\\n(Jur subject and his estimable wife, numbered\\namong the descendants of the oldest settlers of\\nBerrien County, have reared their children to\\nlives of usefulness: .John is a prosperous farm-\\ner of Buchanan Township; Orvilla is the wife\\nof Merville Alvord, and lives in Kansas; Lin-\\ncoln is a well-known resident of Bertrand Town-\\nship: Minnie is the wife of Bennett Peters, of\\nHammond, Ind.; Mary is the wife of Frank Phil-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0474.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0475.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "A^/OA^/^A", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0476.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "I JKTKAIT AND hlOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n477\\nlips. Mild is ;it, home in tlic l()wiislii|). Olive S.\\nand Frank K. complete llie list of hrotliers and\\nsisters who have brighleiied the home. The\\nyear succeeding their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. lUir-\\nrus si)ent upon the old Burrus farm. Iiul in 18.t2\\nthey located upon a tract of forty acies, a part of\\nthe present homestead of two hundred and five\\nacres, one hundred an(1 lifty of which are under a\\nhigh state of cultivation and improved with a\\nhandsome and commodious residence, immense\\nliarns and other substantial buildings. licside\\nthis magnilicent farm, one of the finest pieces of\\nproperty in the township, Mr. Ikirrus has other\\nlanded possessions, and has through thrift and su-\\nperior business attainments achieved a comfortable\\nct)mi)etence. Our subject, aside from the tilling of\\nthe soil, devotes much of his attention to breeding\\nJCorman horses of a high grade, and handles some\\nof the best stock in Herrien County.\\nFraternally, Mr. Burrus has long been connected\\nwith the Ancient Free it Accepted Masons, atfilia-\\ntiiig with Lodge No. 68, at Buchanan, and is also\\na member of the (irange, as is likewise Mrs. Bur-\\nins. Our subject has ever taken a deep interest in\\nlocal and nalioiial affairs, and. a man of sound\\njiidgmenl, has liceii an iiii|)oilant factor in the ad-\\nvancement of matters of mutual welfare, and has\\niield with cllicicncy many important public posi-\\ntions of trust, occupying and faithfully discharg-\\nuiif the duties of various township ollices.\\nKNin F1NK(;AN. a farmer and fruit-\\nI 11 arower residin in St. .loseijh, was born on\\n,l| ft a .r. 1\\nllieold homestead ot his father m this city,\\nMarch IC. 181-2. Mis father. Patrick, was\\nborn in Dublin. I iclaiKl, while liis mother, whose\\nmaiden name was .Margaret Sage, was a native of\\nFdinl)urgh. Scotland. Both emigrated to the United\\nStales when quite young, and. coming to Michi-\\ng. iii, were united in marriage at St. .losepli. After-\\nward they commenceil housekeeping on a twenty-\\nacre tract purchased by Mr, Flnegan. In addition\\n23\\nto his farming pursuits, lie followed the trade of\\na wagfm-inaker, doing a fair business in the neigh-\\nborhood, lie built the llrst jiile-driver used on\\nthe St. .Joseph Docks, on the opposite side of the\\nriver.\\nFrom the time he came to Michigan (ISSG)\\nuntil the dale of his demise (1889), Mr. F inegan,\\nSr., continued actively engaged as a farmer, fruit-\\ngrower and wagon-maker. lie was a man of positive\\nconvictions and was an enthusiastic supporter of\\nthe principles advocated by the Democratic party.\\nIn his religiaus belief he adhered to the faith of\\nhis forefathers and vv.as a faithful member of the\\nCatholic Church. Industrious and energetic, while\\nbe never gained great wealth, he accjuired a com-\\npetence and surrounded his family with all the\\ncomforts of life. He w.as a widower for many\\nyears prior to his demise, his wife having died in\\n1 8. 1\\nThe subject of this sketch was the third in a\\nfamily of four children. He received his educa-\\ntion in the si;liools of .St. .loseph, and in his youth\\nassisted his father both in the wagon shop and on\\nthe farm. lT|)on attaining his majority, he became\\na sailor on the Lakes, on boats running between\\nChicago and Buffalo, and continued his seafaring\\nlife for a period of eight years. At the time of\\nthe great fire in Chicago, in October, 1871, he\\njoined the Governor s Guard at Springlield. HI.\\nThe comijany boarded the train on Monday at\\nSpringfield and made a fiist run to Chicago, where\\nthe company was pl.aeed under the command of\\nC!en. Sheridan. Mr. Finegan and his company\\nwiMc stationed on the North Side, and remained\\non duty six days. He then returned to St. .Jo-\\nseph, where for eight years he followed the trade\\nof a painter. Being of an economical disposition,\\nhe saved his earnings and invested them in eighty\\nacres of land, located seven and one-half miles\\nsouth of the city of St. .loseph, in Royalton\\nTownshii). It is choice land and in n high stale\\nof cultivation, well adajited to raising fine grades\\nof fruits. He still owns the old homestead of\\ntwenty acres, a part of which he platted and laid\\nout in town lots, selling at a fair profit, but re-\\nserving enough to make a comfortable home-\\nstead.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0477.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "478\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIn 1889 Mr. Finegan nianied Mrs. Martha J.\\n(inffllh, the wirlovv of Henry flriflith. She was the\\ndaughter of Jaines and Deborali (Colwell) Hall,\\nnatives respectively of Connecticut and New\\nYork State. Her parents were married in Otsego\\nCounty, and later removed to Michigan and set-\\ntled in Hillsdale County, where both died, the fa-\\nther in 1843, and the mother in 1886. Mrs. Fin-\\negan by her first marriage had three children:\\nWilliam, Alma and Flora. In his political belief\\nMr. Finegan is a IJepubliean and takes an active\\ninterest in local elections, always working with\\nhearty enthusiasm on behalf of the candidates of\\nhis chosen party.\\n^?tl*^^\\n(X[ 4ILLIAM VAN NESS. One of the pioneer\\n\\\\rJ// families of Cass County is that of which\\nour subject is an honored member. His\\nentire life has been [)assed in Howard Township,\\nand he was born October 20, 18.55, upon the\\nfarm on section 35, where he now makes his home.\\nHaving chosen for his business in life the occupa-\\ntion of agriculture, he has bent his energies toward\\nsecuring the very best possible results from the\\nland which he cultivates. It is a matter of gen-\\neral comment that his farm is one of the finest in\\nthe vicinity, and its splendid I ultivation i, largely\\ndue to his keen judgment and unwearied industry.\\nThe father of our subject, William Xiui Ness,\\nSr., was born and reared in I enn Van, N. Y., Ije-\\ning the son of John an Ness, a New Yorker, who\\ntraced his ancestry to Holland. The mother of\\nour subject bore the maiden name of Arietta Lee,\\nand was born and reared in the Empire State, be-\\ning the daughter of Roderick Lee. The pareiits\\nof our subject were married iii New Y ork, and\\ncame to Michigan in 1841, locating in Howard\\nTownship, Cass County, on the farm where Will-\\niam, Jr., now lives. There were no improvements\\nupon the place at that time, and Mr. an Ness lost\\nno time in erecting a log house for the accommo-\\ndation of his wife and chiMren. He had com-\\nmenced the work of improving and cultivating\\nthe land, and had reaped a measure of success\\nwhen his useful life was suddenly terminated at\\nthe age of thirty-seven years. His widow survived\\nhim for many years, and at the time of her demise\\nhad attained to the advanced age of sixty-three.\\nIn a family consisting of three sons and three\\ndaughters, our subject is the fourth in order of\\nbirth. He was reared on the home farm, and in\\nhis boyhood attended the district school, where he\\ngained a knowledge of the three R s. His education,\\nhowever, may be mainly attributed to self-culture,\\nand has been gained principally through experi-\\nence and observation. He remained a bachelor\\nuntil aliout thirty-two years of age, when he was\\nunited in marriage with ^liss Martha (ierberich,\\nthe ceremony being performed April 14, 1887.\\nMrs. Van Ness was born in Cass County, and is the\\ndaughter ()f David and Catherine (Miller) Gerbc-\\nrich, both natives of Lebanon County, I a. The\\nonly child of Mr. and Mrs. Van Ness is JIar} a\\nbright and intelligent child three years of age.\\nUpon the old family homestead, which consists\\nof one hundred ami sixty acres, Jlr. an N esscon-\\nducts a general farming and st( ck-raising business.\\nA Re|)ublicaii In his party proclivities, he has oc-\\ncii|)ied one of the school ollices since he was twen-\\nt3-oiic. He was nominated on the party ticket in\\n1893 for the position vf Supervisor of Howard\\nTownship, but was defeated by a small majority.\\nIn his social connections, he is identified with Ed-\\nwardsburgh Tent No. 729, K. O. T. ISL, of which\\nhe is a charter member, and now occupies the\\nposition of Clia|ilain.\\n^^^EM^-m^^^\\nII, ANSE MADISON. Thegreatcom icai-\\nricr, the iron horse, has placed every hum.-in\\nM^^ creature under a debt of gratitude fur the\\nincomparable favor of distributing the gifts\\nof the ground all over the country; thus permit-\\nting the inhabitants of Michigan and surrounding\\nStates to share with the Miehigander in the early\\nyield of fruit and vegetables. The fruit industry\\nin the state above mentioned lias a noted repre-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0478.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n479\\nseiitiitivc in lliiii.-^u iMjuHsoii. whose fertile farm of\\nforty acres is devoted to the eiiltiire of small fruits.\\nSo iiitelliifent is liis nianagemeiit of this land, so\\nindustrious are his habits, so indefatigahle are his\\nefforts, and so pushing and enterprising is he, that\\nhe h;is found the business highly i)roHlable from a\\nmonetaiy point of view, as well as agreeable to his\\ntastes.\\nMr. ]Madison owes his nativity to Denmark,\\nwhere he was born on the Kith of August, 1834,\\nhis |)arents being Madison and Dora (.Johnson)\\nMadison, both of whom were born, reared and\\nspent their lives in their native land of Denmark,\\niti which sc. i-girt land the subject of this sketch\\nwas brought up. lie was given good advantages\\nfor acquiring an education, and obtained a practi-\\ncal knowledge of the common branches. At the\\nage of twent3 -four years he decided to seek his\\nfortune across the ocean, and thither he repaired\\nin 1859. Almost immediately after iaiiding he\\ncame to Michigan and settled in 15errien Count}\\nwhere he has since made his home. He ct)mmenced\\nlife on a foreign soil with very little means, but\\nhis tastes were never luxurious, and he had been\\nbrought U|) to know the value of money and the\\nvirtue of earnest and peisistent effort, so he labored\\npatientl} and liy rigid economy soon began to see\\nan improvement in his circumstances. lie has\\nowned and cleared a number of farms, besides do-\\ning much work in the same line for ollieis, .and\\nnow lias a farm of forty acres, which, though small,\\nis amply sutlicient to keep him fully occu| ied dur-\\ning the fruit season. IJesides this tract he has live\\nacres in addition, which hehasin fruit. This land\\nis located about six and a-half miles from St.\\n.loseph. In addition to this he rents another tract\\not twenty-six acres, which is in an excellent state\\nof ciillivation, aiifl together they \\\\ield a sutlicient\\nincome to meet all his modest re(iuirements.\\nIn ISil .t he wisely coiicludccl that it was not\\ngood for mail to live alone, and he accordingly\\nwooed and won for his wife Miss .Maiy .lohnson,\\na native of Sweden, who has proven to him a help-\\nmale iudec d in his struggles to gain a competency.\\nThey have an inleresliiig fruiiily of live children,\\nwho are as follows: Lewis Alfred, who married\\nClara II. Siiubjng, and lives in Iowa; .Vndrew;\\nMinnie L.. wife of William IL lirunke; Anna\\nMay and Ilattie L. Mr. Madison is much inter-\\nested in the calling which he follows, is weli posted\\non the subject, and therefore is successful. Me\\nis a member of the lierrien County Farmers .Mu-\\ntual Fire Insurance Company, and since becoii ing\\na naturalized citizen of the I nited States lia.s been\\na Republican in his [wlitical views, his first Presi-\\ndential vote being east for U. S. Grant. His par-\\nents were earnest members of the Lutheran Church.\\nANLY B. COON. In the spring of 1864,\\namong those who came to Berrien County\\nwith the intenti(.)n of establishing perma-\\nnent homes, was the subject of this bio-\\ngraphical notice. Arriving here, he located on\\nforty .acres on section 12, Watervliet Township,\\nwhere he has since resided, devoting his attention\\nto the cultivation of the land, as well as his trade\\nof a mason. Mr. Coon was born in Stafford, (ien-\\nesee County, N. Y., August 6, 1824, his parents\\nbeing Conrad and Charity (Vrooman) Coon.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, .lohn\\nCoon, was born in Schoharie County, K. V., and\\nwas one of those valient men who left home and\\nloved ones to light for independence. He served\\nwith distinguished bravery under Gen. Washing-\\nton, and endured the terrible hardships of the win-\\nter at alley Forge. At the close of tlie war he\\nreturned to his farm in Schoharie County, where\\nhe remained extensively engaged in farming pur-\\nsuits until he was called from earth. His father\\nw.as a native of Iloll.-iiid and had emigrated to\\nAmerica at a period (piite earl\\\\ in the history of\\nthe Colonies.\\nConrad Coon, father of our subject, was born in\\nSchoharie Coiintv, N. Y., in .January, 1794, and\\nwas there reared to manhood, his educational ad-\\nvantages being i|uitc limited, lu February, 181,3,\\nhe married Miss Charity rooman. and in the fall\\nof the same ye:ir removed to .Stafford. Gtnesee\\nConiity. where he pur(li:is(Hl eight\\\\ acres and de-\\nvoted his attention to their improvement. He par-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0479.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "480\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nticipated in the War of 1812 with a bravery and\\nloyally equal to that eliaracterizing his fnther.\\nIn 1833 he sold his property in the Empire State\\nand removed to Painesville, Ohio, where he pur-\\nchased one farm of one hundred and thirty acres\\nand another of one hundred acres. His death oc-\\ncurred January 18, 1840. His wife had passed\\naway prior to his demise, May 3, 183(5. They\\nwere devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurcli. in which he was a Class-leader. Politi-\\ncally, he was a Democrat, and socially was identi-\\nfied with the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife\\nwere the parents of eight children, namely: Maria,\\nDavid, Charles, Manly B., Susan, Mary, Lydia and\\nLouisa. They also had an adoi)ted son, William\\nPerkins.\\nOn his mother s side, our subject traces his an-\\ncestry- to .lohn Vrooman, who emigrated from Hol-\\nland to the United States and made settlement in\\nDutchess County, N. Y. His son, Bartholomew\\nVrooman, was born in that county and served for\\nseven 3^ears in the Revolutionary War, being with\\nGen. Washington at Princeton and Valley Forge.\\nHe afterward settled in Schoharie County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he became an extensive farmer, and for a\\ntime was verj prosperous, but failed through en-\\ndorsing the notes of Alban merchants who failed.\\nIn 1813 he moved overland to Concord, Lake\\nCounty, Ohio, where he entered and improved one\\nhundred and twenty acres. His death occurred\\nabout 1838, at the age of eighty-four. Unto him\\nand his wife, whose maiden name was Hannah\\nMattice, were boin the following children: Charity,\\nPolly, Frederick, Susan, Bartholomew, Daniel,\\nDavid, James, Henry, Fannie, Nancy, Climena and\\nScriber. The mother was an educated and refined\\nlady and a devoted member of the Christian\\nChurch. The children all reached mature years,\\nmarried and reared families. The eldest of the\\nnumber was the mother of our subject, whose bath\\noccurred in Sharon, Schoharie County, N. Y.\\nPassing his boyhood in an uneventful manner\\non the old homestead, our subject commenced to\\nlearn the mason s trade at the age of fifteen, i liis\\nhe has followed ever since, and has gained such\\n]jroficienc\\\\ :il the liade liiat he is considered one\\nof the most skilled workmen in the county. He\\nresided in Lake County, Ohio, untiri860, when\\nhe removed to Van Buren County, and there op-\\nerated as a renter for four years, engaging in the\\ntilling of the soil during that time. In the spring\\nof 1 8fi4 he located on forty acres on section 1 2,\\nWatervliet Township, and here he has since made\\nhis home. He is one of the influential men of his\\ncommunity, is a leader in the Democratic party\\nand has held a number of township offices.\\nApril 24, 1849, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nCoon to Miss Almira Chapin, who was l)oru near\\nBellows Falls, t., being the daughter of Calvin\\nand Deborah (Tenney) Chapin, natives of few\\nHampshire. Mr. Cliai)in was of fc^nglish descent,\\nand followed the tiade of a stone-mason until his\\ndeath, which occurred in Concord Township, Lake\\nCount} Ohio. In his religious belief he was a\\nUniversalist. ^Mr. and Mrs. Coon have been the\\nparents of six children Charles M.; Emiiin, Mrs.\\nJulius Sticknej deceased; George IL; Mary, the\\nwife of Orange Ilutchins; Frank C. and Coial M.\\nf\\n,^s^ ILAS II. TIIOJIAS. Personal po|iiilarity,\\nit cannot he denied, results largely from\\nId^Ly) fli stiyi peiseverance and close atten-\\ntion to business which a person displays\\nin the management of the different occupations in\\nwhich he engages. In the case of Mr. Thomas\\nthis is particularly true, for he has adhered so\\nclosely- to farming and the stock-raising industry\\nthat high esleeni has lieen |)laced upon him. He\\nis a t3 pical .Michigan farmer, enterprising and\\nprogressive, and such a man as wields no small in-\\nfluence in the community where he makes his\\nhome.\\nMr. Thomas was liorn in Grant County. Inil.,\\nMay 14, 1832, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah\\n(Bogue) Thomas, natives res|)ectively of South and\\nNorth Carolina. The grandfather, Elijah Thomas,\\nwas born in the Palmetto Stale and was of Welsh\\ndescent. At an early date he moved to Wayne\\nCounty, Ind., and after a residence there of a few\\nyears located in Grant County, that State, where", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0480.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND liKXiUAPIIlCAL RECORD.\\n481\\nhe in. ide his 1k)iiu uiilil ISo-l. He tlicii iiiovfd to\\nSt. .lost pli County, .Midi., :iii(l dicrl near C onstaii-\\ntine. lie wii.^ a fanner and iiuiiber dealer in early\\nlife, lint was following the trade of a basket-maker\\nat the time of his death, which occurred when he\\nwas eighty-eight ye.ars of ago. His wife s maiden\\nname was Susanah Snead, and she was a native of\\none of the Caiolinas. Her death occurred in Grant\\nCounty, Ind.\\nSamuel Thomas, the father of our subject, was\\nbut a boy when he left his native State for Indi-\\nana. He was married to Miss Bogue, daughter of\\nHenjamin Bogue, and after residing in Indiana for\\nsome lime, they moved to St. Joseiih County,\\n.Mich., and tlieie both received their final sum-\\nmons. They were the parents of -seven children,\\nsix sons and one daughter, viz.: .Tosiah, Kxom,\\nSilas, David, Enos, Benjamin and Abigail.\\nWhen nineteen years of age our subject started\\nout for himself ii^- working by the day and month\\nat railroading and ditching. He helped to grade\\nthe Lake .Shore iV Michigan Southern Railroad\\nbetween Goshen and Elkhart, Ind., then laid the\\ntrack west of La Porte, Ind. When twent3--four\\nyears of age he was married to Miss Elvira\\nBogue, who was born in Cass County, Mich., Jan-\\nuary 111, IH. ifi, and who is a sister of .Stephen A.\\nBogue. (.Sec sketch.) Since his mariiage. ^Mr.\\nThomas has turned his attention principally to\\nfarming, and everything about his place indicates\\ntil the beholder that lie has made a success of the\\ncalling. He cleared the farm he now owns and has\\nresided on this since the spring of 18(50. He has\\none hundred and twenty acres of goo l land lo-\\ncale l four miles east of the county seal, and has it\\nwell improved and well cultivated.\\nIn politics .Mr. Thomas advocates the principles\\nof the Republican (larty and cast his lirsl Presi-\\ndential vote fur Col. .lohn C. Fremont. To his\\nmarriage have been iiorn six chihlren: .lames\\nArthur; Edward Foster, deceased; Mary E., wife\\nof R. AV. Gammon, a minister of the Friends\\nChurch, now in Ivulhani College; Blanch, wife of\\nChaiies M. Ratciiff, who is now Pro.seculing At-\\ntorney at .Marion. Ind.; Florence, wife of Frank\\nFox, ho is a minister of the Congregational\\nChurch, and resides in Biij Rock, III.; anil Cora A.,\\nwho died .Ian nary 22, 1 8 JO. The latter was a young\\nlady of more than ordinary intelligence and was\\nhighly respected by all. She and all her sisters\\nwere teachers and members of the Friends Cliurch.\\nMr. and Mrs. Thomas are birthright members of\\nthat cliurch and were married in the same.\\nIDNEY B. CODDING is successfully con-\\nducting general farming and stock-raising\\nupon section 18, Howard Township, and is\\nwell known as one of the successful and\\nprosperous agriculturists of Cass County. He was\\nborn in Lamoille County, t., on the 24th of .lan-\\nuar} 1845, and traces his ancestry to England.\\nHis grandfather, Abiah Codding, was, it is sup-\\nposed, born in Massachusetts and followed the oc-\\ncuiiation of a fanner in the Green INIountain .State.\\nDuring the War of 1812 he enlisted in the defense\\nof our country and fought with vah)r until peace\\nwas declared.\\nThe father of our subject, Russell Codding, was\\nborn in Vermont, where he followed agricultural\\npursuits. In that .State lie married .Sophia P^iics,\\nand there he remained until his career was termi-\\nnated by death, at the age of sixty-five years. His\\nfamily consisted of four sons and four daughters,\\nall of whom grew to maturity. Our subject is the\\nyoungest and the only member of the family now\\nliving. He was reared in the county of his birth,\\nwhere he enjo3-ed such educational advantages as\\nwere to be obtained in the schools of the vicinity.\\n1 11 187; he came to Michigan, locating on a farm\\nin Ingham County. Two years afterwanl he went\\nto Bertrand To\\\\viislii|), Berrien County, wlitre he\\nengaged as a tiller of the soil for nine years.\\nLocating on his present hipiiie in 188(;. Mr. Cod-\\nding has since devoted his attention exclusively\\nto farming opeiaticms and at the present time\\nsuperintends three hundreil and live acres of choice\\nfarming land. He is tlie owner of ninety-live\\nacres, which he devotes to general farming and\\nstock-raising (nirposes. and as he uses good judg-\\nment and sound eomiiion-sense in his investments", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0481.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "482\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand business dealings, he has gained a position\\namong the prominent farmers of the comnui-\\nnity. Politically, he is a Republican and favors\\nthe piinciples of protection of American industries;\\nliowever. he takes no active part in inihlic affairs\\nand has held no political position, although he has\\nserved acceptably in the school oHices. Socially\\nlie affiliates with tlie Jlasonic fraternity, being a\\nmember of Niles Lodge No. 4, also of the Royal\\nArch Masons of Niles, and Chapter No. 628, R. A.,\\nof Niles.\\nDecember .31, 1873, Mr. Codding married Miss\\nLora T. Hull, who was born in Fairfield, Franklin\\nCounty, Vt., .Lanuary 2.3, 1849. Her father, Mar-\\ntin Hull, was a native of the Green Mountain\\nState, and engaged in farming there, also followed\\nthe trade of a cooper. His father, Anson Hull,\\nwas originally from Connecticut and was a de-\\nscendant of English ancestry. The mother of Mrs.\\nCodding was in maidenhood Miss Lucia Bessy\\nand was born in ermont, being of English de-\\nscent. The family of which Mrs. Codding is a\\nmember numbered four children, she being the sec-\\nond in order of birth. For a number of years she\\nengaged in teaching school in Vermont and is a\\nlady of culture and refinement. The union of\\nMr. and Mrs. Codding has been blessed by the\\nbirth of one daughter, .lennie G., who was born in\\nIngham County. Mich., November 13, 187.5, and is\\nat present a student in the Niles schools.\\nJl HJAM SCOV ILL, a successful business man\\nand representative citizen of Dowagiac,\\nCass County, Mich., occupied the Mayoral\\nchair of the city for several ternis, and by\\nhis efficient administration of public affairs ma-\\nterially advanced the interests of his home local-\\nity. He has also filled with ability other positions\\nof trust, and as an official was distinguished for\\nhis straightforward course and upright character.\\nOur subject is a practical harness-maker, and has\\nfor seveial years pros|)er()usly conducted a harness\\nand saddlery business. Mr. Scovill was born in\\nthe university town of Ann Arbor, Jlich., Janu-\\nary 10, 1839, and was the youngest of seven chil-\\ndren who gathered about the fireside of Hiram\\nand Mary (Berdan) Scovill. The father was a na-\\ntive of the Empire State and was reared and edu-\\ncated in near the locality of his birth. He re-\\nmained in New York until he had attained early\\nmanhood, wlien he journe3 ed to the then f.ar\\nWest and located in Micliigan in the pioneer days.\\nThe mother of our subject was Miss Berdan, a\\ncousin of the renowned Col. Berdan. a military\\nman of note among the sharp-shooters of the late\\nCivil War. Col. Berdan was the inventor of tlie\\nfamous Berdan rifle. Mr. .Scovill came to J)o-\\nwagiac when a young man, and worked at his\\ntrade as a journeyman for Daniel Lyie for a num-\\nber of years. After a time he went into the hai-\\nness business in partnership with Arthur Smith,\\nand about 1884 bought out Mr. Smith, and has\\nsince that time carried on the business by liiinseH\\nIn all public affairs and matters of mutual welfare\\nour subject is liberal and enterprising, and can be\\nrelied upon to lend a helping hand. He was for\\nmaii^ years one of the Trustees of the town, and\\nsince Dowagiac has been incorporated as a city has\\nseived a term as Alderman. His election to liie\\noffice of Maj or, and his subsequent return twice\\nto the honored and influential jjosition, clearly\\nindicate the firm hold Mr. Scovill has upon the\\nesteem and confidence of his fellow-townsmen.\\nFraternally, our subject is a leading member \u00c2\u00bbf\\nPeninsular Lodge No. 214, A. F. fe A. M., and is\\nnow Master of the lodge, at present serving his\\neighth term in that capacity. The estimable wife\\nof our subject, to whom he was united in inar-\\nrsage .January 1 1, 1860, was Miss Elvira Andrews,\\nof Waterford, Wayne County, Mich. She was a\\ndaughter of Perry Andrews, an old resident of\\nWayue County. Mr. and Mrs. Scovill are the\\nparents of two sons. The elder, Hiram Milton\\nScovill, is now a resident of Detroit, and is en-\\ngaged .as Yard master at the Detroit Central Yards.\\nHarry Perry Scovill is connected in business re-\\nlations witli the Chicago ife Rock Island Railroad.\\nAmong the other leading enterprises of Cass Coun-\\nty is the Dowagiac Inioii Fair Association, of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0482.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BILKER APHICAL RECORD.\\n483\\nwliifli Mr. Scovill lias been President three terms.\\nAside from Ills ollii-r duties, socijil and fiateinal.\\noiir siibjeet has been actively interested in all mat-\\nters of local politics, and, a stanch Hepuliliean,\\nhas ably represented his friends and neighbors as\\na delegate to State and county conventions.\\nAMES lll-:i)L)(,)N. cdilur df the Dowagiac\\nTimes, was born in the (icnesce Nidley,\\nN. Y., August 28, 1 lie has been a\\n^_ resident of Dowagiac for more than thirty-\\nthree years, and dining that time has followed\\nvarious lines of business telegraph operator, shoe-\\nmaker, dancing-teacher, bee-keeper, editor, and\\nhas also served as ^[ayor of the cit3 Although\\nan agnostic and a strong admirer of Ingersoll,\\nllaeckel and Herbert .S|)encer, he has held the po-\\nsitidu of Superintendent of the I niversalist Sun-\\nday-school. Throughout .Vmerica and the Old\\nWorl l he is well known as a successful bee-keeper,\\napiciilturai teacher and writer for bee journals, as\\nwell as an inventor of apiarian apparatus, more\\nof his inventions Ix-ing now in use than those of\\nany utlier inventor in that line.\\ni hroughoul his entue life Mr. lleddon has been\\ni-haraclerized l)y an intense love of learning, in\\nboyhood his thir t for knowledge being very no-\\nticeable. In stature he is below tlieaverage height,\\nwhile his form is slight, lie is of an extremely\\nnervous tcnipcraiiicnl. and nicnt.-iily is exccption-\\nall\\\\ gifted. When speaking on his favorite sub-\\nject in bee conventions he is unconunonly vigor-\\nous; his sentences arc always to the point, ami\\nhis ligures and illustrations aie often irresistible.\\nHe has the powei of holding Ills audiences si)ell-\\nlionnd by his ibupience and earnestness. The\\nsame forcible style characteristic of his addresses\\npervades his wiitings.as those who have re.ad them\\nCMU tCStif\\\\.\\nTo many men tlic door of a delightful life has\\nbeen oiiened by a beautiful girl, and such has cer-\\ntainly been the experience of .Mr. Ilcddon, who\\non the l:Uh of Febriuir\\\\-. iCt J. was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Kva Hastings. Not only has\\nshe provided him with one of the happiest homes,\\nbut she also led him into apiculture. For oiu\\nyear .Mr. lleddon was under the instruction of her\\nfather, Charles Hastings, and it was during that\\ntime that lie met the lady who afterward became\\nhis wife, and also became enthused on the subject\\nof bee-culture. In former years Mr. lleddon made\\na specialty of honey production, but lately he has\\ndevoted more of his personal attention to pub-\\nlishing the Dowagiac Times and to electricity, he\\nbeing one of the owners of the Dowagiac Electric\\nPlant. He has accumulated a competency from\\nthe culture of bees, and his present ca|)ital he\\ncredits almost entirely to the production of honey.\\nTlnxiugh his invention of what is known as the\\nHeddon hi\\\\e he has gained an extended repu-\\ntation.\\nSpeaking of Mr. Heddon s hive, the Rev. I,. I,.\\nLangstoth, the most famous apiarist and apicul-\\ntural inventor in the world, says: When 1\\nsaw bees handled in Heddon s hives, and could\\nhandle them myself, all my favorable preposses-\\nsions were conlirmed, and I thought, in justice to\\nMr. He ldon and the pulilic, I ought to put this\\nupon record by writing to some of my bee-keep-\\ning friends. I did so. I would not be afraid to\\nrisk my reputation for sound judgment in de-\\nclaring the great value of the forward step which\\nhe has taken, even if I did not know that my\\nopinion accorded so well with the experience\\nof many who have had the opportunity to put\\nthe system to the test of years of practical n.se.\\nMl lleddon h;is always practiced the principles\\nof breeding bees with great success; has crossed\\ntwo valuable races, and l)v selection secured a\\nstrain with the excellencies of the original races\\nwithout their undesirable (lualities.\\nSince 1887 Mr. Iledilon has owned and edited\\nthe Dowagiac Times, and lias greatly improved\\nthe pa|ier, which is now recognized as one of the\\npromindil Democratic newspapers in southern\\n.Michigan. He is well adapted to new paper work\\non account of his great diversity of knowledge.\\nDuring his administration as Mayor of the city,\\nthe waterworks and electric light plants were put\\nin. and many other impr()\\\\eiiients made. He has", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0483.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "484\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nalways been foremost in every enterprise tliat\\npertains to the growth and development of Do-\\nwagiae. Me is one of the enterprising citizens of\\nDowagiac, whose pusli aided in maivihg it one of\\ntiie most progressive cities of Michigan. A great\\nadmirer of poetry, Mr. fleddon s favorite authors\\nare Tennyson and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Although\\nhe started poor in tins world s goods and enjoyed\\nlimited educational advantages, his boundless en-\\nergy, strict integrity and generosity have contrib-\\nuted to his success and secured for him a host of\\nacquaintances and friends.\\nMr. and Mrs. Ileddon have three children, two\\nsons and one daughter. The eldest. Will, was\\nmarried to Miss Dollie Barney in November, 1892,\\nand is tlie secretary and electrician of the Do-\\nwagiac Oas and Electric Company. He has also\\nmade several balloon ascensions, The daughter is\\nnineteen years old and unmarried. Charles, the\\nyoungest, is pursuing the study of law.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J\\nETER STREHLE, Secretary of the Three\\nOaks Exchange Company, was born in\\nBavaria, Germany, March 5, 1841, and is\\nthe son of Joseph and Theresa Oeng)\\nSirehle. His father was born in Bavaria in 1802,\\nand in his youth learned the trade of a cooper,\\nwhich had also been the occupation of his father,\\nPeter. He married the daughter of Xavier Deng,\\na blacksmith in the Old Country, and in 1852, ac-\\ncompanied by his wife and three children, emi-\\ngrated to the United States. After a sojourn of\\nfour months in Detroit, Mich., he came to Berrien\\nCounty and settled on a farm in Three Oaks Town-\\nslii)), on section 3. After clearing the land, he\\n|)urcliased other property on section 9, and gradu-\\nally acquired the ownership of an extensive and\\nvaluable estate.\\nUpon the old homestead Joseph Strehle resided\\nuntil his death, which occurred November 12, 1883,\\nat the age of eight\\\\-oue years, nine months and\\nsix days. His wife, who was born in Nesselwang,\\nBavaria, Germany, July 9, 1812, died at her home\\nin Three Oaks, December 22, 1889, aged seventy-\\nseven years. This worthy couple were devoted\\nmembers of the Catholic Church and took a deep\\ninterest in the progress and growth of that denom-\\nination. They were the parents of three childieii\\nour subject, Alphonso and John N. As pioneers of\\nBerrien County, they labored indefatigably to pro-\\nmote the welfare of their comnuinity and exiier-\\nienced the usual hardships incident to life in a\\nnewly-settled country. Politically, Mr. Strehle was\\na Democrat during the early years of his residence\\nin America, but at the commencement of the Civil\\nWar he became a Republican and ever afterward\\nvoted the ticket of that partj*. His land was lo-\\ncated on sections 3 and 9, and comprised fifty-six\\nacres.\\nAt the time the family came to the United States,\\nPeter Strehle was a lad of eleven years, and he af-\\nterward devoted his attention to the work of clear-\\ning the home farm. He had received some educa-\\ntional advantages while in German^ but coming\\nto Michigan he was unable to attend school but a\\nfew months, so that his education has been acquired\\nprincipally through experience and observation.\\nIn 1864 he was united in marriage with Miss\\nAdelia, the daughter oC John Alexander. She be-\\ncame the mother of three children and died on the\\n24th of March, 1871. The children are: Alma, the\\nwife of Ivolla Tabei a conductor on the Interna-\\ntional (iieat Northern Railroad, her home being\\nin (iaiveston, Tex.; Louise, who is the wife of W.\\nS. Whitehead, a druggist of Boise City, Idaho; and\\nJoseph, who is a coojjcr by trade and lives in (!al-\\nveston, Tex.\\nAfter his marriage, our subject located on sec-\\ntion 33, Three Oaks Townshi|), where he eng.aged\\nin farming for two years, and also carried on an\\nextensive lumber business. In 1870 he removed\\nto Chase County, Kan., and located in Bazaar,\\nwhere he engaged in the general mercantile business\\nfor about ten months. From that State he returned\\nto Three Oaks, and here engaged in the grocery\\nbusiness for fourteen years, after which he took II.\\nL. Hess into the firm and added a stock of dry\\ngoods to the store. In 1889 he retired from the\\nmercantile business, and since that time has spent", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0484.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0485.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0486.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "PORTKAri AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n487\\nliis time principally in lootiiiii, aftor his farming\\ninteresls. He owns on section 24, liicl amung\\nTownsiiip. l )Cii it n County, a tine farm consisting\\nof one liundred and sixt\\\\ acres, and lias alioiil one\\nhundred acres c-leared, wiiere he engages m the\\nraising of grain and live stock.\\nThe lady who on the 24lh of March, 1H73, be-\\ncame the wife of our subject was formerly Miss\\nHlioda A. Henson. She w;is l)orn in Hudson Town-\\nship, La I orle County, Ind., where she was reared\\nami educated. Her father, Roland Uenson, was\\nborn May 22, 18()\u00c2\u00ab, and became one of the earliest\\nsettlers of La Porte County, Ind., whither he re-\\nn)oved from Livingston County, X. Y. He became\\na prominent farmer of La I orle County and resided\\nthere until his death, which occurred on the 2!)lli\\nof July, IKOl. His wife, whose maiden name was\\nBessie Coweus, was born October 20, lf 20, and\\ndied .Jiil^ i, 1848, leaving three children, of wlioin\\nMrs. fSlrelile is now the only survivor. Mr. Henson\\nw;is afterward again married, becoming the father\\nof three children, two now living. One of Mrs.\\nSlrehle s brothers, Jesse Benson, enlisted in the\\nUnion army during the late war and died at West\\nPoint, Ky., in 18(;i.\\nThe Benson family was originally from ermont.\\nThe paternal grandfather of Mrs. Strehle, Roland\\nBenson, removed from the (ireen Mountain State\\nto Livingston County, N. Y., but afterward came\\nto Micliigaii ;ind settled near Niles, becoming one\\nof the earliest settlers of that part of the State.\\nAfterward he went to Indiana and from there to\\nIllinois, where he died in 1850, at the age of sev-\\nenty-five years, having been born May IH, 1775.\\nHe possessed the sterling traits of character of the\\n(ireen Mountain boys, as did also his .son, the\\nfather of Mrs. Strehle.\\nPolitically a Republican, Mr. Strehle is now serv-\\ning as \\\\illage Assessor and as member of the Board\\nof Education. He was I resident of the Village\\nBoard for five terms and a member of the Common\\nCouncil for a number of years. He w.as also a\\nSupervisor for two years, and has been Treasurer\\nof the township for about seven 3 ears. In 1880\\nand 1890 he took the census for Three Oaks Town-\\nsiiip. Socially, he is identified with Lodge No. 44,\\n1. O. O. v., at Three Oaks, of which he is Past\\nGrand. He was a member of the Catholic Church\\nuntil 1880, when he united with the Congrega-\\ntional Church and has since been one of the most\\nearnest workers in that denomination. He takes\\nan .active interest in the affairs of church and Sun-\\nday-school, being a teacher in the latter. The\\ncomfortable residence he and his wife now occupy\\nwas erected under his i)ersonal super\\\\ision in 1874\\nand is an attractive and cozy abode.\\n=^^+^P=-\\nHADDECS HAMPTON. The Slate of New\\nYork has contributed to Michigan many\\nprominent citizens, who have done much\\ntoward the development of the State. Among\\nthese we cLass the oentlenian whose name heads\\nthis sketch. Our subject was born in C.ayuga\\nCounty, N. Y., March 17, 181 7, and his father, An-\\ndrew Hampton, was born in Cimnecticut in 1780.\\nThe paternal grandparents, .John and Martha\\nHampton, were born In 1752 and 1751, respectively,\\nwere Quakers in religion, and of Scotch descent.\\nAndrew Hampton was married October 1, 1807, to\\nMary Finch, who was born in Connecticut, Novem-\\nber 30, 1787, daughter of Thaddeus Finch. The\\nFinch ancestors originated in England, and a belief\\nhas been current that a fortune w.as left to the de-\\nI scendants in America, but the scarcity of records\\nI rendered futile the effort to trace the lineage back to\\nthe fortune.\\nAndrew and Jlary Fincli)IIampton were parents\\nof twelve children, two of whom died in infancy;\\nten grew to maturity, and six are still living. The\\nfather, when a young man, was bound to a seven-\\nyears apprenticeship to the tailor s trade, and his\\nindenture of servitude is i)reserved in the family\\n.as a memento. This trade not .agreeing with him,\\nhe soon after his marriage .settled in Cayuga\\nCountj N. Y., where he engaged in farming until\\n1819, when, inHuenced by agents of the Poultney\\nestate, which embraced a large tract in western\\nNew Y ork, he sold out and moved to what is now\\nLivingston County, where he piirchased a piece of\\nwild land, built a log cabin and began to improve\\nhis possessions.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0487.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "488\\nPORTRAIT AND BlOtUiAPHlCAL RECORD.\\nThe first event in the memory of young Thad-\\ndeus was seeint; liis father littodout with knapsack\\nand llirce days provisions for a journey on foot\\nof tliirt}- miles to Geneva, to make the annual\\npayment on homes for himself and neighbors. But\\nthe little clearing was not productive of a surplus,\\nand in time the payments grew less, and tinally\\nceased. Then tlie home was given up, wilh but\\nlittle return for tlie \u00e2\u0080\u00a2l)etterments. In the struggle\\nfor a living which followed, it became necessary\\nfor the older children to go out to service, and\\nour subject s first contribution to the family sup-\\nport was a York shilling, a day s wages for riding\\na sharp-backed horse, witli the accustomed sheep-\\nskin mounting, cultivating corn on stumpy ground.\\nIt was a painful beginning.\\nThe father remained poor and died in 1845.\\nThe faithful mother lived to see her ten children\\ngrow up to cxemi)lify the spirit of her teachings,\\nand, hale and active at eiohty-five, she died from\\nthe effects of a broken hip bone, September 9, 1872.\\nAt the age t)f fifteen, Thaddeus learned the trade\\nof wool-carding and cloth-dressing in a shop that\\nhe had often freciuented, being surprised by an\\noffer of $5 a month instead of the usual tedious\\napprenticeship. This trade he followed until\\ntwenty j ears old.and then gladly accepted an offer\\nof ^240 for a year in a new woolen f.actory.\\nDuring this engagement he lost not a day s time\\nnor collected a cent of p.av until after his time had\\nexpired. At twenty-one he rented, for a year, the\\nshop where his trade was learned, which was success-\\nful, and his father having given him his time when\\neighteen, he now found his savings amounted to\\nover $.500. The district school facilities enjoyed\\ndid not meet his desires, and he decided to devote\\nhis savings to a better education. He accordingl}-\\nbecame a student in the Genesee Wesleyan Semi-\\nnary at Lima, and Temple Hill Academy at Gene-\\nseo for nearly five years, teaching school at inter-\\nIlls to help defray expenses.\\nIn 1844, Mr. Hampton came to Michigan, visiting\\nrelatives in Lenawee County. He taught through\\nthe summer at Clinton, and the next winter con-\\nducted the higher department in the public school\\nin .lonesville. From there he went toOttawa, 111,,\\nin 1845, and taught a jirivate school about six\\nyears. In 1852, with the avails of this school,\\nhe bought the Cunslitutionalist newspaper office,\\nchanged the name to OtUura Bepvhlican, which he\\nconducted with good financial success until 18(11,\\nwhen he sold out and engaged in the real-estate\\nbusiness in Chicago and afterwards in Michigan.\\nThis business was successful until the tinaiu-ial\\ncrisis of 1873, when, through placing too much\\nconfidence in otiieis, his accumulations vanished,\\nand he was confronted with depreciated real estate\\nreturned on his hands, with unpaid back taxes and\\nmany debts to settle. In tliis strait he did not\\nrepudiate nor despair, but procured extensions, and\\nby years of close management he had the fortune\\nto see everj debt paid, with interest sometimes\\namounting to as much as the principal. By per-\\nseverance he has partially recovered from his\\nlosses.\\nIn 18()8 our subject came to Michigan, and in\\n1870 settled in Dowagiac, where he lived about\\nseven years. Next he went to Glenwood to care\\nfor property there, and is now (1893) develo|iing\\na large stock farm, a part of it wet lands, which he\\nhopes by tile draining to make highly productive,\\nmore for the satisfaction of seeing the change than\\nthe prospect of profits.\\nMr. Hampton was married November 19. 18o(!,\\nto Mary L, Phipiien, a native of Lynn, Mass,, and a\\nj daughter of Rev, George Phippen. then of Canton,\\nConn, .She wasa lady of culture and refinement ami\\nan exemplary Christian of the liaptisl persuasion,\\n.She died February 7, 1862, leaving to the father s\\ncare two little boys: Herbert M,. now a merchant\\nat (Jlenwood; and William II, who died July 19-\\n1890. He lived single until October 20, 1873.\\nwhen he married Miss Gertrude R. Reshore, who\\nwas born in New Haven, Ohio, March 8, 184t;,\\na daughter of Louis and Jlarlha Lisle) Reshore,\\nthe father a native of Paris, France, the mother vf\\nSandusky, Ohio. They had two children, of\\nwhom only Mis. Hampton is living. She was\\neducated mainly in the Dowagiac public school, and\\nsubse(|Ueiitl\\\\ was engaged in teaching at Albion,\\nInd,, and Dowagiac, Mich,, until her marriage.\\nOf this union were bf)rn four children, Robert\\nLouis. Charles Francis, Thaddeus Lisle and Lucy\\nGrace, who are all liyinu. In religious belief", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0488.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0489\\nMis. Ihuiiptuii is a liaptisl ami is widely known as\\nan iiil( llii;ciil iironiotor of practical C liristiaiiitv.\\nMr. Hampton .s belief is, Prove all things; liolfl\\nfast that which is good. They are ht)th advo-\\ncates of temperance. Mr. Hampton never drank\\na glass of li(|Uoi at a liar, and he and his sons ab-\\nstain fiom strong drink and tobacco in any form,\\nlicith hnsband and wife believe in the enforcement\\nof industry and sobriety as a preventive of crime\\nand dependence, instead of punishment afterward,\\nwhich does not [irevent.\\nIn polities Mr. Hampton was a Whig and gave\\nhis first Presidential vote to \\\\V. H. Harrison. He\\nis strongly in favor of protection to .\\\\nierican\\nindustry, lit) was in at the beginning of the Re-\\npublican party and was seeietary of the large\\nmass-meeting held at Ottawa that inaugurated the\\nl)arty in Illiufits. Though not desirous of holding\\nolliee, he takes an .active interest in all the meas-\\nures he deems best for the public good.\\nOn .September 10, 1888, while walking on the\\nrailroad track in (Tlenvvoo(J. he was struck by a\\nfreight engine and w.as so terribly injured that for\\nweeks recovery seemed impossible, but a strong\\nconstitution, skilled physicians, and especially the\\nconstant watchfulness of his devoted wife, finally\\nprevailed, and now, at the age of seventy-six, he\\napparently has a lease of several years more of\\nusefulness.\\n^O\\nIII j jiIC HAKD CLARK, an enterprising early\\nsettler and successful general agriculturist\\nof liuchanan Township. IJerrien County,\\n^^P Mich., and a prominent member of the Kx-\\nocutive Committee of the Pioneers Association,\\nwas born in Wayne County, Ohio, May 2o, 1841.\\nOur subject was the second m a family of seven\\nchildren born unto George and .lane (Nairn) Clark,\\nlong-time and highly respected residents of Wayne\\nCounty. The father was a native of the Buckeye\\nStale, and was born in Columbiana County in 1811.\\nThe mother s birthplace was in far-olT Scotland.\\nand the year of her ii.ativily 181(i. The paternal\\ngrandfather, (ieorge Clark, was born in irginia,\\nand, a man of spirit and courage, served with gal-\\nlantry in the War of 1812. The Claiks were of\\nthe K. K. Vs.. having emigrated from Kngland in\\nan early day in Colonial history and settie(i in\\nVirginia, where they oceui)ied positions of useful-\\nness and inlluence. The maternal grandfather,\\nAlexander Nairn, and his gofxl wife spent their\\nentire lives in Scotland. Two of their sons, Will-\\niam and Duncan, came to America in 18.32 and\\nlinally located in Ohio. Jane Nairn was sixteen\\nyears old and abonnie lassie from the Scotch High-\\nlands when she made her home here, a stranger in\\na strange lanil. illiam Nairn never married and\\ndied after some years at the residence his sister\\nand brother-in-law, George Clark. Duncan mar-\\nried and died in Medina County, Ohio, leavingno\\nchildren.\\nThe father of our subject leftColumbiana County\\nin 184; and located upon one hundred and sixty\\nacres of land in ayne Coiiiily which had been\\ngiven him by his father, and which he cultivated\\nuntil his death, in 187( The old Columbiana\\nCounty home sheltered ten liapjiy children. The\\nbrothers and sisters who once clustered about the\\nfamily hearth of the paternal grandfather were:\\nAlexander, who died in Ohio; .Stephen, who en-\\ngaged in the milling business, and passed away in\\nOhio; Kleanor, who married Abner Fisher, and died\\nin Ohio; Lydia, who married Levi Brothers, and\\nalso died some years ago in Ohio. Kli/abeth, de-\\nceased; George, lather of our subject; Diana, wife\\nof James Hannams, a resident of Iowa, in which\\nState she died; Fannie, wife of James (iilson, de-\\nceased; Richard Y., a citizen of Oskaloosa, Iowa;\\nand Perry, who makes his home upon the old home-\\nstead in Columbiana County. George and Jane\\n(Nairn) Clark reared three children: Richard\\nHannah, Mrs. James II. Garnett, residing in Mc-\\nMinnville.Tenn.; and Jane L., wifeof .1. P.. Stratlon,\\nliving in Kansas City. Having walked Iran.piilly\\ntogether side by side many years, the parents were\\nnot long divided by death. The mother p.a.ssed\\naway February 4, 187G, sixty-one years of age,\\nand the father died the same year, aged sixty-five\\nyears. Honored aiul beloxeil b\\\\- all who knew", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0489.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "490\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthem, they entered into rest in the early evening\\nof their a^e.\\nOur subject was educated in tlie common schools\\nof liis native county, and also enjoyed instruction\\nin Canaan Academy for two j ears, and for one\\nyear pursued the higher studies at Bit. Union Col-\\nlege, Ohio, finally receiving a six-months course in\\nOljerlin. In 1867, Mr. Clark was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Loui-sa Helmicic, daughter of a\\nwell-known and prominent resident of Michigan.\\nIn 1868 our subject and his estimable wife located\\non a ninety-acre farm given ]\\\\Irs. Clark by her\\nfather. Mr. Clark had arrived in ^Michigan in\\n1864, .and for two years prior to, and one year\\nsubsequent to, his marriage had successfully taught\\nschool, a portion of the time in Troy, and from\\n1868 for thirteen consecutive years jjroHtably com-\\nbined the duties of an instructor a.n(\\\\ farmer. The\\noriginall}- unimproved acreage has been increased,\\nand since 1881, devoting his time and attention\\nentirely to its culture, our subject has achieved\\nmost satisfactory results, having brought up to a\\nhigh state of productiveness one hundred acres of\\nvaluable land. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have welcomed\\nto their hearts and home eleven children, but three\\nof whom now survive. Elmer is with his parents; j\\nEdith E. is the wife of Charles Shell, of Sodus\\nTownship; Richard D. is the youngest livingchild.\\nThe father of Mrs. Clark was a prominent member\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church of Berrien\\ntiprings, and the mother was the thirteenth mem-\\nber enrolled. Mr. and Mrs. Helmick joined that\\nreligious organization at the same time, and were\\never faithful and consistent Christians and work- j\\ners in the cause of religion. Mrs. Clark is also a I\\nmember of the Oionoko Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch of Mt. Tabor, (irange Hall. Our subject\\nand his wife are likewise members of the Grange,\\nand participate in all the social and business gath-\\nerings of that fratcinal association. From his\\nearliest residence in Berrien County Mr. Clark has\\nIjeen prominently identified with the progressive\\ninterests and rapid advancement vt his locality,\\nand, ever ready to assist in all matters of mutual\\nwelfare, is esteemed a liberal-spirited citizen, and\\ntogether witii his wife enjoys the confidence of a\\nhost of friends. As Highwav Commissioner he\\nhas given excellent service to the township, and\\nfor two terms efliciently discharged the duties of\\nthe i)osition to the satisfaction of the entire com-\\nmunity by whom he is suriounded.\\nARON JOHNSON. Among the fruit farms\\n@/lJ| of Berrien County prominent mention\\nbelongs to that owned and cultivated l)y\\nMr. Johnson and located on section M,\\nSt. Joseph Township. It consists of twenty-four\\nacres, upon which the owner has set out fruit\\ntrees of every variety. He engages in raising\\npeaches, jiears, apples, etc., and also finds the berry\\nindustry a proMtable one and pays special atten-\\ntion to strawberries and raspberries.\\nThe parents of our subject. Nelson and Sarali\\nJohnson, were natives of Sweden, where their son\\nAaron -was born in September, 1841. He was\\nreared in his native land and there married Miss\\nCharlotte Guslafson, whose father was a farmer of\\nSweden. Seven children were born of this unidii,\\nnamel} Charles T., of whom further mention is\\nmade in the lines below; John A., of Cliicago;\\nFred, who resides in Minnesota; Ida, who lives in\\nSt. Joseph; Johanna, Emma and Amanda, who are\\nat home with their father.\\nOn the 9th of May, 1880, .accomi)aiiic(l by his\\nfamily, Mr. Johnson emigrated to the United\\nStates, and after landing proceeded directly to\\nBerrien County and located in St. Joseph Town-\\nship. Two years later he purchased the place\\nwhere he now resides. In his political views he\\nhas affiliated with the Republican party ever since\\nbecoming a citizen of tlie United States. He is a\\nstrong advocate of temperance and gives to that\\ncau.se his stanch support. He and his wife belong\\nto the Baptist Church and are people of true no-\\nbilit\\\\ of character and piet\\nCharles T. Johnson, the eldest son of our sub-\\nject, was born in Sweden March 31, 1866. He was\\nreaicd on his father s farm in the Old Country,\\nwhence in 188U he accom|)anied the other nieni-\\nbei^of the family to America. Settling in Berrien", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0490.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n491\\nCoimly. he cinhMrUccl in t armiiiji piiiMiits, slarting\\nout ill life on his own ;ioc!oniit at the early age of\\nliftccn. lie was industrions and energetic, and his\\nefforts iiave been erowned with considerable sue-\\neess. \\\\Vh( n ready to eslahiish a home of his own\\nlie was married, on the 18th of April, DS .IO, to\\nMiss ilamin;i, daughter of Alfred Stark, and a na-\\ntive of Sweden, having been brought to this coun-\\ntry at the age of three years.\\nAfter his ni;nriage Charles J .lohnson located\\non the place where lie now resides and which he\\npurchased in 1.S.S7. Here he owns ten acres of\\nfruit land, of which eight acres are set out in pears\\nand the remainder in grapes and peaches. Me\\nlinds the pear industry a leinunerative one, and\\nduring the I ar ISDl r.aised fifteen liim died bushels\\nof pea;sfrom his eight acres, wliicli averaged about\\n\u00c2\u00a5l.. iii per liusliel. it will thus be seen that he has\\nmade of lii-^ business a success, and as as he is still\\non the sunny side of life it is probable that in the\\nfuture even greater prosperity will reward his la-\\nbors. Me and his wife are the parents of two chil-\\ndren. Marry and Clarence. In his religious views\\nhe IS a member of the First Congregational Church\\nat St. .loseph. Politically, he atfiliatcs with the\\nRepublican party.\\n^^m^^mm^^-^\\nOHITZ SEYDELL, a prosperous resident\\n1 of Heirien County, and the owner of a\\nfruit farm on section 10, St. Joseph Town-\\nship, was born in Potsdam, Prussia, Ger-\\nmany, on the loth of August, 1840. Me is of\\n(u linan parentage, and belongs to a family whose\\nmembers through many generations have been\\nidentified witii tiie growth and development of\\nthe Fatherland. Frederick William Seydell, the\\nfather of our subject, was anotticer in the engineer\\ncor|)s of the Prussian Army and w.as killed in the\\nRevolution of 1848, his widow dying of grief six\\nmonths afterward.\\nA lad of nin 3 ears when orph.-ined by his\\nmother s death, M(nitz Seydell w.-is afterward sent\\nto the military school in Potsd.-im, Prus^ia, where\\nhe remained until sixteen years of age. meanwhile\\navailing himself of the excellent oppoitunities for\\nac(piiring a |iractical (iermaii education. From\\nPrussia he went to Sweden, thence to England,\\nand later to Jermany. In 1860 he emigrated to\\n.\\\\meiica, and coming West to Chicago, located in\\nthat city, where he secured a position as teacher\\nof gymnastics in a (ierman school. In 1868 he\\nresigned that position in order to accept the place\\nof Assistant Superintendent of the Chicago Re-\\nform School. Ten years later he opened a dry-\\ngoods store and conducted a successful mercantile\\nbusiness, gaining special note as a designer of pat-\\nterns for fine silks, curtains, linens, etc.\\nIn Chicago, in 1867, Mr. .Seydell was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Matilda Probsthan, a native of\\nGermany, who emigrated to the United States at\\nthe age of sixteen years, and settled in Chicago\\nabout 18.56. Her father, Adelbert Probsthan, is\\ndeceased. Mer mother, whose maiden name was\\nMargaret Gill, makes her home with Mrs. Seidell.\\nOur subject and his wife were the parents of six\\nchildren, three of whom are living, viz.: Adelbert,\\nErnest and illiam, all of whom are at home.\\nThe others died in infancy.\\nRemoving from Chicago in the fall of 18;)2, Mr.\\nSeydell came to Beriien County and settled on\\nsection 10, St. Joseph Township. In addition to\\nthis property, which consists of twenty acres, he is\\nthe owner of five acres in another part of the\\nsame township. Ten acres have been planted to\\nfruits, and although he has not realized a crop,\\nthere is no doubt but that the farm will prove a\\nvery profitable investment. Since coining here,\\nhe has erected a number of substantial buildings,\\nsuitable to their various purposes, and the place is\\none of the most attractive rural abodes in the vi-\\ncinit}\\nAlthough of foreign birth, no native-born t ili-\\nzen of the United States is more patriotic than Mr.\\nSeydell. Me maintains an intelligent interest in\\nall matters perUiining to the welfare of the people\\nof this community, and is a firm advocate of the\\n[irinciples of the Republican p.aity. l- or mure\\nthan a (piarter of a century, he was identified\\nwith Keystone Lodge, A. F. A A. .M.. :it Chicago,\\nand has always taken an inteiest in the fr.-iteriiitv.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0491.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "492\\nPORTRAIT AND 1510GRAP1IICAL RECORD.\\nHOMAS T. HIGGINS, a representative agii-\\ncultiii ist of Jefferson Township, Cass Conn ty.\\nMich., is a native of Indiana, and was born\\nin Uandolpli County Febiiiaiy 10, 1844. Our\\nsubject is tlie son of .James T. and JMary A. (Ilig-\\ngins) Higgins, pioneer settlers of llie West. The\\nl)aleiual grandfather was born in Burlington\\nCounty, N. J., and was the son of .Joseph Hig-\\ngins, a native of Ireland, who came to the United\\nStates in Colonial days and bravely served in tiie\\nAVar of the Revolution. He long made his home\\nin New .Jersey and died within the borders of that\\nState. He became an extensive laud-owner, pos-\\nsessing seven hundred valuable acres on the Am-\\nboy River. This great-grandfather of our subject\\nreared a family of five sons and three daughters.\\nThe paternal grandfather also served in the AVar\\nof the Revolution, giving his time as a teamster.\\nWhile yet a young man he located in Delaware,\\nand there died at the age of four-score and seven\\nyears. His good wife, Margaret Wiight, emigrated\\nfrom England with her parents, who were inem-\\nbers of the Quaker sect, and settled in New .Jersey,\\nwhere tlie father. Dr. Wright, enjoyed a large .and\\nsuccessful practice.\\nJames T. Higgins, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in AVilmington, Del., August 22, 1807. At\\ntwent3-two years of age he began carr3ing the\\nmail from Newcastle to Ft. Delaware. He con-\\ntinued in his duties as official carrier until 1830,\\nwhen he was employed by Joseph Canon in build-\\ning the Newcastle fe Chesapeake Railway. In 18.50\\nlie journeyed to Wayne County. Ind., and farmed\\nupon rented land for one year. At the end of the\\ntwelvemonth he located in Randolph County,\\nwhere he entered and cleared eighty acres of Gov-\\nernment land. He afterward added eighty acres\\nmore to the homestead, and was a hard-working\\nand upright man. In early life he was a Demo-\\ncrat, and after the Jackson administration a Whig,\\nuntil toward the close of his life he became a Re-\\npublican in sentiment. He was, however, broad\\nand liberal in his ideas and gave his vote usually\\nfor the best man regardless of party. During\\nhis youth he was a member of tlie Christian Church.\\nHe was twice married, his (list wife being the\\nHjolher of Tliomas T. She was Ijorn in Burling-\\nton County, N. J., and was the daughter of Will-\\niam Higgins, a cousin of our subject.\\nJames T. and Mary A. Higgins were the parents\\nof eight children. Theii three sons were Thonia.-,\\nthe eldest-born; Amos, who died in prison at Ma-\\ncon, ia., having been captured at Pittsliurg Land-\\ning; and Geoigc, the youngest. Tlie daughters in\\ntheir order of birth were Sarah Rockhill, deceased;\\nMary Ilass; Elizabetii Hess, deceased; Emily Hess,\\nwho died in Missouri; and Catherine Westfall. The\\nmother died in June, 1872, aged fifty-nine years.\\nShe was a devoted member of IheChristian Church,\\nand had been a resident of La Grange Township,\\nCass County, since 1853. Thomas T. Higgins,\\nborn and reared on the homestead of his jiarents,\\nattended the schools of the district and gained a\\ncommon-school education, and by careful stud\\\\-\\nand reading has become well posted in the leading\\ntopics of the day. At eighteen years of age he\\nstarted out in life for himself, working on his own\\n.account upon his father s farm. At nineteen years\\nof age he married, and afterward at first farmed\\nupon rented land, but soon bought a fort^-acre\\nfarm, which he brought up to a high state of cul-\\ntivation. Prospering, he has added to his original\\nhomestead and now owns two hundred acres of\\nvaluable land, a portion of which is yet unim-\\nproved.\\nMr. Higgins was united in marriage with Miss\\nCaroline Ralhbun July 4. I8G7. Mrs. Higgins is\\na daughter of Lucius and Sarah (Glick) Rathliuii.\\nThe father was born in Rhode Island, and the\\nmother in Clarke County, Ohio. In very early\\ndays Mr. Rathbun resided in New York, but in\\n1820 settled in Ohio. In 1842 they |)crinaneiitly\\nlocated in Cass Count}-, Mich., journeying hither\\nslowly by wagon. Mr. Rathbun bought one liuii-\\ndred and sixty acres of land and lived upon the\\nhomestead until Ins death, in 187.5, at the .age of\\nseventy-five 3eais. In early manhood he was a\\nWhig, but later joined tlie ranks of the Republican\\nparty. He was connected with the Christian Church,\\nand was a man of sterling integrity. Twice mar-\\nried, lie was first united with Miss Rhoda Gillette,\\nwho bore him eleven I hildren. eightsonsand three\\ndaughters. His second wife became the mother of\\nseven children, i\\\\ve sons and two daughters. Five", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0492.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD\\n403\\nof tlio family liviil to iii:itiiro ycnis. LiR-ius Katli-\\nbiin wasascm of .loiiatlian Ivatlilmii. horn in Rhode\\nInland in ISltO. and \u00c2\u00abas a farmer hy occupation.\\niranilfalhci (ilicl served in the War of ISl i and\\ndied at an advanced age. lie was of (ierman an-\\ncestry. )iir subject and his estimable wi(e have\\nbeen bU SM (l by the birth t_if live children: .1. I\\nFhirence May. Claud II., Leila Ada and Maud\\nj llsie. Mr. Iligyins is well known in Cass County,\\nand is hii;lily esteemed as a friend and citizen.\\nHe has with al)le fidelity occupied positions of\\nIrn.-t. and w;is Deputy State Insiiector of Oils, serv-\\nin j for two years under Tf)v. Luce. In political\\nalfiliation, our subject is a Republican, deeply in-\\nterested in both local and national atl airs.\\ni\\nny^\\nON. WILLIAM .V. l ..VKHR. M. 1). U is a\\nwell-established fact that a man of uatiual\\nability, if possessed of integritj- and en-\\nei-ify, can accomplish almost any given pur-\\nlio.se in life. Every dav furnishes examples of\\nmen who commence a business career empty-\\nlianded, and in a lirief period of time accumulate\\nconsider.ible foiltuie.\\nDr. liakiu was born in Wayne County. Ohio, at\\nNew Pittsburgh, March 17, IMl; and is the son\\nof .lames F. Baker, who was born in (irafton, W.\\na.. in 180 .James ISaker was a tailor by occu-\\npation, and when twenty-one year.s of age went to\\nWayne County, Ohio, on horseback. He wasaCap-\\ntain of State militia and an Abolitionist, He\\ndied in Ohio in 18.J0, leaving a widow and five\\nchildien, namely: Klizabeth Nicely, now deceased;\\nRebecca J. Warner, of Kansas; Alartlia .T. Welcher,\\nof I ittsford, Mich.; Williani A.; and Marietta V.\\nStevic, of Pittsford. The mother of this family\\nof children was born near Canton, Ohio, in IHlll,\\nto the Hon. John Hull, a pioneer of Ohio, and\\na prominent man in the vicinity where he resided.\\nHe erected the first hotel in Ashland, Ohio, and\\ndid much toward the progress of that town, lie\\ndied in Sandusky County, ()hio, since llieCi\\\\il\\nWar, at the great age of ninety years. The nioilicr\\nof our subject, who later married Daniel Kii)linger.\\na farmer, bore him one daughter, Mrs, A. L.\\nSwartz, and died in the summer of 1888, During\\nher lifetime she worked faithfully in the interests\\nof the Methodist Church.\\nAVhcn ten years of age. Dr. liaker was bound\\nout for eleven years, but when the war broke out\\nhe enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and\\nSecond Ohio Infantry, .as a private, .\\\\fter reach-\\ning Kentucky he was rejected by the Inited States\\nmustering oflicer on account of his size, but he re-\\nenlisted August 10, 18(;i. in Company K, One\\nHundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry. This\\ntime he was more successful, and was immediately\\nmade Corporal, distinguishing himself in the battles\\nof Murfreesboro, and Kingston (N. and jiar-\\nticipating in twenty-three other engagements. He\\nwas discharged at Charlotte, N. C., July 1 1, 18(),\\nand returned to Ohio, where he attended school at\\nCanaan, .after which he began the study of medi-\\ncine under Dr. James IL Wallace. Not being en-\\ntirely satisfied, the young doctor tof)k a course of\\nlectures at Ann .\\\\rbor in 1867-(J8. and graduated\\nin the Cla.ss of 70. After leaving college he\\nUicated at Coloma, Mich., where he has practiced\\never since. In 1882 he graduated from Rush\\nMedical College, and has also finished the courses\\nof a number of other medical societies f)f minor\\nimportance.\\nOur subject has served in various township\\noffices, filling the office of .Justice of the Peace\\nvery creditably for tvvo years and .serving one\\nterm as Supervisor. In the fall of 1886, he was\\nelected to the .State Legislature, and in 1888 w.is\\nre-elected. Mis services became so well and favor-\\nably known, that in 188!) he was a candidate for\\nSpeaker, and also acted as Chairman of the Com-\\nmittee on Ways and Means. The Doctor was Medi-\\ncal Director of the (irand Army of the Republic\\nin 18i)0, and at the present time is filling a like\\n|)osition in the l V. V. of the State.\\nThe honorable gentleman of whom we write was\\nunited in marriage to .Mice M. Clark, who was\\nliorn ill Medina County. Ohio, to Daniel and\\n.Martha (Zuver) Clark. The lirst-named parent\\nwas a pioiH cr f;ii iiier of I .crrien Coimly. and en-\\nlist ,vl in Company I, Twelfth .Michigan Infantry,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0493.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "494\\nPOx^TRAIT AND BlOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\nas Fife-Major of liis regiment. Soon after the\\nbattle of Shiloli, which is so well known in iiistoiy\\nas one of the bloodiest contlicls of the war, he\\ntook sick from exposure and died.\\nOur subject has four cliildien. .Jessie L. is\\na teacher in the Benton Harbor School, and a\\ngraduate of the college of that city. Allen W.,\\nwlio has been attending college and is now a uni-\\nformed guide at tlie World s Exposition, is a\\nyoung man of prominence and served as page in\\nthe State Legislature of 188i). The othei- two\\nchildren bear the names of Inez W. and Dot, their\\nnames having been given them by the Woman s Re-\\nlief Corps of the State. Mrs. Baker is a delegate to\\nIndianapolis, and is a valuable and influential mem-\\nber of the society to which she belongs. The Doc-\\ntor is an honored member of the Ancient Free it\\nAccepted Masons and of the (irand Army of the\\nRepublic. He also has full membership witii the\\nKnights of the Maccabees. Dr. Baker not only\\nmeets all his obligations as a physician, but is an\\nextensive dealer in real estate and owns a valua-\\nble farm of one hundred and twenty-two acres\\n(which is devoted particularl} to the breeding of\\nfast horses) and twenty-two acres platted in vil-\\nlage lots in Coloma. As a successful physician,\\nDr. Baker has won an enviable reputation, and is\\naccorded high esteem and confidence in this com-\\nnuinil V.\\n^^r^AH :SlAS A. Bl NBURY. In the ages past\\ni/rt^\\\\ little* or no attention w.as given to the\\ntreatment of the diseases of animals, but\\nwith the ever-advancing civilization a wonderful\\ncliange has been wrought in this department of ac-\\ntivity, and at the present time stock-raisei S invar-\\niably secure the best medical attention for their\\nhorses and cattle. Among the i)eo|)le of south-\\nwe.-tcrn Michigan there is no veterinary surgeon\\nwhose reputation for skill and success is more\\nliriiily establisliod lliaii that of Dr. Bunburv. Ilis\\njntirniary and ollicc are located at os. 1211, 131\\nand 133 South Second Street, Niles, in one of the\\nmost pictures(iue and attractive parts of the city.\\nIn Cass Count\\\\ Mich., near the Berrien Couu-\\nI ty line, the subject of this sketch was born on the\\nJth of December, 184.5. lie is of Irish parentage,\\nhis father, Pklward Bunbury, having been born in\\nthe Emerald Isle, while his mother, whose maiden\\nname was Mary Kelly, was born in (Juebec, Canada,\\nof I risli parentage. She accompanied her parents\\nto Berrien County when a small child and grew to\\nwomanhood here. The father of our subject ac-\\ncompanied his brothers, Matthew and James, to\\nAmerica. lie located first in Kalamazoo, Mich., and\\nremoved thence to Berrien Count}-, securing em-\\nployment here on the Michigan Central Railroad.\\nIn 18.52 he embarked in the livery business and\\nconducted a profitable trade until his death, which\\noccurred February 10, 1876, at the age of fifty-\\nnine years. His widow is still living and makes\\nher home with one of her daughters, Mrs. JMaggic\\nBlain, residing near Osage City, Kan.\\nThomas A. Bunbur^ received his education in\\nthe union school of Niles, and the knowledge\\nthere gained was afterward sup|)lemented by a\\nthorough course of study in Notre Dame Univer-\\nsity, at Notre Dame, I lid. Upon leaving college\\nhe entered his father s employ, his special work\\nbeing the care of sick horses, not only those\\nbelonging to the stables but also to the people\\nliving in Niles. From necessity he was obliged to\\nbegin the study of medicine and the anatomy of\\nthe horse, and soon acquired a thorough knowl-\\nedge of the profession. After his father s death\\nhe commenced in business for himself, fitting up a\\nbarn for the care and treatment of all kinds of\\ndiseases and ailments of horses, and his business\\ngrew so that he acquired a widespread reputation\\nfor skill and proficiency. He is often called to\\nother parts of the State in consultation and for\\nthe purpose of treating difficult cases, so that lie\\nhas quite a large circuit in his profession. In al-\\nmost every case he has met with success. His\\nready practice in handling horses secures to him\\nsuperior advantages as a veterinary surgeon.\\nIn 1872 Dr. Bunoury married Miss Anna Machin,\\nt Bertrand. Niles Township, Berrien County, and\\nthe daughter of ,Ioliu and Eliisabeth (Anslow)", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0494.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0495.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii^.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0496.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND UIOGKAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n497\\nMacliiii, early settleis of lliis t()\\\\vii hi|i. I)|-. and\\nMrti. I .mihmy have ft ur cliildreii: Man Saiali.\\nKdwaid and Kloreuce. In lii.s political opinions, our\\nsiil)ject is a stanch Democial an I always S ^es liis\\ninllueiK C to tiio candidates of liis c-hoscn party.\\nTvvicc lie was elected to the position of Treasurer\\nof Niles, and his service in that unpi.itant ollice\\nwas perfectly satisfactory, lie is Ji nienilier of St.\\n.loseph Lodge No. 2H1. A.F. A- A. M., of which he\\nis one of the charter nieniliers, and a charter\\nincnilicr of the M.accabees Lodsje, Niles Tent.\\n~^i\\n//r^, VX )ROE W. KINC;. If there is any one class\\nof men which more than any other is en-\\ntitled to the consideration and respect of all\\ntrue citizens, it is that class of brave, persevering\\nmen whom we call pioneers. To them we owe the\\nluxuries which surround us. They endured the\\nhardships and labored unweariedly in order that\\ntheir descendants might have the comforts which\\nto them were denied. Such a one is the subject\\nof this sketch, now an aged man, who is passing\\nhis declining years ti-anciuilly. lie is a familiar\\nand prominent figure in the city by the lake, re-\\nspected and trusted by the business men of St.\\nJoseph, and reverenced b\\\\- young and old.\\nOur subject is the son of Henry A. and Cynthia\\n(Nichols) King, natives of New York. lie was\\nborn in Onondaga County, that State, January\\n12, 1816, and one year later his parents removed\\nto Jefferson County. He spent the early years of\\nhis life in the lOmpire .State, where he gained his\\neducation in the coininon .schools and aided his\\nfather in the farm work. In IMI 1 he came West\\nto Michigan and settled in liciiton Township. Ker-\\nrien County, where lie cleared two hundred acres\\nol liiuliered I.iikI. and devoted the entire tract to\\n;.;eiieial farming purpo.ses. As a farmer he was\\nskillful and ent.erprising, and by the proper fertili-\\nzation of the soil and idiatioii of crops secured\\nthe most satisfactory results from his land. The\\nfarm was placed under high ciihivation as the\\nyears passed b\\\\ iiniil ii look front r.ank among the\\nestates of lierrien ouiit\\\\. residence suitable to\\nthe needs of the family and contaiping the com-\\nforts of existence embellished the place, as well\\nas other structures, roomy and substantial.\\nThe life of a farmer is usually uneventful. K.ach\\nyear the seed is sown, the waving grain tosses to\\nand fro with every breeze, the harvest tune conies\\nand the grain is stored aw.ay in the granaries for\\nwinter use. In a general vva} this was the life of\\nMr. King for more than thirt} years. He gained\\na reputation for miles around as an honorable man\\nand public-spirited citizen, as well .as successful\\nfarmer. In 1877 he retired from farming pur-\\nsuits and moved to .St. Joseph, where he has since\\nresided. He still owns the old homestead in Ben-\\nton Township of one hundred and eighty acres of\\ngood land, most of which is under cultivation.\\nIn addition to the farm, he is the owner of consid-\\nerable real estate in St. Joseph.\\nOn September 7, 1837, occurred the maiiiage of\\nMr. King to Miss Susan Williams, of New York.\\nSix children were born of the union: Eunice.\\nHenry, George, Delos, De Golierand De Witt. All\\nare living except the daughter. Eunice. The pres-\\nent wife of our subject, to whom he was married\\nin 1884, was Miss Diantha E.. daughter of .Sylves-\\nter and Emily (Lloyd) Totman. She is a lady of\\nrare worth of character and is highly legarded in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2St. Jose|)h. where she has many warm personal\\nfriends. While Jlr. King is not actively interested\\nin politics, he nevertheless is a pronounced cliaiii-\\npioii of the K eiiulilican part), and votes that ticket\\nat e\\\\erv election.\\n\\\\f7 EWISC. LYBROC^K. Of the younger ele-\\n|l ment of our prominent, energetic and in-\\nJ^\\\\ Huential citizens, none are better known\\nthan Lewis C. Lybrook, one of the practical and\\nsucce. ssful farmers of Cass County. During the\\nyears he has followed his chosen occupation here,\\nhe liassJKnvn himself endowed with superior ability,\\nand his compn^liensive knowledge of ever;( tliing", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0497.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "498\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAI HICAL RECORD.\\npertaining to his calling and soundness of judgment\\nhave placed him among the substantial farmers of\\nhis locality. He was born on the farm where he now\\nlives, section 28, Silver Creek Township, in 1856,\\nand from an early age has dis()layed much apti-\\ntude for his calling.\\nHis giaudfather, Isaac L. Lybrook, was a native\\nof tiie grand old Stale of Virginia, and was there\\nreared to manhood and married, selecting his wife\\nin the person of Miss Nancy Burk. He was a\\nman of education and learning, and in connection\\nwith farmin g was for many years engaged in till-\\ning the soil. At an early date he moved to (iiles\\nCounty, that State, and there his son Baltzer,\\nfather vf our subject, was boiii in 1824. Like\\nmost of the farmer boys of that day, the latter re-\\nceived his education in the district schools, and\\nhis early experience as a farmer was most benefi-\\ncial to him in later years. When but a child he\\nemigrated witli his motlier to the Buckeye State\\nliut a few years later he came with her to Cass\\nCounty, Midi., where he made his home up to tlie\\ntime of his death. They were among the first set-\\ntlers of their township, having settled there about\\n1828 or 1829, and were classed among its repre-\\nsentative citizens.\\nThere Baltzer grew to manhood, but later he\\nwent with his mother to Berrien County, where\\nhe was married to Miss Klizaljeth Miller. Foliow-\\nino his marriage he entered a piece of land in that\\ncounty and there remained for some time. Latei,\\nhe entered the land where our subject now lives,\\none hundred and sixt}- acres, and lived to see\\nthis all well improved. He was a stanch advocate\\nof the Democratic party and was called on at dif-\\nferent times to hold township offices. He was\\nTreasurer and Highway Commissioner and was an\\nable and careful official. His death, which oc-\\ncurred in 1886, was the occasion of great sorrow,\\nfor all felt the loss to be sustained b^ the depart-\\nure.of such a man.\\nOur subject, the eldest of the four children born\\nto his parents, has always been a resident of Cass\\nCounty, and is one of the young but representa-\\ntive citizens. His brother and sisters were named\\nas follows: Andrew, at home; Eliza, wife of James\\nSnyder; and Anna B., wife of Edward Moove.\\nLewis C. supplemented a coranion-school education\\nby attending the Dowagiac High School, and has\\nalways remained under the parental roof. He is\\nwell informed and well educated, and for some\\ntime taught school, where he made quite a re|)uta-\\ntion as an educator. Since his father s death lie\\nhas taken charge of the farm, and with the assist-\\nance of his brother has carried it on successfully.\\nIn politics, he is a Democrat and has held the of-\\nfice of Supervisor and Clerk of the township.\\nH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0H\\n3P^^^\\nL.VXSON .1. FUX. One of the most nota-\\nble examiiles of success furnished by the\\nhistory of Niles mercantile enterprises is\\nthat of the firm of A. J. Fox ifeSon, which\\nlias enjoyed a steady expansion of its trade and\\nincrease in its facilities from its original cstabli^li-\\nnicnt ill l^iTO to the present time. The store is a\\nsubstantial building, 22x80 feet in dimensions, two\\nstories lieing utilized for the stock, which consists\\nof a full line of dry goods, carpets, oil-cotli, cur-\\ntains, etc.\\nThe senior inemlier of the firm, Alanson .1. Fox,\\nwas ln)rn in the city of Jackson, Mich., .laiiuary\\n;31, I8. ?7. His father, Alanson Fox, was a native\\nof New York Slate, and was liorn thirty miles\\nsouth of Buffalo. He followed the trade of a sliip-\\ncarpenler and wheelwright, and erected the first\\nrtouring-inill in .lackson, tins Stale, lie had re-\\nmoved with his family to this city in 1836. and\\ndied eight years afterward. His wife was Caro-\\nline .1., daughter of Gilbert L. Harrison, and a na-\\ntive of New York. After the death of .Mr. Fox,\\nshe married again and died in Michigan, in I.S80.\\nThe voungest in order of birth of foui cliildrcii,\\nour subject passed his boyhood days in .lackson\\nuntil the age of twelve years. Being a stepson,\\nmatters liecame very unpleasant at home, and ac-\\ncordingly at that age he started out among .stran-\\ngers and commenced the battle of life for him.self.\\nHis entire possessions consisted of an ordinary\\nsuit of clotlios and seventy-live cents in money,\\nwith wliicli, and a considerable amount of deter-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0498.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n409\\niiiiiKitidii ;iii(l courage, lie started (in fool to the\\nhome of liis married sistei Mis. Howe, who then\\nicsided in Hen-ien County. He ii:id not gone very\\nfill- when it commenced to niiii, and his clothes\\nwere soon drenched. He Iriiveled along until late\\nin the evening, when lie stopped at a house and\\n!i! k( d if lie could stay all iiiglit. Supposing liim\\nlo be a runawa3 boy, tlie man refused to keep him\\nand advised him to go liome.\\nWith this rebuff, the wear_\\\\ lad once more faced\\nthe elements. The road along which he traveled\\nwas kirted on both sides by timber, and, being\\nwet, hiingiy and tired, he .sat down on a log and\\ninedilatod upon how to pass the night. He soon\\nregained his usual courage and resumed his jour-\\nney. At the next house he was met at the door\\nby a lady who invited him in, placed before him\\nan appetizing supper and gave him dry clothes,\\nputting his suit before the lire to dry. The next\\nmorning after breakfast she had him tell his story,\\nand in sympathy with him offered him ^2 to aid\\nhim in reaching his sister s. At the same time,\\nwith tears in her eyes, she gave him some good\\nadvice, for which he has always heki her in the\\nliighesl esteem.\\nArriving at his sister s house, our suiiject at-\\ntended school in that vicinity the following win-\\nter, and then returned to .lackson and spent the\\nsummer. He then joined his sister and brother-\\nin-law at Huchauau, thiscounty, where he attended\\nthe scliools for one winter. Later he secured em-\\nployment on the Rock Island Uailinad, near Gen-\\neseo, ill., and did carpenter work and was vari-\\nously engaged until he reached his twentieth year.\\n.\\\\l that age he entered the employ of Samuel\\n(iiilliii, of Nik^s, Mich., and occupied a clerical po-\\nsition 111 his store for three years. Later he pur-\\nch.ascd lifty-three acres near lUichanaii, where he\\nengaged in farming for three years, and then, re-\\nluiiiing to Niles. engaged as clerk for 11. Eastman\\nfor five years. He then embarked in the dry-goods\\nbusiness. Sixteen months afterward he sold the\\nstot k and became a traveling salesman, his route\\nincluding the Stales of Michigan, Indiana and\\nOhio.\\nIn 187. 5 .Mr. l ux furmcci a partnership with\\nGeorge W, pougaii, uiidec tlic liiiu iiame of Fox\\nDougan. and they conducted a large trade in\\ndry goods for five years, after which they divided\\nthe stock. Our subject continued merchandising\\nalone until 1885, when he took into partnership\\nhis son, Carl J., the title of the lirm being chimged\\nto A. .J. Fox Son. Subsequently another son,\\nHarry L., was taken into the firm, the title remain-\\ning the .same as before. These two sons are the\\nonly children of Mr. and Mrs. Fox. The latter\\nwas jMiss Saliiia A. Diewett, and prior to her mar-\\nriage followed the profession of a teacher in Roch-\\nester, N. Y., and Jlichigan. The religious home\\nof the family is in the Presbyterian Church, in\\nwhich they are active workers and liberal con-\\ntributors. In politics, Mr. Fox is a Republican, but\\nIS not a partisan in Ins preferences. Socially, he\\nis a member of .St. .Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4,\\nA. F. et A. M.\\nE*^*\\n(f^REDERICK C. SCHMIDT. Prominent\\namong the business men of Xiles who\\nthrough the exercise of sound judgment\\nand energy have attained to a position of intlu-\\nence in the coiiiuiuiiitv, may be mentioned the\\nname of Mr. Schmidt, who is a well-known whole-\\nsale and retail dealer in meats at this place. He\\nis a native of Germany and was born on the .jlh\\nof April, 1858. lie was a child of throe years\\nwhen his parents, Frederick A. and Anna C.\\n(Kenniffhoff) Schmidt, emigrated to America. ;ind\\nafter landing in New York City pr(K eeded thence\\nto Michigan and settled in Isiles. Here Mr.\\nSchmidt, Sr.. opened a meat-market in 18()1\u00c2\u00bb and\\nremained in business for man}- years. The mother\\nand wife passed from earth in 1890.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice was\\nreared to manhood in Niles, where he w.is the re-\\ncipient of good educational advantages in the\\ncommon schools. After taking a course of study\\nin book-keeping, he entered his father s establish-\\nment and became book-keeper for the meat market.\\nUpon teaching his majority he opened n Iiie\u00c2\u00bbt\u00c2\u00ab", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0499.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "500\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmarket on Main Slreet and has remained there\\nsince, meanwhile buildinw up an extensive and\\nprofitable trade and handling both fresh and salt\\nmeats. The wholesale and retail business amounts\\nto about fid, 000 per annum, and the success\\nwhich ha.-; lenardod the cntei ijrise proves better\\nthan mere words could do the sagacity and good\\njudgment of the proprietor.\\nA very important event in the life of Mr.\\nSchmidt was his marriage, which took place De-\\ncendjer 13, 1881. and united him with Miss Carrie\\nB. Ives, an accomplished young lady, residing in\\nNiles, and the daughter of E. B. Ives, a prominent\\ncitizen of the place. The union has been blessed\\nby the birth of four cliildien, namely: Ihirry B.,\\nCarl B., Norma and a baby. The family residence\\nis a commodious and conveniently arranged house\\nand is situated on Third Slreet. Here Mr. and\\nMrs. Schmidt welcome their hosts of friends with\\nthat cordial hospitality for which they are well\\nknown, and here Mr. Schmidt tinds relaxation\\nfrom the cares of business.\\nWhile not an ottice-seeker, Mr. Schmidt lakes an\\nintelligenl interest in imblic affairs and advocates\\nwith warmth and fidelity the principles of the\\nDemocratic party. In his social atliliations he is\\nactively associated with the Ancient Order of\\nUnited Workmen, and is also a member of the St.\\nJoseph Valley Lodge No. 4, A.F. .fe A. M., Niles\\nChapter and Coinmandery,and theKnighls Tem-\\nplar. In every respect he is a worthy representative\\nof the German-American citizenshiii which has\\ncontributed so effectively to the progress of the\\nI niled States.\\ne-^+^1\\nROE. GEORGE J. EDGCUMBE, A. M., Pii.\\nD., rrineipal of Benton Harbor College, was\\nborn near Plymouth, England, November\\n17, 1844, and is the son of William and\\nEliza (.layne) Edgcuml)e. Mis childhood years\\nwere passed in his native [ilace, and he enjoyed\\nexeejHional educational adx antages, his studies\\nbeing carrietl on under the preceptoiship of some\\nof the most noted teachers of England. It may\\nwith justice be said of him that he availed himself\\nto the utmost of his opportunities, and through\\ndiligence in study and a systematic course in read-\\ning, he gained in his youth a broad knowledge of\\nhistorical subjects on giuieral topics of interest.\\nHe was graduated from Victoria Univei sity in\\n187; and later from Wesleyan University, receiv-\\ning the degree of Ph. D.\\nAfter lining some of the best positions in the\\npublic schools of the country, and gaining the rep-\\nutation of being one of the most successful dis-\\nciplinarians and Instructors, in 1883 he came to\\nBenton Harbor, where he became Superintendent\\nof the city schools and continued In that ca[iacity\\nfor a period of three years. While occupying\\nthat position, he effected many improvements in\\nthe character of the branches taught, as well as the\\nmode of teaching, and succeeded in placing the\\nschools here upon a substantial footing.\\nIn 1886 he founded the Benton Harbor Noiinal\\nand Collegiate Institute, which he conducted with\\na continually iiicieasing attendance until 18i\u00c2\u00bb 2.\\nDuring that ye:u- the school was Incorporated and\\nthe name of the Institution changed to the Benton\\nHarbor College and Normal, under which title it\\nIs now conducted. Ileie students are pie|)ared\\nfor the higher universities and colleges, and many\\ngo directly from this Institution to Wclle-ley\\n(Mass.) College, the State University of Michigan\\nat Ann Arbor, Northwestern College, and other\\nprominent universities.\\nThe building is a line frame structure, f(]ur\\nstories in height, and most beautifully located on\\nthe Morton BlutT, overlooking the lake and the\\ncity. It has an attendance in the acade;iiic de-\\npartment of two hundred and fort} and for the\\nsummer session an attendance of sixty-seven. The\\nmusic conservatoiy has an attendance of liftv-\\ntwo, while In all the departments there is an\\naverage of four iiundred and sixty students.\\nEighteen teachers constitute the workliiii force f\\nthe Institution, under whose careful and intelli-\\ngent guidance the students make rapid advance-\\nI ment in their chosen studies. There are two\\ngooil doruiitories occupied by teachers and stu-\\ndents, and in these board may be secured at ^2,2rj", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0500.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGIIAPIIIC AL RECORD.\\nr.di\\nor \u00c2\u00a52.50 per week, while yooi) aei-oinnuKlations late war. reiving for three years in the Kalaiiia/.uo\\nare also furni.shed hy private families near the Hattery, and died soon after the close of the war.\\ncollcsic. The institution. IhiHi in point of atten- Sarah married Samuel Sliivels, a retired farmer re-\\ndance and grade of scholarship. lanUs among the siding in Constantine, Mich., and they iiave three\\nbest in the State, and great credit is due tiie gen- children. The mother of our subject died three\\ntleman to whose intelligent labors and well-directed years after the family came to Michigan, and the\\nefforts these results uiav In allrilHit(Ml.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^liollN iJRArER.one of the wealthy farmers\\nof I orter Township, Cass County, was born\\nat Syracuse, N. Y., July 17, l.S.Uj. His fa-\\n_ ther. whose name was also .John, was born\\nin I .enninglon, t..iu 17!); The paternal grand-\\nfather, of whom we know little save that he was\\nborn in X ermont and was of English extraction,\\nwent to New York and died there. The senior\\n.luhn Draper became a large .salt manufacturer\\non the hanks of the Erie Canal in Salina, N. Y.\\nHe married Almira Pai-ish, who was born in Syra-\\ncuse, N. Y. Of her famil\\\\ we know liut little more\\nthan the mere fact that it was a large and some-\\nwhat prominent old New York family. In 1837\\n.Idlni Draper, Sr.,came to Michig. in from the State\\nof New York. At that time his family consisted\\nof his wife aJid two children. Of these, .lohn, .Jr.,\\nwas the \\\\()nnu\u00c2\u00bb^- t and only one year old. llis fa-\\nther had made a sniall fortune in the salt manu-\\nf.actnring business and came here w-ith rather more\\nmoney than the ;iveiage pioneer. lie pni chascd a\\nlarge tract of land in the northeast, corner of Por-\\nter Township, Cass County, and later sold his tirst\\npuiclKi e ;ind bdUglit the land where our subject\\nlives, lie lieic accumulated valuable [iroiierty and\\nat his death left a fortune of ^tO.dlKI. A man of\\nexcellent business altainmenls, in all his lealings\\nhe (lispl!iye l shrewd sagacity and the highest prin-\\nciples of honor. He contributed liberally to the\\nsupport of religious enterprises, but never unite(l\\nwith any church.\\n)f the bi(ither and sisters of (uu subject, llui-\\nriett was the eldest; she married Levi Kifenberg\\nand died in l.* li .l. William was a soldier in the\\nffilher married again, choosing as his wife Esther\\nAnn IJabcock. Of this marriage three daughters\\nwere born, all of whom are now deceased.\\n-In a manner similar to other farmer boys, the\\nsubject of this biographical sketch passed his\\nyouthful days, receiving the limited education of\\nthe district schools and aiding !iis father in clear-\\ning four hundred acres of land. In the spring of\\n1861 he married Miss Wealthy O Dell. In August\\nof the following year, when the country was in\\nperil, he enlisted as a member of Company I),\\nNineteenth Michigan Infantry, and was sent with\\nhis regiment into Kentucky and Tennessee. With\\nabout one hundred other Union soldiers, he was\\ntaken prisoner by the rebel Cen. Forestand thrown\\ninto Libby Prison, where for months he sutTered\\nthe tortures of that hell of the Southern Confeder-\\nac.y. For three weeks he was delirious and when he\\nwas finally paroled it was not thought that he could\\nlive, but fortunately he recovered and again took\\nhis place in the ranks. He was in the .Atlanta cam-\\npaign and fought in the battles of Resaca, Peach\\nTree Creek, Atlanta and all the engagements from\\nAtlanta to the sea. During his entire service, cover-\\ning a period of three years, he was never off duly ex-\\ncept while in prison. He particijialed in the Grand\\nReview at Washington, and thus closed a military\\ncareer of which he and his friemis m.ay well be\\nproud.\\nDuring the absence ti Mr. Draper in the army,\\nhis wife died, in 1863. On the 8tli of Xovember\\n1867, he married Mrs. Christina \\\\aniier, and they\\nhave become the parents of one child. Ilatlie lielle,\\nan accomplished young lady, who is al home with\\nher parentis. In 1877 Mr. Draper went to Kansas\\nand became extensively interested in the stock\\nbusiness and engaged as a stock-trader through-\\nout Kans.as. Texas anil Indian Territory. In \\\\XM\\n\\\\n sold out his interests there, having at the time\\na half-interest in seventeen hundreil h ad of cat-\\ntle worth =16. (too. On his return lo Michiiinn he", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0501.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "o02\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\ncame into possession of the old home place, where\\nhe has since lived. Mere he has been largely en-\\ngaged in the stock business and at tlie present time\\nhas one liorse for whicli he paid 91,000, a fnll-\\nhlooded English Shire. Formerly he owned nearly\\nsix hundred acres of land, hut has disposed of\\n.some of liis property through trade. His farm is\\nconceded to be one of tlie finest in Porter Town-\\nship and is embellished with improvements of the\\nmost modern kind. For several ye;n-s he has done\\nvery little manual work himself, as he is suffering\\nfrom the effects of his army service; however, he\\ngives his personal attention to the management of\\nills estate. A radical Republican in politics, he has\\nnever aspired to office and has never accepted any.\\nSocially, lie is identified with the I\\\\Iasonic frater-\\nnity and the Orand Arniv of the Republic.\\n^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2H\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i-i-**^\\nRANK G. BROWN is one of Berrien\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2H\u00c2\u00ae) County s most enteri)rising fruit-growers\\nJ, and has passed almost his entire life upon\\nthe farm wliere he now resides. On section 12,\\ntownship 4. range 10 west, in what is now known\\nas Benton Township, he owns and cultivates\\nthirty-two acres. Himself a native of Ohio, he is\\ntiie descendant of a long line of New England\\nancestors, whose characters and lives were most\\nhonorable, and whose efforts were contributed to\\nassist in the progress of their various communities.\\nThe father of our subject, George Brown, was\\nborn in Kent, Conn., and was one of four children\\nin the family of AVilliam Brown. He removed to\\nOhio in 1816 and settled in Lorain County, wlieie\\nhe engaged in farming. There he was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Delia Richards, and the\\\\ be-\\ncame the [)arents of three children, two of whom\\nare now living: Charles, who is an attorney in\\nMarquette, Mich.; and William, wlio is in the\\nfurniture business in the same place. The second\\nmarriage of (ieorge Brown united him with Miss\\nFlora Gillot, and the only child luirn of this union\\nis the subject of our sketch.\\nIn 18. )H Mr. Ihowii, Sr.. came to Aliehigan and\\nidentified himself with the growing interests of\\nBerrien County. On section 12 of Benton Town-\\nship, he purchased eighty acres of heavily timbered\\nland and at once began the work of cutting down\\nthe trees and clearing the place. As the years\\npassed by the results of his efforts became appar-\\nent in an ever-increasing degree, and his place\\ntook rank among the best-improved estates in the\\ncounty. Here he continued to reside until his use-\\nful existence was terminated h3 death. He passed\\naway in 1884. and his widow survived him fur\\neight years, dying in 1892. They were both tnom-\\nbers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were\\namong the most prominent of the early settlers of\\nthe county.\\nBorn in Berea, Ohio, .luly 28, 1857, our subject\\nwas about one 3 ear old when he was brought by\\nhis parents to Michigan. Here he grew to man-\\nhood and received a good education in the com-\\nmon schools. In December. 1878, he was united\\nin marriage with Miss Mar} daughter of Levitt\\nCamfield, and the third in order of birth among\\nfour children. .She was born in Canada and came\\nto the States when four years of age. Four chil-\\ndren have been born to bless this union: Maliel.\\nLeonard, Levitt and Flora. Mr. Brown is an en-\\nergetic, industrious man, iwssessing sound judg-\\nment and capabilities of a high ordei-. In his re-\\nligious opinions he is strong in his allegiance to\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church, with which liis\\nwife is also identified. Politically, he is a Repub-\\nlican.\\nHARLESA. .lOHNSON. To a greater ex-\\nl(^_, tent than any other country, American\\nbiography has furnished illustrious exam-\\nples of the pow er of steadfast purpose and in-\\ndomitable energy. Many who have achieved suc-\\ncess in life have risen from positions of poverty\\nto prominent and iMtliieutial posts fif honor in\\ntheir various comnumities. Among those who by\\nenergetic application have gained a solid reputa-\\ntion as substantial bu iiioss men inav be mentioned", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0502.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT ANI. BIUGRAI IIICAL RECORD.\\n.^o:^\\ntlie iifiiiie of A. .loliusuii. Cashier ot llic First\\nNatldiial Hnnk of Xilos, iiul one of tlie best finnn-\\nelcrs of southwestern Mic liii;;in. Thoiiuh \\\\f)iiiij\\nill ye;irs, he ii;is iiainerl a practical l no\\\\vle(l ;e of\\nmen ami tiiiiisfs wiiich others have labored long\\nyears to secure.\\nA resident of Afichigan throiiglioiit his entire\\nlife, j\\\\Ir. .Tolmson was born in lierrien County on\\nthe 8tii of Fcliruary, 185(i. lie is the son of\\nAlfred W. and Desire (Ilowe) Johnson, natives re-\\nspectively of erniont and New York, the latter\\nbeing a daugliter of Frederick W. Howe, of er-\\nmont. In 18:i2 Alfred W. Johnson removed with\\nhis family to Michigan. lie was a contractor and\\nbuiWer. His death occurred in Al the\\ntime of his demise he was eighty years of age,\\nhaving been born in 181(1. He was a man of\\nstrong personality, lccisivc in character and a\\nstanch Democrat politically. He was a member of\\nthe lirst Board of Supervisors in the village of\\nNiles, and was in many ways identified with the\\nprogress of this section of the State.\\nThe youngest in a family of eight, Charles A.\\n.lohnson was reared to manhood in Xiles, where\\nhe laid the foundation of his education in tiie\\ncommon sciiools and later became a student in the\\nIligli School. Ill 1874 he entered the F irst Na-\\ntional I!;iiik of Niks as messenger bo\\\\ and from (hat\\nposition was promoted to I ayingTeilcrand in 1878\\nbecame Cashier, which position he still holds. He is\\na iMciiibcr of the Building and Loan Association\\nand is at present serving as its Treasurer. He is\\nalso Treasurer of the Nilcs Klectric Light Com-\\n(laiiy. Reali/ing the importance and value of a\\ngood education as the foiiiulation for all success in\\nthe business world, he gives his aid to all enter-\\nprises for the promotion of educational interests,\\nand as a member of the School Board has been en-\\nabled to render practical assistance along that line.\\nIll I \u00e2\u0096\u00a0H83 occuni (l the marriage of .Mr. .lohnson\\nto .Miss Bertie Hopkins, of IMarshall. Mich. Mr.\\naiul .Mis. .lohiisiMi arc the parents ofdiie son,\\nAlfred llopUin-. In his fraternal relations .Mr.\\n.lolmsoii IS idcnlilied with the St. .loseiili N alley\\nLodge Xo. I, F. .\\\\r A. .M.. and the Niles chapter\\nand coiiiiiiundi-iy. I olitically. he is a pronounced\\nDemocrat, bill i liberal in his views and luinibers\\nmany friends in both parties. In addition to the\\nresponsible position of Cashier of the First Xa-\\ntional Bank of Niles. he is also president of the\\nB. ink of Plaiikinton. S. Dak.\\nm-^\\n\\\\I4_^ IR.\\\\M Ll LL. an inlluential resident of I .er-\\n1 lien County, aii l a successful farmer of\\nWatervliet Township, was bfuii in the town\\nof Scipio, Cayuga County, N. Y.. Decem-\\nber 18, 1820. and is the son of Joseph and J ucin-\\nda (Colton) Lull. His paternal grandfather, Ben-\\njamin Lull, was born in Delaware and served in\\nthe war for independence, rendering gallant service\\nin the cause of the Colonies. He and his good wife\\nreared twelve children, six sons and six daughters,\\nand of the former, J.acob, Benjamin an l .loseph all\\nattained to advanced ages.\\nAbout 1790 (Iraudfather Lull came West as far\\nas New York, where he made settlement in Otsego\\nCounty, purchasing a farm, which he cleared and\\nimproved. There he resided until, at the ripe old\\nage of ninet3 -six years, he passed to his final re-\\nward about 1842. His wife survived liirn for a\\nshort time, her death occnrring when she was\\nabout ninety-six. He had served in many oHicial\\ncapacities and was well and prominiaitly connected\\nwith the best interests of his community. In his\\nreligious views he w.is a Baptist, and held the\\noflice of Deacon in that denomination for many\\nyears.\\n.Joseph Lull was born in Otsego County. .X. Y.,\\nill Fcliruary, 171\u00c2\u00bb2, and in an early d.ay removed\\nto Cayuga County, where he cleared and improved\\ntwo hundred acres. In 1842 he moved to Clay-\\nton CV)unty. Iowa, where he entered one hundred\\nand sixty acres and reiiiMiiied until his d(.atli.\\nwhich occurred in April, 18. il. His wife passed\\nfrom earth in February. 187;?. aged eighty-live.\\nThey were the parents of twelve c-hildrcii. and\\nreared eleven of the numlier to maturity, as fol-\\nlows: ()ra, Polly, Clarissa, Clarinda. Juliana, Riz-\\np:ih, .Miner, Walter. Melvii,. Oeorgc and llii.-iiii.\\nThe f.-i her was a soldier in the War of 1 s I 2. In", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0503.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "504\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npolitics, he was a Wliig and served in various of-\\nficial capacities, including tlie position of Justice.\\nReligiously, he was a Baptist and was a prominent\\nmember of that denomination. His wife, the\\nmother of our subject, was a native of Otsego\\nCounty, N. Y., and was of Scotch descent.\\nAt the age of fourteen, our subject began to\\nearn his living on the farm, and three years later\\nhe commenced to work at painting, which occupa-\\ntion he followed for four years. He then pur-\\nchased a small farm, consisting of fifty acres, and\\nengaged in farming in Erie County N. Y., whither\\nhe had removed in 1844 from Chauta\\\\iqua County,\\nhis father having settled in the county last named\\nin 1822. In May, 18.55, he came to Michigan and\\nsettled near Big Rapids, where he entered three\\nhundred and twenty acres from the Government.\\nHe cleared and improved one hundred and fifty\\nacres of this tract, and at the same time conducted\\nan extensive lumbering business. At different\\ntimes he purchased land aggregating three thou-\\nsand acres. He now owns two farms of two hun-\\ndred and fort} acres each, both well improved,\\nand he also owns one hundred and sixty acres of\\ntimbered land in Muskegon County.\\nApril 5, 1886, Mr. Lull removed to Van Buren\\nCounty, where he commenced the cultivation of\\none hundred and forty-four acres. In November,\\n1860, lie located where he now resides on section\\n12, Watervliet Township. His first purchase was\\neighty acres, but he has added to his property un-\\ntil he now owns two hundred and twenty-four\\nacres, comprising two farms in two counties. He\\nalso owns a two hundred acre farm in northwest\\nMissouri. In 188C he lost his right foot, and since\\nthat time has been unable to perform the hard la-\\nbor to which he was accustomed in former years.\\nHowever, he is still active and energetic and sup-\\nerintends the entire management of his property.\\nIn regard to social relations Mr. l^ull is a Mason.\\nHe is an earnest Christian and has been a church\\nmember for more than forty years. tV)rmerlv he\\nwas a liaptist. but is now identified with the Con-\\ngregational Church. In politics a Republican, he\\nhas been elected on the ticket of that party to var-\\nious official positions. He has served as Supervi-\\nsor for two terms and as .Tustice of the Peace for\\none term. In spite of the fact that he has lost\\nover $40,000 in cash, and has given his sons more\\nthan $30,000, he still retains a sufficient amount of\\nthis world s goods to enable him to surround him-\\nself and family with ever}- comfort, as well as\\nmany of the luxuries of life.\\nSeptember 5, 1842, Air. Lull was united in n^ar-\\nriage with Miss Lucinda Packard, who was born\\nin the town of Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County,\\nN. Y. Her father, Benjamin Packard, was a mer-\\nchant in that village; he also followed farming\\npursuits and w.as engaged in business as an hotel-\\nkeeper. He was of Dutch descent, and in religion\\nwas a I niversalist, and in politics a Republican.\\nMr. and INIrs. Lull are the parents of three children,\\nas follows: Alphonso, a physician residing in Ft.\\nAngeles, Wash.; Lorenzo, a lumberman of W.asli-\\nington; and Ozro, whose home is m Ottawa Coun-\\nty. Mich. Politically, Mr. Lull was in former\\nyears a Whig, and is now strong in liis adherence\\nto the jtrinciples of the Republican party.\\nfelLLIAM F. PETERS. The excellence of\\n\\\\fJ// tlie soil of Berrien County for the pur-\\nvi^^ pose of fruit-growing has been demon-\\nstrated, and the cities have been surrounded with\\nan industrious population, through wiiose efforts\\nthe land gives forth the elements of wealth in\\nthe results of labor, and who are suppljing to the\\ntowns a large proportion of their business strength.\\nProminent among the successful fruit-growers of\\nSt. .loseph Township stands the name of William\\nF. Peters, the owner of a vahial)le farm located on\\nsection 2.\\nThe first representative of the Peters family\\nin America was .Tacob, our subject s grandfather,\\nwho w.as born in Germany and emigrated thence\\nto the United States in an early day, settling in\\nYates County, X. Y., and following farming pur-\\nsuits there until liis death. During the War of\\n1812 he rendered valiant service to our country\\nand was afterward a pensioner of the Govern-\\nment. He and his wife, whose maiden name was", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0504.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0505.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0506.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AN D IMOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nr 07\\nNancv Hell, were the p.aieiils of one d.iughter\\n.111(1 seven sons. Henry Peters, father of out- sub-\\njeet, was born in Yates County. N. Y., and there\\ngrew to manhood. At Naples, Ontario County,\\nN. Y., he married Miss Racliael Watkins. and, re-\\nturning to Yates County, resided tiiere until his\\ndeath, wiiicii occurred at the early a.t;e of thirty-\\nthree.\\nThere were seven children in the parental fam-\\nily, of wlioni tlie survivors are: Charles W., a res-\\nident of l!;uigor, Mich.; Henry P.., a grocer of\\nCitra, l la.; Georgia, who is the wife of Edward\\nBrain, of Chicago; and William F. The father\\nof those children was (luite successful in his agri-\\ncult\\\\ual opcration.s and liecamc tiio owner of\\nabout t)nc hundred and fifty acres in New York\\nState. He also served as a Captain in the State\\nmilitia. Ixcmovcd by death when iiis children\\nwere small, they were deiirived of his helpful\\ncounsel and active assistance, and were early\\nobliged to earn their own livelihood.\\nIn Middlesex, Yates County, N. Y., the sub-\\nject of this notice was born .lanuary ^1. 1843, and\\nupon the home place he sjient the years of his\\nboyhood and youth. After completing the studies\\nof the common schools, he entered the academj\\nat Naples, N. Y., where he remained for one year.\\n.\\\\t the age of twenty-two he left home and came\\nto Michigan, where he located in Branch County\\nupon a farm neai Leonidas. One year later he\\ncame to Hcrrien County, and, in connection with\\nhis brother Charles, purchased a [leach farm con-\\nsisting of thirty acres. This they carried on suc-\\ncessfully until the blight ruined the peaches, after\\nwhich they devoted their attention to raising\\nberries. Mr. Peters now h.as thirty-seven acres,\\nof which twenty-five have been set out in fruit.\\nWhile he devotes his attention principally to ber-\\nries, he also has a peach and pear orchard, and\\nfinds the business a profitable one. The improve-\\nments upon the place arc the result of his labors,\\nand the farm is now in a high state of cultivation.\\nThe lady who in 1868 liecaine the wife of Mr.\\nPeters was formerly Mrs. Ella Hammond and is a\\nnative of New York State, being the daughter of\\nSamuel Yuud. They are the parents of two chil-\\ndren: Hov S., who is at home; and Jessie M.. a\\nteacher in the public schools of St. .loseph. Po-\\nlitically, Mr. Peters i a Republican, and h.as held\\nthe office of Treasurer of Lincoln Townsliip for\\nfour vears.\\nACOB N. BURRTDCE, a well-known citizen\\nand property-owner residing in Benton\\nHarbor, was born in Braintree, Orange\\nCounty, Vt., November 30. 1820. He traces\\nhis lineage through a long line of worthy fore-\\nfathers to England, whence during the Colonial\\ndays members of the family emigrated to the\\nUnited States and located in ermollt, becoming\\nclosely identified with the history of that State.\\nThe father of our subject. .lohn Buriidgc, was\\nborn in the Green Mountain State, and in 1837\\nremoved to Elkhart County, Ind., near Goshen.\\nIn 1860, he came to Berrien t oiinty, where his\\ndeath occurred during the .year 1866. He had\\nmarried Miss Ruth, daughter of Isaac Pratt, a na-\\ntive of Vermont.\\nDuring the early part of this centurj- educa-\\ntional advantages in Vermont were very meagre.\\nThe schoolhouses were iirimitive structures, and\\nthe method of instruction w.as scarcely less prim-\\nitive than the temple of learning itself. The\\nopportunities for acquiring knowledge enjoyed by\\nJacob N. Burridge were limited to the common\\nschools of his neighborhood, but, such as they\\nwere, he availed himself of them to the utmost.\\nHowever, his education has been gained princi-\\npally in the school of experience, that vast school\\nwhere all mankind are pupils.\\nAt the age of seventeen, Air. Burridge .iccom-\\npanied his parents to Indiana, where he aided his\\nfather in the work of clearing and improving a\\nfarm in Elkhart County. When eighteen years\\nold he accompanied a parly of sixteen to the\\nManitou Islands, where lie chopped wood during\\nthe winter, in that way earning his first \u00c2\u00a7100.\\nIn the spring of the ensuing year he returned\\nto Elkhart County, Ind.. wliere he bought one\\nhundred and sixtv acres and devoted his atten-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0507.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "508\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntion to general fainiiiig and l nk-iaising. In\\n1867, he removed to IJenton Harbor, vvlieie lie en-\\ngaged extensively in fruit-raising until 1872, and\\nsinee that time be has been dealing in real estate\\nand residence property. He owns a number of\\nlots and houses in the city, including his residence\\non Pipebtone Street.\\nA pronounced Republican politically, Mr. lUir-\\nridge is interested in all questions of public im-\\nport, but is not a partisan in his preferences. Fra-\\nternally, he is connected with Benton Harbor\\nLodge No. 132, I. O. F., in which he is an in-\\nfluential member. Almost a half-century has\\npassed since, in 1845, he married Miss Polly J.\\nFoster, a native of Connecticut and a most esti-\\nmable lady, who during their long wedded life has\\nproved a devoted helpmate to her husband. She\\nis a member of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Bur-\\nridge is the daughter of David S. and Charlotte\\nFoster, natives of Connecticut, who passed the\\nclosing years of their lives in Indiana.\\nylLLARD B. FRKNCH, an experienced ag-\\nriculturist and successful stock-raiser of\\nBertrand Township, BerrienCount} Mich.,\\nis a prominent citizen and for forty years has\\nbeen intimately associated with the growth and\\nprogress of his home locality The birthpl.ace of\\nMr. French was upon a farm of Onondaga County,\\nN. v., where he was born April 6, 1847. His\\n|)alernal grandfather, Titus French, was of Phigllsh\\ndescent. Born in the Empire State, he made his\\nlifetime home within its borders and married and\\nreared a family, his son, Samuel French, being\\nthe father of our subject. The mother, INIrs. Sarah\\nUliss French, was of English ancestry, but was\\nhorn in New York, where she married, and with her\\nhusband located upon a farm within a short dis-\\ntance of the familiar scenes of childhood, in 1853\\nthe parents emigrated to Michigan and settled in\\nBertrand Township, from that time then continu-\\nous residence until tlitir death. Knergetic, indus-\\ntrious and ujiright in character, they were esteemed\\nby all who knew them.\\nInto their pleasant liDine had come seven chil-\\ndren, three daughters and four sons. Willard 1\\nwas the third child and third son, and was six\\nyears of age when he accompanied the other mem-\\nbers of the family to the West. He attended the\\nschool of the home district at first, but later en-\\njoyed the benefit of instruction in the schools of\\nBuchanan. Until twenty-one years of age he\\nremained with his parents and then began life for\\nhimself, at first engaging for eight months in the\\nhardware business in Buchanan, in company with\\nhis brother Henrj C. In September, 1869, Mr.\\nFrench was married to Miss Ellen Davenport,\\ndaughter of William R. and Laura Davenport. Mrs.\\nFrench was a native of New England and was born\\nin Vermont. With her husband she located upon\\nsection 1, Bertrand Township, where, with the ex-\\nception of one 3 ear spent in Buchanan Township.\\nthey have since continued to reside. Our subject\\nand his estimable wife have been blessed by the\\nbirth of two daughters and three sons. I annie is\\nthe wife of a prosperous farmer, Isaac Wills, of\\nBertrand Township; Fred E., (rrace, (ieorgc W.\\nand Robert W. are all at home.\\nMr. French has a valuable and productive farm\\nof one hundred and fifty-seven and a-half acres\\nand also owns six acres of timber in Buchanan\\nTownship. Aside from the duties of general fann-\\ning he profitably handles, in partneisliip with his\\nbrother, a high grade of horses, principally Peich-\\nerons, and also makes a specialty of clmice cattle.\\nPolitically he is a Republican and has al)ly dis-\\ncharged the duties of local office, having been\\nTreasurer of the township. Treasurer of the school\\nfund and Assessor. Our subject has for ten years\\nbeen an Elder in the Presbyterian Church in\\nBuchanan and has been active in church wtirk and\\nthe extension of religious influence. He has\\nshared in the labors of the Sunday-school, and\\nas tUiairman of the Church lUiilding Committee\\ndid invaluable seivice in the erection of the new\\nhouse of worship completed in 18112 in Bu-\\nchanan. The edifice cost i 8,00(t, to which sum\\nMr. French was a liberal contrlluitoi- as well as", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0508.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n509\\ndevotiiifi miicli liiiic to it-s biiil(Hn j;. The heaiiti-\\nfiil lioinc of our siihjeot and liis fainilv is tlie\\n.iIkkIc (if liospitality, uiui upon tli( old farm a\\nhwiic circle of friends liiids read\\\\ welcome.\\nH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m\\nEDWARD F. WOODCOCK, Cashier of the\\nCitizens National I5ani of Niles, was born\\nI near the village of (leneva, N. Y. [lis\\n|)arents, David F. and Ann Eliza Woodcock, were\\nnatives f)f Massachusetts, and the father after his\\nmarriage removed to Michigan, where lie became\\nprominent in the business circles of Ingham Coun-\\nty. Kdward F. spent his boyhood vears in this\\nSlate, where he acquired a practical nowledge of\\ntlie-tiiree R s in the common sciiools of tiie home\\nneighborhood. After completing the course of\\nstudy at tlie public schools, he entered the agri-\\ncultural college at Lansing, Mich., where he avail-\\ned himself to the utmost of the excellent oppor-\\ntunities there open to him. Since completing his\\nsciiooling, he has constantly added to his store of\\ninformation and broadened liis knowledge by\\nol)servation and reading.\\nI pon commencing in business for himself, Mr.\\nWoodcock entered the employ of the firm of Robson\\n]5ros.,at Lansing, where he remained for a brief\\nperiod as book-keeper. In 1877, he became con-\\nnected Willi extensive banking interests in that\\ncity, and accepted the position of book-keeper for\\nthe Central Michigan Savings Bank, fi om which\\nposition he was promoted to that of Assistant\\nCashier and acted in that cai acity until ltS82_\\nHis services in that prominent financial institution\\nwere satisfactory, both to the Directors of the\\nbank and the ofticers, and during his residence in\\nthe capital city he made a host of warm friends,\\nwho regretted his departure from the city in order\\nto U (;e[)l another position.\\nIn 1882 Mr. Woodcock accepted the position of\\nAssistant Cashier of the Niles bank, and held that\\n))laco until 188; when he was chosen Cashier of\\nthe Citizens National Bank. Here he has since\\ndone ellicient service, meantime gainiiis; a widelv\\nextended rcpulalion for the ability and efficient\\nmanner in which he luis discharged the duties of\\nthe place. When at leisure from his banking busi-\\nness, he finds rest and i)leasure in his beautiful\\nhome and in the companionship of his wife, whom\\nhe married in 187il and who was fciriiieily Miss\\nIda B. IngersoU.\\nDevoted as Ik, is to his business, Mr. Woodcock\\nfinds time for |)ublic affairs, in which he maintains\\nan unceasing and warm interest. In his political\\npreference he is a stanch Republican and has serv-\\ned as Chairman of the City Republican Committee,\\natall times taking an active and intelligent interest\\nin local politics. He has never solicited nor\\ndesired olticial honors, but upon the request of his\\nfellow-citizens he accepted the position of Alder-\\nman and served for two terms in that capacity.\\nHe is a Thirty-second Degree M.ason, a member of\\nthe Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias and also\\nof the Grand Lodge of the Ro3al Arcanum. He is\\nthe Treasurer of various other orders, of the local\\nboard of the National Loan and Investment Com\\npany of Detroit, and Secretary of the Niles Cham-\\nber of Commerce. He is one of the Directors in\\nthe first State .Savings Bank of Niles. and is Treas-.\\nurer of the Niles School Board.\\n^=\u00c2\u00b1_\\nMLLIAM .1. ABBOTT. Throughout Cass\\nJl bounty the subject of this notice has\\nW^ gained the reputation of being an enter-\\nprising citizen, genial companion and successful\\nfarmer. On section 3, Milton Township, he owns\\nand operates a large tract of land, on which he\\nraises the various cereals and also engages in\\nstock-raising. Of the one hundred and twenty\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2acres comprising the farm, one hundred have been\\nplaced under cultivation, and the entire estate is\\nembellished with first-class improvements. Since\\nMr. Abbott located here in 1877 he li.as been in-\\nstrumental in securing many improvements and\\nli.as erected a numberof siibslaiilial Imiidiiigs siiit-\\nalile to their various pur[)oses.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0509.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": ")10\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlM in ill Kent County, Dol.. iionr tin- city of\\nMiifonl, May lit, 1838, the suLijei-l of Uii: sketch is\\nthe son of George and Mary (.lotics) Abbott, na-\\ntives of Delaware, who were there married and re-\\nsided for many years. The father, who was a\\nfarmer by occupation and a painter by trade, nii-\\ni^rated to Micliigau in an early da} and located in\\nMilton Township. Cass County, where he died at\\nthe age of seventy. The motiier passed away at\\nthe age of sixty-eight, and their mortal remains\\nare buried side by side in the Smith Chapel Ceme-\\ntery. Both wore honorable, upright, and kind-\\nhearted in disposition, and the mother was a de-\\nvoted member of the Metliodist Kpiscopal Cliurcli.\\nIn the parental family wore the following chil-\\ndren: Mary P.. deceased: Klizabeth II.. widow\\nof J. A. Coverdale, of Milton Townshi| George\\nP., a resident of Howard Township, Cass County;\\nWilliam ,1., of this skelcli: Iliram, who was killed\\nin August, 1892, by falling from a horse, which\\ndragged him a considerable distance in the stirrup;\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lames II., who makes his home in Milton Town-\\nshij), Cass County; Alice A., the wife of .lohn AV.\\nWebb, of Nebraska; Lydia J., wife of A. .1. Dun-\\n.ning; and Louisa, who died in infancy. William\\n,1. is the lifth child and the second sou of this fam-\\nily. Ho was about live years old when he accom-\\npanied his paronls to Cass County and located in\\nMilton Township, where the rudiments of his ed-\\nucation wore secured in the log schoolhouse near\\nhis home.\\nMarih 28, 1860. Mr. Abbott married Sarah J.\\nWilson, who was born in Sussex County, Del..\\nJune 2. 18. ?o, being the daughter of David and\\nSarah (Davis) Wilson, natives of Delaware. Mi-s.\\n.Mibutt, the ehlest of three children in the family,\\nwas reared in Delaware, where she romainod until\\nI won ly-t wo years of age. After his marriage Mr.\\nAl)bott resided for one year on a farm in .letTorson\\nTownship, Cass County, and thence removed to\\nMilton Township, locating on section For\\ntwelve years he resided in that i)lace, and thence\\nin IS77 he removed to his present farm on tlie\\nsame section, whore he now owns one liiindied and\\ntwciit\\\\ acres.\\nI ntt) .Mr. and Mi s. Abbijtl have lieou born two\\ndausjlilcrs: Zada, who is at homo: and Zella, the\\nwife of AUiii l.tH t. i t Miiion Township. In his\\npolitical connections .Mr. .\\\\bbott gives his liearty\\nsupport to the principles of the Democratic partv\\nand is prominent in the ranks of that organiza-\\ntion. For two years he served as Treasurer of the\\nlownshiii and has also Riled the scliool oflices ac-\\nceptably. Ill whatever position he has served, he\\nhas proved the possession of energy, good judg-\\nment and sound common sense, and is justly\\nprominent in local affairs.\\n1-^+^\\n(=_\\nt^-\\n\\\\I| OHN WILLIAMS. It is doubtless entirely\\nowing to the industrious and persevering\\nmanner with which Mr. Williams has ad-\\niiered to the pursuit* of agriculture that he\\nhas risen to such a substantial position in faun\\naffairs in his county. The greater part of his life has\\nbeen spent within the confines of Berrien County,\\nand as a natural result he is much interested in\\nthe progress and development of the section and\\nhas done his full share in making it the magnificent\\nfarming region that it now is. He was born in\\nIndiana on the ITth of December. 1838. the third\\nchild of Daniel and Jlaliuda (Millage) Williams,\\na short notice of whom is given in the skelcli of\\nCharles M. AVilliams.\\n.lohn Williams was reared in Benicii County.\\nMich., and obtained his education in the i iniiiion\\nschools in the vicinity of iiis home, but owing to\\nthe fact that his services were reqiiiicd on his\\nfather s farm, he attended scliool only a short\\ntime each year, and thus acquired but a rudimen-\\ntary knowledge of the common branches. This\\ndeficiency he remedied in later years by contact\\nwith the business world, by reading and observa-\\ntion, and ho is now regarded .as a man of more\\nthan ordinary intelligence. What Mr. Williams\\nhas accomplished in this way as well as in the\\naccumulation of worldly goods h.as been at the\\ncxjienso of many days of hard labor, but the\\nresult has been in every way .satisf.actiiry. His\\ndevotion to business has been great and his energy\\nunfiauginu and ti this all his success is due.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0510.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "rORTHAIT AND m X\u00c2\u00bbRAPIlICAL RECORD.\\n511\\nl\\\\ 1H()7 he Icil to llyiiicn s mIImi- Miss Mary\\nMuiT. iy. who w:is lioin in Ohio, :i daughter of\\nThoiiias MiiiiMV, and lo tiicir niiion, which has\\npidvod to III a happv one. one daiij;litci lias been\\niii\\\\cii, l.ania who is still at, lionu with her i)ar-\\nonls. Mr. Williams, who has alwa\\\\s su|)|iorlcd Ke-\\npiihlican piinuiplus, and cast his lirst Presidential\\nvote for .I.anu S ISuclianan, is (Icvoted to the wel-\\nfare of his section and so far as his means will\\npermit is readv to suiiport all landahle enterprises.\\nIpoM the openiri of theC ivil War, all his s3in|)a-\\nthies were enlisted on the side of the I nion cavise,\\nand in Septeniliei-, \\\\H( r he enlisted in Companj-\\nTwentv-liftli Mi(hii;:ni Infantry, lie was dis-\\nchari;ed in Scptcinlier. IMIi, In Decemher, 1862,\\nhe was taken with measles at Louisville, Ky.. and\\nwas taken to Hospital No. in that city, where\\nhe iemaine(l about thiee months. He then re-\\njoined his iciiiment but was afterwards transferred\\nto M reMM ve eorps and was later sent, to the hos-\\npital in Chieago.where he remained about eijihteen\\nmonths. He was then honorably dischaiuod from\\nthe servite and returned to F.errien County. Mich.,\\nwhere he has since lived.\\nHe has been the propiietor of his present farm\\nsince .about 1M71 which place consists of twenty\\nacres, situated about seven and one-half miles\\nsouth of St. Joseph. He is a member of the\\nFarmers .Mutual I ire Insur;nu-e Company, also\\nof the Chapman I ost Jvo. 21, (i. A. H., at St.\\n.loseph. His parents were amouif the early settlers\\nof this connly, but were married in Klkhart, Ind.\\nM^lA^\\nn\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^if CS^\\n,KORGE W. WILLIAMS. Many of the\\nmost successful farmers of Cass County\\nhave spent their entire lives within its\\nlimits, and have from youth been intimately asso-\\nciated with the development of it.s resources. In\\nthis class we ni.av mention the name of Mr. Will-\\niams, who was born in .Milton Township, this\\ncounU. on the Hilli of March. IM. iT, .and Hhf)now\\nowns and cultivates a liiicly-improved farm on\\nsection 14, of this township. Hi father, Spencer\\nWilliams, was born in Sussex County, Del., in 1807,\\nand in his youth spent about tiiree years in Ohio.\\nHetuininjr to Delaware, he spent only a short time\\nin that State, and removed thence to Michijran, in\\n1831, makinj the journey in comjjany with Peter\\nTrnitt and other well-known |)ioneers of Cass\\nCounty.\\nLocating on a rented farm in Milton Township,\\nthe senior Mr. Williams devoted his attention to\\nimproving the place, and was very successful in his\\nefforts, taking rank among the foremost agricul-\\nturists of his vicinity. He died at the age of\\nscvent3 years, in 1877, mourned not alone by his\\nimmediate relatives, but also by his large circle of\\naciiu.-untances. At the age of twenty-seven years\\nhe married Miss Sarah .Smith, a native of Dela-\\nware, born ApriM,1812; she died May 1), 1881,\\nafter a life of usefulness, devoted to the welfare of\\nher husband and children, to whom she was most\\ntenderly attached. Iler father, (ieorge Smith, was\\na native of Delaware, while the iiaternal grand-\\nfather, Spencer Williams, was of .Scotch descent.\\nOur subject is the second child of his fathei s\\nfamily, which numbered thirteen, nine of whom\\ngrew to manhood and womanlK)od. They are:\\nJohn IL, George W., Mary M., Kmma Kli/.a A.\\n(deceased), Lovina, .Samuel O., .and Spencer (de-\\nceased). AVesley died at the age of live years;\\nTamson A. iKis.sed away when two years old, and\\ntwo others died in infancy. In 18()1 fieorge AV.\\nenlisted as a membei of Company K., Si.xth Mich-\\nigan Infantry, becoming a private. Later he was\\ntransferred to the heavy artillery, and participated\\nin many engagements of the Army of the (iulf.\\nlie was wounded at Port Hudson with a niinie-\\nball, but otherwise escai)ed uninjured. At the close\\nof his period of enlistment he was honorably dis-\\ncharged from the service, at Kalamazoo, and, ic-\\nturning to his home, resumed farming operations.\\nDecember 28, 1864, Mr. Williams married Ml.-s\\nMary A. ]\\\\IcMichael, who was born in HarrisTown-\\nship, St. Joseph County. Ind.. on the 8th of .Sep-\\ntember. 1839. Her father, Alexander McMichacI,\\nwas born in Lrie, I .i.. .binuary 20, 1807, and died\\nJuly 7, lf 70. Her mother, whos( maiilcn name\\nwas tlanc C overdale, was l)oni in I e la ware, June", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0511.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "512\\nrORTRAlT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n11, 1818, and is still living, being now (1893)\\nseventy-five years t l(l. Mrs. Williams was the\\neldest of three daiiglilers, the others being Martha\\nA., born .Inly 1, IiS41, and Kaniiie. boin Novem-\\nber 1, 1848. All are now deceased. JIis. Will-\\niams passed away on the last day of the year 1891,\\nleaving one son,(;uy M., whose birth oeeurred\\nSeptember 14, 186!), on the farm where he now\\nresides. lie isan intelligent, well-informed young\\nman, and a graduate of the South liend Commer-\\ncial College.\\nIn 1868 j\\\\lr. Williams located on his present\\nfarm, and has devoted iiis attention to his farming\\npursuits, working with so much cneigyand ability\\nthat he has acquired the owneiship of one hundred\\nand fifty-nine acres of well-improved land, em-\\nbellished with suitable buildings and machinery\\nada|ited to agricultural purposes. Politically, he is\\na Republican, but never takes an active interest in\\npolitical matters, and has never consented to hold\\nofficial positions. He is a member of the Discijiles\\nChurch, on Harris Prairie, and is one of the\\nDeacons in that religious organization, (iuy is\\nalso a member of the Christian Church, and socially\\nainiiates with the Modern Woodmen of America\\nat Kdwardsburgh.\\nENJAMIN S. CARPENTEH. a leading citi-\\nzen and successful general aifriculturist of\\nBenton Township, Berrien County, ^Mich.,\\nprosperously cultivates his fine homestead\\nlocated on section ;i4, and has for a long period of\\ntime been associated with the upward progress of\\nhis present locality. Mr. Carpenter was born in\\nOnondaga County. X. Y., February 18, 1821. His\\nfather. Stephen Cari)enter, is also a native of the\\nEmpire State, his birthiilaee being in Wayne\\nCounty. The i)aternal grandfather, John E. Car-\\npenter, was born iu Massachusetts and, a courage-\\nous man, bravelj- served in the War of 1812. The\\nfather, Stephen, also participated in the troublous\\nscenes of that war, and his widow drew a pension\\nloog aflei his death. Tiie molhcr of our subject\\nwas in maidenhood Miss Hannah Scovill, daughter\\nof Henry Scovill. The father cultivated farms in\\nOnondaga and Cattaraugus Counties of New York\\nState, and later made his home in Warren County,\\nOhio, Finally, in 1860, he removed with his fam-\\nily to Berrien County, Mich., and ctmtinued to re-\\nside in Sodus Township until his death in KSdl.\\nOf the ten brothers and sisters who gathered\\naboui the old New York State fireside many years\\nago. eight survived to \\\\ears of maturity, and five\\nare yet living. Our subject was the eldest-born;\\nStephen resides in Huron County, Ohio; Hannah\\nis the wife of Rodman Ellis, an able agriculturist\\nof Huron County, Ohio; Mary is a widow and is\\nat home in Huron County, Ohio; and .lohn Car-\\npenter has a residence on the lake shore in lierrien\\nCounty, The second son surviving, Benjamin S,,\\nour subject, was born and reared in Cattai augus\\nCounty, and is a practical farmer, thoroughly un-\\nderstandiiii; the tilling of the soil. He was reared\\nin his early home, but moved with his parents to\\nOhio, in which State he was married to Miss Amy\\n.\\\\niaiida Foote, a daughter of .lohn S. Foote, a\\nprominent farmer of Huron County, Ohio, the\\nbirtliplace of his daughter, Mrs. Carpenter. The\\nnewly-married coujile remained for a time in Hu-\\nron County, Ohio, and then jf urneyed to Michigan,\\nsettling in the si)ring of 184. in Berrien Springs,\\nBerrien County, Here the husband at first fol-\\nlowed his trade, until he tiought a farm and de-\\nvoted himself to the pursuit of agriculture in So-\\ndus Township. At the expiration of five years he\\nremoved 1\u00c2\u00bbj Hagar Township.\\nHenjamin S. Carpenter is an active member of\\nthe liaptisi Church and an efficient aid in the good\\nwork of that religions ilenomination. He is in\\npolitical aftiliatinii a Democrat, and was the first\\nSupervisor of Sodus Township, He boughteightj\\nacres of land in Hagar Township, and lived there\\nfor sixteen vears. In 1880 he located where he\\nnow resides. He has nine children, all living.\\nHis fiist wife did not long survive her marriage,\\nand left no children. Some time after her death\\nhe wasmairieil to .Miss Malvina Nixon, daughter\\nof .John and Sarah Nixon. The second wife be-\\ncame the mother of tliree children, of whom two\\nare yet living: .Vrlhur, whose home is iu C oloina;", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0512.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nol3\\nand Kll.-i, wife oi Ni lson Gibne\\\\-. A tliird time\\nonU iiiiq: llic lidiuls of matrimony, witli Sarali\\nSly, Henjaiiiiii S. Carpenter had iiis family in-\\ncreased by tlu liuili of liveeliildren. Minnie is tlie\\nwife of Nelt^oii Ihiwoll, a teamster of Cliicas;o: Car-\\nrie marrie(1 (liauiicey Curtis; Teiia is* llie wife of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lo. ^iph Stump, a farmer of Nebraska; IJenjamin A.\\nresides in tlie township; and Alma, at home. Our\\nsubject has a farm of twent}- acres, all under high\\ncultivation and devoted to fruit. He raises Straw-\\nberries principali\\\\. but lias a line [jeacli and apple\\norchard, and has made a success of horticulture.\\nMr. Carpenter is a ineinber of the Inited l rethren\\nChurch, and has held in that religious denomina-\\ntion the ollicial |)ositions of Deacon of the church\\nand Steward. A man of u|ui ;lit character and\\nsterling integrity, his inlhience is cast on the side\\nof right. In politicil alliliation he is a sturdy\\nDemocrat, and in .-ill iiiatlers of public welfare is\\never pie[)ared to do his jjart as a true and liberal-\\nspirited Aineiicaii citi/en. \\\\Videl\\\\ known, our\\nsuhject has a host of friend- i4i the community of\\nthe county, hiv so many years his constant abiding\\nplace.\\nm\\no?\\nA n:s i;. IIALK. a farmer in Cass County,\\nthe Treasurer of Calvin Township, and a\\nveteran of the Civil War, was born in\\n.leffersou County, near Kichmond, Ohio,\\nFebruary 20, 1840. He was next to the eldest in\\na family of eleven children, there being four boys\\nand seven girls. His father, Stephen Hale, was\\nalso born in Jefferson County, Ohio, the date of\\nhis birth being March 15, 1814. The patern:d\\ngrandfather, Henry Hale, was born in Maryland,\\nbeing of Knglish descent. A brother of his was\\nat one time overseer of slaves for a .Southern\\nplanter, but none of this faniily was known to\\nhave owned slaves.\\nKarly in 1800 the faniily migrated to the wilds\\nof Ohio, from which State it is saiii the father of\\nIleiiiy was ilrafled into the aiiiiy in Ihe War of\\n181 Mild -oi(l his liuiiseliold goods in oidrT to\\nsecure the money necessary for hiring a substitute;\\nwhether on account of his dislike to going to the\\nwar, or because it w.as necessary for him to remain\\nat home to provide for Ins family, who were in\\npoor circumstances, we have not been able to\\nlearn. The grandfather, Henry, died in Ohio\\nalioiil 18. or 1860. Stephen was the eldest of\\nthree sons, and had live sisters, one of whom was\\nolder than himself. .VU of this family remained\\nin Ohio with the exception of Stephen, who went\\nto \\\\Vells County, Ind., in October, 18.50. In 18(JI\\nhe removed from that .State to INIichigan, where he\\nsettled on a farm in Calvin Township, Cass County,\\nand there died, July 6, 1881. In early life lie was\\na Whig, and cast his lot with the Republican i)arty\\nupon its Oi ganization, remaining faithful to it\\nuntil the d.ay of his death. Religiously, he was a\\nmember of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and livetl\\nan upright, Christian life.\\nNancy (Reed) Hale, the mother of our subject,\\nwas born in Centre County, I a., February (i, 18i;5,\\n;iiid wa the daughter of Arthur Reed, an Irish-\\nman, but whether born on the Emerald Isle or in\\nthis country we do not know. The family move l\\nfrom Pennsylvania to Harrison County, Ohio, in\\n1817, when Nancy was about four years of age.\\nThere she formed the ac(|uaiiitance of Stephen\\nHale, whom she married. ICIeven children were\\nborn of the marriage, three of the daughters dyiiig\\nin infancy. The eldest of the family. Klizabeth,\\nmarried John W. .\\\\ker. a pump manufacturer and\\nfarmer in .Stark County, Ind. Mary .lane became\\nthe wife of I. M. Harris, who died, leaving two\\nsons and three daughters; the widow now lives in\\nl rownsville, this county. Sarah .Matilda married\\nJohn lliltcm, and they and their daughter occupy\\na pleasant residence in Cassopolis. Eliza Ann,\\nMrs. Holjert Kerr, is the mother of one son and\\nOne daughter, and resides at Daile^ this county\\nWilliam II. C., a graduate of the State Normal\\nSchool at Vpsilanti, has for fifteen years followed\\nthe profession of a teacher, (^uaron Z. married\\nI lKcbe Gorman, and they reside near Spokane\\nW.ash., where he is engaged in farming pur-\\nsuits. Madisfui enlisted as a member of the Forty-\\nseventh Indiana InfMUliy in Seplember. 18()l.and\\n[larticipated in the battles of New Madrid, Ft.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0513.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "514\\nPORTRAIT AND BiOtiKAPlllCAL RECORD\\nPillow, and many of the less imiiortant engage-\\nments, and (lied wliiie in the seivieo at JMempliis,\\nTenn., on March 19. 181)3.\\nThe subject of this sketcli grew to nianliood\\nupon his father s farm, and received Init a limited\\neducation. August 10, 185 J. lie married Catherine\\nKli/,;ibetli Aker.and afterward continued to operate\\na farin until the breaking out of tiie Civil War.\\nOn the 1st of November, 1862, his name was en-\\nlolled as a member of Company A, Forty-seventh\\nIndiana Infantr}-. After taking part in the battle\\nof Duval s Bluff, he went on the White River ex-\\npedition, and was in the rear of Vicksburg. Fol-\\nlowing the siege of Ft. Pemberton, he returned to\\nHelena, Ark., and soon afterward stalled down tlic\\niMississippi River for Vicksburg, landing at Milli-\\nken s Bend, and proceeding thence to Grand Gulf\\nand Point Gibson. He took part in the battle of\\nChampion Hills, May 16, 1863, and in the siege of\\nVicksburg, remaining in the rifle pits until the\\nsurrender, July 4. On the following day he started\\nfor Jackson, but soon returned to icksburg, where\\nhe went into camp.\\nAfter a short furlough at home, Mr. Hale re-\\njoined his regiment at Charleston, 111., where they\\nwere ordered to quell the attack of the Knights of\\nthe Golden Circle at that place. He was one of\\ntlie participants in the Red River ex|)edition, and,\\ncrossing the Gulf at Dolphin s Island, he lauded\\nat Ft. Morgan, and took part in the siege of .Spanish\\nFort and Ft. Blakeley, and also in the charge of\\nMobile, Ala. On the 7th of October, 186.5, at the\\nclose of the war, he was mustered out at Baton\\nRouge, La., after a service of three years. During\\nthat period he was never wounded, taken prisoner\\nor was in the hospital.\\nWhile in the army, our subject s father sold tiie\\nIndiana farm and came to Cass County, Mich.,\\nbringing the family of our subject with him. Upon\\nhis enlistment in the service he left his family,\\nconsisting of two sons and a daughter, in the\\nIndiana home, but during his absence the little girl\\ndied. His wife was called hence on the 3d of Sep-\\ntember, 1879, leaving at the time of her demise\\nfive children. William L. is unmarried, and resides\\nin Spokane County, Wash.; James M. resides in\\nRansom Coiiiity, ])jik., an(l he anil Itis wife,\\nwhose maiden name was Eva Wert, are the parents\\nof three children; Fred N. married Dora L. Elliot;\\nElias Edgar resides in Ransom County. N. Dak.;\\nand Violeta Belle is living at home.\\nThe present wife of our subject was formeil\\\\\\nMrs. Agnes (Wise) Leonard, the widow oi Henry\\nLeonard. She was born in Wayne County, Ohio,\\nand is the daughter of Samuel and Margery\\n(Kanicr) Wise, natives of Lancaster County, Pa.\\nHer father died when she was a child of three\\nyears. Her brother Samuel served for three years\\nin the late war. being a member of the One Hun-\\ndred and Thirteenth Illinois Infantry. A brother-\\nin-law, Elisha Johns, was a Sergeant in the same\\nregiment, and served for three years. By her mar-\\nriage to Ilenr}- Leonard she had seven children, all\\nof whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have one\\nciiild,Zora Alice, a bright girl of eight summers.\\nEver since settling in Michigan, Mr. Hale h.as\\nengaged in farming in Calvin Township, Cass\\nCounty, and iiiis been quite successful in his chosen\\nwork. In local politics he has been [irominent in\\nthe Republican party, and has served for several\\nyears as a member of the School Board. He has\\nbeen Treasurer of the township several times, and\\noccupied other local offices. He is an active worker\\nin the Grand Army of the Republic, being at\\npresent identified with Post No. 9 of Union, of\\nwhich he was at one time Junior Vice Commander,\\nand he is one of the charter members of the post.\\nIIARLES GREEN. Nowhere within the\\nlimits of Cass County can there be found\\na man who takes greater interest in its ag-\\nricultural and stock affairs than Mr. Green, or who\\nstrives continually to promote and advance these\\ninterests to a higher plane. He has a native pride\\nin this State, for he was born in Berrien County,\\nand has spent most of his days in Cass County,\\nwhere he is well and favorably known. His birth\\noccurred in March, 18; )3, and he is the son of\\nHnrvey and Eunice (Judd) (ireen.\\nPatrick Green, the grandfather of our subject,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0514.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0515.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "^-^^-tyi^ ^_X!c^^-2^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0516.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "PORTiiAlT AND BICK4RAPHJCAL RECORD.\\n517\\nwas ii native of the Emerald Isle, where he at-\\ntained iiis growtli and received his education.\\nWiien a young man, or after tiie Revolutionary\\nWar. he came to tiie I nited States and located in\\nthe Empire State, where for several years he en-\\ngaged in peddling. He was niai-ried in that State,\\nand shortly afterwards emigrated to Herrien\\nCounty, Mich., where he was one of the fiist\\nsettlers. lie bought land, engaged in improving\\nit, and on this reared his family of seven chil-\\ndren. They were named as follows: William,\\nIlnrve^-. John, Rhoda (first wife of R. Greenman),\\nNancy (wife of Kinaldo Reed), Abhie (wife of\\nAbner lUickman), and Mary, wife of Ransom\\nOreennian.\\nThe father of our subject, Harvey Green, was\\nborn in New Vt)rk State, and came witli his par-\\nents to Michigan when a child. At the age of\\ntwonty-one he branched out for himself, and as\\nlie had early been trained to the arduous duties of\\nthe farm, he selected agricultural pursuits as his\\noccupation in life. lie began tilling the soil on\\na new farm, and subsequently was married in\\nBerrien County to Miss luinice .Tudd, the daughter\\nof William and Al)igail (Heardsley) .ludd. The\\n.ludd family was one of the early ones of Cass\\nCounty, settling here as early as 181. 5.\\nIn 1H(!1, (luring the Civil War, he enlisted, and\\nwas never heard of after the battle of Shiloh. His\\nbrother .loliii was killed in that des])erato battle.\\nHe was a member of the Disciples Church, and in\\npolitics at one lime a Whig, and later a Hepub-\\nlican. His widow married a man by the name of\\n.Jackson Daj and became the mother of three\\nchildren by this union: May, who died when\\nyoung; Nora, wife of Frank Kssig; and Silvia.\\nMrs. Green is still living, and enjojs compara-\\ntively good health.\\nThe early days of our subject were passed in as-\\nsisting his father on the farm tiiid in attending\\nIhc district school, wheie he secured a fair educa-\\ntion. When but thirteen years of age he began\\nworking for himself in a sawmill, and continued\\nthis until about twenty-two years of age, in Mont-\\ncalm County, Mich. He thiMi came to his firand-\\nfather .ludd s farm, and on Iliis he resides at the\\npresent time, lie wiis niarricil in this county when\\ngo\\ntwenty-four years of age to Miss Mary Fraze,\\ndaughter of Hiram and Anna (Martin) Fraze. Mrs.\\nGreen is a member of the Disciples Church, and\\nthe3 give freely of their means to its support. In\\npolitics, Mr. (ireen is a Reijublican. He and wife\\nhave taken a nephew, Fred Day, to rear, and this\\nboy has been with them since an infant. Mr.\\nGreen first took charge of his grandfather s farm,\\nbut. since then he has purchased it. This consists\\nof eight} acres, and is in a finestateof cultivation.\\n~B)^^\\n/p^EORGE L. BAILEY, M. D., a prominent\\nIII J- physician of Buchanan, is a native of New\\nYork, having been born in the village of\\nSomerset, Niagara Count) on the 5th of M.ay,\\n1850. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Isaac Dodge\\nBailey, w.as born in Vermont, presumably of Irish\\nand English descent, and when a young man re-\\nmoved to New York, and theie spent the most of\\nhis active life. Leonidas P. l\u00c2\u00bb:iiley, father of our\\nsubject, was born in Niagara County, N. Y., and,\\nhaving been admitted to the Bar in the State of\\nNew York, conducted an active practice there.\\nComing to Michigan in 1854, Mr. Bailey, Sr.,\\nlocated in Midland City, IMidland County, and\\nopened an office for the practice of his profession.\\nHe soon gained considerable prominence through-\\nout the State and was recognized as one of the\\nmost successful attorneys of the county. F or his\\nwife he chose Miss Prudence Bugbee, a native of\\nNew York, her father having been a farmer in\\nthat State. The marriage was blessed b} tlie\\nbirth of the following children: Zil|)ha R., the\\nwife of Dr. .Joel S. Wheelock, both of them being\\nsuccessful physicians of Bancroft, Shiiiwassee Coun-\\nty, Mich.; and Aldon a lumberman residing in\\nthe northern part of Michigan.\\nIn the )Hiblic schools of Midland City our sub-\\nject acquired the rudiments of his education; later\\nhe carried on his studies for one year at Ypsilanti.\\nIlavin:; decided upon the medical profession as his\\noccupation for life, he entered the nu dical depart-\\nment of tlie State I niversity. at Ann Arbor, and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0517.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "518\\ni OETRAIT AND BIC)GRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncontinued in that institution until liis gradua-\\ntion in 1887. Immediately after completing his\\nstudies, he located in Buchanan, and has since re-\\nsided in tin s place. Through the exercise of good\\njudgment in the application of remedies, quick\\nperception in the diagnosis of cases, and habits of\\nindustry, he has gained the name of a successful,\\nconscientious and painstaking doctor. Although\\nhis medical studies long ago ceased to be con-\\nducted in an3 school or university, yet he is a\\ndiligent student and through the medium of med-\\nical journals keeps in touch with liie latest dis-\\ncoveries in therapeutics.\\nIn 1871 Dr. Bailey married Miss Florence Wise,\\nwho was born in Delaware County, Ohio, and re-\\nceived a thorougii education at Delaware College.\\nDr. and Mrs. Bailey have three children. Tlie eld-\\nest, Harry P., is a printer by trade, and follows that\\noccupation in Buclianan. He is a graduate of the\\nDeaf and Dumb Asylum at Flint, Midi., and, al-\\nthough thus sadly aftticted, he is a 3 oung niau of\\nability and intelligence. The other children, Bert F.\\nand Jennie R., attend the public schools of 15u-\\nchanan and are the recipients of every opportunity\\nfor attaining splendid educations. Social!) Dr.\\nBailey is identified witli the Independent C)rder of\\nOdd Fellows, belonging to the lodge at Buchanan.\\nHe is at present the Examining Phj sician for the\\nModern Woodmen of America, and is an active\\nmember of that organization in Buclianan. His\\npolitical opinions bring him in sympathy with\\nthe Ke|niblic;ms, and he is a warm advocate of tlie\\nprinciples of that part3\\nDWARD LA KUK HAMILTON. Of the\\neminent men of Michigan, many have\\nfound the legal profession the stepping-\\nstone on which they have risen to prominence.\\nTliere are now a number of young men possessing\\nkeen discrimination,. acute perception, sound judg-\\nment and shrewd insight, of whose future tlieir\\nfriends hold great expectations. Among this\\nnumljer is the subject of this biographical notice,\\nwlio is a prominent attorney-at-law and counselor\\nresiding in Niles. Notwithstanding the adverse\\ncircumstances under which he labored in his youth,\\nhe has risen to a osition of influence in Berrien\\nCounty, and conducts an extensive practice in all\\nthe courts.\\nA native of the county in which he now makes\\nhis home, Edward La Rue Hamilton w.as born on\\nthe 9th of December, 18.57. His father, Edward\\nL., and his grandfather, John J. Hamilton, were\\nboth natives of New York, and the former was\\nborn in Oneida County in 18.34. He was only one\\nyear old when he was brought to Michigan, and in\\nBeirien County he grew to a vigorous manhood.\\nA farmer by occupation, he engaged in general ag-\\nricultural pursuits until his death in 187(5. His\\nwife w.as Margaret Ann, the daughter of James\\nand Margaret (Goodenough) Jameson, and a na-\\ntive of Massachusetts. She was of direct Scotcli\\ndescent, her grandfather, James Jameson, having\\nbeen born in the land of tiiistles.\\nUpon the farm and in the schoolroom, the boy-\\nhood of Edward La Rue Hamilton was un-\\neventfully passed. After Cduducting his studies in\\nthe Niles schools for four years, he entered the\\nState Llniversity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor,\\nwhere he remained for a short time. The death\\nof his father caused him to leave school and icturn\\nto the homestead, where, aided b^ his mother, he\\nsucceeded in tlearing the farm of a heavy incum-\\nbrance left u|ion it by his fatlier. When the\\nplace was again unincumbered, he entered the law\\noffice of Judge H. H. Coolidge, of Niles, where he\\nconducted his legal studies for some time. Being\\nadmitted to the Bar in 188 4, he at once opened an\\noffice in Niles, where he is now well established in\\nhis profession.\\nThe lady who, on the 18th of October, 1883, be-\\ncame the wife of Mr. Hamilton, was Miss Cora\\ndaughter of l)i .Mfred Eddy, formerly of Chicago.\\nMr. and iSIrs. Hamilton have an attractive and cozy\\nhome in Niles, and in addition to this properly lie\\nowns one hundred and sixty acres of well-improved\\nland, which he values the more highly on account\\nof it having been the home of his parents during\\ntheir long residence in Berrien County. An active\\nRepublican, he has rendered effective service in", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0518.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "rORTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n519\\nbelialf 111 Ills pari.v and (hiriiiij the campaigns fre-\\nquently stuirn)!) tlie foiinty and distiicl. Fra-\\nternally, he is a member of St. Joseph Wille^\\nLodge No. 4, A. V. A. M.;St. Joseph Chapter, R.\\nA. M.; and Niles C ommandery No. 12, K. T.\\nE^^\\nANIEL WILLIAMS SWKM. an artist by\\nprofession, now prosperously following\\n1^ the occupation of general agriculture, is\\nalso a highly successful stock-raiser, hand-\\nling some of the finest liorses bred in the State of\\nMichigan. Residing upon a fine homestead located\\nin AVeesaw Township, Berrien County, he has held\\nwith able fidelity the olKcial i)osition of .Justice of\\nthe Peace, and is highly esteemed by the home\\nconiniunity. Mr. Swera was born in Columbiana\\nCounty, Ohio, April H, 1843. His parents, John\\nand Sarah (Glass) Swem, made their home for some\\nlength of time in the Buckeye State, but the father\\nwas a native of New Jersey, born in 181(1. He\\nhowever removed with his parents to Ohio in an\\nearly day, and was there reared, educated and mar-\\nried, and finally emigrated from near Lima to Ber-\\nrien County-, Mich., settling in Galien Township\\nin 1862, and making this jiart of the State his res-\\nidence until 1808, when he removed to Shelby\\nCountj Mo., and lived in that locality ten years.\\nThe father then retuined to Berrien County, where\\nhe later died in about 1887. He was of German\\nand Scolcli descent, and devoted the labor of his life\\nto the pursuit of agriculture. The mother was a na-\\ntive of Pennsylvania, and died in Uerrien Count}-,\\nin 1888. The parents were in early life members of\\nthe Baptist Church and afterward joined the hris-\\ntian Church. They were both active in good work\\n.and highly respected by all vvho knew them. Ten\\nchildren had blessed the home, seven sons and three\\ndaughters.\\nDaniel W., the liflh in order of birth, was reared\\nnear Lima, Ohio, and altended the district schools,\\nreceiving a good conimon education. In July, 1861,\\nwhen about eighteen years of age, he enlisted in\\nCompany I, Tweniy-sevcnili Ohio Infantry, as a\\nprivate and, afterward (iromoted, became Corporal\\nand later First Sergeant. Our subject had a brother,\\nJohn, in the same company. I ntil his discharge,\\nJuly 31, 186.5, Mr. Swem constantly participated\\nin scenes of danger and privation, but, never\\nwounded or taken prisoner, actively engaged in\\ntwenty-two of the fiercest battles of the rebellion.\\nHe was present at the fights of Blackwater, JIo.,\\nNew Madrid, Mo., Tiptouville, Ky., Island No. 10,\\nsiege of Corinth, luka, second battle of Corinth,\\nand Ilatchee Bridge. He took part in the campaign\\nand march through Geoigia, and vvas in the battle\\nof New Berne, N. C, the last battle in which he\\nengaged. His brother John, the color-bearer, also\\nmarvelously escaped cai^turo or wounds, having\\nonly received a wound suHicient to draw blood.\\nAnother brother, William Swem, courageously\\nfought ill the Fifth-fourth Ohio Infantry. After\\nthe discharge of our subject from the army in\\nwhich he had so faithfully served every day for four\\nyears, he went to Jacksonville, 111., and studied his\\nprofession under the teaching of T. T. Delzell, an\\nable instructor. Becoming thoroughly versed in\\nhis art, he was known as Prof. Swem. for fifteen\\nyears devoting his time and labor to his chosen\\navocation. For two years he traveled and suc-\\ncessfully- gave lessons in his art, but finally deter-\\nmined tospend the remainder of his life in the till-\\ning of the soil and stock-raising, in which branch of\\nfarming .Mr. Swem has acquired a reputation,\\nespecially as a breeder of line horses, not long since\\nselling a span for -$900.\\nIn 1867, Daniel Williams Swem and Miss Cor-\\ninth ia Paddock, a native of Weesaw Township,\\nwere united in marriage. Unto our subject and\\nhis estimable wife have been born four sons and\\ntwo daughters. Olefa is the wife of George W.\\nPainter; Elmo is at home; T. Gu\\\\, C. Clyde, Dale\\nand T. Dot complete the group who ^-el gather in\\nthe parents home. Mr. Swem is not connected\\nwith any church, but is known as a liberal-minded\\nman of sterling integrity. Fraternally, he is a\\nmember of Custer Post No. 208, G. A. R., at\\n(4alien and was a charter member and held the\\nollice of Commander two terms and was the second\\nRepresentative to the State Encampment. He is\\nlikewise a member of the Farmers Mutual Fire In-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0519.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "520\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsuraiice Companj of Berrien. He is a member of\\nGiilien Lodge No. 347, 1. O. O. F., and has filled all\\nthe chairs and represented bis lodge at the Grand\\nLodge at Lansing. Mrs. Swem is a Rebecca degree\\nmember and will represent her lodge at Lansing\\nthis fall. Our subject is now Vice-President and\\nhas been President of the Anti-Horse Thief Asso-\\nciation, and is connected with all township en-\\nterprises conducing to mutual welfare. Political!}\\nbe has with one exception identified himself with\\nthe Republican party, the exception being when be\\nvoted for Weaver as tlie candidate of the Green-\\nback party. He cast his first Presidential vote for\\nAbraham Lincoln and has closely adhered to the\\nprinciples of the Party of Reform. Mr. Swem\\nhas with ability discharged the duties of Justice of\\nthe Peace of Weesaw Township and, a man of\\nearnest purpose, a strong advocate of temperance,\\nand ever to be found upon the side of right and\\njustice, commands the esteem of all his fellow-\\ntownsmen.\\n-..^1^^\\n^/ARED HOADLEY. Located in the midst\\nI of one of the finest agricultural centres of\\nj Berrien County, the farm which Mr. Hoad-\\nley owns and occupies is conceded to be\\namong the best in the vicinity, and this is saying\\nnot a little, for on every band maj- be seen superior\\nplaces, whose ownership indicates thrift and pros-\\nperity. His farming operations are conducted in\\na manner indicative of a progressive, thorough\\nagi ieultnrist, and the same systematic condition of\\naffairs about his home is apparent in bis course as\\na man. Thorough in all that he does, lie allows no\\nworthy movement to drag for want of support if\\nin his power to help it.\\nMr. Hoadley was originally from the Empire\\nState, born in Manlius, Onondaga County, Sep-\\ntember 11, 1817, to the union of J. and Luc3\\n(Williams) Hoadley, natives of Bennington Coun-\\nty, Vt., and Massachusetts respectively. His grand-\\nfather, J. Hoadley, Sr., was of English descent, as\\nwas also the maternal grandfather. The parents\\nof our subject were married in Onondaga County,\\nN. Y., and there in connection with farming the\\nfather followed the carpenter s and joiner s trade.\\nThe mother died in that State and the father after-\\nwards moved to Sandusky, Ohio, and there\\nfollowed farming. They were the parents of\\nthree children, two daughters and a son, all of\\nwhom grew to manhood and womanhood.\\nFrom aliout the age of ten years our subject had\\nto fight life s battles for himself, and although he\\nnever attended school more than a year in his life,\\nhe was studious and observing and taught school\\nmany years. He is truly a self-made man, and\\nwhat he has accumulated in the way of this\\nworld s goods is the lesult of great energy and in-\\ndustry on bis part. When seventeen years of age\\nhe took charge of a mercantile establishment and\\nremained with this concern for three years, or\\nuntil the owner sold out. In 1838 he came West\\nto Michigan and stopped in Niles, where he\\nexpected to find emplo3 nient. Later he took a\\nschool and taught in the county for some time,\\nbut subsequently embarked in the grain business,\\nwhich he continued in Niles for three years.\\nAfter this he clerked in a store for five 3ears, and\\nwas then in the Farmers Merchants Bank for\\nsome time.\\nHe was eng.aged in business in Elkhart, Ind., for\\na few years, but sold out and in 1853 came\\nto Berrien County, Mich., and located on the farm\\nwhere he now resides and which he had purchased\\nin 1851. His Hist marriage was to Miss Zeviah\\nWillard, the daughter of Rufus Willard, who was\\nan early settler of Berrien County, ]Mich. She\\ndied leaving one child, buL the child died shortly\\nafterwards. Mr. Iloadley s second marriage was\\nto Miss Anna Iloagland, and by this union he he-\\ncame the father of three children. Rodney Paine,\\na natural musician and a genius in man} wavs,\\nfollowed teaching for some time but is now en-\\ngaged in farming. He is married and has two\\nchildren. Katta, wife of Chris Brandes, who is\\ncashier of a bank in Wisconsin, taught school when\\nshe was fourteen years of age, and is a lad}- of\\nmore than ordinary ability. Anna, deceased,\\nwas the wife of Mr. Cooper, a lawyer of Niles.\\nOur subject s third marriage was to Jliss Susan", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0520.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\nr.2i\\nAshcriift, who liore liiiii tliiec childicii. t,\\\\vo daugh-\\nters and a son. The. son. whose name is Willard,\\nis at honit- and is a good husiiioss man; Maiv will\\ngiaditate from tiie Niles schools soon; and Clara L.\\nis attending the schools in Niles. Mr. Iloadley\\nhas a good farm of one iuiiulrod and sixty-three\\nacres on section 28, Niles Townsiii|). and most of\\nthe improvements on the same have liccn made l y\\nhim. Altiioiigh he came to Michigan without\\nmoney, he has been a successful man in all the oc-\\ncu|);itions in whicii he engaged, and is now one of\\nthe sul stantial men of this vicinit} In politics,\\nhe adheres to the principles of the Republican\\nl)arty, but has never cared to hold otlicc. His son\\nWillard is Treasurer of Niles Township, and\\nRodney holds the same position m Chikaniing\\nTownship. IJerrien County. Mr. Iloadley was at\\none time a member of the Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows, but is not now.\\nILES DAAT.S, a retired agriculturist and\\nhighly respected pioneer citizen of Eau\\n111 Claire, Berrien County, Mich., began in\\n1851 the cultivation of his homestead, lo-\\ncated upon the west half of the northwest quarter\\nof section 34, and for nearl} two-score years a con-\\nslant resident of his homestead, has been intimately\\nassoci.ated with the growtii and prosi)crity of the\\ncounty. Mr. Davis was born September 12, 1830,\\nin Cambria Count} I a. His father, I onjamin\\nDavis, born in 17!)(), was a native of Wales and a\\nfarmer by occupation. The mother, also a native\\nof Wales, was born in ITIMI. The Davis family\\nemigrated to America in 18(11), and made their\\nhome in Penns^ lvania. The Williamses, crossing\\nthe broad Atlantic, became citizens of the United\\nStates in 1802. They likewise located in the (Juaker\\nState, where in due course of lime the parents of\\nour subject were married. They remained in Penn-\\nsylvania until 18M, when they removed to Ohio,\\nand settled in the woods of Ashland Countj-, upon\\nthe Western l!i*sii\\\\c. For four years Henjamin\\nDavis industriously cleared land and tilled the soil\\nof the Buckeye Slate, and then journeyed with his\\nfamily farther West, settling in 1818 in I i|)estone\\nTownship, Berrien County, IMich., upon the farm\\nnow owned by R. J. Tuttle.\\nThe mother died in 1848, the father surviving\\nuntil 1879. Energetic and industrious, they were\\nhighly regarded by all who knew then), and were\\ndevout meiDbers of the Christian Church, and in\\nPenns3 lvania the father had been an exhorter.\\nThe childien who clustered about the pioneer\\nhearth weie Timothy, Hannah and John, deceased;\\nRaehael, Mrs. Fisher; William and Bcnjan)in, de-\\nceased; Miles, our subject; IVIaiy DeLong; and Mar-\\nga) et. Miles Davis, the seventh child, attended the\\nschool of the district, but at fourteen years of age\\nsteadily devoted himself to the daily round of ag-\\nricultural labor upon his father s farm. At twenty-\\none years of age he began life for himself and. a\\nthoroughly practical farmer, entered with resoiii-\\ntiou into the clearing and cultivating of the land,\\nnow under a high state of [)roductivencss. Hi\u00c2\u00ab\\nlirst house was a modest log habitation, but in 1871\\nlie erected his attractive and commodious residence\\nat a cost of $2,000, and from time to time has added\\nother substantial improvemcHts. Mr. Davis owns\\ntwo hundred and forty acres of valuable land in\\nPipestone Township, and also has a house and lot\\nin Eau Claire, having accumulated a comfortable\\ncompetence, gained in the pursuit of farming.\\nIn 1856, Miles Davis and Mi.ss PJKebe F isher\\nwere united in marriage. Mrs. Davis w.as a daugh-\\nter of Ambrose and Maria (McDaniel) Fisher, who\\nremoved from Ohio to Michigan in 1846, and set-\\ntled in Berrien Townshii), where they both died.\\nMr. Fisher was an honored pioneer farmer and a\\nman of sterling integrit} Mrs. Davis is a native\\nof Ohio, and was born in Portage County in 1838.\\nOur subject .and his estimable wife were the parents\\nof three children. Ellic A., wife of Thomas Ferry,\\nis the mother of three children, and resides in\\nPipestone Township; William B., married to Mary\\nPeterbaugli, is the father of one child and is\\nliving in the township; the eldest child died in in-\\nfancy.\\nMr. and Mrs. Davis are value(I members of the\\nChristian Church at Eau Claire, of which chuicli", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0521.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "522\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nonr subject is an Elder and has taken an active\\npart in tiie work of the Sundaj -school. The\\ndaiigliter and sons enjo3-ed the benefit of a\\ngood common-school education, and for a number\\nof years Mr. Davis was an erticient member of the\\nSchool Board of the county. Politically, our sub-\\nject has always taken a deep interest in local and\\nnational issues. He is a strong Democrat and has\\nbeen a delegate to numerous conventions. He has\\nlikewise occupied with able fidelity various ollices\\nof trust, and has discharged tiie duties of Clerk of\\nPipestone Township, Treasurer of the township,\\nand Supervisor of the township to the vimversal\\nsatisfaction of the coramunitj whose interests he\\nso materially advanced bv his enterprise and busi-\\nness methods. Now retired from the daily routine\\nof agricultural life, he enjoj S a well-earned rest,\\nbut, as j et in the vigor of manhood, is one of the\\nsubstantial and liberal-spirited citizens, ever read}-\\nto aid in all matters of mutual welfare, and, widely\\nknown in Berrien County, enjoys the best wishes\\nand thorough confidence of a large circle of old\\nfriends and acquaintances.\\n|/_ ENRY VAN TILBURG. who has served\\nwith ability as Justice of the Peace and\\nTreasurer of the township of Ontwa, Cass\\nCount}-, Mich., is a leading agriculturist\\nand a highly esteemed citizen. He was born\\nin Union County, Pa., upon the 15tli of May,\\n1836. His parents were John and Elizabeth\\n(AVikle) Van Tilburg. Tiie paternal grandfather,\\nWilliam Xan Tilburg, was a son of Henry A an\\nTiiburg, of Dutch origin, who was a pioneer\\nfarmer of Jefferson County, where he passed away\\nat ninety-five years of age. His good wife was a\\nShaker. Grandfather Van Tilburg was born in\\nBucks County, Pa., and served with brave fidelity\\nin the War of 1812. While in New Orleans he\\nbecame very sick, and, tenderly eared for, he after-\\nward married his nurse. She was a Frenchwoman\\nnamed Williams. The four sons of tlie union\\nwere Samuel. John, William and Benjamin, all\\nborn in Bucks Count}-, Pa. The father died in\\nLycoming County. Grandfather Van Tilburg was\\nin religious belief a Lutheran. He lived for a\\nbrief time in Ohio, but spent the most of liis life\\nin Pennsylvania.\\nThe father of our subject was born in the\\nQuaker State June 2, 1806. He w.as a carding\\nmanufacturer by trude, but after removing to\\nSummit County, Ohio, in 1845, followed the\\npeaceful avocation of a farmer. In 1854 he\\njourneyed b}- team to Elkhart County, Ind., and\\nin 1859 located in Jefferson Township, Cass\\nCounty, Mich., where he died September 2, 1862.\\nHe had enlisted in Companj- F, Twelfth Michigan\\nRegiment, but was mustered out before leaving\\nthe State. Enjoying the confidence of the com-\\nmunities in v.hich he resided, he officiated as Jus-\\ntice of the Peace in Ohio, and was a Township\\nTrustee in Indiana. He was an earnest and reso-\\nlute man of integrity and perseverance. Politic-\\nall} he was a Democrat, and a member of the\\nE\\\\-angelical Church. His widow died in Elkharl.\\nApril 24, 1874. She was born in Northumberland\\nCounty, Pa., December 31, 1803, and was the\\ndaughter of Peter Wikle, a native of Pennsylva-\\nnia, although his parents were of German na-\\ntivity, the father and mother emigrating from the\\nOld Countrj- to America, where the\\\\- died at an\\nadvanced age. Peter Wikle fought in the War of\\n1812, and reared four sons and five daughters.\\nHis wife also died in the Quaker State. The family\\nwere of Evangelical faitli, and in political prefer-\\nence Mr. Wikle was a Whig. He was a shoemaker\\nby trade, and was an industtioiis and upright\\nman.\\nOur subject was one of the four children who\\nclustered about the farail}- hearth of the old home.\\nJohn died at nineteen years of age; Henry w.as\\nthe second-born; Mar}- Moore, the only daughter,\\nresides in Mecosta County, Mich.; J.acob is the\\nyoungest of the family. Henry Van Tilburg began\\nthe labor of life in a woolen f.actory, and continued\\nto work in the same until he removed with his\\nfather to Ohio. In 1860 he settled in Jefferson\\nTownship, Cass County, Mich., and in 1863 lo-\\ncated where he now resides, on the Redfield\\nestate, in 1881 he purch.osed forty-two .acres of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0522.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n523\\nland on section 21. Oiilwa rownsliip. In his\\notfici.al (hilii s ;is .luslioc of tlic IVuce and I reas-\\nurcr of the township, he has j;iven ijreat satisfac-\\ntion to tiie community li.V wlioni he is sniioiinded.\\nPolitically, he is a Democrat, interested in local\\nand national issues. Fraternally, he is n member\\nof the Ancient Free A Accepted Masons.\\nUpon Ansjust Ki, 18. )7, our subject was united\\nin marriage with Miss I-avina Danner, daughter of\\nMichael and Catliorine (Whetmirc) Danner. and\\nborn in Stark County, Ohio, her parents being\\nfarmers of the Buckeye Slate, but natives of Lan-\\ncaster County, Pa. Mrs. Catherine Danner has\\nbeen twice married. I5y licr first husband she be-\\ncame the motlier of four daughters and one son.\\nAfter the death of Mr. Fwnner she married Jo-\\nseph Flickmger, and lias borne him one son and a\\ndaughter. Tiiey are living with our subject. The\\nmaternal grandfather of Mrs. A .an Tilburg was\\nPhilip Downer, who was born in Pennsjl vania,\\nand died in Stark County, Ohio. Ilis wife was\\nborn in Germany. The one child wlio has blessed\\nthe home of Mr. and Mrs. an Tilburg is a son,\\nWilliam Henry. Mr. Van Tilburg was formerly\\nconnected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHe is a man of sterling integrity, and a true\\nAmeiican citizen.\\nmp\\n^E\\n=1^\\nYCURGUS .IFFFRIKS, an energetic busi-\\nej, ness man and representative fanner, now\\nlocated upon section 1!), (Jalien Township,\\nHerrien County, Mich., is a native of the West,\\nand was born in Dearborn County, Ind., .lanuarv\\n1. 1838. Our subject is the son of Thomas Iv ;in(l\\nMargaret (Foster) .Ic!tTries. Father .Icffries was\\nborn nc. ir Wheeling, a., in 181; Appr(Miticed\\nearly in youth to llic trade of a brick-l:i\\\\ er and\\nplasterer, he followed the business all his life. lie\\nwas also a contractor and builder, and was hard-\\nworking and enterprising. Married in ii-giniato\\nthe daughter of Thomas and Perinelia Foster, he\\nsoon after locateil in Indiana, settling in Law-\\nreneeville. Dearboiii oun1\\\\ which was his home\\nuntil his death of cholera, in 18.5(1. He was never\\na politician, but took an interest in the conduct\\nof pulilic affairs and cast his vote with the Demo-\\ncratic party. The father and mother were the\\nparents of six children: Thaddeus H., deceased;\\nLycurgus, our subject; Martha .1., wife of Isaac\\nMartin; Napoleon I!.; Permelia C., married to\\nReuben Cooley; and Missouri, deceased. The\\nmother after the death of her husband married\\nThomas Spradling, and unto tlKun was born one\\nson, Albert. In 1877, after surviving her fust\\nhusband twenty-seven years, she too passed away.\\nOur subject was but eleven years of age when\\nthe death of his father obliged him to begin the\\nbattle of life for himself. The orphan boy worked\\nfaithfully on a farm seven years, receiving the\\nprivilege of three months schooling, a suit of\\nclothes and ^IT). He was then eighteen years old\\nand managed with perseverance and self-denial to\\nfit himself for a teacher, and taught one year, lie\\nnext engaged in farming on the home place, and\\nwhen the Civil War broke out entered the Army.\\nIt was in 1862 that Mr. Jeffries joined the Army of\\nthe Cumberland, having enlisted in Company H,\\nSixty-eighth Indiana Regiment. He .actively par-\\nticipated in many of the principal eng.agements\\nand took part in the battles of Hoover s (Jap, Mis-\\nsion Ridge and Chickamauga, in the latter fight\\nhaving his gun shot out of his hand. Our subject\\nwas on detached duty with the Chief Commissary\\nof the Military Division of Mississipjii. Taken\\nprisoner at Mumfordsvillc, Ky., he w.as held in\\ndurance three months and then paroled. After\\nthe close of the war Mr. Jeffries located in Mich-\\ngan, and in 1867 w.as united in marri.age to Miss\\nJulia, daughter of William and Samantha (Taylor)\\nValentine.\\nThe wife of our subject was born in Oswego\\nCounty, X. V., and in I8.j0 emigrated with her\\nparents to La Porte Countw Ind., and the same\\near removed to Michigan, settling in IJcrrien\\nCounty. Mr. and Mrs. .Icffries have one son,\\nErnest, now married to .Aliss Daisy M.ayes. This\\nson received a liberal education in the l uclianan\\nSchool in Three Oaks, and is now on the luune\\nfarm. Aside from his agricultural inte:est: Mr.\\nJeffries was for several years engageil in the gro-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0523.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "524\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\neery and drug business in Three Oaks. For two\\nsummers he sold trees in both Michigan and Indi-\\nana. Politically, our subject is a Republican, and\\nfor one term ably discharged the duties of Town-\\nship Trustee of Three Oaks Township. At one\\ntime he was a member of the Ancient Free Ac-\\ncepted Masons, but is not now actively connected\\nwith that fraternal societj-. He is a member of\\nDeacon Post, G. A. R., Carlisle Hill, Ind. He and\\nhis estimable wife are valued members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and generously aid\\nin its support and the extension of the good\\ncause. Mr. Jeffries is well known throughout his\\nsection of the State and is respected as a citizen of\\nsterling integrity.\\nif4_^ IRAM S. HELMICK. Nowhere within the\\nlimits of Berrien County, Mich., can there\\nbe found a man who takes greater interest\\nin its agricultural affairs than Hiram S.\\nHelmick, or who strives more continually to pro-\\nmote and advance these interests. Everv life has\\na history of its own, .and although in appearance\\nit may possess little to distinguish it from others,\\nyet the connection of Mr. Helmick with the agri-\\ncultural interests of this region has contributed to\\ngive liiin a wide and popular acquaintance with\\nnearly every citizen of the county if not person-\\nalh then by name.\\nMr. Helmick is a product of Ohio soil, born in\\nWarren County in 1830, and the fourth in order\\nof birth of eleven children bom to the marriage\\nof .Jesse and Elizabeth (Simmington) Helmick, the\\nfather a native of Virginia, and the mother of\\nOhio. Jesse Helmick was a blacksmith by trade,\\nand came to Michigan in 1836. when Michigan\\nwas a Territory. He purchased three hundred and\\ntwenty acres, for which he paid $7 per acre, more\\nthan most of the land was selling for at that time.\\nThis land was covered with verj- heavv timber,\\nIndians were numerous but friendly, and wild\\ngame abounded. Mr. Helmick passed the remain-\\nder of his days on this farm, his death occurring\\nin 1881, when eighty-two ^-ears of age. His aged\\nwife survived him until 1887, and waseight}--four\\nat that time. Both were members of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church.\\n.Jesse Helmick was a public-spirited man. and\\nheld a number of local offices. He filled the office\\nof Probate .Judge for some time; was Townsliip\\nSupervisor, and was Justice of the Peace. He was\\na great lover of frontier life, and was born on the\\nfrontier of Virginia. From there he removed to\\nthe frontier of Kentuck3-, thence to the frontier of\\nOhio, and finally* brought his family to Michigan,\\nwhen it was still a wilderness. The children born\\nto this worthy couple were as follows: John S., a\\nresident of this county; Samuel and Mar^-, de-\\nceased; H. S., our subject; Jacob, wlio resides in\\nKansas; .Sarah J., deceased, who was the wife of\\nD. Sylvester; Eli, of Buchanan; Rachel A., de-\\nceased; Burnes, of Chicago; Alice, wife of R. B.\\nClark, of Buchanan; and Eliza, now Mis. Aiva\\nGreen, of Iowa.\\nThe subject of this sketch received his educa-\\ntion for the most part in Berrien Count} attend-\\ning the common schools, which were few and far\\nbetween in those days. At the usual age of twen-\\nty-one, he began life s battle for himself, and fii-st\\nengaged in farming on rented land, continuing on\\nthe same for two years. His father then gave him\\neighty acres, and to this he added by purchase un-\\ntil he owned an extensive tract. For fourteen\\nyears he resided ou this farm, and then went to\\nIdaho and Montana, where he remained for two\\nyears and a-half. For some time previous to tljis.\\nhe was engaged in business in Berrien .Springs, but\\nafter he sold his farm he purchased three hundred\\nand eight acres, with onl}- nine acres cleared. and\\nno buildings. Mr. Helmick still ret^iins two hun-\\ndred and sixt3 -six acres, the most of which is in\\nwild meadow land, there being but sixty-five acres\\nunder cultivaticm.\\nMr. Helmick selected his wife in the person of\\nMiss Lydia A. Scott, and their nuptials were cele-\\nbrated in the 3 ear 1 852. She was a native of\\nNew York State, and the daughter of Ambrose and\\nMary (Denmark) Scott. Mrs. Helmick w.as a\\nteacher by profession, and came to Michigan for\\nthe purpose of teaching. .She was one of eleven", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0524.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0525.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "/Z^^-^^^\\n/^^^I^P^J.^,\\nz_", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0526.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND RIOORAPinCAL RECORD.\\n527\\ncliililrcMi l in to licr parents, both of whom are\\nnow (U lH a.Nod. Five cliildren luivf blessed tbe\\nunion of Mr. and Jlrs. Helmick, as follows: Am-\\nbrose M.; Jesse M., deceased; Alice, wife of James\\nFulton, of this county; Mary, wife of George O.\\nHaitlioloniew, of this township; and Winnie, at\\nlioinc. Mr. and Mrs. Helmick hold membersliip in\\ntlie Methodist Episcopal Cliuicii. Tlie former lias\\nheld the office of Justice of the Peace for some\\ntime, and, in politics, has mostly affiliated with the\\nDemocratic party. Of late years he has been an\\nactive worker in the ranks of the Prohibition\\nparty.\\n\\\\I? EVI SPRINGSTEEN. Such as Michijran is,\\nll been made through the energetic\\nJIL^^ efforts and patient perseverance of the\\nsturdy race of pioneers wlio, during the early half\\nof this centur\\\\ penetrated its dense forests and\\ncleared the land which forms the present sites of\\nnourishing cities. The family of which our subject\\nis a member h.as for more than a half-century been\\nidentified with the development of this section of\\nMichigan and the name is one well known through-\\nout Cass County, especially in La Grange Town-\\nship, where our subject makes his home.\\nHenry Springsteen, father of our subject, w.as\\nborn in Rockland County, N. Y., and w.as de-\\nscended from ancestors who emigrated from Hol-\\nland in an early day and became closely associated\\nwith the progress of the United States. Henry\\nSpringsteen, who was reared upon a farm, in his\\nyouth was bound out to an elder brother to learn\\nthe trade of a carpenter, and after completing his\\nterm of apprenticeship followed that trade for\\nmany years. In his native county he married\\nEleanor Clark, and soon afterward removed to\\nOntario County, N. Y. They became the parents\\nof four sons and four daughters, three now living,\\nas follows: Eliza, Catharine and our subject. When\\nour subject w.as a mere infant the family removed\\nto Niagara County, where the father purchased\\none hundred acres of heavily timbered land. He\\ncleared the lace and added to it until his aggre-\\ngate possessions aiiiouiilcd to three hundred acres.\\nIn 1837, Henry Springsteen came to Michigan,\\nm;iking the long journey in wagons and occupy-\\ning considerable time in the removal. Reaching\\nCass County he rented land on Kinnie s Prairie,\\nwhere he remained for two years. Later, he bought\\none hundred and sixty acres near Dowagiac, but\\ndied two years after coming to this place, before\\nhe had effected the improvements which he had\\nplanned. In his religious belief, he was a member\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church, and served as\\nClass-leader in that religious organization. His\\nwife was also a devoted member of that denomina-\\ntion. Politically, he was a Democrat, and was a\\nman of great loyaltj- to his country, serving with\\nvalor in the War of 1812, although he never re-\\nceived any compensation for his services.\\nBorn in Ontario County, N. Y., March 10, 181.5,\\nour subject was taken in his infancj to Niagara\\nCounty, where he grew to manhood. When about\\ntwentj -three years old he married Miss Ariminda,\\ndaughter of Thomas and Rebecca Vanderhoof.\\nThis lady died in 1844, leaving one daughter, who\\npassed away when twenty-one years old. The\\nsecond marriage of Mr. Springsteen united him\\nwith Mrs. May Hunter, wee Stillwell, an estimable\\nlad}-, who departed this life in 1890. Beginning\\nfarming oi)erations soon after his first marriage,\\nMr. .Springsteen cleared large tracts and increased\\nthe value of his proi)erty by erecting suitable and-\\nsubstantial buildings. He is now the owner of\\none hundred and sixty acres, the most of which is\\nimproved. In his political opinions, he believes\\nthat free trade will subserve the best interests of\\nthe nation, and accordingly casts his influence on\\nthe side of the Democratic party.\\nS EBASTIAN SMITH. The career of this\\ngentleman has been marked by enter-\\nprise, industry and the well-directed efforts\\nthat have been rewarded by the accumula-\\ntion of a considerable amount of land and the\\nin.achinery and slock necessar}- fov carrying on a\\nfirst-class farm. The early years uf Mr. Smith", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0527.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "528\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwere spent in his native village, Rcdfield, Kenne-\\nbec County, Me., where he was born May 11,\\n1826.\\nThe grandfather of our subject, whose given\\nname was Matliias, was one of the settlers of the\\nPlymouth Colony of historical fame, and he\\nlocated on two hundred acres of land in the\\nPlymouth County tract, along the Kennebec River.\\nThere he toiled laboriously in making a home for\\nhimself and family, and died in the very prime\\nof life. To himself and wife were born four\\nsons: Mathias, John, Cyril and Comfoit. John\\nand Comfort lived to the great age of ninety\\nyears. Grandfather Smith was born and reared in\\nthe State of Maine, and there he wooed and ni.ar-\\nried his wife, who was known in her maiden days\\nas Miss Stockton. This lady bore her husband\\neight sons and one daughter, all of whom reached\\nmature years with the exception of one son. The\\nothers are: Samuel, George. Benjamin, Oliver,\\nAnsel, James, John and Harriet. James died in\\nNew Hampshire, Oliver in New Brunswick, Ansel\\nin Massachusetts, and John passed away when\\ntwenty 3 ears of age at his home.\\nThe father of our subject was born in Redfield,\\nMe., January 2, 1792, and although a mere lad\\nwhen the War of 1812 broke out, he enlisted and\\nserved the entire time, being in tlie battle of Ft.\\nPrebble and other engagements. During active\\nlife, George Smith was a merchant, in which occu-\\npation he was very successful, but when old age\\nbegan to show itself he retired from business and\\nwent to live with his son, our subject. He was a\\nman of strong intellect, retaining his mental\\nfaculties to the last. He learned the Greek alpha-\\nbet after he was eighty years of age, and was ex-\\ncellent in mathematics all his life, having taught\\nin early years. He served in numerous township\\noHices, and was a Democrat in politics. He died\\nat the rii^e age of ninety-one years, his wife\\nhaving passed from this life in 1865, at the age of\\nseventy.\\nMr. Smith s mother was also a native of Red-\\nfield, and a daughter of Jeremiah White, a shoe-\\nmaker by trade. She was the mother of five\\nchildren: Glorvinia, Albion, Sebastian, Wallace,\\nand George W. The two last-named were soldiers.\\nthe former enlisting in the Second Wisconsin\\nCavalry as Lieutenant. The latter enrolled his\\nname with those who formed the Nineteenth\\nMaine Infantry as a private, but v^as soon pro-\\nmoted to the rank of Captain. He was killed in\\nthe memorable battle of Gettj-sburg, July 2, and\\nburied on the field. At the time of the dispute\\nabout the boundary line, in 1830, George had\\ncharge of the troops, and discharged his duty\\nthere in a trustworthy manner.\\nOur subject received his education in the com-\\nmon district schools of Maine and New Brunswick,\\nand at the age of nine years he entered his father s\\nstore, where he remained for about four years,\\nand at the end of that time went with his Uncle\\nOliver to New Brunswick. There he spent two\\nyears in the town of Frederickton,and at the age of\\nfifteen began to receive a salary of |i200 a \\\\ear.\\nAfter the demise of his uncle, Sebastian settled\\nup the business, and in 1854 returned to Maine,\\nwhere he stayed a few da3 S with his parents, and\\nthen made his way to Chicago. At the expiration\\nof two years, during which time he was in the\\nemploy of a lumber company, he erected a mill in\\npartnership with Henry R. Holland, but in the\\npanic of 1857 they lost everything they had.\\nMr. Smith and his partner then purchased a\\nquarter-section! of land, which is now the home of\\nthe former, and although at the time of purch.ase\\nthe land was in a very rude state, our subject has\\nso skillfully managed and worked so industriously\\nas to convert it into a first-class farm. In the\\nspring of 1858 Mr. Smith began clearing this land,\\nupon which he built a house a year later. He\\nnow owns three hundred and twenty acres in the\\nhome farm, which is located on section 14, at the\\neast end of Paw Pavv Lake, Watervliet Township,\\nBerrien Count\\\\ Besides the homestead, there are\\nfarms elsewhere aggregating five hundred acres,\\nsixty of which are devoted to the cultivation of\\nfruit, and forty of which, situated on the lake,\\nare used for the purpose of renting. On these\\nforty acres are built neat and attractive cottages,\\nthat nestle among the groves and constitute the\\nmost comfortable homes.\\nMr. Smith has alwa3S been active in political\\naffairs, and has cast his ballot both for tlie Demo-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0528.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n529\\ncratic and I roliihitioii parlies, lie is a iiicniber of\\nthe Masdiiic fialeniitv, of wliieii he was made a\\nconstituent in New I5runswici and is also identi-\\nfied with the Congregational Church. The mar-\\nriage of our suliject and Miss Harriott M. Harker\\nwas celebrated .luly 9, 18r)(), at the home of the\\nbride s parents, John and Rebecca (Burpe) Barker.\\nMrs. Smith was born in New Biunswick, and after\\nher marriage became the niollicr of five children,\\nthree of whom are still living: John W., Carrie IJ.\\nand Klla (i. The others died in infancy. .John\\nBarker was a farmer and shoemaker by occupation,\\nand reared one son and three daughters.\\nThe worthy wife of our subject has been a zeal-\\nous worker in the INIethodist Kpiscopal Church for\\na number of years, and is a lady wiio is beloved\\nby all with whom she forms accjuainlanceship.\\nMr. Smith has long been known as an honorable\\nand hard-working farmer, who possesses good\\nqualities as a man and is loyal and true as a\\ncitizen.\\nR. T. G. RIX, a successful dentist and promi-\\nnent citizen of Cass County, Mich., has been\\ncontinuously engaged in the duties of his\\nprofession in Dowagiac for over a quarter of a\\ncentury, but, a native of New England, was born\\nin Danville, Vt., July 28, 1834. The birthplace\\nof his father, Guy C. Rix, was Littleton, N. H., in\\nwhich part of the Old Granite State the i)atenial\\ngrandfather, Nathaniel Rix, was numbered among\\nthe very earliest settlers and, owning four hundred\\nacres of valuable land, was esteemed a man of\\nsubstance. Energetic and intelligent, Grandfather\\nRix was one of the representative agriculturists of\\nNew Hampshire and took an active and leading\\npart in public affairs, serving with great accepta-\\nbility to his constituents for twenty-eight years as\\none of the able legislators of the State. The\\nmother of our subject was descended from noble\\nand patriotic ancestry. Gen. Gates, of Revolu-\\ntionary fame, being one of her forefathers.\\nDr. Rix received instructions in the sclioois of\\nSt. Johnsluiry and Liltlcloii. and completed a\\ncourse of study in the Yalcs Academy in Orleans\\nCounty, N. Y. In 18.01, our subject, then only\\nabout seventeen years of age, made his home in\\nMichigan. Having decided to adopt a profession,\\nhe began llie study of dentistry at Manchester, and\\nlater continued the same in Buffalo, finall} taking a\\ncouise in the American College of Dental Surgery,\\nfrom which well-known institution he graduated\\nwith an honorary degree. Dr. Rix was for five\\nyears Professor of Clinical Dentistry in his Alma\\nMater and also occupied tlie chairs of Metallurgj\\nand Prosthetic Denistry. Our subject was among\\nthe earliest to enlist in the service of ttie Union,\\nand was Lieutenant of om])an3 D, First Michi-\\ngan Infantry, which ]wrticipated in the first fight\\nof Bull Run. In IHfU Dr. Rix located perma-\\nnently in Dowagiac, and entered into a profitable\\nand extensive practice as a dentist. The marriage\\nof our subject and Miss Harriet Page, daughter of\\nJames Page, of New York State, was celebrated in\\nthe year 1858.\\nThree children have blessed the pleasant home of\\nDr. Rix and his estimable wife. Dr. John Rix is a\\nprosperous dental surgeon at Thorp, Wis. Ade-\\nlaide P., now Mrs. Frank F. Fish, of Chicago, is\\nalso a graduate of the American College of Den-\\ntal Surgery, and took her degree in the year\\n1892; and Gertrude is at home. In the spring\\nof 1892 our subject was in charge of the Amer-\\nican College of Dental Surgery as Superinten-\\ndent of the College and Clinics, where there were\\nat the time one hundred and sixty students\\nand from one hundred and fifty to two hundred\\npatients per day. He was forced on account of\\nill-health to resign his arduous position and recu-\\nperate. Dr. Rix is a liberal and progressive citi-\\nzen, deeply interested in local and National affairs,\\nand has several times been the nominee of his\\nparty for positions of trust. He has for two terms\\ndischarged elliciently the duties of Village Trustee,\\nand is now President of the Dowagiac Union\\nFair Association, one of the important enterprises\\nlocated at Dowagiac, Cass County. He is .also Pres-\\nident of the Mutual City and Village Fire Insur-\\nance Comjiany of the counties of Berrien, Cass and\\nan Buren. Fraternally, our subject is a valued", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0529.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "530\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmember of the Ancient Free A Accepted Masons,\\nand affiliates witli Lodge No. 114; Kej-stone\\nChapter No. 36, of Dowagiac; American Legion\\nof Honor, Knights of Honor, Knights of Pythias,\\nand B. P. O. E., tlie last order at Battle Creek,\\nMich.\\n-5-\\n-J-\\ne EUGENE LYLE, Vice-President of the\\nDowagiac Drill Company, one of the lead-\\ning enterprises of Cass County, and also a\\nDirector of the City Bank, engaged profitably in\\nthe dry-goods business for himself when, only .sev-\\nenteen years of age, and still continues to devote\\na large portion of his valuable time to mercan-\\ntile pursuits. Our subject is a native of Dowagiac,\\nand was born in this thriving city January 9,\\n1855. He was the son of one of the prominent\\ncitizens of the town, D. Lyle, well known in Cass\\nCounty, and highly esteemed as an early settler\\nand representative business man of Dowagiac.\\nThe home of the father and mother was blessed\\nby the presence of two sons, C. Eugene and\\nFrank W. Lyle, Cashier of the City Bank. Mr.\\nLyle throughout his childhood and the days of his\\nboyhood regularly attended the excellent schools\\nof his native town, and received a [iractical educa-\\ntion which well fitted him to discharge the various\\nand complex duties which have since devolved\\nupon him.\\nEntering upon the responsibilities of business\\nlife four years prior to attaining his majority, our\\nsubject has for over a score of years given his\\nclose and unwearied attention to the details which\\ninsure the successful handling of dry-goods, and\\nhas built up a trade covering a large territory and\\nsecond to none in this section of the country. In\\ncompany with his brother he also engaged in man-\\nufacturing drills, the enterprise from the first re-\\nceiving unusual encouragement and immense cus-\\ntom. Tiie extensive factory now legularly em-\\nploys from two hundred to two hundred and\\ntwenty-five men, its products comparing most\\nfavoralily with the old establishments of this\\ncountry and Europe. Financially prospered, Mr.\\nLyle is active in all iiiallers of pulilic interest,\\nand is a large stockholder in the City Bank, of\\nwhich he has for.some time been one of the valued\\nDirectors. In this official position, as in his entire\\nbusiness career, he is especially distinguished for\\nhis executive ability and clear judgment.\\nOur subject was married in September, 1878, his\\nwife being Miss Ida A. Holmes, a daughter of\\nRichard and Mary Holmes, of Dowagiac, the father\\nand mother being long-time residents of this\\ncity, havingemigrated to Michigan from the State\\nof New York, their early home. Mr. and Mrs.\\nLyle have one child, Miss Clara H. Lyle, to whom\\nlife promises a bright and happy future. Mr.\\nLyle is in no sense of the word a politician, but is\\nwell posted on local and National issues. In both\\nsocial .and business circles he has a large acquaint-\\nance, and, passing his entire life among the asso-\\nciations of youth, enjoys the confidence of a host\\nof life-time friends.\\nj.^ ^_\\n^S\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i-j\\nAMES H. GRAHAM. A pioneer of M.ason\\nTownship and a gentleman who has had\\nmore to do witli the public affairs of tiie\\nsame than any other man in the township,\\nis James H. Graham, who w.as born in Wayne\\nCounty, Ohio, November 18, 1832. lie was sixth\\nin order of birth of nine children born to J. R. and\\nMary A. (Kidd) Graham. J. R. Graham was born\\nin Belfast, Ireland, January 28, 1796, and was of\\nScotch-Irish descent. He was a weaver by trade,\\nas was his father before him, and the youngest of\\na large family of children. When a young man\\nhe crossed the ocean to America, landing in Can-\\nada, but went from there to Philadelphia, where he\\nworked at his trade as a weaver for some time,\\nand then went to Wilmington, Del. At the latter\\nplace he formed the acquaintancn of Miss Mary\\nA. Kidd, who was born in Philadelphia and who\\nwas of genuine Highland Scotch ancestry. Her\\nfather was a wealthy and prominent powder man-\\nuf.Ttlurer.\\nMl and Mrs. (Jraliain s nuptials were celebrated", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0530.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "Portrait and BiooRAriiicAL record.\\no;m\\nMarch 9, 1822, and lie continued to follow his\\nUncU in Wiliiiiiiutoii :ui;l I liihidclpliia lor many\\nyenis, heinj, a ivsidenl of the latter place when\\nLa Favetle made a visit there. Later lie went to\\nWayne County, Ohio, and conlinuL d in the manii-\\nfactnie of linen and woolen goods until the win-\\nter of 18 l(), when he eanie to Michigan. lie located\\nin Moltville, and two years later came to Cass\\nCounty, locating on land in M.ason Township\\nwhere oui- subject now lives, lie came here with a\\nmoderate fortune made in his business asaweaveri\\nMud died here four years later, in .January, 1852.\\nlie was a Whig in his political views and a strong\\nProtectionist, lie and his wife were members of the\\nBaptist Church. Ten years after his death and on\\nthe same farm occurred the death of the wife and\\nmother. This was on October 22, 1862, and she\\nwas si.\\\\ty-two years of age, her birth having oc-\\ncurred in 1800.\\nThe brothers and sisters of our subject were\\nnamed as follows: John, born January 21, 1823,\\ndied in infancy; Mary Ann, born Seplcinber 24,\\n1S21. married Marshal Moon, who is farming in\\nthis .State; Eleanor, born August 14, 1826, married\\nGeorge W. San ford, a steamboat engineer of St.\\nLouis. Mo., where she died May 15, 1854; Marga-\\nret, born September 13, 1828, married Jonas Mill-\\ner, a farmer, and now resides at Ilicksville, Ohio;\\nVictorine, born November 13, 1830, died Septem-\\nber II, 1846; Eveline, born January 8, 1835, mar-\\nried Alonzo Fields, who is now deceased, and she\\nis living in Porter Township, this count}^; Jane\\nborn April 7, 1837, died August 28, of the same\\nyear; and Isah, born July 19, 1838, died Septem-\\nber 17, 1847.\\nA limited education was received by James H.\\nGraham, for when but a small child he went into\\nthe woolen-mill with his father. Later, or when\\nthirteen years of age, he took charge of a carding-\\nmaehine and wlien fourteen years of age came\\nwith his i)arents to Michigan. When twent} years\\nold he was left fatherless and lie continued on the\\nhome place, clearing it of the heavy timber with\\nwhich it was covered. With his own liands he\\ncleared one hundred acres and after the death of\\nhis mother the land came into his possession. Since\\n1818 it has been Ids home, rnlikc his fatiier, our\\nsubject became converted to the principles of the\\nDemocratic party long before lie was old enough\\nto vole, and his arguments with his father on this\\nsubject while he was yet a boy, especially on the\\nsu1)ject of free trade and [irotection, sliowed him\\nto be well posted for his 3 ears. AVhen he would\\ncome out .ahead in his arguments his father would\\nsay: Well, you re nothing but a bo^-and can do\\nno harm; you will know more when you get to be\\na man. This was probably true, but Mr. Graham\\nis still the same free-trade Democrat, pure and\\nsim|)le, with no side issue. His motto has ever\\nbeen, -Sink or swim, live or die, it shall be on\\nthe old ship Democracy.\\nMr. Graham has always been a prominent factor\\nin the politics of his locality and the first office he\\never held w.as that of Constable. This was the\\nfirst election held after he became of age, and was\\nin 1853. lie held the position for four 3 ears, and\\nin 1854 was elected one of the County Commis-\\nsioners, serving in that capacity until the si)ring\\nof 1857. At that date he was elected Justice of\\nthe Peace and has discharged the duties incumbent\\nupon this position continuously ever since. In\\nthe spring of 1865 he became Township Supervisor\\nand that office has been in his keeping altogether\\ntwenty-one years. He was Chairman of the Board\\nof Supervisors for five years and retired from the\\noffice in the spring of 1893. In 1886 he repre-\\nsented his county before the State Board of Equal-\\nization and obtained concessions favorable to the\\ncounty. Since 1855 he has been a prominent\\nMason and is now a member of a lodge at Con-\\nstantine.\\nDecember 7, 1854, he wedded Miss Adelade Ar-\\nnold, a native of Mason Township, Cass County,\\nMich., born August 20, 1837, and the daughter of\\nGeorge Arnold, who was born in the old Bay State\\nDecember 2, 1812. Her grandfather, Elijah Ar-\\nnold, was born either in Massachusets or Connecti-\\ncut, and his father, an Englisliman, served in the\\nWar for Independence and lived to be ninety-two\\nyears of age. George Arnold was a halter early\\nin life but later a carpenter and builder. When\\nsixteen years of age he came West to the Buck-\\neye State, and in 1835 made his w;i\\\\- to .Michigan,\\nlocating land on section 12, Mason Township, Cass", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0531.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "532\\nPOxiTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCounty. He married Miss Harriet Barber, who was\\nborn at Batavia, N. Y., in 1814. Of lier family\\nbut little can be learned. Mr. Arnold served as\\nTownship Supervisor of Mason Township at an\\nearl} day and died on the land where he first set-\\ntled and where Mrs. (iraliam was born, in 1867.\\nMr. and Mrs. Graliam are tlie parents of three\\nchildren. The eldest, Hattie T., was educated at\\nHillsdale and at tlie State Kormal School at Ypsi-\\nlanti. For many years she was a teaclier in the\\npublic scliools but is now, and has been for years,\\none of the members of the school examining board\\nof Cass County and is considered one of the most\\nable members of the same. Kena G. was edu-\\ncated at Hillsdale and Ypsilanti and is now a sten-\\nographer and typewriter in Cliicago. Tlieir other\\nchild, and only son, Herbert A., married Miss Lucy\\nHitclicox, of Union, this county, and for years lias\\nbeen a salesman in Chicago. At present (1893),\\nhe is connected with tlie World s Fair manage-\\nment. He is the father of three children: Donald\\nH., Marguerite and Una Arline.\\nI\\nSAAC MARTIN, an energetic citizen, a stone-\\nmason by trade, and an excellent workman,\\nhaving for many years devoted himself to that\\noccupation, has of late given his attention to the\\ntilling of the soil, and resides upon a valuable farm\\nof one hundred acres, located aljout two and a-\\nhalf miles south of Three Oaks, Berrien County,\\nMich. Our subject, born January 30, 1825, is a\\nnative of New Jersey His paternal grandfather,\\nIsaac W. Martin, was a native of New Jersey and\\nwas born June 14, 1771. Reared in his birthplace,\\nthe grandfather attained to manhood and was mai-\\nried toMiss Alice Adams, and witli his wife removed\\nto Oxford, Ohio, some 3 ears later, settling in the\\nBuckeye State in 1838. He died in Ohio the fol-\\nlowing year. October 3, 1839. By trade a shoe-\\nmaker, Isaac Martin did not amass a competence,\\nbut, a thoroughly honest and sincere man, he en-\\njoyed the confidence of many friends. His good\\nwife, who was also a native of New Jersey, sur-\\nvived his death many years and passed to lier rest\\nin Berrien County, October 8, 1871, aged ninety-\\none years. This venerable lady was a daughter of\\nMatthew Adams, who was a soldier in the War of\\nthe Revolution. Early in life Grandmother and\\nGrandfather Martin were both members of the\\nPresbyterian Church, but later the grandfather\\njoined the Baptist Ciiurch and his excellent wife\\nbecame a Metliodist.\\nIsaac and Alice (Adams) Martin were tlie par-\\nents of eleven children, eight sons and three\\ndaughters: Abraham, Matthew, Isaac AV., Pluelie,\\nMary, Paul A., Sophia, William, Jacob, Sherwood\\nand John. Abraham, the father of our subject,\\nwas the eldest son and combined the occupations\\nof a farmer and a shoemaker. He was born in the\\nold New Jersey liome October 24, 1800. At-\\ntaining to manhood, he married Miss Lydia Cum-\\nback, a native of New Jersey, born in 1802, the\\ndaugliler of Peter Cumback, and an aunt of the\\ncelebrated lecturer, Will Cumback. of Indiana.\\nAfter many years of usefulness the father died on\\nthe farm adjoining where our subject now resides,\\nNovember 4, 1860. He had emigrated from the\\nEast to Indiana in a very early day, and from Ind-\\niana journeying to Michigan, settled in Berrien\\nCounty in 1847. The mother survived until Oc-\\ntober 20, 1862. Unto the parents were born ten\\nchildren, six of whom are yet living. Isaac, tlie\\neldest, IS our suliject; Elsie is the wife of John\\nSmith and resides in Oregon; John S. is the third;\\n.Mary is the wife of Calita Preston; Martha is the\\nwidow of David Penwell; and Eliza is the young-\\nest.\\nUntil thirteen }-ears of age our subject remained\\nin his early home, but at that period of his life\\nhis parents removed from New Jersey to Franklin\\nCounty, Ind., where he received the most of his\\neducation. He was trained up to industrious\\nhabits, and decided to learn a trade, finally choos-\\ning that of a stone-mason. At twenty-one years\\nof age he began the struggle of daily labor upon\\nhis own account, and has followed his trade most\\nof the lime since. In 1845 Mr. Martin was united\\nin marri.age with Miss Nancy Gavin, who was born\\nin Indiana and departed this life in 1854. The\\nunion vvas blessed by tlie birth of two sons,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0532.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n533\\n.Tames and Jolm. Our subject entered into a sec-\\nern (1 in;iirinji:i A|iril -i 1860, and was tlien wed-\\nded to Miss Marlliii Jane Jeffries, of Indiana,\\nwho lias had four children: Nellie (deceased)!\\nEdith, Clarence and Clifford. Our subject and\\nhis esliniable wife are valued members of the\\nMethodist Kpiscopal Church, as were the jiarenls\\nof Ml Martin. Politically, our subject is a strong\\nDemocrat an(i cast his first vote for Lewis Cass.\\nHe takes an active interest in local and national\\nissues and has held with cdiciency the office of\\nHii;hua\\\\ Coniniissioner. Duriiii; forty-six years\\nof intimate association with the cominunity where\\nhe now resides. Mr. Martin has been an important\\nfactor in the irrowlh of local enterprise and ira-\\nproveinent-. and fully possesses the esteem of a\\nwide circle of old friends and fellow-townsmen.\\nAM S. O DELL. The agricultural part of\\nthe community is its bone and sinew, from\\n^_., which conies the strength and vigor neces-\\n(J^/ sary to carry on the affairs of manufacture,\\ncommerce and the State. When the farming peo-\\nple are composed of men and women of courage,\\nenterprise, intelligence and integrity, prosperity\\nwill attend ill departments of activity, and this\\nis prc-eminenll3 the casein Cass Count3\\nThe prominent farmer of whom we now write\\nhas ever been a resident of Porter Township, and\\nwas the first male white child born in this town-\\nship, his birth occurring January 10, 1830. His\\nfather, Nathan G. O Dell, was a native Virginian,\\nborn October 1, 1803, and the grandfather, also\\nNathan G. O Dell, was born in the same State No-\\nvember 4, 1772. The progenitors of this family\\ncame originally from England, but for many gen-\\nerations the ancestors resided in the grand old\\nState of Virginia. Although they lived in a slave\\nSlate, not a member of this family ever owned\\nslaves, and, so far as known, all were opposed to\\nslavery.\\nNathan O Dell, Sr., inariied Miss Rebecca\\nKite, a native also of Virginia, born July 3, 1780,\\nand they had nine children. Thomas, the eldest,\\nwas l)orii .lanuary 22, 1796, and was ff)r more tli.an\\nforty years a Methodist preacher. He went to\\nIowa, and there died rn 1861. James, born Sep-\\ntember 13, 1798, married ]\\\\Iiss Nancy Carr, and\\ncame to Michigan at a very early day. lie died\\nin St. .loscpli County September 24, 183.5. John,\\nborn March 24, 1801, died in Ohio August U\u00c2\u00bb,\\n182(;. Nathan G. was next younger; Elizabeth,\\nborn on the 2 1st of May, 1806, was married\\nin Ohio on the 19th of May, 183,5. Enos P.,\\nborn August 7, 1808, went to Illinois, where he\\nfollowed farming until his death, February 22,\\n1852. Lorenzo D., born October 29, 1810, was a\\nmember of the Ohio Congress, and died in that\\nState about 1883. Rebecca, born M.ay 17,1812,\\nmarried Thomas Burns, and they came to Michi-\\ngan, where she died in September, 1846; and\\nSilas P., born September 15, 1817, died when but\\ntwo years of age.\\nThe father of the above-mentioned children w.as\\na miller by trade, and owned a mill in Virginia.\\nIn connection with milling he also carried on\\nfarming. Early in 1800 he went with his family\\nto OliKJ, settled in Wayne County, and there look\\nland. He also owned and oi)erated a gristmill.\\nIn 1828 he came to Michigan and settled in the\\neastern part of what is now Porter Township,\\nwhere his death occurred in October, 1835. His\\nwife followed him to the grave two months later.\\nHis son, Nathan G., father of our subject, was\\nmarried in Ohio in 1828 to Miss Sarah Drake, and\\ndirectly after marriage left the Buckeye State with\\nseveral other families and came to Cass County,\\nMich. Mr. O Dell settled in what is now Porter\\nTownship, and there he and his father took up\\nGovernment land. To his marriage were born\\nfive children.\\nOf these children James S. w.as the eldest. Thomas,\\nthe next in order of birth, was born January 30,\\n1831, and married Miss Luvina Travers. He was\\na farmer by occuiiation and a leading man in local\\npolitics. For a year he was Justice of the Peace,\\nfor eight years Supervisor, and a member of the\\nMichigan State Legislature. He died January 30.\\n1892, leaving a family of six children. The third\\niu order of birth of Mr. O JJell s ciiildrcn was", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0533.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "534\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nDavid, whose liiilli occuned ou the 27th of March,\\n1833. lie went tu Iowa, and siibse(iiieiitly enlisted\\nin the Civil War. After lieing discharged he re-\\nturned to that State and there died soon after.\\nMaigueiite,born November d. 1834, married Henry\\n.1. Brown, who died in 1881. .Siie is still living\\nand makes her home in Porter Township; John,\\nborn Octolter 30, 1836, married Miss Jane Smith,\\nand is now farming in Porter Township.\\nThe mother of the above-mentioned children\\ndied in October, 1836. soon after the last-named\\nchild was born. Her husband s second marriage\\nwas to Miss Eliza Shivel, who bore him two chil-\\ndren. Sarah, whose birth occurred December 2,5,\\n1842, married John Draper, and died while he was\\nin the army; and Eben, born December 27, 1843,\\nwent into the army when but sixteen years of age\\nand remained in the service until the cessation of\\nhostilities. He married Miss Nettie Motley, and\\nthey have three living children.\\nThe original of this notice was but thirteen\\nyears of age when his father died, and as lie started\\nout soon after to make his own w.ay in life. Ins\\neducation was necessarily very limited. Being\\nindustrious and economical, he bought the laud\\nwhere he now lives in the fall of 1856, and one\\nyear later was married to Miss Jane Travers, a\\ndaughter of Robert Travers, who was one of the\\npioneers of Cass County, Mich. She was born\\nMarch 27, 1858, and died leaving a little girl baby\\nbut ten days old. This child, who was named\\nSarah Jane, was born iVIarch 17, 1858, and died\\nJuly 13, 1869. February 27, 1859, Mr. O Dell\\nmarried his present wife, Caroline Louppee, who\\nwas born in AVayne Count}*, Ohio, November 8,\\n1837, and who was a daughter of George and\\nAVilmina (Stiner) Louppee, both of whom were\\nborn in Germanj-. They came to this country\\nshortly after their marriage, settled in Wayne\\nCount} Ohio, and in the spring of 1843 moved\\nto Cass Count}-, Mich., where the father died the\\nfollowing August. Her mother was three times\\nmarried, the last time to Jacob Rinehart. She\\ndied in 1876.\\nMrs. O Dell had six brothers and one sister.\\nGeorge, her eldest brother, went to Iowa, married\\nand has a family of children. Lewis also \\\\vciU to\\nthat State, but later entered the army. After the\\nwar he settled in Kansas. He is a blacksmith by\\ntrade. Fredrick went to Wisconsin, where he now\\nlives and where he follows the trade of black-\\nsmith. He is married, but has no children. Will-\\niam is a baker at Constantine, I\\\\Iich., and is mar-\\nried and has children. John is a prominent far-\\nmer of Porter Township, is married and has a\\nfamily of children. Sarah married Selli Talliert,\\na farmer, and the} live in Porter Township. They\\nhave a family of children. Oscar, a merchant and\\nPostmaster at Union, is married and has children.\\nThe half-sister of Mrs. O Dell, Eveline, married\\nMartin Stanard and went with him to Nebraska.\\nShe is residing there now, but is a widow. Mrs.\\nO Dell s half-brother, Henry Wright, is a farmer\\nof Porter Township.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. OT)ell have been born four\\nchildren. Nathan, born April 23, 1860, nianied\\nAddie Hutehings. and they have two children,\\nVida and Ruble. He is a merchant at Jones, Cass\\nCounty, Mich. Carrie M., born May 18, 1866, mar-\\nried Fred Sheldon and has two childern, Clarence\\nand Nida. Ida, born December 1 1, 1870, resides\\nat home; and Ross, born February 24, 1875, is\\nalso at home. Mr. O Dell has been a life-long\\nDemocrat, but has never aspired to ollice of any\\nkind. He is a jHoniinent member of the Masonic\\nfraternity, and is public-spirited and enterprising.\\nHe has one of the finest farms in the county, ail\\nthe result f)f his own exertions. He lias done\\nmuch to develop the country and bring it from\\nits primitive condition to its present wonderful\\nstate of development.\\n^^^-^f^H-.\\nll|\u00e2\u0080\u0094 7 II. MORLEY, a prosperous miller of New\\nTro} and a life-long resident of Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., was born in Weesaw Town-\\nship, Berrien Count}-, June 28, 1853. His par-\\nents, Ambrose A. and Cordelia (Carroll) Morley,\\nwere among the early settlers of this part of\\nBerrien County ar.d were intimatel}- associated\\nwith the progressive interests of the township from", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0534.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0535.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "^XX^L-tyu-^yi^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0536.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n537\\nits ciirliost infancy. Tlie fatlier, yet siirvivinjj\\nand icsirling with our subject, was throughout his\\nlong years of active usefulness an energetic and\\nenterprising man of superior l)usiness ability and\\nexcellent judgment. He was a nntive of the\\nEmpire State and, there reared, educated and mar-\\nried, liecanie ambitious to try his fortune in the\\nWest, toward which the tide of emigration was\\nsteadily tending. In IS. i i, with his wife and\\nfaniiij he journeyed to Micliigan,and, a miller by\\noccupation, erected at various times three sawmills,\\ntwo of which were propelled by steam, and one by\\nwater power. Ilis presence was a welcome one in\\ntiie new country, where mills were at first scarce,\\nand aside from his business he participated with\\ninterest in all the progressive movements of the\\ntownship and was ever a ready aid in all matters\\nof mutual welfare.\\nThe mother of our subject, who passed away,\\ndeeply mourned, March 6, 1875, was a woman of\\nsterling character and, devoting herself to the in-\\nterests of her family, reared with tender care four\\nsons and one daughter, all surviving. She was a\\ndevout Christian woman and a valued member of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church. The paternal\\ngrandfather, William Morley, a direct descendant\\nof English ancestry, was, as was also his good\\nwife, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nthe Morleys, father and grandfather, being liberal\\nand active in the extension of religious work and\\ninfluence. The five children who gathered about\\ntlie fireside of their ])arents home are: Albert, a\\nskilled machinist, employed in Chicago; F. II., our\\nsubject; Thomas, a resident of St. Joseph, Mo., a\\ncutter by trade and engaged in a tailor s shop;\\nAlliston, associated with his brother in o]ieiatinga\\ngristmill; and Frank, the wife of Frank D. Noggle.\\nMr. Morley, reared in Weesaw Township, attended\\nthe district school of his birthplace and early in\\nlife assisted his father, learning from him the trade\\nof a miller. When twenty-two years of age he be-\\ngan life for liimscif, eng.iging in the lumber busi-\\nness and running a gristmill in New Troy, and\\nsince, continuing in this line of work, has industri-\\nously accumulated a handsome properly.\\nThe gristmill operated by our subject was\\nerected by his father in IHGH and was then a burr-\\n26\\nmill, but, remodeled in 1891, became a roller-mill,\\nhaving a capacity of forty barnds per day. Ikside\\nits regular custom work the mill furnishes a large\\nproduct of a superior grade, and has acquired an\\nenviable reputation for the quality of its goods.\\nSeventy acres of valuable land surrounding the\\nmill are owned by Mr. Morley, who has brought\\nthis farm up to a high state of cultivation and im-\\nproved the homestead with excellent and substan-\\ntial buildings. In 1876 F. II. Morley and Miss\\nEmily S. Smith were united in marriage. Mrs.\\nMorley, a daughter of Peter Smith, is a native of\\nIndiana. Our subject and his estimable wife have\\nbeen blessed by the birth of two sons, Lin wood C.\\nand Floyd H., bright and intelligent lads. Mr.\\nMorley cast his first Presidential vote for S. J.\\nTilden and remains a strong democrat. He has\\nwith able fidelity discharged the duties of Town-\\nship Clerk for many years and, widely known and\\nuniversally esteemed, is an important factor in the\\nsocial, business and public life of his home local-\\nity.\\nOT BONINE. Among the well-known res-\\nidents of Pcnn Townshii) there is not one\\nmore warmly beloved or more truly hon-\\nored by his neighbors than he whose name has\\njust been given, and whose success in life has been\\ndue almost wholly to his industry and persever-\\nance. His long life of usefulness and his record\\nfor integrity and true-hearted faithfulness in all\\nthe relations of life have given him a hold upon\\nthe community which all might well desire to\\nshare.\\nIsaac Bonine, father of our subject, was a na-\\ntive of Tennessee, in which State he was married\\nto Miss Sarah Talbert, also a Tenncsseean. They\\nemigrated to Wayne County, Ind., shortly after\\ntheir marriage, and were among the first settlers\\nthere. Mr. Bonine followed the occupation of a\\nfanner, but in connection was interested in a grist,\\nsaw and oil mill. About 1843 he and his wife\\nemigrated to Cass County, Mich., and there passed", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0537.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "538\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe closing scenes of their lives. Both were mem-\\nbers of the Friends Chvuch and active workers\\nin tlie same.\\nThe snbject of this notice was born in Wayne\\nCountj Ind., .July 18, 1825, and was the sixth\\nin order of birtli of eleven children, eight sons\\nand three daughters. He was educated in the dis-\\ntrict schools of his native township, and when\\nabout eighteen \\\\eais of age came with his parents\\nto Cass County, Mich. He was first married in\\nPonn Ti wnship April 9, 1846, to Miss Susan Don-\\nnell, a native of the Buckeye (State, who died\\nApril 4, 1862. She was the mother of six chil-\\ndren: Jonathan I).; .lojin N.; Emma Estella, de-\\nceased; .lames M.; Sarah L., wife of Charles F.\\nWright; and Rose E., wife of Claude L. Pern?\\nbcrton.\\nOn the 30th of December, 1870, Mr. Bonine\\nwas married in Berrien County, Mich., to Miss\\nAmanda J. Price, who was born in Burling-\\nton, Iowa, in 1842, and who is a daugliter of\\n.lames and Rosalind (Emorj Price. J he father\\nwas born near Dayton, Ohio, and the mother is\\na native of the State of New York. In 1842 they\\nremoved to Iowa, where they now reside. They\\nwere the parents of nine children, five of whom\\ndied in infancy, and Mrs. Bonine was the third\\nin order of birth. She was educated in Marion\\nCounty, Iowa, but came to Cass County, IMich.,\\nwith the Lamb family Mr. and Mrs. Bonine s\\nmarriage resulted in the birth of two children: Etlie,\\nwho was born .lanuary 17, 1872, and died Feb-\\nruary 19, 1879; and Arle^- I., born October 17,\\n1883.\\nMr. Bonine began for himself when about\\ntwenty years of age, and, as he had been reared\\nto farming, it seemed but natural that he should\\nselect that as his chosen calling. When twenty-\\nfour years of age his father gave him a piece of\\nland, and in a few 3 ears he had traded it for\\neighty acres of the land he now owns. During\\nhis youthful days he spent considerable time trap-\\nping and hunting, and in the winter season often\\nmade as high as $600. Stricken at last with the\\ngold fever, he went to California in 18,51, and\\nworked on the Yuba River for $10 a day for\\nsoma time. Later he discovered a gold mine, and\\nworked that until the cholera broke out in camp,\\nwhen he left the State and returned home. He\\ntook passage on a sailing-vessel and was on the\\nwater sixty-six days, thirty days of that time\\nbeing out of sight of land. He reached home in\\n1852, and has since resided in Cass County. Mr.\\nBonine has killed a great many animals in his\\nday, and got his start in life by selling furs. His\\nfarm was all a wilderness when he became its\\nowner, but he has now one hundred and sixty\\nacres of tine tillable land, located five miles east of\\nthe county seat, and is one of the representative\\nmen and farmers of the township. His lirst Presi-\\ndential vote was oast for President Taylor.\\ni\\n|j^ ENRY C. HARMON, a prominent citizen,\\nis the ellicient .lustice of the Peace, now\\nserving an extended term of judicial otlice\\njj in the city of Cassopolis, Cass County,\\nMich., and is regarded as a man of excellent busi-\\nness attainments. Our subject was one of the\\nseven children who clustered about the hearth of\\nHarvey and Euhice (White) Harmon, whose jileas-\\nant home was in the Empire State. The father\\nwas a native of Connecticut, and was born in the\\ncity of Hartford, which was also the birthplace of\\nthe paternal grandfather. The mother s ancestors\\nwere likewise of New England birth, the Whites\\nfor many generations having been born, reared\\nand educated among the old granite hills of New\\nHampshire. Henry C. H.irmon was born in Man-\\nchester Centre, Ontario County, N. Y., April 24,\\n1840, and with his brothers and sisters passed the\\nda3 s of early youth among the scenes of his child-\\nhood.\\nOur subject received primary instruction in the\\npublic schools of the home neighborhood, and\\ncompleted his education in the Canandaigua Ac-\\nademy, then under the management of Profes-\\nsor Noah T. Clark. Mr. Harmon was from his\\nyouthful days accustomed to the round of agri-\\ncultural duties, and having attained to a mature\\nage began life for himself upon a farm. Forj-ears", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0538.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPfliCAL RPXORD.\\n539\\nhe successfully devoted his time to the tilling of\\nthe soil, and later sliared with the cares of the home-\\nstead the oUicial perplexities incidental to the otfice\\nof Justice of tiie Peace. For twelve consecutive\\nyears Mr. Harmon adminisleicd law in the near\\nlocality of his home, and in the [jcrforniance of\\nhis duties gave full satisfaction to the community\\nby whom he was surrounded. Deciding linally to\\nmake a change of residence, our subject and his\\nfamily removed to Michigan, locating in the West\\nin 1881. Since this latter date Mr. Harmon has\\nbeen one of the enterprising citizens of Cassoi)olis,\\nand here, as in the I ^ast, has served most acce|itably\\nas Justice of the Peace.\\nA()ril 24, 1872, Henry C. Harmon and AHss Mary\\nL. Caldwell, of Clifton Springs, Ontario County,\\nN. Y., were united in marriage. Mrs. Harmon was\\nthe daughter of Murray Caldwell, one of the rep-\\nresentative men of the Empire State. Tlic mother\\nwas a daughter of William Rockfeller, of Dutchess\\nCounty, N. Y. Oiandfathcr Caldwell was a noted\\npli3sician of Ontario County, N. Y., and, possess-\\ning n wonderful physique and magnificent consti-\\ntution, survived to one hundred years, and com-\\npleted a century vivid in the rapid development\\nof the United States. Our subject is in political\\naffiliation a pronounced Democrat, and was de-\\nfeated as Represenlalive to the J egislalure in the\\nTildcn campaign by a majority reduced from four\\nhundred to forty-two. In all matters of public\\nwelfare Mr. Harmon is liberal and progressive in\\nhis ideas. Financially prosiaered, he has accumu-\\nlated a comfortable competence, and, together with\\nhis excellent wife, enjoys the esteem of a large\\ncircle of acquaintances.\\n^KORCiK W. ROl GH, an able general agri-\\nculturist and successful fruit-grower of\\nBertrand Township, Berrien County, Mich.,\\nis numbered among the representative citizens of\\nhis part of the State, and, commanding the confi-\\ndence of his home community, has lately been\\nelected to the otlicial position of Supervisor of\\nthe township. Prospered financially, our aubjcci\\nis a stockholdi i and Vice-President of the First\\nState Savings Bank of Niles and lias long be(!n\\nforemost in all matters |)erlaining to the public\\nwelfare. Mr. Rough is a native of Pennsylvania,\\nand was born in Juniata Countj July I, 1813.\\nHe is a son of Jacob and Nancy (Imlioff) Rough.\\nThe father, also a native Pennsylvanian, was born\\nin Juniata County. The home of the parents was\\nblessed b^ the Itirtli of live children, four daugh-\\nters and one son, all of whom lived to years of\\nmaturity. Our subject, the only son and youngest\\nchild, was but a little lad when his father and\\nmother resolved to move with their family to the\\nfarther West.\\nGeorge W. was about five 3 ears of age when, in\\n1819, he came to Bertrand Township, and received\\nhis entire schooling in the district of his home.\\nHis parents located at liist upon the farm where\\nour subject now resides, and which he has contin-\\nued throughout all the changing seasons of more\\nthan two-score 3ears to make his constant resi-\\ndence. In 1866, May 1, our subject entered into\\nthe bonds of wedlock and was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Malinda Broceus, a native of Michigan.\\nImmediately following his marriage, Mr. Rough\\ntook his wife to the old homestead, which has\\nsince been brightened by the presence of six merry\\nand intelligent children, four daughters and two\\nsons. The eldest-born was Nettie, who grew up a\\nwinsome young girl and is now the wife of Joseph\\nArney, a prosperous citizen of Pleasant, Ind.;\\nFannie A., the second daughter, is yet at home; Ida\\nE. is also with her parents; Emory J., Elmer E.\\n(twins) and Mertie M. complete the list of sisters\\nand brothers who will each and all have ami)le\\nopportunity to fit themselves well for the battle\\nof life.\\nIn political altiliation Mr. Rough is a stalwart\\nRepublican and an able advocate of the principhjs\\nand platform of the party. In 1879, lie was\\nelected County Treasurer, and for four years\\nellicieuti} discharged the duties of the responsible\\noffice. Our subject was the candidate of his party\\nfor Ri-presentative in 1890. but w.as defeated. He\\nwas elected Township Supervisor in 1893, and was\\nthe second Republican ever elected in the town-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0539.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "540\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nship, there being a majority of forty-five Demo-\\ncrats witliin its limits. Mr. Rough is fraternally a\\nvalued member of the Ancient Free i Accepted\\nMasons and belongs to Niles Comniandery No.\\n12. He is also prominently connected with I?ei rien\\nCounty Loilge No. 6, I. O. O. F., and is a member\\nof the Ancient Order of United Workmen, having\\nmany friends in tliese societies. The fine farm of\\ntwo hundred and eighteen acres owned by our sub-\\nject is under a high state of cultivation and hand-\\nsomely improved with an attractive residence,\\ncommodious barns and other buildings. A vine-\\nyard of six acres and an orchard with a choice\\nvariety of fruit are also special features of the pro-\\nductive homestead. Our subject, his estimable\\nwife and their famil} occupy a high social position\\nand are important factors in the benevolent en-\\nterprises of their locality.\\nfe\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb r^\u00c2\u00bbi=\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^f OHN D. GREENAMYER, M. D., a resident\\nof Niles since 1876, the subject of this bio-\\ngraphical review, has gained a position\\namong the foremost practitioners of the\\ncity. Throughout the entire county of Berrien\\nhe is regarded as a physician unsurpassed in the\\ndiagnosis of cases and knowledge of si)ecitie rem-\\nedies to be applied in the treatment of disease.\\nNot only is he thoiough in examination and ac-\\ncurate in judgment, but iu addition thereto he is\\na genial companion, pleasant conversationalist\\nand considerate friend, so that he enjoys the con-\\nfidence of his patients to an unusual degree.\\nThe early home of the Doctor was in the vicin-\\nity of Berlin Centre, Mahoning County, Ohio,\\nwhere he was born on the 16th of October,\\n1846. He is descended from sturdy and worthy\\nancestors, who emigrated from Hanover, Germany,\\nto tiie United .States in 1701, and thenceforth\\nwere identified with the growth of this countr3\\nThe grandfather of our subject, .Jacob Greena-\\nmyer, was born in Gettysburg, Pa., and removed\\nthence to Ohio, where the closing years of his life\\nwere passed. In Columbiana County, Ohio, on\\nthe 3d of April, 1816, was born Benjamin Greena-\\nmyer, the father of our subject. Early in life he\\nbecame familiar with the duties of an agricultur-\\nist, and upon starting out in life for himself, he\\nchose the occupation of a farmer, which he follows\\nat the present time.\\nTracing the Doctor s ancestry on the maternal\\nside, we find that he is of German descent. His\\nmother bore the maiden name of Eliza Snook, and\\nwas born in Columbiana County, Ohio, August 10,\\n182 4. ller fatiier, John Snook, was born in\\nFrederick County, Md., in 1798, and her grand-\\nfather, whose name was also John Snook, was\\nborn ill 1761. Our subject was reared in the\\nBuckeye Stale, and after completing a common-\\nschool education in his native village, he entered\\nthe academy at Salem, Ohio, from which he w.as\\ngraduated in 1868. He then taught school for a\\nshort time, after which he commenced the study\\nof medicine under Dr. William Lyon, a resident\\nphysician of Salem, Ohio. Subsequently, he en-\\ntered the medical department of the State Uni-\\nversity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which\\nhe was graduated in 1871.\\nOpening an ofHcc for llii practice of his pro-\\nfession at Throe Oaks, Mich., the Doctor soon\\nfound himself in possession of a good practice,\\nwhich increased steadily during the five years he\\nremained at that place. Thence he removed to\\nMansfield, Ohio, and there filled the position of\\nsurgeon for the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne Chicago\\nRailway Comoany for two j ears. Later he re-\\nturned to Salem, Ohio, and took charge of the\\npractice of Dr. .1. L. Firestone, during that gen-\\ntleman s absence in Europe. In 1876 he came to\\nNiles, where he has since conducted a profitabU;\\npractice, and was also for a time engaged in the\\ndrug business.\\nThe Doctor first married Miss Mary Moore, of\\nThree Oaks, Mich., who died three months after\\nmarriage. Afterward he was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Alice A. Powers, an estimable lady, who\\nis highly regarded in the social circles of Niles.\\nDr. Greenamyer is identified with St. Joseph Val-\\nley Lodge No. 4, A. F. A. M., and the Ancient\\nOrder of United Workmen. In his religious\\nbelief he worships with the Methodists, has", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0540.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BICGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n511\\nserved as Superintendent of the Sundsiy-scliool for\\ntlie past twelve years, and has also filled tlie posi-\\ntions of Steward and Trustee of tlie cliurch. His\\nwife is also identified with that denomination,\\nand is an earnest worker in behalf of all religious\\nenterprises. The Doctor has served as Supervisor\\nof Three Oaks, and was for seven years a member\\nof the School Board, beins; its President for one\\nyear, and Director four years.\\n-1++*+\\nEVl SllKTTERLY, a successful farmer .nnd\\nJ)^ extensive stock-raiser, for thirty-seven con-\\ntinnous years a constant resident of his\\nvalual)le homestead located on section 16, Ber-\\ntrand Township, Berrien County, Mich., has re-\\ncenti} rented his farm and has for a time released\\nhimself from the dail^ round he has unweariedly\\npursued throughout the changing seasons since his\\nearly youth. Our subject is a native of Pennsyl-\\nvania, but spent onl^ a few brief years in Juniata\\nCounty, where he was liorn .luly 1. 184!). His\\nparents, Benjamin and Catherine (Frain) Shetter-\\nIv, were both reared within tlio (Quaker Slate. Tiie\\nfather was a man of substance, and owned a saw-\\nmill and eleven hundred acres of land, which he\\ndisposed of for 12,0(111. and with this money came\\nto Michigan in l.S. jf). He located in Bertrand\\nTownship, and piu thased tlirec hundred acres of\\nland where our subject now resides. The ancestr3\\nof the father and mother was German. The\\nmother, like her husliand, was born in Pennsyl-\\nvania, and there began her married life. ]n 1856\\nshe came to the new home in the West, and passed\\naway at tifty-nine years of age. in Berrien County.\\nThe father was sixty-four years old at, the time\\nof Ins death. He was well known in llie county,\\nand was an honest and tliorouglily npriglit and in-\\ndustrious man. r enjaniin and alherine Slietler-\\nly were tlie parents of eleven children, seven\\ndaughters and ft)ur sons, all of wliora lived to\\nadult age. Our subj(;ct, tlie youngest son and\\ntenth child, was six years of age when he came to\\nBerrien Count V. Micli. He attended the district\\nschools of the home neighborliood during his\\nchildhood and early youth, and remained with his\\nparents until theiv death. April 19, 1881, he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Kliza C. Reum, a na-\\ntive of Cass County, Mich. Mrs. Shetterly sur-\\nvived her marriage but a few years, and passed\\naway deeply mourned by a large circle of life-time\\nfriends, July 9, 1886. She had no children. Mr.\\nShetterly lias a valuable farm of one hundred and\\nfifty acres, all of it, with the exception of thirty\\nacres of woodland, being under cultivation. The\\nhomestead is improved with commodious and sub-\\nstantial buildings, a convenient dwelling, good\\nbarns and outbuildings.\\nGrowing up from childhood among the .scenes\\nincidental to a new and rapidly advancing coun-\\ntry, Mr. Shetterly has been associated with the\\ngrowth and local improvement of Berrien County,\\nand, a man of sterling integrity of character, ex-\\ncellent judgment and withal a liberal-spirited citi-\\nzen, enjoys the esteem and confidence of the en-\\ntire comnniuit} among whom he has passed so\\nmany busy years. Our subject is in no sense of\\nthe word a politician, but he has ever taken a\\ndeep interest in the management of both local and\\nnational affairs. He alliiiates witii the Democratic\\nparty, and is a firm believer in the principles and\\nplatform advocated by Thom.as Jeflferson. Lead-\\ning a life free from ostentation, Mr. Shetterly has\\nfaithfully done his duty as a bread-winner and\\ntrue Anierieaii cili/.en.\\n^;ODEHICK L. VAN NP:SS, late of Howard\\nTownship, Cass County, but now deceased,\\nwas born in this township and county on\\nthe tth of August, 1815. His parents were\\nWilliam and Anietta (I.ee) aii Ness, the former\\na native of New York. Roderick was the eldest\\nof six children ami was reared in his native town-\\nship, where he obtained the rudiments of his edii-\\ntion in a neighboring temple of learning, which\\nwas none other than a log sclioolhousc. pon", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0541.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "542\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nchoosing an occupation, he selected that to wliich\\nhe had been reared, and throughout his entire life\\nfollowing farming pursuits.\\nProminent in the Republican party, Mr. Van\\nNess was in 1879 elected Treasurer of Cass County\\non that ticket, and soon afterward removed to\\nCassopolis. In 1883, at tlie expiration of his term\\nof office, he returned to his farm, where he remained\\nuntil his death. In 1876 he married Miss Julia\\nE. Gard, who was born in Volinia Township, Cass\\nCounty, on the 18th of September, 1852. For\\nfurther particulars in regard to her famil\\\\ history\\nthe reader is referred to the sketch of her father,\\nI. N. Gard, which appears on another page of this\\nvolume. Her paternal grandfather, Jonathan Gard,\\nwas born in New Jersey in 1799, and came to\\nMichigan in 1828, locating in Cass County. His\\nfather, Joshua Gard, was born in IMorris Count)\\nN. J., on the 24th of August, 1774. The mother\\nof Mrs. Van Ness was in maidenhood Nancy vShaw,\\nand was born in Ohio, whence in her childhood\\nshe removed to Michigan in company with her\\nfather, Richard Shaw, the latter being an early set-\\ntler of Cass County.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Van Ness were married in\\nCass County, and of the union there were born\\nthree daughters and one son, Julia E. being the\\neldest in the number. She was reared in Volinia\\nTownship, and after completing her education,\\nengaged in teaching school for a period of five\\nyears. Of her marriage there were born two chil-\\ndren: Newton G. and Arietta. She is a lad) of\\nculture, possessing an amiable disposition and gen-\\nial manners. She has also traveled through vari-\\nous States of the country, and on her wedding\\ntour went to the Philadelphia Centennial. Her\\nbusiness abilities are above the aver.age, and she\\nmanages the estate left by her husband with good\\njudgment and in such a manner as to prove re-\\nmunerative. Her residence is comfortable, and all\\nthe home surroundings prove that the inmates are\\npeople of refined tastes. The farm consists of one\\niiuudred and twenty acres, from the rental of\\nwhich Mrs. Van Ness derives a good income.\\nIn his social connections, Mr. Van Ness was\\nidentified with the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows and the Ancient Order of United Work-\\nmen, and was also a member of the Grange, with\\nwhich he was closely connected from the date of\\nits organization until the time of his death. He\\nw.as one of the most influential members of the\\nEncampment and was a charter member of Cassop-\\nolis Lodge, A. O. U. W. He was known and hon-\\nored throughout the county, and no one in the\\nentire county stood higher in the estimation of his\\nfellow-citizens than did Roderick Van Ness. When\\nhe died, November 12, 1889, it w.as felt that the\\ncommunity as well as the immediate relatives had\\nsustained an irreparable loss, and tlie family re-\\nceived many tokens of sympathy from neighbors\\nand friends.\\n_^1\\no_\\n(\u00c2\u00bb/_, ON. JOHN M. GLAVIN, a prominent iiorti-\\nI eulturist and able civil engineer, located\\nupon his valuable homestead adjacent to\\nNew Buffalo, Berrien County, Mich., built\\nthe first division of the Chicago West Michi-\\ngan Railroad and the narrow gauge to Berrien\\nSprings. Our subject has held many important posi-\\ntions of official trust and is widely known as a man\\nof business ability and extended experience. Mr.\\nGlavin was born in the County of Limerick, Ire-\\nland, March 25, 1833. His parents were natives\\nof the P^merald Isle and descended from a long\\nline of honest, hard-working ancestry. The father\\nand mother, Edmund and llanora (O Keefe)\\nGlavin, spent their entire lives in the country of\\ntheir nativity. The father, by occupation a farmer,\\ndied when John M. was but seven years of age.\\nThe mother survived many years, living to the\\nadvanced .age of eightj -seven. Our subject, the\\nseventh in a large family of twelve children, re-\\nmained in Ireland until he was nineteen 3 earsold.\\nEducated in the common schools of his native land,\\nhe grew up a manly, ambitious lad, full of energj\\nand hope for the future. His mother was a woman\\nof strong character and realized the necessity of\\nfitting her children well for the battle of life. She\\ntherefore gave to each of her sons and daughters\\nevery possible advantage for instruction.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0542.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND RIOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\niin\\nWhen our subject was ahoiii .nixtcen years of\\nage lie went to Dublin, and for three 3ears and\\na-half devoted his time entirely to the study of\\nniathcniatios and civil on jinepring, and having\\nwilii honor completed n tliorough course of in-\\nstruction, witii tiie approval of his mother decided i\\nto try his foi tunes in the United States. Ridding\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2adieu to his family and friends of childhood, Mr.\\nOlavin emliarked for America and, safely landing\\nupon our hospitable shores, soon found his way to\\nthe Western metropolis. Chicago. In this latter\\ncity he remained one year and was during the\\ntwelve months connected with the Wc^itfni Tablel,\\na CatlK lie paper edited by .James and .John F. YaX-\\nentine. His next employment w.as as Assistant\\nCivil Engineer for the Lake Shore IMichigan\\nSouthern Railroad Company on the Air Line from\\nGoshen, Ind., tf) Ligonier. lie worked for the cor-\\nporation during 18.52, and later filled the same\\nposition with the Detroit (k Milwaukee Railroad,\\nnow the Detroit, Grand Haven cfc Milwaukee. In\\nthe year 1856, Mr. Glavin purchased land in\\nChikaming Township, and began farming in Rcr-\\nrien County, from the first achieving success in the\\npursuit of agricultural duties.\\nIn 1864, our subject removed to his present lo-\\ncality, where he bought the one hundred acre\\nhomestead he now owns, and which is pleasantly\\nlocated three miles northeast of New Buffalo.\\nTwenty acres of the highly improved and valuable\\nfarm are devoted to the exclusive culture of ber-\\nries, and aside from fruit the broad acres 3ieid an-\\nnually an abundant harvest of golden grain. In\\n18: )(i, John 1\\\\L (Uavin and Miss Ellen Scanlon\\nwere united in marriage. Mrs. Glavin, a nativeof\\nScotland, came to the United States with her par-\\nents when about three years of age. ller father\\nwas a railioad contractor and a man of position\\nand inlluence. A goodly family of twelve chil-\\ndren ble,sed the home of our subject and his esti-\\nmable wife. Mary, the eldest, married E. H. Mc-\\nCarten; Clara, Lillie and Alice are deceased; Ella,\\nthe wife of J. G. Strachan, resides near Chicago;\\nEmma is the widow of E. T. .Lacobus; Eva is a\\nschool teacher; .lolin, fJrace, Thomas, Morris (de-\\nceased), and Frederick com|)lele the list. Mrs.\\nGlavin is a dc^vout member of the Catholic Church.\\nIlie sons and daughters, en jo\\\\ing excellent educ;i-\\ntional opportunities, are all occupying positions of\\nusefulness and are worthy and influential young\\nmen and women.\\nOur subject is politicall} a Republican and cast\\nhis first vote for Fremont man3 j-ears ago. Mr.\\n(.lavin has always been active in politics, and,\\nhighly esteemed while in Chikaming Township,\\nwas elected to the office of Supervisor. In 1867,\\nafter making his home in New Buffalo Township,\\nhe was elected to the State Legislature as Repre-\\nsentative by the largest vote ever given a candi-\\ndate in said district. In 1876, he was elected Coun-\\nty Surveyor, holding the position for six con-\\nsecutive years. Our subject was also Constructing\\nEngineer on the Chicago West Michigan Railroad\\nin the years 1867 and 1868. Continuously occu-\\n])ying public, official and business positions, the\\ncareer of Jlr. Glavin as an executive ollicer and\\nbusiness man has been distinguished by thorough\\nefficiency in the manner and methods of work, sup-\\nplemented by good judgment and integrity of\\ncharacter. As a legislator he was a member of\\nimportant committees, and ever did full justice to\\nthe wishes of Ins constituents. In the township\\nollices he materially aided in the advancement of\\nlocal interests, and it is safe to say no other citizen\\nof lierrien County can show a more faithful record\\nof w()rk accomplished in thirt3-live years of citi-\\nzenship.\\nj^-^ llARLES A. THATCHER, residing on sec-\\ntion 35, Jefferson Township, Cass County,\\n^J Mich., is an energetic and enterprising agri-\\nculturist and essentially self made, having from\\nhis earl} boyhood engaged in the labor of life and\\nunaided won his yia.y upward to a position of use-\\nfulness and influence. Mr. Thatcher w.as born in\\nTompkins County, N. V.. August 22, 1853. He\\nwas the son of Alex and Margaret (BIythe) That-\\ncher. The paternal grandfather, Enoch Thatcher,\\nwas a native of Delaware, but became one of the\\nearly settlers of New York. He was a courageous\\nman and liravely served in the War of 1812. His", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0543.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "544\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwife was Sarah Mullen, who bore him one child.\\nGrandfather Thatcher was a member of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church. He was a man of ability\\nand lived to a good old age, passing away in New\\nYork. The Thatchers were of German ancestry.\\nThe father of our subject was born on the old\\nhomestead in Tompkins County and was trained\\nin .agricultural duties in the Empire State. Politi-\\ncally, he was a Whig. He died before the Civil\\nWar. He was a member of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, .and, a man of sterling integrity, was\\nrespected by all who knew him.\\nThe mother of our subject survived until 1863.\\nShe reared seven children: Ann; Ebenezer, of\\nNew York City; George, who enlisted in Company\\nA, One Hundred and Ninth New York Infantry,\\nand received a wound at Spottsylvania, from the\\neffects of which he afterward died; Ezra G., who\\nalso served m Company A, One Hundred and\\nNinth New York Infantr3 ,and now resides in Au-\\nrora, 111.; Susan Gress, of Ithaca; Enoch, of New\\nYork; John, of Wayne County, N.Y.; and Charles\\nA., our subject. The mother of these sons and\\ndaughters was a native of Tompkins County, N.\\nY., but the maternal grandparents were of Irish\\nbirth. Both of the parents of our subject were\\nactive in church matters. Mr. Thatcher passed\\ntlie very earl^ days of boyhood upon his father s\\nfarm, but had only very limited opportunities for\\nan education. At thirteen years of age he began\\nthe struggle for daily existence and self support.\\nHe worked by the day and month at farming, and\\nwith the exception of two years has devoted his\\nentire life to agricultural toil. In the winter, in\\nJanuary, 1877, he came to Cass County, and in\\nApril, 1885, located on the one hundred and fifty\\nacres which have since been brought to a high\\nstate of cultivation by his patient and industrious\\ncare.\\nOur subject was united in marriage February\\n21, 1884, with Miss Lydia A. Hanson, a native\\nof Jefferson Township and a daughter of William\\nand Elizabeth (Crawford) Hanson, widely known\\nand highly respected residents of Cass Countj\\nFour children have blessed the pleasant home of\\nMr. and Mrs. Thatcher, two sons and two daugh-\\nters: William C, George B., Mar} E. and Margaret\\nB. Financially, our subject has achieved success.\\nIn 1891 he purchased his valuable homestead,\\nwhich annually yields an excellent harvest, and\\nthrough his own efforts has gained an enviable\\nposition in life. In political affiliation a strong\\nDemocrat, he is deeply interested in local and na-\\ntional issues, and, a public-spirited citizen, is ever\\nready to aid in all matters pertaining to the mu-\\ntual welfare of the community.\\n-^\u00c2\u00a5r^m^-\\nHILIP LYNCH. The following is a brief\\nsketch of the career of Mr. Lj nch, a man\\nwhose present substantial position in life\\nhas been reached entirely through his own\\nperseverance, and the facts connected with his\\noperations and their results only show what a\\nperson with courage and enlightened views can\\naccomplish. He ranks among the well-known men\\nof foreign birth in Berrien County, and, gifted alike\\nwith energy, enterprise and uprightness, he crossed\\nthe ocean to make for himself a home in the land\\nof the free. For the success which has attended\\nhis efforts he deserves much commendation.\\nMr. Lynch was born in County Meath, Ireland,\\nin 1829, and there grew to manhood. The prom-\\nises held out by the New World were enticing in\\nthe extreme, and in 1849 Mr. Lynch, with his sis-\\nter Annie, crossed the ocean to this continent.\\nThey landed in New York, but took passage from\\nthere, via the Lakes, to Chicago, where they re-\\nmained but a short time, and in the same year lo-\\ncated in Berrien County. Our subject engaged\\nto work with James Caldwell, Sr., later with John\\nD. Buiy, Sr., and with the mone} thus earned\\nbought Land from the Government. This was the\\nsame year he located in the county, and from that\\ntime on he was actively engaged in clearing and\\nimproving his farm. Although it took many years\\nof hard labor to clear the farm of the heavy tim-\\nber with which it was covered, Mr. Lynch never\\nbecame discouraged and man.aged his place with\\nexcellent judgment and ability.\\nIn the year 1857, when twentj -eight years of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0544.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0545.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^t^^s?*^\\n?f\\n^.i i *ii i.ftjniTi\u00c2\u00abiii;,^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0546.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "PUliTRAlT AND iJlOGUAl lIlCAL RECORD.\\n647\\nage, he was mariied to Miss Mary Carroll, who was\\nalso a native of the s ceii isle of Krin, and a lady\\nof culture and refinement. After marriage they\\nlocated on the farm opposite their present resi-\\ndence and there remained for some time. To the\\noriginal tract laud has been added from time to\\ntime, until Mr. Lyncii is now the owner of one\\niiundrcd and sixty acres. He is quite extensively\\nengaged in fruit-growing and annually ships ber-\\nries of ever description. In connection he is also\\nengaged in farming, and is considered one of the\\nprominent agriculturists of that section, all his\\nfarming operations being conducted in a manner\\nshowing his g6od judgment and sense.\\nThe marriage of Mr. L^-nch resulted in Die birth\\nof nine children, as follows: Ellen, wife of John\\nlloar; .\\\\nnio, wife of .lolin D. I .ury, Benton Town-\\nship; Mary, wife of Saninel King, of tliis county;\\nRosa, a resident of Chicago; Philip, James, Katie,\\nMargaret and Thomas. Tiie last five make their\\nhome with their parents. All have had good cdu-\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ational advantages in the common schools and are\\nbright and intelligent oung people. The Demo-\\ncratic (taity lias ever received Mr. Lynch s vote,\\nand he has ever been interested in political mat-\\nters, lie and his family hold membership with the\\nIvoriian Catholic Church. Mrs. Lynch was a daugh-\\nter of Owen Carroll, and came to America with\\nher brother James, who is now residing in llagar\\nTownship. Mr. Lynch has ever been a public-\\nspirited citizen, and he and his wife su[)port all\\nworthy enterprises.\\nULLIVAN H. MORSE, a prominent farmer\\nof Cass County, and an earl} settler of\\nCalvin Township, was born near Reading\\nVt., January 19, 1814, and was next to the\\nyoungest in a family of eleven children born to\\nAsa and Anna (Bowman) Morse. His father was\\nttnrniiird in order of birtli~ainong six children\\ncomprising the family of .Samuel Mor.se, and was\\nborn at llolden, Vt., October 10, 1772. The Morse\\nfamily was lirst represented in America by three\\nbiothers, who emigrated from England in Colonial\\ntimes, one of whom settled in Rhode Island, one\\nin Connecticut and the third in M.issachusetts.\\nFrom these brothers sprang the innumerable rep-\\nresentatives of the family now in the United\\nStates. Aside from these brief facts, however, the\\nwriter has but little information uiioii which to\\nb.ase the early family history.\\nAsa Morse, father of our subject, married when\\nhe was scarcely eighteen years of age, his bride\\nbeing Miss Anna Bowman, who was born in Ver-\\nmont (presumably near llolden) December 16,\\n1774, and was but little more than sixteen when\\nshe married. The information .relative to her\\nfamily is very limited. They were of English\\nextraction and an old New England family. In\\nthe early part of 1816 Asa Morse, with his family,\\nwhich then consisted of his wife and ten children,\\nleft Vermont and settled near Ft. Ann, in the\\nState of New York. The father was a man of\\nvery limited means and of a roving disposition.\\nAt one time we find him with his family at Ft.\\nEdwards, later near Saratoga Springs, and after-\\nward in central New York, where he died in 1H32\\nHis wife, who died Januar} 18, 1866, was a noble\\nChristian woman and a devoted member of the\\nPresbyterian Church. One of the brothers of Asa\\nabove mentioned, tradition tells us, was possessed\\nwith witchcraft and for years was the terror of\\nthe part of the country in which he lived.\\nThe brothers and sisters of our subject were as\\nfollows: Asa, Jr., was born November 23, 1792,\\nmarried there, became the father of two children\\n(one of whom is living in Vermont and the other\\nin Wisconsin), and after pa.ssiug his entire life in\\nthe Green Mountain State, there died. Nathan,\\nwho was born May 5, 1794, came West, settling in\\nCass County, Mich., where he died about 1873.\\nHe had a family of four daughters and one son.\\nBetsy L., who was born June 10, 1796, died when\\na young lad.y. Enos B., who was born August 22,\\n1798, came to Michigan, where he died, leaving\\nthree children. Nancy A., who was born February\\n7, 1801, married a man named J.ackson and died\\nleaving one daughter. Arathusa, whose birth oc-\\ncurred May 21, 1804, married Almon Carr, of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0547.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "548\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMassachusetts, and was the mother of twelve chil-\\ndren, all of whom are living. Her eldest son,\\nE. T. Carr, is a prominent architect at Topeka,\\nKan., and made the plans for the State Capitol at\\nthat place. Emeline R., who was born Ma} 5,\\n1806, married Dr. Thompson, son of the founder\\nof the Thompsonian Institute. She died leaving\\ntwo children. Erastus Z., who was born July 27,\\n1809, came to Michigan and died in Union, leav-\\ning two children. Sidney L., whose birth occurred\\nMay 9, 1812, was of a roving disposition, and at\\nhis death left one child. Sullivan H., the subject\\nof this sketch, was born January 19,1814. Hor-\\nace H., born M.\\\\y 17, 1816, was a prominent mer-\\nchant in New York State, and died there, leaving\\none child.\\nOf this large famil} all have gone to their final\\nreward except the subject of this sketch and his\\nsister Arathusa. He had but limited advantages\\nfor acquiring an education in his boyhood days.\\nHis father, as stated above, was a man of roving\\ndisposition, who had but small means, and in fact\\nthought that an education was of but little account.\\nSullivan, however, thought differently and he ran\\naway from home, barefoot, to go to school, and by\\nmaking good use of his time obtained a good edu-\\ncation and was said to be one of the best spellers\\nin his part of the country. After he was twenty-\\none, having saved up a little money, he hired a\\nprivate teacher to instruct him, and thus his edu-\\ncation was completed. He started out in life as a\\ncarpenter and joiner, and followed that occupa-\\ntion most of the time for forty j ears\\nNovember 10, 1839, Mr. Morse married Mary\\nAnn Steves, the eldest of four daughters of Enoch\\nand Christina (Pulver) Steves, who were of Ger-\\nman extraction. By this marriage was born a\\nlarge family of children: Phojbe Ann, died Feb-\\nruary 7, 1841. Albert Maning married Emma,\\ndaughter of J. V. Shepard, and tiie} have three\\nchildren; he makes his home on a farm in Mason\\nTownship. William Evert married Flora Woods,\\nby whom he is the father of four children; he is a\\nfarmer in Jefferson Township. Charles Henry\\nmarried Minerva Strong and they with their four\\nsons reside on a farm in Cass County. Rollin Eu-\\nsrene married Louisa Amsden and is a merchant\\nat Dowagiac. Alvina Florence is deceased. Wat-\\nson Wiiford died March 2, 18.58. Il.arriet Melina\\nmarried Perry Reams and lives in Wayne Town-\\nship, Cass County.\\nIn 1860 Mr. Morse came to Michigan and bought\\na part of the farm where he now lives. He has\\ncleared more than one hundred acres with his own\\nhands and now has one of the best farms in Calvin\\nTownship. April 18, 1875, his wife and the\\nmother of his children died. For his second\\nwife he married Marietta Steveson, on the 10th of\\nOctober, 1877. She died October 25, 1888, leav-\\ning no children. Since that time Mr. Morse has\\nlived practically retired, doing little more than\\nlook after his extensive interests. He has spent\\nconsiderable time in travel and has taken several\\ntrips East. In politics, he has been a lifelong\\nDemocrat and has held some of the offices in the\\ntownship, yet has never aspired to office. He is\\nnow (1893) nearl} four-score years of age, hale\\nand hearty, and is spending his declining years in\\na quiet way in his pleasant home surrounded by\\nthe comforts of life.\\n\\\\1l^^ ARRY H. SHEDD, a prominent general ag-\\nriculturist and successful stock-raiser of\\nBerrien County, Mich., is pleasantly lo-\\ncated upon a fine farm of one hundred and\\nseventy-one acres, situated about three miles south-\\neast of the thriving village of Three Oaks. Ar-\\nriving in his present locality a bright, ambitious\\nboy of fourteen, he is identified with the early\\nhistory of the State, and, sharing in the privations\\nand experiences of the pioneer da} s, has for about\\nfifty-seven j ears been an important factor in the\\nupbuilding and progressive interests of Berrien\\nCounty. Our subject is a native of New York\\nState and was born in Onondaga County Janu-\\nary 1, 1822. His father, Sylvester Shedd, a na-\\ntive of Massachusetts, emigrated from the old\\nBay State to New York, where with his wife, Sally\\n(Smith Shedd, he made his home for some time.\\nThe paternal grandfather, Samuel Shedd. was of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0548.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\nr,49\\ndirwl English descent and a man of pf sition in\\nNew England. The mother of our subject, like\\nher liushand, was horn in Massachusetts and was a\\nmost excellent woman, beloved by all who know\\nhei. After a time the father removed with his\\nfamily to Ohio, and later came, in 1836, to Berrien\\nCounty, Jlich.\\nEntering forty acres of land Sylvester Shedd\\nwith energy began the cultivation of the soil, and\\nwithin a brief period purchased sixty additional\\nacres, thus owning in the old homestead one hun-\\ndred acres, which when cleared became a highly\\nproductive tract of land. After a thirt3--ycars\\nresidence the father died August 13, 1866. A far-\\nmer by occupation, he served with fidelity and\\ncourage in the War of 1812, and was a man of\\nupright character, earnest and straightforward in\\nhis dealings. The mother passed away in Berrien\\nCount} November 14, 1875. Both parents were\\nmembers of the Congregational Church and active\\nin the extension of religious influence. The home\\nof the father and mother was blessed with the\\npresence of a family of eight children, four of\\nwhom are yet surviving. Hariy H. was the fifth\\nin order of birth and spent his early days of boy-\\nhood in Onondaga County, N. Y., there receiving\\na limited education. During the two years of his\\nresidence in Ohio he attended school ten weeks,\\nand after he came to Berrien County enjoyed but\\nfourteen da3 s of instruction. Toiling industri-\\nously until he was nitieteen years old, he remained\\nwith his parents and then bought his time.\\nAt first our subject worked out by the month on\\na farm during the summer and in winter received\\neini)loyment in a sawmill and hauled lumber. At\\nthe end of a twelvemonth Harry H. and a brother\\nbought a threshing-machine and ran that during\\nthe threshing season, the remainder of the time de-\\nvoting themselves to the pursuit of agriculture.\\nUntil he cleared and partially improved his home-\\nstead Mr. Shedd continued to operate with the\\nthresher, after which his land required his con-\\nstant attention.\\nIn 1850 Harry II. Shedd and Miss Mariett\\nThompson were united in marriage. Mrs. Shedd,\\nlike her husband, was a native of Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y., and was a daughter of Charles T.\\nand Millison (Belts) Thompson. I he estimable\\nwife of our subject passed to her rest in Berrien\\nCounty, March H, 1.H88. She was the mother of\\ntwo children, Sylvester and Jennie, and gave to\\nher family devoted care. Jlr. Shedd has never\\nbeen troubkul with [lolitical aspirations, but he is\\nintelligently interested in local and National issues\\nand cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison.\\nHis fine farm, well adapted to grain and stock-\\nraising, is one of the landmarks of the county and\\nis a monument to the self-rcli:int efforts of a man\\nwho has unaided won his upward way to a position\\nof usefulness and inlUience,and who to-day com-\\nmands the high esteem of all his fellow-towns-\\nmen.\\nU i ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-T^\\nfj RVING PADDOCK, a representative general\\nII agriculturist and a leading citizen of New\\nill Buffalo Townshii), ISerrien County, Mich., is a\\nnative of the Empire State and was born March\\n25, 1830, in Onondaga County. The parents of\\nour subject were James and Charlotte (Tappen)\\nPaddock, well-known and inlluential people of\\nthat locality The father was born in Orange\\nCounty, April 18, 1806, and was the son of James\\nPaddock, Sr., whose birthplace was also in New\\nY ork, and who served bravely as a militiaman in\\nthe War of 1812. Tiie paternal great-grandfather\\nwas a soldier of the Revolutionaiy War. He was\\nof English descent and bore the name of David.\\nThe father of our subject emigrated from New\\nY ork to the West in 1836, and located in what is\\nnow Galena Township, then Hudson, La Porte\\nCounty, Ind. He was a farmer by occu[)atiou and\\nsurvived to witness the changes of a half-century\\nin the settlement of Indiana. The mother, also a\\nnative of New York, was born in 1808. She died\\nin La Porte Count} Ind., in 1872, and had borne\\nunto her husband a family of twelve sons and\\ndaughters, of whom Irving was the eldest. He was\\nonly six years of age when with his parents he\\njourneyed to La Porte County.\\nReared and educated in the common schools of\\nHudson Township, Mr. Paddock arrived at man-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0549.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "550\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nliOOd, and when the Civil War liroke oat he soon\\nenlistcfl in tlie service of the Government and pa-\\ntriotically joined Company F, Twenty-fifth Michi-\\ngan Infantry, as a private. Promoted for his gal-\\nlant bearing and general efliciency, our subject\\nwas made Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, First\\nLieutenant, and finalli became Captain. He\\nserved until .June 24, 1865, and then was honor-\\nably discharged. During the fight at Tebbs Bend,\\nbetween Morgan and the Twenty-fifth Michigan,\\nMr. Paddock was shot tiirough the iiips. He was\\ntwice wounded at Atlanta, Ga., and was shot\\nthrough the right arm, between the wrist and\\nelbow. Our subject actively participated in the\\nLoudon fight, Kingston, Tenn., and took part in\\nthe battles of Kenesaw Mountain and Buzzard s\\nRoost. He was engaged in the raid from Rock}\\nFace, Ga., to Atlanta, and was under fire most of\\nthe time, being three months making the one hun-\\ndred miles. When BIr. Paddock was first wounded\\nhe was t.aken to the field-hospital, from there\\nto the prisoners hospital at Louisville, and was\\nthen removed to Hospital No. 12. The second\\ntime he was wounded he was carried to Hospital\\nNo. 3, at Nashville. Our subject was mustered\\nout of service at Salisbury, N. C, June 24, 1865,\\nand was sent to the barracks in Jackson, Mich., in\\nJuly, and soon returned to his home in Berrien\\nCounty, to whicli he had removed in I860, at that\\ntime locating upon tiie farm where he now resides.\\nThe homestead originally contained but eighty\\nacres, five of which had been cleared of timber,\\nupon wliich clearing was the sole improvement\\nan old log house. Since then the tract, increased to\\none hundred acres and highly cultivated, has been\\nfurther improved by an attractive dwelling and\\nsubstantial barns. Tiie farm, pleasantly located, is\\nmidway between the vilLages of Three Oaks and\\nNew Buffalo, and is three and a-lialf miles from\\neach.\\nIrving Paddock and Miss Esther Ann AVare\\nwere united in marri.age in New Buffalo, December\\n25, 1859, and received tiie hearty liest wishes of\\nmany friends. Mrs. Paddock was born in Mexico,\\nOswego County, N. Y., September 19, 1838. She\\nie a daughter of Reuben and Esther (Goit) Ware,\\nwho were natives of Vermont and accompanied\\ntheir respective i)areiits to New York in a very\\nearly da} Spending their last jears in Amboy,\\nthe} both passed away in the Empire State. Our\\nsubject and his estimable wife have been blessed\\nby the birth of three children, but one of whom\\nnow survives: Clarence, residing near Springfield,\\nMo.; Lottie and Albert are both deceased. Mr.\\nPaddock is politically a Republican and has held\\nby able service the official position of Township\\nTreasurer, and in the discharge of the duties in-\\nvolved has given satisfaction to his fellow-towns-\\nmen. Our subject cast his first Presidential vote\\nfor Winfleld Scott and is ever interested in both\\nlocal and national issues. His excellent wife is a\\nvalued member of the Congregational Church and\\nis active in good work. Mr. Paddock, while not a\\nprofessor of religion, is mindful of those less for-\\ntunate than himself and is known as a liberal-\\nspirited and enterprising citizen.\\n~oi\\n5d\\nI I^ASIHNGTON I. GRIFFITH. As a repre-\\n\\\\r\\\\j// sentative of the prosperous and enterpris-\\ning farmers of Cass County who have\\ncontributed to the growth and develo[)ment of\\nthis section of the State, mention should be made\\nof Mr. GrilHth, who conducts farming operations\\non section 21, of Milton Townsiiip. A native of\\nIndiana, he w.as born in St. Joseph County, De-\\ncember 22, 1845, and is the son of Caleb B. and\\nMatilda (Smith) Griffith, natives of Delaware. The\\npaternal grandfather, Joshua Griffith, was prolia-\\nbly born in Delaware and was of English descent.\\nThe maternal grandfather, George Smith, was like-\\nwise born in Delaware and traced his ancestry to\\nEngland.\\nAfter the marri.age of the parents of our subject,\\nwhicii occurred in St. Josefih County, Ind., they\\nsettled on a farm in Harris Township, but soon\\nafterward came to Miciiigan and located in Milton\\nTownsiiip. Here they engaged in .agricultural pur-\\nsues, becoming well and favorably known for\\ntheir integrity and kind, noble dispositions. The\\nfather died in 1S60; the mother still makes her", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0550.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n551\\nhome in tliis township. They were the parents of\\nseven sons: Cliarles II., Washington I., Addison\\nII. :uid fieorsre, the hitler dying at the age of two\\nyears, the othci-s dying in infancy. The second son\\nis the subject of tliis sketch, wlio was a small child\\nwhen he accompanied iiis [laronts to Cass County.\\nHere he gained his education and grew to man-\\nhood on his father s farm.\\nOctober 1, 1868, Mr. (trittith married Josephine\\nM. Rogers, who was born in Cass County, June\\n13, 1847, being tiie daugiiter of Hiram Rogers, a\\nnative of New Jiirsey. When about two years of\\nage lie removed witli his parents to New York,\\nand in an early day came to Michigan, being one\\nof the early settlers of Cass County. He is still\\nliving in Milton Township upon the farm he en-\\ntered from the Government many years ago. He\\nhas attained to the advanced age of ninety-two\\nj-ears, and as one of the oldest of the few surviv-\\ning pioneers of this county is entitled to the con-\\nsideration and esteem of all the people. His fa-\\ntiier, Jabez Rogers, was descended from P^nglish\\nancestors and served in tlic Revolutionary War.\\nMrs. Griffith is one of thirteen children born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Rogers, being the next to the young-\\nest of tiie family. At the present time (1893) two\\nof the number are living. The mother of these\\neliiidrcn, Lora (Worden) Rogers, was born in New\\nYork and was of English descent. Mrs. Griffith\\nwas reared in Milton Township and attended the\\ndistrict schools as well as the Cassopolis school.\\nFour children were born of her marriage, three\\nof wh(;m are deceased, namely: Maud M., who\\ndied when twenty-one 3-ears of age; Caleb C,\\nwho passed away at the age of five months, and\\nLucy E., who was called hence when an interest-\\ning child of fourteen years. The only surviving\\nchild is Florence R.\\nIn 1869 Mr. Griffith settled on his present farm,\\nwhere he conducts a general agricultural and stock-\\nraising business. In addition to this property he\\nowns an interest of (me hundred acres in St. Joseph\\nCounty, Ind. In his political belief he was for\\nmany years a stanch adherent of Republican prin-\\nciples, but for several years he has adopted the\\npolicy of voting for the man whom he deems best\\nqualified for the position desired. He has served\\nas Justice of the Peace, and at the present time is\\na member of the School Hoard. He has been jjromi-\\nnenlly connected with the Farmers Alliance, of\\nwhich he wjis the fiist Secretary and second Presi-\\ndent, and is now their agent. Upright in charac-\\nter and zealous in religious matters, he is one of\\nthe most active and influential members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and is now Steward.\\n-N-\\nTEPHEN A. BOGIJE. All his life Mi.\\nRogue has followed with substantial results\\nVii^ JjJ) the occupation to which he was reared, and\\nin which he is now engaged, farming.\\nHe\\nis justly recognized as one of the leading agricul-\\nturists and stock-raisers, and as a man, no less than\\na citizen, he is highly esteemed. All his life he has\\nbeen identified with the best interests of Cass\\nCounty, and his intelligence, enterprise and many\\nother estimable qualities have acquired for him a\\npopularity not derived from anj^ factitious cir-\\ncumstances, but a spontaneous and permanent trib-\\nute to his merit.\\nBorn in Penn Township, Cass County, this State,\\nM.a^ 7, 184-5. Mr. Bogue has been a resident of\\nthis county all his life and is well and favorably\\nknown throughout its length and breadth. His\\nparents. Stephen and Hannah (East) Bogue, were\\nprominent peof)le and early settlers of this county.\\nThe father was born in Perquimans ounty, N. C,\\nOctober 17, 1790, and died on the farm he entered\\nin Cass County, October 10, 1868. He first moved\\nfrom his native State to Preble County, Ohio,\\nwhere he inirch.ased land and cleared a farm, re-\\nmaining on the same until 182U, when he came to\\nCass County, Mich. His first marriage occurred\\nin Ohio, lie came North because he did not be-\\nlieve in slavery, and while living in Michigan he\\nassisted many negroes to escape to Canada. Out-\\nspoken and candid in his views, Mr. Bogue was a\\nman who ever dared to do right. At one time he\\nwas sued by owners of slaves for .assisting the\\nfugitive slaves in obtaining their freedom, but he\\ncame out ahead.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0551.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "552\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL, RECORD.\\nHis second marriage was to Mrs. Hannah (East)\\nBonine and occurred in Kichniond, Ind. After\\nsettling in Cass Countj Mich., he laid out the\\nsite for the town of Vandalia, and built one of the\\nfirst gristmills in the county. This he operated\\nfor about twenty j ears, but in addition was also\\nengaged in agricultural pursuits. His second wife\\nwas a native of the Old Dominion, born in Gray-\\nson County in 1798, and the daughter of William\\nand Rachel (Talbert) East, liie former a native\\nof Virginia, and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mr.\\nand Mrs. East came to Cass County, Mich., about\\n1835, and here passed the remainder of their d.a3 s.\\nMrs. Bogue passed away on the 19th of December,\\n1891. Mr. Bogue was the son of Joseph Bogue,\\nwho was a native of North Carolina, where he\\ndied. He was a blacksmith by trade, but was also\\ninterested in agricultural pursuits, owning at one\\ntime over two thousand acres of land.\\nStephen A. Bogue, the youngest child born to\\nhis father s second marriage, received his early ed-\\nucation in the common district schools, after\\nwhich he attended the academy at Adrian, Mich.\\nOn the 20th of November, 1867, he married Miss\\nDora E. Dalton, of Adrian, Mich. She was born\\nAugust 9, 1846, and is the daughter of James and\\nMar^ (Lewis) Dalton. After marriage Mr. Bogue\\nbegan farming, and continued this occupation un-\\ntil 1877, when he moved to Florida and embarked\\nin the orange and vegetable business for about\\nfive years. Returning to Michigan, he resided in\\nVandalia for two j ears, and then moved on his\\npresent farm, where he has since resi led.\\nOur subject has filled a number of the local of-\\nfices Township Supervisor, Road Commissioner^\\netc. and was an able and efficient officer. Sociailj\\nhe is a Good Templar and is Worthj Master of\\nthe lodge, and he has been a member of the local\\nGrange, of which he was Master several terms. A\\nRepublican in his political views, his first Presiden-\\ntial vote was cast for Gen. U. S. Grant. Both lie\\nand wife are members of the Friends Church and\\nhis ancestors were members of that church for\\nman} years. Our subject and his wife have a com-\\nfortable and pleasant rural home three miles east\\nof Cassopolis, with one hundred and eighty acres\\nof excellent farming land. Three children were\\nborn to their marriage: Walter Marion, Maiy\\nBelle, and Hannah S., wiio was born in Florida. All\\nare still under the parental roof and the two eldest\\ngraduated from the High School of Cassopolis.\\nThe daughter Belle has taken a thorough course of\\nvocal and instrumental music at Earlham College\\nat Richmond, Ind.\\ni**** 4g^****i--\\n3*^.5.^.^\\nr \u00e2\u0080\u00a2i-i-i- i-F^\\nWnxiAiv\\nfurnisl\\ntative\\nnXIAM GREEN. The Buckeye State has\\nislied to this county man\\\\ represen-\\ncitizens, and among them might\\nbe mentioned William (ireen, who has resided\\nhere for man} years. In everything connected\\nwith the growth and prosperity of the county he\\nhas taken an active interest, and as a merchant lie\\nhas had a very successful career. Born in Preble\\nCounty, Ohio, April 20, 1830, he is the son of\\nJesse and Charity (Cook) Green. Jesse Green was\\nborn in Georgia in 1790, and when fifteen years\\nof age moved to Ohio with liis mother, who wished\\nto live in an anti-slave Slate. He was the son of\\nJesse Green, Sr., who was a native of Philadelphia.\\nJesse Green, Jr., was married in his native State,\\nand emigrated to Cass County, Mich., in 1836, dy-\\ning there about 1850. lie was at one time a mer-\\nchant, but after settling in the State of Michigan\\nhe engaged as an agriculturist.\\nTiie mother of our subject was born in South\\nCarolina, thirt} miles from Charleston, and died\\nin Cass County, Mich., about 1859, Seven sons\\nand five daughters were born of her marriage, the\\nsubject of this notice being the sixth in order of\\nbirth. Tlie latter, since six 3 ears of age, has been\\na resident of Cass County, and received his educa-\\ntion in the common schools. On the 30th of April,\\n1853, he was married to Miss Almira Wright, a na-\\ntive of Cass Count3% Mich., and one child, Frank\\nLeslie, has blessed this union.\\n.Agricultural pursuits occupied the attention of\\nour subject for the most part until 1871, when he\\nmoved to Vandalia, and engaged in merchandising.\\nThe energy he has displ iyed in the management\\nof this business, and the prosperous appearance of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0552.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BJO(5RAPHICAL RECORD.\\n553\\nhis establishment, show that he has made money.\\nThe fact thai lie enjoys such an extensive trade, a\\ntrade which he holds and which increases year af-\\nter year, is all the evidence needed that he has\\nmade it honestly, for it takes the avera j;e eus-\\ntt)iner but a short time to liscover crookedness\\nof any kind in his merchant. Mr. Green does an\\nannual business of $15,000, and his stock of goods\\nis always fresh and new.\\ninnniinent Mason, Mr. (ircen is a member of\\naM(lalia Lodge No. 2 J(l, in which he has held\\nmeinbershi[) for twenty-three years, lie has held\\nmany of the township ollices, and is a school otlicer\\nmost of the time. He lakes a. deep interest in ed-\\nucational affairs, and is active in all matters of\\nmoment or in any movement for the advaneeiuent\\nof the county. He is an inlhiential citizen and\\nt)ne highly esteemed by all. Politically, he is a\\nRepublican, and his first Presidential vote was cast\\nfur (icii. Scolt.\\nv.-\\nIIKSTKH r. PllKI.PS, whose beautiful home\\nis situated on the lake shore, is an enter-\\nprising and successful fruit-grower of St.\\n.loseph Tdwiisliip, Berrien County. His farm, con-\\nsisting of twenty acres, has been embellished with\\nall the modern improvements, including a com-\\nmodious residence and substantial outbuildings.\\nHere he engages in the raising of peaches, pears\\nand other small fruits, and ships extensively to the\\nprincipal Western markets. Through the exercise\\nof excellent judgment in the details of his busi-\\nness affairs he has gained ample means and is\\nnumbered among the successful men of the com-\\nmunity.\\nThe ancestors of Mr. Phelps were for many\\nyears identified with the history of New England.\\nHis father, Chester, was born in Connecticut,\\nwhence he removed to New York and made set-\\ntlement in Fulton County. His wife, whose\\nmaiden name was Sally Powell, w.as a native of\\nFulton County and a lady possessing many amia-\\nble qualities of heart and mind. They became the\\nparents of nine children, all of whom grew to man-\\nhood and womanhood, and six are still living.\\nThe father engaged in fanning oi eralions, and at\\nthe same lime conducted a good business as a\\ntinner. After a long and honorable life, he passed\\naway at the old home in Pulton County, leaving\\nto his descendants considerable property and, what\\nis far belter, the heritage of an upright life and\\nstainless name. He was a faithful member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and it was his con-\\nstant endeavor to exemplify in his life the princi-\\nples of the religion he professed.\\nIn the village of Johnstown, Pulton County,\\nN. v., the subject of this biograi)hical notice was\\nborn December lU, 1832. There he was reared to\\nmanhood upon his father s farm, receiving a lim-\\nited education in the neighboring schools. When\\nnearl} twenly-Uve years of age, he established do-\\nmestic ties and a home of his own. On the 8lh of\\nOctober, 1857, occurred his marriage to Miss Alice\\nE., the daughter of David Brown, and a native of\\nFulton County, N. Y. After his marriage he re-\\nmained on the old homestead in New York until\\n1861, when he came to Michigan and purchased\\nhis present property in St. Joseph Township, Ber-\\nrien County-. The farm had been the property of\\nhis father-in-law, who bought it in 18G0, when it\\nremained in nature s primeval condition. A con-\\nsiderable amount of grubbing was necessary,\\nand niau3 improvements had to be made before\\nthe place was in first-class cultivation.\\nAugust 19, 1888, IMis. Alice E. Phelps died,\\nleaving two children, David R. and Arthur H.\\nThe first-named married Miss Cora A. Smith and\\nthey are the parents of two children, Orla L. and\\nAlice L. Mrs. Cora Pheljjs is the daughter of\\nWilliam Smith) formerly a prominent farmer and\\nfruit-grower of St. Joseph. The young couple\\nmake their home with our subject, and through\\ntheir kind attentions and thoughtful ministrations\\nenhance his comfort and brighten the declining\\nyears of his life. The younger son, Arthur 11., a\\npromising young man, also makes his home with\\nMr. Phelps.\\nA Republican in his political syinpalhies, Mr.\\nI Phelps takes an active interest in local and Na-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0553.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "554\\nPORTRAIT AND I5I0(;UAPHICAL RECORD\\ntional politics, and has firm convictions of his own\\nupon every subject of general importance and in-\\nterest. For three years he filled the position of\\nJustice of the Peace, and he lias also occupied\\nother positions of trust. Socially, he is a member\\nof tlie Grange and is Master of Lake Grange\\nLodge No. 93. In tiie work of tlic Patrons of\\nHusbandry lie takes a prominent and influential\\npart, and is justly numbered among liie public-\\nspirited citizens of tiie county. In former years\\nhe engaged extensivelj in tlie business of catch-\\ning pigeons in different portions of this (State, his\\nplan of operating being to decoy pigeons in nets.\\nNot infrequently he would secure at one time\\nfrom twenty to thirty dozen wild pigeons, for\\nwhich he found a ready sale in the markets at\\nNew York City, Chicago and other places.\\n-^5.\\n~S]\\nNDREW J. PENLAND is a prominent cit-\\nizen of the county and one of nature s\\nnoblemen. Abounding in affection forliis\\nfellow-kind, and being sup|ilicd with a fair\\nshare of this world s goods, he is well content,\\nand tries to make others so. He is a farmer\\nby occupation, but is also engaged in blacksniitli-\\ning and is making a success of both occupations.\\nIn the year 1889 he was elected Iligliway Com-\\nmissioner and has held that position ever sin(;e,\\ndischarging the duties in a very etliiuent manner.\\nHe was born in Elkhart County, I nd., to the union\\nof William and Catherine (Boswell) Penlaiid.\\nWilliam Penland was born in Ohio in 1814, and\\nis living in this county, in the enjoyment of coui-\\n[)aiatively good health. At an early date, and\\nwhile still single, he emigrated to Elkhart, Ind.,\\nand there married Miss Bos well, a native of Ohio.\\nIn 1849 he removed to Berrien County, Mich.,\\nsettled on a wild tract of land, and immediately be-\\ngan making improvements. He has seen the coun-\\ntry grow from its wild and undeveloped state to its\\npresent prosperous condition and has done his share\\ntoward its improvement. With the exception of\\ntwo years he has resided on that farm ever since,\\nand is classed among the foremost farmers of Ber-\\nrien Count} and among the worthy old settlers\\nof this region. In connection with farming he\\nwas also engaged in the blacksmith business, and\\nfor thirty-five years was a Methodist preacher,\\nfollowing his ministerial duties for two years in\\nVan Buren County. He is of Scotch descent. His\\nwife is now deceased. They were the i)areiits of\\nfourteen children, four sons and ten daughters.\\nOur subject s maternal grandfather was a soldier\\nin the War of 1812.\\nAndrew J. Penland was third in order of birth\\nof the above-mentioned children. He remained\\nin Elkhart County, Ind., until ten 3eais of age,\\nwhen he came with his parents to lienicii County\\nand tliere received the principal part of his educa-\\nation. Our subject has known the demands of\\npoverty, for his parents were poor, and as he had\\nto assist in making a living his educational ad-\\nvantages were limited. After remaining under\\nthe parental roof until about sixteen years of age,\\nhe hired out to work bj the month on a farm, and\\nduring that time was also engaged in the sawmill\\nbusiness. He learned the blacksmith trade of his\\nfather, and in 1861 was married to Miss Matilda\\nShearer, a native of Berrien County. Immediately\\nafterward he built a shop at Koyalton, began\\nworking for himself, and followed tliis for about\\nfive years. Six children have been born to his\\nunion: Elsie; Catherine E., wife of A. Courtville;\\nSarah A., vvife of Calvin Stoops; Rosie E., Ida May\\nand William.\\nMr. Penland has held the ollice of Drain Com-\\nmisioner for two years, and when elected to the\\noffice of Highway Commissioner he received the\\nlargest majority ever received in the township.\\nHe is a strong advocate of Democratic principles,\\nand his vote is ever cast with that party. His first\\nPresidential vote was cast for McClellan. He is\\nnow a member of the County Central Committee\\nof his township and has iield other positions of\\ntrust and responsibility.\\nSocially, he is a member of Royalton Lodge No.\\n373, I. O. O. F., and lias held membership in the\\nsame since 1882. He has represented that lodge\\nin tlie Grand Lodge at Grand Rapids. Mr. Pen-\\nland s farm, consisting of fifty .icres and located", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0554.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0555.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "Iji*^. ^^J^,^)hx:^^- ir^.i^\\\\. A\\nRE5IDtNCE OF JOSEPH LEUT E 5LC 35 5T. JOSEPH TP BERRIEN CO./MICH.\\nh i-^ ^J.\\nv^ -j:. .-V\\n\\\\4i\\nii^ ^s^^ Sia!aa^i^t:\u00c2\u00bbgia\u00c2\u00abBi wK\\nRESIDENCE OF ROCK 5. EDWA RD5 SEC .1 1 50DU5 TP. BERRIEN CO. MICH.\\nj^\\nl\u00c2\u00a5.*l^\\nrilESIDEUCE OF A. J. PEN LAND, SEC. 3. RQYALTON TP, BERRI EM CO. MICH.-\\n1", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0556.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "rOKTli^UT AND lilOGllArillCAL RECORD.\\n557\\neight iiiilos sdutli of St. .loscpli, is well improved\\nand well ciiiliviitcd, allhoiiirli wlieii he liisl settled\\nii|i(iii il it w; s itivered with :i dense i-iowth uf\\nlimber. The day he muved un thi.s place lie cut\\nthe date on a beech tree, and it is now plainly vis-\\nible (May 1, 18()o). Although not an educated\\nman in the technical sense of the word, Mr. Pen-\\nland harmonizes cause and effect so logically that\\nhe is recognized as one whose opinion is of nuich\\nweight.\\nOCK S. KI)WAi{|)S, an energetic and suc-\\ncessful general agriculturist and forseveral\\nterms an ellicicnt Highway Commissioner\\n5j of Sodus Township, Berrien County, Mich.,\\nwas born .July 3, 1821), in Shropshire, Knglaud.\\nHis father, Edward Edwards, a native of Wales\\nand an energetic and hard-working man, was born\\nin 171)1. The mother, also of Welsh nativity and\\nborn in 1797, attained to womanhood well fitted\\nto assume the cares of a h(^nisehold of her own.\\nWhile yet a 3 oung and single woman she removed\\nto England. The father, finding that wages were\\nhigher in other parts of the C^ueen s dominions,\\nalso went to England, where he obtained empUiy-\\nnicnt, met his future wife and was married. The\\nthree children born unto the marriage survived the\\nperils of infancj and are now living. The parents\\nwere in very humble circumstances and our sub-\\nject, having a thirst for knowledge, was obliged to\\nearn the money to pay for the instruction he re-\\nceived. Man}- days he passed in study, his only\\nlunch at noon a bit of dr^ bread, which he had\\nbrought with him from his iioine. Ambitiously\\nlie persevered and acquired a good common edu-\\ncation, his sole capital in life.\\nWiien fifteen years old Mr. Edwards began the\\nstruggle of life upon his own account and for a\\nl)eriod of one year toiled for the nuinifictint sum\\nof $15. At tw-enty-eight years of age he crossed\\nthe bro.id Atlantic and, landing safely in America,\\nat first located in lluroii County. Ohio, where he\\nreceived employincnt on a farm and remained two\\nmonths. Ix arning that he had relatives in Port-\\nage County, he then journeyed thither and worked\\nupon a f;uiii in tli.-it locality for one and a-lialf\\nyears. A heavy frost .Iiine 7, 1851), destroying\\nthe crop of wheat, [lotatoes, and all growing veg-\\netables, our subject, certain that the climate would\\nnot suit him, departed at once for Michigan. In\\nthis latter State he engaged in agricultural toil\\nupon various farms, never receiving more than\\n$11 per month, frequently less, lie continued in\\nBerrien County until the breaking out of the\\nCivil War, in 1862; then, enlisting in Company B,\\nSeventeenth Michigan Infantrj-, he was mustered\\ninto the service at Detroit under Col. Withington.\\nUpon the 29th of August, leaving Detroit, the reg-\\niment was hurried to the field of battle, and on\\nthe 14th of Sei)tember our subject actively partici-\\npated in the fight at South Mountain.\\nUpon the 17th of September Mr. Edwards was\\nengaged in the battle of Aiitielam and a few days\\nafter, feeling ill, was attended by the surgeon, who\\nprescribed a dose of quinine, which, having been\\ntaken l)y our subject, rendered him unconscious,\\nand, the troojjs being ordered to march and un-\\nable to care for him, he was left l^ ing upon the\\nground, insensible to his surroundings and deser-\\ntion. When he recovered it was in December,\\nand he then learned that he had been tenderly\\ncared for by both men and women of the oppos-\\ning army and from October, in the early part of\\nthe month, had been watched over and nursed\\nslowly back to strength and reason. When fully\\nrecu[)erated, Mr. Edwards joined his regiment,\\nMarch 4, 1803. During his term of service he was\\nin Kentucky, southern Illinois and Mississippi, and\\nshared the perils of the siege of Vicksburg and\\nJackson and came north to Camp Nicholsville,\\nKy. Crossing from the latter |)oint into East\\nTennessee, our subject engaged in the battle of\\nCamden Station. The regiment was cut off at the\\nsiege of Knoxville for twent^ -one days and dur-\\ning its entire period of service suffered almost in-\\ncredil)lo hardship.\\nConstantly exposed to death and capture, the\\nsoldiers of the Seventeenth .^lichigan also fought\\ncourageously ui)on the Tields of Spottsylvania, in\\nthe battle of the Wilderness, North and South Anna,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0557.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "558\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RIXORD.\\nPommiika, Cold Harbor and the siege of Pcters-\\nburgli. In all these engagements our subject act-\\nively participated and was wounded in the fight\\nat Spottsylvania, being obliged to remain in the\\nliospital two weeks, when he rejoined his regiment,\\nready for active duty. At the battle of 8pott-\\nsylvania, engaged with two hundred and twenty-\\nfive men on the right centre, he was surrounded by\\nthe fire of the enemy, and of the two hundred and\\ntwenty-five men who went into battle twenty-five\\nwere killed outright, twentv-ltiree were wounded,\\nand ninety-eight were missing.\\nAt the close of the war, honorably discharged,\\nMr. Kdwards returned to Sodus Township, IJerricn\\nCounty, where, in 18G(l, he had purchased the\\nfarm upon which he now resides. He has brought\\nthe land up to a high state of cultivation, making a\\nspecialty of fruit, which he grows with excellent\\nsuccess. Upon August 14, 1865, Rock S. Edwards\\nand Miss l.ydia E. Fox were united in marriage.\\nMrs. Edwards is of German descent, her father,\\nWilliam Fox, h.aving been born in the country of\\nthe Rhine. Our subject and his estimable wife\\nhave no children. Mr. Edwards is a valued mem-\\nber of the United Brethren Church, and with his\\nwife is an active aid in good work. Fraternally,\\nour subject is a member of George II. Thomas\\nPost No. 14, G. A. R., at Benton Harl)or. Polit-\\nically, he is a Republican and has with true and\\nloyal service given his best efiforts in behalf of the\\nadvancements of the best interests of his adopted\\ncountry, where he has won a prosperous home and\\nbeen a true and faithful citizen.\\n\\\\t OSEPH LEUTE, a well-known farmer and\\nfruit-grower of Berrien Count} resides upon\\nsection 35, 8t. Joseph Township. Mr. Leute\\nwas born in Baden, Germany, on the 17th of\\nJanuary, 1835, and is the son of John and Martha\\n(Zily) Leute, natives of Baden, Germany, the fa-\\nther having been a farmer during the entire period\\nof his active life, with the exception of two j-ears\\nwhen he was in the military service. He was an\\nindustrious and energetic man, and, although he\\nnever accumulated a competency, he nevertheless\\nwas enabled to give his children fair advantages.\\nIn a comparatively uneventful manner the sub-\\nject of this sketch passed the days of his childhood\\nand youth upon his father s farm in Germany. In\\nhis boyhood he enjoyed the advantages offered by\\nthe excellent public schools of Germany and ac-\\nquired a thorough knowledge of the language of\\nhis countrymen. Having heard of the wonderful\\noi)portunities offered to those who settled in the\\nUnited States, he resolved upon crossing the broad\\nAtlantic and seeking his fortune in the unknown\\nworld. Accordingly, at the age of nineteen years,\\nhe emigrated to America and first located in Syra-\\ncuse, N. Y., where he worked for a time in a lime-\\nquarry, and afterward secured employment in a\\nsalt mine.\\nAfter having resided in Syracuse for about three\\n.years, Mr. Leute came West to Wisconsin, where\\nhe located in Clarke County, and for five months\\nwas engaged in the lumber business in the pineries.\\nThence he went to La Crosse, AVis., where he\\nworked at logging, and from there proceeded to\\nIllinois and settled in St. Clair County. During\\nhis residence in St. Clair County he was married,\\nIn 18G5, to Miss Catherine Ilerzog, who was born\\nand reared in Germany and emigrated to America\\nin company with her parents, locating in St. Clair\\nCounty, III. After his nuirriage iMr. Leute engaged\\nin farming in that county until 18()7, when he re-\\nmoved to Berrien County and purchased land in\\nBaiubridge Township, engaging in farming pur-\\nsuits for one year. He removed thence to St.\\nJoseph and engaged in business in that city for\\none year. Jn 1875 his wife purchased the place\\nin St. Joseph Township where they have since re-\\nsided.\\nTen children have been born of the union of\\nMr. and Mis. Leute, eight of whom are now living,\\nnamely: Jose|)h, who went AVest in 1890 and lias\\nnot been heard from since, .although it is thought\\nthat he is in the United States army; Catherine,\\nwho is the wife of Jacob Snyder and a resident of\\nSt. Joseph; Caroline, Louis and Rosa, who reside\\nin Chicago, Louis being in the hardware business\\nthere; Mary, Sophia and Martha, who are at home", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0558.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "POUTUAIT A^ D BIOGli^\\\\.rmCAL liECOKD.\\n559\\nwitli tlu ir pnrenls. Wlu-ie he now lives ^Ir. lA iite\\nlius iiiiii acres, and tliis lie devotes to the culliva-\\ntion of fiiiits, in wliieli lie lias met with success.\\nHe lias I oinid friiil-Ltruwinii; a iJiolitalile husiness,\\nand raises fiuit of every variety on liis place. In\\nIns political preferences he is a Democrat, and is\\nstaneli in his allejiianee to his chosen parly. Re-\\nliljiouslv, he is ideiitilied with the Catholic Church.\\n^KORGE GRIFFIN, a prominent agricultur-\\nist and successful stock-raiser, a long-time\\n;:iJJ^ resident of Cass County, Mich., is a native\\nof Berkshire, England, and was born in 1829. He\\npassed the days of boyhood in his native land and\\nwas twenty years of age when, in company with a\\nbrother, he crossed the broad Atlantic to the New\\nWorld beyond the sea. Upon their arrival in\\nAmerica, the brothers located in Michigan. Our\\nsubject settled in Oakland County, but his com-\\npanion made his home in Berrien County. Three\\n3^ears after Mr. Grillin came to the United States,\\nhis parents, Thomas and Sarah Griflin, also emi-\\ngrated with their three other children to America.\\nOf these younger children, two wei e daughters.\\nThe son who accompanied the father and mother\\nto this country now resides near Nashville, Mich.\\nImmediately after George Griffin came to Michi-\\ngan he sought employment and worked b^ the\\nday for about four years. With prudent manage-\\nment lu had amassed a small cai)ital, which he\\nthen invested in a farm of eighty aci cs, located in\\nKalamazoo Count}-.\\nThree years afterward our subject disposed of\\nhis farm, and together with his parents removed\\nto Cass County, but the father and mother only\\nremained there a few years. Since then the par-\\nents have both died, as have also the sisters, one\\nof whom left a child, the son of Allen Owen, of\\nKalamazoo. Mr. (irillin located permanently in\\nCass County in isriti, and now owns and cultivates\\na fine farm of over tliiee hundred and fifty .acres.\\nIn ISCO our subject was married to Miss lanllia\\nMacOniber, of Marccllus Tf)wnsliip. The unif)n\\nwas blessed by the birth of three sons and three\\ndaughters. Mary was theeldestof the family; Lot-\\nlie is the wife of Z. Neidigh; Pliinney was thi^\\nthird in order of birth; l.ina is the wife of\\nFox; and Mark and liiiil complete the circle of\\nintelligent brothers and sisters. Politically, Mr.\\n(irillin is now an advocate of the People s parly,\\nbut for thirty years he alliliated with the Re-\\npublicans. He is progressive in his ideas and\\narguments, and is thoroughly posted on the local\\nand national questions of the day.\\nMrs. GritHn is a valued member of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church, and is active in good work.\\nOur subject and his family take an interest in the\\nsocial and benevolent enterprises of their home\\nlocality, and are ever ready to lend a helping hand\\nto those less fortunate than themselves. Having\\nliterally fought his upward way in life, Mr. (Trillin\\nis practically a self-made man. While making\\ngeneral .agriculture remunerative, he has also prof-\\nital)ly engaged in raising sheep ever since he set-\\ntled in Cass County. Financially prospered and\\nsurrounded by a happy family, our subject also\\npossesses the conlidence and esteem of friends and\\nneighbors, his useful life being crowned in the\\nevening of his days with many blessings.\\n\\\\yt_ IRAM HARWOOl), one of the pioneer set-\\nTji. tiers of Cass County, Mich., was born\\nin Vermont, in 1792. He grew to man-\\nhood in his native State, and w.as there\\nunited in marriage with Miss Sylvia Reed, of Ben-\\nnington. For some time the husband and wife\\nmade their home in western New York, and unto\\nthem were born six children, who survived to adult\\nage, and with their parents were numbered among\\nthe first settlers of Cass County. In 1831 the\\nHarwoods came with teams via the Erie Canal and\\nDetroit and across the southern part of Michigan\\nto Three Rivers, St. .Joseph County, where they re-\\nmained for six years. During the first winter the\\nfamily w.as quartered in a trader s bark shanty.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0559.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "560\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\ntlieir tahlf being an old chest, and their scanty\\nmeals frequently consisting of nothing but pota-\\ntoes and salt. In 1837, our sul)jcct, with his wife,\\nsons and daughters, removed to Cass County, Mr.\\nllarwood entering land in Newburg Township,\\nand locating upon section 24, where he erected a\\nlog cabin on the north bank of what is now known\\nas Corey Lake. The eldest daughter married James\\nChurchill, in Cass County; she and her husband\\ndied in Iowa. Nathan and Daniel, the two elder\\nsons, served in the Civil War, enlisting in 1861\\nand 1864; Sarah died single; Silas was the next\\nin Older of birth; and Betsey died soon after her\\nmarriage with Terrv Redway.\\nThe second son, Daniel K., entered the service\\nof the Government in 1861 and joined the ranks\\nof the Eleventh Michigan Infantry. lie remained\\nin active military duty until 1864, when he re-\\nturned home. He is now a resident of Lincoln,\\nNeb. In that same 3 car Nathan enlisted in the\\nFourteenth Michigan Light Artillery and served\\nuntil the close of the war. Nathan Ilai wood was\\nborn in Vermont, in 1821, and was but a young\\nlad when he emigrated to the West. He worked\\non his father s farm until he had passed his ma-\\njority. In 1816 he was married to Miss Diaiitha\\nHrowii, who became the mother of four children:\\nPhineas, Irving, Silas and Linus II., all now resi-\\ndents of Oceana County, JNIicli. Nathan llarwood\\nhas three times entered the bonds of matrimonv.\\nAfter the death of his first wife he was married to\\nMiss Keed, and he made Miss Sarah A. Decker his\\nthird wife. One sou and six daughters were born\\nof this union. Two of the daughters are de-\\nceased. Nathan llarwood owns and manages a fine\\nfarm of one liundied and eighteen acres. Politi-\\ncall3% he is a Republican, and takes a deep inter-\\nest in the local and national affairs of the Gov-\\nernment, to which he gave faithful service in its\\nhour of need. lie and his family are members of\\nthe Methodist Protestant Church, and are active\\nworkers in the benevolent enterprises of that de-\\nnomination. He has never been a member of any\\nseciet society, but, a piiblic-s|iirited citizen, has\\nfilled oflicial positions of trust, and commands the\\nhigh regard of all his fellow-townsmen.\\nSilas llarwood, the youngest son of our subject,\\nwas born in 1828, and since 1837 has been a con-\\nstant resident of Cass County, living all these\\nyears on the farm which he yet makes his home.\\nHe received a limited education in the nearest dis-\\ntrict schools, but most fre(iiiently pursued his\\nstudies by the fireplace at night, after working\\nhard all day on tiie farm. He was married in I806\\nto Miss Nancy L. Denio. Four children blessed\\nthe home. Fred, the eldest, is an operator at How-\\nard City; Milo D. was the second child; Edward\\nE. is a iiiosperous lawyer at Three Rivers; Ida ]\\\\I.\\nis the wife of Mark Rockwell, M. D., Benton Har-\\nbor. Dr. Rockwell is a graduate of the Univer-\\nsity of Ann Arbor, and completed his studies in\\nthe medical department. Politically, Silas Har-\\nwood is a stalwart Republican, and has occupied\\nwith abilil3 various offices, and has long been a\\nprominent citizen of Newburg Township. He\\nserved as Justice of the Peace for many years and\\nhas also been Supervisor for a number of terms.\\nHe held the position of Town Trustee three years,\\nand in the discharge of the various duties assigned\\nto him gave universal satisfaction to his friends\\nand constituents. Fraternally, he is connected\\nwith the Ancient Free Accepted Masons, and is\\na valued member of the chapter at Three Rivers.\\nWhen our subject flist located in Cass County\\nthe family had but very few neighbors, and there\\nwere only eight voters at the first political meet-\\ning held in the township. Hiram llarwood held\\nthe oftice of Justice of the Peace the greater por-\\ntion of his life. He was appointed to the position\\nwhile the State was yet a Territory, and continued\\nin the faithful discharge of the duties almost in-\\ncessantly up to the day of his death. He was also\\nfor many years oiie of the most efficient Super-\\nvisors of the townshi|), and to his efforts local\\nprogress and improvements were mainly due. A\\nman of noble and generous nature, yet |)ractical,\\nenergetic and enterprising, our subject was es-\\npecially adapted to meet and overcome the trials\\nand privations incidental to the settlement of a\\nnew country. From the day of his arrival he was\\na leader in Newburg Township. The patriotism\\nwhich led him, a mere lad, to enlist in the War of\\n1812 distinguished him throughout his life, and\\nwhen he pissed to his rest hi 1874, he was sin-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0560.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) niOGRAPIllCAL RFX ORD.\\nr.fii\\ncerely mourned y all Uie residents of the county\\nin wliicli lie had lived lliiily-^even useful years.\\nTlie Intlier of lliiani \\\\v:is Zacliai-iali I laiwood, uliu\\nwas |)iol)alily a native of eiinont. lie was a di-\\nrect descendant of Kngiish ancestry, and his fore-\\nfathers are supposed to have been aiiKini; the ril-\\n;rini Fathers of the l\\\\Ia\\\\ (lower.\\nKTKR WOMKR, a lcadin. citizen and en-\\nterprising agriculturist, of line executive\\nabilit_v, now residing upon his valuable\\nhomestead, located upon section 7, Hertrand\\nTownship, Picrrien County, Mich., has with\\nelliciency dischargee] tlie duties of various town\\notiiccs, and is widely known as an energetic and\\npuhlic-spii ited man, alily assisting in the pro-\\ngressive interests and rapid advancement of his\\nhome locality. Oui subject was born in I nion\\nCounty, I a., February 28, 1H3.S, and is the son of\\nMichael and Elizal)etli (Fraiii) Womer. His father\\nwas also a native of the (Quaker State, and was\\nlikewise born in Union County, where he spent\\nthe days of boyhood, and, arriving at mature .age,\\nbegan life for himself, was married and settled\\ndown to the daily cares of a famil\\\\ He h.ad been\\ntrained into agricultural pursuits, and was a farmer,\\nliatieiitly cultivating the soil of the old homestead,\\nwhen he liiially determined to try his fortunes in\\nthe broader West, and came to IJcrrien County,\\n.Mich. Here he located on range 17. section 7,\\nl!ei trand Township, and lived on this homestead\\nmany seasons, but, arrived at four-score years,\\np.assed the evening of his d.ays in Pennsylvania,\\namong the scenes of early youth, dying June 1(),\\n181)3.\\nThe paternal grandfather, Daniel Womer, was\\nborn in I ennsylvania, in 1777, his p:iieiits having\\nemigrated from Germany to the United States.\\nThe mother and the maternal grandfatlu r Frain\\nwere both native I ennsylvaiiians, but thc ir im-\\nmediate ancestors were of (ierman birth. The\\nmother died in February, 1891, at the age of\\nseventy-two years. Nine children, seven sons and\\ntwo daughters, blessed the home. I he brothers\\nand sisters are all living, all married, and all have\\nfamilies. The sons are, in the order of their birth:\\nPeter; Michael L., a resident of Pennsylvania;\\nJohn, also a citizen of Pennsylvania; Dr. Henry\\nWomer, of Johnstown, Pa.; Lewis, of Pennsyl-\\nvania; Wilson, of Hertrand l\\\\)wnsliip; and\\nDavis, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Womer w.is the\\neldest of the family, and was educated in his birth-\\nplace. He served an apprenticeship at the carpen-\\nter s trade, and at twenty-one years of age began\\nwork in Manslield, )liio. For ten years he was a\\ncarpenter and builder, in both Pennsylvania and\\nOhio, and (le| ended |)iiiicipally upon job work.\\nIn 1862, in Pennsylvania, Peter \\\\Vomcr and\\nMiss Mary Ellen Lease were united in marriage.\\nThe estimable bride was the daughter of Pennsyl-\\nvania people, who were of F.nglish (iescent. She\\nsurvived her marriage but three years, p.assing\\naw.ay in PulTalo, N. Y., in April, LStiy. She w.as the\\nmother of (uie child, who died before her. After\\nher death our subject returned to his native State,\\nand readily found emi)loynieiit. In the spring of\\n18(;G he came AV est, settled in Elkhart, Ind., and\\nfolloweil his trade there for the sumnier. March\\n10, 18G7, Mr. Womer for a second time wedded,\\nthen marrying Miss Sarah Rough, a daughter of\\nDavid and Anna Rough. Mrs. Womer was but\\neight years of age when her father located in\\nlierrien County, where lie eng.aged in farming.\\nImmediately following this marriage, our subject\\nmade his permanent home on section 7, Hertrand\\nTownship, and devoted himself to general farming\\nwith most profitable results. Financially pros-\\npered, lie erected in 188, at a cost of $6,000,\\none of the handsoii.est and most commodious\\nresidences in this [lart of the State. A finely\\nflnislied and capacious barn was soon after com-\\npleted at a cost of $2,000, making the attractive\\nhomestead a valuable country estate, second to none\\nin Heriien County. Mr. Womer, however, in 1884\\nretired from the active siiperinteiidence of agri-\\ncultural duties, the supervision of his large landed\\ninterests now occupying much of his time.\\nHe is the owner of about twelve hundred and\\nthirty-two .acres of land, two hundred and twenty-\\nthree acres rf which, located in I ertr:ind I owii-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0561.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "562\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsliip, are divided ink) four farms. A hundred and\\ntwenty-five acre tract is in Oalien Township. Two\\nhuiKlred and twenty acres are in St. .Tose()ii County,\\nInd. The various farms arc rented, and mostly\\nunder a hi ih state of cultivation. Our sutiject is\\na larj;e stockholder in the First National Hank of\\nNiles. and is numbered among the moneyed men\\nof TJerrien C ount3 Mr. and Mrs. Womer are the\\nparents of one son, William A. Womer, born June\\n13, 18(iil. l he son has enjoyed tiie benefit of an\\nexcellent education, and is engaged ujwn the\\nhome farm. Politically, I eter Womer is a Deiiio-\\ni!rat, and is a lirni believer in the platf(jrm of true\\nDemocracy. Ileserved as Supervisor in 1877, and\\nin 1H8H, l\u00c2\u00ab;i(l and 181) 1, elected and re-elected to\\nthe same otiice, has i)roven an important factor in\\nlocal progress, ever discharging the trusts devolv-\\ning upon him with able and faithful fidelity to the\\npublic welfare. During his many years residence\\nin Herrien (V)unty, our subject li.as been iiroini-\\nncntly associated with the growth of social, religi-\\nons and business enterprise, and, an active member\\nof Zion Church, has aided liberally in the support\\nand rapid advancement of its good work. Mr.\\nWomer, well known throughout Berrien County\\nand esteemed as a neighbor, friend and citizen,\\ncommands the confidence of the general public.\\nRTIirU 1;LI KKY, M. D., of Nlles, is a\\nnative of Herrien County and was born in\\nli Pipestone Township July 21, 1862. lie\\nis the son of David W. and Angcline\\n(Schnorf) I llrcy, and his father w.as one of the\\npioneers of Michigan, having emigrated hither in\\nan early day from his native State, Ohio. Grand-\\nfather John UUrey, likewise a native of the Buck-\\neye State, removed with his family to Michigan,\\nand, purchasing some land in Berrien County,\\ndevoted his attention to the clearing and improv-\\ning of the place, which through his efforts was\\ndeveloped into one of the finest farms in this\\nsection of the country. Some years prior to his\\ndeath he moved to Niles, and there he closed his\\neyes to the busy scenes of earth during the year\\n18!I2. At the time of his demise he had attained\\nto the advanced age of seventy-eight years.\\nAt the time the family removed to Michigan,\\nDavid II. Ullrey was a young man and he engaged\\nin farming |)ursuits in the new home. After his\\nmarriage he located on a farm in Berrien County,\\nbut after a time returned to the old homestead in\\nBerrien Townsliij), where he and his wife now re-\\nside. They are a worthy couple, kind and oblig-\\ning, and are held in high esteem throughout this\\ncommunity where they have lived for so many\\nyears. They are the parents of throe children,\\nArthur being the eldest of the number. He was\\nreared on the home farm and was early trained to\\nhabits of industry and usefulness. His boyhood\\nwas passed alternately in the schoolroom and upon\\nthe farm, and through attendance at school and\\npractical experience he gained a broad and libeial\\neducation.\\nWhen about nineteen years of age, our subject\\nbegan to teach, ind after following that profes-\\nsion for a short time entered the school at Niles,\\nwhere he carried on his studies for one year. La-\\nter he became a student in the State University of\\nMichigan, at Ann Arbor, where he completed the\\nliterary course. He then went to Chicago, where\\nhe entered the Hahnemann Medical College and\\nremained a student there until his graduation on\\nthe 2r)tli of February, 1886. Opening an ollice at\\nThree Oaks, Mich., he remained in practice in. that\\ncity for a period of two and one-half years, after\\nwhich he practiced his profession at South Bend,\\nInd., for nine months. The year 1881) witnessed\\nhis arrival in Niles, where he opened .an office and\\nhas since conducted a large and profitable practice.\\nAs a pnictitioner he li.as established an enviable\\nreputation for skill and proficiency, and is highly\\nregarded in prt)fessional circles. He holds mem-\\nbership in the American Institute of Homeopathy,\\nand keeps abreast with every improvement and\\ndevelopment in the .science of therapeutics.\\nIn the spring of 1888 Dr. Ullrey married Miss\\nAdda Wilcox, who at that time resided in Three\\nOaks, Mich. She died on the 4th of February,\\n18!)(), leaving a large circle of friends, who\\nnxiurned her loss and sympathized with the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0562.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n563\\nDoctor in his bereavement. Socially, Dr. Ullrey\\nis a |ir iniiiciil mihI Inl1iii rili;il iiicriilicr of tlip\\nRoyal Arcnnuin, tlic liilcr oT Maccalx i s, and llie\\nAnciciil ()r(U r((f I liilccl WdiUiiicii, hoiiiii Medical\\nKxaiiiiiu i- for liic latter ordrr. He is also a ineiii-\\nber and Medical lOxaniiner for llie Dciiree of\\nHonor of tli Ancient Order of United Workmen,\\nand Medical Kxaniiner for the Ladies of Macca-\\nbees.\\nH^\\nAI\\\\n .S I IIASKINS, a prosperous and (ex-\\ntensive i^eneral agriculturist of IJcrrien\\nCounty, Mich., is one of the two oldest and\\nj^/ earliest pioneer settlers of Pipestone Town-\\nship, now survivinij. Mr. Haskins was born Sep-\\ntember 11. l.S2(). in Erie County, N. V. His fa-\\nther, William Haskins, was likewise a native of the\\nEmpire State and was an energetic farmer. The\\nmother, Annie (Anson) Haskins, born, reared and\\neducated in New York, was united in marriajj^e in\\nher early home, the parents soon after their union\\nremoving to Erie County, their residence for many\\n3 ears. Finally journeying to the West, the3 re-\\nmained for a brief time, but later returned to New\\nYork, where the father died in IHTD, the mother\\nhaving passed away a score of 3-ears before, in 1859.\\nWilliam and Annie (Anson) Haskins were the par-\\nents of six i-liildren, two of whom arc living,\\n.lames F., rearc l in a (Quaker family upon a f.-irm,\\nattended school in very early boyhood, but soon\\nbegan the struggle of daily toil. He, however, en-\\njoyed the additional advantage of two terms of\\ninstruction in an academy and well prolilcd by\\nthe olTered opportunities. At si vcntecn years of\\nage he began for himself, but had really been self-\\nsupporting from his tenth year, and before he had\\nattained his majority had acipiircd the trade of a\\ncarpciitcr.\\nIn llic fall of isi:i.(iur subject determined to\\navail himself of the broader advantag.s of the\\nWest, and with his wife and one child drove seven\\nhunilre(l and fifty miles in twenty-one days tf\\nI eoria County, 1 II., where he remained with his\\nfamily until 1844, at wliicb time he rode a horse\\nto Berrien County, Mich., a distance of four hun-\\ndred and lifty miles, in live (lays, lie later brought\\nhis family to Michigan by wagon and settled in\\nPipestone Township, n|)on eighty acres of wild\\ntimber-land. I .uilding a house and clearing the\\nfarm, he remained in that locality until 1851,\\nwhen he settled in Berrien i ownship, in IH. iH le-\\nturning again to I ipestone Township and entering\\nupon the cultivation of .a second farm of wild land\\nupon section 19. As before, he built a frame house\\nand cleared land with energetic enterprise, and\\nmade this place a i)criiianent, home until 1872,\\nwhen he s(U,tJed in Shanghai Corners. In l.sTTour\\nsubject linally located upon his present farm on\\nsection 18, and erected a substanlial residence and\\nbarns and made other improvements. 1 ie was united\\nin marriage in 1811 with Miss Lydia Stancliff, a\\nnative of New York. She died October 21, 1850,\\nand was the mother of live children, two of whom\\nant surviving, Albert W. and Cli.arles W.. both of\\nwhom served with courag(! in the Sixth Michigan\\nInfantry during the Civil War, and were under\\nthe command of (Jen. I .utler. The youngest of\\nthe brothers was severely- wounded at Ft. Hudson.\\n.Some time after the death of the estimable wife,\\nMr. Haskins M second time entered the bonds of\\nwedlock and married Miss Marilla Kyther, a na-\\ntive of iMie County, N. Y., who pa.ssed to her r(\\\\st\\nin IS71. She was blessed by the birth of live chil-\\ndren, of whom three lived to maturity and now sur-\\nvive: Mary M., wife of C. Jennings; Lizzie L.,\\nwife of Albert M. CIIiase;and Sarah, wife of .Iftses\\nT. Beams. Our subject married his present wife,\\nCharlotte (Clark) Sabin, a native of New York, in\\n1871. Mr. and Mrs. Haskins have no children.\\nMrs. Haskins is a valued member of the Free\\nMethodist Church and is active in good work.\\nThe sons and daughters of our subject have en-\\njoyed the best educational advantages of their\\nhome locality and have attained to positions of\\nuseful inlliiencc, and some of them have taught\\nschool. Mr. Haskins ha been prominently identi-\\nfied with public affairs from his early manhood.\\nFormerly Democrat, he is now a Prohibitionist.\\nIn 1850 he .served as Clerk of I ipestone Towiislii|i\\nand in 1852 was elected Highway Commissioner, in\\n185;! he served as .Supervisor of [{(Mricn Township", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0563.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "564\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand in 1858 became Justice of the Peace, and for\\ntwenty eight years has discharged the duties of\\nthe judicial position with unvarying and able\\nfidelit}- to the interests of liis fellow-townsmen.\\nIn 1861 Mr. llaskins was elected Treasurer of Pipe-\\nstone Township, and was re-elecled to the office\\nin 1867. From 1868 until 1873 he gave to the\\ncares of Supervisor close attention, and as Chair-\\nman of the Board of Supervisors of Berrien\\nCounty during 1871, 1872 and 1873 materially\\nassisted in the upward growth and rapid advance-\\nment of local progress. He was again, in 1881, elec-\\nted Supervisor, re-elected in 188 2, and once more\\nbecame Chairman of the County Board. Since\\n1870 our subject has been a Notary Public, and for\\nnearly thirty years has devoted much of his time\\nto official work, giving universal satisfaction to the\\nhome community. After the war he became a Re-\\npublican, but since 1885 has thrown his influence\\nwith the party fighting against the liquor traffic.\\nAn admirer of Jefferson, Mr. Haskins lias been a\\nliberal-spirited citizen and a leader in local poli-\\ntics, excelling in debate and persuasive arguments,\\nas well as in practical work. He is well known in\\nthe halls of conventions and as a delegate has ac-\\nquitted himself with honor. For tliirtj -five years\\nhe has been an administrator of estates ranging in\\nvalue from 15,000 to $17,000. There is but one\\nsettler now in Pipestone Township who had ar-\\nrived at twenty-one years of age in 1844, and he is\\nour subject. For nearly a half-century the name\\nof James F. Haskins has been known and regarded\\nwith high esteem in Berrien County.\\nOHN CURRAN, an energetic and enterpris-\\ning citizen and thoroughly practical gen-\\neral agriculturist, owns a fine farm of two\\nhundred and forty-four acres, pleasantly\\nlocated upon section 15, Bertrand Township, Ber-\\nrien County, Mich. The fertile land, well tilled,\\nannually ields an abundant harvest, and the in-\\ndustry, thrift and excellent management of the\\nowner of the homestead are evidenced by the sub-\\nstantial improvements, the attractive and commo-\\ndious residence, the good barns and outbuildings.\\nFor many years our subject has been intimately\\nconnected with the local enterprises and swift ad-\\nvancement of the best interests of Berrien County.\\nHe is well known and commands the esteem and\\nconfidence of his old-time friends and fellow-\\ntownsmen. John Curran was born July 29, 1844,\\nin Oswego, N. Y. His father, Patrick Curran, was\\na native of Ireland and emigrated to the United\\nStates when a young man. He settled in Oswego\\nCounty on a farm. He had previous!} been mar-\\nried in Ireland, where the three eldest children\\nwere born.\\nThe mother of our subject, Ellen (Allen) Cur-\\nran, was, like her husband, a native of the Emer-\\nald Isle. The father and mother made their home\\nin Oswego County until they removed to the\\nfarther West, and in 1846 journeyed to Bertrand\\nTownship, Berrien County. Here the father en-\\ntered with renewed energy into the tilling of the\\nsoil and cultivated a farm for some years. He\\nfinally settled in Notre Dame, Ind., where he died\\nin his seventy-eighth year. His wife remained on\\nthe old homestead after his demise. She was the\\nmother of eight children, six of whom are now\\nliving. Our subject is the fifth child and third\\nson and was but two years of age when he was\\nbrought by his parents to Michigan. He attended\\nthe schools of Bertrand Township, and also enjoyed\\nthe benefit of instruction at Notre Dame. Mr.\\nCurran remained with his father until he had at-\\ntained his majorit} and two years later, January\\n8, 1865, was united in marriage with Miss Lucinda\\nBlake, a native of Indiana and born in Jasper\\nCounty.\\nOur subject and his estimable wife settled in Ber-\\ntrand Township on section 16, and made their home\\nthere for two 3eais, then removed to their present\\nlocality. Mr. Curran in 1868 purchased his pres-\\nent farm, which had at that time but few improve-\\nments and none of an} special value. The home\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Curran has been blessed by the\\npresence of six children, three sons and three\\ndaughters. Mary E. is the wife of James Welsh, and\\nresides in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind.\\nEmma A., Thomas E., Laura, James and Frank are", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0564.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0565.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "^v\\nS^JI^\\nOU/i^\\n^/^^^Jv^-iiCC^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0566.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "POIlTIiAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n)67\\nall at home. Mr. and Mrs. Curran and their fam-\\nily are lending factors in the social and benevo-\\nlent enterprises of their Kx^ality. Tlicy are known\\nas liberal jiivers in all matters tending to promote\\nthe i)tiblic good, and are ever ready to extend a\\nhelping hand to others less fortunate than them-\\nselves. Politically, Mr. Curran is a Democrat and\\nvotes that ticket at National electidiis, but in lo-\\ncal (illices voles for the best man for the position,\\nregar llcss of party considerations.\\n)HOMAS SPII :R.S. liie prosperity of Berrien\\nff{{^^ County, and its high standing in the galaxy\\nV^^ of Michigan counties, are due in no small\\nme.asure to the people of Knglish birth or parent-\\nage who are residents here. Among those who\\nhave crossed the ocean and exchanged a home in\\nthe (Queen s dominion for one in the Republic of\\nthe United Slates, mention should be made of Mr.\\nS()iers. For in.any years in business at Benton\\nHarboi he now lives retired, and as he i)ossesses a\\ncompetency he h.assurrounded iiimself with all the\\ncomforts and numy of llie luxuiies of life.\\nThe sou of (Jeorge and Mary .Spiers, our subject\\nwas born in (iravesend, England, December 21,\\n182(1, and acipiiriMl a good practical education in\\nthe schools of his native vill.age. In 1838, when\\na }-outh of eighteen, he came to America and\\nsettled in Canada, where he served for ten ^-ears\\nin the British regular army in (Quebec. In 1848\\nhe removed from Canada to Three Mile Bay,\\n.lefferson County, N. Y., and there worked at the\\ntrade of a tailor, which he had learned prior to\\nhis emigration to America.\\nAlthough not an American by birth, Mr. Spiers\\npossessed the truest patriotic spirit and w.as roused\\nto action by the attack on Ft. Sumter. October\\n11, IHfil, he enlisted .as a member of Company 11,\\nThirty-liflh New York Infantry, and served for\\ntwenty-two months, when he was honorably dis-\\ncharged, his term of enlistment having expired.\\nIn .Ianuar\\\\-. 1861, he re-enlisted as a member of\\nthe Second New York Artillery, and participated\\nin all the baltlcs of the Wilderness and the numer-\\nous engagements of (^rant s army. In September,\\n18( ).5, at the close of the war, he was mustered\\nout of service at Crosby, N. Y.\\nComing to Michigan in 1867, Mr. Spiers settled\\nin lienton Harbor and commenced to work at his\\ntrade, being the first merchant tailor in the vil-\\nlage, lie soon gained the conlidence of the people,\\nand both in business and social circles has alw.ays\\nbeen (juite popular. Politically, he alliliates with\\nthe Republican party, and nolli in local and na-\\ntional elections casts hi ballot for tlie candidates\\nof that iiolitical organization. The lady who, in\\n18, )1, was united in marriage with Mr. Spiers was\\nMiss Eliza Dike, a native of New York, and the\\ndaughter of Charles Dike, also a native of that Slate.\\nThe first representatives of the Dike family in the\\nUnited Slates crossed in llu \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mayllowcr and\\nthenceforth they and their descendants were close-\\nly connected with the progress of their various\\ncommunities. Grandfather Nathan Dike served\\nas a soldier in the War of the Revolution. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Spiers are the parents of two children:\\nMary, wife of S^dvester Warner, lesiding in Ben-\\nton Harbor; and Charles D., who is married and\\nresides in Minneapolis, Minn. The religious home\\nof the family is in the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nof whi(th the\\\\- are active iiiembers.\\n!^+^l=\\nSl\\nIDF;0N sterner w.as for many years a\\nproiiiiiicnt citizen of Cass County, but is\\nJJ^ now deceased. He was connected with the\\nfarming interests of Howard Township and owned\\na line farm on sections 17 and 18, where he\\neng.aged in general agricultural pursuits. He is of\\ndirect German descent, his paternal grandfather\\nhaving emigrated from the Fatherland i)rior to\\nthe War of the Revolution, in which he took an\\nactive part as a M.ajor. I he father f f our subject,\\nHenry Sterner, w.as born in Pennsylvania, and\\nthere married Miss Susan Kline, whose father was", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0567.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "568\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\na man of prominence and surveyed the country\\nfrom Pliiladelphia to Allentown, in Lehigh Coun-\\nty.\\nUnto Henry and Susan Sterner thirteen sons\\nwere born in succession, after which three daugli-\\nters were added to the family. All grew to man-\\nhood and womanhood with the exception of one\\nson, wiio died in cliildhood. Our subject was the\\nfourth in order of birth and opened his eyes to the\\nlight in Lehigh County, Pa., his birth occur-\\nring in November, 1816. Ilis youth was passed\\nsomewhat uneventfully in his native land, where\\nhe acquired a meagre education. At the age of\\ntwenty-five, he removed to New York, where he\\ncarried on a general blacksmitii business for about\\nfour years in Dansville. There he was united in\\nmarriage witli Rebecca De Forest.\\nIn 1852 Mr. Sterner came to Michigan and in\\nCass County purchased the Richard Meeks farm in\\nHoward Township, where he remained for ten\\n3-ears. lie located on section 18 during the year\\n1869, and died here on the 20th of August, 1891.\\nmourned by a host of warm personal friends.\\nl\\\\)litically, he was a Democrat, and in his social\\nconnections atflliated with the Independent Order\\nof Odd Fellows at Niles. A man of Christian life\\nand religious belief, he was for a number of years\\nidentified with the Lutheran Ciiurch, having been\\nreared in the faith of that denomination.\\nSome mention of tlie life and parentage of Mrs.\\nSterner will not be amiss in this connection.\\nTriphena Lamberton was born in Howard Town-\\nsliii), Cass County, Mich., on tiie farm where she\\nnow resides, October 21, 1843. Her father, Henry\\nLamberton, was a native of Canada, and through-\\nt)ut his entire life followed farming |)ursuits. He\\ncame to Michigan prior to its admission into the\\nI ll ion, and for a time resided near Grand Rapids,\\nin Kent County, wliere he entered two hundred\\nacres from the Government. After residing thei e\\na short time, he came to Cass County, where he\\nlived until 1883. He then disposed of his prop-\\nerty and removed to South Dakota, wiiere he still\\nresides. His wife was Luama, daughter of William\\nKirk, a native of Virginia, who came to Michigan\\ndui ing the Territorial days and was among the\\nfirst to settle in Cass County, lie entered the\\nland now constituting tlie farm belonging to Mr.\\nChapin and occupied by Mr. Codding. The\\nmalcinal great-grandfather of Mrs. Sterner was\\nJames Kirk, a native of Scothiiid. who after emi-\\ngrating to the I nited States p:irtici[ ated in tlie\\nRevolutionary- War.\\nHenry and Luama Lamberton were the parents\\nof two daughters and four sons, and five of the\\nfamily grew to maturity. Their daughter Triphena\\nwas reared in the township where she now resides,\\nand in 1859, at the age of fifteen years, married\\nthe subject of our sketch. Tlirec daughters and\\nthree sons blessed the union, of whom we note the\\nfollowing: Emma Luella is the wife of Frank\\nRogers, Chief Clerk in the Freight Department on\\nthe West Michigan Railroad at Muskegon; George\\nA. is a successful farmer of Howard Township;\\nArthur resides in St. John s, Mich; Lertha, Grace\\nand Carl remain with their mother.\\nMrs. Sterner is the owner of two valuable farms\\nof one hundred and sixty acres each, one located\\nwhere she now lives, and the other in the same\\ntownship. Some of her i)roperty she rents to her\\nsons, while the home place is conducted under her\\ndirect personal supervision and management. F jr\\neighteen years prior to the death of ISIr. Sterner,\\nshe had the entire charge of the homestead, owing\\nto the fact that his ill health prevented him froin\\ntaking anv active Dart in its supervision.\\ni. ROSPER O. liOWE, the owner of one\\nhundred and twenty-eight acres, compris-\\n1^ ing one of Berrien County s best farms,\\ni was born near the village of Clayton,\\nJefferson County, N. Y., March 26, 1842, and is\\nthe son of Horace and Susan (Clark) Bowe. He is\\nof French descent, and his ancestors were for a\\nnumber of generations residents of Connecticut.\\nGiandfather Bowe removed from Connecticut af-\\nter tlie War of 1812, and settled at Clayton, N. Y.,\\nwhere he died at the advanced age of eiylitv years.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0568.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n569\\nHis sons were Setli, Henry, Elijali, Prosper, Will-\\niam and Horace. One of his daugiilers was Eliza,\\nbut the hiograplier has been unable to learn the\\nnames of the other two. All lived to a ripe old\\najre and all rear( l families with tlic exception of\\nSeth.\\nTlie fallier of our subject, Horace Howe, was\\nborn in Connecticut in November, 1802, and ac-\\ncompanied his parents to New York, where for a\\nlime he was employeil by the day. In 1848 he re-\\nmoved to Watertown, and there resided until the\\nspring of 1855, wlien he moved to Michigan, mak-\\ning the journey via water from Cape V incent to\\nDetroit, thence by rail to liainbridge Township,\\nBerrien C^ounty. He embarked in fanning pur-\\nsuits and did considerable pioneer work in connec-\\ntion with developing his place. In 1862 he\\nbought thirty acres in Bangor, Van Buren County,\\nthis State, and there remained until 1880. In the\\nearly part of that year lie came to make his home\\nwith our subject, and died liere in tiie following\\nNovember. His wife, who was a native of Con-\\nnecticut, died in November, 1882, aged seventy-\\nsix years.\\nThe following-named cliildren were liorn to\\nHorace and Susan Bowe: Harriet, Mrs. Hamlin,\\nwIk) died in Benton Harbor; Mrs. Asenath Taft,\\nof Nebraska; Mrs. Julia Minnie, who died in\\nBangor, AHcii.; Setii, now of Osiikosli, Wis., who\\nserved during the late war as a member of Com-\\npany 1), Sixty-sixth Illinois Sharpshooters, and\\nwas discharged .as Sergeant; Mrs. Dorcas Boyer,\\nof Bangor; Prosper of this sketch; and Gilbert,\\nwho was a member of Company D, Sixty-sixth\\nIllinois Sharpshooters, and is now a resident of\\nNew Mexico. The mother of this family was a\\ndevoted member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. The father was identified with tlu^ Wiiig\\nparty and later in life alliliatcd with tiie Republi-\\ncans. The maternal grandfather of our subject,\\nSeth Clark, served in the war for independence,\\nand died in Jefferson County, N. Y. He and his\\nwife, whose maiden name was Asenath Corbin,\\nreared two sons, Chandler and Lemuel, and four\\ndaughters, Dorcas, Betsy, Abbie and Susan.\\nA lad of about eight 3 ears when he accompanied\\nliis parents to Michigan, our subject was reared to\\nmanhood in BtMiien County. October 17, 1861,\\nhe enlisted as a member of Company D, Sixty-\\nsixth Illinois Sharpshooters, and with his regiment\\nparticipated in many of the most important en-\\ngagements of the war, including the battles of Ft.\\nDonclson, Pittsburg Landing, siege and battle of\\nCorinth, and the desperate engagement at luka.\\nAt the expiration of his term of enlistment he re-\\nenlisted at Pulaski, Mich., and afterward took |)art\\nin all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, the last\\nengagement being that at Bcntonville, N. C. He\\nserved as one of Sherman s bodyguard to the\\nheadquarters of Gen. Johnson.\\nDuring his long service Mr. Bowe was fortunate,\\nin that he escaped without receiving a serious\\nwound. He was captured at Danville, Miss., in\\nJanuary, 1863, and was in prison for two months\\nat Jackson, Miss. He was one of four hundred\\ncaptured, of whom three hundred and twenty sur-\\nvived their sixty days confinement. After parti-\\ncipating in the Grand Review at Washington, D. C,\\nhe was discharged at Springfield, 111., July 16,\\n1865. It is now his custom to hold an annual re-\\nunion of his companj- at his place, and in August\\nof this year (1893) there will Ije a reunion of the\\nregiment, Mr. Bowe being President of the organ-\\nization.\\nReturning from the front, Mr. Bowe located in\\nColoma, Berrien County, where he worked in a\\nsawmill for five ^ears. In 1867 he purchased six-\\nty-four acres on section 14, on Lake Paw Paw, and\\nthere he resided during the summer of 1867. In\\n1870 he located permanently upon his present\\nfarm, where he now owns one hundred and twen-\\nty-eight acres. Of this tract, ten acres are set out\\nin apple trees, and six acres in pear, peach and\\ncherry trees. The farm is recognized as one of\\nthe best in the county, and through the exertions\\nof the owner is kept in a high state of cultiva-\\ntion.\\nPolitically a Republican, Mr. Bowe served as\\nTownship Treasurer for two years and was elected\\nSupervisor, but refused to serve in that cap.acity.\\nSocially, he is identified with the Independent\\nOrder of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Honor and\\nthe Grand Army of the Republic. He was married\\nFebruary 7, 1864, lo Miss .lane liovcr, who w.as", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0569.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "570\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nborn in Bainbridge Township, Berrien County,\\nMidi. Her parents, Austin and Adelia (Wetmore)\\nBoyer, were natives respectively of Sullivan Count}-\\nand Cl.aj ton, Jefferson County, N. Y. Her pa-\\nternal grandfather, Peter Boyer, was born in Con-\\nstantinople, Turkey, his father being a Frenchman\\nand his mother of English birth. They emigrated\\nto Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the mother died.\\nAfterward Peter, who was the only child in the\\nfamily, came to Boston with his father, and the\\nlatter died in that city of cholera. Subsequently,\\nPeter resided with his uncle, a Jlr. Starkweather,\\nuntil his aunt died, when he was bound out to\\nAVilliani Williams, a Massachusetts farmer.\\nAfter his marriage to Lydia Fuller. Peter Boyer\\nremoved to Sullivan County, N. Y., thence to\\nJefferson County, the same State, and in the spring\\nof 1844 he came to Michigan and lived with his\\nchridieii in Berrien County until his death in 1844,\\nat the .age of sixty-four. His widow survived him\\nfor eight years. They reared four si)ns and three\\ndaughters, .all of whom married. The only one\\nnow living is Austin. ISIr. Boyer and his wife\\nwere members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand he was a Whig in politics.\\nIn 1844 Austin Bojer settled in Bainbridge\\nTownship, where he owned one hundred and fifteen\\nacres, and in addition to that property he owned\\neighty acres in Van Buien County, both tracts\\nhaving been secured by exchange of land. A Re-\\npublican in politics, be served as Justice of the\\nPe.ace while residing here. In 18.52 he removed\\nto California and spent four years engaged in\\nmining in the Golden State, meeting with good\\nsuccess in this line of work. He returned to\\nMichigan, but did not reside here permanently.\\nIn 1859 he went to Lyon County, Kan., and re-\\nmained there for one summer. Upon his return\\nto Michigan he eng.aged m the lumber business for\\na time, and in 1879 removed to California, where\\nhe pursued mining occupations for a number of\\nj-ears. He now lives with his daughter, Mrs. Bowe.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bowe are the parents of eight chil-\\ndren, as follows: Anna E., who is the wife of\\nFrank Hunt; Harriet, Mre. W. C. Spreen; Mary,\\nwho married Byron Pierce; Lizzie, Myrtie, Nellie,\\nJulia and Lucy, who are at home and are .accom-\\nplished and popular young ladies. With his wife\\nand four daugliters, Mr. Bowe liolds intnibcrship\\nin the Congregational Church, and is always in-\\nterested in religious enterprises, wliiih lie aids to\\nthe extent of his abilit}-.\\nm\\n\\\\ffOHN -JOHNSON. Throughout Benien\\nCounty there are few names so well known\\nas that of Mr. .Johnson, the recent incum-\\nbent of one of the most important ollicial\\npositions within the gift of the people. As Sheriff\\nhe displayed the possession of great decision and\\nfirmness of character, keenness of perception and\\nshrewd discrimination. In private life his char-\\nacter is above reproach. Through his business en-\\nterjiriscs he has achieved success. He owns one\\nhundred and sixty acres of well-improved land,\\nthe management of which he personally superin-\\ntends. This is located in Berrien Townslii|).\\nMr. Johnson has passed his entire life in the\\ncounty where he now makes his home. His father,\\nJohn Johnson, was born in Virginia in 1S03, lieiiig\\nthe son of John Johnson, a Virginian by birth and\\nof Irish descent. In 1828, accomp.anied by his\\nfamily, he came to INIichigan and, puicli.asiiig a f;iiin\\nin Berrien Township, Bw rien County, commenced\\nthe work of clearing and improving the place. As\\nthe years passed by, lie had the gialilication of\\nwitnessing the results of his unceasing tt)il,and his\\nestate was among the best in the county. Honest\\nand upright, irreproachable in conduct and un-\\nwavering in principle, he occupied a high place in\\nthe community, and his demise, which occurred in\\n1884, was deo|ily mourned as a public loss. His\\nwife, whose maiden name was Anna Lybrook, and\\nwho was bdiii ill Mi oinia in 1803, passed from\\nthe scenes of earth in 1876.\\nThe youngest in a family of eight children, four\\ndaughters and four sons, the subject of this bio-\\ngraphical notice was born in Berrien Township,\\nBenien County, Mich., on the 24th of M.ay, 1845.\\nHis early life was passed ainid the |)ioneer scenes\\nof the county, and his education was limited to the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0570.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND IIIOOKAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n571\\npioneer schools of tliat day. Early trained to\\nhabits of usefulness, lie aided his father on tiie\\nfai 111 and followed ajjrieultural operations on the\\nold homestead. In 1 8 ,)0, having been elected to\\nthe position of SlieritT on the Democratic ticket,\\nhe removed to Ikniien Springs, where he resided\\nuntil the oxpii:iti(jn of liis term of oflice, when he\\npuiihase i the furnituie establisiimeiit owned by\\n.lohii IIeldeibitind,and in partnership with his son,\\nlleiirv H., has since euiiducled a prosperous busi-\\nness, the lirni name being J. Johnson Son.\\nOctober 28, 1868, occui-red the marriage of John\\nrfolinson and Miss Marie Bartholomew, the young-\\nest daughter of Dr. S. C. Bartholomew, a (iromi-\\nneiit ph^ sieian of Berrien County. Mr. and Mrs.\\n.lohnsdii liL came the parents of five children, but\\nfour died in infancy, and the only survivor is\\nHenry B., a young man of great promise and now\\nassociated in business with his father. In his\\nfraternal relations our subject is an active member\\nof Westein Star Lodge No. 39, A. F. A. M., at\\nBerrien .Springs, and St. Joseph Valley Chapter,\\nU. A. M.\\nH;NRY S Kl NK I.K.a pKimiiu iit citizen and\\nenterprising general agriculturist, owning\\na handsome acreage of valuable farming\\nproperty in Cass County, Mich., was born\\non section lil, Milton Township March 13,18,07.\\nOur subject is the son of Cool and Margaret (Wil-\\nson) Runkle, early settlers of Cass County, The\\nRunldes are of Oerman descent, and Adam Run-\\nkle, the iiateriial grandfather, was born, reared and\\neducated in the Fatherland, An earnest and in-\\ntelligent man, he appreciated the advantages of-\\nfered by American citizenship and emigrated to\\nAmerica, locating in the State of New Jersey, The\\npaternal grandparents later made their home in\\nthe (Quaker State, and finally settled near Moiris-\\nville, N. Y,, where they died. Six children blessed\\ntheir home. The sons, four in number, were Cool\\nB,, Henry, John and Hichard, The daughters were\\nSarah, Matilda, Euphemia and Anna, The father\\nof our subject, the eldest of the brothers, was born\\nin New York in 1817,\\nCool B. Runkle, attaining to manhood, entered\\ninto the bonds of matrimony and was thrice mar-\\nried. His second wife was the mother of our sub-\\nject. She was the daughter of .James Wilson, who\\nwas a Pennsylvania farmer and of direct Scotch\\nancestry. The maternal grandmother of Mr. l{un-\\nkle, Mrs, Margaret (Ilaslett) Wilson, survived her\\nhusband and married again. After the death of\\nher second companion she removed to Michigan\\nand made the long journey by wagon. A woman\\nof courageous endurance and fine character, she\\nyet survives and is hale and heartJ^ Of her three\\ndaughters, Margaret, the mother of our subject,\\nwas the eldest. Mrs. ISIargaret (Wilson) Runkle\\nwas the mother of five children. The four who\\nlived to adult age were Margaret Kingslc} Will-\\niam A., Henry S., and Ida S. (deceased). The\\nmother of these sons and daughters passed away\\nin 1882, beloved and mourned by all who knew\\nher. She was a member of the Presb^ terian Church,\\nand throughout her life was interested in the so-\\ncial and lieiievolent enterprises of her home lo-\\ncality.\\nThe father of Henry Runkle removed with his\\nfamily to Cass County, Mich,, in the winter of\\n1841, and has been greatly i)rospered, now being\\nnumbered among the substantial and moneyed men\\nof Milton Township, and estimated by many to\\npossess the largest share of worldly goods of any\\ncitizen in his locality. In common with other\\nmembers of his father s family our subject received\\nhis schooling in his home district. He was early\\ntrained into the routine of farming work, and at\\ntwenty-one years of age began life for himself by\\ntilling a portion of his father s homestead. In the\\nspring of 1883, Mr. Runkle located upon sixty\\nacres on section 18, Ontwa Township, where he\\nnow resides. He also purchased at the same time\\nforty .acres. He has since bought four other farms\\nof two hundred and twenty acres in Cass County,\\nmaking three hundred and twenty acres he li.as\\n.accumulated. Henry .S. Runkle and Miss Addie\\n.Smith were united in marriage .March 2. 188(1.\\nMis. RunUle is a native of Miltoij Township, and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0571.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "572\\nrolM UAIT AND 15l()(;KArilI(AL HKC ORD.\\nin the (liui^^lil.ci- of CiiiiiiM Mild Smi;iIi I )iiiiniii i)\\nSinilli. Mr. Siiiitli is ijioncci- Ijirinor of the lowii-\\n.sliip, !iiifl oriiiiiiiilly .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiin IKiin Di liiwiun. I lio\\nliiimc III iiiir siilijccl, liMs lucii lilcsscd liy lilt! liirlli\\n(p| lliirc cliildrcii: ld:i A., Ilciiiy I,, niid William\\nAinliiUoiis iiiid eiK^ifji l.ic, Mr. WiiiiUio 1ms\\nHirCiidiiy won lii.s upwiird wny,nii l, liiiMiiciidly pros-\\n[Mrcd, uccupies iin tMiviidilc position in llir social\\nand liiisincss circles of his lioiiic localily and en-\\njoys llic hcsl wishes and hif;li cslccin of niany lifc-\\n(iiiic friends.\\n?:i^|H0i-i^l 8\\n\\\\T-~ l MANinCK C. lOUY, a sncccssfnl Inisincss\\nman of Three Oaks, was liorn in Cliarles-\\nton, Va., March 12, IH. iO, and is liic son of\\nWilliam lOhy. f. ither was horn and reared in\\nt.he Old Dominion, and 1-here m. irried Miss .lane,\\n)aufi;hl.er t f Adam (iruliii, Ixilli natives of Vir-\\njjiiiia. Ahont IH, !2 llicy moved West to Ohio an(l\\nloi ati d in Spiiiiiilield, where Mr. I ,liy followed the\\noccnpalrion of a farmer and tdsd eiii^ai^ed in the\\n{{roeery and other business, lie niiiained a resi-\\ndent of Sprmylield until his (le. ilh, which occurred\\nin 1H72. His wife pu.ssed fidiii earlh Iwo years\\nafter his ihMnise.\\nThere wore horn of the niiioii of William and\\n.lane Kby eiyht children, of whom six liicw to\\nmanhood and womanhood, and are now livinfj.\\nThey ure: WMIliam, who is boitk-kecper for a cof-\\nfee house in Columbus, Ohio; Catherine, the wife\\nof .billies .lohnsoii, a carpenter of Springlield, Ohio;\\nKli/.abeth, who ninrried Daniel Smith, pastor of\\nthe hutheran Church at Manslicld, Ohio; K.\\nWilli. un and Maria. Louis, a .s:iddler by trade,\\ndied at Spriiij^lield, Ohio; and Maria, Mrs. .loliii\\nM. Newkirk, died in !St. Louis, Mo. The father\\nof this family was a Uepublican in politics and\\nheld .a number \u00c2\u00ab)f local positions, .scrviiiij; us a\\nmember of the City Council and also as t)verseer\\nof the Poor. I le was one of the pioneers of Spring-\\ntleld and was prominently connected with its best\\ninterests.\\nThe siibjeet of our sketch was reared in Spriiii;-\\nlield, UkI .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ie(|Mii-e(l his education in the schools of\\nthat city. At the ajje of sixteen he commenced to\\nlearn the trade of a luirness-maker under I eter\\nMoody, and w:is employed at his trade in Spiillf^-\\nlicld until IHC8. At that time, accompanied by\\nhis family, he removed to Michigan and, locating\\nin Three Oaks, embarked in the harness business.\\nIl(! has since been eng.agcd in this line and has\\nmet with success, being a man of good judgment,\\nexcellent capabilities and sound coniinon-scnse.\\nlie inirries a complete stock of harness, whips, etc.,\\nand has a large trade from the people of I lirec\\nOaks and the surrounding country.\\nAt Klgin, 111., ill IS-Oi, occurred the marriage of\\nMr. lOby to Miss Sophia 1\\\\[., the daughter of .lasper\\nPeel, a native of the State of New York, and a\\nprominent stove dealer in Springlield. Ohio. Mrs.\\nKby was also born in New York, and was there\\nreared to wom.aiihood, removing to S])ringlield,\\nOhio, with her parents in I8i;i. Mr. I lby h.as a\\nfamily of two children: Flora L., who is the wife\\nof Sidiie\\\\- A. Muiiger, a jeweler residing in Sturgis,\\nMich.; and Kdward K., who is in the employ of\\nthe Mackinaw liailroad, being agent at (iaylord,\\nMich. A Republican in politics, Mr. Kby has\\nserved as a nienibcr of the City Council for sev-\\neral years and is still ofliciating in that capacity.\\nlie li. is rendered edicieiit service as a member of\\nthe Hoard of JMlucation, aiuJ has been Treasurer of\\nthe town for a number of years. Socially, lie is\\nidentified willi the Ma.sonic fraternity, and has\\nheld several ollices in the lodge, lie and his wife\\nare membeis of the Congregational Church and\\nari^ liberal contributors to religious enterprises.\\nDAMS YUM), the owner of one of SI. .)o-\\n.sepli Township s line fruit farms, and a\\nprominent citi/en of lieriien County, whs\\nborn in Yates County, N. Y., on the 19l!i\\nof December, 1817. lie is thesi n of Samuel ^iind,\\na native of Pennsylvania, who reiiH)ved to New\\nYork State in his I hildhood, and grew to man-\\nhood in Yates County, his youth being devoted", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0572.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HlfK;KAPUlCAL HI :CORD.\\nr,7:5\\niiiMMily til farm work. In llie Knipiie Slate lie\\niiiMirird Mi DiliDiali, tin; daiij^liter of Aiirfni Put-\\nM Mini llic youiijj; couple, locating in Yates\\ni)iinly, made it their home until IH.OIS. During\\nthat year they removed to Micliigan and made\\nselllement in IJainlnidge Township, Berrien Coun-\\nty, where Mr. Yund purchased a tract of land.\\nThi.s he cleared and improved and devoted to\\nagricultural purposes, and at the present time\\n(l^i .IIJ) he still ni:d es it his home, having now at-\\nl. iined to the advanced age of seveiity-.six years.\\nI II the parental family there were four children:\\nAdams; Kleaiior .1., the wife of W. I eters, a resi-\\ndent of .St. .loseph Township; Pliiiip .lames, who\\nis a farmer of liaiiihridge Towiislii|); an l Charles\\nAar(jii, who is a railroad employe. At the age of\\nsix years, our subject accompanied his parents to\\nMichigan, and grew to manhood upon his father s\\nfarm in Ijaiiihiidge Township. In his youth he\\nwas the recipient of commoii-.seliool advantages,\\nand the knowledge actiuired under the supervi-\\nsion of his instructors has been supplemented by\\na general course of reading and close observation,\\nso tliat lie is now a well-informed man.\\nI lie mariiago of Mr. Yund occurred October 7,\\nI8GH, and united him with Miss Clara, daughter\\nof ll;iivi:y Austin, a pioiiiiiient resident of Cal-\\nhoun Cuiiiity, Midi. Mrs. iiiid was born in the\\nsame coiiiily, wliere, with the ai l of fair educa-\\ntional ad vaiitagcnaiui wise training on the part of\\nher parents, she grew t^i a noble womanhood, well\\nlilted to become the ellicieiit helpmate of her liiis-\\nb.iiid. For live years following his marriage, Mr.\\nYund resided In Keeler Township, A aii IJuren\\nCounty, where he operated land vvhich he had\\npurchased. Upon coming to Berrien County, lie\\nliouglil his |)resent projjerty, in 187.T,aiid through\\nthe improvements which he has added, has ma-\\nterially increased the value of the place.\\nThe deepest bereavement of Mr. Yund s mar-\\nried life was the loss of his son, Irving H., his\\nonly (!liild, a bright and iiromising young man\\ntwenty-two years of age, who was killed at Minn-\\neapolis, Minn., on the Titli of September, 1H1(2.\\n.hist piior to his death he had been appointed con-\\nductor on the (ireat Northi rn Railroad, and while\\nhis ear was passing through a covered bridge he\\nwas struck by the bridge and almost instanta-\\nneously killed. Mr. and Mrs. Yundo(;cupy a high\\nposition .socially, and are held in the highest re-\\ngard by their neighbors and ac(piaintances. I hey\\nare people ijossessing genuine worth of character\\nand high nobility.\\nThe farm belonging to Mr. YuikI consists of\\nten acres in a high state of cultivation, and is de-\\nvoted to the raising of all varieties of small fruits.\\nA Republican politically, he has served as High-\\nway Commissioner, and lilled other local positions\\nof trust. He, however, is not solicitous of public\\nofHce, preferring to devote his attention exclu-\\nsively to his business. In his social relations, he\\nis identified with the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows, belonging to liennett Lodge at St. .loseph,\\nand is also a member of the encampment.\\n^^^^^mi-^^mm\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\nVTF^UOENI-: \\\\V. CRIBBS, an iiilliieiitial citizen\\nof Benton Township and one of the\\nprominent men of .southwestern Michigan,\\nwas born in Berrien County, Mich., June 7, IH l.O,\\n.ind is of German descent on his father s side. His\\nfather, .lacob, w.is the son of George Cribbs and\\nwas one of the early settlers of Berrien County,\\ncoming hither in the pioneer daj s and becoming\\nclosely associated with the development of tli(^ re-\\nsources of this part of the State. His occupalion\\nwas that of a farmer, and although he never gained\\nIjreat wealth through his agricultural operations,\\nyet he .secured a competency and was enabled to\\niurrouiid his family with the comforts of life. His\\nwife was .lanell B. McKeyes, a native cif New\\nYork, and a tlaiighter of Samuel McKeyes, who lo-\\ncated in Berrien County in 1830.\\nTn the schools of Berrien County our subject\\ngained a practical knowledge of the three R s,\\nand by subsequent reading and the exercise of\\nclose observation he aeiniired a broad and liberal\\nknowledge of men and things. Upon reaching his\\nmajority, he engaged in the buying and shipping\\nof stock, and continued in that business until I MHfl.\\nDuring that yeai he removed to an Buren County", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0573.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "574\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand, locating upon a farm there, cominciicefl to till\\nthe soil, and in addition to ocneial farming opera-\\ntions he also was extensively occupied as a stock-\\nraiser. For ten j ears he resided in that county,\\nwhere he became well known as a successful farmer\\nand enterprising citizen. In 18 .)U he came to the\\nplacid he now occu|iics, just outside of the city\\nlimits of Benton Harbor, and has since made his\\nhome in this place, being now engaged in business\\nas a breeder of trotting-liorses. He owns a num-\\nber of fine horses, which he has raised and trained.\\nWlien less than twenty years of age Mr. Cribbs\\nenlisted in 1864 as a member of the United States\\narmy, belonging to the Sixteenth Michigan Infan-\\ntry, which was assigned to the Fifth Arm} Crops.\\nHe rendered faithful and elficient service in defense\\nof tlie Union until the close of the war, when he\\nwas mustered outat Philadelphia, Pa. Politically,\\nhe makes it his constant aim to promote the inter-\\nests of the Republican party, of winch he is an in-\\nfluential member. An enterprising and |uiblic-\\nspirited citizen, he may always be relied upon to\\ngive his support toward the measures calculated to\\nadvance the welfare of the community.\\nMr. Cribbs has a comfortable home on the corner\\nt)f 15rittain and Fair Avenues and is also the owner\\nof other real estate. He was married October IG,\\nISGU, to Miss Nettie, daughter of James and Ann\\n(Putney) Peters, natives of New York. Mrs.\\nCribbs is also a native of the same State. Three\\nchildren have been born of this union: .Tennie Pi.,\\nwife of Irving Evans and a resident of Athens,\\n111.; Ernest E. and Willard C.\\n^r^\\nOHN J. BROOKS, a prosperous fanner re-\\nsiding in Watervliet Township, Berrien\\nCounty, was born in Burlington, Vt., June\\n24, 1829, and is the son of Christopher and\\nEliza (Nobles) Brooks. His paternal grandfather,\\nJohn Brooks, was born in the North of Ireland,\\nwhence about 1826 he emigrated to the United\\nStates and settled in Ontario, Canada, locating with\\nbis son John upon a farm, where he remained until\\nhis death. In religion, he was prominently identi-\\nfied with the Methodist Episcopal Church and was\\na man of earnest life and character.\\nChristopher Brooks was born in Ireland and ac\\ncompanied his father to America, where lie settled\\nin Burlington, Vt. Later he removed to Ricliinond,\\nand thence to Jericho, Vt., where his death occurred\\nin 1885, at the age of four-score years and two.\\nHe was three times married. Of his first union ten\\nchililren were born, of whom the following were\\nreared to manhood and womanhood: IMary, Mar-\\ngaret, Noble, .lames, Christopher, John and Thomas.\\nWilliam died at the age of fourteen. The second\\nwife of Christopher Brooks was a Mrs. Stockwell,\\nwho bore him one child, Eliza. Afterward he was\\nunited with Mrs. Mary Morehead, and they be-\\ncame the parents of three children, Isaac, Henry,\\nand Columbia, who died in childhood.\\nThe first wife of Christopher Brooks was the\\nmother of our subject. She was born in Ireland,\\nand died in Vermont in 1839. In her religious\\nattiliations, she belonged to the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, with which Mr. Brooks was also iden-\\ntified. At the age of eleven years our subject left\\nhome and has earned his support since that early\\nage. Until he was fourteen he made his home with\\nWilliam Williams, for whom he worked for his\\nboard and clothes. Afterward he worked for wages\\nuntil he was twenty-seven, when he commenced to\\nwork at his trade of a carpenter. He followed\\nthat occupation until 1865, and since that time has\\ndevoted his attention to agriculture.\\nIn 1854, Mr. Brooks moved to Massachusetts and\\nthree years later he sought a home in the far West, as\\nMichigan was then considered. He went first to Paw\\nPaw, and from there moved to Watervliet Town-\\nship in 1856. He has been prominently connected\\nWilli public matters of interest and importance in\\nthis township, and is one of its enterprising and\\npopular citizens. Formerly he voted the Repub-\\nlican ticket, but since 1884 he has been identified\\nwith the Prohibitionists. He has filled a number\\nof township oHices with credit to himself and to\\nthe satisfaction of all concerned.\\nThe first m.irriage of Mr. Brooks united him\\nwith Miss Evaline Redding, who was born in St.\\nJoseph County, Ind., being the daughter of Rev.\\n7^)", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0574.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0575.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "^-t^^^-i /vTly^\\n^3 \u00c2\u00ab^-^-.^i^^^._ ^-^1^.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0576.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "l^OKTRAIT AND BTOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n577\\nlames Reddini a minister in tiio Methodist Epis-\\ncojial C liuich. One cliild \\\\v:\\\\.s horn of the union,\\nMinnie Iv, wife of .lames Ileiron. Mrs. Kvaline\\niiiuolvs died in June, 18G1. Mr. Hrooivs was after-\\nward again married, choosing as iiis wife Mi-s. Mary\\nLincoln, a native of Morgan County, Ohio. Her\\nlirsl liusband, Ciiarles Lincoln, enlisted in the\\nservice of tlie Union during the late war, becom-\\ning a member of the Fourth Michigan Infantry,\\nand died while in active service on New Year s\\nD.ay. 1863. Mrs. Ijincoln is the daughter of Uriah\\nand I hebc B. (Wilks) Harris, her father being a\\nnative of New York State, who came to Watervliet\\nTownship in 1850 and here died. Mr. Brooks .and\\nhis aceomiilished wife are peoi)le of higli standing\\nin the Methodist Episcopal Church and tluoughout\\nthe entire community\\n^J DWIN S. ANTl.SDALE, B. .S., M. 1). This\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ri] well-known physician and surgeon, residing\\nS at Benton Harbor, is a successful general\\npractitioner and makes a specialty of diseases of\\nthe ear, eye, nose and throat, in tlie treatment of\\nwhich he has won eminence and well-earned suc-\\ncess. He is now in the prime of life, having been\\nborn on the 17th of May, 1861. The Antisdale\\nfamily originated in Scotland, whence in an early\\nd;iy members of it emigrated to the United States\\nand settled in New York. The grandfather of\\noiir subject, Perez Antisdale, was a native of the\\nLiiipirc State and there spent his entire life.\\nThe father of our subject was born in (.(iitario\\nCounty, N. Y., and theie grew to manhood, re-\\nceiving good educational advantages. He was an\\n;i(complished educator and held Stale life certifi-\\ncaU s from both New York and INIichigan. In\\n1!^(;2 he removed to ^Michigan and settled in\\nI liMMch County, where he engaged in farming\\nMi i t of the time. However, he was employed as\\nl rincii)al of the High School and County Super-\\nintendent. He married Miss Lucy M., daughter\\nof Sylvester South worth, a native of New York,\\nand a descendant of a long line of worthy foie-\\n28\\nfathers. His ancestors were English people and\\nthe family was represented among those who came\\nto America in the May (lower.\\nIn the place of his birth, Manchester, Ontario\\nCounty N. Y our subject passed the first year of\\nhis life. Thence he was brought by his parents to\\nMichigan, residing for a time in Branch Count}\\nand removing thence to St. Joseph County. He\\ncarried on his studies at the LTnion School of\\nCentreville and later spent one year at the Hud-\\nson River Institute, located at Claverack, N. Y.\\nFrom that school he came to Michigan, and for\\nfour years he was a student in the Agricultural\\nCollege at Lansing. During liis spare moments,\\nhe w.as employed in reading medicine, for he had\\ndetermined upon following the medical profession.\\nIn 1885 he was graduated from the Agricultural\\nCollege with the degree of Bachelor of Science.\\nAt the close of l51s collegiate course. Dr. Antis-\\ndale entered the medical department of the State\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor and was graduated from\\nthat institution in 1890. Immediately afterward\\nhe commenced the practice of his profession at\\nBerrien Centre, where he remained one year.\\nFrom that place he removed to Berrien Springs\\nand conducted an extensive practice there until in\\nJanuary, 1893, when, realizing that he should seek\\na broader field for practice, he came to Benton\\nHarbor and has since made this city his home. Al-\\nthough he has removed from Berrien Springs, his\\npatients there have been so loth to resign his ser-\\nvices that he has decided to devote one or two\\ndays of every week to his pr.actice in that village.\\nHe is identified with the Kalamazoo Academy of\\nMedicine and keeps abreast with every advance-\\nment in therapeutics.\\nThe marriage of the Doctor, June 21, 1888,\\nunited him with Miss Helen R., daughter of J. H.\\nGardner, a resident of St. Joseph County, Mich.\\nMrs. Antisdale was endowed with high capabili-\\nties and withal possessed a wonderful wealth of\\ngood common-sense. She possessed a keen sense of\\njustice, with courage at all times to defend it, and\\na natural leliiieinent of manners that was notice-\\nable at all times. She was a graduate of the State\\nNormal at Yjisilanti. and subeequentl^- graduated\\nI from Ingham University at LeRoy, N. Y.,in which", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0577.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "578\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlatter college she ffn- four jears filled the chair of\\nProfessor of Mathemalics. Iler deatli in 1891\\nwas a source of most sincere sorrow to her ac-\\nquaintances, hut fell most heavily upon the be-\\nreaved husband and daughter Helen. Dr. Antis-\\ndale takes a commendable interest in all public\\nmatters and is a stalwart Kcpulilicau in his polit-\\nical belief. He holds fraternal relations with\\nLake Sh jie Lodge No. 298, A. F. A. M., and is\\nalso a member of the chapter and conimandery\\nat Niles.\\n0SP:PH R. FKHKY, a man of native ability\\nI and energy, and a prominent general agri-\\nj culturist of Berrien County, Mich., has\\nH^l/y been a resident of Pii estone Township his\\nentire life, and since his birth, June 6, 1852, has\\nbeen intimately associated with the progress and\\nhistory of this part of the State. His present\\niionie upon section 27 is within easy distance of\\nhis birthplace, tlie old Ferry homestead, one of\\nthe landmarks of pioneer days. Our subject is a\\nson of Robert Ferry, deceased, a man of indomi-\\ntable will, persevering industry and high business\\nabilit} who met the trials of life and tivercaine\\ndifficulties with earnest pui()ose and attained to\\nfinancial success. The father, entirely self-edu-\\ncated and in every sense of the word a self-made\\nman, was a leading factor in the upbuilding and\\nrapid advancement of the township of Pipestone,\\nwhich he helped to organize and develop. Born\\nupon tlie old farm, Joseph R. Ferry was trained\\nto careful habits of thrift and intelligent in-\\ndustry, and throughout his childhtiod attended\\nthe Ferry schoolhouse, and there laid the broad\\nfoundation of an education he afterward com-\\npleted by a course of study (commercial) in the\\ncollege at Notre Dame, Ind.\\nAfter two years well spent in that celebrated\\ninstitution, Mr. Ferry returned home and at once\\nengaged in the daily routine of farming duties.\\nIn 1879, he was united in marriage with Miss\\nEsther 0. Jenkins, a daughter of Calvin Jenkins,\\nan old and highly respected resident of Berrien\\nCounty, Berrien ToM nship. Mrs. Ferry was born\\nin 1803, in Berrien Springs. Our subject and his\\naccomplished wife located upon the farm where\\ntlicy now live in 1880. One hundred and ten\\nacres of the one hundred and fifty nere then\\nunder cultivation, and since the entire acreage,\\nnow brought into a high state of productiveness,\\nannually yields a btiunteous harvest. In 1888\\nMr. Ferry built his fine residence, at a cost of\\n^2,300. The other improvements of the farm cor-\\nrespond in value, the barns being substantial and\\ncommodious. The original acreage has been in-\\ncreased to two hundred and ten, and the home-\\nstead, with its well-tilled fields and handsome\\ngrounds, is one of the most attractive in Pipe-\\nstone Township.\\nMrs. Esther Ferry, now deceased, was the\\nmother of two children, who survive her death:\\nIndia J., eleven years of age, and Marj- K., ten\\nyears old. Our subject, again entering wedlock,\\nmarried November 30, 1889, Mrs. Frederica S.\\n(Lovell) Wood, a daughter of Nathan V. and\\nDelia S. (Keeler) Lovell, both natives of New\\nYork. The [jarenls of Mrs. Ferry came to Michi-\\ngan in a very early day, and settled in Silver\\nCreek Township with their respective families,\\nand were later married in Portage. Wis., and then\\nlocated in Colunibia County, of the Badger State,\\nbut returned to Micliigan in 1870, and lived in\\nVan Buren, Cass C ounly, and in Berrien County,\\nMr. Lovell now being engaged in business in Eau\\nClaire, running a sawmill. Of their three chil-\\ndren, two survive: Mrs. Ferry and General U.S. G.\\nMrs. FeriT, who was born May 7, 1867, in Co-\\nlumbia County, Wis., was educated in various\\nschools, and is a lady of ability and worth. She\\nwas early married to Mr. Wood, and bore him one\\nchild. J. F. H. Wood. No children have been\\nborn unto this second union.\\nFraternally, our subject is a member of the\\nAncient Free Accepted Masons, and is a mem-\\nber and was Junior Deacon of the lodge at Berrien\\nSprings. He was elected Junior Warden, and also\\nalHliates with the chapter at Dowagiac. He is\\nlikewise connected with the Royal Arcanum, and\\nis a member of the lodge a.t lijiitOH Harbor. Po-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0578.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL Rl-XORD.\\n579\\nlitically, he is a Democrat, but, while :i jniblic-\\nspiriled citizen, lias never !is|iiie(l U ollice. Our\\nsubject is, however, stronij friend to eclne;i-\\ntional advancement, and has given faithfnl and\\netlieient service as School Inspector, and as\\nDirector of the School District for six years did\\nuiuch to iin()rove and stimulate to higher excell-\\nence the methods of instruction and grades of\\nscholarship. The ac(|uaintance of Mr. Ferry ex-\\ntends over a large part of his native State, but es-\\npecially is he known and esteemed by a large cir-\\ncle of friends throughout Berrien County, where\\nhe is appreciated as a substantial citizen, ever\\nready to assist in all matters pertaining to local\\ngrowth and enterprise.\\n_=]\\n!-^+^l\\nS)\\n/,J G. COPLEY. In order to perpetuate for\\nWilM coming generations the record of one who\\nwas very prominently connected with the\\nearly days of Cass County, a brief account\\nof the life of Ebenezer Copley, father of our\\nsubject, is placed on the pages of this Rkcouu. He\\nwas one of the early settlers of this part of the\\nState and for many years was closely identified\\nwith its development and progress. Grandfather\\nCopley was a native of England, and came to\\nAmerica over one hundred ^-ears ago. He was a\\nsoldier in the Americau army during the Revolu-\\ntion, and while trying to escape from capture by\\nthe British army, crossed the Connecticut River in\\na small boat, which was capsized and he drowned.\\nEbenezer Copley was born in the Nutmeg\\nState, but after reaching mature years went to\\nJefferson County, N. Y., where he was united in\\nmarriage to Miss Annis Albart, a native of the\\nEmpire State and of Welsh descent. For many\\nyears he followed the trade of a shoemaker, but in\\nconnection was also engaged in farming. He was\\ndrafted in the War of 1812. About 1835 became\\nto .Michigan, and settled on section 13, where he\\nentered eighty acres of Government land. This\\nland was wild and settlers few and far between, but\\nwith perseverance and energy he worked away\\nand soon liad a comfortable home. He built a\\nframe house shortly after settling on his farm, and\\nthis was considered something at that time, for log\\nhouses were the rule. This worthy pioneer\\npassed away in 1812, and his wife in 1848. Ten\\nchildren were born to them, only four of whom\\nare now living, three besides our subject. Thomas\\nN. resides in Decat\\\\ir, Mich.; Ebenezer makes his\\nhome in Wayne Township; and .lohn .L in Wex-\\nford County.\\nOn the lOth of August, 1815, in Otsego County,\\nN. Y., occurred the birth of our subject. He grew\\nto sturdy manhood on the farm in his native\\nState and during his youthful days attended the\\ncommon schools of his county. As soon as he\\ncouhl earn a shilling a d.ay he began working out,\\nand for some time received but %3 a month, and\\nnever more than ^7. lie also assisted his father in\\nmaking a living until twenty-two years of age,\\nwhen he started out to make his own way in life.\\nThe fertile soil in Michigan tempted him to wan-\\nder in that direction, and in 1831, alone and on\\nfoot, he reached tliat State. P or some time he\\nmade his home with his uncle, the father of Hon.\\nA. B. Copley, of Decatur, Mich., working out by\\nthe year, but in 1835 he went to Big Prairie\\nRonde, in Kalamazoo County, where he was en-\\ngaged in harvesting.\\nReturning to Cass County in company with\\nDavid Baldwin and Stephen and Jonathan Bunker,\\nhe broke two hundred acres of bottom land at\\nLyonstown, at the mouth of Maple River. After\\nthis he worked out and rented farms. In the year\\n1844 he was wedded to Miss Mary Beebe, a\\ndaughter of Martin Beebe, who was an early settler\\nhere from the Empire State. Following liis mar-\\nri.age Mr. Copley settled on land belonging to his\\nuncle, remained on it for some time, and after the\\ndeath of his mother he bought out the heirs and\\nsettled on his present farm. In the year 1852 his\\nwife died, at the age of twent3 -cight years. Of the\\nfour children horn to them only one is now living,\\nGilbert C, who married Miss Melva Hammond,\\nand now resides in Nebraska. In the year 1858\\nMr. Coplej married Miss Eliza Foglesong, a native\\nof Springfield, Ohio, born July 1!), 1812.\\nHer parents, John and Ann Eliza (Renton) Fog-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0579.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "580\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlesong, were natives of Ohio and New Jersey\\nrespectively. The} were married in Xenia, Ohio,\\nbut afterwards settled in Greene County, that\\nState, where in connection with other occupations\\nhe was engaged in farming. In the vear 1857 he\\ncame to Michigan, settled on section 14, Volinia\\nTownship, and remained there nine years. From\\nthere he moved to Scott County, 111., but after a\\nresidence tlicic of one year moved to Bangor,\\nMich. Selling out at that place a few years later,\\nhe bought forty acres in Van Buren County, and\\ndied there in 1879. Mrs. Foglesong still suivives\\nand resides at Portland, Ore. Ten children were\\nborn to them, six of whom are living: Katie, Mrs.\\nCojiley, Mary, Prudence. Margaret and George.\\nBoth paienls were Methodists in their religious\\nviews.\\nMr. Copley s estate now includes one hundred\\nacres of land, ninety acres under a high state of\\ncultivation, and he is classed among the successful\\nand prominent tillers of the soil in his section. lie\\ntakes much interest in all i)ublic affairs, has been\\nRoad Overseer and has also been a memtier of the\\nSchool Board. In his religious views he is a\\nSwedenborgian.\\nII. WARNER. The growth and prosperity\\nof Cass Count} Mich., have been upon a\\nscale commensurate with the emigration to\\nthis region in past years, and this prosper-\\nity is largely due to the members of the agricul-\\ntural profession, prominent among whom stands\\nthe name of J. H. Warner. He is a fair sample of\\nwhat can be accomplished by industry and perse-\\nverance, for all his lite has been passed in the\\narduous duties of the farm, and he is now one of\\nthe substantial men of his section.\\nMr. Warner was born in Herkimer Count} N. Y.,\\nMarch 23, 1832, and was but five years of age\\nwhen he came to Michigan with his parents, Hub-\\nbell and Catherine (Hughes) Warner, both now\\ndeceased. He remembers the journey well and\\nmany of the incidents that happened at that time.\\nHe attended school in the old-fashioned log school-\\nhouse, with slab seats, arul in the Newton district\\nschool, on Gard s Prairie, but went only a few weeks\\nin each term, for much of his time was required to\\nhelp clear the farm. He remained under shelter of\\nthe home roof until liis marriage to Miss Rachel .1.\\nRich on the 23d of November, 1854.\\nThis estimable lady was born in olinia Town-\\nship, this county, December 5, 1831, and was the\\ndaughter of Samuel and Charity (Gard) Rich, the\\nfather a native of North Carolina, born in 1802.\\nMr. and Mrs. Rich were married on the 23d of\\nNovember, 1827, and their son, John H., was the\\nfirst white child born in Volinia Township. Mr.\\nRich passed away on the 20lii of February, 1873,\\nand his widow in 1891. Only two of their chil-\\ndren are now living.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Warner settled on\\ntheir present farm in the woods and began house-\\nkeeping in a frame house built by Grandfather\\nGard. It was not long before they gathered\\naround them man}- comforts, and although they\\nworked hard and struggled early and late to\\nget a start, they were linally successful. On this\\nfarm they have remained ever since, and although\\nthe original tract was but forty acres, it has been\\nincreased to eighty acres and is in a fine state of\\ncultivation. Mr. Warner is also the owner of\\neighty acres one mile north and has sixty-five\\nacres of this cleared. He has made all the im-\\nprovements, and a glance over his broad acres\\nshows him to be a man of industry and good judg-\\nment.\\nOur subject was called upon to mourn the loss\\nof his wife on the 5th of September, 1892. They\\nwere the parents of three children. Flora E., wife\\nof Edgar Gard, is the mother of one child; Clara\\nM., wife of AVilliam Wright, is also the mother of\\none child; and Erie J. resides at home. His chil-\\ndren have all received good common-school edu-\\ncations. He has been a member of the School\\nBoard for many years, and socially he is a member\\nof the Farmers Club. In politics he has been a\\nDemocrat all his life and takes a deep interest in\\nthe welfare of his party, and has been a delegate\\nto conventions. He is one of the old settlers of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0580.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) PJOaRAPlUCAL RECORD.\\nsai\\nthe State and has seen this county gvow from a\\nwildeiiioss to its present iirosiierons condition.\\nIn his pos.-cssion is a laliU wliich he made himself\\nwhen lie and his wife liei,Mn hiiusekeepinu;.\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0S\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOSKPII KRISK, dece.ased, an early settler\\nand prominent fanner of Cass County, Mich.,\\nwas a native of Lebanon County, Pa.\\nBorn in 18()(!, our subject remained in the\\nhome of his youth until the fall of 18l( when he\\njourneyed to the far-off State which he afterward\\nmade his constant home. Our subject was married\\nin I ennsylvania to Miss Catherine Twilmire, of\\nYork County. Tlic union was blessed by the bii-th\\nof eight children, live of whom survived to adult\\nage. Elizabeth became the wife of Milton Car-\\npenter and is yet livin;;. Sarah married Daniel\\nHrown and resides in Marcelhis Townshi|). liar-\\nnet was tlie wife of Gideon IJeebe; she and her\\nhusband are both (leceased. Margaret became the\\nwife of Simeon I .rown, also of Marcelhis Town-\\nship. Phillip A. is the youngest of the children,\\nall born in Centre County, Pa. l liilli|) Krisc, the\\npaternal grandfather of these four sisters and bro-\\nther, was born near Philadelphia. His father\\nserved in the Revolutionary War, but was never\\nheard from after reaching the licld of battle, and\\nno news as to his f.-ite ever came to his family.\\nHe or liis parents %vere natives of England.\\nI hillip Krise, the son of our subject, was but\\none and a-half years old when his parents located\\nin .St. Joseph County, Mich, lie was a lad eleven\\nye.irs of .age when his father and motliercame with\\ntheir family to Cass County, in ISo; and pur-\\nchased (iiie hundred and forty-nine acres of land.\\nThe son attended the district school near his new\\nhome and .assisted in the work of the farm. Ar-\\nriving at man s estate, he was. in 1872, united in\\nmarriage with Miss Malinda Vlect, daughter of\\nGeorge VIcet, who emigrated from Pennsylvania\\nto Michigan in 1857. Mr. Vleet located at lirst\\nin .St. .loseph County, but later settled in Cass\\nCounty. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Krise have foin-\\nchildren, two sons and two daughl(r Ora, Rol-\\nland, Wilbur and Mildred. These lirothers and\\nsisters, together with their parents, reside uiion the\\nold homestead one mile east of Mareellus. The\\nfinely-cultivated .acres, about one Innidred and\\nfifty, are now the property of Phillip A. Krise, the\\nonly son of our subject.\\n.Toseph Krise and his wife were both idenlilied\\nwith the Evangelical Church and were foremost in\\nthe extcjision of its good work and influence.\\nOur subject was a public-spirited man and was\\never ready to assist in all matters of mutual good.\\nPolitically, he was a stanch Democrat and often\\nrecalled with pride the fact that he cast his lirst\\nvote for .Jackson. Phillip Krise and his family,\\nfollowing in the footsteps of his revered fatlu-r\\nand mother, are all connected with the Kvangelical\\nChurch and ably aid in the social and benevolent\\nenterprises of that religious organization. Indus-\\ntrious, intelligent and enjoying educatif)nal oppor-\\ntunities for advancement, the grandchildren of\\nour subject are preparing themselves to worthily\\nfill positions of usefulness and inllucme. Like\\nhis father, Phillip Krise is a self-made man, prac-\\ntical in his metlK)ds and upright in character, and\\nhas by persistent effort won the deserved reward\\nof success.\\nr\\n*^E*E\\nP ~)1CHARD V. IlICl\\nto the United Stf\\nKS. England h.as furnished\\nStates men of enterprise and\\nability in every walkof life. Ilcrsonshave\\nacquired distinction and wealth in the pro-\\nfessions, in commercial circles and in agricultural\\npursuits, and while gaining material prosperity\\nli.avc also secured an enviable re|)utatioii for mc r-\\nality and the highest principles of honor. One of\\nthis class may be found in the subject of our sketch,\\nwho is an inllucntial citizen of Cass County and a\\nprosperous fanner of Milton Township, owning\\nand occupying a fertile farm on secticui 12. His\\nagricultural operations have been crowned with\\nsuccess, and he is now the owner of four hundred", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0581.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "582\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand eighty acres in Cass County, besides three\\nhundred acres in Niles Township, Berrieu County.\\nIn the vill.age of St. Colurab Major, Cornwall,\\nEngland, the eyes of our subject first opened to\\nthe light, the date of his birtli being November 17,\\n1819. His father, John Hicks, a native of the same\\nplace as himself, was for many years an oflieer in\\nthe British army and was a large property-holder\\nand inlluential man in England. Twice he crossed\\nthe ocean to America in order to visit his son here,\\nbut wliile he was favorably impressed with Amer-\\nica, his preferences were all on the side of the coun-\\ntry of his birth. At the age of four-score j ears,\\nhe closed his eyes upon the scenes of earth, and his\\nremains now lie buried near his life-time home.\\nThe mother of our subject was Caroline E.\\n(Perr^ Hicks, a native of Middlesex, ne.ar Lon-\\ndon. Her father, Dr. Periy, accompanied Capt.\\nCook on his first voy.age around the world, and\\nwas a man of great prominence in his da} Mrs.\\nHicks died when about forty-one j ears of age,\\nafter having become the mother of six sons, who\\ngrew to manhood. Only two are now surviving,\\nRichard and Edward. The former is the fifth in\\norder of birth of his father s family. He was sev-\\nenteen years of age when, in 1837, he came to\\nAmej-ica and located in what is now Milton Town-\\nship, where he purchased one hundred and eighty-\\nseven acres and commenced active agricultural\\noperations.\\nMay 4, 1843, Mr. Hicks married Miss Catharine\\nUllery White, during a visit to Ohio. This lady\\nw.as born in Montgomery County, Pa., and was of\\nGerman descent, her father having been born at\\nsea and her mother in this country. She was reared\\nin Shelby County, Ohio, where her marriage was\\nsolemnized. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks are the parent.s\\nof the following children: John P., Henr^ B.,\\nRichard J., Caroline E., Sarah J., William S., Cath-\\narine M., Mary A. and Orran V., all of whom were\\nborn in Milton Township, and with one excep-\\ntion are now living in Cass County.\\nAfter coming to Michigan, Mr. Hicks for a time\\nworked for John Dodge Co., in Niles. He pur-\\nch.ascd his i)resent home in 1849, and two years\\nlater erected, at a cost of ^4.000, the attr.active\\nand comfortalile residence he ik)w occupies. Po-\\nlitically, he is a Democrat, and was one of the first\\nSupervisors of the township, serving in that posi-\\ntion for many yeai-s. He has also served in the\\nschool ofiiccsaud .as a member of the Board of Re-\\nview. Socially, he is identified with the Maaonic\\nfraternity, and holds membership in Ontwa Lodge\\nNo. G. July 1, 1893, Mr. Hicks had the misfor-\\ntune to lose the wife who had shared liis joys and\\ndivided his sorrows for fifty years.\\nHARLES A. CLARK, junior mcmlier of the\\nwell-known firm of G. A. Bhikeslee Co.,\\n.and President of the village of Galien, was\\nborn in Muntsburgh, Geauga County, Ohio, on the\\n23d of August, 1849. He is a worthy representa-\\ntive of a family which for several generations was\\nidentified with the development of New England,\\nhaving been established in Connecticut in an early\\nd.ay. The paternal grandfather of our subject was\\nAbner Clark, a native of the Nutmeg .State, where\\nhe w.as reared to manhood. In Xorthanipton,\\nMass., he made his home for many years and tliere\\nhe married Miss Olive Strong.\\nAs early as 1810 (irandfatlier Clark, accom-\\npanied b3 his family, removed Westward and set-\\ntled in Ge.auga County, Ohio, est:xblishing his\\nhome in the midst of the dense forests. The resi-\\ndue of his life w.as there passed, and his attention\\nwas devoted to the clearing of the land and im-\\nproving the farm. He and his wife were the\\nparents of nine children, the only one now sur-\\nviving being Harriet, who resides in Michigan. ]n\\ntheir religious convictions they were active and\\nconsistent members of the Presbyterian Church;\\ntheir honorable and useful lives furnished a con-\\nstant exemplification of their faith, and dying, tliey\\nleft to their descendants the priceless lieritage v{ a\\ngood name.\\nThe father of our subject, Albert Clark, w.as born\\nin Northampton, Mass., whence he removed with\\nhis parents to Geauga County, Ohio, and there\\ngrew to manhood. On tlie lOtli of February,\\n1845. he married Miss Eliza Howell, a n;itive of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0582.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "POKTliAlT AND BlOGllArillCAL KECOIID.\\n583\\n(icautrn County, and tlip rlautrliler of .lolin IIowoll,\\na pioniiniMil man of that soclion of tlio Stalo. In\\n1857 lip ri nii)\\\\( (l to Lake (dnnt\\\\, wIutp he |iui-\\nI liasc d land and resided for six years. The year\\n18C;i witnessed his arrival in (ialion Township, lier-\\nricn County, where hi- eontinued to make his home\\nuntil death terminated his useful existence, on the\\n12Hi of April, I.S .l.S. His last days were spent on\\nthe old homestead, loeated two and one-half miles\\nsouth of (ialien.\\nAs a neiirhlior, Alhert Clark was just and true;\\nas a citizen he w^as always on the side of what he\\ndeemed calculated to enhance the host interi sts of\\nthe people. Throuj;liout his entire life he adhered\\nto the luinciples of the Kepuhlican part\\\\ and was\\ncounted one of the foremost members of that or-\\nganization in his community. He served as .Super-\\nvisor of Galien Township and held the same posi-\\ntion while a resident of Ohio. He united with the\\nChristian Church in his youth and was ever after-\\nward a faithful student of the Hible and an eai-nest\\nadvocate of the principles of Christianity, always\\nready to defend the truths of God s Word, which\\nhe held in the greatest reverence. For many\\nyears he otiieiated as one of the I ruslees of the\\nchurch.\\nIn the |)arental family there were four children,\\none of whom, Kvei-etl, died at the age of two\\nyears; Kmily S. died at the early age of thirty-\\nthree. The two survivors are Charles A. and .\\\\l-\\nhert E. The mother of this family w.as called\\nhence on the 21th of February, IS .H). She, too,\\nh:id been long identified with the Christian Church\\nand w.as a woman of great piety iviid nobility of\\nchaiacter. As was stated above, our subject s\\nl)irthplace was in Geauga County, Ohio. He was\\nabout thirteen years of age when he .accompanied\\nhis parents to IJerrien County, Alich., and here his\\neducation was gained in the common schools of\\nthe ijistrict. I pon completing his studies, he en-\\ngage l in teaching school at D.ayton, Mich., later\\nin Galien I\\\\ wnship, and in the Reform School at\\nLansing, being rriiicipal of Ilic lasl-iianieil insti-\\ntution.\\nThe business career of Mr. Clark commenced in\\n1877. at which time he entered the tirm of G. A.\\nlilakcslee iV Co. as a clerk, remaining in that posi-\\ntion for a time, and in 18M1 purchased an interest\\nill the business, becoming a partner. He is also\\nthe agent for the .American Kxpre.ss Company at\\nGalien. The tirm does a large business, steadily\\neniploying three clerks and carrying a large and\\ncoiniilete .as.sortnient of goods. In adilition to\\nconducting the most extensive mercantile busi-\\niH ss in (ialicn, they have a large trade in lumber,\\nsalt, shingles, grain and wool, and also do a gen-\\neral banking business.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Clark took )ilace March S,\\n187-1, at which time he was united with Miss Lydia,\\ndaughter of !eorge A. and l.ydia (Alcott) lilakc-\\nslee. Mrs. Clark was horn in iiatavia, 111., and re-\\nceived a good education in the schools of Galien.\\nTwf) children. Stanley and Leslie, li.nve blessed\\nthe union. Kepiiblican in his political opinions,\\nMr. Clark has held the otiice of Township Treas-\\nurer for two years and has also served as illage\\nClerk for eleven years. ,\\\\t j)resent he is serving\\nas I resident of (Jalien, having iieeii an incumbent\\nof that ollicc for three terms. His inteicstin edu-\\ncational matters has been unceasing, and .as a mem-\\nber of the School Hoard he lias been efficient iu\\npromoting the grade of .scholarship in the village\\nscliool. He is Notary I ublic, to which olHcc he\\nh:is been appointed by Governors Alger, Luce and\\nHich.\\ni\u00c2\u00bb l iii\u00c2\u00bbii^ W ii fc I\\n^Ij AMES P. N KRSAW. an energetic farmer and\\nprosperous horticulturist, making a spec-\\n^j^ ialty of small fruits, is a native of Sodus\\n(J^f/ Township, Herrien Count}-, Mich., and has\\nresided within the near vicinity of his present\\nhomestead, located upon section Kj.his entire life.\\nOur subject was born October 17, 1817. His\\nfather, Francis Vcrsaw, w.as a native of Canada,\\nand, born near Montreal in 1812, left his home when\\na boy and became self-supporting at a very early\\nage. He (inally located in the .States, making his\\nhome in Wisconsin, where for a time he traveled\\nfou the .\\\\merican Fur Company. He remained in\\nthat State until 1835, when he removed to .Mich-\\niiran and locate l in l?errien Counlv. For some", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0583.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "584\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntime he followed the occupation of boating,\\nand tlien purchased a farm in Sodus Township,\\nin 1840, and for fifty-three changing years has re-\\nmained continuously upon the homestead where\\nhe yet resides. He enjoys the comforts of life and\\npossesses a competence and excellent healtli. His\\ndays have been passed in unvarying industry and\\nhe is univei-sally respected. The family name is\\nundoubtedly Versailles, and the ancestry French.\\nThe pronunciation, corrupted to Versaw in the\\nearly d.ivs. has clung to the descendants, but is\\nbeyond all doubt incorrect.\\nThe father was married in 1843 to Rebecca Ann\\nMcDougal, daughter of James McDougal. a pio-\\nneer of 8t. Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Versaw\\nhave spent together a half-century and have wel-\\ncomed to their hearts and homes eleven sons and\\ndaughters. Of this large family eight children\\nyet survive, four daughtei-s and four sons. James\\nP. was the third child of this venerable father and\\nmother. He worked upon the farm in boyhood\\nand also enjoj ed the benefit of instruction in the\\ndistrict school. Upon October 7, 1864, his sev-\\nenteenth birthday, our subject enlisted in the\\nUnion army, joining Company K. Twenty-eighth\\nMichigan Infantry, and served with courage and\\ndistinguished service for two \\\\-eai-s. He partici-\\npated in the engagements at X.asliville, Teuu., also\\nat AVissel Forks, X. C.and w.as likewise in numer-\\nous skirmishes. Mustered out at the close of the\\nCivil War. he returned to his home and engaged in\\ntraveling upon business through Missouri. Kan-\\nsas, Iowa and Minnesota. Mr. ersaw returned\\nhtmic in 18(57. and f(ir a time devoted himelf to\\nagricultural pui-suits, but a second time journeyed\\nthrough the farther West and w.as away from his\\nearl}- home a twelvemonth. A second time re-\\nvisiting Sodus Township, our subject bought a\\nfarm and again settled down to the Idling of the\\nsoil.\\nFor a numlier of years Mr. Vei-saw uninterrupt-\\nedly gave his attention to the woik of the home-\\nstead, but finall3-and for the third time went West\\nand spent two years in Nebraska. Since then he\\nli.as- conlinned to reside upon and cultivate his\\nfine farm of seventy acres, all brought up to a high\\nstate of productiveuess and improved withatliael-\\nive and commodious buildings. Our subject gives\\nthe greater part of his time and attention to grow-\\ning small fruit-s and berries, and has been especially\\nsuccessful in this department of agriculture. In\\nAugust, 1871, James P. Versaw and Miss Emma\\nProctor were united in marriage. The parents of\\nMrs. Vei-saw, Ibbitson and Mary Proctor, were\\namong the early and highly respected pioneers of\\nSodus Township. The union of our subject and\\nhis estimable wife has been blessed by the birth\\nof seven children: William E.. Harry E.. Ernest\\nM., Otis C, Pearl C, Clarence P. and Susie E.. all\\nliving and all at home with the exception of Wil-\\nliam E.. the eldest-born, a citizen of Nebraska. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Versaw are valued nembei-sof the I nited\\nBrethren Church and are active aids in religious\\nwork. Fraternally, our subject is a member of the\\nGrand Army of the Republic and belongs to the\\nVeterans Union. He has been politically a stal-\\nwart Republican ever since he attained his ma-\\njority. He is interested in both local and national\\nissues and is to-d.ay.us .so many j-ears .ago upon the\\nfield of battle, a true and loyal citizen, highly-\\nesteemed bv all his fellow-townsmen.\\n^l-^-l^lll\\n^^x\\nSAAC HARFF. a practical general agricultur-\\nist and well-known citizen, cultivates a fine\\n/ii farm located on section 15, Galien Town-\\nship, Berrien County, Mich. He is a native of\\nDarke County, Ohio, and was born in 1844. His\\nfather. William HarfT. was born in Lancaster\\nCounty. Pa., and was reared on a farm. Having\\nattained manhood, he learned the weaver s trade,\\nand throughout his life continued in that em-\\nployment. He located in Ohio while a single\\nman, and w.as married to Esther Emory in the\\nBuckeye St^Ue. Upright and industrious, he reared\\nwith care a family of eight children. His wife\\ndied in 1860. the husband surviving until 1875,\\nwhen he p.assed aw.ay, at about sixty-five years\\nof age. Politically, the father of our subject w.as\\na sturdv Democrat and an admirer of Thomas\\nJeffei son. He was a menilx r of the Lutheran", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0584.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0585.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "i1\\ns^^\\ni\\n^^-^Uri^ji. ci^.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0586.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n)87\\nCliuivli and a consistent Christian, liiglily re-\\nspected liy all who knew him.\\nOur subject was self-supporting from early\\nyiiutli, but remained dutifully witli his parents\\nuntil he had readied his majority. Working by\\nthe niduth on an adjacent farm, he received but\\nlittle or no advantages for an education, and is\\nliterally a sclf-niado man. He enlisted in tiie ser-\\nvice of the Government during the late Civil\\nWar, and in 18fi4 joined Company B, Second\\nOhio Infantry, but was afterward transferred to\\nCompany E, One Hundred and Kightieth Infan-\\ntry, under Gen. Thomas corps. Mr. Ilarff par-\\nticipated in numerous skirmishes, but was engaged\\nin only one of the ijrincipal battles of the cam-\\npaign Hesaca. He remained in active military\\nduty until the close of the war, was discharged in\\nColumbus, Ohio, and was mustered out in Augusta,\\nGa., in September, 186; Soon after peace iiad\\nresumed its sway, our subject made his home in\\nNoble County, Ind., and was married there. Rent-\\ning land, he entered into agricultural pursuits,\\nand later located in Kankakee County. After a\\nfew years residence in that jiart of Indiana, he\\ndecided to remove to Michigan, and settled in I\\nlicrrien County.\\nMr. Harff has since 1891 occupied his present\\nhomestead, and has thirty-si.x acres in Buchanan\\nTownship. He is a thorough faj-raer and success-\\nfully tills the soil. Unaided he has won his way\\nand commands the respect and confidence due to\\nhis energy and sterling character. He has been\\ntwice married. The first wife of our subject was\\nMiss Betsey Keener, who bore him two children,\\nPliiube and Merriain. Mrs. Betsey Ilarff died, and\\nwas buried in Indiana. In Michigan Mr. Ilarff\\nwas united in marriage to his second wife, Miss\\nBarbara Keener, a sister of the first wife. Eight\\nchildren blessed the second union: Sherman, Lovey,\\nWilliam, Jacob, .\\\\mos, Charles, Clarence and Pearl,\\nall of whom will i-eceive the opportunit}- for\\nschooling which was denied their father.\\nFraternally, our subject is a member of Post\\nNo. 208, G. A. R., at Galien. Politically, he is a\\nDemocrat, and in aU matters pertaining to local\\nimprovement and progress is a public-spirited and\\nlilK-ral citizen. Without being in any sense of\\nthe word a politician, he keeps himself intelli-\\ngently jiosted in the affairs of the day, and, hav-\\ning given faithful service on the battle-licld in\\nbehalf of the I nion, is deeply interested in all\\nnational issues.\\nr^\\nEORGE L. AND JACOB I). ELSON. Among\\nII _ the prominent old settlers of the Lake\\nState are the two brothers. George L. and\\nJacob D. Elson, both of whom were identified\\nwith the State in the days of its earlier and simpler\\nstyle of living. Their parents, Abraham and Maria\\n(Onderkirk) Elson, were natives of New York\\nState, but at an early period came to Michigan,\\nwhere they were among the first settlers. The\\ngood old fathers and mothers of those days were\\neducated, not as books count, perhaps, but in all\\nthat makes noble men and noble women. Their\\nmemory is revered and their early struggles ap-\\npreciated. They have given their descendants a\\ngoodly heritage, a land veritably llowing with milk\\nand honey; and, better still, sons and daughters\\npossessed of attributes to make good and noble citi-\\nzens. The father of Abraham Elson, Jacob Elson,\\nserved in the Revolutionary War.\\nGeorge L. Elson, the elder of our subjects, was\\nborn in the Empire State, on the 26th of June,\\n1823, and there made his home until twenty-four\\nyears of age. He then came to the State of Mich-\\nigan and located about five miles from Benton\\nHarbor. Here he met Miss Harriet Jane Gordon,\\nwith whom he w.as united in marriage, and who\\nbore him eight children: Emma Jane, Mary (de-\\nceased), Delia, Susan, John, Ilattie, George and\\nMatthias. Those of the children married are:\\nDelia, Emma Jane, Susie, Ilattie and John. The\\nothers are living at home. On coming to Berrien\\nCounty Mr. Elson purchased fortj acres of land,\\nall of which was timber-land, and by energy\\nand perseverance he cleared all but ten acres, and\\nhas it in a fine state of cultivation. His principal\\nproductions are grain and fruit, and he has accu-\\nmulated a comfortable competence for his declin-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0587.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "588\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ning }-ears. He is a man of pronounced opinions,\\nfirm in his convictions of riglit and wrong, and\\nis well worthy of the esteem in which lie is held.\\nHis political inclinations are Democratic.\\nJacob D. Elson was the cightii in order of birth\\nof ten children born to his parents, and is a native\\nof this State, born in Wayne County in 1838, liis\\nparents liaving settled there when tlie country was\\ncovered with a dense forest. After remaining in\\nhis native county until about 1850, and receiving\\na limited education in the common schools, he\\nC4inie to Berrien County and here has resided ever i\\nsince. Farming and fruit-growing have been his\\nprincip.ll occupations, and the eigiity .icres that he\\nowns are for the most part cultivated and improved.\\nHe .assisted his father in clearing the home pl.ice\\nof the timber with which it was covered, and at\\nan early age became familiar witii hard labor. Al-\\nthough his educational advantages were not of\\nthe best, he has become a well-informed man and\\nis noted for his sound, practical and shrewd views\\non all matters of public interest.\\n,lacob Elson was married in 18G5 to Miss Helen\\nE. Gordon and ten children were born to this\\nunion, five sons and five daughters: T. Edwin,\\nCarrie, Lvdia(Mrs. M. Fikes),Cora, Mary, Arthur,\\nSusie, Claud, Wilbur and Ralph. Politically, Mr.\\nElson adheres to the principles of the Republican\\npart} and is a representative citizen of the county.\\n*-3 S-*i\\n-tn\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2M\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i-\\nENRY M. DE.VX. One of the prominent\\nijj business establishments of the city of Niles\\nis the drug store of H. M. Dean Son,\\nwhere may be found a complete stock of\\ndrugs, paints, oils, etc. The senior member of\\nthis firm, and the subject of our sketch, enjoys\\ntiie distinction of having been engaged in the\\ndrug business for a longer period than .any other\\nman in the western part of the State. He is a\\nskillful and educated pharmacist, and brings to\\nthe prosecution of the business an accurate knowl-\\nedge of its details, and a careful supervision of its\\ntransactions, which have secured for the estab-\\nlishment a fii-st-el.ass reputation.\\nThe early home of Jlr. Dean was in New Jei-sey,\\nin sight of the city of New York, where he was\\nborn on the 28th of December, 1831. His parents,\\nDaniel and Cornelia (Green) Dean, were both na-\\ntives of New .Jei-sey, and the former was a shoe\\nmanufacturer, jobbing principally for the South-\\nern trade. The paternal gr.andfalher of our sub-\\nject, John Dean, was born in the city of New\\nY ork, and was the son of Capt. Alexander Dean,\\nof the British navy. The mother of our subject\\nwas the daughter of Joseph Green, whose ances-\\ntors settled in Connecticut in 1660, and were of\\nEnglish descent.\\nHenry M. Dean represents the seventh genera-\\ntion of the Green family in the United States,\\nand the third generation on the Dean side. His\\nschool d.ays were passed in his native New Jersey,\\nand at the age of sixteen he came to Michigan,\\nlocating at Niles in 1848. Soon after coming\\nhere he was appointed Deputy Postmaster at\\nNiles, and served in th.at position for one year,\\nrendering satisf.ictory service in that ottice. His\\nnext position was that of clerk in the drug\\nstore of J. C. Lariinore, where he remained until\\n1860. In that year he formed a partnership with\\nJ. C. Lariinore. and embarked in the drug busi-\\nness under the firm name o( Lariinore Dean,\\ncontinuing in tliixt connection until 1883. when\\nMr. Dean jmrchased his partner s interest. Taking\\nhis son, Frederick C, into the firm, the title was\\nchanged to H. M. Dean Son. In 1890. Fred\\nretired, and Henry M., Jr., entered the firm, the\\ntitle remaining unchanged.\\nIn 1861 Mr. Dean married Miss Sarah, daughter\\nof Ezra Coan, of Albion, N. Y. They are the par-\\nents of three sons and one daughter, namely:\\nFrederick C William M., HeniT M., Jr., and\\nFanny M. In polilics, Mr. Dean is a Repulilican.\\nHe has been elected to many posts of honor, in\\nall of which he li.is labored unselfishly fur the\\ngood of the community and the promotion of the\\ninterests of the city. He served for one term .as\\nMayor of Niles, and has been a member of the\\nBoard of Education for twelve years, being its\\nPic-idcnt a portion of the tiir.e. He is a stock-\\nholder and Director of the Citizens National Bank\\nof Niles. In his social aftlliations. he is identified", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0588.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n589\\nwith SL.loseph Valley Lodge No. 4, A. F. A. M.\\nA devoted .ind earnest Christian, lie holds mem-\\nbersiiip with the Presbyterian Ciiurch, in which\\nhe has served ns Trustee for thirty years, Treasurer\\nfor two years, and Superintendent of thcSund.iy-\\nseiiool for three terms. For one year he served\\n.IS President of tiie Herrien County Pioneer Asso-\\nciation, of which he is an honored member.\\nellAULK-S HANSON, a successful agricul-\\nturist of .Jefferson Township, Cass County,\\nMich., has p.assed liis entire life in his\\npresent locality, and was born in the township\\nJune 23, 18o5. His parents, old-time residents of\\nCass County, were William and Elizabeth (Craw-\\nford) Hanson. The paternal grandfather, .John\\nHanson, was a native of .Johnstown, Fulton\\nCounty, N. Y. Emigrating to AHchigan in 1835,\\nthis worthy pioneer settled upon section 31, Jeff-\\nerson Township, where, after improving a farm of\\none hundred and sixty .acres, he pas.scd away\\nwhile making a trip to mill. He was found on\\nthe ice of I leasant Lalic, near Edwardsburgh, and\\nw.as dead wlien discovered. His wife survived\\nuntil 1871. In political opinions, he was a Dem-\\nocrat. Ills wife was a Presbyterian, and a sincere\\nChrisli.an. I hey were the parents of six sons:\\nI{al pi I, engaged in mining in Colorado; Benjamin,\\nwho died while in the army; .John, William,\\n.lames and N ictor. Tlie two daughters were Ann\\nand liebecca. By his first marriage, the grand-\\nfather had two daughters, Margai-et and Eliza.\\nWilliam Hanson, the fallier of our subject, was\\nborn in Fulton County, N. Y., November 14,\\n1821. He emigrated with his parents to Michigan\\nin 1835, and, having reached maturity, begjiu life\\nfor himself upon a farm of eighty acres. He in-\\ncreased his estate to seven liundred and twenty\\nacres, nearly all located in .Jelferson Township,\\nand mostly under higli cultivation. Our subject\\nowns the old homestead on which he settled in\\n1857. The father retired from active f.-uminj; du-\\nties in 1881, and m.ide his home in Edwardsburgh,\\nwhen he gave each of his five children eighty acres\\napiece. He was twice married; first to Elizabeth\\nCrawford, who bore him five children: Mary\\nHead, of San Angelo, Tex.; Henry A.; Charles;\\nAnn Thatcher; and Lizzie, who died at two 3 ears\\nof age. The first wife, the mother of our subject,\\ndied in September, 1875. Miss Matilda Ivownover\\nbecame the second wife of the father, and was the\\nmother of one child, Minnie Harris. William\\nHanson was a Democrat, and actively interested\\nin local and national politics.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject was\\nRobert Crawford, a pioneer farmer of .Jefferson\\nTownship, who prosperously worked a small farm\\nof seventy acres. He was a man of liberal views,\\nand was of Irish ancestry. He reared a famil} of\\nfour daughters: Mar\\\\% Hannah, Margaret and\\nElizabeth, the latter of whom, the mother of\\nCharles Hanson, w.is a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. Our subject spent the days of\\nboyhood on the old farm, and gained his educa-\\ntion in the school of tlie district. At twenty-one\\nyears of age he became his own master, and dili-\\ngently continued in agricultural pursuits. He\\nmarried at twent^ -six, and now owns one hundred\\nand thirty acres of tiie homestead. Upon Decem-\\nber 28, 1881, he entered into wedlock with Miss\\nCarrie A. Truilt, a native of Milton Township,\\nCass County, Mich. Mrs. Hanson is the daughter\\nof Henry P. and I^etitia (Hicks) Truitt, who were\\nborn respectively in Delaware and Erie County,\\nOhio. I poll their homestead of eighty acres two\\ndaughters. Carrie A. and Bessie, shared the labors\\nof the mother, and grew up to intelligent woman-\\nhood.\\nThe paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hanson, Peter\\nTruitt, w.is born in Matter Neck, Sussex County,\\nDel., February 7, 1801. He emigrated to Michi-\\ngan by team in 1831, and was forty-four d.ays\\nupon the way. He entered fifteen hundred acres\\nof land, which he afterward divided among his\\nchildren. He p.assed aw.ay December 29, 1881,\\nhaving lieen a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and an active and liberal supporter\\nof his denomination, assisting in organizing the\\nfirst church of that persuasion in the township.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0589.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "590\\nPORTRAIT AND EIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nPolitically, he was in early life a Whig, but af-\\nterward became a stanch Republican. lie was\\nthe first and only Postmaster in Milton Township,\\nand, ever anxious to assist in public improve-\\nments, helped to build the road between the city\\nof Niles and his home. He entered matrimonial\\nbonds four times. His first wife, Mary Simpler,\\nwas the mother of John M., Elizabeth C. Tittle,\\nHenry P. and David T.; one child died in infancy.\\nBy his second wife, Elizabeth, he had two ehil-\\ndicn, Mary J. Butts and Esther Griffith. The third\\nwife, Deborah McKnitt, was the sister of the sec-\\nond wife, and had but one child, James M. The\\nfourth wife, Sarah Lane, nee McKnitt, had no\\nissue. Peter Truitt was tiie son of Langford and\\nEsther A. (Shockley) Truitt, whose home was on\\na Delaware farm. The first wife of Peter Truitt\\nwas a daughter of Milby Simpler, a Revolutionary\\nsoldier of patriotic stock.\\nOur subject and his estimable wife are the par-\\nents of one child, a son, Frank L., at home, born\\nJune 22, 188^*. Reared and educated in the lo-\\ncality of their present home, Mr. and Mrs. Hanson\\nenjoy the esteem and confidence of man\\\\ friends.\\n=^^+^i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)HOMAS RODOERS. Agricultural life af-\\nfords abundant illustration of the power of\\nperseverance, and perhaps no career is more\\ninstructive, viewed in this light, than that of Mr.\\nRodgers, a propcrous farmer of Cass County resid-\\ning on section 31, Pokagon Township. He is of\\ndirect Scotch descent, his grandfather. Dr. John\\nRodgers, having been born in Scotland, whence he\\nemigrated to America accompanied by his wife and\\none son. He was a skilled physician, having grad-\\nuated from a medical school in his native land,\\nand after coming to the United States he conducted\\na general practice in Rockbridge County, Va., un-\\ntil his death. He was a vvcll-infoiined man, pos-\\nsessing enlarged views, enlightened mind and\\nbroad professional knowledge.\\nIn Grandfather Rodgers family there were the\\nfollowing children: Thomas, John, William, Alrie,\\nAniel, Samuel, Andrew, Alexander and two daugh-\\nters. He and all his children witli the exception\\nof Alexander were members of the Cuinherland\\nPresbyterian Church and active workei-s in that\\ndenomination. Alexander, fatlier of our subject,\\nwas born in 1792, and was reared to manhood in\\nRockbridge County, Va. His school education\\nwas of the slenderest kind, scarcely even perfect-\\ning him in the three R s; but by self-culture\\nhe became a well-informed man, an accurate ac-\\ncountant and a good penman.\\nWhen twenty 3-eais of age, in the year 1808,\\nAlexander Rodgers married Margaret Culton, and\\nsoon afterward, with all his earthly effects jiacked\\non two horses, he moved to Ohio and entered of\\nthe tiovernment a tract of land in Preble County,\\nOhio. On arriving at the place he camped the first\\nnight and cooked his first meal on the farm by a\\nlarge log. It was no easy task to clear the farm\\nand subdue the forest growth, but his industry and\\nperseverance accomplished the desired results.\\nSelling that place in 1828, accompanied by his\\nwife and nine children he came to Michigan, mak-\\ning the trip with three wagons, and driving his\\nsheep, hogs, cattle, one span of horses and three\\nyoke of oxen in front of the wagons during the\\nentire trip.\\nArriving in Cass Count} IMr. Rodgers entered six-\\nteen hundred acres of Government land, to which\\nhe soon added several hundred acres. A portion\\nof the property was located in Berrien County,\\nthough the larger part was in Cass County. While\\nin Ohio he ojjerated a mill and distillery, but\\nthroughout life made agriculture his principal busi-\\nness. In his politics, he was first a Whig and later\\na Republican. Interested in all local affairs, he\\nserved in several minor offices, including that of\\nTownship Assessor. He passed away in 1867, hav-\\ning survived his wife twenty years. Their nine\\nchildren were as follows: Rebecca, deceased; Samuel,\\nwho served in the Black Hawk War and is now de-\\nceased; Alexander; John; Margaret, Mrs. Andrew\\nL. Burk; Isabella, Mrs. E. Jackson; Alery, de-\\nceased; Thomas and William A.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Preble\\nCounty, Ohio, on the 1st of January, 182.5. His\\neducation was sraiued in the loij schoolhouses of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0590.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n591\\nPokngfon Township an(l he remained with his par-\\nent* until he eslablisheil lils own home. At the\\ntime of his marriage his fatiier gave him twohun-\\n(iit d ;ui(l seventy-seven acres of unimproved land,\\nwliicli he cleared thiougii his own exertions. lie\\nand his relatives have probably cleared more land\\nin Pokagon Township tlian any other family re-\\nsiding here. In 1852, Mr. Ilodgers began to clear\\nseventeen acres in the woods, on the 28th of May,\\nand in fourteen days he had the entire tract cleared\\nand ihe trees cut down, while one-half had been\\nlogged and Inirned.\\nThe lir^t iiiairiage of Mr. Rodgers occurred in\\n181.S and united him with Miss .Sarah .1., daugliter\\nof Casper VAlis. Unto them were born tliree chil-\\ndren T. Corwin; Mary, the wife of (leorge Mc-\\nCorniiclv, and Kosal)elle, Mrs. Arthur Hudson. Af-\\nter the death of Mrs. Sarah Rodgers, which occurred\\nin 1871, our subject married Miss ]Mattie Mont-\\ngonicry, an estimable lady, who is highly regarded\\nin this coiiimunity. In his social connections, Mr.\\nRodgers is identilied witii the Masonic fraternity,\\nbeing a menil)er of PoUagon Lodge No. l. S6. Po-\\nhlir:illy, he is a Re|)ublican and is interested in\\nlocal politics, believing it to be the duty of ever^\\ncitizen to aid in securing the best ollieials for posi-\\ntions of trust and responsibility.\\nIkASIIINGTON A. SMITH, a successful and\\n\\\\jjj// representative horticulturist of Benton\\nW^ Township, lierrien County, Mich., has\\nl)een a constant resid( nt of his i)resent locality for\\nthirty years, and during this period of time has\\nactively participated in all matters of local prog-\\nress and enterprise in his home neighhorliood. A\\nthorougiily practical fruit-grower, he is consid-\\nered an authority on the culture of peaclies and has\\ncharge of the Town Board of Yellow Commis-\\nsioners of Benton Township. Our subject was\\nborn in Bedford, Pa., in 1824, and passed the\\ndays of early childhood in his birthplace. His\\nfatlier and mother, .lacob and Klizabeth (Putnam)\\nSmith, were born and reared in the sunny South,\\nMaryland being their native State. Residing the\\nfirst part of their married life in the Quaker .Stale,\\nthey later removed to Ohio, and when tlieir son\\nWasldngton was but nine j ears old settled in Co-\\nlumbiana County. In the Buckeye State, Mr. Smith\\nwas mainly reared, and, attending the log cabin\\ndistrict schools of his home neighborhood, re-\\nceived such training as those schools afforded.\\nWhen grown to manhood he attended a High\\nSchool, read law and was admitted to the Bar in\\nthe old Indian Council House at I pper Sandusky,\\nOhio.\\nMarried at a comparatively- early age to the\\npresent companion of his life, Mr. Smith finally\\ndecided to settle permanently in the State of\\nJlichigan, and emigrated from Williams County,\\nOhio, to Benton Township, Berrien County, in\\n1862. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the oldest settlers\\nof their location along the lake slun-e where\\nthe} now reside. Four children, two sons and\\ntwo daughters, have cheered the home by their\\nmerry presence. Edwin A., the eldest-born, is now\\na prominent resident of South Dakota; Mary is\\nthe wife of Frank Burdick, a leading citizen of\\nSodus, Mich.; Fanny B. and Karl A. are yet with the\\nfather and mother and are social favorites in the\\ntownship. The homestead is one of the most at-\\ntractive pieces of outside property in the vicinity,\\nand is an abode of hospitality, a large circle of\\nold-time friends and aciiuaintances meeting with a\\nready welcome within the sp,acious and substantial\\nresidence.\\nIn the s])ring of 1862, immediately after our\\nsubject settled on the farm, he (jlanted out an or-\\nchard of peach trees, covering several acres, and\\nfrom his earliestarrival in the State he has been con-\\nnected with the horticultural interests of Berrien\\nCounty. Mr. Smith owns fifty acres of highly\\nprofluctive land, all devoted to the culture of\\nfruit, which crop he has handled most profitably\\nduring more than a quarter of a century. The\\nimprovements, residence and barns, have been\\nerected bj our subject, who has steadily [jrospered\\nin his present dei)artment of agricultural labor,\\nand has demonstrated the value of practical ex-\\nperience and real adaptability to the business of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0591.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "592\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlioi ticulture. Politically, Mr. Smitli is a Democrat\\nand gives due attention to the conduct of local\\nand national affairs, and, a man of intelligence, is\\nwell posted in tUe current events of the day. He\\nis an ardent advocate of local improvements and\\neducational advancement, and is ever ready to\\nlend a helping hand in behalf of imitual welfare\\nand the best interests of the coninuinity by whom\\nhe is surrounded. A man of superior business\\nability and a liberal-spirited citizen, Washington\\nA. Smith justly enjoys the contidence of all his\\nfellow- townsmen.\\nf\\ns^TEPHEN H. MARTIX is the owner and\\nproprietor of one of Three Oaks most suc-\\njj) cessful business enterprises, the general\\nmercantile establishment, well known in\\nthe county as a prominent emporium of trade.\\nMr. Martin was born in southern Indiana on New\\nYear s Day of 1844. His ancestors for several\\ngenerations were residents of New Jersey, and his\\npaternal great-grandfallier was a hero of the Rev-\\nolutionary War. Grandfather Isaac Martin was\\nborn in New Jerse} as was also the father of our\\nsubject, E. S. Martin, the latter having been\\nreared in the State of his nativity. He was mar-\\nried there to Miss Rachel, the daughter of Stephen\\nHarland, and after that important event he re-\\nmoved to Indiana, where he followed his trade of\\na shoemaker. Later he learned the trade of a\\nmason, which he followed in connection with\\nfarming.\\nIn 1845 or 1846, E. S. Martin came to Michigan,\\nand, locating in Berrien County, purchased a farm\\non section 22, Three Oaks Township. The land\\nhad been partially cleared by its former owner, a\\nMr. Paddock, and consisted of about one hundred\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2acres. The active manual labor connected with\\nimproving the property was done by tlie sons,\\nwhile the father was engaged at his trade. There\\nwere six children in the family, of whom five are\\nstill living. They are: Isaac W., a fruit farmer\\nresiding in Riverside, Cal.; our subject; William\\nA., formerly Treasurer of La Porte County, Ind.,\\nand now in business in the city of La Porte; Ab-\\nraham F., who has a large furniture establishment\\nat La Porte, the business being conducted under\\nthe firm name of Martin Bros.; John E., who is\\nengaged in the dry-goods business at La Porte.\\nElizabeth married Marion Love, a farmer residing\\nin Three Oaks.\\nIn 1891 Mr. Martin, Sr., removed to the city of\\nLa Porte, where he and his estimable wife make\\ntheir home. They are active workers in the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, and are people whose up-\\nright characters and nobilitj of disposition have\\nendeared them to a host of acquaintances. While\\nnot a partisan in his political opinions, and pre-\\nferring the quiet happiness of domestic life, undis-\\nturbed by the cares incident to public life, Mr.\\nMartin, nevertheless, takes considerable interest in\\nall matters of local and general importance and\\ninvariably casts his ballot and gives his influence\\non behalf of the Democratic partj An industri-\\nous, energetic man, he is passing the declining\\ndays of his useful existence amid the comforts ac-\\ncumulated through years of toil.\\nAt the age of two y-ears our subject accompanied\\nhis parents to Berrien County, and grew to man-\\nhood in Three Oaks Township, where he com-\\nmenced his studies in the district schools. For a\\nshort time he attended the New Carlisle Normal,\\nat New Carlisle, Ind., and at the age of twenty-\\none started out in life for himself, first engaging\\nin the sawmill business in Three Oaks Township\\nfor one year. Then, with his eldest brother, he\\ncame to the village of Three Oaks, where for three\\nyears he engaged in the grocery business. Dis-\\nposing of his interest to his brother, he went to\\nNew Carlisle, Ind., and embarked in the hardware\\nbusiness. Thence he removed to South Haven,\\nand for seven jears conducted an extensive and\\nprofitable trade in his mercantile establishment.\\nIn 1879 he came to Three Oaks and opened a gen-\\neral store, where he has a complete assortment of\\ndry goods, clothing, groceries, general merchandise\\nand hardware. He also conducts a first-class liv-\\nery stable and caters to the best trade in the city.\\nMay 20, 1869, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nMartin to Miss Irene, daughter of William H, Mc-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0592.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIHCAL RECORD.\\n593\\nDaniel, a traveling salesman of New Carlisle, Ind.\\nMrs. Martin was born in Ohio, but was quite\\nyoinij, wlicii she removed to New Carlisle and her\\n(hu-alion was received in that city. They are the\\nparents of four cliildrcn: Clyde, Estella, Sherwood\\nand I aul. In politics, Mr. Martin is a stanch\\nDemocrat and invariably gives his support to his\\nchosen party. At the present time he is serving\\nas Supervisor of Three Oaks Township, of which\\nposition he h:is been the incumbent for three years.\\nHe also served as Township Treasurer for two\\nyears, and was a member of the Common Council\\nof Three Oaks. In his social connection he is\\nidentitied with the Order of Maccabees.\\n*^5*E\\nS*\\nCV, jVILLIAM II. r.ULLAUD, a successful busi-\\n\\\\/\\\\lil csiding in Niles, and romi-\\n\\\\y^ nently idenlilied with the interests of this\\ncity, is a native of New York and was born in\\nAul)urn, Cayuga County, April i -i. 1812. His\\nparents, Ambrose M. anti Klizabeth (Ilibaid) Bul-\\nlaid. were natives of I aris, France, and emigrated\\nto the L nilcd Stales in 182.5, locating in Auburn,\\nN. Y., where the father remained for a number of\\nyears, and in l.s, went to Paw Paw, Mich., where\\nhe remained until the death of his vvife in 1858,\\nin that place. In 18. )9 he returned to Auburn,\\nN. v., wliere he remained until his death.\\nThe parcTital family consisted of live daughters\\nand seven sons, William II. being the seventh in\\norder of biith. He i)assed his boyhood days in\\n.Vnluuii, where he acquired the rudiments of his\\neduealion. In I85(), when fourteen years of age,\\nhe came to Michigan and located at Paw Paw,\\nan IJureu County. At the age of nineteen years\\nhe enlisted, on the 23d of April, 18(51, as a mem-\\nber of Company C, Seventieth New York Infan-\\ntry, which was assigned to the Army of the Po-\\ntomac, Col. Sickles commanding the regiment.\\nOur subject participated in many of the hard-\\nfought engagements of the war, including the bat-\\ntles of the Wilderness aud the terril)le conllict at\\nGctt3 sburg. After having served for three years,\\nthree months and ten days, he was honorably dis-\\ncharged in July, 1864.\\nAt the close of his military service, Mr. BuUard\\n.settled in Mishawaka, Ind., and in October, 1864,\\ncame to Niles, where he has since resided. By\\ntrade a wood-turner, he followed that occupation\\nhere until he was chosen clerk in the postoflice at\\nNiles. He served efficiently for four years and\\nthen resigned on account of his health. His next\\nposition was that of messensjer between Cleveland\\nand Chicago, in the employ of the Lake Shore\\nRailway Company. Afterward he embarked in\\nthe grocery business, and from a small beginning\\nin that line has gradually increased his stock un-\\ntil it is now the most complete in the citj He\\nconducts a large and profitable business and is re-\\ngarded as a reliable and honorable man.\\nOn the 28th of June, 1868, AVilliam H. Bullard\\nand Miss Carrie G., daughter of Ilifif Fisher, of\\nBerrien Centre, were united in marriage, and the\\nunion has proved one of great happiness and\\nmutual helpfulness. Mr. and INIrs. P.uUard have a\\nneat and comfortable home in Niles,and are promi-\\nnent in the society of this place. In politics a\\nRepublican, fraternally he is connected with\\nBerrien County Lodge No. 6, I. O. O. F., and\\nthe Knights of Pythias. He was instrumental in\\nthe organization and was a prominent member of\\nFrank Graves Post No. 64, G. A. R., being a leader\\namong the veterans of the war. His brother,\\nJames F;, was also a soldier in the war and assisted\\nin the capture of the famous Confederate Presi-\\ndent, Jefferson Davis, as well as i.i his removal to\\nWashington, D. C.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^1\\nLh/\\nm\\nll\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n,ETER YOAK, an enterprising citizen and\\npractical general agriculturist now residing\\non section 34, Benton Township. Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., is a native of County Clare,\\nIreland, and was born May 14, 1823. His parents,\\nWilliam and Mary (I .radley) Yoar. were engaged\\nill agricultural pursuits lu the (Jld Couiitr\\\\ and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0593.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "594\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwere among tlie prosperous farmers of theirnative\\nland. The mother having in the mean time died,\\nthe father came in 1852 to America, but after so-\\njourning for three years in St. Joseph, Mich., re-\\nturned to Ireland. The children were seven in\\nnumber, five sonsand two daughters. John, the eld-\\nest, is a store-keeper in St. Joseph. Patrick lives in\\nBcuton Harbor; Matt is a successful agriculturist;\\nMichael is a farmer of the county. Peter, our sub-\\nject, liad just attained his majority when he emi-\\ngrated to tlie United States and settled in St. Jo-\\nseph, his home for sixteen years. October 1, 1846,\\nPeter Yoar and Miss Margaret Daley were united\\nin m.Trriage. Mrs. Yoar was the daughter of Pat-\\nrick Daley, a native of Ireland, in which country\\nthe estimable wife of our subject was born, reared\\nand educated, later coming to the United States.\\nFor a number of years Mr. Yoar profitably ran\\na sawmill, and, a long-time resident of St. Jo-\\nseph, during the early days was numbered among\\nthe leading citizens and substantial business men\\nof Berrien County. For a time our subject lived\\nin Chicago, but for the past thirty 3 ears has con-\\ntinued to occupy the valuable homestead, which\\nhe has brought up to a high state of cultivation\\nand improved with an attractive residence and\\ncommodious barns. When with his family Mr. Yoar\\nfirst made his home upon section 34, the humble\\ndwelling wiiich sheltered the parents, sons and\\ndaughters was in the dense woods, which have by\\nthe labor of j^ears been cleared, the rich soil since\\nhaving yielded a bounteous harvest. The hearts\\nof the parents were gladdened b3 the birth of\\ntwelve cliildren, six of whom yet survive. Peter\\nis in the employ of P. D. Armour, of Cliicago;\\nThomas is working for the Aimour Company\\nof Kansas City; Matthew is living in Chicago;\\nMargaret married Jones llyner. Captain of tiie\\nLife Saving Station at Ludington, Mich., who,\\nin courageously going to the rescue of a crew\\nwhose vessel was in distress, lost his life, his boat\\nbeing suddenly capsized in a sea in which no swim-\\nmer could re.ich the shore; and Jennie and Catli-\\nerine are both residing in Chicago.\\nAt one time our subject, who has been finan-\\ncially prospered, owned two hundred and forty\\nacres of excellent land, but gave to his sous one\\nhundred and sixty acres, reserving for his own\\nuse an eighty-acre tract, upon which stand the\\nimprovements he has from time to time ambi-\\ntiously added to the fine homestead. Mr. Yoar\\nopened a road from the [)ublic highway to his\\nhome, and is a believer in the value of local prog-\\nress. Politically, our subject is a Democrat and a\\nfirm supporter of the Party of the People. He is\\ninterested in local and national issues, and in all\\nthings pertaining to public matters is a true and\\nloyal citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Yoar were l)red in the\\ntenets of the Catholic Church, and have brought up\\ntheir family to a due observance of religion. The\\nfather and mother are regular attendants of the\\nRoman Catholic Church in Benton Il.arbor, and are\\nlibeial contributors to the gooil work of their\\nparish.\\nRRIN BROWN, a successful and extensive\\nhorticulturist of Sodus Township, Berrien\\nJ^ Count} Mich., is a man of line executive\\nability and business enterprise and ii.is during his\\nentire lifetime been associated with the growth\\nand history of the State. Mr. Brown was born in\\nWayne County, Mich., in September, 1836. His\\nfatlier, Orrin Brown, Sr., was a native of New\\nYork State, wiicre he was united in marriage with\\njMiss Rhoda Weaver and with iier soon after\\nemigrated to the then wilds of Michigan. The\\nj oung couple, making their home in the West in\\ntliat early day, f.iced many privations, but with\\ncheerful industry won their upward way, and had\\napparently a bright future before them when, [irior\\nto the birtli of our subject, his father died. Orrin\\nwas only six months old when the bereaved widow\\nwith her three little sons and father removed, in\\n1837, to Will County, 111. About six months after\\nthe family had located in their new home the\\nyoung mother sickened and died, leaving her or-\\nphaned children to the care of relatives. Norman\\nE.Brown, the eldest of the brothers, is now sur-\\nviving and resides in St. Joseph, Mich.\\nOrrin, reared in Will County-, 111., attended the\\npublic schools and received a good common edu-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0594.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0595.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "Jo^/y^ ^.^.0^/^vUa", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0596.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND IJlOGRArUlCAL RECORD.\\n697\\ncation. As soon as lie w.as old enough ho worked\\nill lilt! cai[)CMilor s trade with his l)roliicis until\\n1863, when lie came to Sodus Townshii) and set-\\ntled in his [iiesent locality. He at once engaged\\nin the luniber trade and milling business, and re-\\nmained in this line of occupation for five years.\\nHe then liought land and went into the culture of\\nfruit and, being [jrospered, has since continued in\\nthe same branch of agriculture. Mr. Brown has\\nforty-live acres in cultivation, four acres in straw-\\nberries and raspberries, and he also raises enough\\ngrain for home consumption. Answering to the\\nfinal call of the Government during the t ivil War,\\nour subject for a time forsook his peaceful occupa-\\ntion and enlisted in the service of his country,\\nentering Company E, Fourteenth Michigan In-\\nfantry, in 18G4, .and remaining in constant mili-\\ntary duty until the close of the war. Mr. Brown\\ntook i)art in the famous march of .Sherman to the\\nsea and was mustered out at New York City, in\\nJune 1865.\\nIn 1858, Orrin ISrown and Frances Hamilton\\nwere united in marriage. Mrs. Brown was the\\ndaughter of Adam and Maggie Hamilton, old-time\\nresidents of Kankakee County, 111. Unto our\\nsulijcct and his estimable wife have been born the\\nfollowing children: Elroy O., the eldest-born, mar-\\nried Miss Lottie E. Dick and is making his home\\nin Cass County, Mich. Rhoda E. is the wife of\\nPerry G. Pugh, and resides in Bainbridge Town-\\nship, Mich. Mr. Brown w.as a second time united\\nin marriage, vvedding Miss F. Maria Butler, a lady\\nof worth and intelligence. Mr. Brown is a prom-\\ninent member and olficer of the Methodist Flpisco-\\npal Church. He is a Class-leader and Trustee and\\nhas been Steward. ^Vith his wife he is active in the\\ngood work of that religious organization and liber-\\nally assists in tlie promotion and extension of its in-\\nlluence. Fraternally, our subject is a member of\\nCieoige H. Thomas Post No. 14, G. A. R., and much\\nenjoys there-unions of the order. Politically, he is\\na stalwart Republican and has always voted that\\nticket. A true and loyal citizen and an excellent\\nfriend and neighbor, he commands the esteem and\\nhigh regard of a wide circle of acquaintances. He\\nhas won his way unaided in life and may with\\npleasure retiect upon an industrious and useful\\n2 J\\ncareer, guided by ]iriiiciple. Left an orphan in\\ninfancy, he attained to a self-respecting and self-\\nreliant manhood and is in the highest sense of the\\nword a representative American citizen.\\n^I i^n^Mcs\\n^OHN W. DEMPSEY, a prominent |)ioneer\\nsettler and successful general farmer and\\nstock-raiser of Berlrand Township, Berrien\\nCount} came with his parents to this State\\nin very early days, and in 1838 settled in the\\nwoods, living in the log cabin built by his father.\\nA sturdy, resolute boy of ten, he soon adapted\\nhimself to the privations and experiences of pio-\\nneer life, and .as he attained to manhood became\\nan important factor in local progress and advance-\\nment.\\nOur subject was born in Allen Township, Alle-\\ngany County, N. Y., July 30, 1827. His father,\\nJohn Denipsey, was also a native of the Empire\\nState, and was born in Schoharie County, July 16,\\n1800, and was reared in his birthplace, and earl}\\ntrained to assist in the duties of his father s farm.\\nHe continued in the pursuit of agriculture all his\\nlife. Married in his early home, he located on a\\nfarm in Allegany County, N. Y., and remained\\nthere a number of years. Finally, following the\\nstream of emigration headed Westward, he, with\\nhis family, journeyed to Berrien County, Mich.,\\nand settled in tlie then wilderness, building the\\nhumble cabin of logs which safely sheltered him-\\nself, wife and children.\\nArriving in the Stale of Michigan in 1838, .John\\nDempscj survived fourteen years, and was an ac-\\ntive participant in the wonderful changes wix)Ught\\nin that time. He passed away in 1852, niourued\\nas a public loss by the community among whom\\nhe was well known and highly regarded. The pa-\\nternal grandfather, Mark Dempsey, born in New\\nYork, was of Scotch-Irish descent. Three broth-\\ners, who emigrated from the Old Country and\\nwere soon separated after reaching the United\\nStates, were the founders of this branch of the\\nDempsey family in .\\\\merica, the original Dcmp-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0597.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "598\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nse^ S having been among the early Colonists. The\\nmother of our subject, Betsey (White) Dempsey,\\nwas born in Sclioharie County, N. Y., July 30,\\n1793. She lived to be sevcnty-tliree years of age,\\nand was of Scotch-Irisli-Ciernian descent. The\\nparents of John W. Dempsey were blessed by the\\nbirth of ten children, throe daughters and seven\\nsons. Tliree sons and two daughters survived to\\nmaturity. The three sons are now living, our\\nsubject being the eldest-ljorii. James E. resides in\\nDayton, Berrien County, Mich.; he lives with a\\nson. Joseph M. is a well-known citizen of Benton\\nHarbor.\\nMr. Dempsey was but ten years of age when,\\nwith liis sisters and brothers, he located in Michi-\\ngan. He hud enjoyed instruction in the schools\\nof his native State, but afterward attended the\\npriuiitive schoolhouse of his home district, walk-\\ning through storms and sunshine, a mile or more\\neach way. He assisted upon the farm until the\\ndeath of his father, and then took full charge of\\nthe work of the homestead, but as others were\\nable to cultivate the familj acres, he found em-\\nployment by the month on adjoining farms, and\\naided his father long before his death with his\\nhard-earned dollars. Money was not plentiful\\nwith the Dempseys then, and year after year the}\\ncontinued to make their home in the log caliin.\\nJuly 1, 1866, John W. Dempse and Libbie 1\\\\.\\nDakin were married. Mrs. Dempsey was a native of\\nIngham Township, Ingham Count}-, Mich., and was\\nborn in 18-18. Her father, John Dakin, was born\\nin the State of New York, and found his wa} to\\nMichigan in an early day. Her mother, Amar^ilis\\n(Southwortli) Dakin, was, like her husband, a na-\\ntive of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Dakin were the\\nparents of nine children, four daughters and five\\nsons, Mrs. Dempsey being the eighth child. She\\nwas educated in the State of her nativity.\\nOur subject located where he now resides, upon\\nsection 3, immediately following his wedding, and\\nthere, upon the old home farm endeared by many\\nmemories, Mr. Dempsey and his estimable wife\\nhave reared their family of two sons and two\\ndaughters. Charles H. makes his home in the\\nState of Washington; Nora is the wife of Arthur\\njMiles, of South Dakota; and Zclma and John Will-\\niam are at home with their parents. The farm of\\none hundred and sixteen acres is nearly all under\\nproductive and profitable cultivation, and is de-\\nvoted to general farming and stock-raising.\\nMr. Dempsey and his family are members and\\nattendants of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church in\\nBuchanan Township, and are active in tlie good\\nwork and social entcri)rises of that denomination.\\nMr. Dempsey attiliates with the Ancient Eree\\nAccepted Masons, and is a member of the lodge\\nat Buchanan. He also belongs to the Eastern Star,\\nand his daughter and wife are members of the\\nsame order. Politically, our subject is a Demo-\\ncrat, and is interested in local .ind national affairs.\\nBy his own efforts he has overcome the ditHculties\\nof early days, and now, tinancially prospered, may\\nenjoy the success he has so worlhil\\\\- won by per-\\nsistent and intelligent industry.\\nE. IRELAND. The occu|iali(in which\\nthis gentleman now follows has received\\nhis attention for man} years, and it is\\nbut the truth to sa} that in it he is\\nthoroughly posted and well informed, and his\\nlabors in this direction have contributed very ma-\\nterially to the leputation Cass County enjoys as a\\nrich farming region. In connection with this, he\\nhas also been engaged in other occupations, but\\nno matter what he has attempted, success has in-\\nvariably followed. Like many of the most suc-\\ncessful farmers of this Icwalit} he is a native of\\nthe State, and was born in Berrien Count}- in 184G,\\nthe son of Silas and Matilda (Michaels) Ireland.\\nStephen Ireland, grandfather of our subject,\\nwas the son of John Ireland, who was probably a\\nnative of Mar\\\\ land, and whose ancestors emi-\\ngrated from Scotland at a period antedating the\\nRevolutionaiy War. These ancestors settled in\\nMaryland, and tliere Stephen first saw the light\\nof day. He probably grew to manhood in that\\nState, and became a farmer by occupation, but in\\nconnection was also engaged as a drover. When\\nhe had attained his majority he went to (Jhio with", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0598.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) r.i;;( .KArin{ Ai hixord.\\n599\\nhis parents, and settled in Ross County, where he\\noil ti icd lovi iniiR iit land. I lioy cut llif road to\\ntheir fariii.s and jjuilt a lo i caliin near a large\\nspring, whore they had an abundance of clear, cold\\nwater. lie married in (_)liio, and ten children\\nwore the fruits of this union, the father of our\\nsubject being the eldest in order of birth. In pol-\\nitics, Mr. Ireland was probalily a Democrat.\\nSilas Ireland, son of the above, was born in Ross\\nt oiinty, Uhio, in 1818, and there his boyhood and\\nyouth were passed. The principal part of his ed-\\nucation was received by observation and self-\\nstutly, for schools at that time were few and far\\nbetween. He made surve^ ing a special stud} and\\nbecame quite proficient in that, lip to the age of\\ntwenty-one he remained with his parents, and at\\nthat age his father gave him a hcnse and saddle\\nand ijilOO in money. Aliout 1832 he made his\\nway to Michigan, and settled iu Ikrrien County,\\nwhere he purchased eighty acres of land of Elias\\n.lewell, paying *20() for the same. In order to\\nmake pa3 ments on the place, he grubbed at fifty\\ncents per day.\\nThat county was the scene of his union with\\nMiss Matilda Michaels, their nuptials being cele-\\nbrated in the year 1833. She was the daughter\\nof Adam and INIary Micliacls. Immediately after\\nhis marriage, Mv. Ireland turned Ins attention\\nstrictly to his farm, and cleared it of the heavy\\ntimber with which it was covered. To the original\\ntract he li.as added forty .acres, and since then he\\nhas been a dealer in real estate in Berrien and\\nCass Counties, and in Iowa and Missouri, owning\\nat one time over eighteen hundred acres. Me was\\nalso engaged in the milling and lumber business\\nto soil e extent, and had a controlling interest in\\nthe Benton Harbor I low Company-, which lost\\nheavily by fire.\\nHis marriage resulted in the birth of twelve\\nchildren. E. M. married Miss McOill; A. F. is\\nour suTiject; Almeda died at the age of seven-\\nteen; Carrie is deceased; Alice, deceased, was the\\nwife of Zeph bhalTer; Charles married Miss Nancy\\nKile; Libbie married L. II. I erry; Frank married\\nMiss Maggie Flewellen; Milo is next in order;\\nIlattie w.as inairied to E.S.Cameron; Roscoe died\\nftt the age of nineteen; and George is next. In\\npolitics, the father was a Democrat. He is a\\nprominent man in his county, and was sent to the\\nState Legislature in the year 1876. lie has held\\nthe oflice of County Surve^ or of Berrien County\\nfor many ^ears, as well as other positions of\\nnote. A director in the Citizens Bank of Niles,\\nand a stockholder in the Bank of Dowagiac, he is\\nwell and favorably known throughout the county.\\nHe makes his home on the farm he first bought f)n\\ncoming to this State.\\nUntil twenty-one years of age our subject re-\\nmained under the parental roof, and received his\\neducation in the district schools and in the\\nschools at Niles and Dowagiac. Upon attaining\\nhis majority he went to ^Missouri, and was en-\\ngaged in selling wagons for a ^ear. After this he\\ncame North again, and later went to Wisconsin,\\nwhere he worked at the car|)enter trade, having\\nlearned the latter in his native State. A year\\nlater he went to Minneapolis, Minn., and has made\\nhis home there the greater part of the time since,\\nfollowing his trade for the most par,t. He worked\\ntwo seasons on the depot building for the Great\\nNorthern Railroad, and then, in 1884, came to\\nCass County, where he remained four 3 ears. Re-\\nturning to Minneapolis, he remained there three\\nyears, since which time he has been a resident of\\nthis county. He is engaged in farming, and has\\na fine place on section 22, Silver Creek Township.\\nHe was married in Berrien County to Miss Louisa\\nAbell, daughter of Ezra and Charlotte (Bortle)\\nAbell. Three children have blessed tiiis union:\\nMax, Birdie and Zoe. Socially, Mr. Ireland is a\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity, and politically\\nhe is a stanch Republican.\\nH/ ENRY AUGUST WILLIAM IIELMHOLZ\\nis one of the very earliest settlers of the\\nvill.age of Three Oaks, having come hither\\nat a period so early in the history of the\\nplace that there were but sixteen families located\\nhere. Many 3 ears have come and gone since then\\nthere have been remarkable changes and wonder-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0599.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "600\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfill iniprdvcinL iits, and the village is now otic of\\nthe most thriving in southvvestein JMitliigan.\\nThese hippy results have l)een secured tiirough\\nthe exertions of a number of public-spirited men,\\nof whom Mr. Ilclmholz is one. His is one of the\\nfamiliar faces of Three Oaks, and in liis little sliop\\nhe has industriously worked at his trade as a shoe-\\nmakir for thirty-tlve years.\\nA native of Hanover, German^ the subject of\\nthis sketeii was born on tiie 9tii of June, 1832.\\nHis parents, Henry and Louisa Helmholz, were na-\\ntives of German_y, and died, t!ie former when our\\nsubject was quite young, and the latter in 1883.\\nThey were the parents of a large family of\\nchildren, four of whom survive, namely: Charles,\\nwho makes his home in Hamburg, Germany; Char-\\nlotte, a resident of Lunel)urg, Germany; AVilliam,\\nof Cincinnati; and Henry A. W., of this sketch.\\nThe father followed his trade of a cooper, and was\\nan industrious, honorable man, whoso early death\\nwas deeply luouiued.\\nIn the schools of Dahlenburg, Hanover, Ger-\\nmany, the subject of this sketch received an excel-\\nlent education, litting him for life s active duties.\\nHe served an aiiprenticeship of four years at the\\nshoemaker s trade, after which he worked as a\\njour for six 3ears, traveling from place to place\\nand engaging in mending shoes. On the 16tli of\\nNovember, 1857, he left his native land and took\\npassage on a vessel bound for America. Arriving\\nin this countr} he proceeded directly to Chicago.\\nThence lie went to Michigan Cit_v, Ind., and from\\nthat place, after a sojourn of two months, he came\\nto Three Oaks, and for two years traveled through\\nthe surrounding country, following his trade. In\\n1858 he opened a shop, where he has since engaged\\nin business.\\nOn the 12tli of -January, 1862, Mr. Helmholz\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Frederica,\\ndaughter of Tobias Henzler. Mrs. Helmholz was\\nborn in Wittenberg, Germany, and emigrated to\\nthe United States about 1852. She became the\\nmother of six children, of whom five are now\\nliving, viz.: Lottie, who is the wife of Mathew\\nMauser, a farmer residing in Three Oaks; Lena,\\nthe wife of AVilliam Waltz, a harness-maker resid-\\ning in Three Oaks; Amelia, a clerk in the post-of-\\nfice at Tliree Oaks; William, a book-keeper, who\\nresides with his parents; and Charles, a clerk in\\nthe store of .Jaines L. McKee.\\nEver since l)econiing a citizen of the United\\nStates, Mr. Ilclmholz has cast his ballot in favor of\\nthe candidates and princi| les of the Uepublican\\nparty. He is identified with the German Work-\\ningmen s Society. Himself and wife, with all\\ntheir children, are active members of the German\\nLutheran Church, toward the suiiport of which\\nthey contribute regularly and generously. At\\nthe time of emigrating to this country, Mr.\\nHelmholz was very poor, with scarcely any of this\\nworld s goods to call his own, and all that he now\\nhas he acquired through industry and economy.\\nfarmer\\nresiding on section 30, La Grange Town-\\n\\\\\\\\l ship, Cass County, was born in Cassopolis,\\ntliis county, in 1840, and is the son of\\nWilliam G. and Harriet A. (Sifert) Wiley. The\\npaternal graiuUather of our subject, .lolin P.. Wiley,\\nwas horn in the North of Ireland, and at the age\\nof eighteen ran awa} from home, in coiuiuiny with\\nhis brother Robert. Emigrating to America, he\\nlocated in New York City, and for a short time\\nfollowed a seafaring life. In New York he mar-\\nried Miss Hannah Prior, who was born in thatcit}-\\nand was of Dutch descent.\\nSoon after his marriage Grandfather Wiley re-\\nmoved to New Jersey, and from there i)roceedcd\\nto Erie, Pa., where he followed the trade of a\\ncooper. Subsequently he removed to Ohio, and\\nfrom that State came to ^Michigan, settling in\\nCassopolis about 1835. Here he followed his trade\\nuntil his death. Politically, he was a Democrat,\\nfirm in his adherence to the party of his choice.\\nHe served in the War of 1812, and participated in\\nthe capture of Black Kock. His family included\\nthe following-named children: James, Robert,\\nWilliam (father of our suliject), Joanna M., Char-\\nlotte, HaiiiKih and Sarah. His wife, and the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0600.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "POfiTRAlT AND BlOGIiAl HICAL RECORD.\\nGOl\\nmotlier of these cliildi cii, survived for many j ears,\\npassing away at tlie advanced age of eighty-four.\\nWilliam (i. Wiley was l)oin in New York City,\\nin ISIG.and hecanie self-supiioiting; upon reaching\\nhis majority. He learned the cooper s trade, which\\nhe followed prior to his removal to Michigan. He\\nmarried, in Cass County, Harriet A., dijughter of\\nLemuel and Elizabeth (Gambol) Sifert, the father\\nborn in 1711 1. The maternal grandfather, Peter\\nSifert, was born in Ireland, in 1758, and emigrated\\nto America when a young man, participating in\\nthe Revolutionary War. After his marriage, Mr.\\nWiley, Sr., followed his trade a number of years\\nin Wayne Township, and in 18o4 came to the\\nfarm now owned by our subject. Here he purchased\\ntwo hundred acres, and upon the home there\\nestablished remained until his demise, at the age\\nof forty-nine, in 1 8(i. His wife is still living, and\\nh.as reached the advanced .age of seventy years.\\nThey were both devoted members of the Christian\\nChurch, and were held in high regai d by all who\\nknew them. Politicallj-, he was a Democrat, and\\nin his social connections was identified with the\\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows at C.assopolis,\\nand the Masonic fraternity at the same place. A\\nman of prominence in the community, he was often\\ncalled to pusitious of trust, and occu|)ied a num-\\nber of local township otlices.\\nIn the parental family theie wore five children,\\none of whom died m childhood. The others are:\\nRobert H., of this sketch; Emily, the wife of Will-\\niam II. Ilain; iMary E.,IMrs. Marcus I). Mealov; and\\n.Iohn,wlio rcsidesin Wexford County. IMicli. Mary\\nis deceased. The subject of this sketch reiiiniupd\\nat home until he was twenty-two year old, mean-\\nwhile receiving a common-school education in the\\nhome neighboi hin)d and at Nilo. For a time he\\nfollowed farming pursuits on a [)ortion of his\\nfather s farm, but in l,s(!l went tf) California, where\\nfor eighteen niontlis lie was vaiiousl\\\\ occupied.\\nI pon the death f)f his fatliei, he retuincd lionie to\\n.assume the management of the estate.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Wiley took i)lace in 1S(;7,\\nand united him with r iua C. daughter of Hrigg\\nW. and Paulina (Norton) Hill. Mrs. Wiley was\\nbom ill Detroit. Mich., in ISM. and by her mar-\\nriage lias had tliiee eliildien, two of whom died in\\ninfancy. The only surviving child is llattie.\\nWhile a Democrat in his political opinions, Mr.\\nWiley is very liberal in his views. For eleven\\nyears he served as Supervisor of his township, and\\nhe has occupied other responsible positions. He is\\na man who maintains a deep interest in all matters\\nof public interest and importance, and as a citizen\\nis public-spirited and enteri)rising. As the result\\nof Ids energy and perseverance, he has increased\\nthe value of his father s estate, and is now the\\nowner of two hundred and forty .acres of laud, of\\nwhich one hundred and sixty are tillable. His\\nfarm is one of the best in the township, and con-\\ntains all the improvements to be found upon a\\nfirst-class place.\\ny(;ILLlAM HASLETT, deceased, who was\\nfor over two-score years a prosperous\\nrepresentative general agriculturist and\\nsuccessful stock-raiser of Bertrand Township,\\nBerrien C()unt3-, Mich., during his long career of\\nusefulness held many important positions of trust,\\nand was mourned as a public loss when, June 1 1,\\n1889, he passed to his rest. For ears he had served\\nacceptably .as Supervisor of the township, and as\\nSecretary of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Com-\\npany discharged his duties with fidelity, and estab-\\nlished a large ae(piaintancc throughout the county.\\nHonored for his sterling integrity of character, his\\nmemory will long be preserved in the hearts of\\nmany old friends tried and true. Our subject was\\nborn in Columbia County, Pa., March 22, 1820.\\nHis father, .John llaslett, was of English descent, as\\nwas likewise the mother, Lctilia Duiilap, and both\\nthe parents were Penn.sylvanians by birth. Mr.\\nHaslett went to Indiana with his parent. in 1837,\\naiid was among the pioneers of St. .losepli County.\\nHe gained his education in his native State, and\\nso m after arriving in his new home began life for\\nhimself, lie was married in Si. .losepli County,\\nJuly 21,1817, to Miss Maiy E. Best, and in tlie\\nfollowing November located on the farm where\\nMrs. Haslett now resides.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0601.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "602\\nPORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMr. Haslett was in political affiliation a Demo-\\ncrat and was elected b_\\\\ that party to the office of\\nSapervisor, which twe held with marked ctficieney\\nso many terms. He was a prominent member of\\nthe lodge of Ancient Free Jr Accepted Masons in\\nBuchanan Township. Our subject was interred by\\nthe Masons at the Howe Cemetery, a large circle of\\nacquaintances following his remains to their last\\nresting-place. A kind friend and public-spirited\\ncitizen, his helping hand was ever extended to\\nassist others in their hour of need. Mrs. Mary\\nEllen (Best) Haslett was bom In AVhite Deer\\nTownship. Union County. Pa.. September S. 1828.\\nHer father. William Best, was a native of New\\nJersey, and was born in Sussex County, in March\\n1800. Immediately after his marriage he removed\\nwith his wife to Union County, Pa., and several\\nyears later emigrated to Indiana, settling in St.\\nJoseph County in 1S41 He loc-aled near Granger,\\nInd., on a farm, and died there October 12, 1844.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Haslett, Rachel McAfee, was\\nborn in the Quaker State August 22, 180.5. and\\ndied in Pennsylvania in early womanhood. Feb-\\nrnary 3. 1831. The maternal grandfather, .James\\nMcAfee, was of Irish descent, and is supposed to\\nhave been bom in the Old Country. The father\\nand mother of Mrs. Haslett were the parents of\\nthree children, two daughters and one son. The\\nfather, twice married, had b_v his second wife two\\ndaughters and two sons. Mrs. Haslett, who was\\nthe eldest child, is now the only survivor of the\\nsons and daughters who gathered in the home of\\nher father. She removed with her father and\\nstep-mother to Indiana in 1841. and there com-\\npleted her education.\\nOur subject and his estimable widow were\\nblessed by the birth of seven sons, two of whom\\ndied in infancy. The five surviving are manly and\\nintelligent young men, worthily performing their\\nallotted duties in life, and occupy social and busi-\\nness positions of usefulness. James D. is a resi-\\ndent of Chikaming Township. Berrien County.\\nMich. Robert N. assists his mother in the man-\\nagement of the productive home farm. John A.\\nalso assists at home. William B. makes his home\\nin Bertrand Township on a farm of his own.\\nCharles L. lives in Chesterton. Porter Countv.Ind.\\nAndrew D. died when six months old. An infant\\ndied unnamed: those deceased were the second and\\nthird sons. The children were all born on the old\\nhomestead, which contains two hundred and two\\nfinely cultivated acres, forty acres situated in\\nChikaming Township. Mrs. Haslett is a member\\nof the Eastern Star. A woman of resolution and\\nexcellent judgment, she conducts her various busi-\\nness interests with ability, and i? highly regarded\\nbv her many friends and numerous acquaintant es\\nof the eountv of Berrien.\\nBRA3I YATES. For more than thirty\\nyears this gentleman has conducted agri-\\ncultural pursuits upon his farm in Berrien\\nCounty, and has a host of warm personal\\nfriends among the people of his community. His\\nfarm consists of three hundred and ten acres and\\nis pleasantly located on sections 1. 2. 11 and 12\\nWatervliet Township. At the time of locating\\nhere, in 1859, he purchased only seventy acres,\\nbut as time passed by and as his exertions were re-\\nwarded with success, he was enabled to add to his\\nlanded possessions until they aggregate the amount\\nabove named. He has cleared and cultivated\\nabout seventy acres of tlie property, and has erected\\na number of first-class farm buildings, adapted to\\ntheir various purposes and considerably enhancing\\nthe value of the plac-e.\\nThe son of Abram and Elizabeth (Devoe) Yates,\\nthe subject of this notice was born in the village\\nof Schaghticoke. Rensselaer County. N. Y., October\\n3, 1825. He traces his ancestry to Holland, whence\\nmembers of the family emigrated to the United\\nStates in an early day. Great-grandfather Peter\\nYates was a Colonel in the Revolutionary AVar and\\nafterward settled where the grandfather, father of\\nour subject and our subject himself were all born.\\nJacob Yates was born in Rensselaer County. N. Y..\\nand married there, becoming the father of six chil-\\ndren: Peter. Cornelius, Christopher, Abram, Maria\\nand arah.\\nThe father of our subject spent his entire life", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0602.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPIIK AL RF.rORD.\\nnn:i\\nupon the farm wlicre \\\\\\\\v \u00c2\u00ab:i.s horn. He died in\\n1837. at tlie c-arly as^e of tliirty-ninc, leaving his\\nwidow and eight children: .Maria; John; Jacob,\\ndeceased: William, who died in Montcalm Count}-,\\nMidi.: Abram; Heiirv. of Rt)chesler, N. Y.; xVu-\\ngustus. who also resides in Rochester; and Charles.\\nOur subject s mother was a second time married,\\nbecoming the wife of Christopher Yates, and they\\nbecame the parents of one daughter. Sarah, a resi-\\ndent of New Jei-sey.\\nAfter coni[ leting his schooling, at the age of fif-\\nteen our subject began to make his own way in\\nthe world, and for ten yeai-s worked in the employ\\nof others. Later he resided for five years in Mon-\\nroe County. N. Y. In A|)ril. 18.j4. he c^ame to\\nMichigan and located near Hartford, where he\\npurclisised eighty .acres, and resided there a number\\nof years, engaging in it\u00c2\u00ab improvement and culti-\\nvation. As above stated, he came to his present\\nfarm in lt .5 and has since made his home here.\\nHe h.as .accumulated a large amount of this world s\\ngoods through his industrious efforts and excel-\\nlent management, and is entitled to a foremost po-\\nsition among the agriculturists of the county. In\\nformer yeai-s he affiliated with the Whigs, and now\\ngives his sui)|)ort to the Democratic party. .So-\\ncially, he takes considerable interest in the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity, of which he is an active member.\\nThe lady who became the wifeof our subject on\\nthe ItUh of Februarv. I.s.j4. bore the m.aiden\\nname of Kliza M. AVooden. and was born in Chili,\\nMonrw County, X. Y., on Christmas Day, 1834.\\nHer father, .lames Wooden, was born in Geneva\\nCounty. N. Y..in December, 1801: and her mother.\\nSophia (Heaman) Wooden, w.os born in Windsor\\nCounty, Vt., being the daughter of Joshua Bcaman,\\na native of .Massachusetts, who ditd in Franklin\\nCounty. N. Y. James Wooden engaged in agri-\\ncultural pursuits in Monroe County. X. Y.. where\\nhis death ccurred on the 12lh of Xovemlier, 1890.\\nHe was twice married, his first union being with\\nEliEa Oates. Of his second marri.age ten children,\\neight living, were lK rn: Kliza. Julia. Emily. Lod-\\nawick. .Matilda, I^aura. Charles and Lorett^j. The\\nmother of these children died March 29, 1880.\\nThe paternal grandfather of Mi-s. Yates was\\nA\\\\ illiam Wixidon. who was horn in Nowlniri;. X.Y..\\nApril 1. 17^0. ill;; wile. Narah Widncr. :il the age\\nof sixteen came to Senaca. Ontario County, X. Y.\\nThey settled in Chili, X. Y., where Grandfather\\nWooden passed aw.ay. They were the parents of\\nfour sons and nine daughters. The paternal great-\\ngrandfather, James Wooden, w.as a native of Eng-\\nland and the first representative of the family in\\nthe United States. One of Mrs. Yates brothers,\\nFernando C. Wooden, enlisted in the I nion army,\\nbecoming a member of Company B. Thirty-fifth\\nIowa Infantry, and died at Cairo, III., while in\\nactive service. Lodawick. another brother, enlisted\\nfrom Rochester, X. Y. He was a sharpshooter and\\nlost his legs in the service. Unto Mr. and Mrs.\\nYates were born five children, of whom three are\\nliving: Edson A.. Charles D. and Edith M. The\\nothei-s died in infancy.\\nilLLIAM COXLEY. Ohio has contributed\\nf to Michigan many estimable citizens, but\\nshe h.as contributed none more worthy of\\nrespect and esteem than William Conley, who is\\nclassed among the prominent and wealtiiy agri-\\nculturists of Cass County. lie w.as Ixirn in Stark\\nCounty, Ohio, in the part that is now Summit\\nCounty, March 3. 1822. and w.as next to the eld-\\nest of a fauiily of nine children, four sons and\\nfive daughters, born to William and Elizabeth\\n(Williams) Conley.\\nWilliam Conley, Sr., was a native of the Old\\nDominion, born near H.agerstown, and w.as the son\\nof Eli Conley. who was born in London. England,\\nbut who came to America when quite young. The\\nlatter settled in Virginia and followed the occupa-\\ntion of a farmer up to the time of his death. He\\nw.as a man of moderate means. AVilliam Con-\\nley, .Sr.. was a shoemaker by trade in early life,\\nand was a soldier in the War of 1812. After\\nmoving to Stark County, Ohio, he entered a small\\ntract of land, on which he lived until liis death in\\nIH M). His wife was a native of the Keystone\\nSt-ite ninl was the daughter r (Jeorire Williams,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0603.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "604\\nPOxtTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwho was a Pen-nsylvania Dutchman. Early in life,\\nMrs. Conley was taken by her jiarents to Stark\\nCounty, Ohio, and there her father took \\\\ip land\\nfrom the Government. There both her parents\\npassed the remainder of their days.\\nThe mother of our subject died in Elkhart\\nCounty, Ind., in the yeat 1887. She had re-\\nmoved there in the year 1850 to live with one of\\nher sons. Of her ciiildrcn, James died wlien small;\\nDelila married D. H. Norton, a prominent phy-\\nsician of South Bend, Ind., and died there in\\nMarch, 1891, leaving two children, a boy and a\\ngirl; George is a farmer in p]lkhart County, Ind.;\\nEliza Jane married Samuel Williams, a farmer, and\\nthey went to Illinois, where she now resides, her\\nhusband having died there; Eli resides in F^lkhart,\\nInd., and has made a fortune in the real-estate\\nbusiness; Caroline married Fred Shaffer, who re-\\nsides at Elkhart, and who has been in the employ\\nof the railroad company for thirty years; Jeremiah\\nmarried Anna Miller, and died at Elkhart about\\n1873, leaving two children, a boy and a girl.\\nOwing to the death of his father when our sub-\\nject was but fourteen years of age, the latter re-\\nceived very little schooling, for the support of the\\nfamil3 fell upon his shoulders. Even at that early\\nage he showed much good sense and judgment in\\nhis manner of doing vvork, and has ever been con-\\nsidered a man of more than ordinaiy abilit}-. He\\ntook up his father s trade, that of shoemaker, and\\nfor years afterwards he contributed out of his\\nsmall earnings to the support of the family.\\nIn 1844, he married Miss Caroline Menser, who\\nwas born in Lancaster Count} Pa., August 9,\\n1821, and is the daughter of Conrad Menser. The\\nlatter was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and\\nearly in life emigrated to Stark County-, Ohio,\\nwhere he became a prominent farmer, accumulat-\\ning quite a fortune. He died there in 1883. Mrs.\\nConley received a fair education in the German\\nlanguage, and from her Mr. Conley learned to\\nread, write and speak that language. He contin-\\nued to work at the shoemaker s trade for eleven\\nyears, after which he was engaged in other busi-\\nness enterprises for some time. In 1856, he went\\nto Indiana, and with ^450 which he had managed\\nto save from the time of his father s death, he\\nbought a team and other necessary things, and\\nwent to work on forty acres of land that he had\\ngone in debt for.\\nThis proved to be the turning-point in his life,\\nfor he soon paid for his land, sold it later at a\\ngood price, and in 1865 came to Cass County,\\nMich., where he bought one hundred and sixty\\nacres of land in Mason Township. He ran in debt\\nfor this farm, but later paid this off, erected good\\nbuildings on it, and made manj other improve-\\nments. Since then he has purchased two other\\nfarms, paid for them, and is now considered one\\nof the wealthiest farmers in Mason Township.\\nThe greater part of his property is the result of\\ngreat industry and perseverance on his part, and\\nhe has every reason to be proud of his success.\\nNine children have been the result of the mar-\\nriage of our subject, two of whom died 3 oung.\\nSusan married Isaac Moser, one of the wealthy\\nmen of Mason Township; William H. is a resident\\nof Benton Harlior, Mich.; Uriace resides on one of\\nhis father s farms; Rohan na married Peter Hunt,\\na farmer of Adams County, Neb.; Eliza Jane mar-\\nried A. P. Boyer, a prominent inventor; Fiances\\nresides with her parents; and Elizabeth married\\nFrank Butler, and resides on one of Mr. Conley s\\nfarms. In politics, Mr. Conley has ever been a\\nstanch Republican, but came from an old-line Dem-\\nocratic family. In fact, he is the only Republican\\nin the family. He has never as|)ired to otlice and\\nhas never accepted one.\\n3^^\\n1 OBERT SPINK, proprietor of one of thi;\\npopular summer resorts of Berrien County\\n[i and owner of a line fruit farm on section\\n^S) 25, St. Joseph Township, was born in Jef-\\nferson County, N. Y., February 2, 1832. His fa-\\nther, Samuel Spink, was born in Jefferson County,\\nand there was united in marriage with Miss Ada\\nConsaul, whose father was a hero of the Revolu-\\ntionary War, and lost a limb in that memor-\\nable struggle, being afterward a pensioner of the\\nGovernment. In 1844 the parents of our subject", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0604.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "-0\\nz\\nCD\\ncz\\nn\\no-.\\no\\no\\nCD\\nrn\\nH\\n\u00c2\u00ab?_\\n-D\\n;d\\no\\n-u\\nn\\nCO\\no\\nC/l\\nm\\nI\\nO\\nCDp*\\nZW\\n3\\nf vM", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0605.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0606.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "rORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n007\\nrcmovoci Westwunl to Ohio, loofttinn; in Lucas\\nCounty, unci after a residence of two years there\\ncame to Michigan, in 184G.\\nPurchasing land in Kainhridge Township, Ber-\\nrien County, the senior Mr. Spink devoted his at-\\ntention to clearing llie place and developing a\\nfertile farm. After havinir resided tliere for tliree\\nyears, he sukl tlie proiierty and [)ureiiased tliefarm\\nin St. Joseph Township wliich is the present home\\nof our subject. At llic time of its purchase tlic\\nfarm contained few improvements, and Mv. Spink\\ndevoted liis attention unwcariedly and closelj to\\nits cultivation until his death. He and his wife\\nwere the parents of seven children, all of whom\\ngrew to manhood and womanhood. The surviv-\\nors at the present time (IHil. i) are: Elijah, a vet-\\neran of the Civil War and a resident of Benton\\nTownship; .Tolin, who also makes his home in\\nBenton Township; and Robert, of this sketch.\\nTiie father was a devout member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church and a man of indomitable en-\\nergy and force of character.\\nAt the age of fourteen years, Robert accom-\\npanied his parents to Michigan, but remained here\\nonly three years, when, his youthful ardor being\\ninllamed by stories of the wonderful discovery of\\ngold in the far West, he made the overland trip\\nacross the country with an ox-team, and in 1849\\nreached his destination, the Golden State. He re-\\nmained on tlie Pacilic Coast for nine years and\\ntwo months, meantime engaging in mining, team-\\ning and the mercantile business with varying suc-\\ncess. Upon his return to Berrien County he pur-\\nchased a portion of the old homestead in St. .loseph\\nTownship, and here he has made his home ever\\nsince.\\nIn 18()1 occurred the marriage of Robert Spink\\nto Miss Miranda, daughter of Elnathan Phelps, a\\nnative of Canada. Mr. Phelps was a fine mill-\\nwright and mechanic. He resided in Chicago\\nthirteen 3 ears, and while there placed the ma-\\ncliineiy in a number of tlie best Houring-mills.\\nMr. Spink and his estimable wife have had a fam-\\nily of si.\\\\ children, of whom four are now living,\\nnamely: Netta, the wife of Patrick McGill, and a-\\nresident of Florida; Edna, who married Rufus\\nLass, a printer residing in Chicago; Ilattie and\\nFlora, who reside with their parents. The other\\nchildren died in infancy. In his jjolitical belief,\\nMr. Spink is a Democrat, and he li.as served as\\nHighway Commissioner of .St. Jose|)h Townshij).\\nOn section 25, Mr. Spink is the owner of sixty-\\neight acres, including Spink s Island, and of that\\ntract thirty-one acres are set out in fruit, a spec-\\nialty being made of ])lums and peaches. The fam-\\nily residence is an attractive abode, occupying a\\nfine location on Spring Bluff Avenue and fitted\\nup as a summer resort. Here may be louiid all\\nthe modern conveniences and everything that\\nwill enhance the happiness of those who, unable\\nto endure the heat of the cities, seek this cool and\\nlovely retreat near the lake shore. Tin; residence\\nis a commodious one, having accommodations for\\neighty guests at one time. Near the house fine\\nbathing-places have been fitted up, and boats are\\nkept on the river for the convenience of the visi-\\ntors, while the toboggan slide furnishes amuse-\\nment for both old and young.\\nJI IfelLLIAM H. MILLER, a practical agricul-\\n\\\\/iJ// extensive stock-raiser and promi-\\nnent citizen of Berrien County, Mich., is\\npleasantly located upon an extensive and valu-\\nable homestead, a part of section 29, Berrien\\nTownship. Born in Preble County, Ohio, No-\\nvember 21, 1837, our subject was the son of Henry\\nand Nancy (Simpson) Miller. The father, like his\\nson, was a native of Ohio, but the grandfather,\\nDavid Miller, was born in Kentuck3 and was a\\nsoldier in the Revolutionary AVar. The mother, a\\nnative of Maryland, was the daughter of Walter\\nSimpson. Married in Montgomery County, Ohio,\\nthe parents subsequently removed to Preble Coun-\\nty, where the father died in 1849; the mother, sur-\\nviving her husband s death thirty-nine years,\\np.assed away in 1888. Eight children blessed the\\nold Ohio home, four of whom are yet living. Eli-\\nzabeth Lybrook resides in Cass County*, Mich.; E.\\nD. lives in Chicago; James M. is a citizen of Law-\\nrence. Kan.; and our subject. William H., com-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0607.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "608\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npletes the list. The parents were members of the\\nUnited Bretliren Church, and the father was es-\\npecially active in religious work. Politically,\\nHenry Miller was an old-line Whig. Until he was\\neleven years of age, our subject remained in Win-\\nchester. Ohio, where he attended the district\\nschool, receiving primary instruction.\\nIn 1849, William H., with his mother and fam-\\nily, removed to Michigan and settled upon a par-\\ntially improved farm, where our subject worked\\nsteadily until the breaking out of the Civil War.\\nIn the fall of 1861, Mr. Miller enlisted in Com-\\npany I, Twelfth Michigan Infantry, and at the or-\\nganization of the company was elected Sergeant.\\nImmediately forwarded to the front, the regiment\\nparticipated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing\\nand was under Gen. Prentiss in both days at .Shi-\\nloh. Although so many of the troops and Gen.\\nPrentiss were captured, our subject was among\\nthe fortunate few who escaped, and the next morn-\\ning, when the troops were re-organized, he re-\\nmained there on duty under Gen. Logan. During\\nthe months of .June and July, he took an active\\npart in the battles at .Jackson, Tenn., and in Au-\\ngust was at the engagement in Bolivar, Tenn.\\nUpon September 2, Mr. Miller served on picket\\nduty near the battlefield of luka, and upon Oc-\\ntober 5 was present at the battle of Metaniora. In\\nihe mean time our subject was promoted to tlie po-\\nsition of Orderly-Sergeant. Ma} 31, 1863, he was\\namong others detailed to guard the Mississippi\\nCentral Railroad from Hickory Valley to near\\nBolivar, the command afterward engaging in the\\nbattle of Middleburg, Tenn., with Van Dorm s\\nrebel cavalry. Mr. Miller was later with (irant\\nat Vicksburg, where the forces opposed Gen. .Joe\\nJohnston, and was in the fight at Helena, and\\nassisted in the capture of Little Rock, Ark. Con-\\nstantly surrounded b} danger, he escaped as if b}\\na miracle both wounds and capture.\\nDuring the winter of 1863-64, our subject re-\\nenlisted as a veteran at little Rock, Ark., and Jan-\\nuary 14 left home on a thirty-days furlough.\\nFebruary 20, returning to the front, he took\\npart under Gen. Steele in the battle of Pine Bluff,\\nand with the command w.as on his way to the re-\\nlief of Gen. Banks at Red River, but the troops\\nwere ordered back. March 23, 1864, Mr. Miller\\nwas promoted to be First Lieutenant of Company\\nI. September 4, he accompanied the raid up the\\nWhite River and participated in the fight of Greg-\\nory s Landing, and also took part in the battle\\nof McDowell s Bluff, and upon August 26 was in\\na fight at Clarendon. He was in command of his\\ncamp at Buttermilk Station, guarding the railroad,\\nand constantly engaged in skirraislies and sorties\\nuntil May, 1865, wlien he resigned and was mus-\\ntered out after an active service of three years\\nand seven months. After receiving his commis-\\nsion, our subject, being in command of the camp,\\nwas constantly on duty, and, .asliefore stated, was\\nnever wounded or captured, but his cartridge\\nbox was once struck with grape sliot. After his\\nmilitary service ended, Mr. Miller returned to the\\nfarm.\\nUpon June 25, 1865, William H. Miller and\\nMiss Eva Johnson were united in marriage and\\nreceived the hearty best wishes of many friends.\\nMrs. Miller is the daughter of John Johnson, Sr.,\\nof Berrien Township, and, born October 21, 1840,\\nwithin the limits of the township, she has spent\\nher entire life in the near locality of her present\\nhome, where she enjoys the esteem of a host of\\nfriends. Our subject and his wife were the par-\\nents of two cliildren. Josephine, married to K(nal\\nMorris, resides in Niles Township, and has one\\nchild, a daughter, Eva; Fred died in infancy. .Mr.\\nand Mrs. Miller occupy the old homestead of oiu\\nhundred and twelve acres, of which one bundled\\nand five are highly cultivated .and improved wlili\\nan attractive residence and commodious barns.\\nMr. Miller devotes himself exclusively and profit-\\nably to mixed farming, raising grain and live\\nstock, and for the past number of years breeding\\nShropshire sheep of a high grade. In religious af-\\nfiliation, our subject is a member and Class-leader\\nof the United Brethren Church. He takes an\\nactive interest in educational advancement and\\nhas been a School Director of this district and a\\nschool officer for many .years. His daughter re-\\nceived excellent advantages for instruction and is\\nqualified to teach. PVaternally, Mr. Miller is con-\\nnected with the Ancient Order of United Work-\\nmen at Berrien Springs, and has held all the offices", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0608.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfind\\nof tlie order. He is .also .a mcmlier of Po t No. 39,\\nG. A. U., Horriei) Sprin rs, of wliicli lie is Presiding\\nAdjutant; lie has been Commander and has received\\nall the ofHces. He is .tIso a member of the select\\nKnights of the Ancient Order of United Woodmen\\nat Xilcs, and has been Lieutenant-Commander of\\nthe order. He is connected with the Grange, of\\nwhich he luas been M.istcr, and has likewise atliliated\\nwith the Agricultural Society at Niles, and is also\\nconnected with one at Berrien S|, rings, of which\\nhe was .Secretary. Politically, our subject is a\\nstalwart Republican, and h,as with ability dis-\\ncharged the duties of Township Treasurer. Tak-\\ning a deep interest in matters of local enterjirise\\nand progress, IMr. Miller is aclivel^- in accord\\nwith efforts tending to advance the public wel-\\nfare, and is esteemed y all who know him as a\\nhbiTal-spiritcd citizen.\\nfl OHN W. BKDFORI), a representative gen\\neial agriculturist and an iiithicntial citizen\\nof Pipestone Townsliip, section 24, Ber-\\nrien County, Mich., is a native of the State,\\nand was born upon the old homestead in Silver\\nCreek Townsliip, Cass County, May 24, 1846. His\\nfather, George Bedford, was one of the early pio-\\nneers of the county, but w.as a native of Lincoln-\\nsliire, Kngland. The mother, Ann (Smith) Bed-\\nford, also t)f Lincolnshire, was educated and mar-\\nried in her native land, and together the husband\\nand wife came to America in 1835. Mr. Bedford\\nfarmed at first in .Syracuse, N. Y., remaining there\\nsix years. Li 1841, with his wife and family, he\\nremoved to Michigan and settled in October in\\nSilver Creek Township, Cass County, and entered\\nwild land from the Government, cultivating forty\\nacres, and making his permanent home thereon.\\nProspering, he added to his original homestead\\nuntil he owned three hundred and sixty acres of\\nvaluable land, two hundred and sixty of which are\\nunder a high state of eultivation, and finely im-\\nproved with excellent buildings. The father was\\na well-read man, and, a Democrat in politics, gave\\nearnest attention to the issues of the day, but\\nnever was an oflice-seeker. He was interested in\\neducational uiatteis, was an active member of\\nthe School Board, and gave his children the best\\npossible opportunities for an education. Essen-\\ntially a self-made man, he was liberal-spirited, and\\ndeeply- mourned when he passed to his rest. For\\nmany years he was an active and valued member\\nof the Jlethodist Episcopal Church.\\nThe following obituary discourse was delivered\\nby the Rev. G. C. Elliott: George Bedford was\\nborn in Lincolnshire, England, December 14, 1813.\\nHe emigrated to this country in 1835, and came\\nto Michigan when all was new, wild and strange,\\nsettling in the place which he so thoroughly cleared\\nand cultivated and made his home. He was one\\nof the pioneers of the State, and was contemporary\\nwith its development and its later growtii. While\\nindustriously making his farm and home, he was\\nunconsciously making for himself a name and\\ncharacter that are to-day known and read of all\\nmen. He was a man of great indvistrj and strict\\neconomy, consequently he succeeded admirably in\\nthe affairs of this life. He was a man of un-\\ndoubted integrity and more than ordinary busi-\\nness capacity, and commanded the esteem of all\\nwho knew him. He was of a strong and comely\\nnature, and it was his aim and delight, while he was\\nthorough and [iractical in all his improvements,\\nbuildings and surroundings, to make them harmon-\\nize with his own taste and that of his family. In\\ndoing this he stamped his individualitj on every-\\nthing alxiiit liini, so that in the years to come the\\npasser-by will instinctively exclaim, This is the old\\nBedford estate, and no other owner can for years\\nchange the title.\\nOn the eve of George Bedford s departure from\\nthe Old Country, he was married to Miss Ann\\nSmith, December 15, 1835. Here lliey made their\\nhome; here their children were born and family\\nreared, and those that have gone before died here,\\nand it is proper and right that here they should\\nbe buried. Brother Bedford was a true, faithful\\nhusband, a kind, devoted father, respected, hon-\\nored and beloved, and has left a name and char-\\nacter for which his children will revere his mem-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0609.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "GIO\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nory. At the age of about thirl._y j ears, our friend\\nand brother embraced religitm and bec.imea mem-\\nber of the church, and in liis long life he never\\nfaltered in his loyalt\\\\ to Christ, and died in the\\nfaith of the Gospel. As we knew him, he was thor-\\noughly domestic in his tastes and liabits, loving\\nhis family-, and choosing to spend his time in their\\nsociety, respecting his neighbors, and above all\\nrevering God. And thus we bid farewell to one\\nwho was known for sterling integrity, kindly be-\\nnevolence, and all those attributes that make a\\nnoble manhood.\\nPlight children blessed tiic parents home, seven\\nnow surviving. George E. lives in the old home\\nin Silver Creek Township, and is single; Harriet\\nL., wife of J. B. Williams, resides in southern Mis-\\nsouri, and is the mother of two children, George\\nand Reuben; INIaria A., wife of Gilbert Conklin,\\nis a resident of Silver Creek Township, and lias\\nthree children, William G. B., Liiid.i and Alice;\\n.lohn W., our subject, was the foiiith child; Martha\\nA., wife of George W. Hawks, makes her home in\\nIowa, and is the mother of three children, Vena,\\nVerna and Alice; Alice I., wife of Charles Conk-\\nlin, resides at Big Indian Lake, and has two chil-\\ndren, Ethel and Paul; Kdith, wife of IMichael S.\\nGarrett lives al Dowagiac, and is the mother of\\ntwo little ones, (iraceand abab3 and .Jane K., de-\\nceased, was the wife of .John N. Hawks, and left\\ntwo children, Guy W. and Earl B. .lohn W. Bed-\\nford grew up to manhood on the farm of his fa-\\nther, and first, having attended the district school\\nof the neighborhood, aflerward enjoyed the bene-\\nfit of a course of instruction in the High School of\\nDow.agiac, and later completed his studies in Al-\\nbion College. Returning home, he remained with\\nhis parents until twent\\\\-three years of age. En-\\nergetic and self-reliant by nature, he successfully\\ntaught school in Cass County.\\nIn October, 1869, our subject was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Rozilla Walter, daughter of Jo-\\nseph and Rebecca (Dewey) Waller, who were\\namong the early residents of Cass County. Giand-\\nfatlier Dewe}- was a settler in the eastern jjart of\\nPokagon Township, and was one of the pioneers\\nof 1836. The parents of Mrs. Bedford were mar-\\nried in Cass County, and settled in Pipestone\\nTownship, where they made their permanent\\nhome. The father is now deceased. Tlie mother\\nstill survives. They were the parents of two chil-\\ndren: Mrs. Bedford; and Alice, wife of Lucien E.\\nWood, who lives in Suramerville, and has two\\nchildren, Walter and Floyd. The paternal grand-\\nfather of jMrs. Bedford, Peter Walter, served with\\ncourage in the War of 1812. The parents, Mr.\\nand Mrs. Joseph Walter, were members of the\\nchurch, and highly esteemed b} all who knew\\nthem. The estimable wife of our subject was edu-\\ncated in the home schools of Cass County, and is\\na lady of bright intelligence. Immediately fol-\\nlowing their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Bedford made\\ntheir home where they now reside. Mr. Bedford\\nowns four hundred acres of fine land, all in one\\nbody, with the exception of forty acres. Two\\nhundred and fifteen acres are under a high state\\nof cultivation. A general agriculturist, our sub-\\nject also owns some very good stock, handling\\nonly the liest, which he raises exclusively for llie\\nmarket.\\nThe attractive residence, remodeled, is comfort-\\nable .and commodious, and the large barn, built\\neighteen years ago, is one hundred feet front, and\\nfrom thirty-six to forty-two feet deep. There are\\nalso excellent sheds and other farm buildings.\\nThere is upon the extensive acreage a fine orch-\\nard of a variety of fruit. Five acres are devoted to\\napples; two to pears, and seven or eight to peaches\\nand small fruit. Mr. Bedford conducts the affairs\\nof the farm, and has other valuable [iroperty in-\\nterests. Without children of their own, our sub-\\nject and his estimable wife ado])ted and reared\\nEarl B., now grown to manhood and seU -rcliaiilly\\ncaring for himself.\\nMr. Bedfoi d attends the Christian Church, of\\nwhii h his wife is a membei He is Moderator of\\nDistrict 4, and has been an ollicer of the School\\nBoard almost the entire time he lias resided in this\\nlocality. He is also a Director of the Mutual\\nFariiicis Fire Insurance Com])any of Cass Coun-\\nty, and has been a Director of the Union Fair As-\\nsociation at Dowagiac. Our subject affiliates with\\nthe Democratic i)aity, and although deeply inter-\\nested in local and national issuer lias repeatedly\\nrefused offered local oltices. A man of enterprise.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0610.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAVIUCAL RECORD.\\nfill\\nliberal-spirited, lie is ever ready to extend h liel])-\\niiig hand in all matters of mutual welfare and\\nprogress, and possesses a host of friends and old\\naeipiain lance, whose respeet and high regard he\\nhas long enjoyed.\\nSp^, K\\\\ fllAin.KS A(;KR. For a period of\\nIV-^ lliiity years or more this gentleman was a\\nfaithful an(i elo(iuent minister of the\\n(iospe^and in the liaptist hurch occupied\\na position among tiie most prominent preachers of\\nthe denomination. lie has now retired from active\\nministerial duties, although he occasionally preaches\\nand disi)lays in his discourses the fervor and zeal\\nof younger years. The spirit of pict}- and ear-\\nnestness in the cause of religion has ever been\\namong iiis ])rominent characteristics, and has been\\nan important factor in his success as a pastor.\\nAt Albany M. Y., Charles Ager was born to\\nC. C. and Elizabeth (Bradshaw) Ager, natives,\\nrespectively, of Windsor, t., and New York State.\\nHis early years were spent upon his father s farm,\\nand he was a student in the schools of Albany and\\nthe academy at Schoharie C. H.; subsetjuentlj he\\nentered Colgate University, from which institution\\nhe was graduated with the Class of 56. After\\nhaving completed his studies, he accepted the\\nposition of teacher in the Union schools of Cass-\\noi)olis, Mich., which he held during 18.58 and 1859.\\nIn the year last named he went to Goshen, Ind.,\\nand there engaged in preaching as [)ast()r of the\\nGoshen L5aptist Church.\\nThe year 1860 witnessed the ordination of Rev.\\nCharles Ager as a minister in the Baptist Church,\\nand his first pastorate was in Goshen, where he\\nremained for three and one-half 3 ears. From\\nthat city he removed to South Bend, Ind., where\\nhe oHiciated as minister of the Baptist Church for\\na |)eriod of three years. Thence he went to A\\\\irora,\\nInd., and for thirteen years was the pastor of the\\nBaptist CInirch at that city. He resigned the\\ncharge there in order to accept the pastorate of\\nthe church in (ioslicn. to which he had ministered\\nin former years. Three years were spent in that\\ncity, and thence in 1882 he came to Niles, where\\nhe has since resided. From September, 188.3, un-\\ntil l- Y hruary, 1880, he supplied the i)ulpit of the\\nBaptist Church in Cassoijolis while living in Niles,\\nit i)roving to be exceedingly pleasant work to\\nminister to those who had in years before been\\nhis [)upils in the High School of Cassopolis.\\nThe marriage of Rev. Mr. Ager occurred on the\\n18th of November, 18.58, and united him with\\nMiss Mary A. Sherrill,lhc daughter of M.arcusand\\nAmanda M. Sherrill. Mrs. Ager was born in New\\nYork State, but at the time of her marriage was\\nresiding in Niles. She is the motherof one child,\\nK.itliaryne. The domestic life of this family is one\\nof unusual felicity and happiness, .i^nd their posi-\\ntion in the community is one of influence. While\\nMr. Ager has never mingled in politics, j et lie h.as\\ndecided opinions of his own on all matters of pub-\\nlic importance, and gives the inlluence of his ballot\\nto the Republican party.\\n\\\\||OSEPII LYBROOK. Among the proniineiil\\ncitizens of Cass County who have passed\\ntheir entire lives upon the places where\\nthey now reside may be mentioned the sub-\\nject of this sketch, who owns and occupies a finely\\nImproved farm on section 22, La Grange Town-\\nshi]). Here he has passed his entire life, and here\\nhe was born November 22, 1845. The family was\\nfirst represented in this country bj the great-\\ngrandfather of our subject, who was born in Prus-\\nsia and emigrated to America in the old Colonial\\ndays, settling in Giles County, a., vvhere he reared\\nhis famil} The family name at the time of the\\nearl} history of its representatives in this country\\nwas spelled Leybroch.\\nHenry Uybrook, our subject s grandfather, was\\nborn in Giles County, Va., and served for seven\\nyears in the Revolutionary War, being for part of\\nthe time in W.asliiiigton s army, but serving piiii-\\neipally on the frontier with the Indians. He was\\nan ollieer in the army. aii l during his service was", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0611.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "612\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\naccidentally injured by having liis ankle put out\\nof place. Fanning i)uisuits oecupied his atten-\\ntion during his entire active life, and he followed\\ntliat occupation first in Virginia and later in Preble\\nCounty, Oiiio, where he made settlement in 1810.\\nIn 18 27 he came to JMichigan and located in Ber-\\nrien County, but soon thereafter removed to Cass\\nCounty, where he bought a large tract of land,\\ntwenty acres of tlie properly being now included\\nin our subject s farm. The journey hither was\\nmade in wagons, and during much of the time they\\nwere compelled to open roails. Their entire house-\\nhold effects tliej brought with them, and with no\\ncaiiital or friends commenced life in the remote\\nWest.\\nGrandfather J yl)ruok and his good wife had a\\nlarge family, whose names were: Sarah, Calhe\\nrine, John (father of our subject), .\\\\nna, Mary, Re-\\nbecca (now the only survivor), Clara and Eliza-\\nbeth. In his religious belief, the father of this\\nfamily was a German Baptist, and politically he\\naffiliated with the Whigs. His death occurred in\\nCass County ere he could witness the results of\\nhis arduous labors. The father of our subject,\\nJohn Lybrook, was born in Giles County, Va., in\\n1798, and accompanied his [jarents to Ohio. I^ater\\nhe came to Michigan, in 1822, and from this State\\nreturned to Ohio on foot. During the following\\nyear he came again to Michigan, and not long af-\\nterward purchased one hundred and sixty acres,\\nthe present location of our subject s home.\\nIn Cass County Mr. Lybrook was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Mary, daughter of John and Re-\\nbecca Ilurd, who were pioneers of Cass County,\\nhaving come hither in 1836. Three children were\\nborn to bless the union: Henry, Joseph and Ar-\\nminda, Mrs. E. G. Stewart, deceased. The father\\nwas a Democrat in his iiolitical views, and served\\nin the Black Hawk War against the Indians. His\\ndeath occurred in 1881, and was mourned not only\\nby his immediate circle of relatives, but by all\\nwith whom business or social relations had brought\\nhim in contact. His widow is still living and\\nmakes her home with our subject.\\nIn the parental home Joseph Lybrook passed\\nbis boyhood years, and his entire life has been\\npassed on the old homestead. To the property\\naccumulated by his father he has added from lime\\nto time and is now the owner of one hundred and\\neighty acres of highly cultivated land. Politi-\\ncally, he is a Democrat, although he is notaclively\\ninterested in [)olilics.\\nvr^sMMET Dl NNING has been a resident of\\n1^ Cass County ince a child of three years\\nIj -^z and has been prominently connected with\\nits development, having witnessed and contributed\\nto its |)rogress materially and socially. As a\\nfarmer, he is energetic and industrious, anil in his\\nrelations with his fellow-men genial and coin-\\n|)anionable. Since 186^ he has resided on section\\n1 of Howard Township, where he owns and oper-\\nates f)ne hundred and eighty-eight acres of fertile\\nland. He has attained a Haltering success, although\\nthe path to prosperitj has ofttimes been a rugged\\none; in the face of every discouragement he has\\npersevered, never relaxing his energy, and he has\\nlived to see his efforts rewarded.\\nBorn in Erie County, Pa., on the 16th of Octo-\\nber, 1833, our subject is the son of Allen and\\nMinerva (Reynolds) Dunning. The father, who was\\na native of either Pennsylvania or New York, came\\nto Michigan in 1836, and located in Cass County,\\npurchasing property in Milton Township and de-\\nvoting his attention to clearing and improving his\\nproperty. He died at the age of seventy-three.\\nHis wife, who was a native of New York, passed\\naway after a long and noble life of ninety years.\\nTheir family consisted of twelve children, seven\\nsons and five daughters, ten of whom grew to man-\\nhood and womanhood and nine are still living.\\nThe surviving memliers of that once united family\\nare now scattered, and the associations of the old\\nhome have been forever severed. But the chil-\\ndren of this .worthy couple, though now advanced\\nin years and past life s prime, have never forgetten\\nthe precepts instilled in their minds by the ex-\\nample and training received from their parents.\\nThe eldest son of the family is the subject of\\nthis notice, who was a child of three years when", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0612.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFXORD.\\n613\\n111 nee aiiii(l his parents toMiehigan. He grew\\nto niaiiliudd ill Cass County and received such\\nI dueational advantages as were offered b^ the\\nschools of Milton Township, after whieii he con-\\nducted his stuihcs for a time in Mishawalia, Ind.\\nlie ii iiiained nn tlie home farm until 1861, during\\nwhich year he married Miss Carrie Hicks, a native\\nof Ohio, and a hidy possessing great nobilitj of\\ncliaracter and culture. Tliey liave these chiklren:\\nKll. i. wife of Charles Kininierley; Ora May, wlio\\ndii l at the age of three years and nine montlis;\\nMarguret, wife of (Jeorge Uatlibun, a resident of\\nKansas; (!race, who married Perry Oifford and\\nmakes iier home in Cass County; Flora, Lena,\\nCharloUe and Uayinond, who arc with their i ar-\\neiils.\\nAfter his marriage our sulijccl located on a\\nrented farm in oliiiia Township, Cass County,\\nbut later purchased a farm iii \\\\au Buren County,\\nMich., where he remained for two years. Thence,\\nin the spring of 1HG5, he removed to his present\\nliome. Politicall\\\\ he has been a Heiiublican, but\\nis now a Prohibitionist. lie is a prominent mem-\\nber of the (Jrange, and active in all measures and\\nprojects originated for the promotion of the inter-\\nests of the community. He is a Trustee in the\\nI liion Church, which he aided in building, and\\nlias always been a generous (ontributor to religious\\nenterprises, as was his fatlier in ^ears gone by.\\n^5-\\nBRAM THORNTON. The liotcl in Amer-\\nica has attained to a state of development\\nwliich, in many of its phases, is unknown\\nin other countries. The ra[)id growth of\\nbusiness of all kinds througliout the United States,\\ndui iiig the years that have intervened since the\\nCivil War, lias brought into existence trade con-\\nditions wliich demand the constant employment of\\nwhat cannot be called anything less than a mag-\\nnilicent army of commercial tourists, who are to-\\nday the principal support of hotels in large and\\nsmall towns, aiul to whose taste and comfort hotel-\\nkeepers of high and low degree must cater, if they\\nwould make their houses popular and profitable.\\nBridgman, Mich., is not without a first-class hotel,\\nand a most attractive and homelike one is Hotel\\nThornton, of which Abrain Thornton is owner\\nand |)roprietor. This gentleman is also engaged\\nas a real-estate and loan agent, and is one of the\\nlargest land-owners in Lake Township.\\nMr. Thornton is a product of the Empire State,\\nborn November 17, 1827, to the union of Ebcnczer\\nand Abigail (Wood) Thornton, natives of New\\nYork. The father was a carpenter and house-\\njoiner by trade. At an early date he moved\\nto Toledo, Ohio, and there passed the remainder\\nof his days. He and his wife reared a family of\\nsix children, four boys and two girls: William, Al-\\nbert, John, Abram; Lucinda, deceased, who was the\\nwife of Davis Glass; and Harriet, wife of Charles\\nCooley. Abram Thornton was educated in Rlon-\\nroe County, Mich., and from there he commenced\\nlife for himself by going to Michigan City, where\\nhe built a lumber-yard. He was engaged in the\\nlumlicr business on this portion of the lake for\\neighteen years, when he sold out and went to the\\nlower portion of the lake, where he engaged m\\nsteaniboating. Before going on the Lower Lakes\\nhe w.as extensively engaged in trading in land in\\nMuskingum County, Mich.\\nFinally, in 1880, Mr. Thornton (luit the lake,\\nbrought a steam-mill to this section, and for a\\nnumber of years was engaged in the lumber busi-\\nness. He is now the owner of a steam sawmill,\\nand also owns seven hundred acres, on which the\\nmill is located. This is a line fruit farm and two\\nhundred acres are under cultivation. (Jn this is a\\ntine cranberry marsh and a line orchard of peach\\nand apple trees, etc. He also raises strawberries, red\\nand black raspberries, gooseberries, etc. Aside\\nfrom this farm i\\\\lr. Thornton is the owner of eight\\nhundred acres in Muskingum County, which is\\nmostly timlier-land, and besides his beautiful\\nhotel several private residences in the village of\\nBridgman. He is quite actively engaged in the\\nreal-estate business and in loaning money.\\nIn the year 1848, our subject was married to\\nMiss Mary Richardson, a native of Lambeilsviile,\\nMich., and seven children have blessed this union,\\nlive of whom are now living: Theodore A., of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0613.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "614\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\nChattanooga, Tenn.; Savannah, wife of Charles\\nVance; John, of Cliicago; Thomas, of this county,\\nnow rcsifiing in Thornton s Valle^ and I oter, of\\nLamberts vi lie, Mich, rolitiually, Mr. Tliointoii\\nvotes with the Republican pai-ty. lie is a man of\\nsocial instincts, hospitable and enteitaining, and\\nnothing delights him so much as to have guests\\nabout him in comfort, enjoying themselves. His\\naccpiaintaiice, as one would naturally suppose, is a\\nwide one, and his friends are legion.\\nERASTITS IMURPIIY, a practical general ag-\\nriculturist and leading citizen, now residing\\nupon section 16, Berrien Township, Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., has spent his entire life in his pres-\\nent locality, and was born upon the well-known\\nMurphy farm July 18, 1842. The father of our\\nsubject, Isaac Murphy, was a native Virginian,\\nborn in 1811. The paternal grandfather was a\\nMarylander and a farmer by occupation. The\\nfamily came originally from Wales to America, a\\ndirect ancestor settling in Maryland some time\\nprior to the Revolutionary War. The mother of\\nMr. Murphy was in girlhood Miss Eliza Jenkins,\\nand, born in Ohio in 1815, was a daughter of the\\nHon. Baldwin Jenkins, a Pennsylvanian by birth\\nbut of Welsh descent. He was an early settler of\\nGreene County, Ohio, and, a man of enterprise,\\njourneyed to Michigan in 1822. Settling in Po-\\nkagon Township, Cass County, he became one of\\nthe very early pioneers of the wilderness, passing\\nhis first winter in an Indian wigwam. He re-\\nmained permanently in Pokagon, became a mem-\\nber of the Legislature, and assisted in framing tlie\\nconstitution of Michigan. He took an active part\\nin politics, and passed away honored by all who\\nknew him. His wife was Mary Hackney, a native\\nof Pennsylvania. The maternal grandfather and\\ngrandmother were the parents of five sons and\\nthree daughters, three of whom survive, John,\\nNimi od and Silas.\\nThe paternal grandfather died in Virginia, and\\nhis widow, who afterward married in Ross County,\\nOhio, William Michael, removed with her family\\nto Michigan and settled in the southeastern part\\nof section 16, Berrien Springs. The children of\\ntiiandfather Murphy, four sons and two daugh-\\nters, are now all deceased. By the second mar-\\nriage the grandmother had two sons, B. II. an(i\\nNoah. The parents of our subject married in\\nPokagon Township and settled on section 15,\\nBerrien Township, all then wild land. The father\\ncultivated eighty acres of the homestead and also\\nimproved another large farm. He died January\\n21, 1893, and the mother passed away live days\\nlater, January 26, 1893. They were the beloved\\nparents of thirteen children, seven of whom are\\nyet surviving: .John J., Erastus, Lydia Williams,\\nAlbert, Almeda Suavely, Eliza Becker and Isaac.\\nThe father was a prominent man of the lownslii[)\\nand took an active part in all public matters. He\\nwas a liberal giver to all religious and educational\\nenterprises. He was a man of courage, and a sol-\\ndier in the Sac Indian War in Michigan.\\nPulilicall} Mr. Murphy was in early life a Whig,\\nbut later became a Republican. His brother George\\nwas Township Clerk for some length of time, and\\nalso ably occupied the offlce of Sui)ervisor. For\\nmany years the father served most acceptably as\\nJustice of the Peace, and also for some length of\\ntime dischaiged with fidelity the duties of Con-\\nstable. As delegate, he represented his constitu-\\nents at various conventions. Isaac Murphy was a\\nthoroughly honest and upright man, oppt)sed to\\nwrong and a lover of peace. He had many true\\nfriends, and his death was mouined by all who\\nknew him. His good wife, a devout member of\\nthe Dunkard Church, was a sincere Christian\\nwoman.\\nOur subject was reared on the Mur[)liy farm and\\nwas educated in the excellent schools of the dis-\\ntrict. He began the work of a farmer boy at a\\nvery early age. and arriving at niaturitj^ was\\nunited in marriage with Jliss Mary Johnson, April\\n19, 1866. Mrs. Murphy was a daughter of John\\nand y\\\\iinie Lybrook) Johnson, and a sister of ex-\\nSheriff John Johnson and Mrs. W. H. Miller. She", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0614.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0615.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "L. B. Lawrence.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0616.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n(u:\\nw:is liDiii .l.-iiiu.iry 23, 1812, in Kurrii ii Township,\\n.111(1 is a lady of worth and ciiltuio. I tii mod lately\\naflcr thfir iiianiaije Mr. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid Mrs. Mmiihy settled\\nii|ioii the iKii th half of the old iMui |)ii\\\\ homestead,\\nand remained there until 1871, with the excep-\\ntion of two years, when they resided in (Jalien\\nTownshi|). From 1(S74 our sulijcet has niadi^ his\\npermanent home upon his present farm of one hun-\\ndred an(J twenty aeres, ninety acres of which he\\nhas l)ioni;hl to a high state of cultivation. In\\n1881 he erected the handsome residence wiiieh cost\\n^1,20(1, aside from the ial)or involved and a (pian-\\ntily of material Mr. Mur|ih\\\\ liad on hand. Tiie\\ncomuKxlious barn caused another outlay of -?700.\\nThe comfort and hap|iiness of Iiisfamil3 iiaveever\\nbeen matters of paramount importance to Mr.\\nMurphy, who, in ISG; built an attractive resi-\\ndence on the old home farm, costing a large\\namount of money, as he had to pay eleven cents\\nper pound for nails. Aside from the pursuit of\\nagriculture, our subject finds employment as ad-\\nministrator, and as guardian for various minors\\nhas jiroved himself jiossessed of superior executive\\nability and judgment. lie has successful!} man-\\naged several estates intrusted to his care, and given\\nto the work the able fidelity which has character-\\nized the entire labor of his life.\\nMr. and Mrs. Murphy are the parents of six chil-\\ndren: Ada A., Henry C, Lena Alice, M^^ron E.,\\nSylvia M. and Cordelia E. Thesons and daughters\\nreceived a good education, and Henry C. is a book-\\nkeeper at Indianapolis, Ind. Ouv subject has been\\nactive in the conduct of agricultural societies and\\nis now Secretary of an association at Berrien\\nSprings, lie is a Patron of Husbandry at Berrien\\nCentre and has held with ediciency all the oflices,\\nand was Lecturer for four or five years. Politically,\\nMl-. Murphy is a Republican, and, prominently^ con-\\nnected with local politics, has given excellent ser-\\nvice as Townshi]) Cleik, Township Constable,\\nTreasurer, School Inspector, and for seventeen\\nyears occupied the judicial position of Justice of\\nthe Peace, discharging the duties of ollice to the\\ngreat satisfaction of his fello%v-townsinen. Our\\nsubject has also frequently represented his party\\nat conventions, and possesses the esteem and con-\\nfidence of a host of sincere friends.\\n30\\nEVI B. LAWRENCE. Almost seventy-four\\nyears have passed over the head of the gen-\\nL^^ tleman who is the subject of this sketch,\\nleaving their impress in the whitening hair and\\nlined features, but, while the outer garment of the\\nsoul shows the wear and tear of years, the man\\nhimself is richer, nobler and grander for the ex-\\nlierienco that each successive decade has brought\\nhim. He is one of the old settlers of Cass Coun-\\nty, and is now the owner of a pleasant home on\\nsection 1 1, Volinia Townshi[). He is a native of\\nNew York, born on the banks of Chautaucjua\\nLake .June 12, 18111, and the son of Levi L. and\\nMary (Fales) Lawrence, Ijoth natives of Hamp-\\nshire County, Mass. The grandfather of our sub-\\nject, .John L. Lawrence, was a native of England,\\nbut of Welsh descent.\\nLevi L. I^awrence w.as born on the 1st of No-\\nvember, 1783, and his wife on the 22d of Octo-\\nber of the same year. He w.as a mechanic, black-\\nsmith and edge-tool maker, and worked ten years\\nin the United States Armor} at Springfield, Mass.,\\nmaking muskets, etc. He was one of the few men\\nat that time who could make tools for gun-locks.\\nHe married Miss Fales on the 1st of October,\\n1806, and made his home in his native State until\\nthe spring of 1821, when he removed to Cincin-\\nnati, Ohio. For seven or eight years he followed\\nhis trade in a large shop in that city, but still\\nowned a farm on the banks of a lake in New\\nYork. This he sold, converted the proceeds into\\nlumber, and rafted it to Cincinnati. From there\\nhe removed to southern Indiana, and identilie l\\nhimself with the Owen Society, but at the end of\\none year returned to Cincinnati. Later he went\\nto Butler County, Ohio, and thence came to Cass\\nCounty, Mich., in 1831, entering land on section\\n12, Volina Townslii|), removing here September\\n4, 1832. In 183S) he went to Missouri, thence a\\ncouple of months later to Cincinnati, Ohio, and\\nfinally came back to Michigan, where his death oc-\\ncurred October 19, 18.57. His wife had passed\\nawaj on the 18th of October, 1839. Seven chil-\\ndren were born of this union, two of whom, be-\\nsides our subject, are now living, Maria Jacobs\\nand Jane Terwilliger. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence\\nwere reared Presbyterians, but later he became a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0617.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "618\\nPORTRAIT AND mOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\nbeliever in tiie Swedenborgian doctrine, and was\\nvery aclive in religious matters. He took very\\nlittle interest in politics. Honest and upright in\\nevery vvalk of life, no man was more iiiglily es-\\nteemed.\\nWlien fourteen years of age.tlie original of this\\nnotice came with his parents to Michigan, and he\\nattended the first school ever held in Xiolinia\\nTownsliip, a subscriiitiou scliool. The claim his\\nfatiier entered was timber, and he was one of two\\nwho cleared and improved one hundred acres\\nhere. Indeed, there is little of i)ioneer work that\\nhe lias not experienced, in its hardships, disad-\\nvantages or pleasures. When twenty-one years\\nof age lie started out to make his own way in life\\nwithout a dollar, and lirst went in debt for six-\\ntv-two acres of liis present farm. On tiie 4th of\\nFebruary, 1849, he was married to Miss P^veline\\nE. Copley, a native of Jefferson County, N. Y.,\\nborn March 2(), 1824, and a sister of the Hon.\\nA. B. Copley, of Decatur, Mich.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Lawrence went .actively\\nto work to clear and improve ids farm and to pay\\noff the indebtedness upon it. His success lias de-\\npended in a measure on the large crops of wheat\\nthat he raises each year, for he makes that a\\nsi)ccialty. A\u00c2\u00bb the years passed by he added to the\\noriginal tract until he became the owner of eight\\nhundred and sixty-six acres, over six hundred\\nacres being under cultivation. He is the largest\\nand most thorough-going farmer in the township.\\nHe raises grain and clover seed, but very little\\nstock, other than cows and work horses, and\\nhas ever been a hard worker. Possessed of a\\nwonderful constitution, there has hardly been a\\nda} in thirty years when he could not get out\\nto superintend his work. He erected a fine brick\\nresidence in 1874, and his broad acres and beauti-\\nful rural home are one of the most pleasing fea-\\ntures of Violinia Township. His residence was\\nerected at a cost of 110,000, has sixteen rooms,\\nand is elegantly furnished.\\nMr. Lawrence is also the owner of two other\\nresidences, or tenant houses, besides other [irop-\\nerty. Farming, though, has been his principal oc-\\ncupation. Three children were born to his mar-\\nriage. Linneus L., born May 13, 1853, married\\nMiss Amanda Wheaten and now resides in New\\nYork; they have one child. Archie L., the sec-\\nond child, was born February 11, 185.J. He mar-\\nried IMiss Matilda an Riper, and they reside in\\nthis township. Austin P born November 13,\\n18.58, married Miss Eva Olcott, and also resides\\nin this township. He is the father of two chil-\\ndren. Mr. and ISIrs. Lawrence are members of the\\nSwedenborgian Cliiireh, and are both highly es-\\nteemed in the community. lie has held most of\\nthe lownsliii) otlices, and is a stanch Republican\\nin his political views. This worthy man never\\nhad a lawsuit and never collected but one debt.\\ny ,ILLIAM COOKE, (iiir Miliject, was born in\\nIreland, a country that our people have\\nheard or read moie or less of, the father-\\nland of the brain, the energy and muscle that\\nmove the rest of the world. His birth occurred\\nill Eiiniskillen, County Fermanagh, North lieland,\\nJIarch J, 1831, and lie was the son of Edward and\\nAnn (Irving) Cooke, both natives of the Green\\nIsle of Erin.\\nEdward Cotik was b iin in the same part of Ire-\\nland as his son, and was a wealthy citizen, owning\\nlarge tracts of laud in his native countiy. He\\nwas a man of education and belonged to the\\nhigher class, being known as the county scpiire.\\nHe selected his wife in the (lerson of Miss Ann\\nIrving, a native also of Ireland, and the daugh-\\nter of William and Mary (Ball) Irving. In the\\nyear 183!) Edward Cooke brought his family to\\nthe United States, after an ocean voyage of nine\\nweeks, and landed at Baltimore, Md. His iiiollier-\\nin-law came with the family and died in Knox\\nCounty, Ohio, at a good old age.\\nAbout 1840, Mr. Cooke moved to Cincinnati,\\nOhio, having spent the previous winter in Pitts-\\nburg, and subsequently to Knox County, that\\nState, where he purchased two hundred and forty\\nacres of land. He possessed good sound sense, in-\\ndomitable will and no lack of energy, and has\\nmade them all tell in his carci^ r, for he was one of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0618.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n619\\ntlie suhstaiitial and inlliu iilial nicii of his section.\\nThis farin he iinpiovcd in cvitv way, and on it re-\\nceived Ills Una! .suiniiioii.s Juno 2, 1817. Ilis chil-\\ndren, eleven in number, were as follows: Mary\\nA., who married Gcoi ro Little; .John, Eliza,\\nKllen, Rebecca (deceased), William, .lane, Fannie,\\nGeorge E., one who died in infancy and Edward.\\nThe mother of these children passed away in the\\nyear 18 62.\\nAftei- the death of his fathcn-, the mother made\\nher home with our suliject until he was thirty-live\\nyears of age, or until his marriage to Miss Mattie\\nSefton. This lady was a product of Wayne Coun-\\nty, Ohio, and the daughter of Heniy and Mary\\n(Heatty) Sefton, both natives of the Keystone\\n.State. Mr. ;iiid Mrs. Cooke s union w.as blessed\\nby the birth of one child, a son, Edward P., who is\\na graduate of the Dowagiac High School. For some\\ntime the latter has been a school teacher in Ucrricn\\nCounty and has also taught in Colorado. He is a\\nprominent educator, and is well known as a jouiig\\nman of unusual ability and prominence.\\nFollowing his maniagc, our subject went to\\nIowa, and after a short residence there, in the\\nyear 1868, moved to the State of Michig.an. He\\nimmediately engaged in the sawmill business in\\nBig Rapids, remaining there and meeting with\\nfair success until 1874. He then came to liis pres-\\nent farm and bought ninety .acres of partly im-\\nproved land. He is an intelligent gentleman, of\\nsuperifir mental altainmeiits, who seeks to devel-\\nop himself as well as his agricultural interests\\nin the best and broadest directions. In politics he\\nis a Democrat.\\n_^]\\nSI\\n[S\\n,j^^ PETER MERHI FIELD. Among the suc-\\ncessful agriculturists of Berrien County,\\nv^Jt and po|iular citizens of Watervliet, is\\nJill 111 Ijg red this gentleman, who is the son of .lohn\\nand Catherine (Simmons) Merrilield. The tirst-\\niiamed parent was tiorn In Columbia County,\\nJJ. Y., and as soon as he was old enough was put\\nK) work on tiie farm of his father, In 1825, he\\nmoved to Yates County, the same State, where he\\nengaged in farming, and linally purch.ased a tract\\nin Potter, Yates Counts, on which he remained\\nuntil 1841. At this period he moved by wagon\\nto Michigan, being three weeks on the way. In\\nJune of that same year, he bought eighty acres\\nin Watervliet Township, which he improved and\\nmade his home the remainder of his life. His wife\\nwas born in Columbia County, N. Y., and became\\nthe mother of twelve children, eleven of wlioni\\nreached their majority. They are .as follows: John,\\nRobert, George, Charlotte, Jacob, William, Bet-\\nsey, Sarah, S. Peter, Cornelia II., and Thomas J., of\\nValparaiso, Ind. The father of this family died\\nin October, 1851, aged sixty-six years, and the\\nmother passed aw.ay in September, 1873.\\nPeter Merrilield was born in Benton, Y ates\\nCounty, N. Y., September 12, 1827, and spent the\\ntirst twenty-two years of his life on his father s\\nfarm, where he helped somewhat with the work and\\nattended the district schools. When he became a\\nman he started out in life for himself by teaching\\nthe district and select schools of his native State.\\nAfter the tirst two years of his experience in this\\nline, he went to Ohio and attended the schools\\nthere for three ^ears, teaching a part of the time\\nin order to pa3 his expenses. He w.as a class-\\nmate of James A. Garfield at one time, and also\\ntook a year s course at Oberlin College, alter ward\\nsupplementing this with a course at the Eclectic\\nInstitute, which is now kiKiwn .as the Eclectic Col-\\nlege. Mr. Merrifield was a very successful in-\\nstructor, and met with encouragement wherever\\nhe went, teaching in the schools of New York,\\nOhio, Michigan and Iowa. In 1871 he came to\\nBerrien County, and located on the live .acres of\\nland where he now resides, and to which have been\\nadded fort}- acres, thirty of which are well im-\\nproved land. Mr. Merrifield is an industrious\\nman, and by his good man.agement and economi-\\ncal living has made his farm one of the most at-\\ntractive in the county.\\nOur subject is quite active in all political mat-\\nters. I p to the year 1876 he w.as a true-blood Re-\\npublican, having since that time been a Green-\\nbacker. He has served six terms as Supervisor,\\ndischarging his duties as such to the satisfaction", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0619.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "620\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof all concerned, and lie lias also been recently\\nre-elected Treasurer of the tovviislii|), which makes\\nhis fourth oar s service in that cai)acity. An\\nimportant event took place in llie life of our sub-\\nject on September \u00e2\u0096\u00a0W, 1857, when lie was united\\nin marriage to the lady of his choice, INIiss Sarah\\nDayton, daughter of John and PlKebe (F owler)\\nDayton, natives of New York and Connecticut\\nrespectively. IMr. and Mrs. Dayton moved to\\nOhio, where they both died, leaving five boys and\\none girl.\\nTo our subject and his wife has been born one\\nchild, Adin, who is in Columbia, Tenn., where he\\nis employed on the railroad. A peaceable, law-\\nabiding citizen, just to his neighbor, and of\\nfriendl} spirit, Mr. Mcrrifield of this sketch is\\nwell respected by those who know him, and\\npointed out as a self-made man.\\nILL! AM W. EASTON, M. D., a inacticing\\ni)liysician and surgeon of Dowagiac, was\\nborn four miles from tiiis city, in Silver\\nCreek Township, October 3, 1853. His father was\\none of the early settlers of this section of Michi-\\ngan, while his paternal grandfather, Thomas Eastoii,\\nwas a native of Kentucky. His great-grandfatlier,\\nalso named Tiiomas Eastou, served with valor\\nduring the entire period of the Revolutionary\\nWar, and shortly after the close of the conflict\\ncame to Kentucky, having formerly been a resi-\\ndent of Virginia. Grandfather Easton was a child\\nof about ten j ears when he accompanied his\\nparents to Michigan, and with them settled in\\nBerrien Township, Berrien County, remaining\\nthere until his death, in 1867.\\nTiie father of our subject, Thomas Easton, was\\nborn near Bowling Green, Ky., on the 26th of\\nNovember, 1826. and grew to manhood in Berrien\\nCounty. In 1850 he chose as the site of his future\\nhome an unimproved tract of land in Silver\\nCreek Township, in the midst of the woods and\\nfar removed from other pioneer settlers. In that\\ntownship he married Miss Emily, daughter of John\\nK. Hinchman, a native of West Virginia, who\\ncame from Logan Court House to Michigan .about\\n1850. Tlio young couple commenced iiousekcep-\\ning upon the eighly-acix- farm wliicli Mr. Easton\\nhnil ijurcliased, and by their industry and energy\\nthey added to their property from time to time\\nuntil their landed possessions aggregated two\\nIiundred acres in Silver Cieek Township. Of this\\ntr.aet Mr. Easton im|)roved one hundred and twenty\\nacres througli his own unaided efforts. In 18.S8\\nhe removed thence to Dow.agiac, where he and his\\nwife have since made tlieir home.\\nThe parents of our subject have had a family of\\nfour children: Dr. W. W., of this sketch; Mrs.\\nJennie M. Allen, who resides in l)t)wagiac; J. M.,\\nwho is in Chicago; and E. W., a resident of Do-\\nwagiac. Politically, the father was a Democrat\\nuntil the second term of President Lincoln, when\\nhis opinions underwent a radical change, and he\\nhas since that time attiliated with the Republicans.\\nOur subject was reared in the i)arental home and\\nenjo^ ed exceptional educational advantages. After\\nhaving attended a course of study in the schools\\nof Niles, he entered the University of Notre\\nDame, at South Lend, hid., and prosecuted his\\nstudies there with ililigcnco and success.\\nHis literary studies concluded, our subject en-\\ntered the olticc of Clendenin Whitehall, at Niles,\\nand commenced the stud^- of medicine under their\\npreceptorship. Later he entered the Bennett\\nMedical College at Chicago, and was graduated\\nfrom that institution on the 24th of June, 1877.\\nHe remained in Chicago for two and one-half years\\nafter graduating, and then returned to Dowagiac,\\nwhere he has since conducted a general practice.\\nIn -November, 1879, he married Miss Alma A.\\nJohnson, who was born in Gottenburg, Sweden,\\nand came to this country in 1872 at the age of\\nsixteen years. Her parents had died in Sweden,\\nand she accompanied an uncle and aunt to America,\\nsettling with them in Chicago. The union of Dr.\\nand Mrs. Easton has been blessed by the birth of\\ntwo children, William T. and Mabel.\\nAs every public-spirited citizen should do, the\\nDoctor takes an active interest in politics, and is\\nan outspoken Republican, advocating the views of\\nthat party with all the enthusiasm of his nature", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0620.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n621\\n111 1888 111? was chosen delegate to tlie State con-\\nvention, and lie has served in other positions of\\nhonor and ti usl. Socially, lie is identified with the\\nRo^al Aich Masons, the Knights of the Mnceahees,\\nthe Knights of Pythias and the Legion of Honor,\\nand is exaniining physician for the Order of Mac-\\ncabees and Legion of Honor, also for the Masonic\\nMutual of Grand Hapids. He is a successful gen-\\neral ])i:ictitioner of tlie eclectic system of medicine,\\nand lias nn extensive practice both in Dowagiac\\nand Ihrougliout the surrounding \u00e2\u0096\u00a0counliy. His\\nhomo is one of the most Iteautiful in the city,\\nbeing the residence roiiiii iiy occiiiiicd by Ihf late\\nP.l). IJockwith.\\n-iJ^\\n/p^EORGE W. DOUG AN. P.errien County\\nIII has in tiic past offered many instances of\\nthe fact tiiat industry, enterprise and en-\\nergy, comliined with the exercise of sound business\\njudgmenl, lind here a fitting arena for their devel-\\no|iiiieiit, and bring compensation in prosperity,\\nand oftlinu s wealtii. Examples of success in mer-\\ncantile enterprises arc not wanting here. Among\\nllic (lrv-,noods houses which have attained a prom-\\ninent place in the eonfidence of tiie general public\\nmay be mentioned Hie establishment at Niles of\\nwhich W. I)iiiiii!iii Ar Co. are the owners and\\nproprietors.\\nThe location of (ieoiiic W. Doiigan A Co. s store\\nis convi-nieii1 for all purposes of liiide. The\\nbuilding is 21x120 feel in dimensions, and is ad-\\nmii;ibly adapted to the purpose for which it is\\nutilized. Tlic house has held a high place in the\\nconlideiiee and approbation of the public Ihrougli-\\noiit its long business lii.story by a steady adherence\\nto correcl business principles, and b\\\\ being reliable\\nin every particular. Its standing in the trade is\\nof the hij;hest character, and its large business is\\neondiuti d upon ;i perfect system. The store is well\\nstocked with a complete and varied assortment of\\ndry goods, notions, carpets, etc.\\nThe success which has crowned this business\\nventure is whollv due to the exercise of the\\nwise judgment of Mr. Dougan. Having passed\\nhis entire life in the city of Niles, he is^ well\\nknown by all the citizens, and enjoys their con-\\nfidence to the fullest extent. He was born in\\nthis city August 15, 1841, and is of direct Scotch-\\nIrish descent, his father, George W. Dougan, hav-\\ning been born .in the Emerald Isle, whence he emi-\\ngrated to America at an early age. He located in\\nNiles in 18.35, and was married in Ireland to Miss\\nEliza, daughter of Capt. Thomas Karr, who was of\\nIrish birth, but of Scotch parentage. The father\\nof (jur subject was a carpenter by trade, and fol-\\nlowed his chosen occupation during tlie entire\\nperiod of his active life. His death occurred on\\nthe 3d of March, 1890, when he had attained to\\nfour-score and seven j-ears.\\nThe third in a family of four children, the sub-\\nject of this sketch passed his boyhood in the pa-\\nrental home, and attended the common schools of\\nNiles. When a mere lad, he entered the mercan-\\ntile establishment of C. F. IJentley, with whom he\\nremained, occupying a clerical position for eight\\nyears. In 1873, in partnership with A. .1. Fox, he\\nembarked in the dry-goods business under the (irm\\nname of Fox Dougan, continuing in that con-\\nnection for five years. Afterward the stock was\\ndivided between the members of the firm, and Mr.\\nDougan has actively conducted the business to the\\npresent time. Of pleasing ap))earance, affable\\nmanners and honoralile business nielhods, he has\\ngained the regard and confidence of the people of\\nBerrien County.\\nDecember 5, 1872, Mr. Dougan iii.-irried Miss\\nAnna M. Smitli, of Kicliniond, Ind., anil the\\n(laughter of Hon. .1. 1 Smith, a prominent bu. -i-\\niiess man of that city. Mr. and iMis. Dougan are\\nthe parents of four cbildreii: U ichard N., Al.ay,\\n(ieorge W., .Ir., and Ardel. In lii, [lolilical 0|)in-\\nions Mr. Dougan is a Democrat, and while he li.as\\nnever sought political |iieferment, he has been the\\nrecipient of numerous positions of tiiist and honor.\\nHe witnessed with gre;it pleasure the inaugural\\ncer(!monies attending the installation of Grover\\nCleveland into the I resideiitial chair on the -1th\\nof March, 18il3. He served one term as Mayor of\\nllu city, and two terms as Alderman of the Sec-\\nond Ward, and was a mi iiibcrof the School Hoard", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0621.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "622\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfor three years, serving as Its Treasurer. In 1884\\nhe was appointed Indian trader for the Black Feet\\nIndians, with headquarters in the northwestern\\npart of Montana, at the old Indian agency known\\nas the Black Feet Agency, north of Sun River, hut\\nresigned that position on account of Indian trou-\\nbles.\\nSocially, Mr. Dougan is connected with St. .Jo-\\nseph Valley Lodge No. 4, A. F. A. M. Begin-\\nning in business with limited capital, he is now\\nthe owner of considerable realty, and is financially\\nwell-to-do. Among his landed possessions is a\\nfarm lying near the corporate limits of the city,\\nthe value of which will undoubtedly be enhanced\\nduring the coming years. He is also the owner of\\nvaluable real estate in the city. He is now a\\nstockholder and Director in the First National\\nBank of Niles. His name is frequently mentioned\\nby his friends as a candidate for Postmaster at\\nNiles, and should the expectations of his hosts of\\nacquaintances be realized, Niles will have a Post-\\nmaster who will be popular with everyone, irre-\\nspective of political opinions. The partner of ]\\\\Ir.\\nDougan was the late Capt. H. B. Quiniln of the\\nUnited States Army, whose familj retain his in-\\nterest in the firm.\\nd-! 5 5 5-,^^-! 5-+r\\n^.{..{..j.^.\\nREDERICK F. KINO, for thirteen years\\n5 an able Supervisor of Sodus Township,\\nBerrien County, Mich., is a prosperous gen-\\neral farmer and successful horticulturist, and\\nresides upon a fine farm, pleasantly located on\\nsection 22. Mr. King is a native of Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y., and was born October 15, 182!).\\nThe paternal grandparents were early settlers of\\nRhode Island, and in that State the father of our\\nsubject. Job King, was born in 1802. The education\\nof the father was limited to a few months of\\nschooling, but he was a man of great natural\\nability and sagacity and readily won his U|)vvard\\nway. The business of his life w.as farming, but\\nhe was also a devout minister of the Baptist per-\\nsuasion, and for more than a half-century gave\\nearnest and persistent work for the salvation of\\nperishing humanity. Between his daily toil upon\\nthe farm and his labors in the pulpit, he led a life\\nof busy usefulness, and was honored for his unself-\\nishness and sterling integrity of character. He\\nmarried Miss Phoebe M. Freeman, daughter of\\nFrederick Freeman, a highly respected settler of\\nOnondaga County, N. Y.\\nUnto the father and mother were born thirteen\\nchildren, of whom our subject was the second, and\\nnamed Frederick in remembrance of his maternal\\ngrandfather. The paternal grandfather. Job King,\\ngallantly participated in the battle of Sackett s\\nHarbor and also took part in many other impor-\\ntant eng.agements of the Revolutionar} War.\\nWhen young Frederick King was seven years of\\nage he journeyeil with his parents by wagon tf) a\\nnew home in Ohio, and, settling in Ashland\\nCounty, there received a good common-school\\neducation. Aside from the lessons of the little\\ndistrict school, he received [)rivate instruction, and\\nwas soon enabled to begin the self-reliant work of\\nlife as a teacher. Our subject taught in the\\ndistrict schools of Jledina and Ashland Counties,\\nOhio, and in 186.3 emigrated to the State of\\nMichigan, and, settling upon rented laud, entered\\nwith energy into the pursuits of agriculture in\\nBerrien Count} from that time his permanent\\nhome. Aside from the tilling of the soil, he soon\\nengaged in running a sawmill, which he profitably\\nconducted for twenty-nine years. Accumulating\\nproperty and financially successful, Mr. King after\\na time bought the attractive homestead where he\\nnow resides, and, aside from other duties, makes a\\nspecialty of cultivating choice fruit for the Clii-\\ncago market.\\nMarch 1(3, 1845, Frederick F. King and Miss\\nSusan F. Freeman were united in marriage.\\nMrs. King was a daughter of Frederick Freeman,\\na well-known and prosperous resident of Jackson\\nCounty, Mich. Our subject and his esfimable\\nwife have been blessed l y the birth of eleven\\nchildren, nine of whom are vet living. Six are\\nmarried, and three are still at home with their\\nparents. Fraternall}, Mr. King is a leading mem-\\nber of the Patrons of Hnsbandr\\\\ He also belongs\\nto the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0622.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND r.iOGRAPH CAL RECORD.\\n623\\nMrs. King are both v.aliied iiu inliors of tlic Chiircli\\nof C lirist. witli wliic li deiioniination our subject\\nli.is liecn I onupclc d cvci- since he w.is twenty\\nyears of ai c. Politically, Mr. King is a stalwart\\nRepublican and fioni its (irst organization has\\nbeen an ardent advocate of the [larly. There has\\nscarcely been an oflice within the gilt of liis fellow-\\ntownsmen he has not received, and, a man of ex-\\necutive ability, has well discliarged the duties of\\nDrainage Commissioner, .lustice of the Peace,\\nSchool Insi)ector, Townsliip Treasurer, Township\\nClerk, and as Supervisor has been a prominent\\nf.aetor in the promotion and development of the\\nprogressive interests of liis locality. Widely known,\\nhe possesses the confidence of tlic comniunily\\namong whom he has spent the Last thirty years,\\nand is numbered among the substantial citizens of\\nHerrien County.\\n^_^^\\nfcj.\u00c2\u00bb.\\n=^J!\u00c2\u00bb\\n;RKDKHICK FIRST, one of the oldest and\\nfj most prominent settlers of Pipestone Town-\\nship, Herrien County, Mich., has won his\\nway ill life unaided, and, an energetic and indus-\\nlri iiis man of a high order of practical aliilily, has\\naccumulated a large and v.aluabic property and is\\nnumbered among the substantial men and leading\\ncitizens of the county. A friend to educational\\nadvancement, he has, as an ollicer of the School\\nHoard, materially assisted to imi)rove the grade of\\nin.striiction and scholarship in the district schools.\\nOur siiliject is a native of (icrmany, and was born\\nFebruary 2, 1828. in Westphali.-i. liis parents,\\nFrederick and Angcliiie (Shearman) First, were\\nboth born in Westphalia, the father in 17 .I3, and\\nthe mother in 1798. Reared, educated and mar-\\nried in the Old Country, they passed many years\\nof their life in Germany before they finally de-\\ncided to emigrate to the land of promise I)eyond\\nthe sea. lii 18 I they emigrated with their fam-\\nily to America, and, locating in Ohio, spent seven\\nyears in Hamilton County. They then removed\\nto Michigan and made llicir home with our subject\\nuntil their death.\\nThe parents trained to habits of industrious\\nthiifl four children: Frederick, oursuhject: Henri-\\netta Ihiklehan, a resident of Cincinnati, (hi o.; Mrs.\\nKroline; and Mrs. Ilorsinan, the latter well known\\nin F.errien County. The father and mother were\\nvalued members of the Lutheran Church and ac-\\ntively assisted in religious work. Our subject re-\\nceived an excellent education in (ierraaiiy, and\\ncro-ssing the broad Atlantic in 1847 passed ten\\nyears as a gardener in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. First\\nis, however, a life-time general farmer and thor-\\noughly veised in evei i department of agriculture.\\nIn 185.3 our subject w.as united in marriage with\\nMiss Louisa, daughter of Henry and Annie (Kukle-\\nlian) Kuklehan, both natives of Westphalia, Clcr-\\ninany. Mr. Kuklehan, a farmer, had been a. soldier\\nand served in the wars of the Fatherland. He\\nemigrated to America in 1841 and made his home\\nin Hamilton County, Ohio, where he and his\\nestimable wife both died. Thej were the parents\\nof nine children, seven of whom are now living;\\none brother, Lewis, is in business in New York\\nCity. Mr. and Mrs. Kuklehan were devout mem-\\nbers of the Lutheran Church and were highly\\nrespected by all who knew them.\\nMrs. First was born in AVestplialia, Oermany,\\nAugust 4, 1833. The pleasant home has been\\nblessed by the birth of ten sons and daughters,\\nlive of the children j ct surviving. Lizzie S., the\\nwife of Charles Fuelling and the mother of one\\nchild, resides in Indiana; Sophia married llennaii\\nGrabamayer, and with her iiusband and one child\\nmakes her home in Pipestone Townshij); Ilenr\\\\.\\nwho married Miss Annie Varnan, lives in .Silver\\nCreek Township, and is the father of four chil-\\ndren; Lewis and Frank complete the list. Finan-\\ncially prospered, Mr. First at one lime owned over\\neight hundred .acres of valuable land, and lias\\nhimself cleared, cultivated and improved over four\\nhundred acres, reclaiming the soil from its wild\\nstate. As his children married he gave each a\\nfarm, and now retains three hundred and twenty\\nacres, nearly all under high cultivatifm and lincly\\nim|)roved. There were originally one hundred and\\nsixty acres more in the homestead, which our sub-\\nject gave to his children. Among tlie costly im-\\nprovements of the extensive farm are good roads.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0623.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "624\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwhich cross it, and a fine residence, erected at a\\ncost of 14,000, one of the best and most attractive\\nhomes in tiie township. Mr. First li.as been for\\nmany years a prominent member and an officer in\\nthe Lutheran Church. He was long connected\\nwith the School Board and liberally aided hiscliil-\\ndren to receive a good education. Politically, he\\nis a Republican, and has ever taken a deep inter-\\nest in local and national affairs, without aspiring\\nto hold office. Energetic and enterprising, he has\\nin all the various duties of life been true to him-\\nself, his friends and family, and is known as a man\\nof unswerving integrity and steadfast purpose.\\nRED McOMBER, M. D., editor and pro-\\nprietof of llie Berrien Springs Era, was\\nborn in Orleans Count}^, N. Y., on the\\n23d of January, 1846. He traces his line.age to\\nScotland, and the family of which he is a mem-\\nber was one of the first represented in America.\\nHis grandfather on the paternal side. Pardon Mc-\\nOniber, was born in Connecticut, as was also his\\nfather, Asa. The mother of our subject was Ma-\\nnila, daughter of .John Graj and a native of\\nNew York State.\\nOne in a family of eight, the subject of tiiis\\nbiographical notice was reared to manhood in Or-\\nleans County, N. Y., receiving a common-school\\neducation. A mere lad when the war broke out,\\nhe was fired with the spirit of patriotism and de-\\nsire to serve his country, and, accordingly, en-\\nlisted as a member of Company C, Eighth New\\nY ork Heavy Artillery, Col. Peter A. Porter, of\\nNiagara Falls, commanding. The regiment was\\nassigned to the Army of the Potomac, Second Di-\\nvision, Second Brigade, Second Army Corps. Dr.\\nMcOmber participated in nearly all the battles of\\nthe Wilderness. During the battle of Cold ILir-\\nbor, on the 4th of June, 18G4, a shell struck a\\ntree about eight feet above his head and some-\\nwhat shocked Dr. .McOmlier, who, however, re-\\nceived no serious injury therefrom except a small\\nwound on his arm. He remained with his regi-\\nment, taking part in all its engagements .ind\\nmarches until he was mustered out of the service\\nat the close of the war.\\nAfter having been honorably discharged in\\nMay, 1865, Dr. McOmber returned to his old home\\nin Orleans County, N. Y., and a short time after-\\nward went to Canandaigua, N. Y., where he re-\\nmained until 1867, learning the trade of a jeweler.\\nIn 1868 he made a tour of Iowa for the purpose\\nof selecting a suitable location, but finding nothing\\nsatisfactory he went to Chicago, where he was in\\nbusiness and studying medicine for eighteen\\nmonths. Later, he came to Michigan, and re-\\nmained in Benton Harbor for three months. In\\nJanuar.v, 1869, he located in Berrien Springs,\\nwhere he has since resided. For several 3 eai s he\\nengaged in merchandising. In 1870 he estab-\\nlished the Berrien Springs Dispensarj^ for the treat-\\nment of chronic diseases and the opium habit, as\\nwell as the liquor and tobacco habits, and has met\\nwith much success in this line. He is also the com-\\npounder of some very valuable remedies, in the\\nsale of which he h.as built up a large trade, and\\nalso has several inventions for the treatment of\\nchronic diseases, especially of the lungs, by medi-\\ncated vapor, compressed air, etc.\\nIn 1873 Dr. McOmber was appointed Postmas-\\nter of Berrien Springs, and served with efticienc\\\\\\nfor ten years. His journalistic career commenced\\nin 1873, at which time he established a monthly\\npaper, which had the distinction of being the first\\npaper published in Berrien Springs. This paper\\nwas called Gold and Silver. In 1874 it w.as merged\\ninto a weekly and the title changed to the Ber-\\nrien County Journal, which, after editing and pub-\\nlishing for several months, he sold. In 1876 he\\nestablished a weekly paper, an eight-column fo-\\nlio,J?epublican in politics and neat in its typo-\\ngraphical a|)pearance, which he called the Beriicn\\nSprings Era, the only paper now published in the\\nplace. The publication of this he still conducts\\nin connection with his medical industry.\\nThe marriage of Dr. McOmber occurred in 1872.\\nand united him with Miss Minnie M., the daugh-\\nter of the Hon. James Graham, an early settler of\\nBerrien County, who served as Sheriff and also as", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0624.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0625.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0626.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfi-27\\n:i iiuMiilier of tlic lA gislatnro. Dr. and Mrs. Mc-\\nOiiiIkm- are tlic parents of vnv child, (iraliani O.\\nS()c iall.v, Dr. IMcOinber is idcnlilicd with Kilpatrick\\nPost No. 39, G. A. R,; Western Star Lodge No.\\n3!), A. F. A. M., and other fraternal organiza-\\ntions. He was largely interested in the estah-\\nlishiiienl of tlie St. .Joseph X alley IJailroad in\\nism;), and served as its General Manager for some\\ntime. He owns a half-interest in the Hc)tel Oron-\\noko, ereeted as a sanitarium and for the accommo-\\ndation of summer visitors, and it is already quite\\npopular thougliout this section of country. Al-\\nways interested in educational matters, Di Mc-\\nOmber has nnidered ellicicnl service as a member\\nv( the School Hoard, and has done all in his power\\ntoward advancing the standard of education in\\nhis vicinity, and as a i)ublic-spirited citizen he\\nlia.s done a great deal to build \\\\ip and advance\\nthe interests of Uerrien Si)rings.\\nM-t*P\u00c2\u00bbW-\\nf I I t :-rt^t\\nENRY H. POUTER is the Secretary of the\\nMutual City and X ill.age Fire Insurance\\nCompany, engineer and manager of tlie\\njj Dowagiac Construction Company, and Sec-\\nretar} and Treasurer of the Dowagiac Gas and\\nElectric Company. He was born in Jordan, Onon-\\ndaga County, N. Y., on the 12th of October, 1847.\\nOn the maternal side he is descended from Hugue-\\nnot ancestry, his grandfather IJlancliard having\\nIteen a refugee from France and an early settler of\\nWashington County, N. Y. The paternal grand-\\nfatiier, William Porter, was born in Ireland, whence\\nhe en-.igrated to the United States and located in\\nWiishington (Jounty, N. Y. He served as Associate\\nJudge of thecount3 and was a prominent attorney\\nand coil nselor-at -law.\\nWilliam Porter, Jr., father of our subject, was\\nborn in Hebron, Washington County, N. Y., and\\nin Ills youth attended the I nion College, at Schen-\\nectady, graduating from that institution. Thence\\nlie went to Camillus, where he studied law, and\\nwas admitted to the Bar at Syracuse. He com-\\nmenced the practice of his profession at .lordan,\\nand also had offices in both Syiacuse and Auburn.\\nAt .Salem, Washington County, he married Helen\\nJane Blanchard, daughter of Judge Anthony Blan-\\ncliard. Six children were born of this union, four\\nof whom are still living: Anthony 15., of New\\nYork City; William H., of Auburn, N. Y.; Jennie B.\\nLeet, of \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Ncranton, Pa.; and our subject.\\nPolitically, Mr. Porter w.as a Democrat. lie re-\\nceived the appointment of Postmaster at Jordan,\\nN. Y., and was a member of the State Legislature.\\nHe w.as nominated for Congress and made a splen-\\ndid canvass, but w.as defeated by a small majority\\nby his oiiponent, Dennis McCarth} Afterward\\nhe was again nominated for Congress, his opponent\\nbeing Senator Hiscock, and notwithstanding the\\nfact that he was sevent3 -two years old, he spoke\\nevery night for four weeks in the campaign. He\\ndied in his eighty-first year, March 27, 1887, at his\\nhome in Jordan, N. Y. The mother of our subject\\ndied December 9, 1892, in her eighty-lifth year.\\nAn untiring worker, a logical thinker, and a man\\nof unusually sound judgment, Mr. Porter won\\nconsiderable fame in i)rofessional circles and was\\nconceded to be one of the most eminent men of\\nthe Bar of New York. At the lime of his death he\\nleft seven cases in the Court of Appeals. His was\\na career illustrating the fact that industr} and en-\\nergy will almost invariably bring to their possessor\\nwell-merited success, (icntlemanly in demeanor\\nand cordial in manner, he numbered his friends by\\nthe hundreds and enjoyed great popularity. In\\nhis religious views he was very liberal. He was\\nGeneral-in-Chief of the State Militia of New Y ork,\\nand at the opening of the Rebellion was urged to\\naccept the Colonelcy of the One Hundred and\\nTwenty -second New York Infantry, but could not\\nbe prevailed upon to do so. His sympathies were\\non the side of the I nion.\\nIn the Jordan Academy the subject of this\\nsketch received a good education. AVhen seven-\\nteen years old he enlisted, in 1865, .as a member\\nof Company F, One Hundred and Ninety-third\\nNew York Infantry, having run away from home\\nin order to join the army. However, his martial\\nimpulses were indefinitely postponed by the arrival\\nof his father on the scene, at Auburn, N. Y., and he\\nwas obliged to return home. A short time after-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0627.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "628\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nward he went to Elbridge, N. Y., wliere he clerked\\nin a general store for three and oiie-half years.\\nThen, purchasing a stock of drugs, lie embarked in\\nbusiness as a druggist and continued thus occupied\\nuntil his store was burned out.\\nOctober 25, 1870, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nPorter to Miss Georgiana, daugliter of Israel K.\\nPerry, a farmer of Onondaga Count} N. Y. Mrs.\\nPorter was born and reared in Onondaga County,\\nN. Y., receiving a good education in the Monroe\\nCollegiate Institute. After his marriage Mr. Porter\\nlocated at Syracuse, N. Y., where he engaged in the\\nwholesale confectionery and fruit business. Later\\nlie settled on a farm in Onondaga County and\\nlabored as a tiller of the soil until 1877, when he\\ncame to Michigan. While faiming in New York,\\nand while filling the position of Superintendent of\\nImplements at the State Fair, he became acquainted\\nwith Seth Green, the father of fish culture. This\\ngentleman gave him considerable instruction in\\nthe business and advised him to go into it. He fol-\\nlowed the advice and built one of the finest hatcli-\\ning establishments in the State of New York. Mr.\\nPorter hybridized the first crosses that were ever\\nmade between the salmon trout and the brook trout.\\nAfter writing to many of the prominent fisher}\\nmen concerning the matter, he published an article\\nin llie Forest and Stream explaining it in full.\\nThey are now on exhibition at the Smithsonian\\nInstitute. He was the first to cross the California\\nsalmon with the brook trout, and also the first to\\nhatch and raise the celebrated Michigan grayling,\\nspecimens of which are on exhibition at the Smith-\\nsonian Institute. For two years he furnished eggs\\non contract to the State of Michigan, and while\\nthus engaged was urged by (lOv. Bagley, of Mich-\\nigan, and George H. .Jerome, who was at the head\\nof the flsh commission, to come to this State and\\ninvestigate their work, as what had been done\\npiior to that time had proved a failure.\\nDuring his visit to Michigan, Mr. Porter accepted\\nthe position tendered liim and superintended the\\nSlate Fishery at Pokagon, Cass County. Hither,\\na slioit time afterward, he brought his fanjils\\nAfter filling the position in the fisheries for one\\nseason, he came to Dowagiac and engaged in the\\ngrocery business with Frank J. Moslier, under the\\nfirm name of F. J. Mosher Co. Two years were\\nthus spent, and then Mr. Porter engaged in business\\nas a produce dealer. While in the grocery business\\nhe became interested in the City and Milage Fire\\nInsurance Compan} and acted as its agent here.\\nUpon the resignation of one of its Directors he\\nhe was elected to fill the vacant place. After\\nserving as Director one year, he was elected Treas-\\nurer, and served in that capacity until 1884, since\\nwhich lime he lias been Secretary.\\nAt the time Mr. Porter was elected Secretary of\\nthe City and Village Insurance Company it was\\nlocated at Niles, and for some time previous its\\nbusiness had steadily decreased until it seemed that\\nthere was no prospect of a better state of things.\\nHowever, since Mr. Porter became connected with\\nthe company and removed the office to Dowagiac\\nit has enjoyed a steady increase of business, and\\nnow has an assessable capital stock of *1, 500,(10(1.\\nIn addition to his other interests, he is a hydraulic\\nengineer. He is a senior member of the Michigan\\nEngineering Society, and is manager of the Do-\\nwagiac Construction Company, which has ottices in\\nDowagiac and Chicago.\\nThe Dowagiac Gas and Electric Light Company\\nwas organized in February, 1890, at which lime\\n]Mr. Porter was elected Secretary and Treasurer,\\nand is still serving in that capacity. He and his\\nwife have one son, William C, who is connoctcd\\nwith his father in business.\\nUnder the first administration of President\\nCleveland, Mr. Porter was appointed Postmaster\\nat Dowagiac, but for political reasons the Senate\\nrefused to confirm the appointment. Upon the\\nelection of Cleveland the second time, he w.as\\nsolicited by prominent Democrats and Republicans\\nto accept the appointment of Postmaster of this\\ncity, but for business reasons he refused. He\\nserved as Chairman of the first Democratic caucus\\nin the city of Dowagiac, and has been a leader\\namong the Democrats for many years. In his re-\\nligious views he is very liberal. Since twenty-one\\nyears i f age he has been a member of the Inde|)end-\\nenl (Jrder of Odd Fellows, and is also identified\\nwith the Modern Woodmen of America and the\\nOlder of Elks. He was the father of the .society\\ncalled the American Legion of Honor in the State.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0628.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n629\\nIn the estimation of our subject, this sketch\\nwould be incomi)lete were no mention made of his\\nmaternal ancestors. In referring to the family\\ngenealogy we find the following facts: (Jen. .John\\nWilliams married Mrs. Susana (Thomas) Turner, a\\ndescendant of a family belonging to the Claud\\nMacGregors, and they became the parents of four\\nchildren. Jlaria, the youngest of the number,\\nmarried Anthony I. Blanchard and they had a fam-\\nily of three sons and three daughters, of whom\\nHelen Jane, the mother of our subject, was the\\nyoungest. Anthony I. Blanchard was Colonel of\\nthe Second New Hampshire Regiment and was\\nthe first .Judge of the Common Pleas Court of\\nWashington County, N.. Y., having been appointed\\nto that position March 12, 1810. In 17!)6 he was\\nchosen Assistant Attorney- General of New York,\\nand in 1X01 became District Attorney. He served\\nas a member of the New York CJcneral Assembly\\nfor two terras, in ITDO-IIT.\\n(ien. .lohn Williams, the great-grandfather of\\nour subject, was born at Barnstable, Devon, Eng-\\nland, in 17o2, and received a good education in\\nhis native land. For one year he served .as Major\\non an English man-of-war, and after completing\\nhis medical and surgical studies emigrated from\\nEngland in 1773, and, coming to America, settled\\nat Salem, N. Y., where he followed the profession\\nof a physician. May 20, 1775, at the commenee-\\ninenl of the Revolutionary War, he was elected\\nto represent his county in the General Assem-\\nbly, which met in New York City. In .June,\\n177; he was appointed Surgeon of a regi-\\nment, and in Febiuary of the following }-ear he\\nwas commissioned Colonel of the regiment that\\nhad been raised principally through his efforts.\\nAfter serving as commanding ollicer, he was pro-\\nmoted, April t, 1777, to the rank of Brigadier-\\nGeneral, and meantime still fullilled his duties as\\na member of the Assembly. He gave his vote for\\nthe or linance creating the State of New York and\\nadopting its constitution. I rom 1792 until 1796\\nhe served in Congress. For more than twenty-\\nlive years, from the organization of the State of\\nNew York until his death, lie was Judge of the\\ncounty of Charlotte and its successor, Washington\\nCounty. As a member of the State Senate he\\noffered the resolution, which was adopted, to build\\nthe canal connecting the Hudson River with Lake\\nChamplain on the east and the Great Lakes on the\\nwest. His death occurred at Salem, N. Y., on the\\n22d of July, 1806.\\n^^EORGE BOYLE, a representative general\\nIII agriculturist, residing upon his finely culti-\\nvated homestead located in Buchanan\\nTownship, Berrien County, IMicli., is a native of\\nthe county, and was born December 3, 1835, in\\nLake Township. His parents, (iodfrey and Rosiua\\n(Cool) Boyle, were born, reared and married in\\nGermany, and, emigrating to America in 1831, re-\\nsided for some time in Baltimore, Md., and later\\nremoving to Pennsylvania, finally made their\\nhome, in 1834 or 1835, in Berrien Springs, Mich.\\nLanding in Baltimore with only a cash capital of\\nfifty cents, the parents labored early and late to\\nsupjiort themselves in the countrs whose ways and\\nlanguage were to them new and strange. When\\nthe father came to Michigan he accompanied .Air.\\nKimball and his family, and for two years worked\\nby the day and month for them. He bought\\na small bit of land one mile north of Niles, and\\nbuilt thereon a log house, but did not remain very\\nlong in this locality, although during the brief\\nperiod of his residence there be managed to lose\\nnearly all the small savings carefull3 hoarded\\ndollar b} dollar from his hardly earned w.ages.\\nThe father and mother then removed to Lake\\nTownshij), where the father entered fort\\\\ acres of\\nGovernment land for ^1.25 per acre, and engaged\\nenergetically in the cultivati()n of the soil. After\\na time he sold this farm and with his family\\nremoved to Orinoko Township, where he pur-\\nchased eighty acres of land and made this place\\nhis permanent home.\\nI rospering through tireless industry, (iodfrey\\nBoyle added a tract of one hundred and sixtj\\nacres to the original farm, and with the aid of his\\nsons cleared off the heav}- timber and brought one", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0629.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "630\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhundred and twenty acres up to a high state of\\npioductiveness.- He fuitlier improved the farm,\\nbuilding an attractive and commodious residence\\nand good barns and sheds. From time to time he\\nmade investments in lands and bought and sold,\\nat the time of his death owning two hundred and\\nforty acres. Essentially a self-made man, Father\\nBoyle, hard-working, upright and true to every\\nduty of life, survived to reach sixt^ -three years of\\nage, and passed awa} in 1862, mourned by all who\\nknew him. He had served in the army of his na-\\ntive land, as had also a brother, and both had un-\\ndoubtedly shared the dangers of the Bonaparte\\ncampaign. The brother was captured by the\\ntroops of Napoleon, his clothes taken from him,\\nand, without covering or shelter, he suffered most\\nseverely. Unto the parents were born thirteen\\nchildren, five of whom lived to years of maturity,\\n(iottlieb was the eldest; George was the second in\\norder of birth; Mary became the wife of Orlando\\nNelson; Godfrey was named in honor of his father;\\nand Hattie is the wife of Joel Ilartline. The mother\\nof these brothers and sisters, Mrs. Lucinda Boyle,\\na most estimable woman, passed away in 1868.\\nOur subject is self-educated, having in youth en-\\njoyed but the most limited opportunities for in-\\nstruction and schooling. A man of earnest pur-\\npose, he learned to read and write after he had\\nreached manhood. Toiling from his early child-\\nhood, he attained to twenty years of age and then\\nbegan life for himself on seventy-five acres of land\\nhis father had given him. The land in the woods\\nbe cleared and cultivated, and with patient indus-\\ntry winning his upward way, now owns two\\nhundred and twenty-eight and a-half acres of some\\nof the most valuable land in Berrien County. Mr.\\nBoyle has now under a high state of productiveness\\none hundred and sixty acres, which annually\\nyield an abundant harvest. In 1880 he purchased\\none hundred and twelve acres of his tract for 845\\nper acre. For the balance he paid $72.50 per\\nacre, with the exception of about twenty-six acres,\\nwhich cost $80.10 per acre. Aside from this\\nvaluable piopert} our subject also owns two\\nhundred and thirteen acres six miles north of\\nNilcs, for which he |iaid $64 per acre. This latter\\nfarm has one hundred and seventy acres of linely\\ncultivated land and is improved with a comfort-\\nable residence, a commodious new barn and\\ngranary, and other buildings. For ten or twelve\\nyears, George Bo^le, in connection with his brother\\nGottlieb, ran a sawmill in Weesaw Township, a\\nbusiness which was then most profitable. In 1858\\nGeorge Boyle and Miss Ann Houstid were united\\nin marriage. The estimable wife of our subject\\nwas a native of New York. Her mother, Mary A.\\nFilkins, was twice married. Mr. Houstid died\\nwhen his daughter Ann was an infant, and later\\nthe widow wedded William Walton. Mr. and\\nMrs. Boyle were blessed by the birth of seven\\nchildren: Semantha, deceased; Eugene, a resident\\nof Weesaw Township; Laura, wife of Louis Paul,\\nof Weesaw Township; Sarah A., wife of R. N.\\nNorris, of Niles Township; Ira, at home; Melvin,\\nwith his parents; and Myra, deceased. A con-\\nstant resident of his native Stale throughout fifty-\\neight years of progress, our subject is identified\\nwith the growth and local improvements of Ber-\\nrien County, and reared amid the pioneer scenes\\nof early daj S has acquired solely through his own\\nself-reliant efforts a comfortable competence and\\nranks with the substantial men of Michigan.\\nIk\\nESTER H. KEMPTON,a prospeious general\\nmerchant of Glendora, Weesaw Township,\\nBerrien County, Mich., is one of the most\\npopular and enterprising citizens of his locality,\\nand has held, with marked efliciency, many of the\\nimportant township odlces. Born within the bor-\\nders of the county, December 9, 1860, he enjoys a\\nwide acquaintance and the confidence and high\\nesteem of a host of life-time friends. His parents,\\nDavid F. and Mary (Henderson) Kempton, were\\nboth natives of New York. The father, born Au-\\ngust 27, 1819, was the son of William Kempton, a\\nnative of Vermont, who later made his home in\\nthe Empire State, where he died in 1828. David\\nF. Kempton and his estimable wife are both living.\\nTlic\\\\ journeyed from New York .State to Michi-\\ngan in 1855, and, locating in 15enieii County,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0630.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "PUUTRAIT AND BlOORAnnCAL RECORD.\\nfiSI\\nliiivc since continued to make their liome in Ibis\\npart of the St. ile. Tlic. fiillior is hy trade a lilack-\\nsiiiith. ;in(l \\\\nn x ajio inu chascd one hundred and\\ntwelve aeies of woodland, whieii, wilii the aid of\\nliis .sons, lie has cleared, cultivated and improved.\\nTlie deed of llie land was jjiven when .lames K.\\nI olU was President. Unto the parents was horn\\na large faniil\\\\ of six sons and live daughters.\\nLester II. was the seventh I liild in order of birth,\\nand. reaied upon the old ISerrien County home-\\nstead, attended in childliood the common schools\\nof the district, afterward receiving the benefit of\\none ye;ir of instruction in the High 8clioolof New\\nTroy, and linally completing his studios in the\\nCtimincrcial College in Crand Raijids. He served\\nan apprenticeship to the mercantile business one\\nyear in the store of R. IJ. .Fennings, at Troy, and\\nthen, iin account of his health, varied his employ-\\nment with the outdoor work of the home farm for\\ntwo years. In IXH I Mr. Kemptou engaged in\\nmercantile liusiness at Hill s Corners, and in 181)1\\nreniDved his interests to Clcndora, where he now\\nresides. He carries a stock of about $2,500 and\\ndocs a good and rapidl e.xtcnding business in the\\ncountry round about. Upon April 8, 1893, our\\nsulijecl was nnited in marriage with INIiss Florence\\nHarlsell, a native of licrrien County, an accom-\\nplished lady and a social favorite in the neighbor-\\nliodd of Iwv home. JMis. Kempton is the daugh-\\nter of .IdiKithan and Laura (Harger) Hartsell,\\nprominent and highly respected residents of Wee-\\nsaw Township. Mr. Hartsell is a native of the\\n.State and was born in Cass County, November 11,\\n18:50.\\nPolitically, Mr. Keinptoii is a pronounced Dem-\\nocrat. He cast his (irst Presidential vote for Gro-\\nver Cleveland, and in order to reach the polls\\nwalked from (lalien, where he was engaged in a\\nstore, to the home district. Fully possessing the\\nregard of the many who have known his record as\\nboy and man, our subject has held, since attaining\\nhis majority, various positions of trust. Elected\\nSchool lnsi)ector in 188^, he faithfully devoted\\nhis service for two years to the cause of educational\\nadvancement, and for three years occupied the\\nollico of Township Clerk. For four successive\\nyears he was elected to the responsible oHice of\\nSupervisor, and discharged the work involved to\\nthe great satisfaction of his fellow-townsmen, who\\nwould have continued him in the position, but\\nMr. Kempton, deciding that he had done his share\\ntoward the mutual welfare as a public ollicer, de-\\nclined any further appointment. Mr. and Mrs.\\nKempton, occupying a social i)osition of useful\\ninlluence, are prominent factors in the various be-\\nnevolent enterprises and social life of the town-\\nship, and in their attractive lK)me receive and en-\\ntertain an extensive and life-long acquaintance.\\n^^EORGE B. RICHARDS, an enterprising citi-\\ng\u00e2\u0080\u0094 zen of lierrien County, Mich., now con-\\n^^Jj ductingsuccessfully an extensive furniture\\nbusiness in the village of Buchanan, is a native of\\nhis present locality and was born in the township\\non the 18th of November, 185 Educated in the\\nschools of Buchanan, he remained with his father\\nuntil his twenty-first birtlidaj, when he began life\\nfor himself as a market gardener. He followed\\nthis occupation for some time, then entered into\\nmercantile business as a clerk, and in 18;)1 estab-\\nlished himself as a dealer in furniture, and has a\\nwell-stocked store and enjoys an excellent and\\nrapidly-extending trade. Politically a Re(iubli-\\ncan, Mr. Richards is intimatel} identified with the\\nlocal management of the leading offices of the\\ntownship, and in 1890 was elected Township\\nTreasurer, was re-elected in 1891, and in 1892 and\\nin 1893 was elected to the responsible position of\\n.Supervisor of the township, the ducies of whicli\\nolfice our subject is now discharging to the great\\nsatisfaction of his fellow-townsmen. In 1879,\\nGeorge B. Richards was united in marriage with\\nMiss Clara Roe, daughter of Jesse J. and Anna M.\\n(Whitman) Roe, early settlers of the village, wide-\\nIv known and highly- respected. Mrs. Richards is\\na member of the Christian Church and a most et\\ntimable lady, active in the social and religious life\\nof Buchanan. One son, Robert, has blesse() th(?\\nhome.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0631.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "632\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nAlfred Ricliards, tlie father of our subject, was\\none of the pioneer settlers of the village of Bu-\\nchanan, and, horn in Wilmington, Del., November\\n.5, 1822, was a young man twenty-eight yeais of\\nage when he came in the pride of early manhood\\nto seek his fortune in the broader fields of the\\nWest. He wastheson of Henry and Sarali (Bergh)\\nRichards, who early in life made their home in\\nDelaware, but were both natives of J^ngland.\\nHemy Richards, emigrating to America in 1818,\\nsettled in Delaware, and there married, hut later\\nreturned to his native land, where lie died. His\\nwife, Sarah Bergh, was the daughter of George\\nBergh, who left England in 1820 and located in\\nPhiladelphia, but later made his home in Wilming-\\nton, Del., dying in the latter State. He and his\\ngood wife reared six or seven children, wiio located\\nin and about Philadeli)hia, being among the fam-\\nily of Friends in that part of the United States.\\nGeorge Bergh, the maternal grandfather of Alfred\\nRichards, was a prominent member of the (.Quaker\\nsect, and commanded univeisal esteem. Five chil-\\ndren gathered in the home of Henry and Sarah\\n(Bergh) Richards. Emily, the eldest-born, mar-\\nried Charles Gibb, of New York City; George H. is\\ndeceased; Louisa married John Grain and resides\\nin Sing Sing, N. Y.; Mary became the wife of\\nJames Blandford, and died in Sing Sing, N. Y.;\\nAlfred, the youngest-born, received most of his\\neducation in Sing Sing, N. Y., and resides in Bu-\\nchanan.\\nAcquiring the trade of a carriage-maker, tlie\\nfather of our subject worked for some length of\\ntime in Bridgeport, Conn. Journeying to Michi-\\ngan in 1848, he spent one year in Niles,and at the\\nend of the following twelve months located in\\nBuchanan Township and engaged in the manufac-\\nture of wagons, but few carriages being made in\\nthose days. After conducting an extensive and\\n(jrotitable business as a wagon manufacturer for\\nfour or five years, Mr. Richards entered into mill-\\ning and lumbering on a large scale. He prospered\\nsteadily until the financial panic of 1873, when\\nthe disastrous closing of many large lirms with\\nwhich he did business crippled him seriously. He,\\nhowever, remained in business the next ten years,\\nbut, failing to enjoy the success which had at first\\nattended his efforts, he sold out and retired from\\nths active cares of mercantile life. In 1847 the\\nfather and mother of our subject, Alfred and\\nLaura E. (Martin) Richards, were united in mar-\\nriage. Mrs. Richards, a devout Christian lady,\\nand a valued member of the Adventist Church,\\npassed away in 1887, at the age of fifty-eight\\nyears. She was the mother of six children. Emily\\nis the wife of Charles Terriere, of Minneapolis,\\nMinn.; Anna is the wife of Eli Eaton, of Buchanan;\\nLaura is the widow of Frank G. Anderson Susan is\\nthe wife of C. Roe, of Buchanan; George B. was the\\nfifth child; and Alfred resides in Buchanan. Like\\nhis wife, Mr. Richards is a member of the Adventist\\nChurch, and has ever been active in religious and\\nbenevolent work. He is politically a Re[niblican,\\nand has for five years as Township Supervisor\\nmaterially assisted in the promotion of needed\\nimprovements. He was Treasurer of the township\\nfor two years and served with ability as member\\nof the Village Board of Commissioners. Surround-\\ned by his children, all occupying positions of busy\\nusefulness, Alfred Richards is .entering upon the\\nevening of his days among a large circle of old-\\ntime friends, by whom he is universally esteemed.\\n[}^+^e\\nRASMUS MILLER KRUSE. Li mention-\\ning those of foreign birth who have i)ec()nie\\neloselj associated with the farming interests\\nof Berrien County, Mich., we should not fail to\\npresent an outline of Mr. Kruse, for he is one who\\nhas fully borne out the rei)utation of that class of\\nindustrions, energetic and far-seeing men who\\nclaim Denmark as their native countrj-. He is a\\nretired sailor and is now engaged in farming in\\nRoyalton Township, Berrien Count} Mich. He\\nwas born in Arhuns, Denmark, December 15, 1826,\\nand is a son of Hans B. and Yearn (Skiptei) Kruse,\\nboth of whom were natives of that country.\\nHans 1). Kruse was a sailor and was captain of\\na sailing-vessel for about forty years. His father\\nAmity Kruse, was also an old sailor, but after\\nleaving the sea he wiis engaged in merchandising,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0632.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nf.33\\nfollowiiiij tli.-it, until his (lu.iUi. Hans B. Krnse\\ndied in his native country in 185(), and his wife\\nIdlhiwcd him to the grave about four years af-\\ntcrwaids. They were members of tlio Lutheran\\nChnreli. Tiieir family consisted of three sons and\\none dausflitor, as follows: Erasmus M. our subject;\\nAmity C. deceased; and Christina, wife of Mr.\\nDanckert, who was born in Denmark and who wasa\\nlawyer by profession. He is now deceased and his\\nwidow resides in the Old Country. Yance, another\\nchild, is deceased. The last-namedw.as a civil en-\\ngineer and while standing up in a wagon putting\\non his overcoat, was thrown out backward b3 the\\nhorses starting, and was killed. The maternal\\ngrandfather of these children was also a sailor.\\nThe original of this brief notice remained with\\nhis parents until fourteen years of age, and then\\ndecided to try a sailor s life. He went from Den-\\nmark to China for a cargo of tea in 1841, and\\ncontinued working on the vessel until 1846, when\\nhi! was shipwrecked off the coast of South America,\\nnear Montevideo. After this he went on a con-\\nvoy up the La Platte and Paraguay Rivers, thir-\\nteen hundied miles, and returned to Montevideo\\nloaded with hides. I eaving the convoy, he boarded\\na llaltimore vessel and sailed for New York, land-\\ning in that city in \\\\Hl{). From there he made\\nthree voyages to England. France and the East\\nIndies, after which he settled in Boston. Shortly\\nafterwards he went to San Francisco in a ship\\ncalled the .Tohn M. Mail, and had a Dane for\\ncaptain. This was on the 2d of January, 1850, and\\nhe landeil in ,San Francisco the last of April.\\nFrom Ai)rtl of that year until 18i)3 he was run-\\nning on a pilot boat, getting 8150 to $180 pei-\\nmonth, but in the last-named year he heard that\\nhis mother was sick and started immediately for\\nhis native country, reaching his home in Decem-\\nber, 1854. His mother recovered and lived for a\\nnumber of years after that.\\nFrom 1854 to 1858 Mr. Krnse was m.aster of a\\nvessel called the Caliph. but the year 1859 he\\ncame to Chicago and remained there until the fall,\\nwlien he moved to St. Joseph, Mich. For sev-\\neral yeai-s after this he sailed on the Lakes, but in\\n1870 he bought his present farm, forty acres, six\\nmiles south of Si. Josei)li. In the year 187^ he was\\nmarried in Berrien County to Miss .Mary Sarah\\nM.iyhew, a native of Canada, and four children\\nwere the fruits of this union: Ansel M., Rachel\\nM., Robert E. and Reuben AV. Mr. Krusc is one\\nof the houoralile, upright men of the county, and\\nhis word is as good as his bond. He is a stanch\\nRepublican in his political views, and his first\\nPresidential vote was for Aliraham Lincoln. Mrs.\\nKrnse is a Free Methodist in her religious belief,\\nand a ladv of much intelligence.\\nOC J\\n^^m^ms^\\nUGUSTUS B. BI SBEE. Adjoining the cor-\\nporate limits of the city of Benton Har-\\nbor is located the twenty-acre fruit farm\\nbelonging to the subject of this sketch,\\nwho is a prominent citizen of this place .and an\\nactive business man. He was born in Portland,\\nMe., on the 15th of F^ebruary, 1849, and is a son\\nof Rufus and Marianne (Brown) Bisbee, both of\\nwhom were boru in the State of Maine, the father\\nin June of 1819, and the mother in 1825. The pa-\\nternal grandfather was Rufus Bisbee, a brave sol-\\ndier in the War of 1812, and a descendant of\\nEnglish ancestors. The family was first repre-\\nsented in this country by Thomas Bisbee, who in\\n1634 emigrated to America and made settlement\\nu|)on the then inhospitable shores of Massachu-\\nsetts. Oliver Bisbee, the great-grandfather of our\\nsubject, was one of the participants in the War of\\nthe Revolution, where he aided in defeating the\\ntoo-confident red coats. The maternal grand-\\nfather of Mr. Bisbee was Capt. Consider 15iown, a\\nnative of Maine.\\nFor a number of years the parents of our sub-\\nject made their home in Scheneclad} N. Y., where\\nthe father died in 1865. The mother is still liv-\\ning and resides at Arrowsic, Me. The parental\\nfamily consisted of live children, only two of\\nwhom are now living, Augustus B. and Isaac S.,\\nthe latter being a resident of Iowa. The first-\\nnamed pa.ssed his bo\\\\hood da\\\\s in New York,\\nwheie he carrie\u00c2\u00abI on his studies in the common\\nschools, Aflerwurd he entered Union College", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0633.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "634\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nat Schenectady, where he pursued his studies with\\ndiligence for a i)eriod of two or three years. He\\nthen entered upon tlie study of medicine, but re-\\nlimiuislied his plans of becoming a physician and\\nsecured an intciest in a drug store at Schenectady,\\ncarrying on a successful business for three years.\\nIn 1869 Mr. Bisltee came to Benton Harbor,\\nwhere for twelve years ho was engaged in the\\ndrug business. In 1884 he was elected Recorder\\nof Deeds of Berrien County, and in that position,\\nas in other positions he was called upon to fill, he\\nserved with efficiency and fidelity the interests\\nof the people. Retiring from the Recorder s office\\nhe embarked in the real-estate business, to which\\nhe is giving his attention at the present time. In\\n1887 lie purchased part of the fruit farm to which\\nallusion has already been made, and which he still\\nsuperintends with success.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Bisbce occurred in 1873\\nand united him with Miss Cecelia E., the daughter\\nof John and Thirza McAlister, of Benton Harbor.\\nThey have live children, May, John, Edith, Arthur\\nand Alice. In his social connections, Mr. Bisbee is\\na member of Lake Shore Lodge No. 298, A. F.\\nA. M.; Calvin Brittain Chapter No. 72, R. A. M.;\\nSt. Joseph Council No. 44, R. ct S. M.; and Niles\\nCommandery No. 12, K. T. He has always been\\nknown as a consistent advocate of the principles\\nof the Democratic party, and takes a prominent\\npart in local politics, as well as in all enterprises\\nwhich will benefit the community. He is a gentle-\\nman of thoroughly accurate and leliable business\\nmethods, and enjoys the general respect as a sub-\\nstantial and worthy citizen.\\nm=^\\nmOMAS MILES, the able and energetic\\nHighway Commissioner of Niles Township,\\n0^ Berrien Count}^ Mich., has been associated\\nwith the progressive interests and advancement of\\nhis townsiiip for a period of nineteen years. He\\nis a iixative of old England and was born in Cam-\\nbridgeshire, August 13, 183.5. His parents, Robert\\nand Ann (Watts) Miles, were of English birth,\\nand the mother, four-score years of age, is yet a res-\\nident of the Queen s dominions. Our subject,\\nreared and educated in his birthplace, was early\\ntrained to habits of industrious thrift, and at-\\ntained his manhood ambitious and self-reliant. In\\n1854, he determined to try his fortunes in Amer-\\nica and embarking on a sailing-vessel, the Presi-\\ndent Fillmore, took passage from London bound\\nfor the New World. At the close of a long and\\ntedious voyage, lasting five weeks and three days,\\nMr. Miles landed safely in the harbor of New\\nYork City. For many years he remained in the\\nEmpire State, making his home in Monroe Coun-\\nty, and there devoting himself to agricultural\\npursuits.\\nTiie attractions presented by the West finally\\ndrew Mr. Miles to Indiana, and, locating in Wells\\nCounty, he resumed fanning. He spent a number\\nof years in the Hoosier State, and it was not until\\nthe fall of 1867 that he journeyed with his fam-\\nilv to Michigan. He came at first to Buchanan\\nTownship, but after a time settled in the south-\\nwestern corner of Niles Township. Later he re-\\nmoved to his present homestead, where he has\\nlived for a number of years. Upon Blarch 8,\\n1858, some four years after his arrival in the\\n[Tnited States, Thomas Miles was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Susan Rollings, born in Cam-\\nbridgeshire, E^ngland, in April, 1839. The father\\nand mother of Mrs. Miles, John and Rebecca Rol-\\nlings, were both of English birth. Five children\\nhave blessed the home of our subject and his good\\nwife. William was the eldest of the family;\\nArthur is the second in order of birth; Emma is\\nthe wife of Edwin Alliger; Elijah and Samuel\\ncomplete the list. Mr. and Mrs. Miles, their sons\\nand daughter, occupy positions of usefulness and\\nenjoy the esteem and confidence of a large circle\\nof friends.\\nOur subject received but very limited advan-\\ntages for instruction in early youth, and is mainly\\na self-educated man. He arrived in this country\\nwithout capital, but has been enabled to care for\\nhis family and acquire a farm of sixty acres,\\nnow all under excellent improvement, and a valu-\\nable and productive piece of property. Mr. Miles\\nalso owns twenty-five acres in Cass County. In", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0634.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAl lIICAL RECORD.\\n63?\\nIlls political allilialioiis, lie is a strcing Doiiiocrat\\nand believes in the piineiples and plalff)rni of\\nInie Deniociaey. lie siave to liis liist, term as\\nIligliway Commissioner sneli I aitiiful and ellicicnt\\nservice thai lie was re-elected to a second term b}\\nthe popular vote. Regardless of party or politics,\\nonr subject is ever read} to assist in all matters\\ntending to the piiblii good. Liberal-spirited and\\nprogressive, he is at all times a true representative\\nAraencan citizen.\\nLBERT L. DREW, a skillful civil engin-\\neer and successful attorney-at-law, is a\\nresident of Chikaming Township and\\nwell known throughout Berrien County,\\nMich. He is a native of Cass County and the\\nfirst white child born on lieardslej Prairie, Mil-\\nton I ownship. The day of the birth of our highly\\nesteemed subject was July 5, 183 J. The Drews\\nare of direct Scotch descent, three brothers emi-\\ngrating from bonnie Scotland to America in a\\nvery early day in the history of the Colonies.\\nOne of tliv brothers settled in ermont, another\\nill N ew .Jersey, and the third in the Emijire State.\\nThe father of our subject, Oliver Drew, was\\nborn, reared and educated in the Green Mountain\\nState, and remained in the home of his childhood\\nuntil he had arrived at his majority. Wiien twen-\\nty-one years of age, beginning life for himself,\\nhe went to the State of New York and engaged\\nin stair-building, and, an excellent mechanic, was\\nprospered. He remained in New York until 1832,\\nwhen he determined to try his fortune in a new\\ncountry and journeyed to the wilds of Michigan,\\nsettling in Cass County, where, in 1833, he mar-\\nried Miss Ann Woods, a native of the Quaker\\nStiite and a daughter of James Woods, a member\\nof one of the old Pennsylvania-Dutch families.\\nAfter locating in Micliigan, Oliver Drew en-\\ngaged in a variety of employment, digging wells\\nand pump making. He was a manufacturer of the\\nfirst wooden iniinp in Cass County, and was a man\\nof spirit and enterprise. During the Sac War he\\n31\\nmade. a gallant defense against the Indians, and his\\ndcatii was mourned as a public loss when he died\\nin Cass County in 1\u00c2\u00ab, )3. He and liis good wife\\nwere the parents of four sons and four daughters,\\nof whom five are yet living. Harvey L. served with\\nbravery in the Civil War, and is now a wealthy\\nbanker of San 15ernardino, Cal. Our subject, Al-\\nbert L., was reared among the pioneer scenes of\\nMilton Township, and attended the primitive\\nschools of his home district, afterward receiving\\ninstruction in the graded schools of P^lkhart and\\nMishawaka, Ind.\\nIn 1861 iNIr. Drew made his permanent home in\\nBerrien County, and in the same year began read-\\ning law with Judge Coolidge, and, in a brief time\\nentering ujjon the practice of his legal profession,\\nhas since been retained in numerous important\\ncases tried in various paris of Berrien County.\\nEnjoying an extended reputation as a practitioner\\nat the Bar, our subject is also known as an able\\ncivil engineer, and has done a large amount of\\nbusiness in that line of work, peculiarly incidental\\nto a new country. For four years Mr. Drew oc-\\ncupied with elHciency the responsible position of\\nCounty Surveyor, and was also Supervisor of his\\ntownship for eleven consecutive years, and was a\\nmost valuable factor in the i)romotion of the best\\ninterests of his locality. Our subject was like-\\nwise one of the Trustees of the Michigan State\\nPrison for one term, and oceu|)ied with distinc-\\ntion the Presidential chair of the Farmers Insti-\\ntute and the Old Settlers Association.\\nAlbert L. Drew and Miss Helen A. Sherrill were\\nunited in marriage in 1857, in Cass County, amid\\nthe best wishes of many friends. Mrs. Drew is\\nthe daughter of old settlers of Michigan, and was\\nborn in Jefferson Township, Cass County. Our\\nsubject and his estimable wife have one child, a\\nson, Gu3 E., a young man of promise, now em-\\nployed in his profession as assistant civil engin-\\neer by the Micliigan Central Railroad Company,\\nwith which corporation he has been connected for\\nmany years. Wiien Mr. Drew first came to Ber-\\nrien Couiit3 lie |)urchased the valuable farm of\\nfour hundred and eighty acres which he still owns.\\nThe land is under excellent cultivation and highly\\nimproved with an attractive residence, substan-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0635.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "638\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntial barns and other buildings. The farm is one\\nof the finest in the county and, located about\\ntwenty miles from the county seat, is the abode of\\nhospitality. Soon after settling in Berrien County\\nour subject built a sawmill, which he operated\\nprofitably for twelve years, and in his various en-\\nterprises exhibits the indomitable energy and in-\\ntelligent business ability which have characterized\\nhis entire career.\\nPolitically, Mr. Drew is an Independent, but,\\nformerly a Republican, cast his first Presidential\\nvole for John C. Fremont. He lias from his earl-\\niest manhood actively interested himself in local\\nand national issues, and been a leader in the coun-\\ncils of his fellow-townsmen. The parents of our\\nsubject were valued members of the Baptist Church\\nat Edwardsburgh, Cass County, with which re-\\nligious organization his wife is also connected.\\nMr. and Mrs. Drew are generous givers in behalf\\nof religious and benevolent work and enterprise,\\nand occupy a high social position. Passing a life\\nof honored and busy usefulness, our subject has\\ngained and retains the confidence of a host of old-\\ntime friends.\\nAMUEL C. THOIMSON represents Howard\\nTownshi[i on the Board of Supervisors of\\nCass County. A jirominent farmer and\\nstock-raiser, he owns and operates on sec-\\ntion 8 a well-conducted farm, consisting of two\\nhundred and fifty-one acres, of which two hundred\\nand sixteen acres are under excellent cultivation.\\nHe has embellished his ])lace witli a set of first-\\nclass farm buildings adapted to their several uses,\\nand has also introduced machinei-y of the latest\\nand most approved pattern.\\nMany of the most successful and thrifty citizens\\nof our country have emigrated hither from Scot-\\nland, and among this number may be mentioned\\nour subject, who was born in Glasgow, on the\\n28tli of July 1842. His father, Samuel Thomson,\\nwho was likewise born in (Glasgow, was a grocer\\nin that city, whence he emigrated to the United\\nStates and settled in Berrien County, Mich., m\\n1844. He located on section 33, of Niles Town-\\nship, where he died on Christmas Day, 1882, aged\\neighty-five years. A man well known throughout\\nthe county, he served many years as Justice of\\nthe Peace and Highway Commissioner in Niles\\nTownship. In the Old Country he had been a\\nGladstone man, and after settling in Michigan\\nadopted the principles of the Democratic party, to\\nwhich he gave his influence and support.\\nThe mother of our subject bore the maiden name\\ni of Lillian Atkin and was born and reared in Scot-\\nland. At the age of more than ninety years, she\\nstill survives, making her home with her son, Hon.\\nJames B. Thomson, at the old place. She had\\neight children, four sons and four daughters, all of\\nwhom grew to manhood and womanhood; at this\\nwriting (1893) three still survive. The subject\\nof this sketch is fifth in the famil}- circle and was\\nabout two years old when he came to America\\nwith his parents. His first schooling was obtained\\nin the district schools of Niles Township, and later\\nhe attended the school in the village of Niles\\nduring one winter.\\nMr. Thomson remained at the old homestead\\nand engaged in general farming for many years.\\nHe was not married until he was forty-two years\\nof age, when he was united with Miss Caroline\\nGerberich, the ceremony which united them be-\\ning performed on the 20th of November, 1884.\\nMrs. Thomson was born in Bertrand Township,\\nBerrien County, February 15, 1858, being the\\ndaughter of David and Catharine (Miller) Gerbe-\\nrich, early settlers of St. Joseph County, Ind., and\\nalso pioneers of Berrien County, Mich. Mr. Thom-\\nson purchased his present farm in 1881, and has\\nsince made this his home. Unto him and his wife\\nhave been born two children: Samuel and Jose-\\nphine.\\nIn his political belief, Mr. Thomson is a Dem-\\nocrat. He served as Clerk of Niles Township for\\nseveral years, and also filled the position of School\\nInspector. In 1883 he was elected Supervisor of\\nHoward Township, and ten 3 ears later was again\\nchosen to fill that important position. In 1887 he\\nbecame Justice of the Peace, and is now filling\\nthat position for the second tLiin. He is an Elder", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0636.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AMI BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD\\nr,. ?o\\nin the Presbyterian Church at Niles, and has been\\nono of its loading mombers foi- many years. His\\nfather was one of Ihi organizers and also the\\nPresident of the lierrien County Farmers Mutual\\nInsurance Comiiany, and he is also connected\\nwith this organization as a Director. As a citizen,\\nfarmer, neighlior and friend, he possesses true no-\\nbility of character and is held in general esteem.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i _ =4t\\nKWIS ROHKHTSS, an energetic and enter-\\nprising general agriculturist and successful\\nJLi^ stock-raiser of Weesaw I ownslnp, Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., has l)een a constant resident of his\\nhighly productive farm for the past quarter of a\\ncentury. Ohio is the native Slate of our subject,\\nwho was born in Huron County October 13,1811.\\nThe Robertses are an old, well-known family in the\\nEast, and Grandfather Roberts was one of the pa-\\ntriotic citizens who fought with courage in the\\nWar of the Revolution. The father and mother,\\n.lonalhan M.and Kliza (llortou) Roberts, were long-\\ntime residents of the Empire Stale, but with their\\nfamily later made their home in Ohio, where the\\nparents passed their last years, and at a good old\\nage died. Their home was blessed by the birth of\\nseven manly sons, of whom our subject was the\\nsixth in t)rder of birth. Lewis Roberts spent the\\ndays of youth in his birthplace, and there grew\\nup to manhood. He enjoyed the advantage of\\ninstruction in the schools of the home district and\\nassisted his brothers in the daily round of farm-\\ning duties. Our sulijeet was not twenty years old,\\nwhen, promptly answering the Government s ap-\\npeal for troops, he bravely enlisted, September 17,\\nIHGl, in the three years service.\\nMr. Roberts entered Company C, Fifty-fifth\\nOhio Infantry, .as a private, and, immediately for-\\nwarded to the front, paiticipated in the battles of\\nCross Keys, Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Gettys-\\nburg, Pa. He also took an active part in the\\nfights of Mission Ridge and Resaca, (ia., and in\\nthe latter engagement was wounded by a gunshot\\nthrough the right hip. Removed to the held hos-\\npital, our subject was soon transi)orted to Chatta-\\nnooga, from there was sent one night to N.ashville,\\nand w.as afterward forwarded to Louisville, and\\nfrom there to .Jefferson vi lie, Ind., where he re-\\nmained until September, at which time he re-\\nported at Chattanooga and assisted in driving four\\nthousand cattle to Atlanta. His next engagement\\nwas at Savannah, (ia. In 1865, at Fayetteville,\\nN. C, where he was serving on detailed duty,\\ngrinding corn at a mill with a comrade, he was\\nattacked by seven rebels and, again wounded by a\\ngunshot striking his right ej e, was left for dead\\nupon the field. The attack occurred upon the S)th of\\nMarch, but our subject was not picked up until the\\ni;3th, when he was carried to the house of a neigh-\\nboring family, and from there was removed to\\nFayetteville, N. C, and later sent to Wilmington,\\nN. C, and finally taken to Willet s Point Hospi-\\ntal, in New York, five miles up East River. For\\nhis services he now draws $;30 per month pension\\nfrom the Government.\\nIn this latter place Mr. Roberts remained until\\nMay, 18(J5, when he was discharged from the serv-\\nice and returned to Ohio. Soon after reaching his\\nmother s he was violently attacked with tyi)hoid\\nfever and was ill for some time. In 18()() our\\nsubject made Berrien County his permanent home,\\nand in 1867 piu chased the farm he now owns, and\\nwhich contains fifty-five acres of excellent land.\\nThe homestead, when bought by Mr. Roberts, was\\nheavily timbered land, but now, cleared and im-\\nproved, is one of the most attractive pieces of faiin-\\ning property in this part of Weesaw Township. It\\nwas February 8. 18()6, that Mr Roberts first entered\\nthe bonds of matrimony, wedding Miss Mary StoU,\\na native of Sandusky, Ohio. This estimable lady,\\nwho passed away November 5, 187.5, lived to be-\\ncome the mother of three children, of whom but\\none now survives, a daughter, Mary R., wife of\\nGeorge Sullivan. Our subject contracted a second\\nmarriage May 15, 1877, with Miss Jane Allen, who\\ndied May 7, 1887, leaving two children, Charles\\nand Ola. Ipon November 5, 188!), Mr. Roberts\\nwas united in marriage with Mrs. Addie (Foster)\\nSlimpson, a lady of worth and intelligence, who\\nhas been blessed by the birth of two children.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0637.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "640\\nPOiiTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nFlossie and Maxie. Fraternally, Mr. Roberts is a\\nvalued member of George Custer Post No. 208,\\nCt. A. R., and much enjoys tlie re-unions of the\\norder. Among the reminiscences of the privations\\ncour.ngeously endured while in the army, our sub-\\nject relates that when in Virginia he was eighteen\\nd.iys without taking off his accoutrements. Mr.\\nRoberts is a member of the Farmers Mutual Fire\\nInsurance Company, and lakes an active part in\\nall matters of public welfare. Politically, he is a\\nRepublican, true and steadfast, and cast his first\\nPresidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. Highly\\nesteemed by the community with whose interests\\nhe has so long been identified, he is numbered\\namong the substantial citizens of Fierrien County,\\nand has a host of friends.\\nii 1 1 1 1 I\\nU^n HUEL FARLEY. Among the early pio-\\nneers of Berrien C ounty, Oronoko Town-\\nt lllll; ship, Mich., and who has attained to a vig-\\norous old age, is Bethuel Farley-, who\\nmany years .ago came to this section and entered\\nactively upon his career as a farmer. The older\\nmembers of a community arc doubl3 entitled to\\nthe respect and esteem of tiicir neighbors when\\ntheir lives have beeu rei)lete with acts of kindness\\nand their whole career marked by integrity and\\nuprightness. Our subject is one of those who has\\nfought the battle of life successfully, and is now\\nin the enjoyment of the fruits of his early labors.\\nHe is a product of Ohio, born in the town of Kirt-\\nland in 1823, and the son of Amos and Lucy\\n(Hall) Farley, natives respectively of New Hamp-\\nshire and Vermont.\\nThe parents were married in New Hampshire,\\nbut subsequently removed to Lower Canada, where\\nthey made their home for twelve years. From there\\nthey wenttoOhio in 1814 or 1815, settling in the\\ntown of Kirtland, neai which Mr. Farley tilled the\\nsoil for many years, but about 1830 he ventured\\ninto the wilds of Michigan, where for three years\\nhe resided on the site of tlie now prosperous vil-\\nlage of St. .Joseph. There were but two or three\\nhouses there at that time, and our subject has in\\nhis possession two or three chairs made h a Mr.\\nChandler, who was a chair-maker there in 1830.\\nWhile residing in St. .Joseph, Mr. Farley kept\\nboarders, this being the first house of the kind in\\nthe village. In May, 1833, he settled on the faim\\nwhere our subject now resides, then consisting of\\neighty acres, and for which he paid 8150, and at\\nonce began clearing and improving.\\nAt that time the country was wild and unset-\\ntled, neighbors were far off, and Indians were to be\\nseen every day, their largest camp being located on\\nthe St. Joseph Uiver, near the present town of I ii-\\nchanan. Mr. Farley s nearest neighbor was Ileza-\\nkia Hall, whose farm was about a quarter of a mile\\naway. On his farm. Mr. Farley remained until his\\ndeath in 1837. His wife survived him until 1854.\\nThe} were the ])arcnts of eight children, all of\\nwhom are deceased but our subject. Laura was\\nthe wife of Joseph (!ard; Susana was the wife of\\nIMartin Friley; Rebecca was the wife of Ransom\\nFrench; Daniel H., Ebenezer and Amos A. came\\nnext; I ]liza M. was the wife of Chancy A. Hall;\\nand Bethuel is our subject. The paternal grand-\\nfather of (uir ^uljjcct, Ebenezer Farley, was a na-\\ntive of New llamijsliire, and lii\u00c2\u00bb brother served in\\nthe Revolutionary War.\\nBetliuel Farley was only about seven \\\\eais of\\nage when his parents came to Berrien County,\\nMich., and as a consequence nearly all his recol-\\nlections arc of this State. At that time schools\\nwere scarce, and young Farley s educational ad-\\nvantages were limited. He commenced for him-\\nself after the death of his father and took care of\\nhis mother until her death. Besides the eighty\\nacres inherited from his father s estate, he has\\nsince purchased forty acres, making one hundred\\nand twenty acres, of which seventy acres are well\\ncultivated. Mr. Farley has resided on this farm\\nsince 1833, a period of sixty years, and saw tlie\\nfirst stick of timber cut from the place, as well as\\nthe last. Most of the improvements on the place\\nhave been made by his own hands, and he is one\\nof the foremost agriculturists of the township. Ho\\nis a deservedly popular man, and is well known\\nfor his integrity and general intelligence, .as well\\nas for his long residence in tliis county.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0638.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nff41\\nIn the yciir 18,J3 lie was marrierl to Miss Sarah\\nL. Thompson, the daughter of Robert P. and Caro-\\nline L. (Slaikweather) Thompson, natives of the\\niMiipiro State, who came to Miehiijan in 1850. Mr.\\nand .Mrs. Thompson first settled in Twin Springs,\\nhilt later removed to IJerrien .Springs, where they\\nrcmaiiiecl for five years. From there tliey went to\\nSt. .Joseph County, and made their iiomc there un-\\ntil after the war, when they removed to the north-\\nern part of the State. Not satisfied there, they\\nmoved to Nel)raska, where the father s death oc-\\ncurred on the 31st of August, 1875. He was acci-\\ndentally killed while driving over a bridge, which\\ngave way. throwing the horses and wagon upon\\nhim. IIl and his wife were the parents of seven\\nchildien: Sarah L.; Emerett E., wife of H. Rich-\\nards, of St. .Joseph County; Maryett, wife of .John\\nLandon, of St. .losei li County; Plueba .J., wife of\\nAmbrose lUitton, of Grand Travis County, Mich.;\\nA. R. P., who resides in Missouri; Alonzo L. P.,\\nof Nebraska; and one, who died when small.\\nMr. Farley s union resulted in the birth of nine\\nchildren, two of whom died when small. The oth-\\ners are: Fletcher, at home; Lucy L., wife of Will-\\niam Simpson, of Berrien Township; ,lolin W., of\\nNebraska; Laura A., wife of Newton .Spaulding;\\nGeorge A., Levi A. and Mary K., at home Mr.\\nand JL s. Farley luild nicmbcrship in the Method-\\nist Episcopal Chiucli, and conlril)ule liberally of\\ntheir means to its support and to all other worthj\\nenterprises. Mr. Farley is a very pninounccd\\nProhibitionist, but for many y ars voted the Deni-\\nociatic ticket. His fallicr-in-law, Mr. Thompson,\\nw.as one of tlie lirst brick and stone masons iti the\\ncounty, and erected some of llie most substantial\\nbiick and stone buildiiii s.\\nIIARI.KS .1. r.UOWN. A glance at the lives\\n(l\\\\ If i i l Ps^ ve men whose names np|)car\\n^^/J in this volume will reveal many sketches of\\nhonored and iullucntial citizens who have resided\\nmany years in tin- counlw luil ainoui^ them none\\nis more worthy or deserving of mention than AL-.\\nBrown, who is a true type of a successful farmer.\\nMany of the most active and enterprising residents\\nof Berrien County arc natives of the county, and\\nhave here spent the greater part of their lives, hi\\nthem we find men of true loyalty to the interests\\nof this partof the State, who understand, as it were\\nby instinct, the needs, social and industrial, of this\\nvicinity, and who have a thorough knowlciige of\\nits resources. They are, therefore, better ada[)ted\\nto succeed here than a stranger could be and are,\\nprobably without exception, warmly devoted to\\nthe prosperity of their native place. .Such a man\\nwe lind in Mr. Brown.\\nHe was born on the farm where he now lives,\\nApril 12, 1843, and is a son of Richard and Eliza\\n(Michael) Brown. The father was a product of\\nOhio soil, but came to Berrien County, Mich., while\\nyet single. He first settled in Summervillc. ran\\nan hotel several years, and then bought a farm near\\nBerrien Springs, vvhere he remained for some time.\\nHe then traded that for a hotel at Summervilleand\\nstill later traded the hotel toward the farm which\\nour subject now owns. During his latter days he\\ndevoted nearly all his time to farming, lie was\\none of the earliest settlers of the county, having\\nmoved to the farm where oursiil)ject now lives m\\nthe fall of 1852, and was a man iinivcrsall\\\\ rc-\\nsjiected. The mother of our subject was born in\\nOhio, and died in Berrien County about 1881.\\nOf the nine children born to his parents, live\\nsons and four daughters, seven ar(Miow living, and\\nour subject was sixth in order of birth, lie was\\nreared and educated in his native county, but be-\\ning left fatherless at an early age he was ol)liged\\nto assist in su|)[)orting the famil} and as a conse-\\nquence his educational advantages were limited.\\nHe remained with his mother until after the age of\\ntwenty-one, and in September, liS82,was marricci to\\nMiss Almeda Williams, a native of this county.\\n.She died September (i. ll^ .M, leaving two children:\\nBurl C. and Kebrcca May. llcr piirents, William\\nII. and i ilda Williams, werccarly settlers and niiicli\\nesteemed citizens of this county. The parents of\\nour subject were members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, but although not a member of any\\nchurch, Mr. l!rown is deeply interested in all", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0639.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "642\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nworthy enterprises and contributes liberally to\\ntlieir support. He has always resided where he\\nnow lives, eight miles south of St. .Joseph, and has\\nsixty-eight acres under a good state of cultivation.\\nMr. Brown possesses all the thrift and industry\\nof his German ancestors and his place is n model\\nof neatness and order. He enjoys to an unlimited\\nextent the confidence and esteem of all who know\\nliira, is an influential man of the county, and is\\nwarmly devoted to its prosperity-. He is a mem-\\nber of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Com-\\npany and a member of Lodge No. 373, I. O. O. F.,\\nof Royalton. Ever since easting his first vote,\\nwhich was for Tilden, he has affiliated with the\\nDemocratic party.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^^^1\\nmmm\\n31^\\nHRISTIAN G. HAEFNER. This part of\\nMichigan has proved a mine of wealth to\\nIhousandsof industriousand earnest farmers\\nwho have come hither from the Hast and foreign\\ncountries, and by dint of hard work and enterprise\\nhave developed the resources wljicli nature has so\\nliberally ))rovided. No better citizens have made\\ntheir home in Cass County than those of German\\norigin, for they have as their inlieritance those\\ntraits of character and life which iiave ever dis-\\ntinguished that race, and whicii have made them\\nprosperous and intelligent.\\nThe original of tliis sketcli was born in Wur-\\ntemberg, German_y, December 14, 1831, and liis\\nparents. Christian G. and Christina llaefner, were\\nnatives of the same place. The promises lield out\\nby the rich farming lands of America tempted the\\nelder Mr. Haefner to cross the ocean to the United\\nStates, and in 18.52 he took passage on a vessel for\\nour shores. He brought his family with liim, but\\nhis wife died during the voyage. After landing\\nat New York he went direct to Cincinnati, Ohio,\\nwhere lie worked at the carpenter s trade until his\\ndeath in 1855. Of tlie four children born to them,\\none died on the ocean and two are now living.\\nBotii parents were members of tiie Reformed\\nChurch.\\nThe youthful days of our subject were passed\\nin his native country, and he received a good ed-\\nucation in the German language. He learned tlic\\ncarpenter s trade from his father, and in 1852\\nstarted to the land of the free with his parents.\\nHe went with his father to Cincinnati, and worked\\nat his trade there until 1854, when lie took a trip to\\nthe Lone Star State. After working at his trade\\nin Austin for two years, he decided that tlie North\\nwas the place for him, and returned to Cincinnati.\\nIn 1857 he came to Micliigan, and soon after set-\\ntled on his farm in Volinia Township. There\\nwere no roads, the country was covered witii tim-\\nber, and lie had to haul the lumber to build a liouse\\nthrough an almost unbroken wilderness. Tlie tiact\\nconsisted f forty acres, but he has added to this\\nfrom time to time, until he now owns one hun-\\ndred and thirty acres, with ninety acres under cul-\\ntivation. In 1887 he built a handsome residence\\nat a cost of 83,000, but built it all himself and has\\nit nicely linished in hard wood. The doors are black\\nwalnut and ash, and this house is one of the best\\nfinished in tiie townsliip. His barns, cribs and\\noutbuildings are all in first-class condition and are\\nan ornament to the place.\\nIn February, 1864, he was filled with a patriotic\\ndesire to assist his adopted country, and he en-\\nlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Michigan Infan-\\ntry, and went with his company to Chattanooga.\\nHe participated in the battle of Nashville and was\\nthen with General Sherman from Goldsboro,\\nN. C, to Washington, D. C. He took part in the\\ni Grand Review at the last-named place and was\\ndischarged at Louisville, Ky., in .Inly, 1865. He\\nwas always on duty and was a faithful and gallant\\nsoldier. Previous to the war, in 1857, he was\\nmarried to Miss Harriet Huff, a native of Wayne\\nTownship, this county, born in 1839, and ten\\nchildren blessed tliis union, eight of whom are\\nliving. Mr. and Mrs. Haefner are members of\\nthe Methodist Episcoital Church, an l he has been\\nTreasurer and Trustee in the same. He has been\\nactive in educational matters, has been a member\\nof the School Board ten years, and has given all his\\nchildren good educations. Socially, Mr. llaefner\\nis a member of the Masonic order and is .Junior\\nDeacon of the same. He is also a member of Burn-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0640.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKC(1KD.\\nCIS\\nside Post, G. A. R.. Dcciitiir, and in politics is a\\nRepuldican. lie has lu en T( \u00c2\u00abnslii|) Treas\\\\iror for\\ntwo years, and is proniinont in all matters of mo-\\nment, lie is aself-niade man, and his cliildicn are\\nnearly all doing for themselves.\\nf\\nSAAC LONG, a prominent citizen and pioneer\\nsettler of liertrand Township, I .errien C onnty,\\n/li Mich., is one of the leading jjeneral agricnl-\\nturists and successful stock- raisers of the Stjite. A\\nman ()f superior business aliility, he h.as accumu-\\nlated a large property and is one of tlie stock-\\nholders of the First National Bank at Niles. INIr. j\\nLong was born in Perry County, Pa., January 30,\\n1822. His father, Cliristian Long, was a native\\nof the same State and county, but later made his I\\nhome in Lancaster County. He died, however, in i\\nhis birthplace at the age of sixty-five years. The\\npaternal grandfather, David Long, was of im-\\nmediate German descent, but his parents, early\\nemigrating from the Old Country to America, lo-\\ncated in Lancaster County, Pa., where he was born.\\nThe mother of our subject, Anna ((Toble) Long,\\nwas likewise born in Lancaster County, of the\\n(Quaker State, which was the birthplace of her fa-\\nther, .lohn Goble, his parents being of German\\nbirth. The mother had reached three-score years\\nand ten at the time of her death. Christian Long\\nand his estimable wife were the parents of eighteen\\nchildren, thirteen of whom lived to adult age,\\ntwelve sons and one daughter. Seven of the\\nbrothers and sisters now survive.\\nIsaac Long was the ninth child and the ninth\\nson of his parents large family. He was reared\\nupon a farm and received his education in the dis-\\ntrict school of the neighborhood, remaining among\\nthe as.sociations of Imyhood until twenty -six years\\nold. In l\u00c2\u00ablit he journeyed Westward and located in\\nliertrand Township, I .errien County, Mich., where\\nhe immediately received employment ui)on the\\nfarm of .lacob Hough, working for *l(t per month.\\nHe w.as married within the same year to Miss Susan-\\nnah Rough, a daughter of .Jacob and .Anna Koiigh,\\nanda sister of (ieorge Rfnigh, a well-known citizen\\nof Berrien County. Mrs. Long was born in Penn-\\nsylvania and was about twenty-two years of .age\\nwhen she accompanied her pareiit.s to Michigan.\\nFor three years our subject and his estimable wife\\nmade their home with Mr. Rough, but at the ex-\\npiration of this time Mr. Long, who had continued\\nto assist in the farming duties of the Rough\\nhomestead, located on section 7, Bertrand Town-\\nship, where he yet resides. For a number of years\\nthe husband and wife lived in a humlile log cabin,\\nbut in 18(51 our subject built a brick residence\\ncosting $2,000, and in 18()5 erected a fine barn at\\nan expenditure of $800. An energetic and enter-\\nprising man, ]\\\\Ir. Long accumulated a large prop-\\nerty and owned an extensive acreage, but has\\nprofitabl3 disposed of a portion of his home farm,\\nwhich now contains one hundred and fifty acres,\\nall under a high stale f)f cultivation.\\nA son devotes himself to the agriculliiral duties\\nof the old farm, and our suljject, now retired from\\nactive labor, enjoys a well-earned rest. Eleven\\nchildren clustered in the pleasant home of Mr. and\\nMrs. Long, live sons and six daughters. IMaiy is\\ndeceased. Jane is the wife of ,Ioe Korn, of Indi-\\nana, and is the mother of four daughters and four\\nsons. Elizabeth is the wife of L. Bachman, and\\nhad a family of five sons, three now surviving; she\\nresides in Niles Township. Pluebe. deceased, the\\nmother of three children, was the wife of .lohn\\nBicel, a resident of Buchanan Township. Kate,\\nwho resides with her parent-s, w.as the mother of\\nfour children, one daughter and three sons, two of\\nwhom arc deceased; her children are Frank Huss\\nand Edward Huss. Fannie is the wife of Osmund\\nHowe and has one daughter. William H. married\\nBelle Ashbrook, and is the father of one sou and\\none daughter. Ira M., unmarried, is a student\\nnow attending the law department of the State\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor. George W. married\\nMiss Mary Black and makes his home with his\\nfamily in California, .lacob I. is deceased. Ed-\\nward married Miss Lodemia Broscius and is a citi-\\nzen of Buchanan Townshi[), Berrien County, Mich.\\nFinancially prospered Mr. Long is a stockholder\\nin the First National Bank of Niles and is one of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0641.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "644\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe representative men of the count3 He and\\nthe various members of his family occupy a high\\nposition in tlie social and business circles of Ber-\\nrien County and command universal esteem. Our\\nsubject and most of his sons are politically Repub-\\nlicans. Mr. Long was from his earliest residence\\nin the township an active factor in local progress\\nand has been identified with the promotion of the\\nbest interests and rapid advancement of Berrien\\nCounty for more than two-score j ears.\\n.1^\\n=^^-f^\\n.lYRON PENNELL. A biographical com-\\nl^^\u00c2\u00bb pendium of Berrien County would be in-\\ncomplete were not mention made of the\\ngentleman whose name introduces this\\nsketch, for he is a man of much public spirit; he\\ndonates liberally to all public enterprises and gives\\nhis inlluence to every just measure for the promo-\\ntion of the common good. He is a native of the\\nEmpire State, born in Locke, December 29, 1840,\\nand was but eight years of age when he came with\\nhis father, A. C. Pennell, to this count} His fa-\\nther being an agriculturist, the scholastic training\\nof our subject was received in the district schools\\nand he divided his time in youth in attending the\\nsame and assisting on the farm.\\nThus our subject grew to sturdy manhood, and\\nwhen he started out to begin the battle of life for\\nhimself, which was not until he was twenty-three\\nyears of age, he hired out for one year as a mill\\nand lumber li.and. His father then gave him forty\\nacres of land, principally timber, but our subject\\ndid not move onto this farm. In selecting a com-\\npanion for life he chose Miss Sarah Sluiltz, a n.i-\\ntive of Berrien Count}-, and their nuptials were\\ncelebrated in 1864. Her parents, .John G. and\\nBetsie (Storick) Shultz, were natives of the Key-\\nstone State, and came to this State at an early day.\\nThe father was an agriculturist and followed that\\noccupalioii all liis life. Their three children were\\nin tlie order of their birth as follows: Harriet,\\nwife of Amos Painter; Sarah, Mrs. Pennell; and\\nWilliam, now residiii in this count\\\\ Mis.\\nShultz died in Berrien County in February, 1888,\\nand her husband followed her to the grave in\\nAugust of the same year. They were most worthy\\ncitizens.\\nAfter marriage Mr. Pennell resided with his\\nfather-in-law for three years and assisted him in\\nthe payment of a large pl.ace. During his resi-\\ndence there the father-in-law gave him and his\\nwife a piece of land consisting of one hundred and\\ntwenty acres, all heavih timbered, and Mr. Pen-\\nnell sold his first pl.ace and began improving his\\nnew farm. He now has eighty-eight acres under\\na good state of cultivation, has two fine resi-\\ndences, and his barns and outliinldings are sub-\\nstantial and commodious. All his farming oper-\\nations are conducted in a thorough, wide-awake\\nmanner, and he is classed among the leading far-\\nmers of his section. He has an abundance of\\nfruit of all kinds for home consumption, and his\\nrural home, which is [tresided over with much care\\nby Mrs. Pennell, is one of the pleasantest in the\\nsection. Mr. and Mrs. Pennell have had no chil-\\ndren of their own, but have reared two orphan\\nchildren, Susan Howater and Clyde E. Pennell,\\nboth of whom are now with this estimable couple.\\nMr. Pennell is a member of the Baptist Church,\\nand his wife is a member of the Dunkard Church.\\nv^ EORGE OLSEN. Passing through St. Jo-\\n11 ^w 1 lowship, Berrien County, the trav-\\neler notes with admiration a fine fruit farm\\non section 34. The place comprises thirlv-llirce\\nacres, devoted to the cultivation of small fruits,\\nten acres being planted to grapes, fourteen acres\\nto blackberries and four acres to peaches, all of\\nwhich Mr. ()lsen,the owner of the farm, cultivates\\nwith su(!cess. Since he located here in 1H84, he\\nhas introduced many improvements and effected\\nmany valuable changes, having planted the major-\\nity of the fruit trees now noticeable, and having\\nalso brought the soil to a thorough state of culti-\\nvation. The residence is an elegant structure,\\ncommanding a fine view of Lake Michigan and\\noccupying an .atti.active location on tlie bluffs.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0642.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF BYROM PCMNELL, SZZ. 2B. OROl-JOKO TR^BLRRIEN CO., MICH.\\nkc^\\nj\u00c2\u00ab,;:.^i*-,.\\n%^m\\n^i^, ii\u00c2\u00ablt\u00c2\u00bb i-i |V i\u00c2\u00bb V i pi l i i -i^lfii i ^K rtte w-.-\\na li fe --.i:- ti^\\n^^isr-^i\\nAiK^6if!iSa^S\\nJ\\nRESlDENCr. OF FRAriK ST El [71 LE 5 HC.l 6. RO YA LTON TP.BERRIEM CO., MICH.\\nDt3\\nIt.\\nk\\ni;-- r if:.\u00e2\u0080\u009e^-^i *i\\nw\\nl\\\\-\\n^a^-4 i\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00bb a\u00c2\u00abfeft ife\u00c2\u00bb^ti\\n1 f Tn\u00e2\u0080\u0094T i i r W\\nRE51DEr4CE0F G. 0LSEr4, S EC 3^ 5T. J05EPH TR, BERRl EN CO.,MiCH.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0643.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0644.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n647\\nA Norwegian by birtli, Mr. Olsen was born\\nin the northern part of that country on the\\n2Gth f February, 1889, and is the son of Ole\\nand IJcrlha (Nelson) Olsen, wiio emigrated from\\nNorway to the United States about 18;J0, be-\\ning accompanied on their removal hither by ten\\ncliildren. Locating in Milwaukee, the father re-\\nmaiiie(l tliere for a short time, after which he went\\nto Michigan and settled at Muskegon, making,\\niiowever, but n sliorl sojourn at that place. He\\nreturned thence to Milwaukee, wliere his doatli oc-\\ncurred shortly after his return. His wife, tlie\\nmother of our subject, passed away very soon\\nafter the family- came to the United States.\\nAfter the death of iiis father, our subject secured\\nemployment in a siiingle shop at Milwaukee, wiiere\\nhe engaged in packing shingles for about two\\nyears. Afterward he filled a clerical position for\\ntwo years. He then went to the pineries of Wis-\\nconsin, where for two years he manufactured\\nshingles for otiier |xirties. Subsequently, he was\\nemployed in milling, and later engaged in the\\nlumber and shingle business for a period covering\\nabout nineteen years, his mill being located in\\nLittle Suamico, Wis. In that village he was mar-\\nried in December, 1862, to Miss Julia E., the\\ndaughter of Herman Peters. Mrs. Olsen was born\\nin Cayuga County, N. Y., whence she removed to\\nWisconsin and settled in Marquette County; later\\nshe removed to Little Suamico, where she remained\\nuntil her marriage.\\nIn liis political belief, Mr. C)lsen is a pronounced\\nadherent of the principles of the Prohibition\\nparty, and is a very strong advocate of temper-\\nance. He has served for two j-ears as Justice of\\nthe Peace in St. Joseph Township, and has occupied\\nother positions of trust and honor. He and his wife\\nare .active members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, in which he is.olliciating as Steward. Ear-\\nnest and loyal in his religious atliliations, he contrib-\\nutes libcrallj- to the support of that denomination\\nand aids in all its good work.\\nFrom this brief review of the life of Mr. Olsen\\nthe thoughtful reader m.ay glean many lessons.\\nIn his youth he had very meagre educational ad-\\nvantages in Norway, and at the age of fourteen,\\nleft an orphan without money or freinds, he\\nstarted out to fight the battle of life unaidecL\\nFrom thai humble beginning he has gradually\\nworked his way upward and has accumulated a\\nline property. Of more value, however, than any\\nfinancial consideration is his |)osition among the\\nhonored and trusted citizens of Lerrien County,\\nand the high esteem in which he is universally\\nheld by those who know him.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -^=i=^.\\ni\\nJl^p RANK STEIMLE is another of the many\\njjr!;^ prominent citizens who claim America as\\n/1\\\\ their adopted country, for he was born in\\nBaden, Germany, October 26, I8. ?7. Since the\\nyear 18r)6 he has been a resident of this countr}^\\nand, being a liberal, generous, high-minded gentle-\\nman, has gathered around him a large circle of\\nfriends and well-wishers. He possesses those qual-\\nities of industry and energy so characteristic of\\nthe native German, and being public-spirited and\\nstrictly honorable he is with reason considered one\\nof the most substantial and resi)onsihle citizens\\nof the county in which he now makes his home.\\nOur subject is the son of Sylfain and Louisa\\n(Spade) Steimie, both of whom were natives of\\nSaxony, Germany. In that country the father\\nfollowed the occupation of a farmer for many\\nyears and was a man of more than ordinary intel-\\nligence. Both were highly esteemed in the com-\\nmunity in which they lived, and both were ex-\\nemplary members of the Catholic Church, to wiiicli\\nthey contributed liberally of their means. Their\\nson Frank, the subject of this brief sketch, was the\\neldest of three living children born to his parents,\\nand was educated in the common schools of his\\ncountiy.\\nWhen but nineteen years of age, young Steimie\\ndecided that he could better his financial condi-\\ntion by a residence in the United Stales, and ac-\\ncordingly took jjassage for America. After set-\\nting foot on the soil of this countiy he went di-\\nrect to Greene Count}-, Ohio, and was engaged in\\nfarming near D.ay ton until 1 866, when he moved\\nto Berrien County. Mich. For many years he has", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0645.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "648\\nPORTRAIT AND IJIOGRArHICAL RECORD.\\nbeen engaged in tilling the soil in this comraunity,\\nand his life of industry and usefulness and liis\\nrecord for integrity and true-hearted faitlifulness\\nin all the relations of life have given him a hold\\nupon the community which all might well desire\\nto siiare.\\nMr. Steimle bought the farm where he now lives\\nin 1889, and his reputation as a farmer is no less\\nthan that of a citizen and neighbor. He owns\\nabout thirty-six acres seven miles and a-half from\\nSt. Joseph and about six miles from Benton Har-\\nbor. He has a pleasant rural home, which is pre-\\nsided over by his intelligent and most worthy\\nwife, formerly Miss Emma Baker, whom he mar-\\nried in 1860. She was born in Saxonj Germany,\\nand is a daughter of William Baker, who was a na-\\ntive of that country, but who came to the United\\nStates at an early date and settled in Ohio. The\\nfollowing children have been born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Steimle: John; Ellen, wife of M. Barger;\\nAmelia, wife of A. Grawl; IMary, wife of Julias\\nFatke; Louisa, wife of Hammond Ivnuth; Hannah\\nand Sarah. Mr. Steimle is a member of the\\nFarmers Mutual Insurance Company. He is a\\nDemocrat in politics and cist his first Presiflential\\nvote for Douglas.\\n\\\\f| OHN N. ROOT. Integrity, intelligence and\\nsj stcm are characteristics which will ad-\\nvance the interests of any man and will\\ntend to the prosperity to which all aspire.\\nSuch are some of the traits of the gentleman\\nwhose name appears above, and whose residence is\\non section 23, Volinia Township. He is one of\\nthe prominent farmers and stock-raisers of the\\ncounty, and that he has been successful may be\\ninferred from a glance at his present place. Mr.\\nHoot traces his paternal ancestors back to the New\\nEngland States, and finds that they came to this\\ncountry as early as 1640. He owes his nativity to\\nWashington County, N. Y., born Septemlier 4. 1834.\\nand in addition to a public-school education re-\\nceived in his native county, he attended Platts-\\nburg Academy, and Hamilton College, from which\\nhe graduated in the Class of 58.\\nHis father, William Root, was a native of\\nW.ashington County, N. Y., born in December,\\n1799, and his grandfather, William Root, Sr., was\\na Colonel of militia, and he participated in the\\nbattle of Plattsburg. William Root, Jr., was mar-\\nried to Miss Harriet A. Smith, a native of New\\nYork City, and the daughter of Thomas Smith,\\nwho was a sea-captain and owned a vessel. His\\ncargo and vessel were captured by the French in\\nthe early wars. Mr. and Mrs. Root were married\\nin Washington County, N. Y., where her mother\\nhad large tr.aets of land. After residing in that\\ncounty until 1845, they moved to Penn Yan,\\nYates County, that State, where Mr. Root engaged\\nin milling and merchandising. When first mar-\\nried he lived for eight years at Columbus, Ga.,\\nwhere he followed merchandising. His death oc-\\ncurred in 1880, and his wife followed him to the\\ngrave a year later. They were the parents of\\nfour children, two of whom are living. Edward\\nE. resides in Fredonia, Kan., and is engaged in\\nfarming. Tlie parents held membership in flic\\nPresbyterian Church.\\nAfter graduating from Hamilton College. Jolin\\nN. Root read law in Penn Yan, N. Y., and also\\ntaught school for some time. In the fall of IS60,\\nhe came West and settled on one hundred and\\ntiiirty-six .acres of his present land. He erected a\\nlog house in the woods and lived alone in this for\\nthree years, killing many deer, ducks, squirrels\\nand partridges. He cleared off one hundred and\\nten acres and added to the original ti act until he\\nwas the owner of two hundred and fifty-six acres,\\nwith two liundio l and ten .acres under cultivation.\\nIn the month of October, 1864, he married Miss\\nNancy M. Hamilton, a daughter of John Hamil-\\nton, who resides at Nilcs, ]\\\\Iich., whither he emi-\\ngrated from W.ashington County, N. Y., sixty\\nyears ago. Mrs. Root was born in Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y., May 17, 1840, and was educated in\\nthe schools of Nilcs. Six children were liorn to\\nthem: William L., John H., Sadie, Hattie A.,\\nCliailes Edward and Asa F.\\nDuring the Civil AVar. our subject was drafted\\nill the last call and attached to Company H, Fif-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0646.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n649\\ntccntli Heiriinent Micliig.in Infantry, Fiftpontli\\nCorps, Second Division and Third IJrigade, under\\nGen. John A. Logan. He joined the regiment at\\nAlexandria, a.,and served until the close of hos-\\ntilities. He was discharged at Detroit in Septem-\\nber, 1865, and returned to Michig.an after a short\\nvisit to his old home in New York. Here he has\\nresided ever since. Mrs. Root is a member of the\\nBaptist Cliurch, in which slie is an active worker.\\nTheir daughter, Hattic, who was a student at Niles\\nfor four 3ears, is married and resides in this coun-\\nty. Tlie other daughter, Sadie, is a student at Al-\\nbion College of Music, and is a thorough teacher\\nof music.\\nMr. Root is a member of Delta Cappa ITpsilon\\nSociety, and in politics is a decided Democrat.\\nHe has been Clerk of the township, was Director\\nof tlie School Board for twelve years, and is at\\npresent Administrator of Estates, having settled\\nthree estates ahead v.\\nlU^ ON. .lAMKS L. M.KIK. Tliroughout Ber-\\n|i ricu County, and especially in Three Oaks,\\nwhere he resides, this gentleman is well\\nknown and highly regarded as a success-\\nful business man and sagacious, enterprising citi-\\nzen. His geneial mercantile establishment at\\nThree Oaks is erpiipped with a carefully selected\\nand large stock, embracing the finest imported\\nand American goods. In all the departments of\\nthe business, the tact and judgment of the owner\\nand proprietor are dis|)layed, and he carefull}\\nsupervises the establishment so as to secure the\\nmost satisfactory result.s.\\nA native of Mississippi, our subject was born in\\nNeshoba County, February 10, 18.57. He is of di-\\nrect Scotch and English descent. His father.\\nThom.as, was born in Scotland in 1810, and was\\nreared to maturity in his native land, where he\\nfollowed the occupation of a farmer. I poii emi-\\ngrating to America in I,S3;i, he landed in (Quebec,\\nahd thence proceeded direct to New York State.\\nThere he was united in niairiasj;e with Miss Anna.\\nthe daughter of Edward Lewis, and a native of\\nEngland, having emigrated to the United States\\nabout 1833. Removing to the sunny South, Mr.\\nMcKic engaged in farming near Philadelphia,\\nNeshoba County, Miss., but after residing there\\nfor a few years, he removed to Bond County, 111.,\\nin 1841, and ten years later came to Michigan, lo-\\ncating in Three Oaks. Here he continued to re-\\nside until his career was terminated by his death\\nin 1874. A Democrat politically, he was .active\\nin his support of that party and was a man of in-\\nfluence in every place where he resided.\\nThe five children constituting the parental fam-\\nily still survive, and are as follows: Mrs. Mary\\nE. JJommerscheini, a resident of Three Oaks; Ed-\\nward H., who lives on the old homestead; Mrs.\\nAnna S. Vincent, of Three Oaks; Thomas J. and\\nJames L. The last-named was about seven years\\nold when he accompanied his parents to Bond\\nCounty, 111., and ten years later he came to Mich-\\nigan, of which State he has since been a resident.\\nHis education was acquired in the public schools\\nand Smith s Academ} in Bond County, 111., and\\nhas since been broadened bj^ systematic general\\nreading and self-culture. At the age of eighteen\\nhe entered the mercantile establishment owned by\\nHenry Chamberlain, of Three Oaks, with whom he\\nremained about ten years. Subsequently, under\\nthe firm title of McKie Warren, he formed a\\nbusiness connection with E. K. Warren, continuing\\nin this partnership from 1868 until 1877. From\\nthat year until 1885 he was in business alone, after\\nwhich he formed a partnership with E. II. Vincent,\\nthe title of the firm becoming McKic fe Vincent;\\nthe establishment is still conducted under this\\nname, although the junior member of the linn died\\nin January, 1893.\\nThe marriage of Mr. ^McKie occurred on the\\n30th of September, 18()2, and united him with\\nMiss Maria II., a daughter of Horace Block, of\\nBuchanan, Mich., a prominent manufacturer of,\\nand dealer in, furniture at that place. Three chil-\\ndren have blessed the union: .lennie B., Addie and\\nHelen, all of whom are at home. In his political\\nlielief, Mr. Mclvie is a Democrat and li.as filled\\nmany positions of trust, including those of Town-\\nship Clerk, Township Treasurer, Supervisor of the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0647.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "650\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntownship, and President of the village. He is also\\na member of the Common Council and the Board\\nof Education.\\nIn 1884, Mr. McKie was elected to represent the\\nSecond District of Berrien County in the State\\nLegislature, and his services in belialf of his con-\\nstituents were so satisfactory that he was re-elected\\ntwo years later. In 1888 he received the nomina-\\ntion on the Democrat ticket for .State Senator and\\nmade a strong run, receiving two hundred votes\\naiiead of his ticket on the county. He has fre-\\nquently served as delegate to county and State\\nconventions, and in every position has represented\\nhis fellow-citizens with energy, fidelity and dis-\\ncretion. At the present time he is serving as a\\nmember of the Fourth Congressional Democratic\\nCommittee.\\nNot only does Mr. McKie possess an intensely\\npatriotic nature, but liis religious impulses are\\nalso fervent and unwavering. He is an active\\nworker in the Congregational Church, and is at\\npresent one of the Trustees. The various meas-\\nures originated on behalf of the city and the citi-\\nzens have his hearty and sympathetic co-operation,\\nand he has contributed effectively to the advance-\\nment of the community. He is one of the most\\nsuccessful business men of Three Oaks, and iiis\\nstore, whicli was erected in 1887, contains a com-\\nplete assortment of goods. In the conduct of his\\nbusiness he exercises excellent judgment and\\nsound common-sense, and has built up an exten-\\nsive and profitable trade with the people of this\\nvicinity.\\nJ.\\nUGH P. GARRETT. One of the most\\nhighly-cultivated farms in Cass County is\\n\\\\v^ located on section 3 1 La Grange Township,\\nand is the property of tiie subject of this\\nnotice. A native of Montgomery County, Ohio,\\nhe was born October 26, 1830, and is a son of .lohn\\nand Rosa (Petticrew) Garrett. The paternal grand-\\nfathei of our subject, .loseph Garrett, was born in\\nBelfast, Ireland, and was there reared to manhood,\\nhaving few advantages, as his parents were in\\nhumble circumstances. He was a farmer by occu-\\npation and held a warranty deed for ten acres of\\nlaud in Ireland. Unto him and his wife, whose\\nmaiden name was Ellen Orr, were born ten chil-\\ndren, who were reared to manhood and woman-\\nhood in the Emerald Isle.\\nThe eldest son in the family, Hugh, w.as a siiip-\\nbuilder by trade, and emigrated to the ITnited\\nStates before the other members of the family\\nsought a home in this country. John Garrett\\ncrossed the Atlantic about 1818, and two elder\\nbrothers, William and Daniel, carae to the Uni-\\nted States in 1840. A sister bj the name of\\nMary Ellison emigrated to America in 1833. After\\nlanding on the shores of our country John Gar-\\nrett went to Cincinnati, walking the entire dis-\\ntance to that eitj from Piiiladelphia. His voyage\\nhither liad been a tedious one, occupying three\\nmonths, during which time the vessel came in\\ncontact with an iceberg, and for many days all on\\nboard despaired of being saved.\\nAfter reaching Ohio, John Garrett there learned\\nthe trade of a cooper. He was married in 182 .l to\\nMiss Rosa, daughter of James and Ann (Campbell)\\nPetticrew, natives respectively of Virginia and\\nPennsylv.ania. Mrs. Garrett was born in Mont-\\ngomery County, Ohio, in 1808, and was of Irish\\nand Dutch descent. John Petticrew, an uncle,\\nserved in the Black Hawk War, and located in Cass\\nCounty as early as 1830, near wlierc our subject\\nnow lives. Here he built a sawmill, which was\\nthe first one erected in Jefferson Townshi[). Tlie\\nmachinery for this mill was brought from Ohio by\\nwagon.\\nAfter establishing a liome of his own, Jamos\\nPetticrew went to work industriously to gain a\\nlivelihood for the family. Upon one occasion,\\nwhen he had gone thirty miles to the mill at Cin-\\ncinnati, the Indians came into the house and took\\neverything lliey wished to eat, although, fortu-\\nnately, they did not assault the inmates. The\\nmother of our subject owned forty acres in Mont-\\ngomery County,- to which Mr. Garrett added one\\nhundred acres. In 1848 he sold the property and\\nc;iine to Van Buren County, Midi., where he pur-\\nchased eighty acres and remained until Ins death,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0648.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AXD RIOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\nfi51\\nill Fi liin;iiv, 18(i2. The widow surviviMl him a\\nnuinlici- of years, and departed this life in 1878.\\nThi iiarciilal family consisted of ten ehildren,\\nas follows: llnj li P., of this sketch; Kllcn, Mrs.\\n.lacol) llain, deceased; Ann, Mrs. .lohn Kennedy;\\nMarj^aret and Catherine (twins), the former being\\nthe widow of .lolin Harrctt, and the latter being\\ndeceased; .lane, deceased; Agnes, the wife of James\\nLaraway; Mary, who married (lilbert Guld; AVil-\\nliaiii :iii(J David. The fatluT of this family was a\\nWhig ill his youth, and u\\\\Mn the organization of\\nthe Deniociatie i)arty joined its ranks and after-\\nward steadfastly adhered to its platform.\\nThe l)iograplier liiids little of unusual interest\\nto record concerning the boyhood of our subject.\\nAfter completing his studies in the common\\nschools, he secured employment in a commission\\nhouse at I.ockingtoii, Ohio, and afterward worked\\nbv the iiioulh on a farm. In 1848, in company\\nwith his parents, he came to Michigan, and has\\nsince followed farming pursuits in Cass County.\\nHis present farm he purchased in 1865, at which\\ntime only forty-six acres had been placed under\\nimi)rovemeiit. Now, through his arduous exer-\\ntions, seventy-five of the one hundred acres com-\\nprising the estate have been placed under excel-\\nlent cultiv.ation.\\nThe lirst marriage of Mr. Garrett occurred in\\nMiehigan in 1851, and united him with Miss Eliz-\\nabeth While. .After the decease of this lad} Mr.\\n(iarrett married Mrs. Julia Garrett, the daughter\\nof Samuel and Catherine Dunn, wee Garrett. .She\\nhad two chililren by her first huslcind, William 11.\\nand l-jiiiiia .1. She was born and reared in Franklin\\nCounty, Ind., and became the mother of two chil-\\ndren by her marriage to Mr. Garrett, viz.: .John S.,\\nwho resides in Van Huren County, Mich.; and\\nDavid E., who makes his home in Nebraska. Mrs.\\nJulia (iarrett died in 1871, and siibsefiuently our\\nsubject married Mrs. Plicbe .Struble, liie daughter of\\nNathaniel 15. Crawford. Three children have been\\nborn to bless this union, Charles W., Ralph F. and\\nRosa A. Mrs. Garrett had a daughter by her first\\nmarri:ige, Viola F. A man of enterprise and push,\\nMr. (Iarrett is interested in matters of public im-\\nportance, .as well as in his own personal business\\naffairs. His first Presidential ballot was cast for\\nGen. Winfield Scott, and since the nomination of\\nJ. C. Fremont for President he h:is been a Repub-\\nlican in his [lolitical alliliations. An active worker\\nin the party of his choice, he has served as dele-\\ngate to township and congressional conventions,\\nand has attended national conventions, and in-\\nvariably rei)reseiited the (leople of this section\\nwith ability and good judgment.\\ny P p y pi\\nI I I I I I\\nICIIARD lU TLER, senior member of the\\nwell-known and intlucntial lirm of Puller\\nl^\\\\ k lUirrus, manufacturers of hard and soft\\nV*@) wood lumber, lath and pickets, is univer-\\nsally conceded to be one of the most successful\\nbusiness men of Galicn, and, indeed, throughout\\nBerrien County. lie is of direct English descent,\\nhis father, Richard, having been born in England,\\nwhence he emigrated to America in 1827, and made\\nsettlement in Lockport, N. Y. An industrious\\nman, possessing great energy and force of char.acler,\\nhe was well and favorably known throughout that\\nsection of the State, where he remained until his\\ndeath, devoting his attention to his trade of\\ncarpenter.\\nBorn in Lockport, N. Y., July 13, 1847, our sub-\\nject was a mere lad when he was orphaned bv the\\ndeath of his mother, an estimable woman. The\\nfamily consisted of seven children, but of these\\ntwo alone survive, Richard and Nettie, the latter\\nbeing the wife of C. E. Smith, foreman of the\\nUnion Steamboat Company of Chicago. The only\\nsurviving son was reared in Lock| ort, where he\\nlearned the trade of a turner, after having re-\\nceived the advantages of a common-school educa-\\ntion. In 18G7 he removed to Michigan, where he\\nlocated at New Buffalo, and secured employment\\nas a turner in a furniture factorv. One year later\\nhe came to Galien. and for the ten ensuing years\\nwas employed at the turner s trade, after which he\\nengaged in the machine repairing business for eight\\njcars. He also tilled the position of assistant fore-\\nman ill the R. W. .Monlross factory for two ears.\\nOn the 2(Hh of September, 18!\u00c2\u00bb0, the present", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0649.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "652\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\nfirm of Butler Bun-us was established, and the\\nconnection then formed still continues, the busi-\\nness having been conducted in such a manner as to\\nsecure the approbation of the ijcople and the con-\\nlidence of the trade. The sawmill lias a capacity\\nof about ton thousand feet of lumber per day, and\\nshipments are made to South l end, Jnd., and Ben-\\nton Harbor, Mich. The firm also engages in the\\nmanufacture of lath and pickets, for which they\\nfind a ready sale. They liave built uf) a large trade\\nin Galien and the surrounding country, and are\\nwell known as business men of keen sagacity and\\nexcellent judgment.\\nThe mairiage of Mr. Butler occurred at Galien\\nMay 13, 1874, and united him with Miss Sarah,\\ndaughter of Luther Green, a prominent farmer of\\nGalien Township. They are the parents of one\\nchild, Orville, a promising joutli, who is now a\\nstudent in the Galien High School. The family\\nresidence is the abode of hospitality, where the\\nfriends of the family are accustomed to meet and\\npass many a pleasant hour. In addition to this\\nresidence, Mr. Butler is the owner of three fine\\nbuilding lots and other valuable property-. Firm\\nin his allegiance to the Republican party, Mr.\\nButler has been elected on that ticket to numerous\\nlocal offices C(f trust. For three years he was a\\nmember of the Village I5oard, for one year he\\nserved as Assessor, and he has also been School\\nTrustee, filling the.se several jjositions with credit\\nto himself and to the general satisfaction of his\\nfellow-citizens.\\nGORDON IIUNTLY was born in Howard\\nIII J- Township, Cass County, where he now re-\\n%3[f sides, on the 19th of April, 1850. His fa-\\nther, Ephraim Huntly, was born in Saratoga\\nCounty, N. Y., being the son of Ray nor Huntly,\\nand a descendant of Scotch-Irish-English ancestry.\\nFrom the age of ten years he was reared in Erie\\nCounty, N. Y., where he entered upon his life\\nvocation of farming. In Erie County he married\\nMiss Eliza Ross, and shortly afterward, agcom-\\npanied by his wife, he came to Cass County, Mich.,\\nin 1834, entering from the Government the land\\nwhere our subject now resides. He placed upon\\nthe land many valuable improvements and con-\\ntinued to make liis home here until called hence\\nby death, in 1883, at the age of eighty-four years.\\nHis wife passed away in 1856.\\nThe following is noted by the biograplier con-\\ncerning the brothers and sisters of our subject:\\nHarriet H. was born in Hamburgh, Erie County,\\nN. Y., i\\\\Iay 21,1 828, and married Seneca II. Abbott,\\nof California; Benjamin F., who was born in Ham-\\nburgh September 7, 1829, died in Sacramento, Cal.;\\nJames J., also a native of Hamburgh and born\\nJune 25, 1831, died in Iowa in 1883; .losepii U.,\\nborn in Hamburgh October 16, 1833, resides in\\nHoward Township, Cass County; Mary A., who\\nwas born in Howard Township June 20, 1836,\\nstill resides here; Phebe L., who was born in this\\ntownship December 8, 1837, is the wife of Henry\\nMellinger, of Arkansas; Ellen E., born in Howard\\nTownshii) April 12, 1840, is engaged as a milliner\\nin South Dakota; Charles W., who was horn here\\non the 30th of April, 1843, resides in South\\nDakota; Emma M., whose birth occurred on the\\nold homestead June 10, 1847, is the wife of Mar-\\nshall Richardson, of Nebraska.\\nThe father of this family was one of the promi-\\nnent men of Howard Township, with the history\\nof which he was for Uuany years closely identified.\\nPolitically, he was a Democrat and held many im-\\nportant orticial positions in the township and\\ncounty. For many 3 ears he was Justice of the\\nPeace and Notary Public, and held other [lositions\\nof trust. lie aided in the survey of the roads in\\nthe township and did other pioneer work. A life-\\nlong Mason, he was one of the charter members of\\nSt. J(jseph Valle3 Lodge No. 4. He maintained an\\nunceasing interest in educational matters and was\\nquite prominent in the school work in his district,\\naiding in the organization of District No. 1 in\\nHoward Township.\\nThe youngest child in the parental family is the\\nsubject of tills sketch. In his childhood he at-\\ntended the district schools and the select school\\ntaught by Miss Mary Brown, of Niles Township.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0650.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n(553\\nScpteinbci- 23, 1879, lie in;urio(l Miss Aiiiiio, the\\neldest c-liild of J. W. and Calliaiine M. (Willard)\\nReese. Slic was horn in Howard Townsliii) on tlic\\n21st of IMay, ISoO, and attended llie seliools of\\nNiles, l)eini; a pupil in tlieseiiool wliieli Mr. lluntly\\naUiiided. Sinec his niania^e our s\\\\d jcct has re-\\nmained on llie old family homestead, where he has\\none liuiidied and ten acres of tine land, as fertile\\nas any in the eounly. lie and his wife have be-\\ncome the paienls of four eliildreii: Eugene R.,\\nwho was born in 1880; Winifred W., born in 1883;\\nM. I.onisa, in 1885; and Clarence G., in 1887.\\nPolitically a Democrat, Mr. lluntly has filled\\nvarious ollicial positions. He was School I nspcctor,\\nafterward Townshi|) Clerk for two years. Treasurer\\nfor two years, and Supervisor for seven years. He\\nlias also served as School Director. Socially, lie is\\na inember of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-\\nlows, beiiii; identified with IJerrieu County Lodge\\nNo. at Niles; he also atliliates with Anchor\\nLodge No. 42, A. O. U. W., at Niles; Niles Tent\\nNo. .ly, K. T. M.; Union Tent No. 1, at Niles.\\n.\\\\s a farmer and stock-raiser, he is energetic and\\neiiteiprising, and displays in all his dealings the\\npossession of sound common sense and strict jiro-\\nbity.\\nH\\n\\\\i? RA R. STEMM. Mr. Slemm is an experienced\\nfarmer and fruit-raiser of Oronoko Township,\\nIJerrien County, Mich., the great natural re-\\nsources of which region have been developed by\\nthe practical and intelligent toil of such men as\\nMr. Stemni, who is recognized as a man full of spirit\\nand business enterprise. He is a native of the\\nKeystone State, born in 1846, and is the son of\\nAdam K. and Elizabeth (Reiber) Stemm, Pennsyl-\\nvania (iermans.\\nThe .Stemm family is an old and prominent one\\nof Pennsylvania, the first members having settled\\nin that Slate at a period antedating the Revolu-\\ntion. The Reiber family came originally from\\n(lermany, the grandfather of our subject having\\nemigrated to this country when but a lad. The\\nmembers of both faniilics were people of consider-\\nable importance in the counties in wliicli they re-\\nsided; uprightness and honesty marked their ca-\\nreer, and they had the unbounded confidence of\\nall with whom the} came in contact. Adam K.\\nStemm followed the occupation of a farmer all his\\nlife, and left his native State for Michigan in 1868.\\nHe settled in Berrien County, and here he and\\nhis most estimable wife reside at the jx-cscnt time.\\nHe is in his seventieth and his wife in her sixty-\\nseventh year, and both hold membership in the\\nEvangelical Lutheran Cliurcii. Their children,\\nfive in number, named in the order of their births,\\nare as follows: I. R.; ISIaiy K., wife of John H.\\nStover, of Berrien County; Sarah M., wife of\\nHenry .J. Moyer, also of this county; William, of\\nBerrien Springs; and Regina, wife of George\\nFogle.\\nThe original of this sketch received his educa-\\ntion in the common and higher schools of his\\nnative county in Pennsylvania, and continued\\nin the same until eighteen years of age. For\\nsome time after this he taught school and then\\nentered a dry-goods store as clerk, where he re-\\nmained for some time. Returning to the farm, he\\nremained on the same until his parents removed\\nto Michigan, when he came with them and engaged\\nas a house carpenter, following this for some time.\\nIn 1873 lie purch.ased his present farm of forty\\nacres, partially unproved, with a shell of a house\\nand twenty acres cleared. For this land he paid\\n^bO per acre and lie now has it all cleared and\\nunder cultivation. His buildings are all first-class\\nand are ornaments to the place.\\nIn 188 J he purchased still more land, thirty-five\\nacres, with ten acres cleared, and for this i aid *50\\nper acre. He has lovely residences on both places\\nand is prosperous and happy. He possesses the\\nintegrity of character and honesty of purpose for\\nwhich the stock from which he sprang has l)een\\nnoted, and may well take an honest i)ride in his\\nsterling ancestors. He has filled ijuile a number\\nof important township offices since 1885, being\\nHigliway Commissioner for five years, on the\\nBoard of Review for two years, Township TreaS\\nurer in 1 8112, and in 1893 lie was elected Township\\nSupervisor. Like many young men commenc-.\\niiig life in a new country, Mr. Stemm had but", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0651.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "654\\nPORTRAIT AND niCM.KAFIllCAL RFX ORD\\nlittle means to start with, but lie persevered and is\\nnow not only one of the substantial men of the\\ntownship, but is well liked b^ all, having gained\\nby his generosity, hospitality and kindness a host\\nof warm friends.\\nMr. Stemm was married in 1873 to a most esti-\\nmable lady. Miss Mary M. Feather, of this county,\\nand (laughter of Daniel T. and Caroline (Beclitel)\\nFeather, both natives of Penns\\\\lvania and of Ger-\\nman iiarcntage. Mr. and Mrs. Feather were among\\ntiie original settlers of Berrien County and they\\nwere most worthy citizens. To Mr. and Mrs.\\nStemm were born two children: Albert and Dora\\nv., both at home. On his farm Mr. Stemm raises\\nstrawberries, ras})berries, blaekl)erries and grapes,\\nand has about seven acres devoted to them. He\\nalso raises apples and peaches, having all the lead-\\ning varieties, and has three acres in the orchard.\\nlie and Mrs. Stemm are members of the Kvangelical\\nLutheran Churcli and contriliute liberally in its\\nsupport.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0il! OEL J. NASH. The vocation of the phar-\\nmacist is unquestionably a liighly imi)ort-\\nant one in any and every community, for\\nui)on his care and skill, almost as nuieli as\\nupon that displayed by the medical profession,\\noftimes depends the physical welfare, nay. tiie life\\nor death, of the sick and ailing. Among the fav-\\norabiy-kiiown druggists of this section may be\\nmentioned the name of Joel J. Nash, whose ele-\\ng-ant and attractive store is one of the principal\\nfeatures of Marcellus. He is junior member of\\nthe lirm of Goodrich ife Nash, which carries a full\\nline of drugs, books, stationery, paints, oils, etc.,\\nand is one of the pushing, energetic .young busi-\\nness men of the town. The stock of goods in-\\ncludes everything usually needed in the trade,\\nconsisting of pharmaceutical preparations, patent\\nmedicines, physicians supplies, fine perfumery\\nand such fancy articles as are usually found in a\\nlirst-class pharmacy. A fine assortment of books\\nia also kept in the store.\\nMr. Nasb was born in Galesburg, Kalamazoo\\nCounty, Mich., February 13, 1857, to which Slate\\nhis father, A. .1. Nasli, emigrated from New York\\nState. The latter settled in Galesburg with his\\nparents when eighteen years of age and followe l\\nthe trade of a wagon-maker, lie was married to\\nMiss Julia Wheaton, daughter of Joel Wheaton,\\nwho was a resident of Kalamazoo County, Mich.,\\nand a prominent farmer of that county. To Mr.\\nand Mrs. Nash were born six children, live of\\nwhom are living. One son, A. D. Nash, runs a\\nbarber shop in this town; Ernest Nash is foreman\\nin the Gazette ollice at Kalamazoo; A. O. Nash is a\\nfarmer and lumberman in Kalkaska County; and\\nBertha is at home. The one deceased, Ada, died\\nat the age of twenty-seven. The father of these\\nchildren was in sympathy with the Democratic\\nparty and took an active interest in its welfare.\\nOur subject was about fourteen years of age\\nwhen his father removed to Volinia Township,\\nthis county, and he remained in that township un-\\ntil 1879, when he moved to Marcellus Township.\\nIn 1885 he moved to the town of Marcellus and\\nsubsequently bought an interest in the drug store\\nnow conducted by himself and partner, and has\\ncontinued this up to the present. In February,\\n1887, Mr. Nash was married to Mrs. Phelira Good-\\nspeed, daughter of Jonathan Nichols, who was an\\nold settler of the county. Politically, Mr. Nash is\\na Republican and a strong advocate of the princi-\\nples of that party. He was appointed Postmaster\\non the 1st of July, 1889, and has held that otilce\\never since, discharging the duties incumbent upon\\nthat position in a very creditable and satisfactory\\nmanner. He has been on the Village Council\\nfoi two years, and several times has been Presi-\\ndent pro tem.\\nSocially, he is a member of the Ancient Free it\\nAccepted Masons and was Secretaiy of Lodge No.\\n291 at this [ilace for tliiee years, and Junior War-\\nden for one year. He takes a great deal of inter-\\nest in the lodge and is one of its most worthy\\nmembers. In addition to his business he carries on\\na fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, has it\\nwell cultivated and improved, and is engaged in\\ngeneral farming and stock-raising. Good build-\\nings are on this farm, and everything about the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0652.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0653.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0654.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n657\\nplace indicnlcs lliiil. a tliorougli liand is at the\\nhelm. Our sulijcct lias a very line residence on\\nWest Main Street, lie and his i)artner aie agents\\nfor the National Express Company and also agents\\nfor the Telephone Exchange.\\nMr. Nash and his partner were Deputy County\\nTre.isuiers for six years and filled tiiat position in\\nan ahle and very satisfactory manner. He and\\nhis partner carry the largest stock of drugs, books,\\nstationery, etc., of any house in the town and are\\ndoing a tlourisliing business. They own their own\\nbuilding, and have one of the best arranged post-\\nolliccs in the State. Wide-awake and enterprising,\\nthey cannot fail to make a success of all their un-\\ndertakings.\\n^^-+-$-1\\nTHOMAS PAYNE a practical and extensive\\ngeneral agriculturist and successful stock-\\nraiser, well located in Weesaw Township,\\nBerrien County, handles upon his large acreage\\na superior grade of cattle and also raises choice\\nvarieties of horses and hogs. For over thirty-five\\nyears a constant resident of his present localit}\\nMr. Payne has been intimately .associated with\\nthe march of improvement, which h.as distinguished\\nthe history of lierrien County from its earliest\\nsettlement. He is b^- birth an Englishman and was\\nborn in Ivanhoe December 17, 183.3.\\nThe parents of our subject, .lolin .and Fannie\\n(Ealing) Rayne, were the descendants of a long\\nline of sturdy English ancestry, .and were reared\\nand educated in their native land. Their union\\nwas blessed by a family of twelve children. De-\\nsiring to see their sons and daughters worthil}-\\nlilted to occupy positions of usefulness and influ-\\nence, the parents resolved to avail themselves of\\nthe broader opportunities offered in the United\\nStates and with the younger members of their\\nfaniily embarked for America in 18;j6, and, safely\\narriving in the land of |)romise, joined the son\\nwho had already preceded them to a new home in\\nliis adopte l country.\\nOf the i)arental f;uiiily, but two representatives\\nnow survive, .Joseph, and Thomas, our subject.\\nThe parents made their home in Berrien County,\\nwhere the devoted mother passed away in 1864.\\nThe father survived his wife eight years, and died\\nin 1872 regretted b3 all who knew him. A man\\nof upright character, earnest and industrious, his\\ndays had been spent in a round of energetic toil,\\nleaving him but little time for rest or recreation.\\nHe was a sincere friend, a kind neighbor and a\\ntrue and law-abiding citizen.\\nOur subject attended the free schools in Eng-\\nland but his opportunities for study were limited\\nand he is in the main a self-educated man, having\\nthrough habits of close observation and reading\\nadded to the stock of knowledge gained in early\\nyouth. He came to America two years before his\\nparents emigrated hither, and reaching Michigan\\nin 1854, settled in Berrien County, a stranger in a\\nstrange land. Arriving here without any capital\\nother than his youth, health and determination to\\nsucceed, he set himself energetically to work and\\nwith frugal management carefully laid aside a\\nsmall sum which he invested M.ay 26, 1857, in\\neighty acres of heavily timbered land. With this\\nbeginning as a nucleus for further effort Mr. Paj ne\\nhas self-reliantl\\\\- won his upward w.ay to a com-\\npetence and now owns five hundred acres of excel-\\nlent land, much of which is under cultivation and\\nfinely improved.\\nOur subject aside from the animal harvest of\\ngolden grain h.as upon his farm large herds of\\ncattle fatted for inaikel, and is at present feeding\\nover one hundred head. In 185 Thomas Payne\\nand Miss Lydia Payne were united in marriage.\\nThe estimable wife bore lier husband eight chil-\\ndren, three of whom, Edward, Martha and .lames\\nsurvive. The mother of these children died in\\n1886. Our subject took for his second wife Miss\\nZimmah Turner, a native of the British Isles. The\\nmarriage was celebrated in England October 12,\\n1887. Two children have been born unto this\\nunion, a little son and daughter, Thomas and May\\nBelle.\\nMr. Payne is not an active |)olitician, but takes\\nan intelligent interest in all matters of local and\\nnational importance, and cast his first Presidential\\nvote for Abraham Lincoln. In all local enter-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0655.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "658\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nprises of worth Mr. Payne lends a helping hand\\nand is a true and loyal citizen, worthy of the high\\nregard Ix stowed upon liim by tlie entire commu-\\nnity among whom lie has now [)assed almost two-\\nscore years.\\nS5-\\n^^U NSON F. BITHER, Superintendent of the\\n(@ylI|| Niles Paper Company, vvas born in Albany,\\nN. Y., on the 13tli of February, 18 46, be-\\nfjfl ing tlie son of .John and Frances (Spath)\\nBitlier. Ilis fathei learned the trade of a weaver\\nin his native country, Germany, whence he emi-\\ngrated to America in 1830, locating in Albany\\nand there engaging in the manufacture of paper for\\ntwenty-five years. Me is still living and makes\\nhis home on a farm in Columbia County, N. Y.;\\nhis wife died in 1870.\\nThe parental family consisted of eight children,\\nseven of whom still survive, Anson F. being the\\neldest. Two of the brothers reside in Muskegon,\\nMich., one being a merchant and the other the\\nAmerican Express Agent in that city. Another\\nbrother is a farmer in IS ew York State. The boy-\\nhood days of our subject were passed in Albany\\nand Chatham, N. Y., where he attended school for\\na short time. At the age of eleven years he be-\\ncame an employe in a paper-mill in New York,\\nwhere he remained until reaching his twentieth\\nyear. Then going West to Wisconsin, he located\\nat Beioitand built the BeloitStrawboard Company s\\nworks, remaining for two years in the employ of\\nthe Rock River Paper Company, of that place,\\nthey being connected with the above company.\\nLater he worked for the same company in Mar-\\nshall, Midi., and for six years conducted an exten-\\nsive business in the manufacture and sale of roof-\\ning, carpet-lining and building paper.\\nFor two years Mr. Bither was in Ypsilanti, where\\nhe was an employe of the Michigan Paper Com-\\npany, engaged in the manufacture of manila [la-\\nper. In 1878 he came to Niles to take the Super-\\nintendency of the Niles Paper Mill Company,\\nwhich he still holds. Through his carefully-di-\\nrected efforts the business of the company has been\\nlargely increased, better facilities for conducting\\nthe work have been secured, and the entire maii-\\nagenient placed under jierfect sjstem. While his\\nbusiness duties require his almost undivided atten-\\ntion, Mr. Bither maintains an intelligent interest\\nin public affairs and gives his support to all enter-\\nprises originated on behalf of the community in\\ngeneral. He has served as President of the Build-\\ning and Loan Association. Socially, he is idenli-\\nlied with Berrien County Lodge No. 6, I. 0.0. F.,\\nEncampment No.;i,at Niles, and the Select Knights.\\nIn 186 J Mr. Bither married Miss Rachel Man-\\ngold, of Chicago, the daughter of George II. Man-\\ngold. They are the parents of two ehildien, Fred\\nII. and lieruice M., the former being Siipeiiiiten-\\ndent of the Allegan Paper Mills. In politics a\\nRe[)ublican, Mr. Bither has been elected on the\\nticket of that partv to numerous positions of re-\\nsponsibility. For two years he served as Alder-\\nman, repieseuting the Third Ward in the City\\nCouncil, and his service in that position was emi-\\nnently satisfact(ii to his constituents. As the re-\\nsult of good jiulginent in business investnients, he\\nhas accumulated a comi)cteiicy and owns three\\nhandsome residences in the city of Niles, besides\\nother valuable pro|)eit3-.\\nm^-\\n^=m ^^^m\\nSy-\\nEURY C. AVIMER. Among the residents\\nof Coloma, Berrien County, who are spend-\\ning their declining years in the enjoyment\\nof peace and plenty obtained b^- their in-\\ndustrious efforts and good management, and se-\\ncure in the esteem of all who know them, are\\nPerry C. Wimer and his good wife. Our subject\\nwas born in Greene County, Pa., on St. Valentine s\\nDay, 1848, and is the son of .John and Betsey\\n(Siiicher) Wimer.\\nThe father of our subject was born in Somerset\\nCounty, Ba., and was a farmer by occupation. He\\nbelonged to the (Terinaii l aptist Church, in which\\nhe worked faithfully, and died in Greene County,\\nPa., in 1856, leaving a wife and family of cliiU", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0656.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n659\\n(lii ii. )iii subjoet s iiiotlicr w;is iilso a native of\\nSuiiiLMSol t ouiity, ami after her union vvitli Mr.\\nWinier hecanie tiie inollicr of lliirteen children,\\nseven of whom readied mature years. The ehil-\\ndrcn are a foMows: Miiiray, of Kansas; (Jeorye,\\ndeceased; William, who lives in rennsylvania;\\nFrederick, a resident of Wayne Count} Ohio; and\\nElizaheth, deee:is(!d. After the death of her lius-\\nliand, Mrs. Wimer married .John Safford and died\\nin 1869.\\nMr. Wimer of this sketeii was reared on his fa-\\nther s farm, reeeivini; only a meagre education,\\nand in 1852, after his father died, he with his\\nmother and two younger sisters emigrated to this\\nSljite and located two miles north of Colonia.\\nHere they settled down to begin the struggle for\\nexistence, Perry working on the farm by the month\\nfor three years, and afterward linding em|)loyinent\\nin a sawmill for the .same length of time. He then\\ncame to Coloma and worked in a gristmill be-\\nlonging to Sawyer liail, and it was there that\\nhe met with the accident in which he lost his left\\nhand. In 1873, our subject formed a partnershii)\\nwith Mr. Ball and engaged in the manufacture of\\nfruit packages, continuing in this for two years,\\nat which time he bought out his partner and has\\never since run the business alone. He began with\\nthe help of but eight men, but now has in his em-\\nploy from forty to lifty and realizes a lucrative\\ntrade. Mr. Wimer is also the possessor of thirty-\\nlive acres of land near the village, and owns a\\nnumber of line pieces of property in Coloma.\\nPolitically, our subject is a supporter of the Re-\\npublican principles and [)latforni. The marriage\\nof .Mr. Wimer and Miss Sarah J. Dobbyn was cele-\\nbrated November 1.5, hSCT. Mi-s. Wimer was born\\nin Kent County, Canada, and is the daughter of\\nHenry and Catherine (Mcl)ermid) Dobbyn. Henry\\nDobbyn was of Irish extraction and came from his\\nnative country to Michigan in 1857. His wife\\nwas born in Scotland. Our subject, after his mar-\\nriage, became the father of eight children, five of\\nwhom are living, namely: Klwood C, who is a\\nman of excellent business qualities, and was edu-\\ncated at Ann Arbor College, from which he was\\ngraduated in the business departments; Joseph L.;\\nJohn H., Catherine K. and Klorence L. The other\\nthree children died in inf.-uicy. Mr. and Mrs.\\nWimer s home is the abode of pleasant hospitality\\nand their many friends often (ind a cordial wel-\\ncome l cneatli its roof.\\n/^^j^ B. HOUSER, whose residence is located in\\nLake Township, is a leading farmer of this\\nsection, and his fine farm attests by its\\nthrift and productiveness the excellent\\nqualities of thoroughness and system which mark\\nthe owner. He inherits all his industry and en-\\nterprise from his German ancestors, no doubt, and\\nis progressive and thorough-going in a marked de-\\ngree. The Ilouser family came to America prior\\nto the Revolutionary War, and the decendants be-\\ncame worthy and upright citizens of this country.\\nM. B. Houser was born in the Buckeye State\\nAugust 21, 1831, and was the third in order of\\nseven children born to Henry and Mary (Brown)\\nIlouser, the former a native of Maryland, and the\\nlatter of North Carolina. Heniy Houser came to\\nMichigan in 1836 or 37, and settled in the woods\\nof Cass County. At that time Indians were num-\\nerous, and there were very few white settlers. He\\npurchased a farm of two hundred acres with a few\\nimprovements and engaged strictly as a farmer.\\nHe held very few otlices, but was Supervisor of\\nthe township, Townshij) Clerk, School Director\\nand Justice of the J eace. He took (juite an ac-\\ntive part in politics, and was a prominent Whig\\nin his daj His wife died in Cass Count} and\\nhe followed her to the grave in 1880, when\\nseventy-five 3 ears of age. Of the seven children\\nborn to this worthy couple all are living except\\ntwo. Daniel, the eldest, died in childhood; S. M.\\nresides in Howard Township, Cass County; M. B.\\nis our subject; Ely is deceased; William resides in\\nCass County; Mary E., wife of Joshua Lants, re-\\nsides near Dodge City, Kan.; and Martha J. makes\\nher home in Cass Count}-.\\nThe original of this notice was educated in the\\ncommon schools of Cass County and in the State\\nNormal at Ypsilanti, Mich., receiving his diploma", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0657.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "660\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfrom that institution. He was granted a life cer-\\ntificate to teacli anywhere in the State, and after\\nthis passed liis time teaching during tlie winter\\nand tilling the soil during tlie summer seasons. In\\n1855 he went to Kansas, but returned the same\\nyear, and subsequently engaged in te.aehing at\\n(^uincy. 111. In 185C he returned to Kansas and was\\ntheie during the John Brown trouble. Returning\\nto the Kast in 1858, he stopped in Illinois for some\\ntime and then came home. In 1861, wlien the\\nwar cloud hung darkly over the nation, he assisted\\nin raising Company of the Twelfth Michigan\\nInfantry, and served wim considerable distinction\\nfor one year. He was mustered in as a private,\\nbut was soon promoted to be First Sergeant. He\\nrefused the otHce of First Lieutenant when first\\nentering the service. Mr. Ilouser participated in\\nthe first battle of Shiloh only, .as on account of\\ndisability he was discharged at Detroit, Blich., in\\n1862.\\nIn 1860, previous to entering the army, Mr.\\nIlouser i)urchased one hundred and sixt3 acres of\\nliis present farm, and to this h.as since added\\neighty acres more, thus making two hundred and\\nforty .acres of excellent land. His first farm w.as\\nheavily timbered, but he went Lo work and with\\nmuch hard labor succeeded in clearing it. On this\\nfarm in 1890 si)rang up the pretty little vill.age\\nof Barroda. Mr. Houser being anxious to establish\\na depot, gave the railroad considerable property\\nfor that purpose, and then laid out his land in lots,\\nwhich he sold very clie.ap. On his farm he now\\nh.as one of the largest shipiting points on the rail-\\nroad in this section for fruits of all kinds. He has\\nunder cultivation one hundred and twenty-five\\nacres, and has one of the handsomest rural homes\\nin the townshiii, if not in the county. Everything\\nabout the place indicates him to be a man of prog-\\nress and enterprise, and refiects the greatest credit\\nupon his management.\\nIn political matters our subject h.as ever taken\\nan active part, and is quite an active Republican.\\nHe has frequently been a delegate to the county\\nconventions, and is a public-spirited and valuable\\ncitizen. Previous to the war he was noted through-\\nout the county in whicli he resided as being greatlv\\nopposed to slavery. In his younger days Mr.\\nHouser was celebrated for his penin.ansliip, and\\nfrequently taught writing-schools. At one time\\nhe taught a writing-school in Bloomlield, Iowa,\\nand ft)r his pupils had the County Clerk, County\\nJudge and County Attorney. Gen. Weaver was\\nalso one of his pui)ils, and Mr. Houser found iiiin\\nan apt scholar. The clerk. Judge and atlorney\\nbecame noted men during .and after the war, either\\nin Iowa or ]\\\\Iissoiui.\\nIn 1880 Mr. Ilouser was married in Michigan to\\nMiss .Sarah A.Guntle,a native of- Ohio, and a daugh-\\nter of Elias and Sarah (Hoops) Guntle. the father\\nalso a native of the Buckeye State. Mr. and Mrs.\\nGuntle were the parents of seven children: Emily,\\nwife of D. Whittle, of Kansas; William A., of In-\\ndiana; Louisa, deceased; Sarah A., wife of our\\nsubject; John A., of Kansas; Ellen E., wife of\\nTiiomas J. Chiviiigton, of Indiana; and Evan A.,\\ndeceased. To IMr. and Mrs. Ilouser have been\\nborn five children: Addle Z. and Alta F. (twins),\\nborn December 28, 1880; Mabel B., born Ainil 15,\\n1883; and Zadaa G. and Edith P. (twins), born\\nJuly 28, 1885. Air. Houser has been a M.asou foi\\nmany ^ears. Mr. and Mrs. Houser are in religi-\\nous belief stanch Uiiiversalists, although not mein-\\nbei-s of any church.\\n=T^\\n^fOIIN H. STOVER. The .agricultural part\\nof any community is the bone and sinew\\nfrom which come the strength and vigor\\nnecessary to carry on the affairs of manufac-\\nture, commerce and the State. When the farming\\npeople are composed of men and women of cour-\\nage, enterprise, intelligence and integrity-, pros-\\nperity will attend all deiiartments of activity, and\\nthis is pre-emineiitl\\\\ the case in Berrien County,\\nMich.; and among those who hold high rank as a\\ntiller of the soil is Mr. Stover, who springs from a\\ngood old family of Pennsylvania. He was born\\nin Centre County, Pa., May 30, 1840, and is a son\\nof Samuel and Catherine (Warntz) Stover, both of\\nwhom were natives of that State also.\\nSamuel Stover was a siiocmaker by tiaile and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0658.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT ANr. BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n661\\nfollowed tlie same in his native Slate until his\\ndeath, wiieii .seveiily-tliice years of a^i\\\\ To his\\nmarriaiie were Ikmii seven ehildien, two sons and\\nfive (hiiiirhters. John II. Stover, the eldest of the\\nehildren, was reared in iiis native State and there\\nreceived his education in tlie conunt)n sehools. On\\nthe oth of Oetober, 1 802. he was married in Penn-\\nsylvania to Miss Sarah Plotner, who was also a\\nn.itive of the Keystone State and the daughter of\\nSamuel and Sarah I lotner. IMr. and .Airs. I lotner\\nremoved to Cass County, Mich., near Kdwards-\\nburgh, in 1B70, and there they now reside.\\nOur subject and family made their home in\\nPennsylvania until 1870, when they removed to\\nMichigan and located in Cass County. There they\\nresided for eight years and then removed to near\\ntheir present location, where the^- made their home\\nuntil 1890, when Mr. Stover bought his present\\nproperty. This is located ten miles southeast of\\nSt. .Joseph and contains over one hundred and\\nfift3 -one acres. All his farming operations are\\nconducted in a manner rellecting credit upon\\nhimself and his inaiiagement. The farm is in a\\nhigh state of cultivation, the improvements are all\\ngood, and Mr. Stover ranks among the representa-\\ntive agriculturists of the countv.\\nTen children have been born to Mr. and Mrs\\nStover, seven sons and three daughters, as follows:\\nSamuel, William, Edward, Eugene, (Jeorge, Ray,\\nClarence; ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0irgia, wife of Ameal Metsger; Cora,\\nwife of Albert Metsger; and Edith, at home. In\\n1881 our subject w:is elected Townslii[) Treasurer,\\nand after serving in that cajwcity for two years\\nwas elected Township Sui)ervisor, which position\\nhe lilled in a very .satisfactory manner for five\\nconsecutive terms. He has been a memher of the\\nHoard of Review here, and was on the School\\nHoard in Ca.ss County while residing there. In 18!).S\\nhe was elected .lustice of the Peace, and now settles\\nthe petty dillieulties of his township in a manner\\nrellecting credit upon himself and to the evident\\nsatisfaction of the people, lie w.as elected Drain\\nCommissioner one year, but did not ipialify. Pub-\\nlic-spirited and enterprising, Mr. Stover is one of\\nthe representative men of the county.\\nMr. Stover has been a nuMuber of the Independ\\nent Order of Odd Fellows durin;:almost Ins entire\\nresidence in IMichigan, and he is also a member of\\nthe Grange and Encampment. He represented his\\nlodge in the (hand Lodge in Detroit, is deeply\\ninterested in all things pertaining to his order, and\\nholds membership in Uoyalton Lodge No. 37:3. Mr.\\nStover cast his first Presidential vote for McClellan\\nand was elected to his various offices by the Dem-\\nocratic party. Ills [)arents were members of the\\nGerman Reformed Church. His wife is a Lutheian\\nin her religious belief.\\nV *^-i\\ni-^i^\\nILLIAM E. SYMS, a prominent paper\\nmanufacturer of Michigan, and the owner\\nof a large mill at Watervliet, was bom in\\nLitchfield, Kennebec Count.y, Me., October 2 .t,\\n1838, being the son of John and Clarissa (Hlake)\\nS3 ms, both natives of Maine. In his youth he\\nwas a stage-driver, but later in life followed the\\noccupation of a teamster. He inherited the jier-\\nseverance and energy of a long line of English\\nforefathers. In his religious views he w. is a Erec-\\nwill l!a|)tist, and took an active inlerest in the\\nwelfare of that denomination.\\nIn the parental family there were four sons and\\none daughter, William E. being the third son. lie\\nreceived a high school education at (Gardiner, Me.,\\nto which jilace his father had removed in his boy-\\nhood. At the age of sixteen he commenced to\\nwork as a sliip-joiner, and followed that occupa-\\ntion for one season, after which he enlered a\\npa|)er-mill, owned by Richards A- Iloskins, at\\n(iardincr. Three years afterward he resigned that\\nposition, and, removing to Lawrence, .Mass., be-\\ncame an employe in the paper-mill owned and\\no|ierated liy S. S. Crocker, where for six years he\\nfilled the position of forem.an. Thence he went\\nto Westminster, Mass., and spent tliree \\\\cars in\\nthat city, going from there in 1870 to UolyoUe,\\nMass., and filling the position of Superintendent\\nof the Crocker .Manufacturing Com[)any until 1881.\\nForming .a business connection with George E.\\nl)u(lle\\\\ uiiilei the firm naine of the Syms iV Dud-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0659.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "662\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nley Paper Company, Mr. Syms erected a mill at\\nHolyoke, Mass.. and for a niiralier of years suc-\\ncessfully conducted this enterprise. In 1892 he\\ndisposed of his property, and, coming to AVater-\\nvliet, Iniiit a large mill for the manuf. ieture of\\nwriting and book paper. Tiiis he still operates,\\nand with continually increasing success. In his\\npolitical opinions he is a Republican, and lias\\nserved as Alderman and in other positions of\\ntrust, where his iiigh talents were utilized for the\\nbenefit of his fellow-citizens. Socially, he is con-\\nnected with the Masonic fraternity, Knights Tem-\\nplar, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.\\nTlie lady who presides over Mr. Syms pleasant\\nhome was known in former years by the name of\\nLucinda A. Ilarriman, and is the daughter of\\nRansom and Sallie Ilarriman, prominent residents\\nof Lawrence, Mass. One child has blessed the\\nunion, Bert L. Socially, Mr. and Mrs. Syms are\\nhighly regarded in the vill.age of Watervliet, and\\nhave a host of warm personal friends in this com-\\nmunity. In the Baptist Church thej are active\\nand earnest workers, and contribute with gener-\\nosit} to religious and benevolent projects. As a\\nbusiness man, Mr. Syms possesses the traits of\\ncharacter which are conducive to success, and\\nthrougli excellent management he has already se-\\ncured a position among the successful manufac-\\nturers of the State.\\nJ-m-i^ -i W\\nf i I I I\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0il/OHN N. McCOY. As another illustration\\nof the success wliioli almost invariably\\ncrowns the exertions of the intelligent\\nworker, mention should be made of Mi\\nMcCoy, a prosperous farmer of Cass County and\\ntiie owner of a fine farm located on section 30,\\nLaGrange Township. The tract of land owned\\nand operated by him has Ijeen brought to a high\\ndegree of cultivation through his arduous labors,\\nand has been embellished with substantial build-\\nings adapted to their varied purposes. From a\\nsmall tract, including only fifty-eight acres, he\\ngradually enlarged his possessions until he is now\\nthe owner of two hundred and twenty-two acres\\nof improved land. A few words with reference\\nto the parents of our subject will not be amiss. His\\npaternal grandfathei-, Herman McCoy, was a farmer\\nin the count} of Montgomery, Va., where he was\\nborn and also where he died. The father of our\\nsubject, Richard McCoy, became self supporting\\nwhen a mere lad, and upon establishing a home of\\nhis own married Miss Mary Sifford, the ceremony\\nwhich united their lives Iieing performed in Wr-\\nginia, where the three eldest children in the fam-\\nily were born. In a very early d.ay, Mr. McCoj\\ncame to Michigan, and entered a tr.act of land in\\nPokagon Township, Cass County. Though com-\\nmencing a poor man, without capital other than\\nhis own industrious habits, he accumulated con-\\nsiderable property and gained a comfortable\\namount of this world s goods. Politically, he w.as\\na Democrat, and always voted with that party.\\nHis death occurred when the subject of this sketch\\nwas about seventeen years of age. The wife and\\nmother survived him a number of years, passing\\naway in 1885.\\nThe parental family consisted of seven sons\\nand seven daughters, three of whom died young.\\nThere are now living six sons and five daughters.\\nBorn in Pok.agon Township, Cass County, on the\\n20tli of .Tanuary, 1835, .John N. McCoy remained\\nat home with his mother until he was twenty-one,\\nmeanwhile receiving limited educational advant-\\nages and devoting his time in-ineipally to farm\\nlabor. Upon reaching his majority, he began\\nworking by the month, and for three years contin-\\nued thus occupied. Upon making his first pur-\\ncli.ase of land, he bought fifty-eight .acres, to which\\nhe added from time to time as opportunity of-\\nfered, until he is now the owner of tvvo hundred\\nand twenty-two acres.\\nThe lady who on the 25th of December, 1858,\\nbcame the wife of Mr. McCoy bore the maiden\\nname of Sarah McDaniels and is the daughter of\\n.lolm and Sarah (Moats) McDaniels. She w.as\\nreared in Pokagon Township, there married and\\nhas spent most of her life in Cass County. She is\\na devoted wife and tender mother, bestowing\\never} care and attention upon her children, C larie\\nE., David K. and Pari-y W. While nominally a", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0660.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAl llICAL RECORD.\\nr.R3\\nnemoornl, Mr. IMcCoy in icalitv is iU)n-i)artisan\\nand casts the \\\\vei rlil of liis inlluence and l)allot\\nfor the man whom he dicnis liest qualilied for the\\nparticular ollicc in question, irrespective of polit-\\nical alliliations.\\n1^^ AUNDERS L. AN CAM! prominently\\n^^4 idcntiliod with the history of Berrien\\nlll/\\\\^) onnty, Mich., since I.stiC, lias held with\\nefliciency various f llices of trust in l ent.on\\nTownship, and is widely and favoralily known\\nthroughout this part of the State. Mr. an Cam])\\nis a descendant of distinguished lineage. His re-\\nmote anccstois were Hollanders li birth, but his\\npaternal great-great-grandfather emigrating to\\nAmerica, founded the branch of the family- famous\\nin the early annals of our country. The paternal\\ngiandfathcr, Moses Van Camp, was a native of the\\nbutch Colony of New York, and was one of the\\noriginal founders of the city of Albany. liater\\nMoses an Camp figured conspicuously in the set-\\ntlement and progress of western Pennsylvania,\\nand, a man of earnest purpose, sterling character\\nand executive ability, was a most important factor\\nin the dcveloiiment of the best interests of the\\nMiildle States. The parents of our subject, Gar-\\nrett and .lulia A. (Saunders) Van Camp, were\\nnatives of New Vork. The father was born in\\n(iencsee County. The birthplace of the mother\\nwas Otsego. The maternal grandfather, Capt.\\nKlisha .Saunders, served with coui-.age in the War\\nof IHl-i. and was killed ;it the battle of Lundy s\\nLane.\\nOur subject was born in I eiinsylvauia, where\\nhe att.-iined to matuie age, and in llSCi i, answering\\nthe (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ul of the (iovernment, enlisted in otupany\\nA, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania\\nInfantry, and having served two 3 ears and three\\nmonths was wounded at (Jetlysburg and from\\nthe elTccts was confined in the hosi)ital. Mr. Nan-\\nCamp actively participated in the battles of Antie-\\nlam, Chancellorsvillc, Kredcricksbuigh and (Tcttys-\\nbiirg. The war ended, lie returned to his home,\\nand in the spring of 1865 was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Abbie A. Pettis, the following j-ear.\\n18Gfi, journeying to Berrien County, Mich., where\\nhusband and wife .settled in the dense timber.\\nThe eighty- acres, entirely covered with wood,\\nwas in time brought to a high state of cultivation,\\nand Mr. an Camp li.as converted the once wilder-\\nness into an orchard of fruit, giving his attention\\nmainlj- to the culture of peaches. The beautiful\\nresidence and other substantial im|)rovements ren-\\nder the homestead one of the most attractive in\\nBerrien County. Two of the three children born\\nunto our subject and his estimable wife survive.\\nEda H. is the wife of W. L. Stroine, of Berrien\\nCounty; Hal|ih 1-. is the youngest born; and Neal\\nG. died in infanc}\\nFraternally, our subject is a member of (George\\nH. Thomas Post No. 1 4,G. A. U., .at P enton Harbor,\\nand much enjoys the reunions of the tried and\\ntrue. He is also an )dd Fellow of the suliordin-\\nate and encampment lodges. Politically, Mr.\\nVan Camp is a Repulilican, and was twice elected\\nTreasurer of Berrien County and with ability dis-\\ncharged the duties of the ollicc from 188;? to 1887.\\nHe also for several years occupied the iiosition of\\n.Supervisor of the township, and in this cap.acity\\ndid much for the progressive interests and mutual\\nwelfare of his fellow-townsmen, to whom his ])ub-\\nlic work gave unbounded satisf.action.\\nBevil H. V^an Camp, a prosi)erous and leading\\nhorticulturist of Benton Township, Picrrien County,\\nMich., born upon the old homestead in Erie C oun-\\nty. Pa., in 1815, leniained there until he had\\narrived at manhood. He received a good cominon-\\nscliool education and enjoyed a course of instruc-\\ntion in the Normal School. In 1870, Mr. Van\\nCamp was married in the (Quaker .State to Miss\\nMargaret L. Evans, daughter of .loshua Evans,\\nwho came to Colonia, Mich., in 1880, and about two\\nyears before his death, in March, 18 he made his\\nhome with his daughter, Mrs. Van amp.\\nOur subject settled with his wile in Iieriien\\nCounty in 1875, anji i)urchased a |)art of the farm\\nnow owned by his elder brother. In 1885, he Ixjught\\nthe ninety acres of timber lan l which, cleared,\\ncultivated and improved, is now a most valuable", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0661.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "664\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nliomeslead. The farm is devoted mostl3 to the\\nculture of fruit and berries, Mr. Van Camp being\\nparticularly successful in the handling of straw-\\nberries and peaches. One son, George, is at home\\nand assists his father in the conduct of the farm.\\nMaud, the little daughter, died in infancy, and\\nRobert passed awa}- when a child. Our subject,\\nin common with liis father and five brotiiers, is a\\nstanch Republican. In April, 1893, he was elected\\nTreasurer of Benton Townslii|), and is now giving\\na portion of his time to the duties of that respon-\\nsible office. Fraternally, he is connected with the\\nAncient Order of Ignited Workmen, and has many\\nwarm friends within the order. Mr. and Mrs.\\nVan Camp are valued members of tiie Metliodist\\nEpiscopal Church at Benton Harbor and liberally\\naid in the extension of its good work and influ-\\nence. The^ are widely known and are identified\\nwitli the social and benevolent enterprises of tiieir\\niiome locality, commanding the esteem of the en-\\ntire community b^- wiiich they are surrounded.\\nAMES E. FULTON is a wide-awake citizen\\nof Berrien County, IMich., and as he has\\nresided here ever since his birth, on the 13th\\nof May, 1851, the people have had every\\nopportunity to judge of his character and qualifi-\\ncations as a man of affairs, and naught has ever\\nbeen said derogatory to his honor. He has ever\\nsliown himself to be endowed with su])erior abil-\\nity, and his comprehensive knowledge of agricul-\\ntural pursuits, together with the soundness of his\\njudgment, has secured him prompt recognition in\\nthis section.\\nThe parents of our subject, Alexander and\\nSarah (Gard) Fulton, were natives of Ohio and\\nLidiana, respectively, the father born in 1807.\\nThe latter, with three brothers, came to Michigan\\nat an early date, and settled in Cass County, in Lit-\\ntle Prairie Honde, where he resided a short time.\\nHe then removed to Berrien County in 1840, and\\nbought a fine farm of two hundred and fort}- acres\\nin Royalton Township. In addition to that he\\nbought two hundred and forty acres near Tr3 on\\nCorners. He was a man of superior mental en-\\ndowments, and, being industrious and enterprising,\\nhe was almost certain to prosper. The remainder\\nof his da^ s was passed in tilling the soil, and he\\ndied in the year 1863, respected and honored by\\neverj one. His wife had passed away in 1853.\\nThe live children liorn to the above-mentioned\\nunion were named in the order of their births as\\nfollows: Margaret, Elizabeth, John B., David and\\nJames E. After the death of his first wife, our\\nsubject s father was married to Louisa Tryon, and\\nby her had one son, Alexander H. All these are\\nnow deceased except James and Alexander H., the\\nformer, our subject, being fifth in order of birth.\\nHe grew to manhood in his native count} and\\nhis time in 3-outh was divided betvveen assisting\\nhis father in clearing his farm of the heavy timber\\nwith which it was covered, and in attending the\\ndistrict schools, where he secured a fair education.\\nBeing gifted with more than the average degree of\\nintelligence and shrewdness, it was but natural\\nthat when starting out for himself he should\\nchoose agricultural pursuits as his occupation in\\nlife, and that he should make a decided success of\\nthat calling.\\nIn the year 1888 Mr. Fulton was married to\\nMiss Alice Ilelmick, a native of the State of New-\\nYork, and the fruits of this union are two chil-\\ndren, Robert Alexander and Stanley H. Mr. Ful-\\nton is a prominent citizen in his township, and has\\nheld man} local offices, the most prominent being\\nSchool Inspector, Township Treasurer, Highway\\nCommissioner, and for several terms he was on the\\nBoard of Review. At present he is Justice of the\\nPeace of Royalton Township, and discharges the\\nduties incumbent upon that office in a creditable\\nand very satisfactory manner.\\nOur subject settled on the farm where he now\\nresides in 1884, eight miles south of St. Joseph,\\nand has resided there ever since. He is the owner\\nof seventy acres, and has them all under a good\\nstate of cultivation. At present lie is a member\\nof the Cass County Mutual Fire Insurance Com-\\npany. Mr. Fulton joined Lodge No. 15, I. O. O.\\nF., at Schoolcraft, soon after attaining his major-\\nity, but he soon afterward withdrew and joined at", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0662.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0663.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "U(ru^^\\ni-^yii^i\\n::tZ ^uiA^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0664.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n667\\nTryim Cnrncrs. Mrs. Kullon is a Seventli-I)ay\\nAdvcnlist. Mr. Fulton s paicnts were niemljers of\\ntlu I nitcd liictliion Cliiiirli. (Ti-andfatlier Oanl\\nwas an early scttli-r of llcrrien County, and here\\ntlic closing scenes of liis life were ))assed. I lu\\nFulton family settled in the Hiiekeyt! State at a\\nverv early l)eriod, and there the j^randfather of\\nour subject followed the blacksmith trade, lie\\nwas an Indian scout for some time.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^EN.IAMIN COOl KR, a prominent and in-\\nfluential citizen of Dowai^iac, Cass County,\\n\u00c2\u00a7D)1I) Mich., has now retired from the active du-\\nties of business, and in the evening of his\\ndays enjoys the comiietence earned by persevering\\nand intelligent industry. In very early life a\\nfarmer, Mr. Cooper soon abandoned the tilling of\\nthe soil, and entered into a profitable and exten-\\nsive quarry business, in which he remained contin-\\nuously until about three months since, finally dis-\\nposing of his business interests in April, 1893.\\nOur subject was horn while his parents were on\\na journey from their birthplace in New York State\\nto Cincinnati, Ohio. The date of Mr. Cooper s\\nbirth w.as September 19, 1820. The Lather and\\nMKither later removed from Cincinnati, and made\\ntheir home in Hig Island Township, Marion Coun-\\nty the same State. Benjamin Cooper was four-\\nteen years of age when, for the third time, his par-\\n(tnU changed their locality and came from Ohio to\\nCass County, Mich., in the year 1834. The father\\nspent .all of his early life in his native State, New\\nYork, and served bravely .as a soldier in the War\\nof 1812. He w.as a man of high cour.ageand great\\nendurance, and was a representative pioneer of\\nthe West. He died in Michigan, passing away at\\nthe .advanced age of ninety-three years.\\nThe paternal grandfather, -John Cooper, emi-\\ngrated to this country from England, and was in\\nearly youth when he crossed the broad Atlantic. He\\nsettled first in Canada, afterward located in M.assn-\\nchusetls, and hijei- made liis permanent residence\\nin New York, where he married and reared a large\\nfamily, who lived to adult age and occupied use-\\nful and influential positions in life. Our subject\\nreceived a common-school education, and was\\nnaturally possessed of fine business ([iialifications.\\nHe had only leached his majority when he assumed\\nthe cares of a family, and w.as married in Feljruary,\\n1811, to Miss Lorinda Mowry, who was a resident\\nof Honora Township. This estimable lady, who\\ndied in 1880, was a native of New York, hut\\npassed the greater part of her life in the West. In\\n18G3, Mr. Cooper came to Dowagiac and built his\\nfirst residence in the city. His substantial dwell-\\ning was erected on the jjroperty sold six years\\nago to P. D. Beckwith, and stood on the spot\\nwhere Fred E. Lee, the manager of the Beckwith\\nestate, is now building a magnificent home, one of\\nthe most finely ajjpointed structures and costly\\nresidences in this part of the State.\\nMr. Cooper first entered the ((uarry business in\\ncompany with .Joel Andrews, but the two had been\\npartners for only a few months when their [)rop-\\nerty was entirely destroyed by fire. With invin-\\ncible hope and courage our subject .again tried the\\nbusiness by himself, and was a second time a total\\nloser by fire, lindaunted, he subsequently formed\\na partnership in the quarry business in connection\\nwith J. F. Moshier. This latter partnership con-\\ntinuously endured for twenty-seven years, the\\nbusiness extending its limits rapidly, and yielding\\nlucrative results. The two long-time partners, old\\nfriends, tried and true, yet hold real estate in com-\\nmon, and still enjoy close companionship.\\nNovember 2, 1881, Mr. Cooper a second time\\nentered into matrimony, and w.as united in mar-\\nri.age with Mrs. Parker, a daughter of William\\nand Mary A. (BrowncU) Wilder, of New York\\nState. In 18(54, the Wilders settled in Dowagi.ac,\\nwhere the father, a highly respected citizen, died\\nin 1886, at the age of seventy-five. The mother\\nsurvived until 1892, and was at the time of her\\ndemise seventy-seven years of age.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cooper have shared the benefits of\\nextensive travel in the United States, and are\\nknown in their own home locality .as liberal and\\nprogressive, alw.ays ready to render assistance in\\nsocial. l)eiu voleiit and religious enterprise. Fra-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0665.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "668\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntenially, our subject has affiliated witli the An-\\ncient Free Accepted Masons since I860, and was\\nmade a member of the Ancient Order in Pokagon.\\nAltiiougli never an otHce-seeker, Mr. Cooper is in-\\nterested in Governmental issues, and is an ardent\\nadvocate for the elevation of the masses.\\ni-^+^l\\n^Jt. SOL MAUDLIN. The value to any\\nJ) connnunity of a professional man is not\\nmarked merely by his learnini; and skill, his\\nproflciency in medical and surgical practice, but\\nalso by his character, both private and profes-\\nsional, his honorable adiicreuce to medical ethics,\\nand his personal integrity and benevolence of pur-\\njiose. When a physici.an combines these charac-\\nteristics, it is with pleasure that we record his life\\nwork, and such a man do we find in Dr. Sol\\nMaudlin. This gentleman, who is one of the\\nprominent physicians of PjcrruMi County, is also\\none of its most active and substantial business\\nmen. He has been practicing medicine in this\\ncounty since 1867, and for twenty-six years he has\\nbeen kept busy following his profession. Since\\n1 880 he has onl^ been doing a large office prac-\\ntice. As he operates a farm of sixt^-six acres,\\nhe is also engaged quite extensively in fruit-\\nraising.\\nOr. Maudlin is a product of Indiana, born in\\nHenry County August 27, 1832, and is the eldest\\nof nine children born to Barnabas and Martha\\n(Hodge) INIaudlin, natives respectively of North\\nCarolina and irginia. The parents were mar-\\nried in the Old Dominion, and there the father\\nfollowed .agricultural pursuits for some time. At\\nan early day they removed to Indiana, and the\\nfather s death occurred in St. Joseph Count}-. He\\nwas a member of the Church 01 Friends. Dr.\\nMaudlin received his literary education in Henry\\nand Madison Counties, Ind., and when twenty-\\nseven years of age he attended his first course of\\nlectures at the Eclectic Medical .School, of Cincin-\\nnati, Ohio. The breaking out of the war put a\\nstop to his medical studies for the tune beilig.\\nand November 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company\\nG, Fifteenth I niled States Infantry, and was at-\\ntaciied to the Army of the Cumberland.\\nOur subject enlisted as a private and partici-\\npated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Florence\\nand .Stone River. He was injured at the battle\\nof Corinth, but returned to the armj shortly after-\\nward and participated in the other battles men-\\ntioned, besides numerous skirmishes. Although\\ncaptured at Nashville, Tenn., he only remained a\\nprisoner nine days, when he succeeded in making\\nhis escape. The Doctor was then in the battle of\\nLookout Mountain, during Hooker s charge, and,\\nbeing stationed in the bend of the river, had a\\nfine view of it all. He was discharged on the\\n7th of November, 1864, on Lookout Mountain,\\nwithin the Georgia line, and went direct from\\nthere to ]\\\\Iuscatine, Iowa. After remaining in\\nthat city for four months, he returned to Indi-\\nana and began practicing his profession.\\nHaving chosen the eclectic system, our sub-\\nject had rather uphill work in those days, for\\nnothing was considered correct but the allopalliic.\\n(iradiially he worked himself into a good i rac-\\ntice, and there remained until 1868, when he\\ncame to Michigan and located in Berrien County.\\nThe country was new and heavily timbered at\\nthat time, and the principal business of the early\\nsettlers was lumbering. The wood was slii|ii)ed\\nto Chicago, and, as there were no railroads pass-\\ning through the county, boating on the lake was\\nin a prosperous condition. Fruit-growers had but\\njust started, and thai onlv so far as peaches were\\nconcerned. As soon as located, the Doctor opened\\nup his practice, and, as he was well up with the\\ntimes in medical lore, and had the ability to\\napply his knowledge at the proper time and in\\nthe proper place, it is not to be wondered at that\\nhe had a large practice. In 1881 he engaged in\\nthe mercantile business, and has since carried it on.\\ndoing an annual business of from ijilO.OOO to \u00c2\u00a51.\\n000. He also laises peaches, plums, pears, apples,\\nand iiuicli small fruit on his farm, and is one of\\ntlie wide-awake, thorough-going men of the county.\\nThe Doclt)r lias been twice married, first in 1867,\\nto Miss Josephine Gregory, of New York, and\\none child was born of this union, Marv. wife of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0666.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND liJOGRAPH CAL RECORD.\\n669\\n(leorfjc IFann, of Oiand K apids, Midi. Mrs.\\nMaudlin died on tiie 21lii of Kubruarv, 1875, and\\non March 1 of the following year Dr. Maudlin\\nmarried Mrs. Carrie Wiiipplc, nee Watson, a\\nnative of Indiana. Two children were born to\\nthe marriage, but only one is now surviving,\\nKrna, who is at home. The Doctor is a member\\nof Lake Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. He is a Re-\\n|nihlican in polities, but has never been an as-\\npirant for political preferment. Of a decidedly\\npractical turn of mind, he has a wide circle of\\nfriends and acquaintances, and is very popular.\\nOIIN ROSS. No State in the Tnion\\ngives greater encourngcment to a man wlio\\ndesires to devote himself to agricultural\\npursuits and fruit-raising than does Michi-\\ngan. Its resources are almost inexhaustible, and\\nits climate is adapted to the cultivation of varied\\ncrops. Mr. Ross, who is one of the most substan-\\ntial and thoroughgoing agriculturists of Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., has been eng.aged in tilling the\\nsoil from early boyhood, his father, David C.\\nRoss, having initiated him into the m^ steries of\\nthat occupation, and he thus gained a good, prac-\\ntical knowledge of the same to start out with.\\nMr. Ross was born in Laporte County, Ind.,\\non the Id of ,Iuly 1H48, to the union of David\\nC and Lydia (Richardson) Ross, natives res-\\npectively of Pennsylvania and Indiana. The fa-\\nther left his native State at an earl^ age, and\\nwent to Indiana, settling in La I orte County, where\\nhe was among the early settlers. About the year\\nIHIT), he moved to Ikrrien County, Mich., and\\nhere his death occurred many years later. He was\\nof Welsh-Scotch descent, and inheriting all the\\nsterling characteristics of that nationality up-\\nrightness, integrity and industry it was but nat-\\nural that he should prosper. When first settling\\nin Berrien County, he bought eighty acres of\\nland, all wihl and unbroken, and immediately\\nentered upon liis duties as an agriculturist, clear-\\ning, grubbing and making improvements. Mrs.\\nRoss IS still living, is a most estimable lady, and\\nresides on the old homestead.\\nOf the seven children born to our subject and\\nwife, three are now living and named as follows:\\nJames A., Charley and Paul. John A. Ross passed\\nhis youthful days in Berrien County, Mich., and\\nsecured a good practical education in the schools\\nof the same. When not in the .schoolroom in\\nyouth, he was engaged in the arduous duties of\\nthe farm and tlius gained his extensive knowl-\\nedge of that vocation. He ])ossesses all the attri-\\nbutes necessary for a first-class farmer, and is now\\nthe owner of forty acres eight miles south of St.\\nJoseph, as well as another farm of forty acres.\\nUnlike his father, who was a Methodist, Mr. Ross\\nholds membership in the Christian Church, and his\\nwife is also a member of that church. The} are\\nwell respected in the cominunit} in which they\\nlive and are hapi)y in the friendship of many\\nfriends. Mr. Ross lias adhered closely to the prin-\\nciples of the Democratic part}-, and his first Presi-\\ndential vote was for (i. li. McClellan.\\na I^ILLIAM ADAMSON, one of the leading\\n\\\\rJ// farmers of Calvin Township, Cass Counlw\\nwas born in Coluiiiltiaiia Count}-, Ohio, on\\nthe 7th of July, 181^1, the son of .John and Sarah\\n(Erwin) Adainson. His father was born in\\nColumbiana County, Ohio, in 1802, and was the\\nson of .Lames and Hannah (Heald) Adamson.\\nThis family is of Knglish and Irish ancestry and\\nwas a prominent old C^uakcr family. Their history\\nin this countr} dates back for many generations,\\nbut the exact date of their emigration hither or\\nthe names of the ancestors back of James, the\\ngrandfather of William, we have been unable to\\nlearn.\\nGrandfather Adamson followed the occupation\\nof a farmer in Columbiana County, Ohio, whither\\nhe removed as early as IHOd and where lie resided\\nuntil death terminateil his career. He had two\\nsons and three daughters, of whom John, the\\nfathci of our subject. \\\\v:is the youngest. He was", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0667.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "670\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\na man of limited schooling, but possessed a good\\nstock of natural ability and through general read-\\ning and observation atoned to a large extent for\\nhis lack of earl3 advantages. A liard worker and\\na good financier, he accumulated a moderate fort-\\nune, and, what was better than that, lie gained the\\nrespect of all with whom he made acquaintance.\\nIn Ohio he married Sarah Erwin, and for many\\nyears afterward continued to make his home in\\nilie Buckeye State. In 1853 he removed from\\nOhio to Michigan and made settlement in Calvin\\nTownship, Cass Count} where he purchased a\\nlarge tract of land. Coming here with perhaps\\n),n00, he added largely to this amount, and at\\ntiie time of his death, which occurred in 1873, was\\nnumbered among the moneyed men of the county.\\nHe remained in the Society of Friends up to the\\nage of foi ty-five years, but for some reason not\\nknown to the biographer, he at that age left the\\nchurch of his forefathers and never afterward\\nreturned to its membership. His wife survived\\nhim tiiree years and passed away at the old home-\\nstead in Calvin Townshiii, during the month of\\nFebruary, 1876.\\nIn a family of nine children, the subject of this\\nsketch was the third in order of birth, and at this\\nwriting (1893) five of the entire number are\\nliving. William grew to manliood upon his\\nfather s farm in Ohio, and had the advantage of\\nexcellent educational oi)|)ortunilies iu early life.\\nWlien about nineteen years old he came to Michi-\\ngan with, his fatlior, but subsequently returned to\\nOhio, where he completed his education in a jiri-\\nvate school at New Salem. He then returned to\\nMichigan, and in December, 1857, niairied Miss\\nMary Ann Norton. This lady was born in .Jeffer-\\nson Township, Cass County, in 1838, being the\\neldest daugliter of Levi D. Norton, who w.as Itorn\\nin Champaign County, Ohio, in 1811, and came to\\nMichigan in 1828, being one of the very early\\nsettlers of Cass County. The paternal grandfather\\nof Mrs. Adamson was Nathan Norton, a native of\\nNorth Carolina.\\nTradition says that long before the war for in-\\n(U pi ndcnce, three brothers by the name of Norton\\ncanu^ from Ireland. One setthnl in North Carolina\\nor Xirijinia, another went to Texas, and the third\\nestablished his home in Maine. From the first-\\nnamed this branch of tiie Norton famih springs.\\nThe grandmother of Levi D. Norton, whose name\\nwas Dixon, was a member of an old :ind leading\\n(Quaker family. Mrs. Adamson had two brothers\\nand two sisters. Her elder brother, Leonard 1{.,\\nenlisted in the defense of the Union in 18()]. and\\nserved continuously until 1866. He married\\nAnnette Sheldon and is now a salesman for .1. V.\\nFarwell fe Co., of Chicago, where he resides.\\nElizabeth became the wife of Thomas E. Shaw, a\\nfarmer of Michigan, and they have a family of\\nfive children. .Jane married Constantine Baldwin,\\na farmer residing in Calvin Township. .Samuel M.\\nchose for liis wife Miss .Jessie Belden, by whom he\\nlias three children. Their home is in California.\\nPleasant Norton, a brother of Levi D., was born\\nin 1806, and in 1826 married Miss Hachael Fukery.\\nComing to Cass County, he became prominently\\nconnected with the development of this part of\\nMichigan. For eight years he served as .Super-\\nvisor of Jefferson Township, was Treasurer for a\\nnumber of terms and served for two terms in tlic\\nMichigan State I^egislature. In his political be-\\nlief he was a life-long Democrat. He died in\\nJefferson Township on the 12th of May, 1877, and\\nhis wife passed awaj- on the 17th of March, 1887.\\nFive children survive them. Levi D. Norton,\\nfather of Mrs. Adamson, resided for a number of\\njeais in Jefferson Township, and from there re-\\nmoved to Calvin Township, where be died on Mie\\ni tli of November, 1872. He w.as a prominent\\nmember of the Christian Church and was an hon-\\norable, upright man, whom everyone respected.\\nHis wife, Martha (Mcllvain) Norton, was born in\\nLogan County, Ohio, November 26, 1812, and\\ndied on the lOth of .lanuary, 1883. Religiously,\\nshe was a devout member of the Baptist Church.\\nAfter their marriage, our subject and his wife\\nsettled on the place where they have ever since\\nlived. He has cleared more than two hundred\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0acres of land, and as a result of his industry and\\nshrewd business investments, he gained a compe-\\ntency and is novv counted among the leading and\\nvveaUhv men of the township. He belongs to au\\nold Whig family, and in former years was a\\nRepublican, but is now numbered in the ranks of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0668.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n671\\nDpiiiocracy. Ill lias nevur souglil or held ollice,\\nwiUi Uic cxci |)li\u00c2\u00ab ii of tserving on Uic School\\nIJoanl and in sonic minor township ollices. IMrs.\\nAdamson is a iiu iiiher of the IJapUst C huich, active\\nin all its good works, and foremost in eveiy relig-\\nious and heiR volent onUM prisc.\\nKiglit children liav(^ licen lioni to lirigliten the\\nhome of oiir subject. Frank, who was born April\\n21, 1S; )1), died on the 17th of August, the same\\nyear; Koss, wlio was born Soi)teml)er 27, 1860,\\nmarried Lima Leonard, and with his wife and\\nchild residi s in t liippewa County, Mich.; Dell, a\\npromising young man, lives with his parents;\\nIJerllia married A. (i. Hull and they have three\\nclilldnii; Liila died when three years old, and\\nNellie was called liunie at the same age; EstcUe\\nand Kiltie are at home.\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i l\\nvSt .VK IMTC llKR, a successful farmer resid-\\ning ill Watervliet rowiislii|), IJerrien Coun-\\nty, was born in .Ii lTerson County. N. Y.,\\nDecember 1\u00c2\u00ab, 1847. His parents, Peter and Ma-\\ntilda (.Smith) Pitcher, were natives of Jefferson\\nComity, the former having been born October 17,\\n1811, and the latter August .31, 1826. Their chil-\\ndren were: Oscar, Delia, Viola, Isola and Lillie.\\nIn 18(i8, they wime to Michigan .-111(1 located in\\nWatervliet, where he died .lune 8, 1885. A little\\nmore than two j-ears afterward, on the 26th of\\nOctober, 1887, his wife departed this life. In his\\npolitical alliliations, lie was a Republican, loyal to\\nevery principle of his chosen part} He wjis a de-\\nvoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand an earnest worker in religious enterprises.\\nThroughout his entire .active life, he followed the\\noccupation of an agriculturist, in which he met\\nwith success. The maternal grandfather of our\\nsubject was Harmonious Smith, whose wife bore\\nhim three sons and one daughter.\\nAt the age of fourteen, our subject commenced\\nto be a wage-earner. When about (ifteen years of\\nage, in .September. 1862, he enlisted in the service\\nof the I liHMi. his name being enrolled as a meniT\\nber of Company I, Twentieth New York Cavalry.\\nHe served on detached duty and participated in a\\nnumber of important and decisive engagemenUs.\\nIn February, I860, he entered the hospital at\\nPortsmouth, Va., from which he was discharged\\non the 7lh of .lune, 186.5, at the close of the war.\\nResuming the peaceful pursuits of civil life, he re-\\nturned home and learned the trade of a carpenter.\\nIn 186 J, he came to Watervliet, and in 1876 pur-\\nchased forty acres on section 5 of this township.\\nHe now owns an eighty-acre tract, the improve-\\nments on which have been made through his un-\\ntiring efforts.\\nOn Christmas Day. 1873, Mr. Pitcher was united\\nin marriage with Miss Isabelle Dustin, who w.is\\nborn near Kalamazoo, ]\\\\Iich., March 1, 1855, being\\nthe daughter of .Joseph M. and .lane A. (lOaston)\\nDustin. Her p.aternal grandfather, Cobiirn Dus-\\ntin, was a descendant of F^nglish ancestors, and he\\nand his wife reared six children: Albert, LaFay-\\netle, Dudley, Luke, .Joseph M. and Philine. Jos-\\neph M. Dustin was born in Boston March 20,\\n1810, and in his youth learned the cari;enter s\\ntrade. He went later to Cayuga County, Js. Y.,\\nwhere he met and married Miss Jane A. Easton.\\nSub.seciuently he removed to Michigan and ar-\\nrived in Kalamazoo County at a period so early in\\nthe settlement of the now nourishing city of Kal.a-\\nmazoo that it contained only a very few houses.\\nThere he entered land from the Government and\\nerected a primitive structure, destitute even of\\ndoors, for the abode of his family. He improved\\na farm, which, as time p.assed by, he embellished\\nwith a number of suitable and conveniently-ar-\\nranged buildings. Politically, he was a strong\\nRepublican, and was a leader in his party in the\\ntownship. His death occurred January 6, 1 86(5.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Pitcher bore the maiden\\nname of Jane G. F aslon, and was born in Cayuga\\nCounty, N. Y., December 9, 1818, being the\\ndaughter of Isaac Kaston. a farmer. She married\\nGeorge Sparks for her second husband. sincere\\nChristian and a gifted singer, it was her custom\\nin the pioneer d.ays, when it w.as imiiossible to se-\\ncure a preacher to minister to the spiritual wanUs\\nof the peoiile, to preside at meetings, and fre-\\nipiently she preacheil funeral sermons. Hei nine", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0669.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "672\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAl HICAL RECORD.\\nchiklien were: Albert M., who served in the\\nCivil War; William, also a soldiei in the de-\\nfense of the I nion; l^uke E., Eugene, Elizabeth,\\nFrank, Isabelle, Mary E. and Jennie. Mr. Pitcher\\nand his excellent wife have one son, Robert, and\\nthe family is one of the most prominent and pop-\\nular in the township.\\n(^ERNON KING. If to one class of people\\nmore than another the United States owes\\na debt of gratitude, it is to the hard-work-\\ning, i)erseveriug farmers, on whom our prosi)erit3\\nas a nation so largely depends. Among those who\\nfor a long tune followed agricultural pursuits in\\nBerrien County may be mentioned the name of\\nMr. King, who now, in the twilight of his useful\\nexistence, lives retired from active business cares,\\noccupying a neat and comfortable residence on\\nLake Avenue, Benton Harbor.\\nOn his father s side our subject tr.acus his ances-\\ntry to France and Ireland, while his maternal\\nforefathers came from England. Grandfather Job\\nKing was a native of Massachusetts, which State\\nwas also the birthplace of Henry King, father of\\nour subject, who died in Ohio during the year\\n1862. C\\\\ nthia Nichols, as the mother of our sub-\\nject w.as known in maidenhood, was born in\\nMassachusetts, and was the daughter of David\\nNichols, a native of England. Vernon King spent\\nhis childhood years in Jefferson County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he was born on the yth of July, 1818. His\\neducation was gained in the common schools of\\nthe district, and he alternated attendance at school\\nwith work on his father s farm.\\nThere is little of special note to record concern-\\ning the life of Mr. King until 18.54, when he\\nsought the El Dorado of thousands of Argonauts,\\nand traveling Westward to California, engaged in\\nmining there for three years. During that time\\nhe suffered the hardships incident to life in a new\\ncountry, where civilization had not yet reached a\\nhigh development, and where people of every na-\\ntionality were striving with frenzied eagerness to\\ngain some of the coveted gold. When ready to\\nreturn home, Mr. King took passage on the Yan-\\nkee Blade, which struck on the reefs off the coast\\nof California, near Port Arquilla. The passengers\\nwere rescued by another boat and convej cd to\\nland.\\nReturning to Michigan in 1857, Mr. King set-\\ntled in Benton Township, Berrien County. Upon\\nland purchased here, he cut down the timber and\\nthe dense forest growth, and through the exercise\\nof sound judgment and perseverance improved\\nthe place so that it took rank among the best\\nfarms of the county. For more than twenty\\nyears Mr. King resided upon that place, devoting\\nhis attention to general farming and stock-rais-\\ning, but in 1880 he retired from farming pursuits,\\nand, coming to Benton Harbor, has since made his\\nhome in this vill.age. He owns and occupies a\\ncomfortable house on Lake Avenue.\\nIn 1843 Mr. King married Miss Polly A. Brad-\\nley, a native of Onondaga County, N. Y., who be-\\ncame the mother of two children: Homer, a resi-\\ndent of Berrien County; and Elmer, deceased.\\nThe present wife of our subject, whom he married\\nin 1882, was Mrs. Rosina J. Powers. She was\\nborn in Ohio, and is the daughter of George and\\nAnney Conkey. AVhile Mr. King is not a strong\\npartisan, and has never desired ofliclal position,\\nyet he is Hrm in his allegiance to the Republican\\nparty, and takes an intelligent interest in public\\naffairs.\\nil/_^ IRAM A. EDWARDS, the efficient ex-Su-\\npervisor of Niles Township, Berrien Coun-\\nty, Mich., is a native of .Jefferson Coun-\\nty, N. Y., and was born May 30tli, 1836.\\nHis parents were John W. and Annie (Brigham)\\nEdwards. The father was a native of the Empire\\nState, his family being well known in that portion\\nof the country. The maternal grandparents were\\nof New England origin, and the mother of our\\nsubject was born in Connecticut. Hiram A., one\\nbrother and three sisters comprise the remaining", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0670.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n673\\nsdiis and daugliters wlio once gatlicied in the old\\nlioiiic. Our subject was reared and educated in\\nthe Stale of New York and well improved tlie op-\\npurtunities for study in the district school of the\\nneiglilHirhood. He also enjoyed a term of in-\\nstruction in the Union Academy in Belleville, N.\\nY., and tauo;ht for two winters in his native State,\\nafterward having charge of a scliool in Henry\\nCounty, 111. He was married before attaining his\\nmajority, and early assumed the responsibilities\\ncommon to mature years.\\nSeptember 17, IS. ifi, our subject was wedded to\\nAngdiiie Dickey, daugiiter of Joseph F. and Eliza\\nDickey, both of whom were born in the State of\\nNew York. Of the nine children who blessed the\\nmarriage of Mr. Edwards and his estimable wife,\\nseven vet survive. William I the eldest, a man\\nof superior al)ilil,\\\\- and line attainments, is Assis-\\ntant Professor of Chemistry at the Universitj of\\nAnn .\\\\rhor, Mich., from which institution of learn-\\ning he giailualed with honor. Frederick H. is the\\nsecond son; then follow, in order of birth, Elmer\\nE., -Mice M., Kate H., Stella II. and Mary E.\\nTwo children aie deceased. In the late fall suc-\\nceeding his marriage oiu sul ject and his newly-\\nmade wife journeyed to the West and settled\\nat (list in the Stale of Illinois, where they re-\\nmained, however, only a few years. In 1859 Mr.\\nand Mrs. Edwards removed lo Berrien County,\\nMich., and in IbGd located on tiieir present farm.\\nOur subject owns one hundred and ten acres of\\nexcellent land under a high stale of cultivation.\\nI laincd to agricultural duties from his child-\\nliooil, he li.as achieved success in the culture of\\nthe soil. Essentially a self-made man, he has vvell\\nimproved every advantage of life which lay with-\\nin his grasp, and was, as an instructor, highly re-\\ngarded by all who studied under his care. He is\\nin jjolitical allllialion a Democrat and has occu-\\npied with honor and fidelity several otlicial posi-\\ntions of trust. For four successive terms he served\\nas Supervisor of Niles Township, and was an ar-\\ndent advocate of local progress and improvement.\\nFor four terms he most acceptably discliarged the\\nduties of Township Treasurer. Mr. Edwards is a\\npopular man, well and highly esteemed as a friend\\nand citizen. Fraleiiiallv. he is a member of St.\\n.loseph Valley Lodge No. 1, A. F. A. M., and\\nfor several years was Master of the lodge. His\\nwork and influence, beneficially exerted in behalf\\nof the best interests of Berrien County, have won\\nhim the lasting regard of the entire community\\nby whom he is surrounded, and with whom he has\\nsustained the most pleasant relations for over\\nthirty years.\\nWIeKEMIAH V. SHEFARD. A compariscm\\nhas often been drawn between New York and\\nMichigan, and they are much alike in intel-\\nligence, enterprise and productiveness, while\\ntheir natural features, made notable by altitude,\\ncontiguity to the lake district, and abundance of\\nforest and mineral wealth, will bear close com i)ari-\\nson. That their people are much alike is due to\\nthe fact that the Empire State h.as given freely of\\nsons and daughters to help in populating this\\nyounger one in the sisterhood of States. Among\\nthose who claim New York as their native State is\\nthe subject of this sketch.\\nMr. Shepard was born not far from Syracuse,\\nNovember 30, 1819, and was sixth in order of birth\\nof nine children born to Josei)h and Lucy Vose)\\nShepard, both natives of Massachusetts and of oM\\nPuritan stock. Joseph Shepard was born about\\ntwenty miles from Boston in July, 1779, and was a\\nminute-man in the War of 1812. He was a stone-\\nmason by trade and followed that for the most part\\nuntil his death in 1867. His last wife died in 188 I.\\nMr. Shepard s first marriage occurred in Massachu-\\nsetts to Miss Mary Ilaydeu, who bore him one child,\\nMary. The latter died in 1887, at the age of eighty-\\nfive years. The mother of this child died when\\ncomparatively a 3 oung woman, and Mr. Shepard\\ntook for his second wife Miss Lucy Vose.\\nThe parents had born to them a large family\\nof children. Alvira married John Phares, a shoe-\\nmaker, and became the mother of eight children;\\nshe died in Syracuse in 1881, at seventy -six years\\nof .age. Polly married Asa Hayden and had two\\nchildren; she died in .Syracuse in 18o5, when forty.\\nfour years of age. Hannah married Eli.as .Jacobs", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0671.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "674\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand four eliildien were born to them; she resides\\nat Bancroft. Eliza, single, makes her home at Syr-\\nacuse, N. Y. Joseph, single, died in 1887, when\\nsixty-two years of age. John married Miss Z^dva\\nO Daniels, and went West to Illinois, where he died\\nin 1878, when fifty -six years of age; they were the\\nparents of eight children. IJiantha was married\\ntwice, first to a Mr. Padden, by whom she had one\\nchild, and then to a IMr. Duncan; they reside in\\nSyracuse. Orlando married Miss Sarah Snaack,\\nand resides near Grand Rapids. They had four\\nchildren, alf boys, and two of them twins.\\nDuring his youthful days our subject had lim-\\nited educational advantages, for most of his time\\nwas taken up in assisting his father make a living.\\nWhen still quite young he started out to fight his\\nown way in life, and first began to manufacture\\nsalt in a small way. Later he was engaged in boat-\\ning on the Erie Canal, also followed lumljering,\\nand afterward cleared up a farm in New York Stale.\\nAbout 1841 or 42 he niarriei) Mi.ss Statyra t^uick,\\na native of New York Stale, born June 22, 1824, and\\nthe daughter of Sylvester (Juick, who dropped dead\\nwhen Mrs. Shepard was but a child. Her half-\\nbrother, Sj lvester, was a soldier in the Civil War\\nand was killed while in service. Another of her\\nbrothers, Henry, served from first to last during\\nthe war and escaped without a wound.\\nIn 1859 our suljject brought his family from the\\nState of New York to Michigan and settled on a\\nfarm in Calvin Township, where he resides at the\\npresent time. This farm he has cleared and im-\\nproved and now it is one of the pleasautest in the\\ntownship. Our subject and his wife had a fam-\\nily of children. Emma, born Ma\\\\- 16, 1844, mar-\\nried Mr. Manning Morse and became the mother\\nof three children; they reside in Mason Town-\\nship, this county. Charles, born in 1846, enlisted in\\nthe army and died while in service. Clifton died\\nwhen a lad of eight years. Ella died at the age of\\nfour years. Jessie married Allen Morse, whose\\nfather was one of the early settlers of Cass County.\\nThis daughter is now living with her father, and\\nher husband is doing business in Elkhart, Ind.\\nEtta married Louis Lamb, a farmer in Calvin\\nTownship, and they had one child, Edna, who\\ndied when not yet three years old,\\nThe mother of the above-mentioned children\\ndied May 7, 1889. She was a most excellent wo-\\nman, a devoted wife, and a kind and loving mother.\\nSince her death Mr. Shepard has done but little\\nwork, but rents his farm. One of his daughters is\\nalwa3s with him, keeping his house anil making\\nhim comfortable and contented during his declin-\\ning years. He has ever been a quiet, assuming man\\nand one who attends strictly to business. He takes\\nvery little interest in public affairs, but is well re-\\nspected and esteemed by all. Formerly a AVhig, he\\ncast his lot with the Republican part^ with which\\nhe has remained ever since. While living in New\\nYork State he was a member of the Sons of Tem-\\nperance and was also an Odd Fellow.\\nIP^ICHARD J. HUYCK. This family in\\n[Lj^ America came originally from Holland,\\nand the descendants have inherited those\\ntraits of character which made their an-\\ncestors industrious and substantial people. The\\ngrandfather of our subject, Richard Iluyck, was\\nborn in the Empire State, as was also John Huyck,\\nthe father of our subject. The latter married Miss\\nMay Christie, a native of New York, and the\\ndaughter of Frederick Christie. Mr. and Mrs.\\nJohn Iluyck were married in their native State,\\nand in 1828 came to Michigan, settling in the\\nwilds of Lenawee County. There they remained\\nuntil 18:3(), when they moved to Cass County,\\nsettled on a farm, and there made their home for\\na few years. From there they moved toMarcellus,\\nwhere the father died in September, 1851, and the\\nmother in December. 1852. They were the par-\\nents of eight children, four of whom are now liv-\\ning: Richard J.; Abijah; Eveline, now Mrs.\\nIngam; and Norman. Both held membership in\\nthe Presbyterian Church, and were active workers\\nin the same.\\nRichard .1. Iluyck, the original of this notice,\\nwas born in Sidney Township, Delaware County,\\nN. Y., on the 21st of February, 1811. His early", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0672.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0673.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": ":SfB% u", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0674.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n077\\nlife was passed on a farm, and ;ill his scholastic\\nttiiiiiing was received in liis native State. He\\ncame to Michigan in 1832. and as he iiad partly\\nlearned the carpenter s trade in New York, he\\nworked at this for some time. His happy do-\\nmestic relations I)ogan in \\\\M(i, when he was mar-\\nried to Miss S.irnli Fell )w.s, a native of Luzerne\\nCounty, I a., liorn March 111, 1818, and the\\ndaui;hler of Abel and l)orca.s (lIo|)kins) Fellows,\\nthe father a native of Connecticut, and the mother\\nof Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Fellows were\\nmarried in the lve3 stonc State, but later came to\\nMichigan and settled on a new farm in Kalamazoo\\nCounty, where they made a permanent home.\\nHis death occuried in 1833, and hers in 18()G. Mr.\\nFellows served the three last years of the Revolu-\\ntinnary War. Thirteen children were horn to this\\nworthy couple, five of whom are now living.\\nSeveral of their sons served in the Llack Hawk\\nWar.\\nFor one year after their marriage Mr. and Mrs.\\nlluyck resided in Kalauiazoo, hut they then moved\\nto Cass County, settled on a farm, and have re-\\nsided on this ever since. Mr. lluyck first engaged\\nin merchandising, followed .this for five or six\\nyears, but then turned his attention to agricul-\\ntural pursuits, which have been his chief occupa-\\ntion since. Although well along in years, he still\\nowns and operates his farm. He has one hundred\\nand fifteen acres in the home place, and one hun-\\ndred and thirty acres one mile from there. He is\\netigaged exclusively in mixed farming, and is\\nwide-awake and thorough-going. With care and\\nl)erseverance he has attended to his large farm,\\nand with energ.y and thoroughness his successful\\nresults have been reached, until now, |).ast the age\\nusually allotted to man. he is in possession of a\\ncompetence fully sufficient to warrant him in pass-\\ning the remainder of his days in peace and comfort.\\nMr. and Mrs. Huyck became the parents of\\nseven children, only four of whom now survive.\\nFiances E., wife of William Anderson, deceased,\\nresides in Cass County; Mary E., wife of S. G.\\nToof, resides in Decatur; Alva II. married Miss\\nElizabeth Lewis, and resides in Decatur; he is\\ncashier of the bank;_and Ella M., wife of L. W.\\nJ)olloff, makes her home in Denver, Colo. Mr.\\nHuyck has always been interested in educational\\nmatters, and was not satisfied to have his chihiren\\nquit with a common-school education, but sent\\nthem off to finish their .schooling. The son grad-\\nuated from Eastman s Business College at Pough-\\nkeepsie, N. Y. Mr. lluyck has shown his api iecia-\\ntion of secret organizations by becoming a mem-\\nber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and\\nthe Good Templars, being the first Worthy Chief\\nin the lodge. He has been a member of the School\\nBoard, served as School Inspector, and has held\\nother olHces. He has ever been active in political\\naffairs, and [n-evious to the war atliliated with the\\nDemocratic party. Since then he has been a Re-\\npublican. For a number of 3 ears he w.as Town-\\nship Clerk, and was also. Postmaster at Little\\nPrairie Konde, he being the first one appointed to\\nthat office under Van Buren s administration.\\nOn the 8th of December, I81\u00c2\u00bb2, this much es-\\nteemed gentleman fell and fractured his hi)), and\\nhas since been an invalid. His son, Alva, was a\\nsoldier in the Fifth Michigan Cavahy, and held\\nthe position of hospital steward. He served one\\nyear, and after the surrender of Gen. Lee s army,\\nhe, with his regiment, was sent to Salt Lake City.\\nIH.\\n\\\\f/ ON. JACOB J. VAN RIPER, Judge of the\\nProbate Court of Berrien County, has for\\na number of years been one of the most\\ndistinguished men in the public life of\\nMichigan, and is probably better known through-\\nout the State, at least by rei)utation, than any\\nother citizen of Berrien County. As a Repub-\\nlican, he wields a potential infiuence in the coun-\\ncils of his party; .as an attorney, he is keen and\\nforceful; as a judge, he is wise, impartial and\\nlearned; while in every relatnjii of life, both pri-\\nvate and public, he has acquitted himself as an\\nhonorable, upright man.\\nSome facts concerning the life of this well-\\nknown and eminent man will be of interest to our\\nreaders. He was born in Ilaverstraw Rockland\\nCounty, N. Y., on the 8th of March, 1838. His", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0675.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "678\\ni ORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfather, John A. Van Riper, was born in New Jer-\\nsey in 1811. and was the son of Abraham Van\\nRi{)er, an early settler of New York, his ancestors\\nhaving settled in America during Colonial days.\\nThe father of our subject was engaged extensively\\nas a manufacturer of woolen goods, and was also\\nan inventor of some repute. He married Leah,\\ndaughter of William and Margaret Zabriske, of\\nPaterson, N. J., and many years afterward, in\\n1856, moved from New York City to LaGrange,\\nCass County, Mich., where he erected a woolen\\nmill for the manufacture of woolen goods. His\\ndeath occurred in 1886, and his wife is still living\\nand makes her home at Dowagiac.\\nThe third in a family of eight cliildren (live\\nsons and three daughters), the subject of this\\nsketch laid the foundation of his education in the\\nschools of New York City, after which he at-\\ntended Charlotteville Institute. During the\\nwinter of 1860-61 he read law in the office of\\nJames M. Spencer, of Dowagiac, Mich., after which\\nhe pursued his studies in the law department of\\nthe Universit} of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He\\nwas admitted to the Bar at Cassopolis in 1863,\\nand opened an office for the practice of his pro-\\nfession at Dowagiac. In 1881 he was admitted as\\nau attorney of the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates at Washington.\\nIn 1872 our subject located in Buchanan, Ber-\\nrien County, where he conducted a general law\\npractice until he removed to Niles, in 1887. In\\nJanuary of 1893 he came to Berrien Springs,\\nwhere he now resides. He has held many posi-\\ntions high in county and State political life, and\\nhas been the recipient of many honors from his\\nfellow-citizens. In 1876 he was elected Prosecut-\\ning Attorney of Berrien County, and served for\\ntwo terms of two 3 ears each. Under the admin-\\nistration of Governor Croswcll he was appointed\\nRegent of the Universitj of Michigan, and held\\nthat position for six years. In the fall of 1880 he\\nwas elected Attorney-General of Michigan, and\\nwas re-elected in 1882, serving in all four years.\\nIn 1892 he was elected Judge of Probate on the\\nRepublican ticket, and is now the incumbent of\\nthis office.\\nThe marriage of Judge Van Riper occurred in\\n1858, and united him with Miss Emma E. Bron-\\nner, who was born in New York, but at the time\\nof her marriage was residing in Cass County,\\nMich. Her i)arents were Jacob and Mary (Nor-\\nton) Bronner, natives of New York. Judge and\\nMrs. Van Riper are the pareuts of three children,\\nnamely: Luella, wife of A. Worthington, a\\nprominent lawyer residing in Buchanan; Cassius\\nM., also a lawyer, who makes his home in Three\\nOaks, Mich.; and Adah, who is at home. The\\nfamily residence is a convenientl3 -arranged and\\ncozily-furnished house located in Berrien Springs.\\nIn his fraternal relations, the Judge is identified\\nwith tlie Masonic fraternity and the Ancient Order\\nof United Workmen. He has attained a degree of\\nsuccess beyond that which rewards the efforts of\\nthe majoiity of men, but, notwithstanding his\\nprosperity he maintains the same geniality of\\nmanner and kindness of disposition which char-\\nacterized him in former years. In all respects he\\nis a typical American, free from ostentation, and\\nof easy approach a man from the people, of the\\npeople, and for the jieople.\\nTHAMES E. GOULD. Cass County, Jlich., is\\nconsi)icuous for its magnilicent farms that\\nare faultless in tlie wa^ of management and\\nthe order in which they are kept. Those in\\nVolinia Township are especially advantageously\\nlocated, the land being rolling and well watered,\\nfertile and productive. No one is to be more com-\\nplimented on the perfect method and order with\\nwhich his agricultural affairs are conducted than\\nhe whose name is given above. Mr. Gould is a\\nfarmer and stock-raiser on section 32, where he has\\na fine home, the house being commodious and\\nattractive, with capacious and well-filled barns and\\ngranaries. The fields are wide-spreading and pro-\\nductive and consist of over two hundred and\\neighty-seven acres.\\nOur subject is a descendant of an old and prom-\\ninent Massachusetts family, ui which Stale his", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0676.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RI XORD.\\n679\\nparents, James II. ami i ;ii/.,il\u00c2\u00abtli )uiiiif y) Gould,\\nwere born, tlic former April 23, \\\\1 and the\\nlatter in 17!)7. The paternal gnmdfalher, William\\n(JoiiUi, was a native of the old Bay State, and was\\n:i farmer and blacksmith by occupation. TIk\\nmaternal grandfather. Zacliaiiah (Juimby, was Ijorn\\nin Massachusetts, and there followed farming for\\nmany years. He was a soldier in the War of 1812.\\nThe parents of our subject were inmates of a\\nShaker village in Massachusetts, and were obliged\\nto run aw.iy to mairy. They settled on a farm in\\nCayuga County, N. Y., and remained there until\\nthe spring of 1846, when they started Westward.\\nThey found their wa to Michigan, and settled in\\nthe wilds of Cass County. Mr. Gould cut the first\\nroad in here from the old Government road. At\\nthat time there was only one house between his\\njilaceand Young s Prairie. He erected a log house,\\nand after partly clearing the farm, moved close to\\nthe southern line of Volinia Township, where he\\nmade a permanent home. This much-esteemed and\\nprominent pioneer died in October, 18GG, and his\\nwife in February, 1879. He was industrious and\\nenterprising, and although when became to Michi-\\ngan he had but little of this world s goods, he soon\\ngathered around him many of the comforts of life.\\nBoth were members of the German Baptist Church\\nand active workers in the same. Six of their\\nseven children are now living: Mrs. Minerva\\nTownsend, Mrs. Permelia Tietsort, Mrs. Harriet\\nTietsort, Mrs. Maria Clark, Mrs. Diana Gibbs and\\nJames E.\\nThe last-named was fourth in order of Inrth,\\nborn June 19, 1839, in Cayuga County, N. Y.,aiid\\nwas seven years of age when became to Michigan.\\nHe grew to manhood in the wilderness, received\\nhis schol.astic training in the common schools, and\\nremained under the home roof until eighteen years\\nof age. On the fith of Septemlier, 1857, he mar-\\nried Miss Christiana l.leaclier. a native of Lancas-\\nter County, Pa., born June 15, 1840. Her jiarents,\\nDaniel and Mary (Barr) Bleacher, were both natives\\nof the Keystone State. They came to Michigan\\nin 1845, settled on La Grange Prairie, and there\\np.issed the remainder of their days. Their union\\nresulted in tiie birth of twelve children, six of\\nwhom are now living: Mrs. Maria Smith, Mrs,\\nSusan Sh.-inafcH, Mrs. F;iiiiiie BlackiM:in, Mrs.\\nEsther I liunaby, Mrs. Sarah Bleacher and Mis.\\nGould, liolii father and mother were members of\\nthe Lutheran Church, and he was a Keptiblican in\\npolitics.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. (iould settled in Volinia\\nTownship, and with the exception of one year\\nspent in Jersey County, III., and one year in Cal-\\nhoun County, Iowa, he has resided here since.\\nFive children blessed his union: Lowell E., who\\nmarried Miss Belle Morris; Ira L., Jennie S., James\\nNewton and Minnie. All these children have had\\ngood educational .advantages and are possessed of\\nmore than ordinary ability. Mr. (Joiild has been\\nconnected with the School Board for twenty years\\nand is now Moderator. He is the owner of over\\ntwo hundred and eighty-seven acres of land, all\\nin a body, and all but about ten acres improved.\\nHe is engaged in general farming and stock-rais-\\ning, and recently sold a team of his own raising\\nfor 11,000. He buys, sells and raises line horses,\\nof the \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Dauntless and Post Boy stock, and\\nsold a span of blacks for *750. Socially, Mr.\\n(tould is a Mason. He is a member of the Anti-\\nllorse Thief Association, of which he h.as been a\\nmember four years, and he .also takes a deep in-\\nterest in the Volinia Farmers Club. In politics\\nhe is a Bepublicjin, and cast his liist Presidential\\nvote for Abraham Lincoln. He is frequeiitl\\\\ a\\ndelegate to conventions, etc., and is a man of\\nsound understanding and excellent judgment.\\nBoth are members of the Progressive Brethren\\nChurch ill Penn Townshii).\\nJ^IMMEY SHANAHAN. a prosperous general\\nS| agriculturist and enterprising citizen v(\\n/4\\\\\\\\y\\\\ Outwa Township, Cass County, Mich., is a\\nV@ native of Milton Township, and a well-\\nknown and lifetime resident of the .State. He\\nwas born February 20, 1854, and is the son of Ed-\\nward and Bebecea Moore (Kimmey) Shanahan.\\nHis paternal grandfather, Clifford Shanahan, was\\na farmer of Delaware, the Slate of his nativity", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0677.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "680\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand his abiding-place tliroiigliout his life. He\\nwas born February 8, 1764, and was a man of up-\\nright character, energetic and capable. His wife,\\nEleanor (Colburn) Shanahan, born February 4,\\n1773, bore liim eleven children, six of whom she\\nreared to maturity. Frances, the eldest daughter,\\nmarried Mr. Smith first, and afterward wedded a\\nsecond husband, Capt. Henry Lee Massey, a Rev-\\nolutionary soldier, through whose death she be-\\ncame a pensioner of the War of 1776. Peter, the\\nsecond-born, died in Niles. Elizabeth w.as twice\\nmarried, first to A. Smith, and the second time\\nwas united in marriage with (iabriel Odell. Clif-\\nford was .ludge Shanahan, of Cassopolis. Edward\\npassed away in Wisconsin, but was buried in\\nP^dwardsburgli; and Eleanor became Mrs. Hirons.\\nMrs. Clifford Shanahan married a Mr. Allen for\\nher second husband, and bore him one child,\\nNancy W. She was a worthy member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nEdward Shanahan, the father of our suliject,\\nwas born in Sussex Count^^ Del., March 5, 1806.\\nHe was a successful tiller of the soil, and in 18-32\\njoined the tide of early emigration to the then\\nfar West, with his wife and three children travel-\\ning to ISIichigan in a two-wlieeled cart drawn\\nby two horses. The family were six weeks on the\\nway. and, tired and worn, settled in Milton Town-\\nship. Here the father, entering forty acres of\\nland, began to carve his upward way, and long\\nbefore his death bad accumulated nine hundred\\nacres of valuable land. He finely imi)roved a\\nfarm of one hundred and twenty acres and also\\nbrought up to a high state of cultivation a three\\nhundred and twenty acre tract. He later sold all\\nhis real estate in Michigan, and, removing to\\nAdams County, Wis., there purchased twelve hun-\\ndred acres of laud. He died October 24, 1891,\\nand was buried at Edwardsburgh. His wife pre-\\nceded him to the better world October 24, 1889.\\nThe fatlier was a Whig in early 3 ears and later a\\nRepublican. He received political ottlce, being\\nsent from the southern yiart of the State in 1861\\nas Representative. In religious altiliation he was\\nfrom 1843 a member of the Close-Communion Bap-\\ntists. He was the father of fifteen children, eleven\\nof whom survived to adult age,\\n.Joseph K. was the eldest. William L. died at\\ntwenty years of age. Sarah E. was twice married,\\nher first husband being Mr. Tittle, her second\\nCharles Kimmey. Alexander entered the Elev-\\nenth United States Infantry and died in the iios-\\npital in Richmond, Va., October 20, 1865. Julia\\nA. Raymond resides in Centerville. Henry M. en-\\ntered Company M, Fourth Michigan Cavalry, .as\\nCorporal. He survived the war and is a citizen of\\nAdams County, Wis. Clifford, the seventh child,\\nlives in Adams Counlj% Wis. Judson D. is also lo-\\ncated in Wisconsin. Louise Taylor died in Wiscon-\\nsin, and was buried in Michigan. Edward m.akes his\\nliome in Wisconsin. Kimmey is our subject. The\\nmother of our subject was born in Kent County,\\nDel., .July i3, 1810. She was the daughter of\\nJames and Saiah (Moore) Kimmey. Her father\\nwas the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Shields) Kim-\\nmey, who lived in Delaware and died December 22,\\n1802, aged forty-nine years. James Kimmey w.as\\nborn July 17, 1779, in Delaware, where he served\\nwith brave fidelity in the War of 1812, and after-\\nward passed aw.ay, Ma\\\\- 5, 1851. He was a planter\\nand a slave-owner, but would never sell and at\\nmaturity set liis slaves free. He twice entered\\nthe bonds of wedlock. His first wife bore him Jo-\\nsejjli and Alex, l)0th of wliom died unmarried;\\nElizabeth Wallace; Susan, who died young; Re-\\nbecca M.; and Mary A. Raymond. The second\\nwife, Juliann A. Laws, was the mother of .lames,\\nSarah Jackson, Deborah Roberts, Louisa Postles\\nand Juliann Davis. The grandparents of Mr.\\nShanah.an were Pjiglisli.\\nOur subject, Kimmey .Shanahan, received his\\neducation in the distiict schools and began to\\nmake his w.a} in life on a farm when only twenty\\nj ears of age. His first farm of eighty acres was\\nbought in 1883, and in 1884 he bought his father s\\nhomestead of one hundred and sixty acres, which\\nhe afterward disposed of, then purchasing one\\nhundred acres of land where he now resides.\\nHis wife also owns ninet_v-six acres of valuable\\nland. Mr. Shanahan was married December 5,\\n1874, to Miss Alice K. .lacks, who was born\\nwhere she now lives, September 14, 1851. Mrs.\\nShanahan is the daughter of Joseph L. an l Al-\\nvira J. (Penwell) Jacks. Her grandfather, Rob-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0678.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAl IIICAI, RF/ OUD.\\nnnl\\nort Jacks, son of AUon ami Isalioll (Caiiitlieis)\\nJacks, iiianicd Ann Kol)inson. I lif i;r;ui d father\\nwas boin in Maicli, ITfKi. and died in rcnnsyl-\\nvania November I I\u00c2\u00ab;!. Me was a farmer by\\noecnpation, and served witii eonrage in the War of\\n1812. His good wife, liorn January 17H2, died\\nApril 3, 18(!8. Siie was the inotlier of ten children:\\nAllen, who was killed at nineteen years of age by\\na falling tree; Christian, who died at the ago of\\neighty-two; Joseph; Eliza; Robert C, who died in\\nWisconsin; James M., who also died in Wisconsin;\\nIsabelle; Eleanor Sturgeon; John; and Alex A.,\\nwho died at Niles. (irandnioiher Jacks was a\\nstanch I resbyteriaii. The father of Mrs. Shana-\\nlian, Joseph L. Jacks, was born May 18, 1804, in\\nKrie County, Ta., and was reared on a farm. He\\nserved for about five days in the Ulack I lawk War\\nand was a Corporal.\\nIn 1827 Joseph Jacks went to Chautauqua\\nCounty, N. Y., and was married. In 1829 be\\nwent to Detroit, and jonrncyed thence by wagon\\nto Kdwaidsburgli, reaching his destination on the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ith of Jul3 and arriving in the midst of a cele-\\nbration. He was a|)poiiited the first Clerk of the\\nCounty by (Jov. Cass, and held the position two\\nyears. In 1831, he was elected the first Assessor\\nof Ontwa Township, when it comprised half of the\\ncounty. It took iiim five days to make the assess-\\nment, lie was a leading man, a Democrat, and\\nalso served as Supervisor, ably aiding in the devel-\\nopment and rapid progress of Cass County. lie\\npursued agriculture on various farms until 184(),\\nwhen he located permanently on two hundred\\nand sixteen acres on section 4, Ontwa Township,\\nwhich he highly improved. He died on the home-\\nstead, January 7, 188; lie was first married to\\nSusannah Silsbee, who bore him two children:\\nJane A., who was Mrs. Cheney and afterward be-\\ncame Mrs. Jordan; and John S., of Kiie County,\\nI a. The second wife of Joseph Jacks was the\\nmother of three chihlren: Mary A. Harwood; Alice\\nK. Shanahan; :ind l elle, wIk) died at nineteen\\nyears of age. I he .lacks are of Scolcli-liisli de-\\nscent. The second wife, born in Hancoi k Coun-\\nty, Ind., October 17, 1821. was the daughter of\\nCJeorge and Anna (Tyner) IVnwell, fanning peo-\\nple of Knglish origin. Alvirti .1. Ten well) .lacks\\npassed to her rest January 2.3, 1872. She was in\\nreligions belief a I lesbyterian, and was a mo.st ex-\\ncellent woman. Oui- subject is lil)eral in leligion,\\nand his estimable wife and son are valued mem-\\nbers of the Presbyterian Chvnch. They have one\\n.son, IJsle, born September 2H, 187. An iiit(!lli-\\ngent and ambitions young man, he has a bright\\nfuture before him.\\nSAlIl :i, D. NORTHROP, a prominent old\\nJ^OI settler of Cass County and a leading and\\nsuccessful farmer of Calvin Township,\\nwas born in Rutland C \u00c2\u00bbunty, Vt., Fc^b-\\nruary 13, 1822, and was the eldest in a family\\nof nine children, there being seven sons and two\\ndaughters. The father, Aiuijjs Nortliroj), was twin\\nin Rutland County, t., January 4, 1799, and was\\nthe son of Samuel Northrop, a native of Connecli-\\ncnl and a member of an old Puritan family. Ivxrly\\nin life he went to A ermont, and it is said tli.-it he\\nserved in the war for independence, but in what\\ncapacity we cannot state, probably as teamster.\\nHe was a farmer by oceui)ation and p.assed his\\nclosing days in Vermont, where he died at a good\\nold age. Politically, he was a Whig and opposed\\nto slavery, while his religious connections were\\nwith the Hai list Church. His wife, the grand-\\nmother of our subject, was also a member of the\\nBaptist Church. She came to Michigan with her\\nson Amos in 1838, and died here a year later. The\\ngrandfather died in 1827.\\nThe mother of our subject, Kleela IJndd. was\\nborn in Vermont, being the daughter of Herrick\\nRudd, a member of a large and prominent family\\nof the (Ireen Mountain .State, who, after the death\\nof his wife, went to New York State, wliere he\\ndied. A farmer by occupation, he \\\\v;is quite suc-\\ncessful in his agricultural openitions .-ind accnmn-\\nlated a handsome propcity. He had nine children,\\nand his sons were principally occupied as carpen-\\nters and farmers. In 1821 Amos Northrop and\\nKlecta Rudd were married. In 183(i he c:une\\nto Miehi^an. find, being a man if some lllean^. he", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0679.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "682\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npurchased a large tract of laiid, partly in Calvin\\nand partly in Penn Townships, a portion of which\\nis included in the farm of our subject.\\nAfter purchasing this land, Amos Northrop re-\\nturned to the East, and in 1838, accompanied by\\nhis f.amily, he started West overland, but when\\nthey reached Buffalo they took a boat to Toledo\\nand finally reached their new home in the then\\nwilderness of Calvin Township. He was a hard-\\nworking man, possessing more than ordinar} bus-\\niness ability, a much-esteemed citizen, and did his\\nfull share toward converting the wilderness into a\\nprosperous farming communit3 At the place\\nwhere he settled in 1838 he departed this life in\\n1883, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife s\\ndemise preceded his own some ten years, it having\\noccurred on the 3d of March, 1873.\\nSo far as we have been able to gather at this late\\nd.ay from the survivors, this is the history of the\\npioneer family of Northrops, but though incom-\\nplete it is suHicient to show the sturdy old New\\nEngland stock that helped to build up the great\\nWest. Of the nine children born to Amos and\\nElecta Northrop, as stated above, A. D. was the\\neldest. William B., the second in order of birth,\\nwent forth to battle for his country in the Civil\\nWar, being a member of the First Michigan Sharp-\\nshooters. He lost a limb at Petersburg and died\\nin the hospital at Ft. Schuyler, N. Y., from the ef-\\nfects of the wound. He left a wife, three sons and\\ntwo daughters to mourn his loss.\\nAmos F., the third son of this faniil} is now\\nliving in Calvin Township, where he is a promi-\\nnent farmer. Spoftord B. is a farmer in the north-\\nern part of Michigan. Serenus died in infancy.\\nCerena mai-ried John Thorp .and died soon after\\nthe close of the late war. A.Judson was a soldier\\nin the Civil War and w.as wounded in the early\\npart of the battle of Stone River, but refused to\\nleave the ranks. lie was ag.ain struck by a rebel\\nball and instantly killed, finding an unknown\\ngrave on that bloody battlefield. He was an un-\\nmarried man and about twenty-five years of .ago\\nat the time he was killed. Saraph was married to\\nThomas Shaw and died soon afterward. Marvin\\nA. enlisted in the Fiist Michigan Sharpshooters and\\nwas taken ill and died in a hospital in Chicago.\\nA. D. was about sixteen years of .age when he\\ncame to Michigan with his parents in 1838. He\\ngrew to manhood on the home farm, his time\\nbeing employed in a manner similar to other pio-\\nneer lads, and as he received the advantage of a\\nfair education he utilized his knowledge by fol-\\nlowing the profession of a teacher for some years.\\nHe remained with his father until twenty-three\\nyears of age, when he married Harriet Sherrill, the\\nceremony which united their destinies being sol-\\nemnized on the 17tli of June, 1845. The family\\nof which she was a member was earl3 represented\\nin Michigan, having come hither from New York,\\nher native State. Of this union there were born\\ntwo sons and two daughters. Ira D., the eldest,\\nreceived a good education and learned telegrai)hy,\\nwhich he followed for some years, but is now Clerk\\nof Stafford County, Kan., where he has resided for\\nsome j ears. He married Josephine Mines and they\\nhave six children, of whom there are living one son\\nand two daughters. PersisC.was for a time a teacher\\nin the public schools, but died at the early .age of\\nnineteen yeais. Lora C. married Phincas Hull, at\\nher death, which occurred in November, 1879, leav-\\ning one daughter. She had had a splendid musical\\neducation and w.as a proficient pianist, engaging\\nfor some years in teaching music. Frisby F., a\\nfarmer by occupation, married Genia St.age. and\\nthey have had three sons. The mother of these\\nfour children died August 31, 1858.\\nThe second marriage of Mr. Northrop took\\nplace on the 29th of February, 18()0, and united\\nhim with Miss Laura Lee, a native of Indiana\\nand the daughter of Hir.am and Lovina Lee.\\nThe Lee family was for many years quite promi-\\nnent in the history of Tennessee and was repre-\\nsented in Indiana during the pioneer history of\\nthat State, whence removal was made to Michigan\\nin 1835. Nathan Lee, the grandfather of Mrs.\\nNorthrop, was a leading Quaker ami knew much of\\nthe workings of the underground railro.ad in\\nslavery times, and many a poor runaway slave\\nfound in him a true friend.\\nFive children were born to bless the union of\\nMr. and Mrs. Northrop. Casus M. married, but is\\nnow a widower without children; Le Roy .hidson\\nmarried Hattie Stephens, and of that union one", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0680.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD.\\nfi83\\n(laiig-litftr was born; lie (liofl April 7, 1892, his wife\\nli. iviiiif piisscd mviiv in llie Novonibct previous.\\n\\\\V;iltci M. is :i siiiulf iii;in niui ;i caliiiict-makcr In\\ntiadc. .1. C is a jradiiato ol tin- Cassopolis iliuli\\nScliool and a teacher hy profession, now residing\\nwitli his parents. Orley, tlie youngest ciiild, is\\nlieing educaled in the comniun seliools and is a\\npromising yontli.\\nIn 1815 Mr. Northrop hnill a log liouse on llie\\nfaim where he now lives. His farm is now oneof\\nthe finest in (nlvin Township, and its S|)lendid\\ninipidvements are almost entirely tin? work of his\\nhands. During the lifty-five \\\\ears he has lived in\\nthis townslii|) he h.is done much toward building\\nup the county. lie has served in numerous posi-\\ntions of trust, having been Township Clerk, mem-\\nber of the School Itoard and also lilling other\\nimportant ijositions. First a Whig, he joined the\\nKepublican party when it was organized, but of\\nlate years has been identified with the Prohibition\\nparty, having been a lifelong temper.ance innn.\\nlie is doing all in his power to crush the Iniuor\\ntratlie and has accomplished TK)t a little through his\\npersonal efforts. lie has taken some interest in\\nthe firange and the Farmers Alliance. He and\\nhis wife are exemplary niembcrs of the Free-will\\nBaptist Church and are honoiable, devoted Chris-\\ntians, proving by the nobility of their lives the\\ndepth of their religious belief. As he spends the\\nevening of his days in his pleasant and h;i|)py\\nhome he can look back upon a long life that has\\nbeen well spent in the service of his fellow-men.\\n-^OUNKLirs TAPPFN.au early and highly\\n(l( respected resident of I\\\\Iare(?llus Township,\\n^^s^ has for nearly two-score years profitably\\ncultivated the .soil of Cass County, Mich. Our\\nsubject is a native of Sullivan County, N. V., and,\\nborn in 1812, remained in the Fmpire State until\\nhe had reached mature years. His parents, Tunis\\nand Flizabeth (Hynders) Tappen, were born in\\nDutchess County, N. Y. Kleveii children clustered\\nabout the fireside of the father and mother, who\\nreared their -sons and daughters up to habits of\\nindustrious tliiift. Cornelius was the second eld-\\nest of the famil\\\\ and through boyhood and early\\nmanhood assisted his parents and self-reliautly be-\\ngan the xvork of life. In 1836, when about twen-\\nty-three years of age, he married Miss .Sarah Harp,\\nand during the same year located in Ohio. For\\neighteen years our subject reni:iincd in the liiick-\\neye State, but at the expiration of that time re-\\nsolved to try his fortune in the farther West, and\\nwith his wife and family emigrated to Michigan,\\nand settled on the farm where he now resides.\\nWhen Mr. and Mrs. Tappen made their home in\\nCass County their means were very limited, and\\nthey siiflered many privations. They settled in\\nthe timber and developed a farm. Much hard\\nwork was required to bring the laud prolit.ably\\nunder cultivation, but ere long Mr. Ta|)peii iin-\\njiroved sixty acres, and gradually more easy and\\ncomfortabie times resulted from the bounteous\\nharvest yielded by the fertile soil of Michigan.\\nOur subject and his estimable wife were sni-round-\\ned with a family of five children. Two sons and\\ntwo daughters lived to years of maturity. Hhoda\\nA., the eldest-born, became the wife of Krastus\\nHicks. Henry grew u|) to manhood, and during\\nthe Civil War enlisted in the service of the (lov-\\nerniTient, and faithfully ft)Ught for the Fnion.\\nHe met with an accident that caused his death.\\nHarlow died single. Isaac, the youngest, lived to\\nmarry and become the father of a family. He died\\nin St. Joseph County, Mich., and left three chil-\\ndren to mourn his loss.\\nMr. and Mrs. Tappen have been man and wife\\nfor fifty-seven years and are yet both hale and\\nhearty. Spending their hours in useful toil, they\\nhave cheerfully borne the heat and burden of the\\nday, and in the evening of their lives can with\\nsatisfaction review the nearly three-score years in\\nwhich they have pleasantly walked together side\\nby side. With kindly word and deed they h.ave\\nendeared themselves to a host of friends aixl ac-\\n(luaintauces. Locating in Michigan in 18;j4, they\\nhave since that date been identified with the his-\\ntory and progress of .ass County, and have been\\ninlimatelv associated with the changes ami ad-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0681.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "684\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nvancement incidental to the long period of their\\nresidence in Marcellus Township. In political af-\\nfiliation Mr. Tappen has ever been a strong Dem-\\nocrat and has invariably cast his vote with the\\nParty of the People from his twenty-first birth-\\nday. Without desiring political promotion, lie\\nkept himself well informed upon affairs of local\\nand national importance and has ever been a\\npublic-spirited .ind upright citizen.\\nll^^ALENTINE HAAS is an early settler of Ber-\\n\\\\Lw County, and a practical and energetic\\nW farmer, well posted in all the details of gen-\\neral agriculture. He also successfully handles\\na high grade of stock. By birth a Pennsj lvanian,\\nour subject was born in Juniata County, December\\n3, 1831. He resides upon section 9, Bertrand\\nTownsliip, in wliich locality he lias lived for thirty-\\nnine years. His parents, Eli and Catherine (Keeley)\\nHaas, were highly respected citizens of Pennsyl-\\nvania, and within the boundaries of that State\\nreared their family.\\nEli Haas was born in Frederick County, Md.,\\nand the paternal grandfather, Valentine Haas, was\\na native of Virginia. The birthplace of Mrs. Ila.as\\nwas in Montgomery County, Pa. Her father, John\\nKeeley, was a native of German^sand was a man\\nof sterling integrity of character, thrifty and in-\\ndustrious. Tlie parents of Valentine Ha.as were\\nunited in marriage in Pennsylvania, and settled\\nupon a farm in Juniata County. Here they pur-\\nsued the even tenor of their lives, the father\\nseason after season cultivating tlie soil of tiie old\\nhomestead. At sixty-five j ears of age he peace-\\nfully passed away, mourned b}- all who knew him.\\nThe mother, who survived to reach seventy-five\\nyears, bore a family of eleven children, five sons\\naiirl six daughters, ten of wliom survived the perils\\nof childhood and reached maturity; and five are\\nyet living.\\nMr. Haas is the fifth child and the third son in\\nthe parental family. He was reared on a farm\\nand trained in the daily round of labor. He at-\\ntended the schools of his native place and received\\na good common education. Having dutifully as-\\nsisted his parents upon the homestead until nine-\\nteen years of age, he then served an apprenticeship\\nat the trade of a blacksmith at Selens Grove. For\\ntwo years he devoted his time to the anvil and\\nthen, deciding to try the broader West, came to\\nMichigan, locating in Bertrand Township upon\\nsection 15, where he improved a farm.\\nIn 1852, our subject was married to IMiss Eliza-\\nbeth Shetterly, a native of Juniata County, Pa.\\nThis estimable lady died in Michigan .in 1881. She\\nwas the mother of three children, one daughter\\nand two sons, all of whom are now deceased.\\nGeorge, tiie eldest-born, reached twenty years of\\nage. He was married, and at his death left one\\nchild. Ivy, the only grandchild of Mr. Haas. Oc-\\ntober 11, 1883, Ml Haas was married to Miss Mary\\nBeyrer,a native of Bertrand Township. Her par-\\nents, Jacob and Doratha (Griner) Beyrer, were na-\\ntives of Germany and settled in Michigan in 1851.\\nThe father makes his home with our subject, aged\\neighty-seven years. The mother died in 1883, aged\\nscventj -two years.\\nOur subject arrived in Berrien County, Mich.,\\nwith a capital of $100 and at once made a pur-\\nchase of fifty .acres of land, situated in the woods.\\nFor fifteen j ears he patiently toiled, with hard\\nwork clearing and cultivating the small homestead,\\nand then, having with diligent industry prospered,\\ninvested in a valuable farm of one hundred and\\nninety-one acres, to which in 1877 he removed. He\\nowns forty .acres a-half mile distant from his present\\nplace of residence, and, steadily accumulating, is\\nnow numbered among the substantial and well-to-\\ndo men of Bertrand Township. In 1881, he built\\nupon the home farm a fine and commodious barn\\nwith all modern conveniences for storing grain and\\nhousing his stock. This barn w.as erected at a cost\\nof $1,000. In 1889, the extent of his agricultural\\ninterests demanding still greater accommodation,\\nMr. Haas built another substantial barn, at a cost of\\n$500. The thrifty and prosperous appearance of\\nthe farm clearly evidences the excellent manage-\\nment and financial success of its owner.\\nOi. subject is a valued member of the Evangel-\\nical Z -I Cliurch and has held the office of Stewaixl", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0682.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "ssi!M3aMigaiEMiniif^\\nRESIDENCE OF JOEL H A RTLl N E, 5 EC S. BUCHANAN TP. BEF?RI tN CO. MICH.\\nRESIDENCL or VALENTINE H AAS SEC. 9. BER ^RAND TR BERRi EM CO. MICH.\\nV-,,\\n^i*^t.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0,:a^8i.6iJ\u00c2\u00bbtJi.WJ^ai\\nRESIDENCE OF DANIEL MU ELLER 5EC.18.,NEW BUFFALO TP. BERRiEl; .0 MlCH.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0683.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0684.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD.\\n687\\nin that religious organization. He gave gener-\\nously toward the erection of its commodious iiouse\\nof worship and lias ever liberally assisted in the\\nextension of its good work and benevolent enter-\\nprises. Politically a Democrat, Mr. Haas is not a\\npolitician hut is ever deeply interested in local and\\nNational government, and, an intelligent and pub-\\nlic-spirited citizen, is prominently associated with\\nthe jirogressive interests of Bertrand Township.\\nE^\\niTfOEL HARTLINE, an extensive general ag-\\nriculturist and pioneer settler of Buchanan\\nTownship, lierrien County, is a native of\\nPennsylvania and was born in Schuyler\\nCounty, October 7, 1829. His parents, David and\\nMollie (Smith) Hartline, were of German parent-\\nage and long-time residents of the Quaker State.\\nThe father, a blacksmith by trade and an energetic\\nhard-working man, removed with his family to\\nOhio in 1835, and in 1841 died in that State.\\nThe maternal grandfather, Michael Smith, was a\\ncour.ageous and resolute man, serving with fidelity\\nin the war for independence.\\nSoon after the death of her husband, the mother\\nof our subject Itrought her family to Jlichigan,\\nand in 1841 settled two miles north of the farm on\\nwhich Mr. Haitline now resides. The country\\nwas then a veritable wilderness, without roads from\\none settlement to another, the ])aths being the\\nonly visible trail. The mother with her children\\nhail but very little means, and eagerly did all that\\nthey could to help, working out b}- the day or\\nmonth, and when without employment returning\\nlo the hou e. As the eldest child was but fourteen\\nyears of .age when the family located in Berrien\\nCounty, the widow and her little ones were often\\nsorely pressed to obtain the necessaries of life, but\\nafter a few years their circumstances improved.\\nMrs. Hartline survived to witness the progress\\nof twenl3 -seven changing 3 ears in Michigan. Eli,\\nthe eldest-born, died in the service of the Union,\\nin l.Sfi. or IHfil; .Joel is our subject; Mary is the\\nwidow of .lasjier Worthington; Betsey is the widow\\nof Domingo Spuretta; Abbie, deceased, was the\\nwife of an Buren Clendennin; Joshua resides iu\\nWeesaw Township; Catherine, dece.a.sed, was the\\nwife of Joseph Willard; Laney is the widow of\\nTheo Root; and Melissa is the wife of John Cus-\\npard.\\nOur subject was bound out when eleven years\\nof age to Nathan Fitch, of Berrien County, and\\nworked for him until twenty-one years old. His\\neducation was limited to a very few months of\\nstudy in the winter, and from his earliest child-\\nhood he was inured to hard labor. As soon as he\\nattained his m.ajoiity Jlr. Fitch gave him |!100,\\nwhich sum w.as applied at once toward the pay-\\nment of forty .icres of land bought by Mr. Hart-\\nline of Mr. Fitch for 1125. Our subject worked\\nout the $25 at 112.50 per month. After a time he\\nsold this land at 130 profit and then bought one\\nhundred and sixty acres in Oronoko Township at\\n$4 per acre. Later he disposed of fifty acres to\\nNathan Field for 1800. The next venture, eighty\\nacres of land in the neighborhood of Dayton, and\\nslightly improved, was purch.ased by Mr. Hartline\\n.ind disposed of about a year after at a clean profit\\nof $600. Finally our subject bought one hundred\\nacres close to his residence and added to the tr.-ict\\nuntil he owned about two hundred acres, which\\nhaving improved he sold at ?!l,000 profit. Con-\\nstantly speculating in land he purcluased in Berrien\\nSprings one hundred and sixty-eight unimproved\\nacres at $36, and the same year, 1864, sold it for\\n$57.50 per acre. His next purchase was his pres-\\nent homestead, of which he at first bought one\\nhundred and sixty acres, with seventy- acres under\\ncultivation, for which he paid $50 per acre. To\\nthis Mr. Hartline has since added, and after giving\\nforty acres to his son h.is two hundred and twen-\\nty-five acres remaining, one hundred and twenty\\nof which are under a high slate of cultivation.\\nOur subject has improved the homestea l with a\\nhandsome tw o-stoi^- residence and a bank barn,\\n30x60 on the ground and 36x60 at the top.\\nIn 1859, Mr. Hartline was married to Miss Hel-\\ntie Boyle, a native of Berrien County and a daugh-\\nter of Godfrey and Rosanna Boj-le, natives of Ger-\\nmany. Our subject! and his estimable wife have\\nbeen blessed by the birth of thirteen children,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0685.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "688\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nten of whom are yet living. Tliej are in the or-\\nder of their birtii: David, Eli, George, Ella (wife\\nof John Gifford), Nathan, Stella, I^dna, Minnie,\\nWilliam and CLayton. These children have en-\\njoyed excellent opportunities of receiving a good\\neducation and are worthily fitted to occupy posi-\\ntions of usefulness. Politically, Mr. Ilartline is a\\nstanch Republican and takes an interest in the\\nmanagement of local and national affairs. Finan-\\ncially prospered, he has won his upward way by\\nself-reliant effort and is a liberal-spirited man and\\na leading citizen of Berrien County.\\n^ANIEL MUELLER, an cnteiprising gen-\\neral agriculturist, raising a superior grade\\nof stock upon his valuable homestead, is\\nwidely known and has been a highl} es-\\nteemed resident of his present locality, upon sec-\\ntion 10, New Buffalo Township, Berrien County,\\nsince 1865. Mr. Mueller is a native of Ger-\\nmany and was born October 18, 1838. His par-\\nents, upright and hard-working residents of the\\nEmpire, born, reared and married in Germany,\\npassed their peaceful days among the associations\\nof tiieir youth. They trained up their childien to\\nhabits of thrift and fitted them as well as their\\nlimited opportunities would permit to make their\\nway in life. The father and mother, Jacob and\\nMary Louisa (Wieshaupt) Mueller, were respected\\nby all who knew t.hem, and in their humble home\\nwelcomed five children, four sons and one daugh-\\nter. Three of the family are yet surviving: Jacob,\\nwho lives in Germany; and Frederick and our\\nsubject, both of whom crossed the broad Atlantic\\nto America many years ago.\\nMr. Mueller received his education in the com-\\nmon schools of Germany, and when only a young\\nlad appreciated the broader opportunities offered\\nby the United States to its citizens and early re-\\nsolved to seek his fortune in America. At six-\\nteen years of age he left his native country and\\nmade his way to New York State, and at first lo-\\ncated near Niagara Falls, where he remained a\\na year and a-lialf employed upon a farm .is a\\nhired man. He managed with care and self-sacri-\\nficing economy to increase his little stock of\\nmoney, and at the expiration of the eighteen\\nmonths, journeyed to Berrien County, Mich., where\\nhe again hired out by the month and busily en-\\ngaged in the cultivation of the soil until 1860.\\nAt this jteriod of time, our subject, in common\\nwith thousands of others, became smitten with the\\nWestern fever and went to Colorado and Mon-\\ntana, where he mined, dug for gold and was var-\\niously employed for the succeeding five years. In\\nthe fall of 1865, returning to Michigan, he pur-\\nchased one hundred and sixty acres of the valu-\\nable homestead, to whose extent he has since\\nadded other acres, now owning a two hundred\\nand forty acre tract of land.\\nWhen IMr. Mueller bought the quarter-section,\\nthere were only about twenty-seven acres of the\\nland cleared. The farm, most of it in a highly\\nproductive state, has been brought up to its pres-\\nent attractive appearance and commercial value\\nby hard work, and our subject may well congrat-\\nulate himself upon the result of his persistent and\\nself-reliant toil. In 1866, Daniel Mueller and\\nMiss Mary Stumpf were united in marriage. Mrs.\\nMueller, a most estimable woman, survived her\\nmarriage only three years and died in 1869. She\\nbecame the mother of one child, now deceased.\\nHer parents were old settlers of Tlirec Oaks. Mich.,\\nand some time after her death our subject wedded\\nher sister, Miss Lena Stuniiif, born in the village\\nof Three Oaks. The second marri.age has been\\nblessed by the birth of five children: Jacob, Mary,\\nIlattie, Henry and Emma.\\nMr. and Mrs. Mueller are valued members of\\nthe Lutheran C hurch. They have given to their\\nchildren an opportunity to acquire a good educa-\\ntion and are worthily training them to become in-\\ntelligent and useful citizens. Politically, our suli-\\nject is a Democrat. He cast his first Presidential\\nvote for Greeley, and, actively interested in local\\nand national issues, has held with alile service the\\niui|)ortaiit [tosition of Township Treasurer, dis-\\ncharging the duties involved to the great satis-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0686.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT ANIJ BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n689\\nfaction of his fellow-townsmeTi. Mr. Mueller is\\nliiijiilv rc j!ir(le l by his friendti aiHi iieij;hl)ors and\\nis imiiihiTi il ftiiKiiiii the siilihtanliui faniuMs (\u00c2\u00bbf tiic\\npoiml V.\\nlff_., ENRY L. DRAKE. Novvliere in Cass\\nt County is there to be found a man of more\\nenergy, determined will or force of char-\\nacter than Ml-. Drake possesses, and no ag-\\nriculturist is deserving of greater success in the\\nconduct and management of the farm than he.\\nAlthougli in more recent years he has given his\\nattention to farming as his cliief calling, Mr.\\nDrake has been actively engaged in other enter-\\nprises, and although lie started at the foot of the\\nladder, he has met with good success in most of\\nhis pursuits.\\nHe is a native of this State, born in Washtenaw\\nCounty in 18;5G, and is the son of Flemon and\\nElecta (DePue) Drake. The grandfather of our\\nsubject, Elijah Drake, was boin in New Jersey in\\n1764, and was the descendant of an English fam-\\nily who settled in New .Icrsoy about 1720. Eli-\\njali was a carpenter by trade, hut, in connection\\nwas also engaged in tilling the soil. At the early\\nage of sixteen he enlisted as a private in the Rev-\\nolutionary War, and had no trouble about his\\nage, for he stood six feet four inches in his stock-\\nings. He W.1S wounded in the left shoulder, and\\ndrew a pension for his services. He married a\\nMiss Stoddard, in Wyoming ^alley, Pa., and sub-\\nse(iiiently engaged in farming. Later he went to\\nNew York State. During the Revolutionary War\\nhe was the only Whig in his family, all the rest\\nbeing Tories, and as the}- went to Canada, all\\ncommunication was cut off.\\nThe following chihlien were born of this union:\\nElijah, deceased, who was for many years a i)hysi-\\ncian of Flint, Mich.; Edward, a farmer of Michi-\\ngan; Thoniiis, a prominent attorney of Ponliac,\\nMich., who was Tnited States .Indge of I lah under\\nLincoln; Flemon, the father of our subject, a phy-\\nsician; Cyrus, also decease l, a physician of Ohio;\\nElias, deceased, who was a physician of Adrian,\\nMich.; Morgan L., who was an attorney at Pon-\\ntiac, Mich.: Sallie, who was married to Guy Atkins;\\nWealthy, who now lives near Puffahj, N. Y., where\\nSallie also resides; and Samuel, a painter of Farm-\\niiigton, Mich. Elijah made his home with the fa-\\nther of our subject for many years, and died at the\\nage of eighty-six -ears. His wife survived him,\\nand had passed the eighty-ninth milestone at the\\ntime of her death.\\nFlemon Drake, the father of our subject, was\\nreared to manhood in the Empire State, and his lit-\\nerary education was received in the district school.\\nLater he attended the Batavia (N. Y.) Medical\\nCollege, and then started out to make his own w.ay\\nin life. He began at the fool of the ladder, first\\nworking out by the month, and later teaching\\nschool. In 1833 he moved to Michigan, and\\nsettled on a farm near Ann Arbor, where for a\\nshort time he was connected with the publishers of\\na newspaper. In 1842 he moved near Detroit, to a\\nvillage called Royal O.ak, bought a large farm, but\\nin connection was also engaged in the pr.actice of\\nmedicine. There his death occurred in I8()6. He\\nwas married in the State of New York to Miss\\nElecta DePue, whose ancestors came from Holland.\\nMr. Drake was a most (exemplary man, and a\\nmember of the Congregational Church. In politics\\nhe was at first a AVhig, and later a Republican.\\nHe was not an office-seeker, but was so popular\\nthat he held all the different township offices, and\\ndischarged the duties of the same very creditably-,\\nro his marriage were born thirteen children, six\\nof whom died in 3-outh. The others were as\\nfollows: Abigail, who married Stephen Buzzell;\\nHenry L., our subject; Flemon, residing in\\nOmaha, Neb.; CIcma, wife of Charles Smith;\\nLuther, a banker of Omaha; Sarah, wife of R.\\nParker, a successful attorney of Detroit; and\\nCharles, a resident of Washington State.\\nAt the age of fourteen our subject began for\\nhimself, but remained with his parents until nine-\\nteen years of age. He first began bj- clerking in\\na wholesale grocery store at Detroit, later in a\\ncountry store at Ko^ al, Oak, and after his mar-\\nriage engaged in business at Iladley, Mich. He\\nwas only nineteen years of age when he married\\nMiss ]5elliania A. Williams, a most estimable lad\\\\-,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0687.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "690\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand he remained in Hadley until 1863, with the\\nexception of one year. In February, 1863, he\\nwent to Canada, engaged in the ssawmill business\\na few yeSrs, and then went to Guelph, that\\ncountry, where he was in the insurance business\\nfor eleven j ears. From there he went to Mount\\nForest, where he followed the same business for\\nnine 3ears, and in 1890 came back to the United\\nStates, where he expects to pass the remainder of\\nhis days. He has a good farm of eighty acres,\\nand is meeting with unusual success as an agri-\\nculturist.\\nHe and Mrs. Drake are members of the Christa-\\ndelphian Church, and in politics he is independ-\\nent. The union of this worthy couple w.as blessed\\nb^ the birth of one child, Eva M., who is a grad-\\nuate of the Teachers Normal, of Toronto, Can-\\nada, and has been a successful teacher in that\\ncountry and in Michigan. She is ayounglad3 of\\nbrilliant attainments, and has a fine library of her\\nown. Mr. and Mrs. Drake have an adopted\\ndaughter, Mary Sturgis, whom they took when\\nshe was but three months old, and they are bring-\\ning her up .as their own.\\nI ^i^i^\\nV(|OIIN T. BECKWITH, County Superinten-\\nI dent of the Poor, in Berrien County. Mich.,\\nnow efflciently serving liis ninth year of\\noffice in his present position, is a leading\\nagriculturist and prominent citizen of Weesaw\\nTownship, where, five times elected Supervisoi, he\\nresigned the position to assume the charge of the\\nduties which now engage much of his time and\\nattention. Mr. Beckwitii is a native of Wyoming\\nCounty, N. Y., and was born May 26, 1841. His\\nparents, Josiah R. and Levindah H. (Fisk) Beck-\\nwitii, were married in the Empire State and,\\nhighly regarded, made tiicii home within its\\nborders for many years. The father, of direct\\nEnglish descent, was born in Connecticut, reared\\nand educated in his birthplace, and later, young\\nand ambitious, journeyed to New York to seek his\\nfortune. When our subject was about eight years\\nof age the father with his family removed to the\\nWest, locating in Berrien County, Mich., May 18,\\n1849. The Beckwiths located permanently in\\nBuchanan Township, where the father died after a\\nresidence of eighteen years, in August, 1867. The\\nmother, a native of Vermont, survived her husband\\nmany years, p.assing away in Berrien Counts-\\nNovember 7, 1886. The home of the parents had\\nbeen blessed by the birth of three sons and five\\ndaughters. Two sons and two daughters are now\\nliving.\\nJohn T., the fifth child in order of birth, at-\\ntended the common schools of his birthpl.ace in\\nearly childhood, and later received instruction in\\nthe district schools of Buchanan Township. For\\nthree terms he pursued the higher branches of\\nstud^- in the Buchanan High School and completed\\nhis education b^ a fall and winter term in Niles.\\nAfter leaving school he gave his attention to the\\npursuit of agriculture and assisted his father on\\nthe homestead. Our subject has been twice mar-\\nried, first entering the bonds of matrimony with\\nMiss Mar} A. Young, born in Shelby County, Iiid.\\nWedded in March, 1867, this estimable lady sur-\\nvived seven years and died February 23, 1874.\\nShe was the mother of one son and two daugh-\\nters. Alta L. is the wife of P^dward Harner; Min-\\nnie P. married Franklin Kool. Upon October 24,\\n1878, Mr. Beckwill) was united in marriage .villi\\nMrs. Henrietta (Weaver) Boj le, born in Buchanan\\nTownship, and a daughter of J.acob and Orplia\\nWeaver, who were early settlers of Berrien County,\\nand intimately associated with its growth and\\nprosperity. Mr. Weaver, b} occupation a farmer,\\np.assed aw.ay, mourned by many friends, in May,\\n1882. His widow is 3 et living in the county.\\nUnto Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith have been born\\nfour sons: C la ton, Earl, Glenn and Vere. In\\n1870 our subject and his family made their home\\nin Weesaw Townsliip, where Mr. Beckwith bought\\neighty acres of land, to which he has since added,\\nnow owning two iiundred acres, highly cultivated\\nand substantially improved with excellent and at-\\ntractive buildings. The valuable farm is situated\\nSIX miles west and one mile north of Buchanan.\\nOur subject, financially prospered, has a handsome\\ncapital out at interest, and by his own self-reliant", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0688.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n691\\nolToits has won his way stoudily upw.ird to a com-\\nfortable ccmpetenee. The honorerl parents of Mr.\\nBcekwith were both members of the Christian\\nChurch and were active in good work. Our sub-\\nject, an ini|)orl:int factor in tlie enterprises of\\nhis locality, is now and lias been for six years a\\nDirector of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance\\nCompany of Herrien County. Politically, Mr.\\nBeckwith was in early ^ears a Republican and cast\\nhis first I lcsidential vote for Lincoln. In 1879\\nlie was elected Supervisor of Wecsaw Township on\\nthe Democratic and (Greenback tickets and served\\none year to the satisfaction of the general public.\\nIn 1881 he was again elected to the oflice and re-\\nelected in 1882, 1883 and 1881. He resigned dur-\\ning the latter term to accept his present position as\\nSuperintendent of the Poor of licrrien County.\\nMan) years have llown since lln father of our sub-\\nject bought, cleared and cultivated eighty acres of\\nland in the woods. To-day the farm, highly pro-\\nductive, is a mute witness to tlie growth and\\nprogress of Berrien County from an almost wild-\\nerness into one of the garden spots of the State.\\nA continuous resident of his present locality since\\n1849, John T. Beckwith is actively identified with\\nthe rapid advancement and progressive history of\\nhis township and county, where as boy and man\\nhe h.as for forty-four years commanded the con-\\nfidence of a wide ac(iuaintancc.\\nK. O BRIEN, residing upon section 2, Ber-\\nrien Township, Berrien County, Mich., a\\nprosperous citizen, devoting the labor of his\\nlife to agricultural pursuits, has held with\\nefliciency various i)ublic oflices, and has been re-\\ncently appointed Postmaster of Berrien Centre.\\nBorn -Vpril 2 1810, in Ogdensburgli, N. Y., he is\\nthe son of William O Brien, a native of In laiid.\\nThe father, attaining to manhood in the Emerald\\nIsle, was there united in marriage witli Miss Sarah\\nT. Slorah, also a native of Ireland. Soon after\\nthey were wedded the young couple emigrated to\\nAmerica, and landed in IS. iO in (Quebec, Canada.\\nIt was not long before they made their way to the\\nUnited States, locating subsequently in Syracuse,\\nOgdensburgli and Rochester. In 18 1. the husband\\njourneyed to the farther West to look at lands in\\nMichigan, and, pleased with the country, remained\\nhere, his wife with their children joining him in\\n1841. The father and mother settled near the\\nOld Yellow Mill at Niles, and here William\\nO Brien spent the remainder of his life. lie was\\na man of energy and enterprise, and, a cooper by\\ntrade, readily found remunerative employment\\nin his new home. He built the lifth house on the\\nwest side of the river in Niles, and was an appli-\\ncant for the lighthouse in St. Joseph.\\nWhile at work one d;iy, the father was suddenly\\nstricken with blindness, from which he never\\nrecovered. He died in Niles in the winter of\\n1853, and three years after, in 1856, the family re-\\nmoved to Berrien Township, locating upon a farm\\non section 27. The mother survived her husband\\nmany years, passing awaj in the spring of 1893.\\nTwelve children, eight of whom arc now living,\\nhad blessed the home. The parents were devout\\nmembers of the Roman Catholic Church, and,\\n.active in good work, carefully trained their fam-\\nily in the observance of religion. The father,\\npolitically a Democrat, took an active and leading\\npart in local issues, and was a man of sterling\\nworth and highly respected. Two of the sons\\nserved with gallantry in the Civil War. William\\nII. was .Sergeant of Company A, Seventh Mic liigan\\nCavalry, and, wounded at Yellow Tavern, was\\ntaken prisoner, conveyed first to Libby Prison,\\nand from there removed to .-Vuderson ville, where\\nhe died in 1864. Our suliject, only a little child\\nwhen his parents removed to Michigan, attended\\nscluH)! in Niles until twelve years of age, and was\\nthen obliged to go out to work, and enjoyed only\\nthree months instruction afterward. Energetic\\nand industrious, he worked steadily at biickmaking\\nfor five seasons between Michigan City, La Porte\\nand Niles, the first season being paid ii!8 per uionlh,\\nand the next receiving $10. .\\\\t the expiration of\\nthe five years he engaged in labor upon a farm,\\nand coiUiiiued in the pursuit of .agviciillure uiiiil\\nthe breaking out of the Civil War.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0689.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "692\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIn J 862, in the month of August, Mr. O Biien\\nenlisted in Company C, Twenty-fifth Micliigan In-\\nfantry, and served as a private. He was under\\nllie command of Gen. Buell at Louisville, K3\\nand tooii an active part in the battle at Kingston,\\nTeiHi., where lie was wounded by a ball which, en-\\ntering through the left side, lodged near the spine,\\nliut was afterward removed. Our subject, first\\ntaken to the hospital at Kingston, was later for-\\nwarded to Knoxville, and was finally transferred\\nto the Veteran Reserve Corps, stationed at Knox-\\nville, Tenn. At the close of three years service,\\nhe was discharged in Knoxville, July, 1865. Aside\\nfrom other unpleasant experiences of those troub-\\nlous days, Mr. O Brien was ill at Bowling Green\\nwith typhoid fever. Immediately after his dis-\\ncharge, our subject returned home. He had mar-\\nried and enlisted on the same day. The lady whom\\nhe then wedded was Miss Mary Jane Royce, a\\ndaughter of John Ro3ce, of Cayuga County, N. Y.\\nJ. H. Royce, of Lake Township, this county, is a\\nbrother of Mrs. O Brien. This estimable lady was\\nborn in New York State and died October 14, 186.5,\\nleaving no children. Mr. O Brien again entered\\nthe bonds of matrimony, January 10, 1867. being\\nthen united in marriage with ]Miss Adaline Shearer,\\na daughter of John and Margaret Shearer, de-\\nceased, early settlers and highly esteemed residents\\nof Berrien Township. Mrs. O Brien, a native of\\nOhio, has made her home for many years in Ber-\\nrien County, and has a wide circle of friends. She\\nis the mother of five children, three of whom are\\nliving: Florence, wife of H. L. Rutter, a successful\\nmerchant at Berrien Centre; Mr. and Mrs. Rutter\\nhave two children. Addie O Brien is at home.\\nEdward Larue is the youngest of the family.\\nOur subject and his excellent wife are valued\\nmembers of the Free- Will Baptist Churcli, and Mr.\\nO Brien is a Deacon of the South Berrien church.\\nHe was elected Assistant Superintendent of the\\nSunday-school, but could not accejjt the position.\\nThe daughters and son have enjoyed excellent\\neducational advantages, and Miss Addie, who has\\na talent for drawing and painting, has been en-\\ncouraged in her studies and the development of\\nher artistic tastes. Mrs. Rutter and Edward both\\nexcel in music, and have enjoyed ample oppor-\\ntunity of cultivating their talent. Our subject\\nbought out the heirs of the old homestead, which\\nhe later traded for his present farm of ninety-six\\nacres, seventy under fine cultivation and well im-\\nproved, with an attractive residence, good barns\\nand other buildings. For seven years Mr. O Brien\\nhas been Director of the school district, and is now\\nAssessor of the same. He is a member of the\\nAncient Order of United Workmen^ and has held\\nottice in the order. Fraternally connected with\\nthe Grand Army of the Republic, he is a member\\nof George G. Meade Post No. 36, Berrien\\nCentre, and has occupied the positions of Com-\\nmander, Olflcer of the D.ay, Adjutant, and is now\\nChaplain. Politically, our subject is a Democrat\\nand active in township politics. A delegate to\\nvarious conventions, he has ably represented the\\nviews of his constituents, and is now occupying\\nwith efficiency the office of Justice of the Peace.\\nHe has also been Roadmaster, and in all his public\\nduties displays the faithful consideration which\\nhas won him the sincere regard of a host of\\naccpuiintanccs.\\nS\\\\ IkILLIAM L. JONES, a native of the town-\\n\\\\rJ// ship in which he now resides (Penn), and\\na son of a family whose history was iden-\\ntified with the State in earlier days, is one of the\\nwide-awake, enterprising tillers of the soil and\\none whose energy and industry have had much to\\ndo with his success thus far. Mr. Jones fii-st saw\\nthe light of day August 9, 1859, and was the only\\nliving child born to the union of William and\\nMaria (Parrish) Jones.\\nWilliam Jones, Sr., is a native of Ohio, born in\\nPreble County in 1813, and like most of the na-\\ntive-born residents of that .State, he has ever been\\nthrifty and progressive. Although past the al-\\nlotted age of man, this much-esteemed and worthy-\\ncitizen still survives and is in the enjoyment of\\ncomparatively good health. He finds a comfort-\\nable and pleasant home with his son, our subject,\\nand is now passing the sunset of his life in peace", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0690.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n693\\nand pk iilv. lie was the son of Charles Jones and\\ntlic \u00e2\u0080\u00a2{landson of George Jones, both of whom were\\noriginally from the State of Georgia.\\nGeorge Jones, the great-grandfather of our sub-\\njeet, remained in iiis native State until after his\\nniarri.age mui iiiilil after the birth of one of his\\nchildren, when the rich and productive soil of the\\nlUickeye Sliite tempted hini Westward. This was at\\na very early period and the little family made the\\njourney on horseback, reaching Preble County in\\nsafety after many adventures and exciting inci-\\ndents. He erected a gristmill in that county and\\nfor many years carried on a flourishing and pay-\\ning business. IJeing one of the early settlers of\\nthat county, he understood thoroughly all the\\nprivations and disadvantages of jjioneer life.\\nHis son, Charles, was reared to mature years in\\nPreble County, but instead of milling he preferred\\ntill independent life if a farmer and followed that\\noccupation all his life. About November, 1829,\\nhe emigrated to Cass County, Mich., and there\\ncontinued his former occupation of tilling the soil.\\nHe was one of the lirst settlers of that county and\\nthere p.assed the remainder of his days, dying in\\n18(;i, when seventy-one yeai sof age. The mother\\nof our subject was born in the Empire State, but\\ndied in Cass County, Mich., May 7, 1885.\\nThe boyhood and youth of our subject were\\npassed in his native county and he was early in-\\nitialed into the duties of farm life. The funda-\\nmental principles of education were instilled into\\nhis young mind in the common schools, also in\\nthe schools at Kicliniond, Ind., and in Bryant\\nStratton s Business College of Chicago. It was no\\ndoubt owing to his early training that, when start-\\ning out to fight his own way in life, he selected\\nagricultural pursuits as his chosen calling and has\\nfollowed this ever since.\\nIn 188.5 our subject was married to Miss Kstella\\nI .ainev, a native of J, a Porte County, Ind., and\\nthe daugliler of Kmory A. and Harriet (Collins)\\nBaiiu v, the former born in Van Buren County,\\nN. Y. Both Mr. and Mrs. Barney died at an early\\nday. To our subject and his wife have been born\\nsi.K children: Nellie K., Charles V., George B.,\\nKittle I... (iertrude M. and Frank B. .Mr. Jones\\nhas held the oflice of Tinvnshiii Treasurer and ha^\\nheld other local jiositions. Politically, he inclines\\nto the platform of the Democratic i)arty and his\\nfirst Presidential vote was cast for Hancock. His\\nfather s first vote w.as cast for Van Biircn. Of late\\nyears Mr. Jones h.as alliliated with the Prohibition\\nparty. He has a fine farm of four hundred acres,\\nlocated three and a-half miles east of the county\\nseat, and is one of the substantial men of the\\ncounty.\\nE^\\n,()BERT FOSTER is a native of the county\\nin which he now resides, and is a son of a\\nfamily whose history was identified with\\n^^p) the State inan earlier and asimpler day of\\nliving. He of whom we write is now possessed of a\\nfine farm of his own on section 8, Niles Township,\\nwhere he is known as a prominent farmer and\\nstock-dealer. He was born February 20, 1850, and\\nis a son of George and Jlargaret (John.son) Foster.\\nGeorge oster w.as born in County Down, Ire-\\nhmd, and remained in his native country until af-\\nter his twelfth birthday. Later he braved Ne[\\ntune s tender mercies and reached the coast of the\\nUnited States, locating first in Indiana and later\\nin Michigan. After reaching mature years, he\\nmarried Miss Margaret .lohnson and settled in\\nNiles Township, where he died when seventy-five\\nyears of age. He w.as an honest, industrious citi-\\nzen, and one whose career through life was marked\\nby great uprightness and unswerving fidelity to\\nany trust reposed in him. A hard worker all his\\nlife, he accumulated a comfortable fortune, and Ins\\nlatter days were passed in peace and iuiet. His\\ncompanion. wIkj had stood slujulder to shoulder\\nwith him in his struggle for a livelihoud, passed\\naway when sixty-six years of .age. She also had\\nmany warm friends.\\nOf the nine children born to this much-esteemed\\ncouple. Robert Foster vv.as second in t)rder of liirlh.\\nHe was reared in his native county, and early in\\nlife the characteristics of industry and enconomy\\nthat li.ad marked his ancestors made their appearance\\nin our subject. He received his scholastic training", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0691.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "694\\nPORTRAIT AND mOCHAPIlICAL RECORD\\nin llie distiicl scliools, and divided his time lie-\\ntween attending tlie same and in assistinjj; his fa-\\nther on tlie farm. Thus he became thoroughly\\nfamiliar with all the details of farm life, and when\\nit becime time for him to startoutto light his own\\nway in life, agricultural pursuits were his chosen\\noccupation.\\nIn the year 1887, when twenty-seven years of\\nage, he united his fortune with that of Miss Martha\\nBurke, who was also a product of JNIichigan soil,\\nher birth occurring in Berrien Township, Berrien\\nCount} Her parents were early settlers of that\\ncounty and for many years were honored citizens\\nof the same. Two children have been born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Foster, a daughter and son, viz.: Maigaret\\nand Murry, both bright, intelligent little children.\\nMr. Foster is one of the i)rominent farmers of Niles\\nTownship and has two hundred and fort} acres of\\nexcellent land, all under cultivation except thirty\\nacres that are coveied with tindjer. In carrying on\\nhis large farm, Mr. Foster does not neglect the\\nstock-raising industry and has some fine animals\\non his place. In i)olitics he is associated with the\\nDemocratic party and favors all its movements.\\nRZA G. GAGE, President of the Citizens\\nNational Bank of Niles, was born in Cass\\nCounty, Mich., near the city of Dowagiac,\\nApril 21, 1847. His parents, Ebenezer\\nand Minerva (Allen) Gage, were natives of New\\nYork, and the former, by occupation a farmer, was\\none of the early settlers of Cass County, Mich.,\\nhaving settled there as early as 1837, at a time\\nwhen settlements were few and neighbors equally\\nscarce. Purchasing some land, he industriously\\nand energetically tilled the soil, and as a result of\\nhis efforts developed a fine farm, which was con-\\nsidered one of the best estates in the county.\\nThere Mr. Gage made his home until his death,\\nwhich occurred in 1871. An active, intelligent\\nand public-spirited citizen, he took considerable\\ninterest in political matters, and in early life was a\\nWhig, later becoming an advocate of the princi-\\nples of the Rciiublican party.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject was\\nJustice Gage, an earl} settler of New York State\\nand a descendant of P^nglish ancestry. I he family\\nis one whose repiesentatives have gained enviable\\nreputations in their several communities and have\\noccupied positions of intUience in public life. Ly-\\nman Gage, the well-known financier of Chicago,\\nis a member of this famih being a nephew of\\nF^benezer (iage. Our subject is one of eight chil-\\ndren, three daughters and five sons, he being the\\nfourth in order of birth. The biographer finds\\nlittle of special importance to record concerning\\nhis boyhood. It was then that he .acquired the\\nhabits of industry, enterprise and uprightness\\nwhich laid the foundation of his success in busi-\\nness life. After carrying on his studies in the\\ndistrict schools of Cass County for some years, he\\nentered the Mayhew Commercial College of De-\\ntroit, from which institution he was graduated in\\n1872.\\nReturning from Detroit to the parental home in\\nCass County, Mr. (iage soon afterward came to\\nNiles, and in 1873, forming a partnership with his\\nbrother Eli A., he embarked in the grocery busi-\\nness in this city. The firm of Gage Bros, still con-\\nducts an extensive and lucrative business here and\\nin their establishment, vv hich is located at No. .54\\nMain Street, they carry a complete stock of gro-\\nceries, crockery and queensware. They have long\\nbeen identilied with the mercantile interests of\\nNiles and are prosperous as a result of close atten-\\ntion paid to the details of the business.\\nIn 1886 Mr. Gage became connected with the\\nbanking interests of Niles, as at that time he pur-\\nchased an interest in the Citizens National Bank\\nand became Vice-President of that financial insti-\\ntution. Two years later he was chosen President,\\nand still occupies that responsible and honored po-\\nsition. The ba-k conducts a general banking bus-\\niness and is regarded as one of the solid financial\\ninstitutions of Berrien County. In the banking\\ncircles of southwestern Michigan Mr. (iage occu-\\npies a foremost jjosition, and he is admirably\\nadai)ted for the duties of his position, being\\nquick in decision, sound in judgment and prompt", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0692.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n697\\nin action. lie is also si stociiliolder ;iiiil Diiector\\nin tlie Karlc-Slorms MaiuifacliiririL; Cdiiipany, of\\nNiles.\\nThe Miarriage of Mr. (iage took place in October,\\nliS77, and united iiim with Miss Nettie, daiiglitcr\\nof Charles and Cordelia (Messick) Wood, of Niles.\\nMr. and Mrs. Gage are the parents of one daugh-\\nter. Edith. In his [jolitical opinions, our subject\\nadheres to the policy of the Re[)ublican party, and\\nis inlluentinl in the ranks of his chosen party; his\\ninlUience, however, is {piietly exerted and he has\\nlu ver been prevailed upon to accept oUicial hon-\\nors. In his social connections he isidentitied with\\nSt. .loscph Valley Lodge No. 4, A. F. A. M.; St.\\nJose|)li Valley Chapter No. 2, R. A. M.; Niles\\nConimanderj No. 12, K. T.; and is also a Knight\\nof Pythias. The First Presbyterian Church is tlie\\nreligious home of Mr. Gage and his cultured wife,\\nand their contributions to its support are gener-\\nous.\\n-i-\\nf LONZO D. liROWN, M. D., was formerly\\nJy/JI a successful physician and surgeon, but of\\nw recent years has devoted his attention ex-\\nclusivel} to the cultivation of fruit, in\\nwhich he eng.agcs in St. Joseph Township, Berrien\\nCounty. lie was born in Yates Count} N. Y.,\\nDecember 21, 1818, and traces his ancestry to Eng-\\nland, whence his paternal grandfather, .John Brown,\\nemigrated to the United .Slates, settling in Massa-\\nchusetts, and afterward participated in the Revo-\\nlutionary War. Tlie father of our subject, Luther\\nBrown, was born in the village of Windsor, Berk-\\nshire County, Mass., and was there reared to man-\\nhood. He was a particii)ant in the War of 1812,\\nand three 3 ears afterward, when Boston was threat-\\nened, enlisted for the defense of the city, receiv-\\ning as a icward for his service a quarter-section of\\nland.\\nLuther Brown, while yet a yiiung man, moved\\nto Yates County, N. Y., where he married Miss\\nLora A. Pangborn, and with his bride commenced\\nhousekeeping on a farm in that county. In 1828\\nbe removed to Canandaigua, Ontario County,\\n34\\nN. Y., wiiere he engaged in agricultural pursuits\\nand remained until his death, in .laniiary. 18.56.\\nlie and his wife were the parents of the following\\nchildren: Melissa, who married .lohn r iiili;un, of\\nCanandaigua, N. Y., and after his death became\\nthe wife of Dr. J. N. Banks, of Chicago; Maigaiet\\nM., who was married in Canandaigua lo Joel B.\\nNorris, a farmer now residing in Hillsdale, Mich.;\\nPhilo E., who follows agricultural pursuits in El\\nDorado, Kan.; Walter .1., a ranchman residing near\\nLos Angeles. Cal., and a soldier in the late war;\\nand John S., who is a molder by tiade and resides\\nin Battle Creek, Mich. Those deceased are: Seth\\nT., who died of cholera in 1848; Sarah, who passed\\naway in infancy; and George W., who died at\\nAldcn, 111.\\nA man possessing whole-souled, generous im-\\npulses, Luther Brown was prominent in the com-\\nmunity where he I esided, and was held in high\\nesteem by all who knew him. He atlilialed with\\nthe Whigs and gave his heart}- support to the\\nprinciples advocated by that party. In his relig-\\nious belief he was a faithful member of the ISIethod-\\nist Episcopal Church, in which for fifty years liis\\nbrother Philo E. was a prominent minister. The\\nsubject of this sketch was about eleven years old\\nwhen he accompanied his father to Canandaigua,\\nOntario County, N. Y., where he grew to man-\\nhood, meanwhile conducting his studies in the\\ncommon schools and at the Canandaigua Acad-\\nemy, and later in Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima, N. Y.\\nHis literary studies completed, our subject com-\\nmenced the study of medicine under the precep-\\ntorship of Dr. E. W. Cheney, a prominent practi-\\ntioner of Canandaigua, N. Y. Prior to that, how-\\never, and when he was about nineteen, he went to\\nOhio, where he remained for two years engaged in\\nteaching .school in .Summit County. He took a\\ncourse of medical lectures at Willoughby, Ohio,\\nand later entered the medical department of the\\nNew York State University, from which lie was\\ngraduated March 7, 1847. After conducting his\\npractice for one year, he returned to college and\\ntook a third course of lectures. Later he opened\\nan otlice at Canandaigua, N. Y., where he engaged\\nin the practice of his profession for seven 3 ears.\\nFollowing the famous advice of Ilor.ace Greele}", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0693.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "698\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe young Doctor caiiie West, and located in Cedar\\nFalls, Iowa, wiiere he speculated with fair success.\\nHe returned from there to his old home, but in\\nthe spring of 18.56 he went to Thornton, Cook\\nCounty, 111., where he s|)entone summer. Thence\\nhe came to Michigan, and in the fall of 18.i7 lo-\\ncated in St. Joseph, where for several ears he\\ntaught the only school in the place. In 1862 he\\npurchased his present farm of nineteen acres, upon\\nwhich he raises apples, pears, peaches, berries, and\\nall varieties of small fruits. The inde|iendent life\\nof a fruit-grower is exactly suited to his tastes,\\nand he linds here recreation and pleasure after a\\nlife of professional toil.\\nJla^ 17, 1849, Dr. Urown was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Margaret Ellen, daughter of Dr. Cheney,\\nhis medical |)receplor, and sister of the illustrious\\nBishop Cheney-, of Chicago. Mrs. Brown was born\\nin Livingston County, N. Y., October 1, 1818, and\\nis a lady of refinement and intelligence. Three\\nchildren have blessed the union: Alice C, the wife\\nof Albert E. Stephens, who is a traveling salesman\\nfor a Cleveland oil company; Frank C, who is in\\nthe mercantile business at Oiympia, Wash.; and\\nHelen C, who is a teacher of painting and draw-\\ning in a school at Duluth, Minn. Politically, the\\nDoctor is a Kepublican, and in 1840 cast iiis l)allot\\nfor William Henry Harrison. He has ofHciated as\\nTownship Treasurer for two .years, and in 1861\\nserved as Supervisor of the township of St. .Iose|)h;\\nhe also held the same office in Lincoln Township for\\nnine j ears.\\nellARLES C. BELL, a leading general agri-\\nculturist and reiircsentative citizen of So-\\ndus Township, Berrien County, Mich., has\\nrecently entered upon his third year of office as\\nSupervisor, and in the vvoik pertaining to the po-\\nsition has displayed a high order of efficiency and\\nmaterially aided in the |)romotion and develop-\\nment of needed improvements and [jrogressive en-\\nterprises. Our subject was born May 10, 1848, in\\nOgle County, 111. His father, Aaron Bell, a na-\\ntive of Berkshire County, Mass., and born in 1820,\\nw.as but two years old when with the [laternal\\ngrandi)arents he removed to Ohio. He s[)enl the\\ndays of boyhood in the Buckeye State and en-\\njoyed the benefit of instruction in the district\\nschools of those early days. Attaining to man-\\nhood, Aaron Bell was in 1843 united in marriage\\nwith Miss Jane Collins, of Ohio, in which State\\nthe husband and wile remained four years, then\\nemigrating to Ogle County, 111. There the father\\nengaged in farming and prosperously continued\\nin his vocation as a tiller of the soil until 1889,\\nw-lien he emigrated to South Dakota, and settled\\nin Brown County uiion a three hundred and\\ntwenty acre farm, which, although seventj -six\\nyears of age, he still conducts.\\nNine children were born unto the parents, and\\nseven sons and daughters are .yet living. Last\\njear the venerable father and mother celebrated\\ntheir golden wedding in their Dakota home.\\nTuesday, October 20, 1842, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio,\\nwere joined in wedlock Aaron Bell and Jane Col-\\nlins, who after fifty years of joy and sorrow,\\nu[)on October 20, 1892, invited all of their be-\\nloved family and iii;iny friends to partici| ato with\\ni them in the anniveisaiy which was the fiftieth\\nI milestone in the Journey they had traveled so\\nharmoniously together through all the changing\\nyears. Every child was present, and numerous\\nother relatives and distinguished guests from far\\nand near shared in the joy and festivities of the\\noccasion. Kosanna Caldwell, a daughter, w.as there\\nfrom Ellsworth, Kan; Charles Bell, the eldest son,\\narrived from Benton Harbor; James C. Bell, the\\nsecond son, residing in Grotou, Dak., was one of\\nthe family group; Trilla Young, the second\\ndaughter, had traveled thither from her home in\\nDes Moines, Iowa; Cordelia Moon, of Cleveland,\\nOhio, with Tellia Keed, of Woodlawn, Cal., and\\nLulu Bell, of Groton, Dak., were the three\\nyounger daughters, and completed the children\\nwho again, after years of separation, gathered\\naround the fiicside of their parents. The best\\nwishes of all present were showered upon the ven-\\nerable couple, who had walked tranquilly side by\\nside for a half-century.\\nThe third sou of the familv, our subject, at-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0694.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOHRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n699\\ntended the scliools of Ogle County, 111., until the\\nage of twenty, when he entered the Whealon Col-\\nlege, at Wlieaton 111., and there received the bene-\\nfit of a comprehensive course of study for one\\nyear. The anniversary of the twenty-first birth-\\nday of Mr. Ikll fell on the memorable day of the\\ncompletion of the Union Pacific Railroad, which,\\non the 10th of Ma^ 1869, had crossed the contin-\\nent with its iron rail. After leaving college, our\\nsubject came at once to Michigan, where he\\npurchased sixty acres of fertile land, intending to\\nthen start in life b} cultivating the farm. After\\npartially clearing it of timber, he exchanged the\\nacres for lots in Irving Park, now a suburb of\\nChicago. In 1872, Mr. Bell located peiinanently\\nin Sodus Township, Berrien County, and settled\\nupon land near his present homestead. Since then\\nhe has |)rosperously devoted himself to the pur-\\nsuit of agriculture, and has taken a place with the\\nprominent farmers of the county. Our subject\\nentered the bonds of wedlock Marcli 16, 1870,\\nmarrying Miss Martha Hemingway, daughter of\\n.lesse and Lois Ilemingwa} Jesse Hemingway,\\nfrom his location in the county in 1854, up to\\ntlie time of his death in 1831, took an active i)art\\nin all local affairs und was highly esteemed by all\\nwho knew liini. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have been\\nblessed by the birth of three children: Trilla\\nl/Ois, born .July 17, 1876; Mar\\\\-, born June 18,\\n1880. just one hundred years after the birth of\\nlier great-grandmother, Mary Bell, a lineal descend-\\nant of Mary (iueen of Scots; and Charles Arthur,\\nborn in April, 188.5. The daughters in the dawn of\\nwimianluiud and the manly son make glad the\\nhearts of the parents.\\nOur subject and his estimable wife are devout\\nmembers of the Ihiited Brethren Church, and are\\nactive in the good work of that denomination.\\nFiateinally. Mr. r ell is a valued member of the\\nPatrons of Husbandry and is a Past Master of\\nthat Older. He also participates in the gatherings\\nI if the Modern Woodmen of America, and has\\nlong been connected with that society. Politi-\\ncally, our subject is a stalwart Hepublican, and in\\n1.SK2 was elected Township I nistee, which otiice\\nhe held to the universal atisfacti )ii of his fellow-\\ntownsmen two years. In 1887, he was elected to\\nthe office of Supervisor, holding the position until\\n1891. In 1893, Mr. Bell was again elected Super-\\nvisor and is now an incumbent of that olliee. In\\nhis public work, as in his business, our subject is a\\nthoroughly practical man of excellent methods\\nand executive ability.\\nENRY ELSON CAMERON, a prosperous\\ngeneral farmer of Cass County, resides on\\nsection 8, Howard Township, and is well\\n,j known and highly respected among the\\ncitizens of the comniunily. He is a native of\\nPennsylvania and was born in Juniata County, on\\nthe llth of October. 1821. His father, .Joseph\\nCameron, was born in Lebanon Count} Pa., being\\nthe son of Lewis Cameron, a native of Scotland,\\nwho emigrated to America when a mere boy. The\\nm; thcr of our subject was Mary, the daughter of\\nPeter Burns, both natives of the Keystone State,\\nthe mother having been born in Juniata County.\\nIn Juniata County, Joseph Cameron and Miss\\nMary Burris were united in marriage, and, locating\\nthere, they commenced housekeeping on a modest\\nscale. He was a carpenter and followed that\\ntrade with considerable success. In 1854, accom-\\npanied by their children, they started on the long\\njourney to Illinois, expecting to locate in that\\nState permanently. On the day of their arrival\\nin tJalena, the wife and mother died, also one of\\nthe children, the victims of that dread disease,\\ncholera. After this heavy bereavement the father\\nproceeded to Stephenson County, 111., and in the\\nfall of 1854 came to Berrien Count}-, this State.\\nHe died in Clay County, Ind., at the age of sixty-\\nfive.\\nIn the parental family there were four childi-en\\nwho grew to mature years. They were: Henry N.,\\nof this sketch; Catherine, dece.nsed; Mary Ann,\\nthe wife of George Kiser, of Clay County, Ind.;\\nand Susan, widow of Roy Eastwood, of South\\nItend, Ind. Our subject, the eldest of the famil}\\nwas reared in .luniata County, where he attended", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0695.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "iOO\\nPORTRAIT AND LIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe district suliools, and worked during the vaca-\\ntion seasons on tlie farm. In 1853 he came\\nto Micliigan, and, locating in Berrien County,\\nworlied at tlie trade of a carpenter during one\\nsummer. Afterward lie rented a farm belonging\\nto David Rough and located in liertrand Town-\\nsliijj. For one year his sister was his housekeeper,\\nbut at the expiration of that time he brought a\\nwife to his cozy liome.\\nThe lad} who on the lltli of April, 1854,\\nbecame the wife of Mr. Cameron was formerly\\nMiss Mary R. Williams, and was born in Cass Coun-\\nty, Mich., April 1, 1838. Her parents, William H.\\nand Ann (Pasmore) Williams, were natives of\\nDelaware, and died at the respective ages of\\neighty-one and seventy-nine. They had nine\\nchildren, all of whom married and reared families.\\nAfter his marriage, our subject rented a farm in\\nBertrand Township, remaining there for four\\nyears. When he located on that place he was in\\ndebt to the amount of 180, but he prospered to\\nsuch an extent that at the expiration of four years\\nhe was the possessor of $2,300 in cash, four head\\nof good horses and nineteen head of cattle.\\nFrom Berrien County Mr. Cameron removed to\\nIowa, where he invested in lands and remained\\nfor two years. Later he rented a farm coji.sisting\\nof one hundred and sixty acres in Berrien County,\\nresiding there for four years. Next he [lurcliased\\na farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section\\n1 7, Howard Township, Cass County, and continued\\nto cultivate this property for a period of fifteen\\nyears, when he sold a portion of the estate and lo-\\ncated at his present place of residence. Here he\\nowns three hundred and thirteen acres, all under\\ncultivation with the exception of fifty acres of\\ntimber-land.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cameron have been the parents\\nof fifteen children: AVilliam .1., of Marcellus,\\nMich.; Sarah .J., formerly a school teacher, now the\\nwife of W. D. Young, of Dakota; Mary A., the\\nwife of Solomon Walker, a resident of Berrien\\nCounty, Mich.; Alice A., Mrs. Arthur Walter, of\\nWashington; Edwin S., who formerly followed\\nthe profession of a teacher and is now a prominent\\ncitizen of Kettle Falls, Wash.; George B., who re-\\nsides in Howard Township, Cass County; Cora B,\\nand Carrie M., who are successful teachers; Charles\\nA. and Frank N., who reside with their parents;\\nMaud E., wife of Lewis Moore; Henry AV., Simon,\\nFrank and Rosa Z., the four last-named being de-\\nceased. The surviving children have received the\\nbest educational advantages possible, and five of\\nthem have been teacliei S.\\nIn polities a Democrat, Mr. Cameron has served\\nas .Justice of the Peace and Road Commissioner.\\nIn his religious convictions he is an earnest Chris-\\ntian and a devout member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. He is a man who carries his\\nreligious belief into his iiractieal everyday life,\\nproving by the uprightness and honor of his life\\nthe sincerity of his belief. As a citizen, he is\\niniblic-spiritcd and energetic, always favoring the\\nmeasures which in his judgment will benefit the\\ncommunity.\\nNSON L. Dl NN, who was a native of\\nl,@H Hillsdale County, Mich., w.as born in 1838.\\nAfter a life of usefulness, in which he be-\\n^g^ came a pros|(erous agriculturist, successful\\nmerchant and occu|iied with honor various otHcial\\npositions, he passed awii^ in Cass County in 1888,\\nsincerely lamented by a wide circle of ac(|uaiiit-\\nances throughout the State. Our subject w.as one\\nof eight children of Archibald and Sallie A. (Mon-\\nroe) Dunn, who were born, reared and married in\\nthe State of New York. The father and mother\\ncame to Michigan about 1835 and located in Hills-\\ndale Count} where they remained until 1855,\\nwhen they made Cass County their permanent\\nhome. Arcliibald Dunn survived until 1889; the\\nmother is still living. The Dunns are of Irish an-\\ncestiy, but various members of the famil} have\\nfor generations been numbered among the sub-\\nstantial American citizens. Anson L. Dunn spent\\nthe early days of his 3 outh in Hillsdale County,\\nand, accompanying his parents to their new resi-\\ndence in 1859, was from his first days of man-\\nhood associated with the growth and progress of\\nCass County. In 1859 our subject was united in", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0696.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlGGRAl IIICAL RECORD.\\n701\\nniftrriniip witli TVFiss Mary A. Gill, only dautiliter of\\n.lolin nud Aim (Ivnealc) (Jill, l)( lli of wlioin were\\nliuiii 1111(111 the Isle of M;iii,aii(l tlioro altaiiiiiit; In\\nmature years emii^rated to America, and were mar-\\nried near Cleveland, Ohio\\nMr. and Mrs. Gill settled in Mason Townslii]),\\nCass County, Mieli., in 18. and in IHIl the mother\\nand eldest elidd died. At that time Mrs. Dunn\\nw.as but nine months old. In IcS l.i, the I atlier niar-\\nrie(l Miss .Martlia I hompson, ami Mr. and Mrs. (iill\\nlater in life made their home witli Mrs. Dunn, and\\nboth passed away tenderly eared for l)y tlieii de-\\nvoted daughter. Mr. (iill was one of the pioneers\\nof Cass Countw and eleared a homestead whieh\\nhe took u|) fiom the ioveinnient. He sold his\\nfarm in IfStiti, later removed to Adamsville and\\nlater came to Jones, Cass County. The paternal\\ngrandparents of Mrs. (Jill, William (tIII and his\\nwife, followed their son John to Oliio, and died\\nin the lUiekeye State. When Mr. and Mrs. Dunn\\nbegan life together they bought a small farm and\\nmade their home in a board house 12x14 feet in\\ndimensions. In this humble abode they passed\\none and a-half years, the huslwnd and wife both\\ndoing their part in the daily work of life. They\\nwere soon enabled to buy another farm, but in a\\nfew years sold that i)ro[)erty and invested in a one\\nhundred and twenty .acre tr.aet of land, to whieh\\nfrom time to time other acres were added, until at\\nthe jjcriod of Mr. Dunn s death he owned a large\\nand valuable farm.\\nIn 18()4 our subject enlisted in Company D,\\nFifteenth Michigan Infantry, and cour.ageously\\nset ved until the close of the war. Mr. Dunn was\\nelected County Treasurer in 1870, and with able\\nfidelity discharging the duties of the responsible\\nl)osition was a second time elected to the office by\\nhis constituents. He also served as Supervisor of\\nthe township for two years, and in the transaction\\nof business gave universal satisfaction, besides serv-\\ning in various other offices. In the spring of 1879 he\\nengaged in the liandling of merchandise, and con-\\ntinued in the mercantile business until his last ill-\\nness and death, July, 1888. Although only about\\nfifty years of age, Mr. Dunn had been a great suf-\\nferer for many years prior to his demise, but with\\nfortitude endured all. and w.as always a busy man.\\nenergetic and enterprising. He was a valued mem-\\nber of the Haptist Church and a liberal supporter\\nof its good work. Mr. and .Mrs. Dunn were the\\nparents f)f three sons. (Jarry is a leading merchant\\nof .lones; (ieorge resides in Jones; and Frank\\nlives on the old farm .-ukI assists in the cultivation\\nof the two hundred and eighty acres of fertile\\nland which comprise the Jiomestcad.\\nMOS C. HOUSE, an extensive land-owner\\nand representative agriculturist of Her-\\nI i trand Township, Berrien County, resides\\nupon a magnificent homestead pleasantly\\nlocated upon section 18, the valuable acreage\\nwith its costly improvements being one of the\\nfinest pieces of farming property in the State.\\nOiir subject, a native of Juniata County, Pa.,\\nborn May 21, 1843, is the son of Kphraim and\\nMary (Scott) House. The father, born and reared\\nin New Jersey, was of German descent. The\\nmother, who was a native of England, remained\\nin her native land until aliout sixteen 3-cars of\\nage, when she came to America with her father\\nand settled in New York. The father, also born\\nin England, returned later to the Old Country\\nfor the rest of the family. It was supposed th.at\\nhe was killed on the outward-hound journey,\\nand his daughter Mary was then left alone, a\\nstranger in a strange land. The mother of Mr.\\nHouse married for her first husband .Mr. Sanders,\\nand bore him three sons, George, Richard and\\nJoseph. Later Ephraim and Marv House were\\nunited in niarri.age and became the parents of\\neleven children. The father died in Pennsylvania\\nat about sixty-two years of age. The mother\\nafterward m.ade her home in Michigan and passed\\naway at the elo.se of four-sctire years. In physi-\\n(}ue, she was small, but was a woniiiu of intelli-\\ngence and strength of character.\\nOur subject was reared on a farm in .luniata\\nCounty, Pa., and received his education in the\\ncommon schools of the district, and when eighteen", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0697.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "702\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nyears old began tlie battle of life for himself. For\\nseven seasons he boated on the Pennsylvania\\nCanal, and was driver, steersman and captain,\\nworking for the same man most of the time. He\\njourneyed from Liverpool to Columbia, thence to\\nSunbury and on to Baltimore. One year he\\nboated on liis own account. March 8, 1865, he\\nwent to Missouri, but remained there only a short\\ntime, going tlience to Illinois, and from that State\\nfinding his way to Indiana. Later he came to\\nMichigan, and finally, during 1865, settled in\\nBertrand Townsliip, where he worked for a time\\nby the day and month. Amos C. House was mar-\\nried August 23, 1868, to Miss Eliza, daughter of\\nDavid and Anna (Rliodes) Rougli. The parents\\nof Mrs. House, with their five children, were born\\nin Pennsylvania. The father and mother jour-\\nneyed with their family to Michigan by team in\\n1849. They were twenty-eight days on the way,\\nand slept at night in the large wagon which com-\\nfortably sheltered the weary travelers.\\nMrs. House, the j oungest child and second\\ndaughter, born in the (Quaker State May 16, 1843,\\nwas but six 3-ears of age when she arrived in Ber-\\nrien County, and in the district schools of her new\\nhome received her education. Immediately subse-\\nquent to their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. House made\\ntheir home with Father Rough, remaining upon\\nhis homestead for four years, in 1873 removing\\nto Tripp s farm. In 1881, they located perma-\\nnently where they now reside, and built an ele-\\ngant residence and other buildings at a cost of\\n$15,000. The finely appointed house is a modern\\nbrick structure, containing fifteen conveniently ar-\\nranged apartments, whose finish is in keeping with\\nthe beautiful design and st3ie of architecture. The\\nbarn, 46x72 feet, is attractive in exterior and con-\\ntains ever3 convenience desirable for housing\\ngrain and stock. The six hundred acreage, all in\\none bod3 is mostly under cultivation and, furn-\\nisliing a variety of products, yields annuall3 a\\nbounteous harvest. Our subject owns otiier valu-\\nable farming property, among which is a tract of\\ntwo hundred and six acres, with a house and barn;\\nalso a one hundred and thirty-seven acre farm\\nin Indiana, with a house and barn: also a one\\nhundred and six acre homestead, well improved.\\nwith house and barn, in Terre Coupee Prau-ie,\\nBertrand Township; and a farm of one hundred\\nand nine acres in Niles Township, his entire acre-\\nage being estimated at thirteen hundred and forty-\\nsix.\\nMr. House is a stockholder in the First National\\nBank of Niles, and is prominent in financial enter-\\nprises. He is an active member of the Zion Evan-\\ngelical Church, of which he has been Steward for\\nseven years. He was one of the building commit-\\ntee through whose efforts the new house of wor-\\nship was erected. Our subject was a liberal donor\\nand generousl3r gave man3- hundreds of dollars\\ntoward the completion of the new building. Mrs.\\nHouse has also been a valuable aid in religious work\\nand benevolent enterprises, and has long been\\nconnected with the church. One son has blessed\\nthe home, William David, born upon his grand-\\nfather s homestead August 20, 1871. William D.\\nHouse is an intelligent young man and, possessing\\nexcellent business ability, has a bright future be-\\nfore him. He is married, and with his wife, form-\\nerly Miss Nellie Shearer, has been residing with\\nhis parents. Our subject is now erecting a dwell-\\ning in Buchanan, where he expects after a time to\\nlocate, and will then retire from active business.\\nHis life has been a bus3 one, and throughout the\\nprosperous years he has steadily won his upward\\nway, true to each daily duty. Without being a\\npolitician, he has taken a deep interest in national\\nissues and is in every sense of the word an enter-\\nprising and loyal American citizen, and votes the\\nDemocratic ticket.\\n^\u00c2\u00a5r m\\nS. INOT INGRAHAM, a well-to-do citizen\\nof C oloma and for twenty-three year s the\\nmost prominent merchant of this thriving\\nvillage, was born in Sackett s Harbor, N. Y.,\\non the 10th of February, 1820. His father, .larett\\nIngraham, was a native of Connecticut, having\\nbeen born there in 1777, and was one of eight\\nchildren in the family of a Revolutionary hero,\\nwho, after having served his country with indom-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0698.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND liKKJHAPirC AI. RECORD.\\nro3\\nitable bravery. (Ii i1 (luriiiijr tlip c-oiitiii nance of the\\nstnis^ijlo witli Knylanil. The family t)iiginaled\\nin Kni ;lan(].\\n.laioU Inirraliain was a nuH lianic and a farmer,\\nand in an early da\\\\ made settlement in .leffeison\\nCounty. N. V. Dnrintj the Wtxv of 1MI2 lie served\\nas inspeelor of provisiims, and he also shouldered\\nIlls musket and partiei|)ated actively in the liatlle\\nof Sackett s llarl)or. In IKl. i he came to Michi-\\njjaii and for one summer resided in Uainliridge\\nTownship, Uerrien County, after whicli he located\\nin the nnrtliern part of W.atervliet. Here he and\\nhis son, our subject, purchased s(;ven eighty-acre\\ntracts, and he cleared and improved one of these\\nlot*, m. iking it his home for a number of years.\\nIlis death occurred in Uainliridge in 18,56.\\nA Whig in polities, Mr. Ingraham was a man\\nwho gave consideral)le attention to atTairs of local\\nor general interest, and was a thoughtful student\\nof the times. He was a consistent Chiistian and\\nan .active worker in the Free-will llaptist Church,\\ntoward the growth of which he was a lilieral and\\nregular contributor. lie and his wife, whose\\nmaiden name was I olly Pitman, weie the parents\\nof ten children, five sons and live daughters. The\\nwife and mother survived her husband s demise\\nfur liftecn years.\\nKarly in life our subject liegan work in a wagon\\nsho|) and at the age of twenty-live l)egan in busi-\\nness for himself, purchasing at that time fifty acres\\nin the town of Clayton, N. Y. In 1847 he sold\\nthat pi-opert\\\\ and, coming to Michigan, settled on\\nsection 4, Watervliet Township, where he im-\\nproved two hundred and eighty acres. Me has\\ngiven considerable assistance to his sons, and still\\nretains the ownership of one hundred and sixty\\n.acres, besides four houses in Coloina, the St. Cloud\\nniock in this village, and other real estate. It\\nwill thus be seen that in-osperily has rewarded his\\nexertions, and he is one i the muneyed men of\\nthe village.\\nOn Ihc last day of tiie year lS|;i. Mr. Ingraham\\nwas united in marriage with Miss X aletta ..daugh-\\nter of ,Iacob A. Williams. Her father was one of the\\npioneers of .Jefferson Cuunty, N. whither he i\\nremoved fiom Massachusetts, and he was also one\\nof the pioneer teachers of Watertown, where he\\ntaught for a number of years. His death oeenrred\\non a farm. He had served in a number of count\\\\-\\niillics and w.as one of the prominent men of the\\ntownship. His father was also a man of iiidueuce\\nand note. and died during the Revolutionary War.\\n.Mr. and Mrs. Ingraham are members of the Free-will\\nliaptist Church. They were the parents of three\\nchildren, two of whom were reared to manhood,\\nLyman and Sulon. In addition to engaging in\\nthe mercantile business for almost a quarter of a\\ncentury, Mr. Ingraham also was proprietor of a\\nhotel and conducted that enterprise with success.\\nF orinerlya Whig, he is now a l^epublican, and has\\nbeen the incumbent of a number of positions of\\ntrust.\\n^T oiiN S. COLLI N. In the perusal of this\\nvolume the reachM has doubtless been im-\\npressed with the f.act that the large major-\\nit} of our most succes.sful citizens have\\nri.sen to positions of iiiHuence from humble en-\\nvironments and in spite of adverse circumstances.\\nTo this list of men we add the name of .John S.\\nCt)llins, the well-known farmer of Milton Town-\\nship, whose farm is jjleasantly located on section\\n7. Here he engages in general agricultural pur-\\nsuits on the one hundred and thirty acres com-\\nprising the estate, most of which is under cultiva-\\ntion. .Since he located on this pl.ace in IHitd he\\nhas added many improvements and erected a num-\\nber of substantial farm buildings, in this way in-\\ncreasing the value of the |)roperty materially.\\nA few words with reference to the ancestors of\\nour subject will not be amiss in this connection. His\\npaternal grandfather, riiom.as Collins, was a native\\nof F nglandand with two brothers emigrated to this\\ncountry at an early day. The maternal grand-\\nfather, William Candy, was also born in Kngland,\\nwhence, accompanied by lw i brothers, he came to\\n.\\\\mcrica many years .ago. I he parents of oursub-\\nject, Thomas and Sophia (Candy) Collins, were\\nboth natives of Delaware, where they were mar-\\nried. They located in Milford, Kent County, that\\nState, where the father engaged as a brick mason", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0699.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "704\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand plasterer until his death, which occurred at\\nthe ago of forty years. His wife survived him\\nmany years, and passed away at the au;e of sev-\\nenty-one.\\nThomas and Sophia Collins were the parents of\\nnine children, of whom three daughters and five\\nsons reached mature years. Five arc now living\\nas follows: Benjamin Y., a resident of Niles;\\nJames A., who is living in St. .losepli, this St;ile;\\nJohn, of tills sketch; Sophia, the widow of N. Den-\\nnis, of Chicago; and Mavy C, widow of George N.\\nBond, a resident of Denver, Colo. John 8., the\\nseventh in order of lijrth, was horn m Kent\\nCounty, Del., January 4, J 817, and remained in\\nhis native place until sixteen years of age, when\\nhe came to Michigan, in 1834, and located in Niles.\\nFor seventeen years lie followed the trade of a\\nshoemaker, and for fourteen successive years he\\nand a brother engaged m the manufacture c f\\nboots and shoes in that city. Later he conducted\\na grocery and bakery for one year, and in 1849 he\\npurchased a farm, consisting of one hmulrcd and\\ntwenty .acres in Niles Township.\\nAfter making his home on that place for live\\nand one-half J eai-s, Mr. Collins disiwsed of his\\nproperty and returned to Niles. In 1856, .as has\\nbeen stated, he purchased the place where he has\\nsince resided. On the !)tli of April, 1843. he mar-\\nried Martha Reese, who was born in Tioga County,\\nN. Y., January 17. 1821. The paternal grandf.a-\\nther of Mrs. Collins was Jacob IJeese, a native of\\nAVest Stockbridge. JIass., who traced his ancestry\\nto Holland, ller parents, John M. and Angelina\\nM. (Mills) Heese, were natives of New York, the\\nlatter having been Ixirn in Amsterdam, of Welsh\\ndescent. Mr. Heese was a farmer by occupation,\\nand was thus engaged in New York and in Indi-\\nana, whither he removed in 18;i4. settling in St.\\nJoseph. Two years later he came to Cass County,\\nwhere he died at the age of eighty. His mother\\nhad attained to the advanced age of one hundred\\nand two. Mi^s. Angelina Ivcese is still living and\\nmakes her home in Cass County. .She is quite ac-\\ntive, notwithstanding the fact that she is ninety-\\nthi-ee yeai-s vf age.\\nOf a family of eleven children who lived to ma-\\nturity, two having died in childlu od. Mrs. Col-\\nlins is the second daughter. She was a child of\\nten years when she accompanied her i)arents to\\nIndiana, and two years later came to Cass County,\\nwhere she grew to womanhood and married.\\nHer marri.age w.as blessed by the birth of four\\nchildren, as follows: Albert H., of Niles; Alice,\\nwho is the wife of Fred Fowler and resides with\\nour subject on the home farm; Emma B., who\\nmarried Edwin Fowler, a farmer residing in Cass\\nCounty, N. Dak.; and Rev. John S., a minister in\\nthe Baptist Church and a missionary in the Iron\\nMountains, in the northern part of Michigan.\\nIn his younger years Mr. Collins atliliated with\\nthe Democratic party and cast his first Presiden-\\ntial ballot for Martin Van Burcn. However, for\\nmany years he has been identitied with the Repub-\\nlicans and is a stanch advocate of that party. He\\nhas held a number of i tlicial i^wsitions in Herrieu\\nand Cass Counties, has filled the various school\\noflices and served as Treasurer of the village of\\nNiles, where he was also a member of the Common\\nCouncil. He has served as Highway Commissioner\\nof Milton Township. While he still superintends\\nhis farm, he no longer actively engages in tilling\\nthe soil, but is p.assing his time quietly at his home\\nill the enjoyment of all the comforts of life. He\\nand his estimable wife are highly regarded through-\\nout this community and have a large circle of\\nwarm pei-sonal friends.\\n6\\nv.t RMAN K. l.ANDON. England h:us ever\\nnumbered many representatives among the\\nbest cl.ass of citizens of this country. There\\nis a sterling quality about tlie nationality that\\nparticularly tits them for pioneer life, and we. as\\nAmericans, are greatly indebted to settlei-s of\\nEnglish origin for the rapid advancement made in\\nour ciyilization. The I.andon family came origin-\\nally from England, and a branch of the family\\ntree took root in American soil at a period far\\nantedating the Revolution. Rufus I.andon. the\\ngrandfather of our subject, entered the Colonial\\n.\\\\riny when but seventeen yeai-s of age and fought", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0700.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0701.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "wvx", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0702.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n707\\nbravely for independence. He was one who en-\\nteied Canoda to relieve Aiiiold, who was operating\\naiiainsl (Quebec. Heinjf a drummer boy, he served j\\ntlirouijhout the war and was under Oen. Schuyler\\nin tlie northern |)arl of the United Stales for some\\ntime.\\nN\u00c2\u00bb)rman E. I.andon was born in tiie town of\\nSalishiiry. Litchfield County, Conn., in 1824, and\\nwas the vounnest of seven children horn to Luther\\nand iSLartha (Hewitt) Landon, natives also of\\nConnecticut. Mr. Landon was a farmer by oecu-\\n[tation and followed that very successfully all his\\nlife. His inarriaije resulted in the birth of the fol-\\nlowing children: .Tohn, docease l; Sarah, deceased,\\nwho w.as the wife of Abram Bergart; Rufus, de-\\nceased; Catherine, widow of George Eldredge;\\nMartha, deceased, who was the wife of Harris\\nBeckley, who is also deceased; and Norman E.,\\nour subject. All these children lived to maturity.\\nNorman E. Landon was reared in his native\\nState and received hut a limited education. When\\nseventeen years of age he started out to make his\\nown way in life, and at once began learning the\\ncarpenter s and joiner s trade in Kinderhook, N. Y.\\nHe remained in that section for seven years, four\\nyears of which time he was engaged in managing\\nand contracting for himself. alcr he returned to\\nConnecticut, and for nine years worked at his trade\\nin that State. Seeing lietter prospects for his\\ntrade in the West, he turned his face in that\\ndirection in IHo.S. and landed in Berrien County\\nLake Township, Mich., where, with the exception\\nof about three years, he has resided ever since.\\nFor the most part, he has been engaged in farming,\\nand has followed his trade but little. The land on\\nwhich Mr. Laiuhin now lesides, when purchased by\\nhim had but few improvements, but he began at\\nonce to clear, and now has one of the finest places\\nin his section. Of the hvindicd and sixty acres\\ncomprising the farm, lu lias sixty acres finely im-\\nproved, and on this a beautiful residence, out-\\nbuildings, etc.\\nIn 1817, Mr. Landon married Miss Rebecca\\nAllen, a native of New York, and the daughter of\\nHarris and Clara (.luiu .\\\\llcii, of Kinderhook,\\nN. Y. The Allen family came originally from\\nEngland, and its inenibers became prominent citi-\\nzens of the Empire State. The June family settled\\nin New York at a very early period. Mrs. Lan-\\ndon was the only child born to her parents. The\\nsix children born to our subject and wife were\\nas follows: Martha, wife of Ransom AshcrofT;\\nElizabeth, wife of Wellington Munson, of Cass\\nCounty, Mich.; Edward N.; Clara, wife of Rich-\\nmond Stahclin, of this county; and two who died\\nin infancy. In politics, he has lieeii a life-long\\nDemocrat, and in religion he and Mrs. Landon are\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n--^=^#^ii-^ i^li^^l\\niHEO R. MARBLE, a prominent general\\nagriculturist and esteemed citizen of Bu-\\nchanan Townshi|), Berrien County, IVHch.)\\nwas born amid the Green Mountains of A ermont\\n.January 18, 1830. The Marble family is well\\nknown in New England, and the parents of our\\nsubject, Jaines and Alice (Smith) Marble, were\\nborn in Salem, Mass. From there they moved to\\nVermont, and in 1844 emigrated to the State of\\nIndiana, and settled upon a farm in St. .Joseph\\nCounty. The father died in 18 18, but the mother\\nsurviverl many years, p.assing awa^- at four-score\\nyears and ten. Tiie eight children of the parental\\nfamily were as follows: Edward, living in Ber-\\nrien County, Mich.; Sarah, deceased, the wife of\\nL. Shaddock; .John C, a citizen of St. Joseph\\nCounty, Ind.; Willard and Orson, deceased; Isaac,\\na resident of Buchanan; Lucy, deceased; and The-\\nodore R., our subject. The father, an energetic\\nand industrious man of sterling integrity of char-\\n.acter, was sixty-five years of .age at the time of\\nhis decease.\\nTlieo R. Marble was reared on a farm and re-\\nmained with his parents until sixteen year* of\\nage, when he began life for himself, and wtu-ked\\nby the month, still eng.aging in the inirsuit of\\nagriculture, for about six years. At the expira-\\ntion of this length of time, he, in 18;)2, emigrated\\nto California, traveling oveiland \\\\vith an ox-team\\nand taking other stock. He was hired as driver\\nto accoinpan3 .Messrs. Hopkins and Lit7.eiil)erger,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0703.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "708\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwho preceded him to Council Bluffs, from which\\ncity he walked the entire distance to McCellamy\\nHill, Cal. There were in the train forty-one men\\nand women, seventeen wagons, two or three hun-\\ndred head of cattle, and a dozen loose horses.\\nAfter leaving Omaha everything went smoothly\\nuntil the party reached Shell Creek, about one\\nand a-half days drive from Council Bluffs, when\\nthe train was attacked by three liundred Pawnee\\nIndians. A running fight occurred, the wagons\\nmoving slowly along in the mean time. Two men\\nwere shot through the thighs, and Mr. Litzen-\\nberger was shot through the left lung by an ar-\\nrow and never fully recovered from the wound.\\nSix or seven Indians were killed outright and a\\nnumber so badly wounded that they soon after died.\\nThe Indians, later reinforced .and fully five hun-\\ndred strong, followed after and camped within a\\nhalf-mile of the train, hut the latter had been joined\\nby about three hundred ISIissouri men and their fam-\\nilies, and the Indians, finding themselves ojiposed\\nby a small and armed army of determined emi-\\ngrants, abandoned their hostile designs and with-\\ndiew from the field. At the time this trip was\\ntaken Omaha boasted only a few families, and the\\ncountry w.as almost a desert until the weary train\\nstruck Utah.\\nAt last, safely arriving in California, Mr. Marlile\\nspent two years in mining. At first he was very\\nsuccessful, .and took from a mine from )0 to\\n$100 per day. For this mine he was offered $20,-\\n000 in cash, but refused, and in a short time\\nthe deposit was exhausted and the mine became\\nworthless. Remaining in the Golden State for\\ntwenty-one years, our subject witnessed the re-\\nmarkable growth .and prosperity of San Francisco\\nand Sacramento, which, when he saw them, were\\nat first canvas towns, but inside the tents were\\ngay trappings and furniture, especiall} in the\\ngambling houses, which abounded. At that time\\nsome of the most valiuible business lots could\\nhave been purchased for $100 and less.\\nAfter his two years experience in mining Mr.\\nMarble engaged in carpenter work, speculated,\\nraised stock and was variously employed. Finally\\nhe returned to his former home, married and\\nwith his wife again journeyed to California.\\nHaving some time before purchased city lots, he\\nnow sold them and invested in six hundred and\\nforty acres of laud, a portion of which was under\\ncultivation, and which was situated about one\\nhundred miles from San Francisco. There vvere\\nupon the tract a tine orchard and vineyard, hut\\nour subject devoted the land mostly to the cul-\\ntivation of wheat. This farm Mr. Marble sold in\\n1870, returned to Indiana, remained there two or\\nthree years, and then purch.ased his present home-\\nstead of two hundred and seventy-four acres,\\ncosting $35 per acre. One hundred and forty\\nacres have been brought to a high state of pro-\\nductiveness and the farm is one of tiie best in\\nBerrien County.\\nOur subject was united in marriage in 1S71\\nwith Mrs. Ann M. (Frain) Curtis, daughter of\\nNathaniel Frain, of St. .loseph County, Ind. One\\nson, Arthur, blessed the union, now a resident of\\nSouth Bend. Fraternally, Mr. Marble is a mem-\\nber of Buchanan Lodge No. 68, A. F. A. M.\\nHe joined Curtis Lodge No. 140 in California.\\nHe was also in the early days of California an\\nactive member of the Vigilance Committee, which\\nwas then the terror of evil-doers. Since 1876\\nMr. Marble has been somewhat disabled by a par-\\ntial paralysis of the lower limbs, the effects of a\\nfever. A man of bright intelligence and suiierior\\nbusiness ability, he manages his homestead wiili\\nexcellent judgment and practical skill. AltlK ugh\\nnever a politician, our subject is deeply inteicsted\\nin the affairs of the day, and is a liberal-spirited\\nand progressive citizen.\\nb^p\\nILLIAM HANSON, a prosperous citizen\\nretired agriculturist of Cass C mnty,\\nMich., was for 3 ears one of the representa-\\ntive farmers of the State, ai:d, a man of ability and\\nexcellent judgment, won his way from small be-\\nginnings steadily upward to an honorable position\\nof usefulness and influence. Born November 14,\\n1824, in Montgomery County, N. Y., our subject\\nis now entering the evening of his age and, resid-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0704.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n709\\nins; in Edwaidsliiirgli, enjoys the companionship\\nof a large circle of old friends and acquaintan-\\nces. Mr. Hanson was tiie son of .lolin and Lydia\\n(Sciienck) Hanson. His paternal ii;randfather it is\\nsupposed canic from Holland to Ameriia, .ind set-\\ntled near Fonda, N. V. He inirticipated in the\\nstruijgles of the Kovolutionary ar and. captured,\\nescaped by running the gauntlet of the enemy s\\nfire. He was engaged in the battle of the Mohawk.\\nH^ occupation he was a tiller of the soil, and upon\\nthe old homestead on the Mohawk Hiver reared a\\nfamil} His son, the father of our subject, trained\\nto the duties of .agriculture, was also a farmer.\\nIn the fall of 1835, John Hanson journeyed b\\ncanal and lake to Detroit, starting by wagon from\\nFultonville, N. Y. From Detioit he made his w.ay\\nto Cass County and settled in Ontvva Township,\\nwhere he winteied.\\nIn the spring of 1830, the father located on sec-\\ntion 31, .lefferson Township, and entered one hun-\\ndred and twenty acres, which he im|)roved, trans-\\nforming the unbroken prairie into productive\\nfields. He died in 18.57, at fifty-seven years of\\nage. He voted the Democratic ticket, and w.as in\\nreligious belief a Presbyterian. His widow, a de-\\nvoted Cliri.sti.in woman, also a Presbyterian, sur-\\nvived until lisTl. .lolm Hanson w.as twice mar-\\nried, and his first wife was Miss Salisbury. She be-\\ncame the mother of two children, Sarah and Mag-\\ngie. I5y his second wife the father of our subject\\nhad his household increased In the birth of ten\\nchihlren: William; Ann Northup, of California;\\nDaniel, who died in infancy; Ralph, killed in the\\nmines of California; .lames; Hebecca Blair; Victor\\nP., of Montana; Benjamin, who served in the\\nSixth Michigan, and died at Ship Island; John, of\\nCalifornia; and Mary, who died in early youth. The\\nmother of these sons and daugliters was a native\\nof Montgomery County, N. Y., and was a daugh-\\nter of William Schenck, of New York. Mr. Schenck\\nwas a prosperous farmer and ran a plaster-mill,\\nalso grist, saw and carding mills. He accumu-\\nlated a handsome jiroperly. and three times en-\\ntered the bonds of matrimony.\\nIn the 40s Mr. Schenck emigrated to Rock\\nCounty, Wis., where he later passed aw.i\\\\ Through-\\nout his long career he was au active business man\\nand reared a family by e.ach wife. The mother of\\nour subject had one brother, Hal| h. The ma-\\nternal great-grandfather was a farmer of the Km-\\npire State. Our subject was reared upon the home\\nfarm and received but a limited education, hav-\\ning been obliged very early in life to aid m the\\nsupport of his father s large family. Arrived at\\nmanhood, self-reliant, energetic and industrious,\\nMr. Hanson began to work for himself, and for\\nthree years ran a breaking team with eight and\\nten yoke of cattle. When twenty-two years old\\nhe invested his savings in eighty acres, which he\\ndiligently improved, and was soon able to add\\nforty acres more to his farm. Prospering, he pur-\\nchased eightj additional acres and located on sec-\\ntion 31, Jefferson Township. In ISaO he sold out\\nhis former interests and bought ninety acres on\\nsection 27, Jefferson Township, and, constantly\\nadding to this homestead, finally owned five hun-\\ndred and sixty acres in one large body, and was\\nalso the owner of another valuable farm of one\\nhundred and fifty acres. The tract of five hun-\\ndred and sixty acres has been brought mostly up\\nto a high state of cultivation and is one of the\\nfinest farms in this section of Michigan, being im-\\njiroved with substantial, cominodifius and hand-\\nsome buildings.\\nOur subject has been married twice. Elizabeth\\nCrawford, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Sol-\\nomon) Crawford, was his first wife. Mr. Craw-\\nford was a pioneer farmer of Cass County, and\\nsettled within its boundaries in 1836. He was a\\nnative of Ireland, a m.an of ability, and was highly\\nrespected. Mrs. Elizabeth IIansf n was the mother\\nof six children: Mary, wife of P. Head, of Texas;\\nHenry; Charles; Ann, wife of Charles Thatcher;\\nand two who died in infancy. The first wife died\\nSeptember 7, 1865, aged forty-two. She was a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was\\nan estimable woman, beloved by all who knew her.\\nThe second wife, Matilda Hownover,born in Colum-\\nbia County, Pa., was the daughter of Richard and\\nCatherine (Dye) Hownover, natives of New Jersey.\\nThe Hownovers emigrated from the E.ast to Michi-\\ngan in 1840, and settled in White Pigeon. In\\n1846, the father and mother returned to their\\nearly home, and there Richard Hownover died in", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0705.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "710\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1861, in the month of November. He wasan active\\nman and engaged in various occui)ations, princi-\\npally milling and farming. His wife passed awaj\\nin 1859. Their home was blessed by the birth\\nof two sons and four daughters: David, William,\\nMary, Deborah, Margaret and Matilda. Richard\\nHownover was a son of Ralph Kovenhoven, a na-\\ntive af Holland, who early emigrated to America.\\nHis wife, a Baptist in religious belief, was Anna\\nLake. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Han-\\nson were the father and mother of three sons and\\none daughter. Our subject and his estimable wife\\nare the parents of one child, Minnie .1., now the\\nwife of Edwin Harris. Mr. Hanson, essentially a\\nself-made man and the architect of his own for-\\ntune, has acquired a handsome competence, and\\nsince 1881 has been in the enjoyment of a well-\\nearned rest. From his earliest youth having faith-\\nfully performed every duty of life entrusted to\\nhis care, he may with pleasure review the nnnals\\nof his long and successful career.\\n^BW^BtM\\nf I i t -T-fcl\\nf/^ YLVESTER M. COPELAND, a prosperous\\n^5^, wencral asrriculturist and stock-raiser, re-\\nl|A/)l) siding about two and a-fourth miles north-\\nwest of the pleasant village of Three Oaks,\\nMich., has cultivated liis flnel^ -improved home-\\nstead for over a cpiarter of a century and is num-\\nbered among the substantial citizens of Berrien\\nCounty. Mr. Copeland is a native of Oswego\\nCounty, N. Y., and was born June 11, 1814. Tlie\\npaternal grandfather, A bial Copeland, a hard-work-\\ning and energetic man, made his home in the Em-\\npire State and w.as a well-known and highly re-\\nspected resident of Jefferson County, in which part\\nof New York the father of our subject, Alonzo\\nCoiicland, was born. Tiie father, reared and ed-\\nucated in his native State, attained to adult age in\\nhis early home and married Miss Chloe Vj. Martin,\\nwhose birtli|)lace was also in Jefferson County,\\nN. Y. The husband and wife, settling in Oswego\\nCounty, were there blessed by the birth of six\\nchildren, four sons and two daughters, three of the\\nfamily yet surviving. The fairlier was by trade a\\ncarpenter and joiner and made his trade the main\\noccupation of his busy life. In 1865, Alonzo\\nCopeland with ins wife and children, emigrated\\nfrom the old New York homestead to Berrien\\nCounty, Mich.\\nThe father is yet living at an advanced age.niul\\nmakes his home in the village of Three Oaks; the\\nmother passed aw.ay in her Western lu)me in Ber-\\nrien County November 22, 1890. She was a wo-\\nman of intelligence, beloved by all who knew her.\\nSylvester M. was the third child born unto his\\nparents and passed his j outh and early manhood\\namong the familiar scenes of Oswego County. Me\\nreceived a good common-school education and\\nalso learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner\\nand was well fitted by habits of industry to make\\nhis own way in life wheji he came to Berrien\\nCounty, about one 3 ear previous to his father.\\nUpon August 22, 1862, our subject patriotically\\nenlisted in the service of the Government, joining\\nCompany E, One Hundred and Tenth New York\\nInfantry. While passing from Ship Island to New\\nOrleans, he was attacked with the measles on ship-\\nboard and was sent to the hospital in New Or-\\nleans, June 11,1863. He was very sick and was\\nnot able to leave the hospital until September 22,\\n1863, and soon after, discharged on account of\\ndisability, returned to his home in New York. He\\nyet receives a pension, as his health \\\\\\\\;as seriously\\nimpaired, but in these succeeding years he has in\\na measure outgrown the effects of his cxiiosure.\\nIn the spring of 1861, Mr. Copeland located in\\nAurora, ni., where he remained until January 1,\\n1865, when he journeyed to Nashville, Tenn., and\\nworked in the employ of the Government as a car-\\npenter and joiner. He was engaged in Nashville\\nuntil May, 1865, at which date he joined his par-\\nents in Michigan. Our subject h.as since con-\\nstantly resided in Berrien County, and upon the\\nIsl of November, 1867, was married to Miss Hen-\\nrietta Barnes, a native of La Porte County, Ind.\\nMrs. Copeland, born l\\\\[ay 1, 1844, is a daughter of\\nPerry and Hannah (Laferty) Barnes, who were of\\nEastern nativity. Unto our subject and liisestira-\\nalile wife were born three children, one daughter\\nand two sons: Ada Belle, Ainos B. and Walter W.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0706.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n711\\nMr. Copeland lias boon rinancially successful, and\\naside from his valuable and hiirhly-cullivated\\nfarm of ciylily acres, containing excellent improve-\\nments, a commodious residence, barns and other\\nbuildings, owns a lot in Three Oaks and ten\\nacres adjoining the town site. In political af-\\n(iliation our subject is a Republican and cast his\\nfirst vote ftir Lincoln. His jiarcnts were members\\nof the Free-will Huptist Church, but Mr. Copeland\\nis not himself connected with any religious de-\\nnominalion He is, however, a man of sterling in-\\ntegrity and, doing his daily duty ;is a neighbor,\\nfriend and citizen enjoys the esteem of the com-\\nnmnity by whom he is surrounded.\\nCil l\u00c2\u00bb,ILLIAM M. I .AI.DWIN is a substantial\\n\\\\fj/l citizen of Uerricn County, Mich., and\\nwW from early boyhood has devoted his at-\\ntention to farming interests, being now the owner\\nof an excellent tract of land, comprising seventy\\nacres, which is the result of earnest persistent toil,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2as well as progressive and enlightened views.\\nFrom the age of ten years he has been a resident\\nof Michigan, and he has witnessed a wonderful\\ntransformation in the State, csi)ecially in Herrien\\nCounty, and during all these years he has been an\\nactive observei of the trend of events. He has\\nnot been merely a looker on in Venice, but a\\ncitizen who has through his enterprise, his integ-\\nrity and his public spirit contributed his full\\nshare to the niagnilicent development of the sec-\\ntion in which he resides.\\nMr. Haldwin was born in Essex County, N. J.,\\nin 181. and is a son of David U. and Elizabeth\\n(Kerns) Haldwin, natives respectively of New\\n.lersey and Pennsylvania. The parents celebrated\\ntheir nuptials in the Keystone Slate, but subse-\\nquently returned to New Jersey, where they resided\\nsome time. From there they moved to Calhoun\\nCounty, Mich., and in 1859 came to Berrien\\nCounty, when it w.as wild and unsettled. He lo-\\ncated at what is now known as Ruggles Mills and\\nengaged in blacksmithing, which he followed until\\nhis death, which occurred in 1880, when about\\nseventy-one years of age. Ilis wife survived him\\nuntil about 188.3. They were the parents of the\\nfollowing children: Margaret, deceased, who was\\nthe wife of Joel Starr; George, who was killed in\\nthe l)attlc of Atlanta; Sarah, the wife of L. Hunter,\\nof Oceana County, Mich.; Charles, who died in the\\narmy;Elias, who resides in Barroda; and William\\nM., our subject.\\nThe original of this notice was(iuile small when\\nhis parents first came to Michigan, and he was edu-\\ncated in the common schools of Calhoun County.\\nAt the youthful age of sixteen years he started\\nout to fight life s battles for himself and first com-\\nmenced as a laborer on a farm. This he continued\\nuntil about 1865, when he began renting land,\\ncontinuing this for a number of years. In 1886\\nhe purchased his present farm of seventy acres,\\nwhich w.as all heavy timber-land. For the past\\nthirteen years he has been engaged in milling and\\nhas utilized the timber on his land. He has a mill\\non his farm, and for a number of years has been\\ndoing quite an extensive lumber business.\\nIn the year 1866 he was united in marriage with\\nMiss Jcanette Mead, a native of Berrien County,\\nMich., and the daughter of Varney P. and Experi-\\nence (Saunders) Mead, early settlers of this coun-\\nty. To !Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin were born three\\nchildren: Alice, the wife of Allison Post, of this\\ncounty; Nellie, deceased; and Eva, at home.\\nPolitically, Mr. Baldwin is a Democrat and is a\\nwarm advocate of the |)riiicipies of his party.\\n^^^EORGE M. SCOTT is one of the leading\\nIII f\u00e2\u0080\u0094y agriculturists of Berrien County, Mich.,\\n%^i and has followed this calling from his\\nearliest boyhood, being initiated into its mysteries\\nl)y his father, George H.Scott, who was originally\\nfrom the Green Mountain State. In addition to\\nthat, he is also engaged in truit-growiug, and in\\nall things relating to that industry he is a con-\\nnoisseur, his products being of the best varieties,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0707.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "712\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof unusual size, and of delicious taste. Mr. Scott\\nis a native-born resident of this count}-, his birth\\noccurring March 28, 1845, and for that reason,\\nperliups, is more liable to succeed in his calling\\nthan though he had moved in from some other\\nState.\\nGeorge H. Scott, father of our subject, selected\\nhis wife in the person of Miss Eliza Gragg, a\\nnative of the Empire State, and to them were given\\nfive children, four of whom are living, our subject\\nbeing first in order of birth. The |)areuts came to\\nMichigan about 1840, settling uear St. Joseph, and\\nwere among the early settlers of that region. The\\nfather is still living, making his home in St.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0loseph, and is respected by all. When he first\\nwent to that town he engaged in various enter-\\nprises, having at one time a general store there.\\nLater, he and his brother Keuben owned and\\noperated two vessels on the lake, and were thus\\nengaged for a number of 3 ears, dealing extensively\\nin wood and lumber. After that Mr. Scott bought\\na farm in Royaiton Township, and here resided\\nfor about twenty-five jeais, carrying on his farm,\\nand at the same time operating a sawmill. lie\\nfinally sold that farm, and is now residing in St.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Toseph, retired from the active duties of life. He\\nhad the misfortune to lose his woithy companion\\nin Berrien County, in September, 1872.\\nThe original of this notice remained in St. Joseph\\nuntil fifteen years of age, and received a good\\npractical education in the schools of that city.\\nHo then went on the farm with his father, and in\\nconnection with the farming industry carried 011\\nthe sawmill business for his father for ten 3 ears.\\nSince then he has been engaged in fanning and\\nfruit-growing, and is making a complete success of\\nboth callings. Although there arc but forty-nine\\nacres in his farm, every part is improved and under\\na splendid state of cultivation; the crops never\\nfail him, and he is recognized throughout his sec-\\ntion as a man suited in every way for his calling.\\nMr. Scott has been twice married, his first wife\\nhaving been Miss Lottie E.Carlton. She left one\\nchild, Dwight C. In selecting a companion for his\\nsecond wife, he chose Miss May C. Matrau, a native\\nof Bainbi idge Township, Berrien County, Mich.,\\nand their nuptials were celebrated in that county\\non the 5th of December, 1876. Eour children were\\nborn to this union, and named as follows: Erma,\\nRoy, Clarence and Paul. Mr. Scott is a stanch\\nsupporter of Republican [iiinciples, and his first\\nPresidential vote was east for Gen. U. S. Grant.\\nHe is one of the county s best citizens, and is well\\nrespected.\\nz:-^^z=i\\n,,.y BRAHAM CORELL. Man does not come\\n(.^/LJi into the world with mature thoughts and\\nfeelings. He learns a few isolated facts,\\nand from these he evolves related truths,\\nand only at the time of saying farewell to the\\nworld IS he a man in stature and intellect. His life\\nis but a preparatory school for the life to come. It\\nis so with everyone, and not less so to the man\\nwhose name is above. He developed, he acquired,\\nhe struggled, he died, when to the infinite mind\\nhe was only ready to live well, but a nobler life is\\ncontinued above.\\nMr. Corell was born in Albany County, N. Y.,\\nAugust 10, 1815, and inherited his sturdj traits of\\ncharacter from his Scotch-Irish ancestors. His\\nparents, Abraham and Mary (Miller) Corell, were\\nnatives respectively of New Jersey and New York,\\nand their nuptials were celebrated in the latter\\nState. Of the eleven children born to them our\\nsubject was the ninth child in order of birth and\\nthe fifth son. When four years of age he moved\\nwith his parents to Livingston Count} N. Y., and\\nthere remained until the age of twenty-two. His\\nscholastic training was received in the common\\nschools, and at the above-mentioned age he went\\nwith his father to Girard, Erie Count} Pa., and\\nthere engaged in farming. Our subject was a\\nnatural mechanic, could shoe horses and could\\nturn his attention to almost an^ thingof that kind.\\nIn connection with farming he carried on carpen-\\ntering, and was unusually successful in his differ-\\nent occupations.\\nIn 1850 he left the Keystone State for the West,\\nand settled in Niles Township, Berrien County,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0708.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArillCAL RECORD.\\n713\\nI\\\\!nli., on the faiin wlicro Mrs. Corcll now resides.\\nAl Uial lime llieic were no improvements on tlie\\nplace, excciit .-i small frame house and a log shed\\nfor a l)arn. and al out eiijlil acres under cultiva-\\ntion. He began at once to make great cliangcs in\\nthe place, and on this farm p.assed the remainder\\nof Ills life, living December i. i, l,H,s;3. lie was a man\\nof industrv and perseverance, and one who left an\\nun ullicd record as an inheritance to his children.\\nIn politics he favored the Kepublicun [tarty, and\\nheld a number of local ollices, beiTig .lustice of the\\nIVacc for some time. His widow, who was for-\\nmerly Miss Ann Kli/.abelh IJrownell. was born in\\nthe town of Cambridge, Washington County, X. Y.,\\nNovemlier 1, l.SKS, and was the daughter of Hen ja-\\nmin iirowncll, who was dsoa native of that county\\nand a soldier in the War of 1,S12. His father,\\nBenjamin Brownell, was liorn in l\\\\hode Island, and\\nwas of English descent. Some of the ISrownells\\nweie in the Revolutionary Wai\\nMis. Corell s molhei formerly Susanna Fish,\\nwas a native of the Empire Stale, as was also the\\nlatter s lather, Henjamin Fish, who came of Eng-\\nlish-iiuaker stock. They were relatives of Ethan\\nAllen, leader of the Green Mountain boys, and\\nthe Hrownells were related to Col. Elsworth. Mrs.\\nCorell s father and mother were married near Al-\\nItany, N. Y., April 17, ItSdfi, but later located in\\nthe town of Cambridge, where the father followed\\nfarming until 1826. From there they moved to\\ncential New York, where the father continued\\ntilling the soil, and later moved to Erie County,\\nI a. This was in 183;5, and they remained there\\nuntil 18 47, when the} came to Berrien Count}-,\\nMich. In this county both passed the closing\\nscenes of their lives, the father dying at the age\\nof seventy-two, and the mother when eighty-three\\nyears of age. They were the (larents of twelve\\nchildren, three daughters and nine sons, ten of\\nwhom grew to mature years, and four of whom\\nare now living.\\nMrs. Corell is the sixth child and eldest daugh-\\nter. By her marriage to Mr. Corell, she became\\nthe mother of eleven children, six daughters and\\nfive sons: Delia who died at the age of twenty-\\neight; Ann E., wife of Edward Terriene, of Chi-\\ncago; Susan A., wife of Elwood S. Chamlierlain, of\\nKansas City; George A. (see sketch); Alice. I., who\\ndied at the age of four years; Perry 1).. of Plain-\\nview, Neb.; Horace G.,also of Nebraska; M.Alice,\\nat home; Charlotte F., who died at the age of six\\nyears; -lohn, who died at the age of four years;\\nand Benjamin, who died at the ago of twenty\\nmonths. Mrs. Corcll has a good farm of ninety-\\neight acres, and this has been carried on li} her son\\nGeorge since the death of Mr. Corell. She is a\\nwoman of moie than ordinary intelligence, and is\\nwell liked by all who are favored with her ac-\\nquaintance.\\nVl OSEPlI W. HETEEB. The adaptability of\\nBerrien County soil to the cultivation of\\nsmall fruits has induced many progressive\\nmen to purchase property here and engage\\nin business as fruit-growers. Among the fine\\nfruit farms of St. Joseph is the one owned by the\\nsubject of this sketch, a well-known and intluen-\\ntial resident of this township. He is a native of\\nthis county, and having passed the greater portion\\nof his life here, hiis a wide circle of acquaintances\\namong its best [)eople. He w.as born in Ilo^alton\\nTownship on the 2d of February, 1857, and is the\\nson of Gottlieb .and Martha Heller.\\nAt the age of ten ^ears our subjeclaccom[)anied\\nhis father in the removal from Royalton Township\\nto the place where he now lives. His bo hood\\ndays were mainly spent in farm work, and he\\nearl J learned the duties of agricultural life and\\nbecame familiar with every department of farm-\\ning. In his youth he conducted his studies in\\nthe Lincoln Avenue School. He was seventeen\\nyears of age when, with a manly self-reliance and\\nindependence, he started out in the world for\\nhimself, and since that time he has been self-sup-\\nporting. For a time he worked on a farm b} the\\nmonth, and continued in the emplo} of others for\\nten yeais.\\nIn connection with his brother, M., our subject\\nin 1881 |)urchased the old homestead, which the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0709.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "714\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntwo farmed in partnership until about 1889, when\\nthe property- was diviiied. Mr. Iletler is now the\\nowner of eigliteen acres of valuable land, about\\nnine acres being set out in fruit. He makes a\\nspecialty of berries, in the cultivation of which he\\nhas met with excellent success. The annual yield\\nof fruit is large, and the sales aggregate about\\n11,000 or $1,200 per year. Since locating on this\\nplace, he has erected the commodious house and\\nsubstantial barns now noticeable on the farm, and\\nlie lias also built a number of outbuildings adapted\\nto their varied purposes.\\nNovember 10, 1885, in Lincoln Township, Ler-\\nrien County, occurred the marriage of Mr. Hetler\\nto Miss Hannah, daughter of Nicholas Broderson,\\nof Germany. Mrs. Iletler was born in Germany,\\nwhence she emigrated to this country at the age\\nof fifteen years in company with her mother, and\\nat the time of her marriage was residing in Lin-\\ncoln Township, Beirien County. One ciiild has\\nblessed this happy union, Roy Edward, who was\\nborn April 23, 18 1, and is a bright and attractive\\nchild. Politicall3 Mr. Hetler is strongly attached\\nto the principles of the Republican party, of which\\nhe is a devoted adherent. He takes an active in-\\nterest in k)eal. State and national politics, and is\\none of the leaders of his party in the community.\\nIn his religious belief he is identified with the\\nEvangelical Association, lo which liis wife also\\nbelongs.\\nm^\\n^i HARLES M. WILLIAMS. It has been\\n(li officially recorded that the natives of coun-\\ntries where vast amounts of fruit are raised\\nare wholl} free from certain diseases that are in-\\nvariably brought on by the consumption of meat;\\nand if the use of fruit as a diet serves no other\\nend than that of a preventive of human ailments,\\nit lias fulfilled its mission and duty. The fruit\\nindustry has become a profitable and popular one\\nin southern iMichigan, and one of the men who,\\nin connection with farming, earns bis living thus\\nis Charles M. Williams, who has a fine farm of\\nforty acres situated about eight miles south of St.\\nJoseph, in Royalton Township.\\nMr. Williams was born in the township and\\ncounty in which he now resides September 24, 1836,\\nhis i)arents being Daniel and Malinda (Millage)\\nWilliams, the former of whom was born in Penn-\\nsylvania in 1810. In an early day he removed\\nfrom the State of his birth to Michigan, becoming\\none of the first settlers of Berrien County, and\\nduring the long term of years that elapsed until\\nhis death, in 1861, he cleared a number of valua-\\nable farms and tilled the soil with success. He\\nwas of English descent. His widow died in Kan-\\nsas in 1868, having borne her husband five sons\\nand two daughters, of which number the subject\\nof this sketch was the second in order of birth.\\nCharles M. Williams was born in Berrien County\\nand received his education in the common schools,\\nbut was compelled to leave- them when quite\\nyoung because his parents were poor, and he had\\nto lend his assistance in the support of the family.\\nHe remained with and aided them until he attained\\nhis majority, then began to accumulate for him-\\nself, and since about 1873 has resided on the farm\\non which he is now living. As a citizen, Mr.\\nWilliams has always been industrious, enterprising\\nand honest, is a practical and intelligent fruit-\\ngrower and farmer, a man who has a naturally\\nhumane and kindly dis[)Osition, and a discerning\\nmind, which has been strengthened and broadened\\nby reading, observation and contact with the busi-\\nness affairs of life.\\nHe chose for his wife Miss Catharine Moyer, a\\nnative of the State of Pennsylvania, their union\\nbeing solemnized on the 11th of September, 1858,\\nand to them three sons and a daughter were\\ngiven: Aurilla, wife of Charles Scotield; Franklin,\\nRobert and Henry. Mr. Williams is a member of\\nthe Farmers Fire Insurance Company, and has\\nbeen a member of the Ancient Free Acce|)ted\\nMasons since 1887, Occidental Lodge of St. Joseph.\\nHe and his wife are members of the Free Metho-\\ndist Church, and politically he has always been a\\nmember of the Democratic party, his first Presi-\\ndential vote being cast for Douglas. Mr. Williams\\nis an honorable man, of well-known integrity of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0710.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0711.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "Leavitt Camfield", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0712.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND KIOORAPIIICAL RECORD.\\ncharacter and liigli moral princiijles, and liis life-\\nlong residence in Herrien Connt\\\\- renders his in-\\n(lucnce for good in his section certain and\\neffective.\\nf\\njf/ KAVrrr CAMFIELD, a self-made man, an\\nil energetic citizen, upright and industrious,\\n11 vvas for a number of years closely identified\\nwith the growth and improvement of Berrien\\nCount} Mich. Our subject, a native of Ontario,\\nCanada, was born in 183.5. His father, Rev. Ziba\\nCamlield, was a prominent Baptist minister of the\\nDominion, and vvas one of the earnest Christian\\nworkers of his day. (Uiided by excellent influence\\nand trained to the hal)its of useful thrift and self-\\nreliance, Mr. Camfield attained to a vigorous and\\nenterprising manhood. He received a good com-\\nmon-school education, and in after years con-\\nstantly added to his knowledge by intelligent ob-\\nservation and reading. A man of advanced ideas\\nand interested in the sul)jeet of reforms, he was an\\nardent advocate of temperance, and while residing\\nin Canada often lectured upon that subject.\\nIn 1858, Mr. Camlield was married to Miss Car-\\nrie Omstead, daughter of Marvey Omstead, a na-\\ntive of Canada. Into the husband and estimable\\nwife w. is boin a family of five children, one son\\nand four daughters. El va became the wife of By-\\nron Drake, a leading citizen of the county;\\nCynthia is the wife of Gale Handy, vvlio is a\\nsuccessful agriculturist of the county; Mary is\\nthe wife of Frank Brown, a prominent young\\nfarmer of Berrien County; Martha died in infancy;\\nBradford A., the only son, after a thorough pre-\\nl)aratory course of study, entered the Bennett\\nMedical College at Chicago, and graduating from\\nthat institution remained in the Garden City en-\\ngaged Ml piacticc with Dr. Henry Olin. Later,\\nDr. Camlield made a specialty of the eye and ear,\\nand graduated from a celebrated institution de-\\nvoted especially to the study of thf)se organs.\\nlie has achieved marked success in his practice\\nBnd is widely known :\\\\ui] highly esteemed as a phy-\\naician and citizen,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0do\\nIn the spring of 1865, our subject located per-\\nmanently in Michigan, working for two years at\\nhis trade of a mechanic in .St. .Joseph. At the ex-\\npiration of that time he began the cultivation of\\na farm of thirty .acres, which he brought up to a\\nhigh state of productiveness and improved with\\nsubstantial and commodious buildings. Mr. Cam-\\nfield died in 1874, regretted by a large acquaintance\\nand mourned deeply by his friends and family.\\nThe wife, to whom was left the care and responsi-\\nbility of rearing and educating the children, has\\nenjo.yed the satisfaction of seeing them grow up\\nto an intelligent and honored manhood and\\nwomanhood. Mr. Camfield was in many respects\\nan exceptional man. Devoted to the betterment\\nof his fellow-creatures, he was a valued member of\\nthe Good Templars of Canada, and throughout his\\nlife exerted his influence for the real good and\\nadvancement of others. He was politically u Re-\\npublican and took an earnest interest in the man-\\nagement of local and national affairs.\\nMr. and Mrs. Camfield, both from early years\\nmembers of the Baptist Church, were ever foremost\\nill the promotion of its social and benevolent\\nwork. The parents of Mrs. Camfield yet survive\\nand reside in Canada. Surrounded by her chil-\\ndren the widow of our subject spends her busy\\ndays, and in the retrospect of her well-spent life\\nmay view with unalloyed satisfaction the successful\\ntermination of her struggles to rear to positions\\nof usefulness and influence the son and daughters\\nintrusted to her faithful care.\\n-^^-1-^1-=\\nACOB M INTOSII. A man seems living\\nnearer to nature who adopts as his life call-\\ning some occupation that h.as been honored\\nfrom the earliest times. That of the agri-\\nculturist is of historic growth, and this our sub-\\nject has been reared to know best, for from early\\nboyhood his days have been passed in farm work.\\nWilliam Mcintosh, the immediate progenitor of\\n(uir subject, was born in Scotland in 1801, and\\nwhen three years of age was brought to the United", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0713.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "718\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\nStates by his parents. Daniel Mcintosh, his fa-\\nther, located in Baltimore, and there followed the\\ntrade of a wagon-maker. Me moved from Balti-\\nmore to Oliio, and thence to Cass County, Mich.,\\nat a very early day, and endured many hardships\\nin the wilds of tliat county. When he first settled\\nhere he liad three horses, and two of them soon\\nwere missing. He took the third horse to go in\\nsearch of them, and was compelled to sleep out\\nof doors for several nights. The weather became\\nvery cold, and both his feet were badly frozen.\\nThinking that water might draw out the frost,\\nhe went to a stream, but this did no good, for\\nhis feet had to be amputated. An uncle of our\\nsubject s was the surgeon in this case, accom-\\nplishing the work with a jack-knife. Daniel was\\na man of great endurance, and lived to the ad-\\nvanced age of eighty-seven. After losing his feet\\nhe would hobble to the woods and s[)lit rails and\\nchop wood, standing on his knees while working,\\nlie was a man universally resiiected.\\nThe father of our subject grew to aianliood in\\ntlie different States in which his father resided,\\nprineipally Michigan, and selected as his compan-\\nion in life Miss Saiah McEutaffer, a native of\\nPennsylvania. Both passed the closing scenes of\\ntlieir life in Cass County, Mich., the mother dying\\nin .Tune, 1881). Nine children were born to them,\\nfour sons and five daugiiters, three sons and two\\ndaughters now living. Our subject remained un-\\nder tlie parental roof until twenty-one years of\\nage, and received iiis education in the common\\nschools. lie served an apprenticeship at the car-\\npenter s trade, and on the 7th of August, 1861, he\\nenlisted in Company D, Michigan Infantry-, and\\nserved three years. During the charge on Ft.\\nHudson, La., a rifle-ball passed through his right\\nhip, and for this he now receives a pension. He\\nwas in the battle of Baton Rouge, August 5, 1862,\\nand was in various skirmislies.\\nAt the close of service our subject returned to\\nCass County, and on the 26th of November, 1865,\\nhe wedded Miss Emily Rivers, a native of Chester,\\nN. Y., and the daughter of .lames and Delilah\\n(Chase) Rivers. Her grandfather Rivers was a na-\\ntive of England, and crossed the ocean to the\\nUnited Stales when James was a small bo^ James\\nRivers and his wife removed from New York State\\nto Illinois, and thence to Cass County, Mich., in\\n1864. To our subject and his wife were born two\\nchildren, Minnie Blanch and Jacob Howard.\\nMr. Mcintosh is one of the representative nieii\\nof the township, has held the oftices of Township\\nTreasurer, Highway Commissioner, and is now\\nJustice of the Peace. In 1886 he was elected\\nSheriff of Cass County, and is a man eminently\\n(inalified for that position, being faithful and fear-\\nless in the discharge of his duties. He served four\\nyears with ciedit to himself and his constiiuents.\\nIn politics, he is a Republican, and his first Presi-\\ndential vote was for (icn. V. S. Grant. In his\\nsocial relations, lie is a member of Cassojiolis\\nLodge No. 22, I. t). F., the Albert Anderson\\nPost No. 167, G. A. R., and is also a member of\\nthe Order of Modern AVorkinen, in which he car-\\nries $2,000 life insurance. He is a member of the\\nFree-will Baptist Church, and his wife is a member\\nof the Presbyterian Church. He is the owner of\\neighty acres of valuable land near the east shore\\nof Diamond Lake, and is a prosperous and pro-\\ngressive man.\\n^^^m^:^^\\n^=^^m^m\\nG. TERWILLKGER. The finger of time\\nis one of the most satisfactory and reliable\\nendorsers of a man s career. Men in the\\nvarious walks of life may with justification halt\\nand hesitate to listen to the advice of a beginner,\\nbut the voice of the old and reliable agriculturist\\nalways carries with it attention and respect. This\\nrule applies to C. (t. Terwilleger, whose name\\nrepresents one of the most successful farmers of\\nVolinia Township. He is now actively follow iug\\nthe occu[iation to which he was I eared, and whicli\\nhas been his life s work, a calling that has for ages\\nreceived undivided efforts from many worthy in-\\ndividuals, and one that always furnishes suste-\\nnance to the ready worker.\\nThe father of our subject, Cornelius Terwilleger,\\nwas a native of the Empire .State, l)orn in the latter\\npart of the eighteenlli century. This family w.os", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0714.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "I UKTKAIT AND blOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n719\\noriginally from Holland. He was married in Ilam-\\nillon C ouiily, Oliio, to Miss l\\\\I:iry Stikles, a native\\n(if I oiinsylvani.n, and llie^v resided in tiiat county\\nuiilil IH;!3, when they moved to Siielliy County, of\\nthe same (State. Tiiey were pioneers of lliat county,\\nand there they passed tlie remainder of tiieir days.\\nOf the twelve children born to this uiuch-csteenied\\ncouple, live sons and seven daughters, three be-\\nsides our subject are now living, all daughters.\\nMr. Terwilleger was a soldier in the War of 1812,\\nand was under Gen. Hull at Detroit. Both he and\\nwife hold membership in the I rtjsbyterian Cliiircli.\\nand he was a Whig in politics.\\nTheir son, C. G. Terwilleger, was born in llam-\\nillon County, Ohio, February 2!), 1821, and all his\\ny(inthf\\\\il days were passed in assisting on the farm\\nand in attending the district school, which was\\nheld in a log schoolliouse, with slab scats, lire-\\nplace, etc. When eighteen ^-earsof age, he decided\\nthat farming was not the occupation designed for\\nhim, and he went to Indiana, where he spent three\\nyears in learning the blacksmith s trade. From\\nthere he went to Hamilton County, Ohio, located\\neleven miles north of Cincinnati, and was married\\nJanuary 1, 18r)(l. to Miss Jane Lawrence, a sister of\\nLevi 15. Lawrence. (See sketch.) She was born in\\nNew York State.\\nIn 1853, our subject and wife came to Cass\\nCounty, Mich., settled on section 4, A olinia Town-\\nship, and ini|(roved a line farm here. This farm\\nis now owned by Jas|)er an Curen, and the large\\nbrick residence on it was erected by our subject.\\nMr. Terwilleger settled on his present farm in 1861,\\nand on this he has ever since resided. He has\\nmade great improvements in the place, and takes a\\nnatural pride in its appearance. Of the eighty-\\nacres owned by him, seventy are under a line state\\nof cultivation, although the tract was originally-\\nheavily timbered. In 186!), he built a nice two-\\nsloiy l)rick house. Brought up a Presbyterian in\\nhis religious belief, he remained so for twenty\\nyears, after wliieh he was a I ni veisalist. While in\\nOhio he met Mr. Lawrence, his father-in-law, bor-\\nrowed some books from him and was deeply inter-\\nested in the doctrines advanced. At Carthage,\\nOhio, he heard a Second Advent preacher and\\ndebated with him privately. He kept on reading\\nand seeking information, and finally- became thor-\\noughly imbued with the Swedenborgian belief. A\\ngreat many of his articles on this subject have\\nbeen printed in the newspapers. He is a seer and\\na prophet, can foretell events, and has frequently\\nentertained visitors from the other world.\\nIlis mother died when he w.as fifteen years old.\\nOne week previous to her death our subject fore-\\ntold it exactly by vision, and while at the funeral\\nhe was a|)proached spiritually and told that his\\nmother was not dead, but was in the crowd. This\\nevent startled him spiritually in his present cour.se.\\nMr. Terwilleger has been a great reader all his\\nlife, is thoroughly posted on all topics, and is\\nespecially well posted on all subjects relating to\\nthe Swedenborgian belief. He takes much interest\\nin public alTairs, and has been a member of the\\nSchool Board here.\\n-g^\\n^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^p=\\njTni)ENJAMlN FIELD, a skilled machinist and\\n\\\\l^\\\\ exiierienced builder, now |irosperously en-\\n((W)\\\\}j o^ o^ l business in Buchanan, Berrien\\n^^^=i^ County, Mich., is a native of the Wolver-\\nine State, and was born in Fabius Township, St.\\nJoseph County, July 25,1852. Our subject was\\nthe third child of the family of two sons and four\\ndaughters, born unto William and Elizabeth (Mi;-\\nMillin) Field. The father emigrated to Michigan\\nfrom New York, his native State, in 1832, and at\\nfirst made his home upon a farm in Lenawee\\nCounty, but later removed to St. Joseph County,\\nwhere he and his good wife were numbered among\\nthe early and highly respected pioneer settlers.\\nThe father purchased a heavily timbered farm,\\nwhich he has since cleared and brought up to a\\nhigh state of productiveness. He is now in his\\nseventy-sixth year, hale and beartj-, and resides\\nui)on the old homestead with his excellent wife,\\nwho was born, reared and educated in the State of\\n^Michigan, and has passed the most of her life in\\nher present locality. The father is b^ trade a car-\\npenter, but for the past three-score years h.os de-\\nvoted liiniself mainly to farming, and occupies a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0715.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "r20\\nPORTRAIT AMD BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD.\\nposition among tlie lending general agriculturists\\nof St. Joseph Count} The six cliildren who gath-\\nered in tlie old home a\\\\\\\\ lived to years of maturity.\\nMaria L., residing in Cass County, has been twice\\nmarried. Her first husband was F. L. Beadle; her\\nsecond San ford York. VAlcn married Henry Sprague\\nand lives in Grand Rapids; our subject, Benja-\\nmin, was the third child; Rosalthe married Allen\\nCovili, of Cass County; Frank, a carpenter and\\njoiner, is a |)rosperous citizen of Mayville, .S.\\nDak.; and Zelma is a popular dress-maker, conduct-\\ning a huge business in Grand Rapids, Jliili.\\nTlie Field family are of English descent, their\\nancestors coining to America before the Revolu-\\ntionary War. Tlie McMillin family emigrated\\nfrom their native land to America iu 1776, and\\nhave occupied positions of useful influence in the\\nUnited States. Mrs, Elizabetli (McMillin) Fields is\\nnow in her sixt3-seventh year. The father and\\nmother are both church members and have ever\\nbeen active in good work. Mr. Field is frateinall}\\nassociated with the Ancient Free Accepted Ma-\\nsons, and is also a member of the Grange, and has\\nalways been known as a jiublic-spirited and enter-\\nprising man. Benjamin Field was educated in the\\ndistrict schools of St. .Uiseph County, and when\\ntwelve }-ears of age began his apprenticeshi|) to\\nthe trade of a blacksmith, the details of which oc-\\ncupation lie thoroughly mastered, now being an\\nexpert in the craft. His knowledge as a machin-\\nist was gained by observation of, and close asso-\\nciation with, experienced men who have been in\\nhis employ. At twenty-one years of age our sub-\\nject engaged in business for himself at Jones\\nCrossing, Cass County, where he began a general\\nbusiness, wood-work included. After a three-years\\nresidence iu Jones, Cass County, Mr. Field opened\\nbusiness in Dailey, Cass County, and remained in\\nthis latter locality eight years, and in connection\\nwith his former business operated successfully a\\nmachine shop and foundry. From Dailey he re-\\nmoved to Cassopolis and established a machine-\\nshop, foundry and general repair shops.\\nThree years later our subject settled in Elkhart,! ad.\\nand entered into his usual line of work, but find-\\ning Elkiiart then dull remained there only a short\\ntime and came to Buchanan, wlwre he is now en-\\ngaged conducting an extensive machine and boiler\\nmanufacturing establishment, as well as a repair-\\ning de[)artment with an excellent custom. In his\\nchanges of residence, Jlr. Field liad an ample op-\\nportunity to interest companies in the manufac-\\nture of a double balance engine, which lie hims-clf\\nmakes, and present it to the ()ublic. A number of\\nthese engines, the invention of our subject, are\\nnow out on trial and, giving satisfaction, promise\\nto rival and surpass many of the most popular\\nengines heretofore favorites.\\nIn 1IS82, Benjamin Field and Miss Ida JI. Ar-\\nnold were united in marriage. Mrs. Field isa native\\nof Indiana, and the daughter of John and Amanda\\n(Armcnlrout) Arnold, natives of Ohio. Mr. and\\nISIrs. Arnold, both surviving, are highly esteemed\\nby a large circle of old friends and have spent\\ntheir lives in the occupation of farming. Mrs.\\nField, an only daughter and an accomplished lady,\\nis the mother of three bright, intelligent children,\\none son and two daughters: Gladys, born January\\n22, 1885; Plinney F., Octobers, 1888; and Benja-\\nmin Adlai, January 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Field are\\nboth regular attendants at religious service and\\nare active workers in benevolent enterprises. Our\\nsubject is in no seiist; of the word a politician, Iml,\\na true American citizen, is interested in the con-\\nduct of local and national affairs, and is ever\\nready to aid in all matters of public welfare, and\\nvotes the Democratic ticket. He and his estima-\\nble wife enjoy the high regard of a wide circle of\\nacquaintances and are prominent factors in the\\nsocial life of Buchanan.\\nAMES G. HAYDEN, a prominent and suc-\\ncessful lumber merchant located in Cass-\\nopolis, Mich., has been identified with the\\nJ progressive interests and leading enter-\\nprises of Cass County almost his entire life. He\\nis a native of tlje State and, born in Calvin Town-\\nship, November 10, 18.54, has made his constant\\nhome within the limits of the county for nearly\\ntwo-scoi e years. His parents, Joseph G. and Har-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0716.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "POUTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n^21\\nriot (Lincoln) Iluydcn. were natives of New York\\nnnil Ohio, lespcctivoly, the father ti;iviii;i lieen\\nliorn in CliniitaiKiMM t oiiiily, wliiie the niatei-\\nnal ;ran(l|iarent.s reared tiie iiiollier in tlie lUiek-\\neye State. Tiie fatiicr. trained in the duties of\\nagriculture, decided to try farming amid the\\nl)roai]er o| oitunities of tiie West, and emigrated\\nto Cass County while yet in early manhood. lie\\nwas prospered and was rapidly winning his way\\nupward, when he died aged thirty-live years,\\nmourneil liy the community among wlioui he had\\nthen spent a number of yeais. An earnest and\\nint lligcnt citizen, he took an active interest in\\nlocal atlairs and was ever ready to assist in all\\nmatters tending to the promotion of the public\\ngood.\\nOur subject was the fourth-born of five chil-\\ndren, three sons and two daughters, who clustered\\nabout the family hearth of the old homestead.\\nWilliam 1 is a well-known citizen of Cassopolis;\\nOeorgc W., the eldest, is associated in business\\nwith his brother .Tames G. Adalaide is Mrs. ,Iesse\\nI arker, of Calvin Township. Mattie, the young-\\n.est daughter, is the wife of Jacob Kecne and re-\\nsides in Battle Creek, Mich. .Mr. Ilaydeu was six\\nyeai-s of age when he came to live with an uncle\\nat Cassoi)olis, and therefore received his primary\\neducation in his present locality. He eujoj ed the\\nadvantage of a llmrough course of instruction in\\nthe Uryant it Stratum s Commercial College\\nbut, beginning life for himself, for seven years de-\\nvoted his time to general agriculture. It was u|)on\\nthe fine old homestead of his father-in-law that he\\nengaged in the lilliug of the soil artd industriously\\naided in the cultivation of the three hundred and\\neighty acres which compiised the extensive and\\nhighly improved farm.\\nNovenibei H. 1H7!I, the marriage of our subject\\nand Miss Ruth T. Kingsb\\\\iry was celebrated at the\\nImnu of the bride s parents, Asaand .lane (Monroe)\\nKingsbury. Five children have made the home\\nblight with their inlelligenl presence. Asa K.,\\nnamed in hiuiorcd icmembrance of his iiialcriial\\ngrandfather, was the first-born. The ehlest daugh-\\nter is era. Then follow in order of birth\\n.lay Hazel and Kolierl T. In .laiiuary, 1886,\\n.Ml. Ilaydeu enlcr( (l into the grocery business in\\nCassopf)lis and remained actively engaged in\\nhandling that line of goods until March, 18!t:5.\\nI poii this latter date, in company with his brother\\n(ieorge, he associated himself in the lumber busi-\\nness on the mill property owned by C. W. IJiinii,\\nand the firm name under which their joint inter-\\nests are prosperously conducted is the liuiin A\\nHaydeii Lumber Company.\\nOur subject has always taken a dci p interest in\\nlocal and national issues and is in political allilia-\\ntion a stanch Republican. In the fall of I88(;iie\\nw.as elected County Treasurer and, serving with\\ngreat acceptance two terms, abl^ discharged the\\nduties of the responsible position. Mr. Ilaydeu\\nenjoyed the honor of being appointed one of the\\n.\\\\uxiliary AVorld s Fair Committee in Cass County.\\nF raternally, our subject is a valued member of the\\nAncient Free Accepted Masons, and belongs to\\nHackus Lodge No. lo. He is also connected\\nwith Kingsbury Chapter and is numbered among\\nthe representative citizens and jjublic-spirited men\\nof the county. He was also one of the cliart\u00c2\u00abr\\nmembers of the Knights of Pythias at this place,\\nand the first political office held by him was that\\nof Townsliii) Treasurer, he being elected in La\\nGi ange l\\\\)wnsliip by a majority of seven in the\\nspring of 188:5, although the Democrats outnum-\\nbered the L epublicans bv one hundred anil twenty.\\nDOAH S. BRADY, an energetic agriculturist\\nand leading citizen, well known through-\\n1 out Cass County, Mich., was born on section\\n1 1, Ontwa Township. March 17, 1839, and yet re-\\nsides uixiii the old homestead whose soil he assisted\\nin cultivating from his early youth. An active\\nDemocrat. Mr. Biady has held high place in the\\nlocal councils of the jiarty and has been the chosen\\ndelegate to main State and county conventions.\\nHe has also held ollicial luisilions, discharging\\ntheir duties with elliciencv. Our subject is the\\nson of .lames L. and Mary (.loiies) Brady. The\\npaternal giaiidpaieiits, Michael and Calherine", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0717.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "722\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n(Leddy) Brady, who lived and died in Dium Lane.\\nCounty Cavan, Ireland, reared four cliildren:\\nRose, wife of Lester Harrington; .lames L., Thomas\\nand .lolin, all of whom emigrated to the United\\nStates. The last known of Tliom.as and John they\\nwere in Brooklyn, N. Y., .Tames L. Brady was\\nborn March 1, 1802, in Drum Lane Parish, County\\nCavan, heland, and was by occupation a farmer.\\nHis father was killed by being thrown from a horse,\\nand the children, deprived of his care, early began\\nthe struggle of life.\\nThe father of our subject accompanied a sister\\nto Canada and worked for two years in the ship-\\nj ard. He was seized and pressed into the service\\nof the British on board a man-of-war. He escaped\\nby swimming ashore, but until the day of his death\\nit was not a ])le.asant memory. He linally settled\\nin Wayne County, N. Y., and rafted on the St.\\nLawrence and Genesee Rivers. In 183.5, he vvent\\nby lake to Detroit and thence traveled to Ontwa,\\nCass County, and entered a tract of land upon\\nsection 11, where he prudently accumulated three\\nhundred and sixty acres, which by incessant toil\\nhe brought mostly under a high slate of cultiva-\\ntion. In 1847 he profitably disposed of his exten-\\nsive farm and bought one hundred and sixt3 acres\\non sections 10 and 11. To this latter purchase he\\nadded until he had three hundred and thirt3 -six\\nacres, all under improvement with the exception\\nof about one hundred acres. In 1870, Father\\nBrady removed to Elkhart, Ind.. where he died\\nApril 19. 1881. and left a fine proi)erty to his wife\\nand children. He w.as a Democrat, and etiiciently\\nserved in township offices. He came to America\\nwithout means and by perseverance and industry\\nwon his upward wa} to a competency. The sis-\\nter with whom he emigrated to Canada died in\\nBranch County, Mich. His wife resides in Elk-\\nhart, and was born .Tune 13, 1801), near Camden, N.\\n.1. Slie was the mother of seven children: Will-\\niam J., who died in Elko, Nev., in 1878; Thomas\\nL., who died in Step-toe Valley, Nev.; .lohn M.;\\nNoah S.; Marion E., wife of A. .1. Moody, of Elk-\\nhart; Mary .J., who died at four 3ears of age; and\\n()l)liclia .1., the wife of Clarence Knickerbocker,\\nof Elkhart.\\nMrs. Mary (.Tones) Brady was a daughter of\\nWilliam Jones, who died in Wayne County, N. Y.\\nHe was b\\\\- occupation a farmer, and in religious\\nfaith a Quaker. ()ui- subject w.as educated in the\\ncommon and High Schools of his home and was\\nearly trained to the daily- round of agricultural\\nduties on his father s farm. Beginning for liiniself.\\nhe worked the homestead on shares. He has spent\\nall his life on section 11. and owns one hundred\\nand sixty acres of his father s old homestead.\\nOccupying official positions, he has served two\\nyears as Township Treasurer, and for fourteen\\nyears a leading Democrat, has been Supervisor of\\nhis township for that length of time.\\nJanuary 1, 1866, Noah S. Brady and Miss Maria\\nMcNeill were united in marri.age. Mrs. Brady w.as\\nborn in Mason Township, and is the daughter of\\nWilliam B. and Lydia (Beardsley) McNeill. Her\\nparents were natives of the Empire State. The fa-\\nther was a pioneer of Mason Township and a car-\\npenter by trade. He served in the war as a niusiciau\\nand was discharged for disability. Early in life a\\nDemocrat and later a Republican, he assisted with\\nability in the conduct of local offices. Fraternally,\\nhe was associated with the Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows, and was mourned by many friends\\nwhen he passed away in Brownsville. He was\\ntwice married. By his first wife he became the\\nfather of six children. Nancy Brown, deceased,\\nleft a daughter. Charles died unmarried. He\\nserved four years in the army. At the age of\\nforty-four he died at Shiloh, iiaving been shot\\nthrough both thighs. The others are Maria; Dora\\nBrad} deceased; Riley, deceased; and Emma\\nIvroine, who died leaving a son. The mother of\\nthese children died in Mason Township. The sec-\\nond wife, Olive lUitler, bore one cliibl, who died\\nyoung.\\nOur subject has been the father of thirteen\\nchildren, of whom ten are yet living: F red T.,\\nLouis E., .lames M., Clifford N., Alice M., Con-\\nstance R., Marion, Arthur S., Charles II. and Edwin.\\nThree died young. Denis died when one and a-\\nhalf j cars of age; Edith survived until five. The\\nsons and daughters have been given an op|)ortunity\\nof receiving an excellent education, and four of\\nthe family have taught school. The father, mother,\\nsisters and brothers are active in the social and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0718.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "PORTHATT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nr2:?\\nbenevolent life of tlieir home louiilily, and arc\\nliii;;hiy estepined l v a larijc circle of friends. Our\\n(iul)jcct lias liccn |)ros|H i( (l linancially, and in llic\\nnianv cliaiijjcsof the couiil\\\\ it r.apid proj^icss and\\nupward i^rowili. ii.as aelivciy participated, and is\\na tliorouiiliiy pi aclicai and lilicral-spiritcd citizen.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25 5-{-\\n^W^ NDUKW .1. KAS l ON.an enler))risinu; gen-\\nv@/-JIl ei-ai farmer, proniincnl citizen .and Super-\\nvisor of lleirieu Townsliip, iJerrien County,\\nMidi., is a native of Indiana, and w.as horn\\nSeptember 5(1, 1H;!4. liis faliier. Tliomas Kaslon, a\\ntiller of the soil hy occupation, and hy birth a Ken-\\ntuckian, who had remuved fioni his early home, and\\nlocated in Indiana, foui;lit in i\\\\w Sac Indian War.\\nThe niothei .Mrs. Catherine (King) Kaston, was\\nIjiirn in irginia, and afterw.ards made her home in\\nKentucky, in which State the parents were united\\nin m.arri.age. They emiirrated to Illinois in pioneer\\ndays, but subsequently removed to indian.a. In\\nthe fall of lis. i8, they located permanently in\\nMichigan, settling upon section ll,lierrien Town-\\n,ship, on heavy timber-land, tliie(^ miles from any\\nsettlement. The f.athcr entered forty acres from\\nthe Covcrnment, and in the fall liought forty more.\\nAfterwards adding to his formei purchases, he\\nowned at the time of his death a homestead of\\none hundred and twenty finely eultiv.aled .acres.\\nWhen the parents made their home in Berrien\\nC ounly, Indians abounded and wild game was plen-\\ntiful. The father, in common with the majority\\nof pioneer settlers, had but a very limited capital,\\nand with the aid of liis sons did the entire work\\nof the farm, clearing the land, cultivating the soil,\\nand erecting as good buildings as he could .afford.\\ni lie parents, now both deceased, were blessed\\nl y llie birth of eleven children, six of whom are\\nliving. The eldest, NaiU .y McCoy, is deceased, .as\\nis also the first-born son. Dr. Berryman Kaston;\\nOliver is residing in Niles Township; Thomas is a\\ncitizen of Dowagiac; Henderson lives in Pipestone\\nTownship; Maliala, widow of David Riggin, is a\\nresident of Berrien Township; ,Iane Williams is at\\nhome in Pokagon,Cass Count} Andrew .1., our sub-\\nject, is next in order of birth; William, fJeorge and\\nMartha are deceased. The parents did the best\\nthe\\\\- could to give their children an education,\\nand, members of the United I ietliren Church,\\nbrought them up to respect religion. The father,\\npolitically a Democrat, was an upright and in-\\ndustrious (itizen, by hard work winning his up-\\nward way. Mr. Kaston spent the days of youth\\nupon his father s farm, but w.as only four years of\\nage when he accompanied his parents to Michigan,\\n.and was obliged to walk three miles to the little\\nlog .schoolhouse where he received the primitive\\ninstruction offered in those early days. At twenty\\n3ears of age beginning life for himself, he liought\\none hundred and twenty acres of land where he\\nnow lives. At the time of purchase twenty acres\\nhad been cultivated, and there was only one im-\\nprovenienl, a small house.\\nIn the fall of 18;j. i, Andrew .1. Kaston and Miss\\niMninarillis P. Willis, a daughter oi M\\\\ Willis,\\nwere unitcil in marriage. Mrs. Kaston was born in\\n1H. 5(), in Ohio, but when young accompanied her\\nparents to Michigan, where they were numbered\\namong the leading jiioneer settlers. Our subject\\nwith his estimable wife settled on his farm, which\\nhe industriously cleared and improved. Prosper-\\ning, he has added to his original tract, now own-\\ning two hundred and thirty acres, of which\\none hundred acres are in a high state of pro-\\nductiveness. Aside from the culture of the soil\\nand the raising of abundant harvests of grain, Mr.\\nKaston is a successful stock-raiser, handling only\\ngraded stock, cattle and horses. Seven children\\nbrightened the home, and four yet survive. Marion\\nAlva married Miss Adaline Becker and lives\\non the farm. He and his wife are the parents\\nof four children. James Willard, the second son, is\\nsingle. Ida, the wife of Martin Becker, has two\\nchildren, and resides in Cass County. Klla is the\\nyoungest surviving member of the family. Mrs.\\nKaston is connected with tlie Christian Chinch,\\nand has been active in religious and benevolent\\nwork.\\nKraternallv our subject is a member of the\\nAncient Free A Accepted Masons, alliliating\\nwith the lodge at Berrien .Springs, and is a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0719.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "724\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmember of tlie United Workmen at Eau Claire and\\nlias also been Master of the Grange. OfHcially he\\nhas been a member of the School Hoard, and,\\nappreciating the advantages of an education, has\\nmaterialh aided in the development of a high\\ngrade of scholarship and instruction in the schools\\nof the home district. Politically Mv. East(m is a\\nstrong Democrat and has served as Constable, and\\ntliis spring elected to the responsible ofiice of\\nSupervisor, is now discharging the duties of his\\nnew position to the great satisfaction of his fellow-\\ntownsmen. The Easton family have been known\\nas earnest and patriotic citizens, and the elder\\nbrother of tmr subject, Dr. lierryinan Easton, was a\\nskillful surgeon upon the battlefields of the Civil\\nWar.\\nV *^E*^*\\nANIEL MOORE. The biographies of snc-\\nI jjj eessful men who, without the influence of\\n(i^J^ wealth or influential friends, have attained\\nto positions of usefulness and honor, serve\\nthe two-fold purpose of encouraging the young\\nand [laying a well-merited tribute to the man him-\\nself. While Mr. Moore has not gained great wealth,\\nhe lias secured a valuable property and is num-\\nbered among the substantial men of Benton Har-\\nbor. He is engaged in the business of fruit-rais-\\ning, which he carries on extensively and with suc-\\ncess.\\nBenjamin Moore, the grandfather of our subject,\\nwas born in New York and came to Michigan in\\n1854, settling in Berrien County, where he died\\nJune, 1872. William Moore, the father of our\\nsubject, was a native of Pennsylvania and came to\\nBerrien County in 1855, remaining here until his\\ndeath, which occurred on the 31st of January,\\n1890. His wife was Susan Gotham, a native of\\nPennsylvania. The subject of this biographical\\nsketch was born in Erie County, Pa., Eehruary 1,\\n1848, and in his childhood accompanied his par-\\nents to Obcrlin, Ohio, where he remained but a\\nshort time.\\nComing with his father to Berrien Count\\\\- in\\n1855, our subject settled on a farm in Pipestone\\nTownship, and in the intervals of attending school\\naided his father t)n the farm. At the age of sev-\\nenteen he entered the employ of Swain ife Oiney,\\nmillers of Detroit, their mill being located at\\nWatervliet, Berrien County. For twelve \\\\ears he\\nwas with this firm, gaining the confidence not\\nonl_v of his employers Init also of tlie general jiub-\\nlic. In the spring of 1876 he emliarked in the\\nbusiness of fiuit-raising at Benton Harbor, having\\nten acres of land, where he raised peaches, pears,\\ngrajies and berries, shipping mostly to Chicago.\\nIn addition to that business he also engaged in\\nsinking wells and putting up windmills. He has\\nrecently sold the fruit farm and li.as built a new\\nhome on Colfax Avenue, near the old [slace.\\nOn the lOth of October, 18(59. Mr. Mooie mar-\\nried Miss Emma Ilale, of Berrien County. I liis\\nestimable lad3 is the daughter of William H. and\\nCaroline (Sweet) Hale, the fatiier a native of\\nHartfort, Conn., and the mother of Cortland, N. Y.\\nThe marriage of our subject and wife has liecn\\nblessed by the birth of two children: Flora B., de-\\nceased; and Nora, who is now at home. The social\\nposition occupied by this family is one of promi-\\nnence and they number their friends among the\\nbest people of the community. Mr. Moore is a\\nmember of the order of the Sons of A eteraus. In\\nhis political sympathies he is a firm adherent of\\nthe principles of tiie Democratic party and gives\\nit his hearty support.\\nJOHN LANE, an influential citizen of Ber-\\nrien County, residing upon section 2, St-\\nJoseph Township, was born in Livingston\\nCounty, Ivy., April 12, 1843. He is of\\nCanadian descent, his paternal grandfather. Ashar\\nLane, Sr., having been born in that portion of tiie\\nQueen s dominions. The father of our subject,\\nAshar Lane, Jr., was born in Steuben Ctuinty,\\nN. Y., and removed when a young man to Ken-\\nlucky, after having served for one term in the\\nreujular army.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0720.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "*ift*?i!*ab.\\n^t\\n-^N.\\nB\\n4i 1, k\\nm\\n?v.\\nI\\nLT^^4\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abi\\nRESIDEINCL OF JOhlN LANE, SEC. 2. 5T. JOSEPH TP. BERRIEN CO., MICH.\\nRESIDENCE OF DANIEL MOORE, COLFAX AVENUE, BENTON HARBOR, MICH.", "height": "2969", "width": "2297", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0721.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0722.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPHlCAL Rl :COHI).\\nr27\\nAi-iiviiij;: in Kpiituc-ky, TMr. I^aiie settled in Liv-\\ningston County, nm\\\\ vv:is there united in uiai-\\nriage with Miss Nancy McKenney. After that\\niniportant event, the newly-wedded couple com-\\nmenced housekeeping uium a farm in the IJluc\\n(irass State, hut later, disposing of the place,\\nabout 18. )(t, removed to Missouri, where they\\nsojourned for oiw year. Thence removing to La\\nSalle ounty. 111., they resided there for a brief\\nperiod, and later established their home in Galena,\\nthe same .State, where Mrs. Lane died in 1853.\\nFrom Galena Mr. Lane returned to La Salle\\nCounty, and thence one year afterward went to\\nRockford, III. In 1856 he came to Michigan and\\nsettled in Berrien County, where for a time he\\nworked in ditTerent places. As soon as possible lie\\npurchased a tract of land in Lincoln Township,\\nbut later disposed of the property- and bought a\\nfarm in St. Joseph Township, where he remained\\nuntil his death, in 187 2. During the late war he\\nenlisted as a member of Company (4, Sixth Wis-\\nconsin Infantry, and lat(!r continued in tiie army\\nas a member of the Nineteenth Michigan Infantrj\\nCompany L At Thompson s Station, Tenn., he\\nwas taken priscmer, and after a short confinement\\nin prison was paroled and discharged.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lohn Lane is the only survivor among the three\\nchildren comprising the parental family. At the\\nage of seven years Ik; accompanied his parents\\nto Missouri, and later removed with them to Illi-\\nnois, lie was about thirteen years of age when he\\ncame to Michigan, and upon a farm in IJerrien\\nCounty he grew to manhood, meantime having\\nmeagre opportunities for acquiring an education.\\nHowever, through experience and observation, he\\nhas more than made up for the lack of eaily ad-\\nvantages, and now occupies a position among the\\nintelligent men of the community.\\nIn April, 1861, when the nation was over-\\nwhelmed by the horrors of civil war, our subject\\nenlisted in the defense of the Union, his name be-\\ning enrolled as a member of Company G, Sixth Wis-\\nconsin Infantry, and lie served for about twenty\\nmonths as a member of the comiiany. At the bat-\\ntle of Anticlain he was wounded by a bullet, which\\ninjured him to such an extent as to necessitate his\\ndischarge from the army. I pon his recovery he\\nenlisted as a memlier of Company I Sixth Michi-\\ngan Infantry, and served until the cl( se of the\\nwar, when he was discharged with the rank of\\nCorporal. Among the engagements in which he\\npaiticipated were the battles of Cedar Mountain,\\nGainesville, South Mountain and the second battle\\nof liiill Run. He was also in the McDowell cam-\\npaign in \\\\irginia.\\nAfter the close of the war Mr. Lane traveled\\nthrough Kansas and Nebraska, spending about two\\nyears in the West. He then returneil to Michigan\\nand settled in Benton Harbor, where he made his\\nhome for fourteen years. In 1884 he came to the\\nfarm where he has since made his home, and upon\\nwhich he has placed a large numlier of improve-\\nments, making it one of the best estates in the\\nvicinit} Upon the thirty-two acres comprising\\nthe property, he has set out fruit trees of every\\nvariety, and now conducts a large business as a\\nfruit-grower. He has erected all the buildings on\\nthe place and it is largel}- due to his efforts that\\nthe farm is one of the finest on Lincoln Avenue.\\nIn March, 1863, Mr. Lane married Miss Mary E.,\\nthe daughter of Joseph Whitaker, and a native of\\nElkhart County, Ind. At the age of nine years\\nshe came to Michigan with her mother and settled\\nin Oronoko Township, Berrien County, where her\\nmother is still living, making her home among her\\nchildren. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Lane has\\nbeen blessed bj- the birth of one child, Ella, who\\nresides with her parents. In his political views\\nMr. Lane is a Republican and served as delegate\\nto the last Republican State Convention. He has\\nalso been a delegate to Congressional Conventions.\\nHis interest in political matters has been deep and\\nunchanging, and he has served as a member of the\\nRepublican Central Committee and has also been\\nChairman of the Township Committee for eight\\nyears. As might be supposed, he retains connec-\\ntion with the Grand Army of the Republic, and is\\nJunior Vice Commander of the post. He belongs\\nto the Union eteran Union, of which be is the\\npresent Major and Lieutenant-Colonel. In his\\nreligious views he is liberal, hut though he does\\nnot hold membership in any church, he is generous\\nin his conlriluitions to the various denominations,\\nas well IS to all charitable prt)jects.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0723.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "728\\nyORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nylLLIAM M. FERRY, a prominent citizen\\nand an extensive and prosperous agricul-\\ntiirist now located upon his valuable farm,\\non section 34, Pipestone Township, Berrien County,\\nMich., was born ui)on the old Ferr} homestead\\nSeptember 18, 1848. His father, Robert Ferry,\\nborn in 1806, was a native of County Fermanagh,\\nIreland, and was the son of David Ferry. When\\na young man he emigrated to the United States\\nand located in Michigan, marrying Miss .loanna\\nRidcnour, born in 1824 in Ohio, and the daughter\\nof Jacob and Letitia (Brown) Ridenour, who came\\nto Michigan in an early da^ Tlie parents of our\\nsubject made their home upon section 27, Pipe-\\nstone Township, in 18.37, being the third family\\nof settlers in the township. The farm was Gov-\\nernment land, and all timber. Enterprising and\\nenergetic, Robert F^erry operated steamboats and\\nferry boats upon the river, and thus earned money\\nto pay for his land and needed improvements.\\nAfter his marriage in 1839, this self-made and\\nambitious man learned to read and write, studying\\nin a private school. Prospered, he accumulated a\\nlarge property and, continually adding to his es-\\ntate, at the time of his death owned ten hundred\\nand forty acres of valuable land. He cleared and\\nimproved two hundred and sixty acres, and lived\\nat first in a small log cabin, butsoon built a larger\\nlog house. In 18r)7 he built a fine residence and\\nhad previously, in 18.50, erected a large and sub-\\nstantial barn.\\nWhen he came to America, Father Ferry landed\\nat Quebec, and, taken sick there, was obliged to\\npawn his watch to pay the doctor s bill. On ar-\\nriving in Michigan his sole capital remaining was\\nfifty cents in cash, but with self-reliant determina-\\ntion he made a name and fortune, and was mourned\\nas a public loss when he passed to his rest in the\\nspring of 1876. He was buried in the Ferry family\\ncemetery, his grave being marked by a magnificent\\nmonument costing $700. His good wife is yet liv-\\ning upon the old homestead. The sons and daugh-\\nters who blessed the early Michigan home are: .John\\nS., a resident of Charlotte, Mich.; Mary, deceased;\\nRobert .1., William M., Joseph R. and Thomas P.,\\nthe four latter all well-known citizens of Pipestone\\nTownship, and occup3ing positions of usefulness\\nand influence. The only daughter was the wife of\\nEliphalet Adams, and both she and her husband\\nare deceased. They were the parents of one child,\\nRobert C, who resides in Great Falls, INIont. lie\\nmarried Emma Hen wood, and is the father of two\\nchildren. Father Ferry was in religious atHlia-\\ntions a Catholic. He gave his children a good\\neducation and aided them on their way in life.\\nPolitically a Democrat, he was interested in local\\nand national issues. Arriving in Pipestone Town-\\nship before its organization, he ably exerted him-\\nself throughout his life in the promotion of public\\nwelfare, and, a hard-working man, won through\\nhis excellent judgment financial success.\\nOur subject, the third son of the old pioneer,\\nreceived his education mainly in the district schools\\nof the neighborhood, and remained at home until\\ntwenty-two years of age, and in 1870 was united\\nin marriage with Miss Rhoda A. Pegg, a daughter\\nof Klisha and Amy (Calvin) Pegg. Mr. Pegg was\\na native of Virginia, and Mrs. Pegg was born in\\nOhio, and in the latter State the parents of Mrs.\\nFerry were married. In 1864 the} came to Michi-\\ngan, locating on section 24, Pipestone Township,\\nwhich they made their permanent home. Mr. Pegg\\ndied in 1871, his good wife surviving until 187.\\nThey were the parents of five children, three o!\\nwhom are now living: Mrs. Ferry; .lolm W.; aii l\\nElla R., wife of William Cushing, residing in Sil-\\nver Creek Township, Cass County. She has no\\nchildren.\\nMrs. Ferr^ was born May 27, 1845, in Portage\\nCounty, Ohio. She received an excellent ediica-\\nti(m in the home of her childhood, and taught\\nschool in Michigan. Immediately after his mar-\\nriage Mr. Ferry settled where he now lives, upon\\npartially improved land. He has one hundred and\\nninety acres, one hundred and sixty of which are\\nunder a high state of cultivation. Our subject is\\na general fai-mer, and profitably raises both grain\\nanrl stock. He erected his handsome and com-\\nmodious residence in 1890 and 1891 without in-\\nstruction. Guided by his business ability and thor-\\nough comprehension of the desired architecture, he\\ndrafted the plans and completed the building a\\nmost convenient and attractive house, costing\\n$2,760, aside from the lumber and labor involved.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0724.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n729\\nThis dwelling is one of the finest in Pipestone\\nTownship and is universall} adnilied. The basc-\\nniont of the house h:i(l liceii Iniilt in 18H7. but was\\nivmodflod in 1890. Tlie barn, built in 188;5, cdst\\n?i|.liK); It is 56x40 feet and has Iwcnly-foot posts.\\nI lu ic arc otlior siil)stanlial and nocossaiv iniprove-\\nnicnt^s f)n tl c homestead, one of the best i)ieees of\\nfanning property in Pipestone Township, and\\nwhich contains aside from its liarvest-fiebls a fine\\nlawn, oinamental and shade trees and two acres of\\nclioice fruit. .Mr. and Mrs. Ferry have no chil-\\ndren, but liave reared one cliihl. Cora 15. Ferry, who\\nbecame as their own when only four yeais of age.\\nOur subject is fraternally connected with the\\nlilue Lodge at lierrien Springs and Western Star\\nLodge Xo. 31), A. F. it A. M., and has been Senior\\nWarden. lie is also a member of Keystone Chap-\\nter No. 3G, of Dowagiae, and is one of the twelve\\nKnights of Niles Conimandery. Politically a Dem-\\nocrat, Mr. Ferry has represented his party at con-\\nventiotis, and has ably performed the duties of\\nIlighw.ay Commissioner of Pipestone Township\\nfor three years. Since then he has refused politi-\\ncal otlice, but as a member of tiie School Hoard has\\ndone excellent service in liehalf of educational ad-\\nvancement. His circle of acquaintance is large,\\nand from his earliest youth he has been identified\\nwith the various enterprises of iiis locality, and is\\nregarded .as a true and earnest citizen, liberal in\\nsentiment and upriiiht in cliaractcr.\\ni\\niMILirs .1. WOOLCOIT, proprietor of the\\nWoolcotl House, at Watorvliet, and the\\nowner of three well-improved farms in\\nHorrien County, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, No-\\nvember 13, 1848, being the son of Samuel and\\nKlizabeth (Blake) Woolcott. His paternal grand-\\nfather, Warren Woolcott, was born in Massachu-\\nsetts and followed farming pursuits in the old B.ay\\nState. About fifty-tive years ago he removed to\\nCleveland, Ohio, and m 18,01 came to Watervlict,\\n.Mich., where he soon became prominently identi-\\nlied with the progress of the conimuuit\\\\-. In his\\npolitical views he was a Democrat and wielded no\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2small JMllucnce in the ranks of his chosen party.\\nWhen he passed away, in 1877. his fellow-citizens\\nunited with the immediate members of the family\\nin mourning the loss of this public-spirited man,\\ndevoted husband and alToctionate fiitlier. His first\\nwife, whose maiden name was Nancy Lester, bore\\nhim one son and two daughters; there were no\\nchildren of the second union.\\nThe father of our subject, Samuel Woolcott,\\nwas born in Massachusetts and accompanied the\\nother members of the family to Ohio, where he\\nresided for a numlier of ^ears in Cleveland. In\\n18;)1 he came to Watervliet, where he purchased\\ntwo hundred .and six acres of unimproved land, to\\nthe cultivation of which he has since given his\\nattention, the result being that he h.as one of the\\nbest farms in the vicinity. He is also the owner\\nof an hotel in Hartford. A Democrat in his pol-\\nitical opinions, he has served with credit to him-\\nself and to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens\\nin a number of local offices. He and his estima-\\nble wife reared four children: Kmilius J., Mrs.\\nMargaret Huston (deceased), Elmer and Mario\\nOne child died at the age of five years.\\nA child of three j cars when he accompanied his\\nparents to Berrien County, the subject of. this\\nsketch received his education in the schools of\\nthe home district, and at the age of twenty-two\\ncommenced to operate as a farmer upon land\\nrented on the old homestead. In 1872 he pur-\\nehiised forty acres on section 22. Watervliet Town-\\nship, and to this he gradually added until he is\\nnow the owner of three farms, one consisting of\\nninety-four acres, another of fort3- and the third\\nof forty-six. From these he derives a good in-\\ncome and is well situated financially. In 1885\\nhe built the Woolcott House, in Watervliet, now\\none of the most popular hotels of the village.\\nApril 16, 1872, Mr. Woolcott was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Emma, daughter of Alonzo\\nand Harriet (Ducolon) Hauer, natives respectively\\nof Oakland County, Mich., and Canada. The\\nfather, who followed the trade of a carpenter and\\nalso engaged in farming ursuits, died in Berrien\\nCounty in 1862; his wife still survives. He was\\none of the earliest settlers of Oakland County and", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0725.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "730\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfor many 3 ears contiibiited to its progress and\\nwas an interested witness of its development. In\\nhis religious views he was a member of tiie Rleth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, with wiiieh his wife is also\\nidentified. They were the parents of four chil-\\ndren, Mrs. Woolcott having three sisters. The\\npaternal grandparents of Mrs. Woolcott were\\nHenry and Wealthy (-loy) Hauer, who were of\\nGerman descent. Her maternal grand|)arents were\\nStephen and Sallie (Baxter) Ducolon. Mr. and\\nMrs. Woolcott were the parents of three children:\\nMark A., Etta who died aged seven years and\\nNina. The family occupies a position of promin-\\nence in the community and is highly regarded in\\nsocial circles.\\nn=M|\\nW^A\\nn RA OVERACKER. It is in the fruit industry\\nI that the prosperity of B( rrien County lindsits\\n/is impetus. No location on the continent ex-\\ncels that of southwestern Michigan for the encour-\\nagement offered to fruit-growers in supplying the\\nmeans for their success. With a constant increase\\nof population, the incentives to industry and re-\\nwards open to enterprise exist here to a degree\\nnot exceeded by any portion of the United States.\\nIt is not strange, therefore, that a large number of\\njudicious and ambitious men have settled here for\\nthe purpose of developing fine fruit farms, and\\nhave met with flattering success.\\nOn section 9. St. Joseph Township, lies a fruit\\nf;irni belonging to Mr. Overacker and consisting\\nof twenty-six and one-half .acres, of which twenty-\\nthree acres are devoted to the cultivation of fruit.\\nHere he raises apjjles, pears, grapes, pe.aches and\\nevery variety of berries, shipping his products to\\nthe principal markets, where they find a ready sale\\nat fair prices. Our subject is a native of New\\nYork State and w.as born in Rensselaer County\\nApril 10, 181G. The fainilj- of which he is a\\nmember originated in Germany and was repre-\\nsented in America during the early period ol the\\nhistory of the United States.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, .lohii\\nWendell Overacker, was born in Dutchess County,\\nN. Y., and at the age of nineteen enlisted in the\\nRevolutionary War, where he did valiant service\\nin defense of the Colonies. He married Miss Anna\\nWethawax, and they became the parents of seven\\nchildren. Of their four sons, Michael was the eld-\\nest. He was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., and\\nwas reared to manhood in Rensselaer Count} the\\nsame State. During the War of 1812 he enlisted\\nin the ranks and served with valor and fidelity in\\nthe cause of the United States. He married Jliss\\nMary Hoffman, who was born in Uhiuebeck,\\nDutchess County, N. Y., being one in a family of\\nseven children.\\nAfter his marriage Michael Overacker located in\\nRensselaer County, N. Y where his son, our sub-\\nject, was born April 10,1816. He afterward made\\nhis home in Otsego County, whence he removed\\nto Tompkins Countjr, and there resided until his\\ndeath in 1860. He and his wife were the parents\\nof seven children, six of whom grew to maturity,\\nand three arc now living, viz.: Albert W., a farmer\\nresiding in Tompkins County, N. Y.; Archibald\\nwho resides on the old homestead in New York;\\nand Ira, our subject. The deceased are: Alida,\\nwho died in girlhood; Angeline, who married\\nFrancis Van Pelt, and died in Tompkins County,\\nwhere her husb.and was engaged in farming; .Jacob,\\nwho died in Tompkins County; and Eliza, who\\nwas called hence at the age of two years. The fa-\\nther of this family, through industry, and notwith-\\nstanding the f.act that he was handicapped by pov-\\nerty and lack of education, succeeded in accumu-\\nlating a large and valuable juoperty. lie was a\\nWhig in his political relations and was a man of\\nnote in his community.\\nAn infant when taken by his parents to Otsego\\nCounty, N. Y., our subject was six years of age\\nwhen he accompanied the family to Tom|)kiiis\\nCounty, the same State, and his education was re-\\nceived in the common schools. In 1847 he came\\nWest and, being [ileased with the soil and climate\\nof northern Illinois, he purchased four hundred\\nacres in Ogle County, buying the property of the\\nGovernment, After he had spent two years alone\\nupon the place, he ttiok unto himself a wife, being\\nmarried (October 25, 184 J, to Miss Anna Maria", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0726.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "POJiTRAlT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RPXORD.\\n731\\nDiisciilici-ry. :i native of Tompkins County, N. Y.\\nSIr is :i l.ulv of unusual intelligence, and tauglit\\neighteen lei ins of scliool in Wa^-ne County N. Y.,\\nand Kane and Ogle Counties, III. At the age of\\nonly sixteen she eoninieneed to teauli, and occu-\\nlijcd a |iosition in the pnlilic schools of Elgin when\\nj-evenleen. It was at that age thai she accompa-\\nnied her hiiither, Cornelius, to Illinois and settled\\nin Ogle. Counly, remaining there luitil her mar-\\nriage.\\nIn this conni clion a lirief mention of the ances-\\ntors of .Mrs. Overacker will not he amiss. Ilcr fa-\\nther, David Dusenberry was liorn in Sand Lake,\\nI{cn selaer County, N. V., Septen.her 18, 1791.\\nIlcr grandt ather, .laeoli Diisenlierry, was likewisea\\nnative of that county, and married Anna Swell-\\nland, by whom he had seven children. David,\\nupon attaining to manhood, married Miss Ann\\nAnilrus; her father, 15enjainin, was a native of\\nHartford County, Conn., and as a partial cuinpen-\\nsation for his services lu llie Hevoluliou lie was a\\npensioner of the Government for a number of\\nyears. Mv. Dusenberrv ^vas a minister in the Bap-\\ntist Church and also a teacher for many years\\n|)rior to his death, vvhicli occurred July 27, 1842.\\nHis wife passed aw.ay ovember 20, 1875, after\\nhaving become the mother of six children.\\nl or eighteen years after his marriage, the sub-\\nject of this sketch resided in Ogle County, III.\\nI pon disposing of his landed interests there he\\ncaiue to Michigan, and in Berrien County purcha.sed\\na ten acre fruiffarm on the lake shore, where he\\nmade his home for nine years. In Mtiy of 1877\\nhe came to his present farm, where he has since\\nengaged in the occupation of a fruit-growx-r. A\\nRepublican in his political views, while in Ogle\\nCounty, 1 11., he held the otiices of Supervisor of\\nthe township. Trustee and County Commissioner,\\nand h.as aided the progress of the community in\\nevery way possible.\\nChildless themselves, Mr. Overacker and his es-\\ntimable wife have opened their hearts and home\\nto four children, upon whom they have bestowed\\nthe most careful training and to whose welfare\\nthey are tenderly devoted. These adopted chil-\\ndren are: (ieoige Crane, who now resides in Ar-\\nkansas; Christine Fretts, a nurse residing in Chi-\\ncago; I.illic Smith, who married Henry Kennedy\\nand lives in South Dakota; and Fred II. Harbour,\\nwho was taken into Mr. Overacker s home when\\nan infant of four wceks.and is now su|)erinlendenl\\nof an orange grove in Arizona.\\nl-^-!-^\u00c2\u00a7\\n~^i\\n^IPJIjOHKUT F. .MOOKK, a representative gen-\\neral agriculturist and inlluential citizen of\\nBerrien County, Mich., lias for the past\\n\\\\:0) thirty-five years engaged mainly in tilling\\nthe soil of his homestead, and located on section\\n24, Berrien Township, has passed over three-score\\nyears in his present locality and, widely known,\\ncommands the esteem of a host of friends. Mr.\\nMoore was born March 21, 1831, in Pennsylvania.\\nHe is the son of the pioneer settlers, Burrowes and\\nElizabeth (Reed) Moore, and was oiilv an infant\\nwhen he accompanied his parents to their new home\\nin the wilderness of the Wolverine State. His fa-\\nther, born in 17S)(), and the mother in 1800, were\\ncourageous, resolute and energetic and well tilted\\nto meet and overcome the difficulties and trials of\\npioneer life. Born in the (Quaker Slate, the\\\\- had\\nattained to adult age in their birthplace and were\\nmarried in tin; lK)ine of their childhood. Some\\nyears later they decided to try their fortune in\\nthe farther West, and in 1832 journeyed to White\\nPigeon, Mich., spent a short lime in Kalamazoo\\nCounty, and finally located in Three Rivers, where\\nthe father kept a hotel for the benefit of travelers\\nbefoie there was another habitation in the ])lace.\\nThe |)arents removed to .Summerville, Cass Coun-\\nty, in 1848, and there the father operated a grist-\\nmill, which he afterward sold to Israel Hutlon,\\nwlifi later became his son-in-law.\\nOur subject received his early training and edu-\\ncation in Three Rivers, and grew up a self-reliant\\nand industrious youth amid the scenes of those.\\npioneer days. He began his business life as a\\nclerk in the store of Moore tt Prutzman, at Three\\nRivers, and remained with this firm until 18.5(1,\\nwhen he located in Summerville, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in l fcu a few\\nyears engaged in business with 1. P. llutton. In", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0727.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "732\\nPORTRAIT AXD BI0(.UAPI1ICAL RP:CORD\\n1858 Mr. Moore iiuide liis permanent liome on liis\\npresent valuat)le farm, and from that period of\\ntime devoted himself exclusively to the ursuit of\\nagriculture with success. The two hundrcil acres\\nupon which he then located were partially im-\\n|)roved and were owned in common by himself\\nand his brother-in-law, Lewis Edwards, Jr. Our\\nsubject afterward bought out the interest of Mr.\\nE Iwards, and lias brought one hundred and thiity\\nacres of the farm under a high state of cultivation.\\nIn 1881 he erected an attractive and commodious\\ncountry residence, costing over 2,0(10, and built\\nsubstantial barns. He carried on mixed farming,\\nraising excellent stock and giving his entire at-\\ntention to the daily round of duties, until two\\nyears ago, when he rented his homestead and is\\nnow enjoying a well-earned rest.\\nIn 18.5.5, Mr. Moore was united in mairiage with\\nMiss Clarissa Edwards, a daughter of Lewis and\\nPatience (Garwood) Edwards, who came to Cass\\nCounty in 1826, and, locating on Pokagon Prairie,\\nwere the very first settlers of their locality. They\\nmade their home in the near vicinity of Indians,\\nand were surrounded by woods, in which wild\\ngame abounded. Both the parents of Mrs. Moore\\narc now deceased. The father was a native of New\\nJersey, and the mother was born in Ohio. Earnest\\nand upright, the husband and wife passed to-\\ngether many years of usefulness and were honored\\nby all who knew them. Prominent in all matters\\nof local interest, Mr. Edwards served many years\\nas a Justice of the Peace, giving universal satis-\\nfaction to his friends and neighbors. He and his\\ngood wife were the parents of nine children, seven\\nof whom yet survive. Mrs. Moore was born in\\nAugust, 1829, on Pokagon Prairie. Our subject\\nand his worth} wife were the parents of five chil-\\ndren, but two of whom now survive. Mary is\\nthe wife of B. F. Rice, and resides in Dowagiac;\\nshe is the mother of two children. Lewis B., liv-\\ning in Berrien Township, married Miss Maud Cam-\\neron and has one child. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are\\nvalued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nand have both been active in religious work.\\nFraternally, our subject is a member of Pokagon\\nLodge, A. F. A. M. A member of the School\\nBoard, he has been a prominent factor in the ele-\\nvation of scholarship and instruction in the dis-\\ntrict schools, and encouraged the children to avail\\nthemselves of every opportunitj to improve them-\\nselves and gain a good common education. Mr.\\nMoore is politically a Republican, and has always\\nbeen deeply interested in lioth local and National\\nissues. He is a pul lic-siiirited man, and during\\nthe troublous days of the Civil War sent a substi-\\ntute to represent him upon the field. He and his\\nworthy wife are yet residing upon the old farm,\\nnear which locality they have passed three-score\\nyears and witnessed the wonderful changes which\\nhave transformed the wilderness of Berrien Coun-\\nty into harvest fields and smiling villages. Se-\\ncure in the high regard of their wide circle of old-\\ntime neighbors and ac(iuaintances, they are enter-\\ning the evening of a career whose record is full\\nof stirring incidents and reminiscences intimately\\nassociated with the history of this part of the\\nState.\\n^^il-^-i^ll^^^\\nAVID A. BEST, an early settler and en-\\nterprising citizen of Bertrand Township,\\nBerrien County, Mich., has been a leading\\nbusiness man of this part of the State for\\na period of forty-six years. A native of Columbia\\nCounty, Pa., and born twenty-five miles northeast\\nof the Susquehanna River. January 13, 1822, he\\nwas a young man full of hoiieand energy when he\\ncame to the West. His father, John Best, a native\\nof New Jersey and reared in the State, removed\\nearly in life to Pennsylvania, where he married\\nand settled on a farm. The paternal grandfather,\\nJohn Best, was supposed to be by birth a Hol-\\nlander. Sarah (Allen) Best, the mother of D. A.\\nBest, was born and reared in the same old house\\nwhich sheltered our subject on the da} of his birth.\\nThe maternal grandfather, Capt. John Allen, was\\nbut five years of age wIilmi he emigrated to Amer-\\nica with his parents and was reared on a farm,\\nafterward serving bravely in the War of the Rev-\\nolution as a Ca|)tain. At the close of the struggle\\nfor independence he settled upon a piece of land", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0728.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n/33\\nin the woods of Colunihiii County, and, suiioundcd\\nliy Indians, w:is employed by the (loverninenl as a\\nMdiit nnd was active and courai^eous in his\\n|)ersistcnt efforts to protect tlie settlois from the\\ndepiedalioMs of the savages.\\nAll exifilciil mechanic, and by trade a wlieel-\\nwriglit, CJrandfatlier Allen manufactured .s|iiniiing-\\nwhcels and made \u00e2\u0080\u00a2juns of excellent workmanshi)),\\nmain of which may yet be found in Columbia\\n(oiinly. lie lived to lie ninety years of age and\\ndrew a pension from the (iovernment. The\\nfather and iiiolher of Mr. Uest were married in\\ntheir eaily home and remained for some time in\\nCohimbia Comity, removing thence to Michigan\\nin isi.s. Ill IHol, they bought a farm in fSt.\\n.kisepli Coiiiiiy, lud., wiiere they spent the re-\\nmainder of their lives. The father siiivivcd to\\nnaeli seventy-si.\\\\ years. The mother died when\\nsixty years old. .lolni and S.ii ah (Allen Host were\\nthe parents of eleven children, two daughters and\\nnine .sons. Two of the family died young, the\\nothers lived to mature age. Our subject was the\\nsecond child and the second son and received his\\neducation in the little sub.scri|)tion schools of the\\niieighliorhood, and at the age of nineteen years\\nlearned the blacksmith trade. After a three-years\\napprenticeshii) he worked as journeyman for four\\nyears and helped to build the first railroad in\\nSchuylkill County. He also assisted in the steel\\nwork of the Ooubre Locks, on the canals in the last-\\nnamed county. Arriving in Niles, Mich., in 1816,\\nhe worked at his trade for six months and then\\nstarted in business for himself in company with\\n\\\\Villi;iiii .Vrmstrong, fitting out emigrants for\\ntheir trip to California. They made shoes and\\nnails by hand and in a comparatively brief time\\nreceived *100 for the shoeing of the horses des-\\ntined to go on the long journey.\\nMr. IJest has received employment fixnn the\\n^Michigan Central Railroad an l has done various\\nkinds of work for the corporation, including an\\nimmense amount of lior.sc-sh(^eing. lie is an\\nexpert in steel work and has given valuable ser-\\nvice to the railroad as well as to private individ-\\nuals. Soon after the completion of the Michigan\\nCentral Kailinad. dui subject was taken ill and was\\nunable to attend tu business for some iiionths. In\\nabout 18.50, he bought ten acres in .Milton Town-\\nship, Cass County, and on this land erected shoiis\\nand some other buildings and again engaged in\\nhis tra Ie in connection with his farming. In 1856\\nhe sold out and, removing to his present homestead,\\ndevoted himself entirely to the duties of agricul-\\nture. There was a log shanty on the farm and but\\nfew improvements when our subject settled tlieru.\\nMr. Lest was married in Klkhart County, Tnd., in\\n1847, to Miss LImira I.emon, who became the\\nmother of twelve children, eight of whom are now\\nliving. .lohn L., deceased, was the eldest born;\\nJames A. was the second son; Emma .1. is the\\nwife of Levi Hutton; Jerome T. and Henry\\nL. were twins; David B. is next; Afretta died\\nin infancy; Orrin T. and Artlia are deceased;\\nWellington is next; Luzella is now Mrs. Piice;\\nand Nettie May is the youngest child. The home-\\nstead contains two hundred acres located in\\nLertraud Township, and fort3-one acres in Lu-\\nchanan Townshii). The valuable farm long since\\nbrought up to high cultivation, is now rented,\\nMr. West, after many years of useful industry,\\nhaving retired from active business. His first\\nwife having passed away, our subject was wedded\\nto Catherine Griner, the widow of Peter (^riner,\\nan old resident of Pennsylvania. Mr. Best is a\\nDemocrat and has held various oflices of the\\ntownship, having .served with ability as Highway\\nCommissioner and Township Collector. He has\\nfor many years been associated with the busine-ss\\nand social enterprises of Bertrand Township and\\nenjoys the high regard of a host of friends.\\n4^^\\n/p^lEURGE W. GRANT. Although this gen-\\nl[ I- tlenian is (luite a young man, he has become\\n^;JJl) well known in the town of Coloma, Berrien\\nCounty, for his perseverance and honest and up-\\nright business methods. He was born in Elgin\\nCounty, Canada, Feiiruary 19, 1861, and is theson\\nof {ieorge and .\\\\niia I.evringlon) (Jrant.\\nThe grandfather of tuir subject liore the ;iven\\nname of Robert, and, although of Scottish e.xtrac-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0729.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "734\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntion, lie was born and reared in Upper Canada,\\nand for some time engaged in the pursnits of a\\nfarmei-. He moved to lilgin County, tlience to\\nHuron County-, Jlich., vvliere he and liis wortliy\\nwife passed their declining years. He was twice\\nmarried, his first wife being a Miss Wert, who lived\\nabout one year. His second wife was Miss Mary\\nToa|ist, who bore him the following chililren, six\\nof whom are living: Daniel, Gilbert. Eliza Ann,\\nMary, Henry, Jane, George F., Alexander, Elsebct,\\nJohn, Charles and Emma. The grandfather served\\nin the War of 1812 as a British soldier.\\nOur subject s father was also a native of Upper\\nCanada, and went to Elgin County with his\\nparents, where he cleared and imprt)ved one hun-\\ndred acres of land, after which he removed to Van\\nBuren County. Here he settled on eighty acres\\nof rough land, which he immediately set about\\nclearing and cultivating, and it was not long be-\\nfore he was enaliled to buy more Land, and now\\nowns in all one hundred and twenty acres of good\\nfarm land. He is a man who takes an active part\\nin iniblic affairs, and has served as .Supervisor for\\nseven years. In politics he is a Republican, and is\\na worthy member of the Christian Church of tiiis\\nl)lnce. He reared nine children, namely: Allen,\\nRob, James, William, George, Edwin; Alice, now\\nMrs. Todd, of Mecosta County, Mich.; Aletha, wife\\nof W. S. Morgan; and Agnes, wife of Eli Hill,\\nalso of Mecosta County.\\nWhen a lad, our subject helped on his father s\\nfarm and w.as afforded only moderate opportunities\\nof educating himself. At the age of eighteen\\nyears he began clerking in his brother Rob s store,\\nand remained there for three years, when he be-\\ncame a |)artiier with his brother James, in 1882,\\nbut, at the end of two years, he returned to his\\nformer place, and since the fall of 1885 he has\\nbeen engaged in the business alone. In 1886, he\\nbuilt the room which he now occupies, and has\\nprospered, so that his business runs from $25,000 to\\n$35,000 per j ear. Politically, he is a Rejjublican.\\nand is also a member of the Ancient Free fe\\nAccepted Masons, in which he has very creditably\\nfilled many of the otlices.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Grant and Miss Helen A.\\nPitcUei occurred April U, 1884. Mrs. Grant was\\nborn in Cass County, ]Mich.,and is the daughter of\\nJohn H. and Lydia (Witheral) Pitcher. The\\nfather was a native of New York, and died at St.\\nJoseph in 1890. The mothei-, a native of Cass\\nCounty, is still living. She has two children,\\nHelen and Wallace. Our subject and his wife have\\nhad born to them two children: Homer and Harold.\\n^Ir. Grant is a gentleman in every respect and a\\nreliable citizen, and is liked by all with whom he\\ncomes in contact.\\nRANK HARTSELL.\\nFew of the rural\\nabodes of Cass County |)resent an ajjpear-\\nance so inviting and attractive as the home\\nof Mr. Hartsell, which is pleasantly situated on\\nsection 3, LaGrange Townsiiip. The farm consists\\nof eighly acres, of which seventy have been placed\\nunder first-class improvement. The place has been\\nembellished with all the accessories of a model\\nfarm, the most important of which is the elegant\\nand beautiful residence. During the jiast few\\n3ears Mr. Hartsell has made a specially of fruit-\\nI aising, and has fifteen acres planted to a peach\\norchard, from which he raises and ships about two\\nthousand bushels annually.\\nThe father of our sul)ject, .Solomon Hartsell, was\\nborn in Pennsylvania in 1805, and during his boy-\\nhood jears was employed in a distillery. At an\\nearly age he commenced to learn the trade of a\\nbrick-layer, and after becoming familiar with the\\nwork he followed that occupation throughout his\\nentire active life. In 1845 he came to Pokagon\\nTownship, Cass County, removing hither from\\nStark County, Ohio, where he had made his home\\nsince 1840. He and his wife, whose maiden name\\nwas Barbara Oyler, became the parents of five\\nchildren, two of whom died in infancy. The\\nothers are Lurina, Marshall and Frank.\\nSocially, the father was a member of the United\\nBrethren Church, with which his wife was also\\nidentified. Politically, he was a Whig in his earlier\\nyears, and upon the organization of the IJepub-\\nlican party became an adherent of its principles,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0730.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n737\\nand iTiniiiiii d one of its most stanch advocates\\nuntil liis dciitii, wliicli occuned on tiic Stli of\\nJanuary, 188,5; lii wife liad passed away in 1882.\\nIk iiad pui cluised a farm of eighty acres in Poka-\\nfion Township, but never engaged in agricultural\\npursuits, devoting his attention exclusively to his\\ntrade.\\nIJorn in Canton, Starli County, Ohio, December\\n5, 1816, the subject of this sketcli has spent almost\\nhis entire life in Cass County. Here he married\\nMiss Adelaide, daughter of John and Jane Hra}\\nmer, and their union has resulted in llie birth of\\nthree children: Ira, Cora and Emma. Cora is the\\nwife of Charles Shuerte, and resides in La Grange\\nTownship. The farm which he now occupies Mr.\\nHartsell purch.ised in 1874, .and has continued from\\ntime to time to improve the place until it is now\\none of the finest homesteads in the township.\\n.Socially, he is identified with the Order of M.acca-\\nbees at Dowagiac, and politically he advocates the\\nprinciples of the Republican party. He cultivates\\nblackberries and strawberries to the amount of one\\nhundred and .sevcntv-live bushels annually.\\n=^OBKHT DICKINSON is remembered by\\n*r many of the early residents as one of the\\nenergetic and successful pioneer agricultur-\\nists of Berrien County, Mich. He was of\\nKnglish nativity, and was reared and educated in\\nthe home of his childhood, .\\\\ttaining to matur-\\nity and appreciating the broader opportunities of\\nAmerica, he emigrated to the United States, and\\njourneying to the then far West located in St.\\n.Joseph, Mich. In his new home he soon obtained\\nemployment at his trade, and for some lime was\\nengaged in sawing ship-timbers. Within a com-\\npiuativcly brief period he purchased a fine home-\\nstead of two hundred and lifly acres and devoted\\nhimself to its cultivation and improvement. A\\nman of good habits and excellent judgment, he\\nmade his way steadily upward and acquired a com-\\nfortable competence, )ur subject was a consistent\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church and\\nwas ever ready to aid in the support and enter-\\nprises of that religious denomination. A kind\\nfriend and neighbor, he was mourned by the entire\\ncommunity of the township when, after many\\nyears of honored usefulness, he passed to his rest.\\nWithin the limits of Berrien County, Robert\\nDickinson was united in marriage with Mrs. Su-\\nsannah Edinborough, widow of William Edin-\\nborougli, an early citizen of the State. Five chil-\\ndren blessed the hearts and home of the parents.\\nJoseph, the eldest-born, died in his native county,\\nleaving a family; Eliza became the wife of Charles\\nH. Farnum; Susan died in youth; Sarah and Arthur\\ncomplete the family circle. The latter, now an\\nextensive and successful fruit-grower, was born in\\nBerrien County in 1847, and received a good edu-\\ncation in the schools of the district. He grew up\\nto manhood self-reliant, and was well adapted to\\nassume the cares of life when, in 1883, he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss May, daughter of S.\\nR. Hughes, of Duluth, Minn.\\nMr. and Mrs. Arthur Dickinson are the parents\\nof three children, two daughters and one son:\\nAgnes Ruth, Olive Marjorie and Donald A., all\\npromising and intelligent children. The son of\\nour subject, like his father a tiller of the soil, owns\\nsixty acres of well-cultivated land in Benton Town-\\nship and also has twenty acres in Hagar Town-\\nship, about half of which is devoted to berries.\\nPolitically, Mr. Dickinson is a Republican, and,\\nkeeping himself well posted on the current events\\nof the day, is numbered among the substantial and\\nliberal-spirited citizens of his locality. He and his\\naccomplished wife are pronjinent factors in the\\nsocial life and benevolent work of their neighbor-\\nhood and enjoy the regard of a large circle of ac-\\nquaintances.\\nMrs. Dickinson was born near Detroit, and her\\nfather. S. R. Hughes, w.as a man of note in the\\nearly days of the State. By birth an Alsatian, he\\nreceived a thorough education m Germanj and\\nemigrating while in the vigor of hope, health and\\nstiength to .\\\\merica, was foremost in the promotion\\nof the needed improvements and rapid advance-\\nment of his new home. Mr. Hughes was one of\\nthe leaders in the project to secure a canal from", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0731.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "738\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nSt. Joseph to Benton Harbor, Mich., and later\\nidentified with railroad interests was for some\\nyears the etticient President of tlie Chicajjo il West\\nMichigan Railroad. A man of executive ability,\\nhe materially aided in the development of the\\nNorthwest, and through persistent effort assisted\\nin opening to settlement large tracts of hitherto\\nunimproved land.\\nn-5 5 !-f\\nHESTER S. PRATT. The simple record of the\\nlife of a man who has iiuietly pursued his\\n^liii^ calling is the best testimonial that can be\\ngiven to his wortli of character. In general, the\\nlife of a farmer is an uneventful one, marked by no\\nstartling incidents, although its usefulness ma} be\\nfelt throughout .an extended circle of acquaintances\\nand exert great influence. The subject of this no-\\ntice is one who has followed the even tenor of the\\nfarmer s life, taking an active part in matters\\npertaining to the interests of the development of\\nthe section in which he resides. He owns and oper-\\nates one hundred and sixty acres of laud, which is\\nin a well-cultivated condition, and [larl of winch is\\ngiven to the raising of Norman and Ilambletonian\\nstock.\\nBefore entering upon the history of our subject,\\nit will not be amiss to devote a paragraph to\\nthat of his respected ancestors. His grandfather,\\nAaron Pratt, was born in Massachusetts and was a\\nfarmer by occupation, but early in life he was a\\ndrover and a hotel-keeper. In 1806, he settled in\\nWayne Count} N. Y., on one hundred and\\nseventy acres of land along the sliore of Lake On-\\ntario, where he lived the rest of liis life. His wife\\nwas a Miss .Jerusha Smith and the result of her\\nmarriage with Mr. Pratt w.as the birth of these\\nchildren: Jonathan, Alva, Almond, Rachael, Eine-\\nline and Mary. The father of our subject was\\nborn in Deertield, Mass., in .September, 1796. He,\\ntoo, w.as a farmer, and moved to Webster, Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., where he died in 1873. Politically,\\nhe was a Democrat in his early life, then turned\\nAl)olitionist, and finally cast his ballot for the\\nRepublican nominees. His widow still survives,\\nand has reared a family of ten children, namely:\\nCornelia A., Jane A., Alva S., Eraeline J., Justine\\nB., Chester S., Mary E., Almond J., Jerusha H.\\nand Oscar. Almond and Oscar were soldiers, the\\nformer having served in the Ninth New York\\nIleav}- Artillery, and later in the colored regiment\\nas Captain. The latter enlisted in the Eourlh\\nIIeav\\\\ Artillery, and also served as caiitain and\\nlieutenant of the colored regiment. Our subject s\\nfather was a Eree-will Baptist, while the mother\\nwas of the Presbyterian faith. The latter was\\nborn in New Haven County, Conn., in Fcbruai\\n171) Her father, Chester Peck, was a native of Con-\\nnecticut, and in his youthful days emigrated to\\nOneida County, thence to Wa^ne County, N. Y.\\nHe w.as a carpenter and joiner by trade, and died\\nat the ripe old age of seventy years. He w.as a\\nmember of the Baptist Church, and worked\\nzealously for the advancement of his religion.\\nHis wife was a Miss Spery in her single state, and\\nwas of English origin.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Wayne\\nCounty. N. Y., ni the shores of Lake Ontario,\\nJuly 2o, 1832, to Alva and Ann Q eck) Pratt.\\nHe was afforded the advantages of a good district\\neducation, and alterwards took an academic course\\nwhich prepared liim for a teacher. He taught in\\nthe district school and then concluded to try\\nthe farm for a lime, so returned to his home and\\nworked there till the fall of 1857. At this junc-\\nture he went to Dixon, Lee County, II!., where he\\nfarmed four years, and then again attended his\\nfather s farm, which he continued to do until 1878.\\nMr. Pratt was married to Mary Whitcorabe Dec-\\nember 13, 1854. Mrs. Pratt w.as born in (Tianvilh\\nWashington Count} N. Y., and is the daughter of\\nDr. L. and Deborah (Wells) Whitcorabe, both na-\\ntives of Vermont. After their marriage, Mr. and\\nMrs. Whitcombe moved to Washington County,\\nthence to Stafford in 1831, and finally located in\\nWayne County in 1832, where Mr. Whitcombe\\ndied March 10, 1875, at the age of seven ty-. -even\\n3ears. His wife was born October 6, 1795, and\\nafter her union became the mother of nine chil-\\ndren, live of whom reached their majority, viz,:\\nEdson F., Laura, Mary, Caliierine and James D,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0732.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n739\\nThe parent.-s of these chihlieii were Iwith members\\nof the I leshyterian C liureh. and the fathei was\\nluominent in political alTairs, serviiiy: in the New-\\nYork Assembly one or two terms. I lie Doctor\\nwas of Scotch origin, a mcnilier of the Methodist\\nKpiscopal Church, and in |)olitics was a warm su])-\\nporter of the Whigs, until tiie organization of the\\n!{epul)lican part3 when he cast his influence and\\nballot in the interests of that body.\\nFive children blessed the union of Mr. and\\nMrs. Pratt, all of whom are living but one.\\nTliey are Frances, wife of William S. Holt, of\\nI drllaiid, Ore.; Bryan C, Ilattie M. and Alva L.\\nOur subject s wife is a consistent member of the\\nCongregational Church, in which she has worked\\nsince she was sixteen years old. Mr. Pratt has\\ngood judgment in conducting his affairs, and his\\nsuccess in life is attributed to his many fine\\n(pialities of head and heart.\\ni 8 tl h\u00e2\u0080\u0094 t t\\nDCJAU WALTFR, Postmaster of .Sunimer-\\nville, and a prominent business man of\\nthat village, was born in Otsego County,\\nX. Y., in 1824, being the son of Peter and Nanc^\\n(Jordan) Walter. The paternal grandfather,\\nAdam Walter, was born in Germany, whence,\\nafter his marriage, he emigrated to the United\\nStales and located in New Y ork, where he p.assed\\nthe remaining years of his life. A farmer by oc-\\ncupation, he was an industrious, persevering and\\nhonorable man, and was highly regarded through-\\nout his community. In his native land he was\\nactively identified with the Catholic Church, but\\nafter coming to the United States he did not con-\\nnect himself with any church. His wife survived\\nlum about twelve months, passing away at the\\nadvanced age of ninety-seven. Their children were\\n.I.icob, Conrad, Peter, Abraham, Retsy and Lucinda.\\nHorn of humble arentage. Peter Walter at an\\nearly age developed traits of self-reliance and per-\\ngevcrance which in after years aided him in se-\\ncuring success. After his marriage in Herkimer\\nCounty, N. Y., to Nancy .Jordan, he removed to\\nOtsego County, and, purchasing land, developed a\\nlinclx-iniproved farm, which unfortunately he lost,\\ntogether wiili the savings of years, thrt)Ugh sign-\\ning security notes for friends and being forced to\\nmeet them. Afterward, he w-as in the employ of\\nOthers for a time, and his later years were spent\\nwith the children. Politically, he was a stanch\\nsui)porter of the principles adopted by the Whig\\nparty.\\nIn the |)arental family were six children, one of\\nwhom died in infancy The others were: Saiah,\\nwho first married David Moore, and after his de-\\nmise became the wife of .1. V. McCumbert; David\\nand .Joseph, deceased; Nancy, who died in child-\\nhood; and Edgar, the subject of this sketch. The\\nlast-named began at the age of twelve to make his\\nown way in the world. Orphaned at that age by\\nthe death of his mother, he afterward made his\\nhome with Davis Carroll, and remained with him\\nuntil he reached manhood. His lime was i)rinci-\\npally spent on the farm, an(J he received a prac-\\ntical education in the Cherry Valley High School,\\ngraduating from that institution in 1842. After-\\nward, he engaged in teaching school for six years.\\nComing to Michigan in 1846, Mr. Walter lo-\\ncated in Cass County, and here resumed his pro-\\nfessional work, engaging in leaching for six\\n3 ears. Later he secured a clerical position in a\\nstore at Miles, where he remained for six ^ears.\\nFrom Niles he came to Sunimerville, where for\\nfive j ears he conducted a general merchandising\\nbusiness, and afterward sold that enterprise and\\nbought ninety-six acres of land. He has added\\nto his properly until he has acquired the owner-\\nship of one hundred and twenty acres, the most\\nof which is improved and pl.aced under cultiva-\\ntion.\\nAt the age of thirtv-lhree Mr. Walter married\\nMiss jNIary Durby, who was born in Niles, and re-\\nsided there continuously until after her marriage.\\nThey are the i)arents of six sons, as foflows:\\nFrederick, Walter J., Leroy, Arthur, Luean and\\nRaymond. Lero} is at present operating the\\nhome farm, and Raymond, who is a teacher by\\nprofession, is now teaching in Greenville, Mich.\\nIll his social connections Mr. Walter is identified", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0733.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "r4()\\nPORTRAIT ANT) BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD.\\nwitb Pokagon Lodge No. 126, A. F. A. M., of\\nwhich he was Master at tlie time the cbai-tcr was\\ngiven. A Republican in politics, lie has served as\\nJustice of llie Peace, and is a Notary Public.\\nUnder the administration of President Hari-ison\\nhe was appointed Postmaster at Summery ille, and\\nhas since held that position. In connecti(m witb\\nhis official duties, he conducts a general mercantile\\nbusiness, and has a large trade among the people\\nof the vicinity.\\nILTON PRESTON, a prosperous general\\nagriculturist and breeder of thorough-\\nbred fShorthorn cattle, is a leading resi-\\ndent of Pipestone Townshii), Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., and has made his home upon sec-\\ntion 34 since his birth, April 22, 185-3, in a log\\nhouse upon the old homestead. His fatliei Nor-\\nman C. Preston, born in 1811, was a native of\\nPortage County, Ohio, and was a son of Amasa\\nPreston, born in Connecticut. The paternal\\ngrandfather, a man of spirit and couiage, served\\nbravely in the War of 1812. The immediate an-\\ncestors of the grandfather emigrated from Scot-\\nland to America, and seven of the Preston family\\nparticipated in the struggles and triumphs of the\\nRevolutionary War. The mother of our subject,\\nSallie (Cook) Preston, was a native of Ohio, and\\na daughter of Asa Cook. The parents were mar-\\nried in the Buckeye State, and remained there\\nuntil 1848, when the^ journeyed to Michigan\\nand settled upon the farm, then all wild land, and\\nheavily timbered. Tlie father located upon one\\nhundred and sixty acres, built a log house, and\\nentered with energy into clearing the land. He\\ngave his entire attention to farming, and before\\nbis death had l rougbt up to a fine state of culti-\\nvation sixty fertile acres. The parents were both\\nlong-time members of the Christian Church, and\\nwith conscientious effort assisted in religious work.\\nIn 1862 the father passed to his rest, beloved by\\nall who knew him, and respected as a true and up-\\nright citizen. The venerable mother still sur-\\nvives, and makes her home in Pii)estone Town-\\nship. The home of the parents was blessed by\\nthe birth of six children, three of whom are now\\nliving. Zoetta is tlie wife of Henry R. Pegg, and\\nresides in AVatervliet; she is the mother of three\\nchildren. Our subject, Milton, is the only son sur-\\nviving. Artelissa .1. is the wife of F. R. McKean,\\nand is living in Newaygo County, IMicli; she has\\ntwo children. The mother, after the death of her\\nhusband, married again, wedding Washington P.\\nWells, by whom she had two children. Asa W.\\nlives on the home farm; Elsie married Jefferstm\\nPorter, and makes her home in Eau Claire, Mich.\\nOur subject, attaining to manhood upon the old\\nhomestead, attended the well-known Ferry school-\\nhouse. At twenty-one years of age he began life\\nfor himself, still continuing upon the broad acres\\nof the home of his childhood. Upon October 29,\\n1879, he married Miss Alice I. Trowbridge, a na-\\ntive of Pipestone Township, and born in 1857.\\nMrs. Preston is the daughter of Harry and Lydia\\nE. (Lewis) Trowbridge, both natives of Ohio, Imt\\nearl^ settlers upon the wild land of Pipestone\\nTownship.\\nMr. Trowliiiilgc died in 1862; Ins wife is still\\nliving. Of the four children born unto them,\\nthree are yet surviving: (jeorge E.. of Manistee\\nC ount\\\\ Mrs. Preston; and Harry, residing in Hen-\\nton Harbor. Unto our subject and his accomplished\\nwife have been born six sons and daughters, but\\none of whom is deceased. The brothers and\\nsisters are Norman T., Mabel L., Maud V., Harry\\nM. and Mildred A. Mr. Preston owns one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres of land, of which one hun-\\ndred and fifteen acres are under a high state of\\ncultivation. He devotes himself to the various\\nbranches of agriculture, and has been especially\\nsuccessful in handling stock. He has attractively\\nremodeled the family residence, built substantial\\nbarns and sheds, and has one of the finest pieces\\nof farming property in his part of the township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Preston are members of the Chris-\\ntian Church at Eau Claire, and Mr. Preston, now\\nan Elder, has also held the olHcial positions of\\nDeacon and Trustee. Our subject aided in the\\norganization of the Sunday-school, and was for", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0734.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT A^ D B10(i RAlTUCiVL RECORD.\\n711\\nsome time tiie efflcieiit SiiperinU iidont. He still\\nIcnclios. and liis wife has Iiplii a teacher in tlie\\nschool. l- ialerMaily, Mr. I leston was a nienilier\\nof the Oraiij^e. and is seivinj? his nintli year as\\nAsse.s.sor of District 1. Politically, he is a Demo-\\ncrat, and has held with al)le lidelity the otlices of\\nI leasurei- of the township four years, and was\\nSupervisor during 18Si aTid IH .U). lie also served\\nnu)St acceptably as Di-ainage Commissioner two\\nyears. Kdicieiitly discharging the various duties\\nof home and i)nhlic life, our subject has secured\\nthe conlidence of a large circle of a((|U!iintance,\\nand is estecTned a man of excellent business qual-\\nifications and extended experience.\\n^==5S)\u00c2\u00bb\\n[Q;^\\nLMON WRIGHT, a practical and repre-\\nsentative general agriculturist, cultivates\\na highly productive farm of one hundred\\nand twenty acres, located aliout two miles\\nsoutheast of Three Oaks, Berrien County, Mich.,\\nand has been a highly respected citizen of the\\nState for over twenty-five years. The Wrights\\nare of English descent, the great-grandfather hav-\\ning emigrated to the Colonies before the War of\\nIndependence. The paternal grandfather. Smith\\nWright, took an active part in the Hctvolutionary\\nWar. He was a man of courage and i)ossessed un-\\nusual physical endurance. Hi; was born .January 17,\\n1758, and survived until November 23, 1843, pass-\\ning away at the advanced age of eighty-five years.\\nHaving lived to witness over four-lifths of a cen-\\ntury of stirring incident, replete with events of\\nhistorical importance, he dierl in Oswego County,\\nN. Y., at the home of his son Lewis, the father of\\nour subjeet,a native of New Jersey. Lewis Wright\\nwas only a lad when he removed to the Empire\\nState, where he received his education, and having\\nattained to m.Mnhood married Miss Ann Maria\\nIlubbel. The father was a farmer b^ occupation\\nand late in life made his home in Michigan, dying\\nin Berrien County in 1H!\u00c2\u00bb2. Born in 1800, he,\\nlike his father, survived to a very old age. the\\nfamily being noted for its longevity.\\nThe excellent wife and mother was born in New\\nEngland and, a native of Connecticut, was reared\\nin her birthplace. She passed away many years\\nprior to the demise of her husband, in her home\\nin New York. Unto the parents six children were\\nborn, all sons: Oscar, Elmer, Carlton, Almon, .Syl-\\nvester and Chester. 0.scar, the eldest, is deceased;\\nSylvester resides in New York; Chester makes his\\nhome in Nebraska. Our subject, the fouith child\\nof the family, was reared, educated in the common\\nschools, and married in the Slate of New Y ork.\\nAlmon Wright and Miss Melissa Bunn were\\njoined in wedlock October ,5, 1866. Mrs. Wright,\\na native of the Emi)ire State, is the daughter\\nof Richard and Margaret (Wright) Bniiu, highly\\nesteemed residentsof New Yoik. Otir subject and\\nhis excellent wife after their marriage remained in\\nthe near locality of their earlv home for a period\\nof two years, and then resolved to try the farther\\nWest. .lourneying to Michigan, they located in\\nBerrien County, where they have since made their\\nconstant residence. Eight children, five st)ns and\\nthree daughters, blessed the hearts of Mr. and\\nMrs. Wright. George was the eldest-born, then\\nfollow in order of birth, Oscar, .lessie, Winfred,\\nIlettie and Lottie. One child, unnamed, and Imi-\\ngene arc deceased\\nThe parents of our subject being in restricted\\ncircumstances, Almon assisted his father until he\\nwas twenty-two years of age, when he began life\\nfor himself. Mr. Wright has always been engaged\\nin the pursuit of agriculture and thoroughly un-\\nderstands the tilling of the soil, and handles an\\nexcellent grade of stock. Our subject .settleil in\\nhis present locality in 181)8, and then purchased\\nforty acres of fertile land, to which he has added\\nuntil his homestead now contains one hundred\\nand twenty acres, all brought up to a Hue state\\nof cultivation and improved with attractive and\\nsubstantial buildings. The farm is one of the\\nmost valuable in this part of the county and an-\\nnually yields a bounteous harvest. Politically,\\nf)ur subject is a stanch Repul)li(;an,and has always\\naltiliated with the Party of Reform, casting his\\nfirst Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He\\nis deeply interested in both local and national is-\\nsues, and is ever readv to assist in all matters of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0735.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "742\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmutual advancement and public welfare. During\\nbis period of residence here Mr. AVright has been\\nassociated with the prominent agricultural enter-\\nprises of hisvieinitj and commands the confidence\\nof a wide circle of acquaintances.\\n-^^-^il\\nB\\n-S\\n11^^\\nOHN KELLER, a prosperousgeneral agricul-\\nturist and successful stock-raiser, lias for the\\npast thirty years cultivated a fine home-\\nstead of three hundred and eighty acres, lo-\\ncated upon section 16, Bertrand Township, Berrien\\nCounty, Midi. Born in Lorain Count} Ohio, near\\nCleveland, June 17, 1838, our subject is the son\\nof Jacob and Rosina B. (Beyrer) Keller. The par-\\nents were both natives of Wurtemberg, Germany,\\nand received their education and earlj- training in\\ntheir birthplace. Jacob F. Keller emigrated to\\nAmerica when a young man and located in New\\nYork City, where he followed the trade of a butcher\\nfor five years. During this time he was married,\\nand soon after, with his wife, removed to Lorain\\nCounty, Ohio. Remaining there until 1851, he\\nthen made his home in Bertrand Township, Ber-\\nrien Count) Mich. He afterward resided in Niles,\\nand later went to St. Joseph County, Ind. The\\nfather of our subject crossed the broad Atlantic\\nnine times, making four trips back to the Fatiier-\\nlaud. lie was an energetic man, a prominent far-\\nmer and extensive stock-raiser, well known and\\nhiglily respected in the county. He traveled ex-\\ntensively, and, making a second trip to California,\\ndied in the Golden State January 16, 18i 2, at the\\nage of eight3 -four. He was a devout member of\\nthe Evangelical Church, and liberally aided in the\\nextension of its good work.\\nThe mother of our subject came alone from Ger-\\nmany to New York, where she received employ-\\nment in housework. Her parents, Jacob D. and\\nRosic B. (Frieben) Beyrer, were boriiiind married,\\nand reared a family in the Old Country, and were\\nhonest, industrious and frugal people, respected by\\nall who knew them. The father and nidHur of\\nour subject were the parents of six sons and four\\ndaughters, four of whom survive. Catherine is\\nthe widow of Andrew Frascala. Rosina is the\\nwidow of Henry Schobach. Mary is the wife of\\nHenry Ort. Jolin, our subject, is the third child\\nand second son of the large family, and is the\\nonlj one of the brothers now surviving. Our sub-\\nject received his early training in the schools of\\nOhio, and was a boy of thirteen when he settled\\nwith his parents in Berrien County, Mich. After\\narriving in this latter State, he attended the dis-\\ntrict schools of Bertrand Township and .ac(iuired\\nan excellent common-school education. He re-\\nmained with his father, engaged in agricultural\\nduties, until he had reached his majority. In 1861\\nhe made the long journey across the plains lo\\nPike s Peak and Mexico, and traveled all the way\\nwith a team and horses. He mined for a time in\\nthe far West, but in 1862 returned with his team\\nto his Michigan home.\\nIn 1863 John Keller and Miss Louisa Hassig\\nwere united in marriage. The wife, a native of\\nIndiana, did not long survive, but lived to become\\nthe mother of one son, David H. Keller, of Cass\\nCounty, Mich. Our subject contracted a second\\nmarriage May 3, 1866, then wedding Miss Eliza\\nHerring, who was born in Schu3ikill County. Pa.,\\nJune 2, 1842. The father of JMrs. Keller, Peter\\nHerring, was a native of the (Quaker State, and her\\nmother, Barbara Bretcius, was born in Berks County,\\nPa. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Herring was blessed\\nby the birth of ten children, of whom Mrs. Keller\\nwas the eldest. .Six of the family are yet living.\\nThe mother is deceased. The father, surviving,\\naged seventy-two, now resides in Orange County,\\nCal. Ten children, live daughters and five sons,\\ngathered about the fireside of Mr. and Mrs.\\nKeller. Emma M. is at home; Ida M. is the wife\\nof Frank Korn; Frances S. is deceased; J. Harry\\nis a stenographer in Chicago; Albert E. isat home;\\nLawrence is attending the home school; Nora R.,\\nMyron R. and Arthur G.are all with their parents;\\nand Laura L. is deceased.\\nOur subject located in the place where he now\\nresides in 1863, and, profitably conducting general\\nagriculture and stock-raising, has accumulated a\\ncomfortable competence. The homestead has been\\nimproved with excellent barns and a commodious", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0736.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n743\\nresidence, and with its cultivated fields presents\\nan attractive appearance. Aside from liis valua-\\nIpIc lioiiic friiin. .Mr. Keller owns forty acres of\\npasture on section 1(!. .\\\\n industrious man of\\nbusiness ahility. he has, unaided, won his upward\\nway, and coniinands the esteem of the entire com-\\nmuiiily of lierli and Township. In political affili-\\nation our subject is a Democrat and an active lo-\\ncal worker of the party. lie ellicientl^y discharged\\nthe duties of Highway Commissioner, and .as one\\nof the suhstaiitial citizens of tlie county lias ably\\nassisted in Hie rapid ;i(l\\\\:iiic( ni( Ml of his pnrt of\\nthe State.\\n^^m^^^^\\n_5)\\nIf AMKS M. MATTIIKWS. Although not\\nactively idenlilied with any l)usiiiess, Mr.\\nMatthews was for m. iny years one of the\\nintlucntial and successful men of I crrien\\nCounty and had an extended acipiaintance through-\\n(jut this section of Michigan, lie was borti in\\nMontgomery County, Ohio. April 2.5. IHUt, and\\nw;is the third among ten children. He was reared\\nin Montgomery County until twenty-one years of\\nage, when he commenced to learn the trade of a\\ncarpenter at St. Mary s. Ohio.\\nAt the expiration of his term of ipprenticeship,\\nMr. Matthews went to |)aytf)n, Ohio, and in 1838\\nhe went to Delaware County, Ind., and worked at\\nhis tr.Milc tliiM e foi aliout two years. Thence he\\nremoved to South liend, and aided in luiilding\\nthe dam at that placl^ The year 18411 witnessed\\nhis ai rival in I .uchanan, where he embarked in\\nbusiness as a general merchant and continued in\\nthat occupation for seven years, his being the sec-\\nond store establishcil in this place.\\nIn IHTfi, accom|)anied by his wife, Mr. .Matthews\\nremoved to Kansas and located on a slock ranch,\\nwhere he leni. iined uiilil 1884. Asa ranchman he\\nwas (piite succcsslul and accumulated consideralile\\nmoney, but he was not satislied to remain in the\\nSuiillower SUUe and, accordingly, disposed of his\\ninterests there and returned to Michigan. He was\\nthe owner of four hundred acres in Kansas, in ad-\\ndition to considerable real estate in Buchanan,\\nlie was an honorable man, pleasant in his associ-\\nations with others and genial with all. He was\\nreared with the famous statesman, Schuyler Col-\\nfax, who was a stepson of our subject s brother.\\nThe lady who w.as the companion of Mr. Mat-\\nthews, and his helpmate in the truest sense of the\\nword, bore the maiden name of Mary E. Day, and\\nwas born in Delaware County, N. Y., May 9, 1829.\\nHer father, Andrew C. Daj was torn in Connect-\\nicut, and at the age of nine years went with his\\nparents to Del.aware County, N. Y., where he wa.s\\nreared to manhood. After his marriage in Franklin,\\nthat county, on the Tith of June, 1827, he came to\\nHerrien County, Mich., and located in what is now\\nknown as Huchanaii Township. Here he secured\\na claim on wlii( h there was a small log house,\\nwithout roof or llooi\\nMoving his family into tliat primitive abode.\\nMr. I)a\\\\ commenced the work of clearing the |)lace\\nand cultivating the land. Soon after locating\\nthere he purchased an interest in a mill from John\\nHatfield, one of the first settlers in the village of\\nliuchaiiau. There were but two houses here when\\nMr. Daj came to this i)lace, and he was one of the\\nvery first settlers of the now thriving village.\\nHere his death occurred iii 18; 4, when he was sev-\\nenty-eight years old. He is still remembered with\\naffection, not onl\\\\ by his descendants, liut by all\\nthose who a|)iircciate the efforts of the pioneers to\\nclear the way for coming generations. Honest,\\nupright and kind, he deserves to be held in re-\\nmembrance by all the citizens of I .enien County.\\nThe mother of iNIrs. .Matthews bore the maiden\\nname of I et.sy Spoor, and was born at Franklin,\\nDelaware County, N. Y., where she died at the age\\nof seventy-nine. She was the mother of two daugh-\\nters: Julia, the wife of IJenjamin I Ihirns, and\\nMary E. The latter was seven years old when she\\n.accom])anied her [lareuts to Buchanan, or, as it\\nwas then called, McCoy s Creek, and here she at-\\ntended the pioneer schools, held in log buildings\\nof rude coiistiuction and meagre furnishings. .\\\\1-\\nthough her educational advantages were limited,\\nshe has become an intelligent woman through\\nreading and observati(Mi. She is a lady pos.sess-\\ninu an unusual amount of executive abilitv as well", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0737.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "744\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\nas indusli-y and perseverance, and is widelj known\\nfor lier liospitalitj and unvarying kindness of\\nheart. Two children blessed her marriage, Susan\\nC. and Andrew Craig. The former married Frank\\nHall, an historian and journalist of Denver, Colo.;\\nand tlie latter resides in Buclianan Township, Ber-\\nrien County.\\n^^EORGE a. ROBERTS, a prominent citizen\\n111 Weesaw Township, Berrien County,\\n^^M4 J^iicl lias long been identified with the\\nleading social, benevolent and business interests\\nof his present locality, and has held important\\npublic positions in the township with efficient\\nability, discharging the trusts reposed in him to\\nthe great satisfaction of his numerous friends and\\nfellow-townsmen. Devoting the work of his life\\nto farming, he has with success cultivated the fer-\\ntile soil of one hundred and twenty- acres lo-\\ncated three miles northwest of Galien, and owns\\none of the most valuable homesteads in this [lart\\nof the county.\\nMr. Rolierts is a native of Ohio, and was born\\nin Huron County, June 19, 1844. His paternal\\ngrandfather was one of the patriots of Revolu-\\ntionary days, and fought courageously in the War\\nof Independence. Surviving the perils and suf-\\nferings endured in tlie long campaign, lie liecame\\na leading man of the Empire State, and was widely\\nknown and respected for his sterling qualities of\\nmind and heart. The parents of our subject, .Jona-\\nthan M. and liliza (Horton) Roberts, removed\\nfrom New York to Ohio, where both the father and\\nmother later died. Seven sons, four of whom are\\nliving, gathered around the old fireside many\\nyears ago.\\nOur subject, the seventh child in order of birth,\\nwas reared and educated in liis native county, and\\nwhen only eighteen years of age, answering to the\\ncall of the Government, in 1862 joined the Union\\narmy, enlisting in tlie company of Capt. Pray, but\\nwas afterward transferred to Company G, Eighty-\\neighth Ohio Infantry, in the three months service.\\nAfter remaining in active duty one month over\\ntime, Mr. Roberts returned to his home, remained\\nduring the winter, and the succeeding fall, upon\\nSeptember 22, 18G3, enlisted in Company I,\\nTwelfth )liio Cavalry, and was mustered out of\\nservice November 14, 186.5. Our subject was in\\nthe command of Gen. Burbridge during one of\\nMorgan s raids, and was in the fight at Mt. Ster-\\nling and participated in the Saltville raids. He\\nalso took an active part in the Stoneman raid and\\nwas sixty-nine days in the saddle without regular\\nGovernment rations. Arriving in Berrien County\\nMarch 6, 1866, Mr. Roberts has, with the excep-\\ntion of a few months, since made the Stile of\\nMichigan his permanent home. Buying eighty\\nacres of wild land, he built a log house and began\\nto clear the fertile soil of its heavy timber. On\\naccount of an imperfect title, our subject after-\\nward lost forty acres, and, discouraged, filially\\ntraded off the balance of the land, and lived with\\nhis brother Lewis until the following year.\\n.July 23, 1867, George G. Roberts and Miss Eliza-\\nbeth A. Mikesell were united in marriage. Mrs.\\nRoberts, born in Fulton County, Ohio, July 28,\\n1847, was the daughter of Thomas and Margaret\\n(Pinkerton) Mikesell, both of German descent.\\nThe father was a member ol a Penns3ivania-Dutch\\nfamily, and he and the good mother died in Ohio.\\nA daughter, Josephine E., born to our subject\\nand his estimable wife, is now deceased. She be-\\ncame the wife of Philip Shipman Losure, and, an\\naccomplished young woman of native ability and\\nbright intelligence, passed away in October, 1891,\\nleaving one child, a son, George W., who lives\\nwith his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.\\nRoberts. In 1869 our sulijeet purchased an eight3\\nacre tract in the heart of the woods, and resided\\nthere three years before a road was cut through\\nfrom the highway. To this land he has added a\\nforty-acre tract, cleared, cultivated and improved\\nthe farm with excellent buildings, until now the\\nonce unbroken wilderness has been transformed\\ninto fields of golden grain and fruit orchards,\\nand yearly blossoms with an abundant harvest.\\nMr. and Mrs. Roberts, .as was their daughter, are\\nactive members of the Baptist Church. Frater-\\nnally, our subject is a member of the George A.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0738.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCuster Post No. 208, G. A. R.. at Galien, and has\\nwitli great acceptahilily lilled the offices of Ser-\\ngeant-Major, Adjutant, Senior Vice-CoiiimanthM\\nCoiiiniandcr, (Jiiartermasler, and is now tiie Ollicer\\nof the Day. Mr. Roberts is a member of tiie Farm-\\nei-s Mutual Insurance Company of Berrien Coun-\\nty, and. [lolitically, is a Republican. Casting his\\nfirst vote for Abraham Lincohi, lie lias fiom tliat\\ntime constantly sup|)orted the ticket of the Paity\\nof Reform. Our subject has ably performed the\\nduties of Highway Commissioner, and was elected\\nDrainage Commissioner, but refused to qualify.\\nTaking an active interest in the vital questions of\\nthe day, he is a public-S|)irited citizen, as patriotic\\nand true to his country as when, only a mere lad,\\nlie gave himself to the service of tlie Government.\\nJ OIIN T. WISXKR. Every man in the United\\nStates, by birth or its equivalent, shares in\\nthe glorious privileges of our Government\\nto forge through the ranks of tiie many and\\nbecome one of the few. A man who possesses the\\nability to do this, who by years of patient toil and\\nunswerving loyalty to trutii and integrity forces his\\nway Lhrough the multitudes of others e(iuall3 as am-\\nbitious and determined, and wrests from the world\\na meed of victory, does not need a piece of academic\\nparchment, learnedly inscribed, to make his life\\nvaluable to the community in which he lives, for\\nby his sterling methods an l his high moral pur-\\npose he has become a leading factor in the con-\\nservatism of the good government of his commu-\\nnity, and a valuable example to those whose efforts\\nin human progress have just begun. Such a man\\nis .John T. Wisner, a prominent farmer and fruit-\\ngrower of Ilagar Township, where he owns eightj\\nacres of excellent land.\\nI-ike many of the citizens of the township, Mr.\\nWisner is a native of the Empire State, horn in\\nOrange County in 1M24. lie was the second of\\nfour children born to Harry and Maria (Smith)\\nWisner, natives also af Orange County. All their\\nchildren grew u mature years. Clara, the eldest,\\nmarried H. C. Spaulding, of Elmira, N. Y., and they\\nhave two children living; .lames S., the third in or-\\nder of birth, died at Elmira, and left two chihh en;\\nJuliua married Hiram T. Smith, and died leaving\\none child, Mary. About 1 834, the parents of these\\nchildren went to Elmira, and resided there until\\nthe death of the father.\\nJohn T. Wisner grew to manhood in his native\\nState and inherited all the sturdy characteristics of\\nhis Teutonic ancestors. He secured an ordinary\\neducation in the common schools and later mar-\\nried Miss Rebecca Rickey. Their nuptials were\\nsolemnized near Elmira, and there they made their\\nhome until 1857, when the fertile soil of the West\\ntempted them to journey in that direction. They\\ncame to Berrien County, Mich., located in St. .Jo-\\nseph, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres\\nof land, eighty acres of which he still owns.\\nClearing it of the heavy timber with which it was\\ncovered, he has about twelve acres in orchard and\\nseveral .acres in small fruit. He h as ever been an\\nindustrious, hard-working man, and what he has\\naccomplished has been the result of his own exer-\\ntions.\\nMr. and Mrs. W^isner have reared one child,\\nAnnie, who is the wife of George C. Eldredge, a\\nmember of the Board of Trade in Chicago. Among\\nthe people of Ilagar Township none are better re-\\nspected than Mr. and Mrs. Wisner, and few have\\ndone more for the progress and development of\\nthe township than this estimable couple. They\\nare worthy- members of the Episcopal Church, to\\nwhich they contribute liberally of their means, and\\nMr. Wisner h.as been a stanch Democrat all his life.\\n|(_^ENRY R. HOLL.\\\\NI). As early .as 184G,\\nMr. Holland located in Watervliet and al-\\nthough he has not resided here continuously\\nj^ since that time, yet he has maintained an\\nunceasing interest in the growth of th(^ village and\\nhas done everything in his power to enhance its i)ro-\\ngress. He is a native of Canada, and was boi n near\\nthe New Hampshire line, in the village of Wickliam,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0739.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "748\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nnear Diummonciville, October 18, 1821. liis parents\\nbeing Christopher and Mary (Buriiart) Holland.\\nTlie paternal grandfather, Francis Holland, fol-\\nlowed tiie occupation of a farmer throiighout iiis\\nentire active life, and reared three children: Chris-\\ntopher, Mar} and Rogers.\\nThe father of our subject was born in Norfolk.\\nEngland, and for many 3 ears served in the Britisii\\narray as Sergeant-Major of the Fourth Battalion.\\nAfter retiring from service he emigrated to Amer-\\nica, prior to the War of 1812, and settled on one\\nhundred and thirty-five acres on the disputed ter-\\nritory north of New Hampshire, which he afterward\\nlearned was set over to Canada. Upon that place\\nhe resided until his death, which occurred in 1826,\\nat tiie .age of about fifty. He left a widow and\\nthree children: Francis, now residing in New York;\\nHenry R.; and Rosana, Mrs. Lathrop, of Delta\\nCount} Mich. The father was a man of earnest\\nCiiristian character and was a member of the Epis-\\ncopal Church.\\nOur subject s maternal grandfather, Henry Bur-\\nhart, was born and reared in the State of New\\nYork, and was of German descent. He followed\\nfarming pursuits tiiroughout his entire life and w.as\\ncalled hence while residing in Canada, near the\\nNew Y ork line, at Norton Creek. He and liis wife,\\nwho was a Miss Margaret Titmore, reared the fol-\\nlowing-named children: Phili|), John, Godfrey,\\nGiles, Betsy, Mary, Katie, Hannah .and Peggie.\\nThe mother of our subject was born and reared in\\nPennsylvania, and after the death of Mr. Holland\\nshe married again, becoming the wife of Tunis\\nProper, a native of Vermont. Her second union\\nresulted in the birth of three children: Margaret,\\nMrs. Sutten, of Connecticut; Eva and Catherine.\\n.She came to Michigan in advanced years and re-\\nsided with her children after the death of Mr.\\nProper. In 1891, at the ripe old age of ninety-\\nnine, she i)assed awa} having been active up to\\nthe time of her death.\\nAt the age of fourteen years the subject of this\\nsketch removed to Clinton County, N. Y., and re-\\nsided there and in Franklin and St. Lawrence\\nCounties, N. Y for several years. When seventeen\\nhe commenced to learn the trade of a blacksmith\\nat Canton, N. Y., and followed that occupation for\\nsome time. In St. Lawrence County, N. Y., he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Betsy, the daughter\\nof Joseph and Emily (Beaman) Stoughton, natives\\nof Franklin County, N. Y. The father of Mrs.\\nHolland, who was a farmer, came to Berrien Count}\\nin 1844 and settled in Hartford, where he sojourned\\ntemporarily. Afterward he removed to South\\nHaven and there died. His wife departed this life\\nin Hartford. They reared three sons .and five\\ndaughters, all of whom became useful and honor-\\nable members of society. In their religious con-\\nvictions tiiey were identified with the Metiiodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nUpon removing West, Mr. and Mrs. Holland\\ncame to Chicago, via canal and lake, and spent two\\nyears in the Garden City of the West. In the\\nspring of 1846 they came to Michigan and settled\\nin Watervliet, where Mr. Holland followed his\\ntrade. In 1849, with an ox-team, he made tiie long\\nand perilous journey to the golden shores of the\\nPacific, reaching California on September 5th of\\nthat year. He engaged in mining m that State\\nand with success, returning home in July, 18r)0,\\nvia New York City, with 82,200, in his possession.\\nIn the fall of 1850 he purchased two hundred and\\ntwenty-three acres, where he now resides. This he\\ncleared and improved, but has since disposed of\\nsome of the property, retaining one hundred and\\nninety-two acres.\\nMrs. Betsy Holland died May 1, 1874, after hav-\\ning become the mother of ten children. Seven of\\nthe family still survive, namely: Henry Edward,\\nwho is now engaged in miningin Arizona; Rosana,\\nformerly the wife of Capt. Berridge and now de-\\nceased; Emma, who married G. W. Tyler, of Illi-\\nnois; Rogers, a resident of South Dakota; Fred,\\nwho is engaged in mining in Nevada; Christian F.,\\nan attorney of San Diego, Cal.; and Charles E., of\\nNebraska. Two children died in infancy, and\\nWilliam passed away in Watervliet at the age of\\ntwenty months.\\nAfter tlic death of his first wife, Mr. Holland re-\\nmoved to Clinton County, Mo., where lie had\\npreviously purchased a half-interest in a gristmill,\\nand remained for eleven years. He then traded\\nhis interest in the mill for one hundred and sixty\\nacres and made his home on the new purchase un-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0740.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HlOGRAPH CAL RECORD.\\nr40\\ntil 1881, when he returned to Michigan anH has\\nsince made iiis home on his properly in Watervliet\\nTownship. He was formerly one of the leading\\nDemocrats of tlie community, but now adheres to\\nthe principles of the Prohibition party, which he\\nsupports by his ballot. He has served in a num-\\nber of oftices, including that of Justice of the\\nPeace. Sfwially, he is actively identified with the\\nMasonic fraternity.\\nThe second union of Mr. Holland united him\\nwith Miss Maggie J., daughter of Thomas Bell, and\\ntwo children have blessed the union: Irving T.\\nand Ella May. In their religious convictions Mr.\\nand Mrs. Holland are in sympathy with the doc-\\ntrines of the Congregational Church and are prom-\\ninent members of that denomination. They are\\npeoiile of genuine worth of character, endowed\\nwith high caiiabilities and earnest and benevolent\\nnatures thai endear them to all tiieir acfiu. iintanees.\\nHARLES FREDERICK WILLIAM KROE-\\nNIIs G. The instances of men who have\\narisen from positions of poverty to the\\npossession of ample means are too numerous to\\nbe considered exceptional. Such, in brief, is the\\nliistorv of many of the most successfid citizens of\\nBerrien County, and such is the biography. /umW7\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abi\\nm paruo, of tlic man wliose name introduces this\\nsketch, a |)rosperous fruit-grower, residing on sec-\\ntion 23, Lincoln Township.\\nA native of (iermany, our subject was born on\\nthe 15th of July, 1848, the son of Chrisl()pher and\\nEliza Kroening. His father, a man of probity and\\nindustry, served in the army while residing in the\\nFatherland. In 1857, accompanied by his family,\\nhe emigrated to the I niled .States, where he lo-\\ncated at Watertown, Wis., and for a time operated\\nas a renter. Later he was enabled, througii a\\njudicious investment of his earnings, to purcha.se\\na place adjoining the village of Watertown. There\\nhe remained until his death, which occurred in\\n1886. His wife had passed away in 18(50. In his\\nreligious belief he was identified with the Evangel-\\nical Association, and died in the hope of immor-\\ntality. Politically, after becoming a citizen of the\\nUnited States, he was a Democrat and cast his bal-\\nlot for the candidates of his chosen party.\\nAt the time the family emigrated to the United\\nStates, the subject of this sketch was a lad of nine\\nyears. As the family was large, consisting of\\neight children, six of whom are living, he early\\ndeveloped traits of self-reliance and in his bo}\\nhood assisted in the maintenance of the other\\nmembers of the household. His schooling had\\nbeen commenced in German^ and after coming to\\nAmerica he learned to read and write in English\\nwith fluency. He remained beneath the parental\\nroof until fourteen, after which he worked in the\\nemploy of others. He was in Wisconsin for six\\nyears, and then, in 1867, came to Michigan and\\nlocated in St. .loseph Township, Beriien County,\\nwhere for ten years he was engaged in fishing on\\nthe lake. This business proved remunerative, but\\n.after a decade thus spent, Mr. Kroening was not\\nunwilling to change his occupation.\\nThe farm upon which our subject located in\\n1877 consists of eighty acres, of which amount\\nfifty-five have been pl.aced under excellent cultiva-\\ntion. Of the tract, fort^- acres lie on section 22,\\nand forty acres on section 23. A substantial set\\nof first-class buildings is noticeable and all of these\\nhave been erected under the personal supervision\\nof the owner, who has also set out fruit trees of\\nthe best varieties and added such improvements as\\nmaterially increase the value of the property. He\\nraises large quantities of the small fruits, which\\nhe ships to Chicago and other markets.\\nIn the family of Mr. and Mrs. Kroening there\\nare eight children, whose names are: Henry, John,\\nFrank, Mary, Fred, Ida, Ella and Minnie. The\\nmother of these children bore the maiden name of\\nCatherine Dennis, and was born and leared in St.\\nJoseph, Mich., receiving common-school advan-\\ntages in her girlhood. Her marriage, wiiich was\\ncelebrated in November, 1870, has proved a con-\\ngenial one, and she has been a cajjable hel|)mate\\nand a devoted mother. Siie is identified witii the\\nLutheran Church at St. .loseph. of which her lius-\\nliand and the children ire also members.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0741.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "750\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nNo native-born citizen of the United States is\\nmore loyal and patriotic tlian the subject of our\\nsketch, wiio takes an intelligent interest in local\\nand national politics, being a strong advocate of\\nthe principles enunciated by the Democratic party.\\nFor a number of years he filled the position of\\nPatli Master and has occupied otlier positions of\\ntrust and honor. He is higiih- regarded through-\\nout tlie coramunity, both as a genial companion\\nand as a successful business man.\\n3^..{..}..5.l\u00c2\u00a7\\nWl OSHUA WHITTEN. Tlie success whicii has\\nattended tlie efforts of Mr. Whitten as an\\nagriculturist and fruit-grower is by no\\nmeans a matter of chance, nor was he in any\\nsense an especial favorite of Ftntune, for when he\\nstarted out for himself lie liad little else than two\\nstrong arms and an unusual amount of good,\\nsound sense to assist in making a living. In liis\\ncase Fortune smiled upon him because of bis un-\\ntiring efforts, his close and intelligent application\\nto the ordinary affairs of life, and liis thrift and\\nenterprise, which were of a character to merit suc-\\ncess under any circumstances and in any Held of\\nlal)or. lie is a native of Rhode Island, born Ajiril\\n28, 18:37, and the eldest of three children born to\\nthe marriage of David and Mary A. (Rhodes)\\nWhitten, the father a native of Maine and the\\nmother of Rhode Island.\\nThe Whitten family is one of the earliest ones\\nof Maine, and .loshua Whitten, the grandfather of\\nour subject, was one of thirteen sons whose de-\\nscendants are prominent people of that State.\\nDavid Whitten attained his majority in his native\\nState, and then went South to ISIobile, Ala., where\\nhe was engaged in overseeing labor in the manu-\\nfacturing of brick. While down there he lost his\\nhealth, and went to Montpelier. Vt.. where he re-\\nceived his final summons in 1843. He was the\\ntmly son of .loshua Whitten. He liad married\\nMiss Mary A. Rhodes, the daughter of Henry W.\\nRhodes, who was a Rhode Island sea-captain. The\\nRhodes are lineal descendants of Lord Rhode, of\\nRhode Island, who was the founder of tlie family\\nin that State. The three children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Wliitten were, in the order of their births, as\\nfollows: Joshua; Eliza A., wife of -laines Webster;\\nand David .7., of Nebraska. After the death of\\nher husband, in 1845, Mrs. Whitten removed to\\nMichigan, and was there married to A. Hayes,\\nb} whom she had four children: T. A. S., of Chi-\\ncago; A. F., of Van Buren County; Mary, wife of\\nWilliam Halstead; and M. E., wife of R. Vj. Doran,\\nof Nebraska. Mrs. Hayes died .January 1, 1890.\\nThe original of this notice received a limited\\neducation in the common schools of Berrien Coun-\\nty, for his school days were over when he reached\\nhis twelfth year. He was reared amid rude sur-\\nroundings, for the countrjf was a wilderness; In-\\ndians roamed at will, and the forests abounded\\nwith game. At an early age he began learning\\nthe cabinet-maker s trade. It might be said that\\nMr. Whitten is one of the old landmarks of the\\ncounty, for he has seen its growth from a wilder-\\nness to its present prosperous condition. Houses\\nat that time were built of round and hewn logs,\\nand the mills were all water-mills. After learn-\\ning his trade, 3 oung AVhitten settled in Kalama-\\nzoo, Mich., and assisted in manufacturing the first\\n[tiano ever made in the State. This was in 1852,\\na Mr. Garland, of Buffalo, N. Y., having started a\\nfactory. However, only four pianos were ever\\ncompleted b_v this gentleman.\\nIn 1860 Mr. Whitten made a trij) to California,\\nbut returned the same year, and settled In Niles,\\nthis county, where he remained until 1867. He\\nthen came to this place and is counted one of the\\npioneer settlers. In 1866-67, Mr. Whitten was in\\nthe tanner} business, but as this did not prove a\\nfinancial success, he engaged in the carpenter busi-\\nness, and many monuments of his handiwork,\\nin the shape of substantial and elegant resi-\\ndences, are scattered over the countj^as well as in\\nthe villages. He is one of the most successful\\nsmall fruit-growers in this portion of Lake Town-\\nship, liaving a farm of twenty acres devoted to\\nthat principally. His yearly income, clear of ex-\\n|)eiiscs, is about $800.\\nIll the year 1857, Mr. Whitten married Misi Ly-\\ndia A. Cook, of Canada, llioiiiih her iiareiits. Will-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0742.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGKAPHJCAL RECORD.\\n751\\ni:iiii .1. ;iii(l C.-itlu iiiu Duiihar) Cook, were unlives\\nof llic Knipiii State. To Mr. and Mis. Wliitlen\\nwere lidiii llin c cliildriii: Charles K., of thiscoun-\\nty; I.illio K.. wil i- of A. .Icffiies, of this county;\\nMild Ili ilnTl W., who IS at home. The hitter is a\\ntcichcr of iiiiigiKiges in the Benton I larhor schools,\\nand one of the Stale s most successfiii and iiopiilar\\neducators. Mr. and Mrs. Whitten hold ineiiiber-\\nship ill the Congregalioiial Church, anil, in poli-\\ntics, the foiiner is a Kepiililicau.\\nOSKl IllS FISlIKi;. a prosperous general\\nagriculturist and .lusticc of the Peace in\\n.Sodus Township, lierrien County, Mich.,\\nli.is held with ctliciency various positions of\\ntrust in his present home, and, a citizen of ster-\\nling integrity of character and excellent judgment,\\ndischarging the duties of office willi fidelity, re-\\nceives the confidence and esteem of the wide circle\\nof friends and acquaintances among whom he has\\ndwelt for thirty-nine changing years. Our sub-\\nject was liorn in Palmyra Township, Portage\\nCounty, Ohio, October 11, 1828. His father,\\n(^leorge Fisher, was a native of Penns3 lvHiiia, but\\nwith his parents removed to Ohio when a boy,\\nand ill liis new home followed the avocation of a\\nfarmer, lie remained in the Buckeye State, con-\\nsUanti}- engaged in the pursuits of agriculture, un-\\ntil his death. Ilis wife w.as in maidenhood Miss\\nEsther Simons, a daughter of Nicholas and Eliza-\\nbeth Simons, well-known and iiighly esteemed\\nresidents of Portage County, Ohio. Unto the fa-\\nther and mother were born ten children, six daugh-\\nters and four sons, of whom nine grew to matur-\\nity. Two of the sons and four of the daughters\\nyet survive.\\nJosephus, our subject, was tlie tifth child in\\norder of birth, and, reared upon the farm of his\\nfather, .and attending the schools of Palmyra\\nTownship when he could be spared, grew up to\\nvigorous manhood. At twenty-three years of .nge\\nlie rented lanil and began life for hin^self. For\\nfour years he devoted his entire attention to the\\npursuits of agriculture in his native county, and\\nat the expiration of this time decided to try his\\nfortunes in the farther West. In October, 1854,\\nMr. Fisher emigrated to Michigan, located in Sodus\\nTownship, and settled upon ninety-six acres of\\nland, improved only with live apple trees, and a\\nshanty, in which he lived for five years, his family-\\nbeing somewhat cramped for room in the small\\nhabitation which sheltered them so long. In 1859,\\nINIr. Fisher built a commodious and attractive house\\nand a substantial barn and sheds, and also pur-\\nchased thirteen additional acres of land. Some\\nyears after he bought a forty-five acre tr.act,\\nand by the division of her father s farm among\\nthe children Mrs. Fisher received as her share\\nforty-nine acres, adjoining the last acreage pur-\\nchased by oursubject. Mr. Fisher hasno specialty,\\nl)ut raises mixed crops and also handles a good\\nquality of stock, and, a practical man of extended\\nexperience, has made fanning a |)rofitable and con-\\ntinuous pursuit.\\n.July 4, 1850, .losephus Fisher and Miss Pluebe\\nA., daughter of .John and Jane Gano, were united\\nin marriage. The parents of Mrs. Fisher were\\namong the ver}- early settlers of Berrien County,\\nand were numbered with the pioneers of tlie State,\\n.John Gano being ninety years old when he died.\\nOur subject and his estimable wife were the parents\\nof six children, the eldest of whom died in in-\\nfancy, and Edna passed away^ at two years of\\nage; Alice survived to maturity and died when\\nthirty-two years old. The sons and daughters yet\\nliving are: John G.; Urania, the wife of Leander\\nMcCain, residing in Sodus Station; and George.\\nJohn married Mary Killen and has six children;\\nGeorge married Prudence Hart. Mr. and Mrs.\\nFisher are both faithful members of the Disciples\\nChurch, and have reared their family in accord\\nwith the GoS])el teachings of their religious de-\\nnomination. Our subject, active in church work,\\nhas been an Elder for years, and is also Superin-\\ntendent of the Sunday-school.\\nPolitically, Mr. Fisher is a Republican, and has\\noccupied with ability the offices of Treasurer,\\nSupervisor and Highway Commissioner, in every\\ndetail of public work being con. cientious, earnest", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0743.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "752\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand upright. He is a libei al-spirited citizen and\\nllu)i(iiii;lily devoted to liie promotion of real ad-\\nvancement and educational progress. Altliougli\\nnow sixty-five years of age, lie has never taken a\\ndrop of intoxicating liquors nor tasted tobacco.\\nFair, and guided by law and evidence, liis decis-\\nions as .Justice of the Peace give tliorougli satis-\\nfaction to his fellow-townsmen, and but few cases\\nwliich come within his jurisdiction are appealed to\\na higher court.\\n,w^^RED A. TICHP:N0R. a noble class of\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094 UTjl men has built up the agricultural inter-\\n/1|) est of Niles Townshi]), and iiave made it a\\ngarden spot in the great commonwealth of Michi-\\ngan. Among those who were active and efficient\\nin the work was George E. Tichenor, the father of\\nour subject. He was a native of the timpire\\nState, born in Oswego County IMarch 1, 1828,\\nand the son of Joseph M. Tichenor, who was a na-\\ntive of New Jersey. The latter s mother was sup-\\nposed to have been the first white woman who set\\nfoot on Jersey shores. She was of Einglish de-\\nscent.\\nJoseph M. Tichenor married Miss Mary H. Ack-\\nerson, a native of New York, but who traced her\\nancestors back to sturdy German stock. This\\nmarriage resulted in the birth of seven children,\\nGeorge E. being fifth in order of birth. The latter\\ncame with his parents to Ohio at an early day,\\nbut later settled with them in Michigan. After\\ngrowing up he became a school teacher and fol-\\nlowed this in connection with farming for some\\ntime. On the 16th of October, 1861, he was mar-\\nried, and later moved onto an old farm in Berrien\\nCounty, remaining on the same until 1872, when\\nhe moved where his son now lives, and there died\\nin 1874. He was a Democrat in politics, was Supcr-\\nvi^(.i- of the township and held other local offices.\\nA member of the Presbyterian Church, he was Sujjcr-\\nintendent of the Sunday-school at Huchaiian, and\\nwas Elder in the church for vears. He was an active\\nworker in the same and contributed liberally of\\nhis means to its supi)()rt. He was well known and\\nvery popular in the community. His widow,\\nwhose maiden name was Anna Blake, was born in\\nIndiana, February 24, 1839.\\nHer father, John Blake, was a native of Vir-\\nginia, and a farmer by occupation. The grand-\\nfather, William Hlake, was also born in Virginia,\\nbut the great-grandfather, Thomas Blake, was a\\nnative of England, who came to America when a\\nyoung man. Mrs. Tichenor s mother, Araminta\\nHague, was born in Ohio and reared in that State.\\nHer father, John Hague, was supposed to have\\nbeen of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Blake\\nwere married near South Bend, Ind., and subse-\\nquently located in St. Joseph County, on a farm.\\nLater they moved to Wisconsin, but shortly after-\\nwards returned to Michigan, where they passed the\\nclosing scenes of their lives. They were the pa-\\nrents of six children, three sons and three daugh-\\nters, all of whom grew to mature years except\\none. Mrs. Tichenor was the third in order of birth\\nof these children, and was reared and educated in\\nBerrien County from the age of eight years.\\nAfter reaching womanhood she taught school in\\nBerrien County.\\nBy her marriage to Mr. Tichenor she became\\nthe mother of seven children, as follows: Ma}-\\nthe wife of Ellis Roe, who is engaged in the hard-\\nware business in Buchanan; Fredrick A., our sub-\\nject; John B., at home; Georgia, now in San Fran-\\ncisco, Cal., engaged as a stenographer and t3pe-\\nwriter; Joseph M., at home; and Charles E., at\\nhome. William, the eldest child, died at the age\\nof seventeen years. Since the death of JNlr. Tich-\\nenor, Mrs. Tichenor has had charge of all her hus-\\nband s interests, and displays excellent judgment\\nand much sound sense in her management of the\\nsame. She has four hundred and seventy-one acres\\nwhere she now lives and the fine residence on it\\nmakes it a very attractive place. This is one of\\nthe finest farms in the State and is kept in admir-\\nable condition by Mrs. Tichenor, who sui)erintends\\neverything. She is a worthy member of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church, and, like her husband, contrib-\\nutes liberally to its support.\\nFredrick A. Tichenor, her son, and the present", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0744.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n753\\nSuiiervisor of Nilos Township, is residin on sec-\\nlion .7, of tluit lownsliip, and is a wide-awai e,\\nilHimngii-fioinj;; young agriculturist. He was born\\nin rioiriiMi County, Nilcs Township. Midi., May 10,\\nIMtiT, :\\\\\\\\\\\\i\\\\ was the second in order of birth of the\\nciiiidren born to iiis parents. He attended the\\ndistrict scliools of liis neighborhood, and later en-\\ntered tiie High School at IJuchanan, from which\\nlie was graduated some time later. He is one of\\nthe promising young farmers of the county, has a\\nline farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and in\\nthe management of it lias displayed much good\\nsense. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity, liuchanan I odge No. 68, and is also a\\niiieniber of the Knights of Pythias, Niles l^odge\\nNo. IIH). In IS .l.i. he was elected Supervisor of\\nthe township; in 188tt, when but twenty -one years\\nof .age, was made Township Clerk. He takes a\\ndeep interest in all worthy cnteri)rises and is pub-\\nlic-spirited and energetic.\\nJOHN l rCKM.\\\\N, an extensive general agri-\\nculturist and fruit-grower of Sodus Town-\\nship, lierrien County, Hch.. has occupied\\n^5^// his line farm of two hundred and sixty\\nacres for about two-score years, and, enjoying a\\nwide ac iuaintance throughout the county, is es-\\nteemed a man of pr.actical experience and sound\\njudgment. Our subject is a native of the Sunny\\nSouth, and was born in Anne Arundel County, Md.,\\nOctober 10, ItciT. The paternal great-grandfather\\nsettled in America in the days of William Penn,\\nand located in the (Quaker Slate ulien it was only\\na Territory or colony. His son Abner Buckman,\\nwas born, reared, married and died in the old\\nPennsylvania home. The father of our subject,\\nWilliam Buckman, born in l^ueks County, Pa.,\\nearly left the scenes of childhood and settled in\\nAnne Arundel County, Md., but after spending\\nmany years in the South, linally removed to Ohio,\\nwhere he died at the good old age of seventy-two\\nyear:-. His excellent wife. .leanette (Brown) Buck-\\nman, bore her iiusliand ten s iiis and daughter.^,\\nthree of tlie children now surviving. Our subject\\nis the seventh in order of birth, and was but a lit-\\ntle lad five years old when with his parents, broth-\\ners and sisters he journeyed to Erie County, Ohio.\\nIn the new home John, as soon as he was old\\nenough, attended the common schools and aided\\nhis father in the work of the farm. Day by da3\\nhe increased his practical experience, and arrived\\nat his majority a self-reliant and enterprising\\nyoung man. Beginning life for himself, he worked\\nout two years in Ohio .-is a farm laborer. In the\\nmeantime, three of his brothers had located in Ber-\\nrien Count} Mich., and were experiencing the\\nvarious vicissitudes of those pioneer days. The\\nelder brother borrowed from his mother before\\nleaving home $10, which she had saved from the\\nsale of turkeys, eggs and butter. With that\\namount the son had started out to seek his for-\\ntune, and walked the entire distance to Michigan,\\naccompanied by his next two brothers, and after\\na time all secured homes and land in the Western\\nwilderness. John finally sent them money to\\nmake payments with, and came himself to Berrien\\nCounty, settling permanently in Sodus Town-\\nship in 1853. Our subject brought a good team\\nof horses with him, and resolutely took up land\\nand entered ambitiously upon its improvements.\\nHe was for a time very much dissatisfied with the\\ncountry, but after a few weeks became well pleased,\\nand later, revisiting his old home, expressed him-\\nself to friends and neighbors as being unwilling to\\nreturn again to live in Ohio, even if proffered a\\ngift of forty acres of the best laud in the State to\\ndo so.\\nMr. Buckman has ahv.ays been a very energetic\\nman, toiling early and late, and has well earned\\nevery dollar of the competence he now possesses.\\nHe received IfiOO at the death of his father, but\\n^400 he deposited in a bank, which afterward as-\\nsigned, and the money w.as a total loss, with the\\nexception of one year s interest, about %55. Forty\\n.acres of the beautiful and valual)le home farm are\\ndevoted to an orchard of a choice variety of fruit.\\nThe attractive residence, the substantial bains and\\nother buildings, and the well-kept lields, especially\\nin the harvest season, present a picture of thrift\\nand generous abundance long to be remembered.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0745.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "754\\nPORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIn 1854, John and Miss Juliet Rees weie united\\nin maii iage, the day of the wedding being April\\n30. Tlie parents of Mrs. Buciiman were Martin\\nand llannaii Rees. Tlie fatlier is deceased, but\\ntlie mother is yet surviving, and is eighty-four\\nyears of age. Seven children were born unto our\\nsubject and his estimable wife, of. wliom four are\\nstill living: Charles W., Nellie. Jessie and Robert.\\nOne little one died in infancy; two otiiers passed\\naway later in life. Alena, the eldest daughter^\\nmarried Cliarles Kendall, and died some years ago,\\nleaving two children, residing in Pipestone Town-\\nship. Nellie is the wife of Jacob Husliaw. The\\nother three cliildren are at home.\\nMr. Buckman has been a devout member of\\nthe United Brethren Church for tliirty-five years,\\nand is an orHcial an honored Trustee. He is also\\na member of the Old Settlers Association of Ber-\\nrien County, and is politically a Prohibitionist,\\nbut until late years was a pronounced Republican.\\nUpright and conscientious in the daily discharge\\nof dut} our subject gives to the affairs of the day\\nearnest consideration, and in local elections lends\\nliis support to the best man for the place, regard-\\nless of party considerations. Now, nearing the\\nevening of his age, Mr. Buckman may with pleas-\\nure review his imblemished record .as a friend,\\nneighbor and citizen, and rest content in the es-\\nteem and high regard of his fellow-townsmen.\\n1^\\n*^^^IH\\nOLOMON M. HOWSER. Cass County\\ncontains many fertile and liighly-cultiv.a-\\nted farms, and among the number passers-\\nby invariably note with admiration the\\nwell-kept fields and air of thrift and prosperity\\ncharacterizing Mr. Howser s farm. The place con-\\nsists of two hundred and sixty-three acres on sec-\\ntion 2, of Howard Township, and is devoted to\\ngeneral farming and stock-raising purposes. The\\nbuildings that embellish the place are neat, sub-\\nstantial and adapted to their varied purposes,\\nwhile the residence is a cozy abode, tastily furn-\\nished and conveniently arranged.\\nThe owner of this fine farm was born in Preble\\nCounty, Ohio, June 28, 1828. It is probable that\\nhis paternal grandfather was a native of Mary-\\nland, where also his father, Henry Howser, was\\nborn, and whence he removed in liis youth to Ohio.\\nThe mother of our subject was Mar^ daughter of\\nMichael Brown, both being natives of North Car-\\nolina and of German descent. After their mar-\\nriage in Ohio, the parents of our subject located\\nin Michigan, in 1836, where the father purchased\\na farm in Pokagon Township, Cass County. Here\\nhe devoted his energies to clearing and develop-\\ning a fine farm, and was so successful in his efforts\\nthat he became known throughout his community\\nas one of its most persevering and ellicient agri-\\nculturists, .as he was also one of its best citizens.\\nAfter his wife s death, which occurred in 1861, he\\nremoved to the village of Dowagi.ac, where he\\nclosed his eyes upon the scenes of eartli in 1878.\\nIn the public affairs of the communit} Mr.\\nHowser, Sr., bore an active part and served with\\netHcienc3- as Supervisor of Pokagon Township and\\nRoad Commissioner. First a Whig, he later gave\\nhis allegiance to the Republican party. In his re-\\nligious belief, he was a Universalist, but contrib-\\nuted generously to the various denominations. He\\nand his good wife were the parents of two daugh-\\nters and five sons, and seven of the number grew\\nto manhood and womanhood. These still survive\\nwith the exception of the third son, who died a\\nfew years ago. Solomon M. was the second child\\nin order of birth and was about eight years old\\nwhen he came to Cass County. His education was\\nobtained in the district schools of Pokagon Town-\\nship and the common schools at Mishawaka, Ind.,\\nbut his bioad range of knowledge and informa-\\ntion has been obtained principally through self-\\nculture.\\nOn Christmas Day uf 1861, Mr. Howser was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Minerva Knight,\\nwho was born in Berrien County, Mich., in 1811,\\nher father, Jonathan Knight, having been an early\\nsettler of that county. After his marriage, Mr.\\nHowser settled in Berrien County, where he re-\\nmained for one year, and then, in 1863, located on\\nhis present farm. He and his wife had a family\\nof three children: Mary J., deceased; Henry J.,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0746.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0747.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^-\\nZ^f.^\\n3\\nCk^^yx^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0748.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "POKTRAIT AND BIlKiRAl lUCAL KECORD.\\nwlio resides on llie lionu slcud; anfl Cora who\\nis stu(lyiii jj slenogiapliy in C liii-ago. In his po-\\nlitical ((pinions, Mr. Howser is a Kcpiililican, liiin\\nin iiis advocacy of party measures and men. In\\nhis religious belief, he is a I iiiveisalist. He is a\\nman who willingly aids every measure calculated\\nto advance the interests ()f the community, and\\nis one of the most capable farmers of Howard\\nTownship.\\n[=r\\n|(j_^ON. THOMAS MARS li.as occupied with\\nexecutive ability many of the important\\ncounty and Stale ollices within the gift\\nof his fellow-citizens and constituents,\\nand, discharging the duties entrusted to his care\\nwith eftieieuc} is one of the most popular and\\nhighly esteemed I esidents of Berrien County,\\nMich. Our subject, an extensive and prosperous\\ngeneral agriculturist of Bei-rien Township, born\\nMay 4, 1829, in Giles County, Va., was but an in-\\nfant when he removed with his parents to Berrien\\nCounty, with whose growth and progress he has\\nbeen intimately associated for more than three-\\nscore years. His father, Hugh Mars, a native Vir-\\nginian, remained in his early home until he at-\\ntained his majority. He was a hardworking and\\nenterprising man and combined the trade of a\\nblacksmith with the occupation of a farmer. The\\nMarses are of Scotch descent, but the paternal\\ngreat-grandfather made his home in New Jersey,\\nin which State the grandfather of the Hon. Thomas\\nMars, .Vrchibald Mars, was born, and later, mi-\\ngrating from his native State to Virginia when\\nyoung, remained in the Old Dominion until his\\ndeath.\\nThe mother of our subject, Elloner (Riggin)\\nMars, was the daughter of an old Virginian family\\naiifl a native of the Old Dominion, where her father\\npursued the peaceful avocation of a tiller of the\\nsoil. Marrying in Virginia, the parents journeyed\\nlater to Michigan, localiiig in IScrrien County,\\nA|)ril 6. 1h;?(), the very day upon wliich the first\\nelection of the ((ninty was held, twenty-six voters\\n37\\nhaving cast their ballot. The father entered land\\non section 23. Berrien Townshiii, and the deed\\nwas signed by I resident Andrew .Jackson. The\\nmother, a devoted Christian woman, was obliged at\\nfirst to go to .Summerville when she wished to attend\\nchurch. At that jjcriod there were no settlers in\\nthe immediate neighborhood of the pioneer home.\\nThe Indians had huts on the land of the father,\\nand were peaceable, quiet red men, and the first\\nboys that our subject remembers playing with were\\nIndian lads. The land was heavily timbered, and\\nthe country round about almost impassable at\\ntimes. Air. Mars well recollects the surveying and\\nlaying out of Cassopolis and the Berrien Spring\\nRoad. The mother, born in February, 1805, died\\nFebruary 27, IS.TT, preceding her husband to the\\nbetter land by forty years. The father lived to\\nbe married four limes, and removed from the old\\nhomestead in ltsr ;5 to the farm owned by his last\\ncompanioii, pleasantly located in Berrien Springs.\\nHugh Mars, after a life of busy usefulness, passed\\nawa} mourned as a public loss, in 1877, at the\\ngood old age of eighty-one ^-ears. He was an en-\\nterprising and self-reliant man, of strong and\\nearnest purpose, and, possessing most admirable\\ntrails of character, was honored and beloved. He\\nwas, politically, in early life a Whig and later an\\nardent Republican, and was a leader in the coun-\\ncils of the local party. He was for many years a\\npopular Justice of the Peace, and was one of the\\nfirst appointed in the county. By his first mar-\\nriage he had six children, all surviving. A. W.\\nresides in Berrien .Springs; Thomas was tiie second-\\nborn; Samuel lives in Lake Township; William is\\na citizen of California; Eliza J. is the wife of P. H.\\nWebster, of section 11, Berrien Township; Melinda\\nis the wife of T. B. Snow, of section 16, Berrien\\nTownshi)). Of the three children born unto the\\nthird marri.age, the surviving are B. F., residing on\\nsection 18; and Elizabeth, wife of Burdette Mc-\\nGill, of Oronoko Township.\\nOur subject, reared in the pioneer home, had\\nbarely attained his m.ajority, when, beginning\\nlife for himself, he served an apprenticeship to the\\ntrade of a carpenter and joiner. For seven jears\\nhe did business as a contractor and builder, and in\\n18. )7 went to Kansas, settling in Lawrence. In the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0749.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "758\\nPOxtTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfollowing December he came home, and spent Jan-\\nuai V, returning in February to Kansas, where he\\nremained through the summer of 1858, and in the\\nfail journeyed to Missouri. Me purchased a half-\\ninterest in a sawmill near Savannah, and engaged\\nin l)usiness in that locality until the breaking out\\nof the Civil War. At this time the mill was burned\\nand our subject was warned to leave in lifteen\\ndays.\\nIn the fall of 1860, Thomas Mars and Miss\\nMargaret A. Wood were united in marriage. The\\nestimable wife of our subject is widely known and\\nhighly esteemed. She was the daughter of Chris-\\ntopher Wood, of Binghamton, N. Y.. in which\\npart of the Knii)ire State she was born, reared and\\nthoroughly educated. Immediately after his mar-\\nriage, Mr. Mars rented for one year an old water-\\nmill near Berrien Springs, and at the end of the\\ntwelve months bought a steam sawmill and tliirtj-\\ntive acres of land where he now resides. The land\\nwas then wild (November 10, 1862), but now, with\\nan added acreage, is one of the most valuable\\nhomesteads in the township. Tlie one hundred\\nand twenty acres, eighty-five of which are. highly\\ncultivated and improved with excellent and com-\\nmodious buildings, is a most desirable piece of\\nfarming pro|)erty. Ihitii a few years ago our sub-\\nject operated the null, as well as cultivated the\\nfertile soil, but now devotes his time to agricultural\\npursuits. Of the four children who brightened\\nthe home, only one lived to adult age, Rosalia\\nImogene, wife of Dr. O. A. La Crone, a successful\\nmedical practitioner of Berrien Centre. Mrs. La\\nCrone had three children: an infant daughter,\\nwho died unnamed; Thomas Mars and Frank AV.\\nThe accomplished daughter passed away March\\n12, 1891, mourned by sorrowing friends and rela-\\ntives.\\nFraternally, Mr. Mars is connected with the\\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows of Berrien\\nCentre, and has passed all the chairs. He is now\\na member of the Standing Committee on By-laws\\nfor the State. He is also a member of the Patrons\\nof Husbandry of Beirien Centre, has held all the\\noffices in the same and is the present Master. He\\nhas been Master of the State Grange for five years,\\nand has taken in three districts since 1873, giving\\nhis thorough and enthusiastic support to the ex-\\nistence and prosperity of the Grange, and is, and\\nhas been, a member of the State Executive Com-\\nmittee of the Grange for sixteen years. Our sub-\\nject is now a member of the State Board of Control\\nof the State Puljlic Schools at Coldwater, Mich.\\nPolitically, Mr. Mars is a Republican, and has\\nalways been actively interested in local and na-\\ntional issues. He has several times been Chair-\\nman of the County Committee and is now Treas-\\nurer of the same. As delegate to various State,\\ncounty and Congressional conventions, he has\\ngiven his constituents universal satisfaction by the\\nfaithful handling of the pulilic interests intrusted\\nto his care. In 1880, elected to the State Senate,\\nour subject served with lidelity his full term and\\nwas present at tiie extra sessions. As a member\\nof important committees, he promoted the interests\\nof the State, and was a prominent factor in se-\\ncuring the present law on highways. Mr. Mars\\nhas been identified with the leading agricultural\\nsocieties and has been President of the Berrien\\nCounty Agricultural Society many terms, and was\\nPresident of the Berrien Springs Agricultural So-\\nciety last year. For four years he served as Oil\\nInspector of the district, has also been County\\nAgent of the .State Board of Charities, and was\\nlikewise Inspector of the Poor of Berrien County\\nfor three years. Constantlj engaged in public\\nwork for the greater part of his life, our subject\\nhas proven himself to be a man of intelligent\\nability, excellent judgment and sterling integrity\\nol character, and, tiie candidate of his party for\\nmost responsible positions, has ever justilied the\\nconfidence reposed in him by a host of friends.\\nIil-^ i^li^^i=\\nC4l IVILLIAM II. BALL. This highly respected\\n\\\\/\\\\j// and honored citizen of Coloma, Berrien\\nW^ County, was born in Huntington, Mass.,\\nAugust 24, 1858, and is the son of Sawyer and\\nSusan (Ilazen) Ball. His grandfather, Manassa\\nBall, was ill turn a son of Elijah Ball, also a\\nnative of Massachusetts, who served in the war", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0750.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) mC(;RAriIlCAL RECORD.\\n759\\nfor indo|H iidi nce. lie lived and died in liis\\nnative State, and reared a family of nine sons ami\\nlive daughters, all o( wlioni giew to mature years.\\nHe passed away in 18;i7, at the age of t ighty-seven\\nyears. lilanassa IJall was born Deeeniher 28. 1800.\\nIn liis youthful days he followed the oecupation\\nof a farmer, and afterward operale l a carding-nia-\\nchine for a few years, lie was the youngest of\\nfourteen children l)orn to his (larents, and was mar-\\nried to Miss Clarissa, a daughter of Deaeon An-\\ndrews, whose wife was a Miss Holt. He was a\\nWhig politically, and afterward joined the Repub-\\nlican party, and was a believer in the Unitarian\\ndoctrines. lie died in his seventy-second year.\\nThe father of our subject is the fourth in order\\nof birth of a faniilj- of six children, namely: Phin-\\neas, Caroline, Adeline, Sawyer, Albert and Alonzo.\\nHe followed surveying for a few years and then\\nengaged HI the vvood-turniug business. In 1860\\nhe moved to Dowagiac, Mich., where witi; three\\nothers he established himself in the manufacture of\\nwooden eave troughs, theirs being the first factory\\nof the kind in the State. In 1862 he located in\\nNiles, and there opened up a factory, which proved\\nto be a very profitable business, and in 1864 he\\nmoved to Coloma, wheie he continued to follow\\nhis chosen occupation for a year. In 1865 he\\nbought a gristmill here and has ever since oper-\\nated it, receiving a liberal patronage from the citi-\\nzens of the town, as well as from the farmers in\\nthe surrounding country. He also owns a mill in\\nHartford, and in 1868 m.ade the first fruit-box\\never constructed in Coloma. He is a prominent\\nman in political affairs and has held some public\\nollices. The mother of our subject was born in St.\\nLawrence County, N. Y., to (ioodrich and Susan\\n(Walker) Iliizen. The parents were natives of\\nthe State of Vermont and New Hampshire, re-\\nspectively, the former being a merchant and lum-\\nbciMiaii, who died in Ohio. His wife died at the\\nhome of her daughter, leaving three boys and two\\ngills. Mr. Ilazen s father came from Scotland in\\nan early day, while his wife s people were of Irish\\nancestry.\\n.Sawyer liall and wife have four children: Klla\\n,1., William II., Clara S. and .Mbert C. Willi;ini\\nII., our subject, was educated in the c iiiori\\nschools of Michigan, and subse(iuently took a bus-\\niness course in the schools of Valparaiso, Ind.,\\nfrom which he graduated in 1878. After leaving\\nschool he engaged in business with his father in\\nthe manufacture of fioiir and eave troughs. When\\nhis |)arents came to Coloma, William came with\\nthem and assisted his father in the work, and now\\nowns an interest in the mills, both here and at\\nHartford.\\nOur subject was married in October, 188:^, to\\nClara M. Miller, who was born in this State. This\\nestimable lady s parents are Martin and Sarah\\n(Hamilton) Miller, and since her inarri.age with\\nour subject she has become the mother of one child,\\nCharles O. Mrs. Ball has been identified with the\\nCongregational Church for fifteen years and is an\\nactive worker. Mr. Ball takes an interest in poli-\\ntics and has served as Town Clerk for three years.\\nIn the spring of 1893 he was elected Supervisor\\nof his township. A leading and honored Mason,\\nhe IS now considered one of the best-jiosted Ma-\\nsons in western Michigan. He is a ijromisingyoung\\nman of more than aver.age ability, and it is scarcely\\nnecessary to add that he is hold in high repute by\\nthe citizens of Coloma and the adj.acent country\\non account of his good char.acter and pleasing\\nqualities.\\n4^\\n\u00c2\u00b0fe)\\nff__^ IRAM SMITH is another one of the promi-\\nik; nent citizens of the county who claim New\\nYork as their native State, his birth occur-\\nring in (ienesee County, near Lockpori,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2January 1.5, 1838, and he has all those characteris-\\ntics of thrift, energy and industry so common to\\nthe average New Yorker. His parents, .Samuel\\nand Frances (Fordora) Smith, were of English and\\nAVelsh-Scotch extraction, respectively, but aside\\nfrom that but little further is known of the early\\nhistoiy of the family.\\nOur subject s parents had thirteen children.\\nEmily married William Owens, and became the\\nmother of two sons and two daughters. They re-\\nside in Calvin Township. Esther, who first mar-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0751.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "760\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nried William Hickley, became the mother of tlirec\\nchildien, but only one child lived. Her second\\nmarriage was to Ransom J, Osboin, by whom she\\nhad one cliild. She is now residing in Calvin\\nTownship, tliis county. Chauncy married Miss\\nFrankie A. Wayne, and served three years in the\\nCivil War. He was captured at Murfreesboro.\\nMary F. married Jeremiah Chowgo, by whom she\\nhad three children, and after his death she mar-\\nried Madison Jlaston. Lovisa married Silas Bump,\\nand subsequent!} went to Kansas, where the^ now\\nreside. The^- have four children. Alvira married\\nFrank Hilton, and died leaving three children. Jo-\\nsephus died when young. Russel married Aifaretta\\nAllen, and to them were born two children. Af-\\nter his death his widow married our subject.\\nLewis married Louiin Carmichael, but after her\\ndeatli was married to MissOma Schuttle, who bore\\nhim two children. The^- reside in Calvin Town-\\nship. Harvey married Alta Osborn. Amos mar-\\nried Olive Niver, by whom he has three children.\\nThey reside in this township.\\nThe father of our subject left New York State\\nfor Michigan in 1838 with an ox-team, and settled\\nin Calvin Township, this county, where he tilled\\nt!ie soil for many years. His death occurred on\\nthis farm in July, 1888, when seventy-seven years\\nof age, and his widow too passed away on the old\\nhomestead, in the spring of 1893. when seventy-\\ntwo years of age. They were worthy and re-\\nspected citizens. Our subject was but six months\\nold when brought by his parents to Cass County,\\nand of course all his recollections are of this State.\\nHe grew to sturd}- manhood in the wilderness of\\nMichigan, but on account of being obliged to\\nwork hard in youth, his educational advantages\\nwere rather neglected.\\nWhen eighteen years of age, our subject decided\\nthat it was not best for man to live alone, and he\\nwas married to Miss Hannah J. Haden. This\\nunion resulted in the birth of tliree children.\\nCharles is a resident of Elkhart, Ind. Fred married\\nMillie Day, and they have two children, Glennie\\nand Jessie. He and his wife reside on a part\\nof our subject s farm. Edward married Lorena\\nCope, and they have one child, and reside in Elk-\\nhart. Ind. Mr. Smith lost his estimable companion\\nDecember 18, 1885, and in 1886 he married his\\npresent wife, she being the widow of his brother\\nRussel. The\\\\ have two children, Stephen and\\nHerman.\\n()n the 2d of September, 1864, Mr. Smith en-\\nlisted in Company I, Twelfth Michigan Regiment,\\nand served one year. Tiic battle of Bull Run was\\nthe only engagement of note in which he partici-\\npated, for he was on detached duty in Arkansas\\nand Indian Territory most of the time. On the\\n9th of September, 186. he was discharged at Cam-\\nden, Ark., and returned to the peaceful pursuit of\\nfarming. Since the war he has resided on his\\npresent property, where he had settled shortl} af-\\nter his tirst marri.age, and he is one of the foremost\\nagriculturists of the county. He is a member of\\nthe Grand Army of the Republic, and in politics\\nhas ever been a Republican. He has never aspired\\nto political honors, and has never held a township\\noffice, preferring to devote all his energies to the\\nfarm.\\nIklLLIAM 11. BEESON. Cass County num-\\nbers among its citizens none who occupy-\\na higher position in the regard of tiieir\\nneighbors and friends than the subject of this\\nnotice, who is a practical and successful fanner\\nresiding on section 20, La Grange Township. Tlie\\nfamily of which he is an honored representative\\nwas represented in America during the early\\nColonial days, and has, since that time, been\\nclosely connected with the progress of the coun-\\ntry. In an early day three brothers of this name\\nemigrated from England to the United States, one\\nof whom located in Virginia, while John settled in\\nPennsylvania, and Richard went to North Caro-\\nlina.\\nOf these three brothers the biographer is espe-\\ncially interested in Richard. He married, reared\\nhis family and p.assed his entire life in North\\nCarolina, where he followed farming pursuits. He\\nwas a (Quaker and a strong anti-slavery man,\\npossessing the peaceful, lilieity-loviug and kind", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0752.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nrr.i\\ncharacteristics of that society. Among his chil- I\\ndrcii was a son Isaac, who at the age of seventeen\\nri iiioveil lo Kentucky, residing lliere for one year.\\nTiience. ahout 1795, lie went to Indiana and made\\nsetthMiiont in Wayne County. After liis marriage\\nto Miss Mtuy I\\\\ambo, lie located on a farm foui\\nmiles from Richmond, in the midst of a heavily\\ntimbered section of country, wliere the princijjal\\ninhabitants were Indians. He operated a dis-\\ntillery for about twenty years, but became dis-\\ngusted with the business and turned his attention\\nexclusivel\\\\ to stock-raising and farming, bcconiing\\none of the most extensive stock -raiseis in that\\npart of Indiana. Politically, he was a Wiiig, and\\nwas strong in his opposition to slavery. A member\\nof the Society of Friends until marri.age, and a\\nman of great |)iety, he was highly esteemed\\nthroughout the camniunily where his .active life\\nwas passed. His death occuired in 1810, at the\\nage of sixty-four years.\\nThe father of our subject, Jesse Beeson, was born\\nDecember 10. 1.S07, and remained in the parental\\nhome until his marriage at the age of twenty\\n3ears, his wife being .Vnu, the daughter of Henry\\nRcnesten. In his youth he worked in his father s\\ndistillery, but at the age of seventeen yeais his\\nfather abandoned the business and he afterward\\nconducted farmmii pursuits. Upon establishing\\ndomestic ties, his father gave him sixty acres of\\nuniminoved land, but he remained ui)on it only a\\nshort time, removing thence to Michigan in 1833.\\nIn Is. JOlie had made an excursion to this State\\non horseback, with a vii w to selecting a suitable\\nlocation, and returned to I iidiMiia via Chicago, at\\nthat time a inilitary [xisl. In 183.S he located\\nwith his family near Niles, but about the same\\ntime purchased two liundred and forty acres in\\nCass County. In his journey to .Michigan he\\ntraveled with four ox-teams and two horses, his\\nwife riding one of the horses and carrying her in-\\nfant ill her arms. In February, 1831, he removed\\nto his farm in LaCrange rowuship, but after five\\nyears spent there, he moved a few miles further\\nsouth and purchased two hundred and live acres.\\nThis property he lived to see improved and mostly\\nunder eulti vat ion.\\nWliile devoting his attention principally to his\\nfarming pursuits, Jesse Heeson found time to\\ninform himself upon all topics of general interest,\\nand was a man of broad information upon all\\nsubjects. In religious belief he was non-sectarian,\\nand to some extent believed in the teachings of\\nspiritualism. His first wife died in 1869, at the\\nage of sixty-six 3-ears. They h.ad been the (larents\\nof nine children, one of whom died in infancy.\\nThe others are: William II., of this sketch; Isaac\\nN.; Benjamin F.: Mary J., Mrs. David Huff, who\\ndied February 17, 1893; Luraiiy, Mrs. Austin\\nDixcm; Kliza A., the wife of Xathaniel Defoe;\\nLaura, who married Robert Cameron; and Ander-\\nson G. Mr. r.eescm married for his second wife\\nMrs. Mary I Jue, daughter of Hugh Gardner and a\\nhalf-sister of his former wife. A stanch Wiiig in\\nhis political belief, ho was prominently identified\\nwith political affairs in his section. In 18;)2 he\\nw.as elected to the State Senate, and during his\\nterm o|)posed the railroad franchise bill, which de-\\nfeated liiiu for a second nomination. He also\\nheld many local township and county ollices. in\\nwhich he served with fidelity lo the interests of\\nthe people. His death oi curred on the lOtli of\\nj February, 1888.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Wa\\\\ne\\nCounty, I nd., March 2. 1829. He received his\\neducation in the district schools of Niles and Al-\\nbion, and in 18,51 made his first trip away from\\nhome. He had been in poor health for some time,\\nand, tliiuking to benelit himself physically as well\\nas to make a fortune in the F.l Dorado of the\\nArgonauts, he wont lo California, making the\\ntrip via New York to Aspiiiwall aii(! tlieiice to\\nSan Francisco and Sacramento, For four years he\\nworked in mines at various places, meeting with\\nexcellent success in his si)eculations. In addition\\nto mining, he engaged to some extent in the\\nstock business. He returned home via water,\\nreaching Michigan in 1856, He remaineil at home\\nfor two years, then traveled through I lliiiois, Iowa\\nand Missouri,\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Beeson occurred in\\n1861, at which time he was united with .Margaret,\\ndaugliter of (Jeorge Finlev. of Kalamazoo. One\\nchild was born of this union. .lesse, now deceased.\\nThe second marriage of Mr, lieesoii united him with", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0753.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "762\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMiss Maria, daughter of Fredrick CluircluU, and\\nthey became the parents of one son, Isaac. After\\nthe death of this lady, our subject married Mrs.\\nMelissa Shingledicker, the daugiiter of Clayburn\\nShingledicker, and a native of Cass County. Tiiey\\nhave reared five children: George; Anna A., the\\nwife of Rliett Gould; John; Charles; and Laura.\\nr Delia died at tiie age of five years. In his politi-\\ncal belief, Mr. Beeson is non-partisan in local\\naffairs, and Democratic in his support of national\\nissues. In former 3 ears he was first a Whig and\\nlater a Republican. lie is a man who is highly\\nregarded and enjoys the esteem of his large circle\\nof acquaintances.\\n..=0.\\neHARLES E. SWEET, Prosecuting Attorney\\nof Cass County, and a prominent resident\\nof Dowagiac, was born in Keeler, Van\\nBuren County, Mich., March 11, 1860. He traces\\nhis lineage to good old Revolutionary stock, his\\npaternal great-grandfather having served in the\\ndefense of the Colonies during the war with Eng-\\nland. His grandfather, Ezra Sweet, was a native\\nof Vermont, and the father of our subject. Dr. J.\\nElliottSweet, was also born in the Green Mountain\\nState. The latter was reared on a farm, and re-\\nceived his literary education at Townsliend (Vt.)\\nAcademy. Coming to Michigan in 1844, he studied\\nmedicine in the University of Michigan, at Ann\\nArbor, and also under the preccptorshij) of Dr.\\nAndrews, of Paw Paw.\\nPrior to beginning the practice of his profes-\\nsion. Dr. Sweet engaged in teaching in Eaton and\\nVan P.uren Counties and the cities of Rattle Creek\\nand Kalamazoo. He opened an office for general\\npractice at Mattawan, Van Buren County, in 1865,\\nand remained there about four years, at wliich\\ntime he removed to Keeler, an Buren County,\\nand was a general practitioner at that place until\\n1874. He has now retired from active profes-\\nsional work, and devotes his attention to a gen-\\neral insurance business at Hartford, this State.\\nFor a number of years he served as Superintendent\\nof Schools, and his interest in educational matters\\nhas resulted in great good to the community, as\\nhe has succeeded in elevating the standard of\\nscholarship and instruction. At present he is fill-\\ning the position of Clerk of his township.\\nIn 1853 Dr. Sweet married Miss Mary A.\\nAdsitt, who was born in New Yorl^. She died\\nduring the infancy of our subject, and Dr. Sweet\\nafterward married Miss Rachel E. Pletcher, who is\\nstill living. Dr. Sweet had three cliildren by his\\nfirst marriage: Elliott, deceased; Mary A., wife of\\nElmer Thayer, of Nebraska; and Charles E., of\\nthis sketch. Politically, the father was in former\\nyears a l^emocrat, but is now a Republican. He\\nhas held numerous official positions, including the\\noffices of School Inspector, School Examiner and\\nSchool Superintendent, having always taken a\\npeculiar interest in educational matters. A man\\nof strong religious convictions, he is at present a\\nDeacon in the Congregational Church. The pa-\\nternal grandfather of our subject was a carpenter\\nby trade, and for a time resided in Paw Paw,\\nMich., but removed later to a farm near Bangor,\\n.and from that place to Benton, Eaton County,\\nwhere his death occurred in 1876.\\nAt the age of fourteen ^ears our subject ac-\\ncompanied his father from Keeler Township, Van\\nBuren County, to Hartford, Mich., where he re-\\nmained until 1884. Wlien nineteen years old he\\ncommenced to te.ach. and followed that profession\\nin the schools of Keeler and Hartford Townships,\\nan Buren Count} also in Cass County. Alto-\\ngether he taught fourteen terms, a period of about\\nsix years. He ceased teaching in order to give\\nhis entire attention to the study of law, which he\\nconducted under the preceptorship of Spafford\\nTryon, of Dowagiac. He pursued his studies from\\n.lanuary, 1884, until Api il, 1886, when he was\\nelected City .Tustice, after which he continued to\\nread law in his own office until he was admitted\\nto the Bar. October 4, 1886. Afterward he spent\\na year in the law department of the Univeisity of\\nMichigan, graduating with the Class of 91, and\\ntaking the degree of LL. B.\\nThe lady who in 1887 became the wife of\\nCharles E. Sweet was fornierlj Miss Grace L.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0754.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n763\\nRouse. I III fiitluT. Dr. I.yiiKin h oiisc, was a\\nnative of New York and a proiiiinent physician\\nof Downjjiac. Mis. Sweet was liurn and reaied in\\nDowagiae, and is an accoint)iisiied lady. She\\ntakes irieat interest in painting, for which she has\\na natural talent, and at the Dowagiae Union Fair\\nlast antunui 1892) many of her pieces were on\\nexhibilinii and received first iiremiunis, being uni-\\nveisally admired. Mr. and Mrs. Sweet have one\\nchild, l- .li/.nlieth. They have an elegant residence\\non the corner of Conrtland and (Treen Streets,\\nwhich is enihellished with lovely furnishings and\\nall the modern con vi-iiiences.\\nPolitically, .Mr. Sweet is a Republican. In 1892\\nhe was elected Prosecuting Attorney, and is still\\nfilling that position. From IHIST until 1H91 he\\nserved ,as Circuit Court Commissioner, and he is\\nnow City Attorney at Dowagiae, having filled\\nthai otiicc for three terms, lie is a Koyal Arch\\nMason, and is High Priest t( tlie Chapter. He is\\nalso identified with the Knights of Pythias, and\\nis Prelate of the lodge. For two years he was\\nCommander of the Maccabees, and is also a mem-\\nber of the Modern Woodmen of America. On\\nnumerous occasions he has lieen delegate to State\\nand congressional conventions. His library is\\none of the finest m the .State, and he is continually\\naddint; to it. lie has a larj^c .-ind lucrative prac-\\ntice, and is a liaiil man to find at leisure.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S-S-S-ii\\nRTON .1.\\\\I{\\\\ IS. Among the venerable\\nresidents of Niles rowuship there is not\\nif\u00c2\u00ae)J|J i \\\\varmer friends or is more\\ntruly honored by his neighbors than he\\nwhose name we have just given. His long life of\\nindustry and usefulness, and his record for integ-\\nrity ami tiue-heai ted faitlifuliu ss in all the rela-\\ntions of life, have given him a hold upon the\\ncominnnily wliicli all might well dcsiie to share.\\nMr. .laivis claims North C.-irolina as his native\\nState, and was born in Rowan County September\\nt IHU;. His parents, Z.adoek and Lucy (Owings)\\nJarvis, were natives of North Carolina and Mary-\\nland respectively. The paternal grandfather, Za-\\ndock Jarvis, was of English origin, and it is sup-\\nposed that he was a native of Maryland, although\\nnothing definite is known. He was a soldier in\\nthe Revolutionary War, as was also our subject s\\nmaternal grandfather, Basil Owings.\\nThe parents .of our subject were married in 1812\\nor 181.3, and later moved to Indiana, where they\\nrented a farm in Wayne County. In 1835 they\\ncame to Michigan and located in La Orange Town-\\nship, Cass County, where they passed the remainder\\nof their days, the father dying at the age of sixty-\\ntwo, and the mother when ninety-two years of\\nage. Of the .seven ciiildren born to their union,\\nfour were sons and the lemainder daugliters, and\\nall lived to mature years. Sarah, wife of James\\nMoore, is now deceased; Polly, decejused, w.as the\\nwife of Joseph Sparkes; lulith, decea.sed, was the\\nwife of .lonathan Roe; Burton is oursubject; Nor-\\nman resides in Dowagiacr, Mich.; Henjamin is de-\\ncease l; and Zadock is now residing in Dowagiae.\\nThe subject of this notice w.as but eight years\\nof age wlien he went to Wayne County, Ind., and\\nhe remained there for ten years. AVIien eighteen\\nyears of age he came to Cass County, Mich., and\\nin 18.35 he found his way into lierrien (umty.\\nwhere he worked for a Mr. (TrilHii, clearing land\\nat $1(1 per acre. After working for two months,\\nhe went to boating on the St. Joseph River, from\\nSouth 15iaid and Niles to the Lakes, and followed\\nthis until about IS 11). The same year he married\\nMiss Kli/.abeth .Sparks, a native of Wayne County,\\nInd., and sul)se(iuently settled in Niles Townshii)\\non section 12. In 1 H 12 he lH)ught an eighty-.acre\\nfarm, unimproved, and on this erected a small log\\ncabin, the logs of which he cut liim^clf from his\\nland. He then began clearing the faim of the\\nheavy timber witli which it was covered. and after\\nyears of hard work he was rewarded, for he had\\none of the best farms in the county. To theoriti:-\\ninal tract he added from time to time until he\\nowned three hundred aM l thirty acies, and liesold\\ntrwo hundred acres of this land at lillO per acre.\\nHe h.as much of the latest improved m.achiiiery for\\nexpediting work, and although he is getting well\\nnlong in years he still does much work himself.\\nMr. .larvis accumulations have been the result", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0755.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "764\\nK)RTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof years of hard work on the part of himself and\\nhis most worth)- companion, for they commenced\\nwith little or nothing. When he first entered\\nMichigan he had the large sum of twenty-five\\ncents, and he first hired out to drive cattle, re-\\nceiving three shillings per day. Mauj times he\\nwould be out at work by four o clock in the morn-\\ning, and after going without dinner would have a\\nlate supper. He remained on the farm where he\\nfirst settled until 1883, and then moved to Bu-\\nchanan, where he remained for two years. This\\nwas while he was building his present fine resi-\\ndence. In 188(5 he returned to the farm of one\\nhundred and thirty acres, and on tins he has since\\nresided, although he rents the land. Mr. Jaivis\\nand wife have buried five children. Lucy was the\\nwife of Frank H. Berrick, and died when about\\nfort^ -four 3ears of age; John was in the hardware\\nbusiness in St. Joseph, Mich., and died when about\\ntwenty-four years of age; Zed died when about\\ntwenty-eight years of age; Matilda died in in-\\nfancy; and Ezra died at the age of seven years.\\nAll were born on section 12, Niles Township. Mr.\\nJarvis was at one time a Democrat in politics, but\\nafter the war he became a Republican, and still\\nlater a Greenbacker, being the latter at the pres-\\nent time.\\nE*^*\\nFREDERICK SMITH. Among the many\\nprominent, enterprising and successful citi-\\n_\\\\ zens of Cass County is the worthy gentle-\\nman whose name heads this sketch. His life of\\nindustry and usefulness, and his record for integ-\\nrity and true-hearted faithfulness in all the rela-\\ntions of life, have given him a hold upon the cotn-\\nmunit} which all might well desire to share. A\\nnative of Hesse-Cassel, Germany, born January\\n15, 1837, he lias inherited all the best character-\\nistics of that nationality.\\nMr. Smith was the eldest of five children born\\nto the marriage of David and (Tcrtrude Smitli,\\nnatives of Hesse-Cassel, and when but fifteen years\\nof age. with his sister, took passage for America.\\nAfter landing in the city of New York, they re-\\nmained there for some time, but in 1852 our sub-\\nject decided to go West. He came as far West as\\nDetroit, and, after working in a brickyard for a\\nmonth, was taken sick with fever and ague, and\\nwas in the hospital all winter. The following\\nsjjring he hired out to a farmer for ^7 per month,\\nbut during the following winter he received liut\\n$3 per month. He remained with this farmer for\\ntwo years.\\nIn the mean time, the parents of our subject de-\\ncided to cross over to the land of the free, and\\nin the 3 ear 1853 the) took passage to America.\\nA few days after sailing the mother was taken\\nsick and died, and when within one mile of the\\nJersey coast the vessel was wrecked and the fa-\\nther and the youngest son lost. One son, George\\nW., was saved, and now resides in St. Louis, Mo.\\nOur subject attended the schools of his native\\ncountry until fourteen years of age, but, being\\nthe eldest son, he was obliged to assist his father\\nto make a living. While residing in INIichigan,\\nhe worked for the farmers around Ypsilanti until\\n1857, when he went to Constantine, that State. In\\nthe fall of 1861 he enlisted in the Chandler Home\\nGuards, and after they disbanded he enlisted in\\nthe Sixth Michigan Light Artillery as a private\\nunder Capt. Andrews. He was sent to Kentucky\\non garrison duty, and was at West Point six\\nmonths. He participated in the battle of Frank-\\nfort, and then went back to Louisville, where his\\ncompany was re-organized. From there he went\\nto Knoxville, afterward joined Gen. Sherman s\\narm) and was in the battle of Resaca, numerous\\nskirmishes and the battle of Atlanta. He was\\nunder Gen. Thomas against Hood and partici-\\npated in the battle of Nashville. From there he\\nwas sent to Washington, D. C, tiience to Raleigh,\\nand participated in the battle of Bridges Cross\\nRoads. Then, joining Sherman at Greenville,\\nhe was present at the surrender of Gen. Johnson s\\narmy, and remained there until sent home, re-\\nceiving his discharge in July, 1865, at Jackson,\\nthis State. He was a good soldier and was ever\\nready for diit)-.\\nRelurnins; to Constantine, Mr. Smith remained", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0756.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "RLSIDLNCl CF ANDREW ALDRICH SLC.S. SILVER CREEK TP.^CASS CO .MICH\\nrrLJiUEHCLur ri-?ED. S ivi i I n oEC o vCLi N 1 A IF. CAoiCO.MICH.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0757.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0758.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\nrfi:\\nllierc for some time and then came to Cass Coun-\\nty, where lie purcliased seveiity-llnei acres of\\nwild timber-land. In the fall of 1865 he was mar-\\nried to Miss Sallie M. IMne, a native of Washte-\\nnaw Coiiiity, Mich., born in 1839, and the daugh-\\nter of A. Pine, one of the pioneer settlers of this\\nState. After marriage they settled on the new\\nfarm in a log house, and, although they had lit-\\ntle to start with, they went activel3 to work and\\nsoon gained a solid footing. From lime to lime,\\n.IS his means allowed, Mr. Smith added to the orig-\\ninal tract, until at the present time he is the owner\\nof one liuiiili ed and forty-six acres of land, with\\none hundred and twenty acres under cultivation,\\nlie hnilt a good, substantial residence at a cost of\\n^1. I, and everything about his place indicates\\nthat the owner is a man of eneigy and persever-\\nance. All this is the result of his and his wife s\\nuntiring energy, for during the early part of their\\ncareer they saw little rest.\\nFive children were born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nSmith, three of whom are living: George N., Nora\\nV. and Fred U. All have had good educational\\nadvantages, and Nora has a certificate to teach.\\nIn politics Mr. Smith is a Democrat. He is a\\nmember of the (irand Army post at Decatur, and\\nis recognized by one and all as one of the coun-\\nty s best citizens.\\nNDRKVV ALDRICH. Possessing those\\nqualities of industry .and energy which are\\ncharacteristic of the people of New York\\nState birth, no worthy reference to the\\nagricultural affairs of C.iss County would be com-\\nplete without mention of Mr. Aldrich, among\\nothers engaged in tilling the soil. He is a self-\\nmade man iu every sense of that much-abused\\nterm, and is possessed of more than ordinary en-\\nergy and force of character, no agriculturist of\\nthis region deserving greater success in the con-\\nduct and management of his farm than he.\\nMr. Aldrich was born in Oswego County, N. Y.,\\nNovember 3, 1855. and is a son of P.ert and Hetse^\\nA. (Lindsey) Aldrich, also natives of the Finpire\\nState. The paternal grandfather s name w,as also\\nBert. Bert Aldrich, .Ir., was a sailor on the Lakes\\nand followed that calling the principal part of his\\nlife. lie was married in Oswego Count\\\\ X. Y.,\\nto Miss Betsey Lindsey, who bore him four chil-\\ndren: Stephen; Andrew, the subject of this sketch;\\nMinnie, wife of .lames Hammond; and one who\\ndied in infancy. For many years the parents were\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and\\nduring that time they were active workers in the\\nsame and liberal contributors to its support. In\\npolitics Mr. Aldrich sup|)orte(l the measures of the\\nRepublican party and took a deep interest in its\\nwelfare. He brought his family to Michigan in\\nthe 50s, and located in .Sanilac County, where he\\nresided for some time. Hisdeath occurred in 18C2.\\nHis widow was married to James H. Moore and by\\nthis union became the mother of one child, a son,\\nCharles. She is still living and makes her home\\nin Missouri.\\nFrom this brief and incomplete review of the\\nlife record of our subject it will be seen that his\\nlife from earliest youth up to the pre.sent time has\\nnot been uselessly or idly spent. He is well and\\nfavorably known to a host of acquaintances in this\\ncommunity, and is a fair example of what can be\\naccomplished by industry and perseverance. At\\nthe early age of twelve years he was obliged to\\nbegin life for himself, and he first worked out by\\nthe month on a farm. He continued this for\\nabout twelve years in Michigan and having saved\\nup some of his w.ages he bought his present fine\\nfarm of one hundred and forty-five acres. This\\nhe has improved in every way and as a farmer he\\nranks second to none in the township. Every\\nthing about his place proclaims him one who thor-\\noughly understands his business, and tli.-it he has\\nmade a success of his chosen calling cannct be\\ndoubted for a moment when a glance is cast over\\nhis broad acres.\\nWhen twenty-four years of age Andrew Aldrich\\nwas married to Miss Sarah I)ewe3-,a native of C.iss\\nCounty, Mich., and the daughter of Aaron and\\nBetsey (Simpson) Dewey. Mr. Dewey was an\\nearly pioneer of Cass County and Dewey Lake w.as\\nnamed after his father, who was an early settler in", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0759.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "768\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRATHICAL RECORD.\\ntliis part of the count_y. In politics our subject is\\na Republican, but is not a strict party man, voting\\nmore for principle than for paity. Socially, he is\\na member of the Masonic fraternity of Dowagiac.\\neAPT. MIIRWIN C. BARNES. The Hrm of\\nClock Barnes was established in 1888, at\\nSt. Joseph, and since the inception of the\\nenterprise they have enjoyed a steadily increasing\\nl)usiness as dealers in watches, clocks, jewelry, dia-\\nmonds, etc. Being thoroughly accurate and re-\\nliable in all their transactions and representations,\\nthey possess the confidence of the people of tiiis\\nsection of Michigan, and to those desiring to pur-\\nchase jewelry their establishment undoubtedly\\noffers superior inducements.\\nThe junior member of this firm, Capt. Barnes,\\nis a retired steamboat captain. He was born in\\nBeverly, Canada, in 1831, and was a child of three\\nyears when his parents brought him to Michigan.\\nHis ancestors were of Scotch-Irish origin, and the\\nfamily settled in an early day in New York State,\\nwhere the father of our subject, Hiram Barnes, was\\nborn. The mother was known in maidenhood as\\nJane Lewis. This worthy couple are now de-\\nceased.\\nReared fnun infancy in Berrien County, Capt.\\nBarnes recalls no other home than this. He was\\nthe recipient of common-school advantages in his\\n3-outh, but his time was principall} occupied in\\nthe various duties connected with rural life. At\\nthe age of twenty-two, during the days of the gold\\nexcitement, he was seized with the fever, and jour-\\nneyed across the plains to California, reaching that\\nState after a tedious and uneventful trip. His\\nprincipal occupation in California was that of\\nfarming, in which he engaged successfully until\\n1856. He then returned to his Michigan home and\\nbegan steamboating.\\nHaving purchased three tugs, Capt. Barnes ran\\nthese in partnership with .lohn Wallace, under the\\nlinn name of Wallace Barnes, which connection\\ncontinued sixteen years. In 1883 he closed out\\nhis steamboat business and established a drug store\\nin partnershii) with E. S. Curran, continuing thus\\nengaged for eighteen months. In 1887, in com-\\npany with Warren Ballengee, of St. .Joseph, he\\nbuilt the St. .Joseph A Benton Harbor Street Rail-\\nroad, Mr. Barnes being President and General\\nManager, and Mr. Ballengee filling the position of\\nSecretary and Treasurer. One year later the road\\nwas sold to Mr. Holmes, of Chicago. The next\\nmove of the Captain was to enter into the jewelry\\nbusiness, in which he is now engaged.\\nWith the varied enterprises of St. Joseph, Capt.\\nBarnes is interested, either directly or indirectly,\\nand is one of the principal stockholders in the St.\\nJoseph Iron Works. While he is not an active par-\\ntisan, yet he favors the Democratic party, and never\\nfails to cast his ballot for its candidates. He owns\\na cozy and comfortably furnished house on State\\nStreet, where he makes his home. His wife, to\\nwhom he was married in 1873, was formerly Miss\\nLiza Lightfoot, and their home is brightened by\\nthe presence of three children, Delia, KImer :inil\\nLillie.\\n\\\\|(AMES SMITH, a leading agriculturist and\\nextensive land-holder of Berrien County,\\nMich., owns a magnificent homestead of\\nthree hundred and twenty acres, located\\nupon section 24, Berrien Township, and has been\\na constant resident of his present locality and\\nclosely identified with the progressive interests of\\nthe State for more than three-score years. The\\nfather of our subject, Isaac Smith, born in Doyle\\nCount}-, Ky., in 1800, journeyed with his parents\\nto Ohio when only seven or eight years of age,\\nand settled in Preble County. Later in life he\\nbecame a farmer in Indiana. The paternal grand-\\nfather, .lames Smith, was a native of Pennsylvania,\\nbut in very early da3 s made Kentucky his home.\\nOne of his sons, Robert, served with courage in\\nthe War of 1812. The mother, Martha (Burke)\\nSmith, a native of (iiles County, Va., and born in\\n17115, was the daughter of .lolm Huikc, a pioneer", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0760.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AKD BlOGRAl llICAL RECORD.\\n7fi!\\nsettk r of Oliio. The parents niMirii d in tlie rJiick-\\neye Stato and oiniirrated to Indiana, latoi icniuv-\\niiig witli two yoI c of ox-teams fi-om Union Coun- I\\nty. Ind., to tlieii- lioineistead in IMicliiijan, upon\\nwliieli tliey settled permanently in the fall of IS. Jd.\\nI lie land was covered with a dense growth of tiin-\\nher, thi ou h wliicli the Indians roamed, and to\\nwiiicli there was tlien no road from the higliway.\\nThe father assisted iu making the load to Berrien t\\nSprings. Me had lint very little cai)it;il. and when\\nhe had purehased the one hundred and sixty acres\\nof unbroken wilderness, years of hard work faced\\nhim.\\nWith energy and coinageous resolution, Isaac\\nSmith set himself to work. He had, to assist him,\\nan ox-team and a horse, and as companions of\\nthe solitude he had his faithful wife and three\\nlittle children. His first care was to build a sub-\\nstantial log house, which the family made tlieii-\\npermanent home. In time he cleared, cultivated\\nand improved the farm, one of the landmarks of\\npioneer days. The mother p.assed away in 1857,\\nthe father surviving her twenty-five years. They\\nwere the parents of five children, of whom our\\nsubject is the only one now living. In early life\\na Whig, Isaac Smith later became a stalwart Repub-\\nlican, and was a prominent factor in the social,\\nreligious and political enterprises of his locality.\\nIn religious belief a Presbyterian, he was generous\\nto the needy ar.d a kind neighbor in hours of\\nsuffering. Energetic, self-reliant and industrious,\\nhe was beloved and respected by all who knew\\nhim.\\nOur sul)ject, .lames Smith, was born November\\n2, 1827, in Preble County, Ohio, and came to\\nMichigan when a little lad of three years. Reared\\nto manhood on the old farm, he attended the log\\nschoolhouse, and afterward enjoyed the benefit of\\ninstruction in a select school in Xiles. When\\ntwenty-one years of age, he began life for himself,\\nand adopted the avocation of his father, and has\\ncontinued the pursuit of agriculture his entire\\nlife.\\nIn October, IH. iS, .lames Smith and INIalvina\\nHabcock were united in marriage. Mrs. Smith was\\na daughter of ,lohn and Sarah (Kendall) Habcock,\\nnatives of Stephontown. Rensselaer Cuuntw X. Y.\\nIMr. and Mi s. Babcock were both Ijorn in the ear\\n17!!/). .lohn liabcock studied law undei .Judge\\nMann, of Troy, N. Y., and practiced there until his\\ndeath in 1841. Mrs. I .abcock survived until 1876.\\nThey were the parents of eleven children, eight\\nof whom attained to adult age, six j et surviving.\\nTwo sons served in the war. H. R. was with the\\nEir t Michigan Cavalry from the beginning of the\\nCivil War to its close. Allan K.. of the Seventh\\nIowa, was killed at the second battle of Corinth.\\nMrs. Smith was boiii November HI. 1H29, in\\nStephentowii, and attended school in that place\\nuntil thirteen years of age, when she went to Che-\\nmung County. In 1844, arriving in Michigan,\\nshe prepared to teach, and for several years pre-\\nsided in vaiious schools of the State, and was so\\nsuccessful as an instrvictor that her services were in\\nconstant demand. The father was very active in\\n])olitics and, although all his sons were Republicans,\\nMr. Habcock remained a strong Democrat and\\nwith honor held many town offices. In faith, he\\nand his family were Episco|)alians. The mother\\njoined her children in Michigan in 1853.\\nMr. and Mrs. Smith were blessed by the birth\\nof four children, three of whom 3-et survive.\\nMartha is the eldest-horn; Mary, deceased, w.as\\nthe wife of H. G. C orell, and left one child, Anna\\nClaudine; Dr. Ethan H. practices medicine in\\nSanta Clara, Cal.; Charlie R. is the youngest-boin.\\nThe estimable wife of our subject is a valued mem-\\nber of the Free-Will Hai)tist Church, and has taken\\nan active part in the .Sunday-school an l is known\\nas a woman of high principles and earnest charac-\\nter. Mr. Smith has also taught in the Sunday-\\nschool for fourteen 3 cars and has had a class av-\\nerage of twenty scholars. He has likewise served\\nas Treasurer. Miss Martha is a teacher in the\\nSunday-school and has also been Secretary of the\\nPokagon Township Sunday-school Association for\\neleven years. The parentsand their daughter and\\nsons occupy social positions of usefulness and in-\\nfluence and have a host of friends. The daughters,\\ngraduating from the Niles High School, were both\\nproficient in music and enjoyed extended advan-\\ntage for a thorough education and the study of\\nart and music. The eldest son, Dr. Ethan II..\\nwas a student in the classical course at the I ni-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0761.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "770\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nversity of Ann Arhor and also entered the med-\\nical department, and graduated from Bellevue\\nMedical Hospital College in 1889. For fort^\\nyears our subject has been fraternally connected\\nwith the lodge of Ancient Free Accepted Masons\\nof Berrien Springs. A Republican since the organ-\\nization of the party, he takes a deep interest in\\nlocal and national issues and has frequently served\\nhis party with abilitj as a delegate to conventions,\\nbut has never desired nomination for ofBce, al-\\nthough frequentlj solicited to allow the use of his\\nname as a candidate. Financially prospered, Mr.\\nSmith owns eight hundred acres of valuable land,\\nand upon his linely improved homestead profitably\\nconducts general farming, and raises some of the\\nbest stock (principally horses) handled in the\\ncounty. A man of sterling integrity and superior\\nbusiness attainments, our subject commands the\\nhigh regard of all his fellow-townsmen and of his\\nwide ac(iuaintance throughout the State.\\ni;^^ ORRIS A. LIVP:NG00D. No State in the\\nforty-four gives greater encouragement to\\na man who desires to devote himself to\\nagricultural life than does Michigan. Its resources\\nare almost inexhaustible and its climate adapted to\\nthe cultivation of various crops. As a fruit-grow-\\ning country it is unexcelled, and for raising grain\\nand stock it is truly notable. Our subject is one\\nwho has found success in this line of agriculture,\\nand although young in years he is one of the fore-\\nmost farmers in his locality. He was born near\\nSandusky, Ohio, in 1860, and was the onlj child\\nresulting from the marriage of Peter H. and Eliza-\\nbeth (Austin) Livengood, natives also of Ohio,\\nand of German and English descent respectively.\\nThe father now resides in Stevensville, this count}\\nwhere he located in 1884, and is actively engaged\\nin agricultural pursuits.\\nNorris A. Livengood came to Michigan with his\\nparents when about seventeen years of age, but\\nl)revious to that had been a resident of Indiana,\\nwhere he was reared and educated. For some linio\\nhe attended the State Normal School at Valparaiso,\\nInd., and there laid the foundation for his subse-\\nquent prosperous career. After coming to Michi-\\ngan he engaged in farming with his father, and as\\nhe inherited the progress and push of his English\\nancestors, as well as the indomitable energy and\\nindustry of the Teutonic element, his success was\\n.assured from the first. In 1882 he was married\\nto Miss Anna Louisa Mj^ers, a daughter ot Philip\\nH. Myers, who was one of the oldest settlers of\\nBerrien County.\\nMr. Myers was born in Germany, and came to\\nAmerica in 1858, landing in this country with lim-\\nited means. He came immediately to Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., and being thrift^ and industrious,\\nhe began to accumulate property. At the time of\\nhis death, which occurred in IS JO, he was one of\\nthe largest tax-payers, if not the largest. tax-p.ayer,\\nin the county, all the result of his industry and\\nperseverance. Being a gentleman of reserved\\nhabits, he mixed but little with the general public,\\nalthough in early life be took quite a deep inter-\\nest in all matters relating to the welfare of the\\ncounty. Being almost too old for service, he did\\nnot participate in the Civil War. In 1890 he re-\\nturned to visit the Fatherland, remaining tiiere for\\nsix months, but the love for his adopted country\\ncalled him back. He was taken sick on his return\\ntrip and died in the city of New York. His re-\\nmains were shipped to his sorrowing family and\\ninterred in Hinman Cemetery, in tiiis township.\\nHis wife, whose maiden name was Catherine\\nKnoose, was also a native of Germany. Mr. and\\nMrs. M3 ers were the parents of nine children, fmir\\nof whom died when small. Of those living, the\\neldest is Mary, who is now the wife of Albert Hen-\\ndrix; Margaret became the wife of Henr} Schuler;\\nElizabeth, deceased, was the wife of Conrad Young;\\nPhilip .1. is next in order; and Anna Louisa is the\\nwife of our subject.\\nAt the time of his death Mr. Myers was the owner\\nof three hundred and sixty acres of land, with\\ntwo hundred and fifty acres under cultivation,\\nlie had a splendid residence, substantial outbuild-\\nings, etc., and a glance over his broad acres would\\ntell one the kind of farmer that he was. In con-\\nnection Willi farmiiii he was also .actively enoaged", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0762.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOC.RAI IIICAL RECORD.\\n771\\nin j-tiK k-niisiim. in wliii;li he w:is very successful.\\nFor many years lie was n prominent member of\\nLake l.odue No. 113. 1. O. O. F., of l ridgn)an,and\\nwas buried willi proper ceremonies by that order,\\nlie w:is a member of tlie Kvangelical C luuch, or\\n(Jermnn Methodist, and his wife holds membership\\nin the same at the |)iesenl time. vShe is now in her\\nsixlN-ninth year, and is a most worthy and es-\\nteemed \\\\n ]y.\\nTo Mr. and Airs. Livengood have been liorn four\\nchildren: Philip M., Walter U. II., Millard M. A.\\nand Kmma C. Mr. I.ivengood is a member of\\nLake Lodge No. U.i, I. O. F., and has lilled all\\nthe chairs of his lodge. He is guardian for his\\nchildren, who are the heirs of the Myers estate.\\n\\\\^l\\\\\\\\ll\\\\Al KKI llAKT. Al. 1)., laic of Berrien\\nI Springs, was born in Carroll County, Md.,\\non the .SOth of .lanuary, 1807. lie w.as\\nthe son of David Kcpharl. an early settler\\nof Maiyland, of German descent, and a man of\\nsterling virtues and indomitable energy, who lived\\nand died on the old homestead of his father. The\\nmother of our subject was Margaret, daughter of\\nI liilip Reister, of Reisterstown, Md.. and of direct\\n(icrman extraction. The subject of this sketch\\nenjoyed excellent opportunities for acquiring an\\neducation, advantages far su))erior to those of the\\nmajority of boys in that day. He studied for some\\ntime in a private school and later entered Oarrison\\nForest Academy, where he conducted his literary\\nstudies for some time.\\nHaving chosen the profession of a physician,\\nour subject entered the IJaltimore Medical College\\nand pursued his studies there until his graduation\\nin 1833. After practicing in Baltimore forashort\\nlime, he opened an ollice for the practice of his\\nprofession in Memphis, Tenn., and subsequently\\nbecame a general |)ractitioner in Somerset County.\\nPa. While there he foi raed the ac(iuaintance of\\na young lady named Susan Kimrael, who was\\natten ling school in Somerset. .\\\\s she became his\\nwife on the 2d of September, 1840, some mention\\nof her i)arentage and life will be of interest to our\\nreaders.\\nBorn in Somerset County, Pa., in 1822, Susan\\nKimmel was a child of eleven years when, in 1833,\\nshe accompanied her [tarents, George and .Marj\\n(Lobcngire) Kimmel, to the new home in Michi-\\ngan. Mr. Kimmel had come to this Stal(! as early\\nas 182!l, and jire-empled land, entering ten thou-\\nsand acres in what is now Oronoko Township.\\nThither he brought his family and established a\\nhome in the unsettled part of the State, clearing\\nthe land and devoting his energies to the tilling\\nof the soil. Desirous of giving his daughter lietter\\nadvantages than were afforded in that newly-set-\\ntled country, he sent her b.ack to the old Pennsyl-\\nvania home to attend the school there.\\nAfter the Doctor s marri.age he carried on a gen-\\neral practice in Somerset County, Pa., for one year,\\nand thence came to Berrien .Springs. Mich., where\\nhe remained until death terminated his career.\\nHe was actively identified with the progress of this\\nvillage and contributed to its material advance-\\nment. His death occurred on the 23d of Septem-\\nber, 1880, at which time it was recognized that a\\npublic-spirited citizen, skillful physician and u|)-\\nriglit man had been removed from the community,\\nand his fellow-citizens joined with the immediate\\nrelatives in mourning his loss. He had been .ac-\\ntively interested in the organization of the Re-\\npublican party, and was one of its firm upholders\\nto the da\\\\- of his death.\\nit\u00e2\u0080\u0094 U(iH S. GARRETT. No better citizens\\nJ have come to Cass County. Mich., than\\nthose who emigrated from the green isle\\nof Erin, and who brought with them as\\ntheir inheritance the traits of character and life\\nwhich have ever distinguished the race. Among\\nthese, we find in .Silver Creek Township Mr. fiar-\\nrett, who was born in Count} Down, Ireland, in\\n1825, and who is a son of James and Sarah\\n(Stewart) (iarrett. His grandfather, .Joseph Gar-\\nrett, was born in the same part of Ireland as our", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0763.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "772\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\nsubject, and became the owner of an extensive\\nfarm. The latter [jassecl his entire life in his native\\ncountry, was married there, and there reared his\\nfamily of seven children, as follovvs: Hugh, John,\\nWilliam, James (father of our subject), Daniel,\\nMar} and Jane. Ills wife s maiden name was\\nEleanor Orr.\\nAll the children mentioned above came to Amer-\\nica, except the father of our subject and two sis-\\nters. James Garrett was reared to manhood by an\\nuncle, and was early taught the duties of faimlife.\\nHe also learned milling, and followed that in his\\nnative country up to the time of his death, which\\noccurred in 1828. He was a member of the Pres-\\nb^ terian Churcli and a worthy citizen. He married\\nMiss Sarah Stewart, and three children were born\\nto them: Jane, deceased, who was the wife of James\\nEllison; Mary, deceased; and Hugh S., our subject.\\nAfter the death of her husband, Mrs. Garrett took\\nfor her second husband James Kinning, and re-\\nmained in Ireland until her death.\\nThe original of our sketch was but twenty years\\nof age when his mother died. At an eaily age he\\nbegan working for himself, and, as he was reared\\non a farm, he became thoroughly familiar with\\nall its duties at an early age. In 1848 he came to\\nthe United States and located in the Empire State,\\nwhere he remained two years. He worked out by\\nthe month during this time, and then went to\\nMontgomery County, Ohio, where for two years\\nhe worked out by the month and rented land.\\nFrom there he went to Franklin County, Ind., and\\nwas married in 1858 to Miss Jane Ellison, a native\\nof Ireland, as were also her parents, Michael and\\nMary Ellison. Two children have blessed their\\nunion: William J., who married Miss Ada Moore;\\nand Michael S., the husband of Miss Edith Bed-\\nford.\\nMr. Garrett rented land in Indiana until 1851),\\nwhen he decided that Michigan was a State of\\ngreat promise, and removed within its borders.\\nWith some assistance from his father-in-law, he\\npurchased his present farm, and this he has added\\nto occasionally, until he now has two hundred\\nacres of valuable land, most of which is inijiroved.\\nBorn on a farm, he necessarily grew up with a\\nbetter knowledge of agricultural affairs than one\\nwho is not so reared, and, as a consequence, has\\nmade a success of his calling. He and his worthy\\ncompanion are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and in politics he supports the principles\\nof the Rei)ublican party. His mother was fouitli\\nin order of birth of the following children: Hugh,\\nM. D., a surgeon on board a man-of-war in England;\\nAlexander, who became a farmer; Andrew, who\\nwas a farmer and came to the United States with\\nhis family, where he died; Sarah, our subject s\\nmother; Margaret; Mary; Jane; an l Ann.\\niiC-\\niHOMAS DIGNAN. who departed this life\\nmourned and resjiected by all who knew\\nhim, December 2i, 1872, was an early set-\\ntler f)f Beirieji County, Mich. He was a native of\\nRoscommon, Ireland, and was born in the year\\n1811. The youth and childhood of our subject\\nwere i)assed on a farm, and he attained to man-\\nhood in the land of his birth. Finallj in com-\\npany with his brother, Frank Dignan, he emigrated\\nto America and arrived safe and happ} in the land\\nof promise. Willing to woik at any honest em-\\nployment their hands could find to do, the brothers\\nfirst labored in railroad construction work. Thomas\\nDignan had enjoyed the advantage of a good com-\\nmon-school education and was well informed upon\\nthe topics of the day. Observing and intelligent,\\nhe steadily made his way upward, and soon began\\nto realize the comforts attainable liy habits of in-\\ndustry and frugality.\\nOur subject was married February 28, 1865, to\\nMiss Anna Hastings, born in Count} Limerick,\\nIrelanil, February 14, 1837. Mrs. Dignan was the\\ndaughter of James and Catherine (Murphy) Hast-\\nings, both natives of the Emerald Isle. In 1863,\\nshe came in company with her parents and other\\nmembers of her family to the United States. The\\npassage across the broad Atlantic was speedy. Em-\\nbarking at (^ueenstown upon a steamer, they\\nwere only eleven days reaching Castle (Tarden,\\nN. Y. Remaining but a brief time in the metrop-\\nolis of the Empire State, llie father, mother and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0764.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lilOGRAl IIlCAL RJ-:CORD.\\n773\\nllii ir cliiliiion wcro .soon on tlicir way to tho West.\\nTlu ir iiiiiiH dinte (io,siiii;iti \u00c2\u00bbii w:i,s Niles, I .eriien\\nC minly. Midi., and in this locality tlie i)arents\\nafli i- some Icriirlli of tinif passed peacefully away.\\nAftt r their niaiiiaiie, Mr. and Mrs. Dii^nan settic^d\\non .-i f.-uiii in the villai;e of Ueitrand, and there our\\nsulijeet sucee.ssfnll\\\\ devoted himself to the pur-\\nsuits of agriculture.\\nSix children brought joy and gladness into the\\neonifortahie home. Lizzie, the eldest, who received\\n.superior educational training and thoroughly pre-\\npared herself fur a teacher, is now ft)llowing her\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ho ^en vocation; .lanie.s. Frank and Catherine are\\nalso spared to cheer their mother s home. Two\\nchildren are decea,sed. Our suliject was a devout\\nmendier of the Catholic Church, and, true to its\\nreligious precepts, was in the daily business of life\\nMjiright and t arnest. IJelieving in the Part} of\\nthe I eople, he was a stanch Democrat, inteiested\\nin local and national issues. In his death IJcrrien\\nCounty b ?t one of its honest and most substantial\\nIrish-.Vnurican citizens. Ilis widow remains on\\nthe home farm and owns seventy acres of finely\\nimproved land. Like her husliaiid, she and the\\nfamily are worthy mcndiers of the Uoman Cath-\\nolic Church. Her life has licen an unvarying round\\nof useful industry, and in the advancing evening\\nof her days she can with [ileasure recall the mem-\\norits t f the past.\\ng^i^i^i\\n/j^^\\\\ANMNG E. U(X;ER.S. an enterprising\\nbusiness man and successful farmer of Cass\\nK County, Mich., was born in Ontwa Town-\\nship, upon the old homestead where be\\nnow resides, April 27. l\u00c2\u00abr)7. His parents were\\n(ieorgcand Elizabeth Manning)Rogers. The pa-\\nternal grandfather. John Rogers, named in honor\\nof his fatlier, Jolin Rogers, was a man of resolute\\ncharacter and sterling integrity. He was a Ion\\ntime resident of the Empire SUite. where he was\\nwidely known and highly respected. The father\\nof our subject, (Jeorge Rogers, was a native of\\nralmyra, Wayne County, N. Y. He was born\\nJune 7, lS2fl, and was reared and attained toman-\\nhood in his early home. In 1852 he located in\\nMichigan, and for one year clerked in Coldwater.\\nHe then spent one year in the post-otlice in Elk-\\nhart, Ind. He purchased in 18; a farm in Mason\\nTt)wnshi[), Cass County, upon section 12, the home-\\nstead containing one hundred and lifty-livc acres,\\nto which he removed in the succeeding year. He\\nimproved this land, and at the time of his death,\\nI December 28, 187t\u00c2\u00bb, owned over two hundred acres\\nof valuable farming property. He gave consider-\\nable attention to insurance, and was one of the\\nlargest shippers of fruit in the State. He pur-\\nch.ased land in several States, and was an c.\\\\lensive\\ndealer in agricultural implements, and w.-is re-\\ngarded as a liberal man, of energy and public\\nspirit.\\nThe mother of our subject w.as born in .Miami\\nCount) Ohio, and was the daughter of Elias and\\nSarah (Frost) Manning. The maternal great-\\ngrandfather, John Manning, was the son of James\\nManning, who came from F2ngland to America in\\nearly da^s. John Manning was born in iMigland,\\nand with his brother Edwin made his home in the\\nUnited States and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. He\\nwas by trade a millwright and ran one of the first\\nmills built in the Buckeye State. He removed\\nlater to Pi(iua, and laid out the city. He built the\\nfirst mill erected there. In religious belief, this\\nancestor of our subject was a I niversalisl. He\\npassed away in Piqua after a long and useful life.\\nHe married four times. His first wife was Sarah,\\nwho bore him two sons and two daughters. H. Eliza-\\nbeth was the second wife. The third wife was the\\nmother of eight sons and four daughters. The\\nfourth wife became the mother of one daughter.\\nElias Manning, the maternal grandfather of ,Mr.\\nRogers, was the first white child born in Piqua, Ohio,\\nthe day of his nativity being May 22, 1800. He\\nwas one of twelve children, ten of whom survived\\nto adult age. The sons were: John, Enos, Ed-\\nward, Amos, Nathaniel, Benjamin and Elias. The\\ndaughters: Sarah, Nancy and Margaret. Three of\\nthe sous were present at the surrender of Hull,\\nhaving jjatriotically participated in the struggles\\nof the Revolution.\\nElias Manning was a millwright, and in 1833", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0765.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "774\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOCiRAl IIlCAL RECORD\\njounieyed to P^lkhart, Iiid., wliere lie built a mill\\nand boated, floating down the Elkhart River and\\nby lake to Buffalo. He lived in Elkhart until the\\ntime of his death, which occurred January 15,\\n1847. He was a Whig in i)olilics, and in relig-\\nious belief a Universalist. His wife wasMiss Sarah,\\ndaughter of Dr. William Frost. Mrs. Manning\\npassed away in November, 1872. She was born\\nMay 3, 1806, and spent a life of usefulness. She\\nwas the mother of twelve children, eight of whom\\nsurvived to manhood and womanhood. These\\nsons and daughters were: John, AVilliam, Oliver,\\nElizabeth, Mary (deceased at eleven years of age),\\nSusan, Ebenezer, Nancy, Margaret, and three lit-\\ntle ones who died in infancy. Dr. Frost came from\\nNorth Carolina and was a soldier of 1812. He re-\\nsided near Piqua and actively participated in pio-\\nneer experiences. The maternal great-grand-\\nmother, Mrs. William Frost, was Elizabeth Reed,\\na daughter of James Reed, who served bravely in\\nthe War of the Revolution. He removed from\\nNorth Carolina to Ohio, between 179.5 and 1800.\\nThe pleasant home of the father and mother of our\\nsubject was blessed with the [)resence of two sons,\\nManning E. and Charles. The latter was born\\nSeptember 28, 1862. He was married in Milton\\nTownship, where he follows the occupation of\\nfarming. His vvife was formerly Miss Mary House-\\nworth, of Mason Township, and they have three\\nchildren, Minnie, George and John.\\nManning E. Rogers, born and reared where he\\nnow resides, was educated in the public schools of\\nhis home locality, and received a course of in-\\nstruction in the institutions of Aurora, 111., and\\nValparaiso, Ind. He now has charge of the in-\\nsurance business formerly managed by his fa-\\nther, and in 1887 bought the store building in\\nAdamsville, and conducts a general business, hand-\\nling a variety of merchandise and buying pro-\\nduce. Mr. Rogers and his wife were united in\\nmarriage October 1, 1854. Mrs. Rogers is a na-\\ntive of Piqua, Ohio, and is a daughter of Elias\\nand Sarah Manning. She is a most estimable lady,\\na n. ember of the Christian Church, and is widely\\nknown and esteemed. Mr. Rogers is in political\\natHliatiou a sturdy Democrat and interested in\\nlocal and national issues. He is a valued member\\nof the Knights of Pythias, and has for many years\\nbeen one of the important factors in the social and\\nbusiness enterprises of Cass County. Possessing\\nexcellent business attainments, he has achieved\\nsuccess and is numbered among the prosperous and\\nsubstantial citizens of Ontwa Township.\\nIMON S. BERG. The advancement of our\\ncountry along the lines of commercial and\\nIvL^U y fiBi icultural development is due to no\\nsmall extent to the perseverance and en-\\nterprise of emigrants from other lands, who\\nhave crossed the ocean and established homes in\\nvarious parts of the United States. Germany has\\nfurnished her quota of enterprising and ambitious\\nemigrants, who have become worthy citizens of\\nthis great Republic and aided in developing its\\ninterests. Among the number may be mentioned\\nMr. Berg, for many years a prominent resident of\\nSt. Joseph, but now deceased.\\nA native of the kingdom ot Bavaria, Gernian3\\nMr. Berg was born in 1823, and received his edu-\\ncation in the common schools of the Fatherland.\\nHis parents. Christian and Margaret Berg, were also\\nnatives of Germany, where they spent their lives.\\nIn 1841 he emigrated to the United States and\\nlanded in New York, whence he went to Chicago,\\nand there remained for some time, engaging at\\nhis trade of a carpenter, which he had learned in\\nGermany. Later he commenced to work as a con-\\ntractor and builder in Chicago, and conducted an\\nextensive trade in that line until 1850, when he\\ncame to St. Joseph. Here, as in Chicago, he\\nworked at carpentering.\\nSome years after coming to St. Joseph, Mr. Berg\\nembarked in business as a fruit-grower, and car-\\nried on a large trade until his death, December 28,\\n1883. As a business man, he possessed decision of\\ncharacter and force of will. As a friend he was\\nthoughtful, as a neighbor obliging, as a husband\\ndevoted, and as a father affectionate and sympa-\\nthetic. In politics, he favored the principles of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0766.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0767.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "1^;IUC^^ ,fDi-^^l^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0768.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "POirrHAlT AMI lllOGRArillCAL liKCORD.\\nthe DeiiHicratif party, Jiiifi usually voted that\\nlifkel. t S|U eially in the national eli-otions. Wis\\nnatiiii was generous and conlidinij, and wliilo\\ntlioso c|ualities doubtless caused liini to make some\\ninistnkes, yet they always won for him the confi-\\ndence of tlie community. Strength of will was\\none of his prominent traits, and it enaliled him to\\novercome ditllcultics in business that would have\\nappalled other men.\\nIn IHTiO Mr. I lOrg was united in marriage with\\nMiss Anna M. .lohns, a native of Prussia. Ger-\\nMiaiiy. and the daughtei of Ludwig and Anna .M.\\n(VVeckler) .lohns, of (iermany. This union rc-\\nsulte I in the birth of seven children, six of whom\\nare living, .lohn being deceased. The surviving\\nmembers of the family are as follows: .Mary, the\\nwife of Charles .Miller, of St. .Joseph; Elizabeth M.,\\nwho is at home; Katherine; Ellen, who married L.\\nA. (i. Williams, and resides in Chicago; Anna M.\\nand Marguerite. In their religious connections\\n.Mrs. Berg and all the children are identified with\\nthe Catholic Church, of which Mr. Berg was also a\\nmember. In church life, from the time of his\\ncomng to St. .Joseph to the d.ay of his death, he\\nwas one of the most conspicuous members of the\\ncongregation, and his benefactions were unstinted.\\np5^ AMIEL INCLINC;. The United SUates\\nowes a debt of gratitude that can never be\\nV^O^ repaid to those valiant defenders of the\\nOld Flag, who proudl3 enlisted under its\\nlianner and, inarching into the thickest of the\\nlight, heroically- braved perils, seen and unseen.\\n.Many of those valiant soldiers have passed from\\nthe scenes of earth and have entered upon their\\ntinal rest. .Some, however, still survive, and among\\ntnat number prominent mention belongs to the\\nsuliject f)f this sketch, who now resides in I)o-\\nwagiac.\\nBorn in Stark County. Ohio, .luly 21, 1829.\\nour subject is the son of William Ingling. one of\\nthe early settle s of Michigan, who came here in\\n1K47. Grandfather Samuel lii^din i: served in\\nthe Revolutionary War, and was taken i)risoner\\nat the blockade of the Deiawaro River by the\\nBritish. William Ingling was born in Burling-\\nton, N. .1., and was there married to Miss Rebecca\\nConroe. Soon after that important event he re-\\nmoved to Pliiladelphin. where he resided for about\\ntvifelvc years. In 1821 he removed to .Stark Coun-\\nty, Ohio, where he bought land anri became iden-\\ntified with the pioneer history of that county. In\\n1888 he removed to Delaware County, the same\\nStale, where he resided for two years. Thence\\nhe removed to Logan County, and followed farm-\\ning pursuits there until 1817.\\nDuring that year Mr. Ingling came to Michigan\\nand settled in Calvin Township, Cass County,\\nwhere he engaged in carpenter work. He died in\\nthat townshi)) in 18.58; his widow survived hini a\\nfew years, passing away in 1861. They were the\\nparents of thirteen children, of whom nine grew\\nto manhood and womanhood. Elias died August\\n28, 1872. Those living are Letilia, Mrs. Gries-\\nemer,a widow; William, a residentof Denver, Colo.;\\n.Sarah, the widow of .John Parker and a resident\\nof Dow.agiac; Keziah, the widow of .J. McComber;\\nElizabeth, the wife of David Parker, of Calhoun\\nCounty, Iowa; and Samuel, of this sketch.\\nIn Stark County, (Jhio, our subject passed his\\nearly childhood years. When about eight years old\\nhe removed to Delaware Count\\\\-, and later to Lo-\\ngan County, Ohio, whence at the age of eighteen\\nhe came to Mic^higan. Here he served an appren-\\nticeship of two years to the trade of a miller, and\\nat the expiration of his term of service he en-\\ng.aged in farming. At the time the war broke\\nout he was eng.aged in tilling the soil, but his\\npatriotic impulses were so strong that he was in-\\nduced to lay aside the pursuits of peace for the\\nweapons of warfare. On the 1st of .September,\\n18()2, he enlisted as a member of Company I,\\nFirst United Slates Sharpshooters. The regiment\\nbeing greatly reduced in numbers, he was trans-\\nferred on the 1st of Jamiary, 1 86. to Company\\nI, Fifth Michigan Infantry, with which he .served\\nuntil the close of the war.\\nApril 1862, Mr. Ingling was awarded the sil-\\nver prize for making the best test sharpshooting\\nin the regiment, and on the same dav he carried\\nas", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0769.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "778\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\noff the gold prize, which he won for being the\\nbest sharpshooter in liis brigade. Far and wide\\nthroughout iiis regiment and brigade, as well as\\nin the main army itself, he was known for his un-\\nerring marksmanship, and he gained distinction\\neven among his superior officers. At the battle\\nof the Wilderness a ball struck the silver medal\\nwhith he carried in his fob, and, glancing aside,\\nleft him uninjured, so liiat the medal, in addition\\nto being a great honor, was proljably the means of\\nsaving liis life.\\nAt the battle of the Wilderness Mr. Ingiiug was\\nwounded, on tlie 5th of May, 1864, and was taken\\nto tlie liospital, wiiere lie remanied until able to\\nrejoin his regiment. Among the other [nomi-\\nnent engagements in which lie participated ma}\\nbe mentioned tliose of Spoltsylvania, Fredericks-\\nInirg. jS ortli Anna River, Cold Harbor and the\\nsiege of Petersburg. At Strawberr} Plain, August\\n17, he was wounded by a ball, which struck the\\nsciatic nerve. He participated in thirty-one bat-\\ntles of the war and was always in the front. He\\nwas a member of Berdan s sharpshooters, and had\\nmany thrilling experiences in war times.\\nWliile detailed on picket duty at Cold Har-\\nbor, Mr. Ingling suffered intensely from thirst and\\ninquired of the Corporal, Is there any water here\\nthat we can getr The Corporal replied, Yes,\\njust outside of the lines there is a spring. Tak-\\ning his canteen and his gun, Mr. Ingling started\\ndown the incline. Ghincing over liis shoulder,\\nhe saw a rebel vedette standing at an order arras.\\nHe put on a bold front, and, walking u]) to the\\nman, said, Hello, .Johnn} who are you? I\\nam a vedette, was the reply. And who are\\nyou? I am a soldier of Berdan s sharpshooters.\\nThe} then went to the spring, where they had a\\nsocial chat and then took their departure.\\nUpon returning from the war, Mr. Ingling lo-\\ncated in Dowagiac and was first a clerk, and later\\nengaged in the hardware business for about five\\nyears, .lunc 21, 1854, he married Miss Jane D.\\nStanard. who was the daughter of Ezra iStanard.\\nShe was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., and\\ncame to Micliigan about 1845. Politically, Mr.\\nIngling is a Republican, and has represented the\\nriiiiil Ward as Alderman of the city for a period\\nof two years. .Socially, he is a member of the\\nAncient Order of United Workmen and the Grand\\nArmy of the Republic. He is a devoted member\\nof the Christian Church and takes an active in-\\nterest in religious matters. As a slight conniensa-\\ntion for his services during the war, he is the re-\\ncipient of a (lension froni the Government. For\\nthe past three years he has been confined to the\\nhouse from the effects of injuries received in the\\nservice.\\nThe following incident, which occurred at the\\nSoldiers Reunion held at Kalamazoo, Mich., in\\n1882, is from the i)en of Gen. Hiram Berdan:\\nAt one time yesterday, when the fJeneial was\\ntalking in his animated fashion to clusters of\\nfarmer riflemen, who pressed about him and hem-\\nmed him in, a dark-(;omplexioned, mustaclied man,\\nof average stature and with a pair of glasses astride\\nhis nose, was seen apiJioacliing the tent. The old\\nGeneral was on his feet in an instant, his fine\\nfigure siiowing u]) above the rest like that of an\\nold tield-marshal of France. I am going to put\\nyou ill the giiaid liouse. he shouted. F ut it\\ndidn t seem to us as thongli he really meant it.\\nHe gras|)ed the spect.acled man s hand, shook it\\nagain and .again, and pulled him arouiui, while\\nthe moisture came into his eyes. You, rascal,\\nI ll put you in the guard house and keep you\\nthere. IIow d. ire your This is old Sam Ingling,\\nexplained the General to the re|)orter. wiping lils\\noptics with his white handkerchief. Yes. sir, Old\\nSam Ingling, of Dowagia(% down here; he was the\\ncrack shot in ni} whole brigade of crack shots.\\nHe tirst took the medal of his regiment as a\\nmarksman, and then tliat of the brigade. I m\\ngoing to put him in the guard house and keep\\nhim there all the rest of his natural life, the las-\\ncall I ll tell on all aliout it. lie and Allen\\nhere, of Battle Creek, were out on duty together\\none morning looking for .Tohnny-rebs to pick\\noff, when all of a sudden two confederates ap-\\npeared in the distance coming towards them.\\nAllen said he would take the right hand man\\nand Ingling the left. Both fired, and only one\\nrebel fell. Both claimed him. It came out that\\nIngling had understood perfectly that he was to\\ntake the left hand man, and, sure enough, when", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0770.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n779\\nwe advanced, they found llie body of the dead\\nconfedoialL with two lioles in it. lint 1 sent\\nliii;ling to llie irn;n-d honse foi ini^;siiig liis man.\\nVou deserved it, too, you rascal. There, tiiat shows\\nyou the esprit de corps of our brigade and the dis-\\ncipline that was preserved. To miss your man\\nwas an offense worthy of the guard house, but to\\nhave .Sam Ingling, the crack shot of the regiment!\\nOh, that was scandalousi lie uuglit to be clapped\\nin again and kept there, concluded the General,\\nmaking a dip in the direction of Sam s ribs.\\nI\\\\lr. Ingling had the medals which he won, and,\\ntaking them out of the chamois bag in wliich\\nlie keeps them, exhibited them to the reporter.\\nThe regimental medal is of silver, and is dented\\nwith a bullet, it having saved Mr. Ingling s life\\nonce, wlien carried in his pocket in the battle of\\nthe Wilderness. The brigade medal is of gold, a\\nvery handsome piece of jewelry, and is appropri-\\nately engraved.\\nARTIN .S. BEDINGEK. The philosophy\\nof success in life is an interesting study,\\nla and affords a lesson from which others\\ncan profit. In choosing a jnirsuit in life,\\ntaste, mental gifts, oppportunity and disposition to\\nlabor should be considered, as an} young man who\\nlias a di.sposititiii to become a respectable and use-\\nful citizen desires to succeed therein. On the till\\nof .lanuary, 1848, a boy was born in Darke County,\\nOhio, who grew to sturdy manhood ambitious to\\nexcel, and possessing much energy and determina-\\ntion, attributes which are essential to success in\\nany calling. This l)oy was Martin .S. P edinger,\\nhis i)areiits being Adam and Raclie! (Christopher)\\nISediiiger, who were natives of the Keystone State\\nMild of (ierinan parentage.\\nThe father was born in 1808 and the mother in\\n18(10, and from their youth ui) they had l)ecn mem-\\nbers of the German Church. In 18. )1 they left\\ntheir native State for Michigan and settled in\\nBerrien County, where the father followed farm-\\ning until his death in 1881. His wife followed\\nhira to the grave in 1881*. In 1862 Mr. Bedinger\\nwas filled with a patriotic desire to assist his coun-\\ntry, and enlisted in Con.pnny I, Twelfth Michigan\\nInfantry, and vas attached to the Army of the\\nTennessee. lie participated in the battle of Pitts-\\nburg Landing and ShiUih, and was crippled in the\\nlast-named engagement, lie served as a private,\\nand no braver soldier fought for the Stars and\\nStripes. To his marriage were born eleven chil-\\ndren, three sons and eight daughters, and all grew\\nto mature years. They were as follows: Mary .1.\\nIS the widow of J. L. Gorhara; .Sarah (deceased)\\nwas the wife of Cornelius (iorham; Rachel A. is\\nthe wife of Henry Stemm; Catherine (deceased)\\nwas the wife of S. P. Davidson; .lames C. resides in\\nthis State; Isabelle (deceased) was the wife of Ja-\\ncob Neidlinger; Susan is the wife of tieorge Dun-\\ngleberger; M. S. is our subject; Elizabeth is the\\nwife of .lolin Eisher; Eliza is the wife of Charles\\nLochinaw; and Adam H. is deceased.\\nMartin S. Bedinger secured only a common-\\nschool education, for when his father came to\\nMichigan a poor man, young Bedinger passed the\\nmost of the time in helping to clear the farm,\\nwhich was covered with a dense forest. Three\\nmonths were the most he ever attended in a year,\\nbut when in the school room he applied himself\\nwith such energy that he was Jis far along in his\\nstudies as the m.ajority of boys. He remained un-\\nder the parental roof until twenty-two years of\\nage, and in the mean time learned the carpenter s\\ntrade, which he followed after leaving home. He\\ncommenced witliout any cajiital, but his trade\\nbrought him in considerable means, and in 1874\\nhe engaged in farming on the jilace where he now\\nresides. He rented the farm, consisting of eighty\\nacres, which was the old homestead where his fa-\\nther had located on coming to this counly. The\\noriginal cost of this place was I. and our sub-\\nject paid *2,0()0 for it. He has seventy acres un-\\nder a good state of cultivation, and a i)ortion of it\\nis devoted to raising lierries of all kinds. He has\\nfive acres in orchard and several acres in vineyard.\\nThe remainder of the farm produces wheat, grass\\nand corn.\\nIn the year 1871 .Air. Bedinger was married to\\nMiss Allie .Murphy, a native of .Miehigjin and a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0771.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "780\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPXORD.\\ndaughter of George and Mary (Madox) Murphy,\\nearly settlers of the Lake State. Mr. Murphy\\ndied in this State, hut his wife survives him and\\nmakes her home in tliis county. Their children,\\nsix in nunilier. are as follows: Ailie, wife of our\\nsubject; May, wife of William Page; Murry, of\\nMicliigan; Frank, of Illinois; Lee. of ^Michigan;\\nand Vedder. also of Michigan. Tiie marriage of\\nMr. and Mrs. Bedinger resulted in the hirtli of\\nfoui- children: Maggie, wife of Frank Horner;\\nPaul, Claar and Frank. Botli our subject and\\nwife are members of the Lutlieran Cluirch. He is\\na member of Western Star Lodge No. .39, A. V.\\nA. M., and of Oronoko Lodge No. 69, A. U. W.\\nIn 1891 Mr. Bedinger was elected Township Su-\\npervisor, re-elected in 1892 and served two years.\\nIn politics he is a Democrat.\\nAMES C. HAL^GH, deceased, for about a\\nscore of years a resident of Berrien County,\\na successful agiiculturist and leading citi-\\nzen, passed to his rest in 1888, deeply\\nmourned by his family and a large circle of fiiends,\\nto whom he was known as a man of firm principle\\nand sterling integrity of character. Our subject\\nwas a native of the sunny .South and was born in\\nFrederick County, Md., August -20, 1842. His\\nparents, .Jacob and Lizzie (Harbaugh) Haugh,\\nhard-working and industrious people, were the fa-\\nther and mother of seven children, whom the3\\ncared for tenderly and reared to years of useful-\\nness. Of the sons and daughteis who gathered in\\nthe Maryland home .lames was the second in order\\nof birtli. He received primary instruction in the\\nschools of his birthplace before he removed with\\nhis parents, when only eight years of age, to the\\nState of Pennsylvania, which was the home of the\\nfamily the ensuing nine years. In the meantime\\nthe honest and industrious father, Jacob Haugh,\\nhad died, and when our subject was about seven-\\nteen ears old the widowed mother journeyed with\\nher famil3 to Ohio.\\nThe mother was a woman of intelligence and a\\nhigh order of ability and, appreciating the advan-\\ntages of an excellent education, stimulated lier\\nchildren and encouraged her sons and daughters\\nto avail themselves of every possible advantage to\\nsecure a liberal education. .Tames Haugh was an\\nexcellent scholar. He attended school at (^uincy.\\nPa., about three years, and later entered the Heidel-\\nburgh College, in Ohio. Having enjoyed the bene-\\nfit of a course of instruction in the latter institu-\\ntion, our subject successfully engaged in teaching,\\na vocation to which he devoted himself for some\\nlength of time in the Buckeye Stale. Realizing\\nthe broader opportunities of the West, Mr. Haugh\\nlinally decided to try his fortunes in .Alichigan,\\nand 111 1869 came to Berrien County, for five years\\nmaking his home in the city of Niles. He there\\nengaged in business as an agriculturist and also\\nprofitably ran a sawmill. In the year 1874,\\nstill continuing in the same line of business, our\\nsubject removed to Pipestone Township, where he\\nwas located until 1883, at which date he settled\\npermanently in Sodus Station, farmed and prosper\\nousl3 ran a sawmill until his demise, in 1888.\\nSome score of years before, James C. Haugh and\\nMiss Luciuda Ihinkman were united in marriage,\\nin A|)ril, 1868, in the State of Ohio, the early\\nhome of Mrs. Haugh. Of the children who blessed\\nthe union four are now surviving: Willie Edson.\\nAlma M;uy and Arthur E. Mary and Arthur\\nare now residing in TitHii.Ohio. In 1884 Mrs. Lu-\\ncinda Haugh died, and Mr. Haugh again wedded, in\\n1885. The second wife, Mrs. Patience (Puterbaugh)\\nHartsell, is the second daughter of Jacob and\\nSarah Puterbaugh, pioneer residents of Berrien\\nCounty, widely known and highly esteemed.\\nLfnto the second union was born one child, a son,\\n.Jesse L., now at home with his mother. Our sub-\\nject and his estimable wife were both regular\\nattendants and worthy members of the United\\nBrethren Church, as is also the eldest daughter o.\\nMr. Haugh. The husband and wife took an ac-\\ntive part in the religious work and benevolent en-\\nterprises of that denomination and also occupied\\na position of social influenee and usefulness.\\nPolitically, Mr. Haugh was for a long time a\\nstanch Republican, but later joined the ranks of\\nthe Piohibition parly, to which he afterward", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0772.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "PORTHAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nrni\\nI xteiidecl liis carnesl uiid unswurviiig support,\\nriiroiighout liis years of matuiiU- our suhjecl gave\\nhis close allontioii to the pul)lic issues of the day,\\nand in all matters pertaining to local welfare was\\never ready to lend a liberal and helping hand, and\\nwas intimately associated during his entire resi-\\ndence in Michigan with the educational advance-\\nment and progressive interests of his Western\\nh(inic.\\n-i\\nW^II.MAM 15. HIIMURY. N(f name is more\\nprominently coniiecled with the history of\\nNiles tlian tlial of nuiibiiry. One of the\\nearly settlers of the |)lace vvas a gentleman of that\\nname, and since his demise the business in which\\nhe w.as for many years engaged has been conduc-\\nted by his son, William 15., while his other childri^n\\nhave attained to prominent positions in business\\nand social circles. The subject of this sketch is\\nthe pro[)rictor of the finest livery, sales and board-\\ning stables in Niles. 1 3 the completeness of his\\nfacilities, and his close attention to all the details\\nof business, he enjoys a proniinenl position in the\\nline of industry in which he is engaged.\\nThe substantial frame structure used by .Mr.\\nliunburv for his livery stalile is one of the best\\nbusiness blocks in the city, lie keeps on hand a\\ngreat variety of handsome buggies, phaetons,\\ncoupes, coaches, etc., and is prepared on short\\nnotice to supply turnouts of unsurpassed elegance.\\nlie keeps twenty head of lioises, and gives steady\\nemployment to a number of men. The superior\\nqualil3- of hi,- vehicles and horses, as well as the\\npropriety of his business conduct, has commended\\nliim in an eminent degree to the favor of the\\ncitizens of Niles.\\n.Mr. 15nnl)ury has p.asscd liis eiitiic life in Niles,\\nwhere he was born on Christmas Day of 18. )7.\\nHis father. Kdward Uunbury, a native of Ireland,\\nwas one of the pioneers of Niles, having emigrated\\nto America in early life. After landing at New\\nYork he i)rocec(led directly to Niles. He located\\nhere ill l.s. )l.and engaged in llic li\\\\( ry business,\\nworking his way u|) from a small lieginning until\\nhe was well and favorably known throughout the\\ncounty. He died in 1876. At his demise his two\\nsons. William U. and Robert P., succeeded to the\\nbusiness, forming a partnership, which continued\\nuntil 1889. Our subject then purchased his\\nbrother s interest and has since conducted the\\nbusiness alone.\\nThe fourth in a family of ten childriMi, our\\nsubject had only ordinary advantages in his youth,\\nbut he availed himself to the utmost of every\\nopj)ortunity offered for gaining knowledge, and\\nis now a well-informed man. He was married\\non the 22d of April, 1890, to Miss Grace, daugh-\\nter of Thomas and Clara (Deniston) Barrett, of\\nXiles. They have establislied a pleasant home in\\nthe city, and in this cozy abode their triends are\\nwont to gather and pass many a delightful hour.\\nWhile not es|)ecially active in politics, Mr. Bun-\\nbury is a pronounced Democrat, and never hesi-\\ntates to champion the lause of his chosen party.\\n1/ ON. LKVl ALDRICH, M. D., an .able gen-\\nJl eral medical practitioner and skillful sur-\\ngeon, whose genial presence was a welcome\\ni^^J and familiar one in the homes of Edwards-\\nburgh, Cass County, Mich., for thirty-two years,\\npassed away December 16, 1892, mourned by the\\nwhole community of his locality as a public and\\nirreparable loss. Dr. Aldrich was a native of\\nEvans, Erie County, N. Y. He was born .lanuary\\n27, 1820, and was the son of .lames and llaiiiiah\\n(Comstock) Aldrich. The [lalernal graiidfalhei,\\nNathan Aldrich, was of English origin and a Oii.a-\\nker in faith. He lived on a farm and engageil in\\nthe peaceful pursuit of agriculture until lii-^ death,\\nin Rhode Island. His wife. Esther (Appleby) .Md-\\nricli, was the mother of five sons and one daiigii-\\nter: Simon, Nathan. .James, Sayles, Thomas anil\\nEsther. .lames Aldrich, the father of our subject,\\nwas born and reared in Rhode Island. He was a\\npioneer of (ienesee County, N. Y., and was both\\na mechanic and farmer. He made hi home later\\nin Erie County, locating in Evans, and Maich 7,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0773.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "782\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1834, came to Cass County. He survived to an\\nadvanced age and passed away in Prtscott, Wis.,\\nin 18.59. In political affiliations he was a Whig,\\nand occupied with ability many of liie township\\noffices. His wife died in August, 1881, having\\nlived to witness the remaikable changes of ninety-\\none years.\\nThe family fif the father and motlier were Sarah,\\nPhcBbe, Henr}-, Nathan, Serepta, Levi, Addison,\\nMilton and Newton, all of whom are married ex-\\ncept Addison. Levi, our subject, was trained on\\nhis father s farm to habits of thrift and self-re-\\nliance. He received a common-school education\\nin the home district, and enjoyed a course of in-\\nstruction in the Salem (N. Y.) Academy. Hav-\\ning decided to adopt a profession, he began the\\nstudy of medicine in the office of Dr. Sutphen, of\\nCass County, Mich., the latter State being the\\nhome of his parents since 1834. He concluded\\nreading medicine with Dr. George Sweetland, of\\nEvans. He attended the first course of lectures\\ngiven by the Buffalo Medical College and also had\\nthe benefit of lectures at Albany, N. Y., and grad-\\nuated from the Buffalo Medical College at the end\\nof a three-years course, receiving his degree in\\n1846. Locating soon after in Evans, Erie Count\\nN. Y., he practiced there successfully until the\\nspring of 1860. At this latter date he removed\\nto the West and settled in Edwardsburgh, where\\nhe engaged in tlie duties of his profe-ssion up to\\nthe time of his death, in 1892.\\nA man of sterling integrity of character and\\npublic spirit. Dr. Aldrich commanded the confi-\\ndence of the community among whom his useful\\nyears were passed, and received from his neighbors\\nand constituents various positions of trust. He\\nserved iiis county in the State Legislature and was\\nalso State Senator, making an enviable record of\\nofficial work. In 1869, oursuliject was a delegate\\nto the Constitutional Convention of Michigan.\\nLike his father before him, he was a Whig in early\\nlife, and later espoused the principles and platform\\nof the Republican parly. Loyal to the Union, he\\nwas very active during the war, and throughout\\nhis career gave Ins earnest efforts in behalf of a\\nprogressive National existence. He was a leading\\nmember of the Ancient Free lii Accepted Masons\\nand was fraternally associated with the Indepen-\\ndent Order of Odd Fellows. He was also promi-\\nnently connected with both the State and County\\nMedical Societ3 and kept abreast of the progress\\nof the times. A liberal man. he generously aided\\nin the sup[)ort of the church and lent a helping\\nhand to benevolent enterprises.\\nNovember 28, 1850, Dr. Levi Aldrich and Miss\\nEvalinc A. Sweetland were united in marriage,\\nreceiving the hearty best wishes of a host of\\nold-time friends. Mrs. Aldrich was a daughter of\\nJames and Fannie (Wakelee) Sweetland, of Dry-\\nden, Tompkins County, N. Y., in which part of the\\nEmpire Stale the estimable widow of our subject was\\nborn September 18, 1822. The husband and wife\\nspent two-score and two years together and, walk-\\ning side by side through the storms and sunshine\\nof life. couiageou.sly overcame difficulties and won\\ntheir upward way to an abiding success and high\\nplace in the memory of all with whom they came\\nin contact. Mrs. Aldrich continues to reside\\namong the scenes endeared to her by many years\\nof pleasant association, and in her bereavement re-\\nceives the sympathy of a wide circle of aw|uaint-\\nanccs.\\n^RANCIS A. BURRUS. The high standing\\n^l attained by Berrien, and its prominent po-\\nsition among the counties of the State, are\\nlargely due to the indefatigable exertions of its\\nenergetic, capable and prosperous business men,\\nwho, while jn omoting their individual interests,\\nhave also contributed their quota to the develop-\\nment of the resources of the county. The village\\nof Galien contains a number of successful and ef-\\nficient business men, and among the number per-\\nhaps none is more deserving of mention in this\\nconnection than the subject of this sketch, who is\\na mcmbei- of the firni of Butler A Biinus, dealers\\nin lumber.\\nA native of Preble County, Ohio, Francis A.\\nBurrus was born July .30, 1842. He is of Virgin-\\nian descent, his paternal grandfather, Edmund", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0774.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) i;i( M ;k A I l I ICA I, RKCOKD.\\nrH3\\nr.iirnis liaviiio heen hoiii in tlie Old Domininn,\\nwliiinci ho rcinovert to I rehlp County, Ohio, niul\\nriiim then about 1837, came to lierricn County.\\nIk wa.s one of the cailii st cottiers of tliis part of\\nthe Stale, and, puri liasing a tiact of hind, devoted\\nIds attention to its cultixation iind imiirovement\\nuntil his career was terminated by deatli. .l.inies\\nlUiiius, father of our subjeet, was born near A))-\\npomattox C. 11.. A a.. and in his Ixnhood .accom-\\npanied his paients to t)hio, where lie married Miss\\n.leannette Holmes. Kor a time he enpiged in i en-\\neral farnuuf; and also foUowed his trade of a\\ncoopei in I leble, but in liS. jTj icnioved tiience to\\nMichiiian and located in Herlrand I ownship, Her-\\nrien County, where he spent the remainder of his\\nlife. In his religious convictions he was a sincere\\nChristian and a devoted member of the I nited\\nI .rethren Church.\\nIn the parental family there were seventeen\\nchildren, of whom ten grew to manhood and\\nwomanhood, and seven are still living. Francis\\nA. was about thirteen years of .age at the time the\\nfamily came to Michigan, and he has since been a\\nresident of this State. His education was acquired\\n|)rincipallv in the common .schools of Dayton, and\\nhe was ill his youth trained to farming [nirsuits;\\no that, upon choosing an occupation, he natur-\\nally decided upon that of agriculture. In 1869\\nhe married Miss Ksther, daughter of Alexander\\nCampbell, a farmer residing in Trumbull County,\\n)hio. Mrs. liurrus was born and reared in the\\nUuckeye .State, and is the mother of two children:\\nCertrude, now the wife of .loscph llariis; and\\n(iuy, who resides with his parents.\\nFor a short time after his marriage, .Mr. Burrus\\nresided in Dayton, whei he worked in a sawmill;\\nhe later engaged in farming for live years, and\\nthen followed the occupation of a miller for three\\nyears. Subsequently, he resided on the Reynolds\\nplace for one year, then spent one summer in Bu-\\nchanan, and from that city came to Calien, where\\nfor a time he w.as in the employ of I eck Imlioof,\\nmillers. In 1890, together with Mr. lUitlcr, he\\nbought out the business and has since been en-\\ngaged ill the manufacture and sale f f lumber.\\nDuring the late war, Mr. I .iinus enlisted in\\n18()2 as a member of Company Twentv-sixth\\nJlichigan Infantry, and as irpor:d of his cftin-\\nl)any took part in the battle of the Wilderness\\nand the engagements of Spottsylvania, Cold Har-\\nbor and I etersburg. as well as in the camiiaign\\naround Richmond. Altogether, he particiiiated in\\nnineteen b.attles besides many minor engagements.\\nIn the battle of Cf)ld Harbor he was wounded by\\na shell, but otherwise passed unscathed through\\nthe lire of the enemy. In .lune. ISOo, at the close\\nof the war, he was mustered out of the service\\nand honorably discharged. As might be expected\\nhe takes an active inteiest in the Grand Army of\\nthe Republic, with which he is identilied. In his\\nsocial connections he affiliates with the Ancient\\nOrder of (Inited Workmen. Politically, he is a\\nRepublican and has been elected upon the party\\nticket to numerous local offices, including those of\\nAssessor of Galien and Constable of Hertrand\\nTownship.\\n^^VA)n(iE S. IIOPPIN, for nearly a half-cen-\\n11 tury a prominent citizen and successful\\n^^J farmer of IJerrien County, Mich., resides\\nupon a well-improved homestead on section 2,\\nNiles Township. Mr. Iloppin came to his [iresent\\nlocality in 184 1, and settled permanently in 1845\\non a farm south of and adjoining NilesCity. Our\\nsubject is a native of Madison County, X. Y., and\\nw.as born in .lune, 1 826. His parents were Tliaddeus\\nC. and Tamar Iloppin, both the father and mother\\nbeing natives of Massachu.setts. .After a number\\nof years spent within the Kmpire Stale they de-\\ncided to avail themselves of the opportunities of-\\nfered by a new country, and journeyed with their\\nfamily to Michigan. Thc3- at once made their\\nhome in Berrien County, and located for a brief\\ntime in what is now known as Bertrand Town-\\nship. In 184. they settled on the old homestead,\\nwhere they resided until their death in 18. )9. Of\\ntheir family of children, three survive.\\nMrs. .A. M. Kvarts, of California, is the tldest:\\nGeorges, w.as the next in order of birth of the liv-\\ninu;; and Charles R. resides in California. Our sub-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0775.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "784\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nject, trained to agricultural duties from childhood,\\nhas been a life-long farmer. He received his early\\neducation in the public schools and later pursued\\nhis studies in an acaden)y of New York State.\\nDuring the first three winters of his residence in\\nMichigan he successfully taught school. Upon\\nNovember 28, 1875, George S. Hoppin and Miss\\nDora King were united in marriage. Mrs. Hoppin\\nwas a daughter of Darius W. and Plirebe King,\\nnatives of New York, in which State they were\\nreared, educated and married and made their home\\nuntil 1860. At this time the\\\\ removed to Michi-\\ngan, settling with their family in Niles, wiiere the\\nmother of Mrs. Hoppin yet lives. To our subject\\nand his estimable wife have been born four chil-\\ndren: Claire, George S., Jr., John S. and Rose.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hoppin are valued members of the\\nPresbyterian Church at Niles, and have been faith-\\nful assistants in the extension of Christian work\\nand influence. Politicall} Mr. Hoppin is a stal-\\nwart Repu))lican, taking an active interest in local\\nprogress and needed improvements. For several\\nyears he served most efficiently and acceptably as\\nSupervisor of Niles Townshi|3, and during his long\\nresidence in the State has been intimatel} asso-\\nciated with the various social, benevolent and bus-\\niness enterprises of his home locality. A practical\\nagriculturist, he has brought his farm of out- hun-\\ndred and thirty acres under fine cultivation, and\\nis jearly rewarded bj- an abundant harvest.\\nThrough his energetic efforts and untiring indus-\\ntry he has accumulated a comfortable competence,\\nand, aside from his interests in Jliehigan, owns a\\nlarge tract of land in South Dakota.\\n.^_5^S3).\\nm\\nSHERJ. SHAW. Among the native-born\\ncitizens of Cass County, few are as well,\\nIS: and none more favorably, known than\\nSquire Shaw, a successful farmer of How-\\nard Township, residing upon section 23. He was\\nborn in this township on the 28th of September,\\n1847, and is the son of James and Maria P.( Wheeler)\\nShaw, both of whom were born in Rensselaer\\nCounty, N. Y. The paternal grandfather, Samuel\\nShaw, was born and reared in that county, being\\nthe son of Col. Samuel Shaw, a native of Rhode\\nIsland and a participant in tlie War of the Revo-\\nlution. The family traces its lineage to Scotland.\\nThe mother of our subject was the daughter of\\nAsher J. Wheeler, a native of New York, who\\ncame to Cass County, Mich., at the age of seven-\\nteen years.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in the\\nEmpire State in 1839, the bride being a girl of but\\nsixteen years. During the following year the\\nyoung couple came to Michigan, locating in Cass\\nCounty, and purchasing land in Howard Town-\\nship. They resided on one farm for a period of\\nabout twenty years, after which they removed\\nto the farm now occupied b3 our subject. About\\n1888 the father retired from active agricultural\\noperations, and, removing to Niles, now lives re-\\ntired from the active business cares that filled his\\nyounger years. The wife and mother passed away\\nin 1866. The only child of this worthy couple is\\nthe subject of our sketch, who was reared in the\\ntownship where he still resides, receiving in his\\nyouth the advantages of a common-school educa-\\ntion.\\nMarch 3, 1867, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nShaw to Miss Sarah J. Buiibury, vvho was born in\\nNiles Township, Berrien County, in 1848. Her\\nparents, John and Mary (Martin) Bunbury, were\\nnatives respectively of Ireland and Pennsylvania,\\nand were early settlers of Cass County. They\\nwere the parents of nine children, of whom Mrs.\\nShaw is the fourth in order of birth. She is a lady\\nof superior intelligence and attainments, and is a\\nloving wife and a devoted mother to her children,\\nof whom there are two, Maria A. and James J., both\\nat home. The home farm is one of the good ones\\nin the township, and consists of one hundred and\\nsixty acres, of which one hundred are in excellent\\ncultivation, while the remainder are timber and\\npasture land. To a considerable extent, also, Mr.\\nShaw engages in stock-raising, and is one of the\\nmost successful general farmers in the vicinity.\\nIn his social connections, Mr. Shaw affiliates\\nwith the Masonic fraternity, being a member of\\nP^dwardsburgh Lodge No. 106, A. F. A. M., and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0776.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "4", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0777.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "^x,*\\nlA^i\\n-yt-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0778.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n787\\nIS a MasU i- Mason, lie is also proinmciit in the\\nFarmers Alliance. Politically a Democrat, lie is\\nMOW serving as Justice of the Peace. lie filled the\\nposition of .Supeivisoi- from Howard Townhliip for\\ntliiee years, and for twenty ^ears lie has been an\\nincumbent of one of the school otlices, and his in-\\nterest in educational matters is unceasing. He is\\nliberal in his views, a man of Inoad charity and\\ngreat kindness of heart, and has won the regard of\\nthose amoni; wliom his entire life has been passed.\\n^^^APT. HENRY GEPHAUT, a prominent\\n[ll farmei- and old settler of Niles Townshi]),\\n^ii/ Herrien County, now residing on section\\n2o, where he has a very pleasant rural home, is a\\nnative of the Buckeye State, born in Montgomery\\nCounty, ten miles from Dayton, October 20, 1820.\\nHis father Daniel (iephart, was a native of the\\ngoofl old State of Pennsylvania, but moved to\\nMontgomery County, Ohio, with his father when\\na boy. They located on the present site of the\\ncitv of Cincinnati, when but one other house was\\nstanding there. They were among the first in that\\nregion, and entered land from the tiovernmont.\\nThe grandfather inheiitcd the thrift and energy\\nof his (lerinan ancestors and liecame quite well oft\\nWhile a resident of Montgomery County, Daniel\\n(iepliart liecamc acquainted with Miss Mary Eagle,\\na native of A irginia and of German descent, and\\ntheir nuptials were celebrated in that county.\\nAfter marriage, they located on the Big Miami,\\nand there kept .in hotel for twenty or twenty-five\\nyears. They also owned large tracts of land in\\nthat county, and gained it all through economy\\nand industry, for they experienced all the priva-\\nti( n and hardships of pioneers. About 18;!. 5 tlie^\\nwent to South Ueiid, hid., and after residing there\\nfor three years, crossed the line into Michigan,\\nlocating in Niles Township, Berrien County-. There\\nthey kept the old Digens Flotel for a few years,\\nand there, in 18.!(), the father received his final\\nsummons, dying when sixty years of age. The\\nmother survived him many years, and died in\\nCalifornia when in her iiinets -sixth year.\\nThe nine children born to this most estimable\\ncouple were in the order of their births as fol-\\nlows: David and William, deceased; Robert, resid-\\ning in Niies I ownship, who is now seventy -seven\\nyears of age; Henry, our subject; John, who when\\nlast heard of was in Mexico; Horace, deceased;\\nSarah Ann, the wife of John .lacobs, of California;\\nMary .lane, widow of William Robeits, and a large\\nland-owner in California; and Harriet, widow of B.\\n(iray, who resides in NilesTownsliip. apt. Henry\\nGepliait, the fourth son and fourth child of the\\nabove-mentioned family, w.as thirteen years of age\\nwhen he went with his parents to South Bend, Ind.,\\nan(i sixteen years of age when he settled with\\nthem in Berrien County, Mich.\\nWhen eighteen years of age our subject was\\nbound out to learn the carpenter s trade to a man\\nby the name of Childs, and he remained with him\\nuntil twenty years of age. He tlien started out\\nfor himself, with a pair of overalls and a shirt,\\nand made his way to Niles, where he began working\\nat the carpenter s trade. Later he began working\\nas a ship-carpenter, and followed this for about\\nfive years, helping to build several keel-boats.\\nFrom there he went to Michigan C it3 and worked\\non the big Montezuma, a sailing-vessel, for some\\ntime. In 1848, he assisted in Iniilding the first\\nrailroad bridge over the St. Joseph River at Niles,\\nbut the following year he was seized with the gold\\nfever, and went to California l)y way of .Salt Lake\\nCity with horse-teams. He spent the Fourth of\\nJuly, 1819, in that city, and then |)ushed on to\\nthe West.\\nAfter remaining in California for about two\\nyears, engaged in mining, Capt. (ie|)hart returned\\nto the East, by w.ay of the Isthmus, and reached\\nNew York without any troulile. From there he\\nma le his way by steamer to Michigan, and was\\nenaaufed in the livery business in that .State for\\nsome time. Selling out, he began keeping hotel in\\nNiles, and ran the li(Mid House for one year, then\\nbought the Pavillion Hotel and ran it three years,\\nthen trading it for city property, after whuh he\\nbought a farm in Niles Township, two miles south\\nof Niles, where he tilled the soil for about three\\nyears. This farm he sold to an Englishman for\\n\u00c2\u00a5111,0(1(1 in gold, and in 18(12 he raised a coni|iany", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0779.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwhich bocaiiie a jjart of tlie Twelfth Michigan\\nInfantiy. and entered the army to fight for the\\nStars and Stripes. Although ^^romoted to the rank\\nof Major, for some reason he never served in that\\ncapacity-. He participated in the following battles:\\nShiloh, Pittsburg Landing, luka and Hatchie, and\\nserved his country faithfully and fearlessly.\\nJust previous to entering the army, Mr. (iep-\\nhart loaned the $10,000 he had received for his\\nfarm, and on his return received thirt3 -three and\\na-third per cent, of the amount. In 1866 he\\nbought his present farm, and has eighty acres of\\nexcellent land, all improved and well cultivated.\\nMiss Mary Baird. who became the wife of our\\nsubject, is a native of the Empire State, born in\\nRipley, August 7, 1831, and remained a resident\\nof her native State until 18.51, when she came\\nto Michigan. Seven children were born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Gephart, six daughters and one son, viz:\\nEmma, wife of Charles Harris, of Chicago; Fannie,\\nwife of Frank Langston, of Niles Township;\\nAnnabell, who died when four years of age; Hattie,\\nwife of Robert Probasco, of Chicago; May, a grad-\\nuate of the Niles school; Harr} who is at home\\nattending school; and Maude, who graduated from\\nthe Xiles school in the Class of 84, wiien in her\\nseventeenth year. In polities, Mr. Gephart has\\nalways been a Democrat, but is rather conservative\\nin his views. He is a member of the Grand Army\\nof the Rei)uhlic, and is a man worthy the esteem\\nof all.\\n^^iLOMZO P. BEEM AN, a representative\\n(@/lJ1 farmcir of Newburg Township, Cass Coun-\\nty, Mich., is a native of the Quaker State\\nand was born in Crawford County, Pa., in\\n1841. When buta little child our subject removed\\nwith his parents to Ei ie County, where he re-\\nmained until March, 1856, at which time he came\\nto his present locality, and has since been a perma-\\nnent resident or Cass County, Mich. Mr. Beenian\\nwas one of a large family of sons and daughters\\nborn unto Myrum and Lucina (Libharl) Beenian,\\nwho were both natives of New York. The pater-\\nnal great-grandfather of our subject, Gideon Bee-\\nman, emigrated to America from England before the\\nRevolution and bravely served throughout the\\nentre conflict. His son, named for his father, Gid-\\neon Beeinan, was the grandfather of Alonzo P. Bee-\\nman. Gr.andfatlier Beeinan, together with his fa-\\nther and brothers, took an active part in the War\\nof 1812, and as citizens were useful men, law-\\nabiding and courageous. In 1861 our subject\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Nanc3 Bogert,\\ndaughter of Thomas Bogert, a pioneer settler of\\nCass County. Answering to the call of the Govern-\\nment, Mr. Beeman the same year enlisted, but was\\nsoon after taken very ill and was not able to join\\nhis regiment.\\nIn 1863, having recovered his health, he again\\nenlisted, this time entering the service in Com-\\npany G, Nineteenth Michigan Infantry, and re-\\nmained in active military service until the close\\nof the war. Our subject participated in the battle\\nof Resaca, Ga., and, severely wounded, was unable\\nto rejoin his regiment until the fight of Bent m-\\nville. In August, 1865, the Civil War having\\nended, he returned to his home and again entered\\ninto the pursuit of agriculture. Mr. Beeman now\\nowns one hundred and sixty acres of tijely-im-\\nproved land, and through his own efforts has\\nachieved a comfortable competence.\\nPolitically, our subject is a stanch Republican\\nand a ))rominent member of the (Jrand Ariny\\nIjost at Jones. Although not desirous of polit-\\nical promotion he is deeply interested in both lo-\\ncal and National affairs. For eight consecutive\\nyears he has efficiently performed the duties of\\nSupervisor of Newburg Township and given uni-\\nversal satisfaction to his friends and neighbors.\\nThrough his efforts the best interests of the town-\\nship have been materially advanced and many lo-\\ncal improvements completed.\\nThe home of Mr. and Mrs. Beeman has been\\nblessed with the presence of the following chil-\\ndren: Anna, the eldest of the family, who is the\\nwife of Wyley Russer; Louie, the second child;\\nStella, Mrs. .Sherman Poe; Guy and Ned, who\\nare the two youngest and reside with their |)a-\\nlents. Thirty-seven years have passed since our\\nsubiect made liis home in the then Far West, and", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0780.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n789\\nill ilio c Imiiging- seasons he has sleadily won his\\nwav iipward. He is an excellent and puhlic-spirited\\neitizen. a kind friend and neis-hhor, and jiossesses\\nthe esteem of the entire coniniiinity witli wlioni he\\nhas so lonii heen associated.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00c2\u00a7^^s^^^^^-\\nZ5d~\\n^OlIN IlKNKKL. For more than ten years\\nthe firm of .Idhn Ilenktl it Son has con-\\nducted an extensive iiicicaiitiU liiisiness in\\nNiles and has enjoyed tlie patronage of\\nhotli the city and the surround iii country. Tlie\\niiiiiforiiily rcliahle and .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iccuiate methods upon\\nwliicli the business has heen conducted tlirougiiout\\ntlie history of tlic liouse iiave given it s|)ecial dis-\\ntinction among tlie leading establishments of Ber-\\nrien County, and made its name a synonym for\\npropriety of business conduct.\\nA native of Darmstadt, (Germany, Mr. Henkel\\nw. is born on the .Mrd of October, 183H, and is the\\nfourth in a family of five children, three sons and\\ntwo daughters, all of whom arc living. lie re-\\nceived a coinnK)n-scliof)l education in his native\\nland, and in his young inaiihood emigrated to\\nAmerica, settling in Canada, where he clerked in a\\nstore for a short time. Prior to this he had clerked\\nin a store in Darmstadt. Having spent four years\\nill Canada, ill l^i()2 he emigrated to the United\\nStales, and after landing in New York Cit\\\\ pro-\\nceeded direct to Michigan and located in Niles.\\nFor twelve years Mr. Henkel was in the emploj\\nof William 1!. Becson. and after the death of that\\ngentleman he was retained by Messrs. Harter it\\nWalker, his successors in business, for a period of\\nthree years. Later he went to Mishawaka. Ind.,\\nwhere he remained in a clerical position for three\\nyears. lie then engaged in business, forming a\\np. iriiicisliip with his son, under the firm name of\\n.loliii Henkel A- Son, and the newly-organized\\nfirm embarked in business in 1883. From that\\ndale until the ])resent the establishment has en-\\njoyed a large trade among the people of the com-\\niminily, who tind there a complete stock of dry-\\ngoods, carpels, curt.iins, oilcloth, and. in fact.\\neverything to be found in a lirst-class store. The\\nlocation of the establishment on Main Street is\\nconvenient for customers and an admirable site for\\na mercantile concern.\\nThe marriage f)f Mr. Henkel occurred in 18()()\\nand united him with Miss Christina, daughter of\\nPhilip Lean hart, of Canada. They are the par-\\nents of the following children: Henry, the junior\\nmember of the firm of Henkel Son Maggie, who is\\nthe wife of Sanford Soule, residing in N iles; Cather-\\nine, Mrs. Fred Stevens, a resident of Bluffton, Ind;\\nGeorge, a clerk in his father s store; and Anna, who\\nis at home. In politics a Republican, Mr. Henkel\\nhas never been solicitous of public offices, prefer-\\nring to devote his attention entirely to his business.\\nHowever, he takes an intelligent and warm inter-\\nest in local affairs and is in favor of every measure\\nwhich has for its object the advancement of the\\ncommunity, materially, morally or religiously. In\\nhis fraternal relations he is identified with St. .Jo-\\nseph Valley Lodge No. 4, A. F. A. M.\\nf:^\\nAVID A. CUTHBERT has for many years\\nprofitably cultivatc l his fine homestead\\nlocated upon section 10. iaiicn Township,\\nBerrien County, Mich. Born in Yorkshire,\\nEngland, in 1819, he came to this country with\\nonly \\\\er\\\\ limited capital, but was rich in hope,\\nenergy and industrious thrift, which soon aided\\nhim in the accumulation of this world s goods.\\nOur subject was the son of David and Hannah\\nCutliberl, natives of England. The paternal grand-\\nparents, natives of Scotland, married against the\\nwishes of their families. The grandfather was an\\nofficer in the English army, and was accompanied\\nby his wife to the battlefield in France where he\\nwas killed. The widow returned to England, and\\nthere her only child, the father of our subject, was\\nborn. The grandmother, having received .an ex-\\n(!ellent education, maintained herself and young\\nson by teaching. The parents of David A. Cutli-\\nberl married early in life and reared a family of\\ntwelve children. The father iicmm liciaiiic wealtin-.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0781.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "J JO\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nbut gave his sons and daughters all the advantages\\nhis means afforded. He and his wife were sincere\\nChristian people and worthy members of the Jleth-\\nodist Episcopal Church.\\nWhile yet a babe, our subject was taken by his\\npaternal grandmother and cared for tenderly un-\\ntil he was six years of age. She began his educa-\\ntion and instructed him in his primary studies,\\nand, although he attended school but a short time,\\nhe acquired valuable book knowledge. At the age\\nof six years he returned to his parents, and soon\\nafter began the work of life, assisting in agricul-\\ntural labor, his father being a small farmer. Mr.\\nCutbbert married in early manhood and was ready-\\nto emigrate to tiie New World when the illness of\\nhis wife detained them, and it was some \\\\eais later\\nwlien he final ly crossed the ocean to America. His\\nparents came to the [Inited States in IHitl and set-\\ntled in Monroe County, N. Y. Afterward they\\nlocated in Michigan, where the father died at the\\nadvanced age of four-score years. In 185(1, Mr.\\nCuthbert was united in marriage with Miss Eliza-\\nbeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Arling-\\nton. Four years after, in 1854, he with his vvife and\\ntwo children safely landed in the United States.\\nOur subject found his stock of money so low he\\nwas unable to proceed farther than New York,\\nand remained two 3 ears in the Empire State, work-\\ning out by the month on a farm.\\nAt the expiration of the second year Mr. and\\nMrs. Cuthbert with their little ones journeyed to\\nCass County, Mich., and for seven years our sub-\\nject tilled the ground of a rented farm. Toiling\\nearly and late to i)rovide the necessities of life,\\nthe husband and father managed by incessant ap-\\nplication and self-sacrifice to lay aside each year a\\nfew dollars for future investment. Removing\\nfinally to Ijcrrien County, Mr. Cuthbert purchased\\nforty acres of land, which, with the one hundred\\nacres since added, contains some of the best and\\nmost fertile soil in the State. Our subject pros-\\npered in Berrien County, and at one time had ac-\\ncumulated considerable property, but sickness in\\nthe family made a large drain on his resources.\\nMr. Cuthbert has himself been a victim to rheu-\\nmatism, which first attacked him in 1856, and lias\\ngrown worse with advancing age, until for several\\nyears he has been unable to walk without the aid\\nof crutches. His estimable wife bore him eleven\\nchildren, of whom but one survives, David. The\\nsou resides in Colorado, where he has lived\\nmany years, and is in the employ of the railroad\\nthere. Threatened with consumption, he and his\\nbrother were obliged to settle in Colorado to pro\\nlong their lives. .lohn met his untimely death in a\\nwreck on the Denver ifc Rio Grande Railroad, Au-\\ngust 12. 1893. He left a wife and six children to\\nmourn his loss. Our subject buried his first wife\\nand faithful companion of early days, and some\\ntime after was married to Mrs. Eliza Renbarger, a\\ndaughter of John and Martha Martin. In 187G,\\nMr. Cuthbert attended the Centennial in Phila-\\ndelphia, and from there went to England, intend-\\ning to pass the remainder of his life in the home\\nof his youth. The serious illness of his son com-\\npelled him to return to Michigan to look after his\\ninterests. In local affairs our subject is politically\\nnon-partisan, but in national elections he votes\\nwith the Democratic party. The life of Mr. Cuth-\\nbert h.as been one of busy usefulness. Facing pri-\\nvations and difficulties with courage and resolu-\\ntion, he has overcome obstacles, and, a self-made\\nman of sterling integrity of character, has worth-\\nily won the esteem of liis co-laborers and fcik w-\\ntownsmen.\\n\\\\T(0SEPI1 J:VERT, a representative general\\nI I agriculturist and stock-raiser of New Buffalo\\nTownship. Berrien County, Mich., is a poii-\\nular man and highly respected citizen, and\\nis at present an etlicient Highway Commissioner,\\ndischarging the duties of the position to the great\\nacceptability of the community by whom he is\\nsurrounded. Mr. Evert is a native of Germany,\\nand a descendant of a long line of frugal and in-\\ndustrious ancestry. Born in the dominions of the\\nEmperor .January 11, 1854, our subject passed the\\nfirst eight years of his life in his birth|)lace, and\\nfor two years attended the common schools of his\\nnative land. While he was oiilv a little lail his", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0782.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) lUOGRAni CAL RECORD.\\n791\\npiupnts, William and Caroline (Wanpclineider)\\nlAcii. (Iccidi ii to emisjrale with tlicir family to\\nAnicrii a, llie land of pioiiiisi The father and\\nmollicr wcro liolh natives of (iermaiiy and found\\nit li;iiil to a\\\\ faicwell to the surroundings and\\nfriends of their lifetime, but in 18()2, emharking\\nupon a steamer, they crossed the Atlantic and after\\na eornparativeiy brief voyage were safely landed\\nIn the United States.\\nThe family were not louii; in reaching their des-\\ntiiialiori in Slichigan, hut proceeding directly to\\nHciiicn County settled in Ihe township of New\\nlUitT.ilo. The father. Iiaving but very limited\\nmeans and :i family to support, was obliged to\\nudik out liy the day for a peritid of three years,\\nwhen he was linally enabled to buy the farm\\nwhere oui subject now resides. The homestead,\\nthen heavily timbered and in the dense woods, has\\nlieen by patient and unwearying toil transformed\\ninto productive fields, which annually yield a\\nbounteous harvest and arc improveii with a good\\nresidence, substantial barns and other buildings.\\nThe farm, pleasantly located, crosses the dividing\\nline of Michigan and Indi;ni:i and is two miles\\nsouth of Xcw Buffalo. Of the one hundred and\\nforty-nine acres, ninety-live acres are in Michigan,\\nand (ift\\\\-four are in Indiana. The parents of our\\ns\\\\il)jecl were devoted mcniliers of the Lutheran\\nChurch and active in religious work. Polilieally,\\nthe father was a strong Democrat and look a deep\\ninterest in the affairs of the day. lie died Octo-\\nlier 17, 1802. regretted by all who knew him.\\nThe mother yet sur\\\\ives and resides in LaPorte\\nCounty. Ind. William Evert was her .second hus-\\nband, and by him she had two sons and one\\nd. iughler. .b)seph Evert was (he eblest child and,\\nremaining in (lermany throughout his early child-\\nhood, beeame at six years of age a schf)lar in the\\nfree (ierman schools. After his arrival in lierrien\\nCounty he comijleted his studies in the sehools of\\nNew P)Ulfalo Township. Our subject, having at-\\ntained to self-reliant manhood, w.as upon .March\\n1M7H, united in marriage with Miss Christina\\nFrank, a native (;f (iermany, and a daughter of\\nCluist and Hannah Frank, who emigrated to the\\nI nited States in IHol, and located in Michigan\\nCity, Ind. The home of our subject and his ex-\\ncellent wife has been blessed bj the birth of live\\nchildren, Edward, Ilattie, John, Clara and Lillie.\\nLike his father, our subject is a pronounced Demo-\\ncrat and cast his first Presidential vote forTilden.\\nlie has been prominent in the councils of the party,\\nhas been for three years Constable of New Buffalo\\nand was elected Highway Commissioner by a hand-\\nsome majority. Energetic and enterprising, he is\\na man of influence, and in every sense of the word\\na true American citizen, upright and intelligent,\\nliberal in ideas and progressive in business and\\nofficial methods.\\nVf^RANKDEQUINCY TOMPKIX.S. a prom-\\n|-^(g; inent resident of Watervlict Township,\\nJi was bom in the townshi)) of Weymouth,\\nMedina County, Ohio, February 13. 1853, being\\nthe son of Charles L. and Mary F;. (Bosworth)\\nTompkins. His paternal grandfather, Marshall\\nTompkins, was a native of Connecticut, and was\\none of the brave soldiers in the War of 1812. He\\nwalked the entire distance from the Nutmeg State\\nto Medina County, Ohio, reaching the State at a\\n[jeriod so early in its development that there was\\nonly one house, and that a log cabin, on the site\\nof the now populous city of Cleveland. In those\\nearly days he engaged frequentl\\\\- in trapping and\\nhunting, and not the least valued of our subject s\\npossessions is a steel tr.Tp used by his grandlallier\\nin years gone by. His occupation was that of a\\ncooper, and ho followed that trade until his\\ndeath, which occurred in .lanuary. I.S71, at the\\nripe old age of four-scoi o years. Politicallw he\\nwas a Whig, and afterwai d a Republie;in.\\nirandfather Tompkins and his wife, whose\\nmaiden name was Mary A. Orton. had a famih- of\\nfive children: (Jeorge W.; Charles L.; Warren,\\nwho died in boyhood; Oliver, deceased; and Mr.-.\\nMary Stevens, deceased. The f.-ilher of our sub-\\nject, Charles L. Tompkins, was born in Medina\\nCounty. Ohio. M.ay 3, 1834, and was leared on a\\nfarm, learning the cooper s trade in his youth. He\\nimproved a farm of tifty-two acres, and there", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0783.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "792\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmade his home until liis deatli, which occun-ed\\nJanuary 30, 1860. Politically a Republican, he\\nalways took an active part in matters of local\\ninterest, as well as those of general importance.\\nSocially, he was identified with the Masonic fra-\\nternity and the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows.\\nThe first marriage of C hailes L. Tomi)kins\\nunited him with Jliss Mary E. Hosworth, who was\\nborn in Edinburgh, Lorain jC ounty, Ohio. Her\\nfather was of English descent, and was a farmer\\nby occupation. He was twice married, our sub-\\nject s mother being a daughtei- of the second wife.\\nThe following-named children were born to\\nCharles Tompkins and Mary, his wife: Irene,\\nwho died at the age of six years; John, who was\\nremoved from the family circle at the age of one\\nyear; Alice and Frank De(juincy. The second\\nmarriage of Mr. Tompkins was to Abigail Sey-\\nmour, a daughter of John Se^ mour, and they be-\\ncame the parents of these children: Mrs. Lavilla\\nBlakesley, Charles, Edith and Mrs. Edna Loomis.\\nAfter having received a common-school educa-\\ntion, the subject of this sketch commenced to earn\\nhis own livelihood; in fact, he has been ])racti-\\ncally self-supporting since he was eight years old.\\nHe was employed b3 the da} or month until he\\nwas nineteen. In the fall of 1872 he lame to\\nMichigan, and arrived in Covert Township, Van\\nBuren County, with fifty cents in his possession.\\nHowever, he was not in the least dismayed by the\\nwant of money, but energetically set to work, and\\neconomically saved his earnings. For three yeai s\\nhe worked by the month, after which he located\\non his present farm, consisting of one hundred\\nand twenty acres. He has eight acres set out in\\npeach trees, and also cultivates other small fruits\\nwith considerable success.\\nNovember 19, 1876, Mr. Tompkins w.as united\\nin marriage with Miss Mary E. Kay, who was\\nborn in Paw Paw, Mich., May 14, 185.5. This\\nestimable lady is the daughter of George and\\nAnn Mary (Whalen) Ray, who removed from\\nLivingston Count} N. Y., to Paw Paw, Mich.,\\nbecoming early settlers of that village. In 1855\\nthey located u|)on oui subject s present farm,\\nwhere they purchased one hundred and twenty\\nacres, and afterward devoted their attention to\\nclearing and improving the property. Mr. Hay\\npassed away April 14, 1875; his wife died Febru-\\nary 28, of the same year. They had been the\\nparents of two children, Mary E., and Fannie M.,\\nMrs. Doolittle, who died at the age of twenty-one,\\nleaving two children, one of whom, Blanche, now\\nsurvives. In his (lolitical sentiments Mr. Ray was\\na Republican. The paternal grandparents of Mrs.\\nTompkins were Abel and Betsy (Brown) Ray,\\nnatives of New York. Our subject and his wife\\nare the parents of one child, Alice E. Politically,\\nMr. Tompkins is a Republican, and takes an in-\\ntelligent interest in all the public affairs of the\\ncommunity and nation. However, he has never\\nbeen solicitous of office, preferring to devote his\\nattention exclusively to his farm, and when he\\nwas elected Justice of the Peace he refused to\\nqualify for the office. He is a man of industrious\\nhabits and excellent judgment, and has made a\\nsuccess of agriculture through painstaking perse-\\nverance and good management.\\nENKY M. BRODKJCK, M. 1). A volume\\ndedicated to the public-spirited citizens of\\nBerrien County would be incomplete were\\nno mention made of the popular and suc-\\ncessful physician whose name intro hices this brief\\narticle. The Doctor is a native of New Bruns-\\nwick and was born in St. John July 12, 1840.\\nHe is of direct Irish descent, his grandfather, John\\nBrodrick, having been born in the Emerald Isle,\\nwheiiCe he went alone to Nova Scotia at the age of\\nfifteen. His occupation was that of farming, and\\nhe spent his closing years in the province to which\\nhe went in youtli.\\nJames H. Brodrick, father of our subject, was\\nboi-n in Nova Scotia and in liis 3 outh learned the\\ntrade of a blacksmith and machinist, serving an\\napprenticeship of seven years in St. John, New\\nBrunswick. Subsequently he became captain on\\na steamer sailing from St. .lohn to all the ports of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0784.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND RIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n79!^\\nKnuliiiifl, Sfotlaiicl, Irc liiiid and the Continent.\\nAt the iesoiit writiui;- 181)3), he resides in New\\nl )i luiswick, ;iiiil at tiie iiije uf four-score and three\\nvears enjoys fairly good liealtli. His wife was\\nMll/.a Mc.\\\\dani.a native of St. .Toiin, New IJruns-\\nwiclc, an i 11. e daugiilei- of Henry iMcAdani, her\\ngrandf.ather, William McAdani, having emigrated\\nlliither frum Kent, Kngland.and thus foui.ded the\\nr;iniil\\\\in .\\\\inei ic!i. The nnitheruf our subject is\\nstill living, altliougli at an advaneecl agt;, having\\nbeen born in IJSl.\\nI he Doctor is the only survivor of three sons,\\nllie others having died in infancy. He was reared\\nin St..Iohnand was the recipient of splendid edu-\\ncational ad vant. iges, h.Mving for a time attended\\nthe liaptist Seminary .at Predericklon, New Bruns-\\nwick. With his parents he went to Ingersoll, ()n-\\nt;irio. al the age of sixteen, and there worked at\\nthe iron business for seven years. Later he com-\\nmenced the stuHy of medicine under the tuition of\\nI )i Spi-iii:^er, of Ingersoll, and continued in that\\nway for four years, when, having completed his\\nreading, he located in I xbridge, Ontario, and\\nopened au olllce. While pursuing his studies un-\\nder Dr. Springer, he was graduated from the St.\\nI.ouis Honieoijathic College in 1867. During the\\nfollowing yetir he was graduated at Toronto from\\nthe Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.\\n(ioing to Decatur, Alich.. in 18() ,l, Dr. Brodrick\\nconducted a practice there both extensive and lu-\\ncrative. However, he was so pleased with the\\nopening which Huchanan offered, that he resolved\\nupon locating here, and in 1 8!H) transferred his of-\\nlice to this place. His skill as a physician h.as\\ngained for him the contideiice of the people and\\nhis success in the treatment of difficult cases is\\nuniversally recognized. For several years he has\\nheld the position of Health Olficer for both the\\nvillage and township. Polilically, he is a Repub-\\nlican and has served as a member of the Countv\\nKepublican Committee, Townshii) Clerk, \\\\illage\\nClerk and in other positions of trust. Socially, he\\natliliates with the Modern Woodmen of .\\\\inerica.\\nIn November, 18G8, the Doctor married Miss\\nAnna Swayze, a native of Inger.soll, Ontario, and\\nthe daughter of Nelson and Mary Swavze. Her\\neducation was received in the schools of Ingersoll\\nand she is a lady of intelligence, occupying a high\\nplace in the regard of her friends. Her marriage\\nresulted in the birth of three children. .lames A.\\nand Harry .S. are deceased, the latter having died\\nat the age of thirteen years, William N. is the\\nonlv surviving child.\\n^f? AWSON A. DUNCAN. The public-spir-\\n11 citizens of Berrien County have con-\\n/I ^Vi tributed largely to the i)romotioii of its\\ninterests and the extension of its influence.\\nAmong the number, [irobably few have become\\nmore widely and favorabl\\\\- known than the sub-\\nject of this biographical sketch, who is (jne of the\\nmost popular citizens of Niles. As an official, lie\\nhas dischai ged the duties imcuinbent upon him\\nwith energy and straightforward lidelitx-, which\\nhave won the commendation of his fellow-citizens.\\nJlr. Duncan is a native of Indiana. His grand-\\nfather and father were editors, and he early look\\nto journalism. Drifting to Iowa in 18o(j, he soon\\nbecame associated with the late Hon. George II.\\n.lerome in the editorial control of the Iowa City\\nliepublican. This pursuit was followed until .Mr.\\nDuncan enlisted in (he late war. He became a\\nmember of the Fortieth Iowa Infantry in I8I32,\\nresigning a position as one of the Commissioners\\nof Iowa to settle the swamp-land claims of the\\nState with the general (iovernment. He w.as ap-\\npointed Adjutant of the regiment, and was subse-\\nquently commissioned ]Major. He was witii his\\nregiment in all its engagements until the close of\\nthe war, serving in Kentucky, at N icksburg and in\\nthe Trans-Mississippi Department.\\nAt the close of the war, our subject located in\\nNiles, Mich., where in 186() he purchased and\\nconsolidated the Niles Inquirer and the Berrien\\nCount;/ Freeman. From that time to the present,\\nlie has had editorial control of the Niles Times,\\nthe name soon being changed to the Niles Repuh-\\nlican. Mr. Duncan has served on the Republican\\nSlate Ctiitral Conimiltce, and for many ^ears was", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0785.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "794\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n!i member of the County Committee, six years of\\nwliieli time he was its Chairman. He was a visitor\\nto the State Normal School one 3ear, a Presiden-\\ntial elector in 1872, and cast a jiersonal vole for\\nGrant and Wilson.\\nMr. Duncan has been Deputy t f)llectur of Inter-\\nnal He venue and was a member of the State Sen-\\nate in 1883. He has held the office of Postmaster\\nat Niles for four jears. He has been a firm, un-\\nfaltering and consistent Republican from the day\\nof the organization of the party, never bitter, but\\nprudent and unwavering.\\nMl ON. .JOHN R. SWEETLAND, IM. D.,a suc-\\nJ) cessful medical practitioner of Edwards-\\nburgh, Cass County, Mich., is also the able\\nVV2* editor of the Argus. Engaged in the com-\\nplex duties of professional life, he has likewise di,-^-\\ncharged with efficiency the obligations of public\\noffice. Our subject was born in Di-j den rownship,\\nTompkins County, N. Y., July 4. 1834, his par-\\nents being .Tames and Frances (Wakely) Sweetland.\\nThe i)aternal grandfather, .Tohn Swcetiand, whose\\nancestors emigrated from England to the Cnited\\nStates in the Colonial days, was a Kevohition;iry\\nsf)ldier and fought in tlie battle of Hunker Hill.\\nHis home was in the State of Vermont, and amid\\nthe Green Mountains he reared five sturdy sons:\\n.John, William, Bowen, James and George. He also\\nliad one daughter. The father of our subject, born\\nin Rutland, Vt., early located in New York, where\\nhe cleared and improved a farm of over two hun-\\ndred acres. He died upon his homestead in 1862,\\naged seventy -three years. His wife passed away\\nin 1863 in Michigan. James Sweetland served as\\na Lieutenant in the War of 1812. He was in poli-\\ntics a Democrat and in eai-ly life was a strong Ab-\\nolitionist. Six sons and two daughters who blessed\\nhis home survive. Jervis, of Anthony, Kan., was\\nthe eldest-born; Lafayette lives in Dryden; Angiii\\nis next; George .1. is in New York; William W.\\nserved as Adjutant in Scott s Nine Hundred; .(oliii\\nB., the youngest, is our subject. The daughters are\\nEvaline A. and Sarah G. The parents were active\\nand inrtueutial members of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, and Father Sweetland was a counselor,\\na true friend and a peace-maker among his neigh-\\nbors.\\nDr. Sweetland received a good common-school\\neducation in central New York. He taught school\\nthree terms during the winter months, and being\\nan ambitious and enterprising young man, he re-\\nsolved to fit himself for a profession, and began\\nthe study of medicine. In 1859 he entered upon\\na course of lectures in the University of Buffalo,\\nand also studied under Dr. Aldrich. During the\\nspring of 1861 he graduated with honor and re-\\nceived his degree of M. D. In 1862 he enlisted in\\nCompany M, Fourth Michigan Infantry, as private,\\nand after the battle of Perryville was detailed as\\nsurgeon. He remained at Lebanon until the\\ns])riiig of 1863, when he was sent to Louisville,\\nwhere he had charge of a ward until the close of\\nthe war. Dr. Sweetland had charge of the surgical\\ncases nine months. While employed in this ca-\\npacity he received from his patients a case of fine\\nsurgical implements a precious souvenir of those\\ntroublous days. The attendants of the branch of\\nClay IIos|)ital were also among the donors who\\nthus exhibited their a|)preciation of the valuable\\nservices of our subject. After an examination at\\nCincinnati, the Doctor on reaching Louisville re-\\nceived a commission as Assistant Surgeon, and in\\nthe fall of 1864 was given his honorable discharge\\nfrom the service of the Government.\\nIn 1861. our subject drove from his native\\nState to Coldwater, Mich., and at the close of the\\nwar made his permanent home in Eldvvardsburgh,\\nwhere he has been actively and constantly engaged\\nin professional duties ever since. Dr. .Sweetland\\ntakes a high place in the social and professional\\nlife and is a valued member of the Count} Med-\\nical Society. In the spring of 1879, he bought\\nthe Edwardsburgh Argus and has since prospei-\\nously conducted this spicy and readable paper,\\nwhich enjoys an extended circulation in Cass\\nC ounty, having over six hundred regular subscri-\\nbers. The paper, at first neutral in politics, has for\\nthe iiastten years been a strong temperance organ.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0786.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n707\\n111 the full of 1.S74, l)i-. Swcutlaml was elected\\nupon tlie H( |)iil)lie:in ticket to the Legislature of\\nMicliijtan. He gave cxcellont service as a member\\nof important committees and materially advanced\\nthe interests of his constituents. In 1880, he was\\na delegate to the Temperance convention which\\nnominated St. John, and has pluckily made the\\nrace for the Legislature, Senate and Congress on\\nthe Temperance ticket. Dr. Sweetland enjoys the\\ncomforts anri luxuries of a pleasant home on the\\nbanks of Pleasant Lake.\\nThe accomplished wife of our subject was Miss\\nI ranees Bacon, daughter of William and Elizabeth\\nan Arny) Bacon. The lovely home has been\\nblessed by the birth of four children: .Jennie, Le-\\nRoy B.. Eva and .John. Tiie latter was killed by a\\nfall at the age of eight years. Sirs. .Sweetland is\\na member of the Presbyterian Church and is act-\\nive in the social and religious work of that de-\\nI\\nnomination. Dr. Sweetland is a member of the j\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Vncient Free Accepted Masons and affiliates also\\nwith the Independ.ent Order of Odd P ellows.\\nActively engaged in tlie practical duties of his\\nmedical profession and devoting much time to the\\n-irgus. he is a busy man, but is never too hurried to\\nlend his personal presence and influence to further\\nall enterprises tending to local advancement and\\nthe promotion of the public welfare.\\nm=--\\ni-i^^IIOMAS OTIARA was born March 1). IS. ie,\\nl((^^ in Lc Roy, Genesee County, X. Y., and is\\nthe eldest child of .Tohn and Catherine\\n(McKonna) O Hara. His jiarents are of Irish\\nbirth, and are Roman Cattiolics. The mother was\\nborn in 1837, and came to this country in 1846.\\n.lolm O llaia was born in 1831. removed to New\\nYiirk in 18 IS. and was married to Miss McKenna\\nin IJatavia, X. Y., in 18y4. Nine children were\\nborn to them, ciglit of whom are now living,\\n.lohii llni:i it inoved to Wisconsin in 18(;2. Dur-\\ning tlie next eiglit years lie resided successively in\\nSheboygan. Waiibeka, UoltonviUe and Xewburg.\\nJn 1870 lie was elected I riiicipal of the Third\\nWard .Sclioiil in M.aiiitowoc, and has resided in tliat\\ncity ever since.\\nThomas lived wilh liis parents until the spring\\nof 1M71. In Alay of that year he shipped as a\\ncabin-boy on the propeller Gen. II. E. Paine.\\nHe sailed on passenger steamers on the Lower and\\nUpper Lakes until 1882, serving as cabin-boy, por-\\nter, steward and clerk. He was married to Miss\\nMar.v Barratt May i, 1877, and established his\\nresidence in St. .Joseph. Miss Barratt was born in\\nLeicester, England, March 23, 18. )6. They have\\nthree children: Miss Isabel, aged fifteen years, and\\nMasters Barratt and Frank Herbert, aged eleven\\nand five, respectively.\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. (J llara read law three\\nwinters in the office of Hon. X. A. Hamilton, and\\nwas admitted to the Bar in IMarch, 1880. During\\nthat year he was one of the Democratic candidates\\nfor Circuit Court Commissioner, but was defeated\\nby one hundred and forty-two majority. The\\nRepublican candidates for Presidential electors\\ncarried the county by nine hundred and ninety-\\nnine plurality and four hundred and thirty-nine\\nmajority. In Xovember, 1880, he formed a law\\npartnership with Clarence A. Webster, under the\\nlirm name of O Hara S; Webster, and opened an\\noffice in St. .loscph. The firm dissolved in April,\\n1881. In 1882 he defeated Walter I. Himes, the\\nRepublican candidate for County Clerk, by five\\nhundred and seventy-five majority, and was re-\\nelected in 1884 by a majority of eight hundred\\nand eighty-nine over the Republican nominee,\\nHenry L. Hess, running each time about eight\\nhundred and fifty ahead of his ticket. In 1886 he\\nwas defeated by the boy from Weesaw, Herbert\\nL. Potter, whose majority was four hundred and\\nseventy-six. Mr. Potter was indorsed by the\\nKnights of Labor, and the feeling against a third\\nterm was decidedly strong in the county, but Mr.\\nO Hara received twenty-six more votes than the\\nDemocratic candidate for (Jovernor. In April,\\n1887, he was elected Circuit Judge of the Second\\n.ludicial Circuit, defeating Hon. George S. Clapp\\nby eleven hundred and forty-one votes in Berrien\\nCounty, and over eight hundred in the district.\\nIll February, 1 K8,s, an election was held in Ber-\\nrien Cuiiiily uiiiler the Incal ()|)iion act of", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0787.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "798\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1887. Judge O Hara published a letter urging the\\nDciaocrats of the county to vote in f;ivor of local\\noption. At the spring election in 1887, the count}-\\nlind given a majority of Init sixty in favor of tlie\\nconstitutional amendment relative to the proliibi-\\ntion of tlie li(iuor trafllc. Prior to the publica-\\ntion of Judge O llara s letter several counti(!s in\\nthe State had voted to accept local option, but in\\neach case by a much smaller majority than had\\nbeen given for the amendment in 1887, and a cor-\\nresponding decrease in lierricn County would\\nhave defeated local option by a large majority.\\nThe result of the election was the adoption of lo-\\ncal option by a majority of seven hundred and\\ntwenty-three. He called a grand jury in 1888, and\\nanother in 18itO, to inquire into violations of the\\nli(|u()r laws, a measure that had not been resorted\\nto for twenty years in the county.\\nJudge O Hara was re-nominated in 1893, but\\nwas defeated by Hon. O. W. Coolidge. The cam-\\npaign was the most acrimonious one in the history\\nof Berrien County. The kical Democracy was\\nsplit into factions in Niles and different parts of\\nthe county, the Republicans gaining thereby in\\nmany of the townships and electing their candi-\\ndate for Mayor in Xiles by over two hundred ma-\\njority, although the city usually went Democratic\\nby one hundred .and fifty. Judge O Hara was\\nbitterly opposed by many of his former snp|)orters,\\nand the Catholic issue was raised against him by\\nhis enemies and by the American I rotective Asso-\\nciation and its sympathizers. He was defeated by\\nsix hundred and fifteen in Berrien County, run-\\nning one hundred and eleven behind the Demo-\\ncratic candidate for School Commissioner. Mr.\\nCoolidge s majority in the district was over nine\\nhundred.\\nAlthough the Judge had never tried a case in the\\nCircuit Court before his election to the Bench, it\\nwas evident from his first term of court that he was\\nbetter qualified than even his most ardent admirers\\nhad ever claimed. His perceptions were keen, his\\nmind was discriminating, and he presided with\\ndignity, firmness, impartiality and courtesy. He\\nhad a remarkable faculty for dispatching business,\\nand there was no limit to his industry. During\\nhis term he disposed of more than thirteen hun-\\ndred cases, six hundred of which were contested\\ncases. With a warm heart and generous impulses,\\nan expressive face and popular manners, no man\\nin the county has ever had more friends or a\\nlarger personal following. He removed to Berrien\\nSprings in December. 1882, where he still resides.\\nlikM\\\\ H- l ON J. (iARD. A plain, unvarnished\\nstatement of the facts embraced in the life\\nof Ml (iard, a man well and favorably\\nknown to the people of Cass County, is all\\nhat we profess to be able to give in this history\\nof the county, and yet, upon examination of those\\nf.acts, there will be found the career of one whose\\nentire course through the world has been marked\\nby great honesty and fidelity of purpose.\\nHe is a native of the Hoosier State, born in Un-\\nion County. March 11, 1824, and as he was but six\\nyears of age wiien iirought by his parents to\\nA olinia Township. Cass County, Mich., all his\\nmemory is of this State. His fatliei-, Jonathan\\nGard, was a native of New .lersey, born in 1799.\\nThe latter went from his native State to Cincinnati,\\nOhio, with his father, Josei)hus Gard, in 1807, and\\nin 183(1 came to Michigan. His wife, whose maiden\\nname was Elizabeth Bislioj), was a native of South\\nCarolina and a descendant of Quaker ancestors.\\nThey were married in Union County, Ind., and\\nmade their home there until 1829, when they came\\nto Cass County, this State. He was one of the first\\nsettlers in this section, and assisted in organizing\\nthe township of olinia. Indians were plentiful\\nat the time, and the timber was full of wild animals.\\nHe built a primitive log cabin, and with the rude\\nimplements in vogue at that time he branched out\\nas an agriculturist. As the years passed by tliey\\ngathered around them many comforts, and there,\\nwhere the principal i*irt of their lives had been\\nspent, this worthy couple received their final sum-\\nmons. Of the nine children born to them, seven\\nare living at the [uesent time and are named as\\nfollows: Milton J., H. F., I. X., B. F.; Eliza, now\\nMrs. Wliitam; Esther, Mrs. Green; and Ahnira.Mrs,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0788.jp2"}, "785": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nrito\\nWelcher. Those deceased wore Mtiiv. Mis. (ireen,\\nand Kinily. Mr. Huff.\\nThe youthful day.^ of our iubjeil wcic passed in\\nassisting iiis father to clear the farm, and his edu-\\ncational advantajjes were limited. Fie was fortu-\\nnate in having parents who were interested in\\nhavini; him well educated, and tliey assisted him\\nvery materially in that respect, for they often iioard\\nhim recite at home. Later he took up the study\\nof grammar and arithmetic liim.self, and made such\\nheadway with these that when twenty years of age\\nhe started out as an educator. After teaciiing two\\nterms he branched out as a farmer, but in addi-\\ntion was also engaged in the sawmill business for\\nsix years. In the year 1847 he was married\\nto Miss Olive Green, daughter of Jesse Green,\\none of the ))ioneers here. After marriage he\\nfollowed the sawmill business where Volinia now\\nstands, and continued this for some time. In\\n1851 he had the misfortune to lose by death the\\nsharer of his joys and sorrows. They were the\\nparents of four children, one only now living,\\nGeorge W. (See sketch.)\\nMr. Card s second marriage occurred in 18.54 to\\nMiss Susan Fox, daughter of Samuel Fox, one of\\nthe early .settlers. Seven children were born to\\nthe second union, four now living. Ida, wife of\\nGeorge Hall, is the mother of two children; Ezra\\nC. married Ida (ioodspeed, and has two children;\\nLincoln P. married .Jennie Ilutton; -lemima is the\\nwife of Owen Scliutt. Bertha, who w.as the wife of\\nOwen Schutt, is deceased, as are also Nellie and\\nJosephine. Mr. Gard is a member of the Masonic\\nfrateniily,a charter member of Volinia Lodge, and\\nhas been Senior and Junior Warden, Worshipful\\nMaster and is now Treasurer. He is also a member\\nof the Anti-Horse Thief Association, of which he is\\nPresident. As one of the original members of llic\\nN olinia Farmers Club, he has been Secretary and\\nPresident. For six years he has been a member of\\nthe executive committee of the State Agricultural\\nSociety, and for the same length of time has been\\na member of the State Board of Agriculture. lie\\nhas taken a deep interest in educational matters,\\nand for some time conducted a private grammar\\nand aritliinetic .school for grown persons. For\\nmany ye.Hrs he was Director of the school district,\\nand was Township School Inspector for some time.\\nIn politics he afliliales with the Republican parly,\\nbut wasa Whig in carl\\\\ life. Freriuenlly he has been\\na delegate to conventions. He has held the follow-\\ning ollices: Constable. Township Clerk, School In-\\nspector, Suiiervisor, Justice of tlie Peace and Com-\\nmissioner of Highways.\\nMr. Gard is the owner of one hundred and sixtv\\nacres of land, one hundred and twenty acres under\\nculi.ivation, and all his buildings are in first-class\\norder. He raises a tine giade of Shorthorns,\\nPoland-C liina hogs and Shropshire and Spanish\\nMerino sheep. He h.as lived on his present farm\\nfor sixty-four years and is well known as one of\\nthe lirst pioneers. He has always been an active\\nworker in the cause of temperance, has given much\\nof his attention to questions of public Import, and\\nis a man of broad intelligence.\\ns^ AMIKL MARKS. In lecounting the forces\\nsj^ that have combined to make Lake Town-\\nship what it is, more than a passing refer-\\nence must be made to the labors of Samuel\\nMarrs, of whom it may be truthfully said that no\\none has done more to la} the foundations of the\\ntownship s prosperity deep, and to build upon\\nthem surely and well. He is now one of the lead-\\ning farmers and fruit-grovvers in his section, and\\nthe second oldest man now living in the county\\nwho was born here. His birth occurred April 24,\\n1831. and he was the third of six children born to\\nHugh and Ellen (Riggin) Marrs, natives of that\\ngrand old State, N irginia.\\nIn tlie year 1828 Hugh Marrs went to Ohio and\\nremained there until the following year, when he\\nmade his advent in this county. He came here\\nwith verj little means, and took up eighty acres\\nthree miles below the present town of Berrien, re-\\nmaining there a few j-ears. P rom there he moved\\nto another part of the county and took up one\\nhundred and sixty .acres, which he improved and\\nresided upon for some time, \\\\ftev the death of\\nhis wife III- sohl out aii l iiKUiiecl the widow Ford,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0789.jp2"}, "786": {"fulltext": "800\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGEATHICAL RECORD.\\non win)f;o place he lived until his deatli. He was\\na pi udent, industrious man and one whose career\\nwas without a flaw. Of (he six children born to\\nhis first union all are now living, as follows:\\nAndrew, of Berrien Springs; lion. Thomas Marrs,\\nof Berrien Centre; Samuel; William, of California;\\nEliza J., wife of P. 11. Webster, of Berrien Centre;\\nand jMalinda, wife of Trobiidge Snow, of Berrien\\nSprings. Mr. Marrs was four times married, and\\nhis third union resulted in the birth of two children:\\nFrank, of Berrien Springs; and Elizabeth, wife of\\nBurdett Mc(iill, who resides close to Berrien\\nSprings. Mr. Marrs was one of the early Justices\\nof the Peace of Berrien Township, and a man who\\nwas popular with all classes.\\nSamuel Marrs was one of the tirst children born\\nin Berrien County. His early education was re-\\nceived in the old log sclioolhouse with slab\\nbenches, desks fastened to the wall, etc., and he was\\nobliged to go some distance through the woods.\\nThe second school he attended was but little\\nbetter in the waj of furniture than the other one,\\nbut he applied himself and received a fairly good\\neducation. Mr. Marrs says the finest penman he\\never saw was a Pottawatomie Indian, and he, with\\nseveral of the other young folks of the neighbor-\\nhood, attended writing-school taught by that\\nIndian. On commencing life for himself, young\\nMarrs engaged in the carpenter trade for six years,\\nand assisted in building some of the first frame\\nresidences ever erected around Berrien Springs.\\nAfter this he went to the Ford Farm and took\\ncare of his father for two years. There, in 18.J5,he\\nwas married to Miss Mary J. Galena, a native of\\nthis countj born in 1836, and a daughter of\\nDavid and Betsey Galena, natives of Ohio, but who\\ncame to this county about 183. F or a few years\\nafter his marriage he resided on the farm of his\\nmother-in-law, after which he purchased the farm\\non which he now resides, but did not move on it\\nfor seven years after purchasing. His farm con-\\nsisted of one hundred and twenty acres in woods,\\nand for this he paid 1900. There was no I oad\\nleading to the place, and it was covered with heavy\\ntimber, but ISIr. Marrs cleared a portion of it\\nbefore the War. He now has one hundred and\\ntwenty acres under cultivation, and to his original\\npurchase he has since added twenty acres. Four-\\nteen children were born to this marriage, seven of\\nwhom survive: Martha, wife of .James Galigar;\\nArthur; Andrew; Maiy, wifeof William Ray buck;\\nHugh; Sarah, wife of John Flasher; and Jessie.\\nMrs. Marrs died in November, 1873, and in Decem-\\nber of the following year Mr. Marrs married Miss\\nMaggie Westfall, of New York, and the daughter\\nof Jacob and Mary Jane Westfall, who came to\\nthis county previous to the Civil War.\\nTo this second union six children were born,\\nfour of whom are now living: Jennie, Thomas,\\nAda and Ma}\\\\ In connection with farming Mr.\\nMarrs is actively engaged in fruit-growing and\\nhas twenty-five acres of orchard on his place, six\\nacres being devoted to small fruit. His home is\\none of the pleasantest in the township and every\\nthing about it denotes peace, prosperity and\\nthrift. He has held a number of local ollices,\\nTownship Treasurer, Justice of the Peace, etc., and\\ndischarged the duties of the same in a creditable\\nand satisfactory mannei I olitically, he is a\\nprominent Republican.\\nMMM-^^im^\\n!ILLIA:M B. KIDSON. This inomineiit\\ncitizen of the county was born in North\\nCarolina, and was second in order of\\nbirth of six children born to John and Sarah\\n(Eidson) Eidson, natives of the grand old State of\\nVirginia. The Eidson family is of English and\\nScotch lineage and was prominently identified\\nwith the early history of Virginia, the memijers\\nbeing leading planters of that State. John Eidson,\\nthe paternal great-grandfather of our subject,\\nserved in the War for Independence, and ()ccii|jied\\nan official position in the Colonial army.\\nJohn Eidson and wife moved to North Carolina\\nat an early date, and there resided for seven or\\neight years, the father engaged as a planter.\\nLater they moved to Ohio and there the father re-\\nceived his Miinl summons in 1835. His wife\\nsurvived him until 1870. The six children born\\nto them lived to mature ye.ir^ with the exception", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0790.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) l;HK;RAPIIirAI RECORD.\\nS(ll\\nof tnK who (liftl in iiil .-iinv. The others were:\\n15;iriu (Ici o. iscd, wIhi \\\\v;i, twice mniiicil iiiul\\nleft Iwd iliildien; W. our .subject; Fl\u00e2\u0080\u00a2alK\u00e2\u0080\u00a2c\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^.\\nwife of Williiuii Boiitu of Iowa; Kli/abetli, de-\\nceased; and .Iiilm K.. wlm ri sidesat Herrien Springs,\\ntliis coiinU\\nTlie lir.st few years (if mir sulijcct s life were\\npassed in his native State and cm his father s\\nplantation. lie was edneated in the eonmion\\nseiiools of Oiiio and in tiiose of Michigan, having\\nattended sciiool aftfr he was grown and married.\\nHe attonde(i one term witii liis first-l)orn son. In\\n184i lie made liis lirst a|jpeaiaiiee in Michigan,\\nlanding here on his tweiity-lirst liirtiiday. and\\nwitli $10 in cash. He came witli his cousin, and\\nfor some time worked liy the month, receiving !5 12\\nper month. Being frugal and industrious, lie\\naecumulated some means, and when twenty-seven\\nyears of age was married to Miss Harriet Weaver,\\na native of Ohio, and tlur daughter of David and\\nAnn Weaver.\\nAt the time of his marriage, ili Kidson was\\nthe owner of sixty-one acres of land (not all [laid\\nfor) and had hut little money. He continued as he\\nhad started, to woii very hard, and by economy\\nand hard worlc has acciiniulated a comfortable\\nfortune. He |)urcha.scd and improved a farm,\\nwhich lie recently sold to his son Edward for 137\\nper acre. This consists of two liundred and forty\\nacres, wliicli cost liim at the time of purcliase $10\\nper acre. Mr. Eidsoii im|)roved this farm hand-\\nsomely; lie cleared up one liundred acres, erected\\na house at a cost of 1,500. a barn at a cost of\\n^1,200, and made numerous other improvements.\\nIn 1888 our subject sold his farm and purchiised\\na handsome home adjoining the town of Berrien\\n.Spring.s. This phice consists of over eleven acres,\\nwith a fine orchard of apple trees, and lately Mr.\\nEidson has been transplanting pear and [tlum trees,\\nmaking an orchard of one acre for this place. He\\nl)aid 1.500 for the property, and spent at least\\ni JOO in making iiiiproveinents. For some time\\nafter his marriage iMr. Eidson was eng.aged in the\\nlivery business in Berrien .Springs, owning the\\nlirst barn in that village, and. a~ his custom was\\nsmall at first, his friends thought it a bad invest-\\nment. At first he started in partnership with\\nJohn Weaver, with only six horses, but the trade\\nsoon demanded more horses and tliey carried on a\\nthriving business. (Jur subject then sold out his\\ninterest and engaged in farming. While in the\\nlivery business he was also engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of brooms, being a partner of .lames\\nAndrews, the pioneer broom-maker of Berrien\\nSprings.\\nWhen Mr. Eidson lirst came to this country it\\nwas si)arsely settled, churches ami schoolhouses\\nwere few and far between, and the whole country\\nw.is covered w-ith a dense growth of trees. There\\nwas no church in Berrien Springs, but there w.as\\none scliofilhouse, and in that meetings were held,\\nall denominations attending. Mr. Eidson has\\nbeen very successful in all the occupations he has\\nfollowed, and with the assistance of his noble wife,\\nwho has ever been at his right hand, has accumu-\\nlated sufficient means to enable them to pass the\\nremainder of their days in ease and plenty. Ten\\nchildren have been given this most estimable\\ncou|ile, but two died in infancy. The others are:\\nGilbert, of this county Haltie; Frances; .lohn.of\\nMinnesota; Edward, on the home place; William,\\na traveling man; and Herbert B. The last two :iie\\nin the hardware business at Hudson, Iik)., and are\\nlive, energetic business men.\\n4-^\\nSRAEL P. HITTON, a successful agriculturist,\\nwho has held with distinguished ability many\\n/ll important positions of public trust in Berrien\\nTownship, Berrien County, Mich., is a native of\\nNapier Township, Bedford County, Pa., and was\\nborn July 10, 1831. His father, Benjamin Wright\\nIlutton, born in Adams County, Pa., October 23,\\n1800, combined the occupations of a farmer and\\nteacher until he came to Michigan. The paternal\\ngrandfather, Levi Ilutton, was also a native of the\\nQuaker State, but the family were of direct English\\ndescent. The mother, Bculali (Harris) Ilutton.\\nborn November 22, 1796, in Chester County,\\nPa., was a daughter of Benjamin Harris, likewise\\na Pennsvlvanian, and a soldier of the Revolu-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0791.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "802\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntionary War. Tlie parents of our subject were\\nwedded in their native State October 2^ 1820,\\nand settled first near tlieir early home, but later\\nemigrated to Miami County, Ohio. In a brief\\ntime, however, tliey returned to the (Quaker State\\nand located in Bedford County. In September,\\n1846, the father and mother started for Michigan\\nand landed at White Pigeon October 28. Settling\\nat Three Rivers, the father ran a sawmill a few\\nyears, and also farmed upon rented land for a\\ntime, but soon gave up the tilling of the soil.\\nLater the parents with their family made their\\nhome in Van Buren County, where the mother\\ndied November 22, 18(54. The father passed away\\n.lune 20. 188.5, on the old homestead where our\\nsubject resides. Benjamin and Beulah Hutton had\\nwelcomed to their humble home nine cliildren.\\nseven of whom are yet living: Caroline M., Will-\\niam Wesley, Hiram W., Israel P., .John H., David\\nF. and Ruth A. In early life the parents were\\n(Quakers, but the father became a Methodist and\\nwas active in church work. He was, when young, a\\nWhig and afterward a strong Republican. He was\\na local leader, frequently a delegate to conven-\\ntions, and w.as Sheriff of St. Joseph County, serving\\nwith abilitj and discharging his duties with un-\\nvarying tidelity. lie was an ardent advocate of\\ntemperance and, a public-spirited citizen, encour-\\naged the cause of the Union during the Civil War.\\n(ienerons to a fault, and a sincere friend, kind\\nand obliging, he was, if wi-onged, a bitter enemy,\\nand, a man of strong character, was beloved and\\nrespected. Our subject was sixteen years of age\\nwhen he came to Michigan, and had received his\\neducation in the little subscription schools of his\\nnative State. He worked out by the d.ay and\\nmonth two years and then was, at eighteen years\\nof age, bound out to learn the milling business with\\nBowman Hoffman, of Three Rivers. Remain-\\ning two years .as an apprentice, he afterwards\\nworked a twelvemonth as a journeyman and tiien,\\nthe mill having been burned, was obliged to seek\\nemployment elsewhere, locating on October 21.\\n18ol, in Summerville, Cass County, whore he w.as\\nengaged in the mill of Burris Moore.\\nDecember G, 185; our subject bought tlie mill,\\nand in 18.J7, prosi)ering, erected a new sawmill,\\nand in 1838 built a gristmill with three run of\\nstone, at a cost of $12,000. Mr. Hutton oper-\\nated the mill until 187.3, when he sohl out and\\nmoved to his present farm, and the next year\\nbuilt his handsome residence, costing -l!4, 000. The\\nfarm which he had previously purchased in 1864\\nhad sixty acres of cleared land. In 1876, Mr.\\nHutton bought back his old mill and operated it\\nu .itil it was burned, in 1884. He now owns three\\nhundred and thirteen finely cultivated acres, one\\nof the most valuable pieces of farming property\\nin this part of Berrien County. On .January 1.3.\\n1853, Israel P. Hutton and Mrs. Anna M. (Moore)\\nMillard were united in marriage. Mrs. Hutton\\nis a daughter of Burro wes and Elizabeth (Reed)\\nMoore, both natives of Pennsylvania, the father\\nhaving been born in 1796, and the mother in\\n1800. They were married in Pennsylvania and\\nmoved to White Pigeon, Mich., in 1832, after-\\nward living in Kalamazoo County and linally\\nlocating in Three Rivers, where they kept a hotel\\nbefore there was a house in the place. In 1848\\nthey made their home in Class Count) settling in\\nSummerville, where Mr. Moore ran a gristmill\\nuntil oui subject bought him out. Unto the union\\nof Anna M. Moore and her first husband were\\nborn three children: .Joseph B.; Edward F.; and\\nNancy M., a graduate of St. Mary, and a success-\\nful teacher. The eldest son, .Joseph B.. is a farmer\\nand dairyman in Pleasant Hill, Mo. Edw-.-ird F.\\nis a patentee of wood-pulp. The daughter is the\\nwife of Freeman Hell, and lives in Colorado. The\\nmother of Mrs. Hutton was born April 21, 1820,\\nin Pennsylvania. The father, Bnrrowes Moore,\\ndied in June, 1872. The mother survived until\\nOctober, 1888. Tlun were the parents of six cliil-\\ndren, five of whom are now living: Mrs. Hutton,\\nAlfred B., Ambrose Y., Edward M. and Robert F.\\nMrs. Moore was in religious belief a Presbyterian;\\nthe father was a Free-Will Baptist. Mr. Moore\\nwas an anti-slavery man, honest and conscientious.\\nThe home of our subject and his estimaljle wife\\nwas blessed by the birth of six children. Arthur\\nD., born June 19, 18.54, died September 29, 1856.\\nRobert F., born September 15, 1855, married\\nElla Mcndcnhall and has two children, L. Arthur\\nand Nina. Robert F.travels for the Davis ik Ran-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0792.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lUOGRAPIlICAL RECORD.\\n803\\nkin Mannfactiuiiiir ninl I .iiililini; iiiii|i:uiy. of Chi-\\ncago, lie is likfil liy tlic lirm and is siicceedino- in\\nthis line of w )ri Wilfred Al., tlio next son of\\nour subject, is the .\\\\ssistnnt C asliier of tlie Citizens\\nNational liank of Xiles. lie was hoiii .lune 26,\\nIHfiT, and nianied Miss Saiali Keedy, and lesiijes\\nill Niles. lie is llie fallier of two cliildien, (TOilic\\nand i.c.ina. Kli/aliclli i... horn March iO. IS. iS,\\ni.- the wife f)f Adclbeit D. Connine, and makes\\nlier home in Dowagiac; she has one child. Hen-\\nInh II. P.euhili A., horn Aiigusl 29, 1859. is the\\nwife of Kred (1. Lewis, and with her two children,\\nAnna Mary and Marguerite, is at home on tlie\\nfarm, r.-irlhenia, horn .Inly I .l, 18(!l.is the young-\\nest and completes the family list. Mr. and Mrs.\\nIlutton are valued memher.s of the Free-Will Bap-\\ntist church at Sumnicr\\\\ille,aiid both take an active\\npart in religious work. Mr. Hultoii was urged to\\naccept the Dcaconsliip, but refused. He is Trustee\\nof tliechuicli and Treasurer and has been .Super-\\nintendent of the Sabhath-scliool for nine years.\\nThe daughters have also been teachers in the Sab-\\nbath-school. Fraternally, our subject is a member\\nof the ,\\\\ncient Free A- .Vccepted Masons at I oka-\\ngon, having united with this lodge thirty years\\nago. lie was Treasurer of the lc)dge for a num-\\nber of terms. For twelve years he has also\\nbeen a member of the Ancient Order of I nited\\nWorkmen at Niles. The children enjoyed excel-\\nlent educational advantages, and most of them\\nattended school at Niles. Robert, Elizabeth and\\nHeulah have been teachers. For years our subject\\nwas a School Director at Summcrville aiid.a fiiend\\nto educational advancement, aided in the progress\\nof the schools of the h(mie district. In early times\\na Whig, later a Heiniblic an, he cast his first Presi\\ndential vote for Cen. ^V. Scott in 18. )2, and has\\nbeen prominent all the years since his majority in\\nthe local councils of his party, representing his\\nconstituents at various Slate and county conven-\\ntions, lie w.as .Justii c of the Peace in Pokagon\\nTownship for sixteen years and .served ably in\\nthe same judicial capacity for three years in Her-\\nrien Township, and was aLso, in I 87.5, elected Super-\\nvisor of Herrieii Township. man of executive\\n.ability, our subject stimulated aiici eiiconr.iged\\nenterprise, and in 1.S72 was one of the organizers\\nof the Citizens National P.ank of Niles. estab-\\nlished with a capital of *50,0(\u00c2\u00bb(l and a surplus of\\nl. i.OOO. For twenty years he has been a Director\\nof that well-known financial institution, and is at\\npresent its valued Vice-President. He is also a\\nDirector of the First .State Savings Hank of Niles,\\nwhich was organized in 1891, with a capital of\\n$2. ).llO(). Financiallv prospered and oceup3-ing a\\nhigh social position. Mr. Hutlon and the varionis\\nmembers of his family are leading lives of busy\\nindustry, and command the high regard of a num-\\nerous acquaintance and old-time friends, the .asso-\\nciates of manv vears.\\nl t t P W ii\\nON. AMOS SMITH. For many years, or\\nj] since his location in this county, the repu-\\ntation which Mr. .Smith has enjoyed has\\nbeen notonly that of a substantial and pro-\\ngressive farmer, but that of an intelligent and thor-\\noughly posted man in all (luhlic affairs. Agricul-\\nture has formed the principal occu[)ation of this\\ngentlenian, and the wide-awake manner in which\\nhe has taken advantage of all methods and ideas\\ntending to the enhanced value of his property h.as\\nhad a great deal to do with obtaining the compe-\\ntence which he now enjoys.\\nHe is a native of the grand old Keystone .St;ile,\\nborn in Springlield Township, iM ie County, .\\\\ugust\\n7, 1829, and his father, Charles F. .Smith, was borii\\nin the same township. The elder .Mr. .Smith was a\\nfarmer and always resided at his birthplace, dying\\nthere February 17, 188. at the advanced age of\\neighty-two. His wife, whose maiden name was\\nEmily Leech, was a native of ermont. horn in\\n1808. .She was married in F-rie County, Pa., and\\ndied there in 1889. Our subject s paleriiMl grand-\\nI father, Oliver Smith, was born in .\\\\shlaiid. Conn., in\\n17(iO, and emigrated lo Pennsylvani.a about 1800.\\nt Of the eleven children horn to his parents our\\nsubject was s-econd in order of birth. His boyhood\\nand youth were passed in his native county-, and,\\nlike the average farmer boy, his early education\\nwas received in the conntr\\\\ schools. In 18.02 he", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0793.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "804.\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\ntook :i course in the commercial college at Pitts-\\nburgh. Previous to this, in 1848, he came to Cass\\nCount}, Mich., with his uncle, Joshua Leech, and\\nremained in this State one .year, after which he\\nreturned to his native soil. In the fall of the\\nsame year he went to Yazoo, Miss., and taught a\\nlive-months term of .school there. Returning to\\nhis home in Pennsylvania in 1850 he resided\\nthere for tvvo years, and taught two terms of writ-\\ning-school. He also tauglit book-keeping, and i\\nsubsequently finislied his education at Clinton,\\nN. Y. He began teaching when nineteen ^ears of\\nage and followed this profession for some time.\\nIn the fall of 18i)2 he returned to Cass County,\\nMich., and was engaged in teaching and survey-\\ning, as he had made the latter a study, and was\\nsoon assisting the County Surveyor. Later he was\\nmade Deputy Count}- Surveyor, and in 185-t he\\nwas elected to that office, holding that position\\nand discharging the duties incumbent upon it in a\\nver} satisfactory manner until January, 1861.\\nDuring this time, in the winter he ^vas engaged in\\nteaching the Spencerian system of writing. After\\nbeing out of office one term he was re-elected\\nSurveyor, served one term, and then refused the\\nnomination for the next term, preferring to teach.\\nIn 1855 he jnucliased forty acres of land and\\nfarmed the same in addition to his other duties\\nduring the years spoken of above. In 1875 the\\nCounty Surveyor was killed and Mr. Smith was i\\nappointed to fill the v.acancy until the next elec-\\ntion. At the next regular convention he was\\nagain nominated, and later was elected, serving\\nuntil 1883. In October of that year he was elected\\nCounty Drain Commissioner, which office he held\\ntwo years. So abl}- and well did he discharge the\\nduties of llie different offices entiusted to him, j\\nand so well were bis services appreciated by the\\npublic, tliat he was elected State Senator in 1868,\\nserving one term, as was customary at that time.\\nMr. Smith has also been Supervisor of liis town-\\nship and has led a very busy life. He has had ji\\ngreat deal of guaidian and administrator work to\\nperform, besides his oHicial business. Alive to\\nmatters of public importance, and deeply inter-\\nested in the success of tlic Republican party, with\\nwhich he has always been identified, he is one of\\nthe most influential men of the county. His first\\nPresidential vote was cast for Oen. Scott. Mi\\nSmith is a |)rominent member of the Masonic fra-\\nternity, and has been Worshipful Master several\\nterms. He is a member also of the Royal Arch\\nChapter at Cassopolis. The first AVoishipful Mas-\\nter of his lodge, Mr. Smith has been chosen to\\nrepresent said lodge in the Grand Lodge many\\ntimes.\\nOn the 22d of November, 1855, Mr. .Smith was\\nmarried to Miss Martha Jane East, who was born\\nin Wa^ne County, Iiid., and wiio died in Cass\\nCounty, Mich., in 1882. Three children were the\\nfruits of this union: Charles F., Fred E. and\\nGeorge D. IMis. .Smith was a devoted member of\\nthe Friends Church and for many years was an\\n.active worker in the same. October 4, 188:5, he\\nmarried Jliss Sue Boguc, also an active member of\\nthe F riends Church. The forty acres of land first\\nowned by Mr. Smith have since lieen increased to\\nthree hundred and fourteen acres, in tluee differ-\\nent farms. Mr. Smith has taken an active interest,\\nin educational matters, having had much to do in\\nbuilding up the andalia graded school, now one\\nof the best schools in the county.\\n=*5E\\n=^i\\n]1@\\nvH\\n11^\\nM\\nO\\nF. BERTRAIL The fruit farm belonging\\nto Mr. Bertram is one of the best in Berrien\\nCounty, and is located on section 86, St.\\nJoseph Township. The property consists of twenty\\nacres, all of which are planted to fruit, ten acres\\nbeing devoted to blackberries, three and one-half\\nacres to grapes, two acres to r.aspberries, and there\\nare also two iiundred and sixty peach trees, one\\nhundred apple and three hundred pear trees. The\\npurchase price of the farm was $2,5()0, Imt tlie\\nmany improvements since added thereto have\\ngreatly increased its value and it is now worth\\nabout *7,0()0.\\nGermany has contributed many of her most\\nenterprising sons t(3 the United States, and among\\nthe number who have sought fortune and friends\\nin the New World may be mentioned the name of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0794.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": ";K8Site\u00c2\u00ab ii\u00c2\u00a3M\u00c2\u00bb^.--^4\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab:\\nii*\u00c2\u00bbW|J!\u00c2\u00bbk; V;j(j;\\n-J^\\n*f*\\nP iiw n Hiif i*if .-if\\n^t/fiU\\nJ|ssS*\\nRE51DENCL,0r J. T. VAN D ER VEE R SEC 5. WATERVLl ET TR, BERRIEN CO. MICH.\\nn.\\n11.\\n:3;\\ni^^.r*\u00c2\u00abni .^a/-iX.\u00c2\u00bb-*.;(fr? ~j;\u00c2\u00abi^:,\u00c2\u00bbi;.as^v,;-.,\\niJ(i;^tiJaS)aiSi!^)\u00c2\u00abi\\nRESIDENCE OF C. F. BERTRAM 5EC.3G.,ST. JOSEPH TP.,BERRIEN CO., MICH.\\n_^,^, ^V-....^V7.\u00e2\u0080\u009e,,,, flJV.\\nRESIDENCE OF CARL H ERM AN S EC.15. BERTRAND TP., BERRIEN CO. MICH", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0795.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0796.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AN!) niOGRAPlIICAL UKCORD.\\n807\\nC. F. Hcrtram. who was born in Hanover. His fa-\\nther. I lcderiok, was likewise a native of Hanover,\\n;iii(l fdi a tiiiic followed the occupation of a\\nwaiion-niaker, l)iil latei secured a ijosition as gar-\\ndener for a nunnery. In his n.itivc land he mar-\\nried Miss Louisa Queston, who died in (iermany\\nafter having become tlie mother of seven children,\\nAve of whom are now (1893) living. They are\\nLouie, who is engaged in farming in South [Da-\\nkota; C. v., of this sketch; Minnie, who is married\\nand resides in Chicago- Ernest, a successful agri-\\nculturist of South Dakota; and Christina, who is\\ntlic wife of Conrad Heine, a resident of Chicago.\\nIll I.s7 2 the father of the family emigrated to\\nthe I nited Stales and remaine(i with his children\\nuntil his death, which occuried in 1890. C. F.,\\nthe subject of this sketch, was the recipient of ex-\\ncellent advantages in his native country, and has a\\nthorough knowledge of the (lerman language.\\nSince coming to America he has leariuid to read\\nand write the Knglish language. He emigrated to\\nthis country in 1861, and for a time worked on a\\nfarm in Cook County, HI., later sijenl six months\\nin Chicago, .and afterward resided for a short time\\nin St. Louis and Nashville. During the late war\\nhe was in the Commissary Department of the\\nUnited States army.\\nAfter a short sojourn in Chicago Mr. Rertram\\nwent to California, making the journey via the\\nIsthiiHis of I aiKuiia. and upon reaching the Golden\\nState followed fanning for nine years. During\\nthe most of the time he raised hops, meeting with\\nvarying success in that business. From California\\nhe returned to Chicago, where he resided for six\\nyears, and thence, in 1881. he came to Berrien\\nCounty and located upon the place where he now\\nresi(ies. His marriage took place in 1873 and\\nunited him with Miss Doia Keyniers, who was born\\nin (ieimany and came to this country when about\\ntwenty years old. They are the parents of four\\nchildren. l ernharl, Berthel. Hild.-i and Hruno, all\\nof whom are with their parents.\\nIn his religious convictions, Mr. Bertram is an\\nactive memliei of the Lutlieian Church and is a\\nliberal contributor to its various enterprises. So-\\ncially, he is identified with the Order of Foresters\\nof Chicago. He is a man who deli ;lils in witness-\\ning the advancement of his township and county,\\nand who may always l)e relied upon to contribute\\nhis (piota to the attainment of the desired result.\\nIn his political belief, he adheres to the prin-\\nciples of the Kepublican party and is pidiiiineiit\\nill local politics.\\nr\\ne\\nAHL IIFRMAN, a highly-respected and suc-\\ncessful general agriculturist located upon\\nsection 15, Bertrand Township, Berrien\\nCounty, is a native of Wurtcnilierg, Germany, and\\nwas born September 24, 18211. The father, John\\nHerman, and the mother, whose maiden name was\\n.Scheu, were both born in Germany, and received\\na limited education- in the Government schools.\\nThey were of honest but humble parentage, and\\nthe father worked as a day-laborer. He and his\\ngood wife were the parents of seven sons, of whom\\nCarl is the third in oider of birth. The mother\\ndied in the land of her birth, and in 18G8 the fa-\\nther came to America to make his home with his\\nson Carl, and here died.\\nOur subject attained to manhood in the Old\\nCounti and was twenty-six years of age when,\\nshortly before emigrating, he was, in 18;j7, united\\nin marriage with Miss Elizabeth N etter, a native\\nof (lermany, who, in com|)any with her husband,\\nalmost immediately sailed for America. They did\\nnot tarry long in the P^ast, but were in a brief time\\nlocated in lierrien County, their first home being\\niii Niles Township. Five years later, in 18(52,\\nthey removed to a farm iiurch.ased by iMr. Herman\\nin Bertrand Township. Three years afterward\\nour subject protitalily disposed of this farm, and\\nin 186.T bought the valuable homestead of one\\nhundred acres, where with his family he has since\\nresided. The improvements then on the place\\nconsisted mainly of an old house with a dilapi-\\ndated roof and no floor. During the i)ast twenty-\\neight years the acreage has been brought u]) to a\\nhigh state of cultivation, .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind a comfortable and\\nattractive residence, commodious barns and out-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0797.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "808\\nPOxtTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhuildiiigs liave made tlio old farm one o( tlio pleas-\\nant homesteads of Beitrand Townslii)).\\nMr. and Mrs. Herman have had six eliildren,\\nthree daughters and three sons. Cliarles resides in\\nNebraska; David also makes liis liome in that\\nState; Minnie is the wife of Henry Ehniuger, a\\nprosperous farmer of Bertraud Township; Luc3 is\\nthe wife of Washington (logley, and lives in Indi-\\nana; (Teorge and Ida are at home. Our subject\\narrived in the United States with little or no cap-\\nital, and has with sturdy self-reliance and persist-\\nent industry steadily won his way upward to a\\nposition of comparative ease and comfort. Prac-\\ntical, and possessing excellent judgment, lie has\\nmade a success of general farming, and also raises\\nsome fine stock. Mr. Herman is a Democrat, and\\nin all matters pertaining to local progress and\\nmutual welfare is a true and liberal American citi-\\nzen. He is in no sense of the word a politician,\\nbill IS well posted in national and local affairs.\\n;OHMT. VAlS nERVEER i.s numbeiod among\\ntlie representative farmers and fruit-grow-\\ners of Watervliet Township. Berrien Coun-\\nty and is a highly respected gentleman, both\\nfor his good business qualifications and his upright\\ncharacter. His birth occurred in Emmet Town-\\nship, Calhoun County, Mich.. Decemlier 3, 1851,\\nhe lieing a son of .lames and Nancy (Young)\\nA anderveer.\\nThe grandfather of our subject, John andor-\\nveer, was born in New Jersey, where he was trained\\nto be a sailor. He was a ])ioneer of Glenn Town-\\nship, Montgomery County, N. Y., and there died in\\n18()U, on the farm which he had cleared and im-\\nproved. He served in the New York Assembh\\nand proved himself worthy of that responsible\\nposition. His wife was Miss Ann Vorliees, and tr)\\nthem were born the following children John.\\nWilliam, Lewis, James, Newton, Hutli and Arthur.\\nAll of these children have become the heads of\\nfamilies, with the e.xception of .lolin and Arthur.\\nThe mother was a niemlier of the Dutch Hef unu (l\\nChurch, and died in I860. The father was a Whig\\nand a Republican in politics.\\nJames Vanderveer was born in the town nf\\nGlenn, N. Y.. February 14, 1828, and worked on\\nthe farm until he was twenty years old. when he\\nmoved to Calhoun County, Mich., and settled on\\na quarter-section of land on the banks of the\\nlake, near Battle Creek. He improved this tract\\nand lived on it until 1855, at which time he moved\\ninto the town of Battle Creek, and embarked in\\nthe mercantile business. Soon afterward he had\\nthe misfortune to lose everything that he had by\\nfire, but amid all these discouragements Mr. :in-\\nderveer kept up courage, and again moved to the\\ncountry to try his fortune. This time he came to\\nBerrien County and settled in Benton Township,\\nwhere he purchased a farm of two hundred and\\nsixty acres, which he has since given to his chil-\\ndren. He has served in six different township\\nottices and gives his influence to the Democratic\\nparty, although he was at one time a stanch sup-\\nporter of the Whig and Republican platforms.\\nHis faithful wife, who still survives, is the daughter\\nof Joseph and Elizabeth (Van Wert) Young, w ho\\nwere the parents of four sons and four daughters.\\nJoseph Young vvas a pioneer of Calhoun County,\\ngoing there about the jear 183(;. In his religiinis\\nattiliations he was a Presbyterian, and in politics a\\nRepublican.\\nJohn T. A anderveer is one of the four siiiviv-\\ning children born to his [larents, the others being\\nWilliam N., Anna and Ernest. John was kept on\\nthe farm until he was nine 3ears old, and on\\nreaching his eighteenth year began life on his own\\naccount by working at ^K! a month for two years.\\nAt the age of twenty, he bought a farm of forty\\nacres in Benton Township, and in 1878 was en-\\nabled to buy one hundred and sixty acres of\\ntimber-land in Watervliet Township, which he at\\nonce began clearing and improving, lie now\\nmakes fruit a specially, and his farm is one of the\\nfinest looking and best kept in the county.\\nOur subject is valuable to this vicinity in politi-\\ncal affairs, and has held some [jromineiit and\\naccredited positions, among which is that of Town-\\nship Treasurer and Supervisor. He is a warm", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0798.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "PviKTRAIT AND lilOGRAPIIIC AL RI-X ORD.\\n809\\niiillierciil (if tin Doiiiucialit |iarty. :iiul jilsoii iiu iii-\\nber of llie Independent Oidei of Odd Fellows.\\nMr. ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lnde^vee^ w;is iiiai i ied to IMar.v U. S])encer\\nFeliiuaiv 1, 1H7T. This lady was lioni in 15ain-\\nbridfje, this county, to Charles A. and Elizabeth\\n(l)ix) Spencer, of Benton Township. She became\\nthe niotlier of five cliildren: Hoy, I ercv, Bertha,\\nBessie and Nancv.\\nri.irs KRIKGKR. One of the distinguish-\\ning; ciiaractenstics of the men who claim Po-\\nland as the land of their birth or the home\\nof their forefalliers is a strong individual-\\nism, that gives an imi)ctus to their lives and nobil-\\nity- to tlioir characters. In whatever land they\\nmay establish homes, they display a certain energy\\n.and lo\\\\alty that endear them to their fellow-citi-\\nzens. Among the men of this class some mention\\nmay properly be made of the subject of this\\nsketch, who is a well-known resident of Berrien\\nCounty, and a successful fruit-grower of Lincoln\\nTownship, residing on section 15.\\nA native of Poland, Prussia, our subject was\\nborn on the 1st of .lune. 1842, being the son of\\nMartin and Polina Krieger. It was his misfortune\\nto be orphaned in childhood, his father having\\n(lied when he was a lad of six jears, and his mother\\npassing away five years afterward. His education\\nwas limited to a brief attendance at the schools of\\nhis native land, but he has gained an education\\nwhich is not to be learned from books or ac-\\nipiired by literary training. His is the more prac-\\ntical education daily given to each of us in our\\nhomes or at our otiices, and which can be secured\\n(inly as the result of exiierience.\\nIn his youth, Mr. Krieger learned the trade of a\\ntailor, at which he was employed prior to his emi-\\ngration to the New World. He was married in\\n.Mankerudt, Poland, to Rosalia, the daughter of\\n.lohn Hiidnich. and they were the parents of two\\ni-hildren at the time they cro.ssed the Atlantic and\\nestablished their hiime in the land (if the free.\\nJt WHS about the year IKiiT that they came to\\nChicago, immediately after landing in this coun-\\ntry, and Mr. Krieger found employment in that\\ncity, working at his trade, for eight years. From\\nChicago he came to Lincoln Township and, pur-\\nchasing ten acres, commenced its improvement\\nand cultivation. At the present time (lH ):5)lie\\nowns fifty acres, of which about thirty-four are\\nwell improved. He devotes his attention to fruit-\\nraising and gardening and makes a specialty of\\nberries, which he raises with success. All the\\nfarm buildings have been erected under his per-\\nsonal supervision and are adajjted to their various\\nuses.\\nThe marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Krieger has re-\\nsulted in the birth of nine children, as follows:\\nKatie, who married .John Kaloorkins, a farmer re-\\nsiding in Lincoln Townshii): Theodore. Wallaria.\\nAnnie, John, Paulina. Rosalia, .hiliiis and .-Vlex-\\nander. A Democrat politically. Mr. Krieger has\\nserved for two jears as Drain Commissioner of\\nthe township, and was elected .hislicc of the Peace,\\nbut refused to (|ualif\\\\ for the otlice. He takes an\\nactive interest in social aftairs an l uses his inthi-\\nence to secure the progress of the commuuitv\\nalong the lines of material and commercial devel-\\nopment. What he has and what he is may be at-\\ntributed to his own efforts, seconded by the co-\\noperation of his etticient heipmate, for when he\\narrived in Chicago he had only $12 in his posses-\\nsion. Now he occupies a position among the sub-\\nstantial moil of the township. He is a stockholder\\nin tlie Commercial State Bank of St. .toseph. In\\nhis religious belief, he is a Roman Catholic, and is\\nidentified with the church at St. .Joseph.\\nT\\nM B\\nfl\\nFRANK STEWART is a man of more than\\nIj ordinary intelligence. energ\\\\- and force of\\n%^JA character, and for the upright and honor-\\nable career he has led he is held in universal re-\\nspect and esteem. His life has been rather an un-\\neventful fine, but while he has continued to pursue\\nthe even tenor of his way. he has been a deep", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0799.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "810\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nreader and thinker, and every important question\\nof the day is given his earnest attention. As a\\nfarmer he has attained an enviable reputation, for\\nin conducting his operations he lias brought his\\ngood sense and his practical views to bear, and as\\na result has accumulated a fair share of this world s\\ngoods.\\nMr. Stewart is a native of Van Buren County,\\nMich., born in Paw Paw in the year 1843, and was\\none of the first children born in the county. His\\nparents, Archibald and Eliza A. (Tanner) Stewart,\\nwere natives respectively of Pennsylvania and\\nNew York, and their nuptials were celebrated in\\nthe latter State. The father was a practical me-\\nchanic and followed his trade in the Empire State\\nuntil about 1838, when he decided that lie could\\nimprove his chances in the far West. lie brought\\nhis family to Michigan, located in Paw Paw and\\nthere worked at his trade with nuicii success for\\nsome time. Later he removed to Watervliet, and\\nthere continued his former occupation until about\\n1861, when he went to C oloma, where he resided\\nuntil his death. He was a man possessed of an\\nunusual amount of energy and determination, and\\nin everj walk of life he acquitted himself witii\\nhonor and renown.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Stewart was blessed by the\\nbirth of eight children, as follows: Helen M., wife\\nof Dr. Marvin, of Covert, Mich.; William E., who\\nis proprietor and editor of the Sentinel, at South\\nHaven; G. Frank, our subject; Archibald, of Co-\\nloma, Mich.; Eliza, wife of Edwin R. Havens, of\\nLansing, this State; Charles IL, who died about\\n1885; and Lucy D., wile of Charles Merrifield, of\\nChicago. These children all grew to manhood and\\nwomanhood and became law-abiding and much\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nesteemed citizens. The second child died in in-\\nfaiuy. The original of this sketch was the fourth\\nchild in order of birth and grew to manhood\\nin Paw Paw Township. In the year 18G2 he\\nenlisted in Company Nineteenth Alichigan In-\\nfantry. He was mustered in as Corponil Septem-\\nber 1862; appointed Sergeant Januaiy 15, 1864;\\nai)pointed First Sergeant .liily 2, 1864, and was\\npromoted to be First Lieutenant .January 11, 1865.\\nHe commanded Company F from March 30, 1865,\\nuntil mustered out of service. He joined llie\\nArmy of the Cumlierland, and was with (Jens.\\nRosecrans and Sherman in the march to the sea.\\nparticipating in the engagements at .Spring Hill,\\nResaca, Carsville, New Hope Church, Ciilp s Farm,\\nGolgotha, Peach Tree Creek, siege of .Atlanta,\\nAvreysboro, Bentonville, up through the Caroli-\\nnas, and was present at the Grand Review at Wash-\\ning ton. He was fearless in the discharge of duty\\nand fought bravely for the Old Flag.\\nAfter cessation of hostilities Mr. Stewart re-\\nturned to Bainbridge, Berrien County, Mich., and\\nin the year 1866 was married to Miss Ileniietta\\nL. Beyers, daughter of Martin Beyers, one of Ber-\\nrien County s oldest and most respected citizens.\\nFive children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nStewart: Stella A., A. N., Mabel G., Henry M. and\\nCharles E. A. Mr. Stewart served two terms, as\\nClerk of Bainbridge, and in the spring of 1885 he\\nwas elected Supervisor of Bainbridge Township,\\nan office he has held successively since. He is a\\nRepublican in politics and an active worker for\\nhis party. To all enterprises that tend to the de-\\nvelopment and growth of the country Mr. Stewart\\nextends a helping hand, and he is very social,\\nfriendly and accommodating. He was Postmaster\\nat Bainbridge from October 12, 1868, until Au-\\ngust 26, 1874. He is a member of the (irand\\nArmy Post at Coloma, and the Independent Order\\nof Odd Fellows at Bainbridge. Mr. Stewart has\\npassed all the chairs in the Keeler, Covert and\\nBainbridge lodges, and represented each lodge in\\nthe (irand Lodge of the State.\\nr .5..J..J..5.P\\n^1 AIMES KFLSKY, formerly a prominent citi-\\nzen of La Grange Township, Cass County,\\nbut now deceased, was born in Middlesex,\\nConn., in 1810, and was the son of James\\nand Jerusha (Brainard) Kelsey. I lie family was\\none of considerable prominence in Connecticut\\nduring the Colonial days and was active in the\\nwork of the Presbyterian Church. During the\\nWar of the Revolution, the grandfather of our\\nsubject served as a meiiilier of the Army of the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0800.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n811\\nSt. Lawrence; and one f)f liis broUiers, also a sol-\\ndier in tin war. was taktMi prisoner and died on a\\nman-of-war, a piison slii|i.\\nTill niaU inal urandfaliier of oiir Miliji cl, Ezra\\nliiaiii.iid. was for nian\\\\- years a memlier of the\\nConiii i ticnl Lejiislaliire, wliile liis son was for a\\niuunl)ei- of years I niled States Senator from \\\\^er-\\nniont. Tlie Hrainard family was connected with\\nllio i-arly history of the State of Connecticut.\\nAlioiit tlic year 1824 James Kelscy, father of our\\nsulijcct, migrated to Rochester, N. Y., and thence\\nto Niagara County, the same Slate, where he died\\nat a ripe old :\\\\gc. The ediic;ition of our subject\\nwas actjuired principally in llu Lima and Henri-\\netta .Vcademies of New York, and after his school-\\ning was completed he returned to his old home in\\nConnecticut, where he lauglil school for several\\nyears. Going again to New York, he resumed\\nhis professional labors, and for some time taught\\nschool in the winter seasons and engaged in farm-\\ning during the summer.\\nTlie marriage of .Mr. lvelse occurred in 183(!,\\nand united him with Miss Mary, daughter of Will-\\niam and Mary (l)epew) Compton. Mr.s. KelscN-\\nwas born in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1817, and\\nis a descendant of a Huguenot family. Her mother\\nrode on the tirst train of cars in thcUnited States.\\nThe Compton family waslirst represented in .Vmer-\\nica by three lirotliers, one of whom died soon after\\ntlieir arrival. The Iwt) survivors settled in New\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lersey and Connecticut respectively. Mrs. Kelsey\\nbeing a descendant of the former.\\n.\\\\fter his marriage, Mr. Kelsey settled on a farm\\nin Niagara County. N. Y., and in 1839 came to\\nMii-higan. proceeding directly to his father-in-law s\\nhome in Cass County. .Vt that early day no roads\\nhad been opened nor had any clearings liecii made.\\nFor siiinier on the day of their arrival they had\\nlish. caught out of the lake on the farm, which to-\\nday abounds with various specimens of tlie finny\\ntribe. Four children were born to Mr. Kelsey and\\nhis estimable wife, namely: Dr. W..I.. of whom see\\nsketch elsewhere in this volume; Hampden, an at-\\ntorney residing in Chicago, who has a son, James;\\nEdith, the widow of Eugene Crane; and Alice J.\\nThe daughters are both artists, [losscssiiig unusual\\ntalent, and the younger daughter, ivlitli, occuiiies\\na prominent place in professional circles in Clii-\\ncago, where she makes her hoaie. Rolitically, Mr.\\nKelsey was a Whig in early days, and afterward a\\nRepublican. He accumulated three hundred acres\\nof good land, which at his death, in October, 1883,\\nwas bequeathed to his wife. .She, assisted by her\\nj daughter .Mice, now man.-iges the entire homestead,\\nI attending to the work in a manner highly credit-\\nable to herself, and securing bountiful harv jsts\\neach 3ear as a result of the systematic way in\\nwhich she supervises the place.\\nLIVER P. MILLER. The petty difliculties\\nof the township in which our subject re-\\n^^fe/ sides find their way to his office, and lie\\nsends the parties away in better humor with them-\\nselves and with the world in general than they\\nwere on coming to him, for he is a gentleman\\nwho, although having an extended knowledge of\\nthe prosaic aspects of life, is prone to .see the\\nhumorous side, and gild the baser metal with the\\nbrightness of wit.\\nMr. Miller is one of the old settlers of Lake\\nTownship, but was born in Ohio, Preble County.\\nAugust 19, 1832. He w.is the fourth in order of\\nbirth of nine children born to Jacob F. and Docia\\n(Weaver) Miller, natives of Tennessee and ir-\\nginia. respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were\\nmarried in Ohio, whitlier tiicii parents had moved\\nat an early date, and tliere they resided on a farm\\nfor many years. JMr. Miller was a popular man and\\nheld various olliccs, the most prominent being\\nthose of Assessoi and Commissioner. He served in\\nthe War of 1812, and was under (ien. Harrison in\\nthe battle of Tippecanoe. His death occurred in\\nthe State of his adoption February 1 I, 181 The\\nMiller family came originally from Germany and\\nsettled in Tennessee, in Hawkins (duntv. The\\nWeaver family came from England and its mem-\\nbers were among the first settlers of Virginia.\\nor the nine children bom to the above men-\\ntioned couple, eight lived to mature years: George,\\nwho resides in IJenton Harbor; .V. K.. who resides", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0801.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "812\\nrORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nin West Manchester, Ohio; O. P., our subject; Mar-\\ngaret, wife of Robert Giiflllin. of Oliio; Robert D.,\\nwho lives in Colorado; Cyrus, who resides in West\\n^lanchester, Oliio; Abigail, deceased, the wife of\\nlA wis Howe, of Oliio; and James, deceased, who\\nleft a family in Dayton, Ohio. r oth Mr. and Mrs.\\n.sillier had been married previously, and the former\\nwas the father of two children by liis fii St union:\\nFrederick, deceased, and Sarah, deceased. Mrs.\\nMdler s lirst husband was .lolin Price, by whom\\nshe had four children, one dying in infancy. Elar-\\nidge. deceased, left a family in Illinois; Ellen, de-\\nceased, was the wife of Dan Ritz, of West Man-\\ncliester, Ohio; and .lohn. of Greenville. Ohio.\\nC)liver P. ;\\\\Iiller passed his boyhood and youth\\nin Ohio, and attended the common schools of his\\nneighborhood. lie commenced life for himself as\\na carpenter and continued this for ten years, meet-\\ning with fair success. On the 1st of May, 1864,\\nhe joined Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-\\nsixth Ohio Infantry, and was attached to the Arm}\\nof the Cumberland, although in 1861 it was called\\nthe Army of Ohio, lie served in Maryland and\\nA lrgiiiia, and participated in but one eng.agement,\\nbeing mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, in\\nSeptember, 1864. After reaching home he re-\\nmained there until 1867, when he came to tliis\\nState, and resided on rented land for eiglit years.\\nIn 1873 he purch.ased one hundred and twenty\\nacres of unimproved land, for wliicli he paid $12\\nper acre, and in 1875 he moved on this farm. He\\nnow has fifty acres under cultivation and is one\\nof the foremost men of his neigliborhood. Nearly\\nthe entire time he has resided on his farm he has\\nheld the ottice of Justice of tlie Peace and h.as dis-\\ncharged the duties of thatottice in a very creditable\\nmanner. He has also held tiie ottice of Township\\nClerk and Road Commissioner.\\nIn the year 18.53 Mr. Miller married Miss Ann\\nM. Vyf, a native of Ohio, and the daughter of\\nBenjamin and Elizalieth (iSlaloy) Imc. natives of\\nthe Old Dominion and Ohio, resjiecti vely. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Eye were the parents (jf fifteen children,\\nnine of whom lived to years of maturit} Mary\\nIv, wife of H. Young, resides in Marion, Ind.,\\nMargaret, who is the wife of Frank Meadows, re-\\nsides in De Lisle, Ohio; Elizabeth, who is the wife\\nof T. Ross, makes her home at Dawn, Ohio; Ann JI.\\nwas the wife of our subject; Benjamin resides in\\nRichmond, Ind.; Charley is in Kans!is; Henry is\\nin Indiana; Hester is the wife of Daniel Clin-\\ngerman. of Niles, Mich; and .lasper lives in Ben-\\nton Harbor. Jlrs. Vye died in 1864, and her\\nhusband in 1880. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller were\\nborn live children, as follows: Orvin W., of this\\ncounty; Cleon Margaret C, wife of William Ar-\\nand, of Berrien County; Malissa. who died at the\\nage of two years; and Emma, who died at the age\\nof eight years. Mrs. Miller died in 1884. Mr.\\nMiller is a member of the County Grange and\\nLake Grange No. 84, of which he is Secretaiy. In\\npolitics lie is a Reiniblican.\\nHARLES T. GLEASON, an influential cit-\\n(l( izen of Sodus Township, Berrien Count}\\nowns one of the most finely cultivated and\\nhighly im|iroved homesteads in this part of Mich-\\nigan. He has been a resident of his present local-\\nity for about thirty years and is numbered among\\nthe leading general agriculturists and [jrominent\\nmen of his home locality. Mr. Gleason is a native\\nof the t^)neen s dominions, and was Ijorn in Canada,\\nabout one hundred and sixty miles from Quebec, in\\n1836. His father, Patrick (Jleason, w.as a sailor,\\nwho made his home in Ireland, and died soon after\\nthe birth of his son diaries. (Jur subject spent\\nthe days of early boyhood in different parts of\\nCanada, and had l)ul very limited advantages for\\nan education, never attending school after he was\\neleven ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ears of age. Charles was only a boy, not\\nyet twelve years old. when he came to the States\\nand received his first employment in Lewiston,\\nNiagara County, N. Y. The lad obtained woik\\nupon a farm and for four years faithfully sowed,\\nplanted and reaped, lalxning with steady and un-\\nvarying industry, and enjoying few. if any, of the\\npleasures incidental to \\\\()Uth.\\nHaving now arii\\\\ ed at fifteen years of age. our\\nsubject went to lUiffalo. and, a bright, intelligent\\nlad, readily procured work and was for the sue-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0802.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n813\\nt t cdiiii; two \\\\i-:ii eiiira2;ed in a. sliip-ynrd. In\\n18o. t, Air. Oleasoii ioiinicyed to llie f.-irther West\\n!iiul louatofl ill Hfirriiigton. 111. For two years lio\\nfollowed the trade of a carpenter in that vicinity,\\nand then resolved to try his fortunes in INIichigan.\\nand coniiiiu hither settled in Berrien County, in\\nthe imniediatc neighborhood of his present home.\\nHaving hut very little ready capital, at first he\\nfarmed on shares, hut in \\\\SCu^ lionght fifty acres\\nof land, to which he has since added fifty other\\nacres, the one hundred acres being among the most\\nfertile and productive land in the township. The\\nfarm with its cultivated fields and attractive im-\\nroveinents is especially noted by all passers-by.\\nThe residence, l)arns and other buildings are mod-\\nern in construction, well-planned and tastefully\\nfinished. Aside from the tilling of the soil, Mr.\\nGleason profitably handles some excellent stock,\\nand is in every department of .igriculture thor-\\noughly i)ractical.\\nIn 1 S )7. Charles Gleason and Miss Harriet Hem-\\ningway were united in marriage. Mrs. Gleason is\\nthe daughter of .lesse and Lois Hemingway, old-\\ntime lesidents of Berrien County, Mich. The\\nhome of Mr. and Mrs. (Ueason has been blessed by\\nthe birth of nine children, three sons and six daugh-\\nters. .Icssic is the wife of Henry Feather and re-\\nsides in Beriien County. Nellie married Frank\\nSmith and lives in Sodus Township. (Tcorge mar-\\nried .\\\\iiiiie Clark and makes his home in the neigh-\\nborhood of his parents and is a pros|)croiis farmer.\\nHaltie and Mary are at home and are among the\\nmost successful teachers of the county. Grace, the\\nyoungest child, Fred and Fd arc all still with\\ntheir fatlier and mother. Pearl is clerking in the\\nstore of Cal .lilleson, at Stevensville. Always re-\\ngretting his lack of education, our suliject earlv\\ndetermined to fit his children well for the battle\\nof life, and to that end stimulated and encouraged\\nthem to study, and gave them every possible ad-\\nvant.age he could for higher instruction. Six of\\nthe family have been teaeliers ami three are yet\\nengaged in that vocation.\\nMr.(;ieason is not personally identified with any\\nchurch, but his entire family belong to the Meth-\\nodist Kpiseo|)al denomination, and are workers in\\nthe clnuch and pioiniinnl in its social uMtheiinas\\nand benevolent enterprises. Poiitically, om- sub-\\nject is n stalwart Republican, and lias ever been\\ntrue to the principles of the Party of Reform,\\ncasting his vote for .Tohn C. F remont in 185fi. As\\nRoad Commissioner IMr. Gleason has given faithful\\nservice to his fellow-townsmen, and in all the du-\\nties of the day has with sincere jiurpo-se fulfilled\\nthe obligations devolving upon him. Having self-\\nreliantly won his way in life, he has the great\\npleasure of seeing his children attain tousefuland\\nself-respecting manhood and womanhood, possessed\\nof education and natural ability to worthily -fill\\nany place of influence or honor to which they may\\nbe called.\\nA. BECKER, a retired agriculturist and\\nleading citizen of Berrien Township. Ber-\\nrien County, Mich., h.as for many years ac-\\ntively participated in the public work and\\nsocial and religious life of liis home iieiglibor-\\nhood. Mr. Becker isa native of Pennsylvania, and\\nwas born in Swatara Township, Dauphin County,\\n.lulv 27, 1824. The parents. .lacob and Anna\\n(Becker) Becker, also born in Iho (Quaker State,\\nin Lancaster County, were both of (Icrman descent.\\nThe paternal great-grandfather emigrated when a\\nyoung man to America and settled in Pennsvlva-\\nnia, in which State his son, tirandfatlier Henry\\nBecker, was born. The father of our subject served\\nbravely in the War of 1M12. He was an industri-\\nous, hard-working man, of earnest purpose, and\\ncomliined the trade of a carpenter with the occu-\\npation of a farmer. The p.areiits were married in\\ntheir birthplace and afterward made their home in\\nDauphin County, on a farm which the father\\ncleared and improved. Of the six cliildrcii. three\\nsons and three daughters, who blessed the fireside\\nof the old homestead, our subject is the sole sur-\\nvivor. The fatlier was a [irominent man in his\\nlocality. He was a friend to educational advance-\\nment and was an excellent (ierinan scholar. Up-\\nright and intelligeiil. lu was universally respected,\\nand was teiider d various olliccs of the cniuity,\\nwhich he refused to accept.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0803.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "814\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOfiRVPHICAL RECORD\\nFiillier Becker, liowever, served witli able fidelity\\nas Assessor of the towiiship for several terras, and\\nalso efficiently performed the duties of Collector.\\nTlic parents were both valued members of tlie\\nLutheran Churcli and liberally assisted in the pro-\\nmotion of religious work. I nited in life, the\\nfather and mother were not long divided by death,\\nl)otli passing to their rest in 1851. (Growing up\\nto uiauhood upon a farm, our subject has always\\ngiven his time and attention to the pursuit of ag-\\nriculture. Obliged to assist his father in his early\\nyears, his education was limited, but habits of keen\\nobservation increased his stock of practical knowl-\\nedge. In 1845, Mr. Becker was united in marriage\\nwith JNIiss Klizabeth Peck, a native of Dauphin\\nCounty. Pa., and a daughter of Conrad Peck.\\nMrs. Becker was born in 1826, and received a good\\ncommon education in the schools of her home dis-\\ntrict. After his marriage our subject carried on\\nhis father s farm uutil he came to Michigan in\\n18(55. At this latter date INIr. and INIrs. Becker\\nsettled on their present homestead, then all wild\\nland.\\nIn a comparatively short time ^Ir. Becker had\\ncleared twenty-five of the two hundred and ten\\nacres, one hundred and sixty acres of the farm now\\nbeing under high cultivation. The oldstiimpsare\\nremoved from the land and the modest frame\\nhouse in which the family at first resided was re-\\nplaced in 1869 with a handsome brick residence.\\n28x30 feet in dimensions, and two stories in height;\\nbeneath the ground floor is a fine cellar. The at-\\ntractive dwelling was erected at a cost of -$3,600.\\nThe substantial barn, built four years later at\\nail expense of M)0, is commodions, being 36x46\\nfeet in size. Mr. Becker has also other barns on the\\nvaluable farm and has built a iiumbei of sheds. The\\nlargest barn is of goodly dimensions, 36x70 feet.\\nAside from general agriculture Mr. Becker profita-\\nbly engaged in stock-raising and planted an orchard\\nof five acres. The sons, novv in charge, are thor-\\noughly practical and are representative fanners, en-\\nergetic and successful. They jiros]ierously handle\\na high grade of stock and profitabl} conduct mixed\\nfarming, harvesting annually large crops.\\nThe sons and daughters of our subject, all\\nliving, are; .lacob, married; Kliza, Mr.?. Murphy,\\nresiding in Silver Creek Township, Cass County,\\nand the mother of three children: ,lolin, married;\\nMary, ISIrs. Fisher, living on the home farm, the\\nmother of eight children; Henry, united in mar-\\nriage with Elizabeth Baker, living in Berrien Cen-\\ntre, the father of three children; Martin, married\\nto Miss Easton, his home in Silver Creek Township,\\nand the father of two children; Oliver, single;\\nAnna, the wife of Washington Harmon, Berrien\\nSprings, and the mother of one child; Lillie. wife\\nof Charles Vaughan, residing in Nebraska, mother\\nof four children; Mary, wife of Cyrus Linewever,\\nat home in Benton Harbor, the mother of two chil-\\ndren; Adaline, wife of Alvah Easton, living in\\nBerrien Township, the mother of five children;\\nSarah, wife of .lerrv Nederer, living in tlie State of\\nWashington, the mother of two children; and\\nOna, single. This household of sons and daugh-\\nters, who have all worthily attained to manhood\\nand womanhood, occupy positions of hontued nse-\\n.fulness in their various localities and are known\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2as upright and enterprising citizens, receiving the\\nesteem of a host of friends.\\nOur subject is a member of the Lutheran Church\\nin Beirien Centre and isactively connected with the\\nreligious work of the organization, occupying an\\nimportant official positifni. Mr. Becker was Sui)er-\\nintendent of a Sunday-school in his native State,\\nand has long taught in the school of Berrien Cen-\\ntre. His son John is the present Superintendent\\nof the l errien Centre Sund.a3--school of the Luth-\\neran Church. His youngest daughter is also a\\nteacher in the Sunday-school. Realizing the value\\nof an education, our subject gave his children\\never.y possible opportunity to improve themselves.\\nOliver is now a student at Wittenberg College,\\nSpringfield, Ohio. Mi-. Becker has been a member\\nof the School Board for many years, and to his\\nefforts the excellence of the district schools of his\\nlocality is mainly due. Fraternally, our subject is\\nan active member of the lodge of Ancient Free it\\nAccepted Lasons at Berrien Springs. He also af-\\nfiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows\\nof Berrien Centre; he is a Clansman of the Grange\\nat l eriien Centre and has been Master. Formerly\\na Good Templar, he was atone time Worthy Chief\\nof the lodge at Berrien Centre. Mr. Meeker has", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0804.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0805.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0806.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND KIOORAPHICAL RECORD.\\n817\\nalsfi l)Cen pioMiincntly idontilicd with various ag-\\nriciilUiral societies. Politically intorested in local\\nand National affairs, he is not a latJical ]iartisan,\\nl)iit casts his vote inii)artially fur the best man.\\nlie was elected to the oftice of llit(liway Commi.s-\\nsioner and by his faithful discharm of duty gave\\nsjrcat satisfaction to his fcllow-lownsnu ti. Mis\\nfather, having signed notes for others and thus be-\\ncoming surety, lost almost all of his [iropcrty. Our\\nsubject began life for himself with a capital of\\ntwelve cents, and with his self-reliant energy and\\ngenuine business ability has. unaided won his way\\nupward to a position of ease and now enjoys a well-\\nearned competence and the sincere regard of a wide\\nac(]uaintauce.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^OIIN W. SNYDKH, the efficient Supervisor\\nof Mason Township, is one of the iirominent\\nfarmers of the township, and with such care\\nand perseverance has lie attended to his\\nadopted avocation that at the present time he is\\nclassed among the substantial men of the county.\\nlie was born near New Berlin, Union Conntj (now\\nSnyder), Pa., February 5, 1835, and his father,\\n.lolin K. Snyder, was born in the same county,\\n.Vpril 9, 1800. The paternal grandfather, .Tohn\\nSnyder, was also a native of the Keystone Slate,\\nand was born in York County, not far from the\\ntown of York, February 22, 1776. His father, also\\n.lohn, was born in Germany and came to America\\nearly in 1700. He settled in Y ork County, Pa.,\\nfollowing the trade of weaver, and died at the .age\\nof eighty-eight years. He was a brother of Simeon\\nSnyder, who raised a regiment of old men to de-\\nfend the capital, Harrisburg, from the attacks of\\nthe Fnglish during the Revolutionary War. The\\nl.-itter was three times Governor of the .State of\\nPennsylvania, and in the last convention that\\nnominated him there was but one vote cast against\\nhim. He w.as one f)f the foremost men of his day,\\nand was honored by all for his integrity and ster-\\nling worth. Snyder County was named in his\\nhonor. A number of years ago the Legislature\\n40\\nmade an appropriation to erect a monument to his\\nmemory, and it now stands in Silard s Grove, a\\njust tribute to a great and gf)od man.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was a man of\\nintire than ordinary prominence. In his early life\\nhe was a successful tiller of the sf)il, and was also\\neng.aged as a teamster, hauling goods from Phila-\\ndelphia to the interior of the State, where he dis-\\ntributed them among the merchants. He was a\\nsoldier in the War of 1812, and subsequently be-\\ncame a proniinent business man, owning and oper-\\nating an oil and grist mill. His death occurred in\\nhis native State in 1872. at the advanced age of\\nninety-six years. He was the father of ten chil-\\ndren, nine daughters and one .son, .lohn K. This\\nson, the fatherof our subject, was a self-educated\\nmail, and for more than thirty-Hve years was a\\npreacher in the Initcd Hrethren Church. It is\\nsaid that he preached more funeral sermons than\\nany other pre.achor in the .State, numbering not\\nfar from a thousand, and principally in I nifni and\\nSnyder Counties, over which his circuit extended.\\nHe also took a deep interest in other matters, was\\nCounty Commissioner for some time, also Colonel\\nof Volunteers in Union County, and accumulated\\na fortune of not far from $30,000. He owned\\nnearly eight hundred acres of land. On the farm\\nwhere he had lived for more than half a century,\\nin the year 1882, when eighty-two years of age,\\noccurred the death of this exem])lary and worthy\\nman.\\nThe mother of our subject, whose maiden name\\nwas Phiebe Womer, was a native of Union County,\\nPa., born in 1801, and was the daughter of Daniel\\nWomer, who was born in Lehigh Count\\\\-, that\\nState, and who married Miss Mary Berkstrater, both\\nbeing of German descent. Mr. Womer was a black-\\nsmith by trade, but was also engaged as an agri-\\nculturist, clearing up and carrying on a large farm.\\nHe and his wife died in Union County, the mother\\nin 18 10, when seventy years of age. and the father\\nseven years later. Aside from these brief facts\\nlittle further is know-n of them. The mother of\\nour subject had four brothers; two were shoema-\\nkers, one was a carpenter, and the other a farmer.\\nAll were good, honorable, hard-working men.\\nMrs, Snyder died m her native State in 18(i7.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0807.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "818\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nJohn W. Snyder was one of a faniil\\\\ of seven\\nchildren, and was fifth in order of birth. The\\neldest child died young; IMary, who married John\\nMcConnell. is deceased; Elizabeth died when but\\nthirteen years of age; Susan is tiie wife of George\\nHockenbrough; Daniel married ^Iiss Elizabeth\\nWhipkee; and IIenr\\\\- W. married MissG. Graybell.\\nThe latter lesides on his father s old homestead in\\nPennsylvania. This has been in the jjossession of\\nthe Snyder family for more than a century, and\\nthe barn now standing on it was built in 1777 by\\nGeorge Snyder, who was the brother of the grand-\\nfatlu i- of our subject. He was killed by being\\nthrown from his horse. Henry Snyder s eldest son\\nis editor of the local paper in his native county.\\nOur subject attained his growth on his father s\\nfarm, and like most country boys attended school\\nin the winter and assisted with the farm work\\nduring the summer seasons. He secured a very\\nfair education and remained with his father until\\ntwenty-one years of age, when he began teaching\\nschool. In the spring of 1857 he left the store\\nwhere he had l)een clerking and came West to\\nMicliigan,locating in Mt. Clemens, where he worked\\nin a sawmill for some time. The following Sep-\\ntember he married Miss Cidelia Moser, daughter\\nof Charles IMoser, who was born in France and was\\nof Jewish extr.action. Mrs. Snyder was born in Penn-\\nsylvania, whither her father had moved, Febru-\\nary 2.5, 183.5.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Snyder with his bride\\nreturned to Pennsylvania and remained on his\\nfather s place until 186.5. In jNIay of that year he\\nreturned to Michigan and remained in Mt. Clem-\\nens until 186(i, when he came to Mason Township,\\nin Cass County. He purchased the farm where he\\nnow lives, and on this his wife died in 1883, leav-\\ning two sons: Charles .V., now in Chicago, and\\nWilliam H., a grain merchant at (ieltysburg. Potter\\nCounty, S. Dak., where he owns a large elevator.\\nNovember 2.S, 1886, Mr. Snyder married his pres-\\nent wife, whose maiden name was Emma Cramer.\\nShe was born in ISnyder County, Pa., and is a most\\nworthy and accomplished lady. Mr. and Mrs.\\nSnyder are members of the United Brethren Church\\nand are both great workers in the same. He has\\nhel[)ed build two churches since he came to Mason\\nTownship, and was one of the building committee\\nof Ihe Adamsville church, in which he has been\\n.Superintendent of the Sunday-school and Steward.\\nSocially, he is a prominent Mason, being a mem-\\nber of St. Peter s Lodge of Edwardsburgh, and he\\nis also a strong temperance man. In politics, he\\ncomes from old-line Democratic stock and has al-\\nways adhered to that party, casting his first Presi-\\ndential vote for Buchanan, and his last for Cleve-\\nland. i\\\\lr. Snyder has held the office of Justice of\\nthe Peace, and in 1883 he was. elected Sui)ervisor\\nof his township, holding the latter office three\\nterras, and was again elected to that position in\\n1893. He is a Director in the schools and oiu of\\nthe leading citizens of his townshi().\\nVl I^ILLlAxM NORTON, a practical and en-\\n\\\\rj// teriirising farmer of the State of Michigan,\\nV^^ was born upon section 13, Jefferson Town-\\nship, Cass County, January 25, 1856. and was\\nreared on the homestead of his parents, Richard\\nand Ann (McClar^ Norton. His paternal grand-\\nfather, Nathan Noilon. w.as a native of North\\nCarolina, but was one of the early pioneers of\\nMichigan, settling in Cass County in 1828. Rich-\\naid B. Norton, the father of our subject, was born\\nin Logan County, Ohio, and came with his father\\nand mother to Michigan when the State was yet\\nalmost a wilderness. He located in Jefferson\\nTownship, and, arrived at man s estate, settled\\ndown to the life of a farmer. He improved one\\nhundred and sixty .acres upon section 13, but in\\n1884 removed to Porter Township, where he owns\\none hundred and thirty acres of excellent l.uid.\\nFather Norton is sixty-seven ears of age. He is\\na Democrat, and fraternally associates with the\\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows. Richard\\nNorton has been twice married. His lirst wife^was\\nMiss Hess, who bore him one son, Nathan H., of\\nArkansas, His second wife was the mother of\\nthree children, William E,, Henry M.,aiid Mary A..\\nwho died in infancj-. The mother of our subject\\nwas born ill Koseiu-ik Iiid. Her father was a\\nfanner,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0808.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "POUTKAir AND UK m;HA IM IICAL KKCORD.\\n819\\nIn common witli all rniiiier boys Mr. Norton\\nwas cai ly traiiivd t(i agricultui al duties, lie\\nalteiiik d the wiiilui- scliotils of the district, and\\nwhen twenty-une years old began lliiesliing as an\\noOL-upation. following the same eni|iloymeiit for\\nsix seasons, lie worked with his father on the\\nhome farm in the early spring and summer and\\nknew but few leisure Lours. In March, 1882, our\\nsubiect located where he now resides, on section\\n1(). lie was married in February, 1880, to Miss\\n.lennie George, a native of Monroe County, N. Y.,\\nborn April 28. 18. and the daughter of Luke\\nand Maria (London) (ieorge. The paternal grand-\\nfather of Mrs, Norton, Edmund (ieorge, emigrated\\nto the I nited States from Norfolk, Englan l. He\\nwas a farmer all his life, and survived to a good\\nold age. His wife and the mother of his seven\\nchildren was Mary Baldwin, a most estimable\\nChristian woman. The sons and daughters were:\\nEdmund, INLirk, .lames, William, Luke, Maria,\\n(;ra|iel, and Mary, who died single. The sons\\nand daughters spent tlieii- lives in their native\\nland with the exception of Luke, who came to the\\nUnited .States in 18.50. He settled in Henrietta,\\nN, Y., but in 1866 located in Cass County, Mich.,\\nand bought eighty acres in Penn Township. ,Six\\nyears later he sold his farm and made his home in\\nCasso polls.\\nFinally Luke George bought a smal i farm in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lefferson Township, where he died .June 16, 1892,\\naged seventy-eight years. He had been a consis-\\ntent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nfor the past lifty-three years. Twice married, his\\nfirst wife died young and left no family. The\\nsecond wife, \\\\-et surviving, bore her husband nine\\nchildren. .\\\\nn was the eldest; AVilliam died in\\nEngland; Maria, Mrs, Abraham Shaffer, resides in\\nColorado; Mary is the wife of .Samuel Van .Matre;\\nFred died at twenty-eight years of age; Robert\\ndied when thirty years old and left a wife; Emma\\nis ihc wife of .lohn Norton; Lizzie is the wife of\\nA. .1. Tallcrday; .lennie Xorton w.is the youngest\\nand is the wife of our subject. Mrs. Maria (London)\\n(ieorge was born in Norfolk County, England, and\\nwas the daughter of .Joseph .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid Mary (Tuck)\\n).on lon, the father beiiiir by occupation a farmer.\\nFour sons aiid four duughteis gathered in the\\nEnglish home and the sons, one and all, emigrated\\nto the riiite l States. Fi ederick died in Decatur,\\nMich. Robert is a resident of Nebraska. William\\nlives in Iowa, .loseph isa residentof CassCounty.\\nMrs. (ieorge was the only daughter who came to\\nAmerica, the others remaining in London, England,\\nThe [larents were devout members of the English\\nChurch, but Mrs, (Jcorge is connected with the\\nMethodist Episcopal denomination.\\nMr. and Mrs. William E. Norton have one child,\\nMary E., who, with her |)arents, enjoys the sincere\\nfriendship of a large acquaintance in the home lo-\\ncality and throughout Cass County. Mr. Noi ton\\nis deeply interested in local and national politics,\\nand is an active Democrat. He has held with\\nfaithful aliility various official positions.\\nm\\nATTHIAS FARNl M, deceased. Every\\ni community is bound to have among it-s\\nIL citizens a few men of recognized influence\\nand ability, who by their systematic and\\ncareful, thorough manner of work attain to success\\nwhich is justly deserved. Among this class was\\nMatthias Farnum, who was one of the first set-\\ntlers of .St. .Joseph, Mich., having located there\\nas early as 1836. He was a ()rominent and sub-\\nstantial, as well as a progressive, citizen of the\\ncounty, and is justly conceded a place among\\nthe enteiprising, influential men of worth in this\\ncommunity. For a number of years after locating\\nin this county he followed his trade of a carpenter\\nand builder, but in 1840 he located in Hagar\\nTownship, wliere he engaged in farming, which\\noccupation he followed the remainder of his life.\\nIn connection he carried on his trade, however.\\nIll 18,t6, Mr. Farnum purch.ased three hundred\\nand sixty acres of land in an Uurcn County,\\nerected a watermill and operated this for three\\nyears. .Vboul 1866 he located in Benton Harbor,\\nbut later he returned to Hagar Township, where\\nhis death occurred in .lanuary, 1884. This sad\\nevent was the occasion of universal sorrow, for\\nall felt Ihe loss which would lie sustained by the\\ndeparture of such a man. He gave to Berrien", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0809.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "820\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFXORD.\\nCounty the best energies of his life, and to the\\ncomiminity and all among whom lie lived the ex-\\nample of a life well and usefully siient. He was a\\ngood man in the fullest sense of that word, a kind\\nfather, loving husband, and true friend. While\\na resident of St. .loseph. he met and married Miss\\nDimee Fincli, whose parents were among the early\\nsettlers of tlie count} Eleven children were born\\nto this marriage, who all lived to mature years,\\nand four of wliom are still living. They are as\\nfollows: C. Henry; Isaac, now a resident of Hagar\\nTownship; Kvennont, of Benton Harbor; and Fre-\\nmont.\\nC. II. Farnum, son of the above, and a native\\nof the county in which he now resides, was born\\nin 18. ^8, and was identified with the State in eai\\nlier and simpler days of living. He grew to man-\\nhood while engaged in the arduous duties on his\\nfather s farm and in the workshop, and received a\\ncommon-school education in the district where his\\nparents resided. The breaking out of the Civil\\nWar filled him with a desire to fight for his coun-\\ntry, and in 1861 he enlisted in Company D,\\nTwelfth Michigan Infantry, joining Gen. Logan s\\ndivision under (ien. Grant. After serving eleven\\nmonths he returned to Michigan, and was married\\nin that State in 1864 to Miss Eliza P. Dickinson,\\ndaughter of Robert Dickinson.\\nOur subject has made farming his principal oc-\\ncupation in life, but for the past twenty-eight\\nyears has been engaged actively in the fruit-grow-\\ning industry-. His lionif farm of forty acres has\\nbeen nearly all devoted to fruit culture, and as he\\nthoroughly understands his business he has met\\nwitli substantial returns. In the year 1890 he\\npurchased an interest in the docks at P enton Har-\\nbor. Mr. Farnum evinced his liking for secret or-\\nganizations by becoming a member of the Indepen-\\ndent Order of Odd Fellows some years ago. He\\nis also a member of the (irand Army of the Re-\\npublic, and in politics is a stanch Republican\\nadvocating the principles of that party at an}- and\\nall times. He is also a member of the Grange, and\\nserved five years as Master of tlie Subordinate\\nGrange of Benton Harbor, and one year as Master\\nf f Pomona Grange No. 1. of Berrien County, the\\nfirst ill tlie State.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^DWARD K. WARREN,\\nIr^ Warren Featherhone Cc\\nIII\\n!}_ of Vermont, havinfj bee\\nI^DWARD K. WARREN, President of the\\nompaiiy, is a native\\nbeen born in the vil-\\nlage of Ludlow, Windsor County, April 7, 184 7.\\nHis paternal grandfather, Jolin Warren, was horn\\nin Goffstown, N. II., and removed thence to l^id-\\nlow, Vt., where Water Warren, the father of our\\nsubject, was born In 18U0 The latter was mar-\\nried ill Massachusetts to Miss Caroline, daughter\\nof Frederick Parsons, a farmer of Sandisfield, Mass.\\nHe was a minister in the Congregational Church,\\nholding pastorates principally in Vermont, New\\nYork and other Eastern States.\\nIn llie |iarenlal family there were four children,\\ntwo of whom are now living, Albert L. and Ed-\\nward K. The two that died were Charles II., an\\nartist, and Frederick P., who engaged in the\\nJewell} business and was a young man of excep-\\ntional aliilities. A natural inventor, he invenled\\na calculating engine, which is a wonderful piece of\\nmechanism.\\nThe subject of this skclch was reared in ei-\\nniont, whence lie accompanied his jiarents to Michi-\\ngan in 1858, his father becoming a home mission-\\nary in this State. His education is that which is\\ngained by ex[)erieiicc, his schooling having been\\nlimited. In 1864 he secured a positit)n as clerk in\\nthe empio} of Henry Chambeilain in the general\\nmercantile business, and after remaining with that\\ngentleman for five \\\\-ears, he formed a partnership\\nwith J. L. McKie in the dry-goods business. Nine\\nyears were thus spent, after which Mr. Warren\\nagain engaged in mercliandising, and soon after-\\nward bought out the stock of Ilenr}- Chamberlnm\\nand continued thus engaged for five years. He\\nthen embarked in the manufacturing business, be-\\ncoming the head of tlie Featherhone Jlanufactur-\\ning Company.\\nAs a retail dr\\\\-goods merchant, Mr. Warren nat-\\nurally handled large (juantities of whalebone, and,\\nrealizing that the suijpl} of this commodit} was\\nconstantly decreasing, he often wondered what\\nwould be used when the whalebone could no\\nlonger be obtained. Noticing in the manufacture\\nof feather dusters that a gieat many quills were\\nthrown away, he conceived the idea that from this\\nCOul be iiiade a substiliiti^ for whalelione. He be-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0810.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "FORTRAir AM) UOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n821\\ngan experimentinir in 1882. with wli.at results the\\nworld knows. Tlif Imsiiiess li;is iiuTP;ls( (l so\\nrapidly tlial it now j ivos steady work lo a force\\nof two liuiidrcd and IwentA-fi vc employes. Tlie\\nKurope.in lieadipiarters are at Paris, France. From\\nthis Itrief description of the business sonie idea\\nmay he i;ained of tlie position n(iw occu|iied by\\nMr. W airen.\\nTlie rapi l development of the industry since its\\ninception has not exceeded, indeed cannot keep\\npace wilii, the steadily increasinjr demand for fea-\\ntlicrlione for use in dress stays and corsets, and\\nthere is no doubt that it will eventually be em-\\nployed in scores of widely diverse articles reqnir-\\nin i; a reliable, elastic material.\\nPolitically a Republican, Mr. Warren has served\\nas Supervisor of his township, but in the main has\\npreferred to devote his attention exclusively to\\nthe details of his business. A member of the Con-\\ngregational Church, he has been especially inter-\\nested in Sunday-school woik.\\n^^=^K()I\u00c2\u00ab;K a. ()UR1.\\nc\u00e2\u0080\u0094 teniber 6, 1830, is\\n^\\\\i^l tnrist and an inl\\n!!S;K()Rt;K A. ORRl.S, born in (Germany Sep-\\nis a re|jresentative agricul-\\nitelligent and industrious\\ncitizen, for the past twenty-live years numbered\\namong the substantial farmers winning their up-\\nward way in IJerrien Count\\\\ Mich. Since 18(jt)\\nour subject has been a constant resident of Weesaw\\nTownsiiip, enterin-isingly identifying himself with\\nall matters of mutual welfare and progressive in-\\nterests. Ilis father. Orris Orris, a native of Russia,\\nemigrated from the land of his birth to (Jermany\\nduring the invasion of Bonaparte, and in his new\\nhome married -Miss Mary Rhinel)arger, Ijorn in the\\nFatlierland. Tlie parents wore in humble circum-\\nstances ill life, but gavi^ their children what ad-\\nvantages of education they could afford. Tiie\\nmotiier died and later the father with hi- family\\nemigrated to the Cnited States and, having made\\na safe passage, landed in Baltimore in 1831, and\\nfrom Maryland after a time journeyed to Pennsyl-\\nvania. Ill the Quaker State the father entered\\ninto a second marriage, and for twelve years made\\nhis home in Little York County, where the second\\nwife ])assed away after ten years of married life.\\nIn 1812 Orris Orris, with his son. Oeorge A.,\\njourneyed to the farther West and located in\\nMichigan, .settling in Chikaming Township, Ber-\\nrien County. Tiie father was among the pioneer\\nsettlers of tiiis part of the .State and in the course\\nof ilis work was obliged to cut a road through the\\nwoods. He purchased one hundred and sixty\\nacres of heavy tiiiiberland and, together with our\\nsubject, (bleared, cultivated and improved a farm.\\nI n this locality he married his third wife, and,\\nhaving lived some time upon this homestead, sold\\nthe pro|jerty and bought another farm. The\\nwife .soon after dying. Father Orris went back\\nto Ohio and spent the last two years of his life\\nwith a married daughter. Mr. Orris and his sister\\nCatherine were the oiilj children of the lirst wife.\\nGeorge, the youngest of the two, remained with\\nhis father until twenty years of age, when he mar-\\nried and began life for himself. His education\\nwas very limited and confined to three numths\\ninstruction in the common schools. Although he\\nleft his native land when only a babe, he could\\nnot speak F^nglish well when he came a lad of\\ntwelve years to Berrien County. His father\\nstarted him in life by giving him eigiity acres of\\nwoodland, which, with energetic industry, he soon\\ncleared.\\nLater Mr. Orris sold his lirst farm, and in ISiLJ\\ninvested in the fine homestead he now owns, and\\nwhere he has since resided. His purchase of one\\niiundred and twenty acres, eighteen of which were\\ncleared land, was further improved by a log house\\nand barn. To the original acres twenty more have\\nbeen added and the farm of one iiundred and forty\\nacres, brought up to a high state of cultivation\\nand improved with excellent buildings, is one of\\nthe best in its loealit} seven miles northwest of\\nthe thriving town of Buchanan and two miles\\nsoutheast of (ilendora. Oursubject was united in\\nmarriage with Miss .lulianna F. Cool, a native of\\nGermany, whose parents emigrated to the I nited\\nStales in about 184(i. The pleasant home has been\\nblessed Ijy tiie birth of two daughters and two", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0811.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": "822\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsons: George; John; Caroline, wife of William\\nHoose; and Letta, wife of F erdinanrl Smith. The\\nfatiier of Mr. Orris was in religious afHliation a\\nRoman Catholic, but our subject and his estimable\\nwife are both faithful members of tiie Ciiristian\\nChurch. Mr. Orris cast his first Presidential vote\\nfor James Buclianan and lias ever since remained\\na strong Democrat. He served with ability as\\nConstable for one year, and for fourteen years\\nefficiently discharged the duties of Overseer of the\\nHighway. Our subject is a member of the Farm-\\ners Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Berrien\\nCounty and, actively associating himself vvitli the\\npublic enterprises of his locality, is esteemed as a\\nliberal-spirited citizen and possesses the high re-\\ngard of an extended acquaintance.\\n^r^ .^IDEON HEBRON. England numbers many\\nIII representatives among the best class of\\ny^^\\\\ citizens of Michigan. There is a sterling\\nquality about the nationality that particularly fits\\nthem for pioneer life, and we, as Americans, are\\ngreatly indebted to settlers of English birth for\\nthe rapid advancement made in our civilization.\\nHe whose name is at the head of this sketch, and\\nwho is a representative citizen of Cass Count}\\nw. is born in Westerdale, Yorkshire, England, June\\n7, 1831. His parents, William and Sarah (Bulmer)\\nHebron, were natives of England, the father hav-\\ning been born in the same house where Gideon\\nfirst saw the light of day. His birth occurred in\\n1790, and he was the son of William, Sr.,and Ann\\n(Dawson) Hebron. William, Sr., was the son of\\nGeorge Hebron, who was born in the same part of\\nEngland in 1709, and who died there January-\\n15, 1798, at eighty-nine years of age. He married\\nAlice Nicholson, who died January 2, 17()6, when\\nfifty-two years of age.\\nThe Hebron family was a noted one in the his-\\ntory of England and was descended from one of the\\nroyal families. William Hebron. Sr., was a man\\nof striking persoTial ap|iearance, standing six feet\\ntwo inches in height and well proportioned. He\\nhad good educational advantages in 3 outh and\\nhad more than an ordinary amount of business\\nacumen. He followed the occupation of a farmer\\nand stockman, became quite wealthy, and gave\\nliberally of his means to assist the needy and dis-\\ntressed. It is said that every vear he killed one\\nof the finest oxen of his herd and distributed it\\nto the poor of his parish. Tiiis made him many\\nfriends among the poor, but enemies among the\\nwealthier classes, the latter not being so disposed.\\nMr. Hebron did not do this for political purposes,\\nfor he never asi)ired to office, and, so far as known,\\nnever held a position.\\nMr. Hebron was a man of great strength and\\nendurance, and at one time, while riding on his\\nhorse through the parish was attacked by three\\ndesperate characters. Although alone and un-\\narmed, he struggled witii these ruffians and finally\\nput them to flight. Once, while visiting York\\nCastle, he asked to see the irons once worn by the\\nnoted deperado, Dick Turpin. The warden asked\\nhim if he would like to put them on, and he an-\\nswered in the affirmative, adding that he wished\\nthe key so that he could unlock them at will.\\nThey were of enormous weight, and he was asked\\nif he could jump upon tlie window sill of the cell\\nwith them on. He answered that he thought so.\\nand with one powerful leap landed with the irons\\non the sill. This was a feat often attempted by\\nstrong men, liut only one other man had ever\\nmade a success of the attempt. Every member of\\nthe family was noted for his size and strength.\\nMr. Hebron was a fine classical scholar and was\\nwell versed in astronomy, etc. He was three times\\nmarried and was the fathei of fifteen children. In\\nSeptember, 1831, he and his wife and ten chil-\\ndren crossed the briny deep to America, and with\\nan ample fortune landed in the city of New York\\non the 1st of November. They went up the Hud-\\nson River to Albany, thence by the Erie Canal lo\\nBuffalo, where they remained during tlie winter,\\nand llien went by boat to Detroit, where Mr.\\nHeliron got an ox-team to take them to Cass\\nCounty. Arriving at the St. Joseph River in July.\\n1832, they located on Government land on sec-\\ntion 2G, range 13 west, now in Poiter Township.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0812.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "rORTR All AND niOORAPHICAL RECORD.\\n823\\nriieie Uii- niollier dii-d e|iU niluT I. I.sHm. (die\\n(if the jidiis, l)eiii)isiiii. who was hoiii Scptoniher\\nl.i. ISUl, lomaiiKMl in KiialaiKl ami made a for-\\ntimo as a leather ineichaiit. He rlied in liis native\\ncountry. Tlic other children were [irineipally\\nfarmers or farmers wives, l.ydia. tlie youngest\\nehild hy the tliird marriage and a lialf-sister of\\nour siihject, had good educational advantages, was\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I graduate of the State Noi-mal School at Ypsi-\\nlauti. and of the Jlichigan State University, where\\nshe was ff r some time a teacher. At present she\\nis princi|ial of Mt. Pleasant High School.\\n(Jideon Hebron was but a few months old when\\nlironght to America by his parents, and he grew\\nto manhood in Michigan, where he had good\\nscholastic advantages. He has lieen a student all\\nhis life, and when not at work invariably has a\\nbook lieforehim. As might naturally be supposed,\\nhe is a well-informed man, and is progressive and\\nadvanced in his ideas. He has been one of the\\nmost successful faiiners an l stockmen in his lo-\\ncality and accumulated a comfortable fortune, the\\nmost of which he lost by going on the bond of a\\nfriend, whom he trusted. He was obliged to mort-\\ngage his farm to save it, but went e.agerly and\\ndeterminedly to work with a will to retrieve his\\nfallen fortune. He knows no such woid as fail,\\nand is proof against misfortune. For many years\\nhe has been a member of the 15aptist Church, and\\nhas been Deacon of the same. In politic* he is a\\nProhibitionist and has served in various townsliij)\\nollices. Ml Hebron has been administiator for\\nseveral estates, and has bail inueh to c\\\\i witli set-\\ntling estates.\\nt)n the \u00e2\u0080\u00a22;id of Xnvembcr, is, );i, our subject\\nmarried Miss Kli/.abeth Trattles, the daughter of\\nWilliam and .lane (Hebron) Trattles, natives of\\nKnglaud, in which country the Trattles were luited\\npeople. They were seafaring men, lishcrmen, and\\nmanv of them became wealthy. Her maternal\\ngrandfather was a soldier, and was in the battle\\nof Waterloo. Mr. Trattles came to America in\\nIHI4, and settled in Cass County, Mich., where he\\ndied a year later. Mrs. Hebron was born in Kng-\\nland, ind had seven sisters and six brothers. Her\\nbrother Daniel was a soldier in the late Civil War,\\nwas shot through the lungs and taken prisoner.\\nbeing in Aiidersoiiv ille I lison for some lime.\\nHe is yet living. To Mr. and Mrs. Hebron were\\nborn five children. Hlanche died when a cliild;\\nGeorgiana married Thomas Orr, a druggist; Net-\\ntie died when three years of age; Frank is an\\n.attorney in Nebraska; and Mark married Miss\\nEdith Raker and lives with his parents on tlie\\nfarm.\\n0^- (K)L Rl NKLE. The development of the\\nresources of Cass County has been very\\nmaterially enhanced by the labors of its in-\\ndustrious, energetic and ambitious farmers. Among\\nthe prominent and prosperous .agriculturists of\\nthe county, no one is better or more favoralily\\nknown than the subject of this brief biographical\\nnotice, who cviltivates a line farm in Milton Town-\\nship. IJorn in Hunterdon County, N. .1.. on the\\n2d of March, 1818, he is the son of Adam and\\nEllen (Cool) Runkle, and traces his ancestry on\\nboth sides of the house to (Germany, whence reji-\\nresentatives of these two families emigrated t(,\\nAmerica in an early day.\\nAfter their marriage, which took i lace in New\\nJersey, the parents of our subject located on a\\nfarm in that State, and ten children were born to\\nthem while residing there. Thc,\\\\ then removed\\nto New York and resided on a farm for three\\nyears, after which they went to Cortland County.\\nN. Y. Thence they removed to Madison County,\\nN. Y., and located in Morrisville, where the father\\ndied at the age of ninety-four years. The mother\\nalso passed away at about the same age, and they\\nnow lie buried side by side in the old cemetery\\nnear their home. They were the parents of ten\\nchildren, as li.as been already stated, an l all of the\\nfamily grew to manhood and womanhotid. Mr.\\nRunkle was the eighth in order of birth and is the\\nonly one now living.\\nAt the age of .seven years our suliject accom-\\npanied his parents to New York, and remained\\nbeneath the parental roof until he became of age.\\nmeantime assisting his father on the home farm", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0813.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "824\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand attending school whenever the opportunitj\\nwas offered. His first employment was upon u\\nfarm, where he worlied by the month, at first re-\\nceiving a salary of $13 per month, and later get-\\nting 110. He was economical and frugal, and it\\nwas not long ix fore he had saved a sufflcient\\namount of money to enable him to establish a\\nhome. In 1843 he married Miss Susannah Bent-\\nley, but this lad} died after a brief wedded life;\\nher only child passed away at the age of seven\\nyears.\\nIn 1845 Mr. Kunkle came to Michigan and for\\none year resided upon a farm in OntwaTownsliip,\\nCass County. In the spring of 1847 he engaged\\nas teamster on the Michigan Central Railroad,\\nwhich was then building. He continued thus em-\\nplo3 ed from the 1st of March to the 1st of July,\\nbut was cheated out of 180 of his earnings, wliich\\nleft him with an indebtedness to meet. At tlie\\ntime, he rented thirty acres of land in Milton\\nTownship and this having been planted to wheat,\\nhe returned thither and engaged in cutting and\\ngarnering the grain. Afterward he worked for a\\ntime as teamster in the employ of Judge Coolidge.\\nIn the fall of 1847 Mr. Runkle purchased eighty\\nacres, where he now resides, and from time to time\\nhe has added to his place until it now consists of\\ntwo hundred acres. The old house formerly\\nstanding on the place has given way to a neat,\\ncommodious structure, with all the modern con-\\nveniences, and the entire farm is kept in splendid\\ncondition. In addition to this place Mr. Runkle\\nis the owner of fort3-five acres of timberland in\\nMilton Township, eighteen acres in the village of\\nKdwardsburgh and other valuable property in that\\nplace. At one time he owned one thousand acres\\nof land, but has disposed of much of his property\\nduring late j ears. With the exception of two\\n3 ears when he was engaged in the mercantile busi-\\nness at Edwardsburgh, he has made his home on his\\npresent farm ever since tlie date of his arrival in\\nMichigan.\\nThe second marriage of Mr. Runkle united him\\nwith Miss Margaret Biddle, who was born in Penn-\\nsylvania, and died after having become the mother\\nof five ciiildien: Margaret E., William A., Henry\\nA., Ida andone that died in infancy. Politically,\\nMr. Runkle believes in the principles of the Demo-\\ncratic party and is one of the most zealous and\\nfaithful advocates of that political organization.\\nHe is a member of the Presbyterian Church and\\nhas served as Trustee in that denominaiion. Kind\\nand considerate in his intercourse with his ac-\\nquaintances, a genial man, pleasant neighbor and\\nenergetic farmer, he well deserves the high regard\\nin which he is held throughout the cominunit\\\\-.\\nII. HARRINGTON. The life narrative\\nof the head of a family is interesting, not\\nii onl} to his posterity, but also to the citi-\\nzens of the section in which he has resided,\\nand this truth is doubly true when such a man has\\nestablished for himself and his children a reputa-\\ntion for integrity, character and ability, and has\\nbeen of value in the development of that portion\\nof the country which was his home. Such a nar-\\nrative do we have in this sketch of A. H. Ilarring-\\ntou, who was born in Oswego County, N. Y., .Inly\\n1, 1847.\\nHis father. Aimer S. Harrington, was also a na-\\ntive of the Empire State and was three times mar-\\nried, his first wife being Miss Sarah Hopkins, the\\nmother of our subject. Of the four children born\\nto this union. A. II. Ilanington was thu youngest,\\nand he was reared and educated in his native\\ncounty. When about twenty-one years of age\\nyoung Harrington decided that he could better his\\nconditions in the West, and about 1868 he came\\nto Michigan, locating in Niles Township, Berrien\\nCount} He became much esteemed for his many\\nestimable qualities, was public-spirited .and enter-\\nprising, and became one of the best-known men in\\nthe county. For many years he held membership\\nin the Methodist Episcopal Church at Buchanan\\nand contributed liberally of his means to its sup-\\nport. Farming was his principal occupation in\\nlife, and in this he met with the success that fol-\\nlows industry and economy. In his political\\nviews he was a stanch Republican, and so popular\\nthat he held many of the township offices, dis-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0814.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0815.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0816.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAl lIICAL RECORD.\\n821\\ntliargiiig the iluties uf tlic sanit- in a competent\\nand efficient manner. Warm in liis ti iiiporamcnt\\nanil firm in liis convictions, iiis dealli, which oc-\\ncurred February 12. 1H8 I. was tlic occasion of\\nuniversal sorrow.\\nI Lis widow, formerly Miss Mary Cain, is a na-\\ntive of Michigan, born in Niics Township, Berrien\\nCounty, April 22, 185(1. Her parents, Oeorge and\\nVoutliey ^Comer) Cain, were natives of Ireland\\nand Indiana, respectively. Mr. Cain crossed the\\nocean to America when a young man, and came\\ndirect tt) Hcrrien County, Mich., where he married\\nMiss Comer. She died when I\\\\Irs. Harrington was\\nabout six years old. To her and her husband\\nwere born seven children, two sons and five\\ndaughters. John served in the Civil War and\\ndied from exposure; Is oah died while fighting for\\ntlie Old Flag; Susan, wife of P. R. Hooker, resides\\nin Iowa; Mary is Mrs. Harrington; Lizzie is the\\nwife of K. Lemon, of Missouri; IMattie is the\\nwife of .1. M. Rogers; and Fannie is the wife of\\nF. C. F gbert, of Big Rapids, Mich.\\nJlrs. Harrington was fourth in order of birtli of\\nthese children. .She was reared near Buchanan,\\nand supplemented a common-school education by\\nattending the Bui hanan schools. She married Mr.\\nHarrington on the 22d of September, 1868, and\\ntwo sons were born to this union: Floyd B., at\\nliome. and Frank A. Mrs. Harrington has a fine\\nfarm of tmc hundred and sixty-two acres, and this\\nshe carries on with the help of her sons. She is a\\nlady of excellent judgment and sound sense and\\nis very pfi|iiilai in her neighborhood.\\ni^H^\\ni~ri~\\n^^^ACHARIAH KINNE, a prosperous agiicul-\\nturist and extensive land-owner, has long\\ncultivated his present homestead located on\\nsection 18, Galien Township, Berrien County. He\\nwiis born in Onond.aga County, N. Y., May l;j.\\n1818, and is a member of the Kinne family who\\ntrace their descent from Henry Kinne, born in i\\nNorfolk, England, in 1621. and who in ir,r 3 became\\none of the colonists of Salem, .Mass. Henrv Kinne\\nhad eight children, thiee sons and five daughters.\\nHis second son, Thomas, from whom sprang the\\nfamily of our subject, was born in 16,58, and was\\nmarried to Flllizabeth Knight, by whom he had\\nfour sons, of whom Thomas is a direct ancestor of\\nZ.acliariali Kinne. When this second Tliomas sold\\nout he signed his name Kinne. and thus the name\\nwas ever afterward si)elled.\\nJ homas, the second, had ten sons and six daugli-\\nters. C yi us, one of the sons, w.as the internal\\ngrandfather of our subject. Grandfather Cyrus\\nKinne was born in Windham County, Mass., Au-\\ngust 11, 1748. He married Comfort Palmer, of\\nVoluntown, Windham County. Mass. In 1791,\\nwhile in business in Troy, X. Y.. firandfather\\nKinne bought land in Onondaga County, Manlius\\nTownship. In March, 1792, accompanied by two\\nsons, he journeyed with an o.x-team from Massa-\\nchusetts to the new home in the Empire .State and\\nbegan the improvement of his property by the\\nerection of a log house. The following July\\nGrandfather Kinne returned to Alassachusetts for\\nthe rest of his family, and in the mean lime his two\\nsons, of whom the father of our subject was one,\\nremained to work the New York State farm. There\\nwas an al)undance of fish and game in their near\\nvicinity, and they did not lack for sport or pro-\\nvisions. Grandfather Kinne w.-is a remarkable man,\\nof strong physiciue, uncommon endurance and\\npossessed of unusual ability. He was a mechanic as\\nwell as a successful farmer, and was equal to the\\nneeds of those pioneer days. He was a devout\\nman and one of the organizers of the Baptist\\nChurch of Fayetteville, N. Y. He died in 18()\u00c2\u00ab,\\nat three-score years of age. His twelve children\\nwere Ezra, Zachariah, Prentice, Ethel, /ebulon,\\nMoses, Joshua, Cyrus, Japeth, Palmer. Rachel and\\nComfort. The second son, the father of our sub-\\nject, was born February 24, 1772. at Preston. New\\nLondon County. Conn. When twenty-two vears\\nof .age he married Diadama Barnes, of Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y., and the daughter of Piiineas Barnes.\\nDuring the winter, while kec|)ing bach on the\\nnew farm before the airivalof the niothcr and\\nfamily, the father of our subject and Ins brother\\nlived iiioslly on partridges and other game they\\nshot. The only roads then in the country", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0817.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "828\\nPORTRAIT AND BJOGRARHICAL RECORD.\\nwere the blazed trees on tlie Indian trails. The\\ngrandfather finally gave his son Zacliariah a tract\\nof land in Onondaga County, which he afterward\\ntraded for a smaller tract near Fayetteville, but\\nlater bought the old farm and again became its\\npossessor. Father Kinne devoted himself to farm-\\ning and accumulated in all several hundred acres\\nof valuable land. He was a prominent citizen and\\nrepresented his countv in official positions, and\\nwas a Justice of the Peace for several years. Po-\\nlitically, he was a Whig, and at the time of Mor-\\ngan s death was a strong Anti-Mason. He was a\\nresident of New York until his death, July 1,\\n1850. The children of Zachariah and Diadama\\n(Barnes) Kinne were: Diana; Rite; Phineas; Ira,\\nwho died young; Marj Adah; P^sop; Cyrus; Rachel;\\nBarnes, who died in childhood; Lydia; Zachaiiali;\\nand Benjamin.\\nUntil he attained his majority our subject re-\\nmained with his parents. He received his educa-\\ntion in the district schools of New York, and when\\ntwenty-one years of age his father started him in\\nlife giving him an ox-team and thirty acres of\\nland in his native county, near Syracuse, town-\\nship of Selina. After remaining thirteen years\\nuiKjn his first farm Mr. Kinne sold that propertj\\nand bought a tract of two hundred acres in the\\nsame county and there made his home for the\\nsucceeding thirteen years. In 1865, he emigrated\\nto iNlichigan and located in Berrien County, where\\nhe now resides.\\nWhen Mr. Kinne was but twenty-one years of\\nage he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth\\nKeller, daughter of Peter and Mary (Fink) Keller.\\nMrs. Kinne was born in .Sullivan Township, Madi-\\nson County, N. Y. Her parents were of immedi-\\nate German descent, but were themselves natives\\nof the Plmpire State. She was the mother of six\\nchildren, three of whom died young, and three sur-\\nvived her. Ellen became the wife of Eugene Russ;\\nElizabetli married Oscar N osburgh; and Martha is\\nMrs. White. Mrs. Kinne died in New York.\\nThe first purchase of land in Michigan made bj\\nour subject comprised one hundred and sixty acres,\\nto which have since been added various tracts, until\\nnow Mr. Kinne owns live hundred and ninety\\nacres of land, mostly im|)roved,and a part of which\\nis within the boundaries of Indiana. WhUe de-\\nvoting his time principally to general agriculture,\\nour subject is also engaged in fruit culture, and\\nraises some excellent live stock. After having re-\\nmained a widower for eighteen years our subject\\nwas married in Alichigan to Miss Sophia Zimmer,\\nwho was born in Portage County, Ohio, in 1844.\\nMrs. Kinne was the daughter of Adam and Marga-\\nret (Follhawber) Zimmer, natives of Germany, who\\nemigrated to this countrj before their marriage.\\nThey were members of the Lutheran Church, but\\ntheir daughter, Mrs. Kinne, is connected with the\\nChristian Church. To our subject and his second\\nwife were born four children, three of whom died\\nin childhood. One son, Zachariah, survives. Our\\nsubject was ordained a minister of the Free-Will\\nBaptist Church, but never occupied a regular pul-\\npit, preaching only at funerals and similar occa-\\nsions, and never allowed Rev. to be i)ielixed to\\nhis name. Politically, Mr. Kinne is a stalwart Re-\\npublican, and has held with efliciency for eleven\\njears the office of Justice of the Peace. Mr. Kinne\\nand his family occupy positions of usefulness and\\ninfluence, and command the respect and high re-\\ngard of the various communities in which they re-\\nside. They are active in good works and are\\nassociated with the progressive enterprises of their\\nhome localities.\\ni- xi^20_\\nSir\\nOBERT M. HOGUE, a practicil farmer\\nand prominent citizen of Berrien County,\\nMich., residing upon section 10, Soiius\\ntownship, has held willi efficient service\\nthe offices of Clerk and Supervisor, and now dis-\\ncharges with able fidelity the duties of Justice of\\nthe Peace and Treasurer of the township, and as\\nInspectoi- of the School Board has materiallv aided\\nin the ra|)id advancement of the scholarshiti :inil\\ninstruction of the district schools of his home lo-\\ncality. Mr. Hogue was born July 5, 1846, in Mer-\\ncer County, Pa. His paternal grandfather, a na-\\ntive of the North of Ireland, was a niuii of worth\\nand broad intelligence, and early in liCe delLT-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0818.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND fJIOCRAlMIIC A I. RKCORI).\\n\u00c2\u00ab2!l\\niiiiiif(l tci seek Ins t urliini in Amii i(:i. dossing\\nihc (Hcan. Iio landed safoly on (uir sliores. :ind was\\none of the vi iv few I rott slaiils who cnine at that\\npciiod from tlie Kinerald Isle, (iiandfatlier llogue j\\nwas a taUor y trade, and. Iindini iiis way to Ohio,\\nlocated in Yotingstowii. then Tnunluill County,\\nnow Mahoning, Here the grandfather honght\\nland, and, still plying his trade, also cultivated the\\nsoil of his adopted country. .lames \\\\V. Ilogiie, the\\nfourth son and father of our subject, was horn in\\nVcMingslown October 1H12.\\nTlie father remained with his parents until he\\nwas twenty-five years of age, and assisted them,\\nworking mainly upon the (Jhio homestead. Fin-\\nally beginning life for himself, he went to iMercer\\nCounty, Pa,, and two years later returned to his\\nnative State, married Miss Hannah Moore, of\\nVt ungstown, Ohio, and, with his wife, jfiurneyed to\\nPennsylvania, and resumed farming, in which\\noccupation he continued until his death, in .March\\n1H82. Kight children blessed with their cheerful\\npresence the home, four sons and four dauglitcrs.\\nRobert M.. the third child of the family, resided in\\nhis birthplace until eight years of age, when he emi-\\ngrated with his parents to Pipestone Township,\\nMich, At tliis time the advantages for an education\\nwere limited, liut our subject attended the public\\nschools and aciiuired a good common education\\nwhich, when sixteen years of age, he supplemented\\nwith a course of private instruction. At the age\\nof seventeen Mr, Hogue taught school, and later\\nentered the college at Adrian, completing his\\nstudies afteiwards in the -State University of Ann\\nArbor.\\nReturning home, our subject resumed teaching\\nand successfully continued the avocation of an\\ninstructor during the winter terms of school in\\nHerrien County until within the p;ist tiiree years.\\nMr. llogue has extensively improved the land he\\nbought on section U) many years ago. His hand-\\nsome residence is of modern design and attrac-\\ntive architecture, and, with its surroundings full\\\\\\nin keeping, is a beautiful country home. The\\nfarm to which our subject now devotes liis entire\\nattention is under a high state of cultivation and\\nyields excellent annual returns. I pon May 7,\\n1S74, Robert .M. Hogue and .Miss Mary Rector,\\ndaiighleiiif David Rector, were united in marriage.\\nDavid Rector was a pioneer citizen and leading\\nman of Rerrien County, widely known and uni-\\nver.saliy respected. Four bright and intelligent\\nchildren have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Hogue:\\nMabel E., Roy S.. Arthur L. and Alice May. .Mabel\\nis teaching; Roy is attending school at Benton\\nHarbor; ami Alice May and Arthur are pupils of\\nthe home school. Our subject is fraternally con-\\nnected with the Patrons of Husbandry, and has\\nbeen one (jf the active workers of the order, and a\\nmember of Sodus Lodge since its organization.\\nPolitically a Repiililican, and an earnest supporter\\nof the party, he has l)een a local leader in the\\ncouncils of his constituents, and h.as for a great\\nnumber of years continuously engaged in the cares\\nof public work, giving universal satisfaction to\\nthe entire community of friends and neighbors of\\nthe township.\\nYRFS B, (iRO. VT, an energetic iicneral .au-ri-\\ncultiirist located on section 3fi, Berrien\\nTownship, Berrien County, Mich., now de-\\nvoting himself exclusively to farming, was for\\ntwenty-four years an able teacher of the county,\\nand, a man of executive ability, has for eleven\\nconsecutive years discharged with efficiency the\\nduties of Supervisor, and has been Chairman of the\\nimportant committees of the Board. Our subject\\nis a life-time resident of his present locality, and\\nwas born in ISerrien Township April 6, 1844.\\nHis father, a well-known citizen of Pokagon Town-\\nship, is a native of Canada. The mother, Mrs.\\nLucinda (Pinnell) Oroat, is by birth a Virginian.\\nMarried in .Michigan, the parents settled upon\\nsection 24, Berrien Township, and brought up from\\na wild condition into a high state of cultivatii n a\\nfarm, upon which they lived a number of years.\\nThey subsequently removed to Berrien Springs,\\nagain improved iiitherto uncultivated acreage,and\\ntwo years later made their home in Berrien Town-\\nship, later moving to Niles Township. From that\\nlocality after eight \\\\ears residence they went to", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0819.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "830\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nPokagon, where, iii\u00c2\u00bbiii a homestead situated upun\\nsection 31, tliey are enjoying the comforts of life,\\nand the father, retired from active duties, is talc-\\ning a well-earned rest. The parents are valued\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with\\nwliich they have been connected ten years, ever\\nactive in good work. Prior to joining the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church, they belonged to the Tnited\\nI .rethren Churcli a number of years. The father\\nis the oldest settler in the locality, and is a life-\\ntime farmer.\\nTlie eldest child living of the famil3 our sub-\\nject was reared upon a farm and educated in the\\ngraded schools of Berrien Countj-, since adding to\\nhis early stock of knowledge b} close observation\\nand reading. During his extended term as instruc-\\ntor, he taught successfull3 two winteis at the\\nNormal School at Berrien Centre. I ntil he was\\ntwenty-two years of age he remained with his\\nparents, but from that time was away from home.\\nMr. Groat traveled eighteen months for Harper\\nBros., handling their school-bt)oks, throughout\\nMichigan and Indiana. In 1868 our subject was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Stutsman,\\nof Elkhart Ind., and with his estimable wife set-\\ntled upon his [iresent farm. Mr. and Mrs. Groat\\nwere the parents of two children, of. whom one son\\nsurvives, Max, now attending school. The home-\\nstead contains one hundred and forty-five acres\\nof valuable land, one hundred and twenty acres of\\nwliich are under a high state of productiveness.\\nThe farm is devoted mainly to the cultivation of\\ngrain and the raising of a superior grade of stock.\\nIn 1873, an attractive residence was erected at a\\ncost of ll.yl O, and the other improvements are\\nsubstantial and commodious.\\nAside from the care of his farm, Mr. Groat is\\nPresident of the Pokagon Butter and Cheese Com-\\n[jany, and much of his time and attention is nec-\\nessarily given to this enter|)rise. Fraternally, he\\nis a member of the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows, Crystal Springs Lodge, Summerville. and\\nhas been through all the chairs. He also attili-\\nates with the Ancient Order of United AVorkmen,\\nat Niles, and has been a member of the Grange,\\nand was Secretary of the old (Iraiige. Especially\\ninterested in educational advancement, our subject\\nhas, as Township Superintendent of Schools for five\\nyears, and as a member of the Board of School\\nExaminers of Berrien County foi eight years,\\nmaterially assisted in the promotion of a high grade\\nof scholarship and instruction. He was Secretary\\nof the Board for four years, and during that time,\\nserved as County Secretary of Schools. lie re-\\ntained his membership until 1892, and while\\nSecretary held Teacheis Institutes. In the fall of\\n1892, he was re-elected a member of the Board of\\nSchool Examiners. Mr. Groat is a member of the\\nBoard of Visitors of the college at Benton Har-\\nbor. Politically our subject is a stalwart Repub-\\nlican, and has represented his constituents as\\ndelegate to various county and State conven-\\ntions. In 1881, elected Supervisor, he continued\\nan incumbent of that position until 18!)3, to the\\ngreat satisfaction of his friends and fellow-towns-\\nmen. Mr. and Mrs. (Jroat are members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church at Morris Chapel,\\nand as Trustee and Superintendent of the Sunday-\\nschool for the past ten years, Mr. (iroat has been\\nespecially faithful in religious work. ISIrs. (iroat\\nhas also taught in the Sunda3 -school, and both our\\nsubject and his wife enjo} the esteem and confi-\\ndence of the entire community, among whom they\\noccu])} positions of usefulness and intluence. Mi\\nGroat has now rented his farm, and bought a home\\nin Niles, where he contemjilates moving this fall\\nin order to give his son the advantage of the\\nHigh School.\\nEDWIN A. P.I.AKESLEE. There is no name\\nmore iirominently connected with the his-\\ntory of the prosperous village of Galien\\nthan that of Blakeslee, and this volume would be\\nincomplete were no mention made of their life\\nand works. It is therefore with pleasure that the\\nbiographer invites the attention of the reader to\\nthe following outline of the career of our subject,\\nas well as his immediate ancestors. The paternal\\ngrandfather of the suliject of this sketch was\\n.lames lilakeslee, win.) was born and reared in the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0820.jp2"}, "817": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAI RECORD.\\n831\\nStntf of New York ami tlicio rnanied Miss Louisi-\\n:in: Kflmtinds, a cousin of tlic illiisliiou.s states-\\nman. .Indite Ill und.s, and a dangliter of one of\\nllic Ucvolntionaiy lieroo;-, wlio wa.s 1al n pi-isonor\\nli\\\\ ilic i!rili li and reni.ainod in captivity for some\\nlinic.\\nWhile ii -ldinji in New ^Oik, .lames Hlake.slee\\nliei;:ui lu pie.-ieli in llie clinicli of the Latter-Da}\\nSaint.-i. and continued lii.s ministerial labors after\\nremii\\\\ inir li I crtli, Canada, in 18. ii(i. Tiience lie\\nurul 1 M. Lawrence County. X. V., and from\\nIhcic 1 i W.Mlervilh Oneida County, the same\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Stale, later locatinj; in Utica. where, as in other\\njilaces. he devoted the most of his time to preaeli-\\nini;. )n the ilh of .luly. IHL i. he arrived in\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-ontliern Iowa, where he engaged in ministerial\\nwoik for live years. In l.s 18 he located in Hata-\\nia. Kane Cnunly. 111., aiifl there resided until his\\ndeath, which occurred December 18, 18()(), A man\\nof great abililj and an interesting speaker, he was\\nvery iironunent in the Church of the Latter-Day\\n.Saints and was one of the twelve apostles in whose\\nhands reposed the authority of the church. His\\nwife also passed away in I at;ivi;i. Kane County,\\n111.\\nI lie palcrnal grandparents of our subject had a\\nlarge family of children, (ieorge A. being the eld-\\nest, lie received liis schooling in the various\\nplaces of which his father was a resident, and w.as\\nalso the recipient of excellent, advantages under\\nthe training and preceptorslii|) of his father.\\nWhen a mere boy he commenced to work for him-\\nself and early developed traits c)f self-reliance and\\nindustry, lie frefiuently made overland trips to\\nChicago in order to haul wheat to the market\\nthere. His lirst business enture was as oper.ator\\nof a sawmill in ilatavia. HI., and in IH4!) he em-\\nbarked ill the lumbering business, which he con-\\ntinued for seven years.\\nCoining to the present site of (iaiieii in 18.t(j,\\n.Mr. I )lakeslee became the founder of this now\\nlirosperous \\\\illage. and in the midst of the woods\\nerected and operated a sawmill. Soon afterward\\nhe pmcliascd a stock of goods and opened a\\ngeneral mercantile store, which he conducted in\\nconnection with the lumber business. He owned\\nseveral thousand acres of laml in IJerrien Coiiii-\\nty, from which he cut the lumber and disposed\\nof it ill the market. Under the administration\\nof President Buchanan he was appointed Post-\\nm.aster at Galien and retained that position un-\\ninterrupted through the various administrations\\nuntil the election of Grover Cleveland to the\\nPresidency, when he resigned. He also owned a\\nsawmill here and engaged extensively in the man-\\nufacture of handles. In 1880 he o|)ened a bank-\\ning establishment. I pon his farm, which con-\\nsisted of one thousand acres or more, he raised\\nstock and grain and slii|\u00c2\u00bb|)ed largely to other\\nplaces. In his mill he manufactured over one\\nmillion live hundred thousand handles annually.\\nThe marriage of George A. Blakeslee occurred\\non the LUh of February, 1848, and united him\\nwith Miss Lydia Alcott, who was born in England,\\nbeing the daughter of a manufacturer of queens-\\nware in that country. She came to America in her\\ngirlhood and with her father settled in Mclleiiry\\nCounty, ni., where she resided until her mariage.\\nIn his youth Mr. Blakeslee united with the Latter-\\nDiiy Saints and became a jirominent member of\\nthe church, being its Bishop for the world, in\\nwhich position he had charge of the finances and\\ntheir properly throughout the entire world. For\\nten years he filled that honored position to the\\nuniversal satisfaction of the people and with credit\\nto himself. Aside from the oftice of Bishop he\\nalso preached occasionally, and was a member of\\nthe High Priest Coriims, which was one of the\\nmost important positions in the gift of tliechurch.\\nHe aided in the oiganization of the (Jalien branch\\nof the church and was its most inlluential member.\\nA member of the Whig party during its exist-\\nence, Mr. P.lakeslee united with th(! Republican\\nparty in 18. )fi and w as one of iUs most devoted\\nadherents until his death. He served as .lustice\\nof the Pe.ace from I8. )7 until l\u00c2\u00ab82. a period of\\ntwenty-live years. He was one of the organizers\\nof the ])ul)lic schools at Galien and was a member\\nof the School Hoard for many years. .\\\\s I resi-\\ndent of the village for a Unig period, he was in-\\nstrumental in securing many improvenienls and\\nill piiimotiiig the welfare of llie citizens. .Socially,\\nhe was identilied with the Royal .Vrch Masons.\\nHis death (x. curied at his home in (Jalien on the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0821.jp2"}, "818": {"fulltext": "832\\nPOETEAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n20tli of September, 1890, and was deeply deplored\\nby liisac(iuaintances througliout tlie United States.\\nA man of splendid pliysique and tine appearance,\\nlie won friends wherever he went and retained the\\nadmiration and respect of all his associates. To\\nliim more tlian to anj otlier man is due tlie rapid\\ngrowth of Berrien County and its high position\\namong the counties of Michigan\\nIn the parental family there were nine children,\\nof whom Ella and George A., .Jr., are deceased. Of\\nthe seven survivors we note the following: Eliza\\nis the wife of Alexander Emery, an attorney of\\nBuchanan, Mich.; Sarah married W. W. Fry, who\\nis in the emplo}- of the Michigan Central Railroad\\nat Joliet, III.; fteorgiana is the wife of J. W. Wright,\\na traveling salesman; Lydia is the wife Charles A.\\nClark, wlio devotes his entire time to our subject s\\nstore; N iola married AV. A. Blair, a merciiant re-\\nsiding in Lamoni, Iowa; Belle is the wife of S.\\n15. Smitli, a music dealer of .lacltson. !Mich.; and\\nEdwin A. is the youngest.\\nOur subject, who has succeeded his honored fa-\\nther in business, was born .July 18, 1865, in Galien,\\nMich., and received his education in the Normal\\nSchool at Y[)silanti, graduating from that institu-\\ntion in 1887. Later he entered the literary depart-\\nment of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,\\nwhere he remained for two years. He also toolc a\\ncourse of lectures in the law department and is a\\nmember of the Phi Gamma Delta and the Phi Delta\\nPhi. At the time of his father s death he returned\\nto Galien and settled the large estate and assumed\\ncharge of the business, with which he has since\\nbeen connected.\\nA Republican in his political opinions, Mr.\\nBlakeslee has served as a member of the Village\\nCouncil and is the present Clerk of Galien Town-\\nship. He takes a deep interest in educational\\nmatters and is a Director of the Galien schools.\\nHe is proprietor of the firm of G. A. Blakeslee it\\nCo., which conducts a general banking business,\\nalso engages in a general mercantile business, and\\nin buying and selling grain. In the store may be\\nfound a large and complete assortment of goods,\\nincluding everything from the size of a needle to\\na threshing-machine. As has been heretofore\\nijientioiied, tjie store is managed by Mr, Clark.\\nwhile our subject devotes bis entire attention to\\nlooking after the large estate inherited from his\\nfather. He and his mother reside on the old\\nhomestead, where they are surrounded by all the\\ncomforts of life. In addition to his other inter-\\nests he is a stockholder in the Kust State Savings\\nBank of Xiles.\\nThe honored son of an honored father, Mr.\\nBlakeslee is justly held in high esteem by the\\npeople of Berrien County. While he is largely\\nindebted to his father, 3et he personally possesses\\nthe attributes of a noble character. Like his fa-\\nther, he is a man of firm convictions, and when he\\nonce decides upon the right course of action,\\nnothing swerves him from his course. In dispo-\\nsition generous, in resources fruitful, in character\\nrounded, and in business dealings honorable, he\\nhas gained a name and a reputation as one of\\nMichigan s most prosperous and noble sons.\\n^1\\n\\\\m\\nH\\n!M=\\nSAAC M08ER. Mr. Moser, one of the very\\nI wealthy men of Mason Township, and foi-many\\nJ ears a large money-loaner, was liorn at Rich-\\nfield, Pa., February 24. 1837. His parents,\\nCharles and Elizabeth (Fall) Moser, were natives\\nrespectivelv of Frauenburg, France, and Pennsyl-\\nvania. The father was a descendant of one of the\\nold .Jewish families and came to America when he\\nwas about eighteen years of age. He had two\\nbrothers, one of whom, Nathan, became a wealthy\\nman. went to California and there died. The other\\nbrother was a man of culture and learning, and was\\na prominent .lewish Rabbi. One of his sisters\\nmarried a Mr. Heyman and the other sister married\\na man by the name of Levi. The far-famed cor-\\nnet plaj er, Levi, is her son.\\nUi on reaching the American coast the father of\\nour subject had liut eighteen cents in money, but,\\nlike most of his race when first reaching this\\ncountry, he became a peddler. He soon had a store\\nof his own, and later he traded in live stock, thus\\nmaking a fortune. In l!S.j.J he came to Michigan,\\nIdeating at Mt. Clemens, mid was one of the iiro..", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0822.jp2"}, "819": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BTOGRAPinCAl. RECORD.\\n833\\n|ii iii.ii mI :i iniiuM-al well in that place wlien it first\\nstMitfd. ;ni(l :U the tuiu cf Ins (iealii was one of\\nthe sloekliolders and Duectois in the Ml. Clemens\\nSavini^s Hank. Slioitiy alter coining to thiscoun-\\ntiy lie Miaiiied the. widow Middelswortli, her maiden\\nHMUie li:i\\\\ iui; liccn l- all. Her first husband s father\\nwas (Hie if tlie iiiiist proniinent men of his day in\\ntill SiMie (if reiiii-^\\\\ Ivania. serving; twent3 -one\\n\\\\fais ill llie State Legislature, and one term in\\n(diiLiress. She became the mother of one child by\\nher lir.-l miiriiagc, and this child was named after\\nhis father, .lolin Middelsworlh. Mrs. Moser is now\\nliving at Ml. Clemens.\\nlie of wlidiii we write was .-econd in o tler of\\nhiitli of eight children, four sons and fourdaugh-\\nters, and his educational advantages were not of\\nthe best, for he began assisting his father in the\\nstore when twelve years of age. He also worked\\non the farm his father owned, and when but\\neighteen years of age he began working at the\\nbutcher business at Mt. Clemens, whither he had\\niiiov( (l with his father in IS.jT). Later he became\\nI lie |ii(iiirielor of a general store in that place.\\nFor some time during the late Civil War he was\\nin the employ of the Government in the railroad\\n(k liarlment, and was located at Bridgeport, Ala.,\\nand Deckaid, Tenn. At the former place he met\\nwith an accident. A lire broke out in the depot\\nwhile he was sleeping in it, and in assisting to get\\nout blankets and other Government supplies he\\nslipped and sprained his ankle. He has never fully\\nlecovered from this. Soon after he came to Cass\\nCounty, Mich., and bought a piece of land in Ma-\\nson Township. Six months later he sold this at a\\nprofit of *2,5()0, and bought the place where he\\nnow lives, and which adjoins tlic lirst trad he\\nbought.\\nIn 186!) Mr. Moser was married to Miss Susan\\nConley, the eldest daughter of William Coiiley, of\\nJIason Township, and a native of the lluckeye\\nState. She went with her father to Indiana when\\nquite young, and finally to Cass County, Mich.,\\nwhere they settled in ALason Township. Were\\nMr. Moser became ac()uainted with her. Five sons\\nwere born to this marriage: Theodore, Charles\\nA.. Clarence. Leland and Willard. .\\\\fter his mar-\\nriage Mr. .^I ).1er located on his present farm and\\nbecame an extensive fr uit-grower. As Michigan\\nhas for a number of years enjoyed a wide-spread\\nreputation for being one of the most prolific fruit-\\ngrowing Stales in the central cluster, Mr. Moser\\nh.as taken advantage of this fact to inaugurate an\\nindustry that has lieen a great success. lie is an\\nexi)ert in the business and has made considerable\\nmoney at it. Of late years he has done but little\\nwork aside from looking after his various inter-\\nests, for he is counted one of the largest money-\\nloaners in his section.\\nMr. Moser has always been a Democrat in poli-\\ntics and has held many of the local offices in his\\ntownship. For twenty years he was School Treas-\\nurer, also .Tustice of the Peace, and at the present\\ntime is one of the Hoard of Review of the town-\\nship. He was made a Mason at Mt. Clemens, and\\nhas been a life-long temperance worker. He never\\ndrank a drop of liquor in his life, never uses tea\\nor coffee, and dislikes tobacco in any form. In\\nfact, he is temperate in all things.\\nE-J-SS*\\n*^5+S\\nRNEST TAliOR.an enterprising agricultur-\\nist and well-known citizen of Sodus Town-\\nis ship, Berrien County, Mich., was born in\\nthe near township of Bainbridge, in February, 1845,\\nand has pas.sed his entire life within the .State of\\nhis nativity, with the exception of brief intervals\\noccupied in journeys and visits elsewhere. His\\nfather, Wallace Tabor, a native of .Jeffei son County,\\nN. Y., and born .\\\\piil 2(1. 1811, remained in the\\nhome of his biitli until he had arrived at the age\\nof seventeen, spending the days of childhood and\\nyouth in assisting his father and attending the\\nschool of the neighborhood. In 1881, the ener-\\ngetic and ambitious boy left the parental roof de-\\ntermined to try his fortunes in the broader AVest.\\nHe came to Michigan and remained a short time in\\nBerrien County, from there proceeding to Chi-\\ncago, whcie he found iiiiiiiediate einploymenl as a\\nl:iboier in a brickyard, lie helped to make the\\nbiii-k used in the erection of the first brick hotel", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0823.jp2"}, "820": {"fulltext": "834\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nl uilt in Chicago. After woiking two years stead-\\nilv in the brickyard, the father returned to Bain-\\nl)ridge Townsliip, Mich., and buying land entered\\ninto the i)ursuit of agriculture with success, clear-\\ning the land and cultivating the fertile soil of his\\nhomestead for sixteen years without change of oc-\\ncupation.\\nIn 1849, when the rei)orts from California\\naroused a fever of excitement all over the country,\\nTalioi determined to seek the gold fields of the\\nPacific Coast. After an absence of two years, he\\nafain resumed farming upon the old homestead,\\nfrom that time his constant abiding-place. Jn 18.39,\\nhe was united in marriage with Miss Julia McKies,\\na daughter of Samuel and Harriet McKies,\\nformerl3- resiiients of Connecticut, the McKies be-\\ning a well-known and highly esteemed family of\\nJvew p]no-land. Unto the worthy parents of our\\nsubject were born eight children, one of whom died\\nin infancy. Bert, the youngest of the family,\\ny)assed away in his twent3--fourth year, beloved by\\nall who knew him. He was a young man of prom-\\nise, and died in 1887. The surviving sons and\\ndaughters are Euphemia, Sarah Elizabeth, Ernest,\\nHorace, Ida, Carlton. All are married and reside in\\nBerrien County, except the two eldest daughters,\\nwho make their home in the far State of Kansas.\\nErnest, the eldest son of the large family, assisted\\nfrom boyhood in the daily labor of the farm, and\\nalso attended the district schools and gained an\\nexcellent and practical education. He afterward\\nenjoyed the benefit of six months instruction in\\nthe Slate University at Ann Arbor, and grew up\\nto manhood self-reliant and industrious.\\nAt twenty-one years of age, beginning life for\\nliimself, Mr. Tabor at first obtained employment in\\na sawmill, where he received fair wages, but after a\\ntime he concluded to return to farming, being thor-\\noughly posted in all the details of agriculture, and\\nalready having an extended and [u-actical experi-\\nence in handling the soil and products of Michigan.\\nFor two years our subject worked Uie farm of his\\nfather on shares, and then devoted his capital to\\nthe purchase of lands in Van Buren County, from\\nwhich lie removed the timber, afterward selling\\nthe iiioperty. He next bought the one hundred\\nand two acres where he now resides, and whicli ho\\nhas brought up to a high state of cultivation, con-\\nducting general farming and also raising some line\\nstock. The improvements ujjon the broad acres\\nare unusually valuable. Mi-. Tabor having erected\\na number of well-built cottages, which he rents\\nmostly to prominent Chicago families, who enjoy\\ntheir summer outing u])on the banks of the St. Jo-\\nseph River. It was in 1891 that the cottages were\\ncompleted and occupied, and in 1893 they are in-\\nadequate in size and number to accommodate the\\nguests who desire to avail themselves of the pleas-\\nant retreat. Mr. Tabor has already enlarged one\\nhouse, and is now contemplating the erection of\\nothers. In 1872 our subject entered the bonds of\\nmarriage with Miss Lizzie Stump, daughter of John\\nand Magdalena .Stump. The marriage has been\\nblessed by the birth of three children. One died\\nin infancy; Myrtie and May survive and are with\\ntheir parents. Politically, JMr. Tabor is a stanch\\nRepublican. He has voted that ticket ever since\\nhe attained his majority and is a firm believer in the\\nprinciples and platform of the Party of Reform.\\nAn intelligent and observing man, our subject has\\na store of pleasing reminiscences of the earl} da3-s\\nof the State, and has himself been a leading factor\\nin the progressive interests of his home township\\nand count}-.\\n?iE()RGE A. CORELL, and energetic and\\nprosperous farmer located upon section 4,\\nBertrand Township, Berrien County, Mich.,\\nis a native of Erie County, Pa., and was born near\\n(lirard, March 2, 1846. His paternal grandfather,\\nAbraham Corell, Sr., was a native of New Jersey,\\nof Scotch-Irish parentage. He removed to Albany\\nCounty. N. Y., and there, in 1795, married Miss\\nMary Miller, who w.as of Knickerbocker descent.\\nIn the year IS 19 they removed to Livingston\\nCounty, and tlicuce, in 1837, to Erie County, Pa.\\nIn 1853 Mr. Corell removed to Iowa, and there\\ndied in 1857. at the age of eighty-six and nv,\\nhalf years,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0824.jp2"}, "821": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0825.jp2"}, "822": {"fulltext": "AT^", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0826.jp2"}, "823": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND IWOCRAPH CAL RFXORD.\\n837\\nAbraham Corell, Jr., the fatlier of our subject,\\nwas born in Albany County, N. Y., August 10,\\nIKlo, and removed with his [larenls to Livingston\\nCounty. In 1837 he went to Erie County, Pa.,\\nand at the age of twenty-four years. February 10,\\nIH. V.l. married Ann Klizahelh Brownell, who was\\nIporn in Washington County, N. Y., November 1,\\nIHlfi. When seven years old she removed with\\nliL r parents to Chautauqua County, and later to\\nErie Count} Pa. Iler i)arents were from Rhode\\nIsland, and the father, Benjamin Brownell, was a\\ndescendant of Ethan .VUen, noted in the Revolu-\\ntion .as the commander of the Green Mountain\\nboys.\\nIn March 1850, the father of our subject came\\nwitli his family to Berrien County, Mich. A kind\\nIriend and upright citizen, he wiis deeply moui ned\\nwhen, December 2;?, 1883, he passed to his rest,\\naged si.xty-eight years, three months and thirteen\\ndiiys; the mother survived her husband and is now\\nliving in Niles Township.\\nOeorge A. Corell was one of eleven children, live\\nsons and six daughters, born unto his parents, sev-\\nen of whom lived to adult age, and six 3 et survive.\\nOur subject was the fourth child and eldest son in\\norder of birth, and was only four \\\\ears of age\\nwhen he arrived in Berrien County. He enjoyed\\ninstruction in the public schools of Niles and re-\\nsided with his parents until twenty-two years of\\nage. December 23, 1873, Mr. Corell was united\\nin niarri.age with Miss Morna Alice (iragg, a\\n(laughter of Mortimer David Oragg. a native of\\n.Icffeison Coimty, N. Y. Her mother, Hester Ann\\n(Cronkhite) Gragg, was born in New York and\\nwas of (German descent. Mr. and Mrs. Gragg\\nwere the parents of seven children, of whom Mrs.\\nCurell was the third child and the third daughter.\\nShe was born in Niles Sei tember 13, 18.51, and\\nwas educated in the public scliools of her home\\nlocality. Mr. and Mrs. Corell have spent their\\nijiarried life ui)on their present homestead, which\\nli. is been brightened by the birth of live intelligent\\nchihlren, two sons and three daughters: George\\nE.. Horace B., F. (ienevu ve, Delia L. and Mary\\nAlice.\\nMr. Corell has devoted the greater part of his\\nlime to the pursuit of agriculture, and is a practical\\n11\\ntiller of the soil and a successful stock-raiser. He\\nis a carpenter by trade, and, commencing in that\\nbusiness at the age of twenty-three years, continued\\nin the same profitably for seven years. He owns\\na highly improved farm of eighty acres and has\\nalso worked his mother s homestead of ninety-six\\nacres. Our subject is activel} connected with the\\nRepublican party and was elected Highway Com-\\nmissioner in 1893. He has from Ids earliest man-\\nhood been deeply interested in both local and Na-\\ntional affairs, and during the past twenty years\\nhas been identified with the progressive move-\\nments and business enterprises of this township,\\nand is regarded as a man of worth, liberal ideas\\nand public spirit. Frateinallj Mr. Corell is a\\nmember of the Royal Arcanum at Niles and has\\nmany warm friends within this well-known order.\\neAPT. SAMUEL G. LANGLEY. Pleasantly\\nlocated on Langley Avenue and command-\\ning a fine view of the St. Joseph River\\nstands an elegant and commodious residence,\\nwhich is considered one of the loveliest of St. Jo-\\nseph s many attractive homes. This was the resi-\\ndence of the late Capt. Langley and is now occu-\\npied by his widow. The family name is a very\\nfamiliar one to the people of Berrien County, not\\nonly through Capt. Langley s close association\\nwitli its progress, but also through Langley Ave-\\nnue, which was laid out by him and donated to the\\ncity, and is now one of its principal thorough-\\nfares.\\nOur subject was descended from a long line of\\npatriotic forefathers, who traced their ancestr\\\\- to\\nScotland and England. His maternal grandfather.\\nGov. Hilton, is remembered as the first Governor\\nof the State of Massachusetts and was a man of\\ngreat ability. Our subject was born in Lee\\nCounty, N. Y., August 11, 1813, and was the son\\nof Samuel and Sallie (Hilton) Langlej natives\\nrespectively of New York and M.assachusetts.\\nWhen a mere child he shipped as cabin boy on an", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0827.jp2"}, "824": {"fulltext": "838\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nocean steamer and was on tlie sea until 1832,\\nwhen he came to St. Joseph and sailed the brig\\nNapoleon, which was the first steara brig used\\non Lake Michigan. He sailed the Eail of Catii-\\ncai t from Kingston to Detroit, when she was\\nbought by C. B. Backus, of Detroit, and took his\\nname, being afterwards called the propeller C B.\\nBackus. She was tlie first jMOpeller on the Lakes.\\nAfterward he built and partly owned several\\nsteam brigs which he sailed on the lake. At tiie\\nsame time, in partnership with Capt. Hilton, he\\nwas engaged in the elevator business at St. .Joseph.\\nAt the time of his death our subject was the\\noldest Captain on Lake Michigan. During the\\nyears in which he was engaged on the lake he re-\\nceived several medals, presented to him as a token\\nt f appreciation for brave and etticieut service on\\nthe lake at various times. He received a fine sil-\\nver service for saving and rescuing the crew of tlie\\nsteamer E. H. Collins, burned in Detroit River Oc-\\ntober 8, 1854. He also saved the lives of the crews\\nof four vessels on Lake Erie the same year. Mrs.\\nLangle} has in her possession a gold-headed cane\\npresented to the Captain in 1861 by Prince\\nKapoleon for service rendered him while on the\\nCaptain s vessel. His death occurred on the pro-\\npellor Favorite in the Chicago harbor from\\nheart disease, .Tune 4, 187(1.\\nOn February 2, 1843, Capt. J angley w.as united\\nin marriage with Miss Sara M. Fitzgerald, of Al-\\nbany, N. Y., the ceremony being performed by\\nBishop McCloskey, of Detroit. The bride was the\\ndaughter of Edinond A. and Sarah A. (Hilton)\\nFitzgerald, natives of Ireland, who emigrated\\nearly in life to the United States when they were\\nboth single. The marriage of Capt. and Mrs.\\nLangley was blessed by the birth of four children:\\nCapt. John IL; Samuel G., Jr.; Frank F.. who is at\\nhome; and Emma A., wife of J. J. McLeod, of De-\\ntroit, Mich. Mrs. Langley is a member of the\\nUniversalist Church, with which her husband was\\nidentified for many jears. In addition to her res-\\nidence in St. Joseph, she is the owner of ninety-\\nseven acres in the suburbs of the city, the value of\\nwhich is rapidly increasing. Capt. Langley was a\\ncharter member of Occidental Lodge No. 56, A. F.\\nA. M., and was one of its active workers until\\nthe time of his death. In politics he was a stanch\\nRepublican.\\nOSEPH R. EDWARD.S. A prominent busi-\\nness enterprise of Dowagiae is the boot and\\nshoe store owned and managed by the sub-\\nject of this sketch, who is also agent for\\nthe American Express Couipany at this place. Mr.\\nEdwards was born in lladdonlieid, Camden Coun-\\nty, N. J., June 28, lUSil. His paternal grandfather.\\nJoseph Edwards, was born in Maryland on the\\n10th of May. 17.54, and was the son of Joseph and\\nP^leanor Edwards. Throughout his entire business\\nlife he engaged in merchandising, and followed\\nthat occupation in Luinberton, N. J., where he\\n.settled about the lime i f the Revolutionary War.\\nHis famil} numbered twelve children, six of whom\\nsurvived to the advanced age of eighty years.\\nThe father of our subject, Joseph Edwards, w.as\\nborn at Liiuiberton, N. J., August 15, 18(16, and\\nin his youth served an apprenticeship to the trade\\nof a w.agon and carriage maker, at incontown,\\njV. J. In 1856 he came lo Michigan and .settled\\nin Pokagon Township, Cass County, where he\\njiurcliased a farm, remaining there until liis ca-\\nreer was terminated by death on the 11th of .Ian-\\nnary, 1889. His wife, whose maiden name was\\nRebecca Zanes, was born in Haddonfield. N. J., in\\n1810. They were the parents of nine children\\nseven sons and two daughters, and seven of\\nthat numlicr are still living. One of the sons,\\nIsaac Z., served in the late war as Lieutenant of\\nthe Nineteenth Michigan Infantry and died from\\nwounds received in the army.\\nIn his political belief, the father of our subject\\nwas first a Whig, and upon the organization of\\nthe Republican party became identified with it\\nand remained a devoted adherent of its princiiilcs\\nuntil his death. He was a conservative man, hon-\\norable and upriglit in all his dealings, and his\\nword was in every instance as good as his bond.\\nHe was a firm believer in Christianity and pos-\\nsessed deep religious convictions. In his farming\\nenterprises he met with success and accumulated\\na large and valualile (iroperty.\\nWhen seventeen years of age, our subject came\\nto Michigan, and three years later he commenced\\nto teach in Berrien County. On the 20tli of Sep-\\ntember. \\\\X(U. he enlisted in Company A, Twelfth\\nMichigan lufuntry. and served us Sergeant of", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0828.jp2"}, "825": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIDCRAIMIICA RF.C ORD.\\n839\\nliis coiiiiiaiiy, paiticipatinj; in tlie haltles of ShiUili\\nand IlaU liii River Hiidge, and llie various skii-\\ninislies of llio cniniiaign tlirouiili West Tennessee.\\nIn 18(i;? the regiment was ordered to Vieksburg\\nand tlienee went to Arkansas, wiiere Mr. Edwards\\ntook part in tlie engagement at Little Rock.\\nJune 8, 186.5, he was mustered out of the service\\nand resumed the duties of private citizenship.\\nKor a time lie carried on a restaurant in Little\\nRock, hut in November. 186; returned to Mich-\\nigan and settled in La(irange. Tvto years after-\\nward lie went to Cassopolis and secured a clerical\\nposition in the general mercantile establishment of\\nJoseph K. Ritter.\\nOn the 4th of November, 1871, Mr. Edwards\\nleased the Cassopolis House and was its proprietor\\nfor three years, after wliicii he came to Dowagiac\\nand clerked for Hirsch Phillipson until Decem-\\nber, 1878. On the 1st of .January, 1879, he as-\\nsumed the position of County Clerk, to which he\\nhad been elected and which lie held for two suc-\\ncessive terms. In 1882 he was again nominated\\nfor the oflice, but was defeated by seven votes.\\nDuring his clerkship lie studied law, and at the\\nclose of his term of oflice was admitted to the I5ar.\\n.Subsequently he engaged in the real-estate business\\nin Chicago and while there wasadmittedat Ottawa\\nto practice in all the courts of Illinois. Leaving\\nChicago, he came to Dowagiac and embarked in\\nbusiness as a dealer in boots and shoes and gents*\\nand ladies furnishing goods, which he still con-\\ntinues. In March, 1888, he was appointed Amer-\\nican Express Agent at Dowagiac, and still holds\\nthat position.\\nNovember 28, 1866, Mr. Edwards married Miss\\nMatilda Van Riper, daughter of Joiin Van Riper.\\nSiie was born June 10, 1848, at Ilaverstraw, N. Y.,\\nabout forty-two miles from New York City, and\\nwas there reared until eight years old, when she\\ncame to Michigan, residing in La Orange until\\nher marriage. Possessing a voice of unusual sweet-\\nness and volume, she has given considerable atten-\\ntion to voice culture, and has sung in the church\\nchoir at Dowagiac for a number of years. Polit-\\nically. Mr. Edwards has always been an advocate\\nof a protective tariff, believing that protection\\nnugmenf* the wages of workmen ami enriches tlic\\ncommon jieople. lie was influential in the incor-\\nporation of Dowagiac, and is now Circuit Court\\nCommissioner of Cass County. Socially, he is a\\nmember of the Ancient Order of I niled Workmen\\nand of the Orand Army of the Rejiublic.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2g;.-\\ni\\n^^ETER CRITCHET, the subject of this\\nifj biograpiiical notice, enjoys the distinction\\nof being the oldest surviving settler of\\nGalien Township, IJerrien County, where\\nfor many years he was activel3 engaged in general\\nfarming and stock-raising. Now retired from the\\narduous labors that occupied former years, he is\\nspending the twilight of his life tranquilly and\\nha|)pily in his [jleasant home in Galien. He has\\nwitnessed the m(wt of the improvements that have\\nbeen made during the present century, and has\\nhimself contributed to no small extent to the\\npresent high standing of the township and county.\\nDuring his useful life of almost four-score years,\\nlie has gained and retained the esteem of the peo-\\nple of this community, and is highly regarded as\\none of the honorable and energetic citizens of\\nUalien.\\nThe son of William and Catherine (Schlcigh)\\nCritcliet, our subject was born in Northumberland\\nCounty, Pa., April 18, 1815. At the age of six-\\nteen years he removed from his native place to\\nOhio, locating with his motiier in Miami County,\\nand there attending the district schools. Later\\nhe secured employment on the canal, where he was\\nboss of the men and superintended the work.\\nAssociated with this position is the memory of the\\nnight when the men were aroused to view the fall-\\ning of the stars, lighting the heavens with a\\nbeauty unequaled by any modern p3 rotechnic\\ndisplay. To tiiis day Mr. Critcliet recalls the scene\\nas one of the most wonderful he has ever wit-\\nnessed.\\nAfter sojoiiiniiig in the Huckeye .Stale for about\\nten months, our subject went to Indiana and set-\\ntled in La Porte County, at .-i period so early in\\nthe liistorv of tiie .Stale that Indians still if)amed", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0829.jp2"}, "826": {"fulltext": "840\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nover the prairies and wild animals had not yet\\nretreated before the wave of the oncoming civil-\\nization. While residing in Indiana, on Xew Year s\\nDay of 1835, Mr. Critcliet married Miss Margaret,\\ndaughter of Oljadiali Rittenhouse, formerly of\\nPennsylvania and later a prominent farmer of\\nLa Porte County, Ind. Remaining in La Porte\\nCounty for a short time after his marriage, he\\nremoved tlience to Michigan and settled in Ber-\\nrien County in 1836. Upon the site of tiie pres-\\nent flourishing town of Buclianan, he rented land\\nand remained for about four years. Coming\\nthenee to Galien Township, he located on section\\n4. where he resided from 1849 until July of 1883.\\nHe always took great pride in his farm, which con-\\nsisted of fifty-four acres, and which he devoted to\\ngeneral farming and stock-raising.\\nMrs. Margaret Critchet died on the 5th of Feb-\\nruary, 1890, and our subject was afterward married\\nto Catharine, the sister of his first wife. Mrs.\\nCritchet was born in ISIiami County, Ohio, where\\nshe was reared to womanhood, receiving an excel-\\nlent education in the public schools. Fourteen\\nchildren have been born of Mr. Critchet s first\\nmarriage, seven of whom reached mature years\\nand four are now living, namely: Ava, who is the\\nwife of Jacob Klasner, a farmer residing in Gahen\\nTownship; Jennie, the wife of Henry Ritzier, who\\nowns and conducts a restaurant at South Bend,\\nInd.; Katie, Mrs. Charles Artus, of Galien; and\\nAlzina, who married David Wright, a business\\nman of Galien. Harriet, who married Oliver San-\\nford, a farmer by occupation, died in Iowa, wiierc\\nher husband s demise also occurred; Almeda mar-\\nried Jed Clawson, and both died in Kansas; So-\\nphia married David Cornell, a blacksmith residing\\nin Galien, where she died.\\nIn July of 1883 Mr. Critchet moved into the\\npleasant residence in Galien which he had erected\\nand in which he still makes his home. While liv-\\ning retired from business cares, he still retains an\\nactive interest in public affairs .and gives his influ-\\nence to the candidates and princi|iles advocated\\nby the Democratic party. Since the election of\\nAndrew Jackson to the Presidency, and, indeed,\\nthroughout his entire life, he has been a warm\\nadvocate of the principles of his chosen party.\\nHis popularity is evinced by the fact that he liaS\\nheld the office of Highway Commissioner of Galien\\nTownship for the past twenty-five years, although\\nthe township usually gives a large Republican\\nmajorit3 He has served as Treasurer of the town-\\nship and Justice of the Peace for one term.\\nUpon locating in Berrien County, Mr. Critchet\\nfound himself surrounded by every evidence of\\nfrontier life and primitive environments. His\\nland was in its original primeval condition, upon\\nwhich not a furrow had been made, but, undaunted\\nby hardships and obstacles, he labored with dili-\\ngence and unwearied perseverance, and succeeded\\nin clearing the land and placing the soil under\\nsplendid cultivaiion. He also maintained a deep\\ninterest in opening and improving roads, and con-\\ntributed his quota to the development of the\\ncount} A few years ago he united with the Larger\\nHope Church, of which he is the present Treasurer,\\nand to the support of which he contributes vviiii\\nliberality. He is also generous in his contributions\\nto other denominations, as well as all benevolent\\nprojects.\\n|*5**l\u00c2\u00bb*5 i\\n^,\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^t-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l-*** f-*I=\\n^j^^EORGK W. LETT, a successful general\\n(II J\u00e2\u0080\u0094 agriculturist of Sodus Township, Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., has with etticiency dis-\\ncharged the duties of office, and as Deputy Sheriff\\nof the county for two years gained a wide\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2acquaintance and the high respect of all with whom\\nhe came in contact. Mr. Lett was born in Mus-\\nkingum County, Ohio, November 5, 1837. His\\nparents, James and INIargaret Lett, were thrifty and\\nindustrious people, and trained their family to\\nhabits of sturdy self-reliance. Our subject, the\\neldest child, early began the struggle of life, and\\nenjoyed but little opportunity for regular school-\\ning, his education being gained mostly from the\\nprivate instruction of his father. Remaining at\\nhome until he had attained his majority, George\\nLett then decided to try the farther West, and\\njourneyed to Michigan, remaining a, short time in\\nBerrien Comity, but.soc n leturuing to Ohici, vv;here", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0830.jp2"}, "827": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n841\\nhe then engaged in farming upon his own account.\\nAliout five years aftor. lie Mgaiii oiiiiio to Michigan,\\nand iiere enlisted in tlie service of tlie (iovorn-\\ninent, in 18(i4 joining Company I, One Iluiidied\\nand Second Micliigan Infantry, under the com-\\nmand of Col. Chipman,\\nThe regiment went from Detroit to Beaufort,\\nS. C.,and from there afterward proceeded to Gray s\\nIsland, relieving another regiment placed in cliaige.\\nAt the end of eight months the One Hundred\\nand Second Michigan Infantry was ordered to\\nmarch, and made their way to Savannah, (ia.,\\nguarding that point until the regiment took\\npart in tlie Georgetown raid. Their next move-\\nment was to Charleston, S. C, then to Orange-\\nburgh, S. C., and from this latter point to Columbia.\\nFinally the regiment went into camp in North\\nCarolina, but was again ordered to Charleston,\\nwhere th8 troops disbanded, and the soldiers of\\neach regiment were honorably discharged. Our\\nsubject had passed through many perilous scenes\\nwithout suffering a wound or imprisonment, but on i\\nhis way to New York encountered an unexpected\\ndanger, which, however, terminated without serious\\ndisaster to him. Upon tiie way to New York the\\nvessel became disabled, and the troops were cast\\nadrift in Delaware Ba^-, but by keeping close to\\nthe shore Mr. Lett and a number of others were\\nsaved from imminent death.\\nAs soon as mustered out, our subject returned to\\nSodus Townsiiip and entered upon the land pur-\\nchased for him by his father when he was twenty-\\none years old. The acres were all in a wild state,\\nand without loss of time Mr. Lett began clearing\\nand cultivating tiie fertile soil, which has since\\nyielded so abundantly. Sixty .acres, finely im-\\nproved and containing a comfortable house, barns\\nand otlu r buildings, attest the industry and energy\\nof their owner. In the month of March, l.SGl.\\nGeorge W. Lett and Miss Dilcy Ann West, daugh-\\nter of Henry West, of Kentucky, were united in\\nmarriage. Five children have blessed the union.\\n.lames W. is at home; Martha Ann married Isaac\\nReed, and lives in Berrien Centre; Franklin is with\\nIlls father on the home farm; Cora married Her-\\nman Holiday and resides in Sodus Township;\\nand Letha married .)ohn (ioansand lives on the old\\nhomestead. Our subject is a member of the Chris-\\ntian Cliurch. and also holds the official position of\\nDeacon, and lias ever been a liberal supporter of\\nthe cause of religion and especially interested in the\\nextension and influence of its good work. Politi-\\ncally a Republican, Mv. Lett is well posted on the\\nissues of the da\\\\ local and national, and is as loyal\\nand true a citizen as when, so many years ago, ho\\ngave himself to the service of his country. He\\nhas for many j-ears been a prominent f.aetor in the\\nprogressive enterprises of his locality, and is ever\\nready to do his part in all matters pertaining to\\nthe pulilic good.\\n=^^+^e\\nj(_^ IRAM ROGERS. For a period of more\\n|i than sixty 3 ears this pioneer settler of Cass\\nCounty has resided on section 1, Milton\\nTownship, where he has a fiiiely-improved\\nfarm, embellished with suitable buildings and con-\\ntaining modern conveniences. He enjoys the dis-\\ntinction of being one of the oldest citizens of the\\ncounty, being now (1893) ninety-one years of age,\\nand is hale and hearty, notwithstanding his great\\nage. The citizens of the community iiold him in\\nthe higliest regard, and he enjoj-s the esteem of all\\nwho know him. He has been a witne.ss of the\\nmany improvements in the county, and has him-\\nself been a valuable factor in bringing about these\\nchanges. It h.as been his privilege to see villages\\nspring up where once the savage Indian roamed,\\nand fertile farms take the place of dense, impene-\\ntrable foiests; and to him and such as he telongs\\nthe honor of makinji the wilderness to bloom and\\nblossom as the rose.\\nBorn in Morris County, N. .1., .lannary 16, 1802,\\nour subject is the son of .labez and Elizabeth\\n(Rogers) Rogers, natives of New .lersey. The pa-\\nternal grandfather, Nathaniel Rogers, was born in\\nNew .lersey, of English-Welsh descent, and served\\nin the War of the Revolution. The maternal\\nUrandfalhcr, .lolm Rogers, was also born in New\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lersey and was descended from English and Welsh\\nancestry. The father of our subject served with", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0831.jp2"}, "828": {"fulltext": "842\\nPOR TRAIT AND BI0GR.VPH1CAL RECORD.\\nvalor in tlio ranks durinjf Ihe War of 18 li lie was\\na farmer l y oivnpation and a weaver bv Irade. and\\nfollowed tliese eallinsrs nntil his death, which oc-\\nciirreil at the age of sevent\\\\--six. IIis wife died\\nwhen about sixty.\\nHii-ani was the eldest of a family of thirteen chil-\\ndren, and was between fourand five years old when\\nhe accompanied his father to New York, locating\\niu SttnilHMi County on a farm in the woods. After\\nresiding there seven years he accompanied the\\nfamily to Gorham Townsliip. Ontario County,\\nN. Y.. where he worked land on shares and re-\\nmained about four years. After the close of the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0War of 1812 he accompanied his father to Xi.sgiira\\nCounty and loi-itted twelve miles east of l.ewistou,\\nN. Y., residing there about thirteen years. In\\n18S1 he came to Michig:in. wheiv his parents died,\\nhis father in tienesee County and his mother in\\nKalamazoo County.\\nAt the age of twenty- uc. while residing in Ni-\\nagara County, N. Y., Mr. Rogei-s left home and\\nworked on a farm in the town of Cambria for\\nseven months, receiving ^10 for two months, and\\n#12 {ler month for the if maiiider of the time. By\\ncarefully saving his money he was enabled to buy\\none hundred acres on the Holland Puivhase, and\\nduring the six mouths he resided thereon he\\ncleai-ed lietween thirty and forty !\u00c2\u00bbcresof heav\\\\ tim-\\nber land. Leaving that place, he c; me to Michigan\\nlu 1831 and entered land where he !l!\u00c2\u00bb^ since re-\\nsided. It was then unbroken, raw prairie, and his\\nfii-st work was to erect a small log cabin for the\\nreception of his family, tii-adnally he made other\\nimpit vemeut-s. and at last had the satisfaction of\\nseeing the farm take rank among the l^est in the\\ncounty.\\nIn 1820 Mr. Rogers married Miss Lora iua\\nWorden. who w.as born in New York m 18lli* and\\ndietl after having Ivivme the mother of a large\\nfamily of children. In the order of birth they wei-e:\\nKosetta T., Jabez, Sarah, Margaret. Ruby. Martha.\\nMary. Caroline, Hiram. .Kvsephine and Francis. All\\nare now deceased with the exception of Martha,\\nthe wife of Prv^f. R. II. Tripp, who i-esides in Kal-\\namazo*.^; .and .Kvsephiue. who is the wife of ^V.\\n1. Grittith. On Octol^r t 1868. Mr. Rogers was\\nunited in marriage with Mrs. Marv Ann Smith.\\nwho was liorn .\\\\ugnst 24. 18; 1. seven miles below\\nKingiston. on the Knnks of the St. Lawrence River.\\nHer father. Al el Gates, was a native of the same\\nplace as hei-self, while her mother, Polly (iates. was\\nlK rn in Connecticut. Mi s. Rogei-s is the eldest\\nsurviving memlK r of her father s family. Of her\\nunion with Mr. Ki gei-s two sons wei-e born:\\nSchuyler C.. who was lK ru Sejiteinber 8. 18H; and\\nCarl F.. whose birth i. ccurred t)ctol er iiK 1872.\\nIn the days of the Whigj^iarty Mr. Rogers cast his\\nIvillot in its l ehalf. and after the organization of\\nthe Republican party he lH. came one of its most\\nardent supportei-s, but for some years past he has\\natliliated with the Prohibitionists. He is a strong\\nadheivnt of the tem(. ei-ance cause and is a very\\nabstemioiu- man. never using liquor or tobacco in\\nany form. A memlvr of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, he has served as Class-leader. Steward and\\nTrustee, and has for many years filled the position\\nof Stn erintendent of the Sunday-school, being an\\nactive worker in the i-ause of religion.\\nA. E. BALD^VIN is one of the sulistantial\\nfruit-growers of Herrien County. Mich., and\\nbelongs to that army of intelligent, perse-\\nvering, couragetuis i eople who have gone forth\\nfixnn the State v f their birth to build up new in-\\ndustrial empires in various portions of the West.\\nHe is a pixiducl of the Old liay State, Inn-n in New\\nMarlborough, Berkshire County. April 21. 1849.\\nand the only child resulting from the union of\\nGeorge W. and Exene P. (Hugins) Baldwin, na-\\ntives also of Massachusetts.\\nGev rge W. Baldwin was by profession a photog-\\nrapher, and followed thit in his native State until\\n1852, when he came West to Wisconsin. Here he\\nfollowed mining, but his health failed and he died\\nin 1854. He was a man jK^ssessed of more than\\nthe average amount of industry and perseverance,\\nand was well liked wherever he made his home.\\nShortly after his death his wife returned to M.as-\\nsachusetts and in 185i? married William L. Wheel-\\noek. They remained in that StJite until 1865.\\nwhen thev came to Michigan and settled iu Ber-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0832.jp2"}, "829": {"fulltext": "POHTHAIT AND IJIOC.HAIMIK Al. KKCORn.\\nHi:i\\nlifii (iiiiilv. Tlif iiiotluT is still liviiiii uml is i\\nrosidoiit of 15n(lii:ni:in. She is ;i iiiosl worlliy l:iily\\nand is jicUvo iii her suppoil i f all laudable ontoi-\\nprisos. To luT lasl union, as to lior lirst, Imt one\\nC liiiii was l)orn, a son, ChaiU s II.. (Icccascd. I iiis\\nson nianiod Miss I.illio Wliittoii. daujjiili r of\\n.losliiia Whitlcn, wluisi slcotcli appoais m tliis woik.\\nThe original of this notice w;is leaicd princi-\\njtally in Micliiirrtn. and was luit a few years old\\nwhen his parents moved to the wilds of Wiseonsin.\\n.Vftera short residenue there he returned with his\\nmother to Massaelmsetts, and there made his home\\nuntil 18( when he came with his mother and\\nstep-father to Micliiijan. When twenty-one Ncars\\nof age lie hegan working for himself, (irst as a clerk\\nin a dr -goods store, Init previous to this, on\\nlirst coming to the Lake State, he was engaged in\\nlumbering and grubbing on a farm of twenty acres\\nhe had purchased. When in his twenty-lifth year\\nhe niariieil Miss Lucy V,. Weston, a native of the\\nKinpire State, as wore also her parents, Franklin L.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in l kosamoiul (liurdii k) Weston. Mr. Weston\\ncame to this State in l.SilT, settled in lierrien\\nCounty, and was one of the leading men of Lake\\nrowiishii having held most of the important town-\\nship ollices. His death occurred in 1H,S8, but his\\nwidow survives him and makes liei home in Hu-\\nelianan. To Mr. and Mrs. Weslon wfre born live\\nchildren, who were, I lora, wife of Harrison Mor-\\ngan, of South Dakota; Lucy K., wife of our sub-\\nject; George W.. who resides in 15iichaiiaii; Delia,\\ndeceased, the wife of Orlando Smith; and Nathan\\nW.. of Katon County, Mich.\\n.hist prior to his marriage, as before staled, our\\nsubject purchased a farm, and on this lie began his\\ncareer as a fruit-grower. In IS77 he purchased\\nand moved on his present home place, consisting\\nof twenty acres, nearly all unimproved at that time.\\nThis cost him $1 per acre. Of the twenty acres,\\nsixteen acies are under cultivation, fourteen of it\\nl eing in small fruit, |)riii(ipally ditTerent varieties\\nof strawberries, blackberries and raspberries. His\\nplace is now worth ^100 per acre, and on it he has\\na beautiful rural home of modern style and with\\nall the necessary improvements. For several years\\nMr. Baldwin Inis been Drain Commissioner and has\\nalso been .School Inspector.\\nSix childreii haxe liceii born to Mr. and Mis.\\nHaldwin. and .-ire luuiied in the order of their\\nbirths as follows: Myrtle K., Ozro I-)., .lessamine L,\\nFern ..Omar and Hazel. Mr. Baldwin is a\\nmember of Lake Lodge No. 1 i;!, I. O. O. I and\\nhas filled all the chairs of his lodge. In IHIIl he\\nrepresented his lodge in the (iraiid Lodge of the\\nState. He is an active member of the Republican\\nparty, and lias freiiiiently rei)resentcd his (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2omiiiu-\\nnity in the county conventions, and had the pleas-\\nure of nominating the present sheriff. For the\\npast seven years Mr. Baldwin lias been interested\\nin the fruit plant trade, and the business has grown\\nto large proportions, he having customeis all over\\nthe I liited .States and Canada, having in ISIl. i\\neight acres of strawberries planted for that trade.\\nIn the shipping season he employs from lifteen to\\ntweiitv hands.\\nf 1- J.\\n]^i OlIN DA\\\\TS. In narrating the lives of many\\nprominent citizens and old settlers of the\\ncouiily we find no one more worthy of men-\\ntion, or w ho.se long life of usefulness is more\\n\\\\v(nlliy to be chronicled, than .lohn Davis, lie\\nis one of the county s most worthy citizens as well\\n.as one of its oldest settlers and wealthiest farmers,\\nand his honesty and integrity are proverbial in\\nthecomniunity. He was born in Cambria County,\\nPa., .lanuary 14, 1820, and although he has\\npassed the allotted age of man, three-score years\\nand ten, time has dealt leniently with him, and he\\nis still in the enjoyment of comparatively good\\nhealth.\\nBenjamin Davis, his father, wasa native of Wales,\\nbut when a small boy he came with an uncle to the\\nUnited States. His father had died in the Old\\nCountry. The father of oui- subject grow to man-\\nhood in this country, and was married to Miss\\nCatherine Williams, a native of I eniisyl vania,\\nwhere she was reared. Her father, Robert Will-\\niams, was a nalixe of Wales and came to .\\\\merica\\nwhen a voung man. .Mr. and Mrs. Davis were", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0833.jp2"}, "830": {"fulltext": "844\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nnjan-ied in Pennsylvania, and in 1848 oame to\\nMichigan, locating in Beriien County, where they\\nerected a log house. Mrs. Davis, the mother of\\nour subject, died in this liouse a week after coming\\nto Michigan. The father was eigiity-three years of\\nage at the time of his death. Tlieir union gave\\ntliem nine children, our suliject l)eing the third\\nchild in order of birth, and the second son.\\nThe latter was reared and educated in his native\\nState, and was twenty-eight j^ears of age when he\\ncame to Michigan. Previous to that, when but\\neighteen years of age, he began learning the car-\\npenter trade, and in 1844 was married in his na-\\ntive State to Miss Nancy Mills, who was born in\\nPittsburg, Pa., July 15, 1818. Her father, Robert\\nMills, was a native of Delaware, but died in Pitts-\\nburg, Pa. Her mother was also a native of Dela-\\nware, but died in Pennsylvania. They were the\\nparents of six children, Mrs. Davis being the fourth\\ndaughter. After his marriage Mr. Davis located in\\nEbensburgh, Pa., and there resided until 1848,\\nwhen, as before stated, he came to Michigan.\\nAbout 1861 i\\\\Ir. Davis moved witii his family to\\nBerrien County and settled on his present farm.\\nIn 1862 he enlisted in Coinpanj- F, Twenty-liftli\\nMichigan Infantry, as a private, and served until\\nthe close of the war. He was promoted to the rank\\nof Corporal, was in seventeen prominent engage-\\nments, and was with Sherman on his march to the\\nsea, but never received a wound. He was honor-\\nably discharged at Salisbury, N.C, and subsequent-\\nly returned to his farm. To Mr. and Mrs. Davis were\\nborn seven children. William E. died while serv-\\ning his country; Charles L. is a prominent farmer\\nof Niles Township; Francis A. is a traveling man;\\nAlwilda A. is now in Nebraska; Frederica died when\\nthree years of age; Marshall H. died at the age of\\nthree months; and May E., wife of B. W. Tooley,\\nresides in Kalamazoo, Mich.\\nSocially,Mr. Davis is a member of Frank Graves\\nPost No. 64, G. A. R.,at Niles. In politics he is a\\nDemocrat, but he voted for Abraham Lincoln in\\n1864. He has held a number of township otHces,\\nthe most prominent being Township Ti easurer and\\nJustice of the Peace. Mrs. Davis has a Bible two\\nhundred and forty-five years old, and a vest that\\nher father wore when married.\\nSRAEL M. ALLEN, a prominent general agri-\\nculturist and fruit-grower of Sodus Township,\\nBerrien County, was horn in Onondaga County,\\nN.Y., March 25, 18.34. His father was of New\\nEngland birth, and a man of enterprise and intel-\\nligence, and was born in Connecticut in 179;).\\nJohn Allen was of an adventurous and determined\\nnature, and had left his birthpLace when voung and\\nsettled in the Stale of New York in a very early\\nday. When the tide of emigration toward the\\nnew Western Slates and Territories began to take\\nits way he became dissatisfied with liie Empire\\nState, and finally decided to try his fortunes in\\nMichigan. While his son Israel was but an infant,\\nJohn Allen, with his family, journeyed to Ypsi-\\nlanti, wlicre he bought one hundred acres of land,\\nbut, his health soon after failing, he was obliged to\\nsell out, and removed to Portage County, Ohio.\\nOur subject received only very limited advant-\\nages for an education, tiie schools of early days\\nbeing primitive in their mode of instruction, but\\nhe patiently gathered all the knowledge attainable,\\nand later improved himself by reading and obser-\\nvation. Long before reaching his majority our\\nsubject was obliged to become self-sustaining, and\\nobtained work on a canal when only a mere boy.\\nHe was engaged eight seasons in this occupation,\\nand in 1854 journe3 ed to the West and settled in\\nPipestone Townshiis, Berrien County, Midi. Here\\nhe purchased forty acres of land, and all alone\\nbegan clearing it of the heavy timber. He en-\\ntered with zeal into farming, raising the ordinary\\nproducts, then the crops of Michigan.\\nIn 1861, not long after the breaking out of the\\nCivil War, Mr. Allen enlisted in C^ompany I,\\nTwelfth Michigan Infantry, and was mustered in\\nat Niles. Owing to the sudden death of his father,\\nin 1862, he employed a substitute, and returned to\\nhis home to look after his father s family-. Novem-\\nber 6, 1864, he again enlisted in the same regiment\\nfor one year, during which time he participated in\\nthe battles and skirmishes at Clarendon Hills, Pine\\nBluff, Little Rock, Ark., and at the ex| iration of\\nthe twelve months was mustered out of service at\\nCamden, Ark., and again returned home. He next\\nengaged in the carpenter trade, and continued in\\nthat employment until 1867, when lie made his", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0834.jp2"}, "831": {"fulltext": "RESmmCE OF ISRACL M, ALLEN ,5EC.26. SODUS TP\u00e2\u0080\u009e BERRILN CO. MICH\\nRESIDENCL\\nor HENRY 5CHAUB.5EC.ir..R0YALT0U TP. BERRIEN CO. MICH", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0835.jp2"}, "832": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0836.jp2"}, "833": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n847\\nln iinanciit liome in Sodus Townsliip, wlicri- lie is\\ndevoting his time to llic cullivaUoii of sixty-five\\njicres of tlie bosl land in liio State, and lie is now\\ngiving a large siiaie of his attention to the; profit-\\nable pursuit of fruit-growing.\\nM.ay 19, 1802, I.srael Allen and Miss Sarah J.\\nRector were united in marri.-ige. The union was\\nblessed by the birth of two children, liiit during\\nthe absence of the liiisliaiid and father in the army\\nthe wife and one child both |)assedaway. The one\\nsurviving child, Anson Allen, is a musician, and is\\nnow playing in the orchestra of the Grand Opera\\nMouse in Chicago. December ih. 1!S67, our sub-\\nject again entered the bonds of matrimony and\\nwedded iMiss Kmily Sharar, unto whom has been\\nborn two children: Chillie B., at home; and Luke\\nM., who is an engineer. Fraternally. Mr. Allen is\\na member of (ieorgc II. Thomas Post No. 14,\\nG. A. R., and, politically, he is a strong Democrat,\\nhaving voted the ticket continuouslj- since the\\nelection of Buchanan. Interested in local and\\nnational issues, our subject is a loyal citizen, ever\\nready to assist in all matters of public welfare and\\nimprovements.\\n-H-\\nyi^_ KNRY SCMAITB. For many years, or since\\ny boyhood, WW subject has given the occupa-\\ntion of farming his principal time and\\n*^J. attention, and that a life-time spent in pur-\\nsuing one calling will result in substantial success\\nespecially it energy and perseverance are applied,\\nis particularly true in his case. Like m.iny other\\nof the representative citizens of the county, Mr.\\nScliaub is a native of (Jermany, his birth having\\noccurred there on the 18th of February, 1823.\\nHis i)arents, Andrew and Julia Scliaub, were also\\nb(.rn in (;ermany,the father having been a soldier\\nin the regular aimy prior to his marriage. He\\nfollowed the occupation of farming and also gave\\nsome attention to the mining of lead. He died\\nin 1833, and his wife in 1837.\\nThere were live children in the parental family,\\nall of whom are now residents (ff (lermanv with\\nthe exception of Henry Scliaub, who remained in\\nhis native land until attaining his twentieth year.\\nTp to that time he had heard much of the induce-\\nments offered to young men in America, and, this\\ncountry becoming the Mecca of his ambition,\\nhither he repaired as soon as circumstances permit-\\nted, lie first secured employment in the coal and\\niron mines of Clarion County, I a., but at the end of\\ntwo years went from there to (ialena, 1 11., where he\\nworked several mines on his own responsibility,\\nbut made little or no inone\\\\- until the last half of\\nthe fourth year, when he was very successful. He\\nthen decided to give up that business, and from\\nthere he came to St. .Joseph, Mich., the two subse-\\n(juent years being spent in a sawmill. This busi-\\nness he also gave up, and soon after rented a\\nfarm in Koyalton Township, making sufficient\\nmoney to enable him five years later to purchase\\nthe farm where he now lives. This tract of land\\nconsists of forty acres and is located six and !i-\\nhalf miles south of St. Joseph and, when this was\\ncleared of incumbrances he bought thirty-eight\\nacres one mile west of where he is now residing.\\nDuring the long term of years that Mr. .Scliaub has\\nresided in Berrien County, the people liave had\\nevery opportunity to judge of his character, and\\nno whisper has ever been breathed against his fair\\nname. As we know, he started out with limited\\nmeans in a strange country, and what he has accu-\\nmulated is tlie result of great industry and i)erse-\\nverance. He says that he could never have accu-\\nmulated so much in any other countrj-, and that\\nthe United States is the country for a struggling\\nyoung man to amount to something in.\\nMr. Scliaub was married in Galena, 111., about\\n1858, to Miss Elizabeth Scheurer, who was born in\\n(Germany and is now enjoying a serene old age.\\nTo them a family of nine children was born, but\\nonly seven are living: William; Fred; Mary, wife\\nof Charles Padgie; Louisa, Mrs. John Biicher; .Ju-\\nlia, wife of William Ariit; John and lleiirv. Mr.\\nScliaub has resided on the farm on which he is\\nnow living since 1862, and for a number of years\\nafter locating on this land he toiied early and late\\nto clear it of timber, paying for it by cutting cord-\\nwood on the land and selling it. He is a believer\\nin the church uf which his parents were members,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0837.jp2"}, "834": {"fulltext": "848\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\nthe Evangelical C hureli. He is a policN-liolder in\\nthe Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Ber-\\nrien County and is a man of much [lulilie spirit,\\nalways ready to assist in any movement tending\\nto benefit the section in which he resides. Me\\nthoroughly understands the details of his calling,\\nis a man of strong character, sound judgment, and\\nhas always set an example of honor and industry\\nthat all will do well to emulate.\\n!l^^\\n^^EZE;KIAH S. CONE, book-keeper and trav-\\neling salesman for R. W. IMontross, at\\n(ialien, was born in New Maven, Conn.,\\njj; August 17, 1835. His ancestors were for\\nseveial generations identified with the history of\\nthe State of Connecticut, where they were well\\nand favorably known. The first representative of\\nthe family in America was Daniel Cone, who emi-\\ngrated hither from Scotland as earl} as 1626 and\\nmade settlement in East Haddara, Conn. The pa-\\nternal grandfather of our subject was Horatio\\nCone, a native of East Haddam, who was reared\\nto maturity in the city of his birth. His wife\\nbore the maiden name of Polly .Selden, and was\\nborn in the Nutmeg State.\\nGrandfather Cone s family consisted of seven\\nchildren, all of whom reached mature 3 ears. as\\nfollows: Peleg, father of our subject; Hezekiah.\\nwhose death occurred in Connecticut; Daniel, a\\nresident of jMoodus, Conn.; Zachariah, who resides\\non the old homestead at East Haddam, Conn., the\\nbirthplace of so man\\\\ of his name; Elizabeth, who\\nlives in Connecticut; and .leannelte and Henrietta,\\nIjotli of whom are married and reside in New York\\nState. Peleg Cone was leared in East Haddam\\nand married Miss Ann, daughter of William Brace,\\nof Connecticut. After his mairiage he engaged\\nin the silver-plating business at New Haven for a\\nnumber of years, but later removed to Oxford,\\nOhio, in January, 1851, where he purchased an\\nhotel and for a time superintended its manage-\\nment. Subsequently he disposed of the hotel and,\\nembarking in the real-estate business, continued\\nthus engaged for many years. His death occurred\\nin 1882.\\nOf the family of seven children, fi^e survived\\nto maturity, as follows; Adeline, wife of .lames\\nSmith, a retired capitalist of Liberty, Mo.; Eliza-\\nbeth, who married Dr. A. A. Barnett, a prominent\\nphysician of .lersevville. 111.; Cornelia, .widow of\\nDr. George W. Keely, of Oxford, Ohio; our sub-\\nject; and Franklin, wlio is a well-known banker\\nand real-estate dealer at Oxford, Ohio. The two\\ndeceased are William, who died at Benton, Ark.;\\nand George, who w.is a prominent and successful\\ngrocer, residing in Oxford, Ohio. The fatlier of\\nthis family was an active worker in the Methodist\\nP^piscopal Church, and a liberal contributor to its\\nvarious enterprises. He was especially inteiested\\nin educational matters and served for some time\\nas a member of the School Board. His wife is\\nstill living and makes her home in Oxford, Ohio.\\nIn the public and High Schools of New Haven,\\nthe subject of this sketch received an excellent\\neducation and laid the foundation of the practical\\nknowledge he now possesses. Al the age of eigh-\\nteen, he accompanied his father to Oxford, Ohio,\\nand soon afterward went to Si)ringfield, 111.,\\nwhere for three years he was engaged as a clerk in\\na general mercantile establishment of that cit\\\\\\nReturning thence to Oxford, he succeeded his\\nfather in the hotel business and was thus engaged\\nuntil the War of the Rebellion commenced, after\\nwhich he was employed in the (Quartermaster s\\ndepartment until the close of the war. Later he\\nspent one year in Oxford, and thence removed to.\\nBuchanan, ]Mich., where, in partnership with .1. W.\\nII. Smith, he engaged in the handle business, tlie\\nconnection being maintained for thirteen years.\\nMr. Cone was similarly engaged at Charlotte.\\nMich., for three years, at Yandalia, Mich., for\\nseven years, and at Bradner, Ohio, for one year.\\nReturning to (iaiien, he entered the employ of\\nR. W. Montross in 1881, and has since filled the\\nposition of tiaveling salesman and book-keeper\\nfor the establishment. A stanch Democrat, he has\\nserved in various official positions, to which he\\nhas been elected on the party ticket. He h.as held\\nthe otlice of Treasurer of Gallon Townshi|), Town-\\nshij) Clerk (while residing in C.ass County) and has", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0838.jp2"}, "835": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AXD TUOflRAPITTCAL RECORD.\\nKl!\u00c2\u00bb\\nliocii ;i iiU ii,l L r of tilt; l$(i;ii(l of rriislcc.-i of llio\\nvillage, also of the Hoard of Kclueatioii. lie was a\\ndelegate to the Denioeratie State Coi .veiilioii at\\nthe time Gegole was noininated for (loveriior. and\\nhas freqiu iitly served as delegate to county con-\\nventions.\\nMay 9, 1859, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nCone to Miss Ciiarlotte A., the daughter of John\\nStill, and a native of lielfast, Ireland, who emi-\\ngrated to America at the age of about fifteen years.\\nFour children complete the family, namely: Mary,\\nwidow of (ieorge A. HIakeslee; (ieorge, who is\\nrailroad agent for the Michigan Central at Mat-\\ntison. III., also express .agent at that place; and\\nJennie and John, who are with their parents. The\\nposition occupied by this family in the social cir-\\ncles of Galien is one of much prominence and\\n(wpularity, and they are highly regarded through-\\nout the community where they have resided for\\nso many years.\\n^OBKRT S. GKIFFIX. M. D., a [irominent\\nand successful medical practitioner of Cass\\nCounty, Mich., h.as been permanentl3 located\\nin Ed wardsburgh since 187;j, and aside from\\nthe demands of his professional cares hasetficientlj-\\ndischarged the duties of Postmaster since 1889.\\nOursubject isanative of Griflinsville, Erie County,\\nN. Y., and was born September 25, 1828. He is\\nthe son of James W. and Sallie (Abbott) Griffin.\\nHis paternal grandfather, Obadiah Griffin, was a\\ndirect descendant of three brothers Griffin, who\\nemigrated from Wales to England and thence to\\nAmerica in Colonial times. Grandfather Griffin\\nwas one of the hardy and enterprising |)ioneers of\\nErie County, N. Y., and late in life journeyed to\\nthe then far West and with his son, Robert S., lo-\\ncated in Niles, Mich., where he died some six years\\nlater, passing away in about 1832. He had reached\\nfour-score years of Christian usefulness, and was, in\\nreligious persuasion a (Quaker. He twice entered\\ninto till lionds of wedlock. Ills lirst wife bore him\\none child. I cter. His second wife became the\\niiiother of three sons and two daughters. Isaac died\\naged nine years; Robert S, who died in Iowa, was\\nburied in Niles; James W. was the tlurl in order\\nof birth. Obadiah (irillin went to Canada and took\\nup lands after the War of 1812. but finally re-\\nturned to New York.\\nJames W. (Milliii. the father of our subject, re-\\nsided for a lime in Canada with his parents, but\\nafter the War of 1\u00c2\u00ab12 came back to the I nited\\nStates and settled in Griltinville. where he and his\\nbrother Robert engaged in business and operated\\nfarms. The village, then named Griffin s Mill, is\\nnow called (iriffinsville. The father was a Colonel\\nof Militia ill New York, and was a leading man in\\nhis part of the State. In the spring of 18.32, he\\ndecided to try the broader fields of the West, and\\njourneyed to Detroit b\\\\- water, thence traveled by\\nteam, and settled one mile east of Niles, Mich. He\\nentered one hundred acres of land from the\\nGovernment and immediately began the cultiva-\\ntion of the homestead. In 1838, he again made a\\nchange of residence, locating at Racine, Wis., where\\nhe took up another one hundred and sixty acres,\\nand as before industriouslj- planted wheat in the\\nfall. In the si)ring the crop proved a failure. There\\nwas sickness in the familj-, and, discouraged, they\\nreturned to their old locality in Michigan. Father\\nGriffin bought a farm in Ontwa Township, and\\nyearly tilled its fertile soil until 1850, at which\\ndate he sold this property and went to Wisconsin,\\nwhere he died.\\nDuring his long career of usefulness as a citizen\\nhe occupied many resjionsible positions of trust,\\nand was intimatel3 associated with the develop-\\nment and progress of Cass Counl_v. He served with\\nability as Supervisor, was an excellent Justice of\\nthe Peace, and, placed upon the Hench as Associate\\nJudge of the county, was equal to all the require-\\nments of his honored office, and also a member of\\nthe State Legislature for one term gave great satis-\\nfaction to Ins constituents. In political atfiliation\\nhe was a Democrat. Fraternally, he was a valued\\nmember of the Ancient F ree Accepted Masons.\\nThe father of our subject was twice married. Miss\\nCatherine Abbott became his lirst wife. Of their\\nchildren. Rachel McOmber is deceased; George", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0839.jp2"}, "836": {"fulltext": "850\\ni-ORTRAlT AND BIOGKAPHICAL RECORD.\\ndied in California; Obadiali died in Chicago,\\ntiie victim of a terrible accident, being crushed\\nwhile starting the machinery of a boat; Jona-\\nthan A. was killed in California while asleep in\\na mine, supposed to have been murdered for liis\\ngold; Ira is a resident of Missouri; and Hiram of\\nWisconsin. The second wife was the mother of six\\nchildren: Catherine, deceased; Robert S., onr sub-\\nject; Mariette Buou3 of Nebraska; Charlotte Conk-\\nlin, deceased; Eli. deceased; and Albert, a citizen\\nof Wisconsin.\\nThe mother of our subject was a native of Penn-\\nsylvania, and late in life, making her home in\\nNebraska with a daughter, died in the West. The\\nniatenial grr.nd father, .Jonathan Abbott, a prosper-\\nous farmer, lost his wife in New York, and later\\ncame with his son to Michigan and, constantly re-\\nsiding within the State from 1832, passed away\\nmourned as a public loss. Dr. Griffin was educated\\nin the practical routine of study pursued in the\\ndistrict schools, and, having decided to embark in\\nprofesHonal life, at nineteen began to read medi-\\ncine with Dr. Lockwood. of E^dwardsburgh. In\\n1848-49, he enjoyed the benefit of a course of lec-\\ntures at Indiana Medical College, located at I nion,\\nCass Count} and after two years coinjileted his\\nstudies. He spent the three succeeding years at\\nKdwardsburgh, and in 1855 made his home in\\nLainton, in 1873 removing to .South Bend. He\\nfinally returned in 1875 to Edwardshurgii, where\\nhe has since devoted himself mainl to the [uac-\\ntice of his profession. Politically, our subject was\\nuntil 1854 a sturdy Democrat, l)ut since that date\\nhas been an active Republican. He has held with\\nfaithful ability- various official positions, and as\\nPostmaster of Edwardsburgh, appointed in 1881),\\nhas given universal satisf.action to his fellow-towns-\\nmen.\\nDr. Ciriffin was united in marriage with Miss\\nAmanda M. Hewitt, a native of Pennsylvania and\\ntlie daughter of Detliic and JjOuisa (Ainsley)\\nHewitt. The parents of Mrs. Griffin came from\\nthe (Quaker State to Calhoun County, Mich., and\\nthence removed to Cass County, where they spent\\ntheir lemaining da3s. Mr. Hewitt was a black-\\nsmith by trade, an uprightand industrious man and,\\nesteemed bv his friends and neighbors, served f(}r\\nyears as a .Justice of the Peace in Calhoun and\\nOntwa. His wife, a devoted Christian, was a mem-\\nber of the Presbyterian Church. Our subject and\\nhis estimable wife have been blessed by the birth\\nof four children, two sons and two daughters: l ;g-\\nbert H., of San Francisco, Cal., .an able optician\\nIda E., Carrie M., and Fred, who died at twenty -six\\nyears of age. Dr. GrifHn is an Elder of the Presby-\\nterian Church and has been a member of the de-\\nnomination since he was eighteen years old. Mrs.\\nGrifHn united with the church at sixteen and has\\nably .assisted in the work and social enterprises of\\nthat religious bod} Dr. and Mrs. Griffin are\\nprominent factors in all matters of mutual welfare\\nin their home locality and possess the high regard\\nof a large circle of old-time friends, tried and true.\\n.^=o\\nf(_^ IRAM WOODEN. It is with pleasure that\\nwe recount the experiences of those of the\\ncitizens of Mason Township who came here\\nin the early days and underwent hardships\\nand privations that they might develop the rich re-\\nsources of this region, and bring about the condi-\\ntion that we see to-day. Among those brave and\\nhard\\\\ men is Hiram Wooden, who has been a resi-\\ndent of this State since twenty years of age, and\\nh.as ever been a promoter of intelligence and so-\\nciability. He was born in Saratoga County, N.Y.,\\nJanuary 5, 1826, the son of Zaclias Wooden, and\\ngiandsonof Reuben Wooden, who was born either\\nin Germany or Holland. The hitter s parents\\nwere Timothy and Annie Wooden. Reuben mai-\\nrie Patience Sandeis and they became the parents\\nof ten children.\\nThe grandfather of our subject came to this\\ncountry when young and married a lady who was\\nalso of foreign birth, born in Wales. They settled\\nin New York State, and there Mr. Wooden fol-\\nlowed agricultural pursuits until his death. He\\nlies buried in Saratoga County. He had one son,\\nTiniiilliy. a soldier in the Uevoliitionary War,\\nwliii hail his leg broken while driviinj a wagon", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0840.jp2"}, "837": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AN!) I;I(;(;KA]MII( Ah UECORD.\\n851\\nlondcr) with ammunition. The limb was ampu-\\nlati il uitli ;i conuuoii woodsaw, but lie died from\\ntill etfecls of this extraordinary operation. Zachas\\nWooden was a soldier in tiie War of 1812. He\\nmarried Miss Amy Teaeliout, who was also born in\\nthe I .nipire Slate, and Ihe^- had eight children, six\\n.suns anil one daughter, besides our subject. Tiie\\neldest cliild. Harriet, married Charles Smith in\\nNew York Slate, but subsequently came to Michi-\\ngan and died in Mason Township, Cass County,\\nMarch I. I\u00c2\u00ab8(i. She was the mother of four chil-\\ndren, two of whom died in infancy. The others\\nare: Martha, who married Theodore (iarvin and\\nresides in JIason Township; and H. T., who went\\nto Montana, whoro he resides at the present time.\\nThe brother next younger than our subject, John,\\nwas born .January 6, 1828, and died in Michigan\\n.lime I, 18(){l. He was single. Abijah, born April\\ni. 1830, clied without a family. Smith, born May\\n1, 1832, married 3Iary Main, and is a retired far-\\nmer. He lives in Cassopolis and has tiiree chil-\\ndren, a son and two daughters. Cornelius, born\\nJlay 1, 1834, was a soldier in the Civil War and\\nseived three years. He was with Sherman in his\\nmarch to the sea and in a number of prominent\\nengagements. lie was twice married, the last\\ntime to Miss Martha Winegartner, who bore him\\nfour children. He is novv a merchant in I eloskey,\\n!Mich. Timothy, born in 183G, entered the army\\nin the Second .Michigan Cavalry, Company I,, and\\ndied in lleiiton Barracks, in St. Louis; and Charles,\\nborn in 1838, was accidentally shot and killed\\nwhile hunting near Helena, Mont.\\nThe father of this family was a man of consid-\\nerable means and in 1843 he came West to Michi-\\ngan, [nirchasing a considerable tiact of land in\\nMason Township. This he divided among his\\nlive living children, giving each a good tract in\\nhis own right. He then returned to the Em-\\npire State and sent his children out to grow up\\nwith the countiT. Later he came West and made\\nhis home at Klkliarl, liid., where his wife died No-\\nvember 27. 187(!. Fr(nn there he moved to Mason\\nTownshii). this county, and i)assed away on the\\n1st of April, 1881. His son, Hiram, the subject of\\nthis sketch, was but about twenty years of age\\nwhen he came to .^Hchigall to take up the farm\\ngiven him by his father, and he at once began\\nmaking improvements. A log house was erected,\\nbut thoughts of the pleasant home in the Kast in-\\nterfered with his bachelor life, and he was home-\\nsick for some time. At length he made the ac-\\nquaintance of Miss Martha C. Dils, and tlie3- were\\nmarried on the 25th of September, 1850. This\\nlady came originally from the Empire State. She\\nw.as born in Cayuga County, October 7, 1833, and\\nwas the daughter of David and Catherine (Miller)\\nDils.\\nMr. Dils was born in New Jersey and was of\\nScotch descent. His wife died in New York State\\nFebruary 16, 1843. She was the daughter of John\\nand Sarah (McCloud) Miller, both natives of the\\nold Bay State and of Scotch-Welsh descent. Mrs.\\nWooden had one brother, Abiain J., who was born\\nFebruary 8, 1843, and who was but eight days old\\nwhen his mother died. He is now a resident of\\nElkhart, Ind. During the Civil AVar he enlisted\\nin 18G1 and served his country faithfully until the\\ncessation of hostilities. Mrs. Wooden s half-bro-\\nther, Myron E., was born in June, 1847, and mar-\\nried Miss Arabella Thomas. He died July lit,\\n1880. Mrs. Wooden s father was married the sec-\\nond lime, in 1844, to Miss Theresa Olmslead.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Wooden took his bride,\\nwho was but seventeen years of age, to his humble\\nhome in the forests of Michigan, and on this farm\\nthey lia\\\\e toiled together for forty-three years.\\nWith his own hands he h.as cleared u|) two hun-\\ndred acres of the heavily-timbered land, and she\\nh.as ever contributed her share towards making the\\npleasant home they now enjoy. F^ or more than\\nfort} years they have been exemplary members of\\nthe Free-will Baptist Church and have done mucli\\ntowards assisting the cause of Christianity. For\\nseveral years Jlr. Wooden has been a Deacon in\\nthe (!hurch and Mrs. Wooden has been Clerk of\\nthe Society. A life-long tem|)erance man, and now-\\nwell on toward his three-score years and ten, he can\\nsay what few, ver^- few, can do, that he was never\\nintoxicated in his life an.d has always been a tem-\\nperate man. In [)olilics he is a Republican but has\\nnever sought or cared for otlice.\\nTo .Mr. and Mrs. Wooden were born three chil-\\ndren. i,oren E., born November 21, 1851, mar-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0841.jp2"}, "838": {"fulltext": "852\\nPORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD\\nried Miss Elida Keel3 who bore him five children\\nan infant, who was born March 17, 1883, and died\\nwhen but a few weeks old; Maud, born March 17,\\n1884; Ethel, born February 16, 1886; Achsah,born\\nin January, 1888: and .lay R., born .June 1.5,\\n18yO, Amy C. the second child, born .luue 11,\\n1855, lirst married .John 1*. Frazier, who died June\\n4, 1880, leaving three children: Carl E,, born\\nJuly 21, 1876; Myron Burton, born September\\n15, 1878; and Zoa Belle, born November 21,\\n1879. The eldest child, Carl E., was a boy pos-\\nsessed of far more than average ability. F^arly\\nin life he displayed a great liking for his books\\nand could master anything he set his mind to.\\nAlthough but fifteen years of age at the time of\\nhis death, he was read\\\\ to graduate from the Al-\\nlen High School. After the death of her husband\\nMrs. Frazier married again, T. M. Southworth be-\\ning her second choice. Their nuptials were cele-\\nbrated -September 15, 1885, and they have two\\nchildren, a son and daughter. Tiiey reside at Al-\\nlen, Mich. The voungest child born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Wooden, Achsah, first saw the light of day\\nDecember 6, 1863, and died .January 9, 1880.\\nEORGE W. GARD. No worthy reference\\nto the agricultural affairs of Cass County\\nwould be complete without mention of Mr.\\nGard, among others engaged in tilling the soil.\\nBesides this he enjo3S to an unlimited extent the\\nconfidence and esteem of all who know him, and\\nis one of the influential men of the county.\\nLike many of the most active and enterprising res-\\nidents of the community, he was born here, and is\\nmuch more likely to succeed here than a stranger.\\nHis father. Milton J. Gard. is a prominent man of\\nVolinia Township and has made his home here for\\nmany years. The maiden name of the mother of\\nour subject was Olive Green, and she died when\\nour subject was three years old.\\nGeorge W. Gard first saw the light in Volinia\\nTownship, his birth oi-curring April 4, 1848. and\\nin that township he grew to manhood and re-\\nceived a district-school education. When twenty\\nj:ears of age he branched out as an educator,\\nand continued this occup-ition in his own dis-\\ntrict for nine years. Under his charge were about\\none hundred pupils in one district. Later, he\\ntaught in Districts No, 3 and 15, and continued\\nhis career as an educatoi for thirteen years. In\\n1873 he purchased his farm, and carried this on\\nin connection with teaching.\\nOur subject s happ\\\\ domestic career commenced\\non the 14th of November, 1872, when he was mar-\\nried to Miss Rachel Kirby. daughter of the Rev.\\nJohn and Maiy (Rouse) Kirby, the father a na-\\ntive of England and the mother of New York.\\nMr. nd Mrs. Kirby still reside in this township\\nand are the parents of seven living children, Jli-s.\\nGard being the sixth in order of birth. She was\\nborn on the 28th of October, 1851, in St, Joseph\\nCounty, Mich., but was educated in Volinia Town-\\nship, she and her husband being schoolmates. Be-\\nfore her marriage she taught school for some time.\\nMr. and Mrs. Gard are the parents of two in-\\nteresting children: Olive K., now ten years of\\nage; and Manly B., who is but a little chap of\\nthree \\\\ears. Mr. Gard has shown his apprecia-\\ntion of secret organizations by becoming a mem-\\nber of Volinia Lodge No. 227, A. F. A- A, M., of\\nwhich he was Secretary for a long time. He was\\nalso Senior Deacon and Junior Warden. He is a\\nmember of the Anti-Horse Thief Association, of\\nwhich he is Treasurer, and a member of the Farm-\\ners Club, of which he has been Vice-President.\\nHe takes a deep interest in all educational mat-\\nters, and has been Director of District No. 4 for\\nten years. Active in i)olitics, he supports the\\npolicy and [ninciples of the Republican party and\\nis often called to conveations. In 1872 lie served\\nas Township Clerk, and h.is held the office of Jus-\\ntice of the Peace for many years, being the pres-\\nent incumbent of that office. As long as the office\\nof Township School .Superintendent was in vogue\\nhe held that position. He is now serving his first\\nterm as Supervisor, During 1889 and 1890 he\\nwas Secretary of the County .School Ex.nmining\\nBoard, and all the examining and visiting fell to\\nhis lot. He has also been Township Scliool In-\\nspector of Viollnia.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0842.jp2"}, "839": {"fulltext": "PORTllAIT s\\\\yi) lUOUKAIMlK Al. KFX ORD.\\n853\\nJn IXh: Jlr. tiaifl went to Dakota, and tliere\\nkept books for liis iincle, Kli Gieen, for some\\ntime. No m(jri mlliiential or successtul business\\nman lias liis lioine in the county than Mr. Oard.\\nHe is known far and wide for integrity and fair\\ndeaiiMir, and enjoys tlic c-ontidence of all who\\nknow him. In addition to this, he is a farmer\\nwhose opinion on all matters |)ertaining to agri-\\neultuic earry with them great weight in the com-\\nmunity in wliich he lives. I lie farm of eighty\\nacres that he owns is in a tine state of cultiva-\\ntion.\\n^I^S\u00c2\u00a91^[1^1\\n\u00c2\u00bbl BKNKZKH IIAHKIS is one of the promi-\\nnent and successful business men of (ialien\\nand is the senior memberof the well-known\\nfirm of Iv Harris A Son, dealers in dry-goods, gro-\\nceries, liools and shoes, furnishing goods and hats\\nand caps. The superior reputation held by the\\nmembers of the firm, and the promptness and ac-\\ncuracy with wliich the business is conducted, have\\ncontiibuted largely to the success now enjoyed by\\ntlie enterprise. The stock is unsurpassed in qual-\\nity and includes a complete and varied .assortment.\\nThus managed with perfect system, and a reputa-\\ntion surpassed l)y none, the firm has achieved a\\n|)Osition of distinction among the leading and\\nmost prosperous of the great industries of 1* errien\\nCounty.\\nThe Harris family is of English origin, and its\\nfirst representative in the United States was a Mr.\\nHarris, who emigrated from England many years\\nago and settled in Rhode Island. His .son James\\nwas born and reared in that State, and there mar-\\nried a Miss Aldridge. Somewhat later he removed\\nto erraont, where he settled in licniiington\\nCounty and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He\\nand his wife were the parents of eight children.\\nKseck being the youngest. He was born in Heii-\\nnington Count}-. Vt., where he gained a common-\\nschool education and grew to a stalwart, vigorous\\nmanhood amid the dilHculties and privations of\\npioneer life. L pon forming domestic ties, lie was\\nunited in marriage with .Miss Prudence, the daugh-\\nter of Ebenezer Pratt, who had removed to Ver-\\nmont from Rhode Island.\\nLocating after his marriage upon a farm in I?en-\\nningt(jn Township, l ennington County, t., Eseck\\nHarris passed his life in an uneventful manner,amid\\nthe scenes endeared to him by all the associations of\\nchildhood and maturer years. He followed fanning\\npursuits uninterruptedly and was quite successful\\nas a tiller of the soil, being a man of excellent\\nju lgment and sound common sense. He and his\\nwife had a family of eight children, of whom six\\nattained maturity and .-ire now living. Of this\\nnumber, the readers attention is invited to the\\nseventh in order of birth, the subject of this\\nsketch, who was born in Henniiigton County. Vt.,\\non the l-2th of March, 18;59. Passing his youth-\\nful days in the (ireeii Mountain State, he there\\navailed himself of such educational advantages as\\nwere offered, and through study and observation\\nI became a well-informed man.\\nAt the age of eighteen, Mr. Harris came to\\niSIichigan and located in (ialien Township, Berrien\\nCounty, where he embarked in farming pursuits.\\nAbout the same time he was married to Miss\\nLois, daughter of Pardon Yaw, a native of Ver-\\nI mont. Nothing occurred to interrupt the peaceful\\ntenor of his life until the war cloud darkened the\\nNation and the lirst shot lired on Ft. Sumter\\nechoed around the world. His i)atriotic spirit\\naroused, Mr. Harris offered his services in his\\ncountry s defense, and on the i id of October,\\n18(11, his name w.as enrolled as a member of Com-\\npany E, Twelfth Michigan Infantry. He [i.-irtici-\\npated in the tierce engagement at Sliiloh, after\\nwhich he w.as assigned to hospital duty, and later\\nwent to Detroit. Upon .again being ordered to\\nthe front, he took part in the battle of Ilalchee\\nBridge and was then detailed to the Ambulance\\nCorps. After an honorable military career, cover-\\ning a period of four years or more, he was houor-\\n.ably discharged at Camden, .Vrk.\\nri)on returning to fialien, Mr. Harris shortly\\nafterward embarked in the general mercantile bus-\\niness, forming a partnership with (ieorge Partridge,\\nand continuing in this connccticm for about three\\nyeafs. After dissolving that partnership, he con-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0843.jp2"}, "840": {"fulltext": "854\\nPORTRAIT AND BI0(;RAPH1CAL RECORD\\nducted the business alone until 1892, when his son,\\nClyde II., entered the firm. They now conduct a\\nflourishing trade, not only with the people of Gal-\\nien, but also with the farmers of the surrounding\\ncountry. In addition to his business interests,\\nMr. Harris devotes considerable attention to tlie\\nmanagement of his two farms, located in Galien\\nTownship, one in Galien Centre and the other one\\nand one-iialf miles west, and comprising eighty\\nand forty acres, respectively. This land is under\\nexcellent cultivation, and special attention is\\nalso given to stock-raising.\\nAfter the death of his first wife, Mr. Harris mar-\\nried Miss Clara, daughter of George Parrish, tlieir\\nunion being celebrated in 1886. Of the first\\nmarriage six children were born, four of wiunii\\ndied in childhood. The others are: Liilie May,\\nwife of Frank Prince, a resident of Berlamont, Van\\nBuien County, jMich.; and Clyde II. In his polit-\\nical atfili.ations Mr. Harris adheres to the principles\\nof the Republican party, and has been the recipi-\\nent of numerous official honors at the hands of iiis\\nfellow-citizens. For about foui- years he served as\\nTownship Treasurer and Clerk, and for two years\\nhe has been a member of tiie Village Board. So-\\ncially, he is identified with the Independent Order\\nof Odd Fellows and the Grand Ami} of the Re-\\npublic.\\n^^EORGE W. MURWIK. It matters little\\nIII whiit a man selects .as his life occupation, so\\n^V^j] long .as it is honorable. If he is honest,\\nupright and courteous in his intercourse with\\nother men, and possessed of energy, determination\\nand perseverance, he is bound to make a success of\\nhis calling. This i)art of Michigan has proved a\\nmine of wealtli to thousands of industrious and\\nearnest farmers. They have come hither from tlie\\nEast and from foreign countries, and by dint of\\nhaul work have developed the resources which\\nnature so liberally provided. Among these is\\nGeorge W. ^Iurwin,wlio is now one of the success-\\nful farmers of Uoyalton Township.\\nLike many of the first-class citizens of the\\ncount}-, Mr. Murwin is a native of New York, born\\nin Tompkins Township, Delaware County, August\\n6, 1829, and is the son of Epaphras and Rebecca\\nBennet Murwin. The father was also born in the\\nEmpire Slate, May 24, 1797, and was a soldier of\\nthe War of 1812. He was drawing a pension at\\nthe time of his death. In .luly, 1837, he left his\\nnative .State and made a journe^ to Ohio, settling\\nin Ashtabula County, where he made his home\\nuntil 1864. From there he moved to Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., in the fall of the last-named year,\\nand died in Ro alton Township on the 11th of\\nOctober. 1872. His marriage occurred Februaiy,\\n17, 1827, in Tompkins Township, Delaware Count}-,\\nN. Y. His wife was born in Delaware County,\\nN. Y., December 18, 1805, and died in Royalton\\nTownship, this county, February 11,1873. They\\nwere the parents of one child besides our subject,\\na daughter named Sally .lane, who was born March\\n7, 1833. and died June 18, 1851, in .Say brook, Ohio.\\nTlie scholastic training of our subject was re-\\nceived in the common schools, and he remained\\nwith his father, .assisting with the farm work, until\\ntwenty-six years of age. Tliis farm was at Say-\\nbrook, Ohio, and the most of it was paid for by\\nthe labor of our subject. The latter w.as married\\nin Ohio, February 6, 1855, to Miss Weltha A. Con-\\nverse, a native of Bainbridge, Ohio, who was\\nborn on August 1. 1836. She was the daughter\\nof David Converse, who was a native ermonter.\\nborn in Rutland March 3. 1804. The mother of\\nMrs. Murwin was formerly Miss Harmon}- Bell, who\\nwas a native of the old Ba} State, horn M.ay 26,\\n1X14.\\nTo our subject have been born the following\\nchildren: Elsie B.. wife of C4eorge Culvern, who\\nresides in Valparaiso. Ind.; Milford J.; Frankie B.,\\ndeceased; .Sally .lennie, wife of Alonzo Smith, who\\nresides in New Troy, this county; Bertha, at home;\\nFlora, deceased; Gracie, deceased; and Hariiet,\\nat home. Mr. Murwin has been .lustice of the\\nPeace of Ro\\\\a!ton Township for about twenty\\nyears and is holding that position at the present\\ntime. He cast his first Presidential vote for Frank-\\nlin I ierce. In politics he was a Democrat until\\nafter 1880. and in 1\u00c2\u00ab84 he voted for St. John, the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0844.jp2"}, "841": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0845.jp2"}, "842": {"fulltext": "--^^^v\\nJ", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0846.jp2"}, "843": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND niCXiRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n857\\nProhibition candidiite. He is n stionsr temperance\\niniui. He and Mis. Miu wiii are members of the\\nSecond Advent Church and have hehl membersliip\\nill the same for thirty years and are well liked in\\ntlie c-ommuiiily.\\nMl. IMurwin came to Herrien County, Midi.,\\n.\\\\|iri! 22, 1863, and located on his present farm,\\nwhich then consisted of one hundred and fifty-\\nthree aci CS, fifteen acres being under cultivntion.\\nI his farm is located six miles southeast of St.\\n.Idscph and four miles south of Benton Harbor,\\nand the most of it Mr. Murwin cleared with his own\\nhands. He has given his children all but one hun-\\ndred and three .acres. Mr. Murwin is a member of\\nthe Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company.\\nI If is ri man of education and a liberal promoter\\nof all laudable entcrjirises. For tiie past four\\nyears ho has been engaged in the milk business,\\nselling in St. .losepli.\\nON. HENRY B. WELLS. There is in the\\ndevek)pmcnt of every successful life a\\nprinciple wiiich is a lesson to every man\\ny a lesson leading to higher and more honor-\\nable positions than the ordinary. Let a man be\\nambitious and honorable and he will rise, w^hether\\nhaving the prestige of family or the obscurity of\\npoverty. These rellections are called forth bj a\\nstudy of the life of Hon. Henry B. Wells, one of\\nthe most extensive farmers of his .section. Like\\nmany of the representative citizens of tiie county,\\nhe is a native of the Empire State, born in Otsego\\n(ouiily, F ebruary 4, 1830. His iiarents, Werden\\nand .lulia (Baker) Wells, were natives of Rhode\\nIsland and New York, respectively, and his pater-\\nnal grandfather, .Tosluia Wells, was also a native\\nof Rhode Island. The latter s brother, William\\nWells, who was a Revolutionary soldier, was shot\\nin the head and had the sight of both eyes de-\\nstroyed. Our subject s maternal grandfather was\\na native of New York -State and a farmer by oc-\\ncupation.\\nWerden Wells was a int chanic by lra U After\\nreaching mature 5 ears lie was married to Miss Ba-\\nker, their nuptials being solemnized in New York\\nState. For some time after their marriage this\\nyoung couple resided in Otsego County, N. Y.,\\nhut in 1835 they moved to Michigan and settled\\nin Charleston Township, Kalamazoo County, on\\none of the wildest farms in the region. There\\nthey made a permanent home and passed the clos-\\ning scenes of their lives, the mother dying in 1845,\\nand the father in 1890. After the death of his\\nwife, Mr. Wells married Miss Eliplia Filkins, who\\nresides in Kalamazoo County. To his first union\\nnine children were born, six surviving at the pres-\\nent time: R. H. B.. Homer, Werden, .Ir., Morrill\\nand Almond II. The second union resulted in the\\nbirth of two children: Mattie and Perry. Mr.\\nWells was a consistent member of the Methodist\\nFipiscopal Church and in his religious faith and\\npractice had the close sympatln- of his first wife,\\nwho belonged to the same society. In politics he\\nwas a Whig until the defeat of Henry Clay, when\\nhe became an Abolitionist and on the formation of\\nthe Republican party joined its ranks.\\nThe early education of our subject was received\\nin the log schoolliouse in Kalamazoo County,\\nMich., and when fourteen years of age he left\\nhome to live with a Mr. Tubbs until his twenty-\\nfirst birthday. However, he did not remain with\\nthe latter that long, but when eighteen years of\\nage came to Cass County, where he assisted in\\nbuilding the Michigan Central Railroad for some\\ntime. The three years following he worked for\\nJohn S. Gage and then for two 3ears was conductor\\non the \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Michigan Central. Later he was engaged\\nin liuilding a sliip canal, and after tinisliing that\\nhe leturned to the road, on which he remained\\nthree years. He was then Inspector of wood and\\ntimber for three 3-ears, after which became to Cass\\nCounty and settled on his present farm.\\nIn 18t)() he removed to Dowagiac, engaged in\\nmerchandising, and after continuing this for three\\nj ears sold out, and for three ^-ears was in the pro-\\nduce business in that place. Later he moved back\\nto the farm, but only remained on this two years,\\nwhen he again returned to Dowagiac and was en-\\ngaged in his former business for two years. Not\\nbeing satisfied, he letiinied to the farm, on whicli\\nn", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0847.jp2"}, "844": {"fulltext": "858\\nPORTRAIT A^D mOGRAI HICAL RECORD.\\nlie has since remained. In the 3 ear 1854 lie was\\nmarried to Miss Phipbe C arr, a daughter of Caiy\\nand Kliza (Heazlit) Carr, both natives of Nevv\\nYork State, the father born in 1801, and the mo-\\nther in 1805. Mr. C arr and wife came to Michi-\\ngan in 1849, settling in Wavne Township, Cass\\nCounty, where they passed the remainder of their\\ndays, the fatlier dying May 3, 1875, and the mo-\\nther April 29, 1883. Only one child besides Mrs.\\nWells is now living, Robert H., who makes his\\nhome ill Minnesota. Mrs. Carr was a consistent\\nmember of the Congregational Church.\\nMrs. Wells was born in Yates County, N. Y.,\\nOctober 19, 1837, and received her education in\\nthe log schoolhouse of those days. The marriage\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Wells resulted in the birth of Ave\\nchildren, two of whom are living. Alice M., wife\\nof II. B. Tuthill, resides in Michigan Cit3 and\\nElbert C. married Miss Lottie Andrews, and\\nalso resides in Michigan City. Both children are\\nwell educated. Mr. and Mrs. Wells are members\\nof the Congregational Church at Dowagiac and\\ncontribute freely of their means to its support.\\nFormerly Mr. Wells was a Mason. In politics he\\nwas at one time a Whig, but upon the formation\\nof the Republican party advocated its principles\\nand has voted with that party ever since and is\\nnow a member of the County Republican Com-\\nmittee. His fathei also took an active part in\\npolities.\\nOur subject was Township Ti-easurer in 1859,\\nand Supervisor in 18G0, holding that position six\\nyears in succession. In 1866 he was elected to\\nthe Legislature and lield that position until 1868,\\ntaking sides against the general railroad law. He\\nserved as chairman on several committees. In\\n1880 he was again made Township Supervisor. He\\nIS often called upon to act as administrator of es-\\ntates and guardian of minors. During the admin-\\nistration of Gen. Grant he was Postmaster at\\nDowagiac. An enthusiastic supporter of public\\nenterprises, he is never the one to hold back when\\nassistance is required. He has been a member of\\nthe School Board and is interested in all school\\nwork.\\nMr. Wells is the owner of two hundred and\\nforty .lores of improved land, and is widely known\\nfor his success as a tiller of the soil. He was\\nPresident of the Cass County Mutual Insurance\\nCompanj for twelve years, for two years was\\nTreasurer, four years Director, and assisted in or-\\nganizing it. He .assisted in building the elevator\\nat Dowagiac. During the Civil War he was Re-\\ncruiting Olficei- for Wayne Township and always\\nfilled the ([uota for the township. He made twcj\\ntrips to the South in the recruiting business.\\nj^ W. SANDKWS, Cashier of the Fii t Xa-\\nL^ tional Bank at Buchanan, was born in\\nJ .luniata County, Pa., February G, 1845.\\nHe is a descendant of English ancestors, and his\\ngrandfather was born, it is supposed, in that\\ncountry. Richard Sanders, father of our subject,\\nwas born in Maryland, and from ten years of age\\nwas reared in Pennsylvania, vvhere he still resides.\\nHis trade is that of a millwright and boat-builder.\\nThe mother of our subject, whose maiden name\\nwas Leah Whistler, was born in Pennsylvania, and\\ntraced her lineage to (ierraan\\\\ Her parents\\ndying when she was a small child, she was reared\\nby strangers.\\nThe parental famil\\\\ consisted of six cliildicii,\\nour subject being the eldest. The second child\\ndied in infancy. The others are: Richard, who\\nresides in Penns.ylvani,i; Mary and John, who died\\nat the ages of seventeen and nineteen j ears respec-\\ntively; and Clara, who was called hence at the .-ige\\nof two j ears. Our subject was reared in Penn-\\nsylvania, where he attended the common schools\\nof .luniata Count3 and also carried on his studies\\nin Freeburg Academy for six w eeks. He was\\nonly ten years old when he began to earn his live-\\nlihood, his first occupation being that of driver on\\nthe towpath on the Pennsylvania Canal. At the\\nage of nineteen he secured a situation as clerk in\\na general store at Mt. Pleasant Mills, and occupied\\nclerical positions in different establishments for\\neleven years.\\nComing to Berrien County, Mich in 1877. Jlr.\\nSanders was employed for tUi; two foUowmg years", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0848.jp2"}, "845": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFXORlJ.\\n859\\nmi a farm belonging to Joliii M. Rough. In 1879\\nhe went to Dayton, Mii-li., and engaged as a clerk\\nin a gencnil store, where he remained for eigiit\\nyears, lie accepted tiie position of traveling\\nsalesman for John .V. Tolman, wholesale grocer of\\nChicago, in 1889, and remained in his employ for\\nfourteen years, traveling through .Michigan and\\nnorthern Indiana. In his travels his attention\\nwas especially called to the favorable opportunities\\noffered by the thriving village of lUichanan as a\\nplace of residence, and hence, in 1881 he located\\nhere. In 1888, he, with others, organized the\\nFirst .National Bank, of which he was first Vice-\\nI resident and is now Cashier, lie is eminently\\ni|ualitied for the discharge of the duties connected\\nwith his position, possessing a keen insight, shrcvvd\\nbusiness judgment and .sound common-sense.\\nOn the 19th of November, 1872, ficcurred the\\nmarriage of E. VV. .Sanders to Miss Louisa Rough,\\nthe daughter of .Samuel and Margaret Rough.\\nTwo children have blessed this union: Frank R.\\nanil llettie R. Politicall}-, Mr. .Sanders is a Dem-\\nocrat and has served in various positions of trust,\\nto which he was elected on the ticket of that |)arty.\\nHe is a member of the Village Council and he is\\nserving on the Board of School Directors. Me\\nis a member of the Masonic fraternity, being con-\\nnected with Buchanan Lodge No. 68. He also be-\\nlongs to Dayton Lodge, I. O. F.\\nOSEPH BRAMHALL, a prominent farmer\\nof Berrien ounty. Mich., has made his\\nhome upon section 19, (ialien Township,\\nfor thirty-three years, and during this\\nlength of time has been a constant resident of his\\nhomestead, with the exception of his term of ser-\\nvice in the late Civil War. Mr. liramhall w.as\\nborn in Bradford County, Pa., April 15, 1838.\\nHis parents were Moses and Sallie .lane Bramhall.\\nThe father of our subject was bound out to learn\\nthe carpenter s trade, and, serving a long aiiiiren-\\nliceshi)), became an adept in handling the tools of\\nhis craft. He found his trade most iirotitable\\nthroughout his life, being a practical builder and\\ncontractor. An energetic and industrious man, of\\nexcellent business ability, he prospered and am.assod\\na comfortable competence. He owned a valuable\\nhomestead of two hundred acres and aside from\\nhis trade successfully entered into agricultural\\npursuits. The parents were united in marriage in\\nWyoming County, Pa., and milo them were born\\nten children.\\nThe eldest-born, (ieorge R., resides in Chicago;\\nPollie A. married .loseph N anaukcn, and makes\\nher home in tluHJuaker .State; the next is John;\\nCharles died in earlv childhood; Kellogg is\\nin Pennsylv.iiii.-i; .lolin .1. is a business man of\\nChicago; Mark was in New Orleans at the time\\nof the Civil War. and has since never been heard\\nfrom: Joseph is our subject; Martin is a citizen\\nof La Porte. Ind.; and Nathan U. is deceased. In\\npolitical affiliation, the father was a Whig, and\\nalways took an intelligent interest in National\\naffairs. He survived until Februai-y, 1864, but his\\nexcellent wife passed away April 26, 18,5L At\\ntwelve years of age our subject began to make his\\nown way in the world, hiring out as a farm hand.\\nPassing his early 3-outh in a round of agricultural\\ntoil, he arrived at seventeen years of age, and then\\nlearned the carpenter s trade, to which he gave\\nhis attention up to two yeai ago. He began\\nhis business as a carpenter in Pennsylvania, but\\nin 1860 located in P errieii County. Mich., and\\npurchased lift_ -three acres of land where he now\\nlives. At present he has but twenty-live acres in\\nBerrien County.\\nMr. Bramhall was married in 1861 to Miss Ma-\\nlinda Shedd, daughter of Sylvester and Sallie\\n(King) Shedd. Mrs. Bramhall was born in New\\nYork in 1827; her parents were also natives of the\\nEmpire State. Five children blessed the home:\\nJosie, wife of Hall Ryther; Nathan; Harry, who\\ndied at two years of age; Mary; and Harry II.,\\nwho is also deceased, his injuries from a bucking\\npony resulting in death. Our subject, answering\\nto the call of the (ioveraiment, enlisted in 1864 in\\nCompany E, Twelfth Michigan Regiment, under\\nthe Army of the West, and served until 1865.\\nConstantly surrounded by dangers, he was never\\nwounded, and escaped caplnie and the priscui pen.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0849.jp2"}, "846": {"fulltext": "860\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nTlie war having ended, he was discharged at Little\\nRock, Ark., and honorably mustered out of the\\nservice. Mr. Bramhall casts his vote with the Re-\\npublican party and gives active aid in all matters\\nof local progress and reform. A man of clear\\njudgment and upright principles, he is one of the\\nsubstantial citizens of Berrien County, and com-\\nmands the respect of friends and neighbors.\\n^r\u00e2\u0080\u0094^\\nHARI.ES H. (tODFRKY, owner of tiie God-\\n|l( ^L frey Canning Factory at Benton Harbor,\\nis a native of the State in whicli lie resides\\nand was born in .Jackson County October 12, 1845.\\nHis father, George P. Godfrey, was born in New\\nYork, of Scotch descent, and in 1840 removed to\\nMichigan, locating in Jackson County during the\\nearly period of its history. Thenceforth he was\\nidentified with the progress of that county, an in-\\nterested witness of its growth and an active con-\\ntributor to its development. He and his wife are\\nnow living at Springport. Jackson County, retired\\nfrom tlie affairs of active life.\\nIn a somewhat uneventful manner the subject\\nof this sketch passed his l)oyliood years in Jackson\\nCounty, where he gained a practical education in\\nthe common schools. He was a lad in his teens\\nwhen tiie war cloud began to hover darkly over the\\ncountiy and the storm of conflict burst upon the\\npeoijle. With all the ardor of youth and of in-\\ntense loyalty* to the Union, he enlisted, when less\\nthan twent\\\\ 3ears of age, becoming a member of\\nCompan} A, First Regiment of Engineers and\\nMechanics. ^Vith his regiment he marched to the\\nfront and was engaged in destroying railroads,\\nbridges, and otherwise impeding the enemy s\\nprogress. Among the engagements in which he\\nwas an active participant may be mentioned those\\nat Bentonville and Savannah. After the war was\\nbrought to a close and pence once more reigned\\nthroughout the land, he was mustered out of the\\nservice and returned to Michigan in October,\\n186.5.\\nAfter engaging for part of a year as a farmer in\\n1 Jackson County, Mr. Godfrey removed to Shel-\\nbina, Shelby County. Mo., in 1866, and there fol-\\nlowed agricultural pursuits. Later he followed\\nthe same occupation for four years in Livingston\\nCounty, Mo., but not desiring to remain longer in\\nthat State he returned to his former home in Jack-\\nson County, where he engaged in farming for two\\nyears. In the spring of 1872 he came to Berrien\\nCounty and settled on a farm near the village of\\nBenton Harbor, where he conducted agricultural\\npursuits until 1885. Removing during that year\\nto Benton Harbor, he established a cider mill, and\\nevaporating and canning factor}-. The factory\\ndoes a good business and has filled a want long\\nfelt in this locality.\\nMl Godfrey conducts an extensive business in\\nthe evai)oratioii of apples and small berries, which\\nhe ships principally to Chicago. He makes a\\nspecialty of canning corn, tomatoes and berries,\\nand his canned fruit hag ,1 reputation throughout\\nthe entire country for the universal excellence of\\nquality by which it is characterized. Adjacent to\\nBenton Harbor lie owns a linely-iinproved fruit\\nfarm, on which he raises pears and raspberries, and\\nsuch is the success with which his etforts have been\\ncrowned that during the season of 18;t2 he shijiped\\ntwo thousand cases of raspberries.\\nAs a public-siiirited citizen, Mr. Godfrey gives\\ndue consideration to the puplic issues of the daj\\nand possesses decided opinions upon topics of gen-\\neral importance. A strong believer in protection\\nfor home industries, he naturally atliliates with\\nthe Republican party and is one of the influential\\nmen in that political organization. Socially, he is\\nidentified with George H. Thomas Post No. 14, (i.\\nA. R. He owns and occupies a comfortable and\\nattractive residence al No. 14!l Bruiison Avenue,\\nand, being a man of domestic tastes, finds in his\\nhome the greatest happiness of his life. Mis mar-\\nriage took place in ]March, 1866, and united him\\nwith Miss Mary Wilkin.son, a native of New York.\\nHer parents, Amasa C. and Anna (Jenks) Wilkin-\\nson, were natives of Rhode Island. The former\\ndied in 1849, and the death of the latter occurred\\nduring the same year. The Wilkinson famil\\\\\\noriginated in Englan l and its first representatives\\nin A ncricu accompaiiu-cl the f.-unou-?. Roger Will-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0850.jp2"}, "847": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND RIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n861\\niams to tbe United States, settling at the head of\\nNiirragansett Hay. Mr. ;iiul Mrs. Godfrey are tlie\\njiareiits of tliroo daiiulilors :iiiil one son. Matlie N.\\nMay .^r.. Willard A. and Minta K.\\nON A l llAX IIARTSKM,, a practical general\\nagricnlturist and successful stock-raiser, and\\na native of INIicliigan, lias been associated\\n_ with the growth and history of the Stale\\nfor more than a half-century. lioin in Cass\\nCounty. November 11. 1X36, he was the son of\\n.lunathan and F etsey (Muffley) Ilartsell, pioneei-\\nsettlers of the county. IMie parents were both na-\\ntives of Ohio and, reared in the homes of theii-\\nchildhood, had attended the primitive schools of\\ntheir birthplace and, attaining to mature age, mar-\\nried. They remained for some time longer amid\\nthe familiar .scenes of their childhood and then\\ndecided to emigrate to the State of Indiana. They\\nliiially made their home in Cass County, Mich.,\\nwhere the father bought one hundred and sixty\\nacres of land in the dense woods. A man of en-\\nergetic industr\\\\-,lie resolutely set himself to work,\\nand aided by his elder sons cleared the fertile\\nacies, which he afterward brought up to a liigh\\nstate of cultivation and imi roved with a good\\ndwelling, barns and sheds. The father, who was\\nborn ill IKdl, survived to reach seventy-three\\nyears of age and, respected by all who knew him,\\npassed away upon the old homestead in the year\\n1S77.\\nThe llartsells were of direct German descent\\nand from their sturdy ancestry received the bequest\\nol thrifty and industrious habits, which assisted\\nthem to successfully make their way in life. The\\nmother survived her husband and died in 18b7.\\nA pioneer woman, facing the privations and self-\\nsacrilices of frontier life with courage and resolu-\\ntion, she welcomed to her heart and home sixteen\\nchildren, to whose care and training she unweari-\\nedly devoted herself, aiding tliem and stimulating\\nthem to effort. The little primitive subscription\\nschools were for long the only educational op-\\nportunities offered her elder children, but at the\\ntime when Jonathan had arrived at an age to at-\\ntend school the facilities for instruction had much\\nimproved and the district schools offered to all a\\ngood common education. Our subject was the\\ntenth child of the family and spent the days of\\nboyhood upon the Cass County homestead. While\\nyet a young lad he was thoroughly drilled in the\\nvarious work of daily farming lab(u- and, growing\\nu[ a self-reliant youth, vvas practically fitted by\\nhabits of observation and experience to make his\\nway successfully in life.\\nWhen about twenty-three years of age Jonathan\\nHartsell was united in marriage with Miss Laura\\nHarger. The union was blessed by the birth of\\none child, Florence, now the wife of Lester Kemp-\\nton, a native of the county of ISerrien and a pros-\\nperous merchant of (ilendora. Our subject first\\nmade his home in Berrien County in 1874, then\\nlocating in Berrien S|)rings. Me not long after\\nremoved to Weesaw Township and settled upon\\nthe valuable farm of eighty acres, all under a high\\nstale of cultivation, well improved with substantial\\nand commodious buildings and pleasantly situated\\nabout a half-mile from (Jlendoia. Mr. Harts.ell\\ncast his first Presidential vote for Stephen A.\\nDouglas, and, although never anxious for i)olitical\\nofliee, takes an abiding interest in both local and\\nnational issues of the day. A man of intelligence\\nand earnest purpose, he is identified with the pro-\\ngressive interests of his home locality and is es-\\nteemed by the entire community as a self-respect-\\ning and upright citizen of sterling integrity.\\n)EV. CLEMKNT .S. LE.STKIJ. pastor of the\\nFirst Baptist Church of Benton Harbor, was\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i \\\\V born in Lenawee County, Mich., on the\\n18th of March, 1860. He is the son of\\none of the pioneers of Michigan, Lewis G. Lester,\\na native of New York, who settled in St. Joseph,\\nthis Slate, in 1810, and followed farming opera-\\ntions there for a period of nineteen years. In", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0851.jp2"}, "848": {"fulltext": "862\\nPORTRAIT AND EIOGRAPfflCAL RECORD.\\n1859 he removed to Lenawee County, where he\\nhas since resided. Tlie Lester ancestors were Eng-\\nlisli people and, emigrating to America, settled on\\nLong Lsland, where John Lester, the paternal\\ngrandfather of our subject, was born. The mother\\nof our subject was Harriet, the daughter of Enos\\nScofield, a native of Seneca, N. Y. The maternal\\ngrandmother of our subject was in maidenhood a\\nMiss Talmage and was a cousin of the father of\\nthe famoiLS divine, T. DeWitt Talmage.\\nThe best educational opportunities were be-\\nstowed upon the subject of this notice, who was\\nprepared for college at Raisin Valley .Seminary, lo-\\ncated near Adrian, Mich. At the age of twenty-\\ntwo years, he entered Kalamazoo College, at Kala-\\nmazoo, Mich., and was graduated from that insti-\\ntution with the Class of 85, having completed\\nthe studies of the classical course. Early in his\\nboyhood he had become a Christian, and it was his\\nlofty ambition to become a minister of the Gospel.\\nFor this profession he was peculiarly adapted, both\\nby nature and training, and it was a source of\\ngratitication to his friends when he was ordained\\nto the ministry at St. Louis, Mich., August 4, 1886.\\nAt once after ordination, Rev. Mr. Lester as-\\nsumed the pastorate of the First Baptist Church of\\nSt. Louis, Mich., where he remained until 1888,\\nmeanwhile building up the church at that place\\nand increasing its usefulness in the vicinit3\\nThence he came to Benton Harbor, and has since\\nthat time been pastor of the First Baptist Church.\\nHis labors here have been crowned with great suc-\\ncess. Tlie church has prospered and increased in\\nnumbers under his pastorate, and now has a mem-\\nbership of three hundred and nine, having had\\none hundred and seventy additions during his pas-\\ntorate of five years A new pipe organ, costing\\n$2,000, has been placed in the church, other ex-\\npensive repairs have been made, and a parsonage\\nfund amounting to $3,000 has been accumulated.\\nSuch facts as these, without further comment,\\nprove the possession of unusual abilities on Mr.\\nI^ester s part. He is a fine illustration of the com-\\nbination of Christian uprightness and business\\ncapabilities, and while of course his success as a\\npastor is principally due to the former, yet the\\nlatter has been by no means an unimportant factor\\nin securing the gratifj ing results. He is rever-\\nenced and loved by young and old in the church\\nwhere his counsels are heard, and is also highly\\nregarded by the people of Benton Harbor, irre-\\nspective of denominational preferences. He has\\nserved as one of the Directors in the Baptist State\\nConvention and is well known by the Baptists\\nthroughout the State.\\nNovember 18, 1885, occurred the marriage of\\nRev. Mr. Tjcster to Miss Frances, daughter of\\nFrancis M. Matteson, a native of New York, but a\\nlong-time resident of Lansing, Mich. This union\\nhas proved a most happv and congenial one, and\\nhas been blessed by the birth of one daughter,\\nLucile. The parsonage is located at No. 101\\nBroadway, and is a cozily furnished and attractive\\nabode, where Mrs. Lester welcomes her friends\\nwith a charming hospitality. The social position\\noccupied by the family is one of distinction, and\\nthey are very popular among the people of the\\nvillage.\\n=JW-\\n1\\nACOB OEBHARD. The prudent ways and\\ncareful methods of the Teutonic farmer\\nare conspicuous in La Grange Township,\\nwhere so many representatives of the Ger-\\nman race have settled in order that they may en-\\njoy broader opportunities in every direction.\\nThe gentleman whose name is placed at the head\\nof this sketch, and who resides on section 7, is\\none of the manv whose efforts have made this lo-\\ncality so distinctly productive and beautllul. He\\nwas born on the Rivei- Rhine, in German^ in 1820,\\nand there remained and received a fair education\\nuntil a young man. About this time many were\\nemigrating to the United States, and young Geb-\\nhard decided to cross the ocean too. Upon reach-\\ning the land of the free and the home of the\\nbrave, he was without means, and all he had to\\nassist him in tlie struggle for a livelihood was a\\npair of willing hands and any amount of pluck\\n.and energy.\\nA few years later he had accumulated consider-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0852.jp2"}, "849": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n863\\n:il)li means, and deciding tliat it wii.s not yood fi r\\nmail to live alone he was mairic-d. Still later\\nlie emigrated Westward and located in Cass Coun-\\nty. Slieli.. where lie was one of the jiioiieeis of La\\n(Jiangc rownship. in that township all his cliil-\\nhen were born and educated. Although Mr.\\n(lebhard speaks the German language in his family,\\nhis children have received good educational .ad-\\nvantages in the English .schools, and are bright\\nand intelligent, more so than the avcage. The\\nfarm upon which he settled on coining to this\\ntownship was wild and unimproved, but he had\\ninheiited all the push and energy of his ancestors,\\nand went actively to work to make it the attrac-\\ntive place it now is. The iiH\u00c2\u00bbt of it is under cul-\\ntivation and the buildings on it are comfortable\\nand commodious. Everything about the place in-\\ndicates the owner to be a iiiaii of progressive ideas\\nand tendencies and one of great industry. All his\\njiropertv is the result of his own exertions, and lie\\ndeserve great credit for his jierseverance.\\nE^^-\\n^Tj^sLMOUK F. I.KWIS. One of the most usc-\\n11^ fill houses for the accoiiimodation of visi-\\n1^^ tors, etc., is one where you can be housed\\nand fed with the best the market supplies, and\\nwhere you feel |jeifectly at home. Such an hotel\\nis the N andali.i, conducted by the genial and most\\nagreeable proprietor, Elmore E. Lewis, who is also\\nclassed among the |)romiiient and substantial tillcis\\nof the soil in Peiiii Township.\\nMr. Lewis is a product of Cass County. Mich.,\\nbom in Newburg Township November l.s. 1847,\\nand is a son of .loiiathaii W. and Emma (Fer-\\nguson) Lewis, both natives of the Empire .State.\\nAbout IXJd .lonathan Lewis emigrated to Cass\\nCounty, .Mich., and actively engaged in working\\nthe soil of Newlnirg Township. He was an iiidus-\\nti ions, hard-working man. and one who was highlv\\nrespected for his ii prig lit. honorable conduct. He\\nlii came the owner of a line fiirm. ;uii| on this he\\nand his worthy companion passed the closing\\nscenes of their lives, he dviiiij in IHIil. Thev were\\nthe parents of five sons and one daughter, all of\\nwhom reached mature years. Three of the sons\\nserved in the Civil War, and Francis S. and .James\\nH. Lewis, the two eldest, lost their lives at the\\nbattle of Stone River.\\nOur subject, the third in order of birth of these\\nchildren, grew to manhood in his native county,\\nand, with the exception of one year spent in Da-\\nkota, has made his home here ever since. In this\\ncounty he received his scholastic training, and\\nhen: he received those lessons of frugality and in-\\ndustry that made his father so well known in this\\nsection. On the ttli of December, 1868, he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Narcissis T. Pein-\\nberlon, daughter of Reason S. and Margaret (Miller)\\nPeraberton, the former a native of Wayne Coun-\\nty, Ind., born Murch \u00e2\u0096\u00a023,18-24, and the latter of\\n(Termany.\\nj\\\\lr. Peinbertoii and his wife celebrated their\\nnuptials in Henry County, Ind., May 3, 1840, and\\ntwo years later moved to Cass County, Mich.,\\nwhere the father has since resided. He finds a\\ncomfortable and pleasant home with his son-in-\\nlaw, our subject, and is a man esteemed and re-\\nspected by all. His wife passed over to the silent\\nmajority on the 14th of December, 1885. Twelve\\nchildren were born to this most estimable couple,\\neight of whom grew to mature years and became\\nthe heads of families.\\nIn April, 18S) 2, Mr. Lewis was elected Super-\\nvisor of Penn Township by the Republican party,\\nof which he is an ardent suiiporter, and he is\\nnow the incumbent of lliat position. He dis-\\ncharges the duties incumbimt upon this position\\nin a very satisfactor\\\\ manner, and is a capable\\nand ctlicient man for the position. He has ever\\nadvocated the principles of the Republican party,\\nand his first Presidential vote was cast for Gen.\\nGrant. In .lune, 18(!1, he eiili-ited in Company\\nH, Nineteenth Michigan Infantry, and served one\\n\\\\ear. He was in the .Mlanta campaign with Sher-\\nman, and served his country faithfully and well.\\nHe participated in the battle of lienlonville and\\nnumerous skirmishes, but was never wounded. The\\nhard service was too iniii-h for him. however, and he\\nhas never lieeii as well since. In connection with\\nthe hotel business he is also engaged in farming,", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0853.jp2"}, "850": {"fulltext": "864\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand has a good home of eighty acres located two\\nand a-half miles northeast of Vandalia, and forty\\nacres located two and a-half miles northeast of\\nDecatur. Mr. Lewis is a member of the t4rand\\nArm3- of the Republic, and both he and his wife\\niiold membership in the Disciples Church. The\\\\\\nliave had four children, onlv two now living.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-i^l\\nWILLIAM rilCKS, a general agriculturist\\nand leading citizen of Benton Township,\\nBerrien County, is the descendant of a\\nlong line of energetic ancestry, who, industriously\\ndevoting tliemselves to the culture of the soil,\\nsteadily won their way up to positions of honored\\nusefulness and influence. The worthy parents of\\nMr. Hicks were of English nativity, and were\\nreared and educated in the (Queen s dominions.\\nSoon after crossing the broad Atlantic to the land\\nof promise, America, William Hicks and Mary\\nHallock were married and made their home at first\\nin New York, settling in Ontario County, where,\\nin 1849, tlieir eldest child, our subject, named in\\nhonor of his father, was born. William Hicks was\\nbut a lad when liis parents emigrated from the\\nEmpire State to the farther AVest. Journeying to\\nMichigan, they leraained in Hillsdale Count}-, lo-\\ncating upon a farm. The father, 3 et surviving\\nand the owner of a valuable homestead in Hills-\\ndale County, is numljered among the early settlers\\nof that part of the Stale, and now in tiie evening\\nof his age enjoys tlie high regard of his old\\nfriends and neighbors. The prosperous home of\\nthe parents was blessed with tlie jiresence of six\\nchildren, two daughters and four sons.\\nWilliam was the tirst-born in the parental fam-\\nily; Emiline is the wife of Spencer Calkins, of Or-\\negon; David is a prominent farmer of Hillsdale\\nCount} Thomas, also a successful agriculturist,\\nresides in Hillsdale Count} George is a well-\\nknown tiller of the soil in Berrien County; and\\nLibbie is the wife of Tliom.as Benge, of Hillsdale\\nCounty. Growing uji amid the associations of\\ntheir youtli. the brothers and sisters have all\\nbecome frugal, self-reliant and industrious citi-\\nzens, and not one in the family ever indulges in\\nthe use of liquor or tobacco.\\nOur subject was from his early childhood trained\\nin the daily round of farming duties and readily\\nacquired a thorough and practical knowledge of\\nagriculture. During his boyhood he assisted his\\nfather upon the old homestead and also received\\ninstruction in the district schools, but, a man of\\nquick discernment and keen observation, has since\\nadded largely to his stock of knowledge and is\\nmainly self-educated. When only nineteen years\\nof age he ambitiously began life for himself, and\\nworked out by the month steadily for nine years.\\nAt the expiration of this time Mr. Hicks had, by\\nhard work and self-denial, gradually accumulated\\na modest capital for future careful investment.\\nWhen about twenty-eight years of age Mr.\\nHicks was united in marriage with Mi.ss Hattie\\nCrippen, a native of Washtenaw County, Mich., a\\nlady of pleasing presence and superior abilit}-.\\nThe estimable wife of our subject has proved a\\ntrue helpmate and possesses the esteem of a wide\\ncircle of acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks at\\nfirst settled on rented land, which Mr. Hicks culti-\\nvated profitably for two years, and then decided\\nto remove to Berrien County, the permanent home\\nof the family since 1879. In 1881, our subject\\npurchased a half-interest in the fine farm of three\\nhundred and fifteen acres, to which he has from\\nthat period given his entire time and close atten-\\ntion, with most excellent and gratif\\\\ ing results.\\nThe broad .acreage, brought up to a high state of\\ncultivation annually, yields a bounteous harvest\\nof golden grain, and the extensive homestead, with\\nits convenient and attractive residence, commodi-\\nous barns and other improvements, is one of the\\nmost valuable pieces of fanning iiroperty in Ber-\\nrien County. The happy home has been bright-\\nened with the presence of a promising son, an\\nonly child. Ray W. Hicks, now eleven years old,\\na manly and intelligent little lad, is the pride of\\nhis parents.\\nMr. Hicks is politically no partisan, but with\\nimpartiality casts his vote for the man he deems\\nbest fitted to perform the duties of otHce. He is\\never interested in all matters of local and national", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0854.jp2"}, "851": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0855.jp2"}, "852": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0856.jp2"}, "853": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND RIOORAPIIICAL RECORD.\\nSfi\\nwelfiire and, a liberal-spiiite*! eitizin, having en-\\nterprisingly made his own way in life, ably assists\\nin the progressive advaneenient of his locality and\\nis numbered among the reliable and substantial\\nmen of Berrien Couiity.\\n/^r!% Kt)RGE C. ROCKEY. Among the success-\\nful and substantial agriculturists of Royal-\\nton Township, Herrien County, is the sub-\\nject of this sketch, whose desire to keep out of the\\nold ruts, as well as his adoption of new and im-\\nproved methods, h.as brought him in a fair share\\nof this world s goods. He ranks among the ener-\\nufetic farmers of the county, and his success is\\nmainly due to his industry and the attention he\\nhas ever paid to each minor detail. He is a na-\\ntive of the liuckeye State, born in Franklin\\nCounty Feliruary 2.5, 183( and is the on of Caleb\\nand Martha I.. (Robinson) Rockey.\\nCaleb Rockey was born in Lancaster County.\\nI a., September 12, 1803, and there remained until\\n18;i0, when he removed to Franklin County, )hio.\\nFor many years he was a resident of that State,\\nbut in September, 18(j7, he removed to Herrien\\nCounty, Mich., and here passed the closing scenes\\nof his life. Previous to settling in Michigan, Mr.\\nUockey had bought land in l?errien Countv, and\\nupon locating there he entered .actively upon his\\nduties as a farmer, devoting all his time and at-\\ntention to that calling. His wife, who was a true\\nhelper, not only to her husband but to all who\\ncame within her inlluencc, was born M.ay 24, 1803,\\nand died November 17, 1872. They were the par-\\nents of four children, as follows: Sarah M., born\\nFebruary 13,1831; Leah O., February 13,1834;\\n(Jeorge C, our subject: and Lemuel R., born No-\\nvember 8, 1838. The Tiiother of these children\\nwas for many years a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, but later she was associated\\nwith the lyatter-Day Saints. Crandfather Rockey\\nw.as Ijorn in Germany and was a farmer in that\\neountry. (Grandfather Robinson was a soldier in\\nthe War of 1812.\\n(ieoige Rockey, the third in order of birth\\nof the above-meiilioned ehildreii, was reared in\\nFranklin County, Ohio, and supplemented a good\\npractical education, received in the common schools,\\nby attending Cenlial College, where he remained\\nfour terms. Thus eijuiiiped with a good education,\\nhe started out to tight life s battles for himself.\\nHaving been reared as a farmer by his father, Mr.\\nRockey, like the majority of boys, has since fol-\\nlowed in his ancestors footsteps. He is now one\\nof the representative men of the county, .as well as\\none of its most thorough-going agriculturists. All\\nhis farming operations are conducted in a manner\\nshowing him to be a man of excellent judgment.\\nMr. Rockey w.as married in Auglaize County,\\nOhio, September 18 )r), to Miss Barbara Koebcl,\\nwho was also born in Franklin County, Ohio, June\\n9, 1844. Four children were the fruits of this\\nunion: Samuel C., Edwin L. (deceased), Leah May\\n(deceased), and Clyde W. In September, 1867,\\nMr. Rockey removed to Picrrien County, Mich.,\\nfrom Franklin County, Ohio, and here he has\\nsince resided. His home farm is located seven\\nmiles south of .St. Joseph, and consist.s of one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres. He also has two other farms\\nof ninety and eighty-eight acres each. He is a\\nmember of the ISerrien County Anti-Horse Thief\\nAssociation, and in [lolitics has alw.ays associated\\nwith the Democratic party. His first Presidential\\nvote was cast for Douglas.\\nllJOllN llOlSE, a rejiresentative and highly-\\nesteemed citizen of Berrien County, Mich.,\\nhas prosperously devoted the labor of his\\nlife to agricultural duties, and now resides\\nu|)0n his (inely-cultivated homestead located upon\\nsection 22, Hertrand Township. Mr. House is a\\nnative of Pennsylvania, and was liorn in Perry\\nCounty .July I, 1832. His parents were Ei)liraim\\nand Mary Scott House. The father, born in New\\n.lersey, was of German descent. The mother was\\nof l- ,nglisli nativity and crossed the ocean with\\nher father to the New World when only a young", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0857.jp2"}, "854": {"fulltext": "868\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ngirl. Wliile retiii-niiig to tiie Mother Country for\\nthe other moiiihers Qf his family, it iri siipi)0se(l the\\nfather was killed, as he was never heard from\\nagain. The mf)ther of Mr. House was thus left\\nalone in the I nited States. She self-reliaiitly\\ncared for herself until her marriage to Mr. San-\\nders, by wliom she became the mother of three chil-\\ndren. She subsequently wedded the father of\\nour subject and bore him fourteen children. The\\nfather died in Pennsylvania at the age of sixty-\\ntwo years, and the mother, surviving, journeyed\\nto Michigan, and was four-score years of age when\\nshe too passed away.\\n.lohn House was the eldest child of the second\\nmarriage of his mother, and was reared on a farm\\nand received his education in the primitiveschools\\nof those early days. He remained with his parents\\nuntil his marriage in l^ofi, at which date he was\\nwedded in Snyder County, Pa., to Miss Catherine\\nlirooker, born in the Quaker State and of German\\ndescent. The first wife of our subject did not\\nsiuvive her marri.age many years. Ijut lived to be-\\ncome the mothei of two sons: Wilson and Jona-\\nthan. Some time after her death, Mr. House was\\nunited in marriage with Miss P^iizabeth Limbert,\\nalso a native of Pennsylvania. Four children\\nblessed the second marriage. Maiy and Sarah are\\ndeceased; .John Edward and Lawrence F. survive.\\nImmediately following his first marriage our sub-\\nject removed to the West and located in Pulaski\\nCounty, Ind., which he made his residence aliout\\nseven months. At the expiration f)f this brief time\\nlie returned to PennS3 lvania, and foi twelve years\\nindustriously engaged in tilling the soil of his na-\\ntive State.\\nRealizing the larger opportunities of the farther\\nWest, Mr. House again left his early home, and,\\njourneying to Michigan, located i)ermanently in\\nlierrien County. He at first settled on a lented\\nfarm, and later, in 1880, purchased the tine home-\\nstead of two hundred acres to which he finally\\nremoved wil^h his family in 1883. One hundred\\nand sixty acres of the pleasantly located farm have\\nbeen brought to a high state of cultivation, the\\nproductive soil annually yielding a large harvest.\\nIk ing much troubled with rheumatism, our sub-\\nject a short time since rented his farm and now\\nallows himself needed rest and recreation, richly\\nearned by many years of unceasing (^arc and busy\\nindustry. Mi House h.as never been a politician,\\nbut he has always taken an interest in local and\\nnational affairs and is an advocate of true Democ-\\nracy. Throughout his career a kind friend, gen-\\nerous neighbor and excellent citizen, he enj()\\\\s the\\nregard and confidence of the entire community of\\nliertrand Township.\\n^-^-m m^\\nNDREW ,T. CAROTHEKS, a prominent\\ncitizen of Buchanan, Berrien County,\\nMich., and the popular proiirictor of the\\nHotel Earl, a fine brick building of three\\nstories, containing twenty-four pleasanl and airy\\nrooms, offers to the traveling public superior nc-\\ncommodations and excellent board, and, established\\nin his present (juarters since 1890, has received a\\nlarge and rapidly extending custom. Mr. Caroth-\\ners is a native of Mishawaka, Ind., and was born\\nDecember 9, 1845. His father, John A. Carothers,\\nemigrated with his parents from his native hind,\\nScotland, to America when a child, and settled in\\nPennsylvania, where he received his education\\nand attained to manhood. Bound out to a hatter,\\nhe acquired the trade, and, beginning life for him-\\nself, went to Indiana, where he received employ-\\nment. In this latter .State he worked at his trade\\nas a hatter, but was a machinist as well and a man\\nof energetic industry. In 18.52 he journeyed to\\nColorado, in which State he died in 18(il. The\\nmother, Emil} (Martin) Carothers, made her home\\nin Michigan after her husband went West, and\\ndied in Berrien Count3\\\\ She was a most estima-\\nble woman and the mother of four children: An-\\ndrew J.; Mary Iv, wife of Stewart Bell, of Iowa;\\nLavina A., wife of William Pitts, of Kansas; and\\nGeorge W., deceased. The father had been twice\\nmarried, and b} his first wife had three children:\\nWilliam, a resident of Pennsylvania; John A., a\\ncitizen of Illinois; and Jennie.\\nOur subject, essentially a self-reli:ui( and self-\\nmade man, cnjoycil liuiited opportunities f(jr in-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0858.jp2"}, "855": {"fulltext": "Portrait and iuoorapiiical rk( ord.\\nBfiO\\nsliiictidii III lii(li:iii:i uiiilCliii ago. III., I)ut early\\nhccamc M liicad-wimior. Wlicii about nine years\\nlit asje Ills mother died and, the eldest of the young\\noiplians, Andrew .1. found his way to Chicago\\nwhile ill his tenth year. lie reiiiaiiieil in the\\nWestern metropolis until he was iiearl\\\\ fourteen\\nyears old, when he returned to South I .end, Ind.,\\nand was variously employed until the bieaking\\nout of the Civil War. At this junelure \\\\oung\\nCarothers, aged seventeen, enlisted in onii)any\\nK, Kigbt\\\\ -seventli Indiana Infantry, but was not\\nmustered into the I liited States serviee until\\ntransferred as a teamster to a (ioveinment trans-\\nportation attaelied to (Ten. Davidson s cavalry\\ncommand, and engaged |)rineipally at Dnvall s\\nHlutt, Aik. Our subject was employed as carrier\\nbetween Gens. .Steele and Davidson, his route be-\\ning from Duvall s Bluff to Little Rock. The po-\\nsition which he occupied was one constantly sur-\\nrounded by danger, and Mr. Carothers in the\\nfaithful discharge of his responsible duties en-\\ncountered man} thrilling adventures and hair-\\nbreadth escapes from capture or death. lie was lit-\\nerally between two fires, and was not only exposed\\nto Confederate attacks, but in the darkness at\\ntimes was liable to be shot by the soldiers of his\\nown party. On account of failing health he was,\\nafter some time, discharged from the service, and,\\nifcturning to his former home, visited among\\nfriends, relatives and accpiaintances for a few\\nlnonth^.\\nA se ond tinu enlisting in the service of the\\nI nion, our subject entered Company 11, Twelfth\\nIndiana Cavalry, as bugler, .and .actively par-\\nticipated in the battles of Nashville, Franklin,\\n.Stevenson, Wilkinson s Pike and many other\\nhot fights, and in all took part in twenty-two\\nengagements, being once struck by a spent ball,\\nwhich knocked him over without indicting any\\nwound. Upon the 22d of November, I860, hon-\\norably discharged at V ieksburg, Miss., and mus-\\ntered out at Indianapolis, Mr. Carothers again\\nsought his childhood home and located in Indiana,\\nhis permanent residence until 1874. He left the\\narmy without means, and obtaining employment\\nin his native State as a carpenter, pursued that\\ntrade for about nine years. In 1874 he engaged\\nin business in IJiuhaii.Mii. and in 181(0 became the\\nproprietor of the Hotel Ivul, favorably known to\\niiian.N transient guests and the local public.\\nIn 18()() Andrew .1. Carothers and Miss .lennie\\nUiirr. of South I lciid, Ind., were iiiiiled In marriage.\\nThe estimable wife of onr subject was the daugh-\\nter of .Saul T. and Klecta (Button) Barr, of New\\nYork State. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs.\\nCarothers has been blessed by the birth of five\\nchildren. Nettie died at the age of six years; .Jen-\\nnie .1. was the second in order of liirlli; Kddie is\\ndeceased; Nettie K. was the fourth child of the\\nfamily; and Grace E. is the youngest-born. Mr.\\nCarothers attiliates with Lodge No. 78, 1. O. O. F.,\\nof Buchanan. He is also a member of the Grand\\nArmy of the Re|)ublic and much enjoys the re-\\nunions of the order. Politically, he is a Repuli-\\nlican, and takes a deep interest in all matters of\\nmutual welfare, local and national. He is a friend\\nto educational advancement and is ever ready to\\nassist in progressive eiiterpri.ses tending to the\\npublic good. A liberal-spirited citizen, our sub-\\nject is numbered among the substantial men of\\nBuchanan, and with his worthy wife enjo\\\\s the\\nhigh regard of a vvide acquaintance.\\nj\\nR\\nm\\nallARLKS M. BABCOCIv, an enterprising\\ngeneral agriculturist and extensive wheat-\\ngrower of SodusTownshi[), Berrien County,\\nhas p.assed his life from early boj hood in the State\\nof .Michigan, and during the entire period of his\\nresidence here has made his home within the limits\\nof the township. He was born .lul^- 17, 18.52, in\\nNoble Count} Ind., but has fornearl} thirty years\\nbeen identified with the changing scenes of Berrien\\nCounty, where he is now spending his days of\\nhonored and busy usefulness. The parents of Mr.\\nBabcock died when he w.as a few weeks old, and\\nthen the helpless little one w.as given into the ten-\\nder care of Mr. and Mrs. Krastus Harlow, who were\\nto him as parents. The Harlows at that time lived\\nin Indiana, and it was not until Charles was twelve\\nyears of age that they removed to Michigan. Our", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0859.jp2"}, "856": {"fulltext": "870\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\nsubject attended tlie district schools of Wayne\\nTownship, Noble County, Ind., and aided his fos-\\nter parents in the daily round of agricultural work\\nincidental to the life of a farmer boy. He was\\napt and intelligent, and in every possible manner\\nrepaid with gratefid affection the kindness of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Harlow. When the family came to Mich-\\nigan, Charles, who was the only child in the home,\\nattended the schools of Sodus Township and added\\nstill further to the stock of knowledge previously\\ngained.\\nIt was in 1864 that the Harlows settled in the\\ntownship, where the father purchased land and\\nerected a fine and commodious residence, substan-\\ntial barns and other improvements. Until he was\\ntwenty j ears of age our subject spent the winter\\nmonths in study, the spring, summer and fall in\\nwork upon the Harlow homestead, but at this ago\\nlie gave his entire attention to farming. Jn 1873\\nMr. Babcock purchased fifty acres of land adjoin-\\ning the farm of Mr. Harlow, and with industrious\\nenergy and unflagging amijition fiegan life for him-\\nself. After a time the failing health of Mr. Har-\\nlow made it necessary for our subject to again re-\\nturn to the care of the old homestead, and in 1889\\nhe received full charge of the lands, which he\\nprolitably managed until the death of his true\\nfriend and father. Mi Harlow, who passed to his\\nrest resi)ected by all who knew him, .June fl, 181)1.\\nJn the mean time Mrs. Hallow, a most estimable\\nChristian lady, had died two years previously, and\\nour subject was bequeathed by the will of Mr. Har-\\nlow all of his lands and property. Without an}\\ndel.ay Mr. Babcock at once came into possession\\nof all ))roperty, personal and real, which had\\nformerly belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Harlow, and has\\nsince resided upon the old home farm, which yields\\nannually an abundant harvest of wlieat, to the cul-\\ntivation of which grain the fertile fields are mainly\\ndevoted.\\nIn October, 1871), Charles lialicock and Bliss Em-\\nily Stewart were united in marriage. Mrs. Babcock\\nwas the daughter of .lohn Stewart, a well-known\\nand old-time resident of Pipestone Township. Two\\ndaughters and three sons have brightened the\\nhome with their cheerful presence, and four of the\\nlittle ones yet survive. EHie died in earl in-\\nfancy; Erastus Harlow, named in honor nf the lie-\\nloved foster father, is the eldest son; .John S.,\\nEdwin M. and Grace complete the list of the chil-\\ndren who yet gather aljout the family lireside. Our\\nsubject is not identified with any church or de-\\nnomination. Fraternally, he is a member of\\nColoma Lodge No. 144, of Coloma, and is a mem-\\nber of the National Providence Union, and also\\nbelongs to the Patrons of Husbandry located in\\nSodus Township. Mr. Babcock is, politically, a\\nRepublican, and an earnest advocate of the party.\\nHe occupied with ability the office of Drainage\\nCommissioner, and, a man of ettieiency and excel-\\nlent judgment, is among the citizens of the town-\\nship who may be depended iipon to assist liberally\\nin all matters of mutual welfare and enterprise.\\nOur subject, his accomplished wife, sons and\\ndaughter worthily fill positions of useful influence\\nand possess the high regard and sincere friendship\\nof a large circle of acquaintance.\\nJ. TUTTLE, an enteiquising general agii-\\nculturist and able citizen of Pipestone\\n\\\\V Township, Berrien County, IMich.,was born\\nFebruary 2, 1828, in Portage County, Ohio.\\nThe paternal grandfather, Moses Tuttle, bf)rii in\\nConnecticut April 8, 1763, was married in the\\nState of his nativity and later removed with his\\nfamily to Ohio, in 1807 settling on a farm in\\nPortage County. The father of our subject, I.a\\nFayette Tnttle, was born in the old Connecticut\\nhome and accom[)anicd his parents to Ohio, where\\nthe grandfather kept a public-house and was num-\\nbered among ihe pioneers of the Western He-\\nserve. A man of energy, he was a hrickmaker\\nand wagon manufacturer, and biewed, distilled,\\nand conducted farming. Surrounded by the In-\\ndians, he would frequently take his gun and\\nBible as companions as he watched his crops. He\\nand his good wife Abigail became the parents of\\nseventeen children. Of the large family of sisters\\nand brothers two sons yet survive: Dr. C. K.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0860.jp2"}, "857": {"fulltext": "PORTKAir AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n871\\nTnttle, residing in Cliicago,a practicing physician;\\nMiul Isaac, a citizen of Portage County, Oiiio. The\\nlirMiuHatlier, a man of iialriotisni and coinage, ac-\\ntively partieiiiated in the War of the Revolution.\\nThe niothei- of our subject, Rebecca (White)\\nI uttle. wa a iiatixc of Pennsylvania, and was\\nliurn near Pitt-sliurgh March 12. 1798. She was\\na daughter of .lohn White, a man of sterling in-\\ntegrity of character. The maternal grand|iarents\\nwere niairied in Pennsylvania,, but afterward re-\\nmoved to Ohio, friim that time their permanent\\nhume. (iraiidfather White du d October 24, 1848;\\nhis wife survived until A|)ril l.j, 18o7. The follow-\\ning children blessed their liome: Alvah, born in\\n1.S21: Meliuda. in IS2;!; our subject anci twin\\nbrother, Kiley .1., bom in 1828; Philena, in 1830;\\nMarcus, in 18;i7; and Klijah, in 1840. The ma-\\nternal grandparents weie devout members of the\\n.Methodist Kpisco|)al Church, and were beloved by\\nall who knew them. Reared on his fatlier s farm,\\nour subject attended the district school and also\\nenjoyed the benetit of instruction in an academy,\\nlie remained at home while his father lived, and\\nwas appointed administrator of the estate, con-\\nsisting of a farm of three hundred acres, a saw\\nand grist mill combined, and a blacksmith shop\\nfor edijed tools. The sale lasted three da3s, and\\nMr. Tultle satisfactorily settled the family affairs\\nwith the Probate .ludge. Nine lengths of foolscai)\\njiaper were Uhcd in the necessary enumeration t)f\\npro()erty anil in legal phrases.\\nSiion after our subject had attained his major-\\nit\\\\ he was electefl Constable, and for some years\\nwas an auctioneer, and also carried on the old\\nOhio homestead, lie taught nine terms of win-\\nter school and was ever busy, industrious and en-\\ntcr|nising. November 12, 18i)0, IMr. Tuttle was\\nunited in mairiage with Miss Susan M. Hull, a\\ndaughter of (Jilbert and .\\\\bi;iail (Harris) Hull.\\n.Mr. Hull was born in Chester Township, Windham\\n(juniy. Conn.. October 24, 1794. The mother,\\nalso a native of Connecticut, was liorii in Smitli-\\ntield Township. Rlioda County, November 0, I8110.\\nTliev were married in New York May 51, 181!).\\nMr. and Mrs. Hull w-ere pioneers of Portage Coun-\\nty, Ohio, where they passed away, the father in\\n1880, and the mother March 2. is;)2. They were\\nthe parents of ten children, three of whom sur-\\nvive: Mary, Edwin and Susan M. Eatlier and\\n.^lother Hull were members of the Methodist Kpis-\\ncojjal Church and, together with the parents of\\nour subject, were among the organizers of the first\\nMethodist Episcopal Church of Portage Count3-,\\nOhio. The Hull famih were n. itural musicians,\\nand the father was a chorister in the church. He\\nwas a brave man and a soldier in the Wai of\\n1812, anil was a pensioner at the lime of his\\ndeath. Mrs. Tuttle was born September 7, 1829,\\nin the old Portage County- home.\\nFor some time after their marriage our subject\\nand his estimable wife resided in Ohio, but in\\n18.54 they journeyed to Michigan and located in\\nIonia County, upon a new farm six miles sovith\\nof Ionia. In the fall of ISiiii they returned to\\nOhio, but three years later, in the fall of 1858,\\ncame to this county and, purchasing their pres-\\nent farm, settled upon it .lanuar} 14, 18.59. The\\neighty acres were partially cleared and now are\\nall under line cultivation. Mr. Tuttle built a\\n))lcasant residence and added other needed im-\\nprovements, ))lanting out an orchard of a choice\\nvariety of fruit. He (Joes mixed farming and\\nprofitably handles grain and stock. For a num-\\nber of years our subject took t ut a license .as an\\nauctioneer in Michigan, and in making returns to\\nthe Revenue Collector was told that he had sold\\nmore than twice as many goods as any other man\\nin the business. He also taught two terms of\\nschool.\\nSix of the ten children born unto .Mr. iiid .Mrs.\\nTuttle are now living. Emma A., born March 6,\\n18.52. the wife of Russell .1. Ridenour, has one\\nchild and lives in Berrien County; .Mary (i. M.,\\nborn .\\\\pril 6, 1854, wife of F. .1. Ward, is the\\nmother of three children and resides in J?errien\\nSpriniis; Lafayette, born March 28, I8()((, mar-\\nried Alice .lenkins and is a citizen of Berrien\\nCounty and the father of three children; Simp-\\nson (i.. born February 7, 18(;2, married Ida\\nShoudy and makes his home in Pipestone Town-\\nsliip; Linneus F., born .lune 7. 18(l.i, married lsell;i\\nHoune and lives in ()r(in )k(i Tnwiiship; .Myrtie\\nAI., born .Inly 4, 1872. is the wife of Frederick\\nraiiy, and lesides in I ipestone Township. I he", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0861.jp2"}, "858": {"fulltext": "872\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfamily attend the Wesleyan Methodist Church,\\n:uul Mr. Tuttle is especially active in the work\\nof tliat religious denomination. lie was Super-\\nintendent of the first Sunday-school organized at\\nEau Claire, Mich., and, aside from being Siipor-\\nintL-ndent, has been a teaclier, clerk and Treas-\\nurer in the Sundaj -school. He was also a Class-\\nLeader in the church. Our subject is opposed to\\nsecret organizations and never belonged to any.\\nHe was Director of the school district when the\\nfirst brick schoolhouse was built in the county,\\nand lias been active in educational matters ever\\nsince his residence in the Stale. He gave liis chil-\\ndren a good education, and his eldest daughter\\ntaught school for a number of terms.\\nFor many years our subject affiliated with the\\nDemocrats, but is now a Prohibitionist, and, an\\nactive worker, is often a delegate of the latter\\nparty to conventions. Mr. Tuttle has with effici-\\nency discharged the duties of Constable of his\\nnative township, and was one of the valued Su-\\npervisors of Pipestone Township in 1859 and\\n1860. Elected Justice of the Peace, he served with\\nability for a time and then resigned the office.\\nRecognized as a man of executive abilitv, our\\nsubject was Chairman of every meeting but one\\nheld to aid the railroad through the township,\\nand has always been foremost in progressive move-\\nments of the locality. He iias been a stanch ad-\\nvocate of the Prohibition party ever since the\\nthird vote was cast for it in the county, and, a\\ncitizen of decided views and sterling integrity,\\nis widely known for his upright character and\\nearnest purpose.\\nt=i\\nS]\\n[S\\nEDWARD L. CROMER. Prominent among\\ntiie successful fruit-growers and wide-a-\\nwake agriculturists of IJeirien County, Ed-\\nward L. Cromer takes foremost rank. Like many\\nof the representative men of the county, lie claims\\nNew York as his native State, his birth occurring\\nin Wayne County October .30, 1842. His |)ar-\\ncnts, Van Uanslor and .Mary (ll^do) Cromer, were\\noriginally from the Empire State, the father s\\nbirth occurring in 1817. The grandfather, Clirist\\n.John Cromer, was also a product of New York soil,\\nand a Mohawk Dutchman. The latter came to\\nBerrien County, Mich., about 1840, and was among\\nthe first settlers. There his death occurred in\\n1873, at the ripe old age of eighty-three. All his\\nlife he had followed the carpenter s trade.\\nVanRansler Cromer left his native State in 1M44,\\nand came West to Micliigan, locating near St.\\nJoseph, Berrien County. From there he moved to\\nMound City, Mo., in 1883, and there he resides at\\nthe present time. His wife is still living, and al-\\nthough seventy-one years of age is still enjoying\\ncomparatively good iiealth. Of the eleven chil-\\ndren born to them, four sons and seven daugh-\\nters, six are now living: Maria, Edward L., Delia,\\nGeorge, Fred and Amanda. The father is a man\\nof more than ordinary ability and has ever been\\nindustrious and enterprising.\\nThe original of this notice, the second in order\\nof birlli of the above-mentioned children, was but\\ntwo years of .age when his parents moved to Mich-\\nigan, and .as a consequence all his recollections are\\nof this State. His scholastic training was re-\\nceived in the common schools, but was rather lim-\\nited, as at an early age he was obliged to assist his\\nfather on the farm. On the 11th of August, 1862,\\nhe enlisted in Company 1, Nineteenth Michigan\\nInfantry, to fight for his country, and during the\\nbattle of Spring Hill, Tenn., in March, 1863, he was\\nshot through the knee and for a number of years\\nwas almost a cripple. He was conveyed to a hos-\\npital at Nashville, and there remained for six\\nweeks. From there he was sent to Louisville, Ky.,\\nwas in the hospital at that place for three months,\\nand on the lltli of July, 1863, was discharged.\\nReturning to Berrien County, Mich., he re-\\nmained there until 1873, when he went to Jack-\\nson, Mich., and hired out as br.akeinan on the\\nMichigan Central Railroad, running from Jackson\\nto Michigan City. After following that business\\nfor one year he returned to his farm in Berrien\\nCounty, and here lie has since resided. He is en-\\nterprising and progressive, and in eveiTthing re-\\nlating to farming and fruit-growing is well posted.\\nHis farm of twenl\\\\- acres is situated four and a-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0862.jp2"}, "859": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n873\\nh. ilf niilos soiitli ol St. .loseph, and is one of the\\nliot kepi. ;ni(l i)i l iiii|in)ved places in thai section.\\ni^iM\\\\ ihini alioiil it is neat and attractive and\\nh()\\\\vs the owner to lie a man cif judgment and\\ns( unil sense.\\nOn the Hth of October, 1870. Mr. Cromer was\\nmarried to Jliss Id;i .\\\\delaide Philebare, a native\\nof Pennsylvania, and two children, Cora M., wife\\nof Thomas King, and .Iose|)hine H., were the fruits\\nof this union. Mi Cromer is a poi)ular and in-\\nlliiciilial citizen, and has held numerous local\\nolliecs, having been Drain Commissioner two years,\\nTownsliii) Treasurer two years. Township Clerk\\ntwo years, and he is now serving his fourth year as\\nSupervisor. He was formerly a Republican in\\npolitics, but since (ien. (irant s first term he has\\nbeen Mil Midi iit supporter of the Democratic prin-\\nciples. His paii iits are members of the Methodist\\nl-;piscopal Church, but although a liberal contribu-\\ntor to all worthy enterprises, Mr. Cromer is not a\\nmember of any cliuich. His great-grandfather\\nwa- a soblier in the Kevolulioiiarv War.\\nK OUACK TAliOli, ill IHill and 18!)-i Treas-\\nurer of Sodus Township, Berrien County,\\nMich., is a leading agriculturist am] an en-\\nergetic and enterprising citizen, taking an\\nactive interest in the growth and progress of the\\ncounty 111 which he was born, December 8, 1848.\\nThe liiitliplace of our subject was Bain bridge Town-\\nship, where, in the very early days in the history\\nof the State, his father, Wallace Tabor, had located,\\nand for many years cultivated the land of the\\nwell-known Tabor homestead. The paternal grand-\\nparents reared their family in the Ivnpiie State\\nand were numbered among the ijroiniiient residents\\nand agriculturists of )nondaga County, in which\\npart of New York tiieir son .Wallace was born.\\nAn earnest and self-reliant youth, full of ho|ieand\\ncourage, he joiiriu^yed to .Michigan when only a\\nmere boy, and was not eighteen years old when he\\nr ceived employment In Chicago, where he worked\\nin a brickyard and assisted in manufacttirim; the\\nbrick for the first brick hotel erected in that city.\\nHe later made his perinaiient home in Michigan\\nand was a leader among the sturdy pioneers of\\nl.S. J. i. Ihrough whose earnest efforts the Stale\\nhas so rapidl\\\\ advanced to a ])roud position among\\nits sister States.\\nThe mother of our subject. .lulia (McKeyes) Ta-\\nbor, was a woman of high worth and noble char-\\nacter, .and w. is the daughter of .Samuel and Har-\\nriet McKe.yes, New England people and early set-\\ntlers of Berrien County. The father and mother\\nwere married in SHchigan, and here reared their\\nfamily, of whom our subject, Horace, was the fourth\\nin order of birth. AVhen five years of age his par-\\nents removed to Sod us To wnshij), where he attended\\nthe common school and obtained his primary edu-\\ncation. He worked on the farm for his father\\nfrom boyhood, and in the fall of 18(j shortly lie-\\nfore attaining his m.ajority. entered the .State Nor-\\nmal School at Ypsilanti. Mich., and enjoyed the\\nbcnelit of instruction throughout the fall and winter\\nterms of 1869, 1870 and 1871. After completing\\nhis studies. Mr. Tabor returned home and taught\\nscho il for three terms in the immediate neighbor-\\nhood, and also taught one term in Berrien Town-\\nship. Between the terms of school he assisted\\nupon the farm and passed a life of busy industr\\\\-.\\nIn 1874 he bought forty acres of land, to which\\nhe has since added other tracts from time to time,\\nindustriously bringing the entire acreage up to a\\nhigh state of cultivation. Mr. Tabor also owns in\\nPipestone Townshi|) one hundred and five .acres.\\nOne hundred and forty-five acres of the farm\\nare most delightfully located, coinmandinga beau-\\ntiful view, and are finely improved with substan-\\ntial and attractive buildings, among the best in\\nthe county. February 13, 1879, Horace Tabor\\nand Miss Maggie Morton were united in marriage.\\nMrs. Tabor was the daughter of .Silas and Deboiah\\nMorton, natives of Canada, who made their home\\nill Michigan in 1870. They were highly esteemed\\nbv all who knew them and p.assed to their rest\\nmourned by many friends. Four children have\\nbeen born unto our snbjecl and his estimable wife.\\nOnedieil in infancy; Koscoe. Lydia and Walter\\nsurvive .and .-ire at home with their parents. [r.\\nand Mrs. labor arc both valued members of the", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0863.jp2"}, "860": {"fulltext": "874\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMethodist Episcoi)al Church, and are active in\\ngood work. Fnileiiiully, our subject is connected\\nwitli the National Piovidence Union. Politically,\\nhe is a Republican, and lias held witli al)k elii-\\nciency tlie oHices of Town Cleri and Treasurer.\\nMr. and Mrs. Tabor are prominently as.sociatcd in\\nthe social and religious enterprises of their local-\\nil\\\\-, and enjoy the regard of a host of friends.\\n4\\n^^^^E()RiiE Ll THI-CR. an energetic citizen and\\nIII j_-_ a long-time resident of the State of IMieh-\\nX^iljl igan, is now a successful general agricul-\\nt\\\\n-ist and stock-raiser of AVeesaw Township, Ber-\\nrien County. A native of Germany, Mr. I.uthei\\nhas by self-reliant industry won liis upward way\\nin life, and, a man of sterling integrity, commands\\ntlie esteem of the community in whose public\\nwork he shares, ever generously aiding in all\\nmatters of mutual welfare. The parents of our\\nsubject, George Adam and Anna Barbara (Ceiller)\\nLuther, were also natives of the Fatherland. as had\\nbeen numerous generations of their forefathers.\\nTlie maternal grandfatlier, Mathias Ceiller, was\\nan honest and hard-working man. faitiiful to his\\nduties as a husliand, father and citizen of the\\nGerman Enniire. The parents s|)ent their en-\\ntire lives 111 their native land and reared their\\nchildren up to halnts of thrift} industry. The\\nhumble home w.as blessed bj tlie liirtli of four\\nsons and three daugliters, who attended the free\\nscliools of Germany and gained a common-school\\neducation in the practical branches of study. As\\ntlie chibben grew up to mature years tlie sons as-\\nsisted the father, while the daughters were trained\\nin the ways tif the liousehold.\\n(^eorge, our suiiject and the eldest of the fain-\\nilv, was born August 28, 18. ?G, and had attained\\nto manliood some years l)efore he came to Amer-\\nica. From his childhood lie had looked upon the\\nworld beyon(] the sea as a land of promise, and\\nrealized the greater advantages enjoyed liy the\\ncitizens of a republic. Delayed, however, by one\\ncircumstance and another, Mr. Luther had reached\\nhis twenty-eighth year before he embarked for\\ntlie United States. lie had in the mean time, as was\\nthe custom of the country, served in the Prussian\\narmy as a soldier, and after six years of serv ice was\\ndischarged. It was only a brief time after this\\nthat he bade adieu to his family and friends, and,\\ncrossing the Atlantic, landed safely in 1864 in\\nNew York. From the great metropolis our sub-\\nject soon found his way to Michigan and located\\nin Niles, wliere he obtained immediate employ-\\nment as a laborer upon the railroad. For twelve\\nyears he continued a resident of this jiart of Ber-\\nrien County, and, as he prospered, invested in\\ntown property in Niles and made for himself a\\nple.asant home.\\nIn the meantime Mr. Luther, in 1864, was united\\nin marriage with Miss Christina Urban, a native\\nof Germany and a most estimable woman. Three\\nmanly sons have brightened the home and glad-\\ndened the hearts of the parents: Frederick, George\\nC. niid William August. Our subject and his\\ngood wife are worthy members of a church in\\nGalien Township, and were connected with the\\nparish of St. .Tolin, in Niles. They have brought\\nup their family to the observance of religious du-\\nties, and, giving them an opportunity to ac(iuire\\nan educatitm, have well fitted them for the battle\\nof life.\\nIn 1876 Mr. l ullier decided to engage in farm-\\ning and traded his town property for forty acres\\nin the woods of Berrien County. In a brief time,\\nhowever, the land presented a changed apjjear-\\nance, and with forty additional acres all cleared\\nof the heavy timber, the eighty-acre homestead,\\nbrought u|)to a high state of productiveness and\\nfinely improved with excellent and comniodious\\nbuildings, is one of the best pieces of farming\\nproperty in this part of Berrien County, and i*;\\nlocated four and a-lialf miles northwest of Galien.\\nMr. Luther is a member of the Farmers Mutual\\nFire Insurance Company, and politically is a Re-\\npublican, casting his tirst Presidential vote for\\nAbraham Lincoln. While never aspiring to po-\\nlitical ottice. our subject is intelligently |)osted on\\nall issues of the day, local and national. Bring-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0864.jp2"}, "861": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0865.jp2"}, "862": {"fulltext": "^^^fr\\nFranklin Go wdv.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0866.jp2"}, "863": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n877\\niiig to his adopted countrj the sterling character-\\nistics of enterprise, energy :ind tlirifty itidustry,\\nhe is in every sense of the word ;i true American\\ncitizen.\\n^IpTHANKLIN tJOWDY, a leading citizen and\\ntnfe prominent general agriculturist and fruit-\\nli grower of New Buffalo Township, Berrien\\nCounty, ^lich.jis well known and highly esteemed,\\nand has occupied with distinction most of tiic\\ntownship offices, ever giving to public duty the\\nfaitiiful consideration demanded, and discharging\\nevery trust reposed in him witii alile cllicicncy.\\nOur subject is a native of Oneida County, N. V.,\\nand was born on March o, 1H81. His parents,\\nKlam and I.ucy (Stroud) Gowdy, weie long-time\\nresidents of the lMiii)ire State, Init the father, a\\nnative New Kuglander, was l)oiii in Connecticut,\\nOctober -iO, 1788.\\nThe paternal grandfather, .John (iowdy. was\\nalso horn in Connecticut, in 1760. He was an elo-\\n([uent Baptist divine, and served bravely as a\\nsoldier in the Revolutionary War. surviving\\nto reach his ninety-fourth year, he died at tlie resi-\\ndence of his son Elam in 18r 4, in liatavia, Kane\\nCounty, N. Y.. where he had p.assed the latter years\\nof his life, tenderly cared for by the father and\\nmother of our subject. Elam (iowdy w.as a man of\\nenergy and enterprise. Discerning the larger op-\\nportunites of the West, he removed from New ork\\nto Illinois in 18r)2 and settled in Kane County,\\nwhich he made his home for a period of twelve\\nyears.\\nIn 18(j4, Mr. Gowdy came to Michigan, then a\\nvcne-rable man, and three years later, in 1870, pass-\\ned away, aged eighty-two years. Ilis good wife,\\nwho was born in ermont August 19, 1798, sur-\\nvived her beloved husband and comi)anion five\\nyears and died in Berrien County in 187. Elam\\nand I.ucy (Towdy were the parents of eiglit chil-\\ndren, of whom FranUlii\\\\ was the seventh in\\norder of birth, [{eared in Oneida County, N. Y.,\\nlie gained his educaljon in the district schools (if\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i;i\\nhis birthplace, and later accompanied his parents to\\nIllinois, remaining with his father and mother\\nuntil 1862, when with his family he settled in Ber-\\nrien County, Mich.\\nOur subject was united in marriage in the State\\nof New York with Miss Mary A. Millard, a native\\nof Allegany County. I lie wedding took pl.ace\\nOctober .5, 18.5(!. at the residence of the bride s\\nparents, William C. and Poll}- (Ripenbark) Millard.\\nThe father and mother of Mrs. Gowd3 were well-\\nknown and higlily esteemed residents of Allegany\\nCounty and were of English and Welsh ancestry.\\nBoth the paternal and maternal grandfathers were\\nmen of note, (irandfather Ripenbark fought\\nwith gallant courage in the War of 1812, while\\n(;reat-grand father Sears served in the War of the\\nRevolution. The union of our subject and his\\nestimable wife was blessed by the birth of eight\\nchildren, five of whom are living, as follows:\\nLuna G., the wife of.lohn B. Streed, an attorney in\\nCambridge, 111.; Frank M., a successful physician\\nin New Buffalo; Herbert W. B.; Mary Elnora; and\\nBessie. The deceased were, Elizabeth, Cora and\\nLillie.\\nThe maternal great-grandfather of our subject,\\n.John Stroud, was a man of great strength of char\\nacter and steadfast resolution. He served with\\nWashington in the War of the Revolution and\\nafterward made his home in the Green Mountain\\nState, where the maternal grandfather, John Stroud,\\nJr., was born, and at a good old age died. The\\nStrouds were people of position in New England,\\nand some of the mother s family were members of\\nthe Legislature. One of the sons of Grandfather\\nStroud was born, reared, and died at the good old\\nage of eighty-five years, upon the same farm, hav-\\ning spent his four-score years and five without a\\nsingle removal from the homestead. The par-\\nents of our subject were devout members of tlic\\nBaptist Church, but two of tlie great-uncles of Mr.\\nGowdy, brothers of the paternal grandfather, were\\nministers, preaching in the Universalist Church.\\nSince 1862, Franklin Gowdy, with his family,\\nhas made his home in Berrien County, but for some\\ni time previous resided in Chikaming Township, and\\nthere engaged in getting out wood and lumber and\\nshipping the same to the Chicago market, Our", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0867.jp2"}, "864": {"fulltext": "878\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsubject with a brother, J. F. Gowdy, and several\\nothers built a large pier on Lake Michigan to fa-\\ncilitate the handling and shipping tlie products of\\nthe woods. In about 18(51, Mr. (iowdy purchased\\nthe land he now owns for the timber, and built a\\nsawmill, which he operated for several years.\\nAfter his land was fully cleaied lie turned his at-\\ntention entirely to the culture of fruit and the\\ntilling of the soil. Leginning in 18(51 with the\\npurchase of forty acres, he added one piece after\\nanother, inilil he now has a tract of two hundred\\nand sixlj acres brought up to a high state of pro-\\nductiveness, and unproved with an attractive resi-\\ndence, commodious barns and sheds. The valuable\\nhomestead, three miles ni)rtheast of New Buffalo,\\nhas been the constant residence of Mr. (iowdy\\nsince 1863, and during this period of thirty 3 ears\\nhe has been an important factor in the develoj)-\\nment of the best interests of the township.\\nPolitically a stalwart Kejiuliliean. our subject\\ncast his first Presidential vote for Fremont and has\\never been faithful to the principles of the Party\\nof Reform. Taking an active part in local issues,\\nMr. (jowdy has held with executive ability the\\nofficial positions of .lustice of the Peace, Clerk of\\nC hikaming Township, and has served efficiently as\\nSupervisor, Treasurer and Highway Commissioner\\nof the townshii) of New Buffalo. Straightfor-\\nward, energetic and enterprising, he is a liberal-\\nspirited citizen, and possesses the high regard of a\\nhost of friends.\\nt^ I I\\nf^ ENRY THOMPSON. This early pioneer\\nand most prominent and substantial citizen\\nof Mason Township, Cass County, Mieh.,\\nwas born near Coventr3% in Orleans Coun-\\nty, Vt., December 16, 1818. and was the fifth in a\\nfamily of eight children born to Samuel and Lucy\\n(Woodbridge) Thompson. Samuel Thompson was\\nborn neai Troy, N. Y., in 1782, and was the son of\\nJames Thompson, who was born on the ocean,\\nwhen his parents came from England to this coun-\\ntry. The latter s father was a Scotchman b\\\\ birth,\\nbut went to England, where he married an Eng-\\nlish l.ady. Later he started for the United States,\\nand after reaching this country settled near Troy,\\nN. Y., where the grandfather of our subject grew\\nto mature years. The latter was a sharpshooter\\nduring the Revolutionary War and served for\\nmore than seven years, taking part in many of the\\nprincipal engagements. lie lived to be over ninety\\nyears of age, and ilied in Kentucky at the home\\nof one of ills sons. Oui subject h.as in his i)os-\\nsession a relic given him by his grandfather, and\\nthis he [irizes very iiighly. It is in the shape of\\na |!7 i)asteboard bill, called Continentid money,\\nissued by act of Congress and dated at Philadel-\\nl)liia May 20, 1777, [layable in gold or silver, and\\nwas given to his grandfather in part payment\\nfor his services during the war.\\nSamuel Thompson, father of our subject, was\\nthe eldestof a family of ten children, and in earlv\\nlife was a school teacher. He went to Vermont\\nfrom New York State with two of his sisters,\\nLydia and Polly, and there made a permanent set-\\ntlement. He w.as a soldier in the AVar of 1812.\\nAt Vergennts, A t., he vvas married to Miss Lucy\\nWoodbridge, a daughter of William Woodbridge,\\nwho was a descendant of a prominent New York\\nState family and of good old Kevolutionary stock.\\nHe was born at IMadrid, that State. Tiie brothers\\nand sisters of our subject were as follow Har-\\nriet, who is a widow residing at Adamsville, Cass\\nCounty, and who was ninety years of age Septem-\\nber 22, 1893; Martha, deceased; Samuel, who went\\nto Tex.as in 1838, and that was the last ever heard\\nfrom him; Ransom N., who resides in Missouri;\\nCyreno W., who resides in Iowa; and Lucy A.,\\nwho married Eber Monroe, who died in Lake Cit^-.\\nIowa. She has never remarried.\\nHenry Thompson, of whom we write, |)assed\\nhis youthful days on his father s farm in Ver-\\nmont, and received but the backwoods education\\nof those parts. When twenty \\\\eais of age the\\ngreat West tempted him in that direction, and\\nalone, and without means, he turned his face\\ntowards the setting sun. His health was not of\\nthe best, but he w.as possessed of an unlimited\\namount of energy and delcrmiiiMtion, and lie went\\nto work at whatever honorable employment ho", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0868.jp2"}, "865": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) KKKJRAPIIJCAJ. RFXORD.\\n879\\ncould find. He landed in MicUigan and found\\niMiiploN iiioiit in a llouiniill at Adanisville, willi\\ntlio lirni of Sage iV Sons. Shortly aflcrwaid lie\\nw. is l.akon sick, and for eight niontiis lav at the\\npoint of death. He boarded with a deacon of\\ntlie liaptist Cluiicii, and when he reeoveied he\\nwas owiny the latter a small amount that he\\ncould not |)ay until he had earned it. Thi.-- did\\nnot satisfy the good old deacon, who took his\\ntrunk and all his clothing except those he wore,\\nand sold them at auction. George Redfield, one\\nof the wealthy citizens of the locality and later\\nSecretary of State and State Treasurer, also Rep-\\nresentative from this State and State Senator,\\nliouylit the clothing and returned them to young\\nThompson. This naturally made a warm spot in\\nour subject s heart for George Redfield, but he\\nhas never had much affection for deacons since\\nthen. For six years he worked in the mill, and\\nwhile thus engaged bought eighty acres of land,\\nwhich is now a part of his large estate. .Vftcr\\nleaving the employ of Sage Sons he bought a\\nhalf-interest in the Redfield Mill, at Redfield,\\nowned by his former benefactor, and for the next\\nsix years was in the milling business with him.\\nAt the expiration of that time he sold his inter-\\nest and retired to the farm where he has since re-\\nsided, and where he has accumulated a handsome\\ncompetence.\\nIn February, 1848, our subject married Miss\\nElizabeth Holmes, a native of Rochester, X. Y.\\nShe died in 1860, leaving seven children, three\\nsons and four daughters. Harriet married Will-\\niam Everett, and later went to Kansas, whore\\nshe died, leaving one child. I.ewis C, a farmer,\\nmarried Martha Bement, and has two children.\\nCharles married Cynthia E. Uisliop, who bore\\nliini two children, erna and Edna. He resides\\nwith his father and looks after his extensive in-\\nterests. Alice, for many years a teacher in the\\npublic schools, married ^I. A. Olds and resides on\\na larui in .Mason Townshii). She is the mother of\\ntwo children, Henry and Carlton. Delia married\\na Mr. Murry and resides in San Francisco, Cal.\\nWilbur .1. niairied a Miss McLean and is a teacher\\nin the High Scliool of Neola, Iowa; and .lessie\\nis single and resiiles in San Francisco, Cal. These\\nchildren are all well-informed men and women,\\nand Mr. Thonipsou h;is every right to be proud\\nof them.\\nAll his early life Mr. Thompson was a hard-\\nworking man, but of late years he has done but\\nlittle, trustuig to his son Charles to manage his\\naffairs. He has spent considerable time in travel,\\nand has made a number of trips to Califor-\\nnia. In politics he has ever been a stanch Dem-\\nocrat, and is ever interested in the welfare of bis\\nparty. While he did not enter the army, he con-\\ntributed liberally of his means to all worth}- en-\\nterprises at that time, and probably accomplished\\nas niucli good as though he had enlisted. He has\\nheld the oitice of Justice of the Peace for many\\nyears, w.as Supervisor of his township for seven\\nyears, and, in fact, he has held about all the offices\\nof the township. He has never drank a drop of\\nliquor in his life and has never used tobacco in\\nany form. To such men as Mr. Thompson are\\ndue the progress and improvement of the great\\nWest, and to them we owe a debt of gratitude\\nthat can never be repaid. May the sunset of his\\nlife be ha)jp}- and contented. About 1848 his\\nparents came from ertnont, and they made their\\nhome with their children until their deaths, his\\noccurring in 1851, and hei s in 1854.\\nEROME W(J( )1 Seveial years have passed\\nsince all that was mortal of this well-known\\ncitizen of Cass County was laid to rest in\\nthe Summerville CemeteiT. Rut, though\\nthe -workman dies, his work lives on, and this\\nis true in a |)eculiai manner of the subject of this\\nbiographical notice, who was for many years\\nprominently identilied with the farming interests\\nof Howard Township, Cass County. .lerome Wood\\nwas born in New York, near the city of Buffalo,\\nFebruary Ifi, 1825. His father, Simon D., a n.a-\\ntive of the Kuipire State, was a merchant and clo-\\nthier III HiitTalo and a man of prominence and intlii-\\ncuee in that place. First as a Whig and lateras a", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0869.jp2"}, "866": {"fulltext": "880\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nRepublican, he took a ijrominent part in public\\nmatters and held many offices of trust and honor.\\nThe mother ol our subject bore the maiden\\nname of Salina Herriugtou, and was born at Coop-\\nerstown, Otsego County, N. Y. She was a woman\\nof noble character, and trained her children, of\\nwhom there were four daughters and five sons, to\\nhabits of industry and probity, qualifying them\\nfor positions of usefulness in the business and so-\\ncial world. Our subject was the third in order of\\nbirth, and w.as reared in his native place until the\\nage of thirteen, when he came to Michigan in\\ncompany with his parents. Mis occupation\\nthroughout life was jirincipally that of an agricul-\\nturist, although for a time he was in the clothing\\nbusiness with his father.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Wood located in Prairie\\nRonde Township, Kalamazoo County, vvhere he\\nengaged as a tiller of the soil for seven 3ears.\\nTiience he removed to St. Joseph, Mich., but shoitly\\nafterward, in 1852, came to Ca.ss County For\\nfourteen years he resided in Silver Creek Town-\\nsiiip, whence in 186t) he removed to Howard Town-\\nship and settled on section B, where his widow still\\nmakes her home. Politically, he was a Republican\\nand was an active member of the Grange. From\\nthe age of twenty-one ^ears he was a member of the\\nMethodist Fi)iscopal Church, in which he held the\\noflfices of Steward and Trustee and other import-\\nant positions. For fourteen ears he was Trustee\\nof the Crystal Spring Camp Ground, in which he\\ntook a deep and abiding interest. A sincere Christ-\\nian, he enjo3 ed the confidence of all with whom\\nhe associated, and his word was commonly said to\\nbe as good as his note. His death occurred Janu-\\nary 4, 1888, and when a few da\\\\ s afterward the\\nlast services were held over his mortal remains,\\nit was the sense of the citizens that one of the\\nnoblest men of the community liad been removed\\nfrom among his associates and friends.\\nThis sketch would be very incomplete were no\\nmention made of her who through sorrows as well\\nas J03 S, through adversity and prosi)erit3 sick-\\nness and health, was ever the cherished compan-\\nion and devoted helpmate of Mr. Wood, and who\\nnow survives to mourn his loss. lantha Cory, as\\nshe was known in maidenhood, was born in the\\ntown of Springfield, Otsego County, N.Y., August\\n20, 1828, and is the daughter of Capt. Samuel\\nCory, a native of Connecticut. At the age of\\nabout twenty-two years Mr. Cory accompanied his\\nparents to Otsego County, N. Y.. where he set-\\ntled in Springfield. lie served as Captain in the\\nmilitia, and in that wa^ gained the title by which\\nhe was familiarly known. The paternal grand-\\nfather of Mrs. Wood. lienjamin Cory, was of\\nEnglish descent, and traced his lineage to one of\\nthree brothers who came to America in the May-\\nflower. (irandfather Cory served with distin-\\nguished valor ill both the Revolutionary War and\\nthe War of 1812. and Capt. Cory was also a par-\\nticipant in the latter conflict.\\nThe niother of Mrs. Wood bore the maiden name\\nof Rachel Mallory. and was born in Ijennington.\\nVt.. whence at the age of eleven years she accom-\\npanied her parents to Springfield. N. Y.. and\\nthere grew to woman lK)od and married. In 1841\\nshe and her husband removed to .St. Joseph Coun-\\nty Mich., and for a time resided on a farm there,\\nbut later removed to Silver Creek Township. Cass\\nCounty, where they ^jassed awav, the father at the\\nage of eighty-nine, and the mother when ninety-\\nthree years old. They were the parents of five\\ndaughters and seven sons, all of whom reached\\nmature years with the exception of one son. who\\ndied at the age of thirteen _\\\\ears. At the present\\ntime (1893) oiil.v four survive, as follows: Jlrs.\\nFrost, who is now eighty-three; Galerd, sixt\\\\ years\\nold; Warren, who is fifty-eight years of age, and\\nMrs. Wood.\\nThe eighth in order of birth in her father s\\nfamily, lantha Cor^ gained the rudiments of her\\neducation in .S|)ringfleld, N. Y., where, in company\\nwith seven of her brothers and sisters, she attended\\nschool. After coming to Michigan, she walked\\nfive miles each day to and from school and thus,\\namid many discour.aging surroundings, she ac-\\nquired her education. Subsequent reading has\\nsince broadened her knowledge, and she is a wo-\\nman of unusual intelligence and information upon\\na wide range of subjects. She is the mother of\\nsix children: William .S., Adelbert C, Lucius E.,\\nEdwin D., Saniuel L. and Elva R.. the latter being\\nMrs. W. 1). Norton, of l^okagon I oyynsliip.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0870.jp2"}, "867": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n881\\nThe estate of ovir s.ubject is now the proiierlv ul\\nJlis. Wood, iind consists of two liuudi-od and\\ntwenty-eight .acres of finely improved land. .She\\npossesses a rare ca)).acitv for business and a keen\\nperception and discriminating judgment, which\\nenable her to manage her farm successfi lly.\\nSince she was fifteen, slie has been a member of\\nIhe .Methodist Episcoital Cluirch, and has always\\nbeen active and efficient in church work. When\\nonly seventeen years old, it was her custom to\\nwalk five miles to the cluirch, where she led the\\nsinging. In her girlhood d.ays religious services\\nwere often held in her father s house, and for four\\nyears after her marriage meetings were fre((uently\\nhflil in her Imme.\\nKNRY 15. IIICKS, an able farmer and prom-\\nV inent man, and for Umr ^ears an eflieient\\n.Supervisor of Milton Township, now re-\\nsides upon .section 31. .Jefferson Township,\\nCass County, Mich. Our subject has passed his\\nentire life in Cass County, and was born in Milton\\nTownsiii[) October 15, 1845. He is the son of Rich-\\nard V. and Catherine E. (I Ueiy) Hicks. The\\npaternal grandfather, .lohii llieks, was a native\\nof Cornwall, Kngland. His good wife was Caro-\\nline I eriy. (irandfatlier Hicks was a military man,\\nand spent his entire life in England. Mis children\\nwere William, who died in Cass County, .Mich.,\\nleaving a wife and several children; Henry, who\\nafter coming to America fell from a vessel and w.is\\ndrowned; .lohn, who was killed while raising a log\\nhouse in .Shelby County, Ohio; Richard I errv, who\\ndied in Michigan and .Su.sanah. The father of our\\nsubject w.as born in Cornwall, England, Xovember\\n17, IHl!). Ho emigrated with his bi Other Edward\\nto the Inited .States and visited his brother Will-\\niam in Cass County. Mich., in 1837. He made\\nhis lioiiM for a time in Ohio, but finally settled\\nin lH|;(jn .Milton Township, upon one hundred\\nand sixty acres of land, whicli he brought up to a\\nhigh state of improvement.\\nRichard Hicks is an energetic man and b.as ac-\\ncumulated a large property, increasing his acres to\\n.seven hundred and fifty, and he also owns valualile\\nvillage lots. As Supervisor of the township and\\n.as Justice of the Peace he has given valuable\\nservice to his fellow-townsmen, and is esteemed a\\nliberal and progressive citizen. Politically, he is\\na Democrat, and is broad and tolerant in his re-\\nligious views. Eraternally, he is a member of the\\nAncient Eree Accepted Masons, and is also con-\\nnected with the Independent Order of Odd Eel-\\nlows. The nine children of his household were\\n.John P., Ilenr^- B., Richard J., Caroline E., .Sarah\\nWilliam S., Katie M. (of .Shelby County, Ohio),\\nMarj A. and Oran The mother of our sub-\\nject, a native of Pennsylvania, was the daughter\\nof Jacob UUery, a substantial farmer, who died in\\nShelby County, Ohio. The four sons of Jiicob\\nniery were John, Samuel, Jacob and George.\\nThe daughters were live in number. !Mr. I llery\\nwas a member of the German Baptist Church, and\\nthe family was reared in the observance of the\\nDunkard faith.\\nOur subject, llenr} B. llieks, received his school-\\ning in the home district, and began for himself\\nby working on shares on the old homestead. The\\nfirst farm he owned was ninety acres in Xiles\\nTownship, 15errien County. This land he par-\\ntially improved, but sold it in 1880, then pur-\\nchasing the one liundred and sixty .acies where he\\nnow resides. lie has successfully made his way\\nin life, and during his four years of public work\\nas Supervisor materially assisted in the advance-\\nment of local improvements. He removed to his\\npresent location March 11, 1891. Mr. Hicks is\\nactive in politics, and is fraternally associated with\\nthe Ancient Eree .t .\\\\ccepted .Miisons.\\nEebruary 10, 18 Jl,our subject was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Kate L. Miller, born in .Milton\\nTownship, and a daughter of Autone and Eliza-\\nlieLli (llernld) Miller. Anlone Miller was born June\\nK). 1821, in Ravensberg. Wurlemberg, Germany.\\nHe had one brother and two sisters, all of whom\\npassed away in Germany. Antone, surviving, de-\\ncided to emigrate to the United States, and went\\nto Niles, Mich., in 1853. He was by trade a in.i-\\nson, but has spent the greater [)arl of his life in", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0871.jp2"}, "868": {"fulltext": "882\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfarming. In religious affiliation lie is a Roman\\nCatholic. His wife was boru in Shifferstadt, Ba-\\nvaria, September 2fi, 18. )4. Slie is a daughter of\\n.Joseph and Margaret Herald. Her father was a\\nealiinet-niaker and died in Germany. His widow\\nthen crossed the broad Atlantic to America, where\\nher two sons and two daughters made their home.\\n.Toseph Miller, the paternal grandfather of Mrs.\\nHicks, was a livei 3 man in Germany. The pleas-\\nant home of Mr. and Mrs. Hicks has been blessed\\nby the birth of one child, Hazel A. Our sub-\\nject and his estimable wife have a large circle of\\nfriends, and occupy a position of useful intiiience.\\nMr. Hicks is interested in all matters of public\\nwelfare and is ever read}- to assist in local enter-\\nprises.\\ni m=^-^-\\nWr\\nILLIAM KINNEY. A noble class of men\\nhas built up the agricultural interests of\\nonoko Township, Berrien County, Mich.,\\nand has made it a garden spot of the great com-\\nmonwealth of the State. Among those who have\\nbeen active and efficient in the work is he who\\nstands at the head of this sketch. He has been\\nidentified with the farming interests of the coun-\\nty for many years, and in every walk of life has\\nconducted himself in an honorable, uiiright man-\\nner. His fine farm of eighty acres on section 27\\nis one of the most attractive agricultural spots of\\nthe district, being conspicuous for the man.age-\\nment that, while making it neat and attractive,\\nstill shows prudence and econom}\\nMr. Kinne} was born in Lancashire, England,\\nto the marriage of .Tames and Ann (Corlett) Kin-\\nney, the latter a native of the Isle of Man. The\\nparents were married in England and, in addi-\\ntion to the butcher s trade, which the father cai-\\nried on successfully in his native country (Eng-\\nland), he w.is also engaged in agricultural pursuits.\\nIn that country bolii passed the closing scenes of\\ntheir lives. Of the five children born to them,\\nthree are now living, and all in America. Our\\nsubject, the eldest, first saw the light of day Octo-\\nber 10, 18.37, and in 1848, when eleven years of\\nage, he came across the ocean with an uncle and\\nsettled witii the latter in Lucas County, Ohio,\\nwhere he remained for some time. He then went\\nto another uncle in Toledo, Ohio, and remained\\nwith him for five years, in the meantime learning\\nhis trade of a mason in all its branches, finishing\\nwith John P. Boice. of that city, at the end of\\nfour years.\\nIn 1856 Mr. Kinney came to Michigan, but pre-\\nvious to this he worked at his trade in South\\nBend and New Carlisle, Ind. After reaching\\nIMicbigan he made his way to Buclianan, Berrien\\nCounty, and worked on the first brick house ever\\nerected there. He made a permanent settlement\\nin that town in 1858. making his home there un-\\ntil 187. i, when he moved onto his present farm.\\nHe first settled on forty acres of partially im-\\nproved timbei -land, and to thi^ he has since added\\nanother forty, making eighty acres of excellent\\nland, all under cultivation. This is the result of\\nhard work and perseverance on his part. In 1892\\nhe built ills fine residence at a cost of ^2,000, and\\nnow has a charming rural home. In connection\\nwith farming he also carries on his trade, and\\nmakes a success ot botii, notwithstanding the old\\nsaying that a person cannot do two things at once\\nand do tliein well.\\nOn the 10th of March, 1864, Mr. Kinney mar-\\nried Miss Kittle Haulk, a native of Monroe Coun-\\nty, Pa., and the daughter of Reuben Haulk. who\\nwas also a native of the Keystone State. From\\nthat State Mr. Haulk removed to Summit County,\\nOhio, and there his career ended. Mrs. Kinney\\nwas born October 26, 1844, and died October 2\\n1878. To that union five cliildren were born:\\nCharles II., deceased; Frank. .lohn, William and\\nAlice. On the 4th of .July, 1879, Mr. Kinney\\nwas married to Miss Princess St. .lolin, daughter\\nof Hiram St. .John, an old settler of this townsliip.\\nMrs. Kinney died April 28, 1880, leaving one\\nchild, Fannie.\\nOur subject s second marriage occurred May\\n2, 1881, to Miss Estiier Stinebeck, a native of Ber-\\ntrand Township, this county, and the daughter of\\nBurney and Hannah (Davis) Stinebeck. natives\\nresi)ectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mr. Stine-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0872.jp2"}, "869": {"fulltext": "rORTKAIT AM) lUOORAl IlICAL RKCORD.\\n88r!\\nIiet k ciuiie to Micliiyaii in IfST) 1, losidinu in lit r-\\nIraiid Townsliip, this county, until the (K atli of\\nhis wife, in l.S(;2. Ik ciiteicd the Iiiion army,\\nwas wouuiieii and sul)se(iuently diseliar ed. lie\\nwas maiiied asjain, but his wife died slioitly af-\\ntei-ward. and lie was tlie third time married. Kour\\nchildien were horn to tiie last union, three of\\nwhom are now living. After the death of his\\nthird wife. Mr. Stinehi ek married his present wife.\\nrhe\\\\ have no children. I liiee children were horn\\nto the first union, only one now living. Mrs.\\nKinney. The father is still liviiio; and makes his\\nhome on section 21, this towiislii|).\\nMr. and .Mrs. Ivinnoy are the parents of two\\nchildren. Anna Uell, horn Apiil 28, 1882, and\\n(ieorge W.. Xovember 10, 1880. .Socially, Mr.\\nKinney is a member of IJuchanau Lodge No. 75,\\n1.(1. and has held all the chains except\\nNoble- (J rand. lie is also a member of the Uer-\\nrieii .Springs Post, (i. A. R., and of the Ancient\\nOrder of United Workmen at Berrien Springs.\\nHe has given his children good educational ad-\\nvantages. Alice is a music teacher in Hen ton\\nHarbor; .lolin is a graduate of a commercial col-\\nlege and is now engaged in merchandising in Hen-\\nton Harbor; and George and .\\\\nna are at home,\\nattending the district school, and both are bright\\nand (|uick at their books. In politics, Mr. Kin-\\nney is a stanch Republican and takes a deep in-\\nterest in the welfare of that i)arty. He lia.s been\\na member of the School Hoard, and has .also been\\nPathmasler at different times.\\nDuring the Civil War, on the Kith of October,\\n18(;i, Mr. Kinney enlisted as a private in Company\\nC, Twelfth Michigan Infantry, and was sent to\\nPittsburg Landing under Gen. Grant. He was\\nin that battle both days, was al.so in the battles of\\nCoiintii, I Ilka. Little Hock, and all through the\\nsiege of N icksburg. He was on detached duty at\\nMiddleburg, Tenii., and was in many skirmishes\\nwith :\\\\n Dorn. He then returned to Little Hock\\nand was on guard duty there for some time, when\\nhe went 1u Washington, Ark., and later to Cam-\\nden, .\\\\rk., where he was on letaclied duly. In\\nthe battle of Hatchie s Hun he was struck b\\\\- two\\n|)ieces of shell, one in the head and one in the\\narm. .\\\\t Shiloh a spent ball struck him in the\\nknee. He was di.scharged on the lath of Kebru-\\nary, 18fi(), after serving four years, four months\\nand live days. He was never taken prisoner and\\nserved his countrv faithfully from lirst to last.\\nIS^@1\\n^Jl OIIN R. Ror iH. an extensive general ag-\\nriculturist, owning many valuable farms in\\nHerrien County, Midi., has been a lead-\\ning resident of Hertrand Township for over\\na quarter of a century-. He w,as born .lune .5,\\n1828, in Union, now .Snyder, County, Pa., and wa.s\\na son of .lolin Rough, a native of .luniata County,\\na weaver, but who jias.sed most of his early life\\ntilling the soil of the Quaker State. In 1844. the\\nfather emigrated to !\\\\Iiehigan and located on the\\nsame farm in Rei trand Township where he later\\ndied, at the venerable age of ninety-five years.\\nThe paternal grandfather, John Rough, was an in-\\ndustrious agriculturist of his native State, and\\ndied in Penn.sylvania, his life-time home, at the\\ncompletion of seventy-five years of usefulnes.s.\\nHe w.as of immediate Geiman descent. The\\nmother of our subject, Elizabeth (Swartz) Rough,\\nwas born in Pennsylvania, of which State her fa-\\nther was also a native, having been horn in Union\\nCounty, where .Tohn Swartz was numbered among\\nthe prominent settlers aiul highly respected citi-\\nzens. The home of .John and Klizaboth Rough\\nwas blessed by the birth of nine sturdy children,\\nseven of whom survived to years of maturity.\\nMary is deceased; Samuel resides in Indiana; Kliza\\nis deceased; Peggie and Barbara are twins; Katie\\ndied at nine j ears of age; .John R. is our subject;\\nWilliam comes next; and Leo is the wife of Ileiirv\\nSwartz, of Indiana.\\n.lohn R. is the sixth child and the second son of\\nthe family. Until twenty-one years old he re-\\nmained upon the farm of his father, and in bo\\\\-\\nhood attended the district school of the neighbor-\\nhood. In 1849 he began life for himself, and in\\n18. was united in marriage with Mi.ss .Mary A.\\nHofTman, a native of Pennsylvania. Immediate-\\nly following his wedding he settled in Daiiphiij", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0873.jp2"}, "870": {"fulltext": "884\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCounty, in which part of tlie Juaker Stale lie re-\\nmained the succeeding fourteen years, diligently\\nengaged in the dail} round of agricultural cares.\\nIn 1864 he determined to seek his fortune in ^licii-\\nigan, and, arrived within the State, at once settled\\nin Buciianaii Township, Berrien County. After\\nfarming for a time in that locality, he, in 186G,\\nbought his present valuable homestead of four\\nhundred and six acres in Bertrand Township, one\\nof the finest pieces of agricultural jjioperty in the\\ncounty and nearly all under a high state of culti-\\nvation. I\\\\Ir. Rough came to Michigan with a cap-\\nital of 1.3,100, which, wisely invested and judici-\\nously managed, has yielded him handsome returns\\nand given him a place among the moneyed men\\nand excellent financiers of Berrien County.\\nThe estimable wife of our subject passed away\\nin 1892, sincerely mourned by a large circle of\\nfriends and relatives. She was the devoted moth-\\ner of six children, three sons and three daughters,\\nall of whom are deceased, leaving the husband\\nand father entirely alone. Mr. Rough has profit-\\nably divided his old homestead into three farms.\\nHe has upon the property five dwellings and four\\nbarns, and rents all with the exception of one\\nhouse. His capital he uses mostly in loaning upon\\ngilt-edged securities, and after a life of unceasing\\ncare and toil now enjoys the fruits of success. He\\nis in political affiliation a Republican and is intel-\\nligently posted upon all matters of National wel-\\nfare, and is known and respected as an upright cit-\\nizen of su))erior business ability.\\njl^ B. DOWLINO, for twenty-nine years acoii-\\nstant resident of his highly-improved farm,\\nlocated upon section 16, Galien Township,\\nBerrien Count}*, Mich., is a native of Ma-\\nrion Countj Ohio, and was born May 14, 1829.\\nThe parents of our subject were William and\\nRachel (Biggs) Bowling. The paternal grandfa-\\nther, John Dowling, was born in Ireland, but came\\nto the United States in early life and married, his\\nwife being a native of Scotland. Locating in\\nPennsylvania, the grandparents reared tlieir sturdy\\nfamily. John Dowling was a cooper by trade, and\\npursued that occupation, at the same time engaging\\nin farming. In religious alliliation he was a Pres-\\nbyterian; and, politically, a Democrat. The father\\nof our subject was one of a family of seven chil-\\ndren. He remained in the Quaker State until he\\nhad attained to manhood, and in the mean lime\\nreceived an excellent education, and taught while\\nyet a lad. He also learned the cooper s trade, and\\nserved an apprenticeship of seven years. William\\nDowling taught school until he was married, and\\nthen was ordained as a preacher of the Christian\\nChurch. He remained actively engaged in the\\nprofession the rest of his life. For some time\\nprior to his death he made his home in Indiana,\\nliving upon an eighty-acre farm in Noble County.\\nSeven children blessed the home of the father\\nand mother. Miranda became the wife of David\\nLash; Melinda married Horace Tabor; Mahala is\\nthe wife of Samuel Weaver; JNIatilda, deceased,\\nwas married to John Berry; John B. is our subject;\\nWilliam and Levi complete the family circle. At\\none time the father affiliated with the Ancient\\nFree Accepted Masons. He was interested in\\npublic affairs and steadily voted with the Dem-\\nocratic party. His death in 1875 w.as regretted\\nby all who knew him. He was a devoted Christian\\nman, and possessed a high order of intelligent abil-\\nity. His wife survived him a few years. Our\\nsubject received his education in the Belleville\\nSeminary in Ohio, from which institution he was\\ngraduated after a full course of instruction. Lim-\\nited in means and ambitious to excel, Mr. Dow-\\nling taught in the winter schools, and in summer\\nfollowed the trade of a carpenter. P or thirteen\\nyears he pursued his two vocations successfully\\nand was prospered. Our subject was twice mar-\\nried. While residing in Ohio he was united in\\nmarri.age with Miss Rebecca Pinyard, who became\\nthe mother of five children, all of whom are de-\\nceased. Some years after the death of his first\\nwife, Mr. Dowling married in Indiana Miss Emily\\nFggleston.\\nThree children, ime after the other, came to\\ncheer the hearts of their iiarents. Addie died at", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0874.jp2"}, "871": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n88;-)\\nnine years of age; Willis, a telegraph oi)erator at\\nMonett, Mo., married C!ora Greenui); and Kncell,\\nwho IS the y( iingesl-I)i)rn, is a telegrepli ()i)era-\\ntor at Kensington Street, Chicago. In 18G4 IMr.\\nDowling removed with liis family to Miciiigan\\nand bought eeventy-seven acres of his ))resent\\nfarm. Tlie land was then unimproved, but has\\nnow tieen brouglit up to a liigli state of cultiva-\\ntion. Tliere was an old mill on the farm at the\\ntime our subject purchased the homestead. Tlie\\nmill Mr. Dowling rebuilt and sold, but it has since\\nbeen abandoned. Our subject and his estimable\\nwife are members of tlie Christian Church, and\\nhave been active in the support and extension of\\nreligious work. Politically, Mr. Dowling is a\\nstrong Republican, and, an intelligent and pulilic-\\nspirited citizen, is well posted in local and na-\\ntional atfairs.\\n(^r\\nON. HENRY CHAMHKRLAIN. Among\\nthe eminent men of Michigan who have\\niionorably worked their way to the highest\\nUj position and won the richest reward by the\\ne*ceicise of patient (terse verance. prominent men-\\ntion belongs to the well-known gentleman whose\\nname introduces this brief biographical notice, and\\nwho, throughout his long and useful career, has\\nproved the power of conscientious labor and hon-\\nest industry in elevating the individual and\\ncrowning his exertions with the most complete\\nsuccess. Now retired from public life, he is spend-\\ning the afternoon of his days among such comforts\\nand luxuries as were accumulated by the labor of\\nformer years.\\nFor many years a resident of Three Oaks, Mr.\\nChamberlain is not, however, a native of Michi-\\ngan, hut was born in Pembroke, N. II., on the\\n17th of March. 1821. Tracing his ancestry back\\nthrough several generations, we find Jacob Cham-\\nberlain was born in IflltKand married Miss Abi-\\ngail Ilassey, their uniim being blessed by the birth\\nof the following children: .lolin, .lacob. Samuel\\nAbigail, Sarah, .Martha and I luebe. The father\\nof this family died in 1734. at the age of about\\nforty-two years. The sixth cliild in his family\\nwas Samuel, who was born at Chelsea, .Mass., in\\n17;M, and married Miss Martha, daughter of Dea-\\ncon Henry Mellen, of Ilopkinton, Mass. They\\nwere the |)arents of a large family of children,\\nwhose names were Samuel, William, Mose^. Sylieil.\\nKlizabeth, Lydia, Patty and .loseph.\\nDuring the Revolutionaiy War Samuel Ch.am-\\nberlain enlisted in the defense of the Colonies,\\nand served with distinguished bravery, winning\\nthe epaulets of a Lieutenant. About 1760 he re-\\nmoved from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, set-\\ntling .-It Loudon, and there engaging in farming\\npursuits. About 1785 he removed to I .eacham,\\nVt., where all his children were living, with the\\nexception of Moses, who remained at the old\\nhomestead. His death occurred in 1802, when he\\nhad reached an advanced .age. Of his children,\\nthe biographer wishes to record events of interest\\nin the life of his son Moses, who was born at Ilop-\\nkinton, Mass., on the 5th of October, 1757, and\\nin childhood accompanied his parents to Loudon,\\nN. H.\\nThe marriage of Moses Chamberlain united him\\nwith Miss Rebecca, daughter of Amos Abbott, a\\nprominent citizen of Concord, N. II., and nine\\nchildren were born to the union: Rebecca, .ludith.\\nPatt3-, Amos, William, Moses, John A., HetvSe\\\\aiid\\nSamuel. Moses Cliamberlain served in the War\\nof the Revolution, as did also his brother William.\\nThe latter was aroused from bed on the night of\\nthe 21st of A|)ril. 177(), in order to hasten to liis\\ncountry s defense, and served in the army until\\nthe close of the war, first as a private and later as\\na Lieutenant, participating in the battles of Prince-\\nton, Bennington and a number of minor engage-\\nments. In civic affairs he w.as also a man of gieat\\ninllueiice. and was one of the most prominent\\nstatesman of N ermont. being a member of Con-\\ngress, and also serving as Lieutenant-Governor for\\nmany years. Moses Chamberlain, Sr., died on the\\n21st of October, 1811.\\nThe father of our subject. .Moses Chamberlain,\\nJr.. was Ixjrn on the 7th of Februar\\\\-, 1792, at\\nLondon, N. II., where he was reared on a farm,\\nlie became a merchant of Penibroke. where he", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0875.jp2"}, "872": {"fulltext": "886\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmarried Miss Mar^; Foster, tlie daughter of Abicl\\nand Susanna (IMoore) Fostei Her fatlicr, who\\nwas born in Canterbury, N. 11.. was a man of\\nwealth and devoted his attention to superinten-\\nding liis valuable estate. The maternal great-\\ngrandfather of our subject was Abiel Foster, ISr.,\\nwho was born in Andover, Mass., in 1735, and was\\ngraduated from Harvard University in 17; )6. In\\n1701 he was ordained a minister in the Congrega-\\ntional Church at Canterbur}-, N. H., and until\\n1779 devoted his attention to religious work, af-\\nter which he became more closely connected with\\npublic affairs. He was a member of Congress un-\\nder the Confederation for two years, and also af-\\nter the adoption of the Constitution, with the ex-\\nception of four years, until March 4, 180.5, being\\none of the most prominent statesmen of his day.\\nHis death occurred on the 6th of February, 1806.\\nThe second marriage of Abiel Fpster united liim\\nwith Miss Mary Rogers, of Ipswich, Mass.. who\\nwas the daughter of Samuel Rogers, a physician\\nand a descendant of a long line of Congregational\\nministers of Ipswich.\\nFor twenty years Moses Chamberlain, .Ir., en-\\ngaged in mercantile pursuits at Pembroke. N. 11..\\nwhence he removed to Concord, the same State,\\nand followed the mercantile business there for\\nabout eight years. In 1843 he came to Michigan,\\nsettling in Berrien ounty, upon a tract of land in\\nThree Oaks Township, which he had entered from\\ntiie Government in 1836. He entered eight hun-\\ndred .acres of land in this county, and w.as one of\\nthe most successful and prominent farmers of the\\ncommunity, with the progress of which he was\\nclosel}- identified until his death, on the 12tli of\\nFebruary, 18(i6.\\nIn the parental family were live children, three\\nof whom are still living: Mellen C, a resident of\\nChelsea, Mass., and a retired lawyer, who for man}\\nyears held the position of Librarian of tlie Roston\\nCit} Library Henry, of this sketch; and William,\\nwho is warden of the State Prison, at Jackson,\\nMich. Those deceased are Mary, the wife of H.\\nK. Crosby, and Elizabeth, Mrs, John G. Mason.\\nThe father of this family was a devoted member\\nof the Congregational Church and an active worker\\nin religious enterprises, as well as in the c,nu e of\\nanti-slavery and temperance. A man of firm con-\\nvictions, ardent in his support of the right, and\\nequally courageous in his warfare against the\\nwrong, he was held in the highest esteem liy all\\nwho knew him. He was a man of undaunted\\nbravery, knowing no other fear than the fear of\\nGod. In his domestic relations he was tender and\\ntrue, a loving husband and devoted father. As\\none of the earliest settlers of Berrien County, liis\\nname will be held in loving memory for gen-\\nerations yet to come and his labor in securing a\\ngood class of settlers for the vilLagc of Three Oaks\\nentitles him to a high place among the pioneers of\\nthe place.\\nTo such ancestors as these the subject of our\\nsketch can point with pride, and many fif tlie\\nqualities which have contributed to his success are\\nhis by the right of inheritance. He received\\nmeagre educational advantages in his youth, at-\\ntending the common schools but a short time, and\\nat the age of sixteen spending sis months in Pem-\\nbroke Academy. In the great school of experi-\\nence, as well as by self-culture and observation, lie\\nli.as gained a broad knowledge of the world, and\\nis one of the best-informed men in the community.\\nAt the age of twelve he entered his father s store,\\nwhere he remained as clerk until became to IMich-\\nigan at the age of twenty. Here he began the life\\nof a backwoodsman upon section 1.5. Tliree Oaks\\nTownship, remaining on that place until 1850.\\nComing during tiiat year to the site of the pres-\\nent village of Three Oaks, our subject erected a\\nlog cabin, and at once commenced the work of\\nclearing the land and improving tlic farm. He\\nalso devoted considerable attention to selling-\\nwood, which he cut from his place. In 1854 he\\nbuilt a store and embarked in the general mercan-\\ntile business, becoming the pioneer merchant of\\nThree Oaks, and continuing in the business until\\n1878. Meantime he also engaged in farming on\\nan extensive scale, owning at onetime about tlirce\\ntlidusand acres of land, and clearing the homo\\nfarm of live hundred and forty acres. He still\\nowns about five hundred acres in Three Oaks\\nTownship.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Chaml)eilain unitcil\\nhim with Saiah .1., llie daughter of \\\\iiicont Nash,", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0876.jp2"}, "873": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RIOCORD\\n887\\n;iii narlj settler in Berrien Couiily. Slie was born\\nin .lefferson County, Ind.. wlioiu-e slie came to\\nMichigan in 1840. and in 1851 became the wife of\\nonr subject. (Jne ciiild was horn of the union,\\nHenry, who is now a clerk in Cleveland, Oliit).\\nMrs. Sarah .1. Chamberlain died in .liine. 1852, and\\nin November of 185() our subject married Mrs.\\nRebecca Ames, the dausjiiter of .lacob andecen-\\nter, of La Grange County, Ind., a prominent farm-\\ner and early settler of that county. Mrs. Cham-\\nberlain was born in Delaware County, Ohio, where\\nher father had made settlement in 181(i. migrating\\nthither from Pennsylvania. At the age of six yeais\\nshe accompanied her parents to La Grange Coun-\\nty, Ind., and received her education in the com-\\nmon schools .Mild the Ontario Collegi;ite Institute\\nof 1 ndiaiia.\\nVtX his second marriage. Mr. Chamberlain be-\\ncame the father of three children, viz.: Mary, the\\nwife of Edward K. Warren, of Three Oaks; Re-\\nbecca Belle, who married Lc-e Chamlierlain, of Col-\\numbus, Ohio, a commission merchant of that city;\\nand Paul, who is a mechanical engineer residing\\nat Aurora, III. Our subject may well be proud of\\nhis children, who occupy positions of prominence\\nin the social and business world. In his religious\\nconnections, Mr. Chamberlain is identified with\\nthe Congregational Church, and contributes lib-\\nerally to its various enterprises, although he by\\nno means witlilioUls his su|iport from the benevo-\\nlent projects of other organizations.\\nThis sketch would be very incomplete were no\\nmention made of the political career of our sub-\\nject, for he is. and for many years has been, one of\\nthe most piominent Democrats in the State. A\\nfew days after he was twenty-one years old, he\\nwas elected Supervisor of New Buffalo Township,\\nand served in that position for four years. In\\n1849 he represented the county in the State Legis-\\nlature. From 1853 until 1855 he was mail agent\\non the Michigan Central Railroad. He was elected\\nJustice of the Peace in 1850, in the old township\\nof New I lUffalo (the township of Three Oaks be-\\ning a part of that township), and tilled the olHce\\nuntil 1872. In 1851 he was elected Supervisor of\\nNew Buffalo i ownsliip, and upon the formation\\nof Three Oaks I\\\\)wiiship in 1M5(), he was chosen\\nto represent it u|)on the County Board of Super-\\nvisors, filling the position for six terms. In I8(;4 he\\nwas candidate for State .Senator, and two years af-\\nterward was candidate for the Constitutional Con-\\nvention. Ill 18() aiid 1870 he was candidate for\\nCongress, and in 1874 was the Demociatic nomi-\\nnee for the position of Governor of Michigan. In\\n187() he was again nominated for Congress. At\\nthree different times he received the vote of his\\njiarty for State Senator. He is now serving .as a\\nmember of the State Board of Agriculture. In\\n1876 and 1892 he served .as delegate to the Demo-\\ncratic National Conventions.\\nIn the Masonic fraternity Mr. Chamberlain has\\nalso been very prominent, and has been identified\\nwith the order since 1854. He was (Ti-and M.aster\\nof the State in 1872. and has served .as Master of\\nthe lodge at Three Oaks. He is also a Knight\\nTemplar. It was under his direction that the first\\ncode of Masonic laws w.as originated, and from\\nthat day to this his interest in the organization\\nhas never waned. With .agricultural organiza-\\ntions he is also i)rominently connected, and enjoys\\nthe distinction of having been Secretary of the\\nmeeting that organized the State .\\\\irricult iiral So-\\nciel} Throughout the State he eiijcjys consider-\\nable distinction .as an orator, and is original, pol-\\nished and pleasing .as a [lublic speaker.\\n%-5 i 5-*t\\ni-++F\\n\\\\|pr-rR,\\\\NCIS M. (;R.\\\\V was born in Blnghainp-\\nlL^g\\\\ ton, Mich., September 25, 1843, and is the\\n/l^ son of Daniel and Mary (Young) Gray,\\nnatives, res|)octively, of New York and Pennsyl-\\nvania. The father was one of the pioneers of\\nthis State, whither he (^ame with his family in\\n1837, and located at Marshall, Calhoun County,\\nrpon a farm there he conducted general ,agricul-\\ntural pursuits until his. death, which occurred in\\n1.S43. His widow survived him many years, and\\nfinall} piissed away at her home in Niles during\\nthe 3 ear 1885. She was a woman possessing many\\nnoble attributes of mind and heart, and her iiicm-\\norv is revered bv her children.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0877.jp2"}, "874": {"fulltext": "888\\ni-ORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nFrancis M. Gray is tlie younger of two chil-\\ndren, the other Ijeing Gordon, wlio is a prosperous i\\nbusiness man residing near Santiago, Cal. The\\nboys were from infancy thrown wholly uj^on their\\nmother s care, on account of their father s death.\\nFrancis M. spent his boj hood years in Marshall,\\nwhere lie completed his education in the public\\nschools, .and afterward became a clerk in the store\\nof S. B. Shepherd, his stepfather. He occupied a j\\nclerical position in the store for a number of years,\\nand later w.as received into the firm, his energy\\nand ability resulting in an increased business.\\nSome years afterward he became interested in the\\nbakery business at Niles, and a profitable trade in\\nthat line was conducted for ten years, the firm title\\nl)eing S. B. Shepherd Co.\\nAt the expiration of ten years, our subject pur-\\nchased his stepfather s interest in the bakery,\\nwhich he managed for the four ensuing years, and\\nthen sold the business to a Mr. Wmg. Meanwhile\\nhe had built up a profitable trade, and had en-\\nhanced the value of the bakery and its appurten-\\nances to such an extent that he sold it for 820,000.\\nMr. Gray next turned his attention to the dry-\\ngoods business, and about the same time bought a\\nlarge farm in Berrien County, located near Ber-\\nrien Springs, and commonly known as the Shaker\\nFarm, which he personally superintended for two\\nyears. Later he rented his country home and\\ncame to Buchanan, where he afterward gave his\\nentire attention to the mercantile business.\\nIn the organization of the Citizens National\\nBank of Niles, Mr. Gray was one of the prime fsic-\\ntois and intiuential men. He served as Cashier of\\nthat financial institution for some j ears, and was\\nlater President, filling that responsible and hon-\\nored place for ten years. During the same time\\nhe also maintained extensive interests in the mill-\\ning and foundry business, and also had large rail-\\nroad interests. For three years he was President\\nof the Elkhart, Niles Lake Michigan Railroad,\\ncommonly known as the Big Four Railroad, in the\\nincorporation of which he rendered valuable as-\\nsistance, and for a time dfrected its business.\\nAlthough Mr. Gray some time ago disposed of\\nhis interest in the bank, he neveitlieless still holds\\nlarge and valuable property interests. For a time\\nhe resided in California, where lie was in the real-\\nestate business together with his brother, (Tordon\\nY. He now owns a block of twelve fiats in Chi-\\ncago, a valuable farm comprising three hundred\\nand seventy acres in Berrien County, two hun-\\ndred and fort} acres in Elkhart County, Ind., an\\nelegant residence and considerable business prop-\\nerty in Niles. The fact that he has attained a po-\\nsition of prominence among the wealthy land-hold-\\ners of Niles proves the possession of abilities of no\\ncommon order. Upon starting out in life, he had\\nno capital, but possessed an immense amount of\\nperseverance, energy and the American quality of\\ngo-aheaditiveness. The result was that, although\\nscarcely in the prime of his mental vigor, he has at-\\ntained a competency of this world s goods. He has\\nalways been interested in all measures conducive\\nto the progress of the city and the welfare of the\\ncitizens. In jiolitics, he affiliates with the Repxib-\\nlican party, and has served for one term as Mayor\\nof Niles.\\nIn the aulniiin of 18(i8, Mr. Graj- married Miss\\nEmma V., daughter of -Toseph C. Larimer, of Niles.\\nMr. Larimer is one of the pioneers of MicRigaii,\\nand at one time served as President of Dowagiac\\nCounty, being one of the very earliest settlers of\\nthat locality Mr. and Mrs. Gray are the parents\\nof one son, Gordon.\\n17 H. WARNER. The father of this promin-\\nent and successful agriculturist, Habbell\\nWarner, was a |)roduet of the Empire Stale,\\nborn in Herkimer County, Warren Township, and\\nthere followed the trade of harnes.s-niaker until\\nthirty-two years of age, when he started out as an\\nagriculturist. His father, Oliver Warner, was a\\nnative of Connecticut, and died in that State in\\n1813. Habbell Warner married Miss Catherine\\nHughes, who was also a native of Herkimer County,\\nN. Y., and their nupti.als were celebrated in that\\ncounty in 1825. Her father, .lohn Iluglies. was\\nborn in New Yoi-k State, and was of Scotch de-\\nscent.", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0878.jp2"}, "875": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n889\\nIt) the year lH.i2 Mr. and Mrs. Warner moved\\nto Cayuifa County, New ork Stale, but in the\\nrinjj: of IS;?7 tliey eniiiiintefl to Micliiij^an and\\nM ltlod at I aw Paw. In September of the same\\nyeai- they moved to (his eoiinty and .setthid on the\\nf.arm now owned by uur siil)ject, l)nt wliich was\\nthen a pari of the farm of .lose[ihus (iard. Mr.\\nalll \u00e2\u0080\u00a2r also entered one liundied and twenty\\naeres of hmil.and resided on tliis until IS. iit. when\\nlie removed lo Dowa^iae and lived a retired life,\\nills estimable eonipanion died there in 1877, and\\nin l.SHd Mr. Warner made his home with our sub-\\njeet,and passed (inietly away in 1887, when eighty-\\nseven years of age. Both were members of the\\nMethodist Kpl^eopal Church, in which he was an\\n.active worker. Of the seven children born to liie\\nabo\\\\-e wiirlhy couple, only t uo besides oui subject\\nare novv living, .lames 11. and Angeline Snider.\\n^Ir. Warner took a piominent part in township\\naffairs, was Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, etc.,\\nand was much esteemed for his many estimable\\nipialities. In politics, he was a Democrat.\\nThe natal ilay of our subject was February\\n1828, and his native State was New York. He was\\nIjorn in Herkimer County, and was but nine years\\nof age when he came with his parents to Michi-\\ngan. His educational advantages were limited, as\\nhe attended the snbsciiption schools for a short\\ntime only, most of his time being taken n|) in\\nassisting lo clear the farm. Indians were numer-\\nous, and the thick timber hid many a lurking ani-\\nmal. Thus he grew to sturdy manhood, and in\\n18. )2 he was married to Miss (Jrley Ann Shaw, a\\ndaughter of Richard Shaw and sister to Mrs. I. N.\\nCard. (See sketch.) Mrs Warner was born on\\nYoung s Prairie, this county, February 10, 183.S.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Warner lived on a\\nfarm on Little Prairie until 18,39, when they\\nmoved to the old homestead, on w hich Ihey have\\nresided up to the present. They are now the\\nowners of one hundred and twent}- acres of land,\\nsixty-live acres under the plow, and have made\\nmany improvements in the place. Recently Mr.\\nWarner sold eighty acres.\\nFive of the .seven children born lo this union\\nare now living: Charles K., Kmily. M. Kdna, Cath-\\neri)ie and Sophia, The eldest died in infancy. Klla\\nis also deceased. Mr. AVarnei- is a member of the\\nI^Iasonic fraternity at Volinia, and was Secretary of\\nthe same for some time. He is a member of the\\nFarmers Club and is also a member of the Anti-\\nHorse Thief Association, being an officer in the\\nlatter organization Foreman of Riders. His\\nson Charles is a well-known educator of the\\ncounty; Emily is teaching at (irand Rapids, .and\\nCatherine hiis also taught. Fldna is now cashier\\nand book-keeper in a store at Cassopolis, this\\ncounty. Mr. AVarner has been a member of the\\nSchool Board for years and is interested in all\\nmatters pertaining to the public welfare. He is a\\nDemocrat in polities, has held the otlice of Town-\\nship Treasurer for six years, was al.so School In-\\nspector, and was frequently a delegate to county\\nconventions. He is at present erecting a tine resi-\\ndence in Casso|)olis, and there he expects to move\\nin the near future.\\n^=^E0R(;E C. HARTMAN, a practical general\\n(l[ agriculturist and self-reliant man, winning\\n^^^1 his way in life with energetic and unflag-\\nging industry, h.as for more than thirty years re-\\nsided ujion his present homestead, pleasantly lo-\\ncated in Pipestone Township, Berrien County,\\nMich. His father, a native of Maiden Lane, New\\nYork Citv, w,as .lohn Ilartman, born in 1789, and\\na son of Conrad Hartman, born in New .Icrsey,\\nbut of (ierman descent. The paternal grandfather\\nwas a soldier in the Revolutionary War and parti-\\ncipated in the battle of Monmouth when only\\nfourteen years of age. The paternal great-grand-\\nfather was also a brave soldier of the Revolution.\\nThe mother of our subject, Sarah (Sedgwick) Hart-\\nman, was a native of New Haven. Conn., and a\\ndaughter of Ebenezer .Sedgwick. She w.as also a\\ncousin of Gen. Sedgwick, who made a gallant rec-\\nord in the Civil War. The parents of our subject\\nwere married in Lyons, X. Y., and lived in that\\nlocality all their lives. The mother died in 1831,\\nbut the father survived until 1872. Four chil-\\ndren blcs.se(l their union, of whom our subject is", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0879.jp2"}, "876": {"fulltext": "890\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nnow the sole survivor. The parents were mem-\\nbers of the Presbyterian Ciiurch, and for forty\\nyears the father s seat in church was never vacant,\\nlie was a hard-working man and a skillful mechanic,\\nand did blacksmithiug work in tiie State Prison at\\nAubuin.\\nThe father married Miss Gertrude Porter for his\\nsecond wife. Of the live children born unto this\\nunion three jet survive, and are living on the old\\nfarm in Waj ne County, N. Y. The two sons and\\none daughter are .James, Isaac and .Julia. One\\nson, E(iward, was a soldier in the Second Michigan\\nInfantry, and died in the service. Our subject\\nwas born in Lyons Township, Wayne County,\\nX. -Tulj 6, 1822. Reared u|)oii a farm, he re-\\nceived a good common-school education in the\\ndistrict, and remained at home, working at the\\nblacksmith trade, until his marriage in 1851 to\\nMiss Kate Farmer, a (laughter of Samuel and\\nIluldah (Burton) Farmer. Tiie father was born in\\nNew Jersey September 12, 177 .i, and the mother\\nwas born January 27, 1790. Mr. Farmer engaged\\nin the pursuit of agriculture for some time in\\nMontgomery County, N. V., and then, in 1835,\\nmoved to Brooklyn, N. Y. This latter city be-\\ncame his permanent residence, and he received em-\\nployment for many years in the Navy Yard, and\\ndied in the Empire State in 1838. His good wife\\nsurvived until 1883, and passed away in Michigan.\\nMr. and Mrs. Farmer were the parents of five chil-\\ndren, two of whom are living: William S., and\\nMrs. Hartinan, who was born November 14, 1821,\\nin Montgomery County, N. Y. Educated in her\\nbirthplace, Mrs. Hartman there grew up to w(jman-\\nhood and married.\\nImmediately following his wedding, our subject\\nmade a biief visit to Michigan, then returning to\\nthe East spent eighteen months in Brooklyn. At\\nthe expiration of this length of time the young\\nhusband and wife settled permanently in Michi-\\ngan, locating in Pipestone Township, where Mr.\\nHartman engaged in the dairy business in com-\\npany with W. S. Farmer for three years. The suc-\\nceeding three years he devoted to clearing land on\\nshares, and tinally. in 1860, settled on his present\\nfarm, then uU wild land. He had no inone\\\\-, but\\nowned a yoke of (tattle, and with deteniiiiied en-\\nergy worked his way upward. He built a frame\\nhouse and plastered it liimself, having first made\\nthe tools and lumber. He chopped and logged and,\\naided by liis yoke of oxen, accomplished an im-\\nmense amount of prolilable work. Of the one\\nhundred and sixty acres, one hundred are now\\nunder high cultivation. Six children brightened\\nthe home, three yet surviving: Georgiana, wife of\\nCharles L. Lamore, a resident of Pipestone Town-\\nship, and mother of one child, Willie Elwood;\\nFarmer, who married Ida Tuggart, has one child\\nand makes his home in Pipestone Township; and\\nAllan Leslie, at home. Our subject gave his chil-\\ndren the best e Uication attainable in the locality.\\nPolitically, he is a Republican, but is not active,\\nand voted in 1844 and 1864, and but twice since.\\nHe w.as an admirer of Gen. Giant and has in his\\nparlor a prized memento, a chair used in the office\\nof Gen. U. S. Grant in New York City. Mr. Hart-\\nman has been a hard-working man and tlirough\\nhis self-reliant efforts has attained a position of\\nindependence. Upright and industrious, he com-\\nmands the respect of his .associates and fellow-\\ntownsmen.\\ni I I\\nROF. MARCUS S. OWEN was born in Ox-\\nY ford, Chenango County, N. Y., April 25,\\n1820, and traces his lineage to Wales, rep-\\nresentatives of his family having emi-\\ngrated to the United States in an early day and\\nmade settlement in the Empire State. There\\nGrandfather Alvin Owen was born and that State\\nw.as also the birthplace of S. W. Owen, father of\\nour subject. The last-named saw active military\\nservice in the War of 1812, wliere he fought for\\nthe freedom of our country and its i)rotection\\nagainst the encroachments of an insidious enemy.\\nFor many years he was engaged in the lumbering\\nbusiness, in which he had large interests, and was\\nquite successful. His wife was Sallie, daughter of\\nJohn Sherwood, a resident of Connecticut.\\nAt the age of twenty years, our subject com-\\nniencid llie study of music, for which he iiad a", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0880.jp2"}, "877": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPH CAL RECORD.\\n891\\n|ii(.Mlili ili(iii. His lirsl iiisUiu tt)rs witc Thoirias\\nll!istiiii; :ui(l W. 15. ISriullimv, of Sew ork City,\\n1111(1(1 whom lit- aciiiiired iiiciil i)n)liciencv iu vocal\\niiHi,-ic .111(1 as a violinist. His perseveranco, in coii-\\nlu clioii Willi an miiisual (Icijrce of natural talent,\\ncontiilintt d to tlic attainment of high skill as a\\nniusici:iii, and at an earl^ age he won considerable\\nlocal fame as a skilled artist. In 18; he removed\\nfrom New York City to Chicago and thence to\\ntialcsburg. III., whcic he engaged as an instructor\\nof vocal music and the violin for a [icriod of four\\nyears. iJctiirniiig to Chicago, he there followed\\nhi pidfcssidii for two years.\\nIll IsiK) Prof. Owen came to P enloii Harbor,\\nwhere he has taught instrumental music up to the\\nprociit lime, and also gives instruction on the vi-\\nolin. Iiut has abandoned vocal music. He cares\\nlittle for politics, l)ut advocates the principles of\\nthe Republican party and supports his opinions\\nwith his Ixillol. His marriage in 18. )7 united him\\nwith .Miss Adelaide .1. Pope, who was at that time\\na resilient of New Berlin, Ciienango Country, N. Y.\\nIbr father, Asa Pope, was a native of New Y ork\\nand the son of (iates Pope, likewise of the Empire\\nStale, the latter in turn being the son of Gershom\\nGates, a native of Vermont and a Captain in the\\nWar of the Revolution, serving under Arnold in\\nthe .\\\\riiiy of the North. The Pope ancestors\\nsailed from Plymouth, England, on the 20th of\\nMarch, lG2il. on a vessel called The Mary it\\n.lohn, commanded by Capt. Squab. .Settling at\\nMattapaii, Mass., they gave to the [ilace the name\\nof Doicliester, that being in June of Ki. itJ.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Owen bore the maiden\\nname of Charlotte .Stoneman and was of English\\ndescent. Her father, Richard Stoneman, was a na-\\ntive of i^ondon, England, and emigrated to the\\nCniteil States, settling in New lierlin. Chenango\\nCounty, N. Y. He was a man of splendid intel-\\nlect and strong personality, wielding gieat intlu-\\nence in his community and becoming well known\\nthrougliout the Stale. He was the grandfather of\\nthe late ien. ieorge Stoneman. Prof, and .Mrs.\\nOwen have been the parents of two children,\\none of w hom, Frank, died when a child. Al-\\nice is the widow of \\\\V. Hrown. of Kalamazoo\\nCouiil\\\\. .Mich., who (bed in r.ciilon Harbor in\\n1887. Mrs. Owen is also a music teacher, her spe-\\ncialty being tiie jiiano and organ. The pioneer\\nmusicians of Benton Harbor are largely indebted\\nto Prof. Owen and his wife for their success in de-\\nveloping the musical talent of the young people\\nhere.\\nA IklLLlA.M 11. SWISHEK. The line farm of\\n\\\\/sJ// oCntlenian, situated on section 22,\\nW^ Silver Creek Township, Cass County,\\nMich., is an ornament to the township, and one of\\nthe best to be found m the count}-. William II.\\nSwisher is a product of the Buckeye State, boin in\\nPreble County in 1847, and is a son of .lohn T.\\nand Millison (Elliott) Swisher.\\nJohn T. Swisher is a native of that grand old\\nState, Virginia, as were also his parents, Solomon\\nand Elizabeth (Bonar) Swisher. Our subject s\\ngreat-grandparents were natives of German} and\\ncame to America in Colonial days, or at a time\\nantedating the Revolution. They were mairied\\nin their native country, and after reaching the\\nUnited States settled near Philadelphia, where\\nthey bought land. Later, they emigrated to ir-\\nginia and reared a family of eight children. The\\ngreat-grandfather was killed in the Revolution. iry\\nWar, his death occurring when our subject s father\\nwas quite small.\\nSolomon Swisher served an apprenticeship at\\nthe tailor s trade, and tiiat was his principal occu-\\npation through life, alllidugli diiriiiii tlie latter\\npart of his days he was interested in agricultural\\npursuits. He married in N irginia the daughter of\\n.Jasper and Klizalielli lioiiar. Mr. Bonar was also\\na soldier in tlie Kevolntioiiary War. .\\\\bout the\\nyear 1827 Solomon Swisher and family emigrated\\nto Preble County, Ohio, more on account of his\\nson, .lohn T.. not wishing to live in a slave .State,\\nand there be became the owner of a line farm.\\nHe served in the War of IS 12, and was a brave\\nand faithful soldier. The eight children born to\\nhis iii:iriinge were ii;uiied in the older of their\\nbiiihs, as follows; .lohn T.. Iviilli, llillerv. .Jo-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0881.jp2"}, "878": {"fulltext": "892\\nPORTRAIT AND BI0(. KAPI1ICAL RECORD\\nsiali, Elizabeth, t liarlottc, atlierine and Solo-\\nmon. Mr. Swisher held membership with the Metli-\\n(jdist Episcopal Cliiuch, and his wife with the\\nPresbyterian Church, and both were worthy and\\nconsistent members of their respective churches. He\\nwas a prominent man in his day, who always voted\\nthe old Whig ticket, and held many of the local\\noffices in the township and county. Socially, he\\nwas a member of the Ancient Eiee cfe Accepted\\nMasons. His death occurred in the Buckeye\\nState.\\n.John T. Swisher s birth occurred in the year\\n1812, and he secured a limited education in the\\ns( h(iols of his day. Being a great reader and\\nstudent, all his spare time was spent with his books,\\nand in that w.ay he secured a good practical edu-\\ncation. When eighteen years of age ho began\\nteaching, but followed this only a short time, and\\ntlien went on a farm, where he received twenty-five\\ncents per day. When about twenty-one years of\\nage he went to Carroll C^ounty, Ind., and entered\\nforty acres on the banks of the Wabash River.\\nHe never moved on this land, but purchased\\nland near his father s farm in Ohio. He was mar-\\nried in the last-named State to Mi,ss Millison E\\\\-\\nliott, daughter of John and Mary (Elliott) f^lliott\\nand a native of North Carolina, as were also her\\nparents.\\nNine children were the fruits of Mr. and Mrs.\\nSwisher s union, and they are named as follows:\\nHarriet, Ann E., Mary, Sarah, William II. (our sub-\\nject), Charlotte, Thomas, Solomon and John. Mr.\\nSwisher became the owner of eighty acres in Ohio,\\nand there remained until 18.52, when the rich soil\\nof Michigan tempted him to make a setllcnient\\nwithin its border. He at one time owned about\\none thousand acres of land, but he has divided\\nwith his cliildren and now has ab()ut three hun-\\ndred acres. In his political views, Mr. Swisher\\nh.as ever affiliated with the Republican party. He\\nand his wife are members of the Chiistian Church,\\nand are highly honored citizens.\\nWilliam H. Swisher was about five years of age\\nwl.ou he came with his parents to Cass Coun-\\nty, Mich. He was reared and educated in Silver\\nCreek Township, that county, supplementing a\\nCOiBiiioii-scliool rd^L-ation by attending the schools\\nof Ypsilanti, and when he had attained his major-\\nity his father gave him two hundred acres of land.\\nThis was partly improved and on it he has a good\\nhome at the present time. When twenty-two\\nyears of age he was married to Miss Emma Yund,\\na native of the Empire State. She came with her\\nparents tC) Cass County, Mich., when young, ami\\nhere grew to womanhood.\\nTo our subject and wife have been born two\\nchildien, Gertrude and Iva. both bright and in-\\nteresting. Mr. and Mrs. Swisher are worthy mem-\\nbers of the Disciples Church, and he is a member of\\nthe Ancient Free Accepted Masons at Dowagiac.\\nIn politics, he has ever been a Republican and has\\nbeen (juite a leader in his township. He was Su-\\npervisor of his townshi]) three terms and has also\\nbeen Justice of the Peace, discharging the duties\\nof both i)Ositions in a very capable manner. He\\nhas been dealing in stock to some extent, feeding\\nand shipping, but the principal part of his time has\\nbeen devoted to farmiiii;.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25^S 5^E+\\nill ULIUS O. BECRAFT, Postmaster at Dowa-\\ngiac, formerly editor and sole owner of the\\nDowagiac Mepuhliran, was born in this city\\non the 27th of April, 1860. He is of Ger-\\nman descent, his paternal grandfather having emi-\\ngrated from Germany and settled in Orange\\nCounty. N. Y.. where he followed farming pur-\\nsuits. In that county Isaiah S. Becraft was born,\\nand there he grew to a stalwart manhood, mean-\\nwhile aiding in the work of clearing and improv-\\ning the farm. Upon coming to Michigan he lo-\\ncated in Macomb County, and thence in 1848 he\\nremoved to Dowagiac, where he followed the trade\\nof a l)uilder and contractor and erected some of\\nthe first houses in the place.\\nIn Macomb County, Mich.. Isaiah S. Becraft\\nmarried Miss Lydia, daughter of James Wallace,\\nand of Scotch descent. Two children were born\\nof til is marriage. After the death of his first wife,\\nhe auain married in Macomb County and came to", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0882.jp2"}, "879": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOCiRAl IIlCAL RECORD.\\n893\\nDowagiac, where tliey lived happily until severed\\nl)y death. One of the first merchants in Dowagiac,\\nMr. Hecraft engaged in merchandising for a time\\nhoie. lie served as Deputy Slieritf of the county\\nand as Treasurer of the township. At the time of\\nIlls death, in ISfio, he was filling the position of\\nI niled States Deputy Provost Marshal and also\\nheld a commission in the United States Secret Ser-\\nvice. In his political opinions he was first a Whig,\\nand upon the organization of the Republican\\nparly united with its supjiorters and remained an\\nadherent of its principles until his demise. Soci-\\nally, he vvas identified with the Masonic order and\\nwas a charter member of the first Masonic lodge\\nurganized in Dowagiac.\\nOf his first marriage, Mr. Becraft, asal)ove stated,\\nbecame the fatherof two children. Mis second mar-\\nriage united him with Caroline Wallace, sister of his\\nfirst wife, and was blessed by the birth of five chil-\\ndren. Julius O., one of the children born to the\\nfirst union, was reared in Dowagiac and attended\\nschool until fourteen years old, when he became\\nself-supporting. For about two years he was em-\\nplo^ ed in a basket shop, hut later secured a posi-\\ntion as clerk in a dry-goods store at Kalamazoo.\\nAfter working there for two years, he returned to\\nDowagiac and at first clerked in the postothce;\\nlater he engaged in sellings dry goods for a year or\\nmore, after which he became freight clerk in the\\ndepot at Cassopolis. He was in that position only\\na short time when he resigned and, returning to\\nDowagiac, accepted a position in the postotfice. A\\nyear afterward he was appointed station agent at\\nCassopolis for the Michigan Central Railroad.\\nTwo years were spent there and a like period in\\nDowagiac in the same position.\\nHaving been ajipointed Assistant Postmaster,\\nMr. Hecraft served with efficiency In that position\\nfor about nine years, when a change in administra-\\ntion caused the resignation of the corps of ollicials.\\nHe then embarked in liusiness as a fire insurance\\nagent and was quite successful in that line of work.\\nAt the time of President Harrison s election, a\\nchange was made in the postoftiee at Dowagiac\\nand Mr. Hecraft was appf)inled Postmaster, assum-\\ning the duties of llie position on the 1st of .lann-\\nary, 1890. Mr. lieciafl was married, in 1X70, to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a211\\nMiss Hattie Hritton, a native of Albion, Mich.,\\nand the unif)n was blessed by the birth of two\\nchildren: Kred K.. who is now postal clerk on the\\nChicago A Grand Trunk Railway between Chicago\\nand Port Huron; and Charles, who died in in-\\nfancy.\\nPolitically, Mr. Becraft has always been a stanch\\nRepublican and has been inlliifntial in the ranks\\nof his chosen party. For years he filled the posi-\\ntion of City Recorder. He has been a member of\\nthe Republican Congressional Committee of the\\nFourth District for twelve years and is now its\\nChairman. He has been a prominent member of\\nthe Board of Kducation for a number of years,\\nserving as its Secretary at the present time. Soci-\\nally, his connections arc with the Masonic frater-\\nnity, he being a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight-\\nTemplar; he is also indcntified with the Knights\\nof Honor and the Modern Woodmen of America,\\nand has held official positions in both organiza-\\ntions.\\nThe Dowagiac Republican, of which Mr. Becraft\\nwas proprietor and editor, was established in 1858\\nand is the oldest paper in the county. His inter-\\nest in it dates from the year 1890, and it is largely\\nthrough his influence that it has maintained its\\nposition among the prominent political organs of\\nthe county. Strongly Republican in politics, it is\\nnevertheless not partisan in preferences, but aims\\nprincipally to [)romote the interests of the peoi le\\nof the city, irrespective of political belief.\\ni\\nny-\\n^^,EOROK fl. BROWN, by trade a ship-car-\\n_\u00e2\u0080\u0094 pentcr, but now devoting himself to the\\n\\\\;^JJ(( culture of the soil, and one of the |)roininent\\noeneral agriculturists and stock-raisers of Weesaw\\nTown-ship, Berrien County, Mich., owns a valu-\\nable homestead of one hundred and twenty acres,\\nlinelv impi Oved and located three and a-half\\nmiles northeast of Three Oaks. Mr. Brown is a\\nnative of the Oerman Empire and was born in\\nHesse-Cnssel .luly 17, 18:^;). His parents, Andrew\\nami Mary (Weifenbach) Brown, were Itotli born in", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0883.jp2"}, "880": {"fulltext": "894\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe Fatherland and were descendants of a long\\nline of stuidy ancestry, who from remote genera-\\ntions had been true and faithful subjects of the\\nreigning powers. The honest, hard-working and\\nintelligent father and mother, however, apjireciated\\nthe advantages offered b,v a Repulilican Govern-\\nment, and when our subject was only about six\\nyears of age, with then family and a few treasured\\npossessions, emigrated to America. After a long\\nvoyage, in 1846,tliey landed safely in New York\\nand thence proceeded without loss of time to\\nLorain County, Ohio.\\nThe following year the father died, but his\\nwidow continued to make Ohio her home until\\nMay, 1893, when she too passed away at an ad-\\nvanced age, having outlived her husband forty-\\nseven jears. Eight children, live sons and three\\ndaughters, were born unto the parents, and two\\nsons and one daughter yet survive. Our subject\\nwas the fourth child of the family and was but a\\nlittle lad when he accompanied his parents to\\nOhio. He received a limited education ui Lorain\\nCounty, and remained there until he had reached\\nmature age. He was obliged to assist in the\\nsupport of the mother and younger children, and\\nit was not until 1868 that he decided to remove to\\nMichigan. He settled at that time in Berrien\\nCounty, and bought forty acres of land, a |)art of\\nthe farm he now owns. Witii the exception of a\\nsmall clearing of five acres the purchase was\\ncovered with a heavy growth of timber. To the\\noriginal forty our subject has since added eighty\\nacres, now all brought up to a high state of culti-\\nvation and containing substantial buildings. As\\nMr. Brown has gained his comfortable home and\\npleasant surroundings entirely through his self-\\nreliant efforts and unremitting industry, the faim\\nis indeed a monument to his success.\\nIn the State of Ohio, in 1861, were united in\\nmarriage George G. Brown and Miss Elizabeth\\nClapp, who, with her parents, emigrated from\\nGermany to Ohio in a very earij- day. Our\\nsubject and his estimable wife have six children\\nall living. Mary was the eldest born; Louisa re-\\nsides in Niles and is the wife of Joseph Etzzorn;\\nWillie is the eldest son; Anna is the wife of Jacob\\nVile; and Frank and Elmer complete tiie list of\\nbrothers and sisters. Mr. Brown worked at his\\ntrade of a ship-carpenter ten years in Ohio, Lorain\\nCount} and since that time has successfully\\ndevoted his entire attention to farming duties.\\nHe and his good wife are valued members of the\\nPjvangelical Church and are liberal givers in\\nbehalf of religious wc rk. Our subject takes a\\ndeep interest in the enterprises of the township\\nand is a member of the Farmers Mutual Fire In-\\nsurance Co. Politically, a Republican, he cast his\\nfirst vote for Abraham Lincoln. Interested in\\neducational advancement, Mr. Brown hasaidedaud\\nencouraged his sons and daughters to lit themselves\\nwell for the battle of life and, winning his way\\nupward, has the satisfaction of seeing his family\\noccupying positions of usefulness and command-\\ning the res])ect of all who know them.\\n^^1\\nm-\\nm\\nIM^\\n\\\\l^ ON. WILLI.AM M. VROOMAN, Mayor of\\nUowagiac and an influential business man\\nof this cily, was born in Jackson County,\\n_); Mich., October 1, 1848, being the son of\\nCharles W. Vrooman, a native of New York and a\\npioneer of Micliigan. William M. was reared in\\nJackson County, and his schooling was obtained\\nin the district schools, but his education has been\\ngained piincipally by observation and experience.\\nAt the age of twenty-one Mr. Yrooman pur-\\nchased land in Jackson County, and engaged in\\nfarming there for three years, after which became\\nto Dowagiac and engaged in the hardware busi-\\nness in tins city for eighteen months. Returning\\nto Jackson County, he located on the old A roo-\\ninan homestead and remained there until the fall\\nof 1882, when he sold the propert} and again\\ncame to Dowagiac. P orming a partnership with\\nG. E. Bishop, under the firm name of Bishop\\nVrooman, our subject conducted a flourishing busi-\\nness until the winter of 1890, when the partner-\\nship was dissolved.\\nBuying out the firm of Bliss ife Gilbert, Mr.\\nVrooman has since conducted business alone. On\\nFvont Street he has a cf)mmodious and couven-", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0884.jp2"}, "881": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) lUOORAPIITCAI- RECORD.\\n895\\nu litly aiiaijjned storeroom, twenty feet front and\\none liimdred feet deep, and lie utilizes the base-\\nment an(] uppei- Boors. In addition to this, lie lias\\na larsje warehouse, wliere he stores his agricultural\\nimplements, etc. He carries on an extensive and\\nhicrntive business in agricultural imi)lements and\\ncarriages, and also keeps on hand a complete as-\\nsortment of hardware and tinware, as well as stoves\\nand ranges. At the present time six men are\\ngiven steady employment and a flourishing busi-\\nness is conducted.\\nOctober 4, 1870, Mr. Vrooman married Miss\\nEliza, daughter of Allen McMicliell. and a native\\nof Jackson County, Mich. Two children have\\nblessed the union, Bert A. and Bessie, who are at-\\ntending sclxtjol at Dowagiac. Politically, Mr.\\nVrooman is a Democrat, and is actively interested\\nin local politics. In the spring of 1891 he was\\nelected Mayor of the city and is still serving in\\nthat position, having been instrumental in secur-\\ning many municipal reforms and much-needed im-\\nprovements. In 1887 he became Treasurer of the\\ncity and filled that position one ^ear. He also served\\nfor one year as Supervisor, and in all the oflicial\\npositions occupied by hire has served with credit\\nto himself and to the universal satisfaction of the\\npeople. In regard to social connections, he is a\\nKnight of Pythias and a member of the order of\\nUnited Woodmen of America.\\nn[J,_,^^ ARVEY CADY, a representative general\\nagriculturist of Berrien Township, Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., has for fifty years been a\\nwitness of the rapid growth and upward\\nprogress of his immediate locality, which, from an\\nalmost unbroken wilderness, has within this period\\nof tiiiu been transformed into meadow-land, wav-\\ning fields and po))idous country. Mr. Cady is a\\nnative of Cayuga County, N. Y.. and was born\\nill .\\\\pril. 1S2 .I. His parents, Aleale and Abigail\\n(Uoyce) Cady, were both natives of the ICinpiri\\nState, the iiiother s curly liouiC beiny in Cayuga,\\nwhile the father was born in Saratoga County.\\nThe parents were united in the birthplace of the\\nmother, and after their marriage continued for\\nmany years to reside in Cayuga County, where\\nthe father carried on a shoemaking business, and\\nalso engaged in farming. In 184.3, with their\\nfamily, the [jareiits, journeying to the \\\\Vest, locat-\\ned in Michigan, settling on section 34, Berrien\\nTownship. They were in comfortable circum-\\nstances and were prospered in their new home.\\nThe father industriously converted the wdd land\\ninto an extensive and linely improved homestead\\nand owned over a three hundred acre tract. The\\nworthy parents took an active interest in all the\\nmatters of the township, and, passing away at an\\nadvanced age, were regretted b3 their old friends\\nand neighbors.\\nHomes were few and far between in those earlj\\nda_ys of 1843, but ,as changes came the father iden-\\ntified himself with the growth of enteri)rise. He\\nand his good wife were valued members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and actively aided in\\nreligious work. Politically, Father Cady was an\\nold-line Whig and conservative in his views. A\\nman of fair education, he was School Inspector for\\nseveral years and faithfully assisted in the promo-\\ntion of educational advancement. He was a fine\\npenman and skillful in making out reports and all\\nthe practical work demanded by an executive posi-\\ntion. Harvey Cady attended the schools of his\\nnative State in his early boyhood and later com-\\npleted his studies in the little log schoolhouse of\\nBerrien Township. At the age of twent3 -one\\nyears he began life for himself and learned the\\ntrade of a carpenter. He followed the occupation\\nfor nine years and then entered into the pursuit\\nof agriculture in Three Oaks Township, farming\\nthe northeast eighty acres of that township for\\ntwenty years. In 1882 our subject settled on his\\npresent farm of one hundred and thirty-one acres,\\nmost of it under cultivation and now rented to a\\ntenant.\\nIn l.s. )7, Harvey Cady and Miss Cornelia\\nBailey were united in marriage. Mrs. Cady, a\\nmost estimable lady, now deceased, was a daughter\\nof pioneer settlers of Berrien Count} Reared\\namiil primitive scenes, siie was a native of Cass", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0885.jp2"}, "882": {"fulltext": "896\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAfmCAL RECORD.\\nCounty, Mich., and, born in 1838, passed away in\\n1877. She was tlie mother of four children:\\nGeorge W., who resides in La Porte, Ind.; Mattic,\\nthe wife of Erastus Hickman, who has two children\\nand lives at Three Oaks; Fannie M., the wife of\\nA. Valentine, who has two children and is at\\nhome in Benton Harbor; and Fred William, the\\nyoungest-born. Mr. Cad^ was a second time\\nmarried, in 1878, to Esther Barnes, a daughter of\\nIvory Barnes, of Vermont. Mrs. Cady was born\\nin Berrien County and, receiving a good education,\\ncompleted her studies in Valparaiso. Siie is an ac-\\ncomplished lad^- and taught school several j-ears in\\nIndiana. Mr. and Mrs. Cady have been blessed\\nby the birtli of one child, II. McDonald Cady.\\nFormerly a memlier of tlie Methodi.sl Episcopal\\nChurch, Mrs. Cady is now connected with the\\nUnited Brethren Church and is an active worker\\nand teacher in the Sunday-school of this latter de-\\nnomination. Our subject was for some length of\\ntime a member of the School Board of Three Oaks\\nand aided his children to obtain an excellent edu-\\ncation. The familj contains a bright little girl.\\nMyrtle Barnes, a sweet singer and the daughter of\\na brother of Mrs. Cady, who is bringing this little\\nchild up as her own. Politically, Mr. Cady is a\\nRepublican, and, intelligently posted on botii local\\nand national issues, is a liberal and progressive\\ncitizen, identified with matters of mutual welfare\\nand highly esteemed b^ all who know hini.\\nTogetlier with his excellent wife and family, our\\nsubject occupies an enviable position of usefulness\\nand inttuencd and possesses many sincere friends.\\n=^^+-^1=-\\nITT J. PIERCE. The pioneers of south-\\nfj western Michigan have a worthy rejire-\\nsentative in this venerable man, who is\\nspending the twilight of his life at his\\npleasant home in Buchanan. He was born in\\nHamburgh, Erie County, N. Y., on the 9th of No-\\nvember, 1817. His grandfather, Giles, and his fa-\\nther, George Pierce, were both natives of Vermont,\\nniid the latluM- was an active participant in the\\nWar of 1812. The mother of our subject. Lydia\\nLittlcfield, was also born in the Green Mountain\\nState, and her brother was at one lime the Sheriff\\nof Buffalo, Y.\\nAfter their marri.age the [)arents of our subject\\nlocated on a farm in Erie County, N. Y.,and there\\nresided until aliout 1827, when they removed to\\nOhio and made settlement about seven miles south\\nof Fainesville. In 1850 they came to Berrien\\nCounty, where the father died at the age of four-\\nscore years. The mother passed away when sev-\\nenty-five years of age. They had three sons who\\ngrew to manhood, but one of these is now de-\\nceased. The survivors are Pitt J. and George.\\nThe first-named was a lad of ten years when he\\nremoved to Ohio with his parents an# there grew\\nto a sturdy and self-reliant manhood.\\nIn 1840, with his wife and child and less than\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i 6 as his entire capital, Mr. Pierce came to Mich-\\nigan and established a home for his family in\\nBerrien County. Upon the present site of New-\\nTroy, then covered with a dense forest growtli, he\\nlocated and commenced to improve a farm. Al-\\nthough he had innumerable obstacles to encoun-\\nter during those early days, he was hopeful, am-\\nbitious and not easily discouraged. In a short\\ntime the farm was placed under cultivation, and\\nwith a golden tribute each year repaid him for his\\nexertions. Years passed by, and as the seasons\\ncame and went the value of the land increased,\\nand its improvements caused it to rank as one\\nof the best farms in the county. In 1891, after\\na half-century of toil, Mr. Pierce retired to the\\nrest so richly merited and deservedly won. He\\nnow rents his three hundred and thirty acre es-\\ntate and derives a fair income therefrom.\\nIn Hamden, Ohio, in 1839, occurred the mar-\\nriage of Pitt J. Fierce to Miss Mary Hill, a native\\nof the Buckeye State. Three children were horn\\nof the union, but one died in infancy. A. W., a\\nresident of Troy, is one of the most prominent\\nmen in that community and is now ofticiating as\\nJustice of the Peace. Lucinda M. married R. B.\\nJennings, a retired farmer living in Buchanan.\\nThe second marriage of Mr. Pierce occurred in\\n1890 and united iiim with Mrs. Julia A. He.ss, the\\nwidow of Alichael IIes:^. Mis. Pierc( was horn", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0886.jp2"}, "883": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPFIICAL RECORD.\\n897\\nand reared in Ohio, and is a lady of many woftliy\\ni|nalities, heinjj aniialilc, cullnied and hospitable.\\nAlt.iioniili for many year:* a K( |inl)iioan. Mr. Pierce\\nii:ui reienlly changed his political views .somewhat,\\n.and now snpports the (ninciples of Democracy.\\n1^ AMKI, .SlIKFJIAN. Among the suecess-\\nfnl liusiness enterprises of Niles is the\\nplumbing, steam and gas fitting establish-\\nment owned and conducted b} tiie subject\\nof this sketcii. Beginning in life for himself, he\\nwas without capital other than that which is rep-\\nresented by habits of industr\\\\- and self-reliance.\\nThese qualities, combined with excellent judg-\\nment and sound common-sense, have secured for\\nhim a measure of success beyond what is usually\\nobtained.\\nA native of Ireland, Mr. Slieehan was boin in\\nPorllaw, County Waterford, on tiie Isi of July,\\n1813. His parents, Cornelius and Martha (Pike)\\nSlieehan, were natives of the Emerald Isle, and the\\nfather was a tailor by trade. In 1844 he brought\\nhis family to the I nited States, landing in New\\nYork City, where he remained a short time. In\\n1818 l:e came to Michigan, and located in Ann\\n.Vibor. where he speni the remainder of his life.\\nOur subject was reared to manhood in .\\\\nn\\nArbor and was a student in a public .school of\\nthat cil\\\\ (Jibboii has said that \u00e2\u0080\u00a2every person\\nlias two educations, one which he receives from\\nOtiicrs, and one, more important, wliicli he gives\\nto himself. the first of these Mr. Sjiethaii has\\nlittle pr.actical knowledge, but with the latter he\\nIS familiar. His education may bo said to have\\nbeen gained principally in the great school of ex-\\nperience. Through habits of clo.se observation and\\nsystematic reading he gained a breadth of knowl-\\nedge not always possessed by college-bred men.\\nrpon starting in business Mr. Slieehan followed\\nthe trade of a plnmlier, which he had learned in\\nlioyhood. In 181)7 he inairied Mi.ss Mary Kear-\\nney, of Ann Arbor, and during the following\\nyear he came to Niles, where for a lime he was in\\nthe emplo\\\\- (\u00c2\u00bbf .lohii \\\\V. Paj ne, a plumber of this\\ncity, whom he afterward bought out. When the\\nwatei-works were introduced into Niles .Mr. .Sliee-\\nhan purchased a stock of plumbing, gas and water\\nfixtures and established a business which has en-\\njoyed a continuous growth. He constructed the\\nsewers of Niles, which he afterward sold to the\\ncity, and has in other ways secured the introduc-\\ntion of modern improvements in Niles.\\nAlthough of foreign birth, Mr. Slieehan pos-\\nsesses tiie patriotism of a true American citizen,\\nand during the Civil War enlisted in 1862 as a\\nmember of Conipan\\\\- II, Twentieth Michigan In-\\nfantry, commanded by Capt. Wiltsee. He partici-\\npated in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsyl-\\nvania. Cold Harbor, East Tennessee, the siege of\\nVicksburg, and other minor engagements through-\\nout North Carolina and Tennessee. At the close\\nof the war he was ordered to Washington, where\\nhe took part in the Grand Review in July, 1865,\\nand afterward returned to Ann Arbor. Politically\\nhe is a Republican. In his religious connections\\nhe is a faithful member of St. Mary s Catholic\\nChurch and active iii its support.\\nAMES A. CO\\\\^ERI)ALE. For many years\\nthis gentleman \\\\va prominently connected\\nwith the agricultural inlerosts of Cass\\n_ County, and iii his death Milton Township\\nlost one of its most enterprising and popular citi-\\nzens. He was a native of Su.ssex County, Del.,\\nhaving been born .\\\\ugiist 10, 1826. and w.-is the\\nthird of a family of five children born to Israel\\nand Nancy Coverd.ale. At the age of ten years\\nhe accompanied his parents to Michigan, where he\\nwas reared to manhood upon a farm, meantime\\nenjoying such advantages as were afforded by the\\nschools of Cass County.\\nThroughout his entire active life. Mi Cover-\\ndale followed the occupation f)f a farmer. A\\nstanch Uepiiblicaii in politics, he held numerous\\nschool offices, and was elected to other positions of\\nhonor, which, however, lie refused to accept on", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0887.jp2"}, "884": {"fulltext": "898\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\naccount of the delicate state of his health. In his\\nreligious belief he was a Methodist and officiated\\nas Trustee in a church here, contributing with the\\nutmost generosity to its support, as well as to\\nother religious enterprises. His death occurred\\nMarch 15, 1892, and he was laid to rest in Smith\\nChapel Cemetery, in Milton Township. Though\\nhe has passed from the scenes of earth he still lives\\nin the hearts of those most dear to him, as well as\\nin the affection of his large circle of acquaintances.\\nHe was for five years a Director in the Farmers\\nMutual Insurance Compan} and had been elected\\nfor the sixth year only a few weeks prior to liis\\ndeath.\\nThe lady who for a long time was the devoted\\nwife and affectionate counselor of Mr. Coverdale,\\nand who now remains to mourn his loss, was form-\\nerly Miss Elizabeth Abbott and was born in Kent\\nCounty, Del., on the 16th of October, 1829. Her\\nfather, George Abbott, and her mother, whose\\nmaiden name was Mary Jones, were both natives\\nof Delaware, and were the i)arents of eight chil-\\ndren, Mrs. Coverdale being the third in order of\\nbirth. She received her education principally in\\nDelaware, but also attended tlie district schools of\\nMilton Township, Cass County, for one term. Her\\nparents were in humble circumstances when the}-\\ncame to Miciiigan,and she worked during one\\nsummer in Niles. After her marriage, which took\\nplace on the 7th of December, 1848, slie located\\nwith her husband on the farm where she now lives.\\nTheir first home was a little log house, containing\\ntwo rooms, but in 1871 this humble dwelling was\\nreplaced by the present elegant frame residence\\nthat now adorns the place.\\nUnto Mr. and Mrs. Coverdale there were born\\nseven children, as follows: Mary E., the wife of\\nJames Watson, of Boone County, Neb.; Calista\\nJ., who died shortly after her marriage to Robert\\nClark; Florence B., the wife of Edward Stewart,\\nof Niles; Alice E. and James F., deceased; Minnie,\\nwho is the wife of Charles Champion, a prominent\\ngrocer of Niles; and Alberta, who is at home with\\nher mother. Mrs. Coverdale owns a farm of one\\nhundred and twenty acres, to which, since her\\nliusl)and s death, she has given her personal super-\\nvision. As slie possesses high ability and excel-\\nlent judgment, she makes of her farming business\\na complete success, and the estate under her care-\\nful management maintains the high standard of\\nexcellence it reached in Mr. Coverdale s lifetime.\\nHOUSWORTH. All his life Mr. Hous-\\nworth has followed, with substantial results,\\nthe occupation to which he was reared, that\\nof a farmer. He has been identified witii\\nthe best interests of the county since coming\\nhere, and his intelligence, enterprise and many es-\\ntimable qualities have acquired for him a popu-\\nlarity not derived from an\\\\ factitious circum-\\nstances, but a spontaneous and permanent tribute\\nto his merit. Possessed of unusual intelligence, he\\nseeks to develop himself as well as his agricultural\\ninterests in the best and broadest directions.\\nMr. Housworth was originally from the good\\nold State of Pennsylvania, born in Sn3-der Count}\\nJuly 17, 1843, and is a son of John and Catherine\\n(Garman) Housworth, both natives of the Key-\\nstone State. The elder Mr. Housworth followed\\nthe occupation of a farmer in his native State for\\nmany years, and was fairly successful in the pur-\\nsuit. Tempted by the promise held forth by Mich-\\nigan as a rich farming region, he turned his face\\nWestward, and crossed the borders of tliat State in\\n1867. He located in Berrien County, and was\\nthere engaged in tilling the soil and improving a\\ngood farm until his death, when about seventy\\nyears of age. His wife died in Snyder County, Pa.,\\nwhen sixty years of age. They were in every\\nway upi ight, honorable citizens, and made warm\\nfriends wherever they located.\\nThe original of this notice was the eighth in or-\\nder of birth of the ten cliildren, five sons and five\\ndaughters, born to the above-mentioned couple,\\nand was the fourth son. The early part of his\\nlife was passed in active iluties on the farm and\\nin attending the district school, where he secured\\na fair education. In the j ear 1867 he came to\\nMichigan with his parents, but in December of the\\nsame year he returned to Pennsylvania, and on the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0888.jp2"}, "885": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n899\\n17tli of tlint month was married to Miss M. Shafer,\\na native of liiat State. Directly after liis mar-\\nriage Mr. lloiiswoitli and wife made tlieir way to\\nJNIicliigan and settled in Berrien County, where he\\nworked by the day for two years.\\nAfter that he rented a farm, on which he re-\\nmained for tliree years, then another on which he\\ntilled the soil for seven years. In 1880 he bought\\nthe farm on wiiich he now resides, and .is there\\nwere but few improvements made on it he has\\nbeen actively engaged in clearing and bringing it\\nto its present high state of cultivation. lie now\\nhiis one of the finest farms in his section, and has\\nevery reason to be proud of it. lie has eighty acres\\nof productive soil, with four acres in timber,and the\\nland is worth at least 1 00 per acre. Mr. Housworth\\nis a Democrat in his political views, but is not a\\nstrict partisan, voting for the man irrespective of\\nparty. He is a member of the Evangelical Church\\nat Buchanan, and has held ofliee in the same. His\\nmarriage resulted in the birth of two children, a\\ndaughter and .son, Minnie and Clayton \\\\V., both\\nat home.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^*^f^i I I I\\nALE E. CKOSUY, a retired farmer residing\\nin Three Oaks, was born in the village of\\nAshburnham, Worcester Count_v, JIass., Oc-\\ntober 15, 181(5. The family of which he i.s\\nan honored representative was for mjuiy successive\\ngenerations closely identified with the history of\\new England, and lias contributed to our country\\nsome of its most influential citizens. Tracing the\\nfamily lineage back to tiie arrival of the first mem-\\nlieriu tlie rnited States, we find tiiat in Ki. io there\\narriveil on tlie vessel Susan iV Ellyn iinc Simon\\nCroshy. aged twenty-si.x. and .VnTi, his wile, aged\\ntwenty-live. They settled in Cambridge, where he\\nbecame (nw of the Selectmen, and resided until his\\ndeath in l( ;!i). It is supposed that he brought\\nconsiderable mone^ to this country with him, as\\nhe ac(|uire(l the ownership of a large amount of\\nland.\\nIn the family of Simon anil Ann Crosby there\\nwere three children, Thomas, Simon and Joseph.\\nFrom the second of these we trace the lineage\\nthrough .Josiah; then through .losiah, of Billerica\\nAlass., who was killed by the Indians; and Josiah, of\\nAmherst, N. 11., to Fitch, the father of our subject.\\nGrandfather Crosby was for a time engaged in the\\nwars with the Indians on the Connecticut River,\\nand afterward became a captain in the Revolu-\\ntionary War, participating in the battle of Bunker\\nHill and other noted engagements. Me married\\nMiss .Sarah F itch, who was born March 25, 1732,\\ntheir marriage being solemnized August 23, 1750.\\nFitch Crosby was born in Milford, N. H., July\\n14, 1773, and learned the trade of a clothier in\\nConcord, Mass. He established himself first at\\nAcworth and later, in 1800, went to Ashburnham,\\nM.ass., where for some time he carried on his busi-\\nness, cultivating at the same time a small farm.\\nOn the 1st of March, 1798, he married Miss Re-\\nbecca, daughter of Josiah Davis. She was born\\nDecember 7, 1778, and died on the 20th of May,\\n1857, having been an invalid for many j^ears prior\\nto her decease. She was an earnest Christian\\nwoman and was a devoted wife and an affection-\\nate mother. Mr. Crosby was also a good and pious\\nman, ])Osscssing a calm and equable disposition\\nand U|)right character. He passed away on the\\n17th of March, 1852.\\nIn the family of which our subject is a member\\nthere were three children: Charles, who died in\\nMassachusetts at the advanced age of four-score\\nand one years; Josiah D., who w.as a minister\\nin the Congregational Church in Massachusetts,\\nand died in June, 1888, aged eighty-t)ue years;\\nand Hale E., who is the only survivor of the fam-\\nily. The last-named w.as reared in Ashburnham,\\nMass., and was educated in the public schools of\\nthat place. At the age of sixteen years he went\\nto Lowell, Mass., as an apprentice in the ollice of\\nthe Lowell Observer, and he nfterwanl was em-\\nployed in the olHce of (loidd i^* Newman, at An-\\ndover, Mass. From there he went to Concord,\\nN. II., and carri d on his studit^s in the Concfird\\nLiterary hislitulion.\\nAfter leaving school .Mr. Crosby commenced\\nthe publication of an anti-slavery paper called the\\nHerald ofFrcechmt, which was edited by X. P. Hog-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0889.jp2"}, "886": {"fulltext": "900\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ners and was one of the most radical papers of its\\nkind. For about three years our subject was iden-\\ntified with the Herald of Freedom, utter which he\\npurchased a stock of goods and opened a store in\\nAshby, Mass., removing thence to Fisherville,\\nN.H., where he engaged in tlie mercantile business\\nfor two years.\\nIn 1844 Mr. Crosby went to New Buffalo, Mich.,\\nwhere he superintended the selling out of a stock\\nof goods that he and his father-in-law had at\\nthat place. When that work was finished he lo-\\ncated upon a farm in what is now the eastern\\npart of New ]5uffalo Township. lie purchased the\\nproperty from J. P. Brown, who had entered it\\nfrom the Government. Upon locating tliere he at\\nonce commenced the work of clearing the land,\\nwhich was in its original wild condition. At first\\nhe bought onl} eighty acres, paving therefor about\\n$2 per acre, but as frequently as convenient he\\nadded to the property until his landed possessions\\naggregated three hundred acres. He continued to\\nlive at that place from 184.5 until 1886, when he\\nremoved to Three Oaks and has since made his\\nhome in this village.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Crosby took place on the\\n1st of November, 1838, his bride being Miss Mary\\nCliamberlain, who was liorn in Pembroke, N. H.,\\nNovember 3, 1818, and was the daughter of Moses\\nChamberlain. A famil of six children came to\\nbless their home, three of whom are living, namely:\\nJosiali B., who enlisted in the service of the Union\\nin 1861, before he had attained his majority, and\\nserved until the close of the war, holding the rank\\nof a non-commissioned officer, and who is now liv-\\ning near the old homestead; Henry C.,who resides\\non the home farm in New Buffalo Township; and\\nJohn A., a practicing ph3 sician of Minneapolis,\\nMinn. Mr. Crosb^ has an adopted daughter, El-\\nenora, who makes her home with him and tenderly\\ncares for him in his declining years. The deceased\\nchildren are Charles and William, each of whom\\ndied at the age of about one year, and an infant\\nthat died unnamed. On the 7th of .lanuai\\\\-,\\n1890, the family suffered an irreparable loss in the\\ndeath of the loving wife and mother, who was a\\nwoman of saintly character. ^Iie was a member\\nof the Congregational Church, devoted to the\\ncause of religion, and (luring the late war was\\ntireless in her efforts to supply provisions, cloth-\\ning, etc., for the soldiers.\\nIn former years Mr. Crosby was an Abolitionist,\\nand after the organization of the Republican\\nparty he identified himself with it, remaining an\\nadherent of its principles until the election of\\nCleveland, since which time he has been indepen-\\ndent, casting his ballot for the best men and the\\nbest interests, irrespective of party. For a num-\\nber of years he represented the township of New\\nBuffalo on the County Board of Supervisors and\\nserved as its Chairman for one \\\\ear. In 1866-(i7\\nhe represented Berrien County in the State Legis-\\nlature, where his services were eminently satisfac-\\ntory to his constituency. While filling that posi-\\ntion the Agricultural College was founded, and he\\ngave to that movement his hearty support. He\\nalso advocated the law encouraging the sthool\\ndistricts to purchase Webster s Dictionary for\\nschool purposes, and was a member of the Com-\\nmittee of P^ducation. He was one of the organ-\\nizers of the Congregational Church at New Buf-\\nfalo and has served as a Deacon in the church,\\ntaking a deep interest in the work of the church\\nand Sunday-school. Mr. Crosby never used in-\\ntoxicating liquors or tobacco in any form, nor tea\\nnor coffee. In early boyhood he formed the habit\\nof using only cold water as a beverage and con-\\ntinued the habit through life.\\nOEL LAYMAN, a prominent citizen and\\nenterprising general agriculturist, residing\\nupon section 12, ISerrien Township, Berrien\\nV^i^^y County, Mich., has made his upward way\\nin life entirely through his energetic efforts and\\nself-reliant industry, and is an example of the\\nsuccess attainable by a man of good habits and\\ngood judgment, who, with earnest resolution,\\nmeets difficulties courageously and patiently over-\\ncomes obstacles. Our subject was born September\\n4, 1824, in Franklin Count\\\\-. Va., in a little log", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0890.jp2"}, "887": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nItOl\\ncaliiii about ten feet square. His father, Daniel\\nLayman, also a native of the same State and\\ncounty, and born in 17!I7, was by trade a black-\\nsmith and also tilled the soil of tiie Old Dominion.\\nThe paternal grandfather was a soldier in the\\nHcvolutional v War an l fought with courage. The\\nmother. Uhoda (Lumsdeu) Layman, also a native\\nof Franklin County, Va., born in 1803, was the\\ndaughter of Dudley and Sarah (Chitwood) Lums-\\nden, her parents being of English descent. The\\nLaymans were of German ancestry, hard-working\\nand honest people. Tiie father and mother, reared\\nand married in their native place, spent some\\ntime after in X irginia, and in 18.37 journeyed\\nto Cass County, Mich., settling in Pokagon, where\\nthey remained upon a rented farm until 1841, at\\nwliicli time they settled in Berrien Township upon\\nsection 1 1.\\nThe eighty-acre tract upon which the parents\\nmade their home was heavily timbered and in the\\nwilderness. Living in a little log house, tlie\\nmother and children did what they could to assist\\nthe father, who cleared the land with steady\\nswinging blows of his sturdy axe, and meantime\\nengaged in his trade, thus suppl3 ing his wife and\\nlittle ones with the necessaries of life. Gradually,\\nfr(\u00c2\u00bbm poverty the father made his way upward.\\nHe took an active part in all matters of mutual\\nwelfare, and politically he w.as a Democrat. Their\\nhome was blessed with the presence of eleven\\nchildren, of whom the eldest was our subject,. loel;\\nthen followed (liles, Esau, Martha, Susan Dickson,\\nElizabeth Strong and John, all suiviving. Four\\ndied in early youth. The father died in 1880,\\nand the mother in 1882.\\nJoel Layman received only five terms of school-\\ning, and is. mainly through habits of observation\\nand reading, self-educated. At twenty-one years\\nof age, having previously worked u|)on his father s\\nfarm, our subject began life for himself b\\\\- clear-\\ning land, and through the closest economy managed\\nto linally buy eighty acres of wild land upon sec-\\ntion 10, where A. J. Easton now resides, and to\\nwhich i)urchase Mr. La,\\\\ man added another forty\\nacres.\\nIn 1849, our subject was united in marriage with\\nMiss Ellen .lenkins, a daughter of .lames and\\nLetitia (Mars) Jenkins, both natives of Fayette\\nCounty, a.. where the father was born in 1800,\\nthe mother in 1802. Mr. and Mrs, Jenkins were\\nwedded in irginia, and lemained in their early\\nhome until 1832, when they settled U])on section\\n23, Berrien Township, Berrien County, Mich.,\\nmaking a permanent home far from the scenes of\\ntheir youth. The mother died in 1869; the father\\nsurvived until 187.T. Of their nine children, four\\nare living: Mrs. Layman, John, Lewis and William.\\nEarly a Whig, the father was later a Democrat.\\nThe estimable wife of our subject, born May 4,\\n1830, in Fayette County, W. V a., was an infant\\nwhen she came to Michigan, and received her\\neducation m the little log house of the district.\\nMr. and Mrs. Layman have three children. Henrv\\nF., born in 1851, married Mary Flewallan, has four\\nchildren and resides on section 23; Irene, born in\\n1850, and the wife of Edgar Bianchard, is the\\nmother of one sou and lives in Cass County; Lydia\\nA., born in I860, the wife of Albert S. Ricketts,\\nmakes her home on the old farm. After clearing\\nand improving forty acres of the Easton farm,\\nMr. Layman, in March, 1854, removed to his pres-\\nent homestead, then all wild land, heavily tim-\\nbered. He at once liuilt a frame shaiitv, and\\ngradually transformed the acres into the highly\\ncultivated farm of to-day. He began life with an\\naxe as his stock in trade; his wife owned little\\nmore than her thimble, l)ut the twojiartners in jo\\\\-\\nand sorrow have made a .-uccess of their matri-\\nmonial venture, and are now enjoying a com-\\npetence.\\nThe homestead contains two hundred and forty-\\ntwo acres of land, all under cultivation except\\nthirty .acres of timber. Possessing a natural gift\\nin handling tools, I\\\\L Layman is an expert ine-\\nchaiiie, and in 1856 built a commodious barn, and\\nill 1860 erected a comfortable residence. The\\nchildren received a good education, and the\\nyoungest has taught school. Our subject and his\\nexcellent wife have for many years been .active\\nmembers of the Christian Church. Mr. I^avman,\\nas an officer of the School Board for a long period,\\nmaterially assisted in the advancement of the\\nschools of the district. I olitically. he is a Demo-\\ncrat and a prominent man of the local [larty, but", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0891.jp2"}, "888": {"fulltext": "902\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhas no desire for office. Elected Suijervisor and\\nJustice of the Peace, he in botii instances resigned.\\nHe has, however, served with great acceptability\\nas Constable. In 1871, Mr. Layman met with a\\nterrible accident. His team ran away, and, throw-\\ning him out, he struck with great force against a\\nfence and fractured his skull, broke his left jaw\\nand injured his ear. It was a long time before he\\neven partially recovered. Mr. Layman now rents\\nhis land, and, having retired from active labor,\\nenjoys the fruits of a well-spent life and the\\npleasant societ3 of his family and a large circle\\nof old friends, tried and true.\\nf=V\\n+^*^E*\\n^DMl XD B. STORMS. Berrien County in\\nthe past has furnished many examples of\\nij the success attendant upon persistent in-\\nfi\\ndustry, fortified by the intelligence tliat impels to\\nthe improvement of opportunities, and to-da3\\nsurrounded bj all the conveniences of life, it bears\\nwitness to the wisdom of those hardj pioneers\\nwho, in the days when none of these things were,\\nhewed out homes for themselves in the wilder-\\nness. Among the enterprises wliieh have met with\\na well-merited reward may be mentioned the Earl-\\nStorms Manufacturing Companj of Niles.\\nSince its inception in March of 1891, this com-\\npany has enjoyed a steady increase of trade and\\nexpansion of facilities. It m.ikes a specialty of\\nthe manufacture of step-ladders and combination\\nchairs, the quality of which is such as to commend\\nthe firm to the patronage of the general public.\\nThe Secretar} and Treasurer of the eompan} Ed-\\nmund B. Storms, was born in Niles Township,\\nBerrien County, Mich., January 24, 1853. His\\nfather, Lewis Storms, was a native of New York,\\nwhence he emigrated to Michigan in 1838 and\\nmade settlement in Berrien County. There he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Lydia Baker, a native\\nof Indiana, and a daughter of Nathan Baker, of\\nPennsylvania. The mother of our subject is still\\nliving, liut his father has passed awa}\\nThe only members of the parental family were\\nour subject and a sister. He attended the common\\nschools in the home neighborhood, later prose-\\ncuted his studies in a select school at Niles, and\\nsubsequently entered a business college at Kala-\\nmazoo, where he fitted himself for the practical\\nduties of life. At an earl3 age he advocated tlie\\nprinci])les of the Republican party with enthusi-\\nasm and vigor, and he has never had any reason\\nto change his views on political subjects. In 1886\\nhe was elected Treasurer of Berrien County and\\nserved with efficiency until the expiration of his\\nterm. He also filled the positions of Supervisor\\nand Township Treasurer for a number of years.\\nShortly after retiring from the office of Treas-\\nurer, Mr. Storms embarked in the manufacturing\\nbusiness, under the title of the Earl-Storms Manu-\\nfacturing Company, B. F. Earl being the General\\nManager, and our subject serving as Secretary and\\nTreasurer. From the first the firm enjoyed a\\nsteady and prosperous business, and employment\\nis now given to a large force of experienced work-\\nmen. Mr. Storms has a pleasant home on Dakota\\nAvenue, where after the daj- s duties are ended\\nhe finds a delightful release from the cares of\\nbusiness. He was married on the 1.3th of Novem-\\nber, 1888, to Miss Myra Stanley, of Niles, an es-\\ntimable lady, whose position in the social circles\\nof Niles is the hiahest.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25-\\n^MJ^\\nRS. S. B. WHITE, the subject of this sketch\\nwas born in Greenfield, Saratoga Coun-\\nty, N. Y., November 22, 1826. William\\nBrown, her father, was born in Riiode\\nIsland in 1798. of parents whose lineage included\\nthe name of Roger Williams and the Windsors\\nand Browns of the early religious and political life\\nof New England. He inherited from such an-\\ncestiy the deep religious faith and earnest polit-\\nical convictions to which he adhered through a\\nlong, consistent and useful life. From early man-\\nhood he was a resident of Saratoga County, N. Y..\\nwhere he was united in marriage in the \\\\cai- 1823", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0892.jp2"}, "889": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPHICAL RPX ORD.\\n903\\nto Hannah Giippin, wliosc sterling qualities of\\npinclieal piety, good sense, energy and thrift\\nattested her New Enyland origin. In 1854\\nthey removed to Watervliet, .Mich., where the re-\\nmainder of their honored and respected lives was\\npassed. Mr. lirowii died in 1876, at the age of\\nseventy-eight years, lli.s wife died in 189(1, aged\\neight3 -eiglit years.\\nMrs. White was one of three eliildren, the others\\nbeing .leriisha A., now residing in Saratoga Coun-\\nty, N. v.; and Mary B. Lee, residing in Minne-\\napolis, Minn. Mrs. White s early life was passed\\nin Saratoga County, N. Y. She received her\\neducation in the common schools of Saratoga\\nCounty and at (Hens Falls Academy, and for six\\nyears or more taught in the schools of Saratoga\\nCounty, N. V. In 18o3 she went to Milwaukee,\\nWis., where she was chosen to fill the position of\\nteaclier in the preparatory department of the\\nMilwaukee Female College, where she remained\\nfor years previous to her marriage.\\nTlie [jaternal grandfather of Mrs. White, Benja-\\nmin Brown, was a native of Rhode Island, and a\\nfarmer by occupation. Unto him and his wife,\\nwhose maiden name was Huldah Windsor, were\\nborn three sons and two daugliters, three of whom,\\nWilliam, Windsor and Lydia, married and reared\\nfamilies, while two remained single. Grandfather\\nBrown and his good wife settled in Saratoga\\nCounty, N. Y., in an early day, and spent the re-\\nmainder of their days in that community. They\\nwere people of great worth of character. He was\\na rniversalist and she a Baptist in religious opin-\\nions.\\nAugust 28, 1856, our subject w\\\\as united in\\nmarriage with Dr. Benjamin F. White, who was\\nborn in Cherry Valley, N. Y.. in May, 1828, being\\nthe son of George and Artemisia (Havens) White.\\nnatives of the Kmpire State. The father, who was\\na minister in the Methodist Episcopal denomina-\\ntion, was sent about 1840 to Green Bay, where he\\nwas one of the pioneer preachers. In 1852 he\\nwent to California, and afterward spent a few\\nyears in Fond du Lac County, Wis.\\nFirst a Whig and later a Republican, the Rev.\\nMr. White w.as quite active in polities. During\\nthf Civil War he received the api)oiiituient of\\nclerk in the War Department, and afterward was\\ntinnsferrcd to the Pejsion Department. He died\\nabout 1885 at Washington, D. C at the age of\\neighty -six. He had retired from active work\\nabout three years prior to his demise. Possessing\\nmental gifts of an unusually high order, he was\\npeculiarly titled for ministerial work, and was one\\nof the most successful preachers in that denomi-\\nnation. His wife, a woman of rare mental quali-\\nties and strength of character, passed away at the\\nage of eighty-three, at Washington, D. C. They\\nwere the parents of six children.\\nIn the common schools of the various places\\nwhere his father resided, Benjamin F. White\\nreceived his education. He commenced the stud^\\nof medicine with his uncle. Dr. Havens, in Cherry\\nValley, and in the spring of 1856 was graduated\\nfrom Rush Aledical College, Chicago. In 1852 he\\nwent to California and remained for two years,\\nreturning thence to the East and entering Rush\\nCollege, as above stated. At the close of his\\nstudies, he opened an office in Two Rivers, Wis.,\\nwhere he conducted his practice for a time. Later\\nhe went to Prairie du Chien, Wis., where he\\nconducted an extensive practice.\\nIn the spring of 1861 he was commissioned\\nSurgeon of the First Wisconsin Infantiy, Col.\\nStarkweather commanding. To him belonged the\\ndistinction of havinif been the first surgeon\\nappointed in the State. At the end of the three\\nmonths campaign he was compelled to resign on\\naccount of being afflicted with chronic diarrluea.\\nand, being too ill to join his regiment at its re-or-\\nganization, returned to his home, Iionorabl3 dis-\\ncharged, where he remained until the spring of\\n1862. He was then solicited to go to Madison,\\nWis., and superintend the work of preparing the\\nhospital fcjr the reeei)tion (jf prisoners from Island\\nNo. 10, but pending a second appointment in the\\narmy as surgeon, was again taken ill, and died at\\nMadison May 1, 1862. He was one of the prom-\\ninent physicians of the State and was identified\\nwith the State Medical Association. In his social\\nconnections, he was a member of the Inilependent\\nOrder of Odd Fellows.\\nAt the age of eighteen Mrs. White united with\\nthe Baptist Church, and after the death of her", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0893.jp2"}, "890": {"fulltext": "904\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nImsband she joined the Congregational Churcli at\\nWatervliet, Mich. She is the mother of two\\neliildren, one of whom survives, Benjamin F.,\\nwho was born in Watervliet, and is now a resident\\nof that village. July 2, 1891, he married Miss\\nIda E. Floodman, the dauglit\u00c2\u00ab r of John and Ida\\nE. Floodman, of Trade Lake, Wis.\\nim\\nH\\n\\\\t\\nOSEPII CALDWELL. Among tiie worthy\\nmen who came to this country from England,\\nbringing with them the sturdy character-\\nistics of the British yeomanry, none was\\nmore esteemed in Berrien Count} Mich., than the\\ngentleman whose name we have now given; and\\nhis death, which occurred in 1872, when about\\nsixty-eight years of age, was felt as a great loss to\\nthe community. He was born in Derbyshire,\\nEngland, in 1804, and came to America about\\nlX-23.\\nMr. Caldwell first located in the State of New\\nYork, but ten years later came to White Pigeon,\\nMich., in the spring of 18;^2. He drove a team\\nof three yoke of oxen, hitched to a wagon, down\\nan Indian trail, which was the second team and\\nwagon driven into St. Joseph, Berrien County.\\nIn 1834 he selected a piece of land on the Paw\\nI aw River, and in 1835 built a house on the\\nplace and commenced clearing and developing\\nthe land. In 1850 he took the California gold fe-\\nver, rented his farm, and was in California about\\neighteen months. He then returned to the farm\\nand remained there until his death. His first\\nwife died in Berrien County at an early day, and\\nIlls second marriage was to Miss Elizabeth Bury,\\ndaughter of John D. Bury, who w.as also one of\\nthe earliest settlers.\\nAll of the six children born to this union grew\\nto mature j ears and became prominent citizens.\\nThey were in the order of their births as follows:\\nJoseph; John, who graduated at Hillsdale, and later\\nentered Eastman s lUisiness College, at Pougli-\\nkeepsie, N. Y., where his death occurred; Josiah,\\nof II igar Township, Berrien Count\\\\ Maitlia, wife\\nof C. U. IJurrous, of Michigan; Elizabeth, of Benton\\nTownship; and Cieorge, of Hagar Township. The\\nfather of these children was a most worthy citizen,\\nand although his active life has ceased on earth,\\nhis intiuence extends still and will continue to ex-\\ntend among all who knew hiin. He was well\\nknown for his integrity and honesty, and was\\npre-eminently a kind father and husband. Mr.\\nCaldwell was engaged in farming, and at the time\\nof his decease he left his family a tine estate and,\\nwhat was much better, an untarnished and honor-\\nable name. The Caldwell family has ever been,\\nand is now, one of the most prominent ones of\\nthe county, and its members have exerted a won-\\nderful intiuence over the progress and development\\nof the same. When Mr. Caldwell first settled in\\nMichigan he had no means wortli speaking about,\\nbut at the time of his death owned about six hun-\\ndred acres in Hagar and Benton Townships, Ber-\\nrien County. What he accumulated was the re-\\nsult of 3 ears of hard labor, for he was in no sense\\na speculator. In politics, he was an old-time\\nDemocrat, but all his sons, with the exception of\\none, are Republicans.\\nJoseph Caldwell, the eldest of the above-men-\\ntioned children, was born in 1851, on the farm\\nwhere he now resides, there grew to manhood, and\\nattended the common schools, in which lie secured\\na good practical education. JIarch 10, lH,s;^, be\\nmarried Miss Mary Logan, a pleasant, agreealile\\nlady,and he hassince been engaged in agricultural\\npursuits, being now the owner of one hundred\\nand forty acres of the home place. Wide-awake\\nand thorough-going, progressive and enterprising,\\nhe is classed among the best fai meis of his section.\\nJ(isiah, the third in order of birth of the above-\\nmentioned children, was born in lienton Townshi|),\\nthis county, in 1855, and is now one of the re|)re-\\nsentative farmers and fruit-growers of Hagar\\nTownship. Like his Inother, he grew up with a\\nfarm experience and received a district-school ed-\\nucation. Naturally he selected agricultural pur-\\nsuits as his chosen occupation, and settled on his\\nportion of his father s estate, one hundred and\\ntwenty-four acres in Hagar Township, which he\\nhas cleared and developed. He has excellent\\nbuildings on his farm, and in connection with", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0894.jp2"}, "891": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT ANI^ BIOCiRAPHICAI. RKCORI).\\nono\\ntMiiiiini; lie is engasic d in fiiiil-growing, having\\niilidui finntccii :icies covered witli lierries. His\\nlidiisf is liciUitifuUy located on tlie lake and is\\nincsidcd over l y his wife, foimeriy Miss Lora\\niiKcr. whom he married in I.H78. and who is the\\n(huiuhter of W. 1). Culver, a lesichMit of lienlon\\nliarlior. Mr. ;in(l Mrs. Caldwell are the j)arents of\\none child. I llhel. a iMisiht. intelligent little girl.\\nIn the spring of l)S;i;i, Mr. Caldwell was elected\\nSu|)er\\\\isor of llagar Township. lie is a Democrat\\nin polilK s, and soei:dly is a M.ason.\\n^I; _ IGII .MiMlLI.KN. Perhaps there is no\\nstation in life in which diHieiilties have\\nnot to he encountered and overcome liefore\\nany decided measure of success can be at-\\ntained. Especially is this true of tho.se who. born\\nof hiunble parentage, havi in youth few opportu-\\nnities for aciiuiring an education and of gain-\\ning that training which so largely promotes suc-\\ncess. .Mlhough upon starting out in the business\\nworld the subject of this sketch had no capital\\notlu r than his own abilities, he has achieved ma-\\nterial success anil at the same time has gained a\\nhigh place in the regard of his fellow-men. He is\\nnow one of the inlliiential citizens of St. Joseph,\\nwhere he is engaged in the manufacture of wagons,\\ncarriages and buggies, and also conducts a general\\nbusiness as a blacksmith.\\nA uative of Ireland, our subject was born in\\nCounty Down August 12, 1836, and is a son of\\nRobert and Jane (Smith) McMullen, natives of\\nthe Emerald Isle. He passed his schooldays in his\\nnative county, aiding his father on the home farm,\\nand meantime receiving the advantages of a com-\\nmon-school education. I pon leaving the farm,\\nhe learned the trade of a blacksmith. and upon the\\ncompletion of his apprenticeship, having heard\\noften of the many advantages offered by the I ni-\\nted States, he determined to emigrate to this coun-\\ntrv. Setting sail from Ireland, he landed at Castle\\nCiardcn, New York City, in If^To, and spent one\\n3 ear in New York, after whicU he went to New\\nLebanon, tin; same State, and thence came to .St.\\nJoseph.\\nIn this city Mr. .McMullen opened a blacksmith\\nshop and commenced in business on a veiy modest\\nscale. .\\\\s his capital increased, he enlarged his\\nbusiness, and .after a time added the manufacture\\nof wagtnis, carriages and buggies, lie now has a\\nlarge shoii, well equipped with all the conveniences\\nfor conducting an extensive business and contain-\\ning the l. istest improved machinery. His friends\\nare as many as his acquaintances and he has the\\nconfidence of his business associates as well as of\\nhis personal friends. His close attention to busi-\\nness and his strict honor and integrity have\\ngained for him the respect and esteem of all who\\nknow him.\\nAs his investments were crowned with success\\nand his business ventures proved fortunate, Mr.\\nMcMullen was enabled to surround his family with\\nall the comforts of life, and his elegant residence,\\nwhich is located near his place of business, is an\\nideal home, the exterior and inteiior reflecting the\\ncultured tastes of the inmates. He married, in\\n1879, Miss Carrie, daughter of Joshua Hunt, of\\nPaw Paw, Mich. In his social affiliations, Mr.\\nMcMullen has identitied himself with Lodge No.\\nnil, L O. O. F., in which he is an inllueatial mem-\\nber.\\n,EOR(H-: 11. Ml KDOCII, Ju. In the i)ro-\\ni_\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fessional circles of southwestern Michigan,\\nVi^j the name of Mr. Murdoch is a familiar one,\\nand he is recognized .as one of the brilliant lumi-\\nnaries of the Bar of Benton Harbor. lie is a young\\nman, and undtiubtedly added honors will come to\\nhim as the years go by. Having alwajs resided in\\nBerrien County, he is well known among the peo-\\nple of the county, and his aliilities are such that his\\nfellow-citizens take just pride in his attainments.\\nThe parents of our subject are (ieorge II. and\\nElizabeth (Kimball) Murdoch, natives of Penns\\\\l-\\nvania, who were numbered among the early set-\\ntlers of ncrrien County. (Jeoi-ge H. was born here", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0895.jp2"}, "892": {"fulltext": "906\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\non the 8th of September, 1862, anrl acquired a good\\neducation in tlic common schools. In his 3 outh\\nhe learned the trade of a printer, but never fol-\\nlowed that occupation. Prior to learning the\\nprinter s trade, he entered the Ann Arbor High\\nSchool and prosecuted his studies tliere for one\\nyeiir, returning home at the age of nineteen. It\\nliad always been his ambition to become a profes-\\nsional man, and law possessed especial attractions\\nfor him, but, although he read Blackstone for a\\ntime, he did not then complete his legal studies.\\nAt the age of twenty, Mr. Murdoch became edi-\\ntor of the Berrien County Journal and remained in\\nthat [losition for three years. Later he was largely\\ninstrumental in the organization of a stock com-\\npany-, known as the People s Printing Company,\\nwhich he conducted for a time and then sold out.\\nIn 1886 he entered the law department of the State\\nUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he\\nremained for one year. July 2.5, 1887, he was ad-\\nmitted to practice at the Bar of the State, and\\nopened an oflice at Niles, where he remained for\\nsix mouths. While at Niles, he was asked to ac-\\ncept the editorship of L Arnse Central, at West\\nSuperior, and he assumed the duties of that posi-\\ntion, remaining in that city for three 3 ears. Re-\\nturning to Berrien County, he opened a law office\\nat Berrien Springs and conducted a good piactice\\nthere for one year.\\nThe 3 car 1891 witnessed the arrival of Air. Mur-\\ndoch in Benton Harbor, and although his residence\\nin this city has been for a comparatively brief\\nperiod, he is already well known as a successful\\nand skillful attorney-at-law. Personally, he is a\\ngenial and affable young gentleman, and his pleas\\nant disposition wins for him a host of warm friends.\\nIn his political belief he is a Democrat, firm in his\\nallegiance to party principles. He served as Cir-\\ncuit Court Commissioner of Berrien County for\\ntwo years and has filled other positions of honor.\\nIn the fall of 1892, he was nominated for the po-\\nsition of City Attorney on the Democratic ticket,\\nbut, Berrien County being strongly Republican, he\\nwas defeated. His popularity is indicated bj- the\\nfact that he ran considerably ahead of the ticket,\\nand was defeated only by a very small majority.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Murdoch was solemnixed\\nin .June of 1888 to Miss Martha, daughter of Ethan\\nA. Brown, formerl) a member of the Michigan State\\nLegislature. Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch are the par-\\nents of one daughter, Adeline.\\nP.TER HANSEN, an old resident and prom-\\ninent citizen of Benton Harbor, is the\\np^ owner and proprietor of one of the most\\nI successful and extensive tailoring estab-\\nlishments in this section of the State. He occupies\\na store two stories in height and 25x100 feet in\\ndimensions; here he has a well-assorted stock, em-\\nbracing fine goods of domestic and foreign man-\\nufacture. He has gained a tirst-elass reputation\\nfor the fit and workmanship of all garments pro-\\nduced at his establishment, and fills orders for\\nevery description of work in his line in a prompt\\nand satisfactory manner. His practical experience\\nin the business and careful supervision of its de-\\ntails have procured for him a large and profitable\\ntrade.\\nA native of Luxemborg, Germany, Mr. Hansen\\nwas born on the 17th of February, 183-1, and is a\\nson of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hartges) Hansen, his\\nfather being a farmer in Germany. Peter was edu-\\ncated in the schools of the Fatherland, but his\\nschooling was limited, as at the age of twelve he\\nwas obliged to leave school and thenceforth give\\nhis attention to fanning pursuits. At the age of\\neighteen he commenced to learn the trade of a\\ntailor, serving an apprenticeship of three years.\\nIn 1856 he set sail for America, arriving at Boston\\non the 5th of January, the same year. Thence he\\nwent to Buffalo, N. Y., where he worked at his\\ntrade for one year. Later he resided in Lankfort\\nand Dunkirk, N. Y., AVarren County, Pa., James-\\ntown, N. Y., Toronto and several other places in\\nCanada, also at London, Canada, Buffalo, N. Y.,\\nand Titusville, Pa.\\nThe year 1867 witnessed the arrival of Mr.\\nHansen in Benton Harbor, where he at once em-\\nbarked in business as a merchant tailor. He car-\\nvies a line stock of cloth and, being a first-class", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0896.jp2"}, "893": {"fulltext": "I ORTRAiT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n007\\nwoikinrui, iii;iiiit:iins a constant and prolitable\\ntiade. His Ijrick stoic building was erected by\\niiiniseif and is still his property. He is a wide-\\naw.ake and enerfjetic citizen, keen in judgment,\\nhonorable in iiis dealings with all, and po.ssesses a\\nbust of warm personal friends. lie is a Democrat\\nin ills political belief and uniformly gives lussup-\\nport to the principles adopted by that organization.\\nHis marriage, in 18G6, united him with Miss Cath-\\narine Neil, of Canada, the daughter of Edward\\nO Ncil. They are the parents of tlie following\\nchildicn: .lohn, .Joseph, Lizzie, Fiaiik, !Mary E.,\\n.Iose|)hine, Kitlie, Rosie and Theresa. Mr. and\\nMrs. Hansen and family aie nuiiibers of the Cath-\\nolic Church.\\nK. ROSS, a retired bank ctushier and |)rom-\\ninent businessman of lluchanan, was born\\nIS in Hamilton. La Porte County. Ind., on\\nthe Till of August, 1841. He is the son\\nof the Hon. .lolin 1). Ross, who w.as born near Cin-\\ncinii.ati. Ohio, .lime 2, 1802, and was there reared\\nto manhood, going thence to Indiana, and com-\\ning from there to .Michigan In 1834. His trade was\\nthai of a blacksmith, which he followed for a time\\nat Niles. To liini belongs tlie distinction of hav-\\ning built the first flouring-miU ever erected in\\nNiles, and he was one of the prominent pioneers\\nof that place.\\nKrom Niles, Mr. Ross, Sr., proceeded to alpar-\\naiso, Ind., and thence caUie to Buchanan in 1847.\\nHere he oi)ened a general store, and also oper-\\nated a mill and distillery, all of which enteri)ri. -cs\\nhe conducted with the greatest success. I ater. he\\nembarked in the banking business, and conducted\\na linancial institution at lUichanan until about\\n1872, when he retired from all active participa-\\ntion in l)usiness. At the time he located in the\\nvillage of Buchanan, it contained live dwelling-\\nhouses and two store buildings, and it iiiav be\\ntruly said of Mr. Ross that he did ni(\u00c2\u00bbie for the\\nin)])i()vement of the place than any other man\\nthere residing. His great capabilities wore recog-\\nnized and appreciated by his fellow-citizens, who\\nelected him to represent them in the Legislature\\nof the State. He served many times as President\\nof the vilLage, and was considered one of the\\nleaders of the Democratic party in this section.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Ross united him with\\nMiss Eliza Labertan, who became his wife in 1824,\\nand died in 1833, having become the mother of\\nsix children. One child is the only survivor of\\nthat number, Thomas L., who resides in Topeka,\\nKan. After the death of Mrs. Eliza Ross, Mr.\\nRoss was united with Miss .Jane Conner, who died\\nin 1838, leaving three children, only one now sur-\\nviving: Martha E., the wife of Thomas M. Fulton,\\nof Chicago. The third marriage of Mr. Ross took\\nplace in 1839, and united him with Miss Martha\\nDeArmond. Three children were born of this un-\\nion, of whom our subject is the only survivor.\\nAt the age of seven j ears our subject accompan-\\nied his father to Michigan and carried on his pri-\\nmary studies in the schools of Buchanan. At the\\nage of sixteen he entered the University of Notre\\nDame, Ind., where he remained for two years, dil-\\nigently prosecuting his studies. Returning home,\\nhe embarked in business with his father, and upon\\nthe organization of the lirm of Ross Fenton,\\nbankers, he became their Cashier. The institution\\nw. is originally known as the Bank of Buchanan,\\nand afterward became the Bank of Ross iV- Son,\\nour subject s connection with it covering a period\\nof twenty-flve years. Mr. Ro.ss was also engaged\\nfor one year in the dry-goods business in partner-\\nship with .John (iraliam.\\nOctober 20, 1864, occurred the marriage of Mr.\\nRoss to Miss Mary A. Sherman, a resident of Paw\\nPaw, Mich. The union was blessed by the liirth\\nof one son. .John J)., now residing in Chicago .and\\nfor many years Cashier for Lord Sz Thomas, of\\nthat cit\\\\-. The second marriage of 5Ir. Ross oc-\\ncurred on the 10th of .January. 1877, and united\\nhim with Miss Clara M. Loomis, who was born in\\nChicago, III.. Apiil 2; 18.53. Her father. A. D.\\nLoomis, a native of Saratoga Springs, N. V.. settled\\nin Cliic.igo about 183t). and engaged in the lumber\\nliusiness there for niany \\\\ears, but now makes his\\nhome in (iainesville, Kla. The mother of Mrs.\\nRoss was known in maidenhood as Miss Marietta", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0897.jp2"}, "894": {"fulltext": "908\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCjut, and was born in Kentucky. Mrs. Ross is\\ntlie youngest of four children, and received her\\neducation at Kenosiia, Wis., and Kvanston, 111.\\nShe is a devoted wife and an effectionate mother\\nto her only child, A. Kenneth, who was born No-\\nvember 15, 1.S83.\\nl oliticall3 Mr. Ross is a Democi at, and while\\nnot soliciting official position, has been elected to\\nvarious posts of honor and trust. He served with\\nelliciency as Treasurer of Buchanan, and in wliat-\\never place he has been called upon to serve has\\ndisplayed great ability and keen discrimination.\\nSticially, he is a Mason, and has attained the\\nThirty-second degree; he is a member of Blue\\nfjodge No. 68, at Buchanan, Niles Chapter and\\nConiniandery, (irand Rapids Consistory, and is an\\nhonorary member of Battery D, Chicago.\\nIi-$1 I^M\\nAMUEL HANDY was a native of the Em-\\npire State, born in Allegany County, and\\nin that county he remained until 1864,\\nwhen he decided that he could better his\\ncondition by removing to Illinois. He made the\\niourne_v in that 3 ear, and located in Dii Page\\nCountw where he carried on farming, and in con-\\nnection dairying, until 1875. Becoming convinced\\nthat there was a good opening for a fruit-grower\\nin Berrien County, he moved to this State, and in\\n|iartneiship with a .son was actively engaged in\\nthat industry up to the time of his death, which\\noccurred August 22, 189.3. By his superior intel-\\nligence and rare business ability, Mr. Handy\\nhelped to advance the fruit-growing interests of\\nthe county. This calling suited him admirably,\\nand his efforts were crowned with success.\\nSamuel Handy, the paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, was a native of oiinecticut, and served\\nseven years in the Revolutionary War. His an-\\ncestors were among the earliest settlers of that\\nState and were prominent men and women. Rus-\\n.sell Handy, our subject s father, was also born in\\nConnecticut, and was a soldier in tlie War f)f\\n1812. He vvns a man of sterling character and\\nuprightness and one whose honesty was never\\nquestioned. Our subject was married in the State\\nof New York to Miss Henrietta Buell, and this\\nunion resulted in the birth of six children, all of\\nwhom are living, viz.: .John W.,of Guthrie Coun-\\nty, Iowa; C. R. engaged in the fruit industry;\\nCharles E., of Chicago; Kittie B.; Gale, who is\\nthe most extensive shipper of beiries from Benton\\nHarbor; and Cora, who is the wife of Edgar Claw-\\nson, of Benton Township. Although his father\\nand grandfather were soldiers and men who\\nfought bravely for the cause they represented, our\\nsubject was unable to follow in their footsteps, as\\nhe had a good-sized family to support during the\\nRebellion.\\nMr. Handy was one of the leading business men\\nin Hagar Township and was recognized as one of\\nthe leading fruit-growers of this jiart of the State.\\nAlthough New York has given to Michigan many\\nestimable citizens, she has contributed none more\\nworthy of esteem or more universally respected\\nthan Mr. Handy. He adhered to the princij)les of\\nthe Republican party, and took a deep interest in\\npolitics, as he did in all other matters of impor-\\ntance.\\nSAAC J. HOAG, deceased, a man of native\\nability and sterling character, was one of the\\nsuccessful pioneer te.achers of Michigan, and,\\narriving in Berrien County in an early day, ma-\\nterially aided in the educational advancement of\\nthis part of the State. Receiving the esteem and\\nconlidence fif the comtuunity. he held various\\ntownship offices, and, universally beloved, was\\ninournerl when he assed away. Our subject, a\\nnative of New York, was born in Dutchess County\\nin 182(), and remained in his birtiiplace until he\\nhad arrived at mature age. The father, who was\\na (Quaker, died wlien Isaac was only a young lad.\\nThe widowed mother, a sister of the famous (Qua-\\nker divine. .John Mott, was a woman of remark-\\nable chniacler and stern self-reliance. The death\\nof her hu.siiand left Id her care six children;", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0898.jp2"}, "895": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAl. RECORD.\\n909\\nPhilip, John, Charles, Isaac. Phcvbe .and Peter.\\nThe family made their homi in Miehis^an in the\\npioneer days, and the five deceased remained\\nwithin the boundaries of their adopted State until\\ntheir death. Peter, the youngest and the sole\\nsurvivor of the brothers and sisters, resides in Ot-\\nsego, Mich., and is one of the leading men of that\\nvicinity.\\nThe mother of Mr. Iloag was unable to give her\\nson Isaac the education he desired, and he was,\\ntherefore, obliged to work his way, but by diligent\\nindustry and energetic perseverance accomplished\\nhis purjiose. He first attended the common school,\\nand then entered a well-known institution at Ma-\\ncedon, N. Y., and after a course of four years of\\nstudy graduated with honor. In a brief time he\\ncame to Michigan and, at once receiving employ-\\nment as a teacher, continued for several j ears in\\nhis chosen profession, and was from the first suc-\\ncessful in obtaining the confidence and respect of\\nhis pupils. In 1858, Isaac J. Hoag and Miss\\nElizabeth Meech were united in marriage. Mrs.\\nIloag, a native of Williamstown, Mass., was edu-\\ncated in the excellent schools of Albany, N. Y.,\\nand began her career as a teacher in the Empire\\nState. Journeying to Michigan in 1858, she met\\nand married Mr. Iloag. The family clustering\\nabout their fireside consisted of one son and two\\ndaughters. Samuel F. is a resident of Iowa; Alice\\nM. is the wife of Adolph Reichle, of Benton Har-\\nbor; and Lillian resides with her mother.\\nImmediately following his marriage, our subject\\nengaged in the nursery business and sold the largest\\nn umber of peach trees ever handled by any one man\\nin Berrien County. Mr. Hoag predicted the disease\\nbrought into the State of Michigan b\\\\- those ship-\\nping from New Jersey. In the latter ])art of his\\nlife he devoted much of his lime to the real-estate\\nbusiness, and, year after year, prospered, accumulat-\\ning a large acreage to be divided among iiis heirs.\\nPassing away regretted by all who knew him in\\n1874, he left to their capable mother three chil-\\ndren to rear and educate. Mi-. Hoag was a mem-\\nber of the Friends Church, and was an upright\\nRnd conscientious man, generous to a fault, and\\nliberally assisting every worthy enterprise pre-\\nBented to his notice. Politically, he was n He-\\npublican and an earnest advocate of the party.\\nWell posted in the local and national affairs of\\nmoment, he gave intelligent consideration to mat-\\nters of public welfare and was ever a true and\\nloyal citizen. He served for several years with\\nefficiency as Supervisor of Benton Township, and\\ngave universal satisfaction by his prompt and\\nfaithful discharge of duty.\\nThe property left as a bequest to the widow\\nand children consisted mainly of a large farm.\\nIn the management of the estate, Mrs. Hoag dis-\\nplayed exceptional ability and judgment, and was\\nthrough her conduct of affairs well able to provide\\nfor her children and give them comforts and a thor-\\nough education. Her parents were of the Presby-\\nterian faith, and in her walk through life the es-\\ntimable wife and widow of our subject has done\\nhonor to her early training, and won the well-de-\\nserved esteem of a wide acquaintance.\\nj^M YRON IIINKLEY. Among the most noted\\nI ll representative business men of the\\nI li flourishing city of Benton Harbor, Mich.,\\nstands the name of Myron llinkle3-, whose\\nhigh reputation and material prosperity came as\\nthe rewards of unusual abilities, industriously\\napplied. He is now president of the Colby-IIink-\\nley Company, manufacturers of all kinds of fruit\\nand berry baskets, etc., and stands second to no\\nother business man in the place.\\nMr. Hinklej was born in Chautauqua County,\\nN. Y., December 25, 1833, and is a son of Henry\\nand Cecelia (Wellman) Hinkley. The elder Mr.\\nHinkley was a product of the Old Bay State, born\\nin Lee, Berkshire County, in 1808, and as a liveli-\\nhood followed the occupation of a farmer. His\\nfather, Zenius Hinkley, was of English descent.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject. Homer\\nWellman, was also of English descent, and located\\nin the Lake State when the mother of our subject\\nw.as but seven years of .ige. Henry Hinkley was\\nan industrious, enterprising man, and was uni-", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0899.jp2"}, "896": {"fulltext": "91(1\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRATHICAL RECORD.\\nversally respected. His death occurred in 1888,\\nand his wife followed iiiii) to the grave in October,\\n1892.\\nThe j outhful da^s of our subject were passed in\\nGates and Ogden, Monroe County, N. Y., and he\\nsecured a good practical education in the district\\nschools. There he remained until twenty-one\\nyears of age, when the favorable reports from\\nMichigan decided him in making a settlement\\nwitliin its borders. In 1856, he came to Decatur,\\nand was employed b .Jones Chapin, of Niles,\\nwho were engiiged in the manuf.acture of staves,\\nbarrels, etc. For fourteen years he was engaged in\\nbusiness with tliese gentlemen, and during that\\ntime he became thoroughly familiar witli all the\\nduties of the business. After this, in connection\\nwith his brother, Marvin llinkley, he bought out\\nj\\\\Ir. Cliapin, and continued the business under the\\nfirm name of Hinkley Bros. This is now known\\nas the Hinkley Stave Company, of Decatur, Mich.\\nvSelling out his half-interest in the Van Buren\\nCounty factory, our subject engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of staves and headings at Hartford, Midi,\\nand continued this successfully for some time. In\\n1877, lie came to St. .Joseph, Mich., and became a\\nmember of the tirm of Hinkley-, I erkins cfe Co.,\\nbut later became associated with Jlighman Co.\\nThis firm was engaged in the manufacture of staves,\\nlumber, etc., and he continued a member of the\\nfirm until 1886. At that date he became connected\\nwith the Colby-Ilinkley Jlaiuifactuiing Company,\\nand after the death of Mr. Colby our subject\\nsucceeded him in the presidency. This position\\nhe still holds.\\nMr. Hinkley is also an organizer of the Alanson\\nManufacturing Company, and is one of the princi-\\npal stockholders in the same. They manufacture\\nstaves, barrels, etc., and are doing a paying busi-\\nness. Mr. Hinkley was married in October, 1860,\\nto Miss Mary H. Retallick, of South Haven, Mich.,\\nand the daughter of William .and I^hillipia (Hicks)\\nRetallick. Plight children have blessed this union,\\nfive of whom are living: Milton, secretary and treas-\\nurer of the Colby-Hinkley Company; Emma, Belle,\\nHerman F. and Lewis. A Republican in his polit-\\nical views, Mr. Hinkley held the ottice of Supervisor\\nof Hartford Township, A an Buren County, two\\nyears, and was Alderman of the city of Benton\\nHarbor two terms. Besides his valuable property\\nin Benton Harbor Mr. Hinkley owns large tracts\\nof valuable woodland in Michigan.\\nA. BLACKMER, a retired business man\\nresiding in Benton Harbor, was born in\\nthe village of Richfield, Genesee County,\\nMich., on the 8th of October, 1849. His ancestors\\nwere early settlers of the Empire State, where iiis\\ngrandfather, .John BLackmer, was born and reared,\\nand from where he inarched forth to the service of\\nthe Colonies during tiie War of the Revolution. The\\nfather of our subject, Horace Blackmer, was born\\nin Ohio, but removed from that State in early life\\nand settled in Genesee County, Mich. His wife\\nwas Calista Ilurd, whose ancestors were originally\\nfrom Germany.\\nUntil tiiirteeii \\\\ears of age tlie subject of this\\nsketch remained under the parental roof, devot-\\ning his attention alternately to attendance at the\\nschools and to the aid of his father, who was a\\nmillwright. At the .age of thirteen he slii|)ped\\non a lake vessel as cabin boy, and for tiiree years\\nremained thus engaged during the summerseasons,\\nwhile he continued his studies in the winter.\\nI^ater, going to Saginaw, Midi., he learned the trade\\nof a millwright, remaining in that city until 1864.\\nThough only a lad of fifteen years at that time,\\nhe enlisted in the spring of 1864 in the I nited\\nStates army, becoming a member of Company A,\\nTenth Michigan Cavalry, which was assigned to\\nthe Army (jf the Potomac. At the close of the\\nwar he was lionorably discharged in Detroit.\\nWe next find Mr. Blackmer in Philadelphia, a\\nstudent in a dental college, where lie remained for\\neighteen months. Thence lie proceeded to Flast\\nLee, Mass., where he was employed in a, paper-mill\\nfor five years. In 1876 he leased a paper-mill\\nat Rochester, Mich., where for the ensuing five\\nyears he engaged in the manufacture of paper.\\nMeantime he built the Wolverine Mill, lQea,ted at", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0900.jp2"}, "897": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArillCAL RECORD.\\non\\nDetroit, and this lie conducted witii success until\\n1884. Disposing of his interests there, he went to\\nChicago and engaged in the wholesale paper busi-\\nness in that citj- for a number of years, meeting\\nwith good success in the undertaking. In 1887\\nhe removed to St. .Joseph, where he established a\\npaper-mill known as the Blackmer Paper-mill.\\nAfter conducting it for si.x months lie disposed of\\nthe business and came to Benton Harbor, of which\\nhe is now a resident.\\nIn this village Mr. Blackmer became interested\\nin the Benton Harbor Water Power Company, of\\nwhich he became Hydraulic Engineer, having de-\\nvoted considerable attention to that study while\\nengaged in the manufacture of paper. In Novem-\\nber, 1888, he removed to Watervliet. and, purchas-\\ning the water power of Messrs. Swain iV Olnej-,\\ndeveloped and built a mill, which he subsequentlv\\nsold to Messrs. Simmons Dudley. In October,\\n1892, he returned to Benton Harbor, where he oc-\\ncupies a pleasant residence on Colfax Avenue.\\nPolitically, he is a Democrat, unwavering in his\\nadherence to that political organization. In May,\\n1886, he married Miss Minnie L., daughter of\\nChester Goddard,he being a native of New Hamp-\\nshire, while she was born in Boston, Mass. In\\ntheir religious connections Mr. and Mrs. Blackmer\\nare identified with the Congregational Church\\nand hold membership with that denomination in\\nBenton Harbor.\\nm^\\nIHOMAS GRANGER. The people of Hagar\\nj, Township are familial with the name of\\nThomas Granger, for lie has resided amoiisi\\nthem for some time, and has earnestly identified\\nhimself with every worthy enterprise, his active\\nmind fitting him in an admirable manner for the\\noccupation of fruit-grower, which he has followed\\nsince locating here, lie has assisted very mate-\\nrially in building up the fruit-growing interests of\\nthis section of the State, and in all matters of\\ncharacter, intelligence and lilieialily no man has a\\nhigher reputation.\\nMr. Granger is a fair example of many young\\nEnglishmen who are generously endowed by na-\\nture and ambition to grow to their fullest possible\\nheight in the land of great possibilities and\\nchances. He was born in Cambridgeshire, Eng-\\nland, and, reared as a lad in his native country, he\\ngrew in strength and stature until he was old\\nenough to attend school, commencing his studies\\nat the age of six years. He early became familiar\\nwith farm life, and for thirteen years worked for\\na farmer and fruit-grower in his native land.\\nAfter reaching mature years, lie was married to\\nMiss Elizabeth Whiting, and in 1872 this joung\\ncouple cio.ssed the ocean to this countrj locating\\nfirst in Chicago. One year later they came to\\nBerrien Count} Mich., and Mr. Granger at once\\nbegan working on farms for other people. With\\nthe means thus obtained he purchased a part of\\nthe farm he now owns.\\nOur subject is now the owner of sixty acres, all\\nof which he has improved and which is in a line\\nstate of cultivation. Although he and his wife\\ncame to tliis country with very little means, they\\nhave worked hard and are now rewarded by own-\\ning one of the pleasantest rural homes in their\\nsection. Everything around them indicates that\\nthey are progressive and industrious, and as citi-\\nzens and neighbors they are held in high esteem\\nby all who know them. Two children were the\\nfruits of their union. Francis W., a wide-awake\\nthorough-going young man, is the owner of fifty\\nacres of valuable land on the lake shore, and is\\nactively engaged in fruit-growing. The ,ther\\nchild, Arthur E., is at home, and assists his father\\nin the work on the place.\\nMr. fWanger had one brother, Fred, and a sister,\\nMartha, who came to .America, but both are now\\ndeceased. The latter left two children, .\\\\lfred\\nHopkins and (ieorge M. Shann, the former by her\\nfirst and the latter by her last husband. The par-\\nents of our subject, Edwarrl and Pliu-be (Nunn)\\n(iranger, were natives of England, and there the\\nfather followed farming and fruit-growing many\\nyears. Both passed their last days in that country,\\nwhere tliey were much respected by all accjuainted\\nwith them.\\nIll all that lie undertakes, .Mr. Granger shows", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0901.jp2"}, "898": {"fulltext": "912\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe same qualities of perseverance and determin-\\nation, and is correspondingly successful. Years\\nof economy and industry have placed him upon\\na solid footing and he can now enjo^ the fruits\\nof his labor. He and his estimable wife are mem-\\nbers of the Baptist Cluircii, and in politics he is a\\nRepublican.\\n-^^l\\nm\\n.p\\n11^\\nii\\\\\\n^ETER ENGLISH, Vice-President of the Ben-\\nton Harbor Association, has for a number of\\nyears been identified with almost every en-\\nterprise of importance originated for the\\nbenefit of the citizens of Benton Harbor and vi-\\ncinity. His life furnishes an instance of the fact\\nthat industry, enterprise and energy, combined\\nwith the exercise of sound common-sense and good\\nbusiness judgment, bring to their possessor, almost\\ninvariably, a hirge measure of success. When he\\nemigrated to this country, he had no cai)ital with\\nwhich to embark in business, but he had an abun-\\ndance of push and energy and it was not long\\nbefore he established himself upon a solid finan-\\ncial footing, and gained a foremost position among\\nthe successful businessmen of the community.\\nOf French descent, Mr. English was born in\\nCanada during the year 185 2, being the son of\\nFrank and Zoe (Cheercut) Engbsh, who were born\\nin France and thence moved to Canada in 1852.\\nThe father died in 1892, in Quebec, Canada. The\\nmother still survives and makes her home in\\nChicago. Our subject passed his boyhood years\\nin liis native land, receiving common-school edu-\\ncational advantages, and developing into a sturdy,\\nambitious man. After coming to the I liited .States,\\nhe settled in Aurora, 111., where for a time he was en-\\ngaged at his trade as a machinist, when he built the\\ngas works in opposition to llie old gas company in\\nAurora, 111. In 1889, he came to Benton Harbor,\\nand very soon became closely identified with the\\nmost important enterprises of this place. The\\npresent fine system of water works here is due to\\ntlie eflicient manner in which he filled the contract\\nawarded him for its construction.\\nMr. English was one of the organizers of the\\nBenton Harbor Association, and is now its Vice-\\nPresident. In 1890, lie organized the Benton Har-\\nbor G.as Light Company, and was also the organ-\\nizer of the Benton Harbor Water Supplj Company,\\nand was one of the foremost men in the organ-\\nization of the Benton Harbor Improvement Com-\\npany, with all of which enterprises he is prom-\\ninently connected, having been the chief owner of\\nthe two latter. As a citizen he is pubiic-spirited,\\nand many of the improvements of wliieh Ben-\\nton Harbor now boasts may be traced to his in-\\ndefatigable labors and good management. In\\nhis political attiliations he is in S3 inpathv vvith the\\nprinciples of the Republican party, and casts his\\nballot for the candidates i)ledged to sustain the\\ninterests of the party of his choice. Mr. English\\nwas united in marriage in 1871 to Miss Sarah\\nPhilips, by whom he had seven children, six\\nstill living: Frank, Priscilla, Ralph, Walter, Ida\\nand Gordon P. Freddie is deceased. His second\\nmarriage occurred in 1887, to Mrs. Elizabeth\\nLewis, of Woodstock, Ontario. There are no chil-\\ndren by that uniim.\\nSA W. SHERWOOD, a leading citizen\\nand successful agriculturist, now residing\\nin Sodus Township, Berrien Count) Mich.,\\nIS a native of the State and was born in\\nthe pioneer diiys of 1834, upon November 3U, in\\nBuchanan Township, Berrien County, and has\\nspent his entire life within a comparatively short\\ndistance of his l)irthplace. His father, Seth S.\\nSherwood, well remembered as one of the very\\nearly pioneers of Michigan and a man of sterling\\nintegrity and enter|)rise, was born in New York\\nin 1799. When he was twelve \\\\-ears of age his\\nparents. lhe paternal grandfather and grandmother\\nof our subject, removed from the Empire State to\\nOhio, and there made their permanent home. The\\ngrandfather was by oecupatiiin a farmer, and\\nwhen his sons were old enough to assist in the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0902.jp2"}, "899": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n913\\ndaily round of as;rieultnral toil they began to do\\ntlieir share of labor. Trained up to habits of in-\\ndustry, Father Sherwood assisted upon the farm,\\nand in boyhood attended tiie common schools of\\nNew York State and Ohio. A practical man, he\\ndevoted liiniscif to the tillini;- of the soil his en-\\ntire life.\\nThe mother of our subject was in her maiden-\\nhood Miss Jemima Ferguson. She was the daugh-\\nter of William Ferguson, who resided in youth in\\nPennsylvania, and later located in Ohio, finally\\nremoving to Indiana with his family, where some\\ntime after he passed away at a good old age.\\nSeth and Jemima (Ferguson) Sherwood were mar-\\nried in Ohio. The father had attained to mid-\\ndle age when he came West in 1833 and witii his\\nwife an l three little ones settled in the wilds of\\nMichigan. He spent one year on a farm in Cass\\nCounty, and at the expiration of the tw^elvemonth\\nmade his liome in lUichanan Townslii|), remaining\\ncontinuously in this part of Berrien County- until\\nhis death in 1856. For a full score of years he\\nsurvived to witness the marvelous growth and\\nswift advancement of local interests and business\\nenterprise that magically succeeded to the rude\\nscenes among which he lived and struggled sixty\\nyears ago. Our subject was the third child who\\nblessed the primitive home, and in the little log\\nschoolhouse of the district he gained the prac-\\ntical education he afterward increased by observa-\\ntion and reading.\\nIn 18.J7 Mr. Siierwood manied Miss .\\\\iiielia\\nPrice, a daughter of Alexander and .Mary Price,\\nwell-known and highly respected residents of\\nBuchanan Townsiiip. With his good wife, our\\nsubject removed in 1869 to Sodus Township, since\\nthen his constant residence. In this locality Mr.\\nSherwood invested prontal)ly in land and has\\nconducted farming. Six children brightened the\\nfireside, and one son and three (laughters yet sur-\\nvive. Laura married F.liiier Wells and nf)w lives\\nin Kansas; .Minnie has been engaged in business\\nin Chicago as a tyi e-writer for two years; Carrie,\\nthe wife of Cliarles (Jray, and Jay an- living at\\nhome with their father. In \\\\X the deatli of\\nMrs. Sherwood made life lonely for her husbaixl,\\nand since then tlie daughter and father have lieen\\ntogether. Mr. Sherwood is fraternally a member\\nof Sodus Orange, in which he takes an active in-\\nterest.\\nPoliticallj our subject is a Republican, and\\nhas been prominent in the local councils of his\\nparty. He has with ability and fidelity to the\\ntrusts reposed in him discharged the duties of\\nHighway Commissioner and Justice of the Peace,\\nin both positions giving great satisf.action to the\\nlarge circle of old-time friends and .a.ssociates of\\nearlj days, by whom he is liighl} esteemed for\\nhis sterling integrity of character and excellent\\nbusiness qualifications. From his earliest youth\\nMr. Sherwood has been an important factor in the\\npromotion of the interests of Sodus Township,\\nand is numbered among the liberal-spirited and\\nsubstantial citizens of Berrien Countv.\\nl^+^i\\nS]\\nACOB BOOJs, a prominent business man of\\nBerrien Springs, was born in Roanoke\\nCounty, A a., near the village of Salem, on\\nthe 12tli of November, 1830. He is the\\nson of Daniel and .Mary (.Salem) Boon, natives of\\nVirginia, the former being a farmer by occupation.\\nAccompanied by his family, he came to Michigan\\nin 1848 and located in Berrien Township. Berrien\\nCount\\\\ where he purchased some land and de-\\nvoted himself to .agricultiiial pursuits. His wife\\ndied Sfnnelime during the Civil War. and he sur-\\nvived her only a few years.\\nThere were ten children in tiie family, and nine\\no{ that number are still living, all in Berrien\\nSprings with the exception of Mrs. JIarv Foster,\\nwho resides in Missouri. The subject of this no-\\ntice was the fifth son in order of birth. Me passed\\nhis youth in the Old Dominion, and at the age of\\neighteen accompanied his parents to Berrien\\nCounty, where he aided his father in the labor of\\nclearing and improving a farm. He served an\\napprenticeship of six months to the blacksmith\\ntrade under .bicob i^walt, of Berrien Springs, and\\nat the expiration of that time he purchased the\\nbusiness of Mr. Ewalt and conducted it upon his", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0903.jp2"}, "900": {"fulltext": "914\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nown account. He Las a large trade, both in his\\nblacksmith s shop and wagon manufactory, and is\\nrecognized as one of the most enterprising men in\\nthe village.\\nOn the \u00e2\u0096\u00a026th of February, 186.3, at Berrien\\nSprings, Mr. Boon and Miss Mary E. Watson were\\nunited in marriage. The bride was the daughter\\nof James Watson, whose parents were among the\\npioneers of the village of Berrien Springs. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Boon became the parents of three chil-\\ndren: .Tames D., Hattie and Frank M., the latter\\nhaving died in infancy-. The family was bereaved\\non the 19th of November, 1886, by the death of\\nthe devoted wife and mother, who passed away\\nwhen in life s prime.\\nIn politics a Democrat, Mr. Boon has tilled vari-\\nous positions to which he has been elected on that\\nticket. He served for four terms as Trustee of\\nBerrien Springs and has occupied other positions\\nof trust. Socially, he is a member of Western\\nStar Lodge No. 39, A. F. A. M., and the Ancient\\nOrder of United Workmen. His interest in edu-\\ncational matters has been a noticeable feature in\\nhis character, and his service as a member of the\\nSchool Board was efficient and highly satisfactory.\\nNOS HOLMES, Sr. Within the bounds of\\nBerrien County, or indeed the entire State,\\nno better representative of honest, upright\\nmanhood could he found than the above-named\\ngentleman, who was for many ^ears identified with\\nthe work of the count}-, especiallj Berlrand Town-\\nship, in which his home was located. He was quite\\nprominent in local politics, and in early times was\\nSupervisor of the township for several years.\\nWe trace the Holmes family back to Nathaniel\\nHolmes, of C oleraine, Ireland, in 1660. He was\\nfollowed b3 six generations, his lineal descendants,\\neach named Nathaniel, as shown by the records\\nof the cit3 of Coleraine, and records of the\\nfamily since emigrating to this country, mak-\\ning a total of seven generations named Nathaniel.\\nTheie is a tradition in the family that they came\\nover from Scotland to Ireland at the time of the\\nPresbyterian emigration, of which MacCauley\\nspeaks in his history of England.\\nEnos Holmes was the seventh of ten children of\\nNathaniel and Catherine (Allison) Holmes, and\\nwas born in Peterborough, N. II., December 14,\\n1799. His father was born in Londonderry N. II.,\\nSeptember 5, 1759, and died in Peterborough Sep-\\ntember 10, 1832. His grandfather, Nathaniel\\nHolmes, was born in Coleraine, Ireland, and died in\\n1764, at Londonderry N. H. The great-grand-\\nfather, Nathaniel Holmes, and great-grandmother,\\nJane Hunter, lived in County Antrim, Ireland, and\\ndied there. They left a family of five sons, of\\nwhom Enos Holmes grandfather was the fourth.\\nEnos Holmes father, Nathaniel Holmes, came to\\nPeterborough, N. H., to live in 1784, soon after his\\nmarriage, and they lived on the same farm the re-\\nmainder of their lives. He was a Deacon of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church and vvhen quite young rendered\\nmuch service in the War of the Revolution.\\nNathaniel Holmes, the father of our subject, went\\nto Cambridge as a waiter to Lieut.-Geu. Fer-\\nguson, and after that as a waiter to his (Holmes)\\nfather-in-law, Maj, Duncan, of Londonderry. He\\nwas urged in September, 1776, to enlist in the com-\\npan3 of a certain Capt. Finley, b} his brother-m-\\nlaw, William Moore, who offered to make his wages\\nequal to $10 per month. He declined on the plea\\nthat his clothes were ail worn out. His sister, Mrs.\\nMoore, hearing the conversation, said, Billy, you\\nfurnish the shoes and I will furnish the clothes.\\nIt was a great mystery how she could do it, as there\\nwere only two pounds of wool in the house. The\\nnext morning their flock of sheep was brought to\\nthe barn, and four earl} lambs were robbed of their\\nfleece, and the wool was colored, spun, woven and\\nmade into clothing in twenty days, and when Capt.\\nFinley came through the town on his way to Sar-\\natoga the young soldier was ready to join the\\ncompany. He was afterward at the battle of White\\nPlains. He returned safe, whether to Peterborough\\nor Londonderry is unknown, and Mr. Moore ful-\\nfilled his engagement of making his pay as good\\nas $10 per month.\\nEnos Holmes was born in Peterborough. N. H.,\\nand lived on the farm until after he was twenty-one", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0904.jp2"}, "901": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n915\\nyears old. He taught school two winters, and af-\\nter marrying Louisa Adams, at the age of Iwt nty-\\nlivc, moved to Springlield, Vt,, and in i-oiniiaii y\\nwitli hisbrotiier, John Holmes, and brotlier-in-law,\\nDaniel Adams, started a cotton factory, which tiiey\\ncarried on for al)out eigiit years. lie lost his prop-\\nerty in 1837 tiirough the United Stales Hankrupt\\nLaw, and went to western New Yoric and settled\\non a farm, after going to the Far West and buy-\\ning about eight hundred acres of land in Illinois\\nand some land in Michigan. He moved to Miclii-\\ngan in 1846, and settled on a part of sections 4,8,\\nand 18, in Bertrand Township, near the village of\\nISuchanan, where he resided until liis death, May\\n23, 1869. Louisa Adams, his wife, was the seventh\\nof eight children of Daniel and Phel)e (Britton)\\nAdams, and was born in Jaffrey, Vt., December 14,\\n1806. She married Enos Holmes at the age of\\neighteen, and died .January 25, 1876.\\nHer father, Daniel Adams, was born March 14,\\n1768. At the time of the battle of Lexington, his\\nfather, .Joseph Adams, lived in Cambridge, and\\nseeing the British soldiers coming on their way to\\nConcord, escai ed through the back door to tiie\\nwoods, the British firing at him and shooting\\nthrough his hat. They made his wife, grandmotiier\\nof Louisa (Adams) Holmes, get up from a sick-bed,\\nwith achild, Anna Adams, three weeks old, and llee\\nto the corn crib, firing at her as she went. Two\\nof liis daughters hid upstairs, while Daniel Adams,\\nthen eight years old, hid under the bed. When the\\nsoldiers took (h wn the clock, he stuck his head out\\nfidin uikUt tlie bed and told them not lo touch\\nthat clock or his fallier would whip them. The\\nBritish petted him and made much of him for his\\nbravery and did not furllicr molest liini. They piled\\nthe furniture up in the middle of the room and set\\nil alire. then left on then- way to Concord. The\\nfamily put out the lire and saved the house after\\nthe soldiers were gone. The British did not stop\\non their way back, being in too great a hurry to\\nescape the attentions of the Continental soldiers.\\nDaniel Adam w.is born in Cambridge and lived\\non a farm in .latTrey after he was married, l eing\\nselectman of the town for several years. His father,\\n.loseph .\\\\dams, was born .July 8, 171. and died\\nMay 3. 1794. He was a grandson of Dr. Henry\\nAdams, of Braintree, Mass., and a cousin of Presi-\\ndent .lohn Adams. He was married to Martha Frost\\n.hinuary Id, 1740, and to Hannah H.all, his sec-\\nond wife, September 11, 1750. ^e was the father\\nof fifteen children, of whom Daniel Adams was the\\nthirteenth. Their united ages at one time amounted\\nto thirteen hundred years. His father, Joseph\\nAdams, the great-great-grandfather of Lo\\\\iisa\\n(Adams) Holmes, was born September 21, 1688.\\nHis parents, George and Martha Adams, were mar-\\nried on the 28th of February, 1685. Henry Adams,\\nthe ancestor of the Adams family, emigrated from\\nDevonshire, England, in 16. 50and settled in Brain-\\ntree, Mass.\\nEnos Holmes and Louisa Holmes were the par-\\nents of nine children, four of whom died in infancy.\\nCatherine A. Holmes was born October 26, 1826,\\nand married .lolin C. Marble March 8, 1858. She\\nlived in St. Joseph County, Ind., for some years and\\ndied October 2, 1 872, ithout issue. Daniel A., born\\nM.ay 28, 1829, went to California across the plains\\nin 1849 with ox-teams, but returned to Michigan\\nin 1852 and married Sarah J. Baker, who bore him\\nfourteen children, six of whom still survive. He\\nsettled on a farm in Weesaw Townshii) in Berrien\\nCounty, Mich., in 1855, where he now resides.\\nLouisa A., born May 4, 1831, married Orson Mar-\\nble December 25, 1851, by whom she had ten chil-\\ndren, all of whom are grown to manhood and wo-\\nmanhood, and all arc living. Enos. born August\\n11, 1841, in Clarendon, Orleans County, N. Y..\\nmarried Martha Burruss February 13, 1873, l)y\\nwhom he has one child, and is now living on the\\nhomestead occupied by his father and himself suc-\\ncessively .since 1846. John G., born October 4, 1852,\\nin Michigan, married Juliette Scidmore December\\n27, 1876, and has by her two daughters. He is the\\neditor of the Buchanan Record, of which paper he\\nhas been the proprietor since January 25. 1875.\\nEF. CASE. This name will be immediately\\nrecognized as that of a resident of Water-\\nvliet, Berrien County, who has made his\\nhome here for a couijle of years, and is now well", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0905.jp2"}, "902": {"fulltext": "916\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nknown as the editor of a wide-awake and spicy\\nnewspaper, the AValeivliet Record. He was born\\nin Canton, Hartford County, Conn., October 4,\\n1844, and is the s^ of Nelson and Nelsea (Brock-\\nway) Case.\\nMr. Case s grandfather, Edward, was of Englisli\\norigin, and liis ancestors settled in Connecticut in\\n1659. He w.as a farmer all his life and married\\nMiss Rhoda Case, who bore him two sons and two\\ndaughters. He was a Democrat, politically, and\\nalways cast his ballot, and influence as well, for the\\nbenefit of his favored platform. The father of our\\nsubject was born in Hartford County, Conn., and\\nin his youth learned the carpenter s trade. In\\n1850 he moved to I ortage County, Ohio, where\\nhe lived the remainder of his days. Like his father\\nbefore liim, lie was a standi supporter of the Dem-\\nocratic principles and platform. He was the father\\nof four boys and four girls, who are the only de-\\nscendants of Edward Case, except one daughter\\nstill living in Canton, Conn.\\nMr. Case of this biographical sketch was afforded\\nthe advantages of a good education in the district\\nschools and afterward taught three terms. In 1869,\\nhe went to Wisconsin and there engaged in the\\ndrug business in Pierce County for two years, at\\nthe end of which time, or in 1871, he was elected\\nCounty Superintendent of Schools for one term of\\ntwo years. After his time expired in that pro-\\nfession, he farmed for a brief period, and in the\\nfall of 1875 bought a half-interest in the Pierce\\nCounty Herald^ with which he was connected until\\n1890. In that year he sold a portion of his share\\nin the Herald, went to Murphy, N. C, and appro-\\npriated the money toward the founding of the\\nChei-okee Scout, which lie superintended for six\\nmonths. At this juncture he went to Superior,\\nWis., and worked in the interest of the Leader,\\nwhich was at that time one of the best papers pub-\\nlished in the town. In September of the year\\n1891, Mr. Case located at AVatervliet and com-\\nmenced work for the Record and now owns the\\nentire business.\\nMiss Louisa M. Brownson was the chosen life-\\ncompanion of our subject, to whom he was united\\nin marriage in the year 1872. The result of their\\nunion was the birth of three children, namely:\\nLeon D., Bessie W. and Francis B. Mr. Case pos-\\nsesses the happy traits of character that enable him\\nto keep up the liveliness of the Record with all\\nease, and talent that is much admired throughout\\nthe community. There is certainly no position in\\nlife that requires more energy, good education and\\nsound judgment than does editorial work. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Case have a comfortable home in the\\nvillage of Watervliet and entertain a host of\\nfriends in their cozy parlors.\\nii-^-i^li^i\\nD. GRAVES, an energetic and prosperous\\nwood and coal merchant, located on the\\nWest Side, at the corner of Lincoln Avenue\\nand Claj Street, Niles City, is one of the\\nmost enterprising business men of Berrien County,\\nand until .lanuary, 1893, also clerked in a gro-\\ncery and is likewise engaged extensively in agri-\\ncultural pursuits. Our subject was born in Au-\\nrora, Portage County, Ohio, February 28, 1858,\\nand is the son of Rev. Joseph S. Graves and Mrs.\\nAnn (Bois) Graves. The paternal grandfather,\\nWilliam Spencer Graves, was a native of Connect-\\nicut, and, a man of fine business ability, w.as a\\nwell-known and successful merchant of the State\\nof his birth. He was of English descent, the\\nGraves being among the Colonial emigrants from\\nthe Queen s dominions to New England. The\\nfather of our subject was born, reared and edu-\\ncated in his birthplace, Hartford, Conn. Devoting\\nhimself to the profession of the ministry, he be-\\ncame later in life the able pastor of the Congrega-\\ntional Church at .Licksonville, 111.\\nThe mother, Mrs. Ann (Bois) Graves, was born,\\neducated and married in Portage County, Ohio,\\nand was the daughter of E. Rilcy Bois, a promi-\\nnent farmer and old-time resident of the Buckeye\\nState. The father and mother made their home\\nfor some time in Aurora, but since 1875 have been\\nlocated in Niles City, where they enjoy the esteem\\nand confidence of a large circle of acquaintances.\\nThree children blessed the home of the i)arents,\\ntwo daughters and one son. Mr. Graves was the", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0906.jp2"}, "903": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AKD HIOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n91:\\nsecond child and accompanied his parents to the\\nWest. He received his education mainly in tlie\\ni\\\\ome of liis early youth, but completed his studies\\nin the High School of Niles City. Hy nature,\\nself-reliant, he was early trained into habits of prac-\\ntical industry.\\nIn the mean time Mr. Graves personally super-\\nintended the cultivation of three farms: the Pot-\\nter farm of two hundred acres in Bertrand Town-\\nship, and two hundred in Niles Township; the Mes-\\nsenger farm of seventy acres; and Mrs. II. C. Platts\\neighty-acre farm. These several pieces of agri-\\ncultural property are devoted to general farming\\nand stock-raising, superior grades of cattle and\\nhorses being handled upon the various estates.\\nThe wood and coal business has been long estab-\\nlished and receives a large custom. .Ianuar\\\\ 24,\\n1883, II. I). Graves and Miss Pvlla Summers were\\nunited in marriage. Mrs. Graves is a native of\\nNiles, and has spent her life among the associa-\\ntions of her youth. Our subject and his estimable\\nwife have no children. Mr. Graves is a Republi-\\ncan and was a candidate for Alderman of the\\nFourth Ward of the city. He is fraternally a\\nvalued member of Lodge No. 628. R. A., of Niles,\\nand. a liberal-spirited citizen, is ever ready to aid\\nin all matters tending to the promotion of public\\nwelfare.", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0907.jp2"}, "904": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "2948", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0908.jp2"}, "905": {"fulltext": "BIOGI^pI^r^I^sf^I^-\\nAbbott, W.J 5011\\nAdams, John 2.i\\nAdams, John Q 39\\nAdamsoii, William ti6\u00c2\u00bb\\nAger, Rev. Charles Ull\\nAldrich, Andrew 7fi7\\n.\\\\ldrich, Henr.v\\nId rich. Hon. Levi 781\\n.\\\\lexandcr, Hon. L. P 281\\nAllen, I. M 8\u00c2\u00ab\\nAllen. K.R 39\\nAllmcndinger, J. M 270\\nAntisdale, K S. M D 577\\nAntisdale,S (J 21)8\\nArgabright. W. H .308\\nArthur, Chester A 93\\nAtwell.F. J.... 12*\\n.\\\\twood, P r.ink ^35\\nBal)c..ek,C M 8e9\\nBacon, Col. David 3)1\\nBailey, G.L.,M. I) 517\\nSainton, W. F 317\\nBaker,C.H :!\u00c2\u00ab1\\nBaker, Hon W. A 493\\nBaldwin, O. A. K W-2\\nBaldwin. \\\\V. M 711\\nBall, W. H 758\\nBallard, O. W iiC,\\nBarnes, Capt. M. C 7U8\\nBassett. (i. S 103\\nBaushkc, A. F 41K\\nBaushke, Daniel 416\\nBaushke, J. C 416\\nBecker, J. A 813\\nBeckwith, J. T \u00c2\u00ab90\\nBerkwith,P. D 141\\nBe -ralt J. 8!)2\\nBedford, O.K 210\\nBedford, J. W 609\\nBedinger, M. S 779\\nBecbe, B. R 1\u00c2\u00abG\\nBecman A. P 788\\nBee.son, B. F 126\\nBeeson, W. H 760\\nBelknap. Simeon, M. D 243\\nBcll,C.C 698\\nBell,(i.M., M.D 279\\nBell, John, iM. D 131\\nBennett, Judge \\\\V. P 119\\nBerg.S. S 774\\nBerrick, Hon. F. H 308\\nBertram, C. F 804\\nBest.D. A 732\\nBeverly Zebedee 153\\nBigolow, f tis 218\\nBilderbaok, John 447\\nDirdsey, Abijah 342\\nBisbee,A.B 633\\nBishop.G. E 188\\nBither, A. F B-iS\\nBlackmer, F. A 910\\nBlakeslee, E. A 830\\nBl.v, Kinyon 452\\nBoehra.H.P 167\\nBogue, S. A 551\\nBond, J. P 215\\nBonine. F. N.,M. D 385\\nBonine, Lot 537\\nBoon, Jacob 913\\nBoswen,Capt. W. A 132\\nBowe, P. 568\\nBowman, Joseph 238\\nBoyle, C.S 199\\nBoyle, George 629\\nBoynton, Darius 430\\nBra.ly,N.S 721\\nBrainhall. .hiseph 8.59\\nBrammall. Kdward 302\\nBrenner, Jac )l) 398\\nBrodriek, H. M.. M. I) 7!\u00c2\u00bb2\\nBrooks, J.J 574\\nBrowni, A. D.,M. D 697\\nBrown, C. J 641\\nBrown, F.G 502\\nBrown, (i. O 893\\nBrown, Ornn 594\\nBrunson. Allen 2\u00c2\u00bbl\\nBrunson, Hufus 21\u00c2\u00ab6\\nBuchanan. Jaine.^ 75\\nBucknian, .lohn 753\\nBullard, W. H 593\\nBunbury.T. A 494\\nBuubury, W. B 781\\nBurridge, Jacob 278\\nBurridge, J. N 507\\nBnrrus, F. A 782\\nBurrus, William 473\\nBury, J. D 332\\nButler, Hicharil :*rrT7..651\\nC ady, Harvey 895\\nCaliiwcll, Jo.seph 904\\nCaldwell. Josiah 901\\nCameron, H.N 6.99\\nCamtield, Lcaviti 717\\nCarothers, A.J 86S\\nCarpenter, B. S 512\\nCase,E.F 915\\nCasterline, B. H 365\\nChamberlain, Hon. Henry. ..8,x5\\nChapman, H. L 125\\nChapman, J. M 276\\nChristensen, Charles 179\\nClapp.G.S 254\\nClark, C. A .582\\nClark, R.V 489\\nClendenen, J. F 398\\nCleveland, S. Grover 103\\nCodding, S. B 481\\nColby, Charles 253\\nCole! Dr. J. c 4.i9\\nCollins, B.Y 214\\nollins, Frederick 230\\nCollins, J. S .703\\nCone,H.S 848\\nConlcy, William B03\\nConradt. William 237\\nCook, Stephen. ..AT. 4:iS\\nCooke, William 618\\nCoolidge, Hon. O. VV 213\\nCoon.M.B 179\\nCooper, Benjamin. 667\\nCopeland, S. M 710\\nCopley A. U 579\\nCorell. Abraham 712\\nCorell, G. A 834\\nCorrigan,J. A 463\\nCoulter, W. H 1\u00c2\u00bb4\\nCovell, A. A 134\\nCoverdale, J. A 897\\nCox. J. H 428\\nCribbs, E. W 573\\nCritchet, Peter 839\\nCromer, E. L 872\\nCrosby, H. E 899\\nCurran, John ,564\\nCnthbert, D. -V 789\\nD\\nDaley, Philip 458\\nDavis, John 843\\nDavis, Miles 521\\nDean.H. M 588\\nDecker, Barney 330\\nDempsey, J. W 597\\nDes Voignes, L. B 472\\nDewey, B.L 2.59\\nDickinson, Arthur 737\\nDickinson, Joseph 382\\nDickinson, O. B 335\\nDickinson. Robert... 737\\nDielTenbacher, Abraham 365\\nDignan, Thotna-s 772\\nDix, Hon. K. D 339\\nDohm, J. U 317\\nDougan G. W 621\\nDowling, J. B 884\\nDrake, H. L 689\\nDraper, John 501\\nDrew, A. L 637\\nDunbar, J. F 406\\nDuncan, LA 793\\nDunham, J. R 299\\nDunn. A. L 700\\nDunning, Emmet ;C12\\nDunning. I. R., M. D. ...326", "height": "2969", "width": "2202", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00bio_0909.jp2"}, "906": {"fulltext": "920\\nINDEX.\\nE\\nEast, J. S\\nEastman, Rev. Q. C. V.\\nEastoD, A. J\\nEaston, W. W..M. D....\\nEby, E.G\\nEdgcumbe, Prof. G. J.\\nEdick,C. M\\nEdwards, H. A\\nEdwards, J. R\\nEdwards, R. S\\nEdwards, T.J\\nEdwards, W. C\\nEidson, W. B\\nElson,G. L\\nElson, J. D\\nEmmons, J. K\\nEngle, B. F\\nEnglish, Peter\\nEssig, Dr. F. H\\nEvert, Joseph\\n.244\\n.155\\n..723\\n..(520\\n.572\\n..500\\n.196\\n.672\\n.838\\n..557\\n.260\\n.208\\n.800\\n.587\\n.687\\n..360\\n..381\\n..912\\n.340\\n..790\\nFarley, Bethuel 640\\nFarmer, Hon. W. S 223\\nFarnum, U. H 819\\nFarauni, Matthias 819\\nFerguson, E. H 236\\nFerry, E.F 400\\nFerry, J. R 578\\nFerry, W. M 728\\nField, Benjamin 719\\nFillmore, Millard 67\\nFinegan, Henry 477\\nFinney, Hiram 367\\nFirst, Frederick 623\\nFirst, Henry 407\\nI isher, Josephus 751\\nFletcher, D. A 429\\nFlewelling, J W 362\\nFlood, William 279\\nForesman, Joseph 158\\nFoster, Robert 693\\nFox, A. J 498\\nFrench, C.H 369\\nFrench, W. B -WS\\nFulton, J. E 664\\nGage, A. G 694\\nOard,G. W 852\\n(lard, 1. N 207\\nGard, J. F 295\\nGard,M. J 798\\nGardner, A. B 468\\nGarfield, James A 95\\nGarrett, H. P tiSU\\nGarrett, H.S 771\\nGarratt, W. L., M. D 387\\nGarrett, William. 277\\nGebhard, Jacob 862\\nGentle, Samuel 312\\nGeorge, W. L .22.T\\nGephart, Capt. Henry 787\\nGilson, F. R 285\\nGlavin.Hon. J. M 542\\nGleason, C. T 812\\nGleeson, John 307\\nGlines,S. B 408\\nGodfrey, C. H 880\\nGoodenough, Aionzo 417\\nGoodenough, D. H.- 174\\nGoodwin, Fairfield, M. D... 322\\nGould, J. E 678\\nGowdy Franklin 877\\nGraham. E. A 165\\nGraham, John 319\\nGraham, James H I 30\\nGraham, J. H 152\\nGranger, Thomas 911\\nGrant, G. W 733\\nGrant, tlysses S 87\\nGraves, H. D 916\\nGraves, Rev. J. S 34.t\\nGray,r. M ....887\\nGreen Charles 514\\nGreen, William .5.52\\nGreenamyer, J. D., M. D 540\\nOrilBn, George .559\\nGnffin,R. S., M. I) 849\\nGriffith, W.l .550\\nGroat, C. B 829\\nH\\nHaas, Valentine S4\\nHaefner, C. G 642\\nHaggerty, Hampton 318\\nHale, J. R 513\\nHalliday, Alexander 431\\nHamilton, E. L 518\\nHampton, Thaddeus 487\\nHandy, Samuel 908\\nHansen. Peter 906\\nHanson Charles 589\\nHanson, James 136\\nHanson Lars 441\\nHanson, William 788\\nHarff Isaac 584\\nHarmon, H. C 538\\nHarrington, A. H 824\\nHarris, Daniel 376\\nHarris, Ebenezer S53\\nHarris, Edwin 128\\nHarrison, Benjamin 107\\nHarrison, William Henry 51\\nHartline, Joel 687\\nHartman, G. C 889\\nHartsell, Frank 7:U\\nHartsell, Jonathan 861\\nHarwood, H. W 197\\nHarwo )d, Hiram .559\\nHarwood, Nathan 559\\nHarwood. Silas. .5.59\\nHaskins, J. F. 563\\nHaslett, William 601\\nHaugh, J. C 780\\nHauser,J. W 208\\nHayden, J. G 720\\nHayrten, W. B .357\\nHayes, Rutherford B 91\\nHebron Gideon 822\\nHeddon, James 483\\nHelmholz, H. A. W 599\\nHelmick, H. S 524\\nHendryx, C. VV 163\\nHenkel, John 789\\nHerkimer, G R.,M. D 233\\nHerman. Carl 807\\nHess, Henry 420\\nHess, Samuel 378\\nHetler,G. W 421\\nHetler, J. M 397\\nHetler, J W 713\\nHicks, H. B 881\\nHicks, R. V 581\\nHicks, William. 864\\nHigbee.J. F 275\\nHiggins.T.T 492\\nHigman, John. Jr 248\\nHinkley, Myron IH)9\\nHislop, William 422\\nHitchcox, Hon. J. H 143\\nHoag,I. J 908\\nHobbs.F. A 348\\nHogue,R.M 828\\nHogue, W.L 269\\nHolland, H. R 747\\nHolmes, Enos, Sr 914\\nHoover, M. W 428\\nHoppiu, G. S 783\\nHouse, A. C 701\\nHouse, John 867\\nHouser, M. B 659\\nHousworth, J 898\\nHowser, S. M 7.54\\nHoyt.W.F .301\\nHuff, John 352\\nHulburd, Orcenus, Jr 177\\nHuntly,G.G 652\\nHutchings, Abraham 156\\nHutton,!. P SOI\\nHuyck.R. J 674\\nlinhoir, Jacob 371\\nIngling, Sanuiel 777\\nIngrahani. Minot 702\\nIreland, A. F 598\\n.lacks, E. A\\nJackson, Andrew.\\n.178\\n43\\nJarvis, Burton 7fi3\\nJetTeris, W. D 44i;\\nJelferson. Thou. as 27\\nJeffries, Lycurgus .523\\nJewell, E. B 28(1\\nJillson, C E 157\\nJohnson. Aaron 490\\nJohnson, Andrew 83\\nJohnson, C. A 502\\nJohnson John 570\\nJohnson, J. 1 4;i5\\nJohnson,_J. L 339\\nJones, Amos 168\\nJones, A. S 298\\nJones, G. W 205\\nJones, R. M 2.55\\nJones, W. D 432\\nJones, W. L (192\\nJoos, Rev. Josepli 282\\nJordan, Francis 173\\nJudsoii, David-. ...437\\nK\\nKeller, John 742\\nKelsey, James 810\\nKelsey, W. J.,M.D 265\\nKempton, L. H 630\\nKennedy, N. 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S 2il\\nMoser, Isaac 832\\nMvielli^r, Daniel 688\\nMurdoch, (i. H 2!ll\\nMurJocl),G, II., Jr 9Uj\\nMurphy, Krastus 614\\nMurwin, G. VV 8.54\\nN\\nNapier. F. L 331\\nNapier, Capt. N. \\\\V :\u00c2\u00ab1\\nNash, J. J 6,54\\nNorthrop, A. D 681\\nNortiin, \\\\V. E 318\\nO Brien, P. E \u00c2\u00ab91\\n(JDell, J.S .533\\nOHara, Thomas 797\\nOlscn, George 644\\nOrris, G. A 821\\nOsborn, Jetfei-son 215\\nOvcracker, Ira 7.10\\nOwen, Prof. M.S 890\\nPaddock. Irving 549\\nPardee, Elias 460\\nParker. R. D., M. D 2.\u00c2\u00ab\\nParsons, William 346\\nPayne, Thomas 657\\nPearl. Phineas 180\\nPenland, A, J 554\\nPennell, A. C 341\\nPennell, Byron 644\\nPeters, W. F 504\\nPhelps, C. P .5.53\\nPhillips, F. D 145\\nPierce, Franklin 71\\nPierce. P. J 896\\nPileher, Oscar 671\\nPixley, B. F. 1:15\\nPiatt. F.H 118\\nPhnnmer, Hon. A. P 203\\nPolk, James K .59\\nPorter, H. H 627\\nPost, Mru. Elmiro 320\\nPotter. Hun. C. B 19\u00c2\u00ab\\nPratt. C. S 738\\nPreston, Milt^^n 740\\nPreston. Hon. W. 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