{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "2259", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Glass JLJlHIz\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBook lCL? 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T\\ny\\nf\\nf\\ni\\n1=3\\nE=[\\nV\\nI\\nt\\n((X)\\n^f:^ t^ss^r \\\\3^\\nn\\no\\\\l\\n-iiBSPii;\\nI\\nC-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Nf|)/H", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "-:j^iK 6V c4llti:-^|]n^ r^:^ :2^^^-\\n-^^msvm\\ni^\\nb\\nV\\nv^\\n(k\\nHAVE completed our labors in writing and compiling the Portrait and Biograph-\\nical Album of Gratiot County, and wish, in presenting it to its patrons, tospeak.\\nbriefly of the importance of local works of this nature. It is certainly the duty\\nof the present to commemorate the past, to perpetuate the names of the pioneers,\\nto furnish a record of their early settlement, and to relate the story of their progress,\\ncivilization of our day, the enlightenment of the age, and this solemn duty which\\n1 h men of the present time owe to their ancestors, to themselves and to their posterity^\\ndemand that a record of tlieir lives and deeds should be made. In local history is found a power\\nto instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental faculties, and to waft down the river of time a safe\\nvessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this region from its\\nprimitive state may be preserved. Surely and vapidly the noble men who in their prime entered\\nthe wild forests of Gratiot and claimed the virgin soil as their heritage, are passing to\\ntheir graves. The number remaining who can relate the history of the first days of settlement is\\nbecoming small indeed, so that an actual necessity exists for the collection and preservation of his-\\ntorical matter without delay, before the settlers of the wilderness are cut down by time. Not only\\nis it of the greatest importance to render history of pioneer times full and accurate, but it is also essen\\ntial that the history of the county, from its settlement to the present day, should be treated through its various-\\nphases, so that a record, complete and impartial, may be handed down to ihe future. The present the age\\nof progress, is reviewed, standing out in bold relief over the quiet, unostentatious olden times; it is abrilliant\\nrecord^vhich is destined to live in the future; the good works of men, their magnificent enterprises, their\\nlives, whether commercial or military, do not sink into oblivion, but, on the contrary, grow brighter with age,\\nand contribute to build up a record which carries with it precedents and principles that will be advanced and\\nobserved when the acts of soulless men will be forgotten, and their very names hidden in obscurity.\\nIn the preparation of the personal sketches contained in this volume, unusual care and pains were\\ntaken to have then accurate, even in the smallest detail. Indeed, nothing was passed lightly over or treated\\nindifferently, and we flatter ourselves that it is one of the most accurate works of its nature ever published.\\nAs one of the most interesting features of this work, we present the portraits of numerous representa-\\ntive citizens. It has been our aim to have the prominent men of to-day, as well as the pioneers, represented\\nin this department; and we congratulate ourselves on the uniformly high character of the gentlemen whose\\nportraits we present. They are in the strictest sense representative men, and are selected from all the call-\\nings and professions worthy to be represented. There are others, it is true, who claim equal prominence with\\nthose presented, but of course it was impossible for us to give portraits of ail the leading men and pioneers\\nof the county. While we are under great obligation to many of the noble and generous people of Gratiot\\nCounty for kindly and material assistance in the preparation of this Album, we feel under special obligation\\nto the following persons, who, from the beginning till the close of our labors, manifested unusual interest m\\nthe enterprise and gave us every assistance Ipossible: Gen. Nathan Church, Rob t Smith, Judge Wm. E.\\nWinton, Judge Wm. Paddock, Hon. A. B. Darragh, Hon. Wilbur Nelson, Rev. Francis Nelson, Parmer R.\\nPhillips, John Swigart, S. S. Hastings, Dr. John R. Cheesman, James Gargett, Mrs. Elias Smith and VV. W.\\nComstock.\\nCHAPMAN BROTHERS.\\nChicago, May, 1884.\\nj:^\\nA ^Il!l*^:(ltln A;\\nA\\nSi/\\ny\\nt", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "(h\\ni^^-\\n^V 4Pll tII|v\\nf\\no\\no\\n^5\\n(9\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00actf\u00c2\u00bb-\\ni^^A^iW n^ pi]; a^ ^5^%^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4 ti^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PSiBK\\n#V\u00c2\u00ae))(^^I- :2^K ^^V IlIl^Iin^ r\\nj fv\\n4^^((\u00c2\u00aeV^\\n(h\\nl!^\\naL\\n^^r^^=^^:^^=^^\\nII\\n^5, N^^O\\nrii\\n^OM^^ x^-^-\\n-f T\u00c2\u00a5-\u00c2\u00a5T\u00c2\u00a5 \u00c2\u00a5VT^ X^ ^^^WM- fi 4i\\nf\\nV^\\nK-Da:*:!!!];^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "-^^^K \u00c2\u00a9v^n n D ny i{\u00e2\u0082\u00ac3^\\n-#^^f^Vi^\\nt\\n^A\u00c2\u00ae)5^^ s^jg^ri.\\n-%A il!|^-Bll", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "n", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "-^^^^^isr\\nFfRSr PRESIDENT.\\n9\\n\\\\M^^fl ^:?i^c^^^^x\\\\H\\\\.H\\\\ c^e^c^^^wi^^^^^m^^mi^mJmi\\n^XiMi]\\n[\u00c2\u00aeT\\nHE Father of our Country was\\nborn in Westmorland Co., Va.,\\nFeb. 22, 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\\neldest son, Lawrence, he becpieathed an estate on\\nthe Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon,\\nand to George he left the 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\\nmathematics. His spelling v/as rather defective.\\nRemarkable stories are told of his great physical\\nstrength and development at an early age. He was\\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 14 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. Li\\nthis business he spent three years in a rough frontier\\nlife, gaining experience which afterwards proved vlmv\\nessential to him. In 175 i, though only 19 years of\\nage, he was apijointed 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 the\\nestate of Mount Vernon was given to George.\\nUpon 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 miles. Winter was at hand,\\nand the journey was to be made without military\\nescort, through a territory occupied by Indians.\\nA-9\\nThe\\n9\\ns\\ni\\n(V\\n(o\\\\", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "m\\nst#^\\nrzi^S\\nE3\\nI\\nb\\nGEORGE WASHINGTON.\\nTT\\nZi^^.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0csr\\n\u00c2\u00ae\\\\4^\\ntrip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near\\nlosing his 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 the 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\\nwere 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 levelin 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\\ntook advantage of the fall of Fort r)urir.esne and the\\nexpulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio,\\nto resign his commission. Soon after he entered the\\nLegislature, where, although not a leader, he took 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 member of the Congress. He accepted\\nit on June 19, but \\\\ipon 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 every 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, 17S3, Washington, in\\nn parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his\\ncommission as commander-in-chief of the army to\\nto the Continental Congress sitting al Anna(x lis. He\\nretired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed\\nhis occujjation 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 new\\ngovernment trials from lack of confidence on the part\\nof other governments trials from want ol harmony\\nbetween the different sections of our own country;\\ntrials from the impoverished condition of the country,\\nowmg to the war and want of credit; trials from the\\nbeginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His\\nclear judgment could discern the golden mean; and\\nwhile perhaps this alone kept our government from\\nsinking at the very outset, it left him exposed to\\nattacks from both sides, which were often bitter and\\nvery annoying.\\nAt the expiration of his first term lie was unani-\\nmously re-elected. At the end of this temi 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 years free from the annoyances of\\npublic life. Later in the year, however, his repose\\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 until\\nit was necessary. In the midst of these preparations\\nhis life was suddenly cut off. December i 2, he took\\na severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling\\nin his throat, (iroduced inflammation, and terminated\\nfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-\\nteenth his body was borne with military honors to its\\nfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault at\\nMount Vernon.\\nOf the character of Washington it is inijiossible 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 highly we must estimate the force of his tal-\\nent and character, which have been 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 person of Washington was nnusally tall, erect\\nand well proportioned. His muscular strength was\\ngreat. His features were of a beautiful symmetry.\\nHe commanded respect without any appearance of\\nhaughtiness, and ever serious without being dull.\\nC\\nSi/\\nn\\nt\\ni ^A^\\n1^^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "I\\n^oimJdami", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "3=3\\no\\n^!^^^5S^\\nf\\nT-^\\n-:2ii^^iK-\\n-^-|?^C(^\\nSECOJVD PRESIDENT.\\nh\\n-sfesffi^^\\n.^B. ^ti f\\nSv\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nct\\nI* JTOIHK ADAMS, \u00c2\u00abf::-:p:o.|^-\\ns\\n^pjI^TFa*^\\n7^\\\\l OHN ADAMS, the second\\nf^ President and tlie first Vice-\\nPresident of tlie 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\\nal)out 640, with a family of eight\\nsons, 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\\nschool of affliction, from which he endeavored to\\ngain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the\\nstudy of law. For this puriwse he placed liimself\\nunder the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He\\nhad thought seriously of the clerical profession\\nbut seems to have been turned from this by what he\\ntermed the friglitful engines of ecclesiastical coun-\\ncils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,\\nof the operations of which he had been a witness in\\nhis native town. Tie was well fitted for tlie legal\\nprofession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being\\nready and fluent of speech, and having quick [jcrcep-\\ntive jxjwers. 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, (1765), the attem[)t of Parliamentarj taxa-\\ntion turned him from law to politics. He took initial\\nsteps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu-\\ntions he offered on the subject became very [wpular\\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 ixspular cause, and\\nwas chosen a member of the Cieneral Court (the Leg-\\nlislature) in 1770.\\nMr. Adams was chosen one of tlie 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 uiovemeiit for independence against the\\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. He\\nwas a prominent member of the committee of five\\nappointed June m, to prepare a declaration of inde-\\npendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but\\non .Adams devolved the task of battling it tlirough\\nCongress in a three days debate.\\nOn the day after the Declaration of Independence\\nwas passed, while his soul was yet warm with the\\nglow of e.xcited 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 will\\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 Ite a memorable epoch in the history\\nof America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated\\nby succeeding generations, as the great anniversary\\nfestival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of\\ndeliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty\\nGod. It ought to be solemnized witii [Ximp, shows.\\nA\\n%\\\\i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0c-y", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "I\\ni\\n1\\ngames, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations\\nfrom one end of the continent to the other, from this\\ntime forward for ever. Vou will think me transported\\nwith enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of\\nthe 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\\ndelegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin\\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\\nchosen 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 ptoposels. He\\nsailed for France in November, 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 e.xcitement,\\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. hile in England, still drooping anddes]X)nd-\\ning, he received dispatches from his own government\\nurging the necessity of his going to .\\\\msterdam 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,he made the trip.\\nFebruary 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams\\nenvoy to the Court 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 ap]K)int a minister to the United\\nStates, and as Mr. .Adams felt that he was accom-\\nplishing but little, he sought ])ennission to return to\\nhis 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, .\\\\gain\\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 muchojiposition.\\nServing in this office four years, he was succeeded by\\nMr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics.\\nWhWe Mr. Adams was Vice President the great\\nFrench Revolution shook the continent of Europe,\\nand it was upon this point which he was at issue with\\nthe majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson, rjt^-,\\nMr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people I\\nin their struggle, for he had no confidence in their i^\\npower of self-government, and he utterly abhored the V^\\nclass of 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\\nsympathy 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 strenj,th\\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\\nsupporting. 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 by one of his cttendants if he knew\\nwhat day it was? He replied, O yes; it is the glor-\\nious founh of July God bless it ^God bless you all.\\nIn the course of the day he said, It is a great and\\nglorious dav. The last words- he uttered were,\\nJefferson survives. But he had, at one o clock, re-\\nsigned his spirit into the hands of his God.\\nThe personal appearance and manners of Mr.\\n.\\\\dams were not particularly preiwssessing. His face,\\nas his portrait manifests.was intellectual ard expres-\\nsive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his\\nmanners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous.\\nHe had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor\\nthe engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked\\nthe manners and address of Jefferson.\\nt^\\nV\\n-i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^i^^ ^^:ii!i)^tiiii\\n-\u00c2\u00abs^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "w\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^aJ^^pvs\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^-int]:t:ilDr. r\\nry\\nTHIRD PRESIDENT.\\n^^^^^\\\\M\u00c2\u00a7i\\ntJiijif\\n27\\nI\\nI\\n,\u00e2\u0080\u009ef:-^ j^\u00c2\u00bb-:j^ s^ ^%3*\\nW^^^-\\nHOMAS JEFFERSON was\\nborn April 2, 1743, at Shad-\\n;\u00c2\u00aewell, Albermarle county, Va.\\nHis parents were Peter and\\nJane Randolph) 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\\nfather 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\\nand Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat\\nof the Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion\\na.id splendor. Voung 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-\\nable 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 ini[)ulse, 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 hatd 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 pliiloso-\\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\\nthere was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a\\nmore pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man.\\nImmediately upon 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 accomplished young widow.\\nUpon Mr. Jefferson s large estate at Shadwell, there\\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 yet\\nelegant architecture, which, ne.xt to Mount Vernon,\\nbecame the most distinguished resort in our land.\\nIn 1775 he was sent to the Colonial Congress,\\nwhere, though a silent member, his abilities as a\\nwriter and a reasoner soon become known, and he\\nwas placed upon a number of imi)ortant conmiittees,\\nand was chairman of the one appointed for the draw-\\ning up of a declaration of independence. This com-\\nmittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson. Jolm .Vdams,\\nBenjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R.\\nLivingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointed\\nto draw up 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 jjassed and signed July\\n4, 1776. What must have been the feelings of that\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\n1\\nr^\\n/t\\n:ll!l^IlDf", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "THOMAS JEFFERSON.\\ng\\nA\\n5\\nV\\nman what the emotions that swelled his breast\\nwho was charged with the preparation of that Dec-\\nlaration, which, while it made know n the wrongs of\\nAmerica, kvas also to publish her to the world, free,\\nsoverign and independent. It is one of the most re-\\nmarkable papers ever written and did noother effort\\nof the mind of its author exist, that alone would be\\nsufficient to stamp liis name witli immortality.\\nIn 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to\\nPatrick Henry, as Governor of Virginia, At one time\\nthe British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to\\nMonticello, 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 yeirs 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. r, 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 wliich 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\\nsouthwestern 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 more dangerous\\ncharacter.\\nIn 1809, at the expiration of the second term for\\nwhich Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined\\nto retire from ix)litical 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. Ha\\\\ing 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 upon the organization of\\nthe new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare-\\nwell forever to public life, and retired to Monticello.\\n.Mr. 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 fevv 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, com[)elled liim 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 no\\nhope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly\\nsensible that his last hour was at liand. On the next\\nd;iy, 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 that\\nhe might be permitted to breathe the airof 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 liis 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 countrymen; for half a\\ncentury they had labored together for tne good of\\nthe country; and now hand in hand they dejiart.\\nIn tiieir lives they had been united in tlie 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 [xjssessed great fortitude of mind as\\nwell as personal courage; and his command of tem-\\nper was such that Iris 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 hospitalitv 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\\nujwn the best models of antiquity.\\n9\\nA\\nV)\\nr\\nm:m^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "I\\n^^^Oc^e^fi^i^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "ss\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n---r ^lll]:t:ill]^ -r\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFOURTH PRh SIDENT.\\n31\\n4.\\ntj]{\\\\\\\\}m, npDisoi].\\nAMES MADISON, Father\\nP of the Constitution, and fourth\\n5 President of the United States,\\nwas born March 16, 1757, and\\ndied at his home in irginia,\\n[line 28, 1836. The name of\\nJames Madison is inseparably con-\\nnected with most of the im|)ortant\\nevents in that lieroic period of our\\ncountry during which the founda-\\ntions of this great republic were\\naid. He was the last of the founders\\nof the Constitution of the United\\nStates to be called to his eternal\\nreward.\\nThe Madison family were among\\nthe early emigrants to the New World,\\nanding 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 uixjn a very fine es-\\ntate called Montjielier, Orange o.,\\nVa. The mansion was situated in\\nthe midst of scenery highly pictur-\\nesque and romantic, on the west side\\nof South-west Mountain, nt the foot of\\nBlue Ridge. It was i)ut 25 miles from the home of\\nJefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and\\npolitical attachment existed Ijetween these illustrious\\nmen, from their early youth until death.\\nThe early education of Mr. Madison was conducted\\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 1771, with a feeble\\nbody, witii a character of utmost purity, and with a\\nmind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning\\nwliicli embelhshed and gave proficiency to his subse-\\nquent 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 fur his life-woik of\\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 mind\\nsingularly free from passion and prejudice, and with\\nalmost tinequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed\\nall the arguments for and against revealed religion,\\nuntil his faith 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 whisky-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 Executive Council.\\nBoth Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were\\nGovernors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained\\nmember of the Comicil and their appreciation of his\\nSi/\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\n)\u00c2\u00ab^fls^\\nJ^\\nMi}mm^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "I\\n^v:^^\\nv !DD^OD r\\nra^^^-tc\\n3\u00c2\u00bb\\nJAMES MADISON.\\nv\\ns.\\ns.\\ni\\ninicllecmal, social and moral worth, contributed not\\na little to his subsenuent eminence. In the year\\n1 7 So. he was elected a memlier of the Continental\\nC ons;ress. Here he met the most illustrious men in\\nour land, and he was immeiliatcly assigned to one of\\nthe most conspicuous [xisitions among them.\\nFor tiiree years Mr. Madison continued in Con-\\ngtess, one of its most active and inlluential members.\\nIn the year 17S4, ins term having expired, lie w.is\\nelected a member of the Virginia Legislanire.\\nNo man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the\\nutter inetticiency ot the old confederacy, with no na-\\ntional government, with no jxjwer to form treaties\\nwhich would l e 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. 17S0. Mr. Madison\\ncarried a resolution through the C leneral .\\\\ssembly of\\n\\\\irginia, inviting the other States to apioint commis-\\nsioners to meet in convention at .\\\\nnaj olis to discuss\\nthis subject. Five Stales only were represented. The\\nconvention, liowever, issued another call, drawn up\\nby Mr. Madison, urgmg all the States to send their\\ndelegates to Pltil.idelphia, in May. 17S7, to drat t\\na Constitution for tite United States, to take the pl.ice\\nof that Confederate League. The delegates met at\\nthe time apixiinted. Every State but Rhode Island\\nwas represented, deorge Washington was chosen\\npresident of the convention arid the present Consti-\\ntution of the I nited States was then and there lomied.\\nThere was. perhaps, no mind and no jien more ac-\\ntive in Iranting this immortal diKument than the mind\\nand the pen of lames Madison.\\nThe Constitution, .idopted by a vote Si to 70. was\\nto l e presented to the sever.d States for .icceptance.\\nHut grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected\\nwe should be left but a conglomeration of indei endent\\nStates, with but little jiower at home and little resjiect\\nabnxid. Mr. Madison was selected by the ixinven-\\ntion to draw up an address to the i e ple of the United\\nStates. exix- unding th.e principles of the Constitution,\\nand urging its adoption. There was great opjxjsition\\nto it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and\\nwent into elTect in 17S9.\\nMr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre-\\nsentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the\\navowe .1 leader of the Republican jMny. Wiiile in\\nNew Vork attending Congress, he met Mrs. Todd, a\\n\\\\ving widow of remarkable jxiwer of fascination,\\nwhom he niarrievl. She was in j lerson and character\\nqueenly, and probably no lady has thus lar occupied\\nso prominent a \\\\x sition in the ver\\\\- e\u00c2\u00bb:uliar society\\nwhich has constituted our republican court as Mrs,\\nMadison.\\nMr. Madison served as Secreiarj- ot State under\\nleflerson, and at the close of his .idniinistration\\nwas chosen President. .\\\\t this time the encrcwch-\\ninents of England had brought us to the verge of war.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094J\\nI\\nT\\nV:^ 5^^^^5-\\n.-J^^;\\n^^fc.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m\\nI British orders in council destioyed our commerce, and\\nI our rtag was e.xjtosed to constant insult. Mr. Madison\\ni was a man of i eace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring\\nin his disix^sition, war had no charms for him. But the\\nmeekest spirit can be a used. It makes one s blood\\nIwil. even now, to think of an .-Vmerican ship brought\\nto, uiKin the ocean, by the guns of an F^ngiish cruiser.\\nyoung lieutenant steps on Iward and orders the\\nI crew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal-\\nance he selects any number whom he may please to\\ndesignate as British subjects orders them down the\\nj ship s side into his Ixjat and places them on the gun-\\nI deck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the\\nbattles of F^ngland. This right of search and im-\\npressment, no ertbrts of our Ciovernment could induce\\nthe British cabinet to relinquish.\\nOn the iSth of June, iSi j, President Madison gave\\nhis approval to an act of Congress declaring war\\nagainst Gieat Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter\\nhostility of the F ederal party to the war, the country\\nin general ajiproved and Mr. Madison, on the 4th\\nof March, iS 3, was re-elected by a large m.ijority,\\nand entered ujon his second term of office. Phis is\\nnot the place to describe the various adventures of\\nthis war on the land and on the water. Our infant\\nnavy then l.iid the foundations of its renown in grap-\\npling with the most fonnidable power which ever\\nswept the seas. The c-ontest commenced in earnest\\nby the api iearaiiceof a British fleet, early in February,\\nI 1S13, in Chesajieake Bay, declaring nearly the whole\\ncoast of the United States under blixkade.\\nThe Emjieror 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 Patu.xet River, near its entrance into Chesa-\\nlH.\\\\\u00c2\u00bbke Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens-\\nburg, ui .in Washington.\\nI The straggling little city of Washington was thrown\\ninto consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict\\nat Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the\\nmeirojx lts. The whole population fled from the city.\\nThe President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White\\nHouse, with her carriage dr.awn up at the door to\\nawait his sj ee\u00c2\u00ab.ly return, hurried to meet the officers\\nin a council of war. He met our tnx)ps utterly routed,\\nand he could not go hack without danger of being\\ncaptured. But few hours ela( sed ere tlie Presidential\\nI Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in\\nWashington were in flanies.\\nThe war closed after two years of fighting, and on\\nFeb. 13, 1S15, the treaty of \\\\ieace was signed at Ghent.\\nOn the 4th of Maah, 1S17, his second tenii of\\noffice expired, and he lesigned the Presidential chair\\nto his friend. James Monroe. He rerired to his beau-\\ntiful home at Monti- elier, and there [vissed the re-\\nmainder of his days. On June ;S. 1S36. then at the\\nage of 85 years, he fell ;isleep in death. Mrs. Madi-\\nson died July 13, 1S49.\\n?:DDi ^T^?^\\ng\\n1\\nc\\n-4?", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "I\\n/h^^,,", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "llli:^:illli T-r\\nFIFTH PRESIDENT.\\nr^^^\\n35\\nL^//:\\\\\\\\K^s^\\nt PI1]ES Il]OI]ItOE.\\nAMES MONROE, the I lHli\\nI lesidcntofriie United States,\\nwas born in estinoreland t!o.,\\nVa., April 28, 175.S. His early\\nlite was passed at the place of\\nnativity. His ancestors had fur\\nmany years resided in the prov-\\nince in which he was liorn. ^\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0hen,\\nat 17 years of age, in the process\\n1 of completing his education at\\nWilliam and JVIary College, the Co-\\nlonial Congress assembled at Phila-\\ndelphia to deliberate upon the un-\\njust and manifold oppressions of\\nGreat 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 the patriots.\\nHe joined the army when everything looked liope-\\nless and gloomy. The number of deserters increased\\nfrom day to day. The invading armies came pouring\\nin and tlie tories not only favored the cause of the\\nmother country, but disheartened the new recruits,\\nwiio were sulhciently terrified at the ])rospect of con-\\ntending with an enemy whom they had been taught\\nto deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James\\nMonroe, who went right onward, undismayed through\\ndifficulty and danger, the United States owe then-\\npolitical emancipation. The x oung cadet joined the\\nranks, and espoused tlio cause of his injured country,\\nwith a firm determination to live or die with her strife\\ns\\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\\nalter 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 ])ro-\\nmoted a captain of infantry; and, having recovered\\nfrom his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however,\\nreceded from the line of promotion, by l)ecomiu4 an\\nofficer in the staff of Lord Steding. During the cam-\\npaigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Pirandy-\\nwine, Ciermantown 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. This scheme failed\\nowing to the exhausted condition of the Stale. Upon\\nthis failure he entered the office of Mr. lefferson, at\\nthat ])eriod 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 X irginia, and by that\\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, which were afterwards\\nrp\\nenqiloyed with unremittii g energy for the public good, J", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a78^\\n36\\n2\\ns\\nh\\n4\\nJAMES MONROE.\\n-\u00c2\u00abt\\n#^5((\\nhe was in the succeeding year chosen a member of\\nthe Congress of the United States.\\nDeeplyas Mr. Monroefelt the imperfections of the old\\nConfederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution,\\nthinking, with many others of the Republican parly,\\nthat it gave too much ix)Wtr 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 di\\\\ided the nation,\\nthe Federal and the Republican, was growing more\\ndistinct. The two prominent ideas which now sejv\\narated them were, that the Re|)ublican 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 ix)wer, and the State\\nGovernments as much i ower, as the Constitution would\\nwarrant. The Federalists sympathized with England,\\nand were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con-\\nstitution, which would give as much ]X)wer to the\\nCentral Government as that document could ]X)ssibly\\nauthorize.\\nThe leading Federalists and Republicans were\\nalike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the\\ngood of the nation. Two more lionest men or more\\npure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and\\n(ames Monroe the Rep\\\\iblican, never breathed. In\\nbuilding up this majestic nation, which is destined\\nto eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, tlie com-\\nbination of their antagonism was needed to create the\\nlight equilibrium. .\\\\nd yet each in his day was de-\\nnounced as almost a demon.\\nWashington was then President. England had es-\\npoused the cause of the Bourlxjns against tlie princi-\\nples of the French Revolution. .-Ml 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 opiX)sed the Pres-\\nident s proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in\\nmagnanimity.\\nWashington, who could apnreciate 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.\\nMonroe was welcomed by the National Convention\\ni:i France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations.\\nShortly after his return to this countr)% Mr. Mon-\\nroe was elected CJovernor of Virginia, and held the\\noffice for three years. 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. Titeir 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 country some recognition of our\\nrights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those\\nodious impressments of our seamen. But Eng-\\nland was unrelenting. He agam 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 tr)ing times, the duties of the War Department\\nwere also put upon him. He was truly the armor-\\nbearer of President Madison, and the most efficient\\nbusiness man in his cabinet. I pon the return of\\npeace he resigned the Department of War, but con-\\ntinued in the office of Secretar) of State until the e.\\\\-\\npiration of Mr. Madison 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, iSiy, was inaugurated. Four years\\nlater he was elected for a second term.\\n.\\\\mong the important measures of his Presidency\\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 1823. At that\\ntime the United States had recognized the independ-\\nence of the .South American states, and did not wish\\nto have European [wwers longer attempting to sub-\\ndue portions of the .American Continent. The doctrine\\nis as follows: That we should consider any attempt\\non the part of European jxiwers 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\\nsentiment of the United States.\\nAt the end of his second term Mr. Monroe retired\\nto his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830.\\nwhen he went to New York to live with his son-in-\\nlaw. In that city he died,on the 4th of July, 183 1.\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A-\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^:f|^\\n^M^^ p m", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "t\\nJ) oL. JitXxiUrn^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "s\\n^*5^t#\u00c2\u00bb\\nT2s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^s^ cr^ Iin:^:Dtl ^r-e :2s=C\u00c2\u00a7^\\nA\\nC-\\nt\\n4*\\nI\\nSJXTII PRESIDENT.\\n-r.\\n^^^\\\\sX/\\nP-\\nOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the\\nixth President of the United\\ni|^ Slates, was born in the rural\\nlionie of his honored father,\\nJohn Adams, in Qaincy, Mass.,\\non the iith cf 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 Bunkei s Hill, and gazing on\\nupon the smoke and flames billow-\\ning u|) from the conflagration of\\nCharlestown.\\nWhen but eleven years old he\\ntook a tearful adieu of his mother,\\nto sail with his fattier for Europe,\\nthrough a fleet of hostile British cruisers. The liright,\\nanimated 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\\nJohn Qiiincy accompanied his father. At Paris he\\napijlied himself with great diligence, for six months,\\nto study; then accoinpuined his father to Holland,\\nwhere he entered, first a school in Amsterdam, then\\nthe University at Leyden. About a year from this\\ntime, in 1781, when the manly boy was but fourteen\\nyears of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min-\\nister to the Russian court, as his private secretary.\\nIn this school of incessant labor and of enobling\\nculture he spent fourteen montlis, and then returned\\nto Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and\\nBremen. This long journey he took alone, in the\\nwinter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed\\nhis studies, under a fMvafe tutor, at Hague. Thence,\\n^J\\nin the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father to\\nParis, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintance\\nwith the most distinguished men on the Continent;\\ne.xamining architectural remains, galleries of paintings,\\nand all renowned works of art. At Paris he again\\nbecame associated with the most illustrious men of\\nall lands in the contem|jlations of the loftiest temporal\\nthemes which can engross the human mind. After\\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 etiquette 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 his 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 support.\\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 deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney,\\nassisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with\\nGreat Britian. After thus spending a fortnight in\\nLondon, he proceeded to the Hague.\\nIn July, 1797, he left the Hague logo to Portugal as\\nminister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal,\\nupon arriving in London, lie met with despatches\\ndirecting him to the court of Berlin, but requesting\\nhim to remain in London until he should receive his\\ninstructions. While waiting he was mairied to an\\nAmerican lady to whom he had been previously en-\\ngaged, Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter\\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 the\\nelevated sphere for which she was destined.\\nc^:\\niD!i:^:Dilr\\nk\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "r^^^^ eV^llB\u00c2\u00a7Il|]v1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2T-^\\nV\\ns\\n40\\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\\nthe 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 (iovern-\\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 .^dams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign-\\ning his professorship in Harvard College, lie embarked\\nat Boston, in August, 1S09.\\nWhile in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense 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 Creek and\\nLatin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a\\nmore accomplished scholar could scarcely be found.\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Ml through life the Bible constituted an important\\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 ai)i)ointed Mr,\\nAdams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num-\\nerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he\\nsailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On the\\n18th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his\\nhome in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon-\\nroe s administration, Mr. Adams continued Secretary\\nof State.\\nSome time before the close of Mr. Monroe s second\\nterm of office, new candidates began to Ije presented\\nfor the 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-\\nseven. As there was no choice by the people, the\\n(piestion went to the House of Representatives. Mr.\\nClay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. .\\\\danis, and\\nhe was elected.\\nThe friends of all the disappointed candidates now\\ncombined in a venomous and persistent assault upon\\nMr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in\\nthe 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 niore 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 home in\\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, lighting his\\nown fire and applying himself to work in his library\\noften long before dawn.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1829, 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\\nlx)rtentous 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 ior 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 his 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 scrutin)-. The\\nbattle wliich Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against\\nthe proslavery party in the (iovernment, was sublime\\nin Its moral daring 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 b.is 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 torejieat every night, before\\nhe slept, the prajer which his mother taught him in\\nhis infant years.\\nOn the 2 1 St of February, 1848, he rose on the fioor\\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 //if end of car Hi then after a moment s\\npause he added, I am a ii/fii/. These were the\\nlast words of the grand Old Man Eloipient.\\nv^-\\nr\\nJ\u00c2\u00ab^(|\u00c2\u00ab\\n^7K^B!l^|]tl V^ 5!i^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "i^f/\u00c2\u00ae^^^\\nrJ^ K ferV :tltl^lin^ V-er\\nSEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\ns;^\\n43\\no\\nvi)\\nNDREVV JACKSON, the\\nsc ventli President of tlie\\nLhiited States, was horn in\\nWaxhaw settlement, N.\\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, turlnilent l)oy. His\\nfeatures were coarse, his form un-\\ngainly; and there was but very\\nlittle in his cliaracter, made visilile, whicli was at-\\ntractive.\\nWhen only thirteen years old lie 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.\\nTlie brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate\\nblow 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 other upon the\\nhead. The officer then turned to his brother Robert\\nwith the same demand. He also refused, and re-\\nceivcd a blow from tlie keen-edged sabre, which (piite\\ndiiabled him, and which jirobably soon after caused\\n^e his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and\\ni(i) were finally stricken with the small-jx)x. Their\\nmother was successful in obtaining their exchange.\\nand took her sick iwys home. After a long illness\\nAndrew recovered, and the death of his mother soon\\nleft him entirely friendless.\\nAndrew supported himself in various ways, sucli as\\nworking at the saddler s trade, teaching school and\\nclerking in a general store, until 1784, wiien he\\nentered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however,\\ngave more attention to the wild amusements of tiie\\ntimes than to his studies. In 1788, he was appointed\\nsolicitor for tlie 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 skirmish\\nwitfi tlie Sharp Knife.\\nIn 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who\\nsupposed herself divorced from her former husband.\\nCreat 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 jirofes-\\nsion, and freipiently had one or more duels on hand,\\none of whicii, wiien lie killed I )ickenson, was es])ec-\\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. I- ive were sent from each of the eleven\\ncounties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates.\\nThe new State was entitled to but one member in\\nthe National House of Representatives. Andrew Jack-\\nson was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he\\nrode to Philedeliihia, where Congress then held its\\ni\\n0)\\nII.\\nm\\nm.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "i )(-N^( l\\nnil\u00c2\u00a7llll r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0tr-T\\nANDREW JACKSON.\\nt\\nA\\nC^\\nV\\n6\\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. .\\\\s Mr.\\nJackson took his seat. Gen. Washington, whose\\n(c)i second 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 six years.\\nWhen the war of 181 2 witli Great Britian com-\\nmenced, Madison occupied tiie 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 uixin him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson\\noffered 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 hundred troops to aid ^Vilkinson. The\\nexpedition reached Natchez; and afteradelay of sev-\\neral weeks there, without accomplishing anything,\\nthe men were ordered back 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 l)ecame the most popular\\nman in the State. It was in this expedition that his\\ntoughness gave him the nickname of Gld Hickory.\\nSoon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col.\\nThomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman\\nmade about his taking a i)art 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 upon 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, Alabama.\\nThe Creek Indians had established a strong fort on\\none of the bends of theTallauoosa River, near the cen-\\nter of Alabama, alx)ut 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 Toho])eka or\\nHorse-shoe, on the 27th of .March. r8i4. 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-\\ni work of logs and l)rush. Here nine hundred warriors,\\nI with an ample suplyof arms were assembled.\\nThe fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des-\\nperate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When\\nbleeding and dying, they would fight those who en-\\ndeavored to spare tlieir lives. From ten in tlie 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\\njK)wer 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 cauie 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 August, with an army of two thousand\\nmen, on a rushing marcli, Gen. Jackson came to\\nMol)ile. 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 l)attle was long and doubtful. At length\\none of the ships was l)lown up and the rest retired.\\n(iarrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little\\narmy, he moved his troops to New Orleans,\\n.\\\\nd the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued,\\nwas in reality a very arduous campaign. This won\\nfor Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his\\ntroops, which numbered about four thousand men,\\nwon a signal victory over the British army of alxsut\\nnine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the\\nloss of tlie British was two thousand six lumdred.\\nThe name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men-\\ntioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824,\\nhe was defeated by Mr. .Xdams. He was, however,\\nsuccessful in the election of 1S28, and was re-elected\\nfor a second term in 1832. In r82g, 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 the most memorable\\nin the annals of our country; applauded by one party,\\ncondemned by the other. No man had more bitter\\nenemies or warmer friends. .\\\\t the expiration of his\\ntwo terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where\\nhe died June 8, 1845. The last years of ^Ir. Jack-\\nson s life were that of a devoted Christian man.\\nA\\n5^:tii];\\n.5^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "^\u00e2\u0096\u00a04^5B j^ ^:f^*-i\\nW^\\n*i-^\\n/7 7^^^^ 1^-^/3 Uc-e^^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Sh/^^^^^ 5i5\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\n^tin^iiB v\\n-\u00c2\u00ab-a\\nEIGHTH PRESIDENT.\\n47\\nA\\n5\\ns\\ni\\nAKTIN VAN HURKN, the\\neighth President of the\\nUnited States, was born at\\nKinderliook, N. Y., Dec. 5,\\n1782. He died at the same\\n|)l:ice, July 24, 1862. His\\nliody rests in the cemetery\\nat Kinderhook. Above ii is\\na plain granite shaft fifteen feet\\nhigh, bearing a simple inscription\\nabout half way up on one face,\\nw The lot is unfenced, unbordered\\nor unbounded by slirub ur flower.\\nThere is but little in the life of iSIartin Van Buren\\nof romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged\\nin no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in\\npolitical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many\\nsignal victories, his 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 Holland\\nto the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,\\nresiding in the old town of Kinderhook. His motlier,\\nalso of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-\\nligence and exemplary piety.\\nHe was decidedly a precocious boy, develo|iing un-\\nusual activity, vigor and strength of mind. .Xl tlie\\nage of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies\\nin his native village, and commenced the study of\\nlaw. As he h.ad not a collegiate education, seven\\nyears of study in a law-office were required of him\\nbefore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with\\na lofty aml)ition, and conscious of his powers, he pur-\\nsued his studies with indefatigalile industry. After\\nspending six years in an office in his native village,\\n^^m^^ ^:^^f^ %X^^^D I)\\nhe went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his\\nstudies for the seventii year.\\nIn 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of\\nage, commenced the practice of law in his native vil-\\nlage. The great conflict between tlie Federal and\\nRepublican party was then at its height. Mr. Van\\nBuren was from the beginning a ix)litician. He had,\\nperhajis, imbibed that spirit wliile 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 espoused the\\ncause of State Rights; thougli at that time the Fed-\\neral party held tlic supremacy both in his town\\nand State.\\nHis success and increasing rui)u.tation led liim,\\nafter six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, the\\ncounty seat of his county. Here he spent seven years,\\nconstantly gaining strength i y contending in the\\ncourts with some of tlie ablest men who have adorned\\nthe bar of his State.\\nJust before leaving Kinderliook for Hudson, Mr.\\nVan Buren married a lady alike distinguished for\\nbeauty and accomplishments. .After twelve short\\nyears she sank into the grave, the victim of consump-\\ntion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over\\njier 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 1 81 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to\\nthe State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to\\nMr. Madison s adminstration. In 1815, he was ap-\\npointed .Attorney-Cicneral, and the next year moved\\nto Albany, the capital of the State.\\nWhile he was acknowledged as one of the most\\nprominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had\\nf?\\nK: A^\\nI^^(", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "-25^\\n-sr\\nV 4|]DSIIlf\\nv\\n-^ii s-\\n-4 ^C^\\n-W\\nMARTIN 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 iiroperty interests in the welfare of the\\nState.\\nIn 182 1 he was elected a 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 his endeavors to promote the\\ninterests of all classes in the community. In the\\nSenate of the United States, he rose at once to a\\nf conspicuous position as an active and useful legislator.\\nIn 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the\\nPresidential chair, Mr. Van Bnren was re-elected to\\nthe Senate. He had been from the beginning a de-\\ntermiiied opposer of the .\\\\dministration, adopting the\\nState Rights view in opposition to what was\\ndeemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams.\\nS Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof\\nthe State of New York, and accordingly resigned his\\nseat in the Senate. Probalily no one in the United\\nStates contributed so much towards ejecting John Q.\\nAdams 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 throughout the United States as one of the\\nmost skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians.\\nIt was supiwsed that no one knew so well as he how\\nto touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all\\nthe wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to\\norganize a political army which would, secretly and\\nstealthily 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\\nfew thought tlien could be accomplished.\\ni When Andrew Jackson was elected President he\\n[i^ apix inted Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This\\nposition he resigned in 1831, and was immediately\\napixiinted 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\\nfrowns 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 Execu-\\ntive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Huren 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, whi li threatened to in-\\nvolve this country in warwitli 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 [larty,\\nand brought the President into such disfavor that he\\nfailed of re-election.\\nWith the exception of being nominated for the\\nPresidency by the P ree Soil Democrats, in 1848,\\nMr. Van Buren lived ipiietly ujwn 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\\npatriotism, and the distinguished positions which he\\nhad occupied 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 Lindenwald,\\nhe still exerted a i)owerful 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 hapi)iness than he had before\\nexperienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life.\\n*s;^\\n.-Zr^-^Si\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n -r\\n^mm^ ^y^\\ns", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "II\\n/^^a^n.^^^ y^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "Ta\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\u00c2\u00ab^ ^V DII^:I1II^\\ni^l\\nwmM4M wmm mmmmM.\\nILLIAM HENRY HARKI-\\nSOM, the nintli President of\\nthe United States, was horn\\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 daj He was an\\nintimate friend of George\\nWashington, was early elected\\na member of the Continental\\nCongress, and was conspiciions\\namong the i)atriots of Virginia in\\nresisting the encroachments of the\\nBritisli crown. In tiie celel)rated\\nC ongress 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,\\n1 William Henry, of course enjoyed\\nin childhood all the advantages which wealth and\\nintellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav-\\ning received a thorough common-school education, he\\nentered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated\\nwit!) honor soon after the death of his fatlier. He\\nthen repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under\\nthe instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianslii[) of\\nRobert Morris, both of whom were, with his father,\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence.\\nUpon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not-\\nwithstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he\\nabandoned his medical studies and entered the army,\\nhaving obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi-\\ndent Washington. He was then hui uj years old.\\nFrom that time he i)asseti gradually upward in rank\\nuntil he became aid to General Wayne, after whose\\ndeath lie resigned his commission. He was tlien ap-\\npointed Secretary of the Morth-western ferritory. This\\nTerritory was then entitled to but one member in\\nCongress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill iliat\\nl)osition.\\nIn the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory\\nwas divided by Congress into two portions. The\\neastern portion, comprising the region now embraced\\nm the State of Ohio, was called Ihe Territory\\nnorth-west of the Ohio. The western portion, wliich\\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-\\nlX)inted 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 uiwn the globe. He\\nwas Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in-\\nvested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now\\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 this office first by John Adams,\\ntwice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi-\\ndent Madison.\\nWhen he began his adminstration tliere were but\\nthree white settlementsin that almost boundless region,\\nnow crowded with cities and resounding with all the\\ntumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements\\nwas on the Ohio, nearly opposite Ix)uisville; one at\\nVincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French\\nsettlement.\\nThe vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrison\\nreigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. Aliout\\nA\\n\u00c2\u00ab0\\nJL\\n^wmm\\n^r-^i^^J^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "iNr\\n4nii^iinr\\nWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.\\n-4^^fi\\n1a^\\ni\\nV\\n4\\nthe year 1806, two extraordinary mer, twin brothers,\\nof the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of\\nthese was called Teciimseh, or Tlie Crouching\\nPanther; the other, Ollivvacheca, or i he Prophet.\\nTecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man\\nof great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit-\\nable perseverance in any enterprise in which lie might\\nengage. He was in |)ired with the higliesl enthusiasm,\\nand had long regarded witli dread and with hatred\\nthe encroachment of the whites upon the hunting-\\ngrounds of his fathers. His l)rother, the Prophet, was\\nanorator, 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 lie was,\\nin the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested\\nwith the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a\\nmagician. 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, 1S12, his army began its march. When\\nnear the Prophet s town three Indians of rank made\\ntheir appearance and inquired why Gov. Harri.son was\\napproaching 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 just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all\\nthe desperation which superstition and i)assion most\\nhighly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the\\nHttle 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 l)ands rusheil on, not doubtir.ga\\nspeedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison s\\ntroops 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 the foe.\\nKgj\\nCiov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked\\nto the utmost. The British descending from theCan-\\nadas, were of themselves a very formidable force but\\nwitli their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the\\nforest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn-\\ning, iilundering, 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\\nthe ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit.\\nUnder these desijaiiing 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\\nreneral Harrison was found equal to the position,\\nand nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re-\\nsponsibilities.\\nHe won the love of his soldiers by al.vays sharing\\nwith them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while\\npursuing 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 otticers, /s\\nhis prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle, isi\\nThe only fare he could give them was beef roasted\\nbefore the fire, without bread ox salt. v^\\nIn 18 16, 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 sixike, it was with\\nforce of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested\\nthe attention of all the members.\\nIn iSig, Harrison was elected to the Senate of\\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 L nited States Senate.\\nIn 1836, the friends of (ien. Harrison brought 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 for the Vice Presidency.\\nThe contest was very animated. Gen Jackson gave\\nall iiis 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 the hopes of the country\\nmore sanguine. In the midst of these bright and\\njoyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a\\npleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick-\\nness, died on the 4th of .Ajiril just one month after\\nhis inauguration as President of the United States.\\nn\\n;|1 n ;a^ [|t|; ir^\\n-i^^c^^y^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "II\\ni\\nII\\n1\\no", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "i)^m^\\n\u00c2\u00ab9\u00c2\u00bb-\\n-^1^^ ev ^^llQ :D[ls T\\n-^^^^^^^isr\\nTENTH PRESIDENT.\\n\u00c2\u00aevM^\\n(h\\ni\\ny\\nI OHN TYLER\\nthe tentli\\nPresideiitof the United Stales.\\nHe was l orn in Charles-city\\nCo., Va., 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\\n)ut seventeen years old. After\\ngraduating, he devoted him-\\n;lf with great assiduity to the\\n/f YjS^ aiudy of law, partly with his\\nl^ j^^V father and partly with Kdniund\\ng w Randolph, 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 eve there\\nwas scarcely a case on the dock-\\n1 et of the court in which he was\\nnot retained. When Ijut twenty-one years of age, he\\nwas almost unanimously elected to a seat in the State\\nLegislature. He connected himself with the Demo-\\ncratic 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 Init twenty-six years of age, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and\\njlj) ably with the Democratic party, opposing a national\\nbank, internal improvements by the General Govern-\\nment, a protective tariff, and- advocatmg 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. ])ortion of the Democratic party\\nwas displeased with Mr. Randolph s wayward course,\\nand brought forward John Tyler as his op|X)nent,\\nconsidering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient\\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 spoke 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 oi)position to the nullifiers, had\\nabandoned the ])rinciples of the Democratic party.\\nSuch was Mr. Tyler s record in ongress, a record\\nin i)erfect accordance with the principles which he\\nhad always avowed.\\nReturning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of\\nhis profession. There was a split in the Democratic\\nA\\nca:", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "r^^K eV ^itl n M\\\\i T^\\nJOHN TYLER.\\nparty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef-\\nfersonian, gave hini a dinner, and showered compli-\\nments upon him. He had now attained the age of\\nforty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con-\\nsequence of his devotion to public business, his pri-\\n(hj vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; audit 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\\ntook 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\\n1839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har-\\nrison, a genuine Whig, much to tiie disappointment ot\\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\\nUemocratic Vice President were chosen.\\nIn 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi-\\ndent of the United States. In one short month from\\nthat time. President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler\\nthus found himself, to his own surprise and that of\\nthe whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential\\nchair. This was a new test of the stability 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 Williamslnirg when he received the\\nunexpected tidings of the death of President Harri-\\nson. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of\\nApril was inaugurated to the high and responsible\\noffice. He was i)laced in a position of exceeding\\ndelicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been\\nopiwsed to the main principles of the party which had\\nIjrought 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 hiui and select a cabinet in har-\\nmony 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 Harrison 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.\\nl^^ The President, after ten dnys delay, returned it with\\nhis veto. He suggested, however, that he would\\nli)^V\u00c2\u00ae)5\u00c2\u00ab^ l- 9-A :^D n\\n1\\nI=Z\\nfn\\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 sev.erely\\ntouched the inide of the President.\\nThe opiiosition now exultingly received the Presi-\\ndent into their arms. The party which elected him\\ndenounced him bitterly. All the members of his\\ncabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs\\nof Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a\\nmeeting and issued an address to the pcojile ot the\\nUnited States, i)roclaiining 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 ])assed sadly away. I\\\\o one was satisfied. The\\nland was filled witli murmurs and vituperation, lligs\\nand Democrats alike assailed him. More and more,\\nhowever, he brought himself into sympathy 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\\nharassiv.ents of office, tothe regret of neitheriiarty, and\\nprobably to his own unsjieakable 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 Gardiner, 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 fr.niily circle was\\nthe scene of unusual attractions. With sufficient\\nmeans for the exercise of a generous hop])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 Cal-\\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, the Government over which he had\\nonce presiiled, he was taken sick and soon died.\\nI\\nI\\nc^\\ni\\nV\\nrs.\\nk\\n^IDf^-M^\\n-SBsjj^^sn.\\n-^?^^C(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "^g/^c-.-c-\u00c2\u00ab- QC-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "w\\nerV illD^llIl r\\nELEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\n59\\n:^j\\nY\\nV^\\n^1\\nAMES K. POLK, the eleventh\\nJ :5}a President of the United States,\\n|y was born in Mecklenburg Co.,\\nM. C, Nov. 2, 1795. riis par-\\nents were Samuel and Jane\\n(K.no.\\\\) 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 1S06, with his wife\\nand children, and soon after fol-\\nlowed by most of the members of\\ntlie Polk farnly, 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\\nwhich was subsequently called Mau-\\nry Co., they reared their log huts,\\nand established their homes. In the\\nhard toil of a new farm in the wil-\\nderness, James K. Polk spent the\\nearly years of his childhood and\\nyouth. His father, adding the pur-\\nsuit of a surveyor to that of a farmer,\\ngradually increased in wealth until\\nhe became one of the leading men of the region. I lis\\nmother was a superior woman, of strong common\\nsense and earnest piety.\\nI Very early in life, James developed a taste for\\n,r, reading 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 inspired him with lofty\\n1* principles of morality. His health was frail and his\\nfather, fearing that he might not be able to endure a\\nsedentary life, got a situation for him behind the\\ncounter, hoping to fit him for commercial [uusuits.\\nThis was to James a l)itter disaiJiwintment. He\\nhad no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks\\nwere irksome in the e.xtreme. 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 i)rosecute 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 1S15, entered the sophomore\\nclass in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel\\nHill. Here he was one of tlie most e.Kemplary of\\nscholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing\\nhimself to be absent from a recitation or a religious\\nservice.\\nHe graduated in 18 18, witii the highest lionots, be-\\ning deemed tlie best scholar of his class, both in\\nmathematics and the classics. He was then twenty-\\nthree years of age. Mr. Polk s health was at this\\ntime much impaired by the assiduity with which he\\nhad prosecuted his studies. After a short season of\\nrelaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the\\noffice of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk\\nrenewed Iiis acquaintance with .\\\\ndrew Jackson, who\\nresided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few\\nmiles from Nashville. They had probably been\\nslightly accpuiinted before.\\nMr. Polk s father was a Jefifersonian Republican,\\nand James K. Polk ever adhered to the same ])oliti-\\ncal faith. He was a popular jiulilic speaker, and was\\nconstantly called ujion to address the meetings of his\\nparty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that\\nhe was popularly called the Napoleon of the stump.\\nHe was a man of unblemished morals, geniyl and\\nO\\nA", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "^M M^\\nrrrr\\n-\u00c2\u00abs iSii\\n^^i\\n60\\nV\\n(i)\\nJAMES K. POLK.\\ncourteous in his bearing, and with that sympathetic\\nnature in the jo) 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,\\nMr. 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\\nrjiember 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-\\ntinued in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew,\\nonly that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair\\nof Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious\\nmember, 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,\\nr and stormy scenes were witnessed but Mr Polk per-\\nformed his arduous duties to a ver) general satisfac-\\ntion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was\\npassed 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 bv a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo-\\nber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841,\\nhis term of oflSce expired, and he was again the can-\\ndidate of the Democratic party, but was defeated.\\nOn the 4th of March, iS45,Mr. Polk was inaugur-\\nated President of the United States. The verdict of\\nthe country in 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\\n3d 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\\nleft the country, declaring the act of the annexation\\nto 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\\notlier 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 wesl, 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 war\\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 invasion, was sent forward to Monterey. The\\nfeeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly\\nand awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement\\nalone can reveal the misery which this war caused.\\nIt v/as l)y 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 e iual 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 NLirch, 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. I olk, he commenced his return to\\nTennessee. He was then hut 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 tiiough long years\\nof traiKiuility and happiness were before him. But the\\ncholera that fearful scourge was then sweeping up\\nthe alley of the Mississii)i)i. This he contracted,\\nand died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fifiy-fourth\\nyear of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen.\\n^sU\\nV)\\n_ M:\\nIl!l^Dllv\\n\u00c2\u00ab-lf^Jfl", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "-mmf^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "TWELFTH PRESIDENT.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2VST\\n63\\n1^\\nA\\nt\\naass\\np ;?Ai::KCAI^T fAYJfe^J^-\\nACHARV TAYI,()R, iwcltih\\nI resident of the United States,\\ni?^was born on the 24th of Nov.,\\n1784, in Orange Co., Va. His\\nlather. Colonel Taylor, was\\n1 r a Virginian of note, and a dis-\\ny tingiiished patriot and soldier of\\nthe Revolution. \\\\Vhen Zaehary\\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 char-\\nacter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and\\nmanifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight\\nthe Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There\\nis little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his\\nchildhood on his father s large but lonely plantation.\\nIn iSoS, his father succeeded in oljtaining for him\\nthe commission of lieutenant in the United States\\narmy and he joined the troops which were stationed\\nat New Orleans under Gen. \\\\Vilkinson. Soon after\\nthis he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady\\nfrom one of the first families of Maryland.\\nImmediately after the declaration of war with Kng-\\nland, in 1S12, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been\\npromoted to that rank) was i)ut 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 march to Tippecanoe.\\nIt was one of the first points of attack by the Indians,\\nled by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken\\nvfc;\\nA\\n1=3.\\ngi)^v\u00c2\u00a7))f^#-\\ncompany of infantry ninnbenng fifty men, many of\\nwhom were sick.\\nKarl) in the autunni (if i.Srj, the Indians, slealliiily,\\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 savages disappeared, the Y\\ngarrison slept upon their arms. One hour before\\nmidnight the war whooi) burst fro a thousand lips C\\nin the forest around, followed by tlie 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 fire to one of the block-houses-\\nUntil si.x o clock in the morning, this awful conflict\\ncontinued. The savages tiien, baffled at every point,\\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, MajorTaylor was placed\\nin such situations that he saw but little more of active I\\nservice. He was sent far away into tlie depthsof the\\nwilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fo.x River, which f-\\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-\\n^C^Illl5^lll]i^i\\nCi.\\nr^\\n-s\u00c2\u00ab#\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v\u00c2\u00ab a\\nm", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "2^^^^\\nT\\n^M^m T\\nTT\\n^i^^^^;\\\\i:.\\nZACHARY TAYLOR.\\nI\\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\\nbeyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance.\\nIn the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to comi el\\nthe Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re-\\ntire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty,\\nhad promised they should do. The services rendered\\nhere secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of\\nthe Government and as a reward, he was elevated\\nto the rank of brigadier-general by brevet and soon\\nafter, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com-\\nmand of the United States troops in Florida.\\n-Aifter two years of such wearisome employment\\namidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor\\nobtained, at his own request, a change of command,\\nand was stationed over the Department of the South-\\nwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississijjpi,\\nAlabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters\\nat Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family\\nto a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue.\\nHere he remained for five years, buried, as it were,\\nfrom the world, but faithfully discharging every duty\\nimiHJsed upon him.\\nIn 1846, (ren. Taylor was sent to guard the land\\nbetween the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river\\nbeing the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed\\nby the United States. Soon the war with Mexico\\nwas brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la\\nPalma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the\\nMexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet\\nwas then conferred uiwn Gen. Taylor, and his name\\nwas received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in\\nthe Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and\\nBuena Vista in which he won signal victories over\\nforces much larger than he commanded.\\nHis careless habits of dress and his unaffected\\nsimplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops,\\n\\\\.\\\\\\\\c sohn i/iief of Old Rough and Ready.\\nThe tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista\\nspread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. I he\\nname of Gen. Taylor was on every one s lips. The\\nWhig party decided to take advantage of this wonder-\\nful po])ularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un-\\nlettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the\\nPresidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an-\\nnouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de-\\nclaring that he was not at all qualified for such an\\noffice. So little interest had he taken in politics that,\\nfor forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not\\nwithout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen\\nwho had been long years in the public service found\\ntheir claims set aside in behalf of one wliose 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 eloijuent speaker nor a fine\\nwriter His friends took possession of him, and pre-\\npared such few communications as it was needful\\nshould be presented to the public. The ixjpularity of\\nthe successful warrior swept the land. He was tri-\\numphantly elected over two opposing candidates,\\nGen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren.\\nThougli he selected an excellent cabinet, the good\\nold man found himself in a very uncongenial iX)sition,\\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 little\\nover a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of\\nbut little over five days, died on the glh 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, Tiie frontiers and small military posts had\\nbeen his home. Hence he was (piite ignorant for his\\nrank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim-\\nIjlicity 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 a coxcomb (i)erhaps soinetliing worse),\\nwhom he would not, to use his oft repeated plirase,\\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. In short,\\nfew men have ever had a more comfortable, labor-\\nsaving contempt for learning of every kind.\\nc\\ni\\n-is?^^-\\nU^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^mmm\\n{h^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Te\\n^^^c\u00c2\u00a36,.^^ J^\\n^tH^{ru/", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "(v^^ i**~\\ni^^ ^^^^lll];^:ill] i v-\\nrr\\nTTIFRTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n67\\nh\\nMILLftRn FILLMnRE. I\\n4M-\\ni/M\\nt^i^^-\\nv\u00c2\u00a9\\nI\\nI\\nIt\\n.LARD FILLMORE, thir-\\nteenth I resident of the United\\nStates, was horn at Sunmier\\nHill, Cayuga Co., N. Y on\\nthe 7th of January, 1800. His\\nfather was a farmer, and ow-\\ning to misfortune, in humhle cir-\\ncumstances. Of his mother, the\\ndaughter of Dr. Ahi:ith:ir Millard,\\nVi of Pittsfield, Mass., il has been\\nsaid that she possessed an intellect\\nof very high order, united with much\\npersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-\\nposition, graceful manners and ex-\\nquisite sensibilities. She died in\\n1831 having lived to see her son ;i\\nyoung man of distinguished prom-\\nise, though she was not permitted to witness the liigh\\ndignity which he finally attained.\\nIn consecjuence of the secluded home and hniited\\nmeans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad-\\nvantages for education in his early years. The com-\\nmon schools, which he occasionally attended were\\nvery imperfect nistitutions; and books were scarce\\nand expensive. There was nothing then in his char-\\nacter to indicate tlie brilliant career upon 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, his father sent him\\nsome hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of\\nLivingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier.\\nNea/ the mill there was a small villiage, where some\\nenterprising man had commenced the collection of a\\nvillage liljrary. 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 jjcrsonal appearance\\nand of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened that\\nthere was a gentleman m the neighborhood of ample\\npecuniary means and of benevolence, Judge Walter\\nU ood. who was struck with the prepossessing ap-\\npearance cif young Fillmore. He made his acquaint-\\nance, and 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,\\nr.o 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. young man is supposed to\\nbe liberally educated if he has graduated at some col-\\nlege. But many a boy loiters through university halls\\nand then enters a law office, who is by no means as\\nA\\nca:\\n(1\\n4^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "t\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Z^.^^\\nMILLARD\\nh T\\n\u00c2\u00bbiiisr\\n-N^i^-^\\nFILLMORE,\\nV\\ns\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab11 pKjoied to prosecute his legal studies as was\\nMillani Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing-\\nmill at the end of four years o manual labor, during\\nwhich every leisure rooraent had been devoted to in-\\ntense mental culrate,\\nIn iS;3, when rwenu -ihree -ear5 of age, he -sras\\nadmitted to the Coun of Coa\u00c2\u00bbrooa Pleas. He then\\nwent to the village of Aurora, at d comr.- e\\njHSCtice o\u00c2\u00ab law. In this secluded, peace;\\nhis j \u00c2\u00ab:actjce ot course was limited, and there was no\\nojv.x\\nHer..\\nmoral worth, and one ca]\\\\able ol adorning any staikw\\nshe\\nH A,\\nhis l^al acquirements, and his skill as an adwicate,\\nation and he was inxnted to\\nunder highly advantageoas\\notcumsrances. with an elder member of the Kar in\\nBuSakx Just be*3re remox-ing to Bofiakx in tS^\\nhe took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the\\nSute of New Yoit as a nrjuesentative nojH Erie\\nCounty, Though he had ne*\u00c2\u00ab taken a very active\\npart in }x litics, his vote and his sympathies were with\\nthe Whig pam-. The Sstate was t\\nand he foatHi himself in a helpless i\\nLegislature still the tesiin\u00c2\u00bbnv comes fror-; s,\\n.\\\\^artesj-, \u00c2\u00abvki, ;o a veay\\niegree th; 3ates.\\nIn the autumn of iS^a, be was decked to a seat in\\ndK V ongrei* Heente-.\\naier.. ^e most taianltaov.-\\nnatknal iBStoiy. The great conAct tespecting the\\nwitjowil bu^ and die loaoTal of the de}x:sits, was\\nHis tens of tw yeais closed and he reramed to\\nhis pnfesswn, wkkh Ik parsaed with incieasing n^p-\\n\u00c2\u00abtatioB and success. .Vner a lai^v of twv yeais\\nhe J^[ain becan e a candidate tor Congress was Te^\\nelecied. and t \u00c2\u00bbk hissi His past erpr\\nnence as a refcesen:. hrw strength ar\\nconfidence. The iirs: tcm- a Cdi^sBs\\nany man can S- le siiv- jji innadnctKn.\\nHe was now .^r active duty. AH kis ener-\\noa dK pabbc jgocid. K\\\\t\u00c2\u00abt\\ni SS.\\nMr. FilhiKMe was rtow a nuntsf w\u00c2\u00bbie repute, and\\nand in the ywar iSviT-\\n.r of ibe SiaK.\\nXIr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven\\nyears. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in\\nCongress and as Compovdler. had given him very con-\\nsiderable fame. The \\\\Miigs were casting alout to\\nfind suitable candidates for President and Vioe-Piesi-\\ndtist at the a^^tioaching election. Far away, on the\\nwaters of the Rio Grande, th\u00c2\u00abe was a lon^ old\\nsoldier, who had fought one or two suooessfiil battles\\nwith the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be\\npiodaimed in trumpet-tones all over the land. But\\nnecessary tc with him on the same\\ns scene man o: .o as a statesman.\\nUnder the indueoce of these considerations, the\\nnamesof Zachary T Millanl Fillmore became\\nthe ralhringrccy oi r^ can lates for\\nPneadent and Vice-Pees dent- The A\\\\ higtick\u00c2\u00ab was\\ns^naUy tiinmphant. On the 4tfa of XIapch. i S40.\\nGen. Taylor was iiui^arated Picsadent. and Millard\\nFBImoR ioe -Preiiient, of the United States.\\nOn the 9ih of July. 1^50. President Tayloc bat\\nabout one year and tour months after his inaugura-\\nticBj, was suddenly taken sick and died. Bii- the Con-\\nsiituticHi. Vice-Presadeni Filbnow thus became Presi-\\ndent. He apjvunted a very able cabinet, of i^ich\\nthe illusirious Daniel Webster was Secroary of State.\\nMr. Fillmore had voy seiioas difficulties to contend\\nwTdi, dnce die oftposition had a ma^omr in both\\nHoosis. He did evernhii^ in Iks pover toooiiafiate\\nthe South but the peo-slavesy partf in dte Sooth feh\\nthe inadequacy of aD measaiesof nansient ODodfianon.\\nlatioo of dte free States was so rapidly in-\\nverthatof tbe slave Stales that it was in-\\nevitable that the power of the Go\u00c2\u00abvniment shoald\\nsoon pass into the hands of the tnee States. The\\niwwi\u00c2\u00absoom|\u00c2\u00abumij measxoes were adopted ander Mr.\\nFiDmcK s adwttstiaixiii, and the Japan EapediiiaB\\nwas sent oat. Ob the 4th cf Mam^ 1S55. Mr. F3I-\\nmcwe, having served one tena. lennd.\\nla 1 S5tv. Mr. Filln c fe was iwminwcd for the Pres-\\nV-:--- the~Kaow Ncching* party, bat was beaiea\\n\u00c2\u00a3^aaan. After thai Mr. FiIImoK hved m\\nRcbeaKM. DcoiBg the tenfi4e conSict of crr9 wax.\\nhe V3S mcedy safest. It was generally snppsed that\\nhis syqiathies were tather with those who were ea-\\ndeavoriag to ofYsdaow an- in sciM tkms. Presides:\\nFShacwe kef\u00c2\u00ab aloof fiom the coa x widwoi any\\ncoi^a] watds of c^ieer to the coie pury or the oi et.\\nHe was thus focig o Oca bp bo^ He hved to a ripe\\nold a^ and died ia Sa la. X. Y^ Maxh S, 1874-\\nT\\nV\\nA\\nn\\nVfX-K-\\n^y^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K-fiil\\n^fil:\\n^!c:", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "^^rt**^\\n-^aj^^?^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e^\\nr llIl:^;llll^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 r\\n-^jfj^^^j^isr\\n1\\nE=X\\nFOURTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nf\\ns^slCftaj^ sr!\\n3= 5\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .^^gAaita^is\\n\u00c2\u00ab=:==;j.^ ^)|\u00c2\u00abi-T1f^ \u00c2\u00a5i.-\u00c2\u00bb?p^^^^\\n|^agp **FRflNKLIN PIERCE.-^ -6^-:.\\nJ4tr4 ...^j::;.\\nRANKLIN PIERCE, the\\nfourteenth President of the\\nLinited States, was born in\\nHillsborough, N. H., Nov.\\n23, icSo4. His father was a\\nRevolutionary soldier, who,\\nwith liis own strong arm,\\nliewed out a home in tlie\\nwilderness. He was a man\\nof inflexible integrity; of\\nstrong, though uncultivated\\nmind, and an uncompromis-\\nng Democrat. The mother of\\nFranklin Pierce was all that a son\\ncould desire, an intelligent, i)ru-\\ndent, affectionate, Christian wom-\\nan. Franklin was the sixth of eight children.\\nFranklin was a very bright and liandsome boy, gen-\\nerous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the\\nlove of old and young. The l)oys on the play ground\\nloved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors\\nlooked upon liim with ])ride and affection. He was\\nby instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words,\\n(doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact\\nwhich taught him what was agreeable. Without de-\\nveloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural\\ndevotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body,\\nin mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy.\\nWhen sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he\\nentered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me. He was\\none of the most ]X)pnlar young men in the college.\\nThe inirity 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 tlie year 1824, Franklin Pierce\\ncommenced the 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 ([ualities of the )oung lawyer, his\\nfather s prominence as a public man, and the brilliant\\npolitical 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 espoused the cause of Gen.\\nJackson for the Presidency. He comnfienced the\\npractice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected\\nto represent the town in the State Legislature. Here\\nhe served for four years. The last two years he was\\nchosen speaker of the house by a very large vote.\\nIn 1833, at the 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 1S34, he married Miss Jane\\nMeans Ai)pleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom-\\nplishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every\\nstation with which her husband was honoied. Of the\\nV^\\n5\\nA\\nf", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "b\\nC\\nV\\nt\\nr^V ^nil :ilDi\\nFRANKLIN 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\\nstrenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa-\\nmous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious\\nsensibilities of tlie North. He thus 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 thrown\\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 the 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 on 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-slaver) 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 unpoi)ular 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 lind 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,\\ni86g. 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 sufl ering and want, and many of his towns-\\npeople were often gladened by his material bounty.\\nv!^\\nV\\n-S^^^JK-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^BH^DDi ^A^ ^^^^^5^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "^l^/ncif a^^^^u ^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^2^^^^-^?j^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "fpr\u00c2\u00bbi?s\\nHFTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nI ll^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l^^I^^^^^^^^^^^Itf;\\nBij BTT -^viN mis^ ffl\\n^t^ iSa agat^ ^t^ ^-j: t^iS^\u00c2\u00ab^a^ t^igg^i^\u00c2\u00bb^ija\\n^r\\nSkv\\n-^\u00c2\u00bbs\u00c2\u00bb-\\n%5\\nV\\nAMES BUCHANAN, the fif-\\nT5j\u00c2\u00bbleeiith President of the United\\nij5) States, was born in a small\\nte) -!J /f frontier town, at the foot of the\\ni? eastern ridge of the Allegha-\\nnies, in Franklin Co., Penn.,on\\nthe 23d of April, 1791. The place\\nwhere the humble cabin of his\\n:o /_( lather stood was called Stony\\nk MU w Batter. It was a wild and ro-\\nmantic spot in a gorge of the moun-\\ntains, with towering summits rising\\ngrandly all around. His father\\ni^i Jfl was a native of the north of Ireland\\nthjd a poor man, who had emigrated in\\ni 1783, with little property save his\\nown strong arms. Five years afterwards he married\\nElizabeth 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 drama of life. In this se-\\ncluded iiome, 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 si:hool, and commenced a\\ncourse of study ill 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 native powers en-\\n^(^fl\\n^^^f^ @7K^iiii :niii\\nabled him In master the most abstruse subjeiis with\\nfacility.\\nIn the year 1S09, he graduated with the highest\\nlionors of his class. 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 rajndly he rose\\nin his profession, and at once took undisputed stand\\nwith the ablest lawyers of the State. When but\\ntwenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc-\\ncessfully defended before the State Senate one of the\\njudges of the State, wlio was tried upon articles of\\nimpeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally\\nadmitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and\\nthere was no lawyer in the State who had .1 more lu-\\ncrative practice.\\nIn 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a\\ncandidate for Congress. He was elected, and for\\nten years he remained a member of the Lower House.\\nDuring the vacations of Congress, he occasionally\\ntried some important case. In 1831, he retired\\naltogether from the toils of his profession, having ac-\\n(piired an ample fortune.\\n(len. Jackson, upon his elevation tollie I resiilency,\\nappointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The\\nduties of his mission he performed wiih ability, which\\ngave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, in\\n1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States\\nSenate. He there met, as his associates, Webster,\\nClay, Wright and alhoun. He advocated the meas-\\nures proposed by President Jackson, of making repri-\\n-2ai|^^^\\nA\\nWSiA", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "mi^iinv r\\n-^sfJ^viST\\n,1!^\\nrm\\n1=1\\nof slavery, and brougJit al\\nto hear airninst the Wihiv\\nJAMES BUCHANAN.\\nsals against France, to enforce the payment of our\\nclaims against that country; and defended the course\\nof the President in his unprecedented and wholesale\\nremoval froniofticeof tliose who were not tire sup-\\nporters of his administration. Upon this question he\\nwas brought into direct collision with Henry Clay.\\nHe also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging\\nfrom the journal of the Senate the vote of censure\\nagainst Cien. Jackson for removing the de|iosits.\\nEarnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in tlie\\nDistrict of Coluniliia, and urged the prohibition of the\\ncirculation of anti-slavery documents by the United\\nStates mails.\\nAs to uetitions on the subject of slavery, he advo-\\ncated tliat they should l)e respectfully received; and\\nthat tiie rei)ly should be returned, tliat Congress had\\nno j)Ower to legislate upon the subject. Congress,\\nsaid he, might as well undertake to interfere with\\nslavery under a foreign government as in any of the\\nStates 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 tlie responsibility in the conduct of\\nthe Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing\\nthe Nueces by the American troo[)s into the disi)uted\\nterritory was not wrong, but for tlie Mexicans to cross\\nthe Rio drande into that territory was a declaration\\nof war. No candid man can read with i)leasure tlie\\naccount of the course our (iovernment pursued in tluit\\nmovement.\\nMr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with\\ntlie party devoted to the perpetuation and extension\\nill the energies of his mind\\niganisi tne wilniot Proviso. He gave his\\ncordial approval to tlie compromise measures of 1S50,\\nwhich included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce,\\nupon his election to the I residency, lionored Mr.\\nBuchanan with the mission to Kngland.\\nIn the year 1856, a national Democratic conven-\\ntion nominated Mr. Buchanan forthe Presidency. The\\npolitical conflict was one of the most severe in which\\nour country has ever engaged. All the friends of\\nslavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re-\\nstriction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre-\\nmont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re-\\nceived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received\\n174, and was elected. The poiiular vote stood\\n1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On\\nMarch 4th, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated.\\nMr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four\\nyears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and\\nten. His own friends, those with whom he had been\\nallied in political |)rinciples and action for years, were\\nseeking the destruction of the lOvernment, that they\\nmight rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a\\nnation whose corner-stone should be human slavery.\\nIn this emergency, Mr, Buchanan was hopelessly be-\\nwldered. He could not, with his long-avowed i)rin-\\nciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in\\ntheir assumptions. As President of the United States,\\nbound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws,\\nhe could not, without perjury of the grossest kind,\\nunite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub-\\nlic. He therefore did nothing.\\nThe opponents of Mr. Buchanan s administration\\nnominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer\\nin the next I residential canvass. The pro-slavery\\nparty declared, that if he were elected, and the con-\\ntrol of the Government were thus taken from their\\nhands, they would secede from the Union, taking\\nwith them, as they retired, the National Capitol at\\nWashington, and the lion s share of the territory of\\nthe United States.\\nMr. Buchanan s sympathy with the pro-slavery\\nparty was such, that he had been willing to offer them\\nfar more than they had ventured to claim. All the\\nSouth had professed to ask of the North was non-\\nintervention u[)on the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu-\\nchanan had been ready to offer them the active co-\\noperation of the Government to defend and e.xtend\\nthe institution.\\nAs the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders\\nclaiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchaiuin avow-\\ning that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of\\nthe most pitiable exhibitions of governmental im-\\nbecility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He\\ndeclared that Congress had no power to enforce its\\nlaws in any State which had withdrawn, or which\\nwas attempting to withdraw from the Union, i his\\nwas not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with\\nhis hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed. The\\nLfnion must and shall be preserved!\\nSouth Carolina seceded in December, 1S60; nearly\\nthree months before the inauguration of President\\nLincoln. Mr. ISuchanan looked on in listless despair.\\nThe rebel flag was raised in Charleston l ort Sumpter\\nwas besieged; our forts, navy-yards and arsenals\\nwere seized our depots of military stores were plun-\\ndered and our custom-houses and post-oftices were\\nappropriated by the rebels.\\nThe energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our\\nExecutive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looktd\\non in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away,\\nand close the administration, so terrible in its weak-\\nness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver-\\nance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the\\nscepter.\\nThe administration of President Buchanan was\\ncertainly the most calamitous our country has ex-\\nperienced. His best friends cannot recall it with\\n])leasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame,\\nthai in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows\\nof flame and blood over our whole land, no word came\\nfrom his lips to indicate his wish that our country s\\nbanner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion.\\nHe died at his Wheatland retreat, June i, 1S68.\\nA", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "11", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r-r\\n^^nn^iiiiy v\\nry\\nSIXTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nABRAHAM\\n(i)\\nLINCOLN. 1 i\\n4 T T i\\nto\\nthe\\nthe\\nill\\n12.\\nI .RAHAM LINCOLN,\\ng, sixteenth President of\\n15\u00c2\u00a9 United States, w:is horn\\nHardin fo,, Ky., Feb.\\n1809. About the year 17 So, a\\nman by the name of Aliraham\\nLincohi left Virginia with liis\\nfamily and moved into the then\\nwilds of Kentucky. Only two years\\nalter this emigration, still a yonng\\nman, while working one day in a\\nHeld, was stealthily approached by\\nan Lidian andshot dead. His widow\\nHf was left in extreme poverty with five\\n^5 little children, three boys and two\\ngirls. Thomas, the youngest of the\\nboys, was four years of age at his\\nfather s death. This Thomas was\\nthe father of .Vliraham Lincoln, the\\nPresident of the United States\\nwhose name must henceforth forever 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 ainong\\nthe [worest of the jioor. 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-\\nless, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him-\\nself out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a\\nlaborer in the fields of others.\\nWhen twenty-eight years of age he built a log-\\ncabin 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 Xbraham 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.\\nAll that I am, or hope to be, exclaims the grate-\\nful son I owe to my angel-mother.\\nWhen he was eight years of age, his father sold his\\nV:^\\ncabin and small farm, and moved to Indi.in.i. Where\\ntwo years later his mother died.\\nAbraham soon became the sctibe of the uneducated f\\ncommunity around him. He could not have had a\\nbetter school than this to teach him to put thoughts\\ninto words. He also became an eager reader. I he\\nbooks he could obtain were few Init these he read\\nand re-read until they were almost committed to\\nmemory.\\nAs the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family\\nwas the usual lot of humanity. There were joys and\\ngriefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham s sister\\nSarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar-\\nried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and\\nsoon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr.\\nThomas Lincoln sold out his scpiatter s claim in 1S30,\\nand emigrated to iNLrcon 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 ijettled, and their\\nsmall lot of enclosed prairie i)lanted with corn, when\\nhe announced to his father his intention to leave\\nhome, and to go out into the 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 of\\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 liipior to pass his lips. .Anil he had read in\\nCod s word, Thou shalt not take the name of the\\nLord thy (iod in vain; antl a profane expression he\\nwas never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His\\nmorals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a\\nsingle vice.\\nYoung Abraham woikcd for a lime as a hii ed laborer\\namong the farmers. Then he went to S|)ringfield,\\nwhere he was employed in building a large flat-boat.\\nIn this he took a herd of swine, floated them down\\nthe Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis-\\nsissippi to New Orleans. Whatever Abraham Lin-\\ncoln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give\\ngreat satisfaction to his employers. In this advcn-\\n^(lIl:^DtIr A^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "^DD^IiDr\\nABRAHAM LINCOLN.\\nture his employers were so well pleased, that upon\\nhis return they 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 appointment of 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\\nsoon 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 laecame\\none of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln s\\nspeeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con-\\ntest in 185S for a seat in the Senate, form a most\\nnotable part of his history. The issue was on the\\nslavery question, and he look the broad ground of\\nthe Declaration of Independence, that all men are\\ncreated equal. 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\\nprominent. 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 aslittle did he dream that he was to render services\\nto his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of\\nthe whole civilized world, and which would give him\\naplaceintlie affections of his countrymen, second\\nonly, if second, to that of Washington.\\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 [xjured ujxju 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, stopjiing in all the large cities on his\\nway making speeches. The whole journey was frought\\nwith much danger. .Many of the Southern States had\\nalready seceded, and several attempts at assassination\\nwere afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti-\\nmore had arranged, upon his arrival to get up a row,\\nand in the confusion to make sure ol his death witji\\nrevolvers and hand-grenades. detective unravelled\\nthe plot. A secret and special train was provided to\\ntake him from Harrisl urg, through Baltimore, at an\\nune.xpected liour of the night. The train started at\\nhalf-past ten and to prevent any possible communi-\\ncation on the i)art ot the Secessionists with their Con-\\nfederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had\\nstarted the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln\\nreached Washington in safety and was inaugurated,\\nalthough great anxiety 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 lie gave\\nimportant positions.\\nDuring no otlier administration ha\\\\e 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, lio 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 1861, 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 be ]iresent. Gen.\\nGrant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel-\\ning, witli 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 tlie box where the Pre^ident 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; his country-\\nmen being unable to decide which is the greater.\\nI\\nV\\nI\\n1\\n?\u00c2\u00ae|-V\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb6?#-\\nDiis;iin-t\\n1^^\\n2\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "I\\nr\\nI\\nI\\n^^?Xj^X.-0^\\n%/^^S*Z", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "M\\ni)$^#\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0TT-r\\n^BIl^|]Ilr\\nS\u00c2\u00a3 VEMTEENTIl J RES/DEiVT.\\nv-i*^.\\nl| NDREW JOHNSC\\n%)^teenth President of\\nPd\\nDHNSON, seven-\\nthe United\\nStates. The early life of\\nAndrew Johnson contains but\\nthe record of poverty, destitn-\\ntion and friendlessness. He\\nwas born December 29, 180S,\\nin Raleigh, N. C. His parents,\\nbelonging to the class of the\\npoor whites of the South, were\\nin such circumstances, that they\\ncould not confer even the slight-\\nest advantages of education ui)on\\ntheir child. When Andrew was five\\nyears of age, his father accidentally\\nlost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a\\nfriend from drowning. Until 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 haliit 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 Rritish 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 the alphabet, and\\nwith the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen,\\nlearned his letters. He then called upon the gentle-\\nman to borrow the book of speeches. 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 on-\\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 pos-\\nsessed some education. Under her instructions he\\nlearned to write and cipher. He became prominent\\nin the village debating society, and a favorite with\\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, wliich\\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 those\\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 imixsrtant post for ten years. In\\n1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and\\nwas re-elected in 1855. In all these responsible ix)si-\\ntions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abil-\\n9\\n(i.^^ tmm\\\\i^^i ^TS ^5\u00c2\u00bb^\\n$^K", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\u00c2\u00abl\\n|S/^ i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n84\\nANDRFAV JOHNSON.\\nSiiNixJ^tx\\n4^^((sV^^\\nA\\n-s\\nI\\nity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work-\\ning classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected\\nUnited States Senator.\\nYears before, in 1845, he luul w.innly advoe.iied\\nthe anne.xatiun of Texas, stating however, as iiis\\nreason, that he thought this annexation would prob-\\nably prove to be the gateway out of which tiie sable\\nsons of .Xfrica are to pass from bondage to freedom,\\nand become merged in a [lopulation congenial to\\nthemselves. In 1850, he also supiwrted tiie com-\\npromise measures, the two essential features ot whicli\\nwere, that the white people of the Territories siiouUl\\nbe permitted to decide for themselves whether they\\nwould enslave the colored i)eople or not, and that\\nthe free States of the Nortli sliould return to the\\nSouth persons who attempted to escape from shivery.\\nMr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin:\\non the contrary, he often took piide in avowing tliat\\nhe owed his distinction lo his own exertions. Sir,\\nsaid he on the floor of the Senaio. I do not forget\\nthat 1 am a mechanic neither do 1 forget that .\\\\dam\\nwas a tailor and sewed fig leaves, and that our Sav-\\nior was tlie son of a c.upenter.\\nIn the Charleston- B.dtimore convention of iS6o,l\\\\e\\nwas the choice of the Tennessee Oemocrats for tiie\\nPresideui y. In 1S61, when tiie pur|K)se of the Soutli-\\nern Hemocracy became apparent, he took a decided\\nstand in f.ivor of the Union, and held tliat slavery\\nmust W held subonlinate to the I nion 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 (he most stringent military rule. His\\nnumerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In\\n1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United\\nStates, and \\\\\\\\\\\\yo\\\\\\\\ the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15,\\n1865, became President. In a speech two days later\\nhe said, The American people must be taught, if\\nthey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and\\nmust be punished tli.u the (Government will not\\nalw.ays be, ,r with its enemies; that it is strong not\\nonly to protect, but to punish. Tlie jieople\\nmust understand that it (treason) is the blackest of\\ncrimes, and will surelv be punished. Yet his whole\\n,-idministration, the liistory of which is so well known,\\nwas in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent\\nopjiosition lo, ihe principles laid down in that speech.\\nIn his loose policy of reconstruction and general\\namnesty, he was opposed by Congress and he char-\\nacterized ongress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly\\ndefied it, in everything possible, to tiie utmost. In\\nthe beginning 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 Oftice Act, articles of impeachment were pre-\\nferred against him, and tiie trial began March 23.\\nIt was very tedious, continuing for nearly three\\nmonths. test article of the impeachment was at\\nlength submitted to the court for its action. It was\\ncertain that as tiie 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-\\niputted, notwitiistanding the great majority against\\nliiin. The ciiange of one vote from the not giiil/v\\nside would have sustained the impeachment.\\nThe President, for the remainder of his term, was y^^\\nbut little regarded. He continued, though imiK)tently, i^\\nhis conflict with Congress. His own party did not\\nthink it ex[iedient to renominate him for the Presi-\\ndency. The Nation rallied, with enliiusiasm unpar-\\nalleled since the days of Washington, around the name\\nof (len. C.rant. .Vndrew Johnson was forgotten.\\nThe Inillet of the assassin introduced liini to tlie\\nPresident s chair. Notwithstanding tiiis, never was\\nthere presented to a man a better opiwrtunity to im-\\nmortalize his name, and to win tiie gratitude of a\\nnation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home\\nin Crieenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in\\njwlitics until 1S75. On Jan. j6, 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 e.x-President\\nmade a visit to his daughter s home, near Carter\\nStation, Tenn. Wlien he started on his journey, he was\\napparently in liis usual vigorous health, but on reach-\\ning the residence of his child the following day, was\\nstricken witli paralysis, rendering him unconscious.\\nHe rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at\\n2 M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun-\\neral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August,\\nwith every demonstration of respect.\\nm\\nW\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^D!1:^:dd m^^ ^^f^\\n-f^^^sg", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "S^\\nil\\n4", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "^^wr Sr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0eV c4tin^I10s r\\n:2J% s ^2^\\ne\\nV\\nEIGHTEENTH FRESIBRNT.\\n87 r\\nc:) ^^^2XS)-/i)$g gV^ ^=^^^=5^^\\nLYSSES S. GRANT, the\\ny* eighteenth President of the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0United States, was born on\\n)i the 29th of April, 1822, of\\n5 Christian parents, in a liumble\\ni^ home, at Point Pleasant, on the\\nbanks of the Ohio. Shortly after\\nhis father moved to CJeorge-\\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\\nI oint. Here he was regarded as a\\nsolid, sensible \\\\oung man of lair abilities, and of\\nsturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank\\nas a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the\\nmiddle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in-\\nfantry to one of the distant military jx)sts in the Mis-\\nsouri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary\\nsolitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating\\nIndians.\\nThe war with .Mexico came. Lieut, (iranl was\\nsent with his regiment to Cor[)us Christi. His first\\nbattle was at Palo .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mto. There was no chance here\\nfor the exhii)ition of either skill or heroism, nor at\\nResacade la Palma, his second battle. .Vt the battle\\nof Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that\\nhe performed a signal service of daring and skillful\\nhorsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am-\\nmunition. A messenger must be sent for more, along\\na route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut.\\nGrant, ado|)ting an expedient learned of the Indians,\\ngrasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one\\nside of the animal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety.\\n)\u00c2\u00ab^f^ ^r^^DD\\nI\\nt\\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 (juartermaster of his regiment. .\\\\t the\\nbattle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a\\nfirst lieutenancy, and was brevetted cai)tain at Cha-\\npultepec.\\nAt the close of tlie Mexican War, Capl. Grant re-\\nturned with his regiment to New York, and was again\\nsent to one of the mihtary posts on the frontier. The\\ndiscovery of gold in C alifornia 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, III. This was in the year i860, .^s the tidings\\nof the reljels firing on Fort Sampler 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 todischarge\\nmy obligations. 1 shall therefore buckle on my sword\\nand see Uncle Sam through this war too.\\nHe went into the streets, raised a company of vol-\\nunteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield,\\nthe capital of the State, where their services were\\noffered to (iov. atcs. 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 15th of\\nA\\n%W\\n^iu^.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "Sis/^\u00c2\u00ae))^^\\n-^i^K -^^v^^p a m\\nn^\\n[/LVSSSS S. GRANT.\\nVV\\nX\\nV\\ns\\n^i\\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 army, were such\\nthat he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier-\\nGeneral and was placed in command at Cairo. The\\nrebels 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 surrender of Lee at Richmond\\nhe was ever pushing the 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\\nterrible 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 reliels liad 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\\nof Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and\\nby a wonderful series of strategic and tactical meas-\\nures put the 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 iiraise 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 the duties of his new office.\\nGen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of\\nthe 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 sal-\\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 5tli of June, 1872,\\nplaced Gen. Grant in nomination for a second temi\\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, private\\nas well as public and official, as were never before\\nbestowed upon any citizen of the United States. It\\nis not too much to say that his modest, courteous, and\\ndignified demeanor in the presence of the most dis-\\ntinguished men in the different nations in tjie world,\\nreflected honor upon the Republic which he so long\\nand so faithfully served. The country felt a great\\npride in his reception. Upon his arrival in San Fran-\\ncisco, Sept. 20, 1879, the city authorities gave him a\\nfine reception. After lingering in the Golden State\\nfor a while, he began his tour through the States,\\nwhich extended North and South, everywhere mark-\\ned by great acclamation and splendid ovations\\ni\\nrr", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "II\\noC i^^\u00e2\u0082\u00acLoA", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "^^/^(i^m^\\nm Mh T\\n(b\\n/s\\nI\\nNINETEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nm RUTHERi:ORD B, HmTlS.\\ni^7^i gg|t^ i ifj. i i 7 v i i;.. i ..v.. i^i^ c3\\n-ix-c^s^r\\nUTHKRFORI) B. HAVES,\\n4 the nineteenth President of\\nthe United States, was born in\\nDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-\\nmost three months after the\\ndeatli of his father, Rutherford\\nHayes. His ancestry on both\\nthe paternal and maternal sides,\\nwas of the most honorable cliar-\\nacter. It can be traced, it is said,\\nas farljackas 1280, when Hayes and\\nRutherford were two Scottish chief-\\ntains, lighting 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-\\ntune overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scot-\\nland in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son\\nGeorge was born in Windsor, and remained there\\nduring his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar-\\nried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar-\\nriage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel,\\nson of Daniel, was liorn in 1724, and was a manufac-\\nturer of scythes at Biadford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes,\\nson of Ezekiel and 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 unknown date, settling in Brattleboro,\\nwhere he establislied 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, tiiey 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. Botii 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 tiiat 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 emigrate to Ohio.\\nThe journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day,\\nwhen there were no canals, steamers, nor 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 menil)er of the\\nhousehold from the day of its departure from er-\\nmont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted\\nsome time liefore as an act of charity.\\nMrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the\\n^^^fl^\\n^:^^f^ ^-^^ii!]:^iii]^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "yMmh^\\n92\\nRUrilERFORD B. HAYES.\\n/7S\\nV\\nsubject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he\\nwas not expected to live 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\\nlast night. On one occasion a neighbor, wlio was on\\nfamiliar terms with the family, after alluding 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.\\nVou need not laugh, said Mrs. Hayes. You\\nwait and see. You can t tell but I shall make iiim\\nPresident of the United States yet. The boy lived,\\nin spite of the universal predictions of his speedy\\ndeath; and when, in 1825, his older brother was\\ndrowned, lie became, if possible, still dearer to iiis\\nmother.\\nThe boy was seven years old before he went 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 Saidis Birchard took the deepest interest\\nin his education and as the lioy s lienltii had im-\\nproved, and he was making good progress in his\\nstudies, he proi)osed 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 graduated at the head of his class in 1842.\\nIniniedialely after his graduation he began the\\nstudy of law in tlie office c f 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 graduating 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 V. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re-\\nmained three years, acquiring but a limited ])ractice,\\nand apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro-\\nfession.\\nIn 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 iKjwcrful influence upon his subse-\\nquent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss\\nLucy Wore Wel)b, daughter of Dr. James Wcbli, of\\nChilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin-\\ncinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its\\nmembers such men as Chief Justice Salmon P.Chase,\\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. iVot 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 toreflect honor upon American woman-\\nhood. The Literary Club 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 liashfulness and\\nmodesty.\\nIn 1856 he was nominated to the oftice of Judge 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 life. His rank at the\\nbar was among the the first. But the news of the\\nattack on F ort Sumpter found him eager to take up\\narms for the defense of his conntr)\\nHis military record was bright and illustrious. In\\nOctolier, 1861, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and\\nin August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio\\nregiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades\\nand go among strangers. .Subsequently, however, he\\nwas made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle\\nof South Mountain he received a wound, and while\\nfaint and bleeding disjilayed courage and fortitude\\nthat won admiration from all.\\nCol. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after\\nhis recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed\\nin command of the celebrated Kanawha division,\\nand for gallant and meritorious sei vices in the battles\\nof \\\\Vinchester, Fisher s Hill and Cedar Creek, he was\\npromoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted\\nM.ajor-General, for gallant and distirguished services\\nduring the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia. In\\nthe course of ills 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, which 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, 1\\nshall never come to Washington until I can come liv\\nthe way of Richmond. He was re-elected in 1S66.\\nIn 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio,\\nover Hon. .\\\\llen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat.\\nIn 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton.\\nHe was elected Governor for the third term in 1875.\\nIn 1876 he was the standard bearer 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, htwever, with satisfaction to his party,\\nbut his administration was an average one\\ne\\nK/\\nV\\nr\\n3\\nk i^^^^\\n_:- V\\n^ii!i: Dtiv -v^\\nA.\\n-^f^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "*^W^(g^(^^-^\\nTaJ^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^7 (lll^llll^\\nv-^\\nTWENTIETH PRESIDENT.\\nri^fisr\\n95\\nt\\nI\\n1\\n(f^\\nY\u00c2\u00ae\\ni.\\n1 l^^ii i, iARFIELB. 1\\nS:S*SiS^I S\\njh ig.\\ns*sK^*$:;s- s^rir*7;:s4 $;:;T i\u00c2\u00ab$;;;i**;:;j*5;:s-\u00c2\u00ab^\u00c2\u00a3:;$#^;:;cH^;;;^\\n^;\\\\v?N:i^\\n-r-z/jS\\nAMES A. (lARFlELU, twen-\\ntieth President of the United\\nStates, was born Nov. 19,\\nI S3 1, in the woods of Orange,\\nCuyahoga Co., O His par-\\nents were Abrani and Eliza\\n(Ballou) Garfield, both of New\\nP^ngland ancestry and from fami-\\nlies well known in the early liis-\\nMu tory of that section of our coun-\\ntry, Init had moved to ihe Western\\nl\\\\.eserve, in Ohio, early in its settle-\\nment.\\nThe house in which James was\\norn was not unlike the houses of\\npoor Ohio farmers of that day. It\\nw.isabout 20X JO feet, built of logs, with the spaces be-\\ntween the logs filled with clay. His father was a\\nhard working farmer, and he soon had his fields\\ncleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built.\\nThe household comprised the father and mother and\\ntheir four children Mehetaliel, I liomas, Mary and\\nJames. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold con-\\ntracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At\\nthis time James was about eighteen months old, and\\nThomas about ten years old. No one, perhai)s, can\\ntell 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-\\nters live in Solon, 0.,near their birthplace.\\nThe early educational advantages young Garfiekl\\nenjoyed 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 her struggles to keep the little fannly to-\\nj;etlier. Nor was Gen. Garlield ever ashamed of his\\norigin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug-\\nglmg childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they\\never forget him. W lien in the highest seats of honor,\\nthe humblest friend of his boyhood was as kindly\\ngreeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sureof 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 he\\nwas about sixteen years old was to be a captain of\\na vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard\\na vessel, wiiich his mother strongly opposed. She\\nfinally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the\\nunderstanding, however, that he should try to obtain\\nsome other kind of employment. He walked all tlie\\nway to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city.\\nAfter making many ap[)lications 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 iV Pennsylvania C-anal. He re-\\nmained at this work but a short time when he went\\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 help pay his way.\\nHe then became both teacher and pupil. He soon\\nexhausted Hiram and needed more hence, in the\\nfall of 1S54, he entered \\\\Villiams College, from whii h\\nhe graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon-\\nors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram\\nollege as its President. As above slated, he early\\nunited with the Christian or Diciples Church at\\nHiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem-\\nber, often jjreaching in its pulpit and i)laces where\\nhe happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of\\nVale College, says of him in reference to his religion\\nC^\\nAi.\\n^W ^y^^ ..^*c\u00c2\u00bb^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "^25^\\n?DO^II|]^\\n(qN\\nJAMES A. GARFIELD.\\n^p,\\nPresident Garfield was more than a man of\\nstrong moral and religious 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 tiian usual degree. In\\nmy judgment there is no more interesting feature of\\nliis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of\\nChristians in which he was trained, and the fervent\\nsympatliy 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 communions\\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. Garlield was united in marriage with Miss\\nLucretia Rudolph, Nov. 1 1, 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, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser-\\nvice, and betore he had ever seen a gun fired in acHon,\\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\\n(Humphrey 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 connnissioned 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\\naririy. He was with Gen. Buell s army at Shiloh,\\nin itsoperations 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 history of Gen. Garfield closed with\\n^V^^^--\\nhis brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won\\nthe stars of the Major-General.\\nWithout an effort on his part Gen. Garfield was\\nelected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the\\nNineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio\\nhad been represented in Congress for sixty years\\nmainly by two men Elisha hittlesey and Joshua\\nR. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he\\nresigned his place in the ami). 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 liis labors in Congress .Senator Hoar says Since\\nthe year 1864 you cannot think of a question which\\nhas been debated in Congress, or discussed before a\\ntribunel of the American people, in regard to which\\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\\n.March 4, 1S81, 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 liis way and at the depot, in com-\\npany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepi^d behind\\nhim, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back.\\nThe President tottered and fell, and as iie did so the\\nassassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the\\nleft coat sleeve of his victim, but inflicting no further\\ninjury. It has been very truthfully said that this was\\nthe shot that was heard ro\\\\uid the world Never\\nbefore in the history of the Nation had anything oc-\\ncurred which so nearly froze the blood of the people\\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 himian lessons how to live grandly in the\\nvery clutch of death. Great in life, he w as surpass-\\ningly great in death. He passed serenely awavSept.\\nig, 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 foul deed,\\nei\\nvfc\\nJL^^;", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "rJ^ K (J^v ^M^^ P ^y r^ ^i^^isr\\n4^^C(\u00c2\u00aeV\u00c2\u00abi\\nTWENTY.FIRST PRESIDENT.\\n99\\ns^\\n^U^-^l^^^-^#^^^^^J^^:^J^\\n5^\\n.i^-\\n^^^m^\\nHESTER A. ARTHUR,\\ntwenty-first President of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nFranklin County, Vermont, on\\nthefifthof October, r83o, andis\\nthe oldest of a family of two\\nsons and five daughters. His\\nfather was the Rev. Dr. William\\nArthur, a Baptist clergyman, who\\nemigrated to this countrj from\\nthe county Antrim, Ireland, in\\nA his i8th year, and died in 1875, in\\nNewtonville, near Albany, after a\\nlong and successful ministry.\\nYoung Arthur was educated at\\nUnion College, Schenectady, 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 pocket,\\nand entered the office of ex-Judge\\nE. D. Culver as student, .^fter\\nbeing admitted to the bar he formed\\na partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate,\\nHenry D. 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 married the daughter of Lieutenant\\nHerndon, 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 Lemmon suit,\\nbrought to recover possession of eight slaves who had\\nbeen declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior\\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 from\\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 espoused 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 compa-\\nny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride\\non their cars, and the other car companies quickly\\nV^\\nC^\\n\u00c2\u00bb4y\\nV.\\nI\\ne7K^ll!I^IIDr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "^t#\\nT2!5^iJ^tev\\n(h\\nfl\\nCHESTER A. ARTHUR.\\niii -^i(^?%r\\ni^^\\nQ\\nill\\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 hnn 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 tiie war. At\\nthe end of Governor Morgan s term he resumed tiie\\npractice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr.\\nRansom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney\\nof New Yotk, 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 Clrant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc-\\nceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July,\\n20, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt.\\nMr. Arthur 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 comiX)sed of the leading 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\\nIjarty made a valiant fight for his election.\\nFinally the election came and the country s choice\\nwas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated\\nMarch 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President.\\nA 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 moments of\\nanxious suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na-\\nne the duty ot\\nsponsibilities of y\\nin New York,\\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.\\nArtliur s every move was watched, and be it said to his\\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 |X)sition 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 never\\nbefore in its history over the death of any other\\nman, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of\\nthe Vice President to assume the res]:\\nthe high office, and he took the oath\\nSept. 20, 1 88 1. The position was an embarrassing\\none to him, made doubly so from the facts that all r^.\\neyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do,\\nwhat policy he would pursue, and who he would se- ^3\\nlect as advisers. The duties of the office had been\\ngreatly neglected during the President s long illness,\\nand many important measures were to be immediately r\\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\\naffairs, he has happily surprised the Nation, acting so\\njustly, so wisely, so well, that but few have criticised\\nhis administration. Should he continue during the\\nremainder of his term to pursue the wise policy he\\nhas followed thus far, we believe President Arthur s\\nadministration will go down in history as one of the\\nwisest and most satisfactory our country lias ever\\nenjoyed. His highest ambition seems to be to do his\\nduty to the whole Nation, even to the sacrifice of his f\\nwarmest personal friends. With the good of the 4.\\npeople at heart, and guided by the wisdom already\\ndisplayed, he will surpiise his opponents, gratify his\\nfriends, and bless the American Republic, during to\\\\\\nthe years he occupies the Presidential chair.\\n-ri^U^\\nMM M", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": ":2^K ^V ^HI1^I1I1^ T-^^^ -t^^C^V^\\nf\\n2\\n(V\\nrc^\\n-^3\u00c2\u00ab^g^ ^^^n fl r^ Dili A^ s,^^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "ShT^m^^^-\\nw^\\n-^V ^tl n D \\\\!i^ -72^^^^\\n-4^^5((\u00c2\u00ae^4^;\\nA\\ni\\ns\\nvS\\n(0\\nI\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "r^^ Cj\\\\ mrMh 4^^5(^VM\\nI\\nI\\nf\\n-G^\\nU--^\\nl^ fC^V\\n1^#\\nm(^^\\n^5\\nI", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "^v4:iin:^iinf^\\n7i^%(\u00c2\u00a3\\nTi i!r^\\n-4^^fSVii|l4|\\nv|)\\ni\\n9\\nA\\nC\\nsi/\\nrp^\\n^\\\\m^^^\\n-^^n!i^Dn; A^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "^m^e\\nM 1\\nf\\n\u00c2\u00a3^i/~e^t^LS\\nd/A\\ncUMi^.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "5l^^\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^rV^.\\n\\\\mh\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nloS\\nT\\nP\\n4\\n^??35WJ _.\\nSTEPHEN T^MiLSOM. ^p\\nTEPHEN T. MASON, the\\nfirst Govcrnoruf Michigan, was\\na son of Gen. John T. Mason,\\nof Kentucky, but was born in\\nVirginia, in 1812. At the age\\nof 19 he was appointed Secre-\\ntary of Michigan Territory, and\\nserved in that capacity during the\\nadministration of Gov. George B.\\nPorter. Upon the death of Gov.\\nPorter, which occurred on the 6th of\\nJuly, 1834, Mr. Mason became Act-\\ning Governor. In October, 1835, 1^*^\\nwas elected Governor under the Slate\\norganization, and immediately en-\\ntered upon the performance of tlie\\nduties of the office, although the\\nState was not yet admitted into the Union. .After\\nthe State was admitted into the Union, Governor\\nMason was re-elected to the position, and served with\\ncredit to himself and to the advantage of the State.\\nHe died Jan. 4, 1843. The principal event during\\nGovernor Mason s official career, was that arising from\\nthe disputed southern boundary of the State.\\nMichigan claimed for her southern boundary aline\\nrunning east across the peninsula from the e.xtreme\\nsouthern point of Lake Michigan, extending through\\nLake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line. This she\\nclaimed as a vested right a right accruing to her by\\ncompact. This compact was the ordinance of 1787,\\nthe parties to which were the original 13 States, and\\nthe territory northwest of the Ohio; and, by the suc-\\ncession of parties under statutory amendments to the\\nordinance and laws of Congress the United .States on\\nthe one part, and each Territory northwest of the\\nOhio, as far as affected by their provisions, on the\\nother. Michigan, therefore, claimed it under the prior\\ngrant, or assignation of boundary.\\nOhio, on the other hand, claimed that the ordinance\\nhad been superseded by the Constitution of the\\nUnited States, and that Congress had a right to regu-\\nlate the boundary. It was also claimed that the\\nConstitution of the State of Ohio having described a\\ndifferent line, and Congress having admitted the State\\nunder that Constitution, without mentioning the sub-\\nject of the line in dispute. Congress had thereby given\\nits consent to the line as laid down by the Constitu-\\ntion of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at\\nsome periods of the controversy, but at others she ap-\\npeared to regard the question unsettled, by the fact\\nthat she insisted upon Congress taking action in re-\\ngard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in\\n1812, Congress authorized the Surveyor-General to\\nsurvey a line, agreeably to the act, to enable the people\\nof Ohio to form a Constitirtion and State government.\\nOwing to Indian hostilities, however, the line was not\\nrun till 1818. In 1820, the question in dispute\\nunderwent a rigid e.\\\\amination by the Committee on\\nPublic Lands. The claim of Ohio was strenuously\\nurged by her delegation, and as ably opposed by Mr.\\n\\\\Voodbridge, the then delegate from Michigan. The\\nresult was that the committee decided unanimously\\nin favor of Michigan; but, in the hurry of business,\\nno action was taken by Congress, and the question\\nremained open till Michigan organized her State gov-\\nernment.\\nThe Territory in dispute is about five miles in\\nwidth at the west end, and about eight miles in width\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2It the east end, and extends along the whole north-\\nern line of Ohio, west of Lake Erie. The line claimed\\nby Michigan was known as the Fulton line, and\\nthat claimed by Ohio was known as the Harris line,\\n^^V5))\u00c2\u00ab^#\u00c2\u00ab ^!^#:^jn\\nV\\n^ilil :iiiii^i A^^\\n--4^^jf(\u00c2\u00ae i", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "m\\n1=3\\nE=I\\n1 06\\nSTEPHEN T. MASON.\\ns*^;^^\\nP=\\nfrom the names of the surveyors. The territory was\\nvaluable for its rich agricultural lands; but the chief\\nvalue consisted in the fact that the harbor on the\\nMaumee River, where now stands the flourishing city\\nof Toledo, was included within its limits The town\\noriginally bore the name of Swan Creek, afterwards\\nPort Lawrence, then Vestula, and then Toledo.\\nIn February, 1835, the Legislature of Ohio passed\\nan act extending the jurisdiction of the State over\\nthe territory in question; erected townships and\\ndirected them to hold elections in April following. It\\nalso directed Governor Lucus to appoint three com-\\nmissioners to survey and re-mark the Harris line and\\nnamed the first of April as the day to commence the\\nsurvey. .Acting Governor Mason, however, anticipated\\nthis action on the part of the Ohio Legislature, sent\\na special message to the Legislative Council, appris-\\ning it of Governor Lucas message, and advised imme-\\ndiate action by that body to anticipate and counteract\\nthe proceedings of Ohio. Accordingly, on the 1 2th\\nof February, tlie council passed an act making it a\\ncrimmal offence, punishable by a heavy fine, or im-\\njjrisonment, for any one to attempt to exercise any\\nofficial functions, or accept any office within the juris-\\ndiction of Michigan, under or by virture of any au-\\nthority not derived from the Territory, or the United\\nStates. On the gth of March, Governor Mason wrote\\nGeneral Brown, then in command of the Michigan\\nmilitia, directing him to hold himself in readiness to\\nmeet the enemy in the field in case any attempt was\\nmade on the part of Ohio to carry out the provisions\\nof that act of the Legislature. On the 31st of March,\\nGovernor Lucus, with his commissioners, arrived at\\nPerrysburgh, on their way to commence re-surveying\\nthe Harris line. He was accompanied by General\\nBell and staff, of the Ohio Militia, who proceeded to\\nmuster a volunteer force of about 600 men. This\\nwas soon accomplished, and the force fully armed and\\neijuipped. The force then went into camp at Fort\\nMiami, to await the Governor s orders.\\nIn the meantime, Governor Mason, with General\\nBrown and staff, had raised a force 800 to 1200\\nstrong, and were in possession of Toledo. General\\nBrown s Staff consisted of Captain Henry Smith, of\\nMonroe, Inspector; Major J. J. UUman, of Con-\\nstantine, Quartermaster; William E. Broadman, of\\nDetroit, and Alpheus Felch, of Monroe, Aids-de-\\ncamp. When Governor Lucas observed the deter-\\nmined bearing of the Michigan braves, and took note\\nof their number, he found it convenient to content\\nhimself for a time with watching over the border.\\nSeveral days were passed in this exhilarating employ-\\nment, and just as Governor Lucas had made up his\\nmind to do something rash, two commissioners ar-\\nrived from Washington on a mission of peace. They\\nremonstrated with Gov. Lucus, and reminded him of\\nthe consequences to himself and his State if he per-\\nsisted in his attempt to gain possession of the disputed\\nterritory by force. After several conferences with\\nboth governors, the commissioners submitted projxjsi-\\ntions for their consideration.\\nlovernor Lucas at once accepted the propositions,\\nand disbanded his forces. Governor Mason, on the\\nother hand, refused to accede to the arrangement, and\\ndeclined to compromise the rights of his people by a\\nsurrender of possession and jurisdiction. \\\\Mien Gov-\\nernor Lucus disbanded his forces, however. Governor\\nMason partially followed suit, but still held himself\\nin readiness to meet any emergency that might arise.\\nGovernor Lucus now supposed that his way was y^^\\nclear, and that he could re-mark the Harris line with-\\nout being molested, and ordered the commissioners\\nto proceed with their work.\\nIn the meantime. Governor Mason kept a watch-\\nful eye upon the prcJceedings. General Brown sent\\nscouts through the woods to watch their movements,\\nand report when operations were commenced. When\\nthe surveying party got within the county of Lena-\\nwee, the under-sheriff of that county, armed with a\\nwarrant, and accompanied by a jxasse, suddenly made\\nhis appearance, and succeeded in arresting a portion\\nof the party. The rest, including the commissioners,\\ntook to their heels, and were soon beyond the dis-\\nputed territory. They reached Perrysburgh the fol-\\nlowing day in a highly demoralized condition, and\\nreported they had been attacked by an overwhelm-\\ning force of Michigan malitia, under command of\\nGeneral Brown.\\nThis summary breaking up of the surveying party\\nproduced the most tremendous excitement throughout\\nOhio. Governor Lucas called an extra session of the f(^\\\\\\nLegislature. But little remains to be said in reference\\nto the war. The question continued for some time\\nto agitate the minds of the opposing parties and the\\naction of Congress was impatiently awaited. Michigan\\nwas admitted into the LTnion on the condition that\\nshe give to Ohio the disputed territory, and accept\\nin return the Northern Peninsula, which she did.\\n7\\n^A ^!i n n ^^s\u00c2\u00bb^\\n-*#^i^^^\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "Vj^^r^^-i^^^ ^^^^yc^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "SECOND GO VERNOR OF MICHIGAN.\\n109\\ni-(t5lLLIAM ^OODBI^IDGB\\n-vjjjLC\u00c2\u00a3;\u00c2\u00a9^ S~\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abW\u00c2\u00a5\\nILLIAM WOODBRIDGE,\\n|;iJ asecond Governor of Michigan,\\nwas born at Norwich, Conn.,\\nAug. 20, 1780, and died at\\nDetroit Oct. 20, 1861. He\\nwas of a family of three brothers\\nand two sisters. His father,\\nDudley VVoodbridge, removed to\\nMarietta, Ohio, about 1790. The\\nlife of Wm. Woodbridge, by Chas.\\nLauman, from which this sketch\\nis largely compiled, mentions noth-\\ning concerning his early education\\nbeyond the fact that it was such as\\nwas afforded by the average school\\nof the time, except a year with the\\nFrench colonists at Gallipolis,\\nwhere he acquired a knowledge of\\nthe French language. It should\\nbe borne in mind, however, that\\nhome education at that time was\\nan indispensable feature in the\\ntraining of the young. To this and\\nand to a few studies well mastered,\\nis due that strong mental discipline which has served\\nas a basis for many of the grand intellects that have\\nadorned and helped to make our National history.\\nMr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having\\nas a fellow student an intimate personal friend, a\\nyoung man subsequently distinguished, but known\\nat that time simply as Lewis Cass. He graduated at\\nthe law school in Connecticut, after a course there of\\nnearly three years, and began to practice at Marietta\\nin 1806. In June, 1806, he married, at Hartford, Con-\\nnecticut, Juleanna, daughter of John Trumbell, a\\ndistinguished author and judge and author of tlie\\npeom McFingal, which, during a dark period of the\\nRevolution, wrought such a magic change upon the\\nspirits of the colonists. He was happy in his domes\\nticrelationsuntilthedeathof Mrs. W., Feb. 2,19, i860.\\nOur written biographies necessarily speak more\\nfully of men, because of their active participation in\\npublic affairs, but human actions are stamped upon\\nthe page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled\\nthe influence of good women upon the history of the\\nworld will be read side by side with the deeds of men.\\nHow much success and renown in life many men owe\\nto their wives is probably little known. Mrs. W. en-\\njoyed the best means of early education that the\\ncountry afforded, and her intellectual genius enabled\\nher to improve her advantages. During her life, side\\nby side with the highest type of domestic and social\\ngraces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that\\nformed the crown of a faultless character. She was\\na natural poet, and wrote quite a large number of fine\\nverses, some of which are preserved in a printed\\nmemorial essay written upon the occasion of her\\ndeath. In this essay, it is said of her to contribute\\neven in matters of minor importance, to elevate the\\nreputation and add to the well being of her husband\\nin the various stations he was called upon to fill, gave\\nher the highest satisfaction She was an invalid\\nduring the latter jMrtion of her life, but was patient\\nand cheerful to the end.\\nIn 1807, Mr. W. was chosen a representative to the\\nGeneral Assembly of Ohio, and in 1809 was elected to\\nthe Senate, continuing a member by re-election until\\nhis removal from the State. He also held, by ap-\\npointment, during the time the office of Prosecuting\\nAttorney for his county. He took a leading part in\\nthe Legislature, and in 1812 drew up a declaration and\\nresolutions, uhicli passed the two houses unamiuously\\nf\\ni\\nS\\nV)\\n^tK^^D WM y^ s^^^TL\\n^,i. J.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "jtf^\\n1 1-\\nWILLIAM\\nWOODBRIDGE.\\nand attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest\\nand most em|)liatic terms, the war measures of Presi-\\ndent Madison. During the period from 1804 to 1814\\nI the two hiw students, Woodbridge and Cass, had be-\\nI come widely separ.ited. The latter was Governor of\\nthe Territory of Michigan luider the historic Governor\\nand fudges plan, with tlie indispensable requisite of a\\nSecretary of the Territorry. This latter position was,\\nin 1814, without solicitation on his part, tendered to\\nMr. \\\\V. He accepted the i\u00c2\u00bbsition with some hesita-\\ntion, and entered \\\\ipon its duties as soon as he could\\nmake the necessary arrangements for leaving Ohio.\\nThe office of Secretary involved also the duties of\\ncollectorof customs at the port of Detroit, and during\\nthe frequent absences of tlie Governor, the dischargeof\\nof his duties, also including those of Superintendent\\nof Indian Affairs. Mr. officiated as Governor for\\nabout two years out of the eight years that he held the\\noffice of Secretary Under the administration of Gov-\\nernor and Judges, which the ))eople of the Territory\\npreferred for economical reasons, to continue some time\\nafter their numbers entitled them to a more popular\\nrepresentative system, they were allowed no delegate\\nin Congress. Mr, W., as a sort of informal agent of\\nthe people, by correspondence and also by a visit to\\nthe National capital, so clearly set forth the demand\\nfor representation by a delegate, that an act was\\npassedin Congress in 18 19 authorizing one to be chosen.\\nUnder this act Mr. W. was elected by the concurrence\\nof all parties. His first action in Congress was to secure\\nthe ])assage of a bill recognizing and confirming the\\nold French land titles in the Territory according to\\nthe terms of the treaty of peace with Great Britain\\nat the close of the Revolution and another for the\\nconstruction of a Government road through the black\\nswamps from the Miami River to Detroit, thus 0|)en-\\ning a means of land transit between Ohio and Mich-\\nigan. He was infiuential in securing the passage of\\nbills for the construction of (Government roads from\\nDetroit to Chicago, and Detroit to Fort Gratiot, and\\nfor the improvement of La Plaisance B.ay. The ex-\\npedition for the exploration of the country around\\nLake Superior and in the valley of the Upper Mis-\\nsissippi, projected by Governor Cass, was set on foot\\nby means of representations made to the head of the\\ndepartment by Mr. W. While in Congress he stren-\\nuously maintained the right of Michigan to the strip\\nof territory now forming the northern boundary of\\nOhio, which formed the subject of such grave dispute\\nbetween Ohio and Michigan at tlie time of the ad-\\nmission of the latter into the Union. He served\\nbut one term as delegate to Congress, de-\\nclining further service on account of personal and\\nfamily considerations. Mr. W. continued to discharge\\nthe duties of Secretary of the Territory up to the time\\nits Government passed into the second grade.\\nTn 1824, he was appointed one of a board of\\ncommissioners for adjusting private Kind claims in\\nV\\ni\\nthe Territory, and was engaged also in the practice of\\nhis profession, having the best law library in the Ter-\\nritory. In 1828, upon the recommendation of the\\nGovernor, Judges and others, he was appointed by the\\nPresident, J. Q. Adams, to succeed Hon. James With-\\nerell, who had resigned as a Judge of what is conven-\\ntionally called the Supreme Court of the Territory.\\nThis court was apparently a continuation of the Terri-\\ntorial Court, under the first grade or Governor and\\nJudges system. Although it was supreme in its ju-\\ndicial functions within the Territory, its powers and\\nduties were of a very general character.\\nIn iS32,the term of his appointment as Judge ex-\\npiring, President Jackson appointed a successor, it is\\nsupposed on political grounds, much to the disappoint-\\nment of the public and the bar of the Territory. The\\npartisan feeling of the time extended into the Terri-\\ntory, and its people began to think of assuming the\\ndignity of a State government. Party lines becom-\\ning very sharply drawn, he identified himself with\\nthe Whigs and was elected a member of the Conven-\\ntion of 1S35, which formed the first State Constitution.\\nIn 1S37 he was elected a member of the State Senate.\\nThis sketch has purposely dealt somewhat in detail\\nwith what may be called Judge W s. earlier career,\\nbecause it is closely identified with the early his-\\ntory of the State, and the development of its politi-\\ncal system. Since the organization of the State (Gov-\\nernment the history of Michigan is more familiar, and\\nhence no review of Judge W s career as Governor\\nand Senator will be attempted. He was elected Gov-\\nernor in 1839, under a popular impression that the\\naffairs of the State had not been prudently adminis-\\ntered by the Democrats. He served as Governor but\\nlittle more than a year, when he was elected to the\\nSenate of the LTnited States.\\nHis term in the Senate practically closed his polit-\\nical life, although he was strongly urged by many\\nprominent men for the Whig nomination for Vice\\nPresident in 1848.\\nSoon after his apixjintment as Judge in 1828, Gov-\\nernor W. took iqi his residence on a tract of land\\nwhich he owned in the township of Spring Wells, a\\nshort distance below what was then the corporate lim-\\nits of Detroit, where he resided during the remainder\\nof his life. Both in his public papers and private\\ncommunications. Governor W. shows himself a mas-\\nter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra-\\ntion, logical in arrangement, happy in the choice and\\ntreatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres-\\nsion. Judge W. was a( ongregationalist. His opinions\\non all subjects were decided he was earnest and\\nenergetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex-\\nhibited a vein of fine humor that was the more at-\\ntractive because not too often allowed to come to the\\nsurface. His letters and .addresses show a deep and\\nearnest affection not only for his ancestral home, but\\nthe home of his adopti )n and for friends and family.\\nV^\\nI\\nr?\\nI\\nI\\n^^^^onaj^r^ 4)^^ #x^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "Wn^\\n6v ^iin\u00c2\u00a7niir r^\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a013\\nxJOHN S. BARRY\\nC i J ^\u00c2\u00abggit\u00c2\u00a7g)ti^t^t^ ^t^t\u00c2\u00a7Ki ssi gai :i r \u00e2\u0080\u00a2if t^^f^Kss\\n-^^ffk\\nOHN STEWARD BARRY,\\n.Governor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,\\nand from Jan. 7, 1850, to Jan.\\nI, 1852, was born at Amherst,\\nN. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-\\nents, John and Ellen (Steward)\\nBarry, early removed to Rocking-\\nham, Vt., where he remained until\\nhe became of age, working on his\\nfather s farm, and pursuing iiis\\nstudies at the same time. He mar-\\nried Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt.,\\nand in 1824 went to Georgia, Vt.,\\nwhere he had charge of an academy\\nfor two years, meanwhile studying\\nlaw. He afterward practiced law in\\nthat State. While he was in Georgia he was for some\\ntime a member of the Governor s staff, with the title\\nof Governor s Aid, and at a somewhat earlier period\\nwas Captain of a company of State militia. In 1831\\nhe removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeon,\\nwhere he engaged in mercantile business witli I. \\\\V.\\nWiUard.\\nFour years after, 1834, Mr. Barry removed to Con-\\nstantine and continued his mercantile pursuits. He\\nbecame Justice of the Peace at White Pigeon, Mich.\\nin 1831, and held the office until the year 1835.\\nMr. Barry s first public office was that of a member\\nof the first constitutional convention, which assembled\\nand framed the constitution upon which Michigan\\nwas admitted into the Union. He took an important\\nand prominent part in the proceedings of that body,\\nand showed himself to be a man of far more than\\nordinary ability.\\nUpon Michigan being admitted into the Union,\\nMr. Barry was chosen State Senator, and so favorably\\nwere his associates impressed with his abilities at the\\nfirst session of the Legislature that tliey looked to him\\nas a party leader, and tjiat he should head the State\\nticket at the following election. Accordingly he re-\\nceived the nomination for Governor at the Jiands\\nof his party assembled in convention. He was\\nelected, and so popular was his administration that, in\\n1842, he was again elected. During these years\\nMichigan was embarrassed by great financial diffi-\\nculties, and it was through his wisdom and sound judg-\\nment that the State was finally placed upon a solid\\nfinancial basis.\\nDuring the first year of (}ov. Barry s first term, the\\nUniversity at .Ann .Vrbor was opened for the reception\\n(v\\nB\\n^4f^\\niii D^ nnr^A^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "M^r^)^m^\\n114\\nf\\nI\\nf\\nik\\nJOHN STEWARD BARRY.\\nof students. The Michigan Central and Michigan\\nSouthern railroads were being rapidly constructed, and\\ngeneral progress was everywhere noticeable. In 1842,\\nthe number of pupils reported as attending the public\\nschools was nearly fifty-eight thousand. In 1843, a\\nState land office was established at Marshall, which\\nwas invested with the charge and disposition of all\\nthe lands belonging to the State. In 1844, the ta.x-\\nable property of the State was found to be over\\ntwenty-eight millions of dollars, the tax being at the\\nrate of two mills on the dollar. The expenses of the\\nState were only seventy thousand dollars, while the\\nincome from the railroads was nearly three hundred\\nthousand dollars. At this time the University of\\nMichigan had become so prosperous that its income\\nwas ample to pay the interest on the University debt\\nand the amount of money which the State was able\\nto loan the several progressing railroads was one\\nhundred and twenty thousand dollars. Efforts were\\nmade to increase the efficiency of the common schools\\nwith good results In 1845, when Gov. Barry s sec-\\nond term expired, the population of the State was\\nmore than three hundred thousand.\\nThe constitution of the State forbade more than two\\nconsecutive terms, but he was called upon to fill the\\nposition again in 1850 the only instance of the kind\\nin the history of the State. He was a member of the\\nTerritorial Legislature, of the Constitutional Conven-\\ntion, and afterward of the State House of Represent-\\natives.\\nDuring Mr. Barry s third term as Governor the Nor-\\nmal School was established at Ypsilanti, which was\\nendowed with lands and placed in charge of a board\\nof education consisting of six persons. A new con-\\nstitution for the government of the State was also\\nadopted and the Great Railway Conspiracy Case\\nwas tried. This grew out of a series of lawless acts\\nwhich had been committed upon the property of the\\nMichigan Central Railroad Company, along the line\\nof their road, and finally the burning of the dejx)!\\nat Detroit, in 1850.\\nAt a setting of the grand jur)- of Wayne County,\\nApril 24, 1 85 1, 37 men of the 50 under arrest for this\\ncrime were indicted. May 20, following, the accused\\nparties appeared at the Circuit Court of Wayne, of\\nwhich Warner Wing was resident judge. Tlie Rail-\\nroad Company employed ten eminent lawyers, in-\\ncluding David Stuart, John Van Arman, James A.\\nVan Dyke, Jacob M. Howard, Alex. D. Fraser, Dan-\\niel Goodwin and William Gray. The defendants were\\nrepresented by six members of the State bar, led by\\nWilliam H. Seward, of New York. The trial occupied\\nfour months, during which time the plaintiffs exam-\\nined 246 witnesses in 27 days, and the defendants\\n249 in 40 days. Mr. Van Dyke addressed the jury\\nfor the prosecution; William H. Seward for the\\ndefense.\\nThe great lawyer was convinced of the innocence\\nof his clients, nor did the verdict of that jury and the\\nsentence of that judge remove his firm belief that his\\nclients were the victims of purchased treachery,\\nrather than so many sacrifices to justice.\\nThe verdict of guilty was rendered at 9 o clock\\np. M., Sept. 25, 185 I. On the 26th the prisoners were\\nput forward to receive sentence, when many of them\\nprotested their entire innocence, after which the pre-\\nsiding judge condemned 12 of the number to the fol-\\nlowing terms of imprisonment, with hard labor, within\\nthe State s prison, situate in their county Ammi\\nFilley, ten years; Orlando L. Williams, ten years;\\nAaron Mount, eight years Andrew J. Freeland, eight\\nyears; Eben Farnham, eight years; William Corvin,\\neight years; Richard Price, eight years; Evan Price,\\neight years; Lyman Cliamplin, five years; Willard\\nW\\\\ Champlin, five years; Erastus Champlin, five\\nyears; Erastus Smith, five years.\\nIn 1840, Gov. Barry became deeply interested in\\nthe cultivation of the sugar beet, and visited Euroj^e\\nto obtain information in reference to its culture.\\nHe was twice Presidential Elector, and his last\\npublic service was that of a delegate to the National\\nI^emocratic Convention held in Chicago in 1864.\\nHe was a man who, throughout life, maintained a\\nhigh character for integrity and fidelitv to the trusts\\nbestowed upon him, whether of a public or a private\\nnature, and he is acknowledged by all to have been\\none of the most efficient and popular Governors the\\nSlate has ever had.\\nGov. Barry was a man of incorruptible integrit}\\nHis opinions, whicli he reached by the most thorough\\ninvestigation, he held tenaciously. His strong con-\\nvictions and outspoken honesty made it impossible for\\nhim to take an undefined position when a principle\\nwas involved. His attachments and prejudices were\\nstrong, yet he was never accused of favoritism in his\\nadministration of public affairs. As a speaker he was\\nnot remarkable. Solidity, rather than brilliancy, char-\\nacterized his oratory, which is described as argument-\\native and instructive, but cold, hard, and entirely\\nwanting in rhetorical ornament. He was never elo-\\nquent, seldom humorous or sarcastic, and in manner\\nrather awkward.\\n.\\\\lthough Mr. Barry s educational advantages were\\nso limited, he was a life-long student. He mastered\\nboth ancient and modern languages, and acquired a\\nthorough knowledge of history. No man owed less\\nto political intrigue as a means of gaining ])osi-\\ntion. He was a true statesman, and gained pulilic es-\\nteem by his solid worth. His political connections\\nwere always with the Democratic party, and his opin-\\nions were usually extreme.\\nMr. Barry retired to private life after the beginning\\nof the ascendency of the Republican party, and car-\\nried on his mercantile business at Constantine. He\\ndied Jan. 14, 1870, his wife s death having occurred a\\nyear previous, March 30, 1869. They left no children.\\nI\\nca:\\nk\\\\", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^rvc^iiii^iin^ r\\nr\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n7 S\\ny\\n*S;:$*?:;;*\u00c2\u00ab*; $#5;;i s**;i^*i;;:* \u00c2\u00bb^;;S*sis*-e:s*-si;5*$;;^\\n:^iiiji|i^ii? lii^Leii.\\nI\\n^^^V^v^^^\\nLPHEUS FELCH, the third\\n(lovernor of Michigan, was\\nborn in Limerick, Maine, Sep-\\ntember 28, i8o5. Hisgrand-\\nfather, Abijah Felch, was a sol-\\ndier in the Revolution; and\\nwhen a young man, having with\\nothers obtained a grant of hind l)e-\\ntween the Great and Little )ssipee\\nRivers, in Maine, moved to tliat re-\\ngion when it was yet a wilderness.\\nThe father of Mr. Felch embarked in\\nmercantile life at Limerick. He was\\nthe first to engage in that business in\\nthat section, and continued it until\\nhis death. The death of the father,\\nfollowed within a year by the death of\\nthe mother, left the subject of this sketch, then tlirec\\nyears old, to the care of relatives, and he found a\\nhome with his paternal grandfather, where he re-\\nmained until his death. Mr Felch received his early\\neducation in the district school and a neighlioring\\nacademy. In 1821 he became a student at Phillips\\nExter Academy, and, subsequently, entered Bowdoin\\nCollege, graduated with the class of 1827. He at\\nonce began the study of law and was admitted to\\npractice at Bangor, Me., in 1S30.\\nHe began the practice of his profession at Houlton,\\nMe., where he remained until 1833. The severity\\nof the climate impaired his health, never very good,\\nand he found it necessary to seek a change of climate.\\nHe disposed of his library and started to seek\\nHis intention was to join his friend,\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nSargent S. Prentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his\\narrival at C^incinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by\\ncholera, and when he had recovered sufficiently to\\npermit of his traveling, found that the danger of the\\ndisease was too great to permit a journey down the\\nriver. He therefore determined to come to Michi-\\ngan. He first began to practice in this State at Mon-\\nroe, where he continued until 1843, when he removed\\nto Ann Arbor. He was elected to the State Legisla-\\nture in 1835, and continued a member of that body\\nduring the years 1836 and 1837. While he held thi^\\noffice, the general banking law of the Stale was enact-\\ned, and went into operation. After mature delibera-\\ntion, he became convinced that the [)roposed system\\nof banking could not [jrove beneficial to the public\\ninterests and that, instead of relieving the people\\nfrom the pecuniary difficulties under which they were\\nlaboring, it would result in still further embarrass-\\nment. He, therefore, opposed the liill, and pointed\\nout to the House the disasters which, in his opinion,\\nwere sure to follow its passage. The public mind,\\nhowever, was so favorably impressed liy the measure\\nthat no other member, in either branch of the Legisla-\\nture, raised a dissenting voice, and but two voted with\\nhim in opposition to the bill. Early in 1838, he was\\nappointed one of the Bank Conmiissioners of the\\nState, and held that office for more than a year. Dur-\\ning this time, the new banking law had given birth to\\nthat numerous progeny known as wild-cat banks.\\nAlmost every village had its bank. The country was\\nflooded with depressed wild-cat money. The ex-\\naminations of the Bank Commissioners brought to\\nlight frauds at every jjoint, which were fearlessly re-\\n9\\ntMO =*\u00e2\u0082\u00acy=-\\n\u00c2\u00a77\u00c2\u00ae5", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "^^^I^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^Dngnn^^-j^\\nrr\\nALPHEUS FELCH.\\nA\\njMrted to the Legislature, and were followed by crim-\\ninal prosecutions of the guilty parties, and the closing\\nof many of their institutions. The duties of the of-\\nfice were most laborious, and in 1839 Mr. Felch re-\\nsigned. The chartered right of almost every bank\\nhad, in tlie meantime, been declared forfeited and\\nthe law repealed. It was subsequently decided to\\nbe constitutional by the Supreme Court of the State.\\nIn the year 1842 Ciovernor Felch was appointed\\nto the office of Auditor Creneral of the State; but\\nafter holding the office only a few weeks, was com-\\nmissioned by the Governor as one of the Judges of the\\nSupreme Court, to fill a vacancy caused by the resig-\\nnation of Judge Fletclier. In January. 1843, he was\\nelected to the United States Senate for an unexpired\\nterm. In 1845 he was elected Governor of Michigan,\\nand entered upon his duties at the commencement of\\nthe next year. In 1847 he was elected a Senator\\nin Congress for six years; and at once retired from\\nthe office of Governor, by resignation, which took\\neffect March 4, 1847, when his Senatorial term com-\\nmenced. While a member of the Senate he acted on\\nthe Committee on Public Lands, and for four years\\nwas its Chairman. He filled the honorable position\\nof Senator with becoming dignity, and with great\\ncredit to the State of Michigan.\\nDuring Governor Felch s administration the two\\nrailroads belonging to the State were sold to private\\ncorporations, the Central for $2,000,000, and the\\nSouthern for $500,000. The exports of the State\\namounted in 1S46 to $4,647,608. The total capacity\\nof vessels enrolled in the collection district at Detroit\\nwas 26,928 tons, the steam vessels having 8,400 and\\nthe sailing vessels 18,528 tons, the whole giving em-\\nployment to 18,000 seamen In 1847, tlierc were 39\\ncounties in the State, containing 435 townships and\\n275 of these townships were supplied with good libra-\\n(o\\n(3^\\nries, containing an aggregate of 37,000 volumes.\\nAt the close of his Senatorial term, in Marcii, 1853,\\nMr. Felch was appointed, by President Pierce, one of\\nthe Commissioners to adjust and settle the Spanish\\nand Mexican land claims in California, under the\\ntreaty of Gaudaiupe Hidalgo, and an act of Congress\\npassed for that purpose. He went to California in\\nMay, 1853, and was made President of the Commis-\\nsion. The duties of this office were of the most im-\\nportant and delicate character. The interest of the\\nnew State, and the fortunes of many of its citizens,\\nbotli the native Mexican population and the recent\\nAmerican immigration the riglit of tlie Pueblos to\\ntheir common lands, and of the Catiiolic Church to\\nthe lands of the Missions, the most valuable of the\\nState, wereinvolved in the adjudicationsof this Com-\\nmission. In March, 1S56, their labors were brought\\nto a close by the final disposition of all the claims\\nwliich were presented. The record of their proceed-\\nings, the testimony which was given in each case,\\nand the decision of the Commissioners thereon,\\nconsisting of some forty large volumes, was deposited\\nin the Department of the Interior at Washington.\\nIn June of that year. Governor Felch returned to\\n.\\\\nn Arbor, where he has since been engaged [iiinci-\\npally in legal liusiness. Since his return he has\\nbeen nominated for Cxovernor and also for U. S. Sen-\\nator, and twice for Judge of the Supreme Court. But\\nthe Democratic party, to which he has always been\\nattached, being in the minority, he failed of an elec-\\ntion. In 1873 he withdrew from the active practice\\nof law, and, with the exception of a tour in Europe,\\nin 1S75 has since led a life of retirement at his home\\nin Ann Arbor. In 1877 the LIniversity of Michigan\\nconferred upon him the degree of LL. D. For\\nmany years he was one of tlie Regents ot Michigan\\nUniversity, and in the spring of 1S79 was appointed\\nTajipan Professor of Law in the same. Mr. Felch is\\nthe oldest surviving member of the Legislature trom\\nMonroe Co., the oldest and only surviving Bank Com-\\nmissioner of the State, the oldest surviving Auditor\\nGeneral of the State, the oldest surviving Governorof\\nthe State, the oldest surviving Judge of the Supren .e\\nCourt of Michigan, and the oldest surviving United\\nStates Senator from the State of Michigan.\\nf\\n9\\n/s\\nV\\n^^V\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n^=^-^^M^M\\nr^-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS.\\n-;2fQ^^isr\\n-l^^5C(\u00c2\u00ae^.f^\\nf\\nQ)\\\\\\nILLLAM L. GREENLY\\nlovernor of Michigan for the\\nyear 1847, was horn at Hamil-\\nton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n18, 1 8 1 3. He graduated at Un-\\nion College, Schenectady, in\\n1831, studied law and was ad-\\nImitted to the bar in 1834. In\\n1836, having removed to Miclii-\\ngan, he settled in Adrian, where\\nhe has since resided. The year\\nfollowing his arrival in Michigan\\nhe was elected State Senator and\\nf{\\nV served in that capacity until 1839.\\ni In 1845 he was elected Lieut. Gov-\\n1\\nj j ernor and became acting Governor\\nby the resignation of Gov. Felch,\\nwho was elected to the United\\nStates Senate.\\ni The war with Me.xico was brought\\nto a successful termination during Ctov. Greenly s\\nadministration. We regret to say that there are only\\nfew records extant of the action of Michigan troops\\nin the Mexican war. That many went there and\\nfought well are points conceded but their names and\\nnativity are hidden away in United States archives\\nand where it is almost imjiossible to find them.\\nThe soldiers of this Slate deserve much of the\\ncredit of the memorable achievements of Co. K, 3d\\nDragoons, and Cos. A, E, and G of the U. S. Inf.\\nThe two former of these companies, recruited in this\\nState, were reduced to one-third their original num-\\nber.\\nIn May, 1846, the Governor of Michigan was noti-\\nfied by the Wai Department of the United States to\\nenroll a regiment of volunteers, to be held in readi-\\nness for service whenever demanded. At his sum-\\nmons 13 independent volunteer companies, 1 1 of\\ninfantry and two of cavalry, at once fell into line. Of\\nthe infantry four companies were from Detroit, bear-\\ning the honored names of Montgomery, Lafayette,\\nScott and Brady upon their banners. Of the re-\\nmainder Monroe tendered two, Lenawee County three,\\nSt. Clair, Berrien and Hillsdale each one, and Wayne\\nCounty an additional company. Of these alone the\\nveteran Bradys were accepted and ordered into ser-\\nvice. In addition to them ten companies, making the\\nFirst Regiment of Michigan Volunteers, springing\\nfrom various parts of the State, l)ut embodying to a\\ngreat degree the material of which the first volunteers\\nwas formed, were not called for until October follow-\\ning. Tliis regiment was soon in readiness and pro-\\nceeded by orders from Government to the seat of war.\\nI\\no)\\nJ-^\\n-H^M^MO^^ ^^F^\\n4^^((\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "V\\nO\\n-^ij^^os: aV^Dn^DDr T-^S :^i^\\nI\\nvT\\nCi^\\n1$?\\nt\\nf\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab-\\n.si^^,r^ ^tK^h n^n iif^-r^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "^Vw-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "^^74-D\u00c2\u00bbSPD- r^^ 3 sr\\n3\\nt\\n6^6* VERNORS.\\nI EP^pi}RODiTns pi]soir|.\\nHE HON. EPAPHRODI-\\nTUS RANSOM, the Seventh\\nGovernor of Michigan, was a\\nnative of Massachusetts. In\\nthat State he received a col-\\nlegiate education, studied law,\\nand was admitted to the bar.\\nRemoving to Michigan about\\nthe time of its admission to the\\nUnion, he took up his residence\\nat Kalamazoo.\\nMr. Ransom served with marked\\nability for a number of years in the\\nState Legislature, and in 1837 he was appointed As-\\nsociate Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1843 he\\nwas promoted to Chief Justice, which office he re-\\ntained until 1845, when he resigned.\\nShortly afterwards he became deeply interested in\\nthe builduig of plank roads in the western portior. of\\nthe State, and in this business lost the greater portion\\nof the property which he had accumulated by years\\nof toil and industry.\\nMr. Ransom became Governor of the State of\\nMichigan in the fall of 1847, and served during one\\nterm, performing the duties of the office in a truly\\nstatesmanlike manner. He subsequently became\\nPresident of the Michigan Agricultural Society, in\\nwhich position he displayed the same ability that\\n@7N^ll!l\\nI\\nA\\n0.\\nshone forth so prominently in his acts as Governor.\\nHe held the office of Regent of the Michigan Univer-\\nsity several times, and ever advocated a liberal policy\\nin its management.\\nSubsequently he was ap[)ointed receiver of the\\nland office in one of the districts in Kansas, by Pres-\\nident Buchanan, to which State he had removed, and\\nwhere he died before the expiration of his term of\\noffice.\\nWe sum up the events and affairs of the State un-\\nder Gov. Ransom s administration as follows: The\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\sylum for the Insane was establised, as also the\\nAsylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Both of\\nthese institutes were liberally endowed with lands,\\nand each of them placed in charge of a board of five\\ntrustees. The appropriation in 1849 for the deaf and\\ndumb and blind amounted to $81,500. On the first\\nof March, 1848, the first telegraph line was com-\\npleted from New York to Detroit, and the first dis-\\npatch transmitted on that day. The followmg figures\\nshow the progress in agriculture The land reported\\nas under cultivation in 1848 was 1,437,460 acres; of\\nwheat there were produced 4,749,300 bushels; other\\ngrains, 8,197,767 bushels; wool, 1,645,756 pounds;\\nmaple sugar, 1,774,369 pounds; horses, 52,305 cat- fq)\\ntie, 210,268; swine, 152,541; sheep, 610,534; while\\nthe flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills\\namounted to 730. 1847, an act was passed removing\\nthe Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo-\\nrary buildings for the use of the Legislature were im-\\nmediately erected, at a cost of $12,450.\\n^nD", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "T^^T\\nI1D^D11 TT7\\n-^^i^^^i(9.\\n\\\\m\\ne\u00c2\u00abs\\n^i\\nv^\\nt\\nI\\nii\\n4\\nk:^-^-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\n-s^^f^ %^^m M^^y^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "I\\nt\\ne\\nt#-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^23^^^ \u00c2\u00a9V ^|]I] :l]Ds r\\n(Jc; VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n)iZ?^\\n129\\n-SlSi^SaaB^\\nTOipfBi:\\ni^tm^\\n:S\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab(fJr^l-^S\\nt^\u00c2\u00ae\\nOBERT McClelland,\\nJLcioveriior of Michigan from\\nJan. I, 1852, to March 8, 1853,\\nwas born at Greencastle, Frank-\\nlin Co., Penn., Aug. i, 1S07.\\nAmong his ancestors were several\\nofficers of rank in tlie Revolution-\\nary war, and some of his family con-\\nnections were distinguished in the\\nwar of 1 81 2, and that with Mexico.\\nHis father was an eminent physician\\nand surgeon who studied under Dr.\\nBenj. Rush, of Philadelphia, and\\npracticed his profession successfully\\nuntil six months before his deatji, at\\nthe age of 84 years. .-Mthough Mr.\\nMcClelland s family had been in good circum-\\nstances, wlien he was 17 years old he was thrown\\nupon his own resources. After taking the usual pre-\\nliminary studies, and teaching schoi^l to obtain the\\nmeans, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle,\\nPenn., from which he graduated among the first in\\nhis class, in 1829. He then resumed teacliing, and\\nI having completed the course of study for the legal\\nprofession, was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg,\\nPenn., in 183 1. Soon afler\\\\vard he removed to the\\nV. city of Pittsburgh, where he practiced for almost a\\nyear.\\nIn 1833, Mr. McClelland removed to Monroe, in\\nthe Territory of Michigan, where, after a severe ex-\\namination, he became a member of the bar of Michi-\\ngan, and engaged in practice with bright prospect of\\nsuccess. In 1835, a convention was called to frame\\na constitution for the proposed State of Michigan, of\\nwhich Mr. McClelland was elected a member. He\\ntook a prominent part in its deliberations and ranked\\namong its ablest debaters. He was appointed the\\nfirst Bank Commissioner of the State, by Gov. Mason,\\nand received an offer of the Attorney Generalship, but\\ndeclined both of these offices in order to attend to his\\nprofessional duties.\\nIn 1838, Mr. McClelland was elected to the State\\nLegislature, in which he soon became distinguished\\nas the head of several imixsrtant committees. Speaker\\npro tempore, and as an active, zealous and efficient\\nmember. In 1840, Gen. Harrison, as a candidate for\\nthe Presidency, swept the country with an overwhelm-\\ning majority, and at tlie same time the State of Michi-\\ngan was carried by the Whigs under the popular cry\\nof Woodbridge and reform against the Democratic\\nparty. At this time Mr. McClelland stood among the\\nacknowledged leaders of the latter organization was\\nelected a member of the State House of Representa-\\ntives, and with others adopted a plan to regain a lost\\nauthority and prestige.\\nThis party soon came again into power in the State,\\nand having been returned to the State Legislature Mr.\\nMcClelland s leadership was acknowledged by his\\nelociion as Speaker of the House of Representatives\\n5\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J-\\nA\\nA\\nr\\n4^^f", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "Mn^^^^^\\n^V^^^D n tm^^ v s^isr\\n(h\\n1\\n130\\nROBERT McClelland.\\nin 1843. Down to this time Michigan had consti-\\ntuted one congressional district. The late Hon. Jacob\\nM. Howard had been elected against Hon. Alpheus\\nFelch by a strong majority but, in 1S43, so thoroughly\\nliad the Democratic party recovered from its defeat\\nof 1840 that Mr. McClelland, as a candidate for Con-\\ngress, carried Detroit district by a majority of about\\n2,500. Mr. McClelland soon took a prominent posi-\\nlion in Congress among the veterans of that body.\\nDuring his first term he was placed on Committee on\\nCommerce, and organized and carried through what\\nwere known as the Harbor bills. The continued\\nconfidence of his constituency was manifested in his\\nelection to the 29th Congress. At the opening of this\\nsession he had acquired a National reputation, and so\\nfavorably was he known as a parlimentarian that his\\nname was mentioned for Speaker of the House of Rep-\\nresentatives. He declined the offer in favor of J. VV.\\nDavis, of Indiana, who was elected. During this term\\nhe became Chairman of Committee on Commerce, in\\nwhich position his reports and advocacy of imix)rtant\\nmeasures at once attracted public attention. The\\nmembers of this committee, as an evidence of the es-\\nteem in which they held his services and of their\\npersonal regard for him, presented him with a cane\\nwhich he retains as a souvenir of the donors, and of\\nhis labors in Congress.\\nIn 1847, Mr. McClelland was re-elected to Con-\\ngress, and at the opening of the 30th Congress be-\\ncame a member of the Committee on Foreign Rela-\\ntions. While acting in this capacity, what was known\\nas the French Si)oliation Bill came under his spe-\\ncial charge, and his management of the same was such\\nas to command universal approbation. While in\\nCongress^ Mr, McClelland was an advocate of the\\nright of petition as maintained by John (J Adams,\\nwhen the petition, was clothed in decorous language\\nand presented in the jjroper manner, This he re-\\ngarded as the citizensconstitutional right which should\\nnot be impaired by any doctrines of temporary e.xpe-\\ndiency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Gid-\\ndings s bill for the abolishing of slavery in the District\\nof Columbia, Mr. McClelland was one of the few\\nDemocrats associated with David Wilmot, of Penn-\\nsylvania, in bringing forward the celebrated Wilmot\\nProviso, with a view to prevent further extension of\\nslavery in new territory which might be acquired by\\nthe United .States. He and Mr. Wilmot were to-\\ngether at the time in Washington, and on intimate\\nand confidential terms, Mr McClelland was in sev-\\neral National conventions and in the Baltimore con-\\nvention, which nominated Gen. Cass for President,\\nin 1848, doing valiant service that year for the elec-\\ntion of that distinguished statesman. On leaving\\nCongress, in 1848, Mr. McClelland returned to the\\npractice of his profession at Monroe. In 1850 a\\nconvention of the State of Michigan was called to\\nrevise the State constitution. He was elected a\\nmember and was regarded therein as among the ablest\\nand most experienced leaders. His clear judgment\\nand wise moderation were conspicuous, both in the\\ncommittee room and on the floor, in debate. In 1850,\\nhe was President of the Democratic State convention\\nwhich adopted resolutions in supixirt of Henry Clay s\\nfamous compromise measures, of which Mr McClel-\\nland was a strong advocate. He was a member of\\nthe Democratic National convention in 1852, and in\\nthat year, in company with Gen Cass and Governor\\nFelch; he made a thorough canvass of the State.\\nHe continued earnestly to advocate the Clay com-\\npromise measures, and took an active part in the\\ncanvass which resulted in the election of Gen Pierce\\nto the Presidency.\\nIn 185 I, the new Stats constitution took effect and\\nit was necessary that a Governor should be elected\\nfor one year in order to prevent an interregnum, and\\nto bring the State Government mto operation under\\nthe new constitution Mr McClelland was elected\\nGovernor, and in the fall of 1S52 was re-elected for\\na term of two years, from Jan. i, 1853. His admin-\\nistration was regarded as wise, prudent and concilia-\\ntory, and was as jxjpular as could l)e expected at a\\ntime when party spirit ran high. There was really\\nno op[X)sition,and when he resigned, in March, 1853,\\nthe State Treasury was well filled, and the State\\notherwise prosperous. So widely and favorably had\\nMr. McClelland become known as a statesman that on\\nthe organization of thecabir.et by President Pierce, in\\nMarch, 1853, he was made .Secretary of the Interior, in\\nwhich capacity he served most creditably during four\\nyears of the Pierce administration. He tlioroughly\\nre-organized his dejtartment and reduced the expend-\\nitures. He adopted a course with the Indians which\\nrelieved them from the impositions and annoyances\\nof the traders, and ])roduced harmony and civilization\\namong them. During his administration there was\\nneither complaint from the trilies nor corruption among\\nagents, and he left the department in perfect order\\nand system In 1867, Michigan again called a con-\\nvention to revise the State constitution Mr. McClel-\\nland was a member and here again his long ex\\\\)eri-\\nence made him conspicuous as a prudent adviser, a\\nsagacious parliamentary leader. As a lawyer he was\\nterse and pointed in argument, clear, candid and im-\\npressive in his addresses to the jury. His sincerity\\nand earnestness, with which was occasionally mingled\\na pleasant humor, made him an alile and effective\\nadvocate. In speaking before the people on ix litical\\nsubjects he was especially forcTlile and hajipy. In\\n1870 ho made the tour of Europe, which, through his\\nextensive personal aciiuamtance with European dip-\\nlomates, he was enabled to enjoy much more than\\nmost travelers\\nMr. McClelland married, in 1S37, Miss Sarah\\nE Sabin, of W llliamstown, Mass. They have had\\nsix children two of whom now survive.\\nK\\nj2n^?^ r-\\n-ci\\n-^^^nn^nnf^\\n.0-\\n-i^ft^v^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "7H^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "2\\nT2J\u00c2\u00bb5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^^n n n n v r\\nrztfC^i\\nvj^^^\\n^^(^vifi\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n\u00c2\u00bb33\\n-6-^\\n4^\\nANDREW PARiONi,\\n-^-i-.\\nNDREW PARSONS, Gover-\\nnor of Michiiian from March\\n8, 1853 to Jan. 3, 1855, was\\nborn in the town of Hoosick,\\nCounty of Rensselaer, and\\nState of New York, on the 22d\\nday of July, 1817, and died June\\n6, 1855, at the early age of 38\\nyears. He was the son of John\\nParsons, born at Newbury port,\\n(Mass., Oct. 2, 1782, and who was the\\nsonof Andrew Parsons, a Revolutionary\\nsoldier, who was the son of Phineas\\nParsons, the son of Samuel Parsons,\\na descendant of Walter Parsons, born\\nin Ireland in 1290.\\nOf this n.ime and family, some one liundred and\\nthirty years ago, Bishop Oilson remarked in his edi-\\ntion of Camden s Britannia: The honorable family\\nof Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of\\nViscounts and more lately Earls of Ross.\\nThe following are descendants of these families\\nSir John Parsons, born 1 481, was Mayor of Hereford;\\nRobert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Bridgewater,\\nEngland. He was educated at Ballial College, Ox-\\nford, and was a noted writer and defender of the\\nRomish faith. He established an English College at\\nRome and another at Valladolia. Frances Parsons,\\nborn in 1556, was Vicar of Rothwell, in Notingham;\\nBartholomew Parsons, born in 1C18, was another\\nnoted member of the family. In 1 634, Thomas Parsons\\nwas knighted by Charles i. Joseph and Benjamin,\\nbrothers, were born in Great Torrington, England,\\nand accompanied their father and others to New\\nP2ngland about 1630. Samuel Parsons, born at Salis-\\nbury, Mass., in 1707, graduated at Harvard College in\\n1730, ordained at Rye, N. H., Nov. 3, 1736, married\\nMary Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Boston,\\nOct. 9, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in\\nthe S3rd year of his ministry. The grandfatherof Mary\\nJones was Capt. John Adams, of Boston, grandson\\nof Henry, of Braintree, who was among the first set-\\ntlers of Massachusetts, and from whom a numerous\\nrace of the name are descended, including two Presi-\\ndents of the United States. The Parsons have be-\\ncome very numerous and are found throughout New\\nEngland, and many of the descedants are scattered\\nin all parts of the United States, and especially in\\nthe Middle and Western .States. Governor Andrew\\nParsons came to Michigan in 1S35, at the age of 17\\nyears, and spent the first summer at Lower Ann\\nArbor, where for a few months he taught school which\\nlie was compelled to abandon from ill health\\nHe was one of the large number of men of sterling\\nworth, who came from the East to Michigan when it\\nwas an infant State, or, even prior to its assuming\\nthe dignity of a State, and who, by their wisdom,\\nenterprise and energy, have developed its wonderful\\nnatural resources, until to-day it ranks with the [iroiid-\\nest States of the L nion. These brave men came to\\nMichigan with nothing to aid them in the conquest\\nof the wilderness save courageous hearts and strong\\nand willing hands. They gloriously on(|uered, iiow-\\never, and to them is due all honor for the labors\\nso nobly performed, for the solid and sure foundation\\nwliich they laid of a great Connnon wealth.\\n9\\nc-\\neA ^iiagnDf ^r9\\n^^.i^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "134 ANDREW FARSO.\\nV\\nIn the fall of 1835, he explored the Grand River\\nValley in a frail canoe, the whole length of the river,\\nfrom Jackson to Lake Michigan, and spent the following\\nwinter as clerk in a store at Prairie Creek, in Ionia,\\nCounty, and in the spring went to Marshall, where he\\nresided with his brother, the Hon. Luke H. Parsons,\\nalso now deceased, until fall, when he went to Shia-\\nw asseCounty,then with Clinton County, andan almost\\nunbroken wilderness and constituting one organized\\ntownship. In 1S37 his territory was organized into\\na county and, at the age of only 19 years, he (An-\\ndrew) was elected County Clerk. In 1840, he was\\nelected Register of Deeds, re-elected in 1842, and\\nalso in 1844. In 1846, he was elected to the State\\nSenate, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney in 1848,\\nand elected Regent of the University in 1851, and\\nLieutenant Governor, and became acting Governor,\\nin 1853, elected again to tlie Legislature in 1854, and,\\novercome by debilitated health, hard labor and the\\nresixjiisibilities of his office and cares of his business,\\nretired to his farm, where lie died soon after.\\nHe was a fluent and persuasive speaker and well\\ncalculated to make friends of his acquantances. He\\nwas always true to his trust, and the whole world\\ncould not persuade nor drive him to do what he con-\\nceived to be wrong. \\\\Vhen Governor, a most jxjwer-\\nful railroad influence was brought to bear upon him,\\nto induce him to call an extra session of the Legisla-\\nture. Meetings were held in all parts of the State\\nfor that purpose. In some sections the resolutions\\nwere of a laudatory nature, intending to make him do\\ntheir bidding by resort to friendly and flattering words.\\nIn other places the resolutions were of a demanding\\nnature, wliile in others they were threatening beyond\\nmeasure. Fearing that all these influences might\\nfail to induce him to call the extra session, a large\\nsum of money was sent him, and liberal offers ten-\\ndered him if he would gratify the railroad interest of\\nthe State and call the extra session, Init, immovable,\\nhe returned the money and refused to receive\\nany favois, whether from any party who would at-\\ntempt to corrupt him by laudations, liberal offers, or\\nby threats, and in a short letter to the people, after\\ngiving overwhelming reasons that no sensible man\\ncould dispute, showing the circumstances were not\\nextraordinary, he refused to call the extra session.\\nThis brought down the wrath of various parties upon\\nhis head, but they were soon forced to acknowledge\\nthe wisdom and the justice of his course. One of\\nhis greatest enemies said, after a long acquaintance\\nthough not always coinciding with his views I never\\ndoubted his honesty of purpose. He at all times\\nsought to perform his duties in strict accordance,\\nwith the dictates of his conscience, and the behests\\nof his oath. The following eulogium from a iX)litcaloi\\n[xinent is just in its conception and creditable to its\\nauthor: Gov. Parsons was a politician of the Dem-\\nocratic school, a man of pure moral character, fixed\\nand exemplary habits, and entirely blameless in every\\npublic and private relation of life. As a ixslitician he\\nwas candid, frank and free from bitterness, as an ex-\\necutive officer firm, constant and reliable. The\\nhighest commendations we can pay the deceased is\\nto give his just record, that of being an honest man.\\nIn the spring of 1854, during the administration of\\nGovernor Parsons, the Republican party, at least\\nas a State organization, was first formed in the United\\nStates under the oaks at Jackson, by anti-slavery\\nmen of both the old parties. Great excitement pre-\\nvailed at this time, occasioned by the settling of\\nKansas, and the issue thereby brought up, whether\\nslavery should exist there. For the purpose of permit-\\nting slaver) there, the Missouri compromise (which\\nlimited slavery to the south of 36 30 was re-\\nrepealed, under the leadership of Stephen A, Douglas.\\nThis was repealed by a bill admitting Kansas and\\nNebraska into the Union, as Territories, and those who\\nwere opposed to this repeal measure were in short\\ncalled anti-Nebraska men. The epithets, Ne-\\nbraska and anti-Nebraska, were temporally em-\\nployed to designate the slavery and anti-slavery\\nparties, pending the desolution of the old Democratic\\nand Whig parties ;ind the organization of the new\\nDemocratic and Republican parties of the present.\\nV^\\nA\\nSL/\\n1\\n./^^.S^^^fj\\n^n!i^tii]^^\\n4\u00c2\u00a5^^(^\\nr\\nA\\nMI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "^^riy^^t^\\n-r -^Il!l :iltlr r\\nr^H^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^^^M\\nt\\n1\\nV\\n5.\\ny\\nI\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n37 ^S\\nKlNSLElY BlNOHAM.\\nINSLEY S. KINGHAM,\\nW Governor of Michigan from\\n1855 to 1859, and United\\nStates Senator, was born in\\nCamillus, Onondaga County,\\nN. v., Dec. 16, 1808. His\\nfather was a farmer, and his own\\nearly hfe was consequently de-\\nvoted to agricultural pursuits, hut\\nnotwithstanding the disadvan-\\ntages related to the acquisition\\nof knowledge in the life of a farmer\\nhe managed to secure a good aca-\\ndemic education in his native State\\nand studied law in the office of\\nGen. James R. Lawrence, now of\\nSyracuse, N. Y. In the spring of\\n1S33, he married an estimable lady\\nwho had recently arrived from Scot-\\nland, and obeying the impulse of a\\nnaturally enterprising disposition,\\nhe emigrated to Michigan and\\npurchased a new farm in company\\nwith his brother-in-law, Mr. Robert\\nWorden, in Green Oak, Livingston County. Here, on\\nthe border of civilization, buried in the primeval for-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^K est, our late student commenced the arduous task of\\npreparing a future home, clearing and fencing, put-\\nting up buildings, etc., at such a rate that the land\\nchosen was soon reduced to a high state of cultivation.\\nBecoming deservedly prominent, Mr. Birighani was\\nelected to the office of Justice of the Peace and Post-\\nmaster under the Territorial government, and was the\\nfirst Probate Judge in the county. In the year 1S36,\\nwhen Michigan became a State, he was elected to the\\nfirst Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and\\nS[)eaker of the House of Representatives three years.\\nIn 1846 he was elected on the L^emocratic ticket, Rei\\nresentative to Congress, and was the only practical\\nfarmer in that body. He was never forgetful of the\\ninterest of agriculture, and was in i)articular opjwsed\\nto the introduction of Wood s Patent Cast Iron\\nPlow which he completely prevented. He was re-\\nelected to Congress in 1S48, during which time he\\nstrongly opposed the extension of slavery in the\\nterritory of the United States and was committed to\\nand voted for the Wilmot Proviso.\\nIn 1854, at the first organization of the Republican\\nparty, in consequence of his record in Congress as a\\nFree Soil Democrat, Mr. Bingham was nominated\\nand elected Governor of the State, and re-elected in\\n1856. Still faithful to the memory of his own former\\noccupation, he did not forget the farmers during his\\nadministration, and among other profits of his zeal in\\ntheir behalf, he became mainly instrumental in the\\nestablishment of the Agricultural College at Lansing.\\nIn 1859, Governor Bingham was elected Senator in\\nCongress and took an active part in the stormy cam-\\npaign in the election of Abraham Lincoln. He wit-\\nA\\n.1\\n^/;y\\nJL\\nii!i :nt]\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ncVx", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "T^^DD^DDf^r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:aJ^^iKr\\n-^t ^^fST\\nr 138\\nKINSLEY S. BINGHAM.\\nV\\ni\\nf\\nnessed the commencement of the civil war while a\\nmember of the United States Senate. After a com-\\nparatively short life of remarkable promise and pub-\\nlic activity he was attacked with apjxiplexy and died\\nsuddenly at his residence, in Green Oak, Oct. 5, :86i.\\nThe most noticable event in Governor Bingham s\\nfirst term was the completion of the ship canal, at the\\nFalls of St. Mary. In 1S52, Angust 26, an act of\\nCongress was ajiproved, granting to the State of Mich-\\nigan seven hundred and liity thousand acres of land\\nfor the purpose of constructing a ship canal between\\nLakes Huron and Superior. In 1853,1116 Legislature\\naccepted tire grant, and provided tor the appointment\\nof commissioners to select the donated lands, and to\\narrange for building the canal. A company of enter-\\nprising men was formed, and a contract was entered\\ninto by which it was arranged that the canal should\\nbe finished in two years, and the work was pushed\\nrapidly forward. Every article of consumption, ma-\\nchinery, working implements and materials, timber\\nfor the gates, stones for the locks, as well as men and\\nsupplies, had to be transported to the site of the canal\\nfrom Detroit, Cleveland, and other lake jxarts. The\\nrapids which had to be surmounted have a fall of\\nseventeen feet and are about one mile long. The\\nlength ol the canal is less than one mile, its width one\\nhundred feet, depth twelve feet and it has two locks\\nof solid masonary. In May, 1855, the work was com-\\npleted, accepted by the commissioners, and formally\\ndelivered to the State authorities.\\nThe disbursements on account of the construction\\nof the canal and selecting the lands amounted to one\\nmillion of dollars while the lands which were as-\\nsigned to the company, and selected through the\\nagency at the Sault, as well as certain lands in the\\nUpper and Lower Peninsulas, filled to an acre the\\nGovernment grant. Tlie opening of the canal was\\nan important event in the history of the improvement\\nof the State. It was a valuable link in the chain of\\nlake commerce, and particularly important to the\\ninterests of the Upper Peninsula.\\nThere were several educational, charitable and re-\\nformatory institutions inaugurated and opened during\\nGov. Bingham s administrations. The Michigan .Ag-\\nricultural College owes its establishment to a provision\\nof the State Constitution of 1850. .\\\\rticle 13 says.\\nThe Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, pro-\\nvide for the establishment of an agricultural school.\\nFor the purixjse of carying into practice this provision,\\nlegislation was commenced in 1855, and the act re-\\nquired that the school should be within ten miles of\\nLansing, and that not more than $15 an acre should\\nbe paid for the farm and college grounds. The col-\\nlege was opened to students in May, 1857, the first of\\nexisting argricultural colleges in the United States\\nUntil the spring of i86i,it was under the control\\nof the State Board of Education; since that time it\\nhas been under the management of the State Board\\n1\\nT\\n4\\nof .\\\\griculture, which was created for that purpose.\\nIn its essential features, of combining study and\\nlabor, and of uniting general and professional studies\\nin its course, the college has remained virtually un-\\nchanged from the first. It has a steady growth in\\nnumber of students, in means of illustration and\\nefficiency of instruction.\\nThe Agricultural College is three miles east of\\nLansing, comprising several fine buildings; and there\\nare also very beautiful, substantial residences for the\\nprofessors. There are also an extensive, well-filled\\ngreen-house, a very- large and well-equipped chemical\\nlaboratory, one of the most scientific apiaries in the\\nUnited States, a general museum, a meseum of me-\\nchanical inventions, another of vegetable products,\\nextensive barns, piggeries, etc., etc., in fine trim for\\nthe purposes designed. The farm consists of 676\\nacres, of which about 300 are under cultivation in a\\nsystematic rotation of crops.\\n.\\\\drian College was established by the Wesleyan\\nMethodists in 1859, now under the control of the\\nMethodist Church. The grounds contain about 20\\nacres. There are four buildings, capable of accom-\\nmodating about 225 students. Attendance in 1875\\nwas 179; total number of graduates for previous year,\\n121 ten professors and teachers are enqdoyed. Ex-\\nclusive of the endowment fund ($80,000), the assets\\nof the institution, including grounds, buildings, furni-\\nture, apparatus, musical instruments, outlying lands,\\netc., amount to more than $137,000.\\nHillsdale College was established in 1855 by the\\nFree Baptists. The Michigan Central College, at\\nSpring .\\\\rbor, was incorporated in 1845 It was kept\\nin operation until it was merged into the present\\nHillsdale College. The site comprises 25 acres,\\nbeautifully situated on an eminence in the western\\npart of the city of Hillsdale. The large and imix)s-\\ning building first erected was nearly destroyed by fire\\nin 1874, and in its place five buildings of a more\\nmodern style have been erected. They are of brick,\\nthree stories with basement, arranged on three sides\\nof a quadrangle. The size is, respectively, 80 by 80,\\n48 by 7 2, 48 bj 7 2, 80 by 60, 5 2 by 7 2, and they con-\\ntain one-half more room than the original buildnig.\\nThe State Reform School. This was established\\nat Lansing in 1855, in the northeastern ]X)rtion of the\\ncity, as the House of Correcuon for Juvenile Of-\\nfenders, having about it many of the features of a\\nprison. In 1859 the name was changed to the State\\nReform School. The government and dicipline, have ^S)\\nundergone many and radical changes, until all the I\\nprison features have been removed except those that\\nremain in the walls of the original structure, and\\nwhich remain only as monuments of instructive his-\\ntory. No bolts, bars or guards are employed. The\\ninmates are necessarily kept under the surveillance of\\nofficers, but the attempts at escape are much fewer\\nthan under the more rigid regime of former days.\\n1\\nV;\\n^Blli", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "-^^K 6v :nii ;0Ds T^\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n141\\ni\\ni\\ni-^\\ns\\nOSES WISNER. Governor of\\n1^ Michigan from 185910 1S61,\\nwas born in Springport, Cayu-\\nga Co., N Y., June 3, 1S15.\\nHis early education was only\\nwhat could be obtained at a\\njcommon scliool. Agricultural lal)or\\nand frugality of his parents gave\\nliim a pliysical constitution of unus-\\npS ual strength and endurance, which\\n1 was ever preserved by temperate hal)-\\nits. In 1837 he emigrated to Michi-\\nfi^ gan and purchased a farm in Lapeer\\nCounty It was new land and he at\\nonce set to work to clear it and plant\\ncrops. He labored diligently at his\\ntask for two years, when he gave up\\nthe idea of oeuig a farmer, and removed to Pontiac,\\nOakland Co. Here he commenced the study of law\\nin the office of his brother, George W. Wisner, and\\nRufus Hosmer In 1841 he was admitted to the bar\\nand estalilished himself in his new vocation at the\\nvillage of Lapeer. While there he was apppointed\\nby Gov. Woodbridge Prosecuting Attorney for that\\ncounty, in which capacity he accpiitted himself well\\nand gave promise of that eminence he afterward at-\\ntained in the profession. He remained at Lapeer but\\na short time, removing to Pontiac, where he iiecame\\na member of a firm and entered fully upon the\\npractice.\\nIn politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig\\nof the Henry Clay stamj), but with a decided anti-\\nslaver) bias. His practice l)ecoming extensive, he\\nlook little part in jiolitics until after the election of\\nMr. Pierce to the Presidency in 1852, when lie took an\\nactive part against slavery. As a lawyer he was a\\nman of great abilit), but relied less upon mere book\\nlearning than \\\\\\\\\\\\)on his native good sense. Liberal\\nand courteous, was he yet devoted to the interest of\\nhis client, and no facts escaped his attention or his\\nmemory which bore upon the case. He was no friend\\nof trickery or artifice in conducting a case As an ad-\\nvocate he had few equals, ^\\\\^^en fully aroused by the\\nmerits of his subject his eloquence was at once grace-\\nful and powerful His fancies supplied the most\\noriginal, the most [xainted illustrations, and his logic\\nbecame a battling giant under whose heavy blows the\\nadversary shrank and withered. Nature had be-\\nstowed upon him rare tjualities, and his powers as a\\npopular orator were of a high order.\\nOn the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of\\n1854, repealing the Missouri compromise and opening\\nthe Territories to slavery, he was among the foremost\\nin Michigan to denounce the shamful scheme. He\\nactively participated in organizing and consolidating\\nthe elements opposed to it in that State, and was a\\nmember of the popular gathering at Jackson, in July,\\n1854, which was the first formal Republican Conven-\\ntion held in the LTnited States. At this meeting the\\nname Republican was adopted as a designation of\\nthe new party consisting of Anti-slavery, Whigs,\\nLiberty men. Free Soil Democrats and all others op-\\nposed to the extension of slavery and favorable to its\\nexjjulsion from the Territories and the District of\\nColumbia. At this convention Mr. W. was urged to\\naccept the nomination for Attorney General of the\\n-^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2c^ ^^^^D n r iiiiv", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "-21^^^K^\\n5\u00c2\u00a7\\ns\\nI\\n142\\nT7-7 3nD^iinv sr\\nMOSES WISNF.R.\\nState, but declined. An entire State ticket was nom-\\ninated and at the annual election in November was\\nelected by an average majority of nearly 10,000.\\nMr. ^V. was enthusiastic in the cause and brought to\\nits support all his personal influence and talents. In\\nhis views he was bold and radical. He believed from\\nthe beginning that the ix)litical power of the slave-\\nholders would have to be overthrown before cpiiet\\ncould be secured to the country. In the Presidential\\ncanvass of 1856 he supjxjrted the Fremont, or Re-\\npublican, ticket. At the session of the Legislature of\\n1857 he was a candidate for LInited States Senator,\\nand as such received a very handsome support.\\nIn 1858, he was nominated for Governor of the\\nState by the Republican convention that met at De-\\ntroit, and at the subsequent November election was\\nchosen by a very large majority. Before the day of\\nthe election he had addressed the people of almost\\nevery county and his majority was greater even tliaii\\nthat of his jxjpular predecessor, Hon. K. S. Bingham.\\nHe served as Governor two years, from Jan. i, 1S59,\\nto Ian. I, 1861. His fust message to the Legislature\\nwas an able and statesman-like production, and was\\nread with usual favor. It showed that he was awake\\nto all the interests of the State and set fortli an en-\\nlightened State policy, that had its view of tlie rapid\\nsettlement of our uncultivated lands and the devel-\\nopment of our immense agricultural and mineral re-\\nsources. It was a document that reflected the highest\\ncredit uixDn the author.\\nHis term having expired Jan. i, 1861, he returned\\nto his home in Pontiac, and to the practice of his\\nprofession. There were those in the State who\\ncounselled the sending of delegates to the peace con-\\nference at Washington, but Mr. W. was opposed to all\\nsuch tennxjrizing expedients. His counsel was to\\nsend no delegate, but to prepare to fight.\\nAfter Congress had met and passed the necessary\\nlegislation he resoUed to take part in the war. In\\nthe spring and summer of 1862 he set to work to\\nraise a regiment of infantry, chiefly in Oakland\\nCounty, where he resided. His regiment, the 22d\\nMichigan, was armed and equipped and ready to\\nmarch in September, a regiment whose solid quali-\\nties were afterwards proven on many a bloody field.\\nCol. W s. commission bore the date of Sept. 8, 1862.\\nBefore parting with his family he made his will. His\\nregiment was sent to Kentucky and quartered at\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nCamp Wallace. He had at the breaking out of the\\nwar turned his attention to military studies and be-\\ncame proficient in the ordinary rules and discipline.\\nHis entire attention was now devoted to his duties.\\nHis treatment of his men was kind, though his disci-\\npHne was rigid. He possessed in an eminent degree\\nthe spirit of command, and had he li\\\\ cd he would\\nno doubt have distinguished himself as a good\\nofficer. He was imi)atient of delay and chafed at\\nbeing ke[)t in Kentucky where there was so little\\n[irospect of getting at the enemy. But life in camp,\\nso different from the one he had been leading, and\\niiis incessant labors, coupled witli that impatience\\nwhich was so natural and so general among the vol-\\nunteers in the early part of the war, soon made their\\ninfluence felt upon his health. He was seized with\\ntyphoid fever and removed to a private house near\\nLexington. Every care which medical skill or the\\nhand of friendship could bestow was rendered him.\\nIn the delirious wanderings of his mind he was dis-\\nciplining his men and urging them to be prepared for\\nan encounter with the enemy, enlarging ujx)n the jus-\\ntice of their cause and the necessity of their crush-\\ning the Rebellion. But tlie source of his most ix)ig-\\nnant gnet was the prospect of not being able to come\\nto a hand-to-hand encounter with the chivalry.\\nHe was proud of his regiment, and felt that if it could\\nfind the enemy it would cover itself witli glory, a\\ndistinction it afterward obtained, but nc t until Col W.\\nwas no more. The malady baffled all medical treat-\\nment, and on the 5th day of Jan., 1863, lie breathed\\nhis last. His remains were removed to Michigan and\\ninterred in the cemetery at Pontiac, where they rest\\nby the side of tlie brave Gen. Richardson, who re-\\nceived his mortal wound at the battle of Antietam.\\nCol. AV. was no adventurer, although he was doubtless\\nambitious of military renown and would have striven\\nfor it with characteristic energy. He went to the war\\nto defend and uphold the principles he had so much\\nat heart. Few men were more familiar than he with\\nthe causes and the underlying principles that led to\\nthe contest. He left a wife, who was a daughter of\\nGen. C. C. Hascall, of Flint, and four children to\\nmourn his loss. Toward them he ever showed the\\ntenderest regard. Next to his duty their love and\\nwelfare engrossed his thoughts. He was kind, gen-\\nerous and brave, and like thousands of others he\\nsleeps the sleep of the martyr for his country.\\nI\\nt^\\n,.1^\\nM m M^^ ^^m^\\n4^^^K", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "(g))f$\u00e2\u0082\u00ac4#^\\nGOVERNORS OF MfCHIGAN.\\n45\\n(h\\n5\\n5.\\ns\\n-s tet iOj\\n^^^^IL^v-aiS^^\\nt\\nUSTIN BLAIR, .overnor\\nP of Michigan from |:iii. 2,\\nij 1861, to Jan. 4, 1865, and\\nkown as the War (ioveriior, is\\nand illustration of the benifi-\\ncent influence of republican in-\\nstitutions, having inherited neith-\\ner fortune nor fame. He was born\\nin a log cabin at Caroline, Tomp-\\nkins Co., N. v., Feb. 8, 181 8.\\nHis ancestors came from Scot-\\nland in the time of (ieorge I, and\\nfor many generations followed the\\niVl y pursuit of agriculture. His father,\\nI George Blair, settled in Tompkins\\nCount) in 1S09, and felled the trees and erected the\\nfirst cabin in the county. The last 60 of the four-\\nscore years of his life were spent on that spot. He\\nmarried Rhoda Beackman, who now sleeps with him\\nin the soil of the old homestead. The first 17 years\\nof Mr. Blair s life were spent there, rendering his\\nfather what aid he could upon the farm. He then\\nspent a year and a half in Cazenovia Seminary |)re-\\nparing for college entered Hamilton College, in\\nClinton, prosecuted his studies until the mliklle of\\nthe junior year, when, attracted by the fame of Dr.\\nNott, he changed to Union College, from which he\\ngraduated in the class of 1839. Upon leaving col-\\nlege Mr. Blair read law two years in the office of Sweet\\nDavis, Oswego, N and was admitted to practice\\nin 1841, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat-\\nJS^^^\\nm\\ning in Jackson. During a temporary residence in\\nEaton Rapids, in 1842, he was elected Clerk of Eaton\\nCounty. At the close of the official term he returned to\\nJackson, and as a Whig, zealously espoused the cause\\nof Henry Clay in the campaign of 1844. He was chosen\\nRepresentative to the Legislature in 1845, at which\\nsession, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he\\nrendered valuable service in the revision of the gen-\\neral statutes also made an able support in favor of\\nabolishing the color distinction in relation to the elec-\\ntive franchise, and at the same session was active in\\nsecuring the abolition of capital punishment. In 1848\\nMr. Blair refused longer to affiliate with the Whig\\nparty, because of its refusial to endorse in convention\\nany anti-slavery sentiment. He joined the Free-soil\\nmovement, and was a delegate to their convention\\nwhich nominated Van Buren for President that year.\\nUpon the birth of the Republican party at Jackson,\\nin 1854, by the coalition of the Whig and Free-soil\\nelements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy with the\\nmovement, and acted as a member of the Committee\\non Platform. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney\\nof Jackson C^ounty in 1852 was chosen State Senator\\ntwo years later, taking his seat with the incoming Re-\\npublican administration of 1855, and holding the\\nposition of parliamentary leader in the Senate. He\\nwas a delegate to the National Convention which\\nnominated Abraham Lincoln in i860. Mr. Blair\\nwas elected (Governor of Michigan in i860, and re-\\nelected in 1862, faithfully and honorably discharging\\nthe .nrdunns Hiitio of the office during that most mo-\\ngniif^A^\\ni", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "146\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^Vc^^n n II II^ r^r^\\n-I^^Jf\\nAUSTIN BLAIR.\\nmentous and stormy (jeriod of the Nation s life. Gov.\\nBlair jxissessed a clear comprehension of the perilous\\nsituation from the inception of the Rebellion, and his\\nA, inaugural address foreshadowed the prompt executive\\npolicy and the administrative ability whicli charac-\\nterized his gubernatorial career.\\nNever perhaps in the history of a nation has a\\nbrighter example been Liid down, or a greater sacri-\\nfice been made, than that which distinguished Mich-\\nigan during the civil war. All, from the Wix Gov-\\nernor. down to the [xwrest citizen of the State, were\\nanimated with a patriotic ardor at once magniticiently\\nsublime and wisely directed.\\nVery early in 186 1 the coming struggle cast its\\nshadow over the Nation. Governor Blair, in liis mes-\\nsage to tlie Legislature in January of that year, dwelt\\nvery forcibly uix n the sad prospects of civil war; and\\nas forcibly pledged the State to support the principles\\nof the Republic, .\\\\fter a review of the conditions\\nof the State, he passed on to a consideration of the\\nrelations between the free and slave Stales of the\\nRepublic, saying: While we are citizens of the State\\nof Michigan, and as such deeply devoted to her in-\\nterests and honor, we have a still prouder title. We\\nare also citizeas of the United States of ,\\\\merica. By\\nthis title we are known among the nations of the earth.\\nIn remote quarters of the globe, where the names of\\nthe States are unknown, the flag of the great Republic,\\nthe banner of the stars and stri|)es, honor and protect\\nher citizens. In whatever concerns the honor, the\\nprosperity and the perpetuity of this great Govern-\\nment, we are deeply interested. The people of Mich-\\nigan are loyal to that Government faitliful to its con-\\nstitution and its laws. Under it they have had peace\\nand prosperity; and under it they mean to abide to\\nthe end. Feeling a just pride in the glorious history\\nof the past, they will not renounce the eipially glo-\\nrious hopes of the future. But they will rally around\\nthe standards of the Nation and defend its integrity\\nand. its constitution, with fidelity. The final para-\\ngraph being:\\nC^ I recommend you at an early day to make mani-\\ng^v^^?\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7#- ^^^r-\\nv^\\nfest to the gentlemen who represent this State in the\\ntwo Houses of Congress, and to the country, that\\nMichigan is loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and\\nthe laws and will defend them to the uttermost; and\\nto [iroffer to the President of the United States, the\\nwhole military jxiwer of the State for that purpose.\\nOh, for tiie firm, steady hand of a Washington, or a\\nJackson, to guide the ship of State in this perilous\\nstorm Let us hope that we will find him on tlie 4th\\nof March. Meantime, let us abide in the faith of our\\nfathers Liberty and Union, one and inseparable,\\nnow and forever.\\nHow this stirring appeal was responded to by the\\npeople of Michigan will be seen by the statement\\nthat the State furnished 88,1 II men during the war.\\nMoney, men, clothing and food were freely and abun-\\ndantly sufjplied by this State during all these years of\\ndarkness and blood shed. No State won a brighter 5\\nrecord for her devotion to our country than the Pen-\\ninsula State, and to Gov. Blair, more than to any\\nother individual is due the credit for its untiring zeal\\nand labors in the Nation s behalf, and for the heroism\\nmanifested in its defense.\\nGov. Blair was elected Representative to the\\nFortieth Congress, and twice re-elected, to the Forty-\\nfirst and Forty-second Congress, from the Third Dis-\\ntrict of Michigan. While a member of that body he\\nwas a strong supjX)rter of reconstruction measures,\\nand sternly opposed every form of repudiation. His\\nspeech uiwn the national finances, delivered on the\\nfloor of the House March 21, 1868, was a clear and\\nconvincing argument. Since his retirement from Con-\\ngress, Mr. Blair has been busily occupied with his ex-\\ntensive law practice. Mr. Blair married Sarah L.\\nFord, of Seneca County N. Y., in February, 1849.\\nTheir family consists of 4 sons George H., a law\\npartner of J. Gould Charles A., a law partner with\\nhir father and Fred. T- and Austin T. Blair, at home.\\nGovernor Blair s religion is of the broad type, and\\ncenters in the Golden Rule. In 18S3, Gov. Blair\\nA\\nwas nominated for Justice of the .Supreme Court\\nof the State by the Republican p.irty, but was defeated\\nJL\\n:Il!I5^nD^\\n..Ssj-f^^ys^\\nf^-^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "r^^^ crT^:nIl:t:Dll^ r\\nrrr\\nW\\nV\\ns\\nI\\nG^C VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n149\\nHENRY H. CBAPO\\n-^y\\nENRY ROWLAND CRAPO,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nvl Y 7 \u00c2\u00abt S^5 ^o 1869, was born May\\n^^wAv^Xwl^ 24, TS04, at Dartmouth, Bris-\\ntol Co., Mass., and died at\\nFlint, Mich., July 22, 1869.\\nHe was the eldest son of Jesse\\nand Phnche (Howland) Crapo.\\nHis father was of French descent\\nand was very poor, sustaining his\\nfamily hy the cultivation of a farm in\\nDartmouth township, which yielded\\nnothing beyond a mere livelihood.\\nHis early life was consequently one\\nof toil and devoid of advantages for\\nintellectual culture, but his desire for\\nan education seemed to know no bounds. The in-\\ncessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a compara-\\ntively sterile farm, had no charm for him and, longing\\nfor greater usefulness and better things, he looked for\\nthem in an education. His struggles to secure this\\nend necessitated sacrifices and hardships that would\\nhave discouraged any but the most courageous and\\npersevering. He became an ardent student and\\nworker from his boyhood, though the means of carry-\\ning on his studies were e.xceedingly limited. He\\nsorely felt the need of a dictionary; and, neither having\\nmoney wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to\\njjrocure one in his neighborhood, he set out to compile\\none for himself. In order to ac(iuire a knowledge of\\nthe English language, he copied into a book every\\nword wliose meaning lie did not cx)mprehend, and\\nupon meeting the same word again in the newspapers\\nand books, which came into his liands, from the\\ncontext, would then record the definition. Whenever\\nunable otiierwise to obtain the signification of a word\\nin whicli he had become interested he would walk\\nfrom Dartmoutli to New Bedford for that purpose\\nalone, and after referring to the books at the library\\nand satisfying himself tliorouglily as to its deiinition,\\nwould walk back, a distance of about seven miles,\\nthe same night. This was no unusual circumstance, /s\\nUnder such difficulties and in this manner he com-\\npiled cjuite an extensive dictionary in manuscni)t\\nwhich is believed to be still in existence.\\nEver in pursuit of knowledge, he obtained ixjsses- If,\\nsion of a book upon surveying, and applying himself\\ndiligently to its study became familiar with this art,\\nwhich he soon had an opportunity to (iractice. The\\nservices of a land surveyor were wanted, and he was\\ncalled upon, but had no compass and no money with\\nwhich to purchase one. A compass, however, he\\nmust and would have, and going to a blacksmith shop\\nnear at hand, ujxin the forge, with such tools as he\\ncould find in the shoi), while the smith was at dinner,\\nhe constructed the compass and commenced life as a\\nsurveyor. Still continuing his studies, he fitted him-\\nself for teaching, and took charge of the village school\\nat Dartmouth. When, in the course of time and un-\\nder the pressure of law, a high school was to be\\nopened, he passed a successful examination for its\\nprincipalship and received the appointment. To do\\nthis was no small task. The law reipiired a rigid\\nexamination in various subjects, which necessitated\\ndays and nights of study. One evening, after con-\\ncluding his day s labor of teaching, he traveled on foot\\nto New Bedford, some seven or eight miles, called\\nupon the preceptor of Friend s .\\\\cademy and passed\\n-^^il!l: lll]r\\nc^\\n4*s^3", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "m\\nMt\\nv^WMM^^^^^ 5^^=^\\n;^v^\\nr^sa\\n\u00c2\u00aevii\\nA\\ns\\nV\\nISO\\nHENRY HOWLAND CRAPO.\\na severe examination. Receiving a certificate that\\nhe was quahfied, lie walked back to his home the\\nsame night, highly elated in being possessed of the\\nacquirements and requirements ot a master of the\\nhigh school.\\nIn 1S32, at the age of 28 years, he left his native\\ntown and went to reside at New Bedford, where he\\nfollowed the occupation of land surveyor, and oc-\\ncasionally acted as an auctioneer. Soon after becom-\\ning a citizen of this place, he was elected Town Clerk,\\nTreasurer, and Collector of taxes, which office he held\\nuntil the municipal government was changed, about\\nfifteen years, when, upon the inauguration of the city\\ngovermiienl, he was elected Treasurer and Collector\\nof taxes, a position which he held two or three years.\\nHe was also Justice of the Peace for many years.\\nHe was elected Alderman of New Bedford was\\nChairman of Council Committee on Education, and\\nas such prepared a reiwrt upon which was based the\\norder for the establishment of the free Public Library\\nof New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crapo was\\ncho.ien a member of the Board of Trustees. This\\nwas the first free public library in Massachusetts, if\\nnot in the world. The Boston Free Library was es-\\ntablished, however, soon afterwards. While a resident\\nin New Bedford, he was much interested in horticul-\\nture, and to obtain the land necessary for carrying out\\nhis ideas he drainetl and reclaimed several acres of\\nrocky and swani|)y land adjoinin;.; his garden. Here\\nhe started a nursery, which he filled with almost every\\ndescription of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs,\\nflowers, etc. In this he was very successful and took\\ngreat pride. He was a regLilarcontributorto the New\\nEngland Horticultural Journal, a jxjsition he filled\\nas long as he lived iu Nlassachusetts. As an indica-\\ntion of the wide reputation he aci|uired in that field\\nof labor, it may l)e mentioned that after his death an\\naffecting eulogy to his memury was pronounced by the\\nPresident of the National Horticultural Society at its\\nmeeting in Philadelphia, in 1S69. During his resi-\\ndence in New Bedford, Mr. Crapo was also engaged\\nin the whaling business. fine barque built at Dart-\\nmouth, of which he was part owner, was named the\\nH. H. Crapo in compliment to him.\\nMr. C. also took part in the State Militia, and for\\nseveral years held a commission as Colonel of one of\\nthe regiments. He was President of the Bristol\\nCounty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and Secretary of\\nthe Bedford ommercial Insurance Company in New\\nBedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov-\\nernment hecoui piled and published, lietwcen the years\\n1836 and 1845, five numbers of the New Bedford\\nDirectory, the first work of the kind ever yiublished\\nthere.\\nMr. C. removed to Michigan in 1856, having been\\ninduced to do so by investments made principallv in\\nl)ine lands, first in 1837 and subsequently in 1S56.\\nHe took up his residence in the city of Flint, and en-\\ngaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber\\nat Flint, Fentonville, Holly and Detroit, becoming\\none of the largest and most successful business men\\nof the .State. He was mainly instrumental in the\\nconstruction of the Flint iV Holly R. R., and was\\nPresident of that corporation uniil its consolidation\\nwith the Flint iS; Pere Marquette R. R. Company.\\nHe was elected Mayor of that city after he had been\\na resident of the place only five tr six years. In\\n1862 he was elected State Senator. In the fall of\\n1864 he received the nomination on the Re| ublican\\nticket forCiovernor of the State, and was elected by a\\nlarge majority. He was re-elected in 1S66, holding\\nthe office two terms, and retiring in January, i86g,\\nhaving given the greatest satisfaction to all parties.\\nWhile serving his last term he was attacked with a\\ndisease which terminated his life within one year\\nafterwards. During much of this time he was an in-\\ntense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his\\nattention to public matters. A few weeks previous\\nto his death a successful surgical operation was per-\\nformed which seemed rapidly to restore him, but he\\noverestimated his strength, and Ijy too much exertion\\nin business n.atters and State affairs suffered arelapse\\nfrom which there was no rebound, and he died July\\nIn the earlv part of his life, Cov. Crapo affiliated\\nwith the hig party iu politics, but became an active\\nmember of the Republican party after its organization.\\nHe was a member of the Christian (sometimes called\\nthe Disciples Church, and took great interest in its\\nwelfare and prosperity.\\nMr. C. married, June 9, 1825, Mary Slocum,\\nof Dartmouth. His marriage took place soon after\\nhe hnd attained his majoritv, and before his struggles\\nwith fortune had been rewartled with any great meas-\\nure of success. But his wife was a woman of great\\nstrength of character and possessed of courage, hope-\\nfulness and devotion, qualities which sustained and\\nencouraged her husband in the various pursuits of\\nhis early years. For several years after his marriage\\nhe was engaged in teaching school, his wife living\\nwith her parents at the time, at whose home his two\\nolder children were liorn. While thus situated he\\nwas accustomed to walk home on Saturday to see\\nhis family, returning on Sunday in order to be ready\\nfor school Monday morning. As the walk fi)r a good\\nnart of the time was 20 miles each way, it is evident\\nthat at that period of his life no common obstacles\\ndeterred him from performing what he regarded\\nas a duty. His wife was none the less lonsci-\\nentious in her sphere, and with added resjjonsibilities\\nand increasing recpiirements she laliored faithfully\\nin ilie jierfonnance of all her duties. They had\\nten children, one son and nine daughters. His son,\\nHon. Wm. W. Crapo, of New Bedford, is now an\\nhonored Representative to Congress from the First\\nonuressional District of Massachusetts.\\nA\\n(7-\\nA^\u00c2\u00ae)!^^^f^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m^m^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": ".i ^CJ--^\\ni, Ateaa ffiiWa\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00ab", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "6V4^Dll^nil\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nIS3\\ne\\nI\\n4\\nf\\n5 r\\nAiDwnw,\\nM\\n1\\nENRV P. BALDWIN, (lov-\\nWi ernor ot Miclii ^iiu from Jan.\\nr.-a\\nW 1869, to Jan. I, 1873, IS a\\nt lineal descendant of Nathan-\\nJ\u00c2\u00bb iel Baldwin, a Puritan, of Buck-\\ninghamsliive, Eni^land, who set-\\ntled at Milford, Conn., in 1639.\\nHis father was John Baldwin,\\na graduate of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege. He died at North Provi-\\ndence, R. I., in 1826. His\\npaternal grandfather was Rev.\\nMoses Baldwin, a graduate of\\nPrinceton College, in 1757, and the\\nfirst who received collegiate hon-\\nors at that ancient and honored institution. He died\\nat Parma, Mass., in 1813, where for more than 50\\nyears he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church.\\nOn his mother s side Governor B. is descended from\\nRobert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Ro.x-\\nbury, Mass., about 1638. His mother was a daughter\\nof Rev. Nehemiah Williams, a graduate of Harvard\\nCollege, who died at Brimfield, Mass., in 1796, where\\ntor 21 years he was pastor of the Congregationalist\\nChurch. The subject of this sketch was born at\\nCoventry, R. 1., Feb. 22, 1814. He received a New\\nEngland common-school education until the age of\\n12 years, when, both his parents having died, he be-\\ncame a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He re-\\nmained there, employing his leisure hours in study,\\nf^\\\\ until 20 years of age.\\nAt this early period Mr. B. engaged in business on\\nhis own account. He made a visit to the West, in\\n1837, which resulted in his removal to Detroit in the\\nspring of 1838. Here he established a mercantile\\n((i) house which has been successfully conducted until\\nthe present time. Although he successfully conducted\\na large business, he has ever tal en a deep interest in\\nall things affecting the prosperity of the city and\\nState of his ado[)iion. He was for several years a\\nDirector and President of the Detroit Young Men s\\n.Society, an institution with a large library designed\\nfor the benefit of young men and citizens generally.\\nAn Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been\\nprominent in home matters connected with that de-\\nnomination. The large and flourishing parish of St.\\nJohn, Detroit, originated with Coverr.or Baldwin, who\\ngave the lot on which the parish edifice stands, and\\nalso contributed the larger share of the cost of their\\nerection. Governor B. was one of the foremost in\\nthe establishment of St. Luke s Hospital, and has\\nalways been a liberal contributor to moral and relig-\\nious enterprises whether connected with his own\\nChurch or not. There have been, in fact, but few\\npublic and social improvements of Detroit during the\\npast 40 years with which Governor B. s name is not\\nin some way connected. He was a director in the\\nMichigan State Bank until the expiration of its char-\\nter, and has been President of the Second National\\nBank since its organization.\\nIn i860, Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State\\nSenate, of Michigan during the years of i86i- 2 he\\nwas made Chairman of the Finance Committee, a\\nmember of Committee on Pianks and Incorporations,\\nChairman of the Select Joint Committee of the two\\nHouses for the investigation of the Treasury Depart-\\nment and the official acts of the Treasurer, and of\\nthe letting of the contract for the improvement of\\nSault St. Marie Ship Canal. He was first elected\\nGovernor in 1868 and was re-elected in 1870, serving\\nfrom 1869 to 1872, inclusive. It is no undeserved\\neulogy to say that Governor B. s happy faculty of es-\\ntimating the necessary means to an end the knowing\\nof how much effort or attention to bestow ajxin the\\nthing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform\\nC^\\nV)\\n^1\\n^:s i^^^\\njLi.\\n^mmw\\nc^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbi\\nl^^f", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "HENRY P. BALDWIN.\\n-^i^ sr\\nf\\nsuccess that has attended his efforts in all relations\\nof life. The same industry and accuracy that dis-\\ntinguished liim prior to this term as Governor was\\nmanifest in his career as the chief magistrate of the\\nState, and while his influence appears in all things\\nwith which he has liad to do, it is more noticeable in\\nthe most prominent position to which he was called.\\nWith rare exceptions the important commendations\\nof Governor B. received the sanction of the Legislat-\\nure. During his administration marked improve-\\nments were made in the charitable, penal and reforma-\\ntory institutions of the State. The State Public School\\nfor dependent children was founded and a permanent\\ncommission for the supervision of the several State\\ninstitutions. The initiatory steps toward building the\\nEastern Asylum for the Insane, the State House of\\nCorrection, and tlie establishment of the State Board\\nof Health were recommended by (lOvernor B. in liis\\nmessa_L;e of 1S73. The new State Capitol also owes\\nits origen to him. The appropriation for its erection\\nwas made upon his recommendation, and the contract\\nfor the entire work let under tliis administration.\\nGovernor B. also appointed tlie commissioners under\\nwhose faithful supervision the building was erected in\\na manner most satisfactory to the people of the State.\\nHe advised and earnestly urged at different times\\nsuch amendments of the constitution us would per-\\nmit a more equitable compensation to State officers\\nand judges. Thelawof 1S69, and prior also, permitting\\nmunicipahties to vote aid toward the construc-\\ntion of railroads was, in 1S70, declared unconstitu-\\ntional by the Supreme Court. Many of the munici-\\npalities having in the meantime issued and sold their\\nbonds in good faith. Governor B, felt that the honor\\nand credit of the State were in jeopardy. His sense\\nof justice impelled him to call an extra session of the\\nLegislature to propose the submission to the peoiile a\\nconstitutional amendment, autliorizing the payment\\nof such bonds as were already in the hands of /hwa-\\nfidc holders. In his special message he says The\\ncredit of no State stands higher than that of Michigan,\\nand the peojile can not afford, and I trust will not\\nconsent, to have lier good name tarnished by the repu-\\ndiation of either legal or moral obligations. A spe-\\ncial session was called in March, 1872, principally for\\nthe division of the State into congressional districts.\\nA number of other important suggestions were made,\\nhowever, and as an evidence of the Governor s la-\\nborious and thouglnful care for tlie financial condition\\n^^dh:\\nj)\\nof the State, a series of tables was prepared and sub-\\nmilted by him showing, in detail, estimates of receipts,\\ne.\\\\[)enditures and appropriations for the years 1872 to\\n1S78, inclusive. Memorable of Governor B. s admin-\\nistration were the devastating fires which swept over\\nmany jxartions of the Northwest in the fall of 1871.\\nlarge part of the city of Chicago having been re-\\nduced to ashes. Governor B. promptly issued a proc-\\nlamation calling upon the people of Michigan for\\nliberal aid in behalf of the afflicted city. .Scarcely had\\ntliis been issued when several counties in his State\\nwere laid waste by the same destroying element.\\nsecond call was made asking assistance for the suf-\\nfering people of Michigan. The contributions for\\nthese objects were prompt and most liberal, more than\\n$700,000 having been received in money and supplies\\nfor the relief of Michigan alone. So ample were\\ntiiese contributions during the short period of about\\n3 months, that the Governor issued a proclamation\\nexpressing in behalf of the people of the State grate-\\nful acknowldgment, and announcing that further\\naid was unnecessary.\\nGovernor B. has traveled extensively in his own\\ncountry and has also made several visits to Europe\\nand other portions of the Old World. He was a ])as-\\nsenger on the .Steamer Arill, which was cajjtured and\\nbonded in the Carribean Sea, in December, 1862, by\\nCapt. Semmes, and wrote a full and interesting ac-\\ncount of the transaction. The following estimate of\\nGovernor B. on his reticement from office, by a leading\\nnews))aper, is not overdrawn: The retiring message\\nof Governor B., will be read with interest. It is\\na characteristic document and possesses the lucid\\nstatement, strong, and clear practical sense, which\\nhave been marked features of all preceding documents\\nfrom the same source. Governor B. retired to private\\nlife after four years of unusually successful adminis-\\ntration amid plaudits that are universal thioughout the\\nState. For many years eminent and capable men\\nhave filled the executive chair of this State, but in\\npainstaking vigilance, in stern good sense, in genuine\\npublic spirit, in thorough integrity and in practical\\ncapacity, Henr) P. Baldwin has shown himself to be\\nthe peer of any or all of them. The State has been un-\\nusually prosperous during his two terms, and the Stale\\nadministration has fully kept pace with the needs of\\nthe times. The retiring Governor has fully earned\\nthe public gratitude and confidence which he to-day\\n[Assesses to such remarkable degree.\\nV", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "-cwfSS\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0it.\\nAt^eh^^^if^-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "BH\\nGO VF.RNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nrJ^\\n4^t^((\u00c2\u00aevii\\n57\\nOHN JUDSON BAGLEY,\\nK Governor of Michigan from\\n1 8- 3 to 1 87 7 was born in\\nMedina, Orleans Co., N. Y.,\\nJuly 24, 1 832. His father, John\\nBagley, was a native of New\\nHampshire, his mother, Mary M.\\nBagley, of Connecticut. He at-\\ntended the district school of Lock-\\nport, N. Y., until he was eight years\\nold, at which time his father moved\\nto Constantine, Midi., and he at-\\ntended the common schools of that\\nvillage. His early experience was\\nlike that of many country boys whose\\nparents removed from Eastern States\\nto the newer portion of the West.\\nHis father being in very poor circum-\\nstances, Mr. B. was obliged to work\\nas soon as he was able to do so.\\nLeaving school when 13 years of age\\nhe entered a country store in Constan-\\ntine as clerk. His father then re-\\nmoved toOwosso, Mich.,and he again\\nj engaged as clerk in a store From\\nearly youth Mr. B. was extravagantly fond of reading\\nand devoted every leisure moment to the perusal of\\nsuch books, papers and periodicals as came within\\nhis reach. In 1847, he removed to Detroit, where he\\nsecured employment in a tobacco manufactory and\\nremained in this position for about five years.\\nIn 1853, he began business for himself in the man-\\nufacturing of tobacco. His establishment has become\\none of the largest of the kind in the West. Mr. B.\\nhas also been greatly interested in other manufactur-\\ning enterprises, as well as in mining, banking and in-\\nsurance corporations. He was President of the\\nDetroit Safe Company for several years. He was one\\nof the organizers of the Michigan Mutual Life Insur-\\nance Company of Detroit, and was its President from\\n1867 to 1872. He was a director of the Amer-\\nican National Bank for many years, and a stock-\\nholder and director in various other corporations.\\nMr. B. was a member of the Board of Education two\\nyears, and of the Detroit Common Council the same\\nlength of time. In TS65 he was ap[)ointed by Gover-\\nnor Crapo one of the first commissioners of the\\nMetropolitian police force of the city of Detroit, serv-\\ning six years. In November, 1872, he was elected\\nGovernor of Michigan, and two years later was re-\\nelected to the same office, retiring in January, 1877.\\nHe was an active worker in the Republican party, and\\nfor many years was Chairman of the Republican\\nState Central committee.\\nGovernor Bagley was quite liberal in his religious\\nviews and was an attendant of the Unitarian Church.\\nHe aimed to be able to hear and consider any new\\nthought, from whatever source it may come, but was not\\nbound by any religious creed or formula. He held\\nin respect all religious opinions, believing that no one\\ncan be injured by a firm adherence to a faith or de-\\nnomination. He was married at Dubuque, Iowa, Jan.\\n16, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry, daughter of Rev.\\nSamuel Newberry, a pioneer missionary of Michigan,\\nwho took an active part in the early educational mat-\\nters of the State and in the establishment of its ex-\\ncellent system of education. It was principally\\nV\\nt\\n^7K-^iiii^:iiaf\\n-XZ-Zli.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^mi", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "Z^^^iS-\\nwmm 7-\\n/N\\nS8\\nJOHiV J. BAGLEY.\\nTaiJ^^Wr\\nthrough his exertions that the State University was\\nfounded. Mr. B. s family consists of seven children.\\nAs Governor his administration was charac-\\nterized by several important features, chief among\\nwhich were his efforts to improve and make pojiular\\nthe educational agencies of the State by increasing\\nthe faculty of the University for more thorough in-\\nstruction in technicalstudies,bystrengthening the hold\\nof the Agricultural College ujxjn the public good will\\nand making the general change which has manifested\\nitself in many scattered primary districts. Among\\nothers were an almost complete revolution in the\\nmanagement of the penal and charitable institutions\\nof the State; the passage of the li(iL\\\\or-tax law, taking\\nthe place of the dead letter of prohibition; the estab-\\nlishing of the system of dealing with juvenile offend-\\ners through county agents, which lias proved of great\\ngood in turning the young back from crime and plac-\\ning the State in the attitude of a moral agent in se-\\ncuring for the militia the first time in the history of\\nMichigan a systematized organization ujxin a service-\\nable footing. It was w\\\\yo\\\\\\\\ the suggestion of Gov. B.\\nin the earlier part of his administration that the law\\ncreating the State Board of Health, and also the law\\ncreating a fish commission in the inland waters of the\\nSlate, were passed, both of which have proved of great\\nbenefit to the State. The successful representation\\nof Michigan at the Centennial Exhibition is also an\\nhonorable part of the record of Gov. B. s adminis-\\ntration.\\nAs Governor, he felt that he represented the State\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094not in a narrow, egotistical way, but in the same\\nsense that a faithful, trusted, confidential agent rep-\\nresents his employer, and as the Executive of the\\nState he was her attorney in fact. And his intelli-\\ngent, thoughtful care will long continue the pride of\\nthe people he so much loved. He was ambitious\\nambitious for place and power, as every noble mind\\nis ambitious, because these give opportunity. How-\\never strong the mind and powerful the will, if there\\nbe no ambition, life is a failure. He was not blind to\\nthe fact that the more we have the more is required\\nof us. He accepted it in its fullest meaning. He\\nhad great hopes for his State and his country. He had\\nhis ideas of what they should be. With a heart as\\nbroad as humanity itself; with an intelligent, able and\\ncultured brain, the will and the power to do, lie\\nasked his fellow citizen to give him the opportunity to\\nlabor for them. Self entered not into the calculation.\\nHis whole life was a battle for others; and he entered\\nthe conflict eagerly and hopefully.\\nHis State papers were models of compact, busi-\\nness-like statements, bold, original, and brimful of\\npractical suggestions, and his admitiistrations will long\\nbe considered as among the ablest in this or any\\nother State.\\nHis noble, generous nature made his innumerable\\nbenefactions a source of continuous pleasure. Liter-\\nally, to him it was more blessed to give than to\\nreceive.\\nHis greatest enjoyment was in witnessing the com-\\nfort and happiness of others. Not a tithe of his char-\\nities were known to his most intimate friends, or even\\nto his family. Many a needy one has been the recipi-\\nent of aid at an opportune moment, who never knew\\nthe hand that gave.\\nAt one time a friend had witnessed his ready re-\\nsponse to some charitable request, and said to him\\nGovernor, you give away a large sum of money about\\nhow much does your charities amount to\\nyear\\nV S\\n9\\nHe turned at once and said: I do not know, sir; I\\ndo not allow myself to know. hope I gave more\\nthis year than I did last, and hope I shall give more\\nnext year than I have this. This expressed his idea\\nof charity, that the giving should at all times be free\\nand spontaneous.\\nDuring his leasure hours from early life, and espe- (J,)\\ncially during the last few years, he devoted much time\\nto becoming acquainted with the best authors. Bio^-\\nra])hy was his delight; the last he read was the Life\\nand Work of John Adams, in ten volumes.\\nIn all questions of business or public affairs he\\nseemed to have the power of getting at the kernel of\\nthe nut in the least possible time. In reading he\\nwould spend scarcely more time with a volume than\\nmost persons would devote to a chapter. After what\\nseemed a oirsory glance, he would have all of value\\nthe book contained. Rarely do we see a business\\nman so familiar with the best English authors. He\\nwas a generous and intelligent patron of the arts, and\\nhis elegant home was a study and a pleasure\\nto his many friends, who always found there a\\nhearty welcome. At Christmas time he would spend\\ndays doing the work of Santa Claus. Every Christmas\\neve he gathered his children about him and, taking\\nthe youngest on his lap, told some Cliristmas story,\\nclosing the entertainment with The Night Before\\nChristmas, or Dickens s Christmas Carol.\\n0 fl WO^^\\n-\u00c2\u00abf^^K \u00c2\u00abl\\nf", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "-^i^K 6v^iip^nns\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n^aji^ ijs\\ni6i\\nt\\n3\\nt\\nLsj. i\u00c2\u00bbs,a!t5\u00c2\u00bb ^-5 Zra7rav.c\\nCHARLES M. CROSWELL.\\n^iW\\nHARLES M. CROSWELL,\\nft}_ Governor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1877 to Jan. i, 1881,\\n_ was born at Newburg, Orange\\n^0t^ County, N. V., Oct. 31, 1825.\\n^sf/ He is the only son of John and\\nSallie (Hicks) Croswell. His\\nfather, who was of Scotch-Irish\\nextraction, was a jjaper-maker,\\nj\\\\ and carried on business in New\\n1^ York City. His ancestors on\\nhis mother s side were of Knicker-\\nbocker descent. The Croswell\\nfamily may be found connected\\nwith prominent events, in New York\\nand Connecticut, in the early exis-\\ntence of the Republic. Harry Cros-\\nwell, during the administration of\\nl|ti] President Jefferson, published a pa-\\nper called the Balatue, and was\\nprosecuted for libeling the President\\nunder the obno.\\\\ious Sedition Law.\\nHe was defended by the celebrated\\nI Alexander Hamilton, and the decis-\\nion of the case establised the important ruling that\\nthe truth might be shown in cases of libel. Another\\nmember of the family was Edwin Croswell, the fam-\\nous editor of the Albany Argus also. Rev. William\\nCroswell, noted as a divine and poet.\\nWhen Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age,\\nhis father was accidentally drowned in the Hudson\\nRiver, at Newburg and, within three months preced-\\ning that event, his mother and only sister had died,\\nthus leaving him the sole surviving member of the\\nfamily, without fortune or means. Upon the death\\nU 1\\nof his father he went to live with an uncle, who, in\\n1837, emigrated with him to Adrain, Michigan. At\\nsixteen years of age, he commenced to learn the car-\\npenter s trade, and worked at it very diligently for\\nfour years, maintaining iiimself, and devoting his spare\\nlime to reading and the acquirement of knowledge.\\nIn 1846, he began the study of law, and was ap-\\npointed Deputy Clerk of Lenawee County. The du-\\nties of this office he performed four years, when he\\nwas elected Register of Deeds, and was re-elected\\nin 1852. In 1854, he took i)art in the first movements\\ntor the formation of the Republican party, and was a\\nmember and Secretary of the convetion held at Jack-\\nson in that year, which put in the field the first Re-\\npublican State ticket in Michigan. In 1855, he\\nformed a law partnership with the present Chief-Jus-\\ntice Cooley, which continued until the removal of\\nJudge Cooley to Ann Arbor.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Croswell was appointed City Attorney\\nof .Adrian. He was also elected Mayor of the city\\nin the spring of the same year and in the fall was\\nchosen to represent Lenawee County in the State\\nSenate. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1864,\\nand again in 1866, during each term filling the [wsi-\\ntions above mentioned. Among various reports made\\nby him, one adverse to the re-establishment of the\\ndeath penalty, and another against a proposition to\\npay the salaries of State officers and judges in coin,\\nwhicli then commanded a very large premium, may\\nbe mentioned. He also drafted the act ratifying the\\nThirteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution,\\nfor the abolishment of slavery, it being the first\\namendment to the instrument ratified by Michigan.\\nIn 1863, from his seat in the State Senate, he de-\\nlivered an elaboiate s])eech in favor of the I roclama-\\nA\\nc^:-\\nrp\\nt /t\\n.^m^^^^\\nu^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^mm\\\\i^\\nA.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "(hj\\n%i\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^V ^|]Il\u00c2\u00a7IlIlv\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\nCHARLES M. CRO SWELL.\\nr^^\\n-4^^^\\ntion of Emancipation issued by President Lincoln,\\nand of his general policy in the prosecution of the\\nwar. This, at the request of his Republican associ-\\nates, was afterwards published. In 1867, he was\\nelected a member of the Constitutional Convention,\\nand chosen its presiding officer. This convention\\nwas composed of an able body of men and though,\\nin the general distrust of constitutional changes\\nwhich for some years had been taking possession of\\nthe people, tlieir labors were not accepted liy the pop-\\nular vote, it was always conceded tliat the constitu-\\ntion they proposed had been prepared with great care\\nand skill.\\nIn 1868, Mr. Croswell was chosen an Elector on\\nthe Republican Presidential ticket; in 1872, was\\nelected a Representative to the State Legislature\\nfrom Lenawee County, and was chosen Speaker of\\nthe House of Representatives. At the close of the\\nsession of that body his abilities as a parliamentarian,\\nand the fairness of his rulings were freely and form-\\nally acknowledged by his associates and he was pre-\\nsented with a superb collection of their [XDrtraits\\nhandsomely framed. He was, also, for several years,\\nSecretary of the State Board for the general supervis-\\nion of the charitable and penal institutions of Michi-\\ngan in which position, his propositions for the amel-\\nioration of the condition of the unfortunate, and the\\nreformation of the criminal classes, signalize the be-\\nnevolence of his nature, and the practical character\\nof his mind.\\nIn 1876, the general voice of the Republicans of\\nthe State indicted Mr. Croswell as their choice for\\nGovernor; and, at the State Convention of the party\\nin August of the same year, he was put in nomination\\nby acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. At\\nthe election in November following, he was chosen to\\nthe high position for which he had been nominated,\\nby a very large majority over all opposing candidates.\\nHis inaugural message was received with general\\nfavor; and his career as Governor was marked with\\nthe same qualities of head and heart that have ever\\ndistinguished him, both as a citizen and statesman.\\nGovernor Groswell has always prepared his ad-\\ndresses with care and, as his diction is terse, clear,\\nand strong, without excess of ornament, and his de-\\nlivery impressive, he is a popular speaker; and many\\nof his speeches have attracted favorable comment in\\nthe public prints, and have a permanent value. He\\nhas always manifested a deep interest in educational\\nmatters, and was foryears a member and Secretary of\\nthe Board of Education of Adrain. At the formal\\nopening of the Central School building in that city,\\non the 24lh day of .\\\\pril, 1869, he gave, in a public\\naddress, an Historical Sketch of the Adrian Public\\nSchools.\\nIn his private life. Governor Croswell has been as\\nexemplary as in his public career he has been suc-\\ncessful and useful. In February, 1852, he was mar-\\nried to a daughter of Morton Eddy, Lucy M. Eddy,\\na lady of many amiable and sunny qualities. She\\nsuddenly died, March 19, 1868, leaving two daugh-\\nters and a son. Governor Croswell is not a member\\nof any religious body, but generally attends the Pres-\\nbyterian Church. He pursues the profession of law,\\nbut of late has been occupied mainly in the care of his\\nown interests, and the quiet duties of advice in\\nbusiness difficulties, for which his unfailing pru-\\ndence and sound judgment eminently fit him. Gov-\\nernor Croswell is truly popular, not only with those of\\nlike political faith with himself, but with those who\\ndiffer from him in this regard.\\nDuring Gov. Croswell s administration the public\\ndebt was greatly reduced; a policy adopted requiring\\nthe State institutions to keep within the limit of ap-\\npropriations; laws enacted to provide more effectually\\nfor the punishment of corruption and bribrery in elec-\\ntions; the State House of Correction at Ionia and the\\nEastern Asylum fortlie Insane at Pontiac were opened,\\nand tlie new capital at Lansing was completed and\\noccupied. The first act of his second term was to pre-\\nside at the dedication of this buildii^g The great riot\\nat Jackson occured during his administration, and it\\nwas only bv his promptness that great distruction of\\nboth life and propevh 1 -.wented at tha time.\\n8^\\n(7^:\\n\\\\f\\\\^^^k^\\n-ss^jg^jjel", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "J", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rz^^^ ^^-T^^nn^iiii^v^\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nJ\\ns\\n.Ji^fp\\nDAVID H. JEROME, Gover-\\nLnor of from Jan. i, 1881, to\\nJan. I, 1883, was born at De-\\ntroit, Mich., Nov. 17, 1829.\\nHis parents emigrated to\\nMichigan from Trumansburg,\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., in 1828,\\nlocating at Detroit. His father\\ndied March 30, 1831, leaving\\nnine children. He had been\\ntwice married, and four of the\\nchildren living at the time of his\\ndeath were grown up sons, the off-\\nspring of his first union. Of the\\nfive children by his second marriage, David H. was\\nthe youngest. Shortly after Mr. Jerome s death, his\\nwidow moved back to New York and settled in\\nOnondaga County near Syracuse, where they remained\\nuntil the fall of 1S34, the four sons by the first wife\\ncontinuing their residence in Michigan. In the fall\\nof 1834, Mrs. Jerome came once more to Michigan,\\nlocating on a farm in St. Clair County. Here the\\nGovernor formed those habits of industry and ster-\\nling integrity that iiave been so characteristic of the\\nman in the active duties of life. He was sent to the\\ndistrict school, and in the acquisition of the funda-\\nmental branches of learning he displayed a precocity\\nand an application which won for him the admiration\\nof his teachers, and always placed him at the head\\nof his classes. In the meantime he did chores on\\nthe farm, and was always ready with a cheerful heart\\nand willing hand to assist his widowed mother. The\\nV heavy labor of the farm was carried on by his two\\nolder brothers, Timothy and George, and when 13\\nyears of age David received his mother s permission to\\nattend school at the St. Clair Academy. While attend-\\ning there he lived with Marcus H. Miles, now de-\\nceased, doing chores for his board, and the following\\nwinter performed the same service for James Ogden,\\nalso deceased. The next summer Mrs. Jerome\\nmoved into the village of .St. Clair, for the puriX)seof\\ncontinuing her son in school. While attending said\\nacademy one of his associate students was Sena-\\ntor Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, a rival candidate\\nbefore the gubernatorial convention in 1880. He\\ncompleted his education in the fall of his i6th year,\\nand the following winter assisted his lirother Timothy\\nm hauling logs in the pine woods. The next summer\\nhe rafted logs down the St. Clair River to .Algonac.\\nIn 1847, M. H. Miles being Clerk in St. Clair Coun-\\nty, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David\\nH. Jerome was apix)inted Deputy to each, remaining\\nas such during 1848-49, and receiving much praise\\nfrom his employers and the people in general for the\\nability displayed in the discharge of his duties. He\\nspent his summer vacation at clerical work on board\\nthe lake vessels.\\nIn 1849-50, he abandoned office work, and for the\\nproper development of his physical system spent\\nseveral months hauling logs. In the spring of 1850,\\nhis brother Tiff and liimself chartered the steamer\\nCliautauqua, and Young Dave Ijccame her mas-\\nter. A portion of the season the boat was engaged\\nin the passenger and freight traffic between Port\\nHuron and Detroit, but during the Litter part was\\nused as a tow boat. At that time there was a serious\\nobstruction to navigation, known as the St. Clair\\nFlats, between Lakes Huron and Erie, over which\\nA\\nJSgSfl\\n^4s\u00c2\u00bb-\\n@!A ^n!i^iii]ii\\nr i-\u00c2\u00a3^^^-\\n^^3?\\nm^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "DAVID H. JEROME.\\nvessels could carry only about 10,000 bushels of grain.\\ntMr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels\\nfrom one lake to the other, and put his plan into\\nI operation. Through the inlluence of practical men,\\nI among them the subject of this sketch, Congress\\nremoved the obstruction above referred to, and now\\nvessels can pass them laden with 60,000 or 80,000\\nbushels of grain.\\nDuring the season, the two brothers succeeded\\nin making a neat little sum of money by the sum-\\nmer s work, but subsequently lost it all on a contract\\nto raise the Gen. Scott, a vessel that had sunk in\\nLake St. Clair. David H. came out free from debt,\\nbut possessed of hardly a dollar of capital. In the\\nspring of 185 i, he was clerk and acting master of the\\nsteamers Franklin Moore and Ruby, plying be-\\ntween Detroit and Port Huron and Goderich. The\\nfollowing year he was clerk of the propeller Prince-\\nton. running between Detroit and Buffalo.\\nIn January, 1853, Mr. Jerome went to California,\\nby way of the Isthmus, and enjoyed extraordinary\\nsuccess in selling goods in a new place of his selec-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y\u00e2\u0080\u0094r tion, among the mountains near Marysville He re-\\nmained there during the summer, and located the\\nS Live Yankee Tunnel Mine, which has since yielded\\nmillions to its owners, and is still a paying investment.\\nV He planned and put a tunnel 600 feet into the mine,\\nbut when the water supply began to fail with the dry\\nseason, sold out his interest. He left in the fall of\\n1853, and in December sailed from San Francisco for\\nNew York, arriving at his home in St. Clair County,\\nabout a year after his departure. During his absence\\nhis brother Tiff had located at Saginaw, ana in\\n1854 Mr. Jerome joined him in his lumber operations\\nin the valley. In 1855 the brothers bought Black-\\nmer Eaton s hardware and general supply stores,\\nat Saginaw, and David H. assumed the management\\nof the business. From 1855 to 1873 he was also ex-\\ntensively engaged in lumbering operations.\\nSoon after locating at Saginaw he was nominated\\nfor Alderman against Stewart B. Williams, a rising\\nyoung man, of strong Democratic principles. The\\nward was largely Democratic, but Mr. Jerome was\\nelected by a handsome majority. When the Repub-\\nlican party was born at Jackson, Mich., David H.\\noi^ Jerome was, though not a delegate to the convention,\\none of its charter members. In 1862, he was com-\\nmissioned by Gov. Austin Blair to raise one of the\\n(Q^\\nsix regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan.\\nMr. Jerome immediately went to work and held\\nmeetings at various points. The zeal and enthusiasm\\ndisplayed by this advocate of the Union awakened a\\nfeeling of patriotic interest in the breasts of many\\nbrave men, and in a short space of time the 23d\\nRegiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry was placed\\nin the field, and subsequently gained for itself a bril-\\nliant record.\\nIn the fall of 1862, Mr. Jerome was nominated by\\nthe Republican party for .State Senator from the 26th\\ndistrict, Appleton Stevens, of Bay City, being his op-\\nponent. The contest was vejy exciting, and resulted\\nin the triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was\\ntwice renominated and elected both times by in-\\ncreased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay\\nCity, and Dr. Cheseman, of Gratiot County. On tak-\\ning his seat in the Senate, he was appointed Chair-\\nman of the Committee on State Affairs, and was ac-\\ntive in raising means and troops to carry on the war.\\nHe held the same position during his tliree terms of\\nservice, and introduced the bill creating the Soldiers\\nHome at Harper Hospital, Detroit.\\nHe was selected by Gov. Crapo as a military aid,\\nand in 1865 was appointed a member of the State\\nMilitary Board, and served as its President for eight\\nconsecutive years. In 1873, he was apjxjinced by\\nGov. Bagley a member of the convention to prepare\\na new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the\\nCommittee on Finance.\\nIn 1875, Mr. Jerome was appointed a member of\\nthe Board of Indian Commissioners. In I876 he was\\nChairman of a commission to visit Chief Joseph, the\\nNez Perce Indian, to arrange an amicable settlement\\nof all existing difficulties. The commission went to\\nPortland, Oregon, thence to the Blue Hills, in Idaho,\\na distance of 600 miles up the Columbia River.\\nAt the Republican State Convention, convened at\\nlackson in August, 1880, Mr. Jerome was placed in\\nthe field for nomination, and on the 5th day of the\\nmontii received the highest honor the convention\\ncould confer on any one. His opponent was Freder-\\nick M. Holloway, of Hillsdale County, who was sup-\\n]X)rted by the Democratic and Greenback jiarties.\\nDie State was tlioroughly canvassed by both parties,\\nand when the polls were closed on the evening of\\nelection day, it was found that David H. Jerome had\\nbeen selected by the voters of the Wolverine State to\\noccupy the highest position within their gift.\\nv|)\\nA\\nr\\ni|-V^))e\u00c2\u00a7^*K\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^DD^nti^^\\n-Ir^-\\n^^p^\\n-?^r?^\\nm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": ".-hs-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "fs^m\\n^^r^^^^ :^^s:: 6-v^im^nn^ r\\nGOVERNORS OF \\\\TICHIGAN\\n(0\\nfe\\nm\\nOSIAH \\\\S. BEGOLE, the\\npresent (1883), tiovernor of\\nMichigan was born in Living-\\nston, County, N. Y., Jan. 20,\\n1 81 5. His ancestors were of\\nFrench descent, and settled at\\nan early period in the State of\\nMaiyland. Hisgrandtather,Cai)t.\\nBolles, of that State, was an offi-\\ncer in the American army during\\n|l the war of the Revolution. About\\ni ij the beginning of the present cent-\\nury both his grandparents, having\\nlecome dissatisfied with the insti-\\ntution of slavery, although slave-\\nholders themselves, emigrated to\\nLivingston County, N. Y., then\\na new country, taking with them a\\nnumber of their former slaves, who\\nvolunteered to accompany them.\\nHis father was an officer in the\\nAmerican army, and served during\\nthe war of 1S12.\\nMr. B. received his early education in a log schuul-\\nhouse, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill\\nAcademy, at Geneseo, N. Y. Being the eldest of a\\nfamily of ten children, whose parents were in moder-\\nate though comfortable circumstances, he was early\\ntaught habits of industry, and when 21 years of age,\\nbeing ambitious to better his condition in life, he re-\\nsolved to seek his fortune in tlie far West, as it was\\n0)\\nthen called. In August, 1S36, he left the parental\\nroof to seek a home in the Territor) of Michigan\\nthen an almost unbroken wilderness. He settled in\\nGenesee County, and aided with his own hands in\\nbuilding some of the early residences in what is now\\nknown as the city of Flint. There were but four or\\nfive houses where this flourishing city now stands\\nwhen he selected it as his home.\\nIn the spring of 1839 he married Miss Harriet A.\\nMiles. The marriage proved a most fortunate one,\\nand to the faithful wife of his youth, who lives to en-\\njoy with him the comforts of an honestly earned com-\\npetence, Mr. Begole ascribes largely his success in\\nlife. Immediately after his marriage he commenced\\nwork on an unimproved farm, where, by his perse-\\nverance and energy, he soon established a good home,\\nand at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a\\nwell improved farm of five hundred acres.\\nMr. Begole being an anti-slavery man, became a\\nmember of the Republican jiarty at its organization.\\nHe served his toivnsmen in various offices, and was\\nin 1856, elected County Treasurer, which office he\\nheld for eight years.\\n.\\\\t the breaking out of the Rebellion he did not\\ncarry a musket to the front, but his many friends will\\nbear witness that he took an active part in recruiting\\nand furnishing supplies for the army, and in looking\\nafter the interests of soldiers families at home. The\\ndeath of his eldest son near .Atlanta, (la., by a Confed-\\nrate bullet, in 1864, was the greatest sorrow of his life.\\nWhen a few years later he was a member in Congress", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "^^j^f\u00c2\u00ae*\\n(d,\\nV\\n170\\nJOSIAH W. BEGOLE.\\n-e\u00c2\u00bbg4@^^5\u00c2\u00ae\\n\u00c2\u00aefy^\\nmi\\nGov. Begole voted and worked for the soldiers\\nbounty equalization bill, an act doing justice to the\\nsoldier who bore the burden and heat of the day, and\\nwho should fare equally with him who came in at the\\neleventh hour. That bill was defeated in the House\\non account of the large appropriation that would be\\nrequired to pay the same.\\nIn [870, Gov. Begole was nominated by acclama-\\ntion for the office of State Senator, and elected by a\\nlarge majority. In that body he served on the Com-\\nmittees of Finance and Railroads, and was Chairman\\nof the Committee on the Institute for the Deaf and\\nDumb and Blind. He took a liberal and public-\\nspirited view of the importance of a new capitol\\nbuilding worthy of the State, and was an active mem-\\nber of the Committee that drafted the bill for the\\nsame He was a delegate to the National Republi-\\ncan Convention held at Philadelphia in 1872, and\\nwas the chosen member of ^that delegation to go to\\nWashington and inform Gen. Grant and Senator\\nWilson of their nominations. It was while at that\\nconvention that, by the express wish of his many\\nfriends, he was induced to offer himself a can-\\ndidate for tlie nomination of member to the 43d Con-\\ngress, in which he was successful, after competing for\\nthe nomination with several of the most worthy, able\\nand experienced men in the Si.xth Congressional Dis-\\ntrict, and was elected by a very large majority. In\\nCongress, he was a member of the Committee on\\n.Agricultural and Public Expenditures. Being one of\\nthe 17 farmers in that Congress, he took an active\\npart in the Committee of Agriculture, and was ap-\\npointed by that committee to draft the most impor-\\ntant report made by that committee, and upon the\\nonly subject recommended by the President in his\\nmessage, which he did and the report was printed in\\nrecords of Congress he took an efficient though an\\nunobtrusive part in all its proceedings.\\nHe voted for the currency bill, remonetization of\\nsilver, and other financial measures, many of which,\\nthough defeated then, have since become the settled\\npolicy of the country. Owing to the position which\\nMr. Begole occupied on these questions, he became a\\nGreenbacker.\\nIn the Gubernatorial election of 1882, Mr. Begole\\nwas the candidate of both the Greenback and Dem-\\nocratic parties, and was elected by a vote of 154,269,\\nthe Republican candidate, Hon. David H. Jerome,\\nreceiving 149,697 votes. Mr. Begole, in entering\\nupon his duties as Governor, has manifested a spirit\\nthat has already won him many friends, and bids fair\\nto make his administration both successful and pop-\\nular.\\nThe very best indications of what a man is, is what\\nhis own townsmen think of him. We give the fol-\\nlowing extract from the Flint GMf, the leading Re-\\npublican paper m Gov. Begole s own county, and it,\\ntoo, written during the heat of a political campaign,\\nwhich certainly is a flattering testimonial of his ster-\\nling worth:\\nSo far, however, as Mr. Begole, the head of the\\nticket, is concerned, there is nothing detrimental to\\nhis character that can be alleged against him. He\\nhas sometimes changed his mind in politics, but for\\nsincerity of his beliefs and the earnestness of his pur-\\npose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He\\nis incapable of bearing malice, even against his bit-\\nterest ix)litical enemies. He has a warm, generous\\nnature, and a larger, kinder heart does not beat in\\nthe bosom of any man in Michigan. He is not much\\ngiven to making speeches, but deeds are more signif-\\nicant of a man s character than words. There are\\nmany scores of men in all parts of the State where\\nMr. Begole is acquainted, who have had practical\\ndemonstrations of these facts, and who are liable to\\nstep outside of party lines to show that they do not\\nforget his kindness, and who, no doubt, wish that he\\nwas a leader in what would not necessarily prove a\\nforlorn hope. But the Republican party in Michigan\\nis too strong to be beaten by a combination of Demo-\\ncrats and Greenbackers, even if it is marshaled by so\\ngood a man as Mr. Begole.\\nThis sketch would be imperfect without referring\\nto the action of Mr. B. at the time of the great calamity\\nthat in 1881 overtook the people of Northeastern\\nMichigan, in a few hours desolating whole counties\\nby fire and destroying the results and accumulations\\nof such hard work as only falls to the lot of pioneers.\\nWhile the Port Huron and Detroit committees were\\nquarreling over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole\\nwrote to an agent in the jbumt district a letter, from\\nwhich we make an extract of but a single sentence:\\nUntil the differences between the two committees\\nare adjusted and you receive your regular supplies\\nfrom them, draw on me. Let no man suffer while I\\nhave money. This displays his true character.\\ni\\n9\\ns\\nI\\nm^^\\nr^\\n-sji^^^\\n:i)\\nk!S\u00c2\u00a3pl", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "m\\n))(^r|-\u00c2\u00bb\\n-6V4:DD^IlIlr r^ 4^^C^\\nM^4 A A\\ni\\niii I\\nfl.1\\nimcLTDM\\n^jsr^^\\n^g^, .?^\\\\S^^\\nVto;\\n9\\n1\\n-^^^(^J^m", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "(g))$^tl^\\n-rr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2v^\\n?-y v\\nO\\ni\\n%M^w m m^ \\\\Q", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v ^nn^pnf^rT:^ :^^0^ -i^^5C(\u00c2\u00aev^\\n(h\\nO\\nm\\nz\\n(^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2/f?\\n^i f\\\\tr^\\nSW^\\n-i3: !6V-\\nV^^\\n^-EH. T,;\\nG),-\\n^$a\u00c2\u00abji^5ir^\\n1\\nC\\n-^^^^f^ j!i muf^\\nzu^.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "m\\n^^V4^n B M (1 Df^V^\\n(h\\ni\\n9\\ns\\n(i)\\n(qN\\nV\\nss- -:si\\n.\u00c2\u00ab^4^^--\\n^^M^Jll IISIltl? ^^3^%^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "^et^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e^ilBl T55g5-^\\nGHA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\nTf:^^\\n75\\n^J\\nV\\n^g_^^2\u00c2\u00a37^;^^\\n^^^J^W_J,_\\nm-\\np INTRODUCTORY, fe\\nfM jmi\\n1^\\nN THE strength of the his-\\n-Jifc if tory of a section of country\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J^te-^ lies the biographical rec-\\n^jfelf ord of its seitlers and later\\nife i residents. 1 he annals of\\nthe one class delineate its\\npioneer period those of the\\nother represent its progress and the\\nstatus of the generation whose experien-\\nces constitute the period closed by tiie\\nera of its collated records. Gratiot\\nCounty is fortunate in its day. Its won-\\nderful pioneer era laps on its present\\nperiod and the registration is complete.\\nMany of those whose efforts gave the\\ncounty its earliest iinjjetus may still l)e\\nseen in its thoroughfares. Many of the\\ncharacters in the day of its first things are still on\\nthe stage and watch with keen-eyed alertness the\\nmanipulating of the present, still jealous for the\\nrepute of Gratiot, and eagerly solicitous for her sub-\\nstantial and permanent progress.\\nThe projectors of these records strive to establish\\nbut one claim for its biographical integrity. It is\\nprepared from ^he stand-point of no man s i)rejudice\\nor biased opinion. To demonstrate the exact rela-\\ntion of every individual rejiresented to the genera-\\n=lge-\\ntions of the past and present is its full scope in\\npersonal record.\\nSucceeding ages sweep away the debris of human\\nerrors and perpetuate the real greatness of a com-\\nmunity. Character stands out statuesque and events\\ni:luster about individuals forming the grandest and\\ntruest historical structure of which any age is capa-\\nble. Only biography can fitly represent the founda-\\ntion, progress and ultimatinit of local history and\\nportray with perfect justice the precise attitude and\\nrelation of men to events and to circumstances.\\nGratiot County is justly proud of her pioneer\\nrecord, and, so far as possible, the compilers of the\\nbiographical sketches have striven to honor the rep-\\nresentatives of that period as well as those of to-day.\\nI,abor and struggle, performed in the light of hope\\nand tlie earnestness of honest endeavor, established\\nthe county on a permanent basis, and is rounding up\\na period of glorious completeness. Her villages are\\ncreditable and her agricultural community is com-\\nposed of the best grades of humanity.\\nIn the following sketches but one purpose has been\\nkeiit in view to collect floating threads of personal\\nrecord, through which the enterprise of decades to\\nfollow may complete a perfect and continuous histor-\\nical line from the earliest settlement of the county.\\nu=;-A\\nm\\nmm/", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "^^T^M^M\\nr~\\nm\\n(h\\nv|)\\nA\\n(qN\\nJ^\\ni\\nr^\\nm\\nmi\\n-^mm^^^\\nA^-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "Cr-f^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.x", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "^^^^^m^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^mmh 7-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n177\\n1^\\nA\\nI\\nC^\\nO-V\\n^3^\\nEN. NATHAN CHURCH,\\nsenior member of the bank-\\ning house of Church, Bills\\nCo., Ithaca, was born in\\nIonia Co., Mich., Nov. 22\\n1840. He is of English an-\\ncestry, and is the son of\\nLafayette and Sophronia Benjamin\\nChurch. His father was born July\\n5,1816, in Niagara Co., N. Y., near\\nthe shore of I ake Ontario, and was the\\nyoungest of nine children seven sons\\nand two daughters. Four of the sons\\nand one daughter are yet living, their\\nages ranging from 84 to 68, and the\\naverage age being 74.\\nThe name of Church is quite a prominent one.\\nSome of the family have rendered service to the Gov-\\nernment, to literature, theology or science, in almost\\nevery decade of the history of this country. The\\nfather of Lafayette, Willard Church, was a soldier of\\nthe Revolutionary war, serving gallantly under Mad\\nAnthony Wayne, and was one of the few survivors\\nof the hardships endured by the prisoners of war on\\nthe prison ship Jersey. He was a near relative of\\nCol. Benjamin Church, famous in the King Philip\\nwar. Four of the seven sons above referred to be-\\ncame ministers in the Baptist Church, and Pharcellus\\nChurch, D. D., now living at Tarrytown, N. Y., is\\n;ii^^V5))e^^\\n^m\\nwell-known in theological circles as the author of a\\nnumber of able and useful religious works. He was\\nfor a number of years editor of the New York Chron-\\nicle, which was afterwards merged with tlie Exam-\\niner, and became The Examiner and Chronicle. I wo\\nof his sons founded the Galaxy (since bought out by\\nthe Century), and now publish the Army and Navy\\nJournal. Leroy Church, another of the seven broth-\\ners, was for some years editor and publisher of the\\nChicago Standard, a Baptist newspaper well-known\\nthroughout the West.\\nLafayette Church (who has a more detailed sketch\\nelsewhere in tliis work) came to Michigan in 1836,\\nand was one of the pioneers of Ionia County. In\\n1847, he removed to Wheatland Township, Hillsdale\\nCounty, and in 1854 he made his final location in\\nArcada Township, this county, upon land purcliased\\nof the Government, where he resides, being one\\nof the earliest pioneers of the county. While\\nengaged in agriculture, he was also a worker\\nfor Christianity, having been ordained a minister in\\nthe Baptist Church. He was thus doubly occupied\\nuntil the fall of 1862, when his patriotic impulses led\\nhim to offer his services to the Government, receiv-\\ning authority from the Governor of the State. He,\\nwith his son Nathan, and Mr. Turck, of Alma, raised\\na company of volunteers from among the best people\\nin the county, and this was made Co. D, 26th Mich.\\nVol. Inf., of which he was commissioned Captain.\\ncr:\\n(i)\\nt", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "m\\n178\\nV4 aP^CD^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ne\\n5\\nThe regiment rendezvoused at Jackson, Mich., where\\nit was the recipient of much attention from the pat-\\nriotic citizens and press. (Before leaving for the\\nfront, it was presented by the ladies of Jackson with\\na beautiful blue silk banner, which was carried into\\nmany a hard-fought engagement daring the war. The\\nblood-stained remnant is now preserved among the\\nbattle-flags in the State Military Museum at Lan-\\nsing.) On reaching Washington, the regiment was\\nassigned to provost duty at Alexandria, and it was\\nthus engaged until the following spring, when it was\\nordered to Suffolk to aid in resisting the advance of\\nGen. Longstreet. Its signally gallant services in the\\nfield from that time until the close of the war no-\\ntably from the Wilderness to Appomattox made it\\none of the best-known organizations in the service,\\nbeing particularly famous as skirmishers. Capt.\\nChurch served with his company until April 2, 1864,\\nwhen he was appointed Chaplain of the regiment,\\nand held that position until the close of the war.\\nSince his muster-out, he has led a quiet life at his\\nhome in Arcada Townsliip.\\nThe subject of this biography, Nathan Church, at-\\ntended the common schools of Hillsdale and Gratiot\\nCounties until he was 16 years old, when he entered\\nKalamazoo College. After a partial course of study\\nin that institution, he became assistant in the office\\nof his father (who had been elected County Treas-\\nurer), and for some time had entire charge of the\\nbusiness of that office. After three years with his\\nfather, he taught school for a time at Ithaca and St.\\nLouis, one term in each village. He was also for a\\nshort time cleik in the store of John Jeffrey, one of\\nthe earliest in the county, in which was also located\\nthe village postofifice.\\nIt was, however, in the late civil war that he found\\nthe opportunities for which he was most naturally\\nfitted. An eager, ambitious youth, the series of events\\nbefore the firing on Sumter had deeply interested his\\nardent mind, and three months before he was of age\\nhe was enrolled in the volunteer army. Aug. 12\\n1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 8th Mich. Vol. Inf., and\\nwhen the organization of the company was perfected\\nhe was made Sergeant. He served in that company\\nuntil Jan. 17, 1862, when, suffering terribly from\\nrheumatism, he was discharged for disability at Beau-\\nfort, S. C, coming home upon crutches. The next\\nsummer, having partially recovered his health, he,\\nhis father and William S. Turck raised a company\\nby their joint efforts, which was mustered in as Co.\\nD, 26th Mich. Vol. Inf., and of this company Lafay-\\nette Church was, as above mentioned, commissioned\\nCaptain, Nathan Church First Lieutenant, and AVm.\\nS. Turck Second Lieutenant. Lieut. Church s com-\\nmission was dated Sept. I, 1862. On the arrival of\\nthe regiment at the seat of war, it was assigned to\\nprovost duty at Alexandria, Va., and soon after Lieut.\\nChurch was detailed as Aid-de-camp upon the staff\\nof Gen. Slough, Military Governor of Alexandria,\\nwhich position he held until his regiment was ordered\\nto Suffolk. April 15, 1863, he was promoted Adju-\\ntant of his regiment, and one year from that date was\\ncommissioned Captain. He served with his regiment\\nat the siege of Suffolk, Va., in the Blackwater expedi-\\ntions, the second campaign on the Peninsula in 1863,\\nand in the Second Army Corps (Hancock s) through\\nthe memorable campaigns of 1864 and 1865.\\nIn the great battle of Spottsylvania Court-House,\\nVa May 12, 1864, in which 4,500 prisoners, 25 flags\\nand 22 pieces of artillery were captured, his regiment\\nwas in the front line in the assault, and was the first\\nto reach the enemy s works at the deadly angle\\nwhich were carried after a desperate hand-to-hand\\nfight- Adjutant Church (not having yet been mus-\\ntered in as Captain) was with two or three non-com-\\nnJssioned officers, the first to scale the works. His\\nregiment lost about one-third of its men in this bat-\\ntle, seven of the nine color-guards being killed or\\nwounded. His conduct on this occasion attracted the\\nattention of Gen. N. A. Miles, then commanding the\\nist Brigade, ist Division, 2d Corps, who detailed\\nhim at once upon his staff. He served upon this\\ngallant General s staff until the close of the war,\\nexcept some portions of the time when in command\\nof his regiment, holding successively the positions\\nof Aid-de-camp, Brigade Inspector, Division Inspec-\\ntor, Engineer Officer ist Division, and Adjutant\\nGeneral of the Military District of Fortress Monroe.\\nHe was appointed to the rank of Major Sept. 12,\\n1864, having previously been bre vetted as Major of\\nUnited States Volunteers for gallant services before\\nPetersburg, Va. and Lieutenant-Colonel, March 7,\\n1865, for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious\\nservices in the campaign terminating in Lee s sur-\\nrender at Appomattox. The 26th, under his com-\\nmand, occupiedintrenchments before Petersburg, and,\\nI\\n(5\\n1=1", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "M\\nh\\nGRA TIO T COU NTY.\\nw^\\n179\\nduring the closing months of 1864 and the early part\\nof 1865, was engaged in almost daily fighting, except\\nwhile in winter quarters. It was in the skirmish line\\non the 9th of April, when Lee surrendered, and\\nthrough its lines. Gen. (rrant, with a filag of truce,\\ncarried out part of the important ceremony. His\\nregiment was mustered out June 4, 1865, but he was\\nretained in tlie service of the United States by spe-\\ncial order of the War Department, and assigned to\\nduty as Assistant Adjutant General of the Military\\nDistrict of Fortress Monroe. This positon he held\\nuntil Nov. 7, 1865, when he was relieved, at his own\\nrequest. While here, his duties brought him frequent-\\nly in contact with Jefferson Davis, at that time a pris-\\noner in that fortress.\\nGen. Church was not only a brilliant officer of un-\\nusually quick perceptions and commanding presence,\\nbut was distinguished for beiiig reckless of his per-\\nsonal safety.\\nA newspaper account by an eye witness states that\\nat Sailor s Creek, Col. Church, mounted upon a white\\nhorse, led two regiments, his own and the 140th Pa.\\nVol., in an assault upon entrenchments occupied by a\\nsuperior force of the enemy, and that, being the only\\nmounted officer, he reached the works several yards\\nin advance of his men. The prisoners captured in\\nthe works outnumbered the attacking party. His\\ngallant conduct in this affair elicited much comment.\\nOn the suggestion of Gen. Miles, he was appointed\\na Captain in the regular army at the close of the war,\\nbut this commission he declined.\\nReturning to the employments of peace, Gen.\\nChurch formed a partnership with Wilbur Nelson,\\nand the two opened a general merchandise store at\\nIthaca. This connection was prosperous and lasted\\nvmtil 1872, when, having become interested in lum-\\nbering and real-estate speculations, he sold his inter-\\nest in the store to Gilbert C. Smith. In 1866, soon\\nafter entering mercantile life, he founded the Gratiot\\nJournal, of which for one year he was editor, and\\njoint proprietor with Daniel Taylor. In December of\\n1872, he purchased a saw-mill in Arcada Town-\\nship, four miles north of Ithaca. This is still owned\\nby him, together with 1,200 acres of timberedl and in\\nthat vicinity and a large amount of other land through-\\nout the county. He employs at present 30 men, in\\nsawing, planing and manufacturing lumber, shingles,\\nhoops and staves. The banking house of Church,\\nBills Co. was organized in 1877, the first of the\\ntwo firms doing a banking business at Ithaca. Gen.\\nChurch still deals largely in real estate, and this,\\nwith his other interests, make him one of the busiest\\nmen in the community.\\nHe has been an earnest supporter of the various\\nrailroads projected for Gratiot County. He has de-\\nvoted both time and money to bring Ithaca into rail\\ncommunication with the outer world, and his friends\\ntruly say that without his efforts Gratiot s county-seat\\nwould to-day be without a railroad. He held the\\nposition of Postmaster at Ithaca for seven years, and\\nCounty Clerk two terms, or four years. He was\\nlargely instrumental in organizing the Gratiot County\\nAgricultural Society, and was its first President.\\nDec. 25, i866, at Tecumseh, Lenawee County, he\\nwas united in marriage to Miss Mary H., daughter of\\nHon. Perley and Caroline (Brown) Bills. She was\\nborn May 17, 1848, in that village, and graduated at\\nthe State Normal School, at Ypsilanli, in the class of\\n1866. To this marriage five children have been\\nborn: Carrie Helen, Jan. 5, 1868; Leroy B., July 20,\\ni86g; Clarence N. and Gaylord P. (twins), Aug. 12,\\ni87t and Edgar N., Aug. i, 1874. Gaylord P. died\\nwhen about a year old.\\nGen. Church is f)olitically a Republican, but while\\nhe is influential in his party, he is in no sense a wire-\\npuller or office-seeker. His title as General is given\\nhim by reason of his being appointed Quartermaster\\nGeneral on the staff of Governor Jerome, in 1881,\\nwhich rank he held for two years. He is a remarka-\\nbly active, clear-headed and successful business man,\\na public-spirited citizen, and has worked effectively\\nfor the welfare of Ithaca and Gratiot County. His\\nmany good qualities are so universally esteemed\\nthat all will be pleased to see his portrait, given\\nopposite the beginning of this sketch.\\n^viasD^^r\\n^-gWJ37\\nohn li. Richard, farmer, section t, New-\\n1^ ark Township, was born July 7, 1844, i\\nPennsylvania. He is a son of John and\\nRachel (Fiy) Richard, both of whom were\\nnatives of the Keystone State, were there mar-\\nried and resided 14 years. In 1846 they\\nremoved to Ohio, and there belonged to the farming\\nVS-\\nI\\nV;\\n^7H^i]!i:^:(iliy =r\\n-I ^K", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "iis/^D5\u00c2\u00ab^^i-^\\n1 80\\n=:2i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nT mmh\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nr^^^^^\\n4^^( \u00c2\u00aeV^\\nft\\nclass. In the spring of 1871 they came to Gratiot\\nCounty and settled in the township of Newark, where\\nthey still reside.\\nMr. Richard was a child of two years when his\\nparents located in the Buckeye State, where he grew\\nto the age of 18 years, engaged in assisting on the\\nfarm, and acquiring a fair education in the common\\nschools. Roused to a sense of the necessity pressing\\nupon the authorities of the United States Government\\nunder the stringencies of civil war, he yielded to his\\nconvictions of duty and enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, in the\\ntilth Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf, and served his country\\nunder that enrollment three years. He was in the\\nbattle of Hough s Ferry, Tenn., and, while on picket\\nguard at Lenoir Station, he, with 5 1 of his comrades,\\nwas captured by the rebels, and conducted to\\nAtlanta, Ga., where they were held two weeks, and\\nthen removed to Pemberton Castle, Richmond, and\\na month later were incarcerated at Belle Isle. They\\nbecame inmates of the latter place on the first day\\nof January, 1864, and there remained until March 12,\\nwhen they were transferred to the stockade prison at\\n.^ndersonville, where their sufferings were in no sense\\nor degree less than those of the myriads who suc-\\ncumbed to the horrors of the place, or of those whose\\nendurance proved equal to such frightful experiences\\nas cannot be equaled on the recorded pages of\\nhuman suffering. The very name of Andersonville\\nmust cause a shudder while time endures! M ter\\nseven months of horror they were sent to Savannah,\\nand later to Milan, whence, after a month, they\\nwere ordered to be transferred to Blackshear, Ga.\\nWhile on their way thither the train was intercepted,\\nand 250 starved, ragged, forlorn human creatures, of\\nwhom Mr. Richard was one, were paroled and sent\\nto the camp at Annapolis. Two weeks later they\\nwere furloughed, and Mr. Richard returned to his\\nhome in Ohio. In six weeks he was exchanged and\\nrejoined his regiment. His health was too much im-\\npaired for active service, and he was on detached\\nduty until the close of the war. On the exjiiration of\\nhis term of enrollment he was discharged, at (Cleve-\\nland, Ohio, whence lie returned home.\\nMr. Richard was uiarried Dec. 28, 1865, to Sarah\\nD., youngest da\\\\ighter of .\\\\sa and Jane (Staples)\\nRichardson. The father was a native of Vermont,\\nthe mother of Maine. Of this marriage, four chil-\\ndren have been born Earl C, .\\\\lice I., Tacie A.,\\nand Laura M.\\nAfter his becoming a family man, Mr. Richard\\ncontinued to reside in Ohio until 1870. In that year,\\nhe removed his family and interests to Gratiot Co.,\\nMich., and bought 40 acres of land in Newark Town-\\nship. On this he has already cleared and placed 35\\nacres under creditable cultivation. He is a Repub-\\nlican of unmistakable type, and has served his town-\\nship in several official positions to which he has been\\nelected. He received an appointment in iSSo to fill\\na vacancy as Township Clerk, and has been since\\ntwice elected to the same incumbency, which he now\\nholds. A branch of the body known as the Union\\nPrisoners of War Association, designated the (amp\\nof Gratiot County, has been established therein, of\\nwhich Mr. Richard is President. Himself and wife\\nare members of the United Brethren Church\\nAtsJ2\u00c2\u00a3/!S^^\\n./gl^i^OTJJv.\\nSf Imon Townsend, farmer, section 31, North\\n.^JAa.:. Shade Township, is a son of Josiah and\\nf} \\\\fsf Dolly (Parker) Townsend, natives of Mas-\\nvPp sachusetts and Connecticut respectively. They\\nboth died in the State of New York, the father\\nin Wayne and the mother in Jefferson County.\\nAlmon was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Jan. 7,\\n1804, and remained under the parental care until he\\nwas 2 1 years of age, when he bought 200 acres of\\nland in his native county. He improved 160 acres\\nof this land, and there made his home for a jteriod\\nof 28 years, when he sold it and moved to Wayne\\nCounty, same State. There he remained, farming\\nand stock-raising, for five years, until 1865, when he\\nagain sold out and came to Hubbardston, Ionia\\nCounty, this State, and lived for about one year.\\nFrom this point he moved to Clinton County, this\\nState, and entered upon the arduous task of clearing\\nand improving a new farm, which he successfully ac-\\ncomplished, and erected a house and barn thereon,\\nat a cost of some $2,000.\\nMr. Townsend was united in marriage to Miss\\nChloe, daughter of Gad and Sally Chapin, residents\\nof Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 28, 1828. The father\\nand mother died in their native county at an early\\nday, and the wife passed away from earth in Aug-\\nust, 1880.\\n0)\\nu=^^\\n^mnm^^ r^\\n-4?^(^-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\ns*^^ s;\\n^#^\u00c2\u00a7J((\u00c2\u00ae^.S\\ni8i\\n1\\nIn 1881, Mr. Townsend removed from Clinton to\\nthis county and settled on 80 acres of Government\\nland on section 31, on which he is now residing.\\nMr. Townsend was again married, his second wife\\nbeing Mrs. Emma S. Myers, daughter of John and\\nLorinda (Wales) Robbins, natives of Massachusetts\\nand New York respectively.\\nThe father has constantly followed the occupation\\nof farming, and is at present living in Clinton County,\\nthis State. The mother died in Jefferson Co., N. Y.,\\nin 1845. Mrs. Emma Townsend, the wife of our\\nsubject, was born in Lewis Co., N. Y., April 17, 1834,\\nand is the mother of four children, namely, Ardella\\nI., Dempster E., Jerome W. and Orrin A. The hus-\\nband and wife are members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal and Chiistian Churches, respectively.\\nMr. Townsend is a man of iron constitution, hale,\\nhearty and enjoying life at 80 years of age. In po-\\nlitical opinion and belief he is a staunch Republican.\\n-K3=\\nA h\\n^=H-s^\\nf^tli\\nohn Lewis, farmer and stock-raiser, section\\n9, .Sumner Township, was born in Salem\\nTownship, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Feb. 21,\\n1833, and is probably one of the oldest natives\\njL of Michigan now living in Gratiot County. His\\nparents, John and Jane (Lewis) Lewis, were\\nnatives.of Steuben o., N. Y., and of Dutch ancestry.\\nThey followed farming, and coming to Michigan in\\n1828, were among the first settlers in Washtenaw\\nCounty. Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti were then small\\nvillages. The first newspaper, the Einigraiii, was\\nstarted a year after their arrival. Indians were nu-\\nmerous. John was a strong young fellow, and as he\\ngrew up he helped fell the timber and clear their farm\\nof 160 acres. It is likely that these jnoneer experi-\\nences have had their effect on his after life, in mak-\\ning him better able to face the cold world.\\nLosing his father when he was r6 years old, he was\\nobliged to look out for himself; and he worked out by\\ntlie month in the woods and among the neighboring\\nfarmers. Jan. i, 1855, in his native county, he mar-\\nried Miss Theda M. Noble, born in Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nSept. 25, 1837. She was reared and educated in\\nWashtenaw County.\\nMr. and Mrs. Lewis then settled on the farm\\nwhich he had purchased when 22 years old. He af-\\nterward purchased a larger farm, which lie had to\\ngive up in the hard tiines that existed about the open-\\ning year of the war. In 1863, he moved to Living-\\nston County, where he rented a farm for three years;\\nand in February, 1866, he settled on 60 acres on\\nsection 9, Sumner Township, which he had purchased\\nthe previous fall. To this farm he has added 60\\nacres, and more than half of his farm is well improved\\nand cultivated. He has also a suitable residence and\\nbarns.\\nMr. Lewis has been in every sense an active man.\\nFor 14 seasons he ran a threshing-machine and he\\npurchased the first machine ever brought into his\\nnative township. He has also lumbered extensively,\\nputting in 1,000,000 feet one winter. He has held\\nvarious offices in his school district, and politically\\nis a Republican. His wife has for 20 years been an\\nactive member of the United Brethren Church. Mr.\\nand Mrs. L. are the parents of two children: Her-\\nbert H., born Feb. 21, i860; Cora M., born March\\n2, 1867.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t*-\\n.:s ^A iDg\\names T. Hall, resident at St. Louis, was a\\nson of Abraham and Hannah (Jones) Hall,\\nThe parents were both of pure English ex-\\ntraction, and emig.rated to the New World about\\n]L 1832 or t,t,. They first located in Herkimer\\no., N. Y., and from there moved to Oneida\\nCounty, same State, where tliC father followed the\\noccupation of a farmer until his death in 1856. The\\nmother died in the same county in 1841.\\nJames T. Hall, the subject of our biographical\\nnotice, was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Feb. 8,\\n1836. When one year of age he was taken by his\\nparents to Oneida County, same State. He resided\\nin that county, working on his father s farm and at-\\ntending the common schools, until 1868, when his\\nparents had both deceased, and he came to this coun-\\nty and located at Alma. Oh his arrival at Alma he\\nassociated himself with a Messrs. Pierce and Ward,\\nunder the firm name of Pierce, Hall Ward, in the\\nUinibL-r business. The firm had a lumber-yard at\\nAlma and also a mill, and shipped the product of the\\nfc\\\\f\u00c2\u00ab", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "i\\nK ^M D i r^ :J sr\\nH^$^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nlatter to Saginaw. They were also engaged in the\\npurchase of tracts of timber land on Pine River.\\nThe partnership lasted until 1875, when it was mutu-\\nally dissolved.\\nPolitically, Mr. Hall is a Democrat. In the fall\\nof 1874 he was elected County Register of Deeds,\\nrunning against Joseph H. Seaver, of Ithaca, and, al-\\nthough the county was conceded to be 800 Republi-\\ncan, Mr. Hall was elected by a majority of 104 votes.\\nIn 1876 he again ran for the same position, but was\\ndefeated.\\nAfter his retirement from office, Mr. Hall engaged\\nwith the Chicago, Saginaw Canada Railroad as\\nconductor, and followed that occupation until 1880,\\nwhen he became Superintendent of the road. He\\nserved in that capacity from June, 1880, to June,\\n1883, when the road was sold to the Detroit, Lan-\\nsing Nortliern Railroad, .\\\\fter quitting the above\\nbusiness he commenced the manufacture of patint\\nhoops, at Alma. His machine was one of three in\\nthe United States, and cut the hoops from the solid\\nlog, at the rate of 100 per minute. They ship to\\nChicago, New York city, St. Louis (Mo.), and Sagi-\\nnaw City, and are meeting with signal success in the\\nbusiness.\\nMr. Hall was united in marriage, June 6, 1867, at\\nHolland Patent, Oneida Co., N. Y., to Miss Catherine\\nL. Hamlin (daughter of Joseph and Delia Hamlin),\\nborn in Holland Patent, April i, 1841. Their union\\nhas been blessed with two children: Jessie W., born\\nat Alma, March 10, 1870; and Nina A., born at\\nAlma, in October, 187 1.\\nMr. Hall held the position of Supervisor of Ar-\\ncada Township four terms 187 1-72-74-77. Socially\\nhe is a member of the Order of Masonry, Knights\\nTemplar, A. O. U. W., and K. of H., and has been\\nTrustee of the village of St. Louis one term 187 1-2.\\n\u00c2\u00bbfffi| illiam J. Marshall, farmer, section 33,\\nf ^vj^; North Star Township, was born in the\\np county 01 Livingston, State of New York\\nMarch 30, 1833. He is a son of William and\\nElizabeth (Chase) Marshall, natives of the\\nEmpire State. They moved to Allegany Co., same\\nState, in i84i,and after remaining there two years,\\nin 1843, and when our subject was but ten years old.\\ncame to this State and settled in Ingham County.\\nHere William remained attending the common\\nschools, assisting his father in the support of the\\nfamily and developing into manhood. In 1856,\\nwhen 23 years of age, Mr. Marshall left the parental\\nhome in Ingham County and came to this county.\\nHe first settled on section 9, North S:ar Township,\\nand now owns 100 acres of good agricultural land on\\nsection 7,2,- Nov. 26, of this year, he was unitedin\\nmarriage to Sarah, daughter of Abijah L, and Phebe\\n(Driggs) Clark. The father is deceased, and the\\nmother is still living in Bunker Hill, Ingham County,\\nthis State. Mrs. M. was born in Batavia, Genesee\\nCo., N. Y. She received a good education in the\\ncommon schools of her native county and attending\\nMichigan Central College, then located at Spring\\nArbor and now being at Hillsdale, Mich. Her desire\\nand aim was to become proficient as a teacher, and\\nso studiously did she apply herself to the accom-\\nplishment of that end that, while but 14 years of\\nage, her knowledge was considered sufficient to\\nenable her to enter upon her labors of imparting W\\nknowledge to the young, which occupation she has\\nsuccessfully followed for a number of years, receiving v*^\\nnumerous encomiums upon her competency, pro- r=i\\nficiency and the success of her work. She has *t/\\ntaught in Genesee Co., N. Y. Jackson, Ingham and\\nGratiot Counties, this State. She taught eight terms\\nin District No. 5, North Star Township, this county,\\nthe last term being in the winter of 1 881-2.\\nWhen the cloud of rebellion arose and threatened\\nthe Nation with dissolution, and when every loyal\\nheart beat with a throb of sorrow at the injustice of\\ntheir brothers in dishonoring the Flag of our Fa-\\nthers by their attack on Sumter, our subject joined\\nthe ranks of tlie defenders of the Nation s honor and\\nenlisted in Co. D, 26th Mich. Vol. Inf., Aug. 9, 1862.\\nHe was on detail service most all the time during his\\nterm of enlistment and was discharged June 5, 1865,\\nafter serving almost three years.\\nMr. Marshall has cleared for himself and others\\nover 150 acres of land. When he began in this\\ncounty he had no team and he had to work two days f\\nfor the use of an ox team one day. He finally got ^\\\\_\\npossession of a yoke of calves and soon had a team\\nof his own. He went to Maple Rapids to purchase\\nflour, a distance of 20 miles, and his conveyance was\\na two-wheeled cart with a wood-rack on it he\\n:s^^^^\\n^^:^J^\\nD a^lllf^A^ m^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": ".o* -f", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "GRA TIO T CO UN TV.\\ni^m\\\\(:^\\nV\\nt\\ni8S\\nwalked all the way, and two-thirds of the way he was\\ncompelled to go on logs to keej) out of the water; and\\nthe money he paid for the flour he earned by chop-\\nping a road four rods wide and clearing two and a\\nhalf rods wide, at six cents a rod, through a heavy\\ntimber. In fact, Mr. M. experienced all the trials so\\nwell known to the old pioneers of the county.\\nMr. and Mrs. M. have one child living and one\\ndead. Phebe E. (Mrs. George Belding, of North\\nStar Township) is the living child, and William L.\\ndied at five years of age. They also have an adopted\\nson, Benjamin J. Mr. M. is a member of the Ma-\\nsonic Order.\\n3-W\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI homas R. Payne, farmer, section 28, Fulton\\nTownship, is a son of Arnold and Loana\\nW^ (Parker) Payne, natives of Rhode Island\\nand New York State. They first settled after\\nmarriage in New York, and afterwards came\\nto Michigan, locating at Green Oak, Living-\\nston County. Tliey afterwards removed to Ingham\\nCounty, and several years later, in 1846, they came\\nto Fulton Township, this county. She died in 1850,\\nand he followed Nov. 23, 1879.\\nTheir family was composed of eight sons and five\\ndaughters. Thomas R., the youngest, was born in\\nIngham Co., Mich., Jan. 14, 1845, and was one year\\nold when his parents removed to Gratiot County.\\nHe remained at home attending the common schools\\nand working on the parental farm until 21 years old,\\nexcept a year and a half spent in the service of his\\ncountry. He enlisted, in December, 1863, in the 4th\\nMich. Vol. Cav., and served till July, 1865. May\\n18, 1864, in a fight at Kingston, Ga., he was wounded\\nin the abdomen. In consequence of this he was\\ntransferred to tlie Veteran Reserve Corps, where he\\nserved until his discharge.\\nReturning from the army he worked his father s\\nfarm on shares until the hitter s death. He has\\nowned at different times various tracts of land and\\nin 1879 he bought 80 acres on section 28, Fulton,\\nwhere he now resides. He now owns go acres of land,\\n70 of which are nicely cultivated. He has built a\\nmodern residence and barn, which will compare\\nfavorably with any in Fulton Township.\\nHe was first married in Fulton Township, Oct. 23.\\n1865, to Maggie, daughter of John and Sarah (Covert)\\nPotes, natives of Pennsylvania and New York State.\\nMrs. Payne was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., Feb. 5,\\n1844, and died Aug. 22, 1874, leaving three children\\nNewton B., Frank J. and Maggie M. Mr. P. was\\nagain married, in Lenawee Co., Mich., Dec. 31, 1874,\\nto. Sarah J. Potes, youngest sister of his first wife.\\nShe was born in Lyons, Fulton Co., Ohio, Dec. 10,\\nr856, and is now the mother of one daughter, Myrtle\\nA. Mr. and Mrs. P. are members of the Christian\\nChurch. Politically, he is a Republican.\\nI\\nt\\nobert Smith, editor and proprietor of the\\nGraliof Journal, imblished at Ithaca, was\\n^^P^ born April 13, 184 1. At the age of 14\\nVv^ years he entered a printing office, with a pur-\\npose to master a knowledge of the art pre-\\nservative of all arts. He has worked in\\nevery sjihere known to that business, and is thoroughly\\nversed in all its various details. In i860 he removed\\nfrom his home in Syracuse, N. Y., to New York city,\\nwhere he passed six months as a journeyman printer.\\nHe then returned to Syracuse and after a brief stay\\nthere proceeded to Rochester, in the same State,\\nwhere he remained till the winter of 1863. He then\\ncame to Lansing, Mich., and obtained employment\\nin the State printing office. In the summer of 1864\\nhe and H. S. Hilton went to St. John s and |)ur-\\nchased the Clinton RepuMican. They continued the\\npublication of that journal till 1869. During this\\nperiod Messrs. Hilton Smith, in company with C.\\nF. Smith, established the Flinf Globe, the latter and\\nMr. Hilton managing the Globe, while Robert Smith\\nremained at St. John s and controlled the destiny of\\nthe Republican, making it one of the handsomest and\\nbest weeklies in Michigan.\\nIn 1869, as above stated, these gentlemen disposed\\nof both journals, H. S. Hilton and Robert Smith\\nsubse(piently going to Jackson, Mich., where they\\npurchased a two-thirds interest in the Dailv Citizen.\\nThey remained there some eight months, when they\\nsevered their connection with that journal. Mr.\\nSmith then returned to Si. John s again, where he\\ntemporarily established his home. I he following\\nwinter he was induced to take the management of the\\njob department of the Lansing State Republican\\n9\\nky\\nV)\\n(q)\\nm\\n^?\u00c2\u00abii^\\nmmm ^-9-\\n-..^.^^f^\u00c2\u00bb^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "m\\n^V4 llll^ll0n -r^\\nrr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^sf^^isr\\n-4^^(\\n(L\\n1\\nj^\\ni86\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\noffice. He continued in this capacity till the next\\nspring, when his health failed in consequence of a\\ntoo close application to his duties. He then deter-\\nmined to remove to Minnesota and engage in other\\nbusiness.\\nHe therefore located at Taylor s Falls, in that\\nState, wliere he purchased a hardware store, and con-\\ntinued its operation for some 15 niontlis, with satis-\\nfactory results.\\nIn the fall of 1872, in compliance with the\\nsolicitations of friends, he visited Ithaca and pur-\\nchased the Gratiot /ot//nat, since which he has con-\\ntrolled its columns.\\nIn September, 1879, while absent at Detroit, the\\nbuilding in which his business was established was\\ndestroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $5,000, with an\\ninsurance of $3,200. Looking over the situation\\ncalmly, he determined to proceed with his business,\\nand before he left Detroit he purchased a new office\\nequipment, and so expedited his movements that he\\nissued his paper without the loss to his patrons of a\\nsingle copy. He bought the ground property where\\nhe is now located, on which a building was in pro-\\ncess of erection, the lower story being well nigh com-\\npleted, and re-established himself in his business,\\nwhich he has continued to conduct, with success.\\nHe manages a heavy job-printing business. The list\\nof subscribers to his paper numbers upwards of 1,700.\\nMr. Smith was married Oct. 5, 1869, at St. John s,\\nMich., to Miss H. Carrie Scattergood. She is a native\\nof Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich., where she was born\\nFeb. 8, 1846, and is the daughter of Joshua and\\nCaroline (Barker) Scatteigood. To Mr. and Mr.\\nSmith three children have been born Robert, Jr., at\\nSt. John s, Oct. 18, 1870; Maud, at Mankato, Minn.,\\nAug. 15, 1872, and Harry M., at Ithaca, Oct. 17, 1876.\\n-ra=^=^ f\\nI illiam H Sibley, farmer, section 18, Se-\\n_ ville Township, was born June 9, 1S33, in\\nj|^n \u00c2\u00bb1 o- N. V. His parents, Wiil-\\nV iam and Rutli (Vincent) Sibley, were natives\\nof the same county where their son was\\nJ born. The father engaged in farming in his\\nnative Slate for a number of years, and in 1839 he\\nremoved his family to Jackson Co., Mich. They\\nwent later to Calhoun County, where, in 1864, the\\nfather died, and the demise of the mother occurred\\nin 1872.\\nMr. Sibley was 1 1 years old when he came to\\nMichigan. He commenced to work by tlie month as\\na farm laborer at 14 years old, at $5 per month, and\\nworked for various parties from that time on. He\\nwas employed for $20 a month for about two years\\nin Branch County. He then went to Calhoun Coun-\\nty, where he remained the same length of time, re-\\nturning thence to Brancii County. He went again,\\nfour years later, to Calhoun County, where he re-\\nmained four years, and then in Branch County again\\nuntil 1876, when he came to Gratiot County and lo-\\ncated again as stated, and has since been engaged\\nin farming.\\nMr. Sibley was married, in 1856, to Laura M.,\\ndaughter of Solomon and Lydia (Warner) White.\\nShe was born June 4, 1838, in Branch Co., Mich.,\\nand is the second of a family of two daughters and\\none son. Her parents were farmers, and her father\\ndied in 1849 in Branch County. Her mother lives\\nin the city of Coldwater. Mr. and Mrs. Sibley are\\nthe parents of three children Eva M,, George J. and\\nClara L. Mrs. Sibley is a member of the Baptist\\nChurch. Mr. Sibley is a Republican in political con-\\nnection, and has held the school offices of the district\\nwhere he resides.\\nYff\\\\ homas T. Newton, farmer on section 31,\\nFulton Townsliip, is a son of Harris and\\nEliza A. (Perrin) Newton, natives of Ver-\\nmont and New York. Eliza A. Perrin first\\n(married (leorge Chiimian. After her second\\nmarriage, Mr. and Mrs. Newton settled in Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., where they lived until Mr. N. s\\ndeath, Sept. iS, 1863. Mrs. N. then removed to\\nLebanon, Clinton County, where she now lives.\\nTheir family numbered niiie five sons and four\\ndaughters.\\nThe second son was Thomas T., born in Oakland\\nCounty, Jan. i, 1842. Educated in the common\\nschools, he remained at home until 21 years old, and\\nthen went to Whitewater, Wis., and lived si.K months.\\nHe hen removed to Michigan. March 20, 1865, he\\nenlisted in tlie 22d Mich. Vol. Inf., being afterwards\\ntransferred to the 29th. He was honorably dis-\\ncharged Aug. 20, 1865. In December of tiie iame\\nA\\nr\\nh^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "^hrm^^\\nti\u00c2\u00ab^\\nGRATTOT COUNTY.\\n187\\nh\\nJ\\n^^p\\nyear, lie came to Clinton County and lived until\\n1868, when he again went to Wisconsin, and also to\\ni^ Iowa. After an absence of eight months, he bought\\nt :20 acres of wild land in Clinton County, and luiilt a\\nlog house. Two years later he sold, and for three\\nyears he managed his mother s farm. In Se[)tember,\\n1874, lie purchased 200 acres, partly improved, on\\nsection 34, North Shade, which he worked for five\\nyears. Selling this place, he then bought 160 acres\\nin Fulton Township, on section 31. He also owns\\n80 acres on section 36, North Shade, and has alto-\\nf^ gether 180 acres improved.\\nMarch 17, 1870, in Lebanon, Clinton Co., Mich.,\\nhe married Miss Martha, daughter of Benjamin and\\nMary (Postle) Graham. She was born in Oakland\\nCounty Dec. 26, 1842. This marriage has been\\nblessed with two children Maidie, born March 15,\\n1871, and Georgiana, June 29, 1873.\\nMr. Newton has been Justice of the Peace for three\\n1^ years. He was elected Supervisor of North Shade\\nin the spring of 1879, and resigned after serving\\nthree months. He is a member of the A. O. U. W.,\\nand is politically a Republican. He and wife are\\nmembers of the Christian Church, and of Essex\\nGrange, P. of H.\\n-^^^W^^^,^^\\nIjfWJ ijbridge G. Traver, of the firm of E. \\\\V.\\nSiRl Traver C o., manufacturers of, and deal-\\ners in, coopers supplies at St. Louis, was\\nborn in Columbia Co., N. Y., Nov. 16, 1833.\\nHis parents, John J. and Catherine (Coons)\\nTraver, removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1837,\\nwhere his father bought two farms one of 56 acres,\\nsituated partly within the village cor[)oration the\\nother, located near by, consisted of 80 acres. His\\nfather s occupation was that of a remover of build-\\nings, in which business the son was for several years\\nengaged.\\nMr. Traver went to Tyrone, Livingston Co., Mich\\nin 1867, and passed the succeeding four years in\\nfarming. He removed to Fenton, Genesee County,\\nfrom there, and engaged in the manufacture of round\\nhoops. He was thus employed till November, 18S2,\\nwhen, in company with his son, E. W. Traver, he re-\\nmoved to St. Louis. Continuing in the round-hoop\\ntrade till the following spring, he and his son, as the\\nfirm of E. W. Traver Co., purchased of VVni. Rose\\nthe Shook mill, known as the St. Louis Cooperage.\\nThey completely refitted and ei|uii)|)ed the buildings\\nwith new machinery, and in the winter of 1883-4\\nfurther increased their facilities for manufacturing by\\nsetting up a saw mill of large capacity. They man-\\nufacture each year millions of patent coiled hoops;\\neach month they turn out hundreds of thousands of\\nround hoops and another important liranch of their\\nbusiness is the manufacture of soft and hard wood\\nstaves. They handle yearly hundreds of thousands\\nof racked hoops; keep constantly on hand barrels\\nand kegs of all sizes and descriptions, and solicit cor-\\nrespondence for all kinds of slack and tight cooper-\\nage. They emijloy upwards of a hundred men the\\nyear round. The capacity of their mill and auxiliary\\nshops is about 20,000 patent coiled hoops, 10,000\\nround hoops and 5,000 sawed staves each day. They\\nhave recently improved, as well as increased the\\ncapacity of, their mill by putting in round-hoop ma-\\nchinery. They are steadily increasing their trade,\\ntaking advantage of the aid of each new invention in\\nthe way of labor-saving machinery, and may reason-\\nably expect, at no distant day, to be one of the lead-\\ning firms of Gratiot County.\\nE. G. Traver, the subject of this sketch, was mar-\\nried at Ann Arbor Jan. 3, 1856, to Minerva, daughter\\nof Jacob and Nancy Snapp. She was born June 8,\\n1832, in the State of New York. Of their union, two\\nsons were born Edgar W., Nov. 24, 1^56, and Will-\\niam H., June 19, 1863.\\ni ^^SBg-J^S\\nrmer. Bethany Township,\\nn\\\\ l^^ffi P ^s the southeast quarter of the south-\\n-3^^ quarter of section 20, and owns also\\nthe 30 acres adjoiniui; on the east. Mr. Lake\\n1\\nwas born in Charlotte, hittenden Co., Vt.,\\nSept. 24, 1823, and grew up as a farmer s son.\\nWhen six years of age his parents, Henian and Bet-\\nsey (Morgan) Lake, moved to Hamburg Township,\\nLivingston o., Mich., locating, in agricultural pur-\\nsuits, upon a farm of 160 acres. When 22 years of\\nage he went to Iowa, with no a|)ital, and followed\\nteaming, etc., there about two years next, he fol-\\nlowed lumbering a year at the mouth of the Manis-\\ntee River, in this State; next, in 1847, he family\\n.^2_^\\n^n!i:^(itii", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "K Dn^CD^ v\\n-^aJ^^Jsr\\nGRA-lIOT COUNTY.\\n0\\nmoved to Bengal Township, Clinton Co., Midi.,\\nbought a farm and for about two years engaged in\\nIhe manufacture of brooms.\\nAt tlie last mentioned place, Dec. 7, 1851, Mr.\\nLake married Miss Harriet, a daughter of Ebenezer\\nand Mary A. (Sanford) Bliss, who was born in Broome\\nCo., N. Y., Aug. 28, 1830. They have one daughter,\\nEllen, who was born in Arcada Township, this county,\\nMarch 5, 1859, and is now the wife of Allen H.\\nReed, a farmer in Bethany Township, and they also\\nhave one daughter, Gertie, who was born in that\\ntownship, March 29, 1882.\\nMr. Lake remained in Clinton County about two\\nyears after his marriage, then moved into Arcada\\nTownship and pre-empted a i]uarter of section 25,\\nbut soon sold it and bought 80 acres of timber land\\nadjoining, one mile north of Ithaca. Of this he\\ncleared about 30 acres and made other improvements.\\nAug. 28, 1866, he moved to his present farm, where\\nhe purchased 120 acres, mostly timber. Of this he\\nhas cleared 70 acres and sold 40. His son-in-law\\nhas 40 acres adjoining on the north.\\nMr. L. has built a nice residence here, besides\\nbarns, etc., and has a good orchard. He is a pro-\\ngressive and prosperous agriculturist. When he first\\nsettled in Arcada his nearest neighbor was a Mr,\\nClimer, eight miles distant, near St. Louis. He\\nerected a log house, and himself and family endured\\nthe privations and trials incident to pioneer life.\\nIn this family is an adopted son, Willie H., born\\nDec. 14, 1856, in Indiana, who was taken into this\\nfamily when 14 months of age.\\nR illiam Greaser, farmer on section 17, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of William and\\nEmily (Leerett) Greaser, natives respect-\\ni ively of England and Canada. They set-\\ntled in the latter country after marriage, and\\nin the spring of 1868 came to Michigan. A\\nyear later they came to Fulton Township, this county,\\nwhere the father died, Sei)t. 17, 1873, and the mother\\nMarch 11, 1881. Their family comprised 13 chil-\\ndren.\\nThe second son, William, was born in Canada\\nEast, Aug. 24, 1827. In his early life he attended\\nthe common schools, and worked for his father. On\\ngaining his legal freedom, at the age of 21, he worked\\nout by the month for one year, and then went to Ver-\\nmont for a year. Returning to the Dominion, he\\nbought a farm of about 50 acres, which he worked\\na year and a half, and then sold. A year later he\\nremoved to Canada West, where he purchased a farm\\nand lived for 16 years. In October, 187 1, he sold\\nout, and, coming to Gratiot County, bought half a\\nsection. Having since disposed of a portion of his\\nland, he now has 150 acres, of which iio are well\\nimproved. In 1880, he built his fine residence.\\nJan. 22, 1850, in anada East, he married Miss\\nElizabeth, daughter of Tiiomas and Elizabeth\\n(Brooks) McCombs, natives of Ireland. They emi-\\ngrated to Canada, where the father died, March 12,\\n1863, and the mother, in June, 1868. Their daugh-\\nter Elizabeth was born in Canada East, Aug. 12,\\n1828. Mr. and Mrs. Creaser have had 10 children,\\neight of whom survive Thomas W. B., Emily E.,\\nSusan S., Philip W., George A., Lucy J., Wilhelm-\\nina E. and Violet A. Sophia and John R. are de-\\nceased.\\nMr. C. has held the offices of School Treasurer\\nand Inspector, and is politically a Democrat. He\\nand wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\njvolin Church, farmer, section 23, Arcada\\n^^^ii. Township, was born in Wheatland Town-\\n.--r^ ^--i (i WA ^iy^ ^^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac3^\\nship, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Dec. 22, 1853, and\\nis a son of Lafayette and Sophronia (Benja-\\nmin) Church (see sketch). When one year\\nold he was brought by his parents to Gratiot\\nCounty. They settled on section ri, Arcada Town-\\nship, and here the subject of this biographical notice\\nwas reared and educated, working on his father s\\nfarm until 17 years old. He then devoted one year\\nto the acquisition of some of the more advanced\\nbranches of learning, attending the college at Fen-\\nton ville, Genesee County. When 19 years of age\\nhe left home, and for two years traveled through the\\nScuth and West. Returning home, he remained with\\nhis father vintil 24 years old.\\nDec. 9, 1877, he was married to Miss Carrie,\\ndaughter of Francis and Hattie (Hurd) Nelson, na-\\ntives of Michigan. Carrie was born in Lenawee\\nCo., Mich., and died in Arcada Township, this\\ny^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "ftl\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aetr\\ns\\nt\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n191\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^^\\nL^^\\ncounty. Aug. 2, 1879, leaving a wide circle of friends\\nto sympathize witii her husband. Nov. 22, 1880, he\\nwas again married, at St. Louis, to Miss JuHa, daugh-\\nter of Patrick and Bridget (Rhyne) Fitzgerald, na-\\ntives of the Emerald Isle. They tollow farming, and\\nnow reside in .\\\\rcada Township, aged respectively\\n76 and 5-1. Their daughter Julia was born in Roch-\\nester, N. Y., July 5, 1859, and was there reared and\\neducated.\\nShortly after marriage, Mr. and Mis. Church set-\\ntled on 80 acres of wild land on section 23, Arcada,\\nwhich he had purchased the previous year. He has\\nsince added 60 acres to his farm, making 140, of\\nwhich 80 acres are under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs.\\nC. have one son, Ma.xwell, born Oct. 5, 1881. Mr.\\nC. is an enterprising and genial young man, and\\ncommands the respect of all who know him. In\\npolitics he is a Republican.\\nw .M^vt\\nton. Archibald Bard Darragh, Representa-\\naasMB from Clraliot County, resident at St.\\nW;^r^ Louis, was born Dec. 2j, 1840, in La Salle\\n/N Township, Monroe Co., Mich. He is a son of\\nBenjamin F. and Catherine B. Darragh. The\\nfamily legends preserve the patronymic through\\nits descent and trace it unmistakably to its fountain\\nhead, which was that of one of the Scottish clans.\\nIt is immortalized by the pen of Sir Walter Scott in\\none of his historical romances.\\nThe progenitors of the Darragh families of this\\nconnection and generation, founded by inter-marriage a\\nline of Scotch-Irish descendants, a race signally dis-\\ntinguished for meritorious traits, inherently honest,\\nintelligent and possessing the most valuable charac-\\nteristics incident to humanity. The line of Mr.\\nDarragh s descent on the jjaternal side is obscure,\\nfrom the fact patent in the nature of the race origin.\\nIt is well known that a ])eculiar feature of one class\\nof Scotch is its utter contempt for, and abnegation of,\\nprecedents and types. A man is what he makes\\nhimself, is the canon of its existence; and tradi-\\ntionary observances and recollections are only auld\\nwives fables. The present generation is traceable\\nonly to its immediate ancestors, who inhabited the\\neastern and southeastern portions of Pennsylvania,\\nwith whose interest and affairs they were promi-\\nnently identified. Henry and Ann (Jamison) Darragh,\\ngreat-grandparents, were natives of the North of\\nIreland, and emigrated to .-America prior to the\\nRevolutionary war, settling in that part of Pennsyl-\\nvania now known as Bucks County. Henry Darragh\\nbecame a Ca[)tain in the Continental Army, and died\\nin Bucks County in 1782, at the age of 45 years.\\nHis wife died in Bedford Co., Penn., aged 73 years.\\nTheir family comprised seven children. George W.\\nDarrali, thtir youngest son (grandfather of Mr.\\nDarragh), was born July 12, 1778, in Bucks Co.,\\nPenn. He married Rebekah More Jan. 7, 1803, and\\nremoved with his family from Fulton Co., Penn., to\\nMichigan, in 1834. The children were, Lewis, Benj.\\nF., Mary A., Geo. W., James, John and Martha.\\nThe paternal grand-parents of the subject of\\nthis sketch were residents of Fulton County in the\\nKeystone State, and came to Michigan in 1834,\\nwhere they passed the remainder of their lives.\\nThe name of George W. Darrah (who found\\nit expedient to drop the letter that forms the\\ndistinguishing link in the name), is indissolubly con-\\nnected with the history of the Peninsula State, from\\nthe fact that he was an officer in the 2d Regiment\\nInfantry, organized and called out by Gov. Mason,\\nto resist the attempted jurisdiction of Ohio over\\nMichigan territory. He died in Monroe Co., Mich.,\\nin 1839, aged 61 years.\\nBenjamin F. Darragh was born in Fulton Co., Pa.,\\nin 1808, and was married to Catherine Bard, Dec.\\n4, 1834. She was born Nov. 12, 1804, near Mercers-\\nburg, Pa., and died in April, 1863. In the ma-\\nternal line the descent of Mr. Darragh of this sketch\\nis traceable for several generations, as his mother\\ncame of a race just as signally distinguished for firm,\\nsturdy traits of character as that of her husband,\\nthough of a type widely at variance. On the 29th\\nof October, 1830, Archibald Bard, her father, re-\\ncorded his genealogy in this wise: Archibald Bard,\\nwho is the son of Richard Bard, who was the son of\\nArchibald Bard, the son of William Bard, the son of\\nJohn Bard. Richard Bard married Catherine Foe,\\nDec. 22, 1756. Archibald Bard, the yoimger, mar-\\nried Elizabeth Beatty, who had children Richard,\\nMaria, William Beatty, Catherine, Margaret, Eliza-\\nbeth, Archibald, Eliza Jane and Martha Olivia.\\nThe record is made in the first volume of Henry s\\nExposition, now in Mr. Darragh s possession, and\\nr\\nA\\ns:/\\nt\\n\u00c2\u00abtj^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "-^/^K 6v^ iin\u00c2\u00a7nnf^T^\\n-\u00c2\u00a7^^C(\u00c2\u00aeV^i\\nGRATIOT COU.VTY.\\nb\\ni\\ncontaining explicit and full records of the births,\\ndeaths and marriages of the generation to which his\\ngrandfather belonged. John Bard came from Ireland\\nin the early part of the 17th century and settled in\\nMaryland, whence his descendants dispersed. Rich-\\nard Bard, great-grandfather of Mr. Darragh and third\\nin descent from John Bard, was born near Piiiladel-\\nphia, Dec. 26, 1726, and settled in that part of York\\nCounty which was afterwards set off and named\\nAdams County, in the State of Pennsylvania. In\\n1744, the war between England and France termi-\\nnated the historic peace established by the Quakers\\nbetween the colonists and Indians, and Braddock s\\ncampaign, with its disastrous results, seemed to let\\nloose upon the borders many of the possibilities of\\nsavage warfare. Assaults on the frontier settlements\\nwere frequent and resulted in murder of the whites,\\nor what was in most instances worse, capture.\\nThese hostilities grew less frequent as time i-ro-\\ngressed, but did not wholly cease until 1759.\\nIn 1758, the Indians sent their marauding parties\\ninto York County, and killed and abducted the fron-\\ntiersmen and their families. On the 13th of Ajiril,\\nin that year, 19 Delawares invested the home of\\nRichard Bard. The inmates were Mr. Bard, his\\nwife, Lieut. Potter (brother of Gen. Potter), a babe\\nof six months, and a bound boy. The Indians made\\nan entry into the house and were repulsed. But\\nthey were too numerous to be successfully resisted,\\nand capitulation was determined on by the whites.\\nThey surrendered on promise of their lives being\\nspared; the house was rifled of all valuables and the\\nother buildings fired. Lieut. Potter was murdered\\nsoon after they had taken up their line of march, and\\nnot long after the infant child shared the same fate.\\nOn the fifth day Mr. Bard resolved to escape, as the\\nbrutality of his captors and the hardships he en-\\ncountered were fast disabling him and incapacitating\\nhim from travel. He was sent to a spring for water,\\nbut a short time after his resolution was formed and\\ncommunicated to his wife he took advantage of the\\nopiiortunity his errand afforded, 10 make his escaj)e.\\nThe character of the wife may be inferred from the\\nfact that she not only approved of his determination,\\nbut diverted the attention of the Indians until her\\nfleeing husband was beyond the reach of their ven-\\ngeance. Can the women of this period adequately\\npicture to their understandings the qualities of a\\nwoman who could deliberately choose to be left to\\nsuch chances as lay before Mrs. Bard, isolated and\\nalone in the power of the most implacable of savages,\\nthe Delawares, This volume is honored in record-\\ning her name and perpetuating the fame of her act\\nof self-sacrificing, womanly devotion. It is probable\\nthat her native strength of diaracter and superiority\\ninspired her savage captors with respect, for her life\\nwas spared and she was subjected to no indignities\\nbeyond the hardships of the march and its incidental\\nprivations. She was formally adopted by the tribe,\\nbut refused to learn or use their language, as she\\nwould have been obliged, in that event, by their cus-\\ntoms, to choose or accept a husband. She was in\\ncaptivity two years and five months, and was ran-\\nsomed by the payment of $200 by her husband, who\\nnever ceased his efforts to find her after he attained\\nhis own freedom. The story of his escape would\\ngrace the pages of romance. His suflferings rivaled\\nthose of the Unionists who came out of the jaws\\nof death in making their escape from the stockade\\nprison at Andersonville. He subsisted on buds and\\nraw rattlesnakes, and finally reached Fort Pitt (Pitts-\\nburg) where he began his search and negotiations for\\nhis wife. After their re-union, they settled in Frank-\\nlin Co., Pa., where they reared their family. The\\nforegoing account is abstracted from the detailed\\nrecord written by Archibald, the second son, and\\ncompiled in a volume now in the possession of Mr.\\nDarragh, entitled Mirror of Olden-Time Border\\nLife. Richard Bard died Feb. 22, 1799. The de-\\nmise of his wife occurred Aug. 30, iSii.\\nArchibald Bard (2d) was born June 27, 1765, near\\nGreen Castle, Pa. He engaged extensively in agri-\\nculture and oflSciated for a number of years as Judge\\nof the County Court of Franklin Co., Pa. He was\\nprominent in public life and gained some notoriety\\nin literary circles through his biographical writings\\nand essays on religious topics. He was married to\\nElizabeth Beatty, July 2, 1799, and died Oct. 18,\\n1832. His wife was born Jan. 17, 1774, and died in\\nJanuary, 1852.\\nMr. Darragh is the second child and elder son of\\nhis parents, to whom were born five children, three\\nof whom survive Maria E. is the wife of William\\nS. McDowell, a farmer of Du Page Co., 111.; James\\nC. is Secretary and Treasurer of the Stockwell\\nDarragh Furniture Company of Grand Rapids. Until\\nA\\nDIISIIII-^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": ")^tl^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^K 6VC tlB^:nD\\nV\\n(b\\n1\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n193\\nhe was 12 years old Mr. Darragh was a pupil in the\\ncommon schools of his native county. In 1852, his\\nparents removed to the city of Monroe, where he had\\nthe advantage of the academy there located, and he\\nprepared for a collegiate course under the instruction\\nof Hon. Edwin Willits, then at the head of a select\\nschool at Monroe. In the fall of 1857, Mr. Darragh\\nentered the Classical Department of the University\\nof Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he remained two\\nyears. Through the medium of a friend, William E.\\nCrume, he obtained a position as private tutor in\\nClaiborne Co., Miss. He was in one of the most\\ndisloyal sections of the seditious South when the key\\nnote of the Rebellion transfi.\\\\ed the civilized world.\\nThe loyal blood in his veins, and the sturdy patriotism\\nhe inherited from the races to which he belongs, as-\\nserted themselves too strongly for him to remain\\nquiescent, even if he had not been already marked\\nas a Yankee school-master; but when he took the\\ninitiatory toward a speedy retreat to the North, his\\ndeparture was made possil)le only through the inter-\\nvention of the friend through whose instrumentality\\nhe went South. The latter, though true to his\\nheart s instincts, was prominent in his own disloyalty\\nto his country s flag; but, with cocked revolver, he\\nprotected iiis friend until the train, which he boarded\\nwith difficulty, bore him away toward safety. The\\nroute was made under harassing perplexities, and\\nonly by strategy and justifiable misleading did Mr.\\nDarragh elude the rebel officials and escape deten-\\ntion, and more probably death. He reached home\\nand again entered the University of Michigan, where\\nlie remained a year, and was graduated in the\\nClassical Department, receiving the degree of A. 15.\\nin 1868, after the close of the war.\\nThe influences that were abroad permeated every\\nelement and involved every class in Michigan. The\\ninmates of her educational institutions, pupils and\\nprofessors, one by one, laid aside their books and their\\nduties and enrolled in the defense of the Union\\nflag. Students, approaching the yi /w/. of their edu-\\ncational career, grew impatient over the slow march\\nof the succeeding days and received the credentials\\nof their scholarship without a vestige of the pride\\nand gratification which had seemed the only thing\\nworth living for when they began their curriculum of\\nstudy. But one thought ruled the hour, men were\\nneeded at the front. Their years of effort were vain\\nand their futures of promise only pulseless, tideless\\nseas of baffled hopes, ambitions and energies, if the\\nnation died in the throes of mortal agony that were\\nnearing its vitals. The tide of Northern student life\\nthat surged toward the vortex of battle through the\\nsucceeding years of the war, was one of the sublim-\\ncst spectacles the world ever saw, and bore a weight\\nof significance worthy the consideration of kings and\\nprime ministers.\\nA double incentive actuated Mr. Darragh in his\\nviews of the situation and his relation to the duties\\nof his manhood. The same impulses that swayed\\nothers held mastery over him and the memory of the\\nindignities to which he had been subjected, from the\\nsimple fact that accident, so to speak, gave him being\\nunder a Northern sky, brought home to him with a\\nsharp significance the realities of the case. On the\\n14th of August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co.\\nH, iSih Mich. Vol. Inf. The regiment joined the\\nUnited States forces opposing the cornmand of Kirby\\nSmith on the fifth of April. t)n the 25th of the\\nsame month, private Darragh, with 62 others belong-\\ning to his regiment and to the Tenth Kentucky\\nand Fourth Indiana Cavalry, were captured while\\non picket duty near Walton, Boone Co., Ky., in a\\nsudden charge of rebel cavalry, under John Morgan.\\nThe prisoners were marched on the double ipiick to\\nFalmouth, Ky., and on the day following their arrival\\nthey were paroled by Major Dick Morgan, a nephew\\nof the celebrated guerrilla chief. The notice of ex-\\nchange of paroled prisoners was issued early in Jan-\\nuary, 1863, and private Darragh immediately joined\\nCo. D, Ninth Mich. Cav., having received a commis-\\nsion as Second Lieutenant. His regiment achieved\\nits first triumph in the spring of 1863, in the rout\\nand capture of Everett s guerrillas, a portion of Buck-\\nner s command at Triplett s Bridge, Ky. It took a\\nprominent part in the pursuit and capture of Mor-\\ngan, the celebrated raider, making first acquaint\\nance with the devastating rebel hordes under his\\ncommand, on the fifth of July, when a detachment\\nfrom its organization cut off and captured Col. Robert\\nAlston, Morgan s Chief of Staft with 51 prisoners.\\nTlie regiment was in the advance when Morgan was\\nbrought to bay on the banks of the Ohio, at Buffing-\\nton s Island, and made the attack with a vigor that\\nsecured the capture of Col. Basil Duke and most of\\nhis immediate command. While Duke struggled to\\nV)\\nr^\\n^A\u00c2\u00ab) 8eifi.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "j^\u00c2\u00absr-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rr^\\n^OII^Iillf r\\nr:^^\\ni\\nr\\n194\\nGRA TIO r CO UNT Y.\\nhold the field, Morgan fled north with his main body\\nof troops.\\nA detachment from the regiment participated in\\nthe engagement of July 20th, which resulted in the\\ncapture of the command of Morgan with the excep-\\ntion of the rebel chief and about 500 men, who were\\ntaken prisoners with Morgan himself six days later\\nby Cos. D, I. C, H and E, of the Ninth, under\\ncommand of Major W. B. Way, who reported offi-\\ncially to Gen. Burnsidc, from Salineville, Ohio, under\\ndate of July 26, 186.^ After a forced march yes-\\nterday and last night, with almost continued skir-\\nmishing, we succeeded this morning, at eight o clock,\\nin pressing Morgan to an engagement about half a\\nmile from this town. After more than an hour of\\nsevere fighting, we scattered his forces in all direc-\\ntions. The following is the result of our engage-\\nment: from 20 to 30 killed about 50 wounded 255\\nprisoners. Our loss slight. My command is 250\\nstrong. Within a month, Lieut. Darragh marciied\\nwith his regiment, under Burnside, over the moun-\\ntains into East Tennessee. The Ninth did good\\nservice at Loudon Bridge, Knoxville, Cumberland\\nGap, and aided in driving the enemy through Straw-\\nberry Plains, Morristown, Russellville, Blue Springs,\\nGreenville, Jonesborough and Wautaga, to the very\\ngates of the Old Dominion. It had watered its\\nhorses in every stream from the Cumberland range\\nto the Blue Ridge. The campaign of the winter of\\n63-4, in the mountains of East Tennessee, is with-\\nout precedent in the annals of the war. The cold\\nwas extreme, and supplies, which at first were insuf-\\nficient, were at last wholly cut off. The soldiers\\nwere in rags; East Tennessee, so often traversed by\\nboth armies, was destitute of provisions and forage,\\nand the effort to keep the cavalry forces mounted\\nwas a failure. The line of daily march was marked\\nby dead horses and abandoned equipments, and tiie\\nsituation well nigh rivaled the bitter recitals of Val-\\nley Forge. The men s feet were, many of them, des-\\ntitute of covering, save the swathings of pieces of\\nblankets and cloth, in which tiiey were enveloped.\\nBy the middle of February, there were but 50 service\\nable horses in the entire command, and on the 25th\\nof that month, Lieut. Darragh, in charge of 50 picked\\nmen, was ordered to report direct to Gen. Garrard,\\nBrigade Commander, and until March 25th was en-\\ngaged in scouting and reconnoitering expeditions\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^Dti:^\\nand the command was frequently involved in skir-\\nmishes with detachments of Confederate cavalry.\\nIn April the regiment was ordered to Kentucky to\\nremount, and in Jui^e was a prominent factor in\\nrouting Morgan at Cynthiana and driving him from\\nthe State. It was in the advance and was deployed\\non the right of the Union hne opposed to Morgan s\\nleft. The day was won by a brilliant sabre charge,\\nwhich made a complete rout. The official report of\\nthe commanding General Burbridge claimed 1,100\\nrebels killed, wounded and captured. During the\\nmonth of July, the regiment marched through Ken-\\ntucky and Tennessee, into Georgia, joining Sherman s\\nconquering legions at Marietta in their advance on\\nAtlanta The cavalry was engaged in protecting the\\nflanks, keeping open communications, in scouting, re-\\nconnoitering and raiding, till after the fall of Atlanta.\\nIt participated in the successful raid around At-\\nlanta, under Kilpatrick. On the 14th day of Novem-\\nber, 1864, the General was sounded, the regiment\\nmarched out of its camp near Atlanta and took its ^l\\nposition in Sherman s grand army in the first day s\\nMarch to the Sea. The progress through Georgia\\nwas one continuous skirinish with the rebel cavalry,\\nunder Gen. Wheeler. The regiment distinguished\\nUself at Lovejoy s Station, at Macon, at Waynesboro,\\nand at Cypress Swamp, and won the following special\\nmention from Gen. Kilpatrick, in his official report\\nto fien, Sherman It has at all times behaved most\\nhandsomely and attracted my special attention. It\\nwas the escort of Gen. Sherman in the investment of\\nSavannah, and made a gallant charge at ,\\\\iken, S. C,\\nand was in hot action at Averysboro and at Benton-\\nville.\\nThe Ninth was the only Michigan cavalry regi-\\nment that marched with Sherman to the ocean, and P\\nit fired the last volley at the rebels, in behalf of the\\nNational standard, prior to the surrender of Gen.\\nJohnston s army. The commission of Mr. Darragh\\nas First Lieutenant was dated Feb. 12, 1864; that of\\nCaptain was conferred June 9, 1865. He was mus-\\ntered out of service July 21, 1865, and was honor- G?\\nably discharged at Jackson. I\\nAfter leaving the military service, Mr. Darragh re- ^f\\nsolved to fit himself for the legal profession, and,\\nwith that intent, went to Jackson to engage in the\\nproper course of study under the direction of Gov. (*)j\\nBlair. But the experiences of the years which had", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "r^^^ erV ^tlti: JOIls T\\nrr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0#eS\u00c2\u00ab!A ii\\nf\\nV\\nt\\nGRA TIO T CO UNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00ab9S\\nintervened since his student days, had made havoc\\nwith his mental habits, and he found it difficult to\\nconcentrate his attention sufficiently to vender his\\nreadings profitable. He obtained a position in the\\n\\\\Vest-Side union school at Jackson, and had charge\\nof the Grammar Department two years. In 1867 he\\nwas elected the first Superintendent of Jackson\\nCounty, and discharged tlie duties of t lie office two\\nyears.\\nMr. Darragh came to Gratiot County in 1870, and\\nsoon after established his banking business at St.\\nLouis, where he has since prosecuted the matters\\ncommon to such institutions. He has been inti-\\nmately connected with the prominent interests of the\\nvillage since he became a resident, and has officiated\\ncontinuously as a member of the Village Board of\\nEducation. The perfect organization of the union\\nschool is largely due to his effoits and views, made\\npractical by his own experience as an educator. He\\nis a Pepublican to the core, and has been active in\\nlocal politics. In t87 2, he was elected County\\nTreasurer, and in 1882 ivas nominated and elected\\nRepresentative of Gratiot County, receiving 62 ma-\\njority on the popular vote over the Fusion candidate.\\nThe canvass was spirited and the entire Fusion\\nticket w^s elected witli the exception of Representa-\\ntive and Circuit Court Commissioner. Both candi-\\ndates are residents at St. Louis, and Mr. Darragli s\\nmajority in his home townshiii (Pine River) was 36.\\nMr. Darragh was active in liis capacity of Assem-\\nblyman. He served as Chairman of Committee on\\nPrivate Corporations, a position for which he was pe-\\nculiarly fitted, and he also acted on Committees on\\nStale Affairs and on State University.\\nThe character of Mr. Darragh needs no elabora-\\ntion at the hands of the biographer. From the sim-\\nple recital of the successive events of his career the\\nfuture generations who may be interested in tracing\\nhis influence and ijosition in Ciratiot County, will l)e\\nat no loss to form a just estimate of his deserts.\\nHis portrait appears on page 190, and will prove a\\nsatisfaction to his friends, as it is one of the niost\\nvaluable of the large collection in this volume.\\nHe was married June 8, 1875, to Annie P. Cul-\\nbertson, of Monongahela City, Pa. She was born\\nMay 14, 1848, at Allegheny City, Pa., and is a daugh-\\nter of Albert and Emily (Brown) Culbertson. Mary,\\nonly child, was born Sept. 15, 1879, at St. Louis.\\nI 1^1 atriek Brewer, farmer on section 15, Emer-\\niii^^i;^ son Townshij), was born in Wicklow Co.,\\nJ*Si- Ireland, Jan. i, 1825, and is the son of\\nli|S Richard and Anr. (Kenney) Brewer, natives\\n,0\\nC\\ni^ of the Emerald Isle, where they were small\\nfarmers. In 1850 they emigrated to Canada, settling\\nnear Kingston, Ont., and farmed there. Patrick, at\\nthe age of 27, left his parents and worked in San-\\ndusky o, Ohio, ur.til the summer of 1856. He\\nthen came to this State and county, and settled on\\nhis present farm in Fmerson Township.\\nIn this county, March 31, 1867, he was united in\\nmarriage to Mrs. Ruth Decker {nee Convis), daughter\\nof John D. and Submitte (Graves) Convis, natives of\\nRhode Island and Vermont, respectively. They\\nwere married in the State of New York, and after a\\nnumber of years removed to Emerson Township,\\ntliis county, where they died, the father in 1S67, and\\nthe mother in 1861. Ruth was born in Ontario,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., March 22, 1835 came at the age\\nof nine to Shiawassee Co., Mich., and later to Gra-\\ntiot County, where she was married.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brewer have had four children, two\\nof whom are living: Richard S ,liorn Nov. 21, 1870;\\nEmma L., born Dec. 17, 1874; Mittie A., born Sept.\\n3, 1868, and died Oct. 3, 1868; Joseph A., born Sept.\\n16, 1869, and died Sept. 30, 1869. Mr. Brewer is\\npolitically a faithful Re))ublican. He has held the\\noffices of Overseer of Highways and School Di-\\nrector.\\nohn S. Parker, farmer, section 8, Newark\\nTownship, was born March 25, 1841, in\\nWayne Co., Mich. His father, John Pai\\nker, was a native of Vermont, and married\\n]C Mary Berry, who was born in the State of New\\nYork, where they settled for a time. They\\nafterwards removed to Ohio, and later to Michigan,\\nwhich was then in its pioneer period, locating in\\nayne County. In 1854 they settled in Newark,\\nGratiot County. Their family consisted of eight\\nsons and three daughters.\\nMr. Parker is the fourth son, and accpiired his edu-\\ncation in the common schools At 16 he became\\nrr\\n^m^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "196\\nG-RA TIO T CO UNT V.\\n^^^isr\\n-4^^f\\nS\\ns\\n6\\nmaster of his own fortunes, and has spent all his\\nlife thus far in the Peninsula State, with the excep-\\ntion of two months, which were mostly passed in\\nMissouri. In March, 1873, he bought 120 acres of\\nland, under partial improvements, and erected there-\\non suitable and convenient farm buildings. He now\\nowns t6o acres in Newark Township, of which 120\\nacres are under good cultivation, and 90 acres in\\nFulton Township, 55 of which are improved.\\nMr. Parker was married Dec. 24, 1873, to Mar)\\nthird daughter of John and Nancy (Dravenstot)\\nGreer, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Parker was\\nborn in Clinton County, Sept. T9, 1854. Her parents\\nwere natives of Ohio. Two children are now in-\\ncluded in the liousehold: Jane A., born April 23, 1876,\\nand Roscoe B., born July 14, 1879.\\nIn political matters Mr. Parker votes independ-\\nently. He is a member of the Order of Masonry.\\noseph A. Guthrie, physician and farmer,\\non section 15, Emerson Township, was\\nMfi born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 12,1815,\\nf 5^ and is the son of Nathan and Abbie (Richard-\\niiC son) Guthrie, natives of New England, and of\\nScotch and English e.xtraction. The Guthries\\nfor several generations back have been physicians\\nand surgeons. Nathan Guthrie practiced in Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., when that county was very new, and he\\nhad to contend with most of the hardships of pio-\\nneer life. He deserves the credit of being one of\\nthe foremost in developing that now rich country,\\nand his children were the first white children born\\nthere.\\nThe subject of this sketch was scarcely one year\\nold when he lost his mother, and he was taken care\\nof by his aunt and uncle. He lost his father by\\ndeath four years later, and was then left entirely to\\nhis relatives. They treated him kindly, and enabled\\nhim to obtain a practical education in the common\\nschools. At the age of 19 he began teaching in the\\ncommon schools, and by spending his earnings in\\nbetter informing himself, he progressed rapidly. He\\nstudied in select schools, and then gave himself to\\nthe art of medicine, under Dr. L. Tucker, of Earl-\\nville, Madison Co., N. Y. He remained with that\\ngentleman four years, and attended a course of lec-\\ntures at Geneva, N. Y. In the spring of 1842, he\\nsecured his diploma, and he has since acquired, by a\\nlong and successful practice, the reputation of a very\\nskillful physician.\\nJuly 16, r844, at Sandy Hill, Washington Co.,\\nN. Y., he was married to Eunice Town, a native of\\nWashington Co., N. Y. She died in Shiawassee Co.,\\nMich., in September, 1846, and March 16, 1847, in\\nShiawassee County, he was again married, to Emma\\nM. Convis, daughter of John D. and Submitte\\n(Graves) Convis, natives of Vermont. She was born\\nin pniisburg, Jefferson Co., N. Y., April 29, 1829, and\\nwhen a year and a half old went with her parents to\\nWayne County, that State, where she received a\\ncommon-school education. At the age of 16 she\\ncame to Shiawassee County, this State, and taught\\nfor a short time previous to her marriage. In 1857,\\nDr. and Mrs. Guthrie came to tiiis county and set-\\ntled on r2o acres, 80 on section 15 and 40 on sec-\\ntion 14, to which he has since added 80 acres, and\\nhe now follows farming in connection with the prac-\\ntice of his profession. Their first experiences here\\nwere such as most pioneer families undergo, though\\nperhaps they were even more severe. Tiie Doctor\\nwas the first regular medical graduate to practice in\\nGratiot County.\\nThe Dr. and Mrs. (iuthrie have a family of three:\\nJustus N., born May 21, 1848; Jesse L., born Sept.\\n9, 1850; and Ella C, born March 26, t86o. They\\nare members of the Baptist Church. He was one of\\nthe first four Justices of the Peace chosen in Emer-\\nson Township, and he has held that office 12 years.\\nHe was also for some time Assistant Revenue As-\\nsessor. Politically he is an active Republican.\\n^^hJhsS\\nWm^\\nbharles S. Harmon, general farmer, section\\n28, New Haven Township, is a son of\\nWalter Harmon, a native of Connecticut and\\na farmer by occupation, who came to this\\nState in 1844, and located in Ionia County,\\nas one of the first settlers in Sebewa Town-\\nHe subsequently moved into Clinton County,\\nand died November, 1861, aged about 63. His\\nwife, Mary, r Dicks, was also a native of Connecti-\\ncut, and died in this county Dec. 22, 1858, aged 59.\\nCharles S., the subject of this sketch, worked with\\n6\\nship.\\na)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2:?t^\\n^1\u00c2\u00bb-\\n%A^ w a 5? Diis v^\\n-4^^*^3)", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rJ^^ 6V ^l]ll :nils V^\\n4^^5C(\u00c2\u00aevii\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n197\\nh\\nV\\nV\\nhis father on the farm in Ionia County until 19 years\\nof age, when he rclinned to his native State, New\\nYork, wliere he was horn, Sept. 16, 1831, in Chautau-\\nqua County. Residing in Genesee County, that\\nState, for three years, he returned to Clinton County,\\nwhere he remained with liis parents until his mar-\\nriage, Oct. 15, 1S54, to Miss Frances Z. White, daugh-\\nter of Moses H. and Miranda (Wheelock) White.\\n(See sketch.) She was l)orn in Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nMarch 13, 1839, moving afterward to Ingham County,\\nand next to Clinton County, where she lived till her\\nmarriage. She is the mother of five children, three\\nof whom are dead, namely Phebe R. and Florence\\nM., living; and Worth H., Mary M.and Effie J., de-\\nceased.\\nA year after marriage, Mr. H. bought 40 acres of\\nland in Watertown Township, Clinton County, which\\nhe afterward sold and bought another 40 in the\\nsame township, where he followed agriculture for\\neight years. Both these places he found in a state\\nof wild nature. On leaving the latter place he went\\nto Lansing, Mich., and followed teaming nearly a\\nyear. In 1864 he came to this county and lived the\\nfirst year with his father-in-law he then purchased\\na 40-acre piece of land, where he now dwells, mov-\\ning upon it three years after the purchase. To this\\ntract he has added 40 acres more, and of the total\\n80 acres he has 75 acres in fine cultivation.\\nMr. Harmon has held the school offices of his dis-\\ntrict, and in political affairs he is a Republican.\\nohn M. Everden, farmer and teacher, section\\n,0, Emerson Township, was born in Ingham\\nCo., Mich., Oct. 5, 1852, and is a son of O.\\nA. and Harriet Jane (Phelps) Everden, natives\\n_ of Pennsylvania and New York, respectively.\\nThey were married in the latter State, and two\\nyears after came to Michigan. They located on a\\nfarm in Ingham County, where their son John was\\nborn. He came with his parents to this county in\\nthe spring of 1854, and has since lived in Emerson\\nTownship, section 70. Being the eldest of three\\nSi children, it early came to his lot to be a sort of fore-\\nman aromid the farm; but, in spite of hard work and\\nlimited advantages, he found time to obtain a fair\\neducation in the common schools of his time, so that\\nby perseverance he qualified himself for teaching.\\nAt the age of 20, he began teaching, and has since\\ntaught in the winters, and farms in the summers..\\nOf the 80 acres, 50 are well cultivated. He is con-\\nsidered a skillful farmer and a competent teacher.\\nHe still resides on the old homestead, with his\\nmother, a woman of sterling worth.\\nApril 1 9,. J 883, in Saginaw City, he was united in\\nthe bonds of matrimony to Jennie, daughter of Ira\\nand D. A. (Westcolt) Van Buskirk, natives of New\\nYork. She was born in Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 20,\\n1862, and came to this county in her childhood.\\nHe is connected with the Baptist Church, of Ithaca,\\nand she, with the M. E. Church, at the same\\nplace.\\nMr. Everden is a member of Ithaca Lodge, No.\\n123, F. A. M., and now holds the office of J. W.,\\nin that lodge. He has held the township offices of\\nSuperintendent of Schools, Supervisor and School\\nInspector. Politically, he is a strong supporter of\\nRepublican principles.\\n%.ri.\u00c2\u00ab :U\\n}OC?0.o|:-:- iT-r?-\\nA\\n-A\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^Illl\\nilliam N. Rogers, farmer on section t^-^,\\niSII[c Pine River Townshii), is a son of William\\n%~e -Q T. and Lydia M. (Beckwith) Rogers, natives\\nof New York State. They married and set-\\ntled in that State, afterwards removing to\\nMedina Co., Ohio, where they resided until\\ntheir death. William N., the subject of this bio-\\ngraphical narrative, was born in New York State,\\nSept. 16, 1820. He was two years old when his par-\\nents removed to Ohio, and in that State he was edu-\\ncated and grew to manhood. At the age of 18, he\\nwas apprenticed to the blacksmith s trade for three\\nyears at Ashland, Ohio. This business he followed\\nmost of the time until 1877.\\nHe came to this county in October, 1854, and set-\\ntled on the farm which he had entered the June pre-\\nvious, on section 33, Pine River Township. He built\\nthe first blacksmith shop in Grat ot County, on his\\nfarm. He and four others, among them Col. Ely,\\nMr. Porter and J. H. Clark, cut through the woods\\nwhat was known as the middle trail. He built a\\nlog house 28 X 16, and afterwards sold his whole\\nfarm, trading 40 acres for the place on which he now\\nresides, one yoke of steers, one cow and one barrel\\nof pork. His present farm is all nicely under culti-", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\n6\\n198\\n^[|Il ^llD^ -r\\nV\\nT\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nsr\\n#^f\u00c2\u00aeV:M)\\nvation. He has at different times owned various\\nfarms in Arcada and Pine River Townships.\\nApril 18, 1843, in Homer Township, Medina Co.,\\nOhio, he was married to Lydia, daughter of Peter\\nand Hannah (Taylor) Clark. They first settled in\\nNew Jersey, and afterwards removed to New York\\nState. Thence they went to Ohio, and. lived there\\n14 years; and in 1854 they came to Ionia Co.. Mich.,\\nwhere they died. Their daughter Lydia was born in\\nTioga Co., N. Y., Aug. 2, 1822.\\nMr. Rogers enlisted in tiie 8th Mich. Vol. Inf.,\\nand served in the Union army 16 months. He was\\nhonorably discharged May 24, 1865, at Detroit.\\nDuring the first part of his service, he was em-\\nployed as blacksmith; and when Ralph Ely was\\npromoted Colonel, he was detailed as cook for that\\npopular leader.\\nMr. and Mrs. R. have had five children: Han-\\nnah S., Roxana E., Mary C, Phebe U. R. and Will-\\niam H. Hannah S. was married to Henry Adams,\\nand died April 28, 1876. Roxana E. was married\\nto George M. Simonson, of Saginaw, and died Feb.\\n20, 1867. Mr. Rogers has held the various school\\noffices, and has been a Trustee of Alma village for\\nsix years. In political sentiment, he is a Democrat.\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aba2er\u00c2\u00a9^\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n.^%0in!^\\nMr.\\n|JE^S|ddison G. Fraker, farmer, section 8, Wasb-\\nI^^Ss ington Township, is a son of Napoleon B.\\nS| pS^ and Rebecca (Merrills) Fraker, natives of New\\nYork State. They followed farming, and in\\n1 86 1 came to Gratiot County, locating on 160\\nacres on section 8, Washington Township.\\nFraker afterwards added 20 acres, and brought\\nI 25 acres to a good state of improvement. He lived\\non this farm until 1879, when he removed to his\\npresent home in Ithaca.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born July 18, 1847,\\nin St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and at the age of 23 he\\nwas married to \\\\melia Campbell, the daughler of\\nCornelius and Pamelia (Amadou) Campbell, who\\nlive on a farm in Washington Township. She was\\nborn Oct. 9, 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Fraker lived first\\n.1 one year on section 7, Washington Township, then\\non their present place four years, then on another\\nfarm on the same section for four years, then set-\\ntling permanently on their present farm. Mr. Fraker\\nhas 260 acres of land, an^J is extensively engaged in\\nstock-raising, as well as farming. They have five\\nchildren, named: Jennie R., Howard C, Ernest R.\\n(died June 20, 1879), N. B. and Kittie (twins).\\nMr. Fraker was chosen Township Treasurer in\\n1 88 1, and again in 1882. He has been School Di-\\nrector, and is at present Assessor of fractional school\\ndistrict No. 3, Washington and Fulton Townships.\\nI hilip P. Allen, farmer, section 29, Emerson\\nj,-?^ss5!(4 Township, was born in Delaware Co., N. Y.,\\nr\\nApril 2 1, 1829, and is the son of Isaiah and\\nElsie (Peck) Allen, natives of New York, and\\ndescendants of the Puritan fathers. They\\nfollowed farming, and died in this State, some years\\nago.\\nPhilip, when quite young, moved with his father\\nto Seneca County and afterwards to Steuben County.\\nIn these two counties he received a pretty fair\\neducation, and at the age of 19 he engaged in teach-\\ning in the district schools of Steuben County. This\\nhe followed until his marriage in that county, July\\n22, 1850, to Mary A., daughter of Richard Sawtell, a\\nnative of New England. Mary A. was born in New\\nYork, July 2, 1830.\\nFive years after their marriage they came to this\\ncounty and settled on section 29, Emerson Township.\\nHere his wife died, Jan. 8, 1855, leaving two children\\nto comfort her husband: Ozema F., born Nov. 14,\\n1852, and George H., born Feb. 4, 1855. He was\\nagain married, April 17, 1865, to Emma G., daughter\\nof Ralph and Jane (Terry) Bellows, natives of New\\nYork and Michigan, respectively, and of English and\\nScotch extraction. They resided most of their lives\\nin this State, and died here, the father Feb. 1 1, 1863,\\nand the mother March 2, 1869. Emma G. Bellows\\nwas born in Marshall, Mich., Jan. 25, 1846, and\\nremained with her parents till her marriage, coming\\nwith them to Gratiot County, in 1861.\\nMr. and Mrs. Allen have a family of four children,\\nas follows Leland W., born Feb. 5, 1866, Cecil W.,\\nOct. I, 1870, Tessie M., June 2, 1877, and Rexford\\nE., Oct. 6, 1882. They are members of the Baptist\\nAdvent Church.\\nMr. Allen is a man who is respected by all who\\nV\\nf\\\\\\n%y\\nr\\n^\\\\\u00c2\u00a7^^i^-\\n^^M^m\\nji.\\n-^s^^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-t-\\nClLj,, N-^m^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "{Ot^Oub -Jf^ ^:^cA,. J^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "GJiA TIO T CO UNTY.\\nA\\nV\\nS\\nknow him. He has held the office of Township\\nTreasurer for a number of years, and has also been\\nTownship Clerk. He is now Moderator of his school\\ndistrict. Politically he is a Democrat.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mjum^rs^^\\n.^^^mt^-\\nr s-^ V on. Chai-les H. Morse, farmer, stock-raiser\\njjisS.^^ and real-estate dealer, residmg on section\\n)l^ 29, New Haven Township, and one of the\\n^y representative and energetic business men of\\nthe county, is a native of Orangeville, Wyoming\\nI Co., N. Y., where he was born Jan. 27, 1S38.\\nThe parents of Mr. Morse were Harvey and\\n1-ydia (Watkins) Morse, and natives of Green and\\niSIadison Counties, N. Y.\\nFrom a History of the Morse family, owned by\\nthe Buffalo Historical Society, we learn that the fam-\\nily history is of very ancient origin. It is quite\\nclearly traced to a little town in Norway, south of\\n(Christiana. This town was named Moss, because it\\nwas a mossy country. The family took the name of\\nMoss, and in course of succeeding generations and\\ncenturies, as in almost all names which come down\\nto us through centuries, it has changed in form and\\northograi)liy, appearing as Moss, Morss and Morse,\\nand some lesser variations.\\nIt is quite clear that the family accompanied Will-\\niam the Conqueror when he subdued England, or\\ncame soon after, as the name appears in England,\\nand is more easily traced from about that date. The\\nfirst official account is in the time of Edward III,\\nA. D. 1327, when the records show an official ap-\\npointment dated 1358. This probably accounts for\\nthe fact that they had a crest or semblance of a coat-\\nof-arms. This consisted of an open shield, sur-\\nmounted by two battle axes, crossed, and one ax and\\nthree pellets in the body of the shield. The motto\\nin Latin, In Deo, non armis, fido, In God I trust,\\nnot in arms.\\nThe Morse family in America descended from seven\\nfamilies, who came from England about 1635, the\\nheads of these families named Samuel, Joseph, An-\\nthony and William Morse, all settling in Massachu-\\nsetts. Later, Robert Morse landed in New Jersey,\\nJoshua, somewhere in New England, and John\\nMoss, in New Haven, Conn. It seems to be a his-\\ntorical fact that these are the seven families whence\\nthe Morses in early days sprung. Samuel Morse,\\nthe progenitor of the branch of the family to which\\nCharles H. Morse belongs, was born in 1585, in Eng-\\nland, probably at Ipswich, came to Massachusetts\\nwith his wife Elizabeth and son John, in the ship\\nIncrease, in the year 1635, and settled south of\\nCharles River, near Boston, and named the place\\nDediiam. He, with twelve others, owned a large\\ntract of land, built the first meeting-house and\\nschool-house. The compact drawn up by himself\\nand his 12 associates, under which they were to live,\\nis marked by all that severe piety and intolerance\\nthat characterized the Blue Laws of Connecticut.\\nThe whole history of the family indicates that they\\nhave generally been men of sterling integrity and\\nnoted for puritanism. Some have been minis-\\nters in the Episcopal Church, but generally they have\\nbeen Presbyterians. They fought in the Revolution\\nand in every war since to the Rebellion. Some were\\neccentric. John Morse, born in 1712, built his\\nchimney in the hall of his house. He shut himself\\nin his room and resolved to fast 40 days, but after\\ntrying it three or four days came out, saying the\\nLord had excused him from the other days He\\nalso chiseled his own tombstone, and asked to be\\nburied with his head to the north.\\nThe genealogv of the family, from Samuel Morse\\nto the subject of the sketch, Charles H. Morse, is as\\nfollows: Samuel Morse, born 1585, came to\\nAmerica 1635, died 1654; son John, born 16 11,\\ncame to America with his father 1635, died 1657\\nJohn s son Ezra, born 1643, died r697 Ezra s son\\nSeth, born 1686, died 1783; he settled in Connecti-\\ncut; Seth s son John, Ijorn in r7i2, date of death\\nunknown; John s son David, born about 1755, died\\nal)out 1830; David s son Simeon, born Oct. 4, 1781,\\ndied August, r867 Simeon s son Harvey, born June\\n22, 1802, died May i, 1878; and Harvey s son\\nCharles H., born Jan. 27, 1838.\\nMr. Morse had three brothers and three sisters,\\nviz: Evaline, born Dec. 24, 1826, and married to\\nH. H. Beers Electa, born Sept. 28, 1828, and mar-\\nried to Lafayette Winchester; Catharine, born July\\n4, 1831, and married to Horace Briggs; Lucius, born\\nOct. 13, r833, married Rose Cutter and died May\\nS 1875 Jolin. born .A.pril 26, 1835, married Sarah\\nHolly, murdered Aug. r, 1867 Myron, born Feb.\\n20, 1840, married to Elizabeth Chittle.\\n1\\nA\\nvy\\n(O\\nfe^V:r^)\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7it|- ^ll!i: DDv\\n^^.5^;.-\\nJ\\naSi", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a06v c^llllgllllf\\nr^^\\n-#^C^V||^)\\nGRATIOT COUiVTY.\\nT\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y\\nt\\n1^\\nThe parents of the subject of this biography\\nwere hard-working, industrious and energetic people,\\nand Charles H. was educated in the school of labor,\\non the farm, necessity preventing his developm*;nt\\ninto manhood in idleness or wealth. He labored on\\nthe farms in the neighborhood, contributing his earn-\\nings to the support of the family, and attending the\\ncommon schools as opportunity would permit until he\\nattained the age of 17 years. Possessing a determi-\\nnation to succeed in the battles of the world, he de-\\nvoted his idle moments to his books and at the age\\nof 16 he was thoroughly capable of entering on the\\nprofession of a teacher, which he did with credit.\\nIn 1855, Mr. Morse accompanied his parents to this\\nState, where they located in Orleans Township, Ionia\\nCounty. He then engaged in teaching during the\\nwinter months, and assisted the father on the farm\\nduring the summer. Here his father and mother\\ndied, the former May i, 1878, at the advanced age\\nof 76 years; and his mother Dec. 3, 1881, at the\\nhome of our subject, aged 73 years. They were iden-\\ntified with this State since 1855.\\nWhen the nation was aroused from her peaceful\\nslumber of years by the flashing of the terrible news\\nalong the wires from State to State that Sumter had\\nfallen, and our martyr President had called for strong\\narms and brave hearts to battle for the perpetuity of\\nour flag and Government, our subject halted not to\\nconsider, but was ainong the first to offer his services.\\nHe enlisted Sept. 14, 1 861, as a private in Co. D,\\n3d Mich. Vol. Cav., and on the organization of the\\ncompany was appointed Sergeant. He served with\\nthe company as Sergeant until Dec. 15, 1862, when\\nhe was promoted to Commissary Sergeant of the\\nregiment, and he always had personal charge of the\\nsubsistence of the regiment during the time he held\\nthe office.\\nDuring his service with the regiment, he was pres-\\nent at the siege and capture of New Madrid and\\nIsland No. 10. At New Madrid, under Gen. Pope,\\nhe first smelled powder burned in anger.\\nSoon after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, his\\nregiment was ordered to Tennessee, and participated\\nin the siege of Corinth, Miss., and after the evacua-\\ntion did hard service all through the summer of 1862,\\nin Northern Mississippi and Alabama, and West\\nTennessee, participating in the battles of luka, Sept.\\n19, 1S62, and Corinth, Oct. 3 and 4, 1862, two as\\nseverely contested and decisive engagements, consid-\\nering number engaged, as were fought during the\\nwar.\\nIn November, 1862, he accompanied his regiment\\nin advance of Gen. Grant s army, which moved\\nnearly down to Grenada, Miss., engaged daily with\\nthe enemy in severe skirmishing, particularly at Cof-\\nfeeville, where the cavalry advance were confronted\\nby the entire rebel army of Northern Mississi|)pi.\\nThis campaign of Gen. Grant s was apparently\\nbroken up by Van Dorn s raid on his communications\\nand the destruction of his supplies. Van Dorn\\nstruck Gen. Grant s communication at Holly Springs,\\nMiss., Dec. 20, 1862, destroyed a large amount of\\narmy supplies of all kinds and raided north into\\nTennessee, destroying the railroad as he moved.\\nMr. Morse was taken prisoner at Holly Springs, by\\nVan Dorn s forces, while absent from his regiment\\nafter supplies. He was paroled the same day and as\\na result was sent North until exchanged, which took\\nplace in April, 1863. During the remainder of his\\nservice with the regiment he participated with it in\\nall its arduous service, scouting in West Tennessee\\nand Northern Mississippi. Their battles, though\\ntermed skirmishes, were numbered by scores. Few\\ncavalry regiments saw harder service than his and\\nfew indeed were the marches it made when Mr.\\nMorse was not with it.\\nAfter re-enlistment, Mr. M. was ordered to rejiort\\nto Gen. W. A. Pile, at Benton Barracks, St. Louis,\\nMo., who was charged with the organization of regi-\\nments of colored troops at that place. He remained\\non duty with Gen. Pile until August, 1864, when he\\nwas commissioned Captain in the 117th U. S. Col-\\nored Infantry, and ordered to report at Covington,\\nKy., where his regiment was then organizing. He\\nwas the senior Captain in the regiment, taking rank\\nfrom Aug. 16, 1864. During August and September\\nhe assisted in recruiting and organizing his regiment\\nto its maximum number, and in October it was or-\\ndered to Virginia, and assigned to the rst Brigade,\\nist Division, 25th Army Corps, Gen. Godfrey Weit-\\nzel commanding. The 24th and 25th Army Corps\\nconstituted the Army of the James.\\nWhen Richmond was evacuated, Mr. Morse s\\ncompany led the advance of the 25th Corps, and his\\nregiment was probably the first infantry that entered\\nthe capital of the Southern Confederacy.\\nCr\\n1\\nT\\ni\\nt\\n^^^i^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i=^-^\\nmm]if", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "l^^t#*-\\nz^ CA mmh r\\n!2il%\u00c2\u00ab-iix\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^4^^5f\u00c2\u00ae^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n203\\nRemaining at Richmond and Petersburg until\\nJune 2, 1865, he was, with the 25th Corps, ordered to\\nthe Mexican border, to aid in enforcing the famous\\nMonroe Doctrine. Louis Napoleon saw the hand-\\nwriting on the wall, and called the French troops\\nhome from Mexico, leaving Maximilian to his sad\\nfate.\\nIn the fall of 1865, the niustering-out of troops\\nbegan. The 117th Regiment, to which Mr. M. still\\nbelonged, was occupied in garrison duty on the bor-\\nder, and in October of the same year Mr. M., then\\nCaptain, assumed command of the regiment, which\\nhe retained most of the time until the end of its\\nservice.\\nJan. 12, 1866, Mr. M. was promoted from Captain\\nto Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment. Subsequently,\\nowing to the muster-out of other regiments, the 117th\\nwas the only infantry on the border, and was scat-\\ntered from Galveston to Fort Mcintosh, 500 miles\\nup the Rio Crande. Mr. Morse commanded the\\nif^ posts of Brazos de Santiago, Fort Brown and Ringgold\\nBarracks. While at the latter post his jurisdiction ex-\\ntended over 300 miles of the border. Here he had\\n=3 a chance to observe much of Mexican life, and pro-\\nnounces them (save a small educated class), the\\nmost degraded human beings in the world making a\\nclaim to civilization.\\nIn June, 1867, Mr. Morse was brevetted Colonel\\nof U.S. Volunteers, to date from March 13, 1865,\\nfor faithful and meritorious conduct during the war;\\nhis commission being signed by President Andrew\\nJohnson and Secretary Edwin M. Stanton.\\nThe 117th was the last volunteer regiment in the\\nservice, and their three years, or during the war,\\nwas nearly completed July i, 1867. They were or-\\ndered to assemble in New Orleans for muster-out,\\nand on the 23d day of August Mr. Morse was mus-\\ntered out of the military service of the United States,\\nafter a continuous service of 5 years, 1 1 months and\\n9 days.\\nSoon after Mr. M. received his discharge, he came\\nI to this county and purchased 320 acres of heavily\\n(f timbered land, located on sections 20 and 20, New\\nHaven Township. There was at the time 40 acres\\nunder improvement. The farm was originally owned\\nby Richard t rispel. After making this purchase,\\nV Mr. M. at once entered on the task of improving his\\n^^and, at times engaged in lumbering and. in real\\nV\\nestate, and now owns 400 acres, 270 acres of which are\\nwell improved, supplied with good stock and adorned\\nwith handsome and complete farm buildings, and is\\nconsidered the most valuable farm in the township.\\nMr. Morse was united in marriage, Feb. 14, 1864,\\nto Miss Julia, daughter of Nathaniel and Chloe\\n(Thompson) Sessions, late of Ionia County. The\\nfather was born Aug. 20, 1790, and died March 15,\\n1880, age nearly 90. The mother was bom in 1798,\\nand died in 1879, aged 81. They were natives of\\nConnecticut and New York, respectively and came\\nto this State in 1837, since which time they have\\nbeen identified with the prosperity of Ionia County\\nfrom its earliest settlement, always living in the vi-\\ncinity of Matherton. It was there Julia was born,\\nDec. 13, 1S38. She was reared and educated under\\nthe watchful care of fond and loving parents. Pos-\\nsessing a mind capable of rapid cultivation and a\\nlarge amount of energy and determination, she soon\\nattained a point in her studies which thoroughly\\nqualified her to enter upon the duties of a teacher,\\nwhich she performed with great credit. After a few\\nyears of successful teaching she gave up the school\\nroom for the home and entered on the duty of wife\\nand mother. She has had five children, four of\\nwhom are living, namely John C, born March 8,\\n1870; Mark C, born Oct. 27, 1872; Noel M., born\\nJan. 10, 1874, and Katie M., born July 18, 1878.\\nOne child died in infancy.\\nMrs. Morse is a dutiful and loving wife, a kind\\nmother and a generous and esteemed neighbor, al-\\nways working for the social and intellectual improve-\\nment of the community in which she may be found.\\nShe was a twin daughter in a family of 15 chil-\\ndren, 10 of whom are living. Her membership and\\nidentity with the M. E. Church extends over a long\\nperiod of time, and her religious zeal ranks her among\\nthe Christian workers of the county.\\nI he official record of Mr. Morse in the County\\nand Congressional District in which he lives has\\nbeen an honorable and creditable one. He has held\\nthe office of Supervisor eight terms, since 1870, and\\nalso other township and school offices in the gift of\\nthe people of the township.\\nHe was elected Representative on the Republican\\nticket in 1872, and the interest he manifested in the\\nwelfare of his constituency procured him a speedy\\nreturn in 1874. These two terms spent in the Leg-\\nT\\nKy", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "4^Pli: ^tlDy\\nrs\\nO\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nislature extended his reputation as a man of ability\\nand integrity, and at the close of his last term he was\\nput forth as the nominee of the Republican party for\\nSenator from the 28th District.\\nHis record had been marked with such manly ac-\\ntion, ability and integrity that the people rallied\\naround him even as he had rallied around the old\\nflag in its time of peril, and elected him by a hand-\\nsome majority.\\nMr. Morse has been closely allied with the inter-\\nests of the Republican party in this State, and as a\\nrepresentative of the party stands forth unaccused,\\nwithout a blemish.\\nMr. Morse is an Officer of the Day in the Post of\\nthe Grand Army of the Republic at Carson City. As\\na representative man of the State and county, and\\none in every way worthy the confidence and esteem\\nof the people, we take great pleasure m resenting\\nthe portrait of Mr. Morse, together with that of his\\nmost estimable lady, in this work.\\noseph B. Davidson, farmer, section 48, Elba\\nTownship, is a son of John and Mary R.\\n(Marriott) Davidson, natives of Pennsylva-\\nnia and Maryland. Mr. Davidson, Sr., was a\\n^r farmer, and his home was in Ohio until his\\ndeath, in the autumn of 1872. Joseph waj\\nborn May, 2, 1841, in Licking Co., Ohio. At the age\\nof 28 he married Lilly Kneeland, who was born in\\nHowell, Livingston County, May 28, 1852, the\\ndaughter of John B. and Lucena S. (Sickles) Knee-\\nland. Mr. Kneeland was a native of Tompkins\\nCo., N. Y., and followed farming.\\nMr. and Mrs. Davidson settled at their present\\nresidence on 65 acres of section 28.\\nThey are the parents of two children John VV.\\nand Frank E.\\nMr. Davidson enlisted in the serviceof his country\\nat Cleveland, Ohio, in Co. D, 41st Ohio Vol. Inf He\\nwas in the batde of Stone River; was wounded at\\nChickamauga, and at Missionary Ridge was wound-\\ned both in the hips and in the wrist. On account of\\nthese honoral)Ie wounds he was discharged from tlie\\narmy.\\nHe was Highway Commissioner of his township\\nfor one term, and School Superintendent two terms.\\nHe has also held the office of Moderator of his\\nschool district for a number of years. He is a\\nthorough Republican in his political views. He is a\\nmember of Elsie Lodge, No. 238, F. A. M., and\\nalso of the G. A. R.\\nT ^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^S-v h\\nohn T. Botsford, farmer, section 15, New\\n1^?- Haven Township, is a son of Reuben and\\nMartha (Lambson) Botsford (see sketch),\\nand was born in Whitby Township, Ontario,\\nFeb. 27, 1849. On leaving his native home,\\nwhen seven years of age, he came with his par-\\nents to Michigan, settling in the village of Reuby,\\nClyde Township, St. Clair County, for four years;\\nv^\\nIfred Finch, farmer, section 24, Arcada\\nTownship, was born in Orleans Co., N. Y.\\nSept. 26, 1 85 2, and is the son of Linas Finch,\\na native of New York, and of English de-\\nscent. The father was by occupation a ma-\\nchinist; and, enlisting in the service of his\\ncountry, fell a victim to some rebel bullet. Alfred s\\nmother died in Orleans Co., N. Y., in March, 1861,\\nand at the age of nine Alfred found himself under\\nthe care of a Mr. Hall, of Orleans County. Two\\nyears later they all came to Eaton Co., Mich., where\\nAlfred lived, working summers and attending school\\nin the winters, until 16 years old. He then went to\\nlive with Levi Bartlow, in Clinton County, remaining\\nwith him till 21 years old. For the next five years\\nhe was variously engaged.\\nAug. 6, 1878, at St. Johns, he was united in the\\nbonds of matrimony to Nancy, daughter of Erastus\\nand Jimima (Packard) Farrington, natives of New\\nEngland and of English descent. Mr. Farrington s\\noccupation has been a shoemaker, and he is now a\\nfarmer. Nancy was born June 11, 1857, in Emerson\\nTownship was there educated, and there lived\\nuntil her marriage. One year after marriage, Mr. and\\nMrs. Finch settled on 40 acres in Arcada Township,\\nHe now has 15 acres under cultivation. They have\\na family of three children, as follows Alice, born\\nMarch 5, 1879; Bertha, June 27, 1880; and Chades,\\nOct. 20, 1883. In politics, Mr. Finch is a Republican.\\nA\\n(V\\n(o^.\\nz.\\n5:is^\\nm\\nm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "/^^^)^r#-\\nz^^ ^T -^llIl :DD^. -r\\nv9i\\nV\\n-cS\\nS-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n205\\nwas then four years with his father on a farm near\\nthat village, attending school during the winter sea-\\nsons. In the fall of 1865 they moved to this county,\\nwhere John T. remained, working in agricultural\\npursuits and attending school until his marriage.\\nHis wife, Sarah, is a daughter of George and Alice\\n(Fisher) Cross, natives of England, who came to\\nAmerica early in life, ultimately settling in Newark\\nTownship, this county. Mrs. B. was born July 7,\\n1857, one of the first white children born in that\\ntownship. Here she was reared and educated. Mr.\\nand Mrs. B. have one child, Ettie E., who was born\\nDec. r, 1884. They are members of the Baptist\\nChurch, and in politics he is a Republican.\\ni?S5S?\\n,7. ,-^,:;7^,7,;;\\n^^n^^\\nilliam J. Courter, farmer, section 7, Ar-\\n^^I^^K, cada Township, was born in Orleans\\ni~j Township, Ionia County, Sept. 25, 1851.\\nHis parents are natives of New York State,\\nmoved to this county in 1854, and are now\\nliving on a farm in Arcada Township. Coming\\nwith his parents to an unsettled country, William had\\nno school advantages during his early youth, but he\\nwas endowed with a desire to learn, and as he be-\\ncame older he developed quite a taste for books.\\nWhen 16 years old, he commenced earning his own\\nlivelihood, going for a time to the lumber woods of\\nMecosta County. Returning home, he passed 13\\nyears in working at farming in the summers and in\\nthe woods winters. The last four years of that\\nperiod he was in the employ of Bradley Hayes, of\\nIonia County, an e.xtensive farmer and lumberman.\\nDuring these four years he lost but 13 days time,\\nand so highly were his services ap])reciated that he\\nwas paid for that lost time.\\nOn leaving Mr. Hayes employ he was married to\\nJeannette, daughter of Ira and Ann (Mcintosh) Bar-\\nlow, natives of New York State and of English and\\nScotch ancestry. They followed farming, and re-\\nmoved from New York State to the vicinity of Detroit,\\nMich., and thence to Sydney Township, Montcalm\\nCounty, where they now reside. Jeannette was born\\nin that county, Nov. 11, 1857, where she was edu-\\ncated in the district schools, and lived until her mar-\\nriage. Mr. and Mrs. Courter came to this county\\nand located on 80 acres of his father s homestead.\\nHe has now 60 acres nicely improved, and good farm\\nbuildings. They have two children Ira Albert, born\\nAug. 22, 1878, and Fred S., born Nov. 15, 1882.\\nPolitically, he is a Democrat. He has been Overseer\\nof Roads for some time.\\nharles W. Bayley, farmer, section 25, Elba\\nTownship, is a son of W. H. and Jane\\ngp (Wilson) Bayley, natives of P^ngland, and\\nresidents of Canada. He was born near To-\\nronto, Canada, July 7, 1849. On setting out\\nto make his own way in the world, he went\\nto Lorain Co., Ohio, where he wjs engaged in farm-\\ning until 1879. Sept. 23, 1879, he was united in\\nmarriage to Catharine Eschtruth, the eldest daughter\\nof John and Sophia*(Keich) Eschtruth. The) were\\nnatives of Germany, and emigrated to the Great Re-\\npublic in 1847, settling in Lorain Co., Ohio. Mr.\\nEschtruth is there engaged in farming and operating\\na stone quarry. Mrs. Bayley was born in Lorain\\nCounty, Dec. 28, 1852. Politically, he votes with\\nthe Republican party. In Elyria, Ohio, he was\\nan active worker in the temperance union, and he is\\nstill interested in that cause.\\ni.J^-L\\nd\\n|ra||t ewis B. Wolford, farmer, section 29, New\\nL ia. Haven Township, is a son of David and\\nI-averna (Conger) Wolford, natives of New\\nYork. He was born in Cayuga Co., N. V.,\\nl^ Nov. II, 1837 when six years old he was taken\\n|_ to Huntington Co., Ind., and two years later to\\nhis native county in 1858 he came and settled on\\nsection 21, New Haven Township, this county; in\\n1867 he moved into Sumner Township, where he\\nlived for six years, during which time he followed\\nlumbering in Montcalm County. In the spring of\\n1876 he moved into New Haven Township.\\nJan. 14, 1881, Mr. Wolford married Mrs. Ellen M.\\nWiles, daughter of Peter D. and Mary (Habcock)\\nPcndell. Mr. P. was a native of Saratoga, N. Y., of\\nGerman-l ,nglish descent, came to Michigan in E847,\\nand to this county in 1858; he was a farmer. He\\nand his wife both died in New Haven Township.\\nMrs. W. was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., July 14,\\nc\\nA\\nV\\nr^\\ntm", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "/i\\ntzjC^^t ^rv ^M i ]ih T\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2csr\\n206\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nt\\nf\\n1845. When two years old she came to this State,\\nsince which time she has been a resident of Ionia\\nand Gratiot Counties. She was first married in 1862,\\nto George Bennett, a native of Michigan, who died\\nJune 20, 1S70. She afterward married David Wiles,\\nwho was born Jan. 22, 1832, in Ohio, and died April\\n20, 1877. By another wife he had been the father\\nof seven children, and she, by her former marriage,\\nhad two children. By tlie jiresent union there has\\nbeen one child, Mary L., born Aug. 12, 1882. Mrs.\\nW. has a farm of 80 acres, most of which is well im-\\nproved. Mr. W., a Republican, has been honored\\nwith office in his school district.\\n3\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abH((\u00c2\u00bbK-*--o 4=\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1 yf Pi^ illiam C. Wooley, farmer, section 33, Elba\\n5^\\n^3L lownship, is a son of John K. and Fanny\\nJ^^o (^rose) Wooley, natives of New Jersey.\\nMrs. Wooley was the first white settler of\\nElba Township, locating on section 34 Jan. 4,\\n1855. In March of the same year, she re-\\nmoved across the line into Clinton County, where\\nshe still resides. William C, was born June 14,\\n1840, in Kalamazoo Co., Mich., and Ict t home at the\\nS^ age of 14 to care for himself. He worked on a farm\\nuntil 1867, when he married Martha Harrison,\\ndaughter of John S. and Louisa (Baker) Harrison,\\nnatives of Ohio, where they followed farming. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Wooley have a family of three children\\nJohn H., Claude D. and Cora P.\\nMr. Wooley first purchased 80 acres in Elba To vn-\\nship, but has added :6o acres to his nucleus. Of\\nhis whole farm, 180 acres are well improved. In\\n1873 he built his large barn. His was the first fam-\\nily to settle permanently in the township, and when\\nhe came he found a dense wilderness.\\nHe enlisted in Co. If, 25th Mich. Inf Aug. 27,\\n1862, and served his country faithfully during the\\nremainder of the war. His company was engaged\\nunder Col. Moore at Green River Bridge July 4,\\n1863, with the notorious John Morgan s command,\\nand killed more men than there were in thecompan)\\nengaged. He was mustered out at Salisbury, N. C,\\nand finally discharged at Ja ;kson, Mich.\\nMr. Wooley is a member of Elsie Lodge, No. 238,\\nF. A. M. He was l)ei)uty Sheriff under George\\nPatch. He is one of the representative citizens of\\ni- iratiot County.\\nOOP\\no25o~\\nr^S\\nm\\nf,?-^\\n-Ss^^jel,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0%r^m\\nfT;^ rank Manecke, farmer, section 22, New\\nHaven Township, was born in Mecklen-\\nl^ji% burg, Germany, in 1830. His mother died\\n^11^ when he was three years old, and then until he\\n4^^ was eight he lived with his grandmother. His\\ni father having married again he returned to him,\\nwho was then superintendent of large land tenants\\nin that country. He was carefully educated, and\\nbefore he left his native land at the age of T5 he was\\nwell versed in French as well as in his native tongue.\\nAt the age mentioned he came to the United States\\nwith his father, settling in Wood Co., Ohio, near\\nFostoria. Here the father bought a farm and pro-\\nceeded to teach his only two children, Frank and\\nFrederick, in the art of agriculture.\\nOn attaining legal age, Frank began as a common\\nlaborer for farmers in Seneca Co., Ohio, and two\\nyears later he came to Michigan, locating, in Novem-\\nlier, 1854, 120 acres of wild forest land, on sections\\n21 and 22, New Haven Township, under the Grad-\\nuation Act. In the spring following he set about\\nimproving this place, spending the winters for sev-\\neral years in this work, while the summers he worked\\nin East Plains, Ionia County. In i860 he settled on\\nthis farm, where he has since made a comfortable\\nhome.\\nUnder the last call for recruits in 1864, Mr. Man-\\necke was drafted, and placed in Co. E, 15th Mich.\\nInf. His regiment was with Sherman in North Car-\\nolina, but before it was called into action the war\\nclosed, and Mr. M. returned home without participa-\\nting in any engagement. Resuming work on his\\nfarm, he has prospered until he has reduced 100 acres\\nunder the plov^f and added by purchase 40 acres\\nmore. It is one of the most productive farms in the\\ntownship. He has produced per acre as high as 38\\nbushels of wheat, 80 bushels of corn and 6 bushels\\nof clover seed. His residence, recently built, is a\\nbeautiful and convenient structure, and his farm\\nbuildings are first-class, Mr. M. has held the school\\noffice of his township, and in political issues he is a\\nRepublican.\\nMr. Manecke was first married April 27, 1860, to\\nMiss Adaline Burt she was born in New York,\\nabout 1831, and died at her home in New Haven\\nTownship, Oct. 28, 1863, leaving one child, Burt\\nci", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "t\\nI\\nV\\n1 )\u00c2\u00ab^tK\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ST\\nS0\\n207\\nShe was a member of the Regular Baptist Church.\\nMr. M. was again married Jan. 15, 1864, in Newark\\nTownship, this county, to Mrs. Susanna Ridenour,\\n/lee Munson, who was born in Medina Co., Ohio,\\nAug. 22, 1830, where she resided until her first mar-\\nriage, in .\\\\pril, 185 i. Since that time she has lived\\nin this State, and, except three years, in Clinton\\nCounty. The children of Mrs. M., by her former\\nhusband, were Polly S. and .-\\\\minda J-, bolh mar-\\nried, in this and Ionia Counties; and George, who\\ndied in infancy.\\nstenry K. Retan, senior proprietor of the\\nJ\u00c2\u00a3 Retan House, Ithaca, was born in Sussex\\nCo., N. J., Aug. 27, 1817, and is a son of\\nJohn and Margaret (Smith) Retan, natives of\\nNova Scotia and New Jersey, and of Dutch and\\nNew England descent. The father was a far-\\nmer, and died in Waterford, Oakland Co., Mich., in\\n1843. The mother died in Ovvosso, Mich., in 1867.\\nWhen the subject of this sketch was seven years\\nold, his father removed to Oakland County, this State,\\nand settled on a farm near Pontiac. Henry here\\nworked on the farm, occasionally attending school,\\nand developed into manhood. At the age of 26 he\\nleft home, and started a store at Commerce, Oakland\\nCounty. He was in mercantile life about 15 years,\\nand then went into the hotel business. He was first\\nat Owosso one year, then at Ovid 12 years, and then\\nlived at Ovid three years without other occupation\\nthan caring for his wife, who was then an invalid.\\nIn May, 1883, he came to Ithaca, and started the\\nRetan House in company with his son-in-law, Dennis\\nT. Covert. This hotel has a very large patronage, and\\nhas acquired an enviable reputation as a home-like,\\nwell managed house.\\nNov. 17, 1842, at Pontiac, he formed a life partner-\\nship with Miss Catharine Voorheis, daughter of Jacob\\nand Rachel (Powelson) Voorheis, natives of New\\nJersey, and of Dutch and English descent. She was\\nborn at Peapack, Somerset Co., N. J., Sept. 20, 1820,\\nand came to Michigan with her parents when 13\\nyears old, living in Oakland County until her mar-\\nriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Retan have had a family of eight,\\nfour surviving: Harrison L., Harriet E. (Mrs. D. T.\\nCovert), Jay V. and Addie. The two first are in\\nIthaca, the two last at Ovid. The deceased are\\nGeorge, Margaret, Frank and Lily. Mr. Retan is\\npolitically a Democrat.\\nn-i^^\\nM\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J\\nHi\\nij-^^aj)^ lexander T. Rice, farmer, section 32, Elba\\nSj^^^f! Township, is a son of Clavk and Sarah A.\\n-ciHW (^oonley) Rice, natives of Massachusetts\\n:ind New York respectively. They emigrated\\nto Michigan in 1840, and settled on a farm.\\nAle.xander was born Dec. 10, 1834, in Jasper,\\nSteuben Co., N. Y. At the age of 25, he was mar-\\nried to Clara J. Armstrong, daughter of Elias and\\nEunice (Hewitt) Armstrong, natives of Connecticut.\\nSlie was born May 20, 1835, in \\\\Vheatland, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y. Mr. Armstrong came to Livingston Co.,\\nMich., and lived there until his death, Sept. 19,\\n1863. Mrs. Armstrong died Feb. 17, 1872, at Eaton\\nRapids, Mich.\\nIn 1 87 6, Mr. Rice located on 100 acres on sections\\n29 and 32, Elba Township, and he has creditably\\nimproved 60 acres of this farm, besides erecting a\\nneat farm liouse, barn and granaries. In 1876, he\\nwas elected School Superintendent of his township,\\nand the following year he was elected Supervisor.\\nThis latter office he filled continuously until the\\nspring of 1883, except the year 1881. He is a mem-\\nber of St. John s Lodge, No. 105, F. A. M. Po-\\nlitically, he has always been a Democrat. He is one\\nof the truly representative men of the county, and\\nstands highly with all parties.\\ntWIC rancis J. Corey, farmer on section 2,New-\\n;f ark Township, was born in Nankin i own-\\ni?S\u00c2\u00a3/fY^ ship, Wayne Co., Mich., Dec. 18, 1836,\\nand is the son of John I), and Roxie (Fergu-\\ndj^ son) Corey, natives of Rhode Island and Ver-\\nniont. They have followed farming, and now\\nreside on section 29, Arcada Township. Francis\\nlived with his parents and worked on their farm\\nuntil of age, moving witli them when 18 years old to\\nIngiiam Co., Mich.\\nJan. I, 1858, at Lansing, he was married to\\nRachel, daughter of George and Eliza (Carter)\\nBrown, natives of New York and of English and\\nA\\n(1\\nr\\n^I1II ^DI]\\n-Sj^glJZl.\\n#^f^ |l\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "208\\n^t#\u00c2\u00ae-\\n]V,^\\n.s,\\nI\\nFT,\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2csr\\nt)^\u00c2\u00a7JC\u00c2\u00aeV\\nGerman ancestry. The\\nCounty in 1864, aged 55.\\nfather died in Ingham\\nThe mother still lives in\\nthis county. Rachel was born in Williams Co., Ohio,\\nMay 26, 1S39, and came to Michigan when 17 years\\nold. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Corey lived in\\nIngham County until the winter of 1866, when they\\ncame to this county and purchased 80 acres on sec-\\ntion 32, Arcada Township. While living on that\\nplace, they improved 44 acres. Selling out Dec. 7,\\ni8?3, they have just become well fettled on their new\\nhome of 40 acres of well-improved land near Ithaca,\\nformerly owned by William Hutchins.\\nMr. and Mrs. Corey have a family of four, as fol-\\nlows Lorada E., born Jan. 21, i860; Ellsworth D.,\\nAug. 14, 1861; Lorena F., Feb. 3, 1864; and Eliza\\nJ., Nov. 3, 1868.\\nOct. 28, 1863, he enlisted in Co. H, 4th Mich. Vol.\\nCav., and served in the Army of the umberland\\nunder Gen. Minty. He fought at Kingston,- Look-\\nout Mountain, Stone Mountain and Cottonwood\\nCreek, and in many skirmishes, such as cavalrymen\\nalways meet with. He was in Kilpatrick s raid\\na through Georgia in 1864, and in Wilson s raid from\\nEastport, Miss., to Macon, Ga., the same year. He\\na was honorably discharged Aug. is, 1865, after 23\\nmonths of active service. In civil life, Mr. Corey\\nhas been a worker in the ranks of the Democratic\\nparty. He has been Constable for two terms.\\ni: srael W. Hause, farmer on section 15, Ful-\\nton Township, is the son of Simon and\\nSally (Coats) Hause, natives of the State of\\nNew York. They resided first in Chemung\\nCo., N. Y., then in Steuben Co., Mich., and\\nin 1853 they removed to Clinton Co., Mich.\\nThey came to Gratiot County in March, 1858, and\\nreturned to Clinton County in May, 1870. Here he\\ndied, June 11, 1877. She survives him, and resides\\nin St. John s. Their family comprised two sons and\\nfive daughters.\\nThe subject of this notice, the elder son, was born\\nin Steuben Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1841, and was 12\\nyears old when his parents removed to Michigan.\\nHe received a common-school education, and made\\nhis home with his parents until he attained his ma-\\njority. He came to Gratiot County with his parents\\nand bought 40 acres of partly improved land on\\nsection 15, Fulton Township; and m January follow-\\ning he settled with his family there. He has built a\\ncomfortable residence and barns, and has 30 acres\\nunder cultivation.\\nDec. 2, 1862, in Fulton Townshiji, lie married Miss\\nHarriet A., daughter of William J. and Sarah A.\\n(Sornbcrger) Carr, natives of New York. They came\\nto Fulton Township, Gratiot County, in i860. Mrs.\\nCarr died here May 13, 1863. Mr. Carr survives.\\nTheir daughter Harriet was born in Madison Co., N.\\nY., March 31, 1843. She is a member of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal hurch. Politically, Mr. Hause is a\\nRepublican.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nilliam Alpaiigh, farmer on section 5, Ful-\\nHo.^ ton Township, is a son of Philip and Eva\\njj^^n P^ugh, natives of the State of New\\n-laS^ York. In 1846, they left that State and\\ncame to Hillsdale Co., Mich., where they\\ndied, he Oct. 10, 1874, and she Dec. 16, 18S0.\\nThe subiect of this sketch was born in Montgomery\\nCo., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1830, and received a fair com-\\nmon-school education. At the age of 16 he came\\nwith his parents to Michigan.\\nAt the age of 22, he started out to make his own\\nway in life. He learned the trade of carpenter and\\njoiner, which he followed much of the time until\\n1882. He came to this county in January, 1865,\\nand bought 40 acres on section 2, North Shade\\nTownship. Here he lived about seven years, when\\nhe sold and bought 40 acres on section 5, Fulton\\nTownship, his present home. He has since added\\n40 acres, and has about one-half of his farm under\\ncultivation.\\nSept. 3, 1862, he married Mary E., daughter of\\nJoseph H. and Margaret (Clement) Salisbury, natives\\nof Montgomery Co., N. Y. Mrs. Alpaugh was born\\nin Pittsford, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Sept. 22, 1841.\\nThis marriage has been blessed with two children\\nEvie A. and Edwin G. The latter died when two\\nyears old. Mr. A. is a member of the Masonic Order,\\nand, with his wife, of the Christian Church. In\\npolitics he is a Republican. He is a strong tem-\\nperance man, and takes .1 deep interest in all temper-\\nance movements.\\ni\u00c2\u00ae-!\\nr\\nlg^?^m^ ^-^^Da: ni]i\\nV-,", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "^r/:Ja/j", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "J?S?i^\\n^^ciAZ J^ ^^1^.^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "B^^\\nv iiii^[in^\\nT-\\nV\\n4\\nGRA TIOT CO UNT Y.\\n4\\nx5o~\\nilliam Sickels, one of the leading business\\nmen of Sickels, and representative men of\\nthe county, and whose portrait we are pleased\\nto present in this work as a meritorious rep-\\nresentation of one of Gratiot s self-made men,\\nwas born in Palmyra, Wayne Co., N. Y., May\\n30, 1824, and is a son of John F. Sickels, native of\\nthe same State, whose Holland ancestors settled on\\nthe Mohawk River over 200 years ago. Mr. Sickels\\nattended the common schools of his native State\\nuntil he attained the age of 12 years, when, in com-\\npany with the family, he came to Wayne County, this\\nState, where they arrived in 1836. Here William\\nattended the Northville Academy, assisting on the\\nfarm at times until the father s death in 1839, when\\nhe assumed control of the farm and successfully cul-\\ntivated it for one year. He then resumed his studies\\nat Northville Academy and completed his education.\\nAfter the completion of that arduous though pleas-\\nant task, he went back on the farm and remained\\nuntil 1849, when he moved to Howell Tov/nship,\\nLivingston County, this State, and occupied his time\\nin farming until 1854, then went to what is now\\nWyandotte, Wayne County, built the first store and\\ndwelling house in the village proper and established\\nthe first postoffice there. In 1856 he removed to\\nwhat is now Elsie, Clinton County, and also estab-\\nlished the first postoffice in that village, and was\\nDeputy Postmaster. He remained at Elsie until\\n1 86 1, when he removed to St. Johns, same county,\\nand there held the position of Register of Deeds\\nuntil 1863, and Deputy Register from 1863 to 1865;\\nwas also Judge of Probate from 1865 to 1S69. From\\n1869 to 1 88 1 he held a position in the Postoffice\\nDepartment at Washington, D. C. In May, 1881,\\nMr. S. resigned his position at Washington and\\njoined his family at Sickels, this county, whither he\\nhad removed them in September, 1873.\\nIn 1883 Mr. Sickels built a large steam flouring\\nmill at Sickels and thoroughly equipped it with the\\nbest and most modern improved machinery, with\\nboilers 4^x12 feet and a 40-horse-power engine,\\nwhich is recognized as one of the best flour-produc-\\ning mills in the county. His residence is undoubt-\\nedly the finest in Hamilton Township and, remarka-\\nble as it may appear, it is nevertheless true, the\\nstructure is composed mostly of native wood which\\ngrew on his own farm. The building is supplied\\nwith hot and cold water throughout, and is elegantly\\nfurnished. The library, of which he is justly proud,\\nrequired an outlay of over $2,000 in its selection and\\npurchase, and comfort, happiness and plenty sur-\\nround the family hearthstone.\\nMr. Sickels was married Nov. 8, 1846, to Isabel B.,\\ndaughter of Dennis Kingsley (deceased), a native of\\nVermont, and one of the early pioneers of Wayne\\nCounty. She was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., March\\n13, 1828. Four children have been born to their\\nunion, viz.: Dennis K., Annie I., Hettie E. and\\nWilliam C.\\nDennis is living in Washington, D. C, and was\\nmarried to Alice M. Hugely. Annie I. married John\\nH. Winton, of Ithaca, this county. Hattie E. was\\nmarried to Warren Abbott, who died in 1880, leaving\\ntwo children to the care of the mother, who lives\\nwith them at home. William C. is unmarried and\\nliving with the family in their pleasant abode.\\nThe credit of their prosperity, of their happy home\\nand the fine appearance of their large farm of 640\\nacres, is not all claimed by the father; each one\\nnobly did his part; and of the mother, for her untir-\\ning labors, all unite in highest praise. That the\\nschool of adversity graduates the ablest pupils, and\\nthe lull of difficulty is one of the strongest consti-\\ntutionals for strengthening the financial backbone of\\na struggling family, was, undoubtedly, fully corrob-\\norated in her energetic labors. She superintended\\nthe clearing of the land (Mr. S. being in Washington\\na great portion of the time attending to his duties in\\nthe Postoffice Department), and the building of their\\nfine residence and barn, with the assistance of her\\ndaughter Annie as architect, and also the clearing of\\nanother farm of 100 acres, which they own; and to\\nher good judgment and fine management their pros-\\nperity in a great measure is indebted. Truly we\\nmay say, she is one of those women who are too\\noften ignored and too little appreciated by biograph-\\nical writers of the day.\\nMr. S. owns the store building in Sickels, besides\\nconsiderable other village property. He was a soldier\\nin the late civil war, enlisting in Co. E, 23d Mich.\\nVol. Inf.; was appointed First Lieutenant and had\\ncommand of the company most of the tune for about\\nsix months, when, contracting typhoid pneumonia, he\\nvy\\nV\\nr-\\n(c^\\nJ", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "7 ^^iir^nDf\\nt!!r\\nGRATJOT COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00bb^JC(\u00c2\u00aeVp^\\n1\\nwas compelled to resign. The Captain of the com-\\npany was O. T.. Spaiilding.\\nIn addition to his other business, Mr. S. is at pres-\\nent devoting considerable time to the propaga-\\ntion of fine stock, and is handling, with good success,\\na species of the Shorthorn breed of cattle known as\\nthe Rose of Sharon. He has one two-year old\\nfrom the herd of H. M. Vale, of Independence,\\nMo., which is considered one of the finest and most\\ncelebrated herds in the United States.\\nMr. Sickels and his entire family, with the excep-\\ntion of his youngest son, are members of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the\\nMasonic Order and the I. O. O. F.\\nfcharles H. Webster, superintendent of\\nffa^ Church s mill, and residing on section 7^\\nEmerson Township, was born at Wellington,\\nLorain Co., Ohio, May 28, 1844, and is the\\nson of Joseph and Elizabeth (Magraugh)\\nWebster, natives of Pennsylvania and Connecticut,\\nrespectively, and of Dutch and Iribh extraction.\\nThe father was by trade a tailor, and died April 2,\\n1845, before Charles H. was a year old. The latter\\nlived until 12 years of age with his mother and a\\nstep-father, whom she married in 1854.\\nWhile but a mere boy he responded to his country s\\ncall for volunteers, and enlisted Aug. 25, 1861, in\\nCo. H, 2d Ohio Vol. Cav. He served first under\\nGen. BluiTt, then under Gen. Burnsides, and finally\\nunder Gen. G. A. Custer. He was engaged in all\\nbattles in which his company was involved, among\\nthem being the battles of the Wilderness, Peters-\\nburg and Richmond, at the close of the war. He\\nwas often detailed for special and important duties,\\nand was made a Corporal towards the close of the\\nwar. Being wounded in the knee and thereby dis-\\nabled, June 28, 1 864, he was captured the following\\nday at Reams Station, near Petersburg. He was\\ntaken to Libby prison ar.d confined for four weeks in\\nthat iniquitous pen. Being then paroled, he found\\nhis way to his company and remained with it until\\nhe was honorably discharged, Sept. 18, 1865. He\\nserved four years and 25 days, and his arduous and\\ninteresting experiences would fill a volume.\\nMr. Webster has a copy of the congratulatory order\\nissued by Gen. Custer to his division, on Lee s sur-\\nrender.\\nReturning home he shortly started for Michigan,\\narriving at Ithaca Oct. 22, 1865. He purchased of\\nthe State 200 acres of land in Emerson Township.\\nFor about three years longer he was a bachelor, im-\\nproving his farm summers, and in the winters acting\\nas clerk, at first in the dry-goods store of Nelson\\nChurch, and later in Jeffery s store. Dec. 28, 1868,\\nhe was married to Marie E. Church, daughter of\\nLafayette and Sophronia (Benjamin) Church (see\\nsketch), who was born in Hillsdale Co., Mich., Oct.\\n9, 185 I. She came to this county when three years\\nold, and was here educated, and here lived until her\\nmarriage. Some months after that event Mr. and\\nMrs. Webster moved from Ithaca to section 27, Emer-\\nson Township. They afterwards moved to section\\n28, and in 1874 they settled on section 7. Here he\\nowns 80 acres, and has the management of Church s\\nmill.\\nThey have had five children, only two of whom,\\nAddie E. and Albert H., survive. Arthur, Alta and\\na baby are dead. They are members of the Baptist\\nChurch. Mr. Webster has been Township Clerk\\ntwo years; has been chosen Justice of the Peace\\ntwice, but did not qualify. Politically he is a stanch\\nRepublican.\\n\u00c2\u00abe\\neorge J. Butcher, cabinet-maker, furniture\\nj^^j^ dealer and undertaker. Elm Hall, was born\\n-^|(3p f= near Norwich, Eng., June 8, 1833, and is\\n^A^ of English descent. His father was a gardener,\\nand came to the United States when George\\nvk as four years old, locating first at Buffalo, N.\\nY. Eight years later they removed to Chippewa,\\nOnt., where Mr. Butcher followed his trade as\\ngardener. Afterwards, removing to Elgin Co., Ont.,\\nhe secured a tract of 200 acres of wild land.\\nOn this farm the subject of this narrative lived and\\nworked under his father s guidance, until 18 years old.\\nHe was then aj^prenticed for three years to a Mr.\\nMaxwell Hamilton, of Simcoe, Ont., to learn carpen-\\ntry. After serving out his time, he worked for the\\nsame gentleman one year as a journeyman carpenter\\nHe then planned an extended tour to California and\\nJ\\ni", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "j@\\ncsr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r-r\\n^tlll^DIli\\nV\\n-s^\\nGRA TIO T CO UNTY.\\n213\\nV\\nthe West Indies; but, laying, off for a period at\\nDubuque, Iowa, he became homesick, and returned\\nto work once more for Mr. Hamilton.\\nJan. r4, 1856, he was united in mariiage to Miss\\nFrances E. Webb, born in Canada, July 14, 1840.\\nWorking at his trade in that country for three years\\nmore, Mr. and Mrs. B. then came to this State and\\ncounty, and located with her uncle, Nathaniel Strayer,\\nof Seville Township. Mr. B. here built a house four\\nmiles away, making two trips daily. He worked 103\\ndays at $3 per day, and lost no time whatever. The\\nfollowing summer, with the money thus earned, he\\nerected the first frame building in the township,\\nwhich he ran as a hotel until 1869. He then\\nresumed his trade, and, after following that for three\\nyears, he started his present cabinet shop. He now\\nhas a stock worth \u00c2\u00a71,000, and his annual business\\nis $3,000.\\nJuly 17, 187 r, in Canada, his second marriage\\noccurred, he taking this time as the partner of his\\nsorrows and joys Miss Alice Hayward, a native of\\nOntario, where she was born, July 2, r85o.\\nMrs. B. is a member of good standing in the M. E.\\nChurch. Mr. Butcher has held the office of Constable\\nfor several years. He is a member of North Star\\nLodge No. 306, I. O. O. F., has passed all the chairs,\\nand is now D. D. G. M. of theorder. Politically, he\\nis a Democrat.\\nS^\\n.m\\n^V heron Finney, farmer, section ig, Emerson\\nTownship, was born in Essex Co., N. Y.,\\ni^i March 24, 1807, and was the son of Scotch\\nand Welsh parents. They were natives of\\ntw Connecticut, and were farmers by occupation.\\nI Most of their lives they resided in Essex\\nCounty, where they died many years ago. Theron\\nremained on his father s farm until 19 years of age,\\nwhen he began to battle for himself. When 28 years\\nold, he came to Hillsdale Co., Mich., and was there\\nmarried to Harriet Butler, daughter of Zebina and\\nPolly (Porter) Butler, and born July 20,1817. Mr-\\nand Mrs. Finney resided on a farm in Hillsdale\\nCounty until 1859, when they came to Gratiot County\\nK^ and entered 320 acres of unimproved land on section\\nT 1 9 Emerson Township. Mr. Finney has improved\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f?\\na considerable acreage, and sold all but 60 acres,\\nupon which he now lives.\\nThey have had a family of nine children Melvina\\nR., Mary L., Josephine D., WilmerT., Dora A., Butler\\nJ., Frank L., Ramson P. and Arza A. The last four\\nnamed are dead. Mr. Finney has held the offices of\\nSchool Inspector and Township Treasurer for several\\nyears. In political faith, he is a Republican.\\nI\\nI corge H. Oliver, druggist and groceryman,\\n:,L:i;J, I -lm Hall, was born in DeWitt, Clinton\\n^iO Co., Mich., Jan. 3, 1845. His parents were\\nnatives of New York, of English and Scotch\\ndescent, and his father was a carpenter. When\\nhe was four years old, his parents removed to\\nwhere the village of Grand Ledge now stands, in\\nEaton County. It was then an unbroken forest, and\\nhis father built one of the first houses there. The\\nfirst school-house was also raised by his father and\\na few neighbors. Here our subject lived, grew up\\nand was educated.\\nIn February, 1865, at the age of 20, he enlisted\\nin Co. C, 1 2th Mich. Vol. Inf., and was assigned to\\nthe Army of the West. He was in no active engage-\\nments, and was honorably discharged in July, 1865.\\nHis health failed him and on arriving home he was\\nconfined to his bed until September. He then went\\nto Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and took a course in East-\\nman s Business College, graduating in March, 1866.\\nReturning to Grand Ledge, he was for a time engaged\\nin book-keeping. For the ensuing four years he was\\nlearning the painter s trade. Then assuming control of\\na good business in that line, he associated with him-\\nself a Mr. Deering. This partnership lasted until the\\nspring of 1S71, when he left Grand Ledge and came\\nto Gratiot County, to join his father in the grocery\\nbusiness. His health not being the best, he has not\\nresumed his trade, but has continued in the drug and\\ngrocery business at Elm Hall. In October, 1881, he\\nbecame sole proprietor of the business. He has a\\nstock worth about $1,000, and a growing trade now\\namounting to $3,000 annually.\\nMarch 4, 1874, in Montcalm County, he was\\nmarried to Miss Laura A. Van Leuvan, who was born\\nin Sumner Township, July 30, 1856. She lived for\\nA\\nv^^\\n0)\\n:t:Dtif\\nA^.\\nr\\nmkJJ^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "lA^\\n^m :m\\n214\\n7\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\nsome time in Salem, Washtenaw County, and then\\n;Q came to Montcalm County, where she was married.,\\ni^ She is the mother of two children Inez E. and\\nFloyd E. Mr. and Mrs. O. are members of the M.\\nE. Church. He has held the office of Constable, and\\npolitically is a Republican.\\nfeilas Hill, farmer, section 3, Hamilton Town-\\nship, is a son of Stephen Hill (deceased), a\\n[V? native of Vermont, and who emigrated\\nfrom that Stale to Otsego Co., N. Y., where the\\nsubject of our sketch was born, July 6, 1830.\\nThree years after the birth of Silas, in 1833,\\nthe family removed to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where\\nthey lived for four years, until 1837, when they\\nmoved to Erie County, the same State. Here young\\nHill remained, attending the common schools of the\\ncounty and developing into manhood. In r856 he\\nwent to Bureau Co., 111., and after remaining there\\nsome six months, during which time he was variously\\nemployed, he came to Eaton Co., Mich., where he\\narrived in the spring of 1857.\\nMr. Hill purchased the farm on which he is now\\nliving in November, 1873, and located upon it in\\nJanuary following,and has constantly resided thereon.\\nThe farm consists of 80 acres, and is under a good\\nstate of cultivation. He was married March 18,\\n1857, to Lucy, daughter of Edward Bracy, of Eaton\\nCo., Mich., and three children have been born to\\ntheir union, two of whom, George F. and Edwin, are\\nliving, and one is deceased.\\nMr. Hill has held the offices of Highway Commis-\\nsioner and Supervisor and is at present Treasurer of\\nHamilton Township.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nTi^i^^^dward Y. Kelley, merchant at Bridgeville,\\nilaiL Washington Township, is a son of Joseph\\nand Esther C. (Hockens) Kelley. The\\nformer was an employe of the Government,\\nbeing engaged on Indian affairs and also fol-\\nlowed farming. He died in the State of New\\nYork, in the spring of 1834. Mrs. Kelley died in the\\nsame State, in T867. Edward was born Jan. 14, 1832,\\nat Danville, Caledonia Co., Vt. On the death of his\\nfather, he was taken by an old acquaintance of the\\nfamily and kept for three years. He was then kept\\nby another family until he was 13, since which time\\nhe has made his own way in life, working at the\\nblacksmith s trade ajid at other employments. In\\nthe autumn of 1866 he purchased 30 acres on sec-\\ntion 20, Washington Township, and engaged in farm-\\ning. He is now in mercantile life at Bridgeville\\nhas a full line of drugs, groceries had hardware, and\\na large trade. In i860 he was married to Betsy C.\\nWoodcock, daughter of Asa and Mary (Ryan) Wood-\\ncock, residents of New York State. She was born in\\n1828, and died in Gratiot County, in 1S68, leaving\\nfive children, Mary F., Edna J., Eddie J., Esther\\nA. and Henry L. Mr. Kelley was subsequently mar-\\nried to Eliza Woodcock, a sister of his first wife.\\nThis marriage has been blessed with two children\\nCora B. and Floyd. Mr. Kelley is a member of the\\nMasonic Order and of the I. O. O. F. Politically\\nhe votes with the Republican party.\\n_j\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2|iharles C. Gilmore, editor and proprietor\\nof the Corner Local, Elm Hall, was born\\nil in Old Town, Maine, Ajinl\\n15. 1850;\\nand is\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V^))\u00c2\u00ab^f?-\u00c2\u00ab\\nJy^ ^^^^r^-\\nu^X\\n-^Dtl\\nA^ the son of Solomon and Abigail E. (Stewart)\\nGilmore, natives of Maine and of Scotch\\ndescent. Solomon Gilmore was a lumberman\\nin his native State until 32 years of age, when he\\nwent to Pennsylvania. Here he lived until death,\\nabout 1862, aged ^2. His wife died in the same\\nState a year previous, at the age of 51.\\nThe subject of this biography left his native State\\nwhen very young, and went with his parents to Penn-\\nsylvania, where they lived in the lumber regions of\\nthe mountains. Owing to their peculiar surroundings,\\nhis opportunities for education were very limited, and\\nhe had but one year schooling. His desire for learn-\\ning was however such that he would, after working\\nhard all day, spend hours by himself over his book.\\nIn this manner he mastered Davies Algebra, and the\\nrudiments of other branches taught in the high\\nschools. At the age of 19, he set out to earn his own\\nliving. By accident he got to using the tools in the\\ncamp, and soon found that he was a natural black-\\nsmith. He was therefore employed by the proprietor\\nto do all such work as came along in that line. He\\n1^.\\ni\\nsy\\nI;\\ni.\\nI\\n,4^^^^^^:", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "m- T^mm-\\nTai\u00c2\u00bbK @V --llllKllD r-\\nj^visr\\n/7s\\nV\\n.4\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n215\\nwas thus employed until the spring of 1874, when he\\ncame to Saginaw, this State. Six months later, he\\ncame to Gratiot County, and located at Elm Hall.\\nSoon he built a stumping macliine, and pulled stumps\\nin the summer, following his trade in the winter.\\nSince coming to the county, he has been a regular\\ncorrespondent of the Gratiot Journal, and has thus\\nsecured a good idea of newspaper writing. From\\n1880 to the close of 1883, his occupation has, how-\\never, been well-driving, in prosecuting which he has\\nused appliances of his own invention. Nov. 17,\\n1883, he purchased and assumed control of the\\nCorner Local, and his first issue apjjeared Nov. 24.\\nHe has a growing circulation, already reaching 350,\\nand his paper has constantly improved.\\nDec. 3, 1878, at Elm Hall, he was united in\\nmarriage to Miss Lizzie Fox, born at Leslie, Ingham\\nCo., Mich., in 1855. She came to Gratiot in 1877.\\nShe is the mother of two children Edna and\\nFrederick. She is a member of the M. E. Church.\\nMr. G. is a member of Elm Hall Lodge No. 257, F.\\nA. M., Elm Hall, and has for some time held the\\noffice of Secretary of the lodge. He has held the\\noffice of Justice of the Peace for three years, and in\\npolitics is a Republican.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nS\\n-t C5gr.,dwin Meacham, farmer, section 35, Elba\\nrtl^^j^ Tp., is a son of Almon and Polly (Kel-\\nly)Meacham, natives of Massachusetts and\\nA^^ New York, respectively. They emigrated to\\nOhio in an early day, and resided in Cuya-\\nJ hoga County until their death, in 1852. Edwin\\nw.is bprn Nov. 30, 1845, in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, and\\nat the tender age of seven was left an orphan by the\\ndeath of both his parents. He was cared for by his\\nuncle and aunt, with whom he lived until he was 21.\\nWith some money which they gave to him, he came\\nto Gratiot Co., Mich., and purchased 80 acres of land\\non section 35, in the township of Elba. He has now\\nimproved 50 acres of his farm.\\nMarch 21, 1870, he was married to Alice A.\\nCrego, the only daughter of Lorin M. and Eliza O.\\n(Stone) Crego, natives of New York. This marriage\\nhas been blessed with two children, Jessie A. and\\nJennie A.\\nMr. Meacham is one of the most respected citizens\\nof his township, and has held various local offices.\\nIn 1 87 I he was elected Township Clerk, and to that\\noffice he was re-elected in 1872 and 1873. He was\\nelected Supervisor in 1881 and 1883, and now repre-\\nsents Elba Township in the Board of Supervisors.\\nHe has also been School Director for the past 1 2\\nyears. He is a member of the Masonic Order, and\\nof the I. O. O. F. Politically he is a strong Re-\\npublican.\\n^^s-^^\\nl^^avid Muffly, farmer, section 3, Hamilton\\nTownship, was born in Washington Town-\\nship, Westmoreland Co., Pa., Dec. 20, 1830.\\njp*\u00c2\u00ab The family removed to Stark Co., Ohio, while\\nDavid was quite young, and there he resided on\\nthe parental farm, attending the common schools\\naid developing into manhood.\\nIn 1850, when 20 years of age, Mr. Muffly left the\\nparental home to fight life s battles alone, and went\\nto Seneca Co., Ohio. He remained in that county\\nfive years, until 1855, when, desiring a home for him-\\nself and family, having in the meantime married, he\\ncame to this State and settled in Hamilton Township,\\nthis county. His experiences were those of many\\nothers of Michigan s pioneer settlers. Hardship,\\ndeprivation and want were his to battle with, and\\nsuccessfully did he wage the war against and van-\\nquish them. He built his log cabin in the woods,\\nand in the erection of the same used only one single\\nsawed board, and that for the door. Here he lived and\\namid the howling of wolves, the crying of panthers,\\nand with prowling Indians for neighbors lie en-\\ntered on the task of clearing his land. Although he\\nhad many trials and difficulties to overcome, he ex-\\nperienced some of the joys and pleasures of those\\npioneer days. He was at the first township election,\\nwhen almost every man in the township was elected\\nto office.\\nMr. Muffly, like many others when the flag\\nof our country was dishonored by the rebel shot at\\nFort Sumter, went forth to meet the enemy and\\nbattle for its maintenance. He enlisted in Co. F,\\n29th Mich. Vol. Inf. He was in the battle of De-\\ncatur (Ala.) and Murfreesboro and shortly after the\\nlast-named battle, while packing and preparing for a\\nA\\nf^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "^S/^\u00c2\u00ae^\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\n^^^^n D :t: m T\\nT2*\\n\\\\.T\\\\^\\n-^-t^^^\\n216\\nI\\nf^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nforced march, he was accidentally precipitated into\\na railroad ditch, and, striking his breast upon the iron\\nwhich happened to be piled there, so lacerated it\\nand crippled him he was transferred to the hospital.\\nHere his wounds were unprofessionally treated, and\\nhe finally received his discharge on account of disa-\\nbility and returned to his family.\\nMr. Muffly was married Jan. 11, 1854, to Miss\\nDelilah Street. Seven children have been born to\\nthe union, namely Rufus S., Martha J., James C,\\nVilda, Arminia, David S. and Francis M. The father\\nand mother are both members of the Christian\\nChurch.\\names Griffith, farmer, section 5, Emerson\\nl^^lf- Township, was born in Chemung Co., N. Y.,\\n1^^ Dec. 3, 1837, and is the son of Lewis and\\nHannah (Boyer) Griffith, natives of New York\\nState. The father is now a resident of Lenawee\\nCo., Mich., and the mother died in New York\\nSlate in 1839, when James was only two years old.\\nTwo years after that event he came with his father\\nto Michigan and settled in Lenawee County. Being\\namong the early settlers of that part of the State,\\nthey had to perform the toilsome work of clearing\\nand improving a new farm, and James passed many\\nmore days at work than at school. At 19 years of\\nage, obtaining his father s permission to look out for\\nhimself, he commenced as a common laborer. In\\ni860 he came to Gratiot County and located 120\\nacres of wild land on section 5, Emerson Township.\\nAug. 17, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co. G,\\n5 th Mich. Vol. Cav., and went to the Array of the\\nPotomac, where he served under Gen. Phil. Sheri-\\ndan. He was an eye-witness of the famous ride to\\nWinchester by that commander. He fought at Cold\\nHarbor, Winchester, Cedar Creek, and numerous\\nlesser engagements. He was honorably discharged\\nin June, 1865, having served in the field nearly three\\nyears. Returning home to his farm he kept bache-\\nlor s hall for seven and a half years. March 6, 1873,\\nhe formed a life partnership with Emeline Decker,\\nborn in Ontario Co., N. Y., May 16, 1844. This\\nunion has been blessed with four children, Sarah\\nP., I ewis, Maud and James K. Mr. Griffith has im-\\nproved 70 acres of his farm, and has a fine dwelling\\nand barn. He is considered a skillful farmer, and\\nas a citizen is very popular. He has been Assessor\\nfor 12 years, and has also been Overseer of High-\\nways. Politically he is a Republican.\\nVS\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2HG^\\nh A\\n\u00c2\u00a9J-\\nIWp^l javid Reiehard, farmer, section 6, Ithaca\\n^d^ I Township, was born in Ashland Co., Ohio,\\nJJIf Nov. 28, 1847, d is a son of John A.\\nW\u00c2\u00ab Reiehard, deceased, a native of Pennsylvania.\\nThere our subject lived, assisted his father on\\ni the farm, attended the common schools and de-\\nveloped into manhood.\\nIn 1865 Mr. R. left the parental home, to battle\\nagainst the trials of life single-handed and alone, and\\ncame to this county, where he arrived in the spring of\\nthat year, and where he has ever since resided. He\\nfirst settled in Fulton Township, where he remained\\n1 1 years, and then went to Ithaca Township, where\\nhe is now living, the occupier and owner of 115\\nacres of fine land.\\nMr. Reiehard was married March 9, 1869, to Miss\\nMary, daughter of Edward Waggoner, of Ithaca, and\\ntwo children have been born to their union, namely\\nJohn E. and Orill.\\nMrs. Reiehard was born in Springfield, Jefferson\\nCo., Ohio.\\n-I\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^A,^S|-|^B^\\nm.\\n^^7^^^Da:^nti^\\nal W^ orman L. Higbie, M. D., physician and\\nfarmer, section 35, Elba Townsliip, is a son\\nof Oliver H. and Esther (Randall) Higbie,\\nnatives of New York. They lived in that\\nJK3 State, on a farm, till the end of their lives, which\\ncame for Mr. Higbie in 1848, and his wife in\\niSyS. Norman L. was born in Delaware Co., N. Y.,\\nFeb. 16, 1S32. At the age of 18 he lei t home, and\\nfor the ensuing eight years he was engaged in teach-\\ning school, with the exception of two years, during\\nwhich he attended at Rondout Seminary, Ulster Co.,\\nN. Y., and two years at New York Conference Sem-\\ninary, at Charlotteville, Schoharie Co., N. Y. During\\nthis time, loo, he was studying the profession of\\nmedicine. In May, 1854, he came to Ann Arbor,\\n(V", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "1\\n-^m^ 6-v :nt] :iins\\nc^\\n5%\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n7\\nMich., and afterwards he went to Iowa tlien returned\\nto Ann Arbor. Thence he went to Plymouth, Wayne\\nCounty, and practiced medicine for two years. In\\nthe practice of his profession, he also spent one year\\nat Jackson and one year at Howell. He then spent\\ntwo years in the South for his health. Returning to\\nMichigan, he practiced medicine in Jackson County\\nfrom i86i to 1S74. His health then failed him, and\\nhe was compelled to retire from active practice. Jan.\\n12, 1875, he arrived in Gratiot County, and located\\non the southeast quarterof section 35, Elba Township.\\nHe has since added 40 acres to his farm.\\nIn 1856, he was united in marriage to Jane Hor-\\nton, who was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., May 31,\\n1832. She was the daughter of Joseph and Elmira\\n(Marks) Horton. Mr. Horton was born in New Leb-\\nanon, Columbia Co., N. Y., April 7, 1807 and Mrs.\\nHorton was born July 13, 1808. Dr. and Mrs. Hig-\\nbie are the parents of six children, George L.,\\nJoseph E., Alice J., William H., MyraA. and Alfred.\\nThey are active members of the M. E. Church.\\nDr. Higbie was chosen Superintendent of Schools\\nin his township in 1875, and again in 1877, and he\\nis now the health officer of his township. In poli-\\ntics he is a Republican.\\n^\u00c2\u00ab-h^h\u00c2\u00bbSe\\nI IXal ffl illiam Martin, farmer, section \\\\x, Wash-\\n^M^i^ c) ington Township, is a son of Henry and\\nt^^O Sarah (Bugg) Martin, who were of English\\nfl^^ descent, and who came to America in 1835.\\nfY They landed at New York July 3, and came\\nL direct to Washtenaw Co., Mich. They located\\non 80 acres in De.xter Township, where Mr. Martin\\ndied Nov. 26, 1844; and Mrs. Martin in December,\\n1859. At the age of 21, William Martin commenced\\nto make his own way in life, and engaged in farming.\\nThe same year, he was married to Fanny, daughter\\nof Michael and Fanny McCabe, natives of Ireland.\\nThey came to America at an early day, and are now\\nboth dead.\\nMr. Martin came to Gratiot County in 1856, and\\nsettled on 32 acres on section 13, Washington Town-\\nship. He married for his second wife Harriet Miles.\\nBy his first marriage he has four children, and by his\\nsecond, 11. In his township Mr. Martin has been\\nConstable five terms. Justice of the Peace two terms,\\nand School Assessor three terms. Politically, he has\\nalways been a supporter of the Democratic party.\\nWf^M illiam D. Letts, farmer, section 35, Elba\\niM^aJ^, Township, is a son of Edward and Mary\\nP (Galligan) Letts, natives of New York\\nand Michigan. They were married in Clin-\\nton County in 1851. In 1856 they located\\n\\\\j on 80 acres on section 35, Elba Township, then\\nin its primitive wildness. They now have 70 acres\\nwell improved. During their first years here, almost\\ntheir only companions were the wolf, the wild-cat,\\nand other denizens of the forest. They often built\\nfires to keep the bears away from their calves and\\npigs, and occasionally they would take the dinner\\nhorn and call the wolves to their door. Mrs. Letts\\nwas the first white person to go from her neighbor-\\nhood to Chesaning, making the trip of 18 miles\\nthrough the wilderness alone.\\nThe subject of this sketch was married at the age\\nof 24, to Vora Dunlap, the eldest daughter of Andrew\\nand Mary (Coryell) Dunlap, and who was born\\nApril 4, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Letts are the parents\\nof two children, Leroy D., born Nov. 16, 1880, and\\nFloyd L., born Aug. 2, 1883. Mr. Letts is politically\\na Republican. He has held the office of School In-\\nspector for a number of terms, and is one of the en-\\nergetic young men of the county.\\n;ob C. Wolford, farmer on section t,:^,\\nSumner Township, is a son of David and\\n^5 Laverna (Conger) Wolford, natives of New\\nX York. The father was a mason and shoe-\\nmaker while in New York State. After moving\\nto Michigan in April, 1858, he engaged in\\nfarming, which he followed until his death in 1S67.\\nHis wife is still living in this county.\\nJob C, the subject of this biography, was born in\\nCayuga Co N. Y., Sei)t. 19, 1843. When he was 12\\nyears old, tlie family moved to Indiana, and two\\nyears later returned to Cayuga County. After an-\\nother year, they came to this county and settled in\\nNew Haven Township. Here Job worked for his\\nCa:\\nr\\nl^^^^fl\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n%A i(i!i :iii];\\n-4\u00c2\u00ab^(@ l", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "iW^\\n-^^jjj^^^^sr\\n218\\nT^T :[ll]:t:iii] T-^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n%^t^(^V(^\\nV\\nfather until the spring of iiS64. March 24 of fhat\\nyear, he enlisted in Co. K, 21st Mich. Vol. Inf He\\nserved as a private in the Army of the Cumberland\\nunder Gen. Sherman, for 14 months, and fought at\\nChattanooga, Benton ville and Goldsborough. At the\\nlast named place, March 29, 1865, he was wounded,\\nwhile on a charge, by a ball which penetrated his\\nright thigh. By this he was not permanently injured.\\nHe was honorably discharged May 23, 1865.\\nReturning home, he purchased 80 acres on section\\n;^T\u00e2\u0080\u009e Sumner Township, heavily timbered, and set\\nabout making himself a home. March 25, 1866, in\\nNorth Shade Township, he was married to Miss\\nEmily A. Dean, daughter of Amos and Betsy (Grant)\\nDean. She was born Aug. i, 1843, in Yates Co.,\\nN. Y. Her father was a farmer and died June 26,\\n1858. Her mother resides with her daughter, enjoy-\\ning good health and being quite active, although 76\\nyears old. Mr. and Mrs. Wolford have a family of\\nthree: Judson E born Oct. 28, 1867: Jessie E.,\\nApril 3, 1874; Cora V., Nov. 26, 1S77.\\nMr. W. has nicely improved 60 acres of his\\noriginal 80, and has added 40 acres, also improved.\\nHe is a member of Elm Hall Lodge No. 257, F.\\nA. M. He has held the office of School Director,\\nand in political sentiment is a Republican.\\n(i\\n^^=s\\nrin J Sprague, merchant at Martin s Cor-\\nners, Washington Township, is a son of\\nBeriah and Maria (Sweet) Sprague. Beriah\\ni\\\\ Sprague was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.,\\np^-iy\\nW- Sprague\\n^C in 1815, and died in this county, Dec. 9, 1883.\\nMaria (Sweet) Sprague was born in Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y., in 1819, and is still living, in Gratiot\\nCounty.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in St. Law-\\nrence Co.. N. Y., July 12, 1 841, and remained with\\nhis parents until 2 i years old He then taught, and\\nworked on a farm for a time. He taught altogether\\n10 terms of school, six of which were in Gratiot\\nCounty. Nov. 27, 1867, he was married to Emeline\\nI. Noble, daughter of James and Isabella (Laid-\\nlow) Noble, of Scotch descent. They came to Amer-\\nica and located in St. Lawrence Co, N. Y., where\\nthey followed farming, and where their daugliter\\nEmeline was born Aug. 5, 1845. ^^9\\nSprague came to Gratiot County and purchased 40\\nacres on section 16, Washington Township. This\\nfarm he afterwards sold, and for one year he was out\\nof employment. In i88r, he started the store he\\nnow has, at Martin s Corners. He has been School\\nSuperintendent for five years, and in 1882-3 was\\nSupervisor of his township. Politically, he is a zeal-\\nous Republican.\\nrederick L. Coss, merchant at North Star,\\nis and resident on section 15, North Star\\nvS^ IN Township, was born in Delaware Co., N.\\nY||5^ Y., Aug. 27, 1842. He is a son of Peter Coss^\\nl\\\\^ of North Star Township, who came here with\\ni his family in 1867.\\nMr. Coss came to this county the same year as his\\nfather, but located at Pompei, where he was engaged\\nin the mercantile business until 1869, when he moved\\nto Ithaca, where he lived 1 1 years thence to North\\nStar, and established himself in the same business.\\nHe carries on a general mercantile business, has a\\nstock sufficient to meet the requirements of the\\nneighborhood and is having a good trade.\\nMr. Coss enlisted in the late civil war, enrolling in\\nCo. A, 56th Pa. Vol. Inf, and participated in the bat-\\ntles of secoiid Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam,\\nFredericksburg (both battles), Chancellorsville, Get-\\ntysburg and others.\\nMr. Coss has been united in marriage twice. He\\nwas first married Feb. 14, 1867, to Mrs. Louisa\\nSwift, of North Star Township, who had by her first\\nhusband two children, Emma J. and Adelaide (Sav-\\nage), deceased. He was again married July 4, 1883,\\nto Alice J. Craun, of North Star. Politically, Mr.\\nCoss is a staunch Republican.\\nSrsi M-\\nV^\\nV\\n|||BMl|.^aniel Gower, farmer, section 30, Elba\\n![tiM^L Township, is a son of John and Polly\\n^i o;^ (Bowker) Grower, natives of Pennsyl-\\nwiv vania and New York. They are residents of\\nf Tompkins Co., N. Y., where Mr. Gower is a\\nfarmer. Daniel was born Sept. i, 1843, in\\nTompkins County. Leaving home in the second\\nyear of the war, lie enlisted Sept. i, 1862, in Co. K,\\nI\\nA -^D!]:^:iill", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "f", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\nms\\\\MI\\n221 N\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i J\\nf\\nV\\nThird New York Artillery, and was first sent to New-\\nbern, N. C. He then served in South Carolina for\\nthree months, and then returned to Newbern. In\\nMarch, 1864, he came home on a furloigh, after\\nwhich he reported again at Newbern. He was in the\\nbattle at Ross Mill, N. C, Nov. 2, 1862; Kingston,\\nDec. 14, 1S62; White Hall, Dec. 16, 1862. In the\\nlatter engagement he was wounded in the chest by a\\nshell. He was mustered out at Richmond, June i,\\n1865, and finally discharged at Syracuse, N. Y.\\nAfter leaving the service he worked on a farm by the\\nmonth, and also by the year.\\nIn 1868, he was united in marriage to Mary A.,\\ndaughter of John and Elizabeth Chester Allen,\\nnatives of Steuben County, and Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nrespectively. Mr. Allen is a farmer and resides in\\nIllinois. Mrs. Allen lives in New York State. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Gower came to Ingham County, this State,\\nimmediately after marriage, and a year later they\\nmoved to this county, locating on section 30, Elba\\nTownship. After seven months they went into the\\npine woods of Hamilton, where they lived three\\nyears. They then lived four years in New York\\nState and one year in Cook Co., 111., when they Te-\\nturned to their farm in this county. They have a\\nfamily of three children Edward W., Henry A. ar.d\\nBertha I. Mr. Gower has held the office of Drain\\nCommissioner, Assessor and Director. Politically he\\nis bound to no luirtv, but votes for the best man.\\n\u00c2\u00abjlLefir\u00c2\u00a9^^\\nrj\\n.^lisha C. Cook, fanner, secliim 31, North\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i l j4g j Star Township, was born in Steuben Co.,\\n^Jji N. Y., March 3, 1 8 1 8. His parents were Na-\\nthan and Chloe (Cobb) Cook, natives also of that\\nState. The latter dying in 1824, the bereft hus-\\nband came to Michigan, settling in Livingston\\nCounty, and afterward in (iratiot County, where he\\nmade his home with his son Eh sha until his death, in\\nthe former county, while on a visit there, at the age of\\n88 years. While residing in this county he hewed the\\ntimber for the Presbyterian cliurch which now stands\\non section 31.\\nIn his early life Mr. Cook, the subject of this\\nsketch, attended school, one year of the time the\\nS-Vl^v\\nGrolon Academy, in Tompkins Co., N. Y. He ac-\\nquired the trade of carpentry, mostly by working\\nwith his father, who was a millwright. Mr. C. fol-\\nlowed his trade for 20 years. At the age of about\\n23 he left home and pursued his vocation a number\\nof years in Clinton Co., Mich. In 1852 he went\\noverland to California, where he remained three\\nyears, with great benefit to his health, though not\\nmeeting with the pecuniary success which he had\\ne.vpected. Returning to Clinton Co., Mich., he\\nfollowed his occupation several years, teaching\\nschool during the winter seasons.\\nIn the spring of 1858, he came with his family\\nwhich then comprised a wife and one child to\\nGratiot County, and purchased 100 acres of wild\\nland, on section 31, North Star Township, where he\\nnow resides. He has since added 80 acres to his\\nestate, and now has 100 acres in a good state of cul-\\ntivation. On his arrival here he built a rough board\\nhouse, which the family occupied until January, 187 i,\\nwhen they moved into their present fine residence.\\nMr. C. has also a fine equipment of barns, etc., upon\\nhis farm, and his present circumstances give evidence\\nof industry, economy and prosperity.\\nMr. Cook was married July 19, 1855, in Clinton\\nCo., Mich., to Miss Margaret, second daughter of\\nPeter and Elizabeth (Berdan) Lott, natives of New\\nYork State who sett red in Wayne County, this State,\\nin an early day, and three years afterward moved to\\nClinton County, where they resided the remainder of\\ntheir life. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have had five chileren,\\nthree of whom survive, as follows: Fremont H.,\\nborn April 19, 1856; Harriet L., Feb. 4, 1867; and\\nCarrie V., July 22, 1870. Milan, born Aug. 4, 1862,\\ndied Feb. 24, 1863; and Ida E., born Jan. 8, i860,\\ndied March 13, 1883.\\nPolitically, Mr. C. is a Republican and he has\\nheld the offices of Sheriff 1868-72, Supervisor of\\nNorth Star Township, one year, and Township lerk,\\nand takes considerable interest in school affairs.\\nHe is a member of the M. E. Church and of the\\nMasonic Order.\\nWe take pleasure in giving Mr. Cook s portrait on\\na preceding page, as he is not only a representative\\nman and worthy citizen of the county of Gratiot, init\\nalso one who lias proved faithful in all the public\\nofficial relations in which his fellow citizens have\\nseen fit to place him.\\n\\\\v\\nV\\nv\\nv..\\nr\\nk\\n^M", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "(0\\ni\\n1\\niiK U V\\n^m%mw^\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\nfeamuel M. Scott, merchant, resident on sec-\\ntion 2 2, North Star Township, was born in\\nEssex Township, Clinton Co., Mich., Feb.\\n13, 1849; 1^ s father, named also Samuel M.,\\nwas a native of the State of New York, and is\\nnow deceased. The subject of this sketch was\\nbrought up on a farm and educated at the common\\nschool and at Eastman s Commercial College at\\nPoughkeepsie, New York. He afterward clerked for\\n.about 12 years in Nelson Barber s store at Ithaca,\\nand came to his present location in June, i S83, and\\nestablished a store, where he keeps a full line of\\ngeneral merchandise, and has a successful trade.\\nHe is a member of the I. O. O. F., and was for two\\nterms Clerk of Newark Township.\\nMr. Scott was married Nov. 10, 1878, to Miss\\nCelia J., daughter of A. W. Belding, of this township.\\nTheir three children are, I,elo A., Grace R. and\\nOla A.\\nI ewel Smith, grocer, Wheeler village, Wheeler\\nTownship, was born May i, 1852, and is\\nthe son of John H. and Jane (Castimore)\\nSmith, natives of New Jersey. The father\\n1(3 was by profession a millwright, and removed to\\nTrumbull Co., Ohio, in 1845. He came to Gratiot\\nCounty in February, 1863, and located on section 34,\\nWheeler Township. He entered 160 acres of land,\\nof which he had improved 50 at the time of his\\ndeath, March 6, 1872. Mrs. Smith died Feb. 14,\\n1882.\\nNewel was married at the age of 18 to Sarah, the\\ndaughter of Richard and Sarah A. Ellsworth, natives\\nof New York. She died March 16, 1880, leaving\\ntwo children, Nina J. and Amy E. Oct. 12, 1881,\\nhe was again married, to Jane, the third daughter of\\nThomas and Ellen (Thurlow) Wordel, natives of\\nEngland, but now resident of Canada. By this sec-\\nond marriage Mr. Smith has one child, Nellie M.\\nMr. Smith drove the first ox team to Saginaw from\\nthis part of the country. He has been very popular\\namong his fellow citizens, has held several local of-\\nfices, and has never been defeated for any office for\\nwhich he has been nominated. In the spring of\\n1875, he was elected Justice of the Peace, which of-\\nfice he held tsvo terms. He was chosen Supervisor\\nin 1876, to which office he was also re-elected sev-\\neral times, and he has been Supervisor altogether six\\nyears. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a mem-\\nber of St. Louis Lodge, No. 188, F. M.\\nohii W. Smith, farmer, section 28, Elba\\nTownship, is the second son of Dewey and\\nPhebe (Davis) Smith, natives of Vermont\\nand Ohio, respectively. He was born March\\n5, 1846, in Wells Co., Ind., and at the age of\\n1^\\n22 he left his father s farm to make his own\\nway in life. For about 10 years he worked at lum-\\nbering. He was married in 1873 to Belle, daughter\\nof John W. and Christina (Covert) Sutphin. She\\nwas born Dec. 27, 1856, in Livingston Co., Mich.,\\nand came to Elba Township in 1874. They are the\\nparents of one son, -Dewey D. Smith, born Feb. 20,\\n1878.\\nMr. Smith s father purchased 160 acres in Elba\\nTownship, in 1858, of which he, John W., now owns\\n80 acres. In 1879, he erected his large and well ar-\\nranged barn. He is now actively engaged in farming\\nand stock-raising. He was elected Township Clerk\\nin 1877, and held that position for four years in suc-\\ncession. In 1880, he was chosen Township Treas-\\nurer, which office he filled two terms. He is a mem-\\nlier of Maple River Lodge, No. 76, I. O. O. F. Po-\\nlitically, he votes the Republican ticket.\\nF^I+\\n:^\u00c2\u00b1g_\\nyte)\\nuther J. Dean, farmer, section 15, North\\ng Star Township, is a native of the Empire\\ni ^^y State, where he was born Dec. 11, 1831.\\n^llj His father, Sether, was a native of Pennsylvania,\\nA, and removed with his family from Allegany\\nCo., N. Y., to Hillsdale Co., Mich., in the fall\\nof 1842.\\nMr. Dean came to Gratiot County in 1855, en-\\ntered 160 acres of land, and as.sisted his brothers to\\nclear a piece of land and build a house for their\\nfather s family. He taught school the first winter,\\nreturned to Hillsdale County in the spring of 1856,\\ni\\nSs\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ion^iiDf^\\nrj\\n4?;^C^/i", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "tH\\\\ J^\\nA\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nm^\\n^25^^,\\n223\\nand May 13 following married Miss Lucy, daughter\\nof John McBride, now deceased. He came with his\\nbride into this wilderness and commenced housekeep-\\ning amid the privations and untoward obstacles of\\npioneer life. He finished his house and continued\\nhard work until he made for himself and family a\\ncomfortable home. He owns at present 82 acres of\\ngood land, and is engaged in general farming.\\nWithin one year after he was married he lost his\\nhouse and all the contentt by fire. This was a\\nsevere blow, but he was not the man to give up the\\nship of life on that account.\\nBy his first wife Mr. Dean had three children, name-\\nly: Herbert E., deceased; Effie M., now tlie wife of\\nFrank P. Walker, of Ithaca; and Arthur J. For his\\npresent wife Mr. Dean married Mrs. Elizabeth Row-\\nley, Oct. 16, 1882, who had had by her former hus-\\nband two children, namely Erastus A. and Ida M.\\nMr. Dean, in religious views, is a Baptist; he has\\nbeen School Inspector several years, and at present\\nis Township Clerk.\\nsaac Wooley, farmer, section 34, Elba Town-\\nship, is a son of James and Margaret (Chan-\\ndler) Wooley, natives of New Jersey. James\\nWooley was by occupation a shoemaker. He\\ncame to Gratiot County in 1855, and entered\\n320 acres of Government land on section 34,\\nElba Township He subsequently gave each of his\\nsons 80 acres, and he is yet alive, at the advanced\\nage of 93. Isaac Wooley was born Feb. 17, 1829, in\\nthe State of New York. At the age of 20 he left\\nhome to work for himself, and, going to New York\\nState, he was engaged in farming for six years.\\nSept. 4, 1S55, he was united in marriage to Martha\\nWhitney, daughter of William E. and Mary (Scott)\\nWhitney, natives of New York. Mr. Whitney was\\nborn in Ontario County, and was a minister of the\\ngospel. Mrs. Whitney was born in Niagara County.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wooley remained in Ingham County,\\nwhere they were married, until 1859, and then re-\\nmoved to Gratiot County. They settled first on 100\\nacres, but, afterwards selling 20 and buying 15, the\\\\-\\nnow have 95 acres, of which 57 are well improved.\\nThey are the parents of one daughter, born Dec. 18,\\n1856.\\nMr. Wooley has been Highway Commissioner in\\nhis township for three years. He is a member of\\nMaple River Lodge No. 76, I. O. O. F. and politi-\\ncally he votes with the Republican party. Mrs.\\nWooley is an active member of the Free-Will Bap-\\ntist Church.\\nleaze?\u00c2\u00ae-^*\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^NgWIOTiv.\\n-4-\\n^P\\nJl,\\neneca Sly, Postmaster, and member of the\\nmercantile firm of Glass Sly, Elm Hall,\\nis a son of George J. and Samantha (Riggs)\\nSly, natives respectively of New York and\\nConnecticut. George J. Sly came to Michigan\\nin 1839, and died at Elm Hall, this county, at\\nthe advanced age of 72. Mrs. Sly is yet living, at\\nElm Hall.\\nThe subject of this biography, Seneca, was born at\\nWhite Oak, Ingham County, this State, Jan. 20, 1842.\\nHe worked on the farm, and received a good common-\\nschool education, under the care ol his parents, until\\n20 years old. Oct. 18, 1862, he enlisted in Co. B,\\n26th Mich. Vol. Inf., under the command of Col.\\nNathan Church, and was sent to the Army of the\\nPotomac. His corps was occupied in the defense of\\nSuffolk, Yorktown and Washington, at which latter\\nplace he was discharged for disability caused by\\ndisease of the lungs. He was confined to his bed a\\nyear. Hearing reports of the healthfulness of Gratiot\\nCounty, he came here in the hope of improving his\\nphysical condition, and engaged as cook in the woods\\n-for Fowler Cleverdon. He was to work for his\\nboard, if he earned it, and more, if he earned it.\\nThis work proving beneficial to his health, he began\\nas teamster for the same company. Returning home\\nfor a while, he came again to Sumner Township, this\\ncounty, and carried on farming.\\nIn 1877, he engaged as clerk in the store of Blair\\nHouck, of Elm Hall, which position he held four\\nyears. During this time he was elected Township\\nClerk, which office he filled vvith credit four years.\\nFor a year more he was in the store of Mr. Beeson.\\nIn 1882, he established a grocery of his own, being\\nabout the same time Justice of the Peace. He has\\nrecently taken a partner, and the firm is now Glass\\n*AS\\nV^\\nr\\nA\\nyrv\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^fK\\n..i^_-l\u00c2\u00ab\\n3(][i:A:ntii", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "224\\n-^^-7C iiii:^:iiiis v-er\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ns\\nV\\nSly. He was appointed Postmaster in July, 1882.\\nHe is also a Notary Public, having l)een appointed\\nsoon after lie came to Elm Hall.\\nFeb. 22, 1866, at Elm Hall, he was married to Miss\\nMary I. Boyd, daughter of John and Elizabeth Boyd,\\nnatives of Pennsylvania, where also the daughter was\\nborn, in February, 1846. She afterwards came to\\nOhio, and then to this State, where she was married.\\nMr. and Mrs. Sly have a family of five: Ettie A.,\\nHattie B., Libbie, Fred A. and an infant. Mr. S. has\\nbeen an active Republican since the organization of\\nthe party. He is J. V. C. in the G. A. R. post at\\nElm Hall, and he and wife are attached to the failh\\nof the United Brethren Church.\\ni-\\nohn Mull, farmer on section 5, Emerson\\nTownship, was born in Yates Co., N. Y.,\\nMay 26, 1810, and is a son of Christopher\\nand Catharine (Bussard) Mull, of German de-\\nscent and natives of Pennsylvania. They\\nfollowed farming, and died in Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., in 1864, the father aged 90* and the mother\\naged 88. John came, when very young, with his\\nparents, to Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y., and three\\nyears later they removed to Mt. Morris, Livingston\\nCo., N. Y. In 1826 he went to Nunda, Allegany\\nCounty, where, Sept. 18, 1832, he was married to\\nEliza, daughter of Joel and Patty (Tuttle) Knapp,\\nnatives of Connecticut, and of New England parent-\\nage. The former was a tailor by trade. They died\\nin Livingston Co., N. Y., the one Aug. 12, 1855, aged\\n73, and the other April 11, 1864, aged 88. Eliza\\nwas born in Rockland Co., N. Y., on the banks of\\nthe Hudson, Jan. 29, 1807. When seven years old\\nshe went with her parents to Phelps, Ontario Co.,\\nN. Y., and later to Ossian, Livingston County, where\\nshe was educated and married.\\nShortly after that event they went to Trumbull Co.,\\nOhio, where he engaged in turning wood plates, at\\nthat time very fashionable in that country. Two\\nyears later, in the fall of 1833, he returned to New\\nYork and farmed for nine years. Going once more\\nto Ohio, he resumed his former employment of mak-\\ning wooden dishes. In the fall of 1846 they came\\nto Lenawee Co., Mich., and farmed fof five years.\\nTheir next move was to Mason, Ingham t ounty, and\\nin March, i86i, they came to Gratiot County and\\nsettled on 40 acres on section 5, Emerson Township.\\nMr. Mull has since added 40 acres, and has made\\nexcellent improvements.\\nMarch 25, 1864, he enlisted in Co. C, 2d Mich.\\nVol. Inf and was sent to the Army of the Potomac.\\nHe participated in five active engagements, among\\nthem Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. While supporting\\nthe battery he was compelled to sit within a few feet\\nof the cannon s mouth, which caused the loss of\\nhearing in the right ear, and seeing in the right eye.\\nHe was also in the battle of Yellowhouse Station,\\nAug. 19, 1864, and in the battles in front of Peters-\\nburg, where he was captured March 25, 1865, just\\none year from his enlistment. Five days later he\\nwas paroled, and he received an honorable discharge\\nJune 12, 1865. Returning home, he has since de-\\nvoted his time to his farm and family.\\nMr. and Mrs. Mull have had eight children, of\\nwhom five are living, Ann A., born Aug. 11, 1837\\nHarriet N., Jan. 21, 1842; Mariah E., March 17,\\n1844; Jennie M., Jan. 3, 1847; Jolm S., Oct. 13,\\n1849. The three not living are as follows: Joel F.,\\nborn Nov. 25, 1833, and died July 10,1858; William\\nH., born April 23, 1840, and died in the service of\\nthe United States, at Farmington, Miss., Aug. 14,\\n1862 and Edwin E., born July 14, 1837, and died\\nAug. 8, 1883. Mr. Mull has held the office of\\nJustice of the Peace for a number of years, and\\nHighway Commissioner for six years. In politics he\\nis an adherent of the Republican party.\\nX\\nim eorge Smith, manufacturer of brick and\\n11 tile, section 22, North Star Township, was\\nborn in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Feb. 22\\n1837; his father, James Smith, was a native\\nof Cayuga Co., N. Y., and is now a resident\\nI of Kalkaska, Mich. He moved with his fam-\\nily to Hillsdale Co., Mich., when his son George was\\nonly six years of age, settling upon a farm, where the\\nlatter was reared and educated.\\nThe subject of this sketch came to Gratiot County\\nin September, 1869, and, until about five years ago,\\nfollowed farming. He is now driving a pros])erous\\nbusiness in the manufacture of brick and tile, in\\nconnection with farming. His land property com-\\nprises 1 16 acres.\\nr", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "Mi\\nmmh r-\\nGIfA TIO T CO UNT V.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0tSi^\\n225\\nJ\\nV\\n\u00c2\u00ab5\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\nMr. Smith was married Aug. i8, i860, to Miss At-\\nlanta L., daughter of Erastus Shaw (deceased), who\\nwas a native of Rutland Co., Vt. She was born in\\nTompkins Co, N. Y., in 1840, and came to Michi-\\ngan, with her husband, in April, 186 1. Their chil-\\ndren are: Rosa B., deceased, Emma A., Eugene J.,\\nFlora v., Addie L., Frank J. and Grant O. Emma\\nA. is the wife of Foshen Hoffman.\\nMr. Smith has been Township Clerk, Justice of\\nthe Peace a few years, is a member of the Order of\\nPatrons of Husbandry, and, with his wife, is in re-\\nligious belief a sympathizer with the Baptist Cliurch.\\n|-|3harles R. Slaughter, manufacturer and re-\\na pairer of wagons, Breckenridge village)\\nCharlie B. and Nellie M. He is a member of North-\\nern Light Lodge, No. 40, F. A. M., at South To-\\nledo, Ohio. In politics he affiliates with the Repub-\\nlican party. Mrs. Slaughter is an active member of\\nthe M. E. Church.\\nWheeler Township, was born in the State of\\nNew York, April 13, 1829, and is the son of\\nJames and Mary (Voak) Slaughter, natives of\\nNew York. The father was a farmer, and\\nalso practiced medicine. He moved to Seneca Co.,\\nOhio, in 1841, and died there in t844. Mrs. Slaugh-\\nter died in 187 i.\\nThe son was 15 years old when he left home as an\\napprentice to the carpenter s trade, which he has\\nalways followed for a livelihood. At the age of 22,\\nhe was united in marriage to Ebaline, third daughter\\nof Michael and Hepsoby (Famulinger) Long, natives\\nof Ohio, in which State they followed farming until\\ntheir death. Mrs. Slaughter died Dec. 27, 1856.\\nHe afterwards married Maria A., daughter of Silas\\nT. and Harriet H. Jewell, natives of Massachusetts\\nand New Hampshire. Both are now deceased, Mrs.\\nJewell dying March 14, 1S52, and Mr. Jewell April\\n6, 1869, in Ohio.\\nMr. Slaughter came to Gratiot ounty with his wife\\nin 1 86 1, and settled on section 22, Wheeler Town-\\nship. He first entered 320 acres, but has now 160\\nacres. He was the eighth white man in Wheeler\\nTownship. His first home was a 10x10 shanty,\\nwhen wild animals were abundant. He often went\\nto Saginaw and fetched on his back provisions for his\\nfamily. They were obliged to go four miles to church.\\nIn spite of such trials they enjoyed to a high degree\\nthe peculiar pleasures of pioneer life.\\nMr. Slaughter has one child by his first marriage,\\nand four by his second: Del L., Ida H., Sarah L.,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e:Orydon Cronkhite, retired farmer, section\\nI3 12, P^merson Township, was born in Hoosac,\\nY., Oct. 17, 1803, and with his parents\\nwent to Otsego County two years later. When\\nabout 14 years old, the family moved to the\\nHolland purchase in Western New York,\\nand he lived there until 1856, when he came to Ionia,\\nMich. From 1868 till 1881 he lived in Saranac\\nand then he came to this county to live with his\\nnephew, Albro Curtiss.\\nMarch 12, 1825, at Middlebury, N. Y., he was\\nmarried to Melinda Fisk. She was a native of War-\\nsaw, N. Y., in which State she was educated. Mr.\\nCronkhite was the oldest of 12 children, and had x=i\\nhimself four children, two of whom are living:\\nJerome, married and living in Illinois; George, a res-\\nident of Pullman, 111., and an overseer in the car-shops\\nof that place.\\nHe is a member of the Baptist Church at Saranac,\\nIonia County. Politically, he was always a Whig,\\nduring the life-time of the Whig party and now he\\nis a firm Rei^ublican.\\nC\\nilUam H. Morrison, farmer, section 31,\\nElba Township, is a son of William F.\\nand Rebecca (Smith) Morrison, natives of\\nCayuga Co., N. Y. Mr. Morrison was by\\nvlT occupation a cabinet-maker, and resided in\\nthe State of New York until his death, in 1840.\\nMrs. Morrison removed to Michigan, and died in\\nEaton County in 1876. The son, William H., was\\nborn Jan. 14, 1831, in Orleans Co., N. Y. His father\\ndying when he was nine years of age, he went to\\nlive with his uncle, remaining five years. For the\\nnext few years he attended school and worked for his\\nboard in the winters and labored on the Erie Canal 1\\nin the summers. He then went to Tompkins Co.,\\nN. Y., and learned the blacksmith trade. In 1869,\\nn\\nJ\\n4a@^^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "r^r^m :t: u h1\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n6\\nA\\no\\nhe came to Gratiot County, and located on the east\\nhalf of the southeast quarter of section 31, Elba\\nTownship. This was at that time all wild land, but\\nhe has now 65 acres well improved.\\nAt the age of 23 he married Mary E. Luttenton,\\ndaughter of Ahnon and Livonia (Blanchard) Lutten-\\nton, natives of Orleans Co., N. Y. They came to\\nWayne Co., Mich., in 1839, and located on a farm,\\nwhere Mr. Luttenton died April 10, 1844. Mrs. Lut-\\ntenton died in the State of New York, Sept. 12, 1869.\\nMary E. was their third daughter, and was born\\nMarch g, 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison have had\\nnine children, as follows William J., Dwight S.,\\nDer J., Rebecca M., Almon L. (drowned in a barrel\\nJuly 6, 1869), John W., Alma L., David F. and\\nMary E.\\nAug. 19, 1861, Mr. Morrison enlisted in Co. F,\\nThird New York Cavalry. With his regiment he\\nparticipated in the engagements of Ball s Bluff and\\nEdwards Ferry, and was with Banks expedition into\\nthe Shenandoah Valley. At Elizabeth City, N. C,\\nhe was wounded by a musket ball, which he still car-\\nries in his body. He also fought at Roanoke Island,\\nand other places, and was finally discharged Aug.\\n28, 1865.\\nIn 1869, he was elected Supervisor of Elba Town-\\nship; and he has been School Director for a number\\nof terms. He is a member of Genesee Lodge, No.\\n24, I. O. O. F., and affiliates with the Republican\\nparty.\\niheldon Wight, of the firm of S. M.\\nWight, of Sickels, and whose biography we\\nare pleased to give as a representative\\nman of Hamilton Township, was born in\\nLorain Co., Ohio, April 22, 1847, and is a son\\nof Leonard Wight, of Van Buren Co., Mich., a\\nnative of Rochester, New York.\\nMr. Wight s education was acquired in the common\\nschools of his native county, which he attended, and\\nlived at home, developing into manhood. At the\\nage of 20 years, in the fall of 1867, he left the\\nparental hearthstone and went forth to battle against\\nthe trials and troubles of life alone, or rather in\\ncompany with the life companion he had chosen a\\nyear previous, and came to this county. He settled\\non the west half of the southwest quarter of section\\n4, Hamilton Township, where he has resided 16\\nyears, and is at present living.\\nMr. W. established his present business in the fall\\nof 1881, and in 1883 admitted his brother as a full\\npartner. The business, a planing mill and repair\\nshop, is a prosperous one; it is run by steam power;\\nthey have a large single surfacer and matcher, and a\\nsmall surfacer for moulding and siding; and they prin-\\ncipally manufacture sleighs, and do a general repair\\nbusiness.\\nMr. Wight was united in marriage to Miss Mary,\\ndaughter of Abraham Weaver, deceased. Five\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. W., namely\\nCharley, Alma, Florence, Freddie and Bertie.\\nIn addition to his business, Mr. W. devotes con-\\nsiderable of his time to the cultivation of his farm,\\nconsisting of 80 acres, less six acres incorporated in\\nthe village of Sickels, and also to an apiary, and\\nprides himself on his success in the last named\\nbusiness.\\nMr. ight was a soldier in the late civil war,\\nenlistingin Co. F, 6th Mich. Cav., was in Kilpatrick s\\nraid toward Richmond, battles of the Wilderness,\\nCedar Creek, Fisher s Hill, Five Forks, and others,\\nand likewise in all the charges immediately preced-\\ning Lee s surrender. After the grand review at\\nWashington, D. C, his Regiment was ordered to\\nPowder River, Montana, and built Fort Reno.\\nWhile at Fort Reno, he was sent as a herder up a\\nravine about a mile from the fort, mounted on a\\nmule. Seeing a wolf prowling around the herd, he\\ntried his revolver on the animal, but only succeeded\\nin breaking a hind leg. Following the wolf, he\\nemptied his revolver in the chase, and was led about\\na half a mile over a hill into another ravine. His\\nattention was then suddenly drawn to three mounted\\nredskins, who were undoubtedly hostile in their\\nintentions. Being unarmed, and perceiving that\\nthe ravine he was in led to the fort, he took the\\nshortest cut home. He asserts that if he had not had\\na good mule on that occasion, he would not now be\\nconducting a wagon shop at Sickels.\\nLater in the fall tiie regiment was ordered to Salt\\nLake, Utah, but Mr. W. and a few others were sent\\nto Fort Bridger, where he wintered. He was one of\\nthe 53 who marched back as a command and\\nwere discharged at Detroit, Mich., July 5, i866.\\nMr. W. recollects many reminiscences of the soldier\\n4\\n(c-\\n^MM %m^y^-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "liK/i^f^fi-\\nV ^I1I1 ^I1I1 V\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n227\\nt\\nV\\nr\u00c2\u00ae\\nlife; and records that while on Tongue River, in\\nMontana, they were corralled by the Indians.\\nHenry Evans, one of their number, volunteered to\\nattempt the hazardous undertaking of stealing his\\nway through the line of the enemy to the command,\\nfor the purpose of procuring aid. He and Sergeant\\nHall stole forth in the night time, successfully eluded\\nthe watchfulness of the redskins, and by traveling in\\nthe night, and concealing themselves in the day-time,\\nthey reached the command on the third day. Re-\\ninforcement soon reached them, and after being cor-\\nralled for 1 2 days, they were rescued from their\\nperilous condition.\\nHe also relates that while at Detroit, waiting for\\nhis discharge, and stopping at the Wesson Hotel, at\\nabout two o clock in the morning of the 4th of July,\\n1866, he found himself on the floor of his room,\\nshouting fire I He and Henry Evans attempted to\\nescape down the stairs but these were on fire, and\\nthey were forced to jump from the first-story window.\\nThis was a narrow escape, and a poor way to celebrate\\nthe national holiday.\\nMr. Wight is a member of the I. O. O. F., and also\\nof the Grand Army of the Republic.\\nMason Wight, brother and business partner of our\\nsubject, was born in Lorain Co., Ohio, March 2, 1850.\\nHe followed the occupation of a farmer until 1 883,\\nwhen he came to this county and engaged with his\\niirother in the business they are now jointly con-\\nducting.\\nHe was married, Dec. 16, 1874, to Miss Edith\\nWright, and five children have been born to the\\nunion, four of whom are now living, namely Lydia\\nA., Laura L., Irvin and Nettie.\\nHe also is a member of the L O. O. F.\\nH^\u00c2\u00bb^\\nitenry W. Myers, farmer, section 19, Wash-\\nington Township, is a son of Tacob and\\nMagdalena (Walburn) Myers, natives of\\n4) Maryland and Pennsylvania. Mr. Myers yet\\nlives, in De Kalb Co., Ind. Mrs. Myers died in\\nSeneca Co., Ohio, in 1850. Henry was born\\nOct. 3, 1844, in Seneca. Co., Ohio, and left home at\\nthe age of 18. He was variously employed until\\nNov. 5, 1865, when he married Mrs. Lovina E. Mc-\\nRntaffer, the widow of Timothy McEntaffer, and the\\ndaughter of Jacob and Catharine (Kountz) Echelbar-\\nger, natives of Pennsylvania, where they followed\\nfarming. They afterwards removed to Ohio, locating\\nin Columbiana County. Their next move was to De\\nKalb Co., Lid., where they died, both in April, 1878.\\nMr. and Mrs. Myers came to this State and county,\\nand located on 51 acres on section 19, Washington\\nTownship. He has a fine residence, and a substan-\\ntial barn. Politically, he has always supported the\\nDemocratic party. Mrs. Myers has by her first mar-\\nriage five children, Isabel, Lorinda, Byron B., Oli\\nver and Olive (twins).\\nrPffllndrew J. Hatfield, farmer, section 15, Em-\\nk erson Township, was born in Medina Co.,\\n-^^i^^\\nOhio, July II, 1839, and was the son of Jacob\\nJfl^ and Roxie (Houghton) Hatfield, natives of\\nIt Pennsylvania and Cortland Co., N. Y. The\\nformer went to Ohio when seven years old,\\nand lived on a farm in Medina County until 1862,\\nwhen he moved to Michigan, and came to Gratiot\\nCounty. He settled first in Newark Township, and\\nthen in Bethany Township, where he died Sept. 28,\\n1870. Mrs. Hatfield was of Puritan ancestry, and\\nwhen quite young was taken to Medina Co., Ohio,\\nwhere she was married at the age of 16. She died\\nMarch 22, 1841, at the age of 20 years, 10 months\\nand 29 days, leaving two children, Andrew J. (our\\nsuliject), and L. Catharine (Shelly), who died in\\nCharlotte, this State, in November, 1881.\\nAndrew worked on his father s farm and obtained\\nan academic education at Seville, Ohio. When 22\\nyears old, he engaged for a short time in teaching.\\nNov. 25, i860, in his native county, he was married\\nto Julia, daughter of John and Barbara (Geisinger)\\nWydeman, natives of Northumberland Co., Pa., and\\nof German descent. They emigrated to Canad.a, where\\nthey were married, and 15 years later they removed\\nto Medina Co., Ohio, where Julia was born, March\\n28, 1836. She was educated in that county, and\\nlived at home (her father dying April 26, 1850) until\\nher marriage. Two years after that event Mr. and\\nMrs. Hatfield came to this State and county and lo-\\ncated in Newark Township. He purchased 40 acres\\nin that township. May 25, 1864, he engaged with\\nJ. M, Kidd, of Ionia, as agent and collector for their\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\nV:\\n^4^t^C(\u00c2\u00ae l", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "Mi\\n^A^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)^#\u00c2\u00ab^\\nv -^aD :iiD v\\n228\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-#^((1^1.^:\\nV\\n(f.^\\nfanning-mill establishment. This business he fol-\\nlowed for 12 years. In April, 1877, he moved to\\nEmerson Township and located on a farin of 80\\nacres, partly improved. He has it now nearly all\\nin good cultivation, and has a very fine residence,\\nwhich cost $3,000.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hatfield have a family of three,\\nEmma E., born May 25, 1S61 (married and residing\\nin Grand Rapids); William Forest, born Aug. 24,\\n1862, and Arthur H., born July 2t, 1864. They are\\nmembers of the M. E. Church. He is a member of\\nIthaca Lodge, No. 123, F. A. M. Politically he is\\na staunch Republican. He has held the office of\\nDeputy Sheriff.\\nim.\\ntenry Grover, an enterprising farmer, resi\\ndent on section 2, Arcada Township, was\\nborn in Hull, Yorkshire, Eng., Dec. 10,\\n1844; and is the son of Thomas and Maria\\n(Sherwood) Grover, natives of Yorkshire, Eng.\\nThomas Grover was by occupation a carriage\\nsmith, and came to this country in 1850, locating in\\nNew York State. Two years later, he came to Len-\\nawee County, this State, and after a few years there\\nhe came to Gratiot County, where he died, at his\\nhome on section 2, Arcada Township, Aug. 27, 1877,\\nat the age of 65. His wife now resides at St. Louis,\\nin this county, at the age of 68.\\nThe subject of this sketch came with liis parents\\nto New York State, and thence to Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., where he was married. Nov. 28, 1867, to Ame-\\nlia, daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Clark) Barber,\\nnatives of New York. They followed farming, and\\ncame to this county, where Mr. Barber now lives, on\\nsection 2, Arcada Township. Mrs. Barber is de-\\nceased. Amelia was Ijorn in Hancock Co., Ohio, and\\ncame when five years old with her parents to Lena-\\nwee Co., Mich.\\nTwo years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Grover\\nwent to Manistee County, where they farmed for\\nseven years. They returned to Adrian, and three\\nyears later came to Gratiot County, settling down on\\ngo acres of his father s homestead. He is a progress-\\nive farmer, and has about half his farm nicely\\nimproved. They have five children, as follows Char-\\nlie O., born Aug. 25, 1871; Eliza M., Sept. 24,\\n1873; Clara E., Dec. 31, 1875 Rose A., March 11,\\n1878; Maria B., Oct. 6, 1883. Politically, Mr. Gro-\\nver is a staunch Republican.\\n\u00c2\u00abH^\u00c2\u00bb!\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^^%\\n^^(avid D. Stoddard, farmer, section 10,\\ni^Ma^^ Washington Township, is a son of Orson\\nyjV and Bathia (Hulbert) Stoddard, natives of\\nConnecticut and New York. Mr. Stoddard,\\nc Sr., was born Jan. i, 1804, while Mrs. Stod-\\ni dard was born in July, 18 10. in 1854, they\\ncame to Michigan and located in Wayne County.\\nSoon after, they removed to Gratiot and located on\\nsection 1 1, Washington Township, wliere Mr. Stod-\\ndard died, June 15, 1S70, and Mrs. Stoddard, April\\n21, 1870.\\nThe subject of this sketch was horn in Allegany\\nCo., N. Y., April 24, 1830. At the age of 20, he en-\\ngaged as a farm hand, and worked as such for five\\nyears. Nov. g, 1854, he married Mary Ryan, daugh-\\nter of Adam and Betsy (McNett) Ryan. In 1S56,\\nMr. and Mrs. Stoddard came to Gratiot, and located\\non section ir, Washington Townsliij). They after-\\nwards removed to section 10. on a farm of 20 acres.\\nThey were among the first settlers of the township,\\nand found no improvements when, amid the snows\\nof winter, they first arrived among the forests of this\\npart of Michigan. They have two children, named\\nAlice K. and Freeman O. In i)olitics, Mr. Stoddard\\nis a Republican. He and wife are members of the\\nU. B. Church.\\n-^-H\\nS!-S-\\nC/||H,ames Remaley, fainier, section 2, Hamilton\\nj^^Il Township, is a son of Jacol) and Elizabeth\\nS:;3 (Nonnemaker) Remaley, natives of Penn-\\nsylvania, and of German and Welsh extraction,\\nboth of whom are deceased.\\nJames was born in Northampton Co., Pa.,\\nMay 19, 1826, and in 1834 accompanied his parents\\nto Trumbull Co., Ohio, where they located. Here he\\nattended the common schools of the county, acquired\\nan education and developed into manhood. In the\\nyear 1846, he determined to battle against the\\ntrials and struggles of life alone, and came lo Eaton\\nVV\u00c2\u00abtjj^-\\nj^\\n^iI!]:-\u00c2\u00bb:di1s\\nr", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "/tt..\\ntm^\\nIV\\nf", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "U", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "^DD:?^DD^ r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-^^1^J((^^i^l\\n231\\n9^%\\nV\\ns\\nt\\nCounty, this State, and entered 80 acres of Govern-\\nment land, for which he paid $100. This land hes\\ntwo miles north of Charlotte, Eaton County this State,\\nand is now valued at $100 per acre.\\nMr. Remaley remained in Eaton County until the\\nyear 1854, when he removed to Hillsdale County,\\nand there lived for 23 years, until 1877, when he\\ncame to this county, since which time he has con-\\nstantly resided here. He owns 250 acres of land,\\nand besides attending to his farming devotes a portion\\nof his winters to lumbering.\\nMr. Remaley was married, Feb. 13, 1853, to\\nSusanna, daughter of Eli Foglesang, of Hamilton\\nTownship, of German descent, and one of the old\\nsettlers of Southern Michigan. Of this marriage\\nseven children were born, six of whom are living, viz.:\\nElizabeth (Watkins), Mary (Wilber), Geo. A., Alice\\nR., Clara L. and Clarence A. One son, Eli, died in\\nDecember, 1877, in his sixteenth year.\\n1\\nA\\nsjuie/\u00c2\u00ae^\\nK4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ./^.SWJZro\u00c2\u00bbv.\\ni.linf\u00c2\u00ae m illiam E. Winton, attorney, Ithaca, is a\\n^^Sl son of William Winton, who was the son\\nJll^S^n of James and Ann Winton, and was born\\n^S June 10, 1779, in the parish of Dunning,\\nPerthshire, Scotland. After the death of\\nboth his parents, which occurred about the\\nyear 1800, having a desire to visit the New World, he\\ntook passage at Greenock, May 12, 1802, on board\\nthe ship Draper, of New York, for America; ar-\\nrived at New York July 4, 1802. He came West\\ninto Madison Co., N. Y. became acquainted with\\nand married Desdemona Leach, of Chittenango, in\\n1817. He then purchased and settled on a farm at\\nBridgeport, in the town of Sullivan, Madison Co.,\\nN. Y., and about 12 miles northeast from Syracuse,\\nat which place his wife died, April, 1823. To them\\nwere born three sons, James Winton, born Jan.\\n1 81 9, now living at Manchester, Washtenaw Co.,\\nMich.; William E. Winton, the subject of this sketch,\\nborn Dec. 17, 1820; and David L. Winton, born Jan.\\n21, 1S23, now deceased, having died at Cohoctah,\\nLivingston Co., Mich., Dec. 17,1853. He afterwards\\nmarried a lady by the name of Lana Houser, by\\nwhom he had one son and four daughters, all of\\nwhom are now dead except Mary, who was born Oct.\\n31, 1830, and now living between Chelsea andMan-\\ncliester, Washtenaw C o Mich.; and Ann, born\\nMarch 15, 1833, and now of Fairmont, 111. He came\\nto Michigan in December, 1845, and died at l^Lin-\\nchester, Mich., Jan. 21, 1858.\\nHis second son, William E. Winton, enjoyed the\\nadvantages of the village school at Bridgeiwrt, dur-\\ning his childliood, his father keeping him during the\\nschool vacations at the Chittenango Sulphur Springs\\nfor his health. At the age of 13 he went to Albany\\non a tour of sight-seeing, visiting the museum, thea-\\nter and places of amusement, and where for the first\\ntime he saw a steamboat, as she passed up the Hud-\\nson, bound for Troy.\\nIn the winter of 1837, being then 16 years of age,\\nhe obtained the consent of his parents, and came to\\nMichigan with the family of Daniel Boutell, and\\nafter a journey of 21 days reached their destination,\\non section 30, in town 4 north, of range 5 east, after-\\nwards organized as the township of Deerfield, Liv-\\ningston County.\\nMr. Winton remained in the family of, and worked\\nfor, Mr. Boutell until the age of 21. In the fall of\\n1839 he returned to the State of New York to trans-\\nact some Inisiness for Mr. Boutell, giving him an op-\\nportunity of visiting his father s farnily, but so\\nchanged in personal appearance as not to be recog-\\nnized by any one of them.\\nOn his return to Michigan, after a month s absence,\\nlie induced his younger brother, David L. Winton, to\\ncome West with him.\\nHe became acquainted with Sarah Ranisdell in\\n1840, to whom he was married Nov. 27, 1842. She\\nwas the daughter of Noah and Polly (Mary) Rams-\\ndell, then of the township of Tuscola, afterwards\\nchanged to Cohoctah, Livingston County. She was\\nborn Oct. 2, 1821, at Fairport, some 10 miles east of\\nRochester, N. Y., from which place her father, in\\n1S28, moved to Waterford, Plymouth Township,\\nWayne Co., Mich., and built the first flouring mill\\nthere.\\nIn 1839 her father exchanged his mill property for\\na farm of 640 acres in said township of Tuscola\\n(now Cohoctah), where Mr. Winton became ac-\\nquainted with the family.\\nAt the time of his marriage, his father-in-law,\\nbeing considerably involved in debt, induced Mr.\\nWinton to take charge of the farm, pay off the debts\\nand save the property, which he accomplished in the\\nA\\nr\\nI\\nJ\\n^r^ ^nII :DQ^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "^))e^#*-\\n-\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^v ^]imu 7^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\no\\n4:\\nI\\nt\\ncourse of ten years of hard labor and strict economy,\\nreceiving for such services about 200 acres of the\\nfarm; daring which time he held various township\\noffices.\\nOn the 22dot June, 1852, he was left a widowerby\\nthe death of his wife, by whom he had three children:\\nSarah J. born Dec. 9, 1843; Mary D., born Oct. 10,\\n1845, and John H., born May 31, 1852. After the\\ndeath of his wife, he leased his farm and made pro-\\nvisions for the care of his two children then living,\\nSarah J. having died of croup Sept. 23, 1844, and,\\nhaving had only the advantages of a common-school\\neducation, he spent six years teaching, attending\\nschool and reading law. August, 1858, he graduated\\nat the State and National Law School at Poughkeep-\\nsie, N. Y. Armed with his diploma, he went to New\\nYork, purchased a law library, and returned to Mich-\\nigan, and was, Sept. 10, 1858, at Howell, Mich., ad-\\nmitted to practice in the courts of law and equity in\\nthis State.\\nHe visited the World s E.xhibition at the Crystal\\nPalace in New York, 1853. He visited the United\\nStates Military Academy at West Point, July, 1858,\\nwhere he was introduced to Gen. Winfield Scott, at\\nhis headquarters. He attended the celebration of\\nthe laying of the first Atlantic cable at New York\\nCity in August, 1858.\\nHe received, October, 1858, the nomination for\\nProsecuting Attorney, on the Republican ticket, in\\nLivingston County, and was, with the rest of the\\nticket, defeated, the Democrats, who were in the\\nascendancy, carrying the county.\\nMarch 3, 1859, he sold his farm.\\nApril 4, 1859, he was married to Mariette Thomp-\\nson, daughter of Joseph R. and Mary J. Thompson,\\nof Corunna, Mich. She was born March 15, 1831,\\nin the town of Columbia, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Her\\nfather came to Michigan in 1834, and settled on a\\nfarm at South Lyon, Oakland County.\\nMr. Winton started June i 1, 1859, on a prospect-\\ning tour, visiting St. Johns, Maple Rapids, Ithaca, St.\\nLouis, Midland City and St. Charles, and returned\\nhome. He moved into Gratiot County, and arrived\\nat Ithaca, March 28, i860, then the county seat,\\nboasting of 15 families all told, and having a weekly\\nmail a dense forest covered the greater part of the\\npresent village, not a road opening to it from any di-\\nrection.\\nHe was elected Circuit Court Commissioner No-\\nvember, i860, and was appointed Deputy County\\nClerk in January, 1861. Having received his com-\\nmission therefor, he enrolled all persons liable to\\nmilitary duty in the south half of Gratiot County in\\n1863, and continued in the conscripting business to\\nthe close of the war; and was, during the same\\nperiod. Superintendent of the County Poor, and, as\\nsuch, had to make provisions for the support of\\niiuite a large number of families of the patriotic citi-\\nzens who had gone to the front to defend the liber-\\nties of the country. Such families were provided for\\nat their homes. Mr. Winton made arrangements\\nwith Joim Hicks, of St. Johns, who filled his orders\\nfor supplies.\\nHe was elected U) the offices of Circuit Court\\nCommissioner and Prosecuting Attorney in Novem-\\nber, 1864. He was re-elected Prosecuting Attorney\\nin November, 1866, and was a delegate to the Con-\\ngressional Convention held at Flint the same year,\\nat which Hon. Randolph Strickland received the\\nnomination. Mr. Winton was also a delegate to the\\nCongressional Convention at Flint in 1868, at which\\nHon. John F. Driggs received the nomination, and,\\nas was believed by many of the delegates, unfairly;\\nand for that and other reasons, whether founded or\\nunfounded. Judge Isaac Marston, then of Bay City,\\nand William E. Winton, of Ithaca, took the field\\nagainst Mr. Driggs, defeated him, and Hon. Jabez G.\\nSutherland was elected to Congress over Mr. Driggs.\\nOct. 19, 1868, Mr. Winton, wiie and his wife s sis-\\nter, Mrs. Gilbert, visited the i)rairies of ^Visconsin,\\nIllinois and Iowa, and enjoyed the hospitalities of\\nMilwaukee, Chicago, Davenport, Muscatine, Sigour-\\nney, Oskaloosa, Des Moines, and returned T/ a Iowa\\nCity.\\nHe was elected Judge of the Probate Court No-\\nvember, 1872, for the term of four years.\\nOn the 28th day of June, 1876, Mr. Winton and\\nwife, in company with Hon. Wilbur Nelson and wife,\\nleft Ithaca for Philadelphia, vin Detroit, Cleveland,\\nPittsburg, Harrisburg, Washington, D. C, and Balti-\\nmore; and on the 4th of July witnessed the nation s\\ngrand display. ^fter spending 12 days visiting\\nthe Centennial Exhibition, the thermometer vary-\\ning from 95 to 100 they returned 77 rt New York\\nCentral Canada Southern, \\\\isiting all places of in-\\nterest, and reached home in August.\\nA\\nsv\\nW\\nr\\nr\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:A\\nj:^i.J^\\n^m^MO", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "r.-iw^\\ng|^^/^l^\u00c2\u00ab^#^\\nmmmw\\n,iv-\\nt;^^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab8^\\nGJiA TIO T CO UNT V.\\nV\\n233\\nMr. Wintoii has been successfully connected with\\nmany of the most iijiportant suits in the county, both\\nof law and equity. He has an interest in the new\\nT bank building known as the Jeffery, Winlon Bank\\nBlock, in which he has as good, if not the best law\\noffice and library in the county. He was a proprie-\\ntor of Turck, Winton Go s. Bank, at Alma, and is\\nnow a stockholder in Steel, Turck Cos. Bank at\\nIthaca.\\nHe was elected the first President of the village\\nof Ithaca, in November, 1869, and has been a mem-\\nber of the Common Council most of the time since\\nthe village was incorporated.\\nHe is strictly temperate, and is a member of the\\nPresbyterian Church. He was brought up a Demo-\\ncrat, but identified himself with the Whigs soon after\\narriving at the age of 21 became a Free-Soiler, and\\nrepresented that party in convention at Pontiac,\\nSeptember, 1848, and v/as chosen Secretary of the\\nConvention. He became a Republican on the or-\\nganization of that party in 1856, and as such attended\\nthe mass convention at Kalamazoo that same year,\\nat which many of the Northern States were repre-\\nsented, and where for the first time he had the pleasure\\nof meeting Abraham Lincoln, our late President.\\nMr. Winton relates two incidents occurring on his\\nway to Michigan in 1837. They came overland, r /(7\\nSyracuse, Rochester, the Ridge road to Youngstown,\\ncrossed into Canada and took the Mountain road.\\nA sudden change to extreme cold, after a rainy thaw,\\nleft the road a bed of ice the vehicle, a covered\\nemigrant wagon Mr. and Mrs. Boutell and three\\nchildren seated back, and their oldest son, John, seat-\\ned in front with Mr. Winton, the driver. Advan-\\ncing in this condition, six emigrant teams and two\\nloads of Indians following close in the rear, ap-\\nproached the foot of Battle Hill. The road up this\\nwas cut into the side of the mountain on the left, a\\nprecipice 200 feet deep on the right, with logs laid\\nalong the edge, a trifle higher than the dirt line; the\\ntsnow and ice, then as smooth as a skating rink, had\\nraised the road bed above these logs. The emigrant\\nteams and Indians remained at the foot of the hill,\\nto witness the attempted ascent, which proved nearly\\ny successful but, on reaching the summit, both horses\\nslipped down, the wagon ran back, dragging the\\nhorses after it; and as the off hind wheel passed over\\nthe edge of the precipice, with immediate destruction\\napparent, young Winton made a desperate leap for-\\nward, to avoid entanglement with the horses, down\\nthis awful gulf, rushing through the shrubs, plunging\\ndown the steep declivity with such momentum that his\\ndownward course was continued for a hundred feet or\\nmore before he had the power to effect a halt. He\\nwas greatly surprised, on looking up, to see the wagon\\nabove him hanging on the edge of that dreadful pit,\\nin the exact position as when he made that leap for\\nlife.\\nHurriedly clambering up the steep, on reaching the\\nroad, he was further surprised to find the wagon os-\\ncillating on two wheels only; the off front wheel,\\nhaving dropped slightly in between the log at the\\nedge and the ice, became bound sufficient to hold all\\nfast; the off hind wheel hung over, while the near\\nfore wheel was raised up clear from the-road, waiting\\nto go over on the least stir of a horse or person in-\\nside. The horses lay as if dead, the family re-\\nmaining in the same position. Not an emigrant or\\nIndian had stirred. Ml sal spell-bound, as silent as\\nthe chamber of death, until Mr. Winton beckoned\\n(not daring to speak for fear a horse would stir) for\\nhelp from the foot of the hill. At this, some 20\\nwhite men and Indians came rushing franticly to the\\nspot, surrounded the wagon and lield it fast, while\\nMr. Winton assisted the family therefrom and tak-\\ning the horses by the bits, they sprang to their feet,\\nand, with the help of men and Indians, took it to the\\ntop of the hill in safety\\nOn arriving at Windsor, opposite Detroit, just as\\nthe ferry had made its last trip, a delay was caused\\nof about three days, for the river to freeze over, it\\nbeing then jammed full of broken ice from shore to\\nshore, slowly moving down the stream from the upper\\nlakes, during which time over 200 families arrived on\\ntheir way to Michigan. The ice a little below\\nWindsor parted, all above remaining stationary,\\nwhile that below moved on down to Sandwich before\\ncoming to rest, leaving the river open between. The\\ncrossing was effected near Sandwich on the new ice\\nformed in this open space, on the afternoon of the\\nthird day, the forenoon having been occupied in get-\\nting the women and children over from Windsor to\\nDetroit, on foot, the broken ice from the lakes having\\nbeen thrown into so many strange, fantastic heaps\\nand windrows, reaching up the river for miles, as to\\nrender crossing there with teams impossible, and very\\nI\\nr^\\nM\\\\!iy\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "-^V^inn^J^DDr^r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nV\\ndifficult to be effected on foot. The ice at and be-\\nlow Sandwich was thrown into heaps similar to that\\nat and above Windsor. The new-formed ice ex-\\ntended from Sandwich up the river about three-quar-\\nters of a mile, where the channel was still open. The\\nnew ice over the channel was thin and slippery.\\nGreat precaution was used by the ferrymen who had\\ncharge of the crossing. The ice near the shore\\nbeing of sufficient strength, the teams were distrib-\\nuted thereon from Sandwich up to within 30 rods of\\nthe open channel to avoid two crossing in the same\\nplace. The teams were unhitched and the horses\\nled over singly. The loads were got over by hitch-\\ning a single horse, with about 200 feet of rope, to the\\nend of a tongue. The rider, with hatchet in hand,\\nto cut the rope in case a load broke through, put\\nspur to his horse and crossed at full speed.\\nMr. Boutell s wagon being uppermost, brought his\\ncrossing nearest the open channel, increasing the\\nperil. He led one horse and Mr. Winton fol-\\nfoUowed with the other some 20 rods behind. On\\nreaching a point opposite this open channel, the\\nwagon went spinning past, when two wheels broke\\nthrough the new ice dropping on a large cake of lake\\nice that had floated under, they bounded to the sur-\\nface again and passed on at the same time a violent\\ngust of wind came sweeping up the river, sending\\nyoung Winton sliding over the smooth ice, at the\\nhalter s end, the horse following for some considera-\\nble distance towards this open sea, with no power to\\nslop, except by ordering the horse to stand, which\\nthe dumb brute obeyed, and by means of the halter\\ngot himself back to the obedient animal and by\\nkeeping the horse between himself and the open\\nriver, passed beyond danger.\\nThey stayed over night at the New York and\\nOhio House, situated on the southwest corner, wliere\\nWoodward Avenue crosses Jefferson Avenue, which,\\nwith the National Hotel, the Eagle Tavern, and\\nDetroit Cottage (all wood buildings), were the\\nleading inns of that city.\\nDetroit, then the capital of the State, and one of\\nthe oldest cities of the Union, was but the embryo\\ncity of to-day. It contained more log buildings than\\nbrick the streets were entirely destitute of pave-\\nments, and nearly so of sidewalks, and the place had\\nno railroad communication whatever.\\nWiUiani K. Winton s great-great-grandfather was\\nthe Earl of Winton, whose estate and strong castle\\nwas west of Edinburgh. The Earl of Winton, in\\n17 15, then of the age of 25 years, very reluctantly\\nespoused the cause of the son of James H, known as\\nthe Chevalier de St. George, the pretended heir to\\nthe English throne. Earl Winton commanded the\\ncavalry and had great influence with the Highlander\\nInfantry. He was, with many other Scottish noble-\\nmen, taken prisoner at London, February, 17 16;\\nand while many of those Scotch noblemen pleaded\\nguilty to the charge of high treason, Lord Winton\\npleaded not guilty. He received sentence of death\\nafter trial, but made his escape from the Tower.\\nHe is frequently referred to in the Tales of a\\nGrandfather, by Sir Walter Scott, Vol. Ill, Chap-\\nters VIII and IX.\\nThe Wintons are supposed to be of English origin,\\nas their history in Scotland is of modern date, and\\nas the Statute of Winton is repeatedly referred to\\nby Mr. Chitty in his Notes to Blackstone s Commen-\\ntaries on the Laws of England; also by Mr. Green-\\nleaf in his Law of Evidence, Vol. I, 349, and by\\nother text writers on the English law. But whatever\\nhistory may furnish relating to Mr. Winton s ancestry,\\nnothing gives him more pleasure than to know that\\nhe is a citizen of the United States of America. He\\nis now making arrangements to visit Europe soon,\\nand especially Scotland, the land of his fathers.\\nJohn H. Winton, the only son of William E. Win-\\nton, was born May 31, 1852, atCohoctah, Livingston\\nCo., Mich. He came to Ithaca, Mich., March, i860,\\nwith his father s family. He was kept at school until\\nthe age of 18, after which he taught several terms,\\nand attended the State Normal School at Ypsilanti,\\nMich. He visited the Centennial Exhibition at Phil-\\nadelphia in the fall of 1876. He read law in his\\nfather s office, and was admitted at Ithaca, Mich.,\\nApril 8, 1881, to practice as an attorney-at-law and\\nsolicitor in chancery. He was appointed Village At-\\ntorney in March, 18S2. He has successfully prose-\\ncuted and defended several important suits in law\\nand in equity, and has his office witii his father, in\\nthe Jeffcry, Winton Bank Block, south of the bank,\\non first floor, Ithaca, Mich.\\nHe became acquainted with Annie Sickels, daugh-\\nter of William and Isabel J5. Sickels, to whom he\\nwas married, at the residence of her i)arents in the\\nvillage of Sickels, Gratiot Co., Mich., on the 31st\\n4\\nA\\n(^^v\\\\^^ji,X0fy^\\n.::^^^0L.\\n-[ltl :nD;", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "e^V c^llIl^ll[l i\\nT2\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ST^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nf\\nA\\nV\\nr^\\n23s\\nday of May, 1881. She was born at Northville,\\nWayne Co., Mich., Aug. 10, 1854. By this marriage\\nhe has one son, William Winton, born July 21, 1882.\\nOn a previous page appears a portrait of Judge\\nWinton.\\ndolphus Willert, farmer, section 31, New-\\nark Township, was born Aug. 29, 1844, in\\nGermany. His parents came to the United\\nStates when he was 15 years old and settled\\nin Clinton Co., Mich. When he reached his\\nmajority, in 1865, he came to Gratiot County\\nand bought 40 acres of unimproved land in Fulton\\nTownship. On this he labored three years and ex-\\nchanged with his brother for another farm in the\\nsame township, which he afterward sold and bought\\n53 acres in Newark Township where he now lives.\\nAbout 35 acres are under good improvements. Mr.\\nWillert is a Democrat in political principle.\\nHe was married Dec. 3, 1865, in Newark Town-\\nship, to Louisa, daughter of Lawrence and Mary\\nW. Smith. She was born Sept. 2, 1848, in Livings-\\nton Co., Mich. The children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nWillert are Mary W., Frederick A., Alfred T., Law-\\nrence G. and Ira E.\\n-I**\\nm\\nAndrew Call, farmer, section 28, Elba Town-\\nH^^^ ship, is a son of Sherman and Susan (Ran-\\nIjpf dall) Call, natives of New York. Sherman\\njLr Call was a farmer, and came from New York\\nY to Michigan in 1854. Twenty years later he\\nwas again induced to travel westward, and ac-\\ncordingly went to Iowa, and thence to Minnesota,\\nwhere he died, in 1876. His wife died in Wayne\\nCo., Mich., in 1863.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Dec. 5, 1825,\\nin Onondaga Co., N. Y. At the tender age of nine\\nhe commenced to work for himself, and earned the\\nfirst pair of boots he ever owned. Sept. 15, 1850, in\\nClinton Co., N. Y., he was married to Mary J. Brad-\\nford, the daughter of William and Dorothy (Call)\\nBradford, natives of Vermont and New York, re-\\nspectively. This marriage resulted in six children\\nMary J., Charlotte M John H., Elba, Susan M. (died\\n(\u00c2\u00a3_^^^Q^.. ^^Dll:\\nAug. 29, 1853), and Sherman (died March 17, 1857).\\nMrs. Call died Sept. 4, 1877, in Elba Township, this\\ncounty. Mr. Call located on 80 acres on section 28,\\nElba Township, in 1855. He has cultivated 75 acres\\nof this. His substantial dwelling-house was erected\\nin 1865.\\nIn 1863, he felt himself Called into the service of\\nhis country, and he accordingly enlisted in Co. F,\\n2d Mich. Vol. Cav. He participated in all the en-\\ngagements of that regiment, and was mustered out\\nat Macon, Ga., though his final discharge was re-\\nceived at Jackson, Mich. Since the war he has been\\ncontinuously engaged in farming. In January, 1884,\\nhe sold his farm, and he has since removed to Elsie,\\nClinton County.\\nMarch 20, 1878, he married Mrs. Fannie A. Eddy,\\na daughter of Silas Reynolds, a farmer and wagon-\\nmaker in the State of New York, where she was born\\nFeb. 26, 1 83 1. She was a widow, and the mother of\\ntwo children, Alice Eddy, born April 18, 1857, and\\nIra A. Eddy, born Jan. 24, 1861. Mr. Call is a mem-\\nber of Maple River Lodge, No. 76, I. O. O. F., and\\nis a straight Republican.\\nbsalom L. Ward, of Ithaca, formerly of\\nNorth Star Township, was born in Gallia\\nCo., Ohio, March 24, 1832, and was the son of\\nAllen and Sarah (White) Ward, natives of\\nVirginia and North Carolina. He was brought\\nup on a farm and educated at the common\\nschool. When a young man he learned the black-\\nsmith s trade, which he followed until 1854, when he\\ncame to this county and settled on his present farm,\\nthe northwest quarter of section 11. He also ovmed\\nand improved the north half of the north half\\nof section 10. Subsequently he erected his resi-\\ndence on the northeast quarter of section 10. He\\nhas thus, with true pioneer hardiliood and industry,\\nmade for himself a comfortable home and accumu-\\nlated a handsome amount of properly, although com-\\nmencirig in the wild woods of frontier life.\\nMr. Ward was a soldier in the late war, enlisting\\nin Co. E, 2d Mich. Cav., and serving two years. He\\nparticipated in the battles of Franklin, Nashville,\\nLost Mountain, Buzzard s Roost, Resaca, Kenesaw\\nMountain, Mossy Creek, etc.\\n:iltlr.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "r^^^ ^rrr ii D m T--\\n-^c^-\\n-*^t^\\n236\\nGRATJOT COUNTY.\\n0\\n2\\nV\\nFeb. 9, 1854, the year of his settlement in this\\ncounty, Mr. Ward married Miss Clara Criner, a\\na daughter of George Criner and a native also\\nof Gallia Co., Ohio. Of their 1 1 children seven\\nare living, viz: George A., Lina J., John W., Clara\\nD., Sarah A., Ada A. and Maud A. One daughter,\\nOrpha E., died April 4, 187 i, at the age of 16 years.\\nThe other deceased were, Dennis L. and a pair of\\ntwins, Elda and Etta.\\nIn regard to religion, Mr. Ward is a menjier of\\nthe Free Methodist Church.\\nilliam Oliver Watson, farmer on section\\n7, Arcada Township, was born in Livings-\\nton Co., Mich., Dec. 15, 1848; and is the\\nY son of John T. and Harriet (Wilcox) Wat-\\nson, natives of Genesee Co., N. Y., and Ba-\\ntavia, N. Y., respectively. The father was in\\nmercantile life in New York, and came to Michigan\\nin 1834, while it was yet a Territory. He located at\\nHowell, Livingston (bounty, which was then but a\\nshanty town, and had but a few inhabitants. He\\nfirst taught school, then filled several county offices\\nin succession, and later became a farmer. He fin-\\nally removed to Oakland County, where he died,\\nJuly T5, r864, at the age of 55, leaving a large fam-\\nily, of which our subject was the seventh. Harriet\\n(Wilcox) Watson came to this State in 1834, after her\\nmarriage, and still lives, at Breckenridge, Wheeler\\nTownship, this county.\\nWilliam O. left home at the early age of nine, and\\nwent on a farm in Milford Township, Oakland County\\nand afterwards on a farm in Highland Township,\\nsame county. He was there educated in the district\\nschools. After nine years, he came to Ithaca. Here\\nhe clerked in different stores. Dec. 31, 1874, at\\nIthaca, he was united in marrige to Ella F., daugh-\\nter of Dewitt C. and Edna F. (Utley) Chapin, na-\\ntives of New York State. Dewitt C. Chapin was a\\nprominent citizen of Allegan, Mich., and while\\nthere Iield the office of Probate Judge. He came to\\nthis county and lived at Ithaca, where he was Reg-\\nister of Deeds at the time of his death, June 29,\\n1873. After that sad event, the whole duties of the\\noffice devolved uixin Ella P., who performed them\\nfor two years, urftil the expiration of the term for\\n-y^ m\\nwhich her father had been elected. She had previ-\\nously been her father s clerk for two years. Her\\nmother still resides in Pine River Township, at the\\nage of 56 years. Ella F. was born in Allegan,\\nMich., April 10, 1851; moved to Dewitt, Clinton\\nCounty, three years later; and at the age of 13 came\\nwith her parents to Alma, this county. Here she at-\\ntended the common schools, and she afterwards pur-\\nsued a course of study at the State Normal School\\nat Ypsilanti. She commenced teaching at the age\\nof 15, and taught for a number of years.\\nMr. and Mrs. Watson located on a farm in Pine\\nRiver Township and four years later removed to\\nArcada Township. They purchased 80 acres on sec-\\ntions 7 and 8, and now have 70 acres well improved.\\nThey have recently built a neat barn, at a cost of\\n$500. They have had four children, one now not liv-\\ning: John C, born Jan. 28, 1878; diaries E., born\\nMarch 17, 1881 Byron, born Nov. 10, 1882 Fred.\\nC, born Jan. 3, 1876, and died March 25, 1876.\\nMrs. Watson is a member of the Baptist Church at\\nIthaca. Mr. Watson is a Royal Arch Mason, be-\\nlonging to Ithaca Chapter, No. 70, and has held\\nseveral offices in the order. He has been School\\nDirector for four years, and is now serving his second\\nterm as Township Treasurer. In politics he is an\\nuncompromising Republican. He and wife are peo-\\nple of refinement and education, and stand very\\nhigh in their community.\\n|?K onathan Gidley, farmer, section 21, Em-\\nIf erson Township, was born in Morrow Co.,\\nOhio, Jan. 31, 1842; and is a son of Moses\\nand Ruth (Wood) Gidley, natives of New York.\\nThey emigrated to Ohio, where they were mar-\\nried and followed farming in Morrow County.\\nWhen Jonathan was born the country was very new,\\nand as he was the oldest of the family, it was his lot\\nto bear the brunt of the farm work. He was, however,\\nable to attend school to some extent, and hard work,\\naided by a natural bent, gave him a good grounding,\\nespecially in mathematics.\\nAug. 30, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 15th Ohio\\nInfantry, and was assigned to the Army of the Cum-\\nberland, under Gen. Thomas. He participated in\\nI the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Stone River, Chick\\nc\\nt\\ni", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "m\\nVJi/??^^l^\\n^t]D^I)ll^ -r\\nf\\n0^%\\nV\\ni\\n^rrr-T\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nlaT te^\\nm\\namauga and Chattanooga, and other engagements.\\nHe was unhurt during his service, but his clotliing\\nwas several times penetrated by rebel bullets. He\\nwas discharged at San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 25, 1865,\\nand returned to Lansing, whither his parents had re-\\nmoved. He settled near that city, and farmed for a\\nnumber of years. While there, his father died, Dec.\\n10, 1866, at the age of 51. His mother still resides\\nnear Grand Ledge.\\nNov. 15, 1868, in Morrow Co., Ohio, lie was mar-\\nried to Sarah A., daughter of George and Nancy\\n(Odell) Green, natives of Virginia. Tliey were of\\nGerman descent, and followed farming. The daugh-\\nter was born in Marion Co., Ohio. Aug. 4. 1840, and\\nat the age of 15 went to Morrow County to reside\\nwith a married sister. Mr. ar.d Mrs. Gidley came to\\nLansing, and in Ihespringof t88o to Gratiot County,\\nsettling on 80 acres of timbered land on section 21,\\nEmerson Township. He has now 20 acres cleared,\\nand has built a comfortable house, at a cost of $800.\\nThey have a family of three children George O.,\\nborn Sept. 18, 1869; Cora E., Oct. 28, 1870; and\\nNelhe M., Aug. 22, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Gidley are\\nmembers of the M. E. Cnurch. He is a member of\\nEmerson Lodge No. 375, L O. O. F., and is now\\nSecretary of that body and he is also a member of\\nMoses Wisner Post No. loi, G. A. R.,at Ithaca. He\\nholds the office of Drain Commissioner in his town-\\nship, being elected in 1881. In politics he is an\\nearnest Republican.\\ntenjamin F. Benson, farmer, section 19,\\nLafayette Township, is a son of Benjamin\\nH. and Rachel (Brown) Benson, natives of\\nNew York and New Jersey, respectively. He\\ndied in February, 1869, and she April 6, 1880,\\nin New York State. The subject of this\\nsketch was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., May 15, 1830.\\nHe remained on his father s farm until he was 23,\\nwhen he went to Ohio and engaged in lumbering for\\nabout six months. Returning for a short lime to\\nhis home, he then came to Michigan and worked for\\na time at various things. The winter of 1855-6 was\\npassed at home in New York. Thence he returned\\nto Michigan. The year 1856 found him in the\\nState of Iowa, where he lived eight years.\\nIn 1864, he was united in matrimony to Malisa C.\\nHolstead, who died the following year. Two years\\nlater became again to Michigan and located in Clin-\\nton County, on 1 20 acres of wild land, of which he\\nimproved 80 acres. In 1877 he came to Gratiot\\nCounty and purchased 149 acres on section 19, La-\\nfayette Township. He has now 80 acres well im..\\nproved, and the timber chopped from 20 acres more.\\nHe married his present wife April 29, 1866. Her\\nmaiden name was Rose Wilhelm, and she was the\\ndaughter of Ernest and Fredrica (Curts) Wilhelm,\\nnatives of Germany, who emigrated to the New\\nWorld at an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Benson are the\\nparents of three children, William P., Ernest E. and\\nRosa.\\nMr. Benson stands very high in his community.\\nHe has been Moderator of his school district several\\nterms. As to politics he votes for the best men, re-\\ngardless of ticket.\\nI gert Woodward, farmer section 30, Arcada\\nIE Township, is a son of John and Priscilla\\n(Goodspeed) Woodward, natives of New\\ni^ York and of nglish descent. They carried\\non farming in the Empire State until 1840,\\nand then emigrated to this State, being\\namong the very first settlers of Allegan County.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Leighton\\nTownship, Allegan County, June 12, 1848, and re-\\nmained under the parental roof until 22 years of\\nage. He was educated in the common school, and\\nin his leisure time was employed on his father s\\nfarm. Sept. 7, 1869, in Plainwell, Allegan County,\\nhe was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss\\nHelen V. Hays, daughter of Alexander and Harriet\\n(Watson) Hays, natives of New England and of\\nEnglish and Irish descent. Mr. Hays occupation\\nwas that of a blacksmith, and he died in April, 1869.\\nThe daughter Helen was born in Waymouth Town-\\nship, Medina Co., Ohio, and was there reared and\\neducated, living with her parents until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Woodward followed farming in Alle-\\ngan County for six years. They then came to\\nGratiot. After buying and selling several times, he\\npurchased in July, 1882, his present farm of 40 acres,\\nthen all timber. He has now under cultivation nine\\n^^^f\\nmMh\\nji.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab^\u00c2\u00a77", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "Wh\\nV\\nGJ?A no T CO UNT V.\\nK l ^L^\\n4^^C(\u00c2\u00ae^4^\\nacres and has erected a comfortable dwelling and\\nstables.\\nMr. and Mrs. W. are the parents of eight children,\\nfour of whom survive,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Floyd, Gracie B., Hattie\\nE. and Blanche. The deceased are Minnie, Glennie\\nand two babies which died in infancy. The follow-\\ning epitaph was composed by an uncle, for Glennie s\\ngrave\\nOver the river so slill and cold,\\nGlennie, our angel has gone to the fold;\\nSweet little sleeper, your walking will be\\nBy the river of life and the beautiful tree.\\nMr. Woodward is a member of Alma Lodge, No.\\n244, F. M. He has held the offices of Over-\\nseer and School Director, and is now Justice of the\\nPeace in Arcada Township. Politically he is a Re-\\npublican.\\navid C. Rounds, farmer, section 2, Lafay-\\nette Township, is a son of Joseph and\\nMary (Remington) Rounds, natives of\\nRhode Island. The father was a sailor and\\npassed 30 years of his life on the sea. He after-\\nwards went to Massachusetts, where he died\\nAug. 6, 1862. His wife died Sept. 23, 1866. David\\nC. was born Sept. 19, 1836, in Dartmouth, Mass.,\\nand was 18 years old when he began to care for him-\\nself For seven years he was employed in getting\\nout live-oak timber in the Southern States. In 1861\\nhe came to Gratiot County and located on section\\n36, in what is now Wheeler Township, but was at\\nthat time unorganized. He lived there eight years,\\nand then came to Lafayette Township and entered\\n160 acres on section 2. He has now 40 acres of\\nwell improved land. He built a neat dwelling house\\nin 1871, and his substantial barn in 1877.\\nHe was married Aug. 22, 1870, to Matilda Mc-\\nKenna, who unfortunately died the following Octo-\\nber. He subsequently, June 4, 1871, married Sarah\\nV. Cornell, the widow of Daniel P. Cornell. She\\nwas born Aug. 9, 1841, in Steuben Co., N. Y., and\\nwas the daughter of Bernard and Dorinda (Ken-\\nnedy) Fox, natives of New York. She bore to Mr.\\nCornell three children, Bertha A., Ray and Daniel\\nO. She has lived in Gratiot County since 1857, and\\nis one of the pioneer school-teachers of the county.\\nMr. Rounds is one of the most respected citizens of\\nthe township in which he lives. Politically he is a\\nDemocrat.\\nohn W. Smith, farmer, section 28, Wheeler\\nTownship, was born Jan. 25, 1846, in\\nTrumbull Co., Ohio, and was the son of\\nNoah and Lucinda (Hudson) Smith, natives of\\nNew Jersey and Trumbull Co., Ohio. Mr.\\nSmith was by occupation a carpenter and joiner,\\nand lived in Ohio until March, 1883. He then came\\nto Gratiot County, and now makes his home with his\\nson. -Mrs. Smith died May i, 1875, in Trumbull Co.,\\nOhio.\\nAt the age of 14, John left home and commenced\\nworking on a farm. This he followed three years,\\nand then enlisted in the Trumbull Guards, an inde-\\npendent company. They were on duty in the Eastern\\narmy, were engaged three times, and after a service\\nof three years and three months, were discharged at\\nGallipolis, Ohio. Mr. Smith came first to Ionia\\nCo., Mich., and then to Gratiot County, settling on\\n40 acres, section 28, Wheeler Township.\\nIn 1864, he was married to Charlotte A. Pickett,\\nwho was born Feb. 23, 1845, in Trumbull Co., Ohio.\\nHer parents came to Gratiot in 1865, locating on\\nsection 2, Lafayette Township. Mr. Pickett was\\naccidentally killed in 1867, while breaking roll- ways\\non Bad River. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two adopted\\nchildren Jennie E. and Wesley O. Mr. Smith is a\\nhighly respectable citizen. He has held the office of\\nHighway Commissioner and School Inspector of\\nWiieeler Township. Politically, he is an adherent to\\nthe National party.\\n^3| dmund A. Goodhall, farmer, section 10,\\nNorth Star Townsliip, son of Edmund\\nGoodhall of Hamilton Township, a native\\nf^^ of England, was born in the native land of his\\nfather, March ro, 1852. His father, with his\\nfamily, emigrated to the United States in 1854\\nand settled in New York. Here Mr. Goodliall re-\\nmained, assisting in the care of the family, until the\\nif\\nr\\nifa\\n-i.\\n^ii!iji^n!iit\\nji\\nT-?-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "ii^: Ji\\ni\\nM\\nQf/^iAypiiA^/^ WtfJ^t/V", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "^^r^:^^^\\ni:t:HIl^\\nT\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Zi^ i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ST\\n(h\\nI\\n(S^\\n-*^t^^!^^\u00c2\u00ae A^*)\\n241\\nS year 1865, when he accompanied them to this county.\\nW He follows the vocation of farmer, combined with\\nthat of working in a saw-mill.\\nI Mr. Goodhall was united in marriage, Dec. 22,\\n1878, to Emma, daughter of Frederick Homister, and\\nto their union have been born one child, Nellie V.\\nMr. G. is yet a young man, and being possessed of\\nthat element so necessary to success and the accom-\\nplishment of aim, has a future not darkened with\\ndespair but brightened by pleasant contemplations.\\nn^iamuel Wheeler, farmer, section 18, Lafay-\\nette Township, is a son of Amos and Har-\\nriet (Hubbell) Wheeler. They were na-\\ntives of Connecticut, and followed farming in\\nthat State until 1855, when they came to Ing-\\nI ham Co,, Mich. They resided in that county\\n24 years, when Mr. Wheeler died. Mrs. Wheeler\\ndied Feb. 15, 1874, in Illinois, at the age of 70 years,\\n9 months and 15 days.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Jan. 31, 1826.\\nAt the age of 21 he left home, and worked in a cheese\\nfactory and on a farm until 185 i, when he married\\nNancy Barger. She was born in Medina Co., Ohio,\\nFeb. 3, 1832, and was the second daughter of Sam-\\nuel and Barbara E. (Holler) Barger, natives of Penn-\\nsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler came to Ingham\\nCounty, this State, in the autumn of 1851, and he\\nwas there engaged in farming until May 12, 1857.\\nOn that date he came to Gratiot County and settled\\non 143 acres of wild land. Of this he has cleared\\n100 acres. In 1867 he erected a large barn,^the\\nthird in the township. He also has a fine, large\\ndwelling-house on his place. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler\\nare the parents of six children, Benjamin F., Clar-\\nence L., Dora J., Harriet J., Lucy E. and Amos S.\\nPolitically, Mr. Wheeler has always been a staunch\\nRepublican. He was elected Township Treasurer in\\n1859, and served four years. In 1864 he was chosen\\nSupervisor, and in that office he was retained for\\nsix successive years. He is a member of the Masonic\\nOrder, belonging both to the blue lodge and to the\\nchapter.\\nAs a representative man of the county, and one\\ndeserving the respect, esteem and commemctralion of\\nits citizens, we give place to Mr. Wheeler s portrait in\\nthis work.\\noro\\n3C:o\\nCurtis, farmer, section 4, Hamilton\\nTownship, was born in the County of Cay-\\n.11,-^4^ uga. State of New York, Nov. 4, 1804. His\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jiA father, Ashbel Curtis, died while Allen was\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j quite young and he was thrown upon the mercy\\nof others. He lived with his half-brother,\\nIsrael Curtis, for a short time and then made his\\nhome with his sister, working out for or five dollars a\\nmonth, for two or three years. In 1825 he went in\\ncompany with his brother Daniel to Livingston\\nCounty, his native State, and there entered upon the\\noccupation of a farmer. Here he remained, pursu-\\ning his vocation, until 1854, when he came to this\\nState and settled in Oakland County.\\nIn the fall of 1856, Mr. Curtis came to this County\\nand entered 320 acres of land in La Fayette Town-\\nship. He remained on the land long enough to con-\\nstruct the usual log cabin of the pioneer; and in\\nthe fall of the same year, when listening to the im-\\nportunities of his son-in-law he returned to Oakland\\nCounty and remained until the following spring, 1857,\\nwhen, accompanied by his family, he returned to La-\\nfayette Township. His experience in establishing a\\nhome, clearing and improving the land was similar\\nto those of many others of Gratiot s pioneer settlers.\\nHis house was erected in the woods; wild animals\\nand prowling Indians were his visitors. On one oc-\\ncasion, while en route to a raising, Mr. C. killed\\ntwo bears, and all the men in the neighborhood, after\\nassisting to dress them, were allotted their portion.\\nAt another time he was compelled to mortgage his\\nfarm to procure a barrel of flour. In fact, trials en-\\ncompassed him on every hand, yet nobly did he meet\\nand conquer them. He was compelled to cut a road,\\nthrough the woods, to the location he had selected\\nfor his house, and his was the first team that came up\\nthe river on the south side from St. Charles, and his\\nsettlement was the first made in the neighborhood.\\nMr. Curtis was united in marriage Feb. 21, 1833,\\nto Sophia, daughter of Daniel Hamilton. To this\\nunion one child, Abigail, was born. Mrs. C, after\\nsharing his trials in the establishment and improve-\\nment of their home, died .April 4, T867, mourned as a\\nloving mother, a devoted wife and kind friend.\\nMr. C. is a man jxissessed of a constitution which\\nin earlier days enabled him to encounter an almost\\n^\\\\m^^\\n-^iii) :di]s\\nJL.\\n^^^m.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "5^\\nt\\nTZi^S^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0,J^\\nT^7^M M^i\\nrz^^^\\n-^*f?^^^\\n;^.4 T/O T CO UNT Y.\\nunlimited amount of physical labor. His endurance\\nwas exceedingly remarkable, and even now, with 79\\nwinters and summers of wear upon his system, he is\\nnot void of activity. In October, 1866, he fell from\\na house and broke one wrist, and in 187 1 he crippled\\nhis other hand while fighting fire, which has caused\\nhim considerable annoyance in pursuing his vocation.\\nMr. Curtis was again married, April 4, 1868, this\\ntinie to Miss Helen Clunas, daughter of Thomas\\nClunas, deceased, a native of Scotland. She was\\nborn in Upper Canada, Jan. 5, 1833. He settled on\\nhis present farm in Hamilton Township, in Novem-\\nber, 1868. The township (Hamilton) in which his\\nfarm was located was named in honor of Franklin\\nHamilton, a nephew of our subject and who was\\nbrought up from the age of seven years by Mr.\\nCurtis.\\nMr. Curtis owns 40 acres of land where his home\\nis located, and for over 40 years has been a member\\nof tlie Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n1 _^ f Iston H. Maurer, farmer, section 16, New-\\n:.~qJ-^j_^ ark Township, was born March 14, 1850, in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03- ,j\\\\,^ Hancock Co., Ohio. His father, John Maurer,\\nJllf was a native of Germany Iris mother, Louisa\\n(Sage) Maurer, was born in the Stale of New\\nYork. The father died in Hancock Co., Ohio,\\nwhere he settled after his marriage. The mother re-\\nsides in Wood Co., Ohio.\\nAt the age of 14, Mr. Maurer began life on his own\\naccount, as a farm laborer, and spent six years as an\\nassistant at several points. He then took a farm to\\nwork on shares for one year, when he decided to ex-\\npend his efforts wholly in his own behalf, and in 1872\\nbought 40 acres of land in Williams Co., Ohio. He\\nretained its possession four years, sold out and in the\\nfall of 1876 came to Gratiot County and bought 40\\nacres of partly improved land in Newark Township.\\nOn this property he has since resided and has nearly\\nall his acreage under cultivation. Mr. Maurer is in\\nsympathy with the Republican party and supjjorts its\\nissues.\\nHe was married Jan. 26, 1871, in Seneca Co., Ohio,\\n10 Susan, youngest daughter of Wesley and Sarah\\n(Ebersole) Bradford. Her father was born in Penn-\\nsylvania, became a soldier in the Union army and\\nyielded up his life on the battle field. The mother\\nwas born in Ohio and now resides in Kansas. Mrs.\\nMaurer was born Sept. 25, 1854, in Hancock Co.,\\nOhio. Of her marriage one child was born Dec. 9,\\n1872 Charles O. Maurer.\\nA\\nca:\\n^f^Bkharles M. Chaflfin, teacher and farmer,\\n3,^HL^ resident on section 30, North Star Town-\\nchffh ship, was born in Hancock Co., Ohio, Aug.\\n29, 1849, and his parents removed with him\\nto Gratiot County in 1854, settling in North\\nStar Township, where he now lives, on part of\\nthe homestead; was educated in the common schools\\nand at the State Agricultural College at Lansing he\\nalso attended school at Ithaca several seasons. He\\nhas since become a prominent teacher in this county,\\nhaving now taught school during the winter for the\\nlast 12 years, l)y the most improved normal methods.\\nHe also attends normal institutes, and is a member\\nof the Gratiot County Teachers Association. During\\nthe summer he follows agricultural pursuits.\\nJune 25, 1876, Mr. Chaffin was tnarried to Sarah\\nBarnes, daughter of John Barnes. By this marriage\\none child has been born, Bessie A. Mrs. C. was born\\nin England, and was brought to America by her\\nparents when young, who settled first in Jackson Co.,\\nMich., and came to Gratiot County in August, 1854,\\nsettling in North Star Township. Mrs. Chaffin is\\nalso a teacher of many years experience. She\\nattended the Ypsilanti Normal School, and has taught\\n22 terms in this county.\\nMr. Chaffin s father, John W. Chaffin, now deceased,\\nwas a native of Virginia, and was born in 1822; was\\nbrought by his parents to Wayne Co., Ohio, when six\\nmonths old, and in 1854, after a residence in different\\ncounties, he settled in North Star Township, and\\ntherefore was a pioneer here. He was well known\\nas a dealer in live stock and in furs. He married\\nClara A. I -vitts, daughter of Bela Evitts, and had\\neight children, six of whom are living: Charles M.,\\nHomer W., Theodore A., Clara L., Perry F. and\\nEdith L.\\nMr. C. died Nov. 10, 1873, a highly respected\\nr\\n::si^f!^\\nmM\\\\i\\nr^-\\n-^^^i^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "r\\n:f^\\nV\\ni\\nz^m^ 6v ^ii B y^ n iis r\\n-^Vr^^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nmember of the United Brethren Church, a generous\\nand charitable citizen, judiciously distril)Uting of his\\nmeans for the support of benevolent institutions.\\nItf saac D. Crippin, farmer, section 23, Elba\\nTownship, is a son of Stephen and Lucy\\n(Burns) Crippin, natives of New York. Mr.\\nCrippin s business was lumbering. He died\\nm Illinois, and his wife in Michigan. The\\nsubject of this sketch was born in Warren Co.,\\nPa., Sept. 28, 1822, and has followed the noble occu-\\npation of farming all his life. In 1838, he came to\\nBranch County, this State, where he lived 18 years.\\nIn that county he was married to Martha Havens,\\nthe daughter of Thomas and Polly Havens. She died\\nabout 1855, leaving one child Mary J.\\nHe enlisted in Co. D, First Mich. Light Art., Aug.\\n10, 1864, and was most of the time of his service\\nstationed at Murfreesboro, Tenn., on fortress duty.\\nHe was discharged at Jackson, Aug. 3, 1865. After\\none year passed in the southern part of Michigan,\\nhe came to Gratiot County. In 1867, he was married\\nto Miranda, the fourth daughter of Thos. and Rachel\\nA. Davidson. She was born Feb. 22, 1837. Her\\nparents were born in Pennsylvania and Maryland,\\nand were engaged in farming.\\nMr. and Mrs. Crippin have two children Freddie\\nE. and Eva P.\\nMr. Crippin is Assessor of his school district, and\\nin politics is a National. He is a member of Elsie\\nLodge No. 238, F. A. M., Maple River Lodge No.\\n76, I. O. O. F., and Major Lusk Post No.\\nA. R.\\n167, G.\\nll^Wlvin P. Barnaby, deceased, late resident of\\nI North Star Township, was born near San-\\ndusky, Erie Co., Ohio Oct. 17, 1821. He\\nwas a son of Alvin P. Barnaby, deceased, who\\nmoved his family from Ohio to this State and\\nI settled in Cass County in 1825. Here our\\nsubject lived and developed into manhood, receiving\\nthe advantage afforded by the common schools of\\nthe county. His inclination being of a mechanical\\nturn, he early applied himself to learning the carpen-\\nter s trade, which he soon accomplished, and followed\\nfor the greater portion of his life.\\nMr. Barnaby was married Oct. 3, 1853, to Miss\\nEsther, daughter of Daniel Bleacher (deceased), and\\nto their union there were born ten children, nine of\\nwhom are living: Mary A., Francis E., Flora A.,\\nEzra A., Ulysses S., Perry I., James H., Bertha M.\\nand Daniel V.\\nMr. B. enlisted in the late civil war in Co. M, ist\\nMich. Cav., and was stricken with disease a few\\ndays previous to the battle of the Wilderness and\\ndid not convalesce until after the war. Mr. B. and\\nhis family cameto this county in 1869, and on March\\n13, 1881, the father died, leaving the motlier and her\\nnine children and a host of friends and relatives to\\nmourn his loss.\\n^jfftiC eorge W. Zimmerman, farmer and stock-\\nilsll raiser, section 25, Arcada Tovi^nship, was\\n1\\\\3~ Lower France, Dec. 16, 1831, and is\\n^yv the son of Michael and Catharine Zimmerman,\\nnatives of France and of German ancestry.\\nMichael followed farming, and died in France,\\nat an unknown date. His wife came to the Great\\nRepublic in 1847, i^ living, well and strong,\\nat the age of 77, in Jackson County, this State.\\nWhen 14 years old, the subject of this sketch set\\nout to learn the harness-maker s trade, being appren-\\nticed near home. After working at this 18 weeks, he\\ncame with his mother and relatives to this country,\\nlanding at New York. He then went to Philadelphia,\\nand afterwards to Syracuse, N. Y., where he remained\\ntwo years. He was apprenticed here to a blacksmith,\\nand worked with him until the latter failed. Going\\nto his mother in Buffalo, lie lived there with her until\\nshe was married, when they all went to live on a farm\\nin the vicinity of Buffalo. Three years later he came\\nto Jackson Co., Mich. Returning to New York after\\none year, he was united in marriage, in Erie County,\\nNov. 15, 1853, to lCliza!)etii, daughter of Martin and\\nand Magdalena Marcolf, natives of France and of\\nGerman descent. The former followed farming, and\\ndied in I ie County, Oct. 15, 1882, aged 76. The\\nlatter is still living in the same county, at the age of\\n70. Elizabeth was born Jan. 27, 1836, at Weisen-\\nburg, in that part of France now possessed by\\n9\\ni)\\ntf\\na\\n_^,\\nD!l^|]llr\\nTT^-\\n-^k^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "V\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nPrussia, and when a year and a half old was brought\\nby her parents to America. They settled in Erie Co.,\\nN. Y., where she lived until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Zimmerman came to this State and\\nlocated near Brooklyn, Jackson County. July 31,\\n1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 20th Mich. Vol. Inf., under\\nCapt. Warner, and served in the Army of the Potomac.\\nHe fought in 16 engagements. He was made a\\nCorporal in 1863, and a Sergeant in 1864, which latter\\nrank he held till the close of the war. He was\\nwounded at Cold Harbor, Va., by a gunshot in the\\nright limb near the ankle. Otjierwise he escaped\\nunhurt. He was often honored with special duty,\\nand was honorably discharged in June, 1865. Re-\\nturning to his home in Jackson County, he shortly\\nafter removed to this county, locating on a farm of\\n160 acres, heavily timbered, in Hamilton Township.\\nAfter improving 35 acres, he sold, and in August,\\n1879, he settled on 160 acres of improved land, a\\nmile and a half from Ithaca, in Arcada Township.\\nHe has since sold 80 acres to his eldest son, William\\nH., who is married and lives on that tract. He has a\\nfine orchard of 12 acres, mostly in apples.\\nMr. and Mrs. Zimmerman are the parents of seven\\nchildren, one dead William H., born March 15,\\n185s, Barbara M., Oct. 16, 1856, Lena M., July 22,\\n1858, David W., May 10, 1866, Emma E., Aug. 27,\\n1868, James Walter, April 21, 1873, George B., born\\nAug. 13, 1861, and died May 21, 1880.\\nMr. Zimmerman is in politics a Republican. He\\nhas held the offices of Township Treasurer, and\\nOverseer of Highways. He is a Protestant, and his\\nwife a Mennonite.\\nIrich Wermuth, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nsection 24, New Haven Township, was\\niiic^ ^oxw in district of Berne, Switzerland, Aug.\\nfWi^ 10, 1815, and was reared on a small farm\\nW and educated in the public school among the\\nmountain fastnesses of his native country.\\nWhen 15 years old his father died and as he was\\nthe eldest of the orphaned children, much care de-\\nvolved upon his immature years. By economy and\\nperseverance they accumulated sufficient means to\\nbring them over to the land of opportunity, in the\\nOhio. Three years later Mr. W. came and located\\n40 acres of land on the section where he now re-\\nsides. Subsequently he purchased 80 acres more,\\nand of the total 120 acres he has improved 90, re-\\nducing it to a good state of cultivation and placing\\nthereon good farm buildings, etc. He is an enter-\\nprising and prosperous farmer. In politics he is a\\nmember of the Democratic party, and he has held\\nthe school offices of his district for 1 2 years.\\nIn June, 1862, Mr. W. married, in Newark Town-\\nship, this county. Miss Mary Willet, a German lady\\nwho was born in Tellen, Germany, Jan. 22, 1843,\\nand came to this country in 1869, settling with her\\nparents in St. John s, Clinton Co., Mich.; two years\\nlater she came to Newark Township, this county.\\nThe four children in this family are Adolphus,\\nborn May 21, 1865; Ellen, May 11, 1868; Frank,\\nApril 25, 1872; and Charles, May 15, 1876.\\ni saae N. Coleman, farmer, sec. 30, Emerson\\nt\\ni\\nI\\nspring of 185 1, when they located in Fulton Co.,\\nm4\\nHV\\nf\\nc\\nA\\nTownship, was born m Dayton, Ohio, Dec.\\n2, 1832 and is the son of Isaac and Emma\\n(Piper) Coleman, natives of Germany and New\\nEngland, respectively. The father was by trade\\na mechanic, and used tools nearly all his life.\\nIsaac, junior, spent his boyhood days, until he was\\n1 2 years of age, in Dayton, when his parents removed\\nto Seneca County and located on a farm in the vi-\\ncinity of Tiffin. Here he learned the art of arts,\\nfarming, and he has followed that continuously until\\nthe present time. January, 1853, he removed to v\\nMichigan and located in Lenawee County.\\nSept. 8, 1853, he was united in marriage, in Litch-\\nfield, Hillsdale County, to Louisa J., daughter of\\nDavid and Louisa (Ketch) Moon, natives of New\\nEngland. She was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., Nov.\\n8, 1836; and, her mother dying shortly afterwards,\\nshe was adopted by George Perry. She lived with\\nhim (he died in 1846) and his wife until her mar-\\nriage. She had lost all track of her father, and she\\nwas 25 years old when, by an accident, slie first\\nlearned something of her relatives, and found tliat\\nshe was one of a large family of cliiidren.\\nIn the spring of 1855 Mr. and Mrs. Coleman came\\nto Gratiot County and settled in Emerson Township.\\nHe was one of the organizers of the township. At\\nr", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "~:^2%^^sr\\nTT\\nv4^llli;^:iiii\\nm\\nthat time there were but few families to assist in sub-\\nl stituting civilization for the unbroken forest which\\n/,v* surrounded them for miles in every direction. Mr.\\nI Coleman assisted once in a very romantic and exciting\\nbear hunt, and the party succeeded in despatching a\\nbear that weighed nearly 500 pounds.\\nJuly 31, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 26th Mich.\\nVol. Inf., commanded by Lafayette Churcli, of this\\ncounty, and joined the Army of the Potomac. Owing\\nto physical disability brought on by sunstroke and\\n,f rheumatism, he became permanently crippled, and\\nwas honorably discharged March 25, 1865. He had\\nbeen promoted as Corporal, and had the credit of\\ncapturing a fierce rebel by his own efforts.\\nMr. and Mrs. Coleman have had seven children,\\nsix of whom are living George J., born Sept. 22,\\n1854; Charlie W., Dec. 9, 1858; Ozro E., Oct. 5,\\n1861 Sadie E., Dec. 27, 1866; Frank A., July 25,\\n1869; Ray N., Jan. 31, 1877; Earl, born Sept. 22,\\n1879, and died July i, 1883. They are members of\\nthe Seventh-Day Adventist society. Mr. Coleman\\nis an energetic and popular man, and has held vari-\\nous local offices. He was the first Justice of the\\nPeace of the township, was Supervisor five years and\\nTreasurer ten years. He has also been Township\\nClerk, and is now School District Assessor. Politi-\\ncally he has always been identified with tlie Repub-\\nlican party.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\n-i^^^eciA-ii\\nGjRA no T CO UNTY.\\n24S\\n^1\\n/.N\\nV\\nohn Brauher, general farmer, section 24,\\n^2i^ New Haven Township, was born in Berne,\\nw,-; Switzerland, Nov. 9, 1846, of Swiss and\\nGerman descent. When two years of age his\\nfather died and he went to live with his grand-\\nmother, and when eight years of age they\\nemigrated to America and went to reside with his\\nmother in Fulton Co., Ohio, who had previously re-\\nmarried and settled there.\\nMr. Brauher received a good common-school edu-\\ncation, and at the age of 14 he accompanied his\\nmother and step-father to this county, locating in\\nNewark Township. They subsequently removed to\\nNew Haven Township, where the subject of this\\nsketch lived until his marriage, in Montcalm County,\\nto Miss Maggie, daughter of William A. and Nancy\\n(Stuller) Miller, natives respectively of Maryland\\nand Ohio and of English, Irish and German descent.\\nr^^^^ ^-l. ;I]l|^,:pt]i\\nMrs. B. was born in Hancock Co., Ohio, Dec. 17,\\n1S56; when nine years old she came with her parents\\nto Montcalm County, Mich., where she lived until\\nher marriage, soon after which she settled with her\\nhusband on 80 acres where they now reside. Mr.\\nB. purchased this tract in 1867, when it was nearly\\nall covered with heavy timber but he has since\\ncleared and improved 50 acres of it, subduing it to\\nthe plow in a fine tillable condition. His prosperity\\nas a farmer is manifest. In regard to national is-\\nsues Mr. B. is a Democrat.\\nThe living children in this family are Francis,\\nRosetta, William and Byron A. The deceased is\\nCalvin.\\n-\u00c2\u00bb-i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 4 o\u00c2\u00absHffl\u00c2\u00bb) s o i^-\\nj^-enry A. Shaw, farmer section 11, Washing-\\nton Township, is a son of Alvin and Jane\\nws; (Fuller) Shaw, natives of Connecticut and New\\ni. York. Alvin Shaw has followed farming all his\\nI life, and he and his wife still reside in Wales,\\nErie Co., N. Y. Their son, Henry, was born July i,\\n1836, in Java, Wyoming Co., N. Y. He lived with\\nhis parents, working and attending district school,\\nuntil 20 years old, when he commenced working by\\nthe month, also attending school a portion of the\\ntime. He then bought a farm and commenced\\nfarming on his own account.\\nJune 27, 1858, in Wyoming Co., N. Y., he was\\nunited in marriage to Louisa, youngest daughter of\\nSpencer and Mary (Trickey) Bryant, natives of Ver-\\nmont and Canada. They moved to New York, in\\nwhich State they died, Mrs. Bryant, Oct. 16, 1875,\\nand Mr. Bryant, April 27, 1S77. In 1861, Mr. and\\nMrs. Shaw came to Clinton County, this State, and\\nlived 20 months in Greenbush Township. Return-\\ning to New York State, they lived there for nearly\\nthree years. Coming to Gratiot County they pur-\\nchased 80 acres of wild land on section 1 1, Washing-\\nton Township. Mr. Shaw has now 65 acres im-\\nproved. Ever since coming to the county he has\\nbeen, to some extent, interested in bee culture, and\\nsince 1880 he has built up a wide reputation in that\\nbusiness. He has a fine apiary of his own, and,\\nbeing looked upon as an e.xpert, he is called upon by\\npeople from eight to ten miles away to attend to their\\napiaries. During 18 years he lias taken 196 swarms\\nout of the woods.\\nI\\nca:\\nn\\n-r^f^\\nI\\nl^^mX^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "246\\n:zi%S^^^\\n4^\\n-^I]D :u[l -7-\\n-^4^^^@V:^\\ni^%\\\\\\ns\\n1\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nMr. and Mrs. Shaw have had six children, one of\\nwhom is dead, and two are married. These latter\\nare: Mrs. Winfield Strouseand Mrs. Herman Hoffer.\\nThe three residing at home are Grant, Archie and\\nBertie. Esther died Sept. 7, 1876. Mr. Shaw is po-\\nlitically a zealous Republican. He has been Justice\\nof the Peace for eight years, and has also been School\\nInspector of his township. He and wife are mem-\\nbers of the U. B. Church.\\nrs. Laverna R. (Conger) Wolford, resid-\\nIS ing on the southwest quarter of section\\n^4- 22, New Haven Township, is the wife of\\nDavid Wolford, deceased, who was born in\\nSchoharie Co., N. Y., Jan. 5, 1812.\\nMr. Wolford was brought up under the care\\nof fond and loving parents, and remained under the\\nparental roof-tree until he attained the age of 23\\nyears. He then set forth upon the ship of trouble\\nto fight the battles of adversity which so often are\\nencountered by tlie ambitious and energetic young\\nmen in their journey to prosperity. He left his na-\\ntive county and went to Cayuga County, same State,\\nand was there united in marriage to the subject of\\nour sketch, Dec. 7, 1835.\\nMr. and Mrs. W. remained in that county for 15\\nyears, when they moved to Huntington Co., Ind.\\nThey remained in the latter county some two years\\nand then returned to New York. Two years after-\\nward they came to this State and located on 160\\nacres of land on section 22, New Haven Township,\\narriving here and settling on the land in 1859. At\\nthat time the land was in a wild state of nature, and\\nMr. W. experienced the trials and overcame the ob-\\nstacles so abundantly met with in the lives of the\\nearly pioneers. He was a mason by occupation, and\\nalways followed that vocation until he came to this\\nState, when he entered on the arduous though pleas-\\nant task of clearing his land and preparing a home\\nfor his family, and prior to his death had cleared and\\nf improved 40 acres. He died Nov. 10, 1866, leaving\\na wife and five children, besides many warm-hearted\\ni^ and affectionate friends to mourn his loss. He went\\nout to work one Saturday morning, and did not re-\\n7 turn. He was found Sunday noon, and the physi-\\n^7K D!]\\ncians pronounced his death to be caused by heart\\ndisease.\\nMr. W. was warmly esteemed as a father, friend\\nand neighbor. He was honored with positions of\\ntrust, and at the date of his death held the office of\\nJustice of the Peace. Mr. W. was a member of the\\nM. E. Church, also of the I. O. O. F., and in politi-\\ncal belief and opinion was a staunch and active Re-\\npublican.\\nLaverna R. was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., May\\n12, 1816, and was reared and educated under the\\ncare of her parents, with whom she remained until\\nshe was married. Her parents were of German ex-\\ntraction, and lived and died in the State of New\\nYork.\\nMrs. Wollord retains the original 120-acre home-\\nstead in her own name, and is still residing on the\\nsame.\\nThe five children born to Mr. and Mrs. W. are as\\nfollows Margaret and Job C, both married Lucre-\\ntia, Lewis B. and John W. Lucretia and John W.\\nare living with their mother on the farm which the\\nlatter cultivates.\\nMrs. W. is a member of the M. E. Church. She\\nis in her 66th year, and enjoying fair health.\\nn?\\nitorton Smith, farmer, section 20, Washington\\n5.j^^\u00c2\u00ab|t Township, is a son of Parmer and Betsy\\ni^ (Pullman) Smith, natives of the State of New\\nYork. Mr. Smith was by trade a cooper. He\\nI came to Michigan, but remained only a short\\ntime, and then returned to New York State. He\\ndied Dec. 3, 1843. Betsy (Pullman) Smith is now a\\nresident of St. Louis, Mich.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Oct. 18, 1826,\\nin the State of New York. Losing his father when\\n14 years old he was the main support of the family,\\nincluding four girls, until he was 30 years old. March\\n4, 1856, he married Adeline, daughter of Erastus and\\nJulia A. (Coon) Berry, natives of New York. They\\ncame to Branch Co., Mich., but after one year re-\\nturned to New York State, where Mrs. Berry died in\\n1851, and Mr. Berry in 1859. Dec. 31, 1857, Mr.\\nand Mrs. Smith came to Gratiot County and located\\nOf 79/^ acres on section 20, Washington Township.\\nThis was then wild land, and they were among the\\n\u00c2\u00bbV\u00c2\u00ae)fc%\\n;^:nii^ z^^\\n-#^^al\\nA\\n\u00c2\u00ab4y\\nf", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "T\\n6\\nV\\n^I]Ii: lltl\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n247\\nfirst settlers of the township. Most of their early\\nneighbors are long since dead. At first they located\\na half mile from any house, but new dwellings have\\nsprung up within a stone s throw of the house. He\\nhad to cut a road to his place, and for many years\\ndeer could be seen running with his cattle, when he\\nwent to bring them home.\\nMr. and Mrs. Smith have six children: Fred E.\\nand Fanny E. (twins), born in 1857 Frank, born in\\n1862; Emma, born in 1S60; William H., born in\\nr866; and Clara A., born in 1875. Mrs. Smith is a\\nmember of the United Brethren Church. Mr.\\nSmith has been Justice of the Peace, Treasurer and\\nClerk of his township, one term each, and has held\\nschool offices a number oi times. Politically he. is a\\nRepublican.\\nohn Sweet, farmer, section 29, Emerson\\nj Township, was born in Sparta, N. Y., Feb.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0/ifp 26, 1825, and is the son of Amos and Polly\\nU (Blighton) Sweet, natives of New England.\\nJohn was early left an orphan, his father dying\\nwhen he was very young, and his mother fol-\\nlowing her husband when the lad was but 12 years\\nold. At this tender age he was left alone to battle\\nwith the world, and he went to work for an old friend\\nof his father, in Medina Co., Ohio, where his mother\\nhad moved with some friends previous to her death.\\nIn 1845, he was married, in Medina County, to\\nNarina N. White, born in the State of Vermont, July\\n2, 1827. She died in Spencer, Medina County, in\\nMarch, 1864, leaving four children, I^ucius B.,\\nLucia A., Isaac and Sophronia E. He was again\\nmarried in July, 1864, to Mrs. Sophronia Snyder\\nWhite), daughter of William and Polly (Curtis)\\nWhite, natives of New Hampshire, and descended\\nfrom New England stock. She was born in Chitten-\\nden Co., Vt Nov. 7, 1826, and at the age of 19 came\\nto Medina Co., Ohio, where she was married tlie sec-\\nond time. She had four children by her first mar-\\nriage, two living: Emma E., born Oct. i g, 1843;\\nGeorge N., born July 8, 1845. Hester A. was born\\nSept. 8, i84i,and died March 15, 1863; Florence I.\\ndied Feb. 15, 1858.\\nMr. Sweet is a minister in the Baptist Church, be-\\nginning early in life, and has always been an earnest\\nworker for that denomination. His wife is also a\\nmember of the Church. He has held the office of\\nOverseer, and is a supporter of the Republican party.\\nHe has been a resident of this county for 13 years,\\nand has 60 acres of improved land.\\n-tes-\\n^^^JUlliam J. Fitzgerald, farmer, section 26,\\n[g Elba Township, is a son of John and\\ni) Mary (Berry) Fitzgerald, natives of Ireland,\\nwho emigrated to New York in an early\\nday, and engaged in farming. Their son,\\nWilliam J., came to Michigan in 1871. For\\nsi.x years he was engaged with a Mr.- Hays, of Ionia\\nCounty, in the summer as overseer of a large farm,\\nand in the winter as foreman of a crew of hands in\\nthe pine woods. In 1881 he came to Elba Town\\nship and located on 80 acres on section 26, of which\\n40 acres are nicely improved.\\nIn 1870 he was united in marriage to Emily, fourth\\ndaughter of Oliver and Julia (Miller) Richards, na-\\ntives of New Yoik. She was born Feb. 4, 1853.\\nMr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald are the parents of three\\nchildren: Anna M., Emma B. (deceased), and Will-\\ni.Tiii F. Mr. Fitzgerald enjoys the confidence and\\nesteem of his fellow-citizens, and was chosen High-\\nway Commissioner for Elba Township in 1883. Po-\\nlitically he is a Republican.\\nohn A. Pasinger, farmer, section 24, New\\nHaven Township, was born in Lawrence\\n^e^\\n^T^nii^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a052 Co., N. Y., April i, 1825. His parents were\\nof Dutch descent and lived and died in the\\nState of their son s nativity. The occupation\\nr of the father was that of a mechanic, which\\nvocation the son followed in after years.\\nOur subject remained under the parental roof-tree\\nassisting his father until he attained the age of 13,\\nwhen he began to learn the trade of a carpenter and\\njoiner, under the instruction of his father, and worked\\nwith him at the trade until 18 years of age. He\\nthen set out to battle with the trials of life alone,\\nand followed his trade, which he had completed, en-\\ngaging a portion of his time in a saw-mill and lum-\\nber interests in Ontario, in the vicinity of tiie Ottawa\\nRiver.\\nReturning to his native county, he engaged m vari-\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "248\\n=.^9-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^v ^^llD:t:illl\\nV\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nous occupations for a period of four years, when he\\nwas married in that county, June 17, 1849, to Miss\\nLucy A. North, a native of the same county as Mr.\\nPasinger, where she was born June 16, 1829, and\\nwhere she lived with her grandparents until her\\nmarriage.\\nSix children have been born to their marriage,\\nfour of whom, Henry W., Eugene C, Hannah M.\\nand Anna L., are livmg, and two, Franklin and Orson,\\nare deceased.\\nAfter their marriage in New York, Mr. P. followed\\nhis trade for some 18 years, also being engaged in\\nthe lumber business. In 1865 he came to this State\\nand purchased 80 acres of wild land in Clinton\\nCounty. He made some improvement on this land\\nand returned to New York. In 1873 he returned to\\nhis land in Clinton County, and made a permanent\\nsettlement. He added 80 acres to his original pur-\\nchase and then sold 40 acres, leaving him 120 acres.\\nOf this, he improved 70 acres, erected a house and\\nin 1881 sold the entire tract preparatory to going\\nWest to start a new home. Before moving his fam-\\nily, he changed his mind, and came to this county\\nand purchased 140 acres of land on section 24, for-\\nmerly owned by a Mr. Shepherd. His farm has a\\nlarge orchard, which is in fine bearing condition.\\nMr. Pasinger has held the office of Highway Com-\\nmissioner and is identified with the best interests of\\nthe township. Politically, he is a staunch Democrat.\\ni f V anielF. Muscott, retired farmer, on section\\nkMiJ 12, Emerson lownship, was born in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r Western, Oneida Co., N. Y., March 19,\\nf^ iSii. In this town Gen. Halleck was born.\\nJJircSv Western\\niSii. In\\nand Gen. Floyd, of the Revolution, one of the\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence, is\\nburied in the same townshi[). Daniel s father,\\nNehemiah Muscott, was a native of New Jersey, of\\nHollander parentage, and was by trade a tanner.\\nA portion of his life, however, was spent on the seas.\\nThe mother of Daniel, Hannah (Felton) Muscott,\\nwas a native of New York, and of Puritan stock.\\nBoth died in Washtenaw Co., Mich., at tlie age\\nof 67.\\nThe subject of this sketch attended district school\\nand worked for his father until lie was 21, when he\\nbegan to clear a farm for himself in his native county.\\nHe was thus engaged for five years, but during this\\ntime, in Rome, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1832, he formed a\\nlife partnership with Sobrina Walsworth. She was\\nborn in Rome, June 28, 1811, and was the daughter\\nof Asa and Hannah (Dickerson) Walsworth, natives\\nof Rome. A few years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs.\\nMuscott went to Sherman Township, Huron Co.,\\nOhio, where they lived until 1854. Then they came\\nto Michigan and lived ten years in Ingham County.\\nIn February, 1864, they came to Gratiot County and\\npurchased 160 acres in Emerson Township, shortly\\nafter buying 80 acres more. He now has one of the\\nfinest farms in the county, 240 acres in extent, T30\\nof which are excellently improved. He has also a\\ncommodious dwelling and other farm buildings.\\nAnd now, as his active and eventful life is drawing\\nto a close, lie and his wife, both 73 years old, pass\\nthe time in (juiet enjoyment of the fruits of their\\nlabor, and in reading.\\nThey have had a family of si.\\\\, all of whom are\\nalive, married, and have families Sobrina, born Dec.\\n22, 1833, Ralph, April 28, 1839, Theodore W., July\\n25, 1843, Hannah, July 22, 1846, Ellen A., April 7,\\n1849, and Merritt, Dec. 1854.\\nMr. and Mrs. Muscott are active members of the\\nPresbyterian Church. He has held the office of\\nSupervisor for two terms, and Township Treasurer for\\ntwo terms.\\nPolitically, he has been a stalwart Republican\\nsince the organization of the party.\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^JB-^^\\nv^\\n^iir^:ii]r-\\n|.*-^h-tewart Edgar, farmer, on section 2, Emer-\\nson Township, was born in Dumfrieshire,\\nKeir Parish, Scotland, May 8, 181 9: and f\\ni\\\\\\\\ is the son of John and Jane (Nicholson) Edgar,\\nnatives of Scotland. John Edgar was of\\nScotch ancestry for at least five centuries back.\\nHe was a farmer at first, but spent the latter part of\\nhis life weighing metal at the iron mines of England,\\nwhere he moved about 1853. He died in Cletnir\\nMoor, Eng., in March, 1855. Jane Nicholson lived\\nwith her parents in lier native county, and was there\\nreared, educated, married and died.\\nThe subject of this sketch was educated in the vi^\\nparish schools of his native county, and at the age of\\n19 began to vvork as a common laborer in the mines J", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "^i/PTUtd", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "4\\nf\\nv^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2z^^fssr\\nGRATIOT\\nCOUNTY.\\n^sii(S-sr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m.\\nV\\n-f\\n7\\ni\\nof his native county and Galway County. In the\\nlatter, Oft. i S, iiS44, he was united in marriage to\\nMargaret, daughter of Anthony and Mary (McQueen)\\nDunn, natives of dalway, Scotland. He was a saw-\\nyer by Hade, and he and wife died al)OUt 1S63.\\nMargaret was born in (ialway Comity, nearCanniore\\nCastle, May i, 1830, and was bred and educated\\nthere. Nine years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs.\\nEdgar removed to Cumberland Co., Eng., where he\\nworked in the mines. In the summer of 1855, they\\ncame to London, Ontario, Can., where he was em-\\nployed as a railroad section foreman. Later he was\\nstationed in the same caiiacity at St. Thomas, and\\nremained there seven years. In December, 1862,\\nhe came to Michigan with his family, and settled on\\n122 acres in Emerson Township, purchased two\\nyears Dreviously. He has 70 acres well improved,\\nand good farm buildings. He has also purchased\\n120 acres additional, which is worked by his two\\noldest sons.\\nMr. and Mrs. Edgar have a family of seven El-\\nlen, Jane, Stewart, James, William George Thomas,\\nMary and John. Politically, Mr. Edgar is a staunch\\nRepublican. He and wife are life-long members of\\nthe Presbyterian Church of Scotland. They are\\namong the most respected citizens of the township.\\nA A\\ne^\\nfames fienry, proinietor uf the St. Louis\\nII, Flouring Mills, manufacturer and dealer in\\nlumber, shingles, flour, feed, etc., was born\\nin County Tyrone, Ireland, Feb. 24, 1825. He\\nis a son of William and Sarah A. (Gilmore)\\nHenry, and both parents were natives of the\\nEmerald Isle. His father died there, at the age of\\n84 years, in the same house in which he was born.\\nHis mother died previously, when she was about 42\\nyears old.\\nMr. Henry was brought upon a farm and obtained\\na fair education. At 18 he learned the business of\\na wagon-maker, and in 1849 left his native country\\nfor the United States. He spent two summers on a\\nfarm in Yates Co., N. Y., and in 1851 proceeded to\\nAllegany Co., N. Y., where he learned engineering,\\nwhich he followed three years and then came to Bay\\nCity, Mich., and operated in the same capacity one\\n253\\nsummer, after which he proceeded to St. Charles, yv\\nSaginaw County, where he was similarly employed\\nsix years. In 1861 he went to Grant Co., Wis., and\\nbecame proprietor of t6o acres of land by purchase.\\nThree years after he returned to Michigan and fol-\\nlowed his trade of engineer in Saginaw County three\\nyears. He went to Hemlock City and bought a saw\\nand shingle mill, which the operated 10 years with\\nsatisfactory success, and in 1879 went to Cedar Lake,\\nMontcalm C ounty, where li# built a saw and shingle\\nmill and engaged vigorously in the prosecution of\\nlumbering interests. Two years later, the steam\\nboiler exploded, destroying the mill and killing two\\nmen. At the moment of the explosion, Mr. Henry y\\nwas in the mill, standing near the stove, which was\\nabout 20 feet from the boiler. The roof fell upon\\nhim, but the stove kept it from crushing him to death.\\nHe hastened the re-building of the mill and in 60\\ndays it was again running.\\nIn the fall of 1882, Mr. Henry moved to St. Louis,\\nwhere he had purchased one and a half acres of land, S\\nand built a residence. In September of the same\\nyear he bought his mill site, which includes about 15\\nacres, and is largely engaged in the manufacture of\\nmill products. He also owns 400 acres of land in\\nRichland Township, Saginaw County. His flouring\\nmills are 30 x So feet, with three stories and base-\\nment. The wing is 22 x 40 feet in size and two\\nstories high. The mills are fitted with the most\\nmodern style of machinery for the production of first-\\nclass work, and the power is supplied by six Leff-\\nwell turbine water wheels. The fixtures include six\\nrun of stones, and the cajjacity of the work^ is 125\\nbarrels per tlay. The flouring and saw mills were\\nowned 24 years by H. L. Holcomb, of whom Mr.\\nHenry purchased them in September, 1882. In De-\\nceml)er following, the saw-mill burned, entailing a\\nloss of $3,000, without insurance.\\nMr. Henry was married in St. Charles, Saginaw\\nCounty, Feb. 24, 1859, to Jane, daughter of William\\nand Mary Boyst, a native of New York. Four\\nchildren have i)een born of their marriage, two of\\nwhom are living, Fred Cook and Myra J. The\\ndeceased were William B. and Nellie M. Mr. Henry\\nis a Republican in political sentiment, and, while re-\\nsiding in Saginaw County, held the positions of Town- i y\\nship Clerk and Treasurer.\\nPhysically, Mr. Henry is a fine sample of manly j\\nm\\nA.\\n^m M\\n^A--^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:^P^ ^^mnW^rfr.\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nvigor and energetic effort. He has the hardihood of\\na man who has passed his years of prime and yet\\nretains liis powers of strength and endurance to a\\ndegree that proves tlie correctness of his habits and\\ncourse of life. Both he and his wife have reached a\\nperiod of existence ahogether satisfying from their\\npart of well-directed effort and their future, which\\nholds higher and better promise than that of youth s\\nfresh flush of hope and ambition. They can rest on\\nthe fruition of the yeai^that are gone, which assure\\nthe type of those to come. The portraits of Mr. and\\nMrs. Henry are to be found on pages 250 and 251.\\n-J ^^S^-^^Sr^ f-\\nak eorge Little, blacksmith, at Sickels, was\\ni^ai born in the county of Franklin, and State\\n1\\\\3 of Vermont, Jau- 5) 1^5\u00c2\u00b0. and is a son of\\nPeter Little, of Sweetsburg, Canada, and a na-\\ntive of that county. Mr. Little received the\\nadvantages afforded by the common schools of\\nhis native country. He learned his trade in Ver-\\nmont while quite a young man and has success-\\nfully pursued it until the present time with the ex-\\nception of al)out two years.\\nHe came to St. Louis, Mich., in 1880, and after\\nremaining there eight months, went to Ithaca, where\\nhe lived for six months. He then carr.e to Sickels,\\nthis county, at which [ilace he now carries on his\\ntrade.\\nHe was married June 14, 1874, to Miss Katie\\nGolden, and four children have been born to their\\nunion, namely Annie, Ettie, George Thomas and\\nWilliam Henry.\\nilliam W. Palmer, farmer, section 28,\\nli^iSlijg North Star Township, is a native of the\\np Empire State, and was born in Onondaga\\nRf^ County, May 27, 1823. His parents, Gilbert\\nand Ann (Pitts) Palmer, were natives respect-\\nively of Green and Columbia Cos., N. Y., who\\nemigrated to Lenawee Co., Mich., in 1837, settling in\\nthe wild woods, amongst savage animals and Indians.\\nMr. Palmer settled where he now lives in this county\\nin 1854, and whe.e he at present owns 80 acres of\\ngood land. He has given his children 160 acres.\\nHe was a blacksmith by trade when a young man,\\nbut for many years he has been a i)rosperous\\nfarmer.\\nJuly 2, 1845, Mr. Palmer married Miss Lydia M.,\\ndaughter of Chester and Aurelia (Guthrie) Savage,\\nand of their nine children five only are now living,\\nviz.: Ida L., Rufus M., Frank G., Roscoe C. and\\nVere D. Ida L. married Edwin E. Palmer, and\\nlives in Mecosta Co., Mich., in Fork Township;\\nRufus M. married Charlotte Henry, and lives on part\\nof the homestead Frank G. married Llewella Husen,\\nand is a prominent teacher; Roscoe C. lives in Chicago;\\nand Vere D. is at home, attending school winters\\nand working on the farm during the rest of the\\nyear.\\nMr. Palmer, the sul)ject of this biographical notice,\\nwas the first Treasurer of North Star Township, hold-\\ning the office five years; has also been Township\\nClerk one year. School Inspector one year, and is\\nJustice of the Peace. He is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity.\\n^SHJH*^\\nf\\\\\\\\ ohn H. Bangs, farmer, section 11, Arcada\\nTownship, was born in De Kalb Co., Ind.,\\n.May II, 1847; and is the son of Heman\\nand Almira (Chaffee) Bangs, natives of Ver-\\nmont and New York. Heman Bangs removed\\nfrom Vermont to New York; thence to Michi-\\ngan; and lastly to De Kalb Co., Ind., where he was\\none of the first settlers.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice remained\\nat home, working on the farm and attending the com-\\nmon school, until he attained his majority. He then\\ncame to Gratiot, and kept bachelor s hall on 80\\nacres liis father had purchased a few years before.\\nSome months later, he returned to his native county,\\nwhere, Jan. 21, 1869, he was married to Miss Emma\\nUe Long, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Fair)\\nDe Long, natives of Maryland and Virginia. Emma\\nwas born in Allen Co., Ind., Oct. 6, 185 t, went when\\n10 years old to De Kalb Co., Ind., and there was\\nreared and educated.\\nImmediately after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Bangs\\ncame to Gratiot and settled down on his then unim-\\nVS\\nA\\nr\\n\u00c2\u00aer^^^\\n-b^-^Il!]^llDi\\nT?-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Hi^f^\\n4-^t\u00c2\u00a75((\u00c2\u00ae i", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "vc^nii^tii]^\\nT\\n4^^f\\nf\\nV\\ni\\nG^^^ 7YC r CO UNI Y.\\nproved farm. He has now under cultivation 40\\nacres, and has erected one of the best barns in the\\ntownship.\\nMr. and Mrs. B. have a family of four, as follows\\nCora, born Jan. 16, 1870; Stella, Sejit. i, 1S72;\\nLeota, Oct. 5, 1873; Raymond, Aug. 5, 1877. Po-\\nlitically, Mr. Bangs is a Republican. He and wife\\nare memliers of the United Brethren Church.\\nlacob Schaub, farmer, section 28, Lafayette\\nTownship, is a son of George and Sophia\\n(Brandan) Schaub, natives of Germany.\\nThey followed farming in the old country until\\n1852, when they emigrated to America. They\\nfarmed in Lorain and Sandusky Counties, Ohio,\\nuntil their death in the latter county in 1869. Jacob\\nleft home at the age of 28, and worked on a farm\\nuntil he was married, July to, 1858, to Mary\\nRice.\\nIn 1876 he removed with his family to Gratiot\\nCounty, and located on 80 acres of land on section\\n28, Lafayette Township. He has improved 60 acres.\\nIn 1878 he built his barn, and in 1883 he erected\\na large and well-arranged dwelling-house\\nMrs. Schaub was born Oct. 13, 1840, in Sandusky\\nCo., Ohio. She has brought to her iiusband 14\\nchildren: Barney, Anthon G., Christian W., Sophia\\nE., Jacob, Jane, Emma, Willie and Wilson (twins),\\nGeorge, Frank, Albert, Bertie and Alice.\\nMr. Schaub has been Moderator of his school\\ndistrict for three years. Politically he is a Democrat.\\nbraham L. Wight, whose Christian name\\nli^^S^ was given him in honor of the martyred\\nLincoln, who took the oath of oftice and en-\\n1]^ lered on the duties of Chief Magistrate of the\\nNation eight days after the birth of our sub-\\nject, is a son of Leonard Wight, who came to Eaton\\nCounty, this State, in 1858, and settled in the town-\\nship of Benton, where Abraham was born, Feb. 24,\\n1861. He lived with his parents in Benton Town-\\nship, Eaton County, until i86g, when he accom-\\npanied them to Chester Townsliip, same county, and\\nwhere the mother died in 1874.\\nHe received the advantages afforded by the com-\\nmon schools of his county and followed his inclina-\\ntion to learn the wagon and carpeivter business by */S\u00c2\u00bb\\nworking for his brother, Sheldon Wight. He is now T\\nengaged with his brothers S. and M. Wight, in their\\nplaning-mill is present Clerk of Hamilton Town-\\nship, and a member of the I. O. O. F.\\nMr. Wight owns 40 acres of land on section 5, and\\ndevotes as much of his time to its improvement as is\\ncompatible with the faithful performance of his\\nother duties. He has four brothers, Francis, Shel-\\ndon, Reuben and Mason, living. His only sister\\nand the eldest child of the family, died when she\\nwas 1 2 years of age.\\nMr. W. is yet a young man, and, possessing his\\nportion of that indomitable energy characteristic of\\nthe young men of the county, supported by a large\\namount of ambition, is certain to succeed\\n3-^ 5-\\nJmbrose B. Angell, farmer, on section 28,\\nArcada Township, is a son of William and V^\\n^g^j\\\\^^m^\\nm\\nRhoda (Bonnell) Angell, natives of New York\\nand Connecticut, respectively. They followed ^.y\\nfarming, and died in Stockbridge, Ingham Co.,\\nMich., the father Jan. 28, 1864, aged 69, and the\\nmother June 6, 1865, aged 64. They were pioneers\\nof Ingham County.\\nAmbrose B. was born in Orange Co., N. Y., April\\n15, 1834, and at the age of eight came with his\\nparents to Wayne County, tliis State. Here he lived\\nsix years, working on the farm and attending school.\\nWhen 14 years old, he moved with his parents to\\nBunkerhill Township, Ingham County, and settled on\\na farm. Two years later, he went to Jackson, and\\nfor two years he attended the High School in that\\ncity. He then attended 18 months at Albion College.\\nReturning to Ingham County, he was for the ensuing\\nfour years engaged in teaching, in the common\\nschools. Going back to his father s farm, he worked\\nit, in partnership with his brother Malcolm, until the\\nlatter s death, in 1866. For the next seven years, he\\ncarried on the farm by himself Going then to Rives,\\nJackson County, he purchased 80 acres of improved\\nland, and commenced farming there.\\nApril 9, 1877, he received a great financial set-\\ni)ack in the form of a fire, that speedily reduced to\\nt\\nI", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "^^r^m\\n-^^^^K S\\\\ yM M Df r\\nSas ^i^^\\nr^ 256\\nI\\njj\\nI*\\n14\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nashes his residence, household goods, barns, live\\nstock, grain and farm implements. His total loss\\nwas not less than $4,400. Shortly after this, he sold\\nhis farm, came to Gratiot County and purchased 160\\nacres of partly improved land on section 28, Arcada\\nTownship, where he has since resided. He has\\ncleared 60 acres, and now, of his 160 acres, iio are\\nunder the plow. He has commodious farm buildings.\\nNov. 24, 1864, at Waterloo, Jackson County, he\\nwas married to Elvira J-, a daughter of Hiram and\\nMartha (McNeal) Drew, natives of New England,\\nand of Irish descent. She was born at Grass Lake,\\nJackson County, Dec. 22, 1840, and lived with her\\nparents in that county until her marriage. She\\nattended school at Grass Lake and Leoni, and com-\\nmenced teaching school at the age of 16. This she\\nfollowed till she was 22, and at 23 she was married.\\nMr. and Mrs. Angell have a family of si.x, as fol-\\nlows: Mattie R., born Dec. 30, 1865, Edith E., Dec.\\n8, 1866, Cora A Dec. 3, 1867, Florence E., Feb. 2,\\n1869, Edwin F., March j, 187 i, Willie C, Oct. 19,\\n1875-\\nMr. and Mrs. Angell are active members of the\\nPatrons of Husbandry. He has held the oftice of\\nDrain Commissioner and Highway C ommissioner.\\nPolitically, he votes with the Republican party.\\nS-\u00c2\u00ab i. ::l;; c ;o\u00c2\u00abo;*.;*,;|;:.;);t-\u00c2\u00bb*-.\\nollin\\nMu\\nW. Maxam, merchant, section 29,\\nLafayette Township, is a son of Isaac B.\\nand Clarissa (Kellogg) Maxam, natives of\\nV New York. Mr. Maxam, Sr., followed farm-\\ning in New York State until 1849, when he\\nremoved to Ohio, and engaged there in farm-\\ning and stock-raising. Rollin W. was born Feb. 19,\\n1851. He remained with his father until 21. He\\nthen worked one season manufacturing cheese.\\nComing to Michigan in the fall of 1872, he was for\\nthe ensuing three years manager of a cheese factory.\\nHe then enbarked in farming. In 1878, he came to\\nthis county and located on section 29, Lafayette\\nTownship, spending the next three years clearing his\\nfarm.\\nNov. 7, 1 88 1, he was appointed Postmaster of La-\\nfayette post-office. Jan. i, 1S82, he engaged in\\nmercantile business, which he has followed since.\\nHe has a general stock of dry goods, groceries, boots\\nand shoes, and miscellaneous goods. He also has an\\nextensive apiary, and deals in bees and honey.\\nHe was married in 1870, to Ida E. Bissell, daughter\\nof Warren and Charlotte (Bailey) Bissell. They were\\nnatives of Ohio, and died the mother in Ohio, in\\n1854, and the father in Kansas, in 1879.\\nMr. and Mrs. Maxam are the parents of three\\nchildren: Arthur J., Mabel and Arno. Politically,\\nMr. Maxam is a Republican.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2naS\u00c2\u00a3J2f^S^\\n.^^i/zrszrjv\\nj^^icvSi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01\\nrancis M. Utter, farmer, section 33, Ar-\\njn cada Townsliip, was born in Chatham,\\ni\\\\ Medina Co., Ohio, March 10, 1833;\\nJ^ is the son of Amos and Margery (Hamilton)\\nvv. Utter, natives of New York State. Amos Ut-\\nter was a mechanic and farmer, of English and\\nGerman descent, and died in Manistee Co., Mich.,\\nin October, 1876.\\nWhen Francis was six years old, his father re-\\nmoved to Shelby Co., 111., and two years later, in\\nJune, 1 84 1, he came to Michigan, locating in Port-\\nland, Ionia County. Here he worked on his father s\\nfarm and attended the common school, until he at-\\ntained his majority. For the ensuing three years he\\nworked at farming on shares in the summer time, and\\nat lumbering in the winters.\\nJan. I, 1857, in Pine River Township, this county,\\nhe was united in marriage to Miss Sophia C. Roberts,\\ndaughter of Stephen and Rachel (.Stuck) Roberts,\\nnatives of New York. They afterwards removed to\\nthis State, where Sophia was born, in Pittsfield, Wash-\\ntenaw Co., Mich., April 8, 1840. She was reared\\nand educated in that county, and there lived and\\ncared for her father s household until 17 years old,\\nwhen she was married.\\nShortly after that event, Mr. and Mrs. Utter re-\\nmoved to Portland, Ionia County, where they carried\\non farming for 10 years thence to Dallas Township,\\nClinton County, where they were similarly engaged\\nfor 12 years. Mr. Utter was also extensively en-\\ngaged in buying and selling real estate. In March,\\n1876, they came to this county, where he purchased\\n80 acres in Lafayette Township. Shortly after, he\\nsold, and bought 40 acres in New Haven. Here he\\n^^i-\\nsy\\nl]llv\\nm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "^y^^^^\\n6V tin :illi v^^^^\\n^vs:\\nm\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nw.-----^\\n257\\nerected a house, and farmed for about three years.\\nHe then purchased 160 acres of timbered land on\\nsection 33, Arcada To\\\\vnshi|), his present home, and\\nconinienced to improve the same. He has 25 acres\\ncarefully improved, and is possessed of sufficient\\nability and experience to make in time one of the\\nmost successful farmers in the townshii).\\nMr. and Mrs. Utter liave had born to them four\\nchildren, of whom three are living: Amos D., horn\\nOct. 14, i860; Francis M., Sept. 24, 1863; Ceylon\\nA., April 28, 1875. Clara A. was born Oct. 6, 1857,\\nand was fatally scalded by falling into a tub of hot\\nwater, March 17, 1861. Mr. Utter has held the of-\\nfices of Director, Assessor, Inspector and Moderator\\nin his school district. He is at present Moderator.\\nPolitically he is a Democrat.\\nI\\niirSilillen Oberlin, farme: section 23, EUia\\nTownship, is a son of George and Esther\\n(Bowman) Oberlin, natives of Pennsylvania.\\nThey died in 186S and 1863, respectively.\\np Allen was horn Nov. 15, 1814, in Lancaster\\n^y Co., Pa. Leaving his father s farm at the age\\nTs of 21, he worked by the month until he was 26, when\\nj he married Mary, daughter of John and Christina\\n(Baisler) VVulmoyer. They were natives of Gi^rmany,\\nand emigrated to America at an early day. Mary\\nAV ulmoyer was born April 21, 1821.\\nMr. and Mrs. Oberlin moved to Stark Co Ohio,\\nand remained there a period of ten years. He then\\nwent to Medina County, in the same State, living\\nthere eight years. His next move was to Indiana,\\nbut three months more found him in Lansing, Mich.,\\nwhere his home was for the next eight years. He\\nthen located on section 23, Elba Townsiiip. At that\\ntime they were surrounded by a perfect wilderness,\\nand the howl of the wolf and the scream of the wild-\\ncat became familiar sounds to their ears. Their\\nnearest neighbor in one direction was three miles\\naway, in the other eight. They first entered a large\\ntract of land, but, old age coming on, they have sold\\nmost of their land, and now live on a 20-acre place.\\nThey are the parents of nine children Eliza, Rachel,\\nMary A., Esther (died Dec. 12, 1883), John, George,\\nChristina, Malcolm and Rebecca.\\nMr. Oberiin is one of the most prominent citizens\\nf\\nof Elba Township, and is looked up to by his neigh-\\nbors. He has held the ofiice of Highway Com-\\nmissioner. He is an active meml)er of the Free k^-\\nMethodist Church, and has always been a supporter\\nof the Republican party. yC\\nt ^ii?t\\nll^sl; at Sickels, was born at H\\nIp^ Co., Mich., March 27, i J\\njgj, iii^jl asper O. Sickels, Postmaster and merchant\\nHowell, Livingston\\n849, and is a son\\nof Aaron Sickels, an early settler of Wayne\\nCo, Mich., but now of Walton, Grand Trav-\\nerse County, this State. Wiien he was seven\\nyears old the family moved to Wyandotte, Mich.,\\nand two years afterward they came to Diipliin, Clin-\\nton Co., Mich., where his father was in turn a mer-\\nchant, miller and farmer.\\nMr. S,, the subject of tliis sketcli, was educated in\\nthe common schools, and in 187 i engaged in mer-\\ncantile business at Elsie, Mich., until in 1873, when\\nhis health failed and he resorted to agricullural em-\\nployment until 1880. In November of this year he\\npurchased his present store at Sickels, where he\\nkeeps a full line of goods in general merchandise,\\nand is doing a prosperous trade. He also owns a\\nsteam saw-mill in tlie iiineries of this and Saginaw\\ncounties.\\nMay 5, 1870, Mr. Sickels was married to Miss\\nMary P daughter of Elisha Fuller (deceased), and\\nthe three children now comprised in their family are,\\nHatlie, Claud and Frankie.\\nMr. S. is a member of the Orders of Masonry and\\nOdd Fellowship.\\n\u00c2\u00a7f *^^C: omer Galehouse, farmer, section 25, Elba\\nJ Townshii), is a son of John W. and Julia\\n(VVilson) (kilehouse, natives of Ohio and\\nA Massachusetts. The father was murdered, at\\nT Doylestown, Ohio, in 1841; and the mother\\n1 died in 1843. Homer was born in \\\\Vayne Co.,\\nOhio, March 24, 1838. Being left an orphan when\\nonly five years of age, he went to live with his grand-\\nparents. At the age of 13, he was apprenticed to\\nthe saddle and harness trade, but after two and a\\nhalf years ill health compelled him to abandon that\\nrs\\nt\\ni^^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^D!l :|][ls\\nv^\\n^#t\u00c2\u00a7j^(^i^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "i\\nf\\nvC^DD^UU^i^-r\\n258\\n(3\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-55^^^\\n#^c\u00c2\u00aeV;M)\\noccupation. For the next few years he worked at a\\nnumber of things, until he finally settled down as a\\nfarmer.\\nIn 1875, in the State of Indiana, he joined his for-\\ntunes with Mary Pettyjohn, born April 7, 1843, in\\nStark Co., Ohio. The same year he removed to Elba\\nTownship, this county, finally locating on 80 acres\\nof wild land on section 25. He has now comfortable\\nbuildings, and 60 acres of well improved land. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Galehouse have a family of seven children,\\nJohn D., Charles E., George H., Lucette E., Frank\\nZ., Sarah L. and Mary J. Mr. Galehouse is a mem-\\nber of the U. B. Church, and votes with the Repub-\\nlican party.\\neorge W. Marshall, farmer, section 17,\\nj^j||=s% Lafayette Township, is a son of Nathan\\nl^. D. and Hannah E. (Turner) Marshall, natives\\nof Ohio. They were engaged in farming in\\nthat State until 1865, when they came to\\nMichigan. They followed farming in Clinton\\nCounty until 1878, when tliey came to Lafayette\\nTownship, Gratiot County, and located on section 18,\\non tlieir present place of 60 acres.\\nThe subject of this sketcli was born in Geauga Co.,\\nOhio, Aug. I r, 1855. He lived with his parents, at-\\ntending the common schools a portion of the time,\\nuntil he was r8 years old. He then left home to\\nwork on his own account. He was employed on a\\nfami the first year at $i8 per month, and the second\\nat $20, and also attended school occasionally until\\nJan. 12, 1882, when he was married to Ella Phelps,\\nborn in Livingston County, Aug. 6, 1865. She is the\\neldest daughter of James and Elizabeth (Hodges)\\nPhelps, natives of New York and Canada, respect-\\nively. They came in 188 1 to this county, where Mr.\\nPhelps follows his trade of blacksmith.\\nFeb. 19, 1882, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall located on\\na tract of 80 acres on section 17, Lafayette Townshi|),\\nwhere they now reside. Mr. Marshall has improved\\n40 acres of his farm and erected a neat and ronimo-\\ndious dwelling-house.\\nIn the winter of 1883-4, he t;iught the school in\\ndistrict No. 3. They are the happy parents of one\\nchild, Allen B, born Dec. 1, 1883. In 1882, M-r.\\nMarshall was chosen School Inspector of his Town-\\n,,55^__,* Township, is a son of John and Charlotte\\nIp^^ (Kenna)\\n^A\\nship for two years. He is also Pathniaster in his\\ndistrict. Politically he stands on the platforn. of\\nAnti-Monopoly.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(S lljsruce Hunter, farmer, section 35, Elba\\nJ, is a son of John and Ch\\nHunter, natives of New York,\\nwhere the former died. Bruce left home at\\nthe early age of 13, and went to work driving\\nteam on the New York water-works. Coming\\nto Detroit in 1842, he worked a year as blacksmith.\\nThe next four years were spent in Canada. Then\\nlie spent a. short time in Buffalo, N. Y., 18 months at\\nCayuga Creek, Niagara County, and two years in\\nErie Co., N. Y. Coming to Michigan in 1856, he\\nspent 18 montlis in Jackson County, and then located\\nin Elba Township, this county. He worked two years\\nin Elsie, then returned and sold his Elba farm, then\\nwent to Elsie once more. He finally purchased 40\\nacres on section 35, Elba Township, where he now\\nresides.\\nIn 1853 he was married to Miranda, daughter of\\nRalph and Margaret Sutphin. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter\\nhave a family of six children: William H., Frank,\\nFred, tieorge, Eva and Florence. In jwlitics Mr.\\nHunter is a Republican. He has been Justice of the\\nPeace, and has been a school officer for eight years.\\n^[(g!^^,orace Spear, farmer, section 35, Lafayette\\n,_. Township, is a son of Calvin and Charlotte\\n(Stone) Spear, natives of Vermont and Can-\\nada, respectively, and was born Feb. 23, 1832.\\nAt the age of 17, he left home, and began to\\ncare for himself. In 1849, he came to Sanilac\\nMich., where he remained a short time. He\\nthen went to St. Clair Co., Mich., after a year return-\\ning to Sanilac County. Thence he removed to Ionia\\nCounty, in 1863. His next move after a number of\\nyears, was to Lawrence Co., Tenn., where he re-\\nmained one year, and then, returning to Michigan,\\nsettled in Gratiot County, in the year 1878. He first\\nlocated on section 28, Emerson Township, and then,\\nafter three years, removed to his present residence, on\\nsection 35, Lafayette Township.\\nA\\nv/\\nfF-\\n^!s ^7K^Dii:A:Dnv ^r^)", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "K 6-V :-ail :illl\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\n259 -S\\nV\\nI\\nIn his 22d year, he was married to Mary A, West-\\nervelt, who was born in Canada, Jan. 15, 1838. She\\nwas the daughter of Garrett and Lucinda (Pollard)\\nWestervelt, natives of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Spear\\nare the parents of six children Delila J., Minerva,\\nWilliam A., Ida L., John A. and Alfred H.\\nMr. Spear held the office of Highway Commis-\\nsioner, in St. Clair County, one year, and he lias also\\nheld various school offices. He and Mrs. Spear be-\\nlong to the Free Methodist Church, in which they\\nare active v.-orkers. Mr. Spear has a license as a\\nlocal preacher of the gospel, and occasionally leads\\nservices for his denomination.\\nacob J. MuflBy, farmer, section 9, Hamilton\\njII^HIM Township, was born in Stark Co., Ohio,\\nSl(\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a3^^ Nov. 6, 1837. He is a son of Jolin Mutfly,\\nof this Township, who brought his family to\\nthis County in 1S55 and settled on the above\\nnamed section and where he and our subject\\nn^jw live. They settled in the woods and were sub-\\njected to all the trials encountered by the early jiio-\\nneer settlers of the county. Wild animals predomi-\\nnated in abundance and, although they were con-\\nsidered a necessity to su[)ply the craving a|)petites of\\nhungry, ambitious and energetic individuals, the\\nhowling of the wolves, the crying of the panther and\\nwild-cat were no pleasant sounds to listen to, and\\ngrated harshly on the ear, at least of the feminine\\nportion of the household-\\nWhen the shot which started a nation fiom its\\npeaceful sleep of years, was thundered from rebel\\nguns upon Fort Sumter, and our martyred President\\ncalled for loyal hearts to battle for the perpetuity of\\nthe Flag of our Fathers and the preservation of\\nour nation s honor, the heart of our subject beat in\\nunison with the cause and he enlisted in Co. F, 29th\\nMich. Vol. Inf. He was in the battles of Decatur,\\nMurfreesboro and others, and was honorably dis-\\ncharged Sept. 6, 1865.\\nMr. Muffly was married Aug. 2, 1866, to Miss\\nMary, daughter of Zoroaster Moss, deceased, and five\\nchildren have been born to their union, four of whom,\\nJohn L., Birdsey A., Charles H. and Annie are liv-\\ning. Mrs. M. was born in Waterloo, Jackson Co.,\\nMich., in 1847, and is a cousin to ex. -Gov. Blair, of\\nthis State. Mr. and Mrs. M. are both members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal huich. They have a fine\\nfarm of 80 acres, on which they are at present living\\nand pleasure and happiness surround the family\\nhearthstone.\\n.vj2jze;\u00c2\u00a9^-\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^g\\nK^ OT2rav.\\n^tOrace S. Taylor, farmer, section 20, Area-\\nda Township, was liorn in St. Lawrence Co.,\\nN. Y., Feb. 7, 1818; and is the son of James\\nand Tabitha (Borland) Taylor. James Taylor\\nwas born in Orange Co., N. Y., of Irish and\\nEnglish descent, and was by occupation a\\nfarmer. He died in Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of\\n87. His wife died in Litchfield, Medina Co., Ohio,\\nalso at an advanced age.\\nThe subject of this sketch remained witii his father\\non the farm and attended school, first the common\\nschools, and then the Gouverneur Academy of St.\\nLawrence County, and taught until 23 years old.\\nHe commenced teaching at the age of 21, and fol-\\nlowed that for three years. He then removed to\\nMedina Co., Ohio, where he farmed and taught select\\nschool initil 1854. He then became a railroad con-\\ntractor, and after a time became connected with a\\nsaw-mill. In the spring of 1867 he came to this\\nState and county, and purchased 120 acres of partly\\nimproved land on section 20, Arcada Township, and\\ndevoted himself to farming. He has made rapid im-\\nprovements, has erected new l)arns, and now has\\nabout one-half his farm in a state of high cultivation.\\nThougli becoming advanced in years, he is a progress-\\nive farmer, and actively devoted to building up his\\ntownship. He takes an especial interest in all things\\npertaining to schools and in all benevolent and econ-\\nomic projects.\\nOct. 5, 1852, at Penfield, Lorain Co., Ohio, he was\\nunited in marriage to Maria, daughter of Orrin and\\nAbigail (Hickok) Starr, natives of New York, and of\\nEnglish descent. The Starrs have an interesting and\\nvaluable genealogical record, which traces the family\\nback to Dr. Comfort S .arr, of Kent, England, 1635.\\nThe book is a (piarto, and contains 579 pages. Maria\\nStarr was born in Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N. Y.\\nMr. and Mrs. Taylor have had a family of three,\\n1\\nfi\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "X. 20O\\n-2li\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0MSt^\\nU^m\\n^^I1I1 :I1D^.\\n^vi\\nf\\n2J\\nV\\ns\\n4\\nt\\n6-^.4 TYOr CO UNTY.\\ntwo of whom survive, as follows:. James L., born\\nJan. 19, 1856; Abbie E., born July 29, 1867; Emma\\nS., born Sept. 8, 1857, and died May 18, 1870. Mr.\\nTaylor is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge at Me-\\ndina, Ohio. He is highly esteemed by all his num-\\nerous friends, and has been often asked to liold of-\\nfice. He has been for some time Superintendent of\\nSchools. In political sentiment, he is an ardent and\\ninfluential Greenbacker, and uncompromisingly op-\\nposed to any and all monopolies. In 1880, he was\\nunanimously nominated for Representative, by his\\nparty, a high compliment to Mr. Taylor s ability and\\npopularity.\\nvv^^i-^^-vv\\nl\\\\ obert Gladson, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nsection 17, North Star Township, was born\\ni iK(^ in Oakland Co., Mich., June 5, 1844, and\\nf \\\\v^ is a son of John Gladson, deceased, a native\\nof England, who moved with his family to\\nClinton Co., this State, in 1854, and a few\\nyears afterward to this county. Mr. Ruliert Glad-\\nson was a soldier in the late war for iS months, being\\na member of Co. I, 27th Mich. Vol. Inf., and taking\\npart in the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsyl-\\nvania. In the latter engagement he was wounded in\\nthe right shoulder. He was married June 26, 1 870, to\\nMiss Amanda J., daughter of John Garver (dec),\\nand they have five children, as follows: William N.,\\nRalph E., Ellen M., Altha E. and Edith S.\\nMr. G. is a Republican, and has been Constable\\ntwo years, and held other offices. He is a member\\nof the Grand Army of the Republic.\\n-K3=\\nhomas Derry, farmer, section 3, Hamilton\\nTownship, is a son of Thomas and Mary A.\\n(Johnson) Derry, natives of England, where\\n^d* Thomas, Jr., was born, in (Cambridgeshire, Jan.\\n0, 1832.\\nMr. Derry received the advantages of a select-\\nschool education in his native country, and emigrated\\nto the United States, with his parents, in 1854, settling\\nin Wayne Co., N. Y.\\nIn 1866, Mr. Derry left the parental home, and,\\nfollowing the inclination of his ambitious disposition\\nto better his financial condition in life, came to this\\nState, arriving in this county in January of that year,\\nand has resided here ever since. He settled in the\\nwoods, and had but two acres of land cleared on\\nwliich to raise a sufficiency to sustain himself and\\nfamily; yet, being endowed with that spirit ot push,\\npluck and energy so necessary to success, he met\\nand successfully conquered all difficulties.\\nMr. Derry was united in marriage to Miss Mary\\nA., daughter of John Swails, deceased. Mrs. D.\\nwas born and brought up on the banks of Lake\\nOntario, on the identical farm on which the British\\ntroops landed during the war of 1812.\\nMr. and Mrs. D. are the parents of nine children,\\nnamely Albert, Herbert A., Frank, Emma, Agnes\\nM., Willis, Lewis, Annie and Frederick. Albert\\nmarried Miss Mary Williams, and one son. Earl, has\\nbeen born to them. Emma married a brother of\\nMiss Williams, and to them has been born a son,\\nnamed Geoige William.\\nMr. Derry owns 44}^ acres of land, which is under\\nthe best of cultivation, with a large barn and com-\\nmodious residence. He is a member of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church, of which denomination Mrs. D. has\\nbeen a member since she was 16 years of age.\\nHerbert A. Derry, son of our subject, is one of the\\nenterprising business men of tiie township, and is\\nengaged in lumbering.\\nMr. and Mrs. D. made a visit to the old homestead\\nin Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1883, and spent a pleasant\\nvacation among tlieir relatives and friends.\\nt\\nV^\\nh\\nf^y^) eorge B. Andrus, hotel-keeper, Brecken- f\\njH^M^ ridge village, Wheeler Township, was born\\nyMf in Batavia, N. Y., March 28, 1827; and\\nX was the son of James and Hannah (Dodge)\\nAndrus, natives of New York. Mr. Andrus,\\nf\\nSr., was engaged in fannnig and running a\\nsaw-mill in New| York until 1856, when he came to\\nMichigan. Mrs. Andrus died in 1857, and Mr. An-\\ndrus in 1S60, both in Kalamazoo County.\\nThe subject of this sketch remained at home until\\nhe was 21, when he commenced to care for himself\\nHe worked on a farm and in saw-mills until he was\\n26 years old, and then married Elizabeth, daughter\\ny^^^^^^\\n^m^^my^-\\n5\u00c2\u00abi-:", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "7\\n-r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n.-.f\\n263\\nS-\\nof William and Mary A. (Vandorn) Young. She\\ndied in April, 1862, leaving two sons, Auburt and\\nLewis. Mr. Andrus was again married, to Mary P.\\nDoty, the widow of Benjamin Doty. She was born\\nDec. 25, 1 84 1, the daughter of William M. and Annis\\nRussell, natives of New York and Pennsylvania.\\nThey came to Pompei, this county, in April, 1876,\\nwhere he kept a hotel one year. He pursued the\\nsame calling one year at Ithaca, and then removed\\nto Breckenridge, where he is still in the hotel busi-\\nness. Mr. Andrus has four children by his second\\nmarriage Jewett E., Minnie, James A. and Kittie\\nA. In politics he is a Republican.\\nlias Sower, physician, clergyman and far-\\n^ll^^iS 11 section i. North Star Township, is a\\nv f native of York Co., Pa., where he was born\\n.\\\\pril 5, 1810. He is a son of Henry Sower,\\ndeceased, a native of Frederick Co., Md. the\\nlatter was a son of John Sower, who came from\\nGermany many years ago and settled in Maryland.\\nThe father of our subject was a soldier in the war of\\n1S12, and moved his family from Maryland to Centre\\nCo., Pa., in 1815. Here the son attended the com-\\nmon schools, assisted on the farm and grew to man-\\nhood. In 1835 Mr. Sower moved to Holmes Co.,\\nOhio, where he remained for one year and then went\\nto Seneca County, same State. He remained here for\\nfour years, until 1840, when he went to Richland\\nCounty, and after remaining there ten years engaged\\nin various occupations, he returned to Seneca County.\\nHe remained there until 1854, when he came to this\\nlounty and entered 320 acres of Goverment land\\non which he is now residing. His trials were similar\\nto those of Michigan s pioneer settlers, and he ener-\\ngetically met them, with all the determination of an\\nindividual whose great ambition was to succeed in\\nlife, and conquered them.\\nHe arrived in this county, after having entered\\nnis land at the Land Office on Oct. 6, 1854, in the\\nafternoon of the 9th of December, the same year.\\nEight inches of snow was on the ground and he and\\nI.\\nhis family slept in their wagon for an entire week \\\\,;f\\nl)efore the customary log cabin was erected. At\\nlast the round log shanty was completed, 14 x 20,\\nand he and his fimily moved into their palace.\\nHe began to choii, roll and burn the logs and cleared\\na small patch on which to raise a crop, and success-\\nfully continued his labor until want was driven\\nfrom the door, and plenty entered, and, taking her\\nseat by the side of comfort and happmess looked\\nback upon the past with satisfaction and content.\\nThe Doctor read medicine for a number of years\\nbefore coming to this State, not with the intention of\\npracticing but more for his own edification, yet his\\nknowledge of medicine soon became known to his\\nneighbors and the indisposed would not accept No for\\nan answer in response to their earnest request to call\\nand administer to their ailments. He therefore en-\\ntered on the practice through no desire on hi; part,\\nand yet, after following the same for a few years, he\\nbecame so infatuated with the profession he has con-\\ntinued it ever since. He had nothing to feed his\\nhorses when he first came here and was compelled\\nto sell them, and forfouryears followed the profession\\nby walking to his patients. He was what might be\\ncalled the father of the neighborhood. He ad-\\nministered to their wants; cured their diseases, made\\ntheir coffins, preached their funerals and placed the\\ndirt upon their graves.\\nMr. Sower was married May i, 1832, to Margaret\\nBitner, who died Aug. r, 185 i. They had ten chil-\\ndren, eight of whom are living, namely: Susan,\\nLydia, John H., Catherine, Daniel, Lovina, William\\nand Samuel. One daughter, Mary J., after reaching\\nwomanhood and marrying, died from the effects of a\\nsun-stroke, leaving the children to the care of the\\nhusband. Mr. S. was again married, June 8, 1854,\\nto Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John Klingomon,and\\nfour children have been born to their union, two of\\nwhom, Sarah E. and Almira, are living; one son,\\nDavid E., twin brother to Sarah, died in his 20th\\nyear, and another in infancy.\\nDr. Sower was licensed as an exhorterin 1840, and\\nJuly 27, 1843, was licensed to preach the gospel\\nfrom a Methodist standpoint. Aug. 28, 1853, he\\nwas ordained Deacon by Bishop T. A. Morris, of Mt.\\nVernon, and received the Elder s ordination at the\\nhands of Bishop Scott at Grand Rapids, Oct. 5,\\n1862. He and his wife are both members of the\\nC\\nn\\no\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K^iIl!l :DO^\\nz.\\nM\\nl", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "264\\n^M MU\\nrr\\nO\\nT/O T CO U NTY.\\nChurch and the Doctor has beea an active member\\nfor 54 years.\\nDr. Sower s life-long friends will prize this work\\nmore highly for the portrait of the pioneer, which is\\ngiven on a preceding page.\\nparley S. Evitts, farmer, section 2,2, North\\n_ Star Township, is a native of Trumbull\\nCo., Ohio, where he was born Jan. 10, 1834,\\nand is a son of Bela Evitts (deceased), a native\\nof Connecticut. He was brought upon a farm,\\nreceiving his education in the common school.\\nWhen only four years old his parents emigrated, with\\nthe family, to this county, settling, in June, 1854, in\\nNorth Star Township, where he has since made it\\nhis home. He was a pioneer, witnessing all the\\nfeatures of a frontier life and having his share of their\\nexperiences. Deer, wolves and bears were plentiful\\nwhen he settled here. He now owns 80 acres of fine\\nfarming land, where he humbly wins from the soil\\nhis livelihood.\\nMr. Evitts was married Feb. 28, 1861, to Miss\\nMargaret Bartrim, a native of Ireland who was\\nbrought to this country when six years of age. Her\\nfather was Thomas Bartrim, now deceased, who set-\\ntled first in Pennsylvania, then, in 1849, in Ohio, and\\nfinally, in 1854, in this county. Mr. and Mrs. E.\\nhave five children, viz. John L., Alva H., Clara\\nM., George B. and Mary E., all at home.\\nJlf esse Pepple, farmer, section 17, Emerson\\nTownship, was born in Hancock c!o., Ohio,\\n5^ Dec. 15, 1842; and was the son of Jesse\\nand Mary (Tipple) Pepple, natives of Pennsyl-\\n^r vania and Ohio, and of Pennsylvania German\\ndescent. The former died in Michigan in\\n1869, and the latter in Ohio in 1857. Tesse, junior,\\npassed his youth in working on his fathers farm\\nsummers and attending school winters. At the age\\nof 20 he apprenticed himself to a [Jump-maker at\\nFindlay, Ohio. Serving out his term, he formed a\\npartnership with his employer, and remained in that\\nbusiness until September, 1867. He then came to\\nMichigan, and purchased 40 acres of unbroken for-\\nest land, erecting the log house so familiar to pio-\\nneers. He has since added 40 acres to his farm by\\npurchase, and has improved 43 acres of the whole.\\nHe has a good residence and farm buildings. For\\nfive years, he also followed pump-making, in connec-\\ntion with farming.\\nHe was married, Vug. 11, 1864, at Findlay, Ohio,\\nto Susan Beard, daughter of Adam and Delight\\n(Smith) Beard, natives of New England. They are\\nfarmers, and live in Hancock Co., Ohio, where their\\ndaughter was born, Oct. 12, 1842. Mr. and Mrs.\\nPepple have had two children, but both died in in-\\nfancy.\\nMr. Pepple is a member of Emerson Center\\nLodge, No. 375, I. O. O. F. He is an enterprising\\nfarmer, and poi)ular in his township. He held the\\noffice of Highway Commissioner for a period of 10\\nyears, and that of School Director for nine years.\\nIn 1880, he was chosen Supervisor of Emerson\\nTownship. He held that office two years, and in\\n1883 was again elected. Politically, he is a staunch\\nRepublican.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0/vs.\\nyto;\\nA\\n3=\\nY~T\\nT~r\\nM\\ni\\nf Jl M^h arks Allen, farmer, section 29, Emerson\\nIJ Eai l; Township, was born in Delaware Co., N.\\nJ lIsS* Y., July 13, 1836 and is tlie son of Isaiah\\ni))\u00c2\u00ab^|-^\\nV\\nm\\ny5 J and Elsie (Peck) \\\\llen, natives of New York,\\nVR^ and of Yankee and German descent. His\\nfather came to Michigan when about 50 years\\nold, and located in Emerson Township, where he\\ndied, at the age of 64, and his wife, at the age of\\n58. Parks Allen left his native county when quite\\nyoung, and went with his parents to Seneca Co., N.\\nY., then seven years later to Steuben Co., N. Y. He\\nworked on his father s farm, and attended the district\\nschools as much as he could, until the fall of 1854,\\nwhen he emigrated to Michigan with his parents, and\\nhelped to make a home on i6oacresof heavy timber\\nland in Emerson Township. They were the third\\nfamily to settle in Emerson, and the first to sow\\nwheat. They sowed five acres, and from that stumpy\\nfield gatliered 40 bushels per acre.\\nOct. 22, 1 86 1, the subject of this sketch was mar-\\nried, in Emerson Township, to Minerva, daughter of\\nKalph and Jane (Terry) Bellows, natives of New\\nYork and Michigan, respectively. She was born in\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^M\\n.^^j^l^Mel.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "a-\\n-j^^sr^r\\n2?\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^: ^^^tltl^Dn^^r\\nT\\n$1\\n1\\nJ\\n*i\\\\\\nGRATIOT COUXIY\\n265\\nGenesee Co., Mich., Oct. 22, 1843. She afterwards\\nlived in Calhoun and Eaton Counties, and at the\\nage of 18 had made such progress in her education\\nthat she was quah fied to teach in the common schools.\\nShe engaged in teaching in this county, and con-\\ntinued at it until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Allen settled on So acres of the old\\nhomestead on section 19, Emerson Township, and\\nresided there until the spring of 1882, when they\\nmoved into their magnificent residence on section 29.\\nThis dwelling was planned and built by the owner,\\nand does credit to his taste. They have been the\\nparents of seven children, of whom five are living:\\nElla J., born April 8, 1863; Ernest R., April 10,\\n1867; Percy C, Jan. 21, 1877; J. Alton, Feb. 17,\\n1879; Blanche G., Jan. 21, 1883. Ray P. was born\\nFeb. I, 1873, and died May 5, 1874; Pearl was born\\nJune 7, 1876, and died July 13, the same year.\\nMr. Allen now has 240 acres in his farm, with 170\\nacres under high cultivation. His place is one of\\nthe model farms in the county. He is personally\\npopular, and has held the office of Assessor for six\\nyears. In politics he is a iiljeral Republican.\\noseph Scudder, farmer, section 18, Lafay-\\nj ette Township, is a son of Embree and\\nRebecca (Every) Scudder, natives of New\\nYork. They were engaged in farming in that\\nState until the year 1835, when they came to\\nLenawee County, this State, and located on So\\nacres. They afterwards removed to Ingham County,\\nwhere Mr, Scudder died June 11, 1861, and where\\nMrs. Scudder still resides. Joseph was born \\\\pril\\n13, 1 83 1, in the State of New York. At the age of\\n21 he began farming on his own account, and mar-\\nried Mahala Every, who was born in New York, the\\ndaughter of Abram and Charlotte Every, also natives\\nof New York. In 1853 he removed to Ingham\\nCounty, this State. Mrs. Scudder died in 186 1, and\\nin 1863 he married Elizabeth Every. In 1879 he\\ncame to (iratiot County, and [jurchased 100 acres of\\nland. He has improved 54 acres of this.\\nWhile in Ingham County Mr. Scudder held all the\\ntownship offices at different times, except that of\\nClerk. He was Supervisor for six years. In Lafay-\\nette Township he enjoys the respect and confidence\\nof all who know him. He is a memlierof the Ma-\\nsonic Order, and affiliates with the National party.\\nf _\\n000\\n%l[ S^-JfeicA\\n_^y\\nJ^^M.\\nom\\nrederiek Homister, farmer, section to,\\nISIC Nortli Star Township, was born in Meek-\\nly lenburg, Germany, Oct. 15, 1834. He is a\\ni son of Christian Homister, native of the same\\n^jk^ country in which the son was born, and who,\\ni with liis wife and two children, emigrated to\\nAmerica and located ten miles west of London, Can-\\nada, in 1855.\\nIn 1857 the family moved on a faun, in the neigh-\\nborhood of their first location, and here Frederick as-\\nsisted his father and attended the common schools\\nuntil 1S66, when he came to Wyandotte, this State,\\nand remained 18 months, occupied in hauling the\\nrock to pave Michigan avenue, and then returned\\nto Canada. In 1876 he returned to this State and\\nlocated in this County, and has constantly resided\\nhere ever since. On his return, he brought a steam\\nsaw-mill with him, erected it on his farm and oper-\\nated it continually until the present time. It has a\\n35-horse-power engine, with boiler 12x4 feet and\\ncontaining 10 six-inch flues, and does excellent work.\\nWx. Homister was married Dec. 24, 1856, to Miss\\nMary L., daughter of James iiirner, deceased, and\\n12 children have been born to their union, namely:\\nEmma (Goodhall) Charles, John W., Rosa (White),\\nSarah A. M., Minnie E. C, Frederick L., Frank W.,\\nMary E. L., James H., Nelly A. and Hattie V.\\nThe father of Mrs. H. died in the fall of 1862;\\nher mother is still living, with the son, at an ad-\\nvanced age.\\ny!ilfesr|lf oshua M. Davidson, farmer, section 25,\\nll^^y Elba Township, is a son of John L. and\\nY^^ Mary R. (Merritt) Davidson, natives of\\nOhio. Mr. Davidson, Sr., was a farmer by oc-\\ncupation, and died in Ohio, March 12, 1873.\\nMrs. Davidson came to Gratiot County the\\nsame year. The son was born April 23, 1837. At\\nthe age of 20 he began to work at the shoemaker s\\ntrade, which he followed for 15 years. At the age\\nof 25 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Bell,\\ndaughter of John and Marilda (Mead) Bell. Mr.\\nBell was engaged a portion ol his life as a minister\\nglinn A:9 yy^\\nv^\\n0)\\nc\\nI\\n-\u00c2\u00abeS\\n|^^^5^(\u00c2\u00ae\\nm--", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "m\\n/7S\\nf f\\nI\\n266\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V^nil ^DDf v\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\nof the gospel, and a portion in the tannery business.\\nHe died in 1S7S. Mrs. Bell died in 1867. They\\nwere both natives of Ohio, born in Richland and\\nHuron Counties, respectively. Mr. Davidson came\\nto Gratiot County in 1880, and located on a tract of\\n40 acres, 18 of which are now well imiiroved Mr.\\nand Mrs. Davidson are the parents of four children,\\nRosa B., Mary V.,- Allena L. and Minta M.\\nMr. Davidson enlisted in Co. C, 65th Ohio Vol.\\nInf., Oct. 12, 1 86 1. After his muster in, he went\\nwith his command to Louisville, Ky., arriving in De-\\ncember, and was assigned to Gen. Wood s connnand.\\nLosing his health and becoming unfit for duty, he was\\ndischarged, Aug. 6, 1862. He was sent to Camp\\nChase, Ohio, and thence went to his home in Huron\\nCounty. He is a member of the G. A. R., and of\\nthe L O. O. F. Politically he is a Republican. Mrs.\\nDavidson is an active member of the M. E. Church.\\nLlbro Curtiss, farmer on section 12, Emer-\\n5-7^iBcJ^ son Township, was born in Wyoming Co.,\\n1^^ N. Y., Oct. 17, 1839; and is a son of Wat-\\nerman F. and Sylvia (Cronkhite) Curtiss. The\\nformer was a native of Massachusetts and of\\nEnglish descent. He followed farming in the\\nState of New York until 1859, and then came to\\nIonia Co., Mich., where he died, six miles from the\\ncity of Ionia, Aug. 2, 1861, at the age of 55. Mrs.\\nCurtiss, the daughter of Jacob and Basheba (Surdam)\\nCronkhite, was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., Nov. 1 8,\\n1806. When 10 years old she came with her parents\\nto the Holland purchase, and lived and was edu-\\ncated in what is now Wyoming Co., N. Y., where she\\nwas also married. At the age of 77, and in compar-\\natively good health, she now lives in Emerson Town-\\nship with her children.\\nThe subject of this sketch passed his youth in at-\\ntending school and working on his father s farm. In\\nFebruary, 1862, he came with Iiis mother to this\\ncounty, and entered 80 acres of land in Emerson\\nTownship. He has since added 120 acres; and of\\nhis whole farm, 140 are well improved. In place of\\nthe dense forest, he has now a fine farm, and very\\nlarge and convenient farm buildings, his dwelling\\nalone costing $2,000. Before making these improve-\\nments, however, he spent nearly two years in tiie ser-\\nvice of his country. He enlisted in Co. A, 8th Mich.\\nVet. Vol. Inf, Dec. 29, 1863, and served under Col.\\nEly, in the Army of the Potomac. He participated\\nin all the battles of that army during the campaign\\nof 1864-5. At the battle of the Wilderness, June\\n6, he was wounded in the right arm by a ball and\\nat Petersburg he was struck by two spent balls, one\\nentering the foot, and the other between the shoul-\\nders. He was discharged at Detroit, Aug. 14, 1865,\\nafter an honorable service.\\nHe was united in marriage, June 29, 1876, at St.\\nLouis, to Lucy L. Woodward, daughter of Allen and\\nAlmira (Lewis) Woodward, natives of New York.\\nMr. Woodward enlisted in a New York regiment in\\n1862, and served till the close of the war. Lucy was\\nborn in Erie Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1857, and came\\nwith her parents when three years old to Washtenaw\\nCo., Mich. One year later her mother died, and her\\nfather returned to Erie County. After four years\\nthey came to Ionia County, and then, in the spring\\nof 1873, he came to Gratiot County and located on a\\nfarm of 40 acres.\\nMr. and Mrs. Curtiss have two children: Blanche\\nA., born April 11, 1877 and Roy W., born March 5,\\n1882. They are members of the Baptist Church.\\nHe has held several school offices in his district, and\\nvotes with the Republican party.\\neonard H. Randall, farmer, section S,\\nLafayette Township, is the son of Isaac R.\\nand Mary (Webster) Randall. They were\\nnatives of Vermont, where they followed farm-\\ning until 1839. Mr. Randall died in Vermont\\nand Mrs. Randall died in Washtenaw County,\\nthis State, in 1849. Leonard H. was born March 4,\\n1834. He left home when 15, and worked by the\\nmonth until June 9, 1857, when he married Emily\\nJ. Burgin. She was born June 9, 1841, and was the\\nsecond daughter of Ebenezer H. and Sophronia C.\\n(Keneson) Burgin, natives of Vermont.\\nWhen Mr. Randall first located here, he entered\\n80 acres, but he has since added 80 acres to that.\\nOf his 160 acres, 60 are now well improved. In\\n1875, he built his neat dwelling-house and his large\\nbarn.\\nMr. and Mrs. Randall are the parents of seven\\nI\\nA\\n(1\\nY\\nr\\n.Si: ?5V^.\\nu::^^\\n^tlli:- ?tlii;i A-Q ^s^S^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab=#i;\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "w^\\nT\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n267\\nw\\nV\\ns\\nchildren George W., Eugene A., Fred A., Hattie A.,\\nMary S. (died March 7, 1869), Eddie C. and Minnie\\nS. Mr. Randall has been Highway Commissioner\\nin his township, and has been Pathmaster for a\\nnumber of years. He is a National, in politics. He\\nand wife are consistent members of the Baptist\\nChurch.\\n3 illiam Kipp, druggist, BreckL-nridge village,\\njja Wheeler Township, is a son of John and\\nElizabeth A. (Leamon) KipiJ, natives of\\nDutchess Co., N. Y., and Frederick Co., Md.\\nMr. Kipp, Sr., was by occupation a farmer,\\nand came to Michigan in 1S61. He first located\\nin Genesee County, afterwards coming to Gratiot\\nCounty, locating in Pine River Township. William\\nKipp was born March 4, 1846, in Frederick Co., Md.,\\nand came with his parents to Michigan. At the age\\nof 16, he commenced teaching school, having received\\nhis own education at home. In 1877, he engaged in\\nmercantile life, in Breckenridge, now keeping a full\\nline of drugs and groceries.\\nFeb. 13, 1870, he was united in the bonds of\\nmatrimony to Sarah M. Swawze. They have now a\\nfamily of four children: Edith A., George, Charlie J.\\nand Albert S. Mr. Kipp is an enterprising man, and\\nwell liked by all who know him. He was elected\\nSchool Inspector in 1883, for a term of two years.\\nPolitically he is a Republican.\\nheron L. Knapp, farmer on section 14, Ar\\ncada Township, was born in Geneva, Ash-\\ntabula Co., Ohio, Aug. 25, 1853, and is a\\nson of Lucius C. and Mary (Searles) Knapp.\\nLucius Knapp is now a resident of Live Oak,\\nFla., and his occupation in life has been car-\\npentry. His wife died in Arcada Township, this\\ncounty, Sept. 17, 1858.\\nWhen the subject of this narrative was nine months\\nold his father took him to the State of Pennsylvania,\\nafterwards moving to this State and county, where\\nhe settled on section 25, Arcada Township, in 1854.\\nThey were one of the very first families to locate in\\nArcada. After the death of his mother, Theron\\nwas taken by his father to New York State, where he\\nlived with an uncle until 10 years old. He then re-\\nturned to his father in Michigan. Two years later\\nthe latter moved to St. Louis, where Theron lived\\nwith his fatlier until 21 years of age, and where he\\nwas educated, in the graded schools.\\nAt the age of 22 he engaged for two years with\\nR. Livingston in the capacity of salesman for his\\npumps. He then began to cultivate the farm of 92\\nacres on section 14, Arcada Township, which had\\nbeen willed to him by his mother in October, 1857.\\nWhen he began, the land was all wild and covered\\nwith timber. He now has 45 acres in good condition\\nfor tilling, and good farm buildings. He has con-\\nsiderable stock on his place and on the uncleared\\nportion of his farm is some valuable timber.\\nOct. 23, 1880, he was married, at St. Louis, to Miss\\nElizabeth Fry, of German descent. She was born in\\nGreen Co., Penn., Aug. 11, 1855, and came to Mich-\\nigan, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp have one son, Al-\\nbert, born June 15, 1882. Mr. K. is in politics a\\nsupporter of the National party. He has been Over-\\nseer of Highways, and is now School Director. Mrs.\\nK. is a member of the Christian Church.\\nohn H. Durkee, farmer, section 11, Arcada\\nTownship, was born in Rutland Co., Vt\\nFeb 21, 1820, and is the son of P^lias S.\\nand Betsy (Sweet) Durkee, natives of New York,\\nand of English andGerman e.vtraction. They\\nfollowed farming, and lived most of their lives\\nin New York.\\nJohn s father dying in 1827, he was early left to\\nhimself in learning the ways of the cold world, iieing\\nthe oldest of the children. He lived for four years\\nwith a gentleman in the neighborhood, and then\\nreturned home, working at various things for a time.\\nHe then once more worked for a neighbor of his\\nmother s, and his time was thus spent, on a farm in\\nsummer and in the mills in winter, until his marriage.\\nFeb. 20, 1840, in Orleans Co., N. Y., he formed a\\nlife partnership with Jeannette, daughter of Peter and\\nSarah Helms, natives of Germany. She was born in\\nNew York State, Dec. 17, 1819, and died April 25,\\n1853, having been married 13 years, and leaving to\\nMr. Durkee four children, none of whom are now\\nliving. He was again married in Lenawee Co.,\\nK\\nA\\njJVw", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ry\\ni! Mmh r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nh\\n(0\\ni\\nI\\nMich., July 26, 1857,10 Mrs. Pliilena (Nevins) Mont-\\ngomery, daughter of Nathan and Martha (Smith)\\nNevins, natives of New York State. She was born\\nin the vicinity of Buffalo, in that State, March 17,\\n1832. She lived with her parents until her first\\nmarriage, and by this she has one daughter: Lillie,\\nborn Sept. 21, 1855.\\nMr. and Mrs. Durkee lived in Lenawee County\\nuntil the spring of 1883, when they came to Gratiot,\\nand purchased 80 acres. They have during their\\nbrief residence here won hosts of friends, and are\\nesteemed as worthy citizens and kind neighbors.\\nThey have haU four children, two of whom are\\nliving: Anna, born Dec. 24, 1867, Fred, born Nov.\\n21,1871, Clara A., born March 15, 1859, and died\\nSept. 20, 1882, Ida M., born Oct. 11, 1863, and died\\nApril 22, 1865.\\nThey are members of the M. E. Church. Politically,\\nMr. Durkee is a Republican.\\nleremiah Dancer, farmer, section 21,\\nr Wheeler Township, was born in Jackson,\\nMich July 16, 1849, and is a son of John\\nand Jane (Powell) Dancer, natives of Steuben\\nCo., N. Y. They were farmers, and came to\\nLivingston Co., Mich., in 1S43. They after-\\nwards removed to Jackson County, where Mr. Dancer\\ndied, in 1867. Mrs. Dancer is still living, in Wash-\\ntenaw County, having married Nor. H. Newton, in\\n1875. Jeremiah left his home in 1873, and engaged\\nin farming, which he has followed ever since. In\\nthe springof 1877, he came to Cratiot County, locat-\\ning on 80 acres, on section 10, Wheeler Township.\\nHere he lived three years. Returning to Jackson\\nCounty, he farmed there for one year, then sold his\\nfarm, and came once more to this county, settling on\\n40 acres on section 34.\\nHe was married, Nov. 6, 1877,10 Harriet, daughter\\nof Wm. R. and Cornelia (Vedder) Bradford, natives\\nof Jackson Co., Mich., and of New York, respectively.\\nMr. Bradford is a farmer by occupation, and came to\\nGratiot County in 1870. He settled on 160 acres on\\nsection 17, but has sold all but 40 acres. Mr. and\\nMrs. Dancer are the parents of two children Freddie\\nand Florence.\\nIn politics, Mr. Dancer is a Republican.\\nJ\\nfames Turner, farmer, section 10, North\\n^^H Star Township, and one of the early set-\\ntiers of the township, and whose success\\nis attributable to his own indomitable energy,\\n]C was born in Mecklenberg, Germany, June 4,\\n1849. He is a son of Joseph Turner, deceased,\\nwho emigrated to America with his family in 1859,\\nlocating in Canada, where they remained until i860,\\nwhen they moved to this State, and settled in Lyons,\\nIonia County. In 1864 they moved to this county,\\nand a year afterward, in 1865, the father died.\\nMr. Turner can look back with pride at his victory\\nover difficulty and adversity. He encountered in-\\nnumerable trials in the establishing of his home in\\nthe woods, a half mile from any road, and in clear-\\ning his land and during the time procuring the nec-\\nessaries of life, yet triumphed over all. He now\\nowns a farm of 120 acres all under fence, and 75\\nacres cleared and under cultivation. His residence is\\na two-story brick, with main building 18 x 26 and\\nwing 17 X 24 feet, and, when compared with the log\\ncabin in which he formerly lived, is certainly an\\nemblem of perseverance and energy. His barn, 40\\nX 62 feet, with 20-foot posts, stands as a monument of\\nthe work of his own hands, and is another link in\\nthe chain of prosperity indicative of his past labors.\\nMr. Turner was married Oct. 26, 1876, to Nancy\\nE., daughter of Frederick Huntley, and three chil-\\ndren have been born to this inion, two of whom are\\nliving, namely Nellie May and Myrtie Belle. Mrs.\\nTurner came from Canada to this county, in 1874,\\nand followed the vocation of teacher and taught\\neight terms, and was recognized and acknowledged\\nas a very proficient and sr.ccessful teacher. Mrs.\\nTurner has a sister, Marie E., who came to this\\ncounty a year later than herself She also taught\\nschool, but, as she was beginning her third term, her\\nhealth failed her. She has now been an invalid four\\nyears, daring which time the farthest she has been\\nfrom home is two and a half miles. Mrs. Turner\\n(V\\nSii^!^ ^5^D!I\u00c2\u00a7IIII^ A;^^ C^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a^^^KSr^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r^m\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\nI\\n6\\nr--)\\nhas five other sisters living, and one deceased, and\\nalso two brothers.\\nThe mother of our subject is still living, with her\\nchildren, and has attained the advanced age of 86\\nyears. She is the mother of 12 children, of whom\\nJames is the youngest. Though she has lived to such\\nan advanced age, she is active as a young lady of\\n18; and even now she practices her idiosyncrasies\\nby going into the field and doing the work of a man,\\nand in the fall of 1882 shucked 500 bushels of corn,\\nunaided by any one. She is aware it is unnecessary\\nfor her to do manual labor, yet she possesses the\\nspirit of energy inculcated in the minds of her chil-\\ndren, and cannot remain idle, and jirefers outdoor\\nlabor to indolence in the house or even household\\nlabor.\\nMrs. Turner s father died Jan. 7, 1882, in the\\ntownship in which they reside. He was well read\\nin the affairs of the day, informed in ancient and\\nmodern history and respected by all who knew him.\\nHis widow, Mrs. Turner s mother, still resides in the\\ntownship to which they came eight years ago.\\nII eorge B. Burgess, farmer, section 24,\\nArcada Township, is a son of William and\\nRuth (Hathaway) Burgess, natives of Ohio\\n(see sketch), and was born Sept. 8, 1856, in\\ntlie house he now lives in, being probably the\\nfirst white person born in Arcada Township.\\nHe was the sixth of his father s family, and was born\\nabout a year after the family came to this county, in\\nthe third log house in the township. For several\\nyears after his birth, his parents were obliged to fol-\\nlow a trail to get to the nearest town, which was at\\nthat time Maple Rapids. It required years of close\\neconomy and hard work before they could, through\\nthe produce of their farm, obtain many of the comforts\\nof life.\\nUntil 23 years old, George worked for his father,\\nand attended the common schools as he best could.\\nMarch 4, 1879, he was united in marriage to\\nMartha M., daughter of Daniel and Lorana (Silver-\\nthorn) Tyrrell, natives of Ontario, Canada. They\\nfollowed farming, and came in 1867 to Arcada I own-\\nship, where Mr. Tyrrell died, March 2, 1872, and\\nMrs. Tyrrell, July 16, 1878.\\nMartha M. was born in Ontario, Canada, Jan. 29,\\n1858, and when eight years old came to this county\\nwith her parents, and lived on section 26, Arcada\\nTownship, until their death. She then lived in the\\nfamily of William Burgess, until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Burgess settled down on the old\\nhomestead, and now live in the log house built by\\nhis father. He now owns 40 acres on section 24.\\nThey have two little ones: Elnora, born Jan. 5, i88i,\\nand Ruth I.., born June 5, 1882.\\nIn politics, he is a Republican.\\neorge W. Skinner, farmer on section 8,\\nEmerson Township, was born in Morrow\\nCo., Ohio, Feb. 14, 1832; and is a son of\\nDavid and Abigail (Bewley) Skinner, natives\\nof Ohio, and of English and German extrac-\\ntion. They followed farming, and died, the\\nfather in Van Wert Co., Ohio, in 1879, aged 81 and\\nthe mother in Morrow Co., Ohio, in August, 1852,\\naged s I\\nThe subject of this sketch passed his youth in at-\\ntending the common schools, and in- working on his\\nfather s farm. When of age, he came to this State,\\nand for three years was engaged in fishing in Lake\\nHuron and Saginaw Bay. He then went to Livings-\\nton County, and thence to Denver, Col. For the\\nnext 15 months he worked in the gold mines in Cal-\\nifornia Joe Gulch, Buckskin Joe Gulch, and at the\\nhead waters of the Arkansas. Sept. 8, 1861, he en-\\nlisted in Co. C, I St Col. Cav. He served in the\\nwestern army, and was engaged generally in skirmish-\\ning with the enemy, in Te.xas and all through the\\nSouthwest, in guarding the Unionists, and in keeping\\nthe Indians ([uiet. He escaped unhurt, and was\\nhonorably discharged Dec. 3, 1864. Returning to\\nthis State, he went first to Livingston County, and\\nthen to Saginaw and in the spring of 1865 he came\\nto Gratiot County, and located on 80 acres in Bethany\\nTownship, which he had entered in 1856.\\nIn that township, May i, 1866, he was united in\\nmarriage to Harriet A., daughter of John and Eliza\\n(Knapp) Mull, natives of New York, and of New\\nEngland parentage. She was born in Ossian, Liv\\ningston Co., N. Y., Jan. 21, 1842, and when only two\\nyears old she went with her parents to Trumbull Co.,\\nOhio. Two years later they came to Lenawee Co.,\\nVO,\\nV\\nr\\n^m$^\\n-^W^^ ^r^ :Il!l :nilr.\\nrr7-\\n^i^mJ^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "270\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^r tlP :llIls v-\\nGRATIOr COUNTY.\\nV\\no^\\nI\\nI\\nMich., where she commenced attending the public\\nschools, and when she was 10 years old they moved\\nagain, to Ingham County, where she completed her\\neducation. The family came to this county in 1861.\\nSix years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Skinner\\nmoved to Emerson Township, where he purchased\\n80 acres. He has since sold 40 acres, and bought\\n40 more on section 5. Most of his land is now\\nnicely improved. He has just completed a large\\nbarn.\\nThey have two children: Frank, born April i,\\n1867 and Jennie L., born Aug. 5, 1870. Mr. Skin-\\nner is a member of Emerson Lodge, No. 377, I. O.\\nO. F., and of Moses Wisner Post, No. 101, G. A. R.\\nIn politics he is an earnest and influential Repub-\\nlican.\\nilliam W. Wooley, farmer, section 34,\\nElba Townshipj is a son of James and\\nj^^f^ Margaret (Chandler) Wooley, natives of\\nI^S New Jersey. Mr. Wooley, Sr., was a shoe-\\nmaker by trade, and removed to Gratiot\\nCounty in 1855. The subject of this sketch\\nwas born Sept. 27, 1830. At the age of 14 he left\\nhome, and worked at farming and other things, until\\n1862. August 1 6th of that year, in Clinton County,\\nhe was married to Mary M. Dodge. His father,\\nwhen he came to Gratiot, located 320 acres of\\nGovernment land on section 34, Elba Township, and\\nhe subsequently gave 80 acres to each of his children.\\nMr. Wooley has brought 65 acres of his farm to a\\nstate of good cultivation. In 1877 he erected a\\nsubstantial barn on his place. He has also a very\\nneat dwelling-hcuse.\\nMrs. Wooley was the eldest daughter of her father s\\nfamily, and was born April 6, 1841, in the State of\\nVermont. She was the first school-teacher in Elba\\nTownship, and taught in District No. i. She after-\\nwards taught several terms of school. Mr. and Mrs.\\nWooley are the parents of two children; Maud E.\\nand Maggie D. Another child, Minnie I .,died Aug.\\n28, 1870, aged two years, three months and one day.\\nMr. Wooley enlisted in the service of the country\\nduring the rebellion, but was discharged for disability\\nbefore entering the field. In civil life he has held a\\nnumber of positions of honor and trust. .Soon after\\nhis township was organized, he was appointed\\nTreasurer, and he was afterwards elected several\\ntimes to the same office. He has held the office of\\nHighway Commissioner, and in 1 870 he was appointed\\nSujiervisor of Elba Township to fill a vacancy. He\\nhas also held the office of .Assessor in School District\\nNo. I. Politically he is a staunch Republican.\\nerry Shaver, farmer, on section 17, Emer-\\n^jr son Township, was born in Delaware Co.,\\nN. Y., Nov. 19, 1822, and was a son of\\nJacob I. and Sally (Kinch) Shaver. The former\\nwas a native of Delaware Co., N. Y., and of\\nDutch descent. He came to this county in\\n1856, locating a land warrant of 80 acres on section\\n2, Emerson Township, and remained here till his\\ndeath, July 21, 1873, at the age of 77 years and three\\nmonths. Mrs. Sally Shaver was a native of Con-\\nnecticut, and of New England parentage. She was\\nmarried to Mr. Shaver in Delaware Co., N. Y., and\\ndied in Emerson Township, at the age of 77 years\\nand two and a half months.\\nAt the age of two, Jerry went with his parents to\\nSeneca County, where he lived until 16, attending\\nschool and working on his father s farm. Thence he\\nwent to Steuben Co., where. May 30, 1846, he was\\nmarried to Ursula, daughter of Richard and Cordelia\\n(Reid) Sawtell, natives of New England, and of\\nEnglish descent. Richard Sawtell was a physician,\\nand died in the State of New York, in 1842; Mrs.\\nSawtell died in Gratiot County, in 1865. Ursula was\\nborn in Chenango Co., N. Y., Sept. 27, 1826. Receiv-\\ning her education in her native county, she went to\\nSteuben County in 1842. Six years after marriage,\\nMr. and Mrs. Shaver came to this State, and settled\\nfirst in Ingham County, where they lived until the\\nfall of 1856. They then came to Gratiot County, and\\nlocated on section 17, Emerson Township, securing\\n80 acres by the Graduation Act. He has since\\npurchased 40 acres additional, and has 70 acres well\\nimproved. They came into a dense wilderness, -and\\nsuffered severely during the starving time of 1857.\\nThey are the parents of four children, two of wliom\\nare living: Herman D., born March 2, 1848, J. Frank,\\nborn June 2, 1864, William, born Jan. 10, 1847, and\\ndied Feb. 7, 1847, Mary A., born July 21, 1850, and\\ndied Jan. 10, 1870.\\nIn politics Mr. Shaver is a liberal Democrat.\\n0r.\\nvy\\n^D!i^iia;\\nT\\nI\\nJ\\nMi", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "ii*\\nAy ^iA\u00c2\u00bb*\u00c2\u00ab8M^-\\nc^i^a^-iAA^.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "t#^\\n-:^^r\\nV\\n,1\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v :tll]:t:illls r^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-w-\u00c2\u00bb\\nW^^^\\\\M\\n273\\noco\\n^aniel GriflFeth, farmer on section 8, Emer-\\nilL son Township, was born in ]Montgomery,\\nN. Y., Jan. 9, 1820, and is a son of Dan-\\nJJt|^ iel and Lois (McNeal) Griffeth, natives of\\nWales and Scotland, respectively. They were\\nmarried in Canada, and he became a hatter by\\ntrade In 1814 they removed to the State of New\\nYork, where the mother died, in 1835. The father\\nafterwards came to this State, and he died in Man-\\nchester, Washtenaw County, in 1847, 63 years old.\\nThe subject of this sketch attended school and\\nworked on a farm until 20 years old, when he set out\\nalone for Michigan, and located in Marshall. He\\nafterwards returned to New York for one year. In\\nMay, 1846, on the breaking out of the Mexican war,\\nhe enlisted as a private in Co. F, 8lh New York Inf.,\\nunder Gen. Worth. He participated in three actions\\nCherubusco, Aug. 19,1847; Molino del Rey, Sept.\\n8, 1847, and the storming and capture of Mexico,\\nSept. 12, 13 and 14, 1847. He escaped unhurt in\\nall these engagements, and was honorably discharged\\nwith the rank of Orderly Sergeant, in August, 1848,\\nat Jefferson Barracks. Returning to Michigan he\\nengaged in farming in Oakland County.\\nDec. 19, 1849, he was united in marriage, in Inde-\\npendence, that county, to Nancy M., daughter of\\nHiram and Betsy (Placeway) Burgess, natives of\\nNew York and Vermont. They came to Oakland\\nCo., Mich., in 1837, and later to this county, where\\nthe fatherdied, April 9, 1879, at the age of 77, near\\nSt. Louis. Mrs. Burgess still lives, enjoying a ripe\\nold age of 77, and is active and intelligent. Nancy\\nM. was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Nov. 4, 1830,\\nand came with her parents to this State seven years\\nlater. She was educated in Oakland and Livingston\\nCounties.\\nTwo years after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Griffeth\\nremoved to Wayne County, and Dec. 18, 1856, they\\ncame to this county and entered 80 acres in Pine\\nRiver Township. Five years later, most of which\\ntime they lived in the town of St. Louis, they re-\\nmoved to Emerson Township and settled on 120\\nacres of heavily timbered land. Surrounded by\\nmiles of unbroken forest, they encountered many\\nhardships before they finally succeeded in making\\nfor themselves a comfortable home. He has added\\n40 acres to his farm, and of his 160, 100 acres are\\nnow admirably improved and cultivated. Mr. Grif-\\nfeth is an intelligent farmer, and with his kind-\\nhearted wife deserves this happy home. They have\\nhad a large family, and of their 12 children nine are\\nliving. Their names and the dates of their birth are\\nas follows: Mary J., Oct. 8, 1852 James A., Jan. 3,\\n1854; Emery L., Dec. 28, 1855; Ann Maria, May\\n26, 1858; Isadore L., Jan. 22, 1S61; Hattie A.,\\nMarch 24, 1863; Hiram A., Sept. 26, 1865; Nancy\\nM., Oct. 9, 1867 Florence June 2, 1870. These\\nthree are sleeping their last sleep: Hiram Andrew,\\nborn Dec. 2, 1850, and died March 4, 1852; Daniel\\nA., born June 25, 1873, and died July 3, 1879; and\\na baby, which died in infancy.\\nMr. and Mrs. Griffeth are active members of the\\nBaptist Church, she being the first person baptized\\nin Pine River. He is one of the old pioneers who\\nhave helped to make Gratiot what it is, and deserves\\nto be remembered by posterity. He built the first\\nframe house north of Pine River, and drove the first\\nteam from St. Louis to Midland. In politics he is\\none of the most active supporters of the National\\nGreenback party.\\nMr. Griffelh s portrait is given on the opposite\\npage.\\nordis Smith, farmer on section 27, Pine\\nI River Township, is a son of Ira and Zada\\nV^\\n(Hitchcock) Smith, natives of Connecticut.\\nThey removed to New York State, and in\\n185:; came to this State and county, locating\\nI in Pine River Township. The mother is still\\nliving in that township. The father died there Feb.\\n22, 1878, at the age of 85. They had a family of\\nseven.\\nThe subject of this biography. Cordis, was the\\nthird son of the Ainiily, and was born Sept. 7, 1832.\\nStarting out at the age of 20 to make his own way\\nin life, he came West and spent three years in differ-\\nent States, and then returned to New York. In the\\nfall of 1857, he cime to Gratiot County; and for\\nnearly six years following, he was employed in the\\nwoods and otherwise. By several different payments,\\nhe bought 160 acres of land in Pine River Townshi|),\\nwhere he now resides. He has now nearly 100\\nacres well improved.\\nr\\n:dd\\nA-i^\\nJ\\n-\\\\_^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "Dli:t:PDf T\\nTT\\nf\\n274\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-^4^^\\nApril 19, 1864, in Pine River Township, he was\\nmarried to Mrs. Jane M. (Badger) Rice, widow of\\nElijah B. Rice, who died Nov. 19, 1861. She was\\nborn in Washington Co., N. Y., April 13, 1828, and\\nis the daughter of Samuel and Matilda (Freeman)\\nBadger. They were natives of New York State, ;tnd\\ndied in Washington County, that State, March 15,\\n1870, and Dec. 2, 1836, respectively. The daughter\\nmarried Mr. Rice in New York State, and came with\\nhiin to Pine River Township, this county, in October,\\n1S54. Their first meal of victuals here was eaten\\nin the woods, and they had to cut their own road\\nfrom Gen. Ely s, two miles away. Mrs. Smith had\\nby this first marriage one child, George T., born Sept.\\n4, 1858.\\nMr. Smith stands high in his neighborhood, as a\\nfarmer and a citizen. He is politically a Repub-\\nlican.\\nt\\nl^dward Graham, farmer, section 30, North\\nShade Township, is the son of John and\\n~,j^-^ Rachel (Dean) Graham, natives of Ver-\\n^Ik mont, from whence they moved to York State\\nand located on a farm in Yates County, where\\ni the mother died about 1845, and the father in\\n187 I.\\nThe subject of our sketch was born in Yates Co.,\\nN. v., Aug. 20, 1828, and remained at home on the\\nfarm until he was 16 years of age, and then lived\\nwith his brother until he attained his majority.\\nWhen 26 years of age he came to this State and lo-\\ncated in Coldwater, Branch County, where he re-\\nmained one year; then went to Calhoun County and\\nremained there about a year, when he removed to\\nHillsdale County and engaged himself for a period of\\ntwo years.\\nMr. Graham, at this period in his life, concluded\\nto visit the famous Pike s Peak, but after making\\npreparations for the journey, and having started on\\nthe same and reached Illinois, he abandoned the\\nidea and returned to this State, locating on 40 acres\\nof land on section 30, North Shade Township, this\\ncounty, to which he has since added 20 acres.\\nMr. Graham was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda,\\ndaughter of Hiram and Hannah (Cornish) Chappel,\\nJuly 4, 1853. She was born May 20, 1835, in Yates\\nCo., N. Y. Mrs. Graham has not knon n the where-\\nabouts of her brother for a number of years. Her\\nmother died in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1870.\\nMr. and Mrs. G. have had two children, William\\nH., born Oct. 17, 1866, and John E., born Aug. 21,\\n1872.\\nPolitically Mr. G. is a Republican.\\nuther M. Stites, farmer, section 24, North\\nShade Township, is a son of Benjamin and\\nand Phebe (Nickson) Stites, natives of New\\nJersey and farmers by occupation, who settled\\nin Fulton Co., Ohio, and afterward moved to\\nLenawee Co., Mich., where they yet reside.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Feb. 5, 1858,\\nin Fulton Co., Ohio, and was therefore but four years\\nold when the family moved to Michigan. He mar-\\nried, Sept. 12, 1880, Miss Effie J., daughter of Luther\\nJ. and Amanda L. (Townsend) Brink, and born\\n\\\\pril 25, 1862, in Gratiot Co., Mich., being one of\\nthe first born in the township of North Shade. In\\npolitical matters Mr. Stites is a Democrat.\\nMr. Brink was a soldier in the last war, being a\\nmember of the loth Mich. Cav. He died at Camp\\nNelson, Ky. His widow is yet living, and resides in\\nNashville, Jackson Co., Iowa. She again married,\\nher present husband being Samuel Evans, of\\nHubbardston, Ionia Co., Mich.\\naron Sloan, farmer, section 22, Pine River\\nJi Township, is a son of Thomas and Basheba\\n,_ (Pitcher) Sloan, natives of Massachusetts.\\n-Aj^ They first settled in New York State, where\\n;|t the father died. The mother afterwards came\\nI to Eaton Co., Mich., where she died. Aaron\\nwas born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 10, 1S15. Re-\\nceiving his education in the common schools, he\\nhelped his father on the farm until 20 years old, when\\nhe started out for himself. To aid him in the battle\\nof life, he had nothing but willing hands and a lov-\\ning wife. At the age of 21, Dec. 24, 1836, in Wat-\\nerloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., he had formed a life part-\\nnershi[) with Caroline C, daughter of William and\\nSally (Hall) Taylor, natives respectively of New\\nYork State and Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor set-\\nIllls -4\\nG.\\no\\n^J\\nT\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2am\\ni^aH", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "1\\nV\\nf\\nT\\nI\\nI\\n^IlI]:o:flllr v\\nGJIA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\n275\\ntied ill New York, and afterwards came to Michigan\\nand in 1879, came to Gratiot County, where he died,\\nin the fall of 1880. She still survives, at the age\\nof 85.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Sloan removed to\\nOhio, and in 1846 they came to Eaton Co., Mich.\\nFive years later, they removed to Montcalm County,\\nand in February, 1854, he came with his family to\\nGratiot County. He bought 160 acres of land in\\nPine River Township, where he now resides. He\\nhas sold part of his farm, and divided part among\\nhis children, and now retains 60 acres, all of which\\nis nicely improved.\\nIn August, 1862, he enlisted in the 26th Mich.\\nVol. Inf., and served eight months, on detached ser-\\nvice. He was discharged at Detroit, on account of\\nsickness.\\nMr. and Mrs. Sloan have had five children, three\\nsurviving: William H., Hiram L. (deceased), Almi-\\nra (deceased), Aaron F. and Rachel E. Hiram L.\\nenlisted in the same regiment with his father, after-\\nwards re-enlisting in the 8th Mich. Vol. Inf, and\\ndied at Fairfax Seminary, Va. Mr. Sloan has held\\nthe office of Highway Commissioner four years. In\\npolitics, he is a supporter of the National party.\\n(fjlfcilliam Towner, farmer, section 24, North\\nliW.Wi) Shade Township, is a son of Daniel and\\nJ^^r~r y (Budlong) Towner, natives of New\\nS^ York State, the latter of New Lebanon.\\n-A-^\\\\ Xhe family were engaged in agricultural\\npursuits.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born May 19, 1805,\\nin Steuben Co., N. Y. he lived with his parents\\nuntil his mother s death, which occurred in 1855, in\\nLivingston Co., Mich. His father died in 1864.\\nWilliam came to this county in 1853, locating on\\nsection 24, on a tract of 80 acres of wild land, where\\nhe now has 60 acres well improved, and furnished\\nwith a good residence, a large barn, etc. His house\\nhe erected in the summer of 1 880, at a cost of\\nnearly $1,000.\\nMr. T. married Miss Diana, daughter of Jacob and\\nSarah (Kinney) Brink, the former a native of New\\nJersey and the latter of Connecticut. He died Sept.\\n25, 1879, and she, Jan. 5, 1857, both in this county.\\n^\\\\^^^m^- %M n\\nMr. and Mrs. T. s two children have been, Herbert\\nM., born in 1S47, atid Elvertes, in 1849, and died in\\nApril, 1863. Mrs. T. is a member of the Second-\\nAdvent Church, and Mr. T., in politics, is a Repub-\\nlican. Herbert has charge of the farm. He married\\nMiss Mary B., daughter of George and Barbara\\nFranks. Their two children are, Verna F., born in\\nSeptember, 1877, and Erma V., Feb. 19, 1881.\\nV\\nIfred J. Brooke, farmer and mechanic, sec-\\ntion 30, Emerson Township, was born in\\nWayne Co., Ohio, Jan. 23, 1833; and was the\\nson of John and Sarah L. (Brenholtz) Brooke,\\nnatives of Lycoming Co., Pa., of English and\\nGerman descent. The father was a carpenter and\\njoiner, but afterwards engaged in farming in Ohio,\\nin which State he died, at the age of 57, and his wife\\nat the age of 67. Alfred J. lived the first part of his\\nlife in Wayne and Wood Counties, in Ohio. At the\\nage of 16 he was apprenticed to the blacksmith s\\ntrade, under his brother. After serving his time he\\nwent into partnership with his brother; and three\\nyears later he bought him out and conducted a large\\nshop on his own account, until 1864. In the spring\\nof 1865, he came to this State and county, and pur-\\nchased 40 acres of wild land on section 30, Emerson\\nTownship. Here he erected a small house and shop\\nin which to carry on his trade but one year later he\\nwas prevailed upon to move to the village of Ithaca.\\nHe worked at his trade there some time, and then,\\nin the spring of 1S78, returned to his farm. He\\nhas since devoted himself to the improvement of his\\nfarm, and now has 80 acres, of which 60 are well\\nimproved.\\nMarch 8, 1856, he was united in marriage at Free-\\nport, Ohio, to Louisa, daughter of Joseph and Sarah\\n(Tucker) Kelly, natives of Rhode Island, and of\\nEnglish and Irish extraction. They moved after\\nmarriage to Sandusky Co., Ohio, where Louisa was\\nliorn. May 4, 1835. At the age of 16, she removed\\nwith her parents to Wood Co., Ohio, and there lived\\nuntil her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Brooke have had a\\nlarge family, 12 children; but the death roll is\\nlonger than the list of the living, and only five now\\nsurvive; Dora S., born Aug. 24, 1858; Louis Am-\\nr\\nV)", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "o\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^v :nii/ :ci] v---\\nG RA TIO T COUNTY.\\n-*4^^fl^\\nbroe, May4, i860; Alfred J., Jan. 30, 1867; Lillie\\nM., Nov. 15, 1868, and Emma L., Sept. 8, 1873.\\nThose who are now sleeping their last sleep are as\\nfollows: a baby which died in infancy; Etta B., born\\nNov. 28, 1863, died Feb. 18, 1865; Alta L., born\\nMay 13, 1862, died May 18, 1862; Josei)h M., born\\nMarch 17, 1870, died Aug. 1, 1870; Wilson, born Jan.\\n10, 1872, died April 24, 1872 Moody, born Aug. 27,\\n1875, died Sept. 10, 1875.\\nMr. Brooke is a member of Ithaca Lodge, No. 1140,\\nK. of H., and in politics is an ardent Republican.\\nMrs. Brooke is a conscientious member of the M. E.\\nChurch of Ithaca.\\n^^l^dwin Hopkinson, farmer, section 20, North\\n^^K Star Township, is a native of Nottingham-\\n^E^ shire, Eng., and was born April 16, 1835\\nJC his father was William Hopkinson, also a na-\\ntive of that country. Mr. H., the subject of\\nJ this sketch, emigrated to this country in 1854,\\nfirst locating in Lyons, N. Y,, then, in 1865, in Han-\\ncock Co., Ohio, and finally, in 1870, in this county,\\nwhere he has since lived, and where he owns 80\\nacres of good farming land, following agriculture and\\nraising stock. He was married Jan. 5, 1865, to Miss\\nEleanor, daughter of James Turnbull (deceased), a\\nnative of Scotland. She is a native of Wayne Co.,\\nN. Y. Their three children are, Mary E., Elmer E.,\\ndeceased, and William V.\\nPolitically, Mr. Hopkinson is a Republican.\\n1 homas Grover, a prominent farmer, resid-\\ning on section 2, Arcada Township, was\\nborn in Southampton, Eng., June 17, 1839;\\nand is the son of Thomas and Maria (Sher-\\nwood) Grover, natives of Yorkshire, Eng.\\nThomas Grover was by occupation a carriage\\nsmith, and came to this country in 1850, locating in\\nNew York State. Two years later he came to this\\nState, where he died, at his home on section 2,\\nArcada Township, Aug. 27, 1877, at the age of\\n65. His wife now resides at St. Louis, in this\\ncounty, at the age of 68.\\nThe subject of this sketch was 1 1 years old when\\nhis parents came to this country, and he came with\\nthem to Lenawee Co., Mich. At the age of 17, he\\nleft the parental roof and worked as a laborer on va-\\nrious farms until he brought up in Linn Co., Iowa,\\nwhere, at Paris, Sept. 29, 1865, he was married to\\nMargaret, daughter of Alexander and Phebe (Sutton)\\nBurnham, natives of Ohio. They moved to Kansas,\\nand Mr. Burnham enlisted in the Mexican war. He\\ndied in April, 1848. His wife now resides in Kan-\\nsas, aged 58.\\nOne year after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Grover\\ncame to Michigan, shortly after returning to Linn\\nCo., Iowa, where he was for a time in the cattle bus-\\niness. He bought and sold two or three farms, and\\nfinally, in the winter of 1878, came to Gratiot County\\nand settled on 90 acres of his father s place. He\\nafterwards purchased 40 acres, and now has in the\\naggregate 130 acres of good farming land, partly im-\\nproved. He has erected a neat residence, and a\\nsubstantial barn.\\nMr. and Mrs. Grover have had nine children,\\neight of whom survive P. Maria, Howard A.,\\nAnna M., Mary A., Frank N., Thomas S., Perry M.\\nand Henry H. (deceased). In political sentiment,\\nMr. Grover is not partisan, but at elections he exer-\\ncises his best judgment.\\n\u00c2\u00abl| -$s\\nc\\nA\\nll^harles C. Proctor, farmer, section 31,\\nh^=^ North Shade Township, was the son of\\nJeremiah and Marindia (Carnahan) Proctor,\\n^K natives of New York, where the mother died.\\nThe father died in Clinton County, this State,\\nin 1855, at the advanced age of 76 years.\\nTlie subject of our sketch was born Dec. 9, 1815,\\nin Brookfield Co., N. Y., and remained under the\\nparental roof-tree until he was 29 years of age. He\\nfollowed the trade of a cooper until he moved to\\nIonia County, this State. Here he remained for\\neight years, when he came to this county and located,\\nin the year 1855, on 85 acres of land on section 31,\\nNorth Shade Township, and now has 55 acres of the\\nsame under good improvement.\\nMr. Proctor may be considered one of the ])ioneer\\nsettlers of the county, and as such he has certainly\\nexperienced numerous trials and difficulties in build-\\ning a home in the then wilderness and battling and\\novercoming all obstacles.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0~mf^ i^^-^ ^D H M\\n\u00c2\u00a3i.\\nS^:\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "i\\niT^^^i^\\ntr-^\\ntlll\u00c2\u00a7PII i\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acSr\\nJ\\nV\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\n277\\nHe was- married to Miss Charlotte E., daughter of\\nJohn and Julia (McLeod) Nichols, April iS, 1844.\\nMr. Nichols was a native of Germany, who emi-\\ngrated to America at an early day. He was captured\\nby the British and taken to Canada, and escaped by\\nswimming the Niagara River. He died in the State\\nof New York. Mrs. Nichols was a native of New\\nYork, and died in the same State.\\nMr. and Mrs. Proctor are the parents of two chil-\\ndren one son, George W., married Miss Lydia Ka-\\nnounse, and one daughter, Julia M., now Mrs. Will-\\niam Burk.\\nMr. Proctor has been Justice of the Peace five\\nyears, and also Supervisor. The wife and husband\\nare members of the United Brethren organization,\\nand are respected and esteemed citizens of the town-\\nship. Mr. P. is a Republican in political opinion.\\njjilliam Stonebrook, farmer, section 24,\\nNorth Shade Township, is a son of\\nFrederick and Sarah (Cline) Stonebrook,\\nK^ natives of Union Co., Penn., who came to\\naT^ Ohio in the year 1822, settling first in Wayne\\nCounty and afterward in Holmes County, where\\nMr. S. died. He was a carpenter by trade. Mrs. S.\\ndied in Indiana.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Aug. 18, 1822,\\nin Union Co., Penn. When he became of age he\\nengaged in chopping for about six months in In-\\ndiana he then returned lo Ohio and married he\\nmoved from Wood Co., Ohio, to Gratiot Co., Mich.,\\nin 1865, locating on section 24, North Shade Town-\\nship, on 160 acres of wild land; of this he has now\\n95 acres in good cultivation. In the summer of\\n1883 he erected a fine brick house, at a cost of\\nnearly $2,000.\\nMr. Stonebrook married Miss Belinda, first daughter\\nof Michael and Hannah (Shotwell) First; her mother\\nwas a native of New Jersey, and her father of Penn-\\nsylvania the latter was a brewer by occupation, but\\nalso followed agriculture to some extent. After the\\nabove marriage, Mr. and Mrs. F. moved from Penn-\\nsylvania to Ohio, locating in Wayne County in 1819:\\nthey are both now deceased. Mrs. F. died in Wayne\\nCo., Ohio, and Mr. F. in Gratiot Co., Mich.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Stonelnook are.\\n-vtuaa fe^\\n^^-S^ZTZrajv\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^DD\\nK Ty\\\\ j Catharine A. Walker, residing on sec-\\nS^^. tion 25, Arcada Township, was born in\\n1^ Stark Co., Ohio, Jan. 8, 1828; and is the\\ndaughter of Abraham and Barbara (Myers)\\nVan Nostrand, natives of Pennsylvania and of\\nGerman descent. Abraham Van Nostrand re-\\nmoved to Stark Co., Ohio, and afterwards to Tuscar-\\nawas County, where he died, in 1843. Mrs. Van\\nNostrand died in the same county in 1844. Cath-\\narine was thus left an orphan at 15, and she went to\\nlive with her uncle. Sept. 20, 1848, she was united\\nin marriage to John, son of Silas and Margaret (Peo-\\nples) Walker, natives of New England, and of Irish\\nand English descent. Silas Walker was a mechanic\\nand farmer, and removed to Ohio, where he died a\\nnumber of years ago, and his wife in 1879, at the\\nadvanced age of 81. John Walker was born Sept.\\n28, 1824, and passed his boyhood days on his father s\\nfarm in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. Here he was mar-\\nried.\\nFifteen years after marriage, and eight years after\\nthey came to Michigan, he enlisted, Oct. 4. 1864, in\\nCo. C, 29th Mich. Vol. Inf. He died in the service,\\nJuly 6, 1865, at .\\\\nderson, Tenn. He had made a\\nsettlement in 1856, on 80 acres on section 25, Arcada\\nTownship, and since his death, with the aid of her\\ntwo sons, she has nicely improved 70 acres. Samuel\\nL. Walker was born April 25, 1857; and Joshua C.\\nwas born Aug. 4, 1859. They are energetic and in-\\ntelligent young men, and liked by all who know them.\\nMrs. Walker has three other children living: Celes-\\ntia Pickard, born Sept. 27, 1849, and now residing at\\nMt. Pleasant, Isabella County Henry L., born Sept.\\nII, 1852, residing at the same place; and J. Albert,\\nborn June 12, 1864, also residing at Mt. Pleasant,\\nMich. She has lost three children Mary M.,\\nborn March 31, 1850, and died Sept. 25, 1852;\\nMargaret J., born Dec. 12, 1854, and died March 26,\\ni\\nJames H., Elizabeth, Michael, Sarah, Samuel J.,\\nAdolphus A. and Margaret J. The parents are\\nmembers of the Baptist Church. Mr. S. has always V^\\nbeen a Democrat in [wlitical views, and he has held\\nthe office of Assessor of his school district. y^\\nA\\nk\\n(5,-N\\nto)", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "3is/^D)^#^\\n278\\n:2#\u00e2\u0082\u00acS^\\nJ\\nI\\n1\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-^^^5f(^\\\\l\\n1856; and Silas M., born Juue 11, 1861, and died\\nNov. 19, 1865. Mrs. Walker is a member of the\\nChristian Chifch, to which also her husband be-\\nlonged. He was politically a Republican.\\nilfred A. Gross, farmer, section 2, Hamilton\\nTownship, is a son of Jouah Gross, de-\\nceased, a native of the State of Massachusetts\\nand where, in the town of Enfield, Hampshire\\nCounty, Alfred was born, \\\\pril 14, 1831. The\\nfather removed his fi)mily to Oakland County,\\nthis State, in 1831, and here the son assisted on the\\nfarm, attended the common and subscription schools,\\nreceiving a fair education and developing into man-\\nhood.\\nMr. Gross was married April 15, 1857, to Rhoda\\nM., daughter of 7\\\\nson Dayton, deceased, and in\\n1865 came with her husband to this county. They\\nlocated in the woods and commenced the arduous\\ntask, so familiar to the old pioneers of the county, of\\nimproving their land for a future home for themselves\\nand children. Their trials and troubles were similar\\nto those of many others identified with the early set-\\ntlement of the county energetically did they, each\\none doing his or her part, battle against all difficul-\\nties, until at last victory was theirs, and they are\\nnow the possessors of 320 acres of land and have\\nfour children Frank J., Warren E., Carrie W., and\\nLucy, to gladden their hearts in their declining years.\\nIn addition to his landed estate Mr. Gross owns\\nand runs a shingle mill on section i, Hamilton Town-\\nship. Politically, he is a zealous Democrat.\\n-f\\ncFFWl il ^i* Burgess (deceased) was a farmer\\n1^^^:. on section 24, Arcada Township; was\\nVil^n^ born in New York State March 21, 1828,\\nJ|| i and died in Arcada Township, March 22,\\nil V\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^1^ 1880, leavnig a mournmg wife and a family\\nof four. His early boyhood was spent on the\\nfarm in his native State, and when a young man he\\nwent to Lawrence Co., Ohio. He afterward went to\\nWood County, in the same State, where he was mar-\\nried. May 20, 1842.\\nHe came to Gratiot County in 1854, and was one\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m^\\n^m\\nof the very first settlers in Arcada Township, build-\\ning the third log house in that township. He was a\\nprogressive farmer, an upright citizen, and a pleasant\\nneighbor. He was a member of the Christian Church\\nand a supporter of the Republican party. He was\\noften chosen to office by his fellow citizens, and al-\\nways gave satisfaction.\\nHis wife, Ruth, nee Hathaway, was the daughter of\\nDaniel and Polly (Marick) Hathaway, natives of\\nMassachusetts, and of English ancestry. Daniel\\nHathaway was by trade a ship carpenter, learning\\nthat work in Massachusetts. He moved to Paines-\\nville, Ohio, below Cleveland, and afterwards to Wood\\nCo., Ohio, where he died about 1852, at the age of\\n60. Polly (Marick) Hathaway died in the same\\ncounty, in 1867. Ruth was born in Geauga Co.,\\nOhio, April 15, 1824, and when 13 years old her par-\\nents removed to Wood County, where she was mar-\\nried.\\nMr. and Mrs. Burgess had a family of eight, four\\nof whom survive: Mary A., born July 29, 1843;\\nGeorge B., Sept. 8, 1855 Willie B., May 4, 1864;\\nand Lora, Sept. 18, 1867. The deceased are John\\nWilliam, born May 21, 1842, and died June 11, 1842\\nLora A., born April 21, 1846, and died Sept. 15,\\n1857; Rovvena, born May 15, 1850, and died April\\n18, 1870; John A., born May 15, 1850, and died\\nTune II, 1879. Mrs. Burgess still survives, and is a\\nmember of the Christian Church.\\nartin Grill, farmer, seel ion 30, North Shade\\ni! Township, was born Sept. 15, 1830, in\\ni Pennsylvania. His parents, John and\\nSarah (Funck) Grill, were also natives of\\ny the Keystone State, and the former followed the\\noccupation first of butcher and then of cooper\\nand farmer. In 1839 they left Pennsylvania and\\ncame to Ohio and lived for one year in Stark County.\\nIn 1840 they moved to Summit County, where they\\nli\\\\ed until their death, Mr. Grill dying in 1867, and\\nMrs. Grill in 1876.\\nMartin Grill remained under the parental roof\\nuntil he was about 21 years old, when he went to\\nIllinois and for a time was engaged in farming. He\\nspent one year in a saw-mill at Decatur, 111., after\\nwhich he went to Indiana and stopped with his\\nA", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "^y^.^-./^^t^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": ".y^. ^^c^C^T^s//", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "V", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "Hsr^^^^\\nJ^\\nA^W^M-^W\\nTT\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-8%.\\nI^ S^S^^\\nr^\\nT\\n4\\nV\\n5.\\nt\\nV.\\n279\\nbrother for a short time, and after this he returned to\\nliis home in Ohio. He remained at home lielping\\nhis father on the farm and in the mill until he was\\nabout 25 years of age. In the mill, our subject did\\nsome of the hardest work that ever falls to man to\\nperform, as the mill was kept running day and night\\nfor a great part of the year. He was married to\\nRachel Ludwick, daughter of Samuel and Mary E.\\n(Dick) Ludwick, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lud-\\nwick followed farming in his native State, and later\\nin life moved to Summit Co., Ohio, where they both\\npassed the remainder of their days, the former dying\\nin 1855, and the latter in 1856.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Grill have been born ten chil-\\ndren, as follows Mary S., Hiram W., Amanda E.,\\nEliza J., Henry D.. Emma J., Martha, Martin,\\nChadie W. and Clara E.\\nMr. Grill came to Gratiot County in 1868 and lo-\\ncated upon section 30, North Shad^Township, where\\nhe has a good farm. He is regarded as a man of\\ngood Judgment by his neighbors, and as being a fair,\\nupright and honorable citizen, as is evinced by the\\npeople of his district having chosen him as Assessor\\nfor 14 terms in succession.\\nMr. G. has suffered twice from the enmity of the\\nelements. July 3, 1859, the lightning struck and\\ntotally demolished his father s barn, the contents of\\nwhich belonged to Martin. March 12, 187 1, his\\nhouse was burned, and almost all the household\\ngoods were also consumed.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nW^\\nm ohn L. Richards, farmer, section New-\\nJ^- ark Township, was born July 7, 1844, in\\nPennsylvania. He is a son of John and\\nRachel (Fry) Richards, both of whom were\\nnatives of the Keystone State, were there mar-\\nried and resided 14 years. In 1846 they re-\\nmoved to Ohio, and there belonged to the farming\\nclass. In the spring of 1871 they came to Gratiot\\nCounty and settled in the township of Newark, where\\nthey still reside.\\nMr. Richards was a child of two years when his\\n|)arents located in the Buckeye State, where he grew\\nto the age of 18 years, engaged in assisting on the\\nfarm, and acquiring a fair education in the common\\nschools. Roused to a sense of the necessity pressing\\n^i^f\u00c2\u00bb-\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ryy\\n^:D!1\\nupon the authorities of the United States Government\\nunder the stringencies of civil war, he yielded to his\\nconvictions of duty and enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, in the\\nI nth Reg. Ohio Vol. Inf, and served his country\\nunder that enrollment three years. He was in the\\nbattle of Hough s Ferry, Tenn., and, while on picket\\nguard at Lenoir Station, he, wiih 51 of his comrades,\\nwas captured by the rebels, and conducted to At-\\nlanta, Ga., where they were held two weeks, and\\nthen removed to Pemberton Castle, Richmond, and\\na month later were incarcerated at Belle Isle. They\\nbecame inmates of the latter place on the first day of\\nJanuary, 1864, and there remained until March 12,\\nwhen they were transferred to the stockade prison at\\nAndersonville, where their sufferings were in no sense\\nor degree less than those of the myriads who suc-\\ncumbed to the horrors of the place, or of those whose\\nendurance proved equal to such frightful experiences\\nas cannot be equaled on the recorded pages of\\nhuman suffering. The very name of Andersonville\\nmust cause a shudder while time endures! After\\nseven months of horror they were sent to Savannah,\\nand later to Milan, whence, after a month, they\\nwere ordered to be transferred to Blockshire, Ga.\\nWhile on their way thither the train was intercepted,\\nand 250 starved, ragged, forlorn human creatures, of\\nwhom ]Mr. Richards was one, were paroled and sent\\nto the camp at Annapolis. Two weeks later they\\nwere furloughed, and Mr. Richards returned to his\\nhome in Ohio. In six weeks he was exchanged and\\nrejoined his regiment. His health was too much\\nimpaired for active service, and he was on detached\\nduty until the close of the war. On the expiration\\nof his term of enrollment, he was discharged at\\nCleveland, Ohio, whence he returned home.\\nMr. Richards was married Dec. 28, 1S65, to Sarah\\nD., youngest daughter of Asa and Jane (Staples)\\nRichardson. The father was a native of Vermont,\\nthe mother of Maine. Of this marriage, four chil-\\ndren have been born Earl C, Alice I., Tacie A.\\nand Laura M.\\n.\\\\fter his becoming a family man, Mr. Richards\\ncontinued to reside in Ohio until 1870. In that\\nyear, he removed his family and interests to Gratiot\\nCo., Mich., and bought 40 acres of land in Newark\\nTownsliii). Of this he has already cleared and\\nplaced 35 acres under creditable cultivation. He is\\na Republican of unmistakable type, and has served\\n:iltl i\\nii^\\nr\\nm\\nm^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "280\\n^t\u00c2\u00a7^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V I1I1^I1I1^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^-M\\nV\\nhis township in several official positions to which he\\nhas been elected. He received an appointment in\\n1880 to fill a vacancy as Township Clerk, and has\\nbeen since twice elected to the same incumbency,\\nwhich he now holds. A branch of the body known\\nas the Union Prisoners of War Association, desig-\\nnated the Camp of Gratiot County, has been estab-\\nlished therein, of which Mr. Richards is President.\\nHimself and wife are members of rhe United Breth-\\nren Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A ^A,^^P-^^g\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V^/^~-\\npenry Simmon, farmer, section 16, Hamil-\\nton Township, is a son of John Simmon\\n(deceased), who resided in Adams Co., Pa\\nand where the subject of our sketch was born,\\nAug. 26, 1826.\\nThe father moved to Stark Co., Ohio, while\\nHenry was yet a child, locating on a farm. Here the\\nchild remained, developing into manhood while as-\\nsisting the f.Tther on the farm and attending the com\\nmon schools, receiving his education in the una-\\ndorned, rudely constructed pioneer log school-house\\nso well remembered by the early settlers of that\\nState.\\nMr. Simmon came to this County in 1855, and set-\\ntled on section 9, Hamilton Township, since which\\ntime he has constantly resided in the township. He\\nhas experienced all the trials and struggles as well\\nas some of the pleasures of the early settler. His\\nhome was located in the woods, distant from neigh-\\nbors and friends the nights were made hideous by\\nthe howling of wolves, the crying of the wild-cat\\nand panther, and the more timid portion of the fam-\\nily were continually in awe of the visitation of prowl-\\ning Indians; his cabin contained mother earth for a\\nfloor, dry leaves for a bed and the rudely constructed\\nfire-place for cooking; wintered his cattle four years\\non browse which he procured by chopping down\\nthe trees; at one time carried 100 pounds of flour\\non his back 12 miles to satisfy the hunger of his\\nfamily. Here he lived and worked and prospered.\\nMr. Simmon enlisted in the late war, in Co. I, 23d\\nMich. Inf and was engaged in the battles of John-\\nsonville, Columbia and Nashville. He has been\\nTownshi]i Treasurer for five years is a member of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church and the G. A. R.\\nt\\nDec. 19, 1848, Mr. Simmon was married to Miss\\nJulia A., daughter of John Muffly, of this county.\\nThey have had ten children, seven of whom are liv-\\ning, as follows Magaret J., Susan, Sarah E., John J.,\\nLucinda, William H. and Eva N.\\nVi,\\nmery V. Dean, farmer, section 19, Newark\\n;;la^^ Township, was born Dec. 11, i85i,in the\\n0 2^ State of New York. He is a son of Amos\\n4$^ and Betsey (Ludlow) Deaii, the former a native\\nI of Vermont, the latter of the State of New\\nJ York, where they settled and resided until\\n1857, in which year they came to Michigan and lo-\\ncated in Ionia County, where the father died in the\\nfollowing year.\\nMr. Dean left home to try the world alone at the\\nage of 16 years, and passed the ensuing ten years as\\na farm laborer. In 1862 he came to Gratiot County,\\nand, in the summer of 1877, he purchased 80 acres\\nof land in its original condition on section 19 of\\nNewark Township, where he has since resided and\\noperated as a farmer. He has placed 40 acres of\\nhis land under improvements and cultivation. He\\nhas made creditable progress in placing liis farm in\\na state suitable for successful farming during the\\nbrief period it has been in his possession. In politi-\\ncal belief and effort, Mr. Dean is a Republican.\\nHe was married in Newark Township, April 9,\\n1882, to Mary M., youngest daughter of Chester and\\nSophronia (Wade) Howland. Her parents were na-\\ntives respectively of the counties of Oneida and Or-\\nleans, N. Y. The father was a lineal descendant of\\nJohn Howland, one of the Mayflower pilgrims, and\\nMrs. Dean is a member of the ninth generation in\\ndirect descent from her pilgrim ancestor. Mr. and\\nMrs. Howland came to Michigan in its early period,\\nand first settled in Lenawee Connty, where they re-\\nsided 20 years, removing thence to Hillsdale County,\\nand in the summer of 187 i came to Gratiot County.\\nThey bought 40 acres of land in section 20, Newark\\nTownship. Mr. Howland had placed 25 acres under\\nimprovement, and erected good and suitable farm\\nbuildings on his farm, where he resided until his\\ndeath, which occurred March 29, 1S82. Mrs. How-\\nland resides on the liomestead. The Howlands are\\na remarkably long-lived race. Chester I lowland was\\nKy\\nn\\n^II!15^Ptl\\nvt.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^xy-\\n-5?^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "i\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "I\\nt\\n=1\\nV\\na\\nitf\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^tltl\u00c2\u00bb:nil^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nilf^^^\\none of seven children, and there was no death in the\\nthe family until that of the mother, which occurred\\non the day the youngest of the family was 50 years\\nold. Mrs. Dean is one of five children born to her\\nparents, four of whom are living. George A. died\\nwhen three years old. He was the fourth child.\\nThe others are: Achsah L., Martha L. and Sarah E.\\nMrs. Dean was born May 15, 1865, in Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich.\\njichael Pollasky, commission merchant at\\nAlma, was born Nov. 16, 1832, in Hun-\\ngary, of which country his parents, Mi-\\nchael and Rebecca (Blitz) Pollasky, were\\nnatives. The son was a Lieutenant in the\\nHungarian army and engaged in the futile\\nstruggle of Hungary for independence. After the\\nfailure of the effort to assert the claims of that peo-\\nple to the right of self-government, Mr. Pollasky,\\nwith his wife and children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rosa and Max\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and ac-\\ncompanied with his father, mother and sister Han-\\nnah, emigrated to America. On reaching the New\\nWorld they made a stay of eight months in Newark,\\nN. J., and removed thence to Detroit, where the\\nfather is still a resident. The mother died there\\nDec. 25, 1879.\\nMr. Pollasky was about ij, years of age when\\nhe arrived in the United States. He came to\\nWayne Co., Mich., where he rented a farm and en-\\ngaged in agricultural pursuits, doing a considerable\\nbusiness as a dairyman. This he followed two and\\na half years, and subsequently went to Detroit,\\nwhere he engaged in the manufacture of shoes about\\na year and a half. This period was a time of trial,\\nas circumstances were unfavorable, and the venture\\ndid not prove remunerative. His next business was\\nas a merchant in the Lake Superior country, where\\nhe operated two years. In the fall of 1863 he came\\nto Alma, and, associated with another man, again em-\\nbarked on the sea of trade. His choice of a bus-\\niness partner was unfortunate, and their affairs be-\\ncame so involved that the stock of the concern was\\nsurrendered to satisfy creditors. Mr. Pollasky re-\\nceived a receipt in full for all his liabilities and again\\nopened accounts with the world, with a determined\\nresolution to continue to struggle manfully for suc-\\ncess. His outfit comprised a disposition to make all\\nI\\npossible effort, and a faithful, helpful wife. He man-\\naged to establish himself again in mercantile pur-\\nsuits, to wliich he added lumbering, and conducted\\nhis joint business interests with satisfactory results\\nuntil 1873, when shrinkage of values and the crowd-\\ning necessities of a large family made heavier de-\\nmand upon his resources than his business warranted,\\nand he began the manufacture of tubs and pails,\\nwhich promised to be fairly remunerative. He suf-\\nfered heavy losses from fire, his stock and establish-\\nment being seriously damaged three times in succes-\\nsion with no insurance this, coupled with his inex-\\nperience, brought such disaster that he was compelled\\nto sell his interests. His son bought his stock and\\nfixtures and the business was transferred to St. Jo-\\nseph, Mich., where Mr. Pollasky again made an\\neffort to reinstate himself and win success. Disaster\\nagain overtook him, despite his efforts to avert it, and\\nhe made an assignment for the benefit of his cred-\\nitors. In 1877 he engaged in trade as a produce\\nand commission merchant at Alma, and his final\\nventure has met with the success which his indom- f^\\nitable courage and cheerful, hopeful contest with ad-\\nverse fate deserves.\\nHe is a member of the Older of Masonry, and\\nalso belongs to The Sons of Covenants. He is a\\ndecided Republican in political tendency. Was Vil-\\nlage President three terms, and has held other local\\noffices.\\nMr. Pollasky was married in his native country\\nMarch 15, 1852, to Celia, daughter of Emanuel and\\nSarah Wix, all of whom were born in Hungary.\\nMrs. Pollasky was born April 12, 1831. Of her mar-\\nriage, six children have been born,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Moses, Rosa,\\nMax, Frank, Marcus and Anna. The first-named\\ndied in infancy. Rosa died when 13 years of age.\\nThe parents are members of the Mosaic Church.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Pollasky is presented on an-\\nother page.\\nO\\njte amuel Bigelow, druggist, general merchant\\nand dealer in agricultural implements at f\\nEstella, was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., g|:.,.\\nMarch 7, 1827. His father, Samuel L. Bige- gS\\nlow, was a native of Nev/ York, and directly\\ndescended from the Puritan fathers. His\\nmother, Catharine (Van Cordon) Bigelow, was also a\\nr- ^K^^I]!] ^:DDv Ar^:5 C^^\\n~m^i^-^_", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "i|V\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^ i\u00c2\u00ab\\n^T^UnUi^!^\\n-4^^f(\u00c2\u00ae^\\nd.\\ni\\n1\\n(s\\n284\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nnative of New York, and was descended from the\\nfirst Dutch settlers of Manhattan Island. She is\\nclosely connected with the family of Anneke Jans, a\\nGerman lady who willed or leased to Trinity Church,\\nof New York City, a great part of the land on which\\nthe city is situated, including the Astor and Stewart\\nproperty. The case of the Anneke Jans heirs has\\nbecome famous in the last few years, and may be\\nunsettled for a generation to came. Several of the\\nancestral connections of Samuel Bigelow were in the\\nRevolution, and he has a cane cut by an uncle from\\na hickory tree that grew up within the fortifications\\nof Ticonderoga. It was cut just after Col. Ethan\\nAllen and Benedict Arnold captured that important\\npost from the British. He has also an oil portrait\\nnearly 100 years old, of his paternal grandfather,\\nwho was a prominent minister in the Baptist Church.\\nThe subject of this narrative remained in Steuben\\nCounty until nearly nine years old, when his father\\nremoved to Yates County and settled on Crooked\\nLake, one of the pleasant bodies of water so numer-\\nous in that section. Here he grew into manhood,\\nworking in his father s mills and stores until 21 years\\nof age, and receiving his education in the Yates\\nCounty Academy. Leaving home, he was for two\\nyears employed as buying and selling agent by the\\nYates County Linseed Oil Company. Thence he\\ncame to Grand Rapids, this State, and for five years\\nhe was employed as clerk in a store and as teacheT\\nin the common schools of Kent County. Next\\nhe went to Ottawa County, and farmed until 1861.\\nMoving to Ravenna, Muskegon County, he was in\\nmercantile life for three years. He then sold out,\\nand, with his wife, spent one year in making a tour\\nof Canada and the New England States. In Decem-\\nber, 1866, he found himself in Gratiot County, and\\nfor a time he taught school. For several years sub-\\nsequent he was in the employ of Mr. Tucker, a mer-\\nchant of Estella, and he then started a store of his\\nown. He carries a moderate stock of goods, and\\ndoes an annual business of about $1,500.\\nOct. 12, 1853, in Kent County, this State, he was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Hannah Walcott. She\\nwas a native of Canada, was born May 14, 1835, and\\ndied at her home in Estella, in February, i86g. He\\nwas again married, at Estella, Jan. 21, 187 i, to Miss\\nDora Bell, daughter of George S. Bell. She was a\\nnative of Ohio, and died Nov. 12, 1873, leaving two\\nchildren. Alberta and George S.\\nMr. B. is a member of Elm Hall Lodge, No. 257,\\nF. A. M., and of Ithaca Chapter, No. 70, R. A. M.\\nHe has for some time been Secretary of the lodge.\\nHe has held the offices of Justice of the Peace and\\nTownship Clerk for several years each, and is now\\nNotary Public. Politically, Mr. B. is very liberal in\\nhis views, but leans toward the Democratic party.\\n-W^^^^^^^^\\nnQ\\\\!5.;;}aniel W. Altenburg, farmer and County\\n:iii- Surveyor, was born in Wyoming Co., N.\\niif Y., May 5, 1834; and is a son of Daniel\\nI\\nrv^^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7i#-\\n;u was a native of New York, of Holland de-\\nS scent, and ha? followed farming all his life.\\nIn the fall of 1839, he moved to Ll^nion Township,\\nDe Kalb Co., Ind.; and he was one of the pioneers\\nof that county. His family was the fifth in the\\ntownship. He afterwards removed to the county\\nseat. Auburn, where, in comfortable circumstances,\\nhe now lives a retired life. He is 74 years old, and\\nthe second oldest pioneer in De Kalb County. He\\nis an active member of the M. E. Church, and has\\nbeen Class-leader for many years. Sarah Latson was\\na native of Genesee County, and of New England\\nancestry. She moved to De Kalb Co., Ind., in\\n1834, and died in Union Township May 22, 1863.\\nShe had always been a faithful Christian, and her\\ndeath was an example to all unbelievers. She passed\\naway rejoicing, and admonishing her children to\\nserve the Lord and keep his commandments. She\\nleft nine children, all of whom are yet living, in good\\ncircumstances, and occupying positions of trust and\\nhonor. One is a prominent attorney at Little Rock,\\nArk., and has represented his county in the Arkansas\\nLegislature. Four served their country during the\\nRebellion, and were honorably discharged.\\nThe subject of this sketch, when six months old,\\nwas taken by his parents to Sandusky Co., O., and four\\nyears later to De Kalb Co., Ind., where they settled\\nin Union Township. They found themselves in a\\ndense wilderness, and Daniel being the oldest son,\\nas he grew up much of the labor of clearing and im-\\nproving a farm in a new country devolved upon him.\\nHis educational advantages were therefore limited;\\nbut, being of a persevering disposition, he attended\\nschool during his less busy winters, and thus, with\\n|]ti; i^\\nVi and Sarah (Latson) Altenburg. His father\\nV)", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "-21^^ ^7C^DIl :Dll^ T^e :i^^\\n4^^^\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT\\nI\\n1\\nV\\n(f^\\nthe help of miscellaneous reading, he acquired a fair\\neducation. During the last two years that he lived\\nat home, he was an engineer on the Elk River Val-\\nley railroad, which runs through De Kalb County.\\nFeb. i8, 1855, he was married to Sophia, daughter\\nof Lanslot and Maria (Truman) Ingman, native^)\\nrespectively of Fairfield Co., Ohio, and London,\\nEngland; and of English and German descent. Mr.\\nIngman followed farming most of his life, but was\\nalso for some time a cabinet-maker. He removed to\\nDe Kalb Co., Ind., m 1836, very early in its history,\\nhe and his brothers being the first two settlers near\\nAuburn and in connection with his brother-in-law,\\nWesley Parks, located and platted the present city\\nof Auburn. He was for many years a prominent\\nman, and for some time Justice of the Peace. In\\nthat place Mr. Ingman died, Dec. 2, 1874; Mrs.\\nIngman May 26, 1883; and their only daughter be-\\nsides Sophia, but a little later. Sophia (Ingman)\\nAltenburg was born Feb. i, 1838, in Auburn, Ind.,\\nand was the third white child born in that place.\\nShe lived in Auburn with her parents until eight,\\nyears of age, when her father traded his cabinet shop\\nand village property for a farm near by, to which\\nthey all removed. There she was reared and edu-\\ncated and married.\\nMr. and Mrs. Altenburg moved to the county seat\\nhe having been chosen County Surveyor, resided\\nthere for ten years. For five years of this time he\\nwas County Surveyor, and he surveyed nearly\\nthe whole county. He finally resigned, not wish-\\ning to serve under a Democratic administration.\\nOct. 18, 1864, he enlisted in Co. M, ist Ind.\\nVol. Heavy Art., under Capt. Samuel E. Arm-\\nstrong and Col. Canby. He was at New Orleans\\nand at the taking of Mobile, and was honorably\\ndischarged at New Orleans, Oct. 24, 1865. Selling\\nhis property in Auburn, he came to this State and\\ncounty, and located on 80 acres on section 17, New-\\nark Township. Here he resided 17 years, brought\\n64 acres to a high state of cultivation and drainage,\\nand built a very fine brick residence. His farm was\\nknown as one of the model farms of Gratiot County.\\nHe made maple sugar very extensively, producing\\nannually from 3,500 to 4,500 pounds. Aug. 4, 1883,\\nhe sold his farm in Newark Township; and Aug. 10,\\nhe purchased So acres on section 25, Arcada Town-\\nship, where he now resides. He has a good location,\\nand is fast making a fine farm, 46 acres being al-\\nready improved.\\nMr. and Mrs. Altenburg have a family of seven, as\\nfollows: Frank F., born April lo, 1856; .\\\\raminta,\\nApril 18, 185S; Henry I., Oct. 4, 1862; Maria E.,\\nJan. 19, 1867 William L., July 3, 1871 Orville L.,\\nDec. 21, 1876; and Daniel T., Dec. 10, 1878. Mr.\\nand Mrs. A. are members of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, and active workers for Christianity. All\\ntheir family have been brought up under careful re-\\nligious influences.\\nMr. Altenburg is a member of Ithaca Lodge, No.\\n216, I. O. O. F. Politically he is a staunch Repub-\\nlican. He has always commanded the respect of\\nhis fellow citizens, and although he is not an office-\\nseeker he has occupied many positions of honor. In\\n1867, he was appointed Deputy County Surveyor, and\\nthe following year he was elected County Surveyor.\\nExcepting one term, he has held one of these two\\noffices continuously to the present time. He has\\nbeen School Director two years, and Notary Public\\nfor the same length of time. In January, 187 i, the\\nBoard of Supervisors appointed him Drain Commis-\\nsioner, which office he retained for ten years. He\\nthen positively declined to serve longer.\\n^\\\\asji\u00c2\u00a3/\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n5^i|^,^Sfa/OTOTv.\\njCames Riddle, farmer, section 10, Emerson\\nTownship, was born in Ontario, Canada,\\nOct. 14, 1826, and is the son of Archibald\\nand Bethia (Marr) Riddle, natives of Scotland.\\nThey followed farming all their lives, first in\\nthe old country, and then in Ontario, Canada,\\nwhere they died, the father in 1873, the mother in\\nMay, 1880. James was brought up near London,\\nOntario, and remained as a laborer on his father s\\nfarm until 30 years of age. He received a fair edu-\\ncation in the common schools of Middlesex County.\\nIn 1856 he came to this State and county, and lo-\\ncated 240 acres of land in Emerson Township. He\\nspent two summers here and then returned to Can-\\nada, remaining six years.\\nDuring this period, March 29, 1866, at London,\\nCanada, he was married to Isabel, daughter of Will-\\niam and Margaret (Beattie) Scott, natives of Scot-\\nland. She was born in Westminster, Middlesex Co.,\\nOnt., April 28, 1834, and, receiving her education in\\nSi/\\nI\\n^f^ ^y^M :t:iii]i A^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "M)^rD\\n-6v ^od:^oiis v\\n-3\\n-\u00c2\u00abss\\n286\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nthe district schools of that county, remained at home\\nuntil her marriage. One year after that event, Mr.\\nand Mrs. Riddle came to this county and setded on\\nthe farm he had purchased in 1856. He now owns\\n120 acres, nearly all in an excellent state of cultiva-\\ntion, and has good buildings for residence, shelter of\\nstock, etc. Politically he is an earnest and influen-\\ntial Republican, and he has held the ofiSce of Over-\\nseer of Highways for some years. Mr. and Mrs.\\nRiddle are members of the Presbyterian Church,\\nare conscientious readers of the Bible, and actively\\ndevoted to the interests of Christianity.\\nk-..\\nilliam Marion Curtiss, farmer, section 11,\\nEmerson Township, was born in Wyoming\\nY-j Co., N. v., Jan. 8, 1852, and is the son of\\nWaterman F. and Sylvia (Cronkhite) Curtiss,\\nnatives of New York and of English descent.\\nHe resided in his native county until six years\\nold, when he came with his parents to this State, and\\nlocated on a farm in Ionia County. Here he received\\ntwo years schooling, and in February, 1 861, he came\\nwith his mother (his father having died in Ionia\\nCounty in i860) to this county and settled in Emer-\\nerson Township. From that on he gave his time to\\nattending school and to farming.\\nMarch 15, 1878, in Lafayette Township, he was\\nmarried to Catharine Mcintosh, daughter of Funley\\nand Ellen (Chisholm) Mcintosh, natives of Scot-\\nland, where they still live, on a farm. Catharine was\\nborn in Rothshire, March 29, 1859, and when 12\\nyears old came with her brother to this country and\\nlived with an uncle in Lafayette Township, Gratiot\\nCounty, until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss\\nsettled on 80 acres on section 1 1, Emerson Town-\\nship, in 1878. It was then heavily timbered, but of\\nthe 40 acres which they now own, 28 acres are now\\nunder the plow, and they have built a cozy little\\ndwelling-house. They are the parents of two chil-\\ndren: Nora E., born July 14, 1879; Arthur W., born\\nOct. 4, 1 88 1. They are members of the Presby-\\nterian Church. Mr. Curtiss is a young man of en-\\nterprise and judgment and stands deservedly high in\\nhis community. In politics he votes with the Repub-\\nlican party.\\n-^S V f6!\\nustin Shoup, farmer, section 8, North Shade\\nTs^m Township, is a son of Henry and Polly\\n-^(.V^ (Hilaiid) Shoup. The former was born in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ij^l Pennsylvania, in 1795, and died in Sandusky\\nCo., O., Jan. 14, 1875 Mrs. S. was born in\\nD1804, and died Jan. 10, 1879, in Sandusky\\nCo., Ohio.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born March 2,\\n1834, in Sandusky Co., Ohio, remaining with his\\nparents until he was 28 years of age, when he en-\\nlisted in Co. D, 128th Ohio Vol. Inf., and served two\\nyears in the Eastern army. He was on detached\\nduty at Johnson s Island, guarding prisoners of war.\\nHe was discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio, June 20,\\n1865. He then lived two years longer with his parents\\nnext, two years in Kent Co., Mich., then 19 months\\nin Kansas, then one year again in Kent County, and\\nfinally, in 187 i, lie came to Gratiot County, locating\\non 80 acres of land, on section 8, North Shade\\nTownship, where he has 60 acres in good tillable\\ncondition.\\nPolitically, Mr. S. is a Democrat, and he has been\\na school officer of his township a number of terms.\\nHe was married Jan. 5, 1868, to Miss Eunice,\\ndaughter of Edmund and Clarissa (Hoyt) Ring,\\nwho was born April 19, 1850, in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.\\nHer parents were natives of the State of New York,\\nwhence they moved to Ohio, then to Ionia, Mich.,\\nand finally to Kent Co., Mich., where they yet reside.\\nMr. and Mrs. Shoup s children are Flora B., Ed-\\nmund H. and Clara L.\\nsaac B. Ward, farmer and lumberman, resi-\\ndent on section 20, Sumner Township, is a\\nson of Lewis and Isabel (McLeod) Ward,\\nnatives of New England and of English and\\nScotch descent. Lewis Ward was by occupa-\\ntion a miller, and both he and wife are de-\\nceased.\\nThe subject of this memoir was born in Galway\\nTownship, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Feb. 21, 1829. Four\\nyears later his father moved to Lorain Co., Ohio,\\nwhere he lived 1 2 years. Thence he came to Eaton\\ns^\\nV)\\n-i^;^^ ^-i^;t|t)5^(H|i Z\\n-\u00c2\u00ae^7i;", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "V\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ns\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tii^\\n-\u00c2\u00abs^\\n28?\\nf\\ne\\nV\\nCo., Mich., where he died. After coming to this\\nState, Isaac B. worked out for himself among the\\nneighbors for about six years, and then went to Ionia\\nCounty.\\nIn North Plains Township, that county, Oct. 14,\\n185 1, he was united in marriage to Miss Lovena,\\ndaughter of Harvey and Eliza A. (Freeman) Lewis,\\nnatives of Pennsylvania and of German descent.\\nShe was born Oct. 8, 1834, and came with her\\nparents to Livingston Co., Mich., and then to Mont-\\ncalm County. Thence she went to Ionia County and\\nworked as a domestic until her marriage.\\n.^fter living in North Plains Township five years,\\nMr. and Mrs. Ward came to Gratiot County and lo-\\ncated on 80 acres on section 20, Sumner Township,\\nafterwards purchasing 40 acres on section 29. He\\nhas seen many ot the peculiar experiences common\\nto pioneers. When he came the country was entirely\\nnew, and the only means of getting from place to\\nplace was by the Indian trails. He had to go 20\\nmiles to purchase supplies. He now has a fine farm\\nwith 80 acres well improved.\\nMr. and Mrs. W. have been the parents of four\\nchildren, three now surviving: Ackley L., born May\\n18, 1854; William W., April 18, 1856; Lemuel Jay,\\nMay 16, 1 86 1. A baby was born Jidy 3, 1852, and\\ndied in infancy. Mr. Ward is a member of Elm\\nHall Lodge, No. 257, F. A. M. He has held the\\noffices of Supervisor one year, Township Treasurer\\nthree years. Highway Commissioner eight years, and\\nother minor offices. In politics he is an ardent Re-\\npublican.\\nichard Foster, farmer, section 8, Washing-\\nton Township, is a son of Richard and\\nl Fanny (Hines) Foster, natives of Stafford-\\nf shire, England. Richard Foster was a lock\\nand gun smith, and died in London in 1852.\\nRichard, junior, was born in Wolverhampton, Staf-\\nfordshire, England, Oct. 10, 1822. When 21 he was\\napprenticed to his father s trade, and in 1852 he\\ncame to America. He lived three years in New\\nYork City, and then went to New Jersey, where he\\nenlisted in Co. D, tst U. S. Sharpshooters. He went\\nto the Army of the Potomac and fought in the seven\\ndays battle before Richmond, at Fredericksburg,\\nBull Run, Antietam, Frederick City and other places.\\nHe escaped unhurt, and held at the time of his dis-\\ncharge the position of Armory Sergeant of his regi-\\nment. He was discharged in front of Petersburg,\\nVa., Sept. 14, 1864. He keeps as a trophy a sabre\\nwhich he captured from a rebel Colonel. On leaving\\nthe service, Mr. Foster went first to New York, and\\nthen came to Gratiot County, locating on 80 acres on\\nsection 8, Washington I ownship. He has improved\\n35 acres, but has also worked at his trade in the\\nmean tin e.\\nIn August, 1847, he was married to Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of William and Martha (Dunch) Fletcher,\\nnatives of Kent and Middlesex, England. They\\nboth died in the old country, Mr. Fletcher having\\nbeen a hotel-keeper until his death. Mr. and Mrs.\\nFoster have had seven children, four of whoin are\\nliving: Joseph, Richard, William and George. Mr.\\nFoster has been Roadmaster in his township. Polit-\\nically he is a Republican. He and wife are mem-\\nbers of the M. E. Church.\\n^If^^r^uos H. Kimmel, farmer on section 33, Pine\\ne{ ^^iq River Township, is a son of Christopher\\n^v\u00c2\u00b0U C. and Phebe (.Spears) Kimmel, natives of\\n.S^ Pennsylvania and Ohio. The father settled in\\nOhio in 1833, and came to Michigan in 1855,\\nJ settling in North Star Township, this county,\\nwhere he died, Jan. 20, 1873. His wife is still a res-\\nident of that township. Their family numbered 14,\\nt3 of whom lived to be adults.\\nEnos H., the subject of this notice, was the second\\nchild and first son of the family, and was born in\\nHancock Co., Ohio, Aug. 15, 1841. He was 14\\nyears old when his parents came to Gratiot County,\\nand he remained with tiiem three years longer.\\nThen for two years he worked out by the month.\\nAug. 12, 1861, he enlisted in the Eighth Mich. Vol.\\nInf. He served four years, and fought in 13 heavy\\nengagements. At James Island, he was wounded by\\na shell, and in conseiiuence lost from the right hand\\none finger and temporarily the use of two others.\\nHe was also slightly wounded in the thigh at Cold\\nHarbor, Va. From this he was only off duty for\\nthree weeks. He was discharged at Washington,\\nD. C.\\nReturning to Gratiot County, from the service, he\\nK-\\nA\\nr\\nw", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00aeKr\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab^^\\nBVC in D u n r-\\n-8\u00c2\u00abS\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nbought 80 acres of wild land in Pine River Town-\\nship, which he has since converted into a valuable\\nfarm and a comfortable home.\\nIn Clinton County, Dec. 24, 1865, he was married\\nto Elmira A., daughter of Zebina and Ann Rice, na-\\ntives of New England. She was born in Clinton\\nCounty, Dec. 7, 1844, and died Aug. 12, 1873, leav-\\ning three children, George C, Rosa A. and Orrin R.\\nHe was again married, at St. Louis, Mich., July 4,\\n1875, to Lydia, daughter of John and Lucy Frank-\\nlin. To this union came one child, Archie, who was\\ncarried away by the hand of death when two years\\nold. Jan. 4, 1878, he married for his present wife,\\nat Saginaw, Mich., Mrs. Alice Hale, daughter of\\nHenry and Sarah Way mire, natives of Ohio, and\\nwidow of George Hale. She was also born in Ohio,\\nJan. 5, i86r. They have had one child, James G.,\\nwhich died at the age of two weeks. Mr. Kimmel\\nis one of the enterprising, intelligent farmers of Pine\\nRiver Township. Politically, he is a Republican.\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H\\n-V I-\\nohn MulhoUand, farmer, section 24, New-\\nark Township, was born in Seneca Co.,\\nOhio, Nov. 6, 1839. He is a son of\\nWilliam and Eliza (Dillon) MulhoUand. They\\n]C were natives of Ireland, and became residents\\nof the United States in 1828, settling in Ohio.\\nTheir family included three sons and four daughters.\\nMr. MulhoUand is the second son of his parents,\\nand resided in the county where he was born until he\\nwas 28 years of age. He spent his early life as as-\\nsistant of his father on the farm and in attendance\\nat school, and, after reaching manhood, had the man-\\nagement of his father s farm six years. In the fall of\\n1864 he was drafted, but instead of entering the\\nservice himself he sent a substitute, to whom he\\npaid $1,000. He was married in Hancock Co., Ohio,\\nMarch 14, 1867, to Sarah, daughter of George and\\nCatherine (Krable) Graham, both natives of Ohio.\\nMrs. MulhoUand is the second daughter, and one of\\nseven children. Of her marriage three sons have\\nbeen born Homer G., Everett W. and Arthur M.\\nThe mother was born Nov. 21, 1842,111 Hancock\\nCo., Ohio.\\nThe family removed to Gratiot County in the\\nautumn of 1868, where Mr. M. bought 80 acres of\\nland in Newark Township. It was wholly in its\\noriginal slate, and the family took possession of a log\\nhouse, which was their abode until the winter of\\n1881, when they moved into a fine frame house,\\nnewly erected. Mr. Mulhollai.d proceeded with the\\nimprovements on hii farm after the manner of men\\nof his calling who fortify their possessions in wise\\njudgment. In 1878 be built an e.xcellent barn as an\\naccessory to his careful and prosperous farming. He\\nis an adherent to the principles of the Republican\\nparty, and his wife belongs to the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church.\\njSenjamin Burton, farmer, section 25, Ar-\\nJ;S cada Township, was born in Crawford Co.,\\nlg Ohio, Feb 27, 1853, and is the son of\\nTM\u00c2\u00a9 David and Sarah (Dewell) Burton, natives of\\nOhio. David Burton is a farmer by occu-\\npation, and resides in Pine Piver Township\\ntwo miles from Alma. Until of age, Benjamin lived\\non his father s farm in Crawford Co., Ohio, and at-\\ntended the common schools, receiving a very fair ed-\\nucation. In the spring of 1874, he went with his\\nfather to Wyandot County, same State, and en-\\ngaged :n farming. He also did an extensive thresh-\\ning business. Two years later, they removed to\\nSeneca County, and located on a beautiful farm in\\nEden Township, where our subject remained till\\nmarriage.\\nDec. 30, 1878, in Springfield Township, Jefferson\\nCo., Ohio, he was united in the bonds of matrimony\\nto Sarah E., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rob-\\nertson) Blythe, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio,\\nand of Irish extraction. John Blythe was a farmer,\\nand died in Jefferson Co Ohio, July 2, 1873, at the\\nage of 72 his wife died in the same county, May\\nTO, 1850, aged 42. Sarah E. Blythe was born in\\nSpringfield Township, Jefferson County, April 30,\\n1848. When three years old, her mother died, leav-\\ning her the youngest of three children. Her father\\nmarried again. She obtained a good education in\\nthe schools of her county, and cared for her father s\\nhousehold until his death. Five years later, she was\\nmarried. For a little more than two years, Mr. and\\nMrs. Burton resided in Seneca County, on their farm\\nof 60 acres. He then sold, and came to Michigan,\\nV^\\nr^i-?\\n0:\\nI\\n^^C^ T^^^-^D !1 Dllr^^r^^\\n?f?^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "T\\n^W^M\\nT^^\\nri:\u00c2\u00abiS\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nlocating on 120 acres in Arcada Township. The\\nfarm is nicely located, and 107 acres are well im-\\nproved. It has one of the finest orchards in the\\ncounty.\\nThey have a family of two daughters: Ada M.,\\nborn Aug. 7, 1880; and Hattie E., born May 28,\\n1882. Mr. Burton has made many friends during\\nhis short residence in this county. Politically he is\\nan ardent Republican.\\neorge Chandler, farmer, on section 28,\\nPine River Township, is a son of Charles\\nand Alcinda (Fletcher) Chandler; the for-\\nmer born in Pomfret, Conn., Dec. 2, 1780, and\\nthe latter born in Windsor, Conn., in 1784.\\nThey had a family of nine, three sons and six\\ndaughters. George, the second son, was born in\\nPennsylvania, April 16, 18 16. He received a com-\\nmon-school education, and also acquired much valu-\\nable knowledge by private reading. At the age of\\n21, he learned the trade of millwright, which occupa-\\ntion he followed for over 20 years. He had charge\\nof building the first grist-mill in Gratiot County, at\\nAlma. It was afterwards destroyed by fire.\\nPrevious to that, in 1852, he went by steamer to\\nCalifornia, and for four years was most of the time\\nengaged in mining. Returning to the Mississippi\\nvalley, he came in the summer of 1856 to Gratiot\\nCounty, of which he has been one of the pioneers.\\nHe bought 160 acres of wild land on section 4, Ar-\\ncada Township, improved the same, and after 16\\nyears residence sold out for the handsome sum of\\n$5,000. He then i)urchased 80 acres on section 28,\\nPine River Township, where he now resides, having\\n60 acres nicely under cultivation.\\nSept. 24, 1845, at Jamestown, N. Y., he was mar-\\nried to Nancy Woodin, a native of Pennsylvania.\\nThis union was blessed with three children, Martha,\\nJeremiah B. and Charles S. The first and last\\nnamed are deceased. March 19, 1877, at St. Louis,\\nhe was again married, to Mrs. Eunice (Van Burren)\\nHubbell, widow of Dennis A. Hubbell, who was\\nkilled on Morris Island, S. C, in the late war. Mr.\\nChandler has been for six years Highway Commis-\\nsioner, five years TownshipTreasurer, one year Super-\\n(g) visor, and three years Justice of the Peace, in Arcada\\nV. Township. Hejs now Justice of the Peace in Pine\\nV\\n.J\\nRiver. He has also held numerous school offices. He\\nis in every sense a representative citizen. In political\\nsentiment, he is a through and through Repub-\\nlican.\\nT^\\nI hr enry J. Bentley, farmer, section 29, Newark\\n^;.,ft^|ti-i Township, was born July 8, 1842, in Canada.\\ni}^ His parents, Wilson and Miriam (Jackson)\\ny^ Bentley, were also natives of the Dominion\\nI where they passed the entire period of their\\nlives.\\nMr. Bentley came to Michigan when he was 22\\nyears of age, and first settled in Clinton County,\\nwhere he [lassed five years, engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of wooden bowls. In the spring of 1869 he\\nbought 80 acres of land in a primeval condition,\\nwhere he has since resided. He has cleared and im-\\nproved about 60 acres, and has recently added 40\\nacres by purchase, 30 acres being improved. In\\npolitical faith and action, Mr. Bentley assimilates\\nwith the Democratic party, and has been School\\nDirector in District No. 6, Newark Township, six\\nyears.\\nHe was married in St. Johns, Clinton Co., Mich.,\\nSept. 2, 1864, to Deborah E., daughter of Asa W. and\\nRhoda (Day) Ellsworth. The parents were natives\\nof Canada, where Mrs. Bentley was born, April 16,\\n1842. The four children belonging to the household\\nwere born as follows: Oscar L., March ro. 1866;\\nMelvina E., April 6, 1S69 Charles A., July 3, 1876,\\nand William J., April 8, 1880.\\np_\\n1^ illiam O. Johnson, farmer, section Pine\\nRiver Township, is a son of Otis and Sarah\\njJl^^ (Plumstead) Johnson. Otis Johnson\\n1\\nt^:\\ni was born on the Atlantic Ocean, while his\\nparents were route from Ireland to the\\ngreat republic. Sarah Plumstead was a na-\\ntive of New York. William O. Johnson was the\\nsixth son of a family of 14, seven sons and seven\\ndaughters. He was born in Ohio, but came with his\\nparents when quite young to Michigan, settling in\\nOakland County. His father, with two of the sons,\\nRobert and James, served through the Mexican war\\nPJ\\n\u00c2\u00ae?m:^^-\\niii!l:\u00c2\u00ab;iiii\\nz.\\ni^a5$ li i", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "290\\n-r ^ati:^tii]^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\n5\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-*#^((svi^\\nft;\\nand some time after returning, moved to Ionia\\nCounty, where he resided until his death.\\nWhile living in Ionia County and attending the\\ncommon school, the subject of this biography took\\nFrench leave of home and started out to make his\\nown way in life. He went to Oakland County, and\\nhired out to a farmer for 40 days at 12;^ cents per\\nday. The five dollars thus earned, he immediately\\nput at interest. He afterwards worked for six dol-\\nlars per month, and ne.\\\\t was employed in a hotel at\\n$13 per month. In the spring of 1854, he came to\\nGratiot County, and the following fall he deposited\\nthe money for 160 acres of wild land on section 33,\\nPine River Township. He at once sold 80 of this\\nfor $25 more than it cost him and the remaining\\n80 is his present farm. He built a log house and\\nwhile living alone chopped the wood and timber from\\n35 acres. After living on the place nine months, he\\nwent to Missouri, where he was variously employed\\nfor three or four years before returning to his farm.\\nHe was in the meantime married to Mary R.,\\ndaughter of Thomas and Sarah Hale, natives of\\nNorth Carolina. She was born in Cape Girardeau\\nCo., Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have had two chil-\\ndren Emma L born March 4, 1862; Alonzo P.\\n(deceased), born May 20, 1865, and died Dec. 24,\\n1866. Mr. T- lived in his first log house two or three\\nyears, and then erected his present dwelling. His\\n80 acres are now all underdrained and in cultivation.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic Order, and in polit-\\nical sentiment is a Democrat.\\nl^ylvester Wheeler, farmer, section 13, New-\\nark Township, was born April i, 1816, in\\nSwanton, Vt. His parents, Jesse Wheeler,\\nJr., and Sally (Morgan) Wheeler, were also\\nborn in the Green Mountain State, and, when\\nthe son was but three years old, removed to\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y. Later on, they removed to\\nBatavia, N. Y., and after a stay there of two years\\nthey went to Oswego County in that State, where the\\nfather bought and improved a farm, and resided\\nthereon nearly 40 years.\\nOn reaching his majority, Mr. Wheeler commenced\\nhis life s contest single-handed. In 1852 he went to\\nKane Co., 111., and a little more than a year later he\\nK^\\ncame to Michigan. After a brief residence in Ingham s\\nCounty, he came, in the winter of 1854, to Gratiot\\nCounty, where he bought 120 acres of land under the\\nGraduation Act. He subsequently bought 40 acres\\nadditional, and later disposed of 80 acres by sale.\\nHe holds 80 acres at present, with 65 acres in a\\nfinely advanced state of cultivation. Mr. Wheeler\\nendorses and supports the principles and issues of\\nthe Republican party, and has been active in the\\nschool interests of his township.\\nHe was married March 31, 1837, in Oswego Co.,\\nN. Y., to Hannah, daughter of William G. and\\nLavinia (Bristol) Peck. She was born Jan. 10, 1817,\\nin Oswego County, and has become the mother of\\nnine children, all but one of whom still survive.\\nThey are named Amanda J., William H., Edmund\\nJ., Almira M., Jesse C, Lavinia C, John W., George\\nW. and Eliza A. Jesse C.,the fifth child, died when\\nhe was 26 years of age.\\novell J. Fuller, farmer, section 9, Newark\\nTownship, was born April 16, 1827. His\\nj.-ju parents, Calvin and Bethana Fuller, were\\n^jm natives of Vermont and New York respect-\\nively, and their family included three sons and\\nthree daughters.\\nMr. Fuller was the second son, and passed the\\nyears of his boyhood, previous to the age of 18, in\\nobtaining his education. His parents removed to\\nOhio when he was five years old, and the Buckeye\\nState was his home until 1872. In 1845 he began to\\ndo for himself, and spent some time as a woods-\\nman, after which he became a carpenter, and followed\\nthat business for 12 years. In March, 1872, he set- f\\\\\\ntied in Ionia Co., Mich., and there resided two and\\none-half years. In the same year he bought 200\\nacres of land in Newark Township, this county,\\nwhither he removed his family in 1875. His farm\\nnow comprises 160 acres, cleared and cultivated.\\nMr. Fuller belongs to the National Greenback jiarty, Cr^\\nand in the sjjring of 1883 was elected Supervisor, j\\nwhich post he resigned a short time after his f^vj\\nelection.\\nHe was first married in 1848, in Medina Co., Ohio,\\nto Elizabeth Inhan, a native of the Buckeye State.\\nThree children were born to them. Julia, born in\\n-^Dfl :Dl]r\\nl^^^^i^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "I)\\nsr^\\ni^^tfi*\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^i^^!f^\\\\Wj\\nTd\\ni\\nC\\n293\\n1852, is the only survivor. Amelia and Samuel are\\ndeceased. The wife and mother died in 1854. Mr.\\nF uller was a second time married May 8, 1856, to\\nMary Coolman, who was born in Ohio, June 8, 1838.\\nOf their ten children but two survive. EvajM., born\\nJan. 28, 1867, and Varo C, born July 16, 1S69, are\\nliving. The following is the record of the dead\\nLovell D., born Jan. 25, 1857, died Feb. 21, 1862;\\nClara E., born June 10, 1859, died Feb. 3, 1862;\\nJoseph E., liorn Dec. 12, 1862, died April 23, 1864;\\nCora v., born March 27, 1865, died Sept. 19, 1866;\\nGracie B., born May 27, 1871, died Sept. 23, 187 i;\\nIonia D., born Mays, 1873, died in September, 1873;\\nTilly D., born Sept. 25, 1876, died Feb. 6, 1877\\nMyrtle A., born Jan. 20, 1878, died Feb. 15, 1878.\\nAug. 28, 1878, the mother crossed the river to the\\nland of eternal life, where her eight sons and daugh-\\nters awaited her coming. Mr. Fuller was a third\\ntime married April 3, 1879, to Harriet E. Hayes,\\nwho was born Aug. 8, 1833, in the State of Vermont.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab=H=^\\nA.. A\\nheron A. Johnson, farmer, section 29, Pine\\nRiver Township, is a son of Matthew and\\nand Mary (Robinson) Johnson, natives of\\nNova Scotia. They first settled, after mar-\\ni*! riage, in New Brunswick, afterward removing\\nI to Canada. In 1862, they came to this State\\nand county, and settled in Pine River Township,\\nwhere they now reside. Their family comprised\\nseven children Matilda, Sarah, Theron A., Bradley,\\nAmanda, Mary and Lydia. Theron A., Bradley and\\nMary are yet living.\\nThe subject of this biographical narrative, the\\noldest son of the family, was born in New Brunswick,\\nApril 12, 1834. At the age of 14, he came with his\\nparents to Canada, and at 18 he engaged in carriage\\nsmithing. This occupation he followed for six years,\\nand then went to Winneshiek Co., Iowa, where he\\nworked at blacksmithing for four years. In June,\\n1862, he came to Gratiot County, and followed the\\nsame business at Aln.a, for three years.\\nIn 1865, he was appointed Postmaster at Alma\\nunder President Johnson. After one year, on ac-\\ncount of ill health, he resigned, and bought 160 acres\\nof wild land in Pine River Township, where he now\\nresides. In the summer of 1883, he erected a large\\nand commodious residence. He now has 100 acres\\nof his farm under cultivation, and his surroundings\\nall betoken thrift and industry.\\nJuly 23, 1856, at Bradford, Ont., he formed a life\\npartnership with Miss Julia, daughter of David and\\nPhcebe Lloyd, natives of Canada. Mr. Lloyd was\\nkilled in the Canadian rebellion. Mrs. Lloyd came\\nwith her daughter to Michigan, and died March 28,\\n1866. The daughter, Julia, was born in Canada,\\nMarch 25, 1837.\\nMr. and Mrs. Johnson have a family of eight chil-\\ndren, born in the following order: Sarah A., June 13,\\n1857; Lily, May 29, 1859; Charles D., June 4,1861\\nElla, July 31, 1865; Alice, Nov. 9, 1868 Theron L.,\\nJuly 29, 1873; D Arcy Lloyd, Dec. 31, 1875; and\\nEthel, April 25, 1878. Mr. Johnson is a prominent\\nman, and has filled numerous offices of trust and\\nhonor, showing both his ability and his popularity.\\nHe was Supervisor from Arcada Township in 1864-5,\\nand was Chairman of the Board. In 1881, he was\\nthe National candidate for State Senator, and was\\ndefeated by Hon. Giles T. Brown, the Republican\\nnominee. He was editor of the Gratiot Jotirnal\\nmost of the time from 1868 to 1872. In 1877, he\\nwas chosen Secretary of the Farmers Mutual Fire\\nInsurance Company, which office he has since filled.\\nPolitically, he is now a zealous and influential mem-\\nber of the National Greenback party.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Johnson is presented on page\\n292, and is that of a prominent and representative\\ncitizen and agriculturist of Gratiot County.\\nItrank Smith, deceased, was a farmer on\\nE section 24, New Haven Township. He\\ni\\nwas born in Prussia, Sept. 27, 1820. He\\nworked as a common laborer in his native\\n1^^ country until 1853, when he emigrated to the\\nland of freedom and prosperity, settling first in\\nOhio and a year later on an 80-acre tract in this\\ncounty, where he lived the remainder of his days.\\nThis country was then perfectly wild. Here he\\ncleared and put in good arable condition 25 acres;\\nwas industrious, honest and prosperous, and a high-\\nminded, consistent Catholic. His death which was\\nfrom dropsy occurred Dec. lo, 1864, just after hav-\\nr\\nA\\nr-\\n^m ^M^\\nz.\\n.j^i-5^(^|", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "~^^p-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ntf!^^^\\n4^^((\u00c2\u00aeVP\\n(h\\ni\\ns\\n(J)\\ning been drafted for army service. Having gone, on\\nthis military duty, as far as Flint, where the doctors\\npronounced him unfit for a soldier s life, he return-\\ned home, and in four weeks he was dead He had\\nbeen a soldier in the Prussian army for five years, a\\nportion of that time an officer of rank.\\nMr. Smith was married, in Newark Township, this\\ncounty, May i, 1855, to Miss Mary VVermuth, who\\nwas born in Baden, Switzerland, in March, 1833.\\nWhen 17 years of age she came with her parents to\\nthis country, settling first in Fulton Co., Ohio, and\\nafterward in Newark Township, this county, where\\nshe lived until marriage.\\nJuly 27, 1865, she married George P. Steadman, her\\npresent husband, who was born in New York State,\\nOct. 2, 1826, and emigrated to this State in 1842.\\nHe was a soldier in the last war, and, being shot in\\nthe left leg, at the second battle of Bull Run, he was\\nincurably wounded. He, with his wife, spent the\\nyears 1879-81 in the gold regions of California. In\\npolitics ^r. S. is a Democrat, and he has held the\\noffice of School Moderator for nine years.\\nMrs. S. is a noble woman, and is recognized as\\nsuch by her neighbors. Her children by her first\\nhusband are: Caroline, born Aug. 30, 1851; Fred,\\nborn April 23, 1859; and Louis B., born Dec. 23,\\n186 1, and died Dec. 8, 1864. By her present hus-\\nband: ^daline, born Nov. 29, 1867; and Edgar,\\nborn April 21, 1871, and died Dec. 19, 1873.\\n-iri*4\\n\u00c2\u00abH^^EM#*\\names S. Lance, farmer on section 1 1, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of James and Marj\\n(Johnson) Lance, natives of New Jersey\\nand Ohio. They- settled in Wayne Co., Ohio,\\n]L where they lived all their lives. James was\\nborn in that county Sept. 30, 1837. He re-\\nceived a limited education, and was about 19 when\\nhe left home to make his own way in life. For five\\nyears he worked on farms for others and then he\\nbought a farm in his native county. After a short\\ntime he sold out and bought a farm in Medina Co.,\\nOhio. Soon he sold again, and returned to Wayne\\nCounty.\\nIn November, 1865, he came to Gratiot County\\nand bought 80 acres, partly improved, on section 11,\\nFulton Township. Here he has been content to\\nstay. He has since added 40 acres, and now has\\n65 acres cleared. Dec. 12, 1861, in Milton, Wayne\\nCo., Ohio, he was married to Amanda M., daughter\\nof William and Clara (Lee) Lance, natives of New\\nJersey and Ohio. She was born also in Wayne Co.,\\nOhio, Feb. 27, 1043.\\nMr. and Mrs. L have had six children Ada F.,\\nborn Oct. 23, 1863; Edward E., Jan. r7, 1866;\\nClara A., Jan. 11, 1868; Alfred S., July 30, 1871;\\nDewey W., Oct. 31, 1877 and one which died in in-\\nfancy. Politically, Mr. Lance votes the Democratic\\nticket.\\nIbert Smith, farmer, section 20, Emerson\\nTownship, was born in Baden, Germany,\\ns-:jtj3J March 22, 1842, and is a son of Ignatius and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2!\\\\i\\\\ Catharine (Kline) Smith, natives of (Germany.\\n.\\\\t the age of eight years he came with his\\nparents to the United States, and settled in\\nSeneca Co., Ohio. His father died in Michigan in\\n1874, and his mother resides in Sumner Township,\\nthis county. When 15 years old he left home to\\nlearn the cabinet-makers trade, with an uncle.\\nLeaving him he spent one year on a farm, and then\\nenlisted in Co. A, 49th Ohio Inf under a Capt. Lang-\\nworthy. He joined the 4th Corps of the .\\\\rmy of\\nthe Cumberland, and participated in the battles of\\nPittsburg Landing and Stone River, and in numerous\\nlesser engagements. At Stone River he was taken\\nprisoner and detained about two weeks. He was\\nthen paroled, went to Columbus, Ohio, was taken\\nsick and went home on furlough. On regaining his\\nhealth he engaged in the lumber business in this\\n.State, following that until 1869.\\nNov. 4, of that year, he was married, at .\\\\lma,\\nGratiot County, to Josephine, daughter of Daniel\\nand Nancy (Burgess) Griffeth, natives of the State of\\nNew York. She was born in Wayne Co., Mich., Oct.\\n8, 1852, and when she was two years old her parents\\nremoved to St. Louis, this county. They afterwards\\nsettled in Emerson Township, where she lived until\\nher marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Smith settled on a farm\\nof 80 acres in 1869, which he had purchased in 1865,\\nand he has now 140 acres, of which 60 are well im-\\nproved. They are the parents of three living children,\\nand one dead Lewis, born Feb. 6, 1872; Bert A.,\\nVS\\n;-i^\\n-^n!i^tiiif ^m^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "i\u00c2\u00ae:\\n-:2s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^^ 6V -illB:^lll i v\\nLi,\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nborn Feb. lo, 1879; Emma, born June 23, 1880;\\nJames, born May 14, 1877, and died May 17, 1877.\\nMrs. Smith is connected with the Baptist Church.\\nMr. Smith is a member of Emerson Lodge, No. 375,\\nI. O. O. F. He has held the office of Highway Com-\\nmissioner, and votes with the Democratic party.\\nl^imeon Gray, deceased, late resident of sec-\\ntion II, Fulton Township, was a son of\\nIv-i Semy Gray, and was born in New York\\nA\\nV\\n;i\u00c2\u00a3y\\nState, in January, 1825. He came with his\\nparents to Oakland Co., Mich., when quite\\nyoung, and lived in that county until the spring\\nof 1854. He then came to Gratiot County, and\\nbought 80 acres in Fulton Township. He afterwards\\nsold that place, and purchased 60 acres on section\\nII, where he resided until his death, in October,\\n1874.\\nFeb. 23, 1852, in Oakland County, he married\\nMiss Susan, daughter of John C. and Amelia Grace,\\nnatives of Massachusetts and Maine respectively.\\nShe was Ijorn in Oakland County, March 4, 1834.\\nMr. and Mrs. Gray had nine children, six of whom\\nsurvive John H., Edna, Rachel, Wallace, Guy and\\nPearl A. The deceased :ire Capitola, Norma and\\nFreddie. Mr. Gray was Highway Commissioner one\\nterm, and in politics was a Republican.\\n*\u00c2\u00abE^\\nilliam A. Krom, farmer, section 26, Elba\\nTownship, is a son of Andrew and Huldah\\n(Skinner) Krom, natives of Orange Co.,\\nN. Y. The father was by occupation a black-\\nsmith. He came to Michigan and settled in\\nKalamazoo County in 1849. Mrs. Krom\\ndied in 1858. The son, William A., came to Elba\\nTownship in 1867, and engaged in farming and\\nspeculating in land. He now owns an excellent\\nfarm on sections 23, 24 and 25, 160 acres in extent.\\nHis lumber business, which he has carried on for 17\\nyears past, is very extensive.\\nIn 1868 he was united in the bonds of matrimony\\nto Hattie Oberlin, daughter of Allen and Esther\\nOberlin, natives of Pennsylvania and Germany re-\\nspectively. Two children resulted from this union\\nJulia A., born Dec. 2, 1870, and Mary, born April 26,\\n1876. Mr. Krom had the sad misfortune to lose his\\nwife Dec. 1 1, 1883.\\nHe has held the confidence and good will of his\\nneighbors ever since he began his residence in this\\ncounty, and has been honored with a number of\\nlocal offices. He has been State Road Commissioner\\nfor a number of years, and Township Treasurer for\\nthe last nine years. When he entered upon the\\nduties of the latter office, he found the financial con-\\ndition of the township very unsatisfactory, but he has\\nnow greatly improved the condition and management\\nof the treasury. Politically, he is a true blue\\nRepublican. He is a member of Elsie Lodge, No.\\n238, F. A. M.\\nV^\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^^^^S-I^S vx^-\\neorge Noll, farmer and mechanic, section\\n31, New Haven Township, is a son of\\nWilliam and Betsy (Hart) Noll the for-\\nmer, of German ancestry, was a native of\\nPennsylvania, where he lived until his death,\\nat the age of 56. His wife, a native of Ire-\\nland, died in Pennsylvania.\\nMr. George Noll, tlie subject of this sketch, was\\nborn in Greenwich Township, Berks Co., Pa.; when\\nnine years of age his father died from the age of\\neight years to 19, and from 20 to 22 he was a laborer\\nfor Jonathan Beaver, in his native county. He then\\n(1835) engaged to learn the trade of blacksmith, and\\nsoon became a skillful workman, earning good wages;\\nbut his zeal in his calling led him to over-work and\\nhe broke down. In 1843 he went to Canada, where\\nin about eight years his physician advised him to\\nquit blacksmithing. He accordingly went uix)n a\\nfarm, in Ontario, and pursued agriculture until 1867,\\nwhen he came to this State and purchased 80 acres\\nof wild land where he now resides. He first stopped\\nat Carson City six weeks, preparatory to erecting a\\nhouse in which to dwell. He now has 72 acres of\\nwell improved land and a comfortable residence.\\nIn politics he is a Republican, and has held some of\\nthe township offices.\\nMay 20, 1847, at Smithville, Niagara Co., Ont.,\\nMr. Noll married Miss Margaret H. Carpenter, a na-\\ntive of Ontario, where she was born July 27, 1824.\\nShe is a woman of considerable physical strength and\\n0)\\nt", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "m}^m\\nV\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nexecutive ability. Mr. and Mrs. N. are the parents of\\nten living children and four deceased. The living\\nare: Joseph W., born Jan. 22, 1848; Charles H.,\\nNov. 4, 1850; Gershon M., Sept. 14, 1852; Jonathan\\nA., April 18, 1855; James L., Feb. 7, 1857; Albert\\nG., March 6, 1859; John B., Sept. 25, i860; Sarah\\nA., Aug. 8, 1862; Reneldo B., Sept. 3, 1864; and\\nMary Jane, Nov. 8, 1867.\\nMr. and Mrs. Noll are active members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\narlow Worthing, retired farmer, section\\n10, Sumner Township, was born Nov. 29,\\ni8i2,in Waitesfield Township, Washing-\\nton Co., Vt. His parents, Abner and Sallie\\n(Barlow) Worthing, were natives of New\\nEngland and of New England ancestry, and\\nboth died in Northport, Vt. His father was a car-\\npenter and joiner by trade.\\nWhen three years of age, the subject of this sketch\\nwas moved with the family to Addison Co., Vt.,\\nwhere they lived until he was 12 years old; then\\nthey moved to Windsor County, and when 14 years\\nold he went to live with an uncle, a tanner, in a dif-\\nferent part of that State, but two years later he left\\nhim and returned home. He soon went lo Canada,\\nwhere he followed his trade of tanning, which he had\\nlearned of his uncle. While in the French settle-\\nments of the Dominion he learned the French lan-\\nguage, which he learned to speak readily. On leav-\\ning Canada he went to Plattsburg, N. Y., on Lake\\nErie, where he worked a year at his trade next he\\nwas a sailor on Lake Champlain for a year; then at\\nhome for a few months; then was on a whaling ex-\\npedition 14 months. While on his return home from\\nthis voyage he visited St. Helena, and saw the first\\nburial place of Napoleon Bonaparte. He also visited\\nthe curious island of Madagascar; then, crossing\\nover to South America, he remained awhile in Brazil.\\nHe also stopped at the volcanic island of Amster-\\ndam, southeast of the Cape of Good Hope. Their\\nsearch for whales was principally in the Lidian\\nOcean, going as far south as the 49th parallel.\\nOn returning to his native country, he resumed\\ntanning for two years then for a year he worked in\\na morocco factory in Albany, N. Y. then two years\\nat tlie tanning business again at his old home in\\nVermont; next, in 1839, he went to Wisconsin and\\nIllinois, selling Yankee notions then joined a boat\\ncrew at Peoria, 111., and went to Memphis, Tenn.\\nthen he visited Cincinnati and Pittsburg, when he\\nenlisted in the Mexican war, near its close, and was\\nnot therefore called into active service. Spending\\none year in Madison, Ind., he worked at masonry 18\\nmonths in Illinois was then two years and a half in\\nIowa, and finally, in 1855, he came to the land office\\nat Ionia, and, under the Graduation Act, took posses-\\nsion of a half of section 10, where he still resides.\\nYet unmarried, he boarded with one of the settlers,\\nand set out to improve his wilderness home. He\\nsuccessfully reduced a goodly portion of the land to\\na tillable condition, when rheumatism attacked him,\\nand for the last 15 years he has done but little work.\\nHe was Supervisor of this township at the first,\\nand during the years 1856-7, 1861, 1864 and 1868,\\nJustice of the Peace eight years. Notary Public, High-\\nway Commissioner, etc., etc. In politics, he is a\\nsubstantial Republican, and in religion a member of\\nthe United Brethren Church.\\nOct. 17, 1862, Mr. Worthing was married to Mrs.\\nSybil Metcalf, Kellogg, who was born in Bradford\\nCo., Pa., July 4, 183 1. By her former husband, her\\nchildren are: Clara S, P., James H., Francis E. and\\nLevi F. By her present husband, the children are\\nSybil L., Mary L. and Barlow A. Mrs. W. is a mem-\\nber of the Free Methodist Church.\\n5 eorge Whitman, farmer, section 29, North\\nl!f Shade Township, is a son of Jacob and\\n^\u00c2\u00a7ff^\u00c2\u00a5.\\n\\\\fc^.\\nV\\n-Iltl\\n^fl ^EHzabeth (Case) Whitman, natives of Adams\\nCo., Pa., the father being born in 1794 and the\\nmother in 1795. The former died in 1869 and\\nthe latter in 1844. The father of Mr. Whitman fol-\\nlowed the occupation of a farmer until his death.\\nThe subject of our sketch was born May 25, 1832,\\nin Wayne Co., Ohio, where the parents had moved\\nat an early day. He remained under the parental\\nroof-tree until he attained the age of 19 years, when\\nhe went forth upon the oft-traveled road of adversity,\\nto battle against the trials strewn along its pathway.\\nMr. Whitman was married to Miss Mary Righley,\\ndaughter of John and Rachel (Greenhoe) Righley,\\nr\\nA\\nsy\\nr\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "^JJ- T^-CL.^o-^Cd^ Va\\n^^^CjC^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "!C^ ^t**\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^sr\\ni^\\nT :^llll ^llll^ r\\n|^^((TV:^\\nV\\ni\\nA\\nGRA TJO T CO UNTY.\\n297\\nnatives of the Keystone State, where the father was\\nborn in 181 2 and the mother in 1816. Both are de-\\nceased, the father dying in Summit Co., Ohio, in 1856,\\nand the mother in Erie County, same State, in 1882.\\nMrs, Whitman, the wife of our subject, was born\\nMay 7, 1835, in Wayne Co., Ohio. After their mar-\\nriage the husband and wife moved to Indiana, where\\nthey remained for seven years, then returned to Ohio\\nand remained three years, from which State they\\nemigrated to this county, arriving here Nov. 10, 1869\\nthey located on section 29, North Shade Township,\\nsecuring 80 acres of wild and unbroken land. By\\ngood management, coupled with energy- and industry,\\nhe has placed his land under such a state of culti-\\nvation that he looks back upon the past and wonders\\nhow the improvement was ever accomplished. In\\n1883 he erected a large barn, 40x60 feet, which is\\none of the best in the township.\\nMr. and Mrs. W. are the parents of four children,\\nthree sons and one daughter. John A., Joseph A. S.,\\nDouglas, and Amanda A.\\nMr. Whitman has been honored with the position\\nof Constable of his township for two terms has\\nbeen Moderator of his school district two terms, and\\nPostmaster six terms. He is also one of the Direc-\\ntors of the County Fair Association, of Gratiot, Clin-\\nton, Ionia and Montcalm Counties, serving now his\\nsecond term.\\nThe grandfather of Mrs. W. was a giant in stature,\\nbeing six feet and eleven inches in height. He was\\na soldier of the war of 1812, and died in Marshall\\nCo.. Ind., Dec. 15, 1867.\\nMr. Whitman in political action, belief and senti-\\nment is a staunch Democrat.\\nnssjw^^^ m\\nK^-^-Sl OT^rav.\\ni-^avid H. Payne, farmer on section 31, Ful-\\n11 ton Township, is a son of Arnold and\\nm..\\nLoan a (Parker) Payne, natives respectively\\nJjj^ of Rhode Island and New York. They set-\\ntled after marriage in the Empire State, and in\\n1832 came to Washtenaw Co., Mich. After a\\nresidence there of about four years, they removed to\\nLivingston County, and thence to Ingham County.\\nIn the winter of 1846, Arnold Payne, with his wife\\nand 13 children, came to Gratiot County and took\\nup a large tract of land on section 31, Fulton. He\\nset about clearing his land, and built a log house.\\nOn this place he lived until his death, Nov. 24, 1879.\\nHis first wife died Feb. 25, 1850. In 1853 he was\\nagain married to Mrs. Mary (Bussell) Dickerman,\\nwho died Aug. 31, 1865. He owned at the time of\\nhis death 120 acres in Fulton Tovifnship, the old\\nhomestead.\\nTheir family comprised 13 children, the following\\neight of whom survive: Abigail, James L., Day and\\nDwight (twins), Eliza, David H., Albert B. and\\nThomas P. The deceased are Alma, Lucy, Mary,\\nPerry and Arnold. The subject of this biographical\\nnotice, the nth of the family, was born in Livingston\\nCo., Mich.. Dec. 5, 1839, and was about seven years\\nold when his parents came to Gratiot County. He\\nreceived a common-school education, and remained\\nat home until 21 years of age, when he began to im-\\nprove 40 acres given him by his father. After clear-\\ning 30 acres he sold out, and bought 40 acres on sec-\\ntion 31. This he worked two years, when lie again\\nsold, and bought 80 acres on section 32. Two years\\nlater he removed to Clinton County, and bought 60\\nacres in Essex Township, where he lived about eight\\nyears. He then sold, and invested in village prop-\\nerty in Maple Rapids, where he erected good build-\\nings and lived one year, and then traded for a farm\\nin Ionia County, where he lived from February, 1877,\\nto 1880. He then made his last move, coming to\\nthis county and buying the old Payne homestead of\\n120 acres, 100 of which are nicely improved.\\nFeb. 22, 1868, in Lyons, Ionia Co., Mich., he was\\nmarried to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of James and\\nBethie (Walling) Youdan, natives of England and\\nNew York State respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Y. came\\nto Michigan and settled in Clinton County in 1844,\\nwhere they lived until 1879, and then removed to\\nClare County, where they lived until his ileatli,\\nMarch 17, 1883. Mrs. Y. yet survives. Mr. and\\nMrs. Payne have four children Harlan, O. D., Verne\\nand Edith II.\\nMr. P. has lield the various school offices, and has\\nbeen Townshii) Clerk in Fulton one year. He has\\nbeen Highway Commissioner in Clinton County. He\\nis a Democrat, and is a member of the Masonic Or-\\nder, being a Knight Templar. He is also a member\\nof the G. A. R., and he and wife are members of\\nEssex Grange, No. 429, P. of H.\\nt\\ns^\\nA\\n^ii!i :iinv", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "298\\ne-v4^D D U 0^i v\\n^x\\n^^m^(\u00c2\u00ae\\\\m\\n;0\\nV\\ns\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nIn the fall of 1861, Mr. Payne enlisted in the 3d\\nMich. Vol. Cav., and served one year. He was in\\nthe engagement at Island No. 10, and at New Mad-\\nrid, Mo. At the last named place he was thrown\\nfrom his horse, and received severe injuries about the\\nspine, in consequence of which he was honorably\\ndischarged.\\nA portrait of Mr. Arnold Payne, the father of the\\n-subject of the foregoing sketch, is given in this work.\\neorge Crooks, farmer and mason, resident\\n,j. on section 27, Newark Township, was born\\nSept. 19, 1835, in Fairfield Co., Ohio. Andrew\\nand Sarah (Arnold) Crooks, his parents, were\\nnatives of the Buckeye State. At the age of\\n21 years, Mr. Crooks went to learn his trade\\nand spent 18 months in completing a perfect practi-\\ncal knowledge of its details. He has combined the\\ncallings of mason and agriculturist ever since.\\nHe became a soldier for the Union within the first\\nyear of the war, enlisting Feb. 20, 1862, in the 49th\\nOhio Vol. Inf., and, after three years of service, was\\nhonorably discharged at Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 2,\\n1865. He was in the battle of Peach Creek, and\\nhis command was attached to the force of Gen. Sher-\\nman, under whom it made the liistoric marcli to the\\nsea.\\nMr. C. was disabled for a time, by hardships and\\ne.xposure, and was cared for in the hospitals at Mur-\\nfreesboro, Nashville, New .-Ylbany, Jeffersonville,\\nLouisville, Cincinnati, Camp Dennison and Cleve-\\nland. At the last place he narrowly escaped death\\nfrom strychnine placed in the food by the steward of\\nthe hospital.\\nIn the fall of 187 i, Mr. Crooks bought 160 acres\\nof unimproved land in Newark Township. He\\nerected a dwelling, took possession, and entered upon\\nthe labor of clearing and improving, and now has 65\\nacres under tillage. He was married April 6, 1858,\\nin Wyandot Co., Ohio, to Sarah, daughter of Wal-\\nlace and Catharine Greer. Mrs. Crooks was born\\nSept. 4, 1838, in Columbiana Co., Ohio. Her parents\\nwere born in the same State. The household in-\\ncludes five children Alwilda M., Dora M., Minnie\\nM., Eugene G. and Alice D. Both parents are active\\nmembers of the United Brethren Cluirch, and Mr.\\nCrooks is an ardent Republican.\\n000\\n000\\n^|J ^5y enry W. Kinsel, farmer, section 15, Newark\\nTownship, was born March 7, 1847, in Han-\\n1 cock Co., Ohio. He is the son of WiUiam\\nS and Catherine (Damon) Kinsel, who were na-\\ntives of Germany. In the early period of their\\nI\\nlives they came to the United States, and, after\\nstaying a few years in Ohio, they came to Newark\\nTownship, Gratiot Co., Mich. The father enlisted in\\nthe 26tii Regt. Mich. Vol. Inf., and after a year s\\nservice died at Norfolk, Va. The mother is still\\nliving.\\nMr. Kinsel was a lad of seven years when his\\nparents came to Gratiot County. When his father\\nbecame a soldier he returned to his native State and\\nremained there three years, after which he came\\nback to Gratiot County to engage in farming. He\\nnow owns 120 acres of land, with 75 acres under im-\\nprovement. He is a Republican in political faith,\\nand has discharged the duties of several local offices\\nto which he has been elected.\\nMr. Kinsel was married Aug. 21, 1870, in Newark\\nTownship, to Theda, eldest daughter of Jacob S.\\nand Catherine (Baker) Beechler. The parents were\\nborn in Ohio, and are now residents of Newark. Mr.\\nBeechler was the first Supervisor of the township.\\nMrs. Kinsel was born Nov. 28, 1847, in Ohio. She\\nis a lady of creditable educational attainments, and\\nhas been a popular and successful teacher in Gratiot\\nCounty. To herself and husband five children have\\nbeen born, four of whom are living. They are\\nnamed: Nora E., Myrtie C, Orin H. and Orpha M.\\n^T^^Dfl^ntif^^\\ntomer Roberts, farmer, section 29, North\\nI Shade Township, is u son of Joseph and\\nDeborah (Wood) Roberts. They were botii\\n/V natives of Vermont, where the father followed\\nI the occupation of a carpenter and joiner. The\\nparents moved from Vermont to Livingston Co.,\\nN. v., and from there they came to this State and\\nlocated on section 29, North Shade Township, this\\ncounty, in 1S53, securing 160 acres, upon which they\\nlived and tolled, and on which our subject lives. He\\nhas added 40 acres, and by the united efforts of liiin.\\nA\\n^i\\nK/\\ny", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "f:\\nydirxsir\\nT\\nmm\\\\m\\nT-ry\\n^J\\n1^^\\n^v-\\nGRATIOT COUyTY.\\n299\\nt\\n/C\\nV\\nSI\\nself and wife, 75 acres of the land has been placed\\nunder good improvement.\\nThe father was born in Orange Co., Vermont. Dec.\\n5, 1798. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in i8i^,\\nand served until Aug. 15, 1815, and returned to his\\nnative State, and, after coming to this country, died,\\nNov. 5, 18.S0, leaving four children, namely: Josiah,\\n(leorge F., Sarah and Homer.\\nHomer, the subject of our sketch, was born June\\nI, 1834, in Livingston Co., N. Y.,and has constantly\\nresided on the old homestead ever since his parents\\nlocated on it. His mother died in 1869, in North\\nShade Township, this county.\\nOct. 4, i860, Mr. Roberts was united in marriage\\nto Mary Jane, daughter of Julia A. (McCurdy) Dob-\\nson, natives of the State of New York. They moved\\nto Jackson Co., this State, and remained there for a\\nnumber of years, thence removed to Hillsdale County,\\nfrom which place they came to this county and are\\nnow living in North Shade Township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Roberts are the parents of three\\nchildren: Anna E., Effie and Libbie A.\\nMr. R. has held the position of Township Treas-\\nurer, and in political opinion is a Republican.\\nBoth Mr. and Mrs. R. are members of the Con-\\ngregational Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K^Vc\\n4)j\\nr\\nni\\nrederick R. Segward, farmer, Fulton\\nTownship, section 2, was born Aug. 15,\\n1841, in Buffalo, N. Y. His parents,\\nClemens and Catherine (Myers) Segward, were\\n^l\\ni^A\\nl^ natives of Germany. They came to the United\\ni States in early life, and settled in the State of\\nNew York, where the father died, about the year\\n1870. The mother yel survives, in the Empire State.\\nMr. Segwaid was bred to the business of a farmer,\\nand followed agriculture in his native State until he\\nwas 22 years old. In the fall of 1863, he came to\\nGratiot County and bought 46 acres of wild land in\\nNewark Township, on section 35. He there resided\\nand made good advance in the improvement of his\\nland during the next 12 years, when he removed td\\nFulton Township and bought 40 acres of land, to\\nwhich he has since added by purchase 66 acres.\\nThat of his land now under improvement and in\\nprogressive cultivation, is estimated at 75 acres. Mr.\\n11\\nSegward is a Republican in political sentiment and\\naction.\\nHe was married Oct. 16, 1863, in Niagara Co., N.\\nY., to Emma, daughter of Peter and Charity Deline.\\nHer parents were natives of the State of New York,\\nand her father is now a citizen of Newark Township.\\nHer mother died in 1868. Mrs. Segward was born\\nJune 13, 1843, in the Empire State. The household\\nincludes three children Catherine A., Mary T,. and\\nFrances M.\\nI apoleon B. Fraker, retired farmer, residing\\nat Ithaca, was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y.,\\nJune 25, 1815, and was of New England\\nl f parentage and English ancestry. At the age\\ny^ of 15, he moved with his parents to St. Law-\\nrence County, same State; and here he worked\\non his father s farm until of age. For the ensuing\\neight years he was employed as a farm laborer in the\\nvicinity, and he was then united in marriage with\\nMiss Rebecca Merrill, who was born in St. Lawrence\\nCo., N. Y., .Sept. 4, 18 1 7. They at once settled on a\\n50-acre farm purchased by Mr. F., and there lived\\nuntil 1 86 1. He added 120 acres, and improved the\\nwhole farm of 170 acres, erecting suitable buildings.\\nSelling out in the spring of the year mentioned, he\\npurchased 240 acres of land in the State of Iowa,\\nand started for the new home. While on his way, he\\nfell in with parties coming to Michigan, who induced\\nhim to change his course. He came to Gratiot\\nCounty, and shortly traded 120 acres of his Iowa\\nland for 160 acres on section 8, Washington Town-\\nship. He soon after brought his family here from\\nOhio. He has added 20 acres, and of the whole 180\\nacres, 130 are improved; and the two large stock and\\ngrain barns and suitable residence show the results\\nof his labor. He retired from active business in\\n1880, and came to Ithaca, where he has since re-\\nsided. He owns there two and a half acres of land,\\nand a good dwelling.\\nHe and wife have been the parents of tour chil-\\ndren, Addison and Ransom, living, and .Ansel and\\nCharles, dead. Ansel died in the service of his\\ncountry, and Cliarles from llie effects of exposure\\nduring the service. Politically, Mr. Fraker is a Re-\\nV\\nr^\\n^^#5*-\\nn^-A\\n^Il!l^IlDr\\n-\u00c2\u00abs\\ni^mj^\u00c2\u00a7", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00absr\\n-r -^llll :iin;\\nT\\n-e%\\nf\\nV\\nV\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\n300\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\npublican. He has been Supervisor of Washington\\neight years. Clerk three years and Justice of the\\nPeace six years. He has also been Highway Com-\\nmissioner, and has held various other offices.\\n\\\\f\\nrastus C. Farrington, farmer, section 30,\\n|L Emerson Township, was born in Norfolk\\n^MST ^^ss- B- 4 824, and was the son\\nj|;jL of Harvey and Nancy (Tilson) Farrington,\\nnatives of Massachusetts, and of old New\\nEngland stock. They both died in the Bay\\nState, at an advanced age, about 1868. Erastus\\nworked at home until 16 years old, and was kept so\\nbusy with work that his school advantages were very\\nlimited. At the age mentioned, he was apprenticed\\nto one Erastus Dupey, of Wrentham, Mass., to learn\\nthe trade of making shoes. After one year he re-\\nturned home, and engaged with his father in this\\nbusiness, which they carried on together until he was\\nof age.\\nAt that age, he was united in marriage to Jimima\\nPackard, a native of Maine. Eight years later\\nthey removed to Fulton Co., Ohio, and in the fall of\\n1854 they came to this State, locating on the present\\nhomestead, section 30, Emerson Township. For six\\nor eight years after he came here, he followed his\\ntrade winters, and farmed during the summers.\\nMarch 10, 1866, his wife died, leaving six chil-\\ndren, a seventh dying previous to her demise. Their\\nnames are as follows: Eugene E., born Oct. 29,\\n1853; Nancy E., born June 11, 1857; Nellie M.,\\nborn Aug. 13, 1859; Charles W.,born July 18, 1864;\\nAlice, born March 26, 185 i, and died Sept. 1 1, 1862\\nElmer E., born March 15, 1862, and died Aug. 29,\\n1873; Willie, born Feb. 19, 1866, and died Aug. 4,\\n1875-\\nMarch 25, 1867, he was again married, in Wood\\nCo., Ohio, to Laura, daughter of Jonas and Mary\\n(Carpenter) Carter, natives of New England. She\\nwas born in Delaware Co., O., May 16, 1832, but at\\nthe age of one year her parents removed to Wood\\nCounty, where she received a good education. At\\nthe age of 17, she began teaching district school,\\nwhich she followed until 1864, and then devoted\\nherself to the study of art. In 1865 she moved with\\nher parents to this State and county, keeping up her\\nwork as an artist until her marriage, since which time\\nshe has lived on the farm.\\nMr. Farrington arrived in Emerson Township\\nbefore an acre of wood had been cleared away, and\\nafter securing 40 acres he began to open up the\\ncountry and make roads through the forest, then un-\\nbroken for miles in every direction. He has now 60\\nacres of very valuable land, most of it well improved.\\nBeginning in a small log hut, he has lived to be able\\nto have a large, well arranged and comfortable resi-\\ndence. He is a member of Ithaca Lodge, No. 123,\\nF. A. M.; and has been a Master Mason for nine\\nyears. In the lodge he has held the offices of J. D.,\\nS. D., J. W., S. W. and Tyler. In politics, he is an\\nardent and influential Republican. He belongs to\\nthe Baptist Church, and his wife to the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. They are socially popular, and\\nfew citizens of Gratiot County are more highly\\nesteemed by their neighbors.\\nV(S\\noswell Danly, farmer, on section 36, Fulton\\niliiafi^ i Township, is a son of Ingalls and Electa\\nf:t^F^ gell) Danly, natives of the State of\\nNew York. The parents first settled in\\nJefferson Co., N, Y., where they followed the\\noccupation of farming until their death. The\\nfather departed this life May 7, 1S38; the mother,\\nJuly 15, 1864. Their family included four sons and\\nthree daughters.\\nThe eldest of the family was Rosvvell, born in\\nJefferson Co., New York. Oct. 24, 1827. He received\\na common-school education, and remained at home\\nuntil 23 years old. After the death of his father,\\nthe labor and responsibility of managing the home\\nfarm largely devolved upon him. Although his home\\nwas wiih his mother until he was 23, yet at the age\\nof 17 he embarked as a sailor on the lakes, which\\nbusiness he followed 14 years, i. e., from 1844 to\\n1858. Shipping before the mast as a common sailor,\\nhe gradually worked his way up to the post of mate,\\nthen pilot, and for four years commanded a vessel,\\nthus earning the title of Captain, by which he is com-\\nmonly known in the community in which he resides.\\nHe has a high place in the confidence and esteem of\\na wide circle of friends. In the fall of 1854, he\\nlocated 80 acres of land in Clinton County, this\\nV?\\n\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^fr^\\nJL\\n:D!i: ^Otlr\\nr\\nt\\nA", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "1\\nV\\n1\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nii\\n303\\nState, and worked during the subsequent winters at\\nclearing the same. In the siunmer of 185S, he\\nbought 80 acres of partly improved land in Fulton\\nTownship, on section 36, where is his present resi-\\ndence. He has since added 40 acres opposite his\\nfarm in Clinton County, and has 100 acres well\\ncultivated.\\nJan. 29, 1851, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., he was\\nunited in marriage to Nancy Brougham. Her\\nparents, William and Nancy (Rilyea) Brougham,\\nwere natives of the Empire State. Mrs. Danly was\\nborn in that State, May 24, 1829. Mr. and Mrs. D.\\nare the parents of four children William W., Viola\\nJ. (deceased September, 1864), James B. and\\nCharles R. William W.,the eldest, is at Boyne City,\\nCharlevoix County, engaged in lumbering. He is\\nmarried, and has two daughters.\\nCapt. Danly was the enrolling officer of Fulton\\nTownship during the war, and has held the office of\\nSupervisor two terms. He is politically an ardent\\nsupporter of the Democratic party, and he is a mem-\\nber of the Masonic Order.\\n^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abil)i-te\\nl^ehuyler W. Ambler, real-estate and loan\\nagent at Ithaca, was born July 24, 1826, in\\nNassau. Rensselaer Co., N. Y. His father,\\nPeter W. Ambler, was born in January, 1802,\\nin Columbia Co., N. Y. The parents of the\\nlatter went in his infancy to Nassau. He\\nwas of English descent and was reared to the\\nvocation of agriculture, which he made the pur-\\nsuit of his early manhood, and later engaged in\\nmercantile life. He went in 1833, to Yates, Orleans\\nCo., N. Y., and in 1839 returned to Nassau, where\\nhe was interested a few months in the manufacture\\nof woolen goods. He was a man of deep religious\\nconvictions, and in the winter of 1840 was licensed\\nto preach he was regularly ordained a minister of\\nthe Baptist Church in 1843. In 1846 he bought 60\\nacres of land in Nassau Township, which he man-\\naged about eight years and sold in 1854. A few\\nyears later he bought the property whereon he died,\\nOct. 5, 1873. He labored in the interests of religion\\nin Columbia and Rensselaer Counties, in the State\\nof New York. His wife, Polly (Waterbury) Ambler,\\nwas of English descent and was born in .Nassau,\\nwhere she died, in April, 1871.\\nr\\nV\\nA\\n\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7lA^ri^^\\nMr. Ambler was a diligent student in the early\\nyears of his life, and, at the age of 16, was placed at\\nTransylvania Institute for the purpose of making a\\nthorough preparation for college; but the plan of his\\neducation was never consummated, as his health \\\\Z^\\nfailed and he was compelled to abandon the project.\\nHe was employed for a time on the farm and taught\\nschool a number of winters. In 185 i Mr. Ambler\\nbought 200 acres of land in Nassau, and devoted his\\nenergies to the pursuit ot agriculture until r858,\\nwhen he engaged in general mercantile pursuits at\\nBrainard s Bridge, Nassau Township. Soon after the\\ninception of the project he became associated with\\nan individual named Hasting Kellogg, which rela-\\ntion existed and was managed successfully until the\\nspring of 1869. At that date, Mr. Ambler sold his\\ninterest to his partner. He had sold his farm in\\n1863, and the disposal of his sole remaining business\\ninterest left him free to select a new location, which\\nhe was desirous of doing. He came to Jackson,\\nMich., and spent the summer of 1869, .here examin-\\ning the comparative claims of new districts in the\\nPeninsula State, relative to the choice of a location.\\nHe fixed upon Gratiot County and arrived at St.\\nLouis Nov. 6, 1869. He engaged in teaching the\\nwinter ensuing, and in the spring of 1S70 he became\\na salesman in the mercantile establishment of Hi-\\nram Harrington, and continued in that vocation be-\\ntween two and three years. Meanwhile he was\\nelected President of the village and served in that\\ncapacity one year (1872). In January, 1873, he\\ncame to Ithaca as Deputy County Treasurer, for A.\\nB. Darragh, and discharged the duties of the posi-\\ntion two years. In the fall of 1874 he was elected\\nTreasurer and held the position four years. During\\nthe period of his official term he became interested\\nin buying and selling real estate and in negotiating\\nloans. On the expiration of his official obligations,\\nhe opened an office for the regular and systematic\\ntransaction of business in the avenues named, and\\nhas since been engaged in attention to his private af-\\nfairs. He is dealing extensively in real estate, and (q\\\\\\nnow owns 700 acres of valuable farming lands in J\\nGratiot County. He also owns town property, in-\\nhiding a fine residence and a dwelling with two lots.\\nMr. Ambler has been President of Ithaca three\\nsuccessive years and Trustee for two years. He has\\nalso served one year as Justice of the Peace of Em^\\nerson Township. j _\\nh.\\nIV", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "GRA TIO T CO UNTY.\\nt\\nHis marriage with Miss Charlotte M. Knapp, of\\nNassau, N. Y., occurred Sept. 14, 1850. She was\\nborn in the same place, April 2, 1832, and is the\\ndaughter of Isaac and Melinda Knapp. (The\\nmother resides with the daughter.) Mr. and Mrs.\\nAmbler have had eight children, as follows Mary\\nE., wife of Robert Banwell, a merchant of Bel videre,\\n111. (They are the parents of three children Fred-\\ndie, Charlie and Irvine.) Sarah M. was married to\\nJulius E. Lyon, who is now deceased and left two\\nchildren Florence and Lothrop M. She is now the\\nwife of Isaac M. Sayles, of Ithaca, and has an in-\\nfant child. Eva S. was born Aug. 29, 1856, and\\ndied Dec. 9, 1864. Irvin S. was born Sept. 27, 1858.\\nand died Nov. 15, 1877. The remainder of those\\nsurviving are Nettie L., Inis, Willie and Fanny.\\nMr. Anibler is a fair type of the substantial ele-\\nment of Gratiot County. He has conducted his bus-\\niness on a basis of integrity and uprightness, and\\nguided his life in a manner that secures to him, at\\nits later meridian, the comfort and content he has\\nearned. His portrait, on another page, is a credita-\\nble acquisition to the list of similar representative\\nmen in this volume.\\ndward Downs, farmer, on section 13, Ful-\\n^Ijj ton Township, is a son of John and Mar-\\ngaret (Foreman) Downs, natives of Ohio\\n^S. and Pennsylvania. They first settled in Holmes\\ni Co., Ohio, and afterward removed to Hancock\\nI County, same state, where they at present\\nreside. Edward was born in Holmes Co., Ohio,\\nMay 18, 1840. He received a common-school edu-\\ncation, and remained at home until 21 years of age.\\nIn May, i86t, he responded to the first call of\\nPresident Lincoln for troops to suppress the Southern\\nrebellion, and enlisted in the 21st Ohio Vol. Inf,\\nwhich was a three-months regiment. In Vugust, 1862,\\nhe again enlisted, this time in the 99th Ohio Vol.\\nInf., and he served from that time on to the close of\\nthe war. He was in 32 regular engagements,\\nbesides numerous skirmishes.\\nIn October, 1865, he came to Gratiot County and\\nbought 65 acres on section 23, Fulton Township.\\nHe afterward purchased 40 acres on section 13,\\nwhere he now resides, and where he has put up a\\nI\\nV\\ngood dwelling and other farm buildings,\\nacres under cultivation.\\nApril 10, 1863, in Hancock Co., Ohio, he was\\nunited in marriage to Lucinda, daughter of John and\\nMargaret (Gibson) Chaffin, natives of Virginia and\\nPennsylvania. Mrs. Downs was born in Hancock\\nCo., Ohio, .^ug. 18, 1839, and is the mother of five\\nchildren: James E., Ella M., Mary E., John L. and\\nMilo V, Mr. and Mrs. D. have adopted as their\\nown child Marcia Cole, and she is known as Marcia\\nC. Downs. Politically, Mr. D. is a Republican.\\n-^^fAwm^mi\\nI saiah Hatfield, farmer, section 36, Newark\\nTownship, is the son of Jacob and Catherine\\n(Franks) Hatfield, the former a native of\\nNew Jersey, the latter of Pennsylvania. After\\ntheir marriage, they located in Wayne Co.,\\nOhio, where they resided more than 30 years.\\nTheir family comprised five sons and two daughters,\\nnamed as follows William, Michael, George, Jacob,\\nIsaiah, Charlotte and Sally. Late in life, the parents\\nmoved to Medina Co., O., to reside with their young-\\nest son, and there lived till the father s death. The\\nmother returned to Wayne County, where she died.\\nMr. Hatfield was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, April\\n28, 1822. He left home at the age of 16, and en-\\ngaged in farming, afterwards becoming interested in\\nmanaging threshing-machines, which business he\\npursued nearly si.x years. In 1853, associated with\\nhis brother Jacob, he went to the State of Iowa and\\nbought 590 acres of land, which they sold after one\\nseason, and returned to Ohio. They bought 170\\nacres of land in Medina County, and held its pro-\\nprietorship seven years. Mr. Hatfield sold his in-\\nterest therein in the spring of 1861, and came to\\nMichigan. He bought 80 acres of unimproved land\\nin Newark Township, and disposed later of 40 acres.\\nAll but eight acres of the remaining moiety are\\ncleared and under cultivation. He is independent\\nin political sentiment and action, and has occupied\\nthe various school offices in his district. He is con-\\nnected by membership with the Masonic fraternity.\\nMr. Hatfield was married Aug. 30, 1848, to Mrs.\\nPolly (VVeidman) Shank, widow of Michael Shank,\\nand daughter of John and Barbara Weidman. Her\\nparents were natives of Pennsylvania, and after their\\n(r\\n^[i[i:^:nDv A^\\n-^g^jci", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "^^/^i\u00c2\u00bb^^\\nGRATIOl COUNTY.\\nr^^^i^\\n^5^ S^-g\\n30s\\nI\\nmarriage removed to Canada, where the daughter\\nwas born Fel). 27, 1821. But one of three children\\nborn of her first marriage survives, Mariette. The\\ny others were named John and Henry. Tliree chil-\\ndren have been born of her marriage with Mr. Hat-\\nfield Teresa, May 16, 1856; Adam P., born July\\n18, 1849, and died March 24, 1850; (George, born\\nFeb. 2, 1850, and died Sept. 16, 1856. Mr. and\\nMrs. Hatfield are members of the Church of United\\nBrethren. Mr. H. was for 30 years a member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and has for four years\\nbeen a minister in tlie Church to which he now be-\\nlongs.\\njl oah Sooy, farmer on section i, Fulton Town-\\n11 ship, is the son of Samuel and Rebecca\\n(Tailor) Sooy, who were of Welsh and Hol-\\nland descent and settled in New Jersey.\\n,l(j Noah was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, June 10,\\nI Si 6, and received a common-school education in\\nthat county. When 18 years old he removed to Me-\\ndina County, same State, and in the fall of 1866 he\\nmade his last, long move to this county, buying 100\\nacres on section 3, Fulton Township. After residing\\nthere 14 years he sold and purchased 77 acres on\\nJ section i, same township, where he now resides.\\nHe has 60 acres under cultivation.\\nAug. 12, 1841, in Medina Co., Ohio, lie married\\nMiss Sarah Driskell, who was born in Wayne Co.,\\nOhio, Feb. 5, 1822. They have had seven children,\\nof whom four survive: Elizabeth, Jemima, Avery\\nand Corlis S. The deceased are Perry, Joseph C.\\nand Benjamin F. Mr. Sooy has been School Di-\\nrector two years, and in politics is a National.\\nV\\nli\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y., A])ril 18, 1843. When 20 years of age he\\nenlisted in the loth N. Y. Cav., and served a year\\nand a half, participating in the battles of the Wild-\\nerness, Spottsylvania Court-House, Cold Harbor,\\nWeldon Railroad, Vaughn Road, Five Forks, etc.\\nwas at the surrender of Gen. Lee. He was then at\\nhis home in Onondaga County a year, and next, in\\nApril, 1866, he came to Midland Co., Mich., where\\nhe followed milling and lumbering nearly 12 years.\\nIn the spring of 1878 he came to his present place,\\nwhich he had bought eight years previously. At first\\nit comprised 120 acres, but Mr. B. subsequently dis-\\nposed of 40 acres, and a half of the remainder is\\nnow in a good tillable condition.\\nSept. 6, 1874, Mr. Bodfish was married to Miss\\nEmma, daughter of Seth and Julia A. (Crandall)\\nGould, natives of Canada. She was born in Cana\\nda, Aug. 18, 1852. The children of Mr. and Mrs. B.\\nare Jolin H., George, Sarah M., Mary G. and Frank L.\\nMr. Bodfish is a member of the Masonic Order,\\nand in politics is a National.\\nijenry Bodfish, farmer, section 12, Bethany\\nTownship, is a son of Oliver and Sarah\\n(Walker) Bodfish, who were natives respect-\\nively of Massachusetts and Maine, first settled\\nin New Bedford, Mass., and afterward in Onon-\\ndaga Co., N. Y., where Mr. B. followed agricul-\\ntural pursuits and resided the remainder of his life,\\nhis death taking place .\\\\pril 8, 1883. His wife died\\nAug. 27, 1851.\\njtiram Townsend, farmer, section 31, North\\nS^ Shade Towiishi|i, is tiie son of Josiah and\\nDolly (Parker) Townsend, and was born in\\nJefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 1806. His parents\\nwere natives of Connecticut, where they were\\nengaged in farming. They moved to Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y., where the) spent the remainder of tlieir\\ndays.\\nAt the age of 21 years, Hiram left the home of his\\nparents and embarked on the voyage of life for him-\\nself. He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner,\\nwhich he followed for about 14 years. During this\\nperiod he spent much time of the winters in the\\nmanufacture of joiners tools.\\nIn the year 1854, Mr. Townsend married Miss\\nLouisa, daughter of Amasa and Luna (Townsend)\\nPage. Mr. Page was a native of New Hampshire,\\nand the mother of New York State. Both of them\\nhave long since closed life s labors, the former dying\\nin i860, and the latter in 185S, both in New York.\\nMrs. Townsend died in 1847, in Jefferson Co., N. Y.\\nSept. 28, 1848, he was married to Miss Luna Page, a\\nyounger sister of his first wife.\\nVi^\\nI\\ni\\nfciiiii-^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "-^D[l :^(ill r\\n306\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ne\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nI-\\nV\\nV\\ns\\nMr. Townsend moved from New York to Michigan\\nin 1865, and located on section 31, North Shade\\nTownship, on a tract of 87 acres of land, of which\\n65 acres are in a good state of cultivation. The\\nfarm is well improved and has upon it good farm\\nbuildings. Mr. Townsend is the father of eight chil-\\ndren, viz. Luna, Erastus, Ambrose E., Eber L.,\\nHarlan. Orville H., Frank E. and Ida A. The first\\nfour were by his first wife. Politically, Mr. Townsend\\nis a Republican.\\nilton H. Davis, farmer on section 16, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of William and\\nSally M. (Cast) Davis, natives of New\\nYork State. He was born in Medina Co.,\\nOhio, March 19, 1851, and at the age of 13\\ncame with his parents to Gratiot County. He\\nremained at home until 22 years old, and then pur-\\nchased 80 acres of Government land in Otsego Co.,\\nMich. Six years later he sold, and bought 85 acres\\nin Fulton Township, this county, where he now re-\\nsides. He has 70 acres under cultivation.\\nFeb. 22, 1873, at Ithaca, this county, he married\\nSarah, daughter of Peter and Nancy Leddick. She\\nwas born in Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1850. This\\nmarriage has been blessed with three children\\nJames E., William T. and Nela M. Mr. Davis is a\\nmember of the M. E. Church, and in iwlitics is a\\nRepublican.\\noseph E. Holton, farmer, section 14, Beth-\\nany Township, is a son of Joseph ar.d Eliz-\\n.sr^^ abeth (Barnes) Holton, who emigrated from\\nEngland to America in 1849 and first settled\\nin Jackson Co., Mich., and in 1S66 where they\\nnow reside, in Bethany Township, this county.\\nJoseph E., the eldest son, was born Aug. i, 1842, in\\nEngland remaining with his parents until the war\\nof the rebellion commenced, he enlisted, in August,\\n186 1, in the 8th Mich. Inf.; but, being under 18\\nyears of age, he was soon discharged, by request of\\nhis father. In August, 1862, he again enlisted, in the\\nsame regiment, and remained in the service uiitil\\nJuly, 1865, participating in 13 engagements. When\\nbefore Petersburg, Va., in April, 1865, he received a\\ngunshot wound in his left thigh.\\nAfter his discharge he came to Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nand soon entered the commercial college at Albion,\\nMich., where he graduated. Since 1866 he has re-\\nsided on his present place, where he is the owner of\\n120 acres of good land, with 57 acres cleared and\\nsubdued to a fine tilth. In the spring of 1880 he\\nwas elected Justice of the Peace, which office he\\nstill holds. Has been also School Director for six\\nyears and Commissioner of Highways. He belongs\\nto the National party.\\nMarch 19, 1868, in Bethany Township, Mr. Hol-\\nton married Miss Dorinda, daughter of Bernard and\\nDorinda Fox. (See sketch of Bernard Fox.) Mrs.\\nH. was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., April 4, 1848.\\nThe children in this family are Harvey B., Ida\\nM., Carrie L., Jessie E., George W. and Fred. N.\\nJessie died when about three years old.\\ni: .~(^,:i rederick S. Kelly, retired farmer and\\ni \\\\L\u00c2\u00a7. stock-raiser, section 36, Ithaca Township,\\nglfe? was born in Wood Co., Ohio, May 16,\\n^M^ 1832. His father, John A. Kelly, was a native\\nyjti^ of Ohio, and was the first settler in Mont-\\ngomery Township, Wood County. When he\\nwent tliere, the Indians were very numerous, and\\nnumliers of them would occasionally spend the night\\nat his hospitable home. When he raised his\\ncabin, he had to go 14 miles for help. In this\\npioneer home, the subject of this sketch passed his\\nearly childhood, and it was but natural for him to ac-\\nquire that pluck and energy wit i which all successful\\npioneers are endowed.\\nFrederick Kelly s mother, Rachel Shawn, was a\\nnative of Virginia, came to Ohio wlieii very young,\\nand there lived until her death, in 1840 Her father\\nwas a soldier in the Revolution, serving seven years.\\nFrederick attended the first school in his native\\ntownship. The school-house was a log structure,\\n14 X 18, covered with shakes. The benches con-\\nsisted of the roughest son of basswood logs, split, and\\nthe legs inserted therein so as to form a h.alf-round\\nseat. The fire-place was made of sticks and daub,\\nand the prominence of the corners admitted of the\\nchildren climbing to its top, which was a fine resort\\ni\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2v.\\nV\\nm:M^^^^--\\n^^Sg", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "V\\nr\\n-r7-7 ^ill[l :(lll v-^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\niii.-,^\\n-TO- 5\\n3\u00c2\u00b07\\nfor the urchins of thai pioneer school. The famihar\\ntrick of fastening the door, and then calling out,\\nTeacher, stay out or treat, was occasionally prac-\\nticed on Christmas by the mischievous pupils; but\\non one occasion the master beat them at their game.\\nHe took advantage of the peculiar style of the chim-\\nney, and, by covering its top, smoked tliem out.\\nFrederick passed the first 22 years of his life in at-\\ntending school, and in assisting his father to clear\\ntheir farm and make a comfortable home. Feb. 17,\\n\\\\i 1853, he was married to Mary Davis, a native of\\nOhio. Two years later, they came to this State and\\nentered 2S0 acres of land in Newark Township, this\\ncounty. June 17, 1866, his wife died at her home in\\nthis county, leaving two children: Ella, born Aug.\\n25, 1857; and John, born Nov. 25, 1858.\\nMr. Kelly was a second time married, April iS,\\n1867, to Mrs. Emma Jenner(//i V Humphrey), daugh-\\nter of John and Ann (Best) Humphrey, natives of\\nEngland. She was born in Sussex, England, April\\n13, 1841. Her parents were farmers, and she lived\\nat home and attended school in England until 15,\\nwhen her parents brought her to the United .States.\\nTheir passage across the Atlantic occupied six\\nweeks. From New York city they went to Levanna,\\nCayuga Co., N. Y., thence to Springport and in the\\nfall of 1863 they came to this county and located in\\nNewark Township. Emma s first husband, Henry\\nJenner, enlisted Sept. 3, 1862, was taken prisoner at\\nNewbern, N. C, Feb. 2, 1864, and died in the prison\\npen at Andersonville, April 18, 1864, of small-pox.\\nMr. Kelly enlisted, Aug. 12, 1862, in Co. D, 26th\\nMich. Vol. Inf., commanded by Capt. Lafayette\\nj? Church, of this county. He enlisted as wagoner, and\\nwas soon made boss wagoner, which jxist he held\\nA until he was honorably discharged, June 15, 1865,\\nafter serving nearly three years.\\nJan. II, 1881, he left his well improved farm of\\n280 acres in Newark township in care of his son, and\\npurchased his present home of 40 acres on section\\n36, Ithaca Township, near the village of Ithaca.\\nHere he lives a retired life, devoting a portion of his\\ntime to dealing in stock. He has by his second mar-\\nriage one daughter, Fanny, born June 8, 1877, the\\nnamesake of her aunt, Fanny Kelly, who was for five\\nmonths a captive among the Indians of Idaho.\\nMrs. Kelly s first marriage occurred Dec. 14, 1859;\\nand by this marriage she has two sons: Thomas C,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a00-\\nV\\nJ\\nborn Feb. 12, 1862, and Edward H., born Junes,\\n1863.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kelly are not members of any\\nChurch, believing that a high morality, as taught by\\nour conscience, is the best religion. He has held\\nthe office of Highway Commissioner for six years,\\nand Township Treasurer for two years, besides\\nminor offices. He was the second Treasurer of New-\\nark Township. Politically, he is a zealous member\\nof the National Greenback party.\\nI IIjM; ^tsi Myer, farmer, section g, Bethany Town\\n1^^^^ siiip, was born in Prussia, Feb. 23, 1821\\n41!\u00c2\u00a9- parents were natives of the same country\\n|,j((^ and there followed the occupation of farming\\nJlf^ until the year 1841, when they emigrated to\\nthe United States and settled in Ohio, where they\\nboth died, the former in 1875, and the latter in\\n1870.\\nMr. Myer remained at home, in his native land,\\nassisting his father on the farm and accompanied\\nthem to the States. On arrival in Ohio he engaged\\nhimself as a farm laborer for two years to a gentleman\\nin the vicinity of Cleveland, afterward working in a\\nbrick-yard two summers and cutting wood in the\\nwinters. His next move was to Huron County,\\nwhere he remained two years working on a farm, and\\nthen moved to Williams County, same State, and\\npurchased 40 acres of land. He labored on this\\nland for nine years, when he sold it and came to this\\ncounty, arriving here in the year 1867. On arriving\\nhere, he purciiased 80 acres of land on section g,\\nBethany Township, and turned his undivideil atten-\\ntion to the cultivation of the same. He has suc-\\ncessfully cleared 62 acres of this land and placed it\\nunder good improvement, on 40 acres of which there\\nis not a stump to be seen.\\nMr. Myer was united in marriage June 20, 1850,\\nin Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Julia N. Midlle, born in\\nGermany, Aug. 31, 1821. She came to the United\\nStates in 1850, the year she was married.\\nMr. and Mrs. Myer are the parents of six children,\\nonly two of whom survive, namely: Catherine, who\\nwas united in marriage to John Schultes, and is at\\npresent living on section 8, Bethany Township; and\\n^il[| :iitlr\\nA\\nt", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "f^-\\n^2^^ e V4^DD ;oiir- T\\n^rJvx-\\n^2/*i ir- v^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nMary, the wife of Frank Peach, living on section 4,\\nin the same township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Myer are both members of the Ger-\\nT man Lutheran Church, and Mr. M. has held an of-\\n(S; fice in the Church for many years.\\nIn political opinion Mr. M. is a Democrat.\\nV^\\names M. McKee, farmer, section 6, Ithaca\\nTownship, was born in Niagara Co., N. Y.,\\nJan. 14, 1836. His father was Anthony\\nMiKee, a native of Orange Co., N. Y., and o\\nScotch and German extraction. James was\\nreared on a farm and educated in the common\\nschools of his native county. In 1867 he came to\\nWashtenaw Co., Mich., where he worked at his trade\\nof carpenter and joiner during the summer and\\ntaught school during the winter. He came to Gratiot\\nCounty in 187J, taught one winter, and has since\\n/S been engaged in agriculture, now owning 85 acres of\\nwell improved land.\\nOct. 22, 1873, Mr. McKee married Miss Mary\\nKillin, daughter of Patrick Killin, and their children\\nare Belle and Berenice.\\nMr. McKee is a Freemason in good standing,\\nhavint; taken nine degrees in the mvstic art.\\n..a\u00c2\u00bbJ-\u00c2\u00ab|l\u00c2\u00bbJ s!.\\n^j^^P\\nh illiam K. Wheeler, tarmer, section 12,\\nSw Newark Township, was born Oct. 9, 1839,\\nW^O Oswego Co.,N. His parents, Sylvester\\nand Hannah (Peck) Wheeler, were natives\\nresjiectively of Vermont and New York. (See\\nsketch.) In 1852, when he was but 13 years old,\\nhis family went to Kane Co., 111., and after a stay of\\nmore than a year they came to Michigan. He re-\\nmained with them until 1863. They came to Gratiot\\nCounty in i855 ,after a stay of si.x months in Ingham\\n/X^ County. Since that date, Mr. Wheeler has contin-\\nS[ ued a resident of Gratiot County. He owns 160\\n3 acres of land and has 108 acres under fine improve-\\nments and in advanced cultivation. Mr. Wheeler is\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y a Republican, and acts for the issues and interests of\\n^S that party. He has been Director of School District\\nNo. 2 ten successive years, and has served four years\\nr as School Assessor.\\nHe was married in Greenbush, Clinton Co., Mich.,\\nAug. 6, 1863, to Mrs. Ann L., widow of George\\nHawkes, and daughter of John and Ann Cook..\\nShe is a native of England, and was born Nov. 5,\\n1839, near Canterbury. Her parents brought her to\\nthe United States when she was 12 years old. Her\\nfirst husband died March 14, 1861, leaving two chil-\\ndren, Samuel j., born Dec. 11, 1859, and Thomas\\nE., Sept. 6, 1861. Following is the record of the\\nbirths of six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler:\\nAlfred W., July 3, 1864; George E., Aug. 29, 1866;\\nMary J., Dec. 5, 1868; Warren W., April 8, 1870;\\nCora E., July 29, 1873; Frederick H., July S, 1876.\\nThe family attend the United Brethren Church, ot\\nwhich the parents are zealous members.\\nfl5rt \\\\v. 8 Hklin Miller, the first resident lawyer of\\n^Mljip Gratiot County, was born in Lodi, Seneca\\nA\\n^^D!1\\nCo., N. Y., March 13, 1833. His ances-\\ntors, back to an indefinite date i)revious to the\\nRevolution, were farmers, and formerly resided\\nin the township of Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y.,\\nemigrating to the lake country at the close of the\\nwar for independence.\\nHe received the rudiments of a cominon English\\neducation in the district schools of the neighborhood,\\nand, commencing at 16, pursued for three years a\\ncourse of academic studies. The ensuing three years\\nhe studied law at Elmira, N. Y., and in 1S55 he was\\nadmitted to practice in the courts of the Empire\\nState. I he same year, he came to this State and\\ncounty, arriving previous to the first election of county\\nofficers, when he was elected Prosecuting Attorney,\\nthe first to hold that office in Gratiot. He was the\\nfirst resident licensed attorney, and at the next elec-\\ntion was re-elected for a second term. Before the\\nconclusion of this term, however, ill health compelled\\nhis resignation; and in the spring of 1859 he made\\nthe overland trip to California, going the next year to\\nOregon. On the discovery of the gold fields of Ida-\\nho, he was among the first to settle in that little-known\\nTerritory.\\nIn 1871, he returned to Michigan, married, and\\nremained a resident of Gratiot County until 1882,\\nwhen he went once more to Idaho. He will be long\\nremembered as oae of the pioneers of this county.\\n0)\\nr^\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "n m\\n^e-r ^tlll ^llll r-r ^^r\\nGy?.4 r/c r CO UNI Y.\\n309\\n.f\\n0^\\\\\\nV\\na\\nHe was among those who secured the location of the\\ncounty offices at Ithaca, and he was the first Post-\\nmaster of the county seat, which lie named in re-\\nmembrance of Ithaca, N. Y. He purchased and\\nand brought into Gratiot County its first jirinting\\npress. He was the original projector of the Michi-\\ngan Central Union Fair Association, and was in var-\\nious ways instrumental in the progress of the county\\nand county seat.\\nICohn P. Ruppert, farmer on section 27, Ful-\\n_^dt ton Township, is a son of John P. and\\nij Christine (Sholler) Ruppert, natives of Ger-\\nmany, in which country they died. He was\\nalso born in Germany, Sept. 15, 1815, and in\\n1853 came with his wife and one child to the\\nUnited States. For three years he lived in the State\\nof Ohio. In the autumn of 1856, known as the\\nsmoky fall, he came to Gratiot C ounty and bouglit\\n80 acres of wild land on section 27, Fulton Town-\\nship, where he has since resided. He has now 40\\nacres under the plow.\\nHe was married in the Fatherland, in Septem-\\nber, 1843, to Miss Anna B., daughter of Frederick\\nand Mary B. (Christine) Buttner, natives also of the\\nold country. She was born there Sept. 8, 1814. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Ruppert have one son, George M.,a sketch\\nof whom is given in this work. They have formerly\\nbeen members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.\\nPolitically, Mr. R. is a Democrat.\\nfohn Richard, Sr., farmer on section 34, New-\\nark Township, is a son of John and Mary\\n(Poorman) Richard, natives of Franklin\\nCo., Pa. They followed farming all their lives\\nir and died in Westmoreland Co., Pa., whither\\nthey had removed. The father departed this\\nlife in May, 1833, and the mother Dec. 19, 1845.\\nThe subject of this biography was born March 16,\\n181 1, in Westmoreland Co., Pa., and alternately\\nworked on the farm and attended school until 21\\nyears old. At this age he was united in marriage\\nwith Rachel Fry, daughter of Micliael and Regina\\n(Spillman) Fry, natives of Luzerne Co.. Pa. Mr. and\\nMrs. Fry followed farming, and died in their native\\ncounty, the father in r853, and the mother in 1866.\\nTh ..ir daughter Rachel was born May 27, 1815, in\\nWestmoreland Co., Pa., and was the third daughter\\nof a family of 13 children, all ot whom are now dead\\nbut three.\\nMr. and Mrs. Richard moved in 1846 to Ashland\\nCo., Ohio, and in 1854 they went to Wood County,\\nsame State. Here he worked out a comfortable\\nhome from the dense forest. He is a man of iron\\nconstitution, and nothing in the way of hardship or\\ntoil could daunt him. In the spring of 1871, he\\nmoved with his family to Gratiot County, and located\\non 80 acres on section 34, Newark Township, where\\nhe now resides.\\nDuring the late war, he sent four sons into the\\narmy, and twice enlisted himself; but was not ac-\\ncepted, on account of his i)ersonal sacrifice in risking\\nthe lives of his sons. Mr. and Mrs. Richard have\\nbeen the parents of five sons and six daughters. He\\nis a staunch Republican, and with his wife belongs\\nto the United Brethren C hurch. They have been\\nChristians 40 years.\\nohn H. Jessup, farmer, section 25, Newark\\nTownship, is tlie son of Isaac M. and\\nEleanor (Schermerhorn) Jessup. The for-\\nmer was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., April c\\nY 1810; the latter Nov. 20, 1815, in Rensselae\\nCounty, in the same State. Their marriager\\ntook place in New York, and in 1839 they eniiirated\\nto Michigan, and at first settled in Eaton County\\ngoing afterward to Wayne County. They maintained\\ntheir residence there for 15 years, and in the spring\\nof 1853 removed to Ionia County, where they are at\\npresent located. Four daughters and five sons were\\nborn to them Jane M., Abram M., John H., Alida\\nA., Jacob S., Andrew S., Mary E., Edward T. and\\nEleanor E. The last named child died when nearly\\nthree years old.\\nMr. Jessup, of this sketch, was born Dec. 24, 1837\\nin Rensselaer Co., N. Y. He was 17 years old when\\nhis father located in Michigan, and he obtained his\\neducation in the common schools of the Peninsular\\nState. On reaching the period of his legal freedom\\nhe found himself with the world before him, to wrest\\nca:\\nr\\n.1\\n^\u00c2\u00ab^(f\u00c2\u00bb\\n.^n..^\\n^ii!i^Dni\\nN^-^\\n4^^$f\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "310\\n^r-r -m^m r\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nsuccess from opportunity, or to wait in listless apathy\\nfor the fortune that comes soonest to manly, well-\\ndirected endeavor. In December, i860, he came to\\nGratiot County, and became the owner of 63 acres of\\nunimproved land in Newark Township, of which he\\nis still proprietor. He built the customary log house,\\nand continued its occupancy until 1880. In that\\nyear, he completed and took possession of a fine\\nbrick residence. To his original farm he has added\\n85 acres, and is now carrying on successful agricul-\\nture on 148 acres, of which 123 acres are finely im-\\nproved land. Mr. Jessup belongs to tlie Republican\\nelement in politics, and has officiated three years as\\nSchool Director in his district.\\nIn October, 1864, he was drafted, and assigned to\\nservice in the 23d Mich. Vol. Inf and was in the\\narmy nine months. He participated in the actions\\nat Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and at Port Ander-\\nson, N. C Was honorably discharged from the ser-\\nvice of the United States in June, 1865, at Washing-\\nton, D. C.\\nMr. Jessup was married Dec. 29, 1859, at Lyons,\\nIonia County, to Margaret R., daughter of Amos and\\nBetsey (Grant) Dean, natives of the State of New\\nYork, where they were married, and whence they re-\\nmoved their family to Ionia Co., Mich., in 1854, and\\nin 1 861 again removed to Gratiot County, and located\\nin North Shade Township. The father died June\\n29. 1857. The mother resides in Sumner Township.\\nMrs. Jessup is the second daughter of her parents,\\nand is one of nine children born to them, viz. Amos\\nW., Nancy B., Darius E., Ezra J., Thomas H., Emma\\nA., Rosa M. and Emery V. She was born in Vates\\nCo., N. Y., Aug. 28, 1840. The sons and daughters\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Jessup are named Charles H.,\\nNettie E., Arthur H., George L., Frank A., William\\nT., Glen O. and Bertha M.\\nSWiWS\\nilbert Pierson, farmer, section 32, Washing-\\nton Township, is a son of Silas and Phoebe\\n(Davis) Pierson, natives of Essex Co., N. J.\\nSilas Pierson was a carpenter and joiner, and\\nin 1839 moved to Morrow Co., Ohio, where he\\nand his wife both died. The subject of this\\nwas born in Essex Co., N. J., Oct. 13, 1817.\\n18 years old, he was apprenticed for three\\nyears to the trade of harness-maker, at the expiration\\nof which time he engaged in farming in Morrow Co.,\\nOhio. In 1853, he removed to Gratiot County, pur-\\nchasing of the Government 80 acres on section 32,\\nWashington Township. There are now 60 acres\\nnicely improved. In the spring of 1867, he built a\\nlarge barn, and in 1873 he erected a neat dwelling, at\\na cost of $1,000.\\nMarch 10, 1844, he was married to Lucy J.,\\ndaughter of Samuel and Maria ((iould) Linscott,\\nnatives respeotively of the State of Maine and New\\nYork city. Mr. Linscott was by occupation a mason.\\nMr. Pierson has been Highway Commissioner of\\nhis township for three years, and has served occa-\\nsionally on juries. He built the second house in\\nWashington Township. There was at that time no\\nroad, and he had to attach paper to stakes, to guide\\nto his place the men to whom he went five miles to\\nask to help him build. The nearest trading place\\nwas Dewitt, Clinton County. He and wife are mem-\\nbers of the Christian Church. In politics he is a\\nsupporter of the Republican party.\\n^*hJh*.^\\nv\\nv^\\nhomas M. Granger, farmer, section 8, Pine\\ni River Township, was born March 3, 1841,\\nP^ in Hartsville, Steuben Co., N. Y., and is the\\nthird son of Allen and Margaret (Bover)\\nGranger. His father was born in Vermont,\\nand his mother was a native of New York.\\nThey settled soon after their marriage in Canisteo,\\nSteuben Co., N. Y., and they still reside in that\\ncounty.\\nMr. Granger is the third son of his parents and one\\nof ten children born to them. He received a common-\\nschool education, and at the age of 20 made his\\nentry into the world in an independent capacity, and\\npaid his father $75 for the year s service yet re-\\nmaining of his minority. He was empty-handed,\\nbut preserved a spirit of determination second to that\\nof no man, the results of which, coupled with persist-\\nent labor, good sense and judgment, are plainly\\nmanifest in his surroundings. He came to Gratiot\\nCounty in September, 1867, and settled at Ithaca.\\nHe remained in that place and vicinity nearly eight\\nyears. In 187-. he bought 80 acres of land in Sum-\\nner Township, which he continued to improve three\\n1^\\nA\\n^VS 5\u00c2\u00ab^\u00c2\u00ab|\\n\u00c2\u00ae5\u00c2\u00bb-\\n-il!]:^^ni]f\\n-a^^.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "^M^ jr ^,,et", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "L .4 .^^.t", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)^^a-\\nA\\nV\\n4\\nGRATIOT\\nCOUNTY.\\nri^^i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^sr\\n313\\nyears, when he sold out and went to Ahna. There\\nhe built a house and barn and resided about 18\\nmonths, when he exchanged the property for 80 acres\\nof hmd belonging to P. Richardson, located in Pine\\nRiver Township, where he has since followed the\\nvocation of farming. He has purchased 17 acres ad-\\nditional, and has 75 acres under improvement. Mr.\\nGranger is an adherent to the tenets of the National\\nGreenback party.\\nHe was married May 11, 1859, in Steuben C o., N.\\nY., to Mary B., daughter of Burnett and Margaret\\n(Gibling) McDermott, natives of Ireland, where Mrs.\\nGranger was born, Jan. 5, 1839. Three children\\nGeorge W., Ella L. and Carrie L. have been born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Granger. The only son and eldest\\nchild met his death at Fremont, Newaygo County,\\nDec. 21, i88i,by a terrible accident. He was en-\\ngaged in making what is called a fly switch at the\\nrailroad station where he was employed, and was\\nkilled while in the performance of his duty.\\nThe father and mother are members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\ni\\nf, A\\nJ _A.\\n\u00c2\u00a3S-\\n^4S uuvi**^\\noUa A. Peet, farmer, section 31, Lafayette\\nTownship, is a son of |ohn and Betsy\\n(Clark) Peet, natives of Connecticut and\\nNew York, respectively. The former was by\\noccupation a farmer, but also worked at the\\ntrade of a shoemaker. Rolla A. was born\\nAug. 18, 1830, in the State of New York, and worked\\non his father s farm until he was nearly 21 years old.\\nEarly in 1851 he went to Ohio, and worked on a\\nfarm until he was fully of age. He then married Mary\\nOdell, daughter of Nathan and Betsy (Wright) Odell,\\nand resided for a time in Lorain Co., Ohio. Mr.\\nPeet enlisted in Co. B, First Ohio Light Artillery, in\\n1864, and was mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio,\\nJuly 24, 1865. Returning home, he engaged in the\\ndairy business one year, then sold his farm and came\\nto Michigan in the spring of 1867. He first settled\\non 300 acres in Kent County. In 1875 he again re-\\nmoved, this time to Lafayette Township, Gratiot Co.,\\nsettling on the south half of section 31. Of his 320\\nacres, 100 are cleared and 100 more chopped.\\nMr. Peet s first marriage was blessed with six\\nchildren, as follows: Frank M., born Nov. 22, 1852;\\nOdell, July 9, 1855 Gertrude, June 2, 1859; Louis\\nM., Feb. 27, 1862 Benj. J., Nov. 21, 1867 Anna,\\nSept. 17, 1874.\\nHe is liberal in his religious views, and politically\\nhe votes with the National party. In 1881, the first\\nMrs. Peet died, and he was again married to Miss\\nIda M. Fuller, a daughter of James and Polly\\n(Schance) Fuller. She was born in Eaton Co., Mich.,\\nSept. 17, 1865, and at the age of five came with her\\nparents to Gratiot County.\\nAs one of the leading and representative agricul-\\nturists and citizens of Gratiot County, we take\\npleasure in presenting Mr. Peet s portrait in this\\nvolume.\\nsv\\neorge G. Nichols, jeweler at St. Louis, was\\nJ. V-^4 ^of March 10, 1845, at Plattsburg, N. Y.\\nfiX^ He is the son of Gardner and Sabra (Martin)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l* Nichols. His father was a son of Levi Nich- i=i\\nols, proprietor of the Nichols House, at Platts-\\nburg, and was also born in that place. Levi Nichols\\ndied at the advanced age of 94. The management\\nof the hotel devolved upon Gardner Nichols before\\nthe death of his father, and he conducted it several\\nyears. In the spring of 1863 he removed his family\\nto Medina, Lenawee Co., Mich., where he bought a\\nfarm of 1 60 acres of land.\\nMr. Nic;hols was then 18 years old, and he attended\\nthe academy at Oak Grove several terms. In Jan-\\nuary, 1S64, he determined to risk the fate of war, and\\nenrolled as a soldier. He enlisted in Co. G, 30th\\nMich. Vol. Inf., and was in the service of the United\\nStates six months. He returned to Medina, and after\\nattending school two terms went to Adrian and en-\\ntered the employ of Japhet Cross to learn the de-\\ntails of the jeweler s trade. He remained nearly\\nfour years, and Jan. 10, 1870, came to St. Louis in\\nimpaired health, to obtain the benefit of the mineral\\nwater. After three months he became so much im-\\nproved that he determined to engage in business and\\nopened an establishment at the stand now occupied\\nby Mclntyre s drug store. He conducted the rei)air\\nbusiness, and as he succeeded in working up a con-\\nsiderable degree of trade he added jewelry, and by\\nhis good management has firmly established himself\\nI\\nO\\nDDr.\\ni^ii-^s\\n^^w^\\n^f*ild", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": ":25C^5s: 6VC tltl\u00c2\u00a7(lIlf\\nrz^^^\\nro\\n\u00c2\u00a3=3\\ni\\n1=3\\ns\\n314\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nin his business. He removed to his present quar-\\nters in May, 1882. In May, 1879, he was burned\\nout on the old site, but with a very slight loss above\\nhis insurance. His business is prosperous and he\\nemploys his brother, John M. Nichols, as assistant in\\nrepairing and engraving. He is also agent for the\\nNew American Sewing Machine, No. 7.\\nMr. Nichols was married Sept. 27, 1876, at Has-\\ntings, Barry Co., Mich., to Blanche, daughter of A. J.\\nNewton. She was born in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. N.\\nare the parents of one child, Carrie E.,born Nov. 1 1,\\n1878, at St. Louis. Mr. Nichols is a member of the\\nKnights of Honor.\\nji euben D. Maxwell, farmer, section 7,\\nNorth Star Township, was born in Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., June 3, 1834, and is a son of\\nCyrus Maxwell, who brought his family from\\nTroy to Geauga Co., Ohio, in 1836, and to\\nMonroe Co., Mich., in 1844, where the subject\\nof this sketch resided until after the war. He served\\none year in that gi-eat struggle, in Co. H, Ninth\\nMich. Vol. Inf. resided in Ingham Co., Mich., from\\n1866 to 1879, where he followed farming five years\\nand ran a dray eight years then came to this county,\\nwhere he has since been engaged in agriculture, and\\nnow owns 1245^ acres of good land.\\nOct. 29, i86i, Mr. Maxwell married Miss Jane,\\ndaughter of Daniel Hillman, now deceased. She\\nwas born in Upper Canada, and was brought by her\\nparents to Jackson Co., Mich., when only four years\\nof age (1844). Mr. and Mrs. M. have three chil-\\ndren, namely Grace, Newton and Ira.\\nf\\nI\\nV\\nii\\ni C \\\\jlsariu8 Roop, farmer, section 5, North Shade\\nf^^^al Township, is a son of John and Mary\\n|r^^ (Mills) Roop, the former a nariveofNew\\nWV York, and the latter of Canada. Farming\\nfj was their occupation. Mr. John Roop came\\nJ when a young man to Toledo, Ohio, near\\nwhich place he owned a farm. After a period, he\\nmoved 25 miles west of that city, and in 1856 to\\nMontcalm County, this State, wherein 188? his wife\\ndied. He is yet living with his daughter, Mrs. Eva-\\nline Thompson, in Montcalm County.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born March 16,\\n1832, in Lucas Co., Ohio, near Toledo, remaining\\nwith his parents until 22 years of age as a farmer.\\nSpending one year in Indiana, he came to Montcalm\\nCo., Mich., where he remained two years engaged in\\nvarious occupations. He cleared the land where\\nCarson City now stands. In 1857, he located on a\\ntract of 40 acres on section 5, North Shade Town-\\nship, to which he subsequently added 40 acres. He\\nnow has 78 acres well improved, with house, barn,\\netc. Mr. Roop has been Justice of the Peace seven\\nyears, and School Director a number of terms. He\\nis a Republican, and a member of Ithaca Chapter,\\nNo. 70, R. A. M.\\nIn the year 1856, Mr. Roop married Miss Eliza-\\nbeth, daughter of William F. and Eliza (Earls) Bige-\\nlow, natives of the State of New York. Her mother\\ndied a number of years ago, and her father is yet liv-\\ning, in Carson City, Mich. The two children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Roop are: Charles, born Aug. 24, 1858, and\\nAlpheus, May 7, 1867.\\nJ-V/vv^-J-\\nbornelius K. Samson, physician and drug-\\ngist at St. Louis, was born in Dover,\\n0\\nDutchess Co., N. Y., March 21, 1825, and is\\na son of John and Sarah (Upson) Samson.\\nThe father was born in Dover, in 1776; the\\nmother was a native of Waterbury, Conn., where she\\nwas born in 1780. In June, 1836, they came to\\nMichigan and settled in Woodstock, Lenawee County.\\nJohn Samson died Oct. 20, 1837. The demise of his\\nwife occurred in i860, at White Church, Kan.\\nDr. Samson was a resident of Woodstock until he\\nwas 27 years of age, and was engaged in farming.\\nIn 1852 he went to Adrian and opened a store for\\nthe sale of books and stationery, and also entered\\nupon the study of medicine. He continued the man-\\nagement of his book trade about a year, and after\\ndevoting some time to his medical studies, he com-\\nmenced his career as a practitioner. In November,\\n1872, he came to St. Louis and purchased a stock of\\ndrugs and continued to operate at the stand where\\nhe first established himself, on the corner of Mill and\\nCenter Streets, four years. In 1876 he purchased the\\n_ ii\\\\\\nJL\\n^ii!])^tin;\\njs ^pc\\n4^^5C(\u00c2\u00ae i", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "S?i,N\\nG/iA TIO T COUNTY.\\n-^^m^^^\\n-s\\n3 S\\nbuilding where he has since conducted his business.\\nHis stock includes drugs, patent medicines, oils and\\npaints, books, stationery, groceries, etc. His trade is\\npopular and prosperous, and he has a good office\\npractice. He compounds the following proprietary\\nmedicines Alterative Tonic, Ague and Chill-Fever\\nPills, Compound Cough Elixir, Carminative, Cough\\nSyrup, Dysentery Pills, Constipation Pills, Dyspeptic\\nElixir, Canker Lotion, Expectorant, Hair Dye, Horse\\nand Cattle Powders, Hoof and Healing Ointment,\\nHeave Powders, Nerve and Bone Liniment, Com-\\npound Carthartic Pills, Family Panacea, Syrup Sarsa-\\nparilla Compound, Soothing Drops, Vegetable Liver\\nPills, Peptonic Vermifuge, Fluid Extract of VVitch-\\nHazel and Healing Salve.\\nDr. Samson was married Dec. 2, 1852, in Brook-\\nlyn, Jackson Co., Mich., to Wealtha L. Youngs.\\nTwo children have been born of their marriage\\nEllie M. and Mary L. The former is the wife of L\\nC. Kendall.\\nndrew S. Jolly, farmer, section 20, Wash-\\nI ington Township, is a son of Charles N-\\nS and Tryphena (Pulfrey) Jolly, natives of New\\niir York State. They followed farming in that\\n1 State, where the former died in 1842. The\\nlatter died in Gratiot County, in 1880. An-\\ndrew S. was born Nov. 20, 1835, in Fayette Town-\\nship, Seneca Co., N. Y. At the age of 10, he com-\\nmenced iieddling, which he followed for eight years.\\nComing to Monroe Co., Mich., he worked in the\\nwoods and on a farm for a year and a half; and then\\ncame to Gratiot County, in 1854.\\nIn 1863, he enlisted in Co. L, First Michigan En-\\ngineers, and was assigned to the \\\\rmy of the Cum-\\nberland. He fought at Murfreesboro, Tenn., but\\nwas generally on detached duty; and was finally\\nmustered out in September, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn.,\\nand discharged the following month, at Jackson,\\nMich.\\nIn 1854, he married Mary J., daughter of Daniel\\nBrown, a farmer, and a native of New York. She\\nwas born in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Jolly first\\nlocated on 40 acres in Fulton Township. In March,\\n1866, they removed to section 17, Washington Town-\\nship, and in 1869 they removed to section 7, same\\ntownship. In 1873, they settled at their present home\\non section 20, consisting of 240 acres, 100 of which\\nare improved. They have a family of nine children,\\nare members of the United Brethren Church, and\\nMr. Jolly is a member of Moses Wisner Post, No.\\nI o I, G. A. R., at Ithaca, and votes the Republican\\nticket.\\n^^*-^S^\\nki\\n7;-x\\n-J-~\\\\/Wi\\nVV\\n^flh-.-am.^i^\\neorge Richardson, druggist, grocer and\\njeweler, Ithaca, was born in Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., May 13, 1836, and is the son of\\nGeorge S. and Laura L. (Tyler) Richardson\\nnatives of Connecticut and Vermont, and of\\nEnglish-German and New England ancestry.\\nThey reside in Oakland County, aged respectively 75\\nand 74.\\nThe subject of this biography went when two years\\nold with his parents to Genesee County, this State.\\nj? England, who came to America in 1827, and\\nr resided in the State of New York the remainder\\nof their lives.\\nMr. John Jackson was born Nov. 20, 1817, in\\nYorkshire, England, came to this country with his\\nparents and when he was a lad nearly grown\\nthey died, and he left the old homestead and en-\\ngaged in a distillery two years, then in farming in\\nNew York State until i86g, when he came to this\\ncounty, locating on section 4, North Shade Township,\\non a tract of 77 acres of partially improved land,\\nwhich he now has in fine cultivation. He owns\\naltogether 400 acres. In religious belief Mr. Jack-\\nson is a Universalist, and in politics a Republican.\\nIn 1850, Mr. Jackson was married to Miss Sarah\\nA., daughter of Isaac and Jemima (White) Leonard,\\nthe former an agriculturist and a native of New York,\\nand the latter of Connecticut both died in New\\nYork State. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have the follow-\\ning children Martha, born in 1852; Edwin, 1854;\\nand John, 1865. The parents are members of the\\nGrange, and Mrs. J. is also a Universalist.\\nohn Jackson, farmer, section 4, North Shade\\nTownship, is a son of John and Hannah g^\\n(Mathers) Jackson, farmers of Yorkshire, f-\\nc)\\nr^\\nf", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "r c^Illl ^IjDr r-\\nV\\nV\\n4\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\nmi.\\nHis father being a drover, George had his full time\\nfor school until 20 years of age. He then engaged\\non the New York Central railroad as brakeman,\\nafterwards changing to the Chicago, Rock Island\\nPacific, on which road he was for a time a conductor.\\nAfter four years of railroad life, he became a foreman\\nin the Holland saw-mill in .Saginaw County, where\\nhe remained two years.\\nOn the breaking out of the great civil war, he re-\\nsponded to the first call of President Lincoln for\\ntroops, and enlisted in the first company of volunteers\\nraised in Oakland County, of which he was made a\\nSergeant. This company was never mustered into\\nthe service, as many more companies offered than\\nwere needed under the call for three-months men.\\nAfter the disbanding of the company, he enlisted in\\nCo. A, ist Mich. Lancers. That kind of troops was\\ndiscontinued after seven months, but being deter-\\nmined to fight for his country he enrolled himself in\\nCo. I, 2 2d Mich. Vol. Inf, and served under Gen.\\nThomas. Shortly after his enlistment, he was se-\\nlected as special messenger for Gen. Thomas at\\nheadquarters. Here he remained until July, 1865,\\nand after his discharge he returned to Gratiot\\nCounty.\\nHe then settled on a farm of 320 acres, 160 of\\nwhich he had purchased in 1861, in Lafayette Town-\\nship. Only 10 acres were then improved, but after\\nsix years residence he has improved 100 acres. He\\nstill retains 280 acres of that farm. In the spring of\\n1872, he came to Ithaca and purchased 44 feet front-\\nage on Center Street, on which he established a\\ngrocery store. In 1875, he and Mr. Weatherwax\\nerected the first brick building in the village. It\\nwas built 80 feet deep, with a front of 22^ feet, but\\nis now iro feet deep. The firm was Richardson\\nWeatherwax for two and a half years, when Mr. R.\\nbecame sole proprietor. When he started in busi-\\nness, his stock was worth butSij^oo; but when, in\\n1 88 1, he sold out to D. G. Hall, his stock was valued\\nat $7,000, and he did an annual business of $18,000.\\nJan. 12, 1884, he resumed the business, now carry-\\ning a stock worth $6,000. The period from 1881 to\\n1884 was spent at Petoskey, this State, two years of\\nthe time in the drug business.\\nJuly 3, 1862, in Northville, Wayne Co., Mich., he\\nwas married to Miss Jennie A. Watson, daughter of\\nJ. T. and Harriet (Wilcox) Watson, natives of Gene-\\nsee Co., N. Y., and of Scotch and English descent.\\nShe was born in Livingston Co., Mich., May 13,\\n1842, and when 16 years old went with her parents\\nto Oakland County, where she lived until her mar-\\nriage, teaching school for some time previous to that\\nevent. Mr. and Mrs. R. have been the parents of\\nseven children, four of whom survive: Flora H., born\\nApril 22, 1863; Rena L., July 3, 1867; Hattie H.,\\nOct. 28, 187 I and George E., May i, 1878. The\\ndeceased are Iva, Laura L. and Jennie. The par-\\nents attend the Congregational Church. Mr. R. is\\npolitically a Republican, and has held the offices of\\nJustice of the Peace and Township Treasurer in La-\\nfayette Township. He was also Postmaster at La-\\nfayette for five years. He belongs to the Masonic\\nfraternity.\\n|iyron A. Hicks, merchant, Bridge ville,\\nWashington Township, is a son of Andrus\\nand Betsy (Tilton) Hicks, natives of New\\nYork State. Mr. Hicks has been most of his\\nlife a tanner and farrier in New York State,\\nwhere he and wife yet live. Byron was born\\nMay 27, 1844, in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and lived\\nwith his parents, working summers and attending\\nschool winters, until 15 years old.\\nIn October, i860, he came to St. John s, this State,\\nwhere he was engaged in the store of John Hicks, in\\nbuying wheat, and at other employment. In 1864\\nhe came to Gratiot County and engaged in buying\\nstaves, making his headquarters at J. B. Smith s ho-\\ntel at Pompei. In the spring of 1865, he bought\\nthe grocery of Wilbur Coon, of Pompei, and carried\\non business there until the spring of 1867, when he\\nremoved to Bridgeville. He now keeps a full line ot\\ngroceries, dry goods, boots and shoes, and has a ])ros-\\nperous trade.\\nWhile at Pompei, he was married to Mary Avery,\\nthe daughter of John R. and Lovina (Saunders)\\nAvery, natives of Rhode Island and Connecticut,\\nrespectively. Mr. Avery was a farmer. Mary Avery\\nwas born in the State of Wisconsin,, in 1845, and\\ndied at Bridgeville in 1868, leaving one child, which\\ndied shortly after its mother. Mr. Hicks was again\\nmarried, to Sarah M. Avery, a sister of his first wife,\\nin April, 1870. This union has been blessed with\\nvs;=^\\nK^tlli:-^:i]l1^-\\n1\\nA\\nV\\ne\\nf\\nm\\n11", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V^\\n317\\nI.\\nxy three children, viz. Bessie L., Clyde B. and Leo M.\\nMr. Hicks has held the office of Supervisor from\\nWashington Township, being elected in 1882. He\\nhas also been Township Treasurer for four years, and\\nTownship Clerk. He is a member of the Masonic\\nOrder, belonging to a lodge at St. John s. In politics,\\nhe is a supporter of the Democratic party.\\nC\\nit.enretch Moench, farmer, section 4, North\\nK Shade Township, was born Feb. 2, 181 7, in\\nGermany, of German parents, namely:\\nJohn D. and Barbara Hoffman, who died in\\ni Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt, Germany. The sub-\\n1 ject of this sketch emigrated to America in\\n1853, landing at New York, and settling in Waterloo,\\nJackson Co., Mich. In 18 or 19 months, that is, in\\n1855, he moved to this county, locating on sections\\n3 and 4, North Shade Tiownship, the tract containing\\n320 acres, all wild land. Of this he has since sold\\none-half, and he now has about 70 acres in good cul-\\ntivation.\\nMr. Moench was married in 1855 to Wilhelmina,\\ndaughter of Conrad and Jacobenia Walter, natives of\\nWurtemburg, Germany, the former by occupation a\\nbutcher, and both long since deceased. The chil-\\ndren of Mr. and Mrs. Moench are: Lewis W., Polly\\nL., Henry R. and Wilhelmina. Their Church rela-\\ntions are Evangelical and Lutheran. Politically, Mr.\\nM. was formerly Republican, but is now Democratic.\\nfFpl eter Hoffman, farmer, section 32, North\\nEmI Township, was born in France, Feb.\\n||,tXii-^i J 19, 1816, a son of Frederick Hoffman, who\\nijk^ was a native of Germany, and died in Havre\\njLV- de Grace, on his way to America. Peter was\\neducated in his native country, and when he\\nwas 14 years of age the family emigrated to America,\\nlanding at Charleston, S. C. two months later they\\ncame to Canton, Ohio, and in 1833 to Sandusky Co.,\\nOhio, where Mrs. H. entered 80 acres of land, and\\nfinally died. Peter Hoffman came to Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich., in Februarj 1849, and to Gratiot County in\\nApril, 1854, settling upon his present place May 13\\nfollowing, in the wild woods, with only savage\\nbeasts for neighbors. He had wild meat for a con-\\nstant article of food for years. He built the first\\nhouse in North Star Township, a double log house,\\non section 29, on a part of the land he had entered.\\nBy industry and economy patiently exercised for\\nmany years, Mr. H. succeeded in developing and\\nfurnishing a fine farm. He has been engaged in ag-\\nriculture all his life, except six months when he was\\nin the boot and shoe trade in Alma, this county, and\\n18 months in Pompei.\\nDec. 22, 1840, is the date of Mr. Hoffman s mar-\\nriage to Miss Elizabeth Kay, daughter of Moses Kay,\\nnow deceased: she is a native of Crawford Co.,\\nOhio. Mr. and Mrs. H. have had seven children,\\nsix of whom are living, namely Eliza A., now the\\nwife of Mr. Trask; Charles N. Adolphus P.; Ann\\nM., now Mrs. Johnson; Mary E, now Mrs. Hous-\\nman and Phocion P. The deceased was James,\\nwho died at the age of 11 years. Mr. H. owns 40\\nacres of land, and his wife 80 acres total, 1 20\\nacres. He has been Highway Commissioner many\\nyears.\\nvv^SP-i^S vv i-\\nR. Lathrop, farmer, section 29,\\nBethany Township, is a son of George C.\\ni\\nand Mary E. (Hall) Lathrop, and was\\nborn in Washtenaw Co., Mich., Dec. 24, 1840.\\nx-.^ His father, a farmer, was a native of New York\\nState, and is still living at Meadville, Ingham\\nCounty, this State. His mother, also a native of\\nNew York, is still living. Wjien he was but a year\\nold, the family moved to Waterloo Township, Jack-\\nson Co., Mich., locating upon a half section of land,\\nand remaining there 20 years, and then moved to\\nIngham County. _\\nMr. Lathrop was brought up to agricultural pur-\\nsuits, attending winter terms of school. He was\\nmarried in Ingham County, May 29, 187 i, to Miss\\nFrances, daughter of William C. and Artemisia Mun-\\nson, who was born in New London, Huron Co., Ohio,\\nFeb. 26, 1845. Mr. L. followed farming in Ingham\\nCounty until 1875. January 7 of that year, he\\nbought his present farm of 80 acres, then all timber\\nland. He has cleared 3T acres, and is under full\\nheadway toward permanent prosperity. He has been\\nSchool Inspector and Drain Commissioner one year\\neach in his township, and is a member of the Order\\nof Knights of Labor.\\nf\\nA\\n^4^^\\n-1.\\nm\\nm^i\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00aeSk/^^^^r#^\u00c2\u00bb-\\nr^^^ b-7 ^^0[l ;iJO j v\\n;y^\\nZ^ !/rr\\n1\\nI\\nGJiA TJO T CO UNTV.\\nThe children in this family are: Miles, born in\\nIngham County, June ig, 1872; Carleton, Sept. 20,\\n1875; Charles, born in Bethany Township, June 4,\\n1878; Fidelia, July 4, 18S0; and Aslier, March 31,\\n1882.\\nirij^^^^o^2*^t rw^\\ni-w\\nhomas W. B. Greaser, farmer on section 17,\\nFulton Township, is a son of William and\\nElizabeth (McCombs) Creaser (see sketch\\nof William Creaser); and was born in the Prov-\\nince of Quebec, Oct. 19, 1851. He was quite\\nyoung when his parents removed to Upper\\nCanada. He received a common-school education\\nwhen in the Dominion, and was aboul 20 years old\\nwhen his parents came to Gratiot Co., Mich. He\\ncontinued to live with his father until 25 years of\\nage. In 1880 he settled on 50 acres of partly im-\\nproved land on section 17, Fulton, to which he has\\nadded 40 acres. He has 35 acres improved.\\nFeb. 18, 1879, in Newark Township, he married\\nMiss Ida M., eldest daughter of George L. and Car-\\noline (Jones) Naldrett. To this marriage two sons\\nha e been born, Albert N. and Charles C. Politically,\\nMr. C. is a Democrat.\\notjzize fe\\n-^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2SWZWJv\\nf^irohn Harrison, farmer, section 17, Bethany\\nownshii), is a son of Thomas and Eliza\\no^- i- T, (Hunter) Harrison, and was born in Kitley\\nTownship, Leeds Co., Canada, Jan. 19, 1833.\\nHis parents followed the occupation of farm-\\ning, and Mr. Harrison was a constant resident\\nunder the parental roof-tree and followed the same\\nvocation until 16 years old.\\nMr. Harrison was united in marriage, April 17,\\n1853, with Miss Margaret, daughter of Andrew\\nand Mary (Thompson) Lawson. She was born\\nin Ensley Township, Leeds Co., Canada, June 30,\\n1839. They have had five children, namely Thomas,\\nborn June lo, 1857; Walter, born Aug. 3T, 1850;\\nEliza J., born Sept. 9, 1861 James H., born Dec. 26,\\n1863, died April 2, 1864; and John A., born Feb. lo,\\n1865, died April 3, 1866.\\nIn March, 1866, Mr. H. and family came to this\\nState and located at St. Louis, this county, and was\\nthere variously engaged for some time. In the\\nspring of i86g, he purchased 80 acres of land on the\\nsection on which he now resides, lived on it for two\\nor three years, and then moved to St. Louis, this\\ncounty, and afterward returned to the farm.\\nWlien he first purchased the land, it was covered\\nwitli timber, and through his own energetic labors 60\\nacres have been cleared and 50 acres placed under\\ngood cultivation. He has a good barn and commo-\\ndious residence and good orchard.\\nTheir son Thomas is a farmer by occupation, re-\\nsides in the same township as the parents, and was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Angeline Quidort. Wal-\\nter was married to Miss Isabel Broadhead, is a\\nfarmer, and resides with tlie parents. Eliza J., their\\nonly daughter, is the wife of V. B. Ludwig, at present\\nliving in Ludington, this State, and engaged in life-\\nsaving service.\\nMr. and Mrs. Harrison are members of the Con-\\ngregational Church and honored and respected\\ncitizens of their township.\\nMr. H. has held the position of Township Drain\\nCommissioner for two years.\\n-5-\\n1J\\n|!a^dward N. DuBois, farmer section 18,\\nNorth Star Township, was born June 13,\\nfj^ 1820, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. his parents\\nj l^ were Abraham and Elizabeth (Graves) Du-\\nBois, the former a native of Dutchess Co., N.\\nY., and the latter of Connecticut. They emi-\\ngrated to Plymouth Township, Richland Co., Ohio,\\nin 1822, where Edward was brought up and learned\\nthe shoemaker s trade. After following this vocation\\nfor about six years, he went, in January, 1853, to\\nCalifornia, for his health, which he fortunately recov-\\nered. He returned in January, 1854, and soon after-\\nward commenced farming. In 1857 he settled in\\nFulton Township, this county, and in 1867 upon his\\npresent farm, where he has since lived with the ex-\\nception of six years when he resided in Ithaca.\\nJuly I, 1841, Mr. DuBois married Miss Adeline\\nA., daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Weeden) Board-\\nman. Of their nine children only three are now\\nliving, namely, George M., Ida B. (wife of Mr.\\nJeffrey) and Edward. One daughter, Ella, died in\\nher 17th year. The others deceased were, Theodore,\\nMary E., Harry and Frank. Mr. DuBois and his sons\\n1\\nm\\nfs\\nAC^D n IIDv a^9\\nl^ ^t?^\\nI\\nA", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "I\\nI\\nT\\nit\\nV\\ns\\nif\\n/J\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0enr ^tlii: Illl^ v\\nG RAT JOT COUNTY.\\n3 9 TN\\nown altogether 2 1 o acres of land, where they are car-\\nrying on a prosperous business in agriculture.\\nMr. DuBois was Deputy Sheriff of this county 13\\nyears, Justice of the Peace four years in Fulton\\nTownship, and Highway Commissioner in North Star\\nTownship one year. He was the first Village Mar-\\nshal of Ithaca, and held that position three years.\\njjyron H. Sawyer, attorney, at Ithaca, is a\\nf. son of Robert and Caroline W. (Webb)\\nSawyer, natives of New York and Con-\\nnecticut. The fomier has followed the occu-\\npation of farmer, and, with his wife, resides\\nin Hillsdale County, this State. Byron H.\\nwas born Nov. 29, 1846, near Lima, Steuben Co.,\\nInd., and lived with his parents until 22 years old.\\nHe attended the common schools, and at 17 com-\\nmenced a course at the Medina Academy, where he\\nstudied two years. Entering the office of Sawyer\\nBean, he read law for one year, after which he took a\\ntwo years course in the Law Department of the\\nUniversity of Michigan, graduating with the class of\\n1872. Forming a partnershijj with Thomas J. Hiller,\\nhe practiced law at Hudson, Lenawee County, until\\n1879, when he came to Ithaca. Here he has since\\nresided and practiced law. He also deals in real\\nestate, and he owns 120 acres on section 5, North\\nStar Township, 65 of which are improved. He has\\nbeen Village Attorney of Ithaca for two years, and is\\nnow Trustee of the village and Circuit Court Com-\\nmissioner. He is a member of the I. O. O. P., and\\nis politically a Re])ublican.\\nTohn McCuaig, farmer, section 17, North\\nWtL Shade Township, is a brother of Alexander\\nMcCuaig, whose sketch is given, with\\nparentage, on another page. The subject of\\nthis sketch was born June 15, 1835, in Newton\\nTownship, Canada. He remained with his\\nparents on the farm, and attending school until 2 1\\nyears of age lived five years in Wayne Co., Mich.\\nthen from November, 1861, he lived a year in the\\ntown of New Haven and finally located on 80 acres\\nof wild land, where he now resides and has 6q acres\\nfinely improved. His large and commodious barn\\nhe built in 1881. He has been an industrious and\\njudicious manager, and has accordingly enjoyed a\\ngood degree of prosperity.\\nIn 1861 Mr. McCuaig married Miss Jane, daugh-\\nter of William and Mary Clements, who was born\\nDec. 10, i84i,in Canada. Their eight children are:\\nMary A., John D., William H., Annie E., Samuel S.,\\nMyron, Alexander and Ernest S.\\nIn 1864, Mr. McC. enlisted in Co. A, 23d Mich.\\nInf, which was assigned to the Army of the Cum-\\nberland, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 23d Army Corps.\\nHe was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville,\\nTenn., and in all the engagements in which his regi-\\nment participated. On the mustering out of his\\nregiment, he was transferred to the 28th Mich. Inf.,\\nand was finally mustered out at Raleigh, N. C, in\\nOctober, 1865. Mr. McCuaig has been Town Treas-\\nurer 1 1 terms, and has held several school offices.\\nIn all these capacities he has served the community\\nwell, being able, judicious, and a man of unimpeach-\\nable integrity.\\nJ5*-\\n.^i^^\\nesley J. Miller, farmer and teacher, sec-\\ntion 24, Bethany Township, is a son of\\n.Tohn U. and Esther, we Cronce, Miller,\\n-Ikl^A and was born in Erie Co., Ohio, March i,\\n1841, in which county his father and mother\\nboth died, the former June 18, 1853, and the\\nlatter Dec. 8, 1863. The father of our subject was a\\nfarmer by occupation, and on his farm, under the\\nennobling influences of kind and loving parents, our\\nsubject was reared. He attended the common\\nschools of his native county, and assisted on the\\nfarm until he attained the age of 18 years, when he\\nentered on the morning of his vocation, and\\ntaught school winters and assisted on the farm sum-\\nmers. At this period in his life, although thoroughly\\ncompetent to pursue his chosen profession, he de-\\nvoted a portion of two years to the pursuit of his\\nstudies in Oberlin College, the more thoroughly to\\nprepare himself for the work of educating others.\\nIn December, 1865, Mr. M. came to Ingham\\nCounty, this State, and purchased 50 acres of land\\nin that county. He then returned to his native\\ncounty and was united in marriage, March 6, 1866, to\\ny^\\nA\\n4\\nm", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "V\\nDD:t:(IIl J -r\\nirmm\\\\m\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^^i\\nV\\ns\\n3\\nr^*)\\nMiss Abbie E., daughter of Gilbert B. and Sarah\\n(Roe) Hasbrook. She was born in Dutchess Co., N.\\nY., Feb. 3, 1846, and to their union two children\\nhave been born, namely, Alva R., May 4, 1869, and\\nFred J., March 26, 187 1.\\nAfter their marriage they came to the land pur-\\nchased by Mr. M. in Ingham County, and resided on\\nthe same until the following December, when they\\nsold it and removed to this county. They located on\\n40 acres of land on section 24, Bethany Township,\\nwhere they now reside. Mr. M. has cleared and\\nbrought under cultivation about 30 acres of this land,\\nbuilt himself a good barn, and has under contempla-\\ntion the erection of a new and commodious building\\nas a residence.\\nMr. M. has taught 1 2 terms of school in this\\ncounty, and has given universal satisfaction as to\\ncompetency. He has held the office of Justice of\\nthe Peace for ten years, and is recognized as one of\\nthe representative men of his township.\\nThe husband and \\\\v \\\\{ii are both members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church and respected and es-\\nteemed citizens of Bethany Townsliip.\\n^i orenzo W. Kyes, farmer, section ig, Pme\\nRiver Township, was born in Jackson Co.,\\nMich., Sept. 20, 1832, and is the son of\\nJames and Cassandra Kyes, both of whom were\\nborn in the State of New York. Mr. Kyes has\\nhas been a farmer since the days of his boy-\\nhood. Previous to engaging in farm labor, he passed\\nhis time in obtaining his education at the common\\nschool. In January, 1859, he came to Gratiot\\nCounty and purchased the farm on which he has\\nsince lived, comprising 80 acres of wild land. He\\nhas placed 60 acres under improvement and cultiva-\\ntion, and thus added his quota to the progress and\\nagricultural advancement of Gratiot County. Politi-\\ncally, Mr. Kyes is a Democrat.\\nHe was married in Calhoun Co., Mich., Jan. 26,\\n,i i^S.Si o Sarah S., daughter of Frederick and Sarepta\\nj*^ (Fox) Wright. Her parents were among the earliest\\nsettlers in Gratiot County, and the family name is\\none of the leading ones in its pioneer records. Mrs.\\nKyes was born Sept. 18, 1837, in Jackson Co., Mich.\\nOf eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Kyes five\\nm\\nsurvive Emmet M., Frederick M., Albert C, Charles\\nR. and Hattie M. Those deceased were named\\nGertrude, Frank and Melissa. Mrs. Kyes died Dec.\\n8, 1883.\\nnman N. Cowdrey, farmer, section 25,\\n!tt Newark Township, is a son of William P.\\nand Mary (Bruce) Cowdrey. The parents\\nwere of Scotch descent, and after their mar-\\nriage settled in Southern Ohio, where the wife\\nand mother died in 1847. The senior Cowdrey\\nremoved his family, eight years after the loss of his\\nwife, to Michigan, and located in Newark Township,\\nGratiot County, where he resided until his death,\\nwhich occurred March 16, 1883.\\nMr. Cowdrey was born March 8, 1848, in Ohio.\\nHe was in his first year of life when his mother died,\\nand was a lad of nine when his father settled in\\nGratiot County, where he spent the intervening years s\\nuntil he reached the period of his legal freedom.\\nWhen he was 15 years old (in 1863), he enlisted in\\nthe I St Mich. Regiment Engineers and Mechanics\\nas a musician, and served until November, 1865.\\nHis command was with Sherman in the historic\\nmarch to Atlanta and the sea. On the morning of\\nthe day when he awoke and found himself the legal\\ninheritor of man s estate, he started for Ohio with the\\npurpose of fitting himself to pursue the calling of a\\ncarpenter and joiner. He found plenty of employ at\\nthat business summers, and engaged in teaching\\nwinters, thus alternating for a period of ten years,\\nand at the end of that time (in 1879) abandoned his\\ntrade.\\nIn 1872, he purchased 40 acres of improved land\\nin the township of which his father was a citizen, and\\nin 1876 erected thereon the necessary farm buildings.\\nIn 1879 he became a resident in Newark Township,\\nand has since been closely identified with all its in-\\nterests. In politics, he is a Republican of decided\\ntype. He has officiated one year as Constable, sev-\\neral years as Superintendent of Schools, one term as\\nSupervisor, and is a member of the Board of County\\nSchool Examiners, of which body he has been Secre-\\ntary two years, and is present Chairman. He was\\nelected to a term of four years as Justice of the Peace,\\nhut resigned at the end of the first year. He now\\nowns, in addition to his first purchase, 66 acres of\\nr\\nI\\n4\\nm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "m\\n(jyjH^n\\n^^Dn^BO;^\\nT-^\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n323\\nland in North Star Township, and has 85 acres im-\\nproved.\\nAmong the reminiscences of the Hfe of Mr. Cow-\\ndrey is one unique and staithng incident, which oc-\\ncurred while his father was eti route to (iratiot\\nCounty. They traveled in the manner common to\\nemigrants of that primitive period family and effects\\nin a wagon drawn by an ox team. The road was\\nshaded on one side by the uncut forest, and the boy\\nand his father occupied the front seat together. The\\nday was windy, and suddenly a hollow bass-wood\\ntree, about 30 inches in diameter, fell across the\\nwagon. The top was forked, and, as the tree fell,\\nthe spreading limbs enclosed the occupants of the\\nseat, and they were preserved unharmed. The\\nwagon was almost entirely demolished.\\nMr. Cowdrey was married Nov. 5, 1874, in Ohio,\\nto Alwilda, daughter of James and Sarah Hibbins.\\nHer parents were natives of Ohio, and the children\\nborn to them numbered seven, six of whom are liv-\\ning. Their names are: Mary E., Martha E Al-\\nwilda, Laura B., Edwin T. (deceased), Nettie M. and\\nRoberta. Mrs. Cowdrey is the third daughter, and\\nwas born Jan. 27, 1854. Frank C, born July 20,\\n1877, and James R., May ig, 1882, are the two\\nchildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Cowdrey. The latter\\nis a member of the United Brethren Church.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acS-\\nf ohn JefiTrey (deceased), a pioneer settler of\\nGratiot County, to whom the township and\\nvillage of Ithaca are largely indebted, and\\nwith whose name their growth and progress are\\nindissolubly connected, was a native of Mon-\\nmouth Co., N. J., where he was born Aug. 26,\\nI\u00c2\u00abI2.\\nThe record of his early life is incomplete, but suf-\\nficient is known to warrant the inference that the\\nyears of his later youth and earlier manhood were\\npassed in the exercise of the traits of character\\nwhich secured the prosperity of his prime and later\\nlife, and rendered him a valuable acquisition to the\\ncitizenship of a new country. His earliest known\\noccupation was in freighting on the Erie Canal, wjiere\\nhe was engaged some years, but met only moderate\\nsuccess. He went to Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1836,\\nwhich section was then in its early days. He bought\\n%v-^^\\ni^:q^\\n-^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y\\n^dm\\na considerable tract of land, and for a number of\\nyears devoted his energies to the improvement and\\ncultivation of his farm. He achieved a success in\\nproportion to his efforts, and accumulated what was\\nthen considered a fair competency. In 1853 he vis-\\nited several of the Western States for the purpose of\\nfixing on a suitable field for the development of his\\nplans and projects in life, and finally located a tract\\nof land at the geographical center of Gratiot County,\\nwhich included the site of the present village of\\nIthaca. He took possession of his property in 1855,\\nat which date his permanent residence and the im-\\nprovements on his estate began. In 1856 he platted\\nthe village of Ithaca, and on the third day of March\\nof the same year the Board of Supervisors estab-\\nlished there the county seat. In i860 the action\\nwas re-affirmed.\\nMr. Jeffrey s location of land in 1853 included\\n1,120 acres, and he was continually buying additional\\ntracts up to the date of his death. It was his policy\\nto make no sale? of land save to actual settlers, to\\nwhich principle he strictly adhered. At the time he\\ndied he was the proprietor of about 5,000 acres, in-\\ncluding choice farmnig and pine lands, and also a\\nconsiderable portion of the original plat of the village.\\nAt the time Mr. Jeffrey became a resident of Gratiot\\nCounty, the country in every direction was for miles\\nan unbroken wilderness, and the position in which he\\nfound himself was one that required the exercise of\\nuntiring energy and exertion. But he possessed an\\niron constitution, perseverance and judgment, which\\nmade him equal to the emergency, and in the aggre-\\ngate he probably underwent as much hardship and\\nsuffered as many privations as any of the early pio-\\nneers of Gratiot County; and to no one of them is\\nthe county more indebted for its present remarkable\\nstatus of advancement and improvement. Prudence,\\neconomy, temperance and industry were marked\\ntraits of his character, and all the acts of his life\\nwere tempered by good judgment, sound sense and\\nconsideration for the permanent prosperity and wel-\\nfare of the community to which he belonged, and of\\nwhich he was for so many years a useful and hon-\\nored member. He died March 5, 1874.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Jeffrey appears on another\\npage. It is a valuable addition to the collated his-\\ntory and biography of Gratiot County, and without\\nit no book of the character claimed ior the present\\nvolume would be in any sense complete.\\nt^ OOv -^^y -^*d^^^\\nV\\nA\\nn\\nI\\nM", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "GRATI02\\nCOUNTY.\\nZ^^^^P^ST\\n-4^^C(\u00c2\u00aevH\\nMr. Jeffrey was married Dec. lo, 1868, in St. Louis,\\nto Mrs. Louisa (Smith) Baney. She was born\\nMarch 6, 1835, in Newfane, Niagara Co., N. Y., and\\nis tlie daughter of George and Arvilla (Bromley)\\nSmith. Her first husband was David lianey, to\\nwhom she was married June 30, 1864, and by whom\\nshe had two children Glenn E., born June 12, 1865,\\nin Pompei, Gratiot County and May P., born March\\n25, 1867. Mr. Jeffrey left two children John, born\\nOct. 21, 1869, and Ira, Dec. 24, 187 i. His widow\\nbecame tiie wife of Joseph H. Seaver, June 18, 1879.\\ni^ohn Broadhead, farmer, section 18, Beth-\\nany Township, is a son of Cornelius and\\nElizabeth (Jersey) Broadhead, and was\\nborn in Maryland, July 20, 1829. When he\\nwas a small boy the family moved to the State\\nof New York, locating in Ulster County. As\\nhe grew up he followed mill sawing for 14 years. In\\n1856 he came to Michigan and was married, in New-\\nark Township, this county, to Miss Emily Rooks,\\ndaughter of David and Sophia (Thompson) Rooks,\\nwho was born in Erwin, Steuben Co., N. Y., May 3,\\n1837. Their children are: Charles W,, born July\\n24, 1862; Cora I., Jan. 10, 1865 Hattie E., Nov. 3,\\n1867; Ray, March 6, 1S70. Cora I. is the wife of\\nWalter Harrison, a farmer of Bethany Township.\\nMr. B. is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and\\nhas served as Constable several years.\\nIj iUiam F. Brown, farmer, section 21, North\\nStar Township, was born April 5, 1818, in\\nMassachusetts. His parents were Will-\\nt\\nV iani and Clarissa {iirc Flowers) Brown, natives\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^l-sP also of Massachusetts. The latter died\\nt\\\\ when William F. was iiut three years old. Mr.\\nBrown is a descendant of one of three brothers who\\nj came from England among the first settlers of\\nAmerica. His parents located in Genesee Co., N.\\nY.,in i8ig, where his mother died. His father mar-\\nried again, and in 1827 moved to Chautauqua Co.,\\nv N. Y and in 1833 to Warren C o., Penn.\\nC Ihe subject of tins sketch left home at llie age 18\\nyears, worked by the month several years, and in\\n1863 came to this county, where now, in North Star\\nTownshij), he owns 70 acres of land. He was mar-\\nried March 20, 1841, to Miss Mary, daughter of\\nFrancis Ploof. Of the four children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Brown two are living, namely, Eli W. and\\nChades W. One son, George F., was killed in the\\nlate war while fighting in defense of his country, in\\na skirmish near Louisa Court-House, soon after the\\nbattle of Spottsylvania Court-House. He was but 21\\nyears of age. The other deceased son, James L.,\\ndied when three years old. Eli W. is in Billings,\\nMontana Territory, and Charles W. resides on a part\\nof the homestead. Mrs. B. died Nov. 30, 1840, and\\nMr. B. married again .Aug. 20, 1857, Miss Louisa M.\\nMiner, daughter of Warren and Sophinia Miner, and\\nby her had one child, Jay A. They have an adopted\\nson, James W., now 28 years of age.\\nMr. Brown is a member of the Masonic fraternity\\nand Mrs. B. of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nPartello, farmer, section 10,\\nri Sl^elcome P.\\nisSj Bethany Township, is a son of Welcome\\nJ. and Rhoda (Phinr.ey) Partello, and was\\nv|r@\\\\ Cazenovia, N. Y, Oct. 22, 1818.\\n4-3 R When eight )eais old his parents came to\\nWashtenaw County, this State, settling in Salem\\nTownship, the second family in that township. There\\nthe father bought 80 acres of timber land, built a\\ngood log house, dug a well, and cleared 12 acres\\nwhen he discovered that he had located on the\\nwrong piece of land. Accordingly he moved. When\\nthe subject of this sketch was 19 years old the family\\nmoved to Clinton Co., Mich., five miles east of\\nDeWitt.\\nAt the last mentioned place, July 31, 1845, he\\nmarried Amelia J. Hoople. who was born in Canada,\\nNov. 28, 1S21. By this marriage seven children\\nhave been born, viz. Livonia, Julia, Welcome,\\nPersis, Elson, Dwight and Olivia.\\nIn Clinton County Mr. P. was most of the time\\nengaged in agricultural pursuits, and had some real\\nestate in the village of DeWitt. In March, 1856, he\\ncame to Bethany and took possession of a quarter-\\nsection of timber land where he now resides, having\\n60 acres in a profitable state of cultivation and\\n4\\nVJ\\nI\\n.3i^-^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "m^\\nk^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-J\\nn\\n.i\\n-^#^5C(s;vp\\n325\\nthe value of the place enhanced by a number of\\nimprovements. When he first arrived on this tract\\nit was all a wild forest. He moved with a yoke of\\noxen led by a horse. His father had settled on an\\nadjoining place the year previous, and died eight\\nyears afterward was the first Supervisor of the\\ntownship. His mother died two years later. He\\nhas been Justice of the Peace three years.\\nThe children are now scattered as follows: Livo-\\nnia is the widow of Stephen R. Goodwin, and resides\\nin Bethany Township; Julia is tiie wife of William\\nDenman, a farmer in Huron Co Ohio; Welcome is\\nengaged in connection with a railroad at San Anto-\\nnio, Te.\\\\as Persis is the wife of Harvey Atvvell, a\\nfarmer in Bethany Township; Elson is living at\\nhome; Dwight is also at home, and Olivia is the\\nwife of Ira Bentley, a farmer in Huron Co., Ohio.\\nI Ml illiam Seifried, farmer, section 8, New Ha-\\nI^^^K) ven Township, was born in Salt Creek\\njK Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, March 25,\\nI^^Wi ^33- parents, Henry and Mary A.\\n(dJ^ (Steele) Seifried, were natives of Pennsylva-\\nnia and of German descent. His father was a\\nfarmer by occupation, and after the year 1854 he\\nlived until his death in the vicinity of Des Moines,\\nIowa.\\nMr. William Seifried, the subject of this notice,\\nlived with his parents (after 15 years of age in Wy-\\nandot Co., Ohio,) until his marriage, April 27, 1854,\\nto Miss Martha, daughter of Isaac and Eva (Bor-\\nders) George, natives of Pennsylvania and of Penn-\\nsylvania Dutch ancestry. Both died in their na-\\ntive State. Mrs. S. was born in Westmoreland Co.,\\nPa, Oct. 9, 1832, and when five years of age her\\nresidence was changed to Wayne Co., Ohio. Six\\nmonths after marriage Mr. and Mrs. S. moved to\\nHancock Co., Ohio.\\nWhen the first call for 600,000 niore troops was\\nmade to aid in suppressing the great insurrection,\\nMr. S. enlisted, Aug. 11, 1862, in Co. G, 11 8th Ohio\\nVol. Inf., commanded by Capt. Samuel Howard, of\\nthe Army of the Cumberland. He particijiated in\\nall the engagements of his regiment until the battle\\nof Perryville, and for the nine months following that\\nevent his regiment was detailed for special duty on\\nthe Kentucky Central railroad then they were in ac-\\ntive service again, being in the engagements at Cov-\\nington Heights, Perryville, Knoxville, London, Mossy\\nCreek, Resaca, Chattanooga, Buzzard Roost, Kene-\\nsaw Mountain, etc. He was then sick for more than\\ntwo years in the iiosijitals at hattanooga. Lookout\\nMountain, Nashville and Camp Dennison, Ohio,\\nwhere he was honorably discharged. May 22, 1865.\\nAfter residing then at his home in Hancock Co.,\\nOhio, until fall, he came to Maple Grove, Barry Co.,\\nMich. A little more than two years afterward he\\nmoved to Kent County, where he preached eight\\nmonths as a minister of the Church of God, then\\none year in the same capacity in Saginaw County.\\nIn r87o he came to this county and homesteaded\\n80 acres where he now resides, and has improved 50\\nacres. He was the third settler on this section.\\nMr. S. is now a minister in the Free-Will Baptist\\nChurch, serving acceptably. He is a strong Prohi-\\nbitionist Republican, and has held some of the of-\\nfices of public truit in his district. His wife is also\\na member of the Free-Will Baptist Church. The\\nchildren in this family are: Isaac G., born May 31,\\n1855; Henry F., March r, 1857; John W., Feb. 21,\\n1859; George M., Aug. i, 1861; David M., Nov. 11,\\n1865 and Ella E., Oct. 9, 1867.\\ntc f!;^ reeman H. Rice, farmer, section 11, Fulton\\nw|^gjj\u00e2\u0080\u009e Townsliip, is a son of Freeman and Sally\\n^jjQ^j.,f(j ji jj,g^ natives of the State of New\\nA\\n-6\\nl^ York. They settled after marriage in their na-\\n-^w tive State, and afterward removed to Delaware\\ni Co., Ohio., where they lived until the fall of\\n1 859. They afterwards removed to Mecosta County,\\nthis State, where the father died, in September, 187 i.\\nThe mother afterwards removed to Eaton County,\\nwhere she died, in June, 1873.\\nTheir family comprised six sons and one daughter.\\nFreeman H., the fourth son, was born in Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., Feb. rg, 1830, and was seven years old\\nwhen his parents reitioved to Ohio. He lived at\\nhome until about 34 years of age, and in the fall of\\n1864 came to Gratiot Co., Mich., and settled on 120\\nacres in Fulton Township, which he had bought\\nduring the administration of President Pierce. He\\nhas now 80 acres improved.\\nk\\nCr\\n^^V^))f$^^\\ns^c?^^\\nJS\\nOM^WO^\\nw-\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4J^^f\u00c2\u00aeAl", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "^DD: DI]s r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nJ\\nrs\\nV\\nV\\nOct. 14, 1863, in Eaton Co., Mich., he was married\\nto Mrs. Mary E., daughter of Martin and Abigail\\nWilliams, and widow of Chester B. Rice (a brother\\nof Freeman H., who died Aug. 10, 1861): Mrs.\\nRice had by her first marriage one daughter, Sarah\\nA., and by her second a daughter and a son, Viola\\nand Herbert F. Mr. Rice is politically a Republi-\\nohn M Walker, farmer, section 34, New-\\nark Township, is the son of Stephen and\\nLydia (White) Walker. They were natives\\nrespectively of New York and New Hampshire,\\nir and after their marriage settled in the former\\ny State. They came to Lenawee Co., Mich., in\\nits pioneer days and there passed the ultimate years\\nof their lives. Five children were born to them,\\nMartha, David, John M., Nathaniel and Ransom.\\nMr. Walker is the second son of his parents and\\nwas born March 15, 1831, in Niagara Co., N. Y. He\\nwas two years old when his parents removed to\\nMichigan, and he continued under the parental\\nauthority until he reached his majority. He then\\napprenticed himself to learn the business of wagon-\\nmaking and served two years. He was engaged in\\nlabor at his trade and as farm assistant five years,\\nwhen he bought a farm in Lenawee County contain-\\ning 75 acres, which he continued to manage until the\\nspring of 1880, when he sold out and came to\\nGratiot County. He bought 100 acres of land in a\\nState of partial improvement in Newark Township,\\non which he has since continued to reside and of\\nwhich he has now 75 acres under cultivation. Mr.\\nWalker held the position of School Director in Len-\\nawee County si.x years consecutively, and in the\\nfall of 1 88 1 was elected School Assessor of District\\nNo. 4, Newark Township, of which position he is\\npresent incumbent. In ix)litical affiliation he is a\\nRepublican.\\nMr. Walker was married in Fairfield, Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., Oct. 12, 1856, to Elsie E., daughter of Job T.\\nand Lydia (Laycock) Reynolds. Her parents were\\nsettlers in Jackson County, where the father died in\\n1840, and the mother seven years later. Mr. and\\nMrs. Walker are the parents of five living children\\nMilton D. died when he was nine years old Ran\\nsom D., Cynthia I., Elveretta E., Lydia A. and Jessie\\nS. are the names of those surviving.\\nOOP\\nP.\\nacob W. Snyder, general farmer, section\\n^j^,^ 21, New Haven Township, was born in\\nMontgomery Co., N. Y., Feb. 27, 1819.\\nWhen 13 years of age he commenced to work\\nout for neighbors, at farm labor, as his par-\\nents were poor; and his education was conse-\\nquently limited. He was a laboring man in this\\ncapacity till he was about 30 years of age. Li the\\nmeantime, Sept. 27, 1838, he married Miss Mehita-\\nble, daughter of David and Amy (Chapman) Hopkins,\\nwho was born in Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y., Aug.\\n27, i82r. When six years of age she moved with\\nthe family to Allegany County, same State.\\nMr. Snyder came to Michigan in the fall of 1853,\\nlocating first in Ionia County, and two years later in\\nthis county, pre-empting 80 acres on the section\\nwhere he now resides, and undergoing the experi-\\nences common to frontier life, more fully described\\nelsewhere in this volume. He and his noble wife\\nbravely persevered and surmounted all obstacles.\\nDuring the noted famine of 1856, they received but\\n$3 donation. Mr. Snyder has improved 60 acres of\\nthe old homestead, and he has never changed his\\nresidence since his first settlement. In national af-\\nfairs he is a Republican, and he has held various of-\\nfices in his township and district.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are Ame-\\nlia, Edwin F., Laura and Amy M., living; and Har-\\nrison, who died in the army, and Mary J., who died\\nin infancy.\\ntrade.\\ni\\n/Ok\\n~-:,.-MXjrr^\\nhomas A. Porter, farmer, section 18, Beth-\\nany Township, is a son of John and Jane\\n(Atchison) Porter, and was born in Indiana,\\nNov. 5, 1827. When six months old the fam-\\nily moved to Canada. When he was 16 years\\nof age he left home and learned the millwright\\nwhich he followed in various )iarts of the\\nUnited States until 1861, and he has worked at it\\nsome since that date. He was for a time in Califor-\\nnia, where he was a member r f a vigilance com-\\nmittee. His residence for six years was above\\nSacramento, near Auburn, Placer County, and he\\nfollowed lumbering.\\nI\\n/J\\nA\\nV\\ni", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "*J\u00c2\u00bbv\\nVC^OB^^^ODi^T^\\nl^^l^ii^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n327\\nr\\nV\\nHe first came to Michigan in 1845, stopping on\\nthe Saginaw Bay. In 1861, he returned to St. Clair\\nCo., Mich., and shortly afterward he went to Saginaw\\nCounty, where he located 960 acres of land for\\nhimself and brothers, his share being a third: at one\\ntime he owned 2,200 acres. He cleared 75 acres.\\nAs he was interested in lumbering in Missaukee\\nCounty, he operated there two years. He then took\\nan i8-months trip through the South, visiting the\\nold battle-grounds. He entered the navy and was\\nassigned to the U. S. gunboat Pittsburg, of the\\nMississippi Squadron, being in the service ten\\nmonths, and engaged in several skirmishes.\\nAfter the close of the war he returned to Saginaw\\ncame to his present location in May, 1882, purchas-\\ning 45 acres. It is all in cultivation, and Mr. P. has\\nshown himself to be a judicious and prosperous\\nfarmer.\\nSince 1854 he has belonged to the Masonic frater-\\nnity. He was married in St. Clair Co., Mich., Nov.\\n28, 186 1, to Miss Julia P. Beech, daughter of Lucius\\nand Julia A. Beech, who was born in that county,\\nApril 4, 1835.\\ntanley L. Nichols, farmer, section 14, Pine\\n1^, River Township, was born in Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., June 16, 1837, and is the son of\\nVj Ezra and Hannah (Hipp) Nichols, botli of\\n.whom were natives of New York. At the age\\nof 18, Mr. Nichols began for himself in the\\nworld, and, for three years, worked out by the month\\nas a farm laborer. He has devoted most of his life\\nto the same noble calling, with the exception of about\\neight years, three of which were spent in the army\\nand the remaining five years he labored as a teacher.\\nHe enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in the 4th Mich. Cav.,\\nand received honorable discharge at Nashville, Tenn.\\nThe regiment was attached to the Army of the Cum-\\nberland, and Mr. Nichols took an active part in the\\nvarious engagements in which it was involved, and\\nupon him, as well as all others belonging to the same\\ncommand, reflected the luster of the 4th Mich. Cav.\\nin the capture of Jefferson Davis.\\nIn April, 1879, he came to (iratiot County and\\nbought 40 acres of land in section 14, Pine River\\nTownship. The entire tract was unimproved, and he\\nhas since placed 20 acres under cultivation. He is a\\nRepublican in political sentiment, and a member of\\nthe Masonic Order. He was married in BerkshiireCo.,\\nMass., Dec. 11, 1866, to Ellen E. Harrison, dai-.ghter\\nof John and Chloe Harrison. Her mother was a\\nnative of New York, her father of Massachusetts.\\nMrs. Nichols was born Oct. 18, 1843, in Lenawee\\nCo., Mich. Three children have been added to the\\nfamily circle Maud C, Stanley E. and Ida L. The\\nparents are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\n^^^9^\\nm\\nephthah Earl, farmer, section 23, Newark\\nTownship, was born June 20, 1830, in Sen-\\neca Co., N. Y., and is the son of Stephen\\nand Ann E. (Evans) Earl. Both parents were\\nborn in the State of New York, where they\\nlived until the spring of 1841, when they re-\\nmoved to Michigan and settled in Kalamazoo County,\\nwhere they continued to reside during the remainder\\nof their lives. The motlier died in January, 1863 the\\nfather s demise occurred in the following April.\\nAt the age of rg, Mr. Earl became his own man,\\npursuing the vocation of agriculture, to which he had\\nbeen trained. He passed six years as a farm laborer\\nand two years^was engaged in butchering, associated\\nwith his father. In the spring of 1861 he came to\\nGratiot County and bought the place where he has\\nsince resided, and labored until he has placed 60\\nacres under first-class cultivation. He has sold five\\nacres. The family remained in occupancy of the\\npioneer log house until the summer of i88i,when\\na fine frame house was erected on the farm in which\\nthey have since resided.\\nMr. Earl was married Dec. 7, 1854, in Ionia Co.,\\nMich., to Mary J., third daughter of Natlian and\\nChloe (Tyler) Benjamin. Mrs. Earl s parents were\\nnatives of the State of New York, and on leaving\\nthere first settled in Ohio, afterward removing to\\nOakland Co., Mich ,and from thence to Ionia County.\\nThey passed the last years of their lives with their\\nchildren, the mother dying Jan. 18, 1866. The\\nfather breathed his last nine days later.\\nMrs. E. was born in Oakland County, Aug. 8, 1833.\\nShe and her husband assumed the care of Viola M.\\nBenjamin, a niece, when she was five years old, who\\nremained with them until her marriage. They have\\nr\\nv\\nii", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "m,\\ny^ AS*--^\\nT4iDD: UDr v\\n-^i^5f^~^\\n?28\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nf also a foster-child, Leonard E. Smith, born Jan. 26,\\n1 87 4, who has been in their charge since his birth.\\n.i^ Mr. Earl is a Republican in political sentiment. He\\nf has held the various offices of his school district and\\nis a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity.\\nW-S.f*;;!^^\\n-t-^^i-Ui^\\nif I. ttM; illiam Isenhath, farmer, Pine River, is a\\nson of John C. and Catherine Isenhath,\\n)P natives of Germany, where they lived and\\ndied. William was bom in Germany, Feb. 6,\\n1837, and resided in his native country- until\\n;o years of age. Coming to the United States, he\\nlocated in Erie Co., Pa., and was employed in fann-\\ning for two and a half years. He then went to Ohio,\\nand, lived in Ashtabula Count\\\\- until the breaking out\\nof the war, when he enlisted in the nth New York\\nBatter\\\\-. He was in the service somewhat over one\\nyear, and was then discharged on account of disa-\\nbility.\\nIn December, 1S62, he came to Gratiot County,\\nand with his brother-in-law, purchased 40 acres of\\nland. He after^vards traded his share of the land for\\nSy/ 40 acres on section 30, Pine River Township, where\\nhe now resides. He has since added ;o acres, and\\nhas 30 acres nicely improved and unde* the plow.\\nNov. 20, 1S63, in Gratiot County, he was married\\nto Catherine Mulen, a native of Pennsylvania. This\\nunion has been blessed with nine children, seven of\\nwhom survive: Henry A., Mar A., .\\\\lvin. Willie E.,\\nAnnie B., Wilda M. and Frankie D. Adeline and\\nElmer L. died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Isenhath\\nare consistent members of the Lutheran Church. In\\npolitics, Mr. I. votes the Republican ticket.\\nKpalvin C. Kryder, farmer, section 36, New-\\nCi-~^*^ ark Township, was bom Oct. 6, 1839, in\\nJ v: Ohio. His parents, Jonas and Mar)- (Ever-\\nv^ hard) Kryder, were born respectively in Penn-\\nsylvania and Ohio. He was engaged in fami-\\ning in his native State until the age of 24 years.\\nHe went to Illinois in 1S63 and there remained 15\\nyears, and engaged in famiing in Christian County.\\nIn the spring of 1S78 he sold his fami in the Sucker\\n^-AJ^)^^^\\nState and removed to Michigan, settling where he\\nnow resides in Newark Township, where he became\\nproprietor of 40 acres of improved land by purchase.\\nMr. Kryder is a Republican in (xslitical affiliation.\\nHe was married Jan. 25, i866, in Medina Co.,\\nOhio, to Charity, fourth daughter of Joseph and\\nSarah (Lance) Coolman. Following are the records\\nof the five children born of this marriage, three of\\nwhom survive: Leslie A., born July 3, 1867, died\\nJuly 31, i868; Frankie F., l)orn Jan. 17, 1869, died\\nMay 24. 1877; J. S. Shirley, Sept. 11. 1870; Orie\\nD. F., Dec. iS. 1872, and Cordie ^L C, Nov. 26,\\n1874.\\nMr. Kr der enlisted Jan. 25, iS65,in the 41st Reg.\\n111. Vol. Inf., and was in the service si.x months, re-\\nceiving honorable discharge July 27, 1865. at Chi-\\ncago. He was never in active service, as before the\\nregiment could be duly equipped, mustered in and\\nre.ach the front the rebellion was in a state of collapse\\nand militar) necessities virtually at an end.\\n?\u00c2\u00ab-^HS^\\nH^D3 :Dar\\n,=^^5^ eely Amsbury, farmer, section 36, Seville\\n^^^i Township, was born Jan. 14, 1853, in Jack-\\nson Co.. Mich., and is a son of Ira and Sarah\\n(Patch) .\\\\msbur His father was bom in\\nil Wayne Co., N. Y., and came when a child to\\nMichigan with his parents. He was a famier\\nby occupation, and came to Gratiot County. On the\\nbre.iking out of the war of the Rebellion he became\\na soldier, enlisting Oct. 8, 1864, in Co. C, Sth Mich.\\nVol. Inf. Among the noted incidents of the war in\\nwhich he took part was the surrender of Gen. Lee\\nto Gen. Grant at Appomatto.x Court-House. He re-\\nceived his discharge July 30, 1865. At the time of\\nhis enlistment he w.is Sui^rvisor of Seville Town-\\nship, which office he tilled seven yearns. He was also\\nTownship Clerk two years. He died Feb. 5. 1873.\\nThe mother is still residing in Seville Township.\\nMr. .\\\\msbury was brought up to the calling of\\nagriculture, which he has made the business of his\\nlife. In 1 86 1 he came to Gratiot County with his\\nparents, where his father located So acres of land in\\nSeville Township, chiefly in an unimproved condi-\\ntion. The family encountered all the variety and\\nincidents common to pioneer life. Mr. .Amsbury\\nowns 25 acres of improved land on which he is en-\\nA\\nK", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "M^/%*v*\u00c2\u00ab*\\nc\\nV\\nr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n329\\nV^ gaged in prosperous farming. Politically he is a\\nmember of the National Greenback party, and in the\\nyears 1882 and 83 was elected Township Treasurer.\\nHe was married in 1878 to Izora, daughter of Ira\\nt and Jane Phelps. The parents and daughter were\\nnatives of Wayne Co., N. Y.; the latter was born in\\ni860. She died April 30, 1881, in Seville.\\nrs. Mindwell L. (Spencer) Crispel, re-\\n_ siding on section 9, New Haven Town-\\n^1 P y^in in Ontario Co., N. Y., Jan.\\nj\\\\i_^ 26, 182 I. Her parents were also natives of\\nthat State, of English descent. Her father\\nAaron Spencer, of Puritanical stock, died in\\nCalifornia in 1874; and her mother, Martha, tiee\\nMoore, was of New England ancestry, and died in\\nthis State about 1855.\\nWhen 13 years old the subject of this sketch came\\nwith her parents to Hillsdale Co., Mich., where she\\nattended the common school and was married,\\nMarch 14, 1838, to John A. Crispel, a native of\\nUlster Co., N. Y., born June 20, 1812. He came to\\nthis State in 1836, where he lived until his death, in\\nJackson County, Oct. 7, 1880, aged nearly 70. He\\nwas a farmer, a prominent and exemplary citizen of\\nthe community, and satisfactorily filled several public\\noffices, as Supervisor, etc. In religion he was a\\nSpiritualist, and in politics a Republican. As a\\nfarmer he owned at one time two whole sections, less\\nonly 40 acres.\\nMrs. C. is now in her 641!) year, enjoying good\\nhealth and her mental activity unimpaired. She has\\never been an active, intelligent and philanthropic\\nmember of society. She attends the Methodist\\nEjjiscopal Church.\\ntA ^rigg8 B. Ellison, farmer on section 31, Pine\\n^iS(!0% River Township, is a son of George and\\nTii Julia (Drake) Ellison, natives of Orange Co.,\\nN. Y. Thefathei died in that county in 1814;\\nthe. mother afterwards came to Michigan, and\\nand died in Jackson County. The subject of tiiis\\nbiographical sketch was born in Orange Co., N. Y.,\\nm\\nMii\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K^DO\\nJune 29, 181 2. He being quite young at his father s\\ndeath, the first 15 years of his life were mostly passed\\nwith friends of the family in Orange County. He\\nwas then apprenticed to the baker s trade, at which\\nhe worked until 19 years of age. In 1831, he went\\non a whaler, and made two voyages, lasting six years.\\nIn 1838, he came to Michigan and bought 120 acres\\nof land in Jackson County, on which he settled and\\nlived nearly 14 years. Selling out, he bought a farm\\nin an adjoining township, where he lived for seven\\nyears. He then sold again, and in November, 1854,\\ncame to Gratiot County and bought 160 acres of\\npartly improved land on section 31, Pine River Tov/n-\\nship, where he now resides. He has disposed of 120\\nacres, and of the remaining 40, 35 acres are under\\ngood cultivation. He has a good residence and a\\ncomfortable barn.\\nMarch 17, 1842, in Jackson Co., Mich., he was\\nmarried to Miss .Ardelia I)., daughter of Francis and\\nHenrietta (Carpenter) Bargarow. He was of Eng-\\nlish and French ancestry, and she was a native of\\nConnecticut. Their daughter Ardelia was born in\\nSaratoga Co., N. Y., June 2, 1825. Mr. and Mrs.\\nEllison have had a family of three, two living: Mary\\nJ., Carrie A. (died Jan. 5, 1867, aged 23) and Joseph\\nA. Mr. Ellison has held for several years the office\\nof Constable in his township. Politically, he is an\\nardent Republican.\\norman H. Wells, general farmer and\\nstock-raiser, section 15, New Haven Town-\\nship, was born in Westphalia, Clinton Co.,\\n|[s^ Mich., April 13, 1843. His parents, David\\nK and Melinda (Gould) Wells, were natives of\\nConnecticut and of English descent, and emi-\\ngrated to Michigan about 1836, settling first in Oak-\\nland County, as pioneers later, in Westphalia\\nTownship, Clinton County, where Mr. David Wells\\nresided until his death, Aug. 28, 1883, having lived\\nin that county 41 years! His wife had died Sept. 3,\\n1859, in that ccunty.\\nNorman H., the subject of this sketch, remained\\nat home until 19 years of age, working on the farm\\nand in his father s brick-yards and attending school\\nin his district, and at Wacousta, three miles away.\\nHe received a good education and taught public\\n:dii-. ^^r- C-IV-\\nt\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y\\n/7s\\nr\\n4-", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^y^t-T^-^^t\\n^^tlA\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nT :DIl :illlv v\\n^xjr iii^\\n33c\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nV\\nt\\n0i\\\\\\nschool a short time. At the age above mentioned he\\nset out as a common laborer, lumbering and farming,\\nand attending school, in Portland, Ionia County,\\npreparing to take a course at the State Agricultural\\nCollege at Lansing, but lack of funds prevented him\\nfrom carrying oat the much desired project. In\\n1864 he came to this county and bought 80 acres, on\\nsection 13, New Haven Township. This was then\\nprincipally covered with timber. He has since\\nadded by purchase 40 acres, and of the total 120\\nacres he has improved 100 acres, putting it in fine\\ncondition. He also owns 80 acres on section 23, of\\nwhich he has 40 acres improved. Both of these\\nfarms are well etjuipped with the necessary buildings,\\norchards, etc. In 1874 he purchased 40 acres on\\nsection 15, to which he has recently added 40 acres,\\nand has made some improvements upon the place.\\nIn an-eariy day Mr. Wells established a general\\nstore in Newark Township for country patronage.\\nHis was the first successful store in the country in\\nihis county, and he is considered the father of that\\nbranch of mercantile life in Gratiot County. He af-\\nterward sold out to George E. Blain, and returned to\\nfarming, in which vocation he has been successful.\\nHe owns an aggregate of 320 acres, divided into four\\ndifferent farms, having a total of 180 acres of good\\narable land. He has also been a real-estate dealer\\nand loan agent for Eastern parties for some lime, ex-\\nhibiting a high order of business qualifications. He\\nis a thoroughgoing, energetic and common-sense\\nfarmer. In political matters he is a ReiJublican\\nwas the first Township Superintendent of Schools\\nafter the abolition of the county-superintendency sys-\\ntem, and has also Ijeen Township Inspector, Justice\\nof the Peace and Highway Commissioner, holding\\neach office two years. In all these capacities he has\\nfaithfully served the public.\\nMr. Wells was married Nov. 6, 1870, in North\\nShade Township, this county, to Miss Martha, daugh-\\nter of John and Sarah A. (Leonard) Jackson, natives\\nrespectively of England and New York, who came to\\nthe above mentioned township in 1869. Mrs. W. was\\nborn in Brownville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 6, 1851,\\nand came to this county when 17 years old. She\\nhas taught school several terms, successfully. Both\\nshe and Mr. W. are members of the MetJiodist Epis-\\ncopal Chnrcli. Their four children are: Herbert J.,\\nLaura A., John Floyd and Sarah J.\\n(M^iA(v;i\u00c2\u00abL- i^yf^j^s^ L\\nThis family have in their possession an English Vf\\nsugar-bowl which was owned by great-grandparents, -i\\nand is more than 150 years old; and another, of the\\nAmerican order, tliat is nearly 100 years old. They\\nalso have a hymn-book, 65 years old. f^\\noses Stevens, mechanic, carpenter and\\njoiner, section 31, Ithaca Township, was\\nborn in Gloucestershire, Eng., Oct. 30^\\n18 1 9, and was the son of Emanuel and Eliz-\\nabeth (Gasser) Stevens, natives of England\\nand of English descent. In his native coun-\\ntry the father was a tinsmith, and he came to Amer-\\nica in 1 83 1, settling in the State of New York. He\\nthere engaged in farming, and died in 1842. The\\nmother died in Tuscola Co., Mich., in 1881, at the\\nage of 86 years.\\nWhen 12 years old Moses came with his parents\\nto this country, and he lived in New York State un-\\ntil he was 2 1 years old. He was then married to\\nSusan M. Hulett. They came afterwards to Tus-\\ncola County, this State, where she died, in Septem-\\nber, 187 I. April I, 1874, he was married to Sabra\\nBlair, who died in the same county a year later.\\nOct. 3, 1876, he was a third time married, at East\\nSaginaw, Mich.; and he took for his life partner this\\ntime Mrs. Elmira M. Potter {nee Lake), daughter of\\nNicholas and Alzina (Cross) Lake, natives of St. Law-\\nrence Co., N. Y., and of English descent. They\\nfollowed farming, and removed at an early day to\\nOntario, Canada. After 20 years residence there,\\nthey came to Forestville, Sanilac County, where the\\nfather died, in September, 1S54. His wife afterwards\\nremoved to Gratiot County^and then went on a visit\\nto Iosco County, where she died, in December, 1874.\\nElmira M. was born at Smith Falls, Can., Jan 24,\\n1S33. At the age of 19, she came to this State and\\nshe was married at Grand Ledge, Eaton Co Oct.\\n12, 1856, to William Potter, a native of New York.\\nThree months later, they came to this county, and\\nlocated a half a mile from Ithaca. Mr. Potter im-\\nproved 120 acres of land, and died Sept. 2, 1863,\\naged nearly 33, leaving to the care of his widow\\nthree children, Ida B., George W. and Cora M.\\nMr. Stevens had by his first marriage three sons\\nO\\n9\\nr\\nJ\\n-^iia :iiilr\\n^b^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "-\u00c2\u00abi C^ C -2 7 O Cf- O^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "g^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "mrmm\u00c2\u00a5\\n-:2i^K 6^T ^tl D D llr\\nETC\\nY\\ny T-\\nG RATIO I COUNTY.\\n33S 7N\\nI\\nx^\\nand seven daughters, all of whom are living except\\none son and two daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens\\nnow live on the Potter homestead. They belong to\\nthe society known as Seventh-Day Adventists. In\\nixilitics Mr. Stevens is an adherent of tlie Republican\\nparty.\\nohn Pool, general farmur and stock-raiser,\\nf section 12, New Haven J ownship, is a na-\\ntive of Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he was\\nborn Oct. 22, 1823. His father, Isaac Pool,\\nwas also a native of the Empire State, of Eng-\\nlish and Welsh descent, was a carpenter and\\njoiner by trade, as well as farmer at times, and emi-\\ngrated to Wisconsin in 1854, settling in Waushara\\nCounty, where he was a prominent and respected\\ncitizen, and finally died. John s mother. Diadem,\\niiec Buck, was also a native of New York State, of\\nEnglish ancestry, and died in Wisconsin.\\nThe subject of this sketch was only five years\\nold when his parents moved with him from his\\nnative place to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he\\nworked on a farm and at the carpenter s trade, and\\nattended school, until he was of age. He then\\nworked as a common laborer a few years near home.\\nWhen 22 years of age, he bouglit 50 acres of land in\\nSt. Lawrence County, i)artly improved, and set to\\nwork upon it. Three years later he returned to his\\nnative county, where, June [3, 1S49, he married Miss\\nLucy, daughter of John and I^ydia (Jones) Kanautz,\\nnatives of the Empire State. Mr. K. was of pure\\nGerman descent, and Mrs. K. of New England par-\\nentage and of English extraction. The former, an\\nagriculturist, died in St. Lawrence County, May 30,\\n1880, and the latter in Jefferson County, July 31,\\n1850. Mrs. P. was born in Pamela Township, Jef-\\nferson County, Oct. 27, 1820, and was the third\\ndaughter and fourth child of her parents. Mr. and\\nMrs. P. have had tliree children, only one of whom\\nsurvives, namely Anna E., born Aug. i, 1854, and\\nmarried May 26, 1874, to Alex. McLaren, now resid-\\ning in New Haven Township on a farm; Amanda J.,\\nborn April 10, 1852, and died Feb. 4, 1853; and\\nJohn W., born April 2, 1862, died June 2, 1880.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. P. followed farming on his\\nplace for three years, sold out, and one year later he\\n\\\\v\\npurchased property in the village of Herman, St.\\nLawrence Co., N. Y., where he was engaged as a\\ngeneral laborer and farmer. He sold out there, and\\nin the fall of 1854 came to Gratiot County, and pur-\\nchased, under the Graduation Act, the southwest\\nquarter of section 12, New Haven Township, where\\nhe now lives. Before settling here, however, he\\nspent a short time in Iowa, then in Ionia County,\\nthis State, where he purchased 80 acres in the town-\\nship of Fair Plains. While there, he and his family\\nsuffered a great deal from chills and fever. He sold\\nout there in November, 1855, and the following Feb-\\nruary returned to this county and settled on his land.\\nIt was then a wilderness. Here, in a log shanty,\\n13x17 feet, he and his little family started out again\\nto make a permanent home. The scenes of frontier\\nlife here, and the kindness and sociability of their\\nearly neighbors, are remembered with an ever-in-\\ncreasing fascination and delight.\\nHis little cabin, afterward enlarged to 14 x 22,\\nstood till the spring of 1861, when it was supplanted\\nby a good-sized house, which still stands in striking\\ncontrast with his present mansion, built in 1874.\\nHis barn, 30 x 40 feet in dimensions, was erected in\\n1858, the first frame barn in the township. By addi-\\ntions to this structure, he has made it one of the\\nlargest barns in this part of the county. He has 200\\nacres of the best land in the township, with 100 acres\\nwell improved, watered and slocked, with a thrifty\\norchard of three acres, etc.\\nMr. Pool has always been a strong Re|)ublican,\\nand as a citizen of his township he has been honored\\nwith various offices, as Highway Commissioner for\\nseveral years. Township Treasurer six years, etc.\\nHe and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.\\nPortraits of Mr. and Mrs. Pool are given in prox-\\nimity to this sketch, as they are representative of a\\nworthy and exemplary class of citizens.\\nIf?.-\\nohn Hamilton, M. D., physician and sur-\\ngeon at Pompei, was born in Paisley, Ren-\\nfrewshire, Scotland, Oct. 31, 1830. He is\\nI son of Thomas Hamilton, deceased, a native\\n^r of Scotland, and who emigrated to America\\nand settled in Carlton Place, near Ottawa,\\nCanada, in 1842, and where two years later, in\\n:dd ^\u00e2\u0082\u00acr-\\nX\\nr\\nr\\nm^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "^e^T^mm^i^^\\nTT\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abf^\\n4J\\n4.\\nWi\\no\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n1844, his family, including our subject, joined h.m.\\nDr. Hamilton in early life manifested a desire to\\nbecome a medical practitioner, and devoted his time\\nand energies to the accomplishment of that purpose.\\nHe received the advantages afforded by llie common\\nschools, and then attended the High School at Al-\\nmonte, Canada. He then turned his attention to\\nteaching, and followed the same for some 1 2 years,\\ndevoting all his leisure tin.e to research after medical\\nknowledge, and afterward, before coming to tlie\\nUnited States, was engaged in practice for some\\ntime. He then came to Michigan and entered the\\nDetroit Medical College, from which he graduated\\nwith honors in 1876. In April of that year the\\nDoctor came to Ponipei, this county, entered upon\\nthe practice of his profession, and has built up a\\nlucrative and successful one.\\nThe Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Jessie\\nLang, daughter of Arthur Lang, deceased, and was\\nborn in Almonte, Canada. Ten children have been\\nIjorn to their union: Amelia, Helen, Thomas, Arthur,\\nMarion, Jessie, John 1)., William R. and Harry H.\\nAmelia is the wife of Hiram White, and lives in\\nCranbrook, Huron Co., Canada. Helen is also mar-\\nried, and is the wife of John Taylor, who resides near\\nBrussels, Huron Co., Canada.\\nDr. Hamilton is a member of the I. O. O. F. and\\nMasonic Order.\\n4p^|i obert r. rieming, farmer, section 30, Pine\\nA^l^^j River Township, was born at Ann Arbor,\\nMich., Feb. 1, 1834, and is a son of Cliarles\\niX^ M. and Peninah J. Fleming. His parents\\nwere both natives of the State of New York.\\nDuring the years of his minority, the life\\nof Mr. Fleming was passed in the manner common\\nto the farmers sons of the place and period. The\\nsucceeding five years he spent in working by the\\nmonth, and expended his earnings in the purchase of\\n?40 acres of land in Jackson County, on which he\\nsettled at the age of 26 years. Between five and\\nsix years later he sold the place, and in October, 1865,\\ncame to Gratiot County, and bouij-ht 50 acres of\\nland in Pine River Township, most of which was in\\nan unimproved condition. Of tiiis he has placed 40\\n\\\\r^ acres under cultivation. Mr, l leming is a Repuljli-\\nr can in political affinity.\\nHe was married March i, i860, at Eaton Rapids,\\nto Eliza A., daughter of Gardner Rice, a native of\\nthe State of New York. Mrs. Fleming was born\\nJuly 30, 1835, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. Six of seven\\nciiildren iiorn of this marriage yet survive, Edward\\nE., James H., Willie F., Carrie E., Cora E. and El-\\nvira P. Calvin A. died when nearly two years old.\\nThe parents belong to the Presbyterian Church.\\nAiaaz/s-^^\\nK M/gfSWaTBv.\\n^Ik illium J. Naldrett, farmer, section 36,\\niL New Haven Township, is a native of Eng-\\nland, where he was born April 10, 1828.\\nHis parents, Clement and Hannah (His-\\ncock) Naldrett, were also natives of the same\\ncounty. (See sketch of George S. Naldrett.)\\nMr. Naldrett was trained to the occupation of\\ngardener in his native land, and at the age of 21\\ncame to the United States. He first found employ-\\nment in a nurser) near the city of Rochester, N. Y.,\\nwhere he remained about three months. He prac-\\nticed all the economy possible and saved sufficient\\nmoney to enable him to proceed to Michigan. He\\ncame directly to Ann Arbor, where he remained six\\nyears, chiefly occupied in gardening. In the fall of\\n1854 he went to Lansing, Mich., and during the ses-\\nsion of the Legislature in the winter following he\\nwas employed at the State House as fireman. He\\nwas engaged in gardening through the next summer,\\nand in August, 1855, bought 58 acres of unimproved\\nland on section 30, Newark Township, Gratiot County,\\nbuilt a small house and entered at once upon the\\nlabor of improving and cultivating his farm. In the\\nfall of 1853 he had purchased 80 acres of land on\\nsection 29 in tlie same township, which he has since\\nsold. He has increased his homestead farm to 112\\nacres and has put 70 acres under good cultivation.\\nMr. Naldrett is connected with the Order of Masonry\\nand is an adherent to the Democratic party in jxaliti-\\ncal views.\\nHe was married Sept. 28, 1854, in Detroit, to\\nMary, third daughter of Cliristian and Barbara Leon-\\nard. Her parents were natives of Germany, and she\\nwas born Sept. 29, 1831, in I .aden, in the same coun-\\ntry. When she was 2 1 years old her parents came\\nwith their family [to America, settling at Ann Arbor,\\nV^\\nA\\nr", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "m^\\n:.a A\u00e2\u0084\u00a2i! s\u00c2\u00bb-\\n;llllg|lD--\\nt\\nr\\n-A\\n/N\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nK-\\n-^i^lSJ^\\n337\\nMich., where they both died. Of six children born\\nto Mr. and .Mrs. Naldrett, three died in infancy\\nGeorge, Cornelia and Clara. Those surviving are\\nWilliam C, Rose B. and Ernest H.\\nK illet Reynolds, farmer, owning 40 acres on\\nsection 17, North Star Township, was\\nborn in Chenango Co., N. Y., Feb. 7, 1834.\\nHis father, Abel Reynolds, deceased, was a\\nnative of Rhode Island. Mr. R., the sub-\\nject of this sketch, was reared as a fanner, and\\nreceived his education in the common school in his\\nnative county. He came to Clinton County, Mich.,\\nin 1854, and to this county in 1S56, where he has\\nsince lived, except three years temporarily in Oak-\\nland Co., Mich. He served three years in the great\\nwar, as a Corporal of Co. G, Fifth Mich. Cav., par-\\nticipating in the battles of Gettysburg, Willianisport,\\nHagerstown, Boonslioro, Snicker s Gap, and in oppos-\\ning Early s raid on Washington.\\nMr. Reynolds was married in 1856 to Miss Lydia\\nJ., daughter of Nathaniel Neal (deceased), who was\\nborn Dec. 25, 1833, in Oswego Co., N. Y. Their\\nfour children are Elizabeth, who married B. B.\\nTuttlc; Jennette Emma J., who married Marion\\nMiner; and Helen L.\\nMr. R. and wife are memljers of the Seventh-Day\\nAdventist Church.\\nhomas J. Clark, fanner, section 21, Pine\\nRiver Township, was iiorn July 5, 1855, in\\nthe city of Norfolk, and is the son of\\nThomas and Rosa Clark; His parents lived in\\niNew York and had but two children, Thomas\\nand William. The father was a naval officer\\nand lost his life in the engagement at Hampton\\nRoads when the Congress and the Cumberland were\\nsunk by the Merrimac, an iron-clad Confederate ves-\\nsel, now called the Virginia.\\nWhen Mr. Clark was ten years old he came to\\nMichigan under the guidance and management of\\nthe Children s \\\\id Society, which at tliat time sent\\nout 46 children to find home and friends in the shel-\\ntering homes of the Peninsular State. He spent the\\nintervening years until 1868, in Lenawee County, with\\ndifferent individuals and variously employed. In\\nthe year named he went to live with Thomas J. King,\\nof Hillsdale County, and, for three years, he worked\\nfor his board and clothes, after which he received\\nwages, continuing to make his home with Mr. King\\nuntil 1880, when he came to Gratiot County, where\\nhe owned 80 acres of land on section 22, Pine River\\nTownship, which he had bought seven years previ-\\nous and had been partly improved. This he ex-\\nchanged for So acres on section 21, on which he now\\nresides. He has placed 40 acres under good cul-\\ntivation and, in 1881, erected a fine barn of modern\\narchitecture.\\nMr. Clark was married Dec. 9, 1S80, to Myrtie H.,\\ndaughter of Reuben and Rebecca (Smith) King.\\nShe was born April 2, 1856, in Jackson County, Mich.,\\nand her parents were natives respectively of New\\nYork and England. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have two\\nchildren, Lloyd L. and Hiel C.\\nMr. Claik is actively interested in local politics and\\nis a Republican of decided type. He is a valuable\\ncitizen from his active, i)ublic spirit and warm inter-\\nest in the progress and well-being of the community. i=a\\nHe is rapidly placing his farm in the best possible C/\\nshape for future profit, and deservedly is awarded the\\nrespect and confidence of his fellow-townsmen.\\nohn Franklin Henry, farmer, section 31,\\nf Nortii Star, was born in the village of\\nDummcrston, Windham Co., Vt., April 29,\\n829. His parents, John and Sandona (Daven-\\nport) Henry, were also natives of the Green\\nMountain State; they moved to Bellows Falls,\\nin the same county, when the subject of this sketch\\nwas very young. Here the latter attended the village\\nschool during the winter seasons, and after he was\\n13 years old he worked upon the farm. In the win-\\nter of 1851-2 he went to California, where he en-\\ngaged in packing supplies by mule express to the 1\\nminers in the mountains. Al)out the ist of October, ^V\\n1854, he started on his return, on the steamer (j-l\\nYankee Blade, which, just after leaving the coast,\\nwas purposely wrecked by the Captain, who ran her ^o\\non the breakers, expecting to secure the money on\\nX|)\\\\\u00c2\u00ab))\u00c2\u00ab^ i-\\n.C^\\nA ill!lgllllft", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "^V-^_\\n7 ^DD^^I]D^\\nT\\n.KX\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\n-\u00c2\u00ab3|)^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nJ\\nboard; but he was caught and placed in custody.\\nA picture of this wreck is still in the possession of Mr.\\nHenry. Remaining in California until the following\\nJuly, he returned to his home in Vermont. During\\nthe month of August, 1862, he and family came to\\nGratiot County on a visit, and concluded to remain.\\nHe owns 67 acres of good farming land, where he is\\nprosperously engaged as an agriculturist and cheese\\nmanufacturer.\\nJan. 30, 1856, Mr. Henry married Miss Mary P.,\\ndaughter of Thomas Mills, now deceased. She was\\nborn in Colchester, Chittenden Co., Vt., on the shore\\nof Lake Champlain. The children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nHenry are the following named Edgar L., Inez L.\\n(deceased), Charlotte M., Georgia B., Charles B. and\\nGeorge Hugh. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the\\nBaptist Church, and he is also a member of the\\nOrders of Masonr) and Knights of Honor.\\n^^Sp-\\nownsend A. Ely, Post.naster at Alma, was\\nborn Aug. 27, 1843, at Wabash, Ind., and is\\nthe only son of Gen. Ralph and Mary E.\\n(Halstead) Ely. (See sketch.) The parents\\nwere married at Brookville, Ind., and after\\nmarriage settled at Wabash, where they re-\\nsided two years. They returned to New York, their\\nnative State, and after a year s residence there they\\ncame to Ionia Co., Mich., where Gen. Ely purchased\\n200 acres of unimproved land, and he entered into\\nthe merits of pioneer life. He vigorously prosecuted\\nthe improvement and cultivation of his farm. In\\n14 April. 1856, he sold the place, and purchased i6o\\nacres of land in Arcada Township, Gratiot County.\\nThe family constituted the first settlers on the north\\nside of Pine River. Gen. Ely again commenced life\\nas a pioneer, built a log house, platted the village of\\nAlma, and eniliarked in various pursuits for the pur-\\npose of furthering the advancement of the place, and\\nestablishing, so far as lay in his power, substantial\\nbusiness interests at that point. He was engaged\\nchiefly in farming, trade and milling interests until\\n1861, when he enlisted. On leaving the army in the\\nfall of 1866, he went to Florida and purchased 130\\nacres of land, a part of which was located in the vi-\\ncinity of Jacksonville. The remainder was situated\\n120 miles south of that city, and there he set out an\\nC\\norange orchard, which included 40 acres of land.\\nHe spent a year in planting, and the second year\\nlost the entire result of his labor, the frost killing all\\nthe young trees. He became disheartened, and re-\\nturned to Alma, where he resumed farming, and pur-\\nsued that vocation until 1874, when he was elected\\nAuditor General of Michigan, and was re-elected to\\nthe office in 1876. While engaged in the discharge\\nof the duties of the position, his business relations at\\nAlma and in Gratiot County practically terminated-\\nand when his connection with the office of Auditor\\nGeneral ceased, he interested himself in lumbering\\nin Enimett County, where he remained until his\\ndeath, which occurred April 14, 18S3. His family\\nincluded one son and six daughters.\\nAt the age of 17, Mr. Ely, of this sketch, succeeded\\nto the charge of the farm and other business interests\\nof his father, who had entered the service of the\\nUnited States, and he continued the management of\\nhis business and domestic affairs until the close of\\nthe war. Mr. Ely became roused, by the course and\\nexigencies of the struggle with the South, to an inter-\\nest in its issues, and enlisted Feb. 25, 1865, in the\\n8th Mich. Inf. He became Sergeant of Co. C, and\\nwas promoted to Second Lieutenant April 25, 1865.\\nHe was in the service until Aug. 14, 1865, and was\\nunder fire at Fort Stedman, and at the siege at\\nPetersburg. He received honorable discharge at\\nDetroit, Mich.\\nWhen he was 23 years old, he embarked in busi-\\nness for himself, and purchased 240 acres of land in\\nArcada, to which he afterwards added 100 acres.\\nHe continued the management and improvement of\\nhis property three years, when he sold out. He was\\nappointed Mail Messenger between St. Louis and\\nSaginaw, a jxjsition which he filled two years and\\nnine months. He resigned the situation to accept\\none as conductor on the Saginaw Valley and St.\\nLouis railroad. He operated in that capacity three\\nyears and three months, and resigned to establish\\nhimself in the hardware business at Alma. A year\\nlater he sold out, and was appointed to his present\\nposition of Postmaster at Alma. He succeeded to\\nthe place Aug. 6, 1881, by appointment under Post-\\nmaster-General James, and has discharged the obli-\\ngations of the office with credit and honor, and to the\\nentire satisfaction of the pui)lic. In jx)litical princi-\\nple, he is an adherent to the tenets i)f the Republi-\\ncan party.\\n5\\nf\\nA\\nt\\n(iv5( iSij*=;^^\\n^^^m^ ^-L s[i Q B \\\\^^y-^\\nK", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "A\\n7K^llIl KllIl r^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n339\\n.Mi\\nMr. Ely was married at Alma, Sept. 25, 1866, to\\nMaggie C, daughter of Dewitt C. and Edna F.\\n(Utley) Chapin. Mrs. Ely was born at Chicago,\\n111., June 27, 1845. Palph C, born March 5, 1870,\\nis the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Ely.\\n^*H^S^\\n1=3\\nt=r\\nma\\ni\\neorge Johnson, farmer, section 36, North\\nShade Township, is a son of Robert and\\nAnn (Bell) Johnson, the latter a native of\\nEngland; the former, a native of Ireland, set-\\ntled in Canada in 1842; in 1866 he came to\\nthis county and settled on 40 acres of wild\\nland, on section 26, North Shade Township, where\\nhe yet resides.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Aug. 17, 1857,\\nin Peterboro, Can., and was brought by his parents\\nto this county; at 20 years of age he commenced\\nworking by the month on a farm, and by this means\\nhe accumulated a sufficient amount of means to buy\\na farm of 80 acres, on section 36, North Shade Town-\\nship, where he now has about 50 acres in a high\\nstate of cultivation.\\nOct. 18, 1881, Mr. Johnson was married to Miss\\nSarah, daughter of George and Lovina (Belden) Ed-\\nmonds. The latter were natives of New York State,\\nMr. E. a farmer. He located on section 26, North\\nShade Township, in 1873, where the family yet re-\\nside. Mr. and Mrs. J. are the parents of two chil-\\ndren, namely Glenn, born Aug. 6, 1882; and Ora,\\nSept. I r, 1883.\\nOn political issues Mr. Johnson is a Republic an.\\nif^-ornelius A. Deline, farmer, section 35,\\njp,5# Newark Township, wasborn Aug. 20, 1831,\\n\u00c2\u00ab^(g in Ridgeway, Orleans Co., N.Y. His i)arents,\\n^1? Peter and Charity (Snell) Deline, were natives\\nof Montgomery County in the same State.\\nThey passed the years of their married life there\\nuntil 1862, when they settled in Newark Township,\\nand there the father still resides. The mother died\\nMay 15, 1869. Their family included seven daugh-\\nters and one son. The sisters of Mr. Deline were\\nnamed Miranda E., Mary J., C athcrine K., Hannah\\nL., Francis E., Martha A. and Julia J.\\nMr. Deline is the eldest child. He obtained a fair\\neducation in the common schools and engaged in\\nfarming with his father until he was 23 years of a^e.\\nIn October, 1862, he came to Gratiot County and\\nbought 110 acres of unimproved land, located on\\nsection 35 of Newark Township, and section 2 of\\nFulton Township. He has since added by purchase\\n40 acres to his original tract of land, and now has\\n120 acres in advanced cultivation and most promis-\\ning condition. The log cabin, which was his home\\nin his early days of labor and struggle, has been sup-\\nplanted by a fine residence, of which he took posses-\\nsion in May, 1880. He is a Democrat.\\nHe was married July 4, 1854, in I.ockport, Niag-\\nara Co., N. v., to Mary S., daughter of Peter and Su-\\nsannah (Ziglar) Jones. Her parents were natives of\\nPennsylvania, and their family comprised 12 children,\\nviz.: John F., Evan, Rebecca A., Sarah, Lany E.,\\nAmanda, Rhoda Siglar, Lovisa, Lovina, Mary S. and\\nLotilla. Mrs. Deline was the eighth daughter and was\\nborn Oct. 15, 1836, in Genesee Co., N. Y. All the\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Deline, seven in number,\\ndied in infancy\\n^^^p-f^S-vvv--?-\\ne^dMii\\njaron Stanton, deceased, a pioneer on sec-\\ntion 18, North Star Township, was a native\\nof the State of New York, where he was born\\nMay 28, 1827. His father, Hiram Stanton,\\nbrought his family to Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nwhen Aaron was a small boy, and where the latter\\nwas reared on the farm and educated in the coirrmon\\nschool. When he was 18 years of age the family re-\\nmoved to Clinton Co., Mich., where he resided until\\nDecember, 1854, when he came to North Star Town-\\nship, this county, settling on section 18, the present\\nhome of the family.\\nAlthough Mr. Stanton s occupation was principally\\nthat of farming, his natural genius and practical\\nability early led him to tlie skillful use of tools. He\\ntherefore worked much in wood, and some in a saw-\\nmill. He was married IVc. 11, 1854, to Miss Han-\\nnah Hawkins, daughter of Benjamin Hawkins. She\\nalso was a native of New York Stale. Mr. and Mrs.\\nS. had four children, namely: Philena J. (Pritchard),\\nGeorge L., Annie F. and William A. Mr. Stanton\\ndied Feb. 21, 1863, in Alexandria, Va., of measles,\\n4\\nt\\nt\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\\n^Il!l^DDf^-V^-\\n-^f if \u00c2\u00bbX^,f^\\n..|i;g5^!j( \u00c2\u00ae/v||", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "7\\n4^iiDi iua i\\nv\\n;2ix!,^i*v^\\n4^^f^Vi;\\n5\u00c2\u00a7\\nV\\n(i\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nabout six months after he was enrolled into the\\nUnited States service, as a member of Co. D, 26th\\nMich. Vol. Inf He was then a member of the Free-\\nWiU Baptist Church, but formerly of the Christian\\nChurch in this county, there being no Church of his\\nchoice in his neighborhood. Mrs. Stanton after-\\nward (1867) married M. M. Heath, and by him has\\nhad six children, two of whom are now living,\\nnamely, Emma M. and George E.\\n\\\\m\\noren M. Sutphin, dealer in wines and\\nliquors at Alma, was born April 5, 1852, in\\n;,j.i/ r Niagara Co., N. Y. He is a son of Ralph\\n61 J and Margaret (Crego) Sutphin, both of whom\\n/\\\\s were natives of New York. They first located\\nin Niagara County and afterwards removed to\\nMichigan, where they settled in Jackson, and after a\\nresidence there of more than three years they moved\\nto Clinton County, where the father died, March 14,\\n1864. The mother is still a resident of that county.\\nMr. Sutphin was in the first year of his life when\\nhis parents came to Michigan. He passed his early\\nyears in obtaining an education, and at 16 was em-\\nployed as a sawyer in a mill, wlierc he worked nearly\\nthree years. Ten years succeeding he was employed\\nas a clerk. In August, 18S3, he came to Gratiot\\nCounty and located at Alma, where he established\\nhimself in the business in which he still continues.\\nIn political faith he is a Republican.\\nHe was married in Ensley Township, Newaygo\\nCounty, March 27, 1872, to Adelia M., daughter of\\nCalvin and Ellen Cook. Parents and daughter are\\nnatives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Sutphin have two\\nchildren Claude L. and Maud M.\\n^rederick Beyer, farmer, section 20, New\\nSME trk Township, was born May 18, 1834, in\\nHerkimer Co., N. Y. His parents, Joseph\\nand Nancy (Shell) Boyer, were also natives of\\nf^ the Em[)ire State. He was 14 years old when\\nhe came to Michigan and settled in Eaton\\nCounty, where he remained until 1858. In 1854\\nhe came to Gratiot County and bought 80 acres of\\nland, and of this he took pcjssession in August, i860.\\nThe place was in a wholly unimproved state and he\\nbuilt a log house and proceeded, with all his energies,\\nto clear and put his farm in a suitable condition for\\nthe successful pursuit of agriculture.\\nIn 1862 he enlisted in the 26th Reg. Mich. Vol.\\nInf, and served until July 14, 1865, when he was\\nhonorably discharged at Detroit. Among other en-\\ngagements in which he participated were those of\\nCold Harbor and the siege of Petersburg. In one of\\nthe numerous skirmishes in which he took part, he\\nreceived a slight wound in the right hip. On return-\\ning to Gratiot County he resumed his farm labors and\\nhas put 57 acres under a fair state of improvements.\\nA good frame house has replaced the log cabin of his\\npioneer days, and he is in circumstances which war-\\nrant him in expecting a future of comfort. He is in\\nsympathy with the beliefs and issues of the Demo-\\ncratic party, and has held the various offices in his\\nschool district.\\nMr. Boyer was married March 17, 1858, in Eaton\\nCounty, to Mary H. Boyer, a native of Herkimer Co.,\\nN. Y., and of their marriage five children have been\\nborn Catharine M., Imelda L., John P. and Henry\\nH. Another daughter, Ellen L., died when she was\\n18 years old.\\nIge\\nI\\nV^\\nsy\\neorge W. Jennings, lumberman and far-\\niMMt iiier, residing at Alma, was born Aug. :i,\\n1828, in Erie Co., N. Y., and is the son of\\ny^ Hiram and Mary (Rhodabaugh) Jennings.\\nThe parents were natives respectively of Vir-\\nginia and Pennsylvania. After marriage they\\nsettled in Erie Co., N. Y., where they passed the re-\\nmainder of their lives, the mother dying in 1829, the\\nfather in the fall of 1873. He was a blacksmith by\\ntrade. Tiieir family included four children.\\nMr. Jennings obtained his education in the com-\\nmon and high schools of the section where he was\\nreared. He was nine months old when his mother\\ndied.. At the age of 15 years, he engaged with a\\nblacksmith to learn the trade, and worked as an a))-\\nprentice about two years- Just before he was 17\\nye.irsold his health failed, and he accordingly aban-\\ndoned liie trade of blacksmith, and embarked as a\\nsailor on a whaling vessel. He continued in that\\nvocation nearly five years. He suffered shipwreck\\nonce off the coast of Japan. After leaving the sea\\nr\\nu- .*-;s\\n.s ^7^D!I^Iinf A:9\\n-\u00c2\u00ab|^^(S^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "^^rm^^\\ny\\\\\\\\i\\n^^7-7mmMr T\\nTT\\nf-^.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0issr\\n-ya^,^\\nGRATIQT OOUNTY.\\n341\\nV\\nhe returned to Erie County, and spent three years in\\nlumbering. In 1854 he came to Clinton Co., Mich,,\\nwhere he pursued the same vocation si.x years. In\\n1858 he came to Ciratiot County, and settled in Ar-\\ncada Township, where he bought 320 acres of unim-\\nproved land. On this he built a block liouse,\\nclaimed to be the best in Cratiot County erected\\nafter that method. He operated on this farm until\\n1862, when he removed to Alma, and has sirce been\\nengaged as stated. Politically, Mr. Jennings is a\\nRepublican. In i860 he was elected Justice of the\\nPeace, and held the office successively until 1^75.\\nHe was Supervisor of Arcada one term, and held\\nvarious minor offices. He is a member of the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity.\\nMr. Jennings was first married at Maple Rapids,\\nClinton County, in July, 1854, to Zilpha A., daughter\\nof Harvey P. and Lydia Lansing, natives of New\\nYork. Mrs. Jennings was born in 1839, in New York,\\nand of her marriage three children were born Frank\\nE., Ida M. and George. The latter died when three\\nyears old. Mr. Jennings was a second time married\\nat St. John s, Clinton County, April 29, 1866, to Sibyl,\\ndaughter of Ale.xander and Jane (Sprague) Fraker.\\nMrs. Jennings was born Jan. 29, 1845, in St. Law-\\nrence Co., N. Y., and her parents were also natives\\nof that State. Three children have been born to\\nthem: Harry A., Jennie M. and Morton F. The\\neldest of these died when nine months old. Both\\nparents are members of the Congregational Church.\\niKl, iram W. Havens, farmer, section 27, North\\nShade Township, is a son of Samuel and\\n^j Sarah A. (Tubbs) Havens, the former a\\nnative of New Jersey and the latter of New\\nYork. Mr. Samuel Havens was a farmer. His\\nfirst wife s maiden name was Amy Bennett she\\ndied at an early day, and he subsequently married\\nMiss Tubbs. He moved from New York to Michi-\\ngan in 1837, settling in Lenawee County, where he\\ndied, in 1861 his widow is yet living, in Seneca\\nTownship, Lenawee Co., Mich.\\nThe subject of tliis sketch was born March 28,\\n1837, in Niagara Co., N. Y.; remaining at home with\\nhis parents until he was 24 years of age, became, in\\n1862, to Michigan and located 80 acres of wild land,\\non the section where he now resides. He resided\\nin Lenawee County five years longer, and then came\\nto Gratiot County; but not until he was 35 years of\\nage did he settle here to make it his permanent\\nhome. He has been Highway ommissioner three\\nterms and School Inspector one term; has always\\nbeen a Republican.\\nIn 1872 Mr. Havens was married to Miss Ellen,\\ndaughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Burras) Huyck,\\nnatives of Huron Co., Ohio, who first moved to Will-\\niams County, that State, then returned to Huron\\nCounty, thence to Lenawee Co., Mich., Fulton Co.,\\n)hio, and finally Bloomer Township, Montcalm Co.,\\nMich., where they now reside. Mr and Mrs. Ha-\\nvens two children are, Alta M., born June 13, 1875,\\nand Hiram W., April 18, 1883, both in this county.\\nV\\n5^r imuel Lepley, farmer, section 34. Newark\\nTownship, was born in Union Co., Pa., Oct.\\n25, 181 6, and is the son of John and Mary\\nLejiley, both natives of the same State, where\\nthey married and reared their family. Mr.\\nLepley is a l)orn and bred farmer, having spent\\nthe years of his early life in the practice of the details\\nof that business, preparatory to making it the calling\\nof his life. At 15 years of age he found himself at\\nliberty to make a decided encounter with the world\\non his own behalf, and from that age until the year\\n1849 he was engaged in agriculture at various places.\\nIn the year named he came to Hillsdale Co., Mich.,\\nand in 1855 came to Gratiot County. He bought\\n120 acres of unimproved land in the township of\\nNewark, settled on it and operated in true pioneer\\nstyle. He reduced his estate by the sale of 40 acres\\nand has, in the brief time included within the date\\nnamed and the current year (1884), placed 70 acres\\nof the remainder in satisfactory farming condition.\\nMr. Lepley is a Democrat in political i)roclivity,\\nand has always been keenly alive to everything that\\nseemed to bear any reasonable promise of benefit to\\nthe community in which he has lived. He was in-\\nstrumental in establishing the first school in the dis-\\ntiict in which he resides. Having been elected Di-\\nrector, he conducted a subscription and raised a small\\nsum of money, with wliich he hired a teacher, i)aying\\nher one dollar a week. For the first month she had\\nSV\\nJ(\\nm\\nm*", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "r?^^\\nm\\n^erTmmm T\\nt\\n342\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\none pupil, but the school has been sustained ever\\nsince, and now numbers about 50 students. Mr. Lep-\\nley has held the office of Township Collector seven\\nyears in succession.\\nHe vk^as first married in Seneca Co., Ohio, to Eliz-\\nabeth, daughter of Charles Caty, who was a German\\nby birth. Mrs. Lepley was born in Maryland. Of\\nher marriage to Mr. Lepley, eight children were born,\\nwhose names are John W., Maria H., William F.,\\nJames C, Cyrus, Mary J., Sarah L. and Andrew J.\\nThe mother died in March, 1872. Mr. Lepley was\\nagain married April 16, 1873, in Clinton Co., Mich.,\\nto Mrs. Mary (Boardmaii) Leary, daughter of Watson\\nand Elizabeth Boardman, and widow of Walter Leary.\\nrank E. Jennings, witli the firm of Brad-\\nley Jennings, resident at Alma, was born\\nfe^ July 4, 1857, at Maple Rapids, Clinton\\nCo., Mich. He is a son of George W. Jen-\\nJ nings, who was a native of the State of New\\nYork. His mother, Zilpha (Lansing) Jennings,\\nwas born in Michigan. After their marriage they\\nsettled in Gratiot County. Their family included\\ntwo children F. E. and Ida M. The mother died\\nin Alma, in 1865. The father is still a resident there.\\nHe was formerly proprietor of the planing mill at\\nAlma, where the son was trained to the same busi-\\nness.\\nMr. Jennings was educated at the common and\\ngraded schools, and at the age of 20 years he went\\nto Ithaca, where he was apprenticed for two years to\\nlearn the trade of making sash, doors and blinds.\\nAt the expiration of his indenture he went into part-\\nnership with his father. This relation continued two\\nyears, when it was dissolved by the withdrawal of\\nMr. Jennings, senior. Mr. Jennings, of this sketch,\\nformed a partnership with A. Bradley in the fall of\\n1883, under the firm style of Bradley Jennings,\\nwhich relation continued until early in 1884, when\\nMr. Jennings sold his interest. He is at present\\ncontemplating erecting a store and entering mercan-\\ntile life.\\nHe was married at Saginaw, May 13, 1882, to Uora,\\ndaughter of A. J. and Louisa Brooke. Mrs. Jen-\\nnings and her parents were natives of Wood Co.,\\nOhio. One child has been bom to Mr. and Mrs.\\nJennings: Nina, Oct. 13, 1883.\\nMr. Jennings is an active temperance worker and\\nbelongs to Blue Ribbon Society and Order of Good\\nTemplars. He is a Republican in political senti-\\nment.\\ni^#\\nv^\\nV\\nt ra B. Ellsworth, merchant at Riverdale,\\nSeville Township, was born May 26, 1826,\\nin Erie Co., N. Y., and is a son of William\\nand Lydia (Bentley) Ellsworth, natives respect-\\nively of Vermont and Canada. The father\\nwas a farmer in New York, and removed to\\nCanada, where he lived some eight years thence to\\nLexington, Sanilac Co., Mich., in 1837. He and\\nwife both died in Sanilac County.\\nTheir son, Ira, lived at home until 18 years old,\\nwhen he lived a year with a Mr. Hurd in Marshall,\\nthis State. He returned to Lexington and for five\\nyears following was engaged in farming. He was\\nthen for six seasons on the waters of Lakes Huron\\nand Erie, sailing to Cleveland and Sandusky. Coming\\nto Montcalm County in 1861, he followed farming\\nseven or eight years.\\nDuring the civil war he enlisted, Oct. 16, 1864, in j^\\nCo. A, 1st Mich. Eng. and Mech., and served under\\nGen. Sherman. The regiment participated in the\\nbattles around Knoxville, but was principally occu-\\npied in such work as repairing bridges. He was\\ndischarged at Washington in 1865 and returned to\\nhis family in Montcalm County. They removed to\\nMillbrook in 187 i, and to Stanton three years later.\\nThey then lived a short time at Belltown, and for a\\nyear kept a hotel at Itiiaca. His last move was to\\nRiverdale, where he also engaged in the hotel busi-\\nness, following that a little over four years, before\\nentering mercantile life.\\nHe was married in 1847 to Almira Vancamp,\\ndaughter of John Vancami). She was born in 1829,\\nand died in 1850, leaving five children: Jefferson,\\nDewitt, Henry, Emeline and Ira. He subsequently\\nmarried Louisa Pherris, a widow, the daughter of\\nRufus and Elizabeth Colburn, natives of New York\\nState. Mr. C. was a manufacturer, and died when\\nthe daughter was quite young.\\nMr. Ellsworth is a member of Ithaca Lodge, No.\\n123, F. A. M., of Riverdale Lodge, No. 343, I. O.\\nO. F. and of Pine River Lodge, No. 343, I. O. G. T.\\nPolitically he is an ardent Prohibitionist.\\nr\\nli)5^\\n[!!i:^:(ii]s", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "l^^^^^?:^^^^^ I", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "ri^\\n7\\nO V\\n-^Dn:^llIlr r\\n;2ir^-CSr\\nif^-^\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n345\\nX50~\\nr. p. Schneider, of the firm of\\nWright, Schneider Stuttz, merchants and\\np^j-erman\\n7-Ms\\nV Xu? dealers in grain at Alma, was born June 29,\\n1^ 1849, in Ponierania, Germany. William C. and\\nLouise (Penzel) Schneider, liis parents, were\\nnatives of the same country and emigrated to the\\nUnited States in the month of June, 1864. They at\\nA once located in Detroit, whence they removed in Oc-\\ntober, 1882, to Alma, and are still living there.\\nMr. Schneider had reached the age of 15 years\\nwhen his family came to the New World; and, owing\\nto his father having become incapacitated from effort\\nby illness, he has been their sole dependence and\\nsupport. His first piece of labor was in the capacity\\nuf a wood-5awyer. He sawed and split a cord of\\niron-wood, and has still a clear remembrance of\\nprofoundly wishing that he had never seen America.\\nDuring the first year of his residence in Detroit he\\nwas variously employed, meanwhile suffering much\\nfrom fever and ague. He found so little satisfaction\\nand comfort in the disorder that, while operating as a\\nlaborer in Elmwood Cemetery, he could not help en-\\nvying the freedom from hardship and disease of the\\nsilent sleepers in the city of the dead. The year fol-\\nlowing he became an employe at the Russell House,\\nwhere he was engaged nearly three years. In 1868\\nhe entered the dry-goods establishment of Sebastian\\nKirchner, of Detroit, and a year and a half later en-\\ngaged with Campbell Linn as a clerk. After four\\nmonths he was employed by Freedman Bros., enter-\\ning their service when they opened their new store on\\nWoodward Avenue. In July, 1870, he engaged with\\nJames Lowrie Sons, where he remained until July,\\n1878, when he again became connected with the\\nhouse of Freedman Bros. Two years later he was\\nemployed by Taylor, Wolfenden Co. He remained\\nwith them ir months, and in August, 1881, came to\\nAlma. He formed an association with A. W. Wright\\nand George D. Baiton for the sale of general mer-\\nchandise, under the firm style of Barton, Schneider\\nCo. This relation continued five months, when\\nMr. Barton withdrew and was succeeded by James\\nA. Stuttz, the style becoming Wright, Schneider\\nStuttz. The firm is established on a substantial\\nbasis, and its yearly transactions amount to $100,-\\n000 in merchandise only.\\nm\\nD!I :qqv.\\nthe mother in 1821, in Brattleboro, Vt. He\\nwas first a tin peddler, then a tanner, and later\\na real-estate dealer. He and wife now reside at 182,\\nDuffield Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. They have four\\nsons, four daughters, all younger than the sons, and\\n18 grandchildren, and the fortunate family has not\\nas yet had a single visit from death.\\nThe subject of this notice was born Aug. 27, 1845,\\nin Sullivan Co., N. Y., and remained at home with\\nhis parents until he was 22 years old. He was first\\nengaged in lumbering, and later in farming. He\\ncame from the Empire State to Grand Rapids, Mich.,\\nin the year 1870 and remained there one year look-\\ning after his father s affairs. He then came with his\\nbrother to Gratiot County and lo ^.ated on 320 acres\\nof wild land on section 30, Seville. They built a\\nfine house and a large barn, and cleared a portion of\\nthe land, and Dec. 31, 1873, Mr. B. was united in\\nthe bonds of matrimony to Miss Mary E. Whitney,\\ndaughter of Chauncey B. and Mary (Birmingham)\\nWhitney, natives of Cayuga Co., N. Y. They came\\nfrom that State to Ingham Co., Mich., in 1854, and\\nin 1867 came to Sumner Township, Gratiot County.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bradley have a family of three Wel-\\nlington, Chandler and Forrest.\\nMr. B. enlisted in September, 18C1, in Co. F, 56th\\nN. Y. Vol. Inf. The regiment was on detached duty\\nwith the Eastern army much of the time at Washing-\\nton, and participated in two engagements, which nearly\\nannihilated it. The remnant were finally discharged\\nin New York State, with due honors. Mr. B. is polit-\\nically a Republican. He is a member of Col. Ely\\nPost, No. i58,G.A. R.\\nMr. Schneider belongs to the German Lutheran\\nChurch, of which his parents are also members. In\\npolitical principle and action he is a Republican, and\\nholds tolerant views. He is a member of the A. O.\\nU. W., Peninsular Lodge, No. 12, at Detroit. i^\\nThe portrait of Mr. Schneider, on another page, is\\na valuable addition to the collection of pictures of\\nyoung and rising men of the present generation pre-\\nsented in this volume.\\nHi III? illiarn A. Bradley, farmer on section 31,\\nplg^^L Seville Townshiij, is a son of William and\\nW^r* Ha,rriet J. (Fisk) Bradley. The father was\\nborn in 1808, in Litchfield Co., Conn., and\\nA\\nV\\nW\\n4-\\n^ei^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "mh/^^^^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^^^j^^\\nooo\\n1\\n:.tN:\\nt\\nilliam C. Beekwith, proprietor of the Beck-\\nwith planing mill and sash, door and blind\\nfactory at Ithaca, was born Aug. 8, 1827,\\nat Utica, N. Y. Joseph P. and Sophronia\\n(Coolidge) Beekwith, his parents, were both\\nnatives of the Empire State. His father was\\nEnglish by descent and a merchant by occupation.\\nHe died in the city of New York, at the age of 85\\nyears. The mother was born in St. Lawrence\\nCounty in 1805, and died there when her son was six\\nmouths old. The father married a second time, and\\nMr. Beekwith of this sketch remained in St. Lawrence\\nCounty until he was eight years old, when he ac-\\ncompanied his grandfather to Mendon, R. L He\\nwent, shortly after, to the city of New York, where\\nhis father was engaged in the furniture business.\\nHe was a pupil in the common schools until he was\\n16 years of age, when he entered his father s furni-\\nture shop and thoroughly qualified himself for the\\nvocation, acquiring a complete comprehension of the\\nbusiness in all its branches. In 1852 he went to\\nRochester, N. Y., and two years later to Ashawa,\\nCan., and operated there four years.\\nHe arrived at Ithaca April 9, 1858. The county\\nwas then in its incipiency, but was also in the full\\nflush of its ambitious courage and pushing the en-\\nterprises which marked its spirit and purpose and\\nMr. Beekwith entered into them with all the strength\\nand energy of his manhood s prime. He bought 120\\nacres of land in Emerson Township, situated on sec-\\ntion 29, built there the log cabin of the pioneer and\\nmoved upon his property, where he exerted all his\\nresources to the purposes of improvement until 1862.\\nIn the fall of that year he was elected County\\nClerk and successively re-elected until he had filled\\nthe position eight years. To facilitate the discharge\\nof his duties he removed to Ithaca, where he has\\nsince resided. In 1870 he commenced the manu-\\nfacture of furniture and also engaged in building.\\nIn 187 I he built the court-house at Ithaca. On\\nIhe sixth day of June, 1874, his mill, which occupied\\nthe present site of the Journal office, was destroyed\\nby fire, entailing a loss of $7,000, with no insurance.\\nThe business community of Ithaca felt the importance\\nof his works as an accessory to the growth and pros-\\nperity of the place, and contributed a little over\\n$1,000 for his relief, which enabled him to construct\\nthe building in which he is now actively pursuing his\\nbusiness. It is 40 x 60 feet and two and a half stories\\nhigh. The wing is 12 x 30 feet in dimensions and\\nthe engine house is 16 x 24 feet. He manufactures\\nfurniture, sash, doors, blinds and frames, and dresses\\nlumber. He erected in his own interest the buildings\\nused for the Masonic hall and the Journal office,\\nwhich he afterward sold. In August, 1882, he formed\\na business association with Irving C. Wright and dealt\\nin furniture. This connection existed until Aug. 17,\\n1883.\\nMr. Beekwith has been prominent in local polities\\nin the township of Emerson, where he has acted in\\nthe capacities of Clerk and Justice of the Peace.\\nHe belongs to Ithaca Lodge, No. 123, Ithaca Chap-\\nter No. 70, and the Council of Royal and Select\\nMasters, No. 33, Masonic Order. He is a charter\\nmember of the organization known as the Knights\\nof Honor.\\nHis marrige with Emily R. Lane occurred July 7,\\n1848, at Colchester, Delaware Co., N. Y. She was\\nborn at Nevevsink, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1826, and is a\\ndaughter of William S. and Rachel Lane. Eight\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Beekwith,\\nthree of whom are living. Josephine H. married\\nGeorge W. Helt, and has two children Clark and\\nAlthia. Charles L. is in his father s employ. He was\\nmarried April 22, 1878, to Flora Brooks. They have\\ntwo children Sylvia M. and William H. Grace G.\\nwas married Dec. 24, 1883, to Walter L. Hilborn,\\none of the editors of the Times. The family of Mr.\\nB. attend the Baptist Church.\\nijf J^} eorge W. Hearn, of the firm of Hearn\\ni|; Grote, marketmen at Alma, was born July\\nf i^ 12, 1856, in Oakland Co., Mich. He is a son\\nof Edward and Mary A. (Polten) Hearn. Mrs.\\nHearn s first husband was William Salomon,\\nand to this marriage was born one son, John W., now\\nresiding in Corunna. Mr. and Mrs. Hearn were\\nnatives of England, and came to tlie United States\\nin May, 1853. They settled at first in Wayne Co.,\\nMich., and afterward removed to Oakland County.\\nI\\nc\\n^\\\\\u00c2\u00a7^m^\\nsi^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0oi2i.\\nmmm^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "-^^vm\\\\mm^\\nT\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nM\\n5\\nV\\ns\\nThey went thence to Shiawassee County, where they\\nyet reside.\\nMr. Hearn was under the parental guidance until\\nhe reached the period of his legal freedom, devoting\\nhis time to study in the common and graded schools\\nand in assisting in the farm labors. At the date\\nnamed he began to work by the month as a farm\\nlaborer, and a part of the time as a butcher. He\\nspent three years in this manner, when he gave up\\nfarming to devote his whole attention to the meat\\nbusiness. He came to Alma in 1878, and was em-\\nployed in a meat-market for three years. In 1881\\nhe established himself in that business in company\\nwith his brother, Charles W., which relation continued\\nuntil January, 1884. Charles W. then sold his inter-\\nest to Henry W. Grote. Mr. Hearn is a member of\\nthe Order of Odd Fellows, and is a Republican in\\npolitical sentiment.\\nHe was married at Si. Louis, Mich., May 26, 1881,\\nto Josephine, daughter of Nelson and Fidelia Rogers,\\nnatives of the State of New York. She was born in\\nAlma, Aug. 9, 1866.\\n-vt2\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3r\u00c2\u00a9^-\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n.^^anmr^\\n.onroe J. Bosserman, general farmer and\\nmechanic, section 16, New Haven Town-\\nship, was born in Hancock Co., Ohio,\\nft^ April 18, 1856, and was a laborer on his\\nfather s farm until 23 years of age. Having\\nobtained a good education, he taught school in\\nhis 20th year; the next two years he was learning\\nthe carpenter and joiner s trade; then he went to\\nCalifornia, Colorado Territory, Kansas, Missouri and\\nhome in Ohio again, resuming his trade and taking\\ncontracts. Having bought 40 acres of land in his\\nnative county, he pursued farming until April, 1882,\\nwhen he sold out, came to Gratiot County and, in\\ncompany with his brother, purchased 100 acres of\\nimproved land where he now resides, on one of the\\nbest sections of the township. His works prove him\\nto be a skillful farmer and carpenter, and his conduct\\nin the community shows him to be a kind and oblig-\\ning neighbor. In political matters he is a Repub-\\nlican.\\nNov. 6, 1879, Mr. B. was married, in Hancock\\nCo., Ohio, to Miss Lucy A. Krabill, who was born\\n347\\nAug. 6, 1 88 1, in Seneca Co., Ohio, and moved to\\nHancock County, that State, when ten years old.\\nMr. and Mrs. B. are members of the German Baptist\\nDunkard Church. Their children are: Oliver\\nB., born Nov. 3, 1880; and John E., Jan. 8, 1883.\\nWl\\neorge W. Abbott, teacher, resident at Al-\\nma, was born April 26, 1848, in Jackson\\n^6^ Co., Mich., and is the eldest son of Jacob and\\nMary (Thornton) Abbott. The parents were\\nnatives of Ohio, and settled first in Jackson\\nCounty, where the father was engaged in farming.\\nThey came to Gratiot County in the fall of 1883,\\nwhere they are now resident. Their family consisted\\nof three sons and two daughters.\\nMr. Abbott is the eldest son of his parents, and\\nduring the years preceding his majority he passed his\\ntime in obtaining an education and assisting his\\nfather in the labor of the farm. After reaching man s\\nestate he devoted the alternale seasons of the ensu-\\ning eight years in working on the farm and attend-\\ning school. He next entered the college at Hillsdale,\\nand after a period of study there he went to the State\\nNormal School at Ypsilanti, his course at both insti-\\ntutions covering three years. He then entered into\\nthe business of teaching, and has pursued that voca-\\naon in Jackson, Hillsdale, Ionia and Gratiot Coun-\\nties.\\nMr. Abbott is keenly alive and active in all matters\\nof reform, especially in temperance work, to which\\nhe is ardently devoted. He belongs to the Sons of\\nTemperance, and to the Order of Good Templars.\\nHe is liberal in religious views and is an adherent of\\nthe Republican party.\\nv\\nL^\\nmf^ ^7^D!l\u00c2\u00a7IlDi\\n!;j f \u00c2\u00a7||fc illiam Franklin, farmer, section 20, North\\nI^^Ski Shade Township, is the son of Samuel and\\ntII^^P Sarah (Muns) Franklin, natives of England.\\nThe former was a soldier in the British army\\nsome 23 years. He served in the numerous\\nwars and was finally discharged and became a\\npensioner of the English Government. Both parents\\ndied in their native country.\\n4^^^(\u00c2\u00aey\\\\\\nI\\nii", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "348\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00abs^^^\\ns\\nMr. Franklin, the subject of this sketch, was born\\nSept. 29, 1829, and remained with his parents at home\\nuntil he was 26 years of age. At that age he came\\nto the New World, landing in New York. He then\\ncame to Detroit, Mich., and remained in Wayne\\nCounty for six years, when he came to Gratiot County,\\nand located upon 40 acres of land on section 20,\\nNorth Shade Township. To his original claim he has\\nsince added J40 acres, and he now has about 70\\nacres under cultivation. He has been largely en-\\ngaged in stock-raising, and has one of the best\\nequipped farms in the county. In 1876 he built a\\nlarge barn, and in 1883 he erected a residence, at a\\ncost of about $2,000.\\nIn 1856 Mr. Franklin was united in marriage with\\nMiss Ellen, the eldest daughter of James and Honor\\n(Dean) Watts, natives of England. Mr. Watts was a\\nfarmer by occupation. He died Nov. 12, 1883, in his\\nnative country. Mrs. Franklin was born in England,\\nMarch 14, 1831, and came to America Dec. 19, 1857.\\nMr. and Mrs. Franklin are the parents of six children,\\nas follows Ellen, Mary, John, Anna, Addie and\\nWilliam.\\nMr. Franklin and his wife are members of the\\nBaptist Church, at Carson City.\\n*?%?V\\names Knowles, farmer on the east half of\\nthe southeast quarter of section 17, Beth-\\nany Township, is a son of Willard and\\nMirum (Nearpass) Knowles, and was born in\\nJackson Co., Mich., April 25, 1836 was brought\\nup on a farm. When he was 17 years old, the\\nfamily moved to Sauk Co., Wis., where they resided\\na number of years, and where his father bought 40\\nacres of land.\\nIn the last mentioned place. May 4, 1S50, he was\\nmarried to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and\\nMary (Staples) Oler, and a native of Ohio. By this\\nmarriage six children have been born, four of whom\\nare living, namely Charles, Mary E., Albert and\\nAlmeda. The deceased are William and Lewis. Mrs.\\nK. died Aug. 4, 1874, in Wisconsin, and Mr. Knowles\\nagain married, June 7, 1877, Mary Thomas, a native\\nof Wisconsin, who was born in 1850. By this mar-\\nriage there have been three children, Leonard,\\nRosa and Ernest.\\nMr. Knowles returned to Jackson County, this\\nState, in the fall of 1878, for one year, and then came\\nto Bethany Township, this county, and purchased his\\npresent farm of 80 acres, 30 acres of which are well\\nimproved.\\nWhile a resident of Wisconsin, during the war, Mr.\\nK. was drafted for the army, attached to Co. H, 6th\\nWis. Inf, and served bravely, engaging in the battles\\nat Hatcher s Run, South Side, Yellow House, Lee s\\nsurrender, etc., besides a number of skirmishes. He\\nwas discharged at Jeffersonville, Ind. During the\\nservice he was slightly wounded in the right shoulder,\\nby a minie ball.\\nHe and his wife are members of the Baptist\\nChurch.\\nF. Covert, of the firm of Retan Covert,\\nproprietors of the Retan House at Ithaca,\\nwas born Feb. 4, 1846, in Seneca Co., N.\\nHe is a son of Joshua and Rebecca\\n^J- (White) Covert. The father was born in 1S17\\nin Seneca Co., N. Y., is one of the descendants\\nof three brothers who came to America from Holland\\nin the latter part of the 17th century. They settled\\nrespectively in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New\\nYork. From the latter Mr. Covert is descended.\\nHis mother was born in 1819, in New Jersey; both\\nparents are yet living, in Ovid, Clinton Co., Mich.\\nMr. Covert was educated in his native county,\\nwhere he resided with his parents until he was 16\\nyears old, when they moved to Munday, Genesee\\nCo., Mich. There his father bought 160 acres of\\nland, in an unimproved condition and covered with\\noak timber. The place was sold 13 years later and\\nwas justly considered the finest in the township, hav-\\ning been the field of the unremitted labors and cares\\nof the father and his five sons. The family removed\\nto Ovid Center, where Mr. Covert, senior, engaged\\nin the drug business one year and then retired.\\nAt the age of 22 years Mr. Covert engaged in the\\nsale and shipment of cattle, in company with James\\nFires. This enterprise was conducted two years with\\nsuccess, when tlie same parties opened a meat market\\nat Ovid. This relation and business existed seven\\nyears. On its discontinuance, Mr. Covert established\\nhimself singly, and continued to operate until April\\n25, 1883. At that date, associated with his father-\\nif\\nV.\\nA\\nc\\nf\\n^^-^c^i]ii^niiv\\nJ.\\n-s:,A^-\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "t^^^^\u00c2\u00a5 6Vc l] n^n nr T^^^^ :^^k -#i^(A-(|i\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ny\\nJ\\nV\\n349\\nin-law, H. K. Retan, he bought the Fox House at\\nIthaca, which they remodeled and converted into the\\nRetan House. It is the leading hotel at Ithaca, and\\nhas a capacity for 60 guests, and is doing a fine busi-\\nness. The popular and gentlemanly proprietors have\\nsecured an excellent reputation for the home and its\\nmanagement. Mr. Covert is the owner also of a fine\\nhome and three lots at Ovid. He is a member of the\\nMasonic Order, and also belongs to the Order of A.\\nO. U. W., an insurance organization. He was a mem-\\nber of the Village Council of Ovid two years.\\nMr. Covert was married at Ovid, Oct. 14, 1872, to\\nHarriet, daughter of H. K. Retan. One son Leroy\\nJ., was born at Ovid, Sept. 19, 1874.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJ\\nV\\nTehu E. Parkinson, farmer, section 9, Pine\\n1^- River Township, was born Nov. 16, 1816,\\nin Greene Co., Pa. He is a son of Jona-\\nthan and Elizabeth (Whitlock) Parkinson, both\\nJL natives and life-long residents of the Keystone\\nState.\\nMr. Parkinson is the youngest of the children be-\\nlonging to his father s household, and he received\\nsuch education as was afforded by the common\\nschools of the section where he was born and reared.\\nHe was an industrious and ambitious boy, and at 19\\nyears of age he took a farm to work on shares, which\\nhe continued to manage four years. For some years\\nsubsequent he rented different farms, and also be-\\ncame proprietor of several by alternate purchase and\\nsale. In June, 1866, he came to Gratiot County,\\nand bought 80 acres of land in Pine River Township,\\nall in an entirely original condition. He afterwards\\nbought 80 acres additional on section 4, and has 1 10\\nacres under most creditable cultivation. His fertile\\nfields and premises arranged and kept in fine order,\\ntogether with his elegant brick house, which he erect-\\ned in 18S0 on section 9, all attest his prudence, judg-\\nment and good management. Politically, Mr. Par-\\nkinson is in affiliation with the National Greenback\\nparty.\\nWhile a resident of Pennsylvania, he lived in\\nclose proximity to the Virginia border, and being\\na Politizer he suffered many indignities and much\\npersecution, which in nowise tended to diminish his\\nloyalty to his political faith. On the organization of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094^(^m\\nthe Republican party he adopted its principles, and\\nfurthered its issues with all the zeal of his nature.\\nOn the outbreak of the rebellion, his sympathies were\\nstrongly with the North, and in September, 1861, he\\nenlisted in the 6th W. Va. Vol. Inf. He remained\\nin the service over three years. The regiment was\\nprincipally occupied in keeping open the communi-\\ncations between Grafton and Parkersburg, and also\\nwith Wheeling, besides doing special duty in giving\\nall possible attention to the guerrillas that infested\\nthe mountains of West Virginia, a species of warfare\\ninvolving the regiment in many petty engagements,\\nwhich were fraught with more danger than impor-\\ntance. Mr. Parkinson was the first who safely con-\\nducted a party of contrabands, 13 in number, from\\nbondage to freedom, piloting them through the mili-\\ntary lines at the peril of his life, as the act was an\\ninfringement of military orders, and if detected the\\nperpetrator was liable to be shot for disobedience.\\nHe received honorable discharge at Grafton. Mr.\\nParkinson is a gentleman of well-known philanthropy\\nand generosity, and enjoys in an unusual degree the\\nconfidence and esteem of his fellow townsmen and\\nneighbors.\\nHe was married Feb. 27, 1837, in Greene Co., Pa.,\\nto Sarah Bradford, a native of that county, where she\\nwas born Oct. 8, 1815. Of this marriage, 12 children\\nhave been born, of whom six are living Mary J.,\\nHenry J., Minerva, Nancy, Sarah A. and Clarinda.\\nThe deceased were as follows Robert, Eli, a child\\nthat died in infancy, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Pau-\\nlina. The family attend the M. E. Church.\\nV^\\nA\\nohn A. Sias, farmer, on the southwest quar-\\nter of the northwest (juarter of section 15,\\nBethany Township, is a native of the Em-\\npire State. He was born in Cattaraugus Co.,\\nN. v., March 14, 1849, and is a son of Solomon\\nand Emily Sias. In 1859 his parents came to\\nPine River Township, this county, coming up Pine\\nRiver from Saginaw in a canoe, with a family of\\nseven children. His father purchased 20 acres on\\nsection 2, Pine River Township, and resided there\\nsome years. He died at the residence of his daugh-\\nter, Ann Woodmansee, Feb. 4, 1884. His first wife\\ndied in New York, and his second wife is yet living.\\n^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Cjc\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "$^?i^\\nz^^ ^v 4i]o^:on^5\\nf\\nS\\n1\\nt\\nt\\n35\u00c2\u00b0\\nHe was a manufacturer of saleratus, potash, pearl-\\nash, etc.\\nMr. John A. Sias, the subject of this sketch,\\nbought 40 acres north of St. Louis, in the fall of\\n1877, resided there about six months, and then came\\nto his present place, where he owns 40 acres and has\\n30 acres in cultivation.\\nHe was married in Ithaca, this county, July 5,\\n1875, to Miss Nancy E., daughter of John G., and\\nEsther Thompson. Slie was born in Ohio, Jan. 8,\\n1848. Their two children are Bessie, born May 9,\\n1876, in Pine River Township; and Katie, born in\\nBethany Township, July 10, 1877.\\n^^H^Rie^\\nwfomer Burns, farmer, section 23, Arcada\\nsm. Township, was born in Rutland Co., Vt.,\\nSept. II, 1817, and is a son of Stephen and\\nRhoda (Record) Burns. Stephen Burns was a\\nnative of Scotland, and by occupation a farmer.\\nComing to this country early in life, he settled in\\nVermont, where he died when Homer was but two\\nyears old. Rhoda Record was a native of Vermont,\\nof New England parentage, and of English and Ger-\\nman descent. After Mr. Burns death she married\\nagain, and she died in the State of Wisconsin, about\\n1873.\\nWhen he was six years old Homer s mother and\\nstep-father removed to Chenango Co., N. Y., and five\\nyears later they went to Cheshire Co., N. H. Homer s\\nstep-father, a blacksmith, not treating him kindly, at\\nthe age of 1 1 he set out to care for himself. He was\\nemployed at various things until 22 years old, in\\nCheshire County, and then went to Oneida Co.,\\nN. Y., where for nine years he worked in a pail fac-\\ntory. June 27, 1843, at North Bay, Vienna Town-\\nship, that county, he was married to Caroline M.,\\ndaughter of Benjamin B. and Caroline (Hosmer)\\nMurray, natives of New York and of Scotch descent.\\nThey followed farming, and moved to Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich., where Mr. Murray died, July 2, 1873, at the\\nage of 78, and Mrs. Murray, March 29, 1883, aged\\n7 2. Caroline was born in Oneida, Vienna Township,\\nOneida Co., N. Y., March 2, 1826, and died in Ar-\\ncada Township, this county, April 2, 1881, aged 57\\nyears and one month, leaving a family of four chil-\\ndren. For 16 years previous to her death she had\\nbeen an invalid, but she bore her sufferings with true\\nChristian fortitude, and complained, not even to her\\nfamily, of her lot. She was a professing Christian,\\nand died as she had lived, a kind-hearted mother\\nand an affectionate wife. To her husband and sons\\nand daughters, her loss is irreparable, and Gratiot\\nCounty has lost one of its noblest pioneer women.\\nIn 1S47, Mr. Burns and family settled in Fayette\\nTownship, Hillsdale County, and seven years later\\nthey came to Gratiot County, locating on 180 acres\\non section 25, Arcada. Their land was then covered\\nwith the primitive forest, and not a stick had been\\ncut from it. They built the second log hut in the\\ntownship. During the first 18 months after his\\narrival the immigrants were so numerous that Mr.\\nBurns spent 100 days of that time in helping new\\ncomers to build their dwellings. He has retained\\n140 acres of his original purchase and has 100 acres\\nin a high state of cultivation. Though advanced in\\nyears he is active and energetic and one of the en-\\nterprising citizens of the county.\\nMr. and Mrs. Burns have had five children, three\\nof whom survive: Caroline A., born April 19, 1847;\\nBenjamin H., March 24, 1854; Charles E., Sept. 2,\\n1856. Charles A. was born March 23, 1845, and\\ndied when four months old Adella R. was born Oct.\\n26, i860, and died Feb. 9, 1883. Mr. Burns has\\nheld all the various school offices at different times\\nand is now Assessor. He has been in office ever\\nsince his coming to the county. In political senti-\\nment he is a Democrat.\\n^jg^Ider V/illiam S. Everest, minister and\\nfarmer, section 11, New Haven Township,\\nwas born in Sweden, Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\n!|i^ Oct. 23, 1820. His father, Silas Everest, was\\na native of Vermont and a soldier in tlie war\\nof 1 81 2, and liis grandfather was a soldier in the\\nRevolutionary war. Mr. E. is of the fourth genera-\\ntion in America from the old French Huguenot fami-\\nlies of Normandy. His father was a mechanic, and\\ndied in 1858, aged 71; and his mother, Dora, \u00c2\u00ab^c\\nSurgis, was a native of Connecticut, of Welsh\\ndescent, and died in 1854, in Oakland Co., Mich.\\nThe subject of this sketch was taken with the\\nfamily to Orleans Co., N. Y., when two years old,\\n\\\\f\\nVto", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "m\\nf\\n6\\n.^ti\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n35\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\\n0^%\\nV\\ns\\nJ\\nwhere, in a village, he was reared and educated\\nuntil 13 years of age, when the family removed upon\\na farm; one year later (1834) they settled in Wayne\\nCo., Mich., in a comparatively new section of the\\ncountry.\\nJuly 2, 1843, Mr. E. married Miss Eliza, daughter\\nof Henry and Maria (Worden) Balwin, natives of\\nDutchess Co., N. Y., of New England parentage and\\nof Holland Dutch descent. Mrs. E. was born in\\nthe towhship of Rose, Wayne Co., N. Y., March 15,\\n1827, and was brought to Michigan when only nine\\nyears old, the family settling in Wayne County. A\\nyear later they removed to Royal Oak Township\\nOakland County. In this place Mr. E. remained,\\ntaking care of his parents until the death of his\\nmother, when the remainder of the family moved to\\nMontcalm County, this State, in 1854. Three years\\nlater his father died, and he resided there until Oc-\\ntober, 1872, e.\\\\cept the years 1864-5, when he was\\nengaged in the ministry at Ithaca. At the date\\nabove mentioned he sold out his farming interests in\\nMontcalm County and settled on the quarter-section\\nwhere he now resides, and where he has made im-\\nprovements and established a comfortable home.\\nThe cultivated area comprises 90 acres.\\nElder Everest began the public Christian ministry,\\nin the Regular Baptist Church, in 1850, and has un-\\ninterruptedly continued in the ministry since that\\ntime. His wife has been an active member of the\\nsame Church for 34 years. The Elder is a staunch\\nRepublican, has been Township Supervisor, School\\nSuperintendent, Highway Commissioner, etc., and is\\na charter member of the blue lodge, F. A. M., at\\nCarson City.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. E. are: William\\nH., Edward E., Anna E,. Worden J. and Ada E.,\\nbesides one deceased, Maria.\\nIwJolamore R. Moulton, farmer, section 31,\\nP*s^ Pine River Township, was born July 8,\\ng,i^ 1838, in Jackson Co., Mich. His parents,\\nfh Warren C. and Caroline (Woodward) Moulton,\\nI were natives of the State of New York, and\\nafter their marriage settled in Jackson County, where\\nthey still reside.\\nMr. Moulton remained a resident of his native\\ncounty until he was 22 years old, and in the fall of\\n1863 came to Gratiot County and bought the farm\\nwhere he now resides, consisting of 40 acres, chiefly\\nin a state of nature. He has increased his property\\nby an additional purchase of 20 acres, and has 30\\nacres under improvement and fine cultivation. Mr.\\nMoulton is an outspoken adherent of the Republican\\nparty.\\nHe was married in Jackson Co., Mich., Dec. 24,\\n1862, to Mary J., daughter of B. B. and Ardelia Elli-\\nson, residents of Pine River Township. Mrs. Moul-\\nton was born in Jackson Co., Mich., April 11, 1845.\\nOf this union, one child has been born,Carra B. She\\ndied Nov. 12, 1880, when nearly 17 years old. The\\nparents attend the M. E. Church.\\nA., h\\nT -r\\n\u00c2\u00a3S-\\names Greeley, farmer, section 20, Bethany\\nTownship, occupying the west half of the\\nnorthwest quarter of tiie section, is a son\\nof Philip and Polly (Garland) Greeley, and\\nwas born Dec. 31, 18 14; was reared on a farm.\\nHis father was a Deputy Sheriff of Penobscot\\nCounty, and was thrown from his horse and killed,\\nleaving a wife and six children, in good circumstan-\\nces.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the third in the\\nfamily of children. When 18 years of age he left\\nhome and began in the world for himself. He went\\nto Boston and for three years did odd jobs with a\\nteam. He then went to Maine and bought a farm\\nof 50 acres in Garland, where he resided until 1853.\\nHe was married in Hampden, Penobscot County,\\nMay 23, 1836, to Miss Sophronia Dow, a daughter of\\nAmos and Hannah Dow, who was born in Hampden,\\nAug. 14, 181 2. Of the seven children born of this\\nmarriage, four are living, viz.: Henry C, born in\\nGarland, June 14, 1837, and died June 1, 1863;\\nMary, born July 18, 1829, is now the wife of Martin\\nR. Weeks, a carpenter in St. Louis, Mich.; David,\\nborn Nov. 4, 1841, now in the lumber business in\\nFoxcraft, Maine, and manufacturing spools Sophro-\\nnia G., Oct. 23, 1844, died March 27, 1857; Lucy\\nW., July ig, 1847, and died April 10, 1871: Amos\\nD., Sept. 16, 1849, now at home; and Charles F.,\\nJ y.7). 8s5, now in the employment of Wright\\nC\\nn\\nk\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "^MK^^v\\nkL^pa\\n\u00c2\u00abv^\\nT\\ni!in\u00c2\u00bbj|]ii\\nT-\\n352\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nV\\nKetchum, a lumber firm of Saginaw. The first two\\nwere born in Garland, David in Hampden, and the\\nlast two in Kenduskeag.\\nMr. Greeley followed farming in Maine until April,\\n1876, when he came to Midland City, Mich., remained\\nnearly a year, then pursued farming two years in that\\ncounty, and finally, in 1879, came to his present\\nplace, purchasing 80 acres, where he has 30 acres\\ncultivated and made a number of improvements\\n^-h\\n)/uss ua\\nAlexander Johnston, farmer, section 36,\\nPine River Township, was born Sept. 27,\\n1 83 1, in Scotland, of which country his\\nparents, Joseph and Jane (Morrison) Johnston,\\nwere also natives. Mr. Johnston was 19 years\\nof age when he came to America. He went\\nfirst to the State of Pennsylvania, and three years\\nlater to Canada. He resided 1 2 years in the Domin-\\nion, and in the spring of 1866 became to Gratiot\\nCounty. He bought 60 acres of land in an unim-\\nproved condition, on which he built a small frame\\nhouse, and at once proceeded to the work of clearing\\nand improving. He has placed 50 acres in a fine\\nstate of cultivation. Mr. Johnston is independent in\\npolitical views.\\nHe was married July r2, 1856, to Maria, daughter\\nof Samuel and Elizabeth (Black) Thompson, natives\\nof the North of Ireland, where Mrs. Johnston was\\nborn, Dec. 25, 1833. Of this union seven children\\nhave been born, five surviving Mary J., Margaret\\nE., Sarah E., Annie M. and George A. William and\\nJoseph are deceased. The parents coincide with the\\nPresbyterians in religious belief\\ndney H. Dobson, farmer on section 32,\\n^S Arcada Township, was born in Adams\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abl to Township, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Sept. 25, 1847,\\nand is a son of John and Julia A. (McCurdy)\\nDobson, natives of New York. They now re-\\nside on a farm in North Shade Township, this county.\\n.\\\\dney came to that township with his parents when\\nseven years old and was there reared. Being on a\\nnew farm and in a new country, more hard work\\nthan schooling fell to his share, and he worked with\\nhis father almost constantly until 187 i.\\nOct. 17, 1871, he was united in marriage to Susan,\\ndaughter of Manford and Susan (Riggs) Felton, na-\\ntives of New York and Massachusetts. Mr. Felton\\nis still living, in Ingham County, at the age of 68.\\nMrs. Felton died when Susan was two weeks old.\\nMr. and Mrs. Dobson resided for two and a half\\nyears in North Shade Township, and then moved to\\ntheir present place of 80 acres on section 32, Arcada\\nTownship, which he had purchased in 1872. When\\nhe moved there in May, 1874, he found a dense for-\\nest but he has now 60 acres nicely improved. He\\nhas done all the work of clearing and fencing him-\\nself, assisted only by one yoke of cattle. Mr. and\\nMrs. Dobson have two children Ada, born July 21,\\n1872, and Inez Maud, born Aug. 23, 1881. Politic-\\nally he is a staunch Republican.\\neymour S. Teed, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nTij^ section 31, New Haven Township, was born\\nl\\\\ iJ in North Star Township, this county, Sept.\\n24, r856. His parents, Joseph B. and Louisa\\nJ. (Stone) Teed, were natives of Pennsylvania\\nand descendants of the early Dutch settlers of\\nthat State. In the fall of 1854 they came and\\nlocated a quarter of section 17, North Star Township,\\nthere being but three families before them. In 1868\\nthey moved to New Haven Township, where Mr. T.\\ndied, Nov. 27, 1878, at the age of 6oJ^ years. His\\nwidow, now aged 48 years, is living with her son, and\\nenjoys good health and a high degree of activity.\\nShe has been the mother of seven children, six of\\nwhom are yet living.\\nThe family were pioneers in this county, and Sey-\\nmour S., the subject of this sketch, among the first\\nborn in North Star Township, was therefore com-\\npelled to commence hard work at a comparatively\\nearly age. He was 12 years of age when the family\\nmoved to New Haven, and here, in the first school-\\nhouse erected in the township, he began to receive\\nhis first book knowledge. He was extraordinarily\\nstudious, and, pursuing knowledge under difficul-\\nties at night, he injured his sight for life. He at-\\ntended a college at Ionia for a time, and at the age\\nof 21 began teaching in Ionia, Clinton and Gratiot\\nI\\n-^il[|:\u00c2\u00abDil\\nr\\nI\\nmi*", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "i", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "7^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:23\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nvsaT\\n_\u00c2\u00aes.;,,j!,ar,::^\\ni^\\n355\\ni\\nf\\ni\\nV\\nCounties. Since the death of his father, in 1878, he\\nhas had charge of the homestead, still the property\\nof his mother. There are 55 acres in cultivation,\\nand Mr. T. proves himself to be a practical and pro-\\ngressive agriculturist. He has been School Inspector\\nthree years; is an active and intelligent Republican,\\na public-spirited citizen, and in every public capacity\\nhas shown himself to be a man of the strictest\\nintegrity.\\nMr. Teed was married June 30, 1878, in North\\nShade Township, to Miss Melissa, daughter of John\\nW. and Catharine (Slepp) Force: the latter are\\nnatives of Pennsylvania and of Dutch descent. Mrs.\\nT. was born July 27, 1861, in Lorain Co., Ohio, and\\nwas 1 1 \\\\i years old when brought by her parents to\\nthis county. Mr. and Mrs. Teed have one child,\\nBertha, born May 21, 1879. They are active mem-\\nbers of the Church of God at Carson City.\\nB ohn B. Adams, merchant at Riverdale, Se-\\ny^m^ ville Township, is a son of Bradley and\\n^K Nancy (Bacon) Adams, natives respectively\\nmi of Vermont and Massachusetts. The father\\n]t was a carpenter and millwright and a man of\\ny energetic character, well adapted to the build-\\ning of material interests and with the natural capac-\\nity to enjoy and make useful the future which he\\nmerited. But disasters by fire and losses in other\\navenues prevented such a consummation. He came\\nfrom New York to Michigan and located at Ypsilanti,\\nMich. A year later he purchased a tract of land in\\nShiawassee County, but after a twelvemonth of labor\\nhe discovered that his title was worthless. The loss\\nentailed was $4,800, which rendered him compara-\\ntively destitute. After spending a year with his son\\nin Saginaw County, he once more bought a farm and\\nengaged in its management. His wife died in 1863\\nin Brant, Saginaw County his own demise, at St.\\nCharles, in the same county, followed a year later.\\nMr. Adams was born Nov. 11, 1836, in Brattleboro,\\nVt. He was reared under his parents care until he\\nreached his majority. He was reared as a farmer s\\nson and acquired a liberal degree of tact, which with\\nhis natural talents and practical experience has en-\\nabled him to carve out for himself a successful career.\\nHis first venture in business life was in lumber inter-\\nests at first, and later in mercantile affairs, in which\\nhe is still engaged. He has operated singly since\\n1883. During the 28 years previous to that date he\\nwas associated in business relations with a man\\nnamed Freeman. At one period of his life he was\\nengaged in navigation, and acted as engineer, mate,\\nmaster and owner of a vessel, plying between St.\\nCharles and Bay City. After this he was engaged as\\na lumberman in Montcalm County one year. In\\n1876 he came to Gratiot County and located on sec-\\ntions 21, 28 and 29, Seville Township, where he was\\nheavily interested in lumbering. He brought his\\nfamily to Gratiot County in February, 1878, and after-\\nward purchased 320 acres of land on section 30,\\nSeville Township, where he at present resides.\\nHis wife, formerly Miss Ett Maxfield, was born in\\nDecember, 1836, and is a daughter of Varius and\\nPersis Maxfield, natives respectively of New Hamp-\\nshire and New York. They are now residents of\\nGenesee Co., Mich., and are aged 76 and 68 years.\\nMr. Adams is a member of Riverdale Lodge, No.\\n343, I. O. O. F., and Pine River Lodge, No. 343, I.\\nO. G. T. In political sentiment he is an ardent\\nProhibitionist. His portrait is given on page 354.\\nI alter Graham, farmer on the east half of\\nthe northwest quarter of section 20, Beth-\\nJ^^ri y Township, is a son of William K. and\\njM^ Margaret E. Graham the father died in the\\nspring of 1883, in Lowell, Kent Co., Mich.:\\nmother is also deceased.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in the north\\npart of England, June 17, 1843. When he was nine\\nyears of age the family emigrated to Canada, and\\nfive years afterward to Lowell, Kent Co., Mich., where\\nthe parents both died. He came to this county in\\nthe fall of 1864 and purchased 40 acres, being the\\nnorthwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section\\n20, which he still owns.\\nThe following spring, March 30, 1865, Mr. Gra-\\nham married Mary E. Adams, a native of Ohio. By\\nthis marriage there have been ten children, as fol-\\nlows George W., John W., Ida M., Jay W., Frank\\nI., Fred, Edna M., Henry, Mary D. and Margaret\\nD. (twins).\\nAfter a residence of eight years on his farm he\\n*s\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a29^%\\nSi/\\nI\\n^^[^^^^^t\\n^^(cWfi M\\n-ird^^i^^;^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "^^7 ^nm\\\\\\\\ :2^^^\\n-^4?^C\\n1=3\\nt\\n356\\nGJ?A TIO T CO UNT Y.\\nformed a partnership with George J. Acker and\\nCharles B. Graham in St. Louis, in the manufacturing\\nof sash, doors and blinds, in which relation he con-\\ntinued seven years, with marked success. He was\\nin the furniture business six years, sold out and\\nformed a partnership with his brother, C. B. Graham,\\nin the grocery trade in St. Louis. The latter died\\none year later and Mr. Graham sold his interest and\\nreturned to the farm. He now has 120 acres of land,\\nwith 45 acres under good cultivation.\\nMr. and Mrs. Graham are members of the Presby-\\nterian Church.\\nharles L. rieming, senior member of the\\nfirm of Fleming Church, dealers in fan-\\ncy and staple groceries at St. Louis, was born\\nW Feb. 8, 1842, in Concord, Jackson Co., Mich.\\nHe is a son of Charles M. and Elvira (Hum-\\nphrey) Fleming. His father in early life followed the\\nbusiness of a blacksmith and afterward engaged in\\nagriculture, and later as a merchant he was born\\nOct. 31, i8og, in Seneca Co., N. Y., and is now liv-\\ning in retirement at St. Louis, whither he removed\\nabout 1864, and where he has since resided. The\\nmother was born Sept. 10, 1818, at Clyde, N. Y.\\nMr. Fleming was brought up on a farm and com-\\npleted his education by a course of study at May-\\nhew s Commercial College at Albion, Mich. He was\\nengaged 16 years as a traveling salesman and passed\\nthe last five years of that period in the employ of\\nJohnson Co., of Detroit, handling specialties in the\\ndragline. In 1878 he came to St. Louis, and in\\nJune, 1879, purchased an interest in his father s bus-\\niness, with whom he continued about a year and a\\nhalf. At the expiration of that time his present asso-\\nciate, John M. Church, purchased his father s inter-\\nest, and this connection has existed ever since, with\\ngratifying success.\\nMr. Fleming was married Dec. 11, 1866, in Leroy,\\nIngham Co., Mich., to Abigail, daughter of Joshua\\nand Elthina (Wilkinson) Barnes. She was born Sept.\\n29, 1846, at Bakersfield, Vt. Following is the record\\nof the children of Mr. and Mrs. Fleming: LinaA.\\nwas born Oct. 30, 1867, in Pine River Township;\\nLewis A. was also born in that township, Sept. 30,\\n187 I, and died Jan. 26, 1873. Duane I. was born\\nJune 6, 1875, in Howell, Livingston Co., Mich. Ida\\nMay was born in Pine River Township, May 25, 1879.\\nThe parents and eldest daughter are members of the\\nPresbyterian Church.\\n55^\\n^s\u00c2\u00bb-\\nJL\\n^D!1^\\njfeiram B. Giddings, groceryman and provis-\\nion merchant at St. Louis, was born July i,\\n1850, at Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio. He is a\\nson of Jonathan C. and Mary E. Giddings\\nwho settled at St. Louis in 1866. He was then\\n16 years old, and he attended school until he was\\n18, when he entered the employ of his brother Charles\\nW. Giddings (see sketch), as clerk in his furniture\\nstore. He operated in that capacity three years,\\nwhen he engaged as assistant in the grocery of Thom-\\nas McDowell, with whom he remained two years.\\nHe then went to Saginaw City and was there appoint-\\ned Deputy Sheriff under R. W. Andrus. He oflScia-\\nt\\nV\\n|j|Wi9Ufred B. Scattergood, resident at Ithaca,\\nJ^yi3^ was born in Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich.,\\n|]^f Oct. 25, 1853, and is a son of Joshua and\\n4?? Caroline (Barker) Scattergood. His parents\\nK, moved to St. John s when he was 12 years\\nold, and, three years later, went to Mankato,\\nMinn., where he resided eight years. He attended\\nschool until he was 16 years old and was then placed\\nin a jeweler s shop at Mankato to learn the details\\nof the business. He served three years and con-\\ntinued to follow the business until 1876, when he\\ncame to Ithaca and bought out the jewelry stock of\\nA. A. Wood. He transacted business at the stand\\noccupied by his predecessor three years and then\\ntransferred his stock to the store with C. E. Fink,\\nwhere he operated two years. Mr. Scattergood sold\\nhis interest to Dixl G. Hall, who removed the same\\nto the Richardson Block, where the management of\\nthe business in all its details is in the hands of the\\nformer proprietor.\\nMr. Scattergood was married Oct. 25, 1883, in\\nHillsdale Co., Mich., to Nellie, daughter of Dr. James\\nW. Niblack. She is a native of Ohio.\\n-5 #3-#\\nC\\nA\\nA\\ns:/\\nr^\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "ymn\\n^i^J.s\\ns\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^vC^iiii :nii^\\nT\\n.^7\\nd\\nV\\nV\\ns\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n357\\nted one year and then entered the employ of his chief\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\\\ in his grocery, where he remained two years. In\\ns^^i 1879 he returned to St. Louis, and, after a short pe-\\n1 riod spent as a clerk, he opened his present business\\n/j,. in which he established himself in August, 1880. He\\nis a member of the Royal Arcanun.\\nMr. Giddings was married June 23, 1880, at Sagi-\\nnaw City, to Gertrude B., daughter of Orrin J. and\\nJennie E. (Jeffreys) Showers. She died at St. Louis,\\nJuly r8, 1883, leaving one child Orrin C, born June\\n29, 1881.\\n-l- -i-\\n^idney Thompson, farmer, section 8, North\\nStar Township, is the son of Jeremiah D.\\nand Elizabeth (Hoag) Thompson, and was\\nborn in the county of Schoharie, State of New\\nYork, Jan 17, 1813. His father was a native\\nof Dutchess County and his mother of Albany\\nCounty, N. Y., both of English extraction.\\nOur subject is enabled to trace the genealogy of\\nhis family on his father s side as far back as the year\\n1610, viz. His father was a son of Silas Thompson\\nwho was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., and who was\\na son of Caleb Thompson, born in New Haven,\\nConn., in 1732, a son of Samuel Thompson, born in\\nthe same State in i6g6, a son of Samuel Thompson,\\nborn in Connecticut in 1669, a son of John Thomp-\\nson, bora in England in 1632, and he a son of\\nAnthony Thompson, who was born in the same\\ncountry in 1610.\\nMr. Thompson remained with his parents in the\\nEmpire State, attending the common schools, assist-\\ning on the farm and developing into manhood, when\\nhe accompanied them to Lenawee County, this State,\\nin which place they arrived and settled in 1834.\\nThe family at this time consisted of the father,\\nmother and 14 children, and earnestly and energeti-\\ncally did they, with one united effort, enter on the\\ntask of clearing and improving the parental home-\\nstead. Their trials and struggles were numerous,\\nyet their souls were animated with that spirit of de-\\ntermination which so often, in the lives of Michigan s\\npioneers, has surmounted the hill of difficulty and\\nconquered adversity that they successfully battled\\nagainst and overcame them. Mr. T. having acquired\\na fair education in his native State, devoted consider-\\nable of his time to teaching, especially during the\\nwinters, and thus was enabled to replenish the family\\ncoffer with the proceeds of his mental labor.\\nMarch 8, 1838, Mr. Thompson was married to\\nMiss Sarah Abbott, who died Jan. 22, 1839, leaving\\none child to the care of the father. Mr. T. was mar-\\nried a second time, Nov. ir, 1840, to Miss Catharine\\nBaragar; by her he had three children, two of\\nwhom Jerry D. and Mary E.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 are living. Mrs. T.\\ndied April 24, 1876, leaving her husband a widower\\nfor the second time. Oct. 6, 1878, Mr. T. was mar-\\nried to Mrs. Eleanor Hill, daughter of John English,\\nwith whom he is now living and by whom he has had\\ntwo children, namely Sidney, Jr., and Walter. Mrs.\\nT. had four children by her first husband, named as\\nfollows: Minnie, Marian, Mary and Elsie Hill.\\nMr. Thompson owns a farm of 40 acres in North\\nStar Township, and was Supervisor of the township\\nfor four years. While living in Lenawee County he\\nwas Postmaster at Dover about four years, Notary\\nPublic six years. School Inspector 21 years, and\\nTownship Clerk for 18 years.\\nfei~\\ni^sC ohn Burns, manufacturer of and dealer in\\n^^ir- saddlery and horse furnishing goods at St.\\nfi^*^ Louis, was born Jan. 18, i860, at Toronto,\\nCan., and is the son of Hugh and Betsey (Mc-\\nCormick) Burns. His father was a Canadian\\nby birth and a marine captain by vocation,\\nwhich line of business he is still pursuing. The\\nmother was a native of Toronto and died when her\\nson was but two years old.\\nMr. Burns has been the maker of his own fortunes\\nand career since he was nine years old. In his boy-\\nhood he went to school and labored alternately as he\\nfound opportunity, and at the age of 14 years he set\\nabout to learn his trade, and four years after he went\\nto Detroit, where he worked in a harness shop six\\nmonths. He proceeded thence to Bay City, where he\\nremained three years. After spending six months at\\nSaginaw, he went into business for himself at Port-\\nland, Ionia County, and was engaged in business\\nabout two years, with reasonable success. In Febru-\\nary, 1883, he came to St. Louis and opened a shop\\nfor the prosecution of his business, opposite the Wes-\\nsell House. Five months later he removed to the\\nU^\\nT^M M^ S5(g^n\\nv\u00c2\u00a9\\nSiV\\n(9\\nf\\nk^i^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "1\\ns\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^f^^^.\\nstand he now occupies, where he has a well-assorted\\nand valuable stock. He employs several assistants\\nand contemplates the enlargement and extension of\\nhis manufacturing and retail business.\\n-I y^^^^^^-^ 5-\\n^-v\\nf f1 foshua Scattergood, flour, feed and provis-\\n^K 11 dealer at Ithaca, was born April 7, 1814,\\nIjix; 111 Bucks Co., Pa. He is a lineal descend-\\nant from the early Quaker element of New\\nJersey, his ancestors on both sides being mem-\\nbers of the Society of Friends, and of English\\nextraction. His father, Thomas Scattergood, was, in\\nhis early manhood, extensively engaged in the shad-\\nfishing in the Delaware River; was an officer in the\\nwar of 181 2 and stationed at Havre de Grace; (his\\nmilitary accouterments were preserved a long time by\\nhis descendants;) he died in 1834, at Lambertville,\\nN. J., where he was keeping hotel, and was 46 years\\nold. His mother, Elizabeth (English) Scattergood,\\nBurlington Co., N. J., in 1784, and died in the city\\nof Burlington at the age of 66 years.\\nMr. Scattergood obtained a fair education at the\\npublic schools and at 16 engaged as a clerk, in which\\nemployment he continued until he was 22 years old.\\nIn 1836 he went to Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nand there secured a position in the same capacity,\\nwhere he was occupied three years. In 1839 he en-\\ntered into partnership with Benj. G. Barker for the\\npurpose of prosecuting mercantile interests. The\\nconnection was discontinued at the end of three\\nyears, Mr. Barker retiring. Mr. Scattergood con-\\nducted the business singly until 1866, when he dis-\\nposed of his stock and interests by sale and removed\\nto St. John s, Clinton Co., Mich. He opened there a\\ngrocery establishment, which he conducted between\\ntwo and three years. He made another remove to\\nMankato, Blue Earth Co., Minn., where, associated\\nwith his son Theodore, he engaged in the manufac-\\nture of fanning-mills and steel-toothed horse-rakes.\\nFive years later, his health became so much impaired\\nthat he retired from business for the time being. He\\ncame to Ithaca in the fall of 1883, and has since\\nbeen engaged in selling the celebrated patent flour\\nof Minnesota. In November of that year, he erected\\na building for business purposes, where he is engaged\\nin trade, as stated. Besides his property here he owns\\n^7^\\nreal estate at Mankato. He is a charter member of\\nTonquish Lodge, No. 32, I. O. O. F., of which fra-\\nternity he has been a long time a member. While\\nin Plymouth he held the offices of Justice of the\\nPeace and Township Clerk, occupying the incumben-\\ncy of each four years.\\nMr. Scattergood was married at Plymouth, June 4,\\n1839, to Caroline E., daughter of B. G. and Deborah\\nBarker. The parents moved from the city of New\\nYork to Detroit in 1835. Mrs. Scattergood was born\\nin New York and died in Plymouth, in October, 1854,\\nand left five children Theodore, Edward B., Will-\\niam B., Helen C. and Alfred B. Mr. Scattergood\\nwas again married Sept. 10, 1857, at Plymouth, to\\nHarriet B. Barker, sister of his former wife. Of this\\nunion one child Bessie has been born.\\nA\\nV\\nl^lijah H. Travis, farmer, section 19, Pine\\nM\\\\i River Township, was born Oct. 28, 1835,\\nin Cayuga Co., N. Y. His parents, Lewis\\nilS- and Minerva (Roberts) Travis, were natives of\\nthe State of New York. They removed to Oak-\\nj land Co., Mich., in i860, and later came to\\nClinton County, where the mother died. The\\nfather died in Montcalm County.\\nMr. Travis was educated in the common schools\\nand was bred to the pursuit of agriculture. In 1859\\nhe came to Michigan, and after a stay of six months\\nhe returned to his native State. The next year, i860,\\nhe became a settler in this State, and in February,\\n1863, he bought the farm on which he has since re-\\nsided, in Pine River Township. It included 80 acres\\nof wild land, of which he retains 40 acres, with 30\\nunder cultivation. Mr. Travis is a Republican in\\nhis political views.\\nHe was married the first time Jan. 2, 1 862, in Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., to Nancy S., daughter of Ralph and\\nHannah Quick. She died July 22, 1866, and left\\none child, Bert S. On the 21st of September, 1879,\\nMr. Travis was again married, at Alma, to Mrs. Hes-\\nter A. (Hart) Baker, daughter of Philo and Dorothy\\nHatt, and widow of Lewis K. Baker, who was one of\\nthe pioneers of Arcada Township, and who died Oct. y\\n19, 1876. Her parents were natives of New York,\\nand her mother died in Chautauqua County in that\\nState. About the year 1S68 her father came to vL\\nr^\\n]\\\\m\\nJLUL^\\n.^^^^@y^;^;", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "-zs^^^s: ^7 m n D\\ntjiijla^\\nT\\n/Ts\\nV\\ni\\nSI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n359\\nMichigan, and now resides at Alma. Mrs. Travis\\nwas born May 25, 1838, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y.,\\nand was 18 years old when she came to Michigan.\\nShe is the mother of two children by her first mar-\\nriage Forest W. and Mary H. Mr. and Mrs. Travis\\nare members of the Presbyterian Church.\\ni^lfes^i\\n^aaa^S^-^^^^^^li^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^-5WOT x~\\nIWI^xrank E. Murdock, of the firm of Murdock\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^-lIt 1 1 os., dealers in granite and marble ceme-\\ntery work, buildmg work, cemetery fencing\\nand stone goods at St. Louis, was born Feb. 24,\\n1849, in Dexter, Washtenaw Co., Mich. He\\nbegan learning his trade in De.xter, and when he\\nwas 15 years old he went to Ypsilanti, where he spent\\na year perfecting himself in its details. He has\\nworked at the same in various places, and came to\\nSt. Louis, Jan. 1, 1883. He purchased the interest\\nof a former partner of his brother, who had estab-\\nlished the business in which the firm of Murdock\\nBros, are engaged. They have supplied the mate-\\nrials for a number of prominent buildings in Gratiot\\nCounty, among which are the opera house at St.\\nLouis, the dwelling of Mr. Turck, at Alma, and the\\nunion school house at Ithaca. They deal in the\\nNew England granite and marble and all other pop-\\nular stones for use or ornament.\\nMr. Murdock was married Dec. 27, 1878, in Plym-\\nouth, Wayne Co Mich., to Lillie, daughter of Hon.\\nBethuel and Annis Noyes. Siie was born April 24,\\n1854, at Plymouth, and of this marriage, one child\\nAgnes was born Jan. 31, 1881, in Norwalk, Ohio.\\nev. George Older, residing on section 20,\\nNorth Star Township, was born in New\\nPound Co., England, Dec. 15, 1824. He\\nis a son of Samuel Older (deceased), who was\\na native of the same country in which our\\nsubject was born, and who emigrated to the\\nUnited States in 1832 and settled in Athens Co.,\\nOhio. Here our subject lived, assisting his father on\\nthe farm, which was situated on Minker Run, near\\nNelsonville, and attending the common schools of\\ntiie county and developing into manhood.\\nMr. Older was married in April, 1846, to AUelha,\\ndaughter of Robert Calliss, deceased, and moved to\\nWood Co., Ohio. They remained there for several\\nyears, and then removed to this State, arriving here\\nin 1865 and locating in Sumner Township, this\\ncounty.\\nRev. Older began his studies for the ministry after\\ncoming to this State, and traveled as a minister of\\nthe United Brethren Church for 13 years, and visited\\nsome 19 or 20 of the counties and organized many\\nChurches. He is still engaged in the cause of Chris-\\ntianity, and preaches regularly every two weeks.\\nMrs. Older died Aug. 5, 1858, leaving four chil-\\ndren Perry C, Randolph M., Emily A. and Martha\\nE. and many friends and relatives to mourn her\\nloss.\\nRev. Older was again married Aug. 23, i860, to\\nMiss Frances Kimberlin, and to this union one child,\\nJohn, was born. Rev. Older owns 40 acres of land\\non which he and his family reside.\\nm^\\ntohn T. Noble, barber at St. Louis, the\\noldest resident of the tonsorial profession\\nat this point, was born Oct. 4, 1849, in\\nFrance. He is the son of John and Anna (Su-\\npine) Noble, who were natives of France.born\\nrespectively in 1824 and 1831. They came to\\nthe United States in 1854, and, nine months after\\ntheir arrival in the new world, they went to Galli-\\npolis, Gallia Co., Ohio, where they resided 13 years,\\nthe father following the vocation of a stone-cutter.\\nIn the spring of 1866, they came to Chesaning, Sag-\\ninaw County, and two years later to Bath, Clinton\\nCo., Mich., where they still live. His father owns 40\\nacres of land.\\nMr. Noble learned the trade of his father, but, find-\\ning it distasteful, resolved to devote himself to some-\\nthing more to his liking. He worked in a barber s\\nshop in Chesaning, and one in St. John s, where he\\nacquired the skill necessary to the manipulation of\\nthe razor and shears. In the fall of 1869, he came\\nto St. Louis, and 0])ened the business in which he\\nhas been continuously engaged ever since. He has\\nthree chairs, and is assisted by his wife.\\nMr. Noble is one of the oldest members of the Fire\\nDepartment at St. Louis, being one of the first com-\\npany. He organized the first Hose Company in the\\niir\\nc.\\nf\\ntp", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "-zi^^s: er^ Il[l ;ilO^ r\\ni^\\nt\\n(k\\n360\\nGi?v4 T/O T CO UNTY.\\nplace and was foreman seven years. In 1883, he\\nwas Chief of the Department, which, during the same\\nyear, he represented at the National Convention held\\nat Cincinnati. While occupying the position of chief\\nofficer, he was presented with a fine silver trumpet by\\nthe Rubber and Gutta Percha M f g Co. of New-\\nYork, valued at $45. He is the iiventor and pat-\\nentee of Noble s Durable Reel Hose Cart, which was\\npatented June 26, 1883, and is considered a first-\\nclass machine.\\nIn the fall of 1876, he went into training as a foot-\\nrunner, and, running his first race the following spring,\\ntraveled as a professional athlete for two years. He\\nran at one time loi yards in ten seconds.\\nMr. Noble was married Aug. 5, 1S71, at St. Louis,\\nto Emma A. Gifford. She was born Nov. 26,18153.\\nHer parents came to Gratiot County in its very earli-\\nest days, she being but five months old when they\\nbecame pioneers. They built at first, for purposes\\nof shelter, a bough house, on the \\\\lma road. Her\\nfather owned a large farm, now known as the Good-\\nrich place. Mr. and Mrs. Noble have two children\\nJohn E., born May 7, 1S7 i, and Sarah S., born March\\n10, 1877.\\nIg^dward. R. White, farmer, section 5, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born Nov. 24, 1832,\\nin Lake Co., Ohio. He is the son of Nor-\\nman and Albina (Gloyd) White, natives of\\nMassachusetts. Some years after their mar-\\nriage they went to Lake Co., Ohio, and later in\\nlife to Medina County, in that State. They were the\\nparents of 1 2 children.\\nMr. White is the fifth son, and was about three\\nyears old when his parents went to Medina County.\\nHis father was a farmer, and he lived at home until\\nhe was nearly 24 years of age. In May, i860, he\\ncame to Gratiot County, and became the possessor\\nby purchase of 40 acres of unimproved land, and not\\nlong after made a further investment in an additional\\n40 acres. He has expended his time and energies\\nwith judicious management, and has a snug farm\\nwith 35 acres in fine improvement and under good\\ncultivation. Mr. White is a citizen in excellent\\nstanding in his township, and has been Postmaster\\nof Forest Hill (Pine River Township) two years.\\nHe was married Sept. 11, 1856, in Medina Co.,\\nOhio, to Almeda, fourth daughter of Daniel and\\nSusannah (Whitcomb) Ross. She was born March\\n12, 1840, in Medina County, and her parents were\\nnatives respectively of Vermont and Canada. Mr.\\nand Mrs. White have five children living Cora A.,\\nMyrtie A., Orrin E., Ardie L. and Lettie E. They\\nare the foster parents of a boy whom they took in\\ncharge when he was two weeks old, and have reared\\nhim as their own child. He is called Ernest White.\\nMr. and Mrs. White belong to the Disciples Church.\\nohn L. Sinclair, Register of Deeds of Gra-\\ntiot County, residing at Ithaca, was born\\nMarch 26, 1848, at Inverness, Scotland.\\nHis father, John Sinclair, was a native of the\\nsame place, born Aug. 26, 181S, and died\\nnear London, Ontario, Dec. 4, 1855, whither he\\nemigrated and worked at his trade of contractor and\\nbuilder until his death. The mother, Catherine\\n(McKay) Sinclair, is a native of Scotland and is still\\nliving, near London, Ont.\\nMr. Sinclair was still young when his father died,\\nand at 12 years of age was left to face the world\\nalone. He went at 14 years of age to Ailsa Craig,\\nOnt., where he engaged as a clerk in the store of A.\\nG. Mcintosh, general merchant. He remained there\\nuntil the fall of 1866, when he came to St. Louis, and\\nengaged a short time in lumbering. His next em-\\nploy was with Luther Smith as clerk in his mercan-\\ntile establishment, and he passed the next two years\\nin his service and that of J. W. Wesels. He returned\\nat the expiration of that time to London, Ont., where\\nhe became a clerk for R. McKenzie, grocery and\\nprovision merchant. He came to Ithaca in the fall\\nof 1873 and entered the employ of John W. Howd,\\nwith whom he remained three years. He next en-\\ngaged with Nelson Barber, with whom he remained\\nuntil the fall of 1882, when he was placed in nomi-\\nnation for the office of County Register, on the Dem-\\nocratic ticket, and made a successful run against\\nGeorge S. Van Buskirk, scoring a considerable num-\\nber of votes in advance of his ticket. He has served\\na number of years as Village Clerk of Ithaca. Mr.\\nSinclair has taken 12 degrees in Masonry, of which\\nOrder he has been a member nearly 15 years. He\\nA\\nr\\n~t5-s^\\n-A i] !i g iiii; ir^^ 5,\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "m\\nV-\\n6\\nV\\nl) i^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^VC^I1(1 ^I1D^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n361\\nhas been Master of Ithaca Lodge, No 123, three\\nyears.\\nHe was married June 10, 1870, at St. Louis, to\\nMary J. Finch. She was born in Waterloo, Jackson\\nCo., Mich., in August, 1847, and is the daughter of\\nReuben and Jane Finch. She died in Ithaca in\\n1877, leaving two children Anna S. and Ernest L.\\nMr. Sinclair was again married in May, 1880, to Juli-\\nette L., daughter of Lathrop M. Lyon, and was born\\nin Clyde, N. Y.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2fcharles R. Wright, farmer, section 19, Pine\\np?3^ River Township, was born Oct. 28, 1846,\\nParma, Jackson Co., Mich. He is the son\\nof Frederick and Sarepta (Fox) Wright, and\\nhis father was a prominent pioneer of Gratiot\\nCounty, with whose progress and comparative rank\\namong the counties of the Peninsula State his name\\nis inseparably connected.\\nMr. Wright was nearly 13 years of age when his\\nparents came to Gratiot County, and he has resided\\nchiefly in Pine River Township from that period of\\nhis boyhood. He has pursued farming all his life\\nand now owns 80 acres of land, with 65 acres under\\nfirst class cultivation. Politically he is identified\\nwith the Democratic party.\\nMr. Wright was married Oct. 28, 1866, in Pine\\nRiver Township, to Sarah, daughter of Henry and\\nSusannah (Bigley) Wolf. She was born in Ravenna,\\nOhio, Jan. 17, 1845, and her parents were natives of\\nPennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have lost two\\nchildren by death Charles R. and Jessie M., who\\ndied in infancy. There are now living: Mary E.,\\nSusannah and James K.\\nMsLar.\\nf^^i^lijah Beard, formerly clergyman and\\nm\\n\u00c2\u00ae\u00e2\u0084\u00a2k farmer, section 5, North Star Township,\\nwas born in Erie Co., N. Y., Jan 12, 1807.\\nHe is a son of Victory Beard, deceased, a\\nnative of Connecticut and a soldier under Gen.\\nWadsworth in the war 181 2, and who moved\\nhis family to Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1816. Here our\\nsubject attended subscription school, assisted on his\\nfather s farm and developed into manhood.\\nElder Beard was married Aug. 16, 1829, to Miss\\nEmeline, daughter of Peter Sunderland, a native of\\nPennsylvania, and was born in Miami Co., Ohio, in\\n1 810, and to their union six children, all girls, have\\nbeen born, namely Mary E. (Martin), Louisa\\n(Vance), Elmira (Vance), Catharine (Herrington),\\nChristina (Herrington) and Annie E. (Morris).\\nIn early manhood Elder Beard turned his attention\\nto the gospel, and in addition to his farm labors was\\nengaged in preaching in the Christian Church until\\n1855, when he moved with his family to this county.\\nHis labors as a minister have been quite extensive.\\nHe organized the first Christian Church in Green-\\nbush, Clinton Co, this State; and the first one in\\nGratiot County, in Barns settlement. North Star\\nTownship, and preached throughout this and Clinton\\nCounties. He has recently sold his farm to his son-\\nin-law, who has taken possession of it, and has also\\nretired from the ministry, satisfied with his labors.\\n\\\\/\\\\/\\\\/N.-4-\\nj^Lilas Moody, farmer, resident on section 9,\\nPine River Township, was born in Chat-\\nham, Medina Co., Ohio, May 30, 1839.\\nis parents, William and Maria (Ross) Moody,\\nwere natives respectively of Massachusetts and\\nVermont. The father is a minister of the Dis-\\nciples Church, and has been an active laborer in its\\ninterests for more than 50 years. He was born Aug.\\n29, 1810, and was married Aug. 29, 1838, in Granger,\\nMedina Co., Ohio. Ebenezer Moody, his father, was\\ndescended from one of three brothers who emigrated\\nfrom England to Newburyport, Mass., about the year\\n1632. He married Lucy Wood about the year 1776,\\nand of their family of nine children, two yet survive.\\nHe was a soldier of 181 2.\\nMr. Moody was a pupil in tlie coimnon schools\\nuntil he was r7 years of age, after which he spent\\nfour years in teaching and study, and attended a\\nselect school at Chatham summers. He spent seven\\nwinters in teaching school. In i86i,iie came to\\nGratiot County and bought 80 acres of wild land.\\nSubset^uent purchases have increased the aggregate\\nof his estate to 400 acres, and of this 200 acres are\\nunder cultivation. He taught two winter terms of\\n^s^-\u00c2\u00a3\\n^r^ ^Dii:v:ilil\\n/TV\\nd\\nT", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "362\\nv :tlD :tl[l -r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ni^\\nV\\nI\\nschool in Gratiot County, and spent the winter sea-\\nsons of the following 20 years in traffic in hay, in\\nwhich he has been extensively engaged, as well as in\\nthe purchase and sale of oats, pork and other agri-\\ncultural products. His stock includes eight horses,\\n17 head of cattle, 180 slieep and 10 hogs.\\nIn political connections, Mr. Moody is a Republi-\\ncan of decided type, and has been for many years an\\nimportant factor in local affairs. He has been Town-\\nship Clerk, School Inspector, Highway and Drain\\nCommissioner, and has held several other positions\\nof trust. He is President of the Gratiot County Ag-\\nricultural Society, and has been connected with the\\nCounty Board eight years.\\nMr. Moody was married in Chatham, Medina Co.,\\nOhio, April 6, 1861, to Ellen M., second daughter of\\nLuther and Hannah (Jackson) Clapp. She was born\\nin Chatham Jan. 8, 1842, and her parents were na-\\ntives of Hampshire Co., Mass. The household in-\\ncludes two children, George A. and Ira C. Two\\nothers, Arthur N. and Edith C, have passed to the\\nland of voiceless mystery.\\nMr. and Mrs. Moody are both zealous members of\\nthe Disciples Church, and during the past 14 years\\nMr. Moody has officiated as Superintendent of a\\nSunday-school. He is also President of the county\\nSunday-school organization.\\nohn Lanshaw, farmer, section 17, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born Jan. 25, 1830.\\nHe is the son of Hans and Anna Lanshaw,\\nwho passed their entire lives in the Father-\\nland. Mr. Lanshaw passed the first 25 years\\nof his life in his native country in the vocation\\nof a farmer. He came to the United States in July,\\n1854, and went at once to New Jersey, where he re-\\nmained four years, coming thence to Detroit. He\\ns])ent three years in that city, and after a subsequent\\nstay in Oakland County for a short period, he came\\nin January, 1866, to Gratiot County, for the purpose\\nof engaging in farming in accordance with early plans\\nand purposes. He bought 100 acres of land in Pine\\nRiver Township, to which he has added by subse-\\nquent purchase, and now is proprietor of 1 80 acres,\\nwith no in a state of advanced cultivation.\\nMr. Lanshaw took a deep interest in the events of\\nthe civil war, and finally became a soldier. He en-\\nlisted in March, 1865, in the 22d Reg. Mich. Vol.\\nInf Three months after going to the field, 500\\nmembers of the regiment were transferred to the 29th\\nMich. Vol. Inf. He was among the number, and\\nserved in that command until his discharge at De-\\ntroit on the last day of August, 1865.\\nIn the summer of 1883, he replaced his pioneer\\nhouse with a substantial residence, where he now re-\\nsides in the comfort and content which is sure to\\nfollow persistent and well-directed effort. He be-\\nlongs to the National Greenback party.\\nMr. Lanshaw was married Aug. 3, 1856, in New\\nJersey, to Anna Ziesse. She is a native of Germany,\\nwhere she was born Nov. 29, 1833. Of six children\\nborn to them, four are living: William C, John H.,\\nLillie A. and Minnie L. Eliza L. died when she\\nwas 1 1 years old. Another child was lost in early\\ninfancy.\\nilbert H. Lowry, agent of the American Ex-\\npress Company and manager of the West-\\nij^ ern Union Telegraph office at St. Louis, was\\nborn April 13, 1854, near Romeo, Macomb\\nCo., Mich., and is the son of William H. and\\nCharlotte (Teeter) Lowry. His father resides in East\\nSaginaw; he is a native of New York, and was mar-\\nried in Jersey City. In 1851 he removed his family\\nto Romeo, and in 1865 to East Saginaw. The wife\\nand mother was a native of New York and was born\\nin Dryden, April 12, 1824, She died Feb. 6, 1883, at\\nSouth Saginaw,\\nMr. Lowry received a good common-school educa-\\ntion, and, at the age of 16, entered a grocery in\\nthe capacity of clerk, where he remained two years-\\nHe then learned telegraphy in East Saginaw, and af-\\nter six months study in that art he took an office at\\nVassar, Mich., where he remained a few months and\\nwent thence to Bay City, where he was manager of\\nthe American Telegraph office at the Frazier House.\\nHe continued in that position three months and came\\nto St. Louis in the interest of the Saginaw Valley St.\\nLouis Railroad Company. He operated at the depot\\ntwo years, when he took the city office for the West-\\nern Union, and during the last three years has been\\nagent for the American Express Company. 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In the spring of 1882,\\nhe was re-elected by a majority of 45 votes, and was\\nthe only representative of his party elected. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order, belonging both to the\\nblue lodge and chapter. He belongs to the Fire\\nDepartment of St. Louis, of which he has been a\\nmember five years, two of which he has acted as Fore-\\nman of the Citizens Hose Company, No. i. In Oc-\\ntober, 1880, Mr. Lowry and Gen. Nathan Church, of\\nIthaca, built a telegraph line between St. Louis and\\nIthaca, which is the only line running into the coun-\\nty seat. It is owned and operated solely by Messrs.\\nChurch Lowry. Mr. L. owns also a building lot at\\nSt. Louis. He is Captain of the St. Louis Bicycle\\nClub, organized in January, 1884, with nine wheels.\\n\u00c2\u00ab\\\\\u00c2\u00abj2j2\u00c2\u00a3/\u00c2\u00a9^\u00c2\u00ab-^\\n\u00c2\u00ab^~swra?\\nhomas H. Harrod, surveyor and civil engi-\\nneer, section 5, North Star Township, was\\nborn in England, Oct. 27, 1847, and is a\\nu^ son of Jeremiah Harrod, also a native of that\\ncountry. He came to Canada in the fall of\\n187 I, and to this country in June, 1872, locat-\\ning where he now resides. He has been Deputy\\nCounty Clerk one term, County Drain Commissioner\\none year, and Deputy County Surveyor one year.\\nHe is now engaged in the business of surveying, in\\nBay City.\\nMr. Harrod was married March 9, 1873, to Mrs.\\nJame E. Leappard, who was born in England, in\\n1839, and was brought to New York State by her\\nparents, in emigration, in 1856, and to this county in\\n1864. Mr. and Mrs. H. have one child, John J., and\\none adopted daughter, Clara M. Harrod. Mrs. H. s\\nfirst husband, John Leappard, was born in England,\\nApril 15, 1848; was married Feb. 8, 1861 enlisted in\\nthe war for the Union in the fall of i86i,and died\\nin Belle Island Prison, April 17, 1863. Mrs. Har-\\nrod s father, John Humphrey, of North Star Town-\\nship, was born in Corydon, Surrey Co., England, July\\n29, 1810, and settled on section 5, this townshij), in\\n1864. He married Ann Best, and they had 13 cliil-\\ndren, eight of whom are now living, viz. Jane E.,\\nEmma, Richard, Susan, John W., Ambrose, Eliza and\\nRobert.\\nMr. Harrod is in every sense a self-made man.\\nHe received a little schooling before he was 10 years\\nold, but educated himself almost entirely by his own\\nefforts. He acquired his knowledge of surveying\\nbefore leaving England, at the age of about 20.\\nSince 1876, Mr. H. has been licensed to preach in\\nthe M. E. Church, and he has labored regularly for\\nthe cause of Christianity. The likenesses of Mr.\\nand Mrs. H. are given on contiguous pages.\\neorge S. Quick, farmer on section 3, Sum-\\nner Township, was born in Oakland Coun-\\nty, this State, Aug. 6, 1853, the son of\\nRalph and Calista (Treat) Quick, natives of\\nPennsylvania and New York, and of German\\nand English descent. Ralph Quick was\\nreared in his native State until eight years old, then\\nin New Jersey until 16 years old. He then went to\\nSeneca Co., N. Y., where he lived until 1834, work-\\ning as a common laborer. He then came to Oakland\\nCo., Mich., where he followed carpentry and farming\\nuntil 187 1. He then made his last move, to this\\ncounty, purchasing I 20 acres on section 3, Sumner\\nTownship. Here he has since lived, being an active\\nworker until the death of his wife, March 29, 1882,\\nbut now living a retired life, with his son, to whom he\\nleases the farm. He has been an active man, a pro-\\ngressive farmer and an intelligent citizen. He has\\nbeen Highway Commissioner and Justice of the\\nPeace one term each, was Supervisor of his town-\\nship in 1875-6, and has held other minor offices.\\nHe has always been connected witli the Presby-\\nterian Church, and politically has supported the Re-\\npublican party. His wife was the mother of 12\\nchildren, and slie left five of them, and a large cir-\\ncle of friends, to mourn iicr dcpa ture. .She was 70\\nyears of age.\\nThe subject of tliis biograjiliy attended liie com-\\nmon and graded schools and worked on his father s\\nfarm until 19 years old, and then came with his\\nparents to this county. He has remained on tlie\\nhome farm until the present time, and now has the\\nactive management of it himself.\\nJune 25, 1878, at St. Louis, he was married to\\n9\\ni\\ni\\ni^i^\\nJ^\\nr^.wmM i\\n4^^^(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "368\\nT23^^ S^S^\\ncnr\\n^^Dtl^CDr- T\\n-2iJ^^^\\nr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nJ\\nV\\nMiss Alvira, daughter of Nicholas P. and Lucy\\n(Wright) Watts, natives of Ohio and Kentucky. She\\nwas born in Mercer Co., Ohio, May 27, 1852, and\\ncame with her parents to Michigan when very young.\\nThe family lived in Jackson County eight years, then\\ncame to Gratiot County. She lived in Arcada Town-\\nship until her marriage.\\nMr. Quick is an enterprising young man, inherit-\\ning the business ability, as well as the political faith,\\nof his father, to whom he is a worthy successor of the\\nthe family name.\\n.artin Montigel, of the firm of J. M. Mon-\\ntigel Co., at Alma, was born at Erie,\\nPa., Oct. 6, 1856, and is a son of J. M.\\nand Anna Barbara (Segrist) Montigel. (See\\nsketch of J. M. Montigel.) The parents of\\nMr. Montigel went to Ashtabula, Ohio, when\\nhe was seven years old. They were residents there\\neight years, and there the son was a student at\\nschool nearly that entire period. In 1871 the family\\ncame to Alma, where he again attended school, and\\nwhen of suitable age he was employed in his father s\\nfoundry. In 1878 he was admitted to a partnership\\nin the business, and the connection still continues.\\nMr. Montigel is a member of the Order of Masonry\\nand belongs to the blue lodge, No. 244, at Alma.\\nHe has also taken the Royal Arch degree and be-\\nlongs to Chapter No. 86, at St. Louis. He is a\\nRepublican in political sentiment and is Treasurer of\\nthe Fire Department at Alma.\\nS\\nrank Gilken, farmer on section 10, Arcada\\nTownship, was born in Prussia, at Cologne,\\non the river Rhine, Feb. 14, 1828. His\\nparents were German, and his father was a\\nfarmer and grape -grower. He received a good\\neducation in his native tongue, and worked on\\nhis father s farm until 18 years old. He then set out\\nfor America, unaccompanied by either friend or rela-\\ntive. Landing at New York, he presently came to\\nDetroit, where he was employed on the wharf for\\nabout two years. Thence he went to Ionia County,\\nthis State, where he engaged in farming for 15 years.\\nFeb. 1 8, 1863, he was married in Ionia County to\\nMiss Ursula Raycroft, a native of Ireland, born in\\nthe city of Cork, Dec. 25, 1843. When two years\\nold, she was brought by her parents to this country,\\nand she was reared in Rochester, N. Y., coming to\\nthis State some time before her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs Gilken, after three years of wedded\\nlife, came to Gratiot County and purchased 320 acres\\nof wild land. By his own efforts, Mr. Gilken has\\ncleared of the primitive forest and prepared for the\\nplow 120 acres of good farming land. In place of\\nhis log hut and slab stable, he has now a substantial\\nresidence and good barns. One needs but to look\\nat his buildings and stock to see that he is a pro-\\ngressive, intelligent farmer.\\nMr. and Mrs. G. are the parents of eight children,\\nsix of whom are living Frank D., born Dec. 14,\\n1863; Clara, April 5, 1865; Lizzie, Feb. 16, 1868;\\nMattie, Jan. 17, 1870; Elias J., July 29, 1877;\\nFreddie, June 15, 1883; Thora, born Dec. 29, 1875,\\nand died July 29, 1876; Alfred, bon. July 6, 1880,\\nand died Feb. 6, 1882. In political sentiment, Mr.\\nGilken is an ardent Democrat.\\niUiam Hayes, farmer, section 22, Pine\\nivTvTi^!)? River Township, was born in Geneseo,\\nH^P Livingston Co., N. Y., Oct. 3, 1821, and is\\nl?W the son of Dennison and Margaret (Daily)\\nHayes. His father was a native of Pennsylva-\\nnia, and his mother was born in Ireland. After\\ntheir marriage they located in Livingston County,\\nwhere they resided until the death of the father,\\nwhich occurred in 1S46. The mother died in Alle-\\ngany County, N. Y.\\nMr. Hayes remained at home as his fatlier s assist-\\nant on the farm until he was 23 years old. At that\\nage, in 1847, he came to Ann Arbor, and after a res-\\nidence there of two years removed to Ionia County.\\nIn the fall of 1867 he bought 80 acres of land in\\nGratiot County, of which he has since been the pro-\\nprietor. It was principally in a state of nature, and\\nhe has now a fine farm of 40 acres, all under im-\\nprovement. He disposed of 40 acres by sale. Mr.\\nHayes is an adherent to the principles and issues of\\nthe Democratic party.\\nHe was married in Geneseo, Nov. 26, 1843, to\\nS H 4i\\nr\\nK^\\nA\\nn\\nMi", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "M\\nt\\nV\\nl::^(^fi\u00c2\u00ab*-\\n6V -^lltl :lltl^ T\\n^M\\n-4^@^(l^\\\\^(^:\\nJ\\n/s\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n369 S,\\nTirzah J., daughter of Silas and Cheney (Kent) Nor-\\nton, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes\\nhave had six children William C)., John D., Isadore\\nC, Marion A., Flora E. and Herbert N. The eldest\\nson became a soldier in the war of the Southern Re-\\nbellion. He enlisted in February, 1865. On arriv-\\ning in Washington his command was detailed for\\nfrontier sevice and ordered to Dakota to aid in quell-\\ning the Indians. He was seized with typhoid pneu-\\nmonia, and died Sept. 9, 1865. He was 23 years old\\nand at the dawn of a promising manhood. He left\\na widow and one child.\\ns$- aii^j\u00c2\u00ae^\\nil?Lamuel H. Loveland, dealer in furniture\\nand undertaker s goods, at Alma, is the\\nyoungest son and child of Erastus and\\nOlive (Forbes) Loveland, and was born July\\n28, 1832, in Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass.\\nThe parents were natives of Connecticut,\\nwhere they continued to reside for several years fol-\\nlowing their marriage, when they removed to Wash-\\nington, Mass., where the father engaged in the occu-\\npation of agriculturist. They continued to reside\\nthere between 30 and 40 years, when they went to\\nHinsdale, in the Bay State. Eight years later they\\nreturned to Washington, where they lived during the\\nremainder of their lives. The father died Aug. 12,\\n1840, and the mother followed to the land of ever-\\nlasting peace, in July, 1847. Four sons and four\\ndaughters were born to them, in the following order:\\nLewis, Amanda, Lucy, Erastus, William, Orrin, Al-\\nmira, Louisa and Samuel.\\nMr. Loveland was 15 years old when his mother\\ndied, and about the same time the privilege of con-\\nstructing his own fortunes devolved upon himself\\nHe hired out as a common laborer at $5 a month,\\nand worked diligently and steadily eight months.\\nHe bought a good suit of clothes, a trunk and minor\\narticles necessary to a comfortable and creditable out-\\nfit. Thus equipped, he attended school and contin-\\nued two years in alternate labor and study. At 17\\nyears of age he began to work in a saw-mill, where\\nhe was employed two years. He next went to Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., where he worked about 18 months in the\\nmachine shop of Messrs. Silsby, Race Holly.\\n(The senior member of the firm was the patentee of\\nthe Silsby fire engine, and the junior partner was the\\ninventor of the celebrated Holly water works sys- 4\\ntern.) The employ proving unwholesome, he aban-\\ndoned it and came to Midland Co., Mich. He\\narrived there in June, 1855, and bought 80 acres of\\npine land, where he si)ent 18 months in lumbering.\\nHe sold his place and went to Isabella County,\\nwhere he bought 80 acres of farming land and en-\\ntered ujwn the realities of pioneer life. He reached\\nthe county Feb. 7, 1857, and was the fourth settler\\nin the township of Isabella, and for nearly two years\\nhis log house was the only meeting-house in that\\nsection.\\nIsabella Township was organized in 1856, and in\\nthe spring of 1857 the county was organized and 14\\ntownships. Mr. Loveland was elected first Clerk of\\nIsabella Township. He was the first Class-leader in\\nthe county, and the first Sunday-school Superin-\\ntendent. He was also the first licensed exhorter in\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church in the county, and\\nhis house was open to the preachers of every denom-\\nination who came to that section.\\nHis tract of land was wholly in a state of nature\\nand he proceeded with energetic and patient, untir-\\ning labor to the work of clearing and improving.\\nHe pursued his purpose until Aug. 13, 1862, when\\nhe yielded to the spirit aroused in him by the de-\\nmands of the nation for help in her sore extremity,\\nand enlisted in the 8th Mich. Vol. Inf. He was in\\nthe service nearly three years and experienced the\\npains and privileges of the soldier s fate at South\\nMountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg,\\nJackson, Knoxville, Blue Springs, Wilderness and\\nPetersburg and numerous other engagements of\\nminor importance. He was wounded in the side, at\\nthe battle of the vVilderness, May 6, 1864, and was\\nconfined a month in the hospital. He was honoralily\\ndischarged in 1865, at Detroit, and returned to his\\nfamily and labors in Isabella County. He there re-\\nsided until the spring of 1874, when he sold his farm\\nand entered into a partnership with David Lamb, in\\nthe manufacture of lumber, locating in Saginaw\\nCounty. They were engaged in the prosecution of a\\nprosperous and extending business when their prop-\\nerty was almost entirely destroyed by fire. Mr.\\nLoveland lost $2,000. He removed to St. Louis,\\nGratiot County, where he engaged in labor as a car-\\npenter. This he followed about a year, and subse-\\nquently spent one and a half years in the meat\\nvV\\nI\\nA\\nr^\\nr\\n4\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094as\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r^Tmm]im^\\nTT-\\nr2^^^\u00c2\u00a7^\\n370\\nGRATIOJ COUNTY.\\n6\\n*?^5\\nbusiness. In 1877 he bought a stock of furniture, in\\ncomjiany with S. C. Smith. After operating two\\nyears they divided the stock, and in January, 1879,\\nMr. Loveland moved to Alma, established himself in\\nthe business in which he has since been engaged,\\nand which he is managing with satisfactory results.\\nIn spite of his several reverses he has continued his\\nefforts with brave hopefulness, and is fast regaining\\nwhat he has lost.\\nMr. Loveland was married at Seneca Falls, N. Y.,\\nMay 24, 1854, to Sarah E., daughter of H. H. and\\nEleanor (Runyon) Baker, natives of New York.\\nThe mother died in the Empire State, and the father\\nin Washtenaw Co., Mich., at the residence of his\\nson. Mrs. Loveland was born Jan. 12, i83i,in On-\\ntario Co., N. Y., in the village of Bethel.\\nMr. Loveland is a decided radical in religious,\\nmoral and political sentiments. He has been from\\nearly life active and zealous in the interests of Chris-\\ntianity, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHis religion is a concomitant of his daily life. In\\nIsabella County he brought his views into bearing\\nupon all his intercourse with the world at large, and\\nwas a pioneer representative of Christian principles\\ncoequal with his solicitude for the agricultural progress\\nof the locality. He was there licensed as an ex-\\nhorter and local preacher and aided materially in the\\nconstruction of the first church structure built in Isa-\\nbella County. He was true to his convictions of his\\nobligations to his fellow-men while a soldier in the\\narmy, and by his consistent life and unremitting en-\\ndeavors accomplished much permanent good. He\\nis a member of the Order of Odd Fellows and belongs\\nto the Good Templars. In the work of the latter\\nsociety and the cause of temperance generally, he is\\nfearlessly outspoken and zealous. He is a Repub-\\nlican in political connection.\\noseph Bussell, farmer, section 21, North\\njj^^jfe- Shade Township, is a son of Jonathan and\\nMary Bussell, natives of England. His\\n^Ig^ father, a farmer, came to America in 1853,\\n^L^ landing at New York and settling in Hillsdale\\nCo., Mich., where he lived until 1867, when\\nhe died. His wife had died in England, in 1S45.\\nMr. Joseph Bussell was born April 20, 1839, in\\nt\\nDevonshire, England. At the age of 13 he came to\\nAmerica, and was first employed on a dairy farm for\\nfive years he then came to Michigan and resided\\nfour years in Hillsdale County, and finally to the\\nplace which he now occupies. He first took posses-\\nsion of 160 acres, but has since sold half this land.\\nWhen he came here it was all a howling wilderness;\\nbut by steady labor and judicious economy he has\\ndeveloped and e(|uipped a fine farm, and is now sur-\\nrounded with plenty. Besides, he seems to know\\nhow to enjoy the fruits of his many long and weary\\nyears of toil and care.\\nIn 1862 Mr. Bussell married Miss Maria, daughter\\nof Florival and Sarah (Leslie) Bartlett, who was born\\nJune 17, 1840, in the town of Cornish, New Hamp-\\nshire. Her parents moved from that State to New\\nYork and thence to Michigan, and they now reside\\nin Meridian Township, Ingham Co., near Lansing,\\nMich. Mr. and Mrs. Bussell are the parents of seven\\nchildren, viz.: Rowena, Alfred D., Mary E., Will-\\niam H., Joseph E., Luella and Elsie E. Mrs. B. is\\na member of the Christian Church, and Mr. B., in\\npolitics, is a Democrat.\\n^^^^-I^B-v^^ S-\\nrank Abbott, merchant, at Alma, was born\\nNov. 16, 1849, in Pulaski, Jackson Co.,\\nMich. He is the son of Jacob and Mary\\n(Thornton) Abbott, who are residents of Gratiot\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jh-^ County. He obtained a fair education at the\\ncommon schools of his native county, and\\nstudied subsequently at Ypsilanti, in the State Nor-\\nmal School. Till the age of 19 years he was engaged\\nduring the farming season in agricultural labors, and\\nobtained his advanced education after that age, sub-\\nsequently engaging in teaching, which vocation he\\nfollowed until he was 31 years old.\\nIn the spring of 1882 he engaged in mercantile\\ntraffic at Pompei, Gratiot County, where he continued\\nuntil May, 1883. In that month he removed his\\nstock of goods to Alma, and there established his\\nbusiness interests, which he is still conducting. He\\nis a Republican in political principle and a warm ad-\\nvocate of temperance. He is a member of the\\nOrder of Good Templars and of the Sons of Tem-\\nperance.\\nMr. Abbott was married Dec. 5, 1883, at Alma\\n4\\nIc^\\n^C^Z-i", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iisr^^^fi-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n(5)\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vlx Mich., to Fanny E., daughter of S. C. and Fannie\\n/W Blinn. The parents are natives respectively of the\\nState of New York and Michigan. Mrs. Abbott was\\nborn Nov. 22, 1862, in Jackson Connty. She is a\\nx^, member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\njwa OSes G. Tyler, farmer, section 35, North\\n-Jl^ Shade Township, is a son of David and\\n1^^^ Phebe (Orsburn) Tyler, natives of New\\n37\\n11,\\nV\\ns\\n(1.\\n^)\\\\\\\\V\\\\ York State. The former was a carpenter\\nand a farmer. They moved to Wisconsin,\\nwhere they both died.\\nThe subject of this sketch was l)orn June 8, 1822,\\nin the town of Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y. living\\nwith his parents until he was 22 years of- age, he\\nwent to work for himself, and was engaged on a\\nfarm by the month for 10 or 1 1 years,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 five years\\nfor two different uncles. At the age of 30 he mar-\\nried Miss Salina, a daughter of Solomon and Axy\\n(Law) Simon, natives of New York, the first-named\\na farmer. They both died in New York State. Mrs.\\nT. is the fourth daughter in a family of nine chil-\\ndren. In 1863 Mr. Tyler moved to Gratiot County,\\nsettling on 40 acres of wild land, on section 35,\\nwhere he still resides. By his energy and judicious\\nmanagement he has made a fine farm on this place.\\nMr. T. was once elected Justice of the Peace, but\\ndid not serve. He is now Constable. He is a zeal-\\nous Republican. He has had four children, namely\\nPhebe A., Alvin L., Lyman M. C, Lorilla M. and\\nLucia: the last mentioned died at the age of 18\\nyears.\\n-5 v^^^-i^S-VA 5-\\nharles Grover, a highly respected young\\nlej farmer on section 2, Arcada Township,\\n;j,v was born in Ogden Township, Lenawee Co.,\\nj{^ Mich., Oct. I, 1857; and is the son of\\nIv Thomas and Maria (Sherwood) Grover, na-\\ntives of Yorkshire, Eng. Thomas Grover was\\nby occupation a carriage smith, and came to this\\ncountry in 1850, locating in New York State. Two\\nyears later, he came to Lenawee Co., Mich., and after\\na few years there he came to Gratiot County, where\\nhe died at his home on section 2, Arcada Township,\\nAug. 27, 1877, at the age of 65. His wife now re-\\nsides at St. Louis, in this county, at the age of 68.\\nThe subject of this sketch, when two years old,\\ncame with his parents to this county, and lived with\\nthem on section 2, Arcada Township. Here he\\nwas reared and educated. He now owns 60 acres\\nof his father s homestead, 30 acres being improved\\nand under cultivation. Aug. 29, 1881, at St. Louis,\\nhe was married to P^stella Fields, daughter of Albert\\nand Julia N. (Sparry) Fields, natives of Crawford\\nCo., Pennsylvani;i, where, at Girard, Estella was\\nborn, Aug. 24, 1857. Coming with her parents to\\nBethany Township, this county, she was there reared,\\nand lived until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Grover\\nhave one son, William. They are regular attendants\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr.\\nGrover sympathizes with the National Greenback\\nparty. He is a young man of intelligence and in-\\ndustry, and popular among his friends.\\narcus Bing, farmer, section 5, Pine River\\nTownship, was born Oct. 16, 18 16, in\\nNova Scotia. His parents, Marcus and\\n\\\\i Mercy Ring, were both natives of the Prov-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jj ince where their son was born, and where they\\npassed the entire extent of their lives, the\\nmother dying in 1826, the father in 1872. The lat-\\nter was a sea captain, as was his father before him.\\nMr. Ring went to sea with his paternal grand-\\nfather whsn he was 12 years of age, and was absent\\non his first voyage four years. On returning, he be-\\ncame a sailor on a vessel belonging to his uncle, in\\nwhose service he remained until he reached man-\\nhood. His early seafaring life was spent on English\\nsailing vessels, and later he sailed on American ves-\\nsels, the first of which was called the Susan Abigail.\\nHe was quartermaster one season on the steamer\\nAtlantic, plying between Boston and Portland, Me.\\nWhen Mr. Ring was 34 years old, he abandoned his\\nsea life and went to Boston, where he learned the\\npainter s trade, and for six years devoted himself to\\nits pursuit in that city. In January, 1858, he re-\\nmoved to Gratiot County and bought 60 acres of land\\nin its original condition in Arcada Township. He\\nbegan making improvements, and two years later\\nf\\nfp^\\nif^v\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#^ ^3\u00c2\u00bb^\\n^I1!1^I1I1^\\nz.\\n-4f^^f(\u00c2\u00ae i", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "fi\\nklO^\\nt\\nV\\ns\\nt\\n372\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab8-\\n-2\u00c2\u00ab^5s: ^^v ^tl D D Ils v\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nexchanged the property for 80 acres of land in Pine\\nRiver Township. He now owns 120 acres, and has\\nerected good and substantial buildings, and placed\\n70 acres under first-class improvements. Mr. Ring\\nis a Republican in political connection.\\nHe was married in Nova Scotia, May 4, 1844, to\\nZilpha, fifth daughter of Rufus and Letitia (Wyman)\\nRobbins. Nine children have been born of their\\nmarriage William H Eliza A., James M., Helen,\\nAda L., Jennie, Josopliine, Norman J. and Effie M.\\nThe eldest son died in the army, and the second son\\nand third daughter are deceased. Mrs. Ring is a\\nwoman of energy and fine abilities. She has been\\nthe able assistant of her husband, and is the blessed\\nmother of a creditable family. She is one of the\\nwomen whose energies, undaunted courage and per-\\nsistent hopefulness have proven such eminent factors\\nin the present prosperity of Gratiot County. The\\nfather of Mr. Ring died in 1868; her mother died in\\n1873. They were married May 28, 181 1.\\nMr. and Mrs. R. are members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nt r(^# ij illiam Wright, farmer, section 25, North\\ni? l|ggJ i Shade Township, is the son of John and\\njlSfe^ Sarah (Barnaby) Wright. His parents\\ns^Sx were natives of England and in 1853 came to\\nAmerica, landing in New York City. From\\nthere they went to Ohio and located in Lo-\\nrain County, where they remained about three years,\\nwhen (in 1856) they came to Gratiot County. Upon\\ncoming to this county they located on 40 acres of\\nland upon section 35, North Shade Township. To\\nthe original tract of land they subsequently added\\n240 acres, all wild land. Of this they afterwards\\nsold 128 acres, leaving them still a large farm. The\\nelder Wright remained upon this farm until his\\ndeath, which occurred April 3, 1876, when he was\\nat the age of 63 years. Mrs. Wright is still living\\nupon the old homestead.\\nWilliam Wright, the subject of this biography, was\\nborn March 14, 1839, in Suffolk Co., Eng., and came\\nto America with his parents, and continued to reside\\nunder the ])arental roof until he was 21 years of age.\\nAt that time he went into the lumber woods, where\\nhe worked during the winter and ran logs in the\\nspring.\\nIn 186 1, when the dark and dreadful war cloud\\narose from the South, William Wright was among the\\nvery first to step forward in defence of the flag and\\nhonor of his adopted country, and none did more\\nnoble and valiant service than he. He enlisted in\\nCo. D, Third Mich. Inf which was attached to the\\nArmy of the Potomac. Among the numerous bloody\\nengagements his regiment [larticipated in were both\\nthe first and second battles of Bull Run and the\\nseven days fight before Richmond. At the terrible\\nbattle of Bull Run, Mr. Wright was tvounded in the\\nside and hip, and now receives a pension from the\\ngrateful Government he was then defending. He\\nwas taken prisoner at Centerville, Va., at which place\\nhe was also finally paroled. After his discharge he\\nreturned to the home of his parents, conscious that\\nhe had done his whole duty toward his country.\\nMr. Wright was united in marriage in 1871, with\\nMiss Libbie McFarlane. Her parents, John and\\nCaroline (Johnson) McFarlane, were natives of New\\nYork State, and the parents of nine children, of\\nwhom Mrs. Wright is the fourth daughter. She was\\nborn, July 22, 1846 in Washtenaw Co., Mich. Mr. and\\nMrs. McFarlane are residing in Bath Township, Clin-\\nton Co., Mich., and engaged in farming. To Mr. and\\nMrs. Wright have been born three children Ed. J.,\\nOra C. and Ray.\\nMr. Wright is a member of the Masonic Order,\\nLodge 145, Maple Rapids, of the Order of United\\nWorkmen and of the Billy Begole Post of the G. A.\\nR., and politically is a Republican.\\nii l;f ii^il :cnj. D. Ackmoody, merchant at Elwell,\\nf- on section 35, Seville Township, is a son\\ni|P^^ of Abraham H. and Hannah (Atkins)\\nAckmoody, natives of Ulster Co., N. Y. The\\nfather was a farmer, and moved with his wife\\nto Ingham County, this State, where he died\\nin the year 1865. She died Sept. 2, i860, in Cicero,\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice was born\\nDec. 25, 1842, in Onondaga Co., N. Y., and lived at\\nhome until I S years of age. After the death of his\\nmother, he lived with his brother in Cayuga Co., N.\\nr\\nK^\\n3=3\\nr\\nl^\\nr\\nmi^\\nfe\\n:I!!i;^DDi1 A^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "rJ^^ ^^V ^I] tl H Q v -r\\n^i^^^i^\\nh\\nV*?\\nV\\nGHA TIO T CO UNTY.\\n373\\nY., until he joined the army. In July, 1862, he en-\\nlisted in Co. H, I nth N. Y. Vol. Inf., and he was\\nassigned to the Army of the Potomac. He was taken\\nprisoner of war at Harper s Ferry, Sept. 15, 1862, but\\nwas immediately paroled and sent to Chicago. He\\nwas declared exchanged in November of the same\\nyear, and Dec. 18 following he was sent to the hos-\\npital with the small-pox. He was finally discharged\\nFeb. 17, 1863, at Camp Convalescent, Va. He re-\\nturned to his native State, but July 21, 1864, he\\nagain offered his services to his country, enlisting in\\nBattery L, i6th Heavy Artillery. He remained in\\nthe service until the close of the war, and was duly\\ndischarged Aug. 29, 1865.\\nHe was married to Ellen Stone, a daughter of\\nElisha Stone, of New Hampshire. Mr. Ackmoody\\ncame with his wife in September, 1874, to Hillsdale,\\nthis State, where he lived six years. He then came\\nto Gratiot County, and located on 80 acres in the\\ntownship of Sumner. A year later, he went to El-\\nwell and engaged in mercantile life. He has a stock\\nof drugs, dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, and\\nhas a good trade. Mr. and Mrs. A. have one son,\\nhorn in the State of New York, March i, 1867. They\\nare members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nMr. A. is politically a Republican. He is a member\\nof the F. A. M., the P. of H., and the I. O. C. 1\\nt ll illiam W. Jackson, farmer, section 34,\\nlis Newark Township, was born in Erie Co.,\\n\u00c2\u00bbP N. Y., Sept. 16, 1832. His parents, William\\nand Mary A. (Havens) Jackson, were na-\\ntives respectively of Massachusetts and New\\nYork. They settled in the latter State and af-\\nterward removed to Connecticut, where they died.\\nMr. Jackson was brought up to the calling of a\\nfarmer and has pursued it all his life thus far. At\\nthe age of 29 he rented his father s farm and contin-\\nued its management three years. In March, 1865,\\nhe came to Michigan and bought 74 acres of land on\\nsection 3 of Fulton Township. On this he resided\\nand labored 14 years. In 1878, he bought 30 acres\\nof improved land on section 34, Newark Township.\\nHe still retains the ownership of his first land invest-\\nment in Fulton, and, of the 104 acres in his posses-\\nsion, has 65 acres under improvement and in an\\nadvancedstate of culture. Mr. Jackson is a Republi-\\ncan in political sentiment.\\nHe was married in Erie Co., N. Y., Nov. 20, i86r,\\nto Maria, only daughter of Alfred and Eliza (Rath-\\nbun) Cnaffee. The former was born in Vermont,\\nthe latter in Cayuga o., N. Y. Mrs. Jackson is a\\nnative of the county where she was married and was\\nborn March 12, 1840. Five children have been born\\nto Mr. and Mr?. Jackson. The survivors are Hat-\\ntie E., William A. and Charles H. Twin daughters,\\nAlvira S. and Alniira M., died in early infancy.\\nI\\nV^\\n\\\\l\\ni\\\\}ax E. Pollasky, merchant at Alma, was\\nborn Feb. i, 1855, in Hungary. He is a\\nson of Michael and Celia Pollasky, and\\nK months old when his parents\\nV came to the United States. (See sketch of\\nI Michael Pollasky.) They settled in Detroit,\\nMich., where they resided some years, and when they\\nremoved to Alma in 1862 he remained in that city\\nto obtain his education. He there attended the\\ncommon schools and the high school, and was grad-\\nuated from Goldsmith, Bryant Stratton s Commer-\\ncial College. In 1871 he came to Alma to take\\ncharge of his father s business, operating as book-\\nkeeper and general manager for si.K years. At the\\nend of that time he engaged in the manufacture of\\nwooden-ware, with his father as manager. In this\\nhe continued until 1878, when he removed to St.\\nJoseph, Mich., and in company with a resident of\\nthat place erected one of the largest establishments\\nfor the manufacture of wooden-ware in the \\\\Vest.\\nAt the end of the first year this business relation was\\ndissolved, and Mr. Pollasky went to Chicago and en-\\ntered the employ of Messrs. Work, Packer Co., as\\ntraveling salesman. He remained with them six\\nmonths and engaged with Hays Thalheimer Co.,\\nof Rochester, N. Y., for a period of one year. In\\n1880 he became connected with the mercantile house\\nof Schloss Bros., whom he left in July, 1882, to en-\\ngage with L. Newbouer Sons, of Milwaukee, where\\nhe remained until the spring of 1883. In the winter\\nprevious, while still employed in the Cream City, he\\nformed a partnership with his brother, Frank E., and\\nthey established themselves in the mercantile busi-\\nro)\\nI", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "A 374\\n(^r^T^M i^^ Ur^T\\n-^t?^\\nG^^ 77 9 r CO UNTY.\\nness, in which they are still engaged. Mr. Pollasky\\nis a member of the Masonic Order, and is a decided\\nRepublican in politics.\\n-i ^^^p^-i^S V^^\\njj( lit ulius Mey, farmer, resident on section 9,\\n\\\\Mm\\\\,- Pine River Township, was born in Prussia,\\nJan. 22, 1827. He is the son of Ludwig\\nand Amalia Mey, both of whom were natives of\\nPrussia. When Mr. Mey was 19 years old he\\nwas conscripted to serve in the Prussian army,\\nand pursued the career of a soldier three and a half\\nyears. After he obtained his release, in 185 1, he\\ncame to America, and for two years was variously\\nemployed at different points. He came to Gratiot\\nCounty in November, 1853, and bought the farm on\\nwhich he has since expended his time and energies.\\nHe now owns 140 acres and has 45 acres under good\\ncultivation, with a fine house and suitable farm build-\\nings. Mr. Mey was one of tlie earliest settlers in\\nGratiot County, and the crowning event of his life is\\nthus commemorated in rhyme\\nSome nine and twenty years ago.\\nAnd on a certain day,\\nA young man left old Prussia\\nAnd his name was Julius Mey.\\nHe settled here in Gratiot\\nAnd bought himself a home,\\nBut soon found it was not pleasant\\nFor man to live alone.\\nAnd I think that not long after,\\nFrom Germany tliere came\\nA young and lovely maiden\\nMiss Bremer was her name.\\nAnd she also came to Gratiot\\nAnd I ve heard that people say,\\nShe soon became acquainted\\nWith this young man, Julius Mey.\\nThe groom looked young but manly.\\nAnd he liad a foreign air;\\nAnd the bride was young and lovely,\\nA wreath was in her hair.\\nAnd the guests, though few in number,\\nSaid they had a pleasant time,\\nAttending tlie first ^vcddiiii^\\nThai luippciULl on I lie Pine.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Mey to Wilhehnine Bremer\\noccurred Nov. 18, 1855. She was born in Germany,\\nand left her native land when she was 28 years of\\nStt^ss\\n.L^^\\nage. Hannah, Minnie, Otto and Augustus are the\\nfour children of Mr. and Mrs. Mey. The family are\\nall members of the German Lutheran Church. Mr.\\nMey is a member of the National party.\\nThe three oldest children are all school-teachers.\\nThe son, Augustus, is considerable as a musician, the\\norgan being his favorite instrument.\\nrC ilPr_rank A. -Sexton, farmer, Bethany Town-\\nIlL ship, occupying the southeast quarter of\\nT l^ the southeast quarter of section 22, was\\nborn in Huron Co., Ohio, March 21, 1855.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^K^ He was reared on a farm in his native county\\nuntil 1875, when his parents, Hiram and Ade-\\nline (Root) Sexton, moved witli the family to Breck-\\nenridge, this county, which place then consisted of\\none grocery and two dwelling-houses, one of the\\nlatter a log structure and the other a frame.\\nHere, March 26, 1879, the subject of this sketch\\nwas married to Miss Ida A., daughter of Lewis and\\nEllen Campbell, who was born in Marshall, Calhoun\\nCo., Mich., Jan. 3, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. S. have one\\nson. Dorr, who was born March 11, i88i,in Bethany\\nTownship.\\nAt his present residence, Mr. Sexton bought 40\\nacres of land, and moved upon the place in 1880.\\nIt was then covered with timber. He has since\\ncleared about 20 acres, erected a tasteful residence\\nand barn, and is making many substantial improve-\\nments.\\nImeron Bradley, of tlie firm of Bradley\\nStevens, i)roprietors of a planing-mill at\\nAlma, was born Jan. i, 1832, in Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y. His parents, Almeron and Marinda\\n(Norton) Bradley, were also natives of the\\nsame county, were married there and there passed\\nthe entire period of their lives, which continued but\\ntwo years after their marriage.\\nMr. Bradley was in early infancy when lie became\\nan orplian, and he was brought up by his grand-\\nfather. When he was 19 years old he turned his\\nattention to learning the trade of a car|)enler, which\\nlie followed six years in the city of Syracuse. In\\ni\\nA\\n4\\n^DflSntlf^^:\u00c2\u00a9-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "^/li^^-tf--\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r-T\\nc^tlIl :[lI]^\\n-^^a\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ST\\nV\\nGHA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\n377\\n1856 he came to Michigan and followed his trade in\\nOakland County. He was also engaged in mercan-\\ntile pursuits three years, when he sold out and\\nremoved to Midland County. He was there em-\\nployed as a builder and contractor about two and a\\nhalf years. He then removed to Saginaw, where he\\nwas similarly engaged until 187 i. In that year he\\nwent to Iowa and there operated as a hotel-keeper\\nfive years, at (Jreene, Butler County. At the expira-\\ntion of that time he went to Cedar Rapids and once\\nmore followed the pursuit of building. He was oc-\\ncupied there five years, and then returned to Saginaw\\nwith three small children, his wife having died at\\nCedar Rapids. He worked at his trade in Saginaw\\nthree years, and in the spring of 1883 came to Alma.\\nThe following fall he entered into partnership with\\nFrank E. Jennings for the purpose of engaging in\\nthe manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, and\\nin the general building business, the firm being con-\\nstituted as Bradley Jennings. The firm is now\\nBradley Stevens.\\nMr. Bradley was first married in Orion, Oakland\\nCounty, Jan. 9, 1859, to Almira J., daughter of Zetus\\nNewell. She was born at Moore s, Clinton Co., N.\\nY., in 1839. Five children were born of this mar-\\nriage, three of whom survive Maud A., Minnie B.\\nand Charles C. The mother died May 10, 1880.\\nThe deceased children died in infancy. Mr. Bradley\\nwas again married Jan. i,.i88i, at Saginaw, to Char-\\nlotte Hurd, a native of Canada. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBradley are both active members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. In political connection he is a\\nRepublican.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ntassy^^r \u00e2\u0080\u0094m\\n^^%(Mn^\\nr^\\nV\\nohn W. Lewis, cashier and stock-holder in\\nthe banking house of Steel, Turck Co.\\nat Ithaca, was born in Stonington, New\\nLondon Co., Conn., Nov. 20, 1844. He is a\\n^r son of Benj. F. and Sarah (Rogers) Lewis.\\nHis father was born in Stonington, Dec. 13,\\n1814, and has been a resident there nearly all his\\nlife. He was engaged through his active career as a\\nboot and shoe dealer, which branch of business he\\ncarried on extensively until his retirement. He is\\nstill a resident of Stonington. The mother was born\\nin New London Co., Conn., Dec. 28, 1817, and is\\nstill living.\\nMr. Lewis received a careful education in the\\ncommon schools of his native place, which he sup-\\nplemented by two years attendance at select schools. K^\\nHe had determined upon the vocation of carpenter\\nand joiner, and spent two and a half years fitting\\nhimself for that calling as a pursuit in life. He fol-\\nlowed that six months longer; and in June, 1865,\\ncame west to Jackson Co., Mich., remaining three\\nmonths in Parma, after which he went to St. John s,\\nClinton County. He passed between two and three\\nyears officiating as a dry-goods salesman in a mer-\\ncantile house, and in 1869 he became bookkeeper in\\nthe First National Bank of St. John s. He was there\\nengaged seven years, and in July, 1877, he came to\\nIthaca, Mich., where he became manager in the\\nbanking establishment of Church, Bills Co. In\\nApril, 1880, associated with nine others, he founded\\nthe banking house designated under the style of\\nSteel, Turck Co., which has continued in success-\\nful operation since, and in which he is still interested\\nand officiating as Cashier. The house is engaged in\\nall the branches of business common to similar estab-\\nlishments. In August, 1880, the banking establish-\\nment of Turck, Winton Co. was founded at Alma,\\nin which Mr. Lewis was interested as an organizer\\nand stock-holder. His connection with the institu-\\ntion terminated in August, 1883. In the spring of\\n1880, in company with J. H. Seaver, he opened a\\ngeneral mercantile business at Ithaca, where the firm\\nare having a profitable trade in dry goods, notions,\\ncrockery, ready-made clothing, groceries, etc. Their\\nstock is well assorted in accordance with the local de-\\nmand, and is valued at f 18,000. The annual trans-\\nactions amount to $65,000, and the magnitude of\\nthe regular business renders necessary the aid of six\\nsalesmen. The proprietors are also engaged in\\nhandling wool, grain and other local products, in\\nwhich branch of business they embarked in 1882.\\nTheir warehouse is located on Pine River Street,\\nnear the railroad.\\nMr. Lewis is the [iresent incumbent of the office\\nof Village Treasurer, and has held the office four\\nyears in succession. He is a prominent member of\\nthe Masonic fraternity, and is High Priest of Ithaca\\nChapter, No. 70. He also belongs to St. John s Com-\\nmandery, No. 24, K. T. He owns his residence and\\n^S\\nV\\nV\\nO\\nfy^-^ m^\\nm MWy\\ntl", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "-^^K ^vc tin :illlfi v^\\n-\u00c2\u00bb^c(\u00c2\u00aevi;j;\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ngrounds at Ithaca, and, in company with Mr. Seaver,\\nis the proprietor of a lot on Main Street, with 60 feet\\nfrontage, adjoining the bank block.\\nI The marriage of Mr. Lewis to Ida Fox took place\\n(ch at Ithaca, Sept. 10, i88r. She was born in Bascom,\\nSeneca Co., Ohio, Dec. 31, i860.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Lewis is given on a preceding\\npage.\\nrS^\\njuba Sexton, farmer, section 22, Bethany\\nlil fe^ Towriship, occupies 40 acres, the southwest\\n^||S quarter of the southeast quarter of the section.\\ni{\u00c2\u00abr He was born in Huron Co., Ohio, Oct. 29, 1853,\\n1 is the son of Hiram and Adeline (Root) Sex-\\nton, and was reared and educated upon the farm.\\nIn 1874 he cam\u00c2\u00a3 with the family to Breckenridge^\\nthis county, where his father purchased 240 acres,\\nand still resides. His mother is deceased. la\\nthe spring of 1880 he bought 40 acres of section\\n32, Wheeler Township, and a year afterward he sold\\nit and purchased his present farm, the tract consist-\\ning of 40 acres, one-half of which is now in good\\ncultivation. He himself has made all the clearing,\\nbuilt a nice house, barn, etc.\\nHe was married Dec. 3, 1875, to Hattie, daughter\\nof Aaron M. and Lucy (Landon) Wheeler. To this\\nmarriage have been born two children Seth and\\nMaud.\\nf N.Y.\\nIbert C. Barrow, of the firm of Adams\\nrs^siTS^ Barrow, proprietors of the City Bakery at\\njr^ Alma, was born June 6, 1847, in Monroe Co.,\\nHis father, Thomas C. Barrow, was a\\nnative of England his mother, Cordelia\\n(Spicer) Barrow, was born in New York. After their\\nmarriage they located in Monroe County, where the\\nfather foUov/ed the vocation of wagon-maker nearly\\n20 years, afterward engaging in farming. They had\\na family of nine children, seven sons and two\\ndaughters.\\nMr. Barrow of this sketch is the eldest son. He\\nwas under the guidance of his father until he reached\\nthe age of 19, when he went to Erie Co. N. Y., and\\nengaged in business with Truman Willis. The rela-\\ntion continued 16 months, when their establishment\\nwas destroyed by fire and their business interests\\nsuffered irreparable damage. They dissolved part-\\nnership, and in the fall of 1866 Mr. Barrow came to\\nMichigan and located at Alma. He afterward went\\nto Edniore, in Montcalm County, where he was en-\\ngaged in the management of a boarding-house for\\nW. G. Pierce. On the termination of that engage-\\nment he bought a building at Alma and proceeded\\nto put it in suitable condition for the prosecution of\\nthe baking business, in conjunction with a restaurant.\\nWhile the repairs were in progress the building\\nburned, involving a heavy loss. He formed a part-\\nnership with his present associate, D. W. Adams, in\\norder to establish the business which they are now\\nmanaging. In 1882 they erected the building they\\nat present occupy, and where they are conducting a\\nprosperous business. Mr. Barrow is a member of\\nthe Masonic Order and a Republican in political\\nconnection. In the spring of 1883 he was elected\\nCouncilman of the Village of Alma.\\nHe was married July 4, 1874, at Alma, to Joseph-\\nine, daughter of George H. and Eliza Gantz. She\\nwas born Feb. 18, 1856, in Gratiot Co., Mich. Her\\nparents were natives of Ohio. The household of\\nMr. Barrow includes three children: Walter H.,\\nThomas W. and Frances E.\\nIll Lll iHr\\\\i^l\\ngf^SI l erbert N. Robinson, farmer and teacher,\\nj?|^y^ resident on section 16, Pine River Town-\\nSlfli^ ship, was born in Medina Co., Ohio, July\\n21, 1842, and is the son of Joshua N. and Julia\\n*t A. (Bisbee) Robinson. They were natives of\\n1 Massachusetts, and soon after their marriage\\nsettled in Ohio, where they resided until 1866. In\\nthe spring of that year, they came to Gratiot County\\nand settled on section 16, where the family resided\\nuntil the death of the father, June 8, 1872. The\\nmother resides in St. Louis. Their family included\\nthree sons and two daughters.\\nMr. Robinson obtained a good common-school\\neducation, and afterwards studied at Oberlin and\\nBerea, Ohio. He was graduated from the Commer-\\ncial College at Oberlin. When he was 20 years old,\\nthe shot fired at Sumter aroused his ambition to aid\\nin suppressing the rebellion, and he enhsted in Oc-\\ntober, 1862, in the 128th Reg, Ohio Vol. Inf., and\\nyW\\ns:/\\n1^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "m\\nt\\n/^e^\u00c2\u00ab^#^\\n^tltl ^llll\\n-T\u00e2\u0080\u0094r\\n-es^\\nm\\n/N\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n379\\nremained in the United States service until the close\\nof the war. He was in many important actions, and\\nreceived honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio.\\nOn leaving the army, Mr. Robinson came to Mich-\\nigan and bought 80 acres of unimproved land on\\nsection 16, where he has since expended his energies\\nand labor until he has cleared and improved 60 acres\\nof the land belonging to him, and built commodious\\nand suitable farm buildings. Mr. Robinson has had\\na successful career as a teacher. He taught two\\nconsecutive years in Ithaca, and has devoted the\\nwinter seasons of the past 17 years, with but a single\\nexception, to that calling. He taught three terms in\\nOhio previous to enlisting in the army. He belongs\\nto the National Greenback party, and has officiated\\nas School Superintendent.\\nMr. Robinson was married April 23, 1S68, in Pine\\nRiver Township, to Melissa S., daughter of John S.\\nand Diana (Ganong) Hildreth, both of whom were\\nnatives of New York. Mrs. Robinson was born Oct.\\n17, 1850, in Clinton Co., Mich. She and her hus-\\nband have been the parents of five children, two of\\nwhom are yet living, James and Glen. Three died\\nin early infancy. The parents are members of the\\nDisciples Church.\\nir\u00c2\u00ab^\\n!5^3?!SS\\n^^S^J^\\nly;^ ames M. Hendershott, farmer on sections\\n12 and 13, Seville Township, is a son of\\nIsaac and Nancy (Worthington) Hender-\\nshott, natives of Pennsylvania. The great-\\ngrandparents came to the colony of Pennsyl-\\nvania with the renowned William Penn.\\nJames mother died in Michigan in 1837, when he\\nwas only six months old, the family having removed\\nfrom Pennsylvania to Groveland, N. Y., and later to\\nTectimseh, Mich. The father, a carpenter, afterward\\nremoved to Manchester, where he was employed for\\n12 years, and then he went to Jackson County, where\\nhe died, in 1870, at the advanced age of 90. He\\nserved as a teamster in the late civil war, though then\\nvery old, and was discharged in 1865.\\nThe subject of this biographical narrative was born\\nAug. 19, 1836, at Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Mich.,\\nand remained at home until 24 years of age, since\\nwhich time he has followed farming. He went from\\nLenawee County to Manchester, Washtenaw County,\\nwhere he lived for 1 2 years. He then resided in\\nJackson County for ten years, working on his father s\\nfarm, after which he removed to Portland, Ionia\\nCounty, and bought 20 acres of land, on which he\\nlived for one year. He next lived for six years at\\nMuir, Ionia County, and in 1872 came to Gratiot\\nCounty and located 80 acres of wild land. He cut\\nthe first tree on his place, and by diligence and in-\\ndustry he has now opened up a nice farm.\\nIn 1857, he was married to Mary Slater, the daugh-\\nter of Joseph and Betsy (McKinstry) Slater, natives\\nrespectively of New Jersey and New York. The\\ndaughter was born May 7, i84t, and came with her\\nparents from lire Empire State to Lenawee Co.,\\nMich. Mr. and Mrs. H. have a family of five:\\nIsaac, Cora, Ellsworth, Leroy and Edward. Mr. H.\\nhas been Moderator of his district a number of terms,\\nand is politically a Republican.\\nR^l^avid Bailey, farmer and raiser of fine stock,\\n^,w-s^^\\na son of Thomas and Lavina (Hayes) Bailey.\\nMr. Bailey was a native of New England,\\nand followed farming. Lavina Hayes was a\\nnative of Ohio. The Baileys for several generations\\npast have been sailors. David lived in Ohio with\\nhis parents until 11 years old, when they came to this\\nState and located on a farm in Lenawee County.\\nWhen 18, he engaged in the manufacture of brick;\\nand in the spring of 1853 he went to Delta, Ohio, in\\nthe same business. A year later he returned to\\nLenawee County and became overseer of the brick-\\nyards of M. C. Perkins Co. He was thus engaged\\nuntil his marriage.\\nApril I, 1857, at Delta, Ohio, he was united in\\nmarriage to Mary A., daughter of J. I. and Lucy\\n(Sackett) Rector, natives of New York, and of Ger-\\nman and English descent. They carried on farming\\nin New York, and then at Delta, Ohio, where Mr.\\nRector was considered one of the most practical\\nfarn.urs in that part of the State. At Delta, Mary\\nA. was born, March 8, 1837. She was educated in\\nthe common schools, and at Adrian College, and then\\ntaught school until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBailey remained in Fulton Co., Ohio, until late in the\\nsection 12, Arcada Township, was born in\\nGeauga Co., Ohio, Feb. 27, 1833; and is\\n?^-V\u00c2\u00a95\u00c2\u00abeSr|-\\n_^. J^-^r^r-\\nS-V^\\nT^jiimm^\\nt\\n\\\\i^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "380\\ni\\n/0\u00c2\u00bb\\ni\\n1\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nZi^^-\\n-\u00c2\u00aeS\u00c2\u00a7^^g\\nwinter of 1861, when they came to this State and\\ncounty, and located on 80 acres of wild land which\\nhe had purchased in the winter of 1855. He has\\nsince added 80 acres by purchase, and now has one\\nof the finest farms in the county. He has just com-\\npleted a really handsome dwelling, at a cost of $4,000,\\nand all his farm buildings are first-class. In the\\nspring of 1870, he established a large brick-yard,\\nwhich he worked until 1S81, in connection with his\\nfarm.\\nThey have had a family of four children, two of\\nwhom are now living: Luella B., born Dec. 29,\\n185- Clara B., born Jan. 20, 185- and twins, born\\nAug. 12, 1863, and died in infancy. Mr. Bailey is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order, belonging both to the\\nblue lodge and to the chapter. He held the office of\\nSheriff of Gratiot County for four years. In politics\\nhe is an active and influential Republican. Mrs.\\nBailey and her eldest daughter are members of the\\nBaptist Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00a3S-\\nohn W. Doane, farmer, upon sections 8\\nand 9, Pine River Township, was born July\\n2, 1833, in Ontario Co., N. Y. He is son\\nof Erastus and Hester (Stringham) Doane, who\\njt were both natives of the State of New York.\\nThey first settled in Cato, Ontario County, and\\nin 1834 located in Livingston Co., Midi., where they\\npassed the remaining years of their lives. The father\\ndied in August, i86i. The mother survived until\\nNov. 27, 1883. Rebecca, Jemima, Joseph, John W.,\\nRobert, Henry, Elnathan and Mary were the names\\nof their children.\\nMr. Doane was less than a year old when his par-\\nents settled in Michigan, where he has since been a\\nresident. On reaching his majority he decided on\\nthe life of a pioneer, and in October, 1854, he bought\\n160 acres of wild land in Pine River Township. He\\nhas made subsequent purchases of land until he now\\nowns 280 acres. He has cleared and improved 180\\nacres, and in the summer of 1875 he built a commo-\\ndious frame house to replace the log cabin where he\\nplanned for the future, lived in primitive simplicity\\nand which was endeared to him as the place where\\nhis children were born, and made sacred by the en-\\ntrance of the Guest who crosses threshold, passes\\ni||^V^\\ndoor, and glides at will from floor to floor. In the\\nsummer of 1883 he erected a barn, after a modern\\npattern, which adds materially to the substantial ap-\\npearance of the place.\\nOn setting out in the enterprise which he has ac-\\ncomplished so successfully, and which manifests so\\nunmistakably the quality of the efforts he has brought\\nto bear upon the fulfillment of his projects, he bor-\\nrowed the money with which to obtain proprietorship\\nof his land. Energy, industry and perseverance have\\nworked their inevitable results. He enjoys the con-\\nfidence and esteem of his fellows and has acted in\\nthe capacity of Treasurer of his township. He is\\ndeeply interested in educational affairs and has filled\\nthe several school offices in his district.\\nMr. Doane was early aroused in the war of the\\nrebellion to a sense of his duty in the exigency which\\nthreatened the integrity of the Union. Under the\\nsecond call for troops lie enrolled as a soldier, enlist-\\ning Aug. 12, i86i,in the 8th Mich. Inf His service\\nin behalf of the United States covered a period of\\nthree years and five days. The trophies of the Eighth\\nMichigan are recorded in the pages of all the histo-\\nries of the war. The valor of its soldiers and the\\nhard-fouglit battle-fields which make up its roll of\\nhonor, are perpetuated by a deathless fame. Mr.\\nDoane was engaged at James Island, where the bay-\\nonet charge of his regiment was made, whose daring\\nhad few parallels in the whole course of the war, at\\nthe second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, An-\\ntietam, Fredericksburg and the battle of the Wilder-\\nness. In the last he was wounded in the left knee\\nby a minie-ball. He was so much disabled that\\nhe was discharged from the service at Annapolis, Md.,\\nAug. 17, 1864. He enlisted as a private, passed\\nthrough the non-commissioned grades of promotion,\\nand on May 6, 1864, received his commission as First\\nLieutenant for meritorious conduct. He was wound-\\ned the same day.\\nMr. Doane was first married Dec. 10, 1857, in Pine\\nRiver Township, to Lucinda, daughter of Amasa and\\nMercy Packard. Of this union one child Ida was\\nborn, who died at the age of two years. The mother\\ndied Nov. 4, i860. Mr. Doane was again mar-\\nried, in Pine River Township, March 17, 1865, to\\nMartha A. Packard, sister of his former wife. Four\\nchildren were born to them Amasa, Erastus, Lu-\\ncinda M. and Edith M. The second wife died Aug.\\nr.\\nA\\nsy\\n^tlli:^:tlllf^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "v^\\nr^\\nJ\\nl^\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-|4f^;f^\\n381\\n6, 1880. The third marriage of Mr. Doane was con-\\ntracted April 3, i88r, with Minnie L., second daugh-\\nter of Julius and Wilhehnine Mey (see sketch).\\nShe was born in Pine River Township, Aug. 28, 1858,\\nand is a member of the German Lutheran Church.\\nMr. Doane is a Republican in political faitli and ac-\\ntion.\\niTfp^j, aniel Chambers, farmer, section ^4, New\\nj; iw^^J Haven Township, is a son of Elias and\\n4lcSy- Christiana (Stockman) Chambers, natives\\nXjfii of Stark Co., Ohio, who died in Crawford\\nCounty, that State, the former about 1838, aged\\n35, and the latter in November, 1850, aged 45.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Liberty\\nTownship, Crawford Co., Ohio, July 14, 1836. After\\nthe death of his father he resided at various places,\\nworking at manual labor during the summer seasons\\nand attending school winters. By his industry he\\nthus obtained a good common-school education, and\\nat 21 began teaching school, following this vocation\\nfor ten terms.\\nOct. 17, 1861, Mr. Chambers was married, in his\\nnative county, to Miss RosannaBrillhart, daughter of\\nJohn and Mary (Hull) Brillhart, natives of York Co.,\\nPa. Mrs. C. was born in Stark Co., Ohio, Feb. 23,\\n1842, but was brought up and educated in Crawford\\nCounty, that State. In 1878 Mr. C. sold out his\\nplace in Ohio and purchased 80 acres of partly im-\\nproved land on section 34, New Haven Township,\\nwhere he now resides. He has the place well im-\\nproved. The buildings are in good trim, the soil is\\nin fine tillable condition, and there are present the\\nusual appointments of a comfortable home.\\nMr. Chambers is an Elder in the Dunkard Church,\\nof which religious body his wife is also an active\\nmember. He has always refused to accept the many\\noffices which have been tendered him by his fellow-\\ncitizens.\\nMr. and Mrs. Chambers have had the following\\nchildren John W., Daniel E., Milton M., Mary R\\nand James M. the two latter deceased. John W.\\ncompleted his education at the age of 18, and has\\nsince devoted his time to the profession of teaching\\nin the common schools of this county. He is a\\nthorough student and a skillful and successful\\nteacher.\\no o\\nl^sther A. Runyan, widow of Marshal F.\\nRunyan, resident on sec. 31, North Shade\\nwiw Township, is a daughter of Silas and Mary\\nj J^ (Barnes) Runyan, natives of West Stockbridge,\\nI Mass. The father was a cooper by trade, and\\nalso followed the occupation of a farmer. The\\nparents moved to Oneida Co., N. Y., where they re-\\nmained for a period of time and then removed to\\nAshtabula Co.,Ohio, where they both died, the father\\nNov. 14, 1869, and the mother June 22, 1875.\\nEsther A. Runyan was born Dec. 2, 1814, in\\nOneida Co., N. Y. May 25, 1834, she was married\\nto Marshal F. Runyan, who was born Sept. 19, 18 10,\\nand died Oct. 23, 1866, in Ionia Co., this State.\\nAfter their marriage they came from Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio, to Ionia city, this State, where they re-\\nmained for a portion of a year and then moved to\\nLyons, same cour)ty, and there he followed the occu-\\npation of wagon-making for seven years, when they\\nemigrated to this county and located on the west half\\nof the southwest quarter of section 31, North Shade\\nTownship. They were among the first settlers in the\\ntownship, and experienced all the trials and troubles\\nincident to pioneer life. They have 35 acres of land\\nunder good improvement.\\nMr. and Mrs. Runyan have been blessed with the\\nbirth of eight children, namely Mary A., Frances,\\nWilliam, Harriet, George A., Alice A., Francis T. and\\nEmma R.\\nMr. R. held the position of Town Clerk, and in\\npolitics was a staunch Republican.\\nlA^))^^!^^\\n^Wborman D. Vincent, deceased, was a son of\\n.^M John and Lucretia Vincent, was born in\\nNew York, Oct. 10, 1827. When a boy he\\nwas employed in a cotton-mill at Colioes,\\n1^ N. Y.; afterward he learned the trade of car-\\npenter and joiner, which he followed a number\\nof years. He was married in Niagara Co., N. Y.\\nApril 18, 1847, to Miss Sarah E. Miller, daughter of\\nDaniel and Mary (Cress) Miller, who was born in\\nMontgomery, May 10, 1831. By this marriage there\\nwere nine children, of whom four are living, viz.\\nW\\nA\\nc^:\\nr\\n^(^mM\\\\^^^\\n~ssi\u00c2\u00a3: M^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "382\\nrs^^i\\nry\\ni my.Vih r\\n^2^^ii^ Sr\\n-as#\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n,0\\n1\\nV\\ns\\nI\\nMary, now the wife of Franklin Rowley, a farmer of\\nBethany Township; John H., deceased; Freeman,\\nwho died at the age of 21 Milo, now at home Ida,\\nwidow of Clinton B. Snyder; Emma J., Hiram E.\\nand Carrie A., all deceased, and Sarah E.\\nMr. Vincent came to St. Louis in 1862, and\\nbought the present homestead, 80 acres, in the\\nspring of 1864. Having no house, he resided on the\\nfarm of John H. Suydam, near by. He followed his\\ntrade, mosdy in St. Louis, until his death. In this\\nvillage he built the residence of Henry L. Holcomb,\\nhelped build the grist-mill and a number of other\\nlarge structures. The last house he put up was the\\nresidence of S. D. Hicks, a neighbor.\\nAt the time of his arrival in this county his farm\\nwas covered with heavy timber. There were no\\nroads, bridges, school-houses, etc. He built the\\nschool-house in his district in the spring of 1869.\\nSt. Louis at that time was very small, and the family\\nhad many trials incident to pioneer life. In October,\\n1863, Mr. V. was drafted to serve in the war, and\\nplaced in Co. D, 4th Mich. Cav., serving until the\\nclose of the war, working at his trade, building\\nbridges, etc. He was for a time Township Treas-\\nurer, and he held other school offices. Of the home-\\nstead left by him there are now 35 acres in cultiva-\\ntion.\\nMr. Vincent .was killed Feb. 26, 1878, by the fall-\\ning of a tree which he had cut. This sudden\\ncalamity cast an indescribable gloom over a large\\ncircle of relatives and friends.\\nf homas Argent, farmer on section 22, Sum-\\nner Township, is a son of John and Eliza-\\npi^ beth (Green) Argent, natives of England.\\nThomas was born in Huntingtonshire, Eng.,\\nAug. 8, 1833, and at the age of zr emigrated\\nto the United States, locating first in Huron\\nCo., Ohio, and two years later coming to Detroit.\\nExcept six years in Washtenaw County, he was en-\\ngaged in farming near Detroit and in other places in\\nWayne County unril the spring of 1881. He then\\ncame to this county and purchased 80 acres, partly\\nimproved, on section 22, Sumner Township. He has\\nsince added much to the value of the land by making\\nfurther improvements.\\nJune 5, 1854, in Cambridgeshire, England, he was\\nmarried to Miss Elizabeth Golden, a native of that\\ncountry. She died in Washtenaw County, this State,\\nSept. II, 1867, leaving a family of four: Mary E.,\\nAlice M George E. and Minnie, and these chil-\\ndren are the only near relatives Mr. Argent has in\\nthis country. April 12, 1870, at Canton, Wayne Co.,\\nMich., he was again married, to Miss Mary Gill,\\ndaughter of Richard and Hannah (Smith) Gill, na-\\ntives of England, where the former was a shoemaker.\\nThe daughter, now Mrs. Argent, was born in Canton,\\nWayne County, Dec. 6, 1837, and lived in that county\\nuntil her marriage. Mr. Argent has made many\\nfriends during his brief residence in Gratiot County.\\nHe has held the office of Overseer of Highways, and\\nis politically on the fence.\\ni7^ Lleazer F. Wiley, farmer, section 7, Pine\\ny^i^ River Township, was born Dec. 23, 1834, in\\nPennsylvania. His parents, Isaac and\\nMary (Woods) Wiley, were natives of the State\\nof New York, where they resided some time af-\\nter their marriage. They went thence to the\\nKeystone State, where they lived only about one\\nyear, then moved back to New York, where they\\nreared their family, consisting of five sons and four\\ndaughters.\\nMr. Wiley is the youngest child, and in early youth\\nwas thrown by circumstances upon his own resources.\\nHe maintained himself in a manner every way cred-\\nitable, and in later years was largely instrumental in\\nthe care and support of his mother. He came to\\nGratiot County in the winter of 1S59, and bought 80\\nacres of land in Seville Township. He came thither\\nfrom the State of New York, driving the entire route\\n\\\\vith two horses and a buggy, which he exchanged in\\npayment for his land. On this he resided fouryears.\\nIn 1863 he sold out and purchased 40 acres in Pine\\nRiver Township, which constitutes his present home.\\nHe has increased his estate by the purchase of 63\\nacres additional, and his tillable land includes 50\\nacres, which is under advanced cultivation. He has\\nmade substantial progress in worldly affairs, and, in\\nthe summer of 1883, erected a good farm house. He\\nis independent in political faith and action.\\nMr. Wiley was married Dec. 23, 1857, in Orleans\\nI\\nA\\nV\\nK^-\\n,^^c ^;A |]j]\u00c2\u00a7pii; h:^^^ s^\u00c2\u00a7^\\n-4^^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "iisrD)^#\u00c2\u00ab\\nZJ^K ^r^^W a :-0; n llv.\\nrr\\nS^^^J ^T.\\nI\\n/N\\nGRATIOT OOUNTY.\\nCo., N. Y., to Clarissa, daughter of Luther and Sally\\n(Strickland) Sackett. She was born Aug. 7, 1840, in\\nOrleans County, and her parents were natives respect-\\nively of Pennsylvania and New York. Clara R.,\\nMary C, Emory L. and Orson A. are the names of\\nthe surviving children. Two are deceased Ells-\\nworth and Marion F. The parents are members of\\nthe Disciples Church. Mr. W. has been Justice of\\nthe Peace three years, and School Inspector one year.\\n4\\nt\\noses H. White, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nsection 33, New Haven Township, is a\\nson of Noah and Dorotha (Sleeper) White,\\nnatives of New Hampshire and of Scotch\\ndescent; the former, an agriculturist, died in\\n1861, in Vermont, aged 68 years; and the latter\\ndied about the same time, at the age of 65.\\nMoses H. was born Oct. 26, 1815, in Waldron,\\nCaledonia Co., Vt.; was brought up on his father s\\nfarm until nearly 14 years old, and then lived with an\\nuncle until 18 years of age, during which time he had\\nto labor hard and have no opportunities for education\\nor recreation; and, although he was bound to his\\nuncle by his father until he was 2 1 years of age, he\\nran away to Saratoga Springs and found employment\\nas a stage-driver. After a time he went to Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., and attended school a short time, paying\\nhis way by what he had earned as a stage-driver.\\nNext he worked for awhile as a helper in the carpen-\\nter and joiner s trade; then, going to Rochester, N.\\nY., he made $200 by riding the horse Blucher in\\na race and in speculating upon the race, and then\\ndrove stage awhile; then he found employment upon\\nthe farm of a gentleman of turf distinction a year\\nlater he engaged as chieftain to the ho\\\\isehold, livery-\\nman, etc., for a wealthy Quaker, serving in this\\ncapacity two years.\\nDuring the latter period, in Ajjril, 1838, lie mar-\\nried Miss Miranda Wheelock, who was born Aug. 1 1,\\n1822, in Batavia, N. Y.; and they at once came to\\nJackson, Mich., where he was liveryman a year; the\\nnext summer he helped build a saw-mill. During\\nthis time he was for awhile disabled for work by\\nfever and ague. Two years later he moved to\\nIngham Co., Mich., locating on a farm of 40 acres;\\nfive years later he went to Lansing, and two years\\nstill later he returned to his farm. In the spring of\\n1856 he came to Gratiot County, settling upon a\\n40-acre tract, where he now resides. To the original\\npurchase he has added 120 acres, and he now has\\nthis amount well improved. His farm, indeed, is not\\nto be excelled in this part of the country. He has a\\ngood residence, barn and other buildings, etc.\\nMr. White is a member of the I. O. O. F., is a\\nstaunch, influential Republican, has been Supervisor\\nfor five consecutive years, and has held all the other\\ntownship offices. He was also Postmaster for a\\nnumber of years. Mrs. W. is a member of the\\nRegular Baptist Church. The living children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. White are: Frances Z., Charity M., Phebe\\nand Alfarata; the deceased are Charles A. and\\nChloe J.\\nruman Richmond, farmer on section 34,\\nSeville Township, is a son of Otis and Har-\\nriet (Van Brunt) Richmond, natives of the\\nState of New York. Otis Richmond, a far-\\nmer also, resided in his native State until he\\nwas a young man, and then, coming to Michi-\\ngan, located on 120 acres in the township of Bridge-\\nwater, Washtenaw County, where he lived about 20\\nyears. Spending one year in Lenawee County, he\\nthen resided 19 years more in Washtenaw County.\\nHe died in 1857, and his wife survived him but six\\nyears.\\nThe subject of this biography was born July i,\\n1839, in Washtenaw County, and remained with his\\nfather until 21 years old. Forsome time he was then\\nengaged at farming, carpentry, blacksmithing and\\nother occupations, receiving on an average about $14\\nper month. After three years he engaged in farming\\nin Jackson County, and four years later he returned\\nto Washtenaw County, where he was similarly en-\\ngaged for three years. The ensuing eight years he\\nlived in Hillsdale County, at the expiration of wliich\\ntime (in 1876) he came to Gratiot County and located\\non 80 acres on section 34, Seville. He has now one\\nof the best farms in the townshi[) and good buildings,\\nhaving erected a large barn in 1879, and a neat\\ndwelling in 1882, at a cost of $1,100.\\nV\\nr\\nX\\ni\\nHe was married May 23, 1861, to Eliza J. Pykett,\\nA ^ii!]:^llllv\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-x d*^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "^ff=^\\n^iiiii :iin v\\nV\\n384\\nGRA TIO T CO UNTY.\\nwho was born March i, i84i,in Washtenaw Co.,\\nMich., and is the daughter of Thomas and Catharine\\n(Freeman) Pykett, natives respectively of England\\nand Germany. They came to the United States at\\nan early day, and settled in Washtenaw County, this\\nState, where the mother died Aug. 6, 1864. The\\nfather yet lives, and has attained to the advanced\\nage of 108. He has an iron constitution, has lived\\nan active life, and is yet hale and hearty. Mr. Rich-\\nmond is politically a National, and is a member of\\nElm Hall Lodge, No. 257, F. A. M. Mrs. R. is a\\nmember of the Star Lodge, of Hillsdale County.\\nohn Medler, farmer on section 3, Sumner\\nij Township, was born in Bayham Township,\\nElgin Co., Ont., May 20, 1835. His par-\\nents were natives of Nova Scotia, and his father\\nwas a sailor most of his life. John was under\\nthe care of his parents until 16 years old, when\\nhe apprenticed himselfto a carpenter, a Mr. McGinnis,\\nof Burwell, in his native county. After serving a part\\nof his time, he commenced working by the month for\\nanother gentleman. Thus he was engaged for two\\nyears, when he quit the carpenter business and en-\\ngaged in farming on shares. Afterwards resuming\\nhis trade, he took job-work for four years. Then\\nselling out, he came to this State and county, making\\nhis first settlement on section 3, Sumner Township,\\nwhere he bought 40 acres of wild land.\\nHe zealously set to work to improve hii land, ex-\\nperiencing most of the privations of pioneers. He\\nbrought his flour 22 miles. He has by industry and\\neconomy added 40 acres, and the majority of the land\\nis well improved. He has also a comfortable resi-\\ndence and farm buildings.\\nOct. 20, 1858, he was united in marriage in his\\nnative county to Miss Mary Ryckman, a native of\\nthe same county, born July 29, 1839. She is the\\nmother of one daughter. Bind J., who was born April\\n29, i860. She was married March 13, 1879, to\\nCharles E. Slingluff. who was born in Crawford Co.,\\nPa., Dec. 3, 1854. He came to this State when 23\\nyears old, and now works his father-in-law s farm.\\nMr. and Mrs. Slingluff have a son, Marley, born Jan.\\nI, 1880.\\nMr. Medler has been Road Commissioner, and has\\nheld other minor offices. In politics, he is a Na-\\ntional.\\nvi\\noseph Wesley FuUerton, farmer on section\\nt- 12, Sumner Township, is a son of John B.\\nand Achcy (Moody) Fullerton, natives of\\nNew Jersey and New York, and was born in\\nSharon Township, Washtenaw Co., Mich.,\\nFeb. 23, 1839. His father being a farmer, he\\nworked at home until 24 years old, when he was\\nmarried, in Addison Township, Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nJuly 3, 1863, to Miss Jane E. Bragg, born in New\\nHampshire, May 1 1, 1838. Her father was by occu-\\npation a blacksmith, and followed his trade in New\\nHampshire until a year after the birth of the daugh-\\nter, Jane. He then moved to Licking Co., Ohio, and\\nthree years later came to Michigan, locating in Som-\\nerset, Hillsdale County. Her mother dying when\\nJane was 11 years old, the latter was left to care for\\nherself, and she worked as a domestic until her mar-\\nriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Fullerton remained in Hillsdale\\nCounty six years, and in December, 1869, came to\\nGratiot, locating 40 acres of timbered land on section\\n12, Sumner Township. He has now improved 30\\nacres. They have two children, Fred and Eva. Mr.\\nF. has held the various offices of his school district,\\nand politically is a Republican.\\nHe enlisted Aug. 16, 1 861, in Co. C, 7th Mich.\\nVol. Inf. He served in all the engagements of the\\nPeninsular campaign, and was honorably discharged\\nin the spring of 1863.\\nn\\nA\\nilliam Spurgeon, farmer, section 24, New-\\nark Township, was born in England, July\\nil^P 6, 1828. His i arents, Stephen and Ann\\n(Warren) Spurgeon, were natives of the same\\ncountry and there reared their children two\\nsons and four daughters.\\nMr. Spurgeon was the eldest child and remained\\nin the place where he was born until he was 22 years\\n-^^ff\\\\S^^\\n-^C^D !1 5^: mo^r^\\nA", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "I\\n(^t#\\nv\\nGRATJOT COUNTY.\\n387\\nold. In 1850 he emigrated to Canada and there en-\\ngaged in farming three years, when he went to Niag-\\nara Co., N. Y., and there passed the same length of\\ntime in the same employ. In 1854 he removed to\\nOakland Co., Mich., and rented a farm on which he\\nremained three years. He resided in the county six\\nyears. Meanwhile, in the summer of 1855, he came\\nto Gratiot County and bought 80 acres of Government\\nland on sections 34 and 35 in xVewark Township. In\\nJanuary, 1862, he removed his family, then including\\nhis wife and one child, to his possessions in Gratiot\\nCounty, then in a wholly original state of nature.\\nHere he has expended his energies with certain judg-\\nment and success, and now 60 acres of his farm are\\nin a condition of advanced cultivation. In political\\nfaith he is in sympathy with the Republican party.\\nMr. Spurgeon was married Aug. 30, i860, in Oak-\\nland County, to Julia, eldest daughter of Crowell and\\nMary A. (Arthur) Moore. They were natives respect-\\nively of Nova Scotia and New York. Mr. Spurgeon\\nis the eldest of three children two daughters and\\none son and was born in Canada, July 16, 1833.\\nTo lierself and husband seven children have been\\nborn Arabella, Willmina, Charles W., Stephen M.,\\nLottie A., Susie M. and Willard H. Mrs. Spurgeon\\ndejjarted this life March 15,1884. She was taken\\nwith a congestive chill and in 20 hours had left\\nhusband, children, relatives and friends to mourn\\ntheir loss. She was a loving wife, a kind mother, a\\ngenerous friend and a true Christian woman. Mr.\\nSpurgeon belongs to the Baptist Church; Mrs. Spur-\\ngeon is a member of the Church of United Brethren.\\nig^lbridge Franklin, farmer. North Star Town-\\nship, was born in Lenawee Co., Mich., Jan.\\n14, 1S40; his parents were John and Lucy\\n(Carter) Franklin, natives of the State of New\\nYork. His father came to Lenawee County in\\n1835, when Michigan was a territory, remain-\\ning in that county until 1854, when he moved to\\nGratiot County and located in North Star Township,\\nbuilding the third house in the township, on section\\n33. Here he lived until his death, vvliich occurred\\nin 1873. His widow is still living, and resides in this\\ntownship.\\nMr. Franklin, the subject of this biographical\\nn^.\\nX-.\\nT^ -ll[l :flDv\\nnotice, was 14 years of age wlien he came with his\\nparents to this county he remained with them until\\nlie was of age, when, the great war having com-\\nmenced, he enlisted, in August, i86i,in the 5th\\nMich. Vol. Inf., and served as a faithful soldier 15\\nmonths, being in the battles of Williamsburg, Va.,\\nand Fair Oaks. In the former engagement. May 5,\\n1862, he was slightly wounded in the breast, and in\\nthe latter, May 31, 1862, severely in the thigh. After\\nfive months at the hospital he was honorably dis-\\ncharged, Oct. 29, 1862, and returned home. His\\nbrother Luther enlisted in the same company as El-\\nbridge, slept in the same tent, ate at the same mess,\\nand fought in the same battles until the battle of\\nGettysburg, when he fell, a martyr to the cause of\\nthe Union. He then proceeded to improve 80 acres\\nof land, which he had bought on section 32, where\\nhe now resides, and also worked on his father s farm\\nbut in September, 1S64, he again enlisted, this time\\nin the 8th Mich. Vol. Inf., and served to the close of\\nthe war, being a participant in the siege of Peters-\\nburg, Va. Returning home, the subject of this\\nsketch built the house which he now occupies. He\\nhas 170 acres of land, one-half of which is culti-\\nvated.\\nSept. II, 1864, in Ingham Co., Mich., Mr. Frank-\\nlin was married to Miss Wealthy, third daughter of\\nLewis and Sarah Shaver, natives of the State of New\\nYork, who settled in Emerson Township, this county,\\nin 1856. Mr. S. died in 1869, and his widow is still\\nliving, a resident of that township. Mrs. Franklin\\nwas born in New York State, March 22, 1845. The\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. F. are Florence W., Luther\\nE., Lewis T. and Grace O.\\nMr. F. is a staunch Republican and temperance\\nman, as a citizen setting an intelligent and consistent\\nexample for the community. He has held the offices\\nof Township Clerk four years. Superintendent of\\nSchools one year, and School Inspector four years.\\nIn the fall of 1864, he was elected Coroner, but\\nbeing at the front, fighting for his country, he did not\\nqualify. Mr. Franklin has been an educational man,\\nhaving taught school 18 consecutive winters in this\\ncounty. He is a member of the Masonic Order, of\\nMoses Wisner Post, No. loi, G. A. R., and, with his\\nwife, of Liberty Grange, No. 391, P. of H.\\nMr. Franklin s portrait is given in this work, as one\\nof the representative citizens of the county.\\nk\\nA\\nf\\\\\\nr\\n4^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^-r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n0\\nV\\nft\\neorge H. Steele, foreman and general man-\\nager of Steele s mill on section 28, Hamil-\\nton Township, was born in Orleans Co.,\\nVt., May 16, 185 I. He is a son of William\\nSteele, a native of Scotland, who came to\\nVermont when a young man, where he died, in\\nMarch, i86i.\\nMr. Steele was raised on his father s farm until he\\nwas 15 years of age, at which time he left the paren-\\ntal liome to battle against the trials of life alone, and\\ncame to St. John s, Clinton County, this State. Here\\nhe engaged in the sash, door and blind department\\nof Steele s manufactor)-, and remained four years.\\nFor the next four years, he was engaged in the flour-\\ning-mill business. In December, 1879, he went to\\nDetroit, where he was variously employed until April,\\n1 88 1, when he came to this county.\\nHe was married Aug. i, 1871, to Dora, daughter\\nof Bingley Russell, of Ithaca, this county. She was\\nborn in Ionia Co., Mich., July 8, 1854. To this\\nmarriage three children have been born namely,\\nRena H., Eda M. and George Glen. The mill that\\nMr. Steele operates was built in 1866, and rebuilt\\nand furnished with new machinery in the spring of\\n1871.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00baJ-\\n--\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^smeN\\n-5-\\nacob Lewis, farmer, section ^6, Wheeler\\nj ^^S i.^ Township, was born in June, 1844, in Wex-\\n1^^ ford Co., Ireland, and is a son of John and\\nJane (Livingston) Lewis, farmers in Ireland,\\nwhere Mr. Lewis died Nov. 27, 1855, and Mrs.\\nLewis died Dec. 23, 1878. At the age of 20,\\nJacob came to America, landing at Portland, Me.,\\nand was engaged in lumbering for 18 years. He was\\nalso the owner of a saw-mill in Saginaw Co., Mich.\\nIn i8Sr, he came to Gratiot County, locating on sec-\\ntion 36, Wheeler Township. He has a farm of 240\\nacres, of which no acres are now nicely improved.\\nHe has erected a very fine residence and two large\\nbarns, built in 1878 and 1881, respectively.\\nIn the year 1880, he was married to Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of George and Mary (Pierce) Lewis, natives\\nof Ireland, where the father died Oct. 18, 1857, and\\nwhere the mother yet resides. Elizabeth was born\\nI\\nin September, 1843, in county Wexford, Ireland, and\\ncame to America in 1880 with her husband, who had\\ncrossed the waters to find his lady love. They are\\nthe parentsof one son, John G. E., born July 11, 1881,\\nin this county. Mr. Lewis belongs to the Episcopal\\nand Mrs. Lewis to the Wesleyan Methodist Church.\\nHe has held the office of Highway Commissioner in\\nWheeler Township, and during his brief residence in\\nthe county has acquired the esteem and confidence\\nof a large circle of acquaintances. Politically he is\\nan earnest supporter of the Republican party.\\n4-\\nII\\n^^f^\\nm\\nobert T. Barrus, farmer, section 25, New-\\nark Township, was born Jan. 16, 1822, in\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y. His parents, William\\nK. and Mary A. (Neal) Barrus, were natives\\nof the same county, were there married and\\nthere the father died, Sept. 4, 1842. The mother\\ndied in Clinton County, Mich., March 18, 187 i. The\\nfamily comprised Robert T., Lucinda J., Calvin P.,\\nJames C, John W., Mary E., Abigail A., Caroline,\\nSarah E. and Eunice.\\nMr. Barrus was the eldest son of his parents and\\ngrew to the estate of manhood in his native State,\\nwhere he was engaged in farming until 1866, when he\\ncame to Clinton Co., Mich. He bought 40 acres of\\nwild land. Three years later he sold out and came\\nto Gratiot County. In the winter of 1870 he bought\\n40 acres of partly improved land in the to wr. ship of\\nNewark, where he has since resided.\\nMr. Barrus was married in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Dec.\\n17, 1845, to Harriet A., daughter of Nathaniel S. and\\nHuldah M. (Tuttle) Ludington. The father was a\\nnative of New York and the mother of Vermont.\\nThey settled, after marriage, in Oswego County and\\nafterward removed to Onondaga County, where the\\nmother died, April 25, 1872. The father died in\\nOhio. Mrs. Barrus was born June 10, 1827, in Os-\\nwego County. She was seven years of age when her\\nparents made their removal and she resided tliere\\nuntil her marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Barrus six\\nchildren have been born, three of whom survive\\nMana A., Edwin R. and Anna H. William P. and\\nHerbert E. died in infancy. Lois a daughter,\\nwas born May 4, i860, in Cayuga County and died\\nG\\nA\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "V\\nZ^i^sir\\n-^r^\\n^iit] ^nti^\\n(!Sa^\\nr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\na\\n/N\\nV\\n\\\\i\\nJ,\\nFeb. 2, 1880. She was as a child studious and am-\\nbitious, and, in addition to a course of study in the\\ncommon schools, she attended the High School at\\nIthaca. At 16 she began her career as a teacher in\\nNewark Township and continued the labors of her\\nchosen calling in Newark, North Star, and Lafayette\\nTownships in Gratiot County. She contracted a se-\\nvere cold in her school-room, which resulted in\\ntyphoid-pneumonia. A complication of diseases fol-\\nlowed and she died, after nine weeks of unremitting\\nsuffering. She was taken back to her native county\\nfor burial. She was warmly regarded and esteemed\\nin both her social relations and her capacity as teach-\\ner. In religious connection she was a member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\neorge W. Aldrich, farmer, section 26, La-\\nfayette Township, is a son of Asquar and\\n-m0r Betsy (Tarbell) Aldrich, natives of Ver-\\nmont and Massachusetts respectively. His\\nfather left his farm in Massachusetts in 1813,\\n1 and settled near Detroit. He there was en-\\ngaged in farming for a number of years, and then\\nremoved to Macomb County, where he died in 1845.\\nGeorge W. was born May 27, 1828, at Detroit. He\\nwas married Aug. 16, 1853, to Martha A. Sturgis,\\nborn April 4, 1836,3 daughter of Benjamin and Car-\\noline (Olmstead) Sturgis.\\nMr. and Mrs. Aldrich began to keep house in Oak-\\nland County, where he was engaged in farming for a\\nyear and a half. They then lived two years in Liv-\\ningston County, and a short time in Shiawassee,\\nGenesee and Clinton Counties. They then came to\\nLafayette Townshij), Gratiot County. They entered\\n160 acres of land, but afterwards sold 40 acres to one\\nof the sons. Of their farm, 100 acres are well im-\\nproved. They are the parents of eight children\\nGeorge R., Anna D., Ira B., Emma J., Nora B., R.\\nT., Charles E. and Robert G.; the last died July 23,\\n18S0.\\nMr. Aldrich served one year during the war, en-\\nlisting in Co. D, 6th Cavalry, Sept. 6, 1862, and\\nbeing discharged Aug. 29, 1863, at Convalescent\\nCamp, near Alexandria, Va. In civil life, he has\\nbeen Township Clerk, Highway Commissioner, Spe-\\ncial Commissioner and Justice of the Peace, and has\\nr-^;- ^-^Dfl\\nheld various school offices. He is a member of the\\nI. O. O. F. and of the G. R. He and his wife are\\nSpiritualists.\\n^\u00c2\u00ab-lJH*^\\nr-V J,,\\nI\\nIIK^i;^ tephen T. Sprague, farmer, section 3, Pine\\n^M^ River Townshii), was born in Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y., Oct. 23. 1828. His parents,\\nSamuel and Phebe (Secoy) Sprague, were na-\\ntives respectively of New York and Massachu-\\nsetts, and removed from the Empire State to\\nFulton Co., Ohio, about the year 1849. The father\\nwas a soldier in the second war with Great Britain,\\nand died while on a visit to his native State in Janu-\\nary, 1857. The mother died in Hillsdale Co., Mich.\\nTheir family included eleven sons and one daughter.\\nSeven are now living.\\nMr. Sprague went to Ohio when he was 13 years\\nold, there obtained his education, and was under his\\nfather s care and guidance until he was 20 years old.\\nOn leaving home, he was engaged as a farm assist-\\nant, and worked by the month one and a half years.\\nHe next rented a farm, which he conducted two\\nyears, after which he bought 40 acres of land in Will-\\niams Co., Ohio. He expended the labor of two years\\nin its improvement, when he sold it, and again rented\\na farm in Fulton County, which he continued to\\nmanage two years. He came to Gratiot County in\\nFebruary, 1863, and purchased 80 acres of land in\\nPine River Township, located on sections 10 and 3.\\nHe drew lumber from St. Louis, and built a frame\\nhouse on the section last named, and proceeded with\\nthe work of improving and cultivating his land. He\\nbought 80 acres later, which he disposed of, and of\\nhis remaining tract has about 60 acres under im-\\nprovement. Mr. Sprague has contributed to a large\\ndegree to the improvement of the county in which he\\nresides. He has cleared 1 10 acres of land, chopi)ing\\nthe timber thcvcon with his own hands. He is a\\nDemocrat in political connections.\\nHe was married March 10, 1853, in Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., to Susan, daughter of Eli and Annie (Thomas)\\nPacker. She was born March 13, 1826, in Clinton\\nCo., Pa., and her parents were also natives of the\\nKeystone State. Mrs. Sprague is a lady of creditable\\nliterary attainments, and has had some experience as\\na teacher. The household includes seven children\\nWilliam T., Letitia A., Alice L., David H., Hadsell\\nV\\n\u00c2\u00bb^ii\\ni||)\\\\\u00c2\u00ae)\u00c2\u00ab^#\\n:DD^ s^^^JKl\\n^SSg\\nt\\nI", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "ifi^/r^)\u00c2\u00ab\\nr 39\u00c2\u00b0\\ns\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n5?^ii^isr\\n-*4?^\\ni^.\\n^flT L., Ellen D. and Thomas C. The fourth child,\\nDavid H., died when he was eight months old. The\\n^v is parents are members of the Disciples Church.\\n^3=\\nIT\\nA A.\\nT\\nC^\\norenzo Blackman, grocer, Wheeler village,\\nWheeler Township, is a son of Ansel and\\nSarah (Higgins) Blackman, natives of Mas-\\nsachusetts and New York, respectively. They\\nemigrated to Lorain Co., Ohio, where they farm-\\ned until their death, his occurring in April, 18551\\nand hers taking place in November, 1865. Lorenzo\\nwas born in Erie Co., Ohio, April 29, 1830. At the\\nage of 19, he started out for himself, working on a\\nfarm until the war. In March, 1864, he enlisted in\\nCo. G, 72d Ohio Inf He followed his regiment\\nthrough all its career, was engaged at Greentown,\\nTupelo, Nashville, Spanish Fort and other places.\\nHe came through without a wound, and was dis-\\ncharged at Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1865. He then\\ncame to Gratiot County, and located on 80 gcres on\\nsection 17, Wheeler Township. He has 35 acres well\\nimproved. He is now engaged m the grocery busi-\\nness, carrying a well-assorted stock, and having a\\ngrowing trade.\\nHe was married in 1850, to Rachel Furman, daugh-\\nter of Benjamin and Mary Furman, natives of New\\nYork and Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Blackman are\\nthe parents of seven children, Mary J. (deceased),\\nLovina E., Sabra D., Evaline, Juliet, Nora M. (de-\\nceased), and Wilbur. Mr. Blackman has been High-\\n4 way Commissioner of his township three years, Clerk\\ntwo years, Supervisor one year, and Treasurer si,\\\\\\n-^r^^^^i^^--^\\nJ\\nyears.\\nilliam C. Jenkins, farmer, section 17, La-\\nfayette Township, is a son of Richard L.\\nand Ann (Lake) Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins^\\nSr., was a native of England, and emigrated\\nto the Great Republic in 1800. Landing\\nat New York, he was in a woolen factory for\\nseven years, then a sailor for seven or eight years,\\nand then in the woolen business again. The re-\\nmainder of his life he followed farming. His wife\\nwas a native of New York State, and died July 27,\\n1866.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Oct. 23, 1838.\\nHe remained with his parents until he was 28 years\\nold, and then came to Clinton County, this State,\\nwhere he lived ten years. He then came to Lafayette\\nTownship, locating first on section 19, and after a year\\nmoving to his present farm on section 17. He found\\nit in a primitive state, and is rapidly converting it\\ninto a well improved farm.\\nJune 29, 1869, he was united in marriage to Lucia\\nJ. Steenburg, an only daughter. They have been\\nparents of four children, but one of whom survives,\\nnamed Lee W. The other three died within a few\\ndays of each other: Ann E., Oct. 4, 1879; Joseph\\nL., Sept. 30, 1879, and Buell J., Oct. 17, 1879.\\nMr. Jenkins calls himself a Greenbacker politically.\\nHe has held the office of Commissioner of Highways\\nfor one term. He is liberal in his religious views.\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab2j2j2;\u00c2\u00a9-^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fe\\n./^.S/OT?rJv\\nJ\\nV\\ni.^V^dy^\\nSToseph Wright, one of the representative\\nmen and pioneer settlers of Hamilton\\nTownship, resident on section 18, is a na-\\ntive of Clinton County, this State, where he was\\nborn April 9, 1836. He is a son of Joseph\\nWright, deceased, a native of the State of New\\nYork, who came to this State at an early day and\\nlocated in Oakland County and afterward removed\\nto Clinton County, where our subject was born. Mr.\\nWright remained under the parental care, assisting\\nin the supiwvt of the family and developing into\\nmanhood. He received the advantages afforded by\\nthe common schools of his native county and at-\\ntended the State University at Ann Arbor and suc-\\ncessfully prosecuted his studies.\\nIn 1854, following the dictates of an ambitiousde-\\nsire, and relying on the combined elements so neces-\\nsary to the success of the early pioneer, energy and\\nperseverance, he came to this county, arriving Nov.\\n29, 1854, and entered on the arduous though pleas-\\nant task of establishing a home. Aided by that en- 1\\nergy and determination so early inculcated into his\\nmind, he laboriously entered on the task of improv- 0^\\ning his land, and now has 160 acres, the greater por- j^\\ntion well improved. He has held the office of (iji\\nSupervisor two terms. Township Clerk two terms,\\nr", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\n391\\nw\\nM-\\nHighway Commissioner two terms and Justice of\\nthe Peace eight years.\\nMr. Wright was married Sept. 5, 1855, to Hannah,\\ndaughter of Tartekis Eckles, and one child born to\\nthem, Charlotte N., is deceased. They have reared\\nand educated two nieces of Mrs. Wright Charlotte\\nE. Robinson, born May 26, 1857, in North Star Town-\\nship; and Sophronia V. Eckles, born April 19, 1863,\\nin Washington. Charlotte was taken by Mr. and\\nMrs. W. when ten months old. After receiving a\\ngood education, she taught school ten terms, previous\\nto her marriage, which occurred April 19, i88t, to\\nFremont H. Cook, of North Star Township. So-\\nphronia was taken at the age of six, and lived with\\nMr. and Mrs. W. until her marriage, Aug. 8, 1882,\\nto Henry J. Goodhall, of Hamilton Township. Mrs.\\nWright is a regular attendant on the United Breth-\\nren Church.\\n|Lohn Schmidt, Jr., merchant, Wheeler vil-\\nlage, Wheeler Township, is a son of John\\nand Christiana (Rascher) Schmidt. The\\nformer was a ta.x-gather and pass-master in\\n^L Germany, where he died in 1S54; and the lat-\\nter died in Germany in 1849. John was born\\nNov. I, 1835, in the old country. At the age of 13,\\nhe came to America. Landing at New York, he first\\nwent to Toledo, where he spent 18 months learning\\nthe blacksmith s trade. The following summer he\\nspent as mule driver on the Wabash Canal. He then\\nenlisted in Co. D, 82d 111. Inf., and served three years.\\nHe was engaged in 18 different battles, and was\\nwounded in the battle of Dallas, Ga. He received\\nhis discharge at Chicago, July 3, 1865. Thence he\\nwent to Dallas City, Hancock Co., 111., and from there\\nhe came to Michigan in March, 1866, locating on sec-\\ntion 9, Wlieeler Township. He sold his place, 120\\nacres, after improving 50 acres, building a good house\\nand starting an orchard. When Mr. Schmidt settled\\non his place, there were no roads of any kind, and in\\nafter years he often went to St. Louis when the roads\\nwere almost impassible. In 1878, he entered upon\\nmercantile life, and now has a large stock of dry\\ngoods, groceries and general merchandise.\\nIn 1858, he was united in marriage to a widow\\nlady, Christiana Wolfrom, whose maiden name was\\nSibble, a native of Germany. They are the parents\\nof one son Edward, born in i860. Mr. Schmidt\\nhas been Constable and Drain Commissioner of his\\ntownship. In former years, he has supported the\\nRepublican party; but now he is classed as an inde-\\npendent.\\nlidam Gwinner, farmer, section 6,\\n|j Township, was born near Darmstadt, Ger-\\nIlhaca\\nmany, June 24, 1821, and his father, John M.\\nGwinner, was a native of Frankfort, and emi-\\ngrated in 1830, with his family, to America,\\nlocating in Cumberland Co., Pa., and in 1833\\nremoving to Seneca Co., Ohio, where he died in\\n1857.\\nMr. Adam Gwinner came to Gratiot County in\\nMarch, 1882, where he now owns a valuable farm of\\n77 acres, besides 14 acres within the corporation\\nlimits of Ithaca (known as Gwinner s addition). Mr.\\nG. is a genius, being able to turn his hand to almost\\nanything. Nov. 12, 1846, he married Miss Hannah,\\ndaughter of Austin McKinzie and a distant relative\\nof McKinzie, the great Western explorer. She is a\\nnative of Carroll Co., Md. To Mr. and Mrs. G. have\\nbeen born the following children Philip, Melinda,\\nMandey, Mary E., Franklin, Esther and Emma.\\nV/ST5\\nm\\ni^ j^mery Crosby, farmer, section 22, Lafayette\\nm\\\\4 Township, is a son of John and Harriet\\nj!j|^ (Owen) Crosby, natives of Connecticut.\\n-M^ The father was at an early age taken by his\\nparents to .Mbany Co., N. Y., where he was\\nreared, and where he farmed until his death in\\n1867. The son was born in Albany, N. Y., Jan. 26,\\n181 9. At the age of 19, he married Nancy M. Miller.\\nIn 1844 they removed to Wayne Co., Mich., where\\nthey lived three years, Mr. Crosby being engaged in\\nteaching and preaching. In the same vocation, he\\nlived at different times in Lenawee and Hillsdale\\nCounties. In August, 1856, they removed to North\\nShade, Gratiot County, and located on 200 acres on\\nsection 32, arriving Aug. 16, 1856. He improved 20\\nacres of this farm.\\nIn the spring of 1858, he was elected to the office\\nr\\nA\u00c2\u00a7:^\\nJL\\nm ^m", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "V\\n^mmh\\nV\\n-l^^f^V (|!l^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nof Supervisor for North Shade Township. In the\\nautumn of that year, he was nominated and elected\\nCounty Clerk on the Republican ticket. He removed\\nhis family to Ithaca in February, 1859, and assumed\\nthe duties of his office. He opened the first set of\\nCircuit Court books kept in Gratiot County. During\\nall the sessions of court for the first year or more, he\\ncarried the books and files of the County Clerk s\\noffice to Alma and return on his back, a portion of\\nthe way through the wilderness. For a time after\\nthe expiration of his term of service, he served as\\nDeinity Probate Clerk.\\nHis first wife was buried in the year 1S72. He\\nwas again married in 1877, to Elizabeth Morton, who\\nwas born in Huron Co., Ohio, Jan. 30, 1833, the\\ndaughter of Benj, K. and Catharine (States) Holiday,\\nnatives of New York and West Virginia respectively.\\nMr. Crosby had by his first wife two sons, James F.\\nand Lott V.; and Mrs. Crosby has by a former mar-\\nriage two daughters, Cindona M. and Mary S. In\\n1873, Mr. and Mrs. Crosby removed from Ithaca to\\nLafayette Township on section 22, and now live on a\\nfarm of 200 acres owned by William P. Stacy.\\nMr. Crosby has been several times Superintendent\\nof Schools in his township. He belongs to the\\nChristian Church, and his wife to the Seventh-Day\\nAdventists. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and\\nthe Masonic Order. Politically, he is a Republican.\\nIjIggaUbert M. Shaw, farmer, section 31, Ithaca\\n^a Townshiii, is a son of John C. and Matilda\\n(Berry) Shaw. (See sketch of John C. Shaw.)\\nHe was born in Pittsfield Township, Washte-\\nnaw Co., Mich., Mar. 19, i860, and obtained a\\ngood education in the public schools. In 1877,\\nhe completed a course of commercial law and book-\\nkeeping at the Ann Arbor High School. For the en-\\nsuing few years, he assisted his father in running a\\ndray line and in farming. He came to Gratiot County\\nat the same time with his parents, and settled on sec-\\ntion 31, Ithaca Township.\\nJuly I, 1882, he was united in marriage to Emma,\\ndaughter of Richard and Margaret (Cooney)Ormerod,\\nnatives of Staffordshire, England, where she also was\\nborn, Feb. 19, 1864. Richard Ormerod was a black-\\nsmith by trade, and came to America about 1872,\\nsettling in Ohio. He died in that State Aug. 25,\\n1878. Mrs. Omierod and daughter soon after came\\nto this county and settled in Emerson Township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Shaw were married at Elm Hall, in this\\ncounty, and now live on 30 acres deeded them by\\nMr. Shaw s father. They are members of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church. He is a young man of intel-\\nligence and integrity.\\n|t eorge E. Stone, farmer and stock-grower,\\na| section 32, New Haven Township, was\\n^jg^TCj; 1^^^^ Milford Township, Defiance Co.\\nC r-f\\\\ Ohio, June i, 1847. His parents, Norman\\nand Electa (Spaulding) Stone, were natives-\\nrespectively of New York and Vermont, and\\nof New England ancestry. Mr. Norman Stone was\\na farmer, and moved in 1844 to Ohio, as one of the\\nfirst settlers in the northwestern part of the State.\\nThey are still living there, aged respectively 63 and\\n60 years.\\nIt was in this settlement that the subject of this\\nsketch passed his early boyhood. Being the eldest\\nof the children, it fell to him to take a prominent part\\nin the management of the new farm, which, amid\\nthe untoward obstacles of a frontier life, developed\\nin him considerable executive ability. He secured\\nwithal a good common-school education. At the age\\nof 20, Aug. 4, 1867, in his native township, he was\\nmarried to Miss Matilda, a daughter of Daniel\\nand Elizabeth (Clay) Gingery, natives respectively\\nof Pennsylvania and Ohio, and of Pennsylvania\\nDutch ancestry. Mrs. Stone was born in Seneca Co.,\\nOhio, Aug. 2, 1849, and was seven years of age when\\nher parents moved with her to Defiance County.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. S. resided on a farm in\\nDefiance County until the fall of 1874, when they\\ncame to this county and settled on 80 acres on sec-\\ntion 32, New Haven Township. This tract was then\\na wild forest, but Mr. Stone has now 40 acres in\\ngood cultivation, and the place equipped with a fine\\nresidence, barn, etc. He is a thoroughgoing, practi-\\ncal farmer. He is a minister in the Dunkard Church,\\nof which religious body his wife is also an active\\nmember. In ]X)litical matters Mr. Stone is a decided\\nProhibitionist Republican, and also a Good Templar.\\nHas held the offices of Justice of tiie Peace and\\nA\\ni\\nI\\nrv 9\\n^mwcr^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-^4^^-v?!", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "V\\n^^w^^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n9?,\\nT\\nTownship Superintendent of Schools. He has taught\\nsinging-school at times for 17 years.\\nThe family record is as follows John H., born\\nAug. 24, 1868; Minnie P., Jan. 31, 1870; Electa A.,\\nJuly 9, 1875, and died Sept. 11, 1877 and Ira A.,\\nborn July 28, 1880.\\nm\\n^1\\nV\\nohn F. Shaw, farmer, section 31, Ithaca\\nTownship, was born in Pittsfield, Washte-\\nnaw Co., Mich., July 29, 1859, and is a son\\nof John C. and Nancy Ann (Bowen) Shaw, na-\\ntives of New England and Ontario, Can., re-\\nspectively. When five years old, he went with\\nhis parents to Hamburg, Livingston County, and\\nlater to Ann Arbor. In the latter city, he attended\\nthe ward schools for six years. After completing his\\ncourse of study, he assisted his father in running a\\ndray line for three years. In May, 1878, he came\\nwith his father to this county, and lived on his farm\\n/N near Ithaca.\\nDec. 4, 1 88 1, in North Star Township, he was\\nunited in marriage to Eliza, daughter of John and\\nAnn (Best) Humphrey, natives of England. They\\nwere farmers, and emigrated to Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere Eliza was born Feb. 25, 1863. Two years\\nlater, she came with her parents to North Star Town-\\nship, where she grew up and was educated. After\\nmarriage, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw commenced keeping\\nhouse, and made their home on 30 acres on tiie east-\\nern half of his father s farm, which was given to them\\nNov. 12, 1881. Here they are making a comfortable\\nresidence. Mrs. Shaw is a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. Mr. Shaw is an energetic and\\nindustrious farmer, and is popular among his friends.\\nThey have one son, Benjamin Franklin, born Dec.\\n22, i:\\n.ames G. Brady, farmer, section 6, Pine\\nit River Township, is a son of Jose|)h and\\nMartha (McKee) Brady, and was born in\\nSeneca Co., Ohio, June 13,1836. His father\\nand mother were born in Pennsylvania. They\\nfirst fixed their residence in Seneca Co., Ohio,\\nand, later in life, came to Michigan, and settled in\\nGratiot County. In 1879, they Jenioved to Mary-\\nland, where the father died, April 21, 1880. The\\nmother returned to Gratiot County after his death,\\nwhere she still resides.\\nThey had five daughters and two sons James G.,\\nMana, Barbara, Samuel S., Mary J., Sarah, Alice J.\\nMr. Brady came to Gratiot County in June, 1855,\\nand bought 80 acres of wild land in Pine River Town-\\nship, on which he has since resided and now has 60\\nacres of tillable land.\\nDuring the war of the Rebellion, Mr. Brady\\nbecame a soldier and was mustered into the service\\nof the United States Feb. r3, 1862. He had enlisted\\nin the 14th Mich. Vol. Inf, and was in active service\\nuntil the close of the war, serving three years and\\none month and receiving an honorable discharge.\\nAmong other engagements he participated in the\\nsiege of Corinth, Stone River, and the march to the\\nsea with Sherman, taking part in all the actions ot\\nthat campaign. Mr. Brady belongs to the Masonic\\nfraternity and is an adherent to the National Green-\\nback party.\\nHe was married in Pine River Township, Aug. 27,\\ni860, to Helen, daughter of Silas and Martha J.\\nBiggs. Mrs. Brady was born in Branch Co., Mich.,\\nDec. 27, 1846; and her parents are natives of the\\nState of New York. She died Jan. 30, 1874, leaving\\nfour children James S., born Aug. r5, 1861 Mar-\\ntha J., Jan. 10,1866; Barbara E., July 29, 1867;\\nJosephine H., Dec. 19, 1873.\\nhk\\ni U^artin Kidder, farmer, owning 35 acres on\\nthe east half of the southwest quarter of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^t\\nsection 21, and also 40 acres, being the\\nN. W. quarter of the N. VV. quarter of section\\n28, Bethany Tp., is a native of Nashua, N. H.,\\nwhere he was born Oct. 6, 1840. His parents\\nwere Nathan and Oriine (Simons) Kidder. When\\nnine years of age he lost his father. He then moved\\nto Elsted, N. H., remaining there six years, then was\\nat Yonkers, N. Y., three years and then moved to\\nNew Haven, Conn. His father was a teamster most\\nof his life, and died in Nashua.\\nIn Yonkers the subject of this sketch learned the\\ntrade of machinist, which he followed until the out-\\nbreak of the war, when. May 23, 1861, he enlisted in\\nCo. F, 4th Conn. Vol Inf; three months afterward\\nhe was transferred to the ist Heavy Artillery. He\\nr\\nV\\nC\\n^^VJ^^#\\n:Dl]r\\nz.\\ni\\nr\\nrm.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "f-i^^^tf^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e-^^iii]^^Dii^; T-\\ntsar\\n394\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nV\\nwas in the army service three years, participating in\\nthe engagements at Fair Oaks, Yorktown, White Oak\\nSwamp, Malvern Hill, under Gen. Butler, Drury s\\nBluff, and in a large number of skirn.ishes. He was\\nhonorably discharged in the field near Richmond.\\nShortly after returning home to New Haven he\\nwent to Watertown, Conn., and worked on a farm\\nseven years; then, in 187 1, he came to St. Louis,\\nMich., and purchased a farm of 1 12 acres, in Lafay-\\nette Township, on section 4, but did not take up his\\nabode there. He sold it seven years later. In 1872\\nhe bought 40 acres on section 28, Bethany Township,\\nand in 1877 he purchased land where he now re-\\nsides, on section 21. He has cleared a portion of\\nthis land, put it in a fine tillable condition, erected\\ngood buildings, etc. Mr. Kidder is an influential\\nman in his community, and is at present a Justice of\\nthe Peace.\\nSept. 29, 1869, in Watertown, Conn., Mr. Kidder\\nwas married to Miss Mary J., daughter of David and\\nMaria J. (Hubbell) Munn, who was horn in Connect-\\nicut, June 18, 185 i. Their two children are Nathan,\\nborn in St. Louis, April 12, 1875, and Wealthy, born\\nalso in St. Louis, Dec. 10, 1877. An ancestor, Sam-\\nuel Munn, moved from Milford, Conn., to ancient\\nWoodbury, previous to 1680. His children were:\\nJane, Amy, Mary, Daniel and Samuel. John, the\\nson of Daniel, had ten children. Of the third gen-\\neration, Abel was born in 1758. David L., of the\\nfourth generation, was born in 1794. David S., of\\nthe 5th generation and father of Mrs. Kidder, was\\nborn in 1826.\\n1!.^^\\nn\\nm\\nliS\\n^aniel C. Mills, farmer, section 15, Pine Riv-\\ner Township, was born Oct. 9, 1835, in the\\nIv-/ State of New York. His parents, Cyrus and\\nMarilla (Chase) Mills, were also natives of\\nthe same State, and afterward removed to Penn-\\nsylvania. They went thence to Ohio, where the\\nfather died, in Medina County. The mother died in\\nStark County, Ohio.\\nMr. Mills remained with or near his parents until\\nhe was 25 years old, obtaining his education in early\\nlife at the common schools. He made his first ac-\\nquaintance with Gratiot County in August, 1854, and\\nremained here more than a year, returning then to\\nOhio, where he engaged 12 years in farming. He\\nthen sold his farm, and, in the spring of 1866, again\\ncame to Gratiot County and bought 40 acres of land\\non section 15. It was in a wild state and is now\\nnearly all improved and cultivated. Mr. Mills is a\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity and belongs to the\\nRepublican party.\\nHe was married Sept. 15, 1859, in Medina Co.,\\n0,to Esther, daughter of Daniel and Esther (Mitch-\\nell) Lepley. Mrs. Mills was born April 16, 1842, in\\nOhio. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania.\\nOf four children born to her and her husband, two\\nsurvive Perlie A. and James. The deceased chil-\\ndren were Frankie and Willie, who died in infancy.\\nMrs. Mills is a member of the Disciples Church.\\nir^ iM,\\n?^fl t ohn C. Shaw, farmer, section 31, Ithaca\\nTownshiii, was born in Durham, England,\\nFeb. 19, 1826, and is the son of William\\nand Mary (Camcel) Shaw, natives of Yorkshire\\nand Lincolnshire respectively. William Shaw\\nwas engaged in the cutlery shops of Sheffield,\\nEngland, for a number of years. In 1831, he emi-\\ngrated to .\\\\merica, and died in Kingston, Canada, of\\nthe cholera, one year later. John remained with his\\nmother until 17 years old, when he came to Detroit\\nand engaged as errand boy with Mr. George Dufiield.\\nHe was thus thrown amongst a family of excellent\\nbreeding and high moral and intellectual qualities,\\nand the impressions made on his youthful mind pro-\\nduced a most beneficial effect. The next few years\\nwere spent partly on a farm in Canada, and partly\\non the lakes.\\nMarch 3, 1846, at Troy, Oakland Co., Mich he\\nwas married to Matilda Berry, a native of New York,\\nand the adopted daughter of Charles M. Howard, of\\nDetroit, Mich. She was born in 1824, and died in\\nJune, 1849, three years after her marriage, leavin\\ntwo children to comfort her husband: Mary W., now\\nof Detroit, and Charles H., now of North Star Town-\\nship, this County. He was a second time married\\nin Wayne Co., Mich., late in the fall of 1849, to Nancy\\nAnn Bowen, a native of Canada. Being left an\\norphan when quite young, she knew little of her par-\\nents and relatives. She came to this State when 16\\nyears old, and lived in Wayne County until her mur-\\nv^\\n/s\\nn\\n4^^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "f-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "t\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n397\\nV\\nJ,\\ny\\nfc\\nriage. One year after that event, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw\\nwent to Ann Arbor and then to Adrian. Their next\\nmove, in 185 i, took them to Monroe City, where they\\nlived three years. They then went to Ypsilanti, and\\nlived there also three years, Mr. Shaw being janitor\\nof the union school at that place. He then worked\\na small farm in Pittsfield, Washtenaw County, for\\nnine years, when he went to Livingston County and\\npurchased a farm of 200 acres. He cultivated this\\nfarm until April, 1869, when he went to Ann Arbor,\\nand was a drayman and coal dealer until 1878. He\\nthen came to this county and purchased 98 acres\\nadjoining the village plat of Ithaca, 40 acres being\\nwithin the corporation limits. Only four acres had\\nbeen improved at that time, but 60 acres are now in\\na state of thorough cultivation. He has deeded 30\\nacres to each of his two married sons, who live on the\\nplace, and otherwise disposed of six a ^.res, so that he\\nretains 32 acres in his own name.\\nBy his second marriage, Mr. Shaw has six children,\\nas follows: William A., born July 18, 1850; Matilda\\nB., Feb. 9, 1853; Elizabeth, Oct. 13, 1854; Eva M.,\\nSept. 12, 1851 John F., July 29, 1858; Albert M.,\\nMarch 19,1860. Mrs. Shaw and four of her children\\nare connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nMr. Shaw is a Republican in political matters. Dur-\\ning his brief residence in this county, he has by his\\nprogressive spirit and upright habits won the esteem\\nof all his fellow citizens.\\nff^valmore Hoyt, farmer, section 19, Pine River\\n./iji i Township, was born Sept. 23, 1826, in Mon-\\nS^s^ iv jQg Qq^ |yf_ Y., and is the son of Calvin and\\nSally (Holmbeck) Hoyt. His father was a na-\\ntive oi Massachusetts, and his mother was born\\nin Pennsylvania. Until the age of 20 Mr.\\nHoyt remained under the control of his parents.\\nThey had removed to Jackson Co., Mich., five years\\nbefore and continued there to reside for 18 years.\\nMr. Hoyt came to Gratiot County in January, 1855,\\nand bought 320 acres of land in Pine River and Se-\\nville Townships. He sold that part of liis estate\\nlying in the latter, and has now a snug farm of 160\\nacres, with 100 acres improved and cultivated. In\\npolitical affinity Mr. Hoyt is a Democrat. He has\\nheld the office of Justice of the Peace one term, and\\nthat of Highway Commissioner three years. He has\\nserved as Township Treasurer five terms and held\\nvarious other offices in his township and school dis-\\ntrict.\\nHe was married in Calhoun Co., Mich., Jan. 26,\\n1858, to Ann E., daughter of Frederick and Sarepta\\n(Fox) Wright. She was born in Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nJune 26, 1840. Eight children have been born of\\nthis marriage: Emma S., Dec. 5, 1861 (died Feb. 20,\\n1884); Calvin B., Nov. 8, 1863; Dudley M., Sept.\\n23, 1865 Millicent A., Aug. 11, 1868 (died Aug. 9,\\n1870); George V., Oct. 8, 1870; Charlotte E., Dec.\\n16, 1873; Frank L., July 16, 1878; Edwin S., July\\n13, 1883.\\nThe pcrrtrait of Mr. Hoyt maybe found on another\\npage. He is a leading, representative agriculturist\\nand belongs to a family more intimately connected\\nwith the earlier history of Gratiot County than any\\nother within its limits.\\n(x^\\n^5\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^^ii!i :iiDiv^\\ns\\nilliam W. Comstock, farmer, section 19,\\nEmerson Township, was born in Leyden,\\nLewis Co., N. Y., May 18, 1823, and is\\nthe son of E. H. and Lucy (Jenks) Com-\\nstock, natives of New England and of New\\nEngland descent. The father was proprietor\\nof a large dairy farm in Lewis County, and worked\\nit until his death, at the age of 74. The mother\\nlived to the advanced age of 93. Until 20 years\\nold, William worked on his father s farm and at-\\ntended the district schools. In May, 1843, he came\\nto this State and settled in Hillsdale County.\\nHe was united in marriage, in Hillsdale County,\\nJune 14, 1846, to Margaret M., daughter of William\\nand Mary (Thurston) Carothers, natives of New\\nYork, and of Scotch-Irish and English extraction, re-\\nspectively. She was born in Yates Co., N. Y., Aug.\\n26, 1829. Her mother died four years later, and at\\nthe age of 10 she was adopted by Robert Mitchell,\\nof Geneva, Ontario Co., N. Y. Here she remained\\nas one of the family until the fall of 1845, when with\\nher father she came to Hillsdale County, this State,\\nand settled in Wheatland Township, where she\\nlived until her marriage. Fifteen months after their\\nmarriage, Mr. and Mrs. Comstock returned to their\\nnative State, and settled in the vicinity of his birth-\\nf", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "1))^#*-\\nTZJ^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^41111\\nSUDf^T^er\\nrz^^^\\n-^4f^^v@V\\nT\\n398\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n1\\nk\\nt\\nplace. In the winter of 1854-5, they came to this\\ncounty and settled in Washington Township. Oct.\\nI, 1855, they started the Ithaca Hotel, at Ithaca,\\nwhen there were but two business houses in the place.\\nHe first erected a hewed-log house for a hotel, but\\nput up a frame building as soon as he could get\\nsawed lumber. A part of that building still remains,\\nas an attachment to the Retan House. He cut the\\ntrees from the ground on which the hotel was built.\\nA few years later, he erected a three-storj hotel on\\nthe lot now occupied by the Desermia House. This\\nburned, and be erected the present Desermia House.\\nIn the summer of 1877 he removed to his farm two\\nmiles north of Ithaca. Here he now owns 240 acres\\nof good land, with 100 acres well improved.\\nMr. and Mrs. Comstock have had a family of\\neight children, four of whom are living Nettie H.,\\nborn Dec. 6, 1847 Addie A., Jan. 15, 1850; Eugenie\\nL., Oct. 4, 1853; Wallace W., Jan. 30, i860. The\\ndeceased are: Clarence E., born May 15, 1852, died\\nSept. 5, 1853; Clarence W., born July 30, 1855, died\\nSept. 16, 1858; Ralph T., born Sept. 29, 1862, died\\nAug. 2, 1865 Carlton H., born Sept. 22, 1866, died\\nOct. 27, 1873.\\nMr. Comstock was the first Supervisor of Wash-\\nington Township, and has been Justice of the Peace,\\nClerk and Highway Commissioner in Emerson Town-\\nship. In politics, he is a staunch Republican. He\\nstarted the first Republican paper in this county,\\ncalled the Gratiot A e-ieis. He is a member of Ithaca\\nLodge, No. 123, F. A. M., Ithaca Chapter, No. 70,\\nR. A. M., Ithaca Council, No. ^3, R. S. M., and\\nSt. John s Commandery, No. 24, K. T., at St. John s.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2homas J. Tann, resident of the village of\\nElwell, Seville Township, is a son of Will-\\niam and Hannah (Jenkins) Tann, natives\\nof the city of London, England. William\\nTann was a merchant while in England, and\\ncame with his wife to the United States in\\nThey landed at New York city, and, railroads\\nbeing then unknown, proceeded to Albany in a\\nschooner. Thence they went shortly to Pittsford,\\nN. Y., where Mr. T. followed the pursuit of agricult-\\nure until his death, in May, 1865. Mrs. T. died in\\n1825.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch was born\\nApril 27, 1813, in the great city of London, and,\\ncoming to America with his parents, he lived with\\nthem until 21 years of age. Since then he has been\\nemployed in running a steam engine, in mercantile\\npursuits and in farming. He came to Oakland Co.,\\nMich., in 1839, and remained in that county until\\n1846. Going to New York State he made that his\\nhome until 1854, when he came to Gratiot County\\nand located a tract of 80 acres of land on sections\\n35, Seville, and 2, Sumner. He still owns that place,\\npurchased 30 years ago, without any financial incum-\\nbrance whatever. He received a duplicate of the\\nland from Ionia, and two years later a deed from the\\nGovernment, signed by James Buchanan. He has\\nnow 40 acres improved and suitable farm buildings.\\nApril 27, 1839, he married Mrs. Sarah C. Lathrop,\\na widow, and a daughter of William Truman. She\\nwas born in 1802 and died in this county in 1876,\\nleaving two sons and a daughter: George J., Charles\\nW. and Emily H. (wife of Charles G. Phelps, a mer-\\nchant of Elwell). Mr. Tann was elected County\\nCoroner in 1861 and 1862. He has been Justice of\\nthe Peace two years, and is now School Inspector.\\nHe is a Notary Public, appointed by Gov. Jerome,\\nand re-appointed by Gov. Begole. He belongs to\\nthe Seventh-Day Adventists, and to the Patrons ot\\nHusbandry. He is politically a staunch Greenbacker.\\nm\\nTohn W. Mouser, resident at Ithaca, was\\nborn March 31, 1832, in Virginia. Daniel\\nand Elizabeth (Hahen) Mouser, his parents,\\nwere born in the same State and were there\\nengaged in the pursuit of agriculture. In the\\nyear 1846 the family removed to Ohio and re-\\nsided some time in Seneca County, removing thence\\nto Wood County, where they remained about ten\\nyears, going thence to Williams County, where the\\ndeath of the father occurred, Sept. 11, 1877. The\\nmother died in 1842, in Virginia.\\nThe first important event in the record of Mr.\\nMouser was his marriage, which occurred Feb. 28,\\n1855, with Hannah, daughter of Jacob and Sarah\\n(Clemens) Landis. The father of Mrs. Mouser be-\\nlonged to the agricultural community, and was also\\ninterested in stock-rearing. They went from Penn-\\nsylvania to Columbiana Co., Ohio, and afterward\\nf\\nI\\nL\\n0)\\nI\\nr\\ni\\nVA", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r^\\n^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m M^^ T\\nI\\nV\\ns\\nr\\nm\\nGRATJOT COUNTY.\\n399\\nmoved to Wood County, in the same State. Later\\non they went to Indiana, but not long after returned\\nto Toledo, Ohio. They are both deceased.\\nMr. Mouser remained in Ohio after his marriage\\nuntil 1857, when he removed with his family to Isa-\\nbella Co., Mich. He located a farm in the unbroken\\nwilderness, cutting his road thither tlirough the\\nforest. His family were among the first wliite settlers\\nof the county, and he aided in every possible way in\\nadvancing the general interests and prosperity.\\nAmong other pioneer experiences was the cutting of\\nthe road from his farm to Indian Mills, near where\\nMt. Pleasant now stands. In 1872 he came to\\nGratiot County and located on section 13, Newark\\nTownship, on 80 acres of land. Of this tract about\\n70 acres are under good improvements, and a fine\\nlarge barn, which Mr. Mouser built in 1875, is a\\nnoticeable addition to his valuable farm.\\nIn 1862 Mr. Mouser became a Union soldier. He\\nenlisted in Co. C, Eighth Mich. Vol. Inf and was\\nin actual service in three engagements. He received\\nfinal discharge March 14, 1863, in Convalescent\\nCamp, in Virginia. In political faith Mr. Mouser is\\nan uncompromising Republican. He and his wife\\nare members of the United Brethren Church, and\\nare zealous workers in its interest. They are the\\nparents of six children James L., Sarah A., Daniel\\nJ., Mary L., Lincoln J. and George G.\\nalmon Yerington, insurance agent, resident\\nat Alma, was born in Rollin, Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., Jan. rs, 1842, and is the son of Will-\\niam and Amanda (Bennett) Yerington. The\\n)arents were natives of Connecticut, and after\\ntheir marriage settled in Lenawee County. In\\nr866 they came to Gratiot County and fixed tlieir\\nresidence at Alma, where the father died, Sei)t. 11,\\n1877, and the mother passed to her home of un-\\nbroken rest and peace, Jan. 25, 1875. Nine children\\nwere born to them, three of whom died in infancy.\\nAlmon, Stephen D., Gertude, Mary E., George H.\\nand Charles W. lived to years of maturity.\\nMr. Yerington was 1 9 years old when the war of\\nthe rebellion broke out. He had been reared under\\ninfluences which fostered the principles he inherited\\nof love of freedom and unity of country, and in\\nMay, 1861, he enlisted in the Third Mich. Vol. In-\\nfantry. Tiie regiment was mustered into the service\\nof the State in the same month, and into that\\nof the United States in June following. Mr. Yering-\\nton was discharged in August, 1862, after 14 months\\nservice. Among other engagements of less moment\\nin which he was a participant were the first battle of\\nBull s Run and the fights of the Peninsula Campaign\\nunder McClellan. In December, 1862, he again en-\\nlisted as a soldier for the Union, in the Sixth Mich.\\nCav., and was detailed for service in Gen. Custer s\\nBrigade Band. He was with Sheridan in the Valley\\nCampaign, and was present at the surrender of Gen.\\nLee at Appomattojc Court-House. He served in Gen.\\nCuster s command during the remainder of the war,\\nand when the Brigade was ordered to Wyoming Ter-\\nritory, on an expedition against the Indians, Mr.\\nYerington was detailed a member of the Post Band\\nat Fort Leavenworth. He was mustered out of ser-\\nvice Oct. 13, 1865.\\nIn the spring of 1866, Mr. Yerington settled in\\nAlma and opened a drug store the first establish-\\nment in that avenue of trade in Gratiot County. He\\ncontinued its management vmtil 1875, when he sold\\nout. In the spring of 1876 lie was elected Justice\\nof the Peace and has since continued the incumbent\\nof the office. In 1875 he began to operate in insur-\\nance, in which he has been prosperous to a satisfac-\\ntory degree. In political sentiment and affiliation\\nhe is a Republican. In 1867 he was appointed\\nPostmaster of Alma by President Johnson and filled\\nthe position with honor 12 years. He has officiated\\nseveral years as Village Clerk, and since he became\\nresident at Alma has been intimately identified with\\nits interests and prosperity. He is a member of the\\nMasonic fraternity and belongs to William Mover\\nPost, No. 152, G. A. R.\\nHe was married May 21, 1871, at Ahna, to Mary\\nB., daughter of William and Lois A. (Peckham)\\nMoyer. She was born March 21, 1853, in Oneida\\nCo., N. Y. Her parents were natives respectively of\\nPennsylvania and New York, and were among the\\npioneer settlers of .Mma. The latherdied in March,\\n1869; the mother is an inmate of the house of her\\ndaughter.\\nI\\n\\\\m\\ne", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "1-^ii:^\\nA\\nTS\\n1-\\ni.\\n400\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nisr\\n-ss^ a^ vT\\n^-i*\\njilton M. Lewis, farmer on section 3, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of James H. and\\nSophronia (Hodges) Lewis, natives of\\nNew York. They came from New York to\\nX this State, and settled in Hillsdale County,\\nI where they reared a family of six children.\\nMilton, the eldest son, was horn in Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich., Sept. 29, 1850. He received his education in\\nthe common schools, and remained at home until 19\\nyears old, assisting his father while not at school,\\nhaving come to Gratiot County with his parents when\\nfive years old.\\nAt the age of 19 he settled on a farm in Fulton\\nTownship given him by his father. After a year and\\na half, he sold and bought 60 acres on section three,\\nwhere he now resides. He has 40 acres under cul-\\ntivation.\\nApril I, 1870, in North Star Township, he married\\nClara A., daughter of W. W. and Cornelia Baker.\\nShe was born in Ohio, Oct. 10, 1852. This union\\nhas been blessed with three children, but one of\\nwhom, William W., now survives. One died in in-\\nfancy, and Herbert H. died when three years old.\\nIn the spring of 1883, Mr. Lewis was chosen Clerk\\nof Fulton Township; and he has also held the vari-\\nous school offices in his district. Politically, he is a\\nNational. He and wife are members of the Chris-\\ntian Church.\\nmMf eremiah Brodebeck, farmer on section 30,\\n,_8aili Fulton Township, is a son of John K. and\\nElizabeth Brodebeck, natives of Pennsyl-\\nvania. They first settled in the Keystone\\nyi State, after marriage, and afterwards removed\\nto Morrow Co., Ohio, where they lived until their\\ndeath. Jeremiah, the fifth son of a family of seven\\nsons and four daughters, was born in Morrow Co.,\\nOhio, June 26, 1832.\\nHe received a common-school education, and re-\\nmained at home until 24 years old. He came to this\\ncounty in January, 1859, and bought 80 acres of wild\\nland in North Star Township, where he lived till\\nMarch, 1882. Selling out, he then purchased 100\\n1.^ .j^\\nacres in Fulton Township, where he now resides.\\nHe owns 190 acres, of which 145 are cleared.\\nOct. I, 1847, in Morrow Co., Ohio, he married Miss\\nSarah J., daughter of James and Margaret (White)\\nBaggs, natives of Virginia. She was born in Mor-\\nrow County, May 3, 1836. Mr. and Mrs. B. have\\none son, Isaiah W,, born Oct. 8, 1858. Mr. B. is a\\nprogressive farmer, and much interested in blooded\\nstock. He supports the Democratic party.\\nSept. 8, 1864, he enlisted in the 178th Ohio Vol.\\nInf., and he served in the Union army about 1 1\\nmonths, generally on dstached service. He was\\nhonorably discharged at Raleigh, N. C.\\nif^ii^ eorge D. Barton, lumberman, residing at\\ni^A Alma, was born in Rockinirham, Vt., Tan.\\n3~ 10, 1836. His parents, Jeremiah and Sa-\\ni\\nC\\nrah (Wetherby) Barton, were also natives of\\nthe Green Mountain State, where they married, /iv\\nlived and died. e3\\nMr. Barton, after obtaining an elementary educa-\\ntion at the common schools, pursued a course of\\nstudy at the academy at Saxton s River in his native\\nState, and subsequently attended the Green Moun-\\ntain Liberal Institute at Woodstock, Vt. After the\\ncompletion of his education he engaged as a farm\\nassistant with his father until he was 26 years old.\\nIn 1862 he went to Chester, Vt., where he was in-\\nterested in agriculture eight years. At the e.xpiration\\nof that period he engaged in trade there, which he\\npursued eight years. In 1879 he disposed of all his\\ninterests in his native State and, in March of that r.\\nyear, he came to Michigan and settled in Alma. He\\nengaged in mercantile affairs with A. W. Wright, un-\\nder the firm name of George D. Barton Co. After\\noperating in this relation three years he sold his in-\\nterests to Mr. Wright. His next business venture\\nwas in lumbering with Mr. Wright and John O.\\nLumsdon, the concern operating as George D. Barton ^K\\nCo., which constitutes his present business connec-\\ntion. The daily products of their mill comprise\\n35,000 feet of hard wood or 50,000 feet of pine lum-\\nMr. Barton was first married in Chester, Yt., Nov.\\n4, 1861, to Lucy A., daughter of Henry and Lucy\\n(Lee) Morris. The father was a native of Vermont,\\nI\\niMh^-^\\n-m", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "V\\nr\\nT2i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nr-,\\\\\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2:lltl:^:DIl^\\n/.N\\nI\\nGkATIOT COUNTY.\\nS^^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4)\\n401\\nr\\nr\\n-J\\nthe motlier of Massachusetts. The daughter was\\nborn Oct. 31, 1841, at Chester. Mr. Barton was\\nagain married Jan. 12, 1881, to Ehnira C, daughter\\nof Charles and Sylvia (Peck) Esty. The latter were\\nnatives of Vermont. Mrs. Barton was born Jan. 12,\\n1S60, at Ludlow, Vt. One child, Fanny S., was\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Barton, Aug. 2, 1882.\\nMr. Barton belongs to the Masonic fraternity and\\nin political sentiment is an independent Republican.\\nKLamnel C. Robinson, farmer and County\\nDrain Commissioner, resident on section\\n\\\\V/^ 24, New Haven Township, is the fourth son\\nand seventh child of Stephen H. and Barbara\\n(Noss) Robinson, and was born in Wayne Co\\nOhio, Dec. 17, 1845. The elder Robinson was\\nof Irish-English descent, and followed the life of a\\nfarmer. He died in Paulding Co., Ohio, June 27,\\n1875, at the age of 72 years. His mother was a\\nnative of Cumberland Co., Pa., and died at her\\nhome in Paulding County, Oct. g, 1882.\\nWhen seven years old Samuel accompanied his\\nparents to Paulding County, where they located upon\\na new farm. Consequently during his early youth\\nhe encountered much hard work in helping to de-\\nvelop the farm and build the new house. He\\nenjoyed only the advantages of the common schools\\nin which to obtain an education. When the call for\\nvolunteers was made by President Lincoln to defend\\nthe Nation s honor and the Union, four sons left the\\nhome of Stephen Robinson, among whom was Sam-\\nuel. At this time he was rejected on account of iiis\\ntender age. In the fall of 1862, however, being then\\nonly 16 years old, he entered the service as a team-\\nster. At the expiration of one year he returned\\nhome, and a few months later enlisted as a private in\\nthe company stationed at Carlisle (Pa.) Barracks. He\\nwas shortly afterwards discharged on account of dis-\\nability, not being considered sufficiently strong for\\nthe duties of the standing army. He, however, at\\nonce enlisted in the 2d Ohio Heavy Anillery, com-\\nmanded by Col. H. Gibson, of the Army of the Cum-\\nberland. This regiment was kept in reserve, and\\nthus Mr. Robinson saw ro particularly active service,\\nalthough he was in several sharp skirmishes. In\\n1865, while in the service, he received a sunstroke,\\nf\\ny\\\\\\nfir^fr-\\nyears old.\\nwhich has since prevented him from engaging as\\nactively and energetically in his work as his nature\\nprompts him.\\nMr. Robinson was honorably discharged from his\\ncountry s service Aug. 23, 1865, returned to his home\\nin Paulding County and became manager and tiller\\nof his father s farm. During this time, however, he\\nattended school preparatory to teaching. Two years\\nlater he purchased a small farm in the same county,\\nand, Oct. 27, 1867, united his fortunes with those of\\nMiss Almeda E. Cushman, daughter of John and\\nNancy (Russell) Cushman, natives of Ohio, and\\nfarmers by occupation. The father died in Pennsyl-\\nvania in 1853, and the mother remains with her\\nchildren and is 72 years of age.\\nMrs. Robinson was born Sept. 8, 1844, and resided\\nwith her parents until she was 16 years of age, at\\nwhich time, having completed her education, she\\nbegan teaching school. This she followed for i\\nterms. After Mr. and Mrs. Robinson s marriage\\nthey settled down upon their new farm, and he began\\nteaching, which profession he followed till 1873. In\\nthe spring of that year he came to Gratiot County\\nand located on section 24, New Haven Township.\\nHe at first purchased 40 acres of land, and subse-\\nquently sold it and bought 80 acres on another part\\nof the same section. It was then timber land, but\\nhe now has 30 acres well improved, with a comfort-\\nable farm-house on it. To Mr. and Mrs. Robinson\\nhave been bom four children: Lily May, born April\\n18, 1869; Ray C, Jan. 24, 1871; Roy F., Oct. 26,\\n1874; Nellie H., Oct. 13 1876.\\nMr. Robinson was elected as County Drain Com-\\nmissioner in 1882, and re-elected in 1884. He has\\nalso served three years as Supervisor, and filled all\\nthe minor ofificea of his township. Politically he is a\\nstaunch Republican.\\napoleon Bradley, proprie:or of the Com\\nf merciil Hotel of Riverdale, Seville Town-\\nship, is a son of William and Harriet (Fisk)\\nBradley, natives respectively of Connecticut\\nand Vermont. The father has followed the busi-\\nness of dealing in real-estate, and now resides\\nin the State of New York, aged 76. His wife is 69\\n8\\nn-:\\nThe family comprise four sons and four", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bbs: (^r^7 WmM^ T\\n^i^\\n-4^^C(\u00c2\u00aeVf^\\n.^j\\nO\\n402\\n(Ji?^ TYC r CO UNTY.\\nk\u00c2\u00a3^i\\ndaughters, all alive and in good health, and 17 grand-\\nchildren. Remarkable to state, there has never yet\\nbeen a deatli in the family.\\nThe subject of this biography was born June 20,\\n1838, in SuUivan Co., N. Y., and at the age of 12\\nwent to Montgomery and attended academy for six\\nmonths. Then he studied three years at the State\\nNormal School, and a year and a half at Woodbury,\\nCt. For the ensuing two years he was engaged in\\nthe wholesale dry-goods store owned by Conklin,\\nShepard Co., and then he lived at home until the\\nbreaking out of the civil war. He enlisted in the\\nfirst company raised in Sullivan County, which was\\nmade Co. H, 28th New York Vol. Inf. He was sent\\nto the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Banks, and\\nfought at Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Rappahan-\\nnock, Antietam and Chancellorsville. At the last\\nnamed place he was taken prisoner and was sent to\\nthe famous Libby Prison. Three weeks later he was\\nparoled. His regiment was in the service two years\\nand was then sent home and discharged at Lockport,\\nN. Y. In June, 1863, he came home and remained\\na year.\\nIn 1864 he was united in marriage to Harriet Bar-\\nton, born April 17, i84r, and the daughter of William\\nand Jane Barton, of the State of New York. Her\\nfather is dead, died in the year 1878, but her mother\\nstill lives, in the State of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBradley are the parents of three children William\\nA. J., Alvin N. and Marion H. Mr. B. is at present\\nDeputy Sheriff of Gratiot County, appointed by Sheriff\\nPeet. He is a member of Riverdale Lodge, No. 343,\\nI. O. O. F., Riverdale Lodge, No. 343, I. O. G. T.,\\nand Col. Ely Post, No. 158, G. A. R. Politically he\\nis a Prohibitionist.\\nornelius A. Franks, farmer on section\\n4l V^ 19, Fulton Township, is a son of George\\nS. and Barbara A. Franks (see sketch of\\nfj\u00c2\u00bb George S. Franks); and was born in Wayne\\nCo., Ohio, March 19, 1843. He received his\\neducation in the common schools, and also attended\\nthe Edinburgh Academy, located in Wayne County.\\nWith the exception of six months, he lived at home\\nuntil 23 years of age. In 1869, he bought 100 acres\\nof wild land on section i, North Shade, 25 acres of\\nOf-)\\nt\\nwhich are improved. He has not lived in North\\nShade, however, having continued to live on his\\nfather s farm until the present time.\\nOct. 29, 1864, in Wayne Co., Ohio, he was married\\nto Miss Mary J., daughter of Armor and Jane (Orr)\\nAnderson, natives of Ireland and Ohio. Mrs. Franks\\nwas born in Crawford Co., Ohio, Aug. 21, 1842. She\\nand her husband have a family of four, Sylvester A.,\\nGeorge A., Winifield S. and Annie J. Mrs. F. is a\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church. Politically,\\nMr. F. is a Democrat.\\nilliam H. Brown, farmer, section 30, Em-\\nerson Township, was born in Royalton,\\nNiagara Co., N. Y., Dec. 26, 1836, and\\nwas the son of Captain Robert and Ann M.\\n(Noyes) Brown, natives of Rhode Island.\\nCapt. Brown was most of his life a sea captain,\\nand died in Royalton, N. Y., in 1858. His widow\\nstill lives, in Niagara County. Much of her life was\\nspent in teaching in the village school.\\nThe subject of this sketch passed his boyhood on\\nhis father s farm in his native county, and then gave\\nhis time to preparing for teaching. Attending the\\ncommon schools and the college at Lockport, N. Y.,\\nhe engaged in teaching at the age of 20. He was\\nsubsecjuently taken with inflammatory rheumatism,\\nwhich made him an invalid for eight years.\\nAfter regaining his health he was married, in Roy-\\nalton, to Malvina B., daughter of William and Jane\\n(Searles) Morey, natives of Rensselaer Co., N. Y., of\\nWelsh extraction. She was born near Lockport, N.\\nY., Oct. 24, 1837. At the age of 20 she began\\nteaching, which she followed successfully till her 26th\\nyear, when she was married to Mr. Brown. They\\nsettled on a farm in their native county, teaching win-\\nters, and in the early spring of 1878 emigrated to this\\nState and county, and settled on a farm of 80 acres\\nin Emerson Township, which he had purchased the\\nprevious year, after selling his New York farm. Since j\\ncoming here, he has come to be considered one of\\nthe most skillful and progressive farmers in the\\ncounty.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brown have had seven children,\\nof whom five survive Alice May, born July 13, ~V\\n1870; George N., born Jan. 31 1874; Reuben S. jS-j,^\\ni\\n0:\\nmy^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "^j^Ti^^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n*\u00c2\u00ab?s2^\\n4 3\\n11\\n(4/\\nborn Oct. 16,1875; Robert H., born May 8, 1877;\\nWillie E., born May 8, 1882. Barker M. and Bina\\nM., twins, were born Jan. 10, 1866, and died, the\\nformer March 13, 1870, and the latter, June 16, 1867.\\nMrs. Brown is an active member of the Baptist\\nChurch, while Mr. Brown is a member of the Uni-\\nversalist Church, of which he was a Trustee for 11\\nyears. Politically, he is a Democratic Prohibitionist.\\nftiiaz \u00e2\u0096\u00ba^l\\n^^^swra\u00e2\u0096\u00a0?av\\nicajah. Wood, farmer, section 17, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born Oct. 10, 1848,\\nin Pennsylvania. His parents, William and\\nHannah (Hartley) Wood, were also natives\\nof the Keystone State. Mr. Wood spent the\\nyears of his minority under the care of his par-\\nents, assisting on the farm and attending school. In\\n1865, he came to Isabella Co., Mich., and remained\\nuntil the spring of 187 i, purchasing 40 acres in 1870.\\nIn 1877, he bought 40 acres of land on section 1 1,\\nPine Piver Township, and in September, 1882, he\\nbought 80 acres, where he established his homestead\\nand has since resided. Of the first purchase he has\\n25 acres under cultivation, and, of the last, 55 acres\\nare unproved and under tillage. He belongs to the\\nI^ Republican party in political connection.\\nMr. Wood was married Oct. 10, 1869, in Isabella\\nCounty, to Rosa, daughter of John and Matilda Van-\\nderbeek.\\nMrs. Wood was born Sept. 22, 1854, in the State of\\nNew York. Lillie, Leslie and Minnie are the names\\n4s of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Wood.\\nV;\\nV\\nU The parents are members of the Disciples Church.\\n~,ef ^a i\\\\ orace B Angell, farmer, section 17, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born Aug. 21,1853,\\nin Lyon Township, Oakland Co., Mich., and\\nis a son of Albert and Annie (Doane) Angell,\\nnatives respectively of New York and Michigan.\\nSoon after their marriage, they located in Oak-\\nland County, and, later, in Wayne County, removing\\nthence to Clinton County, where the father now\\nresides. The mother died July 14, 1877.\\nMr. Angell obtained his education at the common\\nschools and also at the select schools at Maple Rap-\\nids, where he was a pupil neariy three years, and at\\nthe age of 17 left home to make his own unaided way\\nin the world. He was employed in a mill and as a\\nfarm laborer for about three years. He was engaged\\nfour successive winter seasons in teaching, and in\\n1873 he came to Gratiot County and bought his farm\\nof 160 acres in Pine River Township. He afterward\\nsold 80 acres and lias 70 acres of the remainder un-\\nder advanced cultivation. Since 1879, he has bred\\nblooded sheep, and now he has also thorough-bred\\ncattle. Mr. Angell is a Republican in political faith.\\nHe was married April 10, 1879, in Oakland Co.,\\nMich., to Clara E., daughter of John and Susan\\n(Spinning) Travis. Mrs. Angell was born in Jordan,\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y., Jan 22, i860. Her parents\\nwere also natives of the Empire State. Annie M. and\\nIra D. are the two children now included in the fam-\\nily circle. Mrs. Angell is a member of the Baptist\\nChurch.\\noseph\\nB. Vliet, farmer, sec. 13, Pine River\\nTp., was born Dec. 13, 1837, in New Jer-\\nsey, of which State his parents, Nathan\\nand Sarah Jewell) Vliet, were also natives.\\nThey resided there some years after their mar-\\nriage, and removed to Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nwhere they remained until 1855- In that year they\\ntransferred their family and interests to Gratiot Coun-\\nty. They lived about nine years in Fulton Town-\\nship, occupied in agriculture. They removed thence\\nto Pine River Township and bought 40 acres of land\\non section 14. On this they resided until the close\\nof their lives, the father operating as a farmer and\\nalso working at the business of a mason, which was\\nhis trade. He died in January, 187 i. The demise\\nof the mother occurred in August, 1866.\\nMr. Vliet was a child of two years when his par-\\nents came to Oakland County, and he continued to\\nreside at home during the years of his minority.\\nAbout the time he reached manhood he entered the\\nemploy of the U. S. Government and operated as a\\nsawyer in the Indian Mills, on the Chippewa River,\\nin Isabella County. He continued in that employ\\nabout three years. In i860 he came to St. Louis,\\nGratiot County, and associated with his brother James\\nestablished a grocery and provision trade, which they\\n\\\\2J\\nA\\n^y\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": ":-C^tlD :DI]v -r\\n\u00c2\u00abr,^t-:^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nJ\\nG\\\\\\nconducted two years. On the termination of this\\nperiod, Mr. Vliet bought the farm on which he has\\nsince Uved, comprising 80 acres of land. Of this he\\nhas 35 acres under cultivation. He also owns sev-\\neral lots in St. Louis, on which he is now erecting\\nbuildings and otherwise improving them. The histo-\\nry of Mr. Vliet is similar to that of most of the better\\nclass of citizens of Gratiot County. He made his\\nstart in life with no aid but a laudable ambition, for-\\ntified by disposition and strength to work, and later\\nby a helpful, faithful wife, one of the sort that forms\\none of the best elements in the substantial progress\\nof the Peninsular State.\\nMr. Vliet was married May 15, 1861, at St. Louis,\\nto Deborah, daughter of Jonathan and Lucetta Me-\\ncum. She was born July 6, 1840, in Pennsylvania,\\nher parents being also natives of the Keystone State.\\nOf five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Vliet, four sur-\\nvive. They were born in the following order: Mary\\nL., Mina A., Ernest L., Bertie G. and George. Ber-\\ntie died when he was 17 months old.\\nMr. Vliet is a member of the Order of Masonry,\\nand in political connections belongs to the National\\nGreenback party.\\nwM\\nE5. sMiS\\nThomas Raycraft, farmer, section 20, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born in County Cork,\\nIreland, May 15, 1846, and is a son of\\nRichard and Martha Raycraft, also natives of\\nIreland. They came to the United States in\\n1847, and settled in Rochester, N. Y., where\\nthe mother died. The father came, later on, to Clin-\\nton Co., Mich., where he died, in June, i860.\\nMr. Raycraft is practically an American citizen,\\nhaving been less than a year old when he was brought\\nto this country by his parents. He has followed the\\nvocation of agriculture since he was old enough for\\nactive labor, commencing his career as a farmer at the\\nageof 13 years. In 187 1, he came to Gratiot County,\\nwhere he worked as a farm laborer two years, and in\\n1872 he bought 80 acres of land under partial im-\\nprovements, where he has since lived and labored.\\nIn 188 r, he built a fine farm house, which the family\\nare now occupying. The farm consists at present of\\n120 acres of land with 100 acres under cultivation.\\nPolitically, Mr. Raycraft is identified with the Na-\\ntional Greenback party.\\nHe was married at Alma, Mich., July 4, 1871, to vV\\nMary, daughter of Harmon and Dora Coleman, na-\\nlives of Germany. Dora M., Ely, Lee, Ora, Lottie r\\nand Thomas C. are the children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Raycraft.\\nc\\n-^-k4^##^-\\nohn W. Otto, farmer on section 3, Fulton\\nTownship, is a son of George and Ara\\n(Parrish) Otto, natives of New York State.\\nHe was born in Jackson Co., Mich., Jan. 20,\\njt 1^38 d ^^^s quite young when his parents\\nremoved to Hillsdale Co., Mich. At the age\\nof 17, he came to this county, in the spring of 1855,\\nwith bis parents. He remained at home until 24\\nyears of age, when he bought the old homestead of\\n60 acres on section 3. He has since added 5o acres\\nto his farm, and has 100 acres well improved.\\nJune 28, 1863, in Newark Township, he married\\nHannah M., daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth\\n(Cady) Lepley, residents of Newark Township. She\\nwas born in Wood Co., Ohio, Feb. 28, 1846. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Otto have three living children, George S.,\\nCharles F. and Cora E. They have buried two\\nchildren, Sophronia J. and an infant. Mrs. Otto\\nis a member of the Christian Church. Politically,\\nMr. Otto is a Republican.\\nilliam J. Pendell, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nma section 36, New Haven Township, was\\njfe^p born in Wayne Co., N. Y., April 2. 1839.\\n11^^ His father, PeterB., was a native of Saratoga,\\nN. Y., of German descent, and was a farmer\\nby occupation. He died at his son s, in this\\ntownship, Sept. 14, i88i, at the age of 83. The\\nmother of William J. was Mary M., nee Babcock, of\\nEnglish parentage. She died at her son s, in New\\nHaven Township, in i860. His step-mother, C hloris,\\n)ic-c Holliday, was born June 18, 1820, in Allegany\\nCo., N. Y., and is now living at her son s. f\\nWhen seven years old the subject of this sketch\\ncame with his parents to Macomb Co., Mich., and\\nthree years later to Ionia County, where he worked Vj\\non a farm and attended school for eight years, f^vj\\nThence, in 1856, he came to this county, where his\\n^Il!l^Ptlr\\nJl.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sim^L.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^x^-\\n^^m.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "!1\\nh-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0W,\\n^^\u00c2\u00a3y^^Z^r i/u^f^^ t^/iA y i ^:^tiZ.o-K^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00abf;\\\\\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0U-i u.\\n^a-eoc:i,c", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "^1\\n4", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "^t#*-\\nr.\\nt\\nV\\n4\\n1\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n;2!)%a\\n-ee^\\ni^^C(sV^\\n409\\nfather purchased 80 acres of perfectly wild land for\\na homestead. In 1858 they moved upon the place,\\nto which the subject of this sketch has since added\\nSo acres and made a comfortable home. There are\\n1 20 acres under the plow, and his residence, recently\\nbuilt, cost about |i,8oo. Mr. Pendell is an active\\nand progressive agriculturist.\\nSept. 12, 1 86 1, is the date of the marriage of Mr.\\nPendell to Miss Elizabeth Husted, a native of Oak-\\nland Co., Mich., where she was born July 26, 1838.\\nShe died at her home, in this township, July 12, 1 862\\nwas the mother of one child, Leonora M. Mr. Pen-\\ndell again married, Nov. 28, 1867, Amelia R. Wor-\\ncester, who was born Nov. 29, 1843, in Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y., and when six years old came to Jackson Co.,\\nMich.; at the age of 24 she came to this county, and\\nwas shortly afterward married. Her children are:\\nBenjamin S., born Dec. 26, 1870; Thomas J., Jan.\\n21, 1873; Grace E., March 24, 1875; Gertrude E.,\\nJuly 14, 1878, and Adeline, Dec. 17, 1883.\\nMr. Pendell has held the offices of Highway Com-\\nmissioner and School Director; is a Republican on\\npolitical issues; a member of lodge No. 145, F.\\nA. M., at Maple Rapids, and with his wife is a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n^|ampson Ovenden, farmer, sec. 19, Wash-\\nington Township, is a son of William and\\nFrances (Birch) Ovenden, natives of Kent,\\nEngland. William Ovenden was by trade a\\nbricklayer and plasterer, and came to America\\nin 1852. He settled in Genesee Co., N. Y.,\\nand followed his calling until his death, in i860.\\nHis wife still lives, in this county. The subject of\\nthis sketch was born Oct. 10, 1834, in Kent, Eng-\\nland.\\nHe first left home at the age of nine, but at 14 he\\nleft home permanently, going on the sea as a com-\\nmon sailor. His interesting travels lasted for a\\nperiod of 12 years. He first shipped on a brig,\\nunder a Capt. Bray, at Margate, and made four voy-\\nages to Hartly Pole, England, in the coal trade. He\\nne.xt went on the schooner Isabella, under a Capt.\\nSmith, and ran from Margate to Liver[)ool. The\\nschooner being then sold, he was discharged. His\\nnext service was on the brig Hugh, under Capt.\\nc\\nAnderson, which carried coal to Brazil, and came\\nback with cotton. Returning, he shipped on the\\nbrig Burkby, under Capt. Henry, which went first\\nto Cardif, Wales, for coal, then to Sierra Leone, Africa,\\nthen to Cosanco, back to Sierra Leone, and thence\\nhome to Liverpool. On the barque Ellen Mary,\\nunder Capt. Legg, he went to the Isle of France,\\nthrough tlie straits of Malacca to Singapore, to Amoy,\\nto Shanghai, to the East Indies, to Singapore and\\nChina again, and once more to the East Indies. He\\nnext served on the ship Englewood, under Capt.\\nRandal, and went to Java thence to St. Helena\\n(Napoleon s prison), and thence to London. On the\\npacket barque Stratford, under Capt. Forrest, he\\nsailed from London to Sidney, Australia, to Newcas-\\ntle, Raymontares, and Sidney again. Shipping next\\non the packet barque Jessie Burns, under Capt.\\nBaker, he visited Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, and\\nSan Francisco. Going inland for the first time in\\nmany years, he worked for a time in the mines near\\nSacramento. Returning to San Francisco, he took\\npassage on the Golden Gate to Agopoko, South\\nAmerica, and thence to Panama. Crossing the isth-\\nmus to Aspinwatl, he went on the ship Illinois to\\nNew York City, where lie found his parents. He\\nthen came to Michigan in search of his sister, whom\\nhe finally found in Graliot County. For a time he\\nwas employed in Hillsdale County, by a man whom (J,\\nhe had met in California.\\nJuly 28, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, i8th Mich.\\nVol. Inf. During his service he fought in several\\nsharp engagements, and he was finally discharged at\\nJackson, Mich., when he came to this county and\\npurchased his present home on section 19. He was\\nmarried to Jane M., daughter of James V. and Sarah\\nCarr, both deceased. Mr. Carr died at Ithaca, Jan.\\n4, 1884. He was a soldier in the 23d Mich. Vol.\\nInf and was buried with the honors of the G. A. R.\\nMr. and Mrs. Ovenden have had eight children, five\\nof whom survive. He is a memljerof Eureka Lodge,\\nNo. 3x8, F. A. M. Politically he has been a Re-\\npublican ever since his arrival in the States. In\\nlocal elections, however, he votes for the best man,\\nregardless of party.\\nMr. Ovenden was but a green sailor when he and\\nhis plucky little wife settled in the forest, and they\\nwere derisively called bantas, by others who proph-\\nesied they would be soon starved out. They have,\\nJ\\nC^\\nm^i\\njsr#\u00c2\u00ae-\\n^Da: DDs", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "M\\ntf^\\n^Da ^DD^i\\n1\\n410\\nI\\ns\\nr\\\\,\\nby indomitable perseverance, triumphed over obsta-\\ncles; and, though yet in the prime of hfe, they have\\nlived to see many of their early neighbors give up\\nthe task of earning a home and drop out of sight in\\nthe race of life. Mr. and Mrs. Ovenden amply de-\\nserve representation among the portraits with which\\nthis work is embellislied, and a double page near by\\nis accordingly awarded them.\\ndward Creech, farmer, section 9, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born in Woodbridge,\\nN. J., Dec. 25, 1 84 1. His parents, Richard\\nand Catherine Creech, were born in Ireland,\\nand on coming to the United States located in\\nNew Jersey, and afterwards settled in the\\nState of New York, where the mother died and the\\nfather still resides.\\nAt the age of 15 years, Mr. Creech was thrown\\nupon his own resources, and from that time until the\\nadvent of armed rebellion, he maintained himself by\\nfarming and as a sailor on the Hudson River. He\\nenlisted June, 1861, in the ist Mich. Vol. Inf., en-\\nrolling in Co. D. He served four years, and June\\n27, 1862, at the battle of Gaines Mill, was severely\\nwounded in the head by a minie ball, and was cap-\\ntured at the same time by the rebels. He was\\nparoled two months later.\\nAfter his recovery, Mr. Creech was offered his dis-\\ncharge, but he declined its acceptance, and also re-\\nfused assignment to the Invalid Corps. He returned\\nto his command, and joined his regiment in July,\\n1863, while it was on the march to Gettysburg, and\\nhe participated in that engagement. His first enlist-\\nment was for three years, but in January, 1864, he\\nagain enrolled in the Union ranks. His regiment\\nwas one ordered on duty up the Weldon railroad, and\\nwhen on the return from the work of destruction\\nthere, in a slight skirmish, he was hit in the right\\nknee by a spent ball, and sustained some injury, but\\nnot sufficient to incapacitate from duty. He received\\na similar hurt in his left arm about ten minutes before\\nLee capitulated at Appomattox Court house. An-\\nother significant incident was a conversation Mr.\\nCreech held with a rebel soldier on picket guard at\\nYellow House Tavern, on tlie Weldon railroad. The\\nbutternut anxiously inquired if McClellan was\\n-rr-r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ny\\nlikely to be elected the next President. Mr. Creech\\nreplied No, sir! We shall elect Abraham Lincoln\\nand fight this thing out. The disheartened rebel\\nexclaimed in despairing tones Oh, my God\\nwhen will I get home\\nAfter his discharge from the army he came to\\nJackson, Mich., where he was employed about six\\nmonths in the capacity of guard at the State Prison.\\nHe went afterward to Hillsdale County, where he\\nwas engaged in buying and selling land to some ex-\\ntent. In the spring of 1872, he lost his home by fire,\\na misfortune rendered wholly disastrous from ihe fact\\nthat the building was uninsured. Mr. Creech went\\nto Nebraska for the purpose of locating land, and en-\\ntered a claim of 160 acres but he did not conclude\\nthe terms of his claim, and soon after returned to\\nHillsdale County. He bought a farm there, which\\nhe sold later on, and coming to Gratiot County he\\nbought the farm on which he has since resided, com-\\nprising 120 acres, with 90 acres under cultivation.\\nMr. Creech belongs to the National Greenback party\\nin political affiliation.\\nHe was married Oct. 30, 1866, at Jackson, to Me-\\nlinda, daughter of Tunis and Eliza (Craig) Vrooman.\\nMrs. Creech was born Dec. 7, 1844, in Jackson Co.,\\nMich. Of eight children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nCreech, three survive: Fred C, Ina A. and Tunis B.\\nFive children died in infancy. The parents are\\nmembers of the Disciples Church.\\nohn M. Trask, ex-County Clerk of Gratiot\\n11^ County, resident at Ithaca, was born in\\nAW Lucas Co., Ohio, April 8, 1840. He is a\\nWA Linus L. and Nancy E. (Thompson)\\n^r Trask, natives of New York. The father was\\na mechanic, and removed his family to Ottawa\\nCo., Ohio, and, later in life, to Winnebago Co., III.\\nIn 1852 another removal was made, to Ottawa Co.,\\nOhio, where the mother died, Feb. 21. 1865. The\\nfather s demise occurred Dec. 31, 1855.\\nMr Trask came to Michigan on attaining his ma-\\njority, and entered;! machine-shop at St. John s, Clin-\\nton County, where he spent eight months, in the year\\n1861. In December, i860, he located a farm in\\nI Gratiot County. He enlisted as a soldier for the\\nI\\nX\\nf^.\\n--^C^t]t]^|](ln\\n-\u00c2\u00ab6jJ\\n#^5f", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "f|\u00c2\u00a7^/l:^^a=\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^Qfi:\\n1^\\n-T :tlll^Illl i r\\n-^Ji -^v\\n^m\\nGRATIOl 0OUN2Y.\\n411\\nV\\nUnion in 1863, enrolling in Co. I, 27th Mich. Vol.\\nInf. The regiment was at first assigned to the Army\\nof the West and was afterward transferred to the\\nArmy of the Potomac. Mr. Trask participated cred-\\nitably in all the engagements of the Ninth Corjjs.\\nHe was wounded June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor and\\nreceived his muster-out Aug. 25, 1865.\\nMr. Trask was married in 1862 to Eliza A.,\\ndaughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Kay) Hoffman.\\nThe father was of German birth, and emigrated to\\nAmerica when he was 14 years old. He has been a\\nfarmer all his active life, and is one of the first white\\nsettlers in the township of North Star. To him is ac-\\ncredited the honor of naming the town. Mr. and\\nMrs. Trask have three children: Clyde O., Midge\\nM. and Ord J.\\nMr. Trask is an adherent to the tenets of the Re-\\npublican party. He has served the township of\\nNorth Star six years as Clerk, and acted in the same\\ncapacity nearly a year in Fulton Township. In 1880\\nhe was elected Clerk of Gratiot County, and proved\\none of the ablest officials in the discharge of the\\nduties incumbent upon him known in the records of\\nthe county. He is now engaged with Nelson\\nBarber, general merchants at Ithaca. He is a mem-\\nber of the Masonic Order, and belongs to Ithaca\\nLodge, No. 123; also to Ithaca Chapter, No. 70;\\nIthaca Council, No. and St. John Commandery,\\nNo. 24.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i-\\nff\\n^alah J. Day, farmer, section 22, Pine River\\nTownship, was born Dec. 16, 1846, in\\nJackson Co., Mich. He is a son of Salah\\nand Sarah (White) Day. His parents were\\nnatives of the State of New York, and after\\ntheir marriage settled in Steuben County,\\nwhere they resided until 1833, when they removed\\nto Jackson Co., Mich. The father is deceased, and\\nthe mother is still living, in that county.\\nWhen Mr. Day reached his majority, he purchased\\na farm in Jackson County, which included 40 acres\\nof land. On this he operated about two years, when\\nhe sold out, and in January, 1S68, came to Gratiot\\n^i^ County and bought 50 acres of partly improved land\\ni) in Arcada Township. He returned to Jackson\\nN*. County without settling \\\\i\\\\ion the farm he had pur-\\n1\\nchased, and in November, 1874, he exchanged the\\nplace for a livery stable at Alma. He managed that\\nbusiness upwards of a year, when he sold out, and in\\nFebruary, 1875, removed tu Branch Co., Mich., where\\nhe had become the owner of a farm of 60 acres. On\\nthis he labored nearly a year, and then made an ex-\\nchange of the property for 80 acres of land, where he\\nhas since operated, and which he has all improved,\\nand has well cultivated. He is an adherent to the\\ntenets of the National Greenback party in political\\nviews.\\nHe was married Sept. 16, 1875, at Alma, to Eva\\nJ., daughter ot James and Elizabeth Morrison, na-\\ntives respectively of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Mrs.\\nDay was born in Eureka, Clinton Co., Mich., Oct 6,\\n1856 The family includes one child, Floyd S.,born\\nJune 17, 1876. Mr. Day is a member of the Royal\\nArcanum.\\nesse Casteel, farmer on section 25, North\\nShade Township, is a son of James and\\nSarah (Bierbauer) Casteel, natives of West-\\nmoreland Co., Va., and Fayette Co., Pa., re-\\nspectively. The father followed the occupation\\nof a farmer, and during the winter months\\ntaught school. The parents moved to Ohio, in 1857,\\nand located in Wayne County, where the mother died,\\nin the year 1838. The father then returned to Penn-\\nsylvania, where he remained for a period and then\\nremoved to Fayette Co., Pa., where he is at present\\nresiding.\\nThe subject of our sketch was born in Westmore-\\nland Co., Va., Dec. 5, 1825. He remained at home\\nassisting on the farm until the death of his mother,\\nwhen he went to live with a friend of the family and\\nwith whom he remained until he was 18 years of age.\\nOn attaining that age he set out to battle against the\\ntrials of the world alone, unaided except by the in-\\ndomitable energy and perseverance inculcated into\\nhis mind in childhood, and went to Richland Co.,\\nOhio. He remained there, variously occupied, for a\\nperiod of five years.\\nOn the 14th day of March, 1850, Mr. Casteel left\\nOhio and started for the Land of Gold, landing at\\nSan Francisco, May 7, of the same year. He went\\nfrom there to Sacramento and thence to Georgetown,\\nI\\nV\\nV\\n-erK-^[lo:-:DDv A-\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-^ifJ^^^tsr\\n-*4^^C\\n6\\n(i)\\nand prospected in and around the latter place for\\nsome time. Not finding any claims worth working,\\nhe went to a canyon some 25 miles distant, but on\\narriving there the water was so high they could not\\nwork it, and he was compelled to return. He then\\nwent to Spencer Bar on the Middle Fork of the\\nAmerican River, and remained two months; from\\nthence he went two miles below, formed a company,\\nand dug a race 80 rods long and dammed the river.\\nHe was engaged in his mining operations for some\\n17 years, and three years acted as agent for a ditch\\ncompany.\\nMr. Casteel returned to Indiana in 187 1, settled\\nin Allen County, and remained three years, and then\\ncame to this State and located on section 25, North\\nShade Township, securing i6o acres. He has since\\ndisposed of 80 acres and added by purchase 19 acres.\\nHe has held the position of Highway Commis-\\nsioner, and in politics is a Republican.\\nC3 f fp^\u00c2\u00b0 rof. Adelbert E. Barstow, for several years\\ns\\n^ii^^\\nteacher of District No. 2, North StarTown-\\nl-:i-l^ ship, was born in Madison Co., N. Y., Oct.\\n^ii ~J 2, 1846, and is a son of Wm. M. Barstow,\\n/li^ whose sketch is given elsewhere in this work.\\nHis parents came to Hillsdale County, this\\nState, in 1853, and to this county in 1856. He was\\neducated at the common schools of his district and\\nat Ithaca, this county, and at the age of 2 1 began\\nteaching. He has taught during ihe winter season\\nmost of the time for 16 years, six terms in his home\\ndistrict, where he is now teaching. This is sufficient\\nevidence of his ability to give satisfaction. He re-\\nsides in Ithaca, where he is also conducting an insur-\\nance business, which his father attends to during the\\nwinter.\\nMr. Barstow was married Oct. 2, 1871, to Cassie\\nA. Barton, daughter of Wm. Barton, of Ithaca, an\\nex-soldier of the British army and a participant in\\nthe battle of Waterloo he is now 86 years old, and\\nhas a very retentive memory. Mrs. Barstow s brotlier,\\nWm. Barton, was starved to death in the rebel prison\\nat Salisbury, N. C.\\nMr. and Mrs. B. have had four children, as fol-\\nlows: Lottie (deceased), Hattie, Willie and Nellie.\\nMr. B. has been Drain Commissioner two years\\nand School Inspector two years. Mrs. B. has taught\\n20 terms of school, and as an educator she has\\nbecome prominent.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0yeejiSf\u00c2\u00ae^^ fe\\nk4 M/^-axZiaa**-\\nm\\nenry Swift, farmer, section 22, North Star\\nTownship, was born in Dutchess Co. N. Y.,\\nOct. 30, 1805 his parents were of English\\nancestry. His father, Theodosius, was born in\\nLitchfield Co., Conn., and his mother, Polly,\\nnee Winchester, was born in the town of\\nAmenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y.\\nMr. Swift emigrated to St. Joseph County, this\\nState, in the spring of 1837, and to this county in\\n1855, settling where he now resides. He is a black-\\nsmith by trade, which he has followed nearly all his\\nlife. He was married in November, 1828, to Polly\\nLineberg; she died Feb. 8, 1845, and all her five\\nchildren are now deceased. Nov. 22, i860, Mr. S.\\nmarried Mrs. I, aura E. Flanagan, whose three chil-\\ndren by a former husband and one child by Mr. S.\\nare all deceased. Two of Mr. Swift s sons, Henry\\nM. and George, grew to manhood, became soldiers\\nin the late war, in which George died, and both\\non their decease left families to mourn their loss.\\nOne of Mrs. Swift s children, William H. Flanagan,\\nwas also a soldier in the late war, in which he was\\nsurrounded and taken prisoner: and after his return\\nhome, in February, 1864, he died, at the age of 19\\nyears. Her daughter Nellie died at the age of 1 2.\\nMr. Swift has been Highway Commissioner many\\nyears, and Township Treasurer one year.\\npon. Jacob M. Kemp, retired merchant, resi-\\ndent at St. Louis, was born in Fayette Co.,\\nPa., July II, 181 1. When he was five years old\\n/f his parents, Edward and Eve (Pemod) Kemp,\\nremoved to Brook Co., Va. They remained\\nthere three years and again removed to Jefferson\\nCo., Ohio. In 1S26 they went to Richland Co.,\\nOhio.\\nMr. Kemp bought 80 acres of land in Vernon\\nTownship, Richland County, where he resided until", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "if#5\u00c2\u00bb-\\nZ^^^\\ni^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^rrr^my^M^^:^\\n^m,\\nim^s\\\\m\\nGRA TJO T CO UNTY.\\n413\\n185 1, when he settled near Bryant, in Wilhams\\nCounty, in that State, bought a farm and remained\\non it six years. In 1857 he went to Isabella County\\nand located in the township of Coe, near the north-\\nern limit of Gratiot County. He bought 320 acres\\nof land, which he increased by subsequent purchase\\nto 480 acres. He expended his best energies and\\njudgment in its improvement. He built the first\\nframe barn in Isabella County, and a suitable frame\\nfarm residence. He cleared 100 acres of the place,\\nand in 1873 sold out. He came to St. Louis and en-\\ngaged in keeping the hotel in 1870, then known as\\nthe Wessels House. He continued its management\\ntwo years, when he opened a grocery, and later ad-\\nmitted his son, Joseph Kemp, to a partnership. The\\nlatter bought the entire establishment in February,\\n1882, and the father retired from active business life.\\nHe owns, besides his fine residence at St. Louis, ten\\ndwelling-houses, two store buildings and a livery\\nstable. He is a member of the Republican party in\\npolitical principle, and while a resident of Richland\\nCounty was prominent in public affairs. He was\\nAssociate Judge of the Circuit Court of that county\\nthree years.\\nHe was married in the township of Plymouth,\\nRichland County, to Harriet, daughter of Robert and\\nAlice Hoy. She is a native of Virginia. Twelve\\nchildren were born of this union, five of whom are\\nliving: Joseph W., grocer at St. Louis; Narcissa,\\nwidow of James Bennett, resident at St. Louis; Kate\\nB., wife of A. J. Harrington, a practicing physician\\nat St. Louis George L., farmer of Pine River Town-\\nship Elizabeth, wife of N. E. Barber, a cabinet-maker\\nat St. Louis.\\nohn Srodes, real-estate, loan and insurance\\nagent, in company with S. W. Ambler,\\nIthaca, is a son of Thornton and Caroline\\n(Strodes) Srodes, natives respectively of Vir-\\nginia and Iowa. Thornton Srodes went with\\nhis parents from Virginia to Ohio, and thence\\nto Iowa, where he married Miss Strodes. After mar-\\nriage, he lived some 20 years in the State of Ohio,\\nand then came to Gratiot County and located in North\\nStar Township, where he is still engaged in agricul-\\nture. His wife died in Wyandot Co., Ohio, in 1856.\\nK\\nV\\ns\\nft)\\nThe subject of this biography was born May 4,\\n1 854, in Wyandot Co., Ohio, and at the early age\\nof 12 began to do for himself. He worked during\\nthe summers to obtain money with which to attend\\nschool during the winter. He attended Heidelberg\\nCollege at Tiffin, Ohio, for three years, and thus at-\\ntained a sufficiently liberal education to enable him\\nto teach, which profession he has followed at times\\nsince.\\nMay lo, iS77,he was married to Eunice, daughter\\nof William M. and Eunice C. (McBride) Barstow (see\\nsketcii), She was born Aug. 11, 1859, in the county\\nof Gratiot. Mr. Srodes is politically a staunch Re-\\npublican. He is the second son of a family of three\\nsons. The other two are: Solomon, a farmer of\\nNorth Star I ownship, and George, a resident of the\\nState of Colorado.\\ni- ilas Randolph, farmer, section 8, Pine Riv-\\ny^\\n^h- er Township, is a son of Cornelius S. and\\nMargaret C. (Barber) Randolph. His father\\nji\\\\^j was born in the State of New York, Nov. 14,\\n18 1 r, and became a resident of Michigan in\\nthe spring of 1834, when he settled in Seneca,\\nLenawee County. He was married June 10,18381\\nin that township, and there resided until the autumn\\nof 1882, when he removed to Gratiot County and\\nnow resides in Pine River Township (see sketch of\\nCornelius S. Randolph).\\nMr. Randolph is the eldest of six children, five\\nsons and one daughter, born to his parents. His\\nbirth occurred March 25, 1839, in Seneca, where he\\nattended the common schools. He completed his\\neducation at the High School and Adrian College, at\\nAdrian. When he was 17 years old he entered the\\nemploy of the Lake Shore Michigan Southern Rail-\\nroad Company, and spent five years in their service\\nsave the terms of school which he attended mean-\\nwhile. The following five years he was engaged in\\nagriculture, taking farms on shares. In 1870 he came\\nto St. Louis and was employed four years in the bath\\nhouse of the Magnetic Springs, afterwhich he engaged\\nas ticket agent for the Flint Pere Marquette Rail-\\nroad ompany. The latter business not completely\\noccupying his time, he also acted as clerk in a store.\\nIn 1877, he entered the service of the C. S. C. R.\\n(5\\n(1\\n^M", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "^srmm^\\n^5\u00c2\u00bb-\\nCxX-\\nT\\n^aD ^Dii^\\nT\\nrZH^\\n-4^t^C(f^ -i^\\n414\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\na\\ncS\\nm\\nR. Company, where he was occupied two years. He\\ncame to Pine River Township in the spring of i88o,\\nand bought 40 acres of land, which was chiefly in a\\nstate of nature. Of this he now has 30 acres under\\ntillage. Mr. Randolph is a Republican in political\\nprinciple.\\nHe was married Sept. 15, 1864, at Adrian, Mich.,\\nto Rachel, daughter of Eben and Fanny Sparhawk.\\nThe parents were natives of Vermont, and, after their\\nmarriage, settled in Medina Co., Ohio, and afterward\\nwent to Summit County in that State, where Mrs.\\nRandolph w,!* born,.\\\\pril 18, 1842. She is the young-\\nest of seven children four daughters and three sons.\\nThree children have been born of her marriage to\\nMr. Randolph Emma, Maggie and Frank E.\\nThe parents are members of the Disciples Church.\\nilbert C. Smith, salesman with Nelson\\nBarber, Ithaca, is a son of Elihu and Maria\\n(Sellick) Smith, natives of Vermont. The\\nfather has always followed farming, and moved\\nfrom the Green Mountain State to St. Law-\\nrence Co., N. Y., and in 1867 came to Gratiot\\nCounty. He now resides with his son, at the ad-\\nvanced age of 89. Gilbert s mother died in St. Law-\\nrence Co., N. Y., in i860.\\nThe subject of this notice was born Aug. 26, 1842,\\nin St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and at 18 entered a tub\\nfactory, where he was employed two years. Coming\\nto Michigan, he worked at carpentry in Kent County\\na year and a half, and then lived for eight years\\nnorth of the village of Ithaca. Next, he bought Gen.\\nChurch s interest in the dry-goods business of Nelson\\nChurch, which he retained for two years. The\\nensuing five years he was engaged in the hardware\\nbusiness, and then he engaged as salesman with\\nNelson Barber, in which capacity he has since\\ncontinued.\\nHe was first married in 1867 to Celia E. Putnam,\\ndaughter of Israel and Jane (Barber) Putnam. She\\nwas born March 8, 1845, and died Dec. 8, 1877, in\\nthe village of Ithaca, leaving two daughters Lottie\\nM. and Minnie J. He subsequently, in January,\\n1879, married for his present wife Molly Handy,\\nwho was born in Pontiac, this State, March 11, 1853.\\nMr. Smith has been Treasurer of Arcada Township,\\n-i-~^~T-^^\\nV ~-J-\\nIfc;**ik^ the son of William Barlon,\\nT;^^ County Tyrone, North Ireland.\\nfl^frl=K-\\niy^^j?,\\ny^^uncan Cameron, farmer, section 28, Beth-\\n3 any Township, was born in York Co., Can.,\\nOct. 29, 1844, and is a son of Archibald\\nand Barbara (Lyon) Cameron, the foniier a\\nnative of Scotland, a farmer, and died in the\\nDominion of Canada, where the latter is still\\nliving.\\nIn 1864, Mr. C. left Canada, resided a year in\\nSt. Clair Co., Mich., then a year at Richmond, Ma-\\ncomb County, this State, where he commenced to\\nlearn the carpenter and joiner s trade, which he fol-\\nlowed about a year at Ann Arbor, Mich. He next\\nresided several years at Jackson, Mich., where he fol-\\nlowed his mechanical vocation and erected some very\\nfine houses, six of which he sold for the proprietors.\\nII\\nand has been connected with the School Board ever f\\nsince he has lived m Ithaca. He is a Republican,\\nand with his wife belongs to the Baptist Church.\\ne\\nilliam Barton, of Ithaca, was born in\\nKinross, Scotland, May 22, 1798, and is\\na native of\\nHe was\\nbrought up and educated in the classic city\\nof Glasgow. In 1814, he enlisted in the\\nDuke of Wellington s regiment, and served nine\\nyears. He was in the famous battle of Waterloo, on\\nwhich occasion only four privates and a sergeant be-\\nsides himself, out of all his company, were able to\\nwalk away from the battlefield. Jan. r, 1822, he\\ncrossed the ocean to the island of Jamaica, and the\\nensuing fall went to New Brunswick, thence to East-\\nport, Me., Quebec, Portland, Boston, Pawtucket, R.\\nI., and to Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1823, where he\\nengaged in wool-manufacturing until 1854, when he\\ncame to this county, settling in Hamilton Township.\\nJan. 17, 1827, he married Catharine Stickels, and\\nfive of their eight children are living, namely\\nSamuel, Sarah J., Mary L., Cassie and Laura H.\\nWilliam was starved to death in the prison at Salis-\\nbury, N. C. Cassie is the wife of Prof. A. E.\\nBarstow. Mr. Barton is 86 years of age, and his\\nwife 77 a venerable pair.\\nV\\nA\\nk\\nr^\\n-Ni. y-\\n^?ll[l :ill]s\\nz.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "iSv^ v\\n7 |]D ^||[l r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n415\\n/0\\nIn the fall of 1878 he bought, in Rives Township,\\nJackson County, 80 acres of improved land, resided\\nthere three years, and in the fall of 1881 came to\\nBethany Township, this county, and purchased the\\n40 acres where he now resides, on the southeast quar-\\nter of section 28; 20 acres are improved and in a\\nhigh state of cultivation. Since residing here he lias\\nbuilt a number of residences in this township.\\nOn national questions, Mr. C. is a Democrat, and\\nin religion he, as well as his wife, is a member of the\\nChurch of the United Brethren in Christ.\\nWhile a resident of Aurora, Can., Dec. 25, 1866,\\nMr. Cameron was married to Jennie McKinley, a\\nnative of that Dominion. Of the six children born\\nby this marriage, four are living, viz. Maggie, born\\nApril t2, 1868; Gracie May, April 15, 1871, and\\ndied in Bethany Township, April 12, 1882; Minnie\\nMaud, born Aug. 2, 1873; Annie Albertha, June 8,\\n1876; Arthur A, Jan. 14, 1879; and Albert E., April\\n14, 1880, and died August 7th following. The first\\nfour were born in Jackson, and the last two in Rives\\nTownship.\\nMrs. C. died in Rives Township, May 2, 18S0, and\\nMr. C. was again married, in Jackson, Dec. 25th fol-\\nlowing, to Miss Annie B., daughter of George and\\nBelle (Furgeson) Grindall, who was born in Jackson,\\nFeb. 19, 1 86 1. They have been the parents of two\\nchildren: Georgie, born Aug. 22, 1881, and died\\nSept. 7, 1881 Frankie, born Dec. 31, 1883.\\norenzo Squire, section 2r, North Star Town-\\nship, was born in Portage Co., Ohio, Jan.\\n22, 1 82 1, and was the son of Aaron Squire,\\n^yj a native of Connecticut, who moved to Geauga\\nf^*) Co., Ohio, in 1823 or 4. Lorenzo was reared\\non a farm, and educated in the common school,\\nalso at Meadville, Pa and at the Twinsburg (Ohio)\\nSeminary. In 1850 he crossed the plains to Califor-\\nnia, where he followed mining, mostly in the mount-\\nains, until the fall of 1853, when he returned home\\nby water but the next year he went to California\\nagain, remaining until 1859. The following year he\\ncommenced to establish a home in this county, and\\nFeb. 13, 1862, he married and settled here. His\\nwife is Caroline C, a daughter of Bohan Blair, de-\\nceased, and a distant relative of ex-Gov. Blair. The\\ntwo children of Mr. and Mrs. Squire are Aaron L.\\nand Julia E.\\nMr. S. has been Township Supervisor one year,\\nand is a member of the Adventist Church.\\nirw^i\\n^?5-?!-\\nj!!|^^j :arlow Cramer, farmer, section 24, Bethany\\n.;f^f:fsi Township, is a son of Jeremiah and Ruth,\\nnee Lowry Cramer, and was born in Onondaga\\nK Co N. v.. May 28, 1830. His parents moved\\nI from that State to Freedom i ownship, Washte-\\nnaw County, this State, where they purcliased 60\\nacres of land and followed the occupation of farming\\nunul their death, which occurred in 1843 and 1846\\nrespectively. Mr. Cramer continued to follow the\\nvocation of his father until 1855, when he came to\\nthis county and located 320 acres of land, being the\\nsouth half of section 9, Bethany Township, on which\\nhe settled and began the arduous task of clearing\\nand improving a home.\\nMr. Cramer was married in North Plains Town-\\nship, Ionia County, July 4, 1858, to Miss Mary C,\\ndaughter of Eli and Mary, nee Stevens, Dalrymple,\\nand was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., April 14,\\n1840.\\nThe husband and wife are the parents of nine\\nchildren Emily, wife of Elbert E. Ostrander, farmer\\nin Bethany Township; Cheever, deceased; Adcla,\\nHarlow J., Minnie A., deceased, George D., Herbert\\nR., Mary E. and William H.\\nSoon after his marriage, in August, 1858. Mr. C.\\nmoved on his farm and from thenceforth he threw\\nall his energy and perseverance into the clearing and\\nimproving of the same. His trials were numerous,\\nand yet his indomitable energy overcame them one\\nand all. For his first residence he had eight sticks\\ndriven in the ground equidistant from each other,\\ncovered with boards and a blanket for the door.\\nThat same fall he cleared three acres of timber and\\nput the land in wlieat. He resided on this land\\nuntil 1864, and then purchased r20 acres, on which\\nhe is at present residing. Here he began anew the\\nclearing and improving of a home, and has cleared\\nand improved 60 ocres of it, and has a good resi-\\ndence, barn and orchard. He is a man of strong\\nconstitution, and on two occasions carried a bushel\\nof wheat to St. Louis on his back and brought the\\nV^\\nC\\nr\\nI\\nV\\n*-V\u00c2\u00ae))e^#\\n:sv^^^\\n^m", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "I\\ngrist home in the same way. There was no road to\\nhis place and he had no team.\\nMr. Cramer was Township Clerk in i860, and sub-\\nsequently held the position of School Inspector. He\\nis a man of ability, aiid in addition to following the\\nvocation of a farmer has been extensively engaged\\nin the occupation of a teacher. He began teaching\\nwhen 20 years of age, in 1850, and taught in the\\nschools at Freedom, Washtenaw County. In 1852\\nhe taught in Bridgewater Township, and in 1854 in\\nSuperior Township, same county. In 1857 he taught\\nthe first winter school in the village of Hubbardston,\\nand is a man closely identified with the educational\\ninterests of the county.\\nMr. Cramer is a member of the Wesleyan Method-\\nist Church and an honored and esteemed citizen of\\nthe county.\\nlias W. Lyon, photographer, at Ithaca, was\\nborn May 29, 1847, in Clinton Township,\\nS^ Essex Co., N. J. He is a son of Hervey\\nand Elizabeth J. (Whaley) Lyon, both of whom\\nwere natives of New Jersey. His father was\\nborn July 20, 18 to, in Clinton. He was a\\nshoemaker by trade, and in 1 85 i removed his family\\nto Essex Township, Clinton Co., Mich., where he\\nbought a farm and resided until his death, which oc-\\ncurred Dec. 13, 1880. The mother resides on the\\nhomestead, which is a fine farm of 102 acres, with\\nfirst-class improvements.\\nMr. Lyon left home when he was 22 years of age\\nfor the purpose of fitting for the business which he\\nhas pursued thus far in life. He went to St. John s,\\nand after a course of thorough preparation he went\\nto several places in Michigan to prospect. In Octo-\\nber, 1870, he came to Ithaca and established his\\npresent business, which has been popular and pros-\\nperous. Mr. Lyon owns his place of business and\\nresidence in Ithaca, and 80 acres of land on section\\n4, Washington Township, witii 20 acres under culti-\\nvation.\\nHe was married Aug. 19, 187 i, to Viola R., daugh-\\nter of Thomas L. and Anna R. (Good) Wasson. She\\nwas born Feb. 15, 1852, in Charlotleville, Niagara\\nCo., N. Y. Floyd R., born Sept. 15, 1880, at Ithaca,\\nis the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Lyon.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Si\\nif\\nThe maternal grandfather of Mr. Lyon was a\\nMajor in the war of 181 2, and his epaulets and cap\\nwere preserved some time in the family.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nanas/^^^\\n.-^^UtRnii^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2X?harles D. Bryant, farmer, section 27,\\nNorth Star Township, was born in Cuya-\\nhoga Co., N. Y., May 12, 1827 his father was\\nCharles Bryant, a native of Vermont, and his\\nmother was Eunice, /we Blackniore, a native\\nof Cuyahoga Co., N. Y. both are deceased.\\nThe former removed to Lorain Co., Ohio, 1831, where\\nthe subject of this sketch was brought up on a farm\\nand educated in the common school. At 18 he com-\\nmenced to learn the trade of tanner and currier, and\\nfollowed this business until 1854, when he settled on\\nhis present place, in a wilderness of deer, bears,\\nwolves and Indians the latter, however, were peace-\\nable. In this lonely retreat Mr. Bryant built his\\nhumble log cabin, and he and his good wife laid to\\nthe task of creating a comfortable home by long,\\nweary years of patient toil; and success has crowned\\ntheir efforts. The land for which they paid 50 cents\\nan acre is now worth more than $75 an acre.\\nMr. Bryant, Oct. 15, 1848, married Miss Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of John S. and Eliza (Stover) Tarr, natives\\nrespectively of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Mrs. B.\\nwas born July 6, 1830, in Wayne Co., Ohio. Their\\ntwo cliildren have Ijeen: Wilber, born Feb. 14,\\n1850; and Henry, born Nov. 14, 185 1, and died\\nAug. 15, 1866.\\nMr. B. enlisted in the last war, in February, 1865,\\nin Co. C, 111. Vol. Inf., at Chicago. He is a mem-\\nber of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.\\n-J-\\nIs a)\\n-5^\\nfc^tf^\\n[oseph Barden, liveryman at St. Louis, was\\nborn June 30, 1837, in Niagara Co., N. Y.,\\nnear the city of Lockport. His parents,\\nG\\nSi/\\n(V\\nHiram and Eliza (Fleming) Barden, left I^ck-\\njt POf ^-^4 went to London, Ont., where\\nI they resided about a year. The father was a\\nnative of Massachusetts, and to the labors of his\\ncalling, which was that of a stone-mason, he added\\nthose of agriculture. In the early spring of 1847 he\\nr^,\\nk\\nm\\ni^^^\\n^D!lSIltlf- A^^\\n4^^ v-^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "CS-^ (/ri \u00c2\u00a3h^^^^yU)c", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "^r^^m^\\nr- N\\n7 -^Dtl :tlIl^ T^\\nGJiA TIOT CO UNTY.\\n419\\nI\\nf\\nA\\nV\\ns\\nt\\nwent to Huron Co., Mich., to buy Tand. When\\nreturning in a sail-boat, in company with Dr. Heth\\nand his son and Peter Shooks, the lighthouse-keeper\\nat Point aux Barques, the boat was capsized, as is\\nsupposed, as it was afterwards found stranded, but\\ntne bodies of its occupants were never discovered.\\nThe mother was born in Canada and is at present\\nliving near Cadillac, Mich. After the tragic fate of\\nher husband, she removed to Port Huron, where the\\nson worked for a time in the jewelry business, and\\nafterward went to Mount Clemens, Macomb Co.,\\nMich. Later he went to Troy, Oakland County and\\nwas there employed in farming. In 1865 he went to\\nOvid, in Clinton County, and there he bought a farm\\nof 80 acres, on which he worked five years. In Feb-\\nruary, 1870, he opened a livery stable in the town of\\nOvid, and continued its management 13 years. He\\noperated to a considerable e.xtent in real-estate,\\nbought and sold several farms, and did much in the\\nway of clearing and otherwise improving the prop-\\nerty in his hands. In September, 1882, he sold his\\nproperly at Ovid, and the following December came\\nto St. Louis, where, associated with P. Cornell, he\\nbought the Commercial Hotel and barns. He keeps\\n17 horses, carriages and first-class livery fixtures, and\\nconducts boarding, feed and sale stables.\\nMr. Barden was married Feb. 13, 1862, in Troy,\\nOakland County, to Delia C, daughter of Rev. John\\nand Margaret Martin. She was born on the family\\nhomestead, where she was married May 22, 1841.\\nMr. and Mrs. Barden have two children, born in\\nOvid: Lura K., May 11, r866, and Josie Belle, Dec.\\n25, 1873. The oldest child, Willie J., is deceased.\\nMiss Lura is an accomplished young lady, a graduate\\nfrom Miss Noble s Elocutionarj Training School at\\nDetroit, where she was awarded a gold medal.\\nMr. Barden held the position of Marshal of the\\nvillage of Ovid several years, and was also Constable\\nwhile resident there. He belongs to the fraternity of\\nOdd Fellows.\\nRev. John Martin was born July 7, 1796, in Cay-\\nuga Co., N. Y. his wife was born in December, 1800.\\nThey came from Fleming, in August, 1831, and set-\\ntled in Troy, Oakland Co., Mich., and were among\\nthe early pioneer settlers there, where the father com-\\nbined the two vocations of farmer and preacher.\\nHe experienced the varied conditions of pioneer\\nfarmer and circuit preacher in an unsettled country,\\ndischarging the duties of his clerical position through\\nseveral counties, sometimes being obliged to go on\\nfool, and sometimes making his trips to his appoint-\\nments on horseback. He labored in the interests of\\nthe Baptist Church, and at one time lived several\\nyears in Shiawassee County, near Corunna, where he\\nwas in charge of a religious society. Both the par-\\nents of Mrs. Barden are living, at Ovid, Clinton\\nCounty.\\naniel C. Johnson, of the firm of Peet\\nJohnson, liverymen at Ithaca, was born in\\nMadison Co., N. Y., Nov. 12, 1836, and is\\na son of Leman and Sabrina (Rice) Johnson.\\nHis father was born March 12, 1810, in Litch-\\nfield Co., Conn., and was of French and English\\ndescent. In early life he was a millwright, carpenter\\nand joiner, and in 1852 came to Gratiot County and\\nbought 160 acres of land in Newark Township. He\\nwent back to the State of New York, where he resid-\\ned until 1859, in which year he made a settlement\\non his property, where he died Sept. 15, 1880. He\\nwas Supervisor of the town of Newark eight years in\\nsuccession. The mother was born in July, 1812, in\\nMadison Co., N. Y., of English parentage. She died\\non the homestead in Newark Township, Oct. i, 1879.\\nMr. Johnson passed the years of his youth in alter-\\nnate farm labor and school until he was eighteen\\nyears old. On leaving school in 1854, lie came\\nto Gratiot County to take charge of the land his\\nfather had bought two years previously, and which\\nwas, at the date of purchase, in a wholly natural con-\\ndition. His uncle, Nelson Johnson, erected thereon\\ntile first structure built in the township of Newark.\\nThis was done in the spring of 1852, and the same\\nindividual cut five acres of timber, but did not put\\nthe same in a wholly improved condition. Mr. John-\\nson cleared 30 acres and erected a frame house. In\\n1859 his father took possession, and in the same year\\nthe son bought 80 acres of land on section i, Fulton\\nTownship, where he moved in the spring of i860,\\nand there resided nine years. He cleared 66 acres,\\nput the place in a finely improved state, with suitable\\nbuildings, orchard, etc., when he sold out and bought\\na home in Ithaca. In company with B. F. Shepard,\\nhe opened a general store, and continued in that\\nir.-\\n1\\nmi^\\nm^\\n-^i^f^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0H^Mm^y ^r9", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "i)\\n^}.f business relation until 1872. In the fall of that year,\\nMr. Johnson embarked in the grocery trade, which\\n:y^ he managed successfully until the spring of 1876.\\nIn 1874, he accepted the appoint.nent of agent for\\nthe administratrix of the estate of John Jeffrey, and\\nthe duties of the position occupied his attention\\nchiefly until 1879. In that year, he formed a part-\\nnership in a general mercantile business with J. H.\\nSeaver, which existed about a year and a half On\\nits termination, he once more embarked in the gro-\\ncery trade, but closed the business on account of\\nimpaired health. In January, 1882, he was appointed\\nDeputy Sheriff of Gratiot County, and in the summer\\nof 1883 he and K. P. Peet entered into company in\\nthe building of a large barn for livery purposes, where\\nthey have since conducted an extended business.\\nThey keep 1 1 horses, with all necessary equipages\\nand fixtures, also sale, feed and boarding stable. Mr.\\nJohnson has held the various offices of the School\\nBoard, and has officiated several years as a member\\nof the Village Council. He was Treasurer of Emer-\\nson Township one year; belongs also to the Masonic\\nfraternity.\\nHe was married Nov. 15, 1859, to Minnie Haight.\\nShe was born Dec. 26, 1836, in Madison Co., N. Y.,\\nand was the daughter of David and Orilla Haight.\\nThe two children of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were born\\nas follows Edith, Feb. 7, 1862, who is now engaged\\nin teaching in the graded school at Ithaca; and\\nDewitt, March 4, 1866, who is now working at the\\njewelry business in Ithaca. Mrs. J. died April 15,\\n1879, in this county.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Johnson on a preceding page\\nis the likeness of a representative citizen of Gratiot\\nCounty, who has borne the brunt of its pioneer hard-\\nships, discharged his obligations as a man in every\\navenue to which he has been called, and who is still\\nexerting an influence for the progress of his genera-\\ntion and the community of which he is a member.\\nHe owns a fine farm in Newark Township\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one-half\\nthe original purchase of his father in 1852.\\nMr. Johnson was a second time married at Ithaca,\\nNov. 8, 1880, to Helen M., youngest daughter of\\nHenry and Nancy M. (Colister) Goodrich, who was at\\nthat time engaged in the millinery business. The for-\\nmer was born in New Jersey in 1808. He was a\\nfarmer, and removed to New York, whence, after a\\nshort residence, he came to Oakland County, this\\nm\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n#t^:i~^,\\nV\\ns\\nI\\nState, where he was one of its pioneers. He after-\\nwards went to Bath Township, Clinton County, where\\nhe entered a Government claim of 80 acres. It was\\nin dense timber, and its proprietor cleared and im-\\nproved it until il was one of the best farms in the\\nsection where it was located. He died in March,\\n1863. The mother was born Oct. 29, 181 2, at Bald\\nHill, Ontario Co., N. and died June 30, 1882.\\nOf tlieir nine children, eight are living. The eldest\\ndaughter, Phoebe, is deceased. Emily is the wife of\\nW. D. Voorhies, a farmer of Ogemaw. Elizabeth is\\nmarried to Henry Stockford, of Ithaca. Sarah A. is\\nthe wife of Isaac Hall, a farmer of Ingham County,\\nlocated near Diniondale. Elvira is Mrs. A. B. Ed-\\nwards, wife of a farmer of WatertDwn, Clinton Co.,\\nMich. Philena is the wife of Edward M. Southwell,\\na farmer near Shaftsburg, Shiawassee Co., Mich.\\nWilliam H. is a farmer in Bath, Clinton County.\\nCaroline M. is the wife of James Culver, a farmer of\\nBath Township, Clinton County.\\nA brother of the above, named Frank A. Johnson,\\nwho was born Nov. 25, 1839, in Madison Co., N. Y.,\\nonce resided a few years in this county, and returned\\nto Miller s Corners, Ontario Co., N. Y.\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2;S-i-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rB!-\\n^~^^6nry Wiseman, farmer, section 28, Newark\\n^i^yJ Township, was born in Hanover, Germany,\\nf(^ in September, 1S31. His parents, Henry\\n^d and Louisa Wiseman, were also natives of Ger-\\nmany. His father and two sons and a daughter\\ncame to the United States in 1848, but, his\\nfather being somewhat advanced in years, they re-\\nmained but a short time, and returned to Das\\nVaterland.\\nMr. Wiseman remained in the State of New York\\nsix years, engaged as a farm assistant. He went in\\n1854 to Indiana, whence he returned, after spending\\none season there, to the Empire State. In the fall of\\n1855, he came to Michigan and fixed upon Gratiot\\nCounty as favorable to his hopes and aspirations.\\nHe bought 160 acres of unimproved land on section\\n28, Newark Township, where he at first erected a\\nshanty to shelter his small household until he\\ncould make arrangements for something better. Not\\nlong after he built a log house, which was their home\\nuntil 1874, when he erected the fine frame house\\ni\\nmA3i^^\\n^mmm^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab*i^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "m\\nW\\n73^^ g^v C^(iti :(in^ v\\n^w-\\n1^\\nA\\nD\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n421\\nwhich is now the family home. In 1880, he built\\none of the best barns in the township, 40 by 60 feet\\nin extent. Of his original acreage, he has placed 85\\nacres under cultivation.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wiseman are among the earliest set-\\ntlers in Gratiot County, and have undergone all the\\npioneer experiences incident to the period of their\\nlocation. Among them, they passed through the\\nmemorable starvation period of 1857, when corn\\nbread was a luxury almost beyond reach. The old-\\ncountry industry and energy which Mr. Wiseman has\\nexpended on his farm mark him as having met the\\nsuccess he has merited. His farm and its arrange-\\nment, fixtures and buildings, amply testify to his\\nthrift, perseverance and good management. He is a\\nRepublican in political connection. In addition to\\nhis fulfillment of the duties of local citizenship, Mr.\\nWiseman furnished incontrovertible proof of his entire\\nadoption of the country and its interests by enlisting\\nas a soldier when they were in peril. He enrolled\\nAug. 5, 1862, in the 26th Mich. Vol. Inf., and was in\\nthe service two years and four months. His com-\\nmand was attached to the Army of the Potomac, and\\nhe was under fire through the seven days fight in\\nthe Wilderness and at Spottsylvania Court-house.\\nHe received a severe wound in the left shoulder dur-\\ning the latter engagement, and in conseiiuence was\\ndischarged, with honor.\\nHe was married in the State of New York April 7,\\n1852, to Rosina, daughter of Jacob and Christiana\\nFeldman, natives of Germany. Mrs. Wiseman was\\nborn in Germany Feb. 19, 1833. She is the mother\\nof eight children, five of whom yet survive: Rosetta\\nL., Luthera, Charles, John and Morris. Sophronia\\ndied when she was 1 1 years old, Caroline at the age\\nof 13 years, and Dorothea died when nine years of\\nage.\\n*H^Sfe\\n!jl |raj!t orenzo C. Clark, farmer, section 9, North\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01 flifj ii Star Township, was born in Crawford Co.,\\n^v^ijs? pa.^ June 18, 1839. His parents were\\nWatson D. and Elizabeth (Trace) Clark, both\\nnatives of that State, the former of English and\\nthe latter of German ancestry. They lived in\\nMonroe Co., Mich., from 1849 to 1876, except four\\nyears in Wayne County. While in the latter place\\nLorenzo C. worked in a store and saw mill.\\n^mmmm-]^^^^-^\\n;?s ^\u00c2\u00b143^\\nMr. Clark, the subject of this sketch, enlisted in ^jf\\nCo. E, Sixth Mich. Vol. Inf., Feb. 4, 1861, and was\\nhonorably discharged Aug. 20, 1865, his regiment\\ndoing garrison duty. In 1876 he settled on section\\n5, North Star Township. He is pursuing general\\nfarming, having 40 acres in his homestead. In the\\nspring of 1883 he was elected Township Treasurer,\\nwhich position he now fills. March 20, 1862, he\\nmarried Miss Elizabeth N., daughter of David and\\nMarietta (Baker) Brake, both of whom are deceased.\\nMr. and Mrs. Clark have had nine children, namely I\\nWillis C, Elva M., Lettie A., David G., Minnie R.,\\nJennie E., John T., Libbie M. and Iva F.\\nS\\nV\\n:\u00c2\u00a7^^l^^^^^\\n^^^f^ ^--K^?tia :0Dv i\\nl^^elon Fleming, senior member of the mer-\\ncantile firm of Flemint; Newton at River-\\ndale, was born April 3, 1854, in Jackson\\nMfiT Co., Mich. He is a son of Chades M. and\\nElvira (Humphrey) Fleming, natives of New \\\\^_\\nS York. After their marriage, they located in\\nJackson County, where they resided 25 years, after\\nwhich they came to Gratiot County, and settled near\\nSt. Louis on 160 acres of land, which was principally\\nin a wild state. The father proceeded to make im-\\nprovements, and had placed 50 acres in tillable con-\\ndition when he sold his farm. He moved to St. Louis,\\nwhere he is now residing. He is 74 years of age,\\nand his wife is 68 years old.\\nMr. Fleming began his life as an independent\\nseeker of his own advancement in the world when he\\nwas 23 years of age. His first employ was with A.\\nG. Newton as clerk in his store at Riverdale. Later\\non, his employer established his business at Ithaca,\\nand Mr. Fleming accompanied him thither in the\\ncapacity of assistant, and remained with him one\\nyear. Meanwhile his father had removed to St.\\nLouis, and they opened a grocery in that village.\\nThe relation e.xisted two years, when he sold his in-\\nterest to his brother, Charles L. Fleming, now of the\\nfirm of Fleming Church, at St. Louis. Mr. Flem-\\ning went to Vestaburg, Montcalm County, where he\\nwas interested in the grocery business more than a\\nyear and a half, when he returned to St Louis and\\nagain entered the employ of Mr. Newton, who had\\nestablished his business there. He acted as clerk\\nabout six months, when he became associated with\\n:2.\\nt", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "l\u00c2\u00ab*-\\n-25^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^sr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-^^^m-v0$i\\nb\\n1\\nf\\nin\\nMr. Newton in mercantile interests at Riverdale.\\nMr. F leming is a Republican in political affiliation.\\nHe was married in 1879 to Katie, daughter of\\nJacob Fell, now a resident of Fostoria, Seneca Co.,\\nOhio. She was born in 1857. Elsie, eldest child of\\nMr. and Mrs. Fleming, was born in June, 1881, in\\nMontcalm County, Maud was born Jan. 25, 1883, in\\nGratiot County. The ))arents belong to the Presby-\\nterian and Congregational Churches.\\njkenjamin Ray, farmer, section 3i,Arcada\\nTownship, was born in Leroy, Lake Co.,\\n5, 1823, and is the son of\\nOhio, Nov. 5, 1823, and\\nGeorge G. and Betsey (Billington) Ray, na-\\ntives of the Mohawk Valley, in New York.\\nThey were of Dutch descent, and followed\\nfarming. Benjamin left the parental roof at the age\\nof 20, and worked on his neighbors farms as a com-\\nmon laborer until 23 years old.\\nJuly 24, 1844, at Madison, Ohio, he was married\\nto Nancy, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Billing-\\nton) Post, natives of New York. Three years later,\\nthey came to Van Buren County, this State, and loca-\\nted near Paw Paw. They farmed there for 23 years,\\nand had a disastrous fire, that cost them $1,000 and\\ndeprived them of their home. Mr. Ray then took a\\ntour through the West, going as far as Virginia City,\\nin search of the precious metals. He visited Mon-\\ntana and Idaho, and became familiar with the grand\\nscenery of those territories. A year later, they set-\\ntled on their present home in Arcada Township. He\\npurchased 100 acres, of which 60 are under cultiva-\\ntion. Mr. and Mrs. Ray are members of the Free\\nMethodist Church. Politically, he is a Republican.\\n_i-^-v/w;\\n2^S\u00e2\u0096\u00a0VV/^~-^-\\nf^f i illiam T. Pitt, Supervisor of Seville Town-\\nship, residing on section 22, is a son of\\n_ George and Eliza (Duncan) Pitt, native-;,\\n2 the former of England, and the latter of\\nCayuga Co., N. Y. The mother died when\\nWilliam T. was ten years old. The father came\\nto Gratiot County in 1868, and located on 40 acres\\nin Pine River Township. He now owns 80 acres.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born May 13, 1841,\\nin Oakland Co., Mich., and remained at home with\\nhis parents until 14 years of age, after which he\\nworked out on a farm until 17 years old. He then\\nlived for eight years in California, engaged in mining,\\ndairying and farming. Returning to Oakland Coun-\\nty, this State, he resided there until 1879, when he\\ncame to Gratiot County and located on 80 acres on\\nsection 22, Seville.\\nIn 1869, he married Miss Betsy Lawson, daughter\\nof Moses and Elsie (Baird) Lawson, natives respect-\\nively of Pennsylvania and New York. The father\\nwas a wagon-maker. She was born in Wayne Co.,\\nMich., March 7, 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Pitt have one\\ndaughter, born July 14, 1872, in Oakland County.\\nMrs. Pitt is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr.\\nPitt is politically a National. He was elected Super-\\nvisor in 1882, and re-elected in 1883.\\nj*HJH5)ee^\\neorge S. Naldrett, farmer, section 31, New-\\nark Townsliip, was born in England Oct.\\nI, 1834. His parents, Clement and Han-\\nnah (Hiscock) Naldrett, were also natives of\\nEngland. In 1849, they came to the United\\nStates and settled in Livingston Co., Mich.,\\nwhence they removed three years later to Gratiot\\nCounty and located in the township of Newark.\\nThey continued to reside there about 23 years, when\\nthey removed to Eaton County, and there completed\\ntheir lives.\\nMr. Naldrett was 15 years old when he came with\\nhis parents to America, and he remained under the\\nparental authority until he arrived at the estate of\\nmanhood. On the advent of that period, he bought\\n80 acres of wild land on section 31, Newark Town-\\nship. To this he has since added by purchase, and\\nnow owns 253 acres of land. His tillable land in-\\ncludes 160 acres. On taking possession of his farm\\nin Newark, he erected a small but every way suitable\\nand comfortable frame house, which his family occu-\\npied until 1 88 1. In that year, he built a fine brick\\nresidence opposite the home of his pioneer days and\\nlabors, where he enjoys the results of his life of well-\\ndirected effort. He is one of the leading agricultur-\\nists of his township, and has been, in former years,\\nextensively engaged in handling stock, but from im-\\nca:\\nM\\nri\\\\\\n\u00c2\u00a7^m^-\\n~si\\n^Dll^Dllf\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00a77^3??", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "I\\npi yraJy aJt^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "cJ^. cyf-c^dr^^:^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "S\\ni^-r^^^m^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^vc^nn^oD^^T-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00aevi\\n423\\n6\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^ paired health has been compelled to abandon that\\na^\\\\ branch of his business. He keeps, on an average,\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^5 50 head of cattle, 15 hogs and 4 horses. He is a\\nDemocrat in affiliation, but not aggressive in any\\nsense has always declined preferment in local offices,\\nfor which he has been frequently presented. He is\\na member of the Masonic Order.\\nMr. Naldrett was married in Gratiot Co., Mich.,\\nJan. 15, 1857, to Caroline, youngest daughter of\\nSimon and Lydia (Kirby) Jones. The parents were\\nborn respectively in Vermont and Massachusetts,\\nand settled in the State of New York, and later went\\nto Ohio. In 1856, they became residents of Fulton\\nTownship, Gratiot County, where they passed the\\nremainder of their lives. Mrs. Naldrett was born in\\nSeneca Co., Ohio, July 18, 1839, and was an inmate\\nof her father s home until her marriage. Mr. and\\nMrs. N. have become the parents of five children\\nCharles S., Ida M., Clement, Laura J. and Lydia J.\\nsi\\n^-m-m^}^^\\nohn Price, farmer, on section 15, Fulton\\nf Township, is a son of William R. and\\nMary G. Price, natives of New Hampshire.\\nThey first settled in that State, after marriage,\\nand in 1857 came to Gratiot County. Here\\nthey lived until 1873, and then removed to\\nMaple Rapids, where he died, April 16, 1878; and\\nshe followed him from this world of trouble and of\\ncare four days later.\\nThe subject of this notice was born in New\\nHampshire, Sept. 21, 1845, and was but 11 yearsold\\nwhen his parents removed to this county. He re-\\nmained on the farm, attending school and working\\nfor his father, until 18 years old. For almost ten\\nyears subsequent to leaving home he worked by the\\nmonth at farming and brick-making. He then en-\\ngaged in peddling for one year. In the spring of\\n1873 he bought 40 acres of partly improved land on\\nsection 15, where he has put up good buildings and\\nhas 30 acres under cultivation.\\nMarch 26, 1873, at St. John s, Clinton County, he\\nmarried Mrs. Ann E. Price {/lec Jenne), daughter of\\nAnsel Seth and Narcissa Jenne, and widow of\\nCharles A. Price. The latter died in Fulton Town-\\nship, Jan. 7, 1868. She was born April 22, 1840, and\\nhad by her first marriage a son, Charles A., bom\\nJuly 16, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Price have three chil-\\ndren Eugene H., born Feb. 6, 1874; Frank A., born\\nMarch 26, 1876; Jennie, born March 4, 1880. Mr.\\nP. is a member of the Masonic Order, and votes the\\nDemocratic ticket.\\nijiram W. rrench, farmer on section 15, Se-\\nll^ ville Township, is a son of Joseph and El-\\nvira (Loomis) French, natives of Vermont.\\nHe has followed the trade of blacksmithing, and\\ncame from New York to Michigan in 1854, and\\nsettled in Kent County. He afterwards came\\nto Gratiot County, and located on 80 acres of wild\\nland on section 15, Seville. He has 50 acres well\\nimproved.\\nIn the year 1849, he was married to Chrisrina,\\ndaughter of Peter and Julia (Massado) Jerue, of\\nFrench descent. Her mother was drowned in Seneca\\nLake in 1853. This marriage has been blessed with\\nthree children Adelbert H., Mary S. and Francis E.\\nMr. French has been Justice of the Peace four terms,\\nand Highway Commissioner also four terms.\\nFrancis E. French was born in Grand Rapids\\nJuly 26, 1858. Emma Dubois, his wife, was born in\\nWayne Co., Ohio, Feb. 29, 1864, and is a daughter\\nof Edward and Mary A. (Burkhart) Dubois, who\\ncame in 1865 to Isabella County, this State, where\\nthey now reside. Francis French is politically an\\nanti-Monopolist. He was chosen Clerk of his town-\\nship in the spring of 1882. He and wife have one\\nson, Francis E., born March 4, 1884.\\nafayette Sweatland, one of the pioneer set-\\n||IH| tiers of North Star Township, resident on\\nfl^T section 12, was born in Franklin Co., Vt.,\\nW July 25, 1829. He is a son of Philetus and\\nHannah (Barton) Sweatland, narives of Con-\\nnecticut and Massachusetts, respectively. They\\nmoved to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, in 1831, and Mr. S.\\nremembers Cleveland at that time as no larger than\\nIthaca, this county, is at present. The family re-\\nmained there until 1843, when they removed to Hu-\\nron County, same State.\\nIn 1854 Mr. Sweatland came to this State and en-\\ntered 320 acres of Government land on the north\\nc\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\nVx\\nr\\n:I1!]/^|][| A\\nv^-y\\n|r^J^\\\\^y", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "^if ftKinK\\n7 -^iiti :Dn\\n:^XK.\\niS^iSxSf^\\nij^fgvii\\n4*4\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nf\\nV\\nhalf of section 12, North Star Township, a portion of\\nwhich he still owns and on which he is now living.\\nHe brought his family here, consisting of his father,\\nmotlier, wife and child, in December of that year and\\nentered at once upon the arduous task of clearing\\nand improving his land.\\nMr. Sweatland experienced all the trials of the\\nearly pioneer. His customary log cabin was\\nerected in the woods and under the most adverse\\ncircumstances. He had only one neighbor within a\\nradius of seven miles, and incessant individual toil\\nwere necessary to accomplish the aim so fondly cher-\\nished in his energetic mind. He worked diligently\\nand earnestly, and to-day can look back upon the\\npast and smile at the difficulty and adversity they\\nofTered.\\nMr. Sweatland enlisted in the late civil war, enroll-\\ning in Co. D, 26th Mich. Vol. Inf., Aug. 9, 1862, and\\nwas discharged June 13, 1865. He was detailed to\\naccompany the ambulance train and had charge of\\none consisting of 18 wagons.\\nHe was married in Seneca Co., Ohio, April 28,\\n1853, to Lydia, daughter of Dr. Elias Sower, whose\\nbiography we present in this work, anc^ six children\\nhave been born to them, namely Lorena, Josephine\\n(died Jan. 14, 1875, aged 19), Hortense (died Dec.\\n2, T872, aged 14), Theodore (died June 25, 187 1,\\naged four years and ten months), Arthur E. and\\nBenson D.\\nMr. S. is recognized as one of the prominent men\\nof the Township, straight-tbrward and honost in his\\ndealings with his fellow man and one who has never\\nsoviglit political favor. He owns 240 acres of land\\nin the County, and devotes his time to the cultivation\\nand improvement of the same.\\nMr. S. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and likewise of the Knights of Honor and\\nI. O. O. F.\\n|g athaniel Walker, farmer, on section 24,\\nFulton Township, is a son of Stephen and\\nLydia hite) Walker, natives of New\\nYork and New Hampshire. They settled first\\n1^ in Seneca Co., N. Y., and came to Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., about 1832, where they lived until their death.\\nHe died May 27, 1878, and she Aug. 7, 1882. Their\\nfamily comprised four sons and one daughter.\\n*i^-\\n(iRiP^.;. arius Reid, of Reid Bro., farmers and\\n1 1 lift\\n?;lii;:^\u00c2\u00a3)i, sheep-raisers, section 18, Arcada Township,\\n1 iJjV- was bom in Almont Township, Lapeer Co.,\\n^T v Mich., July 28, 1841 and is the son of Hul-\\nbert Reid, a native of Genesee Co., N. Y. The\\nfather is a farmer in Lapeer County, where he\\nlocated in 1835, in a then new covmtry. Having his\\nfull share of the hard work incident to clearing and\\nimproving a timbered farm, his time for study was\\nlimited. Such opportunities as he had, however,\\nwere assiduously improved, so that he acquired a very\\nfair education. On the breaking out of the Rebell-\\nion, his patriotic impulses led him to offer his ser-\\nvices to his country; and accordingly, when only 20\\nyears old, Aug. 15, 1861, he enlisted in Co. L, ist\\nMich. Vol. Cav., which belonged to Custer s hrigadi-,\\nand served in the Army of the Potomac. He fought\\ninall engagementsin which his regiment i)articipated.\\nHe was never wounded, though he had some narrow\\nescapes. At one time, in the Shenandoah Valley, he\\nhad a horse shot from under him, liut he soon obtain-\\ned another, and was off in pursuit of the enemy. At\\nPevrysville, Va., .-ifter three years service, he was\\nhonorably discharged.\\nNathaniel, the third son, was born in Lenawee\\nCo., Mich., Feb. 19, 1836, and worked on the farm\\nand attended school until 2 1 years of age. In the\\nspring of 1859 he came with his wife and one child\\nto Gratiot County, and settled on 80 acres of land\\nwhich he had bought two years previously. He at\\nonce built a log house and commenced to improve\\nhis place. He has since added 80 acres, and has\\nnow under cultivation 125 acres. He has recently\\nerected a fine dwelling-house.\\nNov. 2, 1856, in Fairfield, Lenawee Co., Mich., he\\nmarried Miss Ellen E. Reynolds, daughter of Job ^j^\\nand Lydia (Laycock) Reynolds, natives of Rhode\\nIsland and New York State. Mrs. Walker was born\\nin Jackson Co., Mich., Jan. 26, 1838, and is the\\nmother of 10 children, eight of whom survive: Sterah\\nB., Effie E., Martha J., Anna C, J. D., Glenn A.\\nA., Nora M. and Gertie Z. The two deceased are\\nLydia A. and John M. Mr. Walker has been Super-\\nvisor of his township two years. In politics he is a\\nzealous and life-long Republican.\\nV\\nf\\nV/\\nr\\nru;^ ?r:\\n-^0!i :iiflv\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2hSTl.\\nT", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "V\\nI\\n-2j\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nV\\nV\\nI\\nT -^tlll :DD- T- ^:r-\\nf7i?^ TIO T COUNTY.\\n-^pt^^\\n425\\nReturning home, he taught school one winter, and\\nthen studied in an academy with a view lo teaching.\\nHe next took a course in the Iron City Business Col-\\nlege, at Pittsburg, Pa., studying also telegraphy. He\\nwas, after completing his course, then employed on\\nthe Baltimore Ohio Railroad, and then as operator\\non tiie Detroit Milwaukee Railroad at St. John s,\\nMich. Here he remained until 1869.\\nJune 4, 1869, in Shiawassee County, he was manied\\nto Jennie, daughter of Edward and Isabella (Savage)\\nLawrence, natives of the North of Ireland and of\\nScotch descent. The father was by occupation a\\nfarmer, and died at his home in Vernon Township,\\nShiawassee County, in August, 1876; the mother\\nresides on the old homestead, enjoying a hale old age.\\nJennie was born in Brownsville, Jefferson Co., N Y.,\\nFeb. 25, 1847, and when very young she came with\\nher parents to Shiawassee Co., Mich., where she was\\neducated and lived till her marriage. In July, after\\nthat event, Mr. Reid quit the railroad, and with his\\nbrother engaged at St. John s in shipping wheat and\\nother produce. In May, 1872, they came to Gratiot\\nCounty and purchased 280 acres of partly improved\\nland on section 18, Arcada Township. Messrs. Reid\\nBro. have 175 acres under good cultivation, and\\nkeep 200 and upward fine sheep on hand.\\nMr. and Mrs. Reid are the parents of six children,\\nfour of whom are living: May Lillian, born Jan. 4,\\n1870; Adelia, born Oct. 13,1873; Anna, born Oct.\\ni3i 875; d Frank, born June i, 1882. Mr. Reid\\nis an active citizen as well as business man. He\\nwas elected Supervisor of Arcada Township in 1881,\\nand again in 1883 was for some time Superintendent\\nof Schools, and is now School Director. Politically\\nhe is a staunch Republican. In February, 1883, he\\nwas appointed for three years President of the Farm-\\ners Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Gratiot and\\nIsabella Counties.\\n(ev\\natrick Sheridan, farmer, on section 21,\\n_ Fulton Township, is a son of Michael and\\nJ^^ Mary (Healey) Sheridan, natives of Ireland,\\nSjJ^ where the mother died. The father came to\\nJi^ the United States in 1827, and settled in\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., where he died, Nov. 9, 1850.\\nPatrick was born in Ireland, Jan. 5, 1826, and came\\nto this great republic with his father when 16 years\\nold. He lived for eight years in Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nand then went to Orleans Co., same State. A year\\nlater he went to Ohio, afterward returning to New\\nYork. He lived in the Empire State until October,\\n1853, when he came to Brooklyn, Jackson Co., Mich.\\nDuring his stay here he was for a few months in the\\nemploy of the Government, as a blacksmith. He\\nlived there until February, 1865, when he came to\\nGratiot County and settled on 80 acres of section\\n21, Fulton Township, which he had bought the year\\nprevious. He now owns no acres, of which 90 are\\nimproved.\\nOct. 2, 1849, in Rochester, N. Y., he united him-\\nself in marriage to Miss Margaret, daughter of\\nRichard and Ellen (Murphy) Hughes, natives of\\nIreland. She was born in County Down, Ireland,\\nNov. 10, 1828. Mr. and Mrs. S. have been the\\nparents of ten children, six of whom survive:\\nMichael H., Margaret A.,, Francis E., Tom J., Mar)\\nA. and Agnes. The deceased are Ellen, Thomas,\\nPatrick H. and Teresa. The parents are attached\\nto the Catholic Church. Politically, Mr. S. votes\\nwith the Democratic party.\\nV^\\nhomas Culy, farmer, section 25, New Ha-\\ni^i ven Township, is a son of Benjamin and\\nMary E. (VVykes) Culy, natives of England,\\nwho came to this State in 1835, and died in\\nScio Township, Washtenaw County, where the\\nsubject of this sketch was born, Sept. 22, 1835.\\nHe remained with his parents until 16 years of age,\\nworking on the farm. He then apprenticed himself\\nto Alex. Sonier, in the vicinity of Dexter, that coun-\\nty, to learn the cooper s trade. In six months he\\ncommenced work as a jour, but after a short time\\nhe tried farming; then resumed his trade a few\\nyears; next he worked at blacksmithing some time at\\nWilliamston, Ingham Co., Mich.; then worked on. a\\nfarm again for a year, for his brother in his native\\ntownship, then followed railroading three years, and\\nthen for a time alternated between farming and coop-\\nering.\\nHe lost his wife, mother and sister at nearly the\\nsame time, an affliction seldom experienced by any\\none. At this time he lived in Parma, Jackson Coun-\\nc;\\nA\\n(7:\\n3", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "^(lD^OIl^i v^^^ ss\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^-\\n^m.\\n-^^^^^^m^\\nGRA no T CO UNTY.\\nI\\n(Q-*\\ni\\nty. Soon afterward, in the fall of 1867, he came to\\nGratiot County, settling first on 40 acres of section\\n25, where he still resides. To this he has added 80\\nacres, and made good improvements, recently erect-\\ning a fine house and barn. He is now considered a\\nfirst-class farmer.\\nMr. Culy was first married in September, 1856, to\\nMiss Charlotte Baker, who was born and brought up\\nin the State of New York. After a sliort residence\\nwith her parents in Washtenaw County, whither the\\nfamily had moved, she was married, and then resided\\nin Jackson County until her death, which occurred\\nAug. 29. 1865. Nov. 7, 1867, Mr. C. was again mar-\\nried to Miss Elizabeth Myra, who was born June i,\\n1849, in Clinton Co., Ohio. She has become the\\nmother of six children, namely: Clara, Sarah E.,\\nRosa M., Frederick J., Emma G. and Ansel B.\\nMr. Culy is in politics a Democrat, and has held\\nseveral township offices.\\neorge W. Pulfrey, proprietor of the Pul-\\nfrey House, at Alma, was born ijan. 18,\\nT !is~ 1852, in Seneca Co., N. Y. His parents,\\nAlexander and Susan A. (Longwood) Pulfrey,\\nwere natives of the State of New York, where\\nthey established their home after marriage.\\nIn 1S63 they came to Michigan and settled in Wash-\\nington Township, (iratiot County. After a stay there\\nof five years they went to St. John s, Clinton County,\\nwhere the father is yet living. The mother died\\nthere in 1874.\\nMr. Pulfrey became his own master when he was\\n16 year i old. About the time his parents removed\\nto Clinton County, he began to drive stage between\\nSt. John s and St. Louis, and acted in that capacity\\nabout three years. In 1875, he engaged as aclerkin\\nthe Exchange Hotel at St. Louis, and was there em-\\nployed until the spring of 1878 when he leased the\\nSeaman House, at Alma. A year and a half later\\nhe bought the property and is still conducting the\\nsame business. The hotel is now known as the Pul-\\nfrey House and has accommodations for 35 guests.\\nMr. Pulfrey is a Republican in political principle.\\nHe was married at Maple Rapids, Clinton County,\\nSept. 2, 1873, to Eliza, daughter of Joseph and Eliz-\\nabeth Eicher. Mrs. Pulfrey was born Jan. 24. 1855,\\nin Gratiot Co., Mich. Her parents were born on the\\nriver Rhine, in France and Switzerland. Three chil-\\ndren born to Mr. and Mrs. Pulfrey are named Her\\nbert G., Grace M. and Iva M.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00aeH\u00c2\u00ab)\\nrffim illiam Smith, farmer, section 34, New Ha-\\ntiHr4\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 i9 ven Township, is a son of Joseph and\\np Mary (Stifler) Smith, natives of Pennsylva.\\nnia and of English descent. William was\\nborn in Stark Co., Ohio, Nov. 31, 1839, where\\nhe lived till he was nine years old, when the\\nfamily removed to Seneca County. There our sub-\\nject worked on the farm, attending school during the\\nwinters, till he arrived at manhood s estate. He re-\\nmained in his father s employment till he was 24\\nyears of age, at which time he was united in marriage\\nwith Catharine Brillhart. The newly wedded couple\\nsettled down at once on a farm in Seneca County,\\nwhere they remained for 16 years. At the end of\\nthat period they came to Gratiot County and pur-\\nchased the farm owned by James Blain. This con-\\nsisted of 80 acres, part of which was improved. He\\nhas since made some excellent changes in the farm\\nbuildings, has added 50 acres to his farm, and now\\nhas 93 acres under the plow.\\nMrs. Smith was born in Stark Co., Ohio, Dec. 25,\\n1841, moving with her parents when 1 1 years of age\\nto Crawford County, and afterward to Seneca County,\\nwhere she was married. She is the mother of three\\nchildren, as follows: Clara A., born Sept. 25, 1864;\\nJennie M., March 3, 1868; and Sarah B., May 31,\\n1872. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of theGer-\\nman Baptist or Dunkard Church, of which Mr. Smith\\nis a Deacon. He has held several offices of his town-\\nship and in politics is a strong Republican.\\n-tet\\n_^|C eorge H. Yerington, agent of the Amer-\\n_^^| ican Express Company, resident at Alma,\\n^^llS^ was born at Ionia, Mich., Aug. 19, 1853,\\n^y|v and is the son of William and Amanda (Ben-\\nnett) Yerington. His father was a native of\\nConnecticut, his mother of Michigan. In the\\nspring of 1865 they came to Alma, where they are\\nyet resident.\\nAt the age of 16 Mr. Yerington entered the cm-\\nI\\nA\\nSKlf^^r^\\n4^^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "t^\\ntrr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 t]tl :(lll^\\nw\\ni\\nGRA TJQ T CO UiVT Y.\\n429\\nploy of his brother Almon, then a druggist at Alma.\\nHe was occupied there five years, until the business\\nterminated by a change of proprietorship, and he\\nwas variously employed until June, 1881, when he\\nengaged as clerk in the drug store of Geo. C. Waller.\\nA year later he obtained a situation with George C.\\nBeebe, and operated in the capacity of assistant sev-\\neral months. In January, 1883, he secured a posi-\\ntion with Joseph B. Salisbury in the drug business,\\nwhich relation continued until March, 18S4. He is\\nnow with B. S. Webb, druggist. In the fall of 1883\\nhe received his appointment as express agent. He\\nis a Republican in political principle.\\nMr. Yerington was married at Alma, Oct. 26, 1881,\\nto Ada, daughter of C. P. and Maria Sherman. She\\nis a native of the State of New York.\\n-4 \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^^^^^S-^\\nfe\\na tiles Kennedy, M. D., physician and sur-\\ngeon, at St. Louis, is the son of Rev.\\nGeorge W. and Ellen (Jennings) Kennedy,\\nand was born April i, 1838, in Lebanon, Ky.\\nHis father was born in 1805, in New London,\\nPa., and was educated at Princeton College,\\nat which institution he graduated with honor. He\\nstudied theology and entered the ministry of the\\nPresbyterian Church, in whose interests he has\\nlabored since he commenced his career of active\\nministerial service. He has labored chiefly in Ken-\\ntucky, Maryland and Delaware, and is still acting in\\nhis vocation in Middletown, Del. On the paternal\\nside Dr. Kennedy is descended from the sturdy race\\nknown and distinguished as Scotch-Irish. His\\ngrandfather, accompanied by two brothers, came to\\nthe American continent just prior to the colonial\\nstruggle for independence, and all three adopted the\\nissues of the Revolution, engaging in the war, in\\nwhich one of them held the rank of Major. They\\nsettled at New London, Pa., and founded the\\nacademy at that place. The institution has always\\nheld first rank in educational standing, and they\\ncontinued its management a number of years. On\\nthe mother s side Dr. Kennedy is a lineal descend-\\nant of John Jennings, Duke of Ghent, better known\\nto history as John of Gaunt. Humphrey Jennings,\\nson of the Lancastrian ancestor, resided in Birming-\\nham, England. He had five sons and two daugh-\\nters. Three sons Daniel, Augustin and William Af\\ncame to America. The daughters were Sarah, wife\\nof the Duke of Marlborough, and Frances, Duchess\\nof Tyrconnel. women whose beauty turned the heads\\nof kings and revolutionized courtly circles. Daniel\\nJennings was born in 1690, in Suffolkshire, England.\\nHe sold his estate and came to Maryland in 1722,\\nafterward removing to Virginia. His sons, Daniel\\nand James, were in the colonial service during the\\nentire period of the Revolution. The former was\\nborn Oct. 3, 1737, in Fairfax, Va., and died in 1783.\\nThe latter was born in 1735 and died in i8ii.\\nDaniel Jennings (third) was born in Virginia in\\nr769, was married in 1799, and died at Lebanon,\\nKy., in 1846. He married Sarah Jennings, a de-\\nscendant from a collateral branch of the same family,\\nborn 1776, died 1852; and his daughter, whose full\\nname was Mary Elinor Foster Jennings, was the\\nmother of Dr. Kennedy. She was born in Virginia\\nin 1808, and died in Lebanon, Ky., in 1840.\\nThe parents of Dr. Kennedy removed to Delaware j\\nwhen he was in his boyhood, and soon after he be-\\ncame a pupil at the Milford Academy, where he was\\na student until he was 17 years old, when he entered\\nthe University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated\\nfrom the Medical Department in the spring of 1858. S-/\\nHe spent two years in prospecting through the West\\nand Southwest, and finally settled in the Shenandoah\\nValley, Va., where he engaged in practice about one\\nyear, when he was appointed Surgeon in the Con-\\nfederate Army, in the corps of Stonewall Jackson.\\nHe was afterward assigned to the command of Beau-\\nregard, and later to that of Gen. Robert E. Lee. He\\nwas taken prisoner at Newbern, N. C, and held in\\ndurance about one month in the city of Washington.\\nAfter the close of the war he returned to private\\npractice in Newark, Delaware.\\nThe professional standing of Dr. Kennedy during\\nthe war is fully evidenced by the fact that, after the\\nbatde of Antietam, he was sent under a flag of truce\\nby Gen. Lee to Frederick City as chief of a corps of\\nsurgeons to co-operate with the surgeons of the Fed-\\neral army in relieving the wounded of both armies, f\\nThe special order of Gen. Lee prescribed that all\\nbills created by Dr. Kennedy in tlie line of his offi-\\ncial duty and ajiproved by him should be paid in\\ngold by the Secretary of the Confederate Treasury at\\nRichmond. He was at Frederick six weeks, and on\\nhis return was appointed Inspector of Hospitals as a ^y.^^,^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "43\u00c2\u00b0\\nGRA 1 JO T CO UNT V.\\nrz^^\\n-^^^^^@\\\\i\\nf\\n1\\nV\\nmark of appreciation of his services in the discharge\\nof his responsible and arduous labors. Gov. Jervis, of\\nNorth Carolina, while in attendance at the Yorktown\\ncelebration in i88i, related the following incident to\\nJudge Brown and Robert Smith, Esq., of Ithaca. He\\nwas terribly wounded at the battle of Drury s Bluff\\nin the shoulder joint, and the examining surgeons\\nhad decided on amputation as a necessity, and loss\\nof life as more than probable. Dr. Kennedy chanced\\nto pass at the moment, and Gov. Jervis called his\\nattention to his case, and stated the determination\\nof the other surgeons. After an examination Dr.\\nKennedy stated his opinion, which was that the arm\\ncould be saved with a lossof several inches in length.\\nThe instruments were turned over to him, and he\\nsuccessfully performed the difficult and, at that time,\\nrare operation, resection of shoulder joint, to the great\\nsatisfaction and admiration of the surgeons present.\\nOn concluding his remarks, the Governor extended\\na very useful arm, observing: Here, gentlemen, is\\nthe arm, shortening and all. He declared that he\\nwas furthermore indebted to Dr. Kennedy for his life.\\nAfter the close of the war in 1865, Dr. Kennedy was\\noffered the chair of Medical Practice in Richmond\\nMedical College, but declined the honor.\\nIn 1 87 I Dr. Kennedy came to St. Louis, where he\\nhas established a prosperous and popular business.\\nHe has taken a conspicuous part in the establish-\\nment of all public improvements, as the Holly water\\nworks, a good system of sewerage and splendid pub-\\nlic schools. He is the owner of considerable village\\nproperty, and is a member of the State Medical So-\\nciety of Michigan. He is also known in the circles\\nof medical literature as a contributor to the medical\\njournals of the day.\\nIn 1866-7, Dr. Kennedy wrote a series of papers,\\nwhich were published in the Medical and Surgical\\nReporter of Philadelphia, on Mistakes in Surgical\\nDiagnosis, and cited many cases of patients and\\npractitioners then living. These were the occasion\\nof many acrimonious professional disputes, but the\\ngeneral consensus of opinion settled in favor of Dr.\\nKennedy. In 1869, he published a statement of his\\nexperiences in treatment of scarlet fever by cool baths\\nand cool regimen. The idea was unique at that\\ntime, and called forth a storm of denunciation, but its\\ngreat merit was soon demonstrated, and the treat-\\nment may now be found in all works on practical\\nmedicine. In 1872, he wrote The Mineral Springs\\nof Michig-an, a work which gave the first and only\\nauthenticated account of the (juality of the famous\\nwaters of the State and its health results. It was\\npublished in a handsomely bound octavo volume, the\\nfirst edition of which was soon exhausted. A second\\nedition was about to be issued when the establish-\\nment doing the work was burned, and the plates were\\ndestroyed. Dr. Kennedy s work is mentioned by re-\\ncent publications on the topic of mineral waters and\\nsummer resorts as authoritative. In 1870, through\\nthe Medical and Surgical Reporter, he called the at-\\ntention of the profession to the value of Iodoform as\\na remedial agent, and recited numerous cases illus\\ntrating its use. These papers were copied by the\\nleading medical journals of this country and Europe,\\nand Iodoform has taken a high position all over the\\nworld as a therapeutic agent. Since 1872, he has\\nbeen a contributor to the Detroit Review of Medicine\\nand its successors. Among his recent contributions\\nto medical journalism which have attracted much\\nnotice are, The Direct Abstraction of Heat as a\\nMethod in the Treatment of Typhoid Fever, and on\\nthe Philosophical Treatment of Diphtheria.\\nDr. Kennedy is prominent in local politics, and\\nhas been for several years Chairman of the Demo-\\ncratic County Committee.\\nIn 1876, at the beginning of the absolute money\\nfuror. Dr. Kennedy made a speech at the Democratic\\nconvention in Ithaca in favor of honest money.\\nThis speech was published in nearly every paper in\\nthe United States that was opposed to the absolute\\nmoney scheme. The following paragraph caused it\\nto be known as Kennedy s milk-ticket speech\\nGentlemen, I show you another paper credit used\\na good deal in my neighborhood. It reads\\nGOOD FOR\\nONE QUART OF MILK.\\nE. Goodrich.\\nNow, Mr. Goodrich is a very worthy, energetic\\nfarmer who lives near me. Last winter we had a lit-\\ntle deal, and I got several dollars worth of these\\npaper counters. Now, suppose, when I applied for\\nmilk, Mr. Goodrich had fallen hack on his dignity and\\nsaid Sir, do you doubt my solvency Art not my\\nfarms, lands, tenements and chattels pledged for that\\nmilk Are not my resources as large as any man s\\nG\\niy\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "Msrmm^ c^y n n ii^ r\\nf\\nT\\nV\\nV\\n1\\nV\\nCRatiot County.\\n/K*^\\n43\\nin Gratiot County What you want is not milk but\\nfaith! You ought to have more faith in these tick-\\nets. Most of you would think Mr. Goodrich a very\\nsingular man. Now, suppose the murrain breaks out\\nin Mr. Goodrich s herd of cows, or a drouth comes on\\nand makes his pastures fail, and the quantity of milk\\nis decreased by one-half, so that every morning, in-\\nstead of giving him two of these tickets and getting\\ntivo quarts of milk, I can only get one quart and give\\nhim one ticket. Everybody is served the same way.\\nPretty soon a part of our population get tired of half\\nrations of milk and they hold a rousing indignation\\nmeeting, and a terrific resolution is passed that Good-\\nrich shall issue not more milk -but more milk tick-\\nets! which shall read, This is one i\\\\\\\\.\\\\ax\\\\ absoliile\\nmilk!\\nBut, gentlemen, I have a piece of absolute mon-\\ney here. It was on white paper originally, but it has\\nbecome yellow with age. It is rudely engraved. On\\nits face is a ship, a plow, and three sheaves of wheat,\\nemblematic, of course, of agriculture and commerce.\\nIt bears this legend, This bill shall pass for six-\\nteen shillings. This bill is about in the hundredth\\nyear of its existence, and it has failed to pass for any-\\nthing for about 95 years. The faith and credit of\\nthe grand old commonwealth of Pennsylvania that\\nissued this paper was as great as the human mind\\ncan conceive. Her men were of the highest order of\\npatriots; they gave fortune and life as a free libation\\non the altar of their country, in the cause of freedom.\\nThere is a sweet odor of liberty still clings to this old\\nbill political liberty, individual liberty, for which\\nmartyrs have died and heroes contended for ages.\\nThe charter of human rights, the habeas corpus, was\\nnot suspended to print this bill. No arrests without\\nwarrant of law was made. A speedy trial by jury was\\ndenied no one. All the great rights of personal and\\ncommunity independence were held sacred. If gov-\\nernment can create money out of nothing, this was\\nthe supreme moment of the world s history for the ac-\\ncomplishment of so great an end.\\nAnd yet, with all their patriotism and valor, with\\nall their heroic deeds on land and sea, with a faith in\\nthe desiiny of their country which stood side by side\\nwith the faith in their Creator, witji a faith and credit\\nbuilt up of sterner stuff than ever bivouacked on the\\nworld s wide Ijattle-field, and yet its paper absolute\\nmoney failed $500 would not buy a pair of boots\\nto protect your patriot fathers feet from the frozen\\nground as they marched forward to liberty or death.\\nMy God, what a commentary on absolute money\\nWe are told that the pensions of the soldiers of to-\\nday s Republic are to l)e paid in this absolute money.\\nIf so when another centennial birthday comes to the\\nRepublic, some grandson of yours will stand here,\\nwhere a grandson of the old Revolution stands to-day,\\nand will show to that generation, as you see to-day,\\n\u00c2\u00abae\u00c2\u00a3?\u00c2\u00a9^\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^x\\n.-^-a OT7rav\\nthe utter worthlessness of a dollar, so called, created\\nout of nothing,\\nDr. Kennedy is enthusiastic on the subject of rev-\\nenue reform and is violently opposed to a protective\\ntariff. He has written a good deal on the tariff (jues-\\ntion for leading journals of the country. One paper,\\non Orange Culture in Michigan, first published in\\nthe Detroit News, has been republished in a large\\nnumber of newspapers throughout the country, and\\npublished in pamphlet form by many of the free-\\ntrade clubs. It is styled by the New York Tiiiies\\nan exquisite burlesque on protection.\\nDr. Kennedy was married Jan. 22, 1872, in Dela-\\nware, to Mary Reybold, the daughter of William\\nReybold. The Reybolds have long been known for\\ntheir energy, enterprise, integrity and wealth. She\\ndied at St. Louis, March 22, 1878, and left tliree\\nchildren William, born May 28, 1873; George, May\\n23, 1876; and Mary, March 17, 1878. Dr. Kennedy\\nwas again married, Oct. 16, 1883, at Ghent, Ky.,\\nto Amanda, daughter of Hiram Froman, one of the\\nmost enterprising and successful agriculturists in the\\nOhio Valley. Mrs. Kennedy was born in 1859, in\\nKentucky.\\nThe people of Gratiot County will doubtless be grati-\\nfied to see the portrait of Dr. Kennedy in this work,\\nand it is accordingly given, on a preceding page.\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\n0)\\n^m\\n^^fg\\nr- A\\n^Mm^^\\names McClelland, merchant at Sethton,\\nwas born in Seneca Co., Ohio, May 2, 1849.\\nHis parents were natives of Pennsylvania\\nand of Scotch ancestry, and moved to Seneca\\nIf County in an early day. He remained with his\\nparents laboring on the farm and attending\\nschool until 19 years old, when he entered Heidel-\\nberg College, at Tiffin, Ohio, and laid the foundation\\nfor a good practical education. After two years at-\\ntendance at this institution, he took a preparatory\\ncourse at the State Normal School, Republic, Ohio,\\ncontemplating teaching as a profession. He com-\\npleted a collegiate course at Oberlin, Ohio, and then\\na commercial course. Next he learned telegraphy,\\nand was operator at Ploomfield, Ohio, a year, then\\nmanaged his father s farm and homestead for six years,\\nand then came, in 1870, and purchased 80 acres of v?\\\\\\nwild land in North Shade Township, this county,\\nJit", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "i^/^5\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n\u00c2\u00a3^ii)(ir^\\n432\\n--T-7 ^Iia: liDv r-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nwhere he commenced im|irovements. After clearing\\n40 acres he sold out, in November, 1873, and estab-\\nlished a general merchandise store, at what is known\\nas Sethton postoffice, New Haven Township, with a\\nstock of more than $1,000. He has since increased\\nhis stock, adding agricultural implements to his trade,\\nand his business amounts annually to nearly $15,000.\\nMr. McClelland has held the office of Justice of tlie\\nPeace. In politics he is a Republican.\\nMarch 3:, 1S76, Mr. McClelland was married, in\\nMorrow Co., Ohio, to Miss Mary McWiUiams, a na-\\ntive of Woodbury, that county. She was born May\\n14, 1856, and died Sept. 4, 1882, at her home in New\\nHaven Township, leaving a husband and a large cir-\\ncle of friends to mourn her death. She was a mem-\\nber of the Metliodist Kpiscopal Church, as is also\\nMr. McClelland.\\nimothy D. Ackles, farmer, section 24, North\\nI Star Township, was born in Onondaga Co.,\\nN. Y., Aug. 13, 1835, and is a son of Tart-\\nelus Ackles, a native of the same State. Mr.\\nAckles remained at home, on the parental farm,\\nassisting in the maintenance of tiie family and\\nattending the common seliools until he arrived at the\\nage of 19 years, when he set forth on the voyage of\\nlife to fight the battles of adversity alone.\\nPossessing an abundance of energy and persever-\\nance, two necessary reqviisites to success; and, follow-\\ning the dictates of an ambitious determination to\\npossess a goodly share of tliis world s goods, and\\nrealizing the rapid growth which Michigan was des-\\ntined to make, he selected this State for his home.\\nHe arrived in Clinton County in the spring of 1854,\\nand in the following fall came to this county. He\\nexperienced all the trials and adversities which en-\\ncountered the eady pioneers and, possessing the true\\nweapons with which to battle against them, an indom-\\nitable will combined with energy and pluck, success-\\nfully overcame them and added to his landed posses-\\nsions until he now owns 282 acres of land, with a\\ngoodly portion urider cultivation, and comfort sitting\\nin the lap of plenty smiles at the trials of tlie past.\\nMr. Ackles was married Aug. 20, 1865, to Abigail\\nFox, daughter of Jacob Fox, deceased. Three chil-\\ndren have been born to them, and the Angel of\\nDeath has thrown her arms around them all and\\nborne them to a better home.\\nMr. A. is a member of the Masonic Order and is\\none of the representative men of his township. He\\nis now and always has been an active Republican.\\nHe has held several local offices in liis township and\\nschool district.\\nr^harles Westfall, of the firm of Westfall\\nr^^^ ^o-) druggists at Ithaca, was born in Lyon\\nfi l,, Township, Oakland Co., Mich., Nov. 5, 1852,\\nand is tiie son of Philetus and Lydia (Knapp)\\nWestfall. His father was born April 1, 1822,\\nin Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., and is now\\nresident on his farm near Ypsilanti. His mother was\\nborn in Salem, Washtenaw C o., Mich., June 7, 1829,\\nand is still living.\\nMr. Westfall remained in his native township until\\nhe was 14 years old, where he was a pupil at school.\\nIn 1866, his parents removed to Ypsilanti, where he\\nliecame a student at the Normal School. He was\\nengaged in study tiiere until he was near his majori-\\nty, and he was graduated in the full English course.\\nHe went home to his father s farm, and stayed until\\nthe spring of 1882. In May of that year, he formed\\na partnership with Byron S. Knapp, and established\\nhis present business at Ithaca. The firm have a\\ngood repute, and are meeting with gratifying success.\\nMr. Westfall was married Nov. 26, 1872, to Ella,\\ndaughter of Nelson and Caroline Fowler, born in\\nSuperior Township, Washtenaw Co., Mich., June 17,\\n1853. One daughter, Myrtie, was born in Canton,\\nWayne Co., Mich., Aug. 24, 1874.\\n^^^WK ci-ry D. Pettit, liveryman, at Alma, was\\n(*-4; born April 6, 1848, in Allen Co., Ohio, and\\nis the son of Melancthon and Jane (Thorpe)\\nPettit. His parents were born respectively in\\nNiagara Co., N. Y., and Wayne Co., Ohio. The\\nfather was a farmer by occupation and, soon\\nafter his marriage, settled in the Buckeye State. In\\n185s the family came to Gratiot County. Tiie\\nmother died Jan. 25, 1865, the father Aug. 5, 1866.\\nMr. Pettit come to Gratiot County with his parents\\n4S^\\nv_\\nCo:\\nK/\\nr\\n||^v^:^^^.f^\\nvf.tyii.\\n-K^^tlll :iltls\\ni", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "^V^))^f|-\\nv iitii^nD^\\nt7\\nGRATIOT COUl^TY\\n43S\\nt\\nT\\nwhen he was seven years old. In 1863 he became\\na soldier for the Union, and was one of the youngest\\nmen in actual military service from the Peninsular\\nState being but 15 years old. He enlisted in what\\nproved to be one of the most celebrated regiments\\nengaged in the war the Fourth Mich. Cav, He\\nserved nearly two years and was in the engagements\\nat Selma, Ala., and Double Bridges, Ga. He was in\\nmany skirmishes and unimportant actions, and also\\nparticipated in the pursuit of Jefferson Davis in his\\nflight from Richmond.\\nHe returned from the army to Gratiot County and\\nremained at home while his parents lived. For some\\nyears after their deaths, he was variously engaged at\\ndifferent points. He had bought meanwhile 80 acres\\nof land in Emerson Township, on which he located\\nin 1874. He continued the pursuit of farming until\\n1 88 1, when he sold part of liis farm and came to\\nAlma. He at once opened an establishment for the\\nprosecution of tlie business in which he has since\\nbeen engaged. He is a Republican in politics. He\\nhas been Justice of the Peace in Emerson Town-\\nship, and in the spring of 1883 was elected Constable\\nof Arcada Township. In the summer of the same\\nyear he received the appointment of Village Marshal\\nof Alma. He is a member of Moses Wisner Post,\\nNo. loi, G. A. R.\\nMr. Pettit was married at Ithaca, April 6, 1874, to\\nCora A., daughter of Merritt and Fanny (Swan)\\nBrown. She was born Aug. 26, 1854, in NiagarajCo.,\\nN. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Pettit have two children Roy\\nE., born April 15, 1875, and Clara J., born Dec. 6,\\n1877.\\nerdinand Montigel, of the firm of J. M.\\nin Montigel Co., at Alma, was born in Erie,\\n22, 1854, and is a son of J. M.\\n(See\\nPa, Nov,\\nand Anna Barbara (Segrist) Montigel\\n^l sketch of J. M. Montigel). Mr. Montigel re-\\nceived an education in both German and Eng-\\nlish, and when he was between nine and ten years\\nold went to Ashtabula, Ohio, whither liis parents re-\\nmoved. In March, 187 1, he came to Alma and\\nlearned the details of the business in which his\\nfather engaged. In 1875 he became a member of\\nthe firm of J. M. Montigel Co., founders and ma-\\n-K^^D!l :illlr\\nchinists. He is a man of industrious and energetic\\nbusiness habits and has gained an enviable position\\nin society and business circles. He is a member of\\nthe Masonic Order and is in political views a Repub-\\nlican.\\names A. Stuttz, merchant and member of\\nthe house of Wright, Schneider Stutlz,\\nresident at Alma, is a descendant from Ger-\\nman ancestors. His parents were both born\\nin Germany, whence they emigrated with their\\nrespective families in youth. On reaching\\nAmerica they settled in Detroit, and after some years\\nwent to Canada, where they married and settled.\\nThe family of Jacob and Mary A. (Vetor) Stuttz\\ncomprised 14 children, eight daughters and six sons,\\nof whom James A. was si.xth in order of birth.\\nHe was born June 12, 1852, in Rochester, Essex\\nCo., Canada, and resided in the Dominion until he\\nwas 15 years of age. He passed the time previous\\nto that age in acquiring his education at the common\\nschools, and was also instructed in German.\\nIn 1868, although a mere youth, he entered upon\\nhis struggle for place and advancement in life. He\\nobtained a position as cashier in the dry-goods estab-\\nlishment of S. Kirchner, at Detroit. He operated in\\nthat capacity about a twelvemonth.\\nHe was employed successively by Freedman Bros.,\\nJ. Lowrie Sons. With the latter he remained nine\\nyears, and at the expiration of that period re-entered\\nthe employ of Freedman Bros., with whom he has\\nserved one year. He operated in their behalf a\\nsecond year, when, in November, 1880, he engaged\\nwith Taylor, Wolfenden Co. as manager of the\\nsilk department in their new store. In June, 1882,\\nhe resigned his situation and came to Alma, where\\nhe l)ecame junior partner in the firm with which he is\\nstill connected. The business of the concern in-\\ncludes general merchandise and traffic in grain.\\nThe annual transactions rci)resent $100,000, exclu-\\nsive of grain.\\nMr. Stuttz is a Renublican in political faith and\\nconnections.\\nThe publishers of this volume take great pleasure\\nin presenting the portrait of Mr. Stuttz on another\\npage. He holds deserved I ank in the generation\\nwhose interests his efforts serve to advance.\\nI\\nA\\nr^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": ".\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Viv.v\\ngs*-\\nTTT\\nDll ;iU(l^\\n:2!\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^ter\\n43^\\n;y?^ r/ 9 r co untv.\\nA\\nlexander McDaid, faiiner.section 28, North\\nStar Township, and an early pioneer of the\\nS|i$-W same, was born in County Londonderry, Ire-\\nland, Sept. 13, 1828. He is a son of Joseph\\nMcDaid, deceased, native of Ireland, and he\\nemigrated to the United States and settled in\\nChester Co., Pa., in 1846, from whence he moved, in\\n1849, to Hancock Co., Ohio, and in the fall of 1854\\ncame to this State and settled on section 28, North\\nStar Township, this county, where our subject has\\nresided ever since. On his arrival in this county he\\nentered the west half of the northeast (juarter of sec-\\ntion 28, Government land, on which he is now living.\\nThe difficulty of establishing a home in the woods\\nand clearing his land amid the adversities so common\\nto the early pioneer, were successfully overcome by\\nhonest effort and ambitious aim, and Mr. McDaid\\nremembers the past with smiles of satisfaction and\\ncontent.\\nMr. McDaid was married March 17, r849, to Ele-\\nanor, daughter of Thomas Bartrim, and seven chil-\\ndren have been born to tlieir union, six of whom are\\nliving, namely: Joseph T., (ieor ge M., Mary A.,\\nMargaret J., Warren A. and Cora M. The second\\nson, John J., was drowned in Bad River, Saginaw\\nCounty, this State, in 1873, and while in his 2tst\\nyear.\\nMr. McDaid is a member of the I. O. O. F.,and an\\nacknowledged representative man of his township.\\niJ^^ii\\ni ti^\\n1-KJJ gj\\nobert J. Bittner, farmer, section 22, La-\\nfayette Township, is a son of Karl and\\niCS.\\\\ Joanna (Horzick) Bittner, natives of Prus-\\nsia, where they lived until their deatli. He\\nwas born March 20, 1828. At the age of 24\\nhe came to America, and settled in Macomb\\nCo., Mich., where he lived for eight years. He then\\nspent several montlis in the Stale of Iowa. Return-\\ning to Macomb County, he shortly went to Shiawas-\\nsee County. Sept. 14, i86r, he enlisted in the Eighth\\nInfantry. He served three years, and was discharged\\nin front of Petersburg, Va., Sept. 23, 1864. Among\\nthe many engagements in which he was present were\\nJames Island (S. C), the second battle of Bull Run,\\ng^.cj.. --^n\\nSouth Mountain (Md.) and Antietam. He was\\nwounded in the last engagement. After his dis-\\ncharge he came to Shiawassee County, and in the\\nspring of 1865 he came to Gratiot County. He\\nbought 80 acres of land on section 22, Lafayette\\nTownship, where he now resides. He has 42 acres\\nunder cultivation.\\nHe was married April 5, 1866, in Lafayette Town-\\nship, to Jennie C, daughter of Ebenezer and Nancy\\n(Bickford) Brownell, natives of New York. Mr.\\nBrownell died in that State, and Mrs. Brownell still\\nres-ides in Chautauijua Co., N. Y. Mrs. Bittner was\\nborn in New York, April 15, 1838. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBittner have had one son, Julius R., born Sept. 5,\\nr867.\\nMr. Bittner is a member of Moses Wisner Post,\\nNo. loi, G. A. R., at Ithaca. In politics he is a\\nRepublican.\\nI athan Boyer, farmer, section 7, Arcada\\nTownship, was born m Maumee, Ohio,\\nOct. 7, 1840, and was the son of Daniel\\nBoyer, a native of Schuylkill Co., Pa. The\\nfather was a gunsmith by trade, and worked at\\ntliat in Pennsylvania, then in Ohio, and then in\\nMichigan. He died in Pine River Townshi]), near\\nAlma, in this county, Aug. 3, 1874, aged 63 years.\\nNathan s mother was Savila Holcomb, a native of\\nNew England and of Scotch ancestry. She died\\nwhen Nathan was ipiite young, in Medina Co., Ohio,\\nwhither the family had removed in 1840. After his\\nmother s death, Nathan and his father went to Wyan-\\ndotte County, and in the fall of 1855 they came to\\nAlma, this county. At that time Alma contained\\nthree dwelling-houses and a log store, and was sur-\\nrounded for miles by an unbroken forest. Here he\\npassed his boyhood from T5 to 21, attending the\\ncommon schools of Pine River Township.\\nAug. 7, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 26th Mich.\\nVol. Inf., and was assigned to the Army of the Poto-\\nmac. He participated in some heavy skirmishes,\\nbut escaped unhurt. After 14 months he was de-\\ntailed to the Brigade Commissary department, where\\nhe served till the close of tlie war, being honorably\\ndischarged June 4, 1865. Returning home, he was\\nmarried, Feb. 21, 1866, to Rosanna Winslow, who\\n9\\n/7S\\n:^^Iltl^^ A:^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\a^\\nT\\nimy^.m^^^\\nf\u00e2\u0082\u00ac3^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ZJ^itaf^C\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^5*\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nI\\n437\\nT\\nwas born in Ionia County in 1847, and died in Alma,\\nNov. 3, 1867. He was again married, in Pine\\nRiver Township, to Flora E., daughter of William\\nand Teresa Jane (Norton) Hayes, natives of New\\nYork. He was of Irish and German descent, and\\nshe of French and English. They followed farm-\\ning, and came to Michigan in 1848, stopping at Ann\\nArbor. At that place Flora E. was born, April 24,\\n1850, and not many years later they moved to North\\nPlains, Ionia County, where they lived 15 years. In\\nthat county she received her education. Afterward\\nthey came to this county and located in Pine River\\nTownship.\\nIn the summer of 1870 Mr. and Mrs. Boyer located\\non 40 acres on section 7, Arcada Township. He has\\nsince added 40 acres, and has improved 68 acres.\\nHe erected a good house and barn, the former of\\nwhich was burned March 21, 1873. This was a se-\\nvere loss, but by perseverance he has conquered, and\\nhas rebuilt his house.\\nThey have a family of three children Dora Ar-\\nminnie, born May 4, 1870; \\\\Villiam Daniel, born\\nMay 4, 1872; and Herbert Merle, Aug. 31, 1882.\\nMr. Boyer is in politics a Greenbacker. Mrs. Boyer\\nis a member of the Christian Church.\\n^^-H^S\\ni^p^dward A. Chase, farmer, section 9, North\\n:[_^g,-; .Star Township, was born in Greene Co.i\\nt^ N. Y., July 4, 1826, and is a son of George\\n^ik Chase; now deceased, a native of the same\\ncounty, and a farmer and mechanic, who re-\\nj moved with his family to Livingston Co., N. Y.,\\nin 1830. The subject of this sketch was reared on a\\nfarm and educated in the common schools of the\\ncounty last named. He came to Ingham Co., Mich.,\\nin 1852, thence to Ionia County in 1856, and the fol-\\nlowing year to this county, settling where he now\\nresides, in what was then wild woods. He lived in\\nan extemporized shanty until fall, then built a log\\nhouse. His wife helped clear and plant the garden\\nspot. They planted tlieir first corn with an ax; it\\ncame up nicely within six days after planting.\\nMr. Chase enlisted in tlie late war, in Co. G, 23d\\nMich. Vol. Inf, bu being an invalid much of the\\ntime, he was kept at light-guard duty around the hos-\\npital. In his township he has been Justice of the\\nPeace 12 years, and has been Superintendent of the\\nPoor about 14 years.\\nMr. Chase was married Oct. 25, 1850, to Miss Su-\\nsan, daughter of Richard Baldwin (deceased); she\\nwas born in Lancashire, England, Aug. 16, 1826, and\\ncame to America with her parents when 1 1 years\\nof age. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Chase are,\\nGeorge B., Hattie (deceased), Richard, Cora (de-\\nceased) and Ella.\\n1\\nd\\nevi Leonard, farmer, section 3, Pine River\\nTownship, was born April 6, 1828, in Penn-\\nsylvania, and is a son of Lot and Elizabeth\\n(Mosher) Leonard, both of whom were natives\\nof the Keystone State, where they resided all\\ntheir lives.\\nMr. Leonard continued to live in his native State,\\nengaged in milling, until November, 1S74, when he\\ncame to Gratiot County, and he has since been occu-\\npied in farming. In the same year of his removal\\nhither, he settled upon the farm he now owns, con-\\nsisting of 40 acres of land, all of which is now im-\\nproved. He belongs to the National Greenback\\nparty.\\nHe was married Dec. 31, 1863, in Greene Co., Pa.,\\nto Mary J., daughter of Jehu E. and Sarah Parkin-\\nson. (See sketch of J. E. Parkinson.) She was born\\nin that county March 19, 1839. George C Annie\\nM. and Barnett P. are the names of the three chil-\\ndren that have been added to the family circle. The\\nmother is a member of the Disciples Church.\\nilliam A. Moore, farmer, section 34, La-\\nfayette Township, is a son of Ezra A. and\\nMary (Wrigleworth) Moore, natives of\\nClarefield and Center Counties, Pa., respect-\\nively. Ezra A. Moore was by occupation a\\nfarmer, and lived in Pennsylvania until 1864.\\nThe family then removed to Ohio, and farmed in\\nMedina County one year, and Sandusky County two\\nyears. In the spring of 1867 they came to Michigan\\nand settled on the northwest piarterof the northwest\\nquarter of section 34, Lafayette Township, this\\ncounty. Mrs. Moore died July 11, 1868; Mr. Moore\\n/y\\ni^^\\n^mmm\\n-*v.7 g:3g\u00c2\u00a7 V^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "438\\nf#\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nrffiii^\\nV\\nmarried again, and is still living, in that township.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Nov. 9, 1852,\\nand lived with his parents until 18 years of age,\\nworking on the farm and attending the common\\nschools. He then went to live with H. R. Wilcox,\\non section 6, Lafayette Township, and learned the\\ncarpenter s trade. This he followed altogether for\\nseven years Sept. 16, 1877, he was united in mar-\\nriage to Louisa, daughter of E. H. Burgin, of Lafay-\\nette Ton nship. The following spring he purchased\\n80 acres on section 34, and has since followed\\nfarming.\\nMr. and Mrs. Moore are the parents of two boys:\\nMerton A. and Frank G., born Dec. 22, 1878, and\\nMarch 4, 1883. Mr. Moore is a young man of en-\\nterprise, and is very popular in his community. He\\nwas elected Township Treasurer in 1878, and again\\nin 1879; in 1880 was chosen Supervisor, and 1882\\nwas appointed to a vacancy in the same office.\\nPolitically, he is a member of the National party.\\nHe belongs to the Masonic Order and to the\\nGrangers.\\ntrf|.i. onathan Courter, farmer, section 7, Arcada\\n|t Township, was born in Yates Co., N. Y.,\\n=3 j^jy 2(3^ 1827, and is the son of David and\\nFanny (Sutton) Courter, natives of New York,\\nY ^nd of New England parentage, though for-\\nmerly of Irish and German extraction. They\\nfollowed farming, and died in this county, the\\nfather Nov. 12, 1871, aged nearly 65, and the\\nmother in the spring of 1881, aged 73 years and 10\\nmonths. Jonathan lived in his native county till\\nfour years old, then in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., until\\n16 years old, attending school and working on the\\nfarm, and then came with his parents to Ionia Co.,\\nMich. The family were early settlers of Orleans\\nTownship, in that county, and Jonathan being the\\neldest son, and there being no school in his neigh-\\nborhood, he spent many years at work that most boys\\nusually spend in study and play. He worked early\\nand late, to help his father get their farm in good\\ncondition, until he was 21.\\nDec. 25, 1848, he was married to Sarah A. Barton,\\nwho was born in Oakland County, Oct. 10, 1830.\\nShe died Sept. 28, 1856, leaving two children to com-\\nfort her husband: David F., born Oct. 18, 1850;\\nJohn S., born Nov. 7, 185 1. He was again married,\\nin New Haven Township, this county, April 11, 1858,\\nto Esther, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Gin-\\ngery) Wiles, natives of Pennsylvania and of German\\ndescent. The mother died at New Haven Center,\\nJan. 23, 1874. Tlie father is still living on the\\nhomestead at the same place, at an advanced age.\\nEsther was born Oct. 10, 1846, and passed her\\nmaidenhood in Wood Co., Ohio, and in New Haven\\nTownship, Gratiot County.\\nImmediately after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Courter\\nsettled on his homestead on section 7, Arcada Town-\\nship. This consists of 170 acres, of which 100 are\\nnicely improved and under cultivation. They have\\nhad a family of nine children, three of whom are\\n:iot living. The living are: Alexander, born Jan.\\n10, 1859; Katie, Nov. 21, 1862; Rosa, March 25,\\n1864; George, March 7, 1868; Belle, April 11,1875;\\nMelville, March 2, 1877. The deceased are: Ida,\\nMyrtie and Arthur.\\nMr. Courter enlisted Nov. 4, 1864, in Co. F of the\\nloth Mich. Vol. Inf, and was assigned to the Army\\nof the Cumberland. He did not serve in any active\\nengagement, but was on garrison duty. He was\\nhonorably discharged July 19, 1865, at Louisville,\\nKy. He has been Assessor of his school district for\\ntwo terms. In politics he is an ardent Republican.\\nr\\nK-\\ns\\nV\\nohn A. Federspiel, farmer, section 25, La-\\nfayette Township, is a son of Balthaser and\\nCatherine (Conrad) Federspiel, natives of^\\nFrance. They came to America in an early\\nday, and located at Buffalo, N. Y. She died f)\\nin 1877, and he is still living, with his children\\nin Michigan. John A. was born in Buffalo, N. Y.,\\nSept. 29, 1840. He left home at the age of 14, and\\nworked at farming and other things until he was 20,\\nand then was in a saw-mill one year. In 1862 he\\ncame to Michigan, and was employed in the woods _\\nduring the winter seasons until 1872, when he bought\\n120 acres of wild land on section 25, Lafayette ^a\\nTownship. He put up the necessary farm buildings\\nand set about clearing and improving his farm, and\\nnow has about 80 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Niagara County, N. Y., Oct. 8,^\\nrV\u00c2\u00ae))?^^\\n7^ D !1 nDv\\n*4^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "k\\n^^t^CJ", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "m\\n^t^\\n(h\\nA\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-vS^\\n-^^-j^^^CvTV^If\\n1861, to Catherine Biggy, daughter of Philip and\\nMary (Gugarty) Biggy, natives of Ireland, where Mrs.\\nBiggy died. Mr. Biggy first came to Canada, and\\nthen, after six months, to T,ocki)ort, N. Y. After\\nseveral years there he went to Chicago, where he\\ndied. Mrs. Federspiel was born in Ireland, April 10,\\n1840. Mr. and Mrs. Federspiel arc the parents of\\nnine children: Anna E., born Nov. 26, 1862; Will-\\niam A., born May 25, 1864; Charles C, born July\\n23, 1866: Ella E., born June 5, 1869; Ada P., born\\nJune 19, 1872; Orin J., Iiorn March 11, 1S75; Elmer\\nB., born July 30, 1879; Melvin I,., born Sept. 26,\\n1879; and Clarence A., horn April 30, 1881.\\nMr. Federspiel was Treasurer of his township for\\ntwo years, School Treasurer three years, and was also\\nelected Drain Commissioner to fill a vacancy. In\\npolitics he is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Feder-\\nspiel are adherents of the Catholic Church.\\nl iatus E. Wright, farmer, section ig, Pine\\ntj^MSL River Township, was liorn June 26, 1859,\\nin the same township, of which he has been\\na resident all his life. He is a son of Fred-\\nj^ erick and Sarepta (Fox) Wright, and belongs to\\na family which has been identified with the\\nhistory of the progress of Michigan since the termin-\\nation of its Territorial days.\\nFrederick Wright was born in 181 4, in Wayne Co.,\\nN. Y. He was reared to manhood in his native State,\\nand in 1837 removed to Jackson Co., Mich. He was\\ntrained to the pursuit of agriculture and devoted\\nhimself to that calling in the township of Parma,\\nwhere he settled and became a part of the pioneer\\nelement. He passed 21 years of his life in that\\nplace, actively engaged in aiding the growth and\\nprosperity of his township and county. He wa~,\\nprominent in public affairs and contributed materially\\nto the rapid development of that section of the\\nPeninsular State. In 1858 became to Gratiot County\\nand purchased 500 acres of wild land in Pine River\\nTownship, where he spent the remainder of his life\\nin striving to benefit his generation, and left a record\\nof usefulness and merit which will live long in the\\nmemories of his neighbors and fellow-townsmen.\\nHe died May i, 1880.\\nMr. Wright aided his father in his agricultural\\n441\\nI\\nlabors as soon as he reached a suitable age and ac-\\nquired a good education in the common schools.\\nHis father died just previous to his attaining his ma-\\njority, and he siuceeded to the management of the\\nfarm. It then included 240 acres of land, 100 a( res\\nof which are in tillage and constitute, with tlie farm\\nfixtures, a place which ranks in value with those of\\nsimilar dimensions in Pine River Township. Mr.\\nWright is an adherent of the National Greenback\\nparty.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Wright with Lillie E. John-\\nson occurred Oct. 13, 1878. She was born in the\\nState of Iowa, May 29, 1859, and is the daughter of\\nTheron A. and Julia Johnson. (See sketch of T. A.\\nJohnson.) Pearl, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Wright,\\ndied at the age of two years.\\nTwo little childish hands, folded soft and silently;\\nTwo little curtained eyes, looking out no more for\\nme;\\nTwo little waxen cheeks, dimple-dented never more\\nTwo little trodden shoes, that shall never touch the\\nfloor;\\nShoulder ribbon, softly twisted; apron folded, clean\\nand white,\\nThese are left me, and these only\\nOf the childish presence bright.\\nIn the portrait of Mr. Wright, which appears on\\nanother page, is a representative of the family whose\\nenergy and enterprise have been the source of inesti-\\nmable value to the development of Gratiot ounty,\\nand the mantle of his ancestral thrift and virtues\\nhas fallen upon one who will preserve them worthily.\\nidl-\\n-res-\\nvs\\nIgl ornelius S. Randolph, farmer, section 8,\\nmfii^ Pine River Township, is the son of Josiah\\n^^iff and Esther Randolph, and was born in War-\\nren (b., N. Y., Nov. 14, 181 1. His parents\\nI were also born in the Empire State, and first\\nsettled in Warren County. They came to Michigan\\nto spend the closing years of their lives with their\\nson, and died in Lenawee County.\\nMr. Randolph was 23 years of age when he came\\nto Michigan, and he spent 13 years in Lenawee\\nCounty engaged in farming and teaching. After that\\ntime, he devoted himself exclusively to agriculture,\\nA\\nf.\\nJ\\nTE7\\n^^D!l ^DI]i\\n-\u00c2\u00abe^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "vKDDgmii^^^ -2^.\\n442\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ST\\n-4J^C(sVH\\nand continued to operate there until the fall of 1882,\\nwhen he came to Gratiot County and bought the\\nfarm he now owns. It consists of 40 acres of land.\\nMr. Randolph was married June 10, 1838, in Len-\\nawee County, to Margaret C. Barber. She was born\\nDec. 13, 1808, in Catlin, Chemung Co.,N. Y. Silas,\\nThomas, Martha, James, Cornelius and Henry are\\nthe names of the si.x children born of their marriage.\\nThe parents are members of the Baptist Church.\\nSJ-\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nharles Butler, farmer on section 20, Ful-\\n^Tj^ ton Township, is a son of Asa H. Butler, a\\nft/*\\nnative of New England, and was born m the\\n5 J State of New York, May 12, 1826. He lost\\nhis mother when quite young, and conse-\\nfjuently but little is known of her. She left seven\\nchildren, and Charles was left to care for himself to a\\ncertain e.xtent. He received a limited education in\\nthe common schools. When seven years old he\\nwent to the State of Ohio, where he lived until the\\nspring of 1864, when he came to Gratiot County and\\nsettled on 80 acres in Fulton Township, which he\\nhad bought the fall previous. He has most of his\\nland now under cultivation.\\nOct. II, 1857, in Fulton Co., Ohio, he married\\nMiss Emma, daughter of John and Laura C. (White)\\nStitt, natives of Massachusetts. Mrs. Butler was\\nborn in Portage Co., Ohio, July 25, 1836. Mr. and\\nMrs. B. are the parents of six children AValter W.,\\nDelia L., John S., Clara E., Lois B. and Melvin C.\\nDelia L. died when two and a half years old.\\nPolitically, Mr. Butler is a Democrat.\\nilliam F. Thompson, proiirietor of the tub\\n^i^^^ factory at Ithaca, was born at Massena,\\nf^^* St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., March i, 1832.\\nK He is a son of Peter S. and Keziah (Fen-\\ntress) Thompson. His father was an Eng-\\nlishman by birth, and was graduated from Ox-\\nford. He became a tutor, and spent some years as a\\nteacher in his native land. In 1816, he came to the\\nUnited States and settled in Virginia, where he fol-\\nlowed the same calling, and was there married. In\\n1828, he removed with his family to Massena, N. Y.,\\nand there engaged in teaching. Later on he went to\\nPotsdam, N Y., where he was employed as sexton of\\nTrinity Church 18 years. He afterwards went to\\nColton, in the same county, where he died at ihe age\\nof 72 years. The decease of the mother, who was a\\nnative of Virginia, occurred when she was 80 years\\nold. They were the parents of but two children, the\\nelder of whom was a daughter, Jane S., the wife of\\nGeorge Dove (deceased), a farmer near Potsdam.\\nIn early life, Mr. Thompson commenced a career\\nof active business. He was but 17 years of age\\nwhen he engaged in lumbering and milling, and soon\\nafter bought 120 acres of heavy timber land. He\\nbrought his property through the various processes of\\nclearing and improving until he had the satisfaction\\nof seeing it coniparatively one of the finest farms in\\nthat section, and it was for some time the home and\\nsupport of his ))arents, and the place where his father\\ndied. .After that event, in 1S64, he came with his\\nmother to Howard City, Mich., and there built a mill\\nfor the manufacture of lumber, shingles and butter\\ntubs, and associated vi^ith his sister s son, W. S. Dove,\\nhe bought a i)ine tract of 1,100 acres, under the firm\\nstyle of W. S. Dove Co. On this they have since\\nbeen engaged in lumbering, and have nearly com-\\npleted it. The mill and land is still in their posses-\\nsion. The mother returned to New York, and passed\\nher remaining years in the care of her daughter at\\nPotsdam.\\nIn the fall of 1882, Mr. Thompson came to Ithaca\\nand bought a grist-mill of J. H. Seaver, which he has\\nremodeled and fitted for the prosecution of the enter-\\nprise in which he is now engaged. He is doing a\\nprosperous business, and employs about 40 assist-\\nants. The works produce between five and six hun-\\ndred tubs daily. In the winter of 1882 and 1883, he\\nmanufactured over 1,000,000 feet of lumber. The\\nmarkets for the tubs manufactured are principally\\nChicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. While at\\nHoward City, Mr. Thompson was a member of the\\nCouncil seven years, and served three years as Su-\\npervisor of Reynolds Township.\\nHe was married while living at Colton, St. Law-\\nrence, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1855, to Harriet Knapp, of\\nPierrepont, in the same county. Six children were\\nborn of the marriage, two of whom are yet living\\nWilliam F., now foreman in the office of the Jackson\\nI\\n(v\\n3J^^fk^^\\n^-^^n!i^ntii\\n4^^f(\u00c2\u00aeA|", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": ":2^^^ 6V :llIl ^tlll r^^^ ^^^((^V^\\ni\\nG/iA T/0 T CO UNTY.\\n443\\nV\\nEnterprise, and Maud S., a young lady of 13 years.\\nThe mother died at Howard City, and Mr. Thompson\\nwas again married at Howard City to Annis S. Bush,\\nof Pierson, Montcalm County. One daughter,\\nBeulah, has been born of this marriage.\\n-f+\\ne^\\nf\\nWl\\nmu\\n[pemard Fox, fanner, section 13, Bethany\\nTownship, is a son of Peter C. and\\nElizabeth, nee Shults, Fox, and was born\\nin Palatine Township, Montgomery Co.,N. Y.,\\nJan. 27,1814. His father followed the voca-\\ntion of blacksmithing, and our subject worked\\nat that occupation for some time and then learned\\nthe tailor s trade. He was occupied in the latter\\ntrade in Bath, Steuben County, for several years until\\n1853, and then returned to his former trade of black-\\nsmithing.\\nMr. Fox was married Sept. 2, 1835,10 Miss Do-\\nrinda, daughter of Col. Henry and Anna, nee Blair,\\nKennedy. She is of Scotch descent, and second\\ncousin of ex-Gov. Austin Blair, and was born in\\nBath, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1813. Mr. and Mrs. Fox were\\nthe parents of ten children, eight of whom are living,\\nnamely Hiero B., born Dec. 26, 1836, now a farmer\\nin Pierre, Dak.; Elizabeth A., wife of Frank B.\\nMyers, of Ithaca, born July 21, 1838 Sarah V., wife\\nof David C. Rounds, farmer, in Lafayette Township,\\nthis county, born Aug. g, 1841; Clarence K., farmer\\nadjoining the parental homestead, born March 30,\\n1845; Dorinda, wife of Joseph E. fjolton, farmer in\\nBethany Township, born April 4, 1848; I .vangelia\\nE., wife of Joseph Hutchison, farmer in Calhoun\\nCounty, this State, born May 23, 1850 I.eander M.,\\nfarmer in Branch County, this State, liorn Jan. 29,\\n1853; Dewitt C, born Sept. 5, 1855 Peter W., born\\nSept. 6, 1839, died June t8, 1841, and Eleanor, born\\nJune 10, 1843, died Feb. 18, 1856.\\nOur subject moved to this State in May, 1854, and\\nlocated in Ingham County. In 1855, he procured\\n200 acres of land, under the Graduation .\\\\ct, on sec-\\ntion 13, Bethany Township, this county, on wiiich lie\\nis at present residing.\\nIn 1857, Mr. Fox moved on this land and entered\\non the arduous tiiough pleasant task of clearing and\\nimproving his home. He experienced all the trials\\nof the early pioneer, and being endowed with a large\\namount of energy and perseverance concjuered all\\nobstacles. He built the customary log cabin, which\\nstill stands near his present residence as a living\\ntomb of the trials of the past. He cleared over 60\\nacres of his land and subsequently sold all he had\\nwith the exception of the lot on which his residence\\nnow stands, and where he and his life companion are\\nliving a retired and ([uiet life.\\nMr. Fox is one of the citizens of the county who\\nnever asked or received the charity of the friendly\\noutside world, but always contributed to the suffer-\\ning around him, and more than a few have cause to\\nlook with gratitude upon his charitable donations.\\nIn recognition of his integrity and ability, he has\\nbeen honored with offices of trust. He was Super-\\nvisor, Township Clerk, and Justice of the Peace, and\\nis recognized as one of the representative men of his\\ntownship.\\nThe eldest two sons of Mr. Fox were soldiers in\\nthe late war, and Mrs. F. s father was a Revolution-\\nary soldier under Gen. Sullivan, as Colonel. Her\\neldest brother, John Kennedy, was in the war of 181 2,\\nas Major, and was captured at Queenstown.\\n/Jir fli Ifred Burnett, farmer on section 29, Fulton\\n^k Township, is a son of Nelson and Jane\\n(Foreman) Burnett. They were born, reared\\nand married in Dutchess Co., N. Y., and after-\\nwards removed to Monroe County, same Slate.\\nThey lived there 18 years, and then removed\\nto Livingston Co., N. Y., where Mr. B. died Feb. 26,\\n1845. His wife yet survives. The family comprised\\nthree sons and six daughters.\\nThe third son, Alfred, was liorn in Dutchess Co.,\\nN. Y., June 25, 1832, and was about three years old\\nwhen his parents removed to Monroe County. Los-\\ning his father when 13 years old, he worked out by\\nthe month until 20 years of age. When 21, he came\\nto Oakland Co., Mich., and worked a farm on shares\\none year. He then lived in Livingston County until\\n1868, wlien he came to Gratiot County and bought\\n60 acres on section 29, Fulton, where he now resides.\\nHe owns 80 acres, 62 of which are under cultivation.\\nDec. 10, 1854, in Livingston Co., Mich, he married\\nMiss Susan J., daughter of Philander T. and Betsy\\nI\\nV\\nI\\nl\\\\\u00c2\u00ae^m^^\\nSi^^f^\\nmm^^\\n-*4^^5(^Xs\\n^j", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "Wj^/^7kMi-\\nm^Ui\\n444\\nV\\ny\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab9\u00c2\u00bb\\n(Wood) Utter, natives of Ontario Co., N. Y. She\\nwas born in Hopewell Township, same county, May\\nr6, 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett have four children\\nliving: Celia B., Mary J., Flora E. and Marion A.;\\nand four deceased James E., Julia M., Adelbert N.\\nand Ada E.\\nMr. Burnett has been an active member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church ever since his connec-\\ntion with it, holding oflicial relations for 26 years.\\nHe fust held the office of Steward for four years, then\\nClass-leader and Superintendent of Sunday-school\\nfive years. This was prior to his coming to Fulton.\\nSince his residence here, he has held the offices of\\nTrustee, Steward, Superintendent of Sunday-school,\\nand has been Treasurer of the Board of Trustees\\never since its organization. One important work of\\nhis Christian life was the raising of funds and the\\nsoliciting of aid for the erection of the first Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church edifice at Fulton Center. He was\\nalso one of the finance and building committee.\\nWhen discouragement seemed to overshadow the\\nenterprise, he pushed forward with great vigor the\\nlabor of raising money, and said so long as he could\\nget i|5o a day, he would not give up the work. Thus,\\nby faithful and persistent labor, the object desired\\nwas accomplished, the contract let, and the work\\nbegun. He continued with fidelity the collecting of\\nmoney and i)aying off the debt, finally completing it,\\nand leaving money in the treasury. Among the\\nheaviest donors were Sidney Sessions, Addis C.\\nGillett, W. W. Daigliesh, Charles Kellogg, Alfred\\nBurnett, Jason Kingman and William Kellogg.\\nV\\npharles W. Hicks, sec. 32, Bethany Tp., was\\nborn in .Schuyler t o., N. Y.. July 29, 1842,\\nand is a son of 1 )avid and Mary (Buck) Hicks-\\nHe was brought up as a farmer s son. Sept. 9,\\n1861, in Ehnira, N. V., he enlisted in Co. C,\\n50th Regl. Eng rs. and Mech s., and served until\\nApril, 1863, in the mechanical department, building\\nbridges, etc. He then returned to New York and\\nwas married, June 26, 1864, to Esther M., daughter\\nof Virgilius and Sylvia (Dodge) Sweet she was born\\nin Richmond Township, Tioga Co., Pa., Jan. 16, 1847.\\nIn January, 1868, they came 10 draiiot County, set-\\ntling upon 40 acres, where they now reside. His\\nland at first was mostly timber, and a log house was\\nthe only building upon the place. He has now\\nabout 35 acres under cultivation, and is an indus-\\ntrious, economical farmer. He is a member of the\\nG. A. R.\\nThere are nine children in this family, as follows\\nCora W., born in Steuben Co., N. Y., July 13, 1866;\\nArthur W., born in Gratiot County, June 13, 1.S68;\\nEdna A., Nov. 23, 1870; Clara A., Oct. 30, 1871\\nEsther M., June 26, 1873; Lula S., May 5, 1875;\\nLouisa E., Feb. 7, 1878; Charles W., May [9, 1881,\\nand Seely D., Dec. 17, 1883. All except the first are\\nnatives of this lounty.\\nI\\n^Vi* ^^74n^4\u00c2\u00ab*-\\nA ^(lll-\u00c2\u00abIltl\\names B. Allen, farmer, section 6, Pine River\\nI^Sil Township, was born Nov. i, 1 831, in Seneca\\ni^ Co., N. Y., and is the son of Cornelius B.\\nm{ and Ann (Peterson) Allen. His parents were\\n^r natives of New Jersey, and were respectively\\nof English and German descent. They first\\nlocated in New Jersey, and later on in life removed\\nto the State of New York. In 1838, they settled in\\nLapeer Co., Mich., where the father died the next\\nyear. Che mother died in Eaton County.\\nMr. Mien came to the State of Michigan with his\\nparents when he was only seven years old, and when\\nhe was 1 1 years of age he went to Ohio, anil there\\nremained three years, when he returned to Lapeer\\nCounty. On reaching man s estate, he went to Eaton\\nCounty and acted as assistant in his brother s store\\ntwo years. He then formed a partnership with A.\\nHowland, and established liimself in mercantile bus-\\niness, a relation which existed a year and a half.\\nOn disposing of his interests, Mr. Allen came to Gra-\\ntiot County and invested his means in 320 acres of\\nland in Pine River Township. He subsetpiently sold\\n1 60 acres, and of the remainder has 90 acres under\\ncultivation, with commodious farm buildings.\\nIn all local history, it is nearly impossible to find the\\nperiods within one generation so widely contrasting\\nas that of the date of Mr. Allen s settling in Gratiot\\nCounty and his present circumstances, both of which\\nperiods are strongly typical. Soon after he located,\\nthe well-remembered time known as the starving\\nperiod came on, from causes too well-knowu to re-\\n1\\n1\\nm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "M", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "U^u.^^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "Wh/\\nmmm^\\n5\\nV\\ni\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n449\\nquire elaboration here. Mr. Allen, like all others,\\nexerted every effort in behalf of the suffering, and\\namong other practical deeds established the sale of\\narticles generally required, operating on his farm. In\\n1859 he went to Alma, and there engaged in trade\\nfor nearly two years. He met with financial reverses\\nand lost nearly all his property, but honest effort and\\ncareful management have placed him among the\\nsubstantial residents of Gratiot County.\\nHe was married at Grand Ledge, Eaton Co., Mich.,\\nJune 29, 1854, to Lucy H., daughter of Jacob and\\nBetsey Wood. Her parents were natives of New\\nHampshire, and settled in life in the State of New\\nYork. On coming to Michigan, they first went to\\nOakland County and thence to Eaton County, where\\nthe father died in 1877, and where the mother still\\nresides. Two children have been born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Allen Nettie T., May 12, 1856, and Myrtle H.,\\nJan, 29, 1861. The latter died in Milford, Oakland\\nCounty, June 23, 1883.\\nMr. Allen was for many years an active Republi-\\ncan, but of late has allied himself with the National\\nGreenback party. He has served three years as\\nJustice of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are both\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They\\nhave been zealous adherents to the interests of the\\nChristian religion, and contributed of their strength\\nand means to its maintenance. The first preaching\\nin this part of Gratiot County was done in the house\\nof Mr. Allen, by the Rev. Ellery Hill.\\nr^assius M. Gardner, farmer, section 8, New\\nbt?3^ Haven Township, was born in Cayuga Co.,\\nag Ohio, Feb. 6, 1848. His parents, Nelson P.\\nmt and Nancy (jice Wood) (iardner, were natives\\nI of New England. His father, a carpenter and\\njoiner l y trade, ai id also a farmer, resides in Lyons\\nTownship, Ionia Co., Mich.\\nCassius M. remained with his parents until 20\\nyears of age, when he went to work in a saw-mill in\\nIonia Co., Mich. In the fall of 1872, lie came totliis\\ncounty and purchased 40 acres of unimproved land,\\nfive acres only being cleared, where he began as a\\nfarmer and has since been successful. He now has\\n32 acres in good cultivation, lias made many im-\\nprovements and has demonstrated himself to be a\\nprogressive, practical agriculturist. In political af-\\nfairs he is a Greenbacker, and among his fellow citi-\\nzens he has held the offices of Road Commissioner\\nand School Director, with satisfaction to the people.\\nMr. G. was married in the township of Lyons, Ionia\\nCounty, Oct. 16, 1869, to Miss Nellie Dykeman,who\\nwas born in Yates Co., N. Y., Aug. 29, 1849. Her\\nparents were natives of that State, of German and\\nEnglish descent. The children of Mr. and Mrs,\\nGardner are, Eva, born Jan. rj, 1871; and Bennie.\\nMarch 12, 1873.\\n^a iESa^ iOESlE:\\ng^benezer W. Kellogg, a leading agricultur-\\nist of Gratiot County, resident on section\\n17, Newark Township, was born in Hadley,\\n3S\u00c2\u00bb- Mass., Feb. 6, 1815. His father, Giles C. Kel-\\nlogg, was also a native of Hadley, and was a\\nprominent personage in the Bay State in his\\ngeneration. He was graduated from Yale College in\\nthe class of 1799, and studied for the profession of\\nlaw, which he pursued during the whole of his active\\nlife. He was Register of Deeds of Hampshire\\nCounty and was an efficient officer for 21 years. He\\nrepresented his native town 10 years in the Legisla-\\nture of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He\\nwas in retirement 20 years before his death, which\\nevent occurred when he was 85 years of age. His\\nwife, whose maiden name was Martha Hunt Warner,\\nbelonged to a distinguished family. Her father,\\nNoahdiah Warner, was an officer of the Revolutionary\\nWar, and served from Bunker Hill to the surrender\\nof Cornwallis.\\nMr. Kellogg attended the common schools of his\\nnative town and afterwards completed his education\\nat Hopkins Academy, an institution which is still in\\nexistence, and has a world-wide and enduring fame.\\nOn leaving school, Mr. Kellogg turned his atten-\\ntion to farming. Massachusetts offered little to an\\nagriculturist of extended aspirations, and lie came to\\nMichigan to prospect somewhat. He left Hadley in\\nAugust, 1839, and hail but little intention of settling\\npermanently or remaining long. In passing, it may\\nbe remarked that he has not since been East farther\\nthan the city of Buffalo. He settled in Cambridge,\\nLenawee Co., Mich. I le and his wife owned 90 acres\\nof partly improved laiul, whicli Mr. Kellogg culti-\\nvated 12 years, and, among other improvements, set\\n(5\\nA\\nt", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "-:2^^K 6V -^D D (I [l ^v\\n-5Si^\\nsr\\n7s\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nout a fine orchard, that section being pecuharly\\nsuited to the successful cuhure of fruit. He sold the\\nplace in 1853, and in the summer of 1854 bought\\n320 acres of wild land in Gratiot County, paying\\ntherefor 50 cents per acre under the regulations of\\nthe Graduation Act, a law which provided for the\\nsale of Government lands, the prices ranging from\\n25 cents to $1.25 per acre, according to the length of\\ntime such lands had been in market.\\nMr. Kellogg entered upon his career in Gratiot\\nCounty in true pioneerstyle, beginning with the build-\\ning of a primitive log cabin, in the depths cf the\\nwoods, to which he removed his family ir. May, 1855.\\nHe applied himself with all his vigor and energies\\nto the work of clearing and improving, and has since\\nadded 180 acres by purchase. The noble farm of\\n500 acres exhibits one-half its acreage in tillage of\\nthe most creditable character. The fine residence,\\nwhich supplanted the log cabin in 1876, and the\\nbarns and other farm buildings, are in keeping witii\\nthe reputation of the owner as a progressive farmer.\\nMr. Kellogg is a Republican in political sentiment\\nand connections. He has been from the first inter-\\nested in the progress of Newark Township and Gra-\\ntiot County. He was elected second Supervisor of\\nhis township in 1858, and has been elected to the\\nposition 13 times, which he once held 7 years in suc-\\ncession. He was Chairman of the Board four years.\\nHe has been Township Clerk and officiated in most\\nof the minor local offices. In 1859 he rented his\\nfarm and removed to Lansing, to obtain rest and re-\\ncuperate his impaired health, as well as to give his\\nchildren better educational advantages. The family\\nremained at the capital two years.\\nMr. Kellogg was married in Cambridge, Lenawee\\nCounty, March 3, 1842, to Adaline L., eldest daugh-\\nter of Abraham and Rebecca (Johnson) Butterfield.\\nMrs. Kellogg was born Sept. 17, 1817. Of three\\nchildren born of her marriage to Mr. Kellogg, two\\nsurvive. They were born in the following order:\\nMary R., Jan. 22, 1843; Francis E. B., March 31,\\n1847 Hugh J., May 23, 185 i (died Nov. 24, 1869).\\nMary R. was married to Charles W. Howland and\\nresides in Newark Township, on section 18.\\nFrancis was married Feb. i, 1881, to Sarah E.,\\ndaughter of Chester and Sophronia (Wade) Howland.\\nHer parents were natives of New York, and were\\nlineal descendants of John Howland and John Car-\\nver (the first Governor of Plymouth Colony), both\\nof whom were among the list of Pilgrims who came\\nin the Mayflower in 1620. Mrs. Kellogg was born\\nFeb. 5, 1855, in Hudson, Lenawee County. The\\nyoung couple have two children and are cherished yE^\\ninmates of the Kellogg homestead.\\nThe portraits of Mr. Kellogg and his estimable\\nwife are presented on adjacent pages.\\neorge M. Ruppert, farmer on section 27,\\n,i_ Fulton Township, is a son of John P. and\\nVV^^S-g^g-V V f-\\nl^bram M. Jessup, farmer on section 26,\\nArcada Townshij), was born near the city\\nof Albany, in Greenbush Township, Renssel-\\naer Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1S36, and is a son of\\nIsaac M. and Eleanor S. (Schermerhorn) Jes-\\nsup. Isaac Jessup was first a cabinet-maker\\nand painter, and afterwards a farmer. He now re-\\nsides in Ionia County, tliis State, at the age of 73.\\nEleanor S. Schermerhorn was a native of the Hol-\\nland jiurchase in New York .State, and was of Hol-\\nland ilescent.\\nWhen Abram was only four years of age, he was\\nbrought by his parents to Wayne Co., Mich. The\\nfamily afterward moved to Charlotte, Eaton County,\\nbut later returned to Wayne Co. Wher. he was ig\\nyears old, the family removed to Ionia Cuonty and\\nAnna B. (Buttner) Ruppert (see sketch of\\nJohn P. Ruppert). He was born in Germany,\\nMay 25, 1852, and .was about one year old\\nwhen his parents came to America. He was edu-\\ncated in the common schools, and has continued to\\nlive with his parents until the present time. In\\n1 87 8, he purchased 40 acres, mostly wild, on section\\n26, Fulton, and now has about 1 2 acres improved.\\nJan. 2, i88r, at St. Louis, Mich., he married Miss\\nPauline, daughter of Chambers and Phieta (May)\\nGarte, of German ancestry. This marriage has been\\nblessed with one child, Nettie A. Mrs. Ruppert is a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr\\nRuppert votes the Democratic ticket.\\nI\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t.\\n^^1-\\nr^\\n^D n:^: iiiiv: A;^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab^^^3l", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "9\\n|s/^^(^#-\\nu^\\n7\\n^Il[l\u00c2\u00bblBII^ r\\nGRATIOr COUNTY.\\nV\\nsettled in North Plains Township. His education\\nhowever, was received while in Wayne County.\\nJan. I, 1863, he was married to Amanda J.,\\ndaughter of Sylvester and Hannah (Peck) Whcclcr,\\nnatives of New York State. They have always fol-\\nlowed farming, and they now reside in Newark Town-\\nship, this county. Amanda was born in Oswego Co.,\\nN. Y., March 14, 183S, and moved with her [larents\\nat the age of 15 to Campton, Kane Co., 111. They\\nmoved to Mason, Ingham Co., Mich., 15 months\\nlater, and afterwards came to Gratiot County, locat-\\ning on a farm in Newark Township. Her parents\\nnow live in that township.\\nFor the first 18 months after marriage, Mr. Jessiip\\nwas engaged in burning lime on his father s home-\\nstead. He then came to this county, and purchased\\n63 acres, 40 in Newark and 23 in North Star. In the\\nlatter township he lived for a year, and then he\\nmoved across the line into Newark. Here he lived\\na number of years, and changed his forest tract into\\na highly cultivated farm. In August, 1880, he ex-\\nchanged for 100 acres on section 26, Arcada Town-\\nship, where he now resides. He has excellent farm\\nbuildings on his place, and expects to make it a\\nmodel farm.\\nMr. and Mrs. Jessup have two children Eleanor\\nE., born May 31, 1864; Mary V., born June 25,\\n1866. He is often solicited to accept township of-\\nfices, but always declines. He was for two years\\nPostmaster at Pompei. Politically, he is a Republi-\\ncan. Mrs. Jessup is a member of the U. B. Church.\\n1 1 ichards, Althouse Co. The firm of\\nRichards, Althouse Co. are located at\\nSt. Louis, and engaged in the manufacture\\n.-x^ of all varieties of slack-barrel cooperage. The\\nbusiness is managed by Josiah C. Richards\\nand Clarence W. Althouse.\\nMr. Richards came to St. Louis in the fall of 1880\\nand, associated with Isaac Morris, built a stave mill\\nin the township of Breckenridge, which establish-\\nment has since been sold. The mill which the com-\\npany are now running at St. Louis was built in the\\nspring of 1882, and is furnished with all the latest\\nimproved machinery. The firm became J. C. Rich-\\nards Co., and, Jan. i, 1884, Mr. Althouse was ad-\\nmitted, the firm style becoming as stated. The con-\\ncern owns a large mill at Ithaca, which was built in\\nthe spring of 18S3. Each mill requires about 35\\nmen in its oi)eration, and the aggregate product of\\nboth rejiresents about $70,000 in value annually.\\n-5-\\navid Van Leuven, general farmer, se( tion\\niij lO, New Haven Township, was born in\\nPleasant Valley, Livingston Co., Mich.,\\nP\u00c2\u00abV March 2 1, 1834. His parents, John (a farmer)\\nand Anna Eliza (Dietz) Van Leuven, were natives\\nof Albany Co., N. Y., and came to Michigan in a\\nvery early day, crossing Lake Erie on the vessel\\nWalk-in-the-Water, on its first trip, and the first\\never made by steamer, across that Lake. Owing to\\nadverse winds, they were five weeks on the lake. Ar-\\nriving in Detroit, then a village of but a few log huts,\\nMr. V. found he had but sixpence. After settling\\nfor a time in Wayne County, near Detroit, he moved\\nto Livingston Co., Mich.\\nDavid, the subject of this biographical notice, was\\n1 1 years old when the family moved with him back\\nto Wayne County, locating 17 miles from Detroit,\\nHere he lived until the death of his father in the\\nspring of 1S64; one year later his mother died, both\\naged 61. To him, then 30 years old, was left\\nby will the homestead, then of 74 acres, which he\\ncontinued to manage for 15 years then, in 1875, he\\nrented this farm, came to Oratiot County and settled\\nupon his wild tract of r2o acres, which he had pur-\\nchased in 1862. Three years later he returned to\\nWayne County, and soon afterward sold his farm\\nthere, returning to his farm in this county, where he\\nhas since resided. The first year he improved 90\\nacres from the stump. He erected saw-mills, etc.,\\nand induced other enterprising parties to settle around\\nhim, thus accelerating the rise of the value of real\\nestate in his vicinity. Indeed, his noble ambition lad\\nhim to over-exert his physical energies and injure his\\nconstitution. He is still enthusiastic. Politically,\\nhe belongs to the Republican party, and socially to\\nthe Masonic Order, being a Master Mason in the\\nlodge at Elm Hall, No. 257.\\nJuly 9, 1869, Mr. Van Leuven was married in\\nWayne Co., Mich., to Miss Katie, daughter of Timo-\\nthy and Sarah (Choate) \\\\Valling, the former a native\\ny^\\nA\\nf^\\ng\u00c2\u00aba\\nr, ,\\\\^i\\nmmm\\nj^\\n-\u00c2\u00abss\\n-^^^C(\u00c2\u00aeA|", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "f\\nf^\\nt\\n452\\nrT-? -^i]ii :[iiif; -r-^\\nGRATTOT COUNTY.\\nS^ ;r:- fr^\\ni i\\nof Mew York State and the latter of Michigan. Mr.\\nW. was of English descent, and died in Monroe Co.,\\nMich., in February, 1855, aged 44 years. Mrs. W.\\nwas a second cousin of the eminent Boston jurist\\nand Senator, Rufus Choate. She is now living with\\nher daughter, Mrs. V., is 64 years of age and retains\\nher usual good health.\\nMrs. Van Leuven was born in Monroe Co., Mich.,\\nOct. 13, 1844, near the site of the famous Indian mas-\\nsacre on the River Raisin. From the age of t8 until\\n24, the date of her marriage, she was a school-teach-\\ner; and she would excel in that capacity now were\\nshe still in the profession.\\nv{ TVi i artin W. Cramer, farmer, section 1 1 Beth-\\nj l cSaLiS-a any Township, is the son of Jeremiah and\\nRuth (Lowry) Cramer, and was born in\\nMarcellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 12,\\n831. In 1837 the family moved to Freedom\\nf\\nTownship, Washtenaw Co., this State, and pur-\\nchased 60 acres of land and followed the vocation\\nof farming until their death, which occurred in 1843\\nand 1846, the father dying in the former and the\\nmother in the latter year, leaving nine children.\\nIn 1850 he left Washtenaw County and went to\\nPlymouth, Wayne County, and remained there, va-\\nriously occupied, for two years. He then located\\n120 acres of land in Tuscola County, on the present\\nsite of the village of Union. Mr. Cramer remained\\non this land for 15 months, and then came to this\\ncounty and jjurchased 240 acres of land in Bethany\\nTownship, for 50 cents an acre, and on which he is\\nat present residing.\\nIn 1857, Mr. Cramer was selected by the citizens\\nas the bearer of a petition to the Supervisors of the\\ncounty at Ithaca for the naming of the Township\\nFremont. The majority of the Supervisors did\\nnot favor the name and consequently rejected it.\\nMr. C. was then requested to give another name\\nand offered the name Bethany, which was voted on\\nand adopted.\\nMr. Cramer was married Oct. 28, rSss, and was\\nthe first resident of Bethany Township to marry.\\nMr. Cramer moved on his land early in 1855, and\\nin December of that year escorted his new bride to\\nthe humble log cabin on his place. Her effects\\nconsisted of a pillow-case full of bed-clothes, which\\nshe shouldered and started for the land of promise.\\nComing to the river, the same being partly frozen,\\nand there being no way to cross except by wading,\\nMr. C. shouldered his wife, together with the\\nbed-clothes, and safely forded the stream. At the\\nraising of their cabin, all the white men in the town-\\nship were present, namely: W. J. Partello, Sylvanus\\nGroonie, Alfred Clark, John J. Partello and Charles\\nVorce; and the remainder who assisted in tlie erec-\\ntion were Indians, some seven of them from the\\nMission.\\nMr. Cramer now owns 105 acres of land, of which\\n65 acres is under good improvement and adorned\\nwith good buildings.\\nMr. C. is and has been identified with the educa-\\ntional interests of his township and has been honored\\nwith the position of School Inspector.\\nMr. C. was again married, to Miss Cliarlotte An-\\ndrews, of Bismarck, Eaton County, this State, March\\n24, 1876.\\nTo his first union were born eight children,\\nnamely Ambrosia, Alice, C hestei, Ben Butler, Syl-\\nvanus, Martin AV., Jeremiah and Enimett. One childt\\nSarah, has been born to tlie latter union, but has\\npassed to the better land.\\nMr. Cramer was among the first to respond to the\\ncall of the martyr President for troops to engage in\\nthe late civil war, and enlisted at Ithaca, Aug. 12,\\nr86i, in Co. C, 8th Mich. Vol. Inf., as private, under\\nCapt. Ralph Ely, and served until Sept. 23, r864.\\nHe participated in the engagements of the taking of\\nPort Royal, Coosaw Ferry, S. C; Wilmington Island,\\nJames Island, second battle of Bull Run, Chantilly,\\nAntietam, South Mountain and Fredericksburg, and\\nassisted in the capture of Morgan. He was also en-\\ngaged in numerous skirmishes, and becoming indis-\\nposed was taken to the hospital at Louisville, where\\nhe remained several months, and was finally dis-\\ncharged at Lexington, Ky. At Coosaw Ferry, Jan. i,\\n1862, he was one of the 20 picked men taken by Col.\\nEly, whose narrow escape is described at length in\\nMichigan and the War.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cramer are members of the Chris-\\ntian Church and are respected and esteemed citizens\\nof their township.\\nK^\\n(o^\\nm!\\\\^m^\\n^mmmib", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "^T- ^i,/I^^-dA:r^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "a\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0xf^\\nV\\ns\\nGRATIOl COUNTY.\\n4SS\\n\u00c2\u00abs\\nI \u00c2\u00bb^W(|,4 illiara M. Barstow, fanner\\nsection 22,\\nl^a^JJ L North Star Township, was born in Sijiith-\\nt^^ field Township, Madison Co., N. Y., Nov.\\nI, 1826, and is a son of Elias and Sally (Mor-\\ngan) Barstow, both of English ancestry, the\\nformer a native of New York State and the\\nlatter of Ohio.\\nMr. Barstow attended the common schools until\\n17 years of age, and then was employed in a woolen\\nfactory for 10 years, the last four years as foreman of\\nthe weaving department. During this time, namely,\\nOct. 15, 1845, at Morrisville, he married Miss Eunice\\nMcBride, daughter of John and Polly (Wilbur) Mc-\\nBride, who was born also in Madison Co., N. Y.,\\nJuly 30, 1828. Mr. and Mrs. B. have had eight\\nchildren, seven of whom are livin i:, viz. Adelbert\\nE., Mary E., Ellen E. (deceased), Charlie E., P2unice\\nM., William Henry, Hiram Chancy, and Nellie F\\nThe first named is married, and now resides in Ith-\\naca, where he is an insurance agent. Mary E. is the\\nwife of A. J. Brown, who is in the employ of Nelson\\nBarber at Ithaca. Charlie is married and is living\\non section 15, North Star Township. Eunice M. is\\nthe wife of John A. Srodes, real-estate dealer at Ith-\\naca; William Henry resides on the homestead; and\\nHiram Chancy is attending school at Ithaca.\\n.\\\\bout 1853 Mr. Barstow came West with his fam-\\nily and settled in Wright Township, Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich., where he bought a farm of 40 acres and re-\\nmained three years; he then came to North Star\\nTownship, bought r2o acres of timber land, erected\\na log cabin and began clearing away the forest. The\\ncountry was new and Mr. B. had to encounter the\\nhardships and struggles common to the pioneer.\\nHere he cleared 65 acres, 40 of which he ultimately\\ngave to his eldest son.\\nAs a patriot Mr. Barstow has had both military and\\nofficial experience, the latter often as bitter as the\\nformer. Aug. g, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 26th\\nMich. Vol. Inf, Capt. Lafayette Church. Having\\nhelped recruit the company he was mustered in as\\nSecond Sergeant, and he served until Dec. 20, 1864,\\nas Orderly Sergeant, participating in the battles of\\nMine Run, Spottsylvania Court-House and in a num-\\nber of skirmishes. In the last named engagement\\nhe was wounded, his right leg being shattered by a\\nminie ball, which troubled him for a number of\\nyears. On account of this disability he was mus-\\ntered out, at Detroit, .\\\\bout the same time he was\\nwounded, he received a commission as Second Lieu-\\ntenant but he did not muster in as such. Officially,\\nMr. B. has been Township Supervisor nearly five\\nterms. Township Clerk two years, Township Treas-\\nurer one year. Township School Superintendent two\\nyears. Justice of the Peace one year, and is at present\\nSchool Inspector. He has also served as County\\nTreasurer two terms, 1878-82. He was first elected\\non the Republican ticket, over Washington Clark,\\nGreenback, running ahead of his ticket by a large\\nnumber. In the fall of 1880 he was re-nominated\\nby acclamation, and elected. He is a member ol\\nthe G. A. R., and, with his wife, also of the Method-\\nist Church.\\nMr. Barstow s many friends will be pleased to see\\nhis ])ortrait in this Album.\\n^jftf^r^ber Loomis, farmer,\\nm\\ni\\nWSraL Townshiii, was born\\nt\\nV^\\nsection 17, Seville\\nJune 14, 1821, in\\ni^s^ Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. He is a son of Eber\\n1\u00c2\u00a7. and Julia (Thompson) Loomis. The former\\nwas born Jan. 25, 1779, in the State of New\\nYork; the latter was born Aug. 23, 1792, in\\nConnecticut. The father was a farmer and shoe-\\nmaker, and combined the two callings all his active\\nlife. After his marriage, he settled in his native\\nState, where he resided some years, and removed\\nthence to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, whence they went\\nlater to Lorain County. The father died there in\\nApril, 1843; the mother died Oct. 9, 1865, in Branch\\nCo., Mich.\\nAfter his father s death, Mr. Loomis was thrown\\nupon his own resources, and was variously engaged.\\nAmong other occupations, he was a sailor on the\\nlakes for some time. He was first married in 1840\\nto Delilah, daughter of Nicholas and Rachel (Haynes)\\nWood. She was born in the State of New York, and\\ndied in Erie Co., Ohio, in r8s6. Of six children\\nborn of this marriage, three survive. The eldest son\\ndied in the army in 1865. In i860, Mr. Loomis was\\nmarried to Emily Eldred, daughter of Job and Mary\\n(Dethrick) Eldred. Her parents were natives of the\\nK\\nWr^ S^^^M^\\nJSSi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01^^\\nr^m Mw^\\nZtT\\nmf4", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "mm\\n45 6\\nState of New York. The children born of this second\\n^ij marriage are: Sarah E., Jessie, Ada, Eber, Cora,\\n^i, Maud and John W.\\nI Mr. Loomis enlisted in 1865 in Co. B, nth Mich.\\n(^j Vol. Inf The regiment was assigned to garrison\\nduty on the Knoxville Chattanooga railroad, and\\nwas finally discharged Sept. 28, 1865, at Jackson,\\nMich. On leaving the army, Mr. I,oomis joined his\\nfamily in Branch Co., Mich., whence they came, in\\n.1867, to Gratiot County, and Mr. Loomis located\\nwhere he now resides. He bought 40 acres at first,\\nand is now the proprietor of a farm containing 120\\nacres. .Of this, 70 acres are cleared and improved.\\nMr. Loomis is a Republican in political faith and\\naction, and has served a term as Road Commissioner.\\nHe is a member of the Order of Masonry, Lodge No.\\n257, Elm Hall. Mrs. Loomis belongs to the Church\\nof the Disciples.\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nf^^(S\\\\.\\nf\\ni^enry L. Holcomb, lumberman and manu-\\ni. facturer of salt, residing at St. Louis, was\\nborn Aug. 22, 1S08, in Granliy, Hartford Co.,\\nConn. He is a son of Thomas and Clara (Petti-\\nbdne) Holcomb. His father was an attorney of\\nsome prominence, and passed the latter years of\\nhis life in the jjursuit of agriculture.\\nMr. Holcomb was reared to the calling of a farmer\\nand was engaged in that vocation until he was 25\\nyears old. At that age he embraced a seemingly\\nfeasible project for improving his fortunes, and oper-\\natfed four years as a contractor on the canal then\\nbeing built between New Haven and Northampton.\\nHe again engaged in farming a short time, and then -muuiiifiS^^\\nwent to Georgia for the purpose of taking a contract\\non the Savannah Central railroad. This enterprise\\noccupied two years, and at the expiration of that\\ntime he returned to the North. In 1848, he again\\nwent South and became a contractor on the South-\\nwestern, Savannah Brunswick railroad, and after-\\nward on the Columb\\\\is Branch of the Southwestern.\\nHe was thus engaged eight years, after which he re-\\nsumed farming.\\nIn i860, Mr. Holcomb came to St. Louis and\\nmade extensive purchases of timber land, owning in\\nthe aggregate 2,000 acres. The tract included the\\npresent site of the village of St. Louis. In 1861 he\\nbuilt the saw-mill just north of the present grist-mill\\nof James Henry. He continued its management\\nuntil 1867, when he sold all his property in Michigan\\nand returned to Connecticut and resumed operations\\non his farm, which he still retained. Six years later\\nhe found himself once more in possession of his\\nproperty at St. Louis, the parties to whom he had\\nsold it failing to meet the terms of the sale. The\\nvillage had been platted and part of the lots sold,\\nand Mr. Holcomb continued to dispose of them.\\nThe real estate of which he acquired jiossession\\namounted to 1,500 acres. He built the grist-mill re-\\nferred to in 1875, and sold the same to James Henry\\nin 1S82. He has been continuously and extensively\\nengaged in lumbering, and besides his operations\\nnearer home, owned a saw and shingle mill in Rock-\\nland, Montcalm County, which lie managed until\\n.883.\\nMr. Holcomb built his present fine residence soon\\nafter coming to St. Louis the first time. In 1881 he\\nbuilt the Opera House Block, and another adjoining\\nin 1882. The first-named is one of the finest struct-\\nures at St. Louis. The auditorium of the Opera\\nHouse seats 1,000 ])ersons, and in the two blocks\\nthere are six commodious rooms for store purposes.\\nThe upper floor of the second block is devoted to\\noffices and society rooms. Mr. Holcomb is the pro-\\nl)rietor of several business buildings on Mill Street.\\nHe was married at Granby, Conn., Sept. 22, 1S2S,\\nto .\\\\ura P., daughter of Origen and Rosabelle Pinney.\\nShe was born Jan. 13, 1810, Simsbury, Conn., and\\ndied May 5, 1883, at St. Louis. Mr. Holcomb is a\\ncommunicant in the Episcopal Church.\\nt m^rsv\\nTi\\\\ ilo Standish, farmer and stock- raiser, sec-\\nI i^saiM tion 9, New Haven Township, is a son of\\n4:^^!- Samuel W. Standish, who was born March\\nf^^ K 12, 1797, in Vermont, and died July 26, 1883,\\nin Hillsdale Co., Mich., at the age of 86 years.\\nHe was a descendant of Capt. Miles Standish,\\nwhose name is celebrated, and from whom the sub-\\nject of this notice is of the sixth generation.\\nMilo Standish was born in the township of Bristol,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1833. When he was\\nthree years old the family moved with him to Hills-\\nVS\\n^5\\nci\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a04.\\nMwK\u00c2\u00a7)^^^^\\n-sj^^^\\n-^T^C^/", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "T=nr ^IIIl^IlIlr r\\nfV^\\nv^\\nmr\\nf\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n457 ^N\\ndale Co., Mich., and at the age of i 2 he set out in the\\nworld for himself, engaging to a farmer at $4 a month.\\nFour years later he began to work in a brick-yard as\\na molder, at Coldwater, Mich., in which vocation he\\nwrought successfully until he was 21, except one year\\nill Illinois, at the same trade. He then came to this\\ncounty and engaged as a common laborer for John\\nA. Crispel, and one year later he began to work uiwn\\nand improve his present farm, which he had pur-\\nchased in the fall of r86t. To this he has added\\n120 acres, and he now has 170 acres in a good state\\nof cultivation. When he came here he had but $3,\\nand he is already worth about $15,000. He has large\\nand commodious farm buildings, and his residence,\\nrecently built, cost $2,000. He has also been High-\\nway Commissioner and held several townshij) school\\noffices. He is prominent among tlie farmers of his\\nportion of the county, as a progressive, judicious and\\nenergetic agriculturist. On National issues he is a\\nDemocrat.\\nMr. Standish was married March 22, 1862, in Lib-\\nerty, Jackson Co., Mich., to Miss Mary Crispel, daugh-\\nter of John and Mindwell L. (Spencer) Crispel\\n(see sketch of the latter). Mrs. S. was born in Spring\\nArbor Township, Jackson Co., Mich., Jan. 6, 1844.\\nWhen ten years of age, the family moved to Mont-\\ncalm Co., Mich., and thence to Hillsdale County,\\nwhere she received her education.\\n-J3=\\nT^T\\nohn Thomas, farmer, section 4, Pine River\\n^r Township, is the son of Stephen and Jane\\nThomas, and was born in England April 7,\\n1829. His parents were also of English birth\\n]C and spent their entire lives in their native land.\\nMr. Thomas caught the Australian gold fever,\\nand, at the age of 19, went to the island continent,\\nwhere he engaged in mining more than a twelve-\\nmonth, and in 1849 came to the United States, and\\nto .Michigan. He spent the first year of his life on\\nthe American Continent in Clinton County, Mich.,\\nand in the spring of 1855 came to Gratiot County.\\nHe bought 240 acres of land in an entirely unim-\\nproved state, where he now resides. He has disposed\\nor 80 acres, and, of the remainder, has 50 acres in\\ntillage. Mr. Thomas is a Republican in [lolitical\\nfaith. He is one of the early settlers of Gratiot\\nCounty, and has passed through the vicissitudes of\\nthe pioneer s life, observing the gradual progress of\\nthe county to a fair rank in the Peninsular State.\\nHe was married near Lansing, Michigan, to Mary\\nA. Saunders. .She was a native of the State of New\\nYork, and died Jan. 8, 1876. Four of six children\\nborn of her marriage to Mr. Thomas yet survive\\nEdgar S., Loretta J., Delia A. and Irving J. Ada\\nand Mary E. are deceased. Mr. T. belongs to the\\nDisciples Church.\\neorge W. Dawes, photographer at St. Louis,\\nwas born June 15, 1847, at Goshen, Mass.,\\n0^ and is the youngest son of Dryden and Per-\\nmelia (Hubliard) Dawes. He resided in his\\nnative place until he was 18 years old, when\\nhis parents, having sold their farm, they removed to\\nGrass Lake, Jackson Co., Mich., where they had pur-\\nchased a farm three years previous. The father s\\nhealth failing, he sold his property at Grass Lake\\nand removed to Manchester to give his children\\nbetter educational advantages. The family now re-\\nside at Dowagiac, Mich.\\nMr. Dawes received a substantial education, and\\nin 1871 was graduated in the classical department\\nof the union school at Manchester, Mich., when he\\nwas appointed Principal of the union schools of\\nAntioch, Ind. He acted in that capacity two years,\\nwhen he returned to Manchester and worked at his\\ntrade of builder, which he had learned previous to\\nreaching his majority. In the spring of 1876 he\\ncame to St. Louis and operated as a carpenter and\\nbuilder until the fall of 1882, when he entered the\\nestablishment of C. N. Stark, a photographer at Ann\\nArbor, and remained under his instructions until\\nMarch, 1883, when he opened a gallery at St. Louis,\\nwhere he has since been engaged in a prosperous\\nbusiness of increasing proportions and rei|\\\\iiring two\\nassistants.\\nHe was married .\\\\pril 7, 1S73, in Ypsilanti, Mich.,\\nto Eva S. King. She was born Oct. 28, 1854, at Ann\\nArbor, and is the eldest daughter of William S. and\\nSarah (Hall) King. Her parents removed to Ypsi-\\nlanti in the fall of i860, where she received a liberal\\neducation. One daughter, Nona, was born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Dawes, Dec. 17, 1878. Mr. Dawes is a\\n^i\\\\mm^\\n.^33!:^^^\\n.^^wL\\n^^D!)^:iiii;\\nrr_\\nVTi\\n*4y\\nrk\\nt\\nt^.^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "ilfi^/^)^^^^ ^a \u00e2\u0082\u00ac^fer\\n^\u00c2\u00a7^^r m^mw\\nr^^^^-\\nGRATJOT COUNTY.\\n-4\\nt\\nmeraberof the order known as the Knights of Labor.\\nHe has been Superintendent of Schools of Pine River\\nTownship four years. He owns his residence on\\nOlive Street.\\niK\\ns\\ni\\ndwin S. Hoskins, editor and proprietor of\\nthe St. Louis Leader, was born in Ogden,\\nMonroe Co., N. V., July 2, 1843. He is a\\nX# Myron and Sarah S. (Brown) Hoskins.\\nr^\\nHis father is a native of Vermont and spent\\nthe earlier part of his business life as a con-\\ntractor and builder, and later as a farmer. He is now\\nin the insurance business at Paw Paw, Mich., and\\nstill retains his farming interests. The mother is\\nalso a native of Vermont and is still living.\\nMr. Hoskins was reared on a farm and attended\\nschool chiefly, until he was 18 years old. He acted\\nfor nearly five years as a clerk in Brockport, and\\nspent two years as an assistant in the postofRces at\\nBrockport and Rochester. In 1866 he opened a\\ngrocery and provision store at Brockport in company\\nwith his brother, George W. Hoskins. A year later\\nthis business closed, and in 1 867 the brothers went to\\nLeavenworth Co., Kan., where he was employed on\\nthe Union Pacific railroad. Afterwards Mr. Hoskins\\nwas placed in charge of the Fairmount Station,\\nwhere he operated two years. Returning East, he\\nwent to Allegan, Mich., where he engaged in milling\\nand buying grain for his uncle, A. S. Brown, of whose\\nbusiness he had charge. He was well fitted for its\\nmanagement, having been engaged in Kansas in han-\\ndling grain, in connection with railroading. He was\\nthus occupied until the death of his relative, which\\nevent occurred in about four years.\\nIn 1S73 he went to Bellevue, Eaton County, and\\nbought the Bellevue Gazette, which he conducted\\neight years, with reasonable success. In July, 1881,\\nhe came to St. Louis and bought the St. Louis\\nLeader. It is published as a Republican sheet and\\nenjoys a fine patronage, which is constantly increasing.\\nA job office is conducted in connection therewith, in\\nwhich branch Mr. Hoskins is doing a successful bus-\\niness. The work requires three assistants.\\nMr. Hoskins was Assistant Secretary of the Senate\\nof Michigan during the last session of that body\\nheld in the old capitol building, in 1877-8. He\\nwas elected Secretary of that body in 1879 and has\\nbeen successively elected every session since that\\ndate. He was Clerk of the village of Bellevue eight\\nyears, and held the same position in the township\\ntwo years. He was married May ii, T869, in Brock-\\nport, N. Y., to Minnie, daughter of Nathan and Me-\\nlinda Fisk. She was born Jan. 2, 1847, in Monroe\\nCo., N. Y. Following are the records of the children\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins: Etta L., Nov. 6,\\n1871; Frederick M., May 29, 1873; Fern, Nov. i,\\n1879; Ralph, June 21, 1882, at St. Louis, where\\nhe died Oct. 9, 1883. The two eldest children were\\nborn in Allegan the third in Bellevue.\\nntsLsmfS^r\\n,^4^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab^l-Si\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ OT\u00c2\u00bb^\u00c2\u00bb\\niram Burgess, deceased, was born Oct. 1 o,\\n1802, in Cayuga Co., N. Y., married Keziah\\n~ii^ Terry for his first wife, and she died five years\\nlater. He married Betsey Placeway, a native\\nof Vermont, and located in Allegany Co., N. V.\\nIn 1837 they removed to Michigan and passed\\ntwo years in Northville, Wayne County. They re-\\nmoved thence to Clinton C ounty, where they settled\\non 160 acres of land in the midst of an unbroken\\nforest. They held possession of the place four years\\nand went to Livingston County, where they spent\\n12 years in agricultural pursuits. In 1853, they re-\\nturned to Clinton County, and in 1855 settled on 80\\nacres of land on section 25 of Pine River Township,\\nGratiot County. It was situated in the unbroken\\nwilderness, which had never before hardly known the\\npresence of the foot of a white man, and the house-\\nhold experienced pioneer incidents sufficient for a\\nvolume.\\nMr. Burgess afterward added 40 acres, on section\\n26, to his original tract of 80 acres, and, later in life,\\nsold 20 acres to one of his sons, which left him in\\npossession of 100 acres of land at the time of his\\ndeath, which occurred April 9, 1879. He was a\\nprominent citizen of the county from its organization,\\nwhich he was instrumental in effecting, and was elect\\ned its first Sheriff on its obtaining its municipal reg\\nulations. He was also active in all matters pertain-\\ning to the progress and welfare of his township, of\\nwhich he was the first Supervisor.\\nMrs. Betsey (Placeway) Burgess is still living and\\na,\\n4\\n^m-^i^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "y^^)^^^\\n\u00c2\u00a9v ^4ti a n iif -:r\\ni\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ni\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\nand resides on the homestead. She was born Oct.\\nlo, 1806, in Vermont, and is a daughter of William\\nand Mary (Robbins) Placeway. Her parents were\\nnatives respectively of Nova Scotia and Massachu-\\nsetts. She married Hiram Burgess Jan. 10, 1830,\\nand became the mother of the following children\\nNancy M.,, Frederick L., Julia A., Ann M., Mary A.,\\nEmery \\\\V., Clarkson h., James W., Seth C. and Bet-\\nsey A.\\nV\\nohn B. Mallory, farmer on section 24, Se-\\nville Township, is a son of Isaac and Amy\\ny (Briggs) Mallory, natives of the vicinity of\\nGlens Falls, N. Y. The father was early in\\nlife a blacksmith, but later was in agricultural\\npursuits. Both parents died in the Empire\\nState.\\nThe suliject of this biography was Ijorn May 12,\\n1821, in Chautaucpia Co., N. Y., and lived at home\\nwith his parents until 28 years old, attending school\\nauring the winters of his youth, and working on the\\npaternal farm in the summers. At the age men-\\ntioned, he was married to Corinna L. Wright, the\\nsecond daughter of a faiuily of one son and three\\ndaughters. Her parents were James and Julia\\n(Strong) Wrigjit, natives of Connecticut. James\\nWright was a farmer, and moved to Oswego Co., N.\\nY., and thence to Chautauqua County, same State,\\nwhere he and wite Ijoth died.\\nMr. Mallory resided in Hillsdale County, this\\nState, two years, and in 1856 came to Cratiot Coun-\\nty. He located on section 24, Seville, but a part of\\nhis land was situated on section 23. Settling in\\nthe midst of a dense wilderness, he has by persever-\\nance brought into good shape a farm of about 100\\nacres, with good house and barns. He has been\\nTreasurer of his township five years, and has also\\nheld the office of School Inspector. He has been\\nelected Justice of the Peace several times, but has\\ndeclined to qualify. Mr. M. is politically a Repub-\\nlican. He and wife are the parents of ten children\\nWalter C, Fayette A., Julia B., Frances C. (died\\nJune 19, 1873), Mina, Maurice, Eunice M., Nevada,\\nRalph and Anna.\\nm\\noSo\\n|lL ranklin Squire, farmer, section 30, North\\nj!p Star Township, was born in the County of\\nCeauga, State of Ohio, Feb. 15, 1827, and\\n-^--^^f^ ^A^^Dfl:\\nis a son of Aaron Squire, deceased, a native of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^ihs onnecticut. The son remained with his\\nparents in his native county, assisting the\\nfather on the farm and receiving such instruction as\\nwas obtainable from the common schools and de-\\nveloping into manhood.\\nFeb. 23, 1851, Mr. Squire was united in marriage\\nto Miss Eliza Ann, daughter of John Herrington, de-\\nceased, and he and his life partner came seeking\\na home in this State, and settled in Lenawee County.\\nThey remained there for three years, when, in 1854,\\nthey came to this county, and Mr. C. entered a 160-\\nacre homestead for himself, and over 500 acres for\\nhis brothers, who soon afterward came to the county.\\nHis early settlement was characterized by all the\\ntrials and hardships experienced by the jiioneer\\nsettler of the county. Nobly did lie battle against\\nall difficulties, and truthfully hath he demonstrated\\nthat the hill of adversity reijuires indomitable energy\\nand perseverance to ascend it. He has continually\\nresided in the county since he entered his home-\\nstead, following the occiqjatioii of a farmer, and has\\nmet with signal success in that calling. He has\\nbeen honored with the offices of Clerk, Supervisor\\nand School Director of his township, and possesses\\nthe respect and esteem of the citizens.\\nIn religious sentiments Mr. .Squire is an ardent ad-\\nherent of the doctrines of the Seventh-Day Advent\\nChurch. He believes especially in the doctrine\\nthat Saturday is the true Sabbath, and offers to\\nthose who dispute his belief the Decalogue to sub-\\nstantiate it. He is also a firm believer in the 13th\\nchapter of Revelations and likewise the spirit of\\nprophesy.\\nMr. and Mrs. Squire have had eight children born\\nto theni, seven of whom are living, namely: Frank\\nE., Helen, Eli E., Alice, John, Lucy and Sarah E.\\nOne daughter, Adell (Harphan), died in her 21st\\nyear, leaving two children to the care of her husband.\\nThis work would be incomplete without a portrait\\nof Mr. Squire, which is accordingly given, on the\\npreceding page.\\nA\\nm.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "462\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^rr-T\\nIID^|Jflyi v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2S\\n-^^J^^f^Vl^\\nGJ?A TIO T CO UNTY.\\ns\\n1=3\\nf auneelot H. Treat, farmer, section 11, Ar-\\ncada Township, was born in Riley Town-\\nship, CHnton Co., Mich., July 9, 1844, and\\nis tiie son of Gordon and Mary (VVillett) Treat,\\nnatives of New York. Gordon Treat was by\\noccupation a farmer, and came to Michigan\\nwhen, a young man, locating in Oakland County,\\nwhere lie was married. He afterwards went to Clin-\\nton County, and died at his home in Riley Township,\\nMay 29, 1859, aged 59. He was one of the pioneers\\nin both counties. His wife now resides in Clinton\\nCounty, at the age of 63.\\nLauncelot was the third child and second son of a\\nfamily of five, and received a good education in the\\ncommon schools. After the death of his father,\\nhe lived three years with his mother, and at the age\\nof 18 left home to serve his country In the war.\\nAug. II, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 23d Mich Vol.\\nInf and was assigned to the Army of the Cumber-\\nland. He fought at Buzzard s Roost, Keuesaw Moun-\\ntain, and other engagements. At Kenesaw, June 25,\\n1863, he was wounded in the left shoulder by a rifle\\nball, cutting the shoulder blade in two. Excepting\\nthis, he escaped unhurt, and was honorably dis-\\ncharged July 12, 1865, after which he returned\\nhome.\\nJan. 26, 187 I, he was married to Sarah, daughter\\nof Henry and Ann (Gardner) Fisk, natives of Poult-\\nney, Rutland Co., Vt., and Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.,\\nand of mixed descent, tliey having English, French\\nand Dutch ancestors. Henry Fisk was by occupa-\\ntion a carpenter and joiner, and died in Richland,\\nMontcalm Co., Mich., in .\\\\ugust, 1881. Ann (Gard-\\nner) Fisk is still living in that county, aged 58.\\nSarah Fisk was born in Bengal, Clinton County, \\\\ug.\\n23, 1S5 I, and received a fair education in her native\\ncounty.\\nTwo years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Treat re-\\nmoved to Westphalia Township, Clinton County;\\nand five years later, .Aug. 22, 1878, they came to\\nGratiot County, purchasing 124 acres on section 1 1,\\nArcada Township. He has since purchased 30 acres,\\nand now has one of the best farms in the county, 134\\nacres being well improved. He has recently erected\\na magnificent barn, at a cost of over ^2,000. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Treat have two children, as follows .\\\\lta,\\nborn March 9, 1870; and Gordon D., born Feb. 1,\\n1873. In political sentiment, he is a lilieral Repub-\\nlican.\\nansler R. Reed, of the firm of Leckenby\\nReed, wagon manufacturers at St. Louis,\\n/j,^(^(^ was born Jan. 6, 1826, at Norwalk, Ohio,\\ni^ and is the youngest son of Hanson and Eliza-\\nbeth (Powers) Reed. His father was a native\\nI of Kentucky, and, after marriage, went to\\nHuron Co., Ohio, where, with the parents of his wife,\\nhe was among the pioneer settlers. The dates of\\nbirth and location in the Buckeye State have not\\nbeen preserved, but the nativity of tlie father occurred\\nabout 1788, and that of the mother about three years\\nlater. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Reed was a\\nsoldier of the Revolution, and was more than 100\\nyears old when he died. At the date of the settle-\\nment of Mr. Powers and his son-in-law in Huron\\nCo., Ohio, inhabitants and improvements were very\\nscarce. Where is now the beautiful city of Norwalk,\\nthere was then but an Indian encampment, and the\\nfather and grandfather of Mr. Reed erected and put\\nin running order the first saw and grist-mill in that\\nsection. They were obliged to travel 70 miles for\\nthe fixtures of the establishment, which were con-\\nveyed all that distance on horseback. Hanson Reed\\nwas a prominent man in the section where he spent\\nmany active years engaged in aiding in the substan-\\ntial progress of Northern C)hio. He was a God-fear-\\ning man, and on his death left a family of six sons,\\nwhose records in no sense detract from the remem-\\nbered uprightness and integrity which characterized\\nthe life of the father. The latter died suddenly in\\n1828, when about 40 years old, at Perrysburg, Ohio,\\nwhere he was engaged in fulfilling the conditions of\\nan extensive contract to build a macadamized road\\nover the Black Swamp, a region which was the\\nsource of untold annoyance and dread to tlie emi-\\ngrants, who were obliged to traverse its slouglis anu\\nijuicksands. His widow survived until 1865, when\\nshe died, aged 74 years. The six sons are all living,\\nand attest the tenacity of life and fine physical vigor\\nwliich marked the ancestral lines from which they\\nare descended. Franklin D., eldest son, lives at\\nNorwalk, Ohio; Janies P. is a resident of Mason,\\nV^\\nm\\nt\\nI\\n\u00c2\u00ae1\\njs ^ys^um^^^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a7^rmm^\\nm ^m\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\n463\\nIngham o., Mich.; Eli H. resides in the northern\\n/t? peninsula of Michigan Abraham P. lives in Mis-\\nM soiiri, and Dennis A. in Wisconsin. Kli,\\nh\\nDennis and\\nMr. Reed of this sketch became sailors, and the\\nfirst-named lias followed that calling all his life,\\nduring the business seasons. He spends hi^ wintc-rs\\nin hunting and trapping, and has tnade an extra-\\nordinary record with his rifle. He became a sailor\\nwhen he was nine years old and has been on the\\nlakes nearly 60 years.\\nMr. Reed was less than two years old when his\\nL father died. At the age of 15 he became a sailor, to\\n\\\\r* gratify an inclination to obtain a wider view of the\\niA world than what he saw bounded by the horizon\\ninclosing the fields and hills of his native place.\\nHe followed the lakes until he was 32 years old and\\nrose to the position of mate, which he occupied on a\\nnumber of vessels. On becoming a landsman, he\\nengaged in the calling of ship-carpenter, as he had a\\nnatural aptitude for the use of tools. In i S6o he\\ncame to Ionia Co., Mich., and bought 80 acres of\\n\\\\^_ land, on wliich he pursued farming and combined\\nS the labors of a builder with the duties of agriculture.\\nLater, he went to Adrian, where he worked at his\\ntrade two years He went thence to Macon, in the\\nsame county, where, associated with Israel Perring-\\nton, he Iwught a saw-mill, which they conducted two\\nyears. Mr. Reed next went to Corunna, Ind., where\\nhe owned a third interest in a lumber-mill. Two\\nyears later he went to Kendallville, in Indiana, wliere\\nhe engaged a short time as a wagon-maker. His\\nnext business venture was at Atwood, Ind., where he\\nmanaged a lumber-mill in his own interest seven\\nyears, and afterwards pursued agriculture at that\\nplace about the same length of time. After working\\nas a carpenter at Warsaw, Ind., a short time, in May,\\n1882, he came to St. Louis and bought out a furni-\\nture store, which he conducted six months and sold\\nout. He entered into his present business relation\\nDec. 15, 1883, with E. Leckenby, and is engaged in\\nthe manufacture of carriages and wagons. Their\\nworks require four assistants, and each of the iirinci-\\npals manages a different branch of the business.\\nMr. Reed is the owner of 36 feet frontage on Sagi-\\nnaw Street, and the lot runs back 30 feet, tire tract\\ncontaining two iniildings, which are used for store-\\nrooms, painting and turning rooms. The blacksmith\\nand ironing shop connected with the establishment\\nis the property of the senior partner.\\nV\\ns\\ni\\nt\\nJ,\\nMr. Reed was married Dec. 4, 1843, in Nonvalk,\\nOhio, to C yrena M., daughter of Alvin Blodgett, a\\nfarmer of H\\\\tron Co., Ohio. Their three children\\nare Rose, Lora D. and Ella D. The first-named is\\nthe wife of Samuel Hatch, traveling salesman for\\nThorb Hawley, of Detroit. The second daughter\\nis the wife of John W. Ackley, foreman of the lum-\\nber-mill of the (irand Haven Lumber Company.\\nThe youngest is the wife of A. S. Thompson, foreman\\nin the employ of H. L. Holcomb, of St. Louis. Mr.\\nReed is a member of the Order of Masonry and of\\nthe Odd Fellows. Himself and wife belong to the\\nPresbyterian Church.\\n-iTi^^j\\ns^^?W^\\nQ..-r,-^\\nvA)\\nhomas Gallagher, farmer, section 5, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born April 4, 1833, in\\nPennsylvania, and is the son of Thomas and\\nLucy (Hubbs) Gallagher, both of whom were\\nborn in the Keystone State. They removed in\\nlater life to Ohio, and after a residence there\\ncovering a period of nine years, they came to Michi-\\ngan, where they passed their subsequent lives. The\\nfather died in Ingham County, the mother in Eaton\\nCounty.\\nMr. Gallagher was an infant about one year old,\\nwhen his parents went to Ohio, and when he was ten\\nyears of age they came to Michigan. His father died\\nthe following year and he went to live with a man\\nnamed Alexander Ingersoll, a miller by vocation, and\\nwas under his care and guidance until he was near-\\nly 21 years old. He then engaged in a saw-mill, and\\ncontinued there a year. The following season he\\nrented a farm, which he conducted one year. In Jan-\\nuary, 1855, he came to Gratiot County and bought\\n160 acres of wild land, on which he has since resided\\nHe has sold 40 acres, and of the remaining portion he\\nhas placed 90 acres in a fine state of improvement\\nand cultivation. His farm buildings are such as\\nwill compare favorably with any in the township. He\\nis independent in political views, and has held various\\nlocal official positions. He has been School Inspect-\\nor and taught a term of school in his own district.\\nMr. Gallagher was married Nov. 28, 1852, at Grand\\nLedge, Eaton County, to Amanda, daughter of Oli-\\nver and Catharine (Grant) Russell. She was born in\\nShelby Co., N. Y., March 23, 1835. Her parents\\n^5\\nA\\nr?)\\n..^^-A\\n^ll!i:^|]ll^\\nj:.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae5?\u00c2\u00ab\\nf^^^f^t", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "8t\\n-r Iltl ^IID i r\\n-8S^\\n464\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n:^J\\nV\\nI\\nwere natives of the same State and her mother is\\ncousin to General (irant. Five children have been\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher: Emily V., Mary\\nJ., Adelhert C William J. and Charles H. The\\nfather and mother are zealous and active members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nxB^lLarius Ingalsbe, farmer, on section 25,\\nyil ^^ll Arcada Township, was born in Ontario\\n1^^ Township, Wayne Co., N. Y., April 13,\\nT^ 827, and is the son of Ebenezer and Alzada\\n(Aldrich) Ingalsbe. Ebenezer Ingalsbe was a\\ni native of Vermont, of English and Scotch de-\\nscent, and a farmer by occupation. When very\\nyoung he went to Wayne Co., N. Y., when that\\npart of the State was covered with the primi-\\ntive forest. He afterward removed to Alabama\\nTownship, Genesee County, where he died, June 15,\\n1855, a little over 77 years old. Alzada Aldrich was\\na native of Connecticut, of Welsh descent. After\\nreceiving her education in her native State, she re-\\nmoved to New York State, where she was married.\\nShe died in Wayne County, that State, Sept. 3, 1839,\\nleaving a large family, of which the subject of this\\nsketch, at that time 12 years old, was the sixth\\nchild.\\nRemaining with liis father until of age, Darius\\nthen worked as a common laborer until his marriage,\\nFeb. 12, 1852, to Clarissa, daughter of Israel and\\nLaura (Jennings) Halleck. Israel Halleck, a rela-\\ntive of Gen. Henry W. Halleck, was a native of\\nLong Island, and of Welsh descent. He farmed\\nmost of his life in Wayne Co., N. Y., and died m\\nWheatland Township, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Nov. 14,\\n1865, at the age of 78. Laura Jennings was a native\\nof Truxton, N. Y., and of English parentage. In\\n1845 she came to Hillsdale County, this State, where\\nshe died April 12, 1882, at the age of 84. Clarissa\\n(Halleck) Ingalsbe was born in Wayne Co., N. Y.,\\nJuly 3, 1832, and at the age of 13 came with her\\nparents to Michigan. Here slie was educated and\\nlived until 19 years old, when she returned to New\\nYork and was married.\\nA few months after that -event they removed to\\nSpencer, Medina Co., Ohio, locating on a farm.\\nAfter one year they removed to Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nand a year and a half later they went to Hillsdale\\nCounty. They lived there on a farm for 9 years,\\nand, .4pril 27, 1863. they came to North Star Town-\\nship, Gratiot County, locating on section 3. Four\\ndays were required, on account of the muddy roads,\\nto draw their load from St. John s, a distance of 22\\nmiles. They located on 160 acres of heavily tim-\\nbered land, and lived through most of the familiar\\nexperiences of all pioneers in a new country. The\\nluxuries and many of the necessaries of life were\\nwanting. Mr. Ingalsbe resided there 16 years, im-\\nproving his land, and in April, 1880, he sold and\\npurchased his present home on section 25, Arcada\\nTownship, one mile from Ithaca.\\nMr. and Mrs. Ingalsbe are the parents of three\\nliving children: Lydia, born Sept. 21, 1853; Dee,\\nborn Sept, 25, 1859; and Laura, born April 3, 1865.\\nThree are dead: Mary, born Oct. 25, 1855, and died\\nJan. 12, 1S61; Amelia, born June 22, 186 1, and died\\nOct. 10, 1874; and Clara, born Sept. 11, 1867, and\\ndied Sept. 2, 187S. Mr. Ingalsbe is one of the most\\nrespected citizens of the county. He is a Royal\\nArch Mason, of Ithaca Chapter, No. 70. He has\\nheld the office of Overseer of Roads for several\\nyears, and in politics is an active Republican.\\ny^\\nA\\namuel Gordon, tanner and currier at St.\\nLouis, was born in the District of Montreal,\\nCanada, July 28, 1838, and is the son of\\nJohn and Elizabeth (Dickson) Gordon. His\\nfather is a native of Scotland and is now living\\nin Canada, aged 96 years. His mother was\\nalso a native of Scotland and died in anada, in the\\nyear 1855.\\nMr. Gordon began to learn his trade when he was\\n16 years old and spent three years in preparation for\\nthe business which he has made the vocation of his\\nlife. After completing his indentures he entered the\\nemploy of the same man and remained until he was\\n26 years old. In 1862 he went to Redford, Clinton (q\\nCo., N. Y., and there worked at ius trade three years.\\nIn the spring of 1S65 he came to St. Louis and built\\na tannery, which was located near the residence of \\\\9.\\nDr. C heesenian. Two years after, he built his pres-\\nent place of business. The structure is 28 by 36\\nfeet, with two wings, one of which is 16 by 26 feet in\\n*d:r/i ^i^\\n-3i-,!g^\\n^D!]: iiar", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "/4", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "s\\nI\\nL*\\nV\\n1\\n^?i^\\nilS^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n467\\ndimensions, the other 15 by 36 feet. In addition to\\nthe various branches of his business, he buys and\\nsells grain, lime and coal, in company with J. O. Hil-\\nton. They are doing a heavy business and are the\\nOily dealers in coal and shippers of grain at St.\\nLouis. Mr. Gordon owns his residence and ;in acre\\nof land at St. Louis, and 40 acres in Jasper Town-\\nship, Midland County. He was married at St. Louis,\\nApril 17, 1865, to Attie Slack, a native of Jackson\\nCo., Mich. Five cliildren were born to them, three\\nof whom are deceased Frank, Charles and Pearlie.\\nThose living are William and Robert.\\nMr. Gordon is a member of the A. O. U. VV. He as-\\nsisted in building the first church edifice erected at St.\\nLouis. It was built by the Presbyterian society, and\\nMr. Gordon hewed the first stick of timber used in its\\nconstruction.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^iieury R. Pattengill, Superintendent of\\n^Is Schools at Ithaca, was born Jan. 4, 1852,\\n(|p\u00c2\u00ab^ at Mount Vision, Otsego Co., N. Y.\\nLem-\\n(,J uel C. Pattengill, his father, was born June 3,\\ni 181 2, in New Lisbon, Otsego Co., N. Y., early\\nI in life was a farmer by vocation, and later en-\\ntered the ministry and spent many years laboring in\\nthe interests of the Baptist Church. In the latter\\nliart of 1852 he removed to Akron, Erie Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he spent six years as a minister of the gospel,\\nand went thence to Wibon, Niagara Co., N. Y.,with\\nhis family. During his residence there he acted one\\nyear as Chaplain in the hospitals and among the sol-\\ndiers, under the auspices of the Christian Commis-\\nsion, with headquarters at Harper s Ferry. In the\\nfall of 1865 he removed to Litchfield, Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich., where he was occupied in ministerial labor.\\nIn 1872 he removed to Ann Arbor, and in the sum-\\nmer of 1874 he came to Ithaca, where he died in\\nMarch, 1875.\\nLemuel Pattengill, paternal grandsire, was a native\\nof Canterbury, Windham Co., Conn., and was a Cap-\\ntain in the Federal army during the second war with\\nEngland. He was wounded and taken prisoner at\\n(lueenstown Heights, and exchanged a few months\\nlater. The great-grandfather was a carpenter and\\npassed most of his life at Canterjjury, where he died.\\nThe patronymic was originally Pettengill, and a\\nm\\n^s^i^\\nJVfUnF\\nA-\\ndm\\nlarge number of representatives of the name live in\\nConnecticut. The mother of Mr. Pattengill, Mary\\nG. (Gregory) Pattengill, was born in New Lisbon, Ot-\\nsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 18 14. Her father, Seth\\nGregory, was a Baptist clergyman in that place and\\nofficiated over one charge there about 30 years. She\\nnow resides at Ithaca with the subject of this sketch.\\nMr. Pattengill was in infancy when his jjarents\\nwent to Akron and was a lad of seven years at the\\ndate of their removal to Wilson. While the family\\nresided there he met with a terrible accident. He\\nwas visiting in the adjacent country, and, while riding\\nthe leading horse attached to a reaping machine, the\\nteam became unmanageable and he was thrown.\\nThe fleeing horses dragged the reaper over him and\\nhe was caught in the gearing, the knives cutting into\\nhis hip and nearly severing his left leg, besides badly\\nmutilating his left arm and hand. His life was de-\\nspaired of many times during the months of suffer-\\ning and illness that followed, but at the end of a year\\nhe was sufficiently recovered to move about with the\\naid of a cane, and he gradually came back to health.\\nHe had had a strong desire to become a sailor, but\\nduring his long struggle for life and health he de-\\ntermined to obtain an education, and as soon as he\\nwas sufficiently recovered he entered the Wilson\\nAcademy, which he attended as long as his family\\nlived there. On their removal to Litchfield he be-\\ncame a pupil at the graded school and studied there\\nfive years. He then went to Hudson, where he pur-\\nsued a preparatory collegiate course and entered the\\nLiterary Department of the University of Michigan\\nat Ann Arbor, where he was graduated with the\\nclass of 1874. He came to St. Louis, this county,\\nwhere he received tlie appointment of Superintendent\\nof Schools and occupied the position two years. In\\nthe fall of 1876 he succeeded to the same position\\nat Ithaca, and has continued the incumbent since.\\nHe has received an offer of an associate editorship\\nof the School Moderator, published at Grand Rapids,\\nwhich position he intends to accept at the close of\\nthe present school year.\\nHe was prophet of his class when he was grad-\\nuated, and was one of r r selected Commencement\\nspeakers of 1874. While in college he acted two\\nyears as an editor of the Chronicle, a college pape\\npublished by the students. He has been Township\\nSuperintendent a number of years, and since 1877\\nhas held the position of President of the Gratiot\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.^||tj; i-- ^^i^f^ -;;r\\nSir\\ns\\nA\\nV\\n^^lM:", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "TTT\\n7 Mm\\\\i\\n-4^^^^\u00c2\u00aeV||\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nh\\n5)\\n1\\nr?^^\\nCounty Teachers Association. He has identified\\nhimself with all educational movements, and has\\nconducted Teachers Institutes in several counties\\nhereabouts. In the fall of 1883 he was elected\\nmember of the County Board of School Examiners.\\nIn January of that year, he was chosen Secretary of\\nthe State Teachers Association.\\nAlthough Mr. Pattengill has been untiring and un-\\nremitting in the duties pertaining to his official posi-\\ntion and incidental interests, he is nevertheless\\nkeenly alive to all other issues likely to affect ma-\\nterially the general welfare of the community, and\\ntakes a proper and manly interest in local politics.\\nIn 188 he was a delegate to the State Convention at\\nLansing to nominate Regents for the University, and\\nin the fall of 1882 was a delegate to the Gratiot\\nCounty Convention. He stumped the county\\nduring the State campaign of 1882, in the interests\\nof the Republican party. In 1881 he was elected\\nPresident of the village of Ithaca, running on both\\ntickets, and was re-elected in 1882.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Pattengill, appearing on a\\nl,receding page, is an eminently fitting addition to the\\nBiographical Album of Gratiot County.\\nustavus Quick, farmer and stock-raiser, on\\nsection 1 1 Sumner Townshii), is a son of\\nJi;|S^ Ralph and Calista (Treat) Quick, and was\\nborn in Oakland Co., Mich., Feb. 8, 1846.\\nHe was engaged with his father on the farm\\nuntil he was 20 years old, and in the mean-\\ntime received a good common-school education. He\\nthen left home and for si.\\\\ years worked as a carpen-\\nter and joiner in the summer and whatever he could\\nfind to do in the winter. In the spring of 187 i he\\ncame to Gratiot County and purchased 40 acres of\\npartly improved land. He has since added 20 acres,\\nand of his whole farm 40 acres are now well im-\\nproved. He has also built ample farm buildings.\\nHe is an active and shrewd farmer and at the same\\ntime stands high socially.\\nOct. II, 187 1, he was married in Lyon Township,\\nOakland County, to Miss Rosalctta Taylor, daughter\\nof Jonathan and Caroline (Christopher) Taylor,\\nnatives of Seneca Co., N. Y. She was born April\\nII, 1852, in the same town in which she was reared.\\neducated and married. She is the mother of one\\nchild, Jennie, born May 31, 1880. Mr. Quick is the\\npresent Treasurer of his township, and has held the\\noffice of Drain Commissioner two years. Politically\\nhe is a zealous Republican.\\n:?fharles J. Willett, attorney, at St. Louis,\\nwas born at Essex, N. Y., June 5, 1849,\\n^Ig^ and is the son of Rev. Joseph T. and Corne-\\nW lia A. (Whallon) Willett. His father was a\\ni[ Presbyterian minister and came to Grand Rap-\\nids in 1865, removing to St. Louis two years later, for\\nthe purpose of laboring in the interests of the Chris-\\ntian religion. He discharged the duties of his minis-\\nterial office at St. Louis and vicinity until 1879, when\\nhe went to Cincinnati and is now living there in re-\\ntirement, aged 66 years. The mother is also living.\\nMr. Willett was graduated from the High School at\\nGrand Rapids in 1867, after twoyears study, then, in\\nthe fall of the same year entered the Literary De-\\npartment of the LTniversity of Michigan at Ann Ar-\\nbor, where he graduated in iSyr. He went to [Chel-\\nsea, Washtenaw County, and officiated as Principal\\nof the Union School there a year. He returned to\\nSt. Louis and obtained a situation as clerk in the\\nGratiot County Bank, where he operated two years.\\nIn 1874, associated with Hiram Harrington, Lemuel\\nSavins and Aaron Wessels, he organized the Mer-\\nchants Farmers Bank. He was its cashier, and\\nacted as such about two years. He had devoted his\\nleisure to the study of law and was admitted to the\\nBar, Jan. 4, 1877. He entered upon the duties of\\nactive practice immediately after. He has been en-\\ngaged in a lucrative and increasing law business ever\\nsince, and has attained satisfactory prominence in his\\nprofession through his connection with several cases\\nof more than ordinary importance.\\nIn the fall of 1880, Mr. Willett was elected Prose-\\ncuting Attorney of Gratiot County, and held the po-\\nsition one term. He has been Village Treasurer\\nand President of St. Louis one year each. In the\\nspring of 1881, he was nominated by the State Con-\\nvention of the (Greenback party as one of the Re-\\ngents of the University, but was defeated, and in the\\nfall of 1882 he was placed in nomination by the\\n-V\u00c2\u00ae^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^#\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n-^\u00e2\u0082\u00acS^\\n:-^:illl 1 A:^.-\\n.^5^^^\\n4^^^C(iy^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "^^^V ^^l]li:^:i]li\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nI\\nf\\nV S*\\n1\\nX\\n4\\nf iki.1\\nDemocratic and Greenback parties to represent tlie\\nEighth Congressional District, against R. G. Horr,\\nbut was defeated. In 1883, he was again a candi-\\ndate for Regent, on the Union ticket, and was elected.\\nIn addition to his law business, Mr. VVillett is en-\\ngaged in real-estate and loan brokerage, in compa-\\nny with E. C. Phillips, and has extensive relations in\\nthese branches in Gratiot and neighboring counties.\\nHe.was married at St. Louis May 13, 1874, to Har-\\nriet Grossman. She was the daughter of Abisha R.\\nand Margaret S. Grossman, and was born in Pelham,\\nOntario, Aug. 25, 1S52. Her father died in 1867, and\\nin 1 87 I her mother removed to St. Louis, Mich\\nwhere she died in 1876.\\njavid F. Courter, a progressive young far-\\nmer on section 12, Sumner Township, is a\\n%(Ji{y- son of Jonathan and Sarah (Barton)\\nGourter (see sketch of Jonathan Gourter), and\\nwas born in Orleans Township, Ionia Co.,\\nMich., Oct. 18, 1850. Four years later he\\ncame with his parents to Gratiot County, and the\\nfamily settled on section 7, Arcada Township. David\\nremained with his father on this place until 22 years\\nold, securing an elementary and practical education.\\nHe then purchased 120 acres of timbered land on\\nsection 13, Sumner Township, where he remained\\na year and a half, cutting timber, etc. Selling this\\nplace, he then bought his present farm of 80 acres on\\nsection 12. He has now 60 acres in a good state of\\ncultivation, and has erected suitable farm buildings.\\nDec. 24, 1S75, at Alma, he was united in the\\nbonds of matrimony to Miss Dena Clark, daughter\\nof Charles and Harriet (Davis) Clark, natives of New\\nYork and Connecticut respectively, and of ScotcJi and\\nEnglish extraction. Mr. Clark was a farmer, and died\\nin Sumner Township, this county. Mrs. Clark now\\nlives in Canada. Their daughter, Dena, was born\\nin Ontario, Canada, June 28, i860, and came to\\nMichigan with her parents when 15 years old. Since\\nmarriage Mr. and Mrs. Courier have lived on the\\nfarm which he improved previously. March 22,\\n1 88 1, his house and household goods were all\\ndestroyed by fire, the loss exceeding $700. He is\\nnot a man to be long set back by such a loss, how-\\never, and is rapidly recovering.\\nMr. and Mrs. G. are the parents of two children,\\nBertha M. and Allan F. Politically, he votes the\\nDemocratic ticket.\\nIJkI S^braham W. Russell, resident of Ithaca, and\\n^H^ Supervisor of the township of Ithaca, is a\\nson of James W. and Jane (Wolfcale) Russell,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|ier natives respectively of the Keystone State and\\n1 the Shenandoah Valley, Va. The father was\\na farmer, and settled in Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\nas early as 1802. He served under Gen. Harrison\\nin the second war with Great Britain, and was sta-\\ntioned at Fort Meigs, at Perrysburg, on the Maumee\\nRiver. After his discharge, he returned to the old\\nhomestead in Trumbull County, afterwards removing\\nto Paulding County, where he died. The mother\\ndied in Mahoning Co., Ohio.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Oct. 13, 1S30,\\nin Trumbull Co., Ohio, and remained with his par-\\nents until the death of his mother. He worked at\\nvarious employments, until 19 years old, and then\\nserved an apprenticeship of one year in the wagon-\\nmaking trade, which occupation he has since fol-\\nlowed. In 1853, he went to Fostoria, Seneca Co.,\\nOhio, where he lived until 1861. He enlisted in\\nCo. E, 49th Ohio Vol. Inf., and, attached to the\\nWestern Army, participated in the great battle of\\nPittsburg Landing and in several other engagements.\\nHe was after a time transferred to the Signal Corps,\\nin which he served the remainder of his term. He\\nwas finally discharged Aug. 22, 1864, at Chattanooga,\\nTenn. Returning to his home, he remained one\\nyear more in Fostoria, and in 1865 came to Gratiot\\nCounty, locating at Ithaca.\\nIn June, 1S52, in Canfield, Mahoning Co., Ohio,\\nhe was united in marriage to Miss Emeline Morey,\\nwho was born July 10, 1829, in Perry Co., Pa., and\\nis the daughter of William and Betsey (Sulibargcr)\\nMorey. The parents were natives of Pennsylvania,\\nand settled in Ellsworth, Trumbull Co., Ohio, in\\n1836. Mr. Morey died the same year, his widow\\nliving until 1874, when she died at Gham])ion,\\nTrumbull County. To Mr. and Mrs. Russell, eight\\nchildren have been born, five of whom survive\\nWillis A., Florence R. A., Carlos B., Fred G. and\\nCora C. I.\\nf\\ni\\nI\\nA\\n^^A^iligglllli^a^-\\n-^mS\\n|^^C(^I", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "ts*-\\n470\\no*\\ns\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07^^^\\nMr. R. is a member of the I. O. O. F., F. A. M.,\\nG. A. R. and K. of H. and is politically an earnest\\nRepublican. He has been Supervisor of Ithaca\\nTownship from 1882 to the present time; Justice of\\nthe Peace from 187 1 to 1882; and Superintendent\\nof the Poor for nine years. He and wife are mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which\\nhe is a Trustee.\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05-~^ vA.^^-?^S w h\\nlijah Curtis, farmer, section 3, Hamilton\\nTownship, and one of the pioneer settlers\\nof tiie county, was born in Cayuga Co.,\\n-sS- N. Y., June 6, 1802. His father, Ashbel Curtis,\\nremoved his family to London, Canada, in\\nJ 1820, and there Elijah remained until 1836,\\nassisting his father, and receiving limited educational\\nadvantages, when he came to this State and settled\\nin the county of Oakland. There he remained, en-\\nduring the trials and deprivations of the pioneer set-\\ntler in clearing and cultivating his land until 1855,\\nwhen he came to this county and settled on section\\n3, Hamilton Township, where he at present resides.\\nMr. Curtis was married Feb. 21, 1826, to Abbie\\nBurdick, and eight children have been born to their\\nunion, only three of whom, James, Winthrop and\\nAbigail, are now living. Mrs. C. died in February,\\n1868, and Mr. C. was again married in January,\\n1869, this time to Mrs. Rebecca Pickett, wlio had\\nfour children by a former marriage, namely Mary,\\nJoseph, Charlotte and Perry.\\nMr. Curtis now owns 107 acres of land in this\\ncounty; was Justice of the Peace 16 years. Postmas-\\nter seven years, and Supervisor of the township two\\nyears, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\noolf Netzorg, general merchant at Ithaca,\\nj^^ is a native of Russia, and is a son of\\nAbraham and Rebecca (Keidan) Netzorg.\\nHe was educated in his native country, and\\nat the age of 20 came to the United States.\\nHe joined his uncles, H. and J. Netzorg, at St.\\nCharles, Saginaw Co., Mich., where they were in bus-\\niness. In order to accustom himself to the customs\\nand language of the new world in which he found\\nhimself, Mr. Netzorg followed peddling about two\\nyears and a half, after which he engaged as a clerk\\nin the store of ^his uncles, where he remained about\\nsix months. He came to Ithaca in September, 1877,\\nand entered into partnership with Nyman E. Yesner,\\nand opened a store for the sale of general merchan-\\ndise. This relation existed until Feb. 26, 1883, when\\nMr. Netzorg purchased the interest of his associate,\\nand has since been engaged in the prosecution of a\\nprosperous and gradually extending business. His\\nstock is estimated at a value of $12,000, and his an-\\nnual business transactions represent an aggregate of\\n$25,000, He is a member of the Masonic frater-\\nnity.\\nSince Mr. Netzorg came to America he has aided\\nhis brother Mayer and sister Dessie to come to\\nthis country. The former is in his employ as clerk\\nand the latter is attending school.\\nHe was married Jan. 6, 1 88 1, at St. Charles, Mich.,\\nto Fannie Sodekson, of Mineola, Texas, and a native\\nof Russia. Mr. and Mrs. Netzorg have a son and\\ndaughter, the former, Sallie, born April 12, 1882, the\\nlatter, Celia, May 29, 1883.\\n^y^^j^\\ntp^\\n.:::ij?^r:.\\n]\\\\m\\noseph W. Kemp, grocer and dealer in\\nL- v boots, shoes, crockery and glass-ware at St.\\n/jfjfjj Louis, was born May 28, 1834, in Richland\\nCo., Ohio. He is a son of Jacob M. and Harriet\\n^r (Hoey) Kemp, who went to Williams Co., Ohio,\\nI in 1851. They were pioneers and settled on a\\nfarm which was mostly in an original state. Seven\\nyears later the family came to Michigan and settled\\nin Coe Township, Isabella County, where the father\\nIjought a farm.\\nMr. Kemp obtained his education in the common\\nschools and was reared on a farm. He helped his\\nfather clear a consideral)le part of the farm in the\\nBuckeye State, and accompanied the family to Isa-\\nbella County. Soon after he went to Jackson County,\\nwhere he spent two years. In 1858 he had bought\\n100 acres of land in Coe Township, where his father\\nresided, located on section 24, where he cleared 40\\nacres and made other improvements. He came to\\nSt. Louis in January, 1872. His father had preced-\\ned him and established himself in trade. The son\\noperated for a time as his assistant, and, later, enter-\\ni\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "^iii]:^Dn^\\n;r.\\ns;^\\ns\\nV\\nt\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n4^^^^^ii\\n473\\ned the employ of Joseph Tibbett, where he remained\\n1 8 months. On the termination of this relation, he\\nformed a partnership with W. A. Williams, and en-\\ngaged in the sale of groceries and provisions at St.\\nLouis. This relation existed nearly two years,\\nwhen Mr. Kemp, Sr., bought out the interest of Mr.\\nWilliams and the business was conducted by the\\nfather and son four years. Mr. Kemp then became\\nsole proprietor by purchase and has continued since\\nto manage the business singly. He established him-\\nself where he is now located in the winter of 187 8-9,\\nand is meeting with reasonable success. He owns\\nhis residence and grounds and four lots with dwell-\\nings, besides 40 acres of land on section 12, Pine\\nRiver Township, and 200 acres of land in Jasper\\nTownship, Midland County.\\nMr. Kemp was married Dec. 25, i860, to Ro.xana,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Margaret A. Davison. She\\nwas born in Warren Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\nApril 27, 1844. Of this marriage one child was born,\\nin Isabella Co., Mich., Nov. 21, 1862 JosephineC,\\nnow the wife of George Wilson, salesman in the store\\nof Mr. Kemp. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have one child\\nMaud, born March 10, 1881, at St. Louis.\\noseph H. Dodge, farmer, section 4, Wash-\\nington Township, is a son of Alonzo and\\n5 Mary A. (Morton) Dodge the former born\\nin Vermont in 1828, and the latter in Ohio in\\n]C 1829. Alonzo Dodge came to Clinton County\\nin 1S55, and 12 years later came to Gratiot,\\nlocating on 80 acres of wild land on section 4, Wash-\\nington Township, his present residence. He had to\\ncut a road a mile and a half to his place. During\\nhis residence here, his occupation has been farming\\nand threshing.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Medina Co.,\\nOhio, Dec. 17, 1848. At the age of 20, he was united\\nin marriage to Ella C. Krepps, third daughter of a\\nfamily of eight four sons and four daughters. She\\nwas born Oct. 5, 1852, and her parents are Christian\\nand Elizabeth A. (Bear) Krepps, natives of Pennsyl-\\nvania. Mr. Krepps is a farmer, and came to Michi-\\ngan in 1852, locating in Clinton County, where he\\nand wife yet reside, on a farm of 160 acres.\\nWhen 19 years old, Mr. Dodge purchased 80 acres\\nof land, and by industry and good management now\\nhas an excellent farm of 120 acres. In 1 881, he\\nerected the finest house in his township, at a cost of\\n$1,600, his former dwelling having been destroyed\\nby fire the previous year. He has been Highway\\nCommissioner, and has also held the office of Director\\nin his school district. He is a member of Eureka\\nLodge, No. 318, F. A. M. Politically, he is a\\nDemocrat.\\nJtojiSf^^r\\n^^^i{USVt\\\\f\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^t^^^t/Sfa\\naniel R. Sullivan, farmer on section ^t,.,\\n|L Pine River Township, is a son of Cornelius\\n_, and Margaret (Mur])hy) Sullivan, natives\\njyiv of Ireland. They were married on the Erner.\\naid Isle, and soon after, in 1829, came to\\nAmerica, first settling in Boston for one year.\\nThey then removed to Newport, R. I., and in 1836\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Washtenaw County.\\nSix years later they removed to Jackson County,\\nwhere they both died. They had a family of 12\\nchildren, eight sons and four daughters.\\nDaniel R., the subject of this narrative, was the\\neldest son of the family, and was born in Newport,\\nR. I., June 8, 1830. When six years old his parents\\nremoved to Michigan, and he remained with them\\nmuch of the time until 32 years of age. He received\\na common-school education, and at the age of 18\\nwent to New Orleans, La., where he remained 13\\nyears, chiefly engaged in steamboating.\\nIn August, 1854, he located 160 acres of wild land\\nin Pine River Township, this county, and in tiie fall\\nof i86i,on his return from the South, he came to\\nGratiot County and settled on his farm, where he has\\nsince resided. He first built a frame house, but this\\nwas finally superseded by a fine brick residence, into\\nwhich he moved Dec. 24, 1877. He has added to\\nhis estate 320 acres in Pine River and Arcada Town-\\nships, and now has one of the model farms of the\\ncounty, 250 acres being under cultivation.\\nIn December, 1862, in Arcada Township, he was\\nmarried to Miss Jeannette, daughter of Emery and\\nMaria (Lewis) Adams (see sketch of Emery Adams).\\nShe was born in Liberty Township, Jackson Co.,\\nMich., Dec. 28, 1842. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan have\\nhad four children: William C, John D., Pearl (died\\nin infancy) and Maggie M. Mr. S. has held the\\nc\\nA\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r-\\nsi/\\nI\\nI\\nf\\n3", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "i^t#^\\nTz^^^sr\\nV4:Do:^.iiu-t\\nVi^V\\n-4^^^((\u00c2\u00aeV!\\nf\\nt\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\noffices of Supervisor one year, and Highway Com-\\nmissioner several years. In the spring of 18S3 he\\nwas elected Township Treasurer, which position he\\nnow fills. He is a member of the Masonic Order,\\nand politically is identified with tlie Democratic\\nparty. Mrs. Sullivan is a member of the Episcopal\\nChurch.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Sullivan on page 472 is that\\nof a representative farmer and citizen of Gratiot\\nCounty. His character as a man has secured for\\nhim the permanent respect and confidence of his fel-\\nlow-citizens, which is expressed in the various trusts\\ncommitted to his care.\\n-S^^^^flUH^S^*^-^\\nS. Townsend, farmer, section 33,\\nEmerson Township, was born on the At-\\nlantic Ocean Aug. 22, 1843, while his par-\\nents were on their way from Edinburgh,\\nScotland, to America. He is a son of Will-\\niam W. and Dorothy (Smith) Townsend, natives\\nof Scotland. Mr. Townsend, Sr., was a dry-goods\\nmerchant in that country, and died in Toronto, Can-\\nada, soon after his arrival. The mother also died\\nabout the same time, leaving three children George,\\nnow a farmer residing near St. Thomas, Canada\\nMartha (died in Toronto) and William S., the sub-\\nject of this sketch. The last named learned the\\nblacksmith trade in Belleville, Canada, and followed\\nthat calling for a number of years in Belleville, Can-\\nada, Albany, N. Y., Rome, N. Y., New York city, and\\nOswego, N. Y.\\nOn the breaking out of the war, he became infused\\nwith the idea of serving his country, and in August,\\n1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 147th N. Y. Inf., under\\nCapt. Gary. He served two years, being in a num-\\nber of engagements, and was discharged at Washing-\\nton City. Returning to Oswego, he settled on 14^\\nacres a mile and a half from that city, and engaged\\nin raising garden truck. He resided on this place,\\nwhich he had purchased before entering the army,\\nuntil 1869, and then exchanged for his present farm\\nof 160 acres. The next three years were spent in\\nthe mines in California, and then one year in Oswe-\\ngo. July 4, 1876, he arrived in Ithaca, and settled\\non his farm a mile and three-fourths from town. It\\nwas then all timber, but he has cleared 50 acres,\\nchopped 20 acres, and made other improvements.\\nHe was married in Oswego, N. Y., July 12, i860,\\nto Jane, daughter of Jesse and Thyrsa Gray, born\\nnear Oswego, May 3, 1843. They have one son,\\n\\\\Villiam E., born in Oswego July 11, 1861, and an\\nadopted daughter, Minnie, born Sept. 7, 1876. Mr.\\nTownsend is a citizen of standing in the county. He\\nis a member of Ithaca Lodge, No. 70, F. A. M.\\n-i ^^^-i^S-v\\n1-?\\nP^.iiavid Elliott, superintendent of the Wright\\nl-^.-WI farm, on section 4, Arcada Township, near\\n1 duV Alma, was born in Durham Co., Canada,\\n?on the banks of Lake Ontario, and in the\\nvicinity of the city of Toronto, April 10, 1833.\\nHis parents. Moor and Catharine (McCombs)\\nElliott, were of Irish and Scotch descent, followed\\nfarming for a livelihood, and died in Canada. He\\npassed the years of his youth on his father s farm,\\nand was educated in the common school. Arriving\\nat the age of independence, he worked at farming\\nfor himself for six years, and then, in company with\\nhis brother, went to Brant Township, Bruce Co.,\\nCanada, where they each purchased a farm. David\\nkept bachelor s hall for one year, when the destroy-\\ning element, fire, consumed his dwelling and all its\\ncontents, entailing a loss of $1,000. He then re-\\nturned to his native county, and one year later, in\\nthe spring 1864, he came to Michigan, locating in\\nthe vicinity of Adrian, Lenawee County. Here he\\nwas connected with a nursery, and also worked at\\nfarming. He next spent a short season in Canada.\\nReturning to Adrian, he was for five years engaged\\nwith Mr. Brackley Shaw, the present State Senator\\nfrom the Sixth District.\\nOct. 19, 1869, he was married in Hudson, Lenawee\\nCounty, to Miss Jane, daughter of Henry and Jane\\n(Burns) Burns. They were of Scotch descent, but\\nwere reared in Ireland. Jane was born in Adrian,\\nSept. I, 1845, and resided in her native place until\\nmarriage. Immediately after this event they went to\\nBruce Co., Canada; and two years later, selling their\\nfarm of 50 acres, they returned to Lenawee County\\nand lived for three years on a rented farm. In the\\nfall of 1S75 they came to Gratiot County, where Mr.\\nElliott purchased So acres of partially improved\\nland in Pine River Township. This farm he operated\\nA\\ncs\\n^^j^ mimw^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "f\\n:t#\u00c2\u00ab^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0evc^titi^titi^D\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n47 5\\nI\\nV\\n1\\nuntil recently, when he leased his farm for five years,\\nand engaged with Mr. Amnii Wright, of Alma, as\\nsuperintendent of his beautiful farm just east of the\\ncorporation limits.\\nMr. and Mrs. Elliott have one daughter, Alvira,\\nborn Sept. 2, 1870. Mr. E. is a scientific farmer, an\\nintelligent citizen and a pleasant neighbor. Politi-\\ncally, he is a Democrat.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T vv^^f-f^S 5-\\ni r\\neSc\\nmery W. Burgess, farmer, section 25, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born May 2, 1837,\\nin Northville, Wayne Co., Mich. He is the\\nsixth child and second son of his parents,\\nHiram and Betsey (Placeway) Burgess (see\\nsketch of Hiram Burgess). He was 17 years\\nold when the family came to Gratiot County, and\\npassed his entire minority assisting his father on the\\nfarm, and experiencing all the incidents common to\\npioneer life. Gratiot County was unorganized, set-\\ntlers were few and far between, and everything was\\nin the most primitive condition. Emigrants to Gra-\\ntiot County found no accommodations between Ma-\\nple Rapids and St. Louis, save at the Half-Way\\nHouse, in what is now the township of Ithaca, one-\\nfourth of a mile from the village, which institution\\ndeserves permanent record as auxiliary to the first\\nsettlement of this section. It was built and managed\\nthrough the enterprise of a man named Paul Avery.\\nIt was constructed of basswood bark, and was about\\neight by sixteen feet in dimensions. It had two\\napartments one inside for a dormitory, and the other\\noutside for a dining-room. The floor of the sleeping-\\nroom was covered with boughs and straw, and\\naccommodated from two to twenty persons. Mrs.\\nAvery was always the first to retire. Mr. Avery fol-\\nlowed, and the guests arranged themselves in the\\nspace that remained. The furniture of the estab-\\nlishment consisted of a table, constructed of bark\\nlaid across supports of poles, which were supported\\nin turn by forked stakes driven into the ground, and\\nthe arrangements for sitting at a meal consisted of a\\nbark bench similarly constructed. Later, Mr. Avery\\nbuilt a log house, which served as a tavern until the\\ninflux of inhabitants, the progress of civilization, and\\nthe building of good routes of travel made it no lon-\\nger necessary. One incident related by Mr. Burgess\\nexhibits alike the perplexities of the early settlers and\\ntheir solicitude for the welfare of each other. His\\nfather reached his home late one night from Maple\\nRapids, bearing supplies for the nearest neighbor,\\nwho lived miles away in the vicinity, and set out at\\ndaylight in comfjany with his son. They followed\\nthe road up to a certain point indicated by a beech\\ntree, which was blazed to mark the turning oft\\nplace. On reaching it, they turned to the right and\\ndrove until dark through the woods and over a trail,\\ncovered with 14 inches of virgin snow, and indicated\\nonly by the absence of under-brush. It was a weari-\\nsome day. The horses moved reluctantly, and never\\nfaster than a walk, and the light which shone through\\nthe trees from the huge fire outside the cabin they\\nwere seeking was the most welcome sight Mr. Bur-\\ngess can remember in all his life; The cabin was\\nbuilt of logs without chinking the floor was of the\\nvariety known under the term puncheon, and the\\nroof was made of shakes, with one square left out\\nto serve the purposes of a chimney. Warmth was\\nmaintained by the fire outside, which was half the\\nsize of the domicile. This is one picture of pioneer\\nlife in Gratiot County in 1855, and it is believed that\\nthis was the first time a horse team passed over that\\nroute.\\nMr. Burgess was married Jan. i, 1859, in Pine\\nRiver Township, to Marcelia S., daughter of Abraham\\nand Annie M. (Barrett) Woodin. The ceremony\\nWas performed in the log house of the bride s father\\nby Elder Fay, a Baptist minister, in the presence of\\n16 invited guests. At the time, Mr. Burgess owned\\n40 acres of wild land, a yoke of two-year-old steers,\\nand a cow. He rented a farm, and moved thither\\nwith his wife and all his earthly goods. The latter\\nwere drawn at one load on an ox sled by the steers\\naforesaid. After buying one-fourth of a pound of tea\\nand a pound of saleratus, he had 25 cents left where-\\nwith to begin the world. The nearest neighbors were\\na mile and a half away in one direction, and three\\nmiles in another, and six weeks elapsed before Mrs.\\nBurgess saw the face of a white woman. Mr. Bur-\\ngess drove the team to St. Louis which moved Dr.\\nClifford, the first resident physician at that place, who\\nwent to housekeeping in a bough house with his wife\\nand one baby. The party spent one night in the\\nwoods while en roi/fe, Mrs. Gifibrd and her infant\\ndaughter, four months old, being made comfortable\\nin the shelter of a fallen [liiic, while the men slept\\nr^\\ny^\\n^.Mrv\u00c2\u00ae^^\\nji\\nC:P!l^DQ\\nz.\\n4^^f(\u00c2\u00ae i\\nm\\n%i*", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "Mbn^^^Mr--\\n-r^my^m\\nT\\n476\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n/7s\\nV\\nunder the sky. The baby is the wife of John\\nNobles, of St. Louis. Mr. Burgess drew the logs to\\nbuild the Crawford House, the first hotel erected\\nat St. Louis.\\nThe family lived on the rented farm a year, and\\ntook possession of the place they owned. This was\\nincreased by the purchase of 80 acres additional, and\\nthey resided on it six years. In 1869 it was sold,\\nand Mr. Burgess bought 80 acres, where he has since\\nresided, and managed his agricultural interests with\\nsuccess. He has 60 acres cleared and improved,\\nand has erected a good house and barn. He is a\\nRepublican in political connection.\\nMrs. Burgess was born in Harmony, Chautau pia\\nCo., N. Y., Nov. 22, 1881. Abraham Woodin, her\\nfather, was born in Gorham, Ontario Co., N. Y., Oct. 3,\\n1809, and died Nev. 23, i860. Jeremiah Woodin, his\\nfather, was born in Cobleskill, Schoharie Co., N. Y.,\\nin 1784, and died in 1871. His wife, Martha (Wal-\\nlin) Woodin, was born in the same place in 1796,\\nand died in March, 1862. Anna (Barrett) Woodin\\nwas born in Gorham, Ontario Co., N. Y., July i,\\niSii, and is still living. Her father, Cornelius Bar-\\nrett, was born Nov. 6, 177S, on Martha s Vineyard,\\nand died Nov. 10, 1853. Elizabeth (Sawyer) Bar-\\nrett, his wife, was born in Connecticut Nov. 13, 1784,\\nand died in November, 1864. Mrs. Burgess had four\\nbrothers and four sisters Wallace W., Washington\\nH., Jay A., Hiram U., Martha A., Ophelia N., Eliza-\\nbeth M. and Olilia E. She has been the mother of\\nsix children, born as follows: Etta, March 10, 1861\\nLillie M., June 2, 1871; Glen H., Sept. 16,1878.\\nElberon C. was born Jan. 4, i86o, and died March\\ng following; Clark was born March 10, 1864, and\\ndied March 20, 1866; Maud was born Aug. 14,\\n1866, and died July 7, 1867.\\nilbert B. Porter, jeweler at Alma, was horn\\nat Vermontville, Eaton Co., Mich., May\\n6, 1854, and is the son of Stewart H. and\\nCornelia T. (Hopkins) Porter. His father was\\na native of New York, his mother of Vermont.\\nThey were married and settled where their son\\nwas born, and the mother is still resident there. The\\nfather died Nov. 10, 1882. Seven children were born\\nto them Robert S., Clara T., Gilbert B., Frederick\\nR., Harry, Frank and Harry. The three last named\\ndied in infancy.\\nMr. Porter received a good education in the place\\nof his birth, and when he was 20 years old interested\\nhimself in learning the details of the business which\\nhe has since followed. He worked at it a year in\\nVermontville and one year at Charlotte. In April,\\n1879, he settled at Alma and established his busi-\\nness, which has been prosperous and increasing. He\\nacts and believes in political matters in accordance\\nwith the principles of the Republican party.\\nHe was married June 29, 1881, at Alma, to Ella\\nE., daughter of Reed Latimer. Mrs. Porter was born\\nin Schoharie Co., N. Y., and her parents were natives\\nof the same State. Olive T., only child, was born\\nJan. I, 1883, and died July to, of the same year.\\nMr. Porter belongs to the Congregational Church.\\nilliam L. Litle, carpenter and joiner, sec-\\ni9 tion 17, New Haven Township, was born\\nW?^0 Ontario, Canada, Dec. 2, 1837. His parents,\\n|*f^ Ralph and Miranda (Purchase) Litle, are\\nnatives respectively of Canada and New York,\\nand are now residing on a farm in North Star\\nTownship, this county.\\nWhen 1 1 years of age, the subject of this sketch\\nmoved with his parents to Hillsdale Co., Mich., where\\nhe worked with them upon a farm until of age, ex-\\ncept two years, which he devoted to the trade of car-\\npenter and joiner, under the instruction of John\\nRush, of that county. He was subsequently under\\nthe supervision of a carpenter named Potter for a\\nyear, after which he prosecuted the trade independ-\\nently for for some time.\\nNov. 17, 1861, Mr. Litle married Miss Sarah E.\\nSmith, who was born in Williams Co., Ohio, Nov. 15,\\n1847, and when eight years old came with her parents\\nto Hillsdale Co., Mich., remaining with tliem there\\nuntil her marriage.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\fter marriage, Mr. Litle became a contractor for\\nbuilding, and he erected many houses in that county,\\nfrom 1 86 1 to 1869, when he moved to North Star\\nTownshiiJ, this county, purchasing 40 acres of land\\nand, in connection with farming, followed his trade.\\nIn April, 1873, he exchanged this land for 80 acres\\nSi/\\nr\\n^;^^r^-\\n^^ll!l:^nil\\n4?^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": ":A", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "I\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\nV\\nof unimproved land where he now resides, and\\nmoved iijx)n it. To this he has added by purchase\\n80 acres, and of the quarter-section he now owns he\\nhas 50 acres in good cultivation, and the place well\\nfurnished with the necessary farm buildings, etc.\\nMr. Litlc has been Road Commissioner and School\\nDirector. In politics he is a decided Republican,\\nand in social affairs a menibcr of the Masonic blue\\nlodge at Ithaca.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. l.itle are five in\\nnumber, and all living, viz.: Fred K., born Aug. 31,\\nicS62; Clara E., March 23, 1864; Lillian A., Aug.\\n19, 1865; Huldah E., June 29, 1S69, and Charles J.,\\nSept. 6, 1877.\\n^ipk^flfred A. Wood, grocer and provision dealer\\nIr at Ithaca, was born Nov. 12, 1839, at\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^1 Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y. He is a son of\\nJesse Y. and Harriet (Teed) Wood, both of\\ni^^ whom were born in Dutchess County, in the\\nI State of New York, in 1798 and 1802, respect-\\nively. The father was one of three brothers who\\ncame from England.\\nMr. Wood spent the first 16 years of his life in ac-\\nquiring his education and assisting in the blacksmith\\nshop of his father. At that age he went to Syca-\\nmore, DeKalb Co., 111., and learned the jeweler s\\ntrade, which he followed as a vocation five years.\\nWhen armed rebellion involved the land in civil war,\\nhe returned to his native place, and enlisted in Co.\\nG, 1 1 ith N. Y. Vol. Inf,Capt. Lewis W. Husk. He\\nserved two years and ten months, and was in the en-\\ngagements at Harper s Ferry (where his regiment\\nwas captured by the rebels), Wilderness, Fairfax\\nSeminary, Cold Harbor, and many others of greater\\nor less importance. He was discharged at Philadel-\\nphia.\\nThree brothers of Mr. Wood were in the Union\\nservice. Luther Wood was wounded in the wrist\\nduring an action and sent to the hospital, where he\\ncontracted small-pox and died. Edwin L. Wood\\nwas drafted and assigned to the 76th N. Y. Vol. Inf\\nand died while in the service. William F. Wood\\nenlisted in the 9th N. Y. Heavy .Artillery, and sur-\\nvived the war.\\nSix months after Mr. Wood s return to Genoa from\\nJ|)A^^^#-\\nthe battlefield, he came to Chadotte, Eaton o.,\\nMich. Witliin a year he opened a jeweler s shop,\\nwhich he continued to manage four years. In 1870\\nhe came to Ithaca and established himself in the\\nsame line of business, and, three years later, was\\nap|)ointed Postmaster. He discharged the obliga-\\ntions of the position seven years, his wife acting as\\nassistant. In 1873, he received the appointment of\\nDeputy Sheriff under Wm. H. Pratt, which position\\nhe held four years. His appointment as Under-\\nSheriff with George L. Patch followed, and he re-\\nmained in ths office four years more. In November,\\n1880, he was elected Sheriff on the Republican\\nticket, and was placed in nomination in 1882 for the\\nsame position, but was defeated by the Fusion candi-\\ndate. In the spring of 1882, he was appointed\\nDeputy United States Marshal.\\nAmong the many clever arrests madeby Sheriff Wood\\nis that of Thayer and Lewis for passing counterfeit\\none-dollar pieces at several business places in Ithaca.\\nThe former was arrested May 12 at Ithaca while\\npassing the liogus coin. Under a severe pumping\\nby Sheriff Wood, he made a clean breast of the whole\\nbusiness, telling where he lived, who made the\\nmoney, etc. Armed witii this information. Sheriff\\nWood and Constable Pettit went to Thayer s home\\non section 3, Elba Township, disguised as timber\\nlookers. Rajjping at the door of a small hut situ-\\nated in the woods away from anybody, they were met\\nby the lady of tlie house, Mrs. Thayer. The lady\\nwas asked if Mr. Thayer was at home. After an\\nanswer in the negative, tiiey told her they heard he\\nhad some oak timber to sell, and if she had no objec-\\ntions they would look the timber over. They then\\npassed into the woods, taking the dimensions of trees\\nwith a log rule they had with them. After nearly a\\nhalf hour they heard the report of a rifle, and shortly\\nafter another, when they espied the man with the\\ngun, who moved in an opposite direction but Wood\\nand Pettit still continued their new vocation as tim-\\nber buyers, and finally succeeded in entirely gaining\\nthe man s confidence, for he came to where they\\nwhere, when he was asked, Is this Mr. Thayer?\\nNo, Mr. Thayer is away from home. At this, the\\nofficers paid no more attention to him, as he carried\\na Winchester rifle on his shoulder, but continued to\\nestimate timber, all the time carrying on conversation\\nwith him, when finally Sheriff Wood spoke of his gup,\\nwhat a splendid-looking piece it was, at the same\\nv/\\ny", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2\u00c2\u00ab K (^y ^Mm\\\\i\\nI\\n1\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ntime reaching for it. It was handed him, and after\\nviewing it he handed it back. Then Pettit did the\\nsame thing, except handing it hack; but, instead, he\\ncovered the hunter with liis own weapon, Sheriff\\nWood at the same time placing the handcuffs upon\\nhim. He begged not to be handcuffed, nor to be\\ntaken to the house. He was left in charge of Pettit\\nwhile Sheriff Wood proceeded to search the house,\\nwhere he found four sets of dies for one-dollar pieces,\\nand one set of steel dies for 25-cent pieces, brush,\\nacids, etc., while upon the person of the prisoner\\nwere found 12 bogus dollars and a burglar s key.\\nUnited States Marshal Matthews complimented Offi-\\ncers Wood and Pettit very highly upon their capture\\nof the prisoner, and said It was very seldom that\\nsuch a neat haul was made by any officials, even\\nthose highly skilled in the business.\\nSoon after coming to Ithaca, Mr. Wood bought the\\nold Postoffice building, where, Dec. i, 1882, he\\nopened the business he has since pursued. He car-\\nries a full line of staple and fancy groceries, and is\\nengaged in a successful and popular trade.\\nMr. Wood is a member of Ithaca Lodge, No. 123,\\nand Ithaca Chapter, No. 70, in the Order of Masonry\\nof the Rising Star Lodge of Odd Fellows at Ithaca\\nof Moses Wisner Post, G. A. R., and of the Union\\nPrisoners of War Association.\\nHis marriage with Mary J- Haines occurred Dec.\\n14, 1865, at Lodi, Kane Co., 111. She is a daughter\\nof James and Margaret (McKinley) Haines, and was\\nborn in Kane County, Jan. 14,1847. Mr. Haines\\nfought for the Union during the war of the rebellion.\\nHe enlisted in the 124th 111. Vol. Inf., and was in\\nmuch active service. He died at Vicksburg soon\\nafter the battle fought at that place.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wood have had four children, whose\\nrecord is as follows: Effie, born Jan. 14, 1869, in\\nCharlotte, died May 21, 1873, at Ithaca; Alfred C,\\nborn May 3, 1874; Jessie, April 8, 1881 and Cassie,\\nSept. 8, 1883. The three last were born at Ithaca.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Wood, which appears on the\\nopposite page, is that of a man whose career in life\\ntypifies the best element on which to found substan-\\ntial relations in society and the community at large.\\nHe has served his generation in all laudable capaci-\\nties and emergencies, as the details recorded in this\\nsketch manifest, and has accomplished the duties of\\nhis manhood and citizenship in a becoming and\\nworthy manner. The portrait of his estimable wife\\nis given as a suitable and worthy companion picture\\nto that of Mr. Woods.\\nv3^\\n^^-Aft\\ncr\\nSylvester B. Priehard, merchant, at Ithaca,\\nk was born Jan. 26, 1826, in Nelson, Portage\\nll^?^ Co., Ohio. He is a son of Ephraim\\nand Hannah (Seely) Priehard. The father\\nwas born Feb. 25, 1790, at Great Barrington,\\nMass., and died in Nelson, March 21, 1864.\\nThe mother was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., July\\n28, 1799, and died Aug. 18, 1866, in North Star\\nTownship, Gratiot County.\\nMr. Priehard was reared on a farm and received a\\ncommon-school education. In November, 185 1, he\\nbegan peddling for a livelihood, and continued to\\nfollow it on foot for about 18 months, when he\\nbought a horse and increased his lines of goods ac-\\ncording to his increased facilities, including groceries,\\nYankee notions, dry-goods, boots and shoes and tm-\\nware. His business prospered under his careful\\nmanagement, and at the end of si.\\\\ years he drove a\\ndouble team and carried, in addition, a line of light\\nhardware. He continued the same branch of busi-\\nness seven years longer, operating almost exclusively\\nin Oliio. In February, 1866, he came to the town-\\nship of North Star, in Gratiot County, and remained\\ntwo months with his mother, who had removed\\nthither in May of the previous year. He returned to\\nOhio, settled his business and returned to North Star\\nto remain permanently. He bought, on coming to\\nGratiot County, 80 acres of land in Newark Town-\\nship, which he afterward sold. Soon after his return,\\nAug. 4, 1866, he bought the site of his present place\\nof business of John Jeffrey, and built the store he\\nnow occupies and where he is engaged in a prosper-\\nous business. He opened his mercantile interests at\\nIthaca ten months later than Wilbur Nelson began\\noperations in the same line, and is consequently the J-^\\nsecond oldest merchant in that place. He Iniilt his\\ndwelling on St. John s Street in 1872.\\nMr. Priehard was married. May 25, 1869, in Rock\\nCreek, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, to Emily J., daughter of\\nWillian. B. and Hannah Hunt. She was born June\\n25, 1839, at Hart s Grove, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.\\nTwo children have been added to the household of\\nm^\\nm m^^^^^.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "L?^\\n.^^ii.\\n7 ^tltl ^DIl^^V\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nV\\ns\\n.483\\nMr. and Mrs. Prichard: Lee W., born March 4,\\n1870, and Blair S., born March 16, 1878. The latter\\ndied Aug. 29, i88r. He was crushed beneath a\\nfalling barrel of sand, pulling it over upon himself\\nwhile trying to climb on the top of the same.\\ni^ehemiah ]jamb, farmer, section 36, Elba\\nIs Township, is a son of Thomas B. and\\nClarinda M. (Gardner) Lamb, natives of\\nNew York. Thomas B. Lamb was a phy-\\nsician, and came to Michigan in an early day.\\nNehemiah left home to make his own way in\\nlife, at the early age of 13. He first went to Wis-\\nconsin, remaining from September, 1858, to March,\\n1859. He then lived in Illinois until May, 1861,\\nwhen he enlisted in Co. B, 12th 111. Vol. Inf., serving\\nseven months. In .September, 1862, he came to\\nHamilton Township, Gratiot County, and engaged in\\nthe practice of medicine and in farming. The 12th\\nof July, the following year, he re-enlisted in Co. D,\\n26th Midi, ol. Inf., and served the remainder of\\nthe war. His regiment was engaged in all the Ijattles\\nof the Army of the Potomac, and Mr. Lamb did his\\nfull share of the fighting. He then practiced medi-\\ncine with his father in Oakland County, and by him-\\nself in Wayne County, until 1878, when he came to\\nGratiot County and settled at his present residence.\\nHe is now principally engaged in farming, and is\\nat present building a large dwelling-house.\\nDec. 18, 1872, he was married to Caroline, daugh-\\nter of William and Mary (Odell) Rodgers, natives of\\nNew York. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and\\nthe G. A. R., and in politics is a Republican. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Lamb are active members of the Baptis*\\nChurch.\\n^-a^^MM\u00c2\u00ae-^\\noseph Greer, farmer, section 23, Newark\\nTownship, was born May 30, 1826, in Co-\\nlumliiana Co., Ohio. He is a son of Thomas\\nVV. and Catherine (Rhodes) Greer, the former\\na native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Virginia.\\nTheir family included nine children, four sons\\nand five daughters. Mr. Greer is the third son.\\nHe was engaged in farming with his father after he\\nhad passed the period of liis early boyhood, until he\\nwas 25 years old. In November, 1854, he came to\\nMichigan and bought 160 acres of wild land on the\\nsection of the township where he now resides. He\\nis a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, and in the civil\\nwar indicated his claims as a friend of his country\\nby responding to the summons of her rulers in her\\ntime of need. He enlisted in July, 1862, in the\\n26th Rcgt. Mich. Vol. Inf., and continued in the\\nservice, until Feb. 16, i S64. He lost his right arm\\nin the first battle in which he engaged, receiving the\\ninjury Nov. 23, 1863, in the fight at Mine Run, Va.,\\nand was discharged on recovery. He is in receipt\\nof a pension. He has held the various school offices\\nof his district and has been Township Treasurer\\nfour years.\\nMr. Greer was married Oct. 23, 1851, in Wyan-\\ndot Co., Ohio, to Lydia, daughter of John and Eliza\\nHawkins. The father was born in Rhode Island, the\\nmother in New York. Mrs. Greeris the only daugh-\\nter, and was born July 7, 1832, in Knox Co., Ohio.\\nOf her marriage with Mr. Greer, nine children have\\nbeen born, of wjiom one, Thomas W., is deceased.\\nHe died Jan. 7, 1876. The living are: Eliza C,\\nJames W., Maria A., Mary J,, Carrie S., Clara S.,\\nGeorge W. and Bertha E.\\n-f3\\n=i==i=.\\n4=4=e^\\nT~7\\n^IJCason Kingman, farmer, on section 20,\\n^j^ Fulton Township, is the son of Justus and\\nPatty (C hatman) Kingman, natives of Ver-\\nmont. They first settled in Madison County.\\nN. Y., and afterward removed to Tioga Co.,\\nPa., where he died, in 1830. Sjie died four\\nyears later, in Onondaga Co., N. Y.\\nTlie subject of this biography, Jason Kingman,\\nwas born in Cortland Co., N. Y., June 1 1, 1819, and\\nwas II years old when his parents removed to Penn-\\nsylvania. When he was 16 years old, having lost\\nboth his parents, he was obliged to make a start for\\nhimself, and for two years he was employed in farm-\\ning for others. He then went to sea as a common\\nsailor, and followed tiiat life until 1853, when he\\ncame to Lenawee Co., Midi. For two years he was\\nengaged in making pearlash. In 1855 he bought a\\nfarm in Lenawee Co., Mich., which he worked for a\\nshort time. Selling tliis i)lace, he piircliaseil a farm\\ni\\no,\\nt\\n9--H^.m^Mf\\nt^-\\nssg;\\nf^5((\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "T\\nmmm^T\\n2?^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(^1^\\nV\\nGRA TIO T CO UNTY.\\nxV in Fulton Co., Ohio, where he lived eight years. In\\n^K the spring of 1864 he came to Gratiot County and\\n.-\u00e2\u0096\u00a05:;, bought 80 acres of land on section 20, Fulton. He\\nV has since disix)sed of 30 acres and has 40 acres im-\\nA proved. In the summer of 1883 he built a finely-\\nplanned residence.\\nIn Adrian, Lenawee Co., Mich., in December,\\n1855, he married Miss Mary J. Cooley.who was born\\nin Orleans Co., N. Y., Jan. 13, 1834. Her parents,\\nJustus and Clarissa (Baker) Cooley, were natives of\\nthe State of New York, and came to Michigan in an\\nearly day, settling in Medina, Lenawee County,\\nwhere they yet reside.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kingman are active members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of\\nthe Masonic Order. Politically, he has always sup-\\nported the Republican party, but being very pro-\\nnounced in his temperance views, he casts all his\\ninfluence with the Prohibitionists.\\nucius J. Van Leuven, proprietor of Van\\nLeuven s Hotel and lumberman, resident\\non section 6, Seville Township, was born\\nSept. 26, 1828, in Waterioo, Albany Co., N. Y.\\nHe is a son of Nicholas and Mary P. (Dela-\\nmater) Van Leuven, both of whom were na-\\ntives of Albany Co., N. Y. The father followed the\\ncalling of a farmer, and located in Washtenaw Co.,\\nMich., where he became the proprietor of 40 acres\\nof land on which he resided about 30 years. In a\\nvery early day in the history of the county, he came\\nto Gratiot, and located on 160 acres of land in Sum-\\nner Township. The farm was entirely in a state of\\nnature and he cleared 20 acres. The mother died on\\nthe homestead in 1873; the father died Feb. 22,\\n1875, while living with his son in Seville Township.\\nMr. Van Leuven became his own master at the\\nage of 19 years, when he bought his time of his\\nfather. He became a farm laborer and worked for\\n$6 a month. He was thus occupied two years, and\\nthen was apprenticed to learn the daguerrean art, as\\nit was then styled, and he spent two years in its acqui-\\nsition but he decided not to prosecute it as a busi-\\nness, and accepted an offered situation as clerk in a\\ngrocery, where he remained a year. He returned to\\nWashtenaw County and spent two years in the pur-\\nsuit of agriculture. In the autumn of 1854 he came\\nto Gratiot County and located on section 3, Sumner\\nTownship. He pre-empted 120 acres of land, on\\nwhich he resided about three years, when he went\\nSouth and spent a year in Missouri after which he\\nreturned to Michigan and lived in Ionia County\\nnearly two years. He then came to Seville Town-\\nship, Gratiot County, and located 160 acres on sec-\\ntion 6. He bought afterwards another tract of 160\\nacres, and suljsequently 80 acres adjoining, in Mont-\\ncalm County. The addition of loo acres more in\\nGratiot County, lying adjacent to his former acreage,\\nmakes him the possessor of a magnificent farm of\\n500 acres. He has been extensively engaged in\\nfarming and lumbering ever since he came to Gratiot\\nCounty. He also owns a saw-mill. In all his busi-\\nness affairs he has managed judiciously and is now\\nthe owner of a fine estate and has valuable business\\nconnections, which render him one of the most sub-\\nstantial of the farmers of Gratiot County. Politically\\nhe is a Republican, and has served his township in\\nthe capacities of Justice of the Peace and Highway\\nCommissioner.\\nHe was married to Mary, daughter of Reuben Uela-\\nmater, and widow of Calvin Sweet. They have two\\nsons and three daughters. Their names are; War-\\nren, Elton, Laura, Ida and Myrtle.\\n.Vi**?\\ny^\\nf\\nA\\neuben Botsford, farmer, mercluint and\\nPostmaster, New Haven Center, was born\\nin Whitby Township, Ont., C anada, Jan.\\nT^\\\\ 27,1827. His parents, Geshem and Prudence\\n(Plumb) Botsford, were natives respectively\\nof New York and Canada, of New England\\nparentage. Both are deceased, Mr. B. dying while\\nsailing on Lake Ontario.\\nReuben remained at home until of age, obtaining\\na common-school education, learning the shoemaker s\\ntrade. Four years later he learned the trade of tan-\\nning. In prosecuting the latter business he injured I\\nhimself physically, so that he had to return to shoe- w\u00c2\u00ab\\nmaking. He gradually passed into the mercantile\\nbusiness, which he followed for si.\\\\ years, and then\\nreturned to shoemaking again for three years. Next\\nW)\\nhe purchased a farm of 50 acres in St. Clair Co.,", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "Ay", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "^S/^\\nt\\np\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n487\\nMich., which he improved to some extent, but spent\\nmost of the time for four years in lumbering. In\\n1870 he came to tliis county and settled on 40 acres\\nin Fulton Township, where he conducted a shoe-\\nshop in addition to his farm. He sold out in a few\\nyears and bought a quarter of section 13, New Haven\\nTownship, and several years later still, he purchased\\na quarter of section 15, same township, which is now\\nhis farm. He has since sold 80 acres to his sons,\\nand 40 acres of the remainder he has under good\\nimprovements. He was apijointed Postmaster in\\n1880, and established a general store, commencing\\nwith a small stock, which is constantly increasing\\naccording to the demands of his growing trade. In\\npolitics Mr. B. is a Republican, and as a citizen, offi-\\ncer, farmer, etc., he stands high.\\nMr. Botsford was married in Whitby Township,\\nOnt., Can., Nov. 2, 1845, to Miss Martha Lambkifis,\\na native of England, who was born Feb. 2, 1830.\\nShe is a member of the Regular Baptist Church, in\\nwhich denomination Mr. B. is a Deacon.\\n4#=isv -i-\\ncj l^fi: everett H. Town, grocer at Breckenridge,\\n4Efel^ Wheeler Township, is a son of Lorin and\\n%^T Fidelia (Barns) Town, natives of New York.\\nLorin Town was by occupation a millwright and\\nmiller. He and wife are both dead. The sub-\\nject of this sketch was born Aug. 10, 1840, in\\nMadison Co., N. Y. While still under 21, he enlist-\\ned, April 29, 1 86 1, in the 12th N. Y. Vol. Inf. He\\nwas discharged the same year. .Sept. 16, 1863, he\\nre-enlisted, serving in Co. G, i6th New York Heavy\\nArtillery. The following spring he was attached to\\nCo. A, ist N. Y. Mounted Rifles. He was also on\\ndetached service, at the headquarters of Generals\\nButler, Cary and Smith. In 1865, he returned to\\nNew York, and being prostrated with sickness, did\\nnot return to the army. In the fall of 1872 became\\nto Gratiot County, and engaged in the hoop business\\nwith Warren randall.\\nAt the age of 28, he was married to Hannah Hicks,\\ndaughter of John W. and Ann Hicks, natives of\\nMontgomery Co., N. Y. They are the parents of four\\nchildren: Judson J., Fidelia A., Burr E. and Lena\\nM. Mr. Town entered the grocery business in 1879.\\nHe now keeps a full line of general merchandise.\\nand has a thriving trade. He is a member of tiie I.\\nO. O. F. and of the K. of H. He has held the office\\nof Township Clerk for two terms. In politics he is a\\nradical member of the National Greenback element.\\nMr. Town s portrait may be found on the opposite\\npage.\\nAaaaa;\u00c2\u00a9^^\\n^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^^^nnnn^\\n^j2^\\nV^\\ni|i)A^))\u00c2\u00ab\\n:r .-.f^\\n:^D!1\\nscar Morse, farmer, section 15, Arcada\\nTownsliip, was born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio,\\n,g_^ near Cleveland, April 16, 1827; and is the\\nson of Nehemiahand Olive (Underwood) Morsei\\nnatives of Pennsylvania and New York, and of\\nNew England ancestry. They followed farm-\\ning, principally in Ohio, and died, the father in that,\\nState, in 1840, and the mother in Minnesota, in 1878.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice lived at\\nhome until two years after his father s death. Then\\nat the age of 20, he began to work as a common\\nlaborer among his neighbors, giving the pecuniary pro-\\nceeds of his toil to his widowed mother, for her sup-\\nport. In the winter of 1849, he came to Michigan,\\nand first found employment in Ionia County.\\nIn that county, Nov. 9, 1851,116 was united in mar-\\nriage to Miss Mary A., daughter of Abraham and\\nMary (Weston) Keefer, natives of Pennsylvania.\\nThey removed from that State to Ohio, where, in\\nStark County, June 30, 1830, the daughter, Mary h..,\\nwas born. She was educated in the graded schools\\nof her native county, and lived with her parents un-\\ntil her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Morse remained in Ionia County un-\\ntil February, 1855, when they came to Gratiot (boun-\\nty and located on 160 acres on section 15, Arcada\\nTownship. This was then wild land, and the coun-\\ntry, for miles around, was covered with an unbroken\\nforest. No roads were cut, and the only means of\\ntraversing the country was by following the In-\\ndian trails. Their first habitation was a small log\\nhouse, and was among the first of those pioneer cas-\\ntles built in their neighborhood. Before erecting this\\ndwelling, Mr. Morse passed his first night in the\\ntownship in the house of Homer Burns (see sketch).\\nHe attended the first town meeting of Arcada.\\nHis primitive log hut is now supplanted by a com-\\nmodious residence, and he has one of the finest barns\\nin the township. He has a large and productive\\nV\\n0\\n/p)\\ni", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "7^.\\\\imm T\\nTT\\n-i^^c^vii\\n488\\n1\\n1=3\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\norchard, and his farm, which has been improved prin-\\ncipally by his own efforts, reflects credit on his man-\\nagement. He is a truly representative citizen. He\\nand wife are pleasant neighbors, and their many\\nfriends hold them in high esteem.\\nMr. and Mrs. M. have been the parents of two\\ndaughters, both of whom are now deceased; Jennie,\\nborn Aug. 26, 1852, and died April 26, 1875; and\\nMelissa, born April 26, 1854, and died May i, 187 1.\\nIn political sentiment, Mr. Morse is a Democrat.\\n{q\\nI\\n-5-\\n^|^|i| ames B.Wheeler, farmer, Wheeler village,\\nWheeler Township, was born Aug. 6, 1829,\\nin Steuben Co., N. Y., and was the son of\\nJoseph and Sarah (Kennedy) Wheeler, natives\\nof New York and Vermont. Mr. Wheeler, Sr.,\\ndied in December, i860, and Mrs. Wheeler in\\nAugust, 1879, in Steuben Co., N. Y. James B. began\\nto work for himself at the age of 23, and was em-\\nployed on a farm in New York until April, 1861,\\nwhen he came to Gratiot County. He settled on\\nsection 28, Wheeler Township, on 320 acres, but\\nnow has 107 acres, having sold a portion. \\\\Vhen he\\nfirst came here he found an unbroken wilderness,\\nthere being no house nearer than St. Louis on the\\nwest, and seven miles to the east.\\nHe was united in marriage in 1864 to Ida L.\\nSmith, who was born in the State of New Jersey,\\nNov. 28, 1848, the second daughter of John H. and\\nJane (Castimore) Smith. The former was a native\\nof New Jersey, was by profession a millwright, and\\ndied in 1872. Mrs. Smith was also a native of New\\nJersey, and died in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler\\nhave had five children: Newell Grant, John H., Jo-\\nseph H. (died in 1865), N.attie (died in 1870) and\\nFrancis C.\\nMr. Wheeler is one of the truly representative men\\nof the county. In his own neighborhood he enjoys\\nthe respect of all who know him. He was the first\\nSupervisor of the township which bears his name,\\nand he held that office three terms. He has also\\nbeen Justice of the Peace for two terms. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order. Both he and wife\\nare active members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. Politically, he is a Prohibitionist or liberal.\\nMrs. Wheeler is an earnest temperance worker.\\nOOP\\n000\\nf\\ndram Haring, farn.er, section 31, North\\nTi Shade Township, was born Jan. 7, 1844, in\\n^|k Summit Co., Ohio, and is a son of Charles and\\nHannah (Wiltroudt) Haring, natives of Lancas-\\nter Co., Pa., both of whom died in 1861, the\\nformer April 4 and the latter May 5. Mr.\\nHaring, the subject of this notice, was reared on a\\nfarm and educated at the public school. At the age\\nof 19 he began teaching school as a winter vocation.\\nWiien 26 years of age he married Susan Foltz, a\\ndaughter of Jacob and Catherine (Peck) Foltz, na-\\ntives also of Lancaster Co., Pa. Mrs. Haring was\\nborn Dec. 4, 1843, in the same county, and her par-\\nents emigrated to Summit Co., Ohio, in 1857. Mr.\\nand Mrs. H. have five children, viz.; Elton E., Jennie\\nL., Parcy E., Mary E., Ophir L.\\nIn 1870 Mr. Haring came to Michigan, settling in\\nBloomer Township, Montcalm County; in 1875 he\\nmoved to the town of Lebanon, Clinton County, and\\na year later to his present locality, upon a tract of\\n80 acres of land. He has since been also engaged\\nin the lumber business to some extent. At present,\\nin company with M. L. Peck, of Hubbardston, he is\\nbuying logs for Hays Packard, of Muir.\\nMr. Haring is independent in politics. He has\\nheld the office of Town Clerk two terms, being\\nelected in 1S80 and 1882; is Vice-President of the\\nCentral Fair Association of Hubbardston, and has\\nbeen officially connected witli tiial body for ten\\nyears. He and his wife are members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nt saac Jason, farmer, section 28, New Haven\\nE Township, is a son of George and Jane\\n(White) Jason, natives of New York and of\\nEnglish descent, who moved first to Ohio and\\ntiien to this State. His father, a farmer, is still\\nliving, in Montcalm Co., Mi( li., in which county\\nhis mother died, in May, 1876.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Ionia Co.,\\nMich., Nov. 2, 1839. He lived with his parents\\nuntil ten years of age. in his native county, then for\\na time in Medina Co., Ohio; and then eight years\\nwith his grandparents, in Harrisville Township, samel\\nA\\n^Dn A^9 ^^^f^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "ii\\nI\\nr^^ 6vc^nti^.(iiif\\nj^(^\\n1\\n1=3\\n(i)\\n(Si\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n491\\ncounty, attending the common school during the\\nwinter seasons. After residing again in Ionia County\\nawhile, and in Montcalm County, a portion of the\\ntime being mail-carrier from Greenville to Ithaca, he\\ncame to this county. While engaged as above he\\npurchased 80 acres of land, where he now resides.\\nDec. 31, 1865, in this township, he married Miss\\nCharity, daughter of Moses and Miranda (Wheelock)\\nWhite. (See sicetch of the latter.) Mrs. J. was born\\nin Aurehus Township, Ingham Co., Mich., in Septem-\\nber, 1846. When five years old she was brought by\\nher parents changing residence, into Clinton Co.,\\nMich., and three years later to this county, where she\\nlived with her parents until marriage. Bv her energy\\nand native tact she obtained a good education and\\nfor several years followed the profession of teaching.\\nMr. Jason has brought into cultivation the whole\\nof his original purchase, and he now has also control\\nof his father-in-law s homestead. He is an excellent\\nfarmer. He has also held the office of Constable, is\\na staunch Republican, and is a member of the\\nI. O. O. F., Lodge No. 262, at Carson City. Mr.\\nand Mrs. J- are members of the Regular Baptist\\nChurch. Their living children are Elmer E., born\\nJan. 22, 1867; and Jessie B., Sept. 18, 1868, and\\nthey have had one child, Myrtie, now deceased, who\\nwas born Dec. 20, 1872.\\n^ohn E. Densmore, farmer, section 2, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of Rufus and Louisa\\n(Stebbins) Densmore, natives of Massa-\\nchusetts. They settled first in Ionia Co., Mich.,\\nand there the mother died. The father after-\\nward removed to Clinton County, where he died,\\nin Essex Township, in September, 1847. John E.\\nwas born in Ionia Co., Mich., March 28, 1837, and\\nwas only eight years old when the family removed to\\nClinton County. He received some schooling, but, i\\nhis parents dying when he was very young, his oppor-\\ntunities were very limited. From the age of 11, he\\nwas thrown almost entirely on his own resources for\\nmaking a livelihood but energy and perseverance\\nbrought their due reward.\\nIn May, 1858, he came to Gratiot County and\\nbought 80 acres of partially improved land on sec-\\ntion 2, Fulton Township, where he now resides. He\\nhas erected suitable buildings, and has 65 acres well\\ncultiv.-ited. Jan. 1, 1858, in Greenbush, Clinton\\nCounty, he married Miss Lucinda M., daughter of l^^^--\\nJohn and Mary Ann (Watson), Manchester, natives\\nof New York. Mr. M. came to Clinton County in 1^\\n1844, his wife having died in New York State. Mrs.\\nDensmore was born in New York, in Stafford, Gene-\\nsee County, June 18, 1838. Mr.andMrs. Densmore\\nhave had nine children, eight of whom survive Ada\\nM., Charies R., Lewis C, Elfie I., Delia F., Mary\\nE., Henry J. and Helen A. (twins) and Jennie L.\\nLewis C. died Se|)t. 3, 1865. Mr. Densmore has\\nheld the various school offices of his district, and in\\npolitics is a firm and uncompromising Republican.\\nJan. 19, 1S64, he enlisted in a company of sharp-\\nshooters attached to the 27th Mich. Vol. Inf and\\nserved 17 months. He fought in the Wilderness, at\\nSpottsylvania and Cold Harbor. In the last named\\nengagement, June 3, 1864, he was wounded in the\\nleft foot by a minie ball, which kept him off duty for\\nsix months, and he was even then not fit for active\\nservice. He was accordingly detailed for hospital\\nservice. He was honorably discharged at Detroit,\\nMich., in May, 1865. Portrait on opposite page.\\nA\\nva:\\n^\u00c2\u00ab-^H*^\\n^(^f\\n^iia^\\nrederick H. Hamlin, senior member of\\nmC the firm of F, H. Hamlin Co., resident\\n1 at Alma, was born in Oneida County, N.\\nY., July 16, 1850. He is the fourth son and\\n^fvj^ si.\\\\th child of Joseph and Adelia (Willard)\\nHamlin, both of whom were natives of State\\nof New York and born respectively in Oneida and\\nHerkimer Counties. They are residents of the form-\\ner and are engaged in agriculture. They have had\\neight sons and three daughters.\\nMr. Hamlin obtained his education at theconnnon\\nschools and at Whitestown Seminary, Oneida Coun-\\nty, residing at home until he was 20 years of age.\\nIn 1870 he went to Utica, N. Y., and procured a sit-\\nuation as clerk in a dry-goods store, where he remain-\\ned two years. In 1872 he went to Iro(piois Co., 111.,\\nand engaged in stock business, in which he was occu-\\npied three years. His ne.\\\\t remove was to Cedar ^j\\nLake, Montcalm Co., Mich., where he had the sole\\nmanagement of the mercantile business of William\\nS. Nelson, for nearly seven years. In January, 1883,", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "s\\nm^\\nT\\n^tlll^llll^ r\\n4?t^^((sV^\\n492\\ni^\\nV\\nV\\no\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nhe came to Gratiot County, entered into an associa-\\ntion with James T. Hall, of Alma, and they estab-\\nlished the business in which they are at present\\nengaged, the manufacture of hoops. With the aid\\nof a working force of 20 men they make 25,000 to\\n30,000 hoops daily. Dec. i, 1883, they admitted E.\\nB. Green to an interest in the concern. In his busi-\\nness connections, Mr. Hamlin enjoys a high degree\\nof confidence. In political relations he is a Repub-\\nlican.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0He was married in 1876, at Cedar Lake, to Anna\\nE. Cavis. Mrs. Hamlin was born in Pennsylvania,\\nof which State her parents were also natives. To\\nher and her husband, one child, Walter J., was born,\\nFeb. 22, 1878.\\n5-K-^W^f3^^\\n[pffenry Kelso, hardware merchant at Alma, was\\nborn in Richland Co., Ohio, Sept. 14, 1849.\\nHis parents, Samuel and Ann (Miller) Kelso,\\nwere born resiiectivcly in Pennsylvania and\\nOhio. They settled after marriage in the latter\\nState, where they lived about 27 years. In the\\nfall of 1875 they came to Michigan and settled at\\nBerrien Springs. After a residence there of three\\nyears they went to Indiana. In the autumn of 1S83,\\nthe father was ordained a minister, and went to Illi-\\nnois, where he was settled in charge of the Lutheran\\nsociety at Mier, Wabash County. The family in-\\ncluded 12 children.\\nMr. Kelso is the eldest son, and at ten years of\\nage went to live with his grand-parents in Richland\\nCo., Ohio, and remained with them six years, attend-\\ning school and assisting on the farm during the sum-\\nmer months. He went to Wood County, where he\\nwas engaged for some time by the month as a farm\\nlaborer. He passed three years in this manner, and\\nin 1867 entered upon an apprenticeship at Fostoria,\\nOhio, to learn the business of tinsmith, and served\\nhis full indentures of three years. He came to Mich-\\nigan in the autumn of 1870, and followed his trade\\nsome months at Battle Creek. He next went to Lan-\\nsing, where he spent a winter, going thence to Sagi-\\nnaw, and worked at his occupation in both places,\\nremaining in the latter about two years. An attack\\nof illness compelled him to go to his father s in In-\\ndiana, and after recovery he went to Ohio and remain-\\ned there one summer, after which he came again to\\nLansing. Soon after he went to Livingston County,\\nwhere he was engaged a short time as a tinsmith, in\\nthe employ of a house in Fowlerville, and in a short\\ntime opened a shop on his own behalf, where he\\noperated four years. On selling out, he moved to Web-\\nberville, Ingham County, where he formed a part-\\nnership with George L. Adams, under the style of\\nKelso Adams. At the end of nine months, Mr.\\nKelso bought his associate s interest, and conducted\\nthe business singly about one year, when he sold out\\nand moved to MaKjuib County. There he bought\\nout a stock of goods and carried on the concern about\\nten months. He came to Gratiot County in the fall\\nof 1881, and spent a winter at Ithaca, working at his\\ntrade. The following spring he came to Alma, and\\nembarked in business with H. C. Staftbrd. Ten\\nmonths later, the latter sold his interest to Mr. Kelso,\\nwho managed the business alone until the spring of\\n1883, when he formed a business association with J.\\nD. Mandeville. This partnership continued but a\\nvery short time, and was terminated by Mr. Kelso,\\nwho sold his interest to his partner. He engaged in\\nbusiness shortly after with his brother, diaries G.\\nKelso, under the firm name of Kelso Bros., and they\\nare now managing a successful and growing business.\\nMr. Kelso was married in Livingston County, May\\n6, 1876, to Marietta K., daughter of David Johnson.\\nTwo children Albert R. and Remain, have been\\nadded to the household. Mr. Kelso is a member of\\nthe Republican party and huuself and wife belong to\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church.\\njlexander M. Wiley, farmer, on section 5,\\nArcada Township, was born in Pittsburg,\\n~3^^^\\n-Dfl\\nPa., April 28, 1832 and is the son of Isaac\\nand Mary (Wood) Wiley, natives of New York\\nState. Isaac Wiley followed the alling of\\nshoemaker, and died in Philadelphia about 40\\nyears ago. His wife died in Gratiot County, Feb. 2,\\n1863. Alexander M. was taken to New York State\\nwhen two years old, by his parents, where they lived ten\\nmiles south of the city of Rochester. Some ten years\\nlater, they removed to Otisco Township, Ionia County,\\nthis State, where they lived six years, farming and\\nworking a saw-mill. He then went to Portage City,\\nV\\nr\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "-ij^w-. i.\\nC-t^t-ty^\\n^^Ji. M.^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "m\\nD)\u00c2\u00ab^fF-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\n-es\u00c2\u00ae\\n^^^U\\ns/\\n497\\nColumbia Co., Wis., where he worked at lumbering for\\nthree years. Then he came to Greenville, Montcalm\\nCo., Mich., and thence to Jackson, this State.\\nMarch 20, 1853, 10 miles south of Jackson, he\\nmarried Cynthia C, daughter of Emery and Maria\\n(Lewis) Adams (see sketch). She was born in Niag-\\nara Co., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1834, and when two years\\nold came with her parents to Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nwhere she was educated and lived until her marriage.\\nAfter that event, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley removed to\\nRushford, Winnebago Co., Wis. In the spring of\\n1855, they came to this county, and located on 50\\nacres on section 5, Arcada Township.\\nOct. 7, 1863, he enlisted in Co. C, 8th Mich. Vol.\\nInf under Capt. Hovey, and was assigned to the\\nArmy of the Potomac. He fought atFortSteadman,\\nMarch 25, 1864, and Petersburg, April 2, 1864, as\\nwell as in other engagements. Returning home, he\\nlocated on 83 acres on the east half of the northwest\\n(piarter of section 5, Arcada, and devoted himself to\\nthe imiirovement of the same. He has now 73 acres\\nunder cultivation. He and wife are well read, intel-\\nligent and kind-hearted people. They have had six\\nchildren, named as follows: Fernando M., Fran-\\ncis E., Alton G., Mattie M., Edwin J. and Millie.\\nIn political sentiment, he is a staunch Greenbacker.\\narmer R. Phillips, retired farmer, resident\\nat Ithaca, was born Nov. 17, 1822, at Pleas-\\nJJila ant Valley, near Titusville, N. J. His fath-\\njK er, Joseph M. Phillips, was born May i, 1786,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^t^ in the same place, and came of a direct line of\\nScotch ancestry. In 1823 he removed his family to\\nOvid, Seneca Co., N. Y., and in June, 1832, he made\\nanother remove and settled on section r, Salem Town-\\nship, Washtenaw Co., Mich. He bought 80 acres of\\nunimproved land, which his son Parmer was inter-\\nested in clearing and improving. He was married\\nthe second time, to Charity Hice, a native of New Jer-\\nsey, who became the mother of two daughters and\\none son. The issue of his first marriage included five\\nsons and two daughters. The names of tlie ten chil-\\ndren are Stephen, Phebe, Theodore, Ephraim, Pe-\\nter, Aaron and Mary (twins), by the first marriage\\n-Il!l\\nand Parmer R., Frances and Charity by the second\\nmarriage. He made a permanent settlement with his\\nfamily in Fulton Township, Gratiot Co., Mich., in\\n1859, locating on section 36, where he died in Sep-\\ntember, 1872. The mother also died on the home-\\nstead in Fulton Township. Peter Phillips, the grand-\\nfather of Mr. Phillips of this sketch, was born July r,\\n1742; was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and\\ndied in Seneca Co., N. Y., at the age of 84 years.\\nHis wife s maiden name was Mary Morehead. They\\nwere the parents of three sons and two daughters\\nTitus, Peter, Joseph M., Betsey and Rebecca.\\nMr. Phillips, youngest son of the family, was 19 years\\nof age when he went to Northville, Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nto learn the trade of shoemaker with his brother Peter,\\nand made that his business nine years. During that\\ntime his marriage with Louisa M. Bryant occurred, at\\nLivonia, Wayne County. The event was solemnized\\nDec. 15, 1847. Mrs. Phillips was born June 7, 1830,\\nin Weedsport, N. Y., and is a daughter of John\\nand Annie (Hodge) Bryant. Ten children have been\\nborn to Mt. and Mrs. Phillips, six of whom are now\\nliving. They were born in the following order Julia,\\ndeceased; Joseph, residing at Ithaca;; James H.,\\nmanager of his father s farm in Fulton Township\\nMary H., wife of Stephen Barrett, resident on the fam-\\nily homestead Annie, Frank, Jennie and Freddie\\nFannie and Robert are deceased. Annie is teaching\\nin a graded school at Alma, Frank is agent\\nand operator at Cedar Lake, Jennie is a teacher and\\nhas been for several years Principal of the public\\nschools in Estella. Joseph Phillips is believed to be\\nthe oldest white child born in Gratiot County. He\\nwas born April 30, 1852.\\nIn 1 85 I, Mr. Phillips came to Fulton Township\\nand located 160 acres of Government land on sec-\\ntion 35, to which he added 160 acres by later pur-\\nchase, and owns the south half of the section. He\\nhas placed 180 acres in first-class condition, with\\nsuitable farm house and other buildings, and with 12\\nacres of unusually valuable orchard. He has en-\\ngaged somewhat in lumbering. In 1864, in com-\\npany with Solomon Wyman and Capt. Roswell Danly,\\nhe bought a steam saw-mill in Bridgeville, which\\nthey reconstructed and operated seven years later on;\\nassociated with John Bryant, he contracted with the\\nState for the construction of 1 1 \\\\n miles of the State\\nroad from Leland to Northport. The work con-\\ni\\ny\\nV", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "-y^^^ 6^\\n]y\\ni\u00c2\u00bb.-.? v^o\\n:25^^^^ sr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nJ\\nA\\nV\\nV\\nsumed between two and three years and cost $8,000.\\nBefore it was completed, Mr. Phillips removed to\\nEssex, Iowa, on account of the ill-health of the mem-\\nbers of his family. They remained in the Hawkeye\\nState about two and a half years. On his return to\\nFulton he bought a stage route from St. John s, Clin-\\nton County, to St. Louis, which he managed between\\ntwo and three years, in company with Solomon Wy-\\nman. At the end of the period named he sold his\\nclaim to his associate, and bought 35 acres in the vil-\\nlage of Ithaca, which he platted, and has since sold,\\nwith the exception of four acres to which he has\\nretired. During his connection with the stage busi-\\nness he removed to St. Louis, and while the family\\nresided there the youngest son died, of fever. Incon-\\nsequence of this loss, he disposed of his interest to\\nMr. Wyman, as stated.\\nIn political principles, Mr. Phillips is a Democrat.\\nIn 1879 he was elected to the office of Superintend-\\nent of the Poor, and in 1882 was elected again to the\\nsame position. He became a memberof the Masonic\\nOrder in i860.\\nAs one of the pioneers and prominent representa-\\ntive men of Gratiot County we take pleasure in pre-\\nsenting the portrait of Mr. Phillips, in connection with\\nthat of his estimable wife.\\n1.. A\\nr~r\\nT-^^\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acS-\\n.ames K. Jenne, farmer, section 11, Fulton\\n1^ Township, is a son of Ansel S. and Nar-\\n*cissa (Merrill) Jenne, natives of New York\\nState. In an early day, about one year after\\nmarriage, they came to Ohio and settled in Me-\\ndina County, where he died, Aug. 20, 1882.\\nHis wife survives, in Medina County. Their family\\ncomprised four sons and four daughters, of whom\\nJames K. was the second son.\\nHe was born in Medina Co., Ohio, Oct. 24, 1844,\\n(c)\\\\ and remained with his father, attending school and\\nworking on the farm, until 22 years of age. In the\\nspring of 1865, he came to Gratiot County and\\nbought 120 acres of wild land on section 11, Fulton\\nTownship. He at once built a house and began to im-\\nv prove his farm, and to realize how well he has\\nsucceeded one should visit his place. He owns 180\\nr^^ acres, 140 of which are cleared and cultivated. In\\nthe summer of 1882 he built the fine residence which\\nhe now occupies.\\nDec. 16, 1866, in Fulton Township, he married\\nMiss Miranda S., daughter of Albert and Miranda S.\\n(Beach) Wheeler, natives of Connecticut, where Mrs.\\nWheeler died about 40 years ago. Mr. Wheeler after-\\nwards came to Gratiot County and was one of the\\nfirst settlers of Fulton Township, where he died in\\nNovember, 1880. Mrs. Jenne was born in Litchfield\\nCo., Conn. She and her husband are the parents of\\ntwo sons Burton S. and Herbert A. Mrs. J. is a\\nmember of the Congregational Church, and Mr. J.\\nof the Methodist Episcopal. Politically he votes\\nthe Democratic ticket.\\nIJ Ivedo S. Barber, of the firm of Nelson\\nVS\\nH\\nborn July 21, 1846, in Pprishville, St. Lawrence\\nCo N. Y. His father, Cyrus R. Barber, is a\\nA\\n\\\\y\\n^-d^\\nllfrt^ftl Barber, general merchants at Ithaca, was\\nJ native of Vermont and a farmer by occupa-\\ntion. The mother, whose maiden name was Eliza-\\nbeth Parker, was also born in the Green Mountain\\nState, of English ancestors. The parents still reside\\nin Parishville, N. Y.\\nMr. Barber obtained his early education in the\\ncommon schools until he was 17 years old, when he\\nentered the academy at Potsdam and spent four\\nterms at that institution. He next engaged as a\\nclerk in Potsdam with Watkins, Leete Co., general\\nmerchants, with whom he stayed five yers. In 1872\\nhe went to Kansas, and engaged in teaching school\\nnear Garnett until the fall of r873, when he came to\\nIthaca and entered the store of Nelson Smith as\\nsalesman. He remained in their employ until\\nAugust, 1875, when he succeeded to a proprietary\\ninterest in the business by purchase, the firm style\\nbecoming Nelson Barber. Their stock is valued at\\n$25,000, and their annual transactions in their various\\navenues of trade aggregate about $200,000, covering\\noperations in grain, lumber, wool and merchandise.\\nThey own a fine elevator 32x61 feet, with a wing ,1\\n28x28 feet in dimensions and one and a half stories\\nin height. They have a retail lumber-yard in the j/\\nrear of this structure, and handle lumber, lath,\\nshingles, etc., in which they are doing a successful ^J\\nbusiness. Mr. Barber owns a fine dwelling and_ _\\n^yT^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "V\\nr\\nrt^\\nsv\u00c2\u00ab:\\n-DD :tlDs\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\njf^\\\\\\n499\\nr\\nviy\\ngrounds and several building lots in the town in com-\\npany with Mr. Nelson. They are also the owners of\\na farm of 80 acres in the township of North Star.\\nMr. Barber was married July 19, 1875, at Pots-\\ndam, to Francene Swift. She was born in that place\\nApril 19, 1852, and is the daughter of Hiram and\\nAurilla Swift. Roscoe S., born May 15, 1878, and\\nAnna, born March 19, 1880, are the children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Barber.\\ni^harles E. Webster, farmer, on section 1 1\\n^jWfs^ Fulton Township, is a son of Lyman and\\ntg^ Dimmis (Stebbins) Webster, natives of Massa-\\n*j|? chusetts, where they first settled and lived\\nI about 12 years. They then came to Kent\\nCounty, this State, where they were among the first\\nsettlers of the city of Grand Rapids. He built the\\nfirst saw-mill in that city. The family afterwards re-\\n/N^ moved to Ionia County, and then to Clinton County,\\nn In 1850 the father went to California, and two years\\nlater to Australia. He was last heard from in 1856,\\nin which year it is supposed that he died. The\\nmother died Nov. 28, 1875. Their family comprised\\nfour sons and six daughters, of whom Charles E.\\nwas the third son.\\nHe was born in Clinton Co., Mich., April 2, 1839,\\nand educated in the common schools of that county.\\nHe remained at home until 22 years old, taking care\\nof his father s farm and being largely instrumental\\nin the support of the family. In 1S61 he built a\\nhouse on 40 acres of land, which had been set apart\\nfor him from his father s estate. After one year he\\ncame to Gratiot County (February, 1862) and for one\\nyear worked a farm on shares in Fulton Township.\\nHe then purchased 80 acres of partly improved land\\nknown as the Benson farm, on section 12, same town-\\nship. There he lived until December, 1874, and\\nthen moved into the fine residence he now occupies\\non section 1 1, where he had previously bought 40\\nacres. He now owns 300 acres on sections 11, 12\\nand 13, 230 acres being well improved.\\nJan. I, 1861, at Maple Rapids, Clinton County, he\\nformed a life partnershij) with Josephine E., daughter\\nof Cornelius and Parmelia (Amidon) Campbell, na-\\ntives of New York State. Mrs. W. was born in St.\\nLawrence County, that State, June 7, 1840. Mr.\\nV\\n4\\n^i-\\nand Mrs. Webster have been the parents of three\\nchildren Carrie E., liirdella I. and Cornelius S. (died\\nOct. IS, 1866).\\nMr. Webster has been and still is an active and\\nprominent man. He has been for 17 years Super-\\nvisor of Fulton Township, which is a longer service\\nthan any other man in Gratiot County can show.\\nHe was elected Justice of the Peace in April, 1 863,\\nand served till July 4, 1882, over 19 years. In 1875\\nhe was appointed Notary Public, by Gov. Bagley,\\nand held the commission four years. In 1883 he\\nwas re-appointed. He has been the Democratic\\nnominee for Sheriff four times, but, though he ran\\nahead of his ticket each year, he has failed to receive\\na majority. He met the same fate twice when he\\nran on the Democratic ticket for County Treasurer.\\nHis Democracy is Simon-pure, and he is one of the\\nmost influential members of that party in the county.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic Order.\\n[7|i\u00c2\u00ab.ohn D. Mandeville, hardware iiierchant at\\n;aiVi y\\\\inia, was born in Allegany Co., N. Y.,\\nMarch 29, 1858, and is the son of John D.\\nand Susan (Pomeroy) Mandeville. The par-\\nents were of French and German descent, and\\nwere natives of the State of New York. They\\nmarried and settled in thelEmpire State, where the\\nfather died Nov. 29, 1867. The mother still resides\\nthere. Their family included seven children, five ot\\nwhom grew to maturity.\\nMr. Mandeville was the youngest son, and remain-\\ned at home until he was 17 years old, and obtained\\nhis education in the common schools. He began\\nlife as a cleik at Elmira, N. Y., but acted in that\\ncapacity only six months, and resigned the position\\nto engage with his brother in the insurance business\\nat Olean, N. Y., where he continued to operate eight\\nyears. In April, 1883, he came to Alma and pur-\\nchased an interest in the hardware store of H. Kelso.\\nHe afterward became sole proprietor, and has since\\nconducted the business, which has been increasing in\\nextent and profit, singly. In political views, Mr.\\nMandeville is a liberal Republican.\\nHe was married at Kendall Creek, McLean Co.,\\nt\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2v.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Jf^^s\\nri^V^\\n-^C^ D 11 Dr ^e^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "m-/\\nm\\nr\\n500-\\n1\\n/7S\\ns\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4^^\\nPa., May 24, 1832, to Nellie, daughter of the Hon.\\nA. A. Craig. Judge Craig was formerly a Paymaster\\nin the United States Army, and now resides at Corry,\\nPa. Mrs. Mandeville was born Oct. 25, 1864, at\\nErie, Pa.\\nIp-teward Harrison, farmer, section 10, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born in Ontario, Can-\\nada, Dec. 25, 1835, and is the son of\\nThomas and Elizabeth (Hunter) Harrison.\\nHis father was born in Ireland and his mother\\nin Scotland.\\nMr. Harrison resided in Canada until 1861, when\\nhe went to Cleveland, Ohio, and there followed the\\nvocation of a saddler about six years, having learned\\nthe trade in Canada. In the fall of 1867 he came to\\nSt. Louis, Gratiot County, and established his busi-\\nness there, working at his trade until the spring of\\n1876, when he sold out and bought 80 acres of land,\\nto which he has since devoted his time and energies.\\nHe has placed 40 acres under cultivation, and built a\\ncomfortable and creditable house. Mr. Harrison\\nbelongs to the Order of Masonry, and is independent\\nin political belief.\\nHe was married Oct. 14, 1869, at Ithaca, to Mary,\\ndaughter of George and Nancy (Lackey) Woolley.\\nParents and daughter are natives of Canada, where\\nthe latter was born March 19, 1854. Two of three\\nchildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are living\\nThomas H. and Nettie M. John died in infancy.\\nThe parents belong to the Presbyterian Church.\\n.-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 .^A/\\\\/\\\\,\u00c2\u00a3\\nr. John H. DeMay, physician, at Ithaca,\\nwas born Aug. 22, 185 i, in Fairport, Mon-\\nroe Co., N. Y., and is a son of Abraham\\nand Nancy (Davitt) DeMay. His father was\\nborn Aug. 18, 1814, in Amsterdam, Holland,\\nwhere he was a musician. In 1856 he came to\\nShiawassee Co., Mich., and adopted the occupation\\nof a farmer. He bought two farms in Conway\\nTownship, one containing 65 acres, the other includ-\\ning 80 acres. He sold his property three years later\\nand went to Livingston County, where he bought 120\\n-^tltl\\nacres of land in the township of Deerfield, and was\\nthere resident seven years, going thence to Wright\\nTownship, Hillsdale County, where the family still\\nreside.\\nDuring the early manhood of Dr. DeMay he fin-\\nished his elementary education attending school win-\\nters, and passing the summer seasons as a clerk. He\\nattended the High School at Hudson, after which he\\npassed five years as salesman in hardware stores at\\nJackson, Mich., and St. John s. He began to pre-\\npare for his profession at the latter place, and read\\nmedicine under the direction of Dr. A. J. Wiggins.\\nHe afterward entered the Medical Department of\\nthe University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he\\nremained three years, and was graduated with the\\nthe class of 1879. He at once opened an office at\\nIthaca, where he has since continued the practice of\\nhis profession and has established a large and grow-\\ning business. He is now Medical Examiner for the\\nKnights of Honor and the Knights of the Maccabees.\\nDr. DeMay was married Sept. 6, 1876, to Ella,\\ndaughter of Henry and Zilpah W. (Allen) Wal-\\nbridge. She was born at St. John s, Oct. 31, 1856.\\nOf this marriage there is one child, Gracie, born Jan.\\n2, 1879. The Doctor is a member of the State\\nMedical Society of Michigan, and belongs to the\\nfraternity of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the\\nVillage Council of Ithaca.\\nt\\nMay\\nK^\\nc\\nX\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A\\nf\\nmr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fconrad Westenhaver, farmer on section\\n!2, Fulton Township, is a son of George\\nand Sarah (Brown) Westenhaver, natives of\\nOhio, where the mother died. The father\\ndied in the State of Wisconsin. The subject\\nof this biography was born in Stark Co., Ohio,\\n16, 1822.\\nLosing his mother when he was only seven years\\nold, he was bound out on a farm until he should\\nbe rS years of age. He was consequently deprived\\nof the usual privileges of home, and his education\\nwas very limited. When he was 13 years old, his\\nmaster lost his wife, and he was left to shift for him-\\nself. He followed farming for some time, and then\\ncame to Michigan. In June, 1854, he came to Gra-\\ntiot County, and entered 160 acres of wild land on\\nsection 36, Newark Township. This land he soon\\nJ,\\n^tlll", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "l.^\\n(p^l^CxyVX\\n(yv^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "i\\nf\\n^r\u00c2\u00ae\\nerv ^itlti:-^.llDf v^\\niSC^\\n-#^\u00c2\u00a7^f\u00c2\u00aeV(||\\nGRA TIO T CO UNTY.\\n503 S\\nafter traded for 80 acres on section 22, Fulton Town-\\nship, where he has since resided. He has 70 acres\\nunder good cultivation.\\nAug. 31, 1843, in Seneca Co., Ohio, he married\\nMiss Rebecca Clark, daughter of Matthias and Maria\\n(Copeland) Clark, natives of Pennsylvania. She was\\nborn in Huntington Co., Pa., Jan. 5, 1827. Mr. and\\nMrs. W. have had ten children Maria E., Sarah\\nR., Ananias, Sylvia E., Hettie, Minerva, Matthias,\\nEffie and Nancy. All these grew to be adults. An-\\n.anias died Aug. 28, 18S1, aged 32 years, seven\\nmonths. Sarah R. died April 21, 1879, aged 32\\nyears, five months. Mr. and Mrs. W. are active and\\nconsistent members of the Christian Church. Polit-\\nically he has always been identified with the Demo-\\ncratic party.\\n^^Sf-i^S-i\\nA\\nI\\ni\\nOman Fyler, farmer, section 24, North Shade\\nTownship, is the son of Shaler and Mary\\n(Hulbert) Fyler, of Puritan descent, the\\nformer a native of Connecticut, and the latter\\nof New York. Mr. F. was a farmer, and still\\nlives in New York State. He was married in\\n1819, in that State his wife, the second child\\nof a family of eight, died in September, 1824, in the\\nsame State. He came to Michigan in an early day\\nand located land, but returned to New York, where\\nhe died, Oct. 12, 1850.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Aug. 28, 1822,\\nin Madison Co., N. Y. After his mother s death he\\nlived at various places until 1843, when he settled in\\nJackson Co Mich. In about ten years he came to\\nthis county and located on section 24, where he still\\nresides. He took possession of 160 acres of wild\\nland, 60 acres of which he has reclaimed from the\\nforest and put into a fine tillable condition.\\nPoli .ically, Mr. F. is a staunch Republican. He\\nhas been Justice of the Peace so.ne four or five\\nterms, Highway Commissioner, School Inspector, etc.\\nindeed, he has held office almost continuously during\\nhis residence in this township. He has been Dele-\\ngate to the County Convention a number of times\\nwas one of the first jurors of the county, while it\\nwas attached to Clinton County; had to go to DeWitt\\nto serve on the jury and was also a member of the\\nonly grand jury ever subpoenaed in the county.\\nr\\nIn 1852, Mr. Fyler was married to Miss Elizabeth\\nM., daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Kinney) Brink,\\nthe former a native of New Jersey. They were the\\nparents of five sons and five daughters. Mr. and\\nMrs. F. have no family of their own.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Fyler, on the opposite page, is a\\nvaluable addition to this Album.\\n[pddis C. Gillett, fanner on section 15, Ful-\\nfd^P on Township, is a son of Jason and Emma\\nI\u00c2\u00ae (Fellows) Gillett, natives of Onondaga Co., N.\\nY. They came to Washtenaw County, this\\nState, and resided there, on a farm, over 30\\nyears. Then selling out, he bought a farm in Law-\\nrence Co., Mo., where they lived a year and a half.\\nHe died there in 1861. His wife returned to Wash-\\ntenaw County, where she died, Nov. 16, 1867.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Wash-\\ntenaw Co., Mich., March 4, 1842, and was educated\\nin the common schools. Feb. 16, 1862, at the age of\\n20, he enlisted in the 14th Mich. Vol. Inf and served\\nthree years and four months. He participated in\\nSherman s famous march to the sea, and on this\\nmarch, while out with eight others foraging, he was\\ntaken prisoner. After four weeks of confinement, he\\nwas paroled, and set at liberty. At the expiration of\\nhis term of service, he returned to Washtenaw Coun-\\nty, and for a year worked by the month on a farm.\\nIn February, 1868, he came to this county and pur-\\nchased 40 acres of partly improved land on section\\n15, Fulton Township, where he now resides. He has\\nsince added 80 acres by purchase, and of liis whole\\nfarm, about 70 acres are cultivated. The house which\\nhe built soon after coming to Gratiot County was de-\\nstroyed by fire, Feb. 19, 1881 and the following\\nspring he built the fine residence which he now occu-\\npies.\\nAug. 29, 1867, in Sharon, Washtenaw Co., Mich.,\\nhe married Miss Mary T., daughter of Moses T. and\\nHarriet L. (Brown) Graham, natives of New York,\\nwhere they were both veteran school-teachers. Mr.\\nGraham died in March, 185 i. Mrs. Graham after-\\nward came to this State, and now resides in Washte-\\nnaw County. Mrs. Gillett was born in Cayuga Co.,\\nN. Y., Aug. 29, 1850. She and her husband are the\\niiarents of two daushiers Winnie I. and EmmaH.\\nW\\ny^\\nA\\nsw\\n-t\\nr^\\nH iJrl.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^[1!1 :D!1^\\nJ^.^.\\n-*^t?^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "A 504\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a045rV ^DD ^IJ[|y^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nf\\nf\\nV\\nMr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Churcli. Politically, he is a Republican and a\\nfirm Prohibitionist. He is an active worker in all\\ntemperance movements.\\nAlexander C. Henry, farmer, section 11,\\nJ^ Pine River Township, is the son of John\\nand Elizabeth Henry, and was born April 7,\\n1857, in Washington Co., Pa. His parents\\nwere also natives of the Keystone State, and\\nin 1866 they came to Michigan and settled in\\nPine River Township, where the father died Oct. 9,\\n1869, and the mother followed him to the land of\\neternal rest and peace July 24, 1877.\\nMr. Henry came to Michigan with his parents,\\nand has followed farming most of his active life. In\\n1878 he bought 80 acres of land, part of which was\\nunder some degree of improvement, and he has in-\\ncreased its value and appearance by his judicious\\nexpenditure of labor and good judgment. He now\\nhas 55 acres under cultivation. In 1882, he built a\\ncommodious house and convenient barn.\\nMr. Henry was married Nov. 22, 1880, at St. Louis,\\nto Clara R., daughter of Jerry and Henrietta Davis,\\nnatives respectively of Michigan and Pennsylvania.\\nMrs. Henry was born Sept. 29, 1865, in Midland Co\\nMich. Clyde W., their only child, was born July 4,\\n1883. Mr. Henry is a Republican in political senti-\\nment.\\nJ ark Burdette Suydam, deceased, form-\\nerly resident on section 29, Bethany\\nTownship, was born March 28, 1854, in\\nGranby, Oswego Co., N. Y. He is a son of\\nJohn H. and Harriet A. (Buel) Suydam, and in\\n1856 his parents removed to Ohio, where they\\npassed about 18 months in determining upon a loca-\\ntion. They settled in Elmore, Ottawa County, where\\nthey remained six years. In April, 1865, they re-\\nmoved to Gratiot County, and an incident of their ar-\\nrival was the announcement by them of the fiiU of\\nRichmond and the surrender of Gen. Lee, the first\\nintelligence of the event which reached Ithaca.\\nThe family settled a mile and a half southeast of\\nSt. Louis, and a few months later removed to the\\nvillage.\\nThe first marked event of the life of Mr. Suydam\\nhappened when he was less than three years old.\\nHe was playing in the yard and fell in the well.\\nThe screams of an older brother brought the mother,\\nwho instantly descended into the well and rescued\\nthe struggling child. But she could not climb to\\nterra fir ma with him, and she ordered the otlier child\\nto lower the bucket, which was fastened to an old-\\nfashioned well-sweep, and the brother drew the child\\nup in safety. The mother remained in the well un-\\ntil help came to her relief The farm where his par-\\nents settled was in the uncut forest, and Mr. Suy-\\ndam remembered cleaily the howling of the wolves\\nand other incidents of pioneer life, which impressed\\nthemselves deeply on his childish mind. He first\\nattended school in Gratiot County in an old log build-\\ning, without desks or other conveniences, which was\\nlocated near the site of the Vincent school-house.\\nAfter his father s removal to St. Louis he attended\\nschool there winters, and skated on what is now Milk\\nStreet. A wheat-field lay on the west side of the\\nroute and there were not more than a dozen frame\\nhouses in the village. He was a bright scholar and\\nacquired an excellent education, which he at one\\ntime purposed to utilize in teaching, but his genius\\nfor tools and natural love for mechanical labor tri-\\numphed and he became a carpenter, and worked at\\nthat business some years.\\nHe was married June 8, 1873, to Mary E., daughter\\nof Dr. Chauncey J. and Cornelia (Lombard) Goode-\\nnough. The young couple set out in life with little\\nmeans except epergy and determination, which they\\nput into effective operation, the husband working as\\na carpenter, the wife as a teacher in the then high\\nschool of Brenckenridge, officiating in a small board\\nhouse in the woods with only a small patch of ground\\ncleared. In January, 1876, they settled on 40 acres\\non his father s farm, where he built a nice residence\\nand barn. He worked without intermission until he\\nhad cleared 35 acres and had placed himself in cir-\\ncumstances to live in comparative ease. In 1881 he\\ndisposed of most of his personal property and took\\na trip through the northern part of the State, for the\\nbenefit of his health. He was seized with fever im-\\nmediately on his return, which left him in an enfee-\\nA\\ns^\\nr\\n^^7^iinstitiv\\n4^:^ei)", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "-^as^^^vscr\\ni\\nu\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-y\\n^^(Xr \u00c2\u00abas\\n-#^C(5\\nS\u00c2\u00b05\\n^!i\\n5\\n1\\nbled condition, and a violent cold in the spring of\\n18S2 ended in bronchial consumption, of which lie\\ndied, Jan 10, 1884. His two little sons died within\\nII months, during the last 15 months of his own\\nlife, which affliction depressed him greatly.\\nMr. Suydani was generous to the needy, provident\\nfor the future and a firm though affectionate father.\\nHe was conscientiously opposed to licpior, tobacco\\nand secret societies.\\nMrs. Suydam was born in Lapeer, Mich., where\\nboth her grandfathers were among the earliest pio-\\nneers. She was the eldest of si.K children, three of\\nwhom died young. Two brotliers, Albert and Willard\\nGoodenough, reside in Isabella County. Her father\\ncame to St. Louis in the fall of i86g, where he re-\\nsided until his death, June 15, 1875. Mrs. Suydam\\nholds 31 acres of her homestead, where she resides,\\nwith her remaining child. Her children were born as\\nfollows: John C, April 25, 1874, and died Oct. 8,\\n1882; Carrie E., March 18, 1876; Charles B., Dec.\\n21, 1882, and died Sept. 10, 1883.\\n^r\\nteenry A. Delavan, merchant at Alma, is the\\n[8 son of Tompkins C. and Esther (Jessup)\\nDelavan, and was born Aug. i, 1810, in\\nSeneca Co., N. Y. His father was a native of\\nDutchess Co., N. Y., and his mother was born\\nin Norwalk. Conn. After marriage they settled\\nin Seneca County, where they resided 40 years and\\nbecame, after that long period, residents of Jones-\\nville, Mich. Of 13 children born to them ten reached\\nmaturity.\\nMr. Delavan is the third son. His parents were\\npioneers of the county where he was born, having\\nsettled there about the close of the eighteenth cen-\\ntury, and the son obtained his preliminary education\\nat the common schools, whose sessions were held in\\nthe primitive log house. He finished his studies at\\nthe academy at Ovid in Seneca County.\\nAt 16 the privilege of self-support devolved upon\\nhim, and he eml)raced an opportunity to become an\\nassistant in a country store at eight dollars a month.\\nHe soon became expert and efficient, and after eight\\nmonths made a contract with his employer to serve\\nat $200 yearly, and he received this compensation\\ntwo years, after which his salary was $300 for a year s\\nservices. He remained in the same establishment\\nuntil he was 19 years old, when he clerked for his\\nbrother in-law two years and then went into business.\\nHe opened a store at Jefferson, now Watkins, and did\\nbusiness, boarded and ran a warehouse, respectively\\nin the counties of Schuyler, Steuben and Chemung.\\nHe continued to operate from that stand for seven\\nyears, when, in October, 1838, he forced a sale of the\\nbulk of his stock and transferred the remainder to\\nJonesville, Hillsdale Co., Mich., where he established\\nhimself in traffic in general merchandise. He con-\\ntinued to operate there until 1844, combining his\\nmercantile affairs with speculation in land to consid-\\nerable extent. In the year last named he purchased\\n2,000 acres of land in Hillsdale, Branch and Jackson\\nCounties, and engaged somewhat extensively in\\nfarming, locating near Jonesville. He continued ag-\\nricultural operations about ten years, when he sold\\nhis farm and moved into town. In 1861 he was ap-\\npointed by the United States Government, Assessor\\nof Internal Revenue in what was then the First\\nMichigan District. He discharged the duties of the\\nposition until 1865, when he again turned his atten-\\ntion to farming. In 1870 he removed to Alma, where\\nhe resumed his former occupation as merchant. He\\nhas since operated continously as such, combining\\ntherewith transactions in grain. In 1876 he erected\\nan elevator at Alma having a capacity of 7,000 bush-\\nels. His possessions include two farms of 80 acres\\neach in Arcada, and 60 acres of land in Seville. Of\\nthe aggregate 220 acres, 100 are in tillage.\\nIn 1874, Mr. Delavan associated with himself his\\ntwo sons, Charles L. and George M. Their mercan-\\ntile operations reach about $30,000 yearly, with heavy\\ntransactions in grain, the latter sometimes amounting\\nto an aggregate of 140,000 bushels annually.\\nMr. Delavan was married in Watkins, N. Y., Dec.\\n5, 1835, to Mary T., daughter of Isaac I. and Cath-\\nerine (Tillinghast) Leake. The parents were natives\\nrespectively of New York and Connecticut. The\\ndaughter was born Oct. 8, 1812, in Albany Co., N.\\nY., was educated in the common schools and at-\\ntended school of higher grade at Hyde Park, Dutch-\\ness County, in her native State. The issue of her\\nmarriage with Mr. Delavan was nine children, of\\nwhom three are dead Cornelia, Anna L. and Julia,\\ni hose still living and who survive the mother are\\nnamed Mary C, Catherine I., .\\\\gncs T., William A.,\\nf\\na\\n\\\\jM\\nr^^tc\\n:,.,ir\\nA\\n-^i]!i: |]llr\\nJ_\\nff^s^\\n\u00c2\u00aey-(l?", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "506\\n\u00c2\u00a9V -iIll] :DII v\\n#^5C(\u00c2\u00ae^.i|^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nCharles L. and George M. Mrs. Delavan died Aug.\\n20, 1870, in Jonesville, Hillsdale County.\\nOn attaining to the dignity of man s estate and the\\nassumption of the prerogatives of his citizenship,\\nMr. Delavan identified himself with the old-line\\nWhig party under the leadersliip of Henry Clay.\\nHe is now a member of the Republican party.\\n34- f-\\nY\\n3\\niatthew H. Udell, farmer, section 15, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born July 10, 1835,\\nin Canada, and is the son of Matthew\\nand Mary (Hamilton) Udell, both of whom\\nwere natives cf Canada. Mr. Udell pursued\\nthe vocation of a farmer in the Dominion until\\nApril, 1880, when he came to Gratiot County and\\nbought 120 acres of land under partial improve-\\nments, on which he has since resided. Seventy\\nacres of the farm are now under first-class cultiva-\\ntion, and the place reflects credit on the proprietor\\nin every detail. Mr. Udell is a Republican in his\\npolitical belief.\\nHe was married in the County of York, Canada,\\nFeb. 15, 1858, to Melinda, daughter of James and\\nNancy (Kester) Foresyth. She was born in Yoik\\nCounty Dec. 25, 1841, and her parents were also na-\\ntives of the Dominion. The family of Mr. and Mrs.\\nUdell includes seven children Rachel A., Albert E.,\\nArthur S., Solomon O., Nathan B., Jane G. and David\\nH. The parents are members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\n-5 -N/ yvS\\nilliam D. Dickinson, farmer, section 17,\\nq tsMMii ta Bethany Township, was born in Marion\\nj^Sfc^ Township, Wayne Co., N. Y., July 28,\\n1838. His parents, David G. and Catharine\\n(Foote) Dickinson, were also natives of New\\nYork, and were of Englisli and German descent.\\nHis father, a farmer most of liis life, died in Ohio,\\nJune 2, 1880, and his mother is still living, in that\\nState, now aged 69 years.\\nMr. D. was 13 years of age when the family moved\\nto Medina Co., Ohio, settling in Spencer Township,\\nwhere he attended the public scliool until 18 years\\nof age; then, after spending a year in the East, he\\nfollowed farming a couple of years in Iowa, and two\\nand a half years in Whiteside Co., 111. Returning to\\nOhio, he was married, in Ashland County, Sept. 2,\\n1862, to Miss Harriet F., daughter of Leroy and\\nSophronia A. (Close) Chaffee, natives of New York\\nand of English ancestry; she was born Jan. 21,\\n1837, in Medina Co., Ohio. The children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. D. are, Merrit N., born June 28, 1863;\\nLeroy D., Aug. 3, 1867; and William H., Dec. 15,\\n1870. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson\\nresided in Sjjencer Township, Medina Co., Ohio, until\\nthe fall of 1868, when tliey came to Gratiot Co.,\\nMidi., and settled on a quarter-section of land where\\nthey now reside. Of the original tract they have\\nsold 40 acres, and of the remainder 60 acres are\\nimproved, and a comfortable home is established.\\nMr. D. has proved himself to be a skillful agricultur-\\nist and an esteemed member of the community.\\nASjiLejz?\u00c2\u00a9^^\\ni#\\nW^ \u00c2\u00bb-^-a/32rj\u00c2\u00bbw\\nfejavid Fry, retired farmer, resident on sec-\\ntion 28, Sumner Township, was born in\\nV P -i Cumbedand Co., Pa., July 4, 1820. His\\nfiS father, John Fry, a native of Pennsylvania,\\nwas by occupation a farmer, and went from\\nthat State to Missouri, where he died in 1878,\\naged 81. His mother, Eve, nfc Fockler, was also a\\nnative of Pennsylvania, of Pennsylvania Dutch\\ndescent, and died in Missouri in 1878, aged 85.\\nThe subject of this biographpy came with his\\nparents to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, when he was two\\nyears old, and two years later they went to Wayne\\nCounty, same State. Thence the family removed to\\nSeneca County, where they resided 30 years on one\\nplace. David remained under the paternal roof\\nuntil 23 years old. Oct. 15, 1843, in Seneca County,\\nhe was united in marriage to Miss Susanna, daughter\\nof Jacob and Letta (Marshall) Green, natives of New\\nEngland and Ohio. Jacob Green was a farmer and\\ncarpenter, and both he and his wife died in Ohio.\\nAfter marriage Mr. and Mrs. Fry settled on liis\\nfather s homestead, which he worked on shares for\\nseven years. In 1856 he went for a time to Mar-\\nshalltown, Iowa. Returning, they went to Hancock\\nCo., Ohio, in the summer of 1857, where lie farmed\\nand ran a threshing-machine until 1866. In the\\nK^\\nr\\n.Si.\\nmM\\\\i\\nz.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "*i\\nU^otrLO/i\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "V\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\n(h\\nf summer of 1866 they came to Gratiot County and\\nlocated 120 acres of wild land on section 28, Sumner\\n,C^ Township. There were at that time ijut few pernia-\\nI nent settlers, and only one other on the same sec-\\ntion. Mr. F. has by his own efforts improved 113\\nacres and built the necessary farm buildings, includ-\\ning a comfortable residence.\\nMr. and Mrs. F. have a family of 10: Sarah J.,\\nLucinda, Rebecca, Joseph, Anna^G., Jacob, John,\\nGrandville, Mary D. and VV. George. Mr. Fry has\\nheld various school offices, but has declined all other\\noffices tendered him. Politically, he is a Democrat\\nof high standing.\\nallidney S. Hastings, farmer, surveyor and\\nfe ^i engineer, resident at St. Louis, was born in\\niiy-.^ Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Aug. 25,\\n1827, and is the son of Sidney S. and Clarissa\\n(Fitch) Hastings. His father was a mechanic\\nduring the early part of his life, and in later\\nyears a farmer. He removed his family to Medina\\nCo., Ohio, in 1837, and there bought 160 acres of\\nland in Guilford Township. This land was mostly\\ncovered with dense forest, and absorbed the labor of\\nten years of himself and three sons wholly to im-\\nprove it and put it in tillable condition, with com-\\nfortable buildings.\\nThe educational advantages of Mr. Hastings were\\nlimited to two or three months at the district school in\\nthe winter, and when in his 20th year he attended one\\nterm at the village academy. The winter succeeding\\nhis attaining his majority, he taught a district school\\nin a small log house, very dilapidated, where he ex-\\nercised the authority of a pedagogue over 54 pupils\\nat the rate of $1 1 per month of 24 days. He taught\\nschool during the next two winters, and worked\\nthrough the summers at the carpenter s trade. He\\nspent part of a tail term at the village academy re-\\nviewing his studies, and attended one term at Twins-\\nburg Academy. In the winter of 1852-3, in company\\nwith a young friend, he went to Cincinnati, thence\\ndown the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Or-\\nleans. After a few days in that city, they [iroceeded\\nacross the Gulf of Mexico to Matagorda Bay, in\\nSouthern Texas, where they remained four months.\\nworking at the carpenter s trade, and receiving good\\nwages. They returned by the river to Galena, 111.,\\nwhere they hired a conveyance to Rockford, the rail-\\nroad terminus west of Chicago.\\nMr. Hastings taught school in the winter of 1853-4,\\nand in 1855 came West to look for a location. He\\nremained two months at Lansing, where he learned\\nsomething of Gratiot County through A. M. Craw-\\nford, who was a land-holder there, and had platted\\nthe village of Pine River. The Legislature of Mich-\\nigan had, during its session in 1854-5, passed an act\\ncreating Pine River the county seat, and Mr. Hast-\\nings accompanied Mr. Crawford to Gratiol County,\\nboth walking the entire distance from Lansing. He\\nlocated 200 acres of land on section 27, Bethany\\nTownship, went to Flint, and entered his claim. He\\nproceeded to Lansing, and a few days later returned\\nto St. Louis, where he arrived July 5, 1855. He\\nfound two log houses, one built by Sylvanus Groom,\\non the south side of the river, and on the east side\\nof Main Street; since removed. The other was\\nbuilt by Joseph Clapp near the dam. Mr. Clapp\\nwas then building a saw-mill, and Mr. Hastings as-\\nsisted in its completion. About the middle of August\\nhe decided to remain at St. Louis, and received from\\nMr. Clapp a lot, situated on the corner of Mill Street\\nand Washington Avenue. It was covered with the\\nprimeval forest, and Mr. Hastings cleared a small\\nspace and built a log house, the third erected in the\\nvillage, where at the time there were but 20 acres of\\npartially cleared land. The house was raised by four\\nwhite men and 12 Indians, and when it was finished\\nMr. Hastings sent for his wife, and proceeded in a\\ncanoe to Saginaw to meet her. They came by the\\nsame means of transportation to the Forks, now\\nMidland, where the man whom he had engaged to\\nbring the party to Midland unloaded the family and\\neffects on the bank of the river, five miles below Mid-\\nland, wjiither Mr. and Mrs. Hastings walked. They\\nfound some friendly persons, who went with a flat-\\nboat and conveyed their goods to Midland, where\\nMr. Hastings succeeded in engaging an Indian, who\\nbrought himself and wife and trunk to St. Louis, to\\nwhom he paid $8 for the service in advance. The\\njourney consumed three days, and on his arrival at\\nSt. Louis Mr. Hastings engaged two Indians and\\ntwo canoes, and returned for the goods left behind at\\nMidland, camping at night.\\nI\\nV\\nW^;j\\\\?^^^^\\n^Il!I^DDy", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "Mn^^^^^\\ni^m\\nV\\nt\\nS\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-^^K(s^-\\nHe found his services as a surveyor were in im-\\nmediate demand, and he at once engaged in the work\\nin this vicinity and in Midland County. He was\\nelected County Surveyor in the fall of the year of his\\narrival, 1855, and has pursued the same calling ever\\nsince. He surveyed and plaited the villages of Al-\\nma, Ithaca, Riverdale, Estella, Breckenridge and\\nWheeler, besides ten additions to St. Louis.\\nAmong other important pieces of work he has ac-\\ncomplished is the survey of the State Road to Sagi-\\nnaw from St. Louis when the country was in a state\\nof unbroken wilderness and also the survey of the\\nState Road to Newaygo, and from St. Louis to Mid-\\nland; also from St. Louis to Bridgeville, near St.\\nJohn s. He also assisted in surveying the route of\\nthe Saginaw Valley and St. Louis railroad. He has\\nbeen County Conveyor or Deputy since the organiza-\\ntion of the county. He is a mem.ber of the State As-\\nsociation of Engineers and Surveyors, and has held\\nthe various village offices at St. Louis. He is a\\nmember of the Baptist Church, and upon the organi-\\nzation of the society at St. Louis he was made Dea-\\ncon, and has held the position continuously ever\\nsince. He bought the site of his present residence\\nin 1866, and also 180 acres of land. He now owns\\n70 acres on the east side of the village, 50 acres of\\nwhich are platted and known as S. S. Hastings Ad-\\ndition.\\nMr. Hastings was married in Guilford, Medina Co.,\\nOhio, March 2, 1854, to Julia, daughter of David\\nand Harriet Di\\\\. Of this marriage seven children\\nwere born, four sons and three daughters: Frank W.,\\nborn Dec. 29, 1854, mail agent between Saginaw and\\nLake View, is a graduate from the .Agricultural Col-\\nlege at Lansing. He is a practical surveyor, and was\\nPostmaster at St. Louis about three years Forest B.,\\nborn Feb. 26, 1857, is a farmer on section 16, Beth-\\nany Township; Russell M. was born March 16, 1859;\\nMary E. was born Jan. 11, 1862, and died Aug. 27,\\n1863; Fannie E., born Sept. 6, 1865; Charlie S.,\\nMay 31, 1869, and Hattie C, Nov. 30, 187 i, reside\\nat home with their parents.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Hastings, which appears on\\nJL another page, is presented with peculiar satisfaction,\\nwhich is universally shared by the patrons of the\\noj work, among whom are a considerable number who\\nlive to remember the period referred to by Mr. Hast-\\nings in the data given herewith, and the services he\\nperformed in which his wife shared\\nj^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^U\\nNearly all the settlements in Gratiot County were\\nmade under the Graduation Act, passed by Congress\\nAug. 4, 1854, by the provisions of which the price of\\nthe land was reduced to 50 cents an acre. Probably\\nthree-fourths of the land in this county was located\\nby actual settlers within eight months after its pass-\\nage. Most of them were men of small means, who\\ncould only command sufficient money to enter claims\\nof 40 or 80 acres, which were located in the dense\\nforests, miles from roads or trails and discoverable\\nonly by expert woods;nen. Few of such settlers\\nwere able to take immediate possession of their\\nclaims, but they made some slight improvements and\\nreturned to their former homes to earn teams and\\nsufficient provisions to ensure them from suffering\\nuntil they could maintain themselves and families.\\nIn February, 1856, the Commissioner of the Gen-\\neral Land Office issued the following Circular, to\\nall settlers on these lands\\nI- AND Oi i ici; AT lOKiA, Mich.,\\nKi l). -20, IS-id.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sir I lidci- instructions from tlii oininissioiicr of\\nthe (ieneral L:ui(l Ottice. yon are hereby enlleil upon to\\nprodiiee testiiMony to perfect your title to the land en-\\ntered liy you on tlie iTth day of Dee., l.s.54, at tliis ortiee.\\nper certitieate of purchase. Xo. IMS.iS. foi- actual settle-\\nment and cultivation. under the pi-ovisious of the act\\nof Conn ress, entitled \\\\n act to ;;i-aduate and ivduce\\nthe price of the public lands to actual sefllers and culti-\\nvators, ap|iroved Aug. 4, LS.y. furiii of the ii quired\\ntestinioMV is hereto annexed.\\nIf such testimony be not produced at this ottice u ilhln\\ntv\\\\(i months fidin this date, it will lie regarded as an\\nabandoinnent of youi I laini to tlie land, and the c.ise\\nwill be reiiorted to the (ieneral Land Ottice, in order\\nthat steps uiay be taken t\\\\)r throwing the land into mar-\\nket aicain. after proper notice.\\nVerv lespectfnllv. vonr obedient servants.\\nA. V. Bkli.. Register.\\nFki;i IIali.. Receiver.\\nThis circular caused an immediate immigration\\nof a large number of settlers into Gratiot County to\\nfulfill its terms, which, under the circumstances, were\\nsimply outrageous. It was in the winter, and the\\nhardships were greater and pro|)ortionately severe,\\nas many of the settlers were compelled to take pos-\\nsession of their land and build houses withovit lum-\\nber. In many instances means were found to evade\\nthe law, and I was reminded of tlie results of an en-\\nactment in the early days of Canada, which granted\\nland to settlers on condition that they should chop\\ndown and cho[) up and roll out four rods of highway\\nin front of the land. The settler would take two\\nwitnesses, go to the land on the line of the highway,\\ntake his ax and chop down into the roots of a tree\\n:myr9 4^\\nc\\nA", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "W:-n^^^\u00c2\u00a5-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nZ^^P^\\nV\\nc.\\nand chop up as high as he could conveniently\\nreach, then lie down at length on the ground and\\nroll over four or five rods out of the bounds of the\\nhighway. This done, he presented liimself at tlie\\nland office, accompanied by his witnesses, and made\\noath that he had chopped down and chopped up and\\nrolled out four rods of the highway in front of his\\nlandl The subterfuges resorted to by the sufferers\\nof Gratiot County, sometimes presented features of\\nequal absurdity.\\nThe circumstances narrated must of themselves\\nhave been productive of unparalleled suffering from\\nthe influxof numbers so great as to render their sup-\\nport in the unsettled sections an utter impossibility,\\nbut the condition that ensued was, in point of fact,\\nbeyond the vagaries of the wildest and most erratic\\nimagination. The summer of 1856 was extremely\\ndry and the small patches of corn and potatoes were\\nwell-nigh failures. A windy day occurred in Octo-\\nber after the leaves had fallen, and fires broke out\\nfrom all the little clearings throughout the county.\\nThe woods were soon on fire in every direction, and\\nwhen it expired the ground was covered with ashes\\nto a depth of from one to four inches. The smoke\\nwas suffocating and so dense that vision beyond a\\nfew feet was wholly obstructed. People could not\\nsafely venture from their houses because of the in-\\ntense darkness, and candles were necessary v^^hen\\nsewing and reading were to be done. Our Board of\\nSupervisors was in session and transacted its busi-\\nness by candle-light. The cattle died in consider-\\nable numbers, and many of the inhabitants were\\nviolently ill. The river looked like lye, and the fish\\ndied. The sound of falling timber echoed through\\nthe woods continuously. This state of things con-\\ntinued 14 days, when we were relieved by a shower.\\nAs the winter drew on, we began to realize what\\nhard times were. The small crops were divided with\\nthe new comers and were soon exhausted. As soon\\nas the trails were passal)le for sleds, farmers from the\\nsouth brought in provisions to barter for shingles, and\\nsoon nearly ever) house was a shingle shanty. When\\nthe snow disappeared the trails again became impass-\\nable, and by May supplies were almost wholly ex-\\nhausted, many subsisting on fish, turnips and leeks.\\nRumors of the destitution in the north began to reach\\nLansing and the cities beyond. A meeting was\\ncalled in Detroit and a clergyman named Hickey was\\nselected for a tour of investigation. He shipped his\\nhorse to St. John s by railroad, and followed the\\ntrail thence to St. Louis via Ma))le Rapids and Ith-\\naca. There was no hotel at St. Louis and he stop-\\nped with me. He said he had inquired of all whom\\nhe had seen of the amount of provision on hand.\\nOn the morning following his arrival he made a long\\ntramp north and west in Pine RiverTownship, return-\\ning at night to my house. Among other incidents of\\nthe day, he mentioned meeting a small boy, whom he\\nquestioned concerning his breakfast, and was inform-\\ned that he had bagas and salt. Further inquiry\\nelicited the fact that the bill of fare for dinner va-\\nried in the substitution of salt for bagas and bagas\\nfor salt. Mr. Hickey decided that the necessity de-\\nmanded immediate action, and that the supply of\\nprovisions would not hold out two weeks. Many\\nwere entirely destitute and borrowing of their neigh-\\nbors. He recommended that the Board of Supervi-\\nsors be immediately called together to take action in\\nthe matter. He said that the people of Detroit had\\nraised several thousand dollars for the relief of the\\ndestitute, whom they wished to remain on their lands.\\nI recommended that provisions be sent instead of\\nmoney, and suggested that should supplies be sent to\\nSaginaw they could be brought hither in canoes. Mr.\\nHickey returned to Detroit and submitted his report.\\nIn a few days I received a communication from John\\nOwen, of Detroit, Chairman of the Relief Committee,\\nstaling that he had forwarded a quantity of provis-\\nions to G. W. Bullock at Saginaw City, subject to my\\norder, and requesting me to take measures to con-\\nvey them to St. Louis and distribute them to the\\nneedy and destitute. My field was to include the\\nnorth half of Gratiot County, and all of Isabella\\nCounty. He also stated that he had established\\na depot of supplies at Benedict s, near Maple\\nRapid?, for the benefit of the south half of Gra-\\ntiot County. I was staggered by the letter and\\nall it implied. I was young and unaccustomed to\\nbusiness of that character, and reflection greatly mul-\\ntiplied the apparent difficulties of the situation. It\\ninvited a summer of labor without comi)ensation,\\nand the probabilities of incurring enmity were great;\\nbut inclination gave way to duty, and I laid aside my\\ncompass and chain and entered into the work. The\\nroute to Saginaw by the river was at least 100 miles.\\nThere was no road and the channel of the river was\\ndangerous from logs and rocks, and the current was\\nI\\nI\\nV\\nc^:\\n^V^))\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^4^^\\njLk\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^WAmo^\\n9S ?\u00c2\u00bbte555", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "V\\n,0\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^ST\\nrapid. But there was no alterrative. A trader named\\nWilden owned a boat, named for his daughter, a bux-\\nom German maiden, the Red Susan, made for him\\nby an Indian named Chib-i-nee, from a monster pine\\nthat grew near where now stands the residence of Mr.\\nElwell. The boat would carry 6,000 pounds, and its\\nowner offered it for the required purpose. Seven men\\ncould take it to Saginaw and load it in two days.\\nFive days were required in the return. None but the\\nmost hardy could endure the labor and fatigue\\nand the exposure consequent upon camping nights\\non the banks of the river. Mr. L. D. Mosher, of\\nAlma, owned a boat and brought up a number of\\nloads. Following is one of his bills of lading:\\nSaginaw City, June 17, 1857.\\nDelivprod to L. D. Mosher. per your order, to enn y to\\nyou lit Pine Kiver, (iratiot o.. Mirli., lor distrilnUionto\\nthe destitute tlie articles iianuMl lielow 10 l)bls. Flour,\\n1 bill. Pork, 1 bbl.IIanis. 1 bao- Potatoes, 4eaddies Tea, (i\\nlbs. each. 4 packages Tea, Ibox containing i |)cs. Denims\\nand Shirtings. 1 pr. Boots, 1 lot Wdinen s and Misses\\nShoes.\\nTo S. S. Hastings. Esq..\\nSui). Pine Kivei-. Gratiot County.\\n(t. \\\\V. Bullock. Agent.\\n5\\nV\\ns\\nfeed the hungry. Her name belongs to the record-\\ned historj- of the starvation period of Gratiot\\nCountv.\\nI\\n^tsmoM^r^\u00e2\u0080\u0094m\\nK4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 x/^^i;3OT\u00c2\u00bbx\u00c2\u00ab\\nV^\\nSupplies were also brought in considerable quan-\\ntities by Mr. R. Ely and the Indians, many of whom\\nperformed the same service with their canoes. All\\nwere paid in provisions. On the days when supplies\\nwere expected to arrive the people for miles around\\nflocked to St. Louis, numbering from 25 to 100\\npersons. I usually weighed out to each man 20 to 50\\npounds of flour, 10 of pork and a quantity of corn\\nmeal and beans, proportioning the amount to theirfam-\\nily and ability to carry. I had potatoes for seed, tea\\nfor the sick and a few pairs of women s shoes for the\\nbarefoot. Few or no applications were made for sup-\\nplies by those who had money to obtain elsewhere.\\nwe continued to receive aid until the people began to\\nuse green corn and dig new potatoes, when I inform-\\ned Mr. Bullock that assistance was no longer neces-\\nsary.\\nMr. Hastings omits to state the amount of labor\\nhe performed and the personal effort made by himself\\nand wife to .lUeviate the suffering which was neces-\\nsarily brought to their knowledge. The people who\\ncame in from the country were always pinched with\\nhunger, and they never returned unfed. Mrs. Hast-\\nings own hands prepared substantial meals for a large\\nproportion of the needy, and she spent the summer\\n^_^ of 1857 in virtual fulfillment of the command to\\nenry Stitt, farmer on section 19, Fulton\\nTownship, is a son of John and Laura\\n(White) Stitt, natives of Berkshire Co., Mass.\\nThey lived in that county until some four years\\nafter marriage then lived in Portage Co., Ohio,\\n15 years; then in Fulton County, same State,\\nnearly 13 years; and finally came to Gratiot County,\\nwhere, in Fulton Township, Mr. Stitt had previously\\npurchased 100 acres. Before he was fairly settled,\\nhowever, he was taken sick, and died at the residence\\nof her son Harry, Sept. 4, 1864. His wife lived the\\nremainder of her life with her children, and died at\\nthe residence of her son Winfield, Dec. 26, 1877.\\nTheir family comprised three sons and one daughter.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch was the\\nsecond son. He was born in Berkshire Co., Mass.,\\nJuly 4, 1833, and was only two years old when his\\nparents removed to Ohio, in which State he was\\nreared and educated He left the parental roof at\\nthe age of 22. In the fall of 1862, he purchased a\\ntract of wild land on section 19, Fulton Township,\\nand built a log cabin. The following February, he\\nreturned to Ohio and brought back his family to their\\nnew home. He has since added 40 acres, and has\\n100 acres under cultivation, besides making neces-\\nsary improvements in the way of erecting farm build-\\nings, etc. In November, 1880, he moved into his\\npresent fine residence, which he had just completed.\\nMarch 24, i86i, in Medina, Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nhe was united in marriage to Miss Mary daughter\\nof Henry and Roxa (Francis) Huyck, of German\\nand American ancestry. She was born in Richland\\nCo., Ohio, Nov. 8, 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Stitt have\\nbeen the parents of three daughters, two of whom\\nsurvive Dora E. and Laura C, living, and Cora E.,\\ndeceased when about six months old.\\nIn the spring of 1883, Mr. S. was elected Supervi-\\nsor of Fulton Township. He was Treasurer for two\\nyears, and has held minor offices in the gift of the\\npeo|)le. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity,\\nand in political sentiment is identified with tiie Dem-\\nocratic patty.\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a00-\\nr^\\nl^^V@)\u00c2\u00abs^?#-\\n^^mmJ^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "^w^^^-^ ^f^m\\nJIm h!^ A ]i7,U,\\n^T ^ytO -^pz^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "^)^r^:^m^\\nmmm\\nV\\ns\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^s\\nGKATIOT COUNTY.\\n-e\u00c2\u00aeJ i|\\n5 7\\n3v\\nosiah P. Whitman, of the firm of Whitman\\niS: Son, liverymen at Ithaca, was born in\\nSpringport Township, Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nApril 1 8, 1 84 1. He is a son of Clark R. and\\nKetiirah A, (Pratt) Whitman. His father was\\nborn in Stanbridge, L. C, and is now a resident\\nof Ithaca. The mother was a native of the State of\\nNew York, and died Nov. 29, rSso, in Springport.\\nThe parents were pioneer settlers of Jackson County,\\nand owned a tr act of land in Concord, which they\\nsold a year after its pitrchase, and removed to Spring-\\nport, where the father owned several farms success-\\nively.\\nMr. Whitman was a pupil in the schools of his na-\\ntive town irntil he was 15 years old, when he became\\nan assistairt on his father s farm. When he reached\\nS the age of 20 years, he engaged as traveling sales-\\nman for George M. Cady in the notion trade, and a\\nyear later entered into the birsiness on his account.\\nHe operated several years with satisfactory results.\\nIn the fall of 1865 he came to Ithaca in company\\nwith two brothers, George and William Whitman.\\nThe three formed a partnership, opened a tea and\\ngrocery store and established a country exchange\\ntrade. Mr. Whitman bought the interests of his\\nbrothers a few months later, and, after managing the\\nbusiness one year alone, he sold to Cady Brothers.\\nIn 1867 he bought the site of the building where he\\nis now doing business, and in the following summer\\nerected a structure for a store in which he established\\na grocery. Four months later he sold his stock to\\nSamuel J. Thoenen and opened a livery barn. In\\n1881 he built a brick livery stable, t,t, by r57\\nfeet in dimensions. The barn is two stories high and\\nhe keeps r5 horses, with vehicles of all sorts, to ac-\\ncommodate the demand. The store building has a\\nfrontage of 60 feet and a considerable mercantile\\nbusiness is managed there by the proprietors. The\\nresidence of Mr. Whitman is located on the same\\ngrounds. He owns 40 acres of land on section r, in\\nthe township of Ithaca. He is the inventor of a\\npatent carriage top bow support, which is becoming\\npopular in the trade. It was patented Feb. 20, 1883.\\nHe has been one of the Trustees of Ithaca two years.\\nMr. Whitman was married Oct. 26, 1862, in Clar-\\nence Township, Calhoun Co., Mich., to Kate A.\\nKashenider. She was born Nov. 17, 1844, in Akron,\\nOhio, and is the daughter of Michael and Catherine\\nKashenider-. George M. was born in Springport,\\nSept. 4, 1863, and Floyd C, born at Ithaca, April 5,\\n1875, are the surviving children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nWhitman. Wilfred C, born March 5, r873, died\\nSept. 16, r877.\\nThe portraits of Mr. Whitrnair and wife appear\\non neighboring pages, and are, like many others in\\nthis volume, the likenesses of enterprising and worthy\\ncUi/.ens of Gr atiot County.\\n.-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^tjTJf l ames D. Vallance, farmer, sectron 4, Ful-\\ni l^Mt ir ton Township, is a son of James and Eliz-\\nyiSuS abeth (Brewbaker) Vallance, who first set-\\ntied in Pennsylvania, then in Richland Co.,\\n^r Ohio, and then moved to Wood Co., Ohio,\\nI where he died, and where she still lives. The\\nsubject of this narrative was born in Fayette Co.,\\nPa., May 17, 183 1, and was about three years old\\nwhen his parents removed to Ohio. He was edu-\\ncated in the common schools, and lived at home un-\\ntil 22 years of age. He then engaged in farming,\\nand rented different farms for six years. He then\\nbought 40 acres, on which he lived until 1866.\\nCoriiing to Gratiot County in that year he purchased\\n80 acres of wild land in Fulton Township, where he\\nnow resides. He has since added 109 acres to his\\nfarm, and has aborrt 100 acres under cultivation.\\nJune 15, 1862, in Wood Co., Ohio, he married Sarah,\\ndaughter of Tobias Bassler, a native of Pennsylva-\\nnia. They had two children, Geor-ge M. and John\\nH. and the latter died when two and a half years\\nold. Mrs. V. dying, he was again married, March\\nII, i860, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of David and\\nMary Leslie, natives of Stark Co., Ohio. She was\\nborn in Carroll Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1842. By this\\nmarriage, Mr. Vallance has had two children, Jack-\\nson D., and one who died in infancy. Mrs. V. is\\na member of the United Brethren Church, and Mr.-\\nV. is politically a Republican.\\nMr. Vallance enlisted, Aug. 8, 1862, in Co. B,\\nI nth Ohio Vol. Inf., and served till June 10, 1865,\\n^)^V\u00c2\u00ae^^^I-\\ny^M\\n^lltli\\n\u00c2\u00ab.^.i S.\\nv-\\nfeo\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "5*1^\u00c2\u00ae\\nGRATIOr COUNTY\\n^^^/X^i^\\nf^\\nwhen he was discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio. He\\nwas in the battles of London, Tenn., and Lcnoie\\nStation. At the last named place, where the fighting\\nbegan Nov. 14, 1863, and continued one week, he\\nwas taken prisoner early in the morning of the third\\nday. He was confined till Sept. 6, 1864, two weeks\\nin Atlanta, Ga., two months at Pembercon Castle,\\nVa., three months on Belle Island, and then for a\\nlong time at Andersonville. In that iniiiuitous pen,\\nhe suffered for six months all the horrors of man s\\ninhumanity to man. He was then for two months\\nat Charleston, S. C and then at Florence, S. C,\\nwhere he was finally exchanged.\\nV\\nfames Bates, farmer, section 1, New Haven\\nTownship, was born in Seneca Co., N. Y.,\\nMay 31, 1802, his parents of English de-\\nscent. His father, Thomas Bates, was a Cap-\\ntain in the British army for 16 years, and,\\nexcept a few years sojourn in Canada, he lived\\nall his life in England, where he died in 1854. His\\n=1 mother, Ann, ncc Hutson, died in England, her na-\\nt tive country, in 1858.\\nWhen seven years of age, the subject of this sketch\\nwas taken by his parents to Cambridgeshire, Eng-\\nland, and four years later he joined his uncle, James\\nBates, who was at the time Captain of a fruit vessel\\nbound for Amsterdam. Shortly after arriving, they\\nwere pressed aboard a man-of-war, and the former\\nwas assigned the position of cabin boy, which jilace\\nhe kept about four years, when he had to go aloft as\\nan active sailor. In the meantime they were taken\\nto France, which country was then at war with Eng-\\nland. While there he, in company with 11 other\\nyoung sailors, maneuvered a scheme to skip the\\nwar vessel, and, succeeding, they soon arrived in\\nEngland, where young James engaged to labor on\\nthe public works of the beach, etc. Thus employed\\nuntil 1851, he emigrated to America, landing at New\\n(9^ York, and settling in Oakland Co., Mich., where he\\nhad a farm on shares for three years. In 1854, he\\nentered, at the Ionia land office, 120 acres of wild\\nland, where he now lives, before examining it. The\\nyear following he settled upon the place, then sev-\\neral miles from any other settlement. He had to go\\nto Ionia and St. John s for provisions. Although\\nmany in this part of the country succumbed to the\\nhardships of the period and returned East, Mr. Bates\\nkept uj) his courage and bravery until a time of\\ngreater plenty arrived. He has retained his original\\npurchase, added i 20 acres, improved 60 acres, and\\nmade for himself and family a good home. He is\\nesteemed as a true, sturdy, and high-minded pioneer.\\nHe has worthily filled the school offices of his town-\\nship, and in respect to national issues he is inde-\\npendent.\\nDaring his early travels, Mr. Bates visited the East\\nIndies, and on his way was wrecked near the coast\\nof Arabia, his vessel being lost in a chase by a pira-\\ntical vessel. He, with others, had to work their way\\nto shore in a row-boat, and were thus exposed to the\\ndangers of the sea for 14 days with but little pro-\\nvision. They were reduced to the last extremity,\\nand were about to cast lots as to who should be\\nthrown overboard, when they suddenly reached\\nshore.\\nMr. Bates was married Dec. 25, 1844, in Harding-\\nham, England, to Miss Elizabeth Mail, a native of\\nthat country. She was born Oct. 11, 181S, lived at\\nhome until 12 years of age, then was with her grand-\\nmother until her death, and returned home, where\\nshe remained until her marriage. The living chil-\\ndren of Mr. and Mrs. Bates are Eliza, born Jan. 24,\\n1852; James Thomas, Jan. 24, 1S55 Elizabeth,\\nJuly 2, 1858; William, March 18, i860; Rosetta,\\nMarch 16, 1862; and Susan A., Aug. 20, 1863. The\\ndeceased are five infants, four named Elizabeth U.\\nand one named Ceorge.\\ni;i[F|| [J 5 illiam W. Fraker, carpenter and farmer,\\nK^^^l? section 12, Fulton Township, is a son of\\n^^p Alexander and Jane (Sprague) Fraker. They\\nsettled after marriage in St. Lawrence Co.,\\nN. Y., where they still reside. Their family\\ncomprised two sons and four daugliters, of whom\\nWilliam W. was the eldest son.\\nHe was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Jan. 13,\\n1846, and lived at home attending school and work-\\ning on his father s farm until 18 years old. Sept. 5,\\n1864, his patriotic impulses led him to enlist in the\\n20th New York Vol. Cav., and he served about nine\\ne\\nIWM S^C^J^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab|)^^C5^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "T^m Mh T^\\ni\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n521\\nA\\ns/\\n^.N\\nmonths. He did not participate in any heavy en-\\ngagements, as his company was generally on detached\\nservice, performing such duties as usually fall to the\\nlot of cavalry commands.\\nIn July, 1S65, he came to Gratiot County. He\\nwas variously employed until 1872, when he bought\\n40 acres of wild land on section 12, Fulton Town-\\nship. He has erected good farm buildings, has\\nadded 60 acres to his original [.urchase, and of his\\nwhole acreage, 82 acres are cleared and cultivated.\\nDec. 25, 1867, in Washington Township, this county,\\nhe married Miss Martha, daughter of William W.\\nand Lucinda E. (Schuyler) Armstrong. Mr. and\\nMrs. A. were natives of New York, and came to\\nGratiot County in 1864, settling at their present\\nhome in Washington Township. Mrs. Fraker was\\nborn in Herkimer Co., N. Y., March 2, 1852.\\nTo this marriage has been born one child, Aug. 17,\\n1870, named Ray. In political views, Mr. F. is a\\nthoroughgoing Republican.\\nIson P. Kinney, farmer on section 31, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of David A. and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00abI!(S? Esther (Piatt) Kinney, natives of Connecticut\\nIv and New York. They first settled after mar-\\nj riage, in Tioga Co., N. Y., afterwards remov-\\ning to Huron Co., Ohio, where they lived until death,\\nhis occurring Feb. 25, 1861, and hers in 1S72.\\nTheir family comprised four sons and two daugh-\\nters. Alson P., the second son, was born in Tioga\\nCo., N. Y., June 7, 1828, and was about 1 1 years old\\nwhen his parents removed to Ohio. He received his\\neducation in the common schools, and also attended\\nthe Norwalk .\\\\cadeiny at Norwalk, Ohio, for eight\\nterms. He remained at home until 22 years old and\\nthen was engaged for eight winters in teaching in\\ndifferent places. He partially learned the carpen-\\nter s trade, under his brother, Edwin Kinney, the\\nwell-known architect and builder. Afterwards he\\nobtained employment as foreman on a farm in Rich-\\nland Co., Ohio, whicli position he held for seven\\nyears.\\nIn March, 1861, he came to (Gratiot County and\\nbought 120 acres of land in Fidton Township, sec-\\nlion 31. He has since disposed of 20 acres, and has\\nnow 60 acres in an advanced state of cultivation.\\nHe enlisted during the rebellion in the 13th Mich.\\nVol. Inf ar.d served nine months and one day,\\nreceiving an honorable discharge at Detroit, Mich.\\nOct. 3, 1865, in Richland Co., Ohio, he married\\nMiss Lydia J., daughter of Abraham T. and Thank-\\nful (Kirby) Huff, natives of New Jersey and Massa-\\nchusetts. Mrs. Kinney was born in the State of New\\nYork, March 16, 1833. She died Sept. 21, 1863,\\nhaving been the mother of four children Flora J.\\n(died when 16 years old) Carrie K., Ida E. and\\nAbraham P. Mr. Kinney is a member of the Bap-\\ntist Church, and is politically a Republican.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Kinney will be appreciated by\\nall, especially those of his neighbors who have\\nworked by his side in carving comfortable homes out\\nthe dense forest.\\nrs. Ellen M. Wolford, wife of Lewis B.\\nWolford, section 29, New Haven Town-\\nh\\ne\\nship, was born in the township of New- x^r\\nk, Wayne Co., N. Y., July 14, 1845. Her d\\n(X:\\n^^if^^\\n-i^^^r: ^il!|\\nark,\\nparents, Peter B. and Mary M. Pendell, were\\nilso natives of the State of New York, and\\nemigrated to Michigan in 1846. After spending two\\nyears in the eastern part of the State, they removed\\nto Ionia County, and in 1857 they came to Gratiot\\nCounty, then a wilderness. Seeing the situation,\\nEllen, then 13 years of age, began to devise some\\nplan for her own support. As every family in the\\nvicinity did their own housework and cared not to\\nhire help, she could find nothing within her reach\\ne.xcept the profession of teaching, for which she was\\nyet to qualify herself There were then a few organ-\\nized school districts in the township of New Haven,\\nwhich was lier lionie.\\nAccording to her decision, she began in May, 1859,\\nto follow her chosen profession, and for 13 long and\\nweary years, through summer s heat and winter s\\nsnows, she fulfilled the duties of a pioneer teacher s\\nlife. During this time she married George M. Ben-\\nnett, who soon afterward joined the Union army but\\nin the spring of 1863 he returned home with the\\ndreadful disease, consumption, fastened upon him,\\nand for seven tedious and painfi.l years his wife had\\nto sujjport the family by her profession. Jle diecj in\\nvii^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "llD ^IIBv r\\ns^^sr\\n-#^^C(\u00c2\u00aevl|i;\\n522\\nf\\nV\\nT\\n^i\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nthe summerof 1870, before the Government had pro-\\nvided for any pension, and the family had been in-\\ncreased in 1867 by the birth of their first child,\\nAugusta E. In July, 1870, their second child, Geor-\\ngia, was born; yet Mrs. B. had to support her little\\nones, providing a nurse, etc., by the means she could\\nearn teaching school and she bravely succeeded.\\nIn March, 187 i, she went to Ithaca and taught\\ntwo terms in the village school, and then returned to\\nNew Haven Townshiii, continuing her profession. In\\nFebruary, 1S73, she married Davis Wiles, and com-\\nmenced the duties of a farmer s wife, then entirely\\nnew to her. The tide of prosperity then set in, and\\ncontinued until April, 1877, when Mr. Wiles died,\\nafter bequeathing to her the homestead on section\\n29, New Haven Township. His father and brother\\nresorted to litigation in order to obtain possession of\\nher farm, which remained undecided for four years.\\nThis severe trial was a test of Mrs. W. s bravery,\\nfortitude and patience but she won in the contest\\nand retained her home. For her judicious manage-\\nment of this perplexing case, she has received many\\ncompliments.\\nIn January, 188 i, she married Mr. Lewis B. Wol-\\nford, and to them one child, Mary L., was born Aug.\\n12, 1882.\\names Buck, farmer, section 1 4, Pine River\\nTownship, was born Oct. 2 1, 1837, in Can-\\nada, and is the son of John and Isabella\\n(Potter) Buck. His father is a native of Penn-\\nsylvania, and his mother was born in Ireland.\\nThey settled in Canada for a time, and after-\\nwards went to Ohio, where they yet reside.\\nMr. Buck was an infant of one year or thereabouts\\nwhen his parents removed to the Buckeye State,\\nwhere he grew to man s estate, and remained a resi-\\ndent of Medina County until his removal to Michi-\\ngan. In July, 1863, lie enlisted in what was desig-\\nnated as Hoffman s Battalion, and was afterwards\\nassigned to the 128th Ohio Vol. Inf }Je was in the\\nservice two years, and at the close of the war was\\nhonorably discharged at Camp Chase, Columbus,\\nOhio. He came to Gratiot County in February,\\n1874, and bought So acres of land, chiefly in an un-\\nimproved condition, situated on section 17, and now\\nK\\nowned and occupied by Micajah Wood. Mr. Buck\\nowned the place about eight years, and while he\\nresided thereon cleared and fitted for cultivation 40\\nacres. He sold it in 1883, and purchased 80 acres,\\nwliich he now occupies. Of this farm, 45 acres are\\nunder improvement. Mr. Buck belongs in political\\nconnection to the National Greenback party.\\nHe was married Nov. 2, 1858, in Medina Co.,\\nOhio, to Hannah, daughter of Seth and Phebe (Clark)\\nLewis, natives of the State of New York, who settled\\nin Medina County, and still reside there. Mrs. Buck\\nwas born in the same county April 25, 1842. Allen\\nD., Jennie A., Minnie M., John L. and Walter E. are\\nthe children belonging to the household. The\\nmother i; a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\n1^\u00c2\u00ab^-^\\ni \u00e2\u0084\u00a2itra W. Montague, farmer, section ii,Ful-\\nt ton Township, is a son of Thomas and\\nHarriet (Rice) Montague, natives of Ver-\\nmont, where they lived until the mother s death,\\nJan. II, 1851. The father then removed to\\nOttawa Co., Mich., where he lived until March\\n5, i860, when he was killed by the falling of a tree.\\nIta W., the fifth of a family of ten, was born in Ver-\\nmont, .Aug. 29, 1832, and was educated in the com-\\nmon schools.\\nAt the age of 20 he left the paternal roof and went\\nto Lucas Co., Ohio, where he worked by the month\\nfor two years. He was then at Grand Rapids, this\\nState, for a year, and then at Granville, engaged in\\nlumbering for eight years. -Aug. 13, i86i, he enlisted\\nill the I St Regt. Mich. Eng rs. and Mech s., and\\nserved nearly one year, when he was discharged on\\naccount of sickness. Returning to Michigan he set-\\ntled on 160 acres in Ottawa County, which he had\\npurchased previous to enlistment. There he lived\\nthree years, and then for two years again was em-\\nployed by the month. In February, 1867, he came\\nto Gratiot County and bought 80 acres of partly im-\\n[iroved land, where he now resides. He has 60 acres\\nnicely under cultivation.\\nAug. 17, 1862, in Ottawa County, he was united\\nin marriage to Miss Amelia, daughter of Samuel B.\\nand Sybil (Seaton) !!rown, natives of the State of\\nNew York. She was born in Medina Co., Ohio,\\nMarch i, 1838. Mr. and Mrs. M. have tivo daughters\\n9\\nr\\n\\\\\\\\\u00c2\u00aer /m k^\\n-;si^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Ciim^Di];^\\nA.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2:^i^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "V.\\ndy/r/^^\\\\i*.^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "mhrrn^^^\\n^^M MhW\\ni.^^\\nr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nEdna M., born May 23, 1864, and Norma P., Sept.\\n6, 1874. Mr. M. has held the office of Highway\\nCommissioner, and the various school offices. He\\nand wife are adherents of the Presbyterian faith.\\nPolitically he is independent.\\n^issm^ S^r-\\n\u00c2\u00ab^^,gj;3?ya\u00c2\u00bbi\u00c2\u00bb\\nv.^ ^^ifames Paddock, Probate Judge of Gratiot\\niL_j County, resident at St. Louis, was born in\\nS Waterloo, Jackson Co, Mich., March 4,\\n1842, and is a son of Griffin and Mary (Lin-\\ncoln) Paddock. The line of his parental an-\\ncestors is of New York origin, and his grand-\\nfather came thence in 1836 to Jackson County, where\\nhe engaged in agricultural pursuits until liis death.\\nHis father was born Oct. 8, 1815, in Camillus, Onon-\\ndaga Co., N. Y. He was a man of fine intellect, and\\nstudied for the vocation of a lawyer. He became\\neminent in his profession, which he has followed all\\nhis life. He went to Watevloo in 1836, and practiced\\nin the Circuit Courts of Jackson ten years, removing\\nto Ligham County in 1846, where he bought 160\\nacres of land in the township of White Oak. Soon\\nafter he located, he was elected Probate Judge of\\nLigham County, and moved to Mason to facilitate\\nthe discharge of the duties of the position, which he\\nfilled four years. He was then elected Circuit Court\\nCommissioner, and served four years, after which he\\nreturned to his farm, and still resides thereon. The\\nplace is, in an unusually advanced state of cultiva-\\ntion, and is highly creditable to the taste and sense\\nof its proprietor. The mother died there Oct. 8,\\n1883.\\nUntil the age of 22 years, Mr. Paddock remained\\nat home. He obtained a solid fundamental educa-\\ntion at the schools of the section where he resided,\\nand was reared to the vocation of agriculture. In\\n1S64, he took charge of his father s farm, and con-\\ntinued its management until 1 868. In that year he\\ncame to St. Louis, and, associated with James K.\\nWright, opened an office tor the transaction of busi-\\nness in real estate and insurance. The relation ex-\\nisted about a year, when he was elected Justice of\\nthe Peace, and, with the exception of a single year,\\nhe has held the incumbency ever since, meanwiiile\\ncontinuing to prosecute his real-estate and insurance\\n525\\nbusiness. In 1870, he commenced to read law with\\nJ. K. Wright, and in 1875 was admitted to practice\\nin all the State Courts. He was nominated in the\\nfall of 1880 for the position of Probate Judge, and\\nwas elected over the Fusion candidate by a majority\\nof 227 votes. In political connection, he is a Repub-\\nlican of decided type, and has served four years as\\nClerk of the village of St. Louis. He has served two\\nyears as a member of the Village Board of Trustees.\\nHe owns a fine residence at St. Louis, a farm of 40\\nacres in Bethany Township, one of the same dimen-\\nsions in Pine River Township, and a third, contain-\\ning 120 acres, in Ingham County.\\nJudge Paddock was married Jan. i, 1865, in White\\nOak, Ingham Co., Mich., to Sarah Post. She was\\nborn Aug. 17, 1842, in Iosco, Livingston Co., Mich.,\\nand is the daughter of William C. and Ursula (Smith)\\nPost. The household of Judge Paddock includes a\\nlively and promising family of five children. The\\neldest was born June 26, 1868, in White Oak. Ber-\\ntha, Katie, Alice, James, Jessie and an infant yet\\nunnamed were born at St. Louis. Bertha and Katie\\nare deceased.\\nJudge Paddock s portrait appears on the opposite\\npage. The fine character of its prototype, his stain-\\nless record, and public and private position, render\\nit ameritorious addition to the galler) of portraits of\\nthe prominent citizens of Gratiot County contained\\nin this volume.\\n.:il:, amuel Sheller, farmer on section 10, Ful-\\nIgm ton Township, is a son of Henry and Sarah\\nK^ (Gantz) Sheller, of German descent. They\\nfirst settled in Washington Co., Pa., and re-\\nmoved later to Seneca Co., Ohio, where they\\nlived until their death. Samuel was born in\\nWashington Co., Pa., Jan. 24, 1823, and was about\\nten years old when his parents removed to Ohio. He\\nreceived a very limited education in the common\\nschools, but only before going to Ohio.\\nHe lived with his father until 24 years old, when\\nhe went to Hancock C o., Ohio, where he had a farm\\nof 100 acres given him by his father. He resided\\nthere 20 years, and then sold out. After six months\\nin Morrow County, he purchased 80 acres near Fos-\\ni^\\nC\\nca:\\ny\\nr\\n^i^ ^tN^:?!] 3 dd;", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "i\\nh\\nt\\nGRA TIO T CO UNTY.\\ntoria, in Seneca County, where he lived nine years\\nand then traded for 1 20 acres in Fulton Township,\\nthis county, where he now resides. He has 90 acres\\ncleaied and in a good state of cultivation.\\nJune 15, 1848, in Seneca Co., Ohio, he married\\nMiss Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Susannah\\nHartman, natives of Pennsylvania, where Mrs. S. was\\nborn, March 19, 1824. By this marriage there have\\nbeen 11 children, of whom eight survive: Will-\\niam H., Amos. Mary E., Francis M., Jacob M., Noble\\nR., Chauncey B. and Imo E. The deceased are\\nSamuel H., and two who died in infancy. Politically,\\nMr. Shellcris independent, with a leaning toward the\\nRepublican party.\\n^..w,^^^^..^\\n1 arl A. Sheffield, hardware merchant at St.\\nLouis, was born in Huron, Erie Co., Ohio,\\nAug. 31, 1837, and is a son of Augustus\\n^S. and Clarissa (Pangborn) Sheffield. In early life\\ni his father was a shoemaker and, later, gave his\\nattention successively to the callings of lumber-\\nman and grocer, and finally was concerned in the\\nerection of an extensive machine shop at Findlay,\\nOhio, in wliich he retained his interest for a number\\nof years. He died about the year 1864, in Texas,\\nOhio. The mother was born in Cleveland, Ohio,\\nand is now residing at Findlay. Of a large family\\nof children, four only are living. Mr. Sheffield of\\nthis sketch is the eldest Hattie is the wife of John\\nBolton, a traveling salesman of Findlay, Ohio Jean\\nis a tinsmith at Charlotte, Mich.; Clara is the wife\\nof Alvin Nichols, a photographer at Findlay.\\nMr. Sheffield was but nine years of age when his\\nparents removed to Findlay, and he was there a res-\\nident until he had reached the age of 25 years. He\\nacquired a substantial elementary education, and\\nstudied one year at the Wesleyan University of Ohio.\\nIn 1857 he began to read law under the direction of\\nMessrs. O Neil Blackford, a distinguished law firm\\nof Findlay. He remained in their office two years,\\nwhL-n he was admitted to the Bar. He entered upon\\nthe duties of a practitioner, but at last combined the\\nlabors of a teacher therewith and gave much atten-\\ntion to the latter business. He taught school suc-\\ncessively in Texas, Defiance, Macomb and Ottawa\\nin Ohio, and in the two last named places officiated\\nV\u00c2\u00ae)\\ntwo years in each as Principal of the schools. In\\nthe fall of 1S64 he enlisted at Findlay in Co. A,\\n178th Ohio Vol. Inf., and was in the service until\\nthe termination of the war, serving as regimental\\nclerk. On his discharge from the arn.y he went to\\nBlanchard, Ohio, and opened a hardware store, wliere\\nhe operated about 18 months. In 1870 he came to\\nAlma, Mich., and there established himself in the\\nsame business. He is the founder of what is known\\nas Ellison Corners, where he operated about a year\\nand a half He came thence to St. Louis, where he\\npurchased the interest of Mr. Saint, of the firm of\\nSaint Shiffer, hardware dealers on Main Street.\\nThe new association removed their stock to the Suy-\\ndam Block, and in December, 187 i, were burned out,\\nlosing $s,ooo with no insurance. Two months later\\nthey opened their business in the Ringenberg prop-\\nerty under the firm style of Shififer Sheffield. In\\nAugust of the same year Mr. Sheffield became sole\\nproprietor of the business and its relations by pur-\\nchase, and has since conducted his affairs alone. He\\ncarries a fine and judiciously assorted stock and is\\ndoing a prosperous business, requiring several as-\\nsistants.\\nHe is a member of the Order of Masonry, of the\\nRoyal Arcanum and belongs 10 the G. A. R. Post at\\nLouis, and has been a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church since his sixteenth year.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Sheffield to Mary, daughter\\nof Hyman G. Coates occurred near Macomb, Ohio,\\nin the year 1862. Following are the names of the\\nchildren born of this marriage William (deceased),\\nArthur, Otie, Grace and Charles (twins), and Mamie.\\nk/^fV ewis B. Miller, resident at Alma, was born\\nFeb. 8, 1824, in Fayette Co Pa. He is a\\nf^ son of Ludwig and Barbara (Baysinger)\\nMiller, who were natives of the same county.\\nMr. Miller resided in the Keystone State\\nuntil 1866, devoting his attention to farming.\\nHere he cleared and nicely improved the greater part\\nof a 160-acre farm, on which he lived 16 years. At\\nthe date named, he came to Isabella County, where\\nhe bought 234 acres of land,witli 25 acres improved.\\nOn this he lived five years, and cleared 90 acres. He\\n^5\\n0)\\nn^\\nmmW\\nrS-\\nmj^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "i\\nG\u00c2\u00a3A TIO T CO UNTY.\\n-HS3=*j6g\\nA-.\\n527\\nhad 20 acres additional in stumps, and had erect-\\ned a suitable and convenient farm house, when he\\nexchanged the estate for property at St. Louis, to\\nI which place he removed, and remained there between\\n_ six and seven years.\\nJJ\\nHe also owned 80 acres of\\nland in Pine River Township, which he managed\\nand labored to improve for four years, when he sold\\nout. He exchanged his property at St. Louis for 75\\nacres in Pine River Township, whither he removed.\\nHe remained on it five years, cleared about 30 acres,\\nand fenced the entire property. Among other im-\\n;g provements, he set out a fine orchard. In the spring\\n^of 18S3, he sold this property for $3,500, and took up\\nhis residence at Ahna, where he had previously\\nstarted a livery stable. In October, 1883, he dis-\\nposed of the last named business. He is now erect-\\ning a feed store. He is independent in political\\nconnections, and has held the various school offices\\nin Pine River Township.\\nMr. Miller was married in Fayette Co., Pa., Nov.\\n28, 1847, to Barbara, daughter of Robert and Eliza-\\n\\\\y^ beth Yates. She was born in the county where she\\na was married, Aug. 5, 1823. Of eight children born\\ni to Mr. and Mrs. Miller, two died in infancy. The\\nsurvivors are Joseph L., Robert, Andrew J., I.ud-\\nvy wig, Ellen and William M.\\nohn S. Wright, farmer on section 3, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of John and Sarah\\n(Barnaby) Wright, natives of Englai:d.\\niO\\nThey came to the United States in the spring\\nof 1853 and setded in Ohio, where they lived\\nabout two years. In the spring of 1855 they\\ncame to Gratiot County, and settled in North Shade\\nTownship, where the father died, April 3, 1876.\\nThe mother yet survives.\\nThe eldest son, John, was born in England, Jan.\\n3, 1837, and came at the age of 16 with his parents to\\nAmerica. He was 18 years old when they settled in\\nGratiot County. In the spring of 1859 he purchased\\n40 acres on section 10, Fulton Tcttvnship, and built a\\nlog house. He has since added 115 acres by pur-\\n,w.s chase, and has too acres nicely improved. In the\\n1^ summer of 1881 he erected a fine brick residence on\\nv/ section where he now resides.\\nJuly 3, 1859, in North Shade Townshi}), he mar-\\nried Angenett, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Garner\\nand widow of Benjamin Camp. Mrs. Wright s par-\\nents were natives of New York State, where she also\\nwas born, Feb. 23, 1837. She and her husband are\\nthe parents of eight living children Sarah E., Er-\\nmina M., John S., Emma J., William H., Burt E.,\\nHattie L. and Lillie M. Arthur B. and Henrietta\\nare deceased. Mr. Camp, Mrs. Wright s first hus-\\nband, died in Wayne Co., Mich., in the summer of\\n1858, and by him she had one son, Adelbert.\\nMr. Wright enlisted Sept. 8, 1864, in the 29th\\nMich. Vol. Inf, and served till the close of the war,\\nbeing discharged at Murfree:.boro,Tenn. He fought\\nat Decatur, Ala., and in a number of skirmishes.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic Order, and in polit-\\nical sentiment is a Democrat.\\nartin V. Smith, senior member of the firm\\nof M. V. Smith Co., real-estate, insur-\\nl^si ance and loan agents, St. Louis, was born\\n)v\\\\\\\\\\\\ March 24, 1839, in Tioga Co., N. Y., and is\\nson of Stephen and Eleanor (Van Vliet)\\nSmith. His father was a farmer and a native\\nof Schuyler Co., N. Y. He removed with his family\\nto Jackson County, Iowa, in 1861, and died there in\\n1865. The mother was born in Schuyler County\\nand died in Jackson Co., Iowa, in 1864.\\nMr. Smith was educated in the common schools\\nand reared to manhood on a farm. He accompanied\\nhis parents to Iowa and was there engaged in farm-\\ning until 1865, when he opened a grocery in Maquo-\\nketa, Jackson County, associated with his brother,\\nStephen S. Smith. This connection existed two\\nyears, when he engaged in the business of a livery-\\nman and in purchase and sale of stock in the same\\nplace until 1869, when he went to Labette County,\\nKansas. After a brief delay he went to Springfield,\\nMo., and spent several years in the stock business\\nHe returned to Jackson Co., Iowa, where he passed\\nsome time in inaction, suffering from an affection of\\nthe eyes, wliich rendered close apiilication to bus-\\niness dangerous. He passed a year at East Sagi-\\nnaw, and in the spring of 1877 he came to St. Louis,\\nand in company with William A. McOmber, opened\\nan office as a real-estate agent. Two years later the\\nfirm became Smith, Faunce Brooks, and not long\\nafter other transfers of business made the firm\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nfe\\nr\\nA\\nk\\ni^MnM^y^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "j^^\\n528\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n:2J^^^sr\\nstyle Smith, Tripp Garlnit. Later it became\\nPaddock, Giddings Smith, which relation soon\\nceased, and IMr. Smith was again associated with his\\nformer partner, Mr. McOmber. The last connection\\nwas entered into July 5, 1S83, and is still in opera-\\ntion. Mr. Smith is the owner and proprietor of a\\nlarge and fine residence on Main Street, six lots on\\nFranklin Street, and one on Washington Avenue\\nalso 40 acres on section 1, I ine River Township,\\nwhich is all under improvement, with dwelling,\\nbarns, orchards and other attractions also 40 acres\\nof land on section 12, Bethany Township; also 80\\nacres in Coe Township, Isabella County, which is\\nunder improvements; also 40 acres on section 12,\\nPine River Township, in improved condition and\\nunder cultivation.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Y\u00c2\u00ab\\nin October, 1882, became associated with him in his\\nlumber mill, which he is still managing.\\nMr. Lumsden was married in Detroit Dec. 6, 1882,\\nto Belle H., daughter of Hugh and Mary Louise\\n(Copeland) Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Lumsden are\\nthe happy parents of one child, born Oct. 17, 1883.\\nThey are communicants in the Episcopal Church.\\nMr. Lumsden is a Republican of the most radical\\ntype.\\nj\u00e2\u0080\u0094 4 o gg-#!H\u00c2\u00ae i* i\\n;scfejtjg^f.\\n^ylvester B. Heverlo, Treasurer of Gratiot\\nCounty, resident at Ithaca, was born Sept.\\n7, 1836, in that part of Delaware Co., Ohio,\\nohn O. Lumsden, lumberman and cashier\\ntor A, \\\\V. Wright, with whom he is also\\nassociated in the lumbering business in the\\nfirm of Geo. D. Barton Co., their mill and\\nyard being located at Alma, was born March\\n5, 1856, at Detroit. His father, John Lums-\\nden, was a native of Scotland, and his mother was\\nborn in England. The parents were married at\\nHampton Court Palace, England, and in 1837 came\\nto America. They settled on the banks of the Hud-\\nson River, in the State of Nf w York, and there be-\\ncame agriculturists. Two years later in 1839\\nthey came to Detroit and engaged in farming. The\\nfarm was situated between Woodward and Cass Ave-\\nnues, and extended one mile south. The father died\\nFeb. 20, 188 t, in Detroit. The mother is still resi-\\ndent there. The family included seven children.\\nMr. Lumsden was the third son of his parents,\\nand remained under their jurisdiction until he was\\n14 years old, when he became shiijping clerk in the\\nbusiness house of A. W. Copeland. After a service\\nthere of five years, he embarked in business on his\\nown responsibility, and opened a produce and com-\\nmission establishment, which he continued to conduct\\nwith varying success mitil June, 188 r. At that date,\\nhe engaged as clerk with Mr. Wright in his office at\\nSaginaw City. Six months later, he came to Alma as\\na representative of the interests of his employer, and\\nwhich is now known as Morrow County. He\\nis a son of Barnet and Mary (Smith) Heverlo.\\nHis father was descended from Welsh ances-\\ntors, and was born in Delaware he died in Morrow\\nCo., Ohio. The mother was born in Maryland, and\\ndied in the same county in the Buckeye State.\\nMr. Heverlo spent the time previous to arriving\\nat the age of 18 years, alternately in attendance at\\nschool and in farm labor. At that age he became a\\npupil at Mount Hesper Seminary, where he remained\\nfour years. He engaged in teaching five years and\\nthen in sheep-raising on his father s farm. This occu-\\npation he followed five years. In 1867 he formed an\\nassociation with several parties in a general mercan-\\ntile business, the firm being known under the style\\nof Clark, Heverlo Co. The partnership existed a\\nlittle less than three years, and on its dissolution in\\n187 1 he moved to Alma and established himself in\\nthe grocery trade, which he continued in that avenue\\nsolely until 1878, when he added boots and shoes to\\nhis stock. In the fall of 18S2 he was elected Treas-\\nurer of the county on the Fusion ticket, running\\nahead of his ticket largely and receiving his election\\nby a majority of 272 votes. While in business at\\nAlma he filled many important positions of trust and\\nresponsibility.\\nMr. Heverlo was married at Duplain, Clinton o.,\\nMich., March 5, 1867, to Mrs. K. K. Cobb, daughter\\nof Joseph and Deborah A. Keen and widow of John\\nT. Cobb. She was born in Delaware Co., Ohio.\\nHer only child by her first marriage, Montruel C obb,\\nis deceased. Three cliildren have been born of her\\nmarriage to Mr. Heverlo: Aithur K. (deceased), Jesse\\nF. and Bertha M.\\nV^\\nI\\nA\\nC-^.\\n^A^^ZL\\nm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "J^i^^vu^ ^/^^cl", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "n\\nm)\\n|))\u00c2\u00ab^rr\u00c2\u00ab-\\n(h\\nJ\\n4.\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nr-in.^\\n531\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nf 1M\\names Wood, farmer, section 29, Pine River\\nTownship, was born Jan. 13, i8i7,in Mad-\\nison Co., N. Y. His parents, David and\\nEsther (Hunt) Wood, were also natives of the\\nEmpire State, and the father died there. The\\nmother came to Michigan and passed the latter\\nyears of her life, dying about the year 187.4.\\nMr. Wood spent the years of his minority in ob-\\ntaining a common-school education and in acquiring\\na practical knowledge of the vocation of agriculture.\\nHe found himself at 21 years of age with his future\\nto make unaided, save by his own merits and exer-\\ntions, and he entered bravely into the struggle. He\\nspent four years as a laborer by the month, after\\nwhich he adopted the plan of working farms on\\nshares. At the end of three years he found himself\\nin circumstances to warrant his operating more inde-\\npendently, and he bought 100 acres of land in Mad-\\nison County, which he managed nearly four years.\\nAt the expiration of that time he found it desirable\\nto change his business and he devoted the ensuing\\nsix years to operations in a saw-mill and in the manu-\\nfacture of cheese boxes.\\nThe agricultural capacities of Michigan after her\\nadmission as a State, increased in popubrity with\\naugmenting speed and strength, and Mr. Wood de-\\ntermined to n.ake a venture in a portion of the State\\nwhich seemed to offer rich promise, and he decided\\nupon Gratiot County as a desirable point, from its\\nproximity to civilization and its apparent resources.\\nHe came hither in the spring of 1855 and bought\\n160 acres in Pine River Township, on which he es-\\ntablished his homestead and where he has since\\nresided. His land was all in primeval forest and he\\nset himself vigorously to the work of clearing and\\nimproving, and now has one-half of his original\\nacreage in the finest state of culture. Mr. Wood is\\na Republican in political sentiment and action, and\\nhas served his township three years as Road Com-\\nmissioner.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Wood to Deborah Cornel!\\noccurred April 4, 1841, in Dryden, Tompkins Co.,\\nN. Y. She was born x\\\\\\\\ 3, 1820, in Madison Co.,\\nN. Y., and is the daughter of Elijah and Eunice\\nCornell. She is a sister of the late Ezra Cornell,\\nfounder of the University at Ithaca, N. Y., which\\nwill bear an honorable name through successive gen-\\nerations to come, in a perpetuity whose endurance\\nwill rank only with its merits. Ten children have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Wood, as follows: Eunice\\nC, April 25, 1842; Daniel C, Jan. 29, 1844; W.\\nIrving, Dec. 31, 1846; Alice E., June 30, 1848 (died\\nDec. 10, 1873); Ella F., May 22, 1850; Corydon L.,\\nSept. 30, 1852; Frederick, Jan. 29, 1855; Edith M.,\\nOct. 13, 1857 (died March 31, 1858); Ida J., March\\n8, 1859; Lucretia M., Aug. 15, 1862. W. Irving\\nbecame a soldier and lost his life in defense of his\\ncountry, June 18, 1864.\\nHow sleep the brav ulio sink to rest.\\nBy all their country s wishe.s blest!\\nThe portrait of Mr. Wood appears on the last page.\\nIt is the likeness of a man who has wrought success\\nand an honorable name by his integrity and useful-\\nness in his generation, and by undeviating effort in\\nthe line of duty and honor.\\ntyte\\nhomas J. Gulick, physician and farmer,\\ni section 27, Lafayette Township, is a son of\\nHenry and Rachel (Manning) Gulick, na-\\n^--^^^i^^^\\n^I1!1\\nSc; lives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, respect-\\nr ively. They first settled in Ohio, and then\\nI after two years moved to Davis Co., Ind., where\\nthey remained ten years, and where Mrs. Gulick\\ndied Sept. 4, 1820. Then he removed to Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., and finally came to Hillsdale Co., Mich.,\\nand passed the remaining eight years of his life with\\nhis son Thomas. The latter was the second of seven\\nchildren, and was born in Davis Co., Ind., Sept. 4,\\n1820. Until 24 years of age, he worked hard on his\\nfather s farm, and his education was consequently\\nvery limited. Perceiving the advantages to be de-\\nrived from a good education, he obtained one as he\\nbest could. He is a self-made man, made what he\\nis by close application. Often did he sit up nights*\\nto study by the light of a pine knot. He had three\\nuncles who were i hysicians, one of whom, Hon. Je-\\nhiel H. Halsey, an ex-Congressnian from New York,\\nrendered Thomas assistance by good advice and\\npecuniary loans. On leaving home, he went to\\nI .radford Co., Pa., where he was principally engaged\\nin farming for two years. The next eight years he\\nC\\n5", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "#S8-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^erv ^nD ;iins v\\nVv^\\n^ZrisS^\\nsr\\n-4^^(\u00c2\u00aeV!B)\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n:,0\\n^^C*\\nsD^\\nfO\\npassed in Seneca Co., N. Y. In February, 1854, lie\\ncame to Hillsdale Co., Mich., where he followed\\nfarming until 1867, when he went to Iowa. There\\nhe lived on a farm for a time. Returning to Hills-\\ndale County, he remained there till February, 1874,\\nwhen he came to Gratiot County. He bought 160\\nacres, nearly all wild land, on section 27, Lafayette\\nTownship, where he has since resided, farming and\\npracticing medicine. He has about 50 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nHe was first married in Seneca Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n8, 1844, to Phebe Jane Pollard, a native of New York.\\nThey had two children, Mary E. and Benjamin F.,\\nthe former of whom died at the age of 16. Mrs.\\nGulick died May 24, 1859, and he was again married\\nin Hillsdale Co., Mich., Sept. 24, 1859, to Mary E.\\nBarber, a native of New York, born Sept. 26, 1831.\\nThis union has been blessed by four children, Henry,\\nRachel E., Thomas J. and George N.\\nDr. Gulick was Health Commissioner three years,\\nand State Road Commissioner one year. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order, and is in politics a\\nJacksonian Democrat. For 15 years, he was an ef-\\nficient minister of the gospel, though he at the same\\ntime followed other occupations for a livelihood.\\nffl ohn M. Montigel, senior member ot the\\nfirm of J. M. Montigel Co., at Alma,\\nwas born Dec. 3, 1822, in Germany, and is\\nthe son of Ferdinand and Regina E. (Dold)\\nMontigel. His parents were born, married,\\nr lived and died in Germany.\\nMr. Montigel remained in his native country until\\nhe was 32 years old, when he came to the United\\nStates and settled in Erie, Pa. He was employed in\\na foundry there, and continued to reside at that\\npoint ten years. In 1863 he went to Ashtabula,\\nOhio, bought out a foundry, and established himself\\nin business. He continued the management of his\\naffairs there eight years and sold out. In the fall of\\n187 I he came to Alma, and commenced operating\\nin his present line of business, which includes a\\nfoundry, wagon and carriage works, and a general\\nrepair shop. He is associated with John F. Schwartz,\\nand the firm is known as J. M. Montigel Co. l he\\nconcern transacts a degree of business yearly that\\nis represented by $20,000 in the aggregate.\\nMr. Montigel was married in Erie, Pa., March 5,\\n1 85-, to Anna Barbara Segrist. She was born March\\n26, 1825, in Switzerland, and came to the United\\nStates about the year 1850. They have had three\\nchildren Ferdinand, Martin and Wilhelmine. Mr.\\nMontigel is a Republican in political sentiment and\\naction, and both himself and wife are members of the\\nCongregational Church.\\ni v!jj.ouglass Hyatt, farmer on section 2, Fulton\\n!!:iiskj Township, is a son of James and Elizabeth\\n-iiV (Sutphen) Hyatt, natives of New Jersey\\nji^fii and Pennsylvania. They first settled in Yates\\nA Co., N. Y., where she died. He died in 1875.\\nDouglass was born in Yates Co., N. Y., Oct. lo,\\n1824. He received his education in the common\\nschools, and remained with his father until 30 years\\nof age. He then worked his fathers farm on shares\\nfor seven years.\\nComing to Gratiot County in the spring of 1866,\\nhe bought 40 acres of wild land on section 2, Fulton\\nTownship, and at once set about building a log cabin\\nand improving his land. He has since added 40\\nacres, and of his whole farm 50 acres are now well\\ncultivated.\\nSept. 25, 1853, in Ontario Co., N. Y., he was mar-\\nried to Miss Susan, daughter of Robert and Sophia\\n(Yakely) Robinson, natives respectively of Scotland\\nand Orange Co., N. Y. Mrs. H. was born in Albany,\\nN. Y., July 14, J835. They have seven children:\\nAlphena I., Harriet I., Libbie M., James L., John H.,\\nNettie S. and Albert D. William U. and Charles E.\\nare deceased. He is a member of the Masonic Order,\\nand is politically a Democrat.\\ntames W. Howd, clerk and manager of the\\nloan and real-estate office of Gen. Nathan\\n*\u00c2\u00b0^Church, at Ithaca, was born July 5, 1841, in\\nWayne Co., N. Y., and is the son of John W.\\nand Elizabeth (Sutherland) Howd. His father\\nwas born in the State of New York, of English\\nand Scotch ancestry, and during the early part of his\\nr\\ni\\num^i ^^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac3^\\n^4^^vj^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": ")^^ti\\nI\u00c2\u00bb\\nlj?^y\\n-r ^|]II ^Dtl^\\nv\\n-TT\\n2fc\\nI\\ns\\nE=a:\\nA\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n535\\nlife was a carpenter and joiner by trade. In 1845\\nlie removed his f.imily and interests to Branch Co.,\\nMich., and bought 120 acres of hind si.v miles west\\nof Coldwater. On this the family resided some\\nyears and made important and valuable improve-\\nments. In 1S51 they removed to a farm of 80 acres\\nlocated near Rome Center, Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nwhich they owned and occupied one year. At the\\nend of that time the senior Howd bought a grist-\\nmill located on the river Raisin, six miles northwest\\nof Adrian, called the Warsaw Mills, which he man-\\naged nearly one year, and afterward engaged in buy-\\ning and shipping cattle, sheep and hogs. Sept. 3,\\n1854, he came alone to Gratiot County, and bought\\n225 acres of land on section 18, North Star Town-\\nship. He employed assistants and built a log house\\nand arranged to occupy the place with his family.\\nHe settled there with his wife, two sons and three\\ndaughters in the spring of 1855. He helped to\\norganize and had the honor of naming the township.\\nThe father and sons went about the work of clear-\\ning away the forest and put 60 acres in first-class\\ncondition. When the Southern Rebellion broke out\\ntheir agricultural affairs were in a most promising\\ncondition. The sentiment which pervaded the whole\\nNorth was shared by the settlers of Gratiot County,\\nand Mr. Hoivd,ofthis sketch, enlisted Aug. 13, i86r,\\nat Ovid, Clinton County, enrolling as a private in Co.\\nD, ist Mich. Cav., Capt. J. B. Parks. He was in\\nthe service three years, and was in several engage-\\nments previous to November, 1862, when the com-\\npany was placed on detached duty as Provost\\nGuard, at Alexandria, Va., where it remained until\\nAugust, 1864. Mr. Howd was mustered out at\\nWashington, D. C, receiving his discharge at Detroit.\\nOn his return to his home he was appointed Under-\\nSheriff by David Bailey, Sheriff, and occupied the\\nposition over two years. In 1866 he associated with\\nGiles T. Brown, in the prosecution of pension and\\nbounty claims. This relation existed about two\\nyears. In 1870 he was appointed Deputy County\\nClerk, under Gen. Nathan Church. Two years later\\nhe was elected Justice of the Peace and filled the\\noffice several years in succession. This office he\\nhad also held from 1867 to 1870. His next appoint-\\nment was as Deputy County Clerk, under William B.\\nScattergood, where he officiated for six years, liaving\\nentire charge of the office during the last year of Mr.\\nScattergood s term of office.\\nIn 1 88 1 he entered the service of General Church\\nin the business in which he is now engaged, and in\\nwhich he has since continued. Upon the organiza-\\ntion of the townshiji of Ithaca in 1881, he was\\nelected Justice of the Peace for a short term. Being\\nre-elected in 1882, he is still the incumbent of the\\noffice. He is a member of the blue lodge. Masonic\\nOrder, and belongs to the fraternity of Knights of\\nHonor. He is also a member of Moses Wisner Post,\\nNo. loi, G. A. R.\\nMr. Howd was married Aug. 12, 1866, at Alma, to\\nEmma G., daughter of William and Lois A. Moyer.\\nWilliam C, eldest cl\u00c2\u00bbild,was born Nov. 2, 1867, and\\ndied Sept. 10, 1868. Lois E., born Sept. 26, 1870,\\nand James G.. born July 9, 1881, are the surviving\\nchildren.\\nMr. Howd owns his residence and two lots there-\\nvifith also several business lots in Ithaca, upon one\\nof which he has erected a business building, two\\nstories in height, 22 by 65 feet in dimensions. He\\nowns also 80 acres on section 4, Newark Township, a\\nhalf interest in 160 acres on the same section, besides\\n40 acres on section 15, Lafayette Township.\\nUvin Hodges, deceased, late farmer on sec-\\ntion 8, Fulton Township, was born in Wyo-\\nming Co., N. Y., Nov. 3, 1834, and is the son\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jjJf* of Alanson and Lucy (Pool) Hodges, both of\\nf\\nAmerican ancestry. He was the second son\\nof a family of five children, and lived with his\\nparents until he attained his majority.\\nIn 1855, he came to Eaton County, this State,\\nwhere he was engaged in farming until December,\\n1864. He then came to Gratiot County and bought\\n80 acres on section 8, Fulton Township. During his\\nlife, he added largely to his estate by purchase, and\\nalso sold some land. He was at times the possessor\\nof 600 or 700 acres of land, and at the time of his\\ndeath owned 430 acres, 200 of which were under\\ncultivation. He had also erected good farm build-\\nings. For 10 or twelve years he dealt in staves, in\\nconnection with his other business.\\nApril 7, i860, in Barry Co., Mich., he took as the\\nlife partner of his joys Miss Amelia, daughter of\\nJacob and Mary (Dills) Van Volkenlnirg, natives\\nof the State of New York. The father died April 5,\\nt\\nx x\\n-L.\\n^Il!l ^Il!ly\\nA.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "fV^\\n@r#59-\\nT\\n^M%mw\\n-^^^^srvMt\\nV\\n536\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n1870; the mother yet survives. Mrs. Hodges vi^as\\nborn in Ontario Co., N. Y., Nov. 26, 1833. She and\\nMr. H. had two children Ada A., died July 6,\\n1875, when 13 years old; and Estelle M., died April\\n13) 18731 3g2d 18. Mr. Hodges held the offices of\\nHighway Commissioner, Township Treasurer and\\nSchool Treasurer. He was politically a Republican,\\nand was at the time of his death a member of the\\nMasonic and Odd Fellows fraternities. His death\\noccurred March 18, 1882, at his home in Fulton\\nTownship.\\nAs one of the worthy representative pioneers of\\nGratiot County, as well as of Michigan, we present\\nthe portrait of Mr. Hodges in connection with this\\nsketch.\\nMif I acob H. Miller, millwright and miller, sec-\\nlEiZ] t O i 34. Pine River Township, is a son of\\no Henry and Barbara (Scease) Miller, natives\\nof Somerset Co., Pa. They were married and\\nfirst settled in Pennsylvania, and afterwards\\nremoved to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, where they\\nresided until death. Their family comprised 14,\\nseven of each sex. Jacob H., the subject of this\\nbiographical notice, was born in Tuscarawas Co.,\\nOhio, Nov. 19, 1823, and was the fifth son. He re-\\nceived a common-school education, and when 16\\nyears old was employed by his oldest brother in a\\nflouring mill for three years. For the ensuing two\\nyears, he was overseer in his lather s and brother s\\nmill; and he has been similarly engaged to the pres-\\nent time. He came to Gratiot County in the winter\\nof 1867, and built the first flouring mill of any con-\\nsequence in Alma, for James Gargett. He also built\\nthe mill now used as a hoop-mill by F. H. Hamlin\\nCo.\\nJuly 3, 1843, in Holmes Co., Ohio, he was united in\\nmarriage to Sarah, daughter of Abraham and Susanna\\nTrayer, natives of Pennsylvania. She was a native\\nof Holmes Co., Ohio, and was born March 24, 1822.\\nMr. and Mrs. Miller have had nine children Mag-\\ndalene, Susanna (deceased), Barbara, Daniel A.,\\nJacob H. (deceased), Benjamin, Jane, Thomas W.\\nand Sarah E. (deceased).\\nIn the spring of 1883, he traded his village prop-\\nerty for his present farm of 38 acres, 15 of which are\\nunder cullivation. In the spring of 1881, he was\\nelected a Trustee for the village of Alma; but he re-\\nsigned after serving one year. He is a member of\\nthe Masonic Order, and politically is a staunch Re-\\npublican.\\nevi Ceasar, farmer on section 24, Fulton\\nTownship, is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth\\nV (Hoffer) Ceasar. He is of German and\\nSwiss descent, and was born in Northumber-\\nland Co., Pa., Nov. 14, 1 8 14. When he was\\nten years old his parents removed to Wayne\\nOhio, where they died. In February, 1841, he\\nremoved to Fulton Co., Ohio, where he lived 13. years.\\nIn 1854 he came to Gratiot County and bought 80\\nacres of wild land on section 24, Fulton Township,\\nwhere he now lives. He has put up excellent build-\\nings, and now owns 126 acres, of which 96 are under\\ncultivation.\\nIn April, 1840, in Wayne Co., Ohio, he married\\nMiss Angelina Cane, a native of that county. She\\nbore him one son, Henry W., and died about 1S45.\\nFeb, 18, 1848, he married Catherine, daughter of\\nPhilip and Catherine Brodbeck, natives of Germany.\\nShe was born in Maryland, Sept. 20, 1832. Mr. and\\nMrs. C. have had seven children, six of whom sur-\\nvive: James F., Matilda A., Sarah C, Alma G., Al-\\nvin A., Ida A. and Eda A. Alma G. died when two\\nmonths old. Mr. C. has held the office of Superin-\\ntendent of Highways for several years, and has also\\nbeen School Inspector. He and wife have formerly\\nbeen members of the United Brethren Church. Po-\\nlitically he is a Democrat.\\nd i\\ni, arcus Bancroft, farmer, section 13, Ar-\\nl I,, flJ.J/\\n0.\\\\. cada Township, was born at Nelson, Port\\n^#?r\\nA\\nage Co., Ohio, within a few miles of Hiram\\nCollege (Pres. Garfield s alma mater), Sept.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jI* 28, C834, and is the son of Austin and Nancy\\n(Morris) Brancroft, natives of Connecticut, and -J-,\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nof Englisli ancestry. The Bancroft family is dis-\\ntantly connected with the historian Bancroft. .Aus-\\ntin Bancroft has been a farmer, and still resides in\\nPortage Co., Ohio, aged 76.\\nl-\\\\\u00c2\u00ae))^#-\\nA\\n^D!1 ^III];1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^3)C\\n5^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "Zd,a M^-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "/CjuU", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "m\\n[(3)\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\n-^^i^^c^rvi^\\n541\\nThe subject of this sketch lived with his parents\\nuntil of age, obtaining a fair education in the schools\\nof his county. March 4, 1857, he was united in\\nmarriage at Ravenna, Ohio, to C ynthia Hannah,\\ni daughter of David and Cynthia (Mills) Hannah, na-\\ntives of Connecticut, and of Irish and English de-\\nscent. They followed farming, and are both dead,\\nthe mother dying when the daughter was but six\\nmonths old. The latter was born in Nelson, Portage\\nCounty, Feb, 15, I1S39, was there educated, and\\nthere lived until her marriage.\\nMr. Bancroft farmed in his native county until\\nFeb. 9, 1865, when he enlisted in Co. E, 196th Ohio\\nVol. Inf., under- Captain Baker. The company\\nserved under Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, in the\\nArmy of the Cumberland. He was honorably dis-\\ncharged at Baltimore, .Seiit. 11, 1865, after nine\\nmonths service. In the fall of 1866, he and family\\ncame to Ithaca, this county, where he worked the\\nfollowing winter. May 3, 1867, he purchased 80\\nacres of timbered land on section 13, .\\\\rcada Town-\\nship. He has put 60 acres under the plow, and\\nerected a comfortable residence and barn. They\\nhave two children Jennie, born July 15, 1869, and\\nHallie A., born May 13, 187 i. Mr. Bancroft is an\\nable farmer, and a good citizen. He votes with the\\nDemocratic party.\\n1\\nf\\ns- 4#^-v\\nI\\n_osciusko P. Peet, of the firm of Peet\\nJohnson, liverymen at Ithaca, and Sheriff\\nof Gratiot County, was born Oct. 19, 1843,\\nin Rochester, Lorain Co., Ohio. His father,\\nJohn Peet, was born Aug. 5, 1801, on Long\\nMountain, Conn., and was of mixed English\\nand Welsh lineage. He was a shoemaker in early\\nlife, and in later years became a farmer. He died at\\nJamestown, Ottawa Co., Mich., March 3, 1881. The\\nmother, Betsey (Clark) Peet, was born in 1803, in\\nPenfield, Monroe Co., N. Y., and died in Rochester,\\nOhio, Feb. 4, i860. They had 13 children, 12 of\\nwhom grew to maturity.\\nMr. Peet is the 12th child of his parents, and ac-\\nquired a fair education in the common schools, and\\nwhen he was 19 years old he went to the academy at\\nSavannah, Ohio, where he studied one year. Two of\\nhis l)rothers, Charles D. and Rolla A., enlisted in\\nthe spring of 1863 as soldiers for the Union, enrolling\\nin Co. B, I St Ohio Light .Artillery. Mr. Peet also\\nenlisted Aug. 24, 1864, as a private in Co. I in the\\nsame regime, nt, Cajit. Hubert Dilger. He was dis-\\ncharged June 13, 1865, and returned to Rochester, \\\\6)\\nwhere, in the following spring, associated with his\\nbrother RoUa, he embarked in dairy business and\\nstock-raising. They spent a year in the manufacture\\nof butter and cheese and sold out. In the spring of\\n1867 they removed to Kent Co., Mich., where Mr.\\nPeet bought 84 acres of land on section 6, Bowne\\nTownship. year later, he bought 140 acres on sec-\\ntion 31, Lowell Township, and there resided until\\nthe fall of 1872, when he exchanged property with\\nhis father, who had bought and settled on a farm of\\n50 acres in Jamestown, Ottawa Co., Mich. Mr.\\nPeet resided there vintil the s|iring of 1875, when the\\nexchange was reconsidered, and the places passed\\ninto the possession of their original owners. In the\\nfall of that year, Mr. Peet engaged to teach a winter\\nterm of school (an occupation he has followed several\\nterms) at Centervilte, Caledonia Township, and then\\nexi:hanged his farm for 320 acres of land on section\\n31, Lafayette Township, Gratiot County. It was all\\nin timber, and he proceeded to clear and improve\\n100 acres, on which he has placed farm buildings\\nand fixtures of the most creditable character. He\\ndevotes most of the acreage to the production of hay,\\nand with his brother, R. A., and N. G. Peet, his\\ncousin, is interested in the raising of Holstein stock.\\nHe owns a fine young registered thorough-bred\\nheifer, which he bought when she was two years old,\\nat Meadville, Pa. He is also engaged in raising fine\\nblooded horses.\\nMr. Peet belongs to the National Greenback party,\\nand in the fall of 1882 he was elected Sheriff of\\nGratiot County by a majority of 187 votes on the\\nFusion ticket. He moved to Ithaca Dec. 22, 1882,\\nand in the sirmmer of 1883 he formed his present\\nbusiness relation with D. C. Johnson, and erected\\nthe building they now occupy as a livery stable. It\\nis 40 X 80 feet, and is two stories in height. Their\\nbusiness is in a flourishing condition. Mr. Peet has\\nheld the offices of Township Supervisor two years,\\nClerk one year, School Superintendent two years.\\nSchool Director a long time, and numerous minor\\noffices. He is a member of the Knights Templar,\\nMasonic Order.\\nc\\nC\\n^^7^ \u00e2\u0080\u00a2iD II Di]it\\n\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a5?^^J^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "Ta^^^K 6VC^III]\u00c2\u00a7nilf r\\n542\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT V.\\n(0\\nS\\n(q^\\nMr. Peet was married April 8, 1864, at Adrian,\\nMich., to Lydia M., daughter of Isaac J. and Cla-\\nrissa A. (Rising) Sage, the former a native of New\\nYork, and of English and Welsh descent. She was\\nborn Jan. 3, 1847, in Huntington, Lorain Co., Ohio.\\nShe was the youngest of eleven of her father s\\nchildren, and the youngest of nine children born to\\nher mother. Her parents moved to Ohio in 1818,\\nwhere her father died about 20 years ago. Her\\nmother is still living and residing in California, at the\\nadvanced age of 75 years. Mrs. Peet attended a\\ncourse of a year and a half at college, at Savannah,\\nOhio, with a view of taking charge of the female de-\\npartment of her brother s medical infirmary in Cali-\\nfornia. The six children of Mr. and Mrs. Peet\\nwere born as follows K. Rolla, Dec. 29, 1864, at\\nRochester, Ohio, where also a daughter, L. Amarette,\\nwas born Jan. 11, 1867; Susie E. was born Dec. 8,\\nr868, in Lowell, Mich.; C D was born Dec. 22,\\n1873, at Jamestown; J. Raymond was born Nov. 3,\\n1877, in Lafayette Township; James O. was born\\nin the same township Aug. 10, 1881.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Peet on preceding\\npages are those of citizens of Gratiot County who\\nhave been active in the best general interests of their\\ngeneration, and who have achieved success by effort\\nand perseverance in laudable enterprises.\\nI arren W. Baker, farmer on section 9, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of Philip S. and\\nHannah A. (Pearl) Baker, natives respect-\\nively of Westchester Co., N, Y., and Connect-\\nicut. They lived first in Tioga Co., N. Y.,\\nthen in Huron Co., Ohio, and then in Lorain\\nCo., Ohio, where the mother died. The father died\\nin Erie Co., Ohio.\\nThe subject of this narrative was born in Tioga\\no., N. Y., Jan. 13, 1823, and was 1 1 years old when\\nhis parents removed to Ohio. He received a good\\ncommon-school education, and lived under his father s\\nroof until 27 years of age. He then rented a farm\\nfor a few years, after which he went to Fulton Co.,\\nOhio. There he bought a farm on which he lived\\ntwo years. In the fall of 1854 became to (iratiot\\nCounty and bought 120 acres of wild land on sec-\\ntion 10, Fulton Township. Here he built a log\\nhouse and lived until the spring of 1865. In the\\nfall of that year he purchased 162 acres on section 9,\\nwhere he now resides. He has since added 78 acres,\\nand has improved 200 acres of his farm, which is\\nwell cultivated.\\nFeb. 24, 1850, in Erie Co., Ohio, he married Cor-\\nnelia A., daughter of William and Margaret (Lewis)\\nRosecrans, who was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Oct.\\n27, 1834. Tiiis marriage has been blessed with five\\nchildren John C., (Hara A., Oscar M., Lewis L. and\\nEdwin N. In political sentiment, Mr. Baker is a\\nDemocrat. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.\\names H. McNall, farmer, section 20, La-\\n^j jj fayette Township, is a son of John and\\nLura (Kellogg) McNall, the former l)orn in\\nCanada in 1 801, and the latter in Massachu-\\nsetts in 1816. During their wedded life, they\\nsettled in Niagara Co., N. Y., where he is still\\nliving, at the advanced age of 83. The wife died in\\ni860. It was in Niagara County that James H. was\\nborn Jan. 28, 1839. In his youth, he attended the\\ncommon schools of his neighborhood, and also spent\\ntwo years at the Gasport Academy, and two years at\\nthe Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima, Livingston\\nCo., N. Y. His home was with his parents until he\\nwas 26 years of age, when he bought a farm of 60\\nacres in his native county. After cultivating this for\\na short time, he sold out and bought another farm,\\n100 acres in extent, in the same county. He resided\\nhere 1 1 years, and then sold again, removing to Mid-\\ndleport, and engaging in mercantile life for three\\nyears. Disposing of his interest in this business, he\\ncame with his brother in April, 1881, to Gratiot Coun-\\nty, and settled in Lafayette Township. Here he had\\npreviously bought a farm of 360 acres, which he has\\nsince divided with his brother. He now owns 160\\nacres, about 70 of which have been under the plow.\\nHe was married in Middlejxjrt, Niagara Co., N. Y.,\\nNov. lo, 1864, to Harriet E.. daughter of Benjamin\\nF. and Harriet (Waterman) Freeman, natives of\\nNiagara County. The latter died when the daughter\\nwas but two years old, but the former is still living.\\nMrs. McNall was born Aug. 12, 1841;, in Kent Co.,\\nMich., where her parents owned 1,000 acres of land,\\nand where they lived about two years.\\nI\\nm\\nl\\\\(^^^i^\\nU^l^i,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^mrM^^\\n-4^^5C(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "5^f\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00ab9-\\nr ^III|^Illl^\\nT-\\n-215^--:\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n543\\nMr. and Mrs. McNall have two children Laura\\nA., born Aug. 23, 1866, and Benjamin F., horn May\\n17, 1874.\\nthe spring of 1883, Mr. McNall was chosen\\nSupervisor of Lafayette Township, which office he\\nnow holds. In piilitics, he is a staunch Republican.\\nH v^^Sif-I^S v^\\nJtevi G. White, farmer, section 21, Pine\\n^i LaJI X River Township, was liorn in Plainfield,\\nHampshire Co., Mass., Oct. 13, 1821, and\\nand is the son of Norman and Albina (Gloyd)\\nWhite. The family removed to Lake Co., Ohio,\\nin 1825, and went afterwards to Medina County\\nin the same State.\\nMr. White remained at home with his parents un-\\ntil he was 24 years old and followed farming as a vo-\\ncation. His eyes became diseased and for some years\\nhe occupied his time in peddling. He came to Gra-\\ntiot County in February, 1865, and bought 40 acres\\nof land, nearly all of which was in an unimproved\\ncondition. He now owns 80 acres and has one half\\nhis place under fair cultivation. Mr. White is a Re-\\npublican in political faith and has held the various\\nschool offices in his district. While in Ohio, he was\\nfor three years Assessor of his township.\\nHe was married Oct. 16, 1845, in Medina County,\\nOhio, to Fanny W., daughter of Seth and Mehitabel\\n(Randall) Robinson, natives of Massachusetts. Mrs.\\nWhite was born in Plainfield, Hampshire County,\\nMarch 3, 1824. Three of ten children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. White are deceased. Those surviving are\\nJames H., Annie E., Elliott L., Florence E., Myra\\nA., Edward F. and Alta M.\\newis Hood, farmer, section 27, Lafayette\\nTownship, is a son of William and Louisa\\n(Bartlett) Hood, natives of New York.\\nThey came to Michigan in an early day, and\\nsettled in Lenawee County, where Mr. Hood\\ntook up 160 acres of land, and he has resided\\non it ever since. Mrs. Hood died in December,\\n1883. Lewis was born in that county July 21, 1840.\\nAt the age of 18 he left home and learned tiie black-\\nsmith s trade, at which he worked till iSSi. In the\\nspring of 1876, he came with his family to Gratiot\\nCounty, and located in Ithaca, where he resided for\\nnearly si,\\\\ years, working at his trade. He then ex-\\nchanged his property in the village for 160 acres of\\nl)artly improved land on section 27, in Lafayette\\nTownship, where he now lives.\\nHe was married in Hillsdale Co., Mich., Jan. 31,\\n1863, to Elizabeth J., second daughter of Richard R.\\nand Ellen (Collins) Britten, natives of New York,\\nwho came to Michigan in an early day, and settled\\nin Hillsdale County, where Mr. Britten died, in the\\nfall of 1875. His wife is still a resident of Hillsdale\\nCounty. Mrs. Hood was born April 11, 1840, and\\nlived at home (except seven years spent in teaching)\\nuntil her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Hood have had\\ntwo children, but one of whom now survives. Uora\\nD. was born Dec. 27, 1865 Myrtie M. was born\\nJune 10, 187 I, and died June 6, 1872.\\nMr. Hood was elected .School Director in the fall\\nof 1883. He is a member of the Masonic Order.\\nHe and wife and daughter are members of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church. In politics. Mr. Hood is a Dem-\\noi:rat.\\n4\\n^f^m illiam H. Browser, farmer, section 32, Pine\\nt.*.*^,!, Kiver Townsliip, was born in Seneca,\\n.enawce Co., Mich., March 31, 1841, and\\nis the son of Archibald and Julia A. (Mil-\\nlett) Brown. His parents were natives of\\nthe State of New York and settled in Lenawee\\nCounty about the year 1833. The father is still living\\nin that county; the mother died in 1853.\\nMr. Brown remained at home as his father s as-\\nsistant until he was 23 years old, when he engaged in\\nthe tiranufacture of brick, in which he continued\\nthree years. Since that time he has given his atten-\\ntion exclusively to farming. He owned several\\nplaces successively in Lenawee County and followed\\nagriculture there until September, 1883, when he re-\\nmoved to Gratiot ounty and located on i 20 acres\\nof land he had purchased in .\\\\pril previous, and on\\nwhich he has since resided. Of this, 40 acres are\\nlocated on section 5, Arcada Township, and 80 in\\nPine River Township. He has 100 acres under\\ngood cultivation. Mr. Brower is an adherent to the\\nprinciples of the National Greenback party.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V\u00c2\u00ae))^f\\nj:::^.\\nACJdagpDf)-\\n9\\nr^\\nI\\nT^\\n-4^^^^^^^^,", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "544\\n^^r^)^^^^\\nI\\n-^^S^K ^rr^m G h T\\n^^t^^^SP\\\\\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nJJ\\nHe was married Jan. 8, 187 i, at Adrian, Lenawee\\nCo., Mich., to Margaret M., daughter of Robert R.\\nand Cynthia A. (Phetterplace) Fuller, natives of the\\nState of New York. Mrs. Brower was born Nov. 13,\\n1846, in Palmyra, N. Y. The family includes three\\nchildren\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nellie C, Hattie M. and Charles W.\\nr\\nf\\ns i)\\n-4- w\u00c2\u00a7\\nV^^-\\nm^\\ndward L. Drake, of the firm of Drake\\nMcCurdy, druggists, general merchants\\nand undertakers, at Estella, was born in\\nScipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., April 3, 181 1, and is\\nthe son of Elijah and Abigail (Stoddard) Drake,\\nnatives of Pennsylvania and Connecticut, and\\no 1 Puritan and English descent respectively. Elijah\\nDrake was by occupation a farmer, and in 1835 came\\nto Oakland Co., Mich., where he died in 1846, at the\\nage of 92. He was one of the pioneers of Oakland\\nCounty.\\nWhen the subject of this liiograjihy was ten years\\nold, his parents removed to Genesee Co., N. Y., where\\nhe lived until 15 years old, being educated in the\\ncommon schools. He then apprenticed himself to\\nWillard J. Cheapen, a tanner at Perry, N. Y., and\\nworked for him for four years. For the ensuing 1 1\\nyears he taught school winters and worked at farm-\\ning in the summers, alternately. In 1849, he con-\\nnected himself with the publishing house of Allen\\nCo., of Detroit, and for five years was engaged in\\nsupplying township libraries. He afterwards became\\na resident of Ingham County, where he carried on\\nfarming for a time. He was also engaged in buying\\nwool and selling cloth for a New England company,\\nbeing the first man to establish a wool trade in that\\ncounty.\\nHe came to Gratiot County in iS6j, and engaged\\nin mercantile business at St. Louis. Two years later,\\nnear that place, he engaged in farming; and after\\nbeing thus occupied for two years, he was again for\\ntwo years in mercantile life at St. Louis. Thence, in\\nthe same calling, he removed to Estella. Here he\\nhas been occupied in his store ever since, excepting\\nwhen l)usied in official duties. Tlic firm carry a\\nstock wortli $3,500, and do an annual lousiness of\\nabout $s,ooo. Mr. Drake is also engaged in dealing\\nin real estate.\\nJan. 12, 1836, in Wyoming Co., N. Y., he was\\nmarried to Miss Ambrosia Lacey, daughter of David\\nand Polly (Williams) Lacey, natives of New York.\\nMrs. Drake was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., May\\n24, 1813, and died at Ann Ari)or, Mich., in August,\\n1839. Mr. D. was again married in Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y., April 15, 1842, to Mrs. Cynthia B. Caper {nee\\nCondevy), born in Vermont, March 23, 1810. She\\nis now in her 74th year, and in excellent health.\\nMr. Drake s first marriage was performed by the\\nfather of President Chester A. Arthur, a Baptist min-\\nister, and the President was himself for two years a\\nmember of Mr. Drake s Sunday-school class. Mr.\\nD. has held every township ofiRce from Supervisor\\ndown, excepting Pathmaster. He is now Justice of\\nthe Peace, which office he has filled for six years.\\nPolitically, he is a zealous supporter of the Republi-\\ncan party. He is highly respected as a citizen and\\nliked as a neighbor.\\nI srael B. Wolfe, farmer, section 5, Arcada\\nTownship, was born in Jefterson Co., Pa.,\\nJan. I, 1839, and is the son of Henr) and\\nSusanna (Bigley) Wolfe, natives of Pennsylva-\\nnia, and of German descent. Henry Wolfe\\nwas a farmer, and died in Gratiot County in\\n1862. Mrs. Wolfe still lives in Pine River Town-\\nship, aged 68.\\nWhen four years of age, Israel was taken by his\\nparents to Portage Co., Ohio, and settled in the\\nvicinity of Ravenna. They went 16 months later to\\nLucas County, wliere they lived until 1S50. They\\nthen came to Monroe County, and lived five years on\\na farm in Whiteford Township. Israel then came to\\nthis county, and worked on a farm for one of his\\nfather s acquaintances vmtil his majority, giving the\\nproceeds to his parents. For a time he then worked\\non farms in tlie summer and in the lumber woods in\\nthe winter. Later, he purchased a threshing-machine,\\nand engaged in threshing during the proper season.\\nHe was the first to cross Pine River with such a ma-\\nchine.\\nDec. 21, 1862, he was married to Martlia, daughter\\nof Emery and Maria (Lewis) Adams (see sketch).\\nShe was born March 17, 1846, and died Feb. 10,\\n1864, leaving an infant, which survived her but a few\\nmonths. She was a woman of excellent character,\\nx^:i^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24\u00c2\u00bb^5((J\\nf\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mi", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "s\\nayixuyO^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "-2?\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^s: 6vC^tlti:t:Dtlr. v\\nV\\nand of one of the first families in the county, and her\\n;lj loss was a great one to her many friends. Jan. i,\\n*vjji 1866, he was married to Mrs. Amanda Turner (/itv\\nT Hildreth), daughter of John S. and Diana (Ganung)\\n,cjf Hjldreth, natives of New York. Amanda was born\\nin Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 12, 1843, and when\\nfive months old was taken with her parents to Oak-\\nland Co., Mich. They afterwards removed to Clin-\\nton County, where her first marriage occurred to Burr\\nTurner, a native of New York. He was a farmer,\\nIj and was accidentally drowned in Pine River at St.\\nf Louis, this county. She had one son by that mar-\\nriage, James W., now a resident of Fulton Township,\\nthis county.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wolfe settled on 40 acres on section\\n5, Arcada Township, and have since added 40 acres\\nby purchase. He has 60 acres nicely improved and\\ncultivated on the banks of Pine River. The have\\nhad two children Ida B., 14 years of age, and .\\\\llie\\nH. died when three years old. Mr. Wolfe is a mem-\\nber of Alma Lodge, No. 244, F. A. M. He has\\nheld the offices of Treasurer in the lodge and School\\nAssessor, of which latter office he is the present in-\\ncumbent. Politically, he is a liberal Democrat.\\nGJiA TIO T CO UNTY.\\n547\\narcus PoUasky, attorney and real-estate\\nbroker at Vlma, was born Sept. 6, 1861, at\\nDetroit. He is the son of Michael and\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0N Celia (Wix) Pollasky. (See sketch.) In 1863\\nhis parents came to Alma. He was an infant\\nin his mother s arms, and the early years of his\\nlife were passed at home. Until he was ten years of\\nage he was a i)upil at the district schools of Alma,\\nwhen he was sent to Detroit, where he attended\\nEnglish and (Jerman schools in that city for three\\nyears.\\nOn returning to Alma Mr. Pollasky engaged in\\nmercantile occupations as his father s assistant. In\\n1876 he went to Ann Arbor and entered the High\\nSchool, where he studied two years prei)aratory to\\nentering the University. After a year of study in\\ntile Literary Department of the latter institution, he\\nwent to Detroit to accept a situation as traveling\\nsalesman in the interests of J. K. Burnham Co.\\nHe continued with them two and a half years, and\\n_ returned to his early habits and inclinations, entering\\nthe Law Department of the University of Michigan,\\nand at the same time resuming his studies in the\\nliterary course. He pursued a full course of legal\\nstudy, to which he devoted two years, and was gradu-\\nated in March, 1883, with the degree of Bachelor of\\nLaws. At the close of the first year of his legal\\ncourse at Ann Arbor he was admitted to the Bar of\\nMichigan at Ithaca, and during his vacation he was\\nadmitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the\\n.State. He was afterward admitted to practice in the\\nUnited States Court at Detroit.\\nMr. Pollasky is still in the earliest years of his\\nmanhood. Although so young, he has all the\\nprivileges of a practitioner in the State and Federal\\nCourts, and is already distinguished in his profession,\\nin which he holds a deservedly high rank as an\\nadvocate.\\nHe is a Republican in politics and liberal in his\\nreligious convictions. In April, 1883, he was elected\\nVillage Attorney of Alma, which position he still\\niiolds. His marriage to Nellie A. Waldby occurred\\nJan. r6, 1884, at Adrian. She is the only daughter\\nof Ebenezer I. and Emmeline (Backus) Waldby, and\\nher father is one of the pioneer bankers of Michigan.\\nHe is still engaged in the prosecution of a general\\nbanking business, having succeeded the First Na-\\ntional Bank of Adrian. The young wife of Mr.\\nPollasky had won enviable position among the\\nfamed daughters of Southern Michigan through her\\nlovely character and personal merits. Mr. Pollasky\\nis an ardent admirer of pleasant domestic surround-\\nings, and in this latest addition to his successes he\\nconsiders himself newly eipiipped for struggle and\\nachievement.\\nhe portrait of Mr. Pollasky is presented on page\\n546. It is that of a fine type of the manner of men\\nwho are to be incorporated in the immediate and\\nfuture annals of Oratiot County.\\nH\u00e2\u0080\u0094 K\\noseph Grover, fijriner, section 13, .\\\\rcada\\nTownship, one of the representative citizens\\nof this county, is a son of Thomas and\\nMaria (Sherwood) Grover, natives of Yorkshire,\\nEngland. Thomas Grover was by occupation\\na carriage smith, and came to this country in\\nt\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\n(5\\n1 1850, locating in New York State. Two years later,", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "/7S\\nWi\\nr^^ er-r D uii^^v\\n^w -aar -di.\\n-sa^\\n|^^J{(^!\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nhe came to Michigan and settled in Lenawee Coun-\\nty. Seven years afterwards, he came to this county,\\nwhere he died at his home on section 2, Arcada\\nTownship, Aug. 27, 1877, at the age of 65. His wife\\nnow resides at St. Louis, in this county, at the age of\\n68.\\nThe subject of this sketch was horn IVLirch 12,\\n1837, and attended the common schools in his native\\ncountry until 13 years old, when his jjarents emi-\\ngrated to this country, and came first to New York\\nState and then to Michigan. Excepting one year\\nspent in the far West, he lived witli his father until\\n32 years of age.\\nJan. 13, 1868, he was married to Mary A., daughter\\nof William Barnes, a native of England. Wdliam\\nBarnes was a farmer, and came to this State and\\ncounty, and located in North Star Township about\\n30 years ago, where he and wife died in the latter\\npart of 1864. Mr. and Mrs. (Irover lived on the old\\nhomestead about four years, and then removed to\\nLenawee County. Nine years later they returned to\\nGratiot, and purchased 160 acres of good land on\\nsection 13, Arcada Township. He now owns 159\\nacres, of which 125 acres are well improved.\\nThey have a family of four sons, as follows Will-\\niam H born June 20, 1870; Thomas A., Sept. 16,\\n1872; Joseph, Aug. 30, 1874; diaries, April 30,\\n1877. Mr. and Mrs. Grover are highly respected by\\na wide circle of friends. Mr. Grover is politically a\\nDemocrat. He invariably declines all offices.\\nSjlarissa Baxter is the widow of Ben amin\\nBaxter, who was a resident on section 34,\\n4^\\n9\\nNorth Shade Township, and farmer by occu-\\npation. He was born Dec. 10, i84t, in St.\\nLawrence Co., N. Y., and was a son of Asa\\nand Lucinda (Campbell) Baxter, natives of the same\\nState.\\nThe i)aients came to this State and located in\\nIonia County in an early day, and thence removed to\\nthis county, and located on section 34, securing 200\\nacres, 134 acres of which, by energy and persever-\\nance, have been placed under a good state of culti-\\nvation, and adorned with suitable and substantial\\nbuildings.\\nThe son accompanied the parents to this county.\\nand after the death of the father, which occurred\\nJune 24, 1847, he assisted in the support of the fam-\\nily until he attained the age of 23 years. He was\\nmarried to Miss Clarissa, daughter of William and\\nClarissa Edmister, April 15, 1863.\\nMr. Baxter died Sept. 3, 1883, in this county, leav-\\ning five children to the care of the mother, namely\\nEllswortli, Anna, Asa, Elgivie, Benjamin.\\nMr. Baxter was a member of the Disciples Church.\\nIn political senti.nent and belief, he was a staunch\\nReiiublican.\\nt VT^fii M oloott L. Stebbins, manufacturer and\\n^^3j dealer m boots and shoes at St. Louis, was\\nJlj^-^^n ^^o Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1822,\\nand is the son of William and Sarah (Bra-\\ndish) Stebbins. His father was a builder by\\nvocation and was born March 19, 1795, in\\nSpringfield, Mass., where he died in September, 1858.\\nHis mother was a native of Vermont and is also de-\\nceased.\\nMr. Stebbins passed the first 18 years of his life in\\nobtaining his education, and, in 1840, turned his at-\\ntention to acquiring the details of the calling which\\nhe has since made the business of his life. He\\nserved an apprenticeship of three years. In 1845,\\nhis parents removed to Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\nand a year later he went to Rochester, N. V., and\\nowned a boat on the Erie Canal. He engaged in\\nfreighting until i849,when he made a trip to Philadel-\\nphia for the purpose of obtaining a load of coal, and\\non his way homeward his barge sunk, at New York,\\nwhereby he incurred a loss of $300 above the insur-\\nance. He went to Troy, N. Y., and tliere obtained a\\nposition as clerk, which he filled until January follow-\\ning, when he let himself to learn tlie business of a\\nwood-turner. In 1853 he removed to Lansingburg,\\nand there spent three years acting as foreman in a\\nbedstead factory. He went thence to Warren Co.,\\nN. Y., where he was engaged in the erection of a saw-\\nmill and remained there some months, when he re-\\nturned to Troy and found employment in a nail\\nfactory. He made his next change of base to War-\\nren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he resided from De-\\ncember, 1857, until March, 1859. In that year he\\ncame to St. Louis, where he bought 156 acres on sec-\\nC\\n^l;\\nA D a mi", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\nf\\n(6,\\n\u00c2\u00a7S\u00c2\u00bb-\\nU^^\\nV\\n^mmh r\\nHiiJv\\n4a^fSVi|\\nG/?A TIO T CO UiVTY.\\nCri)\\nV\\n.V\\n551\\ntion 6, in Bethany Township. After clearing 20 acres\\nof this, in 1864, he exchanged for properly in St.\\nLouis, consisting of six village lots, which he yet owns.\\nHe then engaged in the sale of general merchandise,\\nwhich enterprise he continued two years. He next\\nentered the eniplov of Holcomb Evens, in a saw-\\nmill, and remained in that situation and in other\\nbranches of lumbering until 1874, when he entered\\nthe foundry of the same firm and operated as fore-\\nman two years. The firm became Holcomb Clark,\\nand he acted in the same capacity until 1.S76, when\\nMr. Holcomb liecame sole owner of tlie liusincss and\\nretained Mr. Stebbins as chief manager until July,\\n1877, when he was stricken with paralysis. He recov-\\nered his health to some degree, and in Xugust, 1SS3,\\nhe opened his present shop, where he is doing a fair-\\nly prosperous business. While he was on his farm,\\nMr. Stebbins held the office of School Director two\\nyears, and also officiated as Highway Commissioner.\\nHe has been Justice of the Peace and Townshi[i\\nTreasurer since his location at St. Louis.\\nMr. Stebbins was married in Troy, N. Y., May 22,\\n1850, to Lucinda Francisco. She was born in Rens-\\nselaer Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Stebbins are the\\nhappy parents of eight children, all of whom are liv-\\ning. They are named Edgar A., Arthur M., Clara\\nF., Frederick A., Orville W., Minnie !\\\\L, Bessie B.\\nand Myrtie B.\\n(eiel F. Wright, hardware merchant at .St.\\n^p_lJ4 Louis, was born .\\\\ug. 15, 1846, in Parma,\\niWM Jackson Co., Mich. He is the son of Deo-\\n,.^jj^ datus and Serena (Fox) Wright. His father\\nZ, was born April 25, 1812, in Wayne Co., N. Y.\\ni His mother is a native of the same county,\\nand both parents are still living in the township of\\nParma, whither they removed about the year 1837,\\nand purchased 320 acres of land. Their farm now\\nincludes 240 acres, and is one of the finest in that\\nsection of Michigan justly noted for its agricultural\\nprogress.\\nMr. Wright did pioneer duty on his father s farm,\\nand aided in clearing it of timber and otherwise im-\\nproving it. He attended school winters until he was\\n18 years old. In 1870 he came to St. Louis, and in\\ncompany with his brother, Smith W. (since deceased),\\nopened an establishment for the sale of agricultural\\nimplements, and they continued to prosecute the\\nbusiness until the death referred to, when Mr. Wright\\nbecame sole proprietor. He has by degrees changed\\nthe character of his trade, and now deals in general\\nhardware, tinware, cutlery, etc., and makes a spe-\\ncialty of stationary and portable engines, boilers, saw-\\nmills and all fixtures pertaining to the machinery in\\nwhich he deals. He employs about half a do/.en men\\ncarries a stock estimated at $15,000 in value, and is\\ndoing a prosperous business. When Mr. Wright\\ncame to St. Louis, the town was in its first days. He\\npurchased a building site, and erected a structure for\\nthe establishment of his business, which was one of\\nthe first for the purpose in St. Louis. The building\\nat the commencement was i6x 24 feet in dimensions,\\nbut since has grown to the following sizes the hard-\\nware store, 20 X 1 20 feet small ware room in the\\nrear of store, 16 x 32 feet; and a large store house\\nnear the railroad, 24 x 70 feet and two stories high.\\nThe latter is used for the storage of buggies and ma-\\nchinery of all kinds. The term self-made has\\nbecome trite in its frequent application, and in the\\ncase of Mr. Wright simply means that, starting empty-\\nhanded, he has held the confidence of the business\\nworld by integrity and devotion to his business re-\\nlations, and by his strong good sense and reliable\\njudgment, which constitute a man s best capital.\\nMr. Wright is a Democrat in political affiliation,\\nand has held the office of Town Clerk of Pine River\\ntwo years he has been a member of the Town Coun-\\ncil the same length of time. He belongs to the\\nRoyal Arcanum, is a member of the Knights of\\nPythias, and for 12 years has been a prominent mem-\\nber of the Fire Department of St. Louis. About 1873\\nhe was appointed Secretary of the Company, and\\nheld the position two years, when he was elected\\nForeman, and cimtinued in that capacity until 18S2.\\nHe was appointed Chief of the Department, and at-\\ntended the first Firemen s Convention at Battle Creek-\\nis now First Assistant Chief of the organization. In\\n1876, the Company presented him with a fine silver\\ntrumpet as a testimonial of their esteem and appre-\\nciation of his services. The Company is considered\\nthe best in the State, an estimate amply justified by\\nits achievements. In 1882, the organization went to\\nthe tournament at Charlotte, and bore away the sec-\\nond prize for merit, including $100, with a hand en-\\nV\\nrp)\\ni^nii^\\n-i^^c@ i", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "GRA TIO T CO UNTY.\\nI\\n^b\\nV\\no^\\nI\\ngine. At the contest at Marshall in 1883, it took\\nthe first prize, $125 in money, and the State Banner\\nof Championship, valued at $100.\\nThe property of Mr. Wright consists of his business\\nbuilding and site, residence and two lots, a store\\nbuilding, and a farm in Isabella County, comprising\\n40 acres of land.\\nHe was married at Parma Nov. 25, 1868, to Re-\\nbecca, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Geiger.\\nParents and daughter were natives of Pennsylvania.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wright have been the parents of two\\nchildren: Hattie L., born at .St. Louis Nov. 18, 1876,\\nand Serena, who died when she was ten months old.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Wright, which appears on page\\n550, has more than a common value to his genera-\\ntion from the family to which he belongs, and in his\\nconnection with the affairs of St. Louis.\\nf^S^lWft^\\nndrew Townsend, farmer, section 8, New\\n,\u00e2\u0080\u009e^S3 Haven Township, was born in Ireland,\\nSIt S/ Dec. 10, 1810, of Irish parentage. His father,\\na farmer, died in the old country, March 11,\\n1846, at the age of 82. His mother died a few\\nyears later, aged about 70. Young Andrew\\nworked with his father uiion the farm until 1830,\\nwhen they emigrated to.\\\\mcrica, locating first in De-\\ntroit, Mich., and afterward buying some land near\\nthat city in Wayne County, where they pursued agri-\\nculture until 1840. .Andrew then enlisted in the\\nUnited States frontier service, as a member of Co. I,\\n4th Artillery, and served five years, in Michigan and\\nthe East.\\nOn receiving his discharge, at Fortress Monroe,\\nVa., he returned to farming again in Wayne Co., N.\\nY., until 1866, when he sold out and purchased 80\\nacres of section 8, New Haven Township. The\\nplace was slightly improved. Three weeks after his\\nlocation here with his family, his son Joseph, 12\\nyears old, lost himself in the swampy wilderness while\\nout hunting, and died from sheer exhaustion in run-\\nning to find himself He was found a corpse in the\\ndeep wild-wood, and indescribable was the conse-\\nquent terror of the commiuiity.\\nMost of his original purchase Mr. Townsend has\\nimproved, and added the usual farm buildings. He\\nis an exemplary farmer, an earnest Republican and\\nfaithful in the discharge of the duties of the public\\noffite.i which his fellow citizens have given him.\\nDec. 24, 1845, in the Emerald Isle, Mr. Townsend\\nwas married to Miss Jane Rodgers, a native of that\\ncountry, of Scotch-Irish descent, and a great-grand-\\nniece of John Rodgers, of martyr fame. Others of\\nher ancestral relatives have also been martyrs. Her\\nfather, Joseph Rodgers, was in early life a weaver.\\nHe educated himself for the ministry, but ill health\\ncompelled him to abandon the idea of entering that\\nprofession, and lie became a merchant and a writer\\nfor various periodicals. He died in 1844, at the age\\nof 62. Mrs. T. s mother, Mary, mr McCory, is of\\nScotch ancestry and is yet living. Mrs. Townsend\\nwas born Feb. 2, 1827, about 25 miles from Belfast,\\nIreland. She was educated in the common school of\\nher country, bat, owing to the prejudice of the people\\nat that period, she was not allowed more. Neverthe-\\nless, she is a well-informed, intellectual, affable lady,\\nblest with a happy memory and sound faculties. She\\nand her husband are members of the Reformed Pres-\\nbyterian Church. The children of Mr. and Mrs. T\\nare six, namely: Mary, Agnes, Eliza, Margaret, Jo-\\nseph and Leander Joseph being deceased, as be-\\nfore mentioned.\\non M. Wheeler, farmer, occupies the\\nnortheast quarter of the northwest quarter\\nof section 26, Bethany Township, a 40-acre\\ntract. This gentleman is a native of Wash-\\nington Co., N. Y., where he was born Feb. 23,\\n1 82 1, the son of George and Sally (Patten)\\nWheeler. He was reared as a farmer s son, but\\nwhen he was ten years of age his father died. He\\nwas married June 23, 1843, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y.,\\nto Eliza J. Preston, a sister of the well-known banker\\nof Detroit, David Preston. Of the three children\\nborn of this marriage, Melissa is the wife of Julius P.\\nGilmore, a book-keeper in Mr. Preston s bank at De-\\ntroit; Ellen is the wife of Henry Bridge, foreman of\\nthe Detroit Water- works; and David is a member of\\na paint-manufacturing firm at Des Moines, Iowa.\\nMrs. W. died Jan. 19, 1849, aged 26 years; and\\nMr. Wheeler again married April 19, 1849, in Chau-\\ntauqua Co., N. Y., Lucy J. Landon. By this mar-\\nn\\nimM^\\nr^-\u00c2\u00a3-J^-\\nB", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "1^\\nl^Uy^y^^\\ni^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "Ol^\\nc^^\\nUlA-^^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "$\u00c2\u00ab^fl^^\\n(h\\n(J)\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n557\\nriage, there have been eight children, seven surviv-\\ning, as follows: Sarah, now the wife of Seth Burgess,\\na farmer in Pine River Township, this county; Mary,\\nthe wife of Wm. C. Garbutt, a merchant at St. Louis;\\nHattie, wife of Alba Sexton, a farmer of Bethany\\nTownship; Emma, the wife of W m. Holmes, of De-\\ntroit; James A., clerk in the postofifice at St. Louis\\nFrederick, at home; and William, at St. Louis.\\nChesley U. is deceased.\\nMr. Wheeler, the subject of this biographical notice,\\nlocated in Bethany Township in November, 1S67,\\nupon his present place, where he now has 30 acres\\ncleared and a comfortable home. A good residence,\\nbarn, etc., grace the premises. Mr. W. is a member\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in his town-\\nship lie has been Highway Commissioner three years.\\n^^M} illiam Culy, farmer and stock-raiser, sec-\\ny^ tion 36, New Haven Township, was born\\nin Lincolnshire, England, April 24, 1826.\\nHis father, Benjamin, and mother, Ann\\n(Ward) Culy, were also natives of Albion s\\nIsle, and of pure English blood. The first\\nmentioned, a farmer, emigrated in March, 1835, and\\nsettled in Washtenaw County, tliis State, in the vi-\\ncinity of Dexter, where he improved an 80-acre farm.\\nHis wife had died in 1833, in Lincolnshire, England,\\nat the age of aliout 40 years. Mr. C. died in Wash-\\ntenaw County, in 1858, aged 73. He was one of the\\nfirst settlers in Scio Township, that county, and was\\na prominent and highly respected citizen.\\nThe subject of this sketch worked on the farm\\nwith his father until he was 26 years of age, receiv-\\ning a common-school education. At this age. May\\n26, 185 1, in that county, he was married to Miss\\nEliza Naldrett, who was born in Middlesex, England,\\nJune 15, 1830, and came to this country when 19\\nyears old. Her parents, also English and of Eng-\\nlish ancestry, emigrated to this country two years\\nafterward and located on 240 acres of wild land on\\nsection 36, New Haven Township, this county, which\\nthey improved and made of it a splendid farm. Mrs.\\nCs third child, Ann K., was the first child born in\\nthis townshii), her birth being Dec. 13, 1855. The\\nchildren of Mr! and Mrs. Culy are Eliza J.,- born\\nApril 8, 1852; George, July 21, 1853; Ann R., Dec.\\n13, 1855 Hannah M., .\\\\ug. 8, 1857 Alice J., Feb.\\n5, 1858; Mary H., July 25, i860; Stephen B., Oct.\\n17, 1866; and .Mbert H., Feb. 19, 1S67.\\nOn national issues Mr. C uly is a decided Demo-\\ncrat, and as a citizen he has been rewarded with\\nvarious school offices in his district.\\njxjrtrait of this gentleman and also that of his\\nwife aijpear in this Album, on pages just preceding.\\nt\\nt\\nV^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iV Sa5 eorge O. Doud, farmer, section 36, Wash-\\niiigton Township, is a son of Theodore and\\nfiMf^ Julia (Brewer) Doud. Theodore Doud was\\nborn in Poultney, Vt., and, serving an appren-\\nticeship at Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vt.. was\\nemployed as an edged-tool manufacturer. He\\nafterward removed to Geauga Co., Ohio, where he\\ndied. Mrs. Doud was born in Boston, in 1797. The\\nsubject of this sketch was born in Rutland Co., Vt.,\\nAug. 13, 1816. Leaving the parental roof at the age\\nof 16, he was employed on a farm until 28 years old.\\nIn rS4o, he was married to Mary A. Lyon, daugh-\\nter of F^phraim and Eunice (Saunders) Lyon, natives\\nof Nevyf Jersey. They afterward removed to Knox\\nCo., Ohio, where Mr. Lyon died at the age of 65, and\\nMrs. Lyon at the extreme age of 107. In the year\\n1836, Mr. Doud came from Vermont to New York\\nStale, and in 1839 he went to Ohio, where he en-\\ngaged at the carpenter s trade. In the fall of 1856,\\nhe came to Gratiot County, where he had purchased\\n80 acres on section 36, Washington Township, two\\nyears previously. To this he has since added 40\\nacres, and he has 50 acres well-improved. He and\\nwife were among the first settlers in the township.\\nHe has filled the office of Township Treasurer for five\\nsuccessive years, but will accept no more offices.\\nWhen first elected, the township was in debt $500,\\nand at the e.\\\\piration of two years the debt was clear-\\ned and the treasury in a sound condition. Political-\\nly, Mr. Doud is a Republican. He and wife are the\\nparents of three children Theodore, Julia A. and\\nEunice. Theodore enlisted in the 3d Mich. Vol. Cav.\\nin 1862, and served in the Western army about six\\nmonths. He olitained a furlough on account of dis-\\nability, and was then discharged, in May, 1863. In\\nH\\nA\\nC\\n%m ry^. ^Si^^jT-\\nf^^9^\\\\^\\nr\\n^;S", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "f^/^^^^^\\n-rrv\\nm u\\n-\u00c2\u00abK^V\u00c2\u00ab6\\ni\\n5^\\n1\\n(1^\\n9,\\nV\\n558\\n6;i?y4 TIO T CO UNTY.\\nthe spring of 1864, he re-enlisted and was assigned\\nto the 2d Mich. Vol. Inf. At Petersburg, in July,\\nhe was gallantly leading his company against the\\nenemy, when he was killed by a shell from a Union\\ngun. Mr. and Mrs. Doud now live alone, excepting\\nwith a young man named Daniel, who was given to\\nthem in infancy.\\n^C:\\ndwm Hasbrook, merchant, Breckenridge\\n^f-J; village, Wheeler Township, is a son of\\n-Wf Gilbert and Sarah (Roe) Hasbrook, who\\nfollowed farming in their native (Dutchess)\\nCounty, N. Y., until 1857, wlien they moved to\\ni Iowa. Their ne.xt move was to Ohio, where\\nthey lived eight years, and then they came to Beth-\\nany Township, Gratiot County.\\nThesifbject of this sketch was born Dec. 26, 1839,\\nin Dutchess Co., N. Y. Coming West, he located\\n240 acres of wild land in this county April 18, 1866.\\nHe cleared 36 acres. Commencing in 1876, he\\nclerked six years for C. H. Howd in a store, and in\\nthe autumn of 1882 he started in business for him-\\nself. He has a nice store, a good stock of dry goods,\\ngroceries and general merchandise, and a growing\\ntrade.\\nOct. 28, 1873, he was married to Julia, tlie second\\ndaughter of Reuben and Hannah Coffin. This mar-\\nriage resulted in one child, Eddie J. His second\\nmarriage occurred in 1880 to Cora B. Goodno, daugh-\\nter of Romanzo and Susan Goodno. Mr. Hasbrook\\nis a popular citizen of his township, and holds the\\noffice of Township Clerk, to which he was elected in\\n1883. In politics, he votes uniformly with the Re-\\npublican party.\\nev. Francis T. Flewelling, minister and\\nfarmer, resident on section 31, Bethany\\nTownship, was born July 26, 1831, in\\nix^ Warren Co., N. Y., and is a son of Francis\\nand Jedidah (Tyler) Flewelling. The family\\npatronymic is a corruption of the Welsh name\\nLlewellyn, one of the titles of a former Prince of\\nWales, to whom the family trace remote kinship.\\nFrancis Flewelling, Sr., was born in the vicinity of\\nthe city of New York in 1807. He was a wagon-\\nmaker by trade, and in the year 1829 he was married\\nto Mrs. Jedidah (Tyler) Fletcher. The mother was\\ni)orn in 1790 in Crittenden Co., Vt., and belonged to\\nthe same family from which President Tyler descend-\\ned. The father pursued his vocation at different\\n])oints in the State of New York some years. In the\\nfall of 1S44, he came to Michigan and settled at\\nHanover, Jackson County, where he purchased a\\nfarm and engaged in agriculture. He sold the place\\nin 1864, and removed to De Witt, Clinton County,\\nwhere he purchased another farm. He continued its\\nmanagement about 12 years, when, his health becom-\\ning impaired, he again sold his estate and bought\\nproperty in the village of De Witt, to which he re-\\ntired. His death occurred Dec. 6, 1879. The\\nmother survives, and is residing with her son in Beth-\\nany Township. She is 94 years old. The Flewelling\\nfamily are among the heirs of Anneka Jans, and\\nclaimants to the Trinity Church property in the city\\nof New York.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Flewelling obtained his early educa-\\ntion in the common schools. He received his dis-\\ncharge from his obligations as a minor at the age of\\n18, when he began his contest with the world. The\\nyear following he bought 40 acres of land in Jackson\\nCounty, paid sufficient to secure his title and posses-\\nsion, and ran in debt for the remainder. He taught\\nschool the following winter in Pulaski, receiving 2\\na month and boarding round. The board was\\nassessed according to the scholars, and sometimes\\nthe school money was six months in being collected,\\nthe method being i7/ i?. He continued teaching\\nwinters and working on his land summers until it\\nwas wholly improved and paid for.\\nIn the fall of 1857, Mr. Flewelling applied for and\\nobtained a position as an officer of the State Prison,\\nlocated at Jackson. He became a guard, and\\nwas assigned to a place on the wall, armed and un-\\nder orders to shoot convicts who attempted to escape.\\nOn the third day, about 40 prisoners tried to escape\\nby scaling the walls, and two succeeded. The bul-\\nlets flew but no one was injured, and the rebellious\\nconvicts were secured.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Flewelling to Mary C. Whit-\\nney, of Jackson, occurred in December, 1858. Her\\nparents, Nathan and Elizabeth Whitney, were pioneer\\n^5", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "m\\nMi\\nw^\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n559\\nb\\nr\\nV\\ns\\nA\\nsettlers of Wheatland, Hillsdale County. They came\\nfrom the State of New York in 1837, and located 160\\nacres of land in the (then) wilderness. I hey en-\\ncountered all the varieties of pioneer e.\\\\perience,\\namong which were frequent nightly visitations by\\nwolves, and at one time a harvest of 50 heads was\\npiled in the cellar awaiting the payment of the boun-\\nty. Mrs. Flewelling was born on the homestead\\nJune 24, 1841. In 1855, her father liecame an em-\\nployee at the prison in Jackson, where he officiated\\nin various positions until 1862. The daughter is the\\nonly survivor of a family of four.\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. Flewelling assumed charge\\nof the paint shop attached to the wagon works of the\\nprison contractors. Three years later, he engaged\\nin farming on a place he had purchased near De Witt,\\nClinton County. He sold the place in the winter of\\n1882, and bought the farm where he now resides,\\nincluding a quarter of section 31. It is in fine agri-\\ncultural condition, and fitted with a nice residence\\nand highly creditable farm buildings. His family\\nincludes two children Frank L.,born April 14, i860,\\nin Jackson, and Ralph Tyler, born Nov. 23, 187 i, in\\nDe Witt.\\nMr. Flewelling was ordained a minister of the\\nFree Methodist Church in the fall of 1880 at Gaines,\\nShiawassee Co., Mich. He was in the traveling\\nconnection two years while a resident of De Witt,\\nsince which time he has been in the local ranks.\\niehael S. Howell, farmer on section iS,\\nFulton Township, is a son of William L.\\ni and Belinda .S. (Taft) Howell, natives of\\nNew York State. Soon after marriage they\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Macomb\\nCounty, afterwards removing to Hillsdale County.\\nIn 1S58, they came to Gratiot and made their home\\nin North Shade Townshi|), where Mr. Howell still\\nresides, and where Mrs. Howell died in June, 1868.\\nTheir family consisted of five sons and three daugh-\\nters.\\nThe eldest son, Michael .S., was born in Hillsdale\\nCo., Mich., Aug. II, 1839, and made his home with\\nhis parents until 21 years old, although much of the\\ntime after he became old enough he worked by the\\nmonth for others. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted in\\nthe Ninth Mich. Vol. Inf.; and lie was in the ser-\\nvice of his country aliout four years, most of the lime\\non detached duty. He was honorably discharged at\\nNashville, Tenn., and coming to Gratiot County he\\nbought 40 acres of wild land in Fulton Township.\\nThere he settled and lived two years, when he traded\\nfor 80 acres in North Shade. Eleven years later, he\\nsold, and then Ijought So acres on section 18, Fultonj\\nwhere he now resides. He has about 45 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nAug. 18, 1866, at Maple Rapids, Clinton County,\\nhe married Miss Hattie M., daughter of Henry and\\nRoxy (Francis) Huyck, natives of New York State\\nand Massachusetts. Mrs. Howell was born in Huron\\nCo., Ohio, May 5, 1844. She and her husband have\\nlieen the parents of four children, three of whom\\nsurvive, .Arthur W., Myrtie B. and Laura M.\\nFloyd R. died when si.\\\\ montiis old. Mr. Howell is\\na member of the Masonic Order, and supports the\\nDemocratic party.\\n5i^rl\u00c2\u00ab ohn Christman, retired capitalist residing\\nI^^Si Louis, was born June 20, 1807, in\\nvIp) Tonawanda, N. Y. He is a son of Jacob\\nC\\nA\\nMary (Nellis) Christman, and resided in his\\n^r native place until the fall of 1836, when he\\nbought 160 acres of land in Williams Co.,\\nOhio. In February, 1S39, he came to Washtenaw\\nCo., Mich., where he prosecuted his trade of builder,\\nwhich he had learned in early life in his native State.\\nHe pursued that business a number of years, and at\\nlength bought 135 acres in Saline Township, in\\nWaslitenaw County, where he resided 28^2 years.\\nHe then sold out and bought 90 acres in the same\\ntownship, which he retained one year. His health\\nfailed, and he sold his farm, removing into the village\\nof Saline. In the fall of the same year, 1865, he\\ncame to Gratiot County and bought 80 acres of land\\non section 25, Pine River Township, on which he\\nmade considerable improvement. In 1866, he\\nbought some lots at St. I-ouis, near where he now\\nlives, and the following year built his residence. He\\nengaged in the grocery trade, in which he continued\\nsix years, and on selling out he retired from active\\nbusiness. He owns two lots near his home, which\\nr\\nKit\\nV\\n-O-il,\\nMm^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4?^^(^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "-^^K ^^V ^^DD U r^T\\n560\\n(0\\ns\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-4^^( \u00c2\u00aeA-^\\nare devoted to the culture of strawberries and other\\nsmall fruits, etc. He also owns seven dwellings in\\nSt. Louis, which he rents.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Christman with Jane Decow\\noccurred .\\\\pril 6, 1827, in Tonawanda, N. Y. She\\nis a daughter of Eber and Susannah (Baumwart)\\nDecow, and was born July 8, 1812, in Canada, near\\nthe present location of Simcoe. Ten children were\\nborn of this union, as follows James D., farmer, re-\\nsiding at New Boston, Wayne Co., Mich. Henry C,\\ncarpenter, living at Rome Center, Lenawee Co.,\\nMich. Amanda J., wife of Winters White, a farmer\\nof Winneshiek Co., Iowa; Margaret D., wife of Henry\\nDecow, farmer of Jasper Townsliip, Midland County\\nFrances, wife of Artemus Cook, a farmer of Pine\\nRiver Townshij). The remaining five are deceased.\\nMr. Christman has been Constable of St. Louis five\\nyears, and has served a short time as Marshal of the\\nvillage. He and his wife are members respectively\\nof the Wesleyan Methodist and Methodist Episcopal\\nChurches.\\nMr. Christman s grandfather on father s side was a\\nsoldier of the Revolutionary war, and was wounded\\nin the shoulder at Bunker Hill.\\n|f|^|^(. ames A. Cassada, farmer on section 32,\\n^fflic Fulton Township, is a son of James and\\nAbigail (Kinyon) Cassada, natives of Mas-\\nsachusetts and New York. They settled in\\nrioga o., N. Y., where he died in 1836, and\\nshe in 1842.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Tioga\\nCo., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1828. Losing his parents when\\nquite young, he lived from the time he was 12 years\\nold until of age with his brotliers. He then learned\\nthe carpenter s trade, at which he had already worked\\nto some extent. He worked diligently, and before he\\nwas 21 he was taking contracts on his own account.\\nIn this business he has since been engaged.\\nHe came to Michigan in 1846, and lived in iMt)n-\\nroe County eight years. He then lived one year in\\nIngham County, and in the spring of 1855 came\\nfurther North. In July he bought the farm he now\\nowns.\\nOct. 20, 1852, in Bedford, Monroe Co., Mich., he\\nmarried Miss Clarissa W., daughter of Matthias and\\nEunice (Kinyon) Gardner. She was born in South-\\nport, Tioga Co., N. Y., Dec. 12, 1827. Mr. and Mrs.\\nC. have had five children, three of whom survive:\\nLannes, Adelaide B. and Elmer E. Kansas and\\nHarris Kendall are deceased.\\nMr. C. is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is po-\\nlitically an ardent siqiporter of Democracy. He has\\nheld tile office of Justice of the Peace for 12 years,\\nConstable two years, and Township Clerk 14 years.\\n?t^rt.?i-\\neorge W. McHenry, real-estate and loan\\nagent at St. Louis, was born near Almond,\\nAllegany Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, 1813. His\\n1-^ father, Matthew McHenry, was born in Penn-\\nsylvania, was a farmer, and died when the son\\ntwo years old. His mother, Anna (Dudder)\\nMcHenry, was a native of New Jersey, and dieil in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2853.\\nMr. McHenry followed the vocation of fanner until\\nhe was 40 years old, when he met with an acc:ident\\nand sustained a fracture of his right thigh, which ne-\\ncessitated some different calling, and he abandoned\\nagriculture. He moved to Almond, and soon after\\nwas appointed Deputy Postmaster, a position he filled\\ntliree years. He then engaged in the grocery busi-\\nness and also assisted in the postoffice, thus covering\\na period of two and a half years. In the sjiring of\\n1S57 he came to St. Louis and built the first hotel\\nstructure erected in tiie town and named tlierefor.\\nIt was located on tiie cornerof North and Pine Streets.\\nHe managed the St. Louis House nbout ten years,\\nsold out and built his residence. Mr. McHenry act-\\ned as Deputy Postmaster two years, and, just before\\nthe breaking out of the war, was appointed Postmas-\\nter and held the position until 1876, when he estab-\\nlislied the business in which he is at present engaged.\\nThe year in vvhicii Mr. McHenry came to St. Ix)uis\\nwas that indicated as the Starvation year, when\\nthe [jrivations precii)itated upon the peoi)le of (Iratiot\\nCounty i)y the rapid influx of the population invited\\nthe attention and interest of the surrounding States.\\nAmong other deficiencies which caused much incon-\\nvenience and, indirectly, suffering, was the lack of\\nhouses, there being literally none at this point. St.\\nc^:\\n(V\\n.:ri!j ?%!iC\\nji^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^an^.tiiif^\\nAj=^\\ntriyf-i i.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "a^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": ":\u00c2\u00ab#5\u00c2\u00ae-\\ne^^^nn^tiii^^v\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n/i\\nLouis had but six houses, and Mr. McHenry assisted\\nin building the first bridge across Pine River. A\\ngrist-mill was built the same year, part of which is\\npreserved in the mill now owned by James Henry.\\nHe was elected Treasurer of Pine River Township,\\nand held the position in 1 87 9-80, and was also Town-\\nship Clerk six years. He has acted as Justice of the\\nPeace 16 years, and is a member of the Pioneer So-\\nciety of Gratiot County.\\nMr. McHenry was married in .Almond, N. Y., to\\nLucinda, daughter of Charles and Lucy Holloway.\\nShe was born June 5, 181 2, and died June 10, 1880.\\nShe became the mother of five children, four of whom\\nsurvive her: Susannah is the wife of Geo. L. Boyn-\\nton, a boot and shoe dealer at Hornellsville, N. Y.\\nMatthew is deceased; Augustus is a jeweler at Hor-\\nnellsville; Harriet is the wife of William Nelson,\\nlumberman and farmer of Cedar Lake Sarah mar-\\nried A. P. Poland, a merchant and farmer of Whee-\\nler, Gratiot County.\\nohn T. Swigart, Clerk of Gratiot County,\\nresident at_Ithaca, was born July 5, 1845,\\nn Bloom, Seneca Co., Ohio, and is a son\\nof Samuel and Maria (Dinkel) Swigart. His\\n]L father was born in Maryland, was a carriage\\nand wag n maker l)y trade, and died in Seneca\\nCo., Ohio. His mother was born in Rockingham\\nCo., Va.\\nMr. Swigart is of German descent, his grandpar-\\nents on both sides having been emigrants to the\\nUnited States from the Fatherland. When he was\\nabout ten years old, his mother came with her family\\nof five children to Fulton Township, Gratiot County,\\nand there bought 40 acres of land. \\\\Villiam, the\\neldest son, was then a young man, and is now living\\nnear Dixon, Lee Co., 111., where he is a farmer and\\ndealer in agricultural implements; Robert, third son,\\nand Scott are engaged in the hardware business at\\nMaple Rapids; Mary E., only daughter, is the wife\\nof Warren E. Dewitt, proprietor of a sash and l)lind\\nfactory at Ithaca.\\nMr. Swigart is the second son of his parents. He\\nwas 16 years old when the war of the rebellion broke\\nout, and too young to enlist: but as youth is a disease\\nwhich time is sure to remedy, he waited as patiently\\nas possible, and in October, 1863, he enlisted at De-\\ntroit, in Co. M, ist Mich. Engineers and Mechanics,\\nand served until the close of the war. The company\\nwas one that made a distinguished record for gallant-\\nry, and is mentioned specially for meritorious service\\nin some of the most authentic histories of the South-\\nern rebellion.\\nMr. Swigart is now the owner of 100 acres of\\nfarming land in Fulton Township, which he has ma-\\nterially improved, and supplied with good buildings,\\nfarm fixtures, etc. Its orchards and other improve-\\nments render it one of the most valuable places in\\nthat section of the county. From 1874 to 1879, he\\nand his brother, Robert, were engaged in buying\\nstaves and timber for Merrick, Fowler Esselstein,\\nof Detroit, handling large sums of money. He held\\nthe position of Township Clerk one year (iS8i),\\nJustice of the Peace five years, and officiated in other\\npositions of trust and responsibility. In the fall of\\n1882, he was elected County Clerk on the Fusion\\nticket, running against J. M. Trask, the previous in-\\ncumbent. He received a majority of 48 votes. Mr.\\nSwigart belongs to the Orders of Masonry and Odd\\nF^ellows, and is a member of the Grand Army of the\\nRepublic.\\nHe was married Dec. 25, 1876, to Ella A., daugh-\\nter of Lyman and Martha Crowley, a native of New\\nYork. Edna M., born March 26, 1879, and Ray-\\nmond G., born May 22, 1881, are Ihe names of their\\ntwo children. The mother of Mr. Swigart married\\nRoswell Reynolds, now deceased, and she lives at\\nIthaca vvith her son.\\nMr. Swigart s portrait may be found on the last\\npage. As a type of the possibilities within the reach\\nof every American citizen under the fostering influ-\\nence of American institutions, it forms a valuable\\naddition to the collection in this volume, and takes a\\nfiner worth from the manly integrity and unblem-\\nished character of its prototype.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s^-^m^-^-^\\nharles V. Bostwick, proprietor of the Ith-\\naca barber shop, was born Nov. 18, 1850,\\n^jg in Scio Township, Washtenaw Co., Mich., and\\nW is a son of Dr. Victor M. and Phebe W.\\n(Ray) Bostwick. The father was a native of\\nEastern New York, and a graduate from the school\\nh:\\nC\\nI r\\nV\\nr\\n:iitlv\\n4^^f", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "s^\\n564\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^Sr\\n4^^(\u00c2\u00aeV|i\\nf\\nI\\nof the Rensselaer County Medical Society. He\\nwas a practitioner in his native State some years, and\\ncame to Washtenaw County in its pioneer days. He\\ndied Aug. 2, 1862, in Webster Township. The\\nmother is also a native of the Empire State, and is\\nnow living with her youngest son in Dexter. She is\\nthe mother of nine children, seven of whom survive:\\nElecta, Henry, Harrison and Harriet (twins), Sarah,\\nCharles and Oliver. John and Robert are the de-\\nceased. The former was a soldier for the Union during\\nthe war of the rebellion, and lost his life in the serv-\\nice of his country. Harrison was also a soldier\\nthroughout the entire war, and spent three months in\\nLibby Prison. Henry was in the service of the\\nUnited States two years.\\nWhen he was 16 years old, Mr. Bostwick went to\\nDe.xter to learn the art of photography, which he fol-\\nlowed six years there, and then removed to Plymouth,\\nWayne Co., Mich., purchased a gallery and remained\\ntwo years. He followed the same business four\\nyears longer, operating successively at Detroit, Grand\\nRapids and East Saginaw. At the latter place he\\nfitted himself for his present business, and in the\\nspring of 1876 opened a shop at St. Charles, in Sag-\\ninaw County. A year later he came to Ithaca and\\nestablished himself, and has continued to do a suc-\\ncessful business. Bath rooms are connected with his\\noperating rooms, and his business requires the aid of\\none assistant.\\nMr. Bostwick was married Dec. 25, 1871, at Plym-\\nouth, to Josephine, daughter of James and Olive\\nMiller. She was born April 20, 1852, in Plymouth.\\nJames, Katie and Charles are the names of the\\nthree children of Mr. and Mrs. Bostwick, born in\\nPlymouth, Jan. 31, 1S76, May 25, 1879, and Jan. 16,\\n1884, respectively.\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 v XA,^^-|^S VW~-}-\\nichard Hughes, niai-liinist, section 30,\\nBethany Township, adjoining the village of\\n.St. Louis, was born in C-heshire, England,\\nApril 21, 1S36. When 16 years of age, Mr.\\nHughes went to Manchester, England, and\\nthere learned the trade of a machinist. This\\nwas not accomplished until six years of apprentice-\\nshi]) had passed. In 1857, he emigrated to Canada\\nand located at Hamilton, where he was engaged in\\nthe Great Western railroad shops for four or five\\nyea IS.\\nHe was married at Hamilton, Sept. 30, 1858, to\\nMiss Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Clark)\\nPritchard, and was born in Simcoe, Canada, Nov. 26,\\n1837.\\nMr. and Mrs. H. are the parents of eight children,\\nseven of whom are living, namely John R., born\\nAug. 9, 1859; William H., Nov. 8, 1S61 Richard E.,\\nSept. 13, T865; Alice E., Oct. 22, 1867; Emma I.,\\nApil 20, 1870; Maud M., June 9, 1872; Charles C,\\nOct. 21, 1879. Margaret is deceased.\\nThe parents originally owned business property in\\nDetroit, this State, which they exchanged for the 80\\nacres on which they at present reside. Mr. H. is at\\npresent engaged in the Alma Machine and Black-\\nsmith Shops. He is a member of the A. O. U. W.\\nPolitically he is identified with the Republican party,\\nthough he believes in voting and working for the best\\ncandidates regardless of party.\\neorge H. Newton, farmer on section 32,\\nFulton Township, is a son of Harris and\\nEliza A. ((Perrin) Newton, natives of Ver-\\nmont and New York. (See sketch of T. T.\\nNewton.) He was born in Avon, Oakland Co.,\\nI Mich., March 29, 1840, and received a com-\\nmon-school education, also attending for three terms\\nthe academy at Rochester, Mich.\\nHe lived at home until 21 years of age, and Aug.\\n6, 1861, he enlisted in the 5th Mich. Vol. Inf. Go-\\ninto the service as a private, he was promoted for\\ngallant conduct to First Sergeant. He fought in 38\\nengagements, and at the battle of tlie Wilderness was\\nwounded in the left leg by a minie ball, which in-\\njury confined him for eight months. At Hatcher s Run^\\nhe was twice taken prisoner on the same day but\\nhe made his escape both times, on the first occasion\\nby his own efforts, and on the second by being retak-\\nen by the Union forces. He was in the service of\\nthe United States for four years.\\nReturning to Michigan he bought 80 acres in Clin-\\nton County, which he farmed for five years. Selling\\nout, he then engaged in the hardware and agricul-\\ntural implement business at Maple Rapids, in con-\\nnection with H. J. Ridenour. This partnership\\nVS\\n(o^\\nA^^\\n^fl!]SD!lf ^r\u00c2\u00a7^ ^5\u00c2\u00bb^\\n-\u00c2\u00abeS\\n^^9^\u00c2\u00abL", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "TT\\nTC:[^a ^Da^\\nt\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n567\\nV\\ncontinued for two years, when Mr. N. bought out the\\nentire business, which he conducted for eight years.\\nHe then sold his hardware business, but he continues\\nto deal in agricultural implements.\\nIn the spring of 1882, he bought 100 acres of land\\non section 32, Fulton Township, anct he has now\\nabout 90 acres under the plow. He traded his stock\\nof hardware for a farm on section 20, Fulton, consist-\\ning of 80 acres, 70 of which are under cultivation.\\nDec. 26, 1865, at Avon, Oakland County, he form-\\ned a life partnershi]! with Miss Ann, daughter of\\nBenjamin and Mary (Postle) draham. She was born\\nMarch 17, 1841, in the same county in which she\\nwas reared and married. Mr. and Mrs. N. are the\\nparents of three children, as t ollows Mary E., born\\nSept. 21, 1866; Thomas M., Sept. 29, 1868; and\\nSarah G., April ig, 187 i.\\nMr. Newton has been Highway Commissioner in\\nClinton County, was for one term village Councilman\\nof Maple Ripids, and is now Treasurerof that place.\\nHe is politically a Democrat; is a member of the F.\\nA. M., A. O. U. W. and G. A. R. and with his\\nwife, of Essex Grange, No. 429, P. of H. They are\\nalso members of the Christian Church.\\n^?-E^\\nJ\\nL oseph Harlock, farmer on section i, Fulton\\n^^i C Township, is a son of William and Mary\\nX A. (Wclbury) Harlock, natives of England.\\nHe died July 30, 1880, while she yet survives.\\nJoseph was born in Boston, England, April 30,\\nr837, and when 17 years old came to America\\nwith an older brother, having received a common-\\nschool education. For two and a half years he was\\nvariously occupied, and then for a while he worked\\nfor a firm in Lansing, this State. For the ensuing\\nsix years, he was employed in a carding-mill in the\\nsummers, and in other mills winters.\\nIn February, 1864, he came with his family to this\\ncounty, and bought 40 acres of wild land on section\\nI, Fulton Township. After completing a log house,\\nand just getting fairly settled, in the fall of 1864 he\\nenlisted in the 23d Mich. Vol. Inf., and served till\\nthe close of the war. He fought at Franklin and\\nNashville, Tenn., and in minor engagements, and\\nwas finally discharged at Detroit, this State. Re-\\nturning to Gratiot County, he resumed his occupation\\ny^\\nof farming, which he has since followed. He has\\nadded 40 acres to his original purchase, and has\\nimproved 72 acres.\\nDec. 25, 1862, at Lansing, Mi(h.,he married Lod-\\nciska J., daughter of John and Alzina (Peck) Groom,\\nnatives of New York State. Mr. Groom died at the\\nage of 50, and Mrs. Groom died at the age of 35.\\niMrs. Harlock was born in Clinton Co., Mich., Jan.\\n19, 1846. She and her husband are the jtarents of\\nseven children Mary A., born June 19, 1864; Orelia\\nA., Aug. 8, 1866; William J., April 14, 1868 Frances\\nE., July II, 1871; Lillian Pearl, Jan. 8, 1874;\\nCharles D., April 6, 1876; and Myrtie V., Feb. 7,\\n1S7S. Orelia A. died when only five years old, April\\n6, 187 I. Mrs. Harlock is a member of the Congre-\\ngational Church. Mr. Harlock is politically a Re-\\npublican.\\n(^1\\neorge W. Clark, farmer on section 12, Ful-\\nton Townsiiip, is a son of Nathaniel and i=i\\n^y\\\\ Lucy (Flint) (Hark. They were natives of Ot- i^\\nsego Co., N. Y., where they married and settled.\\nAfter a few years, in September, 1837, they re- ^l.\\nmoved to Novi, Oakland Co., Mich., where they\\nresided until their death. They reared a family of\\nnine, of whom George W. was the second son. He\\nwas born in Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n27, 1833, and was but four years old when his parents\\nremoved to Michigan. He received his education in\\nthe common schools of Oakland County, and lived\\nwith his parents until he attained his majority. In\\nDecember, 1854, he came with his wife to Gratiot\\nCounty and selected 80 acres of wild land un sc( tion\\n12, Fulton Township.\\nHe built a log house and set about clearing his\\nland, and occupied the pioneer cabin until the sum-\\nmer of 1879, when he built the fine residence which\\nhe now occupies. He has added 140 acres to his\\nfarm by purchase, and 185 acres are now cleared and\\nscientifically cultivated, making really a model farm.\\nHe was first married at Farmington, Oakland Co.,\\nMich., Oct. 13, 1854, to Maltha L., daughter of Lewis\\nNorton, natives of the State of New York. Mrs.\\nClark died April 20, 1877, having been the mother of\\nsix children Wilbur, VVikla E., Burr A., Nora A.,\\nClifton S. and Claude L. Wilbur, Clifton S. and\\nA\\niIl!l: IlI]^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "T\\nc^\\nS68\\nI ^S\u00c2\u00ae\\nTa^^fc: -7 M D ?i B h r^\\n#^^(\u00c2\u00aevi8\\nGRATTOT COUNTY.\\nClaude L. are deceased. Mr. C. was again married,\\nin Ithaca, Sept. 27, 1882, to Ruth A., daughter of G.\\nW. J. and Sarah A. (Hills) VVilloughby, natives of New\\nYork Slate. Mrs. W. died in Ohio, Jan. 29, 1S59.\\nMr. W. came to Gratiot County in 1869 and settled\\nin Fulton Township, where he lived till his death,\\nwhich occurred June 3, 1882. The daughter, Ruth\\nA., was born in Oceola, C rawford Co., Ohio, Aug. 16,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2853-\\nMr. Clark is a member of the Masonic Order, and\\nin politics votes the National ticket. He has been\\nHighway Commissioner three years, and Justice of\\nthe Peace four years.\\nAs one of the prominent citizens and agricultur-\\nists of Gratiot County, we present in connection with\\nthis sketch the portrait of Mr. Clark.\\nsear F. Jackson, hardware merchant at Ith-\\naca, and dealer in Ovid buggies, Jackson and\\nS^ Harrison wagons, was born May 11, 1846,\\nn Westminster, Canada. He is a son of An-\\ndrew and Elizabeth (Hammond) Jackson. His\\nfather was born in Vermont, in November, iS 16,\\nand is a millwright by trade. His mother was born\\nin May, 1820, near London, England. In 1S57 they\\ncame to Almont, Lapeer Co., Mich., where the father\\npursued his trade. They removed in 1859 to Lapeer,\\nwhere the senior Jackson is still living. The mother\\ndied Dec. 31, 1876, in North Branch, Lapeer Co.,\\nMich.\\nMr. Jackson attended the common schools of La-\\npeer and was also a student in the union school of\\nthat place until 1863, when, although but 17 years\\nold, he became a soldier. He enlisted in June of\\nthat year in Co. K, 4th Mich. Cav., Capt. \\\\V. H.\\nSmith. He was in the service 1 1 months, and was\\ndischarged from hospital No. 8, at Nashville, Tenn.,\\non account of disability. His father enlisted in the\\nI St Mich. Regt. Engs. and Mechs., on its organiza-\\ntion, and served until it was disbanded, and on the\\norganization of the 4th Mich. Cav. he enlisted as\\nConmiissary Sergeant and served until March 4, 1864,\\nwhen he was honorably discharged and returned to\\nLa peer.\\nOn leaving the army, Mr. Jackson went to learn\\nthe trade of a tinsmith, in Lapeer, and served three\\nyears. He then went to Flint and worked there at\\nhis trade a year, when he returned to Lapeer and\\nengaged in the same occupation until November,\\n1870, after which he followed it at North Branch, La-\\npeer County, until April 23, 1871, when he came to\\nSt. I^uis, Gratiot County, and entered the employ of\\nWessels Scriver. He worked two years in their\\ntinshop and three years as book-keeper and sales-\\nman. In 1877 he formed a partnership with A. F.\\nWright, who was engaged in the same business.\\nThey operated together successfully two years, when\\nMr. Jackson sold his interest to his partner and\\ncame to Ithaca in January, 1879. He bought a\\nstock of hardware of G. C. Smith, and has since\\noperated at the same stand. He carries a fine as-\\nsortment of hardware and articles common to the\\ntrade, and his annual transactions represent about\\n$12,000. His trade in wagons and carriages is also\\nconsiderable. He owns his residence and grounds.\\nIn 1880-1 he was Trustee of the village of Ithaca,\\nand is a member of the Odd Fellows Order and\\nRoyal Arcanum.\\nHe was married, Sept. 4, 1870, in Lapeer, to Cyn-\\nthia S., daughter of Edward C. and Rebecca Ney, of\\nOregon Township, Lapeer County, where Mrs. Jack-\\nson was born, April 20, 1853. Gillian, born Sept. 6,\\n187 1, in North Branch, Lapeer County, and Arthur\\nM., born April 23, 1882, in Ithaca, are the names-of\\ntheir two children.\\n^^^Hfheodore O. Daniels, farmer, section i5,\\nFulton Township, is a son of John and\\nBetsy (Ramage) Daniels, natives of Ireland\\nand New Jersey. They settled after marriage\\nin the State of New Jersey, where the father\\ndied in January, 1829. The mother came to\\nMichigan many years after, having remarried, and\\ndied in Fulton Township, this county, Jan. 9, 1863.\\nTheir family comprised two sons, of whom Theo-\\ndore was the younger. He was born in New Jersey\\nMarch 17, 1829, and as his father died when Theo-\\ndore was but two months old, he lived with his\\nmother until he attained his majority. He came to\\nLenawee Co., Mich., in the spring of 1855, and re-\\nmained there about six months, when he went to\\nVan Buren County. In the spring of 1861, he came\\nI\\n5^^f\u00c2\u00a73\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^[l!]^Iltl^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "cp^lv.-^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "r^ K 6v ^D a n n^ v\\n!2S%^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ST\\n-^f^^^\\nM\\nI\\nsy\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nh\\n1\\nV\\n571\\n1\\nto Gratiot County and bought 40 acres of wild land\\nin Newark Township, where he lived 1 2 years, with\\nthe exception of over two years in the army.\\nHe enlisted Sept. 14, 1863, in the ist Mich. Engi-\\nneers and Mechanics, and was honorably discharged\\nat Jackson, Midi., Sept. 22, 1865. Returning to his\\nhome in Gratiot County, lie lived in Newark Town-\\nship until the spring of 1873. Selling out, he then\\nbought 40 acres on section 15, Fulton Township,\\nwhere he lived eight years. He again sold, and\\nbought a farm of 100 acres, where he resided a year\\nand a half. Disix)sing of that place, he then bought\\n125 acres on section 16, where he now resides. He\\nhas 100 acres under the plow, and everything about\\nhis place betokens thrift and good management.\\nAug. 28, 1852, in the State of New Jersey, he was\\nmarried to Miss Margaret, daughter of Jeptha and\\nElizabeth (Lemons) Denee, who were of Scotch and\\nIrish descent. Mrs. Daniels was born in New Jersey\\nApril 10, 1827. She and her husband are the parents\\nof si.x children John S., Martha A., George H.,\\nWilliam D., Viola E. and Rhoda S. Mr. Daniels\\nhas filled the different school offices, and is politically\\na supporter of the Republican party. He is a mem-\\nber of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W.\\n^{|^|3harles W. Marvin, M. D., physician and\\n^i|~?S^ surgeon at Ithaca, was born April 15,1824,\\nin Sharon Township, Richland Co., Ohio. He\\nfj(j is a son of Stephen and Sarah B. (Sherwood)\\nMarvin. The father was born in Fairfield\\nCo., Conn., Jan. 8, 1797. He was a tanner\\nand currier by trade, and married Sarah (Burr) Sher-\\nwood, a relative of the celebrated Aaron Burr, and\\ntwo months after that event came with his parents,\\nIsaac and Hannah (Hoyt) Marvin, to Richland Co.,\\nOhio. They drove with their teams through Penn-\\nsylvania to the verge of civilization, and cut the last\\nmiles of their route through the woods to their loca-\\ntion in Shelby Township. Stephen Marvin located\\n60 acres of primeval forest land, which is now in-\\ncluded in the site of Shelby. On this he settled,\\ncleared and improved the entire tract, and there\\nreared his family. He died on his homestead, .Aug.\\n10, 1868. His wife was born June 26, 1800, and\\nV\u00c2\u00ae))^#^\\n^n\\ndied in Sharon, on the place which had been her\\nhome for 60 years. Isaac Marvin, Jr., was born\\nFebruary, 1774, and became a pioneer settler of Ohio\\nin iSig. He was married Jan. 8, 1794, and died\\nOct. 12, 1850, on his farm, which was located a short\\ndistance northeast of Shelby. The wife was born\\nAug. 19, 1773, and died March 27, 1858. Isaac\\nMarvin, Sr., great-grandfather of Dr. Marvin, was\\nborn Fell. 10, 1745. The great-grandmother, Rachel\\n(Burns) Marvin, was born Dec. 9, 1746. The ma-\\nternal grandmother of Dr. Marvin, Deborah (Sher-\\nwood) Moyer, was born Jan. 5, 1783. She was twice\\nmarried. Her first husband, Daniel Sherwood, was a\\nCaptain in the West Indian service. After his death\\nhis widow became Mrs. Moyer.\\nDr. Marvin spent his youth in acquiring his ele-\\nmentary education, and on arriving at a suitable age\\nassisted in the business of his father. In the winter\\nof 1845-6 he taught school, and then began to read\\nfor his profession. In 1847 he entered the office of\\nDr. H. O. Mack, under whose direction he pursued\\nhis studies for some time, and during the winters of\\n1849-50-5 I he was a student at the Western Reserve\\nMedical College at Cleveland, Ohio, where he was\\ngraduated in the spring of 185 i. He at once began\\nhis career as a practitioner at Johnsville, Morrow\\nCo., Ohio, where he remained two years, going thence,\\nto Freeport, Wood County, in the Buckeye State. In\\nthe fall of 1859 he commenced practice in Perrys-\\nburg, and in the following spring (i860) he came to\\nGratiot County. He selected a site for a residence\\nat Ithaca, and daring the erection of his house he\\ni resided with Russell Burgess, his brother-in-law, a\\nI farmer, residing three and a half miles northwest from\\nthe village. He took up his abode at Ithaca in the\\nfall of i860, and continued the practice of his pro-\\nfession there until June, 1864, when he was commis-\\n1 sioned Assistant Surgeon of the 26th Mich. Vol. Inf\\nand was in that service until the close of the war.\\nHe was mustered out with the regiment at Jackson,\\nand resumed his vocation at Ithaca, which he has\\ncontinued since without intermission. He has ac-\\nquired reputation and popularity in his profession,\\nand is now occupying the position of United States\\nE.xamining Surgeon for pensioners. He owns a fine\\nfarm of 80 acres on section 2, Newark Township\\nwith 45 acres under cultivation. On first coming to\\nthe county he took the declared position of a friend\\nv^\\n.V.\\nV.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "!^W,\\nGRATJOr COUNl Y.\\nof general education, and has ever since been active\\nB^ in promoting school interests. In 1863 he was\\n.^j elected a school officer, and lield ons position six\\nf years, when he was elected Director, and has dis\\n-5. charged the duties of that jiosition ever since, having\\nbeen successively re-elected. He has been one of\\nthe most prominent in the establishment of schools,\\nand one of the most successful in placing them in\\nefficient operation. He was chiefly instrumental in\\nselecting the site and supervising the construction of\\nthe Union School building at Ithaca.\\nDr. Marvin was married in Freeport, Wood Co.,\\nOhio, Dec. 18, 1857, to Martha J., daughter of John\\nand Sarah L. (Brenholtz) Brooke. She was born\\nSept. 27, 1827, in Hughesville, Lycoming Co., Pa.\\nLouis J., born May 29, 1859; Seymour S., Nov. 7,\\nio6[ (died Nov. i, 1867); Ella S., Oct. 23, 1866;\\nand Burr, July 7, 187 i, are the names of the children\\nwho have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Marvin. They\\nare members of tlie Congregational Church at Ithaca,\\nwhich the Doctor was instrumental in organizing\\nJune 7, 1866. He has been one of the official board\\nsince that date, and is now Clerk of the society.\\nThe portrait of Dr. Marvin may be found on page\\n570. His private and public record is such as to\\nrender it a valuable accjuisition to the Biographical\\nand Portrait Album of Gratiot County.\\n/7S\\n*H+h U\\nT,\\n|J udwick D. Miller, liveryman, of the firm\\nof Miller Bros., at St. Louis, was born July\\n\\\\\\\\%i |T 27, 1854, in Greene Co., Pa and is a son\\n)(y of Lewis B. and Barbara (Yates) Miller. His\\nfather was a farmer in the Keystone State, and\\nin 1869 removed with his family and interest to\\nIsabella Co., Mich., and bought 235 acres of timber\\nland on sections 23 and 26, C oe Township. There\\nthe family resided about seven years and cleared and\\notherwise improved i 25 acres of the land, putting the\\ntT* place into a first-class condition for profiable agricul-\\nture. It was afterward sold and the family removed\\nto St. Louis, where they resided four years going\\nthence to Pine River, they settled on a farm and re-\\nvp sided there until 1883, when they went to Alma. I he\\n/i) father there erected a building and went into husi-\\nN\u00c2\u00bb ness, opening a livery stable.\\nr^k^ ^^^m0^ C^jL :;|]||^||t| Jl\\nMr. Miller was variously engaged for a year after\\nreacliing his majority, when he went to Jackson, Mich.,\\nwhere he remained nine months. He returned to St.\\nLouis and became assistant in Whitman s livery sta-\\nble, where he operated until Nov. 8, 1883. On the\\n28th of January, 1884, he opened a feed and board-\\ning stab e, where he is now established in the livery\\nbusiness, and, March 5, 1884, formed a partnership\\nwith his brother, Andrew Miller. They are doing a\\nsafe and profitable business, and keep six horses and\\nlivery fixtures to suit their patrons. They also man-\\nage boarding, feed and sale stables in connection with\\ntheir livery.\\nMr. Miller was married in Pine River Township,\\nMay 13, 1879, to Cora Olger. She was born near\\nBellevne, Montcalm Co., Mich., and is a daughter of\\nJames and Harriet Olger. They have one son, Floyd,\\nborn Aug. 22, 1882, at St. Louis. Mrs. Miller died\\nNov. 9, 1883.\\nillaby B. Lathrop, senior member of the\\nmilling firm of Lathro[ Kimball Co.,\\np Elm Hall, was born in Jackson, Mich., Aug.\\n17, 1849; and is a son of George C. and\\nMary E. (Hall) Lathrop, natives of New York.\\nrhey trace the family back to 1637, when John\\nLathrop, a priest in the Anglican Church, was for\\ndissenting and heretical views expelled from the\\nCliurch. He, in common with many others who\\nvvislied a place to establish their own religion, came\\nto America, and for nine generations the Lathrops\\nhave been one of the prominent families of Puritan\\nNew England. George C. Lathrop lias been a farmer,\\nand came from New York to Michigan more than 50\\nyears ago. He now resides in Ingham County, at\\nthe venerable age of 80. His wife is 77. His first\\nlocation in this State was in Washtenaw County, on\\nthe present site of Ann Arbor. Not a house had then\\nbeen erected, and scarcely a tree cut. Michigan was\\nthen a young Perritory. Afterward, he settled in\\nJackson County and seven years later he removed\\nto Lansing. After two years more he removed 20\\nmiles from that place, and commenced to clear a farm\\nfor his three sons and five daughters.\\nWhen seven years old, the subject of this biograiih-\\niral n.irralive commenced to make his own way in\\n^\\\\^^^f^\\n4^^^\\nA\\nA-\\nC J\\ni\\nm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "l\\\\", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "^g )^ti-^\\nli)?^S v^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0CT\\nv4 llll^nIl^ ^r^r\\nV\\n(l^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\n575\\nlife, spending one year in the American Express Com-\\npany s office at Ionia. Going into the lumber woods,\\nhe was there employed until 1876, and then began to\\ntake contracts for himself in Montcalm and Osceola\\nCounties. He averaged 2,000,000 feet annually. In\\nSeptember, 1880, he established a flouring mill at\\nElm Hall and the following year, receiving Mr. Kim-\\nball, of Saginaw, as a partner, lie added a saw and\\nshingle mill. They do a flourishing business in all\\ndepartments of milling. They own in partnership,\\n526 acres of land, 286 of which are improved. At\\nthe i)resent writing, there are in the mill-yard over\\n3,000,000 feet of lumber. In their grocery, which\\nthey have besides their mill, the recei|)ts are $50\\ndaily.\\nOct. 24, 1883, at Ionia, he was married to Miss\\nJulia Coffin, daughter of Benjamin Coffin. She was\\nborn in December, 1863, and receiving a good edu-\\ncation, partly in the graded schools of St. Louis, she\\nbegan teaching. She followed this four years, and\\none year later was married. Politically, Mr. L. is a\\nstaunch Republican. He is a public-spirited man,\\nand has done much for his community.\\names L. Clark, attorney, resident at Alma,\\ny was born Feb. 17, 1855, in Lenawee Co.,\\nMich. He is the son of Cortez C. and\\nLaura (Daily) Clark, and his parents were born\\nrespectively in Ohio and New York. Mr. Clark\\nis of Puritan descent, his ancestors having\\nbeen among the early settlers of Plymouth, and of\\nthat com[)any which afterwards made the first settle-\\nmenls in the Connecticut a^ey, where the grand-\\nfather of the subject of this sketch was born. The\\nfamily were active in the French and Indian wars,\\nand also the two wars against Great Britain. After\\ntheir marriage Mr. C. s parents settled in the Buckeye\\nState for a few years, afterward removing to Lenawee\\nCo., Mich. In 1862 they came to Alma, where they\\nlived nine years. In the spring of 187 i they went\\nto Ithaca, Gratiot County, and in 1880 the father de-\\ncided on a lemoval to Austin, Texas, where his wife\\njoined him the following year. The senior Clark was\\nfirst married to a Miss Westbrook, of Ohio, by whom\\nhe had two children Caroline and Hattie. She\\ndied, and Mr. Clark contracted marriage a second\\ntime, with Laura Daily. James L., Florence M., Del-\\nbert J. and a child who died in infancy constitute the\\nissue of the second marriage.\\nAt the time of the removal of his parents to\\nGratiot County Mr. Clark was but seven years old.\\nHe was a member of the paternal household until\\nhis father transferred his interests to Ithaca. On the\\nloth of April, 1865, the people of .\\\\lma were celebrat-\\ning the fall of Richmond, and Mr. Clark, then a lad\\nof 10 years, stood on the steps of the residence of T.\\nJohnson in company with the children of that\\ngentleman watching the proceedings, when an iron\\nring, wliich had been placed between the anvils to\\nmake the firing more effective, burst, and a piece\\nfour inches in length and an inch in width struck his\\nright hand, another fragment hit his knee and glanced\\nbetween his legs, injuring a child of Mr. Johnson that\\nstood near. The injuries were severe and resulted\\nin three months illness which nearly cost liim liis\\nlife. The use of his right hand was permanently de-\\nstroyed. Mr. Clark has been heard to say tliat this\\naccident, though maiming him for life, was really a\\nblessing, for it forced the consideration of other\\nmeans of gaining a livelihood than by manual labor,\\nwhich his surroundings would naturally have led\\nhim into.\\nHe acquired a knowledge of primary studies\\nat the common school in Alma and attended the\\nSlate Normal School at Ypsilanli. In 1S71 he com-\\nmenced teaching, which business he pursued dili-\\ngently until 1877. In July of that year he entered\\nthe law office of William E. Winton, at Ithaca, where\\nhe read preparatory to his profession until June,\\n1879. He was admitted to practice at the bar of\\nthe Peninsular State in Aj)ril preceding, and two\\nmonths later established himself in practice at Elm\\nHall, in Gratiot County. He remained there one\\nyear and removed to Alma, where he opened an office\\nfor the prosecution of his busineis.\\nMr. Clark is a prominent member of the Repub-\\nlican party and is largely interested and active in\\nlocal political affairs. He has been much in public\\nlife, and during his vocation as a teacher he was\\nelected School Inspector of Emerson Township, and\\ndischarged the duties of the position one year. In\\n1S80, after his removal to Alma, he was elected Cir-\\ncuit Court Commissioner, and in 1882 was re-elected,\\nV\\nA\\n3\\n-^ll 3 Diii\\n^j\\n-^^^c^y^i;", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "576\\n(b\\n(0\\nV\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT V.\\nand is still fulfilling the obligations of the office. He\\nwas chosen Village Attorney in 1880 and held the\\nposition two years. During the campaign of 1880\\nMr. C. somewhat distinguished himself as a cam-\\npaign speaker, and it was frequendy remarked that\\nhe had a promising future before him.\\nMr. Clark is a man of brilliant parts, scholady at-\\ntainments and unimpeachable record. He possesses\\na cultured mind, whose resources are i\\\\nusually well\\ndisciplined, and he has the satisfaction of knowing\\nthat he has made the best use of his opportunities.\\nHe was married June 25, 1879, in Arcada Town-\\nship, to Florence, daughter of Lafayette and Sophro-\\nnia (Benjamin) Church. (See sketch.) Mrs. Clark\\nwas born March 25, 1859, in Gratiot County. Of\\ntwo children born of their marriage but one survives\\nHugh, who was born May 14, 1883. Cornelia was\\nborn Oct. 8, 1881, and died Jan. 11, 1882. Mrs.\\nClark is actively and prominently connected with\\nthe Baptist Church.\\nMr. C. took an active interest in working up and\\norganizing the L. A., Mt. P. N. R. R. Co., and\\nupon its organization was offered the position of Sec-\\nretary, but declined it on account of his legal\\nbusiness requiring his entire attention.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Clark, which is presented on\\nanother page, is a valuable acquisition to the large\\ncollection appearing in this volume. His connection\\nwith a prominent family, his own merits as a citizen\\nand his professional capacity make him prominent,\\nand he is distinguished for his inherent traits of\\ncharacter which render his future a foregone con-\\nclusion.\\n_j_.. ^g\\nh\\njartin Carlin, farmer on section 19, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of Patrick and\\nBridget (Moran) Carlin, natives of Ireland.\\n^v\\\\nX^ He was born on the Emerald Isle, County\\nMayo, Parish Barisoole, Nov. it, 1813, andwas\\nabout 33 years old when he came to America.\\nHe settled in Gratiot County in the fall of 1852, and\\npurchased 80 acres on section rg, Fulton. He now\\nowns 100 acres, 55 of which are under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Ireland, in February, 1844, to\\nMary Masterson, who was born about 1825. To\\nthis couple have been born 12 children: Michael,\\nMartin, Margaret, Mary, John, Edward, Jane, Thom-\\nas, James, Henry, Francis and Annie,\\npolitically a Democrat. He and wife are members of\\nthe Catholic Church. ,An\\nMr. Carlin is 0:.\\n^.n^i\\njjmgsasss^\\nf^^s-fs*\\names ]j. Payne, residing in Maple Rapids,\\nClinton County, was born in the State of\\nNew York, Dec. 2, 1825, and is a son of\\nArnold and Loana (Parker) Payne, natives of\\nNew York. (See sketch of D H. Payne.) He\\nwas brought up after the manner of farmers\\nsons, and followed farming until his services were re-\\nquired by his country.\\nHe enlisted in the third year of the war, in Co. M,\\nist Mich. Eng. and Mechs., and served nearly two\\nyears. He now resides in Maple Rapids, and owns\\n;i farm on section 32, Fulton.\\nHe was married in 1847, in Ingham Co., Mich., to\\nMaria J., daughter of Watson and Eliza Boardman.\\nShe was born in Connecticut, in the year 1822. The\\nfollowing children have been added to the household\\nSarah L., John A., Arastine M., Daniel VV., Gilbert\\nR., Lizzie J., Emmett J. and Caroline J.\\nMr. Payne is politically a Republican. He is a\\nmember of the Christian Church.\\n-*34=\\n=4=\u00c2\u00a3S-\\ni\\nI\\nh\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f\\\\-\\nc)\\nI jichael McNamara, a prominent farmer,\\n_^ resident on section 10, Sumner Township,\\n^V- was born in County Clare, Ireland, Nov.\\nI, 1826; and is a son of James and Mary\\n(Curtis) McNamara, natives of the Emerald\\nIsle. James McNamara was a farmer by occu-\\npation, and died in his native country, in October,\\n1846. His wife died a year and a half later, in the\\nspring of 1848.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice passed his\\nyouth on the farm on which his father was tenant, as-\\nsisting in the slavish life of an Irish farmer in that\\nland .ord-ridden country, who has more powerful ob-\\nstacles to his success than the Michigan pioneer who\\ngoes into the dense forest 20 miles from the nearest\\nsettlement. In spite of adverse circumstances, how-\\nt\\n.SSi^f^ -^Il!l^\\nA r-^\\n^--5\\nm^jM", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "Qyy^-l^juU/ {ybfUoy^i^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "M-^\\n^0\\n^n^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": ":^^r\u00c2\u00ae^^#\\n-^^sr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n581\\never, he acquired a fair common-school education, as\\nwell as a practical knowledge of life. At the age of\\n17, he set out to make his fortune, and at Bristol,\\nEngland, he worked for a master builder for six-\\nmonths. Going then to Cardiff, Wales, he was em-\\nployed on a railroad. Thence he went to Doules,\\nand thence to Rummay, where he was employed in\\nthe iron works for one year. Next, he proceeded to\\nTradaga, where he was similarly engaged for three\\nyears.\\nHe then returned to his native place, and after a\\nfew days visit he, in company with a sister-in-law,\\ntf embarked at Liverpool for the United States. Land-\\ning at New York city in May, 1849, he went first to\\nWest Stafford, Conn., where he worked for farmers.\\nIn 185 I, he journeyed to Springfield, Mass., and work-\\ned for one summer in the stone quarries there. He\\nthen came to Chicago, Grand Rapids and Ionia.\\nWhile operating a hotel at the last named place, he\\nmet Messrs. Isaac and George Gee, of Gratiot Coun-\\nJr ty, who prevailed upon him to come into the woods,\\nf. keep shantv and work for them. He consented,\\nE=a and in April, 1855, made the move. For one year\\nA he was thus employed as a common laborer, his wife\\n1= doing the housework. During this time he purchased\\n\\\\y 80 acres of Government land under the pre-emption\\nact, on section 10, and at the expiration of the year\\nhe commenced working for himself. He built him a\\nlog house, covered with shakes, and gradually, in\\ntime, he redeemed his fertile acres from the dense\\nforest and useless stumps, and brought into being a\\nmodel farm. From time to time he has added to his\\noriginal 80 acres, and now he has 400 acres, with 250\\nacres under high cultivation, the most extensive farm\\nin the township. In place of his first rude dwelling,\\n4 with puncheon floor, and with but three boards of\\nsawed lumber in its whole construction, he has now\\none of the largest and finest residences in Gratiot\\nCounty, and barns and other farm buildings in pro-\\nportion.\\nDec. 31, 1854, near Springfield, Mass., he was unit-\\ned in marriage to Miss Margaret Hollarron, a native\\nof Clare Co., Ireland. She came to this country with\\nthree sisters when quite young, and for the first four\\nyears after her arrival she worked as a domestic in\\nNew York City. She then went to Massachusetts,\\ni^v where she was similarly employed until hermarriage.\\nShe has been an earnest worker, a faithful wife and\\naffectionate mother, and a fit companion to her hus-\\nband in his life work. She is the mother of seven\\nchildren, of whom six survive: James, born J me 6,\\n1855; Cornelius, Dec. 29, 1857; Henry, Dec. 26,\\n1859; Michael, March 10, 1862; Mary, March 31,\\n1864 (died in July, 1866); Katie, July 31, 1869;\\nSarah, Nov. 1 2, 1873.\\nMr. and Mrs. McNamara are connected with the\\nRoman Catholic Church. He has held many of the\\ntovvnsliip offices, and is at present Drain Commis-\\nsioner. Politically, he is a National Greenbacker.\\nHis oldest son, James, born June 16, 1855, was the\\nfirst white child born in any of the three northern\\ntiers of townships in the county.\\nwot*\\nil^mery Adams, farmer, section 5, Arcada\\nTownship, was born in Sullivan Co., N. Y.,\\nMarch 17, 1813, and is the son of Jason\\nj and Olive (Bears) Adams, natives of New Eng-\\nland, and of the old Puritan stock. His early\\nboyhood was spent with his parents in his na-\\ntive county and in Seneca Co., N. Y., and later in\\nNiagara Co., N. Y. He lived with his parents until\\nhis marriage, Dec. 24, 1836, in Newfane Township,\\nNiagara County, to Rachel M., daughter of John and\\nPhebe (Case) Lewis, natives of New York and of\\nEnglish and German descent. She was born in\\nMontgomery Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1818. At the age\\nof 14 she removed with her parents to Orleans\\nCounty, and afterwards to Niagara County, where\\nshe lived until her marriage.\\nIn the fall of 1837, Mr. and Mrs. Adams came to\\nJackson Co., Mich., where they lived in Liberty\\nTownship until February, 1854. They then came to\\nthis county and purchased 360 acres of unbroken\\nforest land in Arcada Township. They were among\\nthe first white settlers in that part of the county, but\\nwere surrounded by friendly Indians. By his own\\nefforts, Mr. Adams has succeeded in improving 100\\nacres; and he has given his three married children\\nall a good start in farming. He and wife have a very\\npleasant lionie two miles from the village of Alma,\\nand stand exceptionally high in the estimation of\\ntheir friends, for upright character, energetic mind\\nand hospitable disposition.\\nAug. 12, 1 86 1, Mr. Adams enlisted in Co. C, 8th\\nV^\\nr\\nV\\n1\\n4\\n\u00c2\u00ae^^fk\\n!^S\u00c2\u00ae-\\n^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0096\u00a0%M n iw^^\\n4^j( iy^i\\n2SS5a", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "582\\n-ryr^\\nmrMh^\\nT-\\nQ\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nr\\nJ\\nV\\ns\\n[J\\nMich. Vol. Inf., and he served under Gen. Stephens.\\nThe principal fighting he saw was in the South Car-\\nolina campaign, at Port Royal, James Island and\\nWilmington. He was often detailed for special duty\\nwhile in the service. He was neither captured nor\\nwounded, but his health was seriously impaired by\\nhard marcliing and by continued exposure. He was\\nhonorably discharged Dec. 9, 1862, when he returned\\nhome and gave his attention to improving his farm.\\nAnd well has he succeeded. The first nine days\\nafter he brought his family to this county, they lived\\nin a tent. They then liad a log cabin, and from that\\nthey have come to have a residence and farm build-\\nings that are an honor to the community in which\\nthey live.\\nMr. and Mrs. Adams have had 12 children, but\\nDeath has with unkind hand robbed them of eight.\\nThe living are: Cynthia C, born Oct. 14, 1855;\\nEdwin T-, Feb. 26, 1841; Phebe J., Nov. 29, 1843;\\nLoda G., Oct. 17, 1854. Lewis was born Dec. 25,\\n1845, and died in October, 1846; Ralph A. was born\\nAprils, i8go, and died Sept. 17, 1852; Martha Maria,\\nwas born March 17, 1845, and died Feb. 10, 1863;\\nand five others died in infancy. Mr. Adams held\\nthe office of Township Treasurer for three successive\\nterms, being the second one elected to that office in\\nthe township. In politics he is an ardent Republi-\\ncan. He and wife are active members of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church at Alma.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Adams appear on\\nother pages. The biographical records of Gratiot\\nCounty are rendered more valuable to the future by\\nthe addition of the likenesses of these memliers of\\nits pioneer settlers who have borne the labors and\\nprivations of its early history and now enjoy its pros-\\nperity.\\n=j\\nseveral years, after which he bought a saw-mill, in\\ncompany with two partners. This enterprise lasted\\nabout three years, and on detacliing himself from it,\\nMr. Wood, associated with his brother, bought 150\\nacres of land. His brother was then a soldier in the\\nUnion army, and his interest in the property contin-\\nued until March, 1865, at which time he came to\\nGratiot County. During the year he bought the\\nfanr. he now owns, comprising 165 acres of wild land.\\nOf this he retains 125 acres, and his tillable land\\nnow includes 40 acres. Mr. Wood is a decided Re-\\npublican.\\nHe was first married in Greene Co., Pa., to Eliza-\\nbeth Leonard. She was born in the Keystone State,\\nand became the mother of nine children William\\nL., Archibald H., Levi L, Cephas E., Lena L., Sarah\\nBelle, Hannah A., George T. and Henry F. Mrs.\\nWood died in August, 1876. Mr. Wood was again\\nmarried in May, 1880, to Mrs. Emily (Baker) Acker,\\nwidow of Jonas Acker. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are\\nmembers of the Disciples Church.\\nCacob Burnham, one of the oldest living\\npioneer settlers in Gratiot County, resident\\nat St. Louis, was born April 22, 1805, near\\names M. Wood, farmer, section 2, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born March 10, 1832,\\nin Greene Co., Pa. He is the son of Will-\\niam and Hannah (Hartley) Wood, both of\\nwhom were natives of Pennsylvania. Until\\nhe attained his majority, Mr. Wood passed his\\nlife in attending the connnon schools and working on\\nhis father s farm. On reaching the period of his\\nlegal freedom he rented a farm, which he conducted\\nWs^^^. --A ;i]!] a^.\\nCoburg, Canada West, and is a son of Nathan\\nand Joanna (Ferguson) Burnham. He was\\nreared on a farm and bred to the calling of an\\nagriculturist. On reaching his majority he bought a\\nfarm and entered upon active, independent life with\\nevery prospect of smooth, safe progress to prosperity,\\nbut, in -an unfortunate moment, he signed obligations\\nfor other parties, whose failure to discharge their own\\nindebtedness involved him in a loss of $5,000, by\\nwhich he became dispossessed of his farm. He made\\na determined struggle through the next four years,\\nworking at carpenter work and in a saw-mill, and\\nagain bought a farm in the Dominion, located in\\nReach Township, Ontario County. On this he resid-\\ned until the fall of 1856, when he came to St. John s,\\nClinton Co Mich. A year later he came to St. Louis,\\nand entered the employ of Richard G. Hillyer in the\\nmanagement of a saw-mill belonging to him and\\nHenry L. Holcomb, who afterward became the sole\\nproprietor of the property. Mr. Burnham conducted\\nV\\n\u00c2\u00ab4i^5f\\nI\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "m\\nm\\n)^r|\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2?\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2VST\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n583\\nA\\nV\\nthe business of the mill 17 years altogether, since\\nwhich he has been variously engaged.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Burnham with Nancy Brown\\noccurred Sei)t. 16, 1827, near Grafton, Canada. She\\nwas tlie daughter of Edward and Rachel (Cole)\\nBrown, and was born May 4, 18 [o, in Brockville, Can-\\nada. She died Jan. 14, i860, at St. Louis. Of nine\\nchildren born of this union, four are living: Julia\\nA., wife of Alexander Chisholm, a farmer of Lafayette\\nTownship; Phatima B. Z., wife of Moses Thompson,\\na farmer in Dickinson Co., Iowa; Ursula, wife of\\nElijah Going, a miller in Salt River village, Isabella\\nCounty Sophronia, wife of Herbert L. Lord, a build-\\ner, resident at St. Louis with Mr. Burnham.\\nThe old home first occupied by Mr. B. and his fam-\\nily on coming to St. Louis was built by Mr. Grooms,\\nand it was the first house built on the present site of\\nthe village. At the date of Mr. Burnham s purchase,\\nthe town contained les;3 than a dozen families, and\\neverything was in the most primitive condition. No\\nstreets liad been opened and he assisted in opening\\nthe first thoroughfare. The old home, which was\\npurchased by him, together with one and a quarter\\nacres of ground, has been recently torn down. It was\\nsituated on the bank of the river on Main Street, in\\nblock 46. The first grave was dug in the garden at-\\ntached to the house, and received the remains of a\\nyoung girl, Alice Clark. They were afterward in-\\nterred in the St. Louis cemetery. Betsey Campbell,\\nsister of Miss Clark, was the next to require a final\\nresting place, and her body was also buried in the\\nsame garden, but was sent after some time to Salt\\nRiver village, Isabella County.\\no eorge L. Kemp, farmer, section 16, Pine\\nh^ j; River Township, is the son of Jacob M.\\n^^a*^ and Harriet (Hoy) Kemp, the former a native\\nof West Virginia, the latter of Maryland.\\nAfter their marriage they located in Richland\\nCo., Ohio, and in 1857 came to Isabella Co., Mich.,\\nand thence to St. Louis, Gratiot County, where they\\nstill reside.\\nMr. Kemp was born May 25, 1846, in Richland\\nCounty, and was a lad of 1 1 years when his parents\\ncame to Michigan. At 18 he became a soldier in\\nthe Union cause and enlisted in the 2d Mich. Vol.\\nInf He was in the service 17 months and received\\nan honorable discharge. He was 21 years old soon\\nafter the close of the war, and on attaining his legal\\nfreedom he settled upon a farm his father bought for\\nhim while he was absent in his country s defense.\\nIt was situated in Isabella County, and included 160\\nacres, which he continued to improve for 1 1 years,\\nwhen he sold out, and in December, 1879, he re-\\nmoved to Gratiot County, where he bought 120 acres\\nof slightly improved land on section 16 in Pine River\\nTownship. He has placed 50 acres under good cul-\\ntivation, and in the summer of 1881 he built a fine\\nmodern barn on his farm. In political faith he is a\\nRepublican.\\nMr. Kemp was married March 14, 1877, to Fran-\\ncinkey, daughter of Samuel and Elma Abbott. Her\\nmother was born in Kentucky, her father in Pennsyl-\\nvania. Mrs. Kemp was born in Kosciusko Co., Ind.,\\nOct. 20, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp are the parents\\nof three children Kittie B., Samuel M. and Freddie\\nS. The parents are members of the Disciples\\nChurch.\\nW\\\\,\\\\ hilip Fritz, farmer, section 36, Newark\\n\\\\^_ Township, was born in Venango Co., Pa.,\\nJllla^ Feb. 8, 1822, and is the youngest son of his\\nCliJ parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Huffman) Fritz.\\nfk They were both natives of the Keystone State\\nand of German ancestors.\\nWhen Mr. Fritz was seven years of age, his father\\nmoved to Medina Co., Ohio, where he lived till 1880\\nHe then came to Gratiot County, where he died May.\\n3, 1882. On reaching manhood, the brothers, Philip\\nand Amos, bought their father s farm and managed it\\nin company for 18 years, when the former sold his\\ninterest to his brother and, purchasing a share in the\\nestate of his father-in-law, conducted the place six\\nyears, then sold out, and in April, 1868, he came to\\nGratiot County and purchased 158^ acres of land,\\non which he has since resided. To this he has ad-\\nded 60 acres, and at present writing 136 acres of his\\nfarm are under cultivation. Mr. P ritz is a dyed-in-\\nthe-wool Republican, and interested in all matters\\nthat seem to [xsssess inherent elements likely to ben-\\nefit the general public. In 1870 he gave half an acre\\ni\\n\u00c2\u00ae))^^r|*\\nii!i^iin^\\n^i^X^.\\n-es\u00c2\u00a7\\n1^^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "h\\n(0\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ev4^nD ;iiOs T\\n\u00c2\u00b10^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nof land to the township of Newark, adjoining the\\nschool-house in district No. i, on condition of the\\nplat being surrounded with shade trees and the pro-\\nper grading done.\\nMr. Fritz was married June 6, 185 i,in Medina Coun-\\nty, to Barbara, second daughter of John and Barbara\\n(Giesinger) Wideman. The parents were natives of\\nPennsylvania, removed thence to Canada and later\\nto Ohio, where the father died. The mother came\\nto Michigan to pass her remaining days and died\\nMarch 9, 1879, in Newark Township. Mrs. Fritz\\nwas born in Ohio, Dec. 29, 1826. Ten children born\\nof this marriage are all living. Their names are,\\nFrancis J., William O., Amos W., Jacob M., John E.,\\nRadintha J., Rosalinda, Joseph A., Mary E. and\\nFlorence A.\\nMr. Fritz has served the township of Newark as\\nCollector of taxes five years, and has held the vari-\\nous school offices. He is connected with the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity and himself and wife are members\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n^-^-SWZWv\\neorge Rockafellow, farmer and stock-\\nraiser on section 16, Summer Township, is\\nJjraS son of John and Elizabeth (Fraley) Rock-\\ny^ afellow, natives of New Jersey, and of Scotch\\nand German descent. The father has follow-\\ned the occupation of carpenter and joiner, and\\nis yet living, in the State of Nebraska, aged 83. The\\nmother died in 1849, in Crawford Co., Pa.\\nThe subject of this biography was born April 29,\\n1839, in Livingston Co., N. Y., and when two years\\nold his parents removed to Crawford Co., Pa. Here\\nhe lived with his parents until 18 years of age, and\\nwas tlien apprenticed to the trade of wagon-maker,\\nunder Elliott Byres, of Crawfordstown, Pa. Serving\\nhis time, he went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania\\nand was employed as a drilleruntil July i, 1861. On\\nthat date iiis patriotic feelings led him to enlist in\\nCo. C, 62d Pa. Vol. Inf and he was assigned to tlie\\nArmy of the Potomac, under Gen. McClellan. July\\n2, 1862, at Malvern Hill, he received a gunsliot wound\\nin the right leg. A permanent lameness resulting,\\nhe was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps.\\nHe fought in tlie seven-days battle before Rich-\\nmond, and in other engagements, and was discharged,\\nJuly 1 1, 1864, after serving three years.\\nReturning to his father s farm, he worked there for\\na few months and in the spring of 1865 he was ap-\\npointed mail agent on the Warren Franklin rail-\\nroad, in Pennsylvania. After a year he was trans-\\nferred to the Farmers railroad, where he remained\\na year. Coming then to this State, he located 160\\nacres on section 16, Sumner Township, then entirely\\nin its primitive wild state. After chopping about 10\\nacres, he sold, and bought 120 acres on thesamesee-\\ntion, where he has since resided. He has since im-\\nproved 45 acres, has sold 50 acres, and purchased 80\\nacres additional on section 20.\\nSept. 28, 1871, at Salt River, Isabella Co., Mich.,\\nhe was united in marriage to Miss Jane, daughter of\\nWilliam and Susanna (Huff) Smith, natives of Somer-\\nset Co., Pa. Mr. Smith died in Wood Co., Ohio, in\\n1862, aged 60; and Mrs. Smith died in 1870, aged\\n59. Jane was born in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, Jan.\\n20, 1842, and was reared and educated in vVood Co.,\\nOhio, where she went with her parents when five\\nyears old. In 187 i, she came to Michigan, and one\\nyear later she was married.\\nMr. and Mrs. Rockafellow are the parents of four\\nchildren: Charles E., George F., Samuel L., and\\nJohn A. He has held the office of Highway Com-\\nmissioner, and has also held various school offices.\\nPolitically, he is a zealous and uncompromising Re-\\npublican.\\n-5 ^v\\\\/v\u00c2\u00a3\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^S-k/^^-\\nEugene Kirby, manager of the Wright\\nHouse at Alma, was born Sept. 12, 1853,\\nin Oswego, N. Y. His parents, Capt. Allen\\nA]a M- and Hannah (Scott) Kirby, were natives of\\n\\\\d^ Vermont. After their marriage, they located\\nI at Oswego. In i860 they removed to East\\nSaginaw, where they were resident about 23 years.\\nThe father there engaged as a Captain on the Lake\\nsteamers. In the summer of 1883 they removed to\\nDetroit, where they now reside.\\nMr. Kirby was nearly six years of age when his\\nparents came to East Saginaw. He was there edu-\\ncated, and continued to reside until tlie fall of 1883.\\nIn 1S76 he liecame Clerk of tlie Bancroft House, in\\nwhicii caiiacity he served about one year, when he\\n9\\nA\\nl(\\na^^ic e^A^AnasDd ^^^s*^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0606.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0607.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0608.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "^)^/^-)^^l^^\\nL?!^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n587\\nV\\ns\\nt\\nI\\nengaged as steward of the same house. After dis-\\ncharging the obligations of the position three and a\\nhalf years, he resumed the duties of clerk, and offi-\\nciated as such two years. He terminated his engage-\\nment in the autumn of 1883, and removed to Alma,\\nwhere he assumed the management of the Wright\\nHouse, which justly claims precedence of similar\\nestablishments in the Peninsular State.\\nMr. Kirby was married Oct. 30, 1883, at East\\nSaginaw, to Hattie M., youngest daughter of Amos and\\nRachel (Ingals) Marlin. Mrs. Kirby was born July 27,\\nr863, in Goderich, Canada, where her parents located\\nafter their marriage.\\nMr. Kirby is identified with the interests and issues\\nof the Republican jiarty. He has been mine host\\nof the Wright House but a comparatively short\\nperiod, but long enough to render himself popular,\\nand he has won a highly flattering degree of the\\npublic confidence. His affable, genial temperament\\nand attention to the small considerations which con-\\ntribute so largely to the comfort of the patrons of an\\nestablishment possessing the uncontested claims\\nwhich pertains to the Wright House, is conclusive\\nevidence that, in this instance, the right man is in\\nthe Wright place literally.\\nHi (I (I .Mllard Davis Tucker, editor and proprie-\\ntor of the St. Louis Herald, a.ViA President\\nl^f^P of the Village of St. I.ouis, was born March\\n25, i84i,in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., N.\\nY. His father, Davis Tucker, was born in\\nCherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y., Aug. 21, 1808,\\nand was the second of eight brothers, sons of Caleb\\nand Thirza (Foster) Tucker, their grandfather being\\nJoshua Tucker. This branch of his ancestry was\\nfrom Connecticut and Vermont stock, and was orig-\\ninally from England and Wales.\\nHis mother, whose maiden name was Catharine\\nLake, was born Sept. 24, 1808, in Dutchess Co., N.\\nY., and was the fifth in a family of 1 1 children. Her\\nfather, John McCord Lake, was a Connecticut Yan-\\nkee of French and Irish antecedents, and her mother,\\nBetsey (De La Matyr) Lake, daughter of Capt. Will-\\niam De La Matyr, of Brooklyn, descended from Hol-\\nland stock, and belonged to the now numerous family\\nof De La Matyrs who trace their ancestry to one\\nHollander of that name, who immigrated to this\\ncountry and located at what is now Brooklyn, some\\ntime in the sixteenth century.\\nDavis Tucker, father to the subject of this sketch,\\nwas a farmer and came to Michigan with his family\\nin May, 1844, and located in Grass Lake Township,\\nJackson County, where (and in adjoining townships)\\nhe engaged in his occupation till the spring of 1854,\\nwhen, having purchased a large farm in Branch Coun-\\nty, 1 1 miles west from Coldwater, he removed with\\nhis family to the new home. Here the father died,\\nOct. 4, 1854, and the property, passing into the hands\\nof an administrator, mainly disappeared in costs and\\nfees. The remaining members of the family migra-\\nted to Springport, Jackson County, in which town-\\nship, and in the adjoining townships of Hamlin,\\nEaton County, and Clarence, Calhoun County, they\\nwere engaged in agriculture, having purchased farms\\nin each of those townships.\\nThe subject of this sketch was one of a family of\\nseven children, five girls and two boys, being the\\nsixth in order, and the second son. Only the two\\nsons are living at the present time, the girls one by\\none having all passed away, all having arrived at\\nwomanhood, and all, excepting the youngest, mar-\\nried and with families. The brother, Albert C,\\nresides in Charlotte, Eaton County. From and after\\n1859, the subject of this sketch, his youngest sister,\\nMartha De Ette, and his mother, constituted the\\nfamily, the others having all gone for themselves.\\nMr. Tucker received a common-school education, and\\nhas taught three terms of school the winter of 1863-4\\nin his own district in Clarence, the winter term of\\n1868-9 f^ St. Louis, in what is now called the West\\nBranch, and in 187 1-2 in District No. 2, fractional,\\nof Pine River and Arcada.\\n\\\\t the breaking out of, and during, the war, Mr.\\nTucker greatly desired to respond to the country s\\ncall for defenders, but, owing to the duties devolving\\nupon him in the care of an aged mother and young\\nsister,, it seemed a thing impossible to do. In the\\nsummer of 1864, however, circumstances seemed\\nmore propitious, and he enlisted as a private in Co.\\nD, 28th Mich. Vol. Inf., and was mustered into the\\nservice at Marshall, Sept. i, afterwards going to Kal-\\namazoo, where the organization of the regiment was\\ncompleted. The regiment went South in October,\\nr\\nI\\nA\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0609.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "^^iiil^i:ii^ T\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nt\\n-J\\nI*\\n/On\\nV\\nr?^\\nhattii^ at Louisville, where Companies Dand B were\\nput to detached service, and did duty at I^uisvilk,\\nNashville and intermediate localities, till February,\\n1865, when the regiment was assigned to the 23d\\nArmy Corps, and ordered to join the command in\\nNorth Carolina. Proceeding to Alexandria, Va., a\\nthree- weeks halt was necessary to await the breaking\\nup of the ice in the Potomac, after which the regi-\\nment proceeded Ijy water to Beaufort, N. thence\\nto Newbern, where Mr. Tucker was left in the small-\\npox hospital, having contracted that dread disease in\\nAlexandria, and suffering everything but death dur-\\nmg the week s stormy passage on the Atlantic.\\nWhen partially recovered from tliis. he passed througli\\na siege of pneumonia, supplemented with hernia of\\nthe lungs and mumps, and when discharged, June\\n15, 1865, after the close of the war, his health was\\nvery much broken. He gradually recovered, but it\\nwas two years before he regained his usual health.\\nIn August, 1866, Mr. Tucker, with his mother and\\nsister, removed to St. Louis, Gratiot County, then a\\nsmall hamlet, and engaged in the business of build-\\ning, which calling he followed until March i, 1881,\\nwhen he bought the St. Louis Herald, and the duties\\nof editor and publisher have since occupied his time\\nand attention. The Herald is the oldest paper by\\npriority of establishment published at St. Louis, and\\nis the only National Greenback paper in the county.\\nIt has a large and growing circulation in Gratiot and\\nadjoining counties, and enjoys a liberal advertising\\npatronage. The job work and ornamental printing\\ndone at this office is of the best, and would be a\\ncredit to towns of a much larger size. The Herald s\\ninfluence in politics is considerable, it being a fear-\\nless exi)onent and advocate of anti-monopoly and\\nthe principles of the National Greenback Labor\\nparty.\\nThe death of his sister, De Ette, occurred Nov. 8,\\n1871, after an illness of more than seven months.\\nHis mother died Aug. 18, 1882, having been an in-\\nvalid with rheumatism for nearly five years, and most\\nof that time in nearly a helpless condition.\\nMr. Tucker remained a bachelor until Dec. 17,\\n1883, when he was married, in Jackson, Mich., to\\nMiss M. Louise Briggs, one of the most highly es-\\nteemed young ladies of St. Louis. She is a daughter\\nof Ira R. and Eliza Briggs, and was born in Wales,\\nSt. Clair Co., Mich., June 30, i860.\\nMr. Tucker has for several years been quite prom-\\ninent in local politics. On the incorporation of the\\nvillage of .St. Louis in the fall of 1868, he was\\nelected Street Commissioner, and served one term.\\nIn the spring of 1873 he was elected a member of\\nthe Village Board of Trustees and served two years.\\nIn 1875-6-7 he was Village Clerk, and in 1875 was\\nalso Clerk of Pine River Township, and was Village\\nMarshal during tlie year 1877. In the spring of\\n1880, having moved into tiie township of Bethany\\n(in which St. Ix)uis is in part located), he was elected\\nSupervisor of his township, and was re-elected in\\n1 88 1 and 1882. In 1880 he was the Fusion candi-\\ndate for Judge of Probate, and received upward of\\n2,400 votes in a total of 5,000. His defeat was the\\nfate of the whole ticket, with the exception of Prose-\\ncuting Attorney. In March, 1883, he ran on the\\nPeople s ticket for Village President, and was\\nelected, receiving considerably more than twice as\\nmany votes as his opponent. He was re-elected in\\nthe spring of 1884.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Tucker is presented on another\\npage.\\n-5-\\nS-4\\n{jlamuel Newton, farmer, section 20, Emer-\\nson Townshij), was born in Bucknershire,\\nEng., June 12, 1831, and is a son of Thomas\\n1\\nO\\n\\\\^^^m^f^\\nA\\n^D!l^\\n1 and Ann (Hine) Newton, natives of England,\\nand residing on a farm but 45 miles from the\\ncity of London. He is a lineal descendant of\\nthe old Newton family of which Sir Isaac was the\\nmost distinguished member. His parents came to\\nthe Great Republic in 1850, and finally settled in\\nBarry Co., Mich. In that county his mother died in f\\n1858. His father still lives, aged 73.\\nSamuel s educational advantages were very limited.\\nAt the age of seven he went to live with his grand-\\nparents, and when 14 years old he was apprenticed\\nto John S. Monday, a butcher of Aylesbury, England.\\nTwo years and a half later, he went to London and\\nworked as a jour in the trade he had learned.\\nAfterward he was employed on a railroad. In 1850\\nhe took ship for this country. For the first eight\\nyears after his arrival, he farmed near Ann Arbor,\\nthis State. (fn\\nSept. s, 1852, in Washtenaw County, he was united\\nt", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0610.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0611.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "c^^^, 5^y^^-^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0612.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "iZRsfP^^\\n^Mmw^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^^^Mr\\nX-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0CST\\n*2^\\n591\\nVi\\nV\\ni\\nin the bonds of matrimony to Jane, daughter of Will-\\niam and Isabella (Evans) Imisson, natives of York-\\nshire, England. Mr. Imisson was a shoemaker b)\\ntrade, and followed that calling until he came to this\\ncountry in 1852. Since then he has been a farmer.\\nHe settled in what is now Emerson Township in\\n1854. When the township was organized, it was in-\\ntended to name it in his honor; but E was sub-\\nstituted for I by mistake. He died in September,\\n1880, nearly 70 years old. His wife now lives with\\nher daughter, enjoying a ripe old age of 75 years.\\nThe daughter was born in Yorkshire, Eng., Nov. 10,\\n1833. Six years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs.\\nNewton settled on section 21, Emerson Township.\\nIn 1867 he purchased on section 20, 80 acres, his\\npresent residence; he has since added 40 acres, and\\nhas altogether 60 acres of highly improved laud.\\nHe has made all improvements, and erected all build-\\nings, himself.\\nMr. and Mrs. Newton have had nine children, of\\nwhom si.x survive Martha J., born July 19, 1854;\\nMary B., March 17, 1859; William H., Aug. i, 1861\\nJessie L., Jan. 13, 1864; Ellie M., Oct. 7, 1866;\\nFrederick C, July 11, 1870. A baby died in infancy;\\nSammie was born Dec. 30, 1869, and died Jan. 2,\\n1870; Nora was born April 5, 1873, and died Aug.\\n12, 1875. Mr. Newton is a member of Emerson\\nLodge, No. 375, I. C). O. F., and holds the office of\\nGuard. He has been Overseer of Roads for a num-\\nber of years, and in jxslitics is a Democrat.\\n^B\\names Otto, farmer on section 9, Fulton\\nTownship, is a son of George and Ara\\n(I arrish) Otto, natives of New York State.\\nHe was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., Oct. r 1\\n1833, and was but two years old when his par-\\nents removed to Hillsdale Co., this State.\\nHere he received a common-school education, and\\nremained at home most of the time until 24 years\\nold. In the summer of 1S55, he came to tliiscounty,\\nand bought 80 acres of wild land on sections 7 and\\n10, Fulton Township. He has since added 40\\nacres on section 4, and has over 100 acres nicely im-\\nproved.\\nApril 26, 1858, in Fulton Township, he married\\nMiss Josephine, daughter of .Vndrew T. and Sarah\\n(Runnels) Wordwell, natives of New York State.\\nMrs. O. was l)orn in Waterloo, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1843.\\nShe and her husband are the parents of 1 2 children,\\neight of whom survive .\\\\ra, Ira T., Amasa J., Alma,\\nPerry, Ampter B., Leroy and Zelma M. The de-\\nceased all died in infancy, Mr. O. has been Con-\\nstable two years, and has held the minor school of-\\nfices. In politics, he supports the Republican party.\\nHe and wife are members of the Christian Church.\\nWitt C. Chapin, deceased, formerly one\\njl of Gratiot County s prominent citizens, was\\na son of Theodore H. and Margaret\\n(Fox) Chapin, natives of New England and\\nNew York respectively. Theodore H. Chapin\\nwas by profession a lawyer, and practiced at\\nthe Bar until his death. The family comprised three\\nsons De Witt C, Theodore H., Jr., and Christo-\\npher F.\\nThe subject of this biography was born May 28,\\n1816, and received his education m the common\\nschools of Lockport, N. Y., and at the academy at\\nLewiston, N. V., of which latter institution he was a\\ngraduate. He then read law in the office of his\\nfather, and was admitted to the Bar before he was 2 r\\nyears of age. About 1837 he came to Michigan, lo-\\ncating in Cass Coimty one year. He next lived for\\nseveral years in Southern Illinois, and a short time\\nin Farmington, Oakland County, this State. Going\\nto Clinton County, he was elected Clerk of that\\ncounty for two years. Then removing to Allegan\\nCounty, he was for four years Prosecuting Attorney,\\nand four years Judge of Probate. Returning to\\nClinton County, lie was for three terms again County\\nClerk.\\nIn December, 1864, he came to Gratiot County\\nand located at Mma, where he followed his profes-\\nsion five years. In the fall of 1870, he was elected\\nRegister of Deeds of this county, and removed to\\nIthaca. He was re-elected in the fall of 1872, and\\ncontinued to fill that responsible office until his\\ndeath, Jan. 29, 1873, ending a life of exceptional\\nactivity and usefulness. He had filled important\\ncounty offices for nearly 20 years; was endowed\\nwith peculiar talents; possessed of unquestioned in-\\ntegrity, and universally liked and respected.\\nV^\\n0;\\nf\\ni\\nV\u00c2\u00ae))\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^(|-\\nj:l.\\n-^m^^ w^\\n-4^^C(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0613.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "T\\n^D(] CIll]v\\n^|y^5f\u00c2\u00ae^,\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nDec. 25, 1843, he formed a life partnership, in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ij Clinton Co., Mich., with Miss Edna F., daughter of\\nWilliam and Mahala Utley, natives of Vermont.\\nEdna F., the fourth of a family of nine, was born in\\nOntario Co., N. Y., Dec. 18, 1822. By her marriage\\nwith Mr. Chapin, she had a family of ten, six surviv-\\ning: Margaret M., Delia H. (deceased), William W.\\n(deceased), Ella F., Laura C, Nettie M. (deceased),\\nFrank W., Fred. W., Carrie F. and Louise (deceased).\\nAbout i860, Mr. Chapin purchased 326 acres of\\nland on section 31, Pine River Township, which\\nestate has been equitably divided among the chil-\\ndren and Mrs. Cliapin now lives a tran(iuil life with\\nher sons, Frank and Fred.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Chapin is presented on another\\npage. Its appearance in the Portrait and Biographi-\\ncal Album of Gratiot County adds materially to the\\nvalue of the volume, and will be the source of gen-\\neral satisfaction.\\n-fes-\\n-sSl-\\nfeenry Read, a prominent farmer, section\\n^.j^^^l Fulton I ownship, is a son of Henry and\\nSarah A. (Ranger) Read, natives of England,\\nwhere the father died, June 24, 1851. Mrs.\\nRead came with her family to America in 1854,\\nand settled in Ohio, where she married Albert\\nWheeler, March 17, 1858. He was a native of Con-\\nnecticut. They came to Gratiot County the same\\nyear, and settled in Fulton Township, where he died,\\nNov. 22, 1881. Mrs. Wheeler liad by her first hus-\\nband three children, Rosa L, Henry, and Frederick\\n(died at the age of nine).\\nThe subject of this biograj-liical narrative was\\nborn in England, Feb 26, 1848, and was four years\\nold when the family emigrated to tiie (ireat Repub-\\nlic. He received a limited education in tlie.common\\nschools of Ohio and Michigan, antj at the early age\\nof 14 began to work by the month at farming. This\\nhe followed seven years, and then rented a farm for\\nhimself, which he worked for two years. In 1S71,\\nhe bought 40 acres of partly improved land on sec-\\ntion 1, Fulton Township, to which he has since ad-\\nded 40 acres. He has good buildings, and has\\nabout 60 acres under cultivation.\\nOct. 9, 1870, in Clinton Co., Mich., he was mar-\\nN\u00c2\u00bb ried to Miss Mary C, daughter of Jacob and Nancy\\n(Lewis) Hanes, natives of Pennsylvania. She was\\nborn in WilUams Co., Ohio, Sept. 15, 185 i. Mr. and\\nMrs. Read are the parents of three children: Fred-\\nerick H., Robert H. and Bessie F. Robert died\\nwhen 14 months old. Mr. R. was elected Justice of\\nthe Peace in 1882, and now holds that otifice. Polit-\\nically, he supports the Democratic party. He and\\nwife are members of the Congregational Church.\\n^^^-^^S-^\\n^\\\\m^0?^\\nelmar W. Ely, editor of the Alma Record,\\nwas born Aug. 29, 1853, in Chautauqua\\nCo., N. Y., and is a son of Derwin and Hel-\\nen (Hart) Ely. His father was a native of\\nChavitauqua County also, and the marriage of\\nhis parents occurred in the village of Delanti,\\nin the same county. They remained there resident\\ntwo years, when they came to Michigan and, in 1855,\\nsettled in Alma. The father was a farmer and built\\na pioneer house on the north bank of Pine River.\\nHe inhabited his log house a year and erected a\\ndwelling on the south bank of the Pine, which is\\nnow incorporated in the building known as the Mey-\\ner House. Two years later he sold out to his broth-\\ner, Flavius, and returned to his native county, where\\nhe resumed his occupation as agriculturist and re-\\nmained seven years. On the death of his brother,\\nFlavius, at Alma, he returned to that place and as-\\nsumed charge of the children of his brother. He is\\nstill resident at Alma, and combines the occupations\\nof builder and farmer.\\nMr. Ely remained under the management and\\nguardianship of his parents until he was 18 years of\\nage, when he began teaching school. He taught a\\nterm in a rural district of Isabella County, and after-\\nwards repeated the experience in Gratiot County. In\\norder to improve his education, and to fit himself for\\na life of usefulness in accordance with his preferences\\nand hopes, lie attended the State Normal School at\\nYpsilanti three terms. After leaving school, he ob-\\ntained a position in the Auditor General s office at\\nLansing, and officiated in the capacity of clerk nearly\\nseven years. In June, 1882, he returned to Alma,\\nand was engaged during the summer in light farm-\\ning, after which he turned his attention to transac-\\ntions in real estate, in which he was engaged until\\nNovember, 1883. In that month, he assumed the\\n^tlll^l1tli^\\n.NA.\\nfi\\nf\\nV,\\n0^%\\ni\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0614.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0615.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0616.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "n\\n^4^. /I Jr. l c", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0617.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0618.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": ")^T#-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I\\nz^K \u00c2\u00a9V l]n :i]|]s v\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n1^\\n597\\nJ\\nV\\neditorial management of the journal published at\\nAlma, and known as the Alma Recoii/.- In political\\nprinciples Mr. Ely is independent, but his tendencies\\nincline to harmonize with the tenets and issues of\\nthe Republican party.\\nHe was married at Jackson Jan. 21, 1880, to Min-\\nnie H., daughter of Newton and Jane (McFarland)\\nWhitney. Mrs. Ely was born Nov. 8, 1855, in Lan-\\nsing. Jessie G.,only child, was born April 21, 1882.\\neorge E. Gee, farmer and stock-raiser, sec-\\ntion 15, Sumner Township, is a son of\\nJoseph and Eleanor (Seaton) Gee, and was\\nborn in Lyons Township, Wayne Co., N. Y.,\\nSept. 23, 1 833. At the tender age of six years,\\nhe was left to fight life s battles without the\\nprotecting guidance of a father. For three years he\\nwas under the care of a Mr. Gardner, of his native\\ncounty, attending school winters, and working sum-\\nmers for his board and clothing. From this time\\nuntil 18, he worked by the month for two substantial\\nfarmers in his neighborhood. He then went home\\nand worked the homestead farm for three years. In\\nthe summer of 1854, he went to Cleveland to join his\\nbrother Isaac (see sketch), and in the fall of that year\\ncame to this county and located 400 acres on the\\ncorners of sections 10, 11, 14 and 15.\\nThe following spring, in company with his brother,\\nhe began the task, which, persevered in, has made a\\nmodel farm, one of the best in the county. He has\\nretained of his original purchase 230 acres, 200 of\\nwhich are in a state of scientific and profitable culti-\\nvation. He has over 2,200 rods of tile drainage, and\\nhis residence, barns, etc., are just what one would\\nexpect to see under the ownership of a man like\\nGeorge E. Gee. He has a well 206 feet deep, from\\nwhich excellent mineral water flows.\\nApril 25, 1858, in Pine River Township, at tlie\\nresidence of the bride s parents, he was married to\\nMiss Rachel A. Kress, daughter of James and Mary\\n(Hultz) Kress, natives of New York, and of French\\nand German extraction. James Kress has been a\\nfarmer, and, with his wife, now lives in Alma. Their\\ndaughter, Rachel, was born in Liberty Township,\\nJackson Co., Mich., Nov. 30, 1842. When 13 years\\n^y\\n^m\\nold, her parents came to Gratiot County and settled\\nat Alma, where nothing but log huts were then to be\\nseen. There she was reared and educated, and,\\nafter teaching two terms of school, was married, at\\nthe ageof 16. She has been a faithful wife, an affec-\\ntionate mother, and a good neighbor. She has been\\nthe mother of four children: Jay, Lulah (deceased),\\nEulah and Eddie.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Gee are presented\\nherewith. Some years ago Mr. Gee suffered from\\na sunstroke, which, coupled with his energetic, am-\\nbitious spirit, has brought upon him the most terrible\\naffliction to which humanity is heir. Disease and\\noverwork destroyed the texture of an unusually fine\\nmental organism, and in 1880 he was placed under\\nthe care of skilled and efficient physicians at the\\nasylum at Kalamazoo, where he receives all possible\\naid and tender consideration. In his living death,\\nhe is sincerely lamented and lovingly remembered\\nby kindred and friends.\\no^\u00c2\u00ab!i\u00c2\u00ab-5is!-o 3 ~H\u00c2\u00ab\\noseph Sidel, farmer on section 15, Fulton\\nTownship, is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth\\n(Murray) Sidel, natives of Pennsylvania.\\nThey first settled in Perry Co., Pa., afterwards\\nremoving to Lawrence County, same State, and\\nthence to Wood Co., Ohio, where they died.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Perry\\nCo., Pa., Sept. 8, 1833, and was educated in the\\ncommon schools. At the age of 18, he was appren-\\nticed for three years to learn the blacksmith trade.\\nAfter serving his time, he started in business for him-\\nself in Lawrence County. Five years later he re-\\nmoved to Wood Co., Ohio, where he followed his\\ntrade, and also bought a small farm. His home was\\nthere for six years, including three years spent in the\\nservice of the Stars and Stripes.\\nAug. 10, 1862, he enlisted in the 123d Uiiio Vol.\\nInf., and during his term he fought at Winchester,\\nMartinsburg, and numerous other engagements. At\\nthe siege of Petersburg, he was taken prisoner, only\\nthree days before the surrender of Lee. After his\\nbrief incarceration, he was honorably discharged, at\\nColumbus, Ohio. In the spring of 1866, he came to\\nGratiot County, and purchased 40 acres on section\\nIt, Fulton Township, where he lived, improving the\\nt\\nd\\nsv\\nf", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0619.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "^7 oo:\u00c2\u00abi]|]\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\n^\u00c2\u00a5^(^^0.\\ni|i\\nGJ?A TIO T CO UNT Y.\\n(hf\\nsame, for three years. Selling out, he purchased 40\\nacres on section 14, where he lived a year and a\\nhalf. He then traded for 40 acres on section 15,\\nwhere he now resides. He now owns 120 acres, 96\\nof which are under cultivation. In the summer of\\n1882, lie built a fine residence. He has also sub-\\nstantial barns, and other necessary buildings.\\nJan. 5, 1854, he married Nancy J., daughter of\\nWilliam and Mary (.Summerville) .Allen, natives\\nof Pennsylvania. She was born in Lawrence Co.,\\nPa., Feb. 18, 1834. Having no children of their\\nown, Mr. and Mrs. Sidel have reared from infancy\\nthree children of his sisters: Joseph Delano, Nettie\\nC. Delano and Ella .Sidel.\\nMr. S. was elected Township Clerk in 1883. Po-\\nlitically, he is a Democrat. His wife is a member of\\nthe Lutheran Church.\\nthniel C. Brooks, farmer, section 24, Pine\\nRiver Township, was born Oct. 22, 1822,\\nin Trumbull Co., Ohio. His parents, John\\nand Hannah (Russell) Brooks, were natives of\\nMassachusetts, and settled in Trumbull County\\nin 181 2, where they passed tlie remainder of\\ntheir lives. The father died in 1S22, and the mother s\\ndeath occurred in 1824.\\nThe son was in infancy when his parents died, and\\nhe was cared for by his grandfather until he was 13\\nyears of age. He obtained some schooling previous\\nto that age, and on finding himself thrown ujxan his\\nown resources he was variously engaged in lumber-\\ning and other occupations until he was 25 years old.\\nIn 1847 he bought a farm in his native county, which\\ncontained 72 acres. This he sold and bought another,\\nand these transactions were several times repeated\\nuntil 1874, when he came to Gratiot County and\\nbought tlie farm whereon he now resides, comprising\\n77 acres. He has now 63 acres all under advanced\\nimprovement. He is a Democrat in political faith.\\nMr. Brooks was married tiie first time in Brace-\\nville, Trumbull Co., Oliio, to Lois Wilmot. She was\\na native of Pennsylvania, and of the five children\\nborn of the union but one survives, Jessie L. Mary,\\nFranklin and two others, unnamed, died in infancy.\\nThe mother dying, Mr. Brooks was married a second\\ntime in November, 1869, in Warren, Trumbull Co.,\\nOhio, to Mrs. Marcia A. .daughter of Charles Tucker,\\nand widow of Robert Russell, M. I). The latter\\nwas born in Ohio, and died in 1864. Three children\\nhave been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks: Nellie G.,\\nFreddie C. and Gale O. Nellie G. died when she\\nwas two years old.\\n^3=\\n=\u00c2\u00a3S-\\nilliam Brice, Supervisor North Shade Town-\\nship, residing on section 17, was the son\\nof Thomas and Charlotte (Gore) Brice,\\nnatives of England, where they both died, the\\ndate thereof being unknown. He was born\\nin the native land of his parents, March 10,\\n1830, and resided under the parental roof-tree until\\nhe attained the age of 13 years, when he engaged\\nto a farmer in the neighborhood by the month.\\nIn 1854, Mr. Brice left his native land and sailed\\nfor tlie United States and landed in New York City.\\nHe came directly from tliere to this county, and lo-\\ncated on section 17, North Shade Township, where\\nhe is at present residing.\\nThe experience of Mr. Brice in establishing a home\\nin the then wilderness of Michigan, was similar to\\nmany others of the early pioneers. Obstacles seem-\\ningly insurmountable constantly presented them-\\nselves; yet, being endowed with those gifts, energy\\nand perseverance, he triumphed over all, and, as a\\nmonument to his labors, has 70 acres, of the 20-\\nacre tract he purchased from the Government, well\\nimproved, and within his household content sits in\\nthe lap of plenty and smiles at the trials of the jjast.\\nMr. Brice was one of the pioneer settlers of the\\ncounty, and as such, erected the customary log cabin,\\nand in time replaced it with a more substantial struc-\\nture. He has now in course of erection a still more\\ncommodious and far more handsome dwelling, con-\\nsisting of three ujirights, two 16 26 and the other\\n16 X 30, which will cost, when completed, in the\\nneighborhood of $2,500.\\nMr. Brice was married Feb. 5, 1854, to Rebecca\\nM., daughter of Richard and Sarah Harlow. She\\nwas born Nov. 25, 1834, and died Sept. 27, 1865, in\\nthis county. To their union were born three chil-\\ndren Richard W., Maria H. and Sarah E. He\\nsubsequently married Mrs. Caroline Burt, widow of\\nNathaniel S. Burt, Jr. She was born Nov. 12, 1842,\\nVr,\\nI\\n^in!irA^iiiis\\nr^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0620.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "^/J^rF-\\n-^a!] :Btl^^r^\\nT\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nS~.\\n599\\nh\\nin Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, this State, and\\ncame to this county with her parents in 1850.- Her\\nparents, Norman and Catharine Sturgis, were the first\\nsettlers of the county.\\nMr. Brice is truly one of the representative men of\\nthe county, and that he is appreciated by the citizens\\nis clearly shown by the recognition of his ability as\\na proper person to hold the offices of trust in the\\ntownship. He has held the position of Supervisor\\nfor 13 terms, from 1871 to 1884, was Treasurer\\nfor nine successive years, and has held some Town-\\nship office for the past 22 years.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brice are both memliers of tlie\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. B. is\\na staunch Republican.\\nTohn W. Wolfe, farmer on section 22, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of Jaaies and Mary\\nE. (Shonkwiler) Wolfe, and was born in\\nSeneca Co., Ohio, May i, 1833 He received a\\ngood common-school education, and also at-\\ntended the Heidelberg College at Tiffin, Ohio.\\nHe remained at home until he had nearly attained\\nhis majority and then rented a farm in Seneca Co.,\\nOhio, on which he lived for i 2 years. He ne.xt lived\\ntwo years in Clyde, Ohio, and then moved on a farm\\nin Seneca County, given Mrs. Wolfe by her father.\\nTwo years later he sold that place and came to\\nGratiot County. This was in the spring of 1872.\\nHe bought 140 acres of partly improved land on sec-\\ntion 22, Fulton Township, where he now resides.\\nHe has since added 80 acres to his farm, and now\\nhas under cultivation 188 acres. In the summer of\\n18S1 he built a fine modern dwelling, and his home\\nand farm are models of their kind.\\nApril 6, 1854, in Seneca Co., Ohio, he married Miss\\nHarriet, daughter of Michael and Christina (Smith)\\nNeikirk, natives of Mar)dand and Pennsylvania, re-\\nspectively. Mrs. Wolfe was born in Seneca Co.,\\nOhio, Dec. 29, 1834, and is the mother of ten chil-\\ndren, nine living Albert B., Willis K., Doctor Mc,\\nJames M., Ollie D., John E., David N., Berty W.\\nand Clinton L. Myrtie G. died when six months\\nold. Mr. Wolfe has held the office of School Di-\\nrector. Politically he is a National. He and wife\\nare members of the Seventh- Day Advent Society.\\nMrs. Wolfe also finished her education at Heidel-\\nberg College. Mr. W. has taught three terms of\\nschool, and takes a deep interest in school matters.\\nHe and wife and four of the children James M.,\\nOllie D., John E. and David N. belong to the order\\nof Sons of Temperance.\\n^^MB-fe-^\\npiiiCames L. Foote, farmer, section t,2 Lafay-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mt ette Township, is a son of Henry K. and\\nS?^^ Minerva (Henderson) Foote, the former a\\nnative of New York, and the latter of Connecti-\\ncut. They settled in Oakland Co., Mich., in\\nan early day, where he practiced his profession\\nmedicine. In response to his country s call, he\\nenlisted in the Fifth Cavalry, and was given the rank\\nof a Second Lieutenant. He died in the service at\\nPoolesville, Md., in February, 1864. His wife passed\\nthe remainder of her days with her children, and\\ndied at the home of her son, James, in January, 1881.\\nJames L. Foote was born in Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nJan. 9, 1837. He was educated in the common\\nschools of that county, and lived there till 24 years of\\nage, following the business of farming. In .August,\\n1862, he enlisted in the 5th Mich. Vol. av., with\\nthe rank of (Quartermaster Sergeant, and he was with\\nhis father when the latter died. His regiment served\\nunder Kilpatrick and Custer. After 19 months serv-\\nice, he was honorably discharged at Washington. He\\nthen returned to Oakland County, and after a short\\ntime removed to Gratiot County, where he began to\\nimprove the farm which he had bought, consisting of\\n160 acres, on the northwest quarter of section t,t,,\\nwhere he now resides. He has 60 acres under cul-\\ntivation, with good farm buildings. His stock com-\\nprises 15 cattle, 3 horses, 60 sheep and 10 hogs.\\nMr. Foote was first married, in Oakland County, to\\nCaroline R., daughter of Enoch and Isabella Shepard,\\nand a native of Michigan. This marriage was\\nblessed with six children, five of whom are living:\\nHenry K Belle, Minerva, Rolla E. and Caroline R.\\nErnest died in infancy. The mother died May 8,\\n1874. Mr. Foote was again married .\\\\pril 27, 1876,\\nto Elizabeth, daughter of William and Susanna\\n(Bates) Barnes, natives of England, where Mrs.\\nFoote was born .\\\\pril 2, 1847. By this second mar-\\nriage, there are four children: Sarah I,., May J.,\\nGertrude M. and Jessie L,\\n^i?gt#^*-\\nA ^llll :ill]v\\nz.\\n-\u00c2\u00abB\u00c2\u00a7.\\nf^5(@", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0621.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "600\\nT\\n^llti^tlll^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\n,x\\n^^^S^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vsj::\\nsiij^;^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nV\\n:c\\nMr. Foote has been Township Treasurer one year,\\nClerk four years, Justice of the Peace four years, and\\nhas held various school offices. He is a member of\\nthe I. O. O. F., and is iwlitically a Republican.\\np eorge W. Price, farmer, section 23, Fulton\\nTownship, is a son of William R. and\\nMary G. (Page) Price. They were born and\\nmarried in the old town of Gilmanton, Bel-\\nknap Co., N. H., where they resided until 1855.\\nMr. Price then came to Gratiot County, and the fol-\\nlowing year he returned and brought his family.\\nThey settled on section 22, Fulton Township, where\\nhe owned 140 acres, mostly wild land. They par-\\ntially improved this land and resided on it until\\n1872. Mr. Price then sold and removed to Maple\\nRapids, where he died, April 15, 1879, and she, April\\n19, same year. Their family comprised three sons\\nand three daughters: George W., Charles A., Mary\\nJohn W., Sarah and Clara.\\nThe subject of this biographical narrative, the\\neldest of the family, was born in Gilmanton, Belknap\\nCo., N. H., Dec. 2, 1834. He attended the common\\nschools, the Belknap County Academy, and for three\\nmonths the Gilmanton .\\\\cademy. He taught school\\ntwo terms. With the exception of one summer he\\nlived at home until 21 years old. He then went to\\nLynn, Mass., and for four years was employed as\\nforeman on the Town Farm. He was then em-\\nployed in the grocery business at the same place\\nuntil June, 1861, when with his wife he came to\\nGratiot County. He purchased 40 acres on section\\n22, Fulton Township, and there lived until 1866,\\nwhen lie sold out and then bought So acres on sec-\\ntion 23, his present residence. He has now 55 acres\\nimproved and under cultivation. He has for a num-\\nber of years also dealt in stock.\\nJune 4, r 86 1, at Lynn, Mass., he was married to\\nH. Ann, daughter of David and Caroline (Rhodes)\\nOliver, natives of Lynn, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver\\nresided in Lynn until her death, Dec. 12, 1849. He\\nthen came to Ohio, and for 11 years lived with his\\ndaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Huntington. He then\\ncame to Gratiot County and passed the last 19 years\\nof his life with his daughter, Mrs. Price. He died\\nApril 28, 1883, aged 95 years and six months.\\nMr. and Mrs. Price, having no children of their\\nown, reared and educated an orphan, Samantha J.\\nHatfield, who lived with them until her marriage.\\nMr. Price has held the office of Justice of the Peace\\none term, and has been also School Inspector. He\\nwas apix)intcd Notary Public in 1872, which office\\nhe now holds. He ib a Royal Arch Mason, and, with\\nhis wife, belongs to Essex Grange, at Maple Rapids.\\nThey are prominent members of the East Fulton\\nCongregational Church. At the organization of that\\nsociety there were but four members, of whom Mr.\\nand Mrs. P. were two. He was the only male mem-\\nber. He has lieen Clerk of the Church from the\\nbeginning to the present time. Politically, Mr. Price\\nleans to Democracy. He is, however, a strong Pro-\\nhibitionist, and takes a deep interest in all temper-\\nance movements.\\n-vtacc;\u00c2\u00a9^^\\nt.\u00c2\u00ae|^J OT^ ^v\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nm\\nson of Robert and Margaret (Morrison)\\n^D!I^^:tlI]\\n*4t^?^^\\names McGregor, farmer on the west half\\nII^IL f the S. E. i^ of sec. 18, Bethany Tp., is a\\nMcGregor, of Scotch ancestry, and was born\\nin Donegal, Ireland, May 4, 1825. When he\\nwas ten years of age his parents moved to On-\\ntario Co., N. Y., and followed farming there a num-\\nber of years. Mrs. McG. died there, and the re-\\nmainder of the family removed, in 1847, to this State,\\nsettling in Somerset Township, Hillsdale C ounty,\\nand residing there about a year. Not liking the\\ncountry, all except two brothers returned to New\\nYork.\\nOne of the latter, the subject of this sketch, re-\\nmained there four years, and next was a year and a\\nhalf in the employ of Dr. Patterson at Tecumseh,\\nLenawee Co., Mich. He then returned to New York,\\nand was married in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nJan. I, 1849, to Miss (Catherine Hanavan, a native\\nof Ireland. Of their seven children, since born, six\\nare living, namely: Fanny, born Oct. 26, 1849, and\\ndied May 24, 1864; William, born Aug. 5, 1851, now\\nliving in Canandaigua, N. Y.; Robert, born Dec. 27,\\n1853; Mary E., Sept. 14, 1857; Emma, Sept. 14,\\ni860; James A., Sept. 21, 1862 and George B., Dec.\\nI, 1864.\\nIn 1857 Mr. McGregor again returned to Hillsdale\\nrs\\nr\\n4.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0622.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0623.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": ";-N--^iSS:^V\\n^cj^oImcM", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0624.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "r^^ 6v ^D n y^- n D^\\nr^^^sr\\n-^ii^.\\nI\\nGJ?A TIO T CO UJVTY.\\n6o;j\\nCo., Midi., farmed on shares for several years, then\\nbought r 20 acres in Somerset Township, on which\\nhe lived two years then he sold and came to Beth-\\nany Township in 186S, and purchased 80 acres\\nwhere he now lives. He has cleared 80 acres, has\\nan orchard, has built a nice residence, barns, etc.\\n\u00c2\u00abi\u00c2\u00abaj2C;\u00c2\u00ae^-\u00c2\u00ab s||\\n^^-SrtJZwav\\nV\\n1 VT^jl iiHlliam J. Gargett, farmer and stock-raiser\\niiSsyiif on section 16, Sumner Township, was born\\nJrSo Ms i Co., Ohio, Dec. 26, 1841, and\\nis a son of John and Mary (Woodward) Gar-\\ngett, natives of Yorkshire, England. John\\nGargett was a farmer, and came to the United\\nStates in 1828, locating in Ohio, where he still lives,\\naged 81. His wife is 69 years old, and they are truly\\na venerable pair.\\nThe subject of this biography passed his youth on\\nhis father farm, and received his education in the\\ncommon schools and at Berea University, wliich he\\nattended for two years. In September, 1861, at the\\nage of 19, he enlisted in Battery A., ist Ohio Vol.\\nLight Artillery, under the command of W. F. Good-\\nspeed. He was in all the principal engagements of\\nthe Army of the Cumberland, and at Stone River he\\nwas captured by the rebels. He remained under their\\ninhospitable protection but one hour, for in that short\\nspace of time he was recaptured. He was slightly\\nwounded in the left leg at the battle of Chickamauga.\\nHe was sick in the winter of 1861-2, with typhoid\\nfever, but during the most of the war was actively\\nengaged in marching or fighting. He was promoted\\nto Corporal Sept. 13, 1864, and discharged at Cleve-\\nland, Ohio, July 31, 1865.\\nReturning to his home in Medina County, Mr. Gar-\\ngett shortly came to this State and county, and loca-\\nted 120 acres on section :6, SumnerTownship, wiiere\\nhe has since resided. In September, 1866, at Nortli\\nPlains, Ionia County, he joined his fortunes for life\\nn\\\\ with Miss Catharine A., daughter of Thomas and\\nI Eleanor (Seaton) Barnborough, natives of Ireland and\\nNew York, respectively. Tliey were of English and\\nScotch descent, and died, the former at North Plains,\\nIonia County, in November, 1881, and the latter in\\nSumner Township, this county, in February, 1883.\\nMrs. Gargett, their daughter, was born in Lyons,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., Aug. 14, 1842, and when nine\\nyears old came with her parents to Ionia Co., Mich.\\nIn that county she was educated, and she taught\\nschool for several terms.\\nImmediately after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. G. set-\\ntled on their then new farm, which contained little\\nbut standing wood and log heaps. He lias since\\ndemonstrated his capacity as a farmer by bringing 100\\nacre s of his place to a high state of cultivation, and\\nhas built a comfortable residence and substantial\\nbarns. Mrs. G. owns 80 acres, 60 of which are im-\\nproved, on section 21. Mr. Gargett is highly respect-\\ned and popular,and has been Highway Commissioner\\nfor six years and has held all the school district offi-\\nces. Politically, he is a Republican.\\nm\\nf\\nJ^gbertson Goodrich, deceased, formerly\\nresident on section 35, Pine River Town-\\nship, was born Oct. 31, 1825, in Oakland\\niS. Co., Mich. He was a son of Alanson and\\nk- Sarah (Stout) Goodrich, both of whom were\\nJ born in the State of New York. His parents\\ncame to De Witt, Clinton County, in 1836. They\\nwere pioneers of Oakland ounty and at the time of\\ntheir removal there that section of Michigan was in\\nan entirely natural state. Their children were born\\nand reared under all the circumstances inciden to\\nfirst settlers. The conditions in Clinton County\\nwere precisely the same, and there Mr. Goodrich\\ncontinued his experiences as the son of a pioneer\\nand shared with the family the privations and pleas-\\nures of that variety of existence. He went to Ne-\\nwaygo County when he was 25 years of age and\\nagain encountered the experiences, which were no\\nlonger novel. He lived in the township of Big\\nPrairie ten years and was engaged during that time\\nin lumbering on the Muskegon River. In i860 he\\nreturned to De Witt, where he resided until 1865. In\\nthe spring of that year he again voluntarily renewed\\nhis pioneer life in Gratiot County, settling in Pine\\nRiver Township, where he bought 144 acres of land.\\nHe spent the remaining year.s of liis life in improv-\\ning his property and the handsome estate, with its\\nattractive brick residence, fine large barn and other\\n^m M^\\n!U^ !X !^_\\n-^mr^\\nq", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0625.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "^f\u00c2\u00ab\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0C7\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vC^HD^DDr^T^\\n^-i^t^\\n,i C04\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^L^\\nA*\\nW\\ncreditable farm buildings, present substantial testi-\\nmony of his good taste, judgment and the energy\\nand perseverance which wrought such results. He\\ndied Aug. 2, 1882, and left the record of a well-spent\\nlife. He is held in honored and loving remembrance\\nby his family and neighbors. His portrait is pre-\\nsented on another page.\\nMr. Goodrich was first married to Elizabeth A.\\nLott, who was born in Michigan. Of this marriage\\ntwo children were born George and Viola. The elder\\nof these died Dec. 14, 1881, when he was 23 years\\nof age. The mother died Dec. 16, 1855. Mr. Good-\\nrich was a second time mariied, Oct. 23, 1864, to\\nLouisa (Tinkhani) Lounsbury, daughter of Levi and\\nLydia (Chase) Tinkham and widow of Herman H.\\nLounsbury. The latter was born in Oakland County\\nand died in the service of his country, Jan. 2, 1863.\\nAlanson M., Francis M. and Bertie are the names of\\nthe children of Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich.\\nI Sharles M. Brown, dealer in saddlers and\\npij^ harness-makers goods at Ithaca, was born\\nSept. 10, 1857, in Niagara Co., N. Y., and is\\nthe son of Merritt J. and Fannie E. (Swan)\\nBrown. His father was born in 1826 in Ni-\\nagara County, is a miller by trade, and resides at\\npresent in Kent County, this State. His mother was\\nborn in Niagara County, and is descended from\\nEnglish and Scotch ancestry. In 186 1 the family\\nwent to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., where tlie father en-\\nlisted in the service of the United States. He fought\\nto the close of the war.\\nThey settled at Pompei, Gratiot County, in 1865,\\nand the senior Brown came to Ithaca and was em-\\nployed in the saw and grist mill of William M. Corn-\\nstock, in which he bought an interest a year later,\\nand the family moved to Ithaca.\\nMr. Brown attended the common schools until he\\nwas 15 yeais old, when lie secured a situation as\\nclerk at Ithaca He operated in that capacity until\\nMay, 1876, when he went to learn the trade of har-\\n\u00c2\u00a7ness-niakerwith Theodore Ryckman. He remained\\nuntil the fall of 1879, acquiring the details necessary\\n,(i) to a perfect knowledge of the business. He then\\nV^ engaged in journey-work until March, 1882, when lie\\npurchased the interests and business relations of his\\nformer employer. He is doing a good business and\\ncarries a fine stock of all varieties of goods common\\nto similar establishments; he employs two or three\\nassistants. Besides his business he owns two build-\\ning lots in Ithaca. In the spring of 1882 he was\\nelected Clerk of Ithaca Township.\\nA A\\nA A.,\\nyfeijF^i-/\\nj^eely D. Hicks, farmer, section 32, Bethany\\nTownship, was born July 24, 1831. in\\na Orange Township, in wiiat is now Schuyler\\nCounty. He is a son of David and Mary\\nHicks. His father was born in March, 1801,\\nand was a descendant of English and German\\nancestors. He passed the early years of his life in\\nthe business of builder, and at 35 years of age bought\\n72 acres of land in the extreme southeastern corner\\nof the township of Orange, where he passed the re-\\nmaining years of his life, and died in April, 1862.\\nHis wife and nine children survived him. Three\\ndaughters passed to the land of the hereafter before\\nhim. Mary (Buck) Hicks, the mother, was born in\\nConnecticut, and was a daughter of Ebenezer and\\nJane Buck. She died on the homestead in Novem-\\nber, 1866.\\nThe first important event in the life of Mr. Hicks,\\nof this sketch, was his marriage to Clarissa, daughter\\nof Moses H. and Betsy Benham. She was born Jan.\\n6, 1834, in Reading, Steuben Co., N. Y., and was\\nmarried Nov. 23, 1852. In the spring of 1853, Mr.\\nHicks bought 43 acres of land in the township of\\nDix, Chemung Co., N. Y., and continued its manage-\\nment two years. In the fall of 1855 he sold the\\nfarm, left his wife with lier mother, and turned his\\nface Westward, designing to go to Minnesota to pur-\\nchase land. He met an uncle in McHenry Co., 111.,\\nwho induced him to go to Missouri, where, in the\\nspring of 1856, he bought 160 acres of land in Da-\\nviess County. i he land office was situated in Platte\\nCounty, whither he proceeded twice to arrange the\\nnecessary preliminaries to secure his title. Tlie\\nperiod was one that stands most prominent in the\\npolitical record of this country, and that [lart of Mis-\\nsouri swarmed with liorder ruffians. The state of\\nluniioil and violence seemed terrific to people o\\n5,\\nI\\n1\\nr\\n?%5Ei.\\n.,1;;^.^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0c^tiD^ntif^^\\nLiX.\\n5\\np.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0626.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0627.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "^^q^ \u00c2\u00abz J -o-uy-i-^^^^-onytely", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0628.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "^f^r^^^^\\n^v ^^Ilt]:-o:ilD^ v-^\\nCJ?.^ TIO r CO U.VTY\\nf\\nn\\nV\\ns\\n1)\\nt\\n607\\npeaceable proclivities and quiet aspirations, and on\\nthe 23d day of May Mr. Hicks left Missouri for his\\nnative State, where he remained until April, 1869,\\nwhen he came to Kent Co., Mich. In company with\\nArchibald Robbins and J. W. Griswold, he built a\\nsaw, planing, shingle and lath mill in Spencer Town-\\nship, and managed its affairs with satisfactory results\\nthree years. At the e.xpiration of that time, he sold\\nhis interest and went to Maple Valley, Montcalm\\nCounty, and managed a saw-mill for a Grand Rapids\\nfirm. This completed the si.xth year in which he\\nhad been constantly engaged in building and running\\nsaw-mills. He next went to Bay City, where he was\\noffered $5 per day to run a circular saw, but declined\\nthe position. In July, 1874, he bought the farm\\nwhere he has since resided, and has 58 acres in a\\nstate of advanced cultivation, with a fine orchard\\nlarge barns, and a most attractive residence. He is\\nconsidered the representative farmer of Bethany\\nTownship.\\nMr. Hicks has always been a warm advocate of the\\nprinciples upon which the Repuldican party was\\nfounded. He cast his first Presidential vote for John\\nC. Fremont, and acted in a direct line with his first\\nconvictions until 877, when he became an adherent\\nof the tenets of the National Greenback element, and\\nassisted in the organization of the party in his town-\\nship. He served as Supervisor of his town in 1876-\\n7-8, and in the fall of 1880 was nominated by the\\nLabor party for Sheriff. The Republican candidate,\\nA. A. Wood, was elected.\\n-^3-\\n.t\\nt\\nu\\npomer L. Townsend, deceased, late farmer\\nand stock-raiser on section 11, Sumner\\nxfw Township, was a son of (Chester and Delight\\ny^ (Wilber) Townsend, natives of Genesee Co., N.\\nI Y., and of English and Irish extraction he\\nwas born also in Genesee County, Feb. 14,\\n1817. Receiving his education in the common and\\nhigh schools of his native county, he came to this\\nState when 18 years old, and engaged in teaching in\\nthe common schools of Livingston County.\\nAfter a time he went to Detroit, where, in 1842,\\nhe was united in marriage to Miss Jeannette Wilco.x,\\na native of New York. She died at her home in\\nDetroit in the winter of 1850, having been the\\nmother of two cliildren, both of whom died in in-\\nfancy. At the time of her .death, her husband was\\nrunning a hotel. Atiandoning tiiis soon after, he\\nwent to Livingston County, and after a time to Lan-\\nsing. He soon located a tract of land near Maple\\nRapids.\\nOct. 5, 1854, at Eaton Rapids, he was again mar-\\nried, to Miss Ruby, daughter of Josiah and Lorilla\\n(Clark) Piersons, natives of New York, and of French\\nand English descent. Josiah Piersons was a farmer\\nand died in February, 1861. His widow is still liv-\\ning, on the old homestead near Eaton Rapids, and\\nis now 79 years old. Ruby was born in Orangeville,\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., Aug. 3, 1833, and when four\\nyears old her parents came to Eaton County, this\\nState, where she lived until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Townsend spent two months at Ma-\\nple Rapids, and then located on 160 acres of wild land\\non section 11, Sumner Township, this county. For\\nseveral winters afterwards, he was employed as a\\ncook in lumlier cairips, a trade which he learned\\nwhen a boy, and followed several times in after life\\nHe built a comfortable residence, and made many\\nimprovements, before he died, which event occurred\\nFeb. 19, 1879. He left a sorrowful wife and two\\ndaughters to mourn his death, Ruby and Nettie.\\nHe was the father of two other daughters, Ella ard\\nEiTiily, who died in infancy.\\nMr. Townsend was a prominent man in his town-\\nship and in the county. He was the principal means\\nof securing the organization of Sumner Township,\\nwading around in the deep snow for two weeks to\\nsecure sufficient names on the petition. He was the\\nfirst Sheriff in Gratiot County, serving two terms.\\nHe was a staunch and influential Republican, and\\nsomething of a politician, and he held nearly all the\\ntownship offices, at different times. He had a high\\nrespect for the great Senator Charles Sumner, in\\nwhose honor the township was named, through his\\ninstrumentality.\\nThe social position of the family is of the best\\ncharacter, and in the portrait of Mr. Townsend,\\nwhich may be found elsewhere, his friends will re-\\nceive a genuine pleasure. His life was identified\\nwith the general interests of his township, and he\\nsi)ared no care or effort to secure the general welfare.\\nMrs. Townsend resides on the homestead.\\nr\\nA\\nsv\\nk\\nO\\n%r^ !l DOv^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0629.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "M\\n(k^\\n^^v 4ii II n iiv\\nGRATIOT COUN2Y.\\n-ss#\\nf\\ns\\n_li Woodmansee, farmer, section 12, Pine\\nS;% River Township, was born Aug. 29, 1837.\\n^1^ His parents, George and Anna (Cole)\\npJ^ Woodmansee, were born respectively in Massa-\\nchusetts and New York. They were in some-\\nwhat straitened circumstances, and early in\\nlife the son became the main support, a duty he dis-\\ncharged 15 years in a manner highly creditable to\\nhimself.\\nHe came to Isabella County in 1856, where he re-\\nsided four years, and in i860 he bought 120 acres of\\nland in Pine River, Gratiot County. It was wholly\\nunimproved, and he afterwards sold 40 acres. He\\nhas placed 50 acres of the remaining 80 under good\\nimprovements and cultivation. In politics, Mr.\\nWoodmansee is identified with the National Green-\\nback party.\\nHe was married Sept. 1 1, 1861, to Amy A., daugh-\\nter of Solomon Sias, of Isabella County. She was\\nborn in New York, and her parents in Vermont and\\nConnecticut. Four children have been born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Woodmansee: Lucy M., HoUis E., Dennis\\nE. and Nettie E.\\nK /jjffli) illiam E. Wight, Assistant Postmaster at\\nIthaca and Clerk of Ithaca Township, was\\nftp born July 2, 1854, in Grafton, Lorain Co.,\\nIf^ Ohio, and is a son of Leonard and Parthena\\n(Sheldon) Wight. His father was born June\\n19, 1815, in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and in\\n1858 removed his family and interests to Eaton Co.,\\nMich., where he bought 80 acres of land near Char-\\nlotte, and resided there until 1875. The mother\\nwas born June 26, 1822, in Pennsylvania and died\\nin Eaton County, this State, Sept. 2, 1874. The fol-\\nlowing year the father returned to Lorain Co., Ohio,\\nwhere he again married and remained two years.\\nIn 1877 he came to Paw Paw, Mich., where he is\\nnow resident. The children of his first marriage\\nwere si.x in number, of whom one is deceased, Lydia,\\neldest cliiid. Francis, Sheldon, Mason, William and\\nAbraham are living.\\nMr. Wight was brought up after the method com-\\nmon to fanners sons, attending school winters and\\nworking on the farm summers, until the fall of 1874,\\nwhen he left home and was married, Oct. 23, of that\\nyear, to Frances M., daughter of Silas and Laura\\n(Briggs) Dean. She was born Nov. 22, 1855, in\\nKalamo, Eaton County. Mr. Wight remained in the\\nlatter place one year after his marriage, when he re-\\nmoved to Edgewood, Gratiot County, where a son,\\nIra D., was born. May 25, 1880. Mr. Wight bought\\na farm of 80 acres in Hamilton Township, and Nov.\\nS \u00c2\u00a775, was appointed Postmaster of Edgewood.\\nHe held the situation until March 3, 1881, when he\\nsold his farm, and in August of -he same year came\\nto Ithaca, and was appointed to his present position.\\nHe has been in active public life for a number of\\nyears he was Supervisor of Hamilton Township one\\nyear officiated as Clerk two years as Justice of the\\nPeace four years, and Township Superintendent of\\nSchools two years. In 1880 he was Census Enume-\\nrator of the townships of Hamilton and Elba. He\\nwas elected Clerk of Ithaca Township in the spring\\nof 1882 is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity.\\nv|)\\nC),\\n[;a;t angdon B. Longwell, farmer and carpen-\\nLteliJ ^f section 24, Pine River Township, was\\ni Y ijTT born Dec. 30, 1S45, in Upper Sandusky,\\nt lS^ Ohio, and is the son of James and Margaret\\nA (Winslow) IxingAvell. His parents were natives\\nof the State of New York, and after their mar-\\nriage became residents of Crawford County, where the\\nmother died Nov. 17, 1849. The father remained in\\nCrawford County until the spring of 1870, when he\\ncame to Gratiot County, where he resides with his\\nson.\\nAt the age of 1 6, Mr. Longwell became a soldier.\\nHe enlisted in the first year of the war in Battery I,\\nI St Illinois Light Artillery, and was in that service\\nsix months. A year after lie again enlisted, enrolling\\nin the 12th Ohio Cavalry, and served in the cause of\\nNational unity 26 months more. He received hon-\\norable discharge, and on his return to the Buckeye\\nState he went to Crestline, where he obtained employ\\nin the machine shops of the railroad company. A\\nfew months later he engaged in carpentry, and has\\nfollowed that as a vocation 1 6 years. He came to\\nGratiot County in November, 1869, and is the owner\\nt\\nr ntii", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0630.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0631.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "vW Le^\\nJ^^C4yh\\\\^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0632.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0633.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0634.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "mmm\\ni^^\\nGJ?A TIOT CO UNT V.\\n613\\ni\\n3\\nV\\nI\\nof a small farm, which he has placed under first-class\\ncultivation, and makes a specialty of raising fruit.\\nMr. Longwell is a member of the Order of Odd Fel-\\nlows, and also of the G. A. R., Post Wni. D. Wilkins,\\nNo. 91, at St. Louis. He is a member of the Repub-\\nlican party.\\nHe was married Jan. 29, 1867, in Bucyrus, Ohio,\\nto Lorinda M., daughter of Charles and Lillis (Wea-\\nver) Barber. They were natives of Ohio and New\\nYork, and the daughter was born Oct. 2, 1849, in\\nMorrow Co., Ohio. The household includes five\\nchildren: Jennie B., Bertha L., Henry W., Lizzie J.\\nand Lula B. Lillis, eldest daughter and first-born\\nchild, died when she was six months old.\\n-uuiCfi\\ni/^-S/OTjrev\\nr. John R. Cheesman, one of the oldest\\nsettlers now resident at St. Louis, and old-\\nest physician by priority of location, was\\nborn at Cazenovia, N. Y., March 10, 1820.\\nHis father, Joseph B. Cheesman, was born Feb-\\n4, 1788, in the city of New York, and was the\\neldest son of Joseph Cheesman, a native of Queen s\\nCounty, Long Island, who was by trade a mason, and\\nserved during the entire course of the war of the Rev-\\nolution as Captain of Artificers, and ivas engaged in\\nbuilding the fortifications at West Point. EHzabeth\\n(Crawford) Cheesman, wife of Joseph Cheesman,\\nwas the eldest daughter of John Crawford, descend-\\nant of a Scottish Earl, who emigrated to the Ameri-\\ncan Continent previous to the Revolutionary war.\\nH^was a man of wealth and unblemished character\\nand belonged to the Society of Friends. The father\\nof Dr. Cheesman was a book-binder by profession, and\\nmarried Sarah Rowling, who was born in Yorkshire,\\nEngland, July 20, 1797. The son was about a year\\nold when his parents removed to the city of New\\nYork. On reaching a suitable age he ivas sent to the\\nMechanics School in Chambers Street, until he was\\n19 years old, when his parents removed to Auburn,\\nN. Y. He attended the academy in that city one\\nyear, and when he attained to man s estate, he went\\nto Chicago where, associated with his brother, Will-\\niam H. Cheesman, he established a drug store under\\nthe Commercial Hotel on Randolph Street. This en-\\nterprise lasted two years, during which time he stud-\\nied medicine with Dr. Hunt, and took a course of\\nlectures at Rush Medical College, in that city. He\\nsold his interest in the drug store to his brother, and,\\nbeing in impaired health, he went to Brooklyn in the\\nsouthern part of Michigan.\\nIn 1854, he came to Gratiot County and located\\non what is now sections 5 and 6, Hamilton Township,\\nwhere he entered a claim of 320 acres of Govern-\\nment land, all in a wild state. He cleared and im-\\nproved his farm and maintained the practice of a\\npioneer physician. He was married in Chittenango,\\nMadison Co., N. Y., Oct. 13, 1847, to Mary Ann,\\ndaughter of Capt. Chapman, of that place. Of this\\nmarriage three children were born, as follows Laura\\nA., wife of Rev. Theodore Nelson, of St. Louis, Mich.,\\nborn Nov. r i, 1848, in Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y.\\nJessie C, born in Chittenango, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1850,\\nnow wife of Samuel A. Flint, of St. Louis; Frank,\\nborn in Hamilton, Gratiot County, July 2, 1857, and\\ndied Oct. 6, of the same year in Brooklyn, Jackson\\nCo., Mich. The wife and mother died Aug. i, 1857,\\nin Hamilton, Gratiot County.\\nOn the occurrence of this event he went to Brook-\\nlyn with his little children, where he left them in the\\ncare of his sister, and attended the Medical Depart-\\nment of the University of Michigan one winter, when\\nhe returned to Brooklyn and formed a business part-\\nnership with Dr. J. R. Crowell, which continued two\\nyears. He was married Sept. 26, 1858, in Napoleon,\\nJackson -County, to Mrs. Ellen E. Moulton. One\\nchild has been born to them, Minnie M.,at St. Louis,\\nMay 20, 1862.\\nIn January, i860. Dr. Cheesman came to St. Louis,\\nand was for many years the only resident physician,\\nand had a large and thriving practice. His brother,\\nEdward T. Cheesman, owned a portion of the site of\\nSt. Louis, then in a wild condition, and Dr. Chees-\\nman bought of him 80 acres, all of which was then\\nplatted. His brother had erected a building on his\\ntract for the sale of general mercliandise, where Dr.\\nCheesman established himself, and his stock com-\\nprised drugs, dry goods, hardware, etc., and lie car-\\nried on an extensive trade, a large proportion of which\\nwas with the Indians, who were then numerous.\\nThis was the first store in St. Louis, and it was under\\nthe management of Dr. Cheesman ten years. The\\ncounty was then in an unsettled condition, and of the\\nfew white settlers comprising the village at that time,\\n.;p[|,. ji\u00e2\u0080\u0094 _ ss^%r:. .-..^is.\\nf\\n\u00c2\u00abS58", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0635.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "T ^^DIl :illl\\n6f4\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\nJ\\nV\\nMr. Cheesman is one of the survivors, resident at\\nSt. Louis. The Doctor inhabited a primitive log\\nhouse, situated in front of his present residence, and\\nhis wife and daughter (Mrs. Nelson) attended to the\\ncustomers of the store. Dr. Cheesman maintained\\nhis practice until iSSo, when on account of infirm\\nhealth he retired.\\nHe has been active in all the duties of citizenship\\nand devoted much attention to the substantial prog-\\nress and prosperity of St. I.ouis. On the organiza-\\ntion of tlie coLUity he was elected Judge of Probate,\\nand held the position one year. He has served on the\\nBoard of Village Trustees, and is now one of the\\noldest members of the Masonic Order in the county.\\nThe first Masonic meeting was held at St. Louis\\nover his store when the lodge was organized. He is\\na member of the Presbyterian Church, and his\\nwife belongs to the Baptist denomination. He was\\nelected President of the County Pioneer Society on\\nits organization, and has occupied the position con-\\ntinuously since.\\nDr. Cheesman owns 40 acres of land on section\\n26, Pine River Township, and has a brickyard in the\\nvillage of St. Louis, where he owns a fine bed of fire\\nclay. He was a member of the School Board of St.\\nLouis for several years; and was first President of\\nthe Michigan Central Union Fair Association of Isa-\\nbella, Midland, Gratiot and Montcalm Counties, the\\nfirst meeting of which was held Oct. 5, 6 and 7,\\n1875, midway between the villages of St. Louis and\\nAlma.\\nThe portraits of Dr. and Mrs. Cheeseman appear\\non other pages. In presenting them in the Biograph-\\nical and Portrait Album of Gratiot County, the value\\nof the work is increased in many respects. As the\\nlikeness of pioneers, no estimate can be made of\\ntheir wortli and fitness, but it is insignificant com-\\npared with their value to those of St. Louis and\\nGratiot County, to whom the patronymic became a\\nhousehold word under circumstances which have\\nleft indelible impressions upon all concerned. The\\nwortli of Dr. Cheeseman to his generation can only\\nbe understood and appreciated by the beneficiaries\\nof his skill and timely aid on occasions of sore need.\\nA pioneer physician who spends his life and devotes\\nhis strength and abilities to the amelioration of the\\nsuffering incident to most newly settled localities,\\nconsecrates himself to one of the iioblcit works pos-\\nsible to humanity.\\nesse Trapp, farmer and stock-raiser on sec-\\ntion 6, Sumner Township, was born in Lu-\\ncas Co., Ohio, Aug. 27, 1836, and is the\\nson of John and Barbara (Mathews) Trapj), na-\\ntives of Pennsylvania and of German descent.\\nThe father was early in life a carpenter and\\njoiner, and later a farmer. Jesse lived with his father,\\nworking on the faini and attending the common\\nand graded schools of his native county, until nearly\\n25 years of age.\\nAug. 5, i86i,he enlisted in Co. I, 14th Ohio Vol.\\nInf and was assigned to the Army of the Cumber-\\nland, under Gen. Buell. He fought at Nashville,\\nChickaniauga, Missionary Ridge, Goldsboro, Resaca,\\nMill Springs and Shiloh, as well as in minor engage-\\nments. He was shot through the am at Jonesville,\\nTenn., and received two other flesh wounds. Enter-\\ning the service as a private, he was successfully pro-\\nmoted Corporal, Sergeant, Orderly Sergeant, Sergeant-\\nMajor, and finally, in September, 1864, First Lieuten-\\nant, which last rank he held when discharged, July\\n5, 1865, after serving faithfully nearly four years.\\nReturning home to Lucas County, one year later\\nhe came to Michigan and took charge of the 320\\nacres on sections 5 and 6, Sumner Township, which\\nhad been left him by his father at the hitter s death.\\nHe has retained 200 acres, of which 100 are well im-\\nproved and under cultivation. He has erected a\\nsuitable dwelling and necessary farm buildings, at a\\ncost of $2,000.\\nJune 23, 1867, at Grand Rapids, Wood Co., Ohio,\\nhe was married to Miss Anna E. Sterling, daughter\\nof Seneca and Mary (Blaker) Sterling, natives of\\nPennsylvania, and of English and Scotch descent.\\nShe was born in Wood Co., Ohio, Jan. 21, 1841,\\nand was reared and educated in the common and\\ngraded schools in that county. At theageof 17, she\\nbegan teaching, which occupation she followed for\\nnine years, previous to her marriage. She is the\\nmother of one daughter, Winifred G., born July 17,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0875-\\nMr. and Mrs. T. are active members of the United\\nBrethren Church, and he is Chairman of the Board\\nt)f Trustees in the Church. He has also been for 17\\nyears Superintendent of the Union Sunday-school,\\nv\\ns-\\n^1\\nr\\nJ", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0636.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "V\\nA\\nr ^itlIl :ilDs\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2z^^^isr\\n-\u00c2\u00abE j;-\\n6iq\\nWl\\nof Elm Hall. He lias held the office of Township\\nClerk for two years, Superintendent of Schools for\\nthree years and other minor offices. Politically, he\\nis an active and influential Republican.\\n4,\\nlaron C. Brown, farmer and lumberman,\\nsection 32, is a son of Abner and Anna\\n(French) Brown, and was born in Niagara\\nCo N. Y., in HartlandTownshii Feb. 4, 1833.\\nWhen ten years of age his parents moved with\\nhim into Newfane Township, near by, where\\nhe was married, Feb. 24, 1853, to Miss Jane E. Lake,\\ndaughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Sowle) Lake, who\\nwas born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., July 23, 1834.\\nIn 1859, he came to Bethany Township, this\\ncounty, and bought 80 acres where he now resides.\\nFeb. 24, 1861, he arrived with his family at the house\\nof Judge Nelson, Arcada Township, on their way to\\ntheir Western home. Here he has now 55 acres un-\\nder cultivation, with 20 acres more cleared has also\\na nice residence, barns, etc.\\nThus has Mr. Brown arisen from primitive begin-\\nnings in a pioneer country. When he first came\\nhere there were only 19 families in St. Louis, and\\nonly three frame houses. There was no road to his\\nplace. He and his family are the oldest residents\\nin their neighborhood, and ever since his location\\nhere he has followed farming, and for fourteen win-\\nters he has also followed lumbering. He at present\\nkeeps a boarding-house where the Toledo, Ann Ar-\\nbor Northern railroad is being built. Mr. B. is .-i.\\nmember of the Good Templar lodge at St. Louis.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Brown are Elmer,\\nborn March 23, 1854, and died Sept. 8, 1861 Charles\\nH., born Nov. 21, i8t;7, died Aug. 18, 1876; Laura\\nE., born April 8, i86r, is the wife of Ellis Colburn,\\na farmer of Emerson Township.\\n1 ^(^4 I illiam H. Coventry, farmer, section 22,\\n11^^^ Pine River Township, is the sen of Robert\\nJ^^j^ and Rachel (Clark) Coventry, and was\\nborn Nov. 7, 1833, in the State of New York.\\nHis parents were also natives of the Empire\\nState, settled there in married life, and there\\ncompleted tlie round of their earthly existences.\\n(fTlJi illiam J. Carr, farmer on section 14, Ful-\\n^^^4 Township, is a son of Tiiomas and\\nJKV-J^ Lucinda (Atwater) Carr, natives respect-\\nively of Ireland and Connecticut. They first\\nsettled in Madison Co., N. Y., where Thomas\\nCarr followed farming until his deatli. The\\nmother also died in that county. Their family con-\\nsisted of two sons and three daughters, William J-\\nbeing the youngest.\\nHe was born in Madison Co., N. Y., June 28,1821,\\nand received a very limited amount of schooling.\\nHe lived with his parents until 34 years of age, that\\nis, until their death. He has never worked for others\\nexcept his father, in his life. In the fall of i860 he\\ncame to Gratiot County and contracted for 160 acres\\nof land in Washington Townshi|), He soon gave this\\nup, however, sacrificing $100, which he had paid on\\nthe same. He then purchased, for ^700, 80 acres on\\nV^\\nMr. Coventry entered ujxjn his single-handed con-\\ntest with the world when he was 16 years old. He\\nspent one season as a farm laborer, and obtained\\nemploy in a machine shop, where he operated seven\\nyears. He then resumed farming as a vocation. In\\n1865 he came to Ingham Co., Mich and bought 80\\nacres of land, which he managed four years. In\\n1S69, he exchanged the property for a house in\\nLitchfield, Hillsdale County, removed to that place,\\nand spent 18 months in the employ of the Lake\\nShore Michigan Southern railroad. He again\\ntraded his property for a farm in the same county.\\nHe afterwards went to Branch County, and spent\\ntwo years in farming. In February, 1877, he came\\nto Gratiot County, and bought the farm on which he\\nhas since lived and labored. It comprised 75 acres\\nof land under partial improvement, and he has\\nbrought the place to a profitable and creditable con-\\ndition. In political affinity, Mr. Coventry is a Re-\\npublican.\\nHe was married April 4, 186 r, to Hannah, daugh-\\nter of Jacob and Sarah (Stringham) Iden. She was\\nborn Dec. 14, 1838, in Orleans Co., N. Y. Her par-\\nents were natives respectively of Pennsylvania and\\nNew York. Following are the names of six children\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Coventry: Sarah J., Anna M.,\\nWilliam, Francis, Minnie M. and Harriet A.\\nc;\\nSi/-\\nr\\n^.^^^i--\\nJL\\nimM^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0637.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^K b-v ^nD^;u[i^i v\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nh\\nsection 14, Fulton Township, which, after he had\\nerected a house, cleared 60 acres, and made other\\nsmall improvements, he sold for $4,000, a handsome\\nT profit. This was in 1875. The same season he\\nI bought 40 acres on section 14, where he now resides.\\nHe has erected suitable buildings and has all his\\nland in a good state of cultivation.\\nOct. 13, 1840, at De Ruyter, Madison Co., N. Y.,\\nhe married Miss Sarah A daughter of Andrew and\\nClarissa (Hotchkins) Sornberger, of (ierman and\\nAmerican descent. She was born in the State of\\nNew York, April 23, 1823, and bore to her husband\\n12 children, of whom the following six survive:\\nClarissa L., Harriet A., Stephen S., Esther L., Mary\\nA. and George W. Six are deceased: Thomas A.,\\nHarvey W., Arthur E., Ernest F., Henry S. and\\none who died in infancy. Mrs. Carr died May 13,\\n1863. Mr. C. was again married, July 3, 1864, to\\nRebecca R., daughter of Erastus and Orpha (Fisk)\\nTinklepaugh, born in Greenbush, Clinton Co., Mich.,\\nDec. 5, 1843. This marriage has been blessed with\\nfive children, of whom one, Archie I., is deceased.\\nThe living are: Cora A., Eda M., Maggie B. and\\nEdward L. Mr. Carr s second wife died Oct. 7,\\n1880. He is a member of the Congregaiional\\nChurch, and a Republican.\\nG\\nilliam A. McOmber, of the firm of M.\\nB. Smith Co., real-estate, loan and in-\\nsurance agents, St. Louis, was born in\\nSaratoga Co., N. Y., in the town of the same\\nname, July 15, r8i2. He is a son of Pardon\\nand Eunice McOmber, and is the youngest of\\nsix children born to his parents, four of whom yet\\nsurvive. His father was born July 6, 1777, and was\\na native of the Empire State was a carriage-maker\\nby trade, and died Dec. 25, i860, in Gaines, Orleans\\nCo., N. Y., where he settled in 181 9. The mother\\nwas born Feb. 27, 1783, and died in August, 1869.\\nMr. McOmber was educated with considerable\\ncare and attended the academy at Gaines until he\\nwas 16 years old. In 1829 he went to Lockport,\\nNiagara Co., N. Y., where he conducted a stage\\nroute about three years. He came to Michigan in\\nits I erritorial days, reaching here Oct. 10, 1832. He\\ncame at once to Iratiol ounly and Imnul the countr)\\ncovered with the primeval forest and populated by\\nIndians. He remained but a short time and returned\\nto his native State, passing the succeeding several\\nyears in or near Lockport.\\nIn 1 840 he came to Adrian, Mich., and there he\\nbegan tlie fur trade with the Indians in the interests\\nof the American Fur Company, which he carried on\\nextensively for_some years, gradually extending his\\nfield and operating from various points. He estab-\\nlished trading posts at Adrian, Jackson and DeWitt.\\nIn 185 I he rented the old Lansing House, which he\\nconducted two years, and then became clerk with\\nJolin Swegles, Auditor General of Michigan. He was\\nemployed in the capacity of clerk in that office about\\ntwo years, and, in 1854, he came to St. John s, reach-\\ning there during the progress of its survey. He was\\nstill in the employ of General Swegles, who had a\\nstore there, and he remained in that capacity about\\na year. He then engaged in the Indian trade sev-\\neral years at St. John s, in company with David Stur-\\ngis, with whom, in 1861, he went to the oil regions\\nof Pennsylvania. They spent some time sinking for\\noil and Mr. Sturgis came back to Michigan and died.\\nMeanwhile the celebrated United States oil well was\\nsunk by Thomas Brown and others, and proved one\\nof the best and most profitable. Mr. McOmber\\nbought an interest therein and eventually became in-\\nterested in several oil wells in that region, all of\\nwhich were of celebrity and value. He was at Oil\\nCity, Titusville and other places which have become\\nfamous, when oil was first struck, and his oiierations\\nin that commodity were very successful. In i868\\nhe returned to Orleans Co., N. Y., and tlie following\\nyear to St. John s, Mich.\\nIn 1870 he came to St. Louis, and the firm of Fer-\\nry McOmber, real-estate agents, was formed. This\\nrelation continued until 1S72, when the style became\\nMcOmber Paddock, and the new organization con-\\ntinued in operation until 1877, when it became Mc-\\nOmber, Smith Brook. In 1881, Mr. McOmber\\ncommenced operations in the several branches of his\\nbusiness singly, continuing until July, 1883, when the\\npresent firm known as M. V. Smith Co. was es-\\ntablished. The concern is doing an extensive busi-\\nness, in their own interests and in behalf of others.\\nMr. McOmber has been Tow-nship Clerk of Pine\\nRiver one year and has been Notary Public all the\\ntime since he came to St. Louis. He was one of the\\ny^\\nA\\n0)\\nI\\nr^\\n^iflflSDHf^^^^:^^ Sij^^r:.\\nt?l", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0638.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0639.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0640.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "mt^\\nz^^^ ^V\\nGRATIOT COUNTV.\\n-S6S j^\\n619\\noriginal projectors of the Saginaw Valley St. Louis\\nrailroad, and did niucli by way of obtaining sub-\\nscriptions, right of way, and in other avenues. He\\nwas one of the originators, in i S75, of the agricul-\\ntural society known as the Michigan Central Union\\nFair Association, and was its Secretary one year. He\\nis a member of the Order of Masonry and also of\\nthe fraternity known as the Knights of Labor.\\nMr. McOinber was married near St. John s, Clin-\\nton County, to Ann E. Gardner. Lena E., only\\ndaughter of Mr. and Mrs. McOmber, is the wife of\\nThomas P. Potts, cigar manufacturer at Mononga-\\nhela. Pa. Charles H., only son, is traveling salesman\\nfor Henry F. Rohlbock Co., machinists and man-\\nufacturers at Pittsburg, Pa.\\nt\\n1\\nohn r. Schwartz, a member of the manu-\\nfacturing firm of J. M. Montigel Co.,\\nat Alma, was born Feb. i, 1852, at Erie,\\nPa., and is the son of Stevan and Barbara\\n(Segrist) Schwartz. His parents were born\\nrespectively in Germany and Swit^erland.\\nHis father died when he was but i J^ years old, and\\nat the age of eleven years, Oct. 14, 1863, he moved\\nto Ashtabula, Ohio, wliere he acquired a good com-\\nmon-school education and afterwards attended the\\nacademy at Kingsville, Ohio. At the age of 16 he\\nbegan to learn the business of a molder. In 1S71\\nhe came to Alma, where he formed an association\\nwith T- M. Montigel, his step-father, and established\\nwhat is to-day the best equipped foundry and ma-\\nchine shop in the county.\\nIn 1879, Mr. Schwartz saw the need of a good\\ncarriage and wagon shop, and accordingly the same\\nyear they branched out into tliis lousiness, to which\\nhe has since given his whole attention, the works hav-\\ning grown into one of the leading industries of the\\nplace.\\nMr. Schwartz is a inember of the Masonic Order,\\nand in political action and sentiment affiliates with the\\nRepublican party. He has been Village Clerk for\\nthiee years. Assessor for one year, and has been a\\nmember of the Village Board for a number of years,\\nand at present fills that position.\\nHe was married Oct. 16, 1876, at Alma, to Au-\\ngusta, daughter of George and Lena Bahlke, natives\\nof Germany. Mrs. Schwartz was born in Trenton,\\nMich., May 25, 1856. The two children born to this\\nmarriage are Lena and Edna.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Schwartz is presented on tlie\\nopposite page.\\nv\u00c2\u00a7)\\n-5 vv^^P ^^S-\u00c2\u00bb/v 5-\\n@!7^llll\\nhomas Franklin, farmer, section 19, North\\n^^1, Shade Township, was born Feb. 15, 1838\\nin Bedfordshire, England. His parents,\\nSamuel and Sarah (Muns) Franklin, were na-\\ntives of England. The former was a gardener\\nby occupation, and served more than 20 years\\nas a soldier in the British army. He died in Eng-\\nland in 1840, and Mrs. Franklin died Jan. 18, 1881.\\nThoinas remained under the parental roof until\\n1857, when he came to America, coming immediately\\nfrom New York, where he landed, to Wayne Co.,\\nMich. Here he was employed at various kinds of\\nlabor until i860, when he caine to Giatiot County,\\nlocated 40 acres of land on section 5, North Shade\\nTownship, and embarked in life as a farmer. Only\\na few months had rolled by, however, ere the Gov-\\nernment called for volunteers to suppress the rebell-\\nion that had broken out in the South. Of the thou-\\nsands of true and loyal men that responded to the\\ncall, none were more devoted to the old flag than\\nThomas Franklin, the subject of this sketch. He\\nenlisted in October, 1861, in Co. D, 13th Mich. Inf.,\\nand served three years and ten months, having veter-\\nanized at the close of his first term. He was a par-\\nticipant in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stevenson,\\nAla., Perryville, Ky., Savannah, and at the battle of\\nBentonville received a wound, a minie ball passing\\nthrough his right leg and striking the left. He also\\nfell in the hands of the rebels at this place. He was\\nwith Sherman in his famotis march to the sea. He\\nwas discharged, after making a brilliant record as a\\nsoldier, July 26, 1865, at Louisville, Ky. Here-\\nturned to Gratiot County, and again resumed the\\nquiet and peaceful role of a farmer, and since has\\nbeen quite successful. He owns a farm of 120 acres\\non section 19 of North Shade Township, of which 90\\nacres are under a good state of cultivation, with ex-\\ncellenit dwelling and farm buildings. He also-owtrs\\n79 acres of timber on section 22.\\nIn 1865 (Oct. 4), Mr. Franklin was united in mar-\\nA\\nrp", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0641.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "62e-\\nT:n7 HII^IlDy rT5 j\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ni?@jtf\\ni* riage with Miss Julia A., daughter of Abijah and\\nly Freelove (Gale) Reynolds, both of whom were natives\\nof West Chester Co., N. Y. They removed to Illi-\\nT nois, where they remained for two years then they\\nreturned to Cayuga Co., N. Y., where the former died\\nin 1880, and the latter in 1878. Mrs. Franklin was\\nthe eldest daughter, and was born Aug. 19, 1825, in\\nOrange Co., N. Y.\\nMr. Franklin is a member of the Masonic Order\\nand of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in poli-\\ntics is a Republican.\\nCharles W. Giddings. attorney-at-law, St.\\np^u^- Louis, was born in Sherman, Fairfield Co.,\\nConn., Feb. 9, 1847, in the same house where\\nhis father, Jonathan C. Giddings, was born\\nOct. 5, 1822. His mother, Mary E. Giddings,\\nwas born in the town of New Milford, Litchfield Co.,\\nConn., Aug. 31, 1822. The subject of this sketch\\nwas about one and a half years of age when his par-\\nents moved to Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio, where the\\nS\\nfather engaged in farmingfora time, but again turned\\nhis attention to the mercantile business, in which he\\nhad been educated in his boyhood days, until shortly\\nafter the war broke out, when he became a soldier in\\nthe Union army and there remained until nearly the\\nclose of the war. In 1866, tlie family came to St.\\nLouis, where the senior Giddings purchased 60 acres\\nof land witliin the present limits of the village. This\\nland has since been platted and recorded as Gid-\\ndings Addition. The father was elected Supervisor\\nof Bethany Township the year following his removal\\nhither, and he was elected seven years successively.\\nHe was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors sever-\\nal times and held the position of member of the Vil-\\nlage Council two terms. He served eight years as a\\nJustice of the Peace. He was a member of the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity and after he located at St. Louis, he\\ndevoted considerable time to transactions in real es-\\ntate, in which he was interested to the time of his\\ndeath, Jan. 14, 1883. He was a man of ability and\\ninfluence, and his death was deeply lamented by a\\nlarge number of friends.\\nMr. Charles W. Giddings ac |uired his education\\nwhile his parents resided at Palmyra, attending the\\ncommon schools until he arrived at the age of 13\\nyears, when he was placed in a private school, which\\nfor most of the terms he attended until, in company\\nwith his parents he came to St. Louis, where he has\\nsince resided. Shortly after his arrival here he learn-\\ned the carpenter s trade. He was 22 years of age\\nwhen he commenced business independently as a\\nbuilder, and combined with that the furniture and\\nundertaking business. In 1873, he was appointed\\nUnder Sheriff of the county by Sheriff Pratt, and held\\nthis position for four years, during which time he also\\nheld an appointment as Deputy United States Mar-\\nshal of the Eastern District of Michigan. After his\\nappointment as Under Sheriff he closed his other bus-\\niness interests and devoted his entire attention to the\\nduties of his office and the study of the law, enter-\\ning the office of James K. Wright of St. Louis, who\\nduring his period of study formed a law-partnership\\nwith Freman W. Whitney, under the firm name of\\nWright Whitney. In March, 1877, he was admit-\\nted to the Bar after passing a very satisfactory e.xam-\\nination, and at once entered upon the practice of his\\n])rofession as the junior partner of the firm of Whit-\\nney Giddings, which existed one year. He then\\nopened an office on his own account, but was for a\\ntime associated with Judge Paddock in the real-estate\\nbusiness in connection with his interests as an at-\\ntorney.\\nIn January, 1883, he associated with him in the\\nlaw business, B. H. Scoville, under the firm name of\\nGiddings Scoville, which continued until October,\\n1883, when the firm dissolved, and Mr. Giddings took\\ninto his office as a partner, Joseph A. Crandall, a\\nyoung man of fine education and marked ability.\\nThe firm of Giddings Crandall are doing a pros-\\nperous business, and combines therewith transactions\\nas loan agents.\\nMr. Giddings, since his admission to the Bar, has\\nbeen a member of the Village Council and Corpora-\\ntion Attorney.\\nIn 187S he was elected Circuit Court Commission-\\ner on the Republican ticket, and in 1880 received\\nthe nomination for Prosecuting Attorney, but was de-\\nfeated by the Fusion candidate, who was endorsed by\\nthe Democrats.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic Order, Knights of\\nPythias, Ancient Order of United Workman, and is\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nC^\\n(i)\\nr Q_j^ m^ m\\n-\u00c2\u00abi^^(", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0642.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0643.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "iv.\\nZZ^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0644.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": ":^^i^ crV 4ll Ilvt; D Dr\\n(h\\nV\\ni\\nT\\nGRATJOT COUNTY.\\nPast Master of the latter organization at St. Louis.\\nHe was married at St. Louis, Nov. 26, 1871, to Lo-\\nvila, daughter of Horace Higby. She was born in\\nNiagara Co.,N. Y. Her parents were natives of that\\ncounty, and removed to Michigan at an early day.\\nMr. Giddings earliest traceable ancestor was George\\nGiddings, who came from St. Albans, England, to Ips-\\nwich, Mass., in 1635.\\names K. Wright, Prosecuting Attorney of\\nGratiot County, resident at St. Louis, was\\nborn in Parma, Jackson Co., Mich., March\\n3, 1844, and is the son of Deodatus and Serena\\n^r (Fox) Wright. His father was born in William-\\nston, Mass., .\\\\pril 27, 1812, and in early life\\naccompanied his parents to Wayne Co., N. Y., where\\nhe grew to man s estate on his father s farm, and was\\nbrought up to that profession.\\nIn 1837 the parents of Mr. Wright came to Michi-\\ngan. They left the State of New York in what is\\nnow known as a prairie schooner a covered wagon\\nand in this case drawn by horses. The journey\\nwas long and wearisome, and they settled on 160\\nacres of land in Parma, then a wilderness of timber.\\nBut they had health, hope and courage, and bent the\\nbest energies of their young lives to securing a home\\nfor themselves and the little ones who came to bless\\nand brighten the pioneer home and refresh their am-\\nbitious desires to do and dare. Clearings were made\\nand improvements pushed with great rapidity. The\\nnearest wheat market was Detroit, nearly 100 miles\\naway, and sometimes wheat brougiit Init 60 cents per\\nbushel after the wearisome toil of planting, waiting,\\nharvesting and drawing lo market; but it kept aff;iirs\\nmoving, and gradually the ingress of civilization,\\nwith its facilities, relieved their burdens, which in the\\nlight of to-day, and the memory of sad experiences\\nand loss by death in the family circle, fade into notli-\\ningness. The marriage of tlie senior Wright with\\nSerena Fox occurred in Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y.,\\nOct. 26, 1836. Of their marriage, ten children were\\nborn, seven sons and three daughters. Five sons\\nand two daughters yet survive. The father has been\\none of the leading citizens of Parma, and has served\\nas Justice of the Peace 30 years. He was elected\\nSupervisor \\\\i times and has always been actively\\nconnected with the public interests of tiie township, j\\nMr. Wright grew up in the manner common to the\\nsons of pioneer farmers of Michigan, attending school\\nwinters and working on the farm summers. He was vj^\\na youth of keen perceptions. Whether the school\\nmethods of those days were better incentives to intel-\\nlectual capacity than those of modern date, is an oiien\\nquestion but the local history of the entire country\\nmanifests what sort of men they developed. At 17\\nMr. Wright came to Pine River Township, where his\\nuncle, Frederick Wright, was then resident, and\\ntaught a winter term of school in the Wright dis-\\ntrict. He relumed home and passed the next sum-\\nmer on his father s farm. The succeeding winter he\\ntaught school in the same place, where he opened\\nhis career as a pedagogue, returning, as before, to the\\nhome-roof at Parma. The following winter he was\\na student at Albion Seminary, where he studied six\\nterms, and aided in the management of the farm.\\nHe thus employed his time three years. His father s\\nlarge family and increasing expenses rendered it\\nnecessary for him to depend on himself for his edu-\\ncational privileges, and he managed his own do-\\nmestic affairs during the time he was a student at\\nAlbion. He had a room and did his own cooking\\nand maintained his frugal way of life until lie had\\nfinished his studies and was admitted to the Bar at\\nJackson. In the spring of 1865 he entered the law\\noffice of Thoms G. Pray, of Albion, where he read\\nfor the profession of attorney, and was admitted to\\npractice in the State Courts Sept. 26, 1867. He\\nopened his office at St. Louis, Dec. 2, 1867, and has\\nsince continued the prosecution of a large and pros-\\nperous practice. He is of the Democratic faith, but\\nwins and holds the confidence of men of all political\\nbeliefs, as is evidenced by the results of his various\\nelections. In 1869 he was elected Supervisor of Pine\\nRiver Township, and in the fall of 1870 was elected\\nProsecuting Attorney and Circuit Court Commissioner\\non the Democratic ticket, of which he ran ahead\\nabout 600 votes, the county being strongly Republi-\\ncan. He was re-elected Prosecuting Attorney in the\\nfall of 1874, and held the position two years. He\\nwas again elected in 1882 and is discharging the\\nobligations of the position with the same conscien-\\ntious faithfulness and rectitude which has secured\\nand peri)etuated his popularity. He is a member of\\n^^A4^i) mm", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0645.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "r^i^^K ^V -^llll^llIl^ t\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nHSf/H\\n1\\nthe Masonic fraternity and belongs to the blue lodge.\\nHe is likewise connected with the Royal Arcanum\\nInsurance Society, of which he was a charter mem-\\nber. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.\\nMr. Wright was married Feb. 20, 1870, at Parma,\\nJackson Co., Mich., to Lorinda, daughter of Henry\\nHousman. She was born Feb. 21, 1842. Soon after\\nthey were married they came to St. Louis to makfc\\ntheir future liome, at which place they continued to\\nlive and keep house until the time of her death. May\\n10, 1883. For years she had been a partial invalid,\\nand her sufferings were intense but through all her\\npains she was patient, uncomplaining, and cheerful,\\nand by her gentle ways and noble example she en-\\ndeared herself to all who knew her; in truth, it may\\nbe said\\nNone knew hrr, but to love her,\\nNone named her. but to bless her.\\nFew persons could have been more sadly missed\\nor sincerely mourned than Mrs. Wright, and few, in-\\ndeed, who can lay claim to a greater number of\\ndevoted friends.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Wright, which appears on an-\\nother page, in a two-fold sense is a valuable addition\\nto the historical records of Gratiot County. He is a\\nson of the Peninsular State by birth and heritage,\\narid of Gratiot County in experience and position.\\nThe statement of what he has achieved through\\nhonest desert is all the eulogy he needs.\\nJUexander McCuaig, farmer, section 18,\\nWa North Shade Township, is a son of Donald\\nJ^S* and Mary (Morrison) McCuaig, the former\\n,3}^ a native of Scotland, and the latter of Canada.\\nI4 They both died in the Dominion Mrs. McC.\\nI Feb. 9, 185 I, and Mr. McC. in 1882.\\nHe was born March 20, 1831, in Newton Town-\\nship, Canada. He remained at home with liis par-\\nents until he was 21 years of age. He then worked\\nin the lumber regions one year in Upper Canada,\\nand next, in 1853, he located in the town of Livonia,\\nWayne Co., Mich., and ten years subsecpiently came\\nto Gratiot County, settling on 80 acres of wild land,\\nwhere he still resides, having 40 acres cleared, and\\nsubstantial improvements made.\\nMr. McCuaig was married to Deborah, daughter\\nof Benjamin and Lucy (Lewis) Luther, natives of\\nMassachusetts and occupants of a farm, who emi-\\ngrated first to New York State and then to Michigan,\\nsettling in Wayne County. Mr. L. died July 30,\\n1882, in Gratiot Co., Mich., at the advanced age of\\n74 years. Mrs. L., aged 79, is still living with her\\ndaughter, Mrs, McC.\\nIn 1864, Mr. McCuaig enlisted in Co. A, 23d\\nMich. Inf, and was assigned to the Army of the\\nCumberland, 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 23d Army\\nCorps. He participated in the battles of Franklin\\nand Nasliville, Tenn,, and in all the other engage-\\nments of the regiment. On the mustering out of his\\nregiment, he was transferred to the 28th Mich. Inf,\\nand was finally discharged at Raleigli, N. C. Since\\nthe war he has been a faithful and exemplary citi-\\nzen, pursuing his prosperous vocation of farming.\\nHe is a Republican has been Highway Commis-\\nsioner three terms, and held other local offices. He\\nand his wife have been members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church for 20 years.\\nilliam H. Iiaycock, farmer on section 23,\\nFulton Township, is a son of John and\\nI\\n^(j^O Polly (Hatt) Laycock, of English and Ger-\\nman ancestry. They first settled in New-\\nYork State, and afterwards removed to Wayne\\nCo., Mich., where they lived one year. They\\nthen moved to Genoa, Jackson County, where she\\ndied. He died at the residence of his son William,\\nJan. 21, 1880.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch was the\\nsecond son of his father s family, and was born in\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., Nov. 17, 182S. He was about\\nseven years old when his parents came to Michigan,\\nand he lived at home until 21 years old, when he\\nwent to Lenawee County. Here he worked by the\\nmonth, and worked a farm on shares, for almost\\nthree years. Coming to CJratiot County in the spring\\nof 1853, he pre-empted 80 acres of wild land on sec-\\ntion 27, Fulton Townshii). This he sold for $iooi\\nthe ensuing fall, and tlien he purchased 80 acres on\\nsection 23, where he now resides. He has since\\nadded 40 acres to his farm, and has about 80 acres\\nunder cultivation. He has erected a fine modern-\\no)\\ng\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\nO ,A ^j\\nj^^.\\n.S^i/f y^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0646.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0647.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0648.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "-^afC^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v\\n^iiii^nnr^r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nt\\nV\\ns\\nappearing residence, which will compare favorably\\nwith any in the county.\\nDec. 19, 1852, in Essex, Clinton Co., Mich., he\\nmarried Huldah M., daughter of Newman and Eliza\\n(Booth) Terr) natives of New York. They came\\nto Michigan in 1831, and settled first in Lenawee\\nCounty. They afterwards removed to Clinton County,\\nwhere the mother died, March 26, 1880. Mr. Terry\\nis now spending his last days with his children.\\nMrs. Laycock was born in Fairfield, Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., Mays. 1835.\\nMr. and Mrs. L. have Iiad eight children: Almon,\\nCharlie N., Loelda, Ellis, William G., Erva R. and\\nOra D. and one which died in infancy. William\\nG. died when 16 months old. Politically, Mr. L. is\\nidentified with the Republican party. He has been\\none of the few permitted to see Fulton Township in\\nall stages of its development. When he settled\\nthere, there were but tliree families east of Pine\\nCreek, in the township.\\nIn .September, 1864, he was drafted into the army,\\nand was assigned to the 23d Mich. Vol. Inf He\\nserved ten months with honor to himself, and fought\\nat Nashville and Franklin, Tenn., and in minor en-\\ngagements.\\nSfa..-\\nilliam D. Scott, M. D, of Ithaca, was born\\nNov. 15, 1 84 1, in Essex, Clinton Co., Mich.\\njW^-rC S^i^i^^l Scott, his father, was a native\\nJJV::^) of New Hampshire. He was essentially a\\nNew England man, and spent the first years\\not his life within the influences which pervaded\\nthe East at that period. He was Democratic in pol-\\nitics, and deeply interested in all issues which the\\ntimes developed and the march of civilization made\\nexigent. He removed to the counties of Clinton and\\nIonia in 1838, and, in company with a man named\\nOsgood, bought 160 acres of land in Essex, Clinton\\nCounty. He returned East, and in 1840 was mar-\\nried, in the State of New York, to Sarah S. (iilmore,\\na native of Maine. She died in Essex, Mich., in\\nSeptember, 1863. Soon after his marriage, the elder\\nScott came to Essex, purchased the interest of his\\nassociate, and proceeded to the work of improving\\nhis property, a laborious and tedious process, for lack\\nof conveniences and facilities. He was a Democrat in\\npolitics, alive to all the interests of the community,\\nand his abilities and experience made him a valuable\\naccession to the new and unorganized county. He\\nwas the first Sheriff of Clinton County and subse-\\nquently held the combined office of Clerk and Regis-\\nter of Deeds. He was also actively interested in the\\npromotion of school interests. Later in life he was\\nelected to represent his District in the Legislature of\\nMichigan, and at the time of his death, April 26,\\n1850, was in his third term as Representative.\\nDr. Scott obtained his elementary education at the\\ncommon schools and was a pupil a few terms at a\\nselect school. At the age of 18 he commenced prep-\\naration for his jirofession and entered the office of\\nDr. C. W. Brown, of Maple Rapids, with whom he\\nwas connected till that gentleman s death, in May,\\n1863. Prior to this time, however, in October, 1862,\\nhe entered the Michigan University at Ann Arbor,\\ntaking one course of lectures. He then returned to\\nMaple Rapids, where he remained till October, 1863.\\nwhen he removed to Bridgeville, Gratiot County, and\\npursued his profession till January, 1865, when he\\ntook up his residence at Ithaca. In the fall of that\\nyear, 1865, he went to Chicago to avail himself of\\nthe advantages of Rush Medical College, and was\\ngraduated there as a physician and surgeon, in the\\nclass of 1866. He at once returned to Ithaca and\\nhas built up a good practice in the village and adja-\\ncent country.\\nSoon after establishing himself at Ithaca, he was\\nappointed United States Examining Surgeon for Gra-\\ntiot County, which position he held until the spring\\nof 1 88 1, when he resigned and went .South for a few\\nmonths owing to poor health. Dr. Scott was married\\nat Ithaca, April 25, 1868.\\nHis family includes three daughters Ella M.,\\nSarah J. and Blanche. One son, William M., died\\nwhen five months old.\\nThe Doctor is a member of the State Medical\\n.Society and belongs to the Order of Masonry and\\nOdd Fellows. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has\\nalways figured laigely in the counsels and delibera-\\ntions of that party in the county, and wields no little\\ninfluence in directing its destiny. His jMrtrait, which\\nappears on the ojjposite page, is a valuable addition\\nto the galaxy of prominent citizens found within the\\npages of this volume. It will be highly prized by the\\n\\\\k\\n9\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A-\\nI!\\nK", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0649.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "(5)\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v^nnsniif^\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\npatrons of this work, a very large proportion of whom\\nare personally known to him, and by whom he is es-\\npecially admired, not only for his ability and skill as\\na physician and surgeon, but for his personal worth\\nas a citizen, his genial quality of head and heart.\\newis B. Loomis, f;irmer, section 30, North\\nShade Township, is a son of Gideon and\\nLydia (Barnes) Loomis, natives of Con-\\nnecticut and Vermont respectively. The par-\\nents lived in the State of New York, and the\\nfather followed the occupation of a farmer until\\nhis death, which occurred in Yates County, in that\\nState, in 1854, the death of the mother jiaving taken\\nplace in the same county in 1849, si.\\\\ years prior.\\nLewis was born Sept. 8, 1828, in Yates Co., N. Y.,\\nand lived with his jiarents until he arrived at the age\\nof majority. Prior to attaining this age, he had\\npassed a season in this State, and returning to his\\nnative State he engaged himself by the month, and\\nworked in that way until he was 23 years of age. He\\nthen began to make for himself a home in the forests\\nof Gratiot County.\\nMr. Loomis was united in marriage to Miss Olivia\\nW., daughter of Abraham and Jane (Wilson) Barthol-\\nomew. She was born April 9, 1832, in Yates Co.,\\nN. Y. At the age of five years her parents both\\ndied leaving her to the care of an aunt of her father,\\nwhere she remained until she had attained the age\\nof 14 years, when she went to a neighbor s family,\\nand there lived until she was 18 years old. At the\\nage of 25 she was married to Mr. L., and in 1S52\\nthey came to this State and located in Ionia County,\\nwhere they remained a year. From Ionia they emi-\\ngrated to this county, and settled on a fractional lot\\non section 30, North Shade Township, conlaming\\n62 acres, which he had [trocured from the Govern-\\nment.\\nThey were among the early settlers in tlic town-\\nship, and the many trials they encountered and suc-\\ncessfully overcame are forcible reminders of what\\nenergy and perseverance, backed by strong deter-\\nmination, can accomplish. The location selected for\\ntheir home was a wilderness. He had kept bache-\\nlor s hall for four years previous to his marriage,\\nand at that time not a single house could be found\\nbetween the point where his is now located and\\nMatherton, Ionia County, a distance of four and one\\nhalf miles. C ivilized Indians were his visitors, and\\nhere we divert from narration of events to state,\\ntwo fair maidens of the forest created quite an im-\\npression upon our subject. All kinds of game were\\nplentiful, and deer and bear abounded and look-\\ning back to those days of trials, our subject, with\\nso many other early pioneers, rejoices over the aliove\\nmentioned fact.\\nMr. and Mrs. Loomis are the parents of two chil-\\ndren: Alfred B., born Jan. 27, 1858, and Willie J.,\\nborn May 12, 1868.\\nMr. Loomis assisted in the organization of the\\ncounty, and, together with Henry Lane, were Dele-\\ngates to the Convention. He officiated as Coroner\\nof the county when the same was first organized\\nhas been School Inspector of the Township for a\\nnumber of terms; Director of his scliool district, and\\nalso Moderator.\\nMr. and Mrs. Loomis are both active members of\\nthe United Bretliren Church. He has been Super-\\nintendent of the Sabbath-school for 15 years, and\\nClass-leader 15 years. She was Steward of the class\\nto which she belongs, and fulfilled the position with\\nability. Mr. L. has also filled the position of SteA--\\nard, and their home goes by the name of the United\\nBrethren Hotel and Rest for the Weary.\\nIn political connection, Mr. L. is a slauncli Re-\\npublican.\\neubeu D. Perrine, Justice of the Peace,\\n^^iJ resident at St. Louis, was iH)rn March 13,\\n^1829, in Livingston Co., N. Y. He is son of\\nDaniel and Phebe (Howell) Perrine, and was\\nreared to manhood on a farm. He oi)tained a\\nsubstantial elementary education, which was\\nsu|)plemented by study at the academy in Aurora,\\nN. Y., and at a similar institution at Seneca Falls.\\nHe Ijccame a teacher and has devoted considerable\\ntime to the pursuit of that vocation, both in his native\\nState and in Michigan.\\nIn 1853 became to Jackson County and settled\\nin kives I ownship, where his father bought 203 acres\\nof land lying on the (Jrand River and well known as\\ntlie Old Freeman Farm. His i)arents are still re-\\nr^.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^tK^IIII\\n^niif^A^-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0650.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\n6291\\nf\\nA\\n1\\n3\\nI\\nsiding in that estate. Mr. Perrine bought 60 acres\\nof land near his father s home, wliich hitcr on he\\nsold and bought anotlier, lying o[)posite the home-\\nstead of his parents. On this he lived and labored,\\nand cleared about 50 acres. He went to Rives Junc-\\ntion, where he conducted a line of grocery business\\nand also acted as station agent for the Jackson,\\nLansing Northern Railroad Co. about i S months.\\nIn October, 1869, he came to St. Louis, and after\\nsome time passed in various occupations he bought\\na third interest in a cabinet-shop. Tiiis enterprise\\nand its relations continued ten months, and after its\\ntermination he began to interest himself in insurance,\\nand prosecuted that brancli of lousiness tliree years.\\nHe has been in active, useful public life much of the\\ntime since he became a resident of the county; has\\nheld the positions of Townshi[i Clerk, and in 1.S82\\nwas elected to the office of Magistrate, and is still\\ndischarging the obligations of the position also held\\nthe same office one term in Rives.\\nMr. Perrine was married Feb. 5, 1857, to Mariette,\\ndaughter of Francis and Amy Beverly. She was\\nborn Feb. 17, 1S36, in Steuben Co., N. Y. assius\\nD. is the only child living. He was b(nn in Rives,\\nSept. 17, i860.\\nMr. Perrine owns and manages a farm, which in-\\ncludes 61 acres of choice land located in Pine River\\nTownship, section 2, four miles northwest of St.\\nLouis. He and his wife are members of the Con-\\ngregational Church.\\nJ-\\n--\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^a-\\n|;u^harles C. Foote, farmer, section 32, Lafay-\\np?a^ ette Township, is a son of Henry K. and\\nMinerva (Henderson) Foote, natives of New-\\nYork and Connecticut, respectively. (See\\nsketch of James L. Foote.) He was born in\\nOakland Co., Mich., April 13, 1835. At the age of\\nr8 he left hotne and went to New Albany, Ind., and\\npassed two years as apprentice to the carpenter s\\ntrade. Returning to Milford, Oakland County, he\\nfollowed his trade most of the time for seven years.\\nDuring this period, he [Kissed three months at Oil\\nCity, Pa. In .August, 1861, he came to Gratiot Comi-\\nty, and bought 160 acres of wild land, in Lafayette\\nTp., section 32. Going back to Oakland County, he\\nreturned with his family to their new home, erect-\\ned a log house, and began to clear and improve his\\nland. He now has 80 acres under cultivation. In\\n1871 he built llie line house which is now his dwell-\\ning.\\nHe was married in Oakland County, May 9, i860,\\nto Sarah, second daughter of Jacob and Catharine\\n(Wurtz) Peters, born in Brighton Township, Living-\\nston Co., Mich Sept. 10, 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Foote\\nhave 10 children: Mary E., William K., .Anna M.,\\nJohn H., Margaret J., Charles P., Jacob C, Edith A.,\\nFrank and Sarah.\\nMr. Foote was Supervisor of his township two\\nyears. Clerk three years, and has held the various\\nschool offices in his district. In politics, he is a Re-\\npublican. Mr. and Mrs. Foote are members of the\\nPresbyterian Church.\\n|,^ylve8ter C. Smith, furniture dealer at St.\\n^pi Louis, was born in Columbia Townsliip,\\np Jackson o., Mich., Aug. 23, 1840, and is\\ni \\\\V^ a son of Edward and Eliza (Day) Smith. His\\nfather was a native of the State of New York,\\nand removed in 1834, with his family, to Jack-\\nson County. He was one of ihe earliest of the\\npioneer settlers of Columbia, where he died in 1862.\\nThe mother was also a native of the Empire State,\\nand died in 1858 in Columbia.\\nMr. Smith was brought up as a farmer s son and\\nattended the winter terms of school while acquiring\\nan education. On arriving at the period of his legal\\nfreedom and independence, he went to Illinois, where\\nhe was engaged as salesman for a manufacturing\\ncompany of Massachusetts, in the sale of sewing\\nmachines. He operated in their interests about 18\\nmonths, when he returned to Jackson County and\\nbought 70 acres of land in his native township.\\nTwo years later he sold his farm and went to the\\nadjoining town of Liberty, where he ojiened a store\\nfor the sale of general merchandise, and continued\\nfour years. He then made a transfer of his business\\ninterests to Hanover, in the same county, where he\\ntransacted mercantile affairs neady four years. In\\n1875 he came to St. Louis and engaged in the sale\\nof sewing-machines for the Remington Company.\\nA year later, in the spring of 1876, he entered into si\\nA\\nO)", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0651.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": ":2^\u00c2\u00a7^^\\nv 4nD^iiBf 7\\n0)\\n.v\\n1\\n630\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\npartnership with L. W. Kent, in the sale of furniture.\\nThis connection was in existence a .year and was\\nterminated by Mr. Smith selling his interest to his\\npartner. Subsequently, Mr. Smith and Samuel Love-\\nland entered into a partnership and bought the\\nfurniture stock of S. H. Holmes. In March, 1877,\\nMr. Smith became sole owner and has since con-\\nducted the business alone. He removed to his\\npresent stand in June, 1883. His stock represents\\nseveral thousand dollars, and he is engaged in a\\nprosperous business, including the sale of furniture\\nand undertaker s goods, in which latter he has the\\nlargest trade in the county, with commensurate\\nfacilities, including caskets, hearse, and the Bojd\\ngrave vault. He is also managing an extensive re-\\npair trade. He has been a member of the School\\nBoard at St. Louis two years, and belongs to the\\nBoard of Village Trustees. He owns 70 shares in\\nthe silver mines of the Mineral Mountain Company\\nin the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona.\\nMr Smith was married Dec. 24, 1863, in Wood-\\nstock, Lenawee Co., Mich., to Frances M. Allen,\\nborn Aug. 22, 1845, in the Stale of New York. The\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Smith are Carrie E., born\\nAug. 23, 1864, in Columbia: Hattie, born in Liberty,\\nr87o; Edward A., born Jan. 18, 1S76, in St. Louis.\\nAtjiec/\u00c2\u00a9-^^\\n5^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a/trazr?\\nohn M. Glover, farmer on section 14, Ar-\\ncada Township, was born in Brutus Town-\\nship, Cayuga Co., N. Y., July 26, 1821,\\nand is a son of William and Adelphia (Hay-\\nward) Glover. He is the fifth child and fourth\\nson of a family of 10, the oldest of whom is\\n7 I, and the youngest 50. All are residents of Mich-\\nigan except one, who lives in Missouri. William\\nGlover was a native of New Jersey, and descended\\nfrom the old Puritan stock of New England. He\\nwas by occupation a weaver, learning his trade in\\nNew Jersey, and came to Michigan in 1 844. He died\\nin 1854, in Washtenaw County. Adelphia (Hay-\\nward) Glover was a native of Salem, Mass., and died\\nin Washtenaw County in 1858.\\nThe subject of this biographical narrative lived at\\nhome with his parents until 21 years old, and received\\na common-school education. Leaving the parental\\n5(s^fi- ^^tK^h n\\nby looking heavenward. Their first house was of the\\nrudest pattern, being of logs, with no floor, and cov-\\nered with shakes. The door was made also of\\nhome-made lumber, but it was afterwards replaced by\\na door made from the first lumber sawed in the\\ncounty, produced by Francis Nelson and William\\nProuty, with an old-fashioned whip saw. On set-\\ntling here, Mr. Glover s household effects would in-\\nventory about $100, and he had but $5 in cash.\\nThe first straw in their beds was hauled 21 mi es.\\nHe cut the first road in his school district. The\\ntown meetings and elections were held in his house\\nfor seven consecutive years.\\nMr. G. now has r4o acres of good farming land, of\\nwhich 80 are in an excellent state of cultivation, and\\na fine residence that cost over $2,000. He is 62\\nyears old, but is a progressive farmer; and being of\\nan active temperament he works hard every day.\\nJuly 4, 1875, he was kicked by a young horse in the\\nside of the face and head, and the bones of his uj)-\\nper and lower jaws were broken. From this injury\\nhe duly recovered, and he has otherwise always liad\\nremarkably good health. For 29 years his doctor\\nbill was less tlian |ljo. Mrs. (ilover is a woman of\\nremarkable endurance, and has been a fit companion\\nto her husband in his pioneer work. For some time,\\nin the early days, they ground their corn in a coffee\\nmill, and went 30 miles to post-office and mill.\\nMr. and Mrs. Glover have had four children\\ni\\nroof in the fall of 1842, he came to Washtenaw\\nCounty, this State, and worked on farms in Sylvan\\nTownship for three years.\\nDec. 31, 1846, in Waterloo Township, Jackson\\nCounty, he formed a life partnership with Miss Lydia\\nh. Earl, daughter of John and Rhoda (Castle) Earl,\\nnatives of New Hampshire and Vermont, and of\\nEnglish and Scotch descent. She was born in Es-\\nsex Township, Essex Co., N. Y., and at the age of\\nfive was taken to Erie County. The family after-\\nwards moved to Jackson Co., Mich., where she lived\\nuntil her marriage.\\nThree years after that event, Mr. Glover purchased\\na farm of 40 acres in Jackson County and three\\nyears later they went to Washtenaw County and\\nlived a year. They then came to Gratiot, where, in\\nthe fall of 1854, he located 160 acres on section 14,\\nArcada Township. They were then in the midst of\\na forest so dense thai they could only see daylight\\nJ\\nm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0652.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0653.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^/-n^o^^^ t^\\na^^i^^Xy", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0654.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "Jfl^zA^ -gVx/t^i^^^ J^.^M-^^^e^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0655.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0656.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J^^tl^\\n-6-^7^:11 n m rry 3s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^ter\\n-*47^V(\u00c2\u00ae\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nRhoda A., Mary E., Frankiel^. and Rebecca J- (died\\nApril 15, 1862). Miss Rhoda has been a teacher in\\nthe common schools for some time. Mr. G. and wife\\nare active members of the Seventh-Day .Adventist\\ndenomination. He has held the otifices of Overseer\\nand School Director for a number of years. Politi-\\ncally, he is entirely nentral. He is a man of most\\nexcellent personal habits, having never tasted tobac-\\nco or spirituous licpior.\\nS)^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bb\\names Gargett, capitalist, resident at Alma,\\njfe^ was born July 15, 1825, at Godmanches-\\nter, Canada. His father, Robert Gargett,\\nwas born July 10, 1800, in Yorkshire, England.\\nHe cameto the United States when he was 16\\nyears old and settled in the State of New York,\\nwhere he was married to Elizabeth Perkins. She\\nwas born April 13, 1805, in Connecticut. They re-\\nmained in the Empire State only a brief time after\\ntheir marriage, going thence to Canada. After a\\nresidence there of 12 years, they removed to Summil\\nCo., Ohio, and made a [lermanent settlement. There\\nthey resided 37 years, leading lives of frugality, use-\\nfulness and success. They died in 187 i by the hand\\nof violence, and their tragic fate and the condign pun-\\nishment of its author is matter of record and terrible\\nmemory in Summit County. The murderer, whose\\nname, John Hunter, is handed down in its infamous\\nnotoriety, was apprehended, tried, convicted and\\nhung in October, T87 i, at Akron, Ohio. The entire\\nfamily of Robert arid Elizabeth Gargett, consisting\\nof three sons and six daughters, lived to mature age.\\nThey were born in the order named John, James,\\nElizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Martha, Orpha, hloe and\\nRodney.\\nMr. Gargett was ten years old when his parents\\nwent to Ohio, and he remained with them until he\\nwas 24 years of age. He acquired a good common-\\nschool education, and at rg engaged in teaching\\nwinter terms of school, a business he pursued four\\nyears. In 1849 he was married, and soon after that\\nevent he engaged in farming in Summit County, and,\\nin addition to his agricultural pursuits, engaged in\\nthe construction of Artesian wells. He managed his\\ntwo-fold business interests at that point four years,\\nand in 1853 sold his farm and engaged in commis-\\nsion business in the city of Cleveland. He continued\\nhis operations in that avenue four years and mean-\\nwhile became proprietor by purchase of a half interest\\nin a hardware store in Frederickstown, Ohio.\\nIn the latter enterprise he was associated with Alex-\\nander Love. His business was unusually prosperous\\nand he became the possessor of $20,000, the result\\nof honest enterprise, but his partner trifled with the\\nfirm name and interests, and by endorsing for outside\\nparties overwhelmed its affairs, causing a total loss.\\nMr. Gargett continued the commission business singly\\nand operated with the success due to his efforts and\\nenergies. In the summer of 1857 he again found\\nhis affairs in an inextricable, condition owing to his\\nown indorsement to aid others in keeping their busi-\\nness afloat. As a result, he found himself involved\\nto the extent of $21,000. He discharged every dol-\\nlar of his obligations and proceeded with his business\\nas he best could until the fall of the same year,\\nwhen the universal upheaval of all the trade and the\\nbusiness relations of the country, coupled with his\\nimpaired health, forced him to succumb to the press-\\nure, and his business in Cleveland was brought to a\\ntermination. He still owned an investment of $4,000\\nhe had previously made in Sumner Township, Gratiot\\nCounty, ina general store;and in the winter of 1858-9\\nhe rernoved to Michigan, where his property was in-\\nvested, and found that nearly all the goods had been\\ntrusted to the new settlers and in consequence of\\nthe failure of crops, that brought on the memorable\\nstarvation times of Gratiot, they were unable to pay,\\nand the whole thing was a failure.\\nJan. I, 1859, he came to Alma, and on that day\\npurchased a stock of merchandise belonging to Gen.\\nRalph Ely, on credit. On the following morning,\\nbefore breakfast, he opened trade, and continued in\\nthe mercantile business and in settling up until June\\n9, 1861, when disaster overtook him in the form of\\nrobbery, arson and fire, and he lost all he possessed\\nexcept his real estate, purchased by Mrs. Gargett in\\nher own right from the avails of her father s estate.\\nThe next fall, associated with H. B. Hulbert, he\\nbought a stock of goods from James Shearer, on\\nthree, six, nine and twelve months credit, and once\\nmore established himself in business. The war\\nhaving broke out, by possessing the pluck to keep\\nwell stocked with goods, the rapid advance sent him\\non the high road of prosperity, and thus he continued\\nuntil the fall of 1867. In June of that year Messrs.\\n9\\n0)\\nI\\n^=^\u00c2\u00ab3K^ ^imBi^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0657.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "GRA TIO T CO UNT V.\\n(A\\n(n\\nI\\nGargett Hulbert built a flouring mill. This enter-\\nprise was put in operation owing to its need by the\\ncommunity, flour being $14 per barrel, and many men\\ndesiring employment. In the fall of 1867 the joint\\nproprietors made a division of property, Mr. Gargett\\ntaking charge of the flouring-mill and Mr. Hulbert\\nassuming sole proprietorship of the mercantile con-\\nnections and the management of its unsettled affairs.\\nIt had been previously conducted in the name of H.\\nB. Hulbert, owing to embarrassed conditions. Mr.\\nGargett zealously prosecuted his milling interests,\\nand in 1869 erected a woolen-mill, which he leased\\nfor a period of five years to parties from Ohio, who\\nfilled it with first-class modern machinery. The\\nlessees made a failure of their venture, and the con-\\ncern changed hands three times. Disastrous results\\nwere the consequences every time, and in order to\\nretain the enterprise at Alma, Mr. Gargett was com-\\npelled in the spring of 1873 to purchase the machin-\\nery and fixtures, and he gave his attention to the\\nmanufacture of woolens until 1880, when the mill\\nwas destroyed bv fire. He had also conducted his\\nmilling interests to the same date and the same fire\\nswept away both branches of his business, and in\\nboth he met with a total loss of his interests. Dis-\\naster in one form or another had marked his business\\ncareer, and only his indomitable will and courage\\nand determination to wrest success from circumstan-\\nces kept him afloat. In the fall of 1870 he com-\\nmenced the construction of an elegant dwelling,\\nwhich was completed a year later at a cost of $18,000.\\nIn the summer of 1876 the fire-fiend destroyed the\\nbeautiful residence. In the spring of 1872 he was\\ninduced to lend assistance to Josiah F. Lathroj) in\\ngetUng a drive of logs down Pine River, and fenable\\nhini to pay $1,490 he owed for su|)plies from the\\nmill, a piece of good nature and desire to aid him\\nin every possible manner and the business prosperity\\nof the locality, which resulted in the loss of $28,000.\\nIn 1873 he found himself with his mills and real\\nestate in his possession, but without a dollar for\\nthe transaction of business. His reliability, integrity\\nand perserverance stood him in good stead, and\\nhe obtained means to operate his woolen-mill, and\\ncevoted to it his entire jiersonal attention until its\\ndestruction in November, 1880. Four years previous\\nto that event his prosperity was most satisfactory.\\nSince that date he has prosecuted the busiriess of a\\nV^\\nreal-estate broker and -attended to the management\\nof his general interests.\\nMr. Gargett is a Republican in political ])rinciple,\\nand in the fall of 1862 was elected to the Legisla-\\nture of Michigan, and served during the biennial\\nterm of 1862-3. During this session he was Chair-\\nman of the Committee on Towns and Counties. He\\nhas also Ijeen Supervisor of Pine River Township\\none year.\\nHe was married May 24, 1849, in Lyons, Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., to Louisa, daughter of Joseph and Ele-a-\\nnor (Seaton) Gee. She was born in Lyons, May 24,\\n1831. Her parents were natives of the Empire State,\\nwhere the father died in the year 1840, leaving a\\nvaluable estate. The mother removed to Ionia Co.,\\nMich., and died Feb. 9, 1883, while on a visit to Mrs.\\n(iargett, her daughter. Of the marriage of Mr. and\\nMrs. Gargett, two children have been born, one of\\nwhom survives, Minnie L L)orn April 5, 1850.\\nGeorge, born Dec. 5, 1858, was accidentally s-calded\\nDec. 5, 1 860, death resulting in a few hours. The\\nparents are both members of the Seventh-Day Ad-\\nvent Church.\\nThe personal record of Mr. Gargett presents a fine\\ne.xhibit of what a man may accomplish, despite a\\nlong series of business disaster and personal afflic-\\ntion. The tragic termination of the lives of his par\\n/T I\\nents, his losses by fire and the mismanagement of v\\nothers to whom he extended a helping hand, the sud-\\nden and irreparable loss of his only son by a painful\\naccident, and the long illness of his wife, who in 1873\\nwas stricken bv paralysis, from the effects of which\\nshe suffered three years, constitute an appalling array\\nof adverse circumstances, and would have utterly\\ncrushed common men. But no misfortune has over-\\nwhelmed him. Each new disaster developed in him\\nthe essential traits of his character which have ren-\\ndered liim one of the most valuable citizens of .Alma,\\nwhere he resided before it held even a promise of the\\nimportance to which it has attained, and in which he\\nhas been a prominent factor. The village was plat-\\nted by him in 1859, and he has since been continu-\\nally interested in its progress.\\nThe [xirtraits of Mr. and Mrs. Gargett are present-\\ned on other pages of this work. They are an acces-\\nsion to the list of prominent persons whose like-\\nnesses appear in the Album of Gratiot County, from\\nthe business relations of Mr. Gargett in his town-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0658.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0659.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0660.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "j\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\u00c2\u00ab^\\n-^S K \u00c2\u00ab^V ^illII^(IIls\\nt\\ns\\nf\\nG RA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\n639\\nship and county, and the high social position which\\nhis family holds. Mrs. Gargett, though still suffering\\nfrom impaired health, retains all her vigor of intellect\\nand exercises nil the interest and solicitude for the\\nhappiness and comfort of her friends and associates\\nwhich have characterized her through life. In 187 i\\nMr. Gargett determined to give his wife the benefit of\\na long out-of-door excursion, believing it would tend\\nto the restoration of her health. He had a palace\\ncoach constructed, at a cost of $1,100, fitted in ev-\\nery way for comfort, and on the 27th of September,\\n1881, they set out for an overland trip from Michi-\\ngan through the Southern States. Mrs. Gargett s\\nfacile pen sup|)lied a graphi and entertaining account\\nof the trip for publication in the Gratiot County Rec-\\nord, published at Alma. Her letters gave interesting\\nkerns of incidents of travel, meeting with old friends,\\ndata of agricultural probabilities and possibilities in\\nthe sections traversed.\\nHe returned to Alma Oct. 21, 1882, to witness the\\nprosperity of the village of which he had had so much\\nanxiety in years past. And now, as he lays aside in a\\nmeasure the cares of life, he desires to leave on record\\nthat he owes much of his success in overcoming se-\\nvere trials and obstacles to the faithfulness and good\\ncounsels of his wife, and of the fact that he had al-\\nways allowed her to retain her own property in her\\nname, whereby she could aid him as no one else\\nwould when disasters come thick and fast, and those\\nwho are friends in prosperity turn a cold shoulder in\\nadversity.\\nI^erome Vernon Johnson was born in the\\nt^ township of Emmett, Calhoun Co., Mic h.,\\nSept. 20, 1844, in a log cabin, which was\\nbuilt at the first settlement of the county, on the\\nnorth bank of the Kalamazoo River, six miles\\nwest of Marshall, and witliin a half mile of the\\nstation now known as VVheatfield, on the Michigan\\nCentral railroad. His early youth was passed as that\\nof other pioneer l)oys in those days. At the age of\\neight years his parents moved to Marshall Township,\\nin the same county, where they still reside. The\\nonly education he obtained was that furnished by the\\ncommon district school of tlie times.\\nAt 17, becoming tired of the monotony of farm life,\\nwith the consent of his parents, he selected for an\\noccupation the printing trade, mastered the intricacies\\nof the art, and entered the broad arena of life with\\nbrilliant anticipations and an ambition to be some-\\nthing more than a follower among his fellow men.\\nMarch 4, 1868, at Galesburg, 111., he was married\\nto Miss Sadie H. Bell, by Rev. George Norcross. Six\\nchildren have blessed the union, four of them three\\ngirls and one boy now living: Jessie Gay, born\\nMay 8, 1870; Larnont Kinyon, March 28, 1877\\nSadie Alta, May 27, 1879; Bessie Bell, Sept. 14,\\ni88i.\\nThe same year of his marriage he purchased at\\nCharlotte, Mich., the Charlotte Argus (afterward\\nchanged to Leac/er), which paper he published and\\nedited until the close of 74, when an almost fatal\\nillness compelled him to give up the business. In\\nJune, 1876, he established the Ingham County Dem-\\nocrat, at Mason, Mich., but in the fall of 77 disposed\\nof it, returned to Charlotte and re-purchased his old\\noffice. In 1882 he sold the office and established in\\nSeptember of the same year the Gratiot County Dem-\\nocrat, at St. Louis, Mich., which liad been suspended\\na year previous. This he has published since with\\nvery satisfactory success, notwithstanding the office\\nwas burned out on the night of January 4, 1884.\\nMr. Johnson s parents may well be called pioneers\\nin Michigan. His father, Kinyon Johnson, was born\\nnear Smyrna, N. Y., and came to Michigan in 1836.\\nKinyon 5 father, Nathaniel Vernon Johnson, was a\\nRhode Islander, and served faithfully through the\\nRevolution, returning to his farm and family at the\\nclose of the war. His mother, nee Miss Mary Potter,\\nwas born near Oswego, N. Y., and came to Michigan\\nin 1 83 1, living in the State six months without seeing\\nanother white woman s face, and undergoing all the\\nprivations and hardships consequent upon the settle-\\nn)ent of a new country. Her father also served dur-\\ning the Revolution with fidelity and honor. Both\\nparents are still living upon the old homestead in\\nMarsiiall Township, enjoying the days of their de-\\nclining years with a contentment which is the out-\\ngrowth of a busy, industrious life, being now upward\\nof 73 years old.\\nDuiing a busy and eventful life, Mr. Johnson has\\nfound time to work more or less in local and State\\npolitics, having served two terms as Recorder of the\\nA\\n^e^n n rA^tiii; i^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0661.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "i- :2^^ 6v4 o n n nft\\n4^^^\\nmi\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ncity of Charlotte, four years and a half as Chief En-\\ngineer of the Fire Department of that city, and was\\nelected Alderman there in 1882 for a two years term,\\nresigning to move to St. Louis. At present he is\\nChief Engineer of the St. Louis Fire Department, and\\na member of the Board of Trustees of the village, to\\nwhich latter place he was elected for a two years\\nterm March 5, 1884. During 12 years, he has been\\na member of a volunteer fire department, ten years\\nago aiding in the organization of the Michigan State\\nFiremen s Association at Battle Creek.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Johnson maybe found on page\\n638, and is presented with much satisfaction as a\\ncitizen and journalist of Gratiot County, as well as in\\nhis pioneer relations to the State of Michigan.\\nI\\n^*H^S^\\n(.amilton Pritchard, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nsection i, Sumner Township, was born in\\nGorham Townshi}), Yates Co., N. Y., June\\n16, 1 8 18, and is a son of Levi and Lydia (Pratt)\\nPritchard, natives of Connecticut, of New Eng-\\nland ancestry. The father was by occupation\\nan iron smelter and charcoal maker, and came to\\nClinton County, this State, where he died in 1863.\\nThe mother died in Yates Co., N. Y., when Hamilton\\nwas two and a half years old.\\nWhen he was eight years old, the family removed\\nto Seneca Co., N. Y., and two years later he began,\\nwhile yet a j oung lad, the battle of life, working out\\nby the uiontli for farmers. In 1841, in Hornellsville,\\nSteuben Co., N. Y., he was united in the bonds of\\nmatrimony to Miss Lucy Brown, who was born in\\nthat county in 1824. She died Jan. 16, 1863, in\\nIsabella County, this State, liaving been the mother\\nof seven children. There were four daughters and\\nthree sons, and three of the former and one of the\\nlatter are dead. The living are: Francis S., born\\nNov. 9, 1844; Charles H., May 24, 1848; Henry C,\\nJune 8, 1853. The deceased are: Mary H., born\\nMarch 30, 1842 Martha and Martin (twins), born\\nAug. 26, 1857; Lucy, April 10, i860. She was a\\ngood woman, and a fit companion to Mr. Pritchard\\nin his strife with the sturdy forests of Michigan.\\nAug. 1, 1864, he took for a second wife Mrs. Mi-\\nnerva Hahn [tiee Newville), daughter of Charles and\\nLucy (Corkins) Newville, natives of New England.\\nShe was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Aug. 21, 1836,\\nand came with her parents to Wood Co., Ohio, when\\nit was very sparsely settled. There she was edu-\\ncated, and lived until her first marriage. By her first\\nhusband she lias a son, Lewis, who is living with her\\nstill; and by her second, five children George (mar-\\nried), Levi, Nora, William and Melita.\\nMr. Pritchard is one of the pioneers of Gratiot\\nCounty, having come here September, 1854. He\\nlocated on 160 acres on section i, Sumner Township,\\nand Oct. 19, 1854, he brought his family here. He\\nwas the first person to make a permanent settlement,\\nand his was the first family to come into the township\\nof Sumner. There was but one family between him\\nand Alma, and it was on the site of Mr. D. Sulli-\\nvan s present residence. From that point he cut his\\nown road, at a cost to him and Timothy Bordwell of\\na day and a half s labor. Mr. Bordwell was the sec-\\nond settler in the township, and is now a resident of\\nEdmore, Montcalm County.\\nThe- third year after coming, Mr. P. raised his first\\ncrop of wheat, which he flailed out on the ground.\\nAfter getting it (jut of the straw, he hauled it in the\\nchaff a distance of t^t, miles to get it cleaned and\\nthreshed for the bread necessary to live on. He has\\nknown a neighbor to start out with a hand-sled for\\n100 pounds of flour, and before returning be obliged\\nto make a new sled, the first being worn out.\\nHe has now a fine farm of 280 acres of land, of\\nwhich 200 are nicely improved. He has a productive\\norchard, three acres in extent; and a comfortable\\nresidence has succeeded the log house which he suc-\\nceeded in raising after he and wife and four children\\nhad slept ten nights on the ground, covered with\\nshakes laid on a pole resting on forks driven in the\\nground. Mr. P. is politically a National. He has\\nheld all the various school offices. Mrs. P. is a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\names Fi-y, farmer, section 24, Pine River\\nTownship, was born Nov. 13, 1806, in\\nPennsylvania, and is the son of Peter and\\nSarah ha|)man) Fry. He resided at home\\nuntil he was 20 years old, when he engaged as\\na farm laborer, and spent five years in that\\ncapacity working by the month. In 1836 he rented\\na farm, and continued to pursue agriculture after\\nI\\nI\\n\u00c2\u00abe\\nc^\\ng\\nV\\nc\\ni\\ni\\ntf^\\n-555^^^^^ 9-A^.^II !l^linf^ A^\\n4^\\n^ll", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0662.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0663.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0664.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "6VC nii:^tlIli\\nGJiA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\n643\\n1\\nthat method for several years, when he bought a\\nfarm in his native State. He remained there until\\nthe spring of 1865, when he came to Gratiot County.\\nHe bought 280 acres of land in Pine River Town-\\nship. On this he resided, and carried on farming\\nwith success until 187 1, when he exchanged the\\nfarm for the place where he now resides. In politi-\\ncal views, Mr. Fry is a Republican.\\nHe was married Sept. 9, 1829, in Pennsylvania, to\\nHannah, daughter of Benjamin and Rhoda (Pruden)\\nWilson. Mrs. Fry was born Jan. 8, 181 1, in Wash-\\nington Co., Pa. Her parents were natives of New\\nJersey. Mr. and Mrs. Fry have had 12 children:\\nSarah, Rhoda, Mary, Benjamin, Peter, David, John\\nC, William, Eliza A., Woodruff, George W. and\\nElizabeth A. John died when he was six years old.\\nThe family are attendants at the Disciples Church,\\nof which the parents are members.\\nVrs\\niJiiLS W. Lyon, photographer, at Ithaca, was\\nt^\u00c2\u00a7y born May 29, 1847, in Clinton Township,\\nF^ssex Co., N. J. He is a son of Hervey\\ni and Elizabeth J. (Whaley) Lyon, both of whom\\nwere natives of New Jersey. His father was\\nborn July 20, 18:0, in Clinton. He was a\\nshoemaker by trade, and in 1851 removed his family\\nto Essex Township, Clinton Co., Mich., where he\\nbought a farm and resided until his death, which oc-\\ncurred Dec. 13, 1880. The mother resides on the\\nhomestead, which is a fine farm of 102 acres, with\\nfirst-class improvements.\\nMr. Lyon left home when he was 22 years of age\\nfor the purpose of fitting for the business whicli he\\nhas pursued thus far in life. He went to St. John s,\\nand after a course of thorougli preparation he went\\nto several places in Michigan to prospect. In Octo-\\nber, 1870, he came to Ithaca and established his\\npresent business, which has been popular and pros-\\nperous. Mr. Lyon owns his place of business and\\nresidence in Ithaca, and 80 acres of land on section\\n4, Wasiiington Township, with 20 acres under culti-\\nvation.\\nHe was married Aug. 19, 187 i, to Viola R., daugh-\\nter of Thomas L. and Anna R. (Good) Wasson.\\nShe was born Feb. 15, 1852, inCharlotteville, Niagara\\nCo., N. Y. Floyd R., born Sept. 15, 1880, at Ith-\\naca, is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Lyon.\\nTlie maternal grandfather of Mr. Lyon was a Major\\nin the war of 1812, and his epaulets and cap were\\npreserved some time in the family.\\nAs one of the representative business men and\\nprominent citizens of Gratiot County, we take pleasure\\nin presenting the portrait of Mr. Lyon in this Album.\\nJilMTf^roseph Wiles, Jr., farmer, section 21, New\\nl 5 j^ Haven Townshii), was born in Wayne Co.,\\nOhio, Dec. 29, 1829. His father, Joseph\\nWiles, Sr., was a native of Pennsylvania, of\\nGerman descent, or Pennsylvania Dutch,\\nand was formerly a minister in the Dunkard\\nChurch, but now a retired farmer, on section 21,\\nNew Haven Township. He came from Ohio to this\\nState in the spring of 1855, as one of the first set-\\ntlers in the above named township He has ever\\nbeen closely identified witii the religious interest of\\nthis community. He has reared 12 children, one of\\nwhom is a minister.\\nThe subject of this sketcli is the second son, sec-\\nond child and the eldest now living, of the above\\nmentioned family. He lived in his native county\\nuntil about 12 years of age, when the family moved\\nto Seneca Co., Ohio. When 20 years of age he set\\nabout taking care of himself and obtaining the rudi-\\nments of an education. At 21 he set out as a com-\\nmon laborer, working as such for four years. In the\\nmeantine he purchased 80 acres of land in Seneca\\nCo., Ohio, making some improvements thereon pre-\\nparatory to marriage. March i, 1855, in Seneca Co.,\\nOhio, Mr. Wiles was married to Lucinda daughter\\nof Philip S. and Elizabeth (Countryman) Jones, na-\\ntives of New York, the former of New P ,ngland par-\\nentage and the latter a descendant of the Mohawk\\nDutch. Mrs. W. was born in Danube Township,\\nHerkimer Co., N. Y., Oct. 29, 1835. Her parents\\ncame to Ohio when she was a small girl, and she re-\\nmained with them until her marriage. Shortly after\\nthat event they sold their property in Ohio and came\\nto Michigan, purchasing 160 acres of wild land where\\nthey now reside. They moved here in May, 1855,\\nand commenced the laborious and monotonous work\\nof a pioneer, surrounded by the wild forests and an-\\n^i)\\nSi,^^ %A^MM^^^ ^^C^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0665.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "644\\nz^^^^- ^V Illl\u00c2\u00a7IlIl r^\\nGRATIOT COUI^TY.\\nV\\n1\\nf\\nimals, whose music only lends fear and silence to the\\ninmates of the human home. The advance Mr.\\nWiles has since made has left the mark of progress\\nand prosperity upon the premises, demonstrating\\ntheir possessor to be a practical and shrewd- farmer.\\nHe has also held nearly all the offices of his township.\\nHe is a strong Republican. Mrs. W. is a member of\\nthe Baptist Church. Their children are: William\\nL., Angenette, Loretta A., Adelbert F. and Minnie R.\\namuel McCutchean, farmer, section 5,\\nWashington Township, is a son of James\\nand Jane (Springer) McCutchean, natives\\nof Pennsylvania. They followed farming, moved\\nto Fulton Co., Ohio, and afterward to Seneca\\nCounty. James McCutchean died in 1870,\\nwhile visiting in Fulton County. Mrs. McCutchean\\ndied in Texas, in 1878 Samuel was born Sept. 11,\\n1836, in the State of Pennsylvania. At the age of 25,\\nhe left liome and married Mary Anspaugh, daughter\\nof Jonas and Catharine (Hiple) Anspaugh, natives of\\nStark Co., Ohio. They moved to Williams Co., Ohio,\\nwhere they resided 24 years. Both are dead. Mrs.\\nAnspaugh died March 26, 1861, leaving 12 children,\\nof whom Mary was the eldest.\\nIn 1864, Mr. and Mrs. McCutcliean came to this\\nState and county, and located on r6o acres of wild\\nland on section 5, Washington Township. He has\\nnow about 80 acres improved and in 1883 he built\\none of the best barns in the township, at a cost of\\n$1,000. Mr. and Mrs. McCutchean have had nine\\nchildren, five of whom are living. Their names are\\nas follows Ella, Charles F., Amelia, Rutherford B.\\nand Catliarine. In politics Mr. McCutchean is a Re-\\npublican.\\nlinley Dodge, farmer on section 23, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of Thomas and\\nJane (Wilson) Dodge. They were natives\\nof New York, and removed to Indiana, where\\nMr. Dodge died. His wife afterward came to\\nMonroe, Mich.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch was born\\nin the State of New York, Sept. 5, 1833. He lived\\nwith his grandparents in Genesee Co., N. Y., until he\\nwas 16 years old, at which time he went to live with\\nan uncle in Buffalo, N. Y. A year and a half later\\nhe returned to Genesee County, where he lived till\\nthe fall of 1858. He then came to Gratiot County,\\nand bought 80 acres of wild land on section 23, Ful-\\nton. He has 65 acres under cultivation, and has\\ngood farm buildings.\\nNov. 29, 1857, in Orleans Co., N. Y., he was mar-\\nried to Miss Caroline McDonald, a native of Scot-\\nland. This marriage was blessed with seven chil-\\ndren, of whom five survive Mary J., Charles R.,\\nFred. J., Cora M. and Roy J. The deceased are\\nMabel L. and Maggie L. Losing his first wife by\\ndeath, Mr. Dodge was again married, at Maple Rap-\\nids, Mich., May i, 1881, to Miss Minerva L., daugh-\\nter of William H. and Polly (Stafford) Kellogg. She\\nwas born in Livingston Co., Mich., Aug. 3, 1854. By\\nthis marriage, Mr. D. has one daughter, Gertrude.\\nHe and his wife are members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, and politically he is a Republican.\\naWl I -.aniel Wiles, minister and farmer, section\\nliaMil il. 21, New Haven Township, was born in\\n}M-^ Wayne Co., Ohio, Jan. I, 1839. Hi\\nj]ft ents left Pennsylvania, and moved to Wayne\\nCo., Oiiio, before Daniel was born. From that\\ni .State they moved to Indiana and thence to\\nWood Co., Ohio. The parents emigrated from the\\nlatter State to this county and located on section 21,\\nNew Haven Township, where our subject remained\\nand assisted in the care and support of the family\\nuntil he attained the age of manhood.\\nOn attaining this period in life, Mr. Wiles returned\\nto Ohio and was united in marriage to Miss Mary,\\ndaughter of John and Catharine (Heller) Ronk, na-\\ntives of Pennsylvania and of German descent.\\nShe was a resident of Wood Co., Ohio, and was\\nliorn in Dauphin Co., Pa., March 15, 1838, going to\\nOhio when quite young.\\nThe newly married couiile, immediately after\\nmarriage, returned to this State and located on sec-\\ntion 17, this township, procuring 40 acres of land.\\nSix years later he sold his 40 acres and purchased\\n80 acres on section 21, same township, where he has\\nsince constantly resided and of which land he has\\nplaced one half under good improvement.\\n9\\nca:\\npar-\\nfc^,\\n^7^^nmilt|it ^^^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac3^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0666.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "m\\n(i^\\n:t|^\\nGHA TTO T COUNT Y.\\n64!;\\niS^^\\n(b)\\nI\\nMr. and Mrs. Wiles have three children, namely\\nFlorentine F., Calvin D. and Benjamin E. They are\\nboth connected with the Church of God, and Mr.\\nW. has held the Eldership of the Church for three\\nyears. He is an active worker and one whose efforts\\nhave been rewarded.\\nMr. Wiles has held an official position in the School\\nDistrict, and is an able worker in the educational\\ninterests of his township.\\nPolitically, Mr. W. is a believer in and sup[)orts the\\nprinciples of the Republican party.\\nIg E. Wheeler, M. D., homeopathic physician\\nand surgeon at St. Louis, was born in York\\nWashtenaw Co., Mich., Dec. 20, 1S5S. He is\\nson of Charles and Eliza J. (Miller) Wheeler,\\nwho remained residents ol York Township un-\\ntil 1872, when they removed to Ypsilanti.\\nDr. Wheeler was then 14 years of age, and lie l)e-\\ncame a pupil at the State Normal Scliool, where he\\ngraduated in 1876. In the fall of the same year he\\nbegan his professional studies at the University^of\\nMichigan, and was graduated in the department of\\nHomeopathy with the class of 1879. He officiated\\none year, during his connection with the University,\\nas Assistant to the Chair of Surgery, and was the first\\nresident physician and surgeon who held the position\\nat the State Homeopathic Hospital connected with\\nthe University, from its opening until Oct. i, 1882.\\nHe was Instructor in Minor Surgery and Botany in\\nthe Homeopatliic College during the years 1881-2.\\nThe predominating characteristic of Dr. Wheeler\\nis a love for the natural sciences, and he has devoted\\na large amount of time to botany. He made import-\\nant additions to an exhaustive list of the flora of his\\nnative county, published in 1881, among whicii were\\ntwo species of Dicentra, one of which had been some\\ntime extinct. The fine herbarium at the Homeo-\\npathic College of the University was collected and\\narranged by Dr. Wheeler, and includes nearly every\\nindigenous medicinal plant, together with a respect-\\nable showing of foreign plants of tike character, col-\\nlected by e.xchange. In this he contributed materi-\\nally to the benefit of the classes, as the advantage of\\nthe specimens for practical instruction during lectures\\ncan be readily estimated. The private herbarium in\\nthe possession of Dr. Wheeler is one of the most\\nvaluable individual collections in the State, and com-\\nprises thousands of mounted specimens, indigenous\\nand foreign. The latter were obtained by exchange\\nfrom Europe, and have been collected by corre-\\nspondence. Tlie flora of the Pacific coast is largely\\nrepresented, and the collection of Lake Superior\\nplants is very complete. In 1882, Dr. Wheeler pre-\\nsented to the Homeopathic State Medical .Society a\\nfull list of medical [)lants indigenous to Michigan, a\\nvery material service.\\nIn .April, 1883, he located his practice at St. Louis,\\nsucceeding to the business of Dr. C. H. Lutes, a phy-\\nsician of the same school, who had been a practi-\\ntioner of poiHilar standing and repute tor some years.\\nDr. Wheeler has been resident but a short time, but\\nhas secured the confidence of a large circle of pat-\\nrons. He gives special attention to surgery and sur-\\ngical diseases, in which branch of his profession he\\nhas had unusual facilities. While in charge of the\\nLTniversity Homeopathic Hospital at Ann Arbor, he\\nhad the benefit of the rare and difficult cases treated\\nby the faculty under his observation, and left to his\\ncare after operation, a responsibility which tended to\\nqualify him for the practice of rliat branch of his\\nprofession, and render him careful and reliable in the\\ndischarge of its duties.\\nohn O. Clark, farmer, section 12, North\\n|j- Shade i ownshi|), is a son of John and\\nMary (Orr) Clark, the former a native of\\nthe Isle of Skye, Scotland, and the latter of\\nKilharchan, Scotland. Father was a soldier of\\nthe British navy in the Revolutionary war,\\nafter which he returned tu his native heath, where\\nhe ultimately died, in the town of Paisley. His wife\\ndied nearly the same time.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Jan. i, 1829,\\nin the town of Paisley, Scotland. At 1 1 he ventured\\nout as a sailor upon the briny deep, serving his ap-\\nprenticeslii[i on the vessel Maggie Mitchell, Capt.\\nClark commanding. They were engaged in the East\\nIndia trade. Mr. C. served on this ship five years,\\nand on other vessels six years that is, until Oct. 27,\\n185 I, when he landed in New York city from the\\nbark Riley, Capt. Volume commanding. He then\\nI\\nZ=I\\nKy\\n0)\\ni))\u00c2\u00ab^#\\njL^^fl |]tlf A-9\\n-^\u00c2\u00a7^@s^\\nml", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0667.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "z^^^l^^^\\nK\\nGRATIOT\\nCOUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4^\\nsettled in Niagara Co., N. Y., and was then engaged\\non the Erie Canal until 1852 he next engaged in\\nrailroading on tlie branch from Lockporl to Buffalo;\\nin lune, 1854, ho went to Ohio, and was employed\\non ilie railroad from Cleveland to Columbus until\\n1865 from May 1, 1864, to Aug. 24, 1864, he was in\\nthe army as a member of Co. H, i4.Sth Ohio Vol.\\nInf., with the Army of the Potomac. His regiment\\ndid not participate in any battles. He was discharged\\nat Camp Chase, Ohio, and immediately returned to\\nthe Cleveland Columbus railroad. In the spring\\nof 1865, he came to Gratiot County and located on\\nsection 12, North Shade Townshiii, on a farm of 115\\nacres, to which he has since added 200 acres in one\\nbody.\\nIn public affairs Mr. Clark is a Republican; he has\\nbeen Assessor of his school district is a member of\\nMaple Rapids Lodge, No. 145, F. A. M., and also\\nof Bill Begole Post, G. A. R., at Maple Rapids.\\nDec. 12, 1 85 I, Mr. Clark married Miss Dorotha,\\ndaughter of Frederick and Christina Mugkelberg,\\nnatives of Prussia. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are the par-\\nents of eight children, namely: John H., Albert \\\\V.,\\n.\\\\ugusta M. (who died Feb. 13, 1859), William J.,\\nGeorge D., Frank L., Mary C. and Anna M.\\nH ^^^-f^S-^\\neorge J. Coleman, farmer on section 20.\\nEmerson Township, was born in Morenci,\\nLenawee Co., Mich., Sept. 22, 1854, and is the\\nson of Isaac N. and Lovisa J. (Moon) Cole-\\nfiian, natives of Medina Co., Ohio, and Niagara\\nCo., N. Y. They have followed farming during\\nmost of their lives, and now live on a farm and pass\\ntheir time in social and religious pleasures, in Emer-\\nson Township, section 30. George J. came with his\\nparents, at the age of one, to this county and lived\\nwith them near Ithaca until 17 years old. He at-\\ntended the graded schools of the village a portion of\\nthe time. He worked for a season in the lumber\\nwoods near Saginaw, and then was employed for two\\nand a half years in Nathan Church s mill at Ithaca,\\nlosing scarcely a day from his work the while.\\nGoing to Mecosta County in the fall of 1875, he\\nworked in the woods until the spring of 1879, when\\nL d to his father s home.\\n25, 1880, at Ithaca, he was united in mar-\\nriage to Celia, daughter of William and Lydia Putnam,\\nnatives of New York and of New England descent.\\nThey followed farming in their native State until\\n1869, since when, except one year in Saginaw County,\\nthey have lived in Emerson Township, this county.\\nCelia was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Jan. 5, 1862,\\nand coming, when eight years old, with her parents\\nto this county, she grew up and was educated in\\nEmerson Township. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs.\\nColeman settled on a farm jjurchased seven years\\npreviously, on section 20, Emerson Township. At\\nthis time the land was covered with the virgin forest;\\nbut they have cleared 35 acres and made other im-\\nprovements. They have one child, Roscoe L., born\\nOct. 19, 1881. Mr. Coleman is an active Republi-\\ncan, and now holds the office of Highway Commis-\\nsioner, which he has filled for two terms.\\no,--V- lilI||))ll-?ra\\nQ A^A\\names A. Nelson, farmer, section 14, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of James and Satah\\n(Eddings) Nelson, natives of Pennsylvania.\\n.\\\\fter marriage they settled in Ohio, tour yijars\\nlater returning to Pennsylvania. Their next\\nmove was to Mahoning Co.-. Ohio, and later\\nthey removed to Hancock County, wheie they died.\\nTheir family comprised four sons and six daughters.\\nThe subject of this biography, the third son, was\\nborn in Mahoning Co., Ohio, Sept. 3, 1822. He re-\\nceived a connnon-school education, and assisted his\\nfather on the farm until 22 years old. He then en-\\ngaged in farming on his own account. He came\\nfrom Hancock Co Ohio, to Gratiot County in the\\nfall of 1858, and bought 160 acres of wild land in\\nNorth Star Township, on which he built first a log,\\nand afterwards a frame house. After five years, he\\nsold and bought 80 acres on section 1 3, Fulton Town-\\nship, where he lived one year. He bought and sold\\nseveral farms, and in the fall of 1879 he moved to\\nArcada Township and bought 80 acres. Four years\\nlater, he returned to Fulton Townshii)and bought 80\\nacres on section 14, where he now resides. .^11 his\\nland is now under cultivation.\\nFeb. 8, 1849, 1 Beaver Co., Pa., he was married\\nto Miss Lucinda Newton, a native of Pennsylvania.\\nShe bore him one child. He was again married at\\nDetroit, Mich., Feb. 8, 1859, to Mrs. Mary, daughter\\nof John and Margaret (Gibson) Chiffin, and widow\\n^5\\nV", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0668.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0669.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0670.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0671.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0672.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "m\\n(g^i^is^tf^^\\nvCjnQ^iin r\\nTT\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n65\\nof George Fairchild, who died in Ohio July 9, 1856.\\nMrs. Nelson s parents were natives of Virginia and\\nPennsylvania, and she was born in Wayne Co., Ohio.\\nShe had by her first marriage four children: Mar-\\ngaret M., John A., Lillie A. and Mary (died in in-\\nfancy); and by her second three children: Eugene\\nA., Charles C. and Ella M. Eugene A. died Oct.\\n26, 1881, when 20 years and 21 days old. Mrs. N.\\nis an attendant of the Seventh-Day Adventist so-\\nciety. Mr. N. votes the Republican ticket.\\nMr. Nelson enlisted Feb. 18, 1864, in a company\\nof sharpshooters attached to the 27th Mich. Vol.\\nInf., and served till the close of the war. He was in\\nthe battles of Spottsylvania, Wilderness, Mine Run,\\nCold Harbor and Petersburg. He was slightly\\nwounded in the hand by a spent ball at Mine Run.\\nHe was honorably discharged at Detroit, Mich.\\nm\\n^SH^$^\\nK oseph H. Seaver, a prominent capitalist of\\nIthaca, and one of the leading men of\\nESPi^*^ Gratiot County, was born Feb. 6, 1846, in\\nStockholm, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. He\\nW is a son of Joseph and Diantha (Ober) Seaver,\\nand in the paternal lines of descent comes of\\nEnglish and Scotch ancestry. The father was\\nborn in 1825, at Crown Point, Esse.x Co., N. Y., atid\\ndied in 1869, in Clark Co., Wis. The mother was a\\nnative of Essex County, where she. was born in 1826,\\nof mixed Scotch and German lineage. She died in\\nStockholm, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., June 30, 1859.\\nMr. Seaver was brought up on his father s farm\\nuntil the death of his mother, when he was placed\\nin charge of a farmer named Ralph Osgood, in whose\\ncare he remained until 1863, when he went to the\\nlittle villag.e of Keene, in the townshii) of Rossee in\\nhis native county, and obtained a situation as sales-\\nman in the establishment of A. C. Ellis, grocery and\\nprovision dealer. He remained in that employ until\\nthe spring of 1865, when he came to Michigan and\\nremained one year on the farm of Mr. Ellis, in Coop-\\nersville, Ottawa County. In May, 1866, he went to\\nWisconsin for the purpose of assisting in the survey\\nof the ship canal route from Sturgeon Bay to Lake\\nMichigan. Two months later he returned to Coop-,\\nersville and operated about three months in a tan-\\nnery. His next employ was as a clerk in the mer-\\ncantile establishment of Miner Miller, located at\\nBerlin in Ottawa County. He came in the winter\\nof 1868 to Hamilton, Gratiot County, where he\\narrived February 28th, and at once entered upon the\\nduties of chief manager of the mercantile and lum-\\nbering interests of Robert M. Steel, his brother-in-\\nlaw, where he officiated until July, 1870, when he\\nwent to St. John s, Clinton Co., Mich. He discharged\\nthe duties of book-keeper for the St. John s Manu-\\nfacturing Company one year, and in July, 187 i, went\\nto McLeansboro, 111. Mr. Steel was building the\\nSoutheastern St. Louis railroad and Mr. Seaver\\nwas placed in charge of the construction corps en-\\ngaged in building bridges and putting in culverts.\\nHe remained four months and again returned to Ham-\\nilton, in the same capacity in which he had formerly\\noperated. He remained in charge of Steel s mill\\nuntil Jan. 15, 1877. In the fall of 1876 he was\\nelected Register of Deeds of Gratiot County, and in\\nthe winter ensuing fixed his residence at Ithaca, in\\norder to facilitate the discharge of his duties as in-\\ncumbent of a county office. He officiated as Register\\nfour years.\\nIn November, 1879, Mr. Seaver purchased a stock\\nof dry goods of John W. Howd, of Ithaca, and\\nbecame associated with Daniel C. Johnson in the\\ntransaction of mercantile affairs under the firm style\\nof D. C. Johnson Co. Their business was conduct-\\ned satisfactorily and with success until the spring\\nof 1881, when Mr. Seaver purchased the interest of\\nhis partner. He at once proceeded to the erection\\nof the Bank Block, for the Jeffrey estate, a building\\n71 feet square and three stories in height, and, in\\ncompany with John W. Lewis, established an exten-\\nsive mercantile business. Their stock includes dry\\ngoods, ready-made clothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes,\\ngroceries, crockery and other lines of goods suited to\\nthe demands of the patrons of the establishment.\\nIn May, 1880, the banking house of Steel, Turck\\nCo. was organized, with quarters in the store of D. C.\\nJohnson Co. On the completion of the new\\nbuilding the banking firm took possession of elegant\\nand commodious ([uarters arranged for their accom-\\nmodation.\\nIn 1879, Mr. Seaver bought the old Ithaca flouring\\nmill, the building which is now occupied by W. F.\\nThompson as a tub factory. He carried on the busi-\\nness of the mill at that stand upwards of three\\n9\\n(o)\\ni\\nmmu", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0673.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "i^^-\\n-^nS^^K-\\n^=rT\\n7-\\nera\\n6S\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nyears, and in August, 1882, put into practical opera-\\ntion a project for the building of a new mill, which\\nwas in complete running order in April, 1883. The\\nstructure is 36x56 feet in dimensions and is fitted\\nwith steam power and four run of stones. The mill\\nis devoted chiefly to custom work and grinds 125\\nbushels of wheat and 400 bushels of feed daily\\n(10 hours).\\nIthaca is indebted to the energy, perseverance and\\ncapital of Mr. Seaver and Gen. Nathan Church for\\nthe extension of the Saginaw Valley St. Louis\\nrailroad. The track was graded, the ties supplied\\nand the culverts built through the combined instru-\\nmentality of these gentlemen.\\nMr. Seaver owns 320 acres of land on section 13,\\nin Newark Township, which is finely improved and\\nsupplied with all necessary farm appurtenances of\\nthe best class. He is the proprietor also of 40 acres\\non section 26, in Arcada Township, and owns a half\\ninterest in 200 acres on section 4, in the township of\\nBethany. His town property includes the tub factory\\nand three lots. Mr. Seaver was one of the original\\norganizers of the banking house of Steel, Turck\\nCo., at Ithaca, and of Turck, Winton Co at Alma,\\nand is still connected witli the former in the capacity\\nof stockholder.\\nHis portrait is an appropriate addition to the col-\\nlection of the business men of Gratiot County ap-\\npearing in this volume. Comment upon the enterprise\\nand unremitting solicitude and activity of Mr. Seaver\\nfor the benefit of his generation is unnecessary.\\nThe statement of what he is achieving in his daily\\nefforts is all the case requires.\\nMr. Seaver was married Nov. 2, 1869, to Augusta\\nM. Steel, of Craftsbur) Orleans Co., Vt. She died\\nAug. 28, 1877, at Ithaca. Mr. Seaver was again\\nmarried June 18, 1879,10 Mrs. Louisa Jeffrey, widow\\nof John Jeffrey.\\nThis book is honored in presenting the portrait of\\nMrs. Seaver. She is, so to speak, a part of the his-\\ntory and wonderful [jiogress of Gratiot County, of\\nwhich she has been many years a resident. In her\\ncharacter of wife and mother, she is a typical woman,\\nand in her interest and exertions for the advance-\\nment of the society which she adorns, has incontro-\\nvertible claims as a leader. Her experiences and\\nnatural traits of character fit her for any station in\\nlife, and she is enjoying the advantages of the posi-\\ntion to which she is justly entitled as one of the\\nleading ladies of Ithaca.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2h4=##\\nijr^\\n^?3S!BSS33^a\\n[^rt-rs*\\nl)\u00c2\u00aeJ5arney Swope, farmer section 21, Wheeler\\nLM^i- Township, is a son of Barnhart and Eliza-\\nW^ betli (Neff) Swope, natives of Maryland.\\ni^ Mr. Swope, Sr., was part of his life a far-\\nnier, and a number of years was also en-\\ngaged in mercantile life, in Hagerstown, Md.\\nFrom 1847 to 1852, he resided in Ohio, and in the\\nlatter year he came to Jackson Co., Mich., where\\nhe died three years later. Mrs. Swope was a second\\ntime married, to John Yager, and they now live with\\ntheir son-in-law in Bethany Township.\\nThe sul)ject of this sketch was born in Washing-\\nV^\\nfjjfcPJii yman T. Cassada (deceased), late farmer\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J U^JF section 31, Fulton Township, was a son\\nT of James and Abigail (Kinyon) Cassada\\n(see sketch of J. A. Cassada), and was born in\\nthe State of New York July 27, 18 19. He was\\none of the pioneers of Gratiot County, coming\\nto this county in the spring of 1856, when he bought\\n20 acres of land in Fulton Township, on section 31.\\nHe resided upon this place, to which he added five\\nacres, until his death, which occurred April 30, 1870.\\nApril 27, 184 in Chemung Co., N. Y., he married\\nMiss Thirza Minton, daughter of John and Phebe\\n(Jones) Minton, natives of New Jersey and Connect-\\nicut. Mrs. Cassada was born in Chemung Co N.\\nY., March 12, 1820. Mr. and Mrs. C. had two chil-\\ndren: Amanda, born Jan. 18, 1842, and died Sept.\\n29, 1866; Laura, born July 29, 1843, and died May\\n21, 1867.\\nMr. C. held the office of Supervisor of Fulton for\\nsix successive terms, and was also Justice of the\\nPeace for a number of years. He took an active in-\\nterest in the welfare of his township. He supported\\nthe Democratic party, and was at the time of his\\ndeath a member of the Masonic Order. Mrs. C. is\\na member of the Christian Church. She has added\\n15 acres to the farm since her husband s death, all of\\nwhich is improved.\\n1\\nf\\n-^oi]:^:dii^ a,^^\\n1^^^.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0674.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "m^\\nte^^\\n^iiii ^niir v\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUIVTY\\nm^\\n653\\n(b\\nV\\nton Co., Md., June 12, 1S40. He left home at the\\nage of 15, and began to work by the month for a\\ntime on a farm and then in a dry-goods store, and\\nthen at various other things until he was 2 1 years\\nold. Aug. 20, 1861, he enlisted in Co. I, 6th Mich.\\nVol. Inf which was transferred to the heavy artillery.\\nHe was on garrison duty at Baltimore until Match,\\n1862, when he was sent to Ship Island, in the Gulf\\nof Mexico. He fought at Pass Mauchac, Baton\\nRouge, at Vi-ksburg, Miss., and in other engage-\\nments, six in all, besides skirmishes. He was\\nwounded by a gunshot in the shoulder, at Port\\nHudson, May 27, 1863, and was finally discharged\\nat New Orleans, Sept. 7, 1863. He had four and a\\nhalf inches of bone taken out of his arm, and now\\ndraws a pension, which he riclily deserves, it being\\nbut an inadequate return for the loss he has sus-\\ntained in the defense of his country.\\nIn 1865 he was united in marriage to Margaret,\\ndaughter of William and Harriet (Thoinpkins) Par-\\nrish, natives of the State of New York. They emi-\\ngrated to Jackson Co., Mich., in 1835, where Mrs.\\nParrish died, and Mr. Parrish and second wife after-\\nward came to Gratiot. Margaret was born Oct. 3,\\n1845, in Jackson Co., Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Swope\\nare the parents of seven children William J., John\\nH., A.gnes E., Edgar U., Walter E., Bessie M. and\\nFrances R. Mr. and Mrs. Swope came to this\\ncounty in 1864 and located on section 6, Wheeler\\nTownship, and after one year removed to section 21,\\non a tract of 80 acres. He has since added 80 acres\\nmore and has a fine residence, completed in 1883.\\nHe has been Deputy Township lerkone year, Clerk\\none year. Justice of the Peace a number of years,\\nand has been Supervisor for nine terms. Politically,\\nhe is a Republican. He and wife are members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Cliurch at Wheeler Village.\\ng||.idney Sessions, farmer and owner of 80\\nacres of land on section 21, Fulton Town-\\n11^ ship, is the son of Nathaniel and Chloe\\n(Thompson) Sessions, natives of Connecticut.\\nThey first settled in Chautaucpia Co., N. Y.,\\nand in 1837 they removed to Ionia Co., Mich.,\\nwhere she died Nov. 14, 1879, and lie died shortly\\nafter, March 15, 1880.\\nSidney, the sixth of a family of 14 (nine boys and\\nfive girls), was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., July\\n19, 1828, and was nine years old when his parents\\nremoved to Michigan. He was educated in the com-\\nmon schools, and assisted his father on the farm un-\\ntil 18 years old, when for five years he worked by the\\nmonth at farming in Wisconsin and Iowa. Returning\\nto Ionia County, he shortly after bought a farm, which\\nhe worked for two years. He then bought village\\nproperty in Pewamo, Ionia County, where he lived a\\nyear and a half In tire winter of 1869, he came to\\nGratiot County and bought So acres on section 21,\\nFulton, where he now resides. He has 60 acres\\nunder good cultivation.\\nJan. I, 1 86 1, at Charlotte, Eaton Co., Mich., he\\nmarried Miss Elizabeth A. Wallace, a native of Ionia\\nCounty. She died in October, 1862. Feb. 11, 1864,\\nin Ionia County, he married Miss Sarah A., daughter\\nof John and Lurany (Whitford) Stoddard, natives of\\nVermont. Mr. and Mrs. Stoddard first lived in New\\nYork State, and afterwards came to Michigan, finally\\nlocating in Clinton County, where Mr. S. died Aug.\\n14, 1862, and Mrs. S. Aug. i6, 1864. Mrs. Sessions\\nwas born in Washtenaw County, this State, July 16,\\n1837. Mr, and Mrs. S. have one son, Harry P., born\\nJan. 31, 1865. Mr. S. is politically an earnest Pro-\\nhibitionist, and on general issues has usually support-\\ned the Republican party.\\nII (\u00c2\u00bb^Esa F\\n^c|^^penry Smith, farmer, section 29, Bethany\\n^.jl^^li Township, is a son of Ira and Zada (Hitch-\\n1^ cock) Smith, and was born in Skaneateles, On-\\nW ondaga Co., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1825, and was\\nI reared and educated on the farm. In Septem-\\nber, 1 85 I, he went to Butte Co., Cal., and was\\nengaged in gold mining about two years, having sev-\\neral claims on the South Fork of Feather River.\\nHe returned to New York a short time, and in the\\nspring of 1854 came to the site of what is now St.\\nLouis, this county, when but two families were living\\nin the place. He located a number of tracts of\\nland in the vicinity of St. Louis and also near Alma.\\nHe was also Clerk of the Township there two years.\\nIn the fall of 1856 he was elected County Clerk,\\nover Orville Wood as an opponent. He was elected\\nas a Republican by a good majority.\\nc\\nA\\n0)\\n^r^D ll^^lDf", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0675.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "i\\n^V ^tlll\u00c2\u00a7liny r^^\\n(77?^ r/C 7- CO UNT Y.\\nAfter his term of service expired he settled on sec-\\ntion 35, Pine River Township for two years, keep-\\ning bach, and then moved to section 26, same town-\\nship, where he had a quarter-section of land, 100\\nacres of which he cleared.\\nOct. 22, 1856, Mr. Smith married Miss Julia A.,\\ndaughter of Elijah and Julia (Bullock) Porter, wlio\\nwas born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., June 28, 1833.\\nMr. and Mrs. S. had the three following children\\nJulius H now mining in Colorado; Cornelia A now\\nattending college at Kalamazoo, Mich., and E. Louise.\\nMrs. S. died in Pine River Township, May 19, 1862,\\nand he again married in the same township. May 4,\\n1864, Miss Sarah E. Porter, a sister of his former\\nwife, who was born in Coshocton, Ohio, Sept. 12,\\n1839. By this marriage there have been six children,\\nthree of whom are deceased. Miles R. is clerk in a\\ndrug store in St. Louis; Mortimer and Arthur E. are\\nthe other two living. The deceased are Laura A.,\\nMary B. and Virgil.\\nIn February, 1882, Mr. Smith came to his present\\nlocation, where he owns 80 acres, and has 30 acres\\nin cultivation. He has a good home, all made by\\nhimself in spite of many adverse fortunes, and his\\nenergy and judicious management insure permanent\\nprosperity. He is a member of the pioneer society,\\nand also a charter member of the Masonic lodge at\\n.St. Louis, No. 188. He was the first Clerk of Pine\\nRiver Township, holding the jjosition two years.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\ntephen M. Boyle, farmer on section 29,\\nFulton Township, is a son of Andrew and\\nJoanna (Barry) Boyle, natives of Ireland.\\nThey emigrated to Canada about 1825, and\\nsettled in Northumbedand County, where Mr.\\nBoyle died. His wife afterwards came to\\nGratiot County, where she lived until her death.\\nTheir son, Stephen M., was born in Northumber-\\nland Co., Ontario, Sept. 12, 1838., and received a good\\ncommon-school education, remaining at home until\\n20 years old. In April, 1859, he came to Gratiot\\nCounty, and for one year he lived in Newark Town-\\nship. He has owned at different times several tracts\\nof land, and in 1872 he bought 160 acres on section\\n29, Fulton, wliere he now resides. He owns at pres-\\nent 180 acres, of which 80 are in an advanced state\\nof cultivation.\\nHe was first married in Northumberland Co., On-\\ntario, Oct. 19, 1865, to Mary Lang, a native of Can-\\nada. She died July 15, 1868. He was again mar-\\nried at St. John s, Mich., Sept. 25, 187^, to Sarah J.,\\ndaughter of William R. and Mary (Page) Price. She\\nwas born in Belknap Co., N. H., July 25, 185 i. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Boyle have become the parents of two\\nchildren, Winfield R. and Mary G. Mr. B. has held\\nthe office of School Inspector. He is politically a\\nProhibitionist. He belongs to the Masonic Order,\\nto the G. A. R, and, with his wife, to Essex Grange,\\nPatrons of Husbandry. He and wife are also mem-\\nbers of the Christian Church.\\nDec. 10, 1863. Mr. Boyle enlisted in the 4th Mich.\\nVol. Cav., and served till January, 1865. He was\\nwith Sherman in his famous march to the sea, as far\\nas 30 miles south of Atlanta, when, in a hand-to-\\nhand encounter, he was wounded in three different\\nparts of his body. He carries two bullets to tliis\\nday.\\nV\\ni srael Cole, Postmaster at Edgewood, this\\nCounty, is a son of Leonard Cole, a native\\nof Ulster Co., N. Y., now deceased, and\\nwas born in Orange County, same State, Nov.\\n27, 1808. He received all the advantages\\nwhich the common schools of his native county\\nafforded, and lived and developed into manhood\\nwhile a resident of the State, remaining there until\\n1833, except from the fall of 28 to the fall of 29,\\nwhich time he spent in the South. In the spring of\\nthat year, having united himself in marriage a year\\nprevious, 1832, to Miss Mary J. Hopkins, he and his\\nyoung bride moved to Orleans County, their native\\nState, and entered on life s battles.\\nMr. Cole then traveled as a Methodist Protestant\\npreacher for 23 years, until 1856, when he and his\\npartner in life settled in Erie ounty. New York.\\nHere he followed the occupation of a farmer for six\\nyears, then engaged in working at masonry during\\nthe summers and working in a mill until November, li\\n1878, when, having lost his wife, with two of his U^\\nchildren he came to this State. He settled in Edge\\nwood and opened a general mercantile store, in w\\nwhich business, together with that of l\\\\)Stinaster, he\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abH.\\nJ^\\n^^mm\\\\:\\nr^-\\n-\u00c2\u00abi4^f", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0676.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0677.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0678.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "S^i\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nis now engaged and obtaining his portion of the trade\\nof the community.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cole had born to them the following\\nchildren Margaret (Chapman, of Boston, Mass.),\\nAgnes (Knapp), Leonard (of Las Vegas, N. M.),\\nIsabella (Stetson, of Lee Co., 111.), Theresa and Sen-\\neca M. (live at home), Alexander (La Junta, Col.),\\nLouisa (Lawler, of St. Thomas, Can.), and Mary A.\\n(Shuman, of this township).\\nJiiSMM^r\\n^4^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab^3l5) ^wzr*v.\\np?on. William S. Turck, of the banking house\\nfti of W. S. Turck Co., at Alma, and Steel,\\nTurck Co., at Ithaca, is a resident at Alma.\\nHe is one of the pioneer settlers of Gratiot\\nCounty and ranks among its prominent citizens.\\nHe is the son of Zachariah and Rebecca (Decker)\\nTurck. His father was born in the State of New\\nYork and was by vocation a tanner and currier. His\\nmother was a native of Schoharie Co., N. Y.\\nMr. Turck was born in Port Hope, Canada, Aug.\\n7, 1839. He received a fair elementary education\\nat the common schools, and at the age of 16 he\\nbegan an apprenticeship with his brother Henry,\\nwho was engaged in the tannery business in Clark\\nTownship, Durham Co., Canada. He served about\\nfour years and then went to Shelby, Orleans County,\\nwhere he remained until i860, when he came to Isa-\\nbella Co., Mich., and obtained employ at Indian\\nMills, on the Chippewa River, near the site of Mount\\nPleasant. The establishment was owned by the\\nUnited States Government and included a grist-mill.\\nMr. Turck remained there a year in charge of the\\nflouring department. In the fall of 1861 he rented\\na saw and grist mill at Alma. The now promising\\nvillage was then in its earliest incipiency, and con-\\nsisted of three log houses in the midst of a dense\\nforest. He continued the management of the mill\\nuntil August, 1862, when the spirit whith enrolled\\nthe name of Michigan on the highest battlements of\\nfame proved too strong to vvitlistaiid, and he yielded\\nto its overpowering influence. He arranged his pri-\\nvate affairs and enlisted at Alma in Co. D, 26th Regt.\\nMich. Vol. Inf., Capt. Lafayette Church, and was\\nmustered into service as 2d Lieutenant of the com-\\npany. The honorable record of the 26th Michi-\\ngan, which outranked every other regiment in the\\nwar as skirmishers, included every name on its roll.\\npames lor s\\nganizations T\\ns, and rep- \\\\fo)\\nIt was constructed of the surplus companies for\\nwhom there was no assignment in the orga\\nof the 24th and 25th Michigan regiments,\\nresented the best blood and position in the Peninsu-\\nlar State. From the time it went into rendezvous at\\nJackson until the close of the war it was the object\\nof a deep interest, and its course through the re-\\nmainder of the war was observed with justifiable\\npride at home and won unstinted commendations in\\nmilitary and official circles. Its members were\\nnoticed for special appointments for personal bravery\\nby the brigade and corps commanders, and its effi-\\nciency, patriotism and order in the suppression of\\nthe rebellion conferred upon it a prominence second\\nto none. On going to the front, in December, it was\\nassigned to Provost duty at Alexandria, Va., and in\\nthe spring following proceeded to Suffolk, which\\nplace was endangered by the threatened assault of\\nthe insurgents under the rebel Loiigstreet. It was jL\\nsent to New York to protect the city during the\\nfamous riot of 1863 consequent upon the draft. Its =J\\narrival upon the scene of action was hailed with de-\\nlight, and the New York journals glowed with en-\\ncomiums on the bravery, intelligence and military v*\\ndiscipline of the regiment, for wich they bespoke the\\nappreciation and welcome of the citizens of the\\ngreat metropolis. Its duty in New York and the\\nharbor being done, it rejoined the Army of the Potomac\\nand was assigned to the tst Brigade, commanded by\\nGen. Miles, in the ist Division, 2d Army Corps, in\\nwhich it remained until the termination of the war.\\nMr. Turck was promoted to rst Lieutenant, April 15,\\n1863, and was made Cai)tain, Aug. 12, 1864. He\\nwas in 28 engagements, including all the [irominent\\nactions of the war after the assignment of the regi-\\nment. At the battle of Spottsylvania, May 12, 1S64,\\nhe was wounded in the head by a minie ball and was\\noff duty in consequence ten days. On the occasion\\nof Lee s surrender at Appomattox Court-House,\\nCapt. Turck was in charge of the brigade skirmish- 1\\ners. The regiment was mustered out June 4, 1S65.\\nMr. Turck returned to Alma and engaged in lum-\\nbering during the winter of 1865-6. In the fall of\\n1866 he was elected County Treasurer, and was\\ntwice re-elected to the same position, holding the\\noffice an aggregate of six years. In consequence of\\n)\u00c2\u00ab^fi\\n^t\\n^wmi", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0679.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "I\\n4\\nV\\n(1)\\n658\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nimpaired health he determined to devote his energies\\nto agriculture, and bought a farm one mile north of\\nIthaca. He passed the succeeding eight years in its\\nimprovement, and then returned to Alma, where,\\nassociated with A. W. Wright and others, he founded\\nthe banking liouse with whicli he is at present con-\\nnected. He was one of its stockholders and held\\nthe positions of cashier and manager. In August,\\n1883, the bank was re-organized under its present\\nstyle, and since that date has been engaged in pros-\\nperous financial transactions common to institutions\\nof similar scope and character. Upon the formation\\nand organization of the banking establishment of\\nSteel, Turck Co., he became a stockholder therein.\\nMr. Turck is interested in the milling business at\\nAlma, and in i88i built a flouring-mill. It is con-\\nstructed of brick, 45 x 80 feet, with three stories\\nabove the basement. Its producing capacity is 100\\nbarrels daily, and it is fitted with 1 1 sets of rollers\\nand three run of stones. Four men are employed\\nand the mill is operated chiefly on custom work.\\nMr. Turck has been a Republican since he attained\\nto the privileges of citizenship, and has always been\\nfearless and outspoken in the interests of the party.\\nIn the fall of 1876 he was nominated in the Repub-\\nlican Convention, held at Ithaca, as member of the\\nHouse of Representatives in the Legislature of Mich-\\nigan. He was elected by a large majority, running\\n150 votes in advance of his ticket. During the ses-\\nsion he performed much effective service in the in-\\nterests of his constituency, introduced several import-\\nant bills and served on the Committees on Local\\nTaxation and Drainage. He was re-elected in 1878\\nand was again in advance of his ticket. He was\\nappointed Chairman of the Railroad Committee and\\non the State School at Coldwater.\\nMr. Turck has been a member of the Masonic\\nOrder 22 years, in which he has taken 12 degrees.\\nHe has been the incumbent of all the important posi-\\ntions in the lower body and was Grand High Priest\\nof the Grand Chapter of Michigan, and acted eight\\nyears as High Priest of Chapter No. 70, of Ithaca.\\nHe owns a fine residence at Alma, besides a consid-\\nerable amount of village property. He is managing\\nextensive stock interests on his farm of 400 acres\\nlocated in the township of Arcada, three miles from\\nAlma. The war, business, and political record of\\nMr. Turck afford tlie best possible manifest of his\\nmerits as an American citizen. He needs no fulsome\\nflattery to per|)etrate the undefiled name transmitted\\nto the generations to come on the pages of the Bio-\\ngraphical Album of Gratiot County. His portrait,\\nwhich appears on a preceding page, is one that en-\\nhances the value of tlie work and will be received\\nwith the greatest satisfaction by its patrons.\\nMr. Turck s marriage to Louisa A. Ely occurred\\nSept. 15, 1864. She was born July 18, 1845, in New\\nYork, and is the daughter of Gen. Ralph and Mary\\nE. Ely (see sketch of Gen. R. Ely). Four children\\nhave been born to Mr. and Mrs. Turck, as follows\\nRalph, June 26, 1865 (died in 1866); Ruby, June\\n28, 1869 (died in 1872); Lena M., Sept. 9, 1872;\\nRaymond C.,Oct. 12, 1874.\\nhomas J. Hoxie, farmer, section 22, Fulton\\nTownship, is a son of Thomas J. and Eliza-\\nbetli (Hathaway) Hoxie, natives of New\\nYork and Massachusetts respectively. They\\nfirst settled in Genesee Co., N. Y., whence, in\\n1845, they removed to Fulton Co., Ohio.\\nThere tiiey lived until their death. Mr. Ho.xie fell\\ndead in the Island House, Toledo, in 1876, while\\nreturning home from Washington, D. C. Mrs. Hoxie\\ndied in January, 1874. Their family comprised six\\nsons and one daughter Eliza, Joseph, William E.,\\nJohn B., Thomas J., Calvin H. and Lyman P.\\nThe fourth son, Thomas J. Hoxie, was born in\\nLivingston C o., N. Y., Aug. 26, 1843, and was one\\nyear old when his parents removed to Ohio. He\\nremained at home until 17 years old, and then began\\nthe battle of life for himself. He attended the com-\\nmon schools while a boy, and for two winters taught\\nschool himself. At the age mentioned, he bought a\\nfarm of 40 acres of wild land in Fulton Co., Ohio,\\nwhere he lived two years. He then sold, and in the\\nsummer of 1863 came with his wife and one child to\\nGratiot County, where he purchased 40 acres of tim-\\nbered land on section 26, Fulton Township. Here\\nhe lived nearly two years. He has bought and sold\\nseveral farms in Washington and Fulton Townships,\\nmaking his last change in the spring of 1877, when\\nhe traded 160 acres on section 22, Fulton, for 80\\nacres on sections 22 and 27. He now lives on sec-\\ntion 22, and owns r6o acres, of which roo acres are\\nnicely improved.\\n9\\nA\\nr\\ngi^v\u00c2\u00ae))?^^\\n^^ii!i^nr\\nA r^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0680.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0681.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "cc/c^y^\\nL^^^\\nc,-^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0682.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "^x/l:\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-Z^%^\\n^o!^-\\n66 1\\nJ\\nV\\nMay ig, 1861, at Morenci, Lenawee Co., Mich., he\\nmarried Miss Martha A., daughter of Walter S. and\\nElizabeth (Smith) Coleman, natives of Ohio and\\nPennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman were among\\nthe first settlers of Williams Co., Ohio. They finally\\nsettled in Fulton Co., Ohio, where she died, March\\n3, 1 88 1. He went to Arkansas, and died at Eureka\\nSprings in February, 1883. Mrs. Hoxie was born in\\nCuyahoga Co., Ohio, Dec. 10, 1844, and is the mother\\nof si.\\\\ children: William E., Cecilia A., Lyman W.\\nL., Thomas J., Joe M. and Herbert W.\\nMr. Hoxie has taught school in this county 11\\nterms. He has been School Superintendent two\\nterms, and has held the various school offices. His\\nwife and daughter are members of the Advent\\nChurch. Politically, he is a Democrat. Mr. H. is a\\nrelative of the wife of Hon. Jefferson Davis, the fa-\\nmous ex-President of the Southern Confederacy. An\\nuncle, Joseph Hoxie, was for many years a Senator\\nfrom New York, and he raised and eciuipped a regi-\\nment for the Government during the rebellion. Mr.\\nHoxie s father was also in the late war, and the\\nancestors of both Mr. and Mrs. H. were in the Revo-\\nlution.\\nafayette Church, farmer on section 2, Ar-\\ncada Township, and whose portrait is given\\non the opposite page, was born in Wayne\\nCo., N. Y., July 16, 18 16, and is a son of Will-\\nard and Sally (Davis) Church, natives of Con-\\nnecticut. Willard Cluirch was descended from\\nthe old Puritan stock, and was a soldier all through\\nthe Revolution. His cousin, Capt. Church, was one\\nof the leaders on the side of the Colonists in King\\nPhilip s war. The Churcli family was one of the first\\nof New England, and its members were prominently\\nidentified with its Colonial history. Sally Davis was\\nof English parentage, and her family came from the\\nother side of the waters much later than the Churches.\\nLafayette was the youngest of nine children, all of\\nwhom grew to be adults, be married, and have fami-\\nlies about them, before death began to thin their\\nnumbers. His father died in Livingston County,\\nthis State, at the advanced age of 88. The educa-\\ntional advantages afforded the subject of this sketch\\nin his boyhood were very limited, and most of his\\ntime was spent at work on the farm. When 16 years\\nold, he left thq parental roof to seek his own liveli-\\nhood. He was first employed in a drug-store at Pro-\\nvidence, R. I., for about three years, during which\\ntime he improved his leisure hours in study, and at-\\ntended school to some extent. Returning home, he\\nlived there one year, and in the fall of 1836 came to\\nthis State, spending the following winter in Oakland\\nCounty. The next spring he went to Ionia, then a\\nmere village of a liundred or so inhabitants. He was\\nafterwards employed in Clinton County and again in\\nIonia.\\nJan. 29, 1840, at Lyons, Ionia County, he was\\nunited in marriage to Sophronia, daughter of Nathan\\nand Chloe (Tyler) Benjamin, natives of New York\\nState, and of English and Irish extraction. She was\\nborn in Wayne Co., Ohio, Oct. 26, 1823, and when a\\nyear and a half old, she came with her parents to\\nOakland Co., Mich. Thence they removed to Ionia\\nCounty, where she lived until her marriage. Her\\nfather drove the first wagon over East Plains, of that\\ncounty, and also the first wagon into Maple Rapids.\\nMr. and Mrs. Church lived at Lyons seven years,\\nand then went to Wheatland Township, Hillsdale\\nCounty, where they lived until 1854. In the winter\\nof that year they came to Gratiot County, and pur-\\nchased from the Government 80 acres of land in\\nwhat is now Arcada Township. They were among\\nthe very first settlers, and were familiarized with all\\nthe hardships of pioneer life. Mr. Church has since\\nadded 120 acres to his farm, but the farm has been\\nmostly divided up among the family, and he now has\\n60 acres, well cultivated. He helped to start the\\ntown of Ithaca, building a house, and starting a saw\\nand grist mill at that place in connection with Francis\\nNelson and John Jefferson.\\nMr. and Mrs. Church have been blessed with ten\\nchildren, of whom two have gone to that bourne\\nwhence no traveler returns. The living are as fol-\\nlows Nathan, born Nov. 22, 1840; Susan, Aug. 22,\\n1849; Marie E., Oct. 9, 1851; Avolin, Dec. 22,\\n1853; Julia, Sept. 7, 1856; Flora, March 25, i860;\\nWillard, May 19, 1861 Fred, June 2, 1863. S.\\nCornelia was born Aug. 3, 1S42, and died March 23,\\n1878; Frances A., born Aug. 5, 1844, and died Sept.\\n17, 1865.\\nAt the first general election held in Gratiot Coun-\\nty, Mr. Church was chosen County Treasurer, which\\nc\\n(9\\ntA^\\nI ^fJ^Jf^ff--^\\n^m r^: m^y^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0683.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "^ZJ^^*^\\n^^lll]^(i|]^ 7^\\n.662\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cr-T-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nWsr\\n-^\u00c2\u00aet?^\\n{Oj\\noffice he held four years, and he was also the first\\nTreasurer of Arcada Township. In May, 1855, he\\norganized the first Sunday-school started in Gratiot\\nCounty, meeting at the house of F. Way, midway\\nbetween Alma and St. Louis. July 19, 1862, he re-\\nceived from the Governor of the State a commission\\nas Second Lieutenant, and authority to raise a com-\\npany of volunteers. When a sufficient number had\\nbeen raised, they were mustered in as Co. D, 26th\\nMich. Vol. Inf and Lieutenant Church was imme-\\ndiately made Captain of that company, which con-\\ntained many of the best citizens of Gratiot County.\\nHe held that rank for 18 months, and was then, on\\nrecommendation of the principal officers of the regi-\\nment, commissioned as Regimental Chaplain. This\\nposition he held until the rebellion closed with the\\nsurrender of Gen. Lee, of which histoiical event he\\nwas an eye-witness. He was at the head of his com-\\npany at the battle of Mine Rurr, and distinguished\\nhimself on other occasions. His son, Nathan, held\\nthe rank of First Lieutenant in the same company,\\nand the two fought and marched together until the\\nclose of the war. They were honorably discharged\\nin June, 1865. Since the war, Capt. Church has led\\na quiet and retired life at his home in Arcada Town-\\nship. He is highly respected by all his numerous\\nfriends, and his long residence and gallant services\\nV^ have won him a front place among Gratiot County s\\nleading citizens. Politically, he is an ardent and in-\\nfluential Republican.\\nr\\nFimothy Pressley, farmer, section 24, New-\\nark Township, was born Feb. 14, 1822, in\\nHannstoi te Parish, 12 miles east of Shef-\\n(^J^ field, Yorkshire, England, where his parents,\\nWilliam and Anna (Holmes) Pressley, were\\nborn and passed their lives. They belonged\\nto the agricultural class and the son was reared to the\\n(9* same calling.\\nI He came to the United States in 1844 and landed\\nat the city of New York. His first experience in the\\nGreat Republic was novel, and almost startling.\\nDuring his first night in New York, while occupying\\na room with several other young men, they were ser-\\nenaded by a myriad of katydids, an insect entirely\\n^s.^^ ^^tK^D t\\nstrange to them. During a great part of the night\\nthey were kept awake, conjecturing who the disputing\\nparties might be, who seemed to be trying to decide\\nby verbal contest whether Katy did or didn t. To\\nadd to the weird effect, a number of the common in-\\nsects usually called lightning-l)ugs were flying\\naround in the darkness. These seemed to be peace-\\nmakers, trying to pacify the disputants. Mr. Press-\\nley made his first location in OstegoCo., N. Y. After\\na residence there of three years he removed to\\nColumbus, O., and passed three years, acting as Stew-\\nard in the American Hotel. He went next to Rich-\\nland Co., Ohio, where he operated as a farm assist-\\nant for about seven years. In November, 1857, he\\ncame with his family, then comprising his wife and\\nthree children, to Michigan. He fixed uiX)n Gratiot\\nCounty as promising to afford a suitable field for the\\ndevelopment of his labors and aspirations, and bought\\n80 acres of land in an unimproved condition on sec-\\ntion 34, in Newark Township. He experienced many\\nsevere privations during his early years in Gratiot.\\nOn one occasion, having to go to St. John s on busi-\\nness, he had but 75 cents in money. Paying 50 cents\\nfor a night s shelter for his steers, and 25 cents for\\nhimself, consumed the entire supply of specie in his\\npossession, and his entire subsistence during the two\\ndays journey was a little bread made of bran and wa-\\nter brought from home. In spite of hardships almost\\nincredible, Mr. Pressley persevered in his resolve to\\nmake a home in the woods of Michigan, and he\\nretained the farm on which he first located for 22\\nyears. In 1879, he sold it to J. M. alker. He had\\nmade previous purchase of 40 acres on section 33, on\\nwhich he built a house and continued the pursuit of\\nagriculture a few months, when lie again sold out.\\nIn April, 1881, he bought no acres on section 24.\\nThis is his homestead and he is engaged in success-\\nful farming on 90 acres of well-improved, valuable\\nland. He also owns a lot in the village of Alma, on\\nthe corner of Fourth and Superior Streets. It is on\\nsection 3. Arcada Township. Mr. Pressley is a Re-\\npublican in political connection and served 18 years\\nas School Director in District No. 4, Newark Town-\\nship. In the spring of 1883 he was elected Highway\\nCommissioner.\\nHe was married Feb. i, 1850, in Columbus, Ohio,\\nto Sarah E.. eldest daughter of Harmon Earl, a na-\\ntive of the Dominion of Canada. The daughter was\\nK^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i\\n0)\\n1\\nmM\\n-*4^^^:\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0684.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0685.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "uimA^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0686.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "s", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0687.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0688.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "m\\nj^ir|s^\\nK 6V tl D :t: B W^ t\\n4^^^\\nGRATIOJ COUNTY.\\nborn Nov. 5, 1829, in Columbiana Co., Ohio. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Pressley are the parents of eight children.\\nSix of these are living, named as follows: Emma J.,\\nClarissa A., Eva E., Rosa J., Frank L. and Hannah\\nE. Charles Nelson died when nearly 14 years of\\nage. Walter H. was about the same age when he\\ndied.\\n^iSias^M^r\\n^gi^a;^F^^^^v.\\niiiSi^r\\naniel O. Cuff, Under-Sheriff of Gratiot\\nq ia^jl ij County, resident at St. Louis, was born in\\nll Sf Brandon, Rutland Co., Vt., May 12, 1834.\\nrjRt His. father, Thomas_Cuff, was born in County\\nTyrone, Ireland, and is now living in Sandstone\\nTownship, Jackson Co., Mich., 74 years old.\\nHis mother, Clarissa (Frost) Cuff, was born in Bran-\\ndon, and is 75 years of age. The parents removed\\nfrom the Green Mountain State to Michigan in\\n1838. They located at Jackson, which was then a\\nhamlet in its most rural condition and consisted of a\\nfew log huts and a log hotel. The State Prison was\\nlocated there about that time, and Thomas and Pat-\\nrick Cuff took the contract to build the wall, which\\nwas constructed of tamarack poles 22 feet long, set\\nin trenches, from which the institution was called\\nThe Tamaracks. Thomas Cuff bought three acres\\nof land, a part of which is now included in the Jack-\\nson County Fair Grounds, and built two log houses\\nthereon, one for himself and the other for his father.\\nHe was one of the first to be appointed a prison\\nguard, and officiated in that capacity three years.\\nOn the building of the Michigan Central railroad, he\\nwas one of the contractors, and constructed seven\\nmiles of the track west of the city. The venture\\nproved successful, and he went to Sandstone, then\\nlarger in fact and promise than Jackson, and bought\\n320 acres of land in the township, where he has\\nsince lived. The place was located in heavy oak\\nopenings, and very valuable for agricultural pur-\\nposes. The homestead now includes 160 acres, and\\nis in admirable condition, vvi h two fine residences\\nand suitable and substantial farm buildings. One of\\nthe dwellings is occupied by tlie family of a son, and\\ntwo younger, Norman and I homas, reside with their\\nfather.\\nThe early years of the life of Mr. Cuff, of this\\nsketch, were spent in active labor. He first worked\\nas a lumberman, and, when his father took a contract\\nto furnisli stone for paving the streets of Detroit, he\\nassisted in the work of delivering the material at the\\nside track in Sandstone. He was tiuis occupied two\\nyears. k\\\\. 20, he became his own man and went\\nto Ionia, where he engaged in rafting scjuare timber\\nfrom Lyons to Ionia and Grand Rapids. He worked\\nas a laborer on the extension of the Detroit i^ Mil-\\nwaukee railroad from St. John s to Cirand Rapids\\nuntil the track was completed to Ionia, when he took\\na contract to build two and a half miles west of that\\ncity. When the road was in running order, Mr. Cuff\\nbecame Section Master between Lyons and Ionia,\\nand served a year in that position. He acted the\\nnext year as Division Master between St. John s and\\nSaranac. He resigned the latter post, and took a\\ncontract to fence both sides of the railroad track from\\nIonia to Lyons. The Job occupied a year, and on its\\ncompletion Mr. Cuff went to Hubbardston, in Ionia\\nCounty, and entered the employ of a heavy lumber\\nfirm as foreman in their mill and lumber yards. He\\nremained with them four years, and then obtained a\\nsituation as clerk in a drug store in Hubbardston.\\nIn 1862, the public interest in the fact that armed\\nrebellion had grown to such proportions as to engage\\nthe attention of the whole civilized world superseded\\nevery private ambition. The impulses of the einer-\\ngency swayed every class of men, and the resjionse\\nof Michigan to the sentiment which ruled the sum-\\nmer and autumn of 1862 gave the grand Peninsular\\nState a prestige whose record will glorify the pages\\nof history while time endures. Mr. Cuff enlisted at\\nHubbardston in Co. K, 21st Mich. Vol. Inf, Capt.\\nHerman Baroth, and was in the service of the United\\nStates nearly three years. On the organization of\\nthe company, Mr. Cuff was appointed Sergeant, and\\nNov. 12, 1863, was promoted to the position of Sec-\\nond Lieutenant. The regiment was mustered out\\nJune 8, 1865. Mr. Cuff participated in the following\\nengagements: Perry ville, Stone River, Chickamauga,\\nMission Ridge, \\\\tlanta, Jonesboro, Savannah, Averys-\\nboro and Bentonville. After receiving his discharge,\\nhe came to St. Louis and opened an establishment\\nfor the sale of boots, shoes and groceries, in coinpany\\nwith James S. Eager. He sold out at the end of two\\nyears, and engaged with H. L. Holcomb as foreman\\nin his mills and lumber yard. He officiated in that\\nposition seven years. In 1876, he bought a farm of\\nV^\\nV)\\n^M^^^rS\\n---l^^jf", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0689.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "WN^\\n668\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n40 acres in Pine River Township, on section 36,\\nwhich he still owns. The place is all cleared and\\nvjv, finely improved. In tVie years 1 880-1-2, Mr. Cuff\\n7 was engaged in buying grain for Nelson Barber, of\\nj^j Ithaca.\\nMr. Cuff has been the incumbent of responsible\\npublic positions ever since he became a citizen of\\nGratiot County. In 1872 he was elected Trustee of\\nthe village of St. Louis and retained the position two\\nyears. The following year he officiated as Village\\nAssessor, and in 1874 filled the same office. In 1875\\nhe was elected President of the Board of Trustees\\nof St. Louis and again in 1876. In 1877 he was\\nelected Supervisor of Pine River Township and was\\nsuccessively re-elected five times. In 1 880-1 he\\nserved as President of the Village Board. In the\\nfall of 1882 he was the Fusion candidate for Repre-\\nsentative of Gratiot County, and ran against A. B.\\nDarragh. Probably two more popular candidates\\nwere never in the field in a local election. Mr. Cuff\\nmade a vigorous and well-nigh successful campaign,\\nvirtually securing a triumph, as Mr. Darragh won by\\nonly 34 votes. In January, 1883, Mr. Cuff was ap-\\nix)inted Under-Sheriff of Gratiot County by K. P.\\nPeet, and is at present discharging the obligations of\\nthe position. His record affords a fine illustration of\\nthe inherent value of republican institutions to men\\nJ of energy, perseverance and self-respect. He was\\nborn heir to the grand American privilege of unob-\\nstructed effort, and he applied himself manfully and\\ncreditably to his struggle with opportunity. The\\nvictory he carries on his banners is the just reward of\\nhis integrity and endeavors.\\nMr. Cuff was married at Hubbardston, Dec. 10,\\n1859, to Harriet E., daughter of Elijah and .S.nrah\\n(Goodwin) Marlett. Her father was born Nov. 30,\\n1802, in Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. and was the son\\nof Peter and Mercy Marlett, natives of New Jersey.\\nHe grew tc, manhood in tlie town of Penfield, Mon-\\nroe Co., N. v., and was married Sept. 17, 1826, to\\nthe daughter of Chauncey and Sarah (Hubbard)\\nGoodwin. After their marriage they went to Roch-\\nester, N. v., where Mr. Marlett worked about one\\nyear as a carpenter and builder, removing at the ex-\\n.i.. piration of that time to Steuben, Oneida Co., N. Y.\\nHe lost his health and came to Michigan in 1836\\nr and settled at Ionia. His wife came in 1837. Their\\nfamily included six children, born as follows Rich-\\n/7s\\n2\\nr,.\\nard Ely, March 18, 1829; Clinton Erastus, Feb. 12,\\n1832; Sarah Maria, Oct. 20, 1834; Celia Sophia,\\nApril 17, 1837; W. H. H. July 21, 1841 Harriet E.\\n(Mrs. Cuff), April 13, 1843. Mr. Marlett died at\\nIonia, Mich., Feb. 24, 1845, of lingering consump-\\ntion, from which he was a sufferer 21 years. He left\\na wife and four children. He was a man of integ-\\nrity and exalted Christian character and left a record\\nof honesty and uprightness which is still fresh and\\ngreen in the memory of many, though nearly 40 years\\nhave gone since he passed to the shelter of a\\nhome whose curtain never outward swings. Chaun-\\ncey Goodwin, the grandfather of Mrs. Cuff, died\\nFeb. 17, 1788. Her grandmother was born in Mid-\\ndletown. Conn., Nov. 2, 1790. Mrs. Marlett was\\nborn Oct. 13, 1809, in Steuben, Oneida Co., N.\\nand is the oldest of !4 children, seven of whom are\\nliving. After her husband s death she maintained\\nand brought up her four children, residing at Ionia\\nuntil 1862, when she came with her youngest daugh-\\nter tc St.* Louis, where she is still a resident and is\\nnearly 75 years old. Her oldest son, Richard E.,\\nbecame a soldier and enlisted in 1863, in the 21st\\nMidi. Vol. Inf. He was attacked with camp diarrhea\\nand sent, March 13, 1865, to Danel s Island Hos-\\npital, N. Y., where erysipleas set in, and he died\\nMarch 29, 1865.\\nThe record of the children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nCuff are as follows: Florence E., born Sept. 5, i860,\\ndied Oct. 17, 1865; Horace E., born Feb. i, 1863,\\ndied Oct. 12, 1870; Norman E. was born Oct. 15,\\n1867; William H., Sept. 7, 1869; Hattie E., June\\n24, 1877; D. born Oct. 24, 1880, died May 6,\\n.883.\\nI luis llf .-flit an aii^wiT tc my cann-.-t prayiiif;:\\nT\\\\n\\\\^ IIo keeps my dai-linj; IVi-c from cartlily stain:\\nThus He fdlilsthe pet lamb safe IVoui earthly straying:\\nBut we miss him sadly anil cannot still tiie pain.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Cuff are given in\\nthis volume in connection with this sketch.\\nicholas Joslin, farmer on section 3, Seville\\nTownship, is a son of Henry and Karie\\n(Edee) Joslin, natives of Rhode Island\\nand New York State, respectively. The father\\nwas by occupation a carpenter, and lived in\\nNew York unril his children came to Michigan,\\n^i^^f\\nhis wife dying in the meantime, in 1830.\\nHe lived\\n(r", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0690.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "T2\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bb^ 6VC llll^:IlIlr. T\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nh\\nC^J\\nY\\nt\\n669\\nwith his children in this State for many years, and a\\nlittle previous to his death, in i860, went to live with\\na daughter, in Joliet, 111.\\nThe subject of this biography was born June 3,\\n18 16, in Monroe Co., N. Y., and lived at home with\\nhis parents until he was 14 years of age. His\\nmother dying, he then left home, and served tluee\\nyears as an apprenticed chair-maker, and also as an\\nap[jrentice to the house-painter s trade, which he fol-\\nlowed until he came to Michigan, in 1837. He lived\\nin Wayne County 20 years, during which period he\\nserved in the Mexican war. in the capacity of Arsenal\\nSergeant. In 1S57, he came to Gratiot County and\\nbought 240 acres of land on section 3, Seville.\\nAt that time almost all the vast territory north of him\\nwas a dense wilderness. He has nicely improved 80\\nacres, and no.v smiles contentedly at the recollection\\nof past trials.\\nOct. 10, 1841, he was married to Nancy M. Free-\\nman, who was born March 2, 1824, in the State of\\nNew York. Her parents, Arial and Polly (Moore)\\nFreeman, were natives of the State of New Hamp-\\nshire. She died March 8, 1854, leaving three chil-\\ndren, Edward, William and Ida. Mr. J. married for\\nhis second wife Minerva C. Freeman, a daughter of\\nAdan and Elmira (Mason) Freeman, natives of New\\nHampshire and Vermont. To this marriage have\\nbeen born seven children, Adan W., George W.,\\nElla A., Uzal, Charles L., Irena L., Eda J. D. Mr.\\nJosliu has been complimented with the offices of\\nJustice of the Peace and Highway Commissioner,\\nand he has held some school office ever since coming\\nto the county. He is politically a Democrat. He\\nand wife are consistent members of the FreejMeth-\\nodist Church.\\n-4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 v^^^i-C^S-v/v^-H\\n^ilMi^harles H. Axtell, builder and contractor,\\nte^JaS located at Alma, was born Nov. 9, 1833,\\nSji^ 111 New Jersey. He is a son of Jonathan R.\\n*j|^ and Mary E. (Smith). Axtell, both of whom\\nwere also natives of New Jersey. They came\\nlater in life to Livingston Co., Mich.\\nMr. Axtell is the eldest of 1 1 children born to his\\nparents, and at the age of 17 years he was appren-\\nticed to acquire the details of the profession of\\nbuilder and served three years. He embarked in\\nbusiness for himself on attaining his majority, and\\nhas since given his attention and energies exclusively\\nto his interests in the avenues pertaining to his voca-\\ntion, with the exception of the period of time he\\nspent in the service of his country as a soldier for\\nthe Union. He enlisted in April, 1861, in the 3d\\nMich. Vol. Inf, and after one year of service he was\\ndischarged for disability. In the spring of 1863 he\\nagain enlisted and was mustered into the service as\\nBrigade Band Master. At the end of the war he\\nreceived honorable discharge at Fort Leavenworth,\\nKan., when he returned to Michigan and resumed\\nthe duties of his occupation. He is a Republican in\\npolitical affiliation, and a member of the Order of\\nOdd Fellows, of Masonry and of the fraternity of the\\nA. O. U. W.\\nMr. Axtell was married in Ionia, Dec. 5, 1858, to\\nMary E., daughter of Thomas and Orpha (Beck-\\nwith) Cornell. They were natives of Long Island,\\nN. Y., and were among the pioneer settlers of Ionia\\nCounty. Mrs. Axtell was born in Ionia County, Feb.\\n21, 1831. The household includes the following\\nchildren: Hattie O., William B. and Fred R.\\n^oseph I. Lovell, farmer and stock-raiser on\\nJ^^ltf section 16, Sumner Township, was born in\\n%p Lordstown Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\nApril 28, 1824, and is the son of Ira and Lydia\\n(Lewis) Lovell. Ira Lovell was born in Ver-\\nmont, March 17, 1791, was a mason and farmer,\\nand died in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in January, 1852,\\naged 61. Lydia (Lewis) Lovell was born in Rhode\\nIsland in 1789 and died in Clay Co., Ind., in Septem-\\nber, 185 I, aged 62.\\nThe subject of this biographical narrative remained\\nat home until 24 years of age, the last four years,\\nowing to his father s disability, having the active\\nmanagement of the farm. His father giving him\\n$300, he then went to Indiana and purchased 80\\nacres near La Grange, La Grange County. Two\\nyears later he returned home to care for his father,\\nwho was becoming very feeble, and he remained at\\nhome until the death of both his parents, who died\\nA\\n(y\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S\\n:^iinf\\nA^-", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0691.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": ".^.i^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v ^nil^:iiDf ?^trr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\n|j^5f\\nV three months apart. All his little property was con-\\nsumed in the expenses of sickness and death. Mis-\\nfortunes never come singly, but in groups, and Mr.\\nLovell was prostrated with fever and remained ill for\\nabout two years during which time he was helped\\nby his father-in-law. Recovering sufficiently to per-\\nform manual labor, he began to farm on shares in his\\nnative county, and four years later in the fall of 1856\\nhe came to Michigan and located 40 acres in Seville\\nTownship, this county. The following year he pur-\\nchased 40 acres on section 16, Sumner Township.\\nHe has since added 40 acres, and of his 80 he has\\nby his own efforts redeemed 63 acres from the dense\\nforest and placed them under cultivation. He has\\nrecently erected a large and commodious barn, at a\\ncost of $600, and made other convenient improve-\\nments. He makes the breeding of Norman horses\\nand Yorkshire hogs a specialty, and his stock shows\\nhis ability and success as a breeder.\\nVT Oct. 7, 1847, in Newton Township, Trumbull Co.,\\nOhio, he was united in niarjriage to Miss Lydia O.\\nGillmer, daughter of William and Catharine (Miller)\\nGillmer, natives of Ohio and of Scotch and Dutch\\ndescent. William Gillmer was successively a teacher,\\nprinter and farmer, and died in Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\nMay 4, 1850, aged 56. His wife died at the same\\nplace, Feb. 7, 1883, aged 84. Their daughter, Lydia\\nO., was born Dec. 4, 1828, and lived with her parents\\nuntil her marriage at the age of 19. She is the\\nmother of three children: Rachel A. (died when ten\\nmonths old), William I. and Ella A.\\nAug. 12, 1862, Mr. L. enlisted in Co. D, 26th\\nMich. Vol. Inf and he was assigned to the Army of\\nthe Potomac. He served generally on garrison duty\\nin the reserve, etc., and was discharged for disability,\\nMay 5, 1864, his foot, early in his service, having\\nbeen severely mashed by cars. He was under fire\\nof the rebels every day, near Yorktown, Va., from\\nApril 20 to May 23, 1863. March 17, 1865, he was\\ndrafted into the service again and assigned to Co. K,\\n1 6th Mich. Vol. Inf. The close of the war was, how-\\nV ever, at hand and he was discharged May 20, 1865.\\ni He is a member of Col. Ely Post, No. 158,0. A. R.,\\nat Elm Hall. He has been elected to the office of\\n^M Township Clerk, and otlier positions, but being no\\nj g) office seeker he has always refused to qualify. Polit-\\nically, he is a zealous National Greenbacker.\\nro\\n1\\n(0\\n000\\nohn Kipp, farmer, section 35, Pine River\\ni ownship, was born July 26, 1807, in Cay-\\nuga Co., N. Y. His parents were Barnabas\\nand Mary (McKillip) Kipp, the father a native\\nof the State of New York, the mother of Penn-\\nsylvania. They first settled in Adams County,\\nnear Gettysburg, Pa., and went afterwards to Cayuga\\nCo., when it was in its pioneer days. Later in life\\nthey went to Erie Co., N. Y., where the father died.\\nThe mother died in Michigan.\\nMr. Kipp grew to man s estate after the manner\\ncommon to the sons of farmers of the period and\\nplace where he was brought up. He lived at home\\nuntil he was 22 years old and was reared 10 the vo-\\ncation of agriculture. In 1831 he went to Maryland,\\nwhere he engaged in teaching three years, and after-\\nward became interested in mercantile pursuits, which\\nhe followed about 12 years, meeting with modepte\\nsuccess. In 1853 he sold his interests and came to\\nWyandot Co., Ohio, where he engaged in the hard-\\nware business and also in farming. He thus (jper-\\nated seven years and in i860 came to Genesee Co.,\\nMich. He purchased 50 acres of land, which he\\ncontinued to cultivate until 187 i, when he sold out\\nand came to Gratiot County. He bought 60 acres\\nof partly improved land, which has since been his\\nresidence and field of agticultural operations: has\\n35 acres of his farm under improvements. Hebe-\\nlongs to the National Greenback party in political\\nconnection.\\nHe was married May 4, 1834, in Marj land, to\\nElizabeth A. Learning. She was born in that State^\\nMay 12, 1812. Of her marriage to Mr. Kipp, sev-\\neral children have been born, three of whom sur-\\nvive William J., Mary E. and Charles A. The\\nl)arents are members of the Presbyterian Chinch.\\nIl^dward ]j. Walbridge, attorney and meni-\\nrfi5 her of the law farm of H. and E. L. Wal-\\nridge at Ithaca, was born Nov. 1, 1S56, at\\nSt. John s, Clinton Co., Mich., and is a son of\\nT Henry and Zilpah (Allen) Walbridge. His\\nJ father was born in 181 9 in the State of Ver-\\nmont, and has been for a long period of years a\\nC):\\nr\\n)(^f|^\\n^;^^ll!l^tllli1", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0692.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0693.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "{/^:^:^cS^/jie^y2^i^^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0694.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "8a\u00c2\u00bb-\\nK 6v ^^iin^^iin^\\n-T-rr-\\n.^ifil\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n673\\nV\\n(J)\\n1\\nprominent attorney at Clinton and Gratiot Counties\\nas well as a conspicuous member of the political ele-\\nment. In early life he was a Whig and was a dele-\\ngate to the National Convention at Jackson, where\\nthe Republican party in this State came into being,\\nsince which time he has been one of its staunchest\\nadherents, as are his three sons. He lias practiced\\nhis profession in Clinton County 25 years and has\\nheld tlie office of Prosecuting Attorney two terms\\nwas also Circuit Court Commissioner several terms.\\nHe ranks high in his profession and is a leading cit-\\nizen of the county. The mother of Mr. VValbridge\\nwas born Nov. 2, 1820, in Vermont. Her parents\\nwere Ethan and Hannah Allen, ar:d lier father was\\nsecond cousin to the hero of Ticonderoga for whom\\nhe was named.\\nMr. Walbridge was a studen at the High Scliool\\nat St. John s until he was 19 years old, when he re-\\nceived the appointment of Deputy Postmaster of that\\nplace. He discharged the duties of the position\\nabout 18 months, when he entered the Law Depart-\\nment of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor,\\nv/here he studied a year. Mr. Walbridge was in a sense\\nto the manner born, as his association with his father\\nand interest in the details of the law, together with\\nvaried experiences and reading in his father s office,\\nhad familiarized him with the minutice of legal mat-\\nters to a valuable extent. On leaving the University\\nhe devoted himself to the full completion of his stud-\\nies for the legal profession, and took advantage of the\\nopportunities afforded in his father s business. He\\nleft Ann Arbor in the spring of 1878 and in Febru-\\nary, 1879, he was admitted to practice in the State\\ncourts of Michigan. Soon after that event he was\\nelected ircuit Court Commissioner of Clinton County\\nand held the position one term. His election was\\nmost flattering, as he received a majority of 460 votes,\\nthe highest on the ticket. He was appointed Census\\nEnumerator of St. John s the same year. He be-\\ncame a resident of Ithaca, Feb. 20, 1883, and opened\\nan office under the firm name of H. E. L. Wal-\\nbridge, his father being senior partner, and well-known\\nin the courts of Gratiot County. Tiieir practice has\\nalready assumed substantial proportions and presents\\nmost flattering prospects of future success.\\nMr. Walbridge was married Feb. 1 i, 1880, in De\\nWitt, Clinton Co., Mich., to Mary, daughter of Dr.\\nGeorge W. and Lucinda (Hurd) Topping. She was\\nborn in De Witt, Aug. 9, 1861. Dr. Topping is a\\nphysician of prominence in his profession and a mem-\\nber of the National Medical Society. In 1882 he\\nwas the President of the State Medical Society of\\nMichigan.\\n^iflljilliam Andei-son, farmer on section 10\\ny^, Sumner Township, was born in Kent Co.,\\nJI^P ^iit irio. May 19, 1832, and is the son of\\nSamuel H. and Chloe (Merritt) Anderson,\\nnatives of New York and Nova Scotia, and\\nV of Scotch extraction. Samuel H. Anderson was\\nearlier in life a ship carpenter. He was a Captain\\nin the army during the McKenzie rebellion. He\\nis now living in Carson City, Montcalm Co., Mich.,\\naged 77. His wife died March 3, 1850.\\nWhen William was nine years old, his parents\\nmoved from Kent County to Charlotteville Township,\\nNorfolk County, and four years later they moved to\\nanother part of that county. After six years there,\\nthey lived eight years in Elgin County. The subject\\nof this notice then came to this State and county, and\\npurchasing 61 acres of timbered land, he built upon\\nit a log house and began to pioneer it. Slowly but\\nsurely has he supplanted a densly timbered tract with\\na fertile and rich farm, and he has now 50 acres of\\nproductive land, with large barns, and a beautiful\\nbrick cottage, octagonal in shape, built a few years\\nsince at a cost of $4,000. This is among the best\\nresidences in the township.\\nHis first marriage occurred March 12, 1854, to\\nMiss Catharine Emery, who was born in Canada\\nApril 29, 1836. She died at her home in Sumner\\nTownship Dec. 13, 1865, leaving a family of four:\\nSophronia, born Jan. 19, 1855; Ambrose C, July 24,\\n1S56; Loren A., Feb. 3, 1858; Alonzo L., Oct. 8,\\ni860. Mr. A. was again married, in this county,\\nOct. 2, 1867, to Cclista, daughter of Albert and Ace-\\nneth (Brown) Gavit, natives of Connecticut, and of\\nNew England ancestry. Mr. Gavit is a resident of\\nCanada, aged 75, and has been a farmer all his life.\\nHis wife died July 18, 1867. Celista was born in\\nTownsend Township, Norfolk Co., Canada, March\\n22, 1838, and came in i860 to this State, living first\\nin Kent County, and coming later to Gratiot County.\\nMr. and Mrs. A. are members of the Christian\\nChurcli. He is a member of Pioneer Grange, No. 431,\\nv/\\n-^^^f^ %?^M\u00c2\u00aeM^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0695.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "^^tfs\\nu^:^\\nmm^^ T\\n1\\nA\\n7V:\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0gf^\\n(i\u00c2\u00bb\\nPatrons of Husbandry, and at different times in the\\nlast few years has been elected to the various school\\noffices. Politically, he is an ardent Republican. By\\nhis second marriage, he has one daughter, Eula L.,\\nborn Aug. 8, 1872.\\nMr. Anderson has served his country in a military\\ncapacity as well as in that of a civil officer. In Oc-\\ntober, 1864, he enlisted in Co. D, 4th Mich. Vol. Inf,\\nand he fought under Gen. Thomas in the Army of\\nthe Cumberland. He fought at Decatur and Mur-\\nfreesboro, and many lesser engagements, and was\\ndischarged in June, 1865.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Anderson appears on a pre-\\nceding page.\\ni y. rV^ .f\\nr|, [j7,)j erbert N. Hayes, farmer, section 22, Pine\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0IJ^fd:! River Township, was born Feb. 16, i860,\\nxfe; in North Plains, Ionia County, Mich. He is\\nthe youngest son of William and Tirzah J.\\n(Kent) Hayes. (See sketcli of William Hayes.)\\nMr. Hayes obtained liis education at the com-\\nmon schools of his native county, and, for a time,\\nwas a student at the High School at St. Louis. He\\nwas bred under the care and guidance of his father\\nto the vocation of farmer, and now is the owner and\\nproprietor of 40 acres of land which is partly im-\\nproved. He is a Republican in political principle.\\nHe was married Dec. 6, 1883, to Adella F.,\\ndaughter of Jacob and Mary (Grill) Bauer. She was\\nborn Aug. 6, i860, in Summit Co., Ohio, and her par-\\nents were natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs.\\nHayes are members of the Disciples Church.\\n-5--^ vv^^p-i^S v\\n^t\u00c2\u00b1ll\\nF\\nt ;1 (i; y^^ixi G. Hall, at Ithaca, was born Feb. 22\\nWmL 1853, in Homer, Calhoun Co., Mich. His\\n\\\\5iy father. Dr. Oscar S. Hall, is now residing\\nat Rumney, (irafton Co., N. H., and is de-\\nq^ scended from English and Welsh ancestors.\\nHis mother, Kate M. (Merchant) Hall, was\\nborn in the State of New .York. Dr. Hall practiced\\nhis profession at Bellevue, Eaton Co., Mich., some\\nyears and went thence to Marshalltown, Iowa. He\\nreturned to Charloite, Eaton County, where he re-\\nsided until 1867, when he located at Ithaca and es-\\ntablished himself as a druggist and physician there\\nhe operated until 1875, when he returned to New\\nHampshire.\\nMr. Hall was six years old when his parents went\\nto Iowa and there attended school, as at Charlotte,\\nwhither they removed at a later date. At the age of\\n16, he entered the drug-store of his father at Ithaca\\nas assistant, and remained thus occupied until the\\nestablishment was sold, in 1875. He bought 60\\nacres of land on section 28, in the township of North\\nStar, on which he resided three years. At the expi-\\nration of that time he entered Church s abstract of-\\nfice, where he was employed until 1881, when he\\npurchased a stock of drugs and groceries of George\\nRichardson at the stand the latter now occupies. In\\nthe following fall he bought the jewelry stock of A.\\nB. Scattergood and prosecuted the sale of both lines\\nof goods. In June, 1883, he was appointed agent of\\nthe American Express Company at Ithaca, and is\\nstill attending to the business of the position. He\\nsold his farm in the spring of 1883, and Jan. 11,\\n1884, he sold his drug business to its former proprie-\\ntor, George Richardson\\nMr. Hall was married at Ithaca, Feb. 10, 1873, to\\nSue v., daughter of Lafayette and Sophronia (Benja-\\nmin) Church. She is a native of Ithaca. The three\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Hall are, Lafayette C,\\nHarlan and Ruth.\\n-veajac;\u00c2\u00a9-^^\\no^Si/vmi\u00c2\u00bb\\nikharles E. Barnhart, farmer on section 31^\\nFullon Township, is a son of Jacob and\\nLydia (Arnold) Barnhart, natives of the\\nState of New York. They first settled, after\\nmarriage, at Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he followed farming, and where they\\nlived until the completion of their lives. She died\\nDec. 30, 1878, and he followed her in March, 1881.\\nTheir family comprised five sons and three daugh-\\nters. Charles E.,the oldest son, was born in Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., Aug. 13, 1830, and obtained his educa-\\ntion in the district schools of Michigan, whither his\\n[jarents removed when he was one year old. He\\nremained at home in his father s employ until 23\\nyears old, and then for four years worked out by the\\nV^\\nt\\n9y^.}!imm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0696.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0697.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0698.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "6V4:im^IlIlr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n677\\nT\\ni\\n1\\nI\\nmonth. Next, he rented a farm in Washtenaw\\nCounty for one year. He then worked out a year,\\nand afterwards rented in succession several farms.\\nIn June, 1868, he came to Gratiot County and bought\\n300 acres of wild land on section 32, Fulton. There\\nhe lived until February, 1882. He built good barns\\nand residence, and improved 130 acres of land. In\\nDecember, 1881, he bought 340 acres of improved\\nland on sections 31 and 30, being the farm formerly\\nowned by Roswell Jones.\\nMr. Barnharl has the nucleus of a very fine stock\\nfarm, having dealt in blooded stock for four years.\\nThe first year he invested $450, which doubled itself\\nin a twelvemonth. Among his present stock are five\\nblooded cattle and eight graded, and 150 sheep. He\\nhas also four Poland-China hogs.\\nMarch 14, i860, in Avon, Oakland Co., Mich., he\\nmarried Miss Helen Graham, daughter of Benjamin\\nand Mary (Postle) Graham, natives respectively of\\nPennsylvania and New York State. Mr. and Mrs.\\nGraham lived during their married life in Oakland\\nCounty, she dying Jan. 18, 1844, and he Oct. 13,\\n1864. Their family comprised five children. Helen,\\nthe second daughter, was born in Oakland County\\nJuly 25, 1836.\\nMr. and Mrs. Barnhart are the parents of three\\nchildren William G., born Sept. g, 1862 Nettie G.,\\nApril 5, 1864; and Newton I., June 29, 1S80. Will-\\niam G. died June 29, 1866. Mr. B. has held the\\noffices of School Director and Pathmaster, and sup-\\nports the Democratic party. He is a member of the\\nA. O. U. W., and, with his wife, are members of the\\nChristian Church.\\n-J-\\nB-eai\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI ohn Kline\\nsj\u00e2\u0084\u00a2;,: Township,\\nfarmer, section 26, Pine River\\nwas born Aug. 13, 1834, in\\nOhio. His parents, Jacob and Elizabeth\\n(Briner) Kline, were respectively of German\\nand English descent. Mr. Kline passed the\\nearlier years of his life at school and afterwards\\nworked with his father on the farm. At 20 he be-\\ncame his own man and learned the trade of a car-\\npenter, which occupation he followed for four years.\\nIn 1858 he engaged in farming and after a little in\\nthe sale of agricultural implements; has pursued his\\ntwofold calling ever since. In April, 1879, he came\\nto Gratiot County and bo ught 80 acres of land,on\\nwhich he has since resided and labored until lie has\\nplaced 65 acres under cultivation. Mr. Kline ad-\\nheres to the Republican party in political belief, i;e\\nbelongs 10 the A. O. U. W.\\nHe was married April 12, 1853, in Sene:a Co.,\\nOhio, to Jane, daughter of Jolin and Margaret Cul-\\nbertson. Mrs. Kline was born in Pennsylvania, May\\n8, 1 828, and her parents are natives of the same\\nState. Jacob A., Winfield S., Joseph A., Robert E.\\nand John are the names of tlie five children born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Kline. The parents are members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n7s;||^|:;. oseph Greer, farmer, section 23, Newark\\nji^Mtr Township, was born May 30, 1826, in Co-\\nI W lumbiana Co., Ohio. He is a son of Thomas\\nrM W. and Catherine (Rhodes) Greer, the former\\n^C a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Vir-\\nI ginia. Their family included nine cliildren,\\nfour sons and five daughters, of whom Mr. Greer is\\nthe third son.\\nHe was engaged in farming with his father after\\nhe had passed the period of his early boyhood, until\\nhe was 25 years old. In November, 1854, he came\\nto Michigan and bought 160 acres of wild land on\\nthe section of the township where he now resides.\\nHe is a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, and in the\\ncivil war indicated his claims as a friend of his\\ncountry by responding to the summons of her rulers\\nin her time of need. He enlisted in July, 1862, in\\nthe 26th Regt. Mich. Vol. Inf and continued in the\\nservice until Feb. 16, 1864. He lost his right arm\\nin the first battle in which he engaged, receiving the\\ninjury Nov. 23, 1863, in the fight at Mine Run, Va.,\\nand was discharged from service when sufficiently\\nrecovered to return home. As one worthy to be re-\\nmembered by a mighty and grateful nation, whose\\nintegrity he gave so much lo preserve, he is now\\nreceiving a pension.\\nHe has held the various school offices of his dis-\\ntrict and has been Township Treasurer four years.\\nMr. Greer was married Oct. 23, 1851, in Wyandot\\nCo., Ohio, to Lydia, daughter of John and Eliza\\nHawkins. The father was born in Rhode Island, the\\nmother in New York. Mrs. Greer is the only daugh-\\n^5\\nAi|))\u00c2\u00ab6S#\\n^C-iH B Wr\\n-^\u00c2\u00bb#r", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0699.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "T ^Bm\\\\i^ r\\n\u00c2\u00abf?^^^\\nm\\n(L\\ni\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nter, and was bom July 7, 1832, in Knox Co., Ohio\\nOf her marriage with Mr. Greer, nine children have\\nbeen born, of whom one, Thomas W., is deceased.\\nHe died Jan. 7, 1876. The living are: Eliza C,\\nJames W., Maria A., Mary J., Cariie S., Clara S.,\\nGeorge W. and Bertha E.\\nAs one of the pioneers of the county and a man\\nin every sense worthy to be remembered along with\\nscores of others of Gratiot s honored citizens, we\\nplace the portrait of Mr. Greer in this volume.\\nfoseph W. O Hara, M. D., eclectic physician\\nand surgeon, resident at Summerton, was\\nborn Feb. i, 1S44, in the city of Pliiladel-\\nphia. He belongs to the sturdy rice born in the\\nNorth of Ireland, his parents, Joseph and Eliza-\\nbeth (McHenry) O Hara, having had their\\norigin respectively in the counties of Tyrone and\\nAntrim. His father was born in 181 2 and became a\\nresident of the United States in 1828. Tlie mother\\nwas born in 1816 and came to America in 1837.\\nTheir marriage took place in Philadelphia in 1840.\\nDr. O Hara was a pupil in the excellent public\\nschools of his native city until he was 13 years of\\nage, when he was sent to a (Quaker school, located\\non a street situated off 12th and Market Streets,\\nwhere he was a student during the years 1857-8.\\nAt the end of that time he entered the employ of\\nMessrs. Bremer, Reichart Co., dry-goods mer-\\nchants. The house had a heavy Southern trade and\\nfailed on the breaking out of the rebellion in i86r.\\nIn 1862, Dr. O Hara entered Crittenden s Commer-\\ncial College, where he was graduated within the\\nyear, and immediately thereafter he began his pre-\\nparatory medical course in the office of Dr. H. T.\\nHutchins, of Philadelphia. A few months later he\\nattended lectures in the School of Anatomy in that\\ncity. He continued his course of study in the Eclec-\\ntic Medical College of Philadelphia, and was grad-\\nuated there April 27, 1865. He commenced his\\ncareer as a practitioner in the city of his birth, where\\nhe operated ten years. In 1867 he took a course of\\nallopathic study at Jefferson College, and during the\\nsucceeding years he availed himself of the facilities\\nafforded bv the. medical schools of all varieties in\\nPhiladelphia and obtained the benefits of the hos-\\npitals and clinics.\\nIn the spring of 1877, Dr. O Hara came to Michi-\\ngan and established his practice at St. Louis, Gratiot\\nCounty, where he became physician in charge of the\\nMagnetic Springs, then owned by H. L. Holcomb.\\nIn the fall of 1879 hf went to Summerton, where he\\nhas since resided. His dwelling is situated in Coe\\nTownship, Isabella County, as the hamlet of Sum-\\nmerton is so located that it includes the adjacent\\ncorners of Pine River and Seville Townships of\\nGratiot County, and Coe and Lincoln Townships of\\nIsabella County. Dr. O Hara has built up a lucra-\\ntive country practice, and manages in connection\\ntherewith a drug and general store. He is also\\npresent Postmaster, having received his appointment\\nin (Jctober, 1882, from Timothy O. Howe, late Post-\\nmaster General. He is a member of the Orders of\\nMasonry and Odd Fellows.\\nHis first marriage occurred July 8, 1866, in Jones\\nCo., Iowa. His wife was Esther L., daughter of Silas\\nFay. She was born Feb. 5, 1843, in North Java,\\nWyoming Co., N. Y., and died Dec. 24, 1879, at St-\\nLouis, leaving one child, Warren, who was born in\\nPhiladelphia, Sept. 13, 1867. She is buried in Se-\\nville Township. Dr. O Hara was married a seco d\\ntime Dec. 25, 1881, to Jennie F., daughter of Marcus\\nand Zilpha Ring, of Pine River Township (see\\nsketch of Marcus Ring). The ceremony was per-\\nformed by Rev. Mr. Gates, of the Disciples Church.\\nShe was born March 20, i860, and is a lady of ex-\\nceptional educational attainments. She graduated\\nfrom the High School at Alma and taught 1 2 terms\\nof school, with much success.\\n-^3r\\nIJ^liphalet Leckenby, of the firm of Leck-\\n1^^^ enby Reed, wagon manufacturers at St.\\nA^^\\nU^\\nLouis, was born Dec. 8, 1840, at Baker s\\nj Corners, Lenawee Co., Mich. He is the son of\\nI William and Charity (Shaw) Leckenby. His\\nj father was a native of England, a blacksmith\\nby trade, and died in Virginia City, Texas. His\\nmother is a native of New York, and is still living at\\nLansing. The parents came to Du Plain, Clinton\\nCo., Mich., in 1845, where the father carried on the\\nbusiness of a blacksmith until 1858, when he went\\n5\\n^5", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0700.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0701.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "iZ4fM.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0702.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": ")^r#--\\nC llD^Iltlr r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n1\\nI\\nWest, and, on the breaking out of the war, enlisted\\nand followed his trade while in the army.\\nMr. Leckenby received a common-school educa-\\ntion, and until he was i8 years old was trained by\\nhis father in tlie business of a blacksmith. On the\\nremoval of his father to the West, he went to Sagi-\\nnaw City, and was there three years as assistant witii\\nhis brother-in-law, George Spangler, when they form-\\ned a partnership, which existed a year. At its termi-\\nnation, he returned to Du Plain and bought 65 acres\\nof land. He made agriculture his business for 16\\nyears and had a blacksmith shop on his farm. In\\ni88i,he came to St. Louis and formed a partnership\\nwith C. W. Smith, firm styled Smith Leckenby,\\nwhich relation continued two and a half years, when\\nMr. Leckenby purchased his partner s interest and\\nsold one half the business to R. R. Reed. (See\\nsketch.) Their works are situated on Saginaw Street\\nand include three buildings, with shops and store\\nrooms. Their business comprises the branches of\\nmanufacture of carriages, platform wagons, sleighs,\\ncutters, blacksmithing and repairing.\\nMr. Leckenby owns 20 acres in the east part of\\nSt. Louis, and a farm of 80 acres in Jasper Town-\\nship, Midland County, which is partly improved. His\\nmarriage occurred April 5, 1 865, at St. John s, Clinton\\nCo., Mich., to Emmeline, daughter of Oliver and Rho-\\nda Hammond. She was born ]\\\\Lay 22, 1843, in town-\\nship of Bradford, Allegheny Co., Pa., and her par-\\nents live at St. Louis. Her father is a retired farmer.\\nj|i onald Alexander Gillis, architect, contrac-\\ntor and builder, at St. Louis, was born\\nAug. 3, 1848, in Marguerite, Inverness\\nCounty, in the Island of Cape Breton, Nova\\nScotia. He is the youngest son of Alexander\\nand Nancy Margaret (McDonald) Gillis, and\\nboth parents were natives of the Highlands of Scot-\\nland, born in the county of Inverness, respectively\\nin 1797 and in 1807. Their marriage took place in\\n1825, and in 1837 they emigrated to the Island of\\nCape Breton, where the father bought 800 acres of\\nland from the Government. The family were among\\nthe earliest settlers at that point, and the homestead\\nis still all retained in the possession of the original\\nowners. The children born to them were 13 in num-\\nber. An infant died unnamed. Eight sons and four\\ndaughters grew to maturity, and are still living, with\\none e.xception. Si.\\\\ of the sons are of magnificent\\nphysical proi)ortions, stalwart in figure and develop-\\nment, in vigorous health, and doing credit to the\\nhardy stock in which they had their origin, and the\\nwholesome location in which most of them had their\\nbirth and growth, and of which it is very near the\\ntruth to say that in these days there are giants there.\\nThe sons and daughters of the Gillis household were\\nnamed John, Mary, Allen, Donald, Andrew, Cathe-\\nrine, Simon, Margaret, Angus, Alexander, Ronald A.\\nand Nancy. Simon is deceased, and Mr. Gillis, of\\nthis sketch, is the only member of the family not\\nresident on his native soil.\\nMr. Gillis passed the years of his boyhood attend-\\ning the district schools, and at 16 went to Sidney,\\nthe capital of Cape Breton, to learn the trade of a\\nbuilder. He spent three years there, and went thence\\nto St. John s, New Brunswick, where he worked at\\nhis trade upwards of three years. In 1873 he went\\nto Monckton, New Brunswick, where he was similarly\\nemployed several years. He there entered upon the\\nmost important and satisfactory event of his life. He\\nwas married May 10, 1875, to Mary Margaret Gas-\\nkin, who was born, in 1858, in Coverdale, Albert Co.,\\nNew Brunswick. She is the only daughter and sole\\nsurviving child of Alfred and Amanda (Gunning)\\nGaskin, both of whom were of English birth, and\\ndied in early life, the father at the age of 27, the\\nmother when she was 26 years old. Mrs. Gillis was\\nreared by her maternal grandmother. One other\\nchild was born to her parents, a boy, who died when\\nhe was three years old. After his marriage Mr.\\nGillis went to Boston, where he was employed as a\\nbuilder nearly two years. In December, 1877, he\\ncame to St. Louis, where he has since held the lead-\\ning position as a contractor and builder, the most\\nimportant of the buildings in the enterprising embryo\\ncity standing as testimonials to his skill. Among\\nthem are the Holcomb Opera-house Block, the Park\\nHouse, Hart s Block, Wessells Block, Fauth\\nSchlichtig s Block, the Episcopal Church, Martin\\nGoff s Block, and a number of dwellings. In De-\\ncember, 1882, he became the proprietor by purchase\\nof the sash and blind factory and planing mill of C.\\nH. Hill at St. Louis, which he operated satisfactorily\\nuntil it was destroyed by fire in June, 1883. Th?\\n9\\ns\\ni\\n(i\\ni\\n%7^M MM^y^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0703.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "iWN^^^^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ry\\nM yMmhi\\nV-rrr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:a^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^4^^^\\n682\\n1\\n.rs^\\nI\\nGRA lIOT COUNTY.\\nloss was heavy, as it was but partly covered by in-\\nsurance. Mr. Gillis is Chief Marshal of the Fire\\nDepartment of St, Louis.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Gillis is presented on page 680\\nin connection with this sketch. He is a superb speci-\\nmen of manly vigor and physical development, si.x\\nfeet six inches in height, and is, without Idoubt, the\\nlargest man in Gratiot County.\\n^^P;|J4 eorge S. Bell, lumberman and farmer, Es-\\nil^^l tella, Sumner Township, is a son of John\\nC. and Anna (Stewart) Bell, natives of\\nMassachusetts, and of Irish and Scotch de-\\nscent. John C. Bell was by calling a farmer,\\nand moved to Ohio in 182 1, settling in Russell\\nTownship, Geauga County. He was the second set-\\ntler in the township.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Chester\\nMass., July 30, 1812, and when nine years old his\\nparents moved to Ohio. They drove oxen, and the\\ntrip of 700 miles took 28 days. Young George found\\nhimself in a new and sparsely settled country, and\\nthe educational facilities were very limited. He was\\npersevering and ambitious enough to conquer diffi-\\nculties, however, and walked to and from school three\\nmiles away. He was fortunate in his home surround-\\nings and parental influences, and the principles early\\ninculcated into his youthful mind had their effect, on\\nhis after life. His father died April iS, 1842, aged 59.\\nHis mother died in her g3d year; and before leaving\\nrecalled with circumstance and particularity a moral\\nexample she had set for her son when he was but\\nfour years old.\\nGeorge left the parental roof at the age of 22, and\\nfor five years worked on his own account in Geauga\\nCounty. He then farmed for a time in Cuyahoga\\nCounty, abandoning that occupation on account of\\npoor health. For the next 1 2 years he followed sell-\\ning stone and wood ware and cast work (principally\\nstoves). In the fall of 1854, he came to this county and\\nlocated 400 acres of wild land in Sumner Township.\\nHe was one of the three first settlers in the township,\\nand not a stick of timber was cut for 10 miles around.\\nHe had to go 18 miles, to Matherton, to mill, and to\\nIonia City for his household supplies. Indians and\\nwild animals were very numerous. The roads, when\\nmade, were so soft, owing to the swampy condition of\\ncountry, that they would often mire. They would\\nthen be obliged to unload and carry their goods on\\ntheir back. Mr. Bell has improved 160 acres since\\ncoming to Gratiot County.\\nHe was first married in 1833 to Miss Triphena\\nBarker. She was born in 181 8, and died in Sumner\\nTownship, April 18, 1859, aged 41. She was the\\nmother of six children, five of whom were living at\\nher death. Nov. 10, 1859, he was again married,\\nchoosing for his life companion Mrs. Louisa Peters,\\nnee Worthing, born in Waitsfield, Vt., Aug. 31, 1818.\\nShe is the mother of four children, one of whom died\\nin the service of his country. Mr. Bell has one son\\nliving, I hares. The deceased children are Aaron,\\nIrene, Mary, Medora and John. The latter died in\\ninfancy. Mr. Bell is an intelligent man, and though\\nadvanced in years, of retentive memor} In politics\\nhe has always been a Republican. He has uniformly\\nrefused all offices tendered him.\\n-iTi?^*\\no^2S^t^?5-?%\\n|(Jenjamin W. Ellison, merchant at Alma,\\n|j\u00c2\u00a3 was born in Jackson Co., Mich., Oct. 18,\\nr84i. He is the fourth son of Owen W.\\nand Mary A. (Bloomingdale) Ellison. His\\nparents were natives of the State of New York,\\nwhere they were married and settled. They\\nsubsequently removed to Ohio and after a residence\\nthere of three years, they came to Michigan and lo-\\ncated in Jackson County, where they are still resi-\\ndent. Six children were born to them Jacob B.,\\nGeorge W., Owen W., Benjamin W., Charles and\\nFrancis M.\\nMr. Ellison obtained a good elementary education\\nbefore he was 19 years old, and at that age he enter-\\ned the Wesleyan College at Leoni, Jackson County,\\nwhere he studied four years. He was engaged in\\nfarming from the time he left school until 1S68, oper-\\nating as a farm assistant. In that year he bought\\n135 acres of land in his native county, which he con-\\ntinued to manage four years. In 1872 he came to\\nGratiot County and settled at .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\lma. He at once\\nembarked in the business in which he is at present\\nengaged.\\nHe was first married in Summit, Jackson County,\\nin March 1868, to Josephine, daughter of James E.\\nI\\nV/\\nr\\nmm my^\\n^^^e?^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0704.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "ii)$($s;r4^\u00c2\u00bb\\nc^v 4 B U^ D i^ :i^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n683\\nand Lydia (Vandercook) Ferguson. The parents\\nwere born in the State of New York. Mr. Ellison\\nis a native of the same State and was born in Steu-\\nben County. One child, Myrtie, was born of this\\n(hj marriage, who died at the age of eight months. Mrs.\\nEllison dying, Mr. Ellison was married the second\\ntime, at St. Louis, May 22, 1873, to Ella F., daughter\\nof James and Deborah (Cornell) Wood. She was\\nborn at Ithaca, N. Y., May 22, 1850. Of the three\\nchildren born of this marriage, one survives Loyd\\nO., born Dec. 20, 1874. Myrtie died in infancy, and\\nMabel died when nearly a year old.\\nMr. Ellison is a member of the Masonic Order and\\nn politics is a Republican.\\nV\\nevi Lincoln Smith, farmer on section 28,\\nFulton Township, is a son of Ashley and\\nMiriam (Russell) Smith. They were mar-\\nried in their native State, Massachusetts, and\\nafterward removed to Monroe Co., N. Y., where\\nthey died. The husband breathed his last\\nFeb. 14, 1854, and the wife died Nov. 21, 1852.\\nTheir family comprised eight sons and one daughter,\\nLevi being the third son.\\nHe was born in Whately, Franklin Co., Mass., Jan.\\n12, 1826, and was only two years old when his par-\\nents removed to New York. He received an element-\\nary education in the common schools, and at the age\\nof 14 went to live with an uncle, Abel Perry, in Cort-\\nland Co., N. Y. He lived with him three years, then\\nat home one year. Next, he was for two years ap-\\nprenticed to the tanner and currier s trade, after which\\nhe went to Rochester, N. Y., and followed that trade\\nfor eight years, seven of which he was foreman in\\nhis shop. He was then similarly engaged for four\\nyears in Spencerport, N. Y. Purchasing next a farm\\nin Hamlin, Monroe Co., N. Y., he operated the same\\nfor three years; and then, selling out, he liought a\\nlarger farm in the same county, on which he lived\\nthree years more. Selling out again, in the summer\\nof 1866, he came to Gratiot County and bought 80\\nacres, 60 of which was wild land, on section 28, Ful-\\nton Township, where he now resides. He first occu-\\npied a small log house whicli had Ijeen built on the\\nplace. In the spring of 1S75, he built a good barn,\\nand in the fall of 1880 he completed a neat dwelling\\nhouse. He is a progressive farmer, as the condition\\nof his farm testifies. He has about 63 acres in an\\nadvanced state of cultivation\\nMr. S. was first married in Ogden, Monroe Co., N.\\nY., Oct 9, 185C, to Miss Mary J., daughter of George\\nP. and Mary A. (Day) Hodges, natives of Vermont.\\nShe was born in the State of New York. Mr. Smith\\nhad by this marriage one child, Albert L., born Sept.\\nII, 1857. Losing his wife by death, Oct. 6, 1864, he\\nwas again married, in Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y.,\\nOct. II, 1866, to Miss Emma L., daughter of Isaac\\nand Phebe (Rail) Odell, natives of the Empire State.\\nThey were born in Rockland County, and lived after-\\nward in Monroe and Orleans Counties. In 1863,\\nthey came to Clinton Co., Mich., where he died, in\\nJuly, 187 1. The mother then came to live with her\\ndaughter, Mrs. Smith. She is now 82 years old.\\nMrs. Smith was born in the State of New Jersey,\\nMarch 14, 1837, and has borne to Mr. Smith two\\nchildren: J. D., April 18, 1868, and Gracie M.,\\nMarch 15, 1870.\\nMr. S. was the first Drain Commissioner of Fulton\\nTownship, being elected under the State law, for one\\nyear. He has also been Highway Commissioner one\\nyear. He is a member of the Knights Militant, of\\nthe P. of H., the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W.\\nIn the A. O. U. W., he has passed all the chairs, and\\nhas been Representative to the Grand Lodge. Po-\\nlitically, he is a supporter of the Democratic party.\\nMrs. Smith is a member of the Christian Church.\\nlias Shaw, farmer, section 19, Bethany\\ng Township, is a son of Alanson and Mary\\n(Stafford) Shaw, and was born in Troy\\nGeauga Co., Ohio, Sept. 14, 1834. His father,\\na farmer and dairyman, was born in Cayuga Co.,\\nN. Y., and now resides in Troy. His mother,\\nalso a native of New York, is still living in Troy. He\\nwas brought up on the farm, attending the winter\\nterms of school, and also seven months at Hiram Col-\\nlege, with which President Garfield was at one time\\nconnected.\\nOn attaining the age of 21, Mr. Shaw went to Law-\\nrence Co., Pa., where he was employed in a nail fac-\\ntory about 18 months; was at various places until\\nV^\\n(m\\ngnti^^A^ ^^\u00c2\u00abs^\\n/i^ti)", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0705.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "tll]:^:illl^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nh\\n1\\n1856, when he arrived in Grand Rapids, Mich., and\\nsix months later, namely, in the spring of 1857, he\\nbought the 60 acres where he now lives. He resided\\nin Grand Rapids a year longer, and then, in 1858, he\\nbuilt a log cabin on his place and made a small clear-\\ning. He next worked three months in Saginaw, and\\nfinally returned to his homestead. To this place he\\nhad to cut out the first road, one and a half\\nmiles. In 1862 he went on the Indian Mission farm\\nin Bethany Township, and worked i 20 acres of the\\nfarm three years. He now has about 50 acres of his\\nfarm under cultivation, and the place furnished with\\ngood buildings, etc. He and five of his neighbors\\ncontemplate building a cheese factory near the In-\\ndiantown bridge. He has bought cattle for several\\nparties, and is now buying for James Jenne, of Fulton\\nTownship.\\nMr. Shaw has held the office of Constable, High-\\nway Commissioner seven years. Township Drain Com-\\nmissioner seven years, etc.\\nHe Was married in Fulton Township, this county,\\nAug. 14, 1859, to Miss Mary Smith, daughter of Levi\\nand Annie Smith, who was born in Fairfield, Lenawee\\nCo., Mich., Aug. I, 1842. Their four children are:\\nLevi L., Annie, Addie B. and James E. Mrs. Shaw s\\nparents were also very early settlers in this county,\\nbeing the seventh family in the county. They came\\nfrom Seneca Township, Lenawee Co., Mich., when\\nshe was but eight years old and there were but six\\nresidences in St. Louis when Mr. S. located here.\\nnX,i,i illiam B. Scattergood, cashier in the bank-\\ning house of Church, Bills Co., at Ithaca,\\n^J^^p was born Aug. 20, 1844, in Plymouth, Wayne\\nItW Co., Mich. He is a son of Joshua and\\nCaroline E. (Barker) Scattergood (see sketch of\\nJoshua Scattergocd). He became a clerk in his\\nfather s store at the age of 18 years. He had been\\na diligent and faithful student at school and was well\\nprepared to enter upon the duties of the position.\\nIn 1862 he went to Detroit, where he was emjiloyed\\nsuccessively in the United States Pension Office, in\\nthe Postoffice and in the statistical office of the Michi-\\ngan Central Railroad Company. He remained in\\nthat city 18 months and returned to Plymouth.\\nShortly after he went to Fort Wayne, Ind., and en-\\ngaged as a book-keeper with the hardware firm of\\nCoombs Co., where he remained eight months, and\\nagain returned to Plymouth to take charge of his\\nfather s affairs, while the latter went South on busi-\\nness. In June, 1866, he went to St. John s, Clinton\\nCounty, where his father had established a grocery\\nand provision trade, in which he took an interest.\\nThe partnership continued until the fall of 1870 and\\nproved a profitable venture. In the sfiring of 1871\\nhe removed to Minnesota, he and liis brother-in-law,\\nRobert Smith, engaging soon after this in the hard-\\nware business at Taylor s Falls, in that State. Both\\ncontinued in that business there for about 15 months,\\nwhen they sold out, Mr. Scattergood going to Man-\\nkato, Minn. In the fall of 1872 he returned to\\nIthaca and became Deputy County Clerk with Nathan\\nChurch, serving in that position until Jan. r, 1875.\\nAt the fall election of 1874 he was elected County\\nClerk and held the position through three successive\\nterms. He entered the duties of the situation he is\\nat present holding in April, 1880, leaving James W.\\nHowd as Deputy in the Clerk s office. He is also\\ndoing a considerable business in insurance, and rep-\\nresents several leading companies. He is prominent\\nin the Masonic fraternity and is a member of tlie\\nblue lodge. Royal Arch Chapter and Council, of Ith-\\naca, and Comma\u00c2\u00abdery No. 24, at St. John s. He is\\na member of the Village Council.\\nMr. Scattergood was married May 37, 1876, to\\nJulia E., daughter of Lafayette and Sophronia Church.\\nShe was born Sept. 7, 1856, in Arcada Township.\\nThe three children born of this union are: William\\nB., born May i, 1878; Bessie, Jan. 4, 1880; Walter\\nN., May 6, 1882.\\nilbert E. Hall, farmer, Bethany Township,\\n|is]sS| occupies 40 acres of section 29, being the\\nfi northwest quarter of the northwest quarter,\\nT and is an early settler of this county. He was\\nborn in Litchfield Township, Medina Co., Oiiio,\\nOct. 7, 1834. His father, Frederick Hall, was a far-\\nmer of Genesee Co., N. Y., and his mother was\\nEliza, nee Beedle.\\nWhen 20 years of age, Mr. Hall left his home in\\nV\\nr\\n^-^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iDBS^nili^V^ s^\\n-\u00c2\u00abe^\\nf^^(@ H", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0706.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0707.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0708.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "g ^a\u00c2\u00bb-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nf\\nX\\n2\\n5\\n4\\n687\\nOhio, came to Fulton Township, this county, and en-\\ngaged in hard and steady work for two years at lum-\\nbering and clearing land. Thus he accumulated\\nsufficient means to buy 80 acres of land at 50 cents\\nan acre, on section 26, Fulton Township, then cov-\\nered with timber. He cleared a little space in the\\nwoods, erected a log cabin and proceeded to clear up\\na farm. After reducing about 14 acres he exchanged\\nfor 80 acres on the same section, all timber, and\\nwhen he had cleared about 30 acres here and made\\nsome other improven.ents, the war aroused his pat-\\nriotic spirit and carried him away to the field of car-\\nnage. Jan. 3, 1864, he enlisted in Co. I, 27th Mich.\\nVol. Inf., under Capt. Wood, and served until the\\nclose of the war, participating in the engagements of\\nthe Wilderness, at Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor,\\nat which latter place, June 5, 1864, a finger was shot\\noff from his right hand. The wound was severe, as\\nhe came near losing his hand, and he was laid up\\nuntil the following November, when he volunteered\\nfor guard duty, and returned to his regiment in June,\\n1S65. He was discharged at Detroit, Mich., Aug.\\n26, 1865.\\nHe then returned to Fulton Township. In March,\\n1868, he exchanged his land tliere for his present\\nfarm of 40 acres, on which he has cleared about 32\\nacres and erected a nice house, barns, etc., and\\nplanted an orchard. He is now Highway C ommis-\\nsioner.\\nMr. Hall was married in Fulton Township, Sept.\\n13, 1857, to Miss Lucy A., daughter of Palmer and\\nBetsey Smith. She was born in Erie Co., N. Y.,\\nAug. 29, 1832. They have one daughter, Ella A.,\\nwho is now the wife of John J. Miller, of Bethany\\nTownship, and they also have one child, Maud A.\\nt saae Gee, farmer and stock-raiser, section\\n15, Sumner Township, was born in Lyons\\nTownship, Wayne Co., N. Y., April 23,\\n1837, and is the son of Joseph and Eleanor\\nm (Seaton) Gee, natives of New England, and of\\nDutch descent. Joseph Gee was a farmer,\\nand died in Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1839, when the\\nsubject of this biography was two years old. His\\nwife died at the home of her daughter, Catherine\\nGargett, in Sumner Township, in February, 1883.\\nAfter the death of his father, Isaac lived with his\\nmother until 12^^ years old, she having married\\nagain. He then went to Ohio, and for seven years\\nlived with his brother-in-law, James Gargett. He\\nworked on farms and in saw-mills, and afterwards in\\na commission store at Cleveland. Here his fidelity\\nand good behavior won for him a good salary, and\\nafter thus getting some start in the world, he came\\nWest to look for a suitable place to establish a home\\nin company with his brother, George, who had been\\na farmer in New York. They first went to Ionia\\nCounty, and at North Plains secured the services of\\nan old and experienced land-looker at $5 per day.\\nThis was in the fall of 1854. They came by compass\\nthrough the unbroken forest, not so much as a bush\\nbeing cut for 20 miles. They located 960 acres of\\nland, all in a body, to be divided as follows between\\nthe three brothers: George, 400 acres; Isaac, 320\\nacres and Joseph, 240 acres. Returning to Ionia,\\nthey purchased the land, under the Graduation\\nAct. Spending the ensuing winter in Cleveland,\\nIsaac and George then came out to make a perma-\\nnent settlement and being single men they secured\\nMichael McNamara and wife as assistants the lat-\\nter to do the housework, and the former to work in\\nthe woods. They arrived in the woods April i,\\n1855, at a time when the snow was two and a half\\nfeet deep, with a crust thick enough to sustain a\\nman. On the seventh of the same month, they pur-\\nchased a yoke of cattle of Mr. Ransom, on Pine\\nRiver, the ice being strong enough on that stream to\\nenable them to cross. Their first house consisted of\\none big log, and a small one on lop, for one side, and\\nseveral logs for the other side, with a covering of\\nshakes, poled down to keep out bears, and with a\\npuncheon floor. It was in this shanty that James\\nMcNamara, the first white child in the township of\\nSumner, was born. To-day is seen, in vivid contrast,\\na mansion fit for a governor, and barns and other\\nfarm buildings to correspond. It is when we see\\nsuch changes made under our own observation that\\nwe realize the rapid advancement of Michigan s\\npioneers from poverty to affluence. The cabin and\\nthe palace, standing side by side, tell their own story\\nof this ijeople s progress. They are a history and\\nprophecy in one.\\nMr. Gee was married to Orpha R. Gargett, of\\nRichfield, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1858, and has two-\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0709.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\nX\\nV\\nchildren: Burton, born Sept. ii, 1S63; and Zua.born\\nApril 10, 1869. He was chosen Supervisor in 1859,\\nand has held the offices of Justice of the Peace and\\nHighway Commissioner. Politically, he is a firm\\nRepublican. The portrait of Mr. Gee, which is pre-\\nsented on the opposite page, is in all senses that of\\na representative citizen of Gratiot County.\\nC i^fl V onathan W. Salisbury, salesman with E.\\nyli^t A. Sheffield, hardware merchant at St.\\n?l!5? Louis, was born in Orleans Co., N. Y.,\\nApril I, 1833, and is a son of Stejahen and\\nNancy (Stockwell) Salisbury. His father was\\nborn in Vermont in 1790, passed his life in the\\npursuit of agriculture, and died in January, 1861, in\\nOrleans Co., N. Y. His father was engaged in the\\nwar of 181 2, at Sackett s Harbor. His mother was\\nf?S born in 1798, in Vermont, and died a month later than\\nher husband, in the same county.\\nMr. Salisbury grew to man s estate on his father s\\nfarm, attending school winters, until he was 21 years\\nof age. He continued farming as a business until\\n1863, when he yielded to the pressure of convictions\\noi duty and, Aug. 28th of that year, enlisted at Roch-\\nester, N. Y., in Co. B, 14th N. Y. Heavy Artillery.\\nHe was in the service two years and was under fire\\nat Cold Harbor and the siege of Petersburg, where\\nhe remained until the surrender. He was in a num-\\nber of other engagements of greater or less impor-\\ntance, and received his discharge at Rochester. He\\nreturned to the farm, and in the fall of the same year\\n1865 came to Lenawee Co., Mich., and was em-\\nployed as a clerk in a store at Rome Center, near\\nthe city of Adrian, where he operated about two\\nyears. In the winter of 1867, he came to St.\\nLouis and spent the first two years in the nursery bus-\\niness he next engaged in the interests of Henry\\nSmith Co., of Grand Rapids, as traveling agent,\\nselling agricultural tools, and remained with them\\nthree years, continuously through every season. He\\nacted for them during the winters of three years fol-\\nlowing, and in the summer of 1881 he engaged with\\nA. H. Hart, grocer, at St. Louis, as salesman, with\\nwhom he continued two years. He next entered the\\nstore in which he is at present engaged. He is a\\nV\\nmember of the Royal Arcanum and owns a small\\nfarm in Bethany Township.\\nMr. Salisbury was married May 17, 1854, to Sarah\\nAnn, daughter of Asa Himes, of Orleans Co., N. Y.\\nShe was born in Shelby, that county, Feb. 3, 1832.\\nFollowing are the children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nSalisbury: Frank, born Junes, 1857, in Odeans\\nCo., N. Y. Nettie L., born July 30, 1866, in Lena-\\nwee Co., Mich.; Nellie J., born July 28, 1868, at St.\\nLouis. Hattie, eldest child, was born in Orleans\\nCounty, in November, 1855, and died in the summer\\nof 1S67, at Battle Creek, Calhoun County. Frank\\nSalisbury is accountant in the banking house of A.\\nB. Darragh, at St. Louis.\\names Kress, retired agriculturist, resident\\nat Alma was born Feb. 25, 1804, in Yates\\nCo., N. Y. He is a son of Samuel and\\nCatherine (Slaughter) Kress, who were natives\\nof New Jersey. They located on a farm in\\nYates Co., N. Y., where they resided until they\\ndied.\\nMr. Kress was the fourth son of eight children\\nborn to his parents. He acquired a common-school\\neducation and assisted on the farm of his father un-\\ntil he was 24 years old. In 1834 he bought So acres\\nof land in Jackson Co., Mich., on which he settled\\nand resided until 1855. In that year he sold his\\nproperty and bought 320 acres of land in Pine River\\nTownship. After managing his estate nine years he\\nsold 160 acres and fixed his residence at Alma. He\\nhas since disposed of nearly all his farm and lives in\\ncomfortable retirement after a long and active period\\nof years.\\nMr. Kress was married Nov. 4, 1829, in Yates Co.,\\nN. Y., to Mary, third daughter of Hugh and Rachel\\n(Smith) Hulse. The parents were natives of the\\nEmpire State and subsequent to their marriage set-\\ntled in Orange County, in that State. They after-\\nwards went to Ovid, N. Y., and after a residence of\\nnearly 20 years went to Yates County. Later on\\nthey again changed their residence to Poultney and\\nstill later went to Illinois, where the mother died.\\nThe father died in Yates County. They had nine\\nchildren. Mrs. Kress was born Oct. 9, 1S09, in\\nOvid. Of her marriage to Mr. Kress, eight children\\nI\\nI\\nV\\nK\\n^Il|]i", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0710.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0711.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0712.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "p\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^=rv\\nI1I1^I1I1^^\\nrrr\\ni^SST\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n691\\nhave been born, six of whom are living. Samuel\\nand James died in infancy. Those yet living are,\\nThompson H., Mary J., Garword E., Theron T.,\\nRichard A. and Rachel A. Mr. Kress is a Demo-\\ncrat in political faith.\\nAt the date of the location of Mr. Kress in Gra-\\ntiot County this section of the Peninsular State was\\na vast wilderness. He cut his way 20 miles into\\nthe heart of the forest and wrought out success from\\nthe original, natural condition of tilings. His expe-\\nriences differ in no wise from those whose combined\\nenergies and well-directed efforts have made this\\ncounty bud and bloom in beauty and prosperity.\\ni||eiiry M. Martin, resident at St. Louis, was\\nM^ born Oct 24, 1843, in La Grange, Lorain\\nCo., Ohio, and is the eldest child of Philo B-\\nand Orilla (Smith) Martin. His father was born\\nMarch 27, 1S21, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., and\\nwent in early life to Lorain Co., Ohio, where he\\nwas married Oct. 14, 1842. His wife was born Feb.\\n27, 1823. Three children were born to them: Hen-\\nry M., as stated, Mary Jane, Nov. 2, 1846, and An-\\ndrew N., Sept. 30, 1854. The family came toBatavia,\\nBranch Co., Mich., in 1846, where the father bought\\na farm and resided eight years. The younger son,\\nnow resident at St. Louis, was born there, hi 1856,\\nthe senior Martin transferred his family and interests\\nto Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa, removing thither with\\ntwo two-horse teams, driving the entire route. He\\nestablished a grocery and provision store and a large\\nlivery at Sigourney, and also ran a line of mail coach-\\nes, one year, between that place and Iowa City. In\\n1859, he went to Wise Co Texas, for the purpose of\\nstarting a stock ranch, and his family returned to Lo-i\\nrain Co., Ohio. The husband announced his safe\\narrival and was heard from with regularity until the\\noutbreak of the Rebellion, when all traces of him\\nwere lost and his fate is wholly unknown.\\nTwo years after leaving Iowa, the family went to\\nFreeport, Wood Co., Oliio, where Mr. Martin, of this\\nsketch, interested himself in agriculture, in which he\\nwas occupied until 1864, when he entered the mili-\\ntary service of the United States. He enlisted March\\n181 under Capt. A. J. Snyder, in Co. C, 7 2d Ohio Vol.\\nInf., Col. Eaton. His regiment was attached to the\\ncommand of Gen. Sturgis and was in the Western\\nArmy. He was under fire in the engagement at Pa-\\nducah, Ky., and went thence to Memphis, whence\\nthe regiment was ordered in pursuit of Gen. Forrest. .:Vi\\nAfter the battle of Guuntown, Miss., his command\\nmade a retreat of 150 miles, and wlien within 22\\nmiles of the Union Hnes was captured by tlie rebels.\\nThe hasty, disorderly fiiglit was one of the severest\\nexperiences of army life Mr. Martin had at that time\\nencountered, and was a period of intense hardships\\nand privation. All the food he was able to obtain\\nfor four days was a handful of plums. But worse was\\nto follow in the horrors of Andersonville, whose atroc-\\nities outstripped the infamous record of the destruc-\\ntion of the Sepoys in India, and rival those of the\\nBlack Hole of Calcutta. The food at the outset\\nseemed intolerable, and some attempt at cookery was\\nmade previous to its distribution, but the latter was\\nsoon abandoned, and toward the finale the rations\\nconsisted of a half a pint of cob-meal for each 24\\nhours. The captives were obliged to cook it them- a^\\nselves, which feat was accomplished by moistening, ta\\nplacing in a half canteen and holding it over a flame \u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00bbv\\nuntil slightly warmed. They burrowed in the earth a\\nfor shelter and built over them sloping roofs of sticks V^\\nand mud, which were most effective when least need-\\ned. In fair weather, they could be preserved in good y\\norder, but wind and rain soon demolished the inse-\\ncure protections. Thousands of pens have tried to\\nfairly delineate and adequately anathematize the\\nstockade prison at Andersonville, but all the combined\\nefforts and concentrated opinions and expressions in\\nthe range of human thought and feeling utterly fail.\\nSome went insane; large proportions died from dis-\\nease and privation some sought death at the hands\\nof the monsters, who stood at every point, at all hours\\nwailing for the chance to glut their savage appetites\\nfor blood, by shooting without mercy all who crossed\\nthe dead line; some nerved themselves to endure\\nto tlie end all that Southern ingenuity could inflict,\\nand a portion of them surmounted their hardships\\nsolely by force of will, determining, as they expressed\\nit, to outlive the whole Southern Confederacy. Mr.\\nMartin was one of the latter, but the privations and\\nindignities to which he was subjected, broke the vig-iry\\nor of his manhood and undermined his hardy con-^\\nstitution. He was ca|)tured June 13, 1864, and, in(^\\nSeptember following, was sent with a large number o\u00c2\u00a3^\\n^4D!IgDDy", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0713.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab*t?^^fvi)\\nt\\n1\\ncomrades to Rough and Ready, near Atlanta, Ga.,\\nfor special exchange, which had been stipulated be-\\ntween Hood and Sherman but the detachment was\\nrejected and sent to Savannah. A few weeks later they\\nwere transferred to Milan, where they remained until\\nDecember. Sherman was then on his historic march\\nto the sea and designed their release, but the rebels\\nsent their captives to Blackshire, literally into the\\nwoods, in order to secure greater secrecy and security.\\nThey remained there some weeks, enduring all man-\\nner of suffering, which was greatly increased by the\\nex[X)sure to which they were subjected in addition to\\nother privations.\\nWhen Sherman and his army were well on the way\\nto Savannah, and no chance of relief probable or\\npossible, the Union prisoners were marched 60 miles\\nto Albany, carred like cattle, and once more sent\\nto Andersonville, where they again encountered a\\nseries of horrors second to none in the historical an-\\nnals of the world. As Mr. Martin does not wish to\\ndo the rebels any injustice, he feels constrained to\\nmention that a few times the luxury of fresh meat\\nwas furnished the prisoners. Slaughtered cattle were\\nsent for the benefit of the guards, who generously\\ncontributed the hides and heads for the special treat\\nof the captives, and the famished men seized with\\neagerness the abominable refuse. The hides were\\nboiled and the hair pulled out, and among other\\npieces which fell to Mr. Marrin s share at various\\ntimes were chunks of the heads, with the eyes of the\\ncreatures still in the sockets. It was no time to be\\nsqueamish, and nothing in the shape of food was\\nrejected. On the 9th of April, 1865, came the utter\\ncollapse of the whole scheme of the infuriated and\\nmisguided South, and, on the 29th of the month, the\\nprison authorities played their last card in human\\ndiabolism. The Unionists who had survived their\\nsufferings and preserved sufficient strength to main-\\ntain an upright posture were hurried to a point 20\\nmiles from Jacksonville, Fla., the remotest Southern\\nlX)int available, and turned loose to make their way\\nhomeward as best they could. Mr. Martin walked\\nto Jacksonville, and was sent thence to Columbus,\\nOhio, where he was discharged June 19, 1865. His\\nfeelings can be imagined when he saw the sleek,\\nwell-dressed rebels furnished with transportation\\nhome, and a crisp, new two-dollar greenback, and\\ncompared them with himself in the garb a beggar\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^-^^Dn^iiiii^A^\\nwould scorn, his pantaloons tattered and frayed and\\nworn away nearly to his knees, and the sleeves of his\\ncoat in the same disintegrated condition, his entire\\noutfit being in rags, which were held together with\\nwooden pins. He had been hatless for months, but\\nhad the good fortune to discover a hat lying over the\\ndead line just previous to his release, and, by the aid\\nof a stick, succeeded in securing it, together with the\\nhead which it afterward protected. It was a bitter\\ntrial to contemplate the difference, but he was thank-\\nful to belong to a race which, though it was the ag-\\ngrieved party, had in it no elements of cruelty or\\nmalicious revenge.\\nHe returned to Freeport, Ohio, after receiving his\\ndischarge, and within the same year, 1S65, came to\\nMichigan. He bought 40 acres of land in the town-\\nship of Newark, Gratiot County, and by hard labor\\nsucceeded in clearing six acres during the following\\nfall and winter. In the spring of 1866 he came to\\nSt. Louis, where, in company with Levi Alguyre, his\\nbrother-in-law, he established a livery stable. Their\\nbusiness was prosperous, and included the heavy\\nfreighting from St. John s to St. Louis, incident to the\\ncondition of the country, then without railroads, and\\nwith a large population with pressing needs. The\\nrelation of Messrs. Martin Alguyre continued a\\nyear, when the former became sole proprietor by pur-\\nchase. He was variously connected with different\\npersons until Sept. 5, 1883, when he disposed of his\\nstable and fixtures to George Deveraux. In company\\nwith John Goff, he is now engaged in building a\\ndouble brick block of three stories at St. Louis. He\\nalso owns three stores south of the site of the new\\nbuilding. They are erected on a plat of ground 82\\nfeet and 10 inches on Mill Street, and 165 feet on\\nWashington Avenue. The remainder of his property\\nincludes his residence on Center Street, and a half\\ninterest in Block t,^,., less three lots wliich have been\\nsold. Mr. Martin was Marshal of the village of St.\\nLouis during the years 1879-80.\\nHe was married Oct. 21, 1869, at St. Louis, to\\nLizzie A., daughter of Sylvenus and Mary A. (Loomis)\\nKwell. She was born Oct. 27, 1850, in Shiawassee\\nCo., Mich. Mrs. Martin is a member of the Ewell\\nfamily, whose genealogy has been traced to 1734,\\nwhen John Ewell, the earliest known ancestor, was\\nborn in Scotland, from whom she is fifth in line of\\ndirect descent. John Ewell became the father of\\nt\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0714.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0715.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "f\\nwv^^v\\nj;\\n\\\\M^ i- K^\\n^yy^^A^-d-c^^*^*^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0716.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "1\\n(9^\\ni\\nGJiA TIO T CO UNTY.\\nnine children, and his eldest son, James, was the\\ngrandfather of Sylvenus Ewell, father of Mrs. Mar-\\ntin. The neat, well-arranged volume, is the work of\\nher uncle, Ervin H. Ewell, and is of incalculable\\nvalue to the later generations of the family. Four\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin as\\nfollows: George E., Dec. 2, 187 i Helen May, June 10,\\n1875 Fred. H., Sept. 15, 1877 Mabel A., July 16,\\n1880. The mother of Mr. Martin died at St. Louis\\nMay 28, 1876. His sister, Mrs. Alguyre, died Jan.\\n18, 1877, and Ifift three children: Nora, Carrie and\\nMinnie. Cora and Philo, eldest and youngest, died\\nbefore her. The brother of Mr. Martin, Andrew N.,\\nis the present Marshal of St. Louis.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Martin is presented on another\\npage of the Gratiot County Album. He is essentially\\na self-made man. The traits of character which\\nenabled liim to surmount the hardships of Anderson-\\nville have characterized his career since the loss of\\nhis father entailed upon him the responsibilities of\\nthe family, so painfully deprived of its head and sup-\\nport. He began with only his remarkable physical\\nhardihood and his indomitable perseverance and en-\\nergy, incited by his strong regard for ties of home\\nand kindred. Men do nobly to carve out fortunes in\\ntheir single strength when burdened only with their\\nown maintenance. Mr. ALirtin has accomplished\\nmuch more than ordinary self-made men, as he has\\ndischarged meanwhile every known filial and frater-\\nnal duty, and won a position for his family which\\ndoes him credit, and will be the best heritage he will\\nleave to his children, for whose sakes he puts on per-\\nmanent record the unembellished account of his\\ncourse of life and the imprint of his features.\\ng^jftic;\\ni^|L rancis Nelson was born in Otsego Co., N.\\nPMIl Y., July 15, 1808. He was the fifth of a\\nI\\nfamily of eleven children. His father,\\nJosiah Nelson, was of Scotch-Irish descent,\\nand was born in Massachusetts, Sept. 9, 1773,\\ni and died in Lockport, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1847.\\nHis mother, Lucy Rice, was born in Connecticut,\\nSept. 22, 1778, and died in Mexico, N. Y., June 13,\\n1857. In 1S12, his parents moved from Otsego\\nCounty to Seneca Co., N. Y., a comparatively new\\nregion at that period. Again, in 1826, they moved\\nto Lockport, N. Y., and settled in an almost unbroken\\nwilderness on the verge of civilization. In 1833, he\\nmarried Deborah Cotton, daughter of Lake Cotton,\\nby whom he has had six children, four of whom are\\nliving. Deborah Cotton Nelson was born in Bata-\\nvia, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1815, and died in Arcada, Mich.,\\nAug. 15, 1874. She was a woman of very superior\\nqualities of mind and heart delicately organized,\\nsensitive and spiritual. Her life was expended in\\ngood offices to the suffering, in tenderness to the af-\\nflicted, and in patient self-sacrifice for those she\\nloved.\\nThe subject of this sketch, with his family, emi-\\ngrated to Michigan in the fall of 1835, taking a\\nsteamer up Lake Erie from Buffalo to Monroe. For\\na time he resided in the village of Palmyra, where\\nwas buried their first-born child, a little boy of 18\\nmonths. Afterward he settled on a farm in the\\ntownship of Madison, Lenawee County. At an early\\nday, he took an active part in local politics, and was\\nelected a Justice of the Peace. Touching the politics\\nof that period, he was a pronounced Whig. He was\\nalso a prominent member of the Methodist Protestant\\nChurch, and his house was the home of ministers of\\nthat and ail other religious communions. In 1848,\\nhe removed to another farm in the township of Me-\\ndina, where he resided until 1854. To relieve him-\\nself from a burden of debt, and to provide for the\\nnecessities of a growing family of boys, he determined\\nto sell his farm in Lenawee County, and to take Gov-\\nernment lands recently brought into market in Gra-\\ntiot County, then a wild and uninhabited part of the\\nState. He accordingly located i6o acres in what is\\nnow the township of Arcada, removing his family in\\nOctober, 1854. He was literally a pioneer, having\\nto cut several miles of trail over which to convey his\\nhousehold goods. He was prominent in nearly all\\npublic affairs connected with the organization and\\nearly history of Gratiot County. He was chosen Su-\\npervisor at the first election in the township of Ar-\\ncada. He was very active in the county-seal con-\\ntroversy, and it was chiefly through his exertions,\\nwhilst a member of the Board of Sujjervisors, that\\nthe county seat was finally located at Ithaca, Feb.\\n28, 1856. He was three times elected Judge of Pro-\\nbate, holding the ofiSce twelve consecutive years, and\\nmight have had a fourth term had he not voluntarily\\nretired. In 1S78, he was married the second time, to\\nV)\\nfc)", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0717.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "t\\n(h\\n0\\nt\\nI\u00c2\u00ae\\nV\\n696\\n-cr\\nv Pll^llDr r\\nTT*\\n-#^(^V(|p\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nMrs. Ann Burgess, widow of the late Russell Bur-\\ngess, of Arcada, since which time he has resided\\nnear his son, William, at Cedar Lake, Montcalm\\nCounty.\\nIn 1864, Mr. Nelson embraced the doctrines of\\nthat body of Christians called Adventists, amongst\\nwhom he holds a leading position. He has written\\nand published several pamphlets in defense of their\\npeculiar tenets. He has been a hard-working man\\nall his life has wrought, for the most part, on the\\nfrontiers of civilization, building well for those who\\nshould come after him. He is a man of much nat-\\nural vigor of intellect and force of character. Had\\nhe enjoyed the advantages of an education, he might\\nhave succeeded eminently in some professional ca-\\nreer. His mind was cast in the judicial mold. Few\\nmen who have read law, and have made it the occu-\\npation of their life, have a better understanding of\\nits most essential principles. His superior judgment,\\nhis universally recognized integrity, and his blame-\\nless character in every way, have always given him a\\ncommanding influence with his neighbors. However\\nthey might differ with him as to his opinions, or his\\ncourses of conduct, none would believe that they\\nwere other than those of an honest man. He has\\nbeen pre-eminently a good citizen self-sacrificing,\\npublic-spirited and patriotic the friend of good\\norder, religion and common schools.\\nAs one of the leading pioneers of Gratiot County\\nand a man eminently worthy any honor that can be\\nbestowed upon him, we give his portrait in connec-\\ntion with this sketch.\\n-^Sf\\nen. Ralph Ely, the fcunder of Alma, now\\n^^fc deceased, was born July 10, 1820, in Mar-\\ng^ shall, Oneida Co., N. Y. He was the son of\\nArmenius and Electa (Munger) Ely, natives\\nof New York. On the event of their marriage\\nthey settled in Oneida County, where they re-\\nmained but a few years, going thence to Chautauqua\\nCounty, where the father pursued the vocation of\\nfarmer and dairyman until his death in 1863. The\\nmother died in 1836. Three sons and one daughter\\nlived to mature age. They were born in the follow-\\ning order: Lucy, Ralph, Denvin and Flavins.\\nUntil he was 19 years old Gen. Ely passed his life\\nas a pupil at the common schools, and as his father s\\nassistant on the farm. In 1839 he left his native\\nState, and after a somewhat extended tour of obser-\\nvation through the Western States in search of a sat-\\nisfactory location, he settled in Wabash, Ind. He\\nsquatted on land that was the property of the\\nUnited States Government, which he intended to pur-\\nchase when it came into market. He made import-\\nant improvements thereon and after two years sold\\nhis claim. He returned to Chautauqua County and\\nspent two years on his father s estate. In 1846, he\\ncame to Michigan and bou g 320 acres of land in\\nIonia County. He engaged zealously in its improve-\\nment and resided thereon seven and a half years.\\nHe sold the place in 1854, and settled in Arcada\\nTownship, Gratiot County. That section was then\\nin the depths of the wilderness and the General push-\\ned his way 20 miles from the outskirts of civilization,\\ncutting his road as he proceeded. He bought a large\\ntract of land for himself and other parties in Pine\\nRiver and Arcada Townships, retaining as his own\\nproperty 160 acres, which is the present site of the\\nvillage of Alma. With the energy, zeal and persist-\\nency which characterized his whole life, he built a log\\nhouse and at once entered into the merits of farming,\\nlumbering and trade. He built the first saw and\\ngrist mills at Alma, and continued to operate in vari-\\nous avenues, calculated to enhance the prosperity\\nand advancement of the place, until the advent of\\nthe Southern Rebellion, when, like a true son of the\\nPeninsular State and heir to the inheritance of fealty\\nto the Federal Government, he withdrew for the time\\nbeing his interest from personal affairs, and threw him-\\nself, heart and soul, into the work of aiding in the\\nemergency which threatened the dismemberment of\\nthe Union. He was instrumental in raising a com-\\npany of soldiers under the second call for troops, and\\nwas elecled its Captain upon its organization. It was\\nthird in order and was assigned to the Eighth Mich-\\nigan as Company C. In passing, it may be stated\\nthat the first and second lieutenants were also from\\nAlma, a significant fact in the annals of the plucky\\nlittle village, then about two years old.\\nThe military career of Gen. Ely was one continu-\\nous record of bravery on the field. The history of\\nhis regiment is one that blazes with lustre from first\\nto last, and the prominent annalists of the cause of\\nthe terrible internecine struggle yield their pages to\\nill\\n:^niir: ^kC) m^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0718.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "-^i^^ er^v^n n D D r\\niS.\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\n697\\n.-^i\\nSO\\nmmortalize the deeds of the Eighth Michigan.\\nIts bravery and efficiency were early acknowledged,\\n\u00c2\u00bbv^\u00c2\u00bb and its inscribed trophies include the most important\\nJ and hardest-fought engagements of the war. But one\\nfact need be mentioned after action the dead of\\nthe Eighth Michigan always lay in close proximity to\\nthe battlements of the enemy. Gen. Ely was elect-\\ned Captain Aug. 12, 1861, and on the 21st of the\\nsame month the regiment rendezvoused at Grand\\nRapids, and on the 23d of September was mustered\\ninto the service of the United States. On the loth\\nof November it went into camp with the other regi-\\nments of Sherman s brigade, to which it had been\\nassigned. Its registered engagements comprise about\\n40 immortal names, and its latest record is, that on\\nApril 3, 1865, it was among the first to enter the city\\nof Petersburg. General (then Captain) Ely, was\\nwounded June 16, 1862, at Secession ville, N. C.\\nThe action of that day is better known to history as\\nJames Island, and the part performed by the Eighth\\nMichigan is on record and will go down to the gen-\\nerations of the future as signally distinguished.\\nThe assault with bayonets upon the rebel works\\ncan be adequately characterized only in the full sig-\\nnificance of the terms most daring and gallant.\\nMajor Watson resigned his commission Sept. to,\\n1862, and on the same day Captain Ely was pro-\\nmoted to the position. Fourteen days later he was\\nin command of the regiment, Col. Fenton having\\ncharge of the brigade. Lieut. Col. Graves resigned\\nhis ix)st that day. Feb. i, 1863, Major Ely was\\ncommissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, and May r, of the\\nsame year, the former incumbent of the jxjsition be-\\ncame Colonel of the regiment. Col. Graves was\\nkilled May 6, 1864, at the battle of the Wilderness,\\nand Lieut. -Col. Ely was made Brevet Colonel United\\nStates Volunteers, July 6, 1864, for gallant and\\nmeritorious services at the battle of the Wilderness,\\nVa. He was afterward commissioned Colonel to\\nrank from May 7, 1864, the day following the action\\nfor which he was brevetted. On the second of April,\\n1865, he was made Brigadier General United States\\nVolunteers by brevet for conspicuous gallantry in\\nthe assault before Petersburg, Va. He remained in\\nthe service of the United States until after the\\nclose of the war and was mustered out May 19,\\n(S) 1866. It became a notorious fact that the Eighth\\nMichigan was morally certain to be detailed for spe-\\nA\\nV)\\nV\\nI\\ncially severe duty, and early in the war acquired the\\ncognomon of the Wandering Regiment.\\nAn incident is related of Gen. Ely which displays\\nhis distinguishing traits in a most marked manner.\\nWhile stationed at Wilmington Island, S. C, he\\nwas sent with four men on a reconnoissance to the\\nmain land. He landed in a marsh and after cross-\\ning a small bridge, pushed ahead to the discharge of\\nhis duty. After making some progress he decided\\nthat a detail of rebel cavalry had discovered his party\\nand he therefore made a precipitate retreat toward\\nthe bridge the sole means of escape. He had the\\nshort cut and he made it about ten rods in ad-\\nvance of the leading rebel officer at the head of 40\\ncavalry. Capt. Ely and his three men made a stand\\nat the entrance to the bridge, guns in hand, and the\\nenemy hesitated. Capt. Ely ordered his men to\\nstand firm and ran a short distance, rapidly issuing\\norders in a loud voice, as if to a force lying in am-\\nbush in close proximity to the bridge. He returned\\nto his former place and confronted nearly an entire\\ncavalry company. He doffed his cap, stepped for-\\nward and in a short speech, full of bravado, dared\\nthem to advance. But they took the retrograde and\\nthe four conquerers of the situation speedily placed\\nthemselves in safety. They had the satisfaction of\\nseeing the rebels ride down to the river bank, cha-\\ngrined and self-disgusted on discovering that they\\nhad been out-generaled by Yankee shrewdness, and\\ntheir mortification was in no degree lessened by the\\necho of Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are march-\\ning, and John Brown, sung lustily by the five Un-\\nion soldiers beyond the reach of their vengeance.\\nOn leaving the service General Ely received an ap-\\npointment as Superintendent of the Freedmen s Bu-\\nreau in South Carolina. He was also engaged for a\\ntime in settling freedmen on Government lands in\\nFlorida. The alluring attractions of the land of\\nflowers tempted General Ely to purchase a planta-\\ntion in Jacksonville and he devoted nearly two years\\nto the work of setting out an orange grove. The invest-\\nment proved unprofitable, and in 1S69 he returned\\nto Gratiot County, where he engaged in farming and\\nlumbering. But he was not allowed to relegate him-\\nself to the retirement of private life. His public\\nspirit and philanthropic character made him valuable\\nas a citizen and his co-operation in general affairs\\nwas felt as a necessity. In 1873 he was elected\\nii\\nt\\nV\\nfo)", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0719.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\nw Senator from the Twenty-sixth District and served\\nfR the biennial term. In the fall of 1874 he was elected\\nAuditor General of Michigan and was re-elected in\\n1876, serving four years. In the fall of 1879 he\\nwent to Emmett County, where he interested him-\\nself in lumbering quite extensively, and remained\\nthere actively operating in that line of business un-\\ntil his death, which occurred April 4, 1883. He was\\nburied at Cross Village, but in February, 1884, his re-\\nmains were exhumed and re-interred at Alma.\\nGeneral Ely was married Sept. 22, 1842, in Brook-\\nville, Franklin Co., Ind., to Mary E., fifth daughter\\nof Elisha O. and Phebe M. (Woodworth) Halstead.\\nShe was born in Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., Feb.\\n16, 1823. Mr. Halstead was born in New Jersey;\\nhis wife was a native of Vermont. They were mar-\\nried in Seneca County and settled in Waterloo, after-\\nwards removing to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he died\\nDec. 24, 1876. Mrs. Halstead died July 16, 1875,\\nwhile on a visit to her children in Gratiot County.\\nGeneral and Mrs. Ely became the parents of one\\nson and five daughters Townsend A., Louise A.,\\nD Phebe E., Mary J., Lucy L. and Kate F. Of these,\\n^i five are now residents of Alma.\\n(0\\n-J\u00e2\u0080\u0094 VX.^^.^^S VO\\nllIK?; hilip W. Creaser, farmer, section 16, Fulton\\nf l^^fc Township, is a son of William and Emily\\n(Leerett) Creaser, natives respectively of\\nfi England and Canada. They settled after\\n1^ marriage in the latter country, and in the\\nspring of 1868 came to Michigan. The following\\nyear they came to Gratiot County and settled in Ful-\\nton Township, where the father died, Sept. 17, 1873.\\nThe mother died March 11, i88i.\\nTheir family included 13 children, of whom Philip\\nwas the fourth. He was born in Canada, March 31,\\n1832, and his time was spent mostly in farming until\\nhe was 21 years of age. After attaining his majority\\nhis time was largely employed in carpenter work\\nuntil 1872. He came in 1862 to Saginaw, and for\\nseven years made that city his home. He then lived\\ny, for one year at St. John s, after which he came to\\nFulton Township, this county, and purchased 120\\nacres of wild land on section 16. He now owns 80\\nacres of good land, of which 60 are in a creditable\\nstate of cultivation. In the summer of 1883 he\\nbuilt a fine residence, of modern design, which will\\ncompare favorably with any in the county.\\nNov. 25, 1874, in Clinton Co., N. Y., he united\\nhis earthly lot with Miss Caroline A., daughter of\\nJoseph and Nancy Hutchins, natives of New Hamp-\\nshire. Mrs. Creaser was born March 4, 1838, in the\\ncounty in which she was reared and married. Mr.\\nCreaser is a popular man in his township, and was\\nchosen Justice of the Peace in the spring of 1883.\\nPolitically, he is an earnest supporter of the Demo-\\ncratic party.\\nIfred Holmes, a former resident on section\\n4, Pine River Township, now deceased, was\\na native of Pennsylvania. His parents were\\n)orn in Virginia. Mr. Holmes was a pioneer\\nof Gratiot County and settled in Pine River\\nTownship in 1855. He bought 320 acres of\\nland, on which he resided and continued to improve\\nuntil his death, which occurred Jan. 9, 1876. He\\nwas married in Ohio, to Catherine Beery. Mrs.\\nHolmes is a native of the Buckeye State. Of six\\nchildren born of her marriage to Mr. Holmes, four\\nare living, Jacob, Nancy Naomi and Ellen.\\n~x\u00e2\u0082\u00aclil2\u00c2\u00a3/\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n-^-SWOTav\\neorge E. Walker, farmer, section 31, North\\nShade Township, is a son of Edward and\\nf^i Charity (Rathbone) Walker. The father was\\nt\\nj:sf^^^w^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0M m%mo^-\\na native of Massachusetts and followed the\\nf occupation of a clothier in Livingston Co.,\\nState of New York. The mother was born in that\\nState, and they both died there, the former in 1828\\nand the latter in 1848.\\nGeorge E. was born in Livingston Co., State of\\nNew York, July 16, 1822. He remained at home\\nwith his parents until his father s death, which took\\nplace when he was six years of age, whereupon he\\nwas cared for by relatives for two years, when he\\ncame to Macomb County, this State, with a gentle-\\nr^:", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0720.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0721.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "I\\nI V\\n^^:Z-tirt^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0722.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "m\\nZ^i^^^\\n^Xi^\\nA\\nIf\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n701\\nman named Perkins. He remained with this gentle-\\nman until he attained the age of 18 years, when he\\nreturned to his native State and made his home with\\na sister for a few years. He then went to the South-\\nern States and there remained until the year 1845,\\nwhen he enlisted in the 7 th U. S. Inf. and accom-\\npanied his regiment to Mexico. He was engaged in\\nfour general battles, namely: Fort Brown and cap-\\nture of Monterey, under Gen. Taylor siege of Vera\\nCruz, under Gen. Scott; and also at the battle of\\nCerro Gordo, where Santa Anna opposed the U. S.\\nforces. After the battle, Mr. Walker was sent to\\nVera Cruz with a detachment of wounded soldiers,\\nand then was ordered to the city of Mexico, but\\nfailed to arrive in time to participate in the capture\\nof that city. He was discharged in Florida in 1849,\\nand thereupon came to Jackson, this State, where his\\nsister resided and w-here he made his liome until\\n/-Is 1850, when he came to this county.\\nVj Mr. Walker arrived in this county in 1850, and is\\nconse iuently one of the oldest residents here, if not\\nthe oldest. He is without doubt the oldest living\\nresident. He located on section 31, North Shade\\n1^ Township, securing 160 acres of land.\\nTo relate the many trials and difficulties throut;h\\nY which he passed, the indomitable pluck, push and\\nenergy he must have [XDSsessed, to locate his home\\n^P in a wilderness, aiid look for the wonderful de-\\nvelopment which his good judgment told him would\\nsurely come, would require a volume.\\nHe built his customary log cabin and supplied\\nthe inner man with the wild food so abundant in\\nthose pioneer days, and threw all his energy into the\\n.f improvement of his land. He has lived to seethe\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a03 fulfillment of his prediction, the prosperity of the\\ncounty, and his own success has been marked.\\nMr. Walker was married to Miss Eliza, daughter\\nof Alexander and Delilah (Andrews) Charles, natives\\nof the State of New York. Mr. diaries was a sol-\\ndier in the Mexican war. The mother came to this\\ncounty in t853, and died here in 1875.\\nMr. and Mrs. Walker were among the first couples\\nI. married in the county, and are the parents of two\\nchildren, namely Eva H., born March 12, 1856, and\\nJ. Edward C, born May 30, 1866.\\nEva H., the eldest daughter, has been attending\\nschool and teaching for the past nine years. She\\nattended the Normal School at Ypsilanti, and having\\ncompleted her course of studies at that institution in\\n1880, has for the past three years been teaching at\\nMount Pleasant, Isabella County. She commenced\\nin the primary and closed her term in the high de-\\npartment. She is a lady of rare ability and the\\nprospects of her future as a teacher are bright and\\nflattering.\\nMr. Walker is one of the representative men of\\nthe county and his ability and worth have been\\nrecognized by the citizens of the county and his\\ntownship. He was elected the first Sheriff of the\\ncounty; has held tlie position of Supervisor of his\\ntown from 1864 to 1869, and was first Treasurer and\\nalso Clerk of the Town.\\nMr. and Mrs. W.ilker are identified with the Con-\\ngregational Church.\\nIn the days when the Whig party existed, he was\\na member of that party, but is now a staunch Re-\\npublican.\\n-5-\\n^IjlPi ^harles H. Howd, Postmaster at Brecken-\\n^]teT-d# ridge, Wheeler Township, was born April\\nf^ }SI 29, 1839, and is a son of Joiin W. and Betsey\\np\\\\^ (Sutherland) Howd. His parents were natives\\nj\\\\ of the State of New York, and in 1848 came\\nto Michigan, locating in Branch County. His\\nfather combined the two occupations of farmer and\\nbuilder, and pursued the former calling on a farm of\\n120 acres, which he bought si.\\\\ miles west of Cold-\\nwater. At a later date they went to Rome Center in\\nLenawee County, where the father bought 80 acres\\nof land and continued its management aboutoneyear.\\nHe tiicn bought a grist-mill on the Raisin River, six\\nmiles northwest of Adrian, and spent one year in\\nthe manufacture of flour, after which he engaged\\nsome time in buying and shipi)ing cattle. In the fall\\nof 1854 he came to Gratiot County and bought about\\n225 acres of wild land on section 18 of North Star\\nTownshiji, then unnamed and unorganized. He was\\none of the earliest settlers in that portion of Gratiot\\nCounty and was active in the day of first things\\nin the townshij) of North Star. After some years\\nresidence on his farm he bought a hotel in Iliiaca,\\nwhich he managed some time. He and his wife are\\nstill residing in that village.\\n9\\nO\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A-\\nV\\n(5\\n^C^^^V^^^rl^\\n:^^f^\\n_:- V\\nill!]^^llll\\n.^j^iz.\\ni-- j/:", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0723.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "K;\\n702\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-*4^^((5^\\\\^Sffi\\nWhen he reached his majority Mr. Howd, Sept.\\n26, i860, went to Wheeler Township and located\\n320 acres of land on sections 29 and 30, of which\\n240 acres on section 30 are yet in his possession.\\nIn the spring of 1861, he went to Ithaca and em-\\nbarked in the grocery trade. He continued to oper-\\nate in that village until the spring of 1870, when he\\nremoved to the township of Wheeler. Not long after\\nhis return, he opened a general store, where he has\\nsince been occupied in mercantile affairs until the\\nfall of 1882, when he relinquished his business to\\ngive his attention to real-estate business and the du-\\nties of the office of Postmaster to which he had been\\nappointed, and the office established, on May ig,\\n1873. Mr. Howd has been a prominent, leading fac-\\ntor in the growth and prosperity of Breckenridge and\\nhas lavished time and money on its advancement.\\nIt was through his efforts that the postoffice was es-\\ntablished. Mr. Howd is a member of the Masonic\\nOrder, and belongs to the Royal Arch Chapter. He\\nhas held the office of Township Treasurer, Clerk and\\nRoad Commissioner, and also Notary Public for\\nGratiot County. He is a Republican. His portrait,\\nwhich appears on another page, will be warmly re-\\nceived by his numerous friends as a representative\\nand public-spirited citizen.\\nMr. Howd s marriage to Cynthia R. Putnam oc-\\ncurred in May, 1868. She was born June 6, 1847,\\nand was a daughter of Seth R. and Jane M. (Barber)\\nPutnam, natives respectively of New York and Ver-\\nmont. The father died while en route to California.\\nThe mother, now Mrs. Smith, resides with Mr. Howd.\\nThe wife and daughter died July 25, 1883, leaving\\none child Darwin P., born Feb. i, 1871. Mrs.\\nHowd was a Christian woman and possessed a char-\\nacter of womanly worth which endeared her to a\\nlarge circle of friends, and by wliom her memory is\\nfaithfully cherished.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 4- o\u00c2\u00ab)S. 6BHe- Si\u00e2\u0080\u0094 f\\neorge S. Franks, farmer on section 19,\\nSI; Fulton Township, is a son of Conrad and\\nMary (Smith) Franks, natives of Pennsylvania\\nT and Virginia. They first settled in Pennsyl-\\nvania, and afterwards removed to Wayne Co.,\\nOhio, where they lived until their death.\\nTheir family comprised five sons and si.x daughters.\\nGeorge S., the eldest son, was born in Fayette Co.,\\nPa., April 21, 1813, and was six years old when his\\nparents removed to Ohio. He was educated in the\\ncommon schools, and remained at home until 22\\nyears of age. With the exception of 18 months in\\nIowa liis home was in Wayne Co., Ohio, until June,\\n1866. At that date he came to Gratiot County and\\nbought 160 acres of partly wild land on section 19,\\nFulton, on which he has erected comfortable farm\\nbuildings. He has now under cultivation about 100\\nacres.\\nDec. 8, 1833, in Wayne Co., Ohio., he married\\nMiss Barbara A., daughter of Andrew and Catherine\\n(Kibler) Miller, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania.\\nShe was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, May 6, 1817.\\nMr. and Mrs. Franks are the parents of three chil-\\ndren Cornelius A., Sylvanus and Mary B. Sylvanus\\ndied when three years old. Mr. Franks has held the\\ndifferent school offices in his district, and is politically\\na Democrat. Mrs. F. is a member of the Presby-\\nterian Church.\\n.^^1\\nTownship, was born June 26, 1852, in the\\nState of New York. He is the son of John J.\\nSil^ and Henrietta A. (Bell) Decker, both of whom\\nn^ were natives of the Empire State. The father\\n#l!,^\\nwas a farmer and wagon-maker and in 1852,\\nremoved his family and interests to Lake Co., Oliio.\\nIn 18C6 they came to Michigan and located in Ionia\\nCounty, where the father died in 1873, aged 45 years.\\nThe mother is still living, in Portland, Ionia County.\\nMr. Decker was in his infancy when his parents\\nwent to Ohio, and he accompanied them to Ionia\\nCounty, where he remained until 1882. He received\\na good education and attended school in Portland\\nnearly two years. In 1SS2 he came to Gratiot\\nCounty and located on section 10, Seville Township,\\nwhere he owns 120 acres of land. Later on he re-\\nmoved to his present location, where he resides on a\\nfarm comprising 160 acres of land. He also owns\\n80 acres in Lincoln Township, Isabella County. He\\nis a member of the National Greenback party.\\nMr. Decker was married in 1873, to Irena, daughter\\nof Joseph and Rachel (Mann) Lyon. Her parents\\nv|)\\n9\\necil E. Decker, farmer, section 4, Seville\\no)\\n(+1\\nSi?", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0724.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0725.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "f:--^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0726.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "^^ri^m^\\ni4^\\nTTT\\n^llll:t:nIl^\\nV\\n,,^f- i/ir^\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\n^^\u00c2\u00a7^CA^:^\\nf^\\nA\\nV\\nI\\n705\\nwere born in Genesee Co., N. Y. They removed to\\nIngham Co., Mich., where the mother died in 1851,\\nand the father in March, 1883. Mr. and Mrs.\\nDecker are the parents of four children, Arthur Jay,\\nJohn Edwin, Ada May and Alva Newton.\\ntl S affllij ilbur Nelson, senior member of the mer-\\n.^^-^,rjjj3 cantile firm of Nelson Barber, at Ithaca,\\nV^P was born Jan. 15, 1839, in Madison, Lena-\\nwee Co., Mich. His father, Francis Nelson,\\nwas a native of the State of New ork, Ijorn in\\n1808. He became a citizen of the Peninsular\\nState (then Territory of Michigan) in 1835, when he\\nstayed briefly at Palmyra, Lenawee County, going\\nthence to Madison, in the same county. He settled\\nu{X)n a tract of Government land, where he resided\\nuntil 1848. He removed in that year to Medina, in\\nLenawee County, purchased a farm and there resided\\nuntil his removal to Gratiot County in 1854. He\\nbought 160 acres of land in the township of Arcada,\\nand entered vigorously into the work of rendering\\nhis property creditable to its proi)rietor, and an addi-\\ntion to the general condition of progress in the\\nvicinity. He was a man of ability, clear judgment\\nand upright character, and his value as a citizen was\\nsoon understood and appreciated by his fellow-towns-\\nmen. He became Supervisor of the township, and\\nin 1856 was elected Judge of Probate; in i860\\nhe was again elected to the same position. He re-\\nmoved to Ithaca, where he at once became identified\\nwith the element of progress and lent countenance\\nand aid to all enterprises that seemed to forward the\\nsubstantial and permanent prosperity of the commu-\\nnity. He formed an association witli John Jeffrey\\nand Lafayette Church, and built the third saw and\\ngrist mill established in Gratiot County. Ithaca had\\nthen about 100 inhabitants, and boasted one store\\nand a log court-house. The mill was situated in the\\nnortheast part of the village and was managed nearly\\nthree years by its joint proprietors, when Messrs.\\nNelson Church sold their interests to Mr. Jeffrey,\\nand the former returned to his agricultural pursuits.\\nIn 1877 he went to Cedar Lake, Montcalm County,\\nwhere he is now engaged in farming. The mother\\nof Mr. Nelson, of this sketch, was, before marriage.\\nDeborah Cotton. She was born in New York, of\\nNew England parentage, and died in August, 1S74,\\nin Arcada Township.\\nMr. Nelson supplemented his elementary educa-\\ntion with a courseof study at Gregory s Business Col-\\nlege at Kalamazoo. He returned to Ithaca in\\nAugust, 1861, and enlisted under the second call for\\ntrooi)s after the disaster at Bull Run. The j)art of\\nMichigan in tlie war is one that is seldom ecjualed\\nin the annals of the world. The decade previous to\\nthe advent of civil war had been one of pros|)erity.\\nThe financial crisis of 1857 probably affected the\\nreal stability of the State as little as that of any\\nother commonwealth under the Federal flag; her\\neducational interests had within that time been se-\\ncurely established, and through them the noble Pe-\\nninsula State had stepped forward to a dignity and\\nposition not inferior to Massachusetts.\\nOn the firing on Fort Sumter, no words are ade-\\nquate to describe the spirit aroused by the emer-\\ngency. Michigan men had too much at stake and\\nloved too dearly their heritage of Federal Union, to\\nrega d with indifierence a blow aimed by a misguided\\npeople at the Nation s life. Mr. Nelson enlisted\\nin Co. C, Sth Mich. Vol. Inf, under Capt. Ely. He\\nwas in the United States service more than four\\nyears, and participated in the brilliant actions in\\nwhich that regiment attained distinction. He was\\npromoted Sergeant of his company before he left the\\nState. He was in the engagement at Coosaw Ferr)\\nS. C, and in the action at James Island received a\\nwound in the left side froni a musket-ball. He was\\ndisabled two months, and on rejoining his command\\nwas i)romotcd to First Sergeant. He was under fire\\nat the second battle of Bull Run, Ciiaiuilly and\\nFredericksburg, after which he was promoted 2d\\nLieut. The regiment after the last battle moved to\\nKentucky and went thence to Vicksburg, and on to\\nJackson, Miss. It was attached to Burnside s com-\\nmand, and in the engagement at Cam[)beirs Station,\\nTenn., Mr. Nelson was again wounded in the right\\nknee by a minie ball. He resigned his commission\\nand came home Jan. t, 1864. He re-entered the\\nmilitary seiviceof the United Slates, March 20, 1864,\\nwith a Captain s commission, in command of Co. I,\\nio2d U. S. Colored Inf. (ist Mich. Colored Inf), or-\\nganized at Detroit. The regiment was in the service\\nin South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and was en-\\n(S)\\n1\\nA\\n(0\\nV?))\u00c2\u00ab^*^*\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0is^f^^\\n-^^dii :dDv\\n-^^f^\\n;.i.;i.T\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a21", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0727.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "I\\n1\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nW\\nI.\\nMi\\ngaged in many important raids and skirmishes, in\\nwhich the fighting qualities of colored troops were\\nfully tested and proved most reliable and efficient.\\nMr. Nelson returned to Ithaca in November, 1865,\\nwhere, soon after, he entered into a partnership with\\nGen. Nathan Cluirch in mercantile business, and\\nthey opened a general store at that place, which they\\ncontinued to conduct with satisfactory results until\\nJuly, 1872, when Gen. Church sold his interest in the\\nbusiness to G. C. Smith. Two years later, Mr. Nel-\\nson became sole proprietor by purchase, and for one\\nyear continued the management of the house singly.\\nIn August, 1875, he formed an association with his\\npresent partner, A. S. Barber, under the firm style of\\nNelson Barber. The building in which they are\\nmanaging their business was erected by Messrs. Nel-\\nson Church in 1879. It is constructed of brick,\\nis 34 X 100 feet in dimensions, and contains an opera\\nhall in the upper story. The surplus apartments are\\ndevoted to office purposes. The business interests\\nof Messrs. Nelson Barber are extensive, and their\\nyearly transactions in all branches cover an amount\\nestimated at $200,000. In addition to tiicir traffic in\\ngeneral merchandise, they buy and ship all kinds of\\nproduce, including grain, wool and pork. They have\\na fine elevator on Pine River Street by the Saginaw\\nValley railroad, having a storage capacity of 15,000\\nbushels.\\nMr. Nelson has been extensively engaged in lum-\\nbering interests in Cedar Lake, Montcalm County,\\nwhere he manufactured about 80,000,000 shingles\\nannually and several million feet of lumber. He\\nowned four mills in the county in company with\\nWilliam S. Nelson, his brother, to whom he sold in\\n1882. He is also interested in the private banking\\nhouse of Cluirch, Bills Co., at Ithaca, and owns\\nconsiderable real estate in that village in connection\\nwith Mr. Barber, and also with CJen. Churcli.\\nMr. Nelson has been an important factor in all tlic\\ngeneral interests of Gratiot County and Ithaca since\\nhe has been resident. Besides his heavy busine.ss\\ntransactions, which have been of inestimable advan-\\ntage to the community, he has successfully discharged\\nthe duties of public positions. He was appointed\\nAssistant Assessor of Internal Revenue in 1867, and\\nserved four years in his district, which included Gra-\\ntiot and Isabella Counties. His office was terminated\\nby the re-districling of the State in 1871. He has\\nserved one year as President of the village of Ithaca,\\nand in the fall of 1880 was elected on the Republi-\\ncan ticket to represent his district in the Legislature\\nof Michigan. He made a successful run against\\nJames K. Wright, of St. Louis, on the Democratic\\nticket, and Horace S. Taylor, of Arcada, candidate of 1^\\nthe National Greenback party. In the Legislature,\\n.Mr. Nelson was made a member of the Committees\\non the State Public School at Coldwater and on\\nDrainage; was Chairman of the Committee on Man-\\nufactures. He served his constituency in a most\\nacceptable manner. He introduced and secured the\\npassage of a bill to organize the township of Ithaca,\\nwhich comprises four square miles, and is the small-\\nest township in the State. It is located in the geo-\\ngraphical center of Gratiot County, absorbing a cor-\\nner section of the townships of Arcada, Emerson,\\nNewark and North Star. Mr. Nelson was also in-\\nstrumental in the passage of several local bills. He\\nwas tendered a renomination for the same position,\\nbut peremptorily declined to jiermit the presentation\\nof his name.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Nelson to Cornelia, daughter\\nof Rev. Lafayette and Soplironia Church, was solem-\\nnized Nov. 22, 1865, in .\\\\rcada Township. She was\\nborn .\\\\ug. 3, 1S42, in Ionia County, and died March\\n23, 1878, at Ithaca, leaving two little daughters:\\nMary, born May 8, 1876, and Nellie, born June 29, n\\n1873. Mr. Nelson was a second time married in\\nIthaca June 13, 1882, to Mary, daughter of Rev. D.\\nD. Hamilton. son, Arthur, was born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Nelson Aug. 11, 1883.\\nThe ])ortrait of Mr. Nelson appears on page 704\\nof this volume. It will be ai)preciated as the like-\\nness of a man whose influence has largely molded\\nthe affairs of the county in which he lives; whose\\nwell directed abilities have secured for him a compe-\\ntence whose personal qualities have gained him\\nmany devoted friends, and whose unsuspected in-\\ntegrity and U|)rightness, in all the relations of life,\\ncommand for him universal confidence and esteem.\\nV\\nsMIMs\\niimeou A. Howe, farmer on section 15, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of James and\\nCyntiiia (Jackson) Howe, natives of the\\ncame from Maine to .y\\nnee removed to Fulton,\\nCo., Ohio, where he died, Aug. 11, 1852. His\\nwife died in Montcalm Co., Mich., in August, 1867\\niJiV, State of Maine. Tliey\\nLake Co., Ohio, and ther", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0728.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0729.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "Micc^yt^^ c}^, ^a^^-t^^y^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0730.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0731.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0732.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "Im^\\nZ^^^\\nf\\n5\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-^m^\\n7\\nTheir family com prised two sons and ten daughters.\\nSimeon A., the younger son, was born in Maine,\\nMarch 8, 1830, and was but five years of age when\\nhis parents removed to Ohio.\\nHe received a common-school education and lived\\nat home until the death of his father, when he was\\nemployed in a saw-mill for six months. He then\\ncame to Gratiot County and purchased 40 acres of\\nGovernment land on section 15, Fulton Township.\\nHe now owns 225 acres on sections 15 and r6, nearly\\nall of which is in a state of scientific cultivation.\\nOct. 2, 1852, in Lenawee Co., Mich., he married\\nMiss Cindonia E., daughter of Daniel and Sarah\\nPratt, natives of Vermont and New York. She was\\nborn in Eaton, Seneca Co., Ohio, June 13, iSjr.\\nMr. and Mrs. Howe have had si.x children, three of\\nwhom survive: Arden N., Iva t and John U.\\nSimeon A., Owen C. and Flva E. are deceased. Mr.\\nH. has been Township Clerk three years. He is a\\nmember of the A. O. U. W. In politics he and wife\\nare Nationals, but his family are loyal to the Rei)ub-\\nlican party.\\nCVJr.^lias W. Smith, deceased, was one of the\\nK^Sii earliest settlers of Gratiot County. He\\nwas born Aug. 23, 1831, in Sandystone,\\nSussex Co., N. J. He acquired the rudiments\\nof an English education in his native place and\\nin 1851 accompanied his parents, John and\\nCatherine (Seaman) Smith, to Fremont, Sandusky\\nCo., Ohio, where they arrived in the month of Sep-\\ntember. That [wrtion of the Buckeye State was al-\\nready in a comparatively well settled condition, and\\npresented small capabilities in the way of advance-\\nment to the young and ambitious men of that gener-\\nation. The lumber districts of Northern Michigan\\nwere beginning to attract notice, and in July, 1853,\\nJoseph Clapp and Sylvanus Groom, two young men\\nof that section of Ohio, came to Gratiot County.\\nMr. Clapp located between 600 and 700 acres of\\nland contiguous to Pine River and including the\\npresent site of St. Louis. He returned to Ohio and\\nmarried ^Lltilda Smith, sister of E. W. Smith. He\\nat once returned to his chosen location with his wife\\nand her elder brother, Seaman Smith. Mr. Clapp\\nand Mr. Groom built two log houses, the first erected 5^\\nwithin the village of St. Louis.\\nMr. Smith made his first entrance into Gratiot\\nCounty on the r4th day of Ajiril, 1854, and entered\\nthe employ of Mr. Clapp. He continued to work for V^\\nhim fourteen months and received, in lieu of wages,\\n115 acres of unimproved land situated on the north\\nbank of Pine River. He located his home on one of\\nthe finest sites in th e neighborhood of St. Louis, and\\nresided there until his death.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Smith with Martha Ann\\nWoodin occurred in August, 1857. He worked for\\nyears at his trade of carpenter and labored at inter-\\nvals in the iini)rovement of his farm until it became\\none of the most valuable in the vicinity. Later he\\nplatted 40 acres included within the corporation of\\nSt. Louis, and it was recorded as Smith s Addition.\\nDuring his whole life at St. Louis he was identified\\nwith its interests, growth and prosperity. The build- i^j\\ning which he used as a shoj) has been removed from\\ny\\n^7^?Dii^:nDi\\nits original position opposite the bath house to a lo- frS\\ncation near the old bath-house buildings. In 1858,\\nhe raised his first crop of wheat, about eight bushels,\\nwhich he thrashed and cleaned with the assistance\\nof G. W. McHenry, of St. Louis. The same year he\\nreceived the appointment of Postmaster and he\\ndischarged the duties of the situation seven years.\\nHis entire course of life was marked by untiring in-\\ndustry, economy and good judgment. His energy\\nand perseverance were the natural outgrowth of his\\nrobust and hardy constitution and, although he was\\nhonored and esteemed to an unusual degree, he could\\nseldom be induced to lend his name as a candidate\\nfor a public office. He received an injury in r87 i,\\nfrom a falling limb, which incapacitated him for out-\\ndoor labor for some time. He resided continuously\\nupon his farm from 1856 to his death, which occurred\\non Friday, Dec. 29, 1882. He was in the woods at\\nwork in the forenoon of that day and, not returning\\nto dinner, a search was instituted, which resulted in\\nthe finding of his dead body. Appearances indica-\\nted that he had made a sudden spring to escape in-\\njury from a falling tree, which caused the rupture of\\na blood-vessel at the base of the brain. Respiration Ki\\nmust have ceased instantly and his death have been\\npainless and without struggle, as his face was in per-\\nfeet reiwse, and the jwsition of his hands indicated \u00c2\u00aej\\nthat they had grasped his axe but the instant previ-\\n2^^ j^(\u00c2\u00aey^^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0733.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "M\\nGRATIOT\\nCOUNTY.\\nous to dissolution. Tiie funeral ceremonies, con-\\nducted by the Rev. Theodore Nelson, were attended\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^by one of the largest assemblages ever convened\\nufwn a similar occasion at St. Louis. The county\\n(hj press honored his memory with spontaneous expres-\\nsions of regret and appreciation, fitly appropriate to\\nhis useful life and blameless record.\\nThe pioneer history of Mr. Smith would fill a vol-\\nume. He was among the first in the place to set out\\nfruit trees, which are now standing in their maturity\\nnear the homestead on the hill. The place contains\\n125 acres in the finest possible agricultural condition.\\nAmong other business interests which he managed\\nwas an establishment for the sale of agricultural\\nimplements, which he instituted in 1880, and was\\nconducting at the time of his death. He owned\\nnine blooded horses of Kentucky stock, chief among\\nwhich was the celebrated stallion, Probaljility, noted\\nfor speed.\\nMrs. Smith is the daughter of Abraham and \\\\nna\\nM. (Bassett) Woodin, born in Harmony, Chautau-\\nqua Co., N. Y., June 23, 1834. (See sketch of E.\\nft W. Burgess.) Her parents were both natives of On-\\ntario Co., N. Y., and after their marriage resided in\\n^TjJ Harmony, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. In 1847, they re-\\nmoved to Spring Creek, Warren Co., Pa., where Mr.\\nWoodin was extensively interested in lumbering and\\nin mercantile pursuits. His business was prosperous\\nand he bad placed his family in a lu.xurious home,\\nwith the surroundings of wealth and position, and liis\\nchildren were entering upon life with glowing pros-\\npects, when the whole bright outlook vanislied in an\\nhour through the practice of assuming other men s\\nliabilities, then so common, and the foundation of\\nmore financial disaster than any other traceable cause.\\nThe energy and courage of Mr. Woodin were un-\\ndaunted, and, as he saw the accumulations of years\\nof honest and praiseworthy endeavor vanish like a\\ndream, he resolved on further effort to place his chil-\\ndren where his aspirations dictated. The resources\\nof this section of Michigan were well-known lo him,\\nt? and in 1854 he came alone to Gratiot County and lo-\\ni cated a homestead of 40 acres of land, lying now on\\nthe Alma and St. Louis thoroughfare, one mile east\\nof the former place, and owned by Jay Woodin, the\\nbrother of Mrs. Smith. In the spring of 1855, the\\n(S) family of Mr. Woodin came to Michigan. He met\\ns.\\nhis wife and seven children at Maple Rapids, with an\\nox team and wagon and carrying an axe to chop\\naway obstructions from the the road. The family,\\nhiiherto accustomed to all the comforts of wealth\\nand advanced civilization, made their way to their\\nnew home by the rude means named, and the emo-\\ntions of those old enough to contrast the one situa-\\ntion with the other can be imagined. The party made\\nbut slow progress, staying nights in shanties in the\\nwoods, excepting the last one out, when they remain-\\ned with the Nelsons, and in tbe morning they pro-\\nceeded to their home. It was a log house and Mr.\\nWoodin had utilized the place for a store as well as\\na residence, and the domestic and mercantile appur-\\ntenances were arranged somewhat indiscriminately,\\ngroceries and dry goods alternating with household\\nutensils, and all in the most accessible situation without\\nregard to assortment. Mrs. Smith thinks this the first\\nmercantile institution in the county. She was a\\nyoung lady of 21, and had reached that period of her\\nlife with all the hopes and dreams common to girls\\nof that age under the circumstances under which she\\nliad been reared. The new home and its surround-\\nings were tolerable only because ihey were shared by\\nfather, mother, brothers and sisters, and she interest-\\ned herself in the efforts for a better state of things,\\nwhicii were being put forth l)y all about her. .K log\\nschool-house had just been finished, of which she was\\ninstalled mistress, and in June, 1855, she opened the\\nfirst school taught in Gratiot County. The furniture\\nof the school-room consistedof desks extending along\\nthe whole length of the sides, with benches in front,\\nServing for seats and recitations, the pupils turning\\naround to write on the desks. The situation was too\\nprimitive for the manipulationsof publishers of school\\nbooks, and susceptible School Boards, and the range\\nof text books was varied. No two were alike and the\\nciirrii ulum of study was arranged accordingly. Class-\\nes were countless or arranged only by the mumberof\\npupils in a geometrical ratio; but, notwithstanding all\\nthe perplexities, the progress was satisfactory, and\\nfoundations for solid educations were laid in more\\nthan one instance. The teacher received 12 shillings\\nper week and boarded around. The daily bill of fare\\nincluded bread, butter, onions and lettuce, and the\\nsuccessive meals were the changes rung on the four\\narticles named. One enterprising woman made an\\nextra effort on the schoolma am s behalf and treated\\nher to sorrel pie. The term continued three months,\\nP\\ns- i\u00c2\u00abi\\njL ;o niiv. ^r^$ ^^r-\\n-4)^( 5i", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0734.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t7^^llli: ^liti^\\nf\\nA\\nV\\n^Ml\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-Vx/\\nC-A\\nand Mrs. Smith laught two subsequent terms of school\\nin that vicinity. During that summer the first Fourlli\\nof July celebration in Gratiot County was held. It\\nconsisted of a picnic and a flag-raising. The extras\\nfor the former included a roast pig, and the other re-\\nfreshments were such as the settlers used in every-day\\nlife, neither abundant nor varied. Mrs. Smith and\\nMrs. Gen. Ralph Ely, of Alma, made the flag which\\nis still in (xissession of the last named lady, who fur-\\nnished the red and white. Mrs. Smith cut the blue\\nlining from the skirt of a brocade silk dress to supply\\nthe rest of the needed material, and the chief cere-\\nmonial of the day was the raising of the pole which\\nlifted heavenward the standard of the United States\\nGovernment, floating for the first time over her loyal\\nchildren in Gratiot County. Mr. Woodin owned a\\nhand-mill in which he ground corn for the bread, on\\nwhich his family subsisted, and other settlers accom-\\nplished the necessary crushing of the grain by shav-\\ning it from the cob with a jack plane, a common\\nmethod at that period and the first breadstuff pre-\\npared in the town was manufactured after that proc-\\ness. Mr. Woodin died in 1869, on the homestead.\\nThe widow resides there with her son, and is 73 years\\nold.\\nMr. and Mrs. Smith were married Aug. 29, 1857.\\nTheir children, seven in number, were born as fol-\\nlows, at St. Louis: lola E. B., July 19, 1858; John,\\nDec. 4, i860 (died March 20, 1861); Idella M., May\\n31, 1862 (died Oct. 9 following); Kate M., Dec. 5,\\n1863; Holcomb, .\\\\pril 25, iS66(died Jan. 11,1868);\\nWillard E., July 21, 1868 (died July 13, 1870); Sea-\\nman W., Aug. 28, 1870.\\nNo more fitting jwrtraits than those of Mr. and\\nMrs. Smith, which appear on other pages, could be\\nadded to the pioneer list to be found in the Album\\nof Gratiot County. At the time of his deatii, Mr.\\nSmith was the oldest resident at St. Louis, and he\\nand his wife bore a part of all the vicissitudes ex-\\nperienced by the early settlers of the county, which\\neclipse all known records in severity and privation,\\nand are related in detail elsewhere. (See sketch of\\nS. S, Hastings.) But Gratiot County has risen liter.il-\\nly from her ashes to a rank which far outstrips that of\\nmany localities where foundations were laid in com-\\nparative ease and comfort, and all her conditions\\nexhibit her perjjctuity and future progress in an un-\\nmistakable manner.\\ny\\n005-\\n7134^\\nt\\niii ohn P. Wilbur, farmer on section 30, Ful-\\nton Township, is a son of German and\\nEliza (Blair) Wilbur, natives of New York\\nState. They first settled in Plymouth, Che-\\nnango Co., N. Y., and came to Livingston Co.\\nMich., in 1845. There Mrs. Wilbur died, Jan.\\n1 85 I. Soon after that event, Mr. Wilbur came\\nto this county to live with his son John.\\nTheir family comprised three sons and five daugh- v\\nlers, John P. being the eldest. He was born in c^\\nChenango Co., N. Y., April 5, 1828, and received a i\\ncommon-school education. At the age of 17, he\\ncame with his parents to Michigan; and five years\\nlater commenced to make his own way in life. For\\nsix years he followed various occupations. In 1852,\\nhe came to Gratiot County and located 80 acres of\\nwild land on section 30, Fulton. Here he settled in\\n1856; and he has lived there ever since, with the\\nexception of two years when he was at Maple Rajj- /S\\nids. He has added 60 acres, and has 115 acres\\nunder cultivation. He has erected a residence and V\\nnecessary farm buildings, that are a credit to the\\nowner and an ornament to the neighborhood.\\nAug. 17, 1856, in North Shade, he marned Nancy\\nM., daughter of William and Saliiida (Reed) Stead-\\nman, and widow of William A. Smith, a native of\\nPennsylvania. She was born in Palmyra, N. Y.,\\nDec. 26, 1830. She has by her first marriage a son,\\nWilliam A., and by her second has had seven chil-\\ndren, three of whom survive. The living are, Silvia\\nJ., Nora J. and Ally B. and the dead, Sylvanus G.,\\nJ. T., George C. and Cora. Mr. Wilbur is a member\\nof the F. A. M. and the L O. O. F., and is jwliti-\\ncally a Democrat. He and wife are adherents of the\\ndoctrines of the Christian Church.\\nlenjamin F. Myers, resident at Ithaca, was\\na son of John W. and Philena (Baker)\\nMyers, natives of New York, and who both\\ndied in this county\\nr\\nThe subject of this^-\\nbiography, Benjamin F. Myers, was born in -y\\nthe State of New York, Nov. 20, 1830. He was^^\\nreared to the vocation of a farmer, which occupation\\nl i^^\\n-^^\u00e2\u0082\u00acy^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^D!i: DDv", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0735.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "(e)$\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\nTaiC^^c ^V^^Iin ^:nilr1 -r^^ :2^^^^\\nGHA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\nf\\nV\\nA\\n5^5\\nV\\nhe has followed thus far along life s journey. He\\ncommenced the struggle of life with little means, yet,\\npossessing indomitable energy and determination,\\nbacked by good judgment, he toiled along the weary\\nroad and succeeded.\\nMr. Myers was first united in marriage, May 15,\\ni86i,inthe State of Pennsylvania, to Miss Fanny\\nP. Coss. She was born in that State, May 14, 1839.\\nFor 19 years she shared the toils and trials, the pleas-\\nures and joys of life with her luisband, and then\\npassed to the home not made with hands. Her\\ndemise occurred Dec. 11, 1880. By their union they\\nhad two children Fred A., born April 13, 1862, and\\ndied Oct. 20, 1863; John W., born May 26, 1877.\\nThe second marriage of Mr. Myers took place at\\nSaginaw, this State, at which place he was united to\\nMrs. Elizabeth A. Miller, widow of Samuel Miller,\\nof that place. She was the mother, by her first mar-\\nriage, of two children, namely Frank B., born Sept.\\n24, 1861, and Fred F., born Oct. 12, 1865. The\\nmother is a daughter of Bernard and Dorinda (Ken-\\nnedy) Fo.x, residents of this county since 1858, and\\namong the first settlers in the county. She was born\\nin the Empire State, June 1, 1837.\\nPolitically, Mr. Myers is a Republican. He is\\nliving a retired life, satisfied witli his prosperity, and\\nIS characterized for the interests he manifests in the\\nwelfare of the county.\\n^1 (ii i:j -harles Griffith, farmer on section 20, Ful-\\n-j^ ton Township, is a son of Lewis and Han-\\n^iSV\\nnah (Boyer) Griffith, natives of New York.\\nW They settled after marriage in Chemung Co.,\\nI N. Y., where she died. Mr. G. afterwards\\ncame to Lenawee Co., Mich., where he still resides.\\nCharles, the eldest of the family, was born in Che-\\nmung Co., N. Y., Jan. 18, 1835.\\nReceiving a common-school education, he re-\\nmained at home till about 20 years old, and was\\nthen employed by the month for si.x years. In the\\nfall of i860, he came to Gratiot County and built a\\nfK log house on section 20, Fulton, where he had bought\\n120 acres of wild land two years previous. He had\\nbought 160 acres in Pylba Township as early as 1855,\\nbut he disposed of this two or three years later.\\nAfter building his pioneer castle, he went back to\\nLenawee County, and in January, 186 1, returned\\nwith his wife to their new home in the forest. He\\nnow has 120 acres, 80 of which are under the plow,\\nand modern farm buildings.\\nHe was first married in Lenawee Co., Mich., Dec.\\n25, i860, to Miss Marietta Bryant, a native of Lena-\\nwee County. This marriage was blessed with four\\nchildren: Wallace M., ora D., Viola D. and Han-\\nnah J. Losing his wife Oct. 13, 1872, he was again\\nmarried, March 5, 1874, in Maple Rapids, Clinton\\nCounty, to Mrs. Harriet Randall, daughter of John\\nand Tamer (Boner) Lyon, and widow of James Ran-\\ndall, who died in the Federal army in 1862. She\\nwas born in Morrow Co., Ohio, Feb. 3, 1838, and had\\nby her first marriage three children John F., Roy L.\\nand James (died when one yearold). Mr. and Mrs.\\nG. have one child of their own, Tamer E. Mr. G.\\nis in political views a Democrat. Mrs. Griffith i? a\\nmember of the Baptist Church.\\nm.\\nv^\\nll^harles R. Holliday, resident at St. Louis,\\nHll l^^ lF s a son of Hiram and Laura (Hendee)\\nS)!!^ Holliday. Tiie father was a native of the\\n4)p State of New York, the mother of Vermont,\\nW and both were of genuine English extraction.\\nI The father was a pliysician by profession, and\\nwas, until he graduated at his profession, occupied\\nin mercantile trade. He and wife both died in York\\nState.\\nCharles R. Holliday, the subject of this biographi-\\ncal notice, was born in the State of New York June\\n6, 1833. He remained in his native State, assisting\\nhis father in the maintenance of the family, and at-\\ntending the common schools and \\\\lfred School until\\nhe attained the age of 36 years.\\nOn arriving at the age stated, he came, in 1869, to\\nthis county, and the following year made a permanent\\nlocation on 80 acres of land he had previously pur-\\nchased. He has, since that date, varied his occupa-\\ntion between farming and the real-estate and mer-\\ncantile business. Politically, Mr. H. is a believer in\\nand supporter of the principles of the Democratic\\nparty. He has been honored with numerous offices\\nof responsibility and trust in the gift of the people.\\nIn 1882, he was elected Supervisor of Pine River\\n^rv\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab^fi-\\nJSi^^^\\nMm\\n^niif\\n-^^^^^i^^\\n-4^\\n9\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nV\\nrpi", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0736.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0737.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0738.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "2jC^\\n^llli:^tlll^ r\\nGRA TIO T COUNT Y.\\n717\\nTownship, and is at present a member of the Village\\nCouncil, which latter office he has held since 1870.\\n^_ Prior to moving here, he held the office of Justice of\\nJ the Peace four years, and Township Treasurer two\\nyears, in the Empire State. Socially, Mr. H. is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order and of the Knights\\nTemplar, and is characterized for the interest he con-\\nstantly manifests for the welfare and prosjierity of the\\ncounty.\\nMr. HoUiday was united in marriage in the State\\nof New York, in 1852, to Miss Angeline M., daughter\\nof Alexander and Sarah (Moser) Kelly. She was\\nI born in the Empire State Dec. 18, 1834, and has\\nI borne to her husband one child, Isabel L.\\nX\\\\\\\\^^^9\\nV\\nev. Theodore Nelson, .\\\\cting President of\\nfAl^^: Kalamazoo College, is the youngest of three\\ny^* living, of Francis and Deborah\\n/S W^ Cotton Nelson, and was born in Madison,\\nLenawee Co., Mich., Feb. 11, 1841. His\\nfather is still living, at the ripe old age of 75\\nand was Judge of Probate for Gratiot County from\\n1856 to 1868.\\nY On his mother s side, he descended from a long\\nline of eminent clergymen, the first of whom, Rev.\\nJohn Cotton, was rector of St. Botolph s, Boston, Eng-\\nland, at the time of Archbishop Laud s persecution\\nin the reign of Chades L Having embraced Puritan\\nsentiments, this celebrated scholar and divine was\\ncompelled to leave England or hazard his life. He\\nemigrated to America, and took charge of a congre-\\ngation of his fellow exiles in the colony of Massa-\\nchusetts Bay. This new settlement took the name\\nBoston, Mass., out of comjjliment to their pastor, who\\nhad come to them from Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng-\\nland. Rev. John Cotton had an eminent share in giv-\\ning a civil as well as religious polity to the new State.\\nHe was a Puritan of the strictest sect, and through\\nhis influence the laws of Moses were ado|)ted as the\\nqN civil code of the theocracy in America. The cele-\\nI brated Cotton Mather was his grandson. He was\\nalso the friend of Oliver Cromwell, and letters wiiich\\ni passed between tiiem are still e.xtant. He died in\\n1652. From his mother the subject of this sketch\\ninherited many of his mental characteristics, yet a\\nV^ physical constitution far fron) robust.\\n^e^ fl*\\nD!i\u00c2\u00a7nn\\nWhen he was in his 14th year, his father moved\\ninto Gratiot County, then a dense wilderness. Nec-\\nessarily very inadequate were his early advantages\\nfor obtaining an education, but these slender oppor-\\ntunities were well improved. In his 17th year, he\\ntaught one term in a district school at $2.50 per week.\\nFrom this time until the breaking out of the Rebel-\\nlion, he either taught or attended school, almost con-\\ntinuously. Twice he walked from Ithaca to Hills-\\ndale and back again, whilst a student at the college\\nin the last named place.\\nHe was at Hillsdale College when Sumter fell,\\nand joined a company of college students who offered\\ntheir services to the Governor but, through the in-\\nfluence of President Fairfield, were rejected. Shortly\\nafter, he returned home, proposing to enlist with his\\nbrother Willnirin Capt. Ely s company, which enter-\\ned the service in August, 1861; but was dissuaded\\nby the importunities of his mother and other rela-\\ntives. However, in July, 1862, he enlisted in the\\ncompany that was raised in Gratiot County by Capt.\\nLafayette Church, that is, Co. D, 26th Mich. Inf. At\\nthe organization of the command, he was appointed\\nOrderly Sergeant. April 15, 1863, he was commis-\\nsioned as Second Lieutenant of said company. In\\nMay, 1864, he was promoted to the First-Lieutenan-\\ncy, and transferred to Co. E, same regiment. Shortly\\nafterward he was madeCaptain. For several months he\\nwas Acting Adjutant of the 26th Mich. Inf Asamili-\\ntary officer, he always had the confidence of his supe-\\nriors, and, in^a remarkable degree, the affections of the\\nmen who served under him. He acquitted himself\\nhonorably in several hard-fought battles, notably at\\nMine Run, North Anna, Petersburg, Deep Bottom,\\nCharles City Road, Reams Station, and in all the\\nbattles of the campaign which resulted in the uirren-\\nder of Gen. Lee.\\nReturning home at the close of the war, Mr. Nel-\\nson had purposed to study law, having strong natural\\nleanings toward that profession. But a great domes-\\ntic affliction brought him to reconsider his plans, and\\nto devote himself to the Christian ministry. At an\\nearly age, he had acquired a considerable reputation\\nas a public speaker. Before he was a voter, he made\\nseveral speeches in the Presidential canvass of i860.\\nHe had made a great number of war speeches, also,\\nand had occasionally addressed congregations on\\nreligious topics.\\n1\\n9\\nA\\nC\\n(0\\n11\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ncO\\nm.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0739.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "I\\n/0^\\n:t5\\n718\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n4^^f\u00c2\u00ae^-^^^\\nJan. I, 1S66, he entered the Freshman class of Kal-\\namazoo College, where he remained till the close of\\nthe college year. In the fall of 1866, he was elected\\nRegister of Deeds for Gratiot County, an office he\\nheld for two terms, declining a re-election to a third\\nterm. Meanwhile he pursued his studies under the\\nprivate instruction of J. Wilson Caldwell, a most able\\nand finished scholar, who had been his teacher at\\nKalamazoo. At the close of his official life, he spent\\ntwo years in Michigan University. The Corporation\\nof Kalamazoo College tendered him the bachelor s\\ndegree, and at the commencement in June, 1872,116\\nmade his graduating oration.\\nIn the spring of that same year he was regularly\\nsettled as pastor of the Baptist Churches in Ithaca,\\nSt. Louis and Alma, having his residence at the\\nformer place. Literally his parish embraced nearly\\nthe whole of Gratiot County, and the demand upon\\nliim for funerals and other special occasions was very\\ngreat. In October, 1873, he was called to the pas-\\ntorate of the First Baptist Church in East Saginaw,\\nwhere he remained until March i, 1882. The history\\nof this pastorate is in many respects remarkable.\\nThe Church to which he was called was a weak,\\nstruggling society, heavily encumbered with debt.\\nUnder his ministry the congregation grew to be one\\nof the largest and most influential in the city or State.\\nLeading men of all religious opinions were deeply\\ninterested in sustaining it. Scholars and professional\\nand business men, before indifferent to Church-going,\\nbecame regular attendants. The feeling became\\nvery general in the city, and was more and more\\ncherished to the end that liis ministry belonged to\\nthe whole community .rather than to any other one\\ndenomination or church.\\nBy the generosity of wealthy friends in East Sagi-\\nnaw he was sent to Europe in 1878, making the tour\\nof Scotland, England, France and Italy. Discour-\\naged by continued ill health, he presented his resig-\\nnation in the spring of 1882. Efforts were made to\\nhave him recall it, and, instead, take a year s leave\\nof absence, and then return to his old field. Feel-\\ning that recovery was uncertain, he declined to do\\nthis. Again he was given the means for making the\\nsecond tour of Europe, one man in East Saginaw,\\nnot a member of his congregation, contributing $500.\\nIn the summer and autumn of 1882, he visited\\nIreland, Scotland, England, Belgium, Germany and\\nFrance.\\nReturning from abroad, he resided in St. Louis one^^^\\nyear, but in November, 1883, President Brooks, of T\\nKalamazoo College, having been granted a year s\\nleave of absence, the trustees of the institution\\nmade unanimous choice of Mr. Nelson as Acting\\nPresident for the college year. As to how he has\\nacquitted himself in tliis most responsible office,\\nthere is but one opinion, and that most favorable.\\nThe College Index, published by the students, bears\\nthe following testimony: A pleasing and logical ^.-S\\nspeaker, his power is by no means confined to the^\\npulpit, but is manifested in every word and deed of\\nhis life. In taking charge of the college, he has\\nshown great executive ability. By his liberal and\\ntrustful management, he has not only won the respect,\\nbut the hearty obedience and co-operation of every\\nstudent. His scholarship has benefited all who\\nhave come in contact with him, and his Christian\\ncharacter as manifested to us is worthy of emula-*^\\ntion.\\nThe subject of this sketch has been twice married. z=c\\nHis first wife was Frances A. Church, daughter of A\\nRev. L. Church, of Arcada, who died Sept. 15, 1865.3=3\\nHis second was Laura A. Cheesman, daughter ofs^/\\nDr. John R. Clieesman, of St. Louis, to whom he was^\\nmarried May 25, 1867. Of the seven children born\\nof this union, five daughters have died, and two sons\\nare yet living.\\nAs a man eminently worthy a place with the best\\ncitizens of (jratiot County, we place Mr. Nelson s\\njwrtrait in this Album.\\n^ii!i:^\\n3)^^feenry H. Bailey, farmer on section 19, Ful-\\ntii^^^s ton Township, is a son of John and Helen\\n(Wilson) Bailey, natives of Vermont. They\\n(M were married in tlie Green Mountain State, and\\ni tliere lived until the father s death. Mrs. B.\\nI afterwards married again, and went to Ohio,\\nand later to Iowa, wiiere she died.\\nTheir eldest son was Henry H. He was born in ft.\\nVermont, Aug. 28, 1824, and was about eight years\\nold when his grandmother (with whom he was living)\\ncame to Ohio. He remained with her until 21 years\\nold, and then bouglit 40 acres of wild land in Cuya-\\n-G^-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0740.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0741.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0742.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\nV\\nr\\nnn :Di]r v\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n721\\n^hoga Co., Ohio. On this place he settled and lived\\n4) about ten years, wfhen he sold out. He was for the\\nsr\u00c2\u00bbensuing six years employed in a machine shop at\\nChagrin Falls, in the same county. He came to\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jy Michigan in the fall of 1869, and was engaged in\\nfarming in Ionia and Saginaw Counties until January,\\n1879. In this month he came to Gratiot and settled\\non 80 acres of land on section 19, Fulton Township.\\nHe has now 60 acres under cultivation.\\nOct. 14, 1850, in the State of Ohio, he married\\n.^Miss Charlotte A. Fish, a native of New York State.\\nShe bore him one child, Sarah R., who died wiien\\ns^ three years old. She herself died Sept. 12, 1S70.\\nOct. 25, 187 I, at Lansing, he married for his secon^\\nwife Sarah J., daughter of Simon and Lydia (Kirliy)\\nJones, and widow of Hugli Naklrett. Mr. Naldrett\\nsettled in Newark Township in an early day, and\\nafter a time sold his farm and moved to Alma, where\\nhe lived seven years. In 1861, he went to Waslite-\\nnaw County, and three years later ho removed to\\nIonia County. There he died, April 13,1871. He\\nA\\nhad been the father of three sons, Thomas H. (died\\nwhen 19 months old), William T. and Job. Mrs.\\n%X Bailey was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 16, 1840.\\nMr. B. is an energetic man, and has made many\\nfriends during his few years residence in the county.\\nPolitically, he supports the Democratic party.\\n-iciiaeT\u00c2\u00a9 f^*^^^^^ ^^iJ Z zra^\\nmmi Willard Wright, capitalist at Alma,\\nUTtr^^i Gratiot Co., Mich., was born July 5, 1822,\\n^Jjl^ in Grafton, Windham Co., Vt. His parents,\\njjftT Nathan and Mary (Lamson) Wright, were also\\nI natives of the Green Mountain State, where\\nthe son passed the years of iiis life previous to 1850.\\nHe obtained a good education in the common schools\\nof his native State, and was engaged in farming some\\nyears before he left the Eastern section of the Unit-\\ned States to establish his fortune in the great West.\\nHe spent a year at Detroit, meanwhile examining the\\nrespective merits of different localities in the Penin-\\n.vj sular State, He was prevented from carrying out his\\noriginal intention in regard to business by the death\\nof his brother, with whom he e.xpected to associate\\nhimself. He came to Saginaw in 185 i, where he en-\\ngaged in the lumber business and has continued its\\nprosecution until the firm, of which he is the jjrime\\nfactor, is known as one of the heaviest in Northern\\nMichigan. For the last 30 years the relations and\\nbusiness of Mr. Wright have been increasingin mag-\\nnitude and popularity. His partnership connections\\ncommenced with Miller and Paine, under the firm\\nstyle of Miller, Paine Wright, which relation ex-\\ntended about six years. Soon after its dissolution, he\\nformed a partnership with J. H. Pearson, of Chicago,\\nand they began business operations in the name of\\nA. W. Wright Co This association existed almost\\ncontinuously until Jan. i, 1883, when the style be-\\ncame the A. W. Wright Lumber Company. Their\\nyearly aggregate of lumber products amounts to an\\naverage of from 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 feet, and\\nthey are the proprietors of about 300,000,000 feet of\\npine timber at various points. The associate busi-\\nness connections of Mr. Wright are n.uhifarious, and\\njiresent one feature of his business principles, which\\nrender him a most valuable accession to any busi-\\nness community. He has ever held himself in read-\\niness to recognize and foster genuine, unmistakable\\nclaims to honest industry and tact, and stands pre-\\neminent in his character as representative of the ele-\\nments necessary to the foundation and perpetuity of\\nthe business world. The firm of Wright Davis\\nown and operate a lumber-mill on the Mackinaw Di-\\nvision of the Michigan Central railroad, and cut\\nabout 8,000,000 feet of lumber annually. Wright\\nKetchum own a railroad, which is utilized in getting\\nout logs for themselves and others, and is known as the\\nTiitabawassee Hope road. It is 20 miles in extent\\nand is three-feet gauge. Mr. Wright is a partner of\\nWells, Stone Co, dealers in lumbermen s supplies,\\nat Saginaw City, and he is also interested in the Sag-\\ninaw Manufacturing Company; which is engaged in\\nalmost unlimited extent in its various avenues of bus-\\niness. It is an incorporated company, with a paid up\\ncapital of $150,000, and Mr. Wright is its chief offi-\\ncer. He is also President of the First National Bank\\nat Saginaw.\\nMr. Wright has been identified with the growth\\nand progress of Alma. In January, 18S2, he began\\nthe erection of the now famous Wright House, justly\\nranking as the finest in Northern Michigan, and of a\\ngrade second to none in the State. The hotel is de-\\nscribed in detail in another part of this work. He is\\nsenior partner in the mercantile house of Wright,\\nt\\nK^\\n-yt ^%^:L\\nD!i: Dtlv\\nfZ^-\\n\u00c2\u00ab#p^v^:*y^!i\\nim", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0743.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "m\\nr^ii^^^r\\nX\\n-cr\\nr4 |]ll5?JIiD^- r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cr\\nV\\n722\\nG/?A TIO T CO UNT V.\\nSchneider Sluttz, a firm engaged in the transaction\\nof a yearly business represented, approximately, at\\nan aggregate of $roo,ooo. The niiUing firm of Tuck-\\ner Wright are producing 100 barrels of flour daily,\\non an average. Their mill is supplied with the most\\napproved modern fixtures, among which are 1 1 sets\\nof Stevens Rollers. Mr. Wright is a member of the\\nlumber firm of George D. Barton Co.. at Alma, and\\nis largely interested in the banking house of W. S.\\nTurck Co of that place. He owns extensive tracts\\nof real estate in other parts of Gratiot County, among\\nwhich are 300 acres of land in ArcadaTownshi]), 100\\nacres of which is under cultivation. He is also the\\nowner of a brickyard located a short distance from\\nAlma, where brick of excellent quality are manufac-\\ntured. A fine piece of land containing ten acres lies\\ncontiguous to the Wright House, which the proprie-\\ntor projects converting into a park of a style and\\ncharacter calculated to increase materially the value\\nand attractions of the place.\\nMr. Wright was married March 6, 1848, in Rock-\\ningham, Vi., to Miss Harriet Barton. She is a native\\nof Vermont and was born Sept. 24, 1824. Her par-\\nents, Jeremiah and Sarah (Willoughby) Barton, were\\nalso natives of Vermont. Of five children born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Wrignt, two survive: Sarah H.\\nand George N. Annie B., Caroline S. and Arthur P.\\nare deceased.\\nThe ]Mrtrait of Mr. Wright appears on another\\npage. It will be received with unusual satisfaction,\\nfor reasons which are apparent. His well-known\\ncharacter has made him a most valuable acquisition\\nto Alma and to Gratiot County. He will be remem-\\nbered by future generations as the patron of the vil-\\nlage for which he has done so much, and in his efforts\\nto advance the welfare of the place he has stimula-\\nted emulation in many directions and in many ave-\\nnues of business in the county. He is literally a\\nlarge-hearted man, gifted with a genius for accumula-\\nting money he is devoid of a talent for hoarding, and\\nrealizes his greatest satisfaction in its possession in the\\nuses and purposes which his generosity and public\\nspirit prompt. His nature is affable and he possesses\\na power of assimilation with other men which devel-\\nops the warmest social ties among those who know\\nhim. He is a Republican in |)olitical sentiment and\\naction.\\n.i-^-^^y^\\n_^_^\\nm^.\\nOOP\\noOo\\namuel Story, farmer on section ig, Sumner\\nTownship, is a son of Henry and Sarah\\n(Scuffham) Story, natives of England, where\\nthey followed farming. He was born in Cam-\\nbridgeshire, England, Feb. 23, 1S29, and was\\nengaged at home until nearly 21 years of age.\\nIn the fall of f849, he left his native country and\\ncame to the United States, first locating in Russell\\nTownship, Geauga Co., Ohio. Six years later, in\\n1855, he came to Michigan and located 120 acres of\\nwfld land on sections 19 and 20, Sumner Township,\\nmoving in over the Indian trails and cutting his own\\nroad from Carson, a distance of 11 miles. After he\\ngot within a short distance of his cabin s location, he\\nhad to carry all his household goods, including\\nhis cooking stove, on his back the rest of the distance,\\nit being so swampy that his horses could not pull the\\nload further. All their provisions had to be brought\\nfrom Matherton, a distance of 21 miles, and princi-\\npally on his back. By energy and perseverance, he\\nhas converted the primitive forest into a fertile and\\nproductive farm. -He has 60 acres in a good state of\\ncultivation, and substantial farm buildings in place\\nof his first log hut and slab stable. Feb. 21, 1883,\\nhe had the great financial misfortune to lose his fine\\nresidence by fite, including all its contents. Mr.\\nStory is not a man to yield to misfortune, and he is\\nfast recovering from this loss.\\nMarch 13, 1849. in England, he was united in mar-\\nriage to Joan Giddings, a native of England. She\\ndied at her home in this county, May 20, 1867, hav-\\ning been the mother of eight children, seven of whom\\nsurvive Henrietta A., Henry I., Ruby M. (died\\nOct. 6, 1883), Edna O. and Ellen I. Sept. 6, 1867,\\nhe married for his second wife Mrs. Maiy Bradish\\n{//rr McCumber), born in Eaton Co., N. Y., May 29,\\n1 836. When three months old, she was taken by her\\nparents to Ohio, where she was educated. She taught\\nschool two terms in that State, and then came to\\nMichigan, where also she taught two terms.\\nMr. and Mrs. Story are active members of the Chris-\\ntian Church at Estella, and Mr. Story has held the\\noffice of Elder in his Church for 20 years, besides be-\\ning Superintendent of the Sunday-scliool for six\\nyears. He is a charter member of Elm Hall Lodge\\nV)\\nm", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0744.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0745.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "/yyi^^^^^ --T-^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0746.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "/oO^^cu Cj/\\nI^T-TTU l^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0747.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0748.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "f*^*^^\\n^^^^^r^\\nra^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a27^^^\\n4J\\nNo. 257, F. A. M., and has held nearly all the\\noffices of the lodge. He is also a meniber of the A.\\nO. U. W. He has held the position of Highway\\nCommissioner for nine years, and other offices. He\\nis now a Trustee of his school district. Politically, he\\nis a stauncli Republican. He and wife are earnest\\nsupporters of temperance and other good causes.\\n/S\\n5\\no\\nJ\\niles T. Brown, attorney at Ithaca, was\\nborn Jan. 28, 1837, in Green Oak, Livings-\\nton Co., Mich., and is the oldest son of\\nJames M. and Betsey (Borden) Brown, who in\\n1836 were among the first settlers of Livings-\\nton County. The parents were both natives\\nof Steuben C o., N. Y. The father was the son of\\nlames and Mary (Daily) Brown, wlio in tlie early\\npart of the present century were residents of the\\ntownshi]) of Poultney in Steuben County.\\nThe Browns were from and of Puritanic descent,\\nand the Dailys were Scoth-Irisli, emiiiraiing from the\\nnorth of Ireland shortly after the close of the Revo-\\nlutionary war. James Daily, a great-grandfather of\\nMr. Brown, was a pioneer in Western New York, and\\nin 1787 erected and operated the first saw-mill west\\nof Crooked Lake in Steuben County.\\nMr. Brown s ancestors on his mother s side are all\\nof Puritanic descent. She (the mother, vvho is now\\nliving with lier sons in Ithaca) is a davighter of Ez-\\neriah and Sarah (Tyler) Borden. Ezeriah Borden\\nwas born at Whitestown, N. Y., about 1786, and was\\nthe son of Ezeriah and Hannah (Calkins) Borden,\\nboth of whom were born in Connecticut in Colonial\\ntimes, and whose families are traced back in Connect-\\ncut history to its earliest settlement. Sarah (Tyler)\\nBorden (maternal grandmother) was a daughter of\\nPeter and Sarah (Palmer) I yler, both of whom were\\nborn in Connecticut. Peter Tyler served his coun-\\ntry faithfully during the entire war for American in-\\ndependence, soon after its close locating in Steuben\\nCoimty, where he spent the remainder of his life.\\nMr. Brown s early educational advantages were\\nsimilar to those of most children in the pioneer days\\nof Michigan. In 1841, u|X)n the formation of a\\nscho il district in that part of tlie township where\\nthey lived, his father took the contract for building\\nthe first school- house. It was a rude log structure,\\nwith furniture and fixtures of a primitive character to\\ncorrespond with the surroundings incident to a new\\ncountry. In this house the boy received some slight\\nrudiments of an education, attending the schools\\n(such as they were) regularly for several years.\\nOn the death of his father, which occurred in\\n1851, before the boy was 15 years of age, he, being\\nthe eldest son, assumed charge of the homestead, a\\nfarm of 80 acres, on which the family resided and\\ncontinued to conduct its affairs for about three years.\\nAbout this time he set out to improve his education,\\nattending school the greater portion of the next four\\nyears, most of the time at the seminary at Ypsilanti,\\nand the State Normal School at the same place.\\nAfter leaching two terms in this State, he taught\\nduring the year 1859 in Franklin Co., Mo. He then\\nreturned to Michigan and spent his time alternately\\nstudying, teaching and working on a farm.\\nMr. Brown was married March 17, 1861, to Miss\\nE. Jennie Hewitt, of Highland, Oakland Co., Mich.\\nShe was born in Windham, Conn., and was a daugh-\\nter of Benjamin and Annie (Perry) Hewitt.\\nMr. Brown enlisted Aug. i, 1862, at Green Oak, as\\na private in Co. G, 22d Mich. Vol. Inf,Capt. Henry\\nS. Dean. His health failing, he was discharged for\\ndisability, at Lexington, Ky., the following winter,\\nand on his return home, after partially recovering\\nhealth, he resumed his work as a teacher.\\nPrevious to his enlistment he had read law, at in-\\ntervals, with R. G. Depuy, Esq., of Anr. Arbor, and\\nin 1863 he entered the Law Department of the Uni-\\nversity of Michigan, at that place, where he was\\ngraduated in the spring of 1865. During that year\\nhe was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court,\\nin session at Detroit. Mr. Brown entered u|)on his\\ncareer as a practitioner at Ithaca, in the spring of\\n1866, and almost simultaneously conimenced his\\npublic life. In the fall ensuing he was elected Super-\\nintendent of the Poor, and was the incumbent of the\\noffice several years. In November of the same year,\\nhe was elected Circuit Court Commissioner, and dis-\\ncharged the obligations of the position two years.\\nHe has since been re-elected twice to the same office.\\nIn the spring of 1867 he was elected County Super-\\nintendent of Schools, and officiated four years. Two\\nyears later he was again elected to -that position and\\nserved two years. He was the second President of\\nthe village of Ithaca, which post he has held three\\nterms, and has been Justice of the Peace several\\nV^\\nc^:\\nI\\n^rK^D n r^^ nof^A\\n--^^?((\u00c2\u00aey", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0749.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "724\\nTaifCS^ter\\nGJ?A TIO T COUNT V.\\nh\\n5\\n1:3\\nyears. In the fall of 1876 he was elected Probate\\nJudge and officiated four years.\\nAt the Republican convention held at Mount\\nPleasant in the fall of 1880 for the nomination of\\nSenator from this district, the name of Mr. Brown\\nwas placed upon the ticket. The honor was unsought,\\nand the action of the convention only became known\\nto him on the return of the delegates. He made a\\ntriumphant run against T. A. Johnson, candidate of\\nthe National element, and M. H. Stanford, Demo-\\ncratic nominee. He received a flattering support in\\nGratiot County, running considerably ahead of his\\nticket. Mr. Brown is now serving as Justice of the\\nPeace and Secretary of the County Board of School\\nExaminers. In addition to the business of his law\\noffice, which is considerable, he is operating to some\\nextent as a collection and insurance agent. His resi-\\ndence is situated a short distance from the village of\\nIthaca, where he owns a fine farm of 160 acres.\\nThe first wife of Mr. Brown died in November,\\n187 1, leaving four children, all of whom are yet\\nliving: Bayard T., Annie M., Theodore N. and Bessie\\nJ. The second marriage of Mr. Brown occurred\\nAug. 17, 1873, to Sara L. Watson, daughter of John\\nT. and Harriet L. (Wilcox) Watson, of Ithaca. She\\nwas born in Marion, Livingston Co., Mich. Of this\\nmarriage four children have been born: James B.,\\nLaura V., Alanson W. and Beatrice B.\\nMr. Brown is a prominent Mason and belongs to\\nblue lodge and Ithaca Chapter, No. 70. He is a\\nmember of the fraternity of Odd Fellows, and is the\\nCommander of Moses Wisner Post, No. loi, G. A. R.\\nOn the organization of that body at Ithaca he was\\nchosen first Commander. Mr. and Mrs. Brown and\\ndaughter Annie are members of the Baptist Church.\\nMr. Brown has been a diligent student and has\\nquite a taste for literature, which has, however, only\\nbeen indulged and cultivated to that limited extent\\nwhich the opportunities of a busy life permit. He\\nhas on different occasions written a few poems.\\nOur space only permits the insertion, as a speci-\\nmen, of the following brief selection, which was\\nwritten in 1882, on the death of his favorite poet:\\nLONGFELLO (V.\\nJ hc poet lived, and wrought, iind .\u00c2\u00abini^, :iiid died;\\nAnd tlioiigli }iis day liad rp;ifhed its afternoon,\\nAnd had witli fruitful toil been occuiiied.\\nYet men weie grieved that he had died so soon:\\nI lien turn d tliey and i)eruseil Ids tuneful song.\\nAnd all rejoieed that he had lived so long.\\nNo sweeter nuise than his hath ever graced\\nOur young olunibia s fail far-reaeliing shore:\\nAnd none, so free from fault, and pure in taste.\\nHath eVr essayed sueh lofly tliglUs to soar:\\nAjid ages yet unborn shall bless the pen\\nOf him \\\\vhf se songs have olieered the hearts of mipii.\\nAmong the many valuable portraits of prominent\\ncitizens of Gratiot County included in this volume,\\nthat of Mr. Brown will give general satisfaction as\\nthat of a man whose merits and abilities have\\nsecured the respect and recognition of his fellow-\\ntownsmen. It may be found on the page opposite\\nthis sketch.\\nr^,\\n^^f^ %^^w n iiiii", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0750.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "^KT^^^s^-^f--\\nt\\nJ\\nV\\n?\\\\i?S\\n.Pi\\nA\\nH-i^.\\n^crr- /I\\ne\\n^^n!i5^nDf", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0751.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "mm\\ngf@\u00c2\u00bb-\\nK ^^v4^ti n ^n Df^v^\\n1\\n#WSrEi\\ni\\na c^D D nDf^v^ ^i!?5i 5^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0752.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "(L\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T3S* ii^^\\n1^\\nGRAITOT COUNTY.\\n727\\ni\\nm^\\nINTRODUCTORY\\nnji v-.^^-\\nNLY a score and a half of\\nyears have passed since the\\nunbroken forests of Northern\\niMicliigcm were thought of as\\na possible home for civilized\\nman. The Government sur-\\nveyors reijorted that it was an irreclaim-\\nable waste and not fit for cultivation in\\nany ipiarter, the soil being of that char-\\nacter which precluded the propagation\\nof cereals. The rapidity of settlement\\nand enormous crops of everything in\\nthe line of cereals demonstrated con-\\nclusively their mistake, for no acreage\\nsurpasses Northern Michii^an in pro-\\nNotwithstanding tiic oft rcj)catcd tales\\nof want and hardships told by their sires, men of\\nenergy, with their families and all their earthly pos-\\nsessions loaded u])on a wagon drawn by oxen, pushed\\ntheir way step by step, through the unbroken forests\\nof Gratiot, until they found suitable locations. With a\\nspirit of heroism have they toiled until the forests\\nwere laid low, and their herculean labor is manifest\\nin the broad acres of highly cultivated land, ujwn\\nwhich stand palatial residences and outbuildings of\\nthe most expensive character. Over the grounds\\nwhere the red man chased the bounding deer, and\\nthe wildcat and wolves held their nightly vigils, may\\nbe seen the husbandman gathering the golden har-\\nvests where the Indian s wild war-whoop was heard.\\nstands the stately house of worship. Transportation\\nof goods by ox-tearns has given way to the i)ower of\\nsteam, and a commerce has been opened up with all\\nparts of the civilized world. Prosperity in a high\\ndegree has smiled upon her people, who are fortunate\\nin living in the most heathful, beautiful and produc-\\ntive State in the Union, taking age into consideration.\\nThe history of this county is possessed of no small\\ndegree of interest. While other counties were con-\\nnected with the frontier by large bodies of excellent\\nlands, this seemed shut off from the gaze of shrewd\\nspeculators by reason of its heavy growth of timber.\\nThey were destined to become the heritage of an\\nhonest, industrious people, and the income derived\\nfrom tlie timber and products of the soil has given\\nmany of the first comers a handsome competency.\\nThis was flic il,ii-k fiircst piiiiifv:il\\nHut the |iioiiccr caino in lii uii ;lil,\\n.And (low II llii(iii;;li ilic vast Icat v liMii|i!e\\nSprcai! glcainiii;; llic |iioii( ci s li;;lit.\\nAVitli his ax i ii his hnii|(|cr. hi- fame\\nKroiii the hills anil valleys away:\\nWhcic Ihi siiii ill lii spli iidor iiprisinir\\nMfjhts HiiiikiM- Ilill s (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(ijiiiiiiis t(i-(lay.\\ni niarI)l( -paviMl cilios licrc sliono.\\n\\\\i) costly Imilt palace licrc stood;\\nl?iil aliovc and around, ilic dark lon-st rosp,\\nWilli iiiajcslic. hii;;c pillars of wood.\\nXo hi ;li\\\\\\\\ay that li il tliioiigh llic ^jrove\\nHad biijrhl lilllc llowcis scattered there,\\nHut iiari-ow paths, skirted with thuriis,\\nTheir naked fi ct i-eadv to tear.-\\no\\nfo)\\n\\\\vy-\\nA ^II!15^DDf^\\nu;^\\n-f\\nm", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0753.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V lltl :nBi\\n-^^j^^te: 4^^^(^^^^I^-\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n/7s\\na\\nValue of Local History.\\nipUT few of the present generation realize\\nthe great value of local history, living as\\nthey do in an age of industry and thrift.\\nThe opportunities for speculation, and the\\nhaste to become wealthy takes precedence of\\neverything else, and the fact is not taken into\\nconsideration that the pioneers are rapidly passing\\nfrom the scene of their labors, leaving but little time\\nfor the compilation of biographical sketches which\\nconstitute the heretofore unwritten history of Gratiot\\nCounty. Their children have heard from the lips of\\ntheir aged sires, the story of privation and toil of\\nthose who were first at the front in the settlement of\\nthe county, but their children will lose sight of the\\nfacts unless they be recorded in such manner as to\\nbecome intelligible and kept fresh in the minds of\\nsucceeding generations.\\nSurrounded, as we are, with everything which\\nwealth and taste can suggest, the fact is almost lost\\nsight of that here were the best years of the lives of our\\nancestry devoted to the development of one of the\\nbest agricultural counties in the State. As the expo-\\ni\\n0\\\\\\nsures, privations, toil and hardships, the pioneers have\\nundergone, are well worthy of a more fitting memorial\\nthan can be secured by a granite monument, the\\ndesign of the i)ublishers is to record a history of in-\\nestimable value to every citizen of the county.\\nThe facts mentioned have been carefully culled\\nfrom every source; neither pains nor expense has\\nbeen spared in the compilation of this work, which,\\nalthough not without error, is as correct as can be\\nmade, taking into consideration that much of it was\\ngathered from the pioneers themselves, and men are\\nvery apt to be mistaken in data.\\nUpon local history depends the perpetuation of\\nfacts heretofore unwritten, as well as the biographical\\nsketches of every worthy pioneer in the county that\\ncould be procured. Each sketch speaks volumes\\nand a history of one man s life, perhaps of an entire\\nfamily, is now recorded where naught can efface or\\ndestroy it. From this will all future volumes of like\\nimport take their data. Those who have volunteered\\nthe information from which this work is compiled,\\nwill live in the history of this county as long as time\\nlasts. No manlier hand e er drew a sword than those\\nwlio faced privation and danger while engaged in the\\nsubjugation of the dense wilderness which once cov-\\nered this now Ijeautiful land, and to them is this vol-\\nume dedicated.\\nA\\n^-VgiJe^^-\\n^^S^ ^r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^D n iinn", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0754.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "K\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r^ nn:-$-:iiiir T-\\nGRA TIOT COUNTY.\\n729\\nA\\n5$\\n1\\nV\u00c2\u00ae\\nROM the most reliable infor-\\ninatioii to be obtained, the\\nfollowing items are substan-\\ntially correct regarding the\\nfirst settlements and other\\nevents in Gratiot County:\\nWilliam McOmber, now a res-\\nident of St. I.ouis, came to this\\ncounty in 1832, and was en-\\ngaged in buying furs from the\\nIndians until their removal to\\nthe reservation in Isabella Coun-\\nty. Excepting the German mis-\\nsionary at the lyutheran mission,\\nhe is probably the first white\\nman that settled permanently in the county. His\\ncabin was built near Pine River, about one and a\\nhalf miles from the site of St. Ix)uis.\\nThe first locations of land were made in 1836, but\\nno permanent settlements were made until 1846,\\nwhen .\\\\rnold Payne settled on section 31, in Fulton\\nTownship; N. Sturgis, William Avery and George\\nE. Walker settled on sections 31 and 32, in North\\nShade Townshi[), in 1850.\\nThe first road through the county was known as\\nthe Old Indian Trail, which extended from Maple\\nRapids to the Lutheran mission above St. Louis.\\nThe first wedding known to have occurred in the\\ncounty was that of Martin Cramer and Dorinda\\nSias, both of Pine River Township. This event oc-\\ni\\nA Jf^j H^\\ncurred in 1855, Sylvanus Groom, J. P., officiating^\\nThe first funeral sermon was preached by Rev\\nLafayette Church, ii[)on the demise of the four-\\nyear-old daughter of Sylvanus and Mrs. Groom. This\\nevent also belongs to the history of Pine River.\\nThe above was the first death among the white\\nsettlers in the county.\\nThe first [XJstoffice was established at St. Ix)uis, in\\n1855-\\nThe first convention was held at the residence of\\nL. C. Knapp, on the farm now owned by Mr. Bur-\\nton, Esq., one and a half miles north of Ithaca, in\\n1855, and the following named gentlemen were nom-\\ninated and afterward elected as first officials of Gra-\\ntiot County\\nSheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George E. Walker;\\nCounty Clerk Orville M. Wood\\nTreasurer Ralph Ely;\\nJudge of Probate Dr. John R. Cheesman\\nProsecuting Attorney Frank Miller;\\nRegister of Deeds Henry S. Lane;\\nCircuit Court Commissioner Stevens E. Ix)ngyear\\nCounty Surveyor Sidney S. Hastings.\\nThey iualified and entered uix)n the discbarge of\\ntheir official duties the first Monday in January, 1856.\\nSeven townships were organized in 1855, by ac-\\ntion of the State Legislature, and the following\\nnamed Supervisors were elected in the spring of that\\nyear. They enjoyed the distinction of being the\\nfirst township officers elected in Gratiot County\\ntil", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0755.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "-7,^^^^ ^^V ^[lD^IiD^ v\\nrsi^^^tssr\\n9i^4M\\n73\u00c2\u00b0\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nV\\nO\\nNorth Shade, Henty S. Lane;\\nFulton, William Norton;\\nNorth Star, Benjamin Crawford\\nNew Haven, Joseph H. Bennett\\nArcada, Francis Nelson\\nEmerson, iSlelancthon Pettit\\nPine River, George Spicer.\\nMr. Spicer moved away soon after his election, and\\nHiram Burgess was appointed by the authorities of\\nSaginaw County to fill the vacancy.\\nThe first special session of the Board of Supervi-\\nsors was held at the residence of Ralph Ely, Jan. 7,\\ni8i56, at which meeting Gratiot County wasorganized.\\nHenry S. Lane was Chairman of the Board.\\nThe county seat was located as near the center of\\nthe county as practicable by this Board, Feb. 11,\\n1856; but the particular site was not designated, on\\naccount of the absence of several land-owners at or\\nnear the center. After considerable discussion, it\\nwas located March 5, 1856, on lands belonging to\\nJohn Jeffry, who named it Ithaca, that being the\\nname of the village in which he was reared, in New\\nYork.\\nThe village plat of Ithaca was surveyed by Sidney\\nS. Hastings, Feb. 11, 12, 13 and 14, 1856. The Su-\\npervisors met March 5, of that year and selected\\ngrounds for public buildings.\\nThe permanent location of the county seat had\\ncaused considerable hard feeling between the resi-\\ndents of Pine River and Arcada Townships, each in\\nturn protesting that their respective towns viz., St.\\nLouis and Alma were preferable, and by reason of\\nnumerous natural resources the proper place for es-\\ntablishing the county seat. This dissatisfaction has\\nceased to exist, and the reason is obvious to every\\nunprejudiced mind. The driving of the stake\\nwhich officially effected the location was made the\\noccasion of much hilarity. The Supervisors took\\nturns in driving it down, and the enthusiastic shouts\\nof those who witnessed the performance woke the\\nechoes far and wide.\\nThe first court-house was a two-story log cabin,\\nbuilt by John Jeffry in 1856. This was done at his\\nexpense, being a part of the consideration for having\\nthe county seat located on his land. The county of-\\nficials took possession of it in the fall of that year.\\nThe first frame school-house built in the county\\nwas erected at St. Louis in 1858, Richard G. Hillier,\\ncontractor. This was considered a rapid advance in\\ncivilization, and scholars attending the same consid-\\nered themselves the aristocracy of the county.\\nThe first Fourth-of-July celebration was held at\\nIthaca in 1856. This was a gala day for Gratiot, and\\nfully 400 were in attendance. What was lacking in\\nnumbers was amply compensated for by the enthu-\\nsiasm evinced, as the grand military parade headed\\nby an amateur band filed adown the principal streets.\\nThirty rough and ready volunteers who had done\\nduty with corn-stalk weapons on training days, in\\nthe Eastern States, went through the manual of\\narms, to the great delight of the persons witnessing\\nthe performance. E. C. Farrington, one of the first\\nsettlers in Emerson, was unite conspicuous upon this\\noccasion, being arrayed in what had formerly been a\\nswallow-tailed coat, which was minus one tail but\\nhis erect carriage and precise drill made amends for\\nall shortage in costume. Most of the men were clad\\nin raiment much the worse for wear, which resemliled\\nJoseph s coat of many colors, from the nuiltii licit)\\nof patches of varied hue that adorned them. The\\ndrum was made by stretching a green deer s hide\\nover a nail keg, but it furnished music enough to in-\\nspire those honest -hearted i)eople as much as would\\nthe latest productions from our most celebrated orches-\\ntras to-day. William Preston and Sam Graham\\nkindly donated the drum which now becomes of his-\\ntoric interest, being the first one known to have been\\nmanufactured in the county. Hiram Burgess went\\non foot to De Witt, i l a Maple Rapids, to have hand-\\nbills printed. This necessitated a journey of 80\\nmiles, but the committee were bound to have a big\\ntime, and well did they succeed.\\nThe officers of the day were President, Francis\\nNelson Vice-Presidents, all the Supervisors of Gratiot\\nounty Rev. Lafayette Church, Chaplain R eader\\nof Declaration of Independence, Orville M. Wood;\\nOrator of the Day, Frank Miller Marshall, Abram\\nM. Crawford.\\nThe ladies made a fine flag, material for which\\nwas donated by Messrs. Wood Miller. John\\nKnight gave a grand ball in tlie evening, at his house\\none mile north of Ithaca, which concluded the exer-\\ncises of the first and one of the most enthusiastic\\ncelebrations ever held in the county. L. C. Knapp\\nfurnished the dinner for most of the people, at 25\\ncents each. A whole beef was roasted, and the bill\\nof fare included potatoes, rice, hominy and pudding.\\n^5\\n0)\\n^^Dn^iiiif\\nml", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0756.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "^-^^t^\\nr^af^^\\nV\\n\u00c2\u00ab4*\\nGRATIOT COU.VTY.\\nri^^ sr\\n73\\nwith squash pie and lemonade as dessert. W. W.\\nConistock was a regular boarder at Knapp s, paying\\nfor his johnnyc.ikes and bacon the ordinary compen-\\nsation of one shilling per day. Seeing the over-\\nworked waiters straining every nerve in their\\nendeavors to supply the hungry guests, Mr. Comstock\\nrolled uj) his sleeves and went to work with a will,\\nhelping to wait upon the table and carving nearly all\\nthe meats. When all wishing dinner had been\\nserved, there was nothing but minute scraps left for\\nthe waiters, of whom Mr. Comstock was one.\\nHe made a meager meal of the remnants, and\\nwhen settling his bill the following Saturday he was\\nsomewhat surprised to learn that for the dinner on\\nthe Fourth he was charged /7ao shillings, Mr. Knapp\\ntelling him that as an extra dinner was given he\\ncould not afford to feed his boarders on such an ex-\\npensive hill of fare at the regular price. Knapp\\nmade no allowance for the arduous day s work put\\nin by Mr. Comstock, for which he was charged noth-\\ning, as he said if Conistock wanted to do it, all right,\\nbut he was not asked to assist.\\nNo political, theological or personal differences\\nthen existed to mar the tViendshipof the participants,\\nbut all strove to enhance the pleasure and welfare of\\ntheir neighbor.\\nThe organization of the Republican and Demo-\\ncratic parlies were effected in 1856. The first vote\\ngave a relative strength of nearly two-thirds in favor\\nof the Republican party, which has maintained a\\nmajority to this date.\\nThe first saw-mill was built by Joseph Clapp in\\n1855. The first sawing was done in April, 1856.\\nMen, women and children, together with a number\\nof Indians, kindly lent their aid in raising the heavy\\ntimbers neither could the work at that early day\\nhave been accomplished without their assistance.\\nFrom that date began the erection of frame houses\\nand substantial buildings of every character, thus\\nshowing the great good resulting from even one saw-\\nmill in a new country.\\nThe first regular term of the Cratiot County Cir-\\ncuit Court, according to the official record, was held\\nat Alma Jan. 18, 1859, Judge Wilbur F. Woodworth\\npresiding. The grand jury were Messrs. Henry\\nand Samuel Boyer, Briggs J. Bently, Lorenzo Badge-\\nly, George W. Brooks, James B. Curtis, Wilbur Coon,\\nElijah Curtis, Sether Dean, John Franklin, Rwiian\\nFyler, Orange Hopkins, Thomas J. Huntington,\\nErastus Kidder, Michael Nichols, Samuel T. Roe,\\nJose|)h B. Stafford, William Wooley and Abraham\\nWooden.\\nThe first white girl born in Gratiot County is sup-\\nposed to be Rhoda Smith, the daughter of \\\\Villiam\\nH. Smith. She is the wife of Jacob Martin, of New-\\nark I ownshi p. Dates are difficult to obtain regard-\\ning such matters.\\nThe first white male child born in the county was\\nJames H. Fulton, son of Nicholas B.. and Abigail\\n(Payne) Fulton. He was born July 24, 1847.\\nArnold Payne built the first frame barn in Gratiot\\nCounty. There were not men enough then residents\\nto raise the heavy timbers. The women came to the\\nrescue, and when the massive timbers were placed\\nin ix)sition many cheers long and loud echoed through\\nthe wild wood.\\nMr. Payne claims that the first Fourlh-ol -July cele-\\nbration north of Maple River was in 1845. The per-\\nsons present were: Mr. and Mrs. James Gordon,\\nNicholas and Mrs Abigail Fulton, Mr. and Mrs. Nel-\\nson Johnson, and a few from the south side of the\\nriver. They hoisted a Union flag, and had a grand\\ntime, numbers being taken into consideration. Only\\nthree persons who attended tliat celebration were\\nalive to enjoy the pleasures of the celebration of our\\nnatal day in 18S3.\\ntriple murder occurred in the village of Ithaca\\nin March, 1 861, which was as cowardly as it was\\nbrutal, and deserves a place in this history, it being\\nthe first murder committed in the county.\\nThaddeus Green, a cooper, who left the county\\nduring the hard times of 1859, returned in thesjiring\\nof i860, bringing with him his daughter, Josephine,\\na comely miss of 16. He rented a small house near\\nthe present residence of William C. Beckwith, where\\nhe worked at his trade during the winter. Among\\nthose of their neighbors who fre(iuently visited them\\nwas Miss Sally Taylor, a daughter of Benson Taylor,\\nof Newark Township. Sally was about the same age\\nas Josephine, and they were school-mates and friends\\nfrom early childhood. On Friday, March 9, 1861,\\nThaddeus and his daughter went to Mr. Taylor s,\\nwhere Green was doing some repairing on barrels,\\nand they remained until Sunday, when Sally Taylor\\naccompanied them home, intending to remain a\\nfew days. Ori Monday morning, the blinds were\\n9\\nV.\\ntp)\\n^^f^\\n-K n!] :DD\\n-JT^\\n^5)\\nm\\nm", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0757.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "732\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-3tf\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^tR-\\n4^^f\\n1\\ndown at Green s house, creating the impression that\\nthey were away from home. Nothing was thought\\nof the matter until Friday, when Mr. Stephen Cun-\\nningham, a neighbor of Mr. Taylor, called at the\\nhouse, as her father wished Sally to return home.\\nReceiving no answer to his knock at the door, Mr.\\nCunningham inquired of Mr. L. C. Smith concerning\\ntheir whereabouts. Suspicion that all was not right\\nled them to pry open a window, when the dead bodies\\nof Green, his daughter and Miss Taylor were discov-\\nered lying on the bed in a pool of congealed blood, a\\nstream of which had run down upon and across the\\nfloor! The fiend had killed the girls with a hatchet,\\nwhich lay on the floor covered with their life s blood,\\nhis daughter receiving six and Sally two blows from\\nthe murderous instrument. Green had then lain\\ndown upon a bed opposite the one upon which the\\nhfeless bodies of the girls were stretched, and ended\\nhis life by stabbing himself in the neck with a knife,\\nwhich was found sticking in the floor. The murder\\nwas a most diabolical one, but nothing was left for\\nthe avenger to do.\\nPapers found, upon searching the house, proved\\nconclusively that Green had been for some time com-\\nmitting incest with his daughter, and it is supposed\\nthat the matter so preyed upon her mind that the\\nsecret was imparted to her friend Sally Taylor, which\\nwas overheard by Green, who, to prevent the fact\\ncoming to the earsof the public, committed the crime\\nof murder and suicide. This terrible crime has\\nscarcely been equaled, and the sickening scene can\\nnever be effaced from the memory of those who wit-\\nnessed the sight.\\nBenjamin Crawford drove the first team from Ma-\\nple Rapids to Pine River. He also helped build the\\nIndian Mission, and broke the first sod done with\\na plow north of Pine River, having been employed\\nby the Indian Agent to plow the lands on the reser-\\nvation on Pine and Chippewa Rivers.\\nThe first house built in Ithaca, that was lathed and\\nplastered, was erected by Mr. Crawford. It occupied\\nLot 2, Block 10. Moving to this county in 1854, he\\nwas among the first settlers, but had been through\\nGratiot many times before, having driven stock fre-\\nquently through the county from the southern part of\\nthe State to winter them upon the reeds which grew\\nplentifully along the Chippewa and Pine Rivers.\\nHis last venture in that line %yas not successful, as\\nhe had taken several hundred head to winter, giving\\na guarantee for the lot at $5 per head. A violent\\nsnow-storm came on, and nearly all the cattle per-\\nished, which almost made Mr. C. a bankrupt. He\\nwas quite an able lawyer, although he was not ad-\\nmitted to the bar. His widow still resides in Ithaca.\\nMrs. Crawford helped make the first flag ever hoisted\\nin Gratiot County, and has lent her aid scores of\\ntimes in caring for those who were less fortunately\\nsituated during tlie early settlement of the land.\\nc;^\\nV\\ni II S Dllf\u00c2\u00bb ^kO N^\u00c2\u00bb^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0758.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "^N^^^H^ e-7 :BIl :nD r\\n^s^s.jr\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nf^\\n733\\nV\\nc^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2*\u00c2\u00bb:?:s^\u00c2\u00abs*S s*s;s\u00c2\u00ab s;;H^j: S-*i;!S-*e!S*^:S:*^;s*s;s*;;; *s s-*\u00c2\u00abs\u00c2\u00bbs:3-*\u00c2\u00abs\\nP\\n|jv0jAis ^j^ roj^f.\\nC\\nIQi3(4-\u00c2\u00bb|sa!SS:\\nHE liistory of the aborigines\\nin this county is very Umited.\\nAlthough these were their\\nhinds, and amongst tlie best\\niiunting grounds, they were all\\nremoved to a reservation in\\nIsabella County, which had been\\nceded them liy the Governmentin\\n1856, which lands are yet pos-\\nsessed by the remnants of the\\ntribes, now nearly extinct. Near-\\nly all the Indians living in this\\n[lortionof the Slate belonged to the\\nChippewa tribe, although the I atta-\\nwatomies and Ottawas were so mix-\\ned with them by intermarriage tliat\\ncomparatively few full-blooded spec-\\nimens could be found of either tribe.\\nThey were for the most part in Ful-\\nton Township, south of the Maple\\nRiver, which stream was one of their\\nfavorites, its waters abounding with\\nfish, and the bottoms on either side\\nfurnishing abundant pasturage for\\ntheir ponies, and also being a splendid hunting ground.\\nWilliam McOmber, a representative of the North-\\nwestern Fur Company, traded with the Indians at\\nthis place, and at the old Indian mission near St.\\nLouis, from 1832 until their departure in 1858. He\\nacquired their language, and speaks it yet quite flu-\\nently. There was always a kindly feeling existing\\nbetween the Indians and the whites of this county,\\nand no disturbance of importance was noted during\\nthe early history of this section. Their time was\\nspent in hunting, fishing and trading, having only a\\nfew acres of cleared land, which was cultivated very\\npoorly. These lands are now owned by Messrs. Par-\\nmer Phillips and Alanson Matthews. Mr. Phillips\\ncame in 1849 and selected the lands which were then\\noccupied by the Indians, and moved his family in\\n1 85 I. The acknowledged leader of the Chippewas\\nat that time was Acean Lemeronger, a half-breed\\nFrenchman wiio had been educated at the Mackinaw\\nIsland misj^ion. He was a man of good morals and\\nexerted a great influence over the Indians. Mache-\\ntoipiet, the chief, died in 1849, leaving his son Wau-\\nga-ba lack, to succeed him but his propensity for\\ndrunkenness disgraced him even in the eyes of the\\ntribe, and they refused to recognize him as chief.\\nPart of the tribe went to Washington Township,\\nand were under the control of Patrick Bey, until their\\nfinal removal in 1858.\\nParmer Phillips relates a story which illustrates\\nwell the Indian s love for whisky. It was the early\\nspringtime and preparations were being made for their\\nsugar dance. One Indian had been sent to Maple\\nRapids for a jug of whisky, wiih orders not to tarry\\non the way. Mr. Phillips having gone to a neighbor-\\ning shop to get ^me repairs done upon agricultural\\nimplements, was returning, and passed an Indian ly-\\nC\\nf\\nX\\n^m^\\n-5\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0082\u00acy^^ ^-K-^iia :nDs", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0759.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": ";(f^-\\nT^^^^s: evC ^n n ii D^ r\\nSf^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\ning by the road-side in a drunken stupor, while near\\nhim stood a jug of whisky. Caring nothing for a\\ndrunken Indian, Mr. Phillips passed on but had pro-\\nceeded only a short distance when he met an Indian\\n(S; who inquired if he had passed Injun squibby\\n(drunk). Receiving an affirmative answer, the fellow\\nloped off seemingly in a hurry, to meet the com-\\nmittee who had gone for a jug of rum. Hardly was\\nthis one out of sight before there came another and\\nanother, and Mr. Phillips states that twenty or more\\nIndians met him before he left the trail from whom\\ncame the same question, seen Injun squibby.\\nThere was enough whisky left to make them all howl-\\ning drunk, and they had a wild night of it.\\nTheir dances were the occasion of niucli hilarity,\\nand every one that desired was made welcome as\\nlookers on. The sugar dance, the green-corn\\ndance, harvest dance, and war dance were the\\nf. only recreations indulged in, unless it were an occa-\\nsional horse race, and these were tame affairs, the\\nponies following each other along a trail in single file.\\nBefore this county was organized, there was a large\\ntribe, with headquarters on Maple River in Fulton\\nTownship; but the small-pox made its appearance\\nand the ravages of this terrible scourge nearly depop-\\nulated the land. The medicine men tried to exorcise\\nthe evil spirit by incantations and beating tom-\\ntoms, while dances were held around the sick patient\\nbut the plague was not stayed. They resorted to the\\nsteam bath, plunge bath, etc., but death invari-\\nably followed all efforts.\\nThey would dig a small hole in the ground, heat a\\nlarge stone in the fire, place it in the hole and pour\\nwater upon it, thus creating a steam, or vapor bath,\\nover which the sick man was placed until bathed in\\npers])iration, when he was carried to the river and\\nchucked into the water. Of course this treatment\\nwas wondrously fatal.\\nBelieving that the Great Spirit had sent a\\nplague upon them, the remnant of the once powerful\\ntribe abandoned all those who were sick, leaving them\\nlying on the ground near the river to starve or die,\\nsurrounded by wild beasts, with no helping hand near\\nto offer aid or defend them in their helpless condition.\\nNone that were left recovered, and their bleaching\\nbones for many years strewed the grounds.\\nTheir manner of burial was peculiar. The corpse\\nC^ was wrapped with hark and deposited in a shallow\\nS\\nV\\ngrave, which when filled with earth was covered with\\nbark. A pipe, tobacco, and hatchet were put at the\\nhead of the grave and ipiarterly, during the first\\nyear, a squirrel or other small animal was buried,\\nthat the warrior might have sustenance for support\\nuntil he reached the happy hunting grounds.\\nThe Indians could marry for a moon or for\\nlife, just as they liked. The marriage ceremony con-\\nsisted only in presenting the bride a necklace, blanket,\\nor any trinket, which if accepted constituted mar-\\nriage. They were not limited in numlier, some\\nhaving three or more wives. Acean Lemeronger had\\nthree wives, and children by all of them. The first\\nson of his first wife was called Dixie, and Acean\\nsent him to school one year at Grand Rapids. Dixie\\ncould not stand the confinement, and returned home.\\nTaking a rifle, he started into the forest and returned\\nat the close of the first week laden with the hides of\\n17 deer. This seemed to please his father, who re-\\nmarked, Dixie too much Injun: must buy him\\nblanket.\\nThe tribe, after leaving their sick on Maple River,\\nwent to the Lutheran mission near .St. Louis. Here\\nthey remained until their final departure for the res-\\nervation in Isabella County.\\nPay-mas-ega, the aged Chippewa chief, died at\\nIndiantown, and his body was kept lying in state\\nor several days; plenty of whisky was furnished the\\nIndians from some quarter, and riot and revelry pre-\\nvailed. During the carnival of drunkenness three\\nsquaws were murdered and burned.\\nMe-gon-ge-wan, a daughter of the chisf mentioned,\\nafterward married Henry Ashman, who represented\\nthe people in the State Legistature at a later date.\\nTwo of his sons live in Isabella County and are both\\nintelligent and worthy men. Mrs. Mary Gruett, wife\\nof James Gruett, who acted as interpreter at the\\nIndian mission, still lives near St. Louis and is pos-\\nsessed of quite a fund of information regarding In-\\ndian life.\\nThe inter-martiage of the race has so reduced\\nthem physically that a few more years wilt find but a\\nmere handful of the noble red men who were\\nformerly owners of this beautiful land. When they\\nare gone who will mourn? Who will drop a tear in\\nmemory of their former greatness? They have been\\ndispossessed slowly but surely until a mere spot of\\nland includes their possessions. Their end is near;\\ntheir race is nearly run. Like Napoleon, shorn of\\n0\\\\\\nca:\\nr\\nCi-\\nt\\n1;", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0760.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "m^rv^^^^\\nV\\nrl\\nI\\n1^\\no\\nt\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^0$^\\nf^.\\nm^\\n735\\nhis ix)\\\\ver, the noble warriors were forced to retire be-\\nfore the onward march of civilization. No more is\\nseen the smoke curling from their wigwams no more\\nis heard the tom-tom, as its monotonous sound\\nmarshaled the braves for the war dance, at which\\nthe young men were initiated and afterward allowed\\nto participate as warriors in the chase, or to give bat-\\ntle to their foe. Their camp fires have gone out;\\ntheir hunting grounds are transformed into luxuriant\\nmeadows and highly cultivated fields. Nothing is\\nleft save this humble memorial to indica .e that the\\naborigines ever inhabited this country.\\n5 li^ i,\u00c2\u00abSsS: ia.^.^)\\nio* cs*-SKi i72raav.,\\nN interesting feature of this\\nwork is an historical review of\\nthe several townships. They\\nwere settled by men most of\\nwhom have representatives\\nnow living in the county, and\\nmany of them yet reside in the\\ntownships, in which they were\\nborn. The southern tier of town-\\nships was first settled, being near-\\nest to and adjoining Chnton County,\\nwhich was settled somewhat be-\\nfore its organization in 1839. The\\ntownships of North .Shade, Fulton,\\nWashington, Elba, Hamilton, North\\nI Star, Newark and New Haven, were\\nprevious to the organization of Gratiot County at-\\ntached to that of Clinton for judicial purposes, and\\nthe two northern tiers of townships to Saginaw\\nCounty, for similar reasons.\\nA careful perusal of the incidents relating to the\\nearly settlement of the several townships will repay\\nthe reader, as each one contains the names of the\\nfirst settlers, and many other items which are required\\nto make the history complete. Almost every town-\\nship claims the honor of having the first settler in the\\ncounty located in her borders but with the most\\ncareful reference to dates, Fulton is awarded the\\npalm. Be that as it may, each has furnished many\\nmen who for integrity and worth cannot be excelled\\nin any country, and they reflect great credit upon the\\ncounty they represent, politically or socially.\\nI\\nFulton Township..\\nI HE best agricultural body of land in Gra-\\ntiot County is Fulton Townshij). Being\\nthe first settled portion of the county and\\nnear Maple Rapids, where suiiplies were easily\\nprocured during the hard times of 1857-8-9,\\nher people were more fortunate than many of\\ntheir neighbors, who lived at a remote distance from\\na trading point.\\nThe first settlement in Fulton was made by Robert\\nFulton, Arnold Payne and James Fulton, who came\\nin 1846. Nick Fulton and Nelson Johnson came in\\n1847, and took claims, but aftenvard deserted them.\\nThey returned in 1849 were then among the\\nearliest settlers in the county.\\nParmer Phillips located his lands in 1S49, and f^\\ncame with his wife in 1851. He lived on the south jy\\nside of Maple Piver and was in easy circumstances, _!^ _", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0761.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "^v^^DB^nn^^r\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nir^\\n(L\\ni\\nI\\nbeing provided with teams, etc. Benjamin Cole and\\nwife came in August, 1853, and located where Gil-\\nlette now lives. At that time they were the second\\nfamily north of Maple River. Lehman Johnson and\\nhis brother, Nelson, were then living in the township.\\nNelson was known as everybody s Johnson, being\\nalways ready to leave his own work to assist a neigh-\\nbor in raising a cabin, rolling logs, or doing anything\\nwhich was asked of him.\\nBen Cole and his wife selected a place for their\\ncabin, and he went to work felling trees. Their bed\\nwas made under a huge oak whose foliage was their\\nonly shelter for some time. Mrs. Cole relates that\\nshe kept the mosquitoes from molesting her husband\\nuntil two o clock in the morning, when he performed\\na similar service for her. Their first visitors were 15\\nIndian women, who brought presents of venison and\\nother meats. In fact, during the first year, Mr. and\\nMrs. Cole depended upon the Indians for their meat\\nsupply.\\nThe first wedding known to have occurred in the\\ncounty, was that of James Carpenter, who married a\\ndaughter of Arnold Payne in the winter of 1852.\\nJames Martin soon afterward married another one of\\nMr. Payne s daughters. Leroy Sutherland came in\\n1854 and soon afterward wedded Angelina Moss.\\nNearly every early resident of (iratiot County first\\ncame to Fulton Township, the only road in the county\\nbeing the one leading from Maple Rapids to St.\\nLouis. Arnold Payne s place was known for many\\nyears as affording the best hotel accommodations in\\nthe county, and no man was more widely known.\\nThe first log-rolling bee was on the land owned\\nby Nick Fulton. Twenty-two of the hardy pioneers\\nlent a helping hand, of whom a half dozen at least\\nare yet living. These affairs always terminated with\\na grand supper and dance, to which everybody in the\\nneighborhood were invited. The first township meet-\\ning and the first election held were at the cabin of\\nBen Cole, one of the best known and most eccentric\\nmen of Gratiot. Ben is now 84 years of age, and to\\ndate has never missed a town meeting or an election\\nin tlie county. He is one of the best story tellers\\nextant, and his presence was always considered nec-\\nessary to complete any social gathering. His gold-\\nen wedding was the first one celebrated in Fulton\\nTownship. That pleasant event occurred July 4,\\n1881. His wife Louisa is also quite sprightly, and\\nenjoys the reminiscences of early days in Gratiot as\\n11 u\u00c2\u00abj,. 1:..: Tu.: 1 __ __i_. _ _. ^A^\\nBoiioatli tlieso cold sods lies old Pole.\\nOil (iddl liiivt iiu ivy on liis soul,\\nAs I would on yours.\\nIf you was old Cole\\nAnd 1 was God.\\nwell as anybody living. Their shanty was only 1 2 x\\n16 when completed, yet Mr. Cole says 21 grown per-\\nsons have stayed all night with them, and all had\\nroom enough.\\nTo make mention of half the pleasant stories Ben\\nwas possessor of, would make a large, interesting vol-\\nume. Perhaps no one in Gratiot County is possessed\\nof a larger fund of general knowledge than he. In\\nmentioning the hard times, Ben says they lived prin-\\ncipally upon knick-knacks; if they had anything\\nto eat, it was a knick, had they nothing, it was a\\nknack. At all events they were happy, and Ben\\nCole and his aged wife are among the happiest peo-\\nple on earth to-day. His epitaph was composed\\nby himself years ago, and we give it a place here, to\\ncommemorate the characteristics of a man who is\\nrespected by every one as being a kind neighbor and\\nfull of virtuous deeds. Any one who has ever heard\\nBen Cole talk will recognize his sentiment in the fol-\\nlowing, which will be engraved upon his tomb-stone\\nafter his demise\\nThe best farm buildings in the county are located\\nin Fulton Township, and the wealth of her farmers\\nexceeds that of any township in the county. The\\ntaxation is almost as great as Pine River, which in-\\ncludes a part of the prosperous villages of St. Louis\\nand Alma.\\nFulton is well watered by Maple River and its\\ntributaries. It is bounded on the north by Newark\\nTownship, on the east by Washington Township, on\\nthe south by Clinton County and on the west by\\nNorth Shade Township.\\nMost of the Indians who lived in Gratiot at the\\ntime of its organization, were residents of Fulton, and\\ntheir farming grounds are now the property of Par-\\nmer Phillips.\\nMr. Charles E. Webster has been Supervisor of\\nthe township long enough to familiarize him with f\\nevery detail of the county s business. We give the I\\nlist of Supervisors to date:\\nSUI KRVISORS.\\nWilliam Norton 1855\\nWhipple Martin. 1856\\nHenry P. Howd 1 857\\ntlll;", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0762.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rf\u00c2\u00ab\\nT ;ll(l! :Dll! :-T 3iO=\\nf.\\nV\\ns\\nGRA TJO T CO UNTY.\\ng\\n737\\nI.. T. Cassnda 1858-62\\nRoswold Danley 1863\\nL. T. Cassada 1 864-5\\nCharles E. Webster 1866-9\\nKoswoUl Danley 1870\\nCharles E. Webster 187 1-7\\nNathaniel Walker 1878\\nCharles E. Webster 1879-82\\nHenry Stilt 1883.\\nFulton deserves a front rank in an agricultural\\nway. Every thing in the line of cereals which are\\nadapted to this climate grows luxuriantly in her soil.\\nThrift prevails everywhere, and many of the most\\nwealthy citizens of Gratiot County are now, or have\\nbeen, residents of Fulton Township.\\nNorth Star.\\nHIS townshi[) is numbered 10 nortli and 2\\nwest, and is bounded on the north by Emer-\\nson, on the east by Hamilton, on the south\\nby Washington, and tlie west by Newark. North\\nStar was organized in April, 1855, and the first\\nofficers elect were\\nSupervisor Benjamin Crawford\\nClerk\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H.r. Barnaby;\\nTreasurer William W. Palmer;\\nJustices William Hurd, John Franklin, Luther\\nC. Smith, T. H. Rodgers.\\nCommissioners of Highways Peter Hoffman, J.\\nW. Chaffin, George Criner.\\nThe first township meeting was held at the resi-\\ndence of Peter Hoffman in April, 1855. Addison\\nHayden and Mr. Hoffman are accredited the honor\\nof naming this township. Mr. H. was an energetic\\nand excellent man, and exerted a great deal of in(lu-\\nence in the community.\\nThe first settler in the townshij) was Rowland\\nSmith, who built a shanty upon section 30 in April,\\n1854. Rev. H.T. Barnaby and Peter Hoffman, with\\ntheir families, arrived in May of the same year. Rev.\\nBarnaby was the first preacher in this neighborhood,\\nand the time selected for delivering the first sermon,\\nwhich was unavoidably postponed, serves as the basis\\nfor a brief anecdote. Services were to be held at the\\nhouse of John Franklin, in .Vugust, 1854, and the\\nminister had taken his position, as well as those who\\nhad assembled to hear a rendition of the divine law.\\n^*^^^f^\\nm\\nwhen word came that an old lady, a Nfrs. Hawkins,\\nwas lost in the woods of Newark Township. Know-\\ning the dangers which might ensue from wild beasts,\\nhunger and fright, the congregation was hurriedly\\ndismissed, and the male jwrtion, headed by Rev.\\nBarnaby (who, to prevent being lost from the party,\\nhad a cow-bell susjsended from his neck), started for\\nNewark. Search was continued during that and the\\nnext day, when word came that she had found the\\nOld Indian Trail, and safely arrived at a settle-\\nment in the neigliborhood.\\nGame was very plentiful that year, and the best\\nhunting record of the season was made by Rev. Bar-\\nnaby, who amply demonstrated that he could fire a\\nrifle as well as clear a farm or preach a sermon. Dur-\\ning the hunting season of that year he killed 45 deer,\\none bear and a wolf.\\nThe first birth in the township was a daughter to\\nJoel T. and Mrs. Smith, and the first death was that\\nof an infant daughter of H. T. and Mrs. Barnaby.\\nNorth Star is an excellent agricultural township,\\nand the numerous farms whicii arc so highly im-\\nproved, with the large list of taxable property, affords\\nindisputable evidence of its rapid development.\\nThis township is well watered by Bad River and\\nits tributaries, and represents some of the finest agri-\\ncultural lands in the county. The improvements\\nalso are up, and perhaps superior, to those of some\\nof her sister townships. Among the earliest minis-\\nters, and perhaps the first minister, who settled in the\\ncounty, was Rev. Elias Sower, who settled in this\\ntownship in 1854. He was an active and indefati-\\ngable worker, and is beloved by every one who knows\\nhim.\\nHaving previously related the sixjrting record\\nof Rev. H. T. Harnaby, the historian feels like giving\\nanother incident in the same line, although accom-\\nplished by a woman, with a woman s weajwn.\\nMrs. Hiram Brady went toward the barn, and was\\nsurprised to see a large buck feeding complacently at\\nthe corn-crib. She seized a stick of stove-wood, and\\nstruck the deer over the head, stunning it completely,\\nafter which a few more well-directed blows dispatched\\nit. This is well authenticated, and occurred Dec. 2,\\n1875. It might be proper to add that a number of\\nbears have recently been killed in this township; but\\nas this story would apply to every twonship in the\\ncounty, the space may be better used in sjjeaking of\\nmatters more important.\\nf\\n9*m\\nt", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0763.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2S^S^?v:^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cr\\nV ^llI]i^(iO^ T-\\nssf^^^^^sr\\nrd,\\nT\\ns\\n738^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nBelow will be found the names of those who have\\nrepresented this township as Supervisors from its\\norganization until the present time:\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nBenjamin Crawford 1 855\\nAddison Hayden 1856-8\\nH. T. Barnaby 1859-60\\nWm. M. Barstow 1 86 1\\nFranklin Squire 1862-3\\nH. T. Barnaby 1864\\nElias Sower 1 865-6\\nWm. M. Barstow 1867-8\\nH. T. Barnaby 1869\\nW. J. Marshall 1 870\\nH. T. Barnaby 187 1-2\\nLorenzo Squire 1873\\nW. J. Marshall 1874-5\\nSidney Thompson 1876-7\\nW. J. Marshall 1878-80\\nSidney Thompson 1 88 1 -2\\nW. J. Marshall 1883\\nHamilton Township.\\nHIS township derived its name from Frank\\nHamilton, a relative of Elijah Curtis. He\\nhas for many years been a condnctor on the\\nDetroit Milwaukee railway. Elijah Curtis,\\nWilliam Barton, Dr. John R. Cheesman,\\nCharles Brant, Timotliy Eckels, and a number\\nof others came in 1854. Dr. Elias Sower, who was\\nalso a minister, medicated the people and preached\\nwhen desired, as well as assisting in erecting their\\ncabins, although being located in North Star. He\\nofficiated at the first wedding celebrated in Hamilton,\\nwhich was that of Daniel Huston to Elmira Curtis.\\nThe first child born in the township was Henry, a son\\nof Elijah and Mrs. Curtis. Willianr Barton was\\nelected a Justice of the Peace, and relates how one\\nof his first cases was disposed of by the jury without\\ngiving him an opportunity to render a decision.\\nHamilton Township was noted for legal squabblts.\\nOnce a couple of neighbors were dissatisfied about\\nsome minor affair. They concluded to have a jury,\\nwho, after hearing the evidence, decided that there\\nwas no cause of action and that each party\\npay his own costs.\\nDuring the war, there were left in the township\\nbut six men, and they were aged and infirm. This\\nspeaks in highest terms of their patriotism, of which\\nno higher testimonial could be given. The 57th\\nmarriage anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William Bar-\\nton, was celebrated at the home of his son-in-law\\nDei. Barstow, at Ithaca, Jan. 17, 1884. Together\\nthey have braved the battle of life with its hardships\\nand trials for more than a half century, and when\\ntheir journey is finished will leave an honorable rec-\\nord l)ehind. Mr. Barton was a soldier under the\\nDuke of Wellington, and participated at the disas-\\ntrous battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon s forces\\nwere defeated, and he made prisoner.\\nDr. Cheesman hauled the first load of pine lum-\\nber from St. Chades that was brought into the town-\\nship. Hailing from the city of Chicago, of course he\\nfelt somewhat aristocratic, and wished to convert his\\ncabin into a modern-looking structure, to do which,\\nclap-boards could not be utilized.\\nHe relates an experience of the first famine in\\n1857, in which the demand for bread was imperative.\\nBeing fortunately situated himself, a stock of provis-\\nions were laid in sufficient to maintain his family for\\na year, but the necessities of the people were such\\nthat they were divided until the larder was bare as\\nmother Hubbard s cupboard, and his family were also\\nin need of food. Some friend in Chicago had sent\\n$50, to help him along, and a man was dispatched to\\nMaple Rapids to purchase flour, with the entire\\namount. It was in the early spring-time, and the ice\\nwas not frozen hard enough to bear the team. After\\ntrying vainly to make their way through the woods,\\nand water a foot in depth, the team was taken home\\nand Dr. C. started on foot with a bag to see neighbor\\nNewell, who lived si.K miles distant and had fortun-\\nately secured a sack of flour. Arriving at his destin-\\nation. Dr. Cheesman made known his errand, and\\nstated that he could get along with r2 pounds and of-\\nfered to pay any price asked. Mr. Newell I efused\\nto sell but stated that he would lend the amount, to\\nbe returned when the doctor s load could be pro-\\ncured. This was cheerfully accept\\npounds of the coveted rr.ercha\\nhis shoulder. Dr. C. started homeward, breaking\\nthrough the ice at almost every step the entire dis-\\ntance. To obtain only this small amount of flour,\\nnecessitated a journey of 12 miles through the forest,\\nwhich was almost completely submerged with water\\ne\\n1\\nn\\nload could be pro- I\\ncepted, and, with 12 0)\\nmdise swinging over i\\n(mM^^^^\\n^^nii^iin^\\n4^g^^i5f^,", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0764.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "^V?v\u00c2\u00ab^^**\\nZ^^^^^\\no\\nI\\nr^\\nC^^ 7 /(3 T CO UNTY.\\nZa^^i S^\\nr?r.i:\\n739\\nnearly ;i foot in depth, covered with a thin ice which\\nallowed the traveler to break through at every step.\\nThe wonder is, that such hardships were survived by\\nso many, yet sickness was coniparalively rare.\\nJohn Muffly, and his son Jacob, were early set-\\ntlers in Hamilton and a winter s hunt for Jacob, al-\\nthough a mere lad, is not without significance, as it\\nshows what kind of game a boy could hunt with\\n\\\\)rofit. His trophies, togetiier wiili the amounts re-\\nceived for them, are here given\\n1 28 coon skins $160 00\\n4 S mink 240 00\\n8 wildcat 4 00\\n4 fox I 60\\n3 bear 1 7 00\\n3 bear cubs, alive 30 00\\nTotal 452 60\\nAll the flour used they carried upon their backs for\\nseveral years, from a mill in Clinton C ounty, 28 miles\\ndistant.\\nTiie first school in Hamilton was taught in 1S60\\nby Carrie Barton, at what is yet known as Barton s\\nSchool-house.\\nSICKEI.S.\\nThe village of Sickels was platted by the proprie-\\ntors, William Sickels and Sheldon L. iglil, Feb. 20,\\n1882, consisting of seven blocks and eight streets. It\\nwas surveyed by Thomas H. Harrod, and is situated\\non section 8 of the townshij) of llamilion, al)out eight\\nmiles east and a little south of Ithaca, the county\\nseat. It has a jjostoffice, which is situated on the\\ntri-weekly mail stage route from Ithaca to Edgewood.\\nThere are a general store, a fiouring-mill, a saw-mill,\\na planingmill, a wagon sho|), a blacksmith shop, a\\nhotel, two church edifices coimnenced, one by the\\nMethodist Episcopal and one by the Free Methodist\\nsocieties. It also has a tri-weekly mail from Elsie,\\nClinton County, and has a (wpulation of over one\\nhundred.\\nFor Hamilton Towntihip, since its organization, the\\nfollowing is a list of\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nElijah Curtis 1856\\nOrville M. Wood 1857\\nWilliam Barton 1858-60\\nJohn Deeter 1861\\nThomas B. Lamb 1862-3\\nWilliam Barton 1864-5\\nH. A. Joiner 1 866-7\\nJ. H. Seaver 1868-70\\nj. B. Curtis 1871\\nJ. H. Seaver S73-4\\n|osei h llaight 1S75\\nI. H. Seaver 1S76\\n^ilas Hill 1877-9\\nfosei ih Wright 1 880\\nW. k. Wright iSSi\\nWilliam Sickels 18S2\\nC. A.Tann 1883\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab4C\u00c2\u00a3/( feS\\nMil\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^-SfSWOT*^\\nBethany Township.\\n!|^;ROMINENT among the first settlers in\\nyMl Bethany Township, was the Gniett family,\\n.Mi^Vj.^ several of whom are yet residents. James\\n.i\\nGruett was for ten years the interpreter at the\\nV. Indian mission. He was married in 1833, at\\nSaginaw, and came to the mission in 1846. The\\nfamily consisted of several children, the eldest of\\nwhich was a daughter named Soi)hia, of whom Mrs.\\nMary Gruett relates quite a laughable story.\\nAfter Joseph Clapp built the first house in St.\\nLouis, lie cleared a few rods arid planted a garden.\\nThis was the first garden in the iilace, and the veg-\\netables grew luxuriantly. Among the latter was a fine\\nsqiiash which assumed majestic proportions, being\\nlarger than a flour barrel and weigiied over So pounds.\\nMr. Clapp frequently called attention to his treasure\\nand felt very proud of his first venture in gardening.\\nOne day Sophia Gruett, then 16 years of age, was\\npassing, and stopped to see the wonderful squash. It\\nwas fairly ripe anil looked good enough lu eat. Mr.\\nClapi) came out, and in a bantering tone told Sophia\\nthat she might have the squash if slie would carry it\\nhome, not tliinking it possible, as she lived three miles\\naway. She went into the woods and cut a stick about\\nfour feet in length, sharpened the end and pushed it\\nthrough the mammoth squash. Having procured ^4v\\nsome long strips of bark, she made a sort of harness\\nby tyini; the ends to the stick, and having one band\\ncrossing her forehead and the other across her breast,\\nshe started with the heavy load upon her back and\\nactually carried it the entire distance! Mrs. Gruett\\ncoming in next day, Mr. l.q)p asked how Sophia wa-;\\nfeeling. She replied, Good nuff; heap sick back.\\n\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^5\u00c2\u00a9t|-^\\nlli):^Dilr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0765.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "l^^/\u00c2\u00ae)$^tl*-\\nT255^\\n740\\n(h\\n2\\nC^yi HOT CO UNT V.\\n^1^^\\nr^t,\\nThe parents were both half-breed Indians, and were\\nborn in the upper Lake Superior country.\\nMrs. Gruett is now 76 years of age, and quite a\\ngood talker, although one needs an interpreter unless\\nwell acquainted. Her son, William, who carried the\\nmail fir a long time from St. Louis to Maple Rapids,\\nlives with her. He was quite unfortunate in May,\\n1883, having both legs fractured in five plates while\\nlogging. However, he hobbles about (|uite well, and\\nis cheerful and full of olden-time anecdotes. Mrs.\\nGruett was for a number of years, in the early his-\\ntory of the county, quite a doctor, and kept her\\npony within reach that she might attend all calls.\\nShe prepared her own medicine from the roots and\\nbarks, the medicinal virtues of which were well-\\nknown to the Indians. Added to all this, was the\\ngift of prophecy, or fortune-telling, and her advice\\nwas much sought for.\\nWhen the Indians left Gratiot County for their res-\\nervation in Isabella, James Gruett and family went\\nwith them, as his knowledge of both the Indian and\\nthe American languages was indispensable. After his\\ndeath, which occurred a few years later, the family\\nreturned to their old home in Bethany Township,\\nwhere those who are yet living reside.\\nMrs. Harriet Lake has furnished some very inter-\\nesting reminiscences of olden times, for which our\\nthanks are tendered. She was one of the early pio-\\nneers, and no lady is better known or more higlily\\nrespected in Bethany Township.\\nBethany Township derived its name from the In-\\ndian mission which bore that name.\\nW. J. Partello, was the pioneer of Bethany and by\\nreason of many sterling (pialities endeared iiimselfto\\nthe people of this town, who have known him long\\nand well.\\nBethany has been ably represented by the following\\nnamed\\nSUPERVISORS\\nW. J. Partello 1858\\nF. D. Weller 1859-60\\nBernard Fo.\\\\. 1861\\nWilliam B. Harris 1862\\nA. Clark 1863-4\\nE. S. Drake 1865\\nA. Clark 1866\\nJ. C. Giddings 1867-74\\nFloyd E. Martin 1 875\\nS. D. Hicks 1876-8\\nG. Thompson 1879\\nWillard D.Tucker 1880-2\\nMortimer Sharpsteen 1883\\n\u00c2\u00ab2Cl2/\u00c2\u00a9^-^\\n^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00a9IQ Z Z\\nSeville Township.\\n^EVILLE is the northwestern townsjiip of\\nGratiot County, and is bounded on the\\nnorth by Isabella County, on the east by\\nthe township of I ine River, on the south by\\nSumner Township, and on the west by Mont-\\ncalm County. Seville is quite fortunate in the\\nway of railroad facilities, the Detroit, LansingiS: North-\\nern passing through the southern part of the town-\\nship. The Marshall Coldwater railroad is already\\nsurveyed across the western part of the town, and all\\nthe grading is done through Sumner Township.\\nIn Seville Township are three railroad stations, on\\nthe line of the Detroit, Lansing Northern railway,\\nthe most prominent one being Riverdale. A second,\\nbearing the name of the township, is a small hanilet\\nwhere trains stop only on signal. The third, Elwell,\\nis a more important station.\\nIn agricultural products this township ranks fourth\\nin the county, and has a large lumber trade.\\nJohn D. Mallory settled on section 24, in 1855.\\nHenry Boyer came the same year and settled in his\\nneighborhood.\\nThe latter tells a story on one of his neighbors, to\\nillustrate how thin a man can get on a mi.\\\\ed diet.\\nThe family, consisting of six persons, subsisted on a\\npint of milk with maple sugar and leeks, and a soup\\nmade from basswood buds. The husband and father\\nwas working as hard as he was able, to clear up a\\nlittle fann, but often complained to Mr. Boyer that\\nhis liver knocked against his ribs so hard that he\\ncould scarcely split rails!\\nThe impassable roads of an early day impeded the\\nimmigration which came later. It is related that some\\nparties, while out hunting, came to a very deep mud-\\nhole which extended across the road. A man with a\\nlongox-gad was threshing around in the miie as they\\ncame in sight. Ujwn being questioned, he declared\\nthat he had driven into the marsh his team of oxen,\\nand they were then buried in the mud.\\nV^\\nOJ\\nr^\\nt^\\n!A Ofl^IlIlv A^\\n-^^^jC^,", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0766.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "V\\nv.\\n-:s^^ err :iIlll:o:llD r\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n741\\ni)\\nV\\nV\\ncS\\nThat pre-historic race, the Mound- Builders,\\nhave h ved in this township, and Messrs. R. F. Ked-\\nzie, C. B. F. Bangs and F. \\\\V. Hastings, of the Slate\\nAgricultural College, have made excavations in sev-\\neral of the mounds. One was explored on section\\n13, in which a number of relics were found. On sec-\\ntion 14, they found two skeletons, in a had state of\\npreservation. Tlie last mound examined was on\\nsection 3r. This was situated on a level plain. It\\nwas a perfect cone, lo feet high and 40 feet in di-\\nameter at the base. This wis thoroughly examined,\\nand some excellent specimens found, consisting of\\nstone vessels and implements, besides pieces of\\nskeletons, etc. We gaze with reverential awe upon\\nthe evidence presented of those peculiar people, who,\\nhundreds of years ago, inhabited our country, and of\\nwhom no trace remains save these historic mounds,\\nwhich alone mark their last resting-place. Tlieir\\nhistory died with them let llieni rest.\\nThe people of Seville Townsiiip have been served\\nby the following nine\\nsupervisors:\\nCarlisle Weeks 1 856\\nHenry Boyer 1857-9\\nHenry Shults 1860-1\\nHenry Boyer 1862\\nIra Amsbury 1 863\\nHenry Boyer 1864-5\\nHenry Shults 1 866\\nIra -Amsbury 1867\\nJames L. Shults 1868-7 i\\nIra Amsbury 1872\\nWm. J. Moffatt 1 873\\nJames L. Si\\\\iilts 1 874\\nJames R. Errett i 875-6\\nP. D. Egan 1877-8\\nJames R. Errett 1 879-80\\nJames L. Shults 1881\\nWilliam Pitt 1882-3\\nSeville is numbered 12 north and 4 west. It has\\nan intelligent population, good schools and churches,\\nwith an enterprising people to maintain liieni.\\nThis township was named by Mr. S. S. Hastings,\\nin honor of the town in which he resided in Medina\\nCo., Ohio.\\nf\\nArcada Township.\\nnMONG the first settlers, we mention Rev.\\njJL Lafayette Church, Rev. Francis Nelson.\\nEdward Lake and Ralph Ely, with their\\nfamilies. The entire country was in a !-tatc of\\nnature, but these energetic men went to work\\nwith a will, and the accessions to tiieir ranks\\nby new-comers soon formed ipiite a settlement in that\\ntownship. The timlier was of excellent (juality, and\\nPine River furnished a means of transportation for\\ngroceries and i)rovisions, as well as other commodi-\\nties, from Saginaw, which, with the exception of\\nMaple Rapids, was the chief trading; point for Gratiot\\nCounty.\\nRalph Ely and Abraham Woodin built the first\\nboat that carried supplies on Pine River. Mr.\\nWoodin erected a small log cabin near Alma in 1856.\\nFrancis Way put in a small stock of dry goods, which\\nwas kept in i)oxes under the bed. A few articles of\\ngeneral merchandise was added later, which, for\\neconomy s sake, was also disiwsed of in like manner.\\nWhen a customer came in, the goods were dragged\\nout and selections made. In addition to Mr. Wood-\\nin s family, consisting of themselves and seven chil-\\ndren, Francis Way, wife and child, lived with them,\\nand persons traveling through the county in search\\nof lands also made the cabin headi|uarters. When\\ntaken into consideration that the only room was 16\\nfeet scpiare, but little was left for the entertainment\\nof com[)any.\\nJohn Jeffrey was really the pioneer of Arcada, and\\nlocated on section i. Mr. Jeffrey came for the pur-\\nixjse of heailing off a railroad which he had learned\\nwas to be built through his land. If such a thing\\nhad been done, it would have been of immense ad-\\nvantage to this new country, l. Ut Jeffrey was seemingly\\nunconcerned about its future. He was a very close\\nman in his dealings, but strictly honest; and during\\nthe early settlement of Gratiot, he befriended many\\na [xxjr fellow who otherwise would have suffered.\\nJeffrey had some peculiar ideas, and once a resolu-\\ntion formed, no argument could convince him that he\\nwas in error. The second Fourth of July that was\\ncelebrated at Ithaca d^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mon^trated his perverseress,\\nand gave rise to quite a war of words at last. Ar-\\nc\\nA\\nC\\nr\\nrA iiD; t-^.\\ni^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0767.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "A\\n1=3\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Tzj^^^c ^v ^tl n D llf r\\n-^^5f\\n742\\nG/iA no T CO UNT Y.\\nrangements had been made by committees previously\\nappointed to secure speakers, but Mr. Jeffrey dis-\\nliked one of them, and declared that another man\\nshould speak instead. A disagreement was thus\\nbrought about, by which two celebrations were held\\nthe same day a quarter of a mile apart, Jeffrey s\\nparty holding theirs in the grove near town, the other\\nbeing held on the square donated by Jeffrey for\\ncounty purposes. There was a good attendance at\\nboth places, and the greatest harmony prevailed,\\nthere being several good speakers in attendance.\\nThe ne.xt afternoon, John Jeffrey swore out war-\\nrants before a justice for several of the men who\\nwere foremost in getting up the celebration in the\\ncourt-house yard, among whom was Frank Miller,\\nthe Postmaster. The officer went to arrest him, but\\nthe mail being e.xpected to arrive every moment, he\\nrefused to come out of the office until it had been\\ndistributed. Jeffrey and a number of others were\\nloud in their denunciations of the men who were his\\nopponents on the previous day, and declared he\\nwould have revenge for their trespass upon his\\ngrounds, the deed not yet being made to Gratiot\\nCoupty. Several men offered to go upon Miller s\\nbond for appearance the next day, but were refused.\\nThe Jeffrey squad becoming more noisy, and seeming-\\nly intent upon obtaining Miller s body at all hazards,\\nthreatened to break down the door. W. \\\\V. Comstock\\nappeared upon the scene, and planting himself\\nagainst the door, declared that they should first pass\\nover his dead body. This step put a quietus upon\\nthe movement, and the officer, in company with Jef-\\nfrey, left the building. The suit was dismissed.\\nJeffrey, finding the sentiment of the people strongly\\nagainst him, was glad to pay costs in the case and\\nlet the matter drop.\\nJudge P. H. Estec, now of Isabella County, had\\nquite an experience when coming into the county\\nwith his family in 1855. He had engaged Capt.\\nRalph Ely to bring his family and their trunks from\\nSaginaw to Alma, on his boat. It required several\\ndays for the trip, and the last day, as the boat was\\npassing Bovee s Riffle, below St. Louis, it was over-\\nturjied and the entire contents dumped into the\\nriver. None of the party were in the boat except\\nthe crew, as it had to be towed against the rapid cur-\\nrent at this point, in which all took a hand. Three\\nof their trunks were thrown into the water, one of\\nthem remaining six weeks before being recovered.\\nThe party made their way to Mr. Woodin s, near\\nAlma, and were made quite comfortable, although\\nthe room contained not only the stock of goods, but\\nhousehold and kitchen furniture besides.\\nSupper was prepared and sleeping acconmioda-\\ntions furnished for 17 persons. This was not an ex-\\nceptional case at Mr. Woodin s, but frequently by\\nmany of the pioneers in Gratiot County. Judge\\nEstee and family are now residents of Isabella\\nCounty, and his introduction to the inhabitants of\\nthis neighborhood has furnished the basis for many\\na hearty laugh.\\nTwo railroads now pass through Arcada, and be-\\nfore the close of the present year one more will be\\ncompleted. A part of the thriving village of Alma\\nand a part of Ithaca are in this township, which is a\\nsplendid tract of agricultural land. It is bounded\\non the north by Pine River, the east by Emerson,\\nsouth by Newark, and the west by Sumner Town-\\nships. The number is 1 1 north, and 3 west.\\nEdward Lake and Paul Averill came to Arcada in\\nMarch, 1855. Mrs. Lake arrived in June of the\\nsame year. Mr. Lake had built a little shanty on\\nthe southeast quarter of section 25. This cabin\\nwas a novelty in the way, bring built entirely of hick-\\nory bark. They remained in this until September,\\nwhen a log house was completed, one and ahalf stories\\nin height. The nearest neighbor, Simon Knott, a\\nbachelor, settled the same year in the corner of Ar-\\ncada, which is now a iK)rtion of Ithaca. As none of\\nthe neighbors had a wagon he made a wooden cart,\\nthe only bit of iron about it being one wrought nail.\\nKnott and Mr. Lake used this cart to carry potatoes\\nand groceries from Maple Rapids, pushing it the en-\\nlire distance.\\nReuben Finch soon afterward became one of Mr.\\nLake s neighbors. They were great friends, and\\nspent much time in hunting. One day Mr. Lake\\nkilled three deer at two shots with a rifle, and Finch\\nkilled a bear. The latter s experience was rather\\nunpleasant, as he only wounded the bear in one fore\\nleg, when it showed fight. Finch climbed a small\\nsapling, which stood conveniently near, but in his\\nhurry dropped the gun. The bear tried to climb the\\nsame sapling and was prevented only by the\\nwounded leg. It finally left, and Finch came down,\\nloaded the gun, and soon dispatched it.\\nV\\ntS/m\\nm%\\n(T\\n-K^nns^niii^v^^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0768.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": ":fi-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^25^\u00c2\u00ae^^^\\nA\\nV\\nr^\\nGRATIOT COUMTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t^\\n743\\n(\u00c2\u00aeJ\\nBounties were paid in different townships for wolf\\nscalps, and it is related that Mr. Fiix h trapped one\\nin Arcada, and drove it over to Newark Township\\nbefore it was killed, in order to obtain a larger bounty.\\nThe older settlers also had an eye for business, it\\nseems, by this maneuver.\\nMr. Hastings relates an incident which occurred\\nwhile he was surveying in this townshi[). Mr. I incli\\nhad emptied the contents of a bed-tick in the road,\\nwhich was being surveyed. Judge Nelson and Will-\\niam Todd were carrying the chain tvhose track lay\\ndirectly across this pile of material. Judge Nelson\\npushed it aside with his foot and exixised a large\\nrattlesnake (dead), which had been pressed as Hat as\\na board. Calling the attention of Mr. Finch to it,\\nhe e.xplained t1iat, having no straw to fill the bed, he\\nhad cut some rushes in the marsh, and, leaving them\\nduring the day to dry, had carried them home in the\\nevening and filled the tick at night. Using the bed\\nafterward, the reptile had been crushed and none\\nwere the wiser until it was found in the straw.\\nThe lumber interests will continue to be the prin-\\ncipal industry in Arcada for a few years; but the\\nsplendid farms, taking the place of the majestic\\nwoods, will bring back larger returns.\\nArcada Townshi|) has been served by the follow-\\ning\\nsupervisors:\\nFrancis Nelson 1 855-6\\nAnson R. .Arnold 1857\\nRalpii VAy 1X58-9\\nL. C. Smith i860\\nGeorge W. Jennings 1861\\nAlonzo E. Kingsley 1862\\nWm. Moyer 1 863\\nT. A. Johnson 1 864-5\\nWm. S. Turck 1866\\nWm. Moyer 1 867\\nGeorge C handler 1 868\\nRalph Ely 1869-70\\nJames T. Hall 187 1-2\\nWm. S. Turck 873\\nJames T. Hall 1874\\nWm. S. Turck 1875-6\\nJames T. Hall 1877\\nF:. R. Spink 1878\\nWm. S. Turck 1879-So\\nDarius Reed 1881\\nGeorge G. Holliday 1 882\\nDarius Reed 1 883\\nNew Haven Township.\\n;OHN A. and Richard Crispel are presuma-\\nbly the first settlers in New Haven. Their\\nA\\ni\\nlocation was made on section 4, in the year\\n1854. Uncle Joseph Wiles, Henry Clark and\\nMoses White came in 1855 and settled on sec-\\ntion 33. Rev. Charles Chick, a Methodist\\nminister, was the first i)reacher to hold divine services\\nin the township. Rev. W. S. Everest was the first\\nBaptist minister presiding, and he yet has freipient\\nappointments.\\nRichard Houck, I om Haynes, Alex. Chapman,\\nJacob Snyder, Jos. H. Bennett, Proctor Campbell,\\nPeter Pendell and Franz Manache, all came in 1855\\nand 56, with their families, and the township rapidly\\na ssumed a prosperous outlook.\\nThe first school-house was built on section t,!,, and\\nArad Lindsay taught the first school in the fall of\\n1855. All the religious denominations who desired,\\nused the school-house for services. The early set-\\ntlers were essentially a church-going people, and are\\nyet noted for their strictly orthodox principles.\\nThe first election in the township was held at the\\nresidence of Henry Clark.\\nThe march of imi)rovement has been rapid in New\\nHaven, and the township ranks sixth in agricultural\\nproducts. Not one of the original log cabins is now\\nstanding; their places are occupied by commodious\\nresidences and naught remains to remind us of its\\nearly history, save a few pioneers whose heads are\\nthickly sprinkled with gray hairs. They are taking\\ntheir ease and enjoying a handsome competency,\\nafter many years of arduous toil. l he pioneers\\nfared badly, as every one knows. There were not a\\nhalf dozen teams in the county in 1854. and all the\\n|)rovisi()ns had to be carried on the shoulders of men.\\nAlex. Chapman, one of the first settlers of New Ha-\\nven, freipiently carried a hundred |)0unds of flour\\nupon his back, from Matherton to the neighborhooil\\nin which he resided, a distance of 14 miles.\\nNew Haven Township had a Fourth-of-July cele-\\nbration of her own in 1862. Iweryboily who was\\nleft in the town after the husbands, fathers and sons\\nhad gone to the war, came out to have a good time.\\n-^M^y-", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0769.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "744\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V ^I]|]\u00c2\u00a7I1I1^^\\nii^^\\n-#^5((\u00c2\u00aeV;=^)\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n(h\\n(i)\\n1\\nEmery Crosby was the Orator of the Day and gave\\nthe people a very good address. Tom Haines made\\nall tlie music necessary, with one violin, there being\\nno brass bands in the county. Guns were fired, and\\nthe woods resounded with the shouts of old and\\nyoung. A table was spread under the trees, and an\\nelegant dinner was served to the entire party.\\nNew Haven was for many years without roads, and\\nthe highway commissioners issued bonds to the\\namount of $5,000, which were negotiated with St.\\nJohn s and other parties. The amount allowed by\\nlaw being only $1,000, the bonds were afterwards\\nrepudiated, and John Hicks and others lost quite a\\nlarge sum of money. This is a stain upon New Ha-\\nven, from which she will never recover.\\nNew Haven is bounded on the north by Sumner,\\non the east by Newark, and on the south by North\\nShade Townships. The western boundary is Mont-\\ncalm County. The number is 10 north and 4 west.\\nMost of her best lands were purchased by specula-\\ntors, which retarded for a long time the settlement of\\nthe township. The parts now under cultivation are\\nvery fertile.\\nMr. Charles H. Morse has served the township\\nlonger as Supervisor than any other representative\\nelected in that capacity, and is one of her most en-\\nterprising and wealthy men. Read the list of the\\nsupervisors:\\nJoseph N. Bennett,\\nHenry P. Clark,\\nJoseph N. Bennett,\\nHenry P. Clark,\\nJ. A. Crispel,\\nA. H. Mack,\\nAddison Helliack,\\nM. H. White,\\nP. Burlingame,\\nCharles H. Morse,\\nVV. S. Everest,\\nCharles H. Morse,\\nI). W. Gardner,\\nS. C. Robinson,\\nCharles H. Morse,\\nA. J. Chambers,\\n;\u00c2\u00abtf\u00c2\u00ab^\\n1855\\n1856\\n1857\\n1858\\n1859-60\\n1861\\n1862\\n1863-7\\n1868-9\\n1870-2\\n1873\\n1874-6\\n1877\\n1878-80\\n1881\\n1882-3\\n-%^^il!l^:iltli\\nPine River Township.\\nThis township was organized during the win- V^\\ni ter of 1855, and originally embraced the\\nIt i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\nV\\nv^-%\\ntownsliip of Bethany. It is numbered 12\\nnorth, and 3 west of the 3d principal meridiani\\nand is bounded on the north by Isabella County,\\non the east by Bethany Township, on the south\\nby Arcada Township and by Seville on the west.\\nPine River Township is a most excellent body of\\nland and was from the first one of the most enter-\\nprising in the county.\\nGeorge L. Spicer was elected first Supervisor. He\\nsettled on what was afterward known as the Smith\\nFarm, half way between Alma and St. Louis.\\nJoseph Clapp and Sylvanus Groom came in the\\nspring of 1853, and soon after moved the family of\\nMr. Groom into a shanty built by William McOmber,\\nwhich was used by him as headquarters in making /s\\npurchases of furs from the Indians. The coming of\\nMr. McOmber at a much eadier date is mentioned\\nelsewhere.\\nTo Joseph Clapp belongs the credit for the early\\nsettlement of this townsiiip, who, being a very enter-\\nprising man, brought help and at once commenced\\ngetting out timbers tor a saw-mill, which was [mt into\\nsuccessful operation at a later date. At his own ex-\\npense he employed men and opened a road along\\nthe Old Indian Trail from Maple Rapids to the\\npoint where St. Louis is now located, thus paving the\\nway for ingress to the locality to him belongs the\\ncredit of the first great pioneer work done for\\nGratiot County.\\nThe timber in this township was of the best quality.\\nTowering pines, majestic oaks, maples and hickories\\ngrew closely together, presenting an unbroken front\\nto the woodman s ax. A dam was constructed across\\nPine River at a point opposite the mill site, in 1854,\\nbut Ralph Ely, the pro|)rietor of Alma, came with a\\nforce of men and tore it out on the 22d of Septem-\\nber. This act on the part of Mr. Ely caused great\\nindignation among the settlers who were quite anx-\\nious that the mill be put in running order, that lum-\\nber might be procured with wliich to i)uild themselves\\nhomes. Mr. Ely had previously succeeded in navi-\\ngating Pine River witli a tlat-boat as far as Saginaw,\\nI\\nx^.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Ni^P\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0AVA-.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0770.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "Srf^\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2f^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^rr\\np\\nand claimed in justification of his act that Mr. Clapp\\nhad no right to place such an obstruction across the\\nriver, thereby impedinL; navigation.\\nT The first sawing was done at tlic new mill in April,\\n1856.\\nKour or five log houses were liuilt on the bank of\\nPine River before the present village of St. Louis waS\\nplatted.\\nDr. Abrani Crawford came from Lansing in 1X54^\\nhaving already some landed interests near I ine\\nJ River. He conceived the idea of a village, to be\\ncalled Pine River, and the plan was subseuuenlly\\ncarried out. The doctor was noted for his eccentric-\\nities and skill in manipulating those who could bes\\nserve him in business. The strife for the location of\\nthe county-seat was at its height Gratiot Center,\\nAlma and Pine River, all chiming their eligibility\\nbut while the people wrangled with the project the\\ndoctor went to Lansing, and through the intervention\\nof jwlitical friends succeeded in having an act passed\\nby the Legislature locating the county seat at Pine\\nRiver. He brought a surveyor, Mr. L. D. Preston,\\nfrom Lansing, who surveyed 150 acres into village\\nlots, which were lithographed and placed on sale.\\nf=i The doctor and his friends in the vicinity of Pine\\nRiver thought he had done a nice piece of strategy\\nin thus securing, as they thought, the county seat\\nbut subsec|uent developments showed their mistake.\\nHowever, it was understood that the action of the\\nBoard of Supervisors in staking down the county\\nseat was both illegal and void, and ipiite a sectional\\nfeeling was exhibited. The first session of Circuit\\nCourt was held at Alma, bat in the township of\\nPine River, Alma being situated partly in Arcada\\nand partly in Pine River. The FJoard of Super-\\nvisors finally located the county seat permanently at\\nIthaca, in January, i860, and^the township of I ine\\nRiver submitted with becoming grace.\\nA jxjstoffice was established here in ICS55, witli Dr.\\nCrawford as Postmaster. He carried the first mail\\nfrom Maple Rapids to Pine River in his pockets.\\nFrank Clapp, son of Joseph and Mrs. Clapp, was\\nthe first white child born in this township.\\nMr. Sidney S. Hastings and family came in June,\\n1855. His earthly goods, family, etc., were brought\\nfrom Saginaw on a dug-out, with an Indian as\\npilot, there being no roads, and this the only means\\nof reaching Pme River except via Maple Ra[)ids.\\nnn:^:nii^\\nV\\nGJfA T/O T CO UNT V.\\n745\\nK\\nA\\nV\\ns\\nr^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^3\\n-^m^\\n^m\\nDr. Crawford erected a hotel in St. Louis, in 1856,\\nupon land given for that purix)se by Mr. (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|a[)p.\\nThis hotel was not only well patronised, but was\\nused as a |)ostoffice, and the first session of circuit\\ncourt was held in it. Jacob Wilden, a German, put\\nin the first stock of groceries. They were all shipped\\nto Saginaw e.xcepting one wagon-load, which he\\nbrought direct from Williams Co., Ohio, his former\\nlocation. There l)cing no road to Saginaw, Wilden\\nconstructed a l)oat which was used in carrying his\\nstock from that place to St. Louis. This boat was\\nmade from a [line tree which grew in front of Col.\\nP^lwell s house, and was seven feet in diameter. It\\nwas known as the largest pine tree in Ihe county.\\nTlie boat, when completed, was painted a dark red\\ncolor, and was christened Red Susan, in honor of\\nMr. Wilden s daughter.\\nDr. John K. Cheesman came in 1857 from Ham-\\nilton Townsliip, and Ed. Cheesman and tJilbert\\nPratt purchased a tract of land adjoining Pine River.\\npart of this, to which was given the name of St.\\nLouis, was surveyed and platted, into which Pine\\nRiver was subsequently merged, and the name of the\\n[XDstoffice changed in accordance therewith. The\\ndoctor put in a stock of groceries, hardware, etc., and\\nalso dispensed pills and potions to the afflicted dur-\\ning the first few years of the county s history, but\\nafterward sold his stock of goods and attenoed\\nwholly to medical practice.\\nPine River is perhaps the wealthiest and one of the\\nbest townships in Gratiot, having within its lx)undary\\nthe beautiful and thrifty city of St. Ixjuis, as well as\\nsome of the wealthiest farmers in the county. It\\nalso embraces llie northern h.ilf of the village of\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\lnia, another liighly prosperous town. Pine River\\nTownshi|) is, by reason of many natural resources,\\nadapted for both agricultural and mechanical pur-\\nsuits, having a splendid water power, the beautiful\\nstream, Pine River, passing through the southeastern\\niwrtion of the township.\\nThe Saginaw Valley St. Louis railroad, and the\\nDetroit, Lansing Northern, pass through the south-\\nern jMartion of the township, giving every town in the\\ncounty direct communication with all points north,\\nsouth, east and west. The inhabitants have ever\\nbeen noted for enterprise, and the evidences of\\nwealth and refinement on every hand demonstrate\\nthe fact.\\nThe following gcTitiemen have served as Super-\\ni\\n4t-^ J^\\nt\\nf\\n^1", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0771.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "-^^S^5sr\\n746\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-^^^5C(\u00c2\u00aev^\\nvisors of this townsliip. George Spicer was the first\\nSupervisor elect, but he either resigned or failed to\\nipialify, and Hiram Burgess was aiipointed in his\\nstead. I ine River, for several years, swayed the\\ncounty in a political way, it being well settled with\\nmen who took a deep interest in such matters. Her\\nrank in this respect is still first, but the former war-\\ncry of the inhabitants of, As goes Pine River, so\\ngoes the election, is numbered among the things\\nthat were. Among these representatives will be seen\\nthe names of men who would do honor to any to\u00c2\u00bbvn-\\nship.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nHiram Burgess 1855\\nSylvanus Groom 1856\\nSidney S. Hastings 1857\\nAmasa Packard 1858\\nCornelius Holliday 1859-63\\nL. Smith 1864\\nlames Gargett 1 865\\nL. Smith 1866-8\\nfames K. Wright 1869\\nlohn Vanderbeck 1870-2\\nEdson Packard 1873-4\\nH. P. Clark 1875\\nn. R. Sullivan 1S76\\nI), t). Cuff 1877-S2\\nChades R. Holliday 1883\\nNorth Shade.\\nIlls township is numbered 9 north and 4\\nwest. The northern boundary is New\\nHaven I ownship; the eastern, Fulton; the\\nsouthern, Clinton; and the western, Montcalm\\nt^ounty. It is well watered by Otter and Pine\\nCreeks, with their tributaries, all of which flow\\nin an easterly direction.\\nNorth Shade was organized in 1854, with Henry\\nLane as Supervisor. It also furnished the first sher-\\niff for Gratiot County, Mr. George E. Walker. It\\nwas the first township organized in the county.\\nTiie first permanent settler was William Avery,\\nwho, with his wife, located on section 31 in 1S47.\\nThe following spring, his father-in-law, John Sturgiss,\\ncame and occupied, with his family, a part of the\\nhouse built by Avery. Roman I yler and wife came\\nin March, 1852. Mr. Fyler had previously erected a\\ncabin on the southeast quarter of section 24. He\\nwas the first settler on the east two-thirds of the\\ntownsliip, and still owns his original purchase.\\nHe tells an amusing incident of the starvation\\nperiod which illustrates well how those pioneers\\nfared who were too proud to accept provisions sent\\nin for the destitute and needy. They had taken a\\nlittle girl four years of age to raise, and the first even-\\ning, for supper, they were making a meal upon [X)ta-\\ntoes which had been carefully saved for seed. The\\nlittle maiden, evidently used to a more generous\\ndiet, surveyed her potato with its jacket burst\\npartly open, and the glass of water by her side, with\\nanything but satisfaction. Nerving herself for the\\neffort, she asked, Please, Mama, can I have some\\ngravy? My dear, replied Mrs. Fyler, we have\\nno gravy this evening. Will you please give me\\nsome butter, then? asked the little innocent. But-\\nter also being one of the things not procurable, this\\nreipiest was not complied with. Thinking that any-\\nthing was preferable to nothing for |)Otato season-\\ning, baby again asked, Have you got any salt?\\nThe supplicating tone of the child as the last ipies-\\ntion was asked and answered in the negative, brought\\nboth smiles and tears to the face of kind Mrs. Fyler,\\nwho pacified her protigcc by saying that soon they\\nwould have gravy, butter and milk in abundance.\\nThe larder of these good people was as well supplied\\nas many of their neighbors.\\nGeorge E. Walker came to the township in 1S47 or\\n8, and his was the first wedding celebrated, which\\nevent occurred Jan. i, 1S50. Truman Wilson and\\nfamily came in 185 1; L. B. Loomis and Joseph\\nRoberts, in 1S53. There were scores of bears and\\ndeer in the woods, and Mr. Fyler relates the story\\nthat a hunter shot three bears from trees near his\\npremises without moving his position.\\nThe first school-house was built on the southeast\\nipiarter of section 31, and Miss Mary Webstertaught\\nthe first school. There was a postoffice established\\nin 1854 on section 6, but the postmaster, Joseph\\nComstock, moved to Montcalm County a year later\\nand took the office with him. Another was estab-\\nlished in 1882, named for the present Su[)ervisor,\\nWilliam Brice.\\nThe farmers receive a weekly mail at this office\\nand discuss the weather, cro|)s, and the gener.1l out-\\nlook, political and otherwise. Mrs. Lane, mother of\\n\u00c2\u00ab5\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0772.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "^^r^^m^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n-71^^\\nT\\n;W^.m\\nrii^^^^r\\n5\\n(;y?^ T/O T CO UN T Y.\\nHenry S. Lane, the first Supervisor, proix)sed the\\nname North Shade, which was afterward adopted\\nas the name for that township. The dear old lady\\npassed from earth long ago, lier death being the first\\noccurring in the township. This is not considered\\none of the best towns in the county for agricultural\\npurjxjses, being rather flat and low. It is well adapted\\nto the rearing of stock and also has some excellent\\nfarming lands within its boundaries.\\nAmong those who were pioneers in the townsliip,\\nand yet reside upon and own the lands entered by\\nthem, are Messrs. John Dobson, John H. Salisbury,\\nCharles Chick, Peter Shong, Charles Proctor, Peter\\nDuffalo, L. B. Loomis, Roman Fyler, James Harlow,\\nWilliam Towner, Mrs. John Wright, George E.\\nWalker, William Brice and John Kipp. All these gen-\\ntlemen are substantial citizens and well-to-do in a\\nfinancial way, thus showing conclusively that pluck\\nand enterprise will always succeed.\\nThe first vote given in this township numbered 21,\\nof which 1 9 were Whig and 2 Democratic.\\nWilliam Brice, the present Supervisor, came with\\nhis wife in 1854. They settled on section 21, and\\nfor a long while a (juilt did duty in lieu of a door.\\nThe nearest mill was at Matherton, nine miles away,\\nand the settlers had neither teams nor wagons, the\\nonly wagon in the neighborhood being a rickety old\\nthing owned by William Hall, a Baptist minister.\\nThis was used generally by all who had any teaming\\nto do. The virgin forests were so dense that a few\\nrods traveled shut off all trace of a settlement. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Brice, accompanied by their neighbors, John\\nand Mrs. Carr, started out one afternoon to look over\\ntheir lands. After walking for a time tlie truth\\nflashed upon them that they were lost. I hey were\\nsure that home could be only a short distance away,\\nbut in what direction could only be guessed. Dark-\\nness came on and the dismal howl of many wolves\\nbroke the stillness of the summer night. After de-\\nliberating, it was concluded best to remain where\\nthey were until morning, as the ladies had already\\nsuffered severely by reason of the long tramp and\\nhaving their dresses nearly torn off by briers. The\\ntinkle of a cow-bell was heard in the distance, which\\nwas delightful music to our weary pilgrims, as it de-\\nnoted at least the presence of some living animal\\nbesides bears and wolves. They determined to fol-\\nlow the sound of the bell at any rate, but had not\\nproceeded far when it ceased entirely, the animal\\nwearing it having lain down.\\nThe party concluded to try what effect a yell would\\nhave, not having thought of this before. A chorus of\\nvoices woke the echoes as they shouted lustily the\\noft heard Hello This effort was a success, and\\nthe shrill notes of a dinner horn were heard in an-\\nswer, but at some distance away. After considerable\\ntrouble they reached a cabin which Stei)hen CoUett\\nand wife had nearly completed, they being new com-\\ners in the neighborhood and as yet unknown to the\\nparties that were lost. They were welcomed with\\nhospitality for which the pioneers were so famed, and\\na supper was hastily prepared for the party. Only\\na short distance intervened between the lands of Mr.\\nBrice and Collett, yet this was their first meeting.\\nMany a hearty laugh has since been taken while dis-\\ncussing events of pioneer life by these neighbors,\\nwho lived for years on the most intimate terms of\\nacquaintanceship. After the death of Mr. Collett,\\nhis widow became the wife of Theodore Everest, and\\nyet resides in the township of New Haven.\\nDuring the earlier years Lyons was the nearest\\ntrading point, and goods were almost entirely carried\\non the backs of the settlers, owing to the impassable\\nswamps and lack of teams. It was not accounted a\\ngreat feat to carry a hundred ix)unds of flour 20 miles.\\nIn the subjoined list of Supervisors, the name of\\nWilliam Brice appears for 13 consecutive years, and\\nthis fact shows the appreciation of his services by the\\nvoters of his township. Mr. Brice is recognized as\\nbeing one of the ablest and best Supervisors this\\ncounty has ever had during his long term of service\\nno measure has failed that he has advocated. North\\nShade is most fortunate in having such a representa-\\ntive, as he has few equals and no superiors.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V^i))\u00c2\u00ab^^-\\nx^i.\\n^^W^M\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nHerny Lane\\n855-6\\nErastus Perry\\n857\\nEmery Crosby\\n1858-62\\nErastus Perry\\n1863\\nCieorge E. Walker\\n1864-7\\nA. P. Smith\\n1868\\nGeorge E. Walker\\n1869\\nJ. 15. Luther\\n1870-1\\n\\\\Vm. Brice\\n1872-84\\ns/. r^ ...^wp^^rf^\\n\u00c2\u00ab^U(@^)^\\n1\\nf\\n9\\nA\\nr^\\nk\\nM", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0773.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "lln^ll^^\\ni\\ni-\\n1\\nV\\n(Pi?yi r/C r CO UNTY.\\nm\\nm\\nWashington Township.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2HIS township is bounded on the north by\\nNorth Star, on the east by Elba Township,\\non the south by Clinton County, and the\\nwest by Fulton Township. It was organized\\nin 1856, and is numbered 9 north and 2 west.\\nThe first election was held at the house of\\nEdwin Tripp, with J. B. Smith, Alonzo A. Squire and\\nEdwin Tripp, as Judges. W. W. Comstock was the\\nfirst Supervisor. He figured quite largely as a local\\nlX)litician for many years, and was one of the movers\\nin establishing the first newspaper in Gratiot County.\\nWashington Township is well adapted for agricul-\\ntural purposes. The southern part of it being trav-\\nersed by Maple River, makes it an available region\\nfor rearing stock, a never-failing supply of water be-\\ning obtained at all seasons of the year.\\nPhiletus Whitford was one of the earliest settlers,\\nand located on section 10. Cornelius Campbell came\\nsoon afterward and purchased a tract on section 8.\\nHis son, O. J. Campbell, was the first child born in\\nthe township and still resides there.\\nThe lumbering interest for many years took prece-\\ndence of any other branch of industry, but a part of\\nWashington is now under a high state of cultivation.\\nEvery locality is favored with incidents peculiar to\\nitself, and two or three are appended here which were\\nof actual occurrence and quite amusing illustrations\\nof frontier style.\\nA local justice was called upon to marry a couple\\nin the neighborhood, but being somewhat poverty-\\nstricken and almost barefoot withal, consented only\\non condition of his being fortunate enough to bor-\\nrow a pair of boots. This he succeeded in doing, al-\\nthough they were a couple of sizes too large for him.\\nThe ceremony was just as binding, however, and the\\nparties as well pleased, as if he had worn a French\\ncalf.\\nAt another time a message was left for him to go\\nto Newark Township to perform a marriage service.\\nUpon arrival he found four or five men sitting on the\\nwood-pile in front of the house, among whom was a\\nburly fellow six and a half feet tall, with an avoirdu-\\nix)is of more than 200. Not recognizing the bride-\\nA\\nneighbor s .vJ\\ngroom, arrayed as he was in shirt-sleeves and panta-\\nloons, considerably dilapidated by long associations\\nwith pioneer life, our worthy Squire went in the house\\nto see the parties desiring to wed. Meeting a woman,\\nwho with the aid of a little girl 14 years of age was\\nengaged in preparing a very frugal meal, he asked\\nwho the parties were that expected to be married.\\nThe mother of the girl said that it was her daughter\\nand that big fellow out on the wood-pile. Com-\\npletely astonished, the Justice said, Sissy, do you\\nwant to get married The reply came that she\\ndidn t know. Do you want to marry that follow\\nout there asked the Justice. I don t know,\\nsaid the girl. Then I am sure that I shall perform\\nno ceremony here, said our worthy functionary, and\\nhe bowed himself out of the door. Going to the\\nwould-be bridegroom, he read him a lecture as he\\ndeserved and demanded his fee, of $2, which he re-\\nceived although he wouldn t perform the marriage\\nceremony. This couple were married two years\\nlater.\\nAt another time he returned from a\\nwhere he had been engaged in drawing up a will, cat\\nThe hour was 2 A. M., but a couple were waiting to W\\nbe married even at that early hour. The groom was d\\n60, and the bride 20 years of age, but they were t/\\ndetermined not to put off until to-morrow what\\nshould be done to-day. After telling them to get\\nready, the woman took ofT her shoes, opened a little\\nbox which she had brought along, took out a pair of\\nslipiJers and put them on. She also donned a wig\\nof majestic proportions which, after being tied with\\na bright ribbon, made her look like a daisy by the\\nside of the groom, who was dressed in a very rusty\\nsuit. Style in this case was everything, although\\nthere was but one room in which to make the prepa-\\nration for spreading it on.\\nMany instances might be related of similar hap-\\npenings, but this will suffice. Perhaps no harder\\ntimes were experienced in the county during its early\\nsettlement than were those by the inhabitants of\\nWashington and Elba Townships. Yet her people\\nhave done well latterly, and many splendid farms\\ngrace the lands which are a credit to their owners as\\nwell as the county.\\nHer people are mostly comiwsed of enterprising\\nmen, and a few years more will make a great change\\nin the toiwgraphical outlook of Washington. Their\\n^S^g^^\\nA 0!l\u00c2\u00a7lllli\\nf^J\\n-*n:\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-4^^^_", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0774.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "T My.m\\nZ^Jt\\nGRATJOT COUNTY.\\n749\\nschools are well attended, and the rising generation\\nwill excel their ancestry in an educational way.\\nThe gentlemen who have served with fidelity and\\nhonor as Supervisors are mentioned helow, and some\\n(S; of tiiem have no superiors as financiers in tlie county:\\nt\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nc-\u00c2\u00ab.\\nCA3\\nW. W. Comstock,\\nJames M. Foote,\\nJoseph B. Smith,\\nNapoleon B. Fraker,\\nEdwin Clark,\\nAlex. Pulfrey,\\nNajwleon B. Fraker,\\nWni. Long,\\nEdwin Clark,\\nSolomon Wyman,\\nNapoleon B. Fraker,\\nWm. Long,\\nNapoleon B. Fraker,\\nJ. C. Heslin,\\nWm. Long,\\nJ. C. Heslin,\\nB. A. Hicks,\\nO. J. Sprague,\\nWm. Ix)ng,\\n1856\\n1857\\n1858-61\\n1862\\n1863-4\\n1865\\n1866\\n1867-8\\n1869\\n1870\\n187 I\\n1872-3\\n1874\\n1875-7\\n1878\\n1879-80\\n1881\\n1882\\n1883\\nV\\nWheeler Township.\\nHE last, with the exception of Ithaca, to be\\norganized, was Wheeler Township. It is\\nr the northeastern town of Gratiot County,\\nand the boundaries arc as follows On the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2u\\nnorth by Midland County, the east by Saginaw\\nCounty, the south by Hamilton, and west by\\nBethany Township. It is numbered 12 north and\\n4 west, and rates fourth in quality and productive-\\nness of lands, The town is sparsely settled, but\\nhere, as elsewhere, are found some spler.did farms\\nand enterprising men.\\nThe first comers in the frontier township were\\nJohn Yager, Thomas Burgess, James B. Wheeler,\\nGeorge Cady, Hamilton and John Allen, all of whom\\ncame in 1859. They selected lands and returned to\\nJackson County. In the spring of i860, accompan-\\nied by others, they came back and built several\\ncabins, from which date Wheeler Township has a\\nhistory.\\nThe first house erected was built in December,\\n1859, on section 18, which was located by John\\nYager. James Burgess, Barney Swope, George Arm-\\nstrong, Samuel Cooper, with their families, arrived the\\nnext spring. Daniel Milligan, Edson Packard and\\nJ. Stevens were also among the first settlers in the\\ntownship and have aided largely in its develoi)ment.\\nWheeler Township derived its name from James\\nWheeler, the first Supervisor. Breckenridge, (juitc\\nan imix)rtant village, is located on sections 19 and\\n30, in the western part of the township, ujwn the\\nline of the Saginaw Valley St. Ix)uis railroad,\\nwliich traverses the entire township from east to\\nwest. Beaver Creek makes a detour through sec-\\ntions 35 and 36. There are several sections belong-\\ning to non-residents, in the northeastern part of the\\ntown, which are unsettled.\\nThe lumber interest has been the chief source of\\nrevenue until lately. The unsettled lands belong to\\nthe railroad companies and are reckoned of good\\nquality.\\nWheeler Township has been represented upon the\\nCounty Board by the following\\nSUPERVISORS\\nJames B. Wheeler,\\nStephen Wood,\\nBarney Swope,\\nMilo A. Pomeroy,\\nJames B. Wheeler,\\nNewell Smith,\\nMilo A. Pomeroy,\\nNewell Smith,\\nBarney Swope,\\nNewell Smith,\\n1862-3\\n1864\\n865-73\\n1874\\n1875\\n1876-7\\n1878-9\\n1880\\n1881\\n1882-3\\nNewark Township.\\nEvVARK Township was organized in 1855,\\nand Jacob L. Beechler was the first Supcr-\\nvisor. Newark ranks second in grade as\\nregards agriculture, altliough most of her\\nlands are fertile and well adapted to the same.\\nThere were ([uite extensive growths of pine, as\\nwell as the usual complement of hard woods, in this\\ntownship, but the valuable pine has entirely disajv\\npeared.\\nNewark is bounded on the north by Arcada, on\\nV\\nr\\nA\\nr^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0775.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "l\u00c2\u00ae^\\n-^s^^ 6v^^n n n Oy^\\n\u00c2\u00bb-f^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab^^f\\nI\\n(i)\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nthe east by North Star, on the south by Fulton, and\\nthe west by New Haven Township.\\nPine Creek and its tributaries afford plenty of water\\nduring all seasons, and the farmers are prosperous in\\na high degree.\\nNelson D. Johnson and family came in January,\\n1854, and settled on a part of section 36, which\\nfarm was afterward purchased by Leman A. John-\\nson, who served many years as Supervisor. It is\\nrelated that Nelson Johnson said that he had moved\\nduring his married life no times! The habit of\\npushing away from civilization was a mania with\\nhim, although he claimed that one more move would\\nsatisfy. The poor fellow died very suddenly with\\nheart disease, while hunting, and his life s dream\\nwas never fully realized.\\nEbenezer W. Kellogg and wife came to Newark in\\n1854, and settled on section 17. He was and ever has\\nbeen an enterprising gentleman, and has done much to\\ndevelop this township. From the date of his coming\\nthe town was rapidly settled, and farms were opened\\nup on every hand.\\nMost of the lands were purchased under the\\nGraduation Act, the settlers experiencing the same\\nhardships during the starvation period as was felt\\nby the inhabitants of other townships, though in a\\nmore limited degree.\\nJames Wood and family located on section 30, in\\nJanuary, 1854, and the first wedding in this town-\\nship was that of his daughter, Sarah, and Mr. John\\nH. Shaffer. Hiram Burgess, a pioneer Justice of the\\nPeace, performed the ceremony.\\nLarge quantities of maple sugar are manufactured\\nin Newark, for which a ready sale is found at Detroit\\nand elsewhere. Ebenezer W. Kellogg is the princi-\\npal manufacturer of this article.\\nFor Newark Township, the following is a list of the\\nsupervisors:\\nJacob L. Beechler,\\nEbenezer VV. Kellogg,\\nA. J. Allen,\\nBenj. Crawford,\\nLeman A. Johnson,\\nEbenezer W. Kellogg,\\nChester Howland,\\nEbenezer VV. Kellogg,\\nN. Covvdry,\\nEbenezer VV. Kellogg,\\n60\\nW^mf^^^\\n1856\\n1857\\n1858\\nI86I\\n1862-9\\nI870-I\\n1872\\n1873-81\\n1882\\n1883\\nS- s^- iSi)\\nSumner Township.\\nHIS township was named in honor of Chas.\\n^uniner. Its first vote, in 1856, was a\\nstraight Republican ticket without a scratch.\\nIt is numbered 1 1 north and 4 west, and is\\nbounded on the north by Seville Township, on\\nthe east by Arcada, on the south by New Ha-\\nven, and on the west by Montcalm County. The east,\\nsouth and west parts of the township are well wa-\\ntered by Pine River, which passes through the entire\\ntownshi[) in a semi-circle, making this one of the\\nmost desirable parts of the county for rearing stock.\\nIn 1S63, a village plat was surveyed at the intersec-\\ntion of the lines of section 6 and 7 to which was given\\nthe name of Elm Hall. The first settler in this town-\\nship was Rev. Daniel Strayer. He settled near where\\nthat village is now located. Soon after the platting\\nof Elm Hall, another village was laid out four miles\\nsouth, on sections 29 and 32, which was finally named\\nEstella, but had been called Stovertown and\\nBelltown. Neither of them has acco.nplished\\nmuch in a business way. Mr. George S. Bell was\\nthe first settler in that neighborhood, and from him\\nthe name Belltown was derived.\\nBarlow Worthing settled on section 10. Hamilton\\nPritchard and Samuel Story came in 1854, and made\\nsettlements near each other. Michael McNamara\\nand George and Isaac Gee settled on section 10,\\nGeorge S. Bell on section 31, 1. B. Ward on section\\n2o, Samuel Siory on section 19, and Homer Town-\\nsend on section 11. Timothy Bardwell was also an\\nearly settler in this township.\\nA postoffice was established in 1857, upon the pe-\\ntition of 25 citizens, although to get that number all\\nthe men, women and children in the township had\\nto sign it. It is related that it was held for a week\\nor two with only 24 names attached, awaiting the\\narrival of a new-comer to complete the list. Finally\\nanother heir made an appearance in one of tlie fami-\\nlies, and a christening was hurriedly had that the\\ncitizen might sign the petition.\\nWilliam Strayer took the contract for carrying the\\nmails for 40 per cent, of the proceeds. His commis-\\nsion amounted to 10}^ cents per diem, and it re-\\nquired two days to make one trip. B. Blanchard\\nr\\nc\\nii n iiiii", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0776.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00abr\\n3!?^^.\\nX-\\n^lltl :tlll\\nT-r-\\nTa^^^^\\ni\\nV\\nIS\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n75\\nwas Postmaster, hut had very little mail to handle.\\nThe first building erected at Kim Hall was a pine\\nlog store, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2built by Charles Merrill. The first school-\\nhouse was built of logs, and was used for church pur-\\nposes as well for many years. Miss Lydia Walker\\ntaught the first school. The first frame building was\\nthe E.vchangc Hotel, built in 1862 by George J\\nButcher.\\nThe lumber trade of Sumner Township averages\\nl^erhaps 80,000,000 feet per year, besides the amount\\nof cereals produced.\\nIn 1854, there were only two acres of cleared land\\nin the township; now there are thousands of fertile\\nacres, from which immense harvests are annually\\nreaped.\\nInstead of the 17 votes of 1855, there are now 400\\nenthusiastic men, most of whom have grown wealthy\\nin consequence of their enter[)rise and zeal in the\\ndevelopment of their broad acres, which rank second\\nto none in No.thern Michigan. Later, there is no\\ndoubt that this townshij) will have a railroad, as the\\nMarshall, Coldwater Mackinaw road-bed is graded\\nthrough the entire town.\\nMany things might l)e said about the pioneers in\\nthis township, but the biographical sketches of most\\nof them appear elsewhere, to which the reader is re-\\nferred.\\nThe following gentlemen have represented Sum-\\nner as\\nsupervisors:\\nBarlow Worthing,\\n1856-7\\nDavid Ward,\\n1858\\nIsaac Gee,\\n859\\nJoseph Rockafellow,\\ni860\\nBarlow Worthing,\\n1861\\nGeorge Stratton,\\n.862-3\\nBarlow Worthing,\\n1864\\nGeorge Stratton,\\n1865\\nJabez Hawkins,\\n1866-7\\nBarlow Worthing,\\n1 868\\nWni. H. I ralt,\\n1869-70\\nC. Cleverden,\\n187 1-4\\nRalph Quick,\\n1875-6\\nH. R. Bentley,\\n877\\nJ. N. Wilson,\\n1878\\nI. B. Ward,\\n.879\\nHenry Weiss,\\n1880-3\\nCharles E. Gilmore, of Elm Hall, is the proprietor\\nof the Corner Local, a neat and newsy journal that\\nenjoys a splendid circulation. For a paper published\\nin so small a village as Elm Hall, we know of none\\nmore ably edited, or meriting the patronage of the\\npublic in a higher degree, than the Corner Local.\\nca:\\n]jafayette Township.\\nAFAYETTE is bounded on the north by\\nWheeler Township, on the east by Saginaw\\ny; J K County, the south by Hamilton, and the\\ntj y west by Emerson Township. It is well watered\\nby Beaver and Whortleberry Creeks and the\\nnorth branch of Bad River. It is numbered 1 1\\nnorth and i west, and is considered a fair agricultu-\\nral township. Among the earliest settlers men\\nwhose toil has developed the land are Messrs. Wm.\\nD. H. Hammil, who located on section 36 in 1855\\nE. W. Mead on section 35, Elder Fay on sec-\\ntion 27, Samuel Wheeler on section 18, Theodore\\nDeveraux on section 19, and E. H. Burgin, David\\nThomas, Jeff England and L. H. Randall on lands\\nin adjacent sections.\\nIts organization was effected in 1S56, with K. W.\\nMead representing it as Supervisor.\\nThere is room in Lafayette for hundreds more of\\ngood, industrious men, and lands can be purchased c\\nat a fair valuation.\\nGame abounds in the woods, and good authority\\nstates that in 1882 Dr. Gulick killed 1 1 bears, besides\\nother game, within its boundaries. When taken into\\nconsideration that this is within nine miles of the\\ncounty seat, and in a country settled nearly 30 years,\\nthe story is surprising.\\nSome of the pioneers were single men, and the\\nstory is related that one of them had built a cabin,\\nbut, finding it rather lonesome without the society of\\nwoman to help while away the long evenings, came\\nto the conclusion that he would marry. One of his\\nneighbors had a rosy-cheeked daughter that our\\nAdonis had worshiped in secret for some time, but a^\\nnever had the courage to speak to her upon the sub-\\nject. In f;ict, he was not even on speaking acipiaint-\\nance, although a near neigliLtor. Matters at last\\nresolved themselves into such shape that he felt as\\nif he must have her or die in the attempt. Going to\\na neighboring justice of the peace, he told him that\\nhe had taken a notion to get married and that he\\n-mm^J^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0777.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "752\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-#^(^V^i\\nmight hold himself in readiiiese to perform the cere-\\nmony at an early date.\\nHappening to mention before leaving that he had\\nsaid nothing to the girl about this affair in which he\\nwas so deeply interested, the justice suggested that\\nhe had better first speak to the girl to ascertain her\\nfeelings upon the subject. William had never thought\\nof a refusal, and that idea just entered his mind.\\nHow would you get around her, Squire asked\\nWill.\\nOh, that is the easiest thing in the world, quoth\\nthe justice. Just buy her a few presents, and step\\nin some nice afternoon and have a pleasant chat\\neverything will come around all right. In the mean-\\ntime, I will be getting ready and will perform thj\\nceremony at any desired time.\\nThe suggestion struck William with great force, and\\nhe lost no time in going to town and purchasing a\\ncheap calico dress, and some other inexpensive trink-\\nets. Having purchased what seemed to him enough\\nto delight the eyes of any female on earth, he started for\\nher father s cabin, feeling very much like the milkmaid\\nwho carried the pail on her head. He imagined him-\\nself the head of a family and the father of five or\\nmore children, together with all other luxuries that a\\nmarried life is expected to produce nor was his rev-\\nerie interrupted until he stopped at her door. Every-\\nthing seemed propitious. The old man had gone\\nhunting, and the mother and young children were\\nvisiting a neighbor. On a rustic bench near the door\\nsat the object of his affections, engaged so busily in\\nsewing that she failed to notice his approach. Stealth-\\nily creeping up on tip-toe, he tossed the bundle into\\nher lap, and stepped back to await developments.\\nThe girl looked up in great astonishment, but recog-\\nnizing her neighbor, asked him what he meant by such\\nactions. Poor William was so confused that he could\\nscarcely speak, but finally managed to ejaculate, Bus-\\niness! The girl, not yet catching his meaning, be-\\ngan questioning him and soon learned thatihe dress\\nwas intended as her wedding garment, and that the\\nSquire was ready and a-waitin to jine em. Not\\nfeeling in the mood just then for getting married, she\\ndeclined his offer and handed back the calico, but\\nthe mortified youth would not accept it. He told her\\nto keep it as a reminder that William Jones had\\nwasted his youthful affections uix)n her unworthy\\nself. William afterward became a benedict, and\\nii^vs^^^^-\\nreared a family of children, thus realizing his early\\ndream of domestic bliss.\\nLafayette has had a greater number of Supervisors\\nthan any township in the county, the voters being de-\\ntermined to give every man a chance to fill an official\\nposition. This is right, and shows a true democratic\\nspirit. Read the names and be convinced of its\\ntruth.\\nSUPERVISOR?\\nL. W. Mead,\\n1856\\nE. M. Munroe,\\n1857\\nWm. Schadd,\\n1858\\nWm. D. H. Hammil,\\n1859\\nSamuel T. Roe,\\ni860\\nA. Horwood,\\n1861\\nJesse Willis,\\n1862\\nE. Avery,\\nSamuel Wheeler,\\n1863\\n1864-9\\nCharles C. Foote,\\n1870\\nJ. N. Federspiel,\\nH. R. Wilcox,\\n187 I\\n1872-4\\nT. M. Becker,\\nW. A. Nodding,\\n1S75\\n1876\\nJ. M. Federspief,\\nCharles C. Foote,\\n1877\\n1878\\nJ. N. Federspiel,\\nWm. A. Moore,\\n1879\\n1880\\nK. P. Peet,\\n1881-2\\nJas. H. McNall,\\n1883\\nA, 1 m.\\nm\\nElba Township.\\nl^fi^I^BA is the southeastern township of this\\neciaiL county, and is yet rather sparsely settled.\\nSome heavily timbered lands lie within its\\nlimits, and the woodman s ax is yet ringing\\nmerrily out as the monarchs of the forest come\\ncrashing down like grass before the sharpened\\nsickle.\\nTwo of the first settlers were William and Daniel\\nCall, who still reside in the township.\\nThe township of Elba was surveyed by R. Thomas\\nin April, T831. He left nine sections in the north-\\nwest corner of the town where the village of Ashley\\nis now located that he did not survey. The follow-\\ning is copied from liis field notes\\nThe remainder of this town it was im(X)ssibIe to\\nsurvey on account of the depth of the water on Ma-\\nple River bottoms, whicli are one and a half or per-\\nI\\n9\\nA\\ni^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0778.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "TT\\n-r :l]n:^:illl\\nV\\nA\\nV\\nG/iA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\n753\\nhaps two miles wide in running to the north between\\nsections 29 and 30. We set the corner of 19, 20, 29\\nand 30 in three feet of water. We then attempted\\nto run to the west. After proceeding 50 chains, we\\nwere obhged to return, and gave up all hopes of sur-\\nveying the remainder, which is nothing more than a\\nchain of alder and tamarack swanii). The marsh,\\nwhich has been noted several times, runs in a north-\\neast and southwest course, and about one and three-\\nquarters of a mile from the west boundary, and runs\\nup to the river; consequently the whole of the west\\nand northwest part of the town is under water. On\\nthe morning of the 27th inst., myself and one of the\\nmen shipped in a canoe, and proceeded in a north-\\nwest direction one and a half miles, and could see\\nno dry land, and then took an east course, and in an\\nhour or two we arrived at the meridian in safety, in\\nthe northeast corner of the town.\\nThere is now many fine farms and some good\\nschool-houses in this section that he reported under\\nwater.\\nThese Government surveyors endured many hard-\\nships in surveying this county. The township lines\\nwere run by R. Clark in 1831. May 13, that year,\\ncamping at the northwest corner of Pine River Town-\\nship, he made the following note: This night but\\ntwo men out of six able to do anything. One man,\\nleft back six miles, is unable even to ride. All have\\nsore feet. To-morrow we lie still. \\\\Ve are only able\\nto work three days in four, and then in extreme\\npain.\\nThis township ranks fourth in improvements and\\nless than that in wealth.\\nWe mention here the several Supervisors of this\\ntownship, most of whom are old residents and all\\nnow living, and are men of enterprise. The present\\nSupervisor is one of the most influential young men\\nin the township, and is well posted in the needs of\\nhis community.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nHanson Sinclair,\\nR. G. Finch,\\nC. Dodge,\\nWm. Call,\\nDaniel Call,\\nIra J. Andrews,\\nWm. H. Morrison,\\nHanson Sinclair,\\nJ. B. Kneel and,\\n1856\\n1857-8\\n1859-60\\nI86I\\n1862-5\\n1866-8\\n1869\\n1870\\n1871-6\\nA. F. Rice,\\nEdwin Meacham,\\nA. F. Rice,\\nEdwin Meacham,\\n1877-80\\n1881\\n1882\\n1883\\nThe southern and western portions of Elba is wa-\\ntered by Maple River; the bottom lands are low, and\\ncpiiie a large jwrtion of this township is not under\\ngood cultivation. There are some excellent farms,\\nhowever, in this section, and the people are as thrifty\\nand energetic as in other portions of the State. The\\nToledo, Ann .\\\\rbor iS; North Michigan railroad passes\\nthrough Elba from southeast to northwest, which aids\\nmuch in the development of the country, giving them\\na belter market for productions of all kinds. l he\\nname of Ashley is given to the new station lo-\\ncated on section 6, and this will undoubtedly become\\na good trading ix)int.\\nA good story is told of a cojple wjio wished to be\\nmarried in this township at an early day. They were\\nlx)orin purse, but rich in their affection for each other,\\nas proved by the woman s perseverance. A justice\\nwas called uiwnto perform the marriage ceremony for\\nthe couple, who had walked a distance of ten miles\\nthat morning. The would-be bridegroom carried a\\nbag upon his shoulder, which was left at the gate.\\nHe inquired the amount of ready cash necessary to\\nlicpiidate the Squire s fee, and stated that they had\\nno money, but if a trade could be made and the Jus-\\ntice take his pay in beeswax it would afford them\\ngreat pleasure. The i)rice per pound was agreed\\nupon, and the fellow brought in the bag, while the\\nJustice hunted up his steelyards. UiX)n weighing,\\nthe wax was found a couple pounds short, and the\\nSquire hesitated about proceeding with the ceremony.\\nThe man turned toward his intended bride and said,\\nWell, Hanner, we kin wait awhile, and III hunt up\\nanother bee-tree.\\nHanner was not made of that kind of material,\\nand she had walked ten miles to be married and was in\\nno mood for fooling. Stepi)ing up to the Scpiire and\\nlaying her hand on his shoulder, she said, Now,\\nSciuire, jist go on with the performance, and marry\\nus as fur as the beeswax will go. We kin comeback\\nnext week and have the balance done when we bring\\nthe rest of the wax.\\nThe Squire couldn t stand that kind of logic, and,\\nhaving felt the tender passion himself, tied the\\nknot and the newly married pair started through the\\nwoods full of hope and joy. It is not recorded wheth-\\nA\\nV\\nt\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Si^^f^\\n^m-^M^ ^m^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0779.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\u00c2\u00bb\\nV\\nZii^^^^S-\\nymmh T\\n754\\nGHA TIO T COUNT Y.\\ner they were successful in finding another bee-tree,\\nbut the bill was paid in full at a later date.\\nElba was organized in 1856. Hanson Sinclair was\\nthe first Supervisor, and to him is accredited the nam-\\ning of the township. It is numbered 9 north, and i\\nwest, and is bounded on the north by Hamilton Town-\\nship, on the east by Saginaw County, on the south by\\nClinton County and the west by Washington Town-\\nship.\\nEmerson Township.\\nI I particular history is attached to Emerson,\\nits settlement being made about the same\\ntime as those in North Star, Arcada and\\nPine River. The first child born was a Eonof\\nMr. and Mrs. Levi Haight, the event occurring\\nin the spring of 1855. The first death was that\\nof Mrs. Mary Reed, a daughter of David Thorpe.\\nThe settlements were rapidly made in Emerson\\nafter 1855, Messrs. Isaiah Allen and five sons, John\\nKnight, Alanson Bailey, Erastus Hunt and Melanc-\\nthon Pettit, all coming in that year.\\nMr. Phillip R. Allen thus relates the manner in\\nwhich he ground his corn during the hard times of\\n1857. The nearest mill being on Fish Creek, 30\\nmiles distant, and the roads almost impassable, it\\nrequired nearly a week to make the trip, and then\\nonly a few bushels of grain could be carried. His\\nplan was an original one, and served his purjxjse, al-\\nthough somewhat tedious. Taking a maple log, two feet\\nin diameter, he bored a number of holes in the end,\\nthen built a fire upon it, burning a concave hole ten\\ninches deep, after which the burned part was nicely\\nscraped off. The pestle was made of a long, smooth\\nstone, to which was attached a lever four feet long,\\nthe stone fitting in a mortise in the center. Pouring\\nin the corn, in small (piantities, with two men at the\\nlever, enough meal could be ground in a few hours\\nto last them for two weeks. The johnnycakes\\nmade from the meal thus prepared were considered\\nfiner than can now be baked from our best meal but\\nperhaps the exercise necessary to its manufacture\\ncontributed no little to the appetitesof those who by\\nthe sweat of their face earned their bread.\\nfi\u00c2\u00ab^\\n^^dn^i\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nMelancthon Pettit,\\n1855-6\\nOscar A. Everden,\\n1857\\nReuben Coffin,\\n1858\\nM. Pettit,\\n1859-60\\nOscar A. Everden,\\n1861\\nLouis Hetzman,\\n1862-5\\nLewis S. Brooke,\\n1866\\nDaniel F. Muscott,\\n1867-8\\nLewis S. Brooke,\\n1869\\nLouis Hetzman,\\n1870-1\\nI. N. Coleman,\\n1872-6\\nJohn M. Everden,\\n1877-8\\nJeremiah Shaver,\\n1879\\nJesse Pepple,\\nI 880- I\\nJohn Everden,\\n1882\\nJesse Pepple,\\n1883\\nx-^ n .n g:\\n._\u00c2\u00ab4ig^SsA-\\n1\\nA part of the village plat of Ithaca embraces the\\nsouthwestern corner of Emerson, and the Toledo\\nAnn Arbor North Michigan railroad passes through\\nits limits.\\nEmerson also furnishes its share of bear stories,\\nfive large bears being killed there during 1883, and,\\nmany others in previous years. The waters of Beaver\\nCreek and its tributaries make it an excellent location\\nfor farmers who are engaged in stock-raising. Most\\nof the lands in this township are cleared of the for-\\nmer wealth of heavy timber, but the soil is found\\nvery productive, and the inhabitants are rapidly grow-\\ning wealthy.\\nEmerson is bounded on the north by Bethany, the\\neast by Lafayette, the south by North Star, and the\\nwest by Arcada Townships. Its number is 1 1 north,\\n9 west.\\nGood schools abound, and her people are intelli-\\ngent, moral and industrious.\\nThe location of Emerson, so near the center of\\nthe county, together with other natural advantages,\\nare sufficient to ensure it at no distant day a rank\\nsecond to none in the county.\\nEmerson Township derived its name, by an acci-\\ndental corruption, from William Imisson, an English-\\nman who first settled within its limits.\\nThe Supervisors from this town have always labored\\nto promote its best interests, and their names are at-\\ntached with much pleasure as an addendum to the\\nhistory of this township. Melancthon Pettit, the first\\none, has long since been gathered to his fathers,\\nbut his record will ever remain, according him a place\\nin the front rank of Gratiot s pioneers.\\nc^:\\nV", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0780.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r^T :liI]i^lllls rr-\\nGRATIOT COUJSiTY.\\n-Cri^^J$ SV^\\n75S 7^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i ^i^./i r \u00e2\u0096\u00a0i-vi i. i\\nV I |u i \u00e2\u0080\u00a2jt.^ agi i i i s..i i v. i \u00e2\u0096\u00a0;i ^^M u^^u:i.u;u ^;.U ..u\\\\.^-: \u00c2\u00bbs^ t^^^\\nTSgr\\nHOSE who arc reared in the\\nmidst of luxury and rocked\\nin the cradle of affluence,\\nknow comparatively nothing of\\nthe hardshi\\\\ s and pleasures\\nattendant ui)on pioneer life.\\nl-:^^^rlj/ The attractiveness of our beauti-\\nful farms and picturesque land-\\nscapes, dotted here and there\\nwith neat and substantial resi-\\ndences, present a pleasing picture\\nin strong contrast wi .h the hum-\\nble log cabin of 1854, whose walls\\nsheltered a few articles of rude fur-\\njvjjyj, niiure, and the stumps in the door-\\nvSMl yafd were repositories for cross-cut\\nsaws, the beetle and the ax. Many\\nof the children who were born be-\\n|Ki neath these humble roofs, whose\\ny infantile cries were Inished by a\\ntender mother s soft lullaby as she\\ncarefully rocked them to sleej) in a\\ncradle inijjrovised from a basswood\\nI sugar- trough, are the men who now\\nfill official positions, and conduct the business affairs\\nof this county.\\nThe log cabin yet remains silent and iinpieten-\\ntious it stands, reminding us of former days and\\nassociations. Who can look at one of these relics of\\nl)ioncer life and not call to mind the toil and priva-\\ntions of early days She whose willing hands and\\nwarm heart helped you figlit life s battles, plied the\\nbusy needle, or prepared the frugal meal around the\\nhuge fireplace, whose crumbling remains are yet visi-\\nble, is perhaps slee])ing the sleep of death, while\\nanother enjoys the fruits of her toil and care. Si-\\nlently you gazed on the features of that wan little\\none in that old cabin as its spirit winged its flight,\\nand now the bodies of them both are resting side by\\nside in the City of the Dead. Such memories cluster\\nabout the old log cabin that you can hardly lay rude\\nhands upon the decayed material, even to remove\\nit. Every log and chink has a history, and could\\nthey speak, would relate a story worth listening to.\\nBut these relics must give place to the more substan-\\ntial and modern improvements, and ere another\\ndecade has passed, scarcely a trace will remain of\\nIjioneer life.\\nPrevious to the year 1.S50 there was only one road,\\nor trail, in the county. It led from Maple Rapids to\\nthe Lutheran mission on I ine River, and was made\\nby the Indians. The woods were full of game, and\\nlarge quantities of furs were purchased by William\\nMcOmber, even at that early date, for the North-\\nwestern Fur Company. He is yet a h.ile and cordial\\ngentleman, and is engaged in active business at St.\\nIx uis. Mu 1) difliculty w.is experienced by the early\\nsettlers in getting their goods through the almost im-\\n^%f\\\\ ^^m^^\\n-3^^^^ :;nil: :ill|;: i", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0781.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "t:7\\nv ^nii^nDr r\\nTT\\n4^^( \u00c2\u00aeV^\\n756\\nGRA TIOT CO UNTY.\\nA\\npenetrable forests and across the marshy lowlands to\\nthe site selected for their homes. One mile was con-\\n/j- sidered a fair day s journey through the dense forests,\\nf as the road had to be cut every foot of the way.\\n($1 Arnold Payne, with his family, came to what is now\\nFulton Township, in 1846, and his house was the\\nmost ample of all in the neighborhood. For several\\nyears it was headquarters for all new comers, and\\nthe cheerful old fireplace, with blazing logs piled\\nhigh, and a well-spread table, made it a most desira-\\nble place for all to rest and refresh themselves,\\nwhether going or coming, in search of lands.\\nArnold Payne s house was not the only one where\\nstrangers could be accommodated. In fact, every\\ncabin was a hostelry where the tired stranger was\\nmade welcome and treated to the best the larder con-\\ntained, which was very often nothing but wild meats\\nand corn bread; game furnished tlie basis of the\\nmeat supply, and jerked venison, bear, and other\\nsavory meats graced the table of every early settler.\\nA brief narration of the difficulties e.xiierienced in\\nmoving a family into such a wilderness as Gratiot,\\nwill be of interest to every one, and a brief article\\nfrom the pen of Rev. H. T. Barnaby, who came with\\nhis family, in company with that of Peter Hoffman,\\nin May, 1854, presents an experience similar to that\\nof every new comer. These gentlemen had pre-\\n1 viously selected lands on section 28, in what is now\\nNorth Star Township, and had cut a road from what\\nwas then known as the New Pine River Trail, to\\ntheir new home.\\nTheir families were left at the house of Levi\\nSmith, who was living on section 1 1, in Fulton Town-\\nship. Their goods were brougiit thus far with hired\\nteams, which were dismissed at that place and the\\ngoods unloaded. Messrs. Barnaby Hoffman pro-\\nceeded on foot to their claim and cleared away the\\nbrush and logs from the place where they proposed\\nto erect their cabin. To (juote his exact language:\\n.After cutting the necessary number of logs, and\\nsplittnig some shakes for covering, we procured seven\\nmen, some of whom came over a distance of nine\\nmiles, by whose aid our house was raised, which was\\n32 feet long and 16 wide, with a partition of logs in\\nthe middle, thus making two rooms 16 feet s iuare,\\none for each family.\\nThe next day, while Mr. Hoffman cliopped a hole\\nfor convenient egress and ingress into each room,\\n-s\\n1\\nI undertook 10 move two loads of the goods with our\\nfamilies. We made a success with one load, but\\nwhen within two miles of home with the second,\\nour families being on this load, the leeks uiwn\\nwhich oui cattle had been living for a few days\\nplayed out, and the oxen refused to go further. I\\nsent the women and children forward on foot, and\\nthe oxen were turned loose to make another supi)er\\non leeks. When it became dark the oxen were\\nagain hitched \\\\\\\\\\\\i, but after going a few rods refused\\nto proceed further on such short rations. They were\\nunyoked and turned loose, and I proceeded to the\\ncabin, wliere a Luge fire was made in front of the\\nhouse and beds were spread on the ground, inside.\\nAfter a boun .iful supper, spread upon the top of an\\ninverted diy-goods box, we retired to rest for the first\\ntime in our new home. Such was the experience of\\nthe early pioneers of this country. Yet severe as\\nwas the toil, and great the inconveniences, most, if\\nnot all, look back to those days as the hap[iiest of\\ntheir lives.\\nWhat was known as the Graduation Act, look\\neffect in in August, 1854, and hundreds of men with\\nfamilies came flocking into the county,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 many of\\nthem with barely money enough to purchase 40 acres\\nof land at 50 cents i)er acre, after which purchase\\nnothing was left for subsistence, and the whole\\ncountry being a dense wilderness, without any pros-\\npects for raising a crop, the outlook was most\\ndiscouraging. These poor people never took into\\nconsideration that food and shelter was necessary to\\nafford subsistence but on they came, many of them\\nsettling at a remote distance from where provisions of\\nany kind could be obtained, and the conse(|uences\\nwere that many cases of real destitution occurred\\nand much suffering ensued.\\nThis Graduation Act would have been a god-\\nsend to this county but three months after its pass-\\nage a proclamation was issued that all who iiad\\npurchased land under tiiis act, should settle uiion it\\nwithin one year from date of tlicir purchase or forfeit\\nit. Could they iiave been allowed more time to\\nmake preparations, or had the county been settled\\nmore gradually, the surrounding country could have\\nyielded supplies and much suffering would have\\nbeen prevented; neither would the name of Starving\\n(Iratiot, as unjust as it is offensive to tiie hardy\\npioneers, have been applied to this, one t)f the most\\nVv^\\nA\\nr\\nf\\n^7K^DIl\u00c2\u00a7lllli A^\\n4^^^C(?1", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0782.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "-7 DD^:iiiiv\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\nf\\nV\\nf\\n757\\nfertile and healthful counties in the M.ite. I he en-\\nterprise and integrity of her people elicited the\\nadmiration of the inhabitants of neighboring coun-\\nties who cheerfully furnished aid. By this means\\nwere many of the rew comers enabled to hold their\\nlands, and some of them are yet living who owe their\\nall to the aid which came so providentially.\\nDuring the summer and fall of 1855, the po|)ula-\\ntion rapidly increased, and the woodman s ax had\\ncleared large fields, and many improvements were\\nseen on every hand. School-houses were erected,\\nrude ones, it is true, yet many substantial educa-\\ntions were gained in the log school-houses of that\\nday, as attested by some of the foremost business\\nmen of the county.\\nReligious meetings were held in the school-iiouses\\nand at private residences in different parts of the\\ncounty, which were attended by an earnest and intel-\\nligent class of people. Rev. Elias Sower, Elder\\nIsrael Fay, Rev. Daniel Strayer, Rev. Elijah Beard\\nand Rev, H. T. Barnaby were the first ministers to\\nsettle in the county, all of whom came in 1854.\\nThe fall and winter of 1856 was a very eventful\\none in the history of this county. Many of the set-\\ntlers had no teams, and knew but little of agriculture,\\nthinking that all the labor necessary to raise a crop\\nwas to deix)sit seed in the ground. With a spade or\\nhoe they planted corn among the logs and brush, and\\nwere surprised that their crops amounted to compar-\\natively nothing. Squirrels and mice being very de-\\nstructive, and the season cold, the harvest that fall\\nwas light. Provisions of all kinds became very\\nscarce and high. The nearest mill where settlers\\ncould get their corn ground was at Matherton, in\\nIonia County, making a journey of from 30 to 40\\nmiles for many of the inhabitants. Many a bag of\\ncorn was carried on foot from 10 to 15 miles in con-\\nseipience of impassable roads. In fact, there were\\nbut four horses in the county, oxen furnishing about\\nthe only means of locomotion. Much of the corn-\\nmeal was ground in a cofTee-niill, or grated ujwn a\\nsheet-iron grater.\\nThe forests abounded with bear, and many limbs\\nwere broken from the oak trees that they ascended in\\nsearch of acorns. Scores of them were killed during\\nthe season, and Bruin contributed his share toward\\nfeeding and otherwise keeping comfortable the needy\\nsettler. Mr. Sidney S. Hastings di:iry furnishes the\\ninturmalion that Dr. rawford s ox team was two\\nweeks on the road from Lansing with 500 [wunds ol\\ntlour, and that two-thirds of the inhabitants of the\\ncounty had neither tlour nor meat. The same entry\\nstates that the hoofs came off the oxen which made\\nthe trip, being frozen while on the way. The roads\\nwere so bad that a new trail had 10 be cut most of\\nthe way.\\nDr. John R. Cheesman relates with great gusto an\\nadventure which befel him in 1856. We dislike to\\ntell bear stories, but the reliability of the Doctor\\ni^ un(iueslioned, and the story carries with it (juite a\\nhistory, inasmuch as from the circumstance originated\\nthe figure which adorns-the seal of Judge of Probate.\\nThe good Doctor was returning from the woods\\nwhere he had some men working, and while walking\\nalong discovered a huge bear ambling listlessly about.\\nKnowing them to be comparatively harmless unless\\nwounded, the Doctor concluded to give Bruin a bit\\nof a scare; but the secpiel proved somewhat embar-\\nrassing to him, to say the least. The bear was search-\\ning for stray acorns, and Dr. Cheesman concluded to\\nslip quietly up, shy his hat at him, and see the beast\\nput in his best licks in getting away. The first act\\nin the farce was a success but the second took an\\nunexpected turn for the bear, instead of running\\naway, took after the Doctor, who made good time\\nuntil he espied a sapling, which had evidently grown\\nconveniently near for his especial protection. Into\\nthis he climbed, but was scarcely out of Bruin s\\nreach, who further vented his ill-pleasure at being\\ndisturbed in his search for a meal, by growling and\\ngnawing at the sapling. The Doctor had faced with\\ncheerful heart the malarious breezes of Michigan\\nupon a liiet of leeks and surface water, but this was\\nhis first experience in climbing a tree that bore no\\nfruit, just for the fun of it. He yelled lustily for\\nhelp, which soon came, and the bear was driven\\naway.\\nDr. Cheesman had ample time to [Kinder uixm the\\nfrailties of life while taking in the scene fron his ele-\\nvated ixjsition, and mentally vowed to be nioderate\\nin his charges to those who were unfortunate enough\\nto be very |K or, where there was no hope of mak-\\ning collections. From this circumstance, and to com-\\nmemorate the miraculous escape of the Doctor, who\\nwas regarded by all as a (lersonage th.it could ill\\nafford to be spared, the figure of a bear was adopted\\nV\\nA\\nI\\nr", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0783.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "r ^lIti^Il|]i^T%\\nGJRA i/OT COUNTY.\\n-:25*^^xS\\n--l^^?\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae^4^\\nas the seal of Judge of Probate, an office which Dr.\\nCheesinan filled with credit to Iiiiiiself and his con-\\nstituents.\\nI The fall of 1856 was a noted season in the histor)^\\nof this county. The summer-had been very dry and\\nhot, and the woods, which were clothed with luxuri-\\nant foliage, became filled with a smoke so dense that\\nobjects could scarcely be seen two rods away. Fires\\nraged throughout this portion of the State, and much\\nproperty was destroyed, as well as thousands of acres\\nof the finest timber. We have it from indisputable\\nauthority that in October of that year business of any\\nkind indoors had to be transacted by the light of a\\ntallow dip, even at noonday. There were numerous\\ninstances of men running against deer and other\\nwild animals while walking in the woods, and many\\npersons suffered greatly. Cattle would not leave the\\nhouses to feed, and numbers of them died, as well as\\nmany wild animals. The ashes covered the ground\\nin low places a depth of four or five inches, and the\\nextremities of animals that were obliged to walk\\nthrough it in search of food were blistered and burned\\nC3 almost to their knees. Much of the fire continued\\nlong after winter set in, and the hunter found many\\nopportunities to warm his hands by a blazing stump\\nwhen the snow lay on the ground.\\nChildren cried for something, they knew not what.\\nWomen looked sad and discouraged even the men\\nconversed in subdued tones a general quiet reigned\\namong all living things. When a rain came and\\nthe breeze lifted the clouds of smoke away, the deso-\\nlation which prevailed was enough to make even the\\nstoutest heart feel desjxjndent. Wagon loads of dead\\nfish floated in Pine River, and the entire country was\\na blackened, cheerless waste.\\nTo all things, however, an end comes, and the\\nspring of 1857 opened up splendidly. Large quanti-\\nties of maple sugar were manufactured, but it brought\\na small price, and provisions were very high. There\\nwas no regular market price for flour, and dealers put\\nup jirices to suit themselves. Flour was sold for $10\\nper barrel when the highest market quotations for\\nwheat in this State was $1 per bushel. l!y the first\\nof May, every bushel of wheat and corn in the whole\\ncountry was disposed of, except what the farmers re-\\n(juired for their own use, and nothing could be found\\nin the way of breadstuffs this side of Lansingor Ionia.\\nThe roads were almost impassable, and the few\\nteams in the county were oxen; and it took a week\\nor more to make a tri]) for provisions. They had no\\nmoney, and it seemed as if destitution, and not pros-\\nperity, would be their lot in life; yet they struggled\\nbravely on.\\nThe news of want in this and adjoining counties\\nreached the ears of kind-hearted people in other por-\\ntions of the State, and donationb of food and provis-\\nions were cheeifully made which gave them renewed\\ncourage. Many of the less courageous left as soon\\nas they could get away, but those who remained have\\nthe satisfaction of seeing their labors crowned with\\nsuccess and, although tried by fire, want and\\nsuffering, tlieir reward is great. Gratiot County\\nsurely experienced more disaster and hardships than\\nany other county in the State during its early settle-\\nment, and not until i860 did anything like a satisfac-\\ntory degree of prosperity greet those who had toiled\\nearly and late to provide for tlieir families. The\\nonly thing in common which prevailed except ex-\\ntreme poverty was good health, without which they\\nwould have been miserable indeed. In May, 1859,\\nthe Board of Supervisors appropriated $8,000 to be\\nused, if necessary, in purchasing supplies for the peo-\\nple, which supiilies were to be sold them on credit,\\nif necessary, in order that their immediate wants be\\nrelieved. Mr. Ralph Ely, Supervisor from Arcada,\\nwas appointed an agent to negotiate these orders in\\nDetroit and other places, and succeeded in doing so\\nto the amount of \u00c2\u00a74,000.\\nCorn meal, rice, beans, pork, fish, etc., were sent\\nfrom Detroit to various distributing points, and the\\nsupervisors of the different townships appointed as\\nsub-agents in their distribution. Even tliis relief\\nhardly kept them until harvest time, and many fami-\\nlies lived for weeks on what they could find in the\\nwoods. Those days gave rise to the expression we\\nhave often heard, Sawdust pudding and slippery-\\nelm gravy. The crops of that year were very fine,\\nwith the exception of corn, which was badly injured\\nby an early frost.\\nThe repoit of Mr. Ely at the (Dctober meeting of\\nthe Board of Supervisors regarding the purchase,\\nshij^ment, etc., of supplies, was satisfactory, and his\\nvouchers, according to custom were burned, and he\\nwas discharged from further responsibility.\\nMr. Lafayette hurch was not so fortunate; and\\nfrom the unreliability of persons who had access to\\ni\\nr\\nI\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m^^\\nj^^K,\\nmmm\\nJU=i.\\n_5]5/JS 5 ^0l^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0784.jp2"}, "785": {"fulltext": "r^^-\\ncv\\n^^nn^tDiis^r\\nGRATIOT COU.VTY\\nZ^^-^\\nV\\nV\\n1\\n7 o\\nthe j;txKis .iikI the iiersons to whom ihcy were lun-\\nsij^ned, he w.isshurl $i 30 in fooling up accomUs, wiiith\\namount he [laid out of his own pocket. The action\\nof the Hoard in thus compelling Mr. Church to pay\\nthat amount was severely censured by some, others\\nclaiming that he should have been more careful in\\nthe distribution and ought to pay it. The Board of\\nSupervisors afterward refunded the money, as they\\nwere convinced that Mr. Church accounted with ex-\\nactness for everything passing through his hands.\\nThe oath administered before provisions could be\\nobtained which were sent for distribution, was iron-\\nclad in its meaning, but some even then took ad-\\nvantage of the opportunity to procure that to which\\nthey were not justly entitled. Printed blanks were\\nfurnished which were filled out with the names of\\ndifferent articles needed, the number in family, and\\namount of provision then on hand and of what kind.\\nThe applicant then subscribed the following oath\\nI, John Doe, do solemnly swear that I am ilic\\nhead of the family above mentioned, and have only\\nprovisions enough to last days, neither have I\\nthe means of procuring any except in this manner:\\nso help me God.\\nIn 1857, a flouring mill was Imilt at Alma, whicli\\nwas a great convenience to the settlers in this county,\\nas the wheat crop was an excellent one, and those\\nwho had known only corn bread and potatoes for so\\nlong could indulge in tiie luxury of wheat bread at\\nevery meal.\\nIn the winter of 1857, Robert Sutton, a printer,\\ncame to Ithaca; a meeting was held at theold court-\\nhouse by a number of the citizens, and it was deter-\\nmined to have a paper, Messrs. W. W. Comstock,\\nFranklin Miller and others taking quite an active\\npart in making arrangements for establishing the\\nsame at an early date. In the spring of 1858, Messrs.\\nSutton S. M. Miller |)urchased a printing press\\nand office at Owosso, and moved it to Ithaca in May.\\nThe |)aper was called the Graiiot Nnvs, and was\\nedited by Franklin Miller, the first Prosecuting Attor-\\nney of this county, for six months, when the material\\nwas purchased by W. W. Comstock, and changed\\nfrom a neutral to a Repuljlican paiier.\\nThe .Supervisors must have been a rather noisy set of\\nmen during the year 1856, for the official record shows\\nthat L. C. Knapp presented a bill to that august body\\nin which he demanded compensation for broken\\nbeilsteads and unnecessary 1 onlusmn. I he bill was\\nreferred to the I ommiltee on Claims and was i aid,\\nperhaps out of their own pockets.\\nThe question th.il demanded first consideration\\nwas the opening of the tlioroughfares through the\\ndense forests. Hardly a ray of sunshine could reach\\nthe ground, and the clay soil was never dry. There\\nwas a bridge across Maple River at the place called\\nMaple Rapids, from which an Indian trail extended to\\nthe Lutherati mission, on Pine River, and this afforded\\nthe only route for transit between the two places.\\nThis was afterward widened by Joseph Clapp, of Pine\\nRiver, until teams could pass over it. This was\\nknovvn as the Old Trail, over which most of the\\n|)ioneer fan. ilies came. Ralph F^ly, soon after his ar-\\nrival in the county, opened up a road from Alma to\\nMaple Rapids. The third was a branch of the Old\\nTrail, diverging from it on section 32 in Fulton\\nTownship, pas sing through that, North Star and Ham- -n\\nikon Townships. For many years these were the\\nonly roads leading out of the county, and they were\\nin many places almost impassable.\\nThe Legislature by special act in 1866 and r867,\\nprovided aid for the construction of State roads to\\nSaginaw- and St. John s, and roads in other localities\\nwere nicely graded and well bridged. Gratiot Coun-\\nI\\n*TCH- lin-uiy ^lciu\u00c2\u00ab.u aii\\\\.i v.ii u/i lugv-u. v. imiii^i. Vrf\\\\yuii-\\nty has within jier boundaries as many miles of e.xcel-\\nlent roads as can be found in the same area any\\nwhere in which gravel cannot be obtained.\\nWhile most of tlie pioneers were men of brawn and\\nmuscle, among them was occasionally found one who\\nwas an inveterate coward. Rev. Barnaby relates an\\nincident where a fellow by the name of .Shively fig-\\nured, which is ludicrous, to say the least. Shively\\nwas afraid, not only of getting lost, but of being at-\\ntacked by bears while working in the woods. The\\nground was covered with a light snow, and Shively\\nhad gone to the woods to chop, taking, as was his\\ncustom, his gun for protection in case a bear should\\nbe unwary enough to come within sight. Mr. Har-\\nnaby lived near where Shively was working, and the\\nfamily were, on the day in ipiestion, somewhat alarm-\\ned to see Shively coming across the clearing at the\\ntop of his speed, without hat or gun and his longhair\\nstreaming in the wind. Bursting into the house, he\\ntold in spasmodic utterances that he had shot at a\\nvery large bear, which had then attacked him, when\\nhe threw down his gun and climbed a tree, that the\\ni|K:l) ^^f|-\\n-:35^:^jK-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^Il!l:!^DIlr\\nJ..^\\n-s^^^el", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0785.jp2"}, "786": {"fulltext": "760\\n^^T^mm^^!^\\nA\\ni^j\\nV\\nf^\\nGRATIOl COUNTY\\nbear passed, and he had come for help to dispatch\\nhim.\\nStarting for the scene of encounter, they found the\\nbear (a small cub) lying dead near the tree that\\nShively had tried to climb, but which in reality was\\nonly a small sapling, around which he liad thrown\\nhis arms and legs and taken a seat in the snow ir.-\\nstead of climbing at all. Fear in this instance made\\nhim feel as if he had climbed a tree, although his\\nwould have been an unpleasant position had a bear\\nactually attacked him.\\nWilliam McOmber relates the story of killing the\\nlargest wildcat ever seen in the county, and gives\\nit as his first remembrance of fear at sightof any wild\\nbeast. Himself and Nau-ge-sic, a son of the cliief,\\nwere going from the Indian mission to Maple Rapids\\nin 1849, and had stopped for the night at a bark shan-\\nty half way between the two places, the trip being a\\ntwo-days journey. This shanty had been built for\\noccujiancy during these journeys, and frying-pans,\\netc., were left there to save transiwrtation. A large\\ntree had blown over, lodging in the fork of anotlier\\none standing in front of the shanty, which tree forms\\nan important part of the story.\\nAfter eating supper, Nau-ge-sic crawled (as was the\\ncustom of Indians) to the further corner of the shanty,\\nand, rolling himself up in a blanket, went to sleep.\\nMr. McOmber hung up a piece of a blanket at the\\ndoor, or end of the shanty, although it lacked consid-\\nerable of covering the aperture. He had to sleep\\nnear the opening, and awakened during the night,\\nbut was horrified to see a huge wild-cat perched upon\\nthe tree which leaned across the space in front of the\\nwigwam. Its eyes looked like two stars as they\\ntwinkled in evident satisfaction at the prospect of a\\nsavory meal, and its tail moved nervously from side\\nto side as it surveyed the sleeping men. The moon\\nshone brightly and its body, outlined against the\\nleafy background, made it an excellent mark for the\\nsportsman s rifle. Stealthily reaching for his gun,\\nMr. McOmber took deliberate aim and fired. With\\na wild yell, the beast fell from the tree pierced through\\nthe heart. It was a thrilling e-\\\\perience, to say the\\nleast; for the wild-cat lay within ten feet of Mr. Mc-\\nOmber and was evidently prei)aring to spring upon\\nhim. These animals were ([uite savage, and would\\nattack cither man or beast when liungry.\\n.Suri)rise parties were very frequent at an early\\nday. It was no uncommon thing for a number of\\nyoung folks (and older people, loo) to walk five or six\\nmiles on a winter night to attend a dance, or enjoy\\nan evening at a candy pulling. The invariable\\nrule was to take an ox team along to carry those who\\nwere too tired to walk home. More happiness was\\nenjoyed in those days than can be imagined in this\\nage of Kstheticism. Refreshments were always pro-\\nvided by the ladies when attending a dancing party\\nor otlier social affair, consisting mainly of hulled corn,\\njohnnycakes and dried apples, or pumpkin and warm\\nsugar. Mrs. Ben. Crawford related her experience\\nat a dance which she, with many others, attended\\nnear this village at an early day, in which the above\\nmentioned articles constituted the bill of fare. The\\nparty was given at Simeon Taylor s, and Henry\\nFeaster was the musician. Dressed in their calico,\\nthe ladies felt as aristocratic as do the belles of the\\nball-room to-day, decked in their most expensive\\ntoilets.\\nThe pioneers were minus the luxurious sandals\\nnow considered indispensable in pirouetting on\\na waxed floor, but their heavy brogans kept good\\ntime to the Arkansaw Traveler and Fisher s\\nHornpipe, as the rough puncheon floors vibrated\\nwith the rhythmic motion of their supple limbs,\\nwhile the manly voice of the prompter rang out\\nBalance all, Swing your partner, Pound\\nsand, etc.\\nMrs. Elijah Curtis, one of the pioneers of Hamil-\\nton Township, gives a graphic account how she and\\nher family came into Gratiot County. The picture will\\ncall iip many familiar scenes to those who erected the\\nfirst log cabins in the forest\\nWe arrived on a Saturday night at Allen Curtis\\nplace, and enjoyed a night s rest among friends and\\nrelatives. We were using a hired team, and were\\nanxious to get to our claim so we ventured to break\\nthe Sabbath, and started bright and early for our\\nplace, seven miles distant. For the whole distance,\\nthe men had to go ahead of the team and break a\\nroad through the ice and snow. Darkness came on\\nas we came in sight of our destination. Taking some\\njoints of stove-pipe on our backs, my daughter and I\\npicked our way to the log cabin, which had appar-\\nently been used for shelter by cattle and other ani-\\nmals for several years. But we made the best dis-\\nposition of ourselves we could for the night. During\\nc\\nA\\nr^.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0786.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "iM\\nTa^CS^\\n-r :110 :illl^ r\\nKx^.\\nAi\\nGJi.4 TJO T CO UNT Y.\\n761\\nf ihe evening it commenced to rain, and ni) husband\\n^|,j asked, What will we do with the horses? Oh,\\n/5\u00c2\u00bb bring them right into the house, I said we can\\nf keep them here. So they were brought in, and the\\nf^. first night in our new home was thus spent, with\\nseven or eight people scattered around on one side\\nof the fire-place and two horses on the other.\\nOne of the first couples married by Benjamin\\nCrawford, after his election as Justice of the Peace.\\npaid their fee in dried corn, dried pumpkin and tur-\\nnips. Money was the substance of things hoped for,\\nV4 and the evidence of things not seen. Coon, deer\\nand bear skins, as well as shaved shingles, were legal\\ntender for everythiiig except taxes.\\nMrs. Henry Simmon and husband were among the\\nfirst settlers in Hamilton Township, and she relates a\\nnumber of incidents, among which might be mentioned\\nwhat beds were filled with, in the absence of straw.\\nFine shavings were prepared of birch and hickory,\\nwhich made not only a nice, healthful cot, but a very\\npleasant one. For weeks they lived in a tent made\\nof blankets, and when their cabin was erected, they\\nhad no floor except mother earth for some time,\\nyet they prospered and are now ipiite wealthy.\\nThe first school-house erected in the county was\\nbuilt on section 14, in Arcada Township. This was\\nan individual enterprise, in which Francis Nelson,\\nRev. Lafayette Church, John Nevins, John Glover,\\nJohn Keefer and Jacob Rush were pro|)rietors. The\\nlumber for the same was sawed with a whip-saw.\\nGen. Nathan Church, Rev. Theodore Nelson and his\\nbrothers, William and Wilbur, were the only boys in\\nattendance. C. C. Cole, a pompous individual, was\\nI the pedagogue who first instilled Websterian ideas\\ninto the minds of the above named gentlemen, all of\\nwhom now fill places of imix)rtance, and are num-\\nbered among the foremost business men of the county.\\nOf Mr. Cole, more is said in this work elsewhere.\\nDuring the agitation regarding the permanent loca-\\ntion of the county seat, the officers elect were on the\\nlookout for voters favorable to keeping the same at\\nIthaca, and scoured the county ipiite thoroughly in\\n1 the canvass. There being but few residents in Ith-\\naca at the time, and they mostly officials who were\\n{j -j largely interested in the matter of securing votes,\\nX^ they were all away for several days, as but little\\ncounty business was to be tran.sacted. A man came\\nfrom Uolroii to attend to some legal matters and\\nA\\nV\\nfound the court-house locked. Going to the jxjst-\\noffice he inquired of Nathan Church (who was\\nofficiating as Postmaster, //v their wherealxjuts.\\nNathan explained the matter, but added, that [ler-\\nhaps /id could attend to the business. Locking the\\npostoffice, they went to the court-house and trans-\\nacted all necessary details in the different offices,\\nwhich greatly pleased the gentleman, who was anx-\\nious to return home. He wrote upon his arrival at\\nDetroit, a lengthy article, which a|)pe.ired in the\\n/^/cc J ress, of the manner in which all the offices\\nwere filled in Gratiot by a boy only 16 years old, in-\\ncluding the office of Postmaster.\\nAt this time there was not a horse in the county,\\nand only a few Indian jHsnies. Israel Coats was the\\nfortunate possessor of one of the latter, which was\\nutilized in carrying the records to and from the court-\\nhouse in Ithaca to .Alma, where court was in session.\\nMr. Church states that he purchased for his father\\nthe first span of horses ever owned in Gratiot.\\nAs an illustration of wnat can be done \\\\x\\\\x3n small\\ncapital, the instance is cited of Mr. William Frank-\\nlin, who came with his family to North Shade Town-\\nship in 1856, without any means whatever. His\\noutfit consisted of a few articles of household furni-\\nture and a dozen new grain bags. Of the latter,\\nclothes were made, ard during the first 18 months of\\nhis residence in Gratiot he received only 50 cents in\\nmoney, although working every day; the remainder\\nbeing taken in trade. To-day he is one of the\\nmost prosperous farmers in his township, owning 220\\nacres of valuable land, u[X)n which is a handsome\\nand costly residence. All this has been accumulated\\nby honest toil and industry in a few years, and his\\nexample is worthy of emulation by the young men of\\nto-day.\\nThere was an avowed infidel by the name of Kibby,\\nliving near St. I ouis, at an early day in her history,\\nwho was a noted hunter and trapper. His cabin\\nwas a small two-story log building, which inside pre-\\nsented the appearance of an arsenal. Guns,\\nrevolvers, traps, axes, tomahawks and other parapher-\\nnalia peculiar to the hunter s vocation hung from\\nthe ceiling, and the walls were covered with skins of\\ndeer, mink, otter, muskrat, wolf and bearT Kibby\\nhad a family consisting of wife and several children.\\nOne morning, a child about four years old was\\nfound dead in bed. There had been no previuui\\n1\\nA\\nI.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0787.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "iJ^S^isr\\n-^^V^OIl^IiD^i v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0zi^i^^^r\\nGRATJOT COUNTY.\\ni\\nv\\nillness and the occurrence was a severe shock, to the\\nmother, especially. The few neighbors living near\\nwere sent for, and Mr. Elias Smith made a rough\\ncoffin out of a cupboard in his house, in which the\\nbody of the child was laid, and placed ujwn a rough\\ntable close to the wall. Everything which could\\nconveniently be carried up stairs had been so dis-\\nposed of, to make room for the friends coming to\\nattend the burial. A grave was dug near the house,\\nand everything was in readiness to consign the body\\nto its last resting place, when the mother from the\\nupper room asked that a song might be sung and a\\nprayer offered, as it seemed heathenish to bury her\\nchild without some kind of services. None of the\\nfriends being professing Christians, they felt unequal\\nto the emergency, and the father also objected, saying\\nthat he wanted no praying around his house.\\nAnother man also objected and said prayer was a\\nmere form and could not jjossibly do any good so\\nthe sooner the child was buried the better off all par-\\nties would be. He had hardly ceased speaking)\\nwhen the upper floor, to which hung loaded guns,\\nknives, etc., parted in the middle and down came the\\noccupants of the room above, with beds, bedsteads,\\ncorn, old boots, flour and bacon, which had been\\ncarried there to put them out of sight on this occa-\\nsion. Strange to relate, no one was seriously injured,\\nalthough the room below was full of people, and the\\nmother up stairs came tumbling hcidlong with her\\nbabe clasped in her arms. The children were en-\\ntirely uninjured and the escape seemed almost mirac-\\nulous. The corpse, which lay near the wall, was\\nleft undisturbed, not even being knocked from the\\ntable. After the excitement was over and the liebris\\ncleared away, Mr. Elias Smith asked Kibby, who was\\nvery much e.xcited at the turn affairs had laken,what\\nhe now thought of an overruling power, the whole\\njiarty having escaped so providentially. Mr. Kibby\\nacknowledged that it seemed almost miraculous, and\\nthere must be something which averted danger to\\nlife and limb. This circumstance completely changed\\nthe life of the man, and he was thereafter one of the\\nforemost in good works and deeds.\\nlames Kress was the second man settling north of\\nPine River. lie came in liie spring of 1S54, and\\nmade his location of lands three miles west of .Mma.\\nThree years later he moved to that village, and has\\never since been identified with its growth and busi-\\nness interests. His daughter, Rachel, was married\\nto George Gee, April 17, 1855, by Rev. Slai)()ce.\\nHettie Hart and Louis Baker were wedded the same\\nday but the marriage of Rachel and Mr. Gee occur-\\nring at an earlier hour makes them the first wedded\\ncouple in .Arcada Township, if not in the county. A\\ngrand charivari occurred in the evening, all the\\npeople for miles around being armed with horns, or\\nsomething with which more noise thau me!ody could\\nbe produced. Refreshments were served, and the\\nentire party and the joyous event is well remembered\\nby a number of the older folks yet living in Alma.\\nLorton Holliday, known in the early history of the\\ncounty as lilack Hawk, was another of the early\\ncomers. He was a great hunter, and opened a kind\\nof arsenal, in which was stored guns, ammunition,\\nshoes, pork and wliisky, which he sold to the Indians\\nfor furs. It is said that people generally feared him,\\nalthough no violence was ever committed to their\\nknowledge. A few years later, he bought a wife from\\na man by the name of Slocum, paying for her with a\\nbrass watch. Slocum afterward came back and\\nwanted his wife, but Holliday took him by the collar\\nand kicked the unwary husband as long as he had\\nstrength to lift his foot. When Slocum was let loose,\\nhe made great haste to get out of Holliday s sight,\\nwho warned him never to come back which advice\\nwas well heeded.\\nCornelius Scott came to Arcada at an early day,\\nand settled three miles west of Alma, on Pine River.\\nHe was a widower, and had several children, Lavina\\nbeing the eldest daughter. One peculiarity of Scott\\nwas his dislike for work and failure to provide for his\\nfamily yet he lived in a country where plenty could\\nbe obtained had he chosen to e.xert himself. One\\nevening, a lank fellow drove up to his cabin, and\\nasked for accommodations for himself and wife, stat-\\ning that on account of the cold weather they could\\nnot cam[) out and be comfortable. At every house\\nstrangers were made welcome, and received an equal\\nshnre of the scanty provisions, and the Scott family\\nproved no excei)tion. The susceptible widower\\ngazed on the wife of his guest with covetous eyes,\\nand proposed a trade, in which he would exch.inge\\nhis daughter, Lavina, for Mr. Gillette s wife. Strange-\\nly enough, when approached, Gillette n et the projiosal\\nwith favor, and a bargain was at once consummated,\\nin which the stranger was to receive a cross-cut\\ns^\\n5", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0788.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Zi^^\\nb\\n1\\nf\\nsaw and a set of beetle-rings to l)Oot, as his wife\\nwas well-broken to matrimonial harness. As after\\nevents proved, Scott seemed to fear that some of tiie\\nparties might back out, and insisted that a bill\\nof separation or transfer of title be made before a\\njustice, which was agreed to the next morning and\\nthey walked over to tlie house of L. C. Cole, who\\nhas been previously mentioned as the first teacher of\\nNathan Church and the Nelson boys. We give the\\nfull purport of the bill as nearly as possible, procured\\nfrom those familiar with the document, which is of\\nitself a curiosity.\\nJustice Cole was a very pompous individual, and\\noften remarked that he resembled Gen. Cass very\\nmuch, and that at one time he was the reader of\\nthe Declaration of Independence in Massachusetts\\nwhen Horace Greeley was present and that gentle-\\nman had made the remark to friends that he (Gree-\\nley) would give $500 if he could read the Declaration\\nas fluently.\\nMr. Cole heard the story regarding the trade in\\nwomen, and gave it very profound consideration for\\na few moments. Walking up and down the cabin\\nfloor, he asked that it he repeated very carefully, as\\nhe thought the case wasone in which he could satisfy\\nall parties, although it appeared to be a very grave\\nmatter. Taking down a copy of the statute laws of\\nthe State, he opened the book and glanced iuirriedly\\nthrough it, remarking as it was carefully closed, that\\nthere was no question of his jurisdiction in the mat-\\nter, and that the law plainly provided in all cases of\\na Vi?iculo Matrimonii X\\\\\\\\aX each party should have\\na bill of divorce, and swear that no collusion had\\nexisted regarding the transfer and that he should\\ngrant a bill of separation upon the ground of ex-\\ntreme cruelty, as the wife had refused to have any-\\nthing to GO with the trade The article read as\\nfollows\\nArc.\\\\u.-v Ti Gratioi C(j., Mich.\\nI, L. C. Cole, Justice of the Peace in and for said\\ncounty, do hereby give, grant, and decree a bill of\\nabsolute divorcement between Gillette and his\\nwife, and do record a transfer of the personal proper-\\nty, to wit: One cross-cut saw and one air of beetle\\nrings, the aforesaid property being in lawful posses-\\nsion of Cornelius Scott, of Arcada Township, party\\nof the first |)art, who transfers the same to (Jil-\\nlette, party of the second part, as the balance due\\nupon a trade in which Mrs. Gillette, party of\\nthe third part, becomes the wife of Cornelius Scott,\\nparty of the first part, and I-avina Scott, party of the\\nfourth part, becomes the lawful wife of Gillette,\\nparty of the second part.\\nThe al)Ove constitutes all the necessary legal in-\\nstruments requisite in making transfers of this char-\\nacter, and 1 pronounce all the parties duly married as\\nthey do so sincerely desire the consummation of the\\nexchange.\\nGiven under ray hand and seal, this day\\nL. C. COLK,\\nJ. P. in and for this township and county.\\nAfter Gillette harnessed his oxen and was ready to\\nstart, Lavina refused to go and no amount of persua-\\nsion could induce her to change her mind. Gillette\\nthen wanted his wife back, but Scott refused to give\\nher up, stating that he had traded fair, and if Lavina\\nwouldn t go that he (Gillette) had his saw and beetle\\nrings anyway.\\nTo illustrate how such things end, Lavina after-\\nward married the brother of her quasi stei^-mother,\\nwho was shiftless and improvident. Becoming ill,\\nand having no one to care for her, she was taken to\\nthe county iwor-house, where she afterward died.\\nScott s wife left him after putting up with his abuse\\nfor two years, and is now living near Alma. She en-\\njoys the distinction of having four living husbands in\\nGratiot County, as well as being the heroine of this\\nstory.\\n}5ears are yet quite plentiful in parts of Gratiot\\nCounty, although a large number of them have been\\nkilled. In November, 1877, Dan Kostenbader killed\\none in Emerson Township, which weighed, when\\ndressed, 494 [wunds, the hide, 525^ jwunds, besides\\nyielding sixteen gallons of oil.\\nThe migratory habits of these animals make them\\nquite easy game to capture during the autumn, as\\nthey are in search of nuts and winter quarters.\\nDuring the destitution which prevailed. Dr. Chees-\\nman, accompanied by Daniel Curtis and Charles\\nHolliday, left Saginaw with a canoe loaded with pro-\\nvisions for people living in Hamilton Township, St.\\nCharles being their destination. The afternoon was\\nvery cold, and ice was so rapidly forming that it be-\\ncame almost impossible to propel the boat. Dark-\\nness came on and the coldness increased until the\\nboit was frozen fast in the middle of the river.\\nDaniel Curtis became benumbed with cold, and only\\nby great exertions was he kept from freezing. In this\\ncase, it seemed as if providence had specially inter-\\nfered, for within reach was a pine raft u|X)n which a\\n:k\\n0:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r^^\\n^iia:o:Diiv\\nX-", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0789.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "764\\n3Si^^^ \u00c2\u00a3r\\nGRATIOT CO UN 7 V\\nfire was kindled. Only by this means were the lives\\nof the entire party saved, the river being too deep\\nand wide to permit them to gain the shore in safety.\\nAccommodations have been previously mentioned\\nas limited, but for genuine hospitality none could\\nexceed Mr. and Mrs. David Courter, a well known\\ncouple yet living in the county. Mr. Hastings is\\nauthority for the item that he, with his surveying\\nparty, came to Mr. Courier s late one evening, and\\nwere kindly cared for and given a place to sleep, al-\\nthough the cabin wa? only 10 x 12 feet. Five of\\nthem were comfortably housed for the night, although\\nthe stove had to be carried outside. Beds were made\\non the bark floor and the men retired, Mrs. C. waiting\\noutside until the light was extinguished. True hos-\\npitality consists in entertaining a guest with the best\\nyou have, without making excuse for inability to pro-\\nvide more liberally, and this instance proves it. Not-\\nwithstanding the hard times, the young folks enjoyed\\nthemselves and were as merry as if there was plenty\\nto eat and satins to wear.\\nMrs. Elias Smith relates a story of a number of\\nyoung folks, she being one of the party, who started\\non New Year s afternoon in 1858, in a sled drawn by\\noxen for Cable Smith s, where a dance was to be\\nheld in the evening. About one mile east of Alma\\nlived a fellow by the name of Moon, who had rather\\na comfortable log cabin, near which was displayed a\\nboard sign upon which the words Moon In were\\nroughly drawn. By accident the oxen ran against a\\nstump and broke the sled so badly that they could\\nproceed no further without repairing it. The party\\nwere unloaded and supper was ordered at this famous\\nhostelry. The young folks had appetites unexcelled\\nby any, and were somewhat chagrined to learn that\\nthe bill of fare would be rather light, there being\\nbut one partridge in the larder and only meal\\nenough to make a few johnycakes. The bird was\\nstewed in salt water, and they all took soup, which\\nwith the palatable corn bread, mixed up with water\\nprevious to being baked, made a very good supper.\\nIt would seem by this story as if the needs of man\\ncould be supplied very easily by quality and not\\nquantity, as the eight persons were regaled with\\none partridge and a few corncakes.\\nDr. Cheesman relates some amusing experiences\\nwhich are well worth i)reserving, as they show what\\nills an amateur in pioneering is likely to undergo.\\nIn 1854, the Doctor came with his family to Ham-\\nilton Township, bringing a few household goods and\\nsome furniture. Of course there was no house ready\\nfor occupancy, and they had to camp out for a few\\nweeks. Tiie goods were piled under a large tree,\\nnear which was the site selected for the proposed\\ncabin. An election was held at Greenbush soon\\nafter their arrival, and the neighbors who were en-\\ngaged to help in the erection of the cabin had gone\\nto that place to vote. Dr. Cheesman concluded that\\nhe would fell the first tree during their absence,\\nand selected the one above mentioned upon which\\nto try his skill. Without paying any attention to the\\ndirection in which it would fall, he went at the work\\nin earnest, and hacked away until it came crashing\\nthrough the dense underbrush; but his knowledge of\\ncause and effect had been forgotten, as the chop-\\nping was done in such manner that the tree neces-\\nsarily fell across the pile of furniture, making it a\\ntotal wreck. While at that time it was an expensive\\nexperience the knowledge of woodcraft was largely\\nenhanced.\\nAt another time he was unfortunate enough to lose\\none of his oxen. Hearing of one near Maple Rap-\\nids that was for sale, he went down to make a pur-\\nchase, but the owner could not deliver it. The ox was\\nvery wild and had never been yoked, and all efforts\\nto capture him were fruitless. The man was then\\nhired to drive his cows (among which the ox was\\nreared) over to the Doctor s place, where there was a\\nsmall lot enclosed by a strong brush fence. Into\\nthis lot the herd was driven and a lariat thrown around\\nthe horns of his recent purchase. Tying the ox to a\\ntree, he was yoked alongside the well-broken one,\\nand the pair were turned loose in the enclosure. To\\nfamiliarize them with each other and get the newone\\nused to the yoke, the I.loctor concluded to let them\\nwear it until next morning, as he feared the unruly\\nquadrujied would he hard to manage without more\\nhelp than was at his command.\\nHis surprise at finding the yoke turned the next\\nmorning can hardly be expressed in words, and he\\nhastened over to his neighbor, Lafayette Sweatland,\\nfor assistance, telling him that some one had either\\nplayed a trick upon him or the wild ox had jumped\\nover the old one\\nMany a hearty laugh has been since enjoyed at the\\nDoctor s expense when this story was related. His\\n^i\\n^u%m ^s-\\n^ryy-\\n^^mmi", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0790.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": "^sA:^-r^\\nG/iA TIO T CO UM T Y.\\n-z^.\\n765\\nV\\nA\\nir^\\nV\\nt\\nexperiences were limited as a hunter, yet the Doctor\\nhas bagged game wiih a fuwling-piece as efTectu-\\nally as ever malaria was subjugated by the use of\\nhis pills. He had a fine patch of turnips near his\\nhouse, and a large buck came every day to browse on\\nthe tender leaves. One afternoon his daughter es-\\npied the deer coming and told her father to get his\\ngun. Dr. Cheesman knew as little about shooting as\\nhe did about felling trees; but, sticking the muzzle\\nof the gun through the window, he [xjinted it in the\\ndirection of the deer, shut his eyes and pulled the\\ntrigger, trusting that one of the eighteen bullets with\\nwhich it was loaded would hit the mark. An acci-\\ndental ball broke the animal s back, and the over-\\njoyed sportsman ran out intending to dispatcji it with\\na knife; bxit the deer showed fight and kei)t the Doc-\\ntor at bay until an ax was procured, with which it was\\neasily killed.\\nHis next and last e.xploit in this line gave him what\\nis known among hunters as the buck ague. A\\nnumber of deer came every afternoon to browse ujx)n\\nthe tree-tops where a clearing was being made, and\\nthe doctor concluded to have some more venison.\\nTaking a position at the root of a large tree which\\nhad been felled, he waited a short lime until five or\\nsix fat deer came walking up to the tree-top and be-\\ngan their repast upon the succulent buds. Their\\nheads were all together, but our Nimrod was so nerv-\\nous that he couldn t tell whether his gun was pointed\\nin the right direction and was afraid to fire. Waiting\\nuntil one of them turned a broadside toward him, he\\nblazed away, and, strange to relate, brought down a\\nfine one. The success recently met with induced\\nhim to take several hunts, but this was his last game.\\nJudge Winton relates the story of a wedding in\\nFulton Townshii) which illustrates the generosity of\\na newly wedded husband toward the author of his\\nhappiness. The justice had completed the ceremony\\nexcepting the salutation of the bride in regular ortho-\\ndox style, when the bridegroom asked how much cash\\nwould pay the bill. The law allows one $2.50,\\nsaid the justice. All right, S(iuire, said the fellow\\nif the law allows you to collect $2.50, here is an\\nextra half dollar for your trouble, which will make it\\neven :you ought to have something for doing the job.\\nMr. S. S Hastings relates a remarkable escape\\nfrom injury of a family who were moving through\\nGratiot to their home in Isabella County. They were\\ndriving through the woods with a team of oxen hitch-\\ned to the wagon, which contained all their earthly\\npossessions, as well as a fainily of children. A ix)rk\\nbarrel stood in the back part of the wagon, and the\\nfamily were ranged along both sides of the bed, fac-\\ning each other. A long pine snag, which had be-\\ncome rotten at the base, toppled over and fell ujxjn\\nthe ix)rk barrel, crushing it completely, and lodged\\nlengthwise with the wagon, with the top resting \\\\\\\\\\\\K)n\\nthe yoke between the heads of the cattle. It had to\\nbe cut twice in two before a removal could be effected.\\nThe escape was indeed miraculous, not one of the\\npersons in the wagon being injured.\\nr\u00c2\u00bb:\\nt\\nv^\\nA\\n-0A^)^(^^^-\\n-^=^\u00e2\u0082\u00acy^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^iia^^nDi", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0791.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-gMki\u00c2\u00a3 a\u00c2\u00a3^\\nVS\\n=^^^-^rte i) i A A, .t. A ,.Ma, .t. A .t- .1\\nROM the organization of the\\ncounty, Gratiot has been\\nstrictly Republican. The\\ntwo last elections have de-\\nveloped quite a large follow-\\ning among the Liberal people\\nof all parties, and several can-\\ndidates were elected on the\\nLiberal ticket. The elections\\nuntil 1856 were non-partisan\\nin character, men being select-\\ned for quality, not political\\nfaith. In 1856, however, both the\\nDemocratic and Republican par-\\nties were organized, the Republican\\nbeing largely in the majority, and\\nmost of the offices were filled with nominees of their\\nconventions. But little electioneering was done and\\nelections usually passed off very quietly. The county\\noffices were mostly held at Ithaca, except that of\\nSheriff, who stayed at Alma. The first session of\\nCircuit Court was held at that place. The whole\\nexpenses for the county for the year 1856 were\\n$1,953.53, quite a contrast to that of 1883.\\nFollowing we give a complete list of all the men\\nrunning for the different county offices, for Governor\\nand President, since the first election in 1855, together\\nwith the number of votes each received and the\\nparty to which he belonged\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 13, 1855.\\nSheriff George E. Walker, 159; Isaac H. Jones,\\nmaj. 153;\\n58;\\n123.\\nCounty Clerk\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Orville M. Wood, 284.\\nCounty Treasurer Ralph Ely, 148; Abram M.\\nCrawford, 120; Joseph B. Smith, 7.\\nRegister of Deeds Henry Lane, 183.\\nProsecuting Attorney Frank Miller, 108, niaj. 12;\\nBenjamin Crawford, 96; Marcus Service, 65.\\nJudge of Probate John R. Cheesman, 284.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner Henry Lane, 155,\\nmaj. 26; Stevens E. Longyear, 129.\\nCounty Surveyor Sidney S. Hastings, 284.\\nCoroner Lewis B. Loomis, 279; Levi Smith, 150.\\nELECTION, NOVEMBER 4, 1856.\\nGovernor Kinsley S. Bingham, Rep., 387, maj.\\n249; Alpheus Felch, Dem., 138.\\nState Senator Stephen H. Warren, 380, maj. 276;\\nWilbur Fisher, 104.\\nState Representative James Kipp, Rep., 387, maj.\\n247 James W. Ransom, Dem., 140.\\nSheriff Homer L. Townsend, 317\\nHiram Burgess, 164.\\nCounty Clerk Henry H. Smith, 256, maj\\nOrville M. Wood, 198.\\nCounty Treasurer Lafayette Church, 374, maj.\\n225; Joseph 15. Smith, 149.\\nc\\nk\\nW\\nV\\n.Ci.JL\\n-iii!i^nn;\\nG.\\nr", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0792.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "M-^^\\nr^t^N\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nA\\nV\\nGHA TIO T CO UNT V.\\n767 N\\nRegister of Deeds Elijah Peck, Rep., .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2556, maj.\\n200; Henry Lane, Dem., 156.\\nProsecuting Attorney Sylvanus Groom, Rep.,\\n353, maj. 185: Frank Nliller, Dcm.. 168.\\nJudge of Probate Francis Nelson, Rep., 362,\\n198; William L. Sutherland, Dem., 164.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner -Moses Tompkins, 5 1 9.\\nCounty Surveyor Addison Hayden, Dem., 263,\\nmaj. 10; Sidney S. Hastings, Rep., 253.\\nCoroners Horace T. Barnaby, Rep., 364, maj.\\n201 Joseph A. Gutbrie, Rep., 363, maj. 200 Bar-\\nlow Worthing, Dem., 163; Jolm Knight, Dem., 163.\\nELECTION, APRIL 5, 1858.\\nCircuit Judge Wilbur F. Woodworth, Rep., 468,\\nmaj. 206 John W. Longyear, Dem., 262.\\nELECTION, NOVEMBER 2, 1858.\\nGovernor Moses Wisner, Rep., 360, maj. 16S;\\nCharles E. Stuart, Dem., 192.\\nState Senator Osmand Jones, Rep., 357, maj.\\n150; Alexander F. Bell, Dem., 207.\\nRepresentative David J. Daniels, Rep., 319, maj.\\nloi Sylvester Hoyt, Dem., 218.\\nSheriff Homer L. Townsend, Rep., 280, maj. 9.\\nJose{)h B. Smith, Dem., 271.\\nCounty Clerk Emery Crosby, Rep., 361, maj.\\n146; Benjamin E. Sawtelle, Dem., 215.\\nCounty Treasurer Lafayette Church, Rep., 394,\\nmaj. 290; John W. Howd, Dem., 104.\\nRegister of Deeds Elijah Peck, Rep., 389, maj.\\n205; Heniy P. Clark, Dem., 184.\\nProsecuting Attorney Israel B. Coats, Rep., 372,\\nmaj. 198; Isaac Powers, Dem., 176.\\nCounty Surveyor Sidney S. Hastings, Rep., 347,\\nmaj. 131; Addison Hayden, Dem., 216.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner Israel B. Coats, Rep.,\\n355, n aj. 182; Isrrac Powers, Dem., 173.\\nCoroners Horace T. Barnaby, Rep., 450, maj. 86;\\nThomas T. Tann, Dem., 364.\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 6, i860.\\nm\\nm^\\nSsc^\\nPresident Abraham Lincoln, Rep., 496, maj. 182;\\nStephen A. Douglas, Dem., 314.\\nGovernor Austin Blair, Rep., 496, maj. 179; John\\nBarry, Dem., 317.\\nState Senator Osmond Tower, Rep., 492, maj.\\n179: Frederick Hall, Dem., 313.\\nr-^^nil :|]llr\\nRepresentative Gilbert E. Pratt, Rep., 439, maj.\\n81 Iliram C. Hodge, Dem., 358.\\nSheriff Frederick D. Weller, Rep., 436, maj. 65\\nJosepii B. Smith, 37 i.\\nCounty Treasurer Ralph Ely, Rep., 472, maj.\\n101 Lyman T. Cassada, Dem., 37 i.\\nCounty Clerk Horace T. Barnaby, Rep., 513,\\nmaj. 229; Anson R. Arnold, Dem., 284.\\nRegister of Deeds Elijah Peck, Rep., 426, maj.\\n179; Luther J. Dean, Re|)., 247 George W. Mc-\\nHenry, Dem., 144.\\nJudge of Probate Francis Nelson, Rep., 407, maj.\\n28; John R. Cheesman, Dem., 379.\\nProsecuting Attorney Israel B. Coats, Rep., 318,\\nelected; Charles B. HoUiday, Dem 318.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner William E. Winton\\nRep., 605 no opp.\\nSurveyor Sidney S. Hastings, Rep., 524, maj.\\n290 Anson R. Arnold, Dem., 274.\\nCoroner\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas J. Tann, Rep., 433 Hiram\\nBurgess, Rep., 412; Robert G. Hutchin.son, Dem.,\\n293, George B. Gifford, Dem., 294.\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 4, 1862.\\nA\\nc^:\\n440,\\n73:\\nGovernor Austin Blair, Rep., 524, maj. 204\\nByron G. Stout, Dem., 320.\\nState Senator Westbrook Divine, Rej)., 381, maj\\n142 John Tann, Dem., 239.\\nRepresentative John R. Cheesman, Dem,,\\nmaj. 75 James Gargett, Rep., 365.\\nSheriff Francis D. Weller, Rep., 450, maj\\nCornelius Holliday, Dem., 377.\\nCounty Treasurer Elijah Peck, Rep., 462, ni.aj\\n104 Lyman T. Cassada, Dem., 358.\\nCounty Clerk William C. Ikckwith, Rep., 437,\\nmaj. 70; Horace T. Barnaby, Dem., 367.\\nRegister of Deeds Henry P. Howd, Rep., 417,\\nm.aj. 4; William Long, Dem., 413.\\nProsecuting Attorney Moses Tompkins, Rep.,\\n415, maj. 26; William E. Winton, Dem., 389.\\nSurveyor Sidney S. Hastings, Rep., 431, maj.\\n29. James B. Wheeler, Dem., 402.\\nCoroners William C. Newcomb, Rep., 424, maj.\\n12; Thomas Blumb, Dem., 412, maj. 3; .\\\\ddison\\nH. Mack, Rep., 409, maj. 17; Erastus Perry,\\nDem., 382. ^v\\nCircuit Court Commissioner Elijah McCall, Dem.,\\n417; no opp.\\n(*i.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0793.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "yrP\\n:t|^\\n(i)\\n1\\n(i)\\n768\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-4^^(\\n!S^\\nELECTION OF NOVEMBER 8, 1864.\\nPresident Abraham Lincoln, Rep., 57 i, maj. 203\\nGeorge B. McClellan, Deni., 368.\\nGovernor Henry H. Crapo, Rep., 572, maj. 208;\\nWilliam M. Fenton, Dem., 364.\\nSenator Westbrook Divine, ivep.,57i, maj. 198;\\nJohn B. Hutchins, Dem., 373.\\nState Representative Luther Smith, Rep., 547,\\nmaj. 158; John R. Cheesman, Dem., 389.\\nSheriff David Bailey, Rep., 74, maj. 64; John\\nBaker, Dem., 10.\\nJudge of Probate Francis Nelson, Rep., 70, maj.\\n54; Benjamin Crawford, Dem., 16.\\nCounty Clerk William C. Beckwith, Rep., 7 1, maj.\\n5S; Edson Packard, Dem., 16.\\nRegister of Deeds Henry P. Howd, Rep., 67,\\nmaj. 48 William Long, Dem., 19.\\nCounty Treasurer\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elijah Peck, Rep., 68, maj. 50\\nRussell Danley, Dem., 18.\\nProsecuting Attorney William E. Winton, Rep.,\\n68, maj. 49; Elisha McCall, Dem., 19.\\nCounty Surveyor Sidney S. Hastings, Rep., 67,\\nmaj. 50; Anson R. Arnold, Dem., 17.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William E. Winton,\\nRep., 68, maj. 50; Elisha McCall, Dem., 18.\\nCoroners Hiram Burgess, Rep., 63 maj. 44;\\nElbridge Franklin, Rep., 63, maj. 44 Cornelius\\nCampbell, Dem., 19; William Stebbins, Dem., 19.\\nELECTION, NOVEMBER 13, r866.\\nHen-\\nSis;\\nWill-\\n460;\\nGovernor Alpheus S. Williams, Dem., 482\\nry H. Crapo, Rep., 888, maj. 406.\\nCounty Clerk Samuel N. Miller, Dem.\\nWilliam C. Beckwith, Rep., 858, maj. 346.\\nTreasurer Leman A. Johnson, Dem., 465\\niam S. Trask, Rep., 898, maj. 433.\\nRegister of Deeds Hubbard Biggs, Dem\\nTheodore Nelson, Rep., 906, maj. 446.\\nProsecuting Attorney Elisha McCall, Dem., 479;\\nWilliam E. Winton, 890, maj. 411.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner Giles T. Brown, Rep.,\\n893, maj. 405; Elisha McCall, Dem., 478.\\nSurveyor Charles B. Fraker, Rep., 894, maj. 416;\\nAnson R. Arnold, Dem., 478.\\nState Senator David H. Jerome, Rep., 868, maj.\\n373; John R. Cheesman, Dem., 495.\\nSheriff David Bailey, Rep., 88 1, maj. 492; Charles\\nE. Webster, Dem., 4S9.\\nCoroners Barnard Cressenger, Rep., 890, maj.\\n411 William C. B. Sherwood, Rep., 885, maj. 406;\\nJoseph B. Smith, Dem., 479; Lyman T. Burrada,\\nDem., 479.\\nELECTION, 1867.\\nCounty Superintendent of Schools Giles T. Brown,\\nRe[)., 905, maj. 548; Andrew J. McKee, Dem., 357.\\nELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 1868.\\nPresident Ulysses S. Grant, Rep., 1 240, maj.\\n491 Horatio Seymour, Dem., 749.\\nGovernor Henry P. Baldwin, Rep., 1236, maj.\\n473; John Moore, Dem., 763.\\nState Senator Alfred B. Wood, Rep., 1232, maj.\\n470; James L. Ketchum, Dem., 762.\\nRepresentative to State Legislature Horace T.\\nBarn.iby, Rep., 1147, maj. 315; Leman A. Johnson,\\nDem., 832.\\nSheriff Elisha C. Clark, Rep., 12 15, maj. 432;\\nCliarles E. Webster, Dem., 783.\\nCounty Clerk William C. Beckwith, Rep., ii2r,\\nmaj. 276; John R. Cheesman, Dem., 845.\\nRegister of Deeds Theodore Nelson, Rep., r268,\\nmaj. 541 Thomas Barnborough, Dem., 727.\\nCounty Treasurer William S. Turck, Rep., 1272,\\nmaj. 554; William Long, Dem., 718.\\nProsecuting Attorney Andrew J. Utley, Rep.,\\n1 112, maj. 245 James K. Wright, Dem., 867.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner William E. Winton,\\nRep., 1 199, maj. 429; James K. Wright, Dem., 770.\\nJudge of Probate Elijah Peck, Rep.-, 1031, maj.\\n93 Benjamin Crawford, Dem., 938.\\nCounty Surveyor Sidney S. Hastings, 1217, maj.\\n470; Anson R. Arnold, Dem., 747.\\nCoroners Napoleon B. Fraker, Rep., 1232; Will-\\niam Yorrington, Rep., 1232 John Jeffery, Dem., 763;\\nGeorge W. Clark, Dem., 763.\\nELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1869.\\nCounty Superintendent of Schools GilesT. Brown,\\n1408, no opp.\\nCircuit Judge Jabez G. Sutherland, 14S8, noopp.\\nELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1870.\\nGovernor Henry P. Baldwin, Rep., 1080, maj.\\n216: Charles C. Comstock, Dem., 764.\\nState Senator Alfred B. Wood, Rep., 1040, maj.\\n233; John Jeffrey, Dem., 807.\\nv|)\\nA\\nV\\nVV^\\nt\\ni\\n.iZl\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^nasDDf^\\n^.^v\\nm.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0794.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "w^\\nvl:\\n^\u00c2\u00abSS\\n;t^\\n^-7C^nn-^ii(i^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n769\\nT^\\nV\\nV\\nm\\nRepresentative Horace T. Barnaby, Rep., 1054,\\nniaj. 261 John R. Cheesman, Deni., 793.\\nSlierifT Elisha Cook, Rep., 1051, luaj. 259;\\nCharles E. Webster, Dein., 792.\\nCounty Clerk Nathan Church, Re[)., 1005, inaj.\\n245 Charles W. Tann, Deni., 760.\\nCounty Treasurer William S. Turck, Rep., 1065,\\nmaj. 329; Hiram Harrington, Dem 736.\\nRegister of Deeds DewittC. Ciiapin, Rej)., 93S,\\nmaj. 129; Dwiglu Stilt, Dem., 809.\\nProsecuting Attorney Charles E. Williams, Rep.,\\n868; James K. Wright, Dem., 870, maj. 2.\\nCircuit Court Coainiissioner William ?J. Winton,\\nRep., 770; James K. Wright, Dem,, goo, maj 130.\\nSurveyor Daniel W. .Mtenburg, Rep., 1002, maj.\\n255 Anson R. Arnold, Dem., 747.\\nCoroners George W. Jennings, Rep., 107 1 David\\nBailey, Rep., 906; James L. Shults, Dem., 904; Cal-\\nvin R. Race, l)em., 768.\\nELECTION NOVEMBER 5, 1872.\\nPresident U. S. Grant, Rep., 1482, maj. 905;\\nHorace Greeley, Lib. Rep., 577.\\nGovernor John J. Bagley, Rep., 1479, maj. 829;\\nAustin Blair, Lib. Rep 650.\\nState Senator Ralph Ely, Rep., 1395 John L.\\nEvans, Lib. Dem., 747.\\nRepresentative Charles H. Morse, Rep., 1497;\\nWilliam Long, Lib. Dem., 749.\\nSheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William H. Pratt, Rep., 131 1; has. W.\\nTann, Lib. Dem., 804.\\nCounty Clerk Nathan luirch, Rep., 1383; James\\nHowd, Lib. Dem., 784.\\nTreasurer A. B. Darragh, Rep., 1 192 C. E. Web-\\nster, Lib. Dem., 925.\\nJudge of Probate William E. Winton, Rep., 1265\\nSamuel J. Scott, Lib. Dem., 839.\\nRegister of Deeds Dcwitt C. Chapin, Rep.,\\n141 9; Daniel Taylor, Lib. Dem., 7t8.\\nProsecuting Attorney Chas. E. Williams, Rep.,\\n1467; Elisha McCall, Lib. Dem., 675.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner Giles T. Brown, Re|i.,\\n1418; James K. Wright, IJb. Dem., 781.\\nSurveyor\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Altenburg, Rei)., i486; Addison\\nHayden, Lib. Dem., 67 i.\\nCoroners Edwin Kelley, Rep., 1468; J. A.\\nGuthrie, Rep., 1457; John Jeffry, Lib. Dem., 692;\\nLawrence A. Ferris, Lib. Dem., 691.\\nELECTION NOVEMBER, 1874.\\nGovernor Jolin J. Bagley, Rep., 11 40; Henry\\nChamberlain, Dem., 969.\\nState Senator\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac A. Fanclier, Rep, 1156; Ed- V\\nson Packard, Dem 936.\\nRepresentative -diaries H. Morse, Re))., 11S7;\\nDwiglu Stitt, Dem., 910.\\nI 125 George W.\\nSheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William II. IVall, Rei\\nNewcomI), Dem., 972.\\nCounty Clerk William B. Scattergood, Rep., 1 128;\\nDaniel C. Johnson, Dem., 972.\\nTreasurer Schuyler W. .\\\\mbler. Rep., 1 180; Geo.\\nW. Clark, Dem., 916.\\nRegister of Deeds Joseph H. Seaver, Rep.. 995\\nJames T. Hall, Dem., 1 104.\\nProsecuting Attorney J. Wilson Caldwell, Rej).,\\n973; James K. Wright, Dem., 1122.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner T rancis Palmer, Rep.,\\n1 167; Elisha McCall, Dem., 923.\\nSurveyor Daniel W. .Mtenburg, 1170. No opi).\\nCoroners Edwin lark, Rep., 1182; Jose|)h A.\\nGuthrie, Rep., 1150; Edward Wilson, Dem., 938;\\nJau)es Cassada, Dem., 923.\\nELECTION APRIL 4. 1875.\\nCircuit Judge Henry Hart, Rep., 1222;\\nUtley, Dem., 1044.\\nA. J.\\ni\\nELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 1876.\\nPresident R. B. Hayes, Rep., 2144, maj. 835; S.\\nJ. Tildcn, Dem., 1309.\\nGovernor C. M. Croswell, Rep., 2143, ^j- 769;\\nWm. L. Webber, Dem., 1374.\\nState Senator C. H. Morse, Rep 2143, j- 652;\\nC!ornelius Bennett, Dem., 1491.\\nState Repiesentative W. S. Turck, Re|i., 2224,\\nmaj. 978; William Long, Dem., 1426.\\nJudge of Probate Giles T. Mrown, Rep., 2072,\\nmaj. 519; James K. Wright, Dem., 1553.\\nSheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Geo. L. Patch, Rep., 2686, maj. 1147;\\nDaniel R. Sullivan, Dem., 1533.\\nCounty Clerk W. B. Scattergood, Rep., 2173, maj.\\n728; James A. Cassada, Dem., 1444.\\nCounty Treasurer S. W. Ambler, Rep., 2156, maj. iR\\n692; Dwiglu Siitt, Dem., 1464.\\nRegister of Deeds Joseph H. Seaver, Rej)., 1961,\\nmaj. 296; James T. Hall, Dem., 1665.\\nt\\n75\\n)e^ f\u00c2\u00ab^\\n-:s8^^^\\n^D!i: iiii", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0795.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "a\\nt\\n-:^i^^\\n-erv\\n^CJ\\n770\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00abs\u00c2\u00bb\\nl\\nProsecuting Attorney ^T. W. Whitney, Rep., 2070,\\nmaj. 633; Samuel J. Scott, Dem., 1437.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner Francis W. Palmer,\\nRep., 2I2I, maj. 611 E. C. Cummins, Dem., 1510.\\nSurveyor Ranson J. Fraker,Rep., 2078, maj. 538;\\nOscar Hayden, Dem., 1540.\\nCoroners^Joseph A. Guthrie, Rep., 2 143, maj. 645;\\nW. D.Scott, Dem., 1498; John IVanderbeck, Rep.,\\n2145, ^J- ^5\u00c2\u00b0 Wilson, M. D., Dem., i495-\\nELECTION, NOVEMI^ER, 1878.\\nGovernor Charles M. Croswell, Rep., 1650; O.\\nM. Barnes, Dem., 787 H. S. Smith, Greenback, 1 162.\\nState Senator John W. Cochrane, Rep., 1578; J.\\nK. Wright, Dem., 921; Smalley, Greenbacker,\\n1 1 28.\\nState Representative William S. Turck, Rep.,\\n1758; Graves, Dem., 748; E. P. Spink, Green-\\nbacker, 1080.\\nSheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George L. Patch, Rep., 1537 Charles E.\\nWebster, Dem., 954 George W. Newcomb, Green-\\nback, 1085.\\nCounty Clerk William B. Scattergood. Rep 1667;\\nStiles Kennedy, Dem., 796; A. P. Beam, Greenback,\\nII 08.\\nCounty Treasurer William M. Barstow, Rep.,\\n1,626; F. C. Seymour, Dem., 713; Geo. W.Clark,\\nGreenback, 1,184.\\nRegister of Deeds Joseph H. Seaver, Pep., 1,457\\nJohn L. Sinclair, Dem., 1,060; Chas. H. Crandall,\\nGreenback, 1,094.\\nProsecuting Attorney Tiiurman W. Whiting, Rep.\\n1,551; EUsha McCall, Dem., 861; C. J. Willett,\\nGreenback, 1,199.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner Charles W. Giddings,\\nRep., 1,717 M. L. Anderson, Greenback, 1,199.\\nCounty Surveyor Sidney S. Hastings, Rep., 1,716;\\nGeo. W. Belding, Greenback, 1,241.\\nCoroners Charles W. Howland, Rep., 1,649; T.\\nJ. Gulick, Dem., 760; A. Sabring, Rep., 1,648; Dr.\\nW. D. Scott, Dem., 776; Benj. Cole, Greenback,\\n1,163; Heron, Greenback, 1,162.\\nELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1880.\\nPresident James A. Garfield, Rep., 2,498 Win-\\nfield S. Hancock, Dem., 1,435; James B. Weaver,\\nGreenback, 868.\\nGovernor David H. Jerome, Rep., 2,380; Fred-\\nerick M. Holloway, Dem., 1,445; Uavid Woodman,\\nGreenback, 878.\\nState Senator Giles T. Brown, Rep., 2,601 M.\\nH. Stanford, Dem., 1,422; T. A. Johnson, Greenback,\\n965-\\nState Representative Wilbur Nelson, Rep., 2,634;\\nJames K. Wright, Dem., 1,552; Horace S. Taylor,\\nGreenback, 874.\\nJudge of Probate James Paddock, Rej)., 2,608\\nWillard D. Tucker, Greenback, 2,331.\\nSheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alfred A. Wood, Rep., 2,346 C. E. Web-\\nster, Dem., 1,548; S. D. Hicks, Greenback, 1,095.\\nClerk\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John M. Trask, Rep., 2,286; O. F. Jack-\\nson, Dem., 1,510; K. P. Peet, Greenback, 1,201.\\nTreasurer Wm. M. Barstow, Rep., 2,562; D. R.\\nSullivan, Dem., 1,486; Gaylord Helms, Greenback,\\n936-\\nRegister of Deeds G. S. Van Buskirk, Rep., 2,744\\nJames T. Hall, Dem., 2,206.\\nProsecuting Attorney C. J. Willett, Greenback,\\n2,644 Charles W. Giddings, Rep., 2,388.\\nCircuit Court Commissioner James L. Clark, Rep.,\\n2.547; B. H. Sawyer, Rep., 2,528; L. T. Wright,\\nDem., 1,645 S. J. Scott, Greenback, 665.\\nSurveyor Daniel W. Altenburg, Rep., 2,465 T.\\nH. Harrod, Greenback, 957.\\nCoroners N. B. Fraker, Rep., 2,629; J- A. Guthrie,\\nRep, 2,468; VV. D. Scott, M. D., Dem., 1,429; Elisha\\nMcCall, Dem., 1,425 A. H. Mack, Greenback, 960;\\nC. L. Downie, M. D., Greenback, 685.\\nELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1882.\\nGovernor Josiah W. Begole, Fusion, 2,615 I David\\nH. Jerome, Rep., 2,260 Daniel P. Sagendorph, Pro-\\nhibition, 1 10.\\nState Senator John W. Hance, Rep., 2,415 F. S.\\nBurton, Fusion, 2,460.\\nState Representative Archibald B. Darragh, Rep.,\\n2,464; D. O. Cuff, Fusion, 2,402.\\nSheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alfred A. Wood, Rep., 2,371; K. P. Peet,\\nFusion, 2,665.\\nCounty Clerk J. M. Trask, Rep., 2,410; John\\nSwigart, Fusion, 2,448.\\nCounty Treasurer -T. A. Ely, Rep., 2,304; H. B.\\nHeverloe, Fusion, 2,566.\\nRegister of Deeds George S. Van Buskirk, Rep.\\n2,259; John L. Sinclair, Fusion, 2,623.\\nProsecuting Attorney Truman W. Whiting, Rep.,\\n2,293; James K. Wright, Fusion, 2,552.\\nV\\nI\\nV\\n0)\\n-SV?\\nA\\niiii^nnv^\\nJU:x\\n^Si^^^^^^*", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0796.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "fc^rf-\\n1\\no\\nGJIA TIO T CO UNTY.\\n^y^^\\nCircuit Court Commissioners Byron H. Sawyer,\\nRep., 2,432 James L. Clark, Rep., 2,471; E. H.\\nAshley, Fusion, 2,401 Newell Leonard, Fusion,\\n(%j Surveyor Daniel W. .Mtcnburg, Rep., 2,505 I\\nH. Harrod, Fusion, 2,324.\\nCoroners N. L. Highby, M. D., Rep., 2,414; I..\\nH. Dayton, M. D., Rep., 2,412; M. D. Scott, M. D.,\\nFusion, 2,461 C. L. Downie, M. D., Fusion, 2,465.\\nCounty OflBcers.\\nFollowing is a systematic and chronological list of\\nthe county officers from organization to date\\nSheriff.\\nGeo. K.Walker 1855\\nH. L. Townsend 1856-8\\nF. D. WcUer 1860-2\\nDavid Bayley 1864-6\\nElisha C. Clark 1868\\nElisha Cook 1S70\\nWm. H. Pratt 1872-4\\nGeo. L Patch 1876-8\\nAlfred A. Wood 1880\\nH P. Pcet 1882\\nCounty Clerk.\\nO. M. Wood 1855\\nHenry H. Smith 1856\\nEmery Crosby 1858\\nH. T. Karnaby i860\\nWm. C. Beckwith 1862-8\\nNatlian Ciuircli 1870-2\\nW. B. Scaltergood 1874-8\\nJohn \\\\S. Trask 1880\\nJohn Swigart 1S82\\nCounty Treasurer.\\nRalph Ely\\nL. Church\\nLalph Ely\\nElijah i e.k\\n855\\n1856-8\\ni86d\\n1862-4\\nWm.S. Trask 1866-70\\nA. B. Darragh 1872\\nS. W. Ambler 1874-6\\nWm. M. Barstow 1878-80\\nH. B. Heverloe 1882\\nRegister of Deeds.\\nHenry Lane 1855\\nElijah Peck 1856-60\\nHenry P. Howd 1862-4\\nTheodore Nelson 1866-8\\nD. C. Chapin 1870-2\\nJames T. Hall 1874\\nJoseph W. Seaver 1876-8\\nG. S. Vanbuskirk 18S0\\nJ. L. Sinclair 1882\\nProsecuting Attorney.\\nFranklin Miller 1855\\nSylvanus Groom 1S56\\nIsrael B. Coats 1S48-60\\nMoses Tompkins 1862\\nWm. K. Winton 1864-6\\nA. J. Utley 186S\\nC. E. Williams 1870-2\\nJames K. Wright 1874\\nT. W. Whitney\\nC. J. Willett\\nJames K. Wright\\n1876-8\\nSSo\\n882\\nJudge ok Proh.ate.\\nJ. R. Cheesman 1855\\nFrancis Nelson 1856-64\\nElijah Peck 1868\\nWm. E. Winton\\nGiles T. Brown\\nJames Paddock\\nCircuit Court Com.missioner.\\nHenry Lane\\nMoses Tompkins\\nIsrael B. Coats\\nWm. E. Winton\\nElisha McCall\\nWm. E. Winton\\n1855\\n1856\\n1858\\ni860\\n1862\\n1864\\nGiles T. Brown\\nWm E. Winton\\nFrancis Palmer\\nC. W. Giddings\\n[ames L. Clark\\n1872\\n1876\\n1880\\n1866\\n1868-70\\n1874-6\\n1878\\n18S0\\nByron W. Sawyer 1882\\nCounty Surveyor.\\nS. S. Hastings 1855\\nAddison Hapden 1856\\nS. S. Hastings 1858-64\\nC. B. Fraker 1866\\nS. S. Hastings 1868\\nD. W. Altenburg 1S70-4\\nR. J. Fraker 1876\\nS. S. Hastings 1878\\nD. W. Altenburg 1880-2\\nCoroners.\\nLewis B. Loomis\\nLevi B. Smith\\nH. T. Barnaby\\nJ. A. Guthrie\\nH. T. Barnaby\\nT. L Tann i\\nHiram Burgess\\nWm. C. Newcomb\\nThomas Blumb\\nHiram Burgess\\nEUtridge Franklin\\nB. Cressenger\\nW. C.B.Sherwood\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0855\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2855\\n1856\\n1856\\n1858\\n858-60\\ni860\\n1862\\n1S62\\n1864\\n1864\\n1866\\n1866\\nN. B. Fraker\\nWm. Verington\\nW. Jennings\\nDavid liaile/\\nEdwin Clark\\nJ. .v. Guthrie\\nC. W. Howland\\nA. Sabiing\\nN. B. Fraker\\nJ. A. Guthrie\\nW. D. Scott\\nC. L. Downie\\nSupfrintendent of Schools.\\nG. T. Brown 187:\\nG. T. Brown 1869\\n1). D. Hamilton 1870\\nA\\nV)\\ns\\n\u00c2\u00a7)5\u00c2\u00ab^^--\\n4S-2^\\n^D!i:^:Dav\\n^i.^:;)-\\n.^5\u00c2\u00ab^S^tl\\n-\u00c2\u00ab,^.A fl^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0797.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "A\\nV\\n772\\nv v o\\nGRA iIOT COUNTY.\\nf2^\\n4J^^(@V^ I\\nH^^ N order to perpetuate old-\\njjfe;;; time remembrances, and\\nkeep alive the kindly feel-\\nings which characterized the\\nearly settlers, a society was\\npermanently organized in\\nSeptember, 1878, and the\\nfirst meeting was held in the grove near\\nIthaca, Oct. 18, 1879. The exercises\\nV^ ^c S appropriate, consisting of speeches\\nand narrations relatina to the trials and\\n^8^1\\nhardships of the early settlers by those\\n^|l^^^ present. This was one of the most\\nnotable gatherings ever held in the\\ncounty, and was largely attended. Many\\nof the older ones, living at a remote\\ndistance from the county-seat, who had\\nnot seen each other for years, liad an opixjrtunity of\\ntaking each other by the hand and comparing notes.\\nIt was a grand gala-day for these old people\\nwhose heads are now thickly sprinkled with gray\\nhairs; and as the old-time memories were revived\\nwith each recital of personal experience, many eyes\\nfilled with tears as the picture of hardship and care\\nwere vividly portrayed.\\nCol. O. F. Wisner, of Ithaca, read an original\\npoem, which was received with great applause, and a\\nvote of thanks was tendered the author.\\nAll the persons residing in the county prior to 1870\\nwere admitted to membership, and we take great I\\npleasure in affixin\\ndate of their location\\nNathan Church,\\nMrs. M. A. Church,\\nN. B. Fraker,\\nMrs. R. Fraker,\\nW. W. Comstock,\\nMrs. M. Comstock,\\nRobert Carothers,\\nMrs. H. Carothers,\\nHenry Swift,\\nMrs. L. E. Swift,\\nFrederick Strouse,\\nMrs. Sarah Strouse,\\nJames Vance,\\nMrs. Louisa Vance,\\nErastus Hunt,\\nSamuel Lepley,\\nLafayette Swetland,\\nLydia Sw-etland,\\nJerry Shaver,\\nIMrs. H. Shaver,\\nDavid F. Hawkins,\\nMrs. C. Hawkins,\\nWm. S. Hall,\\nWm. Culy,\\nMrs. Eliza Culy,\\nFrederick S. Kelly,\\nJames B. Curtis,\\nJames ^Vood,\\nDavid Mellinger,\\nInman Cowdry,\\nE. A. Chase,\\nMr. Susan Chase,\\nC. E. McBride,\\nMrs. H.M. McBride,\\ntheir names, together with the\\nin the county.\\n854 Mrs. Rebecca Carr,\\n866 m. J. Carr,\\n861 A. T. Rice,\\n861 Mrs. C. J. Rice,\\n854 Frank Miller,\\n854 Mrs. Juliet Miller,\\n853 Dr. J. R. Cheesman,\\n853 E. W. Kellogg,\\n855 Mrs. A. L. Kellogg,\\n855 Francis Kellogg,\\n854 Isaac B. ^Vard,\\n854 John G. Thompson,\\n855 A. W. Russell,\\n855 Willis A. Russell,\\n853 John M. Everden,\\nPerry L. Beechler,\\nWilbur Nelson,\\nG. W. Cutter,\\nMrs. Mary Cutter,\\nH. B. Fox,\\n854 W. D. Scott,\\n854 John W. Howd,\\n856 James W. Howd,\\n854 Wm. J. Marshal,\\nS54 Miss E. F ulton,\\n854 Mrs. Dubois,\\n854 Samuel Saunders,\\n853 Mrs. A. Saunders,\\n85 4 Nelson P. Roe,\\n85s m- Lo g-\\n857 Mrs. Mary E. Long,\\n857 Thos. Cunningham,\\n856 Mrs. H.Cunningham,\\n856 William Preston,\\n\u00c2\u00b055\\n854\\n854\\n03\\nA\\ne\\nSS9\\n860\\n866\\n866\\n85s\\n855\\n854\\n855\\n857\\n855\\n856\\n865\\n865\\n865\\n855\\n8.15\\n854\\n854\\n854\\n866\\n863\\n854\\n854\\n856\\n865\\n856\\n869\\n869\\n860\\n860\\n860\\n854\\n854\\nr\\n\u00c2\u00ae-v\u00c2\u00ae**\\nS-f^se\\n!r-\\nK^^II!l\u00c2\u00a7II!ls A;9\\n^^mj^k", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0798.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "m\\ni^-\\n^;j\\n^:llll :illis v\\nGRA no r CO UN T Y.\\nA\\nV\\nDavid Bell,\\nDan l n. H. Curtis,\\nJ. C. Kinney,\\nE. VV. Smith,\\nGeo. Richardson,\\nMrs. J.A.Richardson,\\nChas. M. Chaffin,\\nElijah Reard,\\nA. J. Hatfield,\\nJolm H. Jessup,\\nEdward Dubois,\\nP. R. Phillips,\\nRansom Allen,\\nWni. Marlow,\\nL. L. B. Hunt,\\nW. H. Pratt,\\nJ. H. Lewis,\\nW. S. Turck,\\nMilton Lewis,\\nE. E. Farrington,\\nL N. Coleman,\\nWallace Comstock,\\nMrs.D.W.C.Chapin,\\n854 Mrs. Harriet Preston, 1 856\\nS54 George Dubois,\\n856 Mrs. ALig. Dubois,\\nD\\n865\\n861\\n85 4 Roman Fyler,\\n86:; Mrs. E. M. l- ylcr,\\nWm. Barton,\\nMrs. Cath. I arton,\\n854 Myron Wood,\\n862 Sylvester Wheeler\\n850 Parks Allen,\\nS56 Geo. Wonnacott,\\n85 I N. G. Sutliff,\\n854 Geo. W. Rice,\\n860 Robert Reed,\\n856 Mrs. Jennette Reed, 1854\\n859 John L. Sinclair, 1865\\n855 Mrs. L. Merrifield, [854\\n861 Wm. C. Beckwith, 1861\\n855 Chas. E. Webster, 1862\\n854 Daniel O. Cuff, 1863\\nS55 m. Brice, 854\\n860 John C. Heslin, 1856\\n865 Silas Hill, 1863\\nJ856\\n1856\\nS53\\n\u00c2\u00abS53\\n1854\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0854\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0853\\n1854\\n1854\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2855\\n1856\\n1861\\n1854\\n773 S\\nf\\n1865\\n1859\\n1863\\n1864\\n1856\\n1867\\n854\\n1852\\nMrs. A. P. Van Dine, 1861 Mile Pomeroy,\\nMrs. Rhoda Dodge, 1861 S. J. Thoenen,\\nMrs. Benj. Craw ford, 1853 John Zass,\\nMrs. E. M. Russell, 1865 Wm. Strouse,\\nMrs. E. Beckwith, 1859 Emery Crosby,\\nMrs. Hattie J. Helt, 1859 G. W. Maynard,\\nChas. Beckwith, 1869 Benj. H. Parker,\\nMiss G. Beckwith, Daniel Helms,\\nMrs. E. Miller, 1856\\nThe officers first selected on permanent organiza-\\ntioi were\\nPresident, Dr. John R. Cheesman.\\nSecretary, E. W. Kellogg.\\nCorresponding Secretary, Frank Miller.\\nTreasurer, P. R. Phillips.\\nThe meetings have not been held annually, owing\\nto different causes but the organization yet remains\\ncomplete, and more interest should be taken in this\\npioneer love-feast, which is calculated to acquaint\\nthe rising generation fully with the doings of their\\nsires.\\n^^^^m^j^^^^^T^^^:,^^r\\\\m^?LM:^^\\n01^ fiB^f il|)i]^lSf\\\\.\\nG\\\\\\nUSTLY be it said that no\\n?;b ounty in Michigan has been\\nmore noted for patriotism,\\nthan Gratiot County, and dur-\\ning the war it was of that\\ncharacter to which every citi-\\n/,en may point with pride. When\\nthe news of the bombardment of\\nFort Sumter reached the county\\nseat, the excitement became in-\\ntense. A meeting was held in the\\nevening at the old log court-house,\\nwhich was crowded with enthusias-\\ntic men, and stirring speeches were\\nmade by a number.\\nA document was drafted and is\\nnow on file at the office of the county clerk, which\\nis given entire, together with the names of the patri-\\notic men signing it. Here it is\\nThe undersigned, citizens of Gratiot County, act-\\nuated by a itatriotic desire to aid in vindicating the\\nhonor of our country and maintaining inviolate the\\nsupremacy of the Constitution and the laws, do most\\nsolemnly promise that we will, when called ujion by\\nthe Governor, or by any other proper authority, go\\nand assist the general Government in sustaining the\\nConstitution and laws of our country, and earnestly\\nask that our services may be accepted.\\nCh.\\\\ri.es B. Holi.idav, Ai.onzo Cheney,\\nHenrv H. Tripp,\\nGeorge Coi.iiv,\\nN.vTHAN Church,\\nWm. E. McCune,\\nOrson E. Perry,\\nV^\\nt\\nJON ATH.^N George,\\nIf. F. MoREimusE,\\nJames W. Howk,\\nGeorge Randaui,,\\nJiiHN Barnes, M. D.,\\nEi.i!RH GE E. Franklin, M. Morehouse.\\nThese intrepid men had faced suffering, privation", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0799.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "Xi^ t\\n774\\nh\\nA\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n4^^^\\nand danger during the hard times of 1857-8-9, and\\nthey were first to offer themselves as volunteers to\\nuphold their country s honor. Too great honor can-\\nnot be ascribed to those noble patriots, who, full of\\nthat enthusiasm which carried victory wherever they\\nwent, battled with every advantage against them;\\non a strange soil against the flower of the enemy\\nfighting all day and marching at night; never de-\\npressed by defeat, hunger or thirst; on to certain\\ndeath; up the Maryland Heights on those terrible\\ndays at Fredericksburg; falling like grass before the\\nsickle at Chancellorsville and at Gettysburg, where\\nfor three long days they fought and won at last the\\nvictor)- which turned the tide of war and saved the\\nNorth from desolation.\\nMr. Ralph Ely received a commission from Gov.\\nBlair, in July, 1861, and a company was organized in\\nthe coimty in less than three weeks. They were\\nstyled The Gratiot Rangers. Most of them were\\npioneers, inured to hardships and privations; and,\\naveraging nearly six feet in height, they were a noble-\\nlooking company and were as brave as they were\\nmanly. The numerous battles in which they after-\\nward engaged, gave ample proof of this. The citi-\\nzens of Ithaca gave them a public dinner before they\\nwere mustered into the service, which was done Aug.\\n23, 1861.\\nIt was hard, indeed, to part with loved ones, father,\\nbrother, and husband yet our patriotic Vomen bade\\nthem God-speed and through their tears cheered them\\non. So lonely did it appear after the two first com-\\npanies left the county, that it seemed as if one vast\\npestilence had swept away the youth and vigor of our\\nland. Hardly any were left except women, decrepit\\nmen, and lads and misses fourteen years of age and\\nunder.\\nThe officers of Company C, which was composed\\nof our gallant boys, were\\nCaptain Ralph Ely;\\nist Lieutenant George S. Gordon\\n2d Charles B. Holliday;\\nI St Sergeant F. M. Badger;\\n2d Henry Waymire;\\n3d Nathan Church\\n4th Wilbur Nelson\\nSth Jacob D. Ellison.\\nOf these, the brave F. M. Badger was mortally\\nwounded at the engagement of Wilmington Island,\\nApril 16, 1862, and died three days later in the hos-\\npital at Beaufort.\\nAs time wore on, improvements of every character\\nwere in a great measure suspended. The news from\\nthe army was the chief topic of conversation. Labor,\\nwhich before had been so plentiful, was now very\\nscarce and wages rapidly advanced. This scarcity\\nof labor, with the advance in the price of lumber and\\nother material, prevented the erection of buildings\\nwhich otherwise would have been erected in all parts\\nof the county. In many instances owners of large\\nfarms enlisted, leaving their wives and daughters\\nsole managers, and sometimes sole laborers as well.\\nThey accepted the situation with remarkable zeal\\nand bent to the task before them with astonishing\\ncheerfulness, thus winning for themselves at home\\nwhat their husbands did on the battle-field, imper-\\nishable laurels. Ladies whose accomplishments em-\\ninently fitted them for the drawing-room might\\nhave been seen wielding the spade, ax or hoe, or driv-\\ning a team of oxen as the rich loam was prepared\\nfor the reception of seed. An abundance of crops\\nwas raised for consumption, and those left at home\\nfared quite well.\\nEnlistments continued during the summer of 1862,\\nand scarcely any men remained to manage the busi\\nness interests of tiie county. In the township of .Sum-\\nner, only two able-bodied men were left. This de-\\nserves especial mention, on account of the fact that\\nit was an unheard-of occurrence, and demonstrated\\nthe loyalty of her citizens in a remarkable manner.\\nIn the summer of 1862, Rev. Lafayette Church or-\\nganized Company D, of the 26th Mich. Inf and was\\nelected Captain. His company was filled in a few\\nweeks and were ready for marching orders. His son\\nNathan was elected ist Lieutenant and William S.\\nTurck, Esq., 2d Lieutenant. Company D was pre-\\nsented with a handsome silk flag by the ladies while\\nin camp at Jackson, Mich. it was carried through\\nmany sanguinary battle-fields, and the remnants are\\nstill preserved in the archives of the State. Rev.\\nTheodore Nelson, F. Kelly, J. Greer, whose empty\\nsleeve testifies of actual service, William Barstow, C.\\nE. McBride, L. Sweatland, Rev. William Towner\\nand two sons of Sether Dean were members of this\\ncompany, the three last being numbered with the\\nhonored dead.\\nThe first draft was made in Gratiot County Oct.\\nv^\\nV\\nr", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0800.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T--r ^I]Il: IlII r~-\\nGJiA T/0 T CO UNT Y.\\n-^f- JfI^^^\\n775\\nV\\n27, 1863. Many of those subject to military duty\\nhad enlisted in regiments organized in other counties,\\nand the (luota, although nwre than filled by her gal-\\nlant son;, was not accredited to (iratiot.\\nThe second draft was made during the fall of\\n1864, calling for 60 more, to complete the number.\\nThere were not that number of able-bodied men sub-\\nject to military duty in the county; but those who\\nwere drawn put in an appearance at Flint, for exam-\\nination. Among them were cripples, dyspeptics\\nand gray-haired men, not one in ten of whom was\\naccepted after reporting and undergoing an examina-\\ntion. Some few who were drafted managed to have\\nurgent business in Canada and escaped a brief\\nterm of service in that way.\\nGratiot County has every reason to be proud of\\nher soldiers who were acknowledged in the records of\\nthe war as being among the best in the service To\\nmention the numerous engagements and hard-fought\\nbattles in which they participated would occupy too\\nmuch space. Suffice it to say, that they were a band\\nof heroes, and their names will live forever in the\\nhistory of the nation.\\nThe 26th regiment from 1S64 attracted much en-\\nviable notice by its gallant fighting at Deep Bottom,\\nwhen it drove in great confusion double its own\\nnumber into their earth-works, after pressing them\\nfor a full half mile. For this gallant and dashing\\naffair they were specially complimented by Gen. Han-\\ncock in general orders.\\nThe regiment in command of Maj. N. Church,\\noccupied a [wsition in the entrenchments in front of\\nPetersburg, and were daily engaged from Oct. 31\\nuntil March 25 following. From the ist to the 6th\\nof April, while in command of Maj. Ives, who had\\nbeen promoted Major, to rank from March 7 preced-\\ning, 7 icc Church, the latter being commissioned Lieu-\\ntenant Colonel and then serving as Assistant In-\\nspector General on Gen. Miles staff, the regiment\\nwas engaged in pursuing the retreating army, fight-\\ning every day. On the 6th the regiment took a very\\nactive part in the capture of a train of 260 wagons,\\ncontaining baggage, provisions and ammunition, and\\nwas the first regiment to attack the train.\\nFrom March 28 until April 9, the regiment partici-\\npated in ten engagements, and are .accredited with\\nthe capture of over 400 prisoners. It was often\\ncomplimented as the best skirmish regiment in\\nI\\nthe Ninth Corps. After Lee s surrender the regiment\\nwas detailed with its brigade, to guard the trains em- ^5\\nployed in bringing off the captured arms and ammu-\\nnition. Gen. Badow, in letters to Col. Church, says: T\\nI have the strongest regard and admiration for yS^\\nthe 26th Michigan. It is a difficult thing to pick out\\none regiment from all those I served with as the\\nvery best but I can say this that I never saw one\\nsuperior in the whole army. j believe\\nthat an army of such regiments as that would be\\nsuperior to any army in the world.\\nGen. Hancock writes\\nI have great respect and esteem for the officers\\nand men of a regiment so distinguished in the field\\nas the 26th Michigan Infantry, being lx)und to them\\nin ties of friendship derived from a common service.\\nIf then these distinguished generals give the 26th,\\nto which many of our Gratiot volunteers belonged,\\nsucli praise, no higher mark of intrinsic merit need\\nbe mentioned. No greater glory attaches to these\\nmen than is due the gallant privates who made up\\nthe rank and file of the regiments and so manfully\\nbore I he burden and heat of the day. Honor is due\\nto every soldier from Gratiot County and The His-\\ntory of Michigan in the War does them great credit.\\nWith the surrender of Lee, the Commander-in-\\nChief of the rebel forces, and the planting of the\\nNational banner uix)n the walls of Fort Sumter, from\\nwhich it was ruthlessly torn by the hands of rebels\\nfour years before, our people breathed a universal\\nprayer of gladness, for their husbands, fathers, sons\\nand brothers would soon return, and life would be\\nthe happier for the sacrifices endured in the preser-\\nvation of the country and the Union they devotedly\\nloved. Shouts of rejoicing were heard when the\\ntears were hardly gone from the eyes of those whose\\nloved ones had breathed their last u|X)n the Southern\\nbattle-fields.\\nWilli the return of the soldiers, came an imi etus\\nto the growth and prosperity of the whole coimtry\\nnew enterprises were set on foot; the clatter of tools\\nand hum of machinery were heard oiV every hand,\\nand the opening of stores and other places of busi-\\nness showed that the boys had lost none of their\\nenterprise by long absence. The pulpits, whose\\nformer occupants had been long clad in the livery\\nfurnished by Uncle Sam, were again made to\\nresound with the glad tidings, Peace on earth, g xxl\\nwill to man.\\nA\\n\u00c2\u00bbV5^\u00c2\u00ab^?^\\n^^^f^\\n,\u00c2\u00a3X\\n-^w^m^\\n-4H^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0801.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "A\\n1\\ns\\nHE subject of transportation\\nhas been and is now one of\\nthe vital questions in the\\ngrowth and development of\\na country, be it new or old.\\nGratiot County was for years\\nalmost shut off from civilization for\\nlack of wagon roads, and until re-\\ncently had no markets for grain or\\nother productions, except for home\\nconsumption, solely because the\\nsame could not be carried out of\\nthe county.\\nThere were several lines of rail-\\nroads projected through this coun-\\nty, but until the Saginaw Valley\\nSt. Louis road was built from Sagi-\\nnaw to St. Louis, there was no nearer point to be\\nreached by rail than St. John s, in Clinton County.\\nThe Jackson, Lansing Saginaw railroad was orig-\\ninally intended to pass tlirough Cratiot, but the direc-\\ntors were so adroitly manipulated by Saginaw and\\nOwosso parties that tlie route was changed.\\nThe Lansing, St. John s Mackinaw Railroad\\nCompany.\\n/pl; Ills road was the first line proposed to pass\\nI j); j| through Gratiot County. The company\\nwas organized, and five per cent, of stock\\n4^^ paid in, April 26, 1869. All the representative\\nmen of St. Louis, Itliaca and St. John s met\\noil that day, and committees were appointed\\nwho were to canvass along the proposed line for local\\nsubscriptions. Judge William E. Winton, of Ithaca,\\nand Judge Bourland spent two months in stumping\\nGratiot ounty. Aid was secured from every town-\\nship on both sides of the line, and bonds were all\\nready for negotiation, when the Supreme Court of\\nMichigan decided the law to be unconstitutional\\nwhich allows aid to be voted in the manner thereto-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fore done. Although the line was surveyed to Ithaca,\\nthey were obliged to abandon the project.\\n-.^KH^S^\\nThe Chicago, Saginaw Canada Railroad.\\nHERE Jis no limit to the inventive faculties\\nof man, nor the schemes rtiiich can he em-\\nployed to accomplish certain ends. Capt.\\nE. L. Craw was an impecunious individual, but\\nio his zeal and desire to attain notoriety resulted\\nI in the building of the road mentioned, which\\nhe not only undertook but virtually accomplished\\nwithout having a dollar of money invested. He was\\nof the Col. Sellers order and his wealth was all\\nprospective or on paper, which consisted of blank\\nrailroad bonds. His first venture in this State was\\nto organize a joint-stock company in Chicago, who\\npurchased several thousand acres of pine lands near\\nLake Michigan, where a fine hotel was built, costing\\n$100,000, in a village |)latted by the company, bear-\\ning the name of Fruitport.\\nThis was intended to be a fashionable summer re-\\nsort, but the burning of the jiotel put aquietus upon\\nthe scheme from wiiicli it never recovered.\\nThis venture gave rise to the plan afterward carried\\n9\\nA\\n3\u00c2\u00bb-\\n-i^^\\n^I1!1^I1II\\nH 0\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s^\\nr^\\n^m", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0802.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Iwl^\\ni:: ..J4\\nhT^^^m^^\\nrz^^^r\\n7^ My.m T-r^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nJ\\nt\\nV\\n777\\n4-\\ninto execution by Capt. Craw, for building a railroad\\nto cor.nect with Detroit on the east and touching\\nFruitix)rt on the west. He had a lot of bonds\\nprinted, came to St. Lx)uis, and by representations\\nmade, an agreement was entered into with the man-\\nagers of the Saginaw Valley St. Louis railroad to\\nmerge their line into the Chicago, Saginaw Canada\\nrailroad, he to commence at St. Louis and build west-\\nward. He tried first to obtain local aid at St. Ixjuis,\\nbut failed to get a dollar. His efforts at Alma were\\nsuccessful, \u00c2\u00a721,000 being subscribed by ilie citizens.\\nGrading was commenced in 1874, the engineers hav-\\ning located the line through to Lake View. He issued\\nbonds of $20,000 per mile and sent Prof. McChesney\\nto Europe to negotiate the same. This he failed to\\ndo, but succeeded in pawning them for $10,000. In\\nthe meantime Capt. Craw was not idle. He issued\\nstill more bonds, went to Philadelphia, and, get-\\nting together a number of capitalists, represented\\nthat he had secured aid along the line, showed u[)\\nthe advantages of his road, it being by 60 miles the\\nshortest route to Chicago, the immense resources to\\nbe obtained by the transiwrtation of pine lumber\\nfrom the lands of the aforementioned company, esti-\\nmated to furnish shipments for several years. From\\nthe cleverness of his argument he [irocured $150,000,\\nputting up bonds of $20,000 to the mile and agree-\\ning to pay 10 per cent, and refund the money after\\nthe first 20 miles was graded. As Prof McChesney\\nwas then in Europe trying to negotiate the bonds,\\nthis pari of the scheme was the more easily accom-\\nplished.\\nHe then borrowed $100,000 of Gen. Sickles, with\\nthe same securities, and expended what was left after\\nhis famous champaigne suppers were paid for, in\\ngrading and putting down ties.\\nThis money was soon exhausted and the Captain\\nmade a journey to New Yo k, with another lot of\\nbonds, where, forming the acquaintance of Capt. Benj.\\nRichardson, he succeeded in borrowing $100,000 for\\n90 days, agreeing to pay a bonus of $15,000 for the\\nfavor. He put up $200,000 in bonds to secure this\\nloan, expecting to have returns from Europe before\\n|)ayment was due.\\nThe money procured from Richardson purchased\\nthe iron for laying 20 miles of track, but it was all\\nexhausted before the same reached St. Ijouis. Rich-\\nardson had to advance more money to pay the freight\\nfrom Saginaw to St. Louis, and pay for laying the\\niron. Later, he bought the rolling stock, consisting\\nof 20 flat cars, two engines, a second-class passenger\\ncoach and one box car. These were branded,\\nProperty oi Henj. Richardson, as he felt like hav-\\ning some representation. He was then made mana-\\nging director, and operations commenced between St.\\nLouis and Cedar Lake in the fall of 1875.\\nPrevious to all this. Craw iiad induced his son-in-\\nlaw to invest $60,000 in the scheme, all of which\\nwas lost, the young man never realizing a dollar. It\\nwas operated under Richardson s management until\\nNovember, 1876, ivhen it was declared bankrupt and\\npassed into the hands of D. D. Irwin, of Muskegon,\\nas receiver. He leased it to Col. J. A. Elwell, who\\noperated it until June i, 1883, when the line was\\nsold to the Detroit, Lansing Northern Railroad\\nCompany. The chief engineer, B. H. Bryant, was\\nassistant superintendent under the lessee until his\\nresignation in July, 1879, when James T. Hall was\\npromoted from a conductorship to the position of\\nsuperintendent, which he retained until the road was\\nsold. Col. Elwell made this line a successful one,\\nextending it, at his own expense, from Cedar Lake\\nto Edniore, there making connections with, the De-\\ntroit, Lansing Northern. In September, 1878, he\\nextended it to Lake View, the present terminus.\\nWhen he leased the road the total earnings amounted\\nto less than $10,000 per year. He increased this\\n1,200 i)er cent, the first year, which was largely due\\nto his enterprise in establishing a (wstal and tele-\\ngraph service, express and other facilities, as well as\\nthe erection of suitable deix)ts along the line.\\nAll these were supi)lied by Mr. Elwell at his own\\nexpense, but he was subsequently reimlnirsed by\\norder of the court.\\nThis is, in brief, the history ol one (it the most\\nremarkable schemes in railroad building ever re-\\ncorded.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\s operated now, by the Detroit, Lansing North-\\nern, the line is a paying investment, and some time\\nwill surely be extended, making Detroit a terminus.\\nLowell Hall originated a scheme in the line of\\nrailroad enterprises which came to an untimely end\\nin 1873. His plan was to build a line from Grand ^j\\nRapids to Saginaw, and the route was surveyed and\\nsome grading done in the townshijis of Fulton and\\nWashington. This line was known and is yet s[X)ken\\ny\\nA\\nV\\nS?\\ni^\\n^.V^.5^^^\\n-^^3?:^^\\n^0!i :nDv\\no-.^n.\\n^^^-VM^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0803.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "7 ^:iia;^Iiilr r-^ ^^..s^\\n-i^^?^i\\ni\\nGRATIOT COUXTY.\\nof as the Lowell Hall route, but aD hope of its\\nbeing completed has been long since abandoned, the\\nproject never having been a feasible one.\\nA line known as the Marshall, Coldwater Mack-\\ninaw railroad was surveyed, and considerable grading\\ndone in 1S73. The entire line is graded through\\nSuToner Township, except across section 6, in which\\nthe hamlets of Elm Hall and Estella are very much\\ninterested. The former name of Coldwater and\\nMackinaw was changed to the present title in 1874.\\nStrong probabilities exist that this road wiU be com-\\npleted in the near future.\\n-2^\\nOWO680 and Northwestern Bailroad.\\nf ^^9f railroad by the above name was pio-\\n2^5 i^*^^ surveyed through this county.\\nl^iV The line was graded and ties furnished\\n^^b at many points along the route, but the pan-\\ni^ ic of 1 87 3 stopped the work until the fall\\nof 1883. The name has been changed to the\\nToledo. Ann Arbor North Michigan railroad. It\\npasses through a fertile section of country, and wiQ\\nbe of great advantage in developing not only this but\\nalso the other counties through which it fkasses. J. M\\nAshley, Sen., is President, and his son, J- M. .\\\\shley.\\nIf., Secretary.\\nThe Saginaw Valley St. Louis Bailroad.\\nk 1 ERHAPS it would not be saying too much\\n=-33ii did we mention that out of the wild scheme\\nprojected by Lowell Hall grew the Saginaw\\ni Valley St. Louis railroad consequently this\\niv proves that indirect means may accomplish\\nimportant ends. The tiist line of railroad, and the\\nfirst train of cars coming into the county, was over\\nthe abov^ named road. For a long while the people\\nof St. Louis were forced to obtain supplies from Sag-\\ninaw and St- John s by teams, and not until 1870\\nwas any direct effort made to establish a route, there\\nbeing but few men of sufficient means and energy to\\nindertake it We are glad to place on record the\\nnames of the parties most interested and who aided\\nand pushed forward the project untU it was finally\\ncompleted. To these men St. Louis owe all, or\\nmuch, of the pn si)erity which so enlivens her to-day.\\nThomas Holcomb, John L. Evans, Luther Smith,\\n.\\\\aron Wessells, James F. Newton and S. S. Hastings,\\ntogether with A. B. Darragh, deserve more credit for\\ntheir labors in this enterprise than they will ever\\nreceive.\\nIn the spring of 1870, a few men, among whom\\nwere Luther Smith, John L, Evans and B. Dar-\\nragh, were discussing the inatter of railroads, and it\\nwas suggested that a meeting of the citizens be\\ncalled at St. Louis to have some expression in the\\nmatter, as they were sadly in need of a toad. There\\nbdng no printing press in the village, Mr. E arragh\\nwrote oat several notices, stating that a meeting\\nwould be held on a certain date to discuss the matter\\nof having a rsulroad, and everybody was invited to\\nattend. These were posted, and when the day for\\nmeeting came the town was full of enthusiastic peo-\\nple, all of whom wanted a railroad. The meeting\\nwas held in a hall over Schiffer s hardware store, and\\na committee appointed to visit points along the pro-\\nposed route, which was, as conceived by Lowell Hall\\nto have Grand Rapids for the western, and the Sagi-\\nnaws the eastern terminus, the same to be called the\\nGrand Rapids Sa^naw Raiboad Company.\\nThis committee were to appoint local committees\\nalong the proposed route, to attend a meeting soon\\nto be held in Sa^naw to effect a permanent organi-\\nzation.\\nA close canvass was made between this pbce and\\nGrand Rapids prior to the meeting at Saginaw, and\\noutside of Grand Rapids very little was done. .\\\\n\\na^iathy prevailing throughout the country, St. Louis\\nwas anxious to have the road terminate at this point,\\nand came to the front with a handsome donation.\\nAt the meeting for permanent organization at Sag-\\ninaw, L. H. Elastman was chosen President, David\\nH. Jerome, Secretarj-, and .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V. W. Wright, Treasiircr.\\nLuther Smith offered a resolution, which was ado^Jtcd\\nby vote, that a committee be appointed to report all\\nsubscriptions along the line, including Grand Rapids,\\nand report result, together with a recommendaiion\\nas to the western terminus of the road. As chairman\\nof said meeting, Mr. Smith reported $30,000 from\\neach cf the Saginaws and the same amount from both\\nSt. Loub Grand Rapids, together with a few small\\nI\\nV\\nA\\nV\\nI\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K-DO: DDi ^s?^^\\nm.", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0804.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "i^ /^^^t# \u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^c cr-r :OIi:-?:ODr rr! ^if\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n(ir Mi\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n779\\nI\\nii\\nsubscriptions along the line. After a conference, the\\npresent name was given, the eastern terminus being\\nSaginaw the western, St. Louis. At this meeting,\\nfive per cent of the stock was paid in, and everything\\nwent well. Contracts were let, and work commenced\\nat both ends, being rapidly pushed with all the force\\nrequisite. More money was needed and another as-\\nsessment levied, which the East Saginaw stock-hold\\ners refused to pay, claiming they had been unjustly\\ndealt with, by virtue of a contract made between the\\nexecutive committee and the Jackson, Lansing\\nSaginaw, which practically made Saginaw City the\\nterminus. They insisted that the original contract\\nbe complied witli, making their city the terminus.\\nSufficient means were realized in St. Louis and\\nSaginaw to carry on the work, and the road was\\ncompleted in the winter of 1S71. .\\\\inasa .Stone, 01\\nthe Cleveland Iron Works, furnished the iron,\\ntaking pay in bonds of tiie road drawing 8 per cent\\nsemi-annually, these bonds being considered worth\\nonly 80 cents on the dollar. In addition to this, the\\nCleveland Rolling Mill Company were given as a\\nbonus \u00c2\u00a7100,000 stock in the road, which was after-\\nward paid in full. There were tliirteen directors, of\\nwhom John L. Evans, John F. Newton, Charles H.\\nKress, Luther Smith and James McHenry were res-\\nidents of .St. Louis.\\nThe directors gave their personal obligation for roll-\\ning stock, which cost $150,000, and was afterward\\npaid by the earnings of the road. There was at\\ntimes some disagreement among the officials, but all\\nthese were smoothed over and the best of feeling\\nprevailed when the first train m.ade its appearance at\\nSt. Louis, in December, 1S71. large number of\\npeople came from Saginaw and other [wints to attend\\nthe grand dinner given liy the people in honor of the\\noccasion, and five long tables, loaded with everything\\npalatable, were spread in Kress Hall. Speeches\\nwere made by many distinguished guests from\\nabroad, toasts drank and responded to in a hapj)y\\nmanner by many of our present citizens. S. W. Am-\\nbler, the President of the village, made some appro-\\npriate remarks. It was a grand gala-day. John\\nEvans killed his old bear Jo, whose savory steaks\\ngraced the banciuet board. .Artillery was fired, and\\nglad huzzas were heard on every side.\\nThe construction of this road opened up a country\\nwhich had been comparatively worthless, being cov-\\nered with hard woods which had no market value,\\nbut were now eagerly sought after. Much of the fine\\nsquare timbers were sent to Europe, while staves\\nmade from the same were largely exixjrted to the\\nWest India Islands.\\nThe population of St. Ix)uis, which was only 800\\nin 1870, has increased until it now numbers 2,700,\\nthe result of enterprise brought about by the opening\\nof this road. It is now under the contract of the\\nJackson, Lansing Saginaw Railroad Company, al-\\nthough the name is unchanged.\\nThe extension of the line from St. Louis to Ithaca,\\nwas mainly due to that energetic gentleman, Gen.\\nNathan Church, who spent .not only a greai deal of\\ntime, but also many dollars, to accomplish the work.\\nFor several years efforts had been made to induce\\nthe company to extend the line to Ithaca, but no\\nplan proposed met with favor. The benefits Ithaca\\nwould derive from having railroad communication\\nwith the outside world was apparent to her business\\nmen, and a local company was organized, their money\\npaid in and work has commenced in earnest between\\nAlma and Ithaca. The officers of this company\\nwere conijwsed of the following gentlemen\\nPresident Nathan Church.\\nSecretar) -Robert Smith.\\nTreasurer W. S. Turck.\\nDirectors\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. W. Wright, of Saginaw; D. R. Sul-\\nlivan and W. S. Turck, of Alma; and Nathan Church,\\nWilbur Nelson, J. H. Seaver and Robert Smith, of\\nIthaca.\\nTcJese gentlemen organized the company April i,\\n1882, and work was commenced at once. The right\\nof way was secured, the road graded, tied and iron\\nlaid by December 15th of that year. .After mature\\ndeliberation, the officers of the company decided to\\ntransfer all their right, title and interest in the road\\nto the Detroit, Lansing Northern, which road hah\\nagreed toeipiip and run the new line in connection\\nwith their time schedule. The first freight received\\nover the new road, was two cars of machinery for Mr.\\nThompson s Butter-Tub factory. Dec. 28, 1882. Nel-\\nson Barber shipped the first freight from Ithaca\\n(one car of wheat), on Jan. 2, 1883.\\nRegular passenger trains were put on June 25 of\\nthe same year, and the trade in both the passenger\\nand the freight deixirtmenls has been entirely satis-\\nfactory to the company managing the line.\\nTo Gen. Nathan Church, Robert Smith, Wilbur\\n1\\nk\\n^)5\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n^-K-^nii^ntii", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0805.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "780\\nZ^^^j^s^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nW^\\nNelson and Joseph H. Seaver, are the people of\\nIthaca indebted for the prosperity which came with\\nthe completion of this line of road.\\nThe Lansing, Alma, Mt. Pleasant Northern\\nRailroad.\\nHIS road is being rapidly pushed to com-\\npletion. It passes through a fertile section\\nof country, and has for its present termini,\\nLansing on the south and Mt. Pleasant on the\\nnorth. Engineers were put upon the proposed\\nroute in January, and the work isnow well under\\nway, grading is being pushed rapidly, and before\\nthe close of 1884 cars will be running between the\\npoints named. The shops of the company will prob-\\nably be located at Alma, which will add largely to\\nthe business industries of that village.\\nThe officers of this company are composed of the\\nfollowing well-known gentlemen, whose names guar-\\nantee a successful completion of the line, all being\\nquite wealthy and determined that their scheme shall\\nnot fail.\\nPresident A. W. Wright, of Alma.\\nDirectors A. W. Wright, Wm. S. Turck, James\\nGargett and Geo. D. Barton, of Alma; J. N. Shep-\\nherd, of Salt River; John A. Harris and Wm. M.\\nBrown, of Mt. Pleasant.\\nA\\nknow nothing that bespeaks\\nthe wealth of a country in\\nmore unmistakable lan-\\nguage than the growth\\nand prosperity of her vil-\\n;es and cities. The grad-\\nual development of Gratiot\\nCounty has caused a growth and business\\nenterprise of her three most important\\ntowns that are indeed surprising. Of these\\nwe mention first the county seat, which is\\nbeatifully located at the geographical cen-\\nter of the county, and in the midst of an\\nagricultural district equaled by few in the\\nPeninsular State. Gratiot Center was\\nthus named, being the center of the coun-\\nty but the name was changed to Ithaca, that being\\nthe name of the postoffice whidi was located here in\\nFebruary, 1856. The town was surveyed by Sidney\\nS. Hastings, Feb. 11, 12 and 13 of that year, and\\nthe first residents were Frank Miller, Postmaster, and\\nOrville M. Wood. John Jeffrey was owner of the\\nland, and had it ])latted and offered lots for sale in\\nthe spring of 1856.\\nOnly two buildings were erected until March, one\\nlieing a small frame structure of two rooms, the front\\none l)cing used as a store by Mr. Jeffrey, the other for\\na dwelling and hotel, which was occupied by Lucius\\nKnapp and family. The other was a rude log build-\\ning, in which the postoffice was kept, also a stock of\\ngroceries by John Knight Frank Miller. Knight\\nafterward removed part of the stock into another log\\nIiuilding, where John Howd s house now stands, that\\nhad been erected for the purpose by Ben., Dan. and\\nWilliam Crawford. The firm was known as Knight\\nVan Riper.\\nW.W. Comstock purchased two lots of John Jeffrey\\nin June of this year and erected a log hotel, the first\\npublic house in the village. The Retan House\\noccupies the site, and the cook-room of that hostelry\\nsy\\n/c", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0806.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "j*f^\\n-a*\u00c2\u00ab^^s: erv :IlD :llDr: v\\n-^^f^^\\nr,! ^^.m\\nGRA TIO T CO UNT Y.\\n781\\nSi*-/\\nA\\nD\\nV\\nis a part of Comstock s hotel. Many are the stories\\ntold of the days when everybody was hard-iip, and\\nlodging could scarcely be obtained anywhere; in fact,\\nthere were no houses except little cabins that were\\nalready filled to overflowing. The entire floor of\\nComstock s hotel was frequently covered with tired\\nmen. who for lack of better acconunodations were\\nforced to lie upon the bare floor with only a coverlet.\\nThe man who was unfortunate enough to snore and\\nawaken his fellow lodgers was obliged by the law of\\ncustom to sit up and keep a fire burning until an-\\nother unfortunate was in like manner compelled to\\ntake his place.\\nThere are many men now living in the vicinity of\\nIthaca who have assisted largely in building up the\\nvillage, none of whom perhaps deserves greater credit\\nthan W. \\\\V. Comstock. .Vlways ready to aid any en-\\nterprise, he disbursed his means with a liberal hand,\\nand nearly all the early business ventures were under-\\ntaken and carried to completion by his financial aid.\\nHe resides u[X)n a farm near the village, happy in the\\nthought that his efforts were the means of accomplish-\\ning great good for the town of his choice.\\nVillage Incorporated.\\nHE village of Ithaca was incorporated and\\nits first officers elected Nov. 16, 1869. The\\nterritory is enclosed by the following boundary\\nAll the territory in the county of Gratiot, and\\nState of Michigan, commencing at the ([uarter-\\npost on the south side of section thirty-one (31), in\\nEmerson Township, thence running north one-half\\nmile, thence west one mile, thence south one-half\\nmile, thence east one mile, to the place of beginning,\\ncoaii)rising ])ortions of the townships of Emerson,\\nArcada, Newark and North Star, in said county and\\nState.\\nWilliam E. Winton was elected first I resident of\\ntht Board of Trustees.\\nTrustees Nathan hurch, William W. Comstock,\\nA. W. Russell, D. Taylor, Andrew J. Utley, C. E.\\nsVilliams.\\nClerk James W. Howd.\\nTreasurer\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. D. Scott.\\nAssessor E. C. Cummings.\\nMarshall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. N. Du Bois.\\nStreet Commissioners C. N. Ilowd, Henry Kink-\\nerter, B. F. Shepard.\\nff\\nBusiness Interests.\\nnly for a few years past has the village\\nassumed a healthy growth. The more for-\\ntunate towns on either side had railroads,\\nwhich gave them facilities not possessed by\\nIthaca for the purchase and shipment of grain\\nand lumber. As the result, what rightfully be-\\nlonged to her was given for years to her neighbors,\\nthus building up in a substantial manner the mer-\\ncantile and other business of the towns of the county.\\nThe growth of Ithaca was retarded in the same pro-\\n[wrtion as her trade was taken away, and for many\\nyears few improvements were made. The growth\\nwas healthy, however; but with the new railroad\\ncaiiie a boom and the town received an impetus\\nwhich places her on an equal plane with St. Louis,\\nAlma and St. John s. A market for all the produc-\\ntions of the country is found here, and prices rate the\\nsame as elsewhere. New life is apparent, and the\\nbusiness industries of the place are springing up on\\nevery hand. During the next ten years, Ithaca will\\nsurprise even the most sanguine in the extent of her\\nimprovements and substantial growth. Where the\\nmassive oak stood in its grandeur a few years ago,\\nare now beautiful lawns upon which stand tasteful cot-\\ntages, surrounded by all that wealth can procure or\\nthe comfort of man require. In place of the primi-\\ntive log huts in which a few groceries were packed,\\nare magnificent brick blocks, which would do credit\\nto cities of great pretentions, and the attractively\\narranged display of merchandise indicate the cul-\\ntured tastes of her people.\\nIVilliam C. Bechvilh has been continuously en-\\ngaged in the furniture business since 1861, which\\nmakes him the pioneer dealer in the county. His\\nfactor) is well eiiui[ ped with machinery for the manu-\\nfacture of sash, doors and blinds. Irving Wright\\nowns an interest in the furniture manufactory.\\nThe extensive saw-mill anil butter-tub factory\\nowned and operated by Mr. W. F. Thompson, is a\\nsource of much revenue to the farmers in the vicinity\\nof Ithaca. This enterprise was put into operation in\\nA\\nV\\nC\\nT\\ni", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0807.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": "raC^^s: e)^T nr;\u00c2\u00abiIlDv r\\n-51^^^\\nG/fA TIO T CO UNTY.\\n:o\\nV\\n5\u00c2\u00a7\\nthe fall of 1883, and has a capacity of 20,000 feet per\\nday in the lumber, and 600 tubs per diem in the\\nmanufacturing department. Mr. Thompson gives\\nemployment to 30 men, and has orders for more\\n(Oj goods than he can manufacture. Thousands of dol-\\nlars worth of logs fill his ample yards, and he esti-\\nmates that Gratiot County can supply the material\\nto keep his mill in active operation for the next five\\nyears.\\nThe Stave Factory of Messrs. Richards Althouse\\nis also quite an addition to the manufacturing inter-\\nests of Itliaca, and a large amount of timber is used\\nby the firm. They employ a large number of men,\\nand expend thousands of dollars annually for\\nmaterial in this village, aside from their extensive\\nmill at St. Louis, which has a larger capacity than\\nthis.\\nThe Postoffice is not yet a salaried one, but the\\ncommissions have lately been overrunning the\\namount required to constitute one. Robert Smith,\\nthe editor and proprietor of the Gratiot Jouriial^\\\\%\\nPostmaster, and has recently removed the office to a\\nneat and commodious building at the corner of Cen-\\nter and Pine Streets.\\nWilliam Pullen is largely engaged in the manu-\\nfacture and sale of furniture, and carries a splendid\\nline of goods. In addition to the saw-mills and\\nplaning factories there are several wagon and buggy\\nmanufactories, a nunilier of blacksmith and harness\\nshops, a foundry, a splendid grist-mill, and three ex-\\ncellent livery barns.\\nLivery. Messrs. Peet Johnson, J. P. Whitman\\nSons, and L. M. Lyons represent this business.\\nWilbur Nelson, of the firm of Nelson Barber,\\nis the oldest merchant in the city. Their stock is the\\nlargest carried by any firm in the county; it consists\\nof general merchandise suited to the trade in this\\nneighborhood. Their business in the line of mer-\\nchandise alone amounted to more than $r 00,000 in\\n1882.\\nMessrs. Seaver Lewis also have an extensive\\nline of merchandise, and occupy elegant quarters.\\nGeorge Richardson is proprietor of the finest drug-\\nstore in the village, making his purchase of Dixi\\nHall, Jan. i, 1884. There are three other places\\nwhere drugs may be obtained, but all handle some\\n1 other line of goods.\\nElevator. The large elevator belongs to Nelson\\nBarber, the senior member of which gave not only\\nIthaca but also St. Louis its trade in wheat.\\nHotels Are two in number, the Retan House\\nand Commercial Hotel. The former hotel is under\\nthe management of Messrs. Retan Covert, the\\nother under the supervision of Mr. Charles Vaughn.\\nBoth liostelries are crowded to their utmost capacity\\nand the guests are well pleased with the accommo-\\ndations.\\nBanks. Two banks are necessar) to transact the\\nbusiness of the village and country adjacent. The\\nfirst to commence a legitimate business in this line\\nwere Church, Bills Co., on July i, 1877. They\\nare pioneers in the banking and collection business,\\nand have a good building, centrally located, a bur-\\nglar and fire proof safe, and all the capital necessary\\nto carry on the enterprise in a successful manner.\\nW. B. Scattergood is cashier. The firm is com-\\nposed of N. Church, W. B. Scattergood, M. H.\\nChurch, O. P. Bills, Wilbur Nelson and Mrs. C. Bills.\\nSteel, Turck Co. opened their doors in 1879\\nand do a general banking business. They have ex-\\ncellent (quarters in tlie Jeffrey building, and the firm\\nis composed of wealthy gentlemen who report the\\nbusiness in a prosperous condition. Mr. John W.\\nLewis is Cashier, with R. M. Steel, J. Hicks, J. W.\\nLewis, J. M. Thurber, J. H. Seaver, W. E. Winton,\\nJ. Scriven, Mrs. Louisa Seaver and Josiah Upton as\\nstockholders.\\nMilliner} Is well represented by three prosperous\\nstores. The ladies of Gratiot are well dressed, and\\npresent to the best advantage everything which can\\nbe gained from the dressinaker s and milliner s art.\\nReal Estate. Mr. S. W. Ambler does an exclusive\\nreal-estate business, and is one of the most reliable\\nand best known men in the county. Mr. Nathan\\nChurch carries. on a real-estate and abstract office in\\nthe rear of the bank. His loans have been so se-\\ncurely placed that, in making the same to the extent\\nof one and one-fourth millions of dollars, not one\\nwas ever lost, nor was the land mortagaged taken\\nto pay the loan.\\nThe Legal Profession Is represented by a num-\\nber of able lawyers. Judge William E. Winton, and\\nMr. Elisha McCall are the two oldest members of the\\nBar in the county. These two men have been pitted\\nagainst each other for more than a quarter of a cen-\\ntury and many a hotly contested case has been gained\\n4\\nr\\nI", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0808.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "^}-r^^^^\\n-:2S^^ ?=rv ^nn:^IlD r\\nrai^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n783\\ni^\\nyf by their eloquence and knowledge of law. Hon.\\nGiles 1 Brown, 15. H. Sawyer, John Winton and E.\\nvj:^ H. Ashley conipletc the niemi)ersor the Uar residing\\nT in this village. All are talented men and enjoy ex-\\n(Oj cellent reputations as expounders of Blackstone.\\nMichigan Slalf Mutual Relit-/ Association is lo-\\ncated here and is doing a nice and rapidly increas-\\ning business. T. S. Barnes is the Secretary of the\\nsociety.\\nMedical Profession Is well represented by sev-\\neral physicians, of whom Dr. Charles W. Marvin\\nand Dr. W. D. Scott are the oldest; Dr. Marvin\\ncame in i860. Dr. Scott four years later.\\nDr. J- H. DeMay is a very popular physician, and,\\nalthough a young man, enjoys a large and -lucrative\\npractice. Although the village of Ithaca and the\\nsurrounding country is considered remarkably healthy,\\nthe large i)Oi)ulation and the diseases peculiar to the\\nnorthern climate make the services of good physi-\\ncians necessary.\\nIthaca Brass Band. The Ithaca Brass Band was\\norganized in May, 1883, and numbers 21 pieces. As\\nan amateur band they have few e(|uals, and havere-\\nceived universal praise in every town in which they\\nhave appeared.\\nIt is under the efficient leadership of Mr. William\\nPullen, who is without a ))eer as an instructor. The\\nnames of the members are, Ellis Fuller, Charles\\nBrown, George Fink, RoUa Peet, Ed. Crawford, Dr.\\nJ. H. DeMay, George Lewis, Dewilt Johnson, .Arch-\\nibald McCali, Fred Fox, Frank Sutliff, John Bellcr,\\nWill Moye, Charles Baker, Frank Keys, Arthur Stur-\\ngis, Charles Wilson, .\\\\mbrose Brooks, M. J. Criss and\\nWm. J. Paine.\\nIthaca has reason to feel ])roud of her band, and\\nshould encourage the boys with financial aid in pro-\\ncuring such uniforms as they deserve. The reputation\\nof any village or city is enhanced by culture, and\\nmusic forms one of the chief factors.\\nFire Department. This is well e iuipped. having\\na splendid force punn), worked by horse [Mwer, of the\\nV celebrated Howe s patent, which has a capacity of\\nthrowing 18 barrels of water (cr minute. With this\\neffective apparatus is 700 feet of three-inch hose.\\nThere is also a hook and ladder outfit, supplied with\\nfour Babcock extinguisher.^. Mr. J. W. Lewis is\\nFire Marshall, O. F. Jackson, Fire Warden, and the\\ni company number 45 active men. The force pump\\nA\\nV\\nJ\\n4\\ncost $1,200, and works to perfection. Water is pro-\\ncured from the city water works, which empties into\\nseveral large underground reservoirs at convenient\\nplaces in the village. There are few villages the\\nsize of Ithaca that are better prepared to protect\\nproperty from loss by fire, and none have a more\\ncomplete outfit.\\nOpera-Hoiise Block\u00e2\u0080\u0094 With all the conveniences\\nof churches, schools etc., the need of a substantial\\nopera house was anticipated by Messrs. Wilber Nel-\\nson and Nathai Church, who erected a neat and im-\\n])0sing building for this puri)ose. The lower story is\\noccupied by Nelson Barber, with a large stock of\\nmerchandise. The opera house is well arranged and\\nseats comfortably 400 persons. The stage is a model\\nof convenience, and the appurtenances were furnished\\nby artists of merit. The citizens of Ithaca have rea-\\nson to be proud of this building which is so neces-\\nsary to their enjoyment, and Messrs. Nelson Church\\nhave erected not only a monument which will always\\nbe a reminder of their business enterprise, but their\\ninvestment has enhanced the beauty and worth of\\nthe business center fully 100 percent. The Opera-\\nHouse Block was completed in 1878, at a cost of\\n$12,000.\\nBank Block. The best evidence of prosperity of\\nthe business men in any village is the erection of\\nsubstantial business buildings. Of these the hand-\\nsome brick block erected by the heirs of John Jef-\\nfrey is one of the finest and most imposing structures\\nin the county. It is luiilt of livick, artistically\\ntrimmed with stone, and is three stories in height,\\nwith a large, airy basement. The building was com-\\npleted in 1880, at a cost of 320,000. It is an orna-\\nment to the business portion of the village.\\nand\\nrhe\\nJ\\nI\\nC-\\no)\\nEducational.\\ni N educational matters the public schools of\\nthe county form an im|X)rtant part. Ithaca\\neads with the finest school building, it hav-\\ning cost when com| leted in 18S4, together with\\nthe site, $23,500. The two former school\\nbuildings were located at the corner of Centre\\n.Maple streets, but were both destroyed by fire,\\ncorner stone of the new building was laid with", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0809.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "784\\nz^i^K ^7 ^M :t: n P t v\\n4^^^(^M\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nappropriate ceremonies, on Friday, June 15, 1883,\\nand the same was ready for occupancy Jan. i, 1884.\\nIt is a handsome brick structure, trimmed with stone,\\ntwo stories high, with a large, airy basement, built\\nuix)n the latest improved plans as regards ventilation\\nand utility. The entire structure is heated by two\\nlarge furnaces and the rooms are furnished with all\\nthe recent improvements in furniture and equipments.\\nTliere are 300 pupils enrolled, although the last\\nschool census gave a total of 410. The seating ca-\\npacity of the school building accommodates 600 pu-\\npils. The gymnasium, in the third story, and the\\nnice play rooms in the basement form important\\nfeatures in the athletic training of the youth of both\\nsexes. There is also a nice library btilonging to the\\nschool district which comprises over 400 volumes, and\\nfifty dollars is annually expended in the purchase of\\nnew books.\\nThe schools of Ithaca are a credit not only to the\\nvillage, but the county as well, and this will induce\\nmany substantial men to locate here for the purpose\\nof educating their children. The school site is sit-\\nuated on a beautiful elevation containing three acres,\\nat the head of main street.\\nCounty Buildings.\\njLlRST, it may be observed, that the county\\nbuildings are ample and well constructed.\\nThe court-house is a neat two-stor) frame\\n1\\nbuilding, with rooms for county officers in the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Jj lower story. It was erected in 1870, on the\\nsite donated by John Jeffrey. The entire cost\\nof building, furniture, etc., was $10,000.\\nThe Sheriff s residence and jail was completed in\\n1878, which together with the site cost the county\\n$12, 000. This building is a handsome and substan-\\ntial brick structure, built in modern style, and is not\\nonly an elegant but a very secure building. Sheriff\\nK. P. Peet keeps the premises in fine condition, and\\nthe jail, in a sanitary point of view, cannot be much\\nimproved.\\nIthaca is destined to become an important city.\\nSituated as it is, in the midst of an excellent agricult-\\nural district, with railroads tap|)ing all the important\\ncommercial centers, her future is assured.\\nCemetery.\\ng^^IHE cemetery IS beatifuUy located, and ad-\\nJ^i joins the corporation on the northwestern\\nboundary. It comprises five acres of land,\\nwhich gently slopes away from the village, and\\nthe neatness in which it is kept under the man-\\nagement of the Cemetery Association is credit-\\nable to the officials in charge.\\nThe original association was composed of 13 mem-\\nbers, and was organized in 1863, with \\\\V. W. Com-\\nstock as President, Emery Crosby, Clerk, and Judge\\nElijah Peck, Treasurer.\\nThe grounds are nicely underdrained and are at all\\ntimes accessible. The first body interred was that\\nof Mary Nelson, a daughter of Rev. Francis Nelson\\nin September, 1864.\\nIthaca Township.\\nfe THACA Township was organized by a spe-\\ncial act of the Legislature in 18S1, which\\nwas rendered necessary from the inconven-\\nience in voting, the village plat comprising a\\nsection of each of the townships of Atcada,\\nNewark, Emerson and North Star. This also\\ncaused a reorganization of the school district, which\\nhas resulted beneficially to the village in many re-\\nspects. Abraham Russell has represented tlie town-\\nship since its organization as Supervisor. The terri-\\ntory, although small, demands considerable attention\\non his part, and he has given general satisfaction on\\nthe Board.\\nChurch History.\\nnJEgS^MONG the numerous evidences of the in\\ntellectuality and morals of any community,\\nthe churches stand pre-eminent as the basis in\\nmeasuring the standard. Gratiot ounty, in\\nthis respect, equals and even excels some of\\nher sister counties whose advantages have been meas-\\nr\\nI\\nA\\n*0\\n(o^,\\n^x\\nr^:^^\\nA^^DD^DOi^^\\n-l^^f", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0810.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "z^^^^ ^vC^llIl^:ilIl^ v\\n^^fe\\nt\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n11 rably greater. The advent of several ministers dur-\\ning its early settlement tended larcely to promote the\\nP\u00c2\u00bb cause of religion, and through their efforts was the\\nT interest in theological matters maintained. The names\\nhj of these reverend gentlemen are mentioned else-\\nwhere, and their zeal and untiring devotion to the\\ncause has met with a fitting reward.\\nBaptist Church. This is the pioneer organization\\nof the religious denominations in this village, a soci-\\nety being formed bv a number of persons July iS,\\nJ \u00c2\u00ab8S7.\\nThe meeting was lield in Ithaca, Rev. Israel Fay\\nbeing Chairman, and J. A. Gutlirie, Secretary. The\\nfollowing persons were present and became members\\nof the society, which is known as the First Baplist\\nChurch of Itiiaca. At this meeting Lafayette Church\\nreceived sanction from the society to preach, and for\\na number of years he ministered to their spiritual\\nwants. Elder Fay was an ardent worker, and did\\nmuch in an early day to promote the cause of religion\\nin the neighborhooo.\\nThe Deacons chosen at this meeting were: La-\\nfayette Church, N. Thomas, Sether Dean, S. S. Hast-\\nings. J. A. Guthrie, Secretary.\\nThe organization being thus com|)leted, the names\\nof those present were enrolled, consisting of Na-\\nthan Thomas, E. W. Mead, William Allen, George\\nLuce, Lafayette Church, Jacob E. Bullock, Sether\\nDean, Sidney S. Hastings. J. A. (juthrie, Christopher\\nDingman, Hiram Burgess, John Jeffrey, Rexonia Fay,\\nLydia Thomas, Rachel Mead, Mary Allen, Nancy\\nLuce, Amanda Church, Hannah M. Bullock, Miran-\\nda Dean, Julia D. Hastings, ?ymma M. Guthrie,\\nMother Ray and Mary Bradshaw.\\nMeetings were held in the school-house until the\\ncompletion of their church in 1867. The member-\\nship has always been a large one, the records now\\nhaving eighty names enrolled on its pages. Rev. D.\\nM. Christie, an able divine, is pastor, whose efforts\\nare meeting witli a fitting reward.\\nThe society suffered a great loss on March 1 3, 1 884,\\nby the burning of the church edifice. As there was\\nno insurance, and the cluircii being already burdened\\nwith a debt of over $400, the i)uilding having been\\nsold under mortgage in 1883, the loss will be keenly\\nfelt. A larger and finer church will, iiowever, take\\nthe place of the former, as the enterprising people of\\nIthaca have gladly contributed to the building fund.\\nA\\nV\\n1\\ni\u00c2\u00ae\\nCongregational Church. In the pleasant month\\nof June, 1866, a few persons met at the residence of\\nJudge William E. Winton, to discuss the piestion of\\norganizing a Congregational society in this village.\\nAfter a conference they decided to meet at the same\\n(ilace ne.xt day and complete the organization. Sat-\\nisfactory preparations were made and the meeting\\nadjourned until the evening of June 7, when the fol-\\nlowing named persons met at the school-house and\\nformally organized the society Judge William E.\\nWinton and wife Marietta, Dr. Charles W. Marvin\\nand wife Martha, l^lijah and Sally Peck, Zachariah\\nHoag, Mrs. Mary A. and Miss Helen C. Hoag.\\nRev. Samuel Sessions was engaged as pastor, and\\ncommenced his labors Dec. 7, 1866.\\nThe first communion service was held riie first Sab-\\nbath in May, r867, at the Advent Church, and their\\nSabbath-school was organized in the same month.\\nRev. Edwin Shaw was called to this [lastorate in\\nFebruary, 1869, in consequence of the resignation of\\nRev. Sessions, and took charge of the congregation\\nuntil August, 187 1, when Rev. Edward Cleveland\\nwas called, and preached one year. The member-\\nship had grown until there was a real necessity for\\nbuilding a church, which was completed in 1868, and\\ndedicated July 29 of that year. The Chapel was\\nclear of debt and the members active workers, thus\\nmaking it a thriving organization from the beginning.\\nDr. Charles W. Marvin was elected Deacon at the\\nannual meeting in July, 1872. He still retains the\\noffice of Clerk, which position he has held for many\\nyears. The membership has maintained a healthy,\\nalthough moderate, growth, and the congregation is\\ncomposed of the best class of people in the village\\nand vicinity.\\nAn addition was built tu the cliapel several years\\nago, but need of more room will necessitate the erec-\\ntion of a new building in the near future.\\nThe Trustees first elected were: Chas. \\\\V. Mar-\\nvin, Zachariah Hoag and Wm. E. Winton. Deacon,\\nElijah Peck.\\nThe attendanc e at their Sabliath-school equals if\\nnot excels that of any other denomination in the vil-\\nlage. In this branch of theological education the\\nCongregational people take great pride, anil the de-\\nmeanor of the youth of Ithaca is in a great manner\\ndue to their excellent training at the Sunday-schools\\nin the village.\\nc DD^\\nI\\nSt/\\nV)\\nf\\nI\\nM,\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^f ^^S^^ c^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0811.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT\\nm\\nCOUNTY.\\nzi^ Kr\\ni\\n(a^\\ne;\\nRev. F. L. Bristol, t1ie present pastor, is a learned\\nand gifted gentleman, whose sermons are the means\\nof attracting large and intelligent audiences. His\\nsalary is adequate to his needs, and is promptly paid\\nby his parishioners.\\nSeventh-Day Adventisls. The following brief\\nsketch of the origin and progress of the Seventh-\\nDay Adventists was furnished us by Rev. Frank-\\nlin Squire\\nOur field of inquiry leads us back only to the\\ngreat Advent movement of 1840-4. Respecting that\\nmovement it is presumed that the public are more or\\nless informed; but they may not be so well aware of\\nthe causes which have led since that time to the rise\\nof a class of people calling themselves Seventh-Day\\nAdventists.\\nAdventists looked for the end of the world in 1844,\\nbecause it is said in Dan. 8 14, that at tlie end of\\nthe prophetic period of 2300 days the sanctuary\\nshould be cleansed. They believed those days would\\nend in that year. They held tliat the earth was tlie\\nsanctuar) then to be cleansed, and that its cleansing\\nwas to be accomplished with fire, which would ac-\\ncompany the manifestation of the Lord from heaven.\\nHence they supposed the Lord would theii come.\\nThere were, of course, many other facts and argu-\\nments in support of the view that the second coming\\nof Christ was near; but what we have stated was the\\nprincipal argument for fixing upon thai particular\\ntime for the occurrence of this great and important\\nevent.\\nThe time passed, and the coming of Christ did not\\ntake place as was expected. It tlien became apixir-\\nent that a mistake had been made in one or both of\\nthe following jx)ints: either the period of 2300 days\\ndid not end at that time, or the cleansing of the\\nsanctuary was not to be the burning of the earth by\\nfire at the second coming of Christ. While there\\nwas a possibiHty of their being mistaken on both\\nthese points, a mistake on either one would l)e suffi-\\ncient to account for the fact that the Lord did not then\\nappear.\\nA movement which had enlisted the whole inter-\\nest of thousands upon thousands, would not, of\\ncourse, be abandoned without reflection. The ground\\nwas looked over, and two methods adopted for ex-\\nplaining the disappointment. One class jumped to\\nthe conclusion at once that they were wrong on time,\\nand the prophetic periods had not ended. Anotlier\\nclass, on a careful survey of tlie whole field, im-\\npressed with the strength and harmony of tlie argu-\\nment on chronology, saw no ground to change their\\nviews upon that [wiut, but became satisfied that the\\nmistake lay in the subject of the sanctuary and its\\ncleansing. This class are the ones now known as\\nSeventh-Day Adventists. This brings us to note\\nTHE DIFFERENCE\\nBetween Seventh-Day Adventists and First-Day or\\nNo-day Adventists, as respects chronology. The\\nlatter, believing that the projjhetic periods were given\\nto make known the time of Christ s coming, and that\\nthey have not yet ended, are held to one of two con-\\nclusions either that all that is said in the Bil)ie about\\nthese periods is so much of revelation unrevealed, or\\nelse that the time of Christ s coming is to be known.\\nThe first conclusion, as consistent believers in the\\nBible, they cannot adopt, and hence their continual\\nefforts to readjust the prophetic periods andfixuixjn\\nthe time for Christ to come. From this has arisen,\\nin these latter years, all the fantastic time-setting\\nwhich has very properly disgusted the world, and\\nworse than this, has brought reproach on prophetical\\nstudy. On the other hand,\\nSEVENTH-UAV .\\\\DVENTISTS SET NO TIME.\\nThey do not believe that any prophetic period given\\nin the Bible reaches to the coming of Christ, or was\\ndesigned to mark the day or year of that event. As\\nalready noticed, they believe that the chronological\\nargument of the great Advent movement of 1844\\nwas all right, locating the terminatiori of the longest\\nprophetic i^eriod, the 2300 days, in the autumn of\\nthat year. The prophecy said that then the sanctu-\\nary should be cleansed. That sanctuary they found\\nto be, not the earth, which is never so called, but the\\nsanctuary of which Paul so fully and definitely treats\\nin his epistle to the Hebrews, the sanctuary and\\ntrue tabernale in heaven, which the Lord\\n[litched and not man, of which Christ, our great\\nHigh Priest, is minister while on the throne of\\nthe Majesty of the heavens, Heb. 8 1, 2. The\\ntabernacle erected by Moses in the wilderness of\\nSinai about 1500 years before Chtist (Ex. 25\\nand onward), which was the sanctuary of the\\nfirst covenant (Heb. 9: i), from that time till\\nthe first advent, was a type, figure, or pattern\\nof this heavenly sanctuary of the new covenant.\\nHeb. 9: 9, 23, 24. The mini.stration of the sanctu-\\nary consisted of two grand divisions, which were ac-\\ncomplished every year: the daily ministration, and\\na brief service in the most holy place, or second\\napartment of the sanctuary, which completed the\\nyearly round of service. This latter work was called\\nthe cleansing of the sanctuary, and was performed\\nl)y the priest. So, likewise, the cleansing of the heav-\\nenly sanctuary (Heb. 9 23) must be [lerformed by\\nChrist while yet a priest, before he takes his kingdom\\nand appears in his glory.\\nThe view we take of the prophecy, consequently,\\nis that the termination of the 2300 days in 1844\\nbrought us to the commencement of this last portion\\nof Christ s work as priest in the true tabernacle above,\\n0)\\n\u00c2\u00ae))e^\\nQ A tj(i n^ti nfi\\nv:t^\\n4^^$^1", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0812.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "^I1[1^I1I1^ V\\nv\\nr\\n;5\\nf\\n5\\n5=3\\nf\\nY\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^IsT -v\\n1\\ncalled the cleansing of the sanctuary; not a cleans-\\ning from physical impurities, but from the presence\\nof our sins, imparted to it through tiie blood of\\nChrist there ministered in our behalf. This explains\\nat once the mistake in 1844, and shows our present\\n[losition. We are now in tlie time of the cleansing\\nof the sanctuary, a period of brief but indefinite\\nduration, reaching to Christ s coming.\\nWhile, therefore, we do not throw away the pro-\\nl)iietic [leriods, but believe ihey are to be understood,\\nwe believe also that they have been correctly inter-\\npreted, and have all terminated so that now we have\\nno data from which to reason respecting a definite time\\nfor the I-ord to come.\\nTHE SliVENTII UAV.\\nTwo causes have operated to introduce the observ-\\nance of the seventh-day Sabbath among Adveniists,\\nand thus todeveloi) that class known as Seventh- Day\\n.-Vdventists.\\nFirbt, a Seventh-Day Baptist sister, Mrs. Rachel D.\\nI reston, from the State of New Voik, moved to Wash-\\nington, N. H., where there was a C hur :li of .Advent-\\nist!\u00c2\u00bb. From them she received tlie do( trine of the\\nsoon-coming of Christ, and in return instructed them\\nin reference 10 the claims of the fourth command-\\nment of the decalogue. This was in 1844. Nearly\\nthat whole Church immediately commenced the ob-\\nservance of the seventh day, and thus have the\\nhonor of being the first Seventh-Day Adventisls\\nChurch in America. The ravages of death, and re-\\nmovals from tlie place, have consideralily diminished\\ntheir numbers; but the Church there siill lives to\\nbear witness to the truth thus introduced among\\nthem.\\nThe Sabbath iiuestion began immediately to be\\nagitated among .Adventists, and within a few months\\nmany from their ranks commenced its observance.\\n.Among the earliest permanent converts to this doc-\\ntrine, three deserve especial mention T. Eld. Joseph\\nHales, who with great zeal, devojion, and self-sacrifice\\ngave himself to its advocacy, and brougiil many to\\nits observance, lie fell asleep March 19, 187.:, in\\nthe 80th year of his age. 2. Eld. James White, the\\nfounder, and manager to his decease, of the S. D.\\n.Adventist j)ublishing work. He was for many years\\nPresident of their five ieadmg organizations namely,\\nThe Cieneral Cont erence, The Publishing Associa-\\ntion, The Health Reform Institute, The General\\nTract and Missionary Society, and the Educational\\nSociety. He died in Battle Creek. Mich., .Aug. 6,\\n1 88 1, aged 60 years. 3. Eld. J. N. Andrews, author\\nof the History of the Sabbath, the Sanctuary,\\nthe Three Messages, and other important works,\\nand for many years a missionary to Switzerland in\\nEurope. He died Oct. 21, 1883, in his 55th year.\\nSecondly, another cause which has tended to\\nstrength? n then) in the observance of the seventh-\\n^V^K??0-\\nday Sabbath, is the subject of the sanctuary, to\\nwhich we have already alluded. It was seen at once\\nthat the central object in the sanctuary, in whichever\\ndispensation we view it, is the ark of God, which is\\nenshrined in the most holy place of that heavenly\\nbuilding. I his ark was prepared expressly as a re-\\ncei)tacle for the tables of stone on which were\\nwritten the great moral precepts of God s govern-\\nment, the tCii commandments. Thus, attention was\\ncalled to the law of God. It was also seen that if\\nthe law in the ark of the heavenly sanctuary (Rev.\\n11:19) C great original, and that deposited in the\\ntypical sanctuary was only a copy, or transcript, that\\nlaw must read the same now as it read then, and the\\nidea of any ciuinge is placed beyond the range of\\npossibilities that heaven and earth, as Christ in his\\nfirst sermon tleclared, would sooner pass than one\\njot or tittle would i)ass from the law; and that the\\nfourth commandment retptires of the second house of\\nIsrael (spiritual Israel, or Christians) what it required\\nof the first house (the literal descendants of Abra-\\nham), and has reipiired from Eden down, the ob-\\nservance (\u00c2\u00bbf the seventh day of the week as the\\ngrand and glorious memorial of our creation at the\\nhands of God.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0nii;iR I UinisHiNG work.\\nThis, as already stated, originated through the in-\\nstrumentality of Eld. James White. Eld. W. was\\nborn in Palmyra, Me., in 1821. Commencing at the\\nage of 20, he labored with much success as a public\\nspeaker in the great -Advent movement of 1840-44;\\nand wlien the claims of the Sabbath were brought to\\nhis notice, he entered as heartily into the work of its\\ndefense and promulgation. He began the work of\\npublishing in 1849. In November, 1850, he com-\\nmenced the publication of the Ailvenl Rerinc aiiJ\\nSahhalh Hita/i/. the organ of the .S. D. Adventists.\\nTo accommodate his publishing work to the field\\nof his operations as a traveling evangelist, the paper\\nwas issued first at Paris; Me., till June, 1S5 i, then\\nat Saratoga Springs, N. V., till March, 1852. It was\\nthen removed to Roihesier, N. Y., w here it continued\\nnearly four years. Then, the cause of Sabbath re-\\nform rapidly advancing westward, its present location.\\nBattle Creek, Mich., was selected as a more central\\n|x sition, and the pai)er was moved to this place in\\nNovember, 1855. Ui) to this time. Eld. White was\\npublisher and sole editor. Some of the time after\\nthis, others were associated with him on the editorial\\nboard.\\nThe wants of the cause demanding an enlarge-\\nment of operations, and the emi)loyment of more\\ncapital in the i)ublisliing business, an Act of the Leg-\\nislature of Michigan for the IiKor|ioration of .Asso-\\nciations ff t Piiblishing Purposes, was secured and\\napproved March 7, 186c. Ur.der this act, a legally\\nincorporated assoiation, under the name of The\\nSeventh-Day Adventi^t Publishing Association, was\\n-r-^\\nI\\nCm\\nA\\nC:\\n-:iiavy-\\nJ^\\nI", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0813.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ae)$$^tl\u00c2\u00ab*--\\nTTT\\nv4^IlD^HDr r\\nrr-\\n5$\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\norganized in Battle Creek, May 3, 1861. They im-\\nmediately erected a two-story brick building in the\\nform of a Greek cross, the main portion 26 x 66, the\\ntransverse section 26x44, for the publishing work.\\nIn 187 I a second building of the same size and form\\nwas erected to meet the necessities of the increasing\\nbusiness. And in 1873 a third building of the same\\nkind was built for the same jnirixjse. In 1878 the\\nfirst and third l)uildings were united by a four-story\\ncentral structure, filling the whole space between\\nthem, making a large four-story building, with two\\nthree-story wings. In 1881 a large press-room,\\n46 x66, was added to the right and rear. In these\\nbuildings we have an aggregate of thirty thousand\\nsquare feet of floor space, which is occujned in the\\nvarious branches of editing, printing, folding, book-\\nbinding, electrotyping, stereotyping, mailing, ship-\\nping, etc., furnished with the most modern machinery\\nin all branches. Including all departments, it is the\\nbest equipped printing oflfi-je in the State of Michi-\\nThe difterent periodicals issued by the Association,\\n.he titles of which follow, have an aggregate monthly\\ncirculation of about 160,000 copies.\\n7 /ic Ac/vent Revinu and Sabbalh Herald, 1 6 pages,\\nweekly.\\nSigns of the Times, i 6 pages, weekly.\\nYouth s Instructor, an illustrated weekly.\\nSabbath Sentinel, monthly.\\nBible Reading Gazette, monthly.\\nSandhedens Tidende, Danish-Norwegian, semi-\\nmonthly.\\nSanningens Harold, Swedish, monthly.\\nStitnme der Wahrheii, (ierman. monthly.\\nBooks on the prophecies and other Bible subjects\\nliave been issued largely from the beginning, and\\nhave now reached an aggregate of two hundred and\\nfifty millions of pages.\\nNeaily one hundred hands are regularly employed\\nin the work, and the capital invested is over one\\nhundred and fifty thousand dollars.\\nThese results, wrought out in so short a time, are\\nthe only compliment that need be paid to him under\\nwhose management this degree of prosperity has\\nbeen attained. Those acqviainted with the business\\ncareer of the late Eld. White, observed in him two\\nstrongly develo|)ed traits of character, zeal to push\\nforward in the formation and execution of plans for\\nthe advancement of the work, and caution to avoid\\ninjudicious and reckless ventures. The union of\\nthese two qualities made him master of the situation\\nin the publishing line, and gave to the enterprise,\\nthough moving forward rapidly, a healthy and perma-\\nnent growth.\\nTHKIR ORG.-\\\\NIZATION.\\nThis is exceedingly simple. A body of believers\\nassociate together, taking the name of Seventh-Day\\n^Tf~. Adventists, and attaching their names to a covenant\\nsimply to keep the commandments of God and the\\nfaith of Jesus. The Bible is their only creed. A\\nclerk is chosen to keep the records of the Church,\\nand an elder, elected by vole of the Church, is or-\\ndained to look after its spiritual interests. If the\\nChurch is large, its temporal affairs are assigned to\\none or more deacons, chosen by vote of the Church\\nfor this purpose. They hold that the terms, elder,\\nbishop and pastor (Greek, //\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t .f(^///tV(V, episcopos and\\npoinien), signifying the same officer, which is a local\\nofficer, confined to a particular Church. Tliese need\\nnot be ordained ministers. Evangelists {euangelistai)\\nare ordained ministers, wlio travel from pla;e to\\nplace to preach the gospel, and are the only ones\\ncompetent to ordain local elders and deacons.\\nNUMBERS.\\nThey now number 6S0 Churches, with an\\nenroll\\nment of 17,436 members, according to the returns\\nmade to the General Conference of Nov. 8, 1883.\\nBut, owing to the scattered condition of this people, a\\nlarge proportion of them are not situated as to belong\\nto any of the Church organizations, single families be-\\ning scattered all the way from Maine to California\\nand Oregon, in all the Northern States, and in many\\not the Southern. The whole number is estimated at\\nfrom twenty to twenty-five thousand. The number\\nof ordained ministers is 165; licentiates, 135. None\\nof the churches have pastors stationed with them.\\nThey maintain their worship without the aid of a\\npreacher, only as one may occasionally visit them,\\nleaving tlie ministers free to devote almost their whole\\ntime to carrying these views to those who have never\\nbefore heard them. During the summer months, they\\ncarry forward their work by means of large tents 40\\nto 60 feet in diameter. About eighty of these were in\\nuse during the summer of 1883.\\nCONFERENCES.\\nThe next advance in organization from single\\nChurches, is the .State Conference. The Churches in\\na State combine to form a State Conference, adopt-\\ning a constitution to regulate their action. All the\\nministers in the State are, by virtue of their office,\\nmembers of the State Conference, and each Church is\\nentitled to delegates according to its membership. At\\neach annual meeting an executive committee of three\\nis elected by vote of the delegates, of whom the\\npresident of the Conference is chairman. Tlie com-\\nmittee have supervision of all the niinisteiial and re-\\nligious work of the Conference between the yearly\\nmeetings, and appoint the delegates to the General\\nConference.\\nS. D. Adventists now have 28 State Conferences, as\\nfollows: Maine, New England (including in this di-\\nvision only New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode\\nIsland and Connecticut), Vermont, New York, Penn-\\nsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon-\\nsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, Missouri,\\nc\\nr?\\nm^\\n^^f^ ^^rN^ Dll ^Iinf\\ni)^^9i", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0814.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "^2^^ er^-^III]:o:ilDs r\\nGRA TIO T CO UNTY.\\ni%\\nA\\nV\\no\\n789\\nV\\nKentucky, Tennessee, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Cal-\\nifornia, Oregon, Virginia, Upper Columbia, Province\\nof Quebec, Denmark, Suisse and Sweden.\\nThe next outward sweep from the State Conference\\nis the General Conference. Tiiis is comjjosed of del-\\negates, ministers or laymen, from all the State Con-\\nferences. This Conference also annually elects its\\nexecutive committee of five, to have cliarge of the\\ndoings of the denomination in all parts of the field.\\nThe president of the Cieneral Conference is the iiigh-\\nest officer in the body. I he object of the General\\nConference is to unify the work in all localities, equal-\\nize lal)or, and sup[)ly destitute fields with help. The\\nmeeting of the General Conlerence held in Battle\\nCreek, Mich., Nov. S-20, 18S3, was its 22d annual\\nsession.\\nFUNDS.\\nMeans to sustain the work is raised by a jilan de-\\nnominated the tithing system, founded on the instruc-\\ntions of Paul in 1 Cor. 16: 2. By this system it is\\ndesigned that every one shall, ujion each first day of\\nthe week, lay by a sum equal, as near as may be, to\\none-tenth of his income from whatever source. There\\nis nothing com|)ulsory in this matter, yet all this peo-\\nple, with few exceptiotis, have adopted, and are act-\\ning uiX)n, this plan. According to this system, con-\\ntributions being proportioned to the amount of prop-\\nerty one possesses, or the strength and ability with\\nwhich lie is blessed for acquiring, none are liurdened.\\nIt treats the rich and i)00r alike, in proportion to their\\nability, while a steady stream is thus poured into the\\ntreasury. For the year 1 88 5, the amount raised in this\\nmanner in all the Conferences was over ^96,ooo.\\nEach church, appoints its collector and treasurer,\\nwho once a month, or in rural districts once a piar-\\nter, gather up these contributions. With tb.e exce|)-\\ntion of a small pen entage retained by some of the\\nChurches for their own use, these funds are sent by\\nthe Church treasurers to the State Conference Treas-\\nurer. At each yearly meeting of the Conference,\\nan auditing committee is appointed, which examines\\nthe accounts of the ministers in the employ of the\\nConference, and settles with each one according to\\nthe amount of labor performed. One-tenth of all the\\nfunds coming into the State Treasury is voted to the\\nGeneral Conference, which is then put into the hands\\nof the General Conference Treasurer, to be expended\\nunder the direction of the General Conference Com-\\nmittee.\\nIt is also the plan that all the different institutions\\nconnected with this cause pay a tenth of their income\\ninto the General Conference I reasury.\\nIIIK HF.AI.TH AND TEMI t;RANCE KF.KORM.\\nThe attention of S. D. Advenlists was called to the\\nsubject of hristian temperance chiefly through the\\nlabors of Eld. and Mrs. White. At the outset of their\\npublic labors they took a strong stand against the\\ncommon use of tobacco and other narcotics, as well\\nas against the use of alcoholic liquors. Eld. Joseph\\nBates, who wasone of the earliest temperance reform-\\ners in the country, having assisted in the organiza-\\ntion of the first temperance society in America, was\\nassociated with them in this work.\\nIn 1862, chiefly through the writings of Eld. and\\nMrs. White, a more thoroughgoing reform was inaug-\\nurated. It was urged that a person s moral nature is\\nlargely aflected by his physical condition. It was\\ntherefore that success in appealing to man s higlier\\nand spiritual nature is much more certain if he can\\nbe ttirned from wrong habits of life, which undermine\\nthe physical and benumb the moral powers.\\nAt the present time the whole body of S. D. Ad-\\nventists are abstainers from the useof alcoholic drinks\\nof all kinds. Tobacco, in all its forms, is also dis-\\ncarded, none addicted to its use being received into\\nthe Churches except upon the promise and expecta-\\ntion of its immediate abandonment. The result is,\\nthat, as a denomination, tlie siglit and scent of tobacco\\nare not found among this jieoiile. Pork, tea and\\ncoffee are also discarded. Rich and highly seasoned\\nfood is little used. Grease and spices are seldom\\nemployed in cookery. Flesh food is used much less\\nfreely than by the people generally. Two meals only\\na day are considered preferable for most people, and\\nthose to be com[)Osed chiefly of grains, fruits and veg-\\netables, served, however, in a great variety of pala-\\ntable and wholesome forms.\\nThese reformatory ideas, with the exception of those\\nrespecting alcohol and tobacco, are not made tests of\\nfellowsliii), but a strong effort is made to impress them\\nU[X)n the peofjle in such a manner as to secure atten-\\ntion to them. For the purpose of keeping them con-\\nstantly before the members of the denomination, a\\nsociety was organized Jan. 1, 18S0, known as the\\n.American Health and Temperance .Association,\\nwhich requires its members to sign one of the follow-\\ning pledges\\nTf.kkitai- I l.KnOK.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i \u00c2\u00bbio )icichy solemnly aftinii lltat with the help\\nif GotI I wiU wholly nitslain from the voluntary use, as a hcverage or in\\nany e(|nivalcnt manner, of alcohol, tea and coffee, and from the nse of\\ntobacco, opium, and all other narcotics and stiumlanls.\\nANTt-RtrM AND tV\u00c2\u00bbnACC\u00c2\u00bb Pi.Ki Gl{. I do hcrcliy solemnly afflrni that\\nwith the help of (Jod 1 will wholly abstain from the voluntary use of al-\\ncohol in any form, as a bcverace or in any equivalent manner, and from\\nsinokiiifi, chewini; or snuffing tobacco, or using it in any other form,\\nand from in any way encouraging the iisr of these poisons.\\nAnti-Whiskv l*LKliGlt. I do hereby solemnly affirm that with the\\nhelp of t;o l 1 will totally abstain from the voluntary use, as a beverage\\nor in any etliiivalent manner, of all liquids or siil stances containing; al-\\ncohol.\\nIt is expected that every member of the denomi-\\nnation will sign the teetotal pledge. Those who do\\nnot at first, are soon willing to do so. The Associa-\\ntion has subsidiary .State societies and local clubs in\\nnearly all parts of the United States, with a total\\nmembership of about 20,000.\\nThis reform ends not with diet alone, but extends\\nto all other habiis of life; and as the health of the\\nMi\\n1^\\nc\\nA\\nI\\nli!^g^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^D!i:o:ntiv\\n-S^i^^^c^\\nX", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0815.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "^vC^D D U ^W-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ST\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n(hj\\n(i)\\n(|n\\nbody is affected, to a great extent, by tlie manner in\\nwhich it is clothed, that subject occupies a prominent\\nplace in this reform. The fashionable female attire\\nof the present day is held to be chargeable with at\\nleast three leading evils as related to health: First,\\nhanging burdens upon the body in an imnatural man-\\nner secondly, hindering the full play of the vital\\norgans; thirdly, insufficiently [irotecting the extremi-\\nties. It is therefore recommended to shorten the\\nskirl till it fully clears the filth and obstructions of the\\nstreet, fit the garments loosely around the waist, sus-\\npend them from the shoulders, and thoroughly pro-\\ntect the limbs. Special attention is paid to personal\\ncleanliness, the sanitary condition of dwellings, and\\nto all matters relating to health.\\nCAMP-.MEETINGS.\\nThe first caiiji)-meeting of S. I). Adventists was\\nheld, under the management of Elds. White and An-\\ndrews, in the town of Wright, Mich., Sept. 1-7, 1868.\\nThe results of this meeting were so encouraging that\\nthe plan of holding meetings of this kind during the\\nsummer months was soon generally adopted among\\nthis people.\\nThe past season {1883), five camp-meetings were\\nheld in Michigan, four in Kansas, three in Iowa, two\\nin Wisconsin, two in Indiana, one in Alabama, and\\none each in nineteen other conferences, making thirty-\\nsix in all.\\nThese meetings, as conducted by S. D. Adventists,\\nare designed to be occasions of great spiiitual profit\\nto all who attend, promoting a revival spirit, anddeej)\\nand vital piety. Complete order is maintained,\\nproper hours for rest are secured, and everything pass-\\nes off with as much order and decorum as would be\\nobserved in a house of worship.\\nAt Ithaca, the iljovc denomination has quite\\na pleasant church edifice although the membership\\nis not large in the village, yet the organization re-\\nmains intact and numbers within its ranks some very\\ninfluential eople, i)rincipally from the surrounding\\ncountry. Rev. Francis Nelson, formerly of Ithaca,\\nFranklin. Squire, Mrs. A, M. Stevens, Mrs. Sidney\\nPipheny, Francis H. Howes and wife, VViUett Rey-\\nnolds and Mrs. Henry C rawford, are all active mem-\\nbers of this Church, and from its organization, Jan.\\nI, 1865, have been foremost in the ranks. Their first\\nchurch was erected in 1865, but was burned in 1867.\\nBeing well insured, the society suffered but small loss,\\nand a better house than the former structure occu|Hes\\nthe site. The Adventists have no regular minister,\\nbut continue their meetings witli reasonable regularity,\\nbeing ministered to by itinerant missionaries who are\\nearnest workers in the cause they advocate. Frank-\\nlin Si|uire is still acting Elder, and has done more to\\nforward the work tlian any other member of the\\nChurch.\\nTiie tenets of the Adventists are to follow the\\nteachings of the Bible exclusively consequently they y^\\nrequire no salaried minister, some one of the mem-\\nbers always officiating at divine service. Those who\\nwere first memliers are mentioned in this connection\\nRev. Francis Nelson, Franklin Squire, Whitman\\nHall, Willi. un Barnes, Philip P. Allen, Zenas An-\\ndrews, Wesley (jreenlee, William S. Hall, Knowles\\nGibbs, W. S. Lane, Eliza A. Squire, Deborah Nelson,\\nElizabeth Hall, Susannah Barnes, Finneta Jeffrey,\\nLorinda M. Ogden, Elzina Lake, Nancy Lake, Almi-\\nra M. Potter, Elizabeth L. Mellinger, Mary Harp-\\nham, Rosine M. Phipeny, Julia A. Burgess, Mary A.\\nAllen, Esther M. Hall, Sarah Gibbs, Elizabeih C.ibbs,\\nSarah Greenlee, Elizabeth Barnes, Mary Mellinger,\\nCharlotte Webster, Sybil Nelson, Mary A. March-\\nouse, .Sarah A. Lake.\\nMetliPilist CInirch. This Church in Ithaca was\\norganized in March, 1865, the credit of whicli is\\nmainly due to the efforts of Mrs. E. M. Russell, a\\nworthy lady, who still lives to bless the day that\\nprompted, her early in life to devote a part of her\\ntime, at least, to the welfare of her friends and ac-\\nduaintances in a theological way. There had been\\npreaching occasionally in Ithaca and elsewhere in\\nthe neighborhood, by Methodist ministers, but no\\norganized Class. The Rev. Larman Furgeson came\\nto Mrs. Russell s one evening in March, 1865, and\\nMrs. Russell prevailed upon him to hold a pro-\\ntracted meeting. At first he demurred, but agreed\\nafterward to do so, providing Mrs. Russell would\\nmake announcements for the same. The meetings\\nwere continued for four weeks, and a number of con-\\nverts made, among whom were Dr. Chas. W. Marvin\\nand wife, Judge Wm. E. Winton and wife and Judge\\nElijah Peck and wife, all of whom afterward became\\nmembers of the Congregational Church, they prefer-\\nring the Church Government of that denomination.\\nAt the close of these meetings several united with\\nthe Church, and a Class was organized, consisting\\nof Abraham and E. M. Russell, David and Amelia\\nStackhouse, John Kinkerter and his wife, Rachel\\n(grandma) Lane, Rev. Zerostas and Rhoda Moss,\\nand their children Mary and Berdsey, Eli Heffner\\nand Richard llum[)hry.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^^^ii!i^tinfi A^ ^v??y^\\n^SiS", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0816.jp2"}, "817": {"fulltext": ":^/l \u00c2\u00abVi\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^*-\\ni\\\\\\n/N\\nV\\ny\\ni\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nrr\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-C^^:\\n79\\nMeetings were held in the schcx)l-house until the\\nBaptist Church was completed, after which the\\naudience room was obtained for preaching, and the\\nbasement was used for Sunday-school and other pur-\\nposes.\\nMrs. Russell proposed a plan for building a church,\\nwhich was adopted, and tiie result is a good, sub-\\nstantial iniilding. For sonic time the Church was\\nheavily burdened with debt, but this is almost paid,\\nand another year will probably find the society on a\\nsubstantial footini.; .uid the Church free from incum-\\nbrance.\\nThe building was completed and dedicated in\\n1870; Revs. Bangs, the Presiding Elder of the Cir-\\ncuit, and President Perrine, of Albion oUege, officiat-\\ning.\\nRev. Stei)hen Nelson, the present pastor, is an\\nearnest worker and fluent s[)eaker.\\nPresbyterian Church. The success of any enter-\\nprise depends upon the earnestness of those who\\nmove in the work. Ithaca owes much to Judge\\nWilliam K. Winton for his liberality, in many respects\\nbut the Presbyterian people are under greater obliga-\\ntions to him than any other gentleman in the com-\\nmunity, for his efforts to erect and complete the\\npleasant building they now occupy. The Church\\ncost $3,800, of which the Judge donated fully one-\\nhalf. The society was organized with seven mem-\\nbers, consisting of Judge William K. Winton, his\\nwife Marietta, and his son John H. Winton, Prof. J.\\nW. Caldwell, Mrs. Harriet Watson, Mrs. Mary\\nChurch and Mrs. Kate Williams.\\nTheir meeting for organization was held Feb. 16,\\n1870, and the Rev. J. T. Willett officiated thereat.\\nRev. I), D. Hamilton occupied the pulpit from March,\\n187 I, until February, 1876, after which Rev. \\\\Villelt\\nwas pastor for two years. Since April, 1880, Rev.\\nJohn E. Ix)ng, the i)resent pastor, has officiated.\\nThe Church officials are: Deacon, Wm. E. Win-\\nton Ruling Elders, A. S. Barber, G. L. Lignian,\\nWm. E. Winton.\\nThis Church is also in a prosperous condition,\\nbeing out of debt, with a live membership of 50 and\\na large congregation comprising many of the oldest\\nand wealthiest citizens.\\nThe church edifice was dedicated June 4, 1882,\\nby Rev. H. H. Northrop, of Flint, Mich. The fur-\\nniture is very handsome, being made of white oak\\nand black ash, with walnut trimmings.\\nThe elegant chandelier, in the audiencfe room, was\\ndonated by Gen. Nathan Church. The handsome\\nand costly Bible was presented by Mr. Oscar Bills,\\nand the magnificent solid-silver communion service\\nby Mrs. Francis McNeil Potter, widow of Gen. Potter.\\nThe utmost harmony prevails in the Presbyterian\\nsociety, and its future is bright. What greater tribute\\ncan be offered than tiie familiar (piotalion: Behold,\\nhow good aiul how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell\\ntogether in unity\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u00941-3\\nSocieties.\\nCi)\\ni^!^\\n^ii\\n-^1%\\n:^.i\u00c2\u00bb-\\nA. F. A. yl/., Ithaca Lodge, No. 123, was or-\\nganized in January, 1866. The charter was obtained\\nJanuary 1, of that year, and W. W. Coiustock in-\\nstalled W. M.; Nathan Church, S. W.; David Bailey, (J)\\nJ. W. W. W. Comstock, at his own exitense, fitted\\nup a lodge room, and donated the rent for two years,\\nthus proving his sincerity and zeal in the cause. For\\nnine consecutive years he held the office of W. M.,\\nthe highest mark of esteem possiiile for the brethren\\nto bestow.\\nThe early records of both the blue lodge and\\nchapter were destroyed by fire, and it is imix)ssi-\\nble to give but a meagre account of them. At pres-\\nent, the societ) have a neat lodge room over the\\nJoiinial office, with a niemberslii|) of fully 100.\\nIthaca Lodge is the first one organized in Gratiot\\nCounty, and all the members organizing the lodges at\\nSt. Louis and Alma were demitted from this society.\\nThe i)resent officers are J. M. McKee, W. M. l\\\\. II.\\nCadwell, S. W. James Gillingham, J. W.; J. F.\\nHenry, Treas.; W. A. Russell, Sec ry. K. P. Peet,\\nS. I).; I). Ingalsbe, J. D. E. C. Farrington, Tyler.\\nThe names of the charter members so far as can\\nbe learned are, with the names of the master and\\nwardens first mentioned, Messrs. Solomon Lyman,\\nRoswell Danley, Parmer R. Phillips, I. J. Johnson\\nand Fred Miller.\\nThis lodge has a regular meeting every Wednes-\\nday evening on or before the full moon in each\\nmonth, to which all brethren are cordially invited.\\nSeveral of the oldest members are yet regular attend-\\nants, among whom might be mentioned Parmer Phil-\\nlips, Gen. Nathan Church and W. W. Comstock.", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0817.jp2"}, "818": {"fulltext": "m.\\n(L\\n1\\n(s\\n792\\nK^^\\nGJ?A TTO T CO UNT V.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^vC^nti:^:\\n-4?^( \u00c2\u00aeV I\\n///laai Chapln, No. 70, Ji. A. J/.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The officers\\nnamed on the charter, which was granted Jan. 10,\\n187 I, were Andrew J. Utley, H. P. Ehjah Peck, K.;\\nJ. A. Seaver, S. As mentioned before, the early rec-\\nords were destroyed, but the chapter has alway? been\\nprosperous, and numbers at least 70 members at this\\ntime.\\nThe officers elect are, J. W. Lewis, H. P. J. M.\\nMcKee, K.; J. F. Henry, S. J. M. Trask, Secy. A.\\nW. Russell, Treas E. Lewis, C. H. George Cole,\\nR. A. C; J. B. Willoughby, M. :st V.; K. P. Peet,\\nM. 2d v.; C. E. Fink, M. 3d V. D. Ingalsbe, Tyler.\\nThe chapter meets in Masonic Hall, and numbers\\nmany of the most prominent and wealthy men of the\\ncounty among its members.\\nRoyal Select Mas/ers, Ithaca Council, No. t,t\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\nwas organized, Oct. 10, 1S70. There are no records\\nshowing the first members. The officers elect at this\\nlime are J. F. Henry, T. L J. L. Sinclair, D. T.\\nL; W. C. Beckwith, P. C. of W. J. M. McKee,\\nTreas.; J. M. Trask, Sec; A. VV. Russell, C. of G.\\nGeorge Cole, C. of C; G. B. Whitney, Sentinel.\\nO. O. F., Rising Star Lodge, No. 151, was insti-\\ntuted at Ithaca Jan. 25, 1871, the officer conducting\\nthe ceremonies being L. Z. Monger, of St. John s\\nLodge, No. 81.\\nThe charter members were Emery Crosby, George\\nW. Mead, N. G. Sutliff, David Stackhouse, L. R.\\nHeffner and John Kinkerter. The following officers\\nwere elected: N. G., L. R. Heffner; V. G., N. G.\\nSutliff; R. S., L. M. Crosby; Treas., George W.\\nMead. Of the original charter members, Mr. N. G.\\nSutliff is the only one now a memlier of the order in\\ngood standing living in its jurisdiction, he having\\nbeen an active worker for the past 29 years.\\nThe jiresent officers are, N. G., A. S. Loomis; V.\\nG, F. L. Bristol; R S., A. H. Lincoln; Treas., N.\\nB. Fraker. The lodge is in good condition financially\\nand has a membership of 83, with constant acces-\\nsions to the ranks.\\nThey own a good building, but have arranged it for\\nother uses and have removed to the new hall in\\nChurch s Block, which was especially fitted for their\\noccupancy. Regular meetings, Saturday evening of\\neach week, to which all brethren in good standing are\\ncordially invited to attend.\\nA Diiiig/i/ers 0/ Rebecca LoJge of Odd Fellows was\\norganized September 26, 1875, known as Crescent\\nLodge, No. 68.\\nThe following named persons were elected first\\nofficers: N. G., George Randall; V. G., Mrs. E.\\nM. Russell; Sec, Mrs. Dr. Scott; Treas., Mrs. G.\\nM. Churchill; Warden, A. W. Russell; O. G., N. G.\\nSutliff; I. G., W. D. Scott.\\nThis lodge was discontinued in 1880, and re-or-\\nganized in November, 1883. It is now known as Cres-\\ncent Lodge, No. 75, D. of R., with the following\\nofficers: N. G., Mrs. George Randall; V. G., Mrs.\\nE. Pierce; Sec, Miss Lou Lincoln; Treas. Mrs. A.\\nH. Lincoln.\\nIt is now in a flourishing condition, with a meni-\\nIjersliip of 30. This society meet the 2d and 4th\\nWednesdays of each month.\\nllliaca Lodge, N^o. II40,K. of H. This order was\\ninstituted July 15, 1878, and is in fine working order.\\nOnly one policy, of $2,000, has been paid since their\\norganization, that being their only loss.\\nThe first officers of tiiis order were Messrs. Robert\\nSmith, Past Dictator; (iiles T. Brown, Dictator;\\nWilliam B. Scattergood, Vice Dictator; \\\\Vm. C.\\nBeckwith, Reporter; A. S. Barber, Financial Reix)rter;\\nWilbur Nelson, Treasurer; George Ackinson, Chap-\\nlain; N. G. Sutliff, Guide.\\nNo special effort has been made to increase the\\nmembership, but tiie order may be considered as a\\npermanent institution, it consisting of a number of\\nthe most wealthy and influential men of this village\\nand vicinity.\\nThe present officers are Robert Smith, sitting. Past\\nDictator; A. W. Russell, Dictator; W. G. Sutliff,\\nMce Dictator; George Lawrence, Asst. Dictator;\\nWm. C. Beckwith, Reporter; James VV. Howd,\\nFinancial Reporter; A. S. Barber, Treasurer; D. S.\\nParker, Chaplain; Wm. B. Scattergood, Guide;\\nGeorge Randall, Guardian; George M. Dubois, Sen-\\ntinel. The Past Dictators are Giles T. Brown, Wm.\\nB. Scattergood, H. B. Wells and A. W. Russell.\\nTlie order meet the second and fourth Tuesdays of\\neach month at Odd Fellows Hall, in Ithaca.\\nLadies Jjibrary Association.\\nIK Ladies Library Association of Ithaca\\nwas incorporated April 14, 1876, with a\\nmembership of 13, viz: Mrs. N. Church,\\nMrs. (i. S. Van Buskirk, Mrs. G. G. Smith,\\nMrs. J. T. Hall, Mrs. M. R. Pettit, Mrs. W. E.\\nWinton, Mrs. G. T. Brown, Mrs. H. M. Otis,\\nMrs. A. S. Barber, Mrs. D. C. Johnson, Miss F. R.\\nA\\nSi/\\nW\\nm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^ii!i^ntiit\\n-^^f^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0818.jp2"}, "819": {"fulltext": "W^r^^^^\\nGR.4 TfO T CO UNT Y.\\n793\\nm.\\nSeger, Miss J. K. Church and Miss S. L. Winton.\\nThe Association started with a capital of $75,\\n1 which was at once expended in llie ))urchase of\\nT books. The nienihcrs have kept up their orgaiii/.a-\\ntion by a strict observance of the articles of incor-\\nporation and the code of by-laws first adopted. In\\nfS\\ni88o the Library contained 200 volumes of choice\\nproductions. Since that year 100 volumes have been\\nadded. The amount expended for books and furni-\\nture since the org mi/.ation of the .Association in 1875\\nis, $356.63. Money on hand Feb. i 3, 1S.S4, \u00c2\u00a731.54.\\nI otal recciiits, $388. 17.\\n*J\u00c2\u00a3j*?L!\\nibJjIts^\\nV ..j- Wf T f V V -A- i-n- v V v vi a* -i- v y v tt% tt -f v v v v\\n^rt^y.t..t.t..t..t..t.A.-i;.r..t..t.t..r..i..tA\\nA\\n*^ff\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rj^syj\\nV\\nSi\\nHIS is the largest and most\\nimportant town in (iratiot\\ncoiiiUy. It is situated at a\\npoint where the river crosses\\nthe line between Bethany\\nand Pine River Townships.\\nThe location is all that could\\nicsired so far as lieallh, beauty\\nand convenience are concerned.\\nThe river makes a detour, leaving\\na peninsula nearlycircular in shape,\\nfrom three-fourths to one mile in\\ndiameter, which rises from the\\nmargin to the center, to an alti-\\ntude of 35 feet, giving it a natural\\ndrainage ei^ualed by few. Circum-\\nscribing all this, is a chain of bluffs\\nrising from 40 to 50 feet in height,\\n|i*J making this a grand place for suburban residences.\\nSt. Louis is eight miles from the geographical center\\nmv?^^^ l ;DI|\\nof the county, and i)erhaps nearer the center of the\\nlower peninsula. In October, 1859, Edward Chees-\\nnian surveyed and platted a part of his farm adjoin.\\ning the village of Pine River (a name previously\\nborne by this place), and called it St. Louis. Pine\\nRiver had existed for several years prior to this, but\\nit was deemed expedient to cliange the name to St.\\nLouis, which was done March 18, 1865, by a special\\nact of the Legislature, and both places were made\\none incorixjration.\\nThe first settler at this place was Joseph Clapp,\\nwho built a log cabin near the south end o f Pine\\nRiver bridge, into which Sylvanus Ciroom and family\\nmoved, with whom Mr. Clapp boarded. Mr. Groom\\nwas an employe of Joseph CMajip, and had pieviously\\nlived in a shanty, near the Indian mission, which had\\nbeen erected by William McOmber.\\nMr. Clapp cut a road along the Old Indian Trail\\nfrom Maple Rapids to St. Louis, in 1853, and em-\\nployed a number of men to get out tin.bers for a\\nI\\nA\\nh ^^^^^f^\\nt", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0819.jp2"}, "820": {"fulltext": "m\\n#\u00c2\u00bbH\\n-za^^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0cr\\nV ^Dfl^GDr\\n-5i\u00c2\u00ab^,^^\\n794\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nsaw-niill, which was the first one built in the county,\\nand did its first sawing in April, 1856.\\nSeveral log houses were erected in 1855, as some\\nof Mr. Clapp s men were married, and quite a village\\nwas formed in the woods near the river. During this\\nyear quite a large store was started by J. Wilden,\\nwho shipped all the goods from Saginaw by water,\\ne.xcept one load, which he brought on a wagon\\ndrawn by oxen, from his former home in Ohio.\\nMr. Clapp went to Ohio in the summer of 1854,\\nand returned with a wife. Their son, Frank Clapp,\\nwas born in July, 1855, and was the first child born\\nin St. Louis.\\nIn the spring of this year. Dr. A. M. Crawford\\ncame to this neighborhood, and in conjunction with\\nMr. Clapp, surveyed 160 acres of land, which was\\ngiven the name of Pine River, which name was\\nsubsequently changed, as mentioned previously.\\nNumerous additions to the settlement were made\\nduring this and the next year, prominent among\\nwhom were Elias Smith and Sidney S. Hastings with\\ntheir families.\\nAll the houses were built of logs, but cabins arose\\nas if by magic. In 1855, a postoffice was estab-\\nlished here, taking the name of Pine River, with\\nDr. Abram Crawford as Postmaster. This was a great\\nconvenience, and furnished mail facilities for the\\nwhole of Isabella and the north half of Gratiot Coun-\\nty. William Gruett, a half-breed Indian, carried the\\nmail once a week from Maple Rapids upon an In-\\ndian pony, and was for a long time paid for the same\\nby citizens. Messrs. Clark, Hillyer and Davis pur-\\nchased Mr. Clapp s mill in 1856, and thestoreof Mr.\\nWilden the same year.\\nTlie first blacksmith shop was built where the foun-\\ndry now stands, and Totten can claim the dis-\\ntinction of being the first smith. Edward Cheesman\\nwas proprietor of the first drug store; Theodore Fol-\\nland opened the first harness shop. The first school-\\nhouse .occuiiied the site upon which the present\\ncommodious building stands Betsey Clark taught the\\nfirst term of school.\\nAs usual with all new villages, a saloon was put into\\noperation soon after the village of Pine River was\\nplatted. A fellow from Saginaw opened a small stock\\nof liqufirs, and customers were plenty, considering\\nthe accommodations and quality of goods.\\nFred. Babcock was then engaged in lumbering near\\nthe Indian mission and had in his employ about 30\\nmen, most of whom were in the habit of spending\\ntheir evenings at the saloon. Some of them invaria-\\nbly returned in a state of intoxication, which dis-\\npleased Mr. Babcock very much, and he determined\\nto put an end to it. One evening, after his plans were\\nmatured, lie called up his men after sujjper and told\\nthem that he intended going over to Pine River,\\nand asked them to accompany him.\\nThis being something new, so far as Mr. B. was\\nconcerned, they all assented. Arriving at the village,\\nall adjourned to the saloon, and Mr. Babcock treated\\na couple of times and then said: Boys, carry out\\nthe store. No sooner mentioned than out it went.\\nNow come outside, said Mr. Babcock. I want\\nevery one of you to give me a lift. The building\\nwas a very narrow board shanty, and ranging his men\\nalong one side he gave the order to hoist away.\\nThe men lifted with a will, and over went the saloon\\nwith the entire stock of goods. Now smash the\\nwhisky kegs, said Mr. B. They were soon demol-\\nished and Mr. Babcock, walking up to the proprietor,\\nasked what the damage amounted to.\\nThe sum of $50 was named, which Mr. Babcock\\npaid on the spot, and gave the lank Saginawian the\\nadvice to travel, which he deemed expedient to fol-\\nlow and left the next morning.\\nIt was a long while before another saloon was\\nstarted in the village, and Mr. Babcock deserves cred-\\nit for the suinmary manner in which the first was dis-\\nposed of.\\nDr. Crawford built a hotel, which was opened to\\nthe public in the fall of 1855. It was also used as\\na postoffice, and might also claim distinction by rea-\\nson of the first commissioners court being held inside\\nits walls. Stephen E. Longyear, presiding.\\nGame was so plentiful during the early settlement\\nof St. Louis that frequently deer, and sometimes\\nbears, were seen in the streets. Mr. Hastings relates\\nthe story of having killed a deer at the corner of\\nWashington Avenue and Mill Street, shooting the\\nsame from his door-step only a few rods away. Hon.\\nLuther Smith killed one near the house in which Mr.\\nMcHenry now resides; a company of hunters came\\nalong soon after and claimed it, stating that they\\nwere chasing it for some distance and a part of the\\ncarcass, at least, belonged to them. It was divided\\nsatisfactorily, that being customary in cases of like\\ncharacter.\\nV\\nr\\n^;|||j^nt)c^Z^fi\\n^^m^JWi\\nitsi;-:-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0820.jp2"}, "821": {"fulltext": "m\\n(Jv-\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n795\\nA\\nf\\nPine River was formerly well stocked with fish, and\\nthis comniodily furnished the chief meat supply\\nduring the liard times of 1857-8-9. The dam across\\nthe river at this place was headquarters for fishermen\\nfrom all parts of the country, and frequently there\\nwould be hundred men in one day after fish, which\\nwere mostly caught in nets.\\nMr. G. W. McHenry, one of the best known and\\nmost reliable men in the county, is. authority for the\\nfollowing statement, which is attested by Mr. S. S.\\nHastings, that a gentleman living at this time near\\nSt. Louis, by the name of William Reeves, caught in\\none night, with his hands, a wagon-box full offish,\\nthe box measuring 23 bushels; besides this, all the\\nneighbors who would, carried away as many as de-\\nsired. Next to the tale of Jonah and the whale, this\\nbeats any fish story ever told in Gratiot County.\\nDr. Cheesman came to Pine River Township in\\nOctober, 1859. A firm known as Pratt Cheesman\\nstarted a grocery and hardware store in 1859, in\\nfront of the residence now occupied by Dr. Chees-\\nman.\\nK fellow named Punderson came in one morning,\\nand, greeting tlie Doctor, informed liim that he liked\\nthe country quite well and had determined to make\\na home at St. Louis. Taking a half dollar out of his\\nlX)cket (all the money he possessed), he called for\\nnails, representing the amount. Espying a sack of\\nbeans with a longing look, he ejaculated If I had\\nmoney enough to buy one peck of beaus, they, with\\nleeks, would last mc and the old woman until liar-\\nvest.\\nThink of this, ye who are well housed and fed\\nA man who had energy enough to commence the\\nerection of a house with only 50 cents in his ix)cket\\nand nothing but wild onions to live upon until har-\\nvest!\\nSoon after Wm. McHenry came to St. Louis, he\\npurchased a small stock of boots and shoes. One\\nday a bare-footed, seedy-looking fellow came into the\\nshop and asked to see a pair of boots. As most of\\nthe citizens looked pretty hard, Mr. McHenry was not\\nsurprised at his garb; but when he asked for credit\\nfor a pair of boots he was completely astonished,\\nhaving never seen him before. He declined selling\\non time for that reason, but the stranger persevered\\nin the endeavor to make the trade. At last he said,\\nI am J. Q. A. Johnson, a Justice of the Peace in\\nIsabella County, and haven t but two dollars in the\\nworld, which I received this morning for marrying a\\ncouple; and I have walked all the way here to buy a\\npair of boots. I will pay two dollars, and the next\\nmoney I get, will come over and square the account.\\nMr. McHenry concluded, under the circumstances,\\nto let him have the boots, which he did, but it was\\nseveral years before the balance was liquidated, and\\nit was taken in trade, the crop of marriages either\\nbeing very light in the Esquire s neighborhood, or the\\npiy being taken in produce, which never reached our\\naccommodating friend.\\nThe first Indian couple to be married on the\\nEuropean plan came to St. Louis one morning\\nvery early, Ijoth riding one pony. Stopi)ing at\\nEsquire Mc. Henry s gate, they called to him to\\ncome out and marry them like white man. They\\nhad come all the way from Mount Pleasant to have\\nthe nuptial ceremony performed, which the Esquire\\ndid in his usual happy manner, pocketing his fee,\\nand went back to digging liis potatoes. The woman\\nstated that her other husband had been killed in\\nwar, when questioned as to their being persons\\nwhom the Justice might legally wed. It seems that\\nsuch barriers as husband or wife stood very little in\\nthe way of an enamored Indian s courtship, war\\nbeing easy to declare.\\nThe village was incoriX)rated Nov. 16, i868^the\\nfirst officers being:\\nPresident John L. Evans.\\nClerk James K. Wright.\\nTrustees Charles B. Kress, Ervin H. Ewell,\\nJames W. Wessels, George L. Patch, Jonathan Salis-\\nbury, Randal Farout.\\nMarshall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fred D. Weller.\\nTreasurer Justin Hill.\\nStreet Commissioners Hiram Harrington, Ira G.\\nDillon, Willard D. Tucker.\\nAssessors Sidney S. Hastings, James H. Foster.\\nHotels.\\n^^^r-\\n-^n\\nO village in the State is better supplied\\nf with hotels and boarding houses than St.\\nLouis. During the summer months they\\nare filled with guests from abroad, who come to\\ntest the virtues of the famous Magnetic Springs,\\nand this is quite a fashionable summer resort\\neven for many who are not invalids.\\nC l.\\nIf", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0821.jp2"}, "822": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\ni^^^ ^^sr\\nfPfS\\nHarrington. This hotel is the largest and most\\naristocratic, being a handsome brick, three stories in\\nheight, fronting on Mill and Saginaw S reets. This\\nwas erected in i88i,by H. Harrington, at a cost of\\n$20,000. It is handsomely fitted up with all modern\\nconveniences and has been from its opening under\\nthe efficient management of Mr. S. M. Congdon, a\\ngentleman of large experience in the hotel business.\\nFark Hotel. This is another fine brick, three-\\nstory hotel, near which is located the Magnetic\\nSprings. This is headquarters for invalids upon\\narrival in the city in quest of relief from suffering,\\nand the cures obtained under the supervision of the\\nresident physicians. Combs and Andrews, proprie-\\ntors of tiie springs and hotel, are truly marvelous.\\nOf the Magnetic Springs, more will be said in another\\nplace.\\nEastman Housf.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \\\\\\\\\\\\i hotel contains over 100\\nrooms, but is unoccupied save by a couple of fami-\\nlies. It was formerly t/if hotel of the village, but\\nbeing located far from the business center has lost\\nits prestige.\\nCommercial. This is tlie oldest, and a very popu-\\nlar, hotel. The building is owned by Messrs. P. Cor-\\nnell and Jo. Harden. The former gentleman has\\nentire charge of it, and it is well patronized.\\nWessels House. This hotel does a large business\\nand is well kept, being under the management of Mr.\\nF. D. Lane.\\nLeonard House. This is another of the land-\\nmarks, which still has a nice trade. ^D. H. McLaugh-\\nlin is sole proprietor. This hotel was built in 1866.\\n.SV. Louis Lo.lge, No. 188, A. F. 0- A. J/.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nfirst regular meeting of this lodge was held Aug. 31,\\n1865, in a hall owned by Dr. John Cheesman. The\\nsociety occupied this hall for three years, then moved\\nup town to Harrington Wessels building where they\\nremained until the same was destroyed by fire, Jan.,\\n1870. The lodge occupied a room in the Kress\\nbuilding. The first officers under the charter were\\nOscar A. Everden, VV. M.; Frederick D. Weller, S.\\nW. John R. Cheesman, J. W. Hiram Burgess, Treas.;\\nHenry Smith, Sec y. Edson Packard, S. D. Samuel\\nStevens, J. D. Hubbard Biggs, Tiler.\\nWith these the other charter members were Amasa\\nPackard, Daniel Milligan, James P. Dodge, Stephen\\nDodge, Joel Rowley, A. V. Packer and Elias Sias.\\nThe first members initiated were Elias Smith and\\nJohn Broadhead.\\nTiie Masonic fraternity have a neat and commo-\\ndious hall at this time, with a lease for the same for\\n99 years. The membership is the largest in the\\ncounty, and the organization in fine working order.\\nThe present officers are\\nA. J. Harrington, W. M.; S. R. Dewey, S. W.; W.\\nW. Fee, J. W.; M. H. Tuttle, Treas.; H. P. Barbour,\\nSec y; J. V. Johnson, S. D. A. H. Lowry, J. D.; M.\\nH. Tuttle, Tiler.\\nSt. Louis Chapter, No. 87, R. A. Af.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This chap-\\nter was organized Feb. 28, 1873. The first officers\\nwere:\\nA. J. Utley, H. P.; J.H. Foster, K. Richard Hoy,\\nS. W. S. Finch, C. H. W. W. Comstock, P. S. John\\nTackabery, R. A. C. M. A. McHenry, G. M. 3d V.\\nA. A. Wood, G. M. 2d V.; I. N. Shepherd, G. M. ist\\nv.; Thomas Bamborough, Sec y; H. A. Harrington,\\nTiler.\\nThis chapter has an excellent membership, al-\\nthough many of its members were demilted for tlie\\npurpose of instituting chapters at other villages.\\nThe present officers are\\nA. J. Harrington, H. P. S. R. Dewey, R. M. Leon-\\nard, S. J. V. Johnson, C. of H. C. R. HoUiday, P.\\nS. E. R. Allen, R. A. C. A. H. Lowry, G. M. 3d V.;\\nA. K. Smith, G. M. 2d V. H. P. Baibour, G. M. ist\\nV. M. H. Tuttle, Treas. H. T. LaBar, Sec y.\\nA. O. U. W.,Sf. Louis Lodge, No. 86, was insti-\\ntuted at this village Jan. 12, 1881, having 21 charter\\nmembers. From the beginning it has been a flour-\\nishing organization the number of members now ap-\\nprjximates 100. The first officers were:\\nWm. H. Ostrum, M. W.; Wenzo R. Havens, Fore-\\nman Frank Hastings, Overseer; Byron S.Nelson,\\nRecorder; James T. Hall, Receiver; Frank Seymour,\\nFinancier; Clark Searles, Guide E. A. Stebbins, J.\\nW.; Squire Fitten, O. W.\\nTheir hall is over the Postoffice, in Holcomb s\\nBlock, and their regular meetings are held every Fri-\\nday evening.\\nRoyal Arcanum, No. t,q. This is quite a flourish-\\ning organization, with a membership of fifty. The\\nsociety was instituted Dec. 7, iS77,with 24 charter\\nmembers. The first officers were\\nAndrew J. Utley, Regent Di G. S. Case, Vice\\nRegent; James K. Wright, Past Regent; Dr. Stiles\\nr\\n^^^.c?W\\n^^rH ai]$ ^iiD;^\\nl)^^%", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0822.jp2"}, "823": {"fulltext": "GRATIOT COUNTY.\\n797\\nt\\n4\\ni\\nA\\n*3i*\\nt\\nKennedy, Orator; O. F.Jackson, Sec y; Aaron Wes-\\nsels, Collector; A. B. Darragh, Treasurer; Rev. D.\\nR. Shoop, Chaplain.\\nThe i)resent officers are\\nAllen Warren, Regent; E. Sutphin, Vice Regent;\\nE. A. Sheffield, Past Regent; Rev. R. J. L. Matthews,\\nOrator; C. W. Hicks, Sec y ;H. B. Giddings, Collect-\\nor; J. A. Weller, Treas.; Rev.N. W. F. Smith, Chap-\\nlain.\\nLibrary. The ladies of St. Louis have a very\\nnice library, which association was organized in 1873.\\nThe same is quite well patronized and has a member-\\nship of 35. The reading room and library is located\\nin the 0|)era-House Block and is open every Satur-\\nday afternoon.\\nMrs. C. H. Crandall is President Mrs. L Saviers,\\nSec y Mrs. Budd, Treas.; Mrs. Clark Searles, Libra-\\nrian, and Mrs. C. R. Holliday, Ass t Lib.\\nAdditions to the library are made from time to time,\\nthere being now about 500 volumes.\\nAllonwys. The members of the Gratiot County\\nBar who are residents of this city are Messrs. James\\nK. Wright, James Paddock, T. W. Whitney, S. J.\\nScott, N. Leonard, C. W. Giddings, J. A. Crandall,\\nand R. N. Scoville. All these are talented gentle-\\nmen, who would do honor to any city or county, and\\ntheir reputation both at home and abroad as lawyers\\nis equaled by few.\\nSalt Wells. There is in the village I mits one of\\nthe best salt wells in the State. This was sunk by\\nH. L. Holcomb to a depth of r,28o feet and a fine\\nflow of water obtained. l,arge quantities of bromine\\nare manufactured also, and the facilities will soon be\\nincreased. Tliere is no reason why St. Louis should\\nnot equal Saginaw in salt production in a few years.\\nFlouring Mill. ^The fine merchant flouring mill is\\nthe property of James Henry. It is admiraiily loca-\\nted on Pine River, and has live run of stone. This\\nmill does custom work also, and is one of the best in\\nGratiot County.\\nDruggists. While St. Louis is noted for a health\\nresort, yet there are six splendid drug stores in the\\nvillage, all of which contain a nice line of goods.\\nMessrs. W. H. Rennels, Geo. L. Charles, C. K. Samp-\\nson, N. White, W. E. Fiero and E. S. Mclntyre do\\nbusiness in drugs, paints and oils in this village.\\nMillinery. Mrs. Gillis Schaff er, Mrs. C. M. Sco-\\nville, Mrs. H. Darcey, Mrs. L. M. Stinchcomb and\\nMrs. Goodings have vied with each other in display-\\ning their goods. All are having a nice trade and are\\nmaking money.\\nWholesale Grocer. Mr. A. Hart is the only whole-\\nsale grocer and tobacconist in the village, and there-\\nfore claims justly the honor of being a pioneer.\\nHe carries an \u00c2\u00a78,000 stock continually, and is well\\nsatisfied with the growth of his trade.\\nBusiness Blocks. Opera-House Block is the larg-\\nest and costliest building in St. Ix)uis. It has a front-\\nage of 180 ft., by 90 in de|)th and three-stories high.\\nThe Opera House seats comfortably 1,000 persons,\\nand is furnished with very nice and attractive scener\\nIt was erected by H. L. Holcomb in i88i, and is es-\\ntimated to iiave cost, with recent additions, S40,ooo.\\nThere are four store rooms, the postoffice and the\\nbank of A. B. Darragh Co., on the ground floor,\\nwith offices in the second story.\\nThe A. Wessel s Block is an addition to the busi-\\nness center, and adds much to its beauty. This n as\\nerected in 1881, and cost $20,000. It is a handsome\\ntwo-story brick, fronting on Mill Street.\\nMiscellaneous. Jo. Barden and C. M. Deveraux\\nare both owners of fine livery barns and have all the\\nbusiness they can attend to. Both are princely fel-\\nlows, and their livery would do credit to any city.\\nThere are several hardware stores, of which E. H.\\nScriver carries the largest stock. All branches of trade\\nare well represented in the mercantile line, which\\ncontrasts favorably with any village in Northern Mich-\\nigan.\\n.SV. Louis Cornet Banilwa^ permanently organized\\nin 1871;. The boys are good musicians and are rap-\\nidly improving in execution. The members of the\\nBand are Messrs. W. W. Robertson, Leader; M.\\nNichols, ist Cornet; Dr. C. H. Crandall, ist Alto; N.\\nSnyder, 2d Alto; David Allen, ist Tenor; Chas.\\nS|)enci r, 2d Tenor; Frank Harrington, Baritone;\\nWin. Faulth, Tuba; Albert Earl, Bass Drum; .Vr-\\nchie Weller, Snare Drum.\\nOnly three of the above musicians were members\\nof the original organization, Messrs. Nichols, Crandall\\nand Snyder.\\nTlie Afagnetie S/ riug. This wonderful spring has\\njustly attracted the attention of thousands of peo[)le\\nboth here and elsewhere, being not only the first min-\\neral spring discovered in Michigan, but wonderfully\\ncurative in various diseases to wiiich mankind are\\nm\\nc\\nA\\nC\\n^^^VI^\u00c2\u00ab^^^\\n-^^\u00e2\u0082\u00acy^\\n^nD5 :DDr1V=-\\n*:?i- ^^y.\\n^m*", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0823.jp2"}, "824": {"fulltext": "798\\n^^7 M :t: U f r^\\n-4^^^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n1\\nsubject. Many persons of note have tested its vir-\\ntues, among whom might be mentioned Gen. Jo.\\nHooker, Chief Justice Chase, Gen. Dan. Sickles and\\nother equally prominent persons. The spring was\\naccidentaly discovered in 1869 by Messrs. Holcomb\\nand Evans, of this village, while engaged in boring\\nfor salt. The depth of 200 feet had been reached,\\nwhen the life-giving water gushed out, as did the\\ncrystal fluid at Providence Spring on the hillside\\nat Andersonville, giving life and strength to the per-\\nishing soldiers of that pestilential prison.\\nThe boring was suspended and a pipe put in, think-\\ning to utilize the flow for other purposes, but its strung\\nmineral taste led the proprietors to have it analyzed\\nby one of the most distinguished authorities, who pro-\\nnounced it peculiarly adapted to treatment of certain\\ndiseases. Its magnetic properties were discovered\\nby immersing a knife blade in the water for a few\\nhours, when bits of steel stronglyadhered totheknife.\\nNo particular efforts were made to advertise the\\nspring, only brief paragraphs appearing at times in\\nthe papers regarding some of the cures resulting from\\nthe use of its waters.\\nSt. Louis was then only a small hamlet of a few\\nhundred inhabitants, with inadequate hotel facilities,\\nwithout rail or wagon roads yet those who suffered\\nfrom bodily ailments rame flocking in, having to make\\nthe trips from St. John s or Saginaw by stage, wagon\\nor other conveyance, a distance of 32 miles.\\nThe benefit received by invalids was remarkable,\\nand every one that went away would send a score to\\ntake their place.\\nBusiness of every description improved additions\\nwere made to hotels, boarding houses were erected,\\nlivery barns built, stores and barber shops and restau-\\nrants opened up like magic, and before the sjjrings had\\nbeen a year in existence the population had more\\nthan doubled.\\nMessrs. Holcomb Evans erected a commodious\\nbath house, containing 50 rooms, in 1870, and a\\nplank road was completed to Saginaw, upon which a\\ndaily, and part of the time two daily coaches was run.\\nDr. Stiles Kennedy was resident physician, and did a\\nlarge business in diagnosing diseases.\\nThe rush of people continued during the ne.xt two\\nyears, until it was evident that other means would\\nhave to be employed in their conveyance to and from\\nSaginaw. The Saginaw Valley St. Louis rail-\\nroad was projected and completed, which afforded\\nunlimited access to the place. Meanwhile the growth\\nand development of the village had wonderfully in-\\ncreased by the addition of several fine hotels, stores\\nand other buildings, and she was putting on many\\ncity airs, all directly traceable to the finding of this\\nvaluable spring. With a proper management this\\nmight be made a wonderfully fine paying investment\\nas well as Ijeingthe means of restoring many invalids\\nto perfect healtli.\\nChurches.\\nBap/is^ Church. The Baptist Church of this vil-\\nlage was organized in 1856, and is without doubt the\\npioneer denomination which first met for divine\\nworship in Pine River. A meeting was called at the\\nhome of Mrs. Anna Woodin, who lived a few miles\\nwest of St. Louis, on section 1 1, in Arcada Township,\\nat which place a society was organized consisting of\\nS. S. Hastings and wife, George Luce and wife, Rev.\\nLafayette Church and wife, Peter Pruden, Mrs. An-\\nnie Woodin, Francis Way and Mrs. Julia Porter.\\nRev. Lafayette Church was the first pastor, and\\nmeetings were held in the school-house at this village\\nuntil their church edifice was completed and dedi-\\ncated, August 18, 1872.\\nElder Mather, of Detroit, delivered a powerful dis-\\ncourse upon this occasion, to an immense audience.\\nThe first connnunion service in the new church edi-\\nfice was held Sept. ist, that year. Mrs. Mary Grif-\\nfith was the first person to receive baptism in the\\ncounty, the ceremonies of which were conducted by\\nElder Fay, a pioneer not only in theological experi-\\nence but one of the first ministers coming to Gratiot\\nCounty.\\nThe Church is a very commodious one and the\\nmembers at present number 90. Rev. L. G. Clark,\\nthe pastor, is a popular and talented gentleman, and\\ntheir affairs both spirtually and in a temporal way\\nare highly developed.\\nPresbyterian Church. -The meeting at which this\\nsociety was organized, was held at Alma, Jan. 17,\\n1866. The Revs. Calvin Clark and Jonas Denton\\nwere in attendance. Rev. Clark acted as Moderator,\\nG. W. McHenry, Clerk. The following persons pre-\\nsented letters of dismission and recommendation from\\nother Churches\\nV\\n^sii^^fn:-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^\\n^ill n^*; DDf^V?^ S5j?5^\\n4^^$5f", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0824.jp2"}, "825": {"fulltext": "I\\nI\\nT\\n(t))^*!*\\nrsn^^\\n^mmh^irr 5*\u00c2\u00abg^\\n,0\\nA\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nIra Smith, his wife Zada Smith, John R. Cheesman,\\nSamuel Gordon, Mrs. M. J. Gordon, Charles M.\\nFleming, Jesse Fleming, Luther Fleming, Mrs. Elvira\\nJ. Fleming, Daniel C. Fleming, Robert F. Fleming,\\nMrs. Eliza- Fleming, Alexander Chisholm, Collin\\nChisholm (by examination), Andrew Mitchell (by\\nexamination), John Mitchell (by examination), G. VV.\\nMcHenry, Mrs. McHenry.\\nThe society was then named the First Presbyte-\\nrian Church of Pine River. Dr. J. R. Cheesman, Ira\\nSmith, C. Fleming and Samuel Gordon were elected\\nelders. They were ordained, and first communion\\nservice administered Jan. 21st of the same month at\\nSt. Louis. Rev. J. T. Willett was the first minister\\nengaged by the society, and the result of his labors\\nwere numerous accessions to that body. The meet-\\nings were held for some time in the school-house, but\\nthe growth of the society and prosperity of its mem-\\nbers were incentives to have a more commodious place\\nof worship. Their present church was completed,\\nand dedicated Jan. 27, 1870, by Rev. J. A. Wright,\\nof Bay City, assisted by Revs. J. T. Willett, acting\\nPastor, D. D. Hamilton, Henry Belkna]), Francis\\nNelson, of the Baptist, and T. J. Hill, of the Metho-\\ndist Church.\\nFrom this society have been dismissed members\\nenough to form three other societies of like denomi-\\nnation, and yet their numbers are sufficient to main-\\ntain with ease a pastor. Rev. R. J. L. Matthews, who\\nis considered one of the finest speakers and most\\nlogical reasoners in the city.\\nMethocfist Church. This Church dates back to the\\nearly settlement of the county, the first class being\\nministered unto by Rev. Theodore J. Hill, a Method-\\nist missionary, who became the regular pastor after\\nthe completion of the organization now known as the\\nMethodist Church of St. Louis. The society was\\nformally organized at Woodin s school-house, near\\nAlma, in November, 1857, tlie members composing\\nit being, Lewis M. Clark and wife, Isaac and Mrs.\\nClymer, Simeon and Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Dr. Sherwood,\\nMrs. Sybil Groom and Mrs. Susan Weller. The\\nsociety thus formed was transferred from that place\\nto St. Louis, and the Methodist Conference sent Rev.\\nCalvin Holbrook to this circuit, which embraced sev-\\neral appointments at different places in the neighbor-\\nhood.\\nUntil the completion of the Baptist church, the\\n799\\nMethodist society held their meetings in Drury s\\nHall. The growth of St. Louis and the rapid in-\\ncrease of their membership were inducements strong\\nenough to warrant them in building a new church,\\nwiiich was completed in 1872. Rev. F. B. Bangs\\nand President Perrine of .Albion College officiated\\nat the dedicatory services in June of that year. The\\nfirst Presiding Elder for this charge was Rev. Hiram\\nLaw.\\nThe membership at this time is about 100, and the\\nsociety is in good condition financially. Rev. M. W.\\nF. Smith is I he Pastor in charge.\\nFirst Congri-galional Church. One of the most\\nprosperous Church organizations in St. Louis is\\nthe Congregational Society. The same was instituted\\nin this village \\\\\\\\xg. 9, 1882, under the direction of\\nRev. Leroy Warren, State Superintendent of the\\nA. H. M. S. The first members were 34 in number.\\nRev. W. C. Calland, the present pastor, has officiated\\nfrom the date of organization. Services were held\\nin Good Templars Hall until the completion of the\\nbasement of the new church edifice, Oct. 18, 1883.\\nThe same was completed and dedicated Dec. 16, of\\nthat year, Rev. Leroy Warren, of Lansing, preaching\\nthe dedicatory sermon. The handsome pulpit chairs\\nwere donated by Mr. Wm. Palmer, of New York;\\nthe silver communion service, of rare and unique de-\\nsign, by Mrs. H. M. Tyler, of New Hampshire; the\\nchandeliers in the audience room were presented by\\nthe members of the Congregational Sabbath-school\\nthe splendid Bible which graces the minister s desk,\\nwas the gift of the Oberlin, Ohio, Congregational\\nSabbath-school, through Mrs. Georgia Franks.\\nMessrs. Cook Arnold presei ted the society with a\\nneat communion table, and the ladies of the society\\ndonated the handsome carpet in the audience room.\\nThe church is one of the most convenient and\\nattr.active buildings in the village, and is admirably\\narranged for comfort, being heated by furnaces, and\\nwell supplied with cold-air chambers, which insure\\ncomplete ventilation. The plans and specifications\\nwere drawn and completed by the pastor. Rev. W.\\nC Calland, who superintended all the work in per-\\nson. The furniture is native oak, trimmed with\\ncherry. The basement is used for Sunday-school\\nand other purposes, and is not only a pleasant, but,\\nextremely useful room, having attached a kitchen,\\nwith ranges and other culinary arrangements, which\\ni^\\ne\\nA\\nc^:\\nC\\n11\\n^r^^nii: nii\\nK^^\\n.ri- 5^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0825.jp2"}, "826": {"fulltext": "ii\\n800\\n^tK\\n^^W^MO^\\nGRA lIOT COUNTY.\\n(i,\\nV\\nmake it very convenient in case festivals are given.\\nThe church, site, etc., cost the society $4,575, and\\nthe same is almost paid, the balance being already\\nprovided for. The Deacons first elected were Dr.\\nJohn R. Cheesman, Sainuel Gordon, R. D. Perrine.\\nClerk, W. C. Garbutt.\\nTrustees A. B. Darragh, Don Cameron, J. W.\\nBarnard, J. C. Richards, M. H. Tutlle, Alex. John-\\nson, G. G. Clark.\\nTreasurer W. C. Garbutt.\\nThe Sunday-school is the most largely attended of\\nall in the village, the average attendance being in.\\nIt is presided over by Hon. C. J. Willett, one of the\\nmost popular instructors and experienced Sabbath-\\nschool superintendents of the county.\\nRev. W. C. Calland is justly esteemed for his\\nardent labors in the work of building such a mag-\\nnificent church, and his brilliancy of thought and\\nrhetorical ability fill the audience room at each ser-\\nvice with an appreciative congregation.\\nEpiscopal Church. Emanuel Church was organ-\\nized in this village, April 27, 1872, having as its first\\nmembers Thomas Holcomb, Bessie H. Holcomb,\\nSamuel Garrigues, Adelia Garrigues, R. G. Hillyer\\nand W. H. Craw. At the same date the parish was\\nadmitted to the convention of the Diocese.\\nThe first church building was commenced in 1872,\\nbut was not completed until 1877. The edifice cost\\nabout $2,500, including furniture. Services were held\\nin the church, although incomplete, in 1876, the\\nconsecration of the same being Aug. 13, 1878, by\\nRt. Rev. Geo. D. Gillespie, assisted by Rev. L. S.\\nStevens, Pastor in charge. Rev. H. J. Brown was\\nthe first pastor. Rev. R. D. Stearns, one of the\\nmost fluent speakers in the village, is now officiating.\\nThe church first erected was sold to the Catliolic\\npeople July 12, 1883, and a splendid brick edifice\\nwill be completed this year at a cost of $9,000.\\nThe lot (11, block 29) upon which the church is\\nbuilt was donated by Col. John Elwell. The\\ncorner- stone was laid Sept. 27, 1883, with appropriate\\nceremonies by Rev. R, D. Stearns.\\nCatholic Church. This organization will lie com-\\npleted during 1884. There being no resident priest\\nat present, Rev. Father McCaithy, of Mount Pleasant,\\nhas officiated thus far, and there are now 40 members.\\nThe First Episcopal Church building was purchased\\nby them, May 12, 1883, for $1,500, which will make\\na very commodious place of worship for several\\nyears. The Trustees are Theodore Hagers, Nathan-\\niel White, R. A. Gillis, George Hofstetter.\\nAdvent Church. The membership of this Church\\nis mostly confined to country residents. The Class\\nwas formed in 1880, the only names obtainable\\nbeing: Samuel Wilson, Harriet L. Flaherty, Mrs.\\nOlive Farleman, Mrs. Mary Smith, Mr. and Mrs.\\nCornelius HoUiday, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Harris,\\nMr. and Mrs. Bartlett, Mrs. Mary Clymer and\\nJohn Turner. There vvere a number of others, but\\nhaving no Church record makes it impossible to give\\nnames. Their church is a plain frame building,\\nsituated in the northwestern part of the village, and\\nis estimated to have cost $800. It was erected in\\n188 1, and the same is clear of all debt. Their\\nservices are held on the seventh day of the week,\\nand their membership is not larger than when first\\norganized.\\niS-.\\n%4\\nFire Department.\\nHE Si. Louis fire department is composed\\nof a hand engine and hose, and hook and\\nladder company. It is now under tlie ef-\\nficient management of J. V. Johnson, Chief\\nof Fire De|)artment; F. Wright, First Assist-\\nant; Eugene King, Second .\\\\ssistant. The\\nlatter gentleman is also Superintendent of the water\\nworks. The first company was organized in .\\\\ugust,\\n1873; re-org^nized in 1882. The Holly system of\\nwater works were completed in 1881, and mains are\\nlaid in the princi^ial streets, as well as being connected\\nwith several large reservoirs at convenient places in\\nthe village.\\nThe water supi)ly is obtained from Pine River, near\\nwhich is a stationary engine owned by the village,\\nthat puts adequate pressure upon tlie mains in case\\nof a protracted fire. A water wheel owned by the\\nvillage kee[)s the mains supplied with water.\\nThe St. Louis firemen now carry the State\\nBanner, which was awarded them at the last State\\ntournament. This proves them an efficient organi-\\nzation, having competed upon that occasion with\\nseveral companies for the same. J. Johnson, the\\nFire Marshal, was instrumental in having a fire\\nA\\n4\\n^^D!i^niift\\n-b-\\nt\\nI\\nM", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0826.jp2"}, "827": {"fulltext": "^.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2li\\nv\\nT:rT\\n^:HD:^llD^^\\nN9a/;\\n-^5\\nA\\n5.\\nt\\nGRATIOT COUIVTY.\\n80 1\\nf\\n1^\\nordinance passed by the village board in which the\\nduties of firemen are clearly defined. The officials\\nof the Executive Board are, J. O. Hilton, President\\nAlbert Earl, Secretary A. K. Smith, Treasurer.\\nSt. Louis Public Schools.\\n^I^SbHE rai)id progress in the arts and sciences\\nI are met with wherever we go, and Ihe ediica-\\ntional facilities afforded the children of St.\\n;.tJ. Louis are of the best. The first frame school-\\ni house in the county occupied the site, or a\\npart of it, where the Iiandsome brick school\\nbuilding is located. This is an imposing structure,\\nhandsomely trimmed with stone, two stones in height,\\nwith a large basement.\\nTwo large furnaces supply heat to the entire build-\\ning, which cost, together with the site, $22,000. It\\nwas erected in 1879, and the same wfts occupied in\\nJanuary of the next year.\\nThe furniture is of the best and most improved\\nkind, and a very good library forms an important\\nfeature of the advantages to be derived by pupils of\\nthis school. There are si.x class-rooms with cloak-\\nrooms to each, a recitation room and Superintendent s\\noffice. The seating capacity accommodates 400 pu-\\npils with ease. W. R. Ransom was the first Super-\\nintendent having charge of the new building; the\\npresent Superintendent being N. Richards, a cap-\\nable instructor and pleasant gentleman.\\nBanks.\\nR. A. B. DARRAGH opened the first\\nbank or broker s office in the village of\\nSt. Louis. For some time he occupied\\nthe office now the head(iuarters of Col.\\nElwell, but his business increased until he was\\nobliged to seek more commodious (|uarters.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i- Darrag/i 6 Co. The Gratiot County Bank was\\nJ organized in the year 1870, the stockholders at\\nthat time being, Messrs. B. Darragli, Charles\\nK.ipi Roliert M. Steele, Samuel S. Walker, Josiah\\nUpton, John Hicks, Henry Mayhew. The style of\\nthis corporation was changed in 1875 to the firm\\nname of Darragh Co. There had also been a\\nchange in stockholders, the new firm consisting at\\nthis time of Messrs. John Hicks, Josiah UjUon,\\nRobert M. Steele and A. B. Darragh.\\nThis firm do a general banking business, and have\\ncommodious quarters in the Opera-House Block, a\\nsplendid safety vault with fire and burglar proof safe,\\ntime lock, etc. Mr. A. B. Darragh is cashier.\\nHarrington, Saviers Co. are nicely located in\\nthe Harrington Hotel block, with a well arranged\\nvault, fire and burglar |iroof safe, and time lock.\\nThis was formerly known as the Merchants Farm-\\nrs Bank, but was changed in 1875 to the above\\nname. The gentlemen composing this firm are all\\nwell known and trusted business men of this city,\\nMr. H. Harrington being the owner of the building,\\nand Messrs. F. G. Kneeland and L. Saviers men of\\nample capital and large experience.\\nm\\nt\\nMiscellaneous.\\nI\\nHE medical fraternity of St. Louis is repre-\\nsented by Dr. Cheesman, who, although not\\nengaged in actual practice, is the leading\\nphysician, having lived here from the birth of\\nSt. Louis, and, during this time has been closely\\nassociated with its business interests. Other\\n[ihysicians enjoying a live and active practice are,\\nDrs. Stiles Kennedy, James R. Baldwin, Heman\\nBranch, and G. S. Case, L. Proper, \\\\aron\\nWlieeler and Dis. France, Combs Andrews, besides\\nDr. Kate Harrington and Mother Gartie.\\nRichards Althouse.- The largest manufacturing\\ninterests in the stave and heading business, is con-\\nducted by Messrs. Richards Althouse. The junior\\nmember of the firm purchased an interest Jan. i,\\ni88.^, Mr. Richards being an old citi/en of the coimty\\nand for several years engaged in tlie same line of\\ntrade.\\nTheir mill is located near the depot, and has a\\ncapacity of 30,000 staves and 3,000 sets of heads\\nper diem. The firm employ 50 men and six teams,\\nand have in stock over 3,000 cords of bolts. Their\\nfacilities for manufacturing are first-class, and the\\nmoney expended for material averages \u00c2\u00a75,000 per\\nmonth, exclusive of wages [laid to employes.\\nO)\\n3", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0827.jp2"}, "828": {"fulltext": "m^\\n\u00c2\u00ae):5\u00c2\u00ab ^\u00c2\u00abt^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ry\\nv ^B Mh\\n802\\nV\\nGJ?A TIO T CO UNT Y.\\nZi^^isS^ i^\\n-**fr\\nCoopers Supplies. E. W. Traver Co. are doing\\nan extensive business in the manufacture of the\\nabove merchandise, and employ when running on\\nT full time 80 men. The capacity of their mills is\\n20,000 coiled hoops and 8,000 staves per day. They\\npurchased the mill and fixtures in 1883, and are\\nlargely increasing the business. There is now 800,000\\nfeet of logs in their yards, which will be sawed and\\nmanufactured into the above products during the\\nsummer.\\nIn addition to the other business industries of the\\nvillage, we note the extensive saw-mill of Mr. Glasby\\nand the saw-mill of H. L. Holcomb, both of which\\ndo quite a large amount of work, and, were they run\\nto their full capacity, would turn out several millions\\nof feet per annum.\\nBoth the elevators belong to Hilton Gordon,\\nwho do an exclusive grain business, and purchase\\nmost of the products raised by farmers in this vicinity.\\nThere are numerous blacksmith and wagon shops,\\n/S contractors and builders, meat-markets and other\\nbusiness enterprises which are found in every enter-\\nV?) prising village. Dr. Crandall is a resident dentist,\\nC3 and ajiparently has a monopoly in that department\\nof science. To illustrate the transformation from\\nlethargy to the briskness which is now so largely seen\\nin St. Louis, nothing better can be used than the\\nrelation of Mr. A. B. Darragh s first visit to the place.\\nHe started overland from St. John s in the spring of\\n1869 for a look at the young villages of Ithaca, Alma\\nand St. Louis, having been informed by friends of the\\nfine country and excellent prospects in a business\\nway, which might be secured by a location at either\\nof these villages.\\nIthaca was reached at noon, where dinner was\\ntaken. He then drove to Alma, whicli presented\\nquite a business air, a number of farmers being in\\ntown, and several good stores all seemingly doing a\\nfair trade. Michael Pollasky showed him through\\nhis store, having at that time the largest one in the\\nvillage. Feeling quite well pleased at the hospitality\\nshown him while at Alma, he drove to St. Louis, ex-\\npecting to find it a bustling business town from former\\nstories regarding it; but such was not his experience.\\nPassing entirely through the village, he drove around\\nthe principal streets until he came to the hotel now\\nknown as tlie Commercial. To use his own ex-\\npression, The only evidence I had of life in driving\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a00\\nI\\nG.\\n^^^^ff\u00c2\u00bb-\\n1^\\n^nii^nD\\nthrough the town, was one hungr) -looking dog wan-\\ndering on the street. Not a team, not a man or\\nwoman was to be seen. Getting out of the buggy\\nand entering the hotel, I looked about but saw no\\none. Finally a boy came sauntering into the bar-\\nroom, and I asked him if the landlord was in.\\nDon t know, was the answer. Can I get some\\nwater here for my horse Don t know, said the\\nurchin.\\nEspying a store across the street with the door\\npartly ajar, he inquired whose store that was. Don t\\nknow, was the reply. Mr. Darragh concluded that\\ntliere must have been a funeral somewhere in the\\nneighborhood, and every one except the youth was\\nin attendance, but thought it best not to question him\\nfurther. Leading his horse across the street, he\\nhitched it in front of the store and walked in. The\\nclerk was stretched at full length on the counter,\\nwith liis head on a pile of cottonade, fast asleep.\\nShaking him by the shoulder, the fellow roused up\\nand asked what was wanted. Mr. Darragh begged\\nthe loan of a bucket, which was granted, and the\\ntired horse given a draught of fresh water. After\\nconversing a few moments about the village and its\\nprospects, he inquired the way to Salt River, as he\\nwas intending to drive over that evening, the outlook\\nfor business being, as Mr. D. expressed it, some-\\nwhat discouraging.\\nWith the finding of the Magnetic Spring, however,\\ncame thrift and enterprise. Mr. Darragh returned,\\nopened up a broker s office, and has succeeded in\\nestablishing one of the best banks in the county.\\nThrough the varying fortunes of this village he has\\nbeen one of the foremost in promoting her welfare\\nand advancing her business and commercial inter-\\nests the outlook to-day, and the first time he viewed\\nthe scene, forming quite a different picture thrift\\nand energy prevail. Prosperity is the rule and not\\nthe exception. Everything moves, and residents of\\nSt. Louis feel a just pride in her rapid advancement.\\nA history of St. Louis, without more than a mere\\nmention of Uncle Dick Hillyer, would scarcely\\nbe tolerated. He was one of the most generous men\\nthat ever lived and this trait in his character proved\\nhis financial ruin.\\nDuring the hard times which prevailed in 1857,\\nMr. Hillyer went to New York, and made purchases\\nof goods to the amount of six thousand dollars, Dgree-", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0828.jp2"}, "829": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)(siir^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n5s^\\n^^i^^\\n1=3\\nV\\nt\\ni\\ning to pay for them in flour. He also made a pur-\\nchase of material for building a grist-mill, expecting\\nto manufacture the flour previously guaranteed to\\nNew York parties.\\nThe goods came and were sold on credit to all who\\nwished to buy. The mill was built, although there\\nwas not at the time fifty bushels of wheat in the\\ncounty; neither was any raised for two years. Cred-\\nitors came on and Uncle Dick mortgaged all his\\nproperty to satisfy the parties, but times were so hard\\nthat the mortgages were foreclosed and lie lost every-\\nthing but his reputation for generosity. Mr. H. L.\\nHolcomb assumed most of the liabilities, and deeds\\nwere made to him for all the real estate, consisting of\\ni,6oo acres, formerly owned by Mr. Hillyer.\\nTo illustrate his generosity, two anecdotes are re-\\nlated: Frank Miller, so well remembered as the first\\nProsecuting Attorney of Gratiot County, was noted\\nfor his bibulous habits, and left no means untried\\nwhereby his love for the ardent might be satisfied.\\nComing to St. Louis in hopes of raising money\\nenough in some way to have a little spree, he walked\\ninto Mr. Hillyer s store and engaged in conversation.\\nSome one mentioned the recent purchase of an over-\\ncoat by Mr. Hillyer, and Miller at once made up his\\nmind to borrow the coat, as Mr. Hillyer never refused\\nto grant a favor to anyone wlio asked it.\\nWhen he came in, Miller said that he had a law-\\nsuit in progress at .\\\\lma and would like to borrow the\\ngarment until evening, when it should be returned.\\nUncle Dick started for his boarding house to get it,\\nand upon his return met Mr. Holcomb, who asked\\nwhere he was going. Nowhere, replied he.\\nFrank Miller wants my coat to wear to Alma.\\nDon t let him have it, said Mr. Holcomb; for it\\nwill be [lawned for drink and you will never see it\\nagain. Uncle Dick thought such a thing impossible,\\nand carried the coat to Miller, wlio soon left for\\nAlma. That day passed, the next, and the next, yet\\nneither overcoat nor Miller was heard from. Two\\nweeks later, word was sent Mr. Hillyer that his coat\\nhad been pawned for whisky at one of the saloons\\nin Alma.\\nGoing down to see about getting jKissession of his\\nproperty, he learned that the coat was pawned for\\nevery cent it was worth, and declined to redeem it.\\nReturning to St. Ix)uis, Mr. Holcomb asked him\\nwhy he had not replevined the coat, it being his own\\nproperty. Who then would have paid the liquor\\nbill said Uncle Dick. Rather than to see the sa-\\nloon man lose his money, I would prefer letting my\\novercoat go which he did.\\nAt another time, while he was in charge of Mr.\\nHolcomb s mill, a lank, hungr)- -looking fellow came\\nin and wanted a sack of flour on credit. It being\\none of Mr. Holcomb s rules not to sell excei)t for\\ncash, Mr. Hillyer so informed the man but he plead-\\ned earnestly for the flour, and told such a pitiful story\\nof want and destitution that Untie Dick s generous\\nheart could not resist his jileadings. Will you prom-\\nise to pay me during the summer. said Uncle Dick.\\nOf course I will, and with good interest, too, quoth\\nthe rustic. Take it then, but don t tell any of your\\nneighbors that it was purchased on credit, was the\\nparting salutation of Mr. Hillyer. Oneday during the\\nsummer, Mr. Holcomb was in charge of the mill,\\nMr. Hillyer being absent, when a man with a large\\nyellow dog by his side walked into the mill and in-\\nquired for Uncle Dick. He has gone out, said\\nMr. Holcomb but 1 may perhaps attend to your bus-\\niness, said he; what is the nature of it.\\nI bought a sack of flour a few weeks ago, said\\nthe stranger, but find myself unable to pay for it\\nas agreed, and have brought Mr. Hillyer my dog for\\nsecurity.\\nMr. Holcomb, looking over his books, could find\\nno account of the sale, but told him to return in an\\nhour, when Mr. Hillyer would i)robably be in.\\nWhen Uncle Dick arrived, Mr. Holcomb told him\\nthat a man had just brought him a fine dog, and\\nwould soon return.\\nMr. Hillyer wondered who intended making him a\\npresent, as he was not a hunter, neither was he fond\\nof pets. The stranger came in soon, and, espying\\nMr. Hillyer conversing with Mr. Holcomb, walked\\nup to Mr. Hillyer, made him a profound bow, and\\ntendered the dog as payment for the sack of flour, as\\ntimes were so hard that a cash payment was impos-\\nsible.\\nThe smile which came to .Mr. Holcomb s face as\\nHillyer surveyed the trio, was too much for even a\\nsaint to stand, and Uncle Dick s anger rapidly rose.\\nGet out of here with your d d dog; clear out ot\\nthe town with the miserable whelp, shouted he, as\\nwith rapid strides he made for the stranger and would\\nno doubt have given him a chastiscnient had not the\\ny^\\nca:\\n(i\\n:nDi-\\n(q)\\nI\\nk\\ni^\\n^i", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0829.jp2"}, "830": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(M\\nS04\\nc\\nGRATIOT\\nCOUNTY.\\n4 ?^K\\nfellow been fleet of foot. To sell flour on credit and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2[j then be asked to take pay in yellow dogs, was more\\nthan Mr. Hillyer could stand, especially as he had to\\nI foot the bill. His large fortune melted away like\\nr$i frost before the autumn sun, being dispensed here\\nand there with a lavish hand. Surely the many re-\\ncipients of Uncle Dick Hillyer s bounty in Gra-\\ntiot County should revere his name.\\nThe finest private residence in Gratiot County was\\ncompleted in 1884, by Col. John A. Elwell, of this\\nvillage. It fronts on Washington Avenue and Dela-\\nware Street, and the beautiful site upon which it\\nstand gives from the balcony a splendid view of the\\nentire town. It is a frame building, three stories in\\nheight with a basement, the whole being complete as\\n/s\\ns\\nt\\nV\\nskill and wealth can make it. The entire finish in-\\nside is of native hard woods elegantly carved and\\nhighly finished. The carving alone is estimated to\\nhave cost between seven and eight thousand dollars.\\nThe house, barn and site are considered worth\\n$45 \u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0o-\\nSt. Louis has an agricultural society and grounds\\nof her own, which were enclosed in 1883, with a new\\nfence; and a commodious amphitheatre, floral hall,\\nand many new stalls for the better accommodation\\nof stock, were erected.\\nThe grounds are conveniently located near the city\\nlimits on the west, and the society is reported in quite\\na flourishing condition.\\n1^ ^EMARKABLE, indeed, is the\\ngrowth and development of\\nmany of Michigan s beautiful\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y^. villages few, however, in this\\nrespect excel the one of which\\nwe now write. Even those\\nwho have lived as residents\\nfrom the time this village was platted\\ncan scarcely realize that this was a\\npart of a wild and unbroken forest\\nonly a few years ago. The history\\nof its growth seems more like a fairy\\ntale than absolute reality, yet the\\nsplendid business blocks, hotels,\\nbanks and churches, with all other\\nindications of civilization, tell us plainly that the ab-\\norigines have gone, never to return, and peace and\\nprosperity smile upon our land. Ralph Ely came\\nto Alma in 1853, and permanently located April 26,\\n1854. He was the first man settling north of Pine\\nRiver, and being possessed of much enterprise he de-\\ntermined to build a town on the banks of the beauti-\\nful river, of which he would be proprietor. Mr. S. S.\\nHastings surveyed the land Feb. 9, 10 and ii, 1856.\\nFor a long while the place was know as Elyton, or\\nEly s Mills, Mr. Ely having erected a saw-mill the\\nsame year. James Gargett, Esq., platted and named\\nthe village of Alma in 1858; this was really an addi-\\ntion to Elyton, although that name has been absorbed\\nby the growth of Alma.\\nAmong the first enterprises of Elyton, may be men-\\ntioned the stock of general merchandise kept by Rali h\\nEly. The goods were of such quality as the needs\\nof a new country demanded, and they were given in\\nexchange for any kind of products the woodman or\\nhunter could procure. Furs, pelts, venison, coon, or\\nanything which could be disposed of by Mr. Ely, were\\nlegal tender at their market value for goods. He fur-\\n^5\\ns\\nf\\ni\\nI\\nD n R m- A;\u00c2\u00ab^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a^g^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0830.jp2"}, "831": {"fulltext": "(H /^-)esj^t^-\\n^V llll^:llll^: r-\\ni\\nI\\nf\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\nA\\nV\\n1\\nnished a large amount of provisions and other sup-\\nplies to the suffering poor during the starvation period\\nat his own expense, and it is a standing aphorism\\namong the residents of Alma, that the man who will\\nsay aught against the liberality of Mr Ely owes him\\nyet for goods furnished at that time.\\nJan. X, 1S58, at 4 P. M., James Gargett, Esq., ar-\\nrived at Elytoii. He made a purchase of Mr. Ely s\\nentire stock, the goods were invoiced that night and\\nthe ne.xt morning Mr. Gargett was selling goods over\\nhis own counter. He has, from that until the present\\nday, been actively engaged in business and has a\\nname which for integrity and honor cannot be ex-\\ncelled. His losses by fire reach far into the tliousands\\nand would have discouraged most men yet he strug-\\ngled on, never disheiirtened, and now has the pleas-\\nure of looking over the result of his energy. His\\nwife opened the first millinery store and had a nice\\ntrade for a new community. Mr. Gargett also owned\\nthe first boot and shoe store, of which \\\\Vm. E. Moyer\\nwas foreman.\\nWm. C Rodgers was the first blacksmith, and lives\\nnear Alma at this time. The first ball ever given in the\\nvillage was in the hall over his sliop. This Mrs.\\nKress says was a grand affair, and was patronized\\nby all the leading persons in the county. A magnifi-\\ncent supper was given and the neighboriiood scoured\\nto obtain dishes. Everything was served that the\\ncountry afforded, wild meats and fish being plentiful.\\nRev. Todd, a Universalist minister, did the first\\npreaching at this place. Services were held at the\\nold school-house west of town. During the stay of\\nMr. Kress and family in the country. Rev.\\nSlappee, a United Brethren minister, lield services\\nregularly at their house.\\nMiss Martha Woodin, now the widow of Elias Smith,\\ntaught the first school in Alma, and tells of the bill of\\nfare that she enjoyed for weeks as she boarded round\\nwith the scholars. It was corn bread, venison, gar-\\nnished with leeks, sorrel or vinegar pie, and\\ncorn coffee.\\nMiss Martha Cole taught the first school in the\\ntownship west of Alma. She was the daughter of L.\\nC. Cole, who drew up tlie famous bill of separation,\\nmentioned elsewhere.\\nThe first hotel in .Mma was known as the I inc\\nRiver House. It was quite a popular hostelrj and\\nwas kept by a man named Mosier. The build-\\ning is still standing, and is the property of James Gar-\\ngett, Esq.\\nIn 1855 a literary society known as the Little\\nPine was commenced, and the exercises furnished\\nthe chief entertainment during the year. Recita-\\ntions, com[)ositions, etc., of merit drew large audien-\\nces. When its first anniversary was reached, a dinner\\nwas given, and the public were invited. Baked fish\\nand maple sugar in every style were the chief articles\\nof oiet upon that occasion. This was the first\\nliterar} society in the county.\\nThe honors of having the first Fourth of-July cele-\\nbration are divided between Ithaca and Alma, Mr.\\nand Mrs. Kress, Mrs. Elias Smith and others insist-\\ning that Alma celebrated in 1856, and that Rev.\\nTodd delivered the oration. 15oth Mrs. Smith\\nand Mrs. Kress say that they made a flag for the\\noccasion, for which part of the material was taken\\nfrom the lining of Mrs. Smith s dress. A number of\\nguns were used in firing a salute.\\nWhile the county-seat question was being agitated\\nthe inhabitants of each village were clamoring for it.\\nThe first court being held at Alma made her citizens\\nhopeful, but some miscreant entered Mr. Ely s house\\nand purloined the books at or near the close of the\\nsession. Every one was speculating as to who the\\nparty could be that would do such a thing. Groups\\nof men discussed it in the woods, at the stores and\\nelsewhere, until the women caught the infection.\\nOne lady, well-known in Vlma, was so anxious to\\nhear the particulars that she donned male attire and\\nwent into the store one evening to hear the gossip.\\nIt was not long until some of the party noticed the\\ndisguise, and she fled, pursued by a number of tlie\\nyounger men, all intent upon ascertaining who she\\nwas but her fleetness proved more than a match for\\nthem. Crossing the route she had taken was quite a\\nwide and rapid brook, which she cleared at a bound,\\nnone of the boys daring to make the attempt. UiK)n\\nmeasuring the place next day it was found to l)e 15\\nfeet across.\\nJames Kress drove an express from Alma to St.\\nJohn s twice each week for three years after he came\\nto the village. This was the only means of commu-\\nnication with the outside world, and the condition of\\nthe roads part of the time is graphically |)ortrayed\\nby Mr. James Gargett, who told the writer that him-\\nself and wife started with Mr. Kress for St. John s,\\nC\\nK\\nA\\nV\\nK/\\n_\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab .^.4i^I^\\nSi", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0831.jp2"}, "832": {"fulltext": "806\\n:2i^s: ^V I] a n i :2f\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nH^5f\\n(t\\n1\\nV\\nGRA TIO T CO UNTV.\\nand was three days in reaching it. The first night\\nwas spent at Ithaca, the second at McMasters and\\nSt. John s was made the evening of the third day.\\nMr. Gargett, then being eti route to attend a meeting\\nof the State Legislature, decided that Gratiot County\\nneeded roads more than anything else. He drafted\\nand presented a bill or petition to open up public\\nhighways, which provided that commissioners be ap-\\npointed to buy and distribute provisions (it being in\\n1859, a part of the starvation period), and let the\\nwork be done by the inhabitants, who were to take\\ntheir pay as earned, in provisions. Althoughithe bill\\nwas not passed, an appropriation was made of $50,-\\n000 to relieve their wants. Out of this petition grew\\nthe Swamp Land Act, which was the first effort\\nmade toward opening up the country by means of\\npublic highways. Mr. Gargett has been to Alma\\nwhat Gen. Church has been to the village of Ithaca.\\nToo much cannot be said in their praise.\\nThe ponies driven by Mr. Kress in 186 1-2-3 are\\nstill in his possession and are as sleek, and drive as\\nwell, as ever, although they are 32 years old. This\\nis a remarkable circumstance, when their yearly drive\\nwas estimated at 8,880 miles.\\nThe first physician in the town was Dr. J. W.\\nBarnes. Judge Isaac Marston, of Detroit, was the\\nfirst attorney, and boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Gar-\\ngett. They charged him only per week, thus\\nhelping start in life a man who has made a mark in\\nthe world. His meager library was destroyed when\\nthe new store erected by Mr. Gargett was burned.\\nAlma was incorporated under the general law Jan.\\n6, 1872, by a committee of the Board of Supervisors,\\nconsisting of James T. Hall, Barney Swope and E.\\nW. Kellogg. The arrangement was only temporar}\\nthe officers first elected holding their positions until\\nMarch 5, 1872, when the village was re-incorporated\\nby a special act of the Legislature. The temporary\\nofficials were\\nPresident\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ralph Ely.\\nTrustees Derwin Ely, Wm. Hannah, O. Ellison,\\nJohn Montigel, George Bahlke and Wm. Carpenter.\\nClerk George G. Holliday.\\nAssessors James T. Hall, Samuel Brewbaker.\\nThe regular election was held March 5, 1872, and\\nresulted in a change of some of the officers\\nPresident Ralph Ely.\\nTrustees Isaac Pierce, M, PoUasky, G. W. Tann,\\nGeorge W. Helt, Dr. Frank Webb, Ralph Ely.\\nClerk George G. Holliday.\\nTreasurer Daniel Leach.\\nAssessors James T. Hall, Charles Narcong.\\nMarshall Townsend A. Ely.\\nThe Board of 1883 were composed of the follow-\\ning gentlemen\\nPresident W. S. Turck.\\nTrustees M. Pollasky, Charles L. Delevan, John\\nF. Schwartz, A. C. Barrow, K. M. Ely, J. F. Sarter.\\nClerk, A. Yerington. Treasurer G. S. Ward. As-\\nsessor James Gargett. Marshal Chas. H. Coates.\\nStreet Commissioner M. C. Dallas. Pound Mas-\\nter A. C. Rodgers. Board of Special Assessors\\nMessrs. George W. Jennings, B. W. Ellison, George\\nPumphry.\\nThere are many pretty residences in Alma, some\\nof which were quite expensive for a village of its age\\nand population. Among those we mention, that of\\nMr. W. S. Turck, on Woodworth Avenue, cost $4,000;\\nH. A. Delevan, a handsome brick on State Street,\\ncost $3,500; M. Pollasky, frame cottage, cost $3,500;\\nH. F. P. Schneider, frame cottage, $3,500; J. F.\\nSchwartz, $3,500. A large number of destructive\\nfires have visited Alma, which have destroyed some\\nfine residences and mills. Among them might be\\nmentioned the costly residence of Mr. James Gar-\\ngett, which was the finest villain the place.\\nThe Holly system of water-works is well operated\\nin this village, there being a number of mains laid in\\nthe place, affording at all times an ample supply of\\nwater.\\nSome fine flowing wells are located in Alma The\\nflow is governed very much by location here, as else-\\nwhere. One of the best is that of Mr. M. Pollasky,\\nwhich flows 15 feet from the surface. One of the\\ngrandest things to boast of is a never-failing water\\nsupjjly.\\nPine River also runs through the corporation and\\nfurnishes all the power necessary for the manufactur-\\ners who wisli to locate. The streets are wide and\\nnicely graded, and large numbers of beautiful shade\\ntrees have been planted.\\nWright House. This elegant and extensive hotel,\\nerected in 1883, was formally opened to the public\\nOctober 17 th of the same year. As the Wright House\\nis the best eipiipped hotel in the State of Michigan,\\nit is but just to give it more than a mere mention. In\\nV^\\n0\\nI\\n^s\u00c2\u00bb^^ %y^umm^y^-\\n*i J", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0832.jp2"}, "833": {"fulltext": "^S/^l^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^f|-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2S^^s: er-T4^IlIl^:iltlr r\\nt\\nk)\\nI\\nA\\nA;\\nV\\nt\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n807\\npoint of convenience and elegance in finish, it has no\\npeer in the West. An addition of 40 rooms will he\\nmade this year, and magnetic, Russian and Turkish\\nbatlis added to its already large list of attractions.\\nThe mineral springs of Alma are fully equal to those\\nof Mt. Clemens or Eaton Rapids, and there is no\\nquestion of its becoming a popular summer resort.\\nThe furnishings are elaborate in every particular, and\\nof the best material.\\nThe hotel proper is located at the corner of State\\nand Superior Streets, the two principal thoroughfares\\nin the village, having a frontage of 63 feet and a depth\\nof 85 feet, with awing on the west side 24 by 40 feet.\\nThe building is three-stories high, built of brick from\\nMr. Wriglu s own yard, and the foundation is Kelly\\nIsland limestone. The brick work has been painted\\na dark red, which with tlie stone trimmings makes a\\nvery attractive exterior. .\\\\t the front entrance there\\nis a vestibule of five feet, from whicii plate glass doors\\n0[)en into the office.\\nThe basement is thoroughly finished throughout,\\ngreat care having been taken to avoid dampness. In\\nthe basement there are located the barber shop and\\nbath room, two sample rooms, a wine and a l)illiard\\nroom. Adjoining the billiard room is a small and well\\napfwinted bar and fixtures, gents closets, etc. The\\nbasement is finished in black ash, with maple floors,\\noiled. In rear of the ai)artments referred to are the\\nstore-rooms, refrigerator, bakery, gas pump, which fur-\\nnishes gas for lighting the entire building, and a low-\\npressure water pump, capable, witli six pounds of\\nsteam, of elevating water 60 feet, into the reservoirs in\\nthe attic. The basement is reached by an entrance\\nfrom the street on the east side, and by stairs from\\nthe office. Under the wing pDrtion there is located\\nthe boiler room, containing two boilers, each feet\\nlong and 4-feet siiell, and of 80 horse indicated pow-\\ner. These boilers are worked either singly or in bat-\\ntery, and not only furnish the heat for the hotel but\\nfor the barn, a furniture store in rear, and the large\\nWright s Opera-House Block across the street.\\nThe first floor is finished throughout in black ash,\\nwith oiled maple floors and Italian marble mantels\\nand grates in each of the principal rooms, in addition\\nto the steam-heating and gas apixitntments. The\\nwindows are plate glass, with uniipie cathedral top-\\nlights. In the southeast corner is the reading room,\\na handsome apartment, neatly furnished, with mantel,\\ngrate, gas, etc., and connecting with the office through\\nan open arch. The office is furnished with mantel\\nand grate fixtures, a fine safe, an elegant black ash\\ncounter and desk, and coat room in connection.\\nThe ladies hall opens from the east side, and di-\\nvides the office and reading room from the dining\\nhall. It also furnishes a passage to the stairs leading\\nto the upper floors, to the gents wash room and into\\nthe basement. The gents wash room is elegantly\\nfitted up with marble fixtures, and finished as are the\\napartments, in black ash.\\nThe dining hall is a gem in its way, spacious, well\\nlighted and cheerful. It is finished in black ash,\\nmaple floors, sideboards and furjiiiure to match the\\nfinish, gas and steam heat, marble mantel and grate.\\nWest of the dining hall, entrances lead into the\\ncarving room, fitted up with steam, carving table, tea\\nand cofTee urns, etc., and a cliina closet complete in\\nits appointments and arrangement.\\nThe kitchen is supplied wiili Hramhall, Dean\\nGo s ranges. In the wing jiortion on this floor are\\nlocated the dish room, pastry, help hall, laundry, dry\\nroom and kitchen help room. All of the apixsint-\\nments in these apartments are admirable and the best\\nthat money and a discriminating taste could supply.\\nThe second floor is also finished in black ash. with\\nmai)le floors. It is reached by elaborately carved\\nblack ash stairs, newel posts and landings, the work\\nhaving been done by hand, by experienced artists in\\nEastlake design, and alone representing an outlay of\\nover $1,000.\\nIn the southeast corner is the ladies parlor, sup-\\nplied with maroon plush furniture, Brussels carpet,\\nItalian marble mantel and grate, and an elegant piano.\\nThere are also spacious and airy corridors, from which\\nentrances lead into fifteen sleeping apartments, all\\nsupplied with gas and steam heat, marble mantels and\\ngrate, marble-top dressers and commodes and black-\\nwalnut furniture, with Brussels carpets. On this floor\\nare also ladies toilet and bath rooms. In the wini:\\nthere are eight cliambers and linen room, furnished\\nin the same style, the furniture being of ash.\\nThere is a neat balcony on the second-floor front.\\nAll of the rooms are supplied with transoms, and the\\napartments omit nothing that the most fastidious\\ntaste could suggest.\\nUi)on the third floor there are 19 sleei)ing apart-\\nments, furnished in the same style as those described.\\nr\\ni\\n9\\nA\\nC\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\f^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^om^MO\\nUj^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0833.jp2"}, "834": {"fulltext": "^^T ^Mmw^ T\\nTT-\\n#^f(\u00c2\u00aeV,M\\n808\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n1\\n3\\nAbove the third floor is the attic, eight feet in the\\nclear, in which are the reservoirs, which furnish city\\nwater and soft water for the hotel and bath purposes,\\nand water from two flowing wells on the premises.\\nThe finishing of the third floor is white pine, and the\\nfurniture is of ash.\\nTwo other hotels besides the Wright House furnish\\nample accommodations for the traveling and board-\\ning fraternity.\\nBusiness Interests.\\nHE largest mercantile establishment in the\\nvillage, and, in fact, in the county, is that\\nof Wright, Schneider Stuttz, wholesale\\nand retail dealers in general merchandise, oc-\\ncupying four brick stores in Wright s Opera-\\nHouse Block, a building 1 13 feet front and 86\\nfeet deep, and three stories, the opera house being\\nlocated over the two corner stores, and over the bal-\\nance the stores of the firm and offices. The firm\\nalso handle large (juantities of wheat, and the past\\nseason 40,000 pounds of wool.\\nThe village is supplied with a fine grist-mill three\\nstories high, with roller process, and having a capac-\\nity for manufacturing 100 barrels of flour daily. It\\nis owned and operated by Wright Turck.\\nIn the grist-mill, which is operated by water power,\\nthere is a Holly pumj), with [)ipes extending through\\nthe village, furnishing an ample supply of water for\\nfire and village puriwses. South of the village Mr.\\nWright owns an So-acre farm, on which is located a\\nbrick-yard, having a capacity of 1,000,000 during the\\nseason, and from which the brick used in the village\\nis procured.\\nOne of the finest improvements is the park, the\\nproperty of Mr. A. W. Wright. It is located just\\nnorth of the business portion of the village, contains\\neleven acres, with native trees, and was laid out into\\nwalks and drives by an artist from Saratoga. It con-\\ntains a neat fish pond, and will prove a source of\\npleasure and pride to the generous proprietor as well\\nas to the people of the village.\\nG. D. Barton Co. operate a saw-mill and lumlier\\nyard. The mill contains a circular saw, and has a\\ncapacity for 40,000 feet of pine daily. It also cuts a\\nlarge quantity of ash and other hard woods annually;\\na planer and molder being attached, the lumber is\\ndressed and is ready for market. There is a ready\\nsale for all the lumber this mill can manufacture.\\nMr. W. B. Hulbert is also operating a woolen mill\\nhaving 360 spindles, a fine industry, and manufac-\\nturing the product raised in Gratiot County. There\\nis also a stock company operating a knitting-works\\nestablishment, employing aljout 20 hands and turning\\nout about 100 dozen hosiery per week.\\nH. A. Delevan Co. are also general dealers in\\nmerchandise and grain, and Pollasky Bros., clothing\\nand dry goods.\\nW. H. Hill Co. are large dealers in furniture\\nand manufacture any kind of goods to order. Theirs\\nis a complete store.\\nG. B. Porter is a representative man in the jewelry\\nbusiness. Everything which delights the eye or\\npleases the aesthetic tastes of woman or mankind can\\nbe purchased there.\\nOf the medical profession we may mention Drs.\\nL. C. Downey, Frank Suydam, Mrs. Wesley Nelson\\nand Stephen Yeiington, all talented and highly re-\\nspected practitioners.\\nThe foundry of J. M. Montigel Co. gives em-\\nployment to twenty skilled workmen The Alma\\nKnitting Works has a capacity for making 350 dozen\\npairs of socks per week. This factory is owned b) a\\nstock company, in which $25,000, is represented.\\nThe president of the company is James Gargett, W.\\nS. Turck, Treasurer, and C. H. Coates, Secretary.\\nJohn Y. ChapiTian operates a hoop factory, in which\\nsixteen men are given employment. This has a ca-\\npacity of 300,000 patent hoops per year.\\nA handsome new brick block is now (March, 1884)\\nin process of erection, fronting on Superior Street,\\nwhich will be three stories in height, 60 x no feet,\\nthe lower story to be fitted for store rooms, the upper\\nfor a grand opera house. This building is being\\nerected by a stock company consisting of six capital-\\nists of Gratiot County, who see in Alma a bright\\nfuture.\\nThe new planing-mill of Messrs. Bradley Ste-\\nvens, now completed, will employ fifteen men the\\nhoop factory of F. H. Hamlin Co. employ twenty\\nmore. This factory has a capacity of 20,000 hoops\\nper diem.\\nA\\nn", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0834.jp2"}, "835": {"fulltext": "G\\\\ ^Mmh r\\nt\\ni 5\\nA\\ne\\nV\\ni\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n809\\nG. C. Beebe leads in the drug line, carrying a very\\nlarge stock, as well as notions, etc.\\nThe Salisbury Co. also have a tine trade in the same\\ngoods. Both of these are rei)resentative firms and\\nsplendid gentlemen.\\nIn millinery, Mrs. J. L Miller and Mrs. H. B.\\nHiilbert keei) a fine line of goods. It is a real pleas-\\nure to note the taste displayed in these model stores.\\nMr. E. Linis deals e.xchisively in clothing and\\ngents furnishing goods, and has recently added a\\nmerchant tailoring department to his business inter-\\nests, and has an immense trade.\\nJ. L. Miller deals exclusively in dry goods and\\nfancy articles.\\nJ. D. Mandeville and Kelso Bros, represent the\\nhardware interests of Alma.\\nThere are two good livery barns, of which the one\\nbelonging to the Wright House is one of the best ar-\\nranged barns in the State. It is finished with maple,\\nlighted by gas and heated by steam.\\nIn addition to the business above mentioned there\\nare numerous blacksmith and wagon shops, harness\\nand shoe making establisliments, restaurants and\\nnews depots sufficient to sujiply the demand.\\nW. S. Turck Co. The room in the southwest\\ncorner of the Wright House was fitted u[) especially\\nfor banking purposes. Like all else connected with\\nWright s enterprise, it is complete in every detail. The\\nhandsome and impenetrable steel safe is encased in\\na fire and burglar proof vault, upon which are two time\\nlocks. The bank is largely patronized and is reckoned\\na secure institution. The style of the firm is W. S.\\nTurck Co., of whom W. S. Turck, (1. S. Ward, of\\nAlma; C. E. Webster, Pompei; J. H. Seaver, Ithaca;\\nA. W. Wright, of Saratoga, N. Y., are stockholders.\\nMr. G. S. Ward is Cashier.\\nt\\nI\\nw\\nFire Department.\\nWO volunteer fire companies have been\\norganized in this village. The Hose Com-\\npany consists of 26 men, with Alex. Neil,\\nForeman; Ferd. Montigel, ist Asst. Albert\\nBahlke, 2d Asst. Ferd. Montigel, Treas., and\\nChas. L. Delevan, Sec y. They have 500 feet\\nof hose, and were organized (\\\\ug. ii,r882.\\nThe Hook and Ladder Company was organized a\\nyear later, and have a membership of 18. They have\\na full complement of ladders, buckets, etc., and for\\nthe higli buildings this company is a very avail-\\nable safeguard. Marcus Pollasky is Foreman, M. I).\\nFuller, ist Asst., M. Montigel, 2d.\\\\sst Ben. C. But-\\nler, Treas., Ed. R. Schneider, Sec y.\\nChurches.\\nCoiij^if Rationalists. August 11, 1872, thirteen per-\\nsons organized themselves into a society to be known\\nas the First Congregational Ciuirch of Alma. This\\nnumber was compo.sed of the following named per-\\nsons: Geo. W. Jennings, Mrs. Utensia Howe, Mrs.\\nMary Clark, Mrs. Anna M. Pierce, Mrs. Louisa Hall,\\nMrs. Truesdel, Mrs. Mary E. Scott, Miss Anna\\nCrane, Deacon J. I. Robinson and wife, Rev. H. M.\\nHolliday and wife.\\nThis society lias about 40 active members, and\\nservices have been regularly conducted, together with\\nSunday-school meetings, since theirorganization. The\\nfirst Deacons were J. I. Robinson and C. M. Scott.\\nRev. H. Holliday, Clerk.\\nThe Congregationalists will have the finest church\\nedifice in Alma. The foundation is already laid, and\\nwill be completed before the close of 1884. The\\nplans are entirely modern, and the building when\\ncomplete will cost $4,000.\\nRev. C. H. Stevens is the [)resent Pastor.\\nAlma MethoilisI Church. Previous to the perma-\\nnent organization of the i)resent society, there had\\nbeen a class of Methodists at this place, but by reason\\nof parties moving away and otherwise, affairs did not\\nassume a degree of permanency until the springof\\n187 I. Wm.Bamborough and wife, Jesse Tompkins\\nand wife, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tann were members of\\nthe first class. In 187 i, a series of revival meetings\\nwere conducted by Revs. Wells and Theo. J. Hill,\\nwliich resulted in a large number of conversions, and\\nmany persons at the close of the meeting united with\\nthe Methodist Church. Conference sent Rev. J. K.\\nStark to preach to them, and movements were set on\\nfoot for the building of a church.\\nRev. Noah Fassett, the Pastor, laid the corner-stone\\nin June, 1S73, in which year the church was comple-\\nted and dedicated. Rev. F. B. Bangs presided on\\nthis occasion. The Methodist church is a very pret-\\nl^\\nt\\n1\\nty and commodious edifice, the congregation is out of\\nJ\\nrr- Z-\\n-L^\\n-^w.^M^y-^\\n(\u00c2\u00aey^i", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0835.jp2"}, "836": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i^isr\\n8io\\nGRATIOT COUNTY\\ndebt, and the membership is quite large. Rev. Jonas\\nN. Staly has ministerial charge of the society and is\\nstationed at Alma. The Methodist Sunday-school is\\na source of pride to the society, the attendance aver-\\naging 107 scholars, although there are three other\\nschools in session at the same hour.\\nSeventh-Day Advents. In the fall of 1864, this\\nsociety was organized, Mr. James Gargett and wife,\\nJohn M. Glover and wife, Cornelius HoUiday and\\nwife, B. P. Chase and wife, Mrs. Mary Ely, Mrs. C.\\nil. Clark and others becoming members of the same.\\nMr. Gargett had built a room for the private educa-\\ntion of his children, in which place their meetings\\nwere held for several years.\\nAfter the Baptist church was built, they occupied\\nit until the completion of the Advent church in the\\nyear 1880. This is a frame edifice, costing $2,200,\\nand the society is out of debt and in a flourishing con-\\ndition. The members are mostly country people, but\\nsocial meetings and Sunday-school are held every\\nP* Sabbath.\\nThe faith of the Advents has been productive of\\nmuch gond in the community, having rather a mis-\\nsionary than strictly orthodox manner of inculcating\\ntheir views. Some of the leading men of the county\\nare members of this Church, and their precepts and\\nexample prove fully their sincerity and true Chris-\\ntianity.\\nThey believe with the greatest confidence that the\\ngeneral Government will, in the near future, enact\\nlaws which will force the people to revere and keep\\nthe seventh day in a becoming and devout manner.\\nBaptist Church. .^mong the pioneer Baptist fam-\\nilies in Gratiot County, were Wm. Yerington and his\\nwife Amanda, who with their children became mem-\\nbers of the First Baptist Church of Alma. A meet-\\ning was called by a number who were interested in\\norganizing a society of this denomination, July 7, 1866,\\nat which meeting Rev. \\\\V. Everest acted as Modera-\\ntor, and S. S. Hastings, Clerk.\\nThe society was formally organized, the foUow-\\n(qN ing persons uniting by letter and otherwise VVni.\\nI Yerington, Amanda Yerington, Stephen D. Yerington,\\nSji Gertrude Yerington, Otis Bartlett, Mrs. Charity Whee-\\n((p ler and Thomas H. Fitchel.\\nWm. Yerington was the first Deacon; his son,\\ng) Stephen D. Yerington, Clerk. Rev. Lafayette liurch\\nwas tiie first minister to preside at tiieir meetings.\\n-H^tm\\nTheir church was a neat frame building, erected in\\n1873, at a cost of $[,800. Rev. C. Beals preached\\nthe dedicatory sermon July 13, assisted by Rev.\\nTheodore Nelson, acting Pastor.\\nThe church is practically free from debt, and has a\\ntalented minister. Rev. W. H. Beteys.\\nSecret Societies.\\nAlma Lodge, No. 244, A. F. is A. M. The dis-\\npensation for Alma Lodge was granted Jan. 10, 1868,\\nby Grand Master S. C. Coffinbury, who appointed T.\\nBamborough, VV. M. H. E. Kingsley, S. W. N. P.\\nWatts, J. W.\\nThe ceremony of installing the officers, pro tern.,\\ntook place on the evening of Jan. 10, 1868, Dept. G.\\nM, K. J. Utley officiating. The officers were:\\nThomas Bamborough, VV. M.; C.C.Clark, S. W.;\\nD. R. Sullivan, J. W.; C. W. Tann, Treas. J. C.\\nBrown, Sec y G. 8. Ward, S. D. L. A. George, J. D.-\\nDaniel Boyer, Tiler.\\nFollowing this was the regular installation of the\\nofficers elect, respectively\\nThomas Bamborough, W. M.; Henry E. Kingsley,\\nS. W.; N. P. Watts, J. W.; D. R. Sullivan, Treas.; J.\\nC. Bowen, Sec y; G. S. Ward, S. D.; C. C. Clark, J.\\nD.; L. A. George, Tiler.\\nThis lodge is in a very flourishing condition, with\\nseveral hundred dollars in the treasury. They will\\nerect in the near future a fine hall, as their present\\nquarters are too small tor convenience and comfort.\\nThe officers for 1884 are all well-known gentlemen\\nof Alma and vicinity. Their names are as follows\\nW. S. Turck, W. M.; M. Pollasky, S. W.; Wm. Ad-\\nams, J. W.; F. Montigel, Treas.; C. H. Coates, Sec y\\nA. Yerington, S. D.; Geo. D. Barton, J. D.; Fred.\\nPrice, Tiler.\\nThere are at present 70 active members, andtheir\\nnumber is made up of the best men in the village and\\nsurrounding country.\\nWilliam Moyer Fast, G. A. R. This post was\\norganized in July, 1883, with a membership of 22.\\nThe first and present officers are: Wm. H. Hall,\\nCommander; Wm. S. Turck, Sen. Vice-Commander\\nJ. N. Clow, Jun. Vice-Commander; A. Yerington,\\nAdjutant; E. F. Moyer, Quartermaster; Samuel\\nBrewbaker, O. G.; C. H. Axtel, O. D.\\nThe old soldiers composing this post are well-tried\\nveterans of the late war, and their annual re-unions\\nare productive of much pleasure. Their banquet at\\nj^\\nK.^\\n9\\nS\\nV\\nc\\ni", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0836.jp2"}, "837": {"fulltext": "m\\n^iV^\\n-^f^^ eV ^BD :ilDv r\\n^Sft^-C^\\n(h\\nI\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n8ii\\nthe Wright House, last year, was a grand affair, and\\nmany distinguished soldiers from abroad attended.\\nMiscellaneous.\\nBrass Band. .\\\\lma has a very creditable Brass\\nBand, numbering 12 pieces, which was organized in\\n1883, under the leadership of Yerington, Esq.,\\none of the best musicians in the county.\\nLibrary. The Ladies Library is on ipiite a sub-\\n~:^^i^ kH^^^\\\\^^^^^^^^^^ m.\\nol fe\\nS mentioned elsewhere, the\\nGratiot News was establislied\\nin this county in 1858. The\\nmaterial was brought from\\nOwosso by Cornelius Camp-\\nbell, having been purchased\\nfor S. N. Miller and Robert Sut-\\nton, by Frank Miller, who was\\neditor-in-chief until its purchase\\nby VV. W. Comstock, in the autumn\\nof the same year. Tlie paper was\\nneutral in politics under the first\\nmanagement, but was clianged to a\\nradical Republican sheet by Mr.\\nComstock, who continued its publi-\\ncation for a year and then leased it\\nto Moses Tompkins, Jr., and his\\nbrother, deorge. D. P. Cornell afterward became\\nthe purchaser, and finally the paper, after varying\\nfortune and little prosjierity, was discontinued, in\\n1865.\\nNathan Church, with that enterprise for wliicli he\\nis noted, purchased the material, most of whi h was\\nworn out, and, together with Daniel Taylor, made\\npurchases of new type, etc. Mr. Taylor was a prac-\\ntical printer, and Mr. Church an accomplished\\nV-.\\nstantial basis, having on its books 37 yearly members\\nwho each pay $1 for its supjwrt, besides contributions\\nof books, etc. They have 250 volumes now, and\\nwill increase the number during the year. Mrs. Dr.\\nC. L. Downey has been an ardent worker in this\\nmovement.\\nLiti-rary Society. Tlie Literary Society has fur-\\nnished a great deal of pleasure and profit as an\\neducator, during the year.\\nwriter, so the partnership was a mutually agreeable,\\nif not a profitable one, Mr. Church assuming the\\neditorial and business management, while Mr. Tay-\\nlor attended to the composition, etc.\\nThe name of the paper was changed to The\\nGratiot Journal, which name it retains to tlie present\\nday. Mr. Taylor afterward purchased Mr. Church s\\ninterest and continued it under his own management\\nuntil he sold to the present proprietor, Mr. Robert\\nSmith, in September, 1872. The Journal is a six-\\ncolumn quarto, and at the present time is the recog-\\nnized official paper of the county. Mr. Smith has\\nan excellent power press and a splendid office, which\\ngives evidence of the heallhfulness of the Journal.\\nThe tone and influence of this paper has contributed\\nin no small degree to tlie growth. ini[)roveinent, intel-\\nligence and wealth of the county in which it is\\npublished, being ably edited and one of the newsiest\\nlocal papers in the Slate.\\nMr. Smith is to be congratulated uiKin his success\\nin so firmly establishing this paper upon a perma-\\nnent financial basis, and the encouragement given it\\nby men of all political opinions prove the power it\\nexerts in Gratiot County.\\nIn tlie early days of journalism in this county, it\\nwas considered the proper thing for everybody in\\nC\\nA\\nc", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0837.jp2"}, "838": {"fulltext": "Mi/\u00c2\u00ae))(^#-\\nI\\nf\\nV\\n812\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y^^\\neven moderate circumstances to patronize it. Before\\npostoffices were plenty, as they are now, many who\\nlived at remote distances called at the printing office\\nfor their paper. One day a fellow from one of the\\nfrontier townships, who affected a great deal more\\nthan he knew, called for his paper and was informed\\nthat it was not yet printed.\\nNot really knowing what that meant, he remarked\\nthat he had as lieves have it then as at any time.\\nThat era of intelligence has passed away, and the\\nJournal, as an educator, has done a great work in its\\naccomplishment.\\nGratiot County Democrat.\\nL. HILBOURNE established this paper\\nin Ithaca in 187S and continued its publi-\\ncation three years. In the fall of 1881,\\nMr. J. V. Johnson, a man of large experience\\nin journalism, assumed the name and took the\\nsubscription list of the above paper, put in\\nnew office material, and commenced the publication\\nof the Democrat St. Louis. The first edition was\\nissued Sept. 15, i88i,and has continued until this\\ntime increasing in popularity and circulation. A fire\\non the 4th of January, 1884, destroyed part of the\\nmaterial, but Mr. Johnson, with characteristic enter-\\nprise, issued the paper and has not missed a number\\nsince it was established. As a Democratic organ, its\\nsuccess is assured in (Iratiot County.\\nThe Ithaca Times.\\nHE Times is a wide-awake paper, occupying\\nan independent position politically. It was\\nr^ established in 1883, and the first issue\\ndated February 2, with F. M. Vandercook\\neditor and |)roprietor. Messrs. VV. L. Hilbourne\\nand R. G. Harpham purchased his stock\\ngood will Jan. 3, 1884, and are making the\\nTimes a splendid local paper. The large circulation\\nit already lias, is proof of their ability and its merit.\\nThese young men liave enlarged and otherwise inl-\\nand\\nproved it, and the Times looks as if it had come ^f\\nto stay. The office is located in the Jeffrey build-\\ning, corner of Center and Main Streets, and Messrs. ^i\\nHilbourne Harpham have the energy and ability to\\nmake it a success.\\nSt. Louis Leader.\\n[August 13, 1879, the St. Louis Leader was\\nt^TSiril established by Myer Vandercook. At ter\\ntwo months the firm changed to Vandercook\\nHaT Pettit. September, i88i,it again changed\\nto Hoskins Vandercook, and in November,\\n1882, Hoskins bought Vandercook out, since\\nwhich time Edwin S. Hoskins has been sole editor\\nand proprietor. The Leader now has a steady and\\nsatisfactory growth, and ranks high among tiie enter-\\nprising papers of Michigan. It has ever been soundly\\nRepulilican and under its present management bids\\nfair to become a power in influencing the jwlitical\\nopinions of Gratiot County; in developing and en-\\ncouraging the growth and prosperity of a live town\\nand thrifty community; and in building up the best\\ninterests of Micliigan generally. The Leader is one\\nof the necessities in Gratiot County.\\n^*H^S^\\ni\\nV)\\nThe St. Louis Herald.\\n-l-M4, lfj_\\ni N the winter of 186S-9, the St. Louis Ga-\\nIf zcttc was founded by Messrs. Holcomb,\\nEvans Smith. The organization and\\nmanagement of the above paper was intrusted\\nto W. H. H. Bartrain, of Bay Gty. The first\\nmen engaged were James Paddock, now Judge\\nof the Probate Court, and Dr. J. R. Baldwin, then\\nand now a practicing physician of St. Louis. At the\\nend of six months Bartram withdrew, and the propri-\\netors engaged A. L. Blood of California to conduct Q\\nthe paper. Five months later Blood retired from the\\nnoble work in disgust, and his valedictory will long be\\nremembered by old settlers, for the pathetic passage,\\nDear, damned, delightful town, farewell! A Mr.\\nBowen, from Owosso, next tried his hand at operating\\nthe paper, but gave it up at the end of three months.\\n9-^^tI Iltlf ^^e^f^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0838.jp2"}, "839": {"fulltext": "^I^r^^^^ i^s: 6V ^tlli:!^IlIl v^=^ 5tf\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n:-^5\\nV\\n(c^\\nGRATIOT COUNTY.\\n8\u00c2\u00ab3\\nAftenx ard, J. W. Bailey, foreman in the Lansing Re-\\npublican office, was imixjrted to take charge. His\\nstewardship covered the siiace of an entire year,\\nwlien the paper and its business was sold to Hatlie\\nE. Church, whose husband, E. Church, conducted it\\nas editor and manager till the autumn of 1870, when\\nit was sold to Aaron Wessels, who engaged Leonard\\nand Scott as editors and managers. This practically\\nended the Gazette. Before ^Vessels got things in\\nworking order, the material was taken possession of\\nby Holcomb Evans, on a writ of replevin. In the\\nsuit that followed they were sustained in their claim,\\nand soon after they sold out to W. M. Cook, a practi-\\ncal printer from Jackson. On the 17th of March,\\n1 87 I, the first number of the St. Louis Herald was\\nissued by W. \\\\V. Cook, editor and proprietor, with the\\nmaterial and on the ruins of the old Gazette. Tiie\\npaper had always been Republican in politics and\\nCook clung to the same faith. In September, 1874,\\nhe sold the Herald to J. B. Graham, who proclaimed\\nit from that date an independent paper, politically.\\nThree years later C.raham sold to Henry Smalley,\\nwho continued it as an independent journal till July,\\n1878, when a change of heart made it an advocate\\nof Greenbackism. November 26, 1880, James H.\\nShultz purchased it, and at the end of three months\\nsold to Willard D. Tucker, the present editor and\\nproprietor. The paper, under the able management\\nof Mr. Tucker, is in a prosperous condition. The\\ncirculation t? large and rapidly increasing. It is an\\neight-column folio. Office is located in Wessel s\\nBlock.\\n^%^t%^^\\nAlma Record.\\nPRIL I, 1879, M. L. Hart started a six-\\ni\\\\mn 3^ column folio paper, called The Alma\\nWeekly Inde.x. He sold to A. D. Pettit, who\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2!i|f enlarged the paper to a seven-column folio,\\nr and changed the name to Gratiot County Rcc-\\nord. Mr. Pettit kept the paper a year and\\nsold to J. H. Phillips, who edited it for something\\nmore than twelve months, and turned it over to N.\\nG. Davidson, who changed the name to Alma Rec-\\nord, and in November, 1883, sold to K. VV. Ely, tlie\\npresent proprietor. Since its purchase by Mr. Ely\\nthe circulation of the paper has steadily increased.\\nMr. Davidson remains in the employment of Mr.\\nEly as foreman, and at no distant day the paper will\\nbe enlarged and the entire sheet printed in Alma.\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nLumbering Interests.\\n5.NTIL the last ten years, the lumbering m-\\nW t, tcrests have taken precedence of all other\\nbranches of trade. The whole county was\\n\u00c2\u00ab5? densely covered with a magnificent growth of\\nmaple, beech, oak, ash, basswood and elm, with\\nsome butternut, hickor) and hemlock. The\\nnorthern part of the county, and the townships of\\nHamilton and Elba in the southeast part, and the\\ntownships of Newark and New Haven in the west\\npart, abound with valuable pine forests. Most of\\nthis timber has been removed, as well as a great deal\\nof hard wood, which is now eipially valuable as, if\\nnot more so than, the i)ine. Occasional tamarack\\nand cedar swamps are fountl, in wliich these woods\\ngrow lu.xuriantly. There are several large mills in\\nthis county, in which 31,300,000 feet were cut in\\n1874-5. None of the mills ran at more than half\\ntheir capacity, and two of them sawed only part of\\none season. Computing the cut for fifteen years\\nat the low rate of 30,000,000 feet per annum, we\\nliave a total of 450,000,000 feet from 1865 to 1880.\\nSeveral mills had been in active oi)eration for years\\nbefore this, and it would be safe to estimate their cut\\nfrom 1857 to 1865 at 18,000,000 feet per annum,\\nmaking a yield of 162,000,000 feet, or a grand total\\nof 612,000,000 feet from 1857 to 1880. Immense\\nforests yet stand untouched in the county and many\\nmillions of feet will yet be marketed.\\nStave timber is now (piite profitable, and immense\\nquantities have been delivered to the different mills\\nthis year. When crops are light the farmers have\\nan assurance of a fair income from tlieir wood land,\\nat the same time getting the soil ready for cultivation.\\nThe resources of Michigan are unlimited, yet for\\nyears to come the lumber interest will play an im-\\nIKjrtant part.\\nA\\nfi\\nT\\n\\\\\u00c2\u00ae))e$iftf*\\n^.^pc ^-A^^il II nilv Ar^\\niSM^", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0839.jp2"}, "840": {"fulltext": ";vfe^/\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^^l^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\n:^5\\nV\\n^1\\n-2s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nGRAlIOT COUNTY.\\n^^h^^^S^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nValuation of Property.\\nO prove the phenomenal growth of Gratiot\\nCounty, a glance at the following valuation\\nof real estate and personal property for the\\npast 27 years is sufficient to convince any one\\nthat her future is bright. Lands which were\\npurchased in 1856 for 50 cents per acre, are\\nworth today from $50 to $75 per acre, and only a\\nfew of these tracts are changing hands, the owners\\nrealizing the worth of them for agricultural and other\\npurposes.\\nThe county is rapidly settling with men of wealth\\nand enterprise, and business of every kind is pushed\\nwith an energy peculiar to Western people.\\nThe whole number of acres assessed ui 1856 was\\n10,020, and the assessed valuation amounted to $36,-\\n274.01. The personal property was listed at $860.\\nIn 1883, the number of acres assessed was 356,-\\n443, with a valuation of $6,586,854, and a personal\\nvaluation of $852,611, making a difference in 27\\nyears of $7,403,190.99. Taking into consideration\\nthat assessments are very low, and that a fair cash\\nvaluation would double the amount above stated,\\nGratiot may be considered one of the most prosper-\\nous counties in the State. The valuation of the sev-\\neral townships in 1883 was as follows\\nIthaca $262,250\\nPine River 922,700\\nElba 209,100\\nHamilton 170,665\\nLafayette 181,944\\nWheeler, 248,190\\nWashington 364,33\u00c2\u00b0\\nNorth Star 337,365\\nEmerson 296,800\\nThis list includes only real estate.\\nBethany 433,200\\nFulton 477,520\\nNewark 582,860\\nArcada 628,800\\nNorth Shade. 482,300\\nNew Haven.... 313,900\\nSumner 393,910\\nSeville 306,570\\nEducational.\\nMS REVIOUS to 1867 the examination of\\nl^^ i teachers and] the supervision of schools\\nJi!\u00c2\u00ae- i\u00c2\u00bbd I een done by township school inspect-\\nji^ ors. The Legislature of that year passed an\\n^V act to provide for county su])erintendents of\\nschools. The first official elected under this act was\\n$f^i- r^y^^fl n\\nJudge Giles T. Brown, Republican, whose opponent\\nwas J. McKee, Democrat. This election was in\\nApril, 1867, from which date he served until 1869,\\nwhen he was re-elected by an almost unanimous\\nvote. In April, 187 i, Lillis L. Hamilton, Republi-\\ncan, was elected by a small plurality over Elisha\\nMcCall, Democrat, and Randall Faurot, Independ-\\nent. Judge Brown was again elected in 1873, and\\nin 1875 the Legislature abolished the office and pro-\\nvided for the election of township superintendents\\nof schools, with duties similar to those of county\\nsuperintendents. In 1881 the Legislature passed an\\nact levising the entire school law, and provided for\\na county board of school examiners, who are not\\nelected by the popular vote, but by the chairmen of\\nthe several boards of school mspectors of the town-\\nships in the county. At the first meeting under this\\nact, F. L. Bristol, of Ithaca N. A. Richard, of St.\\nLouis, and I. W. Cowdry, of Pompei, were elected.\\nThe first served one year.\\nThe Agricultural Society.\\nHOSE who were present at the first fair held\\nin Gratiot County remember well the crude\\narrangements made for the display of goods of\\nevery description. W. W. Comstock furnished\\nat his own expense the lumber to build a tem-\\nIKirary Floral Hall, which was erected on the west\\nside of the public square. A rail fence enclosed the\\ngrounds, to which no entrance fee was charged.\\nThose who visited the Floral Hall had to pay an\\nadmission fee, and it was well patronized. The stock\\nexhibited was tethered to the rail fence, or tied to\\nsome convenient forest tree. A temporary race-\\ntrack was constructed around the two blocks west of\\nand including the square, and some excellent racing\\nby Gratiot County horses was done. The fair was\\na decided success, and has continued to this date\\nthe best patronized and most successful agricultural\\nassociation in Northern Michigan.\\nGen. Nathan Church was President of the society\\nthe first year, and Emery Crosby, Secretary. It is\\nimpossible to give the names of the original stockhold-\\ners, the records having been destroyed.\\nThe society has a splendid location near the viU\\nVto:\\nI\\ni", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0840.jp2"}, "841": {"fulltext": "I\\nA\\nV\\nGRATIOT COUA/TY.\\n^^Mi\\n8 5\\nlage of Ilhaca, with good and commodious buildings,\\nand loo cents has always been paid for every dollar\\noffered in premiums. The business men of Ithaca\\nhave devoted much time and money to this society\\nand their successful efforts thus far have done a\\ngreat work in the agricultural, horticultural and\\nstock-breeding interests of this county. The display\\nof farm products and stock equals that of any county\\nin Northern Michigan, and the resident farmers are\\nnow fully alive to the imixjrtance of producing only\\nthe best of everything. Their grounds have been\\nenlarged by securing a number of acres, by a long\\nlease, from the Jeffrey estate, and the buildings,\\ntrack and grounds will be still further improved\\nuntil no interior county can boast of better facilities\\n.han will the Agricultural Society of Gratiot.\\nThe first fair was held inside the village limits in\\n1866.\\nAmong the gentlemen who have contributed most\\nlargely in making this association a success, we\\nmight mention Gen. Nathan Church, Wilbur Nel-\\nson, Judge Wm. E. Winton, Hon. Chas. E. Webster,\\nGeo. W. Clark, Silas Moody, W. W. Comstock.\\nMany others might be named, but these were the\\nmen who put their time and money into tiie work,\\nand they deserve a substantial recognition by the\\npublic.\\nThe Gratiot County poor-farm is valued at $7,000.\\nThe iX)or-house is located in the township of New-\\nark, one and one-fourth miles from Ithaca. It con-\\nsists of a main building 22 X50 feet, two stories high,\\ncontaining 16 rooms, 11 bed-rooms, two sitting-\\nrooms, one dining-room, one bath-room and one\\nroom for the insane. There is also a wing, 28 .x 30\\n(5^\\nfeet, containing two sitting-rooms, one kitchen, one\\npantry, and six bed-rooms, used for the females.\\nThe barns and out-houses are all in good condition.\\nFor bathing purjwses there is one small room, where\\ntubs are used. The building is warmed by stoves,\\nand ventilated by doors and windows. The paupers\\nare well treated. Food consists of bread, butter,\\nmeat and vegetables, with coffee or tea twice a day.\\nMeals are served three times a day except on Sun-\\ndays. The clothing is very good and warm, mostly\\nwoolen. The sick have good medical attendance,\\nwhich is furnished by the superintendents. The\\nnursing is done by the keeper. Have no accommo-\\ndation for the insane and idiotic, except one room\\nfor the violently insane. All are sent to the asylum\\nthat they will receive. Have no children to educate.\\nAll that are old enough are sent to the State Public\\nSchool. They let the keeping of the paupers to the\\nlowest resiX)nsible bidder. In 1883, $900 was paid\\nfor keeping ten paupers, the keeper having the pau-\\npers labor and the use of the farm, arid furnishing\\nall help, food, clothing, and nursing for the sick.\\nWhen the number exceeds ten, the keeper is to\\nreceive S -5\u00c2\u00b0 pc week for each and every such\\nexcess, and to deduct from said $900, \u00c2\u00a71.50 per week\\nfor all under the stated number. The medical\\nattendance is furnished by the superintendents.\\nThe average number of paupers is 2oJ^ persons,\\nalthough the present number exceeds that amount.\\nGratiot takes good care of her iX)or, and the reiwrts\\nof the Superintendents of the Poor for 1883 show\\nthe expenditure of $5,791.10 for tiieir relief, of which\\n$2,166.06 was paid for temix)rary relief of persons\\nnot inmates of the county poor house. Wm. Marlow,\\nParmer R. Phillips, M. W. Martin, Superintendents.\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^-iiDsnn-^^\\n-s^Sfc-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f-Nf\\nt\\nV^\\nC\\n4)\\nm", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0841.jp2"}, "842": {"fulltext": "r?^^\\n^^m,^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^y^\\n(lll^lil]vi v\\nrr\\n^m^(s\\\\^f^\\nM\\ni\\nv^\\np\\n/7S\\nt\\nI\\n)5(^f|\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n.3^^ ^JH^^tH):^||j A Z,^\\n?^1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^^s^ ^f^ySs.^^)", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0842.jp2"}, "843": {"fulltext": "|\u00c2\u00a7^/^i:^\u00c2\u00ab^^\\nTsjCi^^s^ t^-r ^nii:- :illl^ r\\nr3\\nA\\nV\\nt\\nB\\nA\\nAbbott, Frank 37\u00c2\u00a9\\nAbbott, George W 347\\nAcklcs, T. D 432\\nAckmoody, Benj, D 372\\nAdams, Emery 581\\nAdams, Jobn 23\\nAdams, John B 355\\nAdams, John Quincy 39\\nAldrich, George W 389\\nAllen, James B 444\\nAllen Parks 264\\nAllen, P. P 198\\nAlpaugh, Wm 208\\nAUcnburg, n. W 284\\nAlthoiise, C. W 45*\\nAmbler, S. W 303\\nAmsbury, Scely 328\\nAnderson, Wm 673\\nAndrus, George B 260\\nAnscll, A. B 235\\nAngell, H. B 403\\nArgent, Thomas 382\\nArthur, Chester A 99\\nAxtelUC. H 669\\nB\\nBagley, John J 157\\nBailey, David 379\\nBailey, Henry H 718\\nBaker, Warren W 542\\nBaldwin, Henry P 153\\nBancroft Marcus 536\\nBangs, J. H 254\\nBarber A. S 498\\nBarden, Joseph 416\\nBarnaby, Alvin P 243\\nBarnhart. Charles K 674\\nBarrow, Albert C 378\\nBarrus. R. T 388\\nBarry, John S 113\\nBarstow, A. K 412\\nBar%tow,Wm. M 455\\nBarton (icorgc U 400\\nBarton, Wm 4M\\nBates, James 518\\nBaxter, Mrs. Clarissa .548\\nBay Icy, Charles W 205\\nBeard, Klijah 361\\nBeckwith, Wm. C 346\\nBegolc, Josiah W i6(|\\ng)5\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7^(|\u00c2\u00ab\\nBcll,G.S 682\\nBenson, Benj. F 237\\nBentlcy, Henry J 289\\nBlgelow,S 283\\nBingham, Kinsley S 138\\nBittncr, Robert J 436\\nBlackman, Lorenzo 390\\nBlair, Austin 145\\nBcdfish, Henry 305\\nBosserman, M J 347\\nBostwick, C. V 563\\nBotsford, John F 204\\nBotsford, Reuben 484\\nBoycr, Frederick 340\\nBoyer, Nathan 436\\nBoyle, Stephen M 654\\nBradley, Almeron 374\\nBradley, Napoleon 401\\nBradley, Wm. A 345\\nBrady, James G 393\\nBrauher, John 245\\nBrewer, Patrick 195\\nBricc, Wm 598\\nBroadhsad, John 324\\nBrodebeck, J 400\\nBrooke, A. J 275\\nBrooks, O. C 598\\nBrower, Wm. H 543\\nBrown, A. C 615\\nBrown, C. M 604\\nBrown, Giles T 723\\nBrown, W. F 324\\nBrown, W, H 402\\nBryant, C. D 416\\nBuchanan, James 75\\nBuck, James 522\\nBurgess, E. W 475\\nBurgess, Geo. B 769\\nBurgess, Hiram.... 458\\nBurgess, Wm 278\\nBurnett. Alfred 443\\nBurnham, Jacob 582\\nBurns, Homer 350\\nBurns, John. 357\\nBurton, Benj 288\\nBiisscll, Joseph 370\\nButcher, George J ..212\\nButler, Charles 442\\nc\\nCall, Andrew 235\\nCameron, Duncau 4 4\\nCarlin, Martin 57^\\nCarr, Wm. J 615\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^f^ @7K^\\nCassada, James A 560\\nCassada, Lyman T 652\\nCaslcel, Jesse 4\\nCeascr, Levi 536\\nChafTin, Charles M 242\\nChambers, Daniel 381\\nChandler, George 289\\nChapln, Dc Witt C S9\u00c2\u00bb\\nChapin, Mrs. Edna F 591\\nChapin, Frank W 591\\nChase, E. A 437\\nCheesman, Dr. J. R 613\\nChristman, John 559\\nChurch, .-Vvolin 188\\nChurch, Lafayette 661\\nChurch, Nathan 177\\nClark, G.W 567\\nClark, James L 575\\nClark, John O 646\\nClark, L.C 421\\nClark, Thomas J 337\\nCole, Isreal 654\\nColeman, Geo. J 646\\nColeman, I. N 244\\nComstock, Wm. W 397\\nCook, E. C 221\\nCorey, Francis J 207\\nCoss, Fred. I 218\\nCourier, David F 460\\nCourter, Jon.^than 438\\nCourier, Wm. J 205\\nCoventry, Wm. H 615\\nCovert, D. F 348\\nCowdrcy, In man N 320\\nCramer, Harlow 415\\nCrsmcr.M.W 452\\nCrapo, Henry H 149\\nCrcascr, P. W 698\\nCreaser.T.W. B 318\\nCrcascr, Wm 188\\nCreech. Edward 4 o\\nCrippin L D 243\\nCrispcl, Mrs. M. L 329\\nCronkhite, Corydon 225\\nCrooks, tieorgc 298\\nCrosby, Emery 391\\nCroswell, Charles M 161\\nCuff. Daniel O 667\\nCuly, Thomas 4*5\\nCuly, Wm 557\\nCurtis, .Mien 341\\nCurtis, Elijah 47\u00c2\u00ab\\nCurtiss, Albro 266\\nCurtiss, Wm. M 286\\nD\\nDancer, Jer 268\\nDaniels, T. O 568\\nDanly, Roswell 300\\nDarragh, A. B 191\\nDavidson, J. B 204\\nDavidson J M 265\\nDavis, Milton H 306\\nDawes,G. W 457\\nDay, Salah J 411\\nDean, E. V 280\\nDean, Luther J 222\\nDecker, C- E 702\\nDensmore, John E 491\\nDelavan, Henry A 505\\nDeline, C. A 339\\nDeMay. Dr. J. H 500\\nDerry, I homas. 260\\nDickinson, Wm. I) 506\\nDoane,J. W 380\\nDolwon, Adncy H 35a\\nDodge, Finley 644\\nDodgeJ. H 473\\nDoud, George O 557\\nDowns, Edward 304\\nDrake, E. 1 544\\nDiibois, E. N 318\\nDurkee, John H 267\\nE\\nEarl, Jephthah 328\\nEdgar, .Stewart 248\\nElliott, David 474\\nEllison, B. B 329\\nEllison, B. W 6S2\\nEllswortth, I. H 34*\\nEly, K.W 5^2\\nEly, Gen. Ralph 6( 6\\nE|y,T. A 3^8\\nEvcrden, J. M 197\\nEverest, Wm. S 350\\nEvitts, H. S 364\\nF\\nFarrington E C yxj\\nFcdcrspicI, John A 4 i8\\nFelch, Alphcus .117\\nFillmore, Millard ft?\\nFinch, Alfred 704\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i\\ni\\nAr^\\n^^Nf5 ^i", "height": "2875", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0843.jp2"}, "844": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n4^^\u00c2\u00a7^\\n(f\\nFinney, Thcron 213\\nFitzgerald, W. J 247\\nFleming, Charles L 356\\nFleming, Delon 42\\nFleming, Robert F 34*\\nFlcwelling, Rev. F. T 558\\nFoote, Charles C 629\\nFoote, James L 599\\nFoster, Richard 287\\nFox, Bernard 443\\nFraker, Addison G 198\\nFraker, Napoleon B 299\\nFraker, Wm. W 5 8\\nFranklin, Elbridge 387\\nFranklin, Thomas 6 9\\nFranklin, Wm 347\\nFranks, C. A 402\\nFranks, George S 702\\nFrench, Hiram W 423\\nFritz, Philip 583\\nFry, David 506\\nFry, James 640\\nFuller, L. J 290\\nFullerton, J. W 3*4\\nFyler, Roman 503\\nGalehouse, Homer 257\\nGallagher, Thomas 463\\nGardner, C. M 449\\nGarfield, James A 95\\nGargett, James 635\\nGargett, Wm J 603\\nGee, George E 597\\nGee, Isaac 687\\nGiddings, C. W 620\\nGiddings, H B 356\\nGidlcy, Jonathan 236\\nGilken, Frank 3 i8\\nGllktt, A.C 503\\nGillis, R, A 681\\nGilmore. C. C 214\\nGladson, Robert 260\\nGlover, John M 630\\nGoodhall, F.. A 238\\nGoodrich, Egberlson 603\\nGordon, Samiiel 464\\nGower, l aniel 218\\nGraham, E lward 274\\nGraham, Walter 355\\nGranger, T. M 310\\nGrant, Ulysses S 87\\nGray, Simeon 295\\nGreeley, James 351\\nGreenly, Wm. L 131\\nGreer, Joseph 677\\nGriffeth, Daniel 273\\nGriffith, Charles 714\\nGriffith, James, 216\\nGrill, Martin 278\\nGross, Alfred H 278\\nGrovcr, Charles 371\\nGrovcr, Henry 228\\nGrover, Joseph 547\\nGrover, Thomas 976\\nGulick, T. J 531\\nGuthrie, Joseph A 196\\nGwinner, Adam 391\\nH\\nHall, n. G 674\\nHall, Gilbert E 684\\nHall, J. T 181\\nHamilton, Dr. John 335\\nHamlin, F. H 491\\nHaring, Hiram 488\\nHarlock, Joseph 567\\nHariiioi), C. S 196\\nHarrison, John 318\\nHarrison Steward 500\\nHarrison, Wm. H 51\\nHarrod, Thomas H 367\\nHasbrook, Edwin 558\\nHastings, S. S 506\\nHatfield, A. J 227\\nHatfield, Isaiah 304\\nHatise, Israel W 208\\nHay lies, Hiram \\\\V 341\\nHayes, Herbert N 674\\nHayes, Rutherford H Qi\\nHayes, William 368\\nHearn, George W 346\\nHendershott, James M 379\\nHenry, A. C 504\\nHenry, James 253\\nHenry, John F 337\\nHeverlo, S. R 528\\nHicks, Hyron A.... 316\\nHicks, Charles W 444\\nHicks, S. D 604\\nHigbie. N. L., M. D 216\\nHill, Silas 214\\nHodges, Alvin 535\\nHoffman, Peter 317\\nHolcomb, H. I, 456\\nHoUiday, Charles R 714\\nHolmes, Alfred 608\\nHolton, Joseph E 306\\nHomisler, Frederick 265\\nHood, Lewis .543\\nHopkinson, Edwin 276\\nHoskins, Edwin .S 458\\nHowd, Charles H 701\\nHowd, James W 532\\nHowe, Simeon A 706\\nHowell M ichael S 559\\nHoxie, T. J 658\\nHoyt, Valmore 397\\nHughes, Richard 564\\nHunter, IJriicc 258\\nHyatt, Houglass 532\\nI\\nIngalsbc, 1 464\\nIsenliath, Wm 328\\nJ\\nJackson, Andrew 43\\nJackson, John .315\\nJackson, O. F 568\\nJackson, Wm. J 373\\nJ ason I saac 488\\nJefferson, Thomas 27\\nJeffrey, John -323\\nJenkins, Wm. C 390\\nJenne, James K 498\\nJcnnitigs, V V. 342\\nJennings, Geo. W 340\\nJerome, David H .165\\nJessup, Abram M 450\\nJessup, John H 309\\nJohnson, Andrew 83\\nJohnson, D. C 419\\nJohnson, George 339\\nJohnson, J. V 639\\nJohnson, T. A .293\\nJohnson, W. 289\\nJohnston, Alex 352\\nJolly, .\\\\ndrew S 315\\nJoslin, Nicholas 668\\nK\\nKtdley, Edward Y 214\\nKellogg, E. W 449\\nKelly, F. S 306\\nKelso, Henry 492\\nKemp, George L 583\\nKemp, Hon. J. M 412\\nKemp, J. W 470\\nKennedy, Dr. .Stiles 429\\nKidder, Martin 393\\nKimmcl, Enos H 287\\nKingman, Jason 483\\nKinney, A. P 521\\nKinsel, Henry W 298\\nKipp, John 670\\nKipp, Wm 267\\nKirby, A. E 584\\nKline, John 677\\nKnapp, T. L 267\\nKnowles, James 348\\nKress, lames 688\\nKrom, Wm A 295\\nKryder, C. C 328\\nKyes, L. W 320\\nLake, Edward 187\\nLamb, Nehcmiah 483\\nLance, James S 294\\nLanshaw, John 362\\nLathrop, F. R 317\\nLathrop, W. B 572\\nLaycock W. H 624\\nLeckenby, E. 67S\\nLeonard, Levi 437\\nI.cplcy, Samuel 341\\nLetts, Wm. D 217\\nI^w is, Jacob 388\\nLewis, John 181\\nLewis, John W 377\\nLcwi\u00c2\u00bb, M M 400\\nLincoln, Abraham 79\\nLule,Wm. L 476\\nLittle, George 254\\nLongwell, L. R 608\\nLoomis, Ebcr 455\\nLoomis, Lewis B 628\\nLoveland, S. H 369\\nLovell, Joseph 1 669\\nLowry, A. H 363\\nLumsdcn, John O 528\\nI ,yon E W 643\\nM\\nMadison. James 31\\nMallory, John H 461\\nMandeville, John D 499\\nManccke, Frank 206\\nMarshall, Geo. W 258\\nMarshall, W. J 182\\nMartin, H M 691\\nMartin, Wm 217\\nMarvin, Dr. C. W 571\\nMason, Stevens T 105\\nMaurer, A. H 242\\nMaxam, R. W 256\\nMaxwell, R. D 3:4\\nMcClelland, James 431\\nMcClelland, Robert 129\\nMcCuaig, Alex 624\\nMcCnaig, John 319\\nMcCutchean, S 644\\nMcDaid, Alex 43^\\nMcGregor, James 600\\nMcHenry.G.W 560\\nMcKee, J. M 308\\nMcNall, J. H 542\\nMcNamara, Michael 576\\nMcOnrber, Wm. A 616\\nMeacham, E 215\\nMedlcr, John 384\\nMcy, Julius 374\\nMiller, Franklin 308\\nMiller, Jacob H 536\\nMiller, Lewis B 526\\nMiller, Ludwick D 572\\nMiller, W. J 319\\nMills, D. C 394\\nMoench, Henretch 3\u00c2\u00bb7\\nMonroe, James 35\\nMontague, I. W 522\\nMontigel, Ferd 435\\nMontigcl John M 532\\nMontigel, Martin, 368\\nMoody, Silas 36\\nMoore, Wm. A 437\\nMorrison, Wm. H 225\\nMorse, Hon. C H 201\\nMorse, Oscar 487\\n.Moulton, C R 3S\\nMouser, John W 398\\nMuffly, David 215\\nMuffly, J. J 259\\nMulholland, J 288\\nMull. John 224\\nMurdock, F. E 359\\nMuscott, I F 248\\nMyer, Peter 3**7\\nMyers, Benj. F 7*3\\nMyers, H. W 227\\nN\\nNaldrett, Geo. S 422\\nNaldrett, W. J 336\\nNelson, Francis 695\\nNelson, James A 646\\nNelson, Rev. Theodore 717\\nNelson, Wilbur 705\\nNetzorg, Woolf 470\\nNewton, Geo. H 564\\nNewton, Samuel 588\\nNewton, T- T \u00c2\u00bb86\\nNichols, G. G 313\\nNichols, S L 327\\nNoble, J. T 359\\nNoll, George agS\\nA\\nV\\n-K-^D n^ nti; v^", "height": "2865", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph18chic_0844.jp2"}, "845": {"fulltext": "i^v^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05Bi\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^c ^T ^^Illl^:ilD^\\ni\\n1\\nI\\no\\nOberlin. Allen 2^7\\nO Hjira. Hr. J. W 678\\nOlder, Rev. George 359\\nOliver, George H 213\\nOtto, James 591\\nOttos John W \u00e2\u0080\u00a240-4\\nOvcndcn, Sampson 409\\nPaddock, James 535\\nPalmer. Wm.W 254\\nParker, John S 195\\nParkinson, Jehu E 349\\nParsons, Andrew 133\\nParlcllo, \\\\V. P 324\\nPasingcr, John A 247\\nPattcngill.H. R 467\\nPayne, David H 297\\nPayne. James L 576\\nPayne. T. R 1S5\\nPcct. K. P 541\\nPcct. Rolla A 313\\nPcndclI.Wm J 404\\nPepple, Jesse 264\\nPerrinc. R. D 628\\nPcttii, Perry D 332\\nPhillips, P. R 497\\nPierce, Franklin 71\\nPicrsnn, Atbcrt 310\\nPitt, Wm. T 432\\nPolk, James K 5q\\nPollasky. Marcus 547\\nPollasky, Max E 373\\nPollasky, M ichael 283\\nPool, John 335\\nPorer, G. B 476\\nPorter, T. A 336\\nPressley, Timothy 662\\nPrice, George W 600\\nPrice, John 423\\nPrichard, S. H 482\\nPritchard, Hamilton 640\\nProctor, Charles C 276\\nPulfrcy, George w 426\\nQ\\nQuick, George S 367\\nQuick, Gustavtis 46S\\nm^\\nRandall, L. H a66\\nRandolph, C. S 441\\nRandolph, Sihift 413\\nRansom, F.paphroditus 152\\nRay, Benjamin 432\\nRay craft. Thomas 404\\nRead, Henry 592\\nReed, R.R 462\\nRcichard. David 216\\nReid, Darius 424\\nRcmalcy, pamcs 228\\nINDEX.\\nS19\\nRetan, Henry K 207\\nReynolds, Millet 337\\nRice, A. T 207\\nRice, Freeman H 325\\nRichard, John, L 179\\nRichard, John, Sr 309\\nRichards, Althouse Co 451\\nRichards, J. C 45\\nRichardson, George 315\\nRichmond, Truman 383\\nRiddle, James 285\\nRing. Marcus 371\\nRoberts, Homer 298\\nRobinson, H. N 378\\nRobinson, S. C 401\\nRockafcllow, George 584\\nRogers, wm, N 197\\nRoop, Darius 314\\nRounds, David C 238\\nRunyan, Esther A 381\\nRuppert, George M 450\\nRuppert, John P 309\\nRussell, A. W 469\\nSalisbury. J. W 688\\nSamson, C. K 314\\nSawyer, Byron H 319\\nScattergood, A. B 356\\nScattcrgood, Joshua 358\\nScattergood, W. B 684\\nSchaub, Jacob 255\\nSchmidt. John. J r 391\\nSchneider, H. F. P 345\\nSchwartz, John F 619\\nScott, S. M 2\u00c2\u00bb2\\nScott, Dr. W. D ..627\\nScudder, Joseph 265\\nScaver, J. H 651\\nSegward. F. R 299\\nSeifricd. William 325\\nSessions, Sidney 653\\nSexton, Alba 378\\nSexton, Frank A 374\\nShaver, Jerry 270\\nShaw, A. M 392\\nShaw, Elias 6S3\\nShaw, Henry A 245\\nShaw, John C 394\\nShaw, John F 393\\nSheffield, K. A 526\\nShelicr, Samuel 525\\nSheridan, Patrick 425\\nShoup, A 286\\nSias, John A 349\\nSibley, Wm. H 186\\nSickcls, J C 257\\nSickcis, William 2H\\nSidcl, Joseph 597\\nSimmon, Henry 280\\nSinclair, John I, 360\\nSkinner, G. W 369\\nSlaughter, C. R 225\\nSloan, Aaron 374\\nSly, Seneca 223\\nSmith, Albert 294\\nSmith, Elias W 711\\nSmith, Frank 393\\nSmith, George 224\\nSmith, G. C 414\\nSmith, (iordis 273\\nSmith, Henry 653\\nSmith, Horton 346\\nSmith, John W 238\\nSmith, John W 32a\\nSmith, I.. 683\\nSmith, M. V 537\\nSmith, Newel 222\\nSmith, Robert 185\\nSmith. S. C 629\\nSmith, Wm 426\\nSnyder, Jacob W 336\\nSony No 305\\nSower, Elias, M. D 263\\nSpeer, Horace 258\\nSprague, Orin J ai8\\nSprague, S. T 389\\nSpurgeon, William 384\\nSquire, Franklin 461\\nSquire, l-orenzo 415\\nSrodcs.Jchn .41J\\nStandish, Milo 456\\nStanton, Aaron 339\\nSiebbins. W.L 548\\nSteele, George H 388\\nStevens, Moses 330\\nStites. Luther M 274\\nStill. Henry 512\\nStoddard, David D 228\\nStone, George E 392\\nSconebrook, William 277\\nStory, Samuel 722\\nSiutt2. James A 435\\nSullivan, D. R 473\\nSiiiphiu, I.. M 340\\nSuydam, M B 504\\nSweailand, L 423\\nSweet, John 247\\nSwift, Henry 413\\nSwigart, John T 563\\nSwope, Barney fi^?\\nTann, Thomas T 398\\nTaylor, Horace S 259\\nTaylor, Zachary 63\\nTeed, Seymour S 352\\nThomas, Jnhn 457\\nThompson. Sidney 357\\nThompson. Wm. F 442\\nTown, I.. H 487\\nTowner, Wm 275\\nTownsend, Almon 180\\nI ownsend, .Andrew 553\\nTownsend, Hiram 305\\nTownsend, Homer 1 607\\nTownsend, Wm. S 474\\nI rapp, Jesse 613\\nI rask, John M 410\\nTravis, E.H 358\\nTravcr, E. G 187\\nTreat. L. H 46a\\nTucker, W. D 587\\nTurck, Hon. Wm.S 657\\nTurner, James 368\\nTyler, John 55\\nTyler, Moses G 371\\nu\\nUdell, M.H 506\\nUtter, F. M 356\\nV\\nVal lance, James D 517\\nVan Buren, Martin 47\\nVan Leuven, David 451\\nVan I.euvcn, Lucius L 484\\nVincent, N. D 381\\nVlicl. J. B 403\\n\\\\V\\nVValhridpc, K. 1 670\\nWalker, Mrs. C. A 377\\nWalker, George E 698\\nWalker, John M 326\\nWalker, Nathaniel 424\\nWard, A. 1 235\\nWard, I. 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